Chie was driving the lorry.
John
- Mon Jun 30 14:38:42 2003

 Have you told Chie about Ali?
tom
- Mon Jun 30 14:33:44 2003

 It transpires I was almost killed by a lorry: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/cornwall/3016695.stm
John
- Mon Jun 30 14:10:23 2003

 Ooo, ha ha.
Ping! There goes another rib!
dsp
- Mon Jun 30 12:24:57 2003

 You're not wrong Tom. You'd have to be crazy to bet on such a common place name not existing, wouldn't you think?
John
- Mon Jun 30 12:21:54 2003

 When I was in Wales last week, I saw a sign for a place called BRADLEY. They are everywhere.
tom
- Mon Jun 30 11:34:16 2003

 If! This! Were! A! Yahoo! Based! Forum! Then! We! Would! Type! Like! This!
tom
- Mon Jun 30 11:33:34 2003

 On the plus side it's a devil worshipping cult that has some concept of punctuation...
John
- Mon Jun 30 09:52:33 2003

 wtf i seem to have stumbled across a devil worshiping cult i be going now
non cult leader
- Fri Jun 27 16:16:04 2003

 Verve. Verve Cliquot Rowan.. Hmm. GUiNESS?
tom
- Fri Jun 27 15:25:49 2003

 Tom, don't forget the current thing is to call your child after some form of alcoholic drink - Chardonnay seems quite popular at the moment. Alex tells me they are going to call theirs Gunther Reisling, Chardonnay being a bit common!
mad mumsie
- Fri Jun 27 14:47:50 2003

 Oddly enough no.
tom
- Fri Jun 27 14:21:29 2003

 ps. Tom: Have you and Sarah thought of any names yet? I was considering naming my first born son "Bradley".
dsp
- Fri Jun 27 14:17:03 2003

 Did you read that on the message board by any chance?
dsp
- Fri Jun 27 14:16:25 2003

 Hey, I read somewhere that people use automatic submission agents to add spam messages to boards like ours.
tom
- Fri Jun 27 14:13:54 2003

 I'm beginning to regret raising the subject in the first place ...
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 27 13:02:21 2003

 Just like that! I did that to point out how we could spot them!
dsp
- Fri Jun 27 12:28:40 2003

 I reckon some people have automated submission agents that add to anonymous boards etc. Fortunately these will be easy to detect as they will repeat the same submission.
dsp
- Fri Jun 27 12:28:16 2003

 I reckon some people have automated submission agents that add to anonymous boards etc. Fortunately these will be easy to detect as they will repeat the same submission.
dsp
- Fri Jun 27 12:28:04 2003

 Niice. No. Really. It's great. Thanks dodgy russian porn king. WANKER
tom
- Fri Jun 27 10:51:50 2003

 Damn! Isn't that a boot in the groin, John?
Travis
- Fri Jun 27 01:07:49 2003

 [snip]

I don't know, it's just really annoying when people abuse the message board like that. The only strangers we get seem to be people taking the piss like that. I don't mind the odd industrial talc post, but adverts for child porn like the one I deleted earlier are really bloody well not on.
John
- Thu Jun 26 17:26:00 2003

 Do you thinks its worth putting...

You may absolutely NOT post links to or adverts for any kind of "adult material" or Industrial products here.
?

ps. love the bull shit about breaking the law! Ha ha, nice one John!
dsp
- Thu Jun 26 15:18:24 2003

 Congratulations Tom! Wonderful news. I hope that your wife isn't feeling too ill. I didn't get much nausea but I did find that ginger tea helped - get some fresh ginger, grate it into a cup, add boiling water. Leave for 4 mins then drink. It doesn't taste nearly as bad as you might think but you can put some honey and lemon in if it helps. Most importantly, eat regularly, lots of small snacks like apples and bananas. I found that if I let my blood sugar level drop then I felt like absolute crap. She'll start to feel better after about 14 weeks I promise!
Alex (8 weeks to go!)
- Thu Jun 26 15:18:06 2003

 We need to come up with some kind of warning message to stop people posting adverts for dodgy sites. The message I deleted just now was really, really out of order. It's the second time it has been posted too.
John
- Thu Jun 26 10:44:40 2003

- Thu Jun 26 10:42:14 2003

 I think you missed my point, somehow ...
Jimmy
- Thu Jun 26 09:51:58 2003

 [absolutely bloody snipped]

80x60? Bloody hell! Makes you wonder why you bother to get out of bed doesn't it? Also: I was reading on the BBC news-site t'other day that mobile phone companies are expecting to make a lot of cash from selling porn-on-demand to graphically-enabled mobiles. At 80x60 you're not gonna pay a lot, are you? I mean, you're not likely to be paying for it *regardless* of screen resoultion, but the whole concept struck me as absurd ... doubly so in the light of the apparent maximum resolution! And what demographic were they hoping to hit? It's a weird world, that it is.
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 25 13:27:46 2003

