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Peter Haworth wrote: > "ximmle" [...] tickle, piddle, vermul, sequel Reminds me of the "striff-tummle" script that strips HTML from strings. (Is the pronunciation of "HTML", "HoTMaiL"?) Cheers, Phi "pne" lip, who sometimes runs Pee Ee Are Ell scripts on a You Enn Eye Ex operating system -- Phi

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:17:37 -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: > In response to another post, browsers identify themselves with the > subversions in parentheses, typically quite specifically: > > "Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 5.0; Mac_PowerPC) Opera 5.0 [en]" Hey, multi-layer masquerading! I can't

Re: TT & new website (buffy)

Lucy McWilliam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Alex Page wrote: > > > On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:08:59AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > > > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > Now Angel ... > > > > > Was utterly crap until he got his own series. > > > > And

Re: TT & new website (buffy)

From: "Lucy McWilliam" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 02 July 2001 13:17 Subject: Re: TT & new website (buffy) > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Tony Kennick wrote: > > > "Robert Shiels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Fro

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On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Peter Haworth wrote: > On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:07:04 +0100, Tom Hukins wrote: > > > > Sergeant's excellent AxKit, a XML > > > > Application > > > > s/a XML/an XML/ > > What, you mean you don't pronounce XML as "ximmle"? :-) A la tickle, piddle, > vermul, sequel (blech, surely

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On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Tony Kennick wrote: > "Robert Shiels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "Piers Cawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > Anyway, I liked Evil Vampire Willow's pants. > > Are those US or UK pants? > > To complicate matters more all my Geordie friends use the word "pants" for

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On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Alex Page wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:08:59AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Now Angel ... > > > Was utterly crap until he got his own series. > > And even then, the best bit was watching Spike impale him with > l

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On Mon, 02 Jul 2001, Niklas Nordebo wrote: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:58:07AM +0100, Peter Haworth wrote: > > What, you mean you don't pronounce XML as "ximmle"? :-) A la tickle, piddle, > > vermul, sequel (blech, surely this should be more like "sickle" to be > > consistent). > > I pronounce S

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On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:58:07AM +0100, Peter Haworth wrote: > What, you mean you don't pronounce XML as "ximmle"? :-) A la tickle, piddle, > vermul, sequel (blech, surely this should be more like "sickle" to be > consistent). I pronounce SQL as "squirrel". But I am a very sick man. It makes i

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Alex Page <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:08:59AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > Now Angel ... > > > Was utterly crap until he got his own series. > > And even then, the best bit was watching Spike impale him with

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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:15:32 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > i must admit i liked the mayor - a lot, its a slightly cliched character > trait but i loved his fluctuations between worrying about faith having > enough calcium via her daily milk to wondering about just how much she would > torture the

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001 11:07:04 +0100, Tom Hukins wrote: > > > Sergeant's excellent AxKit, a XML > > > Application > > s/a XML/an XML/ What, you mean you don't pronounce XML as "ximmle"? :-) A la tickle, piddle, vermul, sequel (blech, surely this should be more like "sickle" to be consistent). --

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On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 10:08:59AM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Now Angel ... > Was utterly crap until he got his own series. And even then, the best bit was watching Spike impale him with large metal poles... Alex -- "Four pints of milk, a t

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On Mon, 2 Jul 2001 10:36:21 +0100 "Robert Shiels" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Piers Cawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Anyway, I liked Evil Vampire Willow's pants. > > > > -- > Are those US or UK pants? > > /Robert, who will be much more interested if they are UK :-) To complicate

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From: "Piers Cawley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Anyway, I liked Evil Vampire Willow's pants. > > -- Are those US or UK pants? /Robert, who will be much more interested if they are UK :-)

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Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > So best ever villain on BtVS? > > > > I know we only saw them briefly, but The Gentlemen from 'Hush' were > > creepily cool. And Spike of cours

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Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Tony Kennick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > > > Adam has to be the worst ever villain though. > > > > > > Are you sure that wasn't Malcolm/Moloch the Corrupter, otherwise known as > > Willow's electro-mechanical friend. He was a bit crap.

