Lol, Jimmy "hoisted by his thingumy-bobs"
Kev
Thu Aug 31 19:59:57 2006
Ah... I was just remembering yesterdays "alternative" rhyming-slang...
Nigel
Thu Aug 31 19:30:56 2006
... in what way ..?
Jimmy
Thu Aug 31 16:18:39 2006
Jimmy - shouldn't that be "Adam and Margaret it?" :)))
Nigel
Thu Aug 31 13:56:06 2006
... and a rotten artist, to boot!
Jimmy
Thu Aug 31 13:28:14 2006
... of course, I onyl did it to meet Kate Bush, but it transpired that it was a different Kate (can you Adam & Eve it???) and she's "Head of Art Galleries" at the Barbican. Oh well, it's better then letting Tracey Emin have it (she is actaully a man).
Jimmy
Thu Aug 31 13:27:26 2006
John- I already did that, and took the Turner prize in 2005. I entered my wet photos under the name "Simon Starling". It was quite a simple matter, really ... all I had to do was pretend they were not photos, but a sculpture, and then natter on about how they draw together a wide range of cultural, political and historical references. Of course, I also claimed that I transformed and reframed existing objects using a rigorous process of research. The jury just loved it!
Jimmy
Thu Aug 31 13:22:54 2006
Rob: the camera never worked again mind. I vaguely recall trying to get the roll of film (that was in it at the time) developed anyway. The prints that came out oddly looked, well, wet. No doubt some art student will steal this idea immediately after me making this post, take some edgy and controversial pictures, drop the camera in the lily ponds at Monet's garden, then get the resulting prints exhibited at the Tate Modern and go on to win the Turner prize. Etc.
John
Thu Aug 31 12:36:55 2006
Nice Simon. John: lucky bastard.
Rob Lang
Thu Aug 31 12:15:45 2006
Lox: is it my imagination or did you delete an article from your blog?
John
Thu Aug 31 12:10:15 2006
As a small piece of trivia, I dropped my camera in the lily ponds at Monet's garden. I think I can actually identify the place where it went into the water on one of his famous paintings. Somehow or other I actually managed to retrieve said camera though, so disappointingly you can't have the added highlight of looking for it if you go there.
John
Thu Aug 31 12:09:44 2006
Rob: Esta undecision me molesta
Simon
Thu Aug 31 11:09:41 2006
John: I think CB wants to visit this garden. Hope the sun shines.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 31 10:16:11 2006
MM: have you been to
Monet's garden? I
think the village is
called Giverny, which
is (vaguely) in the
vicinity of Rouen.
John
Thu Aug 31 09:33:07 2006
No, I haven't said where, because this year we only made our minds up a week or so ago. We are touring France. No particular place in mind, except it's Cyberdad's intention to visit as many vineyards as possible! Rob: what ARE you talking about.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 31 09:26:11 2006
I have to wait another week for my holiday ... but it'll be the first week off I've had since Christmas!
Jimmy
Thu Aug 31 09:24:42 2006
Oh Wing Co, you got to let me know. Should I stay or should I go? If I go there will be trouble! If I stay there will be double. Oh you've got to let me know... should I stay or should I go?
Rob Lang
Thu Aug 31 09:14:26 2006
Somewhere nice I hope. Sorry I think I forgot too and am too lazy to look back through the board :)
Kev
Thu Aug 31 09:06:11 2006
MM: where are you going? (sorry if you've already told us, and I'm just being dim!)
John
Thu Aug 31 08:54:17 2006
Never let it be said I'm awake... I'm at work, yes; awake... no... Oh but... Morning All!!! :)
Nigel
Thu Aug 31 08:54:03 2006
Morning!
Lox
Thu Aug 31 08:51:51 2006
Morning all. Two days to go to my holiday, whoopee. :)
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 31 08:45:01 2006
Ah finally - somebody awake! I'm having another very boring day and the 'Maison has been very quiet thus far.
John
Thu Aug 31 08:32:06 2006
Morning all
Kev
Thu Aug 31 08:24:50 2006
Simon: Thanks! There is that function as a matter of fact, it loads all the bookmarks in a tab if you want, so I think that my problem is solved!
Lox
Wed Aug 30 15:21:50 2006
Simon - I think maybe if you use a bookmark as your home page, and that bookmark is a folder...?
John
Wed Aug 30 14:14:53 2006
Sepukku, the honorable act of samurai suicide when the samurai's master dies? I've watched ronin too many times!
More: www.reference.com / browse / wiki / Seppuku
Simon
Wed Aug 30 14:14:14 2006
Think firefox 1.5 (as in current) can also have multiple home pages that load in tabs - almost sure. And yeah, we all say aerial as well!
Simon
Wed Aug 30 14:00:16 2006
John: Don't the Japanese use the term "seppuku" or maybe "sepukku"? The first one looks right, as I think about it, but I'm not sure.
Rob: I used to play with green plastic "army men" all the time. I would have a few on standby whose heads/arms/legs I'd removed for battlefield carnage. Should that be alarming?
Travis
Wed Aug 30 13:47:38 2006
John, I think that's brilliant. A prime slice of Pasties and Tea (Britishness).
Rob Lang
Wed Aug 30 13:28:49 2006
Thanks for the updates, guys! Perhaps "aerial" is it then!
Jimmy - Good idea! Using a phrase like that is so left-of-field it would throw the recipient completely, leaving them wondering if you meant it or not! I like the prospect!
Nigel
Wed Aug 30 11:34:46 2006
Also: John- congrats on locating some sage Derby. As you say, though, it's not Japanese. I think you should start to manufacture your own!
Jimmy
Wed Aug 30 10:13:48 2006
Oh yeah- I've invented a new linguistic concept: non-rhyming slang. For instance, if you want a pint of beer, you could say "Stick another Marquis of Denby in there, luv!". Of it you're really knackered at the end of a day, you can say "I am totally torque-wrench". Never mind Pete Tong ... if something goes wrong, you can say it's "gone all Norman Tebbit." What do you think poeple? I think we should try to put a dictionary together, and then try to get our non-rhyming phrases into everyday use. Of course, we'd have to start in the workplace (and infect our colleagues) so we'd need a load of IT-related non-rhymes to begin with, and then just take it from there. Anybody up for helping me with a phrase book?
Jimmy
Wed Aug 30 10:12:53 2006
I thought it was pronounced as in the (previous) Israeli Prime Minister -Arial Sharon.
Jimmy
Wed Aug 30 10:06:55 2006
Yea I say aerial too.
No idea what the
correct way to say it
is.
John
Wed Aug 30 09:56:29 2006
Nigel - I'm with your coleagues and pronounce it "aerial"
dsp
Wed Aug 30 09:45:46 2006
Also.... How do you guys and gals say the word "Arial" ? No I've never been told so I go with a flat "ah-real" however my colleagues at work use "aerial"... I'd never thought of that but it sounds plausible.
Nigel
Wed Aug 30 09:40:31 2006
I'm a green plastic man. That doesn't me you can tread me into your carpet. Neither do I look like an American GI.
Rob Lang
Wed Aug 30 09:37:58 2006
Morning all! Yes, I always setup XP to look like the older 2000 grey look! For some reason I actually think it looks better than the original - perhaps the sizes or colours or something. Mind you, at the moment I'm only running XP as a virtual machine on the Mac, though Joc still uses it on her machine...
Nigel
Wed Aug 30 09:25:59 2006
Has anyone else messed around with Vista much? For almost the first time today I decided to go and take a really thorough look (I only normally work in one tiny little area, so am only dimly aware of what is going on in the rest of the OS). To be honest I was never totally sure about that whole Aero business, but I found it looks really nice when I change the colour scheme back to "Windows Standard", which then looks like 2000. In fact I always do the same on XP machines as well. I don't want glass, I don't want green and blue plastic, I just want, well, grey really.
John
Wed Aug 30 08:51:46 2006
John: That's IT! I am buying Vista when it's out! It is exactely what I was looking for, good Microsoft, great work! Of course I am sure that this feature will come out on FFox 2.0, but if they thought of it first then they are finally getting SOME act together... Please quote me on this post when I'll complain about the HD being formatted by some faulty code in Vista! :)
Lox
Wed Aug 30 08:46:42 2006
Kev - I believe it is actually written "hara kiri". Hara means stomach (as in "hara peko" - my stomach is rumbling), and kiri means cut (which you may know from "kiri gami" the alternative form of origami where you're allowed to make cuts as well as folds). Anyway, thanks for the suggestion.
John
Wed Aug 30 08:45:30 2006
Lox: I've been playing with Vista a bit today and it seems IE7 also has a similar-ish feature to the one you are looking for. Essentially you can have multiple home pages, and when you open up the browser each one appears in its own tab. Having previously said I'm not all the bothered about tab browsing, this actually could turn it around for me - it would be quite nice to have several of the pages I commonly visit all load at once when I start the browser.
