quiet

[X37375787]

get off my ass bitch, I can't stand the feeling of having you roughly 100 posts behind me.

makes my pinky twitch.

[quiet]

[Fletch XXX]

this is how the world dies...
this is how the world dies...
this is how the world dies...
this is how the world dies...

[AngelAllgood]

[Luc Duboi]

Originally posted by Fletch XXX
this is how the world dies...
this is how the world dies...
this is how the world dies...
this is how the world dies...

The Fletch is always hardcore .......

bow .. bow now.....

so what will you do with all the offshored money ? Will you go to trial or buy a mansion in New Zelan and never cum back?

[Fletch XXX]

thats the opening text of the movie and the novel by Stephen King, 'The Stand'

this is how the world dies...

ive always liked that.

[Lane]

post post post

[gothweb]

Well hell doesn't want you
And heaven is full
Bring me some water
Put it in this skull
I walk between the raindrops
Wait in Bug House Square
And the army ants
They leave nothin' but the bones
And the earth died screaming
While I lay dreaming of you

[quiet]

Originally posted by gothweb
Well hell doesn't want you
And heaven is full
Bring me some water
Put it in this skull
I walk between the raindrops
Wait in Bug House Square
And the army ants
They leave nothin' but the bones
And the earth died screaming
While I lay dreaming of you

waits

[gothweb]

Originally posted by quiet


waits

Pure poetry.

[cherrylula]

[iroc409]

Morning all,

I'd like to propose an idea for a GNOME project, and to surprise and shock
the jaded folks out there, actually commit to getting off my monkey-butt and
do something about it.


Whilst thinking about another problem I'd like to tackle within the Free
Software community (the lack of mentorship), I stumbled upon an unfortunate
communications problem that we should really make an effort to help out
with: some developers simply don't speak English.

It's quite easy to get involved as someone with an English-speaking
background, or as a dual or multi-linguist (as a large majority of Europeans
are). However, I think we're really missing out on some great hackers,
documenters and contributors - pretty much because we can't communicate.

I've been asking and listening for comments about this, and it's pretty
worrying when you hear about patches and bug-reports being passed over
simply because the language was unfamiliar.

I've heard some definite cases of code not being submitted because the
authors either didn't know how, or were too intimidated by a predominantly
English-speaking community to try.

As I place my tongue firmly in cheek, I'll tell you there is a flaw in
GNOME's ambitions for world domination: We're ignoring half the planet.


So, I propose an as-yet unnamed project to help non-English-speaking
developers get together and talk, hopefully to ensure that we don't miss
out on contributions that would otherwise fall through the cracks.

This is similar to the goals of the GNOME Translation Project, but looking
more at how developers relate to each other than users relate to their
software. I'm sure the i18n gang will be able to help out with this one.

[Yes, I would like to expand this project into the greater Free Software
community, but GNOME is my first love, and thus deserves my time!]


Stuff to do:

* Set up a list of developers and languages, so you can easily find
people who speak a certain language (or more importantly, two!)

* Perhaps set up a mailing list to discuss the difficulties that
non-English speakers come across, and how to rectify them

* Set up a website to promote both of the above (almost definitely use a
web-browsable database for the first point)

* Work with the i18n group to find contributors, and continue making
excellent translations (this project would assist the GTP, rather than
compete with it)

* Other stuff, as there's always other stuff


So - that's my spiel. ;) Let me know if it's a good idea, or whether I'm on
something (I'm subscribed to both lists) and definitely send more ideas this
way - I'd love to hear them.

- Jeff (who speaks but one language)


[Originally posted to both -devel-list and i18n-list, as I didn't realise
this was in fact just -i18n!]


-- [email protected] ----------------------------------- http://slug.org.au/ --

Ye shall be cursed to fall in love so easily, and yet be so
cold of heart as never to express it.

[Theo]

Originally posted by quiet


waits

man get a life!

[Theo]

don't you dare to pass my postcount like Fletch did

i was polite once, i wont be forever

[iroc409]

Instinet plans for world domination
By Gracian Mack
June 30, 1999

Wall Street loves to guess what a company is going to do next. Instinet , which has participated in a flurry of corporate actions over the past few months, has lately been the topic of much cigar-and-brandy conversation.
A division of the U.K.-based Reuters Group , Instinet appears to be gearing up to become a financial services kiosk -- the America Online of financial information and stock transaction execution, if you will. There has even been talk of an Instinet spin-off and IPO.


"We wouldn't want to speculate on things that haven't happened, would we?" says Richard Schenkman, chief operating officer of Instinet.

Perhaps not, but considering recent events, Mr. Schenkman's firm appears to be up to something. Instinet's newly named 36-year-old president and chief executive officer, Douglas Atkin, is trumpeting a new direction for the unit. In a June 14 speech at the TIBCO Strategic Directions Conference, he announced that Instinet.com would become a "virtual global stock exchange" that's open 24 hours a day.

GOING GLOBAL
On June 15, Instinet announced a new technology that allows users to trade fixed-income securities over its network. The new system, called Instinet Fixed Income, will offer real-time trading of U.S. Treasury bonds and European debt to traditional institutional customers such as pension funds and money managers. Rumored talks with a variety of potential partners, including Yahoo , has suggested that small investors may be invited to enter trades on its systems. That particular bit of gossip began with a recent London Times article that was later refuted by Instinet. However, Yahoo does already have a strategic alliance with parent company Reuters to disseminate stock quotes and news.

