mark : hi people! Thanks for helping me out with testing this thing!
westshome : This message is from Mark at home! It took a while to load the background image though... westshome : Hello from dad westshome : Hello everyone from Mum! mark : Hi! This is Mark (at work) talking! mark : Hi Nick mark : Hello Lucy. Nick is here, but hasn't got a 'post' button aparently... have you got one?
lucy : Hi, Nick and Mark! What a beautiful park we are in!! mark : Hooray!!! Hi Lucy! I was getting worried that this thing was really broken... Nick emailed me saying 'where the hell is the POST button'!
Marc : Hi everyone Nahlesss : hello
Anna : Hi everyone!! mark : Hi... who are you two? Do you work with Lucy? lucy : can't see my message... Marc : whats going on? Nahlesss : tra la la la la vicci : no!! someones wearing the same as me, i'm going home to change! Nahlesss : anyone want any minestrone soup? mark : Who are all you people???? Marc : oi Nahlesss : yawn! mark : Hi Nahlesss... who actually are you? mark : Hmmm. This is wierd. I feel like I've been invaded! Glad you liked my park though Lucy!
fuckoff : Hello fuckoff : What is this site? mark : Oi! No swearing in fuzzyland! mark : Who are you? fuckoff : This is Dave Roberts calling - is anybody there? fuckoff : It was the only username I could think of at the drop of a hat mark : Dave, you're a bad bad person. Fancy swearing like that. fuckoff : Fuck off fuckoff : can you hit people in here? mark : Whatdaya think? A load of random people were in here earlier that I think were Lucy's friends, but I'm not sure. No you can't hit people. Why does everyone want that? fuckoff : is this something youve written, or did you find it somewhere? mark : I wrote it. It uses PHP. mark : It'll probably break soon though... mark : There's a nice pond over here fuckoff : are you chasing me? mark : no! Hi again vicci and Anna. mark : That's more like it Daveo DaveRoberts : We just got a Javascript error! mark : Horay! Yeah, we got one of them yesterday. I think it's to do with the frames not being loaded when I try to reference them.
DaveRoberts : Need to sort out the login - hence why I have come back as a gimp mark : What's wrong with the login? It should automatically log you back in when you start it up (cookie on your PC) DaveRoberts : it didn't DaveRoberts : are you touching my arse? mark : Oh. Do you reject cookies? It worked ok with everyone else so far. Nice arse by the way. mark : Right, I'm off to lunch. See you later lucy : Yay!! Now I see my messages.... seems to take a while. Marc and Vicci and Anna saw me on this and wanted a go too... is cool!
katesdave : Hello katesdave : Hai katesdave : Hello Mark mark : Hi Dave katesdave : Hello Nick katesdave : I am quite impressed Mark! mark : Ta! katesdave : The world is lovely!!!Its a avatar world
mark : I drew it from bits of other pictures katesdave : Nice mark : Lucy said her messages weren't appearing right - maybe she has her browser set to cache pages? mark : I think Nick isn't really here... he's not moved in ages! mark : Hi Helen! katesdave : you wrote: Ideally for it to actually be useful, you all have to routinely load it up whenever you're on your PC/on the internet... You mean that we need to get addicted to it.
helen : Hello everybody katesdave : Hello helen mark : yep! adicted could be a word you could use. helen : I am not going to be staying very long as I have lots of work to do katesdave : I'll be back.Sorry to miss you Helen.
helen : also they have taken my blood the bastards and i feel weak helen : urgh get awat from me nasty mark mark : come back! helen : it's nick i like helen : ooh mark's chasing me helen : i'm just playing hard to get really helen : i didn't realise there was all that world that i couldn't see how exciting katesdave : I knew it. Cant leave you alone for a second mark : Hi again Dave. Helen just left. mark : I think Nick didn't click 'logout' so now he's just standing there, dead! katesdave : oh well. Lets lurk for other people.
mark : do you mean lurk? Behind trees? katesdave : in the lake mark : gurgle katesdave : is cold? mark : not too bad. My toes are getting a bit wrinkly though. katesdave : I come in too! mark : Nick's alive!!!!
nick : ahem slight problem with font size, the picture was covering the post button! mark : Hmm... that's something I'll need to fix then for version 2! katesdave : everyone is happy now. mark : Nick, Alow me to introduce Dave, Dave alow me to introduce Nick katesdave : hello there. nick : i'm still here! mark : Still where? katesdave : the matrix? katesdave : is it like a splinter in your mind? nick : why's it all gone slow?! anyway I've got work to do, see you later! katesdave : bye^.^
katesdave : I go see windmill mark : Hi DaveR. Are you around in the Surrey area at the weekdend? Saturday night for example... katesdave : he is invisible katesdave : no!!!! Dave is the windmill??? DaveR : I think so DaveR : Im not a windmill mark : Can you not see a picture of Dave? katesdave : Neither am I wink wink! mark : Hi Lucy... is it working now? katesdave : Actually mark, I didn't see him on the log. Not invisible silent. katesdave : hello lucy!! DaveR : hello DaveR : Mark - can you change the people pictures? I want to be a teletubby katesdave : Which teletubby? DAve mark : I could add in some wierd pics as well as normal ones I guess lucy : why is everyone running away from me :-( katesdave : good question lucy. DaveR : Im not katesdave : click where you want to go. DaveR : Any teletubby will do, as long as its animated katesdave : bye mark katesdave : you mean belly tele animations? Good idea! DaveR : Mark, request for V2 - make it send the message when I press enter, instead of having to click 'Post' lucy : hi dave, thank you for coming to talk to me! katesdave : sorry lucy, that was quiter rude of me. katesdave : no trouble, ar you on lunch? DaveR : should be doing work really katesdave : Second Davids request. katesdave : this is work. katesdave : kind of, like research mark : yep - already noted as a V2 improvement Dave! You won't be able to do new
lines then though...
katesdave : how about a control and enter send? katesdave : sorry, alt-enter, that is better katesdave : bye lucy mark : you can do tab then enter... katesdave : really
oliver : hello everybody katesdave : not bad! katesdave : hello mark : This is Oliver who I work with... and of course legendary Blues Injection bass player! oliver : this is very good mark, i must say oliver : so we can get to it outside of the firewall now can we? mark : cheers. WHo's this new person? katesdave : Oh dear, I am sorry that I missed your gig. Nice to meet you oliver. SJM : That would be I - Simon! katesdave : hey helen. mark : McSimon! Hi there mate! Long time no see! How's your collarbone? katesdave : simon and olliver are like twins.. he he he SJM : Still broken, but less painfull. helen : hello i am feeling a bit shy and was just waiting for someone to speak to me katesdave : oliver, sorry mark : Simon used to play bass in Amber - Ol plays bass in my bles band! katesdave : you cant do shy well in this environment. mark : Hi Helen, don;t be shy! SJM : It was either this avatar, or the little German dude... helen : i was going to stand next to mark oliver : hiya katesdave helen : problem with this is it looks nothing like work katesdave : I want to stand next to mark too katesdave : hey oliver, you are at ca also? helen : unless your job happnes to be making pretty web sites that is oliver : i am, working hard as you can see katesdave : well done oliver SJM : I'm with Helen on this one. Mark - get a proper job! helen : kates dave stay away from my boyfriend mark : Maybe I should make a black and white version disguised as Very Important Work oliver : i'm making a run for it SJM : Or force everyone to use an important-sounding username, e.g. Tony_Blair or whatever ;) katesdave : that would be cute. Or you could let us turn into vegetables.I want to be a parsnip. No a turnip
helen : a huge speadsheet with about 20 million rows and collumns of unformatted data and unintelligible titles SJM : Ooohh! So you can move the little geezers about. Fun! helen : although veggies sounds good make me a mushroom oliver : you've fixed the wrap thing mark mark : I could do a windows desktop, with us as icons that then move around by themselves. That'd confuse people! katesdave : It could be the stealth version helen : ha you can't see kates dave now katesdave : Thats rude. Im telling Kate. oliver : right, proper work to do, see you all later,ps mark, built in spellchecker katesdave : bye oliver helen : bye oliver mark : Seriously though Simon, how's your injury? Must have hurt a fair bit! katesdave : Are you stretching your ...er... legs, helen? SJM : At first *YES*. They put me on morphine! helen : thought you farted so best get away SJM : Now I'm just annoyed because I can't do anything. No guitars for Simon :( mark : I was looking forward to your little live set 2 weeks ago in Westwood. SJM : So was I. It was sort of 'last chance saloon' teritory for my music career (such as it is). I guess I'll retire! mark : You could still play the cymbals-between-the-knees part of a one man band... SJM : Or harmonica (sort of). SJM : Alternatively they could sit me near a theramin, and I could make noises by rocking back and forth. katesdave : helen!!!! Naughty. SJM : Why do the little blokies wander-off by themselves sometimes? helen : ....but nice mark : They walk to where you click... unfortunately if you click on the scroll bar they move to there too... katesdave : hi dave DaveR : hello again mark : between email, this and Instant Messanger I've done sod all since lunch time katesdave : synchronised standing!!!Join us dave
SJM : Anyhow, cool toy Mark. I'm off to stare at the curtains for a bit (variety being the spice of life). If this thing gets any better I'll have to give up IRC ;) mark : What's IRC??? DaveR : kind of this, without the pictures katesdave : Its really Chaotic mark : Bye Simon, see you soon I hope. SJM : Internet Relay Chat - the main chat-protocol thing before ICQ and MSN. Now I really am going! katesdave : Bye simon DaveR : Im off agin too - really must do this work! katesdave : bye dave mark : Yep, so should I I guess. helen : and me looks like it'll be queit in fuzzy world katesdave : that is when it gets interesting. heh heh mark : AAARRGGHHHH!!!! i'M TRAPPED IN HERE WITH A MAD MAN! katesdave : and no one can hear you scream. katesdave : But seriously Mark, how did you download yourself to the server? katesdave : sorry, upload mark : What, you mean that my little picture is so realistic that you think I'm actually here! cool katesdave : If your'e not really there, then how can can you be trapped? JonLinkins : Hello! This is cool. And I just figured out how to tell who's here. mark : caught me out there.Oh, Hi John... thought you were DaveR then, as he was just here and had the same character
katesdave : hi jon JonLinkins : ...And also how to move the characters around. katesdave : Hey Mark. Are there any other keyboard shortcuts? mark : not that I know of (I may hev some I put in accidently though!). Just that if you press tab it moves focus onto the post button katesdave : that is a good one. JonLinkins : Should I find another character??? One with a little aerial and a screen on its belly? katesdave : The avatar is unimportant (except in the matrix).How do we know that you are the real Jon Linkins?
JonLinkins : I just realised that Dave's already said very much the same sort of thing. katesdave : uncanny JonLinkins : It isn't. It's the architectural photographer from Queensland who registered jonlinkins.com. B*****d. katesdave : yes. I wonder if is just a joke that he is playing on you? JonLinkins : I expect he wasn't born Jon Linkins. I'm sure he changed his name in reverence. mark : right... katesdave : I would've if I were him. JonLinkins : I'd wouldn't though, if I were you. Mark, does this system check to prevent several people all being called Jon Linkins? JonLinkins : ...although clearly not the same character at the same time. mark : No, not really. When you create your character, if it already exists you get a message saying 'please only overwrite if it was you originally' etc. As we found out in testing (don't check this!!!) if you log on exactly as someone else it screws it up a bit. mark : working hard Dave? another coffee break? DaveR : are the users databased somewhere or is it all run off cookies and stuff? DaveR : so bored! mark : It works using PHP scripts and text files (a bit backwards I know) as they are free on the place where this is hosted (you have to pay for SQL etc) katesdave : bored DaveR : Why is katesdave always standing in the pond? katesdave : Bored katesdave : eaten by fish katesdave : they started on the inside, yuck! katesdave : POOL PARTY!!!who has the virtual beer?
DaveR : Ive got virtual work to do still DaveR : can you do html in this thing? DaveR : no mark : no, because when you could Oliver kept deliberately screwing it all up with javascript and stuff DaveR : good lad! mark : He called himself (anglebracket)table(closeanglebracket) if you know what I mean katesdave : A name that only a mother could love. mark : I would write 'lol' if it didn't really annoy me when people do that! katesdave : rotfl mark : 'roll on the floor laughing'? DaveR : raging otters terrify flying llamas katesdave : you see, when a group of people are seperated from the rest of society they begin to develop thier own languages. DaveR : whos that? katesdave : Hello Kate mark : Kate! DaveR : cybersex? katesdave : naughty boy!!!! mark : (Dave - move the cursor over a person and it should give a tooltip with their name)
Kate : yes its me, being naughty. My office is having a meeting right behind me but they won't notice anyway! DaveR : it does, just couldnt be bothered to move from my keyboard to my mouse katesdave : synchronised standing again Kate : do we get a choice as to where we stand on the little screen?? mark : we could stand on each others heads katesdave : yeah, just click where you want to go. DaveR : is there a 'make kate turn round button?' Kate : has jon gone?? I wanted to tell him that the lib dem annual conference was sponsored by Macdonalds.... katesdave : there is not a script to slap people with fish either mark : Bad boy! Rude boy! Kate : i'm turning round in the office on my wheely chair...will that do?! katesdave : can you kick people Mark? mark : version 2... katesdave : Bad lib dems. Was it this year too Kate? Kate : hmmm....not sure. feel dizzy from turning round on my chair. Kate : anyway better do work b4 someone kills me...but this is v cute!! Like it mark!! Kate : Byebye mark : Cheers Kate, see you later! x katesdave : Me too! See you Kate! lucy : H again - this isn't really working for me as I can never see any of my messages come up, or anyone elses for that matter, until about an hour after they're sent... any tips Mark? lucy : hi kate! you've a very pretty dress on today! mark : you could try to right click on the message board bit and select 'refresh'... but you shouldn't have to do that really, it should just work... katesdave : Is your refresh rate at 10 or so seconds? katesdave : bye lucy katesdave : kate, speak to me!!!Kate????
katesdave : 999 katesdave : hello! Its my wife.She's not speaking.
mark : Is your refresh working yet lucy? katesdave : try and get a word in edgewise, eh? mark : too late, she's gone! I think Kate needs a good shake to wake her up. katesdave : there is no click and drag option though. Perhaps a burst of electrisity to her IP.