John
Wed Aug 30 08:39:28 2006
John is 'Hari Kiri' an option, or is that only reserved for your Japanese collegues?
Kev
Wed Aug 30 08:12:04 2006
On first reading, I thought one of your classes was "Latin Epic Pottery". I kind of like the idea of that subject.
John
Wed Aug 30 07:01:03 2006
Good times here. My classes figure to be interesting...for good or bad. I'm taking Latin Epic Poetry, Greek Epic Poetry, The Ancient City, and a Pedagogy course.
Travis
Wed Aug 30 03:56:19 2006
Well, it is looking like another exceptionally dreary day lies ahead of me. Maybe I'll just go home?
John
Wed Aug 30 03:09:21 2006
The tool I mentioned is called GroupBar. I've had a quick go with it - I'm not sure whether I'll be using it on a day-to-day basis, but it is an interesting idea at least.
John
Wed Aug 30 01:46:51 2006
I think I read
somewhere that
Firefox 2.0 will have a
"session restore"
feature, whatever one
of those is. To be
honest I was never
that bothered about
tabbed browsing. If I
want to group things
together, it tends to
spill out over program
boundaries. So I might
want to associate one
web page with my mail
client, another with a
text editor, another
with visual studio and
so on. Apparently MS
research has
developed a tool to
let you do this sort of
thing, but I haven't
tried it yet. Might give
it a go today.
John
Wed Aug 30 01:05:12 2006
Dsp: Thankls! I'll give it ago! I don't have a lot of time to look for stuff on the net at the moment unfortunately.... :( Thanks again!
Lox
Tue Aug 29 23:03:04 2006
Hi Lox, this firefox add-in kinda does what you want. It restores your tabs from when you closed it. So long as you don't close the tabs, you'll be sorted. http://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/436/
dsp
Tue Aug 29 17:33:20 2006
Travis: Exactely my idea just that it opens tabs instead of windows... There must be something out there capable of doing it!!
Lox
Tue Aug 29 17:30:12 2006
Lox: I think it's a great idea; you could program a few preset sites that would just pop open in new windows. Or are you thinking of something different? I know that I have five sites that I check semi-obsessively. I'd love to know that I could logon, hit one button, and have them all displayed perfectly for me. Why, I'd pay a pretty (zero dollars, zero cents) for that privilege.
Travis
Tue Aug 29 16:28:15 2006
With hindsight I've just realised my last comment was a load of "tosh". Sorry about that. Put it down to post-holiday mental-incapacity... Think I need a coffee...
Nigel
Tue Aug 29 14:43:34 2006
Do I smell "active links" here? How about a local URL with the pages you wish to open as links? Probably a weeny bit of code required... but once done... (?) Could be wrong of course, the day is rapidly going that way... (grumpy)
Nigel
Tue Aug 29 13:52:27 2006
Dsp: Yep I use them too, I was looking to remove that passage altogether, starting FFox with all the pages that I usually load in one shot... Maybe it's not possible...
Lox
Tue Aug 29 13:05:14 2006
Lox - have you tried the bookmarks toolbar? I use this, and its very quick to right-mouse the bookmarks and choose open in new tab. (incidentally, this is posted from a virtual linux pc)
dsp
Tue Aug 29 11:52:15 2006
Nobody answered to my question though... Did I just spot a grey area worth investing it? I mean how great is it when FFox opens up and there are all you favourite websites loaded up at the first shot without you having to type them...?
Lox
Tue Aug 29 11:46:04 2006
After the morning I'm having so far, you might be right Kev! :(
Nigel
Tue Aug 29 11:19:10 2006
Nigel I think you meant 'oh baiser' :)
Kev
Tue Aug 29 08:58:45 2006
Morning Maisoneers!! I'm back at work again... Oh what joy!!
Nigel
Tue Aug 29 08:54:55 2006
I see "baiser" a lot when I watch films with French subtitles (even if they're not French). It often means "fuck". That's very intriguing that sometimes it's vulgar, sometimes it's not.
Travis
Tue Aug 29 00:59:34 2006
Kev: Shit! I have been approached by a couple of very big guys asking me if I knew where I could get a pirate copy of XP... Lucky me that I told them that I didn't know, and went and installed Fedora on all my machines!
Lox
Tue Aug 29 00:48:29 2006
Lox, remember Snitchboy is listening. Even though i am sure Toms unused licenses are are ok, he may not be able to help himself ;)
kev
Mon Aug 28 22:27:46 2006
Tom: Sorry to bother for stupid matters but I remember that you said that you had some Windows reg numbers available... I have all English verions of XpPro, so maybe I was wondering if I could have a couple (laptop+desktop), WGA is starting to clog my machines too :(
Lox
Mon Aug 28 17:50:16 2006
Ok I want to do a thing with Firefox that I haven't been able to work out yet. Maybe some of you can help... Basically what I want is that when I open Firefox it loads X Tabs, where X is the number of pages that I want to open, evey Tab pointing to a different site of course, a sort of favourite web site massive opening... Do you think it can be done?
Lox
Mon Aug 28 17:48:05 2006
John: Right! My mistake then. My dictionnary gives another translation (more pejorative) which doesn't fit your description. But it's probably a question of context. I kneel down before you and humbly apologize. (But don't expect me to lick your feet!)
Sheri
Mon Aug 28 12:58:37 2006
John: Incidentally the Japanese comapny that is going to make me a contract imports cheese in Japan... I should tell them that they must get some sort of Cheddar as there is a potential market for it!!!
Lox
Mon Aug 28 12:49:46 2006
Sheri: the only other
meaning I'm aware of
is the one that means
a bit uncool, something
which is a tired old
cliche. You know, like
a chat up line might be
described as cheesy.
John
Mon Aug 28 11:10:40 2006
John: I thought the word *cheesy* had several meanings. I thought you liked puns ? If that is one...
Sheri
Mon Aug 28 09:18:40 2006
Sheri: it wasn't a particularly smelly cheese. Or am I missing the point?
John
Mon Aug 28 08:59:18 2006
John: how's your breath, by the way ? .......... cheesy ? (ha ha ha !)
Sheri
Mon Aug 28 08:44:28 2006
Well I hope you all have better Monday in store than I've had so far. I am so bored I am literally falling asleep at my desk. I think I'm going to have to go and get some form of caffeine so I can at least stay awake until 5:30.
John
Mon Aug 28 08:42:48 2006
Morning all!!
Ahh... Now then... Cheese and Kissing! Sounds perfectly good to me!! :))) Maybe a bit early in the day for either I suppose... Tea is what is required right now!
Graf: Any plans? (Apart from hanging out in muddy fields of course!)
Nigel
Mon Aug 28 08:15:03 2006
...and good morning, by the way!
John
Mon Aug 28 08:13:26 2006
Thanks for the clarification Sheri!
John
Mon Aug 28 08:13:07 2006
Sorry: misled.
Sheri
Mon Aug 28 07:29:43 2006
I think you're mislead, John. *Bon baiser* doesn't mean *good fuck*, if that is what you understood. *Un baiser* is a kiss, though the verb *Baiser* has become vulgar and means indeed to fuck. *Bon baiser de France* simply means *regards from France*... Nothing rude in that ! As a matter of fact, a James Bond film has been entitled in French *Bon baiser de Russie*. I think the English titlewas *From Russia with Love*. To whom do we apologize ?
Sheri
Mon Aug 28 07:28:57 2006
I have now eaten so much cheese I feel sick. Sick but happy.
John
Mon Aug 28 06:01:57 2006
Joy of joys - today at a shop near my office I found a block of Sage Derby. OK, technically it is imported from the UK, but that little detail aside, it is Sage Derby. In Japan. That's almost Japanese Sage Derby. I'm off to Venezuala now to try and find some beaver cheese.
John
Mon Aug 28 05:40:06 2006
I think Sheri said
something rude.
John
Mon Aug 28 01:06:51 2006
I've lost track of the maison unemployment index, but I would like to declare myself as being unemployed for two month, but having enjoyed the fruits of having bought festival tickets whilst I was still in gainful employment. Reading Rocks. That is All. Out.
Graf
Mon Aug 28 00:48:15 2006
Hi everyone. Hi Nigel. Enjoy your guiness ! You deserve it. And thanks for the mail. I'll send you more stuff shortly. Very very busy for the time being. Bon baiser de France.
Sheri
Sun Aug 27 20:55:59 2006
Evening all!! Well, what a day!! My boy is presently screaming the house down! Lovely! Time for baths then bed.... Where's my Guinness?
Nigel
Sun Aug 27 19:28:24 2006
Haha...I got it from a tap at a normally very good "English style pub" as it likes to call itself. I've been drinking ZiegenBock of late, so maybe my tastebuds were off.
http://www.ziegenbock.com/
Travis
Sun Aug 27 03:46:47 2006
or was it guinness original extra stout(thats the one thts not smooth and creamy) and tastes very different to draught.
