P&P 200 birthday!

Topic 60 · 31 responses · archived october 2000

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~ayelet Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (08:17) seed

Befor about 200 years a very important historical spot was created: JA began to write Pride And Prejudice! happy birthday! 31 new of

~saskia Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (11:29) #1

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

~Amy Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (11:37) #2

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

~Cheryl Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (13:40) #3

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."

~terry Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (13:40) #4

We might try organizing some chat conferences with NetMeeting.

~churchh Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (16:19) #5

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...

~churchh Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (16:23) #6

~Anna Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (16:29) #7

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

~terry Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (16:54) #8

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).

~jwinsor Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:06) #9

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

~terry Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:08) #10

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

~jwinsor Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:33) #11

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.

~terry Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:46) #12

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.

~Amy Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:46) #13

] 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.

~Amy Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:47) #14

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

~terry Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:50) #15

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

~jwinsor Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (18:56) #16

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?

~Amy Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (19:02) #17

] 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

~jwinsor Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (19:06) #18

] 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}

~Amy Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (19:17) #19

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

~terry Thu, Nov 28, 1996 (20:37) #20

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

~geekman Fri, Nov 29, 1996 (06:59) #21

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?

~ayelet Tue, Dec 3, 1996 (22:46) #22

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

~jwinsor Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (01:33) #23

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

~Cheryl Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (01:41) #24

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

~terry Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (02:22) #25

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

~jwinsor Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (02:49) #26

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.

~terry Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (04:31) #27

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.

~Amy Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (06:39) #28

] 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!

~geekman Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (14:31) #29

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".

~terry Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (15:13) #30

The corks are popping open down under . . .

~Anna Sun, Dec 15, 1996 (15:40) #31

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

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