#Where ya from?
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Yo John –
Of _course_ it's a perfect description – it's actually the word 3D Studio
techos use to describe the problem. You yourself saw it in the (as yet)
undocumented Yost Files – by the way, I'm gonna be in the film version, (I play
Agent Tween), and Dan "Full Dinner Jacket" Quail will be playing a broom
handle. Check it out in your area wherever they play B-grade movies.
I'm just playing with the software at this stage, but it is incredibly exciting
stuff. I wish I'd had access to something like this a few years ago when I was
in the video industry. But I'm starting to get the feeling that a Pentium is
really what I need. I'm beginning to become suspicious of the BIOS in my
current machine, as well as the video card, and without getting someone of
large brain in here, it's all looking a little hard to sort out. But I've been
looking for a reason to grab another machine anyway, and here it is.
Incidentally, what is the difference between FLI and FLC files? I notice FLIs
only allow rendering to Phong stage (hey – maybe I should play Agent Phong, an
inscrutible but Kung Fu savvy acquaintance of Tween's who dies in a memorably
horrible way about a third of the way in to the movie – but I digress) where
was I? Oh yes – rendering to Phong stage, while FLCs render with Metal
attributes. Are FLCs playable outside of 3DS? How? And what – _oh what_ – are
SMK files? I downloaded the Chapel.smk file yesterday, and it's just sitting on
my hard drive taunting me. Dunno what to do with it. I _must remember to put
the large brain in before downloading stuff, I think.
America's Cup – yeah that was cool. Auckland came to a stand still the day they
arrived home with it – half a million people on the streets to fete it to the
Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron headquarters. I think that it was a case of us
wanting to win it more than anyone else in the competition. My own yacht is
marina-ed just a few miles from where the competition is going to be held so
keep your eyes peeled for the next America's Cup – look out for a white 24foot
Harmonic upsetting the competition by sailing straight through the middle of
the course, bearing a banner saying "Phong didn't die! Phong was taken away be
aliens, the same ones who took Elvis!". And look for crowds of other boats
rallying behind this brave call for an enquiry and justice.
The one with the megaphone will be me.
Ooops, time for the medication. I like the red pills better than the white –
don't you? What's that, Tink? Is Pan in trouble? I gotta go. Pan's in trouble.
Spot ya, Sunshine.
Laurie
Laurie –
Allright! A woman with a sense of humor! Phong on!
Anne "in Maine home of the almost made it woman's team boat"
Giday Anne
Actually, I know one of the women on that boat – she actually hails from
another yacht club I associate with. Leslie Egnot, the helmsman (-woman?) of
the womens team has propped up the bar with me at the Bucklands Beach Yacht
Club on a number of occasions. A very promising sailor – and a lovely person to
boot.
Sense of humour? I dunno – what did I say? Was that before or after they gave
me the medication?
Regards,
Laurie
Yo Laurie,
>> _course_ it's a perfect description… <<
Yeah well, I was just checking… wanted to be sure it was documented before I
went about using it. People are awful sticklers for correct terminology… you
know. <G>
Agent Tween sounds like a rather seductive character… Agent Phong however
sounds rather shady… which do you prefer? 🙂 Why would you want to play
opposite Dan "Full Straight Jacket" Qail? <G> You need a dashing leading man
with bravado… fearless, and at least a sense of humor. <g> Hey don't look at
me, I much prefer being behind the camera… I'll direct, how's that, you could
do worse. <G>
>> I wish I'd had access to something like this a few years ago when I was in
the video industry…. <<
Really…? What would you have done with it? Why did you get out of it?