 Rob: Why!?!?!?!?!?!
mad mumsie
- Wed Jun 25 13:12:35 2003

 The photos do seem to be rather crap - what I don't understand is why they ship the phone with a camera that can take pictures up to 640x480, then limit mms to sending pictures which are 80x60.
Graf
- Wed Jun 25 12:54:31 2003

 Had real trouble getting out of bed this morning.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 25 11:50:40 2003

 Don't take photos while wandering around. You look an arse, and the photos are invariably crap.
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 25 08:48:31 2003

 My new favourite nerdy thing - photo blogging on the move. Now you too can blog from your mobile phone, with photos, using the magic of mms. oh, and 20six.co.uk. Just gutted I left my phone's camera at home today.
Graf
- Tue Jun 24 16:12:04 2003

 But NOT to my fire station please.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 24 14:42:53 2003

 I like the way your minds work.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 24 14:23:47 2003

 Send the undergrads to London, then set fire to them.
John
- Tue Jun 24 13:59:23 2003

 How about setting fire to something across town......
tom
- Tue Jun 24 13:26:44 2003

 How about a nice fire engine, with a hose, with lots of water.
mad mumsie
- Tue Jun 24 12:54:10 2003

 We have an endless stream of undergrads with half-baked ideas coming into here. Why can't they just piss off?
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 24 12:04:32 2003

 Another lovely day - another load of screaming kids playing with the hoses next door. Why can't they come in the winter when the windows are shut!
mad mumsie
- Tue Jun 24 10:42:37 2003

 The ginger biscuits are supposed to relieve morning sickness. It doesn't work too well.
tom
- Tue Jun 24 09:32:16 2003

 Apparently you can reverse the effects, if you catch it early enough, with either bourbons or custard creams, depending on which way you want to go.
John
- Tue Jun 24 09:21:50 2003

 I've got some ginger biscuits. Tea anyone?
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 24 08:57:13 2003

 Tom: Very jealous of you....congrats!
Travis
- Tue Jun 24 03:01:00 2003

 It might be worth checking if there are any side-effects of a pregnant lady eating lots of ginger biscuits. (make your own joke)
dsp
- Mon Jun 23 17:36:45 2003

 If that does turn out to be the case, he/she will share a birthday with Mohamed Al Fayed, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Wilhelm II. I therefore predict him or her to be a department store owning composer and/or Prussian warmonger.
John
- Mon Jun 23 17:23:55 2003

 *it* is due on the 27th Jan. Ooooh err!
tom
- Mon Jun 23 16:41:17 2003

 John, I think you misunderstand me, sir. I was placing a statement in the old-fashioned manner of refused unambiguity. Thus, I have run rings round you, logically. Fornicate the penguin.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 23 15:50:10 2003

 Congrats Tom. For sheer nosey-ness old fasioned reasons, what are the dates? ;-)
dsp
- Mon Jun 23 15:45:36 2003

 Rob, I thought your question was a deliberate ambiguity, a plea for understanding in a mechanised ethos.
John
- Mon Jun 23 15:43:58 2003

 John: Spot on, cheers. Include is what I wanted. Mum: Ha ha.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 23 14:12:10 2003

 Oh God, kids playing with the firemen next door again. Any moment now they will all try the different sirens. That's after they have finished squirting water all over the teachers.
mad mumsie
- Mon Jun 23 14:08:15 2003

 Rob regarding paperwork. Comment received in set of sayings applies: "Of course I'm not busy, I did it right the first time!"
mad mumsie
- Mon Jun 23 14:06:29 2003

 The scripts that run my pictures index thingy do that.
John
- Mon Jun 23 13:46:18 2003

 Do you mean the <--include--> thingy? I've used that in ASP pages on the 'maison, and it works fine. However, I don't think this is really answering your question is it..?
John
- Mon Jun 23 13:45:24 2003

 Rob: try it! Graf: Thanks!!
tom
- Mon Jun 23 12:42:21 2003

 Congratulations Mr Rowan.
Graf
- Mon Jun 23 12:20:50 2003

 Tech question. Does the maison do Server Side Includes (SSI)?
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 23 12:10:16 2003

 *acidic* Isn't there some paperwork you should be doing?
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 23 11:34:19 2003

 No no no no, not that, not Rob SINGING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! and particularly not on a Monday morning. Toooooooo much
mad mumsie
- Mon Jun 23 10:35:00 2003

 *singing* It's monday and I feel fine!
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 23 10:28:41 2003

 Well it appears to be Monday on the surface of it.
John
- Mon Jun 23 08:46:36 2003

 Crazy!!! Good for you mate!
Rob Lang
- Sun Jun 22 16:47:17 2003

 Glad to hear it Sir! I have been having a *very* busy week, but also loving it too. Yesterday was brilliant. Got some serious technology working for a *very* big client. (Interstingly, my hororscope said "You will get everything working." Hmm - I'm not one for that usually, but....? Anyway, even today has been productive, if tiring. The kitchen - she shines. I've done more ginger biscuits for wifey, who is in bed feeling under the weather... for those that DON'T know... it's called morning sickness.... GRIN!
tom
- Sun Jun 22 16:36:25 2003

