From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #22 X-Loop: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se X-Mailing-List: archive/volume99/22 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 99 : Issue 22 Today's Topics: Re: blakes7-d Digest V99 #1 Re: blakes7-d Digest V99 #4 ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:22:06 GMT From: "Dita Stanistraken" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se, blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: blakes7-d Digest V99 #1 Message-Id: Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 08:59:01 +0100 (MET) > From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se > Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #1 > To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se > Reply-to: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > ------------------------------ > > Content-Type: text/plain > > blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 1 > > Today's Topics: > [B7L] voice recognition > Re: [B7L] voice recognition > Re: [B7L] voice recognition > Re: [B7L] Post-War Politics > Re: [B7L] Post-War Politics > re [B7L] Voice recognition > Re: re [B7L] Voice recognition > [B7L] Celestial Toymaker > Re: re [B7L] Voice recognition > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:52:10 +0100 (BST) > From: Judith Proctor > To: Lysator List > Subject: [B7L] voice recognition > Message-ID: > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=US-ASCII > > On Wed 30 Dec, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > > ObB7: This of course reminds me of my usual perennial wondering; what > > is a Tarriel Cell really? And how widespread were voice-recognition > > computers in the Federation? I got the impression that they were rare > > because the standard interface we see the plebs and Servalan's people > > using was a keyboard. I assumed that this was because computers able > > to understand voice commands were really expensive. > > Two possible reasons. If several people in the same room as using computers > with voice control, they are all going to find one anotehr very distracting. > Keyboard work is silent. > > Second possibility - I believe some people are already experiencing problems > with voice strain on existing voice control systems. (I'd never dare use one > myself - I'm prone to voice problems at the best of times) Mind you, victims of > RSI would probably stand up to be counted here. > > > > > However, another thought has just occurred to me -- maybe at least in > > the military, voice-recognition computers weren't used for security > > reasons. Yes, voice-recognition as a way of preventing unauthorised > > persons *using* the computer would seem to be a *positive* security > > aspect - but get one audio bug in a command centre, and there goes all > > your security. > > It's certainly a thought. > > > The other thing is that it might be clearer if spoken commands only went to > > people; it might confuse the computer if a lot of people were talking at once. > > Possibly, though I think they could be trained to recognise individual voices > pretty quickly. Software seems to be learning voices right now. > > > After all, Slave was considered to be *unusually* sophisticated, so maybe > > other voice-recognition computers were limited to being rich people's > > playthings, or academic perks. > > Maybe there had been laws restricting the development of computers with > personalities? > > Judith > > -- > http://www.hermit.org/Blakes7 > > Redemption 99 - The Blakes 7/Babylon 5 convention > 26-28 February 1999, Ashford International Hotel, Kent > http://www.smof.com/redemption/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1999 19:54:42 +1100 > From: Kathryn Andersen > To: "Blake's 7 list" > Subject: Re: [B7L] voice recognition > Message-ID: <19990102195442.09881@welkin.apana.org.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Fri, Jan 01, 1999 at 09:52:10PM +0100, Judith Proctor wrote: > > On Wed 30 Dec, Kathryn Andersen wrote: > > > > > ObB7: This of course reminds me of my usual perennial wondering; what > > > is a Tarriel Cell really? And how widespread were voice-recognition > > > computers in the Federation? I got the impression that they were rare > > > because the standard interface we see the plebs and Servalan's people > > > using was a keyboard. I assumed that this was because computers able > > > to understand voice commands were really expensive. > > > > > After all, Slave was considered to be *unusually* sophisticated, so maybe > > > other voice-recognition computers were limited to being rich people's > > > playthings, or academic perks. > > > > Maybe there had been laws restricting the development of computers with > > personalities? > > C'mon, this is the Federation! They have *slaves*, they wouldn't balk > at the ethics of artificial personalities. Or were you thinking in > terms of the fear of true independent Artificial Intelligence, as > distinct from personality simulations? I got the impression from what > Avon said about Zen in particular, that true AI was something which > the experts took for granted to be impossible. > > Kathryn Andersen > -- > _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen > / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat > \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" > v | > ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere > Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 13:30:04 PST > From: "Penny Dreadful" > To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] voice recognition > Message-ID: <19990102213004.28125.qmail@hotmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Judith: > > >> Maybe there had been laws restricting the development of computers > with > >> personalities? > > > > Kathryn: > > >C'mon, this is the Federation! They have *slaves*, they wouldn't balk > >at the ethics of artificial personalities. > > Maybe it wasn't ethics, but efficiency. Orac and Slave's "personalities" > both seem to beg for a baseball-bat to the CPU. Disadvantage. Does there > exist -- *could* there exist -- a personality type that doesn't irk the > heck out of *someone*? The Federation prefers its people to behave as > machines: why would it want its machines to behave otherwise? > > -- Penny "Daisy, Daisy, Give Me Your Answer Do" Dreadful > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 13:47:26 PST > From: "Penny Dreadful" > To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] Post-War Politics > Message-ID: <19990102214726.16711.qmail@hotmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Judith pointed out: > > >Actually, she changed her clothing in the late third season. I think > you'll > >find she's wearing black in Moloch, Deathwatch and Terminal and her > dress in > >Rumours of Death is half black, half white. > > Damn! Another perfectly good theory crushed 'neath the iron heel of > pragmatism. > > >Jackie Pearce once said Servalan wore black as a form of mourning the > loss of > >her 'children' in 'Children of Auron'. Adding that as an actress she'd > >discovered that she looked better in black in any case. > > Okay, well then my *pragmatic* take on it is: she wore white from the > start as a counterpoint to Travis' black ensemble. > ([white : black :: male : female :: sex : violence] I think I said on > one of my web-pages) > In the third season with him gone *she* adopted the traditional black > garb of The Villain -- and started taking a more hands-on approach with > the Violence too. Became more of your renaissance villain. > > --Penny "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Semioticians" > Dreadful > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 15:47:23 PST > From: "Penny Dreadful" > To: Blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] Post-War Politics > Message-ID: <19990102234723.24908.qmail@hotmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > I said: > > >[white : black :: male : female :: sex : violence] > > Whups. I meant "female : male". Freudian slip? Discuss... > > -- Penny "Always Grateful For A Rough Analogy" Dreadful > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 00:54:59 -0000 > From: "Neil Faulkner" > To: "lysator" > Subject: re [B7L] Voice recognition > Message-ID: <001e01be36b7$81398c60$0f17ac3e@default> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="utf-7" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Shouldn't we be bearing in mind that when B7 was made, the idea of a > computer you could talk to, and have talk back to +ACo-you+ACo-, seemed pretty > outlandish? About as improbable as having one in your own home, and using > it to send messages right around the globe? > > Let's face it, when it comes to information technology, the entire series is > way out of date. Anyone on this mailing list knows more about computers > than Avon ever did (ie+ADs- knows more than any of the scriptwriters). > > How are we to cope with this when I.T. creeps into fan fiction? I tend to > assume that speech circuits and voice recognition are commonplace (certainly > not expensive), and if that contradicts the series then the series can go > fry. > > Neil > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 19:47:21 -0600 > From: Lisa Williams > To: > Subject: Re: re [B7L] Voice recognition > Message-Id: <199901030153.TAA20056@mail.dallas.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Neil Faulkner wrote: > > >Shouldn't we be bearing in mind that when B7 was made, the idea of a > >computer you could talk to, and have talk back to +ACo-you+ACo-, seemed > pretty > >outlandish? > > Of course, it was even more outlandish in '66 when Star Trek portrayed it > as standard equipment. The concept of voiced and voice-activated computers > has been around for a long time in SF; it was pretty much old hat by the > time B7 rolled around. > > - Lisa > _____________________________________________________________ > Lisa Williams: lcw@dallas.net or lwilliams@rsc.raytheon.com > > Lisa's Video Frame Capture Library: http://lcw.simplenet.com/ > New Riders of the Golden Age: http://www.warhorse.com/ > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 02 Jan 1999 20:33:19 -0800 > From: "Adam L. Fuller" > To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: [B7L] Celestial Toymaker > Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19990102203319.007cfaa0@ix.netcom.