Well then, you could quite literally call today a salad day.
John
- Wed Jun 30 14:17:12 2004

Apart from my offensively high heart rate, my first gym trip went well! :-)
Rob lang
- Wed Jun 30 13:51:11 2004

Salads are one way of getting five fresh fruit/veg per day. Mine was also salad based, followed by a beautifully ripe nectarine.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 30 13:45:03 2004

Well done Jimmy. I too have just had a predominantly salady lunch, and there is nothing to be ashamed of - I don't eat salads because they're healthy, I do so because they taste nice.
John
- Wed Jun 30 13:16:26 2004

I have not joined a gym. I am not "At it". However, I must confess I've just had a salad for lunch. Hardly in the same league though, is it?
Jimmy
- Wed Jun 30 13:06:12 2004

Blimey, you're all at it.
John
- Wed Jun 30 11:25:28 2004

I've joined a gym for a year and I'm off for my first fitness check today!!!
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 30 09:39:43 2004

My top 5 favourite acts of the festival, in order:

1. Jamie Cullum (yes, I know - a bit of a surprise there)
2. The Divine Comedy (always good)
3. Belle and Sebastian (I know it doesn't sound like a great commendation, but I can't think of a better word to describe them than "lovely")
4. Keane
5. Paul McCartney (one to tell the grandchildren about)

John
- Tue Jun 29 09:41:55 2004

I went for a poo during Muse. It didn't rank among my most satisfying of trips to the toilet at Glastonbury - perhaps about middling as they went. Still though it constituted the highlight of Muse's set for me. I want to like Muse, they are the sort of band I feel like I ought to like, but for some reason or other I just don't seem to be able to get into them. I was a bit confused as to why they were headlining - they're still not really that big are they?
John
- Tue Jun 29 09:36:19 2004

Nice to hear you enjoyed Glasto, John. Any band in particular that you liked? Muse looked good on the telly!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 29 09:04:55 2004

Actually, just got the newest update of Ad-aware and it found some new stuff...hopefully that'll do it. Thanks again.
Travis
- Mon Jun 28 18:09:26 2004

Graf, I've downloaded and run the following: Ad-Aware, Spyware S&D, Trojan Remover, and maybe one more whose name I can't remember. Any time I open AIM or yahoo messenger, I get a notice that I'm infected (but I take it this is a spyware attempt to infect my computer) and close it. Frustrating as hell. Thanks for the advice though!
Travis
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Tokyo, Ginza - Mon Jun 28 15:57:45 2004

Just got back from Glastonbury. It was quite great. The mud wasn't as bad as I'm sure the telly etc has made out - it was what is referred to in meterological circles as "quite muddy".
John
- Mon Jun 28 15:24:22 2004

Rob: glad to see that all that expensive education, degrees etc. worked!
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 28 15:20:24 2004

Monday. It's the day after Sunday.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 28 15:00:26 2004

Travis: to get rid of Adware (which I assume is what is hijacking your browser), get Ad-Aware from http://www.lavasoftusa.com and/or Spybot Search and Destroy from http://www.safer-networking.org/
Graf
- Mon Jun 28 10:47:56 2004



- Mon Jun 28 05:55:55 2004

Kev, I would go for the wedding planning sex toys but that's just me. Wholly unrelated to sex toys, any of you know anything about a hijacked browser? I've been following what I found online and I've done as much as I can. It's manageable but still not right. Using Mozillla now and it seems to be problem free.
Travis
- Sat Jun 26 23:31:58 2004

Wow, so many links to choose from. Which shall I choose first?
kev
- Sat Jun 26 23:07:08 2004

http://www.usahunksandbabes.com
Shawn <yes@yahoo.com>
Vegas, - Sat Jun 26 20:40:45 2004

http://www.usahunksandbabes.com http://www.tennesseehunksandbabes.com http://www.seattlehunksandbabes.com http://www.virginiahunksandbabes.com http://www.michiganhunksandbabes.com http://www.newjerseystrippers.net http://www.missourihunksandbabes.com http://www.newyorkhunksandbabes.com http://www.wisconsinhunksandbabes.com http://www.ohiohunksandbabes.com http://www.online-wedding-planning.org/sex-toys.htm
Shawn <yes@yahoo.com>
Vegas, - Sat Jun 26 20:39:58 2004

Great Site
Shawn <yes@yahoo.com>
Vegas, - Sat Jun 26 20:37:32 2004

Narrr, you did ok. Most newbies die off quite early. Also, the ones who did a lot still died when you did!
Rob Lang
- Sat Jun 26 10:56:17 2004

Rob, you are far too kind. Let's be honest. I was obliterated :) it was some good fun though. I recommend it. Doesn't take much time to be a non-factor as I was.
Travis
- Fri Jun 25 17:27:01 2004

That last one was from me.
Rob lang
- Fri Jun 25 15:32:32 2004

Our very own T-Boy did pretty well in his first game of Chom Isis 2, the results are now in: http://www.icar.co.uk/chom2/20041.htm