>> I'm being to become suspicious of the BIOS in my current machine, as well as
the video card… <<
Hmmm have they been up to something? Maybe the MBO BIOS doesn't like the
Display Bios… or maybe the MBO Bios moved the display Bios and the display is
sqwaking about it… its kinda hard to tell… but I'd agree that a Pentium is
a pretty necessary system if you're going to get into this at any serious
level…
>> What is the difference between FLI and FLC… <<
FLI files follow the Ani Pro original standard 320×240 at 256 colors. FLC files
are resolutions above that… yes there are several programs that can play flc
files including a bunch of shareware screen savers… you can find them in the
libraries…
The SMK files I think have to do with the Virtual Reality SMK program, which
allows you to render real time and build things for VR games etc. That's a
different product but it does have some working relation to 3DS in that it can
import and export 3DS files…
>> half a million people on the streets to fete it to the Royal New Zealand
Yacht Squadron… <<
I'm sure that was really something, very exciting… I think that's the problem
here, people don't get much excited about it, and its seen as a rather upper
class sport which makes corporate sponsors shy away from more financial
contributing… its too bad really… but I'm sure it'll be good for New
Zealand and you'll get alot of tourism from it… (which was probably the idea
in the first place… <g>) Course you are a country of serious sailors, that
and the willingness to go for it… won the day… for sure.
>> My own yacht is marina-ed just a few miles …. <<
Now I know that "marina-ed" is not a nautical term… and it just wouldn't do
for a sailor to use such an expression… how about "moored"? <G>
>> The one with the megaphone will be me. <<
I have no doubt. 🙂
Well say hello to Tink, and Peter and especially Ms. M. You can tell her "no
worries", chivalry is not dead… be nice if the favor was returned but I won't
hold my breath. 🙂
Regards,
John
Hmmmm
"Direct" you say? You don't have anything kinky in mind do you? If not, I want
no part of it.
>Really…? What would you have done with it? Why did you get out of it?<
Well, a bunch of us were making corporate videos – you know, big firm wants a
Ra Ra Ra video to show clients, and we'd make it. This would've been cool for
titling screens, or modelling of plant and such. Why'd I get out of it? Too
many all night edit sessions. Shoot till 5pm, edit till 7am, demonstrate at
9am. Disastrous. But I say that now and – well, whats changed<sigh>?
> I think that's the problem here, people don't get much excited about it, and
its seen as a rather upper class sport<
Well, here, if you you're not allowed to move to Auckland if you don't have a
boat, and can't document at least two occasions when you were violently sick on
rum while trying to remember where on easrt you moored your boat in Bon Accorde
Harbour off Kawau Island! No, it's a much more accessible pastime here. Like,
my boat sleeps four, could sail anywhere, and set me back $9000 (that's around
$4000-$5000 for you US types). It's not a new boat, butI feel comfortable
sailing it even with a crew of novices. Except you don't (as I discovered
earlier this year) take it out with a fully novice crew on Auckland Anniversary
Regatta day. It's like trying to teach someone to drive in the middle of Indy
500. "Exciting" does not begin to describe. Try "frightening". Or, try
"absolutely terrifying". Words of this nature. And words of another nature
sprang freely from my lips. "Look out for that <Anne Brown notes: Laurie, words
of a profane or graphically biological nature will not be tolerated on this
forum>..ing boat there! Get out of the way!" Never again.
Oh, you're right, but a mooring is of course different from a marina berth, and
we sometimes use the adverb "marina-ed" to differentiate the two. But I'll come
clean I ain't seen it written down. Call it another neoligism.
Thanks for clearing up FLIs and FLCs. I'm pretty cool on them now. Gotta rush,
I feel the red pills kicking in, and won't be responsible for my actions.
What's that Pan? Smash the what? Okaaayy, sounds like fun…
Phong on,
Laurie
>> "Direct" you say? You don't have anything kinky in mind do you? <<
Ah no… remember I'm just directing, of course I listen to the leading lady's
input…
Speaking of which, where does this plot take us, we know Agent Phong is a shady
character… how devious is she going to be…? The stakes are high, careers in
the balance, and what about her partner, isn't he going to think this is just a
little too risky…?
She does have guile, and alot of it, and maybe a will to match… she's not my
type, of that I'm certain… and I understand she feels trapped by circumstance
but that's a state of mind… isn't it?
This may not be the right vehicle for a character assassination scheme… and
enough damage has been caused by her actions… don't you think? Yeah, but I've
met her type before… they are dangerous… because once they make up their
mind they're going to do something, that's it… there's no turning back…
whether it makes sense or not…
I think you agent Phong is a gonner Michelle…
John
Observe this dialogue extract from a pivotal scene
[Old warehouse, recently evacuated by cyberpunks after heated gun battle.
