Re: The Open Constitution Project (was Re: Crazy Idea)
Jonathan Stowe wrote: OK. SO we persuade Mr Horne to blag us electronic copies of the entire UK law, upload it to the CVS server on SourceForge and then announce the project on slashdot Hm, checkout the US Bill of Rights, edit the First Amendment to include "free speech but no permission to send spam" and cvs update -- and spammers will have to think of a different disclaimer. This has potential. Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] All opinions are my own, not my employer's. If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 03 Apr 2001, you wrote: Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? maybe ... do the words 'I have my own field' mean anything to you ;) yip, but its probably not near sussex and you really don't want a 5 ft radius circle of charcoal left in it Ah but would it have charcoal. That would - after all - mean we're not burning things properly... :) Greg, you've lost your touch if you're only producing charcoal. You need to be vapourising things... erm. MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 20 8980 5714 (Home) http://colondot.net/ Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 7956 613942 (Mobile) What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency. -- George Nathan
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At 02:38 04/04/2001 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Simon Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Count me in. I have a tent and everything ! any you have the ``right'' attitude when it comes to beer and explosives I used to use theatrical maroons (explosives with electrical detonators) to blow up bits of the garden. They made very effective mines to destroy Action Men too. Admittedly I was only 10 at the time but I think that counts as the "right" attitude ;-) Simon.
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: *shock* You used the 'o' word. its ok, we can do the organisation as long as we have the greg school of organisation in play, it will basically mean agreeing with Dave Can. when he can take his `people carrier' to sussex - the announcing the weekend in advance and refusing to change it. *grin* That sounds like an evil flan. L. "Death cannot stop true love. It can only delay it for a while."
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On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Simon Wilcox wrote: At 02:38 04/04/2001 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Simon Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Count me in. I have a tent and everything ! any you have the ``right'' attitude when it comes to beer and explosives I used to use theatrical maroons (explosives with electrical detonators) to blow up bits of the garden. They made very effective mines to destroy Action Men too. Admittedly I was only 10 at the time but I think that counts as the "right" attitude ;-) .. And you seemed so normal when I met you MBM -- Matthew Byng-Maddick Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 20 8980 5714 (Home) http://colondot.net/ Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 7956 613942 (Mobile) What passes for woman's intuition is often nothing more than man's transparency. -- George Nathan
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2001, you wrote: * Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 03 Apr 2001, you wrote: Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? maybe ... do the words 'I have my own field' mean anything to you ;) true .. it is no where vaguely near sussex .. and I dont sell beer ... or cider. yip, but its probably not near sussex and you really don't want a 5 ft radius circle of charcoal left in it it would go nicely with the 20 foot circle from the lorry load of pallets we set fire to on Nov 5th :) it has been known for the fire brigade to turn up on bonfire night as the people down in the village cant really believe anyone would light a bionfire _that_ big ;) -- Robin Szemeti The box said "requires windows 95 or better" So I installed Linux!
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On Wed, 04 Apr 2001, you wrote: At 02:38 04/04/2001 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Simon Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Count me in. I have a tent and everything ! any you have the ``right'' attitude when it comes to beer and explosives I used to use theatrical maroons (explosives with electrical detonators) to blow up bits of the garden. They made very effective mines to destroy Action Men too. Admittedly I was only 10 at the time but I think that counts as the "right" attitude ;-) for future refernce ... 1) LeMaitre make some very big marroons for stage use. 2) it says they need to be in some form of container when they go off. 3) do NOT use those funny square dustbin/ashtray things (with the two flaps of steel as a lid) as the container (see [2] above) 4) the lids on [3] are, apparently, not attached very well. 5) Members of the public attending an event do not take kindly to being whisked off to hospital to have lumps of metal removed from their legs. I tell you this to help you avoid long chats with staff from the local HSE and insurance comapanies, neither of whom seem to have much 'sense of fun' in these matters ... -- Robin Szemeti The box said "requires windows 95 or better" So I installed Linux!
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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 02:38:44AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: any you have the ``right'' attitude when it comes to beer and explosives http://firedrake.org/roger/fireworks/ 'nuff said. R
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 11:05:17PM -0400, Alex Page wrote: But where would we find a camping ground with a fast net connection and wireless LAN connections? The bit of park that the Laurie bros' consume nodes cover? Martin
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At 11:12 04/04/2001 +0100, Roger Burton West wrote: On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 02:38:44AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: any you have the ``right'' attitude when it comes to beer and explosives http://firedrake.org/roger/fireworks/ ooh, ahh !
