Nov 03 14:17:55 <SeanS> i think i will follow mark's possible example and cruise up to the wine store
Nov 03 14:18:01 <Dan> k
Nov 03 14:18:14 <Dan> I'll be here upon your return.
Nov 03 14:18:29 <SeanS> okey
Nov 03 14:35:14 <SeanS> backey
Nov 03 14:35:22 <Dan> wb
Nov 03 14:35:39 <Dan> Typing up a post for the list.
Nov 03 14:36:02 <SeanS> sipping on a glass of water
Nov 03 14:59:07 <SeanS> hmm, chat start time imminant
Nov 03 15:00:03 <Dan> Yeah, I've copied the boilerplate into my post. That won't help the folks in digest mode, though.
Nov 03 15:00:33 <SeanS> it totally slipped my mind
Nov 03 15:03:59 <Dan> Message sent.
Nov 03 15:05:21 * NickE (~NickE@172.159.181.94) has joined #knownspace
Nov 03 15:05:38 <SeanS> Greetings Mr. Edwards
Nov 03 15:06:33 <NickE> Hey matey, hi Dan
Nov 03 15:06:53 * senax (~frank@24.252.63.188) has joined #knownspace
Nov 03 15:07:24 <Dan> Hiya folks!
Nov 03 15:07:32 <NickE> Hi Dan Hi Frank
Nov 03 15:07:34 <senax> Hello.
Nov 03 15:08:12 <senax> First time I've made it this early in a while. I expected more of a turnout.
Nov 03 15:08:20 <SeanS> Hi Frank
Nov 03 15:08:24 <NickE> How you doin Dan? I finally caught up and read about your near miss
Nov 03 15:08:31 <Dan> The day is still young.
Nov 03 15:08:37 <SeanS> well, I forgot to put out the chat notice
Nov 03 15:09:04 <Dan> I'm healing slower than I want, but doing great otherwise.
Nov 03 15:09:15 <NickE> Thats good. Lyn?
Nov 03 15:09:45 <senax> Good to hear you're doing well, Dan.
Nov 03 15:09:57 <NickE> (I did get that right?)
Nov 03 15:10:10 <SeanS> you did ;)
Nov 03 15:10:17 <NickE> <phew!>
Nov 03 15:10:17 <Dan> 50th birthday today, in fact. Two of my stepchildren are here/in flight to get here. Lyn's two daughters.
Nov 03 15:10:27 <senax> Happy birthday!
Nov 03 15:10:28 <NickE> Happy BD Dude!
Nov 03 15:11:47 <Dan> Lyn is all excited about the girls being here. Spoken with their brother on the phone, he can't get time away from college right now, but will visit between semesters ASAP.
Nov 03 15:12:51 <Dan> I'm still unable to use mt left hand to type, or do much of anything, but my typing is getting fastr again.
Nov 03 15:12:53 <Dan> :)
Nov 03 15:13:14 <NickE> thats good
Nov 03 15:13:25 <NickE> Glad you were both basically OK
Nov 03 15:14:18 <Dan> Yeah. Lyn is out of the neck brace and no longer needs physical therapy or pain pills.
Nov 03 15:14:27 <NickE> Thats good
Nov 03 15:14:28 <SeanS> good to hear that
Nov 03 15:14:47 <NickE> brb
Nov 03 15:15:26 <Dan> So I'm just enjoying a long vacation away from work. LOL!
Nov 03 15:15:43 <SeanS> thats one way to look at it
Nov 03 15:17:11 <Dan> We've got enough cash in the bank to cover all the bills until New Years, and we have enough for food, too. So we're really far ahead of the game.
Nov 03 15:17:58 <Dan> The one major downside is that I'll have to get a loan to buy a new car.
Nov 03 15:18:49 <Dan> But enough about me. Who has spoilers for "Fleet..."?
Nov 03 15:19:09 <SeanS> i dont have a copy yet
Nov 03 15:19:25 <Dan> I won't be able to read it until the paperback comes out, as usual.
Nov 03 15:19:40 <SeanS> tho my girlfriend is driving by a Barnes and Noble later today so ya never know ;)
Nov 03 15:19:42 <senax> LOL. I wonder if some people are avoiding the chat because they haven't read it yet and figure we'll be talking about it.
Nov 03 15:20:06 <Dan> Could be. Never thought of that!
Nov 03 15:20:12 <SeanS> there was talk about doing a FoW specific chat next Saturday
Nov 03 15:20:44 <senax> I finished it a few days ago...was trying to finish it in time for last week's chat but couldn't
Nov 03 15:20:55 <NickE> I only just ordered mine
Nov 03 15:21:10 <Dan> That's when Ed has his first chance to get in on it, isn't it?
Nov 03 15:21:58 <NickE> Ed has turned up quite a few times recently
Nov 03 15:23:02 <NickE> Well, I've had a long enough vacation from work for now (was made redundant at end of August)
Nov 03 15:23:17 <senax> Sorry to hear that, Nick.
Nov 03 15:23:26 * Lensman (~lensman@24.124.118.241) has joined #knownspace
Nov 03 15:23:29 <NickE> So it's just as well I got a job offer yesterday!
Nov 03 15:23:34 <NickE> WooHoo!
Nov 03 15:23:35 <SeanS> excellent
Nov 03 15:23:40 <Dan> Hiya, Lens.
Nov 03 15:23:41 <senax> Cool.
Nov 03 15:23:44 <NickE> Hey Lens
Nov 03 15:23:47 <senax> Hi Lensman.
Nov 03 15:23:55 <Lensman> Congrats, Nick!
Nov 03 15:23:57 * Hippy (~captlychee@220.237.155.168) has joined #knownspace
Nov 03 15:24:05 <Lensman> Hi all. Can't stay, just peeking in.
Nov 03 15:24:07 <NickE> Yep. Pleased. Back working at Oxford Uni doing vaccine stuff
Nov 03 15:24:10 <Hippy> Good afternoon, everyone
Nov 03 15:24:16 * Lensman is now known as Lensman_free
Nov 03 15:24:17 <NickE> Hey dude
Nov 03 15:24:19 <Dan> Hey, hey, the gang is showing up!
Nov 03 15:24:20 <senax> Hi Hippy
Nov 03 15:24:30 <NickE> cool
Nov 03 15:24:34 <SeanS> hi Lens, Hippy
Nov 03 15:24:44 <Hippy> Howdy, senax, Sean
Nov 03 15:25:18 <Lensman_free> Hey Sean, is it okay if I change the subject line to "Fleet of Worlds chat here next Saturday" ?
Nov 03 15:25:19 * Hippy is now amazed that he has found a positive use for daylight saving time. He gets here earlier
Nov 03 15:25:49 <Dan> Yay for getting here earlier!
Nov 03 15:25:50 <NickE> Not sure mine will have turned up by then :-(
Nov 03 15:25:56 <SeanS> sure
Nov 03 15:26:01 <NickE> Early is often good
Nov 03 15:26:05 <SeanS> anybody can change the topic any time
Nov 03 15:26:15 <Lensman_free> What's the command for changing the topic in IRC?
Nov 03 15:26:24 <SeanS> what client are you using?
Nov 03 15:26:29 <Lensman_free> mIRC
Nov 03 15:26:40 <SeanS> right click in the channel and select channel modes
Nov 03 15:26:51 <SeanS> makes it easy
Nov 03 15:27:12 * Lensman_free has changed the topic to: FLEET OF WORLDS here next Saturday!
Nov 03 15:27:17 <Hippy> NickE: well, it means I can get up an hour later for the next five months. Normally I hate daylight saving time but it does have this one use
Nov 03 15:27:24 * Lensman_free has changed the topic to: FLEET OF WORLDS chat here next Saturday!
Nov 03 15:27:27 <NickE> Oh ate
Nov 03 15:27:30 <NickE> aye
Nov 03 15:27:45 <NickE> But I hate having to ride home in teh dark
Nov 03 15:27:51 * Dan loves nIRC.
Nov 03 15:27:57 <Hippy> You got that right!!!
Nov 03 15:27:58 <NickE> At least it will be 20 miles less commuting a day
Nov 03 15:28:10 * Hippy also loves mIRC
Nov 03 15:28:13 * Dan hates his own typos, LOL!
Nov 03 15:28:29 <NickE> I gotta go eat folks, but will return
Nov 03 15:28:31 <Lensman_free> I love mIRC! The Java chat is so rescource consuming-- can't run that and my Civ II game at the same time!
Nov 03 15:28:46 <Hippy> Munch on, Nick. Munch on!
Nov 03 15:29:05 <Lensman_free> Anyway, gotta go guys, have fun, TTYL.
Nov 03 15:29:13 <Hippy> Lens: I found the Civ II stuff. Did you still want it?
Nov 03 15:30:02 <Hippy> Oh, sorry. You've actually got it.
Nov 03 15:30:05 <Dan> I'm going to give my stepson a copy so that he can play with the source code and take his mind off how much he's missing really advanced stuff in his college courses so far.
Nov 03 15:30:10 <Hippy> It's too early to read here. . .
Nov 03 15:30:31 * SeanS wanders off for a sec in search of a glass of wine while humming 'its 5 oclock somewhere'
Nov 03 15:30:36 <Hippy> A laudable goal, Dan
Nov 03 15:30:37 <Lensman_free> Hippy: Check your e-mail inbox!
Nov 03 15:31:52 <SeanS> back
Nov 03 15:31:56 <Hippy> Lens: oh, no. If you replied, I think it might've got trapped by the spam killer. I'm so sorry. When did you reply?
Nov 03 15:32:06 <Dan> Cheers, Sean!
Nov 03 15:32:55 <SeanS> nice post, Dan
Nov 03 15:33:16 * FlyingDragon (~Carol@64.91.205.55) has joined #knownspace
Nov 03 15:33:26 * SeanS gives channel operator status to FlyingDragon
Nov 03 15:33:35 <Dan> Thanks. Although I sometimes feel that I get too wordy.
Nov 03 15:33:50 <Hippy> Afternoon, Carol
Nov 03 15:33:56 <FlyingDragon> Hello. Can't stay long. The boy wants me to read, and I've been putting him off a LONG time now.
Nov 03 15:34:02 <Dan> Hiya Carol! Saw the photos, they look great!
Nov 03 15:34:06 <senax> Hi Carol
Nov 03 15:34:15 <FlyingDragon> Y'all see my pictures? Thanks Dan.
Nov 03 15:34:15 <Hippy> Ah, got your email, Lens. Disks will be on their way if I can get your postal address
Nov 03 15:34:38 <FlyingDragon> Hippy, is that Mark?
Nov 03 15:35:29 <Hippy> No. D J Rout from cloudy Melbourne
Nov 03 15:35:39 <FlyingDragon> I felt like I was pretty lucky on that reflection.