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi, > > Does anyone happen to know where in the United States I can get a copy of > the Dr. Who: "The Celestial Toymaker" novelization? I really want to find > that book. If anyone has any knowledge of this, please send me an e-mail. > > Thanks! > > -Adam. > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sun, 3 Jan 1999 13:30:08 +1100 > From: Kathryn Andersen > To: "Blake's 7 list" > Subject: Re: re [B7L] Voice recognition > Message-ID: <19990103133008.46005@welkin.apana.org.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Sat, Jan 02, 1999 at 07:47:21PM -0600, Lisa Williams wrote: > > Neil Faulkner wrote: > > > > >Shouldn't we be bearing in mind that when B7 was made, the idea of a > > >computer you could talk to, and have talk back to +ACo-you+ACo-, seemed > > pretty > > >outlandish? > > > > Of course, it was even more outlandish in '66 when Star Trek portrayed it > > as standard equipment. The concept of voiced and voice-activated computers > > has been around for a long time in SF; it was pretty much old hat by the > > time B7 rolled around. > > Exactly. In Trek, voice recognition was commonplace, Trek came before > Blake's 7, so why did the writers choose for it not to be commonplace? > One reason could be that Blake's 7, *not* being a utopia, had to be a > bit more run-down and less luxurious. > Of course, my problem is that I am trying to find an *internal* > explanation, not an external one. > > > >How are we to cope with this when I.T. creeps into fan fiction? I > > >tend to assume that speech circuits and voice recognition are > > >commonplace (certainly not expensive), and if that contradicts the > > >series then the series can go fry. > > And Neil stands by that, as I have noticed in Neil's fiction, > particularly the wonderful very cyberpunk "A Casting of Swords" (in > Stadler Link), which, IMHO goes so much in that direction that it is > hardly Blake's 7 at all. Really good story, and a delightfully > chilling explanation for Gan's limiter, but the pure cyberpunk seems > grafted on to the Blake's 7 universe, IMHO. > > Kathryn A. > -- > _--_|\ | Kathryn Andersen > / \ | http://home.connexus.net.au/~kat > \_.--.*/ | #include "standard/disclaimer.h" > v | > ------------| Melbourne -> Victoria -> Australia -> Southern Hemisphere > Maranatha! | -> Earth -> Sol -> Milky Way Galaxy -> Universe > > -------------------------------- > End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #1 > ************************************ > Dita, President and Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1999 09:22:26 GMT From: "Dita Stanistraken" To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se, blakes7@lysator.liu.se Subject: Re: blakes7-d Digest V99 #4 Message-Id: Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 22:53:09 +0100 (MET) > From: blakes7-d-request@lysator.liu.se > Subject: blakes7-d Digest V99 #4 > To: blakes7-d@lysator.liu.se > Reply-to: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > ------------------------------ > > Content-Type: text/plain > > blakes7-d Digest Volume 99 : Issue 4 > > Today's Topics: > Re: [B7L] Matters Tarrant (not) > Re: [B7L] Net address to pictures of the good ship > Re: [B7L] Matters Tarrant > [B7L] Vila > [B7L] The Liberator > Re: [B7L] The Liberator > Re: [B7L] Vila > FW: [B7L] Kairopan harvest > FW: [B7L] Free time again > [B7L] Fw: Re: Over The Moon BBC Choice > Re: [B7L] Free time again > [B7L] FW: Re: Over The Moon BBC Choice > [B7L] Re: Vila > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 13:48:31 PST > From: "Joanne MacQueen" > To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] Matters Tarrant (not) > Message-ID: <19990105214831.22499.qmail@hotmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Christine said: >When 12 year old me got hooked on 4th season B7 I > >immediately adored Avon and Soolin - Soolin because she had long >hair > and shot people > > The long hair bit I can understand (when I was younger, I had bad hair > *years*). > > >and Avon, well, I've never needed a reason - it comes naturally, like > >breathing :) > > Any appeal Avon had for the twelve year old me lay dormant for > some time. Certainly, by the time I reached university and the videos > had been released, it had woken up. > > By the way, can I stand behind you when Carol comes calling with that > machine? You tempted fate with the subject line - the Godmother > will be watching because the magic word has been