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On Fri, 14 Oct 2005, David Champion wrote:
> http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/ook.html
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ook!
Ah.
> So "Ook. Ook?" is the operator for "can we please move on?" Which isn't
> meant for you specifically, Luke, it's just that you're the one who said
> "minimalist" and gave me the excuse. I picked it over Brainfuck because
> if "Ook. Ook?" is going to throw someone, ">" certainly doesn't carry
> enough context to mean anything.
Of course, I specifically allowed that a language (LISP) might be so
minimalist that it makes it harder.
> ...
>
> I got my LISA conference plea/brochure today. Now that I've covered
> the *software* hate quotient, are you someone I can ask to PLEASE MAKE
> THEM STOP HOLDING IT AT THE TOWN & COUNTRY? Fashion Valley sounds like
> a television program for thirteen-year-olds. I'll give you that the
> overwhelming (no, really) sense of apocalypse and brimstone last time
> was rather exciting, up until I had to occupy that godawful conference
> center or sit in my corner room with virtually no cellular reception
> staring at the horrid child in the picture frame, just like the horrid
> child in every third room's picture frame, eking bandwidth by the
> bps. It's lucky I had dispensation to rent a car, or (with their room
> service) I'd never have found it possible to drown my troubles in a
> dusty bottle of Graham's 20.
No, I can't get them to change it; we can only pray that this year they
have net access in the rooms (probably not). Apparently they got some
great deal if they signed up through eternity; I do know that they get
painfully self-righteous when you bring it up.
> Can I bear to attend again? It probably depends on the weather,
> frankly, so bravo! to whomever picked San Diego in December, but a
> double dose of derision for not telling the T&C to take a hike.
LISA: Not On Fire This Year
BTW, you can catch a train from the mall downtown. Cars not needed.
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