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[MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29638]

Sa, 07 Mai 2005 19:22

John Coxon

In Memoriam
Douglas Noel Adams
March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001

"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

*** The alt.fan.douglas-adams MFAQ (Most Frequently Asked Questions) ***

Version 3.3 / Last changes 7 May 2003 / This posted 7 May 2003

Welcome to alt.fan.douglas-adams!

In this little corner of Usenet we discuss things supposedly related to
British book/game/film/radio author Douglas Adams and his works. This
MFAQ is meant to answer the common questions so that discussion on the
froup can be more about the less common and/or totally absurd ones.

This MFAQ is posted (tries to be, anyway) weekly on Thursdays; the web
home of the MFAQ is:

http://www.zootle.net/afda/mfaq.shtml

For more in-depth, out-of-date info on Douglas Adams and his work, please
visit the more than complete FAQ at its home:

http://www.zootle.net/afda/faq/main.shtml

A few notes about the alt.fan.douglas-adams (afda) newsfroup:

a) This is an unmoderated froup, which means you may see "spam" from
time to time. It is best not to respond to spam, except maybe to
send a mail to the spammer's service provider if you can figure out
who it is and you feel like it.
b) This is also NOT a binary froup. That means if you have this great
picture file, background "wallpaper", etc. you should post an offer
to email it to people or a pointer to where they can download it
rather than attaching the file to the post. Binaries to the froup
will be met with a flurry of nasty notes from regulars. So if you
didn't know before, now you do. :-)
c) Common sense, while rarely seen on Usenet, can be a help. Ridiculous
breaches of netiquette tend to result in flames. If you're totally
new to Usenet news[gf]roups, you might want to look at this piece on
netiquette at http://www.albion.com/netiquette/ In fact, there's a
bit on this page
http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/0963702513p85.html
that immortalizes what happened several years ago on this very froup.
So be careful what you wish for. ;-)
d) One thing to note is that we're not particularly picky about being
on-topic all the time, which means if you want to know what Douglas
Adams fans think of this or that, you're usually okay in asking. In
fact, these days it's rare to see much on-topic at all. Unless you
count the movie and new radio series posts. In which case there's
quite a lot.

The FAQ team was once Greg Pacek, Owen Cameron and Ben Brockert. Anyone
who wants to take a stab at updating/maintaining it now should feel
welcome to.

This MFAQ was developed by Greg "CrazyOne" Pacek, with the help of Iain
Barker (web translation), Ben Brockert (FAQ-MFAQ cross-pollination), other
afda participants and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

Since the majority of the authors no longer (regularly) post in afda, the
MFAQ is in need of a maintiainer. I'm posting it this once, and I may post
it again, but a maintiainer who isn't me would be good. :-)

And now... on with THE ANSWERS!

** The questions/contents (in some sort of order):

(new info since previous post indicated with + in the contents)

1. Who is Douglas Adams anyway?
2. What has he written/created?
3. What's all this about _The Salmon of Doubt_?
+4. What happened to the company he co-founded?
5. What is this h2g2.com about?
+6. What's this I hear about a movie?
+7. How do I find the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or Bureaucracy
computer games?
8. Where can I get other CDs, tapes, books, etc.?
9. What do you get if you multiply six by nine?
(and other notes on 42)
+10. What kind of stuff is in the complete FAQ?
+11. Where do I find HHGG/DNA _______ on the web?
12. Where else can I interact with Douglas Adams fans?
13. Is there a fan club? (ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha info)

1. Who is Douglas Adams anyway?

You really don't know? ;-) Douglas Adams was a British author of
humorous books and other items in various media (radio, tv, computer
games, etc.) By far his best-known work is The Hitchhiker's Guide to the
Galaxy (in its various forms) and its sequels. For a lot more info,
please visit the more than complete FAQ mentioned above. And of course
check out http://www.douglasadams.com

By the way, his name is Douglas Noel Adams, so around here we often call
him DNA for short. He was born March 11, 1952, in Cambridge (the one in
England). And he died of a sudden heart-attack May 11, 2001, in Santa
Barbara, California, leaving behind his wife Jane, daughter Polly and
millions of grieving fans. For more off-line info about DNA's works you
can check out _Don't Panic_ by Neil Gaiman and the Pocket Essentials
_Hitchhiker's Guide_ by M.J. Simpson. For a brand-new biography of DNA,
see M.J. Simpson's _Hitchhiker: a Biography of Douglas Adams_ (currently
at places like http://www.amazon.co.uk). An official biography by Nick
Webb, _Wish You Were Here_, is also available.