- Fri Jun 25 15:32:14 2004

Blimey I'd better check that... Just released a beta of a free game I wrote, so I hope I'm allowed to do that in my contract. You can get the windows version here http://www.arachnid.co.nz/ . There's also an Mac OS X and Linux version, but I've not released them yet.
Graf
- Fri Jun 25 14:23:32 2004

I've had various versions of such contracts. My current one says that everything I get paid to do is theirs and everything I do in my own time (ie lunch time too!) is mine. The grey area is if you use a company computer to do work (even at home) or use a company Internet connection to research it. Hmm.
tom
- Fri Jun 25 13:19:32 2004

... and I had this fantastic sandwich yesterday. It was a cumberland sausage sandwich. When I got the sausage out of the fridge, I thought "It'll never make two sarnies" ... but it did. Wow! What a butty!
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 25 12:30:42 2004

Well, of course it depends on the contract ... but generally companies don't lay claim to stuff they've neither helped (e.g. you used their computers) nor paid (e.g. you did it at home) you to develop ... I think they'd have difficulty making it stand up in court. Having said that, my employers do :( Heigh ho.
Jimmy
- Fri Jun 25 12:29:32 2004

Right, well I'm going home, then I'm off to Glastonbury in an hour or so... Hope you all have a good weekend!
John
- Thu Jun 24 17:31:10 2004

No, my contract doesn't cover this. The closest thing is a clause about going and working for a competitor and stealing customers away. I specifically went and checked about this actually, and apparently anything done outside of work is wholly my own.
John
- Thu Jun 24 14:23:20 2004

That's may not be true. Depending on your contract, everything you do at home and at work is the companies. The 'did it at home' line will work if its not the sort of software that the company makes, but DVB and Softel are strongly related. Check the small print!
dsp
- Thu Jun 24 13:22:35 2004

Depends if he developed it at work, or at home.
Jimmy
- Thu Jun 24 13:08:43 2004

John: Presumably Softel own the intellectual property rights to StuffTV because its in their direct line of business and the Intellectual Property agreements in your contact of employment.
dsp
- Thu Jun 24 12:43:11 2004

John: You're correct with Vegitable Soup and PG Tips tea. Well done. Good work on StuffTV, shame I don't have a DVB card.
dsp
- Thu Jun 24 12:41:21 2004

Incidentally I am listening via StuffTV, which, as of yesterday, now supports DVB satellite cards.
John
- Thu Jun 24 10:01:41 2004

Apparently in Wexford in Ireland there are dog fights where they have pitbull terriers on one side and pumas on the other side... Have just heard on the Gerry Ryan show on Irish radio. Oh the joys of satellite TV!
John
- Thu Jun 24 09:58:54 2004

Breakfast Cereal - errr are there any other brands apart from Kellogs? I think Nestle do a few don't they...? And who is it makes Shredded Wheat these days? Used to be called Nabisco or something like that, but that was about 200 years ago.
John
- Thu Jun 24 09:32:18 2004

Tea - Tetley, PG Tips... Or perhaps Yorkshire Tea? Having said that, perhaps there is still a bit of a hangover from the war of the roses and you all boycott that particular brand. Is there a Lancashire Tea, by the way? Coffee.... hmmm I'm hoping for Lavazza or Illy or perhaps some kind of Fair Trade brand, but I'm going to plump for Nescafe as a safer bet. Or maybe Maxwell House.
John
- Thu Jun 24 09:31:14 2004

Here's my guesses, in order, for the soup flavour:

1. Vegetable
2. Oxtail
3. Tomato
4. Chicken
5. Mushroom

John
- Thu Jun 24 09:27:37 2004

Hey Tom, have you started you new job yet? What is the new job and what are/will you be doing?
dsp
- Wed Jun 23 16:06:33 2004

BoredAid (tm)?
tom
- Wed Jun 23 15:56:43 2004

OK, seen as you all did so well, here's a bonus round...
My shopping was:
Coffee (guess the brand)
Tea (guess the brand)
Heinz Soup (guess the flavor)
Fresh Milk
Tissues
Loo Roll
Breakfast Cereal (guess the make)

dsp
- Wed Jun 23 15:47:32 2004

Wrong! You're all wrong. Although Rob was the closest with Sugar. Some come on everyone, well done Rob.
dsp
- Wed Jun 23 15:43:06 2004

Maltesers, now you're talking, or kit kats or chocolate of any kind.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Jun 23 15:08:17 2004

I'd also like to suggest Maltesers. Not necessarily in connection with anything, I'd just like to suggest them.
John
- Wed Jun 23 14:55:42 2004

I borrowed a spanner from an elephant called Dennis once. Unfortunately it turned out to be far too big for the job.
John
- Wed Jun 23 14:54:56 2004

Sugar. Beetroot. A large can of worm repellent. An elephant called dennis. Two tubas. A pool table with goldern balls. 10 gymnasts all called Frank... tell me if I'm warm...
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 23 14:14:38 2004

I just bought a pair of wellington boots... Could that be on your shopping list per chance? Failing that, my guess is either jaffa cakes or kit kats...
John
- Wed Jun 23 14:06:22 2004

