Return-Path: X-Processed-By: Virex 7 on prxy.net X-Real-To: stagecraftlist [at] theatrical.net Received: by prxy.net (CommuniGate Pro PIPE 4.2.6) with PIPE id 13578827; Wed, 12 Jan 2005 03:00:52 -0800 X-ListServer: CommuniGate Pro LIST 4.2.6 List-Unsubscribe: List-ID: Message-ID: From: "Stagecraft" Sender: "Stagecraft" To: "Stagecraft" Precedence: list Subject: Stagecraft Digest #257 Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 03:00:38 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Disposition: inline X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.4 required=5.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=3.0.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.0.2 (2004-11-16) on prxy.net X-TFF-CGPSA-Version: 1.4f2 X-prxy-Spam-Filter: Scanned For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Stagecraft Digest, Issue #257 1. Re: Scrim scallops by Steve Larson 2. Re: Scrim scallops by Boyd Ostroff 3. Re: materials othe than plexiglass by "richard j. archer" 4. Re: Scrim Scallops (Hour Glassing) by zhamm [at] email.unc.edu 5. Vari-Lite VL1000 ? gobo projection clarity at 50degrees by JLUCS [at] peddie.org 6. Re: materials othe than plexiglass by "ladesigners [at] juno.com" 7. Ticketmaker/printer problem by "Jon Ares" 8. new medium by b Ricie 9. Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem by "Andrew Vance" 10. Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem by "Tony" 11. Tech Specs by Stephen Litterst 12. Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem by "Cyr, Dale" 13. Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem by "Jon Ares" 14. OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre by "Jonathan Wills" 15. Re: Scrim scallops by "Frank E. Merrill" 16. Re: OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre by Mike Brubaker 17. Re: Major in Theatre by Richard Wright 18. Re: "delicacy"??? of Socapex by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 19. Re: OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre by Bill Sapsis 20. Re: OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre by Bill Sapsis 21. Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 22. Re: Windoze by Mark O'Brien 23. Re: Major in Theatre by "Joe Meils" 24. Re: Windoze by John McKernon 25. Re: Windoze by Boyd Ostroff 26. Artist Management (OT) by MissWisc [at] aol.com 27. Re: Artist Management (OT) by Boyd Ostroff 28. Re: Windoze by Mark O'Brien 29. Re: Artist Management (OT) by "CATHERINE BRUMM" 30. Re: Silica by CB 31. Re: Mimes by CB 32. Re: Silica by "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" 33. Re: Artist Management (OT) by Pat Kight 34. Re: Artist Management (OT) by MissWisc [at] aol.com 35. Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem by Jerry Durand 36. Re: Artist Management (OT) by "Haagen Trey P Civ 34 TRW/SDAT" 37. Backstage Handbook, 3rd Edition by "Storms, Randy" 38. Re: Backstage Handbook, 3rd Edition by "Samuel T. Fisher" 39. Re: Windoze by b d 40. Re: Backstage Handbook, 3rd Edition by "Storms, Randy" 41. Re: Windoze by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 42. Re: Windoze by FrankWood95 [at] aol.com 43. Re: Just a quick nitpick by Paul Puppo 44. Re: Tech Specs by Eddie Kramer 45. Re: Just a quick nitpick by MissWisc [at] aol.com 46. Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem by "Jon Ares" 47. Re: Windoze by "Delbert Hall" 48. Re: Windoze by Jerry Durand 49. Re: Windoze by DanSLDME [at] aol.com 50. Re: Windoze by Boyd Ostroff 51. Re: Scrim Scalloping by June Abernathy 52. Re: Soco plugs by "Brian D Shipinski" *** Please update the subject line of your reply to use the subject *** line of the message you are replying to! Please only reply to *** one message subject in each reply. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:11:48 -0500 Subject: Re: Scrim scallops From: Steve Larson Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Don't know if they will be painted or dyed. If painted the panels will become stiff and that should retard the hourglassing. If dyed, also try starch. Perhaps that will give you the same stiffness. Even with the bottoms battened you will get billowing. Steve on 1/10/05 11:00 PM, Kevin A. Patrick at patrick_kevin [at] colstate.edu wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > A fellow designer will be using strips of scrim for an upcoming show. They > are 60-72" wide, and about 20' tall. He would rather not frame them, but > doesn't know how much they will scallop on the sides if only supported from > top and bottom. I figure there must be ten people out there that have faced > this situation in the last five years. Does anyone know what this will look > like, or have a formula for determining the scallop? > > (BTW, isn't scallop the right word? When the scrim, or any other fabric, > bows towards the middle of a drop on the sides. Scallops are normally on > the top, but is that the right word for the sides also?) > > Thanks, > > Kevin Patrick > Theatre.colstate.edu ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:30:14 -0500 (EST) From: Boyd Ostroff Subject: Re: Scrim scallops In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Sorry, tuning in late on this thread. Are you concerned with scallops that come from shrinkage when painting or with the hourglass effect due to stretch when hanging? For the scallop problem you simply have to use TONS of staples very close together when you paint. Several years ago I did a show where we used a number of narrow scrims that had visible edges so I was concerned about the hourglass effect. We built the scims with narrow unlined veritcal pockets on the left and right. Then we rand 1/16" aircraft cable through the pockets from the bottom to the top of the scrim. We put a pocket on the top and bottom of the scrim and used 1-1/4" pipes in them. The 1/16" cable was anchored to the two pipes. It worked pretty well to eliminate the hourglass, but it became hard to get an even stretch on the scrim since the cables were taking the weight. Here's a photo: http://tech.operaphilly.com/sets/werther/pix/1/2.jpeg | Boyd Ostroff | Director of Design and Technology | Opera Company of Philadelphia | http://tech.operaphilly.com | ostroff [at] operaphilly.com ------------------------------ Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:34:08 -0500 From: "richard j. archer" Subject: Re: materials othe than plexiglass Others mentioned lexan which is a brand name (GE?) for polycarbonate. Also available from other manufacturers (like Hyzod for one). Polycarbonate is "unbreakable" but, better than anything else, you can shoot it onto a wooden flat frame with a pin gun without it breaking...no drilling then carefully screwing as with plexi (plexiglass is also a brand name for acrylic). Check with a local plastic dealer. When I taught at NCSA, back in the dark ages (1974-75,) we bought from Piedmont Plastic in Greensboro. Here at Cornell we've been getting polycarbonate from Laird Plastic cheaper than acrylic sheet. There's a Laird in Charlotte. Dick A TD, Cornell Univ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20050111084439.ukw2aadow8kc4gss [at] webmail1.isis.unc.edu> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:44:39 -0500 From: zhamm [at] email.unc.edu Subject: Re:Scrim Scallops (Hour Glassing) References: In-Reply-To: I'm TDing a show where the designer wants 5' wide strips. We are using a product called textilene. It's more of a plastic, but we used it in an earlier show and when lit right it works very well. We had no problems with hourglassing with it either. I know Rose brand carries it, but I think some other companied probably have it as well. Zach Hamm UNC-CH > From: "Kevin A. Patrick" > Subject: Scrim scallops > Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:00:28 -0500 > Organization: Columbus State University > In-reply-to: > Message-ID: > > A fellow designer will be using strips of scrim for an upcoming show. They > are 60-72" wide, and about 20' tall. He would rather not frame them, but > doesn't know how much they will scallop on the sides if only supported from > top and bottom. I figure there must be ten people out there that have faced > this situation in the last five years. Does anyone know what this will look > like, or have a formula for determining the scallop? > > (BTW, isn't scallop the right word? When the scrim, or any other fabric, > bows towards the middle of a drop on the sides. Scallops are normally on > the top, but is that the right word for the sides also?) > > Thanks, > > Kevin Patrick > Theatre.colstate.edu > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 1/6/2005 ------------------------------ Subject: Vari-Lite VL1000 ? gobo projection clarity at 50degrees From: JLUCS [at] peddie.org Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:05:59 -0500 Message-ID:
I am thinking of renting 3- VL1000's for an upcoming production= here at the school and I have some concerns after talking with some people= about trying to project some gobos and the resulting clarity.   = The distance from my first electric to the cyc is 22'.  I am look= ing to rent the super zoom 70 degree units and set it up at about 50 d= egrees  The three units would be evenly spaced across the first electr= ic to do 3 projections across 40' of cyc.  
