Message Board(5/2001)

Its nice to see the board is well again.
John. May I congratulate you on writing a nice piece
of solid program, good lad.

dsp
- Thu May 31 12:13:53 2001

By the way <texan>y'all</texan> there's a new version of Photo Studio available if anyone is interested... It looks a bit snazzier now...
John
- Thu May 31 11:45:51 2001

How about a tweed jacket for the camper - to keep it warm at night
Simon
- Fri May 25 15:31:02 2001

You could always dress the computer up in tweed... get some tweed paint or something...
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Fri May 25 14:45:41 2001

I think that the bleep is all down to your machine having a bad childhood. Try sending it to therapy! See you tonight Johnny boy. Wax the bannister for me.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Fri May 25 14:41:53 2001

Hmmmm I've managed to turn off the beep altogether for Windows by fiddling with the registry... but now I'm not going to notice when I get new mail am I? Seems a bit over the top...
John
- Fri May 25 13:57:38 2001

Does anyone know how to disable the beep that I get in MS VC++ 6 whenever I do a build? Its really irritating!
John
- Fri May 25 13:54:05 2001

Is Berwick-Upon-Tweed actually built on a foundation of tweed jackets then?
John
- Fri May 25 12:13:48 2001

I also understand there is a company called 'Limp Biztweed' headed by a chap called Fred Durst who is a great lover of Tweed in all its forms. I understand he wears a red tweed cap all the time. He has a range of tweed with rude words (largely the F word) woven into the fabric. These tweeds are preferred by hardcore farmers as they become more accepted in 'the hood'.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Fri May 25 11:46:34 2001

There is a company is Durham called 'Rage Against the Loom' where you can buy tweed jackets, with leather elbow pads emblazened with the logos, Zach's lyrics and images of the man himself. A bargain, starting from Ł29.99 (while stocks last).
dsp
- Fri May 25 11:23:53 2001

It's a conspiracy! I think the BBC were worried that there would be too many cool people on Question Time so stopped you from going. This is all to do with the BBC buying shares in Tweed fabric suppliers. If the BBC can get more people on telly wearing tweed, then more people will wear it... stocks go up. Clearly Tim and his lady (sorry, don't know her name mate) are too fashionable to wear tweed so they were denied. That is why John is now thinking about tweed jackets in a more favourable light and has even bought some leather elbow pads for his long sleeve Rage Against the Machine T Shirt. It's evil, I tell you.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Fri May 25 11:19:33 2001

Sounds a bit harsh! Hmmm I wasn't aware the BBC were standing at the election, although I suppose if they aren't it makes it all the more easier for you to not vote for them. No suspicious didcots, or whatever that problem was at the US election.
John
- Thu May 24 15:37:36 2001

John! Sorry mate. Clare got a phone call saying they had oversubscribed her age-group and that she couldn't got. So I didn't out of principle. I shaln't be voting for the BBC!
dsp
- Thu May 24 15:22:51 2001

Oh Tim, thou art a bit crappy. From whence shallst I look upon your telly appearance of yesterday?
John
- Thu May 24 15:19:49 2001

Seems a bit of a harsh way to describe Nicoletta, but hey, whatever!
John
- Thu May 24 14:05:27 2001

Don't worry John, the conversation mostly revolved around Brown being a fool. Mr Gasson is kicking himself for missing the pub night last night. He went to bed early with a 'headache'.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Thu May 24 13:37:40 2001

I spent ages in a pub last night watching the TV to try and see if I could see Tim and failed. Bloody useless.
John
- Thu May 24 12:14:55 2001

I think it is part of Tim's evil plan to subvert world order.
John
- Wed May 23 17:03:56 2001

Maybe not possible today but I'll have a look tomorrow if I get a chance...
John
- Wed May 23 12:01:17 2001

John, please send me a copy.
(In something useful/corporate - not Postscript/Latex)
dsp <tim@nonhostile.com>
- Wed May 23 11:50:07 2001

Did anyone know I have published a paper on graph search algorithms (best, depth, breadth first etc), in the proceedings of The International Conference on Aritifical Intelligence, 2000. Which was nice.
John
- Wed May 23 11:40:54 2001

Jon: Hmmmm. Yeah I am in serious danger of unwittingly putting an infinate loop into our product - with my dodgy AI searching code!! (Well...basically you're f**ked!)
Simon
- Wed May 23 08:59:10 2001

