Deeper mysteries of the Universe
Jim Evans
Okay, this I don't understand -
I go away for a week - to Germany, doncha know, fizzix conference - after
what I remember as a slow posting-week in rhod. So no JIM posts for a
week. I expect myself to be dropping off the edge of Tom "Tom"'s rhod
traffic report. But just having a look at it, I'm something like 5th or
6th busiest poster.
Has rhod been this quiet? Was I posting in my sleep? Has some nefarious
person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting JIM posts? And while
we're asking about deep mysteries, why is it so hard to get uncarbonated
water in German restaurants? Or, for that matter, a cold drink that's
actually cold, as opposed to luke warm? And why is it I only meet Nobel
prize winners when I'm drunk?
JIM, I know that somehow it's all Nils' fault
Ken and Alison Adams
> Okay, this I don't understand -
>
> I go away for a week - to Germany, doncha know, fizzix conference - after
> what I remember as a slow posting-week in rhod. So no JIM posts for a
> week. I expect myself to be dropping off the edge of Tom "Tom"'s rhod
> traffic report. But just having a look at it, I'm something like 5th or
> 6th busiest poster.
Grin. I have the opposite problem -- no matter how much I post, I can't
seem to get on the list.
> Has rhod been this quiet?
Shhhh. We're hunting wabbits.
> Was I posting in my sleep?
Is that what you call it?
> Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
> JIM posts?
Put a masking tape X in your bedroom window to find out.
> And while we're asking about deep mysteries, why is it so hard to get
> uncarbonated water in German restaurants?
Gotta do something with all the gas from the sauerkraut.
> Or, for that matter, a cold drink that's actually cold, as opposed to
> luke warm?
You should order your drinks on the rocks.
> And why is it I only meet Nobel prize winners when I'm drunk?
Not enough ice in your drinks.
--
Ken Adams
... evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
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Kevin Kelley
> Okay, this I don't understand -
>
> I go away for a week - to Germany, doncha know, fizzix conference - after
> what I remember as a slow posting-week in rhod. So no JIM posts for a
> week. I expect myself to be dropping off the edge of Tom "Tom"'s rhod
> traffic report. But just having a look at it, I'm something like 5th or
> 6th busiest poster.
We've all moved over to the lurkernet rhod group. Due to the fact
that lurkers outnumber posters by something like 100 to 1, and the
fact that so many famous people lurk in rhod (Scott Adams, the Monty
Python guys, Bill Gates... strike that last) we've found that the
lurkernet is a much cooler place to hang out. Sorry you weren't
informed. Now that you have been, we'll have to take away your
posting privileges.
> Has rhod been this quiet?
If you knew the secret handshaking protocol required to access
the lurkernet, you'd realize that it isn't quiet at all.
> Was I posting in my sleep?
Hard to say; do you find that you seem to be flying? Or that you're
in public with no pants?
> Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
> JIM posts?
Probably just an infinite loop in your turing tape.
> And while we're asking about deep mysteries, why is it so hard to get
> uncarbonated water in German restaurants?
Fungus in the pipes. The fungus releases CO2, carbonating the water.
> Or, for that matter, a cold drink that's actually cold, as opposed to
> luke warm?
It's to do with the way those lovely Bavarian-costumed waitresses
carry your stein to you nestled between their bosoms; if you'd been
quicker at making change your drinks wouldn't have had time to warm
up. Personally, I think warm beer is a small price to pay for the
sight of an apple-cheeked, crinkly-nippled maid tensely fidgeting as
the cold condensation works its magic.
> And why is it I only meet Nobel prize winners when I'm drunk?
No idea, but the next round's on me.
Kevin "waitress!" Kelley
Richard Wilson
kel...@ruralnet.net "Kevin Kelley" writes:
> > Has rhod been this quiet?
>
> If you knew the secret handshaking protocol required to access
> the lurkernet, you'd realize that it isn't quiet at all.
Rhod's been taken over by the MASONS???
-Richard Wilson-*----*----*----*-----*-ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk-
--*----*---*---*-----*----*-Ahooga! Ahooga! Python cascade alert!--
Jim Evans
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Kevin Kelley wrote:
[snip]
> We've all moved over to the lurkernet rhod group. Due to the fact
> that lurkers outnumber posters by something like 100 to 1, and the
> fact that so many famous people lurk in rhod (Scott Adams, the Monty
Who's Scott Adams? Douglas Adams' far-more-brilliant-yet-lazy older
brother?
> Python guys, Bill Gates... strike that last) we've found that the
> lurkernet is a much cooler place to hang out. Sorry you weren't
> informed. Now that you have been, we'll have to take away your
> posting privileges.
>
> > Has rhod been this quiet?
>
> If you knew the secret handshaking protocol required to access
> the lurkernet, you'd realize that it isn't quiet at all.
With the people round here' I'd be very careful shaking hands.
> > Was I posting in my sleep?
>
> Hard to say; do you find that you seem to be flying? Or that you're
> in public with no pants?
Not today. Maybe tomorrow.
> > Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
> > JIM posts?
>
> Probably just an infinite loop in your turing tape.
Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
JIM posts?
> > And while we're asking about deep mysteries, why is it so hard to get
> > uncarbonated water in German restaurants?
>
> Fungus in the pipes. The fungus releases CO2, carbonating the water.
That explains the taste, then.
> > Or, for that matter, a cold drink that's actually cold, as opposed to
> > luke warm?
>
> It's to do with the way those lovely Bavarian-costumed waitresses
> carry your stein to you nestled between their bosoms; if you'd been
> quicker at making change your drinks wouldn't have had time to warm
> up. Personally, I think warm beer is a small price to pay for the
> sight of an apple-cheeked, crinkly-nippled maid tensely fidgeting as
> the cold condensation works its magic.
What's German for "Bitch Queen Demon Goddess"?
> > And why is it I only meet Nobel prize winners when I'm drunk?
>
> No idea, but the next round's on me.
>
> Kevin "waitress!" Kelley
JIM, next on Bavaria Today: Beer!
Jim Evans
On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Ken and Alison Adams wrote:
> Jim Evans wrote:
[snip]
> > Or, for that matter, a cold drink that's actually cold, as opposed to
> > luke warm?
>
> You should order your drinks on the rocks.
>
> > And why is it I only meet Nobel prize winners when I'm drunk?
>
> Not enough ice in your drinks.
That's the problem, I think -- I don't think the Germans have discovered
ice yet. I suppose it'd take a Canadian to notice this.
JIM, eh
Al Sharka
> "Kevin Kelley" writes:
>
> > > Has rhod been this quiet?
> >
> > If you knew the secret handshaking protocol required to access
> > the lurkernet, you'd realize that it isn't quiet at all.
>
It opens doors, I'm telling you.
>
> -Richard Wilson-*----*----*----*-----*-ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk-
> --*----*---*---*-----*----*-Ahooga! Ahooga! Python cascade alert!--
Well that's the kind of blinkard pig-ignorance I've come to expect
from you non-creative garbage.
Al Sharka
>
> On Mon, 6 Sep 1999, Kevin Kelley wrote:
> [snip]
> > We've all moved over to the lurkernet rhod group. Due to the fact
> > that lurkers outnumber posters by something like 100 to 1, and the
> > fact that so many famous people lurk in rhod (Scott Adams, the Monty
>
> Who's Scott Adams? Douglas Adams' far-more-brilliant-yet-lazy older
> brother?
One of the Adams triplets, the third, previously unmentioned, being
Cecil.
Scott --Writes about dopes.
Douglas --Writes like he's on dope.
Cecil --Writes about The Straight Dope.
Kevin Kelley
> In article <RHXUNyAQhfJCluv0JEm8mmFNl=N...@4ax.com>
> kel...@ruralnet.net "Kevin Kelley" writes:
>
> > > Has rhod been this quiet?
> >
> > If you knew the secret handshaking protocol required to access
> > the lurkernet, you'd realize that it isn't quiet at all.
>
> Rhod's been taken over by the MASONS???
For the love of god, Montresor!
Kevin "my favorite mason" Kelley
Richard Wilson
> > Rhod's been taken over by the MASONS???
>
> It opens doors, I'm telling you.
>
> >
> > -Richard Wilson-*----*----*----*-----*-ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk-
> > --*----*---*---*-----*----*-Ahooga! Ahooga! Python cascade alert!--
>
> Well that's the kind of blinkard pig-ignorance I've come to expect
> from you non-creative garbage.
Day One: Rang bell, dog ate food. Very happy.
-Richard Wilson-*----*----*----*-----*-ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk-
--*----*---*---*--Why have I started posting with a Welsh accent?--
Tom Tom Harrington
Charles --Writes about people who do not duffer dopes lightly.
--
Tom "Tom" Harrington ----- t...@acm.org ----- http://rainbow.rmi.net/~tph
"Now Charlie, don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got
everything he wished for." "What?" "He lived happily ever after."
Kevin Kelley
> In article <37D53B...@my-deja.com> ash...@my-deja.com "Al Sharka" writes:
>
> > > Rhod's been taken over by the MASONS???
> >
> > It opens doors, I'm telling you.
