Yes Jimmy, that was the impression I got from Graham.
John
- Tue Aug 31 17:33:47 2004

 BTW John: when you say "The Carsons" - do you mean all three? Hope so!
Jimmy
- Tue Aug 31 17:26:37 2004

 Has anyone else popped along to see Tom's new site in the making. Tis looking gucci already!
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 31 16:56:49 2004

 I wish I could. We're not allowed to kill cadets like I do characters in Icar.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 31 16:56:23 2004

 Cool! You get to boss them around in an ICAR manner? :)
Lox
- Tue Aug 31 16:33:21 2004

 Lox, yep, still doing it! My current unit is in South Reading (Early) and the people there are gret. Lots of fun and the cadets are more receptive to enthusiasm. I also still do my flying stuff, in fact, I'm going this weekend!!!
Rob lang
- Tue Aug 31 16:21:23 2004

 Ah Rob, if "midges" were the only problem with the pilgrims!!! We managed to break two, two gave up after one day, one fell off his bike, and one member of staff asked for a blue light for her car as she spent so much time going to and from the hospital. I'm so glad I'm not first aid qualified.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Aug 31 15:56:09 2004

 Jimmy: Well if it was up to me I would say Lebanese, but I don't know if this suits anyone else particularly... plus there is the potential awkwardness of it not necessarily being very quick.
John
- Tue Aug 31 15:48:43 2004

 We worked on my Garden all weekend - Ground Force Style - and it's all clear and ready for grass seeding. KNACKERED!
tom
- Tue Aug 31 15:14:22 2004

 I have finally found the true origin of the proverb "keep one's nose to the grindstone"! Ah the INTERNET, what a marvel! Rob are you still in the RAF? Running for general are ya'!...
Lox
- Tue Aug 31 15:12:11 2004

 Sounds fine, John. Now: what about din-dins? We've traditionally had pizza, but we could try for something else...
Jimmy
- Tue Aug 31 15:11:35 2004

 No sarcasm there, Mad Mum loves it. Goes every year. It's like some sort of paperwork pilgramidge.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 31 14:43:58 2004

 Nice to have you back Jill... I can't help but wonder if there might be a hint of sarcasm in your "wonderful holiday" description there.
John
- Tue Aug 31 14:31:10 2004

 Jimmy - yes I still am "up for it", however Simon will rather selfishly be in Australia, and Kev will equally selfishly be in Gt. Yarmouth. Graham sounded pretty keen, but Mike has still not got back to me, so perhaps isn't coming... So it could be just, me, you and the Carsons... If you're still game then I am too!
John
- Tue Aug 31 13:54:31 2004

 Afternoon all! Still on for Friday?
Jimmy
- Tue Aug 31 13:22:52 2004

 You could get away with Bradlie for the female form, providing the i was dotted with a girlie heart.
dsp
- Tue Aug 31 13:16:28 2004

 Hello everyone, I'm back. Had a wonderful two weeks holiday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! looking after the admin for 100 cadets. Work is a rest cure, believe me. At least I know I'll finish at 5pm now.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Aug 31 11:57:49 2004

 John, I bet you 20 quid you lose your bet.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 31 11:35:41 2004

 Alex, Indeed. Babysquishing is looking likely!
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 31 11:34:00 2004

 Mmmm In that case the bet should be raised to 1000 Pounds!!! Bradietta!!! People at work here are lookign at me laughing my head off, muttering "BRADIETTA".... Marvellous! How do we stand with Marion Zimmer BRADLEY though...(surname but still...) Tim must have read all her books! :)
Lox
- Tue Aug 31 10:35:52 2004

 Hi Rob: would you and the lovely Kate be available for babysitting services on the 18th September?
Alex
- Tue Aug 31 10:31:33 2004

 For a girl it would have to be Bradlietta.
John
- Tue Aug 31 10:19:44 2004

 Rob+Tim - Thanks for the info, now I am all happy with my little brick of anti-MS action!!! ahahahah John - And if the child is a SHE? "Lara Mariah BRADLEY Hastings"!??!?
Lox
- Tue Aug 31 10:09:51 2004

 What about second or third child? Middle name?
dsp
- Tue Aug 31 09:41:52 2004

 Hell, name your first child Bradley and I will stick 500 quid in a trust fund for him the day he is born.
John
- Tue Aug 31 09:26:33 2004

 Tim: I bet you twenty quid you don't name your first child Bradley...
John
- Tue Aug 31 09:25:41 2004

 Lox, I use FF too and it is more standard than IE and is better from a security point og view.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 31 09:07:34 2004

 John: p.s. you may find this link interesting: http://makeashorterlink.com/?O5F721C29
dsp
- Mon Aug 30 20:38:10 2004

 Almost as this piece of wisdom: Blackpool means the dark coloured pool, named after a peaty coloured pool. (http://www.thenortheast.fsnet.co.uk/Place%20Name%20Meanings%20A%20to%20D.htm)
dsp
- Mon Aug 30 20:36:13 2004

 Another bonus is that Firefox rhymes with Lox.
dsp
- Mon Aug 30 20:33:35 2004

 Look at this nuggest of wisdom I just found over at tilehurst.net...
Tilehurst: from old English 'tigelhurst' where 'tigel' means tile and 'hurst' means wooded hill
So you're telling us the "tile" in Tilehurst means, errr, tile...?
John
- Mon Aug 30 13:48:55 2004

 Ciao dsp, thanks! I thought that the implementations (tabs, ad-block, extentions etc) were great, a frind of mine says that it's FAR MORE secure than IE... Is this true? In any case the Mozzilla people did a very good job.
Lox
- Mon Aug 30 12:36:27 2004

 Hey Lox, I've been using Firefox for ages. The reasons I like it are that it blocks pop-ups, allows tabs for browsing several pages in one window, and there lots of tools for web development.
dsp
- Mon Aug 30 11:33:24 2004

 Any of you trying Firefox out? It's a really good browser (imo) but I was wondering if you knew anything more specific about it, how does it compare to IE etc etc...
Lox
- Mon Aug 30 10:42:15 2004

 Beer. A demand, not a statement.
tom
- Fri Aug 27 18:15:45 2004

 "Planet Plaskitt Meteorite-cake" made me larf my bum off.
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 27 16:47:47 2004

 They also need a good name! "Mrs. Plaskitt Rock Cakes"? "Constance Plaskitt Secret Rock Cakes Receipe"? "The Plaskitt Rock"? "ICAR Planet Plaskitt Meteorite-cake"?... I am sure Rob can come up with something exciting!
Lox
- Fri Aug 27 16:35:15 2004

 Constance Plaskitt was her name. A good solid name, that. As solid as her rock cakes - which will live on as the internet so allows!
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 27 16:23:06 2004

 I have found this page roaming around there are a lot of pictures regarding nerdy jokes... :) NOT THAT I AM IMPLYING that any of you is a nerd, it's just that you are the only people that I know capable of understanding them.. :)
Lox
- Fri Aug 27 14:34:31 2004

 I agree, I will take care of the marketing here in Italy, I am sure that people would love them! On with the recipie then Robbie!
Lox
- Fri Aug 27 14:12:12 2004

 I'm all for keeping family traditions going like that. What was your Gran's name Rob...? Maybe we could try and get rock cakes the world over renamed in her honour?
John
- Fri Aug 27 14:06:59 2004

 Since the passing of my Nanna, my uncle has taken up the task of making batches of rock-cakes using the origianl recipe. I wonder if I can leech the recipe to share with you all...
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 27 13:31:44 2004

 Bush and Kerry, if you haven't already seen it - very funny! Thanks Kev, by the way.
John
- Fri Aug 27 13:29:55 2004

 Oh yes, those were great rock cakes.... mmmmm....
John
- Fri Aug 27 12:23:00 2004

 One great contributing factor to the Icar nights were the rock cakes, thanks Granny Lang!
dsp
- Fri Aug 27 11:39:11 2004

 AH ye' olde practice of SNOG(ging)! I'll drink to that! Actually I am going to "eat to that" since it's lunchtime and I am kind of hungry...
Lox
- Fri Aug 27 11:24:18 2004

 So that was why she was gargling bleach later on...!
John
- Fri Aug 27 11:17:53 2004

 Erm.... don't quite remember her name, I was too busy snogging her... aparent she had something to do with Chairs. :-) I'll get me coat / jacket / bodybag.
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 27 11:05:15 2004

 Tosihiro Mifune? :)))
Lox
- Fri Aug 27 10:13:06 2004

 Oh yeah Rob...? Prey tell, what was her name...?
John
- Fri Aug 27 10:04:40 2004

 Bumped into this rather lovely Japanese girl the other night...
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 27 09:47:21 2004

 Chie is back in England now, and is pretty pissed off already with this shitty weather we're having. It is more like November than August.
John
- Fri Aug 27 09:20:13 2004

 Totally agree, what made it good was the people and the committment..... gotta go home now, se you tomorrow! ciao ciao
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 16:50:32 2004

 Really glad to hear it. I like to think it was the fact that we had a fab group of players. That sort of group does not come round very often.
Rob Lang
- Thu Aug 26 16:45:59 2004

 So much for Italians being crap at war!! :) Well I might just be the exception that confirms the rule though! ... Thoose ICAR nights were great I have very good memories of them!
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 16:35:23 2004

 Vincent is difficult to forget. No one has really managed that level of belligerence since.
Rob Lang
- Thu Aug 26 16:30:51 2004

 Mmmmmm working from home... :) I'd love to be able to work from home sometimes... Though travelling is nice sometimes it's a bit heavy to wake up and ask yourself "where the hell am I!?", i should have been a secret agent or a hired gun! (remember VINCENT TANAKA) :)
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 14:43:05 2004

 Thanks guys, I thought that the password was to protect (and serve?) the integrity of the message board, there are so many gits trying to disrupt sites around... A friend of mine is mod of an IRC channel and he spends half of the time fighting bots and nushi attacks... Oh well I'll ask John to set me up :)
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 14:40:19 2004

 Lox, The boy of snitch sets up a personal password for each name in the name box.
Rob Lang
- Thu Aug 26 14:17:14 2004

 You're right about snitchboy's password scheme, but it was implemented to defend the msg board from spam robots.
dsp
- Thu Aug 26 13:39:07 2004

 Yeah, still call it home. I am working for a software company that provide online bill analysis solutions for mobile and fixed wire telecom companies. Which is nice. Its mostly a desk job, although I do get stints of working from home.
dsp
- Thu Aug 26 13:37:50 2004

 Who do I have to ask for a password so that I can write longer messages? I assume it's SNITCHBOY isn't it? :)
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 13:22:07 2004

 Hi Tim! Good to see that everyone is ok. The products that we sell are mostly fabrics (so the client gets to actually translate that into a garment), we work with all the major fashion brands. Though the travelling is nice, the fashion industry it's awful, and worst than everything it's ruled by idiotic designers who change their mind every split second making our life an hell... :) What project are you working on now? Are you still based in Blackpool I believe...
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 13:19:55 2004

 Hi Lox, Mrs H is very well thanks! I'm doing good too. Currently doing house stuff, new windows, boiler, gutters, garden etc. Looking forward to a weekend off, though that'll not be for a while. What sort of textile job do you have? Is it materials or finished products?
dsp
- Thu Aug 26 11:47:20 2004

 TIM!!!!! How are you mate? How's your wife? I hope everyhting it's ok with you too! Rob, I went on the page it's IMPRESSIVE!! It looks like Icar developed a lot in recent years... And the Italian version too!! If you need any help with the language let me know. Nice to see that you all are fine guys! Ciao ciao
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 11:11:13 2004

 Still in Reading, Lox. Finished the PhD last November (still correcting). Icar is doing very well, still play every week ( http://www.icar.co.uk ) and am doing lots of new graphics for it!
Rob Lang
- Thu Aug 26 11:02:38 2004

 Hi Lox, glad to hear you're doing well!
dsp
- Thu Aug 26 10:45:53 2004

 ROBBIIEEEEE!! How are you? You are not in Reading anymore? Did you finish the postgrad already? I am now living near MILAN working for a textile company, to be honest I travel more than I actually stay in Italy but that's part of the job... What are you working on atm? How is ICAR doing? speak to you soon, ciao ciao
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 10:15:29 2004

 Lox! Ciao! How's you? You still in Florence, mate? I'm working south of London at the moment and have just moved into a flat with me girlfriend, Kate. John is currently in Toulouse ona conference (but he came back last night). Good to hear from you!
Rob Lang
- Thu Aug 26 09:10:37 2004

 Ciao guys how are you all? I hope everything it's fine... John if you read this message can you send me a mail? I have tried to contact you but to no avail so I guess the address that I have it's old... Thinking of it it MIGHT be that you are on vacation... :) ciao ciao
Lox
- Thu Aug 26 08:29:11 2004

 OF course, the biggest problem is that it takes so long a) talking about it b) programming the damned thing that you'd have been better just letting the poor old single processor get on with the problem. ;-)
tom
- Wed Aug 25 18:20:35 2004

 Following the same theory to its logical conclusion... if you divide an O(n^2) problem across n^2 processors it can be solved in O(1). Which is better than O(n). I think I may gate crash this conference with my radical new theory. I bet Ali was saving this...
dsp
- Wed Aug 25 13:10:37 2004

 Now, I've been asking the guys in my office if they think it's bleedin' obvious too. One of them (Brian) said "Well, if you have reconfigurable hardware, you can trade-off pipeline length with number of pipelines". I showed him your slide-show (rather nice, by the way). "Handel-C!" he excalimed. "I used to make that". It seems he actually had some part in making Handel-C itself. "So John's your dream user?" I asked. "No, he's a git" came the reply.
Jimmy
- Wed Aug 25 12:21:39 2004

 So basically what you're saying John, is that dividing n^2 by n gives you n. Am I right? Wow! Can I have a PhD too?
Jimmy
- Wed Aug 25 12:16:11 2004

 Good explaination John, I get it.
dsp
- Tue Aug 24 18:49:36 2004

 Ooops, just plagirised that.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 24 14:19:28 2004

 Let's assume the internet has infinite memory.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 24 14:19:07 2004

 Tim - yea it is still the same horse, but still a valid one - it's all about scalability you see! Does it help at all if we rephrase a bit. Instead of thinking of it as requiring O(n) processes to solve an O(n*n) problem in linear time, how about instead I say we take an O(n*n) problem, which we can, if we want, solve with a single processor, which will of course require O(n*n) time. However, for every extra processing resource we can get our hands on, we can take an nth off the computation time, up to a maximum of n processors, at which point the algorithm becomes linear.
Assuming you consider the universe to be finite, then in the future there will almost certainly be more processors available, but also less time in which to use them (not to mention higher demands on what they do).
John
- Tue Aug 24 14:05:50 2004

