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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 19 Jun 2010 22:40:34
Message: <4c1d7fa2$1@news.povray.org>
Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 19 Jun 2010 23:01:15
Message: <4c1d847b$1@news.povray.org>
On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:39:33 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.

It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today.  I 
spent some time doing recovery on a dying 1 TB hard drive (hateful) and 
assembling furniture from Ikea.

Jim


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From: Nicolas Alvarez
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 19 Jun 2010 23:19:05
Message: <4c1d88a9@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:39:33 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
>> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
> 
> It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today.

Let it stay that way for a while, makes me waste less time reading 
newsgroups... I'd complain more when there are 200 posts a day :)


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 01:14:03
Message: <4c1da39b@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 00:19:04 -0300, Nicolas Alvarez wrote:

> Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sat, 19 Jun 2010 21:39:33 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
>>> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
>> 
>> It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today.
> 
> Let it stay that way for a while, makes me waste less time reading
> newsgroups... I'd complain more when there are 200 posts a day :)

But of course if you complained more when there's 200 posts a day, then 
there would be more than 200 posts a day. :-)

Jim


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 03:10:01
Message: <web.4c1dbdbd2085a133c4423000@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.

have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 14:43:39
Message: <4c1e615b$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/19/2010 10:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:

> It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today.  I
> spent some time doing recovery on a dying 1 TB hard drive (hateful) and
> assembling furniture from Ikea.

So you basically spent the day tracking down that one missing bolt that 
they forgot to include in the factory? :D


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 14:44:13
Message: <4c1e617d$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/20/2010 2:05 AM, nemesis wrote:
> Mike Raiford<"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
>
> have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
>

Oh, yeah... that ...


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:13:21
Message: <4c1e6851$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:43:38 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> On 6/19/2010 10:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> 
>> It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today.  I
>> spent some time doing recovery on a dying 1 TB hard drive (hateful) and
>> assembling furniture from Ikea.
> 
> So you basically spent the day tracking down that one missing bolt that
> they forgot to include in the factory? :D

Oh, I wish it were that simple. :-)

Unfortunately, I then had a second hardware failure last night - one of 
my UPS' died.  It's not been a good hardware month for me.

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:13:38
Message: <4c1e6862$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:

> Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
> 
> have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D

All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)

Jim


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:44:34
Message: <4c1e6fa2$1@news.povray.org>
On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> It's not been a good hardware month for me.

To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is 
broadcast tomorrow.

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 15:55:00
Message: <web.4c1e71b82085a13342ae90b20@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:
>
> > Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
> >
> > have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
>
> All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)

that too!  and a 3x0 for Brazil right now! :D


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From: nemesis
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 16:35:01
Message: <web.4c1e7b3c2085a13342ae90b20@news.povray.org>
"nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:
> >
> > > Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts recently.
> > >
> > > have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
> >
> > All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)
>
> that too!  and a 3x0 for Brazil right now! :D

well, 3x1, but electrifying game... :)


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 22:12:02
Message: <4c1eca72$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 20:44:36 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> It's not been a good hardware month for me.
> 
> To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is
> broadcast tomorrow.

Now *that's* good news! :)

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 22:12:43
Message: <4c1eca9b$1@news.povray.org>
On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 16:34:04 -0400, nemesis wrote:

> "nemesis" <nam### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
>> Jim Henderson <nos### [at] nospamcom> wrote:
>> > On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 03:05:33 -0400, nemesis wrote:
>> >
>> > > Mike Raiford <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> Seriously ... where is everyone... haven't seen any posts
>> > >> recently.
>> > >
>> > > have you not heard it?  It's the Soccer World Cup! :D
>> >
>> > All I've heard is this strange buzzing in my ear... ;-)
>>
>> that too!  and a 3x0 for Brazil right now! :D
> 
> well, 3x1, but electrifying game... :)

Hopefully nobody fumbled a save the way Green did in the US/England match 
last weekend. :-)

Jim


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From: Sabrina Kilian
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 20 Jun 2010 23:57:03
Message: <4c1ee30f$1@news.povray.org>
Stephen wrote:
> On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> It's not been a good hardware month for me.
> 
> To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is
> broadcast tomorrow.
> 

Last episode of Doctor Who next Saturday. Probably won't cheer anyone
up, though.


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 01:17:41
Message: <4c1ef5f5$1@news.povray.org>
On 21/06/2010 4:56 AM, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> Stephen wrote:
>> On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>> It's not been a good hardware month for me.
>>
>> To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is
>> broadcast tomorrow.
>>
>
> Last episode of Doctor Who next Saturday. Probably won't cheer anyone
> up, though.

No big deal, for me. I stopped watching it after Peter Davidson (the 5th 
Doctor) regenerated into the nasty accountant from “The Brothers”. </End 
BBC trivia> ;-)


-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: Bill Pragnell
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 04:05:01
Message: <web.4c1f1c662085a1336dd25f0b0@news.povray.org>
Stephen <mca### [at] aolDOTcom> wrote:
> On 21/06/2010 4:56 AM, Sabrina Kilian wrote:
> > Stephen wrote:
> >> On 20/06/2010 8:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> >>> It's not been a good hardware month for me.
> >>
> >> To cheer you up. The first episode of the new season of "Clue" is
> >> broadcast tomorrow.
> >>
> >
> > Last episode of Doctor Who next Saturday. Probably won't cheer anyone
> > up, though.
>
> No big deal, for me. I stopped watching it after Peter Davidson (the 5th
> Doctor) regenerated into the nasty accountant from “The Brothers”. </End
> BBC trivia> ;-)

*Davison.