katesdave : haircut? helen : hello markfish mark : Hi again Helen. I can't believe it's not even 4 yet. Are you excited about our hot date later? katesdave : Jon, Kate had something to share with you. But unfortunately, my darling wife is unable to speak at the moment. Cry cry mark : The trouble with this place is that you keep having to check back to know you're not missing anything katesdave : Thank goodness for large screens. And small applications. helen : yes feel a bit faint- think it is important to keep eating to make up for the bloodloss katesdave : ? mark : Did you get a badge saying 'I saved 5 lives, ask me how'? katesdave : heres lucy! mark : Hi Lucy if you can hear us!!! katesdave : did you get milk and cookies? katesdave : this is cute. It is like couples hour. helen : have now eaten two packets of crisps a cheese toastie and half a panini a can of coke and some mm's and still feel hungry helen : no milk and cookies only crisps and weak orange squash mark : a flask of weak lemon drink helen : and a sticker telling people to be nice to me that everyone ignored katesdave : THey used to serve Guiness. katesdave : I would have been nice to you, helen. JonLinkins : I gather we've all got cookies. Will this mean that whoever logs in first from my PC will always be automatically logged in? lucy : Have tried refresh again... maybe it'll work! It's not fair, I have so much to say aswell :-( lucy : Have tried refresh again... maybe it'll work! It's not fair, I have so much to say aswell :-( helen : obviously has gone low budget since than or maybe my blood isn't worth it katesdave : Is it the firewall Mark? katesdave : at least they don't serve you blood pudding !!!! (wretch) helen : firewall i can't see any fire and if we all have cookies i want some mark : yes Jon... I guess that could be a problem... helen : everyone having cookies is not what i call a problem mark : The firewall shouldn't really cause a problem, as we have one here. It should look just like a normal web site. katesdave : I thought that cookies were just like a metaphor for cookies or something JonLinkins : The problem is that up to four of us have to share a cookie. And it's not really big enough to share. katesdave : Like Jerusalem? mark : Don't really know why they're called cookies. Maybe they taste like them. helen : i think cookies is a really good metaphor for cookies- extremely obscure so you feel really clever for getting it katesdave : American cookies are quite good, then one day Nestle came and made them taste yucky. They were not so good then, but they were more common. katesdave : And that, helen, is the rub. mark : I guess an 'automatically log me in' option would be good for version 2, so you can turn cookies off (if you want a diet) katesdave : Perhaps Lucy is using Netscape. katesdave : Are you using Netscape, Lucy? katesdave : damn JonLinkins : Don't we all use Netscape? Tut, tut. mark : 100% netscape certified I'll have you know! JonLinkins : Standards compliant??? mark : umm.... yes? katesdave : Only when it is available. It circumvents the University's content protection, so they dont use it. mark : wait for me!!! helen : urgh get away you nasty boy katesdave : no helen, I am over here. mark : I won't take you to Strada for any pizza if you're nasty to me helen : I am chasing you-- shit strada for pizza back i come katesdave : Cool specs, Jon! mark : That's better.I've just noticed Anna hiding behind the comatose Kate.
helen : mark i can't get to cuddle you helen : I have to go my managers were very impressed with Mark's technical genius but very unimpressed with the quantity of analysis of surplus I've done mark : Bye then! See you later on! x katesdave : sad helen, Bye JonLinkins : Seems to work fine in Netscape 5.0 (X11; en-US) (Mozilla - Linux i686), if anyone's interested mark : And NN 7 and IE 5. Nick had a problem with font sizes that I should fix, where he couldn't get to the 'post' button. katesdave : Mmmm, is that the latest netscape for Linux? mark : I'm off for a drink break.. back in 15 mins! katesdave : Bye Mark, does that mean that this is unmoderated now? katesdave : Hello??? katesdave : I will go and try something katesdave : yes, bye. DaveR : Im using Opera and IE6 side by side, both logged in as me - Im waiting for it t break. daveS : break them yourself dave, you know you want to. DaveR : That was a bit weird - I entered that message on Opera, and it showed up on IE. I dont think its as standards complient as it could be! DaveR : aaagh daveS : bye then DaveR : that was like watching my own death! daveS : suicide DaveR : Im speaking from beyond the grave daveS : or behind a girl daveS : no, beyond the grave DaveR : That was quite good - I managed to be the first suicide in fuzzyworld! daveS : and youre still here. daveS : you could make a cult and get others to join you daveS : Help Mark!!!Dave's dead!
daveS : That's not him! DaveR : Hooray! - Im back daveS : your avatar is back dave. DaveR : I had to log back in in a different Opera window daveS : Same libretto? mark : yeah, if you log on as someone who is already logged on, then leave, they leave too (kind of). So don't do it! DaveR : sorry??? mark : mmmm cadbury's choc with biscuit bits! daveS : Dont try and explain it mark, he died and thats all there is to it. DaveR : I logged in twice as me so I could see them next to each other - then killed one of them. DaveR : Mark - are you going to keep cropping the message list (I think it will grind to a halt very quickly otherwise!) mark : But you can't (I think) have 2 characters on screen with the same username... they will share one body (in a freaky alien way), so that you can control them from either browser. DaveR : yeah, thats right mark : Yeah... I was going to make a thing that erases it every day when the first person logs on, but for now I'm going to do it manually. Maybe I should have it auto move the day's conversation to an 'archived chat' page? daveS : Is that legal? mark : what? doing it manually? I certainly hope so, or Dave is in trouble! ;-) daveS : No creating and storing a database. UK Databases Act 1988 daveS : You're allowed to do it (with a license), but then you need to prove that it is necessary to keep it. DaveR : Are you sure you cant hit people in here? daveS : Neo could. daveS : see you ,mark, I need to go to the library. Nice pizza! mark : Bye mate. lucy : We only have Internet Explorer at work... it's still not working - pooh!! mark : I can hear you lucy!I wonder why it doesn't work for you though?
lucy : goodbye everyone - hope you get this message as I won't! JonLinkins : Hello again. Just to let you know that the browser version that I gave earlier is how NN7 identifies itself using navigator.appVersion etc. I think it thinks it's Mozilla 5, but it can't be, can it? mark : Dunno mate. I don't know why it doesn't work for Lucy though... she said it worked for her workmates, so it's probably not a firewall etc problem. Wierd. mark : Right, time to go home. Bye Jon, see you in Clapham! lucy : Looks like I'm alone in this beautiful world... will come back later to see what's goin' dahn! DavidS : Yeah!!! A whole world and its all mine!!!! DaveR : dont you have a home to go to? DavidS : Home? mark : Phew! just made it to work after 2hours and 50 mins travelling. Grrr. DavidS : long time!!! I thought that and hour on the tube was bad!!! mark : My train got a bit of rubber pipe or something stuck under the front of itself and broke. DaveR : At least youre making up for it by getting straight down to work! mark : I think tonight I might make the fonts smaller for this thing, what do you think? Make it a bit more compact. DavidS : it might be nice DaveR : yeah, as small as possible DaveR : you should script it so the page title changes to the latest message as well, then it would show on the button when its minimized mark : Now that's pretty cunning! DavidS : careful with the size though. If you make it MUCH smaller then I will not be able to read it when I am using 1152x854. mark : Helen suggested a 'stealth' mode too, all black and white with no pictures, so can use it when have to look like doing work mark : might make a user-defined preferences thing for font size etc. DavidS : Hmmmm DavidS : allo nick mark : Got the new Mogwai album today Nick from Amazon... haven't listened to it yet though DavidS : Thinking about what you said yesterday Mark, it would be really nice if we could go through the old messages, perhaps day by day or something. mark : yeah, I'll hopefully sort that out tonight or at the weekend. I was thinking that if you scroll right up to the top there is a link for 'previous messages', or maybe a link from the startup page that currently just says 'please wait' mark : Neil's on his way... DavidS : wooohooo!!!! DavidS : The updates that you mention sound good. Even if there was a link to a page on your website or something. DavidS : Actually, I was wondering. I think that I should be able to log in with my old character, but I seem to keep on having to overwrite him. mark : If you use different usernames then you can create different characters... you need to click 'logout' then type in the old username to log in again mark : I'm off to play b.ball, see you later Dave! DavidS : have a good time DaveS : No, cannot do it Mark. DaveS : Test. Does the cyberworld exist when there is no one there.
theterrible : No, it does not. lucy : ... hmmm... where is everybody? DaveS : gone lucy lucy : hi dave, how are you? DaveS : hello there DaveS : are you on break? DaveS : I go run. Bye! neil : I am not wearing any knickers. mark : Hi Neil if you're still here! I'm back from lunch now. Good b.ball game too neil : aha! i was starting to get worried! mark : There were about 6 people in here yesterday. DaveS and DaveR pop in every now and again, and Lucy and Helen and Kate sometimes neil : i thought it might be quiet because it was lunch time! mark : Good practice on Monday wasn't it? It's inspired us lot here to look forward to your return from Italy! neil : Yeah, it was a lot of fun just playing rather than worrying about tapes etc. DaveS : I heard that you were coming neil DaveR : Hello - Ive popped in again - have to keep leaving abruptly due to work commitments though! mark : I must say that Neil's looking rather dashing today mark : meeting... see you guys later! DaveS : You know Neil, if you pretended to be a mystery lady the illusion would be complete. neil : Or maybr if opted for gender reasignment surgery... DaveS : virtual identies don't require such drastic measures. You could be an 18 year old porn star or a turnip. neil : I could be so many things that i simply feel adrift within my own existence. Maybe surgery would help to reveal my true identity. DaveS : you mean having your skin replaced with transparent plastic??? neil : is that fashionable in LA. If so i'm in. DaveS : Welcome to BodyWorlds Live!! neil : as long as i am not put in a compromising pose i would be happy DaveS : wait until marks version 2!!! DaveS : must go, be back l8ter! neil : ttfn mark : Oi! no text message language allowed in fuzzy world! lucy : Hey Neil, we're twins! DaveS : You are twins!!! I knew it! mark : And you both look like Helen did too... DaveS : hmmmmm... odd, very odd. DaveS : Has anyone ever read/ seen "No Exit"? mark : nope. Is it good then? DaveR : I read a book once DaveS : How many times did you read it Dave? mark : lier! it was just the writing on the side of a box of cornflakes! DaveR : I think its about 3 and a half thousand now - Im expecting a huge fine from the library DaveS : "No Exit" is Sartre's seminal play in the philosophy of existentialism DaveR : it was meg and mog DaveS : The complete works of Shakespere then mark : http://www.virtvic.freeserve.co.uk/ DaveS : Not bad, but do you really think that it is appropriate to teach children magic spells? DaveR : thats the one DaveS : neos the one DaveR : better than teaching the existentialism DaveS : hmmm... yes, more gothic. DaveS : but, unfortunately the spells are not in french, so the little french children must study sartre instead. DaveR : it cant be too hard to translate to le meg and la mog-chat DaveS : Yes, but the MAGIC cant be translated. It is like casting spells with a broken wand. The little girls and boys keep getting turned into frogs!!!! Quel Horreur!!! mark : Sacre Bleau! mark : Jon! You made it out of bed! JonLinkins : Just about. Note on supervisors door says 'back at 4.30' so by arriving at half two I only have two hours to kill, rather than most of the day. JonLinkins : Having killed yesterday, the day before and Monday. DaveS : Did you find pleasure in watching them die (just out of curiosity) neil : isn' the matrix an existentialist allegory? mark : well, it did bring me out in a bit of a rash, so maybe DaveS : Allegory? neil : The matrix is an existentialist allegory. JonLinkins : I expect all of you who pulled faces at me not turning up 'till after lunch will find pleasure in watching me work myself to death in the week before my first year report is due and it becomes apparent that I've not done enough work. DaveS : I think that existentialism is a bit more vague than all that Neil. DaveR : the matrix is a load of shite, thats what it is DaveS : Should I say dated instead DaveS : Now that is Nihilist Dave. DaveR : do you keep a dictionary next to the computer, just for emergencies? DaveS : Animatrix explains that the Matrix is in the tradition of post-apocalyptic expressionism DaveS : The computer is a dictionary DaveS : I go help friend, back in a few neil : Am reading a bit of Satre at the moment.Feel a bit of a tit though, because Satre is one of those people that it is cool to have read, but distinctly uncool to be seen reading.
neil : hello mark : Hello Neil. I'm reading 'The Girl at the Lion D'Or' at the moment and it's good. lucy : Hello boyfriend! JonLinkins : Hi Lucy! Any joy with the updates yet? DaveR : Im still reading my Solzenitsyn at the mo - its brilliant JonLinkins : 9... 10... 11... 12... 13... 14... 15... I'll take that as a no. Dave: Ivan Denisovitch? DaveR : first circle JonLinkins : Damn. I though the conversation was about to turn to one of the very few books I've actually read. DaveR : hehe JonLinkins : Hi Lucy, are you coming to join me in "the grey bit"? mark : You've not fallen of the edge of the world have you? DaveS : Oh Neil, I am reading FURY by Rushdie (Not to be confused with Fuzzy) DaveS : I think that Jon is refering to the Nanotech area. DaveS : Solzenitsyn comes on the side of Cereal boxes??? I am confused, It must be Cyrillic Crunch or something. JonLinkins : I didn't fall. I sort of travelled in slow, sideways jumps. JonLinkins : Does this ensure updates, Lucy? lucylu : Hi guys! DaveS : hello lucylu mark : My god!!! what happened to you! Jon, are you worried? JonLinkins : A dual personality and gender issues. Just a little. JonLinkins : Has anyone else tried right click - refresh - cancel? It reloads you without the form! JonLinkins : Has anyone else tried right click - refresh - cancel? It reloads you without the form! lucylu : Lucylu and Lucy don't seem to be able to be in here at the same time and I still can't read my messages so I might go home and cry now :-( DaveS : I will cry with you. I need to practice my empathy. lucylu : Hey I seem to have changed back again - this is a little bizarre! JonLinkins : I didn't submit that twice, either. The refresh should've been reload as well. Right click - reload - ok brings you back. Lucy, this might work for you??? JonLinkins : I didn't submit that twice, either. The refresh should've been reload as well. Right click - reload - ok brings you back. Lucy, this might work for you??? mark : Jon! Oi! Stop it! JonLinkins : D'oh. Sorry. DaveS : neil neil : oh right have caught up with everything now, had to log out then in because everythng got a bit fuzzed up.Dave - am aware that existentialism is very wide ranging. What i meant to say was the Matrix draws on (and simplifies) some of the themes contained in Satre's Roads to freedom trilogy. God i love having an Arts degree.
