Comments on: Guy Fawkes and Ubuntu http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes scratched tallies on the prison wall Thu, 08 Jan 2009 02:33:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: sil http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-7019 sil Mon, 24 Apr 2006 09:17:16 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-7019 I imagine you do want to know, for homework or similar. Read an encyclopaedia. I imagine you do want to know, for homework or similar. Read an encyclopaedia.

]]> By: ers453rt5d5t http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-7013 ers453rt5d5t Sun, 23 Apr 2006 16:28:06 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-7013 i want to no about him in prison i want to no about him in prison

]]> By: as days pass by » More on fireworks http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-4857 as days pass by » More on fireworks Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:33:07 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-4857 [...] Two years ago, in response to another Guy Fawkes night and its associated pathetic firework display in my back garden, I spoke of how annoying home fireworks were. Since then I have learned my lesson: go to a public fireworks display. Last night I visited Spooktactular at Himley Hall (warning: crap conversion of a PDF), which cost us a stupendous fifteen quid to get in (£6/adult and £3 for parking; Niamh was free), after queueing for half an hour in the car. And it was bloody excellent. The fair was rather packed. The bonfire was large, but had no Guy on top of it. And the firework display was superb. Long and strong and definitely worth it. They had music playing all through it, taking shameless advantage of how Hallowe‘en was a week ago; there were songs from The Lost Boys and The Addams Family and Ghostbusters. And there was Bring Me To Life by Evanescence, and a few others. Went well with the music: a touch of the dramatic, some big beats, that sort of thing. None of them, however, could hold a candle to the music that played over the huge sky-lighting rainbow-shaded crashing explosive finale of coloured lights in the sky, because that music was Orff’s Carmina Burana (well, O Fortuna from same, for pedants). It’s such a good bit of music for dramatic things. It is, in fact, one of the three best bits of classical music ever written, along with Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach (and even then only the beginning bit, and only if played on a really massive church organ) and the Dies Irae from Verdi’s Requiem, and that’s not only equally dramatic but also terrifying. Rodrigo’s Concierto d‘Aranjuéz gets an honourable mention at number four, but it is for guitar which is silly. Plus, Gladys once corrected me on the pronunciation of “Aranjuéz” in such a patronising way that I had to shoot him. How did I get on to music? I was talking about fireworks. If you even remotely like fireworks then you should go to a public display. If your gsrden ones disappoint you because they say “Global Thermonuclear War” on the wrapper and look more like “Light Green Ejaculation” once lit then go to a public fireworks display. Half the time they’re run by the local council anyway, so you’re helping them to get money to do useful things like fix roads and so on, which can’t be a bad thing. [...] [...] Two years ago, in response to another Guy Fawkes night and its associated pathetic firework display in my back garden, I spoke of how annoying home fireworks were. Since then I have learned my lesson: go to a public fireworks display. Last night I visited Spooktactular at Himley Hall (warning: crap conversion of a PDF), which cost us a stupendous fifteen quid to get in (£6/adult and £3 for parking; Niamh was free), after queueing for half an hour in the car. And it was bloody excellent. The fair was rather packed. The bonfire was large, but had no Guy on top of it. And the firework display was superb. Long and strong and definitely worth it. They had music playing all through it, taking shameless advantage of how Hallowe‘en was a week ago; there were songs from The Lost Boys and The Addams Family and Ghostbusters. And there was Bring Me To Life by Evanescence, and a few others. Went well with the music: a touch of the dramatic, some big beats, that sort of thing. None of them, however, could hold a candle to the music that played over the huge sky-lighting rainbow-shaded crashing explosive finale of coloured lights in the sky, because that music was Orff’s Carmina Burana (well, O Fortuna from same, for pedants). It’s such a good bit of music for dramatic things. It is, in fact, one of the three best bits of classical music ever written, along with Toccata and Fugue in D Minor by Bach (and even then only the beginning bit, and only if played on a really massive church organ) and the Dies Irae from Verdi’s Requiem, and that’s not only equally dramatic but also terrifying. Rodrigo’s Concierto d‘Aranjuéz gets an honourable mention at number four, but it is for guitar which is silly. Plus, Gladys once corrected me on the pronunciation of “Aranjuéz” in such a patronising way that I had to shoot him. How did I get on to music? I was talking about fireworks. If you even remotely like fireworks then you should go to a public display. If your gsrden ones disappoint you because they say “Global Thermonuclear War” on the wrapper and look more like “Light Green Ejaculation” once lit then go to a public fireworks display. Half the time they’re run by the local council anyway, so you’re helping them to get money to do useful things like fix roads and so on, which can’t be a bad thing. [...]