Just off to the shops, does anyone want anything? Bonus points for guessing what I'm gonna buy.
dsp
- Wed Jun 23 12:44:35 2004

Are you still having driving lessons?
tom
- Tue Jun 22 18:29:12 2004

Yes - it's a two seater license.... get it? Car? Two seater? ***groan***
John
- Tue Jun 22 14:12:09 2004

No mate, would like to but will be doing PhD correction type stuff. :(
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 22 14:05:37 2004

Get a Toshiba Libretto. Old, quite slow. But fits in your webbing... Are you at the Wing Challenge this weekend Rob?
tom
- Tue Jun 22 13:13:28 2004

dsp: No thanks, I've already got an ASDA target of my own. John: Have you got a license for that joke? ;-)
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 22 10:19:53 2004

As opposed to a developer car....?
John
- Tue Jun 22 10:09:53 2004

Wanna buy a user car?
dsp
- Tue Jun 22 10:03:15 2004

dsp, just commenting on your excellent sales pitch on behalf of laptops!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 22 09:27:36 2004

How d'ya mean Rob?
dsp
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india, chennai - Mon Jun 21 17:12:29 2004

DSP, do you sell air in your spare time? John, you're turning into something of a luddite! I could use my desktop as a laptop but I'd need a really really really long cable.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 21 14:33:37 2004

I dunno, laptops have come way down in price recently. You can get a toshiba A10 for 600 odd quid, which is about what you used to pay for a cheap desktop machine. You can also get lower spec laptops pretty cheap if you just want one for a bit of email and websurfing. I've got an old gateway laptop in an auction from work - it's 300Mhz, but it does the job.
Graf
- Mon Jun 21 14:20:43 2004

John: interestingly enough, there are new motherboard that have boot sequence options like: Boot from: CD-ROM, A:, POP3, C:
dsp
- Mon Jun 21 14:09:38 2004

Yea, and why bother, when you can recreate that same feel by gluing your keyboard to the side of your regular desktop PC, then attaching that with a set of hinges to your monitor. Then perhaps break a couple of your fingers to simulate the awakwardness of using laptop keyboards, and ensure to always use it in a badly lit room so you can also enjoy the general crappiness of laptop displays. All you have to ensure then is that your new home made high tech plaything either breaks or is stolen the day the one year warranty expires, and you really do have the full laptop experience.
John
- Mon Jun 21 14:09:29 2004

Rob: To help you justify the cost, just think how much you'd use it. I bought a laptop over 18-months ago. With the specs of them nowadays, its still a really good spec (P4 2.4GHz yada yada) and its get used practically everyday. Tons more than my desktop would/does. Plus Clare used it for her degree (results on Friday) and its means we can sit together in the lounge as opposed to me sitting on my tod upstairs. Go on, you know it makes sense.
dsp
- Mon Jun 21 14:07:58 2004

I'd like a laptop but they're bloody expensive.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 21 13:57:00 2004

I've decided when I get my new PC not to buy a hard drive for it, I'm just going to distribute all of my storage requirements between free email accounts.
John
- Mon Jun 21 12:49:36 2004

On the GMail subject, has anyone noticed that Yahoo's free mail has been upped to 100MB? And that paying customers receive 2GB of space. I put money on MSN to follow suit.
dsp
- Mon Jun 21 12:17:43 2004

As usual.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 21 11:09:54 2004

France Surrenders.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 21 10:55:34 2004

In the past I have observed that this phenomenon is often born of the realisation that the gripe in question is in fact very trivial, and to explain it would be somewhat embarassing. This is then exacerbated somewhat by the length of time for which the "gripee" is silent - one enters into a vicious circle, whereby, in the gripee's mind, the only way to make the problem credible is to continue to not to say anything, and the longer they remain silent, the greater the perceived gravity of the issue, and thus the more that credibility is required. Eventually, Germany invades Poland.
John
- Mon Jun 21 10:54:11 2004

[rant] Why do people use the "silent treatment" when they're pissed off with you? How's that going to solve anything? Am I supposed to telepathically work out what is wrong by the amount and tone of silence? If I've screwed up, I want people to tell me about it, rather than just not say anything. In future, I might just return silent treatment with silent treatment. Two can play at that game. Then nothing will get resolved. >:-( [/rant]
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 21 10:34:29 2004

Does anyone want a google gmail acount? I've got a spare invite if anyone wants one.
Graf
- Mon Jun 21 10:12:09 2004

My first fathers day was good.
tom
- Mon Jun 21 08:04:29 2004

Thanks Travis, not worth getting out of bed for then. I only like the best brandy!
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 18 13:20:58 2004

Mumsie, if it's rupees it is. It looks like it's about 250-280 umm...pounds. I don't know how to make the sign, sorry. Like 450-550 dollars. Again, if it's rupees.
Travis
- Fri Jun 18 13:11:01 2004

I'm tempted, I must say. Windows of opportunity aren't double glazed that well too often.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 18 10:25:34 2004

