Saturday, September 07, 2002

I think Haxial are a bunch of scrubs. They whine, and whine, are overly aggressive, and are completely full of themselves. Just look at their program manifestos. They won't even tell you want kind of "encryption" KDX uses to transfer files, rendering the program useless.
Their programs are pretty decent, but it doesn't stop them from being a bunch of complete assholes.

I mean seriously. Saying something is better because more people use it? What kind of fucking stupid statement is that? That's saying that Britney Spears or Eurovision is the highest pinnacle of musical achievement, because they make the most money. Totally fucking imbecilic.
posted by Barrie , 9:53 PM Þ 

Woooooooooow:
http://www.sundog.clara.co.uk/halo/halfeat.htm
posted by Irdial , 8:12 PM Þ 

Real-Time Testing of Internet Filtering in China
Documentation of Internet Filtering Worldwide
Jonathan Zittrain and Benjamin Edelman - Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Harvard Law School

Please wait for testing results. Full testing can take as long as 120 seconds.

Starting testing...
Stage one testing complete.
Stage two testing complete.

Testing complete for http://www.ibmpcug.co.uk/~irdial/
Result:
Reported as accessible in China


Starting testing...
Stage one testing complete.
Stage two testing complete.

Testing complete for http://magusnet.com/.com:443.
Result:
Reported as accessible in China

The irdial site you know; the Magus site is one of the more famous ssl proxies on the net; amazing that its not blocked!

Test your own site:
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/test/
posted by Irdial , 7:51 PM Þ 

http://www.alltooflat.com/geeky/elgoog/
posted by Irdial , 7:47 PM Þ 

best to do and not to SAY you can do. no piece of paper makes shit work does it?

yes, i'm starting to see the value in that, having recently started subscribing to on-line recruitment agencies who all demand the magical 2/3 years experience, but as someone who's never worked in the industry before, the piece of paper i'm working towards should be better than no paper at all, especially if i'm coupling that with my own-grown projects ( ? ) ........ interesting to see that .net & c# experience is starting to be mentioned, only as an additional advantageous skill at this stage rather than a specific requirement, but it does seem to be filtering through
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 2:27 PM Þ 

http://www.haxial.com/policies/mac-policy.html"
The Mac cannot be that great because the vast majority of people prefer to use MS Windows. I am not intending to offend Mac users by saying this, I am merely stating the indisputable fact that most people use MS Windows -- the Mac currently has only about 3% of the market. In response to this, one Mac zealot said, "More people eat hamburgers at McDonald's than gourmet meals at fine Italian restaurants--does this mean McDonalds is superior?" Yes, of course it does, but it is only a matter of OPINION. Myself, I hate McDonalds, but to THOSE people that like it, it IS overall superior, and that is why they choose to eat there. Here are some reasons why McDonald's is better than an Italian restaurant:

http://www.haxial.com/policies/religion-policy.html
"A Gentile girl who is three years old can be violated."
(the Jewish Talmud, Aboda Sarah 37a.) [Quotation verified 020625. In response jews claim that this does not constitute permission to violate the girl, but rather it is an observation that it is possible to violate her because her hymen will not grow back after this age. However, this seems like a dubious explanation. And even if the explanation is true, it would imply that you can have sex with girls UNDER 3 years old without violating them (permanently breaking their hymen), which is still morally repugnant. Sex with a child is morally repugnant and illegal regardless of whether or not her hymen is permanently broken, whereas the jews seem to be claiming that it is okay provided that her hymen is not permanently broken.]
posted by Irdial , 2:02 PM Þ 

http://www.globalsecurity.org/eye/pic-2002.htm
posted by Irdial , 1:15 PM Þ 
posted by Irdial , 9:43 AM Þ 

From: Anonymous User
To: declan@well.com
Subject: PBS purges Web content on Israeli disapproval

>From The Register, available online at:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26979.html

PBS purges Web content on Israeli disapproval

By Thomas C Greene in Washington
Posted: 05/09/2002 at 14:37 GMT

The US Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is airing a documentary film
this week by affiliate WNET in New York, called "Caught in the
Crossfire: Arab-Americans in Wartime," which considers the predicament
of Arab-Americans since the 9/11 atrocity. In addition to the film is a
companion Web site offering background material for curious viewers.

