Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-06-03 Thread Chris Carey
Which in turn also seals the sale/merger of Veracity to Broadweave. Thank you for the information. I wasn't able to sit through the meeting until the wee hours. On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:57 PM, Bart Whiteley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The council just approved the sale of iProvo to BroadWeave t

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-06-03 Thread Bart Whiteley
The council just approved the sale of iProvo to BroadWeave tonight during the second public hearing on the deal. The vote was 4-3. Opposed to the sale were Sherrie Hall Everett, Steve Turley, and Cynthia J. Clark. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/m

Re: [OT] - Douglas Adams - was Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Michael Torrie
By the way, if anyone happened to record the HHG tertiary radio series a few years ago, I'll trade it for my recordings of Dirk Gently holistic detective agency. /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */

Re: [OT] - Douglas Adams - was Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Levi Pearson
Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > I don't recall the Leopard part being in the movie. In fact that and > the God proof were sorely lacking I thought. I think the God proof was > after the credits, though. I watched it again a few weeks ago, and I thought I heard the Leopard bit. Ma

Re: [OT] - Douglas Adams - was Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Matthew Walker
On Tue, May 20, 2008 12:02 pm, Michael Torrie wrote: > Finally Adams himself did the movie. He wrote the script and even > casted the characters before he died. The implementation wasn't his and > did leave some things to be desired (two heads in the TV series was way > better!). I loved the y

Re: [OT] - Douglas Adams - was Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 20 May 2008, at 12:02, Michael Torrie wrote: I don't recall the Leopard part being in the movie. In fact that and the God proof were sorely lacking I thought. I think the God proof was after the credits, though. I thought the movie was very good. For one there's no such thing as the

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Steven Alligood
On 20 May 2008, at 09:37, Matthew Walker wrote: No, no, the problem with this movie is that they tried /not/ to put much of the book in the movie. The number of half-jokes in the movie almost exceeds the number of /lines/. Why in the name of all that is holy did they feel the need to repeated

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Michael Torrie
Matthew Walker wrote: >> I thought the movie was alright. Although, once I have read a book, >> the movie is never better. I think the problem with movies based on >> books is that they try to fit a whole book, especially one like HHGTTG >> into one movie. There is enough content in that one boo

[OT] - Douglas Adams - was Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Michael Torrie
Matthew Walker wrote: > On Mon, May 19, 2008 7:24 pm, Levi Pearson wrote: >> Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Alright, I looked up the quote. I had missed the leopard part; guess >>> I should re-read the books more often than every 10-12 years. >> It's in the movie, too, in case you

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 20 May 2008, at 10:52, Chad wrote: On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Jonathan Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, too bad Douglas is no longer with us. Perhaps we could start a new open source project to create a really good set of movies based on the books. Anyone ever done an op

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Chad
On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Jonathan Duncan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, too bad Douglas is no longer with us. Perhaps we could start a new > open source project to create a really good set of movies based on the > books. Anyone ever done an open source movie before? Someone has: htt

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Matthew Frederico
I top posted this part on purpose. On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 9:40 AM, Jonathan Duncan < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 20 May 2008, at 09:37, Matthew Walker wrote: > > No, no, the problem with this movie is that they tried /not/ to put much >> of the book in >> the movie. The number of half-joke

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 20 May 2008, at 09:37, Matthew Walker wrote: No, no, the problem with this movie is that they tried /not/ to put much of the book in the movie. The number of half-jokes in the movie almost exceeds the number of /lines/. Why in the name of all that is holy did they feel the need to repea

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Matthew Walker
On Tue, May 20, 2008 9:33 am, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > > On 20 May 2008, at 08:17, Joshua Lutes wrote: > >> The only good thing about the movie was the song. I think I would >> take nothing over the movie. Yes, yes. >> > > I thought the movie was alright. Although, once I have read a book, > th

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Levi Pearson
"Joshua Lutes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The only good thing about the movie was the song. I think I would > take nothing over the movie. Yes, yes. > > On 5/20/08, Matthew Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> On Mon, May 19, 2008 7:24 pm, Levi Pearson wrote: >>> Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PR

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 20 May 2008, at 08:17, Joshua Lutes wrote: The only good thing about the movie was the song. I think I would take nothing over the movie. Yes, yes. I thought the movie was alright. Although, once I have read a book, the movie is never better. I think the problem with movies based on

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Joshua Lutes
The only good thing about the movie was the song. I think I would take nothing over the movie. Yes, yes. On 5/20/08, Matthew Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, May 19, 2008 7:24 pm, Levi Pearson wrote: >> Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Alright, I looked up the quote.

