[Gllug] gllug tv

[Mark Preston]

I suggest a docu-drama type program along the lines of "Vets in Practice".
Creepy presenter "This week we follow the exploits of some of the 
revolutionaries of the computer world the Greater London Linux User Group.
Here we'll meet the computer nerds who know more short cuts than Elton John's
hairdresser, and more online fiddles than Yuhudi Menuhin"

But it's not all plain sailing - here's Richard Cohen having trouble getting 
a word in edgeways in his own Lecture. He's trying to show the others how to 
use Bash to create a basic web-page - this may come as a shock to Windows 
users - he's not even using Frontpage. [Well it certainly enlightened me, and 
gets my award for the most useful lecture I have witnessed, me being a 
relative novice], although it could be argued that everyone in the lecture 
theatre apart from me, and possibly apart from Richard, should share the 
award.
Next we go off to the racetrack to find the Lego greyhounds getting ready to 
race. It's a two dog race. The M$ standard Lego robot kit against the bespoke 
Linux overclocked version owned and trained by Steve C. It's no contest as 
the Linux dog zooms round the course. Fortunately we can see the inevitable 
Windows dog crash in slow motion from the highly desirable Lego webcam Steve 
has attached to his dog's tail. Who says it has to be on the Lego Police 
Station roof?
Next we go undercover for a bit of hacking/cracking with Dean Wilson and Paul 
Nasrat as they enter unfamiliar territory trying to find security weaknesses 
in the servers located in the Caribbean. But it's all above board because the 
servers are just being tested and it is the owners that are paying, 
Unfortunately not for them to go to the Caribbean -they are still inside the 
M25. However to make them feel like they are in the Caribbean Tushar's 
organized a barbecue.
Next we join Gerry Springer, Bruce Richardson and a Frontpage loving 
librarian for a debate about the merits of an all Microsoft based computer 
network. Three three minute rounds.
After all this excitement we join the Saturday afternoon regulars at the Hope 
pub to drink and discuss the recent advances in the Linux world. After a few 
pints John Hearns leads the troops in a rendition of the Free Software Song
and rounds it off with his own version of that classic Carpenters track Ping 
a Pong.
Best wishes to all from Mark Preston


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