DaveS : Oh, ...can you think of a way that it relates to Victorian Pornography? neil : Satre or the Matrix? DaveR : so you're saying Keano Reeves isnt a gimp? neil : never said anything of the sort. DaveR : damn his existentialist belief system DaveS : matrix. I was thinking of an alternative reading of the plot that would go along the lines of lady Chatterly's Lover DaveR : hmmmmmmm, porn DaveS : KR can fly. Gimp? I think not DaveS : NOT p(op c)orn? neil : your just taking the piss out of me now. I will be forced to stamp my feet most vigorously. Mark can i do that? DaveR : I think there's a special code you can put in for foot stamping options DaveS : "Can" is an ethical imperative. Affirm your feet stamping. Say yes to it with no reservations. JonLinkins : Is it possible to get the alt text to display on the little characters in the board frame? I'd like to know when things were posted. DaveS : did I say imperative? I meant interrogative. JonLinkins : And my supervisor's out of his meeting in 10mins so I'll stop hassling Mark's excellent software. DaveR : Mark - when can I get my little man put on here? (everyone else - thats not as rude as it sounds) DaveS : bye Jon DaveS : Can I design one too Mark? Huh can I? huh? come on... mark : Dave, I'll put your man on tonight. plus some other changes (such as archiving and the titl thing you suggested Dave) mark : DaveS, you can do a person if you want (keep it the same size as one of these) but you'll have to email it to me before 5:30pm! mark : Jon, if you put the cursor over the pics on the left of the messages it should come up with the posted date (may not work in NN though) DaveS : oh no!!! Maybe I shoud do my work instead!!! mark : poor Lucy coming in here and walking around. It's like she's deaf. lucylu : I'm back - can't find reload though Jon? What are you talking about?! I just want it to work - boo hoo... DaveS : shhhhh. she might really be able to hear you lucylu : I'm back - can't find reload though Jon? What are you talking about?! I just want it to work - boo hoo... JonLinkins : Yeah, I guess it's an IE thing. JonLinkins : Lucy, I changed my mind about the virtues of what I suggested. It seems to cause the last message you posted to be re-sent. I imagine it isn't called "reload" in the aforementioned MS effort of a browser. JonLinkins : And Dave, what are you doing? mark : I'm just working on the next version of this site, and I seem to have recreated Lucy's problem... maybe I'll be able to work out why... DaveS : Jon, I am tying up some loose ends for a Unit deadline tomorrow. Basicly I've done all the real work, so I am taking it easy. JonLinkins : It's interesting that the alt text works perfectly in the lower frame though. DaveR : I can get further into the grey void than Jon! DaveR : he's persistant neil : I didn't know that there was a world beyond this idyllic meadow DaveR : I was hoping mark had put a secret virtual brothel there JonLinkins : We'd get some interesting character re-designs, then, I'd imagine. The whole message time thing is to do with using 'title' rather than 'alt' for images, isn't it? Any chance of a minor modification for us Netscape users, Mark? Pretty please!!! mark : I thought I put in both? maybe I didn't, I'll do both. DaveS : Fun and games. Sorry mark, my vector men and women all look like rubbish at the requisite size. Go on without me. (Sadness ensues) DaveR : I might do some more tonight for various people DaveS : Photoshop? DaveR : thats my weapon of choice DaveS : mmmmhmmmm. have fun. DaveR : I will mark : Yeah, go on Dave that'll be cool. I can put them in over the weekend. I'm glad people seem to actually be using this web site!!! DaveS : it is refreshing DaveR : if you click the refresh button DaveS : but (sorry Neil) there seems to be a gender divide, also there are no users from the African continent. mark : I've written new code to hopefully fix lucy's problem, give Jon ALT text, do archiving and Dave's title thing. Will update it tonight. neil : you don't think of me as a woman do you? DaveS : I think of you as a disembodied voice that happens to be hooked up to a little girls body. Um... does that answer the question? neil : hmm, angst inducing DaveS : like courtney Love? neil : nothing like courtney why did you call me love? It strikes me as male chauvanism, for which ther is no place in Fuzzyland neil : right over and out. I'm off home for tea and buttered toast. DaveS : Indeed. Actually, I find that your discourse is a bit off in these post-human times. Male Chauvinism you say, I think that you are not looking behind the mask of flesh at my true identity. (PS this is a set up dave, go for it.)
DaveS : ta neil DaveR : no, its not coming... DaveS : oh well. its 5. I cant blame you. mark : Almost home time! We're all off to the pub, as the new grads are leaving for NY on Saturday. Can't believe it's been a year since I went! DaveS : I cant either!!! Have a good one Mark!! DaveS : I'm going to go now too, because I don't want to be the last to leave!Bye
mark : Yeah, I think I'll go. See you later Dave! I'll leave you to your own devices... (?). Bye! DaveS : I am here and I am not here. JonLinkins : Are you still here Dave, or do you have a sort of omnipresence which guards Fuzzyland at night? west_family : Hi! This is Mark logging on from home... I've just updated the code, so hopefully it will all work OK still! Goodnight! west_family : Whoever is first on tomorrow, hopefully it will automatically archive and move todays messages over to the archive file... lucylu : Hi Neil, how are you? mark : Good morning Neil! Were you first in today? neil : ah good morning all, can confirm i was first in this morning, but got distracted by filling in my time sheets - great works of fiction! mark : Did you get a message pop up saying 'archiving' and stuff? neil : i did indeed - scared the hell out of me mark : sorry! Good that it worked though, as I hadn't really tested it. I think Dave should have a new outfit today... neil : I've just been told that i will havce to write a letter of resignation today, so that i can quit my job. All a bit official isn't it? mark : If you don't write it but leave anyway then, will they have to still pay you? neil : Well as ever here noone is really sure. We have just had the debate over whether or not i need to backdate it. Its weird because i have never needed to do this before when i have worked here. DaveS : Looking well today. mark : Good morning sir DaveS : Please... neil : greetings pilgrim mark : Dave, I think you should go and get changed... DaveS : looking gorgeous as ever neil. Hi dave. neil : thats harassment. 
DaveR : Good morning DaveS : Looking gorgeous as ever dave. neil : i like the way when the characters speak they look as though they are swearing DaveR : Mark - check your email mark : I have done... very cool! DaveS : Nice guitar Dave! neil : not as nice as guitar george DaveR : I only know some of the chords mark : Guitar Joe knows all of them DaveS : the vocal chords? neil : gi joe knows none of them - he just too busy fighting mark : Ummm... DaveS : Do Re Mi Fa... mark : So, La, Te, Do. DaveS : ti do! neil : doe a deer a female deer, ray.. DaveR : a drop of golden sun DaveS : me? neil : a name i call myself DaveS : Hit it Mark! Far... DaveS : And it brings us back to SAD.... neil : seasonal affective disorder? mark : A long long way to run... DaveS : well done neil : we've had a lot of fun.... DaveS : weve had a lot of time. neil : is anyone around this evening because if it stays nice, i might throw my garden open for a barbecue or some such summer fun. DaveR : you not going to brighton then? - If not, then yes, I'll come to yours neil : no there was a usual Joesque cock up. Her friend Wottsit, thought that they were meeting during the day. And so the evening time revelries have been axed. DaveR : oh, in that case, yep BBQ revelries sounds good mark : I'm up for that Neil definitely! DaveS : good way to wind up the week! K and I are going to a end of term party... and we are to lazy to get out of London. But you all have a good time. I am going out for a walk now. See you all later! mark : Is it worth sending everyone an email then neil? Some people only check their emails at lunch time I think... DaveR : like me - Im never on the internet neil : um yeah. I will action that forthwith. DaveR : Mark - good implementation of my title bar idea by the way - now I can leave the window minimised and still know when someones posted something - brilliant! mark : Cheers! I'm finding it useful too actually. Godd idea of yours! lucylu : Still not working... I am here though, talking in my own silent way to you all! mark : What? are you actually here Lucy? I can't see a picture of you any more? daveS : hello everyone mark : yo dude mark : See you after lunch! Nice and sunny, so we're going to sit outside on the picnic tables! DaveR : hey dave daveS : Lucky. It is always sunny here in fuzzy land!!! daveS : Hello dave. Are you going outside for lunch in the sun as well? DaveR : no - Im working! daveS : I am working too. I am lying about what I learned on my course. They want me to say that everything is fine. It was crap, but if I say that I will fail. (DaveS Vents Steam) DaveR : They'll respect you more if you tell the truth (and then they'll fail you) daveS : I called them and told them the truth. Now I will lie on paper. DaveR : good plan, destroy all evidence and deny everything daveS : Burn them all!!! neil : never apologise, never explain daveS : Never let them take your shoelaces. neil : surely that depends on your state of mind daveS : 0101010101010101010 neil : right i'm off to the pub daveS : get real fucked daveS : sorry mark (when you get back) daveS : did I say f*****d I meant pissed DaveR : Hooray! Now when people look through the archive they wont think Im the only rude one daveS : Yes... but you are the best rude boy daveS : Is there any way to tell if Neil is dead? DaveR : poke him with a stick daveS : [dave pokes neil with stick] DaveR : He's dead daveS : If we leave him for several weeks do you think that he will decompose? daveS : I go and hand in work now. Ciao, dave neil : not dead just drinking - inf act when drinking usually feel more alive. FUCK (just to join the rude club) mark : Ah bollocks! I screwed it all up! Servers me right fo r trying to mess around and take over control of Neil! mark : Can you log out Neil, and then in again, otherwise you're destined to be an error message for the rest of your life! Sorry! neil : I've just handed my notice in woohoo! mark : Did you slam it down on the table and shout "That's it! I quit!" neil : nothing so dramatic sadly. DaveR : woooo mark : woooo. So, just us for the BBQ so far then is it? neil : Yeah and Jo too, who's the pillock in brown slacks? DaveR : You're wearing a dress... neil : Don't start oppressing me again. neil : Oh tonight just pop round when your ready, and you are both welcome to a spot on the floor. DaveR : I was going to ask you that. I could do with a few beers I think. stephen : shit my twin is here DaveR : Helloo - yeah, he didnt allow for the prospect of 2 gingers when writing this stephen : i don't think i went through all the characters stephen : why did you just brush past me DaveR : Its fun, and Im a bit weird neil : Crikey ginger people taking over fuzzy land stephen : do I have to remember the address for this? Anyway of knowing if you are on it at any time? DaveR : yes, remember the address. No way of knowing whos on here without coming in at the mo. Mark - come up with a cunning solution for future version please! neil : right i am going home. stephen : do you separate two email addresses when sending a message to two people with a semi colon? DaveR : In general or in here? With normal email, yes - In here you can send to individual people at the mo. All messages go to everyone. stephen : i just meant general e-mail DaveR : yes then - semi colon should do it stephen : it doesn't work DaveR : what email program? stephen : comma seems to have worked DaveR : that was my next answer stephen : so whats happening stephen : ive just got back from sunny sicily DaveR : very nice, did you get kidnapped by the mafia? stephen : i don't think they exist. It's just an old fairy tale DaveR : hows the mrs? stephen : damn good DaveR : this is a bit scary being stood with freaky ginger twins! stephen : just had network crasshhhhh DaveR : blame Marks programming! stephen : my twin is mute DaveR : Mark are you there?? You're not working are you? stephen : who works on a friday? DaveR : Me, grrrr! mark : Hi guys, Oliver and I were just getting pissed off by Netscape DaveR : Just for a change... mark : Aparently it doesn't allow tables to have overflow, which is annoying when the whole product we are converting to Netscape uses that. DaveR : to overflow to where? mark : you know, when it scrolls off the edge or is hidden. Like you can do with DIV's mark : Hi Stephen. Are you one of Dave's mates from Uni? stephen : which one is me now? stephen : yes DaveR : He's my only mate, anywhere DaveR : youre the one at the back, pretending not to look at Marks arse stephen : not pretending too much mark : When will you go to Neils then Dave? stephen : after he has finished slashing in the bushes DaveR : dunno, 7.30ish probably (after slashing in the bushes) stephen : who was that cartoon character who hit people with a banjo? mark : Hmmm... I'm tempted to go straight there from work, since by the time I get home it'll be about 7 anyway. I quite fancy a drink though. stephen : that doesn't answer the question DaveR : Im thinking stephen : it's just i think you may start prodding me with your instrument soon mark : El Kabong DaveR : Im gonna make an animated vesion of it so I can do exactly that. DaveR : Who? stephen : im running away stephen : was he the horse mark : I just remember he went 'Kabong!' when he hit people DaveR : Lucky he wasnt called El Wanker, or it would never have got past the censors stephen : daves going out for a walk stephen : theres only one el wanker around here DaveR : If you knew mark you'd realise there are 3 actually! stephen : i think ill leave you two guys to get fruity in the bushes i'm going home DaveR : see you later mark : Bye, nice to meet you! DaveR : What are you doing tonight then, did you decide? mark : Will you and Jo be drinking and staying late/over? mark : Hi Donnie, this is Dave. Dave, this is Donnie who works for CA in new york d0nn13 : Today is friday. I do not feel like working. Hi, Dave. DaveR : I will, dont know about jo yet DaveR : Hi donnie d0nn13 : Hi, Dave. What do you do? DaveR : Im a lowly web designer (graphic design + ASP/databases etc) d0nn13 : i used to do ASP/database design!back at university!
d0nn13 : i'm ending it all. DaveR : I used to do programming at Uni! (until I realised I was crap at it!) d0nn13 : :-) i'm better at programming than web design. DaveR : Im not! d0nn13 : It looks like we're cursing at each other, Mark Edric : This is really nifty! mark : You guys... don't tell any of the other bootcampers about this place, or they'll all come in and work out ways to break it! DaveR : Who's Edric? d0nn13 : especially the QA guyslike edric
d0nn13 : especially the QA guyslike edric
d0nn13 : oops Edric : its ok... i'm a bootcamp outcast.. no one talks to me anyway =) haha Edric : I'm Edric, Hi Dave! Edric : Edric is an old english name d0nn13 : the irony is that Edric doesn't talk to bootcamp, not the other way around. d0nn13 : no it's not. Edric : harumph.. Edric : stop tryin gto hump me donnie d0nn13 : nobody likes me, everybody hates me, guess I'll go eat worms Edric : ok i forgive u d0nn13 : too late. d0nn13 : goodbye, cruel world. Edric : com eback! Edric : look out! a puddle! d0nn13 : i've drowned. Edric : ill save u d0nn13 : ressurrected. edric : u never cease to amaze me, mark d0nn13 : yeah, I want mark's brain. mark : I'm just an amazing kind of guy d0nn13 : look, i'm don quixote mark : who? DaveR : no youre not - youre a fraud and a charlatan d0nn13 : you don't know me well enough to expose me. DaveR : That comment was actually aimed at Marks last comment, but it might aply to donnie too, you never know... DaveR : my spelling's bad today d0nn13 : hahaha, oh, are you the real Brains behind Mark, DaveR? d0nn13 : Edric, what are you doing for lunch? DaveR : absolutely, I taght him everything he knows DaveR : aaaagh - taught d0nn13 : i still believe in you, mark. d0nn13 : Even if the only thing our avatars can say to each other are obscenities. DaveR : yeah, so do I actually - Im most impressed with this. d0nn13 : I don't mean the things I say. Look at the peaceful expression on my face. d0nn13 : It would be funny if something came from the top right of the screen. That's where all our eyes are focused. fire. we need random fires! mark : I'm honored that you like it guys! Just hope it actaully gets proper use and doesn't just fade out of use after a week... DaveR : or break! mark : It'll never break... although i did turn Neil into a 'missing image' error box earlier, but that served me right! edric : i'm going to the mall to look for a father's day gift d0nn13 : oh. the mall. you suck. mark : That's wired... Mothers day was on a totally different day between UK/USA, but Fathers day is this Sunday in both then? edric : sunday.. yep d0nn13 : when was mother's day? DaveR : Think I'll just get a lame card on sunday morning - Im such a good son mark : Dave: I think I'll go home, get changed then go out to Neil's. DaveR : OK, I'll probably be there already then oliver : whasupdude DaveR : bonjour oliver oliver : how oliver : are you DaveR : very DaveR : good d0nn13 : salut, Olivercomment ça va?