Unfortunately, a few people disapproved of some of that material, and
PBS did exactly what any spineless pandering coward would do; they
buckled to pressure (or the fear of pressure) from New York's Jewish
and Israeli lobbying groups, and removed content from the companion
site which dares to tell the Palestinian story without the mandatory
pro-Israel bias.

Some of the purged, non-Kosher information may have been inaccurate,
according to this heavily-biased report by Ira Stoll in the New York
Sun. But the story's chief implication, that PBS buckled because it
feared that some diabolical cabal of well-heeled New York Jews could
obstruct its funding and shave its viewership makes this something of a
cyberattack -- or at least a cybersurrender.

[...]
posted by Irdial , 9:34 AM Þ 



alex, you will love thailand. i think my favorite experience was visiting the temples. the moments of quiet contemplation, the pause in the day, taking time to wish, thank, bless.

oh, and the massages are divine too. ;p

posted by mary13 , 2:39 AM Þ 
Friday, September 06, 2002

afghan war rug:


holy jihad batman!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
posted by john , 9:07 PM Þ 

dope alan ester on dsr
posted by john , 8:53 PM Þ 

peece out to Sir Dav and Heir Alex!!!!!!!
posted by john , 8:47 PM Þ 

ah i had offered too chris but to forward for the
one he already has. what sys' are you running there?
i really need some mysql advice if you know/anyone knows
it well.

next up: server warz!! speaking of which i am in the data center
for telus and you should see the net backup that runs here. it's
HUGE!!!!! like 5 or 6 refridgerators full of tapes. unbelieveable.
posted by john , 8:37 PM Þ 

mr a.m., sounds nice. can i come over and we
can hang in the gardens? ;p

and yeah ms has worked out a lot of shite that
made for crappy nt4. they are fully competitive
now in the market. run hfnetchk off of c:\ to
stay totally current on the patches they are cranking
out with all of the hiring they have been doing on the
hole finding tip. no complaints with them right now at
all. well except for the subscription thing. that is f-ing
crappy but still things always seem to be found for free
don't they. but then again we do live very close to redmond
so.....

as an addendum to the win issue though. their mcse and mcsd (scientologist!!!!!!)
certs are totally useless nowadays. good to take the course when
.crap comes out but to get any cert is a waste of time professionally.
best to do and not to SAY you can do. no piece of paper makes shit work
does it?
posted by john , 8:36 PM Þ 

Alex, Have set up an email account for you and have sent the details to your address.
Have an excellent time in Thailand and you as well, Dav!
posted by chriszanf , 4:25 PM Þ 

i'll second your win point john, for what it's worth ....... too much time spent away from in front of the box as a consequence of a catastrophic hard drive failure that i thought had wiped all my data ...... as it happens, the glitch was a mechanical one, not viral, so all the goodies are still intact, and i can get back to vdu glare with glee ...... not having a machine to suck all my time up has meant that i actually experienced the summer this year !! ........ real air, out on the bike, in the river, sitting in beer gardens, absorbing the warmth, most fine ....................
posted by a hymn in g to nann , 12:47 PM Þ 

Have fun Dav + Alex!

I've just started school again and am SO EXCITED, even though my pocketbook is weeping for the money it once had!
I'm majoring in printmaking, and our facilities are very cool. One can do so much with printmaking it's mind-boggling - integrating Photoshop prints is simple work compared to what you can do. It's so dynamic that my mind is flying. I might finally be able to accomplish some of my artistic ideas without having to deal with the annoying limitations of paint (I HATE paint).
I am taking a small painting course, which looks like it's going to SUCK... rigid/pointless course structure and all... and I have not yet been to my first drawing class, which is all day fridays (tomorrow). Hopefully it will be good.
Sociology as a minor course... looks very promising. It completely relates to my artistic ideas, though everyone has a hard time seeing how that could be. I'm a very political fellow, and this works into my brain rather well. Happy times, and busy times ahead!
posted by Barrie , 5:37 AM Þ 

oh the beach! i am going to thailand on sunday, i'm excited. i'm going to an indonesian island called bintan tomorrow too... singapore is great. capitalist heaven. except i don't have an smtp server on the free internet account i got, so if any of you could hook me up a send mail server it would be great cos at the moment i'm having to dial up to my UK ISP to send out emails... expensive and frustrating. anyway, mail me @ alex_tea@R107.co.uk

thank you.
posted by alex_tea , 5:35 AM Þ 

a windows update if you will.

