Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: doubts on american tv show

Hi everybody!
Tonight I was watching the first episodes of a new WB drama "Jack and
Bobby" and one of the characters, a senator running for president of
the US, said: "We met in the middle of the night in some strange hotel
off the highway and I offered Bobby the VP (vicepresident) spot on the
ticket. Bobby replies: I'll get back to you on it".
The sentence is rather clear but what is a ticket exactly? I was
thinking about something generic like "programma elettorale" or
"programma politico" but I'm not really sure. Anybody's more familiar
with American politics than I am? :)
Also, there are two brothers in the series, one is in 8th grade, thus
in middle school, and the other in 11th grade, high school, but they
attend the same institute and apparently have the same principal. Am I
to suppose that middle school and highschool can be either separate or
not?
Thanks for helping!
CW
PS You gotta love broadband! :) Am I the only one watching this show
here in Italy?

Thanks for helping!
Hey...what are friends for?
bye
ari

 here in Italy?
Are you watching on broadband Internet, or on satellite TV?
I know that the premiere episode of this series was broadcast on the
Internet as an experiment by AOL (that's America On Line, a soon-to-be
bankrupt ISP, for those who may not know), but I was unaware that WB
(or any other American network) made programming available on a
regular basis on the Internet.
Joe from Massachusetts

 Are you watching on broadband Internet, or on satellite TV?
Maybe he is simply downloading it off the net. I am watching Joey, Scrubs,
8 Simple Rules, Hawaii, and The O.C. and I am dowloading the episodes. I
will buy the DVDs when they release them. (So far only The O.C. is going to
be released, there are rumors about Scrubs, no news about the others. I am
sure they are going to be released one day).
Sebastiano
-- 
[after allowing Dr. Kelso to slip]
Janitor : I liked the way blond-hair-doctor looked. She brightened my day.
But you don't care about that, do you? No... because you're unconscious. 

 sure they are going to be released one day).
And you're going to be arrested. Speak low!
Bye, FB
-- 
Conversation like television set on honeymoon: unnecessary.
(Murder by Death)

 And you're going to be arrested. Speak low!
I do erase them once I've watched them. I have more than 300 original DVDs
and I download only tv shows not yet released on DVD. I will buy Scrubs, 8
Simple Rules and Joey on DVD, for example. I bought Alias, Will & Grace,
Friends, The A-Team, Knight Rider, Diff'rent Strokes, Magnum P.I., and so
on. I even bought Dinotopia The Series (and the original Miniseries), for
crying out loud!
I don't think I am within the law, but there are thousands of people
downloading *everything* and buying *nothing*. If I need to be arrested,
they should lock up the whole country.
Sebastiano
-- 
Agent Jack Bristow : The illusion of freedom is better than none at all. 

 Agent Jack Bristow : The illusion of freedom is better than none at all.
  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
It's amazing how the Dialog's random tag lines are often so appropriate!
-- 
Maria Luisa C - 01/10/2004 13.28.52

 It's amazing how the Dialog's random tag lines are often so appropriate!
Damn it. WTF is watching me? My place is bugged. Echelon in my signatures.
Damn, I said Echelon. Shit, I said damn. Holy crap!
Sebastiano
-- 
Agent Jack Bristow : If you tell anyone about this conversation, you will
no longer be able to wear a hat. 

 Damn, I said Echelon. Shit, I said damn. Holy crap!
I think your signatures are context sensitive. *g*
Look at:
-- 
Agent Jack Bristow : If you tell anyone about this conversation, you will
no longer be able to wear a hat.
--
it sounds a bit threatening, lol

 no longer be able to wear a hat.
I did notice it, me too... I feared to frighten Seba too much! ;)) 
-- 
Maria Luisa C - 01/10/2004 16.23.50

 I think your signatures are context sensitive. *g*
Not this time. It was the eerie jinn inside my computer, marvellous
critter, if you want to know. He chose it. 
Sebastiano
-- 
[to Syed Ali]
Jack Bauer : I know you think what you're doing is right. But it is my job
not to let that happen. 

 I did notice it, me too... I feared to frighten Seba too much! ;))
C'mon, it's not so scary!
-- 
Ira Gaines : Be good and you'll be back at the mall in a day or two, be bad
and you won't. 

 and you won't.
Ok. Now it's gettin' creepy.
-- 
Jack Bauer : I'm gonna need a hacksaw. 