oliver : ca va bien merci d0nn13 : super. qu'est-ce que tu fais en ce moment? DaveR : Christ, its like a 12 year olds French lesson! edric : oli oliver : dude edric : me twin brother oliver : im good oliver : we look like the dude from radiohead edric : i saw radiohead last week! woohoo! oliver : i'm seeing them soon, were they good? d0nn13 : Christ? Where?!?! edric : oh man. they were crazy good oliver : manchester edric : their new songs are great! oliver : its home time, ey,congrat to my girlfreind by the way. she found her results for her degree, 2.1, which is good.
d0nn13 : oh wonderful. congrats. edric : have a good weekend. take an extra shot for us DaveR : she found them? I might look under the sofa when I get home, see if I can fing a 2:1! DaveR : Bye oliver : thats it run away, you having a bbq today? oliver : hes gone d0nn13 : LOL edric : gotta run too.. have fun guys! d0nn13 : bye edrichave fun
d0nn13 : I think I'll leave too, since everyone is leaving. have a great weekend, Mark, Ol' d0nn13 : You guys are the best! mark : Bye folks! lucy : It's oh so quiet... mark : Morning Dave. I put a couple of your new pics up last night, but that was all for now. DaveR : Excellent, just looked. Neil & Dave - when you get here, have a look for your new personas (though Im kind of expecting neil to want to keep his dress!) mark : Coo, Lucy's having a BBQ, and it's on a day I can make it! DaveR : when and where is that? DaveR : dont answer that - just got the email lucylu : Well, hello Marky - can you hear me?! It is a lovely day today in Fuzzyland! mark : Hi Lucy, I can hear you... but I can't see you! JonLinkins : I err, didn't choose that position, Mark, it's the default or whatever. JonLinkins : Although I appreciate that if you weren't looking at just the right time, you'll have no idea what I'm on about. mark : Hi Jon. I'm cold. JonLinkins : Fuzzying is a little like txting isn't it? In that I've no idea if you're taking the p*ss or if CA have overenthusiastic air con. JonLinkins : ...or it's just cold in Slough. mark : I am actually very cold... it's the air conditioning. And I don't work in Slough OK!!! (grr! ;-) ). Datchet. It's posher. mark : I'm actually wearing my coat and am still cold. JonLinkins : Can you not just hack into whatever computer controls it and turn it down/up? mark : Hmmm... I think my skills may not have progressed to that level just yet! mark : Good weekend? JonLinkins : Would they sack you, or promote you if you did? JonLinkins : Weekend was nice, yes. Saw Kate & Dave on Friday (in the physical 'Sharp' world) and sat on the Common, not watching Wayne's World. Sunbathed a bit on Saturday and went for a meal. How was your weekend? mark : Similar really... went to Neil's on Friday with Dave and Jo and had a BBQ and some drinks, then spent the weekend doing some music and sunbathing and having a swim in Neil's pool. Nice! JonLinkins : Neil has a pool? Very nice! [For archive purposes: written while jumping into Fuzzy pond] mark : It's quite a good pool too... shared with the rest of his neighbours. bigger than this fuzzypond too. JonLinkins : The pond may only be four person-heights long, but Fuzzypeople are taller than trees, so it's quite big really. DaveR : where is everybody?? mark : I'm here... daveS : hai! mark : Good afternoon Dave. DaveR has made a new character for you if you want to click 'edit'... daveS : thanks!!! mark : Hey! Looking good! ...and very tall!
dsaten : oh gee... a new skate board. dsaten : THANKS DAVE (shouted to carry outside of Fuzzy Land) dsaten : I am bleeding as well, wicked!!! DaveR : thought it was only fair to make it an accurate portrayal! dsaten : thanks, Dave. Well done. dsaten : cu all later! DaveR : Mark- Im still getting an Object Required Error when I start fuzzyland - apparently its on the following line:worlddoc.getElementById("talk").style.left=parseInt(worlddoc.getElementById(parent.fuzzystatic.talkperson).style.left);
mark : Have you always got that? DaveR : I think so, never bothered debugging it before though - I just clicked past the error message as it doesnt seem to affect functionality at all. mark : your long string has screwed up my scroll bars now! It's do to with alocating the 'talking' speech bubble... I guess the first time, there's noone to allocate it to DaveR : damn overpaid programmers!! mark : I know, it's sloppy of me isn't it! mark : Hi there dsaten : Ni hao! mark : yo Dave skater dude boy! You going to Lucy's on Friday then? dsaten : woaaah like yeeeaaaaahhhh!!! Said Dave in a voice that was reminiscent of Keanu in Bill n' ted's mark : radical? dsaten : indeed. mark : almost the end of what has been a crap long day. I want to go home. dsaten : Heheheh it is nice outside. Almost like fuzzyland. DaveR : bet you cant see crawley leisure centre from your window though - enough to spoil any view! mark : I can see a car park... hmmm. nice. cars. mark : Don't you think that 'Crawley' is a really wierd creepy name for a place? All Crawly.... DaveR : its a weird creepy place, so it makes sense dsaten : Ok mark, I was just exploring your site. There is a lot there. Anyhow. I gotta go meet kate. lucy : I'm a lonely little girl in a pink, pink dress... hello tree! lucy : Wow!! I actually saw that pop up - it's like magic... I'm going to go and tell my Mummy... goodbye tree and pond! sarah : hello!!! is anyone there! probably not cos im on the other side of the world and you are all probably asleep. oh well morning!!! sarah : by the way this is a v funky idea mark, well done! DaveS : Hello hello how are you!!! DaveS : hello DaveS : Messages not posting? The Lucy Connundrum. DaveS : yeah!!! They are posting now!!! mark : Hi Dave!I got stuck yesterday somehow with the messages not posting for a few minutes. Don't know why either.
mark : That was my sister writing from Australia! Cool eh?! DaveS : Wow!!! Yes. DaveS : I'm expecting Kate to drop in a little later. mark : Neil's not been in with his new guitar yet oliver : dudes oliver : ignore me ey? oliver : make me a picture of me sen and me bass DaveS : dude! mark : hi oliver DaveS : Alt+F4 does it every time mark : does what? DaveS : makes people go "bye". mark : so it does! didn't know that! DaveS : Allo Roberts DaveR : Hello Mr S DaveS : I told kate about the blood. She was happy that I was so pleased, and said that you knew me quite well. DaveR : Mark - just sent you pic for Oliver mark : cool. I'll add it in tonight! Hey! it's Neil! neil : yeah i'd forgotten fuzzy land! DaveR : go and try your new outfit neil : how mark : click 'edit'
neil : is this me? DaveS : Hey nice get up! DaveR : thats you neil : i feel really rock DaveS : AC/DC mark : don't you recognise the trademark 'concentrating' lips? neil : good job you can't see me typing! DaveS : YOu could get a webcam neil, then we could all see you typing. neil : I'd be too embarassed - my lips move as a typr the words neil : dave why are you holding welding apparatus? DaveR : Nothing wrong with a good bit of welding, thats what I say DaveS : Neil, do you think that a useful invention might be lipreading software? DaveR : Neil, do you think that lipreading software might be a useful invention? mark : picky! DaveR : youve got to get these thing correct - a useful invention might be a toaster or a hovercraft. mark : well I think that the stapler is a useful invention, and that almost certainly isn't going to be a toaster or hovercraft. DaveS : But the stapler, although it looks innocent enough, might be able to destroy a havercraft or a toaster... kind of like hedgehogs who eat bird eggs... no nothing like that. DaveR : I saw a hedgehog try to eat a hovercraft once mark : that's not actually true no Dave is it? DaveR : erm, ...no DaveR : I was just trying to get attention mark : well don't go around lieing like that, that's how wars start you know. DaveS : Hedgehogs are cute! HOw could you eat hedgehogs?!? (DavidS gives an example of misunderstanding: another way that wars get started) neil : Neil invades Poland. Yet another way wars get started. DaveS : Hedgehogs eat neil's army. They multiply rapidly and launch a land campaign against Russia. (DaveS gives an example of how wars are sometimes ended.) neil : this is an example of how the resolution of armed conflict can result in the geopolitical polarisation of the woodland population. DaveR : note to self - never mention hedgehogs in the prescence of crazy people DaveS : catacomb, cold storage, crypt, daisy, deep six, dust bin, last home, mausoleum, mound, mark : yes, you clearly are crazy. I'm off to play basketball, see you guys later! DaveS : You wont leave though will you neil. Stay with me in fuzzyland. neil : hmm i am going to lunch soon....wheres other dave? DaveS : Go neil. Go to lunch. Enjoy it... go ahead. ;-(( DaveS : Hey lucylu! neil : she doesn't say much does she? DaveS : strong and silent. DaveS : I think that it was mark the other day who said that it is very sad. neil : Like a piece of Gorgonzola DaveS : Or Parmisan neil : on that note i am off to eat DaveS : a. lone .e neil : Ho ritornato DaveS : hoho ho ho neil : if you were wondering, my lunch was pleasant. DaveS : Pheasant???? DaveS : You get shorter lunches than the others. I am student so I sit in front of computer and eat. neil : yeah i ran one over on the way to work, and i ate it in a sndwich,those pesky feathers have got caught in my teeth neil : Hmmm yeah i agree crap isn't it DaveS : Dems not as good as coons though DaveS : crap. hmmm. I just think that I am sad. neil : is that a racialist remark? DaveS : nope. round my way we have a lot of racoons. They get hit by cars all the time. When I was young I remember that once I saw a car stop and take the coons tail. I think that they made jewelery out of it. Odd life. DaveS : Correction. T'was the people in the car wwho did this DaveS : Hey Mark! neil : Hey Mark! mark : Hey Mark! neil : there's an echo in fuzzyland DaveS : there's an echo in fuzzyland DaveS : I go library. ^.^ neil : mark your coming over like a piece of gorgonzola (or parmesan) mark : I don't really know what that means Neil... I am eating a cheese sandwich if that helps? neil : your strong yet silent lucylu : Hi Mark and Neil! Neil, are you coming to my BBQ on Fri? I'll come back in an hour or two to see what the reply is... have fun in Fuzzyland.. I envy you so :-( mark : It's so sad that you can't live in fuzzyland, but instead just wander about it like a ghost. Helen and I are definitely coming to your BBQ on Friday! mark : I can see you Lucy! lucylu : That's cool - it should be good with work friends coming too!! Might go over to the pond for a bit... Kate : Hi guys.... Kate : or should I say hi mark.....? mark : Hi Kate. It's a bit quiet at the moment! Kate : that's quite nice. It's good to chill out in a green space after a hard day's work! Kate : are you going to lucy's bbq?? mark : is your hard days work finished then? I'm still at work... admitiedly I'm looking for houses on the internet though! Kate : ignore that, have just read previous comments mark : consider it ignored! Kate : not exactly finished....more on hold!! how is the house search?? mark : I've just noticed I've put an exclamation mark at the end of all of my last 5 comments...urgh. mark : I've found quite a few house that could be good. We're going to find the best 6 or so and go see them on Saturday Kate : cool...looking for houses is really fun (other than the price tag!!) when will you move in?? mark : hopefully the 19th, when Helen's current house runs out Kate : am i moving you by accident, or are you moving me??! Kate : 19th June....? wow, thats soon! mark : you click on the screen to move to that point. I was moving myself around at the same time as you I think! Kate : hi DAVID!!!!are you ok...? did you fall over skateboarding??
DaveS : It is just a scratch, thanks for the concern. mark : I'm off to buy a can of coke... see you later Guys! Certainly on Friday, and probably before in fuzzyland! Mark DaveS : Mmmm... it is sort of nice that there is no coke in fuzzyland. eh? Kate : yes...fuzzyland is a kind of postmodern utopia... Kate : I bet there are no violators of human rights here Kate : See you Mark!! DaveS : you havent been to the fuzzyland archive, Kate. If you go there look at day 1. DaveS : I think of fuzzyland as more of a post-utopian modern space. Which is kinda the same thing really. Kate : ok. how peaceful!! it is just you and me here. what did you get at the library?? DaveS : I went there to watch a movie and chill out. Someone had already taken out Wild Strawberries though, so I had to settle: was not satisfiled: and left halfway through the film. Kate : urrrgh. whatwasit? Kate : c'est qui ca? DaveS : 5th Element. Don't laugh. I thought that flying cars would allow me a momentary respite from my travail. WRONG. I hated it. Kate : is that mr. roberts?? DaveR : hello. DaveS : Play us some chords dave. Kate : I watched 5th element when I was 15 and it was ok. I rather thought the girl in it was interesting Kate : Hi dave, are you going to l's bbq?? DaveS : Where is your coke, Mark? DaveR : probably - havent really thought about it yet mark : I drank it all (burp!) DaveS : I think that that is the first fuzzyland burp Mark. Well done! mark : Of course you are Dave! DaveS : I am Dave too, Mark. Kate : I like your suit, dave r. It's very buddy holly in a cool retro sort of way DaveS : And cool in a Buddy Holly sort of a way. DaveR : Im cool DaveS : (I am sure glad that he didn't say he is Buddy Holly.) DaveR : Im Spartacus DaveS : The Thracian gladiator who led a slave revolt in Italy (73-71)? DaveS : ...but his forces were crushed at Lucania (71)? mark : You've driven them away now! mark : oops... another exclamation mark. DaveS : Goodbye Thracian Gladiator!!! DaveS : Where is neil? I don't want to be the only one accused of alienation. DaveS : Do you think that Dave is designing a Spartacus Avatar? DaveS : So, have a good afternoon all. I mean evening. DOn't work too hard. mark : Bye guys, see you tomorrow. west_family : Hello Dave, what you still doing here? west_family : I'll just leave Tremblin' Bones' Amplifier here and I'll be off! Goodnight! sarah : whos the guy with the guitar? sarah : ohh its dave-hi sarah : oh well, have to go no- next time i will try and go on when its a more respectable hour at home! off to sit in the sun! bye lucylu : Dave, are you there or is it just a paper cut out of you?! DaveS : Oh my goodness!!! Tremblin Bones is an amp! sarah : hello daveS, who are you! DaveS : I think that It would be easier to explain if i knew who you were, but I'll try DaveS : My wife, Kate, went to St Bedes with Mark etc. DaveS : OHHH you are makrs sister, right! DaveS : Marks Sister! DaveS : I think that we met sort of once or twice, briefly. sarah : yep thats it! sarah : yep thats it! sarah : sorry- dont know why that went up twice sarah : hello kate- how are you? Kate : hello people, grabbing my chance to chill whilte the boss is in a meeting!! sarah : i wonder if my brother will turn up at any point? and what is other dave doing? DaveS : Hi there. Kate : hello sarah, fine thanks!! Its so warm!!! How is australia - fantastic I bet!! DaveS : I think that dave's avatar was trapped here. DaveS : It must be the Amp! sarah : yep its really good. going on a trip round the whitsunday islands on monday- sitting on a boat in the sun! DaveS : No, Kate, dont touch it. It is dangerous. Leave the amp alone. DaveS : mmmm... Kate : in all honesty, i reaaly don't seem to have full control over my movements here....i click the mouse where i want to go....and move in the opposite direction!! DaveS : Click once. Where you want to be. sarah : ohh this is fun! Kate : (to sarah) thats fab....how long in oz for?? Kate : to dave: I AM!!!!! Kate : like just now i clicked the bottom of the screen...and moved to the right!! sarah : i have got 3 weeks left in oz then 10 days in bali. not long left now really. sarah : oh im stood in a pond Kate : I wd like very much to be in bali, or oz, or pretty much anywhere now (excluding war zones) DaveS : sounds like a good amount of time. When you come back it will be nice and warm here. DaveS : (to Kate) Does that mean we are not going to america then. Kate : are you implying america is a war zone....methinks you have partaken of too much noam chomsky!!! DaveS : Naiomi Klein. DaveS : Heck, Kate, you cant go anywhere!!! sarah : im hoping that bali is no longer a war zone. dont think im insured to go there but what the hell! sarah : i dont like what im wearing, i may change for next time. sarah : oh dave is moving! DaveR : Hi people DaveS : I think that you look smart, though. DaveR : Im guessing from your comments that I wasnt logged out properly! DaveS : Hi, Dave. Who is the amp. Is the first bot in fuzzyland? DaveS : I thought you were stuck here 4eva. DaveR : Mark was going to add some stationary stuff to fuzzyland - I guess the amp is part of that DaveR : Hi Sarah, where are you now? sarah : hows work, ha ha h! sarah : im in oz still, in Airlie beach. having a fantastic time DaveR : You going round the Whitsundays? sarah : yep, going on monday. is really booked up so we have to wait here in airlie for a few days first. cant wait. may go scuber diving too. DaveR : excellent - I threw up on an Irish bird when we went! The divings really good there though.
