• Buck House Light hHow

    From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sat Jun 4 22:00:44 2022
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs I
    knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the
    front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a
    black airship) at work?

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Remember, the Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe.

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  • From Tweed@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 06:12:07 2022
    Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs I knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a black airship) at work?


    I have the same question! I initially thought drones having seen that done
    by China, but there were too many pixels and it went on for too long.

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  • From Woody@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 07:37:40 2022
    On Sat 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:

    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs
    I knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a black airship) at work?


    No, they were drones as first seen in the New Year display either this
    year or last - can't remember which. IMSMC there were something like
    2000 of them and once the programming and configuration had been done
    they all operated and moved semi autonomously. Whilst from the front
    they appeared to be in one plane, some of the side shots made you
    realise they were spread over quite a distance front to back.
    <Very> clever.

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  • From MB@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 08:03:29 2022
    On 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs I knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a black airship) at work?

    Wasn't it drones, I saw a comment somewhere saying that.

    Quite a number of performers that I have no wish to see again! I saw a comment there was one minor sound problem with one but that is to be
    expected on a big production like that.

    I could have done without the parade of drag queens!

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  • From Mark Carver@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 5 11:20:33 2022
    On 05/06/2022 08:03, MB wrote:
    On 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some
    songs I
    knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the
    front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a
    black airship) at work?

    Wasn't it drones, I saw a comment somewhere saying that.

    Quite a number of performers that I have no wish to see again!   I saw
    a comment there was one minor sound problem with one but that is to be expected on a big production like that.

    I could have done without the parade of drag queens!

    Oh FFS lighten up !   It wasn't going to, nor able to,  have acts that
    were everyone's cup of tea. It was a damn good party, visually very
    impressive, and badly needed after all the shit we've endured in recent
    years

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  • From Tweed@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Sun Jun 5 10:32:33 2022
    Mark Carver <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote:
    On 05/06/2022 08:03, MB wrote:
    On 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some
    songs I
    knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the >>> front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a >>> black airship) at work?

    Wasn't it drones, I saw a comment somewhere saying that.

    Quite a number of performers that I have no wish to see again!   I saw
    a comment there was one minor sound problem with one but that is to be
    expected on a big production like that.

    I could have done without the parade of drag queens!

    Oh FFS lighten up !   It wasn't going to, nor able to,  have acts that were everyone's cup of tea. It was a damn good party, visually very impressive, and badly needed after all the shit we've endured in recent
    years


    100% agree. I’m not a great music fan, but I really enjoyed the various
    light shows.
    I saw the audience appeared to have led wrist bands. These appeared to all change colour together. I wonder how that was implemented?

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  • From Woody@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 5 12:06:11 2022
    On Sun 05/06/2022 08:03, MB wrote:
    On 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs I
    knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the
    front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a
    black airship) at work?

    Wasn't it drones, I saw a comment somewhere saying that.

    Quite a number of performers that I have no wish to see again!   I saw a comment there was one minor sound problem with one but that is to be
    expected on a big production like that.

    I could have done without the parade of drag queens!

    That one minor sound problem would have been Diana Ross' first song -
    they seemed to sort it after that (probably whispered in her ear told
    hold the mic nearer!)

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Tweed on Sun Jun 5 11:49:37 2022
    Tweed wrote:

    I saw the audience appeared to have led wrist bands. These appeared to all change colour together. I wonder how that was implemented?

    xylobands been standard fayre at e.g. Glastonbury and coldplay concerts for several years, videos at the usual places ...

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to Gaines on Sun Jun 5 11:32:37 2022
    On 04/06/2022 in message <xn0niq7thaigymy00m@news.individual.net> Jeff
    Gaines wrote:


    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs I >knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the >front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a >black airship) at work?

    Thanks for all the replies, drones it was :-)

    They must have some quite interesting software to program that number of drones.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Here we go it's getting close, now it's just who wants it most.

