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Science Fiction » alt.fan.douglas-adams » All prepared....
All prepared.... [message #54656] So, 05 Juni 2005 18:56
Fat Sam  
I've prepared myself micely for my new job which I start tomorrow....

I've loaded up my MP3 player with all the radio episodes in the correct
sequence, and I've got myself one of those little cassette tape adaptors
to allow you to run a CD/MP3 player through a car cassette player....

Now my by reckoning, I can listen to exactly two episodes driving into
work, and two episodes driving home again....So I'll be absorbing 4
episodes a day....So by Friday, I'll have listened to almost the entire
collection so far....

It beats the inane crap and drivvelings of the local radio Deejays,
hands down.....

--
www.fixaphoto.co.uk
for photographic restorations
Re: All prepared.... [message #54661 ] So, 05 Juni 2005 19:38
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Fat Sam wrote:
> I've prepared myself micely for my new job which I start tomorrow....
>
> I've loaded up my MP3 player with all the radio episodes in the correct
> sequence, and I've got myself one of those little cassette tape adaptors
> to allow you to run a CD/MP3 player through a car cassette player....
>
> Now my by reckoning, I can listen to exactly two episodes driving into
> work, and two episodes driving home again....So I'll be absorbing 4
> episodes a day....So by Friday, I'll have listened to almost the entire
> collection so far....
>
> It beats the inane crap and drivvelings of the local radio Deejays,
> hands down.....

After that you can get hold of
- The audiobooks (I prefer the ones rewad by DNA, but there is also
something to be said fopr Stephen Moore's version - although I thnik
that was abridged, wasn't it? I can't remember, I only heard them
once, borrowed from a public library)
- Last chance to see audio book (It's great, although I only have that
as a CD-ROM which isn't the easiest way to get hold of it in a car
from)
- The Guide to the Guide (various interviews and stuff - I used to have
it, until I forgot it in a previous jobs cabinet)
- DNA [at] BBC - not that I can really recommend that as interesting for more
than one listen
- The 25th anniversary celebration
This is actually better than DNA [at] BBC IMHO
- The Marvin songs
- That interview posted here on ~afda
- The movie soundtrack
....and more...

You could keep yourself going for a month, at least...

Best
Kåre
Re: All prepared.... [message #54668 ] So, 05 Juni 2005 22:28
spam05  
Fat Sam <janetandsam [at] beeteeinternet.co.uk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> Now my by reckoning, I can listen to exactly two episodes driving into
> work, and two episodes driving home again....So I'll be absorbing 4

I would expect to get fired if I drove _into_ my work. Then again, I
work at a place with office and laboratory; if I worked as a car crash
tester it might be different.

/Rasmus

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that would be nice :-)
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Re: All prepared.... [message #54679 ] Mo, 06 Juni 2005 07:56
Fuzzy Wuzzy  
"Fat Sam" <janetandsam [at] beeteeinternet.co.uk> wrote in message
news:d7var5$93n$1 [at] nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
> I've prepared myself micely for my new job which I start tomorrow....
>
> I've loaded up my MP3 player with all the radio episodes in the correct
> sequence, and I've got myself one of those little cassette tape adaptors
> to allow you to run a CD/MP3 player through a car cassette player....
>
> Now my by reckoning, I can listen to exactly two episodes driving into
> work, and two episodes driving home again....So I'll be absorbing 4
> episodes a day....So by Friday, I'll have listened to almost the entire
> collection so far....
>
> It beats the inane crap and drivvelings of the local radio Deejays, hands
> down.....


