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Regarding the 35-year members (below)
Sorry, I know the answer.
For efficiency, computars often store dates and times as a single number, the amount of milliseconds since midnight, January 1st, 1970. Being one number makes teh maths nice and easy, and you can translate in and out of "human" formats without too much bother.

For some reason, flapper and that other chap have lost their date, so it's defaulted to 0, which means midnight, January 1st, 1970, which was 35 years, 197 days and change ago.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_epoch

Here endeth the lesson.

*passes plate around*
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:00, archived)
Computars you say? Rathar!
*pat on back for being lully and finding things out*
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:01, archived)
Suddenly I feel like Eugene from BB
help
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:03, archived)
As long as your
laugh and dress sense are less offensive, its not a problem...
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:06, archived)
This.
*goes into therapy for knowing who Eugene is*
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:07, archived)
you,ve suddenly gone down in my estimation

(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:09, archived)
Mine too.
Although I do have to point out that the one "episode" that I sat through last week was the first time I've ever actually watched BB.

And I wanted to kill them all. Slowly & Painfully. (once I'd finally worked out how many there were...)
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:11, archived)
never ever seen it
/smug twat blog
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:12, archived)
Gah
*Has Wolfstone on LOUD*

/doesn't care.

Edit : Spreading the word www.b3ta.com/talk/626217
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:14, archived)
Aha
Is lonewolf visiting scotia?

edit/ hopefull I'll post your disc tomorrow
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:18, archived)
Nimble Colin I think...

(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:19, archived)
Oh Right

(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:20, archived)
have you heard Iron Horse?
www.tradmusic.com/groupinfoa.asp?groupID=417

I used to know the fiddler from there back when I used to play bodhran randomly
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:22, archived)
No I haven't
I shall have to investigate next time I am near a record-shop and feeling flush.

Thank you :)
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:24, archived)
who's Eugene?
I can only think of the wee dorky one in Grease 2
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:11, archived)
The annoying twat (which narrows it down I know)
with the annoying whiny voice, buck teeth, and who is really, really, really, boring.
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:12, archived)
huh? where?
[edit] oh are you talking about Big Brother? I've not seen ant of it this year
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:14, archived)
Yes. The first time I've ever watched any of it.
*mutters "never again"*
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:16, archived)
I had a computer once

(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:04, archived)
ooh, clevar

(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:03, archived)
I like 1/1/70
:)
(, Fri 8 Jul 2005, 18:21, archived)