| Eurovision [message #270536] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 00:39 |
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Hurray!!!
BTW am I only imagining or has the activity on these NGs dropped
significantly during the last couple of months? Where is everybody?
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270537 ] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 10:15 |
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Tamim wrote:
> BTW am I only imagining or has the activity on these NGs dropped
> significantly during the last couple of months? Where is
> everybody?
Waiting for the new Harry Potter? Composing CONGRATULATIONS DA VINCI
CODE-messages? Playing computer games? Rereading the whole of the
Sluggy Freelance archive? So many possibilities...
T.
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270538 ] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 11:03 |
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Tamim wrote:
> Hurray!!!
Congratulations to Finland, although I'm relieved I didn't see anyone
looking quite that scary when I passed through Helsinki airport recently!
> BTW am I only imagining or has the activity on these NGs dropped
> significantly during the last couple of months? Where is everybody?
Gone to discuss "The Da Vinci Code"? The LOTR movies brought in a lot of
new but relatively short-term contributors, I think.
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Speaking Clock
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270540 ] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 12:23 |
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Tamim arranged shapes to form:
> Hurray!!!
>
Does Lordi have wings? He seemed to on the first round, they stretched out
like black shadows, then on the encore, no wings.
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Davémon
http://www.nightsoil.co.uk/
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270542 ] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 14:27 |
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Davémon" <"davémon wrote:
>: Does Lordi have wings? He seemed to on the first round, they
>: stretched out like black shadows, then on the encore, no wings.
I believe it might just have been the lighting. Besides he didn't actually
fly, he was merely wearing buffalo shoes.
There are no canonical texts supporting the wing theory.
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Peter Andersen
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270543 ] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 14:55 |
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In message <news:e4o5rn$hv1$1 [at] oravannahka.helsinki.fi>
Tamim <hallaril [at] hotmail.com> enriched us with:
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> Hurray!!!
Well, well -- congratulations ;)
I do admit that I didn't think that Europe was ready for a monster-rock
winner ;)
> BTW am I only imagining or has the activity on these NGs dropped
> significantly during the last couple of months? Where is everybody?
It's been more manageable, I agree (allowing me to handle a bit of my
back-log <G>). Christopher has been on holiday recently and isn't back
to his usual prolific self (exams time coming up, perhaps?), others
probably have other reasons for being less productive here: personally
I've been rather busy at work.
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Troels Forchhammer
Valid e-mail is <t.forch(a)email.dk>
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded
gold, it would be a merrier world.
- Thorin Oakenshield, /The Hobbit/ (J.R.R. Tolkien)
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270553 ] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 23:27 |
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Troels Forchhammer <Troels [at] ThisIsFake.invalid> wrote:
> In message <news:e4o5rn$hv1$1 [at] oravannahka.helsinki.fi>
> Tamim <hallaril [at] hotmail.com> enriched us with:
>>
>> Hurray!!!
>
> Well, well -- congratulations ;)
>
> I do admit that I didn't think that Europe was ready for a
> monster-rock winner ;)
Might it have been the novelty factor? Or the shock factor? Vote for
that outrageous monster-rock group for a laugh?
>> BTW am I only imagining or has the activity on these NGs dropped
>> significantly during the last couple of months? Where is everybody?
>
> It's been more manageable, I agree (allowing me to handle a bit of my
> back-log <G>). Christopher has been on holiday recently and isn't back
> to his usual prolific self (exams time coming up, perhaps?), others
> probably have other reasons for being less productive here: personally
> I've been rather busy at work.
It has been several years (thankfully) since I had to take any exams.
Seven to be precise. I too have a back-log of posts to reply to, but not
enough time at the moment.
As for activity levels in the newsgroups. You can monitor that via
Google Groups or that other newsgroup archive (some Microsoft thing I
think). Should be easy to see long-term trends. I've generally found
that the activity goes up and down quite a lot, but generally recovers
sooner rather than later.
Christopher
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Reply clue: Saruman welcomes you to Spamgard
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270554 ] |
So, 21 Mai 2006 23:29 |
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Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
> I too have a back-log of posts to reply to, but
> not enough time at the moment.
Though I did have time to get that "Ring of Words" book I posted about a
few days ago! Looks fascinating. Will try and read it over the next few
days and post a comment or two.
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270556 ] |
Mo, 22 Mai 2006 00:04 |
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Tamim wrote:
> Hurray!!!
