Cup design (competition)

Cup design (competition)

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

I'm kinda thinking along the lines of
<URL:http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/www.gnus.org/cups/cup.ps>.  Or
summink.

<URL:http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/www.gnus.org/cups/> has the LaTeX
file and the logo.  Design the cup yourself!  UUencode and mail me the
resulting PostScript file (or whatever), and I'll put it up for
viewing in the same directory.

Go wild!

Design specs?  Uhm...  one color, or two colors if needed.  Printing
all the way around (almost) is possible.  I don't have a height/width
spec yet.

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  larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Andy Eskilsson]

/ Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> wrote:
| I'm kinda thinking along the lines of
| <URL:http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/www.gnus.org/cups/cup.ps>.  Or
| summink.

09971215-19971215 18940831-19760122??

PGP keys? passphrases? Sublimal messages?? (yes gnus is good, gimme my
daily gnus!)

Ahh well.. would it be possible to have a sort of.. summary-buffer in
the background?? Or an article.. a picture of a can of beef? 

Hmm gotta throw it around a bit, but a faded background of a list of
articles regarding coffe-quality or so..

	/andy

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Danny Siu]

Andy Eskilsson writes:

  Andy> / Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> wrote: | I'm kinda
  Andy> thinking along the lines of |
  Andy> <URL:http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/www.gnus.org/cups/cup.ps>.  Or |
  Andy> summink.

  Andy> 09971215-19971215 18940831-19760122??
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
This is the date 15th Dec, 0997 to 15th Dec, 1997,  a millennium.  

So Lars, we will have our cups by 12/15 then, right?  ;-)

What about 18940831-19760122??  31st Aug, 1984 to 22nd Jan, 1894??

  Andy> PGP keys? passphrases? Sublimal messages?? (yes gnus is good, gimme
  Andy> my daily gnus!)

  Andy> Ahh well.. would it be possible to have a sort of.. summary-buffer
  Andy> in the background?? Or an article.. a picture of a can of beef?

  Andy> Hmm gotta throw it around a bit, but a faded background of a list of
  Andy> articles regarding coffe-quality or so..

  Andy> 	/andy


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Re: Cup design (competition)

[Lars Balker Rasmussen]

Danny Siu <dsiu@Adobe.COM> writes:
> What about 18940831-19760122??  31st Aug, 1984 to 22nd Jan, 1894??

Er, Aug 31 1894 - Jan 22 1976 surely :-)

Since I seem to recall Lars has said that "In a cloud, bones of steel"
is an entire short poem by someone, I'd assume those dates were birth
and death days of said poet.  What do I win?
-- 
Lars Balker Rasmussen, Software Engineer, Mjolner Informatics ApS
lbr@mjolner.dk

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Danny Siu <dsiu@Adobe.COM> writes:

>   Andy> 09971215-19971215 18940831-19760122??
>         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> This is the date 15th Dec, 0997 to 15th Dec, 1997,  a millennium.  

Yeh.  To celebrate the fact that on the 15th of December 1997 it's
*exactly* 1000 years since one thousand years ago.

But perhaps we shouldn't look back, but look towards the future
instead.  By some weird coinkidink, the 15th of December is also the
date it's 1000 years until one thousand years into the future, so
perhaps the date should read 19971215-29971215 instead?  «The new
millennium starts now».

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Colin Rafferty]

Andy Eskilsson writes:

> / Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> wrote:
> | I'm kinda thinking along the lines of
> | <URL:http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/www.gnus.org/cups/cup.ps>.  Or
> | summink.

> 09971215-19971215 18940831-19760122??

> PGP keys? passphrases? Sublimal messages?? (yes gnus is good, gimme my
> daily gnus!)

The first is obvious.  If we release on 15 Decemeber, it implies that it 
has been in development for 1000 years.

The second is a reference to my great-grandfather.  I am touched Lars.

Anyway, I think that we should rush and deliver on 23 October.  Then we
can call it SextiMillennium Gnus.

By the way, I work across the street from the Millenium Hotel [sic].
For $200/night, they could have at least hired a proof-reader.

-- 
Colin

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Stefan Waldherr]

>>>>> "Lars" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:

    Lars> I'm kinda thinking along the lines of
    Lars> <URL:http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/www.gnus.org/cups/cup.ps>.  Or
    Lars> summink.