 GRrr Double post and a duff Link... I Win
Kev
- Tue Aug 24 12:29:03 2004

 To completely change the subject, how about a change of career John? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3593242.stm of course you'll need £300Million, maybe you could have a raffle to raise the money ?
Kev
- Tue Aug 24 12:28:27 2004

 To completely change the subject, how about a change of career John? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/scotland/3593242.stm of course you'll need £300Million, maybe you could have a raffle to raise the money ?
Kev
- Tue Aug 24 12:28:25 2004

 John, love the slides. Is Ali still flogging the "if you use n processors you can transform an O(n)^2 algorithm into an n x O(n) algorithm" horse? Its a bit like saying 20 people can travel on a train, or they can each make 20 separate car journeys. I think all this time later I am still missing the point. Clearly.
dsp
- Tue Aug 24 12:27:48 2004

 Or perhaps an Angliscised road sign to a public toilet paying homage to an 80s metal band: To Loo ZZ.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 24 11:50:52 2004

 If you have a mechanical implement designed to assist in some sort of manual task which requires oil and is leaking it, can this be described as tool ooze?
John
- Tue Aug 24 11:38:13 2004

 I believe that a good stratedy is to tie you hand luggage to your wrist but make sure its not too loose else it'll fall off.
Kev
- Tue Aug 24 11:36:24 2004

 Is anyone considering to advise me on looking after my baggage carefully? After all, it's easy to lose it at aiports.
John
- Tue Aug 24 11:34:04 2004

 I would groan Tom, but I've been guilty of exactly the same pun-related crime over the last few weeks. For example, my grandmother asked me if I'd get a chance to have a look around while I was there, which prompted the awful "I'll be on a tight schedule - I'll have no time to lose.", etc.
John
- Tue Aug 24 11:32:51 2004

 LOL, tom, that's awful! People have ben shot for less.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 24 11:31:20 2004

 Well, you've nothing "To Lose".
tom
- Tue Aug 24 11:21:13 2004

 John, you should be embracing the excitement of going to Toulouse, the adverture! The fun! The women! The French.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 24 10:41:28 2004

 Oooh, you never know, it looks like there is a minute possibility my flight might be cancelled...
John
- Tue Aug 24 10:35:05 2004

 Incidentally, if anyone has a bored moment and wants to look at my tres dull slides, then they're at http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/dipesjpeg.zip
John
- Tue Aug 24 09:54:42 2004

 Well I'm heading off to a conference in Toulouse tonight, and have received no details of the hotel I'm staying at (one of a possible 15 or so). As I'll be arriving late, the conference centre itself will be empty, so there will be nowhere I can go to find out either. Looks like I'll be wandering the streets then.
John
- Tue Aug 24 09:34:19 2004

 Tom, you've lost it.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 24 09:18:15 2004

 There was a pink cat who grew into a teenager and got acne. He was called BagPuss
tom
- Mon Aug 23 22:55:03 2004

 Definately a job for Cringer.
tom
- Mon Aug 23 22:51:30 2004

 By the power of Roy-Castle-Greyskull!
John
- Mon Aug 23 16:48:36 2004

 I liked the bit where He-Man broke the record for cliches per second.
Rob Lang
- Mon Aug 23 16:15:54 2004

 When I held aloft my magic sword and said: "Ooo dedication's what you need..."
dsp
- Mon Aug 23 15:31:29 2004

 Actually, there was that one-off, ill-advised collaboration between Record Breakers and Masters of the Universe (Record Masters of the Breakiverse), but people tend not to talk about that too often.
John
- Mon Aug 23 15:21:09 2004

 John, no. I have been giving a short deadline and a poorly defined problem. You never see Norris and Skeletor in the same place at the same time, do you?
Rob Lang
- Mon Aug 23 14:47:45 2004

 I have a compression algorithm that will compess anything to exactly zero bytes. I call it RowanCompress. It is infinitely efficient, and 100% lossy. I have yet to be approached by the American military for a lend of the algorithm, but I have a cross selotaped to my bedroom window in anticipation.
dsp
- Mon Aug 23 14:30:27 2004

 Friday the 3rd it is, then. Nice random-face by the way. I've been working on random numbers too, in making my still-to-be-completed "Infinite losslesss compression algorithm" (or JimmySquash(TM) for short).
Jimmy
- Mon Aug 23 14:13:38 2004

 Close enough - I'd often suspected Skeletor and Norris McWherter were one and the same.
John
- Mon Aug 23 13:28:23 2004