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 5 12:43:11 2022
    On 05/06/2022 in message <jg3lmqFpbkgU1@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
    wrote:

    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    They must have some quite interesting software to program that number of >>drones.

    They set up a local RTK GPS station, which gives the drones about 2 cm >positioning accuracy, design the show, upload the sequence of >locations/times/colours to each drone ... press go.

    Ain't modern technology wonderful - close to magic!

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Have you ever noticed that all the instruments searching for intelligent
    life are pointing away from Earth?

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 13:26:00 2022
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    They must have some quite interesting software to program that number of drones.

    They set up a local RTK GPS station, which gives the drones about 2 cm positioning accuracy, design the show, upload the sequence of locations/times/colours to each drone ... press go.

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  • From Andy Burns@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 13:53:14 2022
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    Ain't modern technology wonderful - close to magic!

    creative people to design it plus techies to make it happen

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  • From Tweed@21:1/5 to Andy Burns on Sun Jun 5 12:37:04 2022
    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    They must have some quite interesting software to program that number of drones.

    They set up a local RTK GPS station, which gives the drones about 2 cm positioning accuracy, design the show, upload the sequence of locations/times/colours to each drone ... press go.




    This is the outfit that runs drone shows https://skymagic.show/

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  • From R. Mark Clayton@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 08:27:01 2022
    On Sunday, 5 June 2022 at 13:43:13 UTC+1, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 05/06/2022 in message <jg3lmq...@mid.individual.net> Andy Burns
    wrote:
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    They must have some quite interesting software to program that number of >>drones.

    They set up a local RTK GPS station, which gives the drones about 2 cm >positioning accuracy, design the show, upload the sequence of >locations/times/colours to each drone ... press go.
    Ain't modern technology wonderful - close to magic!

    “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic”. Arthur C. Clarke 1962

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Have you ever noticed that all the instruments searching for intelligent life are pointing away from Earth?

    I haven't, but is it just that they are pointing away from you?

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 17:11:49 2022
    Sounds like a lot of drones to me. I know several companies have been
    working on 500 drone systems for close formation. I bet a stiff breeze would bugger it up though.
    Brian

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    "Jeff Gaines" <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message news:xn0niq7thaigymy00m@news.individual.net...

    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs I knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a black airship) at work?

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Remember, the Flat Earth Society has members all around the globe.

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  • From Brian Gaff@21:1/5 to Mark Carver on Sun Jun 5 17:16:42 2022
    Yes, having said that, I thought the audio was a bit flat and I went to
    sleep half way through, but then I'm prone to do that as I get older!
    I guess the lack of being able to see it was a lot to do with it. I did get
    a bit annoyed by the sudden cut at the end, and also at people asking me
    today about the he visuals when I never see them, but hey, I was ready since
    I did a search.
    Brian

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    "Mark Carver" <mark.carver@invalid.invalid> wrote in message news:jg3ebhFolt5U1@mid.individual.net...
    On 05/06/2022 08:03, MB wrote:
    On 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs
    I
    knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the >>> front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a >>> black airship) at work?

    Wasn't it drones, I saw a comment somewhere saying that.

    Quite a number of performers that I have no wish to see again! I saw a
    comment there was one minor sound problem with one but that is to be
    expected on a big production like that.

    I could have done without the parade of drag queens!

    Oh FFS lighten up ! It wasn't going to, nor able to, have acts that were everyone's cup of tea. It was a damn good party, visually very impressive, and badly needed after all the shit we've endured in recent years

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 5 16:44:03 2022
    On 05/06/2022 in message <eb1070b1-0ddf-479f-988a-148d8d4a44fan@googlegroups.com> R. Mark Clayton
    wrote:

    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Have you ever noticed that all the instruments searching for intelligent >>life are pointing away from Earth?

    I haven't, but is it just that they are pointing away from you?

    You really could do with learning some manners, nobody respects a sore
    loser like you.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    It may be that your sole purpose in life is to serve as a warning to others.