uttered! > > Regards > Joanne > > Even the best quality leather has flaws. > --P K Shaw > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1999 14:07:57 PST > From: "Edith Spencer" > To: jason@jwake.freeserve.co.uk > Cc: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] Net address to pictures of the good ship > Message-ID: <19990105220758.25309.qmail@hotmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain > > Hello to All, and to Jason! > Wow- what a website. Very nice pictures indeed. I took a gander > at the cool website, > http://mateengreenway.simplenet.com/ > That Jason linked to us. Say there Judith, I do think it would a > cool link to your exhaustive website. Thanks again to Jason for the > opportunity to look at some cool artwork. > Edith > > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 17:09:32 EST > From: Mac4781@aol.com > To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] Matters Tarrant > Message-ID: > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > In response to my continuation of Juliet-Dayna, Penny wrote: > > > >Oh churl! I guess that means I have to find a new boyfriend." > > > > Such sentiment...*sniff*...I'm all misty-eyed. > > Yes, it's very sentimental and tragic. I can't imagine why the Bard > didn't go for that development. > > Joanne reacts to my planned mindwipe with: > > In a message dated 1/4/99 5:11:00 PM Eastern Standard Time, > j_macqueen@hotmail.com writes: > > > Machine? What machine? Oh, that machine. > > Carol, that's brainwashing. Or do you really think that's > > what it takes? > > Sadly...yes. No wonder Juliet-Dayna wasn't too upset when Romeo-Tarrant bit > the big one. :) > > Carol Mc > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:41:55 -0000 > From: "Paul Whalley" > To: "Blakes7 Mailing List" > Subject: [B7L] Vila > Message-ID: <000201be38fc$f00499e0$c345883e@twleckuj> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Last weekend I watched "The City At The Edge Of The World" which I really > enjoyed. What I think I liked so much about this particular episode is that > Vila is the central character and comes out with some exceptional one > liners. > > Throughout the episode many references were made to Vila's talents as an > excellent thief and how valuable he is to the rest of the crew. It's about > time he got some recognition from Avon and Tarrant. Can anyone recommend any > other outstanding Vila episodes? > > Regards, > > Paul > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 22:26:22 -0000 > From: "Paul Whalley" > To: "Blakes7 Mailing List" > Subject: [B7L] The Liberator > Message-ID: <000101be38fc$ef4bf840$c345883e@twleckuj> > Content-Type: text/plain; > charset="iso-8859-1" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Can anyone give me any background on the Liberator. I have heard it referred > to as the most powerful ship in the Galaxy. Is this true? > > - Who designed and built it? > - Who did it belong to before Blake and the crew occupied it? > - Has it ever tried to be reclaimed by it's previous owners? > - Are there any Liberator sister ships? > > Cheers, > > Paul > > ------------------------------ > > Date: 06 Jan 1999 00:29:31 +0100 > From: Calle Dybedahl > To: "Blakes7 Mailing List" > Subject: Re: [B7L] The Liberator > Message-ID: > > "Paul Whalley" writes: > > > - Who designed and built it? > > - Who did it belong to before Blake and the crew occupied it? > > - Has it ever tried to be reclaimed by it's previous owners? > > - Are there any Liberator sister ships? > > You seriously want to watch the episode "Redemption" (or, failing > that, to read the transcript of it). > -- > Calle Dybedahl, Vasav. 82, S-177 52 Jaerfaella,SWEDEN | calle@lysator.liu.se > "I like darkness, because it shows us light" -- Victoria McManus > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Tue, 5 Jan 1999 19:05:14 EST > From: Tigerm1019@aol.com > To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] Vila > Message-ID: <2405113.3692a8ba@aol.com> > Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 99-01-05 17:52:06 EST, Paul wrote: > > << Throughout the episode many references were made to Vila's talents as an > excellent thief and how valuable he is to the rest of the crew. It's about > time he got some recognition from Avon and Tarrant. Can anyone recommend any > other outstanding Vila episodes? > >> > > Actually, later in the series, I think he did get plenty of recognition from > Tarrant. Tarrant had not been with the crew long at this point, and I think > he may have felt Vila wasn't pulling his weight in the crew. Vila did seem to > have an allergy to work of any kind and the Liberator was in a difficult > situation without a working weapons system. I think Tarrant was frustrated > that no one else was trying to do anything about it or even seemed to be > concerned. > > As for good Vila episodes, he has some good moments in "Seek-Locate-Destroy" > and "Terminal." I also recommend "Gambit" and "Orbit." We