Kev
Sat Aug 26 23:55:35 2006
Travis: Was it bottled, or daught, or can, or even draught-in-a-can?
Nigel
Sat Aug 26 23:17:40 2006
I had a Guinnes on Thursday evening, but it wasn't very good. I haven't had it in a while, but I'm sure I haven't lost the taste for it.
Travis
Sat Aug 26 18:25:32 2006
:))))))))) Funny you should say that Lox..... Cheers!!
Nigel
Sat Aug 26 17:03:35 2006
John: Nigel is not going to be alone, I am sure that he will have a company of a nice black foamy guinness next to him!!
Lox
Sat Aug 26 17:00:50 2006
... plus Oswestry is hosting a Harley-Davidson biker's Rally today and town was full of scary, black, beardy types!!! :((
Nigel
Sat Aug 26 16:21:37 2006
Quite so, John! We were out and about yesterday and the drive back - around 4:30pm - was horrible, slow and frustrating!!
Nigel
Sat Aug 26 13:34:00 2006
Nigel: am I correct in
assuming you are
wisely staying put over
the next couple of
days then?
John
Sat Aug 26 12:48:07 2006
Hope the move goes smoothly Lox! It's never an easy task, is it? Over here it's a "bank-holiday weekend" and I wouldn't advise driving anywhere as the roads will be chaos! :))
Nigel
Sat Aug 26 09:02:06 2006
Nigel: At the moment I am worrying about the money and laws... It's really a jungle and it makes me feel even more unsettled that before!! And tomorrow I am back up north to start the BIG move (bed, furniture and morethan 10 boxes)... I am hardly looking forward to it!
Lox
Fri Aug 25 23:24:40 2006
Lincoln?!?! What? Who? Where!!???!!! Oh flip... I'll not find out until Tuesday now!
Well done Lox!! Splendid! Don't worry about a logo yet - there's sure to be fifty spam emails along soon, offering to do you one!
Nigel
Fri Aug 25 18:49:10 2006
Have a good weekend everyone. I'm off to a Garden Party just outside Lincoln, on Saturday, to celebrate a wedding, which took place in Gibraltar. Hope it keeps dry!!
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 25 16:48:12 2006
Tim's mum- how about: Live your dreams! (except for that one about being eaten by a giant spider)
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 15:23:55 2006
Jimmy: May all your troubles be little ones
Tim's mum
Fri Aug 25 15:21:32 2006
Thanks everyone! Nope I haven't got a logo yet, at the moment we are still deciding what type of company to make (agency or free lance)... The work that I have to do is also quite unclear, I think that it will be clearer after my trip to Japan (I'll leave on the 2nd). There are so many things to sort out and to understand... mostly to do with fiscal laws and stuff like that... Oh well!! :) Let's hope it goes all smoothly, at the moment everything is still quite foggy...
Lox
Fri Aug 25 15:19:35 2006
Everyone needs a Logo. I imagine it's something to do with Stalflare? I think you mentioned this a bit ago. Congrats, Lox!
Travis
Fri Aug 25 15:08:08 2006
Tim's mum- you don't happen to be a profesional writer of greeting-card greetings, do you?
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 14:08:46 2006
Wishing you good fortune in your new venture.
Tim's mum
Fri Aug 25 14:02:10 2006
Lox- what does your company do? What is it called?
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 12:54:05 2006
Lox, do you have a logo yet ?
Kev
Fri Aug 25 12:42:14 2006
CONGRATULATIONS Lox
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 25 12:01:54 2006
I have opened my company!! Still I am millions light years away from understanding what it means... :P
Lox
Fri Aug 25 11:55:54 2006
Fair enough. But don't say I didn't try!
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 11:53:43 2006
Jimmy - yes I am, but mystery is everything!
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 25 11:28:09 2006
Ohyou'renofunanymore
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 10:47:40 2006
Jimmy; you don't want to go there - you really don't ;)
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 25 10:08:27 2006
There's no call for wrath- I've not said anything nasty about her!
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 09:38:06 2006
And low the wrath of MM was brought upon Jimmy.
Kev
Fri Aug 25 09:28:22 2006
Most pornographic
websites do not contain
the word "pornographic",
err, apparently. So I
think we're safe.
John
Fri Aug 25 09:27:49 2006
Actually, if this site is going to be blacklisted as pornographic, I think it should at least contain some porn! I suggest that MM uploads a few nude pictures of herself!
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 09:05:56 2006
Lox- the maison was banned at my workplace too- it is indeed blacklisted as pornographic. I suspect that the previous sentence being posted on this message-board is enough to keep it on that blacklist ... I'm guessing that most of these site-rating systems must simlpy crawl the web looking for key words. Somehow I managed to persuade the IT dept. to un-blacklist this site. Hooray!
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 09:04:14 2006
Kev, John- remember all that hassle with ESEF files!!! It was such a non-standard standard (and not a very well defined one at that). You know how they say that a camel is a horse invented by a committee? Well, EFEF was surely that camel! Could we use the existing text files? Nooooooo ... we had to try to shoehorn Unicode into a Win16 app, JUST IN CASE sombody wanted to use it in a different language. Not that any other country would use that file format anyway. Oh, and it had to have pan-control as well as fade. And the actual DTT implementation spec. meant that the fade-control happened in discreet steps at 10Hz, which resulted in audible clicks. And then Kev ended up policing the police unit, because it wasn't very good at its job. And Norman drove us mad (how is he these days?) Oh well ... it may have been a bit grotty, but at least we shipped in time for the launch date!
Jimmy
Fri Aug 25 09:00:38 2006
'ere we go again! MORNING.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 25 08:45:49 2006
Morning.....
Lox
Fri Aug 25 08:27:36 2006
Don't forget if its been audio descibed, then it probably works as a show else they would bother! All you need to do is overlay the AD channel with the main audio stream the same as the stb does. I am not sure if they send fade cues with the digital stuff, I don't think they do but you would need to look. If you were post-processing of course, you could just once pass the data and look for the cue in-outs and fade accordingly on the final mix. "Instant TV to audio mp3 car, out and about thingy technology". Copyright Kev(tm)
Kev
Fri Aug 25 08:24:43 2006
Of course, it depends on the program, but some content could work very well - particularly music and comedy shows. As demonstrated by Blackadder, certain types of comedy really can work purely from the dialog alone, no narrative track required. Wildlife documentaries might suffer a bit though. :)
John
Fri Aug 25 08:05:14 2006
That TV to Audio transition is something I'm quite interested in actually. A few years ago audio description services started in the UK (I believe they'd already existed a while before that in the US). So if you're not familiar with the concept, it's an extra audio channel broadcast along witha TV program that gives a narration for what's happening on screen. The intended audience is the visually impaired, but actually it could be a great feature for turning a TV show into a kind of podcast, which you could then listen to on your MP3 player or car stereo on your way into work in the morning.
John
Fri Aug 25 08:02:37 2006
Travis: probably the name audiobook is a bit misleading - so far as I could tell they'd basically just stripped the audio out of the TV show and turned it into an MP3 - there wasn't any extra narration added in or anything. Surprisingly it is still very funny though - perhaps though it might be a bit lost on people who haven't previously watched it.
John
Fri Aug 25 07:57:36 2006
John: It's not narrated by the adder himself; is it?
Travis
Fri Aug 25 05:03:21 2006
Well I have a tremendously boring day ahead of me. To cope with this dreariness I am listening to the audiobook version of Blackadder II which I downloaded from iTunes last night.
John
Fri Aug 25 02:29:36 2006
Ah yes, sorry to have opened up that whole can of worms again. To me it wasn't an issue of whether or not the Americans won the war that bothered me - I'm not a military historian and I have no authority to comment on that. It was simply the sheer fury and hatred that I seemed to prompt from this guy for refusing to do any kind of military work which really shocked me. My girlfriend is from Hiroshima, after all.
John
Fri Aug 25 00:30:16 2006
John - that's ok, didn't actually expect you to keep doing PS, I'd just be bored if I wasn't constantly hassling you to add more features to it! I guess I'll just have to be content with Picasa after all (and the black and white with colour highlight filter thing is cool)! When I stop getting hassled to port PN to linux/add every feature from emacs/make it an FTP client/... I'll stop asking for flickr support! ps. is that how you spell hassling? seems wrong to me.
Simon
Thu Aug 24 23:41:53 2006
Hi Travis! Clearly you're one of the few sane individuals!! I have to agree with you that recent history isn't as interesting to me as ancient history. Though lets be frank - people are people are people. The animal hasn't actually changed that much since we "lost" the bicameral mind, has it? And of course we shouldn't blame friends and acquaintances for the sins of our Grandfathers. Where would it end?
