Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Mark Sturdy
You know, when I think back, Bob was one evil c*nt at times. (etc...) Oh, shut up. Yes he was utterly infuriating at times, and probably living in a complete fantasy world - all in all, a pretty silly man - but I've never seen why that makes him so worth getting wound up about. My feeling

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Nev Young
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:40:13 +0100, Mark Sturdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And Frank Broughton...? We did find this one out. A Welsh relation, possibly a cousin IIRC. A couple of us even tried to track him down, I think we worked out he was a farmer or something. Right... So if he was in

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Nev Young
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:21:26 +0100, Dave Whitmore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:47:51 +0100 Wed, 15 Aug 01 19:18:40 BST, Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:05:37 +0100, David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Any idea who Ken Elston is? Just

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Nev Young
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 18:47:59 +0100, Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gavin PS Community service Nev?! What did you do? ;) I broke some little toerag's leg in a few places. Long story you don't want to know and I don't want to remember. Just don't make me angry, you won't like me if I'm

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Nev Young
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 21:47:14 +0100, Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Er, woops, erm my memory and geography fails me, I always thought Exeter was in Wales *grins* (Don't shoot me, I'm Northern Irish ;) I thought you lot shot each other (sorry !!!) You know, when I think back, Bob was one

RE: ASCD 0.91 WIP 2

2001-08-16 Thread Simon Owen
Aley Keprt wrote: Since *some* people still sending me annoying messages, I simple must release a new version including source code. Heh! Well you did say you'd release it with your next final version, so it was only a casual enquiry about your previous offer ;-) Thanks for posting it

RE: ASCD 0.90 W.I.P. (and anyone interested in MIDI)

2001-08-16 Thread Dave Laundon
Aley Keprt wrote: Thanks. I tried it but can't manage to get it work in WinCoupe (I need to test i there). Whenever I start playback, the message press symbol to exit shortly appears and then it immediately closes (going back to main menu), like I presses symbol shift. But I don't press

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Gavin Smith
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 10:09 pm, Mark Sturdy wrote: You know, when I think back, Bob was one evil c*nt at times. (etc...) Oh, shut up. Yes he was utterly infuriating at times, and probably living in a complete fantasy world - all in all, a pretty silly man - but I've never

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Gavin Smith
On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 12:18 am, Paul Walker wrote: On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:04:00AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: mean can you remember just how long all this crap went on for? I'm entitled to two sentences to say how I feel about him now. Actually, I'm with Mark on this; I'm

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread David Ledbury
- Original Message - From: Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 12:18 AM Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston? On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:04:00AM +0100, Gavin Smith wrote: mean can you remember just how long all this crap went on for? I'm

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Gavin Smith
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 10:44 pm, Nev Young wrote: Er, woops, erm my memory and geography fails me, I always thought Exeter was in Wales *grins* (Don't shoot me, I'm Northern Irish ;) I thought you lot shot each other (sorry !!!) Haven't you heard about the ceasefire? *coughs* Well

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Simon Cooke
From: Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any idea who Ken Elston is? Just wondering as he seemed to share an email address with Samsboss? IIRC Mr R P Brenchley's father. Bob used the name as a pseudonym in format, he even published some of my stuff under that name, and later as an alias on

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Gavin Smith
On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 03:31 am, Simon Cooke wrote: Once upon a time, I wrote (and published) a short piece of code to switch the SAM into Spectrum mode. Bob published an (identical) piece of code in Format under the name Ken Elston. And claimed that I'd ripped Ken off. Now come

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Gavin Smith
On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 04:15 am, Simon Cooke wrote: From: Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 03:31 am, Simon Cooke wrote: Once upon a time, I wrote (and published) a short piece of code to switch the SAM into Spectrum mode. Bob published an

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Simon Cooke
From: Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Simon, I was only joking mate! :) I'm sure you did write it, and if Bob had written it too, I'm sure he would have been more than glad to publish it under his own name, rather than using a pseudonym (after all, we were always pushing him to back up his

OT: Sci-Fi (Was: Who's Ken Elston?)

2001-08-16 Thread Frode Tenneboe
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:17:43 -0700 Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Until then though... desperately trying to come up with an idea for a 5 minute short to get on the Sci-Fi channel. OK! That's it. How can I get Sci-Fi channel here in Norway? -Frode

Re: Sci-Fi (Was: Who's Ken Elston?)

2001-08-16 Thread Simon Cooke
Not a clue... they appear to be sort of a franchise; certainly, the UK SciFi channel (at least in the past) is a lot different to the US one. Digital Satellite is probably your best bet. - Original Message - From: Frode Tenneboe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no Sent: Thursday,

Re: Re: Sci-Fi (Was: Who's Ken Elston?)

2001-08-16 Thread Frode Tenneboe
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 01:14:23 -0700 Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not a clue... they appear to be sort of a franchise; certainly, the UK SciFi channel (at least in the past) is a lot different to the US one. They are different companies. Digital Satellite is probably your best bet.

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Nev Young
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 19:31:29 -0700, Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED] Any idea who Ken Elston is? Just wondering as he seemed to share an email address with Samsboss? IIRC Mr R P Brenchley's father. Bob used the name as a pseudonym in format,

Re: Who's Ken Elston?

2001-08-16 Thread Nev Young
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001 00:26:04 +0100, Gavin Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 10:44 pm, Nev Young wrote: Er, woops, erm my memory and geography fails me, I always thought Exeter was in Wales *grins* (Don't shoot me, I'm Northern Irish ;) I thought you lot