Nov 03 15:35:49 <FlyingDragon> Hello, Hippy/D J!
Nov 03 15:35:49 <Hippy> We had water falling out of the sky last night. It's the coming apocalypse!!
Nov 03 15:35:55 <FlyingDragon> LOL
Nov 03 15:36:16 <Dan> That was artistic, Carol. Even more impressive if it was accidental.
Nov 03 15:36:39 <FlyingDragon> We worked very hard on that.
Nov 03 15:36:53 <SeanS> it was very nice, carol
Nov 03 15:36:58 <FlyingDragon> Hippy, have you seen the pictures of my Halloween decorations? My Blog URL http://blog.myspace.com/caroltlp
Nov 03 15:37:02 <FlyingDragon> TY, Sean.
Nov 03 15:37:36 <FlyingDragon> We worked very hard on making it look inpressive, not on it being accidental!!!
Nov 03 15:37:42 <SeanS> heh
Nov 03 15:38:24 <Hippy> I shall open a window forthwith, Carol (Ah, Halloween. . .the viral social event. . .)
Nov 03 15:38:37 <FlyingDragon> viral?
Nov 03 15:39:16 <Dan> Spreads everywhere, even if some folksdon't want it.
Nov 03 15:40:03 <Hippy> Exactly, Dan. One other thing that's happened in the last 50 years. . . :)
Nov 03 15:40:05 <FlyingDragon> Not the way I see it. I see it as the funnest/bestest holiday that the fundies are ruining to death.
Nov 03 15:40:22 <SeanS> i agree carol
Nov 03 15:40:36 <FlyingDragon> Hippy, you feel that Halloween is gettting more prevalent? I see the opposite.
Nov 03 15:40:54 <FlyingDragon> Sean, fun loving people agree with me!
Nov 03 15:41:38 <Hippy> Well, if they destroy it over there we will probably have a lot more of it. A woman down at the fish and chip shop last Wednesday said she had had twenty children coming up for trick or treat. Now, bear in mind that when I was a child we didn't have Halloween. It's a long tradition we've inherited from K Mart
Nov 03 15:41:57 <Dan> LOL!
Nov 03 15:42:51 <Hippy> But I do like the Dark Mark sign, Carol. I might let a few friends know they can get one of those (unless you had it custom made or something)
Nov 03 15:43:08 <FlyingDragon> Happy Birthday Dan!!! It is my master's birthday too. He gets to spend it working, and testing for his ninth degree. I think he is probably far past the attitude that it is an honor and a priviledge to get to do Kuk Sool on his birthday, and he would probably be out on him motorbike. He just said "Yeah, but it is a NICE day!"
Nov 03 15:44:13 <Dan> It *is* a nice day here, thankfully. Warm, sunny, gentle breeze...
Nov 03 15:44:21 <FlyingDragon> My family made it as a family craft project. We probably have $100 in materials and 100 man, woman, and child hours in it.
Nov 03 15:44:33 <FlyingDragon> AFAIK, it is the only one in existance.
Nov 03 15:44:50 <FlyingDragon> I should send a copy of the picture to JK Rowlings!
Nov 03 15:44:55 <Hippy> Well, if you could do it again there's always Ebay
Nov 03 15:45:01 <Dan> You should.
Nov 03 15:45:25 <FlyingDragon> I coudl be WORLD FAMOUS!
Nov 03 15:45:32 <Hippy> Hell, yes. She likes stuff like that. It's only the gay porn fanfic she doesn't like (and who can blame her?)
Nov 03 15:46:09 <FlyingDragon> I'll find her website.....
Nov 03 15:46:19 <Hippy> Water is coming out of the sky again!!!
Nov 03 15:46:39 <Hippy> Well, I have the most thoroughly-rinsed jeans on the planet, at least
Nov 03 15:46:42 <Dan> Build a boat,quickly!
Nov 03 15:46:45 <SeanS> that dang global warming... screwing everything up.
Nov 03 15:47:50 <Hippy> Indeed. They were blaming the drought on it the other day. Now look. The only thing louder than the rain is the scratching of farmers' pens as they apply for flood relief
Nov 03 15:48:17 <Dan> Global Warming just means lower heating bills in the winter, for me. And more time in the pool in the summer! Yay!
Nov 03 15:48:25 <SeanS> i agree
Nov 03 15:48:33 * Hippy loves using a Larry Niven chat room to bitch about the agrarian sector of his once-proud country
Nov 03 15:49:19 <Hippy> 'We could be growing oranges in Alaska' to quote Dale from 'King of the Hill'
Nov 03 15:49:28 <Dan> :)
Nov 03 15:50:40 <Dan> It also means tha my Dad can take his dog out on the family farm and pretend to hunt quail and pheasant without risking freezing his toes off. :)
Nov 03 15:51:20 <senax> Pretend? Are the birds not there, or is the gun not loaded?
Nov 03 15:51:30 <SeanS> everyone keeps pointing to the IPCC report on global warming to justify their cause. In that report it says that global temperature will go up .25 of a degree every decade. That means that in forty years, if it was going to be 60 degrees it will be 61 degrees instead.
Nov 03 15:51:33 <Hippy> And if all the snow in Antarctica melts, the Thing from Another World will be among us
Nov 03 15:51:34 <Dan> And what did I get Mom & Dad for christmas? Overcoats. LOL!
Nov 03 15:52:19 <Dan> He'll have the gun loaded, but he loves the birds, so he seldom shoots any.
Nov 03 15:52:55 <SeanS> i love dove and quail.. so i try to put as many in the freezer as possible
Nov 03 15:53:36 <Hippy> '60 Minutes' over here did a report on the warming of Greenland. It will soon be as green as it used to be, meaning global catastrophe. How did the human race survive the middle ages? Papal intervention one presumes because we certainly can't take temperature changes of two or three degrees
Nov 03 15:53:50 <Dan> Dad spent what amounts to several week's pay buying young quail & pheasant to release on the farm.
Nov 03 15:54:17 <SeanS> a good investment in my opinion
Nov 03 15:54:27 * Hippy has stupidly (or global warmedly) forgotten where Dan lives - Georgia?
Nov 03 15:55:02 <Dan> Mine too. You should see the hawks and eagles that flock to the farm, too.
Nov 03 15:55:39 <Dan> Yep, northeast Georgia. About 2 hours drive NE of Atlanta.
Nov 03 15:56:07 <Dan> Some of those hawks are still on the endangered list.
Nov 03 15:56:15 <Hippy> Ah, good. My memory still functions and clearly hasn't been tampered with
Nov 03 15:56:31 <SeanS> yah, only about 4 hours from me. I really need to visit before you are involved in another car accident
Nov 03 15:58:04 <Dan> We used to have one red-tailed hawk that would sit on a fencepost of the field we were plowing... It'd leap off and catch rabbits that ran out of the undergrowth as we plowed.
Nov 03 15:59:01 <Dan> We could get within 10 yards of her sittin on that fencepost, and she'd just look at us.
Nov 03 15:59:23 <SeanS> when i was down in florida, there was a great white heron named charlie that would show up whenever you started to clean fish ;)
Nov 03 16:00:08 <Hippy> The famous red-tailed hawk, beloved of sound editors everywhere. I was reading that it's the cry of the red-tailed hawk that you hear whenever they show a vista of canyons on the screen
Nov 03 16:00:25 <Dan> Funny how they know that you don't intend them any harm sometimes.
Nov 03 16:02:34 <SeanS> yeppers
Nov 03 16:02:41 <Dan> The local zoo has a nice set-up for their hawks. People are in a tiny cage overlooking the exhibit, and the birds have open sky above them.
Nov 03 16:02:56 <SeanS> interesting twist
Nov 03 16:03:05 <FlyingDragon> :-) THe hawk knew you were going to scare out a rabbit for it. Neat.
Nov 03 16:03:09 <Dan> Works, too.
Nov 03 16:04:19 <NickE> back
Nov 03 16:04:22 <NickE> Hi Carol
Nov 03 16:04:25 <SeanS> hmm, wonder where mark is. wanted to ask him a mac oriented question
Nov 03 16:04:56 <senax> Was it a general question or something specific, Sean?
Nov 03 16:05:00 <NickE> Hmm, he's online, I'll Skype him
Nov 03 16:05:30 <Dan> Oh, last night I finished all the work I can do one-handed on my bowie knife sheath. All that's left is the sewing.
Nov 03 16:05:48 <SeanS> well, i was thinking about putting the hacked OS X on one of my test pc's to see what it was like. just wanted to know what he thought about it
Nov 03 16:06:14 <Hippy> That sounds interesting, Sean
Nov 03 16:06:20 <NickE> <shocked!> :-)
Nov 03 16:06:29 <SeanS> i am sure you are, Nick
Nov 03 16:07:27 <senax> Unless you're pretty lucky, I bet there'd be problems with some hardware.
Nov 03 16:07:28 <SeanS> 10.4.6 is what is downloading
Nov 03 16:07:30 <FlyingDragon> The boy has waited long enough, and REALLY wants me to read now. FInding new markets to admire our Dark Mark will have to wait. can't find a contact email at jkrowling.com, and was looking at a fan site seh recommends. L8R.
Nov 03 16:07:33 <NickE> My now job uses PCs mostly thankfully
Nov 03 16:07:39 * senax is no Mac expert, though.
Nov 03 16:07:44 <NickE> Nice pics Carol btw
Nov 03 16:08:01 <senax> LOL. My job uses Solaris mostly thankfully.
Nov 03 16:08:09 <FlyingDragon> TY, Nick!
Nov 03 16:08:11 <SeanS> catch ya later, carol
Nov 03 16:08:17 <NickE> me either. I can use them, but prefer PCs even though they can be just as much of a pain
Nov 03 16:08:19 <senax> Bye Carol.
Nov 03 16:08:34 <NickE> I don't know my way round Macs very well
Nov 03 16:09:29 <SeanS> i mainly run linux here. just wanted to see what inspired vista so much without dragging a pc down to the microsoft black hole of bloated code
Nov 03 16:09:30 <NickE> Labs mostly use them for certain bits of equipment, but a few labs are dyed in the wool Mac fanatics
Nov 03 16:09:53 <Hippy> 'Bye Carol
Nov 03 16:10:03 <NickE> L8R CArol
Nov 03 16:12:11 <SeanS> what's mark's skype name?
Nov 03 16:12:30 <NickE> space_chippy
Nov 03 16:12:49 <NickE> H'es not answering a chat window
Nov 03 16:12:59 <SeanS> oh, i have that... was wondering who that was. must of added him after a bunch of alcohol
Nov 03 16:13:00 <Hippy> I used a Mac once - once- back in 1990 and never again. 'What does that blob mean? That's a what? Well, does that mean 'save'. 'open', 'delete', 'completely fuck up' or what? God damn it, where are the menus? I can read English, even if I have to squint at it on this digital watch sized screen!!'