 Imagine my surprise:
dsp
- Mon Aug 23 13:08:05 2004

 Tim, a noble plan. However, if we can't make out the face of Jesus, the devil or Norris McWherter then I'm going to be sorely disappointed in the whole thing. (p.s. Sheryl Baker will not suffice, I'd like to make that absolutely clear).
John
- Mon Aug 23 12:06:18 2004

 Rob - have you been dropped off by helicopter in the rainforests of Borneo...?
John
- Mon Aug 23 12:03:53 2004

 I feel this is more worthwhile than Seti.
dsp
- Mon Aug 23 11:51:36 2004

 Borrowing from the Infinite number of monkeys theory, this lunch time, my PC is going to try and randomly generate a byte sequence that can be interpreted as an image file. Should it success, I'll post it. In the first few minutes, it has considered 100,000 byte sequences. To reduce the search space, I am generating sequences of bytes that are 7822 bytes in length.
dsp
- Mon Aug 23 11:50:48 2004

 I've been hacking away like mad all morning!
Rob Lang
- Mon Aug 23 11:25:19 2004

 Well I managed to achieve bored status by 9:30 this morning, I think that's a new record, especially given that I didn't get in until quarter past.
John
- Mon Aug 23 09:36:17 2004

 Is that a typical ransom demand....? Do your forecasting algorithms have to account for Dr. Evil periodically hijacking some nuclear warheads and holding the world to ransom...?
John
- Sun Aug 22 11:57:32 2004

 Oooooh. No, we only deal with numbers like 100,000,000.00
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 20 21:43:30 2004

 Could your software multiply 9999999999999999999...wait..you didn't know what I was going to say. 99991010999999999, multiplied by 99999999...
Travis
- Fri Aug 20 18:51:25 2004

 I think me and Kev are pretty much a given, Simon might be out of the country by then (not sure exactly when he's going).
John
- Fri Aug 20 17:42:31 2004

 Graham has delivered a maybe verdicted for September 3rd, not heard from Mike yet.
John
- Fri Aug 20 17:41:41 2004

 Presumably tonight is now ruled out...(?) Next Friday is the start of August Bank Holiday, not particularly a problem for me, so far as I know currently, but it is the sort of weekend when a lot of people are likely to be away. After that we'd be into September...
John
- Fri Aug 20 17:39:36 2004

 Travis, I write software for banks. It's got a lot of numbers in it.
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 20 16:53:15 2004

 ... so how many people are up for a beer? And when? So far, I'm guessing we have John + Kev. Any luck with Mike + Graham? Any idea when? As for location, may I suggest our (now-almost-traditional) pub-round in Oxford?
Jimmy
- Fri Aug 20 16:01:30 2004

 How efficient!
Jimmy
- Fri Aug 20 15:56:30 2004

 Kev: that's a bit like saying "if we aren't supposed to rob banks, we are they full of money...?", isn't it?
Travis: I write software for the television industry.
Travis: Yes, curry that has gone cold.
Kev: I ate the first half of the toblerone a couple of days ago.
John
- Fri Aug 20 15:53:23 2004

 What I want to know is: John, what did you do with the 'other' half of the toblerone bar ???
Kev
- Fri Aug 20 15:44:05 2004

 Oh, no. I've got another question. What is cold curry? Surely not just "cold curry"?
Travis
- Fri Aug 20 15:33:19 2004

 John, might I ask what you do for a living? I probably should know...I suppose it's been said. Fact is, I'm not even 100% sure I know what Rob does, some sort of calculations of something last I heard. To get the ball rolling, I am a lowly graduate student and instructor of philosophy.
Travis
- Fri Aug 20 15:32:30 2004

 John, I have a question for you.... If we aren't supposed to eat animals, then why are they made out of meat?
Kev
On a designated break period, - Fri Aug 20 15:11:58 2004

 On the plus side I had cold curry and half a Toblerone for lunch.
John
- Fri Aug 20 13:53:37 2004

 I'm not bored, just brainfried.
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 20 11:13:39 2004

 No. I think the problem is to do with ownership. Previously I've been working on projects that I've had a lot of personal investment in. Whereas the current one is a pet project for one of the directors which I have had no creative input for whatsoever. So it's really hard to take an interest in it.
John
- Fri Aug 20 11:12:36 2004

 Me too John. Are you working on anything interesting at the moment? (clearly not if you're bored)
dsp
- Fri Aug 20 10:19:16 2004

 It's not even 10 yet and I'm already really bored.
John
- Fri Aug 20 09:57:59 2004

 Mmmm. Beer sounds gooooood.
tom
- Thu Aug 19 14:41:59 2004

 Don't kid y'rself- the UN's behind it all!
Jimmy
- Thu Aug 19 08:15:18 2004

 Floods in Cornwall and now Scotland. Nasty weather in Florida. An evil mad man has clearly built a weather changing machine. I bet the UN has had ransom demands!!
dsp
- Wed Aug 18 18:42:54 2004

 Marvellous! Any hope of Mike and Graham?
Jimmy
- Wed Aug 18 17:11:49 2004

 Although Kev will only drink one pint of course, owing to his new healthy lifestyle, which I'm totally convinced he will stick to. No, really.
John
- Wed Aug 18 14:30:13 2004