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Subject: Re: Crazy Idea marroons We once had a nuts teacher at school who let some 12-year-old kid (whose dad was a pyrotechnics expert) bring some of these in for a war scene in a production. I don't know whether they were made by LeMaitre, but the large ones were 10 inches long, with a 3 inch diameter. 2 nights out of 3, they caught fire after exploding, and had to be stamped on by yours truly (I was wearing combat boots, fortunately). We then stole one of the largest ones, wedged it in a fence in the village/housing estate crossbreed where I grew up, wrapped a large amount of paper tape around the end, and set fire to it. The electrical fuse rigups are supposed to control the detonation somewhat. Setting fire to the end doesn't. The explosion was heard at least 1/2 a mile away, and the police attended the scene, where they were puzzled by the fence containing a large hole, and the bits of paper and other unidentifed stuff from the casing, which was littered everywhere like confetti. We wanted to steal another one and put it in a dustbin, but we only just got away with covering the first theft by judicious lying...
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At 09:50 04/04/2001 +, Robin Szemeti wrote: 1) LeMaitre make some very big marroons for stage use. The very brand :-) 2) it says they need to be in some form of container when they go off. Nah. Bury them in sand for realistic WWII FX. Mwahahahaha 3) do NOT use those funny square dustbin/ashtray things (with the two flaps of steel as a lid) as the container (see [2] above) 4) the lids on [3] are, apparently, not attached very well. Indeed they are not. I remember that happening to me in a production I once worked on. 5) Members of the public attending an event do not take kindly to being whisked off to hospital to have lumps of metal removed from their legs. Luckily it only did minor damage to the backstage area. I tell you this to help you avoid long chats with staff from the local HSE and insurance comapanies, neither of whom seem to have much 'sense of fun' in these matters ... Miserable lot I always find but not as bad as the jobsworth fire brigade fire safety inspection officers I've come across.
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on 4/4/01 11:27 am, Simon Wilcox wrote: Luckily it only did minor damage to the backstage area. I bought a supply of various flashes and explosions, but did not have a firing box. Using the switch on a 4 way extension block (with a number of mains plugs to croc clips) is probably not the safest way to fire them. c. (who also used to cut live mains cables with secateurs, for fun) -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
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At 11:33 04/04/2001 +0100, Chris Heathcote wrote: on 4/4/01 11:27 am, Simon Wilcox wrote: Luckily it only did minor damage to the backstage area. I bought a supply of various flashes and explosions, but did not have a firing box. Using the switch on a 4 way extension block (with a number of mains plugs to croc clips) is probably not the safest way to fire them. I'll bet it worked a treat though ! c. (who also used to cut live mains cables with secateurs, for fun) Which reminds me of the time someone shorted out a mains socket with a paper clip "to see what happened". Scared the hell out of the teacher :-) Ahh, the old days. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be..
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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 11:53:09AM +0100, Simon Wilcox wrote: At 11:33 04/04/2001 +0100, Chris Heathcote wrote: on 4/4/01 11:27 am, Simon Wilcox wrote: c. (who also used to cut live mains cables with secateurs, for fun) Which reminds me of the time someone shorted out a mains socket with a paper clip "to see what happened". Scared the hell out of the teacher :-) Ahh, the old days. Nostalgia isn't what it used to be.. Or the case of taking the wire from inside a scalextric hand controller, attaching on end to a sucker, affixing that to one side of a door frame, stretching across to make a trip wire and being short of something to anchor it with the other side, wrapping the remaining wire around the pins of a mains plug and pluging it in! Apparantly I was discovered on the other side of the room imbeded in a wardrobe. :-) Neil. (who knows better now)
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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 12:12:56PM +0100, Neil Ford wrote: Which reminds me of the time someone shorted out a mains socket with a paper clip "to see what happened". Or the case of taking the wire from inside a scalextric hand controller, attaching on end to a sucker, affixing that to one side of a door frame, stretching across to make a trip wire and being short of something to anchor it with the other side, wrapping the remaining wire around the pins of a mains plug and pluging it in! Apparantly I was discovered on the other side of the room imbeded in a wardrobe. :-) I received a 240V shock whilst still in the womb. Various people have made the obvious comic-book connections about my affinity for all things electronic Martin
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At 12:39 04/04/2001 +0100, Martin Ling wrote: I received a 240V shock whilst still in the womb. Various people have made the obvious comic-book connections about my affinity for all things electronic I once got an electric shock off a stage lantern whilst 18ft up a ladder. The only reason I'm still here is that the ladder jammed against the ceiling as I toppled backwards. Otherwise it would have been a messy end on the rows of seats below me. Some say that would have been a Good Thing (tm)
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On Wed, Apr 04, 2001 at 10:06:13AM +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: *grin* That sounds like an evil flan. Mmm... flan... -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ A feature is often a bug with seniority.- Chip Salzenberg
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We once had a nuts teacher at school who let some 12-year-old kid (whose dad Pah, I was allowed to bring my 12 bore shotgun into school for a presentation for gcse english. They just asked that I didn't bring in any amunition with it ;) In the end I brought in live ammunition and no shotgun as there were questions as to whether the school bus would let me on. Red
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How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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Title: RE: Crazy Idea Greg came up with the excellent suggestion: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Is the cider compulsory or can other fermented fruit|vegetable|grain products be imbibed? Either way I would be up for it! I shall have to brush up on my ghost stories :¬) Darren Clarke Padawan (which is what I meant earlier when I wrote padouin...)