Tween, Phong and "rube" sidekick, Johnny, gather around the only surviving
machine, and old 486. Atmosphere is tense. All are obviously exhausted and in
shock after the events of the last three hours, but miraculously, their hairdos
still look immaculat, like they've just stepped out of a salon.]
Tween: Everybody got life insurance?
Johnny: Um, gosh Tween, why? You're not going to try _another_ of your crazy
stunts, are you?
[Phong looks on in contempt at Johnny]
Tween: We've got no choice – and no time to argue, Johnny. It's gonna have to
be short and sharp. Something they wouldn't expect.
Phong: You don't mean…
Tween: You gotta better idea?
Johnny: Uh oh…
Tween: It's gonna have to be Hitchcock's patented dollied zoom, as perfected
by Spielberg in the '70s.
Johnny: JESUS CHRIST! ON A 486? THIS (^%(^ MONITOR ISN'T EVEN FEELING VESA
COMPATIBLE!
Phong: It's a crazy idea Tween, but it just might work. I only hope we survive
to see it.
[Cue Mahler's Second Symphony, as Phong's last sentence foreshadows her own
doom. They get to work.]
Phew – I can't wait to see how they get out of this one John. I think we've got
a blockbuster on our hands.
Laurie
Laurie
>> Observe this dialogue extract from a pivotal scene…<<
Uh huh… well its certainly alot better than the one that was playing out…
<g> Its not exactly Temple of Doom, but on the other hand we shouldn't need
more than a couple of hundred thousand to produce it either… no problem
right? (just have take a loan out on that red marina-ad yacht you have in the
harbor… especially in Kiwi dollars. <g>)
And as far as my directing skills go, I think I could pretty much do this in my
sleep… (and no I'm not bragging. <g>) So we make a couple of million and
then do something really entertaining… like buy a nice big yacht and take a
few years to sail around the world… well partly anyway, I've always wanted to
take a couple of Beemers into Thailand and cross-country it to India and on to
the shores of the Mediterranean… we could pick up the yacht there… (piece
of cake right? <g>) so maybe half and half and with the footage we took, we
could assemble a documentary and sell it to National Geographic… donate the
money to a good cause… which might make up for some of our past crimes…
(probably not, but it couldn't hurt <g>) and have a good time in the bargain.
<G> Course maybe you don't like bikes… kinda hard to imagine though, as
everything else fits.
Its got possiblities, I wouldn't mind doing something with a little more soul
though… just because we're on a budget doesn't mean we can't be a little more
artistically creative… what was that recent movie with Anthony Hopkins… he
was writer… ah yes C.S. Lewis… now we probably couldn't get that kind of
talent… but a good story line… might be able to attract some decent
aspiring talent… and that's something I could really get into… 🙂
John
John
Laurie –
Exciting? Try sailing/motoring through some of our pea soup fogs off the coast
of Maine straining, willing, begging to hear the gong off the headland before
you are up on it! Too many years ago when I first moved to Maine I treated
myself to a two week sail on a three masted scooner. It was one of the smaller
ones and not fancy like they became. We sailed, rail in the water, for a week
and then explored islands in the fog for the second week. I can still close my
eyes and see it all over again. Sleep on the deck at night moored off of
Matinicus Island and see every star like they are a foot over your head.
For many years I had a friend who had a "stink pot" that we used to explore all
up and down the coast into the little harbors and isolated islands. Not the
same as sailing but still got you out on the water. Now I'm married to a former
Coast Guardsman who says anything under 110 feet isn't safe <G> He stopped in
NZ on the way to Vietnam and was there for over a month since the CG boat
needed repair. He once promised that we would go every where he went in the
service so I could see the places. NZ and OZ are top of the list for me even
ahead of Hawaii.
We often see the big sailing yachts cruising the coast in the summer. Shame the
season doesn't last longer.
Anne
> We sailed, rail in the water…<
Um.. there are _other_ ways of sailing <g>?