2. What has he written/created?

Well, the best bibliography is at Floor 42 (see also item 11) or in the
more-than-complete FAQ, but here's a quick list of the most common works
(some of these have co-authors):

Radio Series:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

TV Series:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Books:
The Hitchhiker's 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
Mostly Harmless

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
The Long Dark Teatime of the Soul

Salmon of Doubt

Last Chance to See

The Meaning of Liff
The Deeper Meaning of Liff

Computer Games:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Bureaucracy
Starship Titanic

Feature Film:
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (see item 6)

Web community:
h2g2.com (now part of BBC New Media, see item 5)

3. What's all this about _The Salmon of Doubt_?

OK, here at last is the (hopefully) final word on _The Salmon of Doubt_:

At one point in the depths of time, an author named Douglas Adams
started writing a book that was tentatively named _The Salmon of Doubt_.
This book was originally going to be another Dirk Gently book, but it
stopped being that. For a while, it was going to be another
Hitchhiker's book, but it stopped being that as well. At some point, I
believe it had parts of both.

_The Salmon of Doubt_ wasn't, by DNA's own reckoning, to be the end
title of the book - like everything else Douglas worked on, it was most
likely a work-in-progress, and would have continued to be so even after
publishing, if he had his way with it. Despite that fact, some ordering
systems starting listing publication dates for the book, and for a while
there were a bunch of fake reviews on Amazon.com, as the book didn't
even exist at that point.

After DNA's unfortunate demise, various essays and writings, including
the written portion of _The Salmon of Doubt_, were compiled and released
in a book by that name. So there finally is a book by DNA that is
entitled _The Salmon of Doubt_, thus vindicating all of those silly
ordering systems once and for all. It is not, however, a full story,
nor will it ever be finished by someone else by all the current signs.

4. What happened to the company he co-founded?

Douglas Adams co-founded a new media company several years ago called
The Digital Village. Its first project was the computer game Starship
Titanic. Later work began on what became h2g2.com, the online real-life
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, an information and community oriented
web site. When that project became the major part of TDV's activities,
the company name was changed to h2g2 Ltd. And in early 2001 h2g2.com
was acquired by BBC New Media and became part of their web portfolio.
Also under development at that time at TDV/h2g2 Ltd was an all-new
Hitchhiker game. This has since disappeared into the ether, but
information on it can be found at
http://www.planetmagrathea.com/gameindex.html .

5. What is this h2g2.com about?

h2g2.com (or actually now the address is http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2 ) is
the online Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. Go check out this amazing
site, the Guide to everything, as researched by everyone! Submit your
own guide entries, comment on others, put up info on the web without
knowing any HTML, and on and on. There are over 50,000 registered
researchers now, and lots of ways to interact with others. You can even
use h2g2 on your WAP-enabled mobile phone, which proves once and for all
that fiction will become reality.

The site was originally developed by The Digital Village (later h2g2
Ltd.) and picked up by BBC New Media in early 2001.

6. What's this I hear about a movie?

By all reports, DNA had completed a draft of the script for the movie
that both he and the movie studios were basically happy about before his
death. Jay Roach is the last director to be solidly associated with the
project, and said in mid-July 2001(ish): "Robbie Stamp and I have been
talking about how to resurrect the film project. So difficult to
imagine without the master. But would still be great to see it live."

On 17 Nov 2002, the BBC announced that Karey Kirkpatrick, of Chicken
Run fame, had been signed to polish the script written by DNA. The same
report mentioned Jay Roach as director, and said that DNA would be
posthumously credited as executive producer.
( http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/film/2264265.stm )

DNA's wife Jen Belson confirmed that Karey Kirkpatrick was indeed
involved in a radio interview given in January 2003.

Jay Roach left the project as director (staying on as producer) and British
music video team Hammer and Tongs were approached. They accepted. Casting
began, and here is the cast list:

Arthur Dent: Martin Freeman
Ford Prefect: Mos Def
Trillian: Zooey Deschanel
Zaphod Beeblebrox: Sam Rockwell
Marvin's body: Warwick Davis
Marvin's voice: Alan Rickman
Slartibartfast: Bill Nighy

There is some debate as to whether the film is good, but my recommendation
is not to listen to anybody and go and see it for yourself. You might like
it. On the other hand, you might not. And on the other hand, you might
merely think it's alright. It depends which head you're in at the time.

7. How do I find the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy or Bureaucracy
computer games?

Well, the deal is that the rights to the HHGG game have reverted back
from Activision (successor to Infocom) to Douglas Adams. In fact, this
is why the game did not appear on the most recent Infocom collections.
(It does appear on "The Lost Treasures of Infocom" and "The Infocom
Sci-Fi Collection", both of which are now apparently out of print, or at
least very difficult to find.) If you do have an old version of the
game, however, it is possible to take the data files from it and use it
on virtually any type of operating system. Infocom designed the game
(and other text adventures they did) to use the same data file on any
sort of computer and utilize an interpreter program that was written for
that platform (often refered to as a Z Interpreter). The practical
upshot is that you can get a shareware or freeware Infocom interpreter
for nearly any platform you like. This FTP site has been recommended as
a source for several such interpreters:
ftp://ftp.gmd.de/if-archive/infocom/interpreters/

Occasionally people sell their copies of these collections on the
auction website eBay ( http://www.ebay.com ).