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  • From Java Jive@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Sun Jun 5 17:50:51 2022
    On 05/06/2022 17:44, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    On 05/06/2022 in message <eb1070b1-0ddf-479f-988a-148d8d4a44fan@googlegroups.com> R. Mark Clayton wrote:

    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    Have you ever noticed that all the instruments searching for intelligent >>> life are pointing away from Earth?

    I haven't, but is it just that they are pointing away from you?

    You really could do with learning some manners, nobody respects a sore
    loser like you.

    Or perhaps you need to learn to appreciate a joke, even when it's
    against yourself.

    --

    Fake news kills!

    I may be contacted via the contact address given on my website:
    www.macfh.co.uk

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  • From Chris J Dixon@21:1/5 to Woody on Sun Jun 5 21:31:59 2022
    Woody wrote:

    That one minor sound problem would have been Diana Ross' first song -
    they seemed to sort it after that (probably whispered in her ear told
    hold the mic nearer!)

    I noticed that she appeared to be adjusting the control for her
    earpiece, I guess she couldn't hear either. ;-)

    Chris
    --
    Chris J Dixon Nottingham UK
    chris@cdixon.me.uk @ChrisJDixon1

    Plant amazing Acers.

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  • From tony sayer@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 5 22:28:25 2022
    In article <t7i81g$vu9$1@dont-email.me>, Tweed <usenet.tweed@gmail.com> scribeth thus
    Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> wrote:
    Jeff Gaines wrote:

    They must have some quite interesting software to program that number of >drones.

    They set up a local RTK GPS station, which gives the drones about 2 cm
    positioning accuracy, design the show, upload the sequence of
    locations/times/colours to each drone ... press go.




    This is the outfit that runs drone shows https://skymagic.show/


    And i bet if that was in western America some silly bugger would claim
    they were UFO's!...


    --
    Tony Sayer


    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

    Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

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  • From tony sayer@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 5 22:26:26 2022
    In article <t7i2n4$ool$1@dont-email.me>, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> scribeth thus
    On Sun 05/06/2022 08:03, MB wrote:
    On 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs I >>> knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the >>> front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the
    flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a >>> black airship) at work?

    Wasn't it drones, I saw a comment somewhere saying that.

    Quite a number of performers that I have no wish to see again! I saw a
    comment there was one minor sound problem with one but that is to be
    expected on a big production like that.

    I could have done without the parade of drag queens!

    That one minor sound problem would have been Diana Ross' first song -
    they seemed to sort it after that (probably whispered in her ear told
    hold the mic nearer!)

    Yes pity her voice wasn't as good as it might have been, you can see
    her fiddling with her mix c monitor receiver in that song!

    Still a great performance seeing shes pushing 80 now!, soo much better
    then wheeling old Macca out!..

    --
    Tony Sayer


    Man is least himself when he talks in his own person.

    Give him a keyboard, and he will reveal himself.

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  • From Jeff Gaines@21:1/5 to tony sayer on Sun Jun 5 21:45:27 2022
    On 05/06/2022 in message <tNpodxKC+RniFweH@bancom.co.uk> tony sayer wrote:

    In article <t7i2n4$ool$1@dont-email.me>, Woody <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> >scribeth thus
    On Sun 05/06/2022 08:03, MB wrote:
    On 04/06/2022 23:00, Jeff Gaines wrote:
    I watched the concert earlier, great start - a performer and some songs >>>>I
    knew, didn't recognise any of them hereafter.

    The light show was impressive. I can understand the projection on to the >>>>front of the palace but were the various effects in the sky over the >>>>flagpole CGI, and just for the TV audience or was there some magic (or a >>>>black airship) at work?

    Wasn't it drones, I saw a comment somewhere saying that.

    Quite a number of performers that I have no wish to see again! I saw a >>>comment there was one minor sound problem with one but that is to be >>>expected on a big production like that.

    I could have done without the parade of drag queens!

