[the_dr]

I'm posting this message to remind you all to buy it (or just download it once I've scanned it  :) ). I'm in the Sunday Telegraph magazine, more details tomorrow.

[Rob]

What for?

[the_dr]

My work with distributed network - not very interesting, but im on tv as well. The article will explain.<P>the_dr

[magenta]

when ya on tv?

[the_dr]

Later this month.

[SanDimas_Football_Rules!]

poser

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

Come on its only the Sunday Telegraph come back when youve made the Ormskirk Advertiser or the Skelmersdale Champion.<p>[This message has been edited by Gaspode The Wonder Dog (edited 30 June 2001).]

[the_dr]

I have my advanced copy now, I have scanned some bits and I hope to have the rest up on the net later today. I'm very bad at scanning and editing images, as you will see. I have just uploaded the main picture, headline and opening paragraph.<P>See what you think - <A HREF="http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/edited.jpg" TARGET=_blank>http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/edited.jpg</A> <P>the_dr

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

ok any one else scared?<p>[This message has been edited by Gaspode The Wonder Dog (edited 30 June 2001).]

[Rob]

that is impressive

[the_dr]

Thank you, but you haven't read the article yet! I'm scanning and OCRing it as I speak.<P>Gaspode: You have every right to be scared! Mwahahahah!!

[Lara]

you rebel you!  :) u planning to conquer the universe as well?

[Guest]

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaagh - I can't think of an intelligent comment, so i'll leave it at that.

[wannabe_mrs_moyles]

looks like harry potter

[Stickyspanner]

"Daniel Sheldon is a 14 year old from Oldham who thinks that money corrupts and that capitalism should be undermined".<P><br>Yet - he owns a Tiny computer who must be one of the biggest computer capitalists in the UK, and their way of installing software far exceeds corruption  :)<P>Or am i just being a bit tooo surreal here?

[the_dr]

Finally! I have scanned all 6 pages of the article and converted it to text. It's a big article (33k .txt worth) so if you want to read all of it, then it'll take a while!<br> <A HREF="http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/starticle.txt" TARGET=_blank>http://www.thedr.freeserve.co.uk/starticle.txt</A> <P>Good point Sticky  :) I own a Tiny PC with Micr$oft Windows installed - if you look near my arm you will see 2 stickers - Pentium and another one, but one is hidden by my arm. Guess which one? Microsoft. But when I compare the photo to real life, I see that it isn't obscured by my arm - they have airbrushed it out!  :) Anyway - Tiny should give me some free gear for a their cameo in the photo  :)<P>Wannabe Mrs Moyles: It's very strange you should mention that, from the article:<P>‘We had that letter from<br>Warner Brothers, you see, so of course we’re terrified,<br>aren’t we?’ she said.<br>      ‘What letter from Warner Brothers?’<br>      ‘Oh, I thought you must have known about that,’<br>      I turned to Daniel—doing a poor job, of seeming terri-<br>fied — who explained that he had created a website<br>for Harry Potter. To do this he’d registered the domain<br>name Harry-Potter.org.uk. ‘The mistake I made was<br>using my real address,’ he said. Usually when I register<br>domain names use a fake address.’ The real address<br>had enabled Warner Brothers — owned by AOL Time<br>Warner — first to find Daniel and then threaten to sue<br>him, as it owned the internet rights to the name ‘Harry<br>Potter’, or thought it did. ‘The letter just came through<br>the door,’ said Loretta. ‘It was my worst nightmare.<br>I didn’t want to be sued by Warner Brothers, did I? I just<br>wanted to lead a normal quiet life.’<br>‘I remain adamant that it is my right to build a Hany<br>Potter fan site on the Web,’ said Daniel.<br>Lorella didn’t know about that. But she had a friend at<br>work who knew a solicitor who recommended ignoring<br>the letter, and as Daniel was intent on doing just that,<br>that’s what she did. Warner Brothers, perhaps realising<br>how it might look to others if they were seen jailing<br>children for their enthusiasm for Harry Potter, faded<br>away.<P>the_dr

[wannabe_mrs_moyles]

i'm psychic! yet another thing to add to my list of talents!

[Guest]

Article sounds interesting, i'm reading it now. OCR makes me laugh sometimes "At present all<br>questions come from the client — the PCs on the fringe<br>of the network — and all answers come from the sewers<br>— the big computers at the center of the network. " <P>

[Gaspode_The_Wonder_Dog]

read the article. Its very good except maybe a little harsh on oldham.  The question is does the_dr himself believe the man when he says he will become part of the system?  I think fighting from within is the only way although i think i'll leave stuff like that to the_dr.<P>Also no mention of moyles? I wonder where that would have fit in to the reporters view of you.

[the_dr]

Yep, I'm sorry about the no-mention of Moyles, I was gonna mention my obsession with Chris but I forgot. The other thing I could have done, which I just thought of today - is have a picture of Moyles on the computer screen. I will do that if theres any further press coverage and see if he mentions it on the show  :)<P>Monkey: not as good as Clare's Mirror article - "he hored a trainer"  :) Class.<P>the_dr

[the_dr]

Oh, and Gaspode: me and Michael discussed whether I would become part of the establishment I hate, and the simple answer is probably yes. I am opposed to capitalism as it is, but I'm not opposed to capitalism with some morals and some sense of responsiblity. To progress in my carrer, there is no doubt that I will have to comprimise some of my beliefs. In the article I do state that things won't change overnight, thats if they do change. All I hope to do is, as it says 'bring the pegs equal'. To do what I do, I don't need any money. If you have the talented people who are commited to something - they will succeed - with or without financial backing.<P>Also, if you think it was harsh on Oldham - you should have seen some of the bits I edited out!<P>the_dr

[Rob]

Hey dr, that was a really interesting article.<br>Also, about the Warner Brothers letter you got, i'm in a similar situation. I recieved a letter from the 'Football League Limited' about my site <A HREF="http://www.linkleap.com" TARGET=_blank>http://www.linkleap.com</A>  (plug) and are demanding I shut it down. I too made the mistake of using my real address. Did they try and contact you at all? I'm ignoring them, I don't think they'd dare sue me.<P>Anyway, that was interesting, nice one.

[Guest]

Yep, just finished reading it. very good indeed.<P>- dr, you gnutter  :)<br>

[the_dr]

Heh  :) I'm absoltely gnutty.<P>Rob:That was one thing in the article that wasn't true - I didn't ignore them, they ignored me. I did what they said, after a solicitor advised me not to mess with them, and handed over the domain names. 9 months later and they are still in my name and I still have access to them. As for your site, I don't see how it infringes on their itellectual property rights - you haven't tryed to pass yourself offf as 'Football League Limited', neither are you using their tradmarks. You are simplying trying to build a site to promote their product, free of charge. They won't sue, just lay low, and don't put any libelous messages on the site  :)<P>Thanks for the +ve feedback everyone<P>the_dr

[Martin]

I know this sounds like a pre-judgement, but you seem a lot more intelligent than you look  :) sorry mate!<P>But well done on getting in there!