oliver : ah look at that my backgrounds all messed up sarah : i just noticed, im actually a boy on the screen! damn. DaveR : Oliver, thats probably Marks fault, it was OK when it left here! sarah : i bet the irish girl was chuffed! DaveR : I thought it was quite funny sarah : went to the melbourne neighbours night to, didnt meet harold though like you but met carl, tad, and connor. carl was great! DaveR : is tad still 3ft tall? sarah : no, hes acctualy quite fit now, but not sure about his little beard! sarah : better g as the email shop is shutting. hi brother if you are readng this later!bye!!!xxx
mark : Did I just miss my sister? mark : Oh no! Olivers gone all square! DaveR : looks like it sarah : no im still here just but have to go in a sec DaveR : your fault mark : Hi Sarah! Hello! sarah : hello!!! i appear to be a boy!!! will change that next time mark : give us a hug sister! long time no see! You're looking a bit different sarah : dont you just love the purple shorts! mark : Have fun for your last couple of weeks on Oz! Nice shorts, yes! sarah : ok, best go. love you, talk soon. bye everyone else. may be back tomorrow! mark : Bye! Goodnight! xxx neil : good morning Kate : wow...its like a party in here... DaveS : bye. hi. mark : Play us a song Neil! neil : i'm an artist not a performing seal Kate : is there music in fuzzzy place?? my computer is without sound! DaveS : awwww come on.. Kate : I'll throw fish in yer mouth neil! neil : not unless i recieve a dozen lillies in my dressing room DaveS : Fuzzy world is full of life. sound abounds DaveS : You could dress the fish up as lillies mark : Hmmm... I put this amp here last night but don't really know why now. Just 'cos I could I guess. Kate : neil is surrounded by a halo of glowing light!! maybe he is 'the one'....? mark : I'm a bit annoyed I gave Oli a white background though. He had to be 55px high you see DaveR, so I had to edit it. DaveS : I though that I was the one kate. DaveS : and mark is the architect. DaveS : lucy is the oracle Kate : yes, dave, you are the one, but neil is THE ONE, see? mark : Cool! DaveS : dave can be agent smith or morpheus DaveS : who is trinity DaveS : perhaps trinity is dead because Neil isnt really the one. Kate : MEMEMEME!!!!!But only cos i get to look good for the first time in my life in a black leather catsuit and do backflips
DaveS : you fancy neil? Kate : oh come ON, mr paranoia!!! DaveS : Oh, so you are like a celibate trinity or something. DaveS : Kate, perhaps you and I can both be agent smith. Kate : we can all be agent smith... DaveS : except, me Ill be the one. Kate : everyone else has gone exceedingly quiet.... DaveS : exceedingly Kate : I don't mind, i quite like the pink / mint colour scheme DaveS : Like an elephant Kate : not quite there... DaveS : I'd draw you a picture, bit fuzzyland isn't HTML enabled DaveS : Simulacra BBQ Kate : if anyone wants to come to the Victoria and Albert museum to see the art deco exhibition with us next wednesday after work, they are more than welcome... DaveR : I hate art deco DaveR : and art garfunkel Kate : what do you like? DaveR : stuff that doesnt start with art DaveR : art malik - I hate him neil : when on wednesday? I could be there for about 6ish? Kate : what about art attack, that brilliant children's programme?? DaveR : I like that. I hate Neil Buchanan though. Kate : that's not difficult... Kate : 6-ish sounds good! neil : Oh you give me some attention now that you finished with OTHER Dave DaveS : First dispose of your enemies and then celebrate with your friends. neil : you have given me a warm fuzzylznd feeling DaveS : bloodlust? Kate : boss is now in room. comms v difficult. no more funnies... DaveR : I love me DaveS : bye kate DaveS : Dave is dave. DaveS : o n a n i s m DaveS : After Onan, son of Judah (Genesis 38:9). (i.e. not Sparticus. Dorry.) DaveS : sorry. sorry DaveS : not dorry DaveS : OK, theres a silence and me chatting away. Dave, you are not offended I hope. I was just kidding you that the kind of love you have for yourself is erotic. This is clearly not the case. DaveR : Yes it is DaveS : Ummmmm.... aren't you interested in the alternatives? Agape or Platonic? neil : wasn't the sin of Onin to withdraw himself from his wife prior to ejaculation, but has subsequently come to mean masturbation? DaveS : Pass DaveS : How do you think his wife ejaculated anyhow? neil : i would imagine she ejaculated thus" "Onin you have made a right mess of the carpet" DaveS : bien touche (no pun intended) DaveS : I go and get a auper mocha java with sprinkles. Ciao DaveS : sorry super not auper DaveS : I feel like "28 days later" mark : Should we log some people out? Last time I did it I accidently logged out some people who were still there, and so they bacame invisible... DaveS : go on... if you kill me I willl die. mark : I think we can be fairly ceratin that you are actually here. DaveS : And certain where here is as well. DaveS : Oh, Kate, let me gaze at you one last time. DaveS : Adieu. Adieu. Adieu. mark : I'm sorry Dave, it had to be done DaveS : Parting is the sweetest sorrow.... Kate : oy!!!! I'm here!!! just very quiet!!! DaveS : No you're not. Kate : Am here, but so is boss! Can only look occasionally!!
Kate : Im hiding in the lake DaveS : Hmmm... Ophelia, dear ophelia... Whose mother was struck down by her evil aunt. And when she herself fell prey to the ghostly hands of death haunted the green groves of fuzzyland forever more. Kate : im not dead, not ophelia, just hiding DaveS : Oh my god Kate!!! You're an amp!!! DaveS : Or an ant. DaveS : Or a tree. DaveS : or a copse of trees. DaveS : or a lake. DaveS : yes, thats it, you ARE the lake. Well done dear... you have a changeling avatar. DaveS : Scared Neil. DaveS : Fair enough really. Kate : no dave, i'm just hiding in the lake!! DaveS : how do you breathe? Kate : But I really am leaving now! Off to gym!! DaveS : have a nice swim.. doh! Kate : See the reeds sticking out at the far end....? DaveS : yes. I see them. Kate : Love you lots and lots and lots and lots and lots DaveS : blush Kate : and lots and lots and lots and lots Kate : byee! Kate : if mark comes back can you tell him that summat is dead wrong with my screen, other than being invisible, because when I press the mouse on the screen all the characters appear at once saying hello / bye!! DaveS : Bye dear. Ill let him know. YOu see. We though that you was dead. Kate : i can make you move too! DaveS : no way Kate : yes.... don't press the button and i will. watch! DaveS : go on Kate : see?? DaveS : go on DaveS : One of the odder things. It doesn't look the same to me. Consensual reality. Kate : ok....you're not seeing...summat is very wrong with my screen... Kate : do you see all of us coming on and leaving, except you standing there? DaveS : not really. GO to the gym dear. Ill chat with you later. Have a nice lunch! DaveS : US? DaveS : See you soon! Kate : bye!! DaveS : all alone. I ponder... mark : Hmmm. I wish I knew what all the wierd stuff that people seem to have happen with this place was to do with, then I could fix it. mark : I just met my Dad for lunch and we went down the pub for a sandwich. Nice. DaveS : Sounds nice mark. I have to settle for chatting with my dad on the phone. DaveS : Hello oliver oliver : how do, i'm still square oliver : plus we need a bigger amp Kate : im back from the gym! DaveS : Kate, did you log out? mark : Oh gawd! I must resist the urge to log people out, as I keep making them invisible! Kate! Log out then in again for us to see you! DaveS : She is in the lake mark. Kate : ok!! DaveS : Hello DaveR. DaveS : RE: Lucys BBQ. I told y'all that Kate and I'll bring some Vegetarian stuff and a bottle of wine. My thing is I don't know what others of you are bringing. DaveS : Much better kate. mark : I'll bring some veggie burgers and some wine, and maybe some crisps or something I think. And some coke. DaveS : Really? Then we should coordinate so that we don't bring the same things. mark : well, I'll want to eat about 2 burgers I expect. How many in a box? Assuming it's 6 or 8, then between all the veggies we could just get 2 boxes? DaveS : Yeah, that is good. If Kate's ok with it, we could bring some salad and houmous. mark : OK, whatever really. as long as I eat a burger or two I'm usually fine (with my wine!) DaveS : heh heh, I just like thinking about food. Kate : while i am here, dave, at what time are we going to the exciting free bbc concert tonite?? mark : Neil and Dave are very tall. DaveS : Lucy wrote: There are at least three different types of salad
being prepared by people and I will get in mustard and
ketchup and stuff and some rolls for burgers and
sausages too.
Kate : dave! concert tonight! when?! DaveS : from 6:30 onwards, we will meet Nadja. DaveS : were talking about it now. neil : heyho i am really bored at work DaveS : Think about food Neil DaveS : By the way everyone, dont press CTRL+T neil : that just makes me bored and hungry mark : That's not really fair Dave. Now we'll all want to press it to see what happens neil : don't think about an orange penguin DaveS : But Mark, I said not to. mark : I'm going to have to press it now... DaveS : Good bye! mark : ...nothing happened. DaveS : youre in IE? mark : yep DaveS : Im in Netscape. Probably why. Oh well, what a letdown. DaveS : Lucy Says: can you post amessage from me saying hi please as I still can't do
it :-( Thanks
DaveS : Hey Mark, As Lucy has salad and stuff. If you bring the burgers, Kate and I can bring Sausages, They are good. DaveS : mmmm, fuzzy. Kate : hello people....why is lucy talking thru dave?? neil : she has posessed him, watch his head rotate Kate : and who is the cute cute lil white rabbit?? DaveS : That would be cute_bunnie Kate : I have to say, neil, that I am very bored at work too DaveS : cute_bunnie can hop in reverse! mark : Hmmm... cute bunny also seems to be able to fly, whoops! DaveS : amazing bunnie!!! Kate : cute cute cute bunnie! DaveS : Imagine if that's how agents looked. Or it could be spyware (v. clever) Kate : no, much too cute!! DaveS : adoration in fuzzyland? DaveR : Wheres the bunny? DaveS : (burp) DaveR : you bastard DaveS : tee hee hee DaveS : I need to go. Feeling oppressed. Actually, I need to make a Library run and do some finances. See you all l8tr. %) Kate : byebye neil : good night god bless mark : bye folks. lucylu : I seem to always manage to come in to Fuzzyland when everyone's gone home... oh well, at least there's the trees to talk to and the pond to jump in - weeeee!!! I'm intrigued by the talk of jumping rabbits so will be back tomorrow to investigate... or i might posess Dave again, was kind 'a fun! daveroo : hello is sarah there? large bees! mark : "(''*bling, bling, bling*'')... A, G, F#, C, C... La La La..." sarah : hello! sarah : im no longer a boy! woooo! sarah : wheres the amp? DaveS : Hey sarah, mark. sarah : where are you markie?! sarah : hi dave DaveS : oz is good? sarah : mark- you seem to come up just as keyboard- have you changed your name without telling me? sarah : yes, appart from i got $150 taken out my wallet last night. bit pissed off about that. DaveS : Oh, to me he looks like his old self with a keyboard DaveS : oooooohhhhh....Very bad. sorry. DaveS : If it makes you feel any better I lost my car keys once, on holiday, and it cost me about $400. Its always bad though DaveS : hey esubh DaveS : oliver esubh : hello, it's John really... can't chat at the mo, back l8tr sarah : yes, oh well, they didnt take my credit card or anything, just the cash! sorry about your keys! mark : hi guys! good morning (or evening if yu happen to be in Oz!) mark : Hi John! sarah : hello! mark : hello! mark : Missing you Sarah! Come home!!!! mark : I'll play you a song... mark : 'La La La, La La Laaaaa...." sarah : this could go on a bit couldnt it! like the keyboard! song sounds good mark : thanks. I wrote the lyrics myself! Did you see my new keyboard, or did I buy it after you left? big silver thing? sarah : markie mark! i got $150 taken last night! poo (no i haventseen your new keyboard) mark : Yeah, I heard... bugger eh? What can you do though eh? Just have to try to forget about it. sarah : my song doesnt sound as good! la la dum de dum... mark : you've not got it switched on... sarah : oliver- why do you have a large piece of white cardboard strapped to your back? mark : It's his weight loss board from Reeves And Mortimer Products Ltd sarah : very good!!! sarah : i miss good comerdy! its all a bit shit here! mark : What did you do today then? Sleep? Surf? sarah : i had a hangover this morning and then sat at the pool... thats about it really. what are you doing now other than playing on the comp. mark : ahew... WORKING on the comp! I'm eating a muffin and doing some work mainly DaveS : dave go scanning. Glorious old wedding photos. Ta sarah : hi lucy. how are you, hear you are moving! lucylu : Hi people.... it's busy today in Fuzzyland!! Good to see you Sarah, you're looking well. I get the feeling I'm not going to get much work done today... will be back in a bit to see how the conversation pans out. Byee for now sarah : well, i should probably go in a mo, they are closing the shop around me! may get some dinner sarah : im hiding! sarah : ok bye for now! may be on again sometime in the week, bye mark and everyone!!! mark : ye sis! love you! mark : Dad! Hello! You just missed Sarah by 1 minute! JohnWest : Hi all First visitBut I have just missed Sarah - Bum.