can see some of > his darker side in "Spacefall," "Children of Auron," and "Gold." We can see > some of his weaknesses in "Hostage" and "Shadow." I think of all the > characters, he and Avon got the most development on screen. > > Tiger M > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 20:56:53 +1030 > From: "Dunne, Martin Lydon - DUNML001" > To: lysator > Subject: FW: [B7L] Kairopan harvest > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain > > > I don't really know much about Ben Steed, but he comes across as a closet > > fantasy-monger who thinks SF falls under the same umbrella. And why does he > > always have to peddle his misogyny in every episode he writes? He's worse > > than Robert Holmes and his homophobia. > > > > Neil (aka Rik) > > > Homophobia? You're going to have to help me with this! > What elements of Homophobia can be detected in Robert Holme's four B7 scripts? > (Killer, Gambit, Traitor and Orbit) > Martin > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 20:57:14 +1030 > From: "Dunne, Martin Lydon - DUNML001" > To: "'Lysator'" > Subject: FW: [B7L] Free time again > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain > > > Floyd are as nothing without Syd. > > > > > > Una > Vote two for Syd > > Martin > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 00:41:43 +1100 > From: "Afenech" > To: "lysator" > Subject: [B7L] Fw: Re: Over The Moon BBC Choice > Message-Id: <13310246816300@domain0.bigpond.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Just for you Una -smile- > Forwarding: > > ---------- > > From: U.M. Mccormack > > To: space-city@world.std.com > > Subject: SC: Re: Over The Moon BBC Choice > > Date: Thursday, 7 January 1999 0:15 > > > > > > Wendy said: > > > > >i was surprised not to have seen any posts on the interviews that > > >were on the BBC Choice on New Years Day. > > > > > > And Steve responded: > > > > >Just goes to show how few people have digital so far. I'm on it and I > > >haven't seen it yet and apart from a cryptic message from Una I have no > > >idea how it turned out. > > > > Yeah, sorry for that, chaps. I made some notes on it last night, and > just > > wanted to check that people would be happy for me to do a website thing > > like Judith did for the 'Lost in Space' broadcast. People who appeared > > were Judith, Steve, Fifi, Jenni, a trio of troopers - and two people > that > > I have never seen in my life before! You know who you are - one of you > is > > a chap in a long dark coat with a big B7 badge on, and a blonde woman. > > I've probably even exchanged pleasantries with you on e-mail, but I just > > don't know what you look like! Oh, and Patrick Moore appeared, but I > don't > > think he's reading this for me to ask permission. > > > > The whole thing was quite brief - only about a minute or so long. The > > Tarrant Nostra will be thrilled to hear that the conversation was almost > > entirely about the Sabre-Toothed One, courtesy of Fifi and Jenni, who > > spoke lovingly of a recent production SP was in and his lack of clothing > > therein! Judith spoke in warm terms about the Internet and e-mail and > the > > joys of chatting to people from far-flung places. Steve filled in a > little > > avout the background of the show, and the good guys vs. the bad guys. > This > > was all interspersed with shots of the troopers running round and > > ultimately bundling off Jenni - presumably for not mentioning Paul > > Darrow?!? Then 'The Web' was shown, which Patrick Moore had described as > > 'a classic episode of Blake's7, or so I'm told' (which just about sums > it > > up - deny all knowledge, Patrick. It's the best way). After 'The web', > > Patrick was blasted into oblivion by a trooper. > > > > So it was short, but fun. And if people agree, I can have them up on the > > Internet for everyone's entertainment forthwith! > > > > Una > > > > PS I am e-mailing from home and don't have the Lysator address. Could > > someone forward this for me? Thanks. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:41:36 +0000 (GMT) > From: Iain Coleman > To: blakes7@lysator.liu.se > Subject: Re: [B7L] Free time again > Message-Id: > Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII > > On Wed, 6 Jan 1999, Dunne, Martin Lydon - DUNML001 wrote: > > > > Floyd are as nothing without Syd. > > > > > > > > > Una > > Vote two for Syd > > The problem is that there have been many, quite different bands > confusingly sharing the name "Pink Floyd". The following list may not be > complete: > > Pink Floyd (1): Brilliantly bizarre guitarist/songwriter Syd Barrett and > his backing musicians. > > Pink Floyd (2): Sometimes interesting psychedelic rock band of the late > 60s / early 70s. > > Pink Floyd (3): Massively popular global conceptual rock band headed by > songwriter Roger Waters. > > Pink Floyd (4): Session band best known for their work on the Roger Waters > solo album "The Final Cut". > > Pink Floyd (5): Tribute band to Pink Floyd (3). > > I