Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: snip discussion about legal aspects re using a camel smoking a joint on a t-shirt. If these are private individuals selling t-shirts, may I suggest just omitting the word 'perl' from anywhere on the t-shirt. Then O'Reilly's trademark issues

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Dave Cross
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:17:29 + (GMT), Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quite frankly I'd rather not piss of O'Reilly. IMHO they're a nice company that do nice things and the legality of the issue really has nothing to do with it. I think this is a _very_ good point. On a

RE: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Jonathan Peterson
On a tangentially related point - I've just overheard someone in the office mention the rumour that "Puff, the magic dragon" was "written by someone who was smoking a joint". I guess I'm just surprised that there are people to whom this fact isn't obvious. It's not obvious! I listened to

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On a tangentially related point - I've just overheard someone in the office mention the rumour that "Puff, the magic dragon" was "written by someone who was smoking a joint". I guess I'm just surprised that there are people to whom this fact

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:17:29 + (GMT), Mark Fowler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quite frankly I'd rather not piss of O'Reilly. IMHO they're a nice company that do nice things and the legality of the issue really has nothing to do with it. I think

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Dave Cross
At 17 Jan 2001 10:09:29 +, Dave Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [Puff the Magic Dragon] Snopes has this to say: http://www.snopes2.com/music/songs/puff.htm Which I'd be happy to read in detail if it wasn't for the fscking midi of the tune blasting out and letting everyone in the

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread David Cantrell
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 06:14:27AM -0500, Dave Cross wrote: Which I'd be happy to read in detail if it wasn't for the fscking midi of the tune blasting out and letting everyone in the office know exactly what I'm doing. Dave... [who wishes that Netscape had a "no multimedia at all. under

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Aaron Trevena
On a tangentially related point - I've just overheard someone in the office mention the rumour that "Puff, the magic dragon" was "written by someone who was smoking a joint". I guess I'm just surprised that there are people to whom this fact isn't obvious. I thought it was about 'chasing

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Redvers Davies
I thought it was about 'chasing the dragon' - ie heating a resinous substance on tinfoil with a lighter and inhaling the fumes, this is probably less bad for you than smoking stuff in a cigarette form. Although hookah pipes with resin are probably healthier still. Myself and a couple of

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Aaron Trevena
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Robin Houston wrote: On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 04:25:26PM +, Aaron Trevena wrote: ingestion has several downsides - lack of control of dosage (assuming you eat it at a significant lump at a time), longer effects, stronger effects (making it hard to get dosage

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread David H. Adler
[snip lengthy Puff tMD discussion] Well, for what it's worth, I just called a friend of mine who knew Peter Yarrow while growing up, and although she has never asked him, I have requested that she do so if she speaks to him. dave, getting this settled. -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-17 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [snip lengthy Puff tMD discussion] Well, for what it's worth, I just called a friend of mine who knew Peter Yarrow while growing up, and although she has never asked him, I have requested that she do so if she speaks to him. dave, getting this

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-16 Thread Alex Page
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:32:47PM +, Marcel Grunauer wrote: How about "Smoking Perl" for Amsterdam? "YAPC::Europe::Amsterdam - A Week-Long Hashref" Alex

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-16 Thread Dave Hodgkinson
"David H. Adler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:37:57AM +, Simon Wistow wrote: David Hodgkinson wrote: Can I reserve 2 to go to the States? I guess I should enquire about sizes... Sure, no problem. Shall I enquire at NY.pm tomorrow about demand?

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-16 Thread Neil Ford
* Marcel Grunauer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll writes: Apparently Amsterdam.pm are looking for a design for YAPC::Europe 2001 ;-) however, having said that, still like the # , ! , perl one ;-) that ought to be |\

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-16 Thread Shevek
It's been done. But go for it. http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/adclass/camel/images/motorcycle.jpg (http://www.uiowa.edu/~commstud/adclass/camel/JoeCool.html) S. On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, Alex Page wrote: On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 12:59:44PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: There is a temptation to

trade mark parody (Re: PIMB T-shirts)

2001-01-16 Thread Robin Houston
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 08:09:55AM -0500, Alex Page wrote: IANAL, but AFAIK parody is protected under trademark law, as long as you're not making profit (I presume beer money for the hassle of T-shirt making is excusable). IANAL either, but I think it's quite complicated. "More interestingly

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-16 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Mon, 15 Jan 2001, you wrote: however, having said that, still like the # , ! , perl one ;-) that ought to be |\/| | \__/ | |______| \

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-15 Thread David Hodgkinson
Simon Wistow [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: David Hodgkinson wrote: Are there any of these left? Yeah, I've got about 10 or so left I think. Can I reserve 2 to go to the States? I guess I should enquire about sizes... -- Dave Hodgkinson,

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-15 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 11:37:57AM +, Simon Wistow wrote: David Hodgkinson wrote: Can I reserve 2 to go to the States? I guess I should enquire about sizes... Sure, no problem. Shall I enquire at NY.pm tomorrow about demand? -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] -

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-15 Thread Simon Wistow
"David H. Adler" wrote: Shall I enquire at NY.pm tomorrow about demand? Yup. Might eb up for doing anohter run if necessary. Plus I have some other ideas.

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-15 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: "David H. Adler" wrote: Shall I enquire at NY.pm tomorrow about demand? Yup. Might eb up for doing anohter run if necessary. Plus I have some other ideas. Apparently Amsterdam.pm are looking for a design for YAPC::Europe 2001 ;-) however,

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-15 Thread David H. Adler
On Mon, Jan 15, 2001 at 06:04:42PM +, Simon Wistow wrote: "David H. Adler" wrote: Shall I enquire at NY.pm tomorrow about demand? Yup. Might eb up for doing anohter run if necessary. Plus I have some other ideas. Doctor incarnation=secondI think this is one of those instances were

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-14 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:39:07AM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: Are there any of these left? And how can we get them to the states? Now that I think of it, do the vienna/belfast contingents still have the ones that didn't make it here last month? I know at least a couple of ny.pm people

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-14 Thread David Hodgkinson
"David H. Adler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 09:39:07AM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: Are there any of these left? And how can we get them to the states? Now that I think of it, do the vienna/belfast contingents still have the ones that didn't make it here last

Re: PIMB T-shirts

2001-01-14 Thread David H. Adler
On Sun, Jan 14, 2001 at 07:29:31PM +, David Hodgkinson wrote: I'm going to the states "soon" but there's nothing certain. Keep me informed. I'll call a meeting. dha -- David H. Adler - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.panix.com/~dha/ "Well, sure, being a ruthless godless dictator is