 
What I am hearing is that my gobo images will be really diffused and= clarity will be compromised at a 50 degree lens setting.  I can under= stand a little fuzziness around the edges but obviously its not worth it if= the whole image is distorted.

--JEL--  <>= ;<
John E. Lucs 
The Peddie School
The= atre Tech Director
= ------------------------------ From: "ladesigners [at] juno.com" Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:22:02 GMT Subject: Re: materials othe than plexiglass Message-Id: <20050111.072206.1467.90647 [at] webmail16.lax.untd.com> Yes, 'Lexan' is an engineered plastic developed by GE. /s/ Richard Others mentioned lexan which is a brand name (GE?) for polycarbonate. Dick A TD, Cornell Univ ------------------------------ Message-ID: <001601c4f7f4$6a894b40$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" Subject: Ticketmaker/printer problem Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:44:20 -0800 Anyone out there using the now-defunct Ticketmaker 5.0? As clunky as it is, we're limping along with it until our new facilities open, and it's been fine, but now trouble. We've reinstalled it on a new(er) computer, and it works fine, except printing to the Boca thermal ticket printer through the Com port (the printer is serial only). Works fine in all of Windoze, but in Ticketmaker the following error comes up: "The port is closed." ?? As I wrote, it prints fine in all other apps, although everything is on ticket stock. :) Anyone see this before? (Windows XP.) Tickets.com no longer supports this software (and when they did, they used to charge $500 for tech support). -- Jon Ares Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts www.hevanet.com/acreative www.wlhstheatre.org ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20050111155821.72413.qmail [at] web50608.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 07:58:21 -0800 (PST) From: b Ricie Subject: new medium In-Reply-To: >>Thanks every one for your help it was in fact Cab-O-Sil, I'll have to play around and see what I can do with it now (I love learning new ways of doing things and how to use new mediums)>> I fell in love with a new medium, but she left me before we ever met... ===== Brian Rice b_ricie [at] yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <088101c4f7f7$11efaf80$0500000a [at] anneb> From: "Andrew Vance" References: Subject: Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 10:03:19 -0600 > Anyone out there using the now-defunct Ticketmaker 5.0? =20 We still use Ticketmaker [unsure of version] on XP. I'll forward this = on to our IT guy and Box Office to see if they have any ideas or have = run into this before. -- Sincerely, Andrew Vance Lighting Designer/Supervisor Omaha Theatre Company/Omaha Theatre Ballet andrewv [at] otcmail.org 402-345-9718 x139 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <037601c4f7f6$a831ada0$0800000a [at] Tony> From: "Tony" References: Subject: Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:00:18 -0000 I use a company here in the UK called Nortech - http://www.ticketprinting.co.uk Print our own on a basic inkjet - pretty good results, and works out to around £7.50 for a house of 250 tickets. TD ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jon Ares" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 3:44 PM Subject: Ticketmaker/printer problem > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > Anyone out there using the now-defunct Ticketmaker 5.0? As clunky as it is, > we're limping along with it until our new facilities open, and it's been > fine, but now trouble. We've reinstalled it on a new(er) computer, and it > works fine, except printing to the Boca thermal ticket printer through the > Com port (the printer is serial only). Works fine in all of Windoze, but in > Ticketmaker the following error comes up: "The port is closed." ?? As I > wrote, it prints fine in all other apps, although everything is on ticket > stock. :) > > Anyone see this before? (Windows XP.) > > Tickets.com no longer supports this software (and when they did, they used > to charge $500 for tech support). > > -- Jon Ares > Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts > www.hevanet.com/acreative > www.wlhstheatre.org > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:15:23 -0500 From: Stephen Litterst Subject: Tech Specs Message-id: <41E3FB9B.27BED904 [at] ithaca.edu> Organization: IC-Dept. of Theatre Arts I have a student who is doing a paper project on power requirements for theatres. As part of the project he has to work out the electrical distribution for a large event in a Radio City or Kodak size theatre. Does anyone have a drawing and tech specs for either of those spaces, or for something comparable? Thanks, Steve Litterst -- Stephen C. Litterst Technical Supervisor Ithaca College Dept. of Theatre Arts 607/274-3947 slitterst [at] ithaca.edu ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Ticketmaker/printer problem Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:40:20 -0800 Message-ID: <407DF7D68DD30440B5CEB70ED234D1CF0316E2CB [at] excuswa100.americas.unity> From: "Cyr, Dale" jon: when windoze launches, it executes a port open on serial printers that it knows about. this effectively blocks others from acquiring access to that port. (there is a way to get around this in code using api calls, but I digress...) I know the error msg says "port closed". I suspect it is misleading. what it is trying to say is that the port is opened by another application (windoze), and that it cant open it, and so, in effect, the port is "closed" to ticketmaker. I suspect ticketmaker is attempting to write directly to the port, instead of using the windows print subsystem. here's a simple way to see if this is your problem. temporarily delete the printer from windows. (you'll have to reboot to convince windows to let it go.) run ticketmaker, it will probably print now. dale cyr Senior Software Engineer Specialized Peripherals Division Financial Business Solutions Getronics USA -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net] On Behalf Of Jon Ares Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 7:44 AM To: Stagecraft Subject: Ticketmaker/printer problem For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Anyone out there using the now-defunct Ticketmaker 5.0? As clunky as it is,=20 we're limping along with it until our new facilities open, and it's been fine, but now trouble. We've reinstalled it on a new(er) computer, and it=20 works fine, except printing to the Boca thermal ticket printer through the=20 Com port (the printer is serial only). Works fine in all of Windoze, but in=20 Ticketmaker the following error comes up: "The port is closed." ?? As I=20 wrote, it prints fine in all other apps, although everything is on ticket=20 stock. :) Anyone see this before? (Windows XP.) Tickets.com no longer supports this software (and when they did, they used=20 to charge $500 for tech support). -- Jon Ares Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts www.hevanet.com/acreative www.wlhstheatre.org=20 ------------------------------ Message-ID: <002401c4f7fd$eb291060$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" References: Subject: Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 08:52:21 -0800 > I know the error msg says "port closed". > I suspect