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Cool idea. I'll come if we can have marshmallows ;) Dean -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Why the hell not. The farm which I believe Greg has in mind (www.middlefarm.com) also sells mead. Yum! -- David Cantrell | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cantrell.org.uk/david/ This is a signature. There are many like it but this one is mine. ** I read encrypted mail first, so encrypt if your message is important **
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. That *is* a mad idea. I like it. Muahahaha. - Lucy McWilliam Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Flychip Tel: +44 (0)1223 765927 Department of Genetics Fax: +44 (0)1223 333992 University of Cambridge Mobile: 07939 476024 CB2 3EH WWW: www.bio.cam.ac.uk/~lejm3 "With a face like this I won't break any hearts. If I think like that I won't make any friends."
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From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2001 15:29 How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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From: David Cantrell [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Why the hell not. The farm which I believe Greg has in mind (www.middlefarm.com) also sells mead. Yum! And do they supply Butane canisters and matches too? ;-) Andrew.
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Cool, it may even spur me into getting the van a little more habitable than it currently is. -- Richard Clamp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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dcross - David Cross wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into ^^^ Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? /me suspects Dave may have been kidnapped and replaced by a dozier, evil replacement. Volunteers for a rescue party step forward.
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* Clarke, Darren ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg came up with the excellent suggestion: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Is the cider compulsory or can other fermented fruit|vegetable|grain products be imbibed? they also do some great organic beer, of course you bring whatever you like anyway I shall have to brush up on my ghost stories :) i've got a great one, it starts out with a monster attacking a gypsy campsite and killing all but a few, however they place a curse on him, which means he has an conscience . -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: dcross - David Cross wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into ^^^ Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? i was using the working assumption, that the time for the FM ban to be lifted was less than the time required for london.pm to organise this -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
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Well, it /would/ give me an excuse to buy all that cool outdoor stuff I want (yes, of course I need that 200ukp sleeping bag...) On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: Mmm. I shall bring Mr Pointy. All subject to FMD of course. I can probably be relied upon to bring a greater than strictly necessary collection of sharp edges. Tony
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From: Simon Wistow [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into ^^^ Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? /me suspects Dave may have been kidnapped and replaced by a dozier, evil replacement. Either that or he misread FM as SM, or, worse, FHM. Andrew.
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At 15:29 03/04/2001 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Count me in. I have a tent and everything ! Simon.