Ok, I can't stand it anymore --- I have to ask this: What the heck is the
meaning of `In a cloud bones of steel'? There is some meaning, isn't it?

curiuous,
Stefan.
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Re: Cup design (competition)

[Justin Sheehy]

Stefan Waldherr <swa@cs.cmu.edu> writes:

> Ok, I can't stand it anymore --- I have to ask this: What the heck is the
> meaning of `In a cloud bones of steel'? There is some meaning, isn't it?

It is the Gnus motto.

It is also the entirety of a poem entitled "Bridge" by Charles Reznikoff.

-- 
Justin Sheehy

In a cloud bones of steel.
  

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Lars Balker Rasmussen]

Justin Sheehy <justin@linus.mitre.org> writes:
> It is also the entirety of a poem entitled "Bridge" by Charles Reznikoff.

Yay!  I claim my [insert suitable prize here].

<URL:http://hallux.medschool.hscbklyn.edu/~mikla/polar.html> says:

			If There is a Scheme 
              
              If there is a scheme, 
              perhaps this too is in the scheme, 
              as when a subway car turns on a switch, 
              the wheels screeching against the rails, 
              and the lights go out - 
              but are on again in a moment. 

              Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976) 

Incidentally[1], Reznikoff has a poem published in a book called "Poems
for the Millennium".  Creepy.

Meanwhile, back in 1997, I found qgnus 0.11 to be a real bugger to get
to work with emacs 19.33!

Process:
	unpack and compile custom
	make dgnushack.el aware of the fact
	rename custom's lpath.el to lpath.el.tmp
	unpack and compile qgnus 0.11
	rename custom's lpath.el.tmp to lpath.el

*Surely* this process could be cleaned up a bit?

[1] According to <URL:http://wings.buffalo.edu/epc/authors/joris/contents>.
-- 
Lars Balker Rasmussen, Software Engineer, Mjolner Informatics ApS
lbr@mjolner.dk

lpath (was: Re: Cup design (competition))

[Per Abrahamsen]

Lars Balker Rasmussen <lbr@mjolner.dk> writes:

> 	rename custom's lpath.el to lpath.el.tmp
> 	unpack and compile qgnus 0.11
> 	rename custom's lpath.el.tmp to lpath.el

Custom doesn't need lpath except for compiling itself, so the last
step is unnecessary.  I don't see any reason why qgnus should need
lpath at all, it looks to me like it is a relic from the distant age
where custom was bundled with gnus.

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Karl Kleinpaste]

Lars Balker Rasmussen <lbr@mjolner.dk> writes:
> I found qgnus 0.11 to be a real bugger to get
> to work with emacs 19.33!
> ...
> *Surely* this process could be cleaned up a bit?

Just copy {cus,wid}*.el into the qgnus-0.*/lisp directory.  It builds
fine there.  No tweaking dgnushack, or anything else.

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Hrvoje Niksic]

Karl Kleinpaste <karl@jprc.com> writes:

> Lars Balker Rasmussen <lbr@mjolner.dk> writes:
> > I found qgnus 0.11 to be a real bugger to get
> > to work with emacs 19.33!
> > ...
> > *Surely* this process could be cleaned up a bit?
> 
> Just copy {cus,wid}*.el into the qgnus-0.*/lisp directory.  It builds
> fine there.  No tweaking dgnushack, or anything else.

Wow.  Lars, maybe that should be the "official" advice?  I don't know
about cleanliness, but it looks much simpler for a casual user?

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Re: Cup design (competition)

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Hrvoje Niksic <hniksic@srce.hr> writes:

> > Just copy {cus,wid}*.el into the qgnus-0.*/lisp directory.  It builds
> > fine there.  No tweaking dgnushack, or anything else.
> 
> Wow.  Lars, maybe that should be the "official" advice?  I don't know
> about cleanliness, but it looks much simpler for a casual user?

Yeah, but it would require the user to do the copy for each and every
installation of Quassia.

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen

Re: Cup design (competition)

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Lars Balker Rasmussen <lbr@mjolner.dk> writes:

> 			If There is a Scheme 
> 
>               If there is a scheme, 
>               perhaps this too is in the scheme, 
>               as when a subway car turns on a switch, 
>               the wheels screeching against the rails, 
>               and the lights go out - 
>               but are on again in a moment. 
> 
>               Charles Reznikoff (1894-1976) 
> 
> Incidentally[1], Reznikoff has a poem published in a book called "Poems
> for the Millennium".  Creepy.

Spooky.

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  larsi@gnus.org * Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen