||||||||| Catherwood re-enters the Waiting Room and explains "This is the main discussion room which is logged each night." ||||||||| Catherwood announces, "The time is 4:33 AM - I now declare Thursday's chat log for May 11, 2006 officially open!"... and then, he retires back to the vestibule... ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Firebroiled into the room, accepts a wooden nickel as a gratuity, grumbles something about 8:26 AM, then departs. Firebroiled: I'll take it! I'll take it! I can't wait to get away from it all! Firebroiled: Just a second. I've got to get the safety off. Oh, ho ho! Look at the blue Westley! ||||||||| Firebroiled is thrown out the window just as the clock strikes 8:29 AM. ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Bubba's Brain', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 7:30 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Bubba's Brain: I shant be in tonight. Wish I could be there. Will explain when I return. ||||||||| Around 7:39 PM, Bubba's Brain walks off into the sunset... ||||||||| Catherwood sneaks into the room, and intones "Announcing 'Bambi', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 8:58 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the Aviary... Bambi: Ha! I am all alone here LOL! That's a first! ||||||||| ah,clem steals in around 8:58 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Bambi: ah,clem is here now :-) ||||||||| New CNI streaming notice: '"a few minutes with Firesign Theatre" at about 9 eastern' ||||||||| Catherwood strides in with a trumpet, plays a fanfare, and proclaims "Nine PM on Thursday, May 11, 2006 - I now declare alt.comedy.firesgn-thtre's chat officially open!" ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "9:02 PM and late as usual, it's the_woof, just back from Elmertown." the_woof: hello the_woof: this is interesting Bambi: hey woof the_woof: so the_woof: what cds by the firesign theatre are good Bambi: yes, will be more here soon Bambi: just starting actually ... ||||||||| Dexter Fong enters at 9:04 PM as Catherwood takes their hat and goat and scurries off to the Chapeau Manger. the_woof: what's in the other rooms? ||||||||| Catherwood accompanies Boney into the room, accepts three dimes as a gratuity, mutters something about 9:04 PM, then departs. Bambi: yes, very good ... CNI Radio does a show called 'a few minutes with Firesign Theatre' to coincide with this fun FST chat on Thursday nights. the_woof: aha Boney: the zombie woof? Bambi: hi Boney! the_woof: and where is cni? Dexter Fong: Bambi: Dpn't tell him about the Sumatra Room the_woof: not the zombie woof Dexter Fong: ...ooops that was supposed to be a privtate msg the_woof: haha Bambi: check them out if you like, but this is where the chat will be Boney: catherwood give me a burnt weenie samwitch ||||||||| Catherwood gives Boney a burnt weenie samwitch. Bambi: hey Dex! Dexter Fong: High Clem Bambi, Boney and woof ||||||||| 9:05 PM: llanwydd jumps out of the hall closet saying "I've been listening to all of you talking about me for the past year and a half!" Bambi: Catherwood please pour me a toasted almond ||||||||| Catherwood brings Bambi a toasted almond. llanwydd: strange to be here Dexter Fong: llan!! the_woof: what program should i use to open the stream Dexter Fong: Any stranger than here? Bambi: hi llanwydd :-) Boney: catherwood please pour me a warm naked indian ||||||||| Catherwood brings Boney a warm naked indian. llanwydd: strange as here Dexter Fong: woof, click on the CNI Radio thingie at the top the_woof: wonderful the_woof: it's working Bambi: winamp 2.9x works best if in windows ... can get it from oldversion.com but most will work llanwydd: boney prefersw the cold naked forrest Dexter Fong: if it's working, there's smoke the_woof: catherwood, what can you do ||||||||| Catherwood walks alongside the_woof and inquires "Did you need me?" the_woof: right, i'm just using itunes llanwydd: who is the woof? not familiar. Bambi: good deal Boney: catherwood bring me the Lincoln Logs ||||||||| Catherwood brings Boney the lincoln logs. Dexter Fong: Catherwood bring me the LIncoln Memorial ||||||||| Catherwood brings Dexter Fong the lincoln memorial. Bambi: that should work well enough .. are you in Windows or Mac? the_woof: catherwood give me five pennies and a dime ||||||||| Catherwood gives the_woof five pennies and a dime. the_woof: that's pretty cool the_woof: windows Dexter Fong: Hey, Catherwood spell checked me ||||||||| Catherwood checkeds Dexter Fong. Dexter Fong: Czech mate, Catherwood ||||||||| Catherwood ignores Dexter Fong Bambi: Catherwood please bring me a dozen allergy proof virtual roses for mother's day ||||||||| Catherwood brings Bambi a dozen allergy proof virtual roses for mother's day. ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Mudhead disembarks at 9:09 PM.
Bambi smiles Mudhead: Hello Deer Friends the_woof: unfortunately, catherwood can't actually give me a glass of water ||||||||| Catherwood gives the_woof a glass of water. Dexter Fong: Sgt. Mudheadsky the_woof: so i'm going to have to come right back Bambi: Hey Mudhead! Dexter Fong: okay llanwydd: when is MD by the way Dexter Fong: Hey Clem )on the radio) the_woof: are we on the radio show in any way? ||||||||| With a theatrical clearing of his throat, Catherwood snorts derisively: "9:10 PM and late as usual, it's Warpo, just back from Hellmouth." llanwydd: hey woof, do we know you? have you been with us before? Bambi: If you missed the beginning of the cheeselog: Bubba's Brain: I shant be in tonight. Wish I could be there. Will explain when I return. Mudhead: Hiya Dex, hiya Bambi llanwydd: evenin warpo! Dexter Fong: TY Bambi Mudhead: Im debuggin code for our irc crazy8 game, brb Dexter Fong: El Warpo! Bambi: some folks might be rebroadcasting on LPFM for their home/neighbors, but not sure ... mainly only internet. Bambi: hey Warp! Warpo: Greetings! the_woof: i have not been here before ||||||||| "9:12 PM? 9:12 PM!!" says Catherwood, "cease should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as cease enters and sits on the couch. Bambi: ok Mudhead cease: i have always been here llanwydd: howdy cat! Warpo: Hi Bam, Ah, Clem the_woof: unfortunately, the only firesign theatre stuff i've heard is from the shoes for industry cds Bambi: where are you from woof? most of us are from all over the place ... some from US, some from Canada, some from England, etc. Clem and I are from VA the_woof: and "don't crush that dwarf" Bambi: hi Cat! the_woof: i'm from the us Dexter Fong: Hey Cat, how about them teen-age bank robbers =)) cease: bambi. i recorded the maron/proctor show cease: i'm sort of from the us as well, but thankfully i dont live there now Bambi: you will get to hear many more here on Thursdays woof ... great fun Dexter Fong: woof? You from around Princeton? the_woof: how long is the show cease: yeah it made the rachel maddow show. Bambi: kewl Cat :-) cease: rare any canuck news gets into your news the_woof: where's princeton? llanwydd: Princeton? I know NJ very well Dexter Fong: Just below Kingstown cease: anyway bambi, i can send it to you on a cd and you can play the relavent part of it on this show, i think Bambi: hard to say ... might be several 'movies' long ...as Clem calls them ;-) ||||||||| Outside, the 9:15 PM crosstown bus from Elmertown pulls away, leaving Tweenbert Souseé coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. the_woof: no i'm not from princeton Tweenbert Souseé: Yes... Yes, indeed... Warpo: Tweeni! cease: this piece, oddly, is slightly based on Tile it Like it Is llanwydd: hey twee! Dexter Fong: Heil Kayser Sousee' cease: tweeny, i've just offered to make a cd of the proctor/maron show for them cease: i can do that for you too Bambi: hey Tweeny! Tweenbert Souseé: To TV or not TV. That is the question.. llanwydd: I recognize you from The Bank Dick cease: my ftp et al master doc tech said i shouldnt ftp it so i'll just use the mail Tweenbert Souseé: Hello all... Dexter Fong: Ahem...Don't for get your NY friends Tweenbert Souseé: Quite, LL :) llanwydd: or was it the bank dick? Bambi: and we are very happy to get it Cat ... thanks! Bambi: mail good :-) cease: i also need to send you Down Under Danger. i wonder if that will be part of the box set? Tweenbert Souseé: Please do, Cat. I can take large files via the SendThisFiles service, though. Dexter Fong: It's the bank, Dick...the very levee where we growed uppin cease: dex, i listened to your nick danger cd when i was driving around southern california the_woof: how long have you all been coming here on thursdays? Tweenbert Souseé:www.sendthisfile.com cease: email me how to do that then, tweeen Tweenbert Souseé: You grew up in Lompoc? cease: i was here on day one, but forget what year that was cease: i think it was 95 Bambi: the great Nino thinks woof is from Princeton, NJ ... course Nino thinks we are from Williamsburg, VA too ... Nino only can know where ISPs are ;-) the_woof: wow Tweenbert Souseé: For a couple of years now, I guess woof. Ever since I found out about it. Dexter Fong: CAT: WHich CD, the one with all the Nick Dangers on it..i.e. ND meets Ghandi? cease: yes cease: bit of synchornicity Warpo: I'd like to hear that! cease: the nick danger episode about magnolias came on just as i was coming up to magnolia avenue in la the_woof: how would nino know anyone's isp? and who is nino? llanwydd: nick danger meets gandhi is a very interewting idea ah,clem: he boggles the mind Dexter Fong: woof: We are each equipped with a Nino when we log on cease: id never heard that before Warpo: ghandi could biatch slap Nick Dexter Fong: Nino made me say that the_woof: and what is a nino Bambi: look at the red text to the right of the Exit button and you will see Log and Nino cease: et phone home, using a shoe phone from another firesign album ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 9:20 PM, dragging Merlyn by the hair and asks "Can anyone vouch for this idiot?" Boney: Is anyone following (stalking?) Rob Bartlett on Imus in the Morning? Dr. Phil? Brian Wilson? cease: proc told maron that there are 50 firesign records Dexter Fong: woof: Right before teno the_woof: aha llanwydd: anyone seen "Gandhi's Revenge" from UHF? Tweenbert Souseé: Hey Merl... cease: i guess that includes singles although i didnt know they had so many. Bambi: and the great wizard of all we survey Merlyn arrives! Hi Merlyn! the_woof: this nino is a rather disillusioned individual cease: i really have to buy fred's new book. proc was plugging it Warpo: i'm already nuted in Tweenbert Souseé: Wow, cat. Is there a complete discography? Dexter Fong: Cat: It is a very definet favorite of mine Warpo: uhhh tuned cease: yes Boney: That other guy, Larry Kenny, is funny, too. He was Sen. Kennedy this morning. Merlyn: hello all - want to hear of a proposed firesign web project that FT nixed? (Bergman, surprisingly, nixed it) Bambi: yes, the mind boggling Nino ;-) ||||||||| the_woof departs at 9:22 PM, singing "Toad away, toad away; toad away, toad away! Where do you go when you're toad away?" Tweenbert Souseé: Nino's got me right this evening, but he often sees me in Plano. Mudhead: yes plz Merlyn llanwydd: do tell, merl cease: really? i thought he was mr. rotocomputer Merlyn: At the end of March, I was listening to Air America, and they mentioned Talon News again Dexter Fong: retro-computer? Boney: Hm. Guess not. Mudhead: oh drat, the programmers off onna tanngent cease: the company in clark wintergreeen, dex Merlyn: Talon News is the fake news website run by the TX GOP, and it turned out their star reporter was a male prostitute Dexter Fong: Cat: Bosco cease: gannon the cannon, of course Tweenbert Souseé: Natural light or UV lamps, Mud? Warpo: male prostitute != Gigilo llanwydd: interesting,merl cease: i think proc realy likes doing an aussie accent llanwydd: who was his client? Boney: All of the politicians can be depressing Merlyn: jim gukert/james gannon - who got into about 200 presidential press thingys on day passes Mudhead: au natural UV Dexter Fong: Right-o mate! Tweenbert Souseé: The current issue of the Texas Monthly has Tom Delay on the cover with the title "Don't Let The Door Hit You". lol Bambi: very true Boney Merlyn: anyway, soon after the gannon scandal hit, talonnews.com went off the air Merlyn: they put up a "we're redesigning our website" and it was up for months Boney: the wretched live feeds from Iraq Mudhead: what are they on now, nitrous? llanwydd: Is your name from the Bank dick or million dollar legs, tween? cease: i can see where this is going, merl cease: sounds like rfo.org llanwydd: I know its one2 or the other Merlyn: when I checked at the end of march after hearing Talon News on AA, the website was gone Tweenbert Souseé: Bunch of Peyton Place/Harper Valley hypocrites. Boney: the mass media book floggers
Bambi says I wonder why LOL! Dexter Fong: llan: OR from "The Usual Suspects" Merlyn: it was an ad from the company that sold it to them, network systems - their domain name lapsed, and they had 30-45 days to renew it Warpo: where is that pot I just had in the 80's Tweenbert Souseé: Why, the Bank Dick of course. It's not souse, it's souse´. Acent grave over the e.... Merlyn: they didn't renew, and it was auctioned off last Friday-Sunday Mudhead: can someone post the url for the radio show plz cease: i have it now, warpo llanwydd: been a long time since the 80s, warp Merlyn: I wanted to buy it to bring it back as the fake news website it always was Merlyn:http://216.234.115.10:8000/listen.pls mudhead Mudhead: I'll buy it for ya Merl Tweenbert Souseé: Time to visit Oakland, LL ;) llanwydd: got some rice on the stove Bambi: would certainly be funny ... be another type of onion lol Merlyn: I asked firesign just before the auction started, since I didn't know what it would go for - there were 35 bidders, but only a few bid over the minimum Dexter Fong: I'll stay here in Maplewood llanwydd: what's in oakland, tween? cease: i think this is the worst of the many lousy fiesign songs Bambi: thanks Merlyn cease: its like vancouver, only with more black people cease: a pot friendly metropolis Merlyn: anyway, FT passed (I think it might be because Bergman, at least, really does political campaigning and this may have run afoul of election laws) Boney: Is American Theocracy by Kevin Phillips an appropriate Mother's Day gift, Bamb? Maybe if your mother is Arianna Huffington Tweenbert Souseé: I love The Onion and Ironic Times. Makes my day. Bambi: Bubba's Brain will not be here tonight ... he said he would explain when he returns. Merlyn: afoul if you also do political campaigning, that is cease: makes sense, merl llanwydd: that actually sounds good, cat cease: didint he work for the new la mayor? Bambi: LOL Merlyn: anyway, me & doc and the shockwave radio guys wanted to go in for it, but the bidding got too high Mudhead: is it still for sale? Tweenbert Souseé: Road Trip! Merlyn: I went up to $750, but it went for $2000 to some guy in Poland Dexter Fong: Shotgun!!] ||||||||| Catherwood enters with doctec close behind, grumbles something about disrupting his 9:30 PM tree-stunting plans, and rushes off to the sitting room. Mudhead: well, lets just make up a new one Merlyn: I have no idea why he thinks it's worth $2000, he owns http://www.realmedia.pl/ and it only says "hello world" Tweenbert Souseé: Lo dere, Doc... Dexter Fong: Hey Doc Tee cease: and speaking of doc Bambi: hey doc! Mudhead: hiya doc ||||||||| Catherwood stumbles in and pipes up "Presenting 'stephenfosterklok', just granted probation at 9:30 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Tweenbert Souseé: A faux C-code web site? Merlyn: we can, mudhead, but we can't pretend to be talonnews.com... llanwydd: howdy, doc! Warpo: TY JL and ALL gotta run... will be listening doctec: i am not at all surprised the bidding war took the price as high as it did Bambi: hey Klok! Tweenbert Souseé: It's Mr. Foster freeze... Mudhead: Im hoping top bring a new deer friend tonite Bambi: see ya later Warp! cease: klok Dexter Fong: SFK????? Mudhead: her name is Nancy Merlyn: Now talonnews.com is just a generic 'under construction' - I emailed the guy who bought it, but no reply (and I know he knows English) Boney: Isn't it ironic how the Philip Agee fans are so righteously indignant about the Plame scandal? cease: by warpo stephenfosterklok: hey, everyone llanwydd: hey, klok! doctec: they probably think it will be of even greater value to someone else stephenfosterklok: nite warp Boney: the CIA has friends it never knew it had before Bambi: cool mudhead ... the more the merrier! Mudhead: how bout Falcon News? Raven News? doctec: and they'll sit on it until someone is willing to pay even more for it doctec: talonnewz.com cease: speaking of the cia, i just finished Confessions of an Economic Hitman cease: highly reccommended Tweenbert Souseé: TV was way ahead of its time. Good prognosticator. Dexter Fong: Phil Agee related to Tommy Agee? Merlyn: yeah, but I don't think that'll happen, doc, it's too current Tweenbert Souseé: Say goodbye to your requests... Tweenbert Souseé: Pretty good, Cat? I've heard of it. cease: outstanding Dexter Fong: Tween: Do I get a last request??? doctec: well i'm willingto bet the guy who landed talonnews.com is gambling that someone will pay him more than he paid for it - whether someone will do that or not is an open question Boney: yeah, I've started going after the left. Because I think that the Bushies and neocons have lost. I'm always against The Power, no matter who or what The Power may be. cease: things are so much worse than we've been led to belive by even the wildest conspiracy theorists Mudhead: just a cig and a blinded fold Tweenbert Souseé: What we did in SA is going to haunt us. Pales to the current situation, of course. Merlyn: that's what I think doc - he owns www.realmedia.pl and does nothing with it Tweenbert Souseé: Mud beat me to it lol... Dexter Fong: Boney!!Right on er a um Left on!! Mudhead: I'll stop beating you Tweenbert Souseé: I'll have to put it on the list Cat. Thranks... Mudhead: unless you like it Mudhead: then I'll charge ya for it cease: i bought it in LAX, read most of it on flight here Boney: However, I will complete my sweaty prison novel about "Duke" Cunningham. Top Gun's Naked Leather Holster Dexter Fong: The Duke of Oil cease: this is funny cease: good idea, pills Tweenbert Souseé: The local library system has 18 copies. Yeah Austin :) Mudhead: lol Boney: hound dog poon tang tree frog. I's white! Dexter Fong: 18 copies of the Duke of Oil?? cease: we take drugs seriously at our house reminds me of a hunter thompson line cease: he was in vancouver in the mid 70s and the tv interviewer asked him what he'd been doing recently. cease: "drugs" hunter asnwered Bambi: better borrow it before they start fingerprinting you when you take out library books tween Tweenbert Souseé: No, but you could probably hear it in one of the local clubs. Lots of 50's/60's retro here, including cars. Dexter Fong: ...and hullubalootions Dexter Fong: Tween wasn't The Cars a late 70's-80's group? Tweenbert Souseé: Hunter's stuff is great. And what a way to go, ordinancely-speaking. cease: my shirona? cease: on the franken show, it' cease: it's My Sirota Dexter Fong: She's everyones "Shaarona" Tweenbert Souseé: Loved The Cars as well. Since Your're Gone... doctec: the cars were an early-to-mid 80s group Bambi: next they'll start suggesting fingerprinting for making phone calls and mailing letters Dexter Fong: Thank you Doctor Dexter Fong: Fingerprint your Doctor Tweenbert Souseé: Bambi doesn't have her implant yet. I'm telling... doctec: the cars are touring this year (albeit without ocasek, rundgren taking his place) Mudhead: im not using the phone any longer, going back to two cans and a string Dexter Fong: Utopian Cars...all electric doctec: they will be doing mostly cars tunes and some utopia tunes as well