Simon: Not really. I currently have an inbalance of unmanagability, possibly still left over from 2 years ago. Anyway, I am extremely tempted to become unmanagable. Which really is no bad thing. Except if I am at work, demonstrating a product.
Unmanagibility determines that I must (when coding the new product) put infinite loops in other peoples work and also delete links between pages, or even better taking our corporate clients off to www.maison-de-stuff.net .
Jon E
- Wed May 23 07:58:51 2001

Its a bit like John Cleese and Michael Palin in the argument sketch really.... Errr, sort of.
John
- Tue May 22 15:52:49 2001

I'd love to get the chance to ask a politician why they feel it necessary to turn every incident ever into an attack on the opposition. (e.g. egg throwing, foot and mouth, moving the election, keith vaz, the dome etc etc etc). Can't they see that over time constant oppositionalism only wittles down the public's perception of that fact that you've actually got a standpoint and something worthwhile to say in the first place. Not to mention it makes them all look a bit petty and childish.
John
- Tue May 22 14:52:54 2001

Bloody hell - I didn't see that other message. Obviously there's a consensus here on the why bother thing.
John
- Tue May 22 14:46:06 2001

Exif - there's an explanation on the site... You know Jfif don't you? Well its like that, only better. As for question time, errr, the only question I can think of asking is him is why are you bothering... hmmm but I'm sure there must be some vetting process so they probably wouldn't let you. Don't let yourself become a pawn in the propoganda machine, Tim!
John
- Tue May 22 14:44:44 2001

I think, as far as William Hague is concerned. 'Why bother?' would be appropriate.
Oyg
- Tue May 22 14:40:20 2001

Out of interest, Clare and me are going on Question Time tomorrow nite.
William Hague will be on the panel of people to talk to.
I have to think up some questions to ask. Any suggestions?
dsp
- Tue May 22 14:16:58 2001

Soon I am going to try and integrate a breadth first search into our product. Hmmm....I couldn't do it at uni...so I wonder what my chances are now?!
Simon
- Tue May 22 14:15:28 2001

Perhaps computer science has moved on since I last looked, but WTF's exif???
dsp
- Tue May 22 14:13:02 2001

I thought about that the other day. Anyone seen amielectableornot? I think when I had a look on ukreg, amievilornot wasn't taken yet, seemed like the best bet to me. I recently registered exif.org, which gave me a fair bit of nerdy satisfaction. It makes for a nice neat email address.
John
- Tue May 22 13:50:05 2001

I'm gonna set up a website. I'm not too sure what about, probably "FitOrGit".

- Tue May 22 13:43:40 2001

I'm quite free the next couple of weekends, but would quite like to stay in London at some point - I've been away the last four, and can't help but think with what I'm paying in rent I ought to make as much use of my flat as possible! Hmmmm... But I could just about come to Swindon for the evening from here really - only an hour on the train, in case you wanted a bizarre mid week meeting...
John
- Tue May 22 13:34:28 2001

Well, I'll probably be visiting Swindon in the not too distant future if that helps....
Simon
- Tue May 22 13:27:43 2001

Sorry. I am really smirking at work right now. Gaylord, when would you like to meet up? Surely this should be the Beginning to Mid August whereever possible and perhaps involving a northern slant on the event.
Jon E
- Tue May 22 13:25:21 2001

I.e. the weekend of my birthday. I'm sorry John, but you can't monopolise my time. I'm funnily enough only joking. We'll have to see about following weeks. Anyway your a fine one to talk you ignorant cunt
Jon E
- Tue May 22 13:23:28 2001

Jon - is there any chance of any of us ever meeting up with you ever? We were trying frantically the weekend before last to build you into EllisFest but it seemed to be slammed in...
John
- Tue May 22 13:21:18 2001

Simon - did you manage to see the video yet - there's a link to an AVI version a bit further down the board...
John
- Tue May 22 13:19:55 2001

If I'm not mistaken that's A Yellow shirt Simon has on.
Jon E
- Tue May 22 13:16:19 2001

I'm fairly sure its spelt convertable. If no-one has one already, perhaps we could modify someone's car A-Team style?
John
- Tue May 22 13:08:52 2001

Oi Mr. F. Christmas, would you like to step outside?
John
- Tue May 22 13:07:17 2001

washing machines fixed? That's no way to speak about your girlfriend. HO HO HO
Father Christmas
- Tue May 22 13:03:29 2001

It appears to be convertable weather. Anyone, except Tom Rowan (Who's probably got an XKR and taken it around that corner in fifth) got a new exciting convertible?