>
> BTW am I only imagining or has the activity on these NGs dropped
> significantly during the last couple of months? Where is everybody?
Most of them have been MURDERED.
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| Re: Eurovision [message #270560 ] |
Mo, 22 Mai 2006 01:34 |
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Christopher Kreuzer's done written:
> Might it have been the novelty factor? Or the shock factor? Vote for
> that outrageous monster-rock group for a laugh?
Unlike many recent acts, Lordi were actually 'dressed' for the occation.
I don't think they raise issues, as much as point to them. They were the
only band (that I saw) that didn't make me want to swtich off my set.
--
Nobody doesn't like molten boron.
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274430 ] |
Di, 23 Mai 2006 03:24 |
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Tamim wrote:
> Hurray!!!
Wasn't hell supposed to freeze over when this happened? ;-)
But good on you Finns. It's certainly a... change... from the usual
sort of Eurovision winner.
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Arvind
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274444 ] |
Di, 23 Mai 2006 20:06 |
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"TT Arvind" <ttarvind [at] hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
news:1148347452.809780.31000 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
> Tamim wrote:
> > Hurray!!!
> Wasn't hell supposed to freeze over when this happened? ;-)
> But good on you Finns. It's certainly a... change... from the usual
> sort of Eurovision winner.
Hell apparently did freeze over. Devils from Finland, remember? :-)
Korppi.
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274446 ] |
Di, 23 Mai 2006 21:18 |
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Raven's done written:
>: Hell apparently did freeze over. Devils from Finland, remember?
>: :-)
>:
>: Korppi.
Yes, sunday we even experienced rain and wind in Denmark.
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101010
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274447 ] |
Di, 23 Mai 2006 21:24 |
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bolten moron's done written:
oops, I became bolten moron for a day, but now I changed my mind.
It was an act of senseless vanity, and I apologise.
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Peter Andersen
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274458 ] |
Do, 25 Mai 2006 17:33 |
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Raven wrote:
> "TT Arvind" <ttarvind [at] hotmail.com> skrev i en meddelelse
> news:1148347452.809780.31000 [at] i40g2000cwc.googlegroups.com...
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> > Tamim wrote:
>
> > > Hurray!!!
>
> > Wasn't hell supposed to freeze over when this happened? ;-)
>
> > But good on you Finns. It's certainly a... change... from the usual
> > sort of Eurovision winner.
>
> Hell apparently did freeze over. Devils from Finland, remember? :-)
:-)
Eg ville ikkje trudd at det var so lett =E5 finna vinnaren.
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Arvind
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274475 ] |
Fr, 26 Mai 2006 04:03 |
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On Sun, 21 May 2006 10:03:00 +0100, "Speaking Clock"
<speaking.clock [at] geemale.com> wrote, in part:
>Gone to discuss "The Da Vinci Code"?
The critics have panned *both* the da Vinci code *and* the third X-Men
movie. It isn't looking like a good summer for summer movies.
John Savard
http://www.quadibloc.com/index.html
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274482 ] |
Fr, 26 Mai 2006 23:56 |
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"John Savard" <jsavard [at] excxn.aNOSPAMb.cdn.invalid> wrote in message
news:447661a9.1371355 [at] news.usenetzone.com...
> On Sun, 21 May 2006 10:03:00 +0100, "Speaking Clock"
> <speaking.clock [at] geemale.com> wrote, in part:
>
>>Gone to discuss "The Da Vinci Code"?
>
> The critics have panned *both* the da Vinci code *and* the third X-Men
> movie. It isn't looking like a good summer for summer movies.
>
Critics know nothing. Da Vinci Code was an enjoyable movie.
--
Jette Goldie
jette [at] blueyonder.co.uk
http://www.jette.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/
("reply to" is spamblocked)
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274509 ] |
Mo, 29 Mai 2006 13:57 |
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"Tamim" <hallaril [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hurray!!!
I voted for Lordi. I am very happy with the fact that the group won.
Öjevind
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274516 ] |
Mo, 29 Mai 2006 22:07 |
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Jette Goldie wrote:
> Critics know nothing. Da Vinci Code was an enjoyable movie.
Although Dan Brown is a lunatic. His position is analogous to Tolkien
really believing in Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs, Maiar, and Dwarves.
-- FotW
Reality is for those who cannot cope with Middle-earth.
