Discussion » Christmas shutdown

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Posted by Grim..., around December 2005:
 
Not this year?
Posted by Doctor Lucid_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
What with the new lo-ma i'ca we can muscle our way through without pain and snowy links
Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
no, i won't survive christmas without iamcal
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
i think i'm going to be in deepest darkest kent, wherein they email each other with steam and coal-powered devices of grim arcania, none of which are IP-compatible.
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
It's true - I have to send all my posts over a smoke signal protocol which gets converted to IP by a satellite service I subscribe to.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
you realise, the internet revolution means THE END of the horse-drawn zeppelin.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
my big problem with tcp/ss (smoke signal) is that people can hack you with binoculars
Posted by Sul_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
I use heavy encryption but the packet loss on a windy day is ridiculous.
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
smoking causes lag
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
and this new legislation imminent effectively constitutes a governmental DoS attack on british pubs
Posted by WarHead, around December 2005:
 
Does tcp/ss use an Apache server?
Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around 23rd December 2005:
 
^^very funny^^ "hack you with binoculars" ahahahaha!

if kent is that bad can you imagine africa? our firewalls are made with compacted dung
Posted by Saltation_DUPE1, around 24th December 2005:
 
AND they're inflammable
Posted by Boudicca_DUPE1, around 24th December 2005:
 
just the smell is a bother, though. but at least the pong keeps the mozzies away.
Posted by ellipse, around 24th December 2005:
 
i prefer citronella
Posted by cal_DUPE1, around December 2005:
 
no close down over christmas. maybe i'll do a best of 2005/2006 next year
Posted by WarHead, around December 2005:
 
Before I go to bed I'll do a quick run down {snipped..}

Go!


Er, Northern Exposure series 1 & 2,
Koyaanisqatsi / Powaqqatsi,
'All You Need Is Cash' - The Ruttles,
Genesis Videos,
Terry Pratchett's 'Thud!'
'Ripley's Believe It Or Not' book of weirdness,
'A Wayne in a Manger,' book about kids misinterpertation of the nativity,
'Silly Signs' and 'More Silly Signs,'
'The Tumbler' - John Martyn,
'Santana 3,'
'One Way Ticket to Hell ... and Back' - The Darkness,
Connoiseur's Whiskey glass,
smellies,
socks,
shreddies.