And the second Baker only lasted a couple of years due to upheavals at the beeb
and the fact that he wasn't very good. I quite like the current chap though.
First time he's really seemed like an alien since the 7th.


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 04:21:59
Message: <4c1f2127$1@news.povray.org>
In Soviet Russia, the newsgroup kills *you*!


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From: Stephen
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 07:37:08
Message: <4c1f4ee4$1@news.povray.org>
On 21/06/2010 9:01 AM, Bill Pragnell wrote:

>> No big deal, for me. I stopped watching it after Peter Davidson (the 5th
>> Doctor) regenerated into the nasty accountant from “The Brothers�.</End
>> BBC trivia>  ;-)
>
> *Davison.
>

Golly gosh! You're right. I've been calling him that since he was in All 
Creatures Great and Small. o_O

> And the second Baker only lasted a couple of years due to upheavals at the beeb
> and the fact that he wasn't very good. I quite like the current chap though.
> First time he's really seemed like an alien since the 7th.
>
>

Too late for me now. I’d rather Pov that watch the one eye’d monster. ;-)

-- 

Best Regards,
	Stephen


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 08:04:29
Message: <4c1f554d$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/21/2010 3:21 AM, Invisible wrote:
> In Soviet Russia, the newsgroup kills *you*!

Gaaahhggh aaagghhh... >cough< >sputter<.. .

x,x

-- 
~Mike


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 08:08:34
Message: <4c1f5642$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/20/2010 2:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:43:38 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
>
>> On 6/19/2010 10:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>
>>> It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today.  I
>>> spent some time doing recovery on a dying 1 TB hard drive (hateful) and
>>> assembling furniture from Ikea.
>>
>> So you basically spent the day tracking down that one missing bolt that
>> they forgot to include in the factory? :D
>
> Oh, I wish it were that simple. :-)
>

IKEA furniture assembly is never simple ;)

> Unfortunately, I then had a second hardware failure last night - one of
> my UPS' died.  It's not been a good hardware month for me.

Ach... stay away from my computer... Just saying... ;)

-- 
~Mike


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From: Invisible
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 08:27:55
Message: <4c1f5acb@news.povray.org>
Mike Raiford wrote:

> IKEA furniture assembly is never simple ;)

O RLY?


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From: andrel
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 12:09:29
Message: <4C1F8EBB.7010503@gmail.com>
On 21-6-2010 14:27, Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
> 
>> IKEA furniture assembly is never simple ;)
> 
> O RLY?

yes


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From: Mike Raiford
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 13:30:48
Message: <4c1fa1c8$1@news.povray.org>
On 6/21/2010 7:27 AM, Invisible wrote:
> Mike Raiford wrote:
>
>> IKEA furniture assembly is never simple ;)
>
> O RLY?

You should see my wife's attempts at furniture assembly. The diagrams 
rarely depict clearly what should be happening. If you don't have 
experience with Build-it-yourself furniture, the task can be daunting. 
It took my wife an afternoon to assemble a night stand. In the same 
amount of time I put together and installed 3 pieces of a modular 
shelving/cabinet system.

-- 
~Mike


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 14:28:21
Message: <4c1faf45@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:06:13 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> On 6/20/2010 2:13 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> On Sun, 20 Jun 2010 13:43:38 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:
>>
>>> On 6/19/2010 10:01 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>>>
>>>> It has been quiet today - guess everyone's doing other things today. 
>>>> I spent some time doing recovery on a dying 1 TB hard drive (hateful)
>>>> and assembling furniture from Ikea.
>>>
>>> So you basically spent the day tracking down that one missing bolt
>>> that they forgot to include in the factory? :D
>>
>> Oh, I wish it were that simple. :-)
>>
>>
> IKEA furniture assembly is never simple ;)

Oh, that was the easy part. :-)

>> Unfortunately, I then had a second hardware failure last night - one of
>> my UPS' died.  It's not been a good hardware month for me.
> 
> Ach... stay away from my computer... Just saying... ;)

I plan to. :-)

Jim


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From: Jim Henderson
Subject: Re: Did I kill the newsgroup?
Date: 21 Jun 2010 14:29:27
Message: <4c1faf87$1@news.povray.org>
On Mon, 21 Jun 2010 12:28:24 -0500, Mike Raiford wrote:

> On 6/21/2010 7:27 AM, Invisible wrote:
>> Mike Raiford wrote:
>>
>>> IKEA furniture assembly is never simple ;)
>>
>> O RLY?
> 
> You should see my wife's attempts at furniture assembly. The diagrams
> rarely depict clearly what should be happening. If you don't have
> experience with Build-it-yourself furniture, the task can be daunting.
> It took my wife an afternoon to assemble a night stand. In the same
> amount of time I put together and installed 3 pieces of a modular
> shelving/cabinet system.

The only thing about this nightstand that was odd was that they showed 
the lock bolts facing outward on the back; I assembled that bit 
backwards, didn't seem to make a difference, and I think it looks 
better. :-)  (Not that it matters much, that side is against a wall)

I'll probably find out later that doing it that way means the whole thing 
will fall apart because I can't tighten them easily.

Jim


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