 Jack Bauer : I'm gonna need a hacksaw.
Seba stiano
-- 
Hannibal : I love it when a plan comes together! 

 Sebastiano
I thought you had thug dwarves living in the case of your computer, how 
strange!

 strange!
I kicked 'em out of da place. 
Sebastiano
-- 
Rory : I think I need some alone time. 

 It's amazing how the Dialog's random tag lines are often so appropriate!
Even more amazing, Seba's left his Agent for Dialog! :)

_Enrico C_, venerdì 01/ott/2004:

and I'm sure he doesn't regret it :-)
P.S: Ehi, we're missing you in i.c.s.n. and betatester groups!
-- 
Maria Luisa C - 01/10/2004 20.57.09

 Even more amazing, Seba's left his Agent for Dialog! :)
It wasn't easy. :)
Power of the x-faces.
I still try to unrot with ctrl+3 instead of ctrl+shift+r.
But, hey, I wouldn't switch back to Agent. I love being able to read
everything and post everything. ^:^
Sebastiano
-- 
[the assassin Sark is introduced as an ally]
Marshall : Hi. Welcome. Don't kill me. 

 Ok. Now it's gettin' creepy.
You wanna hear about creepy? All the trouble I've been having with my
phone/DSL/internet accounts began the week of the Repugnant National
Convention, when, it was rumored, both the Bushmen... I mean "Bush men",
both the Georges, and their respective (if not respectible) wives were
lodging next door at the Union League Club, a bastion of Repugnican
Nationals.
I had been known to post a couple of "not-terribly-flattering" comments
about him who would be King, aka "W". The Secret Service were crawling all
over the neighborhood, giving everyone the willies. Guess when my phone
service was restored? The day after the convention ended. Guess when my DSL
and my accounts were restored? Last night, just after the debate.
I know they're watching me... and I say :-p~~~~~~~~~~
But seriously, I do feel much better about JFK after hearing and seeing him
last night. I think he has finally found his voice.
-- 
If you feel the need to e-mail me, un-not my address first.

 last night. I think he has finally found his voice.
And that's good.
-- 
Mother Jefferson : I don't have to stay here and be insulted!
Louise Jefferson : That's right Mother Jefferson, YOU CAN GO ANYWHERE & BE
INSULTED! 

 last night. I think he has finally found his voice.
We hope that your people can listen to his voice! 
-- 
Maria Luisa C - 01/10/2004 21.43.27

 Even more amazing, Seba's left his Agent for Dialog! :)
Instead I've just left OE for thunderbird and internet explorer for 
firefox :)

 I kicked 'em out of da place. 
you're tough homie, dat's fo sho my dizzle... :)


Speaking of Echelon.
Last year, on another newsgroup, someone was looking for a manual for
the PENTAX Optio 430 rs Digital Camera.
I posted a few URL's which had documentation on the camera to the
newsgroup.
Since I was American, and on an Italian newsgroup, some wise guy
posted the following reply;
" Eora io ga tacą veramente sto Echelon... >:-O"
I replied with this;
"Non xe mica varo che sti apparecchi PENTA(gon)X trasmettono
direttamente al
PENTagono.    :>)"
Joe from Massachusetts

Ice ha scritto:

I use Firefox all the time, and have downloaded but not installed
Thunderbird. Let me know what you think of it, after you've used it for a
while. In English, of course. :)


 while. In English, of course. :)
Firefox is a quite easy browser to use, there are no complex settings, 
the GUI is kinda neat and it seems to load html pages a bit faster than 
internet explorer.
I discovered a new reality indeed, I started loving GPL projects.
The only difficulties encountered were the installations of some 
extensions like quicktime plugins and stuff like that (actually I had to 
move quicktime's dll from IE plugin directory to firefox one)
Why do you think I'll post my point of view in Italian? :)
of course I'll let you know in English ^_^
Or in Japanese if you prefer! :)
Jokes aside, I'm afraid I won't be able to make a comparison with Dialog 
because I've never used it (and I don't mean to use another newsreader :P)

everything and post everything. ^:^
As far as I'm aware, I can read and post everything using Agent. What
are you talking about?