 Actually that was my complicated way of saying "yes, let's do it!"... I'm sure Kev will be up for it, and we might even be graced with Simon's presence, depending on the timing, as he is in and out of the country a lot at the moment.
John
- Wed Aug 18 14:29:00 2004

 so ... not a popular plan, then?
Jimmy
- Wed Aug 18 12:37:30 2004

 Funnily enough I went to Oxford last night, including a visit to the ever wonderful Turf Tavern. I think I am now actually capable of finding it all by myself *whilst sober*, although that wasn't the case last night, thankfully.
John
- Wed Aug 18 09:35:01 2004

 Joe, it's quite alright, we're used to T-Boy around here. We put up with his outbursts because he makes the Tea.
Rob Lang
- Wed Aug 18 09:14:34 2004

Who's for a beer?

I think we should all get together and do some drinking. I suggest a Friday evening. I also suggest it could be in the next 2-3 weeks.
Jimmy
- Wed Aug 18 08:49:12 2004

 I wish to apologize for my countryman's outburst. Rest assured, he meant no harm.
Joe America
- Wed Aug 18 03:22:30 2004

 Shut up, you slimey Brits! Don't you talk about my country or I'll drink a beer and fall asleep whilst screaming obscenities about you.
Travis
- Wed Aug 18 03:21:45 2004

 "Even", even.
Jimmy
- Tue Aug 17 18:05:21 2004

 My phone is not locked. In fact, I'm not ever sure I have a phone ...
Jimmy
- Tue Aug 17 18:05:00 2004

 http://www.uniquephones.com/unlock/dct4/ This will generate a series of unlock codes for your phone. The general advice seems to try code number 7 first. To get the '+' in the code, use * 2 times To get the 'p' in the code, use * 3 times To get the 'w' in the code, use * 4 times
tom
- Tue Aug 17 16:42:21 2004

 Fine point Jimmy. I always say it Coll-in. I suppose that John, being working class, will pronounce it "Cole-n Pooell" like they would on the estates.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 17 14:16:36 2004

 ... and what's with his silly pronounciation? He always gets pronounced to rhyme with coal-in. What's that about? I ask ya!
Jimmy
- Tue Aug 17 13:08:49 2004

 I've seen "Colon Powell", a top shelf film.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 17 09:46:18 2004

 I've met Colin Powell's cousin - she's a friend of my grandmother.
John
- Tue Aug 17 09:36:47 2004

 I think he's bad for your country, though.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 17 09:15:14 2004

 Ah, I don't want to debate whether Bush is a worthwhile human being. I don't much care. The point is that he isn't dangerous because he has no power. He's a windup doll.
Travis
- Tue Aug 17 03:18:40 2004

 HTML posting still works as well.
John
- Mon Aug 16 22:34:11 2004

 Right, I think I've got that long message problem fixed now.
John
- Mon Aug 16 22:33:46 2004

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John
- Mon Aug 16 22:33:28 2004

 Sorry, this message was too big.
John
- Mon Aug 16 22:31:26 2004

 PART 3 (due to broken message script): He's still the most dangerous man in the world.
Jimmy
- Mon Aug 16 15:11:10 2004

 PART 2 (due to broken message script): Of course it was biassed- we knew that when we went in. Pro-Bush sites can whinge all they like ... they will not persuade me that he is in any way a worthwhile human being.
Jimmy
- Mon Aug 16 15:10:57 2004

 PART 1 (due to broken message script): 56 deceits, eh? It all seems like a sad attempt to close the stable door long after the horse has bolted. The fact is, people go to see F911 because they already hate Bush (that was certainly my motive) and want to see the idiot humiliated on a big screen.
Jimmy
- Mon Aug 16 15:10:41 2004

 Does anyone else get the ebuyer eblast weekly mail thingy? (i.e. does anyone else shop at ebuyer basically). The most recent one wins 10/10 for tenuous link: Lets hope Great Britain clean up at the Olympics and win lots of Gold medals. You too can clean up for less with this fabulous LG Upright 1400w Vacuum Cleaner for only £24.95 Inc Vat
John
- Mon Aug 16 09:33:40 2004

 Researching Rowan name in Atlantic Canada, my great grandmother was Laura Melissa Rowan, has anyone done family tree work on rowan?? New Brunswick immigration , etc. If so would like to share. Regards Barbara
Barbara Worden <wordenb@shaw.ca>
family - Sat Aug 14 20:20:26 2004

 Finally, has Ali G ever had Moore on his show?
Travis
- Sat Aug 14 01:49:38 2004

 Graf, I don't watch Moore's films (but love documentaries) and don't get much involved with politics but here's a site to check. I guess the thing to do would be to compare the sites and see what's what. www.davekopel.com/Terror/ Fiftysix-Deceits-in-Fahrenheit-911.htm
Travis
- Sat Aug 14 01:48:48 2004

