From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V00 #110 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume00/110 Precedence: list MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/digest; boundary="----------------------------" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se Reply-To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se ------------------------------ Content-Type: text/plain blakes7-d Digest Volume 00 : Issue 110 Today's Topics: [B7L] Re: Avon's Ultraworld costume [B7L] Cyborg names. Re: [B7L] Guardian Pass Notes 14/4/00 [B7L] Late Night Currie RE: [B7L] Cyborg names. Re: [B7L] Guardian Pass Notes 14/4/00 [B7L] Project Avalon [B7L] PGP [B7L] Hey Una! Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Re: [B7L] Re: UnAmerican Activities Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Re: [B7L] Avon's Ultraworld Costume Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Re: [B7L] Andromedan War [B7L] PGP ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 18:42:15 -0700 From: Helen Krummenacker To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Re: Avon's Ultraworld costume Message-ID: <38F7C8F7.7FA9@jps.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit ulia- Loughborough wrote: > I would love to own a bit of B7, but don't have that kinda chash right > now....am I the only one that feels that costumes like this should not be > worn and kept as 2nd hand from the show.....it's not the same if people > have worn it since...maybe that just me.... Whilst I suffer to think of wonderful costumes (and no, I don't hate the gaudy ones) are bought be people the wrong size/shape to wear them and they just sit in boxes except for occaissional gloating and display. Costumes are meant to be put on parade. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 00:26:43 -0400 From: Meredith Dixon To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Cyborg names. Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit There's a web page up which purports to tell you what your name would stand for if you were a cyborg and it were an acronym: http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-cyborger.html I started to post this just to the spin list, but the names of the crew came out too well to pass up: Biomechanical Lifeform Assembled for Killing and Exploration. Artificial Violence and Observation Neohuman. Journeying Electronic Negotiation and Nullification Android. General Artificial Neohuman. Vigilant Individual Limited to Assassination. Cybernetic Artificial Lifeform Limited to Yardwork. Transforming Artificial Replicant Responsible for Assassination and Nocturnal Troubleshooting. Digital Android Yearning for Nocturnal Assassination. Synthetic Organism Optimized for Logical Infiltration and Nullification. -- Meredith Dixon Check out *Raven Days*, for victims and survivors of bullying. And for those who want to help. http://www.pobox.com/~dixonm/raven.html ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 10:14:45 +0100 From: "Alison Page" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Guardian Pass Notes 14/4/00 Message-ID: <000b01bfa6bb$2c60cda0$ca8edec2@pre-installedco> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Yo! Harriet got a letter published in the Guardian today, correcting their B7 pass-notes *and* alerting the woolly-liberal intellectual section of the British public to the repeats on BBC2 respect due Alison ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 11:14:12 +0100 (BST) From: Judith Proctor To: Lysator List cc: Freedom City Subject: [B7L] Late Night Currie Message-ID: Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII There may be a piece about Blake's 7 on Radio 5 Live tonight (Sat 15 April) in 'Late Night Currie'. The programme starts at 10pm and runs until 1am. I've no idea when the B7 piece is likely to be, but it should feature our own Steve Rogerson. Judith -- http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 - Fanzines for Blake's 7, B7 Filk songs, pictures, news, Conventions past and present, Blake's 7 fan clubs, Gareth Thomas, etc. (also non-Blake's 7 zines at http://www.nas.com/~lknight ) Redemption '01 23-25 Feb 2001 http://www.smof.com/redemption/ ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 15:46:15 +0200 From: Jacqueline Thijsen To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: RE: [B7L] Cyborg names. Message-ID: <39DCDDFD014ED21185C300104BB3F99FE3BAE4@NL-ARN-MAIL01> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Meredith wrote: > > There's a web page up which purports to tell you what your name > would stand for if you were a cyborg and it were an acronym: > http://www.brunching.com/toys/toy-cyborger.html > At last, another fun game! > Synthetic Organism Optimized for Logical Infiltration and > Nullification. That one fits best, I think. And then, of course, there are also: Transforming Robotic Android Viable for Infiltration and Sabotage Synthetic Electronic Replicant Viable for Infiltration and Exploration (You can't enter more than seven letters) What with Travis actually being a cyborg, I suspect that we have stumbled upon his real name here. Journeying Android Calibrated for Killing and Yardwork Transforming Hydraulic Individual Justified for Sabotage and Efficient Nullification ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:53:33 EDT From: Tigerm1019@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Guardian Pass Notes 14/4/00 Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 04/15/2000 4:17:45 AM Central Daylight Time, alison@alisonpage.demon.co.uk writes: > Yo! Harriet got a letter published in the Guardian today, correcting their > B7 pass-notes *and* alerting the woolly-liberal intellectual section of the > British public to the repeats on BBC2 Great! Hopefully, it will help the ratings. Tiger M ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 12:07:18 EDT From: RCalla6725@aol.com To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] Project Avalon Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Language: en Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I have to say I thought this week's episode, while still entertaining, was the weakest in the run so far. Was it produced in a hurry does anyone know? It seemed under-rehearsed, even the normally excellent Michael Keating didn't sound as sharp with the script this week. Though I did like this bit with Avon: "I'm very susceptible to low temperatures… I've got a weak chest" "The rest of you's not very impressive" It just seemed to lack something for me - there was no subtext this week, just a very camp story about android doubles. All that bit with the mutoids (who remind me of the fembots from Austin Powers) and Servelan's sheepskin rug seemed a bit too tongue-in-cheek for me. Does anyone also know if there's any truth in the rumour that Terry Nation planned to introduce the Daleks to this series? ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 13:29:01 -0400 From: "Dana Shilling" To: "b7" Subject: [B7L] PGP Message-ID: <000d01bfa701$653f0ce0$45604e0c@dshilling> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit [Down & Safe letterhead] Dear Federation: My client, Kerr Avon, would like to remind you that, since he has prudently purchased the sequel rights (with ten million credits in Trump Freedom City chips), you can kill anyone else you like, but can't kill him. Mary Sue, Esq. ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 14:09:37 -0400 From: "Gary" To: Subject: [B7L] Hey Una! Message-ID: <009c01bfa7ce$ee288e00$c2bac0d1@Pgadam> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; boundary="----------------------------"; charset="iso-8859-1" Hello Una, I've lost your email address (but not the real one!) can you email me off-list about the articles? I have some news for you. Gary email: gadam@shore.net ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2000 09:20:37 +0100 From: "Andrew Ellis" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Message-ID: <000001bfa6b2$f0f5e6e0$8153063e@leanet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Julia Jones < > >Neat gadgets, these. You walk up to a door, and it magically unlocks as >soon as you get close enough to the reader panel. *Much* better than >swipe cards. And the sensors can be used to locate where you are in the building, and release specific targeted drugs. Oops, wrong thread. Gnog. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 14:42:33 -0600 From: "Ellynne G." To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Re: UnAmerican Activities Message-ID: <20000415.144237.-88921.1.rilliara@juno.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit On Thu, 13 Apr 2000 21:53:30 -0400 "Dana Shilling" writes: > PS--I have been asked to clarify: Wolfram & Hart represents SCUMM. > The > crewmembers are represented by Down & Safe, Professional > Corporation. > And here I was thinking it was Lambkin & .... (oh, dear, opposite of Hart. A hart is a stag, a stag is a deer .... Bambi .... Got it) Lambkin & Thumper. What's that? I see. Yes, given the way Lambkin & Thumper let Blake get eaten by wolves at his trial, I can see why Avon insisted they change. Ellynne ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 21:45:37 +0100 From: Julia Jones To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Cc: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Message-ID: In message <000001bfa6b2$f0f5e6e0$8153063e@leanet>, Andrew Ellis writes >And the sensors can be used to locate where you are in the building, and >release specific targeted drugs. Oops, wrong thread. I should point out that exactly the same effect can be achieved with swipe cards. You just need to put an electronic lock on all the internal fire doors, all the labs, and most of the offices - as was the case at one of the companies where I was interviewed for a job about 12 years ago. One of these days I'll work that system into a story. -- Julia Jones "Don't philosophise with me, you electronic moron!" The Turing test - as interpreted by Kerr Avon. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:44:31 +0100 From: "Andrew Ellis" To: "Lysator List" Subject: Re: [B7L] Avon's Ultraworld Costume Message-ID: <00c301bfa6b7$143c8600$8153063e@leanet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit From: DragonFly >now....am I the only one that feels that costumes like this should not be >worn and kept as 2nd hand from the show.....it's not the same if people >have worn it since...maybe that just me.... > >Julia- Loughborough It might be a case of the person who pays the money gets to chose. But it strikes me that if a large number of people want to collect costumes not for wear, they could, in some way, club together to "save" and at appropriate times "exhibit" these treasures. You could for example offer shares, of an initial value of say £50 each, buy a costume (or 10) and see how it goes from there. The obvious difficulty is that of custody / transport costs, but if people are interested I'm sure those issues can be worked through. Gnog ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2000 09:49:31 +0100 From: "Andrew Ellis" To: Subject: Re: [B7L] Carrying Concealed Message-ID: <00d001bfa6b7$868ee180$8153063e@leanet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Gnog wrote >>And the sensors can be used to locate where you are in the building, and >>release specific targeted drugs. Oops, wrong thread. >I should point out that exactly the same effect can be achieved with >swipe cards. You just need to put an electronic lock on all the internal >fire doors, all the labs, and most of the offices - as was the case at >one of the companies where I was interviewed for a job about 12 years >ago. One of these days I'll work that system into a story. >-- >Julia Jones Totally agree, but you get more precision with the locator system in smart cards. Gnog ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:49:39 +0100 From: "Neil Faulkner" To: "b7" Subject: Re: [B7L] Andromedan War Message-ID: <001101bfa735$f2ddf140$e535fea9@neilfaulkner> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sally wrote > Could you people better than me on background and plot (oh, say, the revered > editor of the 7encyclopedia, just for an for example) help me out? What > evidence and indicators - if any - do we have of how *long* the battle at > Star One/whole Andromedan War lasted? Basically, however long you want it to last. Some Federation ships were barely an hour away from the invasion point at the end of 'Star One', but that's just about the only reference. One of the first fan stories I had published ('Kriegspielen', in Star One, which I think is no longer available from Judith Proctor) covered Liberator's return to the colonised galaxy and their alliance with the Federation fleet. Liberator had been running back from Star One for a month. The aliens were slowing down as their intergalactic drives ran out of juice. No major engagements had yet been fought. However, there's no canonical evidence to support that scenario, just as there's none to deny it. Any calculation of the duration of the war has to depend on assumptions about ship speeds, distances etc that can't be meaningfully derived from the series. So, as usual for B7, raise x to the power of y, subtract the number you first thought of, and divide by Squirble's Coefficient. That's about as close as you can ever get. (Ah, but - you say - if it took the mighty Liberator a whole month to flit back from Star One, how come some Fed ships were only hours away? Ah well, I say, that minefield didn't get there by itself, did it? And who says they'd finished laying it?) The Revered Editor of the Sevencyclopaedia ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 16 Apr 2000 00:03:28 PDT From: "Sally Manton" To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: [B7L] PGP Message-ID: <20000416070328.27907.qmail@hotmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed From Dana: Errr...Or Fearless Leader. Only Mary Sue's *client* is allowed to do that, remember. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V00 Issue #110 **************************************