> >
> > >
> > > -Richard Wilson-*----*----*----*-----*-ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk-
> > > --*----*---*---*-----*----*-Ahooga! Ahooga! Python cascade alert!--
> >
> > Well that's the kind of blinkard pig-ignorance I've come to expect
> > from you non-creative garbage.
>
> Day One: Rang bell, dog ate food. Very happy.
Day Two: Bang dog, fool ate well. Not so happy.
Day Three: Hang fate! Hell, ate dog. Very sad.
Ke^in K@ll@y
Ed Chauvin IV
rec.humor.oracle.d, Jim Evans used a less than adequate newsreader
to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
>Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
>JIM posts?
OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for flaxscrip.
Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
Ed Chauvin IV
--
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
It is by the Beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
Daniel E. Macks
: In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
: rec.humor.oracle.d, Jim Evans used a less than adequate newsreader
: to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
: >
: >Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
: >JIM posts?
:
: OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for flaxscrip.
: Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
I've got a coupla pages of PostScript about flock()s that I'd be
willing to trade for some hemp.
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies wonder why all the
processes can't just get along, man
--
Daniel Macks
dma...@a.chem.upenn.edu
dma...@netspace.org
http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks
Daniel E. Macks
: Froom: Ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk (Richard Wilson):
: >
: > Day One: Rang bell, dog ate food. Very happy.
: Day Two: Bang dog, fool ate well. Not so happy.
:
: Day Three: Hang fate! Hell, ate dog. Very sad.
Next on RHOD: Pavlov on crack.
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies read between the lines
Jeffrey Kaplan
said:
; I go away for a week - to Germany, doncha know, fizzix conference - after
; what I remember as a slow posting-week in rhod. So no JIM posts for a
; week. I expect myself to be dropping off the edge of Tom "Tom"'s rhod
You were gone? Funny, I didn't notice.
; traffic report. But just having a look at it, I'm something like 5th or
; 6th busiest poster.
Huh. I've been here all along and I'm at 16th place.
; Has rhod been this quiet? Was I posting in my sleep? Has some nefarious
; person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting JIM posts? And while
Yes, no, and yes.
; we're asking about deep mysteries, why is it so hard to get uncarbonated
; water in German restaurants? Or, for that matter, a cold drink that's
Too close to the source of Perrier, too far away from Clearly Canadian.
; actually cold, as opposed to luke warm? And why is it I only meet Nobel
Ice, man. Ice.
--
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jkap...@world.std.com <*> There is only one "l" in my name
There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"Justice or immortality. An intriguing choice." (Lt. Cmdr. Ivonova,
B5 "Deathwalker")
Jeffrey Kaplan
Alison Adams said:
; > Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
; > JIM posts?
;
; Put a masking tape X in your bedroom window to find out.
Or a Y.
; You should order your drinks on the rocks.
But what if there are no rocks nearby? Will sand do?
--
Jeffrey Kaplan <*> I'm set up for PGP. Are you?
jkap...@world.std.com <*> There is only one "l" in my name
There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
SF in New England: www.world.std.com/~gordol/sfne/
The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"Focus on the First Ones, on the most ancient of ancients. Let the
path take you to them." (Draal, B5 "Voices Of Authority")
Daniel E. Macks
: While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Jim Evans
: said:
: ;
: ; Has rhod been this quiet? Was I posting in my sleep? Has some nefarious
: ; person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting JIM posts? And while
:
: Yes, no, and yes.
ITYM "YES NO HELL" HTH HAMQD(WDQAM)D
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies have never used so many
caps without yelling
Jim Evans
On 8 Sep 1999, Daniel E. Macks wrote:
> Kevin Kelley <kel...@ruralnet.net> said:
> : Froom: Ric...@molerat.demon.co.uk (Richard Wilson):
> : >
> : > Day One: Rang bell, dog ate food. Very happy.
> :
> : Day Two: Bang dog, fool ate well. Not so happy.
> :
> : Day Three: Hang fate! Hell, ate dog. Very sad.
>
> Next on RHOD: Pavlov on crack.
Day Four: Rang bell. Crips blew it up.
JIM, at least he's not selling something dangerous, like hair
tonic
Jim Evans
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Ken and
> Alison Adams said:
>
> ; > Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
> ; > JIM posts?
> ;
> ; Put a masking tape X in your bedroom window to find out.
>
> Or a Y.
I tried the X. Some maniac cowboy came riding into my room with a branding
iron. At first I was scared it was DMP, but it turns out all he wanted to
brand was the furniture.
> ; You should order your drinks on the rocks.
>
> But what if there are no rocks nearby? Will sand do?
Too gritty.
JIM
Jim Evans
On 8 Sep 1999, Daniel E. Macks wrote:
> Ed Chauvin IV <edc...@newsguy.com> said:
> : In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
> : rec.humor.oracle.d, Jim Evans used a less than adequate newsreader
> : to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
> : >
> : >Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
> : >JIM posts?
> :
> : OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for flaxscrip.
> : Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
>
> I've got a coupla pages of PostScript about flock()s that I'd be
> willing to trade for some hemp.
I have a flock of ()'s I'd be willing to trade for some ham.
JIM
Jim Evans
On Wed, 8 Sep 1999, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
> While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Jim Evans
> said:
>
> ; I go away for a week - to Germany, doncha know, fizzix conference - after
> ; what I remember as a slow posting-week in rhod. So no JIM posts for a
> ; week. I expect myself to be dropping off the edge of Tom "Tom"'s rhod
>
> You were gone? Funny, I didn't notice.
Of course not, not with all the excess JIM posts floating around.
> ; traffic report. But just having a look at it, I'm something like 5th or
> ; 6th busiest poster.
>
> Huh. I've been here all along and I'm at 16th place.
You probably have a life. I find that tends to distract from serious
posting.
JIM
Matt Kerbel
Tom "Tom" Harrington (t...@acm.org) writes:
> In article <37D53C...@my-deja.com>, Al Sharka wrote:
>>Jim Evans wrote:
>>>
>>> Who's Scott Adams? Douglas Adams' far-more-brilliant-yet-lazy older
>>> brother?
>>
>>One of the Adams triplets, the third, previously unmentioned, being
>>Cecil.
>>
>>Scott --Writes about dopes.
>>Douglas --Writes like he's on dope.
>>Cecil --Writes about The Straight Dope.
>
> Charles --Writes about people who do not duffer dopes lightly.
Ken --Writes posts to dopey newsfroup.
Nathan Sullivan
OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
nipping this cascade in the bud.
--Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan alf...@pants.nu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
You possess a mind not merely twisted, but actually sprained.
Jason Willoughby
The Other Scott --Writes not-so-dopey video games about llamas
Jim Evans
On 8 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
> Jim Evans <jev...@physics.uottawa.ca> writes:
>
> > On 8 Sep 1999, Daniel E. Macks wrote:
> > > Ed Chauvin IV <edc...@newsguy.com> said:
> > > : In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
> > > : rec.humor.oracle.d, Jim Evans used a less than adequate newsreader
> > > : to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
> > > : >Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
> > > : >JIM posts?
> > > : OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for flaxscrip.
> > > : Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
> > > I've got a coupla pages of PostScript about flock()s that I'd be
> > > willing to trade for some hemp.
> > I have a flock of ()'s I'd be willing to trade for some ham.
>
> OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
> nipping this cascade in the bud.
>
> --Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
I have a couple of cases of Bud I'll trade for being molested.
JIM
Admiral Jota
[And other people wrote too:]
>>>>Scott --Writes about dopes.
>>>>Douglas --Writes like he's on dope.
>>>>Cecil --Writes about The Straight Dope.
>>>
>>> Charles --Writes about people who do not duffer dopes lightly.
>> Ken --Writes posts to dopey newsfroup.
> The Other Scott --Writes not-so-dopey video games about llamas
Waitaminute. I thought it was Douglas whose game involved a llama? Also
llama chow, and a mailchute which led into a llama feeding trough.
Unfortunately, there's a radio connected to my brain.
--
_/<-= Admiral Jota =->\_
\<-= jo...@tiac.net =->/
Daniel E. Macks
: On 8 Sep 1999, Daniel E. Macks wrote:
: > Ed Chauvin IV <edc...@newsguy.com> said:
: > : In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
: > : rec.humor.oracle.d, Jim Evans used a less than adequate newsreader
: > : to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
: > : >
: > : >Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
: > : >JIM posts?
: > :
: > : OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for flaxscrip.
: > : Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
: >
: > I've got a coupla pages of PostScript about flock()s that I'd be
: > willing to trade for some hemp.
:
: I have a flock of ()'s I'd be willing to trade for some ham.
I'll see your bracket-brisket trade and raise you a comma-llama tirade.
dan, whose bright red Siamee fighting fishies wonder if the Cop is
still reading
Ken and Alison Adams
>
> Tom "Tom" Harrington (t...@acm.org) writes:
> > In article <37D53C...@my-deja.com>, Al Sharka wrote:
> >>Jim Evans wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Who's Scott Adams? Douglas Adams' far-more-brilliant-yet-lazy older
> >>> brother?