 Do most see him as unpatriotic? Well, certainly Republicans do. Democrats are pretty accepting of him. There is a documentary out entitled, "Michael Moore Hates America" which is a funny idea. The filmmaker does the same moves Moore does but only in this one, Moore is the target and he acts much like the corporate neerdowells (?) he criticizes.
Travis
- Sat Aug 14 01:44:48 2004

 Presumably, you've all seen this: http://www.preparingforemergencies.co.uk
tom
- Fri Aug 13 17:47:48 2004

 From what I've heard so far it appears to be tres funky.
John
- Thu Aug 12 13:35:38 2004

 Oooh, oohh, Cake have made a new album - it's called Pressure Chief. Apparently though it's not going to be released until October or something. Until then you can preview some of it at: http://www.sonymusic.com/artists/Cake/player/
John
- Thu Aug 12 13:34:26 2004

 Moore's website has a quite convincing set of sources to back up the facts give in F911 here:- http://www.michaelmoore.com/warroom/f911notes/index.php?id=16
Graf
- Thu Aug 12 11:28:40 2004

 'ello.
tom
- Thu Aug 12 11:03:17 2004

 Is he getting to be quite unpopular in America then...? Do Americans see him is unpatriotic...? Unfortunately I think that will probably work in his favour abroad!
John
- Thu Aug 12 10:48:31 2004

 I get the impression this new film is on a slightly different tack though.... I think he just has some pretty strong ideas about political matters, and isn't too bothered about the finer details of the truth getting in the way of him getting his message across... A bit like a politician, I suppose.
John
- Thu Aug 12 10:47:17 2004

 He did a few TV series here a few years ago, which were never particularly contraversial, so I guess I never had any reason to question him previously... I saw Bowling for Columbine a few months back and most of the things he said there seemed pretty believeable really.
John
- Thu Aug 12 10:46:54 2004

 As an American, I should chime in. I haven't seen 9/11 and probably won't. Have you read/heard about Moore's filmmaking 'tactics'? The masses don't realize that he is a filmmaker and not a documentarian. He simply lies and twists the truth.
Travis
- Thu Aug 12 04:19:47 2004

 When a batch spawns a child process, is this called "a son of a batch"?
John
- Wed Aug 11 13:58:21 2004

 I have to write a tiny little program which spawns batch scripts, and am trying to think of a name for it. Current ideas include "SlapMyBatchUp", "KickMyBatchOff", "BatchOfTheDay" and the awe inspiring "WellFightThemOnTheBatches". Any ideas?
John
- Wed Aug 11 13:53:36 2004

 Must be broken or something... Will have a look when I get a chance.
John
- Wed Aug 11 13:33:41 2004

 BTW John- I can't enter long messages anymore. I put in my password and hit the "Add message" button, but it said "No message body entered". What's going on?
Jimmy
- Wed Aug 11 12:43:38 2004

 I watched it. Now, clearly the thing is biassed, but if even a small amount of it is true, then that really is rather shocking. I would have thought that Kerry could raise masses of campaign funds by campaigning in all the world's other countries. I know I'd pay a few quid to be shot of dubya. He really is the most dangerous man on earth.
Jimmy
- Wed Aug 11 12:42:23 2004

 For me the clip of George giving him stir the world speech, then immediately saying: "Now watch this swing..." is enough. Plan on watching it over the next couple of days.
dsp
- Wed Aug 11 09:13:20 2004

 I can't make up my mind whether I want to watch it or not, I am torn between really liking Michael Moore, and being really fed up of hearing about 9/11.
John
- Wed Aug 11 09:00:34 2004

 Has anyone seen Farenheight 9/11?
dsp
- Tue Aug 10 20:10:20 2004

 It's Tuesday now (stating the obvious) and it's not very clear at all - in fact it's very murky.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Aug 10 09:18:30 2004

 Clearly.
Ali
- Mon Aug 9 12:57:12 2004

 It's Monday then.
John
- Mon Aug 9 12:10:17 2004

 Widwspread power failure again in North London last night. it lasted two and a half hours starting about seven o'clock. Somehow it is not in the news!
Chris <cdir@crag.co.uk>
North London, London - Sun Aug 8 07:32:40 2004

 I have decided that I do not like hot weather !
Kev
Pangbourne - Sat Aug 7 15:24:04 2004

 WOW wiki is brilliant. Thanks dsp!
Rob Lang
- Fri Aug 6 11:12:39 2004

 Anybody smoke here?
John
- Fri Aug 6 09:37:49 2004

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mcity4 <mcity42001@yahoo.com >
- Fri Aug 6 05:46:06 2004

 I stumbled onto Wikipedia last year whilst looking up some 'facts' about Middle Earth. It was a rather helpful site.
Travis
- Fri Aug 6 01:09:35 2004

 Here comes another storm - it's getting dark, the thunder is rumbling and any moment now I shall be under the desk again - figuratively speaking that is.
Mad Mumsie
- Thu Aug 5 16:00:40 2004