Bambi says maybe I shouldn't give them any ideas! Tweenbert Souseé: I'd love to catch them. Bet it's a great band. stephenfosterklok: they already tap all the coin phones and video as many as they can to get the license plates Tweenbert Souseé: LOL Bambi... ||||||||| Bunnyboy steals in around 9:41 PM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." Bunnyboy: lo dere Dexter Fong: KLok: Don't where your license plate when you make a public call cease: hi bunny Boney: Karl Rove is Al Franken's punk ass bitch Bunnyboy: Let's just take a look inside your fabulous New Cars. Bambi: hey Bunny! Mudhead: theyll be tappin the string tho soon Tweenbert Souseé: It's Grandmaster B... Dexter Fong: Laugh Out dere cease: hows it bunnying? Dexter Fong: I want them to tap out Bunnyboy: One other former member of Utopia is in the New Cars. stephenfosterklok: they've got your number, Dex Bunnyboy: It hops, it's hip! doctec: bb: yes, i forgot that - kasim sultan maybe? Dexter Fong: The Hummer, Background type stephenfosterklok: apparently, they have everybody's number Tweenbert Souseé: The new revealations about BILLIONS of phone conversations being monitored are going to raise a real stink. cease: you think so, tween? stephenfosterklok: wow, the lights must be on late in E. Europe and Russia as the hackers work on getting that database! Tweenbert Souseé: The drummer? Kassim or something like that? Dexter Fong: Revelations - Revolutions Bunnyboy: U.S. Gov O.K. Boney: the return of Admiral Poindexter... Total Information Awareness Bunnyboy: Cable One Day doctec: supposedly, the phones were not tapped - they just have the records of all the phone calls made (dialing and receiving numbers) cease: lol klok Bunnyboy: Ets 2 Bambi: well, they can listen all they want ... all they'll get is modem tones LOL Tweenbert Souseé: I'll be intererested to see Congress' reaction. Tweenbert Souseé: (if there is one) Dexter Fong: T'nA? Bunnyboy: doc: Kasim it is, yes. stephenfosterklok: doc -- you actually believe them? Boney: It's aggregate data... But they can tap any phone call at will. So what else is new? doctec: bb: thanks. btw, how many of the sctv vols do you own now? stephenfosterklok: Doc -- If so, I have a whole bunch of Iraqi WMDs I can sell you, cheap cease: i liked what oliphant said on franken this morning about that Bambi: really ticks me off really ... just trying to be silly cease: let's say you pick up the phone and call your friend, "Hi, Jack" Tweenbert Souseé: LOL Cat... stephenfosterklok: Cat -- you mean Jack Philby? Dexter Fong: Highjack?? Bambi: LOL Cat! cease: oliphan'ts joke Boney: I don't know Jack. doctec: sfk: i can't imagine any technology exists that would allow them to tap and monitor every single f*****g phone call placed on every f*****g phone for even a single day - speech recognition hasn't gotten that fast enough that even the fastest supercomputer or a whole f*****g bank of them could handle that volume of info cease: but the NSA does, or will soon enough
stephenfosterklok never knew Jack Bunnyboy: doc: I gots all the NBC-era volumes, which is all Shout! Factory has released so far. I also have their one-size-fits-all Christmas double feature. Tweenbert Souseé: Believe they're working on it, Doc. Boney: Look, Jack doesn't like me. So I never had the chance to get to know him. stephenfosterklok: doctec -- can you say "F-117"? Bunnyboy: Supposedly, there will be volumes of the earlier syndicated stuff, and the Cinemax series, as well. doctec: of course they're working on it - but they ain't there yet, and i can't imagine they will be for a number of years Dexter Fong: ..and by then doctec: bb: why is vol 4 so much more expensive than the others, and why is the xmas show sold as a separate dvd? Dexter Fong: ...the oceans will have risen and flooded all their equipment stephenfosterklok: doctec -- I didn't say they could analyze it cease: this si the song from Tile it LIke it Is Tweenbert Souseé: I rather have something like Big Blue working on weather forecasts ;) Boney: However, it should be noted that Jack is a Firesign Theatre fan and a Zappa fan. Tweenbert Souseé: Considering the recent storms here, we're in for a doozie of a hurricane season. Bunnyboy: doc: Lemme check it out... Dexter Fong: Tile It Like it is ? = Reality redecorating show?? Bambi: they don't need to Boney...all phone systems are on computers now .. not just VoIP ... they really could just use computers to do it....like Cat was intimating with the Hi, Jack .. thing. stephenfosterklok: kind of like Britain, with video cameras all over the place and some fat cop dozing off while some thug beats someone to death on their doorstep. Later the next day, of course, they can get a fuzzy picture off the videotape... doctec: bb: i read on http://www.sctvguide.ca/ this week that sales of vol 4 are soft, they may not release any more after vol 4 Boney: Sorry... Too much information about Jack Tweenbert Souseé: I love it when Homeland Security gives a small town somewhere in Montana a huge budget to put up cameras on every corner. ||||||||| It's 9:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Warpo - dead from dengue fever ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Boney: Aggregate data is used to detect patterns. Like I said before, this is what Admiral Poindexter (love that name) wanted to do... Total Information Awareness... Remember that? Dexter Fong: Tween: That's their fifteen minutes of fame stephenfosterklok: actually, Wikipedia has a great bio of Jack, better than I've seen online before Tweenbert Souseé: For all 2000 people, Dex. Dexter Fong: Tween: Cheaper than hiring extras Bunnyboy: doc: Ah, that's it. Vol. 4 is a 6 disc set, instead of a 5 disc set. cease: does anyoone here have fred's new book? doctec: bb: ok, makes more sense now Bunnyboy: And there are 12 episodes instead of the other volumes' benchmark of 9. cease: i was surpirsed to hear proc plugging it on maron Bambi: Yes, TIA ... and now they are pushing TCPA for storage security ... it won't be long now ... the frog will be dead. Tweenbert Souseé: Oh yeah, Boney. I want North and Poindexter to be in charge of natioal security. Hey who says you can't lie to Congress and sell weapons to the Iranians? Boney:http://www.epic.org/privacy/profiling/tia/ stephenfosterklok: Poindexter was scary enough in Iran-Contra. I like how the neo-cons put these jokers on ice like Lenin or something until they get into power again, and wheel them back out Bunnyboy: As to the Xmas volume, both episodes are also found on the season sets. doctec: bb: as to my other question: why is the xmas show on a separate disc? is it not also included on one of the four main volumes? doctec: oh - asked and answered doctec: thanks! Bunnyboy: It's just nice to have them isolated, back to back. Oh, yesssss... stephenfosterklok: They are always so surprised when they power them back up and they take about 2 steps and fall over again, like putting them out of circulation for 20 years erases all their problems somehow Boney: Negroponte is in charge, Tween. Tweenbert Souseé: And add Negroponte to the list. You're do'in a great job in Iraq, Johnnie-boy... Boney: I wish Commandante Baldy would arrive on the wings of a duck stephenfosterklok: everone see the NYT op-ed on the latest fun -- Ag. Dept. told to push Iraqi reconstruction success in their presentations to farmers... Dexter Fong: He's a quack doctec: back in a few mins
Bambi hums on the wings of a duck... Tweenbert Souseé: Insert here... Boney: Negroponte has more power than the Hoove did cease: a power that can only be used for good or evil Bambi: oh, wait that was a dove, wasn't it? silly me...
Dexter Fong settles for a little goose stephenfosterklok: hi clem! Tweenbert Souseé: A wackie bunch, to be sure. It'll only take a few decades to undo the damage. Bunnyboy: If there's more than one knuckle, it ain't little.
Bambi waves to Clem! great job! :-) Tweenbert Souseé: And now Shrub is saying that Jeb would make a great President. Bambi: enjoying the show as always Clem! Dexter Fong: Clem: It is just maybe my favorite of all albums cease: austins love of cars again stephenfosterklok: Bambi -- can't you just shout up the staircase? ||||||||| Catherwood walks up and intones "Presenting 'Hemlock Stones', just granted probation at 9:56 PM", then leaves hurriedly. Bunnyboy: lo Hemmie! Hemlock Stones: Greetings folks Tweenbert Souseé: Phil is one versatile guy (as are they all). Can't believe all the characters he comes up with on this one. Boney: Negroponte "is considered a controversial figure by some because of his involvement in the covert funding of the Contras and the coverup of human rights abuses carried out by CIA-trained operatives in Honduras in the 1980s." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Negroponte stephenfosterklok: Hi, Hemlock! Dexter Fong: 'eh matey! How's your mum? Hows your auto insurance Tweenbert Souseé: Hail and well met, Englishperson.
