| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #80692 ] |
Sa, 16 Juli 2005 10:10 |
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pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Meth wrote:
>
> > DT: The Great Hyperlobic Omnicognate Neutron Wrangler can talk four
> > legs off an Acturan Megadonkey but only I can persuade it to go for
a
> > walk afterwards.
>
> TWO: ((Tries desperately to think of the name of another supercomputer
> to ask about. What was the name of that one which designed the
> supernova bomb? Haxxor or Hector or something like that, wasn't it?
> No, that's not right. Never mind, let's just be direct instead.))
Then
> what's the problem?
>
TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in case
Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?:
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #80703 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 11:09 |
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pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
> TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in
> case Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?
I think we need an understudy for Deep Thought. Any volunteers?
--
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #83307 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 14:06 |
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<pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
>>
>> TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in
>> case Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?
>
> I think we need an understudy for Deep Thought. Any volunteers?
One: (checks the power source for Deep Thought to check if it has been
turned off)
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
A surplus means there'll be money left over.
Otherwise, it wouldn't be called a surplus.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #83309 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 18:18 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> <pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>
>>pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in
>>>case Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?
>>
>>I think we need an understudy for Deep Thought. Any volunteers?
>
>
> One: (checks the power source for Deep Thought to check if it has been
> turned off)
Three: (checks whether Deep Thought has yet managed to deduce the
existence of rice pudding and income tax)
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #83312 ] |
Mo, 18 Juli 2005 19:47 |
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On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:26:12 +0100, <pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
>>
>> TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in
>> case Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?
>
>I think we need an understudy for Deep Thought. Any volunteers?
Hang on, I'll prod him.
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #83324 ] |
Di, 19 Juli 2005 08:02 |
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On 16/07/2005 8:10 p.m. pippa.moran [at] gmail.com hammered the electrons
into submission:
> pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>>Meth wrote:
>>
>>
>>>DT: The Great Hyperlobic Omnicognate Neutron Wrangler can talk four
>>>legs off an Acturan Megadonkey but only I can persuade it to go for
>
> a
>
>>>walk afterwards.
>>
>>TWO: ((Tries desperately to think of the name of another supercomputer
>>to ask about. What was the name of that one which designed the
>>supernova bomb? Haxxor or Hector or something like that, wasn't it?
>>No, that's not right. Never mind, let's just be direct instead.))
>
> Then
>
>>what's the problem?
>>
>
>
> TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in case
> Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?:
>
>
DT: (pottering amiably back to the present after spending a rather nice
time plotting the course of positronic pathways for Andrew in a slight
Asimov cross-over)
I speak of none but the computer that is to come after me.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #83325 ] |
Di, 19 Juli 2005 08:03 |
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On 19/07/2005 5:47 a.m. Lloyd Gilbert hammered the electrons into
submission:
> On Mon, 18 Jul 2005 10:26:12 +0100, <pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>
>>>TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in
>>>case Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?
>>
>>I think we need an understudy for Deep Thought. Any volunteers?
>
>
> Hang on, I'll prod him.
Ow. Sorry - mothers-in-law - well one of her.
Oops.
Right - back now!
Meth
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #83328 ] |
Di, 19 Juli 2005 11:21 |
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Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> On 16/07/2005 8:10 p.m. pippa.moran [at] gmail.com hammered the electrons
> into submission:
>> pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>>
>>>Meth wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>DT: The Great Hyperlobic Omnicognate Neutron Wrangler can talk four
>>>>legs off an Acturan Megadonkey but only I can persuade it to go for
>> a
>>
>>>>walk afterwards.
>>>
>>>TWO: ((Tries desperately to think of the name of another supercomputer
>>>to ask about. What was the name of that one which designed the
>>>supernova bomb? Haxxor or Hector or something like that, wasn't it?
>>>No, that's not right. Never mind, let's just be direct instead.))
>> Then
>>
>>>what's the problem?
>>>
>> TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in
>> case
>> Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?:
>>
> DT: (pottering amiably back to the present after spending a rather nice
> time plotting the course of positronic pathways for Andrew in a slight
> Asimov cross-over)
>
> I speak of none but the computer that is to come after me.
