Message Board(11/2000)
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DSP
- Thu Nov 30 16:33:14 2000


DSP
- Thu Nov 30 16:32:04 2000

Hey mister DSP, put the kettle on, I want a brew with my baby!
Mad Donna
- Thu Nov 30 13:30:47 2000

How about with sticks as well?
JonE
- Thu Nov 30 10:17:56 2000

Implemented with stacks and evryfing?
DSP
- Thu Nov 30 10:02:34 2000

Tim - yes the tag thing would be nice and easy to do! In fact, already when generating HTML pages you'll notice it puts in the width and height of the thumbnail, I was thinking of the wise words of Mr (actually sorry its now Professor) Bowen when I wrote that. As for remembering the last directory, yes it totally should do that. Hmmm maybe even web browser style back and forward buttons? That would be cool.
John
- Thu Nov 30 09:58:43 2000

John: Check out http://totl.net for more cookie based fun...
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 29 23:52:56 2000

Um.... I'm up late(-ish) buying more stuff on ebay... ADDICT!
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 29 23:51:45 2000

John! I would like to congratulate you on making a very useful and usable app.
As a frequent user, another nice-to-have would be if it remembered the last directory you used.
P.S. I assume you welcome feedback like this, tell me to be quiet if you dont.
DSP
- Wed Nov 29 23:32:06 2000

John! I've got a great new requirement for PhotoStudio!!
Tell me if this sound familiar. You're writing a web-page, the man's way in a text editor, and you want to include an image. Fair enough.
Being of the John Bowen school of design, you want your page to load fast, so naturally you want to include the height/width properties in you tag.
Have you any idea how much time I waste looking at the images dimension and typing in the filename etc.
My suggestion is to add a menu option to the popup you get when you right click the image thumbnail. This option is "Copy HTML Tag to Clipboard". This will generate the <img src=my-image.jpg height=23 width=12>. The other properties like align and alt etc I am happy to write as they are invariably variable. Plus I am totally cool about prefixing the correct path to the filename.
Looking at the way we all code HTML, preferences should let me decide if I want upper/lowercase tags and whether or not to include quotes around the filename (only really necessary for nutters who put spaces in filenames).
Thanks Gamesmaster!
DSP
- Wed Nov 29 23:28:07 2000

Yes.
Mail Man
- Wed Nov 29 15:57:29 2000

It would appear that incoming mail to my organisation is broken. Or is it?
DSP
- Wed Nov 29 15:53:32 2000

Hello
Panda
- Wed Nov 29 12:10:02 2000

If anyone is interested... at the weekend I went out in London on Saturday, and visited the burial site of Karl Marx on Sunday, and of course there are a load of pictures.
John
- Wed Nov 29 12:03:47 2000

Which reminds me Jon, do your web page! Hmnph.
John
- Wed Nov 29 11:35:39 2000

Which reminds me Jon, do your web page! Hmnph.
John
- Wed Nov 29 11:35:38 2000

I am pleased hat you corrected Alan there Timmy Boy, imagine if he thought you had multiple personalities and everything.
Jon E
- Wed Nov 29 09:42:54 2000

Must point out that this is not my web-site. I'm squatting.
DSP
- Wed Nov 29 09:38:55 2000

Cool site, DSP ! I have excellant tips on dodging bullets and looking for car bombs if you want them ?? Let me know ...
AD <alan_dentith@hotmail.com>
Middle East War Zone, The Middle - Wed Nov 29 04:10:07 2000

3 Minutes of pure cool. Nice DSP. The Aliens preview is nice. Yeah.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Madlab, Reading - Tue Nov 28 14:53:43 2000

Oh, also, Tim, the installer is great... thanks!
John
- Tue Nov 28 11:47:01 2000

I'm trying to build a list of sample JPEG images from digital cameras - for comparing information stored (not image quality), the list so far is here. Fairly nerdy really. Anyway, if anyone has anything they can add to that it would be much appreciated... Thanks! (p.s. Jon I already put one of your images - of a plant - there, hope you don't mind!)
John
- Tue Nov 28 11:46:10 2000

Wow, dsp, you really are the wizard of photoshop... That pic of your room is impressively seamless.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Tue Nov 28 11:06:14 2000

Yes. V Cool.
Jon E
- Tue Nov 28 11:02:15 2000

I was referring to the picture of me in BrainSpotting, which, I believe, as with the picture of you on the other side of the same thing, was taken on the beach in Portsmouth, just prior to a certain Renault 4 aided sign theft taking place.
John
- Tue Nov 28 10:57:07 2000

John: What cool photo of you? I would like to say that every thing is going well today. Javascript is kicking ass in all possible ways and I am happy.
Jon E
- Tue Nov 28 10:47:44 2000

Timmy boy: And a good way it is too. Being damn secure and everything, but as you see, I do not understand ASP, and so a nicer named cookie would be cool. If we ever wanted SSL we sure can make that happen, (But at a price).
Jon E
- Tue Nov 28 10:45:06 2000

Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention StuffMoney, the Maison De Stuff's new interactive banking service.
John
- Tue Nov 28 10:42:48 2000

A more java friendly cookie name could be used. No probs. I was following the "security through obscurity" approach. Its not like we're keeping bank details. The ASP bit is only necessary for me cos thats what I know.
DSP
- Tue Nov 28 10:28:40 2000

The Chinese government have sent 500 tons of Viagra to the USA after hearing that they were having trouble with their elections.


I'm sorry.
Jon E
- Tue Nov 28 10:23:57 2000

That's quite cool. Using your session ID as the Cookie's name. No Session ID no Cookie. Nice. However, I am sure that with the intricate use of JavaScript we can find a way around using ASP on all pages. Perhaps just have an include on the javascript, which gets a page, which in turn sends back the result of the SESSION_ID. Answers on a postcard please to : maison-de-stuff.net
Jon E
- Tue Nov 28 10:22:39 2000

It uses a non-persisted cookie which is good for the duration of your browser. If you close explorer, you must login again. Persistant cookies are an option.
DSP
- Tue Nov 28 10:07:31 2000

John: I would presume that there has to be some client side saving, if only a session_id stored in a cookie. Unfortunately I can't see one right now, but it must be there, as otherwise how does the server know that I am flymo?????? Heah? How does it John? Tim : Any docs on it?




You are so unbelievably good Tim.
Jon E
- Tue Nov 28 09:46:38 2000

That members area thing is really cool Tim! Can we use this in the rest of the site? Would that mean we have to ASPize everything? I'd like to be able to have user accounts for adding to the message board, the phrase book, and the soon to come Stuff News... Hmmm although it would probably be necessary to allow for anonymous posts, in case anyone wants to slag off Andy or anything. (Only joshing Andy).
John
- Tue Nov 28 09:22:07 2000

Fucking hell thats a cool picture of me.
John
- Tue Nov 28 09:16:25 2000

Hey there!
I managed to dig out two offerings of nostalgia...

p.s. please check out (for my nerdy satisfaction) the members area.