Please note that unauthorized distribution of the game remains illegal,
and h2g2 Ltd may well take action against such distribution (including
but not limited to closing of web sites, lawsuits, concrete shoes,
calling in the Vogons, etc.)

You can now play a Java version of the HHGG game online at
douglasadams.com. (This was done with little fanfare. Not sure if the
Comic Relief site one is still meant to work or not.) Just hop on over
to http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/infocomjava.html to play the
game. I don't know to what degree they care about downloading the z
datafile itself, but its location can't be hidden anyway. It's at
http://www.douglasadams.com/creations/hhgg.z5 You can use it with any z
interpreter as mentioned above. Keep in mind the above remark about
unauthorized distribution. You should direct people to the site,
nowhere else.

It is also available in newly updated form from the BBC Radio 4 HHGG
minisite - http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/hitchhikers/game.shtml

Bureaucracy is slightly easier. It appeared on a couple of Infocom
collections in the past, and appears on Activision's newest collection
of old Infocom stuff called "Masterpieces of Infocom", released on their
"Essential Collection" budget label. This collection is very
inexpensive (around 10UKP/probably about US$10) runs on PC or Mac and
includes 30 or so other old Infocom text adventure games. It's been a
while now though, and I'm not sure if this latest collection is still in
stores or not.

Look, it's simple. DO NOT post the games on your web site. DO NOT post
the address of any site (yours or otherwise) where the games supposedly
have been posted. DO NOT post requests for the games or offers to send
them. And most of all DO NOT post the games themselves to the froup.
(It's NOT a binaries froup.) Unauthorized distribution of the games
REMAINS ILLEGAL. Play the Java game online for HHGG; buy the
inexpensive collection for Bureaucracy.

8. Where do I get other CDs, tapes, books, etc.?

The Radio Series is notoriously hard to get ahold of, at least in the
US, and the TV Series is approaching that point. North American VHS
tapes of the tv series and the making of show are in stock at Amazon.com
at the moment, though. In the UK and other places in the EU you can
still get these directly from the BBC ( http://www.bbcshop.com/bbc_shop/
and click on the Science Fiction section), but the BBC won't ship across
the pond, or, indeed, outside the EU. As for walking into a store, well,
the BBC shops do usually have them. Very old info from Australia
suggests the ABC shops are a good source for the radio series. The best
place for most of the world to look for the radio series is probably
http://www.amazon.co.uk or http://www.bookshop.co.uk, which carry the
latest BBC editions and ship anywhere. If you're a member of ZZ9 (see
item 13) you can buy the radio series (and other merchandise) through
their members-only merchandise catalog. (Remember you have to be careful
with video because the North American format is different from most other
places in the world including Europe and Australia. Japan is the same as
the US and Canada, though.)

Some of the books are more difficult (impossible) to get than others. My
recent experience indicates that the UK-based online bookstores
(Internet Bookshop at http://www.bookshop.co.uk and
http://www.amazon.co.uk ) hold possibility of getting UK editions of
many of the books and audiobooks. US-based online stores (Borders, Barnes
and Noble, Amazon, etc.) and their brick and mortar counterparts offer
varying success at getting US editions. The Dove Audio unabridged
editions of all the novels read by DNA himself are best purchased at
http://www.audiouniverse.com, which is a division of the same parent
company as Dove Audio. These same audio editions are available in
electronic format from http://www.audible.com Smaller bookshops both on
and off the web can be great sources of hard-to-find stuff. If you score
a radio scripts book at this point you are very lucky indeed. Don't forget
to check http://www.ebay.com for people selling used stuff. Or, to search
a large database of used and rare books, try http://www.abebooks.com.

You can still get The Voyager Company's CD-ROM version of Last Chance to
See. This has the full text of the book plus photos and the entire book
read on audio by DNA. Comes in Windows or Mac version. Here's a direct
link to the info (Win versions appear to be out of stock again, call for
info): http://voyager.learntech.com/cdrom/catalogpage.cgi?lcts

Please note that like the game, the Radio Series and TV Series are under
copyright. Uploading or downloading audio or video files of them could
get you into trouble. Use a bit of common sense. Fair use should allow
short audio clips of under 30 seconds, though. (Standard disclaimer
applies. I do not have intimate knowledge of the law.) Same with the
books. Quotes are okay, but posting the whole things are a big no-no.
Expect to be shut down or worse if they catch you.

9. What do you get if you multiply six by nine? (and other notes on
42)

Well, 54, of course. It can be argued that in base 13 you get 42. Those
of us who have followed this froup for some time have seen the
revelations of those who have newly discovered this. (Some of us have
even been there ourselves.) It's an extremely tired discussion, though.
The joke, when Douglas wrote it, was simply that it was the wrong
question for the answer (or the wrong answer for the question, if you
prefer.) He has said himself "Nobody writes jokes in base 13."

42 is just a number. It has no significance in relation to any other
previous uses of the number 42, as least as far as DNA always insisted.