>Sleep on the deck at night moored off of Matinicus Island and see every star
like they are a foot over your head.<
Now _that's_ a nice feeling. My boat, unfortunately, is not big enough to sleep
on the deck, However, I can lie in my berth with the hatch open and catch the
same sight. What I find with sailing is that you can sail past an area you
think you know really well (from land, anyway) and discover that, actually, the
coastline is completely different from the way you imagined it. Wierd feeling.
We're lucky in Auckland- we have the wonderful Hauraki Gulf and Waitemata
Harbour to run around in. Lots of islands and bays to explore. Four hours
sailing out of Auckland to Kawau Island, and you could be anywhere. Unspoilt
bush, and no one else in sight. Cruise up there at New Years Eve, and it's a
different story. Hundreds of boats.
The whole area is normally pretty safe, which is the great thing about it. As
you're husband will tell you, though, no area is completely benign – just last
Christmas, for example, I was out on a friend's boat, just me, and the
ex-Commodore of Bucklands Beach Yacht Club, and the owner, who while he wasn't
a Commodore, was extremely high up in the Royal NZ Yacht Squadron (he was Dock
Master for the last Whitbread race). We were anchored off Waiheke, a large
island very near Auckland one fine morning, decided that the forecast was a bit
iffy, so we thought we'd head back home. Say, 90 minutes jaunt on a good day.
Six hours later, after battle through 50 knots of headwind and the seas you
would normally associate with that sort of wind (Waitemata Harbour is quite
shallow [20 feet] and hence, you get a big chop) we arrived back. Not the day
to take a scratch crew out. I mean, I was here with two extremely experienced
yachtsmen, and we were all working real hard just to make any headway at all.
As you can imagine, not a little rum was consumed (for medicinal purposes,
obviously) when we got back. This boat _was_ under 110 feet (about 75 feet
under, in fact!), and No, I didn't feel safe all the time. Mainly because,
being the youngest on board, I got the job on the bow (Joy!).
Seeing as how the Waitemata is the safest port in Polynesia, we quite often get
the big boys cruising down here to hang out during hurricane season – your
husband will tell you that the Pacific is not well named. So picture me in my
24 footer racing a 110 foot ketch into Waitemata Harbour!
Get down here if you can. It's a lovely place to just cruise.
Laurie
Anne:
pea soup fogs off the coast of Maine………….Sleep on the deck at night
moored off of Matinicus Island…………..a two week sail on a three masted
scooner………..!!!!!!!!!
Laurie:
I can lie in my berth with the hatch open and catch the same
sight……….What I find with sailing is that you can sail past an area you
think you know…….. Lots of islands and bays to explore…………!!!!!!!
Gary Yost:
……….while diving…….Hammer Head Shark……….!!!!!!!!
HEY, YALL CUT THAT OUT! Have some fellings for those of us who think of open
water as "sprinkler run-off"!!!! Talk like that will cause only
trouble………I might take a vacation……. ($) and hey, what'll I use for
new hardware and stuff!<G> I was doin' fine till I read this thread, now I may
have to go Free Willy or something!! Please, keep this dialogue going! Gary
Gary –
There are downsides to living next to the ocean. This morning it is pea soup
fog again. I'll drive five miles inland and it will be 20 degrees hotter and
bright sunshine. My perennials always bloom 10 days later than the rest of the
state and the clam flats on a hot day make you want nose plugs.
The upside is all the wild life and the solitude of being in a pine forest on a
tidal estuary but only being 3 miles from Route 95 and 20 minutes on the
interstate to Maine's largest city. This year we have mallards that nested and
had ducklings in the marsh across the creek, two ospreys fishing the estuary
all summer, two nursing racoons with broods of 4 and 3, and the white tail deer
are every where.
Our property taxes are enough to make you get a third job and you have to take
a book to read while waiting to get a traffic opening to get onto Route 1 with
all the tourists. But lobster is down to $3.49 (soft shelled right now) and it
is a great place to live <G>
Make you feel any better?
