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2001-01-08 Thread Philip Newton
David Cantrell wrote: DJGPP is a DOS port of the gnu stuff. It's still good enough to build Perl from source. I speak from experience :-). (Though I believe sockets don't work on djgpp-built Perl :-(.) Cheers, Philip

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2001-01-05 Thread Matthew Jones
my vote the one, the only ... Charlie's Angels That was a fun film and entertaining but I need more that kung fu and breasts to make a good 90 mins... Why would anyopne need more than kung fu to enjoy a fillum? "Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon" is best film of 2000 for my money. Breasts are

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2001-01-05 Thread Paul Mison
On 05/01/2001 at 09:34 +, Matthew Jones wrote: Why would anyopne need more than kung fu to enjoy a fillum? I dunno. Plot? shrug/ "Crouching Tiger - Hidden Dragon" is best film of 2000 for my money. Breasts are an optional bonus. Am I going to get slapped down for saying that? Hey, it's

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2001-01-05 Thread David Hodgkinson
Matthew Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: my vote the one, the only ... Charlie's Angels That was a fun film and entertaining but I need more that kung fu and breasts to make a good 90 mins... Why would anyopne need more than kung fu to enjoy a fillum? "Crouching Tiger - Hidden

RE: Fwd: SPUG: ActivePerl 623

2001-01-05 Thread Matthew Jones
Why would anyopne need more than kung fu to enjoy a fillum? I dunno. Plot? shrug/ Here's my idea of a good plot: Wang Hoo: "Eight Castle-Smasher Fists! Feet on Seven Stars!" (sticks rigidly to form) Tsing Wa: "Left Hand Buddha Palm! Right Hand Buddha Fist!" (also sticks rigidly to form) A

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2001-01-03 Thread Simon Wistow
Greg McCarroll wrote: next youll be saying top gun is considered bad I do hope you're not being sarcastic. or are being sarcastic. Or ... errm, whatever. Top Gun is a top film (no pun intended) and Quentin Tarantino is a jumped up little pissant wannabe with 'I wanna be a cool gang-sta but

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2001-01-03 Thread Aaron Trevena
On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Simon Wistow wrote: Simon [who *lives* fro the 12 minute freebie of the Adult Channel at midnight] Ah - Myself and a housemate once lived the 'free porn' episode of friends - when we flicked thru he chennels and there was porn at 1am, I think we got bored about 1:30am and

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2001-01-03 Thread Peter Corlett
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 10:38:14AM +, Simon Wistow wrote: Peter Corlett wrote: I didn't mean /that/ kind of "special" film... Just certain feel-good and insightful films. Are you saying that Hard Core porn isn't feel good and insightful? Feel's good for me Well, it can give instant

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2001-01-03 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Jonathan Stowe ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Wed, 3 Jan 2001, Greg McCarroll wrote: check beano's in croydon, they can be quite good - also skoob do some rare tapes (in sicillian ave, next to pc bookshop) Wow, Beano's still there ? Its been there since I was a kid. good

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2001-01-03 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll wrote: next youll be saying top gun is considered bad Top Gun is a top film (no pun intended) and Quentin Tarantino is a jumped up little pissant wannabe with 'I wanna be a cool gang-sta but I'm actually a white geek with bad hair

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2001-01-03 Thread David H. Adler
On Wed, Jan 03, 2001 at 12:53:32PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: unlike ``Top C*ck'' the 1992 american soft pr0n film, where young men from around the world come together to compete at the Top Stud academy training to be the finest studs in the world. Just before the completion of their

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2001-01-02 Thread Mark Fowler
Best use of a controversial prodigy track (smash my perl up) Ooo, ooo, *have* to get that made into a t-shirt but only if I name is right and spell it right (doh!) On the front: Smack My Perl Up On the back: use Inline; Is this a joke about a joke about a joke? Later. Mark. --

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2001-01-02 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Greg McCarroll wrote: [1] chad is tom greene if i recall correctly, and i just discovered he has a series, does anyone know anything about this series? yes. And he was in Road Trip. Which was my favourite film of 2000. Simon [who's looking

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2001-01-02 Thread Simon Wistow
Greg McCarroll wrote: [who's looking forward to "Dude, where's my car" alot any dates? Never according to IMDB http://us.imdb.com/ReleaseDates?0242423 Germany is around March. Probably out on DVD before then.