Nigel
Thu Aug 24 23:37:01 2006
Speaking as an American who cares little about recent history (last 200 years), but as one who was educated in the US, I think that there are some who literally believe that "we" won the war quite single-handedly. These people are insane. Then there are those who say that US involvement shifted the balance, aided in securing victory. Those people are less insane. Then there are those who say that it was a war far away from the US (at least at the time of the oil embargo; Pearl Harbor is a different story), that they didn't have to join (in any meaningful sense of necessity), but they did. And the result was victory. I'm not a military historian, and I don't care to be honest, but I'm always interested in the way people perceive "us Americans".
Travis
Thu Aug 24 23:15:12 2006
In a less dramatic vein, I had a nice new beer today. It's PranQsters, a "Belgian style amber ale" crafted in California. It's well-decorated at beer fests and so forth. It's actually quite good. It's like Plaunaer's dopplebock, but a bit lighter than that, which isn't difficult to do.
Travis
Thu Aug 24 23:05:44 2006
John: I'm pretty amazed...that's horrendous even for an American military personnel. I officially extend the olive branch in the hopes of reestablishing a diplomatic relationship with your fair country (not Japan; they bombed us...). (Out of respect for Chie, I'll say that I'm obviously wholly joking, whether that's necessary or not.)
Travis
Thu Aug 24 23:04:26 2006
John: I am part of the secret service and I use PStudio, so I think that you already gave it to the military, right... Oh shit I shouldn't have said that!!!!
On a more trivial note, a friend of mine working for GE Italy (General Electrics) said that the maison was banned from internet browsing as it appears to have been qualified as a PORNOGRAPHIC SITE!!!!
Lox
Thu Aug 24 23:03:06 2006
Oh heck! I've just read that email John got about the Americans saving world war 2 etc... How awful was that? Is it really true that the US thinks it won WW2 for Europe? What conceit! I am... for once... speechless. My Dad would have laughed and given me a good response to use. I think I'm actually angry for John, now! I'm personally really glad to have friends from around the world - many in the US - but this attitude is what keeps those red-necks holed-up in their bunkers in Nebraska or North Dakota hating the rest of the world...
Nigel
Thu Aug 24 16:21:03 2006
If you want anything from the Military, its probably on their web site!!!
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 24 16:01:26 2006
Maybe an Italian version would be fun: "Ci sono molti thumbnails nel browse window".
John
Thu Aug 24 15:40:10 2006
If I get an email in the next few days from an Italian military official telling me "lui una worthlosi piece el crappo" then I'll know who prompted it. :)
John
Thu Aug 24 15:35:19 2006
John: I was about to ask for an Italian version of PS... Oh well, I'll ask the military!
Lox
Thu Aug 24 15:32:21 2006
Simon, Tom: sorry guys, there's pretty much no chance of me picking up Photo Studio and doing any more work on it - that code is so old and rotten now I'm afraid I might get some kind of nasty skin condition if I touch it. I would make it open source, but my conscience couldn't cope with the terrible purposes which it would be used for (the American military were after it, if you remember). In fact, for safety it doesn't even exist in electronic form any more - it has been printed out onto rice paper, and is hidden in the vaults of a monastery here in Japan. The monks (who are blind, incidentally) are under strict instructions to eat it should anything happen to me.
John
Thu Aug 24 15:24:16 2006
I never liked the Bard. I've always preferred Shakespeare.
While assisting in reoganizing our Classics Library yesterday, I discovered (and secreted away) The Berlitz Self-Teacher for French. I'll surpass all previous training and be fluent by, say, next Tuesday.
Travis
Thu Aug 24 15:06:27 2006
How many ages hence shall this our lofty scene be acted over in states unborn and accents yet unknown!
Julius Caesar (3.1)
The Bard
Thu Aug 24 15:04:31 2006
I've been a bad boy...been away almost a week. Classes start Monday so I'm squeezing every ounce of freedom I have until then. Unfortunately, I'm working on a paper for an independent research course I took over the summer so there's no real chance for a break. Love the icons.
Travis
Thu Aug 24 15:03:19 2006
Get in line! I'm still waiting for flickr uploading!
Simon
Thu Aug 24 14:48:15 2006
John, what I would do in your situation is develop an add on to PhotoStudio that reads Nikon NEF (RAW) files. That's what I'd do. Yours, interested of Theale.
tom
Thu Aug 24 14:46:07 2006
"Your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others"
Rob Lang
Thu Aug 24 14:28:35 2006
Rumplestiltskin
Kev
Thu Aug 24 13:19:14 2006
fiddlesticks
Jimmy
Thu Aug 24 13:10:34 2006
Afternoon
Tim's mum
Thu Aug 24 12:56:53 2006
Well I'm having a very very boring evening. TV holds no interest for me here in Japan, and I don't really feel in much of a mood for doing anything with the PC either... So that just leaves drinking I suppose! That's no way to carry on...
John
Thu Aug 24 12:47:50 2006
John: trust you to spoil the symmetry of the whole thing.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 24 11:14:27 2006
morning (can you not just pretend John for the sake of uniformity?)
Kev
Thu Aug 24 10:39:28 2006
Errr, not morning?
John
Thu Aug 24 10:19:59 2006
Well, I'm glad we've got that out of the way :)
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 24 09:32:50 2006
Morning
dsp
Thu Aug 24 09:21:55 2006
Morning!
Nigel
Thu Aug 24 09:13:43 2006
Morning all.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 24 09:11:04 2006
Morning.
tom
Thu Aug 24 09:02:56 2006
... But worth the effort for the rest of us! Splendid! :)
Nigel
Wed Aug 23 22:14:06 2006
five updates of the blog in one shot that has to be a record for my standards! :P
Lox
Wed Aug 23 18:45:25 2006
Jimmy: You lost me...
Nigel/John: Thanks a lot, the big move will be on saturday but at least I have put a fot in the door! :)
Lox
Wed Aug 23 18:12:07 2006
What an esoteric board today!! :)) Afternoon all!! We're just back from the wettest trip to Ludlow Castle. Talk about floods...! Still, the old Toyota took it all in it's stride!
Way to go Lox!! Welcome home!!
I thought Kev's little aside about mathematicians and "i" numbers was spot on!! This is, for me, the difference between a mathematician and a programmer - programmers have to live in a real world! (Or in Jimmy's case a virtually real world as opposed to an imaginary one!!! :)))) If I was to say anything derisory about mathematics I would have to say:"Imaginery numbers? I mean.... Come on! I can use an imaginary number which will convert my comparative poverty into untold riches! Find the answer guys!"
Nigel
Wed Aug 23 17:43:24 2006
John- that wouldn't be much of a prize, at a little over $13. I've been mucking about with units and numbers, and what I've come up with is this: Take e (~2.72) and square it (~7.39). Convert from Pascals to PSI (x~0.0001450377 = ~0.00107) then multiply by the speed of light (299,792,458 m/s = ~321285) then times it all by pi (~3.141) gives $1009347 (rounded up to the nearest dollar). I'm not sure what units it would be in, but whatever it is, I'll bet there's a gold one in Paris somewhere!
Jimmy
Wed Aug 23 16:23:59 2006
I suggest a hot pin. Go on I dare you.
Kev
Wed Aug 23 15:59:08 2006
John - why not pluck some hairs from your nose? This may give you the wonderful eye-watering sensations you're yearning for.
dsp
Wed Aug 23 15:09:55 2006
John: You mean apart from the ring that's there already! :)
Mad Mumsie
Wed Aug 23 14:51:20 2006
I don't want to put any kind of ornaments in my nose, I just have a bizarre desire to ram a pin through it.
John
Wed Aug 23 14:33:26 2006
Lox: welcome home mate! Moving is never much fun, but hopefully the worst is over now and you can start settling into your new life and all that... I am looking forward to an all-new Lorenzo who is sickeningly chirpy and full of beans all the time. :)
John
Wed Aug 23 14:29:47 2006
Tim: not for fashion reasons, just for alleviation of pressure.
John
Wed Aug 23 14:21:34 2006
I am back in FLORENCE!!!! First part of the move is done, the bulk will arrive on Saturday, but I already feel back home... :P
Lox
Wed Aug 23 14:18:51 2006
John - we all know (including you) that you never will. Bet you a £1.
dsp
Wed Aug 23 14:14:40 2006
I think I want to pierce my nose.
John
Wed Aug 23 14:10:40 2006
May the guy is only good with imaginary numbers and couldn't grasp the fact that is was a fricken $1 Million :) The least he could have done was donate to "Sick children in another country" charity !!!
Kev
Wed Aug 23 14:01:58 2006
I'm surprised that the prize for some maths award is such a boring number as a million dollars - you'd expect it to be pi times e factorial, or something like that.
John
Wed Aug 23 13:58:56 2006
Did anyone else hear the news story about the mathematician who recently solved a well hard problem and refused to claim the £1M reward? Maths genius declines top prize That'll learn 'em!
dsp
Wed Aug 23 13:38:52 2006
I reckon software developers are light years ahead of mathematicians in terms of making complex systems readable and accessible to the masses.
