crazy golf
Beware, it's in Flash (or Shockwave) http://www.electrotank.com/lab/minigolf.html Hole 17 is a bugger c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: tape changes
on 5/6/01 10:31 am, Robin Szemeti wrote: hmm .. we're trying to justify a move to 5gb a month .. at which point Nildram sounds like a cheaper option. ... is Aylesbury nice? No :) But hopefully you wouldn't need to go there that often (just when the root password expires ho hum). I think there best selling point is shown in one of their newsgroups nildram.service - you've got Adrian, the MD, telling customers to complain more, and telling off ex-Nildram staffers for justifying when things go wrong. c. (8.2gb a month and rising) -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: tape changes
on 4/6/01 11:29 pm, Chris Benson wrote: OTOH It makes Nildram's gbp2000 p.a. including 15mins of technician/day to do whatever you need seem very good value. I have one of those. Nildram couldn't be more helpful. I've even had to visit my box on occasion (ok, so they're in Aylesbury, but it's only an hour away from London by train). As long as you've got a reasonable request, they're happy to fulfill it. When I had an FM server at Easynet, tape changing was considered part of the package as well. 15 quid a shot sounds expensive to me - 15 quid a week is sort of justifiable if it is a dirt-cheap host. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Windows Perl - how?
on 31/5/01 12:37 pm, Mark Fowler wrote: I seem to remember downloading an .exe last week (which I no longer have and no longer seems to be where it was on thier site.) Are they randomly switching between MSI and .exe and haven't bothered to upload the installer when they switched back. I have vague memories that MSI is a new MS installation format, that needs a new Windows installer - prolly Win98... c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Laziest way of selling stuph on line?
on 25/5/01 10:17 am, Dave Hodgkinson wrote: Is there any easier way of flogging stuff on line than using Amazon Z-shops? They settle quickly, commission isn't horrendous and they do some inventory management. I think Yahoo do a similar deal. Not necessarily much better tho'. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
OT: Eiswein
(because people were talking about it) http://just-drinks.com/news_detail.asp?art=12376dm=yes ROME, May 21 (Reuters) - Canada has won the right to compete with Germany and Austria in supplying Europeans with Icewine, a sugary dessert wine made from grapes harested in freezing temperatures. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Election Manifestos
on 22/5/01 4:02 pm, Simon Wistow wrote: the Tory's want to repeal IR35, make RIPA less strict and speed up Local Loop unbundling, whereas Labour want to introduce laws meaning that if you pretend to be a teenager on the Net you can be jailed for 5 years (bad luck bK). It seems that every promise in the Tory manifesto is based on hearsay and rumour about things that people don't like at the moment. From air-conditioned tubes, thru to RIPA, to cheap petrol, it's bandwagon-jumping. Even if you agree with some, it's unlikely you'll agree with a majority. I have yet to see a Conservative talk eloquently and knowledgably about the subjects they're making promises on. Which is fucking scary. You sort of have to admire their bravado though, in some ghoulish way. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Election Manifestos
on 22/5/01 4:19 pm, Robin Szemeti wrote: thank goodness for proportioanl representation, it should make the next parliament a lot more representative of what people actually want, ratehr than a choice between 2 (and a half ) evils. Errr... no PR yet for general elections! Slight aside, but the Electoral Reform Society urgently needs new members... see http://www.electoral-reform.org.uk/ for details of how to join. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Election Manifestos
on 22/5/01 4:46 pm, Simon Wistow wrote: Simon Cozens wrote: I've yet to hear a Labour MP talk eloquently about anything at all. Anyone ever talked - sorry, tried talking - to their MP about RIP? Harriet Harman tried to tell me that I didn't really know about computers or the Internet. There's a current trend towards minority-interest voting websites (e.g. what does every MP think about gay rights, plus voting record, same for electoral reform, green issues etc. etc.). Is there a computer/privacy/Internet version? (or: is faxyourmp.com doing one? ;) ) c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Election Manifestos
on 22/5/01 5:26 pm, Robin Szemeti wrote: Errr... no PR yet for general elections! really .. are you sure ? .. I'm certain this lot said they were going to do something about that ... how odd. It was part of the buttering-up in case of a need for a Lib-Lab pact. It's certainly been pushed on the back burner. I feel more strongly about this than any particular party... c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Politics (was RE: BOFHs requiring license)