 Firefox is a quite easy browser to use, there are no complex settings, 
I know about Firefox... it's Thunderbird I want to know.
Japanese is OK; I have a dictionary :)


 I know about Firefox... it's Thunderbird I want to know.
Oh, I've tried it: nothing special, something better than OE, but we're
talking of OE... Dialog's the best, no doubt. If the programmer were
greedy, I bet he'd make a lot of money.
Bye, FB
-- 
Just as I thought. Another test that could have cost us our lives, saved
only by the fact that I am enormously well-bred.
(Murder by Death)

 Bye, FB
Ok, so you use the Dialog mail client? How do you like it? Can it handle
multiple accounts well?


 you're tough homie, dat's fo sho my dizzle... :)
^_^
Sebastiano
-- 
Lauren : They're right behind us.
Sark : Yes, thank you. I can see that. 

 PENTagono.    :>)"
SBAM! Ouch.
I laughed too much. Now my head is throbbing. Damn you hangover!
Sebastiano
-- 
Ira Gaines : That's right, we're watching you. 

 multiple accounts well?
Have you ever tried The Bat! ?
Sebastiano
-- 
Sydney : The highlight of my social-life was my dorms salad-bar. 

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سيباستيانو
Кока-Кола и Пепси-Кола.
ΑΘΗΝΩΝ
Sretan Rođendan.
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Gdańsk
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Can you read all this? I wasn't able with Agent, but I didn't try that
much. With Dialog I didn't have to find a way to see those symbols. I only
had to install it. :)
Here you can see what the message looks like:
http://snipurl.com/9hm2
The "picture" is not viewed correcly on google, you need a monospaced font.
Here you can see the first part of this messages (a Unicode test I posted
on it.test)
http://snipurl.com/9hm5
If you see all this, you can handle Unicode. (UFT-8)
Sebastiano
-- 
Vaughn : You wrote a lot.
Sydney : I know.
Vaughn : I mean, it's, like, Tolstoy long. 

 Japanese is OK; I have a dictionary :)
Eheh I will study it :)

 everything and post everything. ^:^
Was that an evilish grin?  ^?^

 P.S: Ehi, we're missing you in i.c.s.n. and betatester groups!
Sorry I couldn't be much of help there lately! :-(

 I am talking about this:
Or this 
http://www.lillathedog.net/dialog/screenshots/Chessboard.htm
=)

 Have you ever tried The Bat! ?
I use The Bat for my mail.

 Can it handle multiple accounts well?
I think so. There isn't much difference between reading ng's and emails in
Dialog, so you can handle multiple accounts as well as you can with ng's. 
Bye, FB
-- 
"Come, dear, we have already missed five, if not six, trains. To miss any
more might expose us to comment on the platform."
("The Importance of Being Earnest", Oscar Wilde)

 
http://www.lillathedog.net/dialog/screenshots/Chessboard.htm
Nice Chess, mate!
Sebastiano
-- 
Agent Jack Bristow : Shepard killed Danny. I'm assuming you know that.
Sydney : If I hadn't, thank you for breaking it to me so gently. 

 Was that an evilish grin?  ^?^
I didn't type that. It's the jinn, again. Darn critter!
Sebastiano
-- 
Murdock : I leave with you my Captain Bellybuster cap for security. Now,
you take good care of it. I promise you, I will return for my Captain
Bellybuster cap. 

 I use The Bat for my mail.
Me too. :)
Some use pigeons, some use people on horses, some use smoke signals. We use
bats. They are very useful. You can make gunpowder out of their guano.
Sebastiano
-- 
Paul : Rory! Go sit in the car!
Rory : But, dad! We're at home!
Paul : GO SIT IN THE CAR! 

Enrico C ha scritto:

Wow! That was the quickest conversion ever. I downloaded and tried it for
about 3 minutes, and realized it's far superior to anything else I've used.
I'm a new person today.


 I'm a new person today.
I hope it's not the guano.
And you can say "my e-mailman is a BAT, he comes all over from queens"
Sebastiano
-- 
Paul : Kyle, just so you know, if you ever pull into my driveway and honk,
you better be delivering a package because your sure as hell not picking
anything up. 

 And you can say "my e-mailman is a BAT, he comes all over from queens"
LOL 
BTW, I'm still keeping my Bat radar up for those elusive quarters.