> >>
> >>One of the Adams triplets, the third, previously unmentioned, being
> >>Cecil.
> >>
> >>Douglas --Writes like he's on dope.
> >>Cecil --Writes about The Straight Dope.
> >
> > Charles --Writes about people who do not duffer dopes lightly.
>
> Ken --Writes posts to dopey newsfroup.
>
ITYM Ken --Writes posts to dopey newsfroup, but can't get his ISP to
send them to any other servers.
--
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...evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
lee...@kettering.edu
> While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Jim Evans
> said:
>
> ; I go away for a week - to Germany, doncha know, fizzix conference - after
> ; what I remember as a slow posting-week in rhod. So no JIM posts for a
> ; week. I expect myself to be dropping off the edge of Tom "Tom"'s rhod
>
> You were gone? Funny, I didn't notice.
>
> ; traffic report. But just having a look at it, I'm something like 5th or
> ; 6th busiest poster.
>
> Huh. I've been here all along and I'm at 16th place.
>
> ; Has rhod been this quiet? Was I posting in my sleep? Has some nefarious
> ; person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting JIM posts? And while
>
> Yes, no, and yes.
s/yes\./hell./g
(I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
> ; we're asking about deep mysteries, why is it so hard to get uncarbonated
> ; water in German restaurants? Or, for that matter, a cold drink that's
>
> Too close to the source of Perrier, too far away from Clearly Canadian.
>
> ; actually cold, as opposed to luke warm? And why is it I only meet Nobel
>
> Ice, man. Ice.
Either that or stand in a freezer with it for a while.
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Nathan Sullivan
> On 8 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
> > OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
> > nipping this cascade in the bud.
> >
> > --Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
>
> I have a couple of cases of Bud I'll trade for being molested.
Is that supposed to be some sort of bribe, son?
You've got to do better than that. Trying to bribe the loyal Cascade
Cop with drinks that aren't fit for a dog to drink, honestly! Next
time, try some good microbrew, or some mead, or a good single malt.
Maybe you'll get better results.
--Nathan "Cascade Cop, trying to fix his corruption problem" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan alf...@pants.nu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
He's like an idiot savant without the savant.
Nathan Sullivan
> dan, whose bright red Siamee fighting fishies wonder if the Cop is
> still reading
The Cop is Always Reading.
--Nathan "Cascade Cop, Big Brother's little brother" Sullivan
--
Nathan Sullivan alf...@pants.nu
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I can read your mind, and you should be ashamed of yourself.
Jim Evans
On 8 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
> Jim Evans <jev...@physics.uottawa.ca> writes:
>
> > On 8 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
> > > OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
> > > nipping this cascade in the bud.
> > >
> > > --Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
> >
> > I have a couple of cases of Bud I'll trade for being molested.
>
> Is that supposed to be some sort of bribe, son?
>
> You've got to do better than that. Trying to bribe the loyal Cascade
> Cop with drinks that aren't fit for a dog to drink, honestly! Next
> time, try some good microbrew, or some mead, or a good single malt.
> Maybe you'll get better results.
I'd rather not be molested by you anyway, Nathan. Cyn or Lars, on the
other hand...
JIM, actuially I was just trying to get rid of the damn Bud
Kevin Kelley
>
>
> On 8 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
> > Jim Evans <jev...@physics.uottawa.ca> writes:
> >
> > > On 8 Sep 1999, Daniel E. Macks wrote:
> > > > Ed Chauvin IV <edc...@newsguy.com> said:
> > > > : In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
> > > > : rec.humor.oracle.d, Jim Evans used a less than adequate newsreader
> > > > : to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
> > > > : >Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
> > > > : >JIM posts?
> > > > : OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for flaxscrip.
> > > > : Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
> > > > I've got a coupla pages of PostScript about flock()s that I'd be
> > > > willing to trade for some hemp.
> > > I have a flock of ()'s I'd be willing to trade for some ham.
> >
> > OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
> > nipping this cascade in the bud.
> >
> > --Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
>
> I have a couple of cases of Bud I'll trade for being molested.
I've got a couple cages of moles I'll trade for a nip of that bottle.
Kevin Ke,,ey
Kevin Kelley
> > Is that supposed to be some sort of bribe, son?
> >
> > You've got to do better than that. Trying to bribe the loyal Cascade
> > Cop with drinks that aren't fit for a dog to drink, honestly! Next
> > time, try some good microbrew, or some mead, or a good single malt.
> > Maybe you'll get better results.
>
> I'd rather not be molested by you anyway, Nathan. Cyn or Lars, on the
> other hand...
>
> JIM, actually I was just trying to get rid of the damn Bud
I thought I liked budweiser, until today... I started homebrewing a
few weeks ago, and am drinking my second batch now. Shortage of
bottles is a problem, so figuring that new ones cost 10 bucks a case
plus shipping, and I'm not in the mood for dumpster-diving, I bought
a case of bottled bud at 18, giving a marginal cost of maybe five
dollars. But the taste of my brown ale is still in my mind, and this
stuff just don't seem worth it.
PS to Lane: that gallon of quick mead, my first experiment, worked
out pretty good, but a little sweet for my taste. Gallon of honey's on
order (ten bucks, great price) for another try, which I'll promise to
leave alone long enough for fermentation to complete.
Kevin "loves his yeastesses, yes he do" Kelley
Al Sharka
} Nathan Sullivan said:
} >Jim Evans writes:
} >> Daniel E. Macks wrote:
} >> > : Jim Evans
} >> > : >
} >> > : >Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been
} >> > : >counterfeiting JIM posts?
} >> > :OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for
} >> > :flaxscrip. Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
} >> >I've got a coupla pages of PostScript about flock()s that
} >> >I'd be willing to trade for some hemp.
} >>I have a flock of ()'s I'd be willing to trade for some ham.
} >OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see
} >here. I'm nipping this cascade in the bud.
}You left out the 'l' in the above word, HTH.
So where were we before we were so rudely interrupted?
Ah, yes. Trading (.)(.) for ( ! )
Lionel
Nathan Sullivan <alf...@pants.nu> said:
>Jim Evans <jev...@physics.uottawa.ca> writes:
>
>> On 8 Sep 1999, Daniel E. Macks wrote:
>> > Ed Chauvin IV <edc...@newsguy.com> said:
>> > : In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
>> > : rec.humor.oracle.d, Jim Evans used a less than adequate newsreader
>> > : to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
>> > : >Has some nefarious person or shadowy organization been counterfeiting
>> > : >JIM posts?
>> > : OK, I admit it. It was me. I've been trading them for flaxscrip.
>> > : Anyone want to trade me for some hempscrip?
>> > I've got a coupla pages of PostScript about flock()s that I'd be
>> > willing to trade for some hemp.
>> I have a flock of ()'s I'd be willing to trade for some ham.
>
>OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
>nipping this cascade in the bud.
^^^^^l^^^
You left out the 'l' in the above word, HTH.
Lionel.
--
W
. | ,. w , "Some people are alive only because
\|/ \|/ it is illegal to kill them." Perna condita delenda est
---^----^---------------------------------------------------------------
Jason Willoughby
> Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> wrote:
> [And other people wrote too:]
>> The Other Scott --Writes not-so-dopey video games about llamas
> Waitaminute. I thought it was Douglas whose game involved a llama?
<does his homework>
Damn. I have mixed up Scott Adams (http://www.pcii.net/~msadams/)
with Jeff Minter (http://www.magicnet.net/~yak/). And I'm not qualified
to comment on HGTTG. I never made it out of the mud.
I hang my head in shame.
Jeffrey Kaplan
Sullivan said:
; Jim Evans <jev...@physics.uottawa.ca> writes:
;
; > On 8 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
; > > OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
; > > nipping this cascade in the bud.
; > >
; > > --Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
; >
; > I have a couple of cases of Bud I'll trade for being molested.
;
; Is that supposed to be some sort of bribe, son?
;
; You've got to do better than that. Trying to bribe the loyal Cascade
; Cop with drinks that aren't fit for a dog to drink, honestly! Next
; time, try some good microbrew, or some mead, or a good single malt.
; Maybe you'll get better results.
;
; --Nathan "Cascade Cop, trying to fix his corruption problem" Sullivan
Power corrupts. Absolute power is kinda neat.
--
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There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
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Sheridan and Mr. Garibaldi, B5 "Knives")
Jeffrey Kaplan
said:
; > Huh. I've been here all along and I'm at 16th place.
; You probably have a life. I find that tends to distract from serious
; posting.
No, actually I have two jobs.
--
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There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"Alright, fine. You don't want my advice, don't ask for it. But I'm
telling you there's been some kind of mistake. The Dr. Jacobs I knew
would never sell out Earth." (Dr. Franklin, B5 "Hunter, Prey")
Jeffrey Kaplan
said:
; > You've got to do better than that. Trying to bribe the loyal Cascade
; > Cop with drinks that aren't fit for a dog to drink, honestly! Next
; > time, try some good microbrew, or some mead, or a good single malt.
; > Maybe you'll get better results.
;
; I'd rather not be molested by you anyway, Nathan. Cyn or Lars, on the
; other hand...
;
; JIM, actuially I was just trying to get rid of the damn Bud
Pour it down the drain. I hear Bud is good for cleaning out your
drains.
--
Jeffrey Kaplan <*> I'm set up for PGP. Are you?
jkap...@world.std.com <*> There is only one "l" in my name
There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
SF in New England: www.world.std.com/~gordol/sfne/
The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"You're a surprise, this place is a surprise, you see this? Paper cut,
hurts like hell. Anybody else would be upset but to me it's just one
more, wonderful surprise. I mean, I even surprise myself sometimes so
I guess there's nothing wrong with me surprising you? Right?" (Cmdr.
Ivonova, B5 "Voices Of Authority")
Jeffrey Kaplan
; > Yes, no, and yes.
;
; s/yes\./hell./g
;
; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
say is:
s/yes/hell/
--
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jkap...@world.std.com <*> There is only one "l" in my name
There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"That was a stirring reply Citizen G'Kar. Unfortunately while all
answers are replies, not all replies are answers." (Ta'Lon, B5 "Point
Of No Return")
Jeffrey Kaplan
said:
; > ; Put a masking tape X in your bedroom window to find out.
; > Or a Y.
; I tried the X. Some maniac cowboy came riding into my room with a branding
; iron. At first I was scared it was DMP, but it turns out all he wanted to
; brand was the furniture.
I like the brand of furniture I already have, thankyouverymuch.
; > ; You should order your drinks on the rocks.
; > But what if there are no rocks nearby? Will sand do?
; Too gritty.
Boulders?
--
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"Who would believe it. The great and powerful Londo Mollari, got his
job because no one else was stupid enough to take it." (G'Kar, B5
"Dust To Dust")
Motti
knowledge to the nipples of ignorance by saying:
>OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
>nipping this cascade in the bud.
>
>--Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
Um Nathan, seeing as your one of the only rhodents who didn't cross
over to the afda dark side and seeing there are cascades, question
cascades and double question cascades going on behind your back, could
you deputies me for cascade snipping in afda and afda related froups
only?
Spread the word!
TIA GSYHIAP!
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______________________________
> Boulders?
Boulder? I oh sod it.
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newsreader Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; U)
>ITYM Ken --Writes posts to dopey newsfroup, but can't get his ISP to
>send them to any other servers.
>
>--
>Ken Adams
>...evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
So, it's with this axiom in mind that you've chosen to use Deja,
right?
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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It is by the Beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed,
the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning.
It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion.
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m.p...@NOSPAMPLEASEWEREBRITISHcableinet.co.uk "Lurker Praps" writes:
> Boulder? I oh sod it.
You oh sodded a boulder? You are hereby no longer Pope-elect, but
Member for Kensington and Chelsea-elect.
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---This is a Brits-only libellous Portapotty joke: take no notice--
Chris Reuter
Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> wrote:
[...]>
>Damn. I have mixed up Scott Adams (http://www.pcii.net/~msadams/)
>with Jeff Minter (http://www.magicnet.net/~yak/). And I'm not qualified
>to comment on HGTTG. I never made it out of the mud.
SPOILER WARNING
You need to find the magic lamp and Tycho Brahe's nose to get out of
the mud. (But remember to fill the bucket with mud first--you'll need
it when you meet the incontinent dragon.)
I must say that it's rare to find someone else who's played
"Hog-Grappling Titan-Terminating Gardeners".
--Chris
Noser the Fishless
You can use Tycho's socks instead of the nose, actually. It's worth
fewer points, but that way you can use the nose to light your way in the
Cave of Belch, so you don't fall into the dragon latrine in the first
place. You should still fill the bucket with mud, though; it repels
Gladys the Scorpion, which makes keeping your inventory in order MUCH
easier. (That is, assuming you're not playing version 1.06. If you are,
fill the bucket with soy sauce instead.)
- Noser the Fishless, yet another HGTTG fan
Visit my comic strip "Triangle and Robert" at
http://people.ne.mediaone.net/pshaughn/tandr.html... please?
Lars Clausen
> While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
> <lee...@kettering.edu> said:
>
>; > Yes, no, and yes.
>;
>; s/yes\./hell./g
>;
>; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
>
> RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
> say is:
>
> s/yes/hell/
Fine for most apps, but hardly necessary, given the first 'yes' is cap'd.
Of course, it should be s/(.*) and yes./\U$1 hell\E/ -- I'll leave it to
whoever cares to get rid of the ,'s.
-Lars "Actually remembers that post" Clausen
--
Lars R. Clausen (http://shasta.cs.uiuc.edu/~lrclause) Hårdgrim of Westfield
"I do not agree with a word that you say, but I will defend to the death your
right to say it." -- Voltaire (?)
Ken and Alison Adams
>
> In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
> rec.humor.oracle.d, Ken and Alison Adams used a less than adequate
> newsreader Mozilla 4.51 [en] (Win98; U)
> to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
>
> >ITYM Ken --Writes posts to dopey newsfroup, but can't get his ISP to
> >send them to any other servers.
> >
> >--
> >Ken Adams
> >...evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
>
> So, it's with this axiom in mind that you've chosen to use Deja,
> right?
>
Deja is like a flubbed chip shot that bounces off a sprinkler head, then
rolls up onto the green anyway -- rotten but satisfactory. It has the
additional virtue of being semi-free, with only some mildly annoying
advertising to snip out of the way when I wish to reply. It'll do until
I find an ISP that will provide me a decent feed for more than a week at
a time.
--
Ken Adams
...evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
Nathan Sullivan
> Nathan Sullivan bravely attempted to attach the electrodes of
> knowledge to the nipples of ignorance by saying:
>
> >OK, people, go back to your homes. There's nothing to see here. I'm
> >nipping this cascade in the bud.
> >
> >--Nathan "Cascade Cop, molesting the peace" Sullivan
>
> Um Nathan, seeing as your one of the only rhodents who didn't cross
> over to the afda dark side and seeing there are cascades, question
> cascades and double question cascades going on behind your back, could
> you deputies me for cascade snipping in afda and afda related froups
> only?
I believe that can be arranged.
*Nathan pulls out his anti-cascade gun*[0]
I anoint thee a Cascade Deputy. Go forth and assassinate cascades in
the heathen lands.
--Nathan "Cascade Cop, putting the brutal back in police brutality"
Sullivan
[0] Go ahead, say it.
--
Nathan Sullivan alf...@pants.nu
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.
Jim Evans
On 9 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
[snip]
> *Nathan pulls out his anti-cascade gun*[0]
> I anoint thee a Cascade Deputy. Go forth and assassinate cascades in
> the heathen lands.
>
> --Nathan "Cascade Cop, putting the brutal back in police brutality"
> Sullivan
>
> [0] Go ahead, say it.
[0'] I've never heard it called *that* before.
JIM, is there anything that phrase can't do?
Lane Gray, Czar Castic
Kevin Kelley wrote:
>I thought I liked budweiser, until today... I started homebrewing a
>few weeks ago, and am drinking my second batch now. Shortage of
>bottles is a problem, so figuring that new ones cost 10 bucks a case
>plus shipping, and I'm not in the mood for dumpster-diving, I bought
>a case of bottled bud at 18, giving a marginal cost of maybe five
>dollars. But the taste of my brown ale is still in my mind, and this
>stuff just don't seem worth it.
Try going to your local bar. They will usually let you have their longnecks for
about the amount of the deposit. Works much better if you have a dishwasher to
get the slop out of them. I have a home-brew shop around here that will sell
them (used beer bottles) for about 2.49 a case.
>
>PS to Lane: that gallon of quick mead, my first experiment, worked
>out pretty good, but a little sweet for my taste. Gallon of honey's on
>order (ten bucks, great price) for another try, which I'll promise to
>leave alone long enough for fermentation to complete.
WOW!! from who?!? I thought I had a good deal at $16 a gallon (12#, or $1.33 a
pound.)
Good deal.
As for the sweetness of the quick mead, not surprising. The recipe calls
for a *lot* of honey, and not enough time to ferment all of it that it can. try
again with less honey, or just let it run without the fridge bit, and let it run
for 3 months in the cellar, racking every month.
Now that Paul Kelly (how did you like the mead, Paul? Braggot ,G-labeled
bottles strong enough?) is back, he can probably talk some about the beer, I
mainly do the mead.
Lane
Kevin Kelley
> WOW!! from who?!? I thought I had a good deal at $16 a gallon (12#, or
> $1.33 a pound.)
> Good deal.
Miller's Honey, www.millershoney.com has 1-gal and 5-gal buckets; the
5 gallon is $45 to $50 per bucket depending on variety; 1-gallon is
$10 for Wildflower or $11.50 for Clover or Orange. Plus shipping...
depends on where you're at; for me it was $6.50 for 1 gal. It
hasn't arrived yet but I've no reason to suspect any problem.
Kevin Kelley
Lane Gray, Czar Castic
Kevin Kelley wrote in message <7G3YN1s=0y3yzf5oui...@4ax.com>...
Neat. I have been hearing about them for a little while, but am usually too
lazy to websurf. I will have to check them out.