it is misleading. > what it is trying to say is that the port is opened by another > application (windoze), and that it cant open it, > and so, in effect, the port is "closed" to ticketmaker. > > I suspect ticketmaker is attempting to write directly to the port, > instead of using the windows print subsystem. > > here's a simple way to see if this is your problem. > temporarily delete the printer from windows. > (you'll have to reboot to convince windows to let it go.) > run ticketmaker, it will probably print now. Thanks Dale. I'll try that. It makes complete sense, and I understand exactly what you mean. I won't be able to try it until later today, but I do fear a problem: when I was reinstalling Ticketmaker, it wouldn't let me 'print' at all until I 'installed' a printer in Windows. (Wouldn't even let me see a list of ports.) I installed Boca's printer drivers (Boca: the manufacturer of the thermal printer), and on their site they mention that using printer drivers is not the preferred method, as the software will want to print directly to the serial port. -- Jon Ares Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts www.hevanet.com/acreative www.wlhstheatre.org ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Jonathan Wills" Subject: OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:59:52 -0500 Organization: Wills Lighting & Stage Message-ID: <0MKz5u-1CoPMw2Kgl-0000CC [at] mrelay.perfora.net> Hello all, A few months back, 6+, someone had a list of all applicable OSHA regulations for theatre. I am wondering if someone still has that and can forward it on to me. I have a meeting tomorrow with the powers that be about getting new curtains and want to make sure I am prepared. Also if someone has applicable NFPA standard numbers that would be appreciated also. If you can email any of this information if would be great as I get the digest. Thank you, Jonathan Wills Wills Lighting and Stage www.WillsLighting.com Toll Free 866.909.4557 Local 423.559.0606 Fax 423.559.0071 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.10 - Release Date: 1/10/2005 ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:03:50 -0500 From: "Frank E. Merrill" Reply-To: "Frank E. Merrill" Message-ID: <49472661.20050111120350 [at] TCON.net> Subject: Re: Scrim scallops In-Reply-To: References: Howdy! Monday, January 10, 2005, Kevin Patrick wrote: KAP> He would rather not frame them, but doesn't know how much they KAP> will scallop on the sides...Does anyone know what this will KAP> look like, or have a formula for determining the scallop? FINALLY! A reason to use that calculus class from college in 1968! Now if only I could remember the formulae... In more practical terms, because sharkstooth scrim is so "stretchy" it will elongate when hung vertically due to the pull of gravity. Because of the elongation the width must shrink and, hence, the "scallop" or "hourglass" effect. 25 oz. velour does the same thing but the effect is not so easily noticed. The simple rule of thumb is that the more weight is imposed upon the bottom hem of a scrim, the more pronounced the hourglass shape will be. Conversely, if the weight imposed on the bottom hem is kept to a minimum, so will be the hourglass effect. Perhaps the designer can let the fabric waft in the breeze with no weight in the bottom. Perhaps not. By coincidence, I am in the middle of sewing a scrim drop and have a strip of sharkstooth I cut from the fabric piece to obtain the proper dimensions. When I get a chance, I'll lay the leftover piece of the floor of the sewing room and attempt to derive some hard data that might be of use in predicting future situations. Best regards, Frank E. Merrill MERRILL STAGE EQUIPMENT Eastablished 1946 Indianapolis 317: 255 4666 Running The Bat! Natural e-mail system v3.0 mailto:Lamplighter [at] TCON.net ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.1.2.0.0.20050111120756.01d4f878 [at] mail.insightbb.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:12:20 -0500 From: Mike Brubaker Subject: Re: OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre In-Reply-To: References: Not sure about OSHA's applicability to drapery, but if your curtains have lost their flame retardant properties, CODE will apply. Where you are will determine what code you operate under, however. NFPA 101 (Life Safety) and the codes that devolve from it, the Unified Building Code (UBC), the International Building Code (IBC), Standard, and BOCA all have language essentially requiring that drapery (and all other scenery on a stage) be flame retardant. The standard is, I believe, NFPA 701. Boston, New York, and California have additional standards... That help? Mike At 11:59 AM 1/11/2005, Jonathan Wills wrote: >to me. I have a meeting tomorrow with the powers that be about getting new >curtains and want to make sure I am prepared. Also if someone has applicable >NFPA standard numbers that would be appreciated also. If you can email any ------------------------------ Message-Id: <78232F3E-63F7-11D9-B00E-000D932DED52 [at] goldrushbc.com> From: Richard Wright Subject: Re: Major in Theatre Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 09:37:30 -0800 It's sometimes part of generation gap. I have two brothers. One was a successful opera singer in many NA companies, living out of New York. The second is the holder of the most performances in another opera company, well over 100 now, and has sung all his life. I have been a writer and musician, and now theatre producer, all my life. We're all reasonably successful. Literally on her deathbed my mother said, "I just have one regret. None of my sons have a real job." All I could do was smile and tell her that that showed she had done a great job. She was proud as heck of us, and supported us in all we did -- but there's that real job thing. Theatre and singing and acting seems like too much fun to be a "real job" to many folks. Richard Wright On 10-Jan-05, at 9:30 AM, Paul Schreiner wrote: > > I get that fairly often too...until I continue the conversation and > explain just what I do and what kinda tools I get to play with, when it > turns into "How cool!" > ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <25.569b133c.2f156a8b [at] aol.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:44:43 EST Subject: Re: "delicacy"??? of Socapex In a message dated 10/01/05 23:43:44 GMT Standard Time, marko [at] email.arizona.edu writes: > Design decision? > > You have lost me here. What is it about a Socapex connecter that > really has ANYTHING to do with soldering, other than the initial > fabrication? Well, system design. Connector design is surprisingly complicated, as is selecting the right one for the job. Ensuring adequate contact pressure for reliability, and at the same time minimising the wear every time the connection is made and unmade war with each other. I quoted the example I did because the designer was a friend of mine, and we discussed the reasons for his decision not to use connectors. I think these were sound. There are two sorts of connector, in general. Those used in assembling systems, which are seldom disconnected. The maze of cables and connectors behind your computer is a case in point. These are seldom unplugged. Then there are things like the XLR connectors used in sound systems, which are frequently unplugged and re-plugged, as