From: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org (alloy-digest) To: alloy-digest@smoe.org Subject: alloy-digest V6 #129 Reply-To: alloy@smoe.org Sender: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Errors-To: owner-alloy-digest@smoe.org Precedence: bulk X-To-Unsubscribe: Send mail to "alloy-digest-request@smoe.org" X-To-Unsubscribe: with "unsubscribe" as the body. alloy-digest Tuesday, May 22 2001 Volume 06 : Number 129 Today's Subjects: ----------------- Alloy: Planet Funk? [jonathan.chiddick@nokia.com] Alloy: news of Thomas' appearance @ BEA eWorld Europe [Robin Thurlow Just seriously listened to this excellent song by Planet Funk ... > It pricked my ears up when the announcer said the vocalist hails from > Finland, so given that really great things come from that > country (Lissu & Jonathan!) straight away I knew it had to be something special. Cheers mate! ('cheques in the post) I have noticed Planet Funk in posters around Helsinki on more than one occasion in the past but as I don't get much of a chance to go out socially these days I can't say I have ever heard them - let alone seen them! > Anyone heard anything else done by Planet Funk? Or is this an > out-of-usual-style single? No idea. I'll check them out next time I'm buying toons. Jon ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 09:54:27 -0400 From: Robin Thurlow Subject: Alloy: news of Thomas' appearance @ BEA eWorld Europe Here's a news item about the conference at which Thomas will be given a presentation. At the end of the article, it says they'll be having a drawing for a new Smart car at the conference! I read an article about them in Newsweek (I think) & can't wait till they're introduced in the US. Of course they'll have to drive the price up by making them "safe" for us Americans... though I'd be happy with a helmet and a rollbar, if they'd keep the price the same. Anyway the article follows... Robin T BEA eWorld Europe 2001, June 11-13, to Provide Practical Strategies For 'Future-Proofing' Business 2,000 Attendees Expected in Munich for BEA's Fourth Annual European E-Commerce Conference Featuring 60 Business and Technical Sessions and 70+ Partner Exhibitors HIGH WYCOMBE, England, May 21 /PRNewswire/ -- BEA Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: BEAS), one of the world's leading e-business infrastructure software companies and maker of the world's #1 Java application server, will host BEA eWorld Europe 2001, the company's fourth annual European e-commerce conference, on June 11-13 at the Internationales Congress Centre, Munich, Germany. More than 2,000 business and technology professionals from major European companies are expected to attend. Keynotes for the event include Bill Coleman, founder, chairman and CEO of BEA, the fastest company in history to reach the $1 billion dollar revenue run rate; Alfred Chuang, founder, president and COO of BEA; Daniel Hartert, CEO of Bertelsmann Media Systems; Thomas Dolby Robertson, music and Internet wizard and founder of Beatnik.com; and Dr. Hellmuth Broda, Chief Technologist, EMEA for Sun. BEA eWorld Europe will feature presentations by leading European companies, innovative new organizations, industry gurus and BEA business and technical experts who will discuss strategies and best practices for capitalizing on the new networking technologies that are changing the rules of business -- even in these times of economic uncertainty. More than 18 companies will be giving presentations, including Arcordia Solutions, BMW, Buildcom, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner Bank, GlaxoSmithKline, Motorola, Nokia, Radiolinja, RBG, T-Online and Telecom Italia Mobile. There will also be ample opportunity to share ideas, network and see hands-on demonstrations at the concurrent partner exhibition. All keynote sessions will be available in three languages, including French, German and English. BEA eWorld Europe 2001 Platinum sponsors include Sun and CSC. Gold sponsors include Integris and Vignette. Additional sponsors of the event are members of the BEA Star Partner Program. In addition, BEA eWorld Europe 2001 will feature 60 in-depth business and technical sessions, more than 70 exhibitors, numerous BEA and partner product demos, and special focus sessions on financial services, telecommunications, mobile commerce, e-business infrastructure, personalization and e-marketplaces. Attendees can hear from experts in Java, including BEA, Sun, One2One and the Technical University of Dresden on security, J2EE and EJB, scalability, XML, and the products that comprise the BEA WebLogic(R) E-Business Platform. "BEA eWorld Europe has been designed for business executives, IT managers and technologists from worldwide organizations," said Steve Allen, senior vice president, EMEA, at BEA Systems. "The conference will help companies understand the fundamental changes that are underway and help show them how to leverage new technologies and new business models to 'future-proof' their business in a time of accelerating change." BEA will also be holding a drawing for a new Smart car. For additional conference, press and registration information, please visit the BEA Web site at http://www.bea-eworld.com . ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 09:56:20 -0400 From: Robin Thurlow Subject: Re: Alloy: news of Thomas' appearance @ BEA eWorld Europe I wrote: > Here's a news item about the conference at which Thomas will be given a > presentation. I meant "giving"... (very sleepy) ~r ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 11:02:58 -0400 (EDT) From: Barbara Cohen Subject: Alloy: Try this if you have Microsoft Word............ right, if you haven't seen this make the rounds of email before...type I'd like to see Bill Gates dead into MSWord, select the whole sentence, then go to thesaurus.... _____________________________________________________________ Dr. Barbara Cohen, lunatic bcohen@utk.edu Dept. of Geological Sciences http://web.utk.edu/~bcohen/ University of Tennessee phone (865) 974-6024 Knoxville, TN 37996 fax (865) 974-6022 Email is packed by intellectual weight, not volume. Some settling of contents may occur during transmission. _____________________________________________________________ ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:21:17 +0100 From: Slarvibarglhee Subject: Mondegreen - was Re: Alloy: Chasing the sun Paul Baily wrote: > [snipped] > There's a bridge in the song where you get to hear her voice in full swing, > brought me out in tingles, much like the India-like vocal bridge in > Prodigy's Smack My B*tch Up. > I remember the first couple of times I heard this and I was dog damn sure they were singing 'snap my picture' and therefore couldn't understand why it was supposedly so controversial. Slarv ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 22:24:40 +0100 From: Slarvibarglhee Subject: Re: Alloy: Hoopy Froods (was Thong Morning Doldrums Robots) Brian Clayton wrote: > [snipped] > The Guide has existed for at least a couple of year now, and was created > by The Digital Village. It appears that TDV has ceased to be, but in its > last dying breath, it found a new home for The Guide at the BBC. The > original URL, www.h2g2.com, still works. The BBC imposed a few > constraints upon new material, and any prior entries that were overly > 'off-colour' probably no longer exist in the archives. Overall, I'm glad > to see them take up the task of building the "Earth Edition" of The Guide, > and have thought about making an entry or two to it myself. > Blimey, I didn't know that. I visited The Digital Village a few times in its early days, but The Guide hadn't been started then. As you say, some entries have been hidden by the moderators, which seems a shame, but I suppose it's understandable on a BBC site. > > And remember folks, May 25th is Towel Day. Remember Douglas Adams and > carry your towel! > Is it? Then I will. Slarv ------------------------------ End of alloy-digest V6 #129 ***************************