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Andrew Wilson wrote: > Luke was a fairly wonderful bad guy from season one, they weren't all pants. > Darla was about in the first series as well, the first scene of the season > opener with in the school is superb. I love the bit where she's acting > all nervous and then w

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* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Andrew Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > i haven't seen this episode, but i do believe i have it on VHS, please > excuse me all for an hour > *SPOILERS* if your using mutt hit 'q' to go back to the header screen (at least under my bi

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 09:28:58AM +0100, Tony Kennick wrote: > > Adam has to be the worst ever villain though. > > > Are you sure that wasn't Malcolm/Moloch the Corrupter, otherwise known as > Willow's electro-mechanical friend. He was a bit crap. Oh in fact most > of the first series baddies w

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* Andrew Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > i haven't seen this episode, but i do believe i have it on VHS, please excuse me all for an hour > The second episode is called Doppelgangland. Anya (no longer a demon) > is pissed off at losing her necklace in the alternative reality, thus > b

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On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 12:33:16PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Andrew Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Not in the second episode she turns up in she wasn't. The one where 'good' > > willow brings her from the alternative reality (or whereever). She quite > > firmly takes charge an

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:35:28PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > before the usual suspects vote for her, evil vampire willow doesn't > count > > she was just a henchman err henchperson Not in the second episode she turns up in she wasn't. The one where 'good' willow brings her from the alterna

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Subject: Re: TT & new website (buffy) On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 09:28:58AM +0100, Tony Kennick wrote: > > Adam has to be the worst ever villain though. > > > Are you sure that wasn't Malcolm/Moloch the Corrupter, otherwise known as > Willow's electro-mechanical

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* Andrew Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Not in the second episode she turns up in she wasn't. The one where 'good' > willow brings her from the alternative reality (or whereever). She quite > firmly takes charge and starts to kick serious butt. which episode is this? i don't think i've

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:35:28PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > before the usual suspects vote for her, evil vampire willow doesn't > count > > she was just a henchman err henchperson Not in the second episode she turns up in she wasn't. The one where 'good' willow brings her from the alterna

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Paul Mison wrote: > On 28/06/2001 at 19:08 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > >i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, > > No no no NO. Surely we are geeks, therefore we should be taking logs to > base 2. That means that everyone in the microarray industry

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > So best ever villain on BtVS? > > I know we only saw them briefly, but The Gentlemen from 'Hush' were > > creepily cool. And Spike of course was[1] t

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > ok, lets get down to the important criterion for age measuring ... You're only as old as the person you feel ;-) > Do I get presents? and cake? do i get cake? Will the cake be > creamy? I don't like yuck marzipan *sphhht* Chocolate cake, shirley?

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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > > Greg (Age 26.95) > > > > pah .. yougnsters! > > > > older and closer to burfday than that:) > > > > robin aged 37.99178 > > > > i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, > >

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 08:46:42PM +0200, Marcel Grunauer wrote: > On Friday, June 29, 2001, at 11:09 AM, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:52:18PM +0100, Barbie [home] wrote: > Greg (Age 26.95) > >>> robin aged 37.99178 > >> (36.75 and a bit) > > > > Lee, how abo

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At 07:29 PM 2001.06.29 +0100, Dave Cross wrote: >On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:59:24PM -0400, Chris Devers >> Or offsets from the Unix epoch, for unspeakably nerdly obfuscation. > >That would split us into two groups - +ve and -ve :) Yeah, I thought of that -- the unimaginably ancient, & everyone e

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On Friday, June 29, 2001, at 11:09 AM, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:52:18PM +0100, Barbie [home] wrote: Greg (Age 26.95) >>> robin aged 37.99178 >> (36.75 and a bit) > > Lee, how about adding birthdays to the world map? And in the spirit of forstering Internet p