are mains connectors on stage luminaires and domestic equipment. These have more robust pins and sockets. Lamp bases are in this category, but suffer from a high temperature environment. The most robust connector of all is that used in audio patchbays. Designed in 1909 or thereabouts, it has stood the test of time. It was made for manual telephone exchanges then. Curiously, a smaller modern version is notoriously unreliable. But the 1/4" B-gauge jack will see me out. Frank Wood ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:53:02 -0500 Subject: Re: OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre From: Bill Sapsis Message-ID: In-Reply-To: on 1/11/05 11:59 AM, Jonathan Wills at Jonathan [at] WillsLighting.com wrote: > A few months back, 6+, someone had a list of all applicable OSHA regulations > for theatre. I am wondering if someone still has that and can forward it on > to me. I have a meeting tomorrow with the powers that be about getting new > curtains and want to make sure I am prepared. Also if someone has applicable > NFPA standard numbers that would be appreciated also. If you can email any > of this information if would be great as I get the digest. NFPA 701-1977 is the most commonly used. Bill S. www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 800.292.3851 fax 267.278.4561 mobile We stand behind, and under, our work. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:58:15 -0500 Subject: Re: OSHA/NFPA Redulations for Theatre From: Bill Sapsis Message-ID: In-Reply-To: on 1/11/05 11:59 AM, Jonathan Wills at Jonathan [at] WillsLighting.com wrote: > A few months back, 6+, someone had a list of all applicable OSHA regulations > for theatre. I am wondering if someone still has that and can forward it on > to me. I have a meeting tomorrow with the powers that be about getting new > curtains and want to make sure I am prepared. Also if someone has applicable > NFPA standard numbers that would be appreciated also. If you can email any > of this information if would be great as I get the digest. Damn. Hit the send button too early. Your location will determine which code is being used. Most folks are switching over to the IBC but not everyone. And each inspector tends to use the code that they know best for the situation. What you probably should do is check with your safety officer first. Bill S. www.sapsis-rigging.com 800.727.7471 800.292.3851 fax 267.278.4561 mobile We stand behind, and under, our work. ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:01:01 EST Subject: Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem In a message dated 11/01/05 16:41:06 GMT Standard Time, Dale.Cyr [at] getronics.com writes: > when windoze launches, OK, I'm a pedant, but the usage 'windoze' irritates me. The proper name of the system is "WINDOWS" As in the glass bits that let light into your house. Frank Wood ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: Cc: marko [at] email.arizona.edu (Mark O'Brien) From: Mark O'Brien Subject: Re: Windoze Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 11:15:16 -0700 Frank, Windoze is a slang term to describe how windows Really works. see: http://www.hallikainen.org/windoze/winrg.swf Mark O'Brien Opera Technical Director University of Arizona, School of Music Tucson, AZ 520/621-7025 520/591-1803 Mobile On Jan 11, 2005, at 11:01 AM, FrankWood95 [at] aol.com wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > > --------------------------------------------------- > > In a message dated 11/01/05 16:41:06 GMT Standard Time, > Dale.Cyr [at] getronics.com writes: > >> when windoze launches, > > OK, I'm a pedant, but the usage 'windoze' irritates me. The proper > name of > the system is "WINDOWS" As in the glass bits that let light into your > house. > > Frank Wood ------------------------------ Message-ID: <000701c4f80c$23553820$15ecbed0 [at] hppav> From: "Joe Meils" References: Subject: Re: Major in Theatre Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:34:07 -0600 Mr. Wright, Yes, it's true. My family has also told me that they wished I'd quit following these "crazy showbiz dreams" and get real work. I just tell them that, since I've seen what "real work" does to people, I'll just stay where I am, and be happy. Joe Meils UCA Theatre Conway, AR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Wright" To: "Stagecraft" Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 11:37 AM Subject: Re: Major in Theatre > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > It's sometimes part of generation gap. > > I have two brothers. One was a successful opera singer in many NA > companies, living out of New York. > The second is the holder of the most performances in another opera > company, well over 100 now, and has sung all his life. > I have been a writer and musician, and now theatre producer, all my > life. > We're all reasonably successful. > > Literally on her deathbed my mother said, "I just have one regret. > None of my sons have a real job." > All I could do was smile and tell her that that showed she had done a > great job. > She was proud as heck of us, and supported us in all we did -- but > there's that real job thing. > > Theatre and singing and acting seems like too much fun to be a "real > job" to many folks. > > Richard Wright > > > On 10-Jan-05, at 9:30 AM, Paul Schreiner wrote: > > > > I get that fairly often too...until I continue the conversation and > > explain just what I do and what kinda tools I get to play with, when it > > turns into "How cool!" > > > ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:57:01 -0500 Subject: Re: Windoze From: John McKernon Message-ID: In-Reply-To: > Windoze is a slang term to describe how windows Really works. > > see: http://www.hallikainen.org/windoze/winrg.swf I've seen a lot of these, this has to be the best! - John McKernon ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:39:02 -0500 (EST) From: Boyd Ostroff Subject: Re: Windoze In-Reply-To: Message-ID: That is a riot! Meanwhile, Apple has just introduced the Mac mini for $500. http://www.apple.com/macmini In the past couple weeks I've had to mess around with several Windows machines and it really drove home just how far the Mac has come in terms of usability and speed. A few years ago I was a bit envious over how snappy PC's were compared to Macs running System 9. But that really has changed now. I was trying to setup a friend's DSL connection on a 2.4 ghz Win XP machine and was really surprised how long it took for basic tasks like opening control panels. And during the course of a couple hours it crashed about 4 times, usually for no apparent reason. | Boyd Ostroff | Director of Design and Technology | Opera Company of Philadelphia | http://tech.operaphilly.com | ostroff [at] operaphilly.com ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:39:23 -0500 From: MissWisc [at] aol.com Subject: Artist Management (OT) Message-ID: <04C400B5.1A30C832.007B9F2A [at] aol.com> One of my students asked me today how you would find out the manager of a performer. For singers/musicians, most CDs include management info on the back, but what about movie and theatre performers? Is there some kind of directory? Is this one of the services the unions perform for their members? Always learning! Kristi R-C ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:46:12 -0500 (EST) From: Boyd Ostroff Subject: Re: Artist Management (OT) In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Musical America is certainly one way to get this info for many artists: http://www.musicalamerica.com Most agencies have their own websites with info on the people they represent. A little Googling should go a long way... | Boyd Ostroff | Director of Design and Technology | Opera Company of Philadelphia | http://tech.operaphilly.com | ostroff [at] operaphilly.com ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: Cc: marko [at] email.arizona.edu (Mark O'Brien) From: Mark O'Brien Subject: Re: Windoze Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:48:51 -0700 On Jan 11, 2005, at 12:39 PM, Boyd Ostroff wrote: > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > > --------------------------------------------------- > > That is a riot! > I REALLY like the bloody paper clip. > Meanwhile, Apple has just introduced the Mac mini for $500. > > http://www.apple.com/macmini I want one, please.... > > In the past couple weeks I've had to mess around with several Windows > machines and it really drove home just how far the Mac has come in > terms > of usability and speed. A few years ago I was a bit envious over how > snappy PC's were compared to Macs running System 9. But that really has > changed now. I was trying to setup a friend's DSL connection on a 2.4 > ghz > Win XP machine and was really surprised how long it took for basic > tasks > like opening control panels. And during the course of a couple hours it > crashed about 4 times, usually for no apparent reason. They gave me a hand me down with 2/ G-4 chops. I was unsure of using the Mac, and have a 98 machine on the other desk. (hardly ever use it) I have an XP laptop that hardly crashes since I stopped using IE. I had given it up for dead, until the IT guy here at the U had me put Firefox on it. I still use the 486-33 in the shop, for CAD-CAM... Mark O'Brien Opera Technical Director University of Arizona, School of Music Tucson, AZ 520/621-7025 520/591-1803 Mobile ------------------------------ Message-Id: Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:54:10 -0500 From: "CATHERINE BRUMM" Subject: Re: Artist Management (OT) You can alway check the internet...justdo a search of the artists name and = if they have a site usually that type of informatrion is on thier some = where. Movie actors...if you go to the website of the latest movie they = are in and can find the casting director they might put you in touch with = the agent. Also if you know which unions they belong to contact the union = and they have that information on file. Catherine K. Brumm, General Manager Minnie Evans Arts Center Wilmington, NC P910-)790-2360 x821 F)910-790-2356 cbrumm [at] nhcs.k12.nc.us www.geocities.com/nhcscbrumm/index.html All e-mail correspondence to and from this address is subject to the North = Carolina Public Records Law, which may result in monitoring and disclosure = to third parties, including law enforcement. >>> MissWisc [at] aol.com 01/11/05 02:39PM >>> For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- One of my students asked me today how you would find out the manager of a = performer. For singers/musicians, most CDs include management info on the = back, but what about movie and theatre performers? Is there some kind of = directory? Is this one of the services the unions perform for their = members?=20 Always learning! Kristi R-C ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20050111125238.00b7edc0 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:52:38 From: CB Subject: Re: Silica >Just a quick nitpick :) Ya, I have the same reaction. Thank you for being less self-concious than me and bringing it up. We have a tendancy to view helpful corrections as nitpicking criticisms, but we DO teach each other in the process. Data are two or more datum, more than one matrix is not matrixes, its matrices, if you have a Lexus, and you buy another one, your a preppy jerk, things like that help us in our daily lives. Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound OTR Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Message-Id: <3.0.6.32.20050111125840.00b7edc0 [at] pop.west.cox.net> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:58:40 From: CB Subject: Re: Mimes >He was a great self promoter. He claimed great successes in his field. His >sound check was more involved than what is done for most of the musicians >who perform. I have Robert Shields (Shields and Yarnell? 'Member?) on my resume, on more than one occasion, and I love the fact that I can put "miking and mixing mime" on my list of skills and back it up with a reference. Chris "Chris" Babbie Location Sound OTR Delete key training and post trimming done by appointment. Rates negotiable, will trade for typing lessons/ADD treatment... ------------------------------ Reply-To: From: "Jeffrey E. Salzberg" Subject: RE: Silica Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:03:03 -0500 Message-ID: <001001c4f818$92710340$6401a8c0 [at] Dell> In-Reply-To: > you have a Lexus, and you buy another one, your a preppy Uh..."you're". ------------------------------ Message-ID: <41E431B8.7040005 [at] peak.org> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:06:16 -0800 From: Pat Kight Subject: Re: Artist Management (OT) References: In-Reply-To: MissWisc [at] aol.com wrote: > One of my students asked me today how you would find out the manager of a performer. For singers/musicians, most CDs include management info on the back, but what about movie and theatre performers? Is there some kind of directory? Is this one of the services the unions perform for their members? The "Pro" version of the very useful Internet Movie Database (http://imdb.com) claims to have information on who represents something like 50,000 of the film and television actors, producers, directors and writers in their database. It costs money, though. -- Pat Kight Albany Civic Theater kightp [at] peak.org http://albanycivic.org ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:18:08 -0500 From: MissWisc [at] aol.com Subject: Re: Artist Management (OT) Message-ID: <53885EAE.30500E00.007B9F2A [at] aol.com> Thanks Catherine and Boyd! Great resources both. The person we're looking for is Lena Horne. I showed excerpts of the film "Stormy Weather" to my music history students as it has a ragtime cakewalk, blues, and Fat's Waller singing "Ain't Misbehavin" in addition to Lena's amazing rendition of "Stormy Weather." I could try to describe the contributions of Afro-Americans to US music in the early 1900s, but it's far easier to just hit play and let them "speak" for themselves. Last I heard, Lena was alive. I did a google. One site says she's at the Apthorp apartments on Broadway, but I'm not certain how reliable that info is nor what would happen if we sent a letter to a building with over 100+ apartments in it. We'll keep looking! Thanks! Kristi R-C ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20050111125045.03983db8 [at] localhost> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:52:06 -0800 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem In-Reply-To: References: At 10:01 AM 1/11/2005, you wrote: > > when windoze launches, > >OK, I'm a pedant, but the usage 'windoze' irritates me. The proper name of >the system is "WINDOWS" As in the glass bits that let light into your house. > >Frank Wood If you want the more common usage, it should be "&^%$# [at] *! WINDOWS!". I hope this translates to UK terms, another version would be "[CENSORED] WINDOWS!" ---------- Jerry Durand Durand Interstellar, Inc. 219 Oak Wood Way Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886 fax: +1 408 356-4659 web: www.interstellar.com ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Artist Management (OT) Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:52:32 -0700 Message-ID: <67CADCB91D266042A8DAB3B981DCFD14041319 [at] AFAMAIL2.USAFA.afspc.ds.af.mil> From: "Haagen Trey P Civ 34 TRW/SDAT" Kristi asked: Is there some kind of directory? Is this one of the services the unions perform for their members?