Nov 03 16:13:38 <SeanS> heh
Nov 03 16:13:55 <SeanS> the closest thing to a mac i used was an apple IIgs that i very fondly remember
Nov 03 16:13:58 <Hippy> Not too vision-friendly the old Macs
Nov 03 16:14:09 <senax> Wow. Macs have changed a lot since then, hippy.
Nov 03 16:14:30 <Hippy> I would hope so, senax. So have PCs
Nov 03 16:14:59 * Hippy will agree though that Vista is worse than most forms of surgery
Nov 03 16:15:14 <senax> My first real experience with a mac was about 4 years ago when I bought an iBook G4. It was a homecoming of sorts as I've been a unix-head for a long time.
Nov 03 16:15:16 <NickE> not had the "pleasure" yet
Nov 03 16:15:38 <NickE> My brother is a huge unix head
Nov 03 16:16:05 <SeanS> i have been mainly linux for the last year or so.
Nov 03 16:16:10 <senax> I still use the iBook (I'm on it now) but there are a few things I don't like about the interface.
Nov 03 16:16:57 <NickE> I can just never forgive Macs for being so stubborn until recently on the whole single button mouse thing
Nov 03 16:17:18 <SeanS> since i have gotten dvd decrypter and dvd shrink to run under wine, i could remove windows from every pc with zero ill effects
Nov 03 16:17:26 <Dan> I've got a friend that regularly gives me recomendations to buy a Mac. What does he use at work? PCs and internet servers loaded with Unix. LOL!
Nov 03 16:17:28 <NickE> so irritating when there is such things as right clicks and scroll wheels
Nov 03 16:17:40 <senax> Stubborn is a good word for it, Nick...there's a lot of that attitude about certain things that could be fixed, but won't.
Nov 03 16:18:15 <Hippy> People say the same about Windows, too
Nov 03 16:18:28 <SeanS> hmm, isnt the mac os based on BSD unix?
Nov 03 16:18:52 <Hippy> I particularly hate the way VIsta kowtowed to the people who wanted to get rid of DOS so now I can't run my old DOS games in the command prompt window
Nov 03 16:18:55 <Dan> Dunno, it just sounded hourmous to me.
Nov 03 16:19:15 <NickE> Well yeah, but it was a simple ergonomic fix that they resisted for no sane reason as I can see
Nov 03 16:19:20 <senax> Somewhat, Sean. It's really the newer generation of NeXTStep, or however you capitalize that.
Nov 03 16:19:28 <SeanS> gotcha
Nov 03 16:20:02 <SeanS> *nix based one way or the other
Nov 03 16:20:02 <senax> My main interface gripe with MacOS is that there's no quick way to maximize a window.
Nov 03 16:20:21 <SeanS> Hippy, google up dosbox and see if that will help
Nov 03 16:20:28 <Dan> Ah, a DVD is finished converting the file and is finally burning.
Nov 03 16:21:00 <NickE> That too. disliked the menu preferences and defaults
Nov 03 16:21:17 <Hippy> Sean: good plan. I've heard about DosBox and may bother with it one day. But I have a selection of PCs and OS's to choose from if I'm desperate
Nov 03 16:21:22 <senax> Apple's attitude on the maximize thing is "you don't really need to do that." Stubborn. I'll decide what I need to do, thank you.
Nov 03 16:21:38 <SeanS> thats why i like linux, frank
Nov 03 16:22:14 <SeanS> looking forward to playing with KDE 4 in a couple of weeks
Nov 03 16:22:17 <NickE> agrre Frank
Nov 03 16:22:19 <NickE> agree
Nov 03 16:22:23 <senax> I like Linux. I use Linux, XP, and OS X at home, though not much with the XP box.
Nov 03 16:23:20 <Hippy> Speaking of XP, isn't there supposed to be a Service Pack out? I really must look into that
Nov 03 16:23:21 <SeanS> i kept xp on one box so the gf could play freecell. didnt realise till a few days ago that patience card game had about every card game i can think of as a part of it
Nov 03 16:23:33 * Hippy places that on huge, tottering 'To Do' pile
Nov 03 16:23:48 <SeanS> beyond service pack 2?
Nov 03 16:24:00 * senax keeps XP around for MS Flight simulator (and for the wife to play card games on)
Nov 03 16:24:06 <Hippy> Apparently SP 3
Nov 03 16:24:51 <Hippy> Vista not proving very popular they've decided to make some fixes for XP
Nov 03 16:25:12 <SeanS> i guess i should install vista on a box just for supporting people who have it. dont have a 12 ghz box with a terabyte of memory to make it perform
Nov 03 16:25:19 <Hippy> Another reason Vista sucks the big one is that it no longer has Solitaire, Freecell or anything on it
Nov 03 16:25:20 <SeanS> tho
Nov 03 16:25:20 <NickE> A lot of Vista stuff is available for XP according to teh mag I read
Nov 03 16:25:37 <NickE> No Freecell! Denied!
Nov 03 16:26:01 <senax> Really, Hippy? Doesn't that eliminate about half the MS user base then?
Nov 03 16:26:14 <SeanS> LOL... i would think so
Nov 03 16:26:23 <Hippy> Well, not on Vista Professional anyway. I have been the guinea pig of my circle as far as Vista goes and I'm advising them all to stick with XP
Nov 03 16:26:55 <Hippy> Senax, I suspect so. Certainly the sales of Vista support that theory
Nov 03 16:26:56 <Dan> I'll stick with XP Home & Win 2000 as long as I can, though Sean has gotten me interested in playing around with unix on one old laptop I have that's otherwise a doorstop.
Nov 03 16:27:03 <SeanS> i have advised everyone i know to stick with xp based on online friend's recommendations
Nov 03 16:27:13 <NickE> Which i s what I did with our Laptop, managed to get them to put XP Media Center on it rather than Vist
Nov 03 16:27:32 <NickE> Vista whe we got it
Nov 03 16:28:19 <Hippy> Definitely the right move. So what's all this vaccine stuff you're doing?
Nov 03 16:29:00 <SeanS> if i bought a new laptop right now, i would just say send it with whatever OS makes it cheapest for me.
Nov 03 16:29:01 <NickE> New job and area of research for me
Nov 03 16:29:26 <SeanS> when it showed up, i would scrub it and put suse linux on it
Nov 03 16:29:39 <NickE> Malaria, TB and Flu vaccine development and QC for stuff going into existing clinical trials
Nov 03 16:30:29 <NickE> So big steep learning curve for an ex cancer scientist
Nov 03 16:30:33 <Hippy> Malaria, eh? That sounds interesting. I didn't know they still used TB vaccine. I thought TB had gone the way of smallpox
Nov 03 16:31:42 <NickE> Not at all. Very much on the increse I'm afraid, including several antibiotic resistant strains
Nov 03 16:31:46 <senax> I think TB is still pretty widespread in some parts.
Nov 03 16:31:50 * Hippy sometimes wishes for a learning curve - but then thinks 'Nope. Retired. Time to relax. If I need a learning curve I'll do something gradual, like cooking.'
Nov 03 16:31:52 <NickE> yes
Nov 03 16:32:13 <NickE> I quite like the learning curve
Nov 03 16:32:20 <NickE> till I fall off :-)
Nov 03 16:32:24 * senax remembers getting warned about TB in Korea several years ago.
Nov 03 16:32:56 <Hippy> This is interesting. Maybe it's on the increase here, too.
Nov 03 16:33:09 <SeanS> cooking is fun. I let julie cook me one meal and then we came to an agreement. I cook, she cleans up.
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Nov 03 16:33:33 <Hippy> Cooking is good if you have a disheasher
Nov 03 16:33:35 <NickE> Hi Ed!
Nov 03 16:33:40 <EML> Hi, all.
Nov 03 16:33:41 <Hippy> Howdy, Ed
Nov 03 16:33:51 <senax> Hi Ed.
Nov 03 16:34:03 <NickE> I havent read FOW yet, it's on order!
Nov 03 16:34:08 <EML> What's happening?
Nov 03 16:34:11 <NickE> promise
Nov 03 16:34:14 <NickE> :-)
Nov 03 16:34:27 <SeanS> Hi Ed
Nov 03 16:34:48 <NickE> general chit chat. Next week for full on FOW chat apparently
Nov 03 16:34:58 <Hippy> I'm taking the punt that it will FOW will get here tomorrow. Then, once they have replaced my cornea with one I can read through, I shall devour it
Nov 03 16:35:12 <EML> So: no FOW spoilers today, huh?
Nov 03 16:35:17 <SeanS> please no
Nov 03 16:35:27 <senax> Liked the book a lot, Ed. Is there a publication date for the sequel yet?
Nov 03 16:35:32 <Hippy> You can tell us if the butler did it
Nov 03 16:35:38 <SeanS> I suspect that there is a copy in my gf's car at this moment
Nov 03 16:35:40 <NickE> I'll just stick my fingers in my ears and go LALALALALA :-)
Nov 03 16:36:03 <EML> Thanks, Senax. JUGGLER is supposedly out in August 2008.
Nov 03 16:36:14 <senax> There is a butler of sorts, Hippy. :-)
Nov 03 16:36:15 <SeanS> tho since my birthday is the 27th of this month, wheather i will get it or not is a big question
Nov 03 16:36:22 <SeanS> whether
Nov 03 16:36:47 <SeanS> other than that, I am with NickE
Nov 03 16:36:53 <EML> Anyone know if Larry will join the FOW chat next week?
Nov 03 16:37:01 <SeanS> dont know
Nov 03 16:37:10 <SeanS> carol might but she is reading with the kids
Nov 03 16:37:32 <Hippy> He might if we petition him. . .
Nov 03 16:37:34 <NickE> brb
Nov 03 16:37:57 <SeanS> Ed, you collaborated with him, give him a call and ask ;0
Nov 03 16:37:57 <EML> Since it's so quiet, I'll share a pet peeve.
Nov 03 16:38:00 * Hippy afk for ablutions
Nov 03 16:38:52 <NickE> back
Nov 03 16:38:56 <Dan> Share away...
Nov 03 16:39:01 <EML> Why do some reviews say readers need to have read RINGWORLD? FLEET takes places much earlier -- it says so right on the cover.
Nov 03 16:39:38 <SeanS> i have made an effort to read no reviews
Nov 03 16:40:13 <Dan> Because those reviewers don't read much except what they review, I expect.
Nov 03 16:40:18 <NickE> Me too. Seems odd for anyone to say that. Neutron Star might be a better KS intro
Nov 03 16:40:24 <senax> One review in particular outlined almost the entire plot--glad I didn't read that until after I finished the book!