Good nite.
DSP
- Tue Nov 28 02:04:10 2000

Tim: have you still got Brainspotting or any of the other weird bits and pieces of graphics from that era? I think a Radstock memorabilia page is in order.
John
- Mon Nov 27 17:50:35 2000

And I think it was a ten pound note. It may still exist on Simon's PC.
John
- Mon Nov 27 16:25:28 2000

Yes Tim, and it was entirely me that did it.
John
- Mon Nov 27 16:14:31 2000

have you any idea how correct you are?
Jon E
- Mon Nov 27 16:12:55 2000

Did I dream this, or did somebody doctor a five pound note in photoshop to include their picture instead of the Queens? Was this something we did at Radstock? It was a picture of Gary if I remember right wasn't it?
DSP
- Mon Nov 27 16:01:31 2000

Well.. I got the Sparc2... I'm going to pick it up tomorrow... :-)
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 27 09:51:52 2000

Puke!
rowanboy
- Mon Nov 27 09:51:03 2000

dsp
When you're cool the sun shines on you 24 hours a day.
DSP
- Mon Nov 27 09:30:24 2000

Have you checked out ebay.co.uk? I'm currently winning a auction for a Sparc 2... for 57 quid!!! :-)
rowanboy
- Sun Nov 26 19:34:52 2000

Ashley Pomeroy is my new god. Or maybe i've just been at work too long....
graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Fri Nov 24 19:39:52 2000

Oh well at least I'm not still stuck at work on a friday night...
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Fri Nov 24 17:55:57 2000

So that means it is live now...
John
- Fri Nov 24 14:52:03 2000

In fact the full johnnnycam page with all the usual features is now available here.
John
- Fri Nov 24 14:47:13 2000

My boredom has produced a new JohnnyCam.
John
- Fri Nov 24 14:20:55 2000

The GeForce 2 is the best jobbie you can get, at £200. A simple GeForce 2 Mx is £150. This is coming from Byrnie-KNows-All-About-Computers. He's the man.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Madlab, Reading - Fri Nov 24 14:07:55 2000

Graf, Rob and John: A couple of things, just to show that I have been down the pub and been drinking with that as well.
1) DVD's unfortunately don't look that much better on a monitor than a decent T.V., Yes admitedly a monitor's resolution is better than a Tele's, but a DVD isn't of that high a resolution.
2) A PSII would be very nice, but really is it worth the extra money? £400.00 is 10 sex sessions with a prositute (Latest research figures released by Bruce McCready). What is better?
3) 90Gb, Come on Rob how much disk space does one boy need.
4) Is your Graphics card Good Rob, I'm thinking of upgrading My Voodoo3 2000, but don't know if it's worth while. I think I can do quite a few things on the actual processor, instead of using the Graphics processor. (Actual processo is PIII 600 on a 100FSB).


Answers on a html form to www.maison-de-stuff.net/board/

Jon
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., . - Fri Nov 24 13:37:23 2000

I am bored out of my fucking skull, either you all add something to the message board right away or, errr, or well I suppose I'll just post some more messages myself really. OH COME ON!
John
- Fri Nov 24 13:29:55 2000

My Roooooose has left me,
I'm in a Mood,
She's gone to Kenya,
With the Man from Allied Carpets,
She wasn't immunised,
That's a legal requirement,
She's become increasingly slapdash,
Since we bought those new curtains

Mulligan and O' Hare
- Fri Nov 24 11:51:04 2000

Unreal Tournament is a year or so old... If you wanted to play new games (i.e. Deus Ex) your PC would more than likely crap out horribly. I reckon it costs at least 200 quid a year to keep your pc up to date to play the latest games.
I just like my dreamcast cos you don't have to wank about upgrading it annually, and getting the latest version of directX, which then breaks all your older games etc etc... Although it does piss of my housemates when I'm shooting zombies (house of the dead 2, yayy) and they want to be watching Dragonball Z.
But PCs do more of course, other than games. But the other stuff doesn't generally involve me upgrading quite so often. But to each their own. I'm mainly just pissed off at how quickly my pc became obsolete for gaming.
Graf
- Fri Nov 24 11:48:23 2000

The PSII won't run photo studio either.
John
- Fri Nov 24 11:48:04 2000

My PC plays most games, and if you were to buy it now, it would cost about 400 quid. With all that added functionality, I think it works out a much better deal. In fact, there is only one game that I can not really play successfully (Unreal Tournament), but only 'cos Byrnie has a monitor the size of Manhatten, a PC faster than the speed of light, more memory than is decent in a PC and he jacks straight in through a neural lace ("Hit Me."). Ok, I was lying about the memory, but he does have a 90 gig hard disc. I'm sure you use that as a base for the general PC ridiculousness. His cost a great deal more than 300.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Madlab, Reading - Fri Nov 24 11:31:24 2000

I would suspect that your PII 400 cost slightly more than 300 quid tho... Not that I'll be getting a PSII, quite happy with my dreamcast thank you very much. And given up on trying to keep my pc up to spec to play games.
Graf
- Fri Nov 24 11:26:32 2000

I'd just like to say that although the Sony Playstation is very nice, I don't think I want to wait until April to fucking get one. Even if it is a DVD player too. I'll stick with my multi-functional PII 400 with better res than the telly and a blistering Ge Force 2 graphics card. I thankyou.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Madlab, Reading - Fri Nov 24 11:16:19 2000

Noted.
John
- Thu Nov 23 13:34:51 2000

They can be very dry.
DSP
- Thu Nov 23 13:29:19 2000

Does anyone else like bagels?
John
- Thu Nov 23 13:26:40 2000

I am in love with the phrase "Get it in thyn (thine?) noddle", and am going to try and use it as much as possible today. Thanks!
John
- Thu Nov 23 11:32:25 2000

The centre of my brain that deals with the Beverly Hill Billies has just become active again, after a long period of dormancy. Hmmmm...
John
- Thu Nov 23 11:27:12 2000

Oil that is!
Black Gold!
Texas Tea!