In May, Instinet acquired an 11.4 percent stake, worth $20 million, in W.R. Hambrecht & Co. , an investment bank that operates auction-style initial public offerings. Hambrecht's OpenIPO system, launched in February, provides an electronic underwriting service designed to give individual investors an opportunity to participate in initial public offerings.

Instinet is also part of a consortium that is acquiring a majority interest (approximately 54.4 percent) in Tradepoint Financial Networks, the London-based electronic stock exchange, and it recently opened offices in Australia and increased its presence in Asian, Canadian, and Latin American markets. These are steps toward Mr. Atkin's "industrial-strength real-time global trading system."

GROWING COMPETITION
Instinet brings securities buyers and sellers together via a proprietary electronic communications network (ECN), and parent company Reuters provides a 24-hour-a-day feed of financial information to a worldwide customer base. Mr. Schenkman plans to tie Reuters' flow of financial information to Instinet's executable network and have all of that available via the Internet. Such a new business model would be crucial to the long-term growth of the company, he says.

The question for Instinet may be how it uses Reuters' resources -- and existing Internet partnerships with the likes of Yahoo -- to beat back aggressive competition in the ECN market.

When Instinet was founded back in 1969, it was virtually the only game in town for institutions to trade NYSE stocks among themselves through a "computerized" network. Instinet now includes over-the-counter-stock, market makers, and debt securities. Its ECN currently handles up to 20 percent of Nasdaq order flow.

However, advances in technology have trimmed Instinet's market share. It must now contend with a plethora of sprouting ECNs, notably Bloomberg 's Tradebook and Datek Online 's Island ECN . There are others, too. Last year, Bear Stearns launched its Strike ECN. More recently, Merrill Lynch and Goldman Sachs announced plans to launch their own ECN.

New players cast a different light on Instinet's 20 percent slice of Nasdaq order flow, because that percentage has not grown in at least two years. This means they are not gaining market share. Where once Instinet held uncontested sway on the institutional marketplace, at least nine other companies are now in the fight for market share. Along with a change in the way it gathers and communicates with customers, the pricing of its services will have to change as well.

Bill Burnham, an analyst with Credit Suisse First Boston , says Instinet likely sees Island as its closest threat, and would like to "stop Island from getting so much critical mass that it would start to attract institutions," which are Instinet's core market.

"Look, we are in the business of the globalization of business," says Mr. Schenkman. "That involves ... an unbundling of financial services business, which gives the investor more control. We are best equipped to do that. We continue to become more equipped to do that. We will do that."

Sounds like a man who is aware of his competition. And Wall Street eagerly awaits his company's next move.

[gothweb]

[quiet]

Originally posted by gothweb

hehe cool

[MiLo]

Lucky Day

[Fletch XXX]

Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
don't you dare to pass my postcount like Fletch did

i was polite once, i wont be forever

i really wish i would have never posted as much as i did.

i wish i had half the posts i do now.

those days were much nicer.

'take my post count away and take these blues away, and sweep away my cares.' ;)

[X37375787]

Originally posted by Soul_Rebel
don't you dare to pass my postcount like Fletch did

i was polite once, i wont be forever

I'm on your ass, i wont be forever

[gothweb]

I have a little Tom Waits...

[MiLo]

I really love the "Closing Time" era of Tom Waits.. in fact ive been listening to that record almost all day today...

Gotta admit, the guy is a genius.

I just have like 6 Tom Waits records, some of his recordings i really dont care about. Most of my Waits cds are at my best friends house.. he adores Waits, Cohen, etc, etc...
Not a devoted fan, but i enjoy his music.

This is a track that i just love: Warm Beer and Cold Women

[Fletch XXX]

from one drunk to many:

any more waits mp3s would be drunkily appreciated.

[iroc409]

THE CANADIANS ARE COMING!
THE CANADIANS ARE COMING!

[MiLo]

Gimmie a couple of minutes Fletch

[MiLo]

The Piano Has Been Drinking

[quiet]

Originally posted by gothweb
I have a little Tom Waits...

good stuff

[Fletch XXX]

Originally posted by MiLo TurboNegro
The Piano Has Been Drinking

thanks man.

some would kill for FRIENDS LIKE THESE.

*insert cheesy movie reference.

i have the DVD.

<img src=http://shopping.yahoo.com/video/images/muze/dvd/bg/72/132472.jpg border="1">

cheers mi hermano.

[MiLo]

Cold Water

[Jakke PNG]

You guys have WAY too much free time

[Theo]

Originally posted by Fletch XXX


i really wish i would have never posted as much as i did.

i wish i had half the posts i do now.

those days were much nicer.

'take my post count away and take these blues away, and sweep away my cares.' ;)

yeah me too

we need to come together and sue Lensman

seriously

[DarkJedi]

http://www.tomwaits.com/

what an informative web site !

[gothweb]

Fletch-- I just checked, and the iTunes Music Store actually has more songs by Tom Waits than I do. You can check his stuff out there, and listen to 30 sec samples of everything, then download what you like.

[FlyingIguana]

Originally posted by gothweb
Fletch-- I just checked, and the iTunes Music Store actually has more songs by Tom Waits than I do. You can check his stuff out there, and listen to 30 sec samples of everything, then download what you like.

they should have mp3's

[gothweb]

Originally posted by FlyingIguana


they should have mp3's

If they had MP3s, they would have 200 songs instead of 200,000. The record labels wanted controls on circulating the content-- the impressive thing is how little Apple got away with.