Anne
Anne:
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Make you feel any better?>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
BOO
HOO!!……………………..no!<G>
However my wife is being very generous lately ….she seems to want me to
"sleep with the fishes" or something like that!! I take this to mean she
doesn't mind if I go to the coast…..? I can't imagine living in
surroundings that don't "stink, stab, or sting"! Keep the stories comming,
Gary (reality bites) Angle
>> Gary (reality bites) Angle <<
Sounds like your well armed, however let me warn you the dangers are
decieving…. you'll see lovely beaches, gorgeous women, beautiful homes cars
etc… but its really all a hologram… know what I mean… so bring your
shades dude… so you can see the real thing. <g>
John
John
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Sounds like your well armed, however let me warn you the
dangers are decieving…. you'll see lovely beaches, gorgeous women, beautiful
homes cars etc… but its really all a hologram… know what I mean… so bring
your shades dude… so you can see the real thing.
<g>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Reality Bites! If the kind of shades YOU wear were commercially available
you'd be a rich man!!<BG> Gary
>> If the kind of shades YOU wear were commercially available you'd be a rich
man!! <BG> <<
Hey that's the whole point, you don't need special glasses, just some sun
glasses that'll block the glare, from all the movie stars walking around… <g>
>> Reality Bites! << You said man… and does it ever. <g>
John
<….she seems to want me to "sleep with the fishes" or something like that!>
Ummm, she didn't mention anything about "feeding the sharks" did she Gary? Yes,
I've had partners like that. Normally when I've missed a dinner appointment for
their birthday or something equally minor because I just had to debug this bit
of code where I've set up this 'Okay' button on one of my Paradox forms which,
if the user doesn't register, jumps around the screen whenever the user tries
to click on it, precluding them from proceeding into the program. Did she sort
of have a wild sort of look in her eyes when she suggested it? Like, could you
really see all the veins in here neck?
Yeah I've had that. Funny though, when I asked if I can take a friend with me,
this particular partner went absolutely ape and suggested things about my
character that seemed to continue long after I thought either breath or
invention should have given in. Aaaah, who cares?
Laurie
Laurie
<<<<Veins in Neck>>>>>? Yes, That's it! Most of the time
I'm good but she seems to have this intuitive understanding of
natural things………I just know….She speaks on some level w/
kitchen appliances! They let her know when I'm Slacking on the
cleaning duties (which isn't often) then BOOM !!! Then it's the
Grocery List from HELL!!! Everything said, done or contemplated from
the first attrocity! Holy, Red Herring, What's going on here?
Is it true that the Earth's true spiritual center has been moved to NZ? In
a travel show some people were interveiwed there in NZ verifying it's arrival
from Santa Fe, New Mexico! The theory is that it was chased out of Santa Fe
by Californians seeking it!! The travel show was for real, no joke! Well,
I've gotta go back to work,
Gary
Hi Gary,
<She speaks on some level w/ kitchen appliances!>
[Hysterical cackling] Women are actually an alien race which has infiltrated
Earth. We mean no harm to your planet, we only seek computers for our young.
<the Grocery List from HELL>
And baby, that list gets longer by the minute. Think fast now: did you leave
the seat up or down when you went last? Ahah! Another entry on the list…
<Is it true that the Earth's true spiritual center has been moved to NZ?>
Gosh, you got me. But if they made NZ the spiritual centre, where would they
administer an enema?
I guess even NZ has it's share of New Agers. I'm not one myself, but in a
previous life I think I may have been one. In fact I'm sure of it. When I was
Napoleon's Josephine.
Hasta la vista, baby
Ohhh, Laurie
<<<<<<<<<<…where would you administer the
enima?>>>>>>>>>>
I think it might be where the other center is……………….Just
opposite the spiritual bellybutton, of course!
since Nepal is the bellybutton then (i'm guessing now) the insertion point
would be somewhere between
Oklahoma City and Amarillo, Texas (home of the Big Boy where nuclear wareheads
are made)(G)!!
Way on another topic:
New Zealand produced a number of great mountaineers in the 50's and 60's
(being from Texas I'm naturally interested in mountaineering) and I never
understood why
a country like NZ would (sans the Jamaican bobsled team)! But after doing a lot
of investigating I discovered
that noncoastal NZ resembles Bavarian Europe (been trying to get there ever
since!!)
What amazes me is the number and distribution of 3ds users? I understand
that there are a great many 3ds users in Russia but I guess that they can't
haunt the Cserve forums mainly because of the language barrier! Pity!