John
Wed Aug 23 13:14:17 2006
Jimmy: I'm with you there. Recently I've been trying to understand an error correction mechanism and everything I read about it is just Swahili to me - all polynomials, matrices and sigma notation. Why can't mathsy type people just learn C or something, so they can express forumlae in a way which is commonly understood, machine executable, and entirely unambiguous...?
John
Wed Aug 23 13:12:48 2006
Tom: how do you mean? If you don't have a password it does pretty much no effort - no different to trying a DoS by adding millions of messages in short succesion, surely?
John
Wed Aug 23 13:10:35 2006
Jim: please email me - my address is on my bit of the site - and I will try to pass on as much as I can...
John
Wed Aug 23 13:09:16 2006
Bloody mathematicians! Getting a straight answer from 'em is like blood from a fecking stone.
Jimmy
Wed Aug 23 12:43:35 2006
Doesn't the new delete function allow for a denial of service against the board?
tom
Wed Aug 23 09:35:33 2006
Can you help me John? I did a search for mini fork lift trucks and came across url of john's picture in Nagano, SANY0069.JPG. This looks like a machine that can help me with my quest for transporting my wife whom is severely disabled. I realise the photo was taken in Japan but I may be able to import or adapt using a similar base machine. Could you please send me as much info. for me to continue my chase for a front lifting battery operated truck.
With Thanks, Jim Corrin.
James David Corrin
Wed Aug 23 08:00:52 2006
Or how about using the
little speech bubble
icon, but with a question
mark in for messages
posted without a
password?
John
Wed Aug 23 02:21:28 2006
Yea, if anyone wants
to replace the images
please feel free -
probably easiest just
to replace the image files
rather than modify the
scripts.
John
Wed Aug 23 00:23:35 2006
I love "No more big gaps" ... it is just the best stuff.
Jimmy
Tue Aug 22 16:46:48 2006
Nice system there gents. Could we make the images a bit transparent of greyed out because they make the normal text a bit difficult to read. I could do this from home, if you like. Or is it just me?
Rob Lang
Tue Aug 22 16:21:02 2006
Good grief, dsp!! Never knew that! I'll remember to pay promptly then!! Just my luck that the nozzle will jam...
Nigel
Tue Aug 22 16:15:47 2006
John: I agree better change the trashcan, Sheri for example was one of the people who stumbled into the board and then become a regular (though he's nowhere to be seen at the moment)...
Lox
Tue Aug 22 16:13:19 2006
Always pay a plumber for the work he did.
dsp
Tue Aug 22 16:03:22 2006
Nigel: Have you heard of plumbers revenge? This is where they take several cans of expanding foam, smash a small window of your car, piece the cans with a screw driver, throw them in and then seal up the hole with a plastic bag and tape.
dsp
Tue Aug 22 16:02:45 2006
I was banned from a golf-club once.... A great claim to fame I feel!! :) Just bought an aerosol of expanding foam - as used to fill gaps in masonry etc. I'm looking forward to being let loose with it later... (A bit like shaving foam but which sets rock hard etc) :)))))
Nigel
Tue Aug 22 15:58:34 2006
John: which email address did you use, work or Mad Mumsie.
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 22 14:13:13 2006
Johns Reponse "Right thats it Kev you are banned, Nigel your banned too. jimmy what are you looking at - your banned aswell . Your all banned." LOL
Kev
Tue Aug 22 14:13:10 2006
John, don't go Power crazy now. What with your Post deleting and banning blacklists skills no-one is safe.
Kev
Tue Aug 22 14:11:00 2006
To my surprise, looking back through the logs reveals that the bulk of the recent bout of spam originates from the same IP address - 209.85.32.12 - which nslookup returns as houston.incognitonetworks.com. A name like "incognito networks" sounds like some sort of proxy or something. Anyway, I've added it to the banlist.
John
Tue Aug 22 13:58:33 2006
I really wanted to make a system which kept a password optional - once in a blue moon we do make new friends that way, and I can't always be bothered to type in a password (my mobile doesn't seem to remember form details). So maybe I just need to change the little trash can icon - it is important that it is interpreted as "this message can be deleted", not "this message should be deleted". :)
John
Tue Aug 22 13:49:42 2006
MM: have emailed your details to you... sorry you are having trouble! However rest assured I at least will not delete any of your messages (unless you suspiciously begin advertising industrial zinc / talc / fluoride / etc).
John
Tue Aug 22 13:47:09 2006
John: Can you send any new password to my mad_mumsie account at btopenworld dot com
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 22 13:27:18 2006
And in case any of you lot are thinking of removing my posts - think again!!! I'm not in a good mood. My work email has been down all morning, and THEY don't know when it will be working again. It's like having my right arm cut off.
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 22 13:26:31 2006
OK John, my password doesn't work!
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 22 13:24:56 2006
Try again in case its "case sensitive!"
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 22 13:24:28 2006
OK, let's see if my password works!
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 22 13:23:50 2006
Lox: would you like me to load a clay pigeon for you?
John
Tue Aug 22 12:51:34 2006
I am waiting for my first kill...... (growls Lox, blood coming out of the sharp fangs)...
Lox
Tue Aug 22 12:37:01 2006
Since your last post was not locked, I nearly assumed you were very clever spam. However I resisted deleting it.
Kev
Tue Aug 22 12:00:20 2006
Kev: oddly gratifying isn't it?
John
Tue Aug 22 11:19:34 2006
Morning Maisoneers!! Hi Lox! Glad you're back safe - hope the airports weren't too congested!! Take it easy...!
Nigel
Tue Aug 22 09:22:11 2006
Jet lagged and completely totally tired I woke up rather late today, now I have to finish packing and tomorrow I think that I'll make the first part of the moving back to Florence...
Lox
Tue Aug 22 09:12:56 2006
Got one 06:51.59 Mwhahahaha
Kev
Tue Aug 22 08:14:20 2006
I didn't notice one for a while there - damn, it got a whole 3 hours. Say though, these messages are all looking pretty similar - in addition to Tim's excellent suggestion for changing the form fields, we could also get fairly good results for auto-spam filtering on keywords etc, based on previous posts which have been deleted as spam.
John
Tue Aug 22 06:30:11 2006
I think Tim has got the right idea for a less labour intensive solution. If I changed the add message page to be ASP, then we could even have the names of the items in the form change automatically every day, based on the date or something.
John
Tue Aug 22 00:16:51 2006
Ha! That last bit of spam got about 15 minutes of air time. Then it was shot down like the scum it was.
John
Mon Aug 21 23:53:22 2006
Evening!!! Oh... and night-night as well.... :)
Nigel
Mon Aug 21 23:18:04 2006
IT WORKS!!! SpamJavelin is Great job John! Just one thing... After you get the confirmation about the deletion it doesn't take you back to the board automatically.
Dsp: You mean that they usually program spiders to comply to the standard forms around the net and let them? So by changing something in your form (what exactely I am curious?) you get them out of the system to start with...
Lox
Mon Aug 21 20:52:23 2006
May I suggest you name this feature SpamJaveline(tm)
dsp
Mon Aug 21 17:22:34 2006
John - my spam fighting tactic is to make it very simple to change the form's submission url. The spam cretins use a hard-coded form definition and submission url. I have this as a configurable item on the form, so when the new stuff comes in weeks after changing, I change the configuration and rename the script. That's learned 'em.
dsp
Mon Aug 21 17:21:11 2006
John, if you are recording who kill spam, then we should get an icon for SpamKiller.
Kev
Mon Aug 21 16:31:20 2006
I'm going to have to go to bed soon, I'm sure the spambeciles are just waiting for that. I think most of you have passwords - but they are more than that now. They've become weapons, weapons in the war on spam. Each and every one of you can do your bit!
John
Mon Aug 21 16:12:13 2006
Is it just me sitting here constantly refreshing the board, just waiting for one of the spam cretins to post something so I can have the glorious satisfaction of wiping it off within seconds...?
John
Mon Aug 21 16:08:25 2006
If anyone wants to suggest a better icon than the trashcan (or the little padlock) I'm all ears - I don't want to make it look like guilty until proven innocent, if you know what I mean.
John
Mon Aug 21 15:38:07 2006
...and if I record the name of the person who deleted each message, we could keep score of who has removed the most spam. :)
John
Mon Aug 21 15:35:01 2006
As an added bonus, every time we delete a message, it effectively gets added to a simple database (OK a text file) of carefully hand picked spam. So in the future we could modify the add message script to check through that file for similar messages, and stop the spam even getting on in the first place.
John
Mon Aug 21 15:31:04 2006
Hey this is really useful and will really learn those spammers.
Kev
Mon Aug 21 15:25:06 2006
I have notices that you need to use exact case for your username. just a a warnign to the others should they forget like wot I done.