As you have noticed, I've spelt converti/able differently, that's because I'm not too sure which one is the better spelling.
Jon E
- Tue May 22 13:02:34 2001

Getting boilers replaced? That's no way to speak about your girlfriend. HO HO HO.
Father Christmas
- Tue May 22 13:00:53 2001

Hmmm not decorating, but arranging lots of drab domestic tasks - getting boilers replaced, washing machines fixed and so on.
John
- Tue May 22 12:52:07 2001

No, but I think I've got alot of eddy.mp3s
Nice!! It is totally sunny to the max here!
Not wanting to engage in a weather conversation, just asserting a fact. mnphh!!
Done any decorating recently?
dsp
- Tue May 22 12:45:47 2001

Nice Tim! Whats with this sudden Eddy Grant revival? Did you get that greatest hits album I saw on the telly?
<eddy grant>
We're gonna rock on to electric avenue,
da dee da dee da deea
</eddy grant>

John
- Tue May 22 12:23:27 2001

Hey guys, may I join the bored party?
<eddy grant>
Bored Party - me no wanna go
Everybody's goin' to a Bored Party - me no wanna go
NOOO.. Mama No, Mama no.
deddle-de-de
</eddy grant>

dsp
- Tue May 22 12:05:17 2001

...or alternatively here's an AVI version of the french accordian. Quality maybe a bit impacted, but size is down a little bit.
John
- Mon May 21 13:22:32 2001

Simon - you need to go to apple.com and download the QuickTime player.
John
- Mon May 21 12:58:53 2001

Unfortunately I can't watch the movies on my lame work PC ---AHHHH!
Simon
- Mon May 21 10:31:31 2001

John: Nice pictures - really cool to look back through them - Nice!
Simon
- Mon May 21 10:27:43 2001

Rob: We may be forced to lock you and the van in a large tool shed with welding equipment.
Simon
- Mon May 21 10:16:18 2001

So are you planning on taking up terrorism then Rob?
John
- Fri May 18 14:03:43 2001

I pick the van up on Monday and am seriously considering painting it black with a red stripe.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Fri May 18 13:58:24 2001

My ability to download pictures doesn't seem to work no more.
John
- Fri May 18 13:08:11 2001

Buggerit. I have the camera with me but no leads - only PCMCIA adapter, bugger all use in desktop PCs in this country moan moan whinge whinge. I will be away this weekend too... Maybe early next week? French accordian will come out as a quicktime movie - or I suppose with some faffing about I could convert it to AVI... Or even MPEG maybe.
John
- Fri May 18 13:04:49 2001

John : Any chance of the obs weekend pics going on the web yet - I especially want the 'French Accordian'!!!
Simon
- Fri May 18 13:00:05 2001

NICE ROB! That sounds well great! Any photos yet...?
John
- Fri May 18 12:58:43 2001

....or maybe Austin Powers style with a union jack on the roof......
Simon
- Fri May 18 12:56:45 2001

Nice one Rob! I suggest painting it up like the A-Team van.
Simon
- Fri May 18 12:55:55 2001

I've bought a VW Camper. Oh yeah.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Fri May 18 12:06:26 2001

SOUNDS

FREAKY

I'll bring my new funk CD 'Funkology' with me. It's fab.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Wed May 16 14:47:22 2001

Yes ok Rob, let me know when you're free! How about a week today on your way back from cadets?
John
- Wed May 16 14:44:46 2001

Yeah, they are going out on friday night. I can not attend. :( I'm sure you're more than welcome. Say, John, we really must meet up soon, kick back play some FUNK and talk freaky bolox. What ya think? Not this weekend though....
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Wed May 16 14:35:20 2001

Rob - am I right in believing its Messrs. Gasson and Werry's birthday this weekend?
John
- Wed May 16 13:13:00 2001

Bluerg! Another report bites the dust. Finished. At last! Now I can waste time like a proper postie.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Wed May 16 10:18:18 2001

Thanks for the concern Simon! Indeed a G&T may well be in order...! I think its all fairly under control anyway...
John
- Tue May 15 18:22:20 2001

Nice.....sorry to hear of the plumbing incident. Sounds horrid....I would recommend a nice cold G&T to get over it!
Simon
- Tue May 15 17:14:04 2001

Not quite sure how that got posted twice... Oh well...
John
- Tue May 15 17:02:18 2001

Tim: not to worry about the message. I did a bulk send to try and alleviate my boredom. Luckily my sister came up trumps with the following:

Mary had a little lamb,
and his name was Ralph,
but now he's burning in a field,
because of foot and mouth.

