Take a look at http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bssnrw/getchart.html for a
differing viewpoint.
Nice BLINK tags.
bss? Biological Sciences Staff? Hmmm.
Mark.
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On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:40:56PM +, Roger Burton West wrote:
If you present the chart in a different format to how they did then
there's nothing they can do...
Take a look at http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bssnrw/getchart.html for a
differing viewpoint.
OK ... when I said "there's nothing they
Tony Bowden wrote:
The classic case is someone who retypes a phone book. You
can't reissue it in the same order (i.e. alphabetic by surname)
as the original, but you could quite happily order it numberic
by phone number and no-one could do anything...
They could in Germany :-).
There's been
Tony Bowden wrote:
The fact you are recording is "What Billboard said was number one". *That*
is a fact. Why they decided it was number one isn't the issue.
How about if I put up a website wherein I disclose the fact: "This is what
the object code to commercial app looks like?"
Under (U.S.)
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:03:52AM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote:
The fact you are recording is "What Billboard said was number one". *That*
is a fact. Why they decided it was number one isn't the issue.
How about if I put up a website wherein I disclose the fact: "This is what
the object code
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 08:03:52AM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote:
The fact you are recording is "What Billboard said was number one".
*That*
is a fact. Why they decided it was number one isn't the issue.
How about if I put up a website wherein I disclose the fact: "This is what
the object code
On Thu, Jan 18, 2001 at 01:53:12PM -, Matthew Jones wrote:
Is this relevant at all?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16147.html
"The injunction was granted thanks to new European database laws that
essentially assume data to be copyrightable"
Almost certainly. As I say, my legal
Nathan Torkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As I said, though, we're REALLY worried about Europeans being on
vacation and unable to attend. We don't know much about the
mysterious habits of this strange and noble race, and would appreciate
your guesses as to their actions: will our
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 11:54:04PM +, Robin Szemeti wrote:
Since the majority of
UK programmers work in London they are less than likely to want to attend
a conference there in peak holiday season IMHO
Actually I'd rather it not be in
David Cantrell writes:
Linuxbierwanderung 2001. To be held in Belgium but with a large UK
contingent. Date to be confirmed within the next couple of weeks, but
will almost certainly be a week somewhere between 19 Aug and 8 Sept. It
would be *really* great - especially for
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:54:50PM -0700, Nathan Torkington wrote:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are there any obvious clashes
Depends on how quickly people can get back from Vancouver:
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:58:25 +, Tony Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:54:50PM -0700, Nathan Torkington wrote:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are there any obvious clashes
Depends on how
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:58:25 +, Tony Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:54:50PM -0700, Nathan Torkington wrote:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are
* Dave Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:58:25 +, Tony Bowden
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:54:50PM -0700, Nathan Torkington wrote:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23.
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 11:08:41AM +, alex wrote:
In my opinion London would be fine for an August conference.
I don't know what the fuss is about, really. London is not like Paris in
the summer. We have a lot more parks.
Perhaps September would be better, but hey.
Yeah
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 11:47:37AM +, Marcel Grunauer wrote:
David Cantrell writes:
Actually I'd rather it not be in the UK at all. After all, if my employers
are going to pay to send me to a conference, then they may as well pay to
send me somewhere nice. Rome. Or Vienna perhaps,
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:00:57 +, James Powell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Vienna]
This means nothing to me, ohhh...
True pop fact: Vienna never made it to number one in the UK. It was help at number two
for weeks, by Another Record.
Pop quiz: A pint on Thursday night to the first
Title: RE: Feelers for London Open Source Convention
This means nothing to me, ohhh...
True pop fact: Vienna never made it to number one in the UK.
It was help at number two for weeks, by Another Record.
Pop quiz: A pint on Thursday night to the first person to
tell me what
Title: RE: Feelers for London Open Source Convention
Joe Dolce Shaddap ya face
-Original Message-
From: Dave Cross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: 17 January 2001 12:03
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Feelers for London Open Source Convention
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:00:57
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:09:46 -, Mark Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This means nothing to me, ohhh...
True pop fact: Vienna never made it to number one in the UK.
It was help at number two for weeks, by Another Record.
Pop quiz: A pint on Thursday night to the first
Title: RE: Feelers for London Open Source Convention
Was it Shaddap a yer Face? Tragic!