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 12:59:24PM -0400, Chris Devers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 07:08:37PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, > > > > Better to use exponentia

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"Barbie [home]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I remember them being previewed on Tomorrows World in about 1980/1981 with > Rainbow's Straight Between The Eyes album. A classic moment with my dad > having to listen to some decent rock music :) There's a lot of top-notch Purple/Rainbow/Whitesnake

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 05:23:27PM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > > Gah. Tempted, but I'd rather spend my birthday doing something slightly > > more entertaining... > In the spirit of fluffy london.pm: > Happy birthday ;-) Aaww, ta very much. And if any p

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:52:18PM +0100, Barbie [home] wrote: > > > Greg (Age 26.95) > > robin aged 37.99178 > (36.75 and a bit) Lee, how about adding birthdays to the world map? MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://colondot.net/

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On 28/06/2001 at 19:08 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: >i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, > > e.g. > Greg = 2.695 * 10^01 > Robin = 3.799 * 10^01 > >this may seem pointless, but just wait until its Dave[1] and Stowes >turn to post their ag

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> Definitely the mayor by a country mile. One of my favourite characters > of the series tbh. Anyone whose parting words are 'Well, gosh!' is > all right by me. My fave villian has to be those floating blue bald people who removed everyones voices... The sight of those people gave me nightmares f

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* Chris Devers ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 07:08:37PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > > > i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, > > > > Better to use exponential ages, that way you have to be really >

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 07:08:37PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, > > Better to use exponential ages, that way you have to be really > bothered to work it out... > > Alex ( e ^ 3.09 today! [

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:27:07AM -0400, Alex Page wrote: > Alex ( e ^ 3.09 today! [3sf]) echo "e(3.09)" | bc -l Happy birthday :) Paul -- Don't be frightened of cliches

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* [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:48:23PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > Ahhh, young boys playing in the park, rushing home to mother. > > First date! No time for tea! or a shower. Rushing through the > > shopping centre on the way to meet their young la

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On Fri, Jun 29, 2001 at 05:48:23PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > Ahhh, young boys playing in the park, rushing home to mother. > First date! No time for tea! or a shower. Rushing through the > shopping centre on the way to meet their young lady friend, whats > this a bit of the old Be Oh, a bit o

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On Friday, June 29, 2001, at 06:44 PM, Greg McCarroll wrote: > This is the second time i've had to say this, Spike is not cool, he > (in my (perhaps less than appropriate) estimation) is ugly and dresses > like a twat ... Now Angel ... Not to speak of that bleached hair. Marcel -- my int

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* alex ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > tester > Ahhh, young boys playing in the park, rushing home to mother. First date! No time for tea! or a shower. Rushing through the shopping centre on the way to meet their young lady friend, whats this a bit of the old Be Oh, a bit of the smelly wellys. Q

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* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > > So best ever villain on BtVS? > > I know we only saw them briefly, but The Gentlemen from 'Hush' were > creepily cool. And Spike of course was[1] the villain with the best > lines/dress sense. >

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* Andy Wardley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Version 2.04 just released! Get it while it's hot! First 100 downloaders get a free cup of Kool-Aid! > Disclaimer - The contents of this message do not nesscesarily reflect the feelings of the author about Andy B. Wardley, the Church of Templa

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* Tony Kennick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > > Adam has to be the worst ever villain though. > > > Are you sure that wasn't Malcolm/Moloch the Corrupter, otherwise known as > Willow's electro-mechanical friend. He was a bit crap. Oh in fact most > of the first series baddies were a bit pa

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On Tue, Jun 26, 2001 at 10:52:18PM +0100, David Cantrell wrote: [...] > From here, it looks like TT is a bit of a cult. As is XP*. Like other > cults, it probably has a few good points, but as a whole, I don't think > either of 'em stand up. We is not a cult. We is not a cult. Praise the leader

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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: > So best ever villain on BtVS? I know we only saw them briefly, but The Gentlemen from 'Hush' were creepily cool. And Spike of course was[1] the villain with the best lines/dress sense. L. [1] Even tho' he's not very villainous anymore.