DSP
- Thu Nov 23 10:09:22 2000

I don't wanna come back down from this cloud!
Taken me all this time to find out what I need. Yeah!
I don't wanna come back down from this cloud!
Taken me all this time...
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Madlab, Reading - Thu Nov 23 10:05:22 2000

I'd like a word concerning your redundant re-use of "first year" in the previous message. Thanks.
Mr Huffman
- Wed Nov 22 19:02:16 2000

In a possibly unexpected event, Mike Houghton was just in my office. Remember, he did our first year functional programming practicals in the first year - one of the men from Uncle. It turns out he's just become a visiting fellow in our research group. Weird huh?
John
- Wed Nov 22 17:58:06 2000

News just in, I think Rowanboy will be interested in this one. It transpires that the Scandanavian Diving Association is to sue the Spice Girls for copyright infringement, following allegations that their hit "Wannabe" is actually a version of an old diving song:

If you want to be a diver,
You've got to know where it ends,
Staying down forever,
Could re-sult in the bends.
Amazing, no?
John
- Wed Nov 22 16:26:56 2000

SB (South Bank?) is as good as can be expected. Actually in a tutorial/practical at the moment, but the students are hard at "work" so I'm messing about on the web.
John
- Wed Nov 22 16:23:00 2000

Hi John. Just a quickie. I noticed by the dates on the Sainsbury's shopping trip that you went on a Sunday. I'd just like to point out that in Leviathon, c13, v12-22: The lord did protest saying: O ye my flock of thyn, thou have forsaken my sanctamony 'cos you've been shoppin on a Sunday like. Get it in thyn noddle: in my eye this be not on and is intrinsicly evil and tantamount to devil worship. So cut it out!<mitchel>Alright?</mitchel>
Bruce McCreedy
- Wed Nov 22 15:32:44 2000

Hi John, the date on your pictures of Sainsbury's are wrong. Must've been the 19th, not the 18th. Unless it's the 21st today (which it isn't).. How's SB going?
Mark Green
- Wed Nov 22 15:25:24 2000

It's not an unfair comment - Tsuruzoh is pretty great.
John
- Wed Nov 22 13:58:36 2000

I think John is a TsuruZoh Tachibanaya wannabe.
DSP
- Wed Nov 22 13:41:15 2000

Andy, you might also want to download Came, by my mate Tsuruzoh. It's very good - what I used to do Johnnycam with. It'll talk to just about any camera.
John
- Wed Nov 22 13:28:57 2000

Andy - already seen that site! Its what I'm using to tell me how to do it in fact... Mostly. Hmmm there's source code linked off there somewhere or other - if you knew the API for the serial port on your palm pilot it shouldn't be that hard to modify in theory...
John
- Wed Nov 22 13:26:21 2000

It is a shame about the lack of content at ninjapineapple.com (and graf.co.uk for that matter). I did have grand plans for an acoustic night website but it came to a design-by-committee dead end. Should get around to doing my holiday piccies soonish tho :)
Sounds great if you can put digital camera support in Photo Studio - The sooner i can stop using the crap software I got with the camera the better. There's programming info on the chipset my camera uses here if that's any help :) . I was trying to write something to download piccies to my palmpilot from my digicam ages ago, but failed miserably :( . You could do scanner support as well - it might not be too hard, it's just twain isn't it? Not that i really know what twain is.
Oh and thanks to whoever fixed my awful <pre> tag.
Oh and tim, sorry about my rtfm, it was a bit harsh really.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Wed Nov 22 13:19:37 2000

Tom - thankyou! Ohhhhh praise of nerdy achievements is so wonderful! What camera is your Dads exactly? (If it stores exif info with its pictures Photo Studio will tell you!).
John
- Wed Nov 22 13:18:02 2000

I have gained some nerdy satisfaction in that I can now surf the net on my Palm Pilot going through the Infrared port on my laptop.....
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 13:14:58 2000

http://www.steakandcheese.com
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 13:13:57 2000

John: I know that I'm a bit behind, but PhotoStudio is ace... I;ve being playing with it with some pictures from my Dads digital camera (Kodak)... NICE ONE SIR!
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 13:13:39 2000

Tell me more of your "Alien Experience" application, I am intrigued.
Murphy, or was it Mitchell?
- Wed Nov 22 13:10:09 2000

When Clare and me were in Tenerrife, we had a professional photo shoot done. That's where the picture on my page is from. I'm in the process of uploading those. However, I've been distracted by:

  • Building an NT Server (mnpff)
  • Continued editting of Aliens footage (mnpff)
  • Writing an 'Alien Experience' app for sequencing clips (mnpff)
  • ASP Experimenting (mnpff) (mnpff) (mnpff)
  • Spending time with Clare (¬mnpff)
  • Circuit Training (¬mnpff)
  • Oh yeah, working (¬mnpff)
  • Faffing with other peoples computers (¬mnpff)
If you're looking for ideas, why not add an Office Assistant that interrupts with inane bable.
"You look like you're trying to create a thumbnail, would you like help?"
DSP
- Wed Nov 22 13:04:48 2000

Who is data then? Is that actually the irritating android thing out of Star Trek? I thought he didn't have emotions... Certainly pissed off would not have been one of them anyway.
John
- Wed Nov 22 13:01:25 2000

Tim: yes yes yes yes. Risk would be great, but would result in us all spending hours upon hours of our time and ending up hating eachother. Hmmm I think maybe there is already on-line monopoly, no?
John
- Wed Nov 22 13:00:11 2000

Tim / DSP: I am always up for it. (Oh your talking about an online board game well I'm up for that as well).
Jon E
- Wed Nov 22 12:59:55 2000

Pissed Off
Data
- Wed Nov 22 12:58:44 2000

Tim: any samples of what you have done with Photo Studio likely to appear on the web? Any suggestions for things I should change?? I'm currently writing features to download pictures from most standard digital camera from within Photo Studio itself. Which should be nice.
John
- Wed Nov 22 12:58:24 2000

Sorry, Andy. Anyway.
Who's up for building an on-line board game? Or any other quality interactive web service?
Monopoly? Risk?
DSP
- Wed Nov 22 12:56:54 2000

Ooops. Didn't see you qualified the statement to Andi.
DSP
- Wed Nov 22 12:55:55 2000

Its not mine.
DSP
- Wed Nov 22 12:55:23 2000

Andy: not meaning to criticise, but the excellence of your domain name is slightly sullied by the fact that your site doesn't appear to have any actual content. Errmmm...
John
- Wed Nov 22 12:50:23 2000

ninjapineapple.com, hmm...
DSP
- Wed Nov 22 12:47:23 2000

Lox: I'd like to remind you how much I love you.
John
- Wed Nov 22 12:44:21 2000

Tom: in response to your earlier question - about the same time that the winter olympics is staged in hell.
John
- Wed Nov 22 12:42:48 2000

I was just revelling in the nerdy glow of delight created by Andy and Tim's previous messages when I got a really horrible email, which wasn't so nice. But thanks guys anyway, the thought that files for use with my program are now available to download on other people's websites is rather splendid.
John
- Wed Nov 22 12:39:20 2000


Freaky
- Wed Nov 22 12:38:12 2000

Is there anyone out there, or are you all too busy wank- I mean working?
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 12:13:01 2000


Sultry Girlie
- Wed Nov 22 11:27:23 2000

Hello from the far right

rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 11:26:22 2000

  • Graf, sorry for the MYOFB, you were only trying to be nice. I detected condecension, and you invoke an auto-defense mechanism.
  • Rowanboy, welcome back.
  • Lox, I know it just redirected you to the message board.
    • Ha ha.
    • It won't soon
  • John, well impressed with what Photo Studio can do for me, thanks.
  • Jon, nothing to say to you apart from where's your web-page.
  • Rob, I know where your web-page is, you are very quiet.