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]]> By: jim bob http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-4205 jim bob Wed, 09 Nov 2005 15:00:51 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-4205 hi it waz well gd i love your site well love u but not as mutch as my b/f louis u should b gellos hi
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]]> By: as days pass by » Bonfires http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-4196 as days pass by » Bonfires Sun, 06 Nov 2005 22:33:36 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-4196 [...] Guy Fawkes night is one of my favourite days of the year, as I’ve written about before. It’s the 400th anniversary, too. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot, indeed. This year we decided to not go to Himley Hall again, despite it being excellent, because the queues are too long and the event’s too expensive. We still went to a public display, though, because home fireworks are rubbish; again, it was great, although next year we’re going an hour late so we don’t have to sit for 40 minutes in the cold and wait for the display to start. The stall that sold bread pudding and tea was a welcome diversion, though. In other news, things have been pretty busy. We’re looking for a developer at work; if you’ve worked with classic ASP, SQL Server, XML stuff, some JavaScript, that sort of thing, and you want to build some nice advanced internal web apps and aren’t going to whittle on about how it’s impossible to be advanced without .NET, then drop me a mail at stuart.langridge@mills-reeve.com to tell me about yourself. [...] [...] Guy Fawkes night is one of my favourite days of the year, as I’ve written about before. It’s the 400th anniversary, too. I see no reason why gunpowder treason should ever be forgot, indeed. This year we decided to not go to Himley Hall again, despite it being excellent, because the queues are too long and the event’s too expensive. We still went to a public display, though, because home fireworks are rubbish; again, it was great, although next year we’re going an hour late so we don’t have to sit for 40 minutes in the cold and wait for the display to start. The stall that sold bread pudding and tea was a welcome diversion, though. In other news, things have been pretty busy. We’re looking for a developer at work; if you’ve worked with classic ASP, SQL Server, XML stuff, some JavaScript, that sort of thing, and you want to build some nice advanced internal web apps and aren’t going to whittle on about how it’s impossible to be advanced without .NET, then drop me a mail at stuart.langridge@mills-reeve.com to tell me about yourself. [...]

]]> By: Mark A. Hershberger http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-1224 Mark A. Hershberger Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-1224 <p>I found that I need to turn my iptables rules off for <span class="caps">SMB</span> to work.<br /> Obviously, I need to get the rules fixed.</p> I found that I need to turn my iptables rules off for SMB to work.
Obviously, I need to get the rules fixed.

]]> By: Rob http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-1225 Rob Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-1225 <p>Eek. This is Bad News. Mounting stuff, WiFi and connecting to Windows machines is exactly the sort of thing I need it to do effortlessly. I’ve got it installed on a machine but haven’t actually tackled it yet. I shall approach it with some trepidation now.</p> Eek. This is Bad News. Mounting stuff, WiFi and connecting to Windows machines is exactly the sort of thing I need it to do effortlessly. I’ve got it installed on a machine but haven’t actually tackled it yet. I shall approach it with some trepidation now.

]]> By: Jason http://www.kryogenix.org/days/2004/11/05/fawkes/comment-page-1#comment-1226 Jason Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0000 http://www.kryogenix.org/adpb/2004/11/05/fawkes/#comment-1226 <p>I hate to be pedantic[1], but the view probably wouldn’t be much different since most of Westminster Palace was built a couple of centuries after Guy Fawkes.</p> <p>[1] This is a lie, obviously :-)</p> I hate to be pedantic[1], but the view probably wouldn’t be much different since most of Westminster Palace was built a couple of centuries after Guy Fawkes.

[1] This is a lie, obviously :-)

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