Bizarrely we're both vegetarians.
John
- Tue May 15 16:37:27 2001

I've had a nightmare last few hours - the washing machine in my flat, or the building's plumbing or something decided to flood into the flat below last night. Bugger. I think its all under control now, and, fingers crossed, no permanent damage done, but still its unbelievably stressful. AGH!
John
- Tue May 15 15:42:02 2001

Nice use of 'Whilst Drunk' terminology. I like it. A lot.
Simon
- Tue May 15 15:27:32 2001

John. Sorry for blatantly not responding to your text message. I had left my mobile phone at a bar-be-que, "whilst drunk".
dsp
- Tue May 15 09:24:54 2001

Hmmm yea I did try that and IE seemed to rather suspiciously just ignore it. Oh well, not so important really...
John
- Mon May 14 17:17:28 2001

What do you want to be the default? If you want Internet Exploder, go to Tools -> Internet Options... Then go to the "Programs" tag, and check the "Internet explorer should check to see if it is default" box. Next time you start IE, it will ask if you want to make it default.
Hope that helps :)
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Mon May 14 15:19:07 2001

Does anyone know how to change the default browser in Windows? I'm kind of stuck with Netscape and I've got a slightly spaggy version.
John
- Mon May 14 12:08:46 2001

I'm currently eating goats cheese. A bit unusual for this time of day I think.
John
- Mon May 14 11:30:18 2001

I think Ellis should dance through the streets wearing a flowery dress, but what are the chances of that ever happening...?
John
- Mon May 14 10:47:59 2001

I think Ellis should meet up with us in London on June 9th and that.....
Simon
- Mon May 14 10:39:03 2001

Indeed. Got a phone call from Al this morning which was cool!
Simon
- Mon May 14 10:38:08 2001

Yea I just about coped. There was a big group of homeys in the carriage I was in, generally being irritating, with a stereo on playing loud Jungle, and then eventually they seemed to have some kind of fight, got lots of blood everywhere and then all ran off to another carriage. They all seemed to get off the train at Southampton, which made sense. Evidently there is a big 'scene' there for that kind of music at the moment, or something. Post Southampton it was just vastly dull, but then, as Ellis boy pointed out to me when he finally got in touch this morning... Shit happens!
John
- Mon May 14 10:33:21 2001

John: Recovered from the return train journey yet?!
Simon
- Mon May 14 09:24:33 2001

Oh yea I found it now.... fucking hell! What a pain in the arse! The one day I go to use SWT and there's a strike!
John
- Fri May 11 14:19:41 2001

John: I will just check.....its SWT that is affected....
Simon
- Fri May 11 14:17:52 2001

Train strike? I've heard nothing about a train strike?! Are you sure? Both railtrack and BBC websites make no mention of it...?!
John
- Fri May 11 14:16:26 2001

John : Just read the last message - of course - I will pick you up from Poole....we just need to check the train is running OK
Simon
- Fri May 11 14:14:43 2001

John: Where are you now Reading or London - We need to check transport for you to get down - some sort of train strike but we can find a way..........
Simon
- Fri May 11 14:13:39 2001

Nice! I think I'm totally going to come down today, if thats ok Simon... The trains seem to go to Poole every 30 mins from Waterloo, and it takes around two hours... Can I get a lift from Poole then?
John
- Fri May 11 14:07:38 2001

Alternatively you could both get the train down... Come On!!
Simon
- Fri May 11 09:01:19 2001

I can't afford to travel anywhere at the mo :-(, but Popz is coming down from Swindon, what about if Jon gets a lift down with him this late afternoon....or alternatively both Jon and John, come down and you can both stay at my flat for the weekend in Wimborne, and that!!! Whatever happens, try and get down here, both of you!!
Simon
- Fri May 11 08:56:44 2001

I don't think I'll be able to check the board again today - but Simon and Jon please get back to me!
John
- Thu May 10 16:30:57 2001

Sorry John, and Jon. I hope it all goes super for you.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Thu May 10 13:42:38 2001

Got to go teach now - maybe last time ever! Anyway, Jon Ellis it would be well great if we could see you this weekend! Please can Jim fix it for me!
John
- Thu May 10 12:51:59 2001