    That one minor sound problem would have been Diana Ross' first song -
    they seemed to sort it after that (probably whispered in her ear told
    hold the mic nearer!)

    Yes pity her voice wasn't as good as it might have been, you can see
    her fiddling with her mix c monitor receiver in that song!

    Still a great performance seeing shes pushing 80 now!, soo much better
    then wheeling old Macca out!..

    Or, God forbid, Cliff Richard.

    --
    Jeff Gaines Dorset UK
    There are 10 types of people in the world, those who do binary and those
    who don't.

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  • From Paul Ratcliffe@21:1/5 to Jeff Gaines on Tue Jun 7 18:32:39 2022
    On 5 Jun 2022 21:45:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

    Still a great performance seeing shes pushing 80 now!, soo much better
    then wheeling old Macca out!..

    Or, God forbid, Cliff Richard.

    He was on the 50s bus.

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  • From Woody@21:1/5 to Paul Ratcliffe on Tue Jun 7 22:41:37 2022
    On Tue 07/06/2022 19:32, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
    On 5 Jun 2022 21:45:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

    Still a great performance seeing shes pushing 80 now!, soo much better
    then wheeling old Macca out!..

    Or, God forbid, Cliff Richard.

    He was on the 50s bus.

    Yes, but that was a day later. Mind you at his age I would have expected
    him to be tucked up in bed by 20h given the hard work he was going to
    have to do the next day.

    Hard work? Climbing the stairs on the ancient London bus.......

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  • From NY@21:1/5 to Woody on Wed Jun 8 11:02:51 2022
    "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:t7ogmi$san$1@dont-email.me...
    On Tue 07/06/2022 19:32, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
    On 5 Jun 2022 21:45:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk>
    wrote:

    Still a great performance seeing shes pushing 80 now!, soo much better >>>> then wheeling old Macca out!..

    Or, God forbid, Cliff Richard.

    He was on the 50s bus.

    Yes, but that was a day later. Mind you at his age I would have expected
    him to be tucked up in bed by 20h given the hard work he was going to have
    to do the next day.

    Hard work? Climbing the stairs on the ancient London bus.......

    How is it that Cliff Richard, in his 80s, looks like a man in his 30s who
    has been inexpertly "aged" by Makeup? Some people are just born to look eternally young.

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  • From charles@21:1/5 to me@privacy.invalid on Wed Jun 8 11:34:52 2022
    In article <t7ps51$rb0$1@dont-email.me>, NY <me@privacy.invalid> wrote:
    "Woody" <harrogate3@ntlworld.com> wrote in message news:t7ogmi$san$1@dont-email.me...
    On Tue 07/06/2022 19:32, Paul Ratcliffe wrote:
    On 5 Jun 2022 21:45:27 GMT, Jeff Gaines <jgaines_newsid@yahoo.co.uk>
    wrote:

    Still a great performance seeing shes pushing 80 now!, soo much
    better then wheeling old Macca out!..

    Or, God forbid, Cliff Richard.

    He was on the 50s bus.

    Yes, but that was a day later. Mind you at his age I would have
    expected him to be tucked up in bed by 20h given the hard work he was
    going to have to do the next day.

    Hard work? Climbing the stairs on the ancient London bus.......

    How is it that Cliff Richard, in his 80s, looks like a man in his 30s who
    has been inexpertly "aged" by Makeup? Some people are just born to look eternally young.

    My doctor referred to me as "a good eighty"

    --
    from KT24 in Surrey, England
    "I'd rather die of exhaustion than die of boredom" Thomas Carlyle

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  • From The Other John@21:1/5 to charles on Wed Jun 8 11:19:09 2022
    On Wed, 08 Jun 2022 11:34:52 +0100, charles wrote:

    My doctor referred to me as "a good eighty"

    A consultant I saw recently wrote back to my GP: 'Thank you for referring
    this lovely 82 year old'! If anyone was lovely it was her, she was
    gorgeous.

    :)

    --
    TOJ.

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