The Other Side of Midnight - Richard C. Hoagland - Live Chat Thread

[Barfly]

Hoagland after his heart attack. Even in that condition, the hair is magnificent.

Hoagland is always a magnificent bastard.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

I don't think you can rely on a wireless router. For a regular broadcast you'd want it hard wired. Having said that as a backup a wireless router would have probably worked tonight.

Damn straight. Way too many variables interfering w/ the wireless.   A T1 line will run you $300.00 a month on up.

[RoseGirl]

I think he is saying 'pull my finger'

[norland2424]

is he giving me the finger?

hes stealing your life force to heal himself...

[jazmunda]

I though he had all these backups, i guess that was put to the test..fail..OR he just called in sick

He has power backups but if the internet in and out of the studio goes down 20 minutes before the show then there is not much he can do in such a short time. Remember he is not in a studio with an engineering staff. I can't imagine he would want to go outside with a flashlight and troubleshoot minutes before airtime.

[trostol]

I think he is saying 'pull my finger'

[SciFiAuthor]

I was referencing the fact that he has had 45 shows without a tech hiccup. One night of tech issues doesn't make his show a failure. If it was a regular occurrence then it is an issue.

People are making too much of it. There were glitches in the old days, and there are MORE glitches today now that we're so dependent on complicated digital technology. No biggie. No one will remember that it happened next month.

[trostol]

hes stealing your life force to heal himself...

so RCH=The Emperor?

[BellBoy]

ah....that explains it. Thanks BellBoy

ps: love the avatar

Thank you Rose, love yours back!

[trostol]

how did we get to drive-bys

[RoseGirl]

Must. Resist. Torsion Finger.

[Barfly]

I was referencing the fact that he has had 45 shows without a tech hiccup. One night of tech issues doesn't make his show a failure. If it was a regular occurrence then it is an issue.

The first few shows did have some issues, if he had 100-150 shows in the can as backup it would be better..
Its a shame Art doesn't own his old shows, at least he has control over these.

[norland2424]

wait did hoagie say that thug life created his website?

[jazmunda]

The first few shows did have some issues, if he had 100-150 shows in the can as backup it would be better..
Its a shame Art doesn't own his old shows, at least he has control over these.

Give it time. In a few months he will have the back catalogue. I'd give my right nut to access to the full C2CAM Art Bell archive.

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

so RCH=The Emperor?

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^   Nope.
                        This:

[SaucyRossy]

Hey braapers. Haven't been around tonight because I'm prepping for tomorrow's show. This entire week has been shaken up. Stirred and changed so many times. I'm not even sure what day it is.

But Art suggested we contact the guest we will be having on tomorrow and we have to thank him because I am so excited for this show. My suggestion, watch the popes address to the joint session tomorrow at some point before listening to our show.

[BellBoy]

He has power backups but if the internet in and out of the studio goes down 20 minutes before the show then there is not much he can do in such a short time. Remember he is not in a studio with an engineering staff. I can't imagine he would want to go outside with a flashlight and troubleshoot minutes before airtime.

The fibre optics were physically cut between Art and the ISP... not much you can do about that.


(Ihate Radio has connections in the construction industry, maybe? 50 bucks under the table to a backhoe operator, perhaps? ...hmmmmmmm, I do loves me some conspiracy theory!

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

I didn't get into computing 'till about 2004, but the big Y2K woo woo didn't make sense to me at the time either. It kept a shit ton of programmers employed though. I could see it being a problem on SoC or embedded where memory is extremely limited, but for mainframes & desktops of the times, the logic was irrational.

It wasn't the hardware.  It was the old software everything was built on, generation after generation after generation, that could only handle two date digits.

[RoseGirl]

Hey braapers. Haven't been around tonight because I'm prepping for tomorrow's show. This entire week has been shaken up. Stirred and changed so many times. I'm not even sure what day it is.

But Art suggested we contact the guest we will be having on tomorrow and we have to thank him because I am so excited for this show. My suggestion, watch the popes address to the joint session tomorrow at some point before listening to our show.

*grabs saucy by the shoulders and shakes him hard*

speak English man!

[Barfly]

Give it time. In a few months he will have the back catalogue. I'd give my right nut to access to the full C2CAM Art Bell archive.

I have the big torrent downloaded.
Since i have you i have a question.
Do you think Redacted will ever be on the podcast again? We all miss her but i do understand her job may conflict with the whacky podcast discussions

[Sandra Kristen]

Richard should browse Bellgab during his breaks.

[Juan Cena]

Well that's sticky. There is a train of thought that the universe itself can be used as a computer through quantum mechanics. It certainly stores information, which apparently cannot ever be destroyed. The speed of light for example can be expressed as the speed of information transfer. In other words, the universe may be able to compute itself, but how that relates to Bostrum's postulate no one knows. There has to be something generating it though, whether that's a planet-sized computer in some other parent universe or the universe somehow computing itself.

Ellis described the multiverse like this in Planetary:

This is the shape of reality. A theoretical snowflake existing in 196,833 dimensional space. The snowflake rotates. Each element of the snowflake rotates. Each rotation describes an entirely new universe. The total number of rotations are equal to the number of atoms making up the earth. Each rotation makes a new earth. This is the multiverse. â€" Planetary issue 1

[jazmunda]

The fibre optics were physically cut between Art and the ISP... not much you can do about that.


(Ihate Radio has connections in the construction industry, maybe? 50 bucks under the table to a backhoe operator, perhaps? ...hmmmmmmm

I don't think it was anything as nefarious as that. Here is what Art said:



When someone suggested that perhaps a vermit gnawed the wires Art said the following:

[(Sandman) Logan-5]

Must. Resist. Torsion Finger.

[norland2424]

Richard should browse Bellgab during his breaks.

do you want him to quit his show?

[BellBoy]

I don't think it was anything as nefarious as that. Here is what Art said:

awwwww, that spoils all the fun of a good, old-fashioned nefarious plot.

[RoseGirl]

I don't think it was anything as nefarious as that. Here is what Art said:

oh thank gawd....he has microwave. He can make popcorn. Worried there for a minute.

[TigerLily]

I don't think it was anything as nefarious as that. Here is what Art said:

I'm telling you. Ninja demon davebots

[GeorgieForPresident2216]

Hoagland after his heart attack. Even in that condition, the hair is magnificent.

He looks like Charles Bronson!

Okay, maybe not.

[Sandra Kristen]

do you want him to quit his show?

I think Richard would find me to be quite humorous!