damn thats a long drive to work - takes me 10 minutes, but i get
to drive about all day listening, so i could get an entire series in
no problem (and do) - currently alternating between Mostly Harmless
read by Douglas and the radio stuff
Re: All prepared.... [message #54686 ] Mo, 06 Juni 2005 10:47
spam05  
"Fuzzy Wuzzy" <kakra [at] phoon.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam [at] beeteeinternet.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:d7var5$93n$1 [at] nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> I've prepared myself micely for my new job which I start tomorrow....
>>
>> I've loaded up my MP3 player with all the radio episodes in the correct
>> sequence, and I've got myself one of those little cassette tape adaptors
>> to allow you to run a CD/MP3 player through a car cassette player....
>>
>> Now my by reckoning, I can listen to exactly two episodes driving into
>> work, and two episodes driving home again....So I'll be absorbing 4
>> episodes a day....So by Friday, I'll have listened to almost the entire
>> collection so far....
>>
>> It beats the inane crap and drivvelings of the local radio Deejays, hands
>> down.....
>
>
> damn thats a long drive to work - takes me 10 minutes, but i get
> to drive about all day listening, so i could get an entire series in
> no problem (and do) - currently alternating between Mostly Harmless
> read by Douglas and the radio stuff

I have half an hour on bike to university and one hour on bike to work
(more than an hour with train and bus). The trip to work was only 25
minutes in car - unfortunate though that I do not have a car
anymore...

I really should get an mp3 player for the train trips when weather is
bad...

/Rasmus

--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
As soon as g95 can parse all of the statements correctly, it will be in
the 'larva' state. When we generate code, the 'pupa' state. When g95 is
done, we'll see if it will be a beautiful butterfly, or just a big
bug....
- Andy Vaught
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Re: All prepared.... [message #56339 ] Mo, 06 Juni 2005 20:50
afda  
On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:47:18 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
wrote:

>"Fuzzy Wuzzy" <kakra [at] phoon.com> hit the keyboard.
>Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam [at] beeteeinternet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:d7var5$93n$1 [at] nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>>>
>>> Now my by reckoning, I can listen to exactly two episodes driving into
>>> work,
>>
>> damn thats a long drive to work - takes me 10 minutes,
>
>I have half an hour on bike to university and one hour on bike to work
>(more than an hour with train and bus). The trip to work was only 25
>minutes in car - unfortunate though that I do not have a car
>anymore...

Must... Resist... Commenting....

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: All prepared.... [message #56341 ] Mo, 06 Juni 2005 21:22
Notifier Deamon  
Post removed (X-No-Archive: yes)
Re: All prepared.... [message #56347 ] Di, 07 Juni 2005 14:12
Nathan  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:

> - The Marvin songs

I've heard ONE that goes Marvin, I love Yoooou...Remember, I'm
programmed for youuuu.


What are the other ones please?
Re: All prepared.... [message #56349 ] Di, 07 Juni 2005 14:45
Screwtape  
Nathan wrote:
> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>>- The Marvin songs
>
> I've heard ONE that goes Marvin, I love Yoooou...Remember, I'm
> programmed for youuuu.
>
> What are the other ones please?

*looks at his collection*

I've got 'Marvin' and 'Metal Man' off the 'Marvin the Paranoid Android'
single, and 'Reasons to be Miserable' and 'Marvin, I Love You' off 'The
Double 'B' Side' single.

Oh, and the soundtrack album for The Movie has a version of 'Reasons to
be Miserable', remixed to be more palatable to modern tastes - and oddly
rewritten to be in the third-person instead of first-person.

I find 'Marvin, I Love You' to be rather depressing, and 'Metal Man' to
be a bit grim, but the other two are great.
Re: All prepared.... [message #56354 ] Di, 07 Juni 2005 17:28
spam05  
Kenny Hutchings <mhfk51 [at] dsl.pipex.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> In article <cb69a15bicl14ekrsrvtgm7r9t9s15qb3j [at] 4ax.com>,
> afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid says...
>> On Mon, 06 Jun 2005 10:47:18 +0200, spam05 [at] zz9.dk (Rasmus Bøg Hansen)
>> wrote:
>>
>> >"Fuzzy Wuzzy" <kakra [at] phoon.com> hit the keyboard.
>> >Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>> >
>> >> "Fat Sam" <janetandsam [at] beeteeinternet.co.uk> wrote in message
>> >> news:d7var5$93n$1 [at] nwrdmz02.dmz.ncs.ea.ibs-infra.bt.com...
>> >>>
>> >>> Now my by reckoning, I can listen to exactly two episodes driving into
>> >>> work,
>> >>
>> >> damn thats a long drive to work - takes me 10 minutes,
>> >
>> >I have half an hour on bike to university and one hour on bike to work
>> >(more than an hour with train and bus). The trip to work was only 25
>> >minutes in car - unfortunate though that I do not have a car
>> >anymore...
>>
>> Must... Resist... Commenting....

Congratulations, Lloyd - you mostly succeeded in resisting.

> Have they renamed your route to work the "Uncle Lloyd Causeway" yet?

Anyway, they should!

/Rasmus

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Re: All prepared.... [message #56360 ] Di, 07 Juni 2005 20:44
afda  
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:22:52 +0100, Kenny Hutchings
<mhfk51 [at] dsl.pipex.com> wrote:

>In article <cb69a15bicl14ekrsrvtgm7r9t9s15qb3j [at] 4ax.com>,
>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid says...
>> Must... Resist... Commenting....
>
>Have they renamed your route to work the "Uncle Lloyd Causeway" yet?

Nah, not yet. It'll come, though, it'll come.

Lloyd
--
"In fact, everything between 'herring' and 'marmalade'
appears to be missing" -- Svlad Cjelli
Re: All prepared.... [message #56361 ] Di, 07 Juni 2005 21:11
spam05  
afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:22:52 +0100, Kenny Hutchings
> <mhfk51 [at] dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>
>>In article <cb69a15bicl14ekrsrvtgm7r9t9s15qb3j [at] 4ax.com>,
>>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid says...
>>> Must... Resist... Commenting....
>>
>>Have they renamed your route to work the "Uncle Lloyd Causeway" yet?
>
> Nah, not yet. It'll come, though, it'll come.

You see, probably they'll build the "Uncle Lloyd bypass" instead, so
you can come from point A to point B through point C, though people at
point C won't know what's so great about point A and point B.

But that does not matter. It's a bypass, you know. And it's your
bypass. Well, will be.

/Rasmus

--
-- [ Rasmus "Møffe" Bøg Hansen ] ---------------------------------------
"Microsoft spel chekar worgs grate!"
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Re: All prepared.... [message #56385 ] Mi, 08 Juni 2005 08:40
John Coxon  
On 07/06/2005 13:45, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Screwtape spewed up:

> Nathan wrote:
>
>> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>>
>>> - The Marvin songs
>>
>> I've heard ONE that goes Marvin, I love Yoooou...Remember, I'm
>> programmed for youuuu.
>>
>> What are the other ones please?
>
> *looks at his collection*
>
> I've got 'Marvin' and 'Metal Man' off the 'Marvin the Paranoid Android'
> single, and 'Reasons to be Miserable' and 'Marvin, I Love You' off 'The
> Double 'B' Side' single.
>
> Oh, and the soundtrack album for The Movie has a version of 'Reasons to
> be Miserable', remixed to be more palatable to modern tastes - and oddly
> rewritten to be in the third-person instead of first-person.
>
> I find 'Marvin, I Love You' to be rather depressing, and 'Metal Man' to
> be a bit grim, but the other two are great.

I find that the cover by Stephen Fry on the movie soundtrack sucks. I find
that both 'Metal Man' and 'Marvin, I Love You' aren't that good. But I love
'Marvin' and 'Reasons To Be Miserable' (the original) so the records are
worth picking up if you can.

--
John Coxon

"IRTA 'Virgins suck even more'." - MEow (afdaniain)

Email: john[dot]coxon[at]gmail[dot]com
Website: http://alphacentauri.8k.com
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Re: All prepared.... [message #56386 ] Mi, 08 Juni 2005 08:40
John Coxon  
On 07/06/2005 20:11, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious storms of
unreason and Rasmus Bøg Hansen spewed up:

> afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid (Lloyd Gilbert) hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>>On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 20:22:52 +0100, Kenny Hutchings
>><mhfk51 [at] dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>>>In article <cb69a15bicl14ekrsrvtgm7r9t9s15qb3j [at] 4ax.com>,
>>>afda [at] zanoop.org.uk.invalid says...
>>>
>>>>Must... Resist... Commenting....
>>>
>>>Have they renamed your route to work the "Uncle Lloyd Causeway" yet?
>>
>>Nah, not yet. It'll come, though, it'll come.
>
> You see, probably they'll build the "Uncle Lloyd bypass" instead, so
> you can come from point A to point B through point C, though people at
> point C won't know what's so great about point A and point B.
>
> But that does not matter. It's a bypass, you know. And it's your
> bypass. Well, will be.

But who would want to go around Uncle Lloyd?

--
John Coxon

"IRTA 'Virgins suck even more'." - MEow (afdaniain)

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: All prepared.... [message #56392 ] Mi, 08 Juni 2005 10:34
spam05  
John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

>>>>Have they renamed your route to work the "Uncle Lloyd Causeway" yet?
>>>
>>>Nah, not yet. It'll come, though, it'll come.
>> You see, probably they'll build the "Uncle Lloyd bypass" instead, so
>> you can come from point A to point B through point C, though people at
>> point C won't know what's so great about point A and point B.
>> But that does not matter. It's a bypass, you know. And it's your
>> bypass. Well, will be.
>
> But who would want to go around Uncle Lloyd?

Ah, but noone wants to. But teh bypass _will_ be built and then it
could as well be named after Uncle Lloyd as they will have to name
_something_ after him.

Also, teh bypass would be for Uncle Lloyd bypassing point C, not for
other people going around him. Also that could be terribly crowdy if
everyone had to go around Uncle Lloyd.

/Rasmus

--
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When you have multiple CPUs with one interrupt controller, you don't
have much choice. You either use spin-locks or you Blue-Screen.
Since Linux doesn't have a "Blue-screen of death", it needs spin-
locks.
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Re: All prepared.... [message #57693 ] Mi, 08 Juni 2005 20:37
Kaare Fiedler Christi  
Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
> John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>
>
>>>>>Have they renamed your route to work the "Uncle Lloyd Causeway" yet?
>>>>
>>>>Nah, not yet. It'll come, though, it'll come.
>>>
>>>You see, probably they'll build the "Uncle Lloyd bypass" instead, so
>>>you can come from point A to point B through point C, though people at
>>>point C won't know what's so great about point A and point B.
>>>But that does not matter. It's a bypass, you know. And it's your
>>>bypass. Well, will be.
>>
>>But who would want to go around Uncle Lloyd?
>
>
> Ah, but noone wants to. But teh bypass _will_ be built and then it
> could as well be named after Uncle Lloyd as they will have to name
> _something_ after him.

Didn't anyone consider the alternatives?

> Also, teh bypass would be for Uncle Lloyd bypassing point C, not for
> other people going around him. Also that could be terribly crowdy if
> everyone had to go around Uncle Lloyd.

Well, yes, and of course *everyone* can't go around Uncle Lloyd, because
then Uncle Lloyds would have to go around uncle Lloyd, and then everyone
would start to go in epi-cycles and stuff like that.

And just try asking Kopernikus what it's like when epicycles get
involved! Terrible mess, that is.

I'm rambling

Best
Kåre
Re: All prepared.... [message #58502 ] Do, 09 Juni 2005 21:09
spam05  
Kaare Fiedler Christiansen <news [at] kaarefc.dk> hit the keyboard.
Afterwards the following was on the screen:

> Rasmus Bøg Hansen wrote:
>> John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> hit the keyboard.
>> Afterwards the following was on the screen:
>>
>>>>>>Have they renamed your route to work the "Uncle Lloyd Causeway" yet?
>>>>>
>>>>>Nah, not yet. It'll come, though, it'll come.
>>>>
>>>>You see, probably they'll build the "Uncle Lloyd bypass" instead, so
>>>>you can come from point A to point B through point C, though people at
>>>>point C won't know what's so great about point A and point B.
>>>>But that does not matter. It's a bypass, you know. And it's your
>>>>bypass. Well, will be.
>>>
>>>But who would want to go around Uncle Lloyd?
>> Ah, but noone wants to. But teh bypass _will_ be built and then it
>> could as well be named after Uncle Lloyd as they will have to name
>> _something_ after him.
>
> Didn't anyone consider the alternatives?

What do you mean? It's a bypass?

/me looks stunned

You gotta build bypasses!