 Having perhaps the best weekend in the world, ever. I am in and working on a Sunday and I don't care!!!
Rob Lang
- Sun Jun 22 14:55:51 2003

 Message had to be deleted there...
John
- Sun Jun 22 13:33:08 2003

 Woohoo... just about finished work!
tom
- Sat Jun 21 14:10:08 2003

 Not to beat the issue to death (too late) but on second thought, I believe this talcum powder factory might just be a front for a socialist para-military agency. Their motto is: "creating quality products; serving the society; whole hearted contribution". Sounds socialistic to me.
Travis
- Fri Jun 20 17:00:47 2003

 I see where you're coming from there Travis... Like, this magnesite is dead burnt, man.
John
- Fri Jun 20 12:32:34 2003

 Perhaps this "talcum powder" business is really a front for the illegal import of cocaine into our find countries. Someone had best investigate.
Travis
- Fri Jun 20 12:24:35 2003

 Marvellous: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/3004930.stm
John
- Fri Jun 20 10:48:59 2003

 Curtesy of our friends at: http://www.talc-talcum.com/
dsp
- Fri Jun 20 10:28:27 2003

 Thanks Tim! I think I can safely say that's the nicest picture of talc we've ever seen on the message board!
John
- Fri Jun 20 10:25:50 2003

 I'm not surprised our little yellow friends are desparate to off-load it!
dsp
- Fri Jun 20 10:21:20 2003
Wow! That is a lot of talcum powder!
dsp
- Fri Jun 20 10:20:37 2003

 I bought some bananas ate one, and the others are on my desk. I keep getting a disturbing banana peel smell from them. What's all that about? I need some nice smelling powder to mask the smell...
dsp
- Fri Jun 20 10:19:00 2003

 Shall we all club together and buy a shit-load of talc?
dsp
- Fri Jun 20 10:17:36 2003

 Well. At least I didn't get stuck in London yesterday and then be forced to take a 1hr 45 min train ride via Waterloo. I got home at 22:30 after being lied to by Reading Station staff the my train is "the next one". Guess what? I'm going back into London today. Grrr.
tom
- Fri Jun 20 09:11:08 2003

 I feel I can sleep safe at night, knowing a reliable source of high grade industrial talc is but a phonecall away.
John
- Fri Jun 20 08:35:50 2003

 We would like to introduce us as a talc mineral factory in China, our main mineral goods is talc, caustic calcine magnesite, dead burnt magnesite, etc, you can go and view our web site at: Http://www.talc-talcum.com If you find any of them be of interest to you, please feel free to contact us, we would be glad to give you our best price. Looking forward to your cooperation in near future. Best regards. Lianchun Yang. CHINA HAICHENG PIN YANG TALC MINING CO., LTD. DALIAN OFFICE Tel: 0086-411-2827218 Fax: 0086-411-2810866 Email: lnjc@21cn.com talc8888@sina.com.cn talccn@hotmail.com talccn@yahoo.com.cn http://www.talc-talcum.com
lianchun yang <lnjc@21cn.com>
china, - Fri Jun 20 07:39:35 2003

 Best not, lumpy.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 19 16:57:51 2003

 I don't think I dare ask why.....
Alex
- Thu Jun 19 16:39:44 2003

 I am feeling thoroughly contented.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 19 15:48:33 2003

 there. I've added a few.
tom
- Thu Jun 19 15:10:19 2003

 No. I have it somewhere.. Just not installed. The icons fail cos they're not there!! I need some decent icons...
tom
- Thu Jun 19 14:37:24 2003

 Tom, as a totally unrelated aside, why do the category icons (veggie etc) on your website always fail to load when I look at it?
John
- Thu Jun 19 13:20:47 2003

 I guess you're going to need MSVC. I bet you're going to tell me you haven't got that now aren't you...?
John
- Thu Jun 19 12:45:34 2003

 Kewl.. thanks. What do i need to compile it? MSVStudio, or will gcc for windoze cut it??
tom
- Thu Jun 19 12:13:13 2003

 Tom, I've zipped up the source code and uploaded it here. At the moment it posts at 10 second intervals to the temporary stuffware message board. This isn't used any more so it ought to make a good testing ground.
John
- Thu Jun 19 11:58:25 2003

 Sorry for all the messages.
john
- Thu Jun 19 11:48:17 2003

 It seems to work.
john
- Thu Jun 19 11:46:24 2003

 It seems to work.
john
- Thu Jun 19 11:45:51 2003

 It seems to work.
john
- Thu Jun 19 11:44:09 2003

 Cheers. :-)
tom
- Thu Jun 19 10:50:51 2003

 Give me a few minutes Tom, am working on it...
John
- Thu Jun 19 10:13:08 2003

 Right. Help time programming geeks.. I want to write a little windows app that will sit in the system tray and post an http request to a website. Configuration options will be username and password I guess. Does anyone have any source code I can start with and hack about?? I'll be writing a Linux app too.
tom
- Thu Jun 19 09:12:28 2003