Bambi says there are no candidates so far for any side ... unfortunately Merlyn: what's controversial? He's scum Boney: The guy has more power than Dulles Bambi: hey Stones! stephenfosterklok: Hemlock -- We are just beginning Roller Maidens Bunnyboy: All props to the late Richard Paul, who puts in a sterling Ozzie Nelson impersonation on this album. Tweenbert Souseé: They'll probably wait for the dust to settle from this Fall's elections, Bambi. Merlyn:From Outer Space doctec: god is clearly on vacation cease: stones Hemlock Stones: Roller Maidens is one of my faves and that of an old friend no longer with us, we used to know it by heart llanwydd: has negroponte actually been there that long? stephenfosterklok: yeah, Negroponte ought to be squirming as Daniel Ortega seems poised to reappear in Nicaragua Bunnyboy: And fitful Tweeny and Shortstop on Ossman's HOW TIME FLYS. Boney: It's controversial that he's been given oversight of U.S. intelligence Merlyn: an impersonation of Sterling Holloway doing Ozzie Nelson? stephenfosterklok: maybe he can send four more nuns down there to fight him... Boney: No one should have that much power, much less Negroponte. doctec: sfk: lol - good one! Tweenbert Souseé: SA is really out of control, at least as the neo-cons are concerned. Tweenbert Souseé: If only that were funny, Klok. Truly ironic, though. Bunnyboy: brb...chattering with muh mate. doctec: comedy = tragedy + time Tweenbert Souseé: "The price of vigilance is eternal irony". - Paul Krassner Dexter Fong: It'll all be alright as soon as the "Da Vinci Code" opens Merlyn: that mean tragedy = comedy - time doctec: dex: yeah that'll set 'em all straight cease: soupark had a great episode about that, doc cease: the aids episode Mudhead: sorry folkz, still bein beat up by my programmer ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 10 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. stephenfosterklok: I was just reading a long analysis of the C-295 EADS sale to Venezuela in Defense Industry Daily. What a can of worms for Spain and the US. Same site, Norway is getting antsy about the same tech transfer regs and may end up not buying F-35s. If the neo-cons persist, they'll succeed in killing the F-35 doctec: merl: i'm not sure it's adversely proportional Boney: He's probably more worried about Fidel Castro and Cesar Chavez... And Brazil and Mexico and much of the rest of South America Tweenbert Souseé: C'mon... shew yerself... Great faux Kristofferson Merlyn: time = comedy - tragedy? Boney: Where is Commandante Baldy when we need him? stephenfosterklok: Cesar Chavez is dead cease: in more ways than one, klok Merlyn: nowadays people will do anything for a tankful doctec: cat: i am just getting around to catching up on a lot of southparks i've missed the last 2-3 yrs ... i haven't seen that one yet but knowing comedy central, i will see it again for the first time soon! Boney: Hugo doctec: i'm very tankful these days Dexter Fong: tragedy/perspective = comedy Tweenbert Souseé: We have a street named for CEzar in Austin. Probably not all that unusual in the Southwest. cease: you and the us army doctec: 2 + 2 = 5, for extremely large values of 2 llanwydd: chavez is dead, klok? Dexter Fong: doc: lol ||||||||| Catherwood steals into the room, and intones "Announcing 'principalpoop', also known as 'Nancy' -- the time is 10:03 PM" -- then he slowly retires back into the vestibule... Bambi: I'm short on tanks LOL llanwydd: hey pp! Bambi: hi princep! Dexter Fong: Triple P Tweenbert Souseé: We had a guy here who had a great scam going for a while. He'd offer to powerwash gas stations and steal hundreds of gallons of gas at a time. doctec: hey pp principalpoop: even ing Hemlock Stones: HI PP Tweenbert Souseé: Evenin' P... principalpoop: dreamin the same dream cease: freely doctec: love this graphic - http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2006/05/10/washington/20060510_POLL_GRAPHIC.html Merlyn: AFK for a bit... stephenfosterklok:Cesar Chavez is dead. Hugo Chavez is alive and well and profiled in The Observer last Sunday: http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,1769146,00.html Bambi: at nearly $3/gal ... I only put in about $10 today that should get me around the block a few times in the Honda Dexter Fong: afk for refill Boney: China made a deal to drill for oil offshore Cuba? I think so. doctec: $10 of gas gets your jaguar out of the driveway Bambi: oh, and it was 'fortified' with ethanol at that price Tweenbert Souseé: Willie's biodiesel is $2.78. Makes me want a diesel wagon in the near future. llanwydd: did caeasar chavez really die? doctec: tween: yeah but your car smells like french fries Tweenbert Souseé: Yeah, I'd love to own an XJS-12 these days, LOL stephenfosterklok: doctec -- ROFL stephenfosterklok: doctec -- I missed that graphic Bambi: pretty bad when you have to pay full 'gas' rates for ethanol 'fortified' fuel Tweenbert Souseé: Mr. Chavez has passed, but his legacy lives on. doctec: it was in this sunday's times - robotwisdom.com has the link today Boney: a 1964 Chrysler Newport? Bambi: good one doc LOL Tweenbert Souseé: Great graphic... ||||||||| Dave sashays in at 10:07 PM carrying an obsidian door knocker. Tweenbert Souseé: Convertable, Bone... Dave: hello all llanwydd: I will forever remember chavez by grapes doctec: hey dave Hemlock Stones: hi Dave llanwydd: Hey Dave! Tweenbert Souseé: I can't let you do that, Dave... Boney: Convertable to what? principalpoop: nice knocker dave Bambi: hi Dave! Tweenbert Souseé: So how's Denver treatin' ya, Dave? Boney: You could roll up the windows and use it as a small greenhouse Hemlock Stones: knockers come in pairs PP Bambi: give that obsidian knocker back right now ... I mean it LOL! Boney: you could open the hood, remove the engine and put a wading pool for baby ducks in there principalpoop: a mixture of meatloaf and the song about driving to drinking with the lincoln Tweenbert Souseé: I love the mid-60's convertables. My family had a 66 Chrysler Town and Country. Freakin' tank. Dave: we is having difficulties, the page doesn't refresh when I send messages it seems Dexter Fong: Just got your last msg Dave Tweenbert Souseé: Done anything to the HTML code, Merl? principalpoop: you need to tap enter after you finish typing Dave: just trivialities, I'll be slower than this having to refresh manually when I send something Tweenbert Souseé: P is so helpful LOL principalpoop: should I type faster dave? Bambi: that would likely be a IE thing thanks to Eolas patent thing ... hit enter twice if using IE Dexter Fong: wake up cat Dave: oh dear, the text lines are fucked somehow, I don't want to sound like I'm complaining, just saying Tweenbert Souseé: Lil' Deer to the rescue... principalpoop: that is us dave, we are fucked up, relax Dexter Fong: Dave try to refresh the page cease: i am very sleepy today stephenfosterklok: afk to fress cease: hard to stay awake principalpoop: I just had a nap llanwydd: got mail. brb Dexter Fong: Fress Bubalal, fress doctec: if you have having problems with this chat, aks for help from the magic 8 ball - http://www.joyandbobby.com/8ball/index.html principalpoop: still in the dream Tweenbert Souseé: Had one of those sleepy joe sandwiches at Mernoches, eh Cat? cease: that must be it, tween doctec: et two bruno? Bambi: LOL Tween ... I am just guessing but I have hated using IE even more since they complied with the Eolas patent thing...glad I rarely open it LOL Dave: no I don't think it's an ie thing Bambi cause Brian had this in the code...until tonight, Brian's probably going nutx cause I showed up, and it may look great visually, but it's hard to read right now, the text line amount is not the 4 or 5 it used to be Tweenbert Souseé: IE doesn't support the Mac anymore. Aw, shucks ;) principalpoop: somebody playing with fonts or something? Tweenbert Souseé: Can't you use Firefox, Dave? Merlyn: Dave, are you sure you have manual refesh on? My test chat doesn't show the notice if it's manual Bambi: ah, ok Dave ... oh, well ... and Merlyn was away for abit Tweenbert Souseé: Wicked fast rendering engine compared to IE. doctec: get firefox at http://www.mozilla.com Boney: open the trunk and put a planter willed with salvia. http://www.sito.org/cgi-bin/gridcosm/gridcosm?level=2562 Boney: slippage Dave: I don't have firefox, the screen reader supports it, I just haven't had time to learn it so I've stuck with IE Bambi: ah, there's the Wizard now :-) Dexter Fong: Kill it and eat it!! Merlyn: Dave, what changed on your end? Different browser? OS? Tweenbert Souseé: Worth the change, Dave. Much better features.
Bambi whistles and says Windows Updates maybe? Tweenbert Souseé: They give you a brick to throw, Bambi? Dave: nothing changed on my end, it's the online/cni frame that's different, also the lack of refresh when I press enter to send messages, and the lines of text are far greater than they were, there are a good...10 to 11 lines of chat history as compared to 5 or 6 at a time
Dexter Fong whistles the wedding March from Lohengrin and looks around for the food Boney: Camino here. principalpoop: the mexican guy from chips? Dave: that's true, my computer does do the update thing automatically so I have no idea what could have been slapped on there Boney: The browser, not the car Dexter Fong: BONEY : keep Camino Real Merlyn: Dave, you aren't using manual refresh - your refresh rate is 1, which is wrong Tweenbert Souseé: Had an '82, Bone, with a 305 and 4 on the floor. Really sorry I parted with it. Dave: also the "send" button is gone, not essentual but good for orientation as to where I am Merlyn: and you're getting 10 lines of output because that's what numlines is principalpoop: change that refresh rate to, ahh something other value Boney: Or you could close the trunk of the '64 Newport and grow truffles in there. Tweenbert Souseé: Whoa. Serious malfunctioning there, Dave.