One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
*now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
[ Cancel Cancelled ]
- Pine
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #86195 ] |
Fr, 22 Juli 2005 10:14 |
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>>>>
>>>
>>>TWO: ((clears her throat and asks again, louder this time, just in
>>>case
>>>Deep Thought didn't hear her before)) Then what's the problem?:
>>>
>>
>>DT: (pottering amiably back to the present after spending a rather nice
>>time plotting the course of positronic pathways for Andrew in a slight
>>Asimov cross-over)
>>
>>I speak of none but the computer that is to come after me.
>
>
> One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
> *now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>
DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
destiny eventually to design.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95924 ] |
Sa, 30 Juli 2005 09:29 |
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GET ON WITH IT!
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95925 ] |
Sa, 30 Juli 2005 12:06 |
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"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> GET ON WITH IT!
We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
lately...
/Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Vampires are not visible in mirrors, which explains why they are often
backed over in parking lots.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95941 ] |
Sa, 30 Juli 2005 20:17 |
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Reason not withstanding the universe continued unabated and Rasmus Bøg
Hansen spoke forth:
>"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> GET ON WITH IT!
>
>We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
>something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
>lately...
>
Without a Kåre in the world...
--
D.
"The Sphynx of the Caverns is the deadliest of all.
It possesses the head of a snake,
the body of a snake
and the feet of a snake."
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95943 ] |
Sa, 30 Juli 2005 21:13 |
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"Rasmus "Bøg" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
news:87mzo4obfm.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> "Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> GET ON WITH IT!
>
> We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
> something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
> lately...
>
> /Rasmus
>
We haven't got an understudy? The show must go on!
Chiggy.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95946 ] |
So, 31 Juli 2005 12:31 |
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Meth wrote:
>> One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
>> *now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>>
> DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
>
> You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
> can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
> that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
> parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
> destiny eventually to design.
THREE: (feeling as if this conversation has taken weeks without getting
to the point)
Can we get on and ask the question?
(Note how Three here already states that a question should be asked. Too
bad One and Two don't listen, and never actually state the question)
(Also, sorry for the delay, I have been away from an internet connection
for the past week)
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95947 ] |
So, 31 Juli 2005 12:32 |
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Dave Adalian wrote:
> GET ON WITH IT!
Sorry about that. The show may now proceed with only the ordinary slowness.
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95952 ] |
So, 31 Juli 2005 13:39 |
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"Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
news:70hne1951jgntmn1ijhn62rlqp0frki77i [at] 4ax.com...
>>> GET ON WITH IT!
>>We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
>>something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
>>lately...
> Without a Kåre in the world...
Pretty Kåreless of us, really.
--
Fræk
> SELECT * FROM users WHERE clue > 0
0 rows returned
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95980 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 10:30 |
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On 31/07/2005 10:31 p.m. Kaare Fiedler Christiansen hammered the
electrons into submission:
> Meth wrote:
>
>>> One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
>>> *now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>>>
>> DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
>>
>> You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
>> can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
>> that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
>> parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
>> destiny eventually to design.
>
>
> THREE: (feeling as if this conversation has taken weeks without getting
> to the point)
>
> Can we get on and ask the question?
>
> (Note how Three here already states that a question should be asked. Too
> bad One and Two don't listen, and never actually state the question)
>
> (Also, sorry for the delay, I have been away from an internet connection
> for the past week)
DT (echoing the sentiments of the froup in the timelagged tradition of
the froupaphonic workshop)
Speak
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95981 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 11:05 |
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Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> On 31/07/2005 10:31 p.m. Kaare Fiedler Christiansen hammered the
> electrons into submission:
>> Meth wrote:
>>
>>>> One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
>>>> *now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>>>>
>>> DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
>>>
>>> You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
>>> can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
>>> that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
>>> parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
>>> destiny eventually to design.
>> THREE: (feeling as if this conversation has taken weeks without
>> getting to the point)
>> Can we get on and ask the question?