 Evil Alice. Shudder.
tom
- Wed Jun 18 15:02:44 2003

 Don't you remember that women who said that to John and Tim "Why don't you get girlfriends?"? It was hilarious. She said it with so much venom.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 18 14:55:40 2003

 I have a wife. Does that count, or do I have to get a gf as well?
tom
- Wed Jun 18 14:52:01 2003

 Aww - Mummy's little soldier!!
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 18 14:43:45 2003

 I suppose you think you're all so bloody superior. Get a girlfriend!
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 18 14:21:30 2003

 No worries - I've solved it. Now to implement the next model, which calculates the forces too ...
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 18 12:47:10 2003

 Rob: About bloody time.
mad mumsie
- Wed Jun 18 12:25:38 2003

 I think the terms forward and reverse are confusing here. What they, perhaps, should be are "arsey matrix maths" and "more difficult arsey matrix maths".
tom
- Wed Jun 18 12:21:47 2003

 In this application there's no real difference. The concept of "Forward" or "Reverse" makes the assumption that there is a "Thing" which is moved by "Another Thing". However, in a system of inter-dependent parts, the movements of any/all of the components can be seen as either forward or reverse.
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 18 11:47:47 2003

 LOOK, MUM, I'm USING me DEGREE!
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 18 10:46:29 2003

 For a robot (or anything), Forward kinematics is where you calculate all the angles and then work out where the tip of the robot will be. Reverse kinematics is where you know where you want it to be (in cartesian space) and then work out all the angles back to the base. This is all assuming you have all the frame references.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 18 10:44:55 2003

 Jimmy, I imagine it's a bit like filter graphs in DirectShow. They can have pull or push streams, or I guess a mixture of both.
John
- Wed Jun 18 09:00:50 2003

 John, have you got the new Radiohead album yet?
Mark
- Wed Jun 18 00:54:34 2003

 Mmmmmm. Perhaps it will be better tomorrow. A little cooler I hope.
mad mumsie
- Tue Jun 17 22:59:01 2003

 The weather is somewhat inclement is it not?
Tom
[via SMS at 17/6/3 18:01:20 0100], - Tue Jun 17 18:05:07 2003

 How do they differ? If you're not cosidering forces, then surely you move one bit, and derive what happens to the rest. Doubtlessly you'll categorise this as either forward or reverse, but I couldn't guess which ...
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 17 15:58:09 2003

 reverse kinematics = scitamenik
tom
- Tue Jun 17 15:57:15 2003

 Is forward kinematics a brand of kinematics that has little trouble in approaching members of the opposite sex?
John
- Tue Jun 17 13:38:39 2003

 I did a Uni exam in it, does that count? Is it forward or reverse kinematics you need to knowabout.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 17 13:32:47 2003

 Does anybody know anything about kinematics? Help!
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 17 12:50:39 2003

 Actually I've never had that egg and cheese type thing. It looks scary. I have a bit of an irrational fear of eggs, and will generally only eat them if I've cooked them myself.
John
- Tue Jun 17 11:01:06 2003

 John! Bastards: http://www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?id=155
tom
- Tue Jun 17 09:50:37 2003

 Thanks John, yes I did! God yeah!
dsp
- Tue Jun 17 09:01:52 2003

 Ok well good night ladies and gentlemen. Tim - hope you had a very nice holiday!!!
John
- Mon Jun 16 23:28:05 2003

 Well said sweetheart! You know, amazingly, as a result of said beverages I am now quite unexpectedly drunk. Arigato nihon, for the lovely drinks you have given the world.
John
- Mon Jun 16 22:42:53 2003

 drinking chilled sake. it is very nice especially under the hot weather! definitely recommended.
Chienko
- Mon Jun 16 20:55:08 2003

 Tom: Yes thanks! Cheers for those matey! I returned the negative scanner before I went on holiday, but if/when I borrow it again I'll give them a scan. Thanks again!
dsp
- Mon Jun 16 13:30:32 2003

 dsp: did you get the negatives ok?
tom
- Mon Jun 16 13:27:55 2003

 This absolutely rocks! http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~uemc/news.htm
dsp
- Mon Jun 16 12:03:31 2003

 Not me guv.
tom
- Mon Jun 16 11:25:05 2003

 Did somebody try to post some HTML there?
John
- Mon Jun 16 09:08:09 2003

- Mon Jun 16 01:46:29 2003

 can we keep 'odd' posts but perhaps in a hall of flame??
tom
- Sun Jun 15 21:22:16 2003

 ...and don't worry, we have our fair share of deviants in the UK as well...
John
- Sun Jun 15 10:11:50 2003

 Thanks for pointing that out Travis - I can tolerate the odd industrial talc message, but that one really had to go.
John
- Sun Jun 15 10:08:22 2003

 Oh, and I'd like to apologize for the fact that the fellow below my last two posts is American. Simply Ridiculous. Obviously a frenchman in disguise.
Travis
- Sat Jun 14 20:41:23 2003