Ellisfest sounds mad. Pity I am utterly not free this weekend. I am utterly busy.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Thu May 10 12:26:29 2001

So anyway, what are the chances of having an
EllisFest
This weekend? What better reason do we need for spontaneous Radstock reunion?
John
- Thu May 10 12:25:11 2001

Apologies for temporarily cacking up the board there.
John
- Thu May 10 12:23:44 2001

Ellis Ellis Ellis Ellis Ellis Ellis Ellis Ellis
The Ellis Machine
- Thu May 10 12:19:08 2001

Jon Ellis should get the cakes in (in the Cedar Room)!!
Mine a muffin! pfffppp!!
dsp
- Thu May 10 12:18:44 2001

Simon - it transpires via a cruel twist of fate that I'm actually free now this weekend... Any chance you too are free? Any chance of building Mr. Ellis in as well somehow? As some kind of post birthday shindig (whatever the fuck one of those is). How about we all oddly stay in a hotel in Swindon or something mad.
John
- Thu May 10 12:15:59 2001

Yea, Happy Birthday Mr. Ellis, I hope its a good one!
John
- Thu May 10 12:12:37 2001

Attention Attention!
Will the real Jon Ellis please stand up!
We're gonna have a problem here.
Happy Birthday!!
dsp
- Thu May 10 09:48:36 2001

I'm feeling like I might just redesign my part of the MDS. It no longer fits in with my mind state. >:|
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Thu May 10 09:27:07 2001

I always wanted a torch like that. In fact, I often used to break my legs by jumping into the circle of a non-magic torch light. Oh, wonderful days as a child!
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Wed May 9 17:14:22 2001

<LLCoolJ>
Something like a Jonathon,
Something like a Jonathon,
Something like a Jonathon,
</LLCoolJ>
dsp
- Wed May 9 16:30:50 2001

Jamie, Jamie, Jamie and the Magic Torch.
Down the helter skelter,
faster and faster towards Cuckoo Land.

Wordsworth, Wordsworth, following hard behind.
Ready for adventure, always there to lend
a paw or a hand!

Mr Boo and all the others too,
the strangest people you've ever seen.
And the torch with it's magical beam,
If I hadn't really been there
I'd think that I was dreaming!

Jamie, Jamie, no two nights are the same.
And life is one long glorious game
with Jamie -
Jamie and the Magic Torch !!!!

Alright there my boys?

Indeed.....Yes, it did kind of remind me of that late night soup.....that tasted wonderful too....nice....
Simon
- Wed May 9 13:11:44 2001

That sounds fantastic Simon... ooooh memories of Radstock.
John
- Wed May 9 12:47:25 2001

I also consumed alcoholic beverages on Saturday, and oddly (and scarily) was unable to order bottles of Guiness. The conversation was: Me :'Two bottles of Guiness please' Barmaid :'Two tequilas with lemon?' Me :'No. Two bottles of Guiness please.' I was then served two glasses of tequila (with lemon) and was unable to find the energy to argue so just drunk them anyway.
Simon
- Wed May 9 12:47:04 2001

We cooked Hungarian stew using a small cauldron dangled over a camp fire on Sunday whilst drinking wine. Which was nice. Where is the soon_to_be_excited boy then??!! Has anyone arranged for Kylie to see him with a big birthday *suprise* yet??!
Simon
- Wed May 9 12:41:11 2001

I'm terribly afraid that this increasing use of large text could escalate into a situation where we're all forced to go out and buy bigger monitors.
John
- Wed May 9 12:07:00 2001

yes, I understand it is a VERY important day for Jon Ellis. Incredibly important. Extremely important. Important++. Mightily important. With cheese.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Wed May 9 10:58:32 2001

Oooooh (pretending not to know) what would that be then?
John
- Wed May 9 09:35:56 2001

Sorry Rob, but I wasn't around at that time of night, I'm not sure John was either. But I am now.
I think we should all engage Jon Ellis in conversation, because tomorrow is a very exciting day for him!!
dsp
- Wed May 9 09:30:31 2001

Well, I thought I'd try and engage TIM and JOHN in a jokey-one-on-one conversation I don't understand. Sounds like your last weekends were quite cool. I spent Saturday having a jam session with some of the boys and then to the ever shit Reading beer festival. They ran out of beer on the Saturday. How shit is that? And on Sunday I saw Bridget Jones's Diary. Monday I had to go into campus to work. Not what I would call the best weekend in the world. Still, as John says, it could be worse.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
FOL, Reading Uni - Tue May 8 23:24:19 2001