10. What kind of stuff is in the complete FAQ?

Well, all kinds of good stuff, like differences between US and UK
versions of the books, more answers to less frequently asked questions,
song lyrics, biographical info about Douglas, all sorts of silly info
about the making of things, DNA and Dr. Who, links to other cool stuff
and the Question to the Ultimate Answer. Well, maybe not the last one.
Again, the address is http://www.zootle.net/afda/faq/main.shtml

Some information (for example, information about the movie or the radio
series) is completely out of date and waiting for somebody to come along
and write things for it. However, nobody has yet done so.

Two of the better things linked to the FAQ page are the Ultra-Complete
Indices. These were undertaken a few years back by Mathias Maul and are
very useful when you are looking for a certain quote. You can find The
Ultra-Complete Index to The Hitchhiker's "Trilogy" or The Ultra-Complete
Index to Dirk Gently on the FAQ website.

In the places where these two documents overlap, info there should be in
agreement with info here. If we have any incorrect info, we are
therefore at least definitively inaccurate. Or maybe it's more like
this: the FAQ is definitive; reality is frequently inaccurate.

11. Where do I find HHGG/DNA _______ on the web?

Looking for sound clips, bad poetry, quotes, indices of certain passages
from the books and other such stuff? Check the FAQ site above (item
10), douglasadams.com, the ZZ9 website (see item 13) and the sites below
first! You're bound to find nearly anything you're looking for.

http://www.floor42.com/ (Kate Brown's very professional-looking site
with general info, message boards, a trivia quiz and more. The best
looking DNA fan site I've seen, period. Sometimes the info here is
better than the info in the FAQ. This site also has the best DNA
bibilography, definitely better than the one in the FAQ.)

http://welcome.to/afda/ or http://www.zootle.net/afda/ (The unofficial
official homepage of a.f.d-a, under direction of webmaster Iain Barker.
Includes this very MFAQ for your reading pleasure.)

http://www.megadodo.com/ (Home of Project Galactic Guide. Conceived and
executed long before h2g2.com, the idea is a similar one. Everyone
contributes entries on a wide variety of subjects. While the execution
may not be as flashy as h2g2, it's worth a visit for the content alone.)

http://studio42.iwarp.com/ (Megan Branning's page now called Studio 42.
Home of Bart's Guide to the Galaxy. ;-) Flash required, apparently.

http://hem1.passagen.se/fist/hhgttg/ (Tomas Wallin's page has a large
selection of audio samples from the radio series in RealAudio format.)

http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Station/4711/ (Slartibartfast, from the
country with the award-winning coastline, has put together a bit of
useful info. Most of it can probably found somewhere else, but it was
the button at the bottom that says "Do not press this button" and how
that is set up that did it for me. Maybe I'm just easily amused.)

http://www.vogon.com/ (Vogon Heavy Industries is home to an impressive
Java HHGG implementation which I finally did get to work recently. Alas,
it appears to have been neglected for some time. Still, the design is
good and concept is certainly sound, worth visiting just to see how
similar it is to the Guide described in the original versions.)

http://www.planetmagrathea.com/ is MJ Simpson's web page
devoted to DNA news and events. (He published one of the DNA
biographies, as well.) Or, it may be more correct to say, it is an
archive of old news and events, along with
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/mjs2000/ which is an archive of *really* old
news and events. Both pages have closed, and Simpson has decided to
'retire' from DNA journalism.

http://homepage.mac.com/dna/PhotoAlbum.html is DNA's old web site,
where you can find a few movies and photos of him interacting with
this wild thing called "real life". (Thanks to Apple for keeping
the website around even after his death.)

Once recommended sites, now with a few problems:
(Note - these are liable to be removed at some point in the future, if
they continue to not work.)
http://www-personal.umd.umich.edu/~nhughes/dna/
http://www.geocities.com/Area51/Hollow/1535/

[If you want me to plug your website, please post or email your web
address, and I'll take a look.]

12. Where else can I interact with Douglas Adams fans?

Since this froup has filled with so much, er, off-topic silliness
(nothing bad if you like it! but hey, some don't), Stuart has created
the douglasadams-news moderated mailing list at egroups.com. All
messages sent to the list will be approved by a moderator before being
sent to everyone else. To join, go to
http://www.egroups.com/subscribe/douglasadams-news and follow the
instructions. In fact, there are around a dozen other lists on eGroups
with DNA-related subjects, but none of them receive that much traffic,
even though they are unmoderated. I've joined several to see what goes
on in them, and the answer is basically nothing different than what
happens on afda. Nobody seems to have any extra insight to offer.

The forum at douglasadams.com is a good place to check out, though I
suppose its future will be uncertain.

h2g2.com is certainly full of DNA fans, and is just a cool concept in
all respects.