 No. Perhaps I was unclear. An A is generally a 90% or better. When you receive your degree, you can graduate cum laude, magna cum laude, or summa cum laude. Cum Laude is normally like 3.5 GPA (like an 85%), Magna is 3.7 (like 87%, I guess) and Summa is above 3.9 (89%). GPA isn't quite fair because you can get EVERYTHING right but if you get one final class grade below an A, you don't have a 4.0. So a percentile grade is a more accurate showing of how you performed.
Travis
- Sat Jun 14 11:38:25 2003

[snip]

So for your equivalent of an A you need to get 100% then? That seems a bit elitist! Our A / first is usually somewhere around the 70% mark, then more or less going down in 10% steps from there, which would mean you can pass with just 30%... Hmmm actually that doesn't sound right, maybe a first is more like 80%? Anyway, I think it tends to vary, with moderation and so on. Still either way though, you can get a fair amount wrong in an English degree, and still come away with a first.
John
- Sat Jun 14 09:21:54 2003

 I scored a 3.96, Rob. Only had one B...Not that I'm bragging. I'm a typical, humble American.
Travis
- Sat Jun 14 00:01:42 2003

 That's nothing compared to the one about the Piddiwidger ...
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 13 14:12:00 2003

 Thanks for that Jimmy! That explains that archaic law I came across the other day then:

"Let it be known that the king of England shall receive one graht each whitsun, from every cheese monger (or two for those bestowed of more than four head of cattle) in Wessex, and verily it shall be preserved in brine."
John
- Fri Jun 13 13:59:47 2003

 The word you are looking for is "Grote". One "Grates" cheese, and a particle thereof is called a "Grote". You have lost one grote of your finger. Of course, this only applies if the actual grating ocurs in the kitchen. Once through to the dining room, it is a "Graht", and at a barbeque it actually doesn't have a name (like that extra day, in the middle of the week).
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 13 13:39:16 2003

 Hmm. Ginger biscuits: http://www.rowan.me.uk/node.php?title=ginger+biscuits
tom
- Fri Jun 13 13:06:24 2003

 Isn't your GPA negative, T-Boy?
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 13 12:02:22 2003

 Peculiar. We have a GPA in the US. Stands for Grade Point Average. It's generally on a scale of 0 to 4.0, higher being the best. 4 is an A, 3 a B, 2 a C, 1 a D, and 0 an F I believe. Crazy how things vary from one semi-civilized culture to another.
Travis
- Fri Jun 13 11:14:47 2003

 well, that's not grate is it?
tom
- Fri Jun 13 11:09:11 2003

 Does anyone know what the correct culinary term for a single element of grated cheese is? The reason I ask is because I have a similar size and shape chunk of flesh now missing from my thumb.
John
- Fri Jun 13 10:04:34 2003

 Today, I shall mostly be making Ginger Biscuits.
tom
- Fri Jun 13 09:29:13 2003

 Can someone (John) fix the inconsistency in fonts between the add message page and the board itself please?!?! It's beginning to grate a bit now. In Mozilla at least, you get a Serif font in the "Add Message" screen and a Sans Serif font in the main board. FIX IT!
tom
- Fri Jun 13 09:28:26 2003

 Travis: 2:1, 2:2, etc are grades for university degrees in England. The first number is the class and the second number a division within that class. The best possible degree is a first class, usually we just say first for that. Next best is an upper second class, or 2:1, following on from that a lower second class, or 2:2, then after that a third class, and then the lowest possible type of degree is a BA. Sorry I meant, a straightforward pass. These more or less correspond to the letters most people are familiar with - A for first, B for 2:1, C for 2:2, D for third, E for pass, and then fail after that.
John
- Fri Jun 13 09:23:52 2003

 My little brother was on a highly focused vocational degree, planning on becoming an archbishop in Africa, and he phoned up and said... Oh I can't be bothered.
John
- Fri Jun 13 09:16:33 2003

 Very good!!
tom
- Fri Jun 13 09:14:48 2003

 My sister was learning ballet at a famous dance school, and.... oh I can't be bothered.
John
- Fri Jun 13 09:14:28 2003

 My sister got a 2:2. My mother was most upset. The telephone line wasn't very good, and the result was misheard as "I've got a tattoo".
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 13 08:57:24 2003

 Might I ask what a 2:2 or 2:1 is? Damn, I just have...
Travis
- Fri Jun 13 02:06:41 2003

 Anthrax blows goats.
Tom
[via SMS at 12/6/3 1:02:01 0100], - Fri Jun 13 00:00:44 2003

 Anthrax blows goats.
Tom
[via SMS at 12/6/3 1:02:01 0100], - Thu Jun 12 23:55:15 2003

 Jimmy, no bath is more 'ming' than 'bling' mate!
tom
- Thu Jun 12 17:27:21 2003

 Crystal just came in flooding tears. She was expecting a 2:2. She got a 2:1. Hurrah!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 12 17:20:51 2003

