From: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org (loud-fans-digest) To: loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Subject: loud-fans-digest V2 #400 Reply-To: loud-fans@smoe.org Sender: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-loud-fans-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk loud-fans-digest Monday, November 18 2002 Volume 02 : Number 400 Today's Subjects: ----------------- RE: [loud-fans] Opening bands that did not suck and exceeded expectations... ["Ian Runeckles & Angela Bennett" ] Re: [loud-fans] Slow list day [Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey ] Re: [loud-fans] Slow list day [Aaron Mandel ] [loud-fans] chat? ["jer fairall" ] [loud-fans] Leonid Meteor Shower [Michael Mitton Subject: RE: [loud-fans] Opening bands that did not suck and exceeded expectations... John says: > When I saw Squeeze in Baltimore in '82 the opening act was a > band I'd never > heard of, but from the name I was afraid it was going to be a > Southern > boogie/metal act. But this "Marshall Crenshaw" turned out to > be pretty good. When I were a young lad I booked to see this hot band from New York that had just had a rave review from Nick Kent in the NME for their first album. The support act was some band called Blondie who also hailed from NYC who'd just released their album on Private Stock. They more than didn't suck and Debbie stole my impressionable young heart with her dodgy dancing, so-so vocals but stunning looks... The headliners Television weren't bad either... In a sort of connected way the next time Blondie came over to London they played the Rainbow - the support were a "new wave" band I knew nothing about called XTC who were amazing. When I saw Television this year they were supported by Stew who also didn't suck - sadly Television almost did... Ian ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 08:14:32 -0500 From: "Paul King" Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Slow list day > On Sat, 16 Nov 2002, Dave Walker wrote: > > > "Why I'll never be a Linux user." I guess I don't get the joke as well... I thought it was going to be a string of Anti-Linux "jokes", but it turns out to be just a boring picture of some folx at NYLUG. If this was supposed to display one's impression of what "computer geeks" look like, I am afraid that no one I would categorize as a computer "geek" looks like that. They just look like average college kids. Real geeks are the ones in uncut, unkempt hair, open-toed sandals (Birkenstocks are too trendy) that the guys in the pinstripe suits are afraid to fire because they are the only ones who completely understand the Corporate computer system. FWIW, you should try out Michael's recommendation to give Linux a shot if you want a low-cost computer that has basic desktop apps, talks to your printer, scanner, and the outside world; the whole shot. The OS is solid as a rock, and you can pirate copies of the installation CD to your friends without feeling guilty - even sell them at a profit. Paul King > > I have Linux on my computer along with Windows, and I use it occasionally, > and like it. You can even buy a Linux computer from Wal-Mart for about > $300, which is a pretty good bargain if all you're looking for is a > machine to do word processing and Internet. > > On a related front, I HIGHLY recommend the open source web browser > Mozilla, which you can download from www.mozilla.org. This alone usually > sells people on giving it a try: You can turn off unrequested pop-up > windows! > > I've also just started using OpenOffice (an open source suite available at > openoffice.org) and so far, I'm liking it. I think Word has gotten worse > with each successive version, so I'm starting to use OpenOffice more and > more. > > --Michael > > NP Low TRUST =========================================== Paul King Oakville, ON ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 10:35:07 -0600 From: Jeffrey with 2 Fs Jeffrey Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Slow list day Quoting Paul King : > you can pirate copies of the installation CD to your friends without feeling > guilty - even sell them at a profit. But who would feel guilty pirating Windows? Except, of course, for using it in the first place (he said guiltily). I'll me-too the recommendations for Mozilla: every once in a while, something seems a little goofy with certain sites - like it wouldn't work when I made flight reservations with Midwest Express a few weeks back - but I have an older, smaller version of IE on the 'puter that I keep on for just such situations. (Last time I installed 6.0 or whatever, it massively slowed down my system, from which it never recovered until I reformatted the hard drive.) ..Jeff J e f f r e y N o r m a n The Architectural Dance Society www.uwm.edu/~jenor/ADS.html :: "In two thousand years, they'll still be looking for Elvis - :: this is nothing new," said the priest. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 11:58:14 -0500 (EST) From: Aaron Mandel Subject: Re: [loud-fans] Slow list day On Sun, 17 Nov 2002, Paul King wrote: > If this was supposed to display one's impression of what "computer > geeks" look like, I am afraid that no one I would categorize as a > computer "geek" looks like that. I know plenty of geeks who look like that, but, uh, am I to believe that Windows users all dress like the guys from Interpol instead or something? When printing up T-shirts, my boss used to refer to XXL and XXXL as "sysadmin sizes", which I think might be a more promising line of ridicule. a ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2002 22:36:07 -0500 From: "jer fairall" Subject: [loud-fans] chat? I'll be hanging around in the chat room for a little while if anyone wants to drop by. irc.eskimo.com #loudfans Jer Race to Save the Primates - every click provides food! http://www.care2.com/go/z/primates ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 01:20:08 -0500 (EST) From: Michael Mitton Subject: [loud-fans] Leonid Meteor Shower As a reminder of something which has come up on list before, the Leonid Metero Shower takes place from Monday night to Tuesday morning. I stayed out last year, and it was definitely worth freezing my ass off. Anyway, there are folks on list who know more about this than me, so I leave you with some words from one of them: On Fri, 9 Aug 2002, Dan Sallitt wrote: > As for the Leonids, this is the last year in our lifetimes that they are > expected to be a supershower. The storm will only last a few hours - it > all happens on the morning of Tuesday, November 19 near 2:30 am PST, > 5:30 am EST. (Which means observers in the western US are favored over > those in the the eastern US, and the UK won't see this one.) Estimates > range from 10000 to 30000 an hour! The full moon will hurt observation, > but even so, this is probably the most meteor activity that any of us > will ever see. - Dan ------------------------------ End of loud-fans-digest V2 #400 *******************************