on 14/5/01 9:24 pm, Robin Szemeti wrote: What the hell happened to the youth that did amusing things with steam engines, collected stamps and had a chemistry set? .. give a 16 year old a chemistry set today and they'd try and inject it. They seem to have taken anything remotely fun out of chemistry sets these days... c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: (OT) constrained walk
on 11/5/01 4:35 pm, Paul Mison wrote: This time, the constraint is the route; we'll be trying to walk around the Circle line, either trying to follow it as closely as possible or just walking between the stations. (We're deciding that on crisps, when it works.) Has anyone got a proper lundun map with tube lines indicated... that would be just chops. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Company Name
on 25/4/01 9:02 am, Robert Shiels wrote: I will mainly be doing SAP work, but hope to get other IT work too, so don't want SAP in the name. I came up with Diatom Consulting for an ex of mine (mainly a SAP sysadmin). Old chemistry and physics books are good starters, as are other languages. Get something that sounds nice :) Also check companieshouse.gov.uk to see it (and anything similar) hasn't gone. Mega-Shiels 2001 Ltd. :) c. (who has ruined many an expensive brand consultant's day) -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: perlismybitch.com
on 25/4/01 5:25 pm, Paul Makepeace wrote: If you read the small print they threaten to disconnect service if whois info isn't accurate. Pity you have to supply perfect info for spammers. I think that's fair, like accepting mail to postmaster@, hostmaster@, webmaster@ etc. It's not like email addresses are in short supply. Apparently, NS are currently releasing domain names 3 months after they run out. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: next social meeting vs tube strike
On Thu, 19 Apr 2001 18:03:20 +0100 (BST), Mike Wyer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope. All very respectable, sadly. No bonobos at all, and all the other apes and monkeys were very well behaved. Last time I went, the prarie dogs had gone. I was not amused. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: Crazy Idea
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
Re: originality
on 26/3/01 10:04 pm, Greg McCarroll wrote: The problem of course with London (London.pm?) is that every activity we can think of is drink related. Well we do have a river here ya know ;) Other ideas: taking over a London Eye pod hiring a room in the VA, Science Museum or Nat Hist Museum Sunday morning Perl advocacy at Speaker's Corner Walking round London with a PERL SALE board i'll get me coat c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: white wine
DavidC: According to the critics, it is 'acceptable if not great' but fuck it, *I* liked it. Remember a lot of wine suffers from the holiday effect, and doesn't seem quite as nice on a wet blustery Thursday night. Lachryma Christi del Vesuvio, in case anyone is interested. Ah, I have heard of it (my Italian knowledge is very limited), so I guess it wouldn't be too hard to come by. Of course, the Internet is crap for this sort of thing. RobinS: Also (being half Hungarian) am rather fond of Tokai .. 5 Putonyos of course. Quite a different taste to most other things. I haven't seen it mentioned, but a few weeks ago Tokai was in danger because of flooding - it was only an inch or two away from flooding the entire cellars :( Anyone know a decent London win merchant who stocks a good range of German or Austrian wines. Not just the desert wines, but the lighter ones too. I've only ever seen eiswine for sale in a small number of restaurants, usually at 10UKPS / glass + There's one that advertises in Wine magazine as a German specialist. I remember when I was hunting down mythical German Reds (in the end I went to Germany and bought some myself). Wine magazine is probably a good place to find Italian specialists as well. You can always hide it in a brown paper bag ;) c. (too young to really believe he's having this conversation)
Re: Mailbox co-lo - honest opinions
on 9/2/01 4:23 pm, David Cantrell wrote: That's why I recommend Nildram... They're expensive, but it's worth it. Indeed. Real people to talk to. Real people to help out when things inevitably go pear shaped. Real people to plug things in and unplug them. c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
Re: FOOD
on 4/1/01 11:03 am, David Hodgkinson wrote: Anyone fancy dim sum shortly? What, when McDonalds are doing 2-for-1? ;) c. -- every day, computers are making people easier to use http://www.unorthodoxstyles.com