mark : You can read all our conversation though. And you can click on the world to walk to somewhere else... neil : Morning all. mark : Mum? this is turning into a bit of a family outing! west_family : Welcome! Enter any new messages here and click 'Post'.Hi everyone, have just read all the stuff from today, I've just sent sarah an e-mail too. mark : Hi Mum. Dad said that his PC crashed when he tried to post a message! Kate : hello all!! west_family : Whoops, just realised I should have deleted the first bit there, not very good at this!! mark : hello Kate. Looking forward to Lucy's BBQ? She said last night that there were going to be 18 people coming! west_family : I'm off now, not getting much done this morning - bye. Kate : WOW!!! Kate : very much looking forward to l's bbq!! mark : Bye mum! See you tonight! x Kate : this whole week has been manic!!! mark : did you go to some kind of exhibition last night? Kate : last night dave's friends took us to a BBC recording to hear a guy playing the lute....then to the pub!! mark : oh yeah, BBC thing. was it a pleasant experience? Is a lute a wind instrument? Kate : next week we go to V&A art deco exhibition....if you're interested, please come!! Kate : it was....interesting! lute is 16-stringed 16century thingie in this case playd by very grungie american! mark : I'm a bit busy next week... on Wednesday I have to pack ready for Gastonbury the next day! Kate : around 16 strings.... Kate : wow...that will be fantastic!! mark : so not like a flute without the ability to play the 'F' note then? Kate : whos playing? mark : EVERYONE! Kate : ooops. (!) Kate : i get it now. mark : Radiohead, REM, Mogwai, Moby, Chemical Bros, Manics, Fatboy Slim, Lamb Kate : finally. mark : No, I honestly didn't know what a lute was! I made the rather crap joke afterwards. Kate : love all these bands vvv much!! esp moby / lamb / radiohead.You and Helen??
mark : yep, and a guy from Uni and his mates. Kate : sounds brilliant....enjoy!! Kate : better actually do some work this morning...so far have sorted out photos, talked with friend on phone and come here!! Kate : see you soon! mark : I just hope it's not rainy... see you later, I have to work too. x DaveS : YO. mark : yo-yo neil : yo-yo-yo lucylu : Hi again all! That lute thing sounds good Kate. Did you have a go yourself? Hi Mark (this is you playing keyboard, isn't it?!), can we play a duet? DaveS : Hey Lu. Kate didn't have a go. It was being recorded for airing on Radio 3. If you would like to listen it will be aired as the July 20th lunchtime concert. Kate tried to wrestle the lute from the guy, but got lots of flack from the BBC singers, especially this one barritone. neil : hi lucy wjo's in for the BBQ? DaveS : who the hell is wjo? neil : sorry who's! DaveS : Oh. sorry. neil : No, i am the one who should be apologising. Here goes. I am sorry. Phew. mark : There, there, calm down guys DaveS : sorry mark. appologies again neil. DaveS : sorry, apologies mark : no need to make a scene. Please step away, there's noting to see here DaveS : wanna talk about food instead? neil : Sorry a nagging sense of guilt has left me totally non-hungry. DaveS : It is my fault, isn't it? Or... you aren't by any chance using "non-hungry" to mean "non-beautiful"? Are you? neil : Hey your obviously feeling low - go do what i do at these times: listen to Christina Aguilera's uplifting song "Beautiful". DaveS : Can I watch the video? neil : Steady... DaveS : Anyhow, neil. You are beautiful too. You know that. I'm not low, just repetitive task oriented. dull-o-stuff. DaveS : whoope! Only 5 more photos to scan, trim, crop, size, compress, save and delete! mark : Where are you putting them? DaveS : webspace from the university. mark : I hate scanning photos in, it takes ages and is DULL. DaveS : these are kate and my China (Beijing and Xian) pics. DaveS : thanks mark. I feel understood. mark : b.ball time! bye! DaveS : hit a home run!!! DaveS : I got go! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah. lucylu : I'm back for my hourly message posting!! Well, Neil, in answer to your previous question - yourself, Jo, Dave, Paul, Mark, Helen, Jon, Kate, Dave, Rach and a bunch of people from work will all be squeezing into my house/garden for a jolly good night! Better luck next time with your wrestling Kate :-) Kate : thank you lucy!!!!i am v excited, off to see joer who was at my wedding, sadly in england not in germany....now!!
have fun lunch all!!
oliver : i'm very bored, whos in here neil : hullo oliver : hello neil, like my white aura of light? oliver : right, i'm off again now, neil : yeah, i kind of assumed it was a tear in the fabric of the space time continuum through which you had sprung mark : I don't know if it's cute or scary that me parents are standing up there next to each other not moving... stephen : Hello people, esp. those who don't know me mark : Hi Stephen. go on, who are you then? stephen : I could make up anything stephen : the prince of luxembourg mark : which one? neil : your not the prince of luxemburg i am! stephen : junior mark : Prince Guillaume? stephen : well my actual name is heinz mark : Prince Henri? stephen : its like the harry/henry situation stephen : i'm 14th in line to the british throne mark : I've just found out that prince Guillaume's full name is "His Royal Highness Prince Felix Léopold Marie Guillaume of Luxembourg". That's a long one! stephen : imagine the poor bastard as a kid stephen : christopher is bad enough to remember Kate : ok this is weird...everything is in triplicate... DaveR : Hello people, hi Prince Stephen Kate : hi all stephen : yo stephen : bit busy round here today DaveR : very - who's this thats come dressed as me?? neil : its an impostulator stephen : not sure but has that other guy got a fire extinguisher DaveR : damn the lack of a 'hit people' function on this thing DaveR : Its daves skateboard stephen : okay sorry DaveR : its not easy drawing on 5 bloody pixels - leave me alone! stephen : is there a dwarf character? DaveR : there can be stephen : somebody wants to start a nuclear war at a gay bar aparently DaveS : This is wacked. Too many Smiths. I'm outta here. stephen : blacksmiths? Kate : without even saying heloo to his own wife.... DaveR : what a bastard Kate : matrix smiths DaveR : no action for him tonight Kate : i might let him off as he is taking me shopping....! stephen : is it true girls don't like boys they like cars and money DaveR : I think Im a girl stephen : it's taken you a while to realise what we knew a long time ago mark : The other dave-imposter is my mate John from Uni by the way (keyboard player in Amber). He didn't log out. mark : Neither did my mum or dad! I must get round to fixing that log out thing! stephen : i've been logging out quite a bit today DaveR : nice to know JohnWest : Hi again. My PC keeps telling me I have a "script error" on this page . Any ideas anyone? stephen : dave do you have two legs or is the guitar the replacement of your left mark : just click 'cancel' to it and it should go away... or take a note of what it is so I can try to fix it. DaveR : mark's shoddy coding... stephen : daver when you next in londinium? DaveR : no idea. Quite soon I suppose - next weekend? stephen : weekend after this one coming up you mean? stephen : when you off to shitaly DaveR : 1st of August stephen : miles away DaveR : Im not walking there stephen : my mistake JohnWest : Had to re boot again stephen : are you THE john west? DaveR : its Marks dad - not the fish mogul JohnWest : If I was would I be wasting my time hear?????? mark : HOW RUDE! Who invited you anyway? stephen : i wasn't sure how the industry was going these days Kate : well, there's a lake... neil : where there's a lake there's a fishing industry, as my Granny used to say. stephen : yeah but did she? neil : did she fish? stephen : i don't know i never knew her neil : a lot of people say that JohnWest : You invited me remember Kate : tum te tum JohnWest : Going now as this stupid error message is pissing me off big time.Ta Ta Kate : byebye Kate : neil is heading to set up his own fishing industry DaveR : My page keeps not refreshing Kate : be careful of the electric cord near the water mark : race you Dave... Kate : i am intrigued...i'm not pressing anything but im moving... mark : It's hard to properly test a multi-user thing when there's only one of me ok? Stop moaning at me or I'll get sad :-( Kate : im not moaning!!!!! Kate : im being intrigued!!! mark : DaveR and Dad were moaning though. Grrr! Kate : its kind of fun to be unresponsible for my own moveements....who knows where i'll end up DaveR : Moan, moan, moan mark : Kate... when you click on the scroll bars you make yourself move to that point too. Maybe that's what was happening? Kate : sorry anyway, cos this site is very goood fun DaveR : I think I was moving Kate just now. That was a bit weird stephen : BOO! Kate : yeah, i think i was moving you two too! Kate : i think that certainly has summat to do with it....thanks! DaveR : Mark: Here's a good moan for you - youve written 'bles' instead of 'blues' in your keywords! stephen : If you were going to design a baby what would it look like etc DaveR : like a really cool ferrari (it would be a crap baby, but at least Id have a good car) stephen : what colour leather interior? DaveR : cream. black leather babies get too hot in the summer. stephen : true, difficult to sit on stephen : maybe there is a niche in the software market...design a baby stephen : a cross between autocad and the sims stephen : 21st century madness talking to yourself on instant messenger stephen : don't worry i'm going to the pub soon DaveR : 21st century madness talking to you on instant messenger stephen : whatever stephen : so anyone preorderd their copy of HP DaveR : Id swear at you loudly now but Mark will tell me off stephen : do it in code stephen : write it backwards or something DaveR : the eagle has flown into the coalshed stephen : yeah and the grass needs mowing! stephen : ok i'm sure everyone is relieved to hear i'm off stephen : ciao for now DaveR : hooray mark : DaveR - have I written bles in the meta tags? if so that's ok, as aparently most search engines don't use them any more neil : goodnight campers mark : goodnight camp-one west_family : Is that actually you Dave? DaveR : certainly is DaveR : I just had to log in and out a few time cos things were getting a bit screwed up west_family : I'm Mark here... just trying out some stuff. Hopefully Ol works now, and these people should fade out.... I was editing files earlier... DaveR : fade out? like automatic executions? DaveR : very good west_family : are they fading out for you? is it a bit too fast maybe? if you move or talk you come back... DaveR : does that happen to everyone thats inactive for a while - or just those whos logouts didnt work properly? DaveR : timing looks OK to me DaveR : maybe slow it down a wee bit I suppose ore everyone will be fading in and out all the time DaveR : do we fade constantly now, or just after a period of inactivity? west_family : anyone who doesn't speak or move. No real way of knowing if logout worked without some sort of polling thing, which would add lots of web hits. Slowing it down is tricky... currently just fades by 1 every time it checks refresh DaveR : dont slow it down then, its not too bad as it is DaveR : and what happened to the bunny who apparently made a fleeting appearance? west_family : I'll leave it as it is for now (except have a minimum fade out maybe) and see what we think tomorrow. Bunny will be back at random intervals (hopefully automatically soon... yesterday I was controlling it!) DaveR : cool! - you've got too much time on your hands! (get another girlfriend or two) west_family : see you tomorrow! DaveR : bye neil : morning squire mark : I thought it was a Gibson (boom boom!) neil : Ooh yeelow card, one more of theose and you will be escorted from fuzzy land DaveR : Hello DaveR : Why is my cursor now a crosshair instear of the hand that once it was? mark : Yo dave-dude you slacks wearing feind! Crosshairs rule. mark : I though a crosshair was more click-here-to-move-to-this-point-y neil : Mark did i hear that you had agreed to stay sobre tonight to drive everyone to their respective homes - post BBQ? mark : You certainly did not. I'm taking full advantage of actually going out in the town where I live! DaveR : typical of him to go back on his word like this! DaveS : Hola! Que tal? DaveR : la isla bonita DaveS : la bamba!! mark : Buon giorno tutti, non vedo l'ora di realmente stasera. Il gatto ha seduto sulla stuoia, il bannana di uovo di salsiccia neil : Oh Ok it must have been an evil rumour that Dave was spreading about. Note to self don't listen to Dave! DaveS : Note to self, dont listen to self. DaveS : DaveR: Do you know Lingo? DaveR : Fraid not, never tried it. Isnt it just like ActionScript? DaveS : Dont know. DaveR : DaveS, why doesnt your email work?? I keep getting undeliverables whenever I group email (and YOU are the cause, grrrr!!!) DaveR : phew, almost faded out there mark : If one person stood behind another and then waited for the front person to fade out, it would be like a morph in slow motion mark : I'd have to keep talking so I don't fade out... neil : i am looking like michael J Fox in Back to the future mark : I can see my braces through you now DaveS! DaveR : do da da da da da da da da da da da da dah dah daa da da, whaaaa! DaveR : That was Michael J fox playing Johnnie B Goode mark : oh mark : now we look like a hedious monster DaveS! DaveS : Finally our inerselves are borne-out by our outer forms. mark : What do people think of this fading out thing then? Too fast? DaveS : sorry, what was the point of it in the 1st place? mark : so that people who didn't log out or whatever don't just stay there forever DaveS : DaveR I didn't know email wasn't working.If dsaten@juno.com doesn't like your server then plese change it to dsaten@yahoo.co.uk.
Thanks.