The forum at Floor 42 ( http://www.floor42.com ) has become rather
active as well. It's populated by some of the same people who frequent
the douglasadams.com forum, as well as some others. Many of these
people do not frequent afda, so you might meet some new fellow fans.
Floor 42 also maintains a contact list. AOL Instant Messenger seems
to be the most likely chat method, though you'll also find some ICQ
numbers and possibly even more ways to be in contact with the people
listed there. And you can add your own listing, of course, if you'd
like people to contact you.

Some afda regulars chat via Internet Relay Chat. Fire up your IRC
client, login to irc.slashnet.org and join channel #afda. If you need
an IRC client, it seems that mIRC is rather popular for Windows. For
Mac it's IRCle. And there are clients for other assorted operating
systems as well. You can find these in the usual software download
places. I'm not going to write a primer for IRC in here, partly because
it would take too long, but mainly because I'm not really qualified.
Floor 42 has an IRC channel as well, #Floor42 on irc.dal.net. I mention
this mainly because DALnet's homepage, www.dalnet.com, has some good
general info if you're new to IRC.

13. Is there a fan club? (ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha info)

ZZ9 Plural Z Alpha (aka ZZ9) is the official Hitchhiker's Guide To The
Galaxy Appreciation Society. It was established in 1980 and have
released a quarterly magazine, Mostly Harmless (the name of which was
used long before the book of that name came out), full of interviews,
fiction, news, art, discussion, and so on, ever since. They also
produce a wide range of merchandise related to Douglas Adams exclusively
for members of ZZ9. They come highly recommended by many people on the
newsfroup. They also arrange and coordinate meetings for fans of
Hitchhiker's Guide, mainly based around the UK. The society is based in
the UK, but they're able to accept membership dues in US dollars.
Current details, including contact addresses and so forth can be found
at their homepage: http://www.zz9.org/

Thanks for reading!

That's all I have for now. If you have suggestions for more questions
or new info on these ones, please send it/them!
--
John Coxon

You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say will be misquoted then
used against you.

Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
Missing footnotes: http://www.nut.house.cx/cgi-bin/nemowiki.pl?ISFN
ZZ9 - the official HHGG appreciation society: http://www.zz9.org/

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29647 ]

Sa, 07 Mai 2005 21:30

Kaare Fiedler Christi

John Coxon wrote:
> In Memoriam
> Douglas Noel Adams
> March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001
>
> "This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

Bloody bad Thursday....

> *** The alt.fan.douglas-adams MFAQ (Most Frequently Asked Questions) ***
>
> Version 3.3 / Last changes 7 May 2003 / This posted 7 May 2003

Whoops - you forgot to update that part...

Good idea to post it, though. That, and the NFAQ!

Best,
Kåre

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29650 ]

Sa, 07 Mai 2005 21:45

afda

On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
<rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>In Memoriam
>Douglas Noel Adams
>March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001
>
>"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."

It's Saturday.

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29652 ]

Sa, 07 Mai 2005 21:45

afda

On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
<rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>DNA's wife Jen Belson confirmed that Karey Kirkpatrick was indeed
>involved in a radio interview given in January 2003.

Jane Belson, surely?

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29667 ]

Sa, 07 Mai 2005 23:27

iain

John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in news:3e4bq0F107cfU1
[at] individual.net:

> *** The alt.fan.douglas-adams MFAQ (Most Frequently Asked Questions) ***

Hmmm, I used to have a script that parsed this and turned it into an all-
singing, all-dancing HTML version. Shame it doesn't work anymore...

--
iain

afda [at] imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29757 ]

So, 08 Mai 2005 19:18

John Coxon

In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Kaare Fiedler Christiansen's
voice said the following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with
distortion levels so low as to make a man weep:

>> *** The alt.fan.douglas-adams MFAQ (Most Frequently Asked Questions) ***
>>
>> Version 3.3 / Last changes 7 May 2003 / This posted 7 May 2003
>
> Whoops - you forgot to update that part...

*applause*

> Good idea to post it, though. That, and the NFAQ!

Thanks. You're the only one to say that so far. *hint, hint*

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29759 ]

So, 08 Mai 2005 19:18

John Coxon

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29760 ]

So, 08 Mai 2005 19:18

John Coxon

In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
low as to make a man weep:

> On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
> <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>DNA's wife Jen Belson confirmed that Karey Kirkpatrick was indeed
>>involved in a radio interview given in January 2003.
>
> Jane Belson, surely?

I didn't write that bit. Blame Caleb.

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29761 ]

So, 08 Mai 2005 19:19

John Coxon

In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, iain's voice said the following,
in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so low as to
make a man weep:

> John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in news:3e4bq0F107cfU1
> [at] individual.net:
>
>>*** The alt.fan.douglas-adams MFAQ (Most Frequently Asked Questions) ***
>
> Hmmm, I used to have a script that parsed this and turned it into an all-
> singing, all-dancing HTML version. Shame it doesn't work anymore...

Of course, when I've finished doing the FAQs properly (and yes, I have
started on the big one, but it's nowhere near finished yet. I've just
tidied up the fonts. :-P) you're going to have to UPDATE the website.