Lane Gray, dobroist(http://members.aol.com/e9c6zum/shesgone.wav), mead
maker steel picker, Dagorhirim, husband. Order of importance subject to
daily change. Bounce the ball to reply
I tried to keep in touch with reality, but it got a restraining order.(Jim
Evans)
Screwtape
>While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
><lee...@kettering.edu> said:
>
>; > Yes, no, and yes.
>;
>; s/yes\./hell./g
>;
>; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
>
>RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
>say is:
>
> s/yes/hell/
You never know. There might be caseinsensitive regexps out there.
I suspect my own internal regexp is case insensitive. If you can forward me the
appropriate flash update, though, I'd be glad to apply it.
Screwtape,
"there is no pain, you are receeding"
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Admiral Jota
> Admiral Jota <jo...@shell1.tiac.net> wrote:
>> Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> wrote:
>>> The Other Scott --Writes not-so-dopey video games about llamas
>> Waitaminute. I thought it was Douglas whose game involved a llama?
> <does his homework>
> Damn. I have mixed up Scott Adams (http://www.pcii.net/~msadams/)
> with Jeff Minter (http://www.magicnet.net/~yak/). And I'm not qualified
> to comment on HGTTG. I never made it out of the mud.
> I hang my head in shame.
Tsk, tsk, tsk. I'm sorry, but I can only give you partial credit for that
answer. I'll give five slightly-used Postal Service stickers to the first
person who can correctly tell me which Douglas Adams game features a
llama. And no fair asking on afda.
--
_/<-= Admiral Jota =->\_
\<-= jo...@tiac.net =->/
Motti
the nipples of ignorance by saying:
>
>
>[snip]
>> *Nathan pulls out his anti-cascade gun*[0]
>> I anoint thee a Cascade Deputy. Go forth and assassinate cascades in
>> the heathen lands.
>>
>> --Nathan "Cascade Cop, putting the brutal back in police brutality"
>> Sullivan
>
Oy we'll have none of that here son.
[Sorry, just checking out my badge, I'll stick to afda from now on]
-<Motti Deputy Cascade Cop>-
"I anoint thee a Cascade Deputy. Go forth and assassinate cascades in the heathen lands."
Nathan Sullivan
ICQ # 12888092
Jim Evans
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999, Motti wrote:
> Jim Evans bravely attempted to attach the electrodes of knowledge to
> the nipples of ignorance by saying:
> >
> >
> >On 9 Sep 1999, Nathan Sullivan wrote:
> >[snip]
> >> *Nathan pulls out his anti-cascade gun*[0]
> >> I anoint thee a Cascade Deputy. Go forth and assassinate cascades in
> >> the heathen lands.
> >>
> >> --Nathan "Cascade Cop, putting the brutal back in police brutality"
> >> Sullivan
> >
> >[0'] I've never heard it called *that* before.
>
> Oy we'll have none of that here son.
What?! That's not even a cascade! Just a lame in-joke! Honest, officer!
It said it was over eighteen!
> [Sorry, just checking out my badge, I'll stick to afda from now on]
Hmf. I'm being poisecuted...
JIM, now appearing five nights a week in Lane's .sig
Noser the Fishless
Admiral Jota wrote:
>
> Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> wrote:
> > Admiral Jota <jo...@shell1.tiac.net> wrote:
> >> Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> wrote:
>
> >>> The Other Scott --Writes not-so-dopey video games about llamas
>
> >> Waitaminute. I thought it was Douglas whose game involved a llama?
>
> > <does his homework>
>
> > Damn. I have mixed up Scott Adams (http://www.pcii.net/~msadams/)
> > with Jeff Minter (http://www.magicnet.net/~yak/). And I'm not qualified
> > to comment on HGTTG. I never made it out of the mud.
>
> > I hang my head in shame.
>
> Tsk, tsk, tsk. I'm sorry, but I can only give you partial credit for that
> answer. I'll give five slightly-used Postal Service stickers to the first
> person who can correctly tell me which Douglas Adams game features a
> llama. And no fair asking on afda.
>
That'd be Bureaucracy, Bob.
- Noser the Fishless
Lars Clausen
> Neat. I have been hearing about them for a little while, but am usually
> too lazy to websurf. I will have to check them out.
Now isn't *that* just a whole new order of magnitude of laziness?
-Lars "Lazy enough to program" Clausen
Lane Gray, Czar Castic
Lars Clausen wrote in message ...
>On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, E9c6z...@mwis.net wrote:
>
>> Neat. I have been hearing about them for a little while, but am usually
>> too lazy to websurf. I will have to check them out.
>
>Now isn't *that* just a whole new order of magnitude of laziness?
>
>-Lars "Lazy enough to program" Clausen
need be, and in other words, minimize bandwidth, I wouldn't mind, but it seems
they just load stuff to look cool and not further the delivery of the content.
I think our ol' pal B1FF is the webmonster of the universe
lee...@kettering.edu
> While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
> <lee...@kettering.edu> said:
>
> ; > Yes, no, and yes.
> ;
> ; s/yes\./hell./g
> ;
> ; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
>
> RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
> say is:
>
> s/yes/hell/
I was giving the generalized formula for matching any similar phrase in
any case when given with the [-/]i option normalized to the standard rhod
g///p notation. Please try to keep up.
____________________________________________________________________________
|
"A little nonsense now and then, | "If it walks out of the fridge, let
Is relished by the wisest men." | it go" -- John Dougherty
--W.W. | "If it loves you it will come back."
| -- Ian Davis
__________________________________|_________________________________________
Theta Xi
Kappa Sigma 1175
Jim Evans
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 lee...@kettering.edu wrote:
> On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
>
> > While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
> > <lee...@kettering.edu> said:
> >
> > ; > Yes, no, and yes.
> > ;
> > ; s/yes\./hell./g
> > ;
> > ; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
> >
> > RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
> > say is:
> >
> > s/yes/hell/
>
> I was giving the generalized formula for matching any similar phrase in
> any case when given with the [-/]i option normalized to the standard rhod
> g///p notation. Please try to keep up.
Please come back and repeat that when I've had less beer.
JIM
Screwtape
>SPOILER WARNING
>
>
>
>You need to find the magic lamp and Tycho Brahe's nose to get out of
>the mud. (But remember to fill the bucket with mud first--you'll need
>it when you meet the incontinent dragon.)
>
>I must say that it's rare to find someone else who's played
>"Hog-Grappling Titan-Terminating Gardeners".
How did you do that? Make my news reader *-out all your text like that? I've
never ever heard of anything like that ever!
Jason Willoughby
vvvvvv
>>
^^^^^^
> How did you do that? Make my news reader *-out all your text like that? I've
> never ever heard of anything like that ever!
There's a '^L', a page break, on that line. Official Usenet[1] for
"Here Be Spoilers" and signal to your newsreader that the following text
should be hidden. My own just inserts a screen-full of space, but
others are more clever.
If anybody's newsreader ignores that line, please report it as a bug.
You risk unspeakable damage to mind and soul.
[1] Hah!
Paul L. Kelly
me by saying:
>WOW!! from who?!? I thought I had a good deal at $16 a gallon (12#, or $1.33 a
>pound.)
>Good deal.
> As for the sweetness of the quick mead, not surprising. The recipe calls
>for a *lot* of honey, and not enough time to ferment all of it that it can. try
>again with less honey, or just let it run without the fridge bit, and let it run
>for 3 months in the cellar, racking every month.
>Now that Paul Kelly (how did you like the mead, Paul? Braggot ,G-labeled
>bottles strong enough?) is back, he can probably talk some about the beer, I
>mainly do the mead.
One of the meads was way too sweet for my taste, but the other one was
pretty good. Still sweet, but the flavor was great. I diluted it with
seltzer water and loved it. The braggot was great at first, but by the
time I opened the last bottle it was REALLY fizzy and sour. What's the
recipe for the braggot? I'd be interested in trying that one out
sometime.
I've made mead too, but I've tended towards drier, more wine-like
recipes. IMO Charlie Papazian's "Barkshack Gingermead" is a good
starting point, although IIRC he uses corn sugar as part of the
fermentables. I try to avoid corn sugar as much as possible, since it
adds only alcohol and CO2 and subtracts a significant amount of
character in the bargain. One thing I've done several times has been
to make a mead with about 1.5 to 2/lbs honey per gallon, and ferment
with fruit or fruit juice. My most successful version of this used
winesap apples. Primary fermentation was in a bucket for one week,
after which I racked to a glass carboy for a three-month secondary. At
bottling time I made a tea from a cup of cider mulling mix (Cider Mate
by Frontier Cooperative Herbs, check your local health food store) in
a quart of water. I primed using the same mix, with about 3/4 cup corn
sugar (okay, so I used corn sugar BUT IT WAS JUST FOR PRIMING) This
"tea" went into the mead just before bottling. I bottled in champagne
bottles with stoppers and wire hoods.