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:48:15PM +0100, Simon Wistow wrote: Volunteers for a rescue party step forward. Do we get guns, lots of guns? -- Richard Clamp [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On 03/04/2001 at 16:40 +0100, Lucy McWilliam wrote: On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Dean wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out I'll come if we can have marshmallows ;) Mmm. I shall bring Mr Pointy. All subject to FMD of course. 'Britain is open for business. That means you can visit cities, towns, villages and thousands of places all over the country just as you have always done, and more places are opening each day. A day out, or a weekend break, or a longer holiday can still be enormous fun, and just as relaxing as it ever was.' http://www.openbritain.gov.uk/ Anyway, this fails on the 'crazy' test unless dawn til dusk walks are included as part of a healthy regime. -- :: paul :: how fickle fate can be
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:52:52PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? i was using the working assumption, that the time for the FM ban to be lifted was less than the time required for london.pm to organise this London PM and the Labour govenernment... which will act first? Irresistible force meets immovable object ;) Dean -- Profanity is the one language all programmers understand --- Anon
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From: Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2001 16:48 dcross - David Cross wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into ^^^ Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? /me suspects Dave may have been kidnapped and replaced by a dozier, evil replacement. /me misparsed that completely as "FHM issue". I have no excuse. Volunteers for a rescue party step forward. Please! Dave... [thing are getting strange, i'm starting to worry...] -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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From: Greg McCarroll [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2001 16:53 * Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: dcross - David Cross wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into ^^^ Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? i was using the working assumption, that the time for the FM ban to be lifted was less than the time required for london.pm to organise this Of course. Fair point. This should be organised about the time of the _next_ foot mouth outbreak :) Don't the merkans do something like this (the camping, not the FM)? They call it "Camp Camel" - which always brings strange pictures to my mind... Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Somebody wrote Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? i was using the working assumption, that the time for the FM ban to be lifted was less than the time required for london.pm to organise this *shock* You used the 'o' word. L. "The vultures are descending. And they've got spoons!"
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, AEF wrote: On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Lucy McWilliam wrote: Mmm. I shall bring Mr Pointy. All subject to FMD of course. I can probably be relied upon to bring a greater than strictly necessary collection of sharp edges. I have a pointy stick especially for the toasting of marshmallows. I kid you not. L. "Bring your haddock to the paddock."
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* at 03/04 16:47 +0100 Andrew Bowman said: From: Simon Wistow [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into ^^^ Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? /me suspects Dave may have been kidnapped and replaced by a dozier, evil replacement. Either that or he misread FM as SM, or, worse, FHM. well, that unstructured data is difficult tp parse :) struan
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Paul Mison wrote: http://www.openbritain.gov.uk/ Kewl. Is it GPL? Tony
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From: Lucy McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2001 16:40 On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Dean wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out I'll come if we can have marshmallows ;) Mmm. I shall bring Mr Pointy. All subject to FMD of course. /me wonders if Lucy realises just how on-topic "Mr Pointy" is for this list. Dave... -- The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Struan Donald wrote: * at 03/04 16:47 +0100 Andrew Bowman said: Either that or he misread FM as SM, or, worse, FHM. well, that unstructured data is difficult tp parse :) Is dave cross written in Perl? MBM (thinks his visual parser algorithms are probably written in BASIC :( ) -- Matthew Byng-Maddick Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 20 8980 5714 (Home) http://colondot.net/ Work: [EMAIL PROTECTED] +44 7956 613942 (Mobile) Science is built up of facts, as a house with stones. But a collection of facts is no more a science than a heap of stones is a house. -- Poincare
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In message D3AF8264E04FD311A18200508B12B1D5037C84AA@SRVLON20, dcross - David Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave... [thing are getting strange, i'm starting to worry...] Should I call Mulder and Scully? -- rob partington % [EMAIL PROTECTED] % http://lynx.browser.org/
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, dcross - David Cross wrote: From: Lucy McWilliam [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mmm. I shall bring Mr Pointy. All subject to FMD of course. /me wonders if Lucy realises just how on-topic "Mr Pointy" is for this list. Oh, I do... L. "For puppies! And Christmas!"
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* at 03/04 17:21 +0100 Matthew Byng-Maddick said: On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Struan Donald wrote: * at 03/04 16:47 +0100 Andrew Bowman said: Either that or he misread FM as SM, or, worse, FHM. well, that unstructured data is difficult tp parse :) Is dave cross written in Perl? well no[1] but if it's hard to parse in perl... s [1] not that i have any evidence one way or the other...
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From: Rob Partington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 03 April 2001 17:24 In message D3AF8264E04FD311A18200508B12B1D5037C84AA@SRVLON20, dcross - David Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dave... [thing are getting strange, i'm starting to worry...] Should I call Mulder and Scully? Was trying to think of updated lyrics to this over the weekend. Things are getting strange, I'm starting to forget. This could be a case for Scully and Doggett. Dave... The information contained in this communication is confidential, is intended only for the use of the recipient named above, and may be legally privileged. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please re-send this communication to the sender and delete the original message or any copy of it from your computer system.
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Richard Clamp [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Cool, it may even spur me into getting the van a little more habitable than it currently is. Uh, oh. Locked in a barn with a van, some welding gear and assorted bits of steel... -- Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com Interim CTO, web server farms, technical strategy
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On Tue, 03 Apr 2001, you wrote: Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? maybe ... do the words 'I have my own field' mean anything to you ;) -- Robin Szemeti The box said "requires windows 95 or better" So I installed Linux!