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Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Definitely the mayor by a country mile. One of my favourite characters > > of the series tbh. Anyone whose parting words are 'Well, gosh!' is > > all right by me. > > > > Adam has to be the worst ever

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 07:08:37PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, > e.g. > Greg = 2.695 * 10^01 > Robin = 3.799 * 10^01 Better to use exponential ages, that way you have to be really bothered to work

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* Barbie [home] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I remember them being previewed on Tomorrows World in about 1980/1981 with > Rainbow's Straight Between The Eyes album. A classic moment with my dad > having to listen to some decent rock music :) > he changed channel? *rimshot* -- Greg McCarro

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> > Adam has to be the worst ever villain though. Are you sure that wasn't Malcolm/Moloch the Corrupter, otherwise known as Willow's electro-mechanical friend. He was a bit crap. Oh in fact most of the first series baddies were a bit pants.. -- Tony Kennick TechnoPhobia Limited. Phone: +44

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* Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Definitely the mayor by a country mile. One of my favourite characters > of the series tbh. Anyone whose parting words are 'Well, gosh!' is > all right by me. > > Adam has to be the worst ever villain though. > as in most evil or worst acted? if it

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Greg McCarroll <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:31:34PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: > > > Marcel Grunauer sent the following bits through the ether: > > > > > > > This is worrying. What seems to be the problem? > > > > > > T

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 08:15:32PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > So best ever villain on BtVS? Not really my favourite, but I'll add principal Snyder to the list. He's definitely a villain even though he's less monstrous than most of them. Ted was pretty scary too. -- Niklas Nordebo -><- [EMA

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 09:08:50PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > * David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:15:25AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > > > > And I *like* obsolete formats. > > > > I have lots of those old, big, plastic cds... > > > > well at least

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From: "Greg McCarroll" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > well at least you don't have laserdisc's, i wouldn't like to be > the poor schmuck's who bought them - sheesh, what could be > worse Dr Who fans? ;-) I remember them being previewed on Tomorrows World in about 1980/1981 with Rainbow's Straight Between

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* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:15:25AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > > > And I *like* obsolete formats. > > I have lots of those old, big, plastic cds... > well at least you don't have laserdisc's, i wouldn't like to be the poor schmuck's who bought t

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From: "Robin Szemeti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > no .. I meant the Linux expo thing thats going on at Olympia ... I'll be there for that too :) > > > > > > Gah. Tempted, but I'd rather spend my birthday doing something slightly > > > > more entertaining... > > > > > > In the spirit of fluffy london

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 04:15:25AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: > And I *like* obsolete formats. I have lots of those old, big, plastic cds... :-) -- David H. Adler - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ I'm not a non-conformist, I just follow directions poorly. - graffiti

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* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:31:34PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: > > Marcel Grunauer sent the following bits through the ether: > > > > > This is worrying. What seems to be the problem? > > > > There's just not enough Buffy talk. If I can't get my Buffy

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:31:34PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: > Marcel Grunauer sent the following bits through the ether: > > > This is worrying. What seems to be the problem? > > There's just not enough Buffy talk. If I can't get my Buffy fix from > london-list I'll have to go elsewhere. Hey,

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* Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > Greg (Age 26.95) > > pah .. yougnsters! > > older and closer to burfday than that:) > > robin aged 37.99178 > i think we should start using scientific notation for ages, e.g. Greg = 2.695 * 10^01 Ro

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Greg McCarroll wrote: > * Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > > > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:59:54PM +0100, Chris Benson wrote: > > > > > > > Do you mean the UKUUG's Linux Developer's Conference 2001 at UMIST > > > > from midday Friday 28t

