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

[Jonathan Dwerryhouse]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Smedley [mailto:richard.smedley03 at ntlworld.com]
> Sent: 04 February 2004 14:01
> To: South Cheshire GNU/Linux Users
> Subject: [SC.LUG] Re: 1. expanding lug? 2. kernel 3. welcome
> 
> 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-)

Hehe.. I believe the pianist was changed every 20 minutes this time!



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> >
> > 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 :)
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