Dexter Fong shuffles through the truffles Merlyn: Dave, log out and back in again - if you use a bookmark, it must've gotten messed up principalpoop: was dylan at the 64' newport? Dave: I put it on manual, and never changed the text lines, the reader tells me that the refresh is blocked Tweenbert Souseé: You could sleep 5 in one of those trunks. Dexter Fong: Poop: Yes ||||||||| "Hey Dave!" ... Dave turns, and sees Bradshaw approching with the handcuffs, and is dragged away, screaming "it's only 10:19 PM, I don't have to go yet!"... Tweenbert Souseé: Or 3 Dylans. Boney: Put five piglets in there and let them eat the truffles Dexter Fong: Poor Dave, how humiliating Dexter Fong: ...and his watch is fast too Tweenbert Souseé: Just finished watching Wall Street again. What a great movie, speaking of being dragged off in handcuffs. principalpoop: truffles are mushrooms without the magic doctec: back in a few minutes ||||||||| Gusts of wind blow in from outside and the thumpa-thumpa-thumpa of helicopter blades is heard as Happy Panditt's chopper lands on the lawn and Dave disembarks at 10:21 PM. Boney: Ducklings, piglets... What barnyard animal could withstand the greenhouse? Dexter Fong: I was dragged off in handcuffs...cost me 300 dollars....woprth every cent Dave: ah weird, really really weird Dexter Fong: Welcome back Dave Boney: If you're a pig, truffles are magic principalpoop: that usually happens dave Merlyn: OK, now you're manual Dave: really really fucking weird! works fine now principalpoop: thumpa-thumpa-thumpa Dexter Fong: Piglet and the magic Truffles principalpoop: glad to hear it Dave: sorry for the confusion, you may now return to your irregularly disgruntled programming ah,clem: ... Tweenbert Souseé: You were at the Mustang Ranch, Dex? Dave: brb Dexter Fong: LOL Dave Boney: Frenchman Jean Piglet stephenfosterklok: tweeny -- I get the feeling now like I got in '73, listening to the Watergate hearings. Sounds like there are a whole bunch of shoes (and handcuffs) about to drop Dave: god that was weird! weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeird! principalpoop: all you need was to bitch-slap IE into submission, you are becoming a republican pimp dave Dexter Fong: Yeah Tween, fine bunch a young fillies there Boney: Jean-Paul Piglet... the psychologist or philosopher... something like that stephenfosterklok: TPM last night said Duke in poor health, so 8 years looks like a lot at his age stephenfosterklok: but he's keeping mum Merlyn: this bit is weird too Boney: from Champigny cease: yes that was on maddow this morning Dexter Fong: A shwein hund!! cease: for duke, every day is mum's day stephenfosterklok: only thing I can figure is that he expects a P-A-R-D-O-N on 19 Jan 2009 Dexter Fong: Schwine Hunds on the Meadow principalpoop: be nice to the NSA tonight, make sense please Boney: Vente et location de voiturettes de golf. Présentation de la gamme. stephenfosterklok: what is interesting is that it is looking like the guy he expects to be there is looking like a long shot to finish the term Dexter Fong: Boney< El Pato Tweenbert Souseé: I have a gamme leg. I have to use a golf cart. Bambi: Stones, Bunny, llandwydd and Mudhead ... you are fading ;-) Merlyn: my horse has a back gamme leg Dexter Fong: Tween: After the clubhouse go to the supremecourt principalpoop: like the witch melting in wizard of oz Boney: Vente et location de voiturettes de golf. Présentation de la gamme. cease: isnt that house clubbed yet? Hemlock Stones: TY Bambi was reading ..... i just got this "FACT trains sniffer dogs to locate DVDs" stephenfosterklok: take this, NSA: alert wishbone function necessary barter illuminate griffon substitute carton elude Tweenbert Souseé: Austin does great country tunes. Did he grow up in LA? Dexter Fong: Bambi: More time for us to talk =)))) cease: fresno Dexter Fong: Tween: Bakersfild stephenfosterklok: wasn't he the one from Goshen? Bambi: LOL cease: thats proc principalpoop: freshsi cease: but proc grew up in nyc Merlyn: sniffer dogs wait for the DVD release Dexter Fong: Right near me Hemlock Stones:http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/7543.cfm Tweenbert Souseé: Thus his penchant for live theater, eh Cat? cease: perhaps Dexter Fong: lol cat Hemlock Stones: maybe i should get one for next time i go to Blockbuster Dexter Fong: I love this part of the record - "When Girls Collide" cease: proc is the most actory of the lads principalpoop: penchant, truffles, pigs, golf, tango, victor, frankenstein Dave: I'm gonna teach my dog to find pretty girls, get a playboy pic and tell him to follow it, or "find the supermodel sparky" Dexter Fong: Cat: Those little guys are always more active ||||||||| It's 10:30 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| llanwydd - dead from the common cold ||||||||| Mudhead - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... Boney: Looking forward to the hearings, klok. I'm hoping that Commandante Baldy will return to Pacifica to cover the story. As for former Rep. "Duke" Cunningham... I'm back to work on Top Gun's Naked Leather Holster. Adios. cease: good idea, dave principalpoop: you have a dog dave? Merlyn: Here's a line from an actual BBC news report: "Egyptian society is witnessing a huge explosion in demand for fatwas." Dexter Fong: Adios Boney..see yah 'round round-up time Dave: not yet pp, end of July Merlyn:http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/4751319.stm ||||||||| 10:31 PM -- Boney left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Hemlock Stones: Dave, if its a supermodel all you do is hide and make a sound like money principalpoop: oh ok, cool cease: boney Bambi: there they go .... Bambi: night Boney Dexter Fong: Merl": Egyptians are starting to where those too-big clothes? Merlyn: I think that would be "Fatwares" Hemlock Stones: wfe have a deputy prime minister who's a fatarse, does he count ? Dexter Fong: Hah! Speaj a little unbeliever language ||||||||| Catherwood stomps in at 10:33 PM, dragging Mark Time by one leg and asks "Can anyone vouch for this Yahoo ™?" Dexter Fong: Come out into the desert and sample my dry goods
Merlyn raises his hand principalpoop: ahhh mark time Mark Time: good evening all! Hemlock Stones: hi Mark Bambi: hi MT Merlyn: I vouched for you (but it was only a luncheon voucher) Dexter Fong: Mark you, Mark has aarrived Mark Time: hi Bambi...and the rest of you holagans! principalpoop: my brain is stuck in first gear, transmission is shot, like a 64 newport Dexter Fong: Merl: What would you give for a pack of camels Bambi: LOL principalpoop: h o double L a g a n spells hollagan Dexter Fong: Yah Hump!! cease: mark Mark Time: hey cease... Dexter Fong: There ain't no bactrerians on me doctec: mt Dexter Fong: Phil up Hemlock Stones: can see where they have been though Dexter principalpoop: emmett the barber doctec: hoo liggan, chinese troublemaker Bambi: probably should try some of those Marboro's for sure then princep ... those Newport's'll kill ya ;-) principalpoop: yes they do bambi, I cough blood when I smoke newports doctec: i once walked a camel for a mile
Bambi waves to Clem! doctec: how he got in my pajamas i don't know principalpoop: should have ridden him Mark Time: just got onto CNI...this is crazy stuff! principalpoop: I concur mark time Dexter Fong: Did you buy your PJs from Dromadarys are Us? Merlyn: I walked a mile for some calomel - it was in mexico doctec: shoulda taken an aspirin ||||||||| Dave says "Catherwood, call me a cab." After the obvious joke, Dave exits at 10:38 PM.