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-20 Thread Matthew Walker
On Mon, May 19, 2008 7:24 pm, Levi Pearson wrote: > Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> Alright, I looked up the quote. I had missed the leopard part; guess >> I should re-read the books more often than every 10-12 years. > > It's in the movie, too, in case you need a quick fix. > >

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Levi Pearson
Steven Alligood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Alright, I looked up the quote. I had missed the leopard part; guess > I should re-read the books more often than every 10-12 years. It's in the movie, too, in case you need a quick fix. --Levi /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Bart Whiteley
On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 11:26 AM, Mike Lovell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just did some checking and it appears that the City Council is going to be > discussing the sale at the council meeting tomorrow night (5/20) at 7:00PM. > Just an FYI for those interested. Where do you see this informat

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Alligood
Matthew Walker wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2008 12:51 pm, Jonathan Duncan wrote: On 19 May 2008, at 12:29, Steven Alligood wrote: You didn't find the notice? That's funny, it was clearly on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Matthew Walker
On Mon, May 19, 2008 12:51 pm, Jonathan Duncan wrote: > > On 19 May 2008, at 12:29, Steven Alligood wrote: > You didn't find the notice? That's funny, it was clearly on display in the bottom of a >>> locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on >>> the door saying "Be

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Jonathan Duncan
On 19 May 2008, at 12:29, Steven Alligood wrote: You didn't find the notice? That's funny, it was clearly on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying "Beware of The Leopard". That's a MacOS reference, isn't it? Perhaps

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Steven Alligood
Matthew Walker wrote: On Mon, May 19, 2008 10:54 am, Mike Lovell wrote: Bart Whiteley wrote: I'm an iProvo customer. Last week I attended the open house at the iProvo NOC, and two meetings with the municiple council and Broadweave execs. I have a lot of concerns about this deal, which

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Bart Whiteley
> So did they already have the 'public hearings' about the sale? I saw mention > of them when the initial press releases came out but never saw a time and/or > place for such meetings. This is getting better all of the time. Have public > meetings but don't tell the public when you are going to hav

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Mike Lovell
Mike Lovell wrote: Bart Whiteley wrote: I'm an iProvo customer. Last week I attended the open house at the iProvo NOC, and two meetings with the municiple council and Broadweave execs. I have a lot of concerns about this deal, which I am sharing with members of the council. I encourage other

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Matthew Walker
On Mon, May 19, 2008 10:54 am, Mike Lovell wrote: > Bart Whiteley wrote: >> I'm an iProvo customer. Last week I attended the open house at the >> iProvo NOC, and two meetings with the municiple council and Broadweave >> execs. I have a lot of concerns about this deal, which I am sharing >> with

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Mike Lovell
Bart Whiteley wrote: I'm an iProvo customer. Last week I attended the open house at the iProvo NOC, and two meetings with the municiple council and Broadweave execs. I have a lot of concerns about this deal, which I am sharing with members of the council. I encourage other residents to researc

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-19 Thread Bart Whiteley
I'm an iProvo customer. Last week I attended the open house at the iProvo NOC, and two meetings with the municiple council and Broadweave execs. I have a lot of concerns about this deal, which I am sharing with members of the council. I encourage other residents to research the deal and do likew

Re: Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-18 Thread Trixtur
Mike Lovell wrote: I don't know if anyone else has been trying to keep updated on iProvo and Broadweave since the announcement last week or that anyone else wants to be updated. But I figured I would let you all know about two press releases from Broadweave about it. Here they are. (Sorry for P

Updates on iProvo and Broadweave

2008-05-17 Thread Mike Lovell
I don't know if anyone else has been trying to keep updated on iProvo and Broadweave since the announcement last week or that anyone else wants to be updated. But I figured I would let you all know about two press releases from Broadweave about it. Here they are. (Sorry for PDF links) http://