=20 There are trade magazines that list these. And entertainment booking agents have these. And most venues also subscribe. Not many venues are "Presenters" themselves. Fans web pages can sometime direct you to contacts. Trey Haagen ------------------------------ Subject: Backstage Handbook, 3rd Edition Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 13:55:49 -0800 Message-ID: <555928311F8B2943B65FC7197942C3B73239D9 [at] es1.bsdnet.wednet.edu> From: "Storms, Randy" I see that the 3rd edition is finally out - does anyone have it yet, and = are there any significant changes? -- r. Randy Storms rstorms [at] bham.wednet.edu ------------------------------ Message-ID: <13222.70.88.129.74.1105481625.squirrel [at] 70.88.129.74> In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 17:13:45 -0500 (EST) Subject: Re: Backstage Handbook, 3rd Edition From: "Samuel T. Fisher" Randy, Do you mean the 3rd edition with the blue cover? It has been out for quite a while, it is an improvement over the 2nd edition (maroon cover) Sam Fisher > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see > --------------------------------------------------- > > I see that the 3rd edition is finally out - does anyone have it yet, and > are there any significant changes? > > -- r. > > Randy Storms > rstorms [at] bham.wednet.edu > ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20050111224959.58641.qmail [at] web20428.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 14:49:59 -0800 (PST) From: b d Subject: Re: Windoze In-Reply-To: For those who prefer yet another system for certain tasks: http://www.mbtheatre.com/tux/tux.jpg Brian Dambacher Technical Director/Production Manager Meadow Brook Theatre Ensemble Rochester, Mi. 48309 __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com ------------------------------ Subject: RE: Backstage Handbook, 3rd Edition Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 15:08:17 -0800 Message-ID: <555928311F8B2943B65FC7197942C3B73239DA [at] es1.bsdnet.wednet.edu> From: "Storms, Randy" Doh! I see now that my (blue cover)copy is actually the 3rd edition - = the article in PLSN said the new one coming out was the 3rd - maybe they = meant 4th, or revised third... -- r. Randy Storms rstorms [at] bham.wednet.edu -----Original Message----- From: Stagecraft [mailto:stagecraft [at] theatrical.net]On Behalf Of Samuel T. Fisher Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 2:14 PM To: Stagecraft Subject: Re: Backstage Handbook, 3rd Edition For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see --------------------------------------------------- Randy, Do you mean the 3rd edition with the blue cover? It has been out for quite a while, it is an improvement over the 2nd edition (maroon cover) Sam Fisher > For info, archives & UNSUBSCRIBE, see = > --------------------------------------------------- > > I see that the 3rd edition is finally out - does anyone have it yet, = and > are there any significant changes? > > -- r. > > Randy Storms > rstorms [at] bham.wednet.edu > ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:12:54 EST Subject: Re: Windoze In a message dated 11/01/05 18:16:16 GMT Standard Time, marko [at] email.arizona.edu writes: > Windoze is a slang term to describe how windows Really works. And, badly and extravagantly. I came to computers when DOS, if not assembler language was the way you instructed them. They had very limited memory, and we were economical with our code. From the first time I met it, an opinion reinforced by many colleagues, I have always though that Windows was extravagant in code, and in memory usage. I have not changed my opinion. But, these days, it's a universal. I think that Linux is better, but you then run up against compatibility isues. EVERYTHING is Windows compatible, and I don't need the trouble. Lazy, I guess. Frank Wood ------------------------------ From: FrankWood95 [at] aol.com Message-ID: <142.3cf10b38.2f15bf09 [at] aol.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:45:13 EST Subject: Re: Windoze In a message dated 11/01/05 19:51:06 GMT Standard Time, marko [at] email.arizona.edu writes: > > > > In the past couple weeks I've had to mess around with several Windows > > machines and it really drove home just how far the Mac has come in > > terms > > of usability and speed. You are probably right. If I were starting from scratch, I should probably go for a Mac. But, I'm not. I go back to 8080 processors, Z80s. and ti writing in machine code or assembler.I know the PC architecture, which stems from the 8080. The Mac stems from the 6800, and its successors. Frank Wood ------------------------------ In-Reply-To: References: Message-Id: <87EA4541-6431-11D9-8245-000A95823EDA [at] Nifty-Gadgets.com> From: Paul Puppo Subject: Re: Just a quick nitpick Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:33:08 -0800 On Jan 11, 2005, at 12:52 PM, CB wrote: > if > you have a Lexus, and you buy another one, your a preppy jerk, I think you meant to write 'you're a preppy jerk'. If I was speaking to the preppy jerk, himself, I might say "Your Lexi make you a Preppy Jerk." Grammar lessons from a man who after speaking english for 20 years was placed in an "English as a Second Language" class. I wright gooder now. Paul Puppo ILLUMINEERING 547 Green Street San Francisco, CA 94133-3905 (415) 397-8776 phone/fax http://www.Nifty-Gadgets.com mailto:Paul [at] Nifty-Gadgets.com ------------------------------ Message-Id: In-Reply-To: References: Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:03:54 -0500 From: Eddie Kramer Subject: Re: Tech Specs On 1/11/05 Stephen Litterst sent: > As part of the project he has to work out the >electrical distribution for a large event in a Radio City 4 400 Amp Switches SR 2 400A UC 3 400A SL 1 400A House R 1 400A House L 2 400A 51st Street Side 2 400A SR Under Stage 1 400A SR 5th Floor Lots of 200A switches FOH Eddie -- -------------------- Eddie Kramer IATSE #1 Member NEC Panel 15 ------------------------------ From: MissWisc [at] aol.com Message-ID: <13e.a5cb98b.2f15dd7f [at] aol.