hope this helps clear up any confusion. > > Iain > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:44:09 +-100 > From: Jacqueline Thijsen > To: "'Blakes7@lysator.liu.se'" > Subject: [B7L] FW: Re: Over The Moon BBC Choice > Message-ID: <01BE3983.052D33A0@nl-arn-lap0063> > Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="---- =_NextPart_000_01BE3983.052D33A0" > > ------ =_NextPart_000_01BE3983.052D33A0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hope this doesn't appear here a million times, but Una did make a general request to forward this. > > Jacqueline > > -----Original Message----- > From: U.M. Mccormack [SMTP:umm10@hermes.cam.ac.uk] > Sent: Wednesday, January 06, 1999 2:16 PM > To: space-city@world.std.com > Subject: SC: Re: Over The Moon BBC Choice > > > Wendy said: > > >i was surprised not to have seen any posts on the interviews that > >were on the BBC Choice on New Years Day. > > > And Steve responded: > > >Just goes to show how few people have digital so far. I'm on it and I > >haven't seen it yet and apart from a cryptic message from Una I have no > >idea how it turned out. > > Yeah, sorry for that, chaps. I made some notes on it last night, and just > wanted to check that people would be happy for me to do a website thing > like Judith did for the 'Lost in Space' broadcast. People who appeared > were Judith, Steve, Fifi, Jenni, a trio of troopers - and two people that > I have never seen in my life before! You know who you are - one of you is > a chap in a long dark coat with a big B7 badge on, and a blonde woman. > I've probably even exchanged pleasantries with you on e-mail, but I just > don't know what you look like! Oh, and Patrick Moore appeared, but I don't > think he's reading this for me to ask permission. > > The whole thing was quite brief - only about a minute or so long. The > Tarrant Nostra will be thrilled to hear that the conversation was almost > entirely about the Sabre-Toothed One, courtesy of Fifi and Jenni, who > spoke lovingly of a recent production SP was in and his lack of clothing > therein! Judith spoke in warm terms about the Internet and e-mail and the > joys of chatting to people from far-flung places. Steve filled in a little > avout the background of the show, and the good guys vs. the bad guys. This > was all interspersed with shots of the troopers running round and > ultimately bundling off Jenni - presumably for not mentioning Paul > Darrow?!? Then 'The Web' was shown, which Patrick Moore had described as > 'a classic episode of Blake's7, or so I'm told' (which just about sums it > up - deny all knowledge, Patrick. It's the best way). After 'The web', > Patrick was blasted into oblivion by a trooper. > > So it was short, but fun. And if people agree, I can have them up on the > Internet for everyone's entertainment forthwith! > > Una > > PS I am e-mailing from home and don't have the Lysator address. Could > someone forward this for me? 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Hotmail decided to be unco-operative > yesterday afternoon, and is continuing this morning. Hopefully, this > will get through. > > Tiger M wrote: >Vila did seem to have an allergy to work > > It's bit, I suppose like his claim to have bought into his rung on the > social ladder - work, like brains, gets you noticed. Not good for a > thief, even one who likes a pat on the head (or, better still, access to > drinkies) whenever he's done something right. > > >I think Tarrant was frustrated that no one else was trying to do > >anything about it or even seemed to be concerned. > > Tarrant becomes tetchy rather easily in the third series (down, Carol, > down ). But, because "City" is on my list of episodes still to be > seen, I have no idea if there are any indications that the rest of the > crew have other priorities. They could still outrun the opposition, so > long as they had sufficient notice. It might have been the next thing on > Avon's list (or Dayna's, if it comes to that), but Tarrant's military > training may have made him feel naked, so to speak, without some sort of > fully functioning weaponry on call. > > >I also recommend "Gambit" and "Orbit". > > Same here, although the bit in the latter where Elmer Awon goes huntin' > for Wilas makes me want to kick our old friend Kerr from here to the > Arctic Circle, and that's a long way. > > Regards > Joanne > > Henry Crun: Ah, it's shiny, short and dreadful Neddy, back from the > China Wars. Come in, come in. Put your feet up. [Sound FX of loud crash] > You shouldn't have done it from the standing position. > --"The Giant Bombardon", The Goon Show. > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > -------------------------------- > End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #4 > ************************************ > Dita, President and Supreme Commander of the Terran Federation. -------------------------------- End of blakes7-d Digest V99 Issue #22 *************************************