I guess I forgot to say that I fermented with Red Star Pasteur
Champagne yeast. This yeast has about the highest alcohol tolerance of
any fungus in the world. I've had some meads that came to over 13%
abv, based upon hydrometer readings. I'm skeptical of that
measurement, but from my subjective experience it does produce more
ethanol than any other yeast I've used. Priming with just a touch more
fermentable sugar at bottling time allows for a sparkling beverage.
This recipe turned out like very dry champagne with hints of honey and
apples, along with allspice, star anise, orange peel, cinnamon...if
you think of the flavors of apple pie, loaded into a bottle of
champagne, you've got the basic idea.
Anyway, that batch of mead proved to me the value of aging. It was
still improving after three years, and I made the batch some eight
or nine years ago. I only know about the quality after three years
because that was when we drank the last of it. The last, save one.
My brother has the last bottle, and won't let me have it back, the
rotten bastard. That stuff is probably nothing short of pure heaven
now.
Sorry to go on so long, but you got me on one of my favorite subjects.
I guess it's time to make some more. Heck, I've got a gallon of
organic apple juice, and a gallon of honey, and a carboy. It's
Saturday. Hmmmmmmm.
--
Paul L. Kelly, whose daughter's soon-to-be world famous ornamental horned
frog has, proportionate to its body size, the largest mouth on the planet.
bright...@mindspring.com
Put periods in-between the words to send me e-mail. Or if you know
my real address you can use that.
Paul L. Kelly
me by saying:
>
>Lars Clausen wrote in message ...
>>On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, E9c6z...@mwis.net wrote:
>>
>>> Neat. I have been hearing about them for a little while, but am usually
>>> too lazy to websurf. I will have to check them out.
>>
>>Now isn't *that* just a whole new order of magnitude of laziness?
>>
>>-Lars "Lazy enough to program" Clausen
>If the webmasters would stick to mostly HTML files, and no more graphics than
>need be, and in other words, minimize bandwidth, I wouldn't mind, but it seems
>they just load stuff to look cool and not further the delivery of the content.
>I think our ol' pal B1FF is the webmonster of the universe
Okay Lane, time to upgrade that modem from 9600 to 14.4. I think I may
have an old Zoltrex sitting around somewhere. E-mail me your address,
and I'll get you on the wide world of webs right smart :)
Paul L. Kelly
saying:
>Screwtape <s...@ferd2.thristian.org> wrote:
Mine just shows a miniature picture of a blank page.
1 - FNM
Ed Chauvin IV
Forte Agent 1.5/32.451
>Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> attempted to infuriate me by
>saying:
>
>>Screwtape <s...@ferd2.thristian.org> wrote:
>>> Chris Reuter schrieb:
>>>>SPOILER WARNING
>>>>
>>
>>vvvvvv
>>>>
>>^^^^^^
>>
>>> How did you do that? Make my news reader *-out all your text like that? I've
>>> never ever heard of anything like that ever!
>>
>>There's a '^L', a page break, on that line. Official Usenet[1] for
>>"Here Be Spoilers" and signal to your newsreader that the following text
>>should be hidden. My own just inserts a screen-full of space, but
>>others are more clever.
>>
>>If anybody's newsreader ignores that line, please report it as a bug.
>>You risk unspeakable damage to mind and soul.
>
>Mine just shows a miniature picture of a blank page.
>
>1 - FNM
It does? I just see a thick bar, and then the rest of the post is
normal.
Is there some option that enables this behavior that I'm missing? Or
do you think they dropped it with v1.6?
Lane Gray, Czar Castic
Paul L. Kelly wrote: >Okay Lane, time to upgrade that modem from 9600 to 14.4. I
think I may
>have an old Zoltrex sitting around somewhere. E-mail me your address,
>and I'll get you on the wide world of webs right smart :)
>
keeping it simple. The rest of it is just "All Hat, No Cattle" Like the album
from steel guitarist Joe Goldmark. Then again, I always preferred Jerry Garcia
to Eddy Van Halen and Joe Pass to Al DiMeola.
just my preference.
Lane
Screwtape
>Screwtape <s...@ferd2.thristian.org> wrote:
>> Chris Reuter schrieb:
>>>SPOILER WARNING
>>>
>
>vvvvvv
>>>
>^^^^^^
>
>> How did you do that? Make my news reader *-out all your text like that? I've
>> never ever heard of anything like that ever!
>
>There's a '^L', a page break, on that line. Official Usenet[1] for
Ahh.. See, I saw the ^L quite well, and so didn't realise it was interpreted.
And I thought the Official Usenet for spoilers was ROT13..
>"Here Be Spoilers" and signal to your newsreader that the following text
>should be hidden. My own just inserts a screen-full of space, but
>others are more clever.
Still, I'm very impressed. Very very impressed.
>If anybody's newsreader ignores that line, please report it as a bug.
>You risk unspeakable damage to mind and soul.
Another reason to use slrn: avoid eternal curses!
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Jeffrey Kaplan
said:
; Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
; >While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
; ><lee...@kettering.edu> said:
; >
; >; > Yes, no, and yes.
; >;
; >; s/yes\./hell./g
; >;
; >; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
; >
; >RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
; >say is:
; >
; > s/yes/hell/
;
; You never know. There might be caseinsensitive regexps out there.
Then by definition, it's not a real regexp. Regexp is case sensitive.
That's why to match any letter, you use this expression: [a-zA-Z]
And to do a ROT13, something along the lines of:
translate [a-zA-Z] [n-mN-M]
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There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"One of these days, Garibaldi, you'll learn to watch your back."
(Walker Smith, "TKO")
Jeffrey Kaplan
said:
; >Mine just shows a miniature picture of a blank page.
; >
; >1 - FNM
;
; It does? I just see a thick bar, and then the rest of the post is
; normal.
;
; Is there some option that enables this behavior that I'm missing? Or
; do you think they dropped it with v1.6?
That depends on your charset/font settings. The original (^L) in mine
showed as a solid black square.
--
Jeffrey Kaplan <*> I'm set up for PGP. Are you?
jka...@world.std.com <*> There is only one "l" in my name
There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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The World does not necessarily agree with my opinions.
"I, uhh... think I have a problem." (Dr. Franklin, B5 "Ceremonies Of
Light And Dark")
Chris Reuter
In article <37dc8691....@news.mindspring.com>,
Paul L. Kelly <bright...@mindspring.com> wrote:
>Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> attempted to infuriate me by
>saying:
>
>>Screwtape <s...@ferd2.thristian.org> wrote:
>>There's a '^L', a page break, on that line. Official Usenet[1] for
>>should be hidden. My own just inserts a screen-full of space, but
>>others are more clever.
>>
>>You risk unspeakable damage to mind and soul.
>
Mine asks me a bunch of questions to make sure I've already
seen/played/read the spoiler's subject before it'll show me the rest
of the post.
--Chris
[1] Hah! [2]
[2] Yes, I know it's not my footnote. I just felt it bore repeating.
Paul L. Kelly
me by saying:
>
How can you compare Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen? Garcia's dead. Van
Halen's just terribly boring.
Lane Gray, Czar Castic
Paul L. Kelly wrote in message <37db9971....@news.mindspring.com>...
>"Lane Gray, Czar Castic" <E9c6z...@mwis.net> attempted to infuriate
>me by saying:
>
>>
>>Paul L. Kelly wrote: >Okay Lane, time to upgrade that modem from 9600 to 14.4.
I
>>think I may
>>>have an old Zoltrex sitting around somewhere. E-mail me your address,
>>>and I'll get you on the wide world of webs right smart :)
>>>
>>Hell, I have a V.90, I just think that you can say a lot with just the HTML,
and
>>keeping it simple. The rest of it is just "All Hat, No Cattle" Like the album
>>from steel guitarist Joe Goldmark. Then again, I always preferred Jerry
Garcia
>>to Eddy Van Halen and Joe Pass to Al DiMeola.
>
>How can you compare Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen? Garcia's dead. Van
>Halen's just terribly boring.
>
who can say what they have to say in a manner sufficient to make the point
without being bombastic.
Lane Gray, dobroist(http://members.aol.com/e9c6zum/shesgone.wav), mead
maker steel picker, Dagorhirim, husband. Order of importance subject to
daily change. Bounce the ball to reply
Lane Gray, Czar Castic
Paul L. Kelly wrote:
>One of the meads was way too sweet for my taste, but the other one was
>pretty good. Still sweet, but the flavor was great. I diluted it with
>seltzer water and loved it.
year old this christmas. tha is rather yummy, except it's a little dry for us
The braggot was great at first, but by the
>time I opened the last bottle it was REALLY fizzy and sour. What's the
>recipe for the braggot? I'd be interested in trying that one out
>sometime.
Sorry about the fizzy and sour. It doesn't appear to be aging all that well
here, either.
One can Munton's Nut Brown Ale (it was from the connoisseurs' series), 2 five#
jars of honey THe second one went in as it went to secondary, and a Tablespoon
of Fuggles as it went into the tertiary.
the first 5# if honey went in right as I killed the heat to the boil of the
extract and water.. (Used Danstar Windsor yeast) about 10 days in primary,
added the second 5# honey as it went to secondary, I sort of dry-hopped ( I put
the muslin bag in a cup of boiling water just to be on the safe side, then
poured the water in along with thee bag) when I racked to tertiary when the
airlock activity was once every minute. Another 10 days, and activity was down
to 2 minutes (like most meads, activity was roused when I racked to tertiary).
