Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Joel Bernstein
When the lovely snow was coming down, Robin Szemeti and I discussed how we should do a London.PM-On-The-Piste social this winter. I was hoping to gauge opinion on this... Would anybody be interested in a weekend in the Alps skiing or snowboarding? /joel -- S. Joel Bernstein :: joel at fysh dot

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread robin szemeti
On Friday 10 January 2003 10:07, Joel Bernstein wrote: When the lovely snow was coming down, Robin Szemeti and I discussed how we should do a London.PM-On-The-Piste social this winter. I was hoping to gauge opinion on this... Would anybody be interested in a weekend in the Alps skiing or

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Leon Brocard
Joel Bernstein sent the following bits through the ether: When the lovely snow was coming down, Robin Szemeti and I discussed how we should do a London.PM-On-The-Piste social this winter. I was hoping to gauge opinion on this... Would anybody be interested in a weekend in the Alps skiing or

XML::Schema

2003-01-10 Thread Andy Wardley
I finally got around to releasing my XML::Schema module(s). They're not complete, in that they don't support everything that W3C XML Schema does (which is perhaps a Good Thing, given that it is possibly the most turgid and bloated W3C spec ever). Nevertheless, they do collectively implement a

FOSDEM 2003

2003-01-10 Thread Ivor Williams
Free Open Source Developers Europe Meeting, 8th-9th February in Brussels. http://www.fosdem.org/ Anyone interested in going? Ivor.

Re: FOSDEM 2003

2003-01-10 Thread Joel Bernstein
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 01:03:08PM -, Ivor Williams wrote: Free Open Source Developers Europe Meeting, 8th-9th February in Brussels. http://www.fosdem.org/ Anyone interested in going? If I can persuade work to pay. Or maybe anyway... /joel

Re: FOSDEM 2003

2003-01-10 Thread Alasdair G Kergon
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 01:03:08PM -, Ivor Williams wrote: Free Open Source Developers Europe Meeting, 8th-9th February in Brussels. http://www.fosdem.org/ Anyone interested in going? Yup. A group from the Greater London Linux User Group has gone each year since the event began in 2000,

YAPC::NA 2003

2003-01-10 Thread Leon Brocard
YAPC::NorthAmerica for 2003 has been announced in sunny Boca Raton, FL. A call for participation is up. So who wants to go? http://www.yapc.org/America/ Leon -- Leon Brocard.http://www.astray.com/ scribot.http://www.scribot.com/ ...

YAPC::Canada

2003-01-10 Thread Leon Brocard
What a lotta conferences. Here's YAPC::Canada's annoucement: - Forwarded message from Jay Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] - From: Jay Lawrence [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [plan] Announce - YAPC::Canada - May 15 16 Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 09:31:02 -0500 YAPC::Canada - May 15 and 16, 2003 -

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Ben
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:07:08AM +, Joel Bernstein wrote: When the lovely snow was coming down, Robin Szemeti and I discussed how we should do a London.PM-On-The-Piste social this winter. I was hoping to gauge opinion on this... Would anybody be interested in a weekend in the Alps skiing

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Joel Bernstein
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:30:06PM +, Ben wrote: On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 10:07:08AM +, Joel Bernstein wrote: When the lovely snow was coming down, Robin Szemeti and I discussed how we should do a London.PM-On-The-Piste social this winter. I was hoping to gauge opinion on this...

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Lusercop
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:40:40PM +, Joel Bernstein wrote: Val d'Isere is wonderful. WONDERFUL. Possibly the best skiing in the world, good nursery slopes, excellent ski schools (loads of choice too), I'd disagree with this. I found that the slopes in Val d'Isere getting back to the resort

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Andy Wardley
Ben wrote: Could I also suggest a high resort, to avoid problems with lack of snow I can highly recommend Les Trois Vallees (Meribel, Courcheval, etc). The only drawbacks are that it's a 3hr train, then a 1 hr bus I can also highly recommend going via Eurostar. I forget how long it is,

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Robin Berjon
Andy Wardley wrote: I can also highly recommend going via Eurostar. I forget how long it is, something like 8 hours, but then it's only a 20-30 minute minibus ride the other end. Eurostar normally rocks. If you target Grenoble as the base from which to bus to the resort (and there's quite a

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UK this coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:43:42PM +, David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:40:17PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: Since I'm not going to be there, I figured I should do an experiment to see if there are any fans of instrumental surf music on london.pm. I'm intrigued. What is

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Andy Wardley
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:27:01PM +, Joel Bernstein wrote: home-airport:35 mins checkin,etc: 90 mins easyget-gva: 50 mins or so afaik checkout,etc: 60 mins airport-chamonix:60 mins or so Sure, it all depends where you are and where you're

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UKthis coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread Paul Mison
On 10/01/2003 at 13:13 -0500, David H. Adler wrote: On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:43:42PM +, David Cantrell wrote: I'm intrigued. What is surf music? FAQ for the instrumental surf mailing list: http://www.poprecords.com/cowabunga/ Fifty Foot Combo page: http://www.fiftyfootcombo.com/