>> (Note how Three here already states that a question should be
>> asked. Too bad One and Two don't listen, and never actually state
>> the question)
>> (Also, sorry for the delay, I have been away from an internet
>> connection for the past week)
> DT (echoing the sentiments of the froup in the timelagged tradition of
> the froupaphonic workshop)
> Speak
One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
Answer...
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and
more idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more
remarkable idiots.
Until now, universe leads the race.
- R. Cooka
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95982 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 11:06 |
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"Freakstone" <cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> "Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:70hne1951jgntmn1ijhn62rlqp0frki77i [at] 4ax.com...
>>>> GET ON WITH IT!
>>>We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
>>>something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
>>>lately...
>> Without a Kåre in the world...
>
> Pretty Kåreless of us, really.
Yes, someone might get Kåre'd and punished.
/Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Computers are like airconditioners:
They stop working properly if you open windows.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95983 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 11:06 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Dave Adalian wrote:
>> GET ON WITH IT!
>
> Sorry about that. The show may now proceed with only the ordinary slowness.
The Show Must Go On (TM).
/Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Great idea. By the time you'll be done you will realize that 40 years
have passed, 386 has been obsolete for a few decades and the end result
is not really that much faster.
-- Wichert Akkerman
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #95984 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 11:41 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> "Freakstone" <cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>
>>"Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>>news:70hne1951jgntmn1ijhn62rlqp0frki77i [at] 4ax.com...
>>
>>>>>GET ON WITH IT!
>>>>
>>>>We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
>>>>something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
>>>>lately...
>>>
>>>Without a Kåre in the world...
>>
>>Pretty Kåreless of us, really.
>
>
> Yes, someone might get Kåre'd and punished.
Well, at least that's one bad pun that got the pronunciation of my name
right :-)
Best
Kåre
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #98636 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 13:17 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>> "Freakstone" <cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>> "Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>>> news:70hne1951jgntmn1ijhn62rlqp0frki77i [at] 4ax.com...
>>>
>>>>>>GET ON WITH IT!
>>>>>
>>>>>We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
>>>>>something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
>>>>>lately...
>>>>
>>>>Without a Kåre in the world...
>>>
>>>Pretty Kåreless of us, really.
>> Yes, someone might get Kåre'd and punished.
>
> Well, at least that's one bad pun that got the pronunciation of my name
> right :-)
After all I should be able to pronounce it correctly. I *did* have a
Kåre in my class in primary school ;o)
/Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
The knack of flying is learning how to throw yourself at
the ground and miss.
-- Douglas Adams
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #98637 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 17:16 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>
>>On 31/07/2005 10:31 p.m. Kaare Fiedler Christiansen hammered the
>>electrons into submission:
>>
>>>Meth wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>>One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
>>>>>*now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
>>>>
>>>>You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
>>>>can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
>>>>that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
>>>>parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
>>>>destiny eventually to design.
>>>
>>>THREE: (feeling as if this conversation has taken weeks without
>>>getting to the point)
>>>Can we get on and ask the question?
>>>(Note how Three here already states that a question should be
>>>asked. Too bad One and Two don't listen, and never actually state
>>>the question)
>>>(Also, sorry for the delay, I have been away from an internet
>>>connection for the past week)
>>
>>DT (echoing the sentiments of the froup in the timelagged tradition of
>>the froupaphonic workshop)
>>Speak
>
>
> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
> Answer...
THREE: (shakes his head in disbelief, has noone even bothered to work
out what we want to ask? Walks out on it all not to be seen for 7½
million years)
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #98642 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 19:12 |
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Freakstone wrote:
> "Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
> news:70hne1951jgntmn1ijhn62rlqp0frki77i [at] 4ax.com...
>
>>>>GET ON WITH IT!
>>>
>>>We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
>>>something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
>>>lately...
>>
>>Without a Kåre in the world...
>
>
> Pretty Kåreless of us, really.
>
(wince) Unnnh.... We are Ruthless to...
--
Tian
7/30: I swam across the end of a lake as warm as a bathtub.
