Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: HELLO from NYC

This is a very difficult link to post because it's so long, but if you 
want to see me wave at you from NYC, follow this link. It's a live web 
cam on top of the Empire State Building in Manhattan, and it is pointing 
at my terrace, which is the fifth one down on the white brick building. 
(There is a small patch of blue on the left side of the terrace: it's a 
chair.) I'm not out there right now, but I'll go out if anyone's looking.
The best time to look here is about 12 noon or so, when the sun is more 
directly on the terrace. Right now it's going down, so we're in shadow.
http://live7.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?func=live&name=/strends/esb/No
rthView&pan=55.90499&tilt=-
37.62892&panfov=9.34&tiltfov=7.28&overlay=default&skin=default&useapplet=
true&time=1083276527448&width=640&height=480&quality=65&catalogname=catal
og&zoom=5.0&imagemap.x=3&imagemap.y=157&imagemap.w=102&imagemap.h=110
BIG WAVE from New York!
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Un-not my address if you wanna reply.

 rthView&pan=55.90499&tilt=- ==> is this "-" necessary
I cannot see it, either with Internet Explorer or Mozilla Firefox. I'll try
later.

 This is a very difficult link to post because it's so long, 
I can't get it to work, but you can shorten it here:
http://makeashorterlink.com/index.php
-- 
Mary

 later.
No big deal; it's too dark now anyway.
But the site is fun to look at in the daytime! You can move the camera 
all around and see almost all of Manhattan. Night-time too, actually, 
with the lights of the city. 
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http://makeashorterlink.com/?K68624B28
There you go.
For future use.
What happened to 
www.snipurl.com
?
It allowed the use of keywords in the snipped address : (
saluti,
Peltio

with the lights of the city.
Cool.
For more webcams...
http://top10.earthcam.com/
cheers,
Peltio

 Peltio
 
Thanks! That's perfect.  
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All I see is a big guy sitting in a barcalounger in his jockey shorts,
sipping a beer and smoking a big stogie - is that you, Joe?  :>)

of the City.
Wow, this is one of the best webcams I have ever seen. : )
It's fun to look at even at night.
Thanks.
Goes straight into my 'top of the web' bookmarks.
Too bad I'm on a dialup at 56k. : (
Peltio

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I copied your link, pasted it to my Word Processor as unformatted
text, increased page width to 22 inches, got all the text on one line,
then formatted the page as html. I should have known there was an
easier way!
How often does the image refresh?
Why don't you just move over to Times Square, so we can see you doing
a tarantella live in front of the Howard Johnson's Restaurant here at
this Webcam?
http://www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare/livestream.html
Joe from Massachusetts


All buildings in NYC which are taller than 6 stories are required to
have a water tank on the roof, because the natural water pressure will
not drive water above that height. The water is pumped to the tank on
the roof, and gravity feeds it from there down into the building's
fresh water plumbing system. If you have a huge building, you have a
huge water tank. The air-conditioning systems are also located on the
roof, but they try to disguise them and the water tanks so that they
won't spoil the panoramic view of the city.
Joe from Massachusetts

 
Well, not exactly. (It's not a barcalounger; it's a beach chair.:-)
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 This is a very difficult link to post because it's so long, but if you 
<snip>
http://live7.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?func=live&name=/strends/esb/NorthView&pan=55.90499&tilt=-37.62892&panfov=9.34&tiltfov=7.28&overlay=default&skin=default&useapplet=true&time=1083276527448&width=640&height=480&quality=65&catalogname=catalog&zoom=5.0&imagemap.x=3&imagemap.y=157&imagemap.w=102&imagemap.h=110
Now you should see it on one line 
[if you don't use text wrapping options] 
It's dark, now :/
-- 
Enrico C
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As far as I know, when you connect the image is current; seems to me 
there is a button on the page somewhere to refresh it... or you may need 
to reload in order to refresh.
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, Peltio wrote...
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Glad you like it!
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Thanks, Joe. I knew you'd have the skinny on that. 
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Oh, I see my mistake - I had the camera focussed on the opus Dei
headquarters on 34th and Lex.  :>)
Joe from Massachusetts


It was too dark when I got there. Do you face West or South? I guess
the best view would be in the PM when the sun is in the West?
Joe from Massachusetts
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 It's dark, now :/
Ma ci sono le luci della citta` :)
Anche la Metlife Tower non e` male! 
Usando lo slider sulla destra per fare zoom out si allarga il campo.
http://live7.truelook.com/face/newface.jsp?func=live&name=/strends/esb&overlay=default&skin=default&useapplet=true&time=1083288135347&width=640&height=480&quality=65&catalogname=catalog&preset=default/MetLife+Tower
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In article <qphkc.12087$f_5.5275@lakeread01>, joscurtin wrote...
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Oh. You didn't mention it was a gold velvet barcalounger. :)
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In article <Krhkc.12114$f_5.11436@lakeread01>, joscurtin wrote...
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Face west. The fifth terrace down on the west face. Dark now, of course.
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 directly on the terrace. Right now it's going down, so we're in shadow.
There are different views to chose from. Which one does one chose for a peek
on your terrace?
-- 
Xakero