Just how much is Rs20,000 to 25,000? Would it keep me in Brandy and Ginger (not a reference to Rob)
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 18 10:00:56 2004

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india, chennai - Thu Jun 17 17:38:20 2004

...and doesn't the TruroVision Song Contest have a certain ring to it? They could substitute points for pasties - imagine it -(doing your best French accent) "Grande Bretagne, Nil Pasties". Then of course the judges could be cermonially gagged and drowned by the locals.
John
- Thu Jun 17 10:09:14 2004

If I ever invent a new soup, I'm going to call it the "Truro-Pea-Ham-Onion", in honour of the EU.
John
- Thu Jun 17 10:07:33 2004

It would be better if they held the whole thing in Cornwall. The benefits of this would be twofold. Firstly, the violence would be somewhat lessened, given that the locals would revert to their quaint old customs of gagging and then drowning troublemakers. Secondly, they could amuse me by changing the name to "Truro 2004", or "Euro Truro", or "Truro Euro, presented by Troy Maclure-o" (off the Simpsons).
John
- Thu Jun 17 10:05:57 2004

Does anyone else not care about Drearo 2004 as much as me...? It is very frustrating though - what with trying my upmost to avoid that and Big Brother, as well as the usual spate of house buying and seeling related programmes, I'm finding there isn't actually anything worth watching, at all.
John
- Thu Jun 17 10:02:19 2004

It's just a football themed sequel to this:- http://www.weebls-stuff.com/toons/21/
Graf
- Thu Jun 17 09:35:29 2004

I didn't understand football badgers at all, to be honest.
John
- Wed Jun 16 21:53:20 2004

Tom, that was a bit odd. And repetitive. Does it ever end? I got up to 11-0. Clearly, not as fine a song as that created by New Order. Don't know the name of it...
Travis
- Wed Jun 16 16:55:21 2004

It's OK - they're pigs that carried a kind of Donor Card, which states that assuming they're involved in some kind of accident, they'd be happy for their remains to be used in banking, insurance and accountancy (but not real estate management).
John
- Wed Jun 16 14:07:28 2004

I use firefox all the time now. The extensions are cool tool. And themes. Mmmm.
tom
- Wed Jun 16 13:49:12 2004

This is very odd. http://www.footballbadgers.com/
tom
- Wed Jun 16 13:48:32 2004

Are you allowed to have 'real' hollowed out pigs John ?
Kev
- Wed Jun 16 10:37:56 2004

I have so much money I keep it in real full size hollowed-out pigs.
John
- Wed Jun 16 09:39:29 2004

Firefox anyone?
dsp
- Tue Jun 15 21:51:40 2004

I was going to post something identical (okay, it wasn't in broken English) but I decided against it because everyone here is ridiculously wealthy and we needn't work for it.
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india, chennai - Tue Jun 15 18:17:14 2004

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vijayanand <vijaylux@indiatimes.com>
india, chennai - Tue Jun 15 18:15:40 2004

A pint of orange juice and lemonade costs £3.60 at the 3Bs. It's enough to turn a man to drink. I've had it quite a few places, and it seems to be consistently more expensive than beer.
Graf
- Tue Jun 15 17:40:45 2004

Orange and lemonade, yes, that reminds me. At the moment I have a bit of a niggle with public houses on this subject. It feels like pubs try very hard to dissuade you from soft drinks - by often having a very uninsteresting selection (i.e. none that taste as good as beer), charging through the roof for them and/or serving them in silly little measures.

As an example, if you ask for "a coke" at my local, it costs one pound seventy. It's not a pint, but it might be a tad bigger than a half pint. Presumably this would put the price of a pint of coke at over three pounds - significantly more than a pint of the already over-priced beer. There's hardly any tax on soft drinks, and coke particularly comes from that syrupy stuff, which probably costs the pub about a penny a pint.

The conclusion we can draw from this is that not being an alcoholic is a lifestyle option only available to the rich.
John
- Tue Jun 15 17:11:03 2004

Its a bit extreme but you could get your thumb(s) removed, or perhaps less drastically tie them up with a piece of cloth or cord of your choosing, then you can type withoutspacesatallandthatmightbefunforawhileatleast!
kev
- Tue Jun 15 17:06:55 2004

Or you could have acupofcoffeeandabiscuit. It's very hard to touch type like that, the thumb automatically puts in the spaces!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 15 16:03:42 2004

No, no - the space bar is fine. I just thought that the unspaced version kind-of said it all really. I mean, it could have been the PeanutButterSandwich, or even the PeanutButterSandwich(TM). However, the minimalism concept appealed to me at the time. Next, I think I might move on to a cupofteaandasliceofcake.
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 15 15:33:41 2004

Can of baked beans (cold)
dsp
- Tue Jun 15 15:27:25 2004

Space bar not working Jimmy?
John
- Tue Jun 15 14:41:09 2004

peanutbuttersandwich
Jimmy
- Tue Jun 15 14:27:47 2004

Very pleasant, in a local pub, bacon and chicken baguette with salad, washed down with orange and lemonade, yes honestly, orange and lemonade. Alcohol at midday puts me to sleep in the afternoon and that would be a little embarrassing.
mad mumsie
- Tue Jun 15 14:11:07 2004

