[SC.LUG] Re: 1. expanding lug? 2. kernel 3. welcome

[Richard Smedley]

Robert Marshall wrote:

>> Ok, I think we've done the unthinkable... we've developed sci-fi
>> trippier than Barbarella ;-) 
>

So the password is 
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantisiliogogogoch?


>> Can I wear a Darth Vader outfit with an
>> entourage of storm troopers and force you to listen to Erik Satie's
>> Vexations- it was performed last week in London and took 28 hours to
>> perform- it's the same little minute long string repeated 840 times.
>

Gosh, that's slow. The 1963 Broadway performance
(directed by John Cage) took 18 hous and 20 minutes.

A similar time would be made were I to play my LP version
24 times - it has Reinbert de Leeuw playing the piece 35
times (Philips PH 410 435-1  - p1983)
   It was de Leeuw who attempted the first performance by a
single pianist in Amsterdam in 1967. It failed as the caretaker
closed the building down at 1a.m. insisting that  no-one had
told him there would be an all-night performance 8-)



>
> Now there's an idea for the next SCLUG meeting....
>
> We went to the Satie museum in Honfleur last summer - strongly
> recommended!
>
>

Will try it when I can.

btw linux 2.6.2 is out - I think people know now as my download has
slowed considerably over the last 2 hours :-(

btw2 Welcome to Debbie Lucas, who's joined the list at this high-traffic 
time :)