DSP
- Wed Nov 22 10:24:40 2000

Doh! I seem to have made the message board really wide :(
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Wed Nov 22 09:59:52 2000

BTW, i made that template by

"selecting New from the File menu. In the dialog that appears,select "Index Template", and click OK. A new index template windowshould be created. This displays a preview of what the index willlook like. (TO DO: this is currently quite basic, and just shows emptyrectangles where the thumbnail images will appear).The various settings for this template can be edited by either doubleclicking anywhere in the template's window, or by selecting Properties...from the Template menu. This then produces a dialog with two property pages. "

Just in case you want to make a better one.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Wed Nov 22 09:59:04 2000

Yes, I'm at work :(
Tim: Theres a photostudio template here
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Wed Nov 22 09:52:46 2000

Are you lot at work yet?
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 09:33:48 2000

John: when will the Unix version of PhotoStudio be available? ;-)
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 08:01:09 2000

Just to clear things up:
1) It was Iran.
2) I am back now.
3) UDP - User Datagram Protocol, which is a connectionless protocol; "fire and forget"
4) RJ45 - Little plastic connector for networks, not to be confused with American phone connectors which are RJ11
5) UTP - Unsheilded Twisted Pair. The twisting basically nulls out any EMF interference.
6) The new standard is CAT5e, which will take gigabit ethernet.
7) I have a cold.
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 22 07:59:15 2000

John, I miss you. (Also everyone else, but I was just looking at your photos.). Now I have seen a picture of Chie. If she was from Thailand you could call her Thai-Chie. (I hope no one thinks that is racist, if you do then you are gay).
Jon
- Wed Nov 22 07:48:02 2000

Foxy Loxy: Yes you can embed html in the form. Slight warning though you must close all tags, as otherwise it could bugger up the message board. I.e. if you use <div align="center"> you must close your div with a </div> otherwise the whole message board will be centrally aligned. California would be good, you could dream in california. (Very very weak link to California Dreaming, and for that I apologise). You can always check the talent in California.

- Wed Nov 22 07:41:42 2000

Timmmmmyyyyy... I registered but all it does is sending me back to the message board, now i know that advertising and users hits are keeping money flowing to John's PhD, but this is BLATANT advertising!! :)))
oh well, I couldn't be able to code not even a line of that thing you did so I love it nonetheless :P
Bye dee byee
Loxye
Lox
- Tue Nov 21 22:50:34 2000

I owe Tim an apology for my lack of wits in NOT remembering his coolest ever nickname... I mean I am crap am I?!? :)) What are you guys up to? drop me a line at my personal address... As for where in the states I really don't know yet Jon. I would love to go to California, but I haven't started looking for a proper position there, once my current contract is finished I think I will give it a thought (actually i'll do it before it finishes :))) Plus I am still having troubles with the army, so it's not going to be soon, probably sometimes in 2002... :( Oh well,
ciaociao
Loxye P.S. can u put html commands on this form? (my guess is YES but you guys are the geniuses.. :)
Lox <stalflare@bigfoot.com>
- Tue Nov 21 22:44:40 2000

Thanks Graf. And where do I get a template from?
Do you have one already?
Thought not.
MYOFB.
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 17:17:54 2000

RTFM. Basically if you hit new it gives you the option to build an index file.
Graf
- Tue Nov 21 17:12:09 2000

I'm waiting...
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 17:09:27 2000

I've managed to work the external thumbnail thing. Top utility! Just need the format for the index template.
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 17:09:13 2000

Ooops, perhaps not. Where does it stash the pics when I do a batch conversion. It does the processing, but no images appear where I ask...
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 16:57:50 2000

Right, 30 seconds playing sussed that one. Now I need an index template, or a definition of the index template language please.
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 16:54:16 2000

OK, Pop quiz. I want to process all pictures in a dir, I want to make a smaller JPEG in a separate file, I want each image to be scaled proportionally, I want each image to best fix an x by y rectangle, I want to use photo-studio. What do you do? What do you do?
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 16:51:05 2000

I'll see what I can do Tim...
John
- Tue Nov 21 15:56:06 2000

JOHN! I Love, 21:42. Any picture of parking spaces?
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 15:54:40 2000

Yep, I've still got the same one. Don't use it as much as you by the looks of your webpages :). But I still use it pretty often. Took quite a lot of piccies on holiday with it. Keep meaning to put up a webpage of that, but Hesters photos were mostly better than mine so i'm gonna scan some of those in as well... One day.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Tue Nov 21 15:54:31 2000

Have you still got the same one then Andy? Do you use it much?
John
- Tue Nov 21 15:48:09 2000

Sea mist. Perhaps. At least, the last pictures taken were during a curious bout of sea mist and it never worked again... (cue old sailor type character, previously unnoticed, sitting in corner of inn, to tell woeful tale of mysterious happenings at sea). Err either that or I kept taking it out whilst drunk and dropping it.
John
- Tue Nov 21 15:46:42 2000

So at least you're not in the "take pictures of everything" novelty stage. Not that I'm secretly jealous or anthing. How did you manage to kill your old camera then?
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Tue Nov 21 15:42:45 2000

If anyone is bored enough to want to see where I live and so on, you can have a peek at the first (more or less)pictures from my new camera here.
John
- Tue Nov 21 15:39:11 2000

Floxy Loxy: Where would you be going in the states? Would you be loving it?
Jon E
- Tue Nov 21 14:19:20 2000

Lox, I shared the top floor of Radstock Road with you in our second year. Though I may not be a legitimate Dr, I am none other than, Dr Sneeky Peek.
DSP
- Tue Nov 21 14:01:39 2000

Hey guys, how are you all doing? Ok I have seen that DSP (by the way who are you?) asked what I was doing...I am working as an International congress Organizer, nothing major but I get to travel and get some money... :P I am living by myself in Florence, but I think that I might be leaving this place (once more) maybe to go to the states... We'll see... ciao ciao Lorenzo
Lox <stalflare@bigfoot.com>
- Tue Nov 21 13:57:22 2000

Also did anyone else struggle to understand Jon's last message?
JoHn
- Tue Nov 21 08:58:02 2000

Responding to earlier messages... Rob: Yes. Tim: just under 400 pounds (RRP about 550).
John
- Tue Nov 21 08:56:47 2000

Ok so I take back the bit about Midlands people being normal... Hmmm...
John
- Tue Nov 21 08:50:17 2000

I've just been reading your little rant about "The Midlands". How can you talk down Nottingham et al. You've obviously got a lot of built up anger and repressed hatred and seem to have vented it on a perfectly innocent and respectible part of Britain. Bad boy, dirty boy. To your bed. Oh, by the way. Someone in "The Midlands" shit on my brothers car when it was parked in Slab Square the other night. "Midlanders" you jus' gotta luv 'em.
Dirty Boy <azoth@angelfire.com>
- Mon Nov 20 21:45:52 2000

Eeeuuw. That was a girl. She'll give you hickeys Tim.
Clare: Sorry, this is a standard "one of your mates' girl friend has written onto the message board, must appear not to say hello and instead try to slightly annoy them" message.
Tim: Sorry about the standard "your mates' girlfriend has taken the time to write a message on the message board, and have blatently not said hello and probably slightly annoyed her." message. But heah at least it will give you something to talk about tonight.
John: Sorry for not being GAY.
Everyone: I'm sorry

Jon E
- Mon Nov 20 15:25:04 2000

Good to hear about your new camera John. Does this mean that there will be mini quicktime movies appearing on the web now?
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Madlab, Reading - Mon Nov 20 15:23:42 2000

Hey babe! Work's dull as always! I trying hard not to get poorly. Glad you found the message board ok! See ya tonite! xxx
DSP
- Mon Nov 20 15:17:55 2000

Hello to everyone out there!! I hope you are ok. A special big hi there and hello to my beloved fermoose, i hope your afternoon is going well and that work is not as boring as you thought it would be. I'm still feeling poorly with a bad cold but im looking forward to seeing you tonight. Love you big time!!!!! Speak to you veryu soon.
Clare Curran <clare@curran-house.freeserve.co.uk>
England, Blackpool - Mon Nov 20 15:04:36 2000

etgherhlkegrev fdlkblkg lkjcnzb lfdv a fuck
243
- Fri Nov 17 16:36:47 2000

And the price?
DSP
- Fri Nov 17 16:24:02 2000

It's a Sanyo product. That's Sanyo. It's a VPC-SX550. Available from, well not very many places really. I got mine from Nomatica, who provided very good service, they're also really cheap. It's not really been released in this country yet, and I've found UK companies are a bit useless when it comes to stocking or indeed actually knowing anything at all about digital cameras.
John
- Fri Nov 17 14:16:16 2000

And where could I get one of those?

DSP
- Fri Nov 17 14:07:20 2000

My new camera is so great, it does full motion video up to 640x480 with sound, saved as QuickTime, can play back on the camera, a TV or download to your PC (via USB I might add). Plus its the same size as my old one - no bigger than a conventional compact camera. Lovely.
John
- Fri Nov 17 13:59:48 2000

Can't help but be suspicious that as soon as I start adding messages, everyone else stops... Hmmm...
John
- Fri Nov 17 13:57:31 2000

I think it's UTP that's a type of cabling isn't it?
John
- Thu Nov 16 14:20:16 2000

I always thought UDP was unsigned datagram protocol - the alternative to TCP that sits on top of IP. But then I didn't even do the networking course.
John
- Thu Nov 16 14:19:07 2000

Mind your own business.
DSP
- Thu Nov 16 12:55:46 2000

err actually, its... Universal Data Penguin I think...
DSP
- Thu Nov 16 12:49:34 2000

Oh and UDP: Universal Datagram Packet
Universal Dingo Poo
Unambiguas Distinct Paragraph.
Blatent Lie. I Think.
Jon E
- Thu Nov 16 12:47:21 2000

CAT5 is the standard of cable for a network. CAT5 will take upto 100Mb Ethernet. CAT 3 however won't. Cos it's shite. UDP is part of the Transport layer.
Basically another way of having fucked up data. RJ45 is the american style phone connector. (Used in Token Ring and ethernet and american phones.) It's just a socket on the wall. Let's say it's part of the Physical Layer (OSI 7 Layer). To network 2 RJ45 machines together you need either
     1) A Hub and 2 standard cables. or
     2) a twisted cable. This will basically connect like a null modem cable).
Obviously this is all subject to me not knowing nothing about networks, and for Tom to tell you the truth. (If you can handle it).
jon E
- Thu Nov 16 12:42:39 2000

Right, I need some answers (you can't handle the truth etc.) What is the different between UDP, CAT5 and RJ45. I so wish I'd listened in JT's lectures!!!
I understand that UDP is the little plastic plug thing, i think.
DSP
- Thu Nov 16 12:11:16 2000



- Thu Nov 16 09:29:24 2000

HA. Our internal network backbone has just gone down. HA. I've just managed to re-route my P.C. over 3 unix boxes to write this. HA. It means I can get on and do some work. SHIT.
Jon E
- Thu Nov 16 09:29:08 2000

Whale Oil Beef Oct.
DSP
- Thu Nov 16 09:25:32 2000

<NELSON>HA HA>NELSON<. Obviously this is only if you can get it replaced. If you can't then I am very very very very very sorry.
Jon E
- Thu Nov 16 07:46:50 2000

Or as Gerard Mckee might say "Whale basiclee ets focked."
John
- Wed Nov 15 17:40:08 2000

Well, the LCD screen still works, but as both the CCD (the bit that actually takes pictures) and card reader/writer aren't working, its level of usefulness is somewhat impacted.
John
- Wed Nov 15 17:25:59 2000

Errr... it's kind of broken
John
- Wed Nov 15 17:24:40 2000

John! I'll buy your old one off you!
DSP
- Wed Nov 15 17:22:27 2000

Well its a bit of a bloke-down-the-pub story, but then, how many websites have you seen ending in .iq ??
John
- Wed Nov 15 17:13:11 2000

I've told you a million times not to exaggerate!
Rick (Young Ones)
- Wed Nov 15 17:01:20 2000

<GLULLABLE>Punishable by death, you must be joking!</GLULLABLE>
DSP
- Wed Nov 15 17:00:34 2000

By the way I got my new digital camera today and it is quite immmensely good (Tim: it's chromey, of course).
John
- Wed Nov 15 16:59:04 2000

P.P.S. Please read P.S. instead of S.S.
John
- Wed Nov 15 16:55:45 2000

S.S. Sorry, Allegedly.
John
- Wed Nov 15 16:55:15 2000

Errr guys I think he's actually in Iran, quite different really - if he is in Iraq he really ought to stop posting to the message board - use of the internet there is punishable by death!
John
- Wed Nov 15 16:54:47 2000

Lox!! Hey man! How are you? Are you working? If so what are you doing?
DSP
- Wed Nov 15 12:05:35 2000

He's been contracted out to build a new moustache net to keep Sadam's moustache straight during the night. Unfortunately due to communication problems it came over as an urgent request for Mr. Tom Rowan only as "please build a new Moustacho net" (network) and so he's in for a suprise. (Moustacho is an irabian word for shoddy)
Jon E
- Wed Nov 15 11:48:17 2000

Does anyone know why Tom is in Iraq? Is he setting a firewall up for Sadam or something? Or is he on holiday? Could it be some kind of contractor tax dodge?
DSP
- Wed Nov 15 11:38:13 2000

Its all seems very quiet round here!
DSP
- Wed Nov 15 11:24:56 2000

Tom where the hell are you at the moment to be 3 1/2 hours away from england? ciao ciao
Lox
- Wed Nov 15 11:12:52 2000

The internet access here is via satellite. Which means that this message has been into space and back.
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 15 08:37:11 2000

What really sucks about being out here, apart from the dodgy tummy, is that there is 3 and a half hours difference. Which means it's just after midday here, and you lot are probably on the way to work right now....
rowanboy
- Wed Nov 15 08:36:14 2000

Wooo wHoooooo, I am off to a crap congress in Pisa (city that I personally hate quite a lot) and it's now almost 1 o'clock at night and I can't fucking sleep.... Oh did I mentioned that I still have to pack all my mafia-looking suites for the congress? Here's one of my favourites quotes from Timmothy Hastings "WHY BOTHER LIVING!!", although I am sure he wasn't the very first man on the face of the earth to say it... But who cares it reminds me of him, so it's good! :) Let me wish everyone goooooood night, or maybe Buona notte :P ciao ciao Lox
Lox <stalflare@tin.it>
- Tue Nov 14 23:40:16 2000

I've got a signed copy of his book too, which is also nice.
John
- Tue Nov 14 14:29:33 2000

Can I congratulate you on having sent the first message to the board from the Middle East Tom! Well done! P.S. Don't they have MacDonalds there? Whatever happened to globalisation?
John
- Tue Nov 14 14:27:52 2000

I just met Jamie Oliver. Which was nice.
John
- Tue Nov 14 14:23:28 2000

I don't feel well. I hate Iranian food :-(
rowanboy
Tehran, capital of The Islamic Repulic of Iran, - Tue Nov 14 13:08:01 2000

Tim, finally manage to watch the aliens preview with sound last night, it was great. Lots of Chris quotes in there! Nice! So what format is the full thing going to take then? How are you going to deal with the umpteen (now there's a word I haven't heard for a while) different takes we did for each scene...?
John
- Tue Nov 14 10:56:50 2000

Pictures from the (second) Stanhope Road Halloween party now available! (p.s. Jon, that means ftp works fine so please ignore all previous message).
John
- Tue Nov 14 08:53:14 2000

Seems to be working ok now (from home at least)... Will try again tomorrow at university.
John
- Mon Nov 13 23:16:28 2000

Aggghhhh Jon the FTP server keeps refusing my connections! What do I do?
John
- Mon Nov 13 20:11:17 2000

Thanks for the reply there Tim, but my cussing has left me somewhat unforfilled. Oh, well.
John
- Mon Nov 13 17:15:23 2000

Outside now Hawkins, no mates!
DSP
- Mon Nov 13 16:52:12 2000

Tim: you're right. I'd like to withdraw my earlier slander towards ASP (however I stand by the chip/beer related slurs).
John
- Mon Nov 13 16:48:12 2000

John, mate, it outputs ten.
DSP
- Mon Nov 13 16:36:37 2000

Ok so I'm now up to 8 messages without any reply. That does it.

  1. Tim, ASP is rubbish, and everything ever written in it is too. Gravy should not be placed on chips, mushy peas aren't in fact at all nice and Boddingtons is the Panda Cola (not even shandy) of beers.
  2. Jon, cold fusion is equally rubbish. Cheese should never be fried and Lorenzo's head is not a fitting repository for baked beans. Renault and Peugeot both sound French and are therefore rubbish makers of rubbish cars.
  3. Tom, whatever that thing you do is, is rubbish. Yea firewalls, they're rubbish. They don't work, at all, ever. They're really rubbish.
  4. Andy, something or other you like and/or work with is in fact rubbish, and you are mistaken in your liking of that thing, ha, thus implying you have bad taste and ergo are rubbish. Ha.

John
- Mon Nov 13 16:35:15 2000

Fantastic! Look what I found in my inbox today:

Hi,
We recently launched the official web site for Um Bongo(at http://www.umbongo.com/) and would appreciate it if youcould add a link to your site where you feature the product.
Many thanks,
Tim Allen.

Rest assured Mr Allen, the all-singing, all-dancing, Um Bongo plug page will be coming soon.
John
- Mon Nov 13 15:31:35 2000

Tim, your ASP thing is very nice, but, errrrr, what is it actually for?
John
- Mon Nov 13 15:28:00 2000

Tim, your ASP thing is very nice, but, errrrr, what is it actually for?
John
- Mon Nov 13 15:27:58 2000

Where is Jon today?
John
- Mon Nov 13 15:27:23 2000

Lorenzo - I've sent you an email!
John
- Mon Nov 13 15:10:45 2000

Through the avenues and alleyways dah dah dah.... Yes it was rather good wasn't it? But the ending really bit. Did you notice the slightly chubby guy (that was playing Kathy Burke's husband) was from 2 up 2 down? Anyone remember that?
John
- Mon Nov 13 15:03:22 2000

Ciao everybody!!!! Well well already forgotten your pizzaland friend?! :) I was wondering if someone could give me John's new e-mail address, as I keep writing to the old reading address to no avail (or maybe he doesn't want to write to me.. YOU BASTARD!) Oh well, that's it really, I hope that all of you are fine, drop me a line avery now and then!! Bye tee byee Lox
Lorenzo <l.pirisino@oic.it>
Have a guess, - Mon Nov 13 12:05:12 2000

Hey guys, here's a new play thing.
DSP
- Mon Nov 13 09:29:33 2000

Fix Bayonets!

Just seen "Love, Honour and Obey", you were right, John. I really enjoyed it. Cheers mate.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Madlab, Reading - Sun Nov 12 16:36:10 2000

Tim: it should be possible using my search thing to set up a script that just searches your area - in fact any subtree. Hmmmm, maybe I'll have a go tomorrow. I like your index page! Verdana - hey, that's a pretty nice font. Jon: Put some pages in your area!
John
- Sun Nov 12 11:08:33 2000

Made a couple of modifications to Photo Studio. Hmmm... its very quiet round here at the weekend isn't it?
John
- Sat Nov 11 19:51:21 2000

That would be no.
JAE
- Fri Nov 10 15:02:56 2000

Do you get MSDN?
DSP
- Fri Nov 10 14:56:08 2000

Daniel Sebastian Pritchard: Where is any info on A.S.P. My Boy?
Jon E
- Fri Nov 10 14:54:21 2000

dsp, it can be done

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Mnph
- Fri Nov 10 14:49:21 2000

Imense nerdy dissatisfaction :(
DSP
- Fri Nov 10 14:32:19 2000

Oh no, it should output 10.
DSP
- Fri Nov 10 14:29:29 2000

What's it meant to do then? It came up with:-

dsp, it can be done

Server object error 'ASP 0177 : 800a0046'

Server.CreateObject Failed

/dsp/test.asp, line 29

The operation completed successfully. 

for me.
Graf
- Fri Nov 10 14:26:08 2000

Server side source, i mean.
DSP
- Fri Nov 10 14:24:13 2000

Take a look at this page, then look at its source.
DSP
- Fri Nov 10 14:23:44 2000

Hmmm today's not too exciting either. So what was your immense nerdy satisfaction Timmy boy?
John
- Fri Nov 10 14:18:28 2000

Not much happening round here. :(
DSP
- Thu Nov 9 13:57:58 2000

I have just gleaned imense nerdy satisfaction. to the extreme!!!
DSP
- Thu Nov 9 02:27:33 2000

Or in Japanese: Kawaii Jasminechan, mitae!
John
- Wed Nov 8 16:23:02 2000

Yes indeed Jon, your images totally work with my program in an incredibly nerdily satisfying way. They're EXIF compliant and I can see all the camera information plus thumbnails IT IS GREAT. Your focal length is 13.3mm apparently. P.S. Jasmine is very pretty!
John
- Wed Nov 8 16:19:36 2000

John: Are you loving it?
Jon E
- Wed Nov 8 16:09:34 2000

Thanks Andy! Yes indeed the comment is totally part of the JPEG spec, just doesn't get used very often. You can pretty much bung whatever you want in the header of a JPEG file really. Most applications (e.g. PhotoShop) will discard it though...
John
- Wed Nov 8 15:32:10 2000

Come on John! Go Skitz!!!
DSP
- Wed Nov 8 15:28:41 2000

I've just been having a little play with Photo Studio (I've been fiddling with my holiday piccies) and i have to say it kicks major butt. Just a quick question tho:- is that comment field part of the JPEG spec then? seems deeply cunning.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Wed Nov 8 15:19:08 2000

Nice Jon! Thanks!!!
John
- Wed Nov 8 15:16:26 2000

Oh come on someone post something, I'm stuck in a practical and have no other source of entertainment. Do I have to take the Tim approach?
John
- Wed Nov 8 15:15:49 2000

John: ftp in. Go into /Jon/images/Jasmine/ Under here are a couple of directories of Pics.
Jon E
- Wed Nov 8 15:15:29 2000

Jon:
Can you send me (or better still upload to somewhere in the maison de stuff) a couple of pictures you've taken with your camera? Preferably totally unedited by any paint programs if possible... I want to see if they work ok with my program and what information is there... Cheers!
John
- Wed Nov 8 14:55:19 2000

Err looks like you answered my questions already.
John
- Wed Nov 8 13:51:50 2000

Particularly like the wipes between the scenes. Nice! So is the audio track the original audio or have you added anything over the top? Any chance of a Hollywood style trailer complete with standard growly mans voice and one-liner slogans?
John
- Wed Nov 8 12:47:56 2000

John: Imagine the opening soundtrack to Trainspotting. Its that sound track with samples of the film overlayed. You must hear it, 10x more impact.
DSP
- Wed Nov 8 12:45:15 2000

Tim: I haven't got any sound card on this machine, and still that video is the best thing ever ever ever.
John
- Wed Nov 8 12:42:40 2000

John: What you are downloading is a quarter size demo of the video stuff i'm playing around with. Enjoy!
DSP
- Wed Nov 8 12:23:11 2000

Tim: NICE! It is downloading as I write. Its cool you've added your bit to the maison de stuff! Its like we're having a child together. Erm. All thanks to the wonderful Mr. Ellis. I put a temporary index page in your area, hope you don't mind. Please feel free to change it as much as you like, obviously.
John
- Wed Nov 8 12:17:42 2000

Jon. Thanks for the 9 minute window you gave me between 7:50 and 7:59 to change the page. I shall remember in future to schedule all maintenance work at this evidently critical time. P.S. I love you, lets not fight.
John
- Wed Nov 8 12:03:58 2000

I blatantly modified the front page of the Maison-de-Stuff last night. I've added a little present.
DSP
- Wed Nov 8 09:21:58 2000

Oh look John didn't manage to change the board so I've removed it. John you are such a sad case. Harshness has reached the mid point.
Jon E
- Wed Nov 8 07:59:21 2000

I Know, why don't you change it to how you want it to be. I spent days sorting out how to do this (Blatent lie, more like 2 minutes). No go on, I want to see you try. Well get on with it then.
Jon E
- Wed Nov 8 07:50:50 2000

John, Thanks for the criticism.
Jon E
- Wed Nov 8 07:48:04 2000

The refresh on the message board is too short! My browser jumps back to the top every 60 seconds. Agh! Any way of making it optional? Or longer? Or something? Looks like I got off pretty lightly with the handing out of insults earlier. I'm suprised there wasn't a slur against vegetarianism...? By the way, I uploaded some instructions for Photo Studio just now, if anyone downloaded it but was a bit confused.
John
- Tue Nov 7 19:41:13 2000

No don't! My bandwidth is heavily monitored, I rely on mail updates, yet submit via web :-) mnphhh!
DSP
- Tue Nov 7 16:15:18 2000

Well 60 Seconds then.
Jon E
- Tue Nov 7 16:13:44 2000

Hmmmpnh
Jon E
- Tue Nov 7 16:11:44 2000

Tim, I think you are ace.
Jon
- Tue Nov 7 16:09:05 2000

I'm gonna add an auto refresh onto the Message Board main page. Say once every 120 seconds.
Jon E
- Tue Nov 7 16:03:48 2000

I love you too. Mr Hastings. AKA Cuddle Bunny
Jon E
- Tue Nov 7 15:57:41 2000

I love you Jon. Lets not fight.
DSP
- Tue Nov 7 15:48:28 2000

Oh, I'm laughing. No Really, I am.
Jon E
- Tue Nov 7 15:47:22 2000

You may as well give up you job Jon, 'cos you're shit.
Alright there!
DSP
- Tue Nov 7 15:40:05 2000

Alright there Tim?
Jon E
- Tue Nov 7 15:38:21 2000

There are quite a few entries if you search for Hawkins and Gay.
Hnmph boy
- Tue Nov 7 15:37:12 2000

Give in, give in to your hatred! Then, only then, will your journey to the dark side be complete.
DSP
- Tue Nov 7 15:35:55 2000

And if you don't f'ing Mind. Mr Hastings I would have to say (though John might not agree) that the message board was re-written by me in a "nick Hawkins code, get it working with mails" way. John has obviously added a high element of conziness but still it has a lot more conziness than DSP'ing.

BTW Mr Hawkins, I have been busy earning a living so I haven't had a chance to make a website yet. Is this okay with you? Or should I quit my job?
JAE
- Tue Nov 7 15:34:53 2000

The amazing harshness which has come out of my typing has made me feel quite dizzy, giddy and GAY. Non Faggy sense only.
JAE
- Tue Nov 7 15:30:46 2000

Shut your fucking mouth you northern tosser.
Angry Boy
- Tue Nov 7 15:29:01 2000

I would like to deliberately spark a heated debate/flurry of messages by emphasising:

  • The gayness a cable modems. (secretly very jealous)
  • The gayness of shark-like objects other than sharks.
  • The stupidity of keeping diamonds in tents.
  • The gayness of www.phhinteractive.co.uk, settimeout() in Javascript, Javascript entirely, Java, JAE, Cold Fusion, Peaugots, Renaults, Cheltenham, Cheese Graters, Bread Boards, Catatonia, Crispy Pasta and Amigas.
  • The shoddyness of any underlying CGI/Perl/conzware proping up this second rate cack-splattered bum-hole of a web-shite.
  • The mysterious silence of Chris Challacombe.
(That should warrant some kind of reply)
DSP
- Tue Nov 7 15:21:15 2000

I have just filled a bored 20 minutes by reading the message board for April 2000. My conclusion is that it was very enjoyable, and that I am very funny.

<SERIOUS>
John, I feel it is your duty to publish a Maison-De-Stuff Annual (like the christmas Blue Peter annual) these should be distributed at great personal inconvenience/expense to yourself. May I place my order for a copy. Thanks.
</SERIOUS>
DSP
- Tue Nov 7 15:11:26 2000

NICE HASTINGS! P.S to everyone else - the search thing is working now, and it is very good indeed.
John
- Tue Nov 7 12:41:28 2000

Yesterday scientists for Health Canada suggested that, considering the results of a recent analysis that revealed the presence of female hormones in beer, men should take a look at their beer consumption. The theory is that drinking beer makes men turn into women. To test the theory, 100 men were fed 6 pints of beer each within a one-hour period. It was then observed that 100% of the men gained weight, talked excessively without making sense, became overly emotional, couldn't drive, failed to think rationally, argued over nothing, had to sit down while urinating, couldn't perform sexually, and refused to apologize when wrong. No further testing is planned.
DSP
- Tue Nov 7 10:16:33 2000

Not really a spelling mistake - its plural though. Hmmm Tim you're probably best talking to Jon about the communal type of thing, but I had thought that was his intention with setting up this site...
John
- Mon Nov 6 19:19:41 2000

<smugness> Cable modems are indeed nice. Ours looks like a shark's fin too.
Gran canaria was nice too </smugness>
Graf
- Mon Nov 6 17:09:03 2000

Is this a communal Maison-De-Stuff project? I hadn't realized! I was considering establishing a far superior, non-shoddy: Chateaux-De-Stuff -- he said leaving himself wide-open for a spelin-eror.
DSP
- Mon Nov 6 09:36:44 2000

Bugger. No I didn't. Oh well must be on www.phhinteractive.co.uk site. Oh well. It's hard work trying to remember shit.
JAE
- Sun Nov 5 21:37:04 2000

This really isn't an important messge but I've just forgotten how to do a setTimeout function in javascript, and know that I put it on the Submit Message page (After the message has been typed) so I am typing a message to get to the You have submitted a page thing.
JAE
- Sun Nov 5 21:35:56 2000

Actually the add phrase script for the phrasebook is working now - please go and populate it with phrases if you have a spare moment - the new phrase book is currently very bare!
John
- Sun Nov 5 17:25:41 2000

I've updated the site a bit today, copied some things across from the old site which is now more or less inactive. The phrase book(s) is/are now viewable, but you can't add to it yet. A few other standard bits and pieces like the moon on a stick page are now on this site. Jon (and Tim?) are you going to be adding some bits yourself? Currently the main page looks a bit lopsided with only my stuff there...
John
- Sun Nov 5 17:01:53 2000

Finally got a PC here at South Bank. Which is nice, as I've been here 6 months. Might actually do some work now.
John
- Fri Nov 3 13:45:07 2000

And the dialup is all happening through my firewall.Later it will be Cable Modem. Which is nice.
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 2 20:29:30 2000

And the dialup is all happening through my firewall.Later it will be Cable Modem. Which is nice.
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 2 20:29:30 2000

I am using Exceed to use Netscape on my Sparc on my laptop if you see what I mean. WHY? Because I can.
rowanboy <tom.rowan@freelance.networks.net>
My Office (Back room!), My Desk - Thu Nov 2 20:28:02 2000

Astroball
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 2 19:23:06 2000

Don't forget your flak jacket. Mine's packed already.
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 2 18:52:13 2000

That's weird! I'm going to Beirut next month... Which will be nice.
John
- Thu Nov 2 17:59:46 2000

I am going to Iran next Thursday for 7 days. Which means that i've had to have jabs and takle malaria tablets :-(
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 2 11:09:58 2000

I am here too...
rowanboy
- Thu Nov 2 11:08:03 2000

Oh yea, thanks Derek.
John
- Thu Nov 2 10:36:00 2000

But John, you do.
Derek
- Thu Nov 2 10:35:26 2000

So it'll be another day of just me adding messages then.If only I had multiple personality disorder...
John
- Thu Nov 2 10:35:10 2000

Doesn't really work so well with the rest of us. Johnalhaw,Timjonhas, Tom... AGH null pointer dereferenced. Mnph.
John, who isn't bored, honest
- Wed Nov 1 16:34:38 2000

Funny Jon, if you take the first syllable from each of your names you get the curious word Jonandell.Nice isn't it?
John
- Wed Nov 1 16:30:29 2000

I don't think that's really whingeing.... hmmmm anyway what is the prize?
John
- Wed Nov 1 16:29:01 2000

No your the only one wingeing on the board today though. So you win a prize.
JAE
- Wed Nov 1 14:40:50 2000

Hmmmm am I the only person reading the board today? I'm actually in a tutorial right now, but the students are doing a test which is great because it means I don't really have to talk. Conveniently its held in a room withcomputers. Nice.
John (as if anyone else ever posts anything ever)
- Wed Nov 1 14:27:17 2000

October's messages can be found here.
John
- Wed Nov 1 14:22:10 2000

Oh by the way the other messages haven't disappeared, they're just archived. Must put a link to them somewhere.
John
- Wed Nov 1 12:35:54 2000

Apologies for length / foul moodedness of my posts yesterday. Tim, I think I've worked out what you've done - when you selected create inline you must not have chosen any scale parameters - so therefore it inserted the main image in full as a thumbnail, which is obviously a bit daft (!), and would account for both it being a bit slow, and using lots of memory. Usually you want maybe 80x60 or 160x120 size thumbnails. Say you're using some high-ish resolution images (e.g. 1280 x 960), and you created an inline thumbnail for each, at full size, it is then going to (naturally) have one 1280x960 24 bit thumbnail for each image in memory! It has to if its going to be able to display them in the browse window. So you're looking at about 4 meg of storage for each image - just the thumbnail. While it is actually creating each thumbnail it will also have the main image in memory (again another 4 meg), although this is removed from memory as soon as it is no longer needed - i.e. when we start processing the next iamge. Additionally, when you elect to save it will then have the JPEG data in memory (or the packed bitmap data in the nightmarish event that you were creating bitmap thumbnails). So its easy to see how with a directory of just 30 or 40 images you could soon be using huge amounts of memory. The default in the scale parameters dialog really ought to be something sensible I suppose - like framed to 160x120, rather than no scale at all. But assuming you did do something like this the program actually worked exactly as it should - bitmaps just take up lots of memory!
John
- Wed Nov 1 12:34:59 2000