BIG WAVE from New York!
Very nice.
BTW, when I was in NYC I used the webcam near Times Square, next to
the TGI Friday's.
www.earthcam.com/usa/newyork/timessquare
Sebastiano


Did you know the building has separate entrances for men and women, on
separate streets?
The men's and women's sections are totally isolated from each other,
physically,
acoustically, and visually.
Your velvet is not far from the truth - in the men's section of the
builiding, anyway.
For an organization with less than 4,000 members nationwide, they have
a huge complex.
I'll bet the women's section has wooden benches, and no velvet, in
keeping with the primary
function of women, which is housekeeping, and being inobtrusive.
(I didn't say that, I'm merely repeating what St. Josémaria himself
said).
They are really up in arms over "The Da Vinci Code", which, they
believe, casts them in a bad light.
It must be a popular book, because all the copies are checked out of
the local library.
Here's a nice picture of the place, with some enlightening information
about the structure.
http://maypinska.com/pages/projects/buildbodylex.htm
Joe from Massachusetts

, Xakero wrote...
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It's in the North View, and thanks to Peltio you can use this link
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K68624B28
to see the building I live in. When you get the image, if you scroll to 
the bottom you can see (maybe!) a very small orange rectangle in the 
right third of the panorama. That indicates the area where you have 
zoomed in.
But a Note: The North Cam has been having trouble lately, and yesterday 
was the first day it worked in a long time. This morning it seems to be 
having trouble again.
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 BIG WAVE from New York!
I see. But what's the view that I must choose in the ComboBox for see you?

 I see. But what's the view that I must choose in the ComboBox for see you?
"To see you". Mi pare più appropriato "that I have to". Io ancora non vedo
niente, nemmeno usando il link accorciato da Peltio... Si carica la pagina,
scelgo una vista qualsiasi ma non si carica niente. Ho provato anche con la
versione non-java.
IE mi dà un errore del java nella status bar.
Bye, FB

 ha scritto nel messaggio
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No, a me funge con le varie view, mentre col link completo mi dice:
"eccezione: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Width (1) and height (0)
cannot be <= 0"

cannot be <= 0"
Credo che tu non abbia copiato completamente il link dal messaggio al
browser. Ne manca un pezzo finale. Ho avuto lo stesso problema, poi ho
controllato e corretto l'URL fornito al browser e l'errore dell'applet
non si e' piu' verificato.
'bye

 wrote in
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È successo anche a me la prima volta. Anche con il mio vecchio PC
(tipo Pentium Topolino) vedo tutto benissimo adesso. :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 later.
Scusatemi se mi intrometto ma ho un problema con Firefox 0.8(per Linux) e visto
che lo usi anche tu, forse potresti darmi una mano.
Prova ad andare qui:
http://www.voanews.com/specialenglish/index.cfm
 
I caratteri del testo sulla sinistra sono quasi illeggibili usando Firefox,
mentre da Konqueror(un'altro browser di Linux) non ci sono problemi.
A te come si vedono?
Ciao e scusate.

 A te come si vedono?
I suppose the above sentence is written in Italian, isn't it? (witty face)
Bye, FB


Boh, io l'ho addirittura copiato, incollato su notepad e ricomposto!!!
Però non funge! :-(

, (¯`·.žMassyž.·Ž¯) 
wrote...
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I'm sorry it's causing so much trouble. Try this, courtesy of Peltio:
It's in the North View, and thanks to Peltio you can use this link
but you have to wait a bit to be redirected...
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K68624B28
PS My cat and I are sitting out there now. It's a beautiful day here. :)
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 It's a beautiful day here. :)
Hmm, here it's been raining all day.
Bye, FB

 
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, FB wrote...
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Sitting in the blue chair on the left side. I'll wait a few minutes and 
then stand up and "salute you!"  (My neighbors will -- once again -- 
wonder what the @#%!@ I'm doing. :)
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 Sitting in the blue chair on the left side.
On the fifth floor from below (in the image)?
Bye, FB

, FB wrote...
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That be the one.
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 That be the one.
Where are you?
What is your balcony?
I see 8 balconies at the left, a great balcony with a ??? and 2 balconies
behind it!

, (¯`·.?Massy?.·?¯) 
wrote...
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If you count five down from the top (the balconies on the left) that is 
where I am.
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 That be the one.
I can see two blue "spots", on on the left and one on the right. Do you
mean your or my left? By the way, are you wearing a white and blue t-shirt? 
Bye, FB

, FB wrote...
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Oh heck. I'm wearing a blue shirt and the chair (on the left of the 
balcony) is also blue. I'm gonna run in and change to a white ... no, 
red.. no white shirt. Aspett'
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If you count five down from the top (the balconies on the left) that is
where I am.
I have find the balcony, but I can't see you (it's all out of focus)

 
Ok, white T-shirt, (and shorts... It's warm here!) 
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Ok, white T-shirt, (and shorts... It's warm here!)
What time is it, there?