Nov 03 16:40:37 <EML> Skipping reviews (and back covers) works well if you know your'e going to get a book.
Nov 03 16:40:54 <NickE> Which is why I've avoided them, Still been somewhat spoiled tho
Nov 03 16:41:16 <NickE> Well exactly. I was never not going to buy it
Nov 03 16:41:34 <SeanS> hey, for most of this crowd, if it says niven on the cover, it will be read. no reason to read a review
Nov 03 16:42:07 * Hippy returned
Nov 03 16:42:11 <SeanS> crowd meaning the list, not just here in the chat room
Nov 03 16:42:22 <EML> Of course it's nice when reviews bring in new readers.
Nov 03 16:42:53 <SeanS> true. but you are already among the choir
Nov 03 16:43:48 <senax> I was pleasantly surprised how good the book was--I generally prefer Niven's solo work, so I wasn't thrilled with the idea of a Known Space novel written with (to me) an unknown co-author.
Nov 03 16:44:06 <SeanS> I will read the reviews after i have read the book itself
Nov 03 16:44:13 * senax is looking forward to Juggler.
Nov 03 16:44:17 <NickE> Everyone on the list who has seen it says the same, that it's very good
Nov 03 16:44:27 <NickE> SO really looking forward to it
Nov 03 16:44:32 <EML> <grin>
Nov 03 16:44:33 <NickE> That too
Nov 03 16:45:19 <SeanS> I am REALLY looking forward to it as well
Nov 03 16:45:30 <Dan> Same here.
Nov 03 16:45:35 <Hippy> I think I'll move it above Mr Chafe's work in the pile once I'm able to read print again. (It will probably be on audiobook by then :) )
Nov 03 16:46:28 <EML> There will be an audiobook of FLEET. I don't yet know the release date.
Nov 03 16:46:43 <Hippy> Oh, good!
Nov 03 16:47:10 <EML> Me too -- be nice to hear it in a voice other than my own!
Nov 03 16:47:44 <Hippy> 'As read by Billy Connolly. . .'
Nov 03 16:47:46 <SeanS> books on tape, or cd now, are great depending on the reader
Nov 03 16:48:07 <SeanS> the guy that did the harry potter books was fantastic
Nov 03 16:48:09 <NickE> I quite liked DF
Nov 03 16:48:18 <Dan> That's another drawback caused by the auto accident: I can't concentrate on reading a book or writing on my own projects yet. :(
Nov 03 16:48:23 <NickE> Well, Fry's a National Treasure :-)
Nov 03 16:48:29 <Hippy> Indeed, Sean. I'm listening to the complete James Bond at the moment and the ones by David Rintoul are streets ahead of the ones by Robert Whitfield
Nov 03 16:49:25 <EML> Maybe Fran Drescher as the vocie of Nessus?
Nov 03 16:49:42 <Hippy> ROTFLOL!!!!
Nov 03 16:49:56 <Dan> Cathlene turner, please... :)
Nov 03 16:50:05 <Hippy> That's a thrilling contralto if ever I heard one
Nov 03 16:50:23 <NickE> Oh yes
Nov 03 16:50:37 <SeanS> just called gf. there is not a copy of FoW in the car :(
Nov 03 16:50:43 <NickE> awww
Nov 03 16:50:46 <Dan> Awwwwwwww.
Nov 03 16:51:01 <Hippy> Does anyone know who Larry was thinking of when he described the standard Puppeteer voice? I've always assumed it was his wife but I"ve never heard her speak
Nov 03 16:51:05 <Dan> Better luck next shopping trip, Sean.
Nov 03 16:51:20 <SeanS> well, a little short at the moment. will have a copy next friday.
Nov 03 16:51:22 <EML> your hinting skills need work, Sean -- OR gf is practicing disinformation on you
Nov 03 16:51:34 <SeanS> could be disinfo
Nov 03 16:51:45 <SeanS> she is sneaky like that sometimes
Nov 03 16:52:31 <EML> where gifts are concerned, I think it's permissiblbe to lie like a rug.
Nov 03 16:52:37 <SeanS> wasnt on the phone long. she is on the interstate and said she had a phone in one hand and a cigarette in the other. she didnt know how she was driving the car. so i got off the phone
Nov 03 16:53:12 <NickE> !
Nov 03 16:53:15 <EML> wise choice
Nov 03 16:53:40 <SeanS> i thought so
Nov 03 16:53:46 <SeanS> she is about 12 miles out
Nov 03 16:54:35 <SeanS> so how are the sales figures for Fleet? are you told those numbers, ed?
Nov 03 16:54:51 * Lensman_free is now known as lensman_inert
Nov 03 16:54:53 * SeanS knows nothing about the publishing business
Nov 03 16:55:22 <EML> publishers hold those numbers closely -- I won't see a royalty report for a while
Nov 03 16:55:32 <SeanS> k
Nov 03 16:55:54 <EML> I do like the Amazon ranking, though.
Nov 03 16:56:09 <SeanS> which is?
Nov 03 16:56:28 <lensman_inert> "Had Louis visualized a woman to go with that voice, she would have been Cleopatra, Helen of Troy, Marilyn Monroe, and Lorelei Huntz rolled into one."
Nov 03 16:56:28 * SeanS is being lazy asking. pretty high speed connection here
Nov 03 16:56:53 <senax> Hope it's not as bad as the movie biz, where they'll trumpet the blockbuster business a film is doing, then fudge the numbers so they can tell the stakeholders it didn't make a dime.
Nov 03 16:57:16 <NickE> Mark is popping by
Nov 03 16:57:18 <EML> It varies, of course. Generally 1000, plus or minus. About #20, plus or minus, among SF titles.
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Nov 03 16:57:35 <SeanS> excellent
Nov 03 16:57:38 <SeanS> yo mark
Nov 03 16:57:38 <chief_strike_anywhere> hi guys#
Nov 03 16:57:44 <Dan> WB, Mark.
Nov 03 16:57:54 <NickE> see
Nov 03 16:57:56 <chief_strike_anywhere> thanks. i was haivng client problems bfore
Nov 03 16:58:25 <SeanS> heh... doesnt seem to be a server problem ;)
Nov 03 16:58:30 <senax> Who's Lorelei Huntz?
Nov 03 16:58:34 <lensman_inert> Ed, could you e-mail Larry and ask if he'd like to join the FOW chat next week? He hasn't responded to my e-mails on the subject.
Nov 03 16:58:48 <NickE> A future "feelie" star I think
Nov 03 16:58:50 <EML> Sure, I'll mention it.
Nov 03 16:58:51 <Hippy> The movie business explores new territories in the field of accounting
Nov 03 16:58:54 <Dan> Vid-Star contemporary to
Nov 03 16:59:06 <lensman_inert> I'm guessing "Lorelei Huntz" is someone in Louis' culture, not born yet.
Nov 03 16:59:09 <Dan> Louis, I always assumed.
Nov 03 16:59:31 <NickE> Thats what I assumed also
Nov 03 16:59:33 <senax> OK.
Nov 03 17:00:08 <lensman_inert> Dan: Louis is "Lorelei"?? Is there something you know which we don
Nov 03 17:00:12 <lensman_inert> don't???
Nov 03 17:00:23 <lensman_inert> :)
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Nov 03 17:00:38 <Dan> I inadertently split that into two lines.
Nov 03 17:00:51 <senax> Maybe Chrissie Hynde would be the right kind of voice.
Nov 03 17:01:02 <NickE> MMmm, that could work
Nov 03 17:01:10 * Dan is still without the use of his left hand...
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Nov 03 17:01:32 <NickE> still strapped up?
Nov 03 17:01:33 <chief_strike_anywhere> i can see i need a better irc client
Nov 03 17:01:39 <NickE> wb
Nov 03 17:01:41 <chief_strike_anywhere> i blame Vista
Nov 03 17:01:43 <EML> any FRIENDS fans? How about Janice (Maggie Wheeler)?
Nov 03 17:01:45 <SeanS> wb, you still having client problems or did you click the wrong button
Nov 03 17:01:50 <Hippy> Since the only one of those with a voice Larry would've known is Marilyn (Monroe) can we assume Nessus sounds like Marilyn Monroe? I hope not. I think Kathleen Turner might be a good choice
Nov 03 17:01:51 <NickE> OMG no!!!!!
Nov 03 17:01:59 <Dan> Yeah, at least three more weeks with my arm in a sling.
Nov 03 17:02:02 <chief_strike_anywhere> I have a bunch of things running at once. i think it's causing problems
Nov 03 17:02:06 <NickE> I mean not Janice
Nov 03 17:02:12 <NickE> KH oh yes
Nov 03 17:02:17 <chief_strike_anywhere> heh heh heh. pretty glowing window edges are worth 1/2 of my systems performance
Nov 03 17:02:18 <Hippy> Another Vista victim!!
Nov 03 17:02:22 <senax> And Paulie Shore as the voice of Louis Wu.
Nov 03 17:02:24 <NickE> KT I mean
Nov 03 17:02:57 <Dan> Turner has always been the voice in my head for Nessus.
Nov 03 17:03:02 <EML> any voices for Sigmund Ausfaller?
Nov 03 17:03:03 * SeanS refuses to start chanting linux linux linux
Nov 03 17:03:24 <NickE> How about a South Park version of RW. Cartman=Speaker? :-)
Nov 03 17:03:30 <chief_strike_anywhere> I passed my first 2003 MCSE exam. Joy
Nov 03 17:04:24 <Hippy> Sigmund? Well, how about Michael Madsen? He has a good voice on the Driver 3 game
Nov 03 17:04:43 <NickE> Not bad, I could go with that
Nov 03 17:04:48 * SeanS gives channel operator status to chief_strike_anywhere
Nov 03 17:05:09 <Hippy> Cartman/Speaker: "Screw you guys, I have a variable sword."
Nov 03 17:05:11 <senax> Dan Aykroyd for Ausfaller.
Nov 03 17:05:16 <NickE> LOL
Nov 03 17:05:20 <Dan> LOL
Nov 03 17:05:24 <senax> His Friday was pretty good.
Nov 03 17:05:25 <EML> Johnny Depp
Nov 03 17:05:42 <SeanS> lol, hippy
Nov 03 17:05:54 <Dan> Sean Connery for Speaker.
Nov 03 17:06:10 <Hippy> Instead of saying 'How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a leaf?' he would say 'It's all a bunch of tree-hugging hippie crap.'
Nov 03 17:06:28 <NickE> Rush did a South Park intro (i.e.had the cartoon done) for Tom Swyer on the latest tour
Nov 03 17:06:39 <Hippy> Kenny as Teela. Teela doesn't say much anyway
Nov 03 17:06:43 <NickE> heh
Nov 03 17:07:10 <SeanS> oh my god, teela got sucked into an eye storm! you bastards!
