Hi everyone, Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, Hindus, God-less Atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, Democrats, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, Control System engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, Australians, and Rastafarians. PS. I look forward to meeting you at the 2010 COMP.DSP Conference next April in Kansas City! [-Rick-]
Christmas Greetings from Lyons
Started by ●December 17, 2009
Reply by ●December 17, 20092009-12-17
Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less Atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, > Democrats, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, Control System > engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, Australians, > and Rastafarians. > > PS. I look forward to meeting you at the > 2010 COMP.DSP Conference next April in Kansas City!And Merry Christmas to you, despite your omission of Pastafarians (www.venganza.org/). Jerry -- Engineering is the art of making what you want from things you can get. �����������������������������������������������������������������������
Reply by ●December 17, 20092009-12-17
Rick Lyons wrote:> Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less Atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, > Democrats, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, Control System > engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, Australians, > and Rastafarians. > > PS. I look forward to meeting you at the > 2010 COMP.DSP Conference next April in Kansas City!Merry Christmas to you, Rick! [at least I have never been Australian, not sure about other charges] VLV
Reply by ●December 17, 20092009-12-17
On 17 Des, 22:49, Rick Lyons <R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org> wrote:> Hi everyone, > > � Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year!Still Merry Xmas and happy winter solstice from 63N30. It's no snow, clear skies, -15C and an annoying mid-day sun have been hovering just above the horizon the past few days - can't see a thing. And to top it off, tonight electric power prices jumped to USD 2/kWh. Rune
Reply by ●December 17, 20092009-12-17
Vladimir Vassilevsky wrote:> > > Rick Lyons wrote: > >> Hi everyone, >> >> Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New >> Year! >> >> Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any of you who do >> not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, Hindus, God-less Atheists, >> Buddhists, software engineers, Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, >> Shinto, Bolsheviks, Democrats, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. >> Government Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, Control >> System engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, Australians, and >> Rastafarians. >> >> PS. I look forward to meeting you at the 2010 COMP.DSP Conference next >> April in Kansas City! > > Merry Christmas to you, Rick! > > [at least I have never been Australian, not sure about other charges] > > VLV > > >YOu blokes had better start being polite to Australians. I hear our Government is considering using part of our budget surplus to buy you. Best regards, and Merry Christmas to all, John
Reply by ●December 17, 20092009-12-17
Rick Lyons wrote:> Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year!And the same to you, Rick. Rick Armstrong (Devout Pastafarian)
Reply by ●December 17, 20092009-12-17
John Monro wrote:> YOu blokes had better start being polite to Australians. I hear our > Government is considering using part of our budget surplus to buy you.Well then, I hope you folks have good relations with the Chinese, because that's who owns us (or our debt, at least). ;)
Reply by ●December 17, 20092009-12-17
Rick Lyons wrote:> > Hi everyone, > > Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and > a Happy New Year! > > Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any > of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, > Hindus, God-less Atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, > Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, > Democrats, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government > Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, Control System > engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, Australians, > and Rastafarians.But Rick, I am a god-less atheist, a software engineer, an ocassional IIR filter designer and an Australian and despite all that, we do celebrate xmas! Erik -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Erik de Castro Lopo http://www.mega-nerd.com/
Reply by ●December 18, 20092009-12-18
Rune Allnor wrote:> On 17 Des, 22:49, Rick Lyons <R.Lyons@_BOGUS_ieee.org> wrote: >> Hi everyone, >> >> Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and >> a Happy New Year! > > Still Merry Xmas and happy winter solstice from 63N30. > It's no snow, clear skies, -15C and an annoying mid-day sun > have been hovering just above the horizon the past few days - > can't see a thing. And to top it off, tonight electric power > prices jumped to USD 2/kWh. > > RuneMerry Christmas and a happy New Year from here also. I'm also in winter solstice, but south of Rune, 60N15 and -19C. -- Tauno Voipio
Reply by ●December 18, 20092009-12-18
Erik de Castro Lopo <erikd@mega-nerd.com> writes:> Rick Lyons wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Here's wishin' all you guys a very Merry Christmas and >> a Happy New Year! >> >> Of course, these good wishes are also directed at any >> of you who do not celebrate Christmas such as: Muslims, >> Hindus, God-less Atheists, Buddhists, software engineers, >> Sikhs, Jews, IIR filter designers, Shinto, Bolsheviks, >> Democrats, Neo-Pagans, transsexual lesbians, U.S. Government >> Employees, Devil worshippers, Scientologists, Control System >> engineers, people from the U.S. state of Ohio, Australians, >> and Rastafarians. > > But Rick, I am a god-less atheist, a software engineer, an > ocassional IIR filter designer and an Australian and despite > all that, we do celebrate xmas!xmas != Christmas -- Randy Yates % "I met someone who looks alot like you, Digital Signal Labs % she does the things you do, mailto://yates@ieee.org % but she is an IBM." http://www.digitalsignallabs.com % 'Yours Truly, 2095', *Time*, ELO