-i have been punishing some servers here
recently. completely going with two remore
sessions and chaining hotfixes and other stuff
on one reboot with live smtp connections and
the fore mentioned dame/term connections with no
problems whatsoever. i am fully convinced that people
who have major problems with their windoze
installs not just the ocassional blue screen
mind you but consistent probs just basically
don't know what the hell they are doing and should
probably go back to the typewriter. period.

and yes, these are production boxes with hyper
complicated oas installs running on them. windoze
isn't the problem. the user is.
posted by john , 5:30 AM Þ 

have the best time! oh the beach...



these are so beautiful. i had to look at every one.
this one would make a fantastic carpet.
posted by mary13 , 1:59 AM Þ 

Right, bluggers

I'm off on holiday for two weeks to Mauritius tomorrow, so no more Davrosianisms for a bit. We're taking GPS, super-8 cine cam and minidisc (including John Burke's Do You Care Because I Do mix) for a mellow documentary. You will read about it here when I get back!
posted by captain davros , 12:33 AM Þ 
Thursday, September 05, 2002

Mikkel, I always like to think of you as a fusk.
posted by captain davros , 8:11 PM Þ 

holy moly, another vaccine discussion. I wish I knew more about it, but I'm completely ignorant, so I can't partake before I get out and educate my ass (ah, what a wonderful language).

My first single? Squarepusher's untitled (wap155) - this february. Isn't that fucking sad? I never bought music until few years ago, and before that I hardly listened to music. I was a fuck.

I've been sortof out of the loop lately, but I'll try to get back on this board. I like it here.
posted by Mikkel , 7:47 PM Þ 

Visit BeerShots to enjoy colorful photographs of recrystallized beer taken with an optical microscope. Our cameras have captured over 160 beers from breweries around the world, which are presented in this gallery for your viewing pleasure.

http://microscopy.fsu.edu/beershots/index.html


Bass Ale


Liberty Ale

...and cocktails
http://microscopy.fsu.edu/cocktails/index.html


Gin Side Car


White Russian
posted by Josh Carr , 6:52 PM Þ 

alun, theserecords.com is down at the mo, as it's being moved,
due to wranglings too dumb to go into here, will post when it's up-and-running,
should be early next week...otherwise, any questions?

andrew theseperson
posted by THESE , 6:23 PM Þ 

Barrie - that sounds like Boston Lincolnshire, where I lived from birth until I was 21. That had a population of 30 000 and was about 6 hours from anywhere interesting, although that was more to do with not being able to fly anywhere and the road system preventing one from driving more than about 48 mph. thing was, it wasn't even an oil town, it was a potato town.

But you did get the odd cool thing in the shops on account of the isolation. Jimi Hendrix played there in 1967 or thereabouts. Moreover the Pilgrim Fathers set sail from there back in 1607, and there's a small obelisk outside town on the marshes to commemorate this.
posted by captain davros , 3:38 PM Þ 

Any info on These Records? Their site is inaccessible at the moment...

The good guy... I try to make those sounds, be unbiased (like him, as far as my education etc allows)... but I certainly don't want to stick a whole load of disclaimers, 'hey this is only my opinion', type stuff in every time I speak/write.....isn't that taken/implied in everything I say/write anyway? There is nothing I know that is a source of undiluted truth without doubt or alternative.

Except the love of my life.

Miss-Kitty-Kat hankering after a record deal or what? Maybe old hat, but I chuckled. Vaguely. It's that kiond of day.
posted by Alun , 3:16 PM Þ 

I apologize for my absence over the past couple of days.
I bought a new desk the day before (from IKEA), so I had to dismantle my current desk and get it out of the way, leaving my bed strewn with all the crap that was on the desk.
One of the integral pieces of the desk was *completely* buggered up, so I had to wait till earlier today to get the fucking thing replaced, which took FOREVER, because apparently the guy in the supply room is slower than a tortoise. Oh well. Took me a while to re-arrange everything, but all is well again. hooray!
The following I intended to post a couple of days ago but the log file was full:

I would't hesitate listening to the Sting cover. It might be good, depending on when in Sting's career it was made.