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29787 ]

So, 08 Mai 2005 21:47

afda

On Sun, 08 May 2005 18:18:30 +0100, John Coxon
<rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
>following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
>low as to make a man weep:
>> On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
>> <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
>> It's Saturday.
>*applause*

Hooray!

Tea?

Lloyd
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appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29827 ]

So, 08 Mai 2005 23:02

John Coxon

In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
low as to make a man weep:

> On Sun, 08 May 2005 18:18:30 +0100, John Coxon
> <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>>In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
>>following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
>>low as to make a man weep:
>>
>>>On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
>>><rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
>>>
>>>It's Saturday.
>>
>>*applause*
>
> Hooray!
>
> Tea?

Yes, please. Two lumps.

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29834 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 01:27

spam05

afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
> <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>In Memoriam
>>Douglas Noel Adams
>>March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001
>>
>>"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
>
> It's Saturday.

But it could've been thursday...

Good to see this stuff again, John!

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #29875 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 06:46

John Coxon

In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Rasmus Bøg Hansen's voice said
the following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion
levels so low as to make a man weep:

> afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
>><rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In Memoriam
>>>Douglas Noel Adams
>>>March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001
>>>
>>>"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
>>
>>It's Saturday.
>
> But it could've been thursday...
>
> Good to see this stuff again, John!

Some poor fool's got to do it.

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #31955 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 16:24

spam05

John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Rasmus Bøg Hansen's voice
> said the following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with
> distortion levels so low as to make a man weep:
>
>> afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>>On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
>>><rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>In Memoriam
>>>>Douglas Noel Adams
>>>>March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001
>>>>
>>>>"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
>>>
>>>It's Saturday.
>> But it could've been thursday...
>> Good to see this stuff again, John!
>
> Some poor fool's got to do it.

I do not about your economics, but I do not find it vey foolish to
post it.

Anyway, it's appreciated.

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #31960 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 17:54

John Coxon

On 09/05/2005 15:24, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Rasmus Bøg Hansen spewed up:

> John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Rasmus Bøg Hansen's voice
>>said the following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with
>>distortion levels so low as to make a man weep:
>>
>>>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>
>>>>On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
>>>><rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>In Memoriam
>>>>>Douglas Noel Adams
>>>>>March 11, 1952 - May 11, 2001
>>>>>
>>>>>"This must be Thursday. I never could get the hang of Thursdays."
>>>>
>>>>It's Saturday.
>>>
>>>But it could've been thursday...
>>>Good to see this stuff again, John!
>>
>>Some poor fool's got to do it.
>
> I do not about your economics, but I do not find it vey foolish to
> post it.

It's foolish because it means I have to carry on. :-)

> Anyway, it's appreciated.

Thank you.

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #31965 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 18:02

spam05

John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> It's foolish because it means I have to carry on. :-)

Or until you beat someone up or bribe them to do it ;o)

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #31966 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 18:09

John Coxon

On 09/05/2005 17:02, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Rasmus Bøg Hansen spewed up:

> John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>It's foolish because it means I have to carry on. :-)
>
> Or until you beat someone up or bribe them to do it ;o)

It's never worked before...

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #31976 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 21:14

afda

On Sun, 08 May 2005 22:02:47 +0100, John Coxon
<rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

>In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
>following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
>low as to make a man weep:
>
>> Hooray!
>> Tea?
>
>Yes, please. Two lumps.

I'll get the kettle on. Anyone else?

Lloyd
--
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appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #31983 ]

Mo, 09 Mai 2005 22:18

spam05

afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> On Sun, 08 May 2005 22:02:47 +0100, John Coxon
> <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>>In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
>>following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
>>low as to make a man weep:
>>
>>> Hooray!
>>> Tea?
>>
>>Yes, please. Two lumps.
>
> I'll get the kettle on. Anyone else?

How 'bout coffee?

Unless you got some exciting tea, of course...

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #32019 ]

Di, 10 Mai 2005 06:28

CrazyOne - Greg Pacek

In article <3e6vv1F1gpnmU2 [at] individual.net>, John Coxon
<rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:

> In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
> following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
> low as to make a man weep:
>
> > On Sat, 07 May 2005 18:22:30 +0100, John Coxon
> > <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >>DNA's wife Jen Belson confirmed that Karey Kirkpatrick was indeed
> >>involved in a radio interview given in January 2003.
> >
> > Jane Belson, surely?
>
> I didn't write that bit. Blame Caleb.

Picky picky. It's only missing one letter anyway. (Admittedly, they
are not quite in the right order....)

PS No I didn't write that bit either.

It's very odd to see it, though (it as in the whole thing). It hasn't
even lost any of my formatting (lack thereof?) from several years ago
when I first worked on it. At the time a couple years had gone by with
little mention of the old FAQ, and I had posted the whole thing.
Someone said it was too damn long, and with a bit of work I fixed that
little problem. I didn't actually look too closely, but I suspect it
may now contain much which is apocryphal (whoa, got the spelling right
first try), or at least wildly inaccurate, depending upon how carefully
the links were gone through. (And maybe not even just the links.)