 My hot water doesn't work anymore. Perhaps the lack of having a bath will make me a bit bling-bling. Maybe just the one bling. Can someone or something simply be bling? If so, doesn't that imply a whole spectrum of blings, ranging from bling to blingx10^24. Can blings come in fractions? How's the QuickTime, John?
Jimmy
- Thu Jun 12 16:27:54 2003

 I am, but it's because Crystal is getting her results and i am waiting for news. Managed to finish Chapter 7 (Conclusions), though!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 12 16:14:04 2003

 Is anyone else having really difficulty concentrating this afternoon...?
John
- Thu Jun 12 15:55:13 2003

 Very drole, sir!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 12 15:19:12 2003

 What is... lunch? The afternoon?
John
- Thu Jun 12 14:32:02 2003

 It's a "start at lunchtime" thing.
tom
- Thu Jun 12 12:14:41 2003

 Yep, I really enjoyed - just wish we'd had more time!
John
- Thu Jun 12 11:52:35 2003

 Yawn! We woke at 9am!! Sarah was late for work...
tom
- Thu Jun 12 11:29:53 2003

 Thanks for coming last night, everyone, it was a great blast - if only I wasn't so damn tired!!!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 12 11:05:53 2003

 I had to knock up a quick cooked breakfast this morning, or else I'd have had no chance of being in a fit state for work at 9. Don't feel at all bad though now.
John
- Thu Jun 12 09:15:46 2003

 Nice tom, stick it in the Links Plugger.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 11 14:22:57 2003

 Tom , I have been reading that matrix thingy whilst waiting for my netlist to be placed and routed. Very amusing in places, embarassingly nerdy in others. I particularly enjoyed "What was said was for you, and you alone... the cookie, however, is for me". Tres aumsante.
John
- Wed Jun 11 13:10:54 2003

 I bet Tim is sweating cobs (or perhaps flour tortillas) in Mexico.
John
- Wed Jun 11 12:54:22 2003

 Fantastic: http://www.duk0r.net/matrix/matrix1.php
tom
- Wed Jun 11 12:00:36 2003

 I am a little bit sweaty today, but I did at least have a bath this morning.
John
- Wed Jun 11 11:49:08 2003

 I have no idea what I am talking about.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 11 11:43:15 2003

 Are you saying I have a sweaty forehead or something Rob?
John
- Wed Jun 11 11:41:11 2003

 John is Bling Bling.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 11 10:24:42 2003

 You *could* but that would be quite sad.
tom
- Wed Jun 11 09:30:07 2003

 If I had really, really, really, really shiny shoes, could I call them bling-bling too?
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 11 09:23:31 2003

 Bling-bling is used occasionally in sports...I recall that Shaquille O'neal used the term while displaying his championship ring. It's a play on the lustre of gold (as in jewelry).
Travis
- Wed Jun 11 01:30:51 2003

 Nice Tom, We'll meet 6:45 to 7pm tomorrow. More details tomorrow morning in mass email.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 10 21:44:20 2003

 Rob, I have now got a server with mySQL and PHP available at home.. will sort you out a password..
tom
- Tue Jun 10 14:04:13 2003

 Sarah can only leave work at 17:30, so I guess we'll be there by 18:30?
tom
- Tue Jun 10 13:38:44 2003

 John, you say it is an onomatopoeia, but jewellery itself makes no sound. Well, certainly not the sort of jewellery *I* wear. Dunno. Maybe cock-rings don't count ...
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 10 11:11:01 2003

 Isn't it onomatopoeia for the sparkly nature of expensive jewellery, particularly diamonds? It clearly communicates on many levels, but on one level it is obviously a social commentary on the materialistic desires thrust upon our youth by modern street culture, reinforced by pop icons for whom success is metred almost purely in financial terms. One might assume it can be utilised in a sort of neo-pejorative fashion by a (most likely envious) onlooker to highlight another's expensive baubles. It is this inherant envy though, which gives even to those tarred with the brush of this epithet a firmly superior standing. In a sense these two somewhat innocent sounding syllables are signing the execution order of art, religion, community, understanding and many other of the perhaps more admirable objectives life might have had in more innocent times, in favour of hard cash.
John
- Tue Jun 10 09:05:12 2003

 I -think- its some kind of reference to heroin addicts or addiction. I recall seeing a videoclip being passed around with a homeless heroin junkie in the States who called himself Bling-Bling. He was clearly off his rocker, toothless and said Bling-Bling almost incessantly. People seemed to find this funny. I found it sad and a little disturbing.
omar
- Tue Jun 10 08:50:56 2003

 Can anybody explain the phrase "Bling-bling" to me, please? I've heard it mentioned, and am wandering what it's about. I'd like to think it's a sort of sporting event ... "He's practising for the 100metres bling-bling" etc.
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 10 08:09:57 2003

 Why don't you just have her there with you lot and have Rob, smashingly-attired show up and sweep her off her feet?
Travis
- Tue Jun 10 02:45:28 2003

