Comments on: Art, Life, and Imitations Thereof http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/01/art_life_and_im.html Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:42:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: DirtCrashr http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/01/art_life_and_im.html#comment-15306 DirtCrashr Tue, 29 Jan 2008 17:31:58 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2008/01/27/art_life_and_imitations_thereof.html#comment-15306 <p>I mean thank-you, I don't get much exposure to Macleans. I've heard that in Africa as soon as someone puts up telephone wires somebody climbs the pole and rolls 'em up for the copper - so they're leapfrogging land-lines which were never very reliable to cellular service. Whether they can maintain that is another problem.</p> I mean thank-you, I don’t get much exposure to Macleans. I’ve heard that in Africa as soon as someone puts up telephone wires somebody climbs the pole and rolls ‘em up for the copper - so they’re leapfrogging land-lines which were never very reliable to cellular service. Whether they can maintain that is another problem.

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/01/art_life_and_im.html#comment-15305 HalfEmpty Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:09:29 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2008/01/27/art_life_and_imitations_thereof.html#comment-15305 <p>Ninme: here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/southafrica/story/0,,2247284,00.html</p> Ninme: here: http://www.guardian.co.uk/southafrica/story/0,,2247284,00.html

]]> By: ninme http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/01/art_life_and_im.html#comment-15304 ninme Mon, 28 Jan 2008 23:02:45 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2008/01/27/art_life_and_imitations_thereof.html#comment-15304 <p>Red: God that's sad. You'd think man would be at least devoted to his car, if not any other part of his society.</p> <p>Crashr: Eh, you're welcome? Unless you were talking to Red?</p> <p>Half: Are you kidding?</p> <p>South Africa is getting the football World Cup I think, next time, and everybody's been saying "Well, they're screwed, they'll never be ready in time, but at least this'll make them finally get the electricity running at least for the press booths if not for the stadium lights". But, uh, maybe there won't even be that silver lining?</p> Red: God that’s sad. You’d think man would be at least devoted to his car, if not any other part of his society.

Crashr: Eh, you’re welcome? Unless you were talking to Red?

Half: Are you kidding?

South Africa is getting the football World Cup I think, next time, and everybody’s been saying “Well, they’re screwed, they’ll never be ready in time, but at least this’ll make them finally get the electricity running at least for the press booths if not for the stadium lights”. But, uh, maybe there won’t even be that silver lining?

]]> By: HalfEmpty http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/01/art_life_and_im.html#comment-15303 HalfEmpty Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:18:54 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2008/01/27/art_life_and_imitations_thereof.html#comment-15303 <p>Yep it's coming apart. South Africa is turning off the electricity to the (wait for it) goldmines.</p> Yep it’s coming apart. South Africa is turning off the electricity to the (wait for it) goldmines.

]]> By: DirtCrashr http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/01/art_life_and_im.html#comment-15302 DirtCrashr Mon, 28 Jan 2008 16:25:35 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2008/01/27/art_life_and_imitations_thereof.html#comment-15302 <p>Wow... Thank-you for that.</p> Wow… Thank-you for that.

]]> By: Rueful Red http://www.ninme.com/archives/2008/01/art_life_and_im.html#comment-15301 Rueful Red Mon, 28 Jan 2008 11:11:47 +0000 http://d829161.u25.nozonenet.com/archives/2008/01/27/art_life_and_imitations_thereof.html#comment-15301 <p>There was a book published recently by a chap who'd spent time in the Congo - formerly known as Zaire. It's 20-odd years since the last trains ran, but there are still guys maintaining local stations. Old timers astonish children by reminiscing about the days when there used to be things called motor cars which could reach 70mph on the highways - which have gone as well.</p> There was a book published recently by a chap who’d spent time in the Congo - formerly known as Zaire. It’s 20-odd years since the last trains ran, but there are still guys maintaining local stations. Old timers astonish children by reminiscing about the days when there used to be things called motor cars which could reach 70mph on the highways - which have gone as well.

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