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* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > > > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:59:54PM +0100, Chris Benson wrote: > > > > > Do you mean the UKUUG's Linux Developer's Conference 2001 at UMIST > > > from midday Friday 28th to ~midday Sunday 1st, with a grand

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On Thu, 28 Jun 2001, Alex Page wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:59:54PM +0100, Chris Benson wrote: > > > Do you mean the UKUUG's Linux Developer's Conference 2001 at UMIST > > from midday Friday 28th to ~midday Sunday 1st, with a grand meal on > > the Friday night? > > Gah. Tempted, but I'd r

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2001 at 11:10:26AM +0100, James Powell wrote: > This is cool. I think the future of perl is in generating ASCII art. Funnily enough, I'm about to write a function that generates ASCII art for the front page of a web site - a 20 x 10 character block of random letters in a fixed-wi

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>On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:31:34PM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: > This is cool. I think the future of perl is in generating ASCII art. Someone I know that works on AOL Communities had to go through their chat boards removing ASCII porn! Fiver for the first person to write a module that can detec

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:59:54PM +0100, Chris Benson wrote: > Do you mean the UKUUG's Linux Developer's Conference 2001 at UMIST > from midday Friday 28th to ~midday Sunday 1st, with a grand meal on > the Friday night? Gah. Tempted, but I'd rather spend my birthday doing something slightly mo

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Struan Donald wrote: > * at 27/06 15:42 +0100 Lucy McWilliam said: > > > > Oh, for a disposable income...*sigh* > > you only end up with insufficient room to store all the crap that you > bought, plus the fact that you have so much more stuff to re-buy when > the format beco

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:04:54AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > David Cantrell wrote: > > > I remain open to persuasion, but haven't yet been convinced that I should > > spend any time with it, let alone that it is a better solution for anything > > I want to do than the competition. > > AFAICT

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 10:12:43AM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: > David Cantrell sent the following bits through the ether: > > > I do use a home-brew embperl-a-like cos it does the job. > > [snip lots of perfectly valid points which hold true for MANY home-brew > systems, but not for all] > > [I

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:04:54AM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote: > > anyone going to the linux thing next thursday? .. he asked .. in a thread > dispersal moment? Do you mean the UKUUG's Linux Developer's Conference 2001 at UMIST from midday Friday 28th to ~midday Sunday 1st, with a grand meal on

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:27:39PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > Of course, if your website is generated by templates it's relatively > easy to turn smart tags off. I find a little-known tool called 'perl' handy for this sort of thing, no additives required :-) $ perl -pi.bak -e "s///i" `find ..

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 05:23:49PM +0100, Simon Wilcox wrote: > Simon Wilcox wrote: > > > > It was either that or an anti-Microsoft rant and I'm just to hot to be > ^^ > Obviously too hot to check my grammer as well :-) Or "grammar" spe

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<;-)> * Natalie Ford ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 12:58:02PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > > i bet no one will read this far > > I did... :) > hm hmm > Actually, maybe that is my problem? hm hmm > I tend to read every email I receive > in case it contains someth

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 12:58:02PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: > i bet no one will read this far I did... :) Actually, maybe that is my problem? I tend to read every email I receive in case it contains something interesting / important *somehere*. The only exception is email that is obviousl

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Chris Devers wrote: > Well, for now... > > > > As noted in and >. The very prevalence of these tags in web pages may ironically give Microsoft the leve

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Simon Wilcox wrote: > > It was either that or an anti-Microsoft rant and I'm just to hot to be ^^ Obviously too hot to check my grammer as well :-) > bothered with it :-)

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 11:55:48AM +0100, Barbie wrote: > Having 2 (nearly 3) flame wars about trival discussions in 2 weeks should > not be what this list is about. Exactly! ;-) -- Natalie Ford Iterative Software Ltd. http://www.iterative-software.com/ Yet Another Computer