How was/is everyones lunches? Mine involved a bagel.
John
- Tue Jun 15 13:35:04 2004

Chie came back to England - that was good!
John
- Mon Jun 14 12:08:30 2004

Good morning John - I trust you had a good weekend - I did.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Jun 14 09:34:09 2004

Good morning everybody...!
John
- Mon Jun 14 09:01:41 2004

Oh well, it's more or less the weekend now...
John
- Fri Jun 11 17:38:42 2004

Sad to say, there are rarely impressive selections of cheeses in most places I shop. I suppose my diet is a bit simple, as well :)
Travis
- Fri Jun 11 15:07:39 2004

I really like brie deep fried - particularly as part of a tempura set - with some sweet potatoes, shiitake, perhaps some bamboo shoots... mmmmmmm....
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:49:42 2004

Ah Travis, you mean you've never had a lovely bit of soft brie on crunchy french bread. My mouth is watering just thinking about it.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 11 14:36:34 2004

Hmmm Swiss Cheese... well that could be Swiss Gruyere perhaps...?
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:35:45 2004

If they'd been a bit braver, they'd have called the film "Cheesey Meg Train", or something.
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:30:13 2004

Yes. I'd think cheddar is the most popular. Actually, whatever is the most popular is known as 'American' here. I know little about cheese (but do love to eat it...especially a thing by the name of Langhorne but it is sometimes called Longhorn). Monterey(?) jack, colby are fairly popular. Parmesan, muenster, provolone are popular. I've heard of but never had Brie, Gruyere. We also have what is just referred to as 'swiss'. Probably a more correct name somewhere.
Travis
- Fri Jun 11 14:29:18 2004

What's that film with Meg Ryan and Kevin Klein in...? I think it is largely set in France, or something... She eats lots of cheese in that film (whilst on a train, which may or may not be significant), and then gets really ill because she's lactose intolerant. Maybe this is a common problem in America, which would explain the comparatively low cheese consumption...? Allegedly, lots of people in the far east, including Japan, are supposed to be lactose intolerant... but I've never met anyone in Japan who is. Chie eats plenty of cheese when she's in England, and has never had a problem...
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:19:37 2004

...and surely you had the seventies over there in America? So you must have had fondue parties... There's a veritable cocktail of cheeses in one of those bad boys.
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:15:00 2004

I think the processed cheese you get in burgers is essentially a kind of cheddar, albeit a manufactured and rather unpleasant one.
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:14:17 2004

... and I would have thought Japanese Sage Derby is very popular in California...
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:13:25 2004

...and there must be a big Italian population over there or you wouldn't have been able to make all those gangster films. So you must get parmesan, mozzarella, gorgonzola, dolce latte, pecorino, ricotta, etc...?
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:11:13 2004

You must be able to get all the french classics over in the US at least... Brie, Camembert, Gruyere, Emmental, Roquefort, Pont L'Eveque, Port Salut, Saboyard... etc. Although perhaps you call them "freedom cheeses" nowadays....?
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:09:11 2004

I think I meant derived rather than defined there, but you get the point.
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:05:48 2004

Travis - what is the most popular cheese in America then? I'm pretty sure here in the UK that cheddar would have to be the clear winner, certainly in terms of amount sold, if nothing else. I have something of a theory that cheddar is actually "default cheese", the base class from which all other cheeses are defined.
John
- Fri Jun 11 14:05:16 2004

Firefox is great. I don't use it religiously, but often. Plus its really good when you want ot see what's going on inside your web apps. A must have for web development!
dsp
- Fri Jun 11 13:37:54 2004

So many cheeses you mention. Though I can name 5 cheeses, I cannot summon up their tastes, etc., so as to distinguish them by anything but name. Poor American.
Travis
- Fri Jun 11 13:13:45 2004

Has anyone tried the Mozilla Firefox browser? Not bad, not bad.
tom
- Fri Jun 11 13:01:39 2004

Ah - Y Fenni (also called Abergavenny) - that's another favourite of mine. It's that one with mustard seeds and beer in it. Tintern is nice too - similar but with chives in I think it comes from the same producer as Y Fenni. Oh, and Yarg of course, that one covered in nettles.... and of course lets not forget the wonderful world of goat's cheese...
John
- Fri Jun 11 12:37:35 2004

Not sure I've ever had El Gringo either... Does it have a moustache? Is it used in Mexican cooking perhaps? I think I've often had Monterey Jack with Mexican food, which may be American or perhaps Canadaian. I wonder if that is anything like the same thing...?
John
- Fri Jun 11 12:34:23 2004

I think "you're" should read "your" there.
John
- Fri Jun 11 12:32:16 2004

Not sureif I've had Tortelatte con Marscapone... but you're regular run of the mill marscapone would probably make an appearance in my top ten... or maybe top fifteen. Clearly an essential in making a Tira Misu... Also quite nice in making a sort of creamy tomatoey pasta sauce.
John
- Fri Jun 11 12:31:50 2004