Bambi smiles Tweenbert Souseé: Roller Maidens from Outer Space, bro. Dexter Fong: I walked a mile for some Chamomille and spread poison ivy all over the neightborhood principalpoop: bambi waving and smiling, anything we should know bambi? Mark Time: hey Tweeney... Dexter Fong: Tween: Ship Aground, Cast anchor Hemlock Stones: Thanks for Roller Maidens Clem principalpoop: ahh, clem cease: allof firesign could be called complex diversity principalpoop: complex diverse titty Dexter Fong: Muchas Gracias ah, Clemmo Tweenbert Souseé: Yo Madison... Dexter Fong: Deviant! Mark Time: hey Austin! stephenfosterklok: clem is a deviant! principalpoop: ahh, clem is deviate, but not insane Bambi: hey we had green sky earlier with thunderstorms and tornado watch ... thankfully all was well and past by show time Tweenbert Souseé: Devious, perhaps... Dexter Fong: On Wisconsin! Mark Time: his deviation is normal or err standard... cease: sounds ike an actual record stephenfosterklok: he's a three-sigma person... cease: sounds like martian space party/no insane principalpoop: on dasher and pretzel and fritos doctec: diverse complexity Dexter Fong: Martian SPACE Party? Merlyn: green sky at night, sailors be fright Dexter Fong: Martian Space Party! cease: thats where this is from i think principalpoop: standby 30 seconds Dexter Fong: Cat: Or Not Insane, the Record Tweenbert Souseé: Not Insane (or anything you want to) Dexter Fong: Iwant to handcuff everyone cease: yes but not insane is taken from space party doctec: yes this is intro to not insane album (msp) Bunnyboy: NOT INSANE! Bunnyboy: lo agin Dexter Fong: Cat: Yes... Bambi: digitized record at the very least ;-) doctec: the dexter prawn / hideo wallbanger bit came from the 'let's eat' series Dexter Fong: Bambi: SAomebody's put their fingers on it doctec: dope humor of the '70s Bunnyboy: The President arrested Ralph. Bunnyboy: My dog Storm. cease: right doctec: "radio prison" principalpoop: eating the frosting off the cake Dexter Fong: Prawn Indeed!! Bunnyboy: He's not for sale. Bunnyboy: THIS IS WALTER, THIS IS WALTER Hemlock Stones: everything else is Dexter Fong: Woal-Tor, father of Superman cease: this "play" had many incarnations principalpoop: i can be bought Dexter Fong: PPP: The bring it brother! stephenfosterklok: was he related to TOR-robot? Bunnyboy: I remember Proctor and Bergman's PBS rendition of the Shakespeare section, years ago. cease: founder of toronto? Dexter Fong: He was the illegitimate modification of Tobor principalpoop: bring what? succotash cease: that show they did in the mid 70s, bun? Bunnyboy: "...and no one's left to write an ending to this WRETCHED play." doctec:http://web.archive.org/web/20010124032800/http://www.sdigital.com/intech/martian.html Hemlock Stones: maybe this is where the Reduced Shakespeare Company go their scripts principalpoop: rendition is illegal Dexter Fong: Cat: Toronto was founded by Tonto and thor stephenfosterklok: cat -- I thought that was the Lone Ranger's sidekick who did that Dexter Fong: You kick me in my side again, Tonto, I'll shoot you with a silver bullet and make you a weir-wolf Bunnyboy: I seem to remember P & B's PBS show coincided with their Mercury release, GIVE US A BREAK, round about 1978. Dexter Fong: ..doomed to walk the docs by night stephenfosterklok: Dex -- wasn't he a PA on Master and Commander...? doctec: he's not ... for sale Hemlock Stones: Office is open late Dexter Bunnyboy: I distinctly remember the Sermon on the Mount sketch being used in that special. Bambi: just in time for the Betamax ruling in 78? Dexter Fong: The Beto of Max Headroom was grteat Dexter Fong: Beta/great Dexter Fong: afk for ... doctec: i recorded that first max headroom off of cinemax on a beta tape i still have somewhere... principalpoop: shoot the echoman Bambi: max headroom was great stephenfosterklok: mmmm Amanda Pays.... Bunnyboy: Does anybody know if the "whizzing doppler" during the Gary Firesign section were added in during the album mix, or were they performed live? Hemlock Stones: was ahead of its time Bambi for sure principalpoop: I am too old doctec: oh yeah baby - amanda was the schiznit Bunnyboy: oops doppler effects, that is. Merlyn: 20 minutes ahead Bambi: and beta could have been so much better in the long run than vhs, but they killed it before it could become a shadow of it's former self. ;-) principalpoop: don't call me an A head Bunnyboy: i.e. "The President sDaidSaid move these demonsdemonsetc." Bambi: yes, Stones ... seems more prophetic than scifi now doctec:http://imdb.com/name/nm0005301/ (horrible thumbnail of amanda there - horrible!) Tweenbert Souseé: Sounds like something similar is going on with the DVD format, Bambi. Bambi: yes, I saw that Tween principalpoop: what happened to her lips? cease: they turned into flowers Bunnyboy: Peter Bergman is about the only performer I've ever heard us the expression "A-hole"...and repeatedly. Tweenbert Souseé: I saw them do this live in D.C. back in 1973. As far as I know, it's all live Bun, but they might have used tape queues. Don't know. Hemlock Stones: The FT boys were not just clever writers and actors, the production and mixing on their albums was exceptional, i still have the vinyl principalpoop: DWD was super, but never got off the ground stephenfosterklok: doctec -- check the photo gallery ;-) cease: not past tense, hemlock cease: they still write, act Tweenbert Souseé: No doubt, Stones. stephenfosterklok: doctec -- check the Vogue ad, if you can find it, in Google Images doctec: sfk: she has not aged that well... but it appears she's still with corbin bernsen - i thought they broke up a while back - maybe they got back together? principalpoop: corbin was in the movie with the 3 stones and the girl with orange hair stephenfosterklok: doctec -- WTF? She has four kids, looks great for her age Bunnyboy: Tween: Well, as an example, I've heard several of those Martian Space Party segments "dry", without the swoopers. I can only assume the sweetened other sections, as well. doctec: the fifth element
stephenfosterklok ponders how do you "age well"? principalpoop: neon? Hemlock Stones: the only person i have heard who could mix audio as good as FT was Lee Perry doctec: sfk: well, the imdb gallery pix do not do her justice imho cease: neet dex, klok stephenfosterklok: doctec -- that's what I'm going by... cease: or the lads doctec: hey, beauty is subjective anyway right? Bunnyboy: Quick, act like you're writing! cease: ossman turns 70 this year Dexter Fong: Bunny: While they recorded Space Party Live, I believe there was a lot of post production for both the Let's Eat release and for the Not Insane LP cease: proc has a line about aging on maron Mark Time: not fade away! doctec: ...can i write like i'm acting instead? cease: about going from being comics in the 60s to comics in their 60s principalpoop: the carlin skit about turning 70, hitting 60 Bunnyboy: Phil Silvers would have been 95 today. Dexter Fong: Keeper of the Eternal Flmae Bunny =) Bunnyboy: They just released a 50th anniversary Sgt Bilko DVD set. principalpoop: happy birthday phil cease: reminds me of an old proc ilnie abut the firesign making good money for 4 childish adults, but not enough for 4 adults with children doctec: bb: yeah, npr did an interview with the guy who put that bilko dvd together Bunnyboy: The intention is mightier than the word. doctec: daily show starts in 5 mins - i have to go down to the living room and wake her up - i'm checking out for the evening now - see y'all next week i hope - grid willing ||||||||| Catherwood enters the room, strikes a gong, and bellows "THE TIME IN NEW YORK IS 11 O'CLOCK", then silently exits. Dexter Fong: This has the bit that generated my Nick in it doctec: and please don't touch that dial. cease: ok doc, talk to you on weekend then Bunnyboy: nite doc! doctec: thanks cat - look fwd to it Tweenbert Souseé: Too bad they didn't cat on as well as Python, Cat. But thene again they're not quite as accessable. Dexter Fong: Night Doc, and best to Lili doctec: ttfn ttyl nytol (zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz...... ||||||||| "11:01 PM? I'm late!" exclaims doctec, who then dashes out through the french doors and down through the garden. Tweenbert Souseé: Bye Doc... cease: true, tween Hemlock Stones: see you next time Doc cease: speaking of night, it's stil light out here, but i'm falling asleep Dexter Fong: 60 cycles Bunnyboy: Dead Air cease: hopefully next week i'll be more awake cease: see some of you then. principalpoop: thanks, I thought I had gone deaf Bunnyboy: Enjoy Side 2, y'all. I gotta go feed the gang. ||||||||| cease rushes off, saying "11:02 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" stephenfosterklok: leaving, Cat? Dexter Fong: Night Cat, see you nest week principalpoop: have a good week cat stephenfosterklok: i guess so Bunnyboy: nite cat! principalpoop: hip hop bunny stephenfosterklok: dex - where was that promo from? Tweenbert Souseé: Yeah, me too, I afraid. Stuff to do before bedtime. Until last time, again, via con Grid (and don't forget to support Seein' Eye Radio :) Dexter Fong: Night Bunny ||||||||| At 11:03 PM, the lights go out! Rocky Rococo's voice pierces the inky darkness: "I've got you now, Tweenbert Souseé!" Shattering glass is heard, and then the lights come back on... Mark Time: good night all, been too short...be well Dexter Fong: Klock: What promo. tje Bergman bit? stephenfosterklok: nite Mark principalpoop: fast tween ||||||||| 11:03 PM -- Mark Time left for parts unknown.(Entry from Nick Danger's "Idiots I Have Been Paid To Follow"). Bambi: ... stephenfosterklok: Dex -- the "rock star" CNI promo just played principalpoop: dropping like flies Bambi: night Tweeny, Bunny and MT ah,clem: ... Bambi: I go for toast and they are flocking away LOL Dexter Fong: Klok: I presume B or JL produced it..the one with the little kid in it Bambi: drat Bunnyboy: We are toast, as well. stephenfosterklok: it's a way to avoid predators, Bambi Dexter Fong: How Rye ||||||||| Bunnyboy hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Bunnyboy?! It's 11:05 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" principalpoop: don't play that again soon ahhh, clem lol Bambi: didn't even get to say good bye before they left Bambi: lol stephenfosterklok: dex -- i thought Bambi said you had somethyng to do wit it principalpoop: what comes on at 11 est? Bambi: ah, well at least I got to say bye to Bunny before he left Dexter Fong: Bambi: Say goodbye after they leave, get half credit principalpoop: yes it is the thought that counts ah,clem: actually, it was produced by a friend and fellow cni listener, Tweak, the kid is this nephew I beleive Bambi: don't know ... don't watch commercial televisoin stephenfosterklok: dunno, Poop, 11 est isn't for another hour principalpoop: I don't either lol ||||||||| Outside, the 11:06 PM downtown bus from California pulls away, leaving Boney coughing in a cloud of diesel fumes. principalpoop: I used to know all 4 stations for the entire week lol Bambi: because of the reference to Ash I thought he did