7/31: I splashed around under a beautiful waterfall in a pool
that was much colder than the lake it emptied into. I also
played frisbee there with a couple of El Dorado County Greens.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #98644 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 19:17 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>
>>Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>>
>>>"Freakstone" <cfreestone [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>
>>>
>>>>"Gusty" <gustywinds [at] btopenworld.com> wrote in message
>>>>news:70hne1951jgntmn1ijhn62rlqp0frki77i [at] 4ax.com...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>>GET ON WITH IT!
>>>>>>
>>>>>>We are missing Kåre. He might be on vacation (horrors! Offline!!!) or
>>>>>>something. Teh froup has been inhabited by a total absence of Kåre
>>>>>>lately...
>>>>>
>>>>>Without a Kåre in the world...
>>>>
>>>>Pretty Kåreless of us, really.
>>>
>>>Yes, someone might get Kåre'd and punished.
>>
>>Well, at least that's one bad pun that got the pronunciation of my name
>>right :-)
>
>
> After all I should be able to pronounce it correctly. I *did* have a
> Kåre in my class in primary school ;o)
>
Ah. I didn't have that experience. I remember a Vishu though...
--
Tian
7/30: I swam across the end of a lake as warm as a bathtub.
7/31: I splashed around under a beautiful waterfall in a pool
that was much colder than the lake it emptied into. I also
played frisbee there with a couple of El Dorado County Greens.
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #98645 ] |
Mo, 01 August 2005 19:27 |
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Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>> Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net> hit the keyboard.
>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>> On 31/07/2005 10:31 p.m. Kaare Fiedler Christiansen hammered the
>>> electrons into submission:
>>>
>>>>Meth wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
>>>>>>*now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
>>>>>
>>>>>You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
>>>>>can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
>>>>>that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
>>>>>parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
>>>>>destiny eventually to design.
>>>>
>>>>THREE: (feeling as if this conversation has taken weeks without
>>>>getting to the point)
>>>>Can we get on and ask the question?
>>>>(Note how Three here already states that a question should be
>>>>asked. Too bad One and Two don't listen, and never actually state
>>>>the question)
>>>>(Also, sorry for the delay, I have been away from an internet
>>>>connection for the past week)
>>>
>>> DT (echoing the sentiments of the froup in the timelagged tradition
>>> of the froupaphonic workshop)
>>>Speak
>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>> Answer...
>
> THREE: (shakes his head in disbelief, has noone even bothered to work
> out what we want to ask? Walks out on it all not to be seen for 7½
> million years)
Random bypasser outside: Hey Three, want to go to the pub? You look
like you could need a stiff drink?
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
If you try to prove Murphy's law - will you fail?
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #100860 ] |
Fr, 05 August 2005 00:00 |
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spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> On 31/07/2005 10:31 p.m. Kaare Fiedler Christiansen hammered the
>> electrons into submission:
>>> Meth wrote:
>>>
>>>>> One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
>>>>> *now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>>>>>
>>>> DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
>>>>
>>>> You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
>>>> can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
>>>> that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
>>>> parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
>>>> destiny eventually to design.
>>> THREE: (feeling as if this conversation has taken weeks without
>>> getting to the point)
>>> Can we get on and ask the question?
>>> (Note how Three here already states that a question should be
>>> asked. Too bad One and Two don't listen, and never actually state
>>> the question)
>>> (Also, sorry for the delay, I have been away from an internet
>>> connection for the past week)
>> DT (echoing the sentiments of the froup in the timelagged tradition of
>> the froupaphonic workshop)
>> Speak
>
> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
> Answer...
One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and wonders
whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to answer)
*cough*
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Roses R Red, Violets R Blue
I Am Skizofrenic & So Am I
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103166 ] |
Sa, 06 August 2005 17:51 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
> spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen) hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>
>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>> Answer...
>
> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and wonders
> whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to answer)
> *cough*
For some reason your original post didn't show up on any servers.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103167 ] |
Sa, 06 August 2005 17:53 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
> spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen) hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>
>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>> Answer...
>
> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and wonders
> whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to answer)
> *cough*
Don't blame him. For some reason your post didn't show up on any
servers.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103178 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 02:06 |
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<pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
>
>> spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen) hit the keyboard.
>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>>
>>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>>> Answer...