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 05:21:48PM +0100, Matthew Byng-Maddick wrote: Is dave cross written in Perl? "Dave Cross Munging with Perl" ISAGN. -- Only two things are infinite: the universe and human ignorance. -A. Einstein
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On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 04:47:02PM +0100, Andrew Bowman wrote: Either that or he misread FM as SM, or, worse, FHM. "Worse"? You haven't seen those Alyson Hannigan pictures, have you? :-) dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ "If it's not Jewish, it's CRAP!:)" - IsraelBeta on #DWC
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On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, David Cantrell wrote: On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Why the hell not. The farm which I believe Greg has in mind (www.middlefarm.com) also sells mead. Yum! Ah, Middle Farm . this sounds like an idea - and its in the same county as me :) /J\
The Open Constitution Project (was Re: Crazy Idea)
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, AEF wrote: On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Paul Mison wrote: http://www.openbritain.gov.uk/ Kewl. Is it GPL? OK. SO we persuade Mr Horne to blag us electronic copies of the entire UK law, upload it to the CVS server on SourceForge and then announce the project on slashdot I'm not entirely sure the GPL is adequate for licensing a Constitution but who knows :) /J\
Re: The Open Constitution Project (was Re: Crazy Idea)
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 06:56:25PM +0100, Jonathan Stowe wrote: OK. SO we persuade Mr Horne to blag us electronic copies of the entire UK law, upload it to the CVS server on SourceForge and then announce the project on slashdot Bizarrely enough, I'm involved a project to do something *similar* for the Japanese code of laws... -- I forgot that I was *that* smart! -- Ilya Zakharevich
Re: The Open Constitution Project (was Re: Crazy Idea)
On Tue 03 Apr, Jonathan Stowe wrote: OK. SO we persuade Mr Horne to blag us electronic copies of the entire UK law, upload it to the CVS server on SourceForge and then announce the project on slashdot Why me ... ? (Quite a bit is getting onto http://www.bailii.org , run by the Aussies, although I am not convinced that their software is as good as they claim at http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/LegInfo/97_2gree/default.htm ) Roger -- Roger Horne 11 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London WC2A 3QB mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.hrothgar.co.uk/
Re: Crazy Idea
* Paul Mison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Anyway, this fails on the 'crazy' test unless dawn til dusk walks are included as part of a healthy regime. thats where our definitions of crazy differ, for instance i think its fairly crazy to drag a pile of london.pm'ers into a forest, get them drunk and watch the chaos. your definition of crazy involves straight jackets or joining the SDLP ;-) -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Crazy Idea
* Lucy McWilliam ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Somebody wrote Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? i was using the working assumption, that the time for the FM ban to be lifted was less than the time required for london.pm to organise this *shock* You used the 'o' word. its ok, we can do the organisation as long as we have the greg school of organisation in play, it will basically mean agreeing with Dave Can. when he can take his `people carrier' to sussex - the announcing the weekend in advance and refusing to change it. -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Crazy Idea
* Robin Szemeti ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, 03 Apr 2001, you wrote: Hmmm. Do the words "foot" and "mouth" mean nothing to you? maybe ... do the words 'I have my own field' mean anything to you ;) yip, but its probably not near sussex and you really don't want a 5 ft radius circle of charcoal left in it -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Crazy Idea
* Simon Wilcox ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 15:29 03/04/2001 +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. Count me in. I have a tent and everything ! any you have the ``right'' attitude when it comes to beer and explosives -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Crazy Idea
* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Don't the merkans do something like this (the camping, not the FM)? They call it "Camp Camel" - which always brings strange pictures to my mind... they just don't do these things right, half their organisation efforts will concentrate on muffins as opposed to explosives -- Greg McCarroll http://www.mccarroll.uklinux.net
Re: Crazy Idea
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 03:29:04PM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: How would people in London.pm like a one night camp out, subject to the FM issue going away. The plan would be - we bundle into vehicles on a given afternoon (probably saturday), go to a farm shop and get lots of cider, and then spend the night around a camp fire, drinking and talking. But where would we find a camping ground with a fast net connection and wireless LAN connections? Alex -- "I ask for so little. Just let me rule you, and you can have everything that you want." - Jareth, Labyrinth