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2001-01-02 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 04:44:20PM +, Mark Fowler typed: 4. Mission Impossible. Only if you don't know or didn't like the original - or if you can have your brain rewired so that you don't remember it. R

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2001-01-02 Thread Roger Burton West
On or about Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:06:15PM +, Mark Fowler typed: 4. Mission Impossible. Only if you don't know or didn't like the original - or if you can have your brain rewired so that you don't remember it. I think you're missing the point. M.I. is crap. Don't even get me started on

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2001-01-02 Thread Jonathan Stowe
On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: Where might be a good place to look for a copy of the film. U.H.F.? Simon has a copy off of TV which we could dub to a spare VHS tape. Wheel of Fish /J\ -- Jonathan Stowe | http://www.gellyfish.com | I'm

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2001-01-02 Thread Simon Wistow
Simon Wistow wrote: Mark Fowler wrote: Right, that's it. I'm going to have to compile a list of films 6. Hudson Hawk. # ditto 7. UHF And, how can I forget 8. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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2001-01-02 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:05:09PM +, Richard Clamp wrote: The original Mission Impossible series, though good when I saw it at the tender age of 14 is the dullest most pointless thing possible to watch. This is clearly a man who needs to see Mars Needs Women... dha -- David H. Adler

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2001-01-02 Thread Peter Corlett
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:13:25PM +, Mark Fowler wrote: Where might be a good place to look for a copy of the film. U.H.F.? Simon has a copy off of TV which we could dub to a spare VHS tape. A TV broadcast seems good enough, and well within the spirit of the film. I'd probably just

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2001-01-02 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:27:10PM +, Jonathan Stowe wrote: On Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Mark Fowler wrote: Where might be a good place to look for a copy of the film. U.H.F.? Simon has a copy off of TV which we could dub to a spare VHS tape. Wheel of Fish SUPPLIES! dave,

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2001-01-02 Thread dcross - David Cross
From: Simon Wistow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 January 2001 17:26 Simon Wistow wrote: Mark Fowler wrote: Right, that's it. I'm going to have to compile a list of films 6. Hudson Hawk. # ditto 7. UHF And, how can I forget 8. Buffy the Vampire Slayer

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2001-01-02 Thread Tony Bowden
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:13:25PM +, Mark Fowler wrote: U.H.F.? Simon has a copy off of TV which we could dub to a spare VHS tape. There's alway's blackstar's video hunt http://www.blackstar.co.uk/video/item/700015733 Of course, were you to order now there'd be 16 people in

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2001-01-02 Thread Peter Corlett
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:31:53PM +, Tony Bowden wrote: [...] You don't pay anything unless/until we find the tape I badly phrased it. What I meant is that if I were to use the service and you found a tape, the cost of the search service alone would exceed my upper price limit. After

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2001-01-02 Thread Simon Wistow
Peter Corlett wrote: (which as it happens, /those/ special films are readily available on DVD). And take full advantage of things like the multiple camera angles. I suspect the superior quality of a DVDs paused image and the fact that you can forward faster are also a help :)

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2001-01-02 Thread Redvers Davies
A TV broadcast seems good enough, and well within the spirit of the film. I'd probably just digitise it (making Video CDs is a new hobby of mine), so it'd be better to borrow the master for a few days if I could... Does anyone know if you can make VCD's under linux that I can play on my DVD

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2001-01-02 Thread Dave Cross
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:40:36PM +, Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: [from my so-called signature] The information contained in this communication is snip Is there anything you can do about that? Eeeeugh! Working on it. I wasn't going to post at all, having realised

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2001-01-02 Thread Peter Corlett
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 06:03:25PM +, Simon Wistow wrote: Peter Corlett wrote: (which as it happens, /those/ special films are readily available on DVD). And take full advantage of things like the multiple camera angles. I suspect the superior quality of a DVDs paused image and the fact