I can't help but think I've somehow been possessed by Benny Hill.
John
- Tue May 8 14:00:26 2001

Apparently, due to recent events, the amusing teenage pastime of cow tipping has now been replaced with a more energy efficient one. Why waste all that time pushing cows over when with some red paint, water, a couple of sleeping pills and a bucket of sherbert you can fake a foot and mouth outbreak and have the whole herd slaughtered?
John
- Tue May 8 13:57:38 2001

A melon? Say, that must have required either a front mounted basket or some awkward handlebar / carrier bag configuration... Perhaps you ought to have got a pair to make the balancing right? Pfffffftttt...
John
- Tue May 8 13:53:20 2001

The bike ride was with Clare.
Initially it was to the shops for some milk and a melon.
That trip was so enjoyable, we decided to go on a quick trip around the local area to inspect how many cows we left.
To our delight, there are no poorly cows in the area.
dsp
- Tue May 8 13:25:21 2001

Tim, tell me more of your bike-riding escapades... Where to/from, how long, who with...?
John
- Tue May 8 13:04:39 2001

No, not quite that spontaneous - it was organised the day before. It was a toss-up between Rejkavik, Edinburgh and Paris, so we plumped for the one we thought would be warmest. If only we'd gone for Karachi (dunno how to spell that - you know, in Pakistan) instead, as it was apparently a pleasant 51 degrees centigrade there over the weekend. Nice.
John
- Tue May 8 13:03:59 2001

JOHN!Was it some kind of dare/bet that sent you to Paris at drinking up time?
dsp
- Tue May 8 12:58:34 2001

TIM: It's nice to talk to YOU. Your weekend sounds like fun! I went to Paris on a whim, which was also fun. Slightly disappointed about it actually being colder there than it was here, but never mind.
John
- Tue May 8 12:49:55 2001

John, I am about to deliberately engage YOU in conversion, here goes.
How are you? Did you have a nice bank-holiday weekend?
I had a cocktail of bike-rides, sunshine, bar-be-ques, alcohol and other physically exercising activities.
Which was nice.
dsp
- Tue May 8 12:40:05 2001

Go back to the dropship and nuke the site from orbit - its the only way to be sure.
John
- Tue May 8 12:35:23 2001

It could be worse, Rob.I recommend you kill everyone involved while you still have the chance.
John
- Tue May 8 12:29:16 2001

Just seen Bridget Jones's Diary. Funnily enough, part of the plot is about a chap who marries and Japanese girl and then she runs off with another man. Funny that. I belly laughed for, oooooo, an unmeasurable amount of time.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
Highmead Close, Reading - Mon May 7 00:01:26 2001

I just had a surprisingly nice lunch. It is Chie's birthday today! So as a special treat she has come into South Bank with me. Ermmmm. Well, more of a treat for me than her, really.
John
- Fri May 4 14:25:57 2001

Bastards. For cancelling the tube strike. Bastards! Rob
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Thu May 3 14:11:54 2001

Well looks like the tube strike was cancelled. Dammit. And there was me looking forward to a day off.
John
- Thu May 3 11:40:48 2001

Jon: Ok....why don't you come up to London on June 9th and attend this gig....
Simon
- Wed May 2 14:06:26 2001

Jon: Yeah not so bad thanks. Work is Ok....we'll have to arrange some sort of meeting soon
Simon
- Wed May 2 13:30:07 2001

Being fucked off with Job. Now, that would be a sentence stopper, if I hadn't carried on. Jack has happened in 2 and a half years. I feel like I'm wasting my life in a crap company which doesn't tax my brain. In other words I am bored shitless doing ColdFusion (ooooh look somehting which isn't even object orientated, god I want to program in a half decent language (Oh and also to get it on with Kylie, grrrrrr)). I bet your glad You asked.
Jon E (Marvin, the Paranoid Android)
- Wed May 2 13:25:53 2001

Jon: What are you up to these days then? Besides working in Swindon?
Simon
- Wed May 2 13:16:05 2001

Alright Simon.
Jon E
Swindon, WILTS, Near the same place as POPZ - Wed May 2 13:14:01 2001

John: Just get a ticket down you...I mean if you don't like it just get more pints down....its only a tenner...go on it'll be a laff and we can get trolleyed!
Simon
- Wed May 2 13:10:38 2001