Dexter Fong Claps Boney on the back, sets off another fit of coughing stephenfosterklok: showoff, you had four stations? principalpoop: what time is it catherwood? ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's 11:07 PM" principalpoop: 5, 6 on a good day Dexter Fong: Klok: Big deal, Mary has twelve stations stephenfosterklok: so Bambi, where did it come from? Boney: fit of coughing, my Don Imus impersonation. Bambi: night Boney principalpoop: washington dc Bambi: oh, wait Bambi: he's just getting back LOL principalpoop: careful with that lung Dexter Fong: Klok: But you'll have to wait until the "Da Vinci Code" comes out Bambi: Apparently Tweak recorded it of a nephew of his stephenfosterklok: get an iron one Dexter Fong: I got a woody, Klok stephenfosterklok: Dex -- is there something we should know; it's still in the closet? principalpoop: they can grow organs now, from your cells Dexter Fong: Klok: So is my old Tuxedo principalpoop: internal organs, be nice dexter Hemlock Stones: wont sound as good as my old Farfisa PP Dexter Fong: Ah.. internal organs...like the Hoff Kirche in Heidelsburg Dexter Fong: Germans discovered weather ios no good for organs principalpoop: I dated farfisa, or her sister nearlisa stephenfosterklok: Dex -- from the original Godzilla; that is what the Japanese Prefect called Raymond Burr in his first scene in the movie. It's translated into "he's stern" or something (some kind of sop to the Germans, I guess) stephenfosterklok: Dex -- didja see that church in Germany that's set up an organ to play a John Cage piece for 631 years? Dexter Fong: Klok Jah! Bambi: lol principalpoop: vunderbar Hemlock Stones: will the recording be available on DVD Klok ? Dexter Fong: Johann Cage uber Alles Church of the Impatient Bambi: does John Cage know he has to play that piece for 631 years? he may wish he'd never written it lol principalpoop: I like his brother nicholas and nephew animal cage Dexter Fong: Satones: IN Audiophile ambiance...600 years of room sound Hemlock Stones: does he play with his organ the way he does with his piano ?? stephenfosterklok: Hemlock -- in abbreviated form, yes, at least the first volume. Not sure if it'll be released on DVD, though, since you'll be able to call it up at will anywhere in the galaxy stephenfosterklok: Bambi -- he died several years ago to get out of that gig Dexter Fong: Stones: Did you ever hear his raylud on a Chromiun Switch? Dexter Fong: praylude Hemlock Stones: could be the biggest MP3 in the Universe Klok stephenfosterklok: I always thought that calling Burr "the iron one" was kinda funny... Bambi: yes, I figured he had ... most artists don't make it really big till after they die principalpoop: what number mp is blair? Dexter Fong: Klok: Yes, kinda Ironic Hemlock Stones: With Cage, i am often not sure what i have heard Dexter Hemlock Stones: MP 0 PP principalpoop: brass balls to make that pun fong Dexter Fong: Stones: If you put on the electronic collar, outlines of composition soon become evident principalpoop: zero? the conservatives must have been negative numbers Hemlock Stones: i already have one of them on my ankle, was hopin it was enough Dexter Fong: Brass Balls + Irony = Thermostat stephenfosterklok: Hemlock -- well, it's probably going to be like "The Messiah" where you get the version without all the recitatives Bambi: LOL! real album sounds ... including skipping lol Boney:http://tinyurl.com/zkumw Hemlock Stones: Blair is the man that put the Hole in Ass principalpoop: lool Bambi: brass? are you sure of that Dex? Dexter Fong: ollo Dexter Fong: Yes Bambi, A bi-metal strip is thermo sensitive stephenfosterklok: hey, we lost the Canadian tonight, so no more of their socialist "play canadian" crap. besides, Morrisette makes plenty moola already Hemlock Stones: and without the Handles Klok Bambi: lol Dexter Fong: my name ah.. principalpoop: wake up ahh, clem principalpoop: thanks Dexter Fong: Trusty Champagne Gong stephenfosterklok: Hemlock -- I never got a chance to listen to The Clash version. It was a $$ import double album and I was impoverished stephenfosterklok: they said it was gonna be cleansed of any dead white european influence, though principalpoop: I hope you are you poved now klok Merlyn: see ya next week, folx stephenfosterklok: poop -- no, all the tufted poovers left this AM, flew south stephenfosterklok: nite Merlyn ||||||||| Merlyn hurries out the back door as Mayor P'nisnose blasts through the front door holding a shotgun and shouting "Where's Merlyn?! It's 11:21 PM and my ballot boxes haven't been stuffed yet!" principalpoop: night m, get the orcs Bambi: it was sure nice to hear Roller Maidens earlier Bambi: haven't heard that in quite a while Bambi: wb Merlyn Bambi: woops principalpoop: the neked poovers stayed behind? shameless Bambi: night Merlyn principalpoop: woops is politcally incorrects bambi principalpoop: not insane papoon Boney: Merl... Big guy with a beard? Little House on the Prarie? A jock, announced NFL football games on NBC for awhile? stephenfosterklok: the performance of "Organ2/ASLSP," a version of the John Cage composition titled "As Slow as Possible." http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/06/arts/music/06chor.html?_r=1&oref=slogin Bambi: Thanks Clem! principalpoop: wait, catherwood used my time zone... ||||||||| Catherwood says "It's 11:24 PM" Hemlock Stones: where can i get the dub version of that Klok ? principalpoop: wow Bambi: if you get a chance to stop by Saturday night to listen to CNI Radio for the JimmyLee and Bambi Show and some more Firesign Theatre thereafter, it would be great to see ya there. http://www.cniradio.com principalpoop: that is him boney principalpoop: seemed a little light in his slippers ah,clem: good night everyone! Hemlock Stones: i usually catch your shows on Sunday Bambi Bambi: great to see you all tonight! principalpoop: thanks so much, have a super week Boney: klok, if Bergman covers the hearings next year, I hope that Pacifica will put his stuff on DVD for a fat premium Hemlock Stones: thanks again to Clem and Bambi Bambi: LOL, ok, on Sundays for those in the UK and beyond stephenfosterklok: nite poop stephenfosterklok: great show clem, Bambi stephenfosterklok: The piece, which began on Sept. 5, 2001, is not scheduled to end until 2640. But there will probably be a break after the first movement, which lasts a mere 71 years. Bambi: night princep principalpoop: click klok :D Hemlock Stones: yes lol Boney: scandal has never been so entertaining principalpoop: gngl Hemlock Stones: but what time does the bar close Klok ??? principalpoop: a mere 71 years? Bambi: that would be 7-10 PM, Saturday (ET) so others can work out their time zone :-) stephenfosterklok: Hemlock -- it's a variant of the 12-bar blues, so I think there's always one available stephenfosterklok: Bambi -- summer time Hemlock Stones: ah thats reassuring ty klok principalpoop: he could not have written a song that long, just it just say repeat this section for 60 years? Bambi: yes, summer time :-) stephenfosterklok: Poop -- "As Slow As Possible" is the key ||||||||| ah,clem rushes off, saying "11:28 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" Bambi: nice to have the summer back stephenfosterklok: They are going to change the current chord in 2008 sometime Bambi: much better than bitter cold winter principalpoop: wow, I might go to that Hemlock Stones: what key was it originally Klok A Rush principalpoop: 40s 80s 50s I am confused Boney: Reality calls... SO wants to go grocery shopping... Nite stephenfosterklok: Poop -- it started out with a rest, so they just turned the organ on and let it sit there for 20 months stephenfosterklok: nite Boney Hemlock Stones: good night Boney Bambi: night Boney Bambi: I am outa here too ... great to see you all! Boney: tell me if Baldy ever shows up stephenfosterklok: also: An Organ Recital for the Very, Very Patient http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/05/arts/music/05cage.html principalpoop: how long has it been going? Bambi: Nytol! stephenfosterklok: since 5 Sept. 2001
principalpoop hug bambi, night night stephenfosterklok: they changed the chord being played on 6 May Boney: Catherwood please hug Bambi ||||||||| Catherwood hugs bambi Hemlock Stones: i have to go now friends, have an excellent week and see you same time next show ||||||||| Boney leaves to catch the 11:31 PM train to Billville. Hemlock Stones: good night all stephenfosterklok: nite Hemlock principalpoop: same to you stones, and sanchez too Hemlock Stones: ty PP will pass words to Honey Hemlock Stones: gnite ||||||||| Hemlock Stones rushes off, saying "11:32 PM? Mark Time is almost on! Where's a radio?" principalpoop: cheerio old what principalpoop: the plot thins Dexter Fong: sorry, wife arrived home just a few principalpoop: I like jean-luc ponti, he goes flying like cage also principalpoop: wb fong Dexter Fong: Night Hem, and the others who have left principalpoop: it is hard to find good progressive, some of it is just nonsense principalpoop: up your alley fong, have a super nyc week principalpoop: or are you staying? Dexter Fong: Poop: Im leaving to park my car, so,,,night to you Bambi and Klok stephenfosterklok: night Dex principalpoop: I have no news, just come in to tickle my brain and fancy stephenfosterklok: wife comes home: Baby you can park my car... principalpoop: hail rita, have a super week stephenfosterklok: no newz is good newz principalpoop: here we see the domesticated fong in his daily routine stephenfosterklok: as for me, I'm going to leave the chat open for another half or so to see what happens, but I'm gonna fix a snack principalpoop: I agree klok principalpoop: chat voyeur, shameless stephenfosterklok: fallingstars.co.kr is playing Sting's "Dead Man's Rope" principalpoop: I will save bandwidth and log off this ahh log, toodles ||||||||| It's 11:40 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Bambi - dead from Globner's disease ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... stephenfosterklok: good - night, then, Poop stephenfosterklok: I'm still here, if anyone shows up, until I'm not. Gonna tend to the snack now stephenfosterklok: For service, please hit the bell to the left on the counter. Please do not keep ringing the bell. I'll get here as quick as I can. Ain't as young as I used to be... ||||||||| It's 11:50 PM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| principalpoop - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| It's 12:00 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from jaundice ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... ||||||||| Dexter Fong steals in around 12:00 AM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last