Kev
Mon Aug 21 15:24:16 2006
Kev: yes I think you've got a password haven't you? Please feel free to have a go at deleting some of your own messages! Just click on the trash can, and the rest is obvious.
John
Mon Aug 21 15:24:07 2006
Right then everybody. My new anti-spam measures seem to work, although please bare (bear?) with me if there are any teething troubles over the first few days. So the idea is that when a message gets added, we also put a little icon on the board. If it was added with a password, we can assume it to be completely "safe". Anything not added with a password will get some kind of little icon next to it (maybe the trashcan is a bit to negative for all those genuine posts without a password?). Anyway, I've made a new script which lets any of us with a username/password delete a message, just by clicking on the little icon. Obviously use this with care, but its not totally the end of the world if you click on the wrong message - you've got to go through a confirmation page first (entering your username/password), and actually nothing gets completely deleted - instead deleted messages get appended to a spam log file. - lthough you have to use FTP to get access to this.
John
Mon Aug 21 15:22:43 2006
I hope you won't cull me by mistake john should I mention loans and thumbnail galleries.
kev not a spammer
Mon Aug 21 15:19:52 2006
The spam culling has begun boys and girls...
John
Mon Aug 21 15:11:20 2006
'Posted with a password' hehe
kev
Mon Aug 21 14:23:41 2006
welcome back lox, do I get little icons too ?
kev
Mon Aug 21 14:23:06 2006
Welcome Home Lox. Hope all is well with you.
Mad Mumsie
Mon Aug 21 13:24:18 2006
Ciao ciao I have just come back from guadalupe in Vedano Olona... Too tired to write, but will post something soon!!!
Lox
Mon Aug 21 13:05:48 2006
...but it isn't finished yet, so nothing happens if you try and click them at the moment.
John
Mon Aug 21 12:54:12 2006
So as you can see the plan is based on little icons.
John
Mon Aug 21 12:53:05 2006
Blimey they are annoying... I am currently testing a potential solution.
John
Mon Aug 21 12:51:30 2006
you see, advertising spam 'Does' work!!
Kev
Mon Aug 21 12:48:50 2006
I need loan!
Thingumy
Mon Aug 21 12:08:05 2006
Actually yes I do, please can you supply more details after you kill yourself please.
kev
Mon Aug 21 11:33:47 2006
Perhaps you should supply some of your own Jimmy? Then you can update them every five minutes and put them out of business!
Kev
Mon Aug 21 08:51:38 2006
And another thing. Can these sites really be updated every 10 minutes? I know the internet is knee-deep (or neck, even) in smut, but to need to update it every 10 minutes ... sounds a bit like overkill.
Jimmy
Mon Aug 21 08:47:24 2006
Where is the link?! I want my free XXX adult thumbnail galleries!
Jimmy
Mon Aug 21 08:30:06 2006
Thanks Kev.
Sheri
Sun Aug 20 17:21:16 2006
sheri, just under the download for photostudio there is a link in blue 'these dll files' at the end of the description. get these, extract them, and put then in the same directory as phototudio is.
kev
Sun Aug 20 10:11:06 2006
John: I tried to download your software Photo Studio Version 2.67. But it doesn't open. Says MSVCR80 is misssing...?
Sheri
Sun Aug 20 09:04:55 2006
Fucking spammers !!! (if I may say so)
Sheri
Sun Aug 20 08:54:18 2006
Thanks Nigel. I'll try.
Sheri
Sun Aug 20 08:53:35 2006
What a wet day here! I'm stayin in! Wonder why we're getting targetted by this stupid spam? They're very inept by not even posting a link. Does this mean it's a 'bot?
Nigel
Sat Aug 19 15:10:37 2006
Sheri! Good morning! Have you tried John's rather splendid Photo Studio?? Go along to www.stuffware.co.uk and you'll find it! I know I don't post too many photos, but his utility will do the job!! :))
Nigel
Sat Aug 19 10:11:57 2006
'en masse' I meant.
Sheri
Sat Aug 19 06:47:24 2006
Hello everyone. John: I've so many pics to post that I dread to do it. I don't understand the way you do it. Your stuffware picture manager doens't work properly (Or I can't use it properly!). Until now, I did write the html myself. First, how do I convert in mass high resolution pics to an adequate format? I used to do it one by one with photoshop. To much hassle, really.
Sheri
Sat Aug 19 06:45:06 2006
No
kev
Sat Aug 19 01:32:45 2006
Jimmy, have you told us too much and are currently tied to a flag pole out at the back of your offices until you learn your lesson?
Kev
Fri Aug 18 20:40:18 2006
Have a good weekend everyone. "See" you on Monday.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 18 16:54:33 2006
Jimmy - BTW, they're not realtime pie charts either.
dsp
Fri Aug 18 14:21:55 2006
Jimmy - sounds like you're working on some fascinating projects. I turn telecoms data into pie charts. Want to swap?
dsp
Fri Aug 18 12:59:11 2006
dsp- The PCI cards are for the simulator. They're a fibre-optic "Shared memory" system ... they're so fast you can split a realtime model over several computers (in this case several operating systems too). Gyros are for the real car (anti-roll and whatnot) ... kind-of experimental.
Jimmy
Fri Aug 18 12:40:20 2006
Nigel - a great link! That's that clear now. I can now differentiate 3.3v and 5v PCI cards. I can't wait to hustle my mates at the pub.
dsp
Fri Aug 18 11:13:50 2006
Jimmy - I am intrigued. Giroscopes? PCI data cards? What are you building?
dsp
Fri Aug 18 11:11:19 2006
OHMYGODICANNOTBELIEVEIT! I'm looking to get a new motherboard which will have the correct PCI slots. How much do you think the motherboard costs (bearing in mind it's from HP)? 50 quid? Naaah. 100 quid? Naaah. 200? 300? Forget it. Those bastards charge 511.50!!!!!!!
Jimmy
Fri Aug 18 11:07:27 2006
Morning all!
Jimmy: You had me intrigued - I too thought they were all 5v... However this makes it a bit clear (for me at least!!) http://www94.web.cern.ch/HSI/s-link/devices/s32pci64/slottypes.html
MM: Gloomy here, but the rain of last night hasn't returned... Yet!
Nigel
Fri Aug 18 09:26:10 2006
Morning all. Raining when I left the house this morning, and guess where my coat was - right, in the car! Sun shining now, lots of blue sky.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 18 09:08:27 2006
What the hell is 3.3v PCI?!!?!?!! I've waiting (literally) months to get my new high-speed-data-link cards and they're the wrong bloody voltage! Has any of you ever seen a computer with a 3.3v PCI slot? Because I certainly haven't. :(
Jimmy
Fri Aug 18 09:06:58 2006
Holiday is drawing to an end, on Sunday i will be flying back to Pizzaland... Can't say if it is really a good thing or a bad one.... we'll see, in the meantime ciao everyione!!
Lox
Thu Aug 17 23:58:46 2006
John, I promised a new entry for tonight. Christelle, however, has decided to monopolize the computer for the whole evening. Tomorrow, then...!
Sheri
Thu Aug 17 19:54:06 2006
But ... All that tea! ;) Actually it seems I'm grateful for what the US has done for coffee - as in Starbucks et al. ;))))
Nigel
Thu Aug 17 18:32:20 2006
I'm not one to go around bragging about events "my" country set in motion hundreds of years ago, so I was clearly joking as well. I don't see the problem about a few people voicing their displeasure about tea, mind you :)
Travis
Thu Aug 17 18:14:28 2006
You see, being a tea fan I can't forgive you Boston, Travis! ;) Only joking! Our empire has long gone...
Nigel
Thu Aug 17 17:29:00 2006
Yeah ... perhaps I overstated our generosity when I suggested it was "Given" back. By and large, we had to be slaughtered in large numbers as you point out. Hmm.
Jimmy
Thu Aug 17 17:24:18 2006
Jimmy: And then there are the parts of the world that were pried from cold, dead English hands...but in general, I agree with you. I have no idea what the judge was trying to say. Of course I'm trying to imagine a scenario that doesn't make him look like a fool, but I'm drawing a blank right now.
Travis
Thu Aug 17 16:33:21 2006
Rob- any joy with trading standards?
Jimmy
Thu Aug 17 12:41:07 2006
Blimey- somebody likes what I have to say! Thanks Tim's mum!
Jimmy
Thu Aug 17 12:25:35 2006
Well said, Jimmy!
Tim's mum
Thu Aug 17 12:04:43 2006
Travis:, yes 2 weeks, of just sitting. Of course there are a number of courts in each building. Most cases last 2/3 days. (or less) If it looks as though its going to last for a lot longer you get the option to opt out, say you have an upcoming holiday booked etc.
Mad Mumsie
Thu Aug 17 08:56:44 2006
... mainly because we spent a lot of time invading most of it. admittedly, we've had to say "Sorry" and give it all back ...