Nov 03 17:07:26 <NickE> ONG, they killed Kenny!...Oh, no, wait, he's fine, that was lucky!
Nov 03 17:07:29 <Hippy> Stan as Louis Wu and Kyle as Nessus. That works out pretty well, as Kyle is the more fearful one
Nov 03 17:07:30 <chief_strike_anywhere> sigh... children.... (don't kill the children... must not kill the children)
Nov 03 17:07:59 * FlyingDragon is taking a peek into the room, having temporarily escaped her captive/
Nov 03 17:08:19 <NickE> Hi Carol
Nov 03 17:08:21 <EML> wrong metaphor. The Simpsons on Ringworld, anyone?
Nov 03 17:08:25 * Hippy waves to FlyingDragon
Nov 03 17:08:30 <EML> Olla, Carol
Nov 03 17:08:35 <chief_strike_anywhere> hi carol
Nov 03 17:08:42 <FlyingDragon> Olla!
Nov 03 17:08:48 <NickE> Oh e could run with this all night
Nov 03 17:08:55 <Dan> "Mmmmmmm... Food Bricks!"
Nov 03 17:09:00 <SeanS> carol, has larry mentioned coming to the fleet of worlds chat next weekend or have you talked to him
Nov 03 17:09:09 <Hippy> Hmm. The advantage of South Park is there are four of them. Who does Maggie play? Halrloprillalar?
Nov 03 17:09:16 <senax> Hmm...Julie Kavner as the voice of Nessus?
Nov 03 17:09:20 <FlyingDragon> EML, chief_strike_anywhere, did you get a chance to look at my Dark Mark pictures?
Nov 03 17:09:32 <chief_strike_anywhere> not yet. are they on the blog?
Nov 03 17:10:15 <FlyingDragon> Hippy, that is Lensman's thing. I won't be there. However, he said that Ed woudl be there, but LArry hasn't repleid to him. I have world tournament that day. ALL day, from before dawn to close to the witching hour.
Nov 03 17:10:31 <NickE> wow
Nov 03 17:10:32 <Hippy> Tress MacNeille could do a good Nessus, sounding like Lindsay Neagle who crops up from time to time
Nov 03 17:10:32 <EML> dark mark pictures?
Nov 03 17:10:34 <senax> Patty and Selma as Nessus' left and right heads...with a cigarette in each mouth.
Nov 03 17:10:36 <NickE> tiring day
Nov 03 17:10:49 <EML> senax LOL
Nov 03 17:11:02 <FlyingDragon> Yes, I've posted pictures on my blog: http://blog.myspace.com/caroltlp
Nov 03 17:11:22 <Hippy> Senax, I think you have it!
Nov 03 17:11:32 <FlyingDragon> I, we, decorated my house with a dark mark for Halloween.
Nov 03 17:11:44 <NickE> How did you manage that btw?
Nov 03 17:11:51 <NickE> looked well cool
Nov 03 17:12:22 <FlyingDragon> the dark mark? 4'x8' piece of plywood, drill, three bits, 700 lights, rope, and a LOT of paint.
Nov 03 17:12:26 <EML> neat, Carol.
Nov 03 17:12:53 <FlyingDragon> How did I manage the reflection? That was a reflection in my husband's car. I thought it was too neat to not take advantage of.
Nov 03 17:12:56 <NickE> must have taken a while
Nov 03 17:13:05 <FlyingDragon> I figure about 100 hours.
Nov 03 17:13:19 <senax> Impressive. The design is not familiar to me...I take it it would be to Harry Potter fans?
Nov 03 17:13:22 <SeanS> among 4 people?
Nov 03 17:13:40 <FlyingDragon> I dont' normally take to doing that much work to decorate for a holiday, In fact just the time we spent in HANGING it was more time than I like to spend decorating.
Nov 03 17:13:50 <FlyingDragon> Yes, Harry Potter.
Nov 03 17:14:05 <FlyingDragon> Keegan and Clara didn't spend a LOT of time on it, but they did help.
Nov 03 17:14:12 <NickE> Joy did an ace Vlodemort pumpkin
Nov 03 17:14:17 <NickE> Voldemort
Nov 03 17:14:20 <FlyingDragon> :-)
Nov 03 17:15:01 <senax> We replace a toilet recently, so we put the old one in the yard with a plastic skeleton sitting on it dressed in a t-shirt with a pair of jeans around its ankles.
Nov 03 17:15:03 <NickE> Only had one lot of trick or treakers though
Nov 03 17:15:10 <NickE> heh
Nov 03 17:15:25 <senax> He=ave to see if there's a photo of it anywhere.
Nov 03 17:15:30 <SeanS> not bad, senax
Nov 03 17:15:52 <senax> Now the (rest of) the neighbors think we're really weird...
Nov 03 17:15:53 <SeanS> no kids in my area except for a newborn so i dont decorate
Nov 03 17:16:34 * FlyingDragon LOLs at Senex's decorations
Nov 03 17:17:19 * SeanS wonders why nesssus isnt here. she has made a big comeback lately
Nov 03 17:18:10 <SeanS> other than me totally forgeting to post the chat instructions that is
Nov 03 17:18:34 <SeanS> or chat reminder if you prefer
Nov 03 17:18:45 <FlyingDragon> She now has a life off her computer. See is probably at it again.
Nov 03 17:19:44 <Hippy> Wouldn't it be getting a bit late for her? I seem to recall she's in England
Nov 03 17:19:56 <SeanS> same as nicke and chief
Nov 03 17:19:57 <Dan> 10 PM there.
Nov 03 17:20:07 <Hippy> Oops. Yes, I just calculated that
Nov 03 17:20:36 * Hippy hates daylight saving time again. We don't need this, we BEAT the Kaiser!!!
Nov 03 17:20:45 <NickE> 9.20pm in fac
Nov 03 17:20:47 <NickE> t
Nov 03 17:20:47 * Dan has a father-in-law there, so the calculation is getting automatic.
Nov 03 17:21:25 * Hippy afk briefly to make a cup of tea
Nov 03 17:22:09 <EML> on a minor note -- I see the new ISS solar wing has been repaired
Nov 03 17:22:20 <SeanS> yeah, i type overseas enough that i tend to know times in england and new zealand
Nov 03 17:22:24 <SeanS> saw that ed
Nov 03 17:22:33 <Dan> Why can't we just split the difference, move the clock half an hour, and just *leave* it there?
Nov 03 17:22:51 <senax> SOunds good to me.
Nov 03 17:22:53 <Dan> :)
Nov 03 17:22:56 <SeanS> golf courses apparently ;)
Nov 03 17:23:11 <EML> no Congressional meddling? Dan, that's just crazy talk.
Nov 03 17:23:21 <FlyingDragon> It has, Ed? A friend of a friend was the guy that was going out to fix it.
Nov 03 17:23:51 <FlyingDragon> Sean, I usedt o be able to tell the time in AU. I got lazy. NOw, I merely remember that it is tomorrow there.
Nov 03 17:23:56 <EML> here's the link, Carol: http://news.yahoo.com/s/space/20071103/sc_space/spacestationsurgeryastronautsmendtornsolarwing;_ylt=AiIfp75fORvHmLI0emsbh04E1vAI
Nov 03 17:24:04 <Dan> I'm a crazy guy, Ed. :)
Nov 03 17:24:28 <SeanS> NZ is 18 hours ahead depending on what congress here does
Nov 03 17:24:36 <senax> I can just see that guy coming home from the mission...wife says "fixed a solar panel, great, how about that garage door"
Nov 03 17:25:29 <EML> now if only the ISS were used for something more than ... building more of the ISS.
Nov 03 17:25:44 <Dan> Does he have to suit up to go out to the front yard to oil the hinges on the gate?
Nov 03 17:25:52 <FlyingDragon> Yeah, Parazynski, the friend of a friend. My friend got up at 4 AM to go over to his house to sit with his wife. She missed MAster's Club being sucha good friend.
Nov 03 17:26:07 <senax> lol Dan.
Nov 03 17:26:21 <SeanS> i agree. i hate to think that the completion and retirement date for the ISS are the same
Nov 03 17:26:32 <FlyingDragon> EML, we learn more, even if they do spend too much time just maintaining the place.
Nov 03 17:26:36 <chief_strike_anywhere> yeah. lets'deorbit it now
Nov 03 17:26:46 <Dan> "Got my feet anchored, now to get the oil can out of the tool kit..."
Nov 03 17:26:47 <senax> My excuse is usually. "I'm a programmer; this looks like a hardware problem." Doesn't usually work, though.
Nov 03 17:26:48 <chief_strike_anywhere> nice 100 billion dollar lightshow
Nov 03 17:27:26 <senax> They never have put a full crew on the thing, have they?
Nov 03 17:27:33 <EML> Bigelow or Branson will buy it for pennies on the dollar. You heard it here first.
Nov 03 17:27:45 <SeanS> now that china is thinking of going to the moon, we will go back quick to keep all the alien secrets for ourselves
Nov 03 17:27:47 <chief_strike_anywhere> I don't think they ever will. they cut the ability to return more than 3 poeple
Nov 03 17:27:50 <Dan> My money's on Branson.
Nov 03 17:28:18 <EML> Senax, they *can't* put on a full crew. Budget cuts mean it can't take more than three. The overflow lives on the shuttle.
Nov 03 17:28:26 * SeanS might be listening to too much coast to coast am
Nov 03 17:28:30 <senax> And mothballing the shuttles _before_ the replacement is ready. Sad...
Nov 03 17:30:00 <Hippy> Well, if Darwin is anything to shout about, the Chinese will survive us all without any doubt
Nov 03 17:30:10 <EML> less than ten years to get to the moon -- and half a century to figure out how to do it again. very sad.
Nov 03 17:30:40 <senax> Darwin was big on the Chinese, was he?
Nov 03 17:30:58 <FlyingDragon> The problem, I'm sure is congress. Congress, I'm sure you remember, is the opposite of Progress.
Nov 03 17:31:12 <senax> Yup.
Nov 03 17:31:17 <SeanS> someone on the list uses a quote that is so true and so sad... 'I always knew I would see the first man on the moon. I never dreamed I would see the last' --Jerry Pournelle
Nov 03 17:32:03 <senax> Love the way they'll shoot down the first five attempts at something, then complain that the sixth is behind schedule.
Nov 03 17:32:05 <Hippy> According to Eric Idle, Darwin was. It's a line from Idle's 'I Like Chinese'
Nov 03 17:32:09 <EML> so *that* explains pandas. the reason they can't mate on Earth without help is 'cause they're natives of the moon.