Hasta Lumbago, Gary
<There are downsides to living next to the ocean>
Tell me about it Anne. In Auckland, we have the privilege of living
next to two – the Tasman Sea and the Pacific. And while we don't get
much fog, the weather here is a little capricious. It can be hot
enough tomelt paint in the morning, while the afternoon's cold can
sterilise strong men. A native of Auckland wrote a song about it once
– a guy named Neil Finn from Crowded House – called "Four seasons in
one day", which pretty much sums us up. So when we leave home, we
have to take both a swimsuit and whatever is currently fashionable in
the Arctic. Models love it here – you can shoot the Sports
Illustrated swin suit edition in the a.m. and the winter catalogue in
the p.m.
Sure sounds like a beautiful place you live. One thing that bothers me about
you living in Maine though Anne – there's a lot of wierd stuff goes on there. I
saw a documentary called 'It", another called 'Misery', a third called
'Christine', and yet another called 'Carrie' a little while ago, and if memory
serves, they were all set in Maine. Get out of there now Anne, while it's not
too late!
Laurie
Laurie –
the saying here in Maine is if you don't like the weather wait a
minute. And it is true! Chicago is having deaths from heat and I'm
sitting here in jeans, a cotton shirt and a chaois shirt – and socks.
I'm originally from the southern part of the US and grew up in hot,
dry summers. Now I live in cool fog and snow and love it. Best time
of the year here is fall though. As a quilter I love the mix of
colors and textures that fall brings and find myself all year looking
forward to fall. But you boaters don't like it – the boats get
hauled.
We see Steven King around Maine a lot. He's a real down to earth kind of guy,
wears jeans and old shirts, drives a old Suburban and always is hauling bunches
of kids around to basketball games. Most natives leave him alone but it's hell
during tourist season cause everyone wants to talk to him. He lives in a huge
old mansion up in Bangor and he had a tall antique iron fence put around it
that has bats heads on the posts <G> Tourists frequently ask the way to the
town where most of his stories take place – which of course does not exist.
I recently reread the long version of "The Stand", his best one for me. Pretty
prolific writer.
Anne
Anne
The stand? Long ver for me too! One of the best books I can remember
reading in a long time! I can't usually read S. King
because…………well….I..I'm a wimp! ok, there I said it and I'm glad!!
I read "Thinner" and the twisting end made me want to go jog
thru a car wash then flog myself with pine branches!!<G> "Breathing
lessons"?…..YUK, YALL! YALL, YUK! Had to go check on the kid (if
you know what I mean) for reality check!
BTW….I loved what Gayle did w/ "skin" for your quilt!! It
was really a treat! What's happ'nin' on the cozy room?
At any rate, Gary (Homeward Bound) Angle
Hi Laurie,
I didn`t read all the replies to your message but I guess the
difference in fli and flc would be fli is an 8-bit format(256 colours – note
English spelling!)whereas flc can be varied from 256 to true colour.
Steve.
Sorry, Steve, you've got it wrong. Both formats are 8-bit. A .fli is the
original Animator format, and limited to a resolution of 320×200, whereas a
.flc was introduced with Animator Pro, and is resolution-independant.
– Jack
Thanks Jack,
I knew 8-bit was limited to 320×200 but I didn`t know flc
was 8-bit.I`m learning.
I`m 35 and I was completely computer-illiterate 18 months ago so the learning
curve is stooping a bit but I`m getting there!
Steve.
You've come a long way. Took me longer than 18 months to figure out what a
'bit' was.
– J
First computer I ever bought was a dual floppy Altos for business use. Of
course I didn't read the manual <G> and had an awful time getting the concept
of program in one disk drive and data in another. Worse than that was calling
the dealer and trying to explain this weird stuff on my screen and him asking
me what the floppy had formatted to. Formatted? VBG
Come a ways but have a long way more to go!
Anne
Given the state of manuals back then, I doubt that reading one would have
helped you. <g>
– J
<<Took me longer than 18 months to figure out what a 'bit' was.>>
Thats a lie, Jack. Your mum said that you had the C startup code written on
your first pacifier <g>
DaviD "Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, …" GouID
Actually, I got only a little ways into C before I realized that my brain just
couldn't handle 'pointers.' After that, I decided that, for me, computers were
mostly good for games, graphics, and word processing.