Chie bought some Wensleydale with Cranberries a few months back, from Marks and Spencers I think. It was actually very nice. I think I made some of it into a cheese sauce, with a hint of garlic, for serving with linguini. It was very good, if I recall correctly.
John
- Fri Jun 11 12:30:27 2004

Are you trying to say there is some kind of namespace convention for cheese Tim? Do we have to use the scope operator? Do Cheddar, SouthEast::Cheddar, Abroad::Cheddar and ::Cheddar (the global Cheddar identifier) all have different meanings then...?
John
- Fri Jun 11 12:27:50 2004

I think cheese is only referred by its region outside of that region. Locally its just known as cheese, isn't it?
dsp
- Fri Jun 11 11:56:19 2004

Slam-dunkin in a No 1, its... Wensleydale with Cranberries (pre-installed and configured), No 2: El Gringo, No 3: Tortelatte con Mascaponi, No 4: Parmesan, No 5: Crumbly Lancashire
dsp
- Fri Jun 11 11:55:42 2004

You can actually buy cheese made from the milk of the cows on Worthy Farm - where Glastonbury Festival is held. I couldn't help but wonder why you would actually want to eat this - don't they basically graze on the land that a few thousand people come and drop litter on and pollute for a few days every year...? It can't be the best quality grass in the country, all things considered.
John
- Fri Jun 11 11:48:39 2004

What are your top five cheeses? Mine would probably have to be (not necessarily in order): Parmesan, Halloumi, Mozzarella, Emmental, Dolcelatte... and of course good old Cheddar (perhaps Davidstow, or maybe one of the Scottish Island Cheddars) would have to feature in there somewhere, but then that's one too many. Have also encounterd some very nice Irish cheeses over the last few months, but don't really remember their names.... Something like Gubeen perhaps? Hmmm...
John
- Fri Jun 11 11:45:46 2004

A really nice bit of cheese is Greens Glastonbury - sold mainly in Waitrose
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 11 11:44:19 2004

Dijon mustard is sludge brown - piccalilli is bright yellow, begs the question how much colouring is added.
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 11 11:41:27 2004

There is a cheese called Lancashire isn't there Tim...? Is that popular in your neck of the woods...?
John
- Fri Jun 11 11:41:02 2004

Incidentally, if you want to inject a bit of variety into your cheese consumption, can I suggest Emmental, or, as Chie calls it "Tom and Jerry Cheese". It is particularly nice melted on top of things, in gratinees, etc, but also good in sandwiches.
John
- Fri Jun 11 11:39:42 2004

So is Piccalilli a regular component in your sandwiches then Tim...? What would it normally accompany? I would have thought cheese and/or ham might feature in there somewhere...
John
- Fri Jun 11 11:36:14 2004

Good work John!
dsp
- Fri Jun 11 11:12:51 2004

Whilst on the condiment / preserve theme, I took a look at a jar of Piccalilli in my local supermarket the yesterday and discovered:

1. How to spell it (a double c, and a double l at the end, but only a single l in the middle).
2. As I had postulated, yes it does contain mustard - in this particular instance, it was Dijon.

John
- Fri Jun 11 10:23:27 2004

As in lemon curb?
dsp
- Fri Jun 11 09:55:37 2004

But Travis you live in the ex-colonies and spelling over there has always been a bit weird!
Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 11 09:11:13 2004

We spell it 'curb'. And if a fool steps, you know he's getting wrecked.
Travis
- Thu Jun 10 17:32:01 2004

Thanks for the advice on Linux. For nerdy satisfaction, I am currently installing Debian on a Virtual PC!
dsp
- Thu Jun 10 13:04:27 2004

...or pop a cap in his ass
dsp
- Thu Jun 10 11:58:23 2004

Home boy - nice bit of nomenclature there Trav... I wonder per chance, should Rob fail in this task, if you might considering kicking him to the kerb?
John
- Thu Jun 10 10:00:53 2004

Rob, tell your home boy at ijy he needs to get Rogue up there. Now it wasn't an Atari game but it was AMAZING. I've written a help file somewhere...
Travis
- Thu Jun 10 00:04:46 2004

Yeah, I've written serious stuff for Linux. And not so serious stuff too - putting the finishing touches to a Linux and Windows puzzle game. It's not very different to writing for any other unix based OS - Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and the like.
Graf
- Wed Jun 9 13:50:41 2004

I've seen my java PhD software run on Linux ok.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 9 13:34:50 2004

Has anyone of us written serious applications for the linux platform? (HelloWorld does not count)
dsp
- Wed Jun 9 13:22:42 2004

I like redhat, but I'm using fedora now.
tom
- Wed Jun 9 09:46:55 2004

Yes. It's fine apart from it's a bit picky on laptops.
tom
- Wed Jun 9 09:46:28 2004

Has anyone used SUSE?
dsp
- Wed Jun 9 09:18:13 2004

I've used both Red Hat and Debian, and have come to the conclusion that I hate Debian slightly less.
John
- Tue Jun 8 17:49:32 2004