It'll be a good thing to belgium, er, fix the thing up a bit more
though. Rather than me meddle then lose interest, I'm sure it's best
if you just have at it.

CrazyOne <---

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #32027 ]

Di, 10 Mai 2005 09:07

afda

On Mon, 09 May 2005 22:18:24 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
wrote:

>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> On Sun, 08 May 2005 22:02:47 +0100, John Coxon
>> <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In the two thousand and fifth year of Bob, Lloyd Gilbert's voice said the
>>>following, in wonderful perfect quadrophonic sound with distortion levels so
>>>low as to make a man weep:
>>>
>>>> Hooray!
>>>> Tea?
>>>
>>>Yes, please. Two lumps.
>> I'll get the kettle on. Anyone else?
>
>How 'bout coffee?

We've got two types, no scrub that: three types of coffee:

- caffeinated instant coffee
- decaffeinated instant coffee
- some of that loose stuff that gets put into a faffitiere

>Unless you got some exciting tea, of course...

3 types of tea in this establishment:

- English Breakfast Tea
- Earl Grey
- Mango

Nothing particularly exciting, sorry.

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #33263 ]

Mi, 11 Mai 2005 11:35

spam05

afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

>>How 'bout coffee?
>
> We've got two types, no scrub that: three types of coffee:
>
> - caffeinated instant coffee
> - decaffeinated instant coffee
> - some of that loose stuff that gets put into a faffitiere

Actually I think I'll go for the tea, but otherwise one of the last
two.

At least I think. I do not know what a faffitiere is. Google gives
only a single search result - which is this froup article ;o)

>>Unless you got some exciting tea, of course...
>
> 3 types of tea in this establishment:
>
> - English Breakfast Tea
> - Earl Grey
> - Mango

Never tried the first or the last. I am, however, not particularly
excited about Earl Grey. Two lumps please.

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #33283 ]

Mi, 11 Mai 2005 21:53

afda

On Wed, 11 May 2005 11:35:25 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
wrote:

>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>>How 'bout coffee?
>>
>> We've got two types, no scrub that: three types of coffee:
>>
>> - caffeinated instant coffee
>> - decaffeinated instant coffee
>> - some of that loose stuff that gets put into a faffitiere
>
>Actually I think I'll go for the tea, but otherwise one of the last
>two.
>
>At least I think. I do not know what a faffitiere is. Google gives
>only a single search result - which is this froup article ;o)

I'm a google-wotsit! Well, now there are three posts with the term.

A faffitiere is my version of a caffitiere^Wcaffetiere^Wcaff... One of
those things you make faffy coffee in, which involves faffing about
with faffy loose coffee grounds, sticking them into a big glass
beaker-thing, pouring in recently boiled water, putting the
faffy-lid-with-plunger-thing on the top, waiting about for ages for
the coffee grounds to start faffing about in a downward direction,
faff about trying to lower the plunger thingy, pouring the now nearly
cold coffee out into mugs, drinking the horrible stuff, then
field-stripping the caffitiere-thingy down to its constituent parts so
as to be able to clean the buggers properly, filling up the draining
board next to the sink with lots of parts, then re-building it again
before putting it in the cupboard.

One of them things. Lots of faffing about, hence faffitiere.

>>>Unless you got some exciting tea, of course...
>>
>> 3 types of tea in this establishment:
>>
>> - English Breakfast Tea
>> - Earl Grey
>> - Mango
>
>Never tried the first or the last. I am, however, not particularly
>excited about Earl Grey. Two lumps please.

I'll get the brew on. :-)

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #33294 ]

Mi, 11 Mai 2005 23:28

spam05

afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> On Wed, 11 May 2005 11:35:25 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
> wrote:
>
>>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>>>How 'bout coffee?
>>>
>>> We've got two types, no scrub that: three types of coffee:
>>>
>>> - caffeinated instant coffee
>>> - decaffeinated instant coffee
>>> - some of that loose stuff that gets put into a faffitiere
>>
>>Actually I think I'll go for the tea, but otherwise one of the last
>>two.
>>
>>At least I think. I do not know what a faffitiere is. Google gives
>>only a single search result - which is this froup article ;o)
>
> I'm a google-wotsit! Well, now there are three posts with the term.

Up to four and counting ;o)

> A faffitiere is my version of a caffitiere^Wcaffetiere^Wcaff... One of
> those things you make faffy coffee in, which involves faffing about
> with faffy loose coffee grounds, sticking them into a big glass
> beaker-thing, pouring in recently boiled water, putting the
> faffy-lid-with-plunger-thing on the top, waiting about for ages for
> the coffee grounds to start faffing about in a downward direction,
> faff about trying to lower the plunger thingy, pouring the now nearly
> cold coffee out into mugs, drinking the horrible stuff, then
> field-stripping the caffitiere-thingy down to its constituent parts so
> as to be able to clean the buggers properly, filling up the draining
> board next to the sink with lots of parts, then re-building it again
> before putting it in the cupboard.
>
> One of them things. Lots of faffing about, hence faffitiere.