>> Also, teh bypass would be for Uncle Lloyd bypassing point C, not for
>> other people going around him. Also that could be terribly crowdy if
>> everyone had to go around Uncle Lloyd.
>
> Well, yes, and of course *everyone* can't go around Uncle Lloyd,
> because then Uncle Lloyds would have to go around uncle Lloyd, and
> then everyone would start to go in epi-cycles and stuff like that.

Which would mean that Uncle Lloyd would become a star with everyone
else going around him (epicycles or not)?

But is he not a star already? At least in teh froup?

> And just try asking Kopernikus what it's like when epicycles get
> involved! Terrible mess, that is.

That would probably require a time machine. Take care with the rubber
bands.

> I'm rambling

We could make a rambling club then?

/me hums Midnight Rambler with Rolling Stones

/Rasmus

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Re: All prepared.... [message #60844 ] Mo, 13 Juni 2005 21:08
iain  
John Coxon <rogue_nine_1988 [at] hotmail.com> wrote in
news:3gni2gFd613hU5 [at] individual.net:

> On 07/06/2005 13:45, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious
> storms of unreason and Screwtape spewed up:
>
>> Nathan wrote:
>>
>>> Kaare Fiedler Christiansen wrote:
>>>
>>>> - The Marvin songs
>>>
>>> I've heard ONE that goes Marvin, I love Yoooou...Remember, I'm
>>> programmed for youuuu.
>>>
>>> What are the other ones please?
>>
>> *looks at his collection*
>>
>> I've got 'Marvin' and 'Metal Man' off the 'Marvin the Paranoid
>> Android' single, and 'Reasons to be Miserable' and 'Marvin, I Love
>> You' off 'The Double 'B' Side' single.
>>
>> Oh, and the soundtrack album for The Movie has a version of 'Reasons
>> to be Miserable', remixed to be more palatable to modern tastes - and
>> oddly rewritten to be in the third-person instead of first-person.

Presumably they couldn't or wouldn't get Alan Rickman, so they went for
Stephen Fry and changed all the words. There's also a new version of
'Marvin' available on iTunes, similarly modernised and reworded.

Several remixes of 'Reasons to Be Miserable' are available on iTunes
too, but one of them was quite bad enough for me so I can't comment on
the others.

>> I find 'Marvin, I Love You' to be rather depressing, and 'Metal Man'
>> to be a bit grim, but the other two are great.
>
> I find that the cover by Stephen Fry on the movie soundtrack sucks. I
> find that both 'Metal Man' and 'Marvin, I Love You' aren't that good.
> But I love 'Marvin' and 'Reasons To Be Miserable' (the original) so
> the records are worth picking up if you can.

Apparently I'm in a minority here, because I rather like 'Marvin, I Love
You'. Although I do agree that 'Metal Man' isn't particularly good.

--
iain

afda [at] imb.clara.net http://www.zootle.net/afda/
"how can you say that iain is a furyy fpevcg?!" - kristen
Re: All prepared.... [message #61365 ] Di, 14 Juni 2005 12:02
Screwtape  
iain wrote:
>>On 07/06/2005 13:45, five wild Event Maelstroms swirled in vicious
>>storms of unreason and Screwtape spewed up:
>>>Oh, and the soundtrack album for The Movie has a version of 'Reasons
>>>to be Miserable', remixed to be more palatable to modern tastes - and
>>>oddly rewritten to be in the third-person instead of first-person.
>
> Presumably they couldn't or wouldn't get Alan Rickman, so they went for
> Stephen Fry and changed all the words. There's also a new version of
> 'Marvin' available on iTunes, similarly modernised and reworded.

How grim!

> Several remixes of 'Reasons to Be Miserable' are available on iTunes
> too, but one of them was quite bad enough for me so I can't comment on
> the others.

For the record, that appears to be "The Marvin Mixes":

itms://ax.phobos.apple.com.edgesuite.net/WebObjects/MZStore. woa/wa/viewAlbum?playlistId=57205805

(You'll need to have iTunes installed to visit that link, of course)

I quite agree, they all seem uniformly dismal. Perhaps that's just being
'in character'?

Screwtape,
...."Robot naughty, robot bad, robot happy, robot sad, who's a clever
robot lad?"
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