 Where did you meet her? John... I've told you about phoning the numbers on postcards in telephone boxes before... tsk tsk. ;-)
tom
- Mon Jun 9 15:26:09 2003

 Me and Chie will give her a fuller briefing tonight by phone, but I don't think she has an internet connection at home so she won't be able to see any pictures. Still, she works as a Patisserie chef in Clardige's so she is already quite accustomed to this sort of quintessentially English high class venue.
John
- Mon Jun 9 15:24:33 2003

 I think we all know what he meant. So John, does she actually know what it's going to be like? Show her pictures of the old vists. That might give her an idea...
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 9 14:21:20 2003

 No. He meant BOWEL.
tom
- Mon Jun 9 14:19:41 2003

 Salam Issam! Slightly unfortunate mispelling of bowl there, but maybe nobody noticed... Yes I am looking forward to my next helping of noodles - I haven't yet found anywhere else that does ho fun. Lovely.
John
- Mon Jun 9 13:47:13 2003

 Hello John, Prepare your self for a huge Noodles Soup Bowel whenever you are in.
Issam <issamwd@yahoo.com>
Friends - Mon Jun 9 13:34:35 2003

 Drugs?
tom
- Mon Jun 9 12:48:25 2003

 Don't show her any pictures of me.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 9 12:11:32 2003

 We have our eighth (or is it sixth) attendee now lined up, so everything looks in order for Wednesday. Marvellous. I just now have to find a cunning way of explaining to her she'll be effectively on a date with Rob, in such a fashion that won't actually put her off. Any suggestions?
John
- Mon Jun 9 11:21:24 2003

 Tim, how are the Tequilas etc today...? Are you planning on bringing back a big round hat and/or straw donkey?
John
- Mon Jun 9 09:08:13 2003

 You're not going to be telling us you're getting new double glazing are you?
John
- Mon Jun 9 08:55:16 2003

 Cheer up, Rob. Your sour disposition has detracted from my ability to enjoy my life. Damn you. In all honesty, do cheer up. How are things?
Travis
- Mon Jun 9 00:24:44 2003

 I'm pretty fucking sure I can guess.
Rob Lang
- Sun Jun 8 21:27:54 2003

 Hope you lot have your toasting hats on on Wednesday. WIll say no more until then.
tom
- Sun Jun 8 17:55:54 2003

 Rob, we have ran into difficulties. Of our two candidates, one is in the middle of exams, and the other we are worried is the one you said not to bring, but you couldn't remember what her name was... If I showed you a photo, would you be able to work it out from that?
John
- Sun Jun 8 10:52:54 2003

 ¡Hola Amigos! Greetings from Mexico!! Yay! One week into the holiday, having a great time.
Rob: There's some great women here! And the're all really nice too!
Tom: Its very rare to here Linux in a sentence without "reinstall" or "is shit". Only joking, just trying to get a rise from far-away!
dsp
- Sat Jun 7 17:15:48 2003

 Have a look at the new theme... your thoughts? http://www.rowan.me.uk/
tom
- Sat Jun 7 00:45:00 2003

 17th October 1769
tom
- Fri Jun 6 16:36:10 2003

 John, how does the hunt for a date for next week go?
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 6 15:21:42 2003

 But you have a friend called Fish, maybe he can loan you a shell window?
mad mumsie
- Fri Jun 6 15:06:08 2003

 He's not a shellfish.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 6 14:54:15 2003

 You can tell it's Friday afternoon.
John
- Fri Jun 6 14:25:05 2003

 Rob - you've got a friend called Fish though! Does he have a shell window you could borrow?
mad mumsie
- Fri Jun 6 14:13:06 2003

 It's because you're married.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 6 14:09:08 2003

 Sorry. Don't where that came from. Oddness.
tom
- Fri Jun 6 14:04:37 2003

 No, but you have fishy breath ;-)
tom
- Fri Jun 6 14:04:11 2003

 Some people call me Kate and I don't have a shell window.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 6 13:44:33 2003

 My granny was called Kate. Don't think she had a shell-window, though ...
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 6 13:22:23 2003

 John: when you're next on your Linux box, try running kate. It's a programmers editor that has a shell window built in!
tom
- Fri Jun 6 12:54:40 2003

 It's *industrial talc* mind.
tom
- Fri Jun 6 12:53:32 2003

 Oh good, I was just running out of talc!!
mad mumsie
- Fri Jun 6 12:18:58 2003

 Just so you know, all the ftp problems I have getting into the maison from Uni in the past have not magically disappeared. Jarvis (in the lab) believes its the fascists this end.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 6 11:13:03 2003

 Thanks for the posting, Tom, the horse's head is in the post.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 6 10:50:02 2003

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lianchun yang <lnjc@21cn.com>
china, - Fri Jun 6 09:15:54 2003

 Rob, have you checked you snail-mail this morning?
tom
- Fri Jun 6 09:13:49 2003

 The secret is: Having everyone you know take the piss out of you 24x7. Keeps your mind fit and your face just goes along with it.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 5 22:57:42 2003