No, it's debian. RedHat costs loads of money now. They are the microsoft of the Linux world... Mind you, I can't be too evangelical about linux, as I'm aiming to move to Mac OS X - which seems to combine the best of both worlds, the power of Linux with the ease of use of, erm, Apple.
Graf
- Tue Jun 8 16:57:47 2004

So Linux then, who's the daddy? Is it RedHat?
dsp
- Tue Jun 8 15:40:58 2004

Today looks so far to be slightly less boring than the previous few days... but give it a chance.
John
- Tue Jun 8 10:50:42 2004

Also, Pete's homepage is pretty good for Flash games. http://www.ijy.cc
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 7 16:11:10 2004

newgrounds.com is also a nice site for finding flash games and such that provide...minutes...of entertainment. I recommend DragonSlayer or something like that, listed under the adventure games.
Travis
- Mon Jun 7 15:41:29 2004

Try going to eBaumsworld.com
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 7 13:57:40 2004

Yes, have been bored and generally fed up almost constantly since Friday morning. It therefore currently stands at a three and a bit day bored-a-thon, but this afternoon doesn't currently seem to hold much promise of breaking the run.
John
- Mon Jun 7 13:46:15 2004

By god, John, you ARE bored.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 7 13:43:09 2004

In my defence, new scientific research does seem to suggest that piccalili may actually contain mustard.
John
- Mon Jun 7 11:53:31 2004

That would be quite mustardy, you're right. What a fool I would have looked if I'd stuck totally to mustard as my answer.
John
- Mon Jun 7 11:52:08 2004

You're second guess was correct. Imagine how mustardy something would have to be to get mustard round your chops!
dsp
- Mon Jun 7 11:37:13 2004

I'm going to plump for mustard... But there's an outside chance it's a fragment of piccalili, which I don't know how to spell.
John
- Mon Jun 7 11:06:24 2004

Its thought it was nice to see that the drunken train ride home is not just a southern thing. To liven your monday John, try and guess the condiment around my mouth on this picture... http://www.nonhostile.com/photos/2004-06/DSC03053.JPG
dsp
- Mon Jun 7 10:43:07 2004

Well, it looks like the dreariness of my weekend is doing a very good job of spilling out into my Monday morning as well.
John
- Mon Jun 7 10:29:35 2004

What strange pictures.... It's like another country up north isn't it?
John
- Mon Jun 7 10:22:35 2004

Mine was good! I went on a beer walk! http://www.nonhostile.com/photos/2004-06/index.html
dsp
- Mon Jun 7 10:01:18 2004

Whirlish... thats a word I haven't heard before... Did you make it up Rob?
John
- Mon Jun 7 09:48:14 2004

Mine was whirlish. If a little tiring.
Rob Lang
- Mon Jun 7 09:19:45 2004

Is anyone having a good weekend? Mine is turning out to be pretty dreary actually.
John
- Sun Jun 6 11:58:23 2004

*coughs* OLD *coughs*
Chris Rowan
- Sat Jun 5 16:34:48 2004

21, in, oh 6 and a bit years ago.... Noooooo!!!
John
- Sat Jun 5 12:34:39 2004

21 in two days....YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Chris Rowan
- Sat Jun 5 11:23:16 2004

TO ENTER
TO-ENTER <TO-ENTER355@hotmail.com>
- Sat Jun 5 02:20:20 2004

Banking word. It's better than overcollateralisation.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 4 16:31:19 2004

Top marks for use of the word haircut.
John
- Fri Jun 4 16:12:32 2004

Ooooh! In writing a Spec for Loss Given Default, I have spent the afternoon writing pseudo code for it. Here's a taster.

Raw Eligible Amount = Valuation * Haircut If Raw Eligible Amount > EAD Remaining Eligible Amount = EAD Remaining EAD Left = 0
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 4 15:32:50 2004

Well I'm having an astoundingly boring afternoon. To put it another way, I seem to be experiencing record breaking levels of dullness. Yes, today is exhibiting blandness in quite epic proportions.
John
- Fri Jun 4 15:17:24 2004

Okie dokie. Just thought this was the best place to ask.
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 4 14:07:47 2004

I think LISP people try and make out it is functional (a la Miranda and Haskell)... But it's not pure, so it's only a half arsed attempt, in my opinion.
John
- Fri Jun 4 14:03:33 2004

Yeaaaaaa.... sort of Rob.... vaguely.
John
- Fri Jun 4 13:57:55 2004

Miranda doesn't lisp.
Bionic Mad Mumsie
- Fri Jun 4 11:40:42 2004

Is Miranda anything like LISP?
Rob Lang
- Fri Jun 4 10:03:19 2004

Mmmmm forgotten-about-drunken-post.
John
- Fri Jun 4 09:43:11 2004

Beer, beer, beer, beer, oh lager, oh beer.
John
- Fri Jun 4 00:21:21 2004

Ah, most likely it seems it is caused by somebody going straight to the URL for the add message script. Ought to fix this at some point! I'm sure it used to reject messages without the name filled in...
John
- Thu Jun 3 16:52:47 2004



