newcastle gig?

rach · 02-11-2004, 01:16 PM

hey there anyone goin to the newcastle gig tomo, getting very excited bout it, anyone any idea what songs he's been playing, and how longs he's on, hope its a long time!

#Ian# · 02-11-2004, 01:25 PM

Get the crowd to sing happy birthday to Lisa.

I swear I have a non stalkerish reason for knowing her birthday.

Wheels · 02-11-2004, 02:11 PM

What reason is that?

#Ian# · 02-11-2004, 04:29 PM

And so begins an amazingly long post.

You know how computer RAM is only a 1 or a 0, well its not really. Its a voltage level in a transister, there is a lower threshold which means 0, an upper threshold that means 1 and a gap between the thresholds which is indeterminate. If you just set a the transister and leave it be then the charge might float and what was supposed to be a 0 might become 1 or what might be a 1 might become 0, even worse, you could get an indeterminate which could f**k up the whole thing. To prevent this the RAM cells are refreshed on a regular basis. This only holds true for one type of RAM but I can't remember if its static or dynamic RAM.

I have a fantastic memory for small details especially facts about things I care about, which is basically football and music, I know LOADS about Radiohead (off the top of my head I could tell you what course most of the band studied in college), and I could probably repeat every fact that I've ever heard about Damien and the band that I've found interesting. If I didn't care about the music I'd probably discard them but I do so I don't. But in effect everytime I listen to the music of someone that I like my memory is refreshed like RAM to keep all those useless facts that I've gathered. I've listened to Damien quite a lot so I remember having the following conversation with a friend of mine in school that was also an aquantence of Lisa's that went something like this:

Me: What are you doing this weekend.
Freind: I have to go buy a birthday present.
Me: Oh, whose birthday?
Freind: Lisa Hannigan's its on (whatever day the 12th of february happened to be on that year)
Me: Oh
Me (internal monolog): Thats the 12th, exactly one calender month before mine, thats interesting in a not interesting coincidental sort of way.

So yeah, 99.999999999% that I'm right on this one.

Satisfied Wheels?

Wheels · 02-11-2004, 06:29 PM

Thoroughly [img]smileys/smiley14.gif[/img]

Dan8859 · 02-15-2004, 11:08 AM

well, i shouted 'happy birthday lisa' but didn't really get a reaction. mind you, she's so shy i wouldn't really expect much of a reaction.

good gig tho. longest encore i've ever seen. went on for about 55 minutes and included probably 8/9 songs. the crowd didn't talk that much in the middle of songs, it was silent through quite a few of them, so certainly not as bad as glasgow and definitely got our money's worth.

#Ian# · 02-15-2004, 11:44 AM

If you'ld have gotten the crowd en masse to sing to her you might have gotten a reaction. Possibly the hilarious reaction of "actually its not my birthday".

02-11-2004, 01:25 PM	#2
#Ian# Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,783	Get the crowd to sing happy birthday to Lisa. I swear I have a non stalkerish reason for knowing her birthday. __________________ One day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see

02-11-2004, 04:29 PM	#4
#Ian# Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,783	And so begins an amazingly long post. You know how computer RAM is only a 1 or a 0, well its not really. Its a voltage level in a transister, there is a lower threshold which means 0, an upper threshold that means 1 and a gap between the thresholds which is indeterminate. If you just set a the transister and leave it be then the charge might float and what was supposed to be a 0 might become 1 or what might be a 1 might become 0, even worse, you could get an indeterminate which could f**k up the whole thing. To prevent this the RAM cells are refreshed on a regular basis. This only holds true for one type of RAM but I can't remember if its static or dynamic RAM. I have a fantastic memory for small details especially facts about things I care about, which is basically football and music, I know LOADS about Radiohead (off the top of my head I could tell you what course most of the band studied in college), and I could probably repeat every fact that I've ever heard about Damien and the band that I've found interesting. If I didn't care about the music I'd probably discard them but I do so I don't. But in effect everytime I listen to the music of someone that I like my memory is refreshed like RAM to keep all those useless facts that I've gathered. I've listened to Damien quite a lot so I remember having the following conversation with a friend of mine in school that was also an aquantence of Lisa's that went something like this: Me: What are you doing this weekend. Freind: I have to go buy a birthday present. Me: Oh, whose birthday? Freind: Lisa Hannigan's its on (whatever day the 12th of february happened to be on that year) Me: Oh Me (internal monolog): Thats the 12th, exactly one calender month before mine, thats interesting in a not interesting coincidental sort of way. So yeah, 99.999999999% that I'm right on this one. Satisfied Wheels? __________________ One day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see

02-15-2004, 11:44 AM	#7
#Ian# Destroyer of worlds Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Ireland Posts: 2,783	If you'ld have gotten the crowd en masse to sing to her you might have gotten a reaction. Possibly the hilarious reaction of "actually its not my birthday". __________________ One day we will die and our ashes will fly from the aeroplane over the sea, but for now we are young let us lay in the sun and count every beautiful thing we can see

02-11-2004, 01:16 PM	#1
rach Eskimo Baby Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: United Kingdom Posts: 20	hey there anyone goin to the newcastle gig tomo, getting very excited bout it, anyone any idea what songs he's been playing, and how longs he's on, hope its a long time!

02-11-2004, 02:11 PM	#3
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	What reason is that?

02-11-2004, 06:29 PM	#5
Wheels Eskimo Enigma Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Peoples Republic of Cork Posts: 7,900	Thoroughly [img]smileys/smiley14.gif[/img]

02-15-2004, 11:08 AM	#6
Dan8859 Eskimo Baby Join Date: Feb 2004 Posts: 1	well, i shouted 'happy birthday lisa' but didn't really get a reaction. mind you, she's so shy i wouldn't really expect much of a reaction. good gig tho. longest encore i've ever seen. went on for about 55 minutes and included probably 8/9 songs. the crowd didn't talk that much in the middle of songs, it was silent through quite a few of them, so certainly not as bad as glasgow and definitely got our money's worth.