On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 22:17:43 -0700, you wrote:
... and on that note... what's everyone up to these days? I'm writing photo
editing software for Sierra, having just finished working on Generations
back in December (woohoo! we're the top Sierra/Vivendi productivity title in
the UK!!!). Currently I'm
- Original Message -
From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 4:45 AM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?
From: Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Still working for a semiconductor company; I work in the bit making the
drivers for the set
From: Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Re: VUIPNA]
A name that just trips off the tongue. ;-)
Literally, rather than figuratively. Every time you read it or say it, it
feels like it just dusted itself off and told everyone I'm okay!
Simon
From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... which was Sierra :) (well, Sierra Home... same difference for now...
although officially we're VUIPNA - vivendi universal interactive
publishing
north america)
Sounds more like something you can get treated by a cream at the doctors
:)
Yup. I
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From: Simon Cooke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 3:07 AM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?
From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
... which was Sierra :) (well, Sierra Home... same difference for
now...
although
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From: Frode Tenneboe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 8:37 AM
Subject: Re[2]: Sci-Fi (Was: Who's Ken Elston?)
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:26:29 +0100 Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:18:15AM +0200
On Thursday, August 16, 2001, at 09:57 pm, Nev Young wrote:
No quibble apart from a broken leg? :) I sent an IDE interface back to
you one time cos I couldn't get it to work and you were good to your
word and helped me best you could. You examined it and said there was
nothing wrong with it
You know, the amount he gets talked about, anyone'd think Bob Brenchley was
the only interesting thing ever to happen on this lis-
(Ah.)
I'll get me coat.
Mark
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From: Mark Sturdy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2001 11:22 PM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?
You know, the amount he gets talked about, anyone'd think Bob Brenchley
was
the only interesting thing ever to happen on this lis
Errr, who was Bob Brenchley anyway ? lol
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:18:15AM +0200, Frode Tenneboe wrote:
Yes, but Sky/SciFi used to use a peculiar decoder. Is Sky Digital
still doing that?
Peculiar how...?
--
Paul
Insert tractor toilet paper into printer.
-- Joker virus
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 12:30:11AM +0100, David Ledbury wrote:
Slander I can't forgive. Don't wish him harm - particularly if he's ill -
but I cant forgive him though.
Who said anything about forgive? :-)
--
Paul
It is by Perl alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the regex of Larry
that
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From: Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:05:37 +0100, David Ledbury
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Any idea who Ken Elston is?
Just wondering as he
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From: David Ledbury [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Friday, August 17, 2001 12:44 AM
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?
- Original Message -
From: Nev Young [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 6:47
On Fri, 17 Aug 2001 00:26:29 +0100 Paul Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Aug 16, 2001 at 10:18:15AM +0200, Frode Tenneboe wrote:
Yes, but Sky/SciFi used to use a peculiar decoder. Is Sky Digital
still doing that?
Peculiar how...?
AFAIK. You had to buy the decoder from Sky.
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 10:17:43PM -0700, Simon Cooke wrote:
... and on that note... what's everyone up to these days? I'm writing
photo
editing software for Sierra, having just finished working on Generations
I'm still writing linux drivers for lots of 'puter telephony stuff.. much
fun.
On Fri, Aug 17, 2001 at 08:37:01AM +0200, Frode Tenneboe wrote:
AFAIK. You had to buy the decoder from Sky. Probably a standard decoder,
but with some special firmware I guess. I have never actually seen any of
the Sky channels, let alone bought a decoder from them. It was only on
sale in the
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
, August 16, 2001 12:06 AM
Subject: OT: Sci-Fi (Was: Who's Ken Elston?)
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
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.
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,
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
Any idea who Ken Elston is?
Just wondering as he seemed to share an email address with Samsboss?
David
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 12:05 am, David Ledbury wrote:
Any idea who Ken Elston is?
Just wondering as he seemed to share an email address with Samsboss?
David
I *THINK* he turned up in the middle of a fight about Bob's clones and a
few of us decided he was yet another clone and
wasn't that Bill Ritman?
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From: Gavin Smith [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 3:00 PM
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Subject: Re: Who's Ken Elston?
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 12:05 am, David Ledbury wrote:
Any idea who Ken
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Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2001 3:00 PM
To: sam-users@nvg.ntnu.no
Subject:Re: Who's Ken Elston?
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 12:05 am, David Ledbury wrote:
Any idea who Ken Elston is?
Just wondering as he seemed to share an email address
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 00:05:37 +0100, David Ledbury
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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
Just as we all suspected but it's a good thing you didn't confirm it for
us before now, it kept us all feeling like busy little SAM detectives :)
I must dig up some of Bob's old posts and read again his indignant
denials of the whole thing!
Gavin
PS Community service Nev?! What did you do? ;)
The increasingly fascinating Nev Young wrote:
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
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 08:09 pm, Mark Sturdy wrote:
And Frank Broughton...?
Mark
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.
Gavin
On Wed, 15 Aug 2001 20:52:17 +0100 Wed, 15 Aug 01 21:14:18 BST, Gavin
Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 08:09 pm, Mark Sturdy wrote:
And Frank Broughton...?
Mark
We did find this one out. A Welsh relation, possibly a cousin IIRC. A
couple of us even tried to
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 wondering as he seemed to share an email address with Samsboss?
IIRC Mr R P
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 Wales, who was at 44 Buddle Lane Exeter or
whatever?
Mark
On Wednesday, August 15, 2001, at 09:40 pm, Mark Sturdy 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 Wales, who
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