DaveS : oh, good idea mark. Perhaps there could be like a 5-15 minute stick around thing though. That way I would know who IS here as well as who ISN'T. mark : yeah, I think the fade sould only start after 20 mins or something. That'll involve a bit more code though... hmmm... DaveS : mmmm... DaveR : do people fade out completely? Only Neil seems to have been hanging on to life by his fingertips for quite a while now. mark : he's at minimum fadedness mark : ...and if you log out then in again he'll look back to normal for you too DaveR : is that a good thing? mark : no, it's just that otherwise transparency would have to stored on the server which would be a mess. DaveR : that could lead to a supermultihyperthreaded disaster mark : maybe I should do a polling thing with 'lastpolled' times for everyone, and each browser checks it once every 10mins or so? A lot of extra effort though. Really I just need to make sure all logouts are caught correctly. DaveR : you need to introduce a sporadic natural disaster that can kill any innactive people every 10 minutes. Theres nothing like a good earthquake to log people out correctly. DaveS : spontaneous compustion? mark : I did think about having a grim reaper character who came on every hour or so and 'cleaned up' DaveS : sorry combustion DaveS : Or flesh eating rats! mark : now that's a good idea... they could just blow up! DaveR : they could catch fire and run off the screen DaveS : slowly melt? mark : Maybe a random death, just to keep interest. Or if you stay still too long you could turn into a rabbit. DaveS : nice fuzzy wuzzys!!! Then we could have a native population which varied from day to day!!! Brilliant! Kate : yeah, i liked that rabbit, shame dave ate it mark : Hi Kate, or should I say... Kate. Kate : Hi Mark! Kate : looking forward to tonight!! DaveS : It is a sensible thing to do Kate. Kate : yes...but not very vegetarian....kind of. DaveS : better not to look back on the future though. Confused kind of mind-warp. DaveS : DaveR, is my @juno account working for you now? neil : I am looking so thin i think i had better go to the pub. Sorry if my typing is slurred when i return. DaveS : I think neil is still here. I can see his ghost. DaveR : No daveit's not working DaveS : I did get the message you sent about Neil being a sorry ass (but no others I am afraid). Try changing my address to dsaten@yahoo.co.uk. If that works, then we can get everyone to impliment the change. Ta DaveS : I gotta go library and then see about some domestic chores. See you all later (o' ye invisible avatars of fuzzylandia.) lucy : Hi guys! Hope you've all got your pigs - vegetarian or otherwise - for tonight. I've got that Friday afternoon feeling... I want to be sunbathing and not doing poohy work!! mark : I've got a veggie pig that's been turned to pate and squished into 8 burger shaped... erm... shapes. neil : Why do you not fade away mark? mark : I do? If you move or talk you reappear. maybe I moved recently? neil : No there is omething really wrong here i want a full investigation mark : 4 1/2 hours until BBQ time! lucylu : And I want a full update of all the new features in Fuzzyland as am missing all the conversations at the mo... a presto xox Kate : I am ALONE in the office!!! hurray!! mark : steal all the PC's! mark : fill the CD drawers with beans! Kate : but then i wd have to leave the country..... Kate : i might do the beans suggestion though... DaveR : Anyone heard anything from Paul as to whether he wanted a lift tonight or not? DaveR : dont fade away when Im talking to you mark : Not heard anything. I did tell him that a train to Caterham from Clapham J is as easy as a train to Redhill though Kate : ummm...why am i fading?? Kate : ok now i get it neil : hooomward bound, i wish i waas..oh wait a minute, I am! Kate : i have to sit here on my own until 5 lucylu : that's a lie about trains Mark... much easier to redhill! don't have to change!... 3.5 hours to go!! Kate : waaaAAAHHHH!!! mark : I have to stay until 5:30. Then drive for 1 1/4 hours. So there. lucylu : we all look like ghosts! mark : you can get a direct train from Claphma Junction to Caterham - I've caught it loads of times DaveR : where is caterham station? can you walk from there or is it miles away? mark : I think it's about 1 mile, but it's all uphill lucylu : ok mark - true but it takes bloody ages and stops everywhere in the whole wide world!! lucylu : Dave, it takes 15 minutes to walk to my house from the station (if you don't dawdle...) or at 13 and 43 minutes past each hour is bus A opposite station up the hill to Clifton Arms - 80p lucylu : ...or there will be some people with cars who could pick people up from station... DaveR : I was just enquiring on pauls behalf as now I dont think he knows what he's doing! Kate : im hungry--i want vegetable pig! mark : I (kind of) deliberately ate some (kind of) meat today Kate : really mark???? I am intriigued..... mark : I had been eating stir fry with Peanut Satay sauce for the last year, then founf out last week it has Shrimp in it... but then today I ate some anyway as I was hungry and it tastes nice. DaveR : its not proper meat, that doesnt count mark : If they hadn't have told me I would never have known. I felt a little odd all the way through eating it (I realise this is all purely in my head though) mark : Aparently Shrimp is in the same family as Kelp, which is practically a plant anyway. Kate : thai food is really weird like that....the other day I found out that Mcdonald's berry yogurt isn't suitable for veggies... Kate : not that that is thai food mark : what is in that then? hopefully not fish... Kate : yeah, you've got to wonder... DaveR : elephant heads Kate : dave, you've moved me again! Kate : or something's moved both of us! DaveR : Ive got a very emotive personality mark : There really is no way (code-wise) in which Dave can cause you to move (unless I'm VERY mistaken!) mark : Unless Dave has super-PC powers DaveR : ha ha ha mark : The ability to be Politically Correct in all situations Kate : somehow that doesnt sound like dave... DaveR : I honestly couldnt think of any witty retort to that which wouldnt have offended the entire internet community Kate : night night! mark : see people later! JohnWest : Hi mark. would it be possible to put a time against peoples comments. then we would know the order. ?? JohnWest : Just found out how to check for times.Well done Mark solving the problem before I thought of the question
Johnwest : Me. Johnwest : Where am I ????? lucylu : Hi Sarah! How's it going? DaveS : hello Sarah. DaveS : ping DaveS : ping DaveS : ping mark : I just traveled for 2 1/4 hours in M25 traffic. aaarrrggghhhhh! DaveS : mmmmm... don't worry mark. everything is fuzzy now. No worries. lucylu : Are you going on holiday with your suitcase, Dave? DaveS : skateboard? mark : I knew it was a skateboard. Shame everyone else thinks otherwise! DaveS : mmmmm lucylu : Ooops - sorry, Dave I should have known - I feel stupid now!! DaveS : dont feel stupid. mark : Don't worry, someone else thought it was a fire extinguisher lucylu : hey guys... my fuzzyland seems to be working!!!! a bit slow but it actually said when a message popped up! DaveS : good show mark : Hooray! Maybe you just have a slow connection then? Maybe change your refresh rate to a higher number (60 even) so that you don't overload it! lucylu : ...and it worked again!! I'm all dizzy with the excitement! mark : Don't fall in the pond if you get too dizzy now Lucy! Johnwest : 21/4 houre driving not bad.One of my subbys drove from Maidstone too Sundbury - took 3 1/5 hours. Johnwest : And why have I not appeared yet ?? mark : I can see you. Purple shorts. just 'cos someone you know took longer than 2 1/4 hours doesn't make 2 1/4 hours any worse! DaveS : It took me 24 hours to go from Kracow to Paris once. Kate : have a nice day! byee! DaveS : did you mean hi? lucylu : think Kate's having a backwards day today - bye first, hi later! mark : !retal ih ,tsrif eyb Johnwest : Still not there 2 x hours later. Whots going on !! mark : I've told you that your browser is too old Dad! Waiting 2 hours isn't going to help! DaveS : Hi Mr. West! lucylu : very clever Mark - knew you had to be good at something ;-) mark : huh? wha? what was clever? Why is everyone picking on me! oliver : hey look, i don't have a square aura anymore oliver : and the cursor has changed into something high tech - almost like gun sights mark : brush your hair DaveS : NOw that you have made me think of it, Oliver, I keep on trying to shoot the other fuzzylanders. Johnwest : Hi DaveS I wish you could see me. mark : We can! mark : Well, we could until you left that is... lucylu : Your backwards talking was clever, Mark! The shooting thing doesn't work... wow!! I just walked through Mark as he was fading - cool!! DaveS : THese are only some of the joys in fuzzy land. mark : I thought I felt a cold shiver... DaveS : Your not getting ill are you? DaveS : Pardon, your'e DaveS : A talking bunny? DaveS : The legendary, cute_bunny!!! mark : Hmmm... I forgot to stop the bunny talking! DaveS : no, the bunny is magic. It talks. No problem Johnwest : Crashed again. I bet we wont get a better browser though. Wish I could see me.
DaveS : bye bunny. DaveS : Well, not seeing one oanother makes it more like a traditional chat room, or a telephone conversation. lucylu : Boo! I missed the bunny again!! DaveS : oh poor lucy... it was too too cute!!! Johnwest : Yes Dave but i have got cute knees. I want to see them DaveS : Mr West? You're the bunny???? Johnwest : What Bunny. I cant see a bunny ? mark : You were too slow I'm afraid. The bunny was here, then it got scared away again. DaveS : THe mystery remains. Johnwest : Well Ta Ta even though I am not there I am going now.
DaveS : I'm going too. What a day!!! Bye. lucylu : you're all making the bunny up!! DaveS : B4 I go. Great BBQ Lucy. thanks so much DaveS : bye! lucylu : Morning Kate! Lovely day! DaveS : hey all. lucylu : Dave, you are squashing poor Kate... and you are welcome re the BBQ - it was a very nice evening, I agree! Thank you all for coming! DaveS : Our pleasure Lucy. I hope that it didn't take you too long to clean up afterwards. DaveS : BTW. Thats not Kate. mark : I think Kate has been here all night by herself. She must have gone into shock. DaveS : Which would explain the grin. lucylu : I wonder how long before Kate resumes consciousness?!... it took us about 10 minutes to go round the garden with a black bag and clear up - long live paper plates and plastic dups!!! DaveS : long live them... or not. I think that their very transience is their foremost virtue. lucylu : that should have sid cups... good point Dave, well made! DaveS : It is my pithy attempt to make fussyland more erudite. DaveS : sorry fuzzyland lucylu : not sure what sid cups are?! - my typing leaves a lot to be desired today! What does erudite mean? (I know I'm thick!) DaveS : thick, no. Erudite: Characterized by extensive reading or knowledge; well instructed; learned. lucylu : aha... that is now my word of the day! Thanks Dave! DaveS : he he he... fuzzylearning mark : Soon children won't have to go to school any more, they'll just all go to fuzzyschool lucylu : that's a scary thought... I'd be out of a job if that happened!! mark : I guess I'd have to add a 'stand on your chair' option if fuzzyschools took off. DaveS : and one of those pointy caps. DaveR : sounds painful DaveR : thought you said pointy craps DaveS : oh... now look what you've done, you've scared lucylu. lucylu : I'm so scared that I'm hiding behind Mark! mark : now I have bunches DaveS : mark, you're abnormally opaque today. mark : why thankyou, I like to keep on my toes! lucy : I have metamorphosised into Lucy now - clever, hey!! DaveS : v clever DaveS : have a nice lunch all. I'm out 4now. lucy : Kate, you're very quiet today... are you a bit down in the weather... you look happy enough, but I guess it could be a front... lucy : (under the weather... am half asleep today...) am so booooooored at work!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lucy : let's play hide and seek - can you find me?! mark : Found you! lucy : lost you! lucy : found you again!! It's lovely in the pond today, isn't it!! DaveS : hola mark : ("spash!") lucy : COme join us having a swim Dave! DaveS : What fun. lucy : Am going to dry out in the sun now... what a beautiful day!! By the way, who was biggroover this morning? He was very quiet! mark : That's my workmate Nigel Grooves (who is very big... and good at basketball). I was just showing off my PHP code to him! lucy : Can you create a picnic area for us? (I'm quite scared how into this alternative reality... it is taking over from my actual reality!) DaveS : Hmmm... real virtuality. mark : A picnic would be fun... If anyone with some time on their hands wants to make any new background then feel free by the way! Or versions of this one (eg one with a picnic area added in!) DaveS : Hmmm... I think that I will revere the here and now for the time being thanks. It is the company that fuzzyland so special (dave oooozed sweetnes) lucy : you sweetie-pie lucy : Mark, stop running away from me! DaveS : well done mark. Share your fuzzypersonalspace. mark : sorry, didn't mean to. So, what's up at work Lucy? Do you have much to do? lucy : kind of but it is mind boggingly (is that a word?!)boring!! mark : Just listened to 'Reveal' by REM... great stuff! It's taken ages to get into it, but now I love it! DaveS : Is it online mark? mark : maybe. dunno, it's their latest album (from about 2 years ago though!) lucy : please can you copy it for me... pwetty pwease xox mark : OK, although I only have it on vinyl... mum has the CD, so I'll ask her (sure she won't mind though!) mark : very quiet today DaveR. Have you lost your voice? DaveS : you are listening to vinyl at work? DaveR : Sooo busy! mark : no, I have it as mp3s on my work PC too from somewhere else. DaveR : Just saved over the top of an incredibly long cut and paste job that I did this morning so Im currently doing all again. Doh! DaveS : I do things like that too dave. mark : that's about the most irritating thing you can possible do. DaveR : Id most certainly agree with that! DaveS : sorry lucy : for what? DaveS : commiserating, I had no idea it was so irritating. DaveS : bleep. DaveS : I go bye.bon fuzzy e'one!