Oh, one of *those* things. A faffitiere with other words ;o) I only
knew the danish term for the thing.

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #34000 ]

Do, 12 Mai 2005 20:42

afda

On Wed, 11 May 2005 23:28:22 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
wrote:

>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> On Wed, 11 May 2005 11:35:25 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>>>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>>
>>>> - some of that loose stuff that gets put into a faffitiere
>>>At least I think. I do not know what a faffitiere is. Google gives
>>>only a single search result - which is this froup article ;o)
>> I'm a google-wotsit! Well, now there are three posts with the term.
>
>Up to four and counting ;o)

This is becoming a trend. Is it a becoming trend, though?

>> A faffitiere is my version of a caffitiere^Wcaffetiere^Wcaff... One of
>> those things you make faffy coffee in, which involves faffing about
>> with faffy loose coffee grounds, sticking them into a big glass
>> beaker-thing, pouring in recently boiled water, putting the
>> faffy-lid-with-plunger-thing on the top, waiting about for ages for
>> the coffee grounds to start faffing about in a downward direction,
>> faff about trying to lower the plunger thingy, pouring the now nearly
>> cold coffee out into mugs, drinking the horrible stuff, then
>> field-stripping the caffitiere-thingy down to its constituent parts so
>> as to be able to clean the buggers properly, filling up the draining
>> board next to the sink with lots of parts, then re-building it again
>> before putting it in the cupboard.
>>
>> One of them things. Lots of faffing about, hence faffitiere.
>
>Oh, one of *those* things. A faffitiere with other words ;o) I only
>knew the danish term for the thing.

What's the danish term for it?

Lloyd
--
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appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #35586 ]

Fr, 13 Mai 2005 13:44

spam05

afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

>>> A faffitiere is my version of a caffitiere^Wcaffetiere^Wcaff... One of
>>> those things you make faffy coffee in, which involves faffing about
>>> with faffy loose coffee grounds, sticking them into a big glass
>>> beaker-thing, pouring in recently boiled water, putting the
>>> faffy-lid-with-plunger-thing on the top, waiting about for ages for
>>> the coffee grounds to start faffing about in a downward direction,
>>> faff about trying to lower the plunger thingy, pouring the now nearly
>>> cold coffee out into mugs, drinking the horrible stuff, then
>>> field-stripping the caffitiere-thingy down to its constituent parts so
>>> as to be able to clean the buggers properly, filling up the draining
>>> board next to the sink with lots of parts, then re-building it again
>>> before putting it in the cupboard.
>>>
>>> One of them things. Lots of faffing about, hence faffitiere.
>>
>>Oh, one of *those* things. A faffitiere with other words ;o) I only
>>knew the danish term for the thing.
>
> What's the danish term for it?

I believe you are talking about a "stempelkande".

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #35635 ]

Fr, 13 Mai 2005 23:26

afda

On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:44:02 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
wrote:

>>>Oh, one of *those* things. A faffitiere with other words ;o) I only
>>>knew the danish term for the thing.
>>
>> What's the danish term for it?
>
>I believe you are talking about a "stempelkande".

That has a very nice 'feel' about it. A stempelkande. Stempelkande.

I've learned some danish language today, thanks!

Lloyd
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appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #35638 ]

Fr, 13 Mai 2005 23:26

afda

Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #35855 ]

Mo, 16 Mai 2005 20:49

spam05

afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:44:02 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
> wrote:
>
>>>>Oh, one of *those* things. A faffitiere with other words ;o) I only
>>>>knew the danish term for the thing.
>>>
>>> What's the danish term for it?
>>
>>I believe you are talking about a "stempelkande".
>
> That has a very nice 'feel' about it. A stempelkande. Stempelkande.

Usually that was normally not the word I'd start teaching people, but
here it seemed useful ;o)

> I've learned some danish language today, thanks!

You are welcome. If my microphone actually worked, I would have
recorded a wav with correct pronounciation - but it does not work for
the time being...

/Rasmus

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Re: [MFAQ 3.4] Now with movie information! [message #37892 ]

Di, 17 Mai 2005 20:15

afda

On Mon, 16 May 2005 20:49:44 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
wrote:

>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:44:02 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
>> wrote:
>>
>>>I believe you are talking about a "stempelkande".
>> That has a very nice 'feel' about it. A stempelkande. Stempelkande.
>Usually that was normally not the word I'd start teaching people, but
>here it seemed useful ;o)

Huzzah!

>> I've learned some danish language today, thanks!
>
>You are welcome. If my microphone actually worked, I would have
>recorded a wav with correct pronounciation - but it does not work for
>the time being...

Oh well, maybe next time.

Lloyd
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