 BTW, I'm still keeping my Bat radar up for those elusive quarters.
Let me in, you two!
Bye, FB
-- 
Conversation like television set on honeymoon: unnecessary.
(Murder by Death)

=)
Does it handle Go boards too? :-)
'bye
*thinking about using dialong instead of agent*

I am talking about this:
<snip>
You're right, Agent can't handle it. I have never noticed Agent's
inability to display Russian and Arabic writing before, as it's never
concerned me.
But I will give Dialog a try, I need to know what all the fuss is
about :)

 Bye, FB
[Secret message to Seba: Ix-nay on the arters-quay! :)]
BAT stands for "Bridge And Tunnel", a not-terribly-friendly term for folks
from the outer boroughs of New York or from New Jersey who invade.. er,
come into Manhattan for work, recreation or entertainment, but don't live
here. (I.e., they come in to Manhattan, make a lot of noise, create traffic
jams, throw litter in the streets, get drunk and rowdy, then they go home
leaving a mess behind. And the *men* who are BAT do the same ... :)


 Nice Chess, mate!
ImPUNito! :)

 bats.
Some use owls, real owls, you know...  :)

 about :)
Here you go :)
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/



Hello? .. is this thing on?

 Hello? .. is this thing on?
Yes, here!
And here is the download page and a couple of direct links for
download:
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/download.htm
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ddl.cgi/4d2b37.exe?loc=germany
http://www.40tude.com/dialog/ddl.cgi/4d2b37.exe?loc=usa

 Yes, here!
I have it already, I was *trying* to be funny :) (my first attempt at using
Dialog) Do you know to expand message window to full window? 

jonny ha scritto:

Try clicking on the A (for Article) in the status bar.


Try clicking on the A (for Article) in the status bar.
Thanks, now how do I get back to how it was before, with all the
windows showing?

 [Secret message to Seba: Ix-nay on the arters-quay! :)]
Onay oblempray!
Sefebafastifiafanofo
-- 
... . -.-. .-. . - /  ... .. --. -. .- - ..- .-. .

 leaving a mess behind. And the *men* who are BAT do the same ... :)
You forgot the oversized white limos full of drunk "Garden Staters" leaning
out of the sunroof. :)
Sebastiano
-- 
[J.D. is talking to a patient with a coma, describing his hardships]
Patient: Yeah, that's rough... I'm in a coma. I've had an itch on my foot
for the last eight months. 

_jonny_, domenica 03/ott/2004:

LOL!
Again A, or the zoom/unzoom key F8.
-- 
Maria Luisa C - 03/10/2004 13.27.31

 Some use owls, real owls, you know...  :)
And they use quills!
And they can send you howlers!
And they fly on broomstick or they apparate or they travel around with floo
powder! 
And they do magic! With wands!
And some of them do speak Parseltongue!
Boy, what a lovely world.
Sebastiano
-- 
Jack Bauer : Tell me where the bomb is or I will kill your son. 

 Again A, or the zoom/unzoom key F8.
Boy I dumb, I tried for about an hour!

 out of the sunroof. :)
Well, I *had* forgotten them... until just now! :-(
A couple of years after I had moved to NYC, someone suggested going to a
restaurant called "Lucky Cheng's" in the East Village, where all the
"waitresses" (read: waiters-in-absurdly-amusing drag) have the requisite
"attitude" to make the experience an experience. (Oh, and the food is
passable.)
We had been seated only a few minutes when we realized we were probably the
only New Yorkers in the restaurant (besides the staff.) The rest were BAT
and mostly already loaded.
(For the others in the NG: [I know Seba knows this term! :)] Loaded =
looped = three sheets (to the wind) = in their cups = tanked = soused =
blotto = blitzed = etc ad infinitum = drunk.)


 (For the others in the NG: [I know Seba knows this term! :)] Loaded =
How unfair! We knew it too :-PPP

Enrico C ha scritto:

Sorry. I should have said "for those in the NG who don't know...." (but my
original intent was a slight jab at Seba, who may be a bit too "ungovah" to
have gotten it anyway. :)


 have gotten it anyway. :)
Don't you worry fräulein, I did get that. Loaded I mean. I will never drink
again.
Sebastiano/pee no key, oh!
-- 
[to JD]
Janitor : You look unhappy. I like that. 

 Sebastiano/pee no key, oh!
"Fräulein" ?????? That's "FRAU" to you! :)
But it seems to me I have heard/read/seen those words uttered/written/keyed
by you before. Many times. At least when I got drunk and passed out in
church at midnight mass on Christmas Eve and said "I'll never get drunk
again," I meant it.
Appropriate, the reference in your sigline. :)


 Appropriate, the reference in your sigline. :)
I know, I know. :)
Sebastiano
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Agent Jack Bristow : And, just because you have gotten comfortable with my
daughter doesn't mean you can get comfortable with me.