– J
I seem to figure most things out around 4am!
<I seem to figure most things out around 4am!>
Yeah I know. Me too. Sort of "Ya know… what the frubble I mean TROUBLE [hic]
with the world is? It's HAIRDRIERS."
And then, strangely enough, next morning, I can't figure out what I meant.;-)
Laurie
That`s a coincidence.The cover of my band`s first CD single bore the
legend,`Turn it up `till you can`t hear your hairdrier!`
Alright, another muso!
What do you play Steve? I play keyboards and guitars in my current
band, and handle about 1/3 of the vocals. You?
Oops, only just caught on to this part of the thread – Jack, does this mean a
flic is only 256 colour? Or do you mean 3xeight bits per pixel (1xR, 1xB, 1xG)?
And while you're at it, can you tell me the meaning of life? (100 words or
less)? And is life 8 bit or 32 bit? And when Win95 finally comes out of beta,
will life move onto a 32 bit platform? Is life resolution dependent? And has
life been properly tested over all major network cards? Can it be run dual
screen – or is that a working definition of schizophrenia? Has life been
properly beta tested? And when are the manuals coming out? Can I have one? And
finally – why is life so callously weighted towards those who have a dongle?
Laurie
Laurie:
PMJI,
>> And while you're at it, can you tell me the meaning of life? <<
42
– Bob Ritger
< 42>
Damn! I knew some smartie was going to remember that! Loved that scene
where they're all standing in front of the computer waiting for the
answer to Life, the Universe and Everything, the computer says "42",
and one of the philosophers says "They're gonna lynch us, you know
that!"
Okay Bob, when's the manual coming out? 😉
Laurie:
Somehow I knew you would pick up on "42" – what, are there 5 books in the
trilogy now, I lost track.
In an unrelated note: I think you were asking about the weather in
Hawaii in November. I was there about 4 years ago and true to the
guide books the temperature averaged about 78 degrees. A rain shower
was a daily event as Hawaii is required to display at least a dozen
rainbows a day. The surf in November just starts to come up on the
Bonzai pipeline and makes navigating the Na Pali coast of Kauai
pretty treacherous. I'm due in Hawaii on my honeymoon this
September. Hey, what is the address for Aloha Net?
First, before I forget, the address I have is:
Ken Goldstein, INTERNET:kgold@aloha.net
Nik Grant from this forum kindly passed my request for information to Ken
(Thanks Nik!), and Ken has been most forthcoming.
Let's see –
The hitchhikers guide to the galaxy
The restaurant at the end of the universe
Life the universe and everything
So long and thanks for all the fish
A small blue green planet
Goodness, I had to scratch my head to get those on paper – a really
cool series. Really enjoyed the Dirk Gently two as well.
Ken has been real helpful – if you're going to Siggraph, you should
run into him there. He says he always makes the trip. He's extremely
forward though – he's asked me to send him a photo! If I sent him a
photo of Kim Bassinger, he wouldn't know the difference would he? All
the photos I have of myself have me doing something wierd. Even my
passport photo makes me look like an acid bath murderer. Oh well,
I'll see what I can dig up for him.
Thanks for the net address and confirming Doug Adams' bibliography.
Oh, and thanks for reminding me to listen to Woodface – one of your
earlier messages.
"Ken has been real helpful – if you're going to Siggraph, you should
run into him there. He says he always makes the trip. He's extremely
forward though – he's asked me to send him a photo! If I sent him a
photo of Kim Bassinger, he wouldn't know the difference would he? All
the photos I have of myself have me doing something wierd. Even my
passport photo makes me look like an acid bath murderer. Oh well,
I'll see what I can dig up for him."
Well, I've decided to keep the photo and send Ken the Kim Basinger one
instead. I'm of course hoping to see what an acid bath murderer
looks like now. I kinda think I know, but after seeing your photo,
I've upgraded my opinion.
Thanks. I'll make sure Ken *does* get the photo. It's floppy disk,
the other ways haven't worked.
Life is 1 byte…at a time. (And do I detect dongle envy?)
– J