night's "unpleasant incident." ||||||||| Catherwood walks in wearing his pyjamas, yawns, and mumbles "It's midnight here in New York city"...then he falls over and starts snoring loudly.. Dexter Fong: Hiyah Klok...what's snackin'? Dexter Fong: Night Klok, and good digestion =) ||||||||| It's 12:10 AM, and that means it's time to play BEAT THE REAPER! And here's how our contestants did: ||||||||| Dexter Fong - dead from the yaws ||||||||| Better luck next time! And now, back to our chatroom, which is already in progress... stephenfosterklok: hey, Dex stephenfosterklok: hmm. too late ||||||||| LiliLamont sneaks in around 12:18 AM, trying to avoid Catherwood because of last month's "unpleasant incident." stephenfosterklok: I'll be here another 10 min. myself, folx stephenfosterklok: hey, lili LiliLamont: Hey, Klok. I see the gang has left the building. stephenfosterklok: yeah stephenfosterklok: everyone got the sleepies early stephenfosterklok: see log LiliLamont: Did Phil show up this evening? stephenfosterklok: very strange stephenfosterklok: nope stephenfosterklok: Godot isn't here yet, either LiliLamont: Hmmm. I know doc was on, but I was taking my evening nap, and now he is. stephenfosterklok: I can sell you a synchronizer if you want stephenfosterklok: hardly used stephenfosterklok: I would hope he's taking more than a nap at this hour... stephenfosterklok: ;-) LiliLamont: Nah, won't work. The past few nights have been tough. He wakes up at 2am and works on the computer, or I wake up screaming from a bad dream, which wakes him up. Yeesh...... LiliLamont: No, seriously, he's asleep on the couch right now and I'm wide awake. LiliLamont: When does Godot usually show up? stephenfosterklok: well, this is a good synchronizer from a Borg-Warner T-10, not one of those tinfoil things from a japanese car that wears out in 30,000 miles stephenfosterklok: Lili -- Don't know. I've never stayed for the end of that play LiliLamont: Hey, don't knock Japanese cars. Mine is almost 9 years old and it's still going strong. Good thing, since I'm in no position to buy another one. Being out of work sucks. stephenfosterklok: amen LiliLamont: And NPR has been running vignettes about cancer which I can relate to, so I hope I outlive my car. stephenfosterklok: folks in the chat were asking after you LiliLamont: Did doc fill them in? stephenfosterklok: do get by in prime time next week and give an update LiliLamont: I will, I promise. stephenfosterklok: not really, he was fairly brief and off on a sidebar much of the time stephenfosterklok: semi-pro FST talk, you know stephenfosterklok: reading a neat analysis of the Venezuela C-295 deal in the defense industry daily today; 295 is like a 2-engine miniature C-130 LiliLamont: Yeah, he seems almost peripherally aware of what's going on, but he's into his own thing. Perhaps it's an escape mechanism, or maybe it has become a background issue for him. Obviously, it's not a background issue for me. But I can't obsess. stephenfosterklok: Chavez wants to help Spain by buying them, Rumsfeld wants him to get none and Spain wants their aeros. workers to have jobs stephenfosterklok: Sure you can. Obsess and then compulse; it's very relaxing ;-) stephenfosterklok: the whole article is this little universe of geopolitics and has 23 equations in 15 unknowns, solve for 'b'... LiliLamont: I might be doing something for port security as a freelancer. And I got some email about a position in Maryland in the defense industry. I used to be in that, you know, outside of the Air Force. stephenfosterklok: but in the end, the US is the 500 lb gorilla and what Lola wants... LiliLamont: ...Lili gets. ;-) stephenfosterklok: gee, that sounds great LiliLamont: Port security or Maryland? stephenfosterklok: you can borrow my scintillometer. oops, the high-voltage section is kaput... stephenfosterklok: both stephenfosterklok: port security sounds better if it's local (who's going to attack Bridgeport?) LiliLamont: Wow, I've always wanted one of those. stephenfosterklok: (although it could hardly hurt) stephenfosterklok: you can pick 'em up for $200-500 on eBay at times stephenfosterklok: the trick is to find 'em with a big detector crystal LiliLamont: Actually, the office is in New Haven and controls ports in CT and NJ. They also have offices in DC and numerous other critical areas that cover the eastern seaboard. stephenfosterklok: well, unless you're looking for Osama's shipping container with the nukes; then you want something ratty so it won't overload ;-) stephenfosterklok: yeah, I'd say the Eastern seaboard is a critical area ;-) stephenfosterklok: port security is getting shortchanged stephenfosterklok: it's all a big joke to bush LiliLamont: Speaking of nukes, I finally decided to get on the VA system for health care. It will save me money and the docs there are from Yale, because it's part of the Yale School of Medicine. One of the questions in the registration was whether I'd been exposed to any radiation. Aside from nukes in the hardened area at a SAC base...... stephenfosterklok: unless he can get some campaign contribs. out of it or screw his political opponents, he doesn't care LiliLamont: Bush is such a fucking asshole. No wonder Cheney had to wear a bullet proof vest when he threw out the first ball for the National League. stephenfosterklok: the nukes usually aren't that bad if they're out in the open and nobody's, like, chipping off pieces of the pits as souveniers or something ;-) stephenfosterklok: some of the daughter products are gases, though, so indoor storage needs to be vented, at least LiliLamont: True, but they mentioned exposure in the context of contracting various cancers, including breast. stephenfosterklok: but we had a stadium at NC State that was a lot of Granite, and 'way back in the '60s, they realized it was Radon City after being closed up all week LiliLamont: Shit, the hardened areas were lined in asbestos. When I got out, they checked my lungs and said, "You're OK." Not that there would be any incubation period or anything. stephenfosterklok: back in the '60s, though, so many folks in NC smoked that even that much Radon was probably down in the noise as a cancer cause ;-) LiliLamont: And I certainly got my share of second hand smoke riding around in a truck on the flightline. stephenfosterklok: Asbestos is fine if it's intact. It's when it begins to fray that the problem begins. Working on brakes all day, now that is another matter... LiliLamont: Who knows what condition it was in? Considering the fact that it was a military base, I thing corners may have been cut. LiliLamont: think, not thing stephenfosterklok: sometimes. the electronics I worked with always seemed gold-plated. somewhat antique, but really well-made stephenfosterklok: especially when having to lift it into a truck :-( stephenfosterklok: I got to design a couple of small things and it drove me crazy. They had a completely separate set of mil-spec parts LiliLamont: You're right about that. I was always very impressed by the high quality of the parts that I installed, uninstalled, or tested. The whole system was very sophisticated. stephenfosterklok: all of the hot chips I wanted to use were off-limits since they weren't in mil form stephenfosterklok: the end came when they wanted an RS-232C interface. The military didn't use RS-232, so none of the chips available were rated stephenfosterklok: worse, RS-232 goes negative and the system didn't have any negative supply voltages stephenfosterklok: and I wasn't allowed to put a charge pump or any analog-type stuff on my board to make any LiliLamont: Yep. I worked for a mil parts company for 6 years, and I'm sure part of the hiring criteria was my knowledge of mil specs. The differences in testing specs between commercial and mil were huge. stephenfosterklok: but I got the last laff on the muthas. I spec'ed an external test connector providing -5V and then used a downhole oil exploration industrial RS-232 chip rated -40C instead of -55 LiliLamont: That doesn't surprise me. LiliLamont: They're pretty strict on the temp ranges. stephenfosterklok: I also learned that mil-spec parts are crap stephenfosterklok: they're made on separate lines and in small batches stephenfosterklok: I've seen 15% failure rate stephenfosterklok: but gosh, when something fails, you can trace the whole batch in the paperwork all the way back to the middle name of the dude that shoved the wafers into the furnace on Tuesday LiliLamont: Holy shit. That's pretty high, considering the tight tolerances for making adjustments on F-111s. stephenfosterklok: fortunately, the semi industry, at least, has so gotten out of mil-spec parts that the mil folks are now pushing COTS (commercial off-the-shelf) stephenfosterklok: well, think about it-- do you want parts off a line that makes 180K units per day? stephenfosterklok: or off a line that makes 200? LiliLamont: That's astonishing. Hey, I'm going to try to rouse doc to go upstairs. stephenfosterklok: who is going to figure out where the screwups can happen? stephenfosterklok: nite lili LiliLamont: Nite, klok. Good to talk to you. stephenfosterklok: i'm gonna bug out 2 ||||||||| stephenfosterklok leaves at 12:53 AM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." LiliLamont: Bon nuit. ||||||||| LiliLamont leaves at 12:53 AM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." ||||||||| Catherwood escorts Pharoah Gnome Easy in through the front door at 2:24 AM, picks up his cues (only slightly scorched), and heads for the billiard room. Pharoah Gnome Easy: I have married a which! Oh, never mind. ||||||||| Catherwood says "2:24 AM, time for SOMEONE to leave!", grabs Pharoah Gnome Easy by the collar and gives 'em the old bum's rush out the door ||||||||| "2:38 AM? 2:38 AM!!" says Catherwood, "Goldie Moldy should be here by now...oh, THERE you are!" as Goldie Moldy enters and sits on the divan. Goldie Moldy: On this day in history, John Lennon announced his phone was tapped by the FBI. I heard that on oldiesradio during The Ron Foster Show. See you at oldiesradioonline.com. IT’S FUNNY! Goldie Moldy: Listen to Oldies, Catherwood. Bye Bye. ||||||||| Catherwood walks up to Goldie Moldy and mumbles "Typing my name just to rile me, eh?" ||||||||| Goldie Moldy leaves at 2:41 AM, singing "Oh, I'm just a little fishy, floating in the sea, and there ain't no hook that's smart enough to catch the likes of me..." ||||||||| Catherwood enters, and announces to all and sundry "It's 4:32 AM, time to change the log file and clean out unused rooms; please exit the chat room for a minute or two. Thank you for your patience."
The Evening's Participants: ah,clem
Bambi
Boney
Bubba's Brain
Bunnyboy
cease
Dave
Dexter Fong
doctec
Firebroiled
Goldie Moldy
Hemlock Stones
LiliLamont
llanwydd
Mark Time
Merlyn
Mudhead
Pharoah Gnome Easy
principalpoop
stephenfosterklok
the_woof
Tweenbert Souseé
Warpo