 Has anyone else used Wikipedia before? Its really good. http://en.wikipedia.org/
dsp
- Thu Aug 5 15:34:04 2004

 Biblical eh? Personally I always liked the plague of low-costs. Could never really see why that was such a bad thing. Maybe for shopkeepers, I suppose.
John
- Thu Aug 5 12:36:02 2004

 Erratic and extreme weather. All sounds a bit biblical, dunnit?
Rob Lang
- Thu Aug 5 09:59:38 2004

 This talk of power cuts reminds me of all that fuss over the millenium bug. I wonder if those idiots who predicted the end of civilisation as we know it have gone into hiding now...?
John
- Thu Aug 5 09:31:40 2004

 We did have some light flickering. For a while, we thought it was someone coming through from the other side.
dsp
- Thu Aug 5 09:10:06 2004

 Did elastic trickery go down at any point, dsp?
Rob Lang
- Thu Aug 5 09:08:54 2004

 There were storms up north too. It was impossible to get to our outside toilet without wellies.
dsp
- Wed Aug 4 16:17:13 2004

 We had a bit of rain... plus some thunder and lightning, which was a bit of fun.
John
- Wed Aug 4 15:20:49 2004

 Do you lot mean that no-one had any rain. Our road was like a river, fortunately, we are half way up, so suffered no flood, although the gutters were overflowing. It was hell I tellyou.
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Aug 4 14:43:43 2004

 A duck.....?
John
- Wed Aug 4 14:34:05 2004

 Not me, Reigate and Reading were dry as a dry thing.....erm.... a sponge... errrrrm.... lard.
Rob Lang
- Wed Aug 4 13:36:22 2004

 So, who had to swim home last night?
Mad Mumsie
- Wed Aug 4 12:53:20 2004

 At least there's no excuse for forgetting is there.
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Aug 3 16:06:26 2004

 April's pretty expensive too!!
Mad Mumsie
- Tue Aug 3 16:05:06 2004

 Yeah, a bloody expensive month.
Rob Lang
- Tue Aug 3 14:36:03 2004

 Good grief, now Rob's Dad as well...? It's like a whole rollercoaster of congratulating isn't it?
John
- Tue Aug 3 13:43:38 2004

 Yeah, congratulations John boy! And happy birthday dad.
Rob lang
- Tue Aug 3 09:48:11 2004

 Congrats on getting published John!!
dsp
- Tue Aug 3 09:22:19 2004

 John, in the photo at 12:39:41, it appears as if Chie has been shot and is bleeding through a stomach wound. Fascinating.
Travis
- Mon Aug 2 19:42:00 2004

 Happy birfday, Rob's mum. I shall point out that last weekend was my 6th wedding anniversary. I suppose that makes me old almost.
Travis
- Mon Aug 2 19:40:17 2004

 I haven't seen it yet, no, and in fact I'm not 100 percent sure whether they did actually use my picture in the end or not. I assume they were referring to one of the pictures towards the bottom of this page: http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/john/pictures/dartmoor/
John
- Mon Aug 2 17:28:40 2004

 Yes, bought in on Saturday, and when I left home for work this morning, it was still on the table in its plastic wrapper. A very hectic weekend. But I will look when I go home. Have you seen it.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Aug 2 15:45:49 2004

 Hey does anyone read the Times at the weekend? Apparently I had a picture published in The Times Weekend Review on Saturday just gone, page 25, in an article about Wistman's Wood, on Dartmoor.
John
- Mon Aug 2 15:14:55 2004

 Exactly. How did you guess.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Aug 2 13:41:54 2004

 A bit like those youngsters you get, who have been drinking in their local pub for two years or so, and then go and celebrate their 18th birthday in there.
John
- Mon Aug 2 11:39:06 2004

 Errr.... oh.... err I'm obviously referring to the time when you were 20 and you pretended to be 21 so you could drink legally in America....?
John
- Mon Aug 2 11:37:37 2004

 What do you mean - again
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Aug 2 11:32:54 2004

 Many happy returns! 21 again are we....?
John
- Mon Aug 2 10:40:28 2004

 (sung) Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday to me, Happy birthday dear Mad Mumsie, Happy birthday to me.
Mad Mumsie
- Mon Aug 2 10:39:22 2004

 Yes Jeff I agree it has been very quiet round here... Maybe everyone is on holiday...?
John
- Mon Aug 2 09:17:07 2004

 Last months messages: http://www.maison-de-stuff.net/board/messageboard7-2004.html
John
- Mon Aug 2 09:16:39 2004

 Sorry for such a silence John...really NOTHING going-on in this place. Its been over 100 degrees daily for the past week, ahhhh Texas. Classes start on Monday! And will be on more...you can help me with my homework. Take care...Jeff
Jeff <jffbrooke@yahoo.com>
Texas, in the midst - Mon Aug 2 00:46:40 2004