| Re: Apropos of Nothing [message #68927] |
Tue, 08 December 2009 13:18  |
David Fanning
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Registered: August 2001
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b_gom writes:
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> There must be alot of IDL users in my town; you've created a run on
> this video at the local library and video stores..
Yeah, and if they are like me, they are watching it
multiple times, too. It may be awhile. :-)
Cheers,
David
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David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Apropos of Nothing [message #68928 is a reply to message #68927] |
Tue, 08 December 2009 13:15  |
b_gom
Messages: 105
Registered: April 2003
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There must be alot of IDL users in my town; you've created a run on
this video at the local library and video stores..
Brad
On Dec 7, 1:18 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> This is apropos of nothing, except that a morning of heavy
> IDL programming has done nothing to chase the memory of this
> film from my head. But if you haven't yet seen James Marsh's
> documentary of Philippe Petit's tightrope walk in 1974 between
> the twin towers of the World Trade Center in New York, entitled
> Man on Wire, you should. I didn't think anything would push
> Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid out of its place as my
> top movie of all time (in my day we memorized movie dialog
> rather than played computer games as a way to waste our lives
> away), but this one may have surpassed it.
>
> http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1155592/
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> If you have, say, a recent college graduate coming to grips
> with his or her place in the world, this would make a superb
> Christmas gift. :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> David
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> --
> David Fanning, Ph.D.
> Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
> Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming:http://www.dfanning.com/
> Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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| Re: Apropos of Nothing [message #69006 is a reply to message #68927] |
Wed, 09 December 2009 10:02 |
Laura
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Registered: August 2009
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I've read the picture book, "THE MAN WHO WALKED BETWEEN THE TOWERS",
to my daughter, very nice story. Now I need to check if the library
has this movie......
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