- Thu Jun 3 16:51:54 2004

It's probably the HTML filter catching him/her out... or the clever thing I put in to stop you posting without using the actual add message page (to stop spamming scripts, etc).
John
- Thu Jun 3 16:51:32 2004

Why are you removing these posts?? should be fun.
tom
- Thu Jun 3 16:20:44 2004

The anonymous poster is obviously an insomniac - his first post was 4 am.
Bionic Mad Mumsie
- Thu Jun 3 12:49:26 2004

Kev - if you're checking the message board still from the dark recesses of Norfolk... Do you have an email address you can check where you are? If so could you send a mail to my work address? Don't worry, I'm not going to ask you anything work related!
John
- Thu Jun 3 10:28:20 2004

I liked his point about the nonexistence of posting.
Rob Lang
- Thu Jun 3 10:25:10 2004

...and another valid point there, anonymous person. You keep it up.
John
- Thu Jun 3 10:03:41 2004



- Thu Jun 3 09:42:49 2004

Yea, apparently the 'w' wasn't appealing to the middle aged housewife sector of the market. As we all know, 'r' is the new 't', it's the now consonant.
John
- Thu Jun 3 09:32:55 2004

D'oh that should have read 'typo'.
dsp
- Thu Jun 3 09:11:54 2004

I'm interviewing someone at 11:00 called John Harkins. I must admit I had to check it wasn't a type. Have you rebranded John?
dsp
- Thu Jun 3 09:11:31 2004

Well said anonymous person, I couldn't have put it better myself.
John
- Thu Jun 3 09:06:19 2004



- Thu Jun 3 04:11:03 2004

Timmy (Fish's little bro) is the best man. He couldn't organise his way out of bed. The club we went to was £15 entry and then £5 per drink (which were compulsory).
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 2 11:59:16 2004

Rob - has Fish decided on a best man yet...? Isn't it normally up to him to organise the stag do...?
John
- Wed Jun 2 10:37:55 2004

Ahhh strip clubs, the old stag-do staple. Luckily one of the guys with us on our stag do was apparently a bit of an afficionado, and he hand-picked for us somewhere that was not too pricey (15 quid, which included a free beer), not too seedy (obviously within the narrow parameters which that sort of place can attain), and not too frightening (the bouncer didn't threaten to kill us at any point, not even jokingly). It was the first time I've ever been anywhere like that, and it really wasn't as bad as I'd imagined. I would almost say I'd be happy to go again.
John
- Wed Jun 2 10:36:29 2004

Well, we turned up at Fish's house and then sat about for a bit. I finally asked 'who are we waiting for' and it happened that we were all there! So we piled off into Camden to 'go to a pub'. Which we did. It was cool in there, we were getting pissed and having a laugh. They then want to go to a 'strip joint' but no-one knew where to go. We ended up in Soho and went in a random club that was shit and expensive. After that, there was a bit of dithering and a visit to Burger King. I would have been happy to go back to Fish's and drink until dawn but Fish's brother and some other bloke said that it was too early for a stag do and we should go clubbing. Fair play, I wasn't tired, just bored. They said they knew a metal club, so we went there. But it wasn't a metal club. It played funk and soul from the 60s and 70s. Fish and Byrn seemed to have a good, Baldrick and I danced but those that suggested we went clubbing just sat about and fell asleep! We then caught the night bus home. That was it. Crap. No-one took any responsibilty for the organisation.
Rob Lang
- Wed Jun 2 10:13:14 2004

So, Rob tell us what happened on the stag do then...
John
- Wed Jun 2 09:36:19 2004

The words peacock and hoover bag spring to my mind now, but they don't actually have any relevance to anything whatsoever.
John
- Wed Jun 2 09:14:13 2004

The words Garlic and Onion also spring to mind.
tom
- Tue Jun 1 18:20:56 2004

Ours was actually very well organised, but still a bit of a disaster. The actualy stag went to bed within an hour of us getting to Paris. The words wasted and journey somehow sprang to mind. Still the rest of us carried on, on his behalf. Stayed in a club until gone 5, had a pizza about 6AM, and then wandered the streets of Paris for a bit.
John
- Tue Jun 1 16:01:14 2004

It might have been the worst organised Rob, but, apparently, you didn't get in until 4am. Did you have to wait until it got light so you could find your way home?
Bionic Mad Mumsie
- Tue Jun 1 14:58:16 2004

Only just John, getting this message online, involved 2 bicycle journeys ( penny farthing type ), 3 carrier pigeons and an old man on a cart horse called Barney.
Kev
Norfolk - Tue Jun 1 14:24:05 2004

Hi Kev! So they have the internet nowadays in Norfolk then...?
John
- Tue Jun 1 11:26:54 2004

hehhehe a Spammer got first on your board hehehehe.
Kev
Sunny Great Yarmouth - Tue Jun 1 11:02:11 2004

Bet I went to the worst organised Stag do ever!
Rob Lang
- Tue Jun 1 10:39:01 2004

Oh, it must be june then.
John
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