The first single I ever bought? Justified & Ancient, by the KLF, on cassette. It further amazes me that, despite living at the time in an oil town of 30 000 people 6 hours from the nearest big city, the record store actually stocked KLF. That's so fucking cool.
posted by Barrie , 7:00 AM Þ 
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
posted by chriszanf , 11:35 PM Þ 

We are the best



We wear the vest
posted by captain davros , 11:14 PM Þ 


posted by Irdial , 8:40 PM Þ 

That tinitus site is great chris...Alun, you want to read what the sound of a good guy is? Read the bit about homeopathy and tinnitus...thats the closest that have read for ages.
posted by Irdial , 7:48 PM Þ 

RIAA HAcked!
http://www.digichapman.com/riaa-hacked.jpg
posted by Irdial , 7:45 PM Þ 

Richard, Maybe what you need is tinitus retraining therapy.

http://www.tinn.com/trt.html

(the last paragraph with the 'pants' analogy is hilarious!)
posted by chriszanf , 7:10 PM Þ 

What am I?

A man.

How am I to decribe myself if not as a scientist?

"I am a man that does science right. I do not do, and am not evil. I am open to everything that works, no matter what it is."

Am I worthless, to be seen as nothing but a charlatan who couldn't even make money off the back of science?

The question is not "Am I worthless" but "What is my worth and to whom?"

The bad guys are only interested in money. They plant the crops that contaminate the world. They write the "studies" calling for mass vaccination with untested and poisionous concoctions. If you are not one of them, and you dont use their language, dont defend what they do, then you are worth ten thousand of the bad guys.

How do I distinguish myself, in the eyes of the world/blog from other 'scientists'?

By not spouting dogma. By sitting one step back. By responding to every question with a complete answer, and not more dogma, pointless listing of studies and statistics. Never ignore a question that is put to you, no matter how absurd or pointless it might seem.

End every sentence with, "Of course, I could be wrong, but its the best I can offer you today."

Say "we hear your words, we understand your fear. We will not unleash our experiments into our world without your prior consent."

If you say something like "Science says this is the way it is, and THATS IT", you are using the religious fervor-speak that lumps you in with the bad guys. Try this instead, "Vaccination seems to work, we are getting better and better at immunology. Of course, you shouldnt be forced to take it, but the chances are that you will be OK if you do. I didnt do the MMR work, and boy, I hope the guys that did have got it right!" Much better.

When someone like Ken Livingstone stands up and voices his fears, you should say, "Its terrible that everyone is scared. I didnt do the MMR work, and havent given the jab or taken it, but as far as I know, its working. Im against it being given by force. Thats clearly wrong. I hope it gets straightened out soon, because all of this fear isnt a good thing". Much more even handed. You are clean. You defended your peers, without aggression. You are intact.

Stop talking about Science in the first person. Science is a verb.

Be honest untill it hurts.

Do this, and you will stand out like the Matterhorn. Everyone will want to climb you, and knock you down, but you will stand, as a mountain, pure unadulterated and untouched by the Evil Scientists who are betraying the mind body and soul of man.
posted by Irdial , 6:06 PM Þ 

My tinitus is really driving me bonkers.
And seems to amplify every other high pitched whine, (computer noise, radio interference etc).
The novelty value of having a continual experimental music concert going on in my head has definitely worn off.
Off to the Ear, Nose and Throat specialist in a couple of weeks.
In the meantime I'm wearing earplugs for concerts and rehearsals.
I got some of those wax ones yesterday- but they were too effective...It felt like I was making ambient music. I wasn't.
posted by Richard , 5:58 PM Þ 

What am I? How am I to decribe myself if not as a scientist? I am a Doctor of Philosophy, one of many. What is the result of my study, my thought? Am I worthless, to be seen as nothing but a charlatan who couldn't even make money off the back of science? How do I distinguish myself, in the eyes of the world/blog from other 'scientists'?
My personal truth is there to see, as is everyones, but we live in a very descriptive age full of misconceptions and false gods...
I care. Despite myself, I care. I don't want to be lumped in with wickedness, any more than others might wish to hear 'oh, you mean you're like microshaft' or 'yeah, yeah, i get you. just like stock, aitken and waterman'.

Argh! The Blacknuss descends!
posted by Alun , 5:18 PM Þ 

Akin, I completely agree.... to parts. I think you and I have different definitions of science. Science is pure, Science is philosophy, poetry, the understanding of 'what is'.