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Philip Newton wrote: > > Simon Wilcox wrote: > > detecting the browser at the server end > > Next to impossible, especially now that small browsers tend to masquerade as > one of the "big 2" in order to get pages served to them at all rather than > "please upgrade to MSIE or NN". (Not to mention

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At 04:47 PM 2001.06.27 +0100, James Powell wrote: >I'm also thinking that MS should allow websites to turn off smart tags >via a HTTP-header setting (of course, that would make it too easy). Well, for now... As noted in and

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Simon Wilcox wrote: > detecting the browser at the server end Next to impossible, especially now that small browsers tend to masquerade as one of the "big 2" in order to get pages served to them at all rather than "please upgrade to MSIE or NN". (Not to mention proxies that filter User-Agent head

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James Powell wrote: > [snip] > > I'm also thinking that MS should allow websites to turn off smart tags via > a HTTP-header setting (of course, that would make it too easy). You could always be ruthless, detecting the browser at the server end and serving them a page telling them you decline

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Behalf Of Leon Brocard > Marcel Grunauer sent the following bits through the ether: > > > This is worrying. What seems to be the problem? > > There's just not enough Buffy talk. If I can't get my Buffy fix from > london-list I'll have to go elsewhere. > > I've just been to the Tate Modern, and

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On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Leon Brocard wrote: > I've just been to the Tate Modern, and I think the following > is a great piece of art: > snip buffy code I'm not sure. Depends if the comma[1] is deliberate bad grammar or not. Later. Mark. [1] I'm not talking about the one after "Modern" -- s''

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Leon Brocard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Leon, who is thinking of leaving London.pm As case of London PMstrual tension? -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web

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On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 01:27:39PM +0100, Piers Cawley wrote: > James Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [snip] > > > > > > > Why don't we not recommend any, wait for IE6 & "smart tags" to become > > ubiquitous and a nice purple squiggly line will appear under "templating > > system" to link

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Marcel Grunauer sent the following bits through the ether: > This is worrying. What seems to be the problem? There's just not enough Buffy talk. If I can't get my Buffy fix from london-list I'll have to go elsewhere. I've just been to the Tate Modern, and I think the following is a great piece

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* at 27/06 15:42 +0100 Lucy McWilliam said: > > On 27 Jun 2001, Piers Cawley wrote: > > > > Does anyone know when the next box set of Buffy is out? Series 5, second > > > half? > > > > I'm waiting for the DVDs to get up to season 4. Had a moment of > > madness and bought the first three seasons

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On 27 Jun 2001, Piers Cawley wrote: > > Does anyone know when the next box set of Buffy is out? Series 5, second > > half? > > I'm waiting for the DVDs to get up to season 4. Had a moment of > madness and bought the first three seasons on Video about a fortnight > before season one came out on

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From: Philip Newton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:00 PM > Mark Fowler wrote: > > Does anyone know when the next box set of Buffy is out? > > Maybe not, but we all know where we'd order it online if we wanted to get it > over the Internet, right? :) Actually, the last ti

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Philip Newton wrote: > Mark Fowler wrote: > > Does anyone know when the next box set of Buffy is out? > Maybe not, but we all know where we'd order it online if we wanted to > get it over the Internet, right? :) Absolutely, http://www.choicesdirect.co.uk/ being the cheapest place to get Buf

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From: Ian Brayshaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > > > > Mark, you're revised FAQ looks good. I second that! > What I like most about London.pm is that we all have views/opinions, we > share them freely (i.e. there are not taboos), and then we back up our > claims.

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From: Piers Cawley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:36 PM > Mark Fowler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, 27 Jun 2001, Barbie wrote: > > > > > Having 2 (nearly 3) flame wars about trival discussions in 2 weeks should > > > not be what this list is about. > > > > No,

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* Piers Cawley ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > I'm waiting for the DVDs to get up to season 4. Had a moment of > madness and bought the first three seasons on Video about a fortnight > before season one came out on DVD. > I'm pretty much in the same situation, however I'm getting pissed with the

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