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:55:11 EST Subject: Re: Re: Just a quick nitpick Cc: paul [at] Nifty-Gadgets.com In a message dated 1/11/5 6:35:18 PM, paul [at] Nifty-Gadgets.com wrote: <> When I got hired to be a "recording engineer" as my work-study job in college, my Dad sent me a little sign that read: "Uzed 2 bee eye cooden't sphell inginear, now eye r 1." His job title?? "Communications engineer" ;) Kristi ------------------------------ Message-ID: <003101c4f84a$7ff75340$0600000a [at] BRUTUS> From: "Jon Ares" References: Subject: Re: Ticketmaker/printer problem Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:00:33 -0800 Thank you to Dale and all who had solutions or suggestions to my non-communicative ticket printer. As per Dale's suggestion, I 'deleted' the printer from (sorry Frank) Micro$oft Windoh!s, and the port would talk to the printer again. Seems I have to have a printer - perhaps ANY printer - installed through Windows, so the Ticketmaker software will allow me to pick a port. The old computer used to use an old dot matrix for running reports, so there was a printer visible to Windows, even though I was using the COM port to talk to the thermal ticket printer. All is well again. -- Jon Ares Program Director, West Linn HS Theatre Arts www.hevanet.com/acreative www.wlhstheatre.org PS: adding to the rally that Macs are swell: I teach video editing on Macs at school, and even with networking and such, the Macs are SO much easier, faster and crash-resistant than the zillions of Windows machines we have at school. Even though in my own world I use several PCs of my own. But if I were to start from scratch, I'd be hard-pressed NOT to go with a Mac these days. ------------------------------ Message-ID: In-Reply-To: From: "Delbert Hall" Subject: Re: Windoze Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 21:31:58 -0500 I also did a little machine coding for the 8080 in the early '80. Boy was that a pain. I also wrote a number of programs for my Apple IIe using Applesoft and BASIC for the PC. I remember the first Macs with their 10" monitors and the fact that there was only a handful of programs available for it when it was introduced, making it almost useless for doing anything other than writing letters and drawing cute little pictures. I agree that the Mac has come a long way in speed and usability since then, but so has the PC (which was once called the IBM compaible computer and existed long before Windows). There have been lots of microcomputer makers who machines were popular for a short while before fading away: Radio Shack, Texas Instruments, Sperry, Zenith, NorthStar, and Atar, just to mention a few). Maybe CPM will make a comeback... maybe not. A lot of Mac users might not be big fans of Windows, but IIRC it was Microsoft's purchasing of 7% of Apple and Microsoft's agreement to produce new versions of its Office products for the Mac that kept Apple from going bankrupt in the early '90s. Without Microsoft, Apple Computers would probably not be in business today, and Mac users would be using PCs, or trying to find old parts to keep their Lisa going. -Delbert Delbert L. Hall 423-773-HALL (4255) ------------------------------ Message-Id: <6.2.0.14.0.20050111185003.0391fcf8 [at] localhost> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 18:51:20 -0800 From: Jerry Durand Subject: Re: Windoze In-Reply-To: References: At 06:31 PM 1/11/2005, you wrote: >A lot of Mac users might not be big fans of Windows, but IIRC it was >Microsoft's purchasing of 7% of Apple and Microsoft's agreement to produce >new versions of its Office products for the Mac that kept Apple from going >bankrupt in the early '90s. Without Microsoft, Apple Computers would >probably not be in business today, and Mac users would be using PCs, or >trying to find old parts to keep their Lisa going. And without Apple Microsoft would have faced monopoly suits a lot more and sooner. It's in their best interest to have a small competitor (dollar-wise, Apple is small compared to MicroSoft). ---------- Jerry Durand Durand Interstellar, Inc. 219 Oak Wood Way Los Gatos, California 95032-2523 USA tel: +1 408 356-3886 fax: +1 408 356-4659 web: www.interstellar.com ------------------------------ From: DanSLDME [at] aol.com Message-ID: <67.3c08fa59.2f15ee82 [at] aol.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:07:46 EST Subject: Re: Windoze Had to try it. Been a long time since I laughed so hard it hurt. Thanks for sharing. ... Dan S. In a message dated 1/11/05 1:16:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, marko [at] email.arizona.edu writes: << http://www.hallikainen.org/windoze/winrg.swf >> ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 22:32:22 -0500 (EST) From: Boyd Ostroff Subject: Re: Windoze In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On Tue, 11 Jan 2005, Delbert Hall wrote: > IIRC it was Microsoft's purchasing of 7% of Apple and Microsoft's > agreement to produce new versions of its Office products for the Mac > that kept Apple from going bankrupt Yeah, well whatever. I remember Bill Gates on the big screen which bore an uncanny resemblance to Apple's 1984 ads. But that was then, this is now. See Fortune Magazine's current issue "10 tech trends to watch in 2005" ---------- Is Wintel Out of Gas? Screwups and pesky competitors are challenging computerdom's most potent alliance. FORTUNE Monday, December 27, 2004 By Brent Schlender As IBM's jettisoning of its PC business in December reminds us, total dominance in IT can be ephemeral, even when you invent the most important commercial product in your industry. So the titans of Wintel are learning. While Microsoft and Intel are still growing and are both strikingly profitable, their hegemony has been fraying at the edges as the relentless march of technology has begun to outflank two near monopolies that once seemed impregnableMicrosoft's Windows operating system and Intel's Pentium microprocessor. In part, that's because the full consequences of ubiquitous networking and the Internet are finally being felt. A profusion of devices and software services has sprouted from the web, vividly demonstrating to businesses and consumers that Wintel hardware and software are no longer the only way to go, or even necessarily the safest bets. Microsoft is locked in what has become a holy war with purveyors of open-source software that hope to make operating systems and standard applications like Office into low-cost commodities. Intel, meanwhile, finds itself playing catch-up with AMD, a scrappy rival one-tenth its size that seems to have a better sense of what PC and server buyers really want. The dynamic duo's ebbing pre-eminence is partially their own fault. Though Microsoft dodged being broken up by the Department of Justice, it is still paying the price for that celebrated antitrust case. "Microsoft's reputation of being nasty and overly aggressive and not a good global citizen severely hurt the brand," says Mark Anderson, a longtime IT watcher and publisher of the Strategic News Service. "It could've been a cakewalk for them as the world moved to smart phones and interactive entertainment, but instead, repairing the damage will take years." Then there are Microsoft's problems in execution. Not only are its operating systems chronically prone to security problems, but it also can't seem to meet its own deadlines for developing products. And speaking of execution problems: Intel, which has always been an exemplar of tight management, stumbled repeatedly in 2004. It fell behind AMD in certain microprocessor markets and had to delay and even cancel high-profile chip projects it had touted as keys to future growth. Neither company is in deep trouble per se. But both have steadily lost market share in recent years and have discovered that inventing