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Re: 80 SECONDS THIS WEDNESDAY

From: Michael F. Duke <mikeyd~at~usit.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 15:33:25 -0600
To: Jules Verne Forum <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Sorry, I forgot my chapter number. I can do chapter 31, since that's
nearest my location. I can also do chapters 32 and 33 if that will help
- that at least will get you to Liverpool.

Mike

martijn van calmthout wrote:

> Dear Fogg friends, although the response is not quite as good as I
> imagined, we are going for it this wednesday with our 80 seconds round
> the world project. We now have participants in the Netherlands (1 or
> 2), Italy (1), Greece (1), Isreal (1), India (1) and the US (3). You
> find the full list with e-mail adresses below in the order , including
> time differences measured from GMT time. Please make sure to check the
> correct time difference. WHAT WILL HAPPEN ON WEDNESDAY?At a preset
> time I will mail the title of the first chapter of the book Tour du
> Monde en 80 Yours in English (being Foggs mother tongue) to the
> personal -email adress of the next participant in the list. He or she
> is awaiting the message, puts the title of the chapter which tells the
> story closest to his whereabouts on top of the incoming message and
> forwards it to the personal e-mailadress of the next in line. MAKE
> SUREYou are watching your mailbox at the preset time.Have the title
> (just the title!) of the chapter in you own language ready, preferably
> in a file you can paste in.Forward the message to the PERSONAL
> EMAILADRES provided below. WHEN DO WE HAVE A GO?Since Swati in India
> has most trouble being free and able to use his mail-account, I
> proposed to let him pick an appropriate time. He opts for 15.30 GMT
> (being 21.00 Indian Sdt Time). In de following table I have arranged
> the moment for all participants, as I figured it out. Please correct
> me if I am wrong. World times can be found at
> http://www.globalmetric.com/time/ THE LIST martijn van calmthout
> tijn~at~euronet.nl Netherlands 15.30 GMT + 1.00 16.30
> local
> Garmt de Vries G.deVries~at~phys.uu.nl Netherlands
> 15.30 GMT + 1.00 16.30
> charlie charlie~at~netbusiness.it Italy
> 15.30 GMT + 1.00 16.30
> Constantina Spiliopoulou simplex~at~otenet.gr Greece
> 15.30 GMT + 2.00 17.30
> Zvi Har'El rl~at~math.technion.ac.il Isreal
> 15.30 GMT + 2.00 17.30
> svati dasgupta dasgupta~at~nde.vsnl.net.in India
> 15.30 GMT + 5.30 21.00
> harold long keenes~at~earthlink.net US, Spokane
> 15.30 GMT - 8.00 07.30
> raymond macon maconr~at~rmi.net US, Boulder
> 15.30 GMT - 7.00 08.30
> michael Duke mikeyd~at~usit.net US, Jackson T
> 15.30 GMT - 6.00 09.30
> martijn van calmthout tijn~at~euronet.nl Netherlands
> 15.30 GMT + 1.00 16.30Please let me know NOW if everyone is still
> on the list and if he or she really will take part. We can't afford to
> stop dead right in the middle. Perhaps it is best to mail me the
> number of the chapter you will pick, so we won't have any doubles. Any
> questions? Mail me. I am looking forward to this special millennium
> event which will feature prominently in the Dutch nationale newspaper
> De Volkskrant. LETS GO FOR IT!!!!cheers Martijn van Calmthout
> science writer
> de Volkskrant
> Amsterdam,, the Netherlands
> 31 20 5622587
> tijn~at~euronet.nlhttp://www.volkskrant.nl
Received on Tue 21 Dec 1999 - 08:54:58 IST

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