 There's one of "those" mirrors in the loft
mad mumsie
- Thu Jun 5 15:30:08 2003

 I'm amazed at how little Rob has aged - slap a beret on him and sit him next to a stack of radios today and you'd barely notice the difference. What's your secret Rob?
John
- Thu Jun 5 14:22:31 2003

 Gosh, that was interesting, wasn't it.
mad mumsie
- Thu Jun 5 13:50:46 2003

 Indeed.
tom
- Thu Jun 5 11:56:29 2003

 Oddly, the photo was supposed to be a 'now and then' photo. A cadet from 'then' with a radio from 'then' and a cadet from now... Ironically, the radio from then was actually the radio from now. Alpha Charlie, Alpha Charlie, this is Mike Romeo Lima Fife Zero........ good ole days.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 5 10:11:24 2003

 He took loads of photos that day. I remember that the reason the chap on the right is laughing is that we were taking the piss out of the situation. There we were, in full uniform, on a BLOODY hot day leaning on one radio that we weren't allowed to use that was sitting on top of one that we were - that was out of a Lancaster. I was also convinced that the photographer was from RadioPorn magazine.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 5 10:09:12 2003

 Oh Tom, how many times have I threatened to add this photo to the web site - I have an original photo. I also have many other interesting photos which are available for a large sum of money - each.
mad mumsie
- Thu Jun 5 10:04:57 2003

 Why can't these bloody things just bloody disappear? This damn thing keeps bloody cropping up.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 5 09:52:55 2003

 As I can't post html, I'll just leave a link for you.. http://www.rowan.me.uk/images/m-d-s/roblang-radiomagazine.jpg
tom
- Thu Jun 5 09:03:09 2003

 I'm certain you can import them...Not certain how to go about that though. Good luck.
Travis
- Thu Jun 5 03:15:49 2003

 Actually, T-Boy, no I haven't. Not a bad idea. One small problem - there's not a lot of them over here!
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 5 01:53:01 2003

 Go for an American girl, Rob. Tried that?
Travis
- Wed Jun 4 18:27:39 2003

 I don't know any women I'm not either already going out with or related to.
John
- Wed Jun 4 17:00:17 2003

 I'm re-installing Linux this afternoon after an unhappy accident involving a power cut over the weekend. It's trashed a load of stuff... I *could* recover it... but to be honest, why bother when all the files are on a server anyway??
tom
- Wed Jun 4 15:27:14 2003

 Yup. We'll do it.
tom
- Wed Jun 4 15:25:18 2003

 Oh goodie, do I get a say as well?
mad mumsie
- Wed Jun 4 14:51:53 2003

 Mmm guinness!
Tom
[via SMS at 4/6/3 13:59:21 0100], - Wed Jun 4 14:00:06 2003

 I've decided not to pick any of my future girlfriends, I'm going to let you lot do it. Any suggestions?
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 4 11:20:40 2003

 I'd just like to mention I'm posting this via Linux. I finally got my network card to talk to the rest of the world. I'm beginning to consider it might be a useful OS after all.
John
- Tue Jun 3 23:07:11 2003

 awwww-hawwww. zees un-ee-ons are zo good meester 'awkins.
jacques
- Tue Jun 3 17:35:43 2003

 Yes, it does have a certain, what do the French say, "I don't know what".
John
- Tue Jun 3 13:43:31 2003

 My favourite.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 3 10:08:18 2003

 Nice mate, had no idea so many pictures were taken.
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 3 09:22:06 2003

 It's mentioned briefly in this BBC news article - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/2957408.stm
John
- Tue Jun 3 08:55:55 2003

 Rob, I've uploaded the pictures from Sunday night. Usual place. Also, did you see on the news that Wetherspoons are planning to ban swearing? Apparently two regulars have made a complaint. That wasn't the old couple sitting behind you on Sunday was it...?
John
- Tue Jun 3 08:53:20 2003

 Nice T-Boy, I drove 6600 miles with fish. You've got a way to beat me yet! John...... Jaffa Cakes...... Jaffa.......
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 2 09:48:22 2003

 Is there a UK firm that will courier jaffa cakes to your office?
John
- Mon Jun 2 09:29:52 2003

 Successfully made it to Texas (1600 miles). Very hot here. 97 degrees right now.
Travis
- Sun Jun 1 20:46:46 2003

 Mark's been in touch. He's there.
Rob Lang
- Sun Jun 1 14:34:32 2003

 Looking forward to the pub tonight. Have msged Mark and Tom too. Tom needs to get permission from 'Her Indoors' (what an odd concept) and no sign of Mark, but I am pretty sure that he'll come along - being stuck indoors with an ailed Sara is none too much fun.
Rob Lang
- Sun Jun 1 12:11:14 2003

 If anyone was wondering, last months messages are HERE.
John
- Sun Jun 1 11:34:58 2003

 www.bloketalk.com
Legend
- Sun Jun 1 08:38:31 2003