Not deliberately elusive, just not much room in an SMS! Details are: Saturday 9th June: Luke Morley (light rock/indie) Borderline, off Charing Cross Road, 8pm. 10 in advance (ticketweb's your best bet) or 12 on the door if they have any left. Any Londonites welcome. Failing that, we should be around the West End for most of the afternoon if meetingage is required.
Popz <ice_popz@yahoo.com>
Third level of Hell, Swindon, Wilts, Just above the raging inferno, about two metres from the main pitchfork - Wed May 2 12:37:53 2001

Simon: I have also heard tell of this from Pops... Whose gig is it? Both you and Pops seem to be being deliberately vague about it! Don't tell me, its a Spandau Ballet Egyptian tribute band.
John
- Wed May 2 12:11:36 2001

In case you are feeling nerdy:
Here's a small security issue in IIS.
I know I'm doing a typical shitty message but I just don't care.

Oh and, <SIMON>ALRIGHT THERE?</SIMON>

Jon E
- Wed May 2 11:46:54 2001

John: We are attending an gig in London on the evening of June 9th. Do you want to meet with us before it and possibly come along to it just for a laugh?
Simon
- Wed May 2 11:38:57 2001

I understand that most cab drivers have switched to lawn mowers. There's that much turf.
Rob Lang <icar@icar.co.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Wed May 2 10:51:25 2001

Everyone remember today is national spinach day.
Graham Peeston
- Wed May 2 10:17:36 2001

Fashion one out of usual office supplies such as paper clips, highlighter pens and floppy discs.
Uncle Bernard
- Tue May 1 16:54:45 2001

Well I saw the protest around Elephant and Castle, it was pretty peaceful really. I took a few pictures and some video and frustratingly I have no way to get them on to my PC, oh for a machine with a PCMCIA slot!
John
- Tue May 1 14:38:49 2001

Just looked at your pictures John - looks like it was pretty cool in Japan.. congrats :) I'm now apparantly joining you guys in SBU on the 4th June. Shouldn't be too bad. At least there I won't have the pleasure of having to work in a tiny office directly next to a burke who spends ages chatting online *in voice-chat* to people online in Malaysian, and can't tolerate working a minute without having a bloody internet radio broadcast playing. Personally I'm almost in favour of waiting until he's out of the office (quite often, thank god) then pulling the sound board out of his PC, but knowing my luck it'll be one of those integrated jobbies. Oh, by the way, my sincerest sympathies to anyone at CAFM who is using those mutant toaster Compaqs.
Other Mark
- Tue May 1 14:13:50 2001

WHAT'S SO BAD ABOUT CAPITALISATION THAT WE NEED TO HAVE PROTESTS AGAINST IT ANYWAY? I THINK IT ADDS EMPHASIS AND IMPACT TO A SENTENCE!
John
- Tue May 1 11:08:11 2001

There's loads of police now near this building, but the demonstrators won't be here until 12. Errr, apparently. Not that I know anything about these kinds of things.
John
- Tue May 1 11:04:28 2001

Yea, but on the same note the alternative to women is not too appealing, but it doesn't stop us complaining endlessly about the opposite sex does it?
John
- Tue May 1 11:03:07 2001

Oh the shame! To think I make a living doing this stuff.
dsp
- Tue May 1 10:21:38 2001

Bonus points for "e;tweaked the nose of capitalism!"e;
dsp
- Tue May 1 10:21:14 2001

Well done Tim! I'm getting into the spirit of the thing too. I have given all over my overdraft to charity, turfed the side of my house, burnt down the University and then sprayed 'Wankers' across a war memorial. I think I've done my bit and really tweaked the nose of capitalism. Long live.... erm... anti-capitalists (cos the alternative to capitalism is much better: communism, the police state, repression, suspicion, poverty and destitution)!!!!
Rob Lang <r.i.w.lang@rdg.ac.uk>
MADLAB, Reading - Tue May 1 09:58:10 2001

I went to see Mark Thomas last night. It was good. Sometimes living in Reading too bad at all :) - Can't believe i'd never been to south street arts centre before.
Graf <graf@altavista.net>
- Tue May 1 09:20:55 2001

As part of an anti-capitalist protest, I've just smashed my car up with a bat, beat myself up, and wrote rude slogans on my walls with grafetti.
dsp
- Tue May 1 09:15:39 2001

We did Reg Proud.

Alright there my boys?

Capitalism Has Ended