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274522 ] |
Mo, 29 Mai 2006 22:37 |
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Flame of the West <jerry [at] solinasNOSPAM.org> wrote:
> Jette Goldie wrote:
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>> Critics know nothing. Da Vinci Code was an enjoyable movie.
>
> Although Dan Brown is a lunatic. His position is analogous to Tolkien
> really believing in Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs, Maiar, and Dwarves.
All of those, except Maiar, are in the OED (well, in the case of ents,
it is the OE word that it was based upon). So obviously these _are_ all
real things... :-)
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274523 ] |
Mo, 29 Mai 2006 23:04 |
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"Flame of the West" hath written:
[snip]
> Although Dan Brown is a lunatic. His position is analogous to Tolkien
> really believing in Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs, Maiar, and Dwarves.
Yes, he laughed like a madman all the way to the bank.
Öjevind
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274524 ] |
Di, 30 Mai 2006 00:40 |
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Christopher Kreuzer wrote:
> Flame of the West <jerry [at] solinasNOSPAM.org> wrote:
> > Jette Goldie wrote:
> >
> >> Critics know nothing. Da Vinci Code was an enjoyable movie.
> >
> > Although Dan Brown is a lunatic. His position is analogous to Tolkien
> > really believing in Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs, Maiar, and Dwarves.
>
> All of those, except Maiar, are in the OED (well, in the case of ents,
> it is the OE word that it was based upon). So obviously these _are_ all
> real things... :-)
"Maia" in the singular is in the OED.
(Don't forget Keat's famous /Fragment of an Ode to Melian/:
"Mother of Luthien! and still youthful Maia!
May I sing to thee
As thou wast hymned on the shores of Esgalduin?
Or may I woo thee
In reconstructed proto-Sindarin?")
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Arvind
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274530 ] |
Di, 30 Mai 2006 14:35 |
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Flame of the West wrote:
> Jette Goldie wrote:
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>> Critics know nothing. Da Vinci Code was an enjoyable movie.
>
> Although Dan Brown is a lunatic. His position is analogous to Tolkien
> really believing in Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs, Maiar, and Dwarves.
Huh? You think Dan Brown _believes_ it? It _is_ a work of fiction. What
Dan Brown _believes_ is that there are many people out there who _do_
believe in variations on the theme.
--
derek
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274537 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 01:45 |
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Derek Broughton wrote:
> Flame of the West wrote:
>> Although Dan Brown is a lunatic. His position is analogous to Tolkien
>> really believing in Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs, Maiar, and Dwarves.
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> Huh? You think Dan Brown _believes_ it? It _is_ a work of fiction. What
> Dan Brown _believes_ is that there are many people out there who _do_
> believe in variations on the theme.
I've read that he claims that the backstory (essentially the stuff from
Holy Blood Holy Grail) is true. Maybe my source was wrong; if you have
a reference where he makes clear that the backstory is also fictional,
I'd be happy to stand corrected.
-- FotW
Reality is for those who cannot cope with Middle-earth.
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274541 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 14:09 |
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Flame of the West wrote:
> Derek Broughton wrote:
>> Flame of the West wrote:
>
>>> Although Dan Brown is a lunatic. His position is analogous to Tolkien
>>> really believing in Hobbits, Ents, Elves, Orcs, Maiar, and Dwarves.
>>
>> Huh? You think Dan Brown _believes_ it? It _is_ a work of fiction.
>> What Dan Brown _believes_ is that there are many people out there who
>> _do_ believe in variations on the theme.
>
> I've read that he claims that the backstory (essentially the stuff from
> Holy Blood Holy Grail) is true. Maybe my source was wrong; if you have
> a reference where he makes clear that the backstory is also fictional,
> I'd be happy to stand corrected.
The backstory _is_ true - at least to the extent that "Holy Blood, Holy
Grail" wasn't even close to the origin of this version of the story. It's
had its believers as long as there have been Christians. Mel Gibson was
criticized for making a religious epic that was seen as anti-Jewish, not
for believing it was true. If Dan Brown actually believes it, he's no more
a lunatic than any other believer of anything other than the One True
Faith. Almost every Christian would consider him a heretic, but that's not
the same thing at all.
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derek
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| Re: Eurovision [message #274543 ] |
Mi, 31 Mai 2006 20:06 |
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Derek Broughton wrote:
> If Dan Brown actually believes it, he's no more a
> lunatic than any other believer of anything other than the One
> True Faith.
:-)
T. (it WAS a joke, right?)
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