I added 1 1/3 cups of corn sugar at bottling, but I didn't get it mixed well, I
got *very* inconsistent priming; 3 flat (or nearly so) bottles so far and 2
grenades. Next time I stir well in addition to using siphon turbulence and
rocking the carboy.
Made about 6.25 US gallons
>
>I guess I forgot to say that I fermented with Red Star Pasteur
>Champagne yeast. This yeast has about the highest alcohol tolerance of
>any fungus in the world. I've had some meads that came to over 13%
>abv, based upon hydrometer readings. I'm skeptical of that
>measurement, but from my subjective experience it does produce more
>ethanol than any other yeast I've used.
2 different recipator websites ( I haven't gotten around to d/ling my own yet)
say I got a potential of 12.5%, and with the final reading I took, it finished
with a potential of about 0.15 Not bad for an ale yeast.
Admiral Jota
> Admiral Jota wrote:
>> I'll give five slightly-used Postal Service stickers to the first
>> person who can correctly tell me which Douglas Adams game features a
>> llama. And no fair asking on afda.
> That'd be Bureaucracy, Bob.
Correct! You may now proceed to round two. Your grand total so far is one
pamphlet, two spell scrolls (frotz and filfre), three crown jewels, four
walk-in mushrooms, and five slightly used postage stamps. You'll be
eligible to add a half dozen magicl rods to you total if you can tell me
which text adventure game allowed you to travel through time and space by
use of tarot cards, maps, and books.
Noser the Fishless
Never got anywhere in it, but I'd have to say "Curses".
- Noser the Fishless but not Uselesstextadventuretrivialess
Ed Chauvin IV
newsreader Forte Agent 1.6/32.525
>While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Ed Chauvin IV
>said:
>
>; >Mine just shows a miniature picture of a blank page.
>; >
>; >1 - FNM
>;
>; It does? I just see a thick bar, and then the rest of the post is
>; normal.
>;
>; Is there some option that enables this behavior that I'm missing? Or
>; do you think they dropped it with v1.6?
>
>That depends on your charset/font settings. The original (^L) in mine
>showed as a solid black square.
OK, I thought you were getting the automatic hiding of the rest of the
text. I was obviously mistaken. Would whoever did so please return
me?
lee...@kettering.edu
> In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
> rec.humor.oracle.d, Paul L. Kelly used a less than adequate newsreader
> Forte Agent 1.5/32.451
> to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
>
> >Jason Willoughby <jwil...@gate.net> attempted to infuriate me by
> >saying:
> >
> >>Screwtape <s...@ferd2.thristian.org> wrote:
> >>> Chris Reuter schrieb:
> >>>>SPOILER WARNING
> >>>>
> >>
> >>vvvvvv
> >>>>
> >>^^^^^^
> >>
> >>> How did you do that? Make my news reader *-out all your text like that? I've
> >>> never ever heard of anything like that ever!
> >>
> >>There's a '^L', a page break, on that line. Official Usenet[1] for
> >>"Here Be Spoilers" and signal to your newsreader that the following text
> >>should be hidden. My own just inserts a screen-full of space, but
> >>others are more clever.
> >>
> >>If anybody's newsreader ignores that line, please report it as a bug.
> >>You risk unspeakable damage to mind and soul.
> >
> >Mine just shows a miniature picture of a blank page.
> >
> >1 - FNM
>
> It does? I just see a thick bar, and then the rest of the post is
> normal.
>
> Is there some option that enables this behavior that I'm missing? Or
> do you think they dropped it with v1.6?
Pine just shows ^L and keeps on going. I just checked MT Newswatcher and
it shows a section symbol (§) and cuts off the rest of the text. At the
bottom it says "Part 1 of 2" and has a little set of arrows to jump back
and forth between the parts. Everything after the ^L is of course in the
second part.
____________________________________________________________________________
"A little nonsense now and then, |"If it walks out of the fridge, let it go"
Is relished by the wisest men." | -- John Dougherty "If it loves you it
--W.W.| will come back." -- Ian Davis (in RHOD)
_________________________________|_________________________________________
Theta Xi
Kappa Sigma 1175
The (Usually) Dumb Quote of the Day:
Why do you press harder on a remote-control when you know
the battery is dead?Ê
lee...@kettering.edu
> While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Screwtape
> said:
>
> ; Jeffrey Kaplan schrieb:
> ; >While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
> ; ><lee...@kettering.edu> said:
> ; >
> ; >; > Yes, no, and yes.
> ; >;
> ; >; s/yes\./hell./g
> ; >;
> ; >; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
> ; >
> ; >RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
> ; >say is:
> ; >
> ; > s/yes/hell/
> ;
> ; You never know. There might be caseinsensitive regexps out there.
>
> Then by definition, it's not a real regexp. Regexp is case sensitive.
> That's why to match any letter, you use this expression: [a-zA-Z]
Most tools have some form of case insensitive switch. I'd also be wary
of stuff written for case-insensitive OSes like Windows or MacOS.
Another way to match any letter is to use [[:alpha:]] or [[:upper:]] or
[[:lower:]] to get upper or lower case only. This works in POSIX-compliant
rexexps and includes things like ñ which [a-z] doesn't. Basically you put
[:...:] into any normal character class so something like [^[:alpha:]]
gives you anything but a letter or [357[:alpha:].?!] to match any letter,
a 3, a 5, a 7, a period, a question mark, or an exclamation point.
lee...@kettering.edu
Um, that's not a text adventure. That's just a character terminal library.
Sorry to ruin your delusions.
____________________________________________________________________________
"A little nonsense now and then, |"If it walks out of the fridge, let it go"
Is relished by the wisest men." | -- John Dougherty "If it loves you it
--W.W.| will come back." -- Ian Davis (in RHOD)
_________________________________|_________________________________________
Theta Xi
Kappa Sigma 1175
The (Usually) Dumb Quote of the Day:
Why do you press harder on a remote-control when you know
the battery is dead?Ê
Admiral Jota
> On Sun, 12 Sep 1999, Noser the Fishless wrote:
>> Never got anywhere in it, but I'd have to say "Curses".
> Um, that's not a text adventure. That's just a character terminal library.
> Sorry to ruin your delusions.
Oh, that's just a lot of ballyhoo. There's no way you could convince
anyone in this small world that it's a character terminal library. Babel
all you want, I don't expect any enlightenment from you. I suspect that
you're all just a bunch of cutthroats and guilty bastards.
Sorry, I've been inhumane. I-0 you an apology for that outburst. There
could be many meanings for 'curses'; lists and lists of them. This froup
is supposed to be a-muse-ing, but I've only been nasty since my arrival.
If I could undo it I could, but I've gone so far...
Daniel E. Macks
: While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Screwtape said:
: ;
: ; You never know. There might be caseinsensitive regexps out there.
:
: Then by definition, it's not a real regexp. Regexp is case sensitive.
Assuming the system itself is. But otherwise yes. That's why there are
those after-the-second-pattern flags. I *think* the standard RHOD
options are _i_gnore-case and _g_lobal-(vs.-one-time).
: That's why to match any letter, you use this expression: [a-zA-Z]
:
: And to do a ROT13, something along the lines of:
:
: translate [a-zA-Z] [n-mN-M]
I'm pretty sure regexp letter ranges don't roll over. Or fetch. Or felch.
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies play Dead
--
Daniel Macks
dma...@a.chem.upenn.edu
dma...@netspace.org
http://www.netspace.org/~dmacks
Daniel E. Macks
: On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 lee...@kettering.edu wrote:
: > On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, Jeffrey Kaplan wrote:
: > > While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
: > > ; >
: > > ; > Yes, no, and yes.
: > > ;
: > > ; s/yes\./hell./g
: > > ;
: > > ; (I've been studying regexps. Can you tell?)
: > >
: > > RegEx for which app? The regex I know of to do what you are trying to
: > > say is:
: > >
: > > s/yes/hell/
: > I was giving the generalized formula for matching any similar phrase in
: > any case when given with the [-/]i option normalized to the standard rhod
: > g///p notation. Please try to keep up.
:
: Please come back and repeat that when I've had less beer.
Sorry, I'm using a bare-bones system at the moment...how about more instead?
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies are, milligram for
milligram, about to beat the shit out of NFS.
Daniel E. Macks
: Jeffrey Kaplan used a less than adequate newsreader to scribe:
: >While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that,
: >; >
: >; >Mine just shows a miniature picture of a blank page.
: >;
: >; It does? I just see a thick bar, and then the rest of the post is
: >; normal.
: >;
: >; Is there some option that enables this behavior that I'm missing? Or
: >; do you think they dropped it with v1.6?
: >That depends on your charset/font settings. The original (^L) in mine
: >showed as a solid black square.
:
: text. I was obviously mistaken. Would whoever did so please return
: me?