>>
>> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and wonders
>> whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to answer)
>> *cough*
>
> Don't blame him. For some reason your post didn't show up on any
> servers.
Oh, I see. Except my own apparently... I'll just resend it.
/Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Because I don't want to force you to follow my philosophy, even though
it happens to be the only possible correct philosophy.
-- Ted Lemon
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103179 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 02:12 |
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Meth <metheglen [at] meths.net> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> On 31/07/2005 10:31 p.m. Kaare Fiedler Christiansen hammered the
> electrons into submission:
>> Meth wrote:
>>
>>>> One: (*sighs* and wonders why Deep Thought had to plot *that* right
>>>> *now*) Oh, come *on*. I think this is getting needlessly messianic...
>>>>
>>> DT: (adding extra reverb to the vocal chambers)
>>>
>>> You know nothing of future time, and yet in my teeming circuitry I
>>> can navigate the infinite delta streams of future probability and see
>>> that there must one day come a computer whose merest operational
>>> parameters I am not worthy to calculate, but which it will be my
>>> destiny eventually to design.
>> THREE: (feeling as if this conversation has taken weeks without
>> getting to the point)
>> Can we get on and ask the question?
>> (Note how Three here already states that a question should be
>> asked. Too bad One and Two don't listen, and never actually state
>> the question)
>> (Also, sorry for the delay, I have been away from an internet
>> connection for the past week)
> DT (echoing the sentiments of the froup in the timelagged tradition of
> the froupaphonic workshop)
> Speak
One: (Wonders whether he already said this or it happened in a
parallel universe) O Deep Thought Computer, the task we have
designed you to perform is this. We want you to tell
us... (clears throat and continues loud and clear) The Answer...
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
A computer without Windows, is like a fish without a bicycle.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103182 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 02:37 |
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"Rasmus "Bøg" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
news:871x55mgvx.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
> <pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
>>
>>> spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen) hit the keyboard.
>>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>>>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>>>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>>>> Answer...
>>>
>>> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and wonders
>>> whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to answer)
>>> *cough*
>>
>> Don't blame him. For some reason your post didn't show up on any
>> servers.
>
> Oh, I see. Except my own apparently... I'll just resend it.
>
This production needs a stage manager.
Chiggy.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103186 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 08:48 |
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On 5/08/2005 10:00 a.m. Rasmus Bøg Hansen hammered the electrons into
submission:
>>>DT (echoing the sentiments of the froup in the timelagged tradition of
>>>the froupaphonic workshop)
>>>Speak
>>
>>One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>> Answer...
> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and wonders
> whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to answer)
> *cough*
Deep Though: (as if the question that One asked has just been mentioned,
due to timelag with New Zealand, work and a silly game called Ultimate)
The Answer? The answer to what?
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103188 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 09:46 |
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--- Meth said...
> On 5/08/2005 10:00 a.m. Rasmus Bøg Hansen hammered the electrons into
> submission:
>
>>>
>>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>>> Answer...
>> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and
>> wonders whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to
>> answer) *cough*
>
> Deep Thought: (as if the question that One asked has just been
> mentioned, due to timelag with New Zealand, work and a silly game
> called Ultimate)
>
> The Answer? The answer to what?
TWO: ((who had been hoping to the computer was actually working out The
Answer, and so now she's really worried to find that it hasn't even
managed to work out *which* Answer.)) Life.
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103190 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 10:20 |
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<pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> --- Meth said...
>
>> On 5/08/2005 10:00 a.m. Rasmus Bøg Hansen hammered the electrons into
>> submission:
>>
>>>>
>>>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>>>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>>>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>>>> Answer...
>>> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and
>>> wonders whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to
>>> answer) *cough*
>>
>> Deep Thought: (as if the question that One asked has just been
>> mentioned, due to timelag with New Zealand, work and a silly game
>> called Ultimate)
>>
>> The Answer? The answer to what?
>
> TWO: ((who had been hoping to the computer was actually working out The
> Answer, and so now she's really worried to find that it hasn't even
> managed to work out *which* Answer.)) Life.
One: The Universe!
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
I'm a unix system administrator
- sending me HTML formatted emails and/or attached Word documents is a
nice way to ensure I won't bother to answer you.