Jimmy
Thu Aug 17 08:30:59 2006
Of course, the US legal system is *based on* the English one. In fact, nearly all respected legal systems around the world are based on the English model.
Jimmy
Thu Aug 17 08:28:03 2006
"The only country that has a jury system". Not exactly. We've had a jury system longer than the bloody USA has existed. And a voting system. I mean- US's white house only had it 200th anniversary in the last couple of years. I have socks that are older than that! And yes, in Britain you can always request a trial by jury. It's pretty dismal to hear of such utter crap coming from the mouths of judges.
Jimmy
Thu Aug 17 08:26:06 2006
Ahh. I've seen something like this flake in coffee shops.
MM: So you sit there for 2 weeks no matter what? I'd be too antsy, feel like I'm wasting my time. This lasted all of 40 minutes to determine who was eligible, who would serve, etc. It was very orderly. The judge also said that this is the only country that has a jury system. I take it he's plainly wrong...or perhaps there's some ripple our system has that he was referring to.
In the UK, can you always request a trial by jury?
Travis
Wed Aug 16 23:23:30 2006
Actually I am rather intrigued by all the "message is too big" spams. You never know what wonderful things the spam garden is growing.
Kev
Wed Aug 16 21:07:08 2006
Good grief, yes! Utter madness...
Nigel
Wed Aug 16 21:06:13 2006
Dsp, I think you forgot : *WARNING* DO NOT click any of those links ( unless you want a "worm/virus/unpleasant thing" to happen to you )
Kev
Wed Aug 16 21:06:00 2006
For comedy effect, check out the emergency message board. Its like an overgrown spam garden.
http://www.stuffware.co.uk/board/
dsp
Wed Aug 16 19:43:05 2006
Screw you, Mr. Softee! Your ice-cream sucks!
Mr. Whippy
Wed Aug 16 17:43:26 2006
Pah! Don't listen to My Whippy! He's PINK (snigger!) whereas you can trust me because I'm a nice shade of blue!
Mr Softee
Wed Aug 16 17:08:07 2006
Mr. Softy (Softee?) is just a bastard. Have nothing to do with him, kiddies!
Mr. Whippy
Wed Aug 16 16:55:39 2006
Mmmmmmmmmmmm ice cream with chocolate flakes. Yummy
Mad Mumsie
Wed Aug 16 16:46:10 2006
Travis: when we get called for jury service, we have to attend every day for two weeks. Sometimes they let you go at lunchtime if you're not called, but you can sit there all day, reading, drinking coffee etc etc.
Mad Mumsie
Wed Aug 16 16:45:32 2006
Travis: 'Tis a long, folded log of crumbly chocolate eaten alone (and very provocatively by young women in the TV adverts!) or as an accompaniment to soft ice-cream - Mr Whippy for sure, but also Mr Softy!!! :))))
Mad Garage Scientist
Wed Aug 16 16:39:55 2006
YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT A FLAKE IS??!?!?!!!?!!!
Everyone
Wed Aug 16 16:22:37 2006
Don't know what a flake is.
Jury Duty is complete. Only 20 of the 180 or so summoned were needed. I was not one of the 20. I'll receive my $6 soon enough. I did discover that after the first day, Jury Duty pays $40.
Travis
Wed Aug 16 16:16:17 2006
With!
Mr. Whippy
Wed Aug 16 15:55:45 2006
I seem to have killed-off all conversation with my unnecessarily geeky question. Sorry! Try this one instead: are ice-creams better with or without a flake?
Jimmy
Wed Aug 16 15:49:03 2006
Kev: I AM that mad garage scientist!!! :))))))
Nigel
Wed Aug 16 09:35:29 2006
Morning al!! Oh, right Jimmy, I'll think this through, but I'm probably off-beam (bit early in the day as well!). Here goes... Torque is a tangential force at a distance from the centre of rotation... It's a product of the force and distance, I think. Is it measured in newton-metres? I used to have a torque-wrench once... Hmmm... Now there's something in physics called the "moment" in vector notation "r^f". Now I have to be totally honest here Jimmy, I get out my depth, and beyond my education in this respect, very quickly now...
Have you seen this site in your searches? A good set of equations, though somewhat esoteric... http://www.andrijar.com/gyroscope/gyroscope.htm ? :)
Nigel
Wed Aug 16 09:34:39 2006
Jimmy, you should probably find a physics forum like this one www.physicsforums.com and post your question there. It seems pretty busy so I am sure theres a big-brain or two lurking there just waiting to show off ;) failing that I am sure Nigel could knock up a working prototype in his garage using bits from a 1994 Quantum Fireball Harddrive, some car dampner sprigs and an old pram.
kev
Wed Aug 16 09:26:15 2006
Nigel- you say "Inertia, momentum. Gimbal mounts, procession and nutation" ... that's what I'm after. My problem is quite specific though. If I force a gyro to precess at a certain rate, it will generate a torque at 90 degrees to both its spin axis and the input torque axis, and that torque will be the inertia times the spin rate times the precession rate. There is indeed a multitude of web-sites to quote this equation. However, the equation I can't find is the one that tells me how much torque will be reacted back onto the bearings as a result of it being forced to precess at the aforementioned rate. E.g. typically, physics textbooks will say that if you apply a torque at 90 degrees to the spin axis then the gyro WON'T turn in that direction and it will appear infinitely stiff ... but this is obviously untrue otherwise the gyroscopic forces of the wheels would prevent a car from going round a corner. So: how much torque does it take to force the gyro to precess at a given rate?
Jimmy
Wed Aug 16 08:28:21 2006
I think the whifflow's kaput
Tim's mum
Wed Aug 16 02:19:37 2006
i think the gimbal mounts bit had me convinced
kev
Tue Aug 15 22:37:01 2006
Nigel - I'm impressed!!
dsp
Tue Aug 15 22:06:27 2006
Physics...I took a class about 11 years ago. What specifically are you looking for? I am fairly savvy at bending the Intanet to my will.
Travis
Tue Aug 15 20:28:39 2006
Well Jimmy, the physics angle will probably be to do with electrons orbiting etc. Equations abound for that. BUT engineering is more to do with inertia, momentum. Gimbal mounts, procession and nutation. Sadly I can't quote formulae for those... :(
Nigel
Tue Aug 15 19:10:42 2006
Guys- do any of you know anthing about physics? Or perhaps are acquainted with (probably academic) people who do? I need to find out about gyroscopic effects ... and the textbooks I have are all missing the most crucial equations (as is the www).
Jimmy
Tue Aug 15 16:57:53 2006
Tom: sounds like the PCMCIA driver is trying to overwrite a set of memory addresses already in use. Try using the Device Manager tab then Resources to change the addresses used. Maybe... Is this a Thinkpad? What's the make of client card?
Travis: So don't look too intelligent then!! The attourney obviously doesn't want anybody with a brain!! :)))
Nigel
Tue Aug 15 16:42:26 2006
Nigel: I know that jurors are dismissed for many reasons. An acquaintance of mine showed up with a book to read and asked one of the attorneys to clarify several terms from the juror instruction form. He was promptly dismissed.
Travis
Tue Aug 15 16:24:56 2006
Right then. Why does my laptop blue screen when I enable my wireless card. Every single time, so it's not a fluke. :-(
tom
Tue Aug 15 14:29:08 2006
Well done Jimmy! If it would help you celebrate, mine's a Fosters. Cheers.
dsp
Tue Aug 15 09:38:28 2006
Well fiddle-de-dee and hey-nonny-nonny! I've found my HANDLE leak. It was a file that was being opened and never closed ... eventually the application simply couldn't open any more files, and it all ground to a halt. Hoorah!
Jimmy
Tue Aug 15 09:32:14 2006
Nigel, from memory, any money was paid directly to my employer, or was deducted from my salary, and I got expenses, ie train fares. I enjoyed my time, as a juror. The court I was based at was just behind Harrods - during the January sales. What wonderful lunch hours I had. BLISS
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 15 09:29:49 2006
Morning all! :))
Travis: well I seem to remember, at the begining, each of the jurors had to stand up one at a time and be introduced to the defendant. If he didn't like the look of one of us someone would have to take our place - very unsettling in the middle of the courtroom. Probably different in the US though. I think our pay rate was the same as unemployment benefit rates. Now I think it's actual lost wages... not sure though.
Nigel
Tue Aug 15 09:04:41 2006
Travis: wow, don't spend it all at once. :)
Mad Mumsie
Tue Aug 15 08:44:59 2006
Nigel: Hard luck as in bad luck? I don't mind. I've never served, but I'm very interested in our legal system. I want to see how things work, but I don't want to be involved in any sort of lengthy case. I do earn a wopping $6/day.
Travis
Tue Aug 15 04:05:18 2006
I am - all to do with democracy and majorities... 'E was a bad 'un...