NoI'msorrythereisn'ttimeandbesidesIfedyoutoPaulL.Kelley'sdaughter'sPacManFrog
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies think Ms. Pac Man is a babe
Matt Kerbel
(lee...@kettering.edu) writes:
>
>> >>>>SPOILER WARNING
>> >>>>
>> >>
>> >>vvvvvv
>> >>>>
>> >>^^^^^^
>> >>
>> >>> How did you do that? Make my news reader *-out all your text like that? I've
>> >>> never ever heard of anything like that ever!
>> >>
>> >>There's a '^L', a page break, on that line. Official Usenet[1] for
>> >>"Here Be Spoilers" and signal to your newsreader that the following text
>> >>should be hidden. My own just inserts a screen-full of space, but
>> >>others are more clever.
>> >>
>> >>If anybody's newsreader ignores that line, please report it as a bug.
>> >>You risk unspeakable damage to mind and soul.
>> >
>> >
>>
>> It does? I just see a thick bar, and then the rest of the post is
>> normal.
>>
>> Is there some option that enables this behavior that I'm missing? Or
>> do you think they dropped it with v1.6?
>
> bottom it says "Part 1 of 2" and has a little set of arrows to jump back
> and forth between the parts. Everything after the ^L is of course in the
> second part.
The good old dumb freenet newsreader (mgnr, I believe it's called)
pauses the screen when it hits the tag. Basically it treats that tag
like it's reached the bottom of the screen and you have to press the
space bar to move down to the next screen of text.
I think it's kinda neat that all these programs do something
different for the same code. Of course, the much more sophisticated
(*snicker*) Netscape newsreader does nothing different except fail to
even display the tag itself.
--Matt
lee...@kettering.edu
> Jeffrey Kaplan <jkap...@world.std.com> said:
> : While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Screwtape said:
> : ;
> : ; You never know. There might be caseinsensitive regexps out there.
> :
> : Then by definition, it's not a real regexp. Regexp is case sensitive.
>
> Assuming the system itself is. But otherwise yes. That's why there are
> those after-the-second-pattern flags. I *think* the standard RHOD
> options are _i_gnore-case and _g_lobal-(vs.-one-time).
>
> : That's why to match any letter, you use this expression: [a-zA-Z]
> :
> : And to do a ROT13, something along the lines of:
> :
> : translate [a-zA-Z] [n-mN-M]
>
> I'm pretty sure regexp letter ranges don't roll over. Or fetch. Or felch.
It depends on the engine. Some engines take something like [n-m] and turn
it into [m-n]. Not entirely useful but something like [m-a] if it were a
typo, would be. Others decide to turn it into the equivalent of n|-|m
(match an n, a - or an m). I don't remember hearing of an engine that
actually wrapped around. I would assume that it would wrap not only
through the letters but through the entire character set (i.e. matching
[.\n] or . if . matches \n on that particular engine).
____________________________________________________________________________
"A little nonsense now and then, |"If it walks out of the fridge, let it go"
Is relished by the wisest men." | -- John Dougherty "If it loves you it
--W.W.| will come back." -- Ian Davis (in RHOD)
_________________________________|_________________________________________
Theta Xi
Kappa Sigma 1175
The (Usually) Dumb Quote of the Day:
Crime doesn't pay... does that mean my job is a crime?Ê
Jeffrey Kaplan
Macks said:
; : Then by definition, it's not a real regexp. Regexp is case sensitive.
;
; Assuming the system itself is. But otherwise yes. That's why there are
; those after-the-second-pattern flags. I *think* the standard RHOD
; options are _i_gnore-case and _g_lobal-(vs.-one-time).
I've always assumed that we were giving the command lines with no
preset options.
; : That's why to match any letter, you use this expression: [a-zA-Z]
; : And to do a ROT13, something along the lines of:
; : translate [a-zA-Z] [n-mN-M]
; I'm pretty sure regexp letter ranges don't roll over. Or fetch. Or felch.
Hmm... check docs... yah, you're right, mea culpa.
; dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies play Dead
Do they filch?
--
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There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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become more like them." (Dr. Mary Kirkish, B5 "Messages From Earth")
Screwtape
>
>Paul L. Kelly wrote: >Okay Lane, time to upgrade that modem from 9600 to 14.4. I
>think I may
>>have an old Zoltrex sitting around somewhere. E-mail me your address,
>>and I'll get you on the wide world of webs right smart :)
>>
>Hell, I have a V.90, I just think that you can say a lot with just the HTML, and
>keeping it simple. The rest of it is just "All Hat, No Cattle" Like the album
Seen www.kibo.com? Webdesign along those very same lines.
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Lars Clausen
> In the presence of other members of the ill reputed
> rec.humor.oracle.d, Jeffrey Kaplan used a less than adequate
> newsreader Forte Agent 1.6/32.525
> to describe Re: Deeper mysteries of the Universe
>
>>While idling wondering if the Pakmara can really do that, Ed Chauvin IV
>>said:
>>
>>; >Mine just shows a miniature picture of a blank page.
>>; >
>>; >1 - FNM
>>;
>>; It does? I just see a thick bar, and then the rest of the post is
>>; normal.
>>;
>>; Is there some option that enables this behavior that I'm missing? Or
>>; do you think they dropped it with v1.6?
>>
>>That depends on your charset/font settings. The original (^L) in mine
>>showed as a solid black square.
>
> OK, I thought you were getting the automatic hiding of the rest of the
> text. I was obviously mistaken. Would whoever did so please return
> me?
return(me);
At *followup to Ed Chauvin, IV on rec.humor.oracle.d*:33:Ambiguous
overloading of `me':
edc...@newsguy.com
lrcl...@cs.uiuc.edu
Errors found. Compilation aborted.
Matthew Thomas
>...
> > > > > There's a '^L', a page break, on that line. Official
> > > > > Usenet[1] for "Here Be Spoilers" and signal to your newsreader
> > > > > that the following text should be hidden. My own just inserts
> > > > > a screen-full of space, but others are more clever.
> > > > >
> > > > > If anybody's newsreader ignores that line, please report it as
> > > > > a bug. You risk unspeakable damage to mind and soul.
> The good old dumb freenet newsreader (mgnr, I believe it's called)
> pauses the screen when it hits the tag. Basically it treats that tag
> like it's reached the bottom of the screen and you have to press the
> space bar to move down to the next screen of text.
>
> I think it's kinda neat that all these programs do something
> different for the same code. Of course, the much more sophisticated
> (*snicker*) Netscape newsreader does nothing different except fail to
> even display the tag itself.
And of course, you reported it as a bug to http://www.mozilla.org/,
citing the relevant RFC, didn't you?
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Matthew `yes, of course you did, otherwise you wouldn't complain' Thomas
http://critique.net.nz/
Al Sharka
} >
} Then again, I always preferred Jerry Garcia
} to Eddy Van Halen and Joe Pass to Al DiMeola.
}
And you are allowed to have your opinions. There are times that
I prefer Acoustic Alchemy or Earl Klugh to DiMeola as well. Just
out of curiosity though, have you ever listened to "Mediterranean
Sundance" from the "Elegant Gypsy" album? It's an acoustic duet
with Paco de Lucia.
Richard Fitzpatrick
1999 12:17:11 GMT
>"Lane Gray, Czar Castic" attempted to infuriate me by saying:
<snip>
>>I always preferred Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen...
>
>How can you compare Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen? Garcia's dead...
But is he still Grateful?
Richard
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Pull your.finger out to email.
Daniel E. Macks
: Paul L. Kelly (The Dots/Coloured Girls/Messengers guy) said:
: >"Lane Gray, Czar-tastic" attempted to infuriate Paul by saying:
: >>
: >>I always preferred Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen...
: >
: >How can you compare Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen? Garcia's dead...
:
: But is he still Grateful?
I'd be more grateful if Jerry and Eddy traded places. Necrologically-
speaking, I mean. Ben'n'Jerry's' ice cream is fine with the Dead the
way it is, whether or not he is.
dan, whose bright red Siamese fighting fishies would like a pint of
Edy's Van Halen
Jeffrey Kaplan
Fitzpatrick said:
; Paul L. Kelly (not the Dots/Coloured Girls/Messengers guy) said on Sun, 12 Sep
; 1999 12:17:11 GMT
; >"Lane Gray, Czar Castic" attempted to infuriate me by saying:
; <snip>
; >>I always preferred Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen...
; >
; >How can you compare Jerry Garcia to Eddy Van Halen? Garcia's dead...
;
; But is he still Grateful?
I know I am... :)
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There is no need to copy to me via email a newsgroup follow-up.
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Departure")
Matt Kerbel
Matthew Thomas (mp...@student.canterbury.ac.nz) writes:
> Matt Kerbel wrote:
>>
>> I think it's kinda neat that all these programs do something
>> different for the same code. Of course, the much more sophisticated
>> (*snicker*) Netscape newsreader does nothing different except fail to
>> even display the tag itself.
>
> citing the relevant RFC, didn't you?
I believe so, yes. Last night, while I was sleepwalking. I deleted
it from my SentMail folder right after I sent it, though, so I can't
be certain.
But thanks for asking. 8)
--Matt