Nov 03 17:32:19 <Dan> I'm betting that once the Chinese get in gear we'll see another space race.
Nov 03 17:32:52 <EML> hope you're right, Dan.
Nov 03 17:33:00 <senax> We might not be in it though...unless you're Indian.
Nov 03 17:33:04 <SeanS> I hope so as well
Nov 03 17:33:10 <Hippy> Between China and India. The Indians are the greatest migrants in the history of civilisation and you can bet that if China puts up a moonbase there will be a tandoori base near it
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Nov 03 17:33:34 <EML> Hi, Jim
Nov 03 17:33:41 <SeanS> greetings, Jim
Nov 03 17:33:45 <Hippy> Afternoon, Jim
Nov 03 17:33:52 <Dan> Hope so. We in the US need a kick in the pants to get started in most things that depend on congress.
Nov 03 17:34:01 <Dan> Hiya Jim.
Nov 03 17:34:24 <jim_stiles> hi
Nov 03 17:34:46 <jim_stiles> what's been happening?
Nov 03 17:35:10 <SeanS> currently talking about the lack of space effort
Nov 03 17:35:24 <EML> people in LEO -- and nowhere farther
Nov 03 17:35:27 <Dan> Amerind, Senax. Make a land-bridge and my people will *walk* there. :)
Nov 03 17:35:28 <NickE> Hi Jim
Nov 03 17:35:30 <Hippy> What America needs is a clear goal. If you point and say 'Take that hill' Americans will take it. If you say 'We will be at the forefront of hill occupation for the foreseeable future' it gives you an excuse to stumble around.
Nov 03 17:35:44 * lensman_free is now known as lensman_inert
Nov 03 17:35:54 <NickE> wb
Nov 03 17:35:55 * Hippy loves generalisations anywhere, any time
Nov 03 17:36:33 <lensman_inert> Yah I confess Marilyn Monroe doesn't really do it for me, too silly. Give me Kathleen Turner/Jessica Rabbit, or Lauren Bacall!
Nov 03 17:36:47 <senax> Not that there's anything wrong with LEO--you can do a lot there.
Nov 03 17:37:02 <lensman_inert> Vin Diesel for Speaker.
Nov 03 17:37:14 <EML> Tricia Helfer aka Number Six (BSG)
Nov 03 17:37:18 <Hippy> I still like the South Park one
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Nov 03 17:37:38 <SeanS> well, once you are in orbit, you are halfway to anywhere... its just that in 30 plus years, we havent gon anywhere
Nov 03 17:37:38 <senax> Bobcat Goldthwaite (remember him?) for Speaker.
Nov 03 17:37:39 <Hippy> You've lost me, Ed
Nov 03 17:37:50 <Dan> Hiya, rimworlder.
Nov 03 17:37:56 <jim_stiles> would Vin Diesel be willing to wear a suit and full makeup
Nov 03 17:37:57 <SeanS> battlestar galactica
Nov 03 17:38:06 <rimworlder> hi folks
Nov 03 17:38:17 <EML> Hippy -- I lost me, too. Never mind.
Nov 03 17:38:22 <rimworlder> I'm gonna be off and on - I lost track of the time and now I have to go make dinner
Nov 03 17:38:28 <Hippy> Oh, the new one with the Invisible Cylons
Nov 03 17:38:33 <FlyingDragon> Hello, rimworlder.
Nov 03 17:38:44 <EML> Hi, rimworlder
Nov 03 17:38:51 <Hippy> Howdy, rimworlder
Nov 03 17:39:10 <rimworlder> if you'd all like, I'll send you some virtual spaghetti with vodka sauce...
Nov 03 17:39:18 <Dan> LOL!
Nov 03 17:39:26 <jim_stiles> vodka sauce?
Nov 03 17:39:30 <senax> Nah, that stuff gums up my router.
Nov 03 17:39:37 <NickE> http://www.flickr.com/photos/nick_edwards/1847142705/
Nov 03 17:39:43 <rimworlder> brb - gotta start the water a-boilin & the sauce a-bubblin
Nov 03 17:39:48 <NickE> Our pumpkins
Nov 03 17:39:58 <Dan> That's ok, my printer is too low on ink to handle spaghetti.
Nov 03 17:40:33 <EML> Sideshow Bob/Nessus ... Homer/Louis Wu ... Marge/Tella ... Speaker/(bidding is open)
Nov 03 17:40:49 <FlyingDragon> Does vodka sauce REALLY have vodka in it?
Nov 03 17:41:02 <Hippy> They are astounding!
Nov 03 17:41:05 <NickE> Krusty for Speaker
Nov 03 17:41:05 <jim_stiles> Speaker/comic book guy
Nov 03 17:41:11 <NickE> Or that
Nov 03 17:41:14 <chief_strike_anywhere> i'm watching some 50's dubbed japanese space invader movie Mystery Science Theater.
Nov 03 17:41:17 <chief_strike_anywhere> it's awesom
Nov 03 17:41:20 <chief_strike_anywhere> awesome
Nov 03 17:41:24 <Dan> Simpsons Speaker = Moe the bartender.
Nov 03 17:41:37 <jim_stiles> what channel has MST?
Nov 03 17:41:40 <NickE> That could work too
Nov 03 17:41:44 <lensman_inert> Nessus = Mr. Burns??
Nov 03 17:41:50 <EML> Moe -- sold.
Nov 03 17:41:52 <chief_strike_anywhere> jim -> usenet
Nov 03 17:41:54 <FlyingDragon> The pumpkin is pretty neat!
Nov 03 17:42:01 <Dan> Burns for Hindmost.
Nov 03 17:42:02 <chief_strike_anywhere> i have about 70 gigabytes of them
Nov 03 17:42:10 * FlyingDragon still waiting for the picture of the crapping skeleton.
Nov 03 17:42:11 <EML> Nurns for Hindmost, agreed
Nov 03 17:42:27 <NickE> Joy did teh cat and Voldemort, the 2 girls did the other 2
Nov 03 17:42:44 <senax> Time for me to go run a couple of miles--If I let myself put off exercise too long, I end up talking myself out of it...
Nov 03 17:42:47 <lensman_inert> Yah Burns=Hindmost. Hmmm, Nessus is actually female... maybe Lisa is Nessus?
Nov 03 17:42:52 <rimworlder> flyingD - yes it does have vodka in it
Nov 03 17:42:57 <NickE> Saw a link yestreday for an Awesome Firefly one, but cant find it now. I'll ask
Nov 03 17:43:11 <Hippy> Okay, senax. Pound that pavement!
Nov 03 17:43:12 <senax> I'm not sure if we took a picture, Carol, but if I find one, I will let you know.
Nov 03 17:43:35 <Hippy> Lisa as Nessus works.
Nov 03 17:43:43 <senax> I should have on the back of my shirt "I'd rather be pounding a beer!"
Nov 03 17:43:47 <FlyingDragon> This year's pumpkin was my least favorite ever. I was creatively taped out after the Dark Mark, I guess.
Nov 03 17:43:52 <senax> Later.
Nov 03 17:43:58 <EML> Nessus *sounds* (human) female. He isn't.
Nov 03 17:44:00 <jim_stiles> ? = Bart
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Nov 03 17:44:17 <lensman_inert> Altho Lisa is not nearly manipulative enough.
Nov 03 17:44:33 <Dan> Bart = Seeker.
Nov 03 17:44:34 <rimworlder> I thought puppeteer sex was "ambiguous" as there are two puppeteers and a third required to procreate...
Nov 03 17:44:37 <Hippy> Good point, Ed
Nov 03 17:44:56 <NickE> http://www.slashfilm.com/2007/10/29/cinematic-pumpkin-carvings-part-2/
Nov 03 17:44:58 <NickE> found it
Nov 03 17:45:08 <NickE> Ask teh Buffy crowd, they know :-)
Nov 03 17:45:11 <lensman_inert> Hindmost makes it clear in RE that Nessus is female. There are hints in Rw that Nessus is female, if you pay attention.
Nov 03 17:45:11 <Hippy> But he is the cleverest of the Motley Crew and Lisa is the cleverest Simpson, so. . . Now as to Bart. . .
Nov 03 17:45:25 <Hippy> Lurlene Lumpkin for Halrolprillalar
Nov 03 17:45:26 <EML> Bart = Seeker --- that's good. We just don't have him romantically involved with Teela/Marge.
Nov 03 17:45:41 <FlyingDragon> When it takes three genders to procreate, male and female are not real descriptive terms.
Nov 03 17:45:51 <rimworlder> that's basically what I'm saying
Nov 03 17:45:58 <lensman_inert> However, that's female only in the genetic sense, since Puppeteer females don't carry the pregnancy.
Nov 03 17:46:07 <rimworlder> onion chopping time...
Nov 03 17:46:22 <EML> No need to infer things about Puppeteer gender ... it's in FLEET.
Nov 03 17:46:24 <jim_stiles> beer break
Nov 03 17:46:42 <Hippy> Lens: Hindmost says 'But he would not have discussed such things, would he? Nessus is shy on these subjects'
Nov 03 17:46:47 <Hippy> Note that pronoun
Nov 03 17:47:14 <FlyingDragon> THe real question is, Ed, does it contradict anything Ted and I wrote in "Many Kinds of Loving" about Puppeteer reproduction?
Nov 03 17:47:36 <Dan> Hippy, that might be an artifact of speaking Interworld.
Nov 03 17:48:08 <EML> Carol, I odn't know.
Nov 03 17:48:39 <Dan> Although I won't insist that's necessarily true.
Nov 03 17:48:43 <lensman_inert> Hippy: Puppeteers refer to both sexes as "he". It's a cultural thing. I cover this in the "Puppeteer" entry in my Concordance.
Nov 03 17:49:08 <Hippy> Dan: Hindmost could've used 'she' if it were appropriate. The assumption then would be that the Hindmost is a 'she'. Where 'male' is defined as 'produces lots of small eggs' and 'female'' as 'produces small amounts of large eggs'
Nov 03 17:49:28 <lensman_inert> http://www.freewebs.com/knownspace/p.htm/#pup6
Nov 03 17:49:45 <jim_stiles> Is "Many Kinds of Loving" canonical?
Nov 03 17:50:03 <Hippy> Food for thought, Lens, although as Ed says we don't need to infer anymore
Nov 03 17:50:27 <FlyingDragon> No, but at the time it was writen, it did not conflict with anything that was.
Nov 03 17:50:40 <Dan> True enough. Although I would have stated it as sperm and eggs rather than large & small eggs... I'm just a fan. What do I know? :)
Nov 03 17:51:05 <lensman_inert> But we don't need to infer anymore from RE. Hindmost specifically says his kind deposits sperm and Nessus' kind deposits the egg in the associated species which acts as a surrogate mother. As Ed says, more details in FOW.