This is what I believe. And when it is applied correctly, ie, we accept all results whatever the outcome, then, it is mostly a good tool to help us get things done.

Many things which camouflage themselves within the moniker/facade of (let us say) 'the modern presentation (usage?) of science' are wicked and wrong, whether they be governmental decisions, pharmaceutical company profits, vested interests, egoistic in-fighting...

This is what Scientists do. They are uninterested in the truth, or the real results; they are only interested in ego, tenure, bucks and being the disseminators of knowledge to the ignorant masses. We can live without these people. We can also live without thier absoluteism, reductionism and all the other evil that they do that I will not list here.

Let's take an example. MMR. At this time, Science tells us vaccines can prevent death and disease. Science also tells us that we have not clearly observed 'damaged kids' after MMR vaccination. That's IT. 'science', of course, tells us much more...and from many viewpoints. Any usefulness/truth within 'science' is only that with which it is blessed by the observer.

You should not have said this. :]
posted by Irdial , 4:58 PM Þ 

Re: Faceless Drone, and the pointlessness of work, together with a lack of appreciation. My father will have worked for the NHS for 30 long years in a few months time. For this he gets a special long-service "reward". 350 quid. I hope he tells them to stuff it up their arse.
posted by Alun , 4:53 PM Þ 

Akin, I completely agree.... to parts. I think you and I have different definitions of science. Science is pure, Science is philosophy, poetry, the understanding of 'what is'.
Many things which camouflage themselves within the moniker/facade of (let us say) 'the modern presentation (usage?) of science' are wicked and wrong, whether they be governmental decisions, pharmaceutical company profits, vested interests, egoistic in-fighting... But beyond this, Science remains, and it remains pure. And it remains unconcerned with 'science'. It is only concerned with 'what is'.

Observing Science and science, there is you and I, and we must seperate the two.

After this, belief and disbelief are your own choice.


Let's take an example. MMR. At this time, Science tells us vaccines can prevent death and disease. Science also tells us that we have not clearly observed 'damaged kids' after MMR vaccination. That's IT. 'science', of course, tells us much more...and from many viewpoints. Any usefulness/truth within 'science' is only that with which it is blessed by the observer.
posted by Alun , 4:47 PM Þ 

Life could be worse...you could have this guy's job

Top tip that many may already know - Mozilla is kewl, and tabbed browsing is even kewler. If you set up a bunch of tabs for your fave blogs, news sites, pr0n etc you can bookmark them all at once and put it on yr toolbar for fast access.
posted by captain davros , 4:45 PM Þ 

Without science there are no computers. No argument against ecological change. No progress, by any definition.

Without us, you have nothing, and having nothing means you are nothing. Not even the means to argue. Because we say so.


If you keep wearing those blinkers, you're going to miss a lot of beautiful sights.

If you dont see it our way, you are wearing "blinkers". Be like me you fool!

And dont try and sell us astronomy; astronomers are the most pig-headed of the bankrupt lot; it too 50 years for astronomers to accept that Black Holes were real after the presentation of the first papers on it. Also, like i said before, Astronomy isnt being sold to governments as poisonous injections to be given to children. Be real.

To reapeat myself, we dont want anyone to believe anything that they dont want to believe. We dont think that they are wrong. They can do what they like, think what they like. God speed to them.

What makes us different (and superiror to them) is that we dont believe that we have all the solutions, we especially don't believe that we are members of a closed circle of people with the perfect and complete methodolgy that can be applied to unravel everything in the universe.

And most importantly, we arent compelling people to take poisionous medicine so they can wear some laurels and make some bucks.

These people, who i completely despise (and no, not you personally) constantly refer to and repeat their methodolgy as if they are referring to a religious scripture, and if you dont buy it, you are a HEATHEN with BLINKERS that needs to be CORRECTED.

These people are totally repulsive, bereft of humility and without any idea of how many times thier predecessors have had to change and discard their ideas over and over again year after year, decade after decade. They are unapolagetic, self centered and utterly evil.