-- Jan Chrillesen
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103191 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 10:22 |
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"Dave Adalian" <dpalta [at] comcast.net> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> "Rasmus "Bøg" Hansen" <spam05 [at] zz9.dk> wrote in message
> news:871x55mgvx.fsf [at] grignard.amagerkollegiet.dk...
>> <pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>> Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
>>>
>>>> spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen) hit the keyboard.
>>>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> One: (clears throat to state the task loud and clear) O Deep Thought
>>>>> Computer, the task we have designed you to perform is this. We
>>>>> eant to tell us... (thinks a second for the right wording) The
>>>>> Answer...
>>>>
>>>> One: (curses over the stumbling over a simple word, "want" and wonders
>>>> whether this is the reason for Deep Thought not to answer)
>>>> *cough*
>>>
>>> Don't blame him. For some reason your post didn't show up on any
>>> servers.
>>
>> Oh, I see. Except my own apparently... I'll just resend it.
>>
>
> This production needs a stage manager.
Apparently yes. There have certainly been some glitches!
*boo*
Hey wait, I'm booing at myself...
*stops booing*
/Rasmus
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-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Programming is a race between programmers, who try and make more and
more idiot-proof software, and universe, which produces more and more
remarkable idiots.
Until now, universe leads the race.
- R. Cooka
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103192 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 15:31 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
> <pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> --- Meth said...
>>
>>>
>>> The Answer? The answer to what?
>>
>> TWO: ((who had been hoping to the computer was actually working out
>> The Answer, and so now she's really worried to find that it hasn't
>> even managed to work out *which* Answer.)) Life.
>
> One: The Universe!
TWO: Everything!!
(OOC) Wow! Four lines in one day. This production is really picking
up speed!
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103196 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 19:28 |
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pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
> Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
>
>
>><pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>
>>>--- Meth said...
>>>
>>>
>>>> The Answer? The answer to what?
>>>
>>>TWO: ((who had been hoping to the computer was actually working out
>>>The Answer, and so now she's really worried to find that it hasn't
>>>even managed to work out *which* Answer.)) Life.
>>
>>One: The Universe!
>
>
> TWO: Everything!!
>
> (OOC) Wow! Four lines in one day. This production is really picking
> up speed!
>
I'm straining to keep up with the action, the lines are
going by so fast...
--
Tian
8/6: Hiroshima Day in Livermore, CA. One of the speakers
was a young Japanese woman who said "my Grandmother was an
atomic bomb survivor, and I've heard enough about it that
I don't need to see one for myself to know it happened."
http://tian.greens.org
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #103197 ] |
Mo, 08 August 2005 20:51 |
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Tian <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com42546813> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:
> pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>> Rasmus Bøg Hansen said:
>>
>>><pippa.moran [at] gmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>
>>>
>>>>--- Meth said...
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> The Answer? The answer to what?
>>>>
>>>>TWO: ((who had been hoping to the computer was actually working out
>>>>The Answer, and so now she's really worried to find that it hasn't
>>>>even managed to work out *which* Answer.)) Life.
>>>
>>>One: The Universe!
>> TWO: Everything!!
>> (OOC) Wow! Four lines in one day. This production is really
>> picking
>> up speed!
>>
> I'm straining to keep up with the action, the lines are
> going by so fast...
Also it is truly hard to act with this pace!
I will need a stiff drink soon!
/Rasmus
--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
Defense??
What am I to defend??
Am I in war??
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| Re: Fit the fourth - Froup production [message #106920 ] |
Do, 11 August 2005 16:32 |
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Rasmus Bøg Hansen:
> Tian <DontBeFuelish [at] aol.com42546813> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> pippa.moran [at] gmail.com wrote:
>>> (OOC) Wow! Four lines in one day. This production is really
>>> picking up speed!
>>>
>> I'm straining to keep up with the action, the lines are
>> going by so fast...
>
> Also it is truly hard to act with this pace!
>
> I will need a stiff drink soon!
>
Well, things seem to be slowing down again now. So maybe you'll have
time for your drink after all.
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