lucy : bye bye all - hope it's sunny tomorrow - we could maybe have a picnic! DaveS : hello Mark. mark : Morning Mr. DaveS. Nice and hot today, just right for swimming in an outdoor pool or something. lucy : Hi swimming buddies! I'm heading straight for the water!! DaveS : I was just thinking that it would be a good day to work until I am tired and hungry. DaveS : but swimming will do lucy : must go and stroke the rabbit - how exciting - back in a tick! DaveS : Its a fuzzy world. DaveS : Lucy, are you still there? lucy : indeed it is DaveS : Are you allowed to do email? lucy : I am allowed but am not supposed to spend ages on internet but am leaving soon so don't really care. Pour quoi? DaveS : I am just finishing a photoalbum and I would like to know if you could tell me if it works on your computer. Could I send it to you? DaveS : DaveR, when you get in I've a question. lucy : Why of course you can send it to me (lucytubridy@yahoo.co.uk) DaveS : thanks, Lucy. Kate : Hello, just passing through. have a nice day, byee! lucy : Dave, got file but couldn't open as didn't know what to open it in - it asked me to chose a program DaveS : I thought that It might do. No problem. I know what to do. Now I just need to figure out how to do it. Thanks Luch DaveS : sorry, Lucy DaveR : DaveS - Are you still here? DaveS : yeah DaveR : what's your question for the panel? DaveS : Just figuring out how to distrubute Flash Players, along with email attachments. DaveS : I got the license, but the full package is 5MB. Too large. DaveR : cant you just export it as an .exe? or does that make it too big as well? DaveS : Oh... the question I had originally was: "What is the standard version of Flash to Publish as?" (ie so that the most amount of people can use it without having to upgrade.) DaveS : I'll try to do the exe thing. DaveR : try and export as flash 4 if it doesnt cause any problems (file size will be larger as well) as whenever I export anything for more recent versions, I always get some idiot saying they cant view it! DaveS : Thanks. Also. Saving as .exe. I am afraid that the educational version does not have the facility. DaveR : you sure? It should be under publish settings DaveS : I am happy to be wrong. Thanks Dave DaveS : Ok, now who wants to see my silly photo album (warning: you have probably seen all of the pictures before.) DaveR : me please! DaveS : ok. DaveR : Oh, forgot to say - if you've done it as a .exe, you'll probably have to zip it up to get it through people's firewalls (which leads to the problem of people not having WinZip installed! oops.) DaveS : well done. Do you have such a firewall? DaveR : I think I might DaveS : lets try. tell me when you get it... (...) :O(( DaveR : got it second time around (my firewall obviously doesnt let exes through!) DaveS : Oh well... Lucy, did you get it? I sent it to you too! lucy : all this computer talk... think I'll come back later! DaveS : I just said send. boo hoo. DaveR : now the other one's arrived (it had a .exe.dat extension) DaveS : odd. That is not my doing. I think. DaveR : no, but it still worked when I renamed it DaveS : good_o DaveS : ping mark : can i have a look too? (it will have to be not-an-exe... you can just rename it to "myprogram.renametoexe") DaveS : I will send you the tricky fileextension dotexe thing. mark : cheers! DaveS : is sent. Let me know when you recieve it. DaveS : Did you just kill Kate, mark? mark : It's cool! I like it. Worked fine with no problems. Very cool that you can resize it to any size you want too. mark : No, I didn;t kill Kate! I expect she just logged out! DaveS : oh, and didn't say goodbye. oh well. DaveS : Resize it? mark : Maybe her PC went funny and she had to restart it or something mark : resize - yeah, you can change the size of the window with the flash in it, and the pictures all change size too. Cool. DaveS : mmmm... or something. It is ok. I think that she is busy at work for a change. DaveS : I don't have the best grasp of The Flash thing yet. I am glad that you like it though. In the future I would like to make it elegant. mark : I like it DaveS : cheers, mark. I am going to go for a run now. Bye all! lucy : It worked for me Dave - lovely photos (although can't keep them in inbox as takes up too much memory!) mark : well then. lucy : well then what? mark : dunno lucy : I'm going to take a trip to the windmill, if you'd care to join me... mark : sorry... just eating my lunch then! I'd love to acompany you to the windmill. lucy : he he ;-) mark : I'm hidden... but as you fade away I'll be back! mark : wierd! lucy : freaky!! lucy : I'm going to go now for a bit and do some work... won't be long I doubt before I'm back!! Bye for now DaveS : Dont fret Lucy. I will put them on a website in the not too distant future. lucy : Nice run Dave? DaveS : it was nice. I am refreshed... kind of. DaveS : Thanks. DaveS : ping mark : Dave, why do you sometimes go ping? DaveS : it is because I need to know whether or not I am still "alive". DaveS : ping lucy : I'm so bored at work again... might go for a swim... DaveS : swim... not yet, I just ran. DaveR : Mark - you got your new memory thingy yet? DaveS : ping mark : Hi DaveR... don't know, I hope so (I'll know when I get home tonight). I always get worried that the website was actually a fake rip-you-off web site. DaveS : it isn't a magical memory thingee is it, mark? DaveS : hey luchy DaveS : sorry, lucy DaveS : bye lucy DaveS : bye all mark : Bye DaveS... see you tomorrow. I'm off to pack for Glastonbury! Wooo! I might take this fadeout thing off tonight too if I remember... it's anoying! Bye west_family : Mark here. I've removed the fade out for now, until I can get it to go slower. goodnight! DaveS : bongiorno, Lucy. DaveS : bongiorno, Lucy DaveS : ping DaveS : ping DaveS : MESSAGES NOT BEING SHOWN ON MY SCREEN. mark : Morning DaveS. mark : DaveR: (when you get in)... my new bigger memory has arrived, so you can have my old memory next time I see you. mark : ...assuming I remember Johnwest : Mark your new bigger memory needs to be collected from the Post Office. mark : yep, mum is on to it! DaveS : I was just in a parallel fuzzy universe. DaveS : morning Mark DaveS : Hey, lucy. Were you in the parallel universe with me? mark : Hi... I'm off to a meeting now with Wai Wong, the head of all CA development! Let's hope I don't fall asleep! lucy : Good morning one and all! DaveS : oooh Mark will have a fun mornign neil : Morning all, evertything ticketyboo? DaveS : just so Mr Methwold. lucy : Why, indeed it is Neil... are you all set for your avventura granda! DaveS : yo ho ho, I'm off to a defense of my glorious final project proposal. neil : Yeah very excited, though obviously highly disappointed to be leaving work. Snort. lucy : I'm sure you'll cope... might need a bit of counselling but you'll soon realise that there is life after cracks in walls! Johnwest : Ok. And enjoy Glastonbury. mark : I guess I won't get to see you now then Neil before you go off to Italy... have a good first month there before I come out to see you! neil : Yeah ta enjoy Glastonbury - it seems too Sunny, you can't have Galstonbury without mud!! mark : It says it's going to rain on Saturday and maybe Friday. Grrrreat. neil : As we say in the Marine Corps "ifg it aint rainin' it aint trainin'". Don't know why we say it though. lucy : Neil, mi dispiace, che non siamo andnati al pub questa settimana... spero che la tua avventura e una esperienza indimeticabile!!! Buono viaggio! DaveS : hi all. neil : Grazi Lucia. Doppo ho ritornato di italia, dobbiamo andare per una bevo e palare italiano!! neil : to lunch go i neil : to lunch go i DaveS : Mark. Secret commands. If you TAB from the textbox to the Post button, then when you press the backspace key it posts your previous postings in the textbox. (sorry if unclear) mark : really? mark : wow! Strange. DaveS : S E C R E T DaveS : go bye. back soon. lucy : Ma certo! lucy : Not really very secret now Dave, is it? lucy : Not really very secret now Dave, is it? DaveS : group secret. DaveS : group secret DaveS : oh yeah. I am in the IE version 6.0.2800 It doesn't show what I am saying, boo hoo. mark : I have that exact same browser and it works... I have noticed that sometimes if you have other windows open too and they have errors it can stop the javascript in fuzzy working though - happened to me yesterday twice. reload maybe? DaveS : used netscape again. Hmmm. Kate : brief hello before i buy my sandwhich!! Kate : brief byebye... DaveS : bye Kate DaveS : bye back in a min lucy : How's your sandwich Kate? mark : I've just had my Last Shower before my smelly weekend. Hopefully I'm clean enough to last 4 days now! neil : hi de hi Johnwest : Thats the first shower this week mark : Right! I'm off to camp in a field and see some bands then! See people next week! Bon Voyage Neil! Bye! Take care to keep fuzzyworld clean while I'm away! DaveR : hello lucy : hello DaveS : hello Johnwest : Keep safe Mark lucy : yes - don't allow any Glastonbury monsters to eat you up! neil : don't forget your loo roll DaveS : Rock On DaveR : Are you talking about a different Mark? - the one I know is guaranteed to forget to take loo roll, and is sure to get eaten by monsters... DaveS : Helen will Protect him. Helens have a historical mission to protect people and places. Like Helen of Troy for example. Johnwest : That was just a fatherly comment Lucy from a loving Dad. At lease i did not ask him to check he had clean underware on. lucy : Sorry Johnwest... no offence meant and I'm sure he's remembered clean underwear! :-) Johnwest : No offence taken Lucy. Hope your move goes ok. neil : well i was offended Johnwest : You were offended Neil. But I have actually SEEN his underware. Imagin how offending that is. neil : Point taken! DaveS : Rock On!!! lucy : Thanks John - still waiting for a moving date - and so it goes on... DaveS : Ok all. See you around. Johnwest : Say hello to your parents Lucy.Going now. lucy : Will do. Bye for now guys.. will probably be back later. neil : Just you and me then Kate, or can i call you Hot lips? lucy : oops... looks like I've interupted something... better go... byee ;-) DaveS : ping neil : pong DaveS : ding neil : bong, sorry i am in the wrong key. DaveS : shwing! neil : are you flirting with me? DaveS : be serious. (No Offence Intended.) neil : i've seen the way your fuzzy eyes look at me, and the way your skateboard wobbles when i glide past. DaveS : I think your computer has a virus. neil : I'll say no more. sarah : hi sarah : have to go now as email here is expensive. have a good day, i may go to sleep in a bit had a long day walking around a rainforested island.bye! lucy : Guten Tag, allerseits! neil : see you sarah sorry to have missed you neil : Ciao Lucia DaveS : "had a long day walking around a rainforested island..." I know what she means. Same old, same old eh? neil : Yeah i have heard paradise can be tiresome. DaveS : Mental note (paradise is NOT= Frappucino). neil : ? DaveS : I have lost it living in London. Someone is having real life experiences, and I am... well, I feel like I am living in my mind. neil : Did you get your final project in alright yesterday? DaveS : Yes, thanks. It went alright. But unfortunately, while the project itself is exciting, the reporting back to the committee is not. neil : Did you have a grilling? DaveS : I think that the difficulty comes from them not being the client, and asking me to deal with them as though they were a client. It is good practice for dealing with a 3rd party who is (lets say) funding a project. Problem: it is a bit heavy on beurocracy and quite difficult to shed the weight of overbearing personalities. DaveS : Neil, re: your email. You have cleverly omitted what your hotmail account is. neil : hmm cunning aren't i? I will e-mail again - twill give me something to do! DaveS : well done, Neil. neil : Shucks, it was nothing! DaveS : ping lucy : pong! neil : ding DaveS : dong DaveS : Well... I guess that this is very nearly the last that I'll see of you, Neil, before you head off. neil : Yeah, i am leaving on Sunday. I have just had my leaving drink, at work. I got cards a pressie and book tokens! DaveS : That sounds nice. DO you have plans for the weekend? neil : I have a family Bar-B-Q on Saturday night: agathering of the clan to see me off the premises! DaveS : Will your family be going to visit you at all? neil : Yeah, my sister and her husband are meeting me in Rome for a long weekend,and my parents are meeting me for a week in Sorento at the end of my trip. DaveS : good parents, good family. neil : Well they enjoy a holiday! DaveS : mine too. It is just that they prefer to holiday further away from me than they are now. DaveS : and they never call neil : Just drop of their washing, go and see their friends and treat your house like a hotel. DaveS : how are you daveroo? neil : who are you daveroo? DaveS : Hey!!! if you take the last three letters off of his name you get dave! neil : if you put kanga in front of the last three letters you get an australian marsupial neil : OK i am signing off in the next couple of minutes. Speak to/ see you all soon! DaveS : see you DaveS : hi jon JonLinkins : (Ten minutes later...) Hi Dave! Hi everyone else! (... I don't seem to have faded yet. Do we still fade?) DaveS : Fade not. Anyhow. I gotta go. CU all. lucy : Hello boyfriend!! How be you? Did you get my email? You must let me know when you're on your way home and I'll start cooking! Kate : oooh! land of the clones! lucy : See you in a bit - must dash to get the train! sarah : is ther anyone here or have you just not logged out? sarah : dad- why are you dressed as a girl! sarah : well maybe not a girl, but perple really isnt your colour, oh well bye!!! DaveS : hello lucy : Hi! How are you today? Did you have a pleasant weekend? DaveS : t'wasn't too bad. Lots of staying home. I guess that is good for a tired person like myself. DaveS : bye DaveS : hello. lucy : boo! DaveS : boo? lucy : where've you gone? DaveS : sorry. DaveS : Hi mark. Johnwest : So who is Daveroo and why is he impersonating me. Also why am I there when i am not there Yet? DaveS : These are good questions. Mark... mark : Hi there people. I'm back from Glastonbury! Phew! It was great though. DaveS : You are ok and that is what matters. I take it that Helen survived as well. mark : yep - and she had a great time too! lucy : Must meet up with people!! Maybe Saturday? Am moving early next week. Aaaaagghhh!! Johnwest : Mark are you comming home tonight. I want to show you my new Bike DaveR : Was planning BBQ for Saturday if the weather looks good DaveS : Mark-- I am glad. Lucy-- that is so exciting! John-- Dave-- Kate and I sold our souls for more time to study. DaveS : DaveS : As I thought. Sorry, Mr. West. I sent you a smiley face, but the characters didn't display. lucy : BBQ sounds good Dave! Will keep fingers crossed for nice weather. mark : I like BBQ's. Rich who I camped with at the weekend ate BBQ'd spam all weekend. mark : Yes, I am coming home tonight Dad. Looking forward to seeing the bike! mark : Neil's gone away now then. Wierd... (Weird? both spellings lok wrong...) lucy : Weather looks promising for Saturday (according to Google, that is!) ;-) lucy : Spam - yuk!! mark : Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam and Spam. lucy : pooh! mark : Actually, it looked suprisingly tasty when barbequed... DaveS : Secret code. If you spell Spam backwards you get Maps. Marks friend was actually making maps all weekend. mark : no, that isn't true. He really was eating spam. One guy ate spam with tomatoe ketchup in between two rich tea biscuits. Yuck. mark : I know it's hard to believe that anyone would actually eat it though. DaveS : Oh well... I am sure that stranger things went on Glastonbury way. DaveS : Ok, I am going to pretend that I am going home and get some work done. Best all. lucy : I'm off too - lots of sorting to do at home aaaaggghhh!!!!! mark : Morning. Is Daveroo really Dave Roberts? lucy : Hi there Mark! Are you clean now?! mark : very clean thankyou. I managed to wash every day while I was there anyway, so never got too unclean anyway. lucy : I think Daveroo is a spy! Not very well hidden though! mark : Unless he's an alien, and has come to Earth disguised as a person. If that's the case then he's doing quite a good job. DaveR : He's something to do with Marks sister I think - its not me! mark : strange. I have your memory here DaveR, complete with USB cable extension and CD. I think you should know too that Sam was after it too, so £10 is a bargain! DaveR : excellent, thankyou very much (tell sam he cant have it, and possibly kick him as well). I was looking for a little USB cable the other day - good job I didnt buy one. lucy : Will you be BBQ-ing this weekend Dave? DaveS : hola lucy : Ciao! DaveS : ping lucy : ding! DaveS : do wop lucy : pa doo! DaveS : I gotta go lucy. Its been fun. Kate and I are home early today. Ciao! DaveR : Dont know about BBQ on Saturday yet due to crap weather concerns - what do people think?? DaveS : Bye DaveR. Kate and I are going to Arundel Castle on Saturday... we've crap weather concerns too. Oh well. lucy : We should definitely do something - I'd like to see you guys before I go up to Cambridgeshire!! If not BBQ then definitely some drinks somewhere... I thought it was going to be cloudy at times but warm on Saturday... will just go consult internet... lucy : ... according to Yahoo! weather it should be 22 on Saturday with sun poking through from behind cloud. Sounds promising... mark : I am up for doing something on Saturday (BBQ is good), and Helen says she probably is too. lucy : Hi Mark... it looks like our Russian spy has left us! mark : I 'removed' him hahahaha! (evil laugh) lucy : the force is with you mark : its just a gift I guess. I just have to focus my mind enough and I can move people! DaveS : hola mark DaveS : hasta la vista! lucy : Hi Mr West! How are you? mark : Very quiet today wasn't it. Everyoen working hard I expect (I certainly was) (no, I actually _was_, that's not sarcastic!) lucy : I kind of worked hard too - only wo more days! Have cleared out my desk... kind of weird as have been here 8 months now! lucy : byee! DaveS : Hola johnwest DaveS : hola mark mark : yo dude. How is it proverbally hanging? DaveS : no proverbiablamo problemo, partenero DaveS : bleurgh mark : absolutely. I think fuzzyworld is wanning in popularity. Soon it will all turn to slums. DaveS : you cant fool me mark. the rest of em have all migrated off to the next world. But of i will too! The mass of the sun, i=5 and h=9. I will go too! mark : that would be quite a good end to the treasure hunt actually... access to superfuzzyworld! DaveS : Is Greg the hunched-back punk modeled