 
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4:26 in the afternoon.
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4:26 in the afternoon.
Here 10:35 pm (22.35)

 Ok, white T-shirt, (and shorts... It's warm here!)
OK, now you're clearly visible.
That really is amazing.
Sorry we can't wave back :-)
-- 
Mary

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I see you!!!

 
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HOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
HI Youse Guys!
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, Mary Cassidy wrote...
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Mary, I know you know that "guys" also includes females.....:)
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,
(¯`·.¸Massy¸.·´¯) wrote...
HOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
HI Youse Guys!
I'm understood nothing! :-)

 
What? What do you mean? You didn't understand anything? You didn't 
understand what?
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What? What do you mean? You didn't understand anything? You didn't
understand what?
I didn't undertand:
"HOOOOOOORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!!
HI Youse Guys!"
:-)

 
I said "Hooray!" in an exaggerated yell. You understand "Hooray"? What 
you shout when you're happpppy about something. :))
And "Hi" you know; "youse" is bad English plural for "you" and "guys" is 
everyone.
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HI Youse Guys!
Hey, stop mooning!
cheers,
Peltio
: )

, Peltio wrote...
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That's my FACE!   :-o
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 red.. no white shirt. Aspett'
Now I can only see the chair, or your clothes are bluer (<== should it be
"more blue"?) than before, or you're wearing the covering of your chair, or
you are very good at imitating folding chairs, or you have evolved into a
new form of life, namely a chair. 
I'll try again tomorrow; I expect you to be wearing a red shirt with
blinking bulbs on it. 
If only you could climb that building on the right and say hello to us from
there...
Bye, FB

, FB wrote...
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Well, now I've moved over to the middle now, because that blue chair 
isn't very comfortable and I figured everyone got tired of looking. I'm 
still wearing the white t-shirt, and I don't have shirts with blinking 
bulbs on them (gave them all away) so maybe just a red one will do.
The building on the right, by the way, was featured in a chiller movie 
released a couple of years ago called "Sliver" starring Sharon Stone and 
William Baldwin (it's a "sliver" building, one of the last allowed to be 
built in New York. So-called because its height is vastly 
disproportionate to its footprint. A building like that can't be built 
today, and I wish that one wasn't there.
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 blinking bulbs on it.
A white and red shirt would be nice.
Joe from Massachusetts
(tifoso del Vicenza)

> I see you!!!
Did you take a snapshot of him, at least? :)
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today, and I wish that one wasn't there.
I think I understand why: it's putting your terrace into the shadow right
now (it's  1:15 am in Italy, 7:15 pm in NYC).
The apartment above yours is in full sunlight, instead.
It's the air conditioning unit that does this!
cheers,
Peltio
Hey, you could even play that Fox Mulder trick, with the cross on the window
: )))
On second tought, you'd better not do that. Your neighbors will be already
suspicios about your behavior...

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I said "Hooray!" in an exaggerated yell. You understand "Hooray"? What
you shout when you're happpppy about something. :))
And "Hi" you know; "youse" is bad English plural for "you" and "guys" is
everyone.
Ah ok!
Hurrà! (evviva)
:-)
youse -> I haven't never heared it! :-)

I see all black, now! And maybe you are sleeping! :-)

 
No, not sleeping yet. Just watched an old movie "The Naked City" about a 
crime in NYC in the 30s. Corny, but interesting. It's 21:30 now.
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 crime in NYC in the 30s. Corny, but interesting. It's 21:30 now.
A flick you crunch pop-corn in?  ;))
Nah! Dictionaries say "corny" is an old word, dating back to the 16th
century :)
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 I suppose the above sentence is written in Italian, isn't it? (witty face)
Non riuscirai mai a farmi scrivere in inglese! :-)
Sono ancora troppo lento e sgrammaticato, magari quando gli "esercizi di
traduzione" arriveranno alla versione 555 forse ci proverò! :-)
Ciao.

 
Bah, humbug! (That's precisely why I used it!)
(I was born in 1752 :)
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Bah, humbug!
Sounds scroogy : )
cheers,
Peltio

 cam on top of the Empire State Building in Manhattan,
For those interested in peeking at NYC through webcams, here is some
more :)
http://www.nyc-site.com/webcam/
You can also watch reconstruction work at Ground Zero.
http://www.nyc-site.com/webcam/01.htm
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 If you commit a crime, the world sees you :)
To be precise, I'd be able to say that a blue spot killed someone.
Bye, FB

 Sounds scroogy : )
It does. Scrooge says it to his nephew.
Bye, FB

 
http://www.nyc-site.com/webcam/01.htm
 
This isn't a current shot,however; one from long, long ago.
(and very sad memories :( )
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, FB wrote...
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[to himself: "Good thing I changed my shirt! (well, it's Saturday, after 
all...)"]
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Allow me to correct myself yet again: the first small image of Ground 
Zero is from a long time ago; clicking on the image brings up the live 
web cam (as the notice clearly state -- to everyone except me, 
apparently) and you will see the live action.
I love this!
Thanks again, Enrico.
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One other correction:
East 47th Street e 7th Avenue
non esiste.
West 47th Street e 7th Avenue, si'. East, no.
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