P&P 200 birthday!

Shouldn't we organize an "internetional" birthday-party for Jane Austen too? She'll be 221 on December 16th! Maybe a ball?

A ball! I long for a ball. Terry and I have been talking about organizing some chat events here. Regular chat among our crowd is to stay at Kaffeine's suite of rooms. She wnats it that way and we like it over there. But to try out Ichat we were kicking around some one-time only events to which we might invite our cousins, the Firthlisters, Austen-Lers & etc. - Virtual ball - Trivia duel - Roleplaying Amy

Oh Amy, it sounds like ever so much fun, and it will, you realize, be Caroline Bingley's perfect ideal of a Ball: "I should like balls infinately better if they were carried on in a different manner...It would surely be much more rational if conversation instead of dancing made the order of the day."

We might try organizing some chat conferences with NetMeeting.

Terry, I hate to damp your ardour, but this "Netmeeting" thing sounds like a big bandwidth hog, not to mention that I access the web through Lynx on a Unix shell account, though X-Windows on Netscape on that same Unix account, through Netscape on a Macintosh, and even occasioanlly through Netscape on Windows. I can't do any configuring of the Mac or Windows browsers because they're on machines in university public computer labs. And it would be hard to use sound capabilities either (I might bring my own headphones, but would be unable to use any microphones). My problems are particular to myself, but I'm sure there are many other who access the web from different set-ups and with different software, and may not be able to plug in the latest spiffiest stuff, or might not be able to use it effectively even if they did plug it in. Please, let's not exclude such people...

Terry, I hate to damp your ardour, but this "Netmeeting" thing sounds like a big bandwidth hog, not to mention that I access the web through Lynx on a Unix shell account, though X-Windows on Netscape on that same Unix account, through Netscape on a Macintosh, and even occasioanlly through Netscape on Windows. I can't do any configuring of the Mac or Windows browsers because they're on machines in university public computer labs. And it would be hard to use sound capabilities either (I might bring my own headphones, but would be unable to use any microphones). My problems are particular to myself, but I'm sure there are many other who access the web from different set-ups and with different software, and may not be able to plug in the latest spiffiest stuff, or might not be able to use it effectively even if they did plug it in. Please, let's not exclude such people...

may not be able to plug in the latest spiffiest stuff, or might not be able to use it effectively even if they did plug it in. Please, let's not exclude such people... Seconded - my home account is run on an old ibm pc over a 14.4 k modem, I'm not familiar with NetMeeting, but it sounds like I would have a problem with it? I do have fast access at work, but that could lead to rapid unemployment

HC. Would you like a shell account? It might make for a more pleasant experience than lynx (not that I don't like lynx, mind you).

Department of Idle Curiosity: What software do shell users here use - if not Lynx?

Yapp! That's what you use in a shell. It's much faster than the web based portion of yapp.

Terry: Yapp! That's what you use in a shell. It's much faster than the web based portion of yapp. Now I am really confused - if this is the case, how would getting a shell account here make a difference to HC? If he gets one, he will still be using Lynx, will he not? (In 42:8 you said: HC. Would you like a shell account? It might make for a more pleasant experience than lynx (not that I don't like lynx, mind you).) BTW, I do like Lynx, myself, and still prefer to use it if all I want is a quick search for text-based info.

No he wouldn't need lynx Joan. He would type 'bbs' at a shell prompt and then could breeze through the responses by typing r for read, n for next and r again for respond. He could also type b to browse. I'm entering this in the shell right now and I'm not in lynx.

] getting a shell account here make a difference to HC? If he gets one, he will still be using Lynx, will he not? You need not get on the web at all. It's like a mailing list.

Oops, sorry, Terry. Shoulda let you take that. We must have been answering that at exactly the same time.

No sweat. Have you tried the shell Amy? Did you bail out from your Thanksgiving flood?

Terry, you have mentioned several different features that are only available via a shell account. Does typing "BBS" then put you into a text version of yapp?

] Thanksgiving flood? ___ Yes, pretty much Terry. Joan, if you are still checking back on this thread, tell me: is the dating game going to happen tonight, do you know? I am going out in 45 minutes but will arrange to log on anyway if the event is on. Amy

] Amy: s the dating game going to happen tonight, do you know? You know as much as I do about that. I assume that it is, and a, planning to show up as Colombo to look for clues. [grin}

] planning to show up as Colombo ___ Ah. Hmm. Who should I be? Jim Lange?

typing bbs puts you in a text version of yapp that works wonderfully well.

Re: Saskia's response #1. Will the Ball last the whole day so that folks from all over the world can partake How about a revolving ball like in those "processional dinners" where we move from one venue to the other?

December 16th! that's pretty soon! Let's have a ball at Pemberly, all day long!

RE: 42:1, 21, 22 - subject Jane Austen's Birthday... December 16th is day after tomorrow. How are we going to celebrate?

Perhaps Kathleen could decorate the Drawing Room for a party and we could have an all-day ball at Pemberley?

How about if everyone tries to log in to the Spring at a certain time? We could all post to the same topic created for the occasion! How about if we call log in at 8 pm CST or: 7 pm EST 8 pm CST 9 pm MST 10 pm PST

7 pm EST 8 pm CST 9 pm MST 10 pm PST Terry, is this not backwards? 7PM EST is not 10 PM PST - it's the other way around! 10 pm EST= 9 pm CST= 8 pm MST= 7 pm PST I think it's probable that this location would be less easily overwhelmed by masses of simultaneous visitors than Pemberly - a lot would be lost there to messages falling off the bottom of the list without being seen by all.

Ooops, I time warped tonight. It would be interesting to put a load on the system and see how it worked and it might be a fun way to celebrate the birthday and leave a more lasting record.

] Terry, is this not backwards? 7PM EST is not 10 PM PST - it's the other way around! ___ I knew there was something endearing about Terry. He's dyslexic too!

Happy Birthday Jane Austen Since it's now 7:20 am on the 16th December here in Australia, let me wish our favourite author a wholehearted and congratulatory "Happy Birthday".

The corks are popping open down under . . .

The corks are popping open down under . . . champagne at 7.30 on a Monday morning? I fear I lack the stamina...