They behave as if they have NEVER been wrong, that thier methods have never produced wrong results, and because of this, they absolutely cannot be trusted until well beyond the last minute.
posted by Irdial , 4:14 PM Þ 

All bow to the great god of science, and while you bow, take it up the ass.... etc etc.
Blahdy blahdy blah...
Without science there are no computers. No argument against ecological change. No progress, by any definition. Science is by it's nature an argument, and research science is one in which proof is required. Complain all you like, see the world as fuckers and fucked, or at least imagine that is the way science sees the world, if it pleases you. Try and understand science as a progression towards knowledge, if you can suspend the cynicism for a while. And scientific knowledge must be 'as we understand it at present', otherwise it is meaningless. As would be art, and love.
Real science is not business, not the search for profit. And it is not stuck in the past. All current 'truth' is under constant re-evaluation, in all fields of science. There should be no dogma.

If you keep wearing those blinkers, you're going to miss a lot of beautiful sights.

Look what this bunch of lying bastard shit-peddlers are trying to sell us now! Light years away? What kind of twat would believe that?
posted by Alun , 3:30 PM Þ 


Look at this rather sexy Linux powered PVR from SONY.
SONY have made some mistakes, but overall, they are awesome. Hopefully in the future they will redeem themselvs with new cool products....
posted by Irdial , 3:28 PM Þ 

Someone just emailed me:

> 1.surviving is a genetic law

nonsense

> 2.living is a selfisch act

nonsense

> 3.revange is a human right

vengence belongs to God

> 4.time destroys evrything

maybe

> 5.cogito ergo sum, sum ergo cogito

you think?

> 6.i am compos mentis

Drink Beer.

> 8.nietzsche:"god is dead"

Fernandez:"God cannot die"
posted by Irdial , 3:03 PM Þ 

All bow to the great god of science, and while you bow, take it up the ass.

All that we know is all there is; you are nothing but cattle, cattle for us to prod and fuck, and fuck you if you do not obey and swallow it!

What we see and record is all there is to see; there is nothing else, no other language, no other thought, nothing.

You will listen quietly. You will take the shot. There will be no explanation. There will be no consession. We are the ultimate guardians of all truth.

If we damage you, tough.
If we kill you, its "worth it".
You have no recourse, because we own you.
We own everything, everywhere.
This world is our oyster, and since there is no other world than this (because we say so) enjoy being fucked cause thats the only pleasure that you are going to get.
posted by Irdial , 2:31 PM Þ 

hmmmm; stop taking the vaccines, no more damaged children; now THAT is what I call "a solution"!

Oh no. I wish I hadn't brought it up.... I think the cholera case was just a little more convincing. The only "solution" known to arise from not being vaccinated against a disease is an increased occurrence of that disease. What's the greater at the present time (a) PROVEN incidence (frequency per e.g. 100,000 children) of autism (or other serious consequences) as a result of MMR vaccine versus (b) incidence of death (or sterility or other serious consequences) as a result of M, M or R in unvaccinated children?

On a euro note...Greeks protest at profiteering as a result of Euro introduction
posted by Alun , 2:18 PM Þ 

Just got back from two weeks in euro land.

There is nothing quite like giving over money in euro, and recieving change from THREE DIFFERENT COUNTRIES.

Its a feeling of nausea...disquiet...like there is a BIG DECEPTION that has been pulled off.

He worked out how cholera was being spread, mapped out where the outbreak centred, found it was a water pump in Soho, and removed the handle from the pump. The outbreak stopped. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hmmmm; stop taking the vaccines, no more damaged children; now THAT is what I call "a solution"!
posted by Irdial , 1:56 PM Þ 

If it wasn't so depressing I'd laugh out loud...
posted by Alun , 12:35 PM Þ 

MMR re-re-re-re-revisited.............
(sounds like a bad 80s rap... pump up the handle, pump pump)
Anyway.... The following lecture is open, if anyone feels like coming.
Historically, John Snow should be one of Britains great heros, saving countless lives through his diligence and logic and, far from least, in his ACTION! He worked out how cholera was being spread, mapped out where the outbreak centred, found it was a water pump in Soho, and removed the handle from the pump. The outbreak stopped. WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thus, the Pumphandle lectures.... And a/the pump (minus handle) stands as a monument to this day, near the pub which bears his name.
LSHTM is on Keppel Street, off Gower Street near Tottenham Court Road...



Subject: 2002 Pumphandle Lecture - next Monday !!!!