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2001-01-02 Thread Peter Corlett
On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 06:15:24PM +, Redvers Davies wrote: A TV broadcast seems good enough, and well within the spirit of the film. I'd probably just digitise it (making Video CDs is a new hobby of mine), so it'd be better to borrow the master for a few days if I could... Does

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2001-01-02 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Mark Fowler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: 2. Hackers. great great film , if anyone disagrees we'll send all our best viruses and worms at them! [err Mr NSA if your listening i'm using something us brits call sarcasm] 4. Mission Impossible. next youll be saying top gun is considered bad 5.

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2001-01-02 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Simon Wistow ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Peter Corlett wrote: (which as it happens, /those/ special films are readily available on DVD). And take full advantage of things like the multiple camera angles. I suspect the superior quality of a DVDs paused image and the fact that and why

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2001-01-02 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Tony Bowden ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Tue, Jan 02, 2001 at 05:13:25PM +, Mark Fowler wrote: U.H.F.? Simon has a copy off of TV which we could dub to a spare VHS tape. There's alway's blackstar's video hunt http://www.blackstar.co.uk/video/item/700015733 Of course,

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2001-01-02 Thread Greg McCarroll
* dcross - David Cross ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: From: Simon Wistow [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 January 2001 17:26 Simon Wistow wrote: Mark Fowler wrote: Right, that's it. I'm going to have to compile a list of films 6. Hudson Hawk. # ditto 7.

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2000-12-28 Thread Mark Fowler
kung fu laughs cheesy moments chad - wasn't the chad good, say the chad was good![1] military helicopter humour directed at programmers great sound track Piss takes of other movies that weren't blatant. The computer vault bit, racing car standoff and the wire fight screens reminded me a

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2000-12-28 Thread Tony Bowden
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:33:59AM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: Does "American Beauty" count for 2000, I can't remember seeing a better recent film, though I don't get to the cinema as much as I'd like to. Nope, that was 1999. Got lots of acadamy awards, too. Actually, it only went on

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2000-12-28 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 05:14:44PM +, Tony Bowden wrote: On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 11:33:59AM -0500, David H. Adler wrote: Does "American Beauty" count for 2000, I can't remember seeing a better recent film, though I don't get to the cinema as much as I'd like to. Nope, that was 1999.

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2000-12-28 Thread Benjamin Holzman
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 10:24:21AM +, Mark Fowler wrote: has a series, does anyone know anything about this series? It was on non-terrestrial TV about a year back IIRC. On MTV I think. It's still on MTV. Tom Green is a sick fuck, BTW. Funny, though. Ben -- Benjamin Holzman

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2000-12-28 Thread David H. Adler
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 07:35:00PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Benjamin Holzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: It's still on MTV. Tom Green is a sick fuck, BTW. Funny, though. ah, but i take it you mean MTV USA, not MTV Europe, personally i think he is one of the funniest people i have

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2000-12-28 Thread Greg McCarroll
* David H. Adler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 07:35:00PM +, Greg McCarroll wrote: * Benjamin Holzman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: It's still on MTV. Tom Green is a sick fuck, BTW. Funny, though. ah, but i take it you mean MTV USA, not MTV Europe, personally i

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2000-12-27 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Dean S Wilson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Or on a CD bookshelf, that way they could leverage their back catalogue of stuff like Managing make/imake and bung those on it for i never thought the day i'd see a monger use a phrase like ``leverage their back catalogue'' i think this

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2000-12-26 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 12:18:02PM -, Frontier wrote: Does "American Beauty" count for 2000, I can't remember seeing a better recent film, though I don't get to the cinema as much as I'd like to. Nope, that was 1999. Got lots of acadamy awards, too. Charlie's Angels rocks. dave, has

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2000-12-21 Thread Robin Szemeti
On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, you wrote: Bull Think of it as proof of evolution, once you've spent some time on Win boxes you begin to need something like perl. And then you either learn perl and do pretty much everything with it or end up learning lots of different little niche technologies.