sources of revenue and profit is no slam dunk. Microsoft spent billions trying to break into cellphones, make it big online, and work its way into the living room, but it hasn't a whole lot to show for those efforts. Intel has struggled to establish itself in communications and consumer electronics. Of course, the Windows and Pentium monopolies are tough acts to follow. Perhaps more important, however, the greater obstacle for Microsoft and Intel is the simple fact that as new digital platforms emerge, nobody else in IT or telecommunications or consumer electronics wants to see a rerun of what happened in PCs, a game in which two companies ended up hogging all the profits. Even the Wintel alliance is showing signs of erosion. The partnership was always a marriage of convenience, and the companies often tangled behind closed doors. Now both are openly dallying with each other's chief rivals in ways no one could have imagined five years agoMicrosoft is working closely with AMD on both the high and low ends of the PC hardware market, and Intel is becoming a big proponent of the nemesis of Windows, the Linux operating system and other open-source software. Clearly, the best days of Wintel are behind us. | Boyd Ostroff | Director of Design and Technology | Opera Company of Philadelphia | http://tech.operaphilly.com | ostroff [at] operaphilly.com ------------------------------ Message-ID: <20050112042212.96814.qmail [at] web14104.mail.yahoo.com> Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:22:12 -0800 (PST) From: June Abernathy Subject: Re: Scrim Scalloping How serious is this "no framing" thing? Presumably you don't need it floppy. If you can pipe the top and pipe or fix the bottom, (Or hide points at the bottom behind the piece), you could conceivably run some thin aircraft cable down each side and use sewn rings or clips or whatever at spaced intervals down the material to keep the width. FWIW - ===== June Abernathy IATSE #321 (Tampa, FL) FOH Electrician The Lion King National Tour (Gazelle) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------------ Message-ID: <007401c4f870$bcd77940$5bfd490c [at] briansbyukf8iv> From: "Brian D Shipinski" References: Subject: Re: Soco plugs Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2005 00:34:15 -0600 (I hate it when people call them by the name of ONE of the manufacturers of this type of connector...after all, if Hubbell made them first, would we call them "Hubbell cables"?) - WM You bet, our L5-15 cables have such a title and it totally throws off the system when I throw a otherwise good L6-15 or 5-15 plugged cable into the mix given the same brand and shape. Simple terms for simpler folks in the details of tech. If I call it a 14/3 SJOOW cable with L5-15 plugs and connectors on it and I would get a quizzical look. If I even ask for a 2P&G or stage pin as opposed to slip plug I would get the same look. One might define a "Soco style" as opposed to a Socapex plug grade in defining a type like old school Makita being a cordless drill or Drillcon being a screw. Sorry in apology, but in symplicity, it's easier to speak the Leko term when in Lekoland even if ETC fixtures in stock to those that don't know any better. Took me months in just making people stop asking for ETC lamps for S-4 fixtures. This plus a few Inkie bulbs given out instead. :-) Me personally, I'm sold for the moment begrudgingly on the single piece shell Socapex MonoPC plug as the only one that does not readily strip out in it's keyway with time, and does not have the problems of the older style. Excellent plug type I aggee with and much faster to assemble given you don't have 12/14 multi-cable going into it that takes a bit more effort on the female side for a grounding ring. Good late to market design on the male side grounding ring however. Very useful even for other plug brands. Begrudgingly because it's very difficult to get replacement parts, and now highly expensive to do so for it given the exchange rate. Socapex customer support was also great while introducing the plug but went away after that in my experience in dealing with them. I have a few hundred Soco type cables in inventory and use or have tried just about all brands and styles of it. In Soco style, I would think that the Litton/Veam plug became at some point the replacement in industry use over that of the two piece origional Socapex plug due to reliability given you would tend to want a all aluminum shell to it due to breakage of the plastic one. By accident even this year I got some two piece old style Socapex plugs and they are already having problems with the backshell breaking as I would think the most common problem with the old style plug. Some may never see a backshell break where it locks into the insert front part on either of the above type, I in having say 50 or more of them in each see it far too much above problems with other types given the more limited numbers of these type. This and strain relief issues while more rare. Plus get out that Pozidrive bit to service them - how many tech people have those in the field? Anyway if of debate, there is no standard in the industry for what's the best 19 pin plug out there any longer. Lots of personal opinion just in solder verses crimp pins into what "professionals" would use. Companies like Lex, TMB and Link have some interesting innovations and improvements in some ways over the VSC, or sorry examples in other ways also on the market based upon the Veam style not the Socapex one. Grounding rings alone there is lots of innovation out there good and bad. All use for the most part standardized parts with the VSC plug which is a good thing meaning you can even shop at Spacecraft Components for pins for a Link plug. Strip a keyway or spin a insert on a Veam plug and it's easily replaced by another brand. For me at least given Socapex plugs are hard to get parts to at a good rate, and not standardized like the Veam type, this limits my favorability of them even if in many ways better in general. Than there is the wee bit of the problem with the new style Soco plug. Install the rubber strain relief one way, it fails in it's seperating rings shooting out the back of the plug and no longer gripping the wire. Hand one of these plugs to someone used to installing a Veam plug and it's almost certain they will have no idea on how to install it without destroying the opposing brand. On the other hand, a Socapex plug's keyway will last longer than most other brands with wear over time on it in my testing. Again, excellent plug and in the right hands, it can be the best plug on the market, but given reality, there is in my opinion no one best plug brand out there. Brian Shipinski My opinions are mine in fixing the stuff but not slandering any one manufacturer over another. When it comes down to it, I see just as many off brand broken strain relief nuts from various suppliers due to the same thickness of plastic as a smaller PG-29 nut, but larger diamater in breaking more easily. All take time to repair and have problems given a large inventory. The Socapex plug's strain relief problem is a much easier fix however than having to completely remove the plug to replace a broken strain relief nut, keyway or plastic Veam body. ------------------------------ End of Stagecraft Digest #257 *****************************