Your attention please:

The 10th Annual Pumphandle Lecture of the John Snow Society

Monday - 9th September - at 17:15 hrs
LSHTM - Manson Theatre

Dr David Salisbury on "Managing Vaccine Safety"

All welcome

NB(1): Dr Salisbury is Principle Medical Officer, Communicable Disease Branch, Department of Health, and has led the UK immunization programme for more than ten years. This lecture promises to cover several issues of major current importance to vaccinology and to public health in general.

NB(2): The lecture will be followed by the annual pilgrimage to the John Snow Public House in Soho. Do join us....
posted by Alun , 12:28 PM Þ 

hey , i really liked/like eva cassidy. wuz
you dissin' her?? cause if i catch anyone
in my stuff...."i'll kill ya". and i don't like no one
touchin me. any of you homos touch me.... and
"i'll kill ya".

btw: another 15 hour monday. zeeech!!
posted by john , 8:41 AM Þ 

that is totally and utterly fucking
stupid. there are no two ways about it.
total ignorance. actually i would call it
pathetic and assinign, destructive and
....need i go on. wow is right.
posted by john , 8:39 AM Þ 
Tuesday, September 03, 2002

wow


China Blocks Google Search Engine

BEIJING (AP) -- China has blocked access to popular U.S. Internet search engine Google amid government calls to tighten media controls ahead of a major Communist Party congress.

Where is Akin these days? He is usually up on these things...
posted by Josh Carr , 8:40 PM Þ 

Cap'n, I pissed myself at the Kirby link... I have spent ahellofalotta evenings and weekends for the past bloody long year doing DIY on our house... cleaning, sanding... mostly demolishing and doing my back in. Nail. Head. Hit. Well done!

Alun
Meaning: Harmony, or the cheerful handsome one.
Origin: Welsh
Alternatives: Ailean (Scottish), Ailin (Irish), Alain (French), Aland, Allan, Allen, Alleyne, Allyn, Arana (Polynesian), Alan.
Nicknames: Al.

Amazing! I'm not Welsh, and if you call me Al I won't reply. Harmony? Cheerful and handsome are subjective.
Look up Captain Davros here

Finally, I got my name, with this spelling, cos my mum pulled it out of a hat. What a start in life that was!
posted by Alun , 5:01 PM Þ 

i posted about those mash-up bootlegs awhile back. they used to be all posted at boomselection.net but it seems that something has gone down. Freelance Hellraiser is the name of the guy who did that Strokes/Christina Aguielera (sic) "A Stroke of Genius." you can find it here. And some others here. I really enjoy the mashup of David Bowie and Pink by Dsico Gettin Ziggy at da Party.
posted by Josh Carr , 3:10 PM Þ 
Monday, September 02, 2002

Well, Alun, I am slightly worried that a casual surfer might drop in here and think this is some kind of easy listening shrine, so to make up for it here's a link to some Flash that's cheeky about Sting.

Celine Dion covering The Police...well we've already had Eva Cassidy's version of "Imagine" so who knows what's on the horizon...
posted by captain davros , 4:25 PM Þ 
posted by Alun , 3:42 PM Þ 

OK Davros. You asked for it. I'm suffering even THINKING (again) of Sting covering Hendrix... that'd be like, er, Celine Dion covering The Police... maybe. Anyway, my brain was bugged by this song for several days a couple of weeks back, so now I'm trying to inflict it onto y'all ou there. More here...

Bugger. I think the lawyers got to those mp3s before I did...the links are trashed. It's all Stings fault!

SHIT. Can't find an up-link for that track anywhere. Oh well, you escape for now but I will have my revenge. Maybe.
posted by Alun , 3:09 PM Þ 

A while back I posted about how I liked Sting's cover of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing". Now, just by random blog surfing, I've found someone else who likes it!.

That's not to say it's "a good thing", but just quite weird that someone feels the same way as me. In a slightly related note, whenever I am asked what the first single I bought was, I'm usually met with blank incomprehension, since it was "Don't Bring Me Down" by ELO, a single most people have never heard of.

Well, I was at a dinner party on Saturday night and two people knew what it was! In fact, they mentioned it before me! The host then played selected tracks from his ELO compilation and as the hits rolled by it was one of those "can I admit that I actually like this song?" moments and everyone was bopping, and strangely largely playing air drums. Quite mad.

Every now and again, due to moments like that, I feel a little less alone in the world.
posted by captain davros , 12:00 PM Þ 
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