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Issue #18      February 23, 2001      Moooo. What's New If you happen to be in either of these areas at any of these times, Be will present at these upcoming events. Stop by and say hey. Intel Developer Forum February 26 - March 1, 2001 San Jose, CA CeBIT Deutsche Messe Hannover Germany March 22-28, 2001 Be's location: Hall 9 Booth A42 In the first successful test of a new method of dealing with weakened veins, doctors at the Toledo Hospital's Jobst Vascular Center in the United States recently performed a new procedure that replaced a weakened vein valve in a man's right leg with the jugular vein of what animal? The Hidden Question The last hidden question was, "What country remains the world's top tourist destination, with 75 million visitors from other countries in 2000?" Many of you believed it was the U.S., and some believed it was Australia. But alas, the answer is -- France! About 60 people answered correctly, and here are the fortunate five who won glamorous yet durable Be T-shirts: David Durand -- France Mark Reader -- Minnesota Rob Wilson -- Canada Kenneth Sarmaat -- The Netherlands Steve Ballantyne -- United States The Hidden Question Rules: Somewhere in the newsletter there will be a hidden trivia question. If you've registered your copy of BeOS 5, send an e-mail to hidden@be.com with the correct answer (don't forget to include your name and address!) and you will be entered into a drawing to win some nifty BeOS swag. Plus your name will be announced in the next newsletter as one of the Big Winners. That is all. Spell-check That BeMail In BeOS 5, BeMail grew some new features, including the ability to spell-check your messages as you go. While typing a message, click Alt and ; (alt semicolon). All potentially misspelled words will turn red. To find alternative spellings, just right-click the red word. If you don't find the alternate you're looking for, select Add. Yu'l nevr mispel an e-mayl evr agin! Check it Out Amazon has slashed the prices of BeOS-related books, including a most excellent price for "The BeOS Bible," priced at $27.99 USD. In case you're interested, they also have at least two Be programming books at dirt cheap prices. "Programming the Be Operating System" is available for only $10.48 USD and "Be Advanced Topics" is just $11.98 USD. Warning: Because these programming books are out of date these days, you may encounter source code that it does not compile anymore. But they still can be a great help to you BeOS programming beginners, and it's such a fabulous bargain. A few years ago I worked at Disney World in Characters. What this means is, I was Pluto, Miss Piggy, Rafiki from The Lion King and a Green Army Man from Toy Story (please don't tell your kids this). I did this for about six months until I got too tired, the weather got too hot, and I stopped liking people. Then I moved on. I recently found some writing I did during my stint in Characters: The following are direct quotes from kids (some grown-up kids, too) talking to me as I was being different characters. They are the highlights of my days, and the reason I keep coming back to this job that pays me $6.30 an hour: A four-year-old girl to me as Pluto: "I love you, Pluto. What's your number?" ---------------------------------------- A woman carries a toddler up to me as Miss Piggy. They take a picture. The woman says to the baby, "Amber, give Miss Piggy sugar." The baby kisses Miss Piggy on the cheek. ---------------------------------------- Green Army Man stories: A four-year-old girl with long red curly hair looks up at me with her hands on her hips and asks, "Are you the green army man from Toy Story?" I nod. She says, "I have that movie." I gives her a thumbs up. Her parents tell her to pose for a picture and get an autograph; everyone is yelling at her at the same time. Over the chatter, the girl looks up at me and says with a straight face, "Well, I just think you look wonderful." Later, she appears again about twenty feet away wearing a new princess hat. She waves at me to get my attention. "Hey! Hey! It's me!" she yells. I wave to her. She solemnly puts her hands up and touches the new princess hat. "What do you think of the hat?" I give her another thumbs up. Great hat. ---------------------------------------- I'm sitting on a bench as a Green Army Man, completely still with my arm on the back of the bench. A man in his forties comes over to take a picture with me. He sits down, reaches over and squeezes my thigh. The man, still not realizing I am not a statue, says, "Ooooh, he's soft." I place my right hand on his shoulder. The man hoots, leaps up and sprints fifty feet away. His family and I laugh at him for awhile until he finally comes back over and poses for a picture. Under his breath he mutters, "I'm glad I didn't grab anything else!" ---------------------------------------- It's hard to describe, but in one picture a kid came up to me as a Green Army Man and actually stuck one of his arms up between my legs, resting his hand on my butt. Usually, if kids put their arms around me, it's around my thigh or sometimes they just have their little hand on my butt because, well, that's where their hand is. This kid just went right for the crotch. Under and up. His mom took the picture as I gasped and then shook with laughter inside my costume. If I have a hand behind my back, some kids will hold the hand behind my back while I have my other arm around them. Of course it doesn't show in the photo, but they are holding hands with Green Army Man. It's so cute it knocks the wind out of me. ---------------------------------------- A father to his son as he prepares to take his picture with me as a Green Army Man: "Michael, get your finger out of your butt. Thank you." Click. Credits & Legal Stuff Editor, Writer, Sticker Shocked: Wendy Hall Copyeditor, pH Balanced: Mike Popovic To answer that hidden question, send e-mail to hidden@be.com To write to Wendy, send e-mail to wendy@be.com Read past issues of The BUN here. The BeOS User Newsletter Copyright (c) 2000 by Be, Inc. All rights reserved. Be, Inc. 800 El Camino Real, Suite 400 Menlo Park, CA 94025 Tel: (650) 462-4100 Fax: (650) 462-4129 Web: http://www.be.com/ Be, BeOS and BeIA are trademarks or registered trademarks of Be Incorporated in the United States and other countries. Other brand product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. All rights reserved. Except for yours, sucka! And now back to your local news.

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