It was indeed. I owe you a pint. Of course you'll have to come to the
meeting on Thursday to collect :)
(I'll have to remember that pop quizzes are a good way to force the
lurkers out of hiding
Nathan Torkington sent the following bits through the ether:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are there any obvious clashes
that you can think of?
Other than yapc::europe, which is currently looking like early august,
but
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:18:12 -, Mark Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Joe Dolce]
Do any others watch those Top Ten blah programs on Ch4? I think I
knew this due to watching the Top Ten Comedy records! Wow, I really
must get out more.
And there's me thinking that you must be an old
Leon Brocard wrote:
Nathan Torkington sent the following bits through the ether:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are there any obvious clashes
that you can think of?
Other than yapc::europe, which is currently
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 11:08:41AM +, alex wrote:
In my opinion London would be fine for an August conference.
I don't know what the fuss is about, really. London is not like
Paris in
the summer. We have a lot more parks.
Perhaps September would be better, but hey.
I could go with
Dave Hodgkinson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Agadoo.
Forget it.
--
Dave Hodgkinson, http://www.hodgkinson.org
Editor-in-chief, The Highway Star http://www.deep-purple.com
Apache, mod_perl, MySQL, Sybase hired gun for, well, hire
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 10:58:25 +, Tony Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:54:50PM -0700, Nathan Torkington wrote:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are
Philip Newton sent the following bits through the ether:
Is there any info at all at this stage (e.g. venue, rough dates)?
Once a venue has been found, things will start to happen. Give it a
couple of weeks.
Leon
--
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At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:18:12 -, Mark Kitching
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Joe Dolce]
Do any others watch those Top Ten blah programs on Ch4? I think I
knew this due to watching the Top Ten Comedy records! Wow, I really
must get out more.
And there's me thinking that you must be an old
all we'd need to do is hire some terrorists to take over the cruise
ship and sale it across to london - of course someone should make
sure we shoot the cook before the operation starts, oh and fire
a couple of rounds into the birthday cake while your at it.
Also, as it is a modern cruise
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 12:18:12 -, Mark Kitching [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[Joe Dolce]
Do any others watch those Top Ten blah programs on Ch4? I think I
knew this due to watching the Top Ten Comedy records! Wow, I really
must get out more.
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:15:01 + (GMT), Kieran Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I thought Joe Dolce was only number 1 for a week or so, to be knocked
off the top by Jealous Guy from Roxy Music. And poor old Vienna hung
about at number 2 for yonks.
Hmm... you may be right. Anyone know a site
* Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Also, as it is a modern cruise ship, we will use Grep's l33t hacking skills
to gain control of all the automated systems from his Psion 5, whereupon we
don't get me started on PDA's being used to ``hack'' systems, e.g. that
james bond film where
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
* Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Also, as it is a modern cruise ship, we will use Grep's l33t hacking skills
to gain control of all the automated systems from his Psion 5, whereupon we
don't get me started on PDA's being used to
* Mike Wyer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote:
* Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Also, as it is a modern cruise ship, we will use Grep's l33t hacking skills
to gain control of all the automated systems from his Psion 5, whereupon we
don't
* Jonathan Peterson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Also, as it is a modern cruise ship, we will use Grep's l33t hacking skills
to gain control of all the automated systems from his Psion 5, whereupon we
don't get me started on PDA's being used to ``hack'' systems, e.g. that
james bond film where
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 03:28:40PM +, Neil Ford wrote:
Then there's the Psion 3 being used to detonate a bomb is a movie
who's name I can't remember but it features the same Mr Segal being
killed in the first 10 minutes or so.
Executive Decision.
Michael
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:15:01 + (GMT), Kieran Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I thought Joe Dolce was only number 1 for a week or so, to be knocked
off the top by Jealous Guy from Roxy Music. And poor old Vienna hung
about at number 2 for yonks.
At 17 Jan 2001 15:54:31 +, Steve Mynott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyone know a site that lists UK top tens for the 1980s?
I don't but there is a excellent book called something like the
"Guiness Book of Hit Singles".
Yeah. Great book. I should buy
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 03:28:40PM +, Neil Ford wrote:
Then there's the Psion 3 being used to detonate a bomb is a movie
who's name I can't remember but it features the same Mr Segal being
killed in the first 10 minutes or so.
Executive Decision.