Nov 03 17:51:13 <jim_stiles> Did Larry say that MKOL was not canon?
Nov 03 17:51:50 <lensman_inert> I've only read MKOL once... AFAIK it's still compatible with canon. Pls note that
Nov 03 17:52:01 <lensman_inert> that's not the same as "canon"... just compatible with.
Nov 03 17:52:09 <jim_stiles> OK
Nov 03 17:52:36 <lensman_inert> As I see it, anyway. Carol may have a different definition of "canon".
Nov 03 17:53:32 <Hippy> Lens, I stand corrected. Admirably referenced
Nov 03 17:54:44 <Hippy> Dan: I'm paraphrasing Richard Dawkins. He used 'large and small' to get around the perception of what sperm does and how it acts in humans
Nov 03 17:54:54 <FlyingDragon> MKOL is just a fan story. No fan story is canon.
Nov 03 17:55:13 <Dan> Hippy, I can accept that.
Nov 03 17:55:21 <jim_stiles> OK
Nov 03 17:55:40 <NickE> Not cracking canon though makes it nice to wonder :-)
Nov 03 17:55:45 <lensman_inert> Well, my company is here. Wish I could continue the conversation!
Nov 03 17:55:53 * lensman_inert is now known as lensman_free
Nov 03 17:55:54 <NickE> NP
Nov 03 17:55:56 <EML> a larger section of the quote in RE is: We have two kinds of male, Louis. My kind implants its sperm in the female's flesh, and Nessus's kind implants its egg in the female with a most similar organ."
Nov 03 17:55:59 <rimworlder> where is the concordance mentioned found? I'm working on my own for another author...
Nov 03 17:56:08 <FlyingDragon> Yes, Lensman, compatable at the time. I was tired of people ASSUMING that baby puppetters ATE their way out of the host, and I wanted to come up with a was that fit where that wasn't so.
Nov 03 17:56:41 <FlyingDragon> Yes, and the "Female" is a nother species, which mate among themselves.
Nov 03 17:57:05 <Hippy> Ed - how could I have forgotten that. Okay, Nessus is female because she doesn't have sperm
Nov 03 17:58:16 <Hippy> Carol: thank you for doing that. I never assumed they ate their way out, either, and I don't know why Louis did
Nov 03 17:58:32 <FlyingDragon> zLEnsman siad that MKOL is STILL compatable with canon? Than nothing in FOW contradicts me/us? Way cool.
Nov 03 17:58:49 <Hippy> Rimworlder: there's a link there to Lens's concordance: www.freewebs.something or other
Nov 03 17:58:49 <FlyingDragon> Louis was mistaken!!!!!
Nov 03 17:58:55 <EML> Hippy, Hindmost says Nessus is *also* male -- just a different kind of male.
Nov 03 17:59:18 <FlyingDragon> Because the both insert genetic material into another creature.
Nov 03 18:00:09 <Hippy> Okay. Culturally male, genetically female? That covers all bases
Nov 03 18:00:19 <EML> Larry & I developed more background about gender roles and symbiont history than we used ... didn't want to bog down the story. Maybe in another book sometime.
Nov 03 18:01:45 <FlyingDragon> EML. I've been pointing out to LOTS of people lately, in responce to the revelation tha DUmbledore is gay, that writers often create a LOT of detail the the readers never see, in order to write the stories they did write easier and more convincingly.
Nov 03 18:02:16 <EML> very true.
Nov 03 18:02:44 <Hippy> But we are fans and must know this stuff!
Nov 03 18:03:19 <jim_stiles> didn't Heinlen once say that a sentence his fiction once took months of calculation
Nov 03 18:03:22 <Hippy> Well, I couldn't care less about Dumbledore's habits, but the history of the Puppeteer's symbionts is much more interesting
Nov 03 18:03:32 <rimworlder> thankd flyingd - got it
Nov 03 18:03:36 <Dan> Whew! One pain pill after two weeks of not taking any is roughly equivalent to chugging a pitcher of beer... Word to the wise.
Nov 03 18:03:58 <rimworlder> dan - try muscle relaxants on an empty stomach...
Nov 03 18:04:03 <FlyingDragon> Regarding Dumbledore, I follow the revelation that Grindewald and DUmbledore were lovers. WHich is why they were so close, Grindewald made SUCH a huge impact on Dumbledore, and it hurt him so much when their frinedship ended.
Nov 03 18:04:08 <Hippy> It'll save me a lot of beer money. Thanks, Dan
Nov 03 18:04:16 <FlyingDragon> Dan, take a half at a time.
Nov 03 18:04:40 <EML> a tough part of writing is to leave some of the keen world-building stuff OUT of the story.
Nov 03 18:04:41 <jim_stiles> oxycontin + 3 beers
Nov 03 18:05:09 <rimworlder> eml - and probably the funnest part of writing...
Nov 03 18:05:23 <rimworlder> sausage & ground beef time - this will take a bit - sorry
Nov 03 18:05:41 <EML> I'm going off to dinner soon, too.
Nov 03 18:05:59 <Hippy> Ed, no offence, but that is one of the sadder aspects of modern SF. World building can go hang so long as the characters act like mainstream fiction characters
Nov 03 18:06:00 <NickE> I had a great wine/brandy/endorphin high last night..was still buzzed about landing the job :-)
Nov 03 18:06:03 <Dan> Too late, that was my last one. I hate meds and only take them when I need them. I thought I was past getting these twinges, but sometimes I move the wrong way and the pain comes back.
Nov 03 18:06:04 * FlyingDragon misses beer
Nov 03 18:06:13 <FlyingDragon> We're doing chines tonight.
Nov 03 18:06:32 <SeanS> sipping on a bit of wine here
Nov 03 18:06:49 <FlyingDragon> I don't mind taking them when I'm in pain, but I don't want to become addicted to them.
Nov 03 18:06:51 <EML> Hippy -- no offense taken. Seeking the balance is part of the job.
Nov 03 18:07:09 <SeanS> cheap wine out of a box but what the hell. i cant taste the difference after a glass or two
Nov 03 18:07:10 * FlyingDragon . whinning, misses wine too
Nov 03 18:07:28 <EML> FLEET got started precisely because I wanted to know more about the Puppeteers and their worlds.
Nov 03 18:07:37 <Hippy> Why are you missing these things, Carol?
Nov 03 18:08:15 <FlyingDragon> I"m sober.
Nov 03 18:08:17 <Hippy> I am so looking forward to Fleet. Curse this stupid eye of mine!
Nov 03 18:08:25 <SeanS> because she has a stronger will than I ;)
Nov 03 18:08:28 <Dan> Ed, I've been known to do 50k words of world building for a 6k word count short story. But then I find world building fun.
Nov 03 18:08:33 <FlyingDragon> Heve been for almost two decades.
Nov 03 18:08:59 <FlyingDragon> Eml, do you ever participate in NaNoWriMo?
Nov 03 18:09:13 <Hippy> Well, I suppose you have your martial arts to make up for it. . .
Nov 03 18:09:40 <rimworlder> lensman - nice job on that site. I'll be spending some time there this weekend
Nov 03 18:09:53 <Hippy> Oh, I joined that this year. It's fun writing something you're deliberately not planning and don't give a warm ferret's motion about
Nov 03 18:10:06 <EML> Carol -- nope, no NaNoWriMo for me. I have a backlog of committed stuff demanding my attention.
Nov 03 18:10:59 <EML> Dan -- yes, world-building is fun. The problem is, it has no natural endpoint.
Nov 03 18:11:09 <Hippy> Does anyone here remember 'Logan's Run' the movie?
Nov 03 18:11:24 <rimworlder> eml - no natural end point, but something you can mine repeatedly for additional stories
Nov 03 18:11:38 <rimworlder> hippy sure - I went to the premiere for review work
Nov 03 18:11:59 <rimworlder> I panned it
Nov 03 18:12:09 <Hippy> Oh, good! Okay, remember the computer voice in that? That's how I think of Nessus's voice
Nov 03 18:12:12 <EML> Shuffling toward the door ... I'll see everyone(?) at the FLEET char next week.
Nov 03 18:12:23 <NickE> Good to see you Ed
Nov 03 18:12:24 <EML> oops. Fleet chaT.
Nov 03 18:12:25 <Hippy> Oh, it was pannable, pannable indeed
Nov 03 18:12:36 <rimworlder> do you mean 'Box' or the ethereal announcements voice?
Nov 03 18:12:42 <Dan> See you then, Ed!
Nov 03 18:12:43 <Hippy> 'Bye, Ed
Nov 03 18:12:47 <rimworlder> by ed
Nov 03 18:12:52 <EML> ttfn
Nov 03 18:12:53 <jim_stiles> by ed
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Nov 03 18:13:09 <Hippy> The announcements voice. Roscoe Lee Browne as Nessus? Egad. . .
Nov 03 18:13:25 <jim_stiles> ?
Nov 03 18:13:48 <Dan> Logan's Run, the only movie that I've ever seen that I liked more than the book.
Nov 03 18:14:06 <NickE> Funny, I quite liked the books
Nov 03 18:14:06 * Hippy is obsessed with determining the source voice for the 'thrilling contralto' of the Puppeteers
Nov 03 18:14:37 <Hippy> What the? Dan, how many painkillers were you on then???? :)
Nov 03 18:15:06 <NickE> well, yeah
Nov 03 18:15:28 <NickE> :-)
Nov 03 18:15:38 <NickE> Not to everyone's taste
Nov 03 18:16:04 <Dan> LOL, none. I thought that the shortcuts in the plot that the movie too actually improved the story. As I said, that's the only time I reached that conclusion.
Nov 03 18:16:31 <NickE> Look, I could never get on with Dick's novels. Short stories, yes, novels, not so much
Nov 03 18:16:57 <jim_stiles> who wrote Logan's Run (novel)
Nov 03 18:16:59 <NickE> Much prefferd Blade Runner as a film
Nov 03 18:17:00 <Dan> OK, being called to dinner. Back in a few minutes...
Nov 03 18:17:08 <NickE> l8r Dan
Nov 03 18:17:20 <NickE> William F Nolan
Nov 03 18:17:26 <Hippy> I agree, Nick. I don't understand the Dick fascination either. But 'Bladerunner' did well so we'll be getting 'The Preserving Machine' with Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes any tick of the clock
Nov 03 18:17:40 <Hippy> See you later, Dan
Nov 03 18:17:48 <FlyingDragon> l8r, Dan
Nov 03 18:18:07 <NickE> The Preserving Machine is a good collection of his shorts IMO
Nov 03 18:18:28 <Hippy> I suspect so. Surprisingly hard to find, though
Nov 03 18:21:26 <jim_stiles> does anyone remember Logan's Run the TV series?