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UK this coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 07:03:04PM +, Paul Mison wrote: Always fall back to the music :) If you're awake at 9am tomorrow (ha!) listen to the theme music for John Peel's Home Truths on Radio 4. That's surf music. Or Misirilou, from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Anything by Dick Dale, in

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UK this coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread Steve Mynott
On Friday, Jan 10, 2003, at 19:03 Europe/London, Paul Mison wrote: Or Misirilou, from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Anything by Dick Dale, in fact. At least, I think of it as surf music. Maybe I've been wrong all these years. That's surf guitar or steel guitar isn't it? The Beach Boys is

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UK this coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread S. Joel Bernstein
At 10/01/2003 17:43 [], David Cantrell wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:40:17PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: Since I'm not going to be there, I figured I should do an experiment to see if there are any fans of instrumental surf music on london.pm. I'm intrigued. What is surf music? The 'UK

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UK this coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 07:33:40PM +, Steve Mynott wrote: On Friday, Jan 10, 2003, at 19:03 Europe/London, Paul Mison wrote: Or Misirilou, from the Pulp Fiction soundtrack. Anything by Dick Dale, in fact. At least, I think of it as surf music. Maybe I've been wrong all these

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Dirk Koopman
On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 17:27, Joel Bernstein wrote: I reckon that all-in-all it takes about the same time going by train as it does flying. But with the train you get to spend most of that time sitting in a comfy seat. home-airport:35 mins checkin,etc: 90 mins

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Nicholas Clark
And I wasn't going to encourage this skiing thread by taking part... On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:10:53PM +, Andy Wardley wrote: I reckon that all-in-all it takes about the same time going by train as it does flying. But with the train you get to spend most of that time sitting in a comfy

Re: [OT] Playstation2 as DVD Player

2003-01-10 Thread Simon Wistow
On Wed, Jan 08, 2003 at 11:00:48PM +, Natalie S. Ford said: i am sure that muttley can explain further, but a scart cable upgrade should sort you out, dave. unlurk from down under As mentioned ad nauseaum ever since the release of the lifestyle accesory masquerading as a console /troll

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UK this coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread Sue Spence
10/01/2003 09:43:42, David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:40:17PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: Since I'm not going to be there, I figured I should do an experiment to see if there are any fans of instrumental surf music on london.pm. I'm intrigued. What is surf

Re: [OT] Playstation2 as DVD Player

2003-01-10 Thread Jody Belka
Simon Wistow said: Quick question - recently, whilst trying to watch a DVD on a laptop (a lateish model Vaio) on the TV via composite out (little yellow headphone jack sized female socket?) we'd get a sharp picture of the desktop but a black rectangle where the DVD was playing. This was in

LDAP Book

2003-01-10 Thread David Cantrell
Manning have released LDAP Programming Management and Integration by Clayton Donley. If anyone who is not on the naughty list would like to review it, please let me know off-list. First come first served. http://www.manning.com/donley/index.html -- Lord Protector David Cantrell |

Photos

2003-01-10 Thread David Cantrell
http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/photos/london.pm/20030109 -- Grand Inquisitor Reverend David Cantrell | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david This is a signature. There are many like it but this one is mine.

Re: [OT] Playstation2 as DVD Player

2003-01-10 Thread Anthony Newman
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Jody Belka wrote: Simon Wistow said: Quick question - recently, whilst trying to watch a DVD on a laptop (a lateish model Vaio) on the TV via composite out (little yellow headphone jack sized female socket?) we'd get a sharp picture of the desktop but a black

Re: [fuzzpop@ukonline.co.uk: [cowabunga] Anyone in London, UK this coming Saturday....]

2003-01-10 Thread David H. Adler
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 03:46:42PM -0800, Sue Spence wrote: 10/01/2003 09:43:42, David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:40:17PM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: Since I'm not going to be there, I figured I should do an experiment to see if there are any fans of

Recreating a debian install

2003-01-10 Thread Paul Makepeace
I'd like to do something which I think is conceptually straightforward but I've never quite put all the bits together, or found anyone that has. I'd like to duplicate a Debian install. Once I have all my favorite packages and apt sources etc I'd like to be able to make a boot CD that will install

Re: Recreating a debian install

2003-01-10 Thread Roger Burton West
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 12:40:54AM +, Paul Makepeace wrote: I'd like to duplicate a Debian install. Once I have all my favorite packages and apt sources etc I'd like to be able to make a boot CD that will install a Debian system with those packages. The CD could either have the .debs or pull

Re: Recreating a debian install

2003-01-10 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Sat, Jan 11, 2003 at 01:01:39AM +, Roger Burton West wrote: Look up the fai package. apt-cache show fai Thanks! The simpler version of course is dpkg --get-selections and then build a dummy package that depends on all of those. Yeah, nice idea in theory, horrifying in practice.

Re: Ski Social!

2003-01-10 Thread Joel Bernstein
On Fri, Jan 10, 2003 at 05:10:53PM +, Andy Wardley wrote: I can also highly recommend going via Eurostar. I forget how long it is, something like 8 hours, but then it's only a 20-30 minute minibus ride the other end. Ooh, good point! You walk straight on/off the train. No pissing