That's the sucker!
Neil.
--
Neil C.
Dave Cross wrote:
Well, according to http://80s.koreamusic.net/billboard/1983.html
it made number one for one week on 3rd Sept 1983.
Number ones on this day ..
5 years ago .. Michael Jackson - 'Earth Song'
10 .. Iron Maiden - 'Take your daughter to the slaughter'
15 ..
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, Dave Cross wrote:
At Wed, 17 Jan 2001 14:15:01 + (GMT), Kieran Barry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I thought Joe Dolce was only number 1 for a week or so, to be knocked
off the top by Jealous Guy from Roxy Music. And poor old Vienna hung
about at number 2 for yonks.
Gareth Harper wrote:
there are sites with all the no1's, but I don't know of any with all the
top tens,
theres probably one around, if not, start one ;)
Who's chart would you use? I.E., who do you want to be sued by? I don't
know about the UK, but Billboard (THE chart in the US) is very picky
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 01:26:24PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote:
Who's chart would you use? I.E., who do you want to be sued by? I don't
know about the UK, but Billboard (THE chart in the US) is very picky about
such things.
They can't easily sue.
The information is factual. Factual
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 08:34:21PM +, Tony Bowden wrote:
If you present the chart in a different format to how they did then
there's nothing they can do...
Take a look at http://www.bath.ac.uk/~bssnrw/getchart.html for a
differing viewpoint.
Roger
Tony Bowden wrote:
On Wed, Jan 17, 2001 at 01:26:24PM -0500, Mike Jarvis wrote:
Who's chart would you use? I.E., who do you want to be sued
by? I don't
know about the UK, but Billboard (THE chart in the US) is very
picky about
such things.
They can't easily sue.
The information is
On Wed, 17 Jan 2001, you wrote:
Who's chart would you use? I.E., who do you want to be sued by? I don't
know about the UK, but Billboard (THE chart in the US) is very picky about
such things.
jsut do them as they do to you ...
(or indeed as some guy is doing to the football league right
Robin Szemeti wrote:
jsut do them as they do to you ...
snip the arsenal fan story
... then when next weeks top 10 comes out and Billboard publish a top
10 that matches one of your pages sue them blind... remove the all but 1
selected page from the site ..
The problem would be, you still
On Thu, 18 Jan 2001, you wrote:
There is absolutly nothing stopping you from publishing your own top 10
though. You could draw the names out of a hat and have as much claim to
accuracy as anybody else.
If week after week you came up with the same results as Billboard, you
better have
Robin Szemeti wrote:
and if I publish all the variants .. and each week Billboard 'copy' one
of my 'works of art' can I sue them ? :)
Did you label the variants as Billboard charts? If not, they aren't
publishing the same thing. A list of songs is not a chart.
--
mike
From: "Nathan Torkington" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are there any obvious clashes
that you can think of?
You mean apart from the traditional British summer hols[1]? August is, in
some quarters at
Andrew Bowman writes:
You mean apart from the traditional British summer hols[1]? August is, in
some quarters at least, considered a non-month for the purposes of all sorts
of events - possibly even for an Open Source Convention :-)
Bugger, we were afraid of that. It's more than just Perl,
On Tue, Jan 16, 2001 at 02:54:50PM -0700, Nathan Torkington wrote:
We're planning a London Open Source Convention. The dates we're
looking hard at now are August 20-23. Are there any obvious clashes
that you can think of?
Linuxbierwanderung 2001. To be held in Belgium but with a large UK
David Cantrell writes:
Linuxbierwanderung 2001. To be held in Belgium but with a large UK
contingent. Date to be confirmed within the next couple of weeks, but
will almost certainly be a week somewhere between 19 Aug and 8 Sept. It
would be *really* great - especially for intercontinental
From: "Nathan Torkington" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bugger, we were afraid of that. It's more than just Perl, it's for
a lot of Open Source (Python, Linux, MySQL, PHP, etc.) What we really
need to know is: will our attendance from Europe suffer because it's
in August?
I imagine it will to some
On Tue, 16 Jan 2001, you wrote:
Bugger, we were afraid of that. It's more than just Perl, it's for
a lot of Open Source (Python, Linux, MySQL, PHP, etc.) What we really
need to know is: will our attendance from Europe suffer because it's
in August?
I suspect most UK based families would
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