Nov 03 18:21:33 <SeanS> yep
Nov 03 18:21:45 <Hippy> Yep
Nov 03 18:22:00 <jim_stiles> there is just something about mid-1970's SF TV series
Nov 03 18:22:26 <Hippy> Definitely! For one thing, the women were beautiful!
Nov 03 18:22:30 <rimworlder> hippy - if I had to pick a 'real-world' voice for nessus, it would be what's her name from 10,000 maniacs...
Nov 03 18:22:41 <SeanS> i had the movie recently
Nov 03 18:22:52 <Hippy> I've got 'The Fantastic Journey' on disk here somewhere and that is so nostalgic. . .
Nov 03 18:23:25 <FlyingDragon> Opera singer Marilyn Horne
Nov 03 18:23:25 <Hippy> Rim, Sean, I shall just go to the IMDB to check out who you mean. .
Nov 03 18:23:27 <rimworlder> I'm mired and hung-up on anything SF pre 90s...
Nov 03 18:23:50 <FlyingDragon> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Horne
Nov 03 18:24:10 <rimworlder> there's very little "new" I've been enjoying for the past couiple of decades - scalzi is the chief exception
Nov 03 18:24:14 <SeanS> i have salvage if someone wants it. talking about 70's tv
Nov 03 18:24:14 <FlyingDragon> I guess she isn't a contralto.
Nov 03 18:24:56 <rimworlder> flying - no - but I don't let little things like that interfere with my enjoyment :)
Nov 03 18:25:12 <FlyingDragon> Marian Anderson
Nov 03 18:26:21 <Hippy> Is 10 000 Maniacs actually a movie?
Nov 03 18:26:49 <rimworlder> hippy - a band
Nov 03 18:26:53 <Hippy> 'Salvage 1'? That's taking me back
Nov 03 18:27:00 <rimworlder> "these are the good old days"
Nov 03 18:27:16 <rimworlder> salvage 1 with, ummm andy griffiths?
Nov 03 18:27:17 <Hippy> Oh. Well, music, yes. ..I mean, I know its out there, but. . .
Nov 03 18:27:24 <SeanS> salvage is the movie, salvage 1 the short lived tv show i think
Nov 03 18:27:33 <Hippy> Andy Griffith indeed
Nov 03 18:27:46 <rimworlder> that movie/show revived interest in backyard spaceships for a bit
Nov 03 18:28:54 <rimworlder> anyone been impressed with more recent movie offerings? To start - I was disappointed with Mimzy...
Nov 03 18:28:58 <SeanS> heh, both were incredibly bad which is why mark and i like it. we seem to share an interest in BAD movies
Nov 03 18:29:34 <rimworlder> seans - then you're set for life cause they keep on churning them out
Nov 03 18:29:45 <SeanS> true
Nov 03 18:30:15 <rimworlder> last movie I felt I actually got my 12.50s worth was spiderman
Nov 03 18:30:39 <SeanS> i dont go to the movie theater anymore
Nov 03 18:32:22 <rimworlder> well, I keep on hoping it will be worth it
Nov 03 18:32:36 <rimworlder> maybe 3 - 4 times a year
Nov 03 18:33:27 <Hippy> Hmm. What did I last see that I thought was worth it. Probably 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix' No, wait. 'The Simpsons Movie'
Nov 03 18:33:48 <rimworlder> haven't seen simpsons and won't do the 'potter thing'
Nov 03 18:35:01 <jim_stiles> the potter movies are not that bad
Nov 03 18:35:24 <SeanS> i have enjoyed the potter movies
Nov 03 18:35:34 <Hippy> I agree with jim. They're not as good as the books, but then the books got to be unfilmably long
Nov 03 18:35:34 <NickE> generally pretty good. At least the lates cuts out all the crap from teh boo
Nov 03 18:35:37 <NickE> k
Nov 03 18:35:41 <NickE> book
Nov 03 18:35:42 <SeanS> i just enjoy them here instead of at the theater
Nov 03 18:35:55 <SeanS> i agree, nick
Nov 03 18:36:02 <NickE> Doesnt need to be in a cinema I agree
Nov 03 18:36:10 <SeanS> was glad to see nothing of the house elf crusade in the movies
Nov 03 18:36:45 <NickE> oh that was too much. That and the constant "Harry is angry" thing We get it OK!!!!!
Nov 03 18:36:49 <Hippy> Theatres are shocking these days. A bunch of troglodytes chatting away on their phones while they slob around as if the seats were beanbags and they were in the privacy of their own toilets
Nov 03 18:36:52 <SeanS> well, i have a good sized tv and a dolby digital sound system so i dont miss too much
Nov 03 18:37:18 <Dan> Back... Spinich quiche and baked potatos, YUM!
Nov 03 18:37:32 <NickE> Mmm
Nov 03 18:37:47 <Hippy> And here I am with cold tea. . .off to fix that now
Nov 03 18:37:48 <SeanS> i would much rather watch a movie here and drink beer or wine than go to the movie and pay out the ass for popcorn and a coke
Nov 03 18:37:52 <NickE> Thought the steak I had for tea was lovely too
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Nov 03 18:38:37 <SeanS> bye jim, hi jim
Nov 03 18:38:40 <rimworlder> true - the theater experience used to be much different. I the moment it changed for me: was watching elephant man and people were laughing at the movie...
Nov 03 18:38:43 <jim_stiles> what happened?
Nov 03 18:39:13 <SeanS> i can tell you it wasnt a net split
Nov 03 18:39:19 <Dan> lol
Nov 03 18:39:19 <rimworlder> jim - nessus just read the parts about what sex he was...
Nov 03 18:40:51 <jim_stiles> movies are good in the cinema when it is R or NC-17 and the cinema enforces the rules
Nov 03 18:40:53 <SeanS> julie tells me that the last movie i saw in a theater was we are marshall. phones everywhere and some woman came in and played with my hair. i had no idea who she was
Nov 03 18:40:56 <SeanS> never again
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Nov 03 18:41:05 <Hippy> Howdy, Fred
Nov 03 18:41:12 <FRED> Hey Hip
Nov 03 18:41:14 <SeanS> howdy fred
Nov 03 18:41:20 <FRED> Sean
Nov 03 18:41:30 <FRED> You know, that's a scary entrance disclaimer
Nov 03 18:41:38 <SeanS> ?
Nov 03 18:41:45 <Dan> The last time I enjoyed being in a movie theater, we were watching Rocky Horror again.
Nov 03 18:41:47 <FRED> "Click here to allow this applet unrestriced access to your computer"
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Nov 03 18:42:07 <SeanS> oh, thats not on my end
Nov 03 18:42:10 <NickE> Hi Fred
Nov 03 18:42:16 <FRED> Hey Nick
Nov 03 18:42:26 <Hippy> Welcome back, senax
Nov 03 18:42:29 <SeanS> i love rocky horror
Nov 03 18:42:42 <senax> Hi guys
Nov 03 18:42:46 <FRED> Haven't seen RHPS in years and years
Nov 03 18:42:47 <Dan> That's the applet at the website, isn't it?
Nov 03 18:42:49 <SeanS> thats actually windows bitching i think
Nov 03 18:42:52 <FRED> yes
Nov 03 18:42:53 <NickE> I used to do the whole Rocky thing :-)
Nov 03 18:42:59 <FRED> no windows here!
Nov 03 18:43:05 <FRED> it's via the website
Nov 03 18:43:20 <SeanS> talk to mark and euan then
Nov 03 18:43:23 <Dan> I sprung for the RH
Nov 03 18:43:30 <senax> I went once...too campy for my taste
Nov 03 18:43:33 <FRED> we did the Rocky thing in the 70s at the revival theater every Friday night and watched it spiral out of hand :)
Nov 03 18:43:40 <Dan> damn, wrong button again.
Nov 03 18:43:57 <FRED> Pretty soon people were throwing food and fire marshalls were standing by
Nov 03 18:44:31 <Hippy> I have to say that I've never been into the RHPS thing. I just. . .I lack the RHPS gene
Nov 03 18:44:45 <FRED> they did NOT like wildly overcrowed theaters with people holding up lit cigarette lighters
Nov 03 18:44:48 <Dan> I sprung for the RHPs/Shock Treatment double DVD set last year. The "making of" segments were as fun as the films were.
Nov 03 18:44:56 <SeanS> it was fun when i was 17. now i dont know
Nov 03 18:45:11 <FRED> Yeah, I was in college
Nov 03 18:45:15 * SeanS is about to turn 39
Nov 03 18:45:16 <FRED> lonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnng time ago
Nov 03 18:45:30 <jim_stiles> RHPS was banned by WVU by the time I went to college
Nov 03 18:45:43 <FRED> lol
Nov 03 18:46:04 <FRED> good to know they were working on the important priorities
Nov 03 18:46:34 <jim_stiles> they got tired of having the theatre trashed
Nov 03 18:46:39 <SeanS> yeah.. banned by someone that didnt like it over the masses that did
Nov 03 18:46:44 <FlyingDragon> Dan, you didn't WATCH the Shock Treatment did you????? The HORRORS!!!
Nov 03 18:46:51 <FRED> yeah
Nov 03 18:46:57 <FRED> I watched ST once
Nov 03 18:47:05 <FRED> much as I love Jessica Harper . . .
Nov 03 18:47:25 <FRED> I had to go watch PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE to wash Shock Treatment out of my brain
Nov 03 18:47:28 <FlyingDragon> Dred, YOU wasted tow hours of your time on SHOCK TREATMENT TOO???? Did no one WARN YOU???????
Nov 03 18:47:37 <Dan> A buddy of mine once gifted me with a VHS copy of Rocky Horror that had subtitles in Japanese. That was a hoot!
Nov 03 18:47:39 <FRED> Nope
Nov 03 18:47:43 <FRED> No warning
Nov 03 18:47:48 <FRED> We didn't know
Nov 03 18:47:54 <FlyingDragon> Dan, bet that was interesting.
Nov 03 18:48:02 <FlyingDragon> I'm so sorry. No one warned me.
Nov 03 18:48:02 <Dan> It was.
Nov 03 18:48:09 <Hippy> Good ol' Phantom of the Paradise. One of the first dozen DVDs I ever bought
Nov 03 18:48:26 <FRED> I got the Phantompalooza DVD recently
Nov 03 18:48:31 <FRED> video of the convention
Nov 03 18:48:44 <NickE> I do know about Shock Treatment..enough not to have ever seen it
Nov 03 18:48:45 <rimworlder> cathcving up here - yes - RHPS at the theater was great : off to eat my meal - bbs
Nov 03 18:48:54 <Dan&g