Nigel
Mon Aug 14 21:29:06 2006
Nigel, you sound disappointed. I would have given him 30 years.
Kev
Mon Aug 14 21:10:38 2006
Travis, would I be right in saying "hard luck" with reference to the jury duty? I did it once, many years ago... We found not guilty... :(
Nigel
Mon Aug 14 19:26:28 2006
I'm off for another day as well, Nigel. Then I have jury duty. I return to "work" on the 28th of this month.
Travis
Mon Aug 14 17:27:57 2006
Afternoon Maisoneers!! :) Lovely day here in not-going-to-work-land!! :))
Nigel
Mon Aug 14 15:47:30 2006
Been in touch with Tom, all is ok
Rob Lang
Mon Aug 14 13:57:18 2006
Tom - yeah, more daft is that wanadoo's is blocked too.
dsp
Mon Aug 14 11:42:13 2006
dsp: Odd. No, it should be working fine. However, my ISP probably uses an antispam list.. it does look a bit like Fasthosts has been added to the list.. That's plain daft!
tom
Mon Aug 14 11:14:36 2006
I see you can now again take iPods and such on planes in your handluggage. No liquids though, they must go in the hold. Good job wireless and rf doesn't work through plane cabins or that would be really stupid.!!!
Kev
Mon Aug 14 10:45:29 2006
Morning all. dsp; Don't Panic - I've sent Tom Rob's addresses, and so far they've not come back to me. Nigel, yes I went away for the weekend, to a friend who lives in deepest Essex. Super.
Mad Mumsie
Mon Aug 14 09:51:29 2006
Tom - your mail server refuses emails from me because all the SMTP servers I use are on your spam database. I've given up trying to send you email. Is the address you posted a spam trap?
dsp
Mon Aug 14 09:03:57 2006
Morning everyone, hope y'all had good weekends!
dsp
Mon Aug 14 09:02:47 2006
I'm around...trying to do as little as possible until noon when I force myself to get busy.
Travis
Sun Aug 13 16:57:43 2006
Hi dsp! No, more like escape from the rampaging hoards at the moment!! :)
Nigel
Sun Aug 13 15:23:00 2006
Hi Nigel - happy surfing! Garage? You're not in the dog house are you?
dsp
Sun Aug 13 14:22:54 2006
Hello! No body around today?
Well, further to my blog entry I'm now surfing from the garage! Yes the spec I quoted has been "enhanced" just a little to include wifi!
Don't play too hard! :)
Nigel
Sun Aug 13 13:14:53 2006
It seems at some point, somebody using the fasthosts mail server sent an email to a spam trap. So therefore every email sent from fasthosts must be spam. Craptastic.
Database of servers sending to spamtrap addresses - Received: from smtp04l.fasthosts.co.uk (smtp.fasthosts.co.uk [213.171.216.50]) by desperado.sorbs.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 628C8114C6 for <[email]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2006 01:03:36 +1000 (EST)
dsp
Sat Aug 12 16:42:34 2006
Tom I sent you the email address but got a bounce back:
: host mx1.ukservers.net[217.10.138.227] said: 554 Service
unavailable; Client host [213.171.216.50] blocked using dnsbl.sorbs.net;
Spam Received See: http://www.sorbs.net/lookup.shtml?213.171.216.50 (in
reply to RCPT TO command)
I've lost the will to live.
dsp
Sat Aug 12 16:34:52 2006
Tom: I don't actually know, but I seem to remember an ICAR address (?) might get through.
Also Rob, I tried the link to the Scalextric Simulator on your site but I think it's defunct (though I can't actually read Swedish!:)) ) is it a Flash prog? I fancy that!
Nigel
Sat Aug 12 08:59:37 2006
Morning all! I wonder what a "panpal" is? Dread to think!
Nigel
Sat Aug 12 08:46:17 2006
Can someone email me Rob's email address and I'll send him some keys? tom at rowan dot me dot uk
tom
Sat Aug 12 07:50:46 2006
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nutusikpusik69
Sat Aug 12 07:01:00 2006
Evening Lox!! Hope the holiday is helping you to relax and kick-back.
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 23:37:54 2006
I see that I am loosing a lot of ranting against MS and even more stuff, shame that I cannot connect from the room that I am renting in the night it would be simply perfect.... oh well, I hope everything is good with you all, today we have had a spot of sun after 2 days of shitty weather...
Lox
Fri Aug 11 22:51:35 2006
Yes, Kev, it's funny how our explainations seem so well thought-out and cogent at the time, isn't it?!?! :)) I wouldn't mind the career move though... !
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 22:49:35 2006
perhaps a new career move Nigel. Professional Beer drinker, I am sure the missus will go for it if you explain it to her properly ( like after you have 'trialled' a few tasty beverages!)
Kev
Fri Aug 11 22:20:36 2006
Yeah, of all the widgets the Guinness/Murphy's ones seem to work best. Perhaps because the drink's make-up is so suited to it. You remember what it was like trying to get a drink at home that tasted (almost) as good as down the pub? We're a lot nearer now... (well, at least us Murphy's and Guinness drinkers) It's a long job, but someone's got to test them... ;)))
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 22:07:18 2006
I rather like the widget thingy in the guiness and murphys. Makes all the difference. I remember when I was a lad, before the widget, guiness and murphys was only really available on draught. Now you can enjoy an approximation in the comfort of your own arm chair. Isn't technology brilliant!
Kev
Fri Aug 11 21:23:44 2006
Ahhh, there's nothing wrong with Murphy's!! As you say, it's not so "bitter", less "edge". I quite agree! I must admit I am happy to drink either, just as long as I'm not expected to mix - which rarely happens in pubs as they are either one or the other... Does that make sense? No? Well we all know why then... hic! Cheers! :)
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 20:51:43 2006
Nigel, Recently I've been using Murphys. Similiar to guiness, perhaps a little less 'edgy'. Thoughts?
Kev
Fri Aug 11 20:39:38 2006
And you too MM!! Are you away? :) Well I'm just back - house full of screaming kids! - so I've cracked a Guinness and it's been in the fridge, so superb!! :))))
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 18:24:56 2006
Have a good weekend everyone.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 11 16:54:40 2006
Superb idea Jimmy. In case Rob is not checking the board, I've sent him an email with the information.
Mad Mumsie
Fri Aug 11 14:58:35 2006
Kev: ... and they've put a root-kit in my ear so I can only listen to what they want me to hear... :(
Jimmy: Good idea!
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 14:49:48 2006
Quick! While my internet connection is working! Rob- go and see trading standards. I believe they'll sort it all out for you ... give 'em a call.
Jimmy
Fri Aug 11 14:07:16 2006
Nigel, I wouldn't put it past Sony to make their own version of the internet. It would be very cool and have a slick name, everyone would want to use it, but thered be a 50/50 chance it would all go horribly wrong.
Kev
Fri Aug 11 14:03:37 2006
OK, it' official... My fingers are too clumsy to surf on the phone! I sold my whizzy V3 and bought an el-cheapo Sony. Well it does everything I need, so I thought I'd give the Internet a go. Bit small, me thinks.. (keys, not the Internet!)
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 13:24:25 2006
Just on lunch at mo - surfing on new phone! Tricky :( N
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 13:16:23 2006
John, as Nigel rightly says, it's the developers, it's the greedy screw-mongers who put this shit into place. I know how it feels to do something really shoddy because I am told to. That's just the life of the modern developer.
Rob Lang
Fri Aug 11 12:46:42 2006
dsp, yep, I got the official oem sticker on the box and on my laptop. Tom - I haven't yet but the machines are XP Pro, do you have XP home?
Rob Lang
Fri Aug 11 12:45:43 2006
Morning all! Yes, that will be an interesting experience, Tom. Hope the delays aren't too long.
Nigel
Fri Aug 11 08:59:17 2006
Does anyone else have to fly today? I'm *supposed* to be returning from Belfast....
tom
Fri Aug 11 07:48:10 2006
Rob, don't buy a new key (this may be too late). I have a whole range of unused and unregistered MS licenses that you can use. I've collected them of PC's which are now running various Unix distributions and were never booted into Windows.....
tom
Fri Aug 11 07:22:52 2006
Thinking back something similar happened when I tried to register a brand new, boxed AutoSketch prog. Still cellophane-sealed, brand-spanky; excitedly I installed and tried to register... Whoo! - the letter I got from Autodesk (I still have it for ref) telling me they were suspending the license and "investigating" was brutal. I was "perplexed" and somewhat "miffed". I stormed back to the shop and demanded my money back!! Clearly some staff member had copied the serial number for their own uses...
Nigel
Thu Aug 10 16:12:59 2006
Rob - Do you have a serial number certificate and/or a sticker on your PC with the serial number on it? It sounds to me as though the company who sold you your PC did not supply you with a legit license. This is their fault, not Microsoft.