Critical Features

2006-05-28 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Compared to a previous paradigm, what are the critical features, the key notions, for a Newtonian (or post-Newtonian?) paradigm? I think they are: * the distinction between the animate and the inanimate. (Obviously, people always distinguished between the living and the dead; what I

Re: Critical Features

2006-05-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:54 AM Sunday 5/28/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: On 28/05/2006, at 5:21 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote: Incidently, does the possibility of evolving mark the distinction between living and nonliving? Or does it require more criteria (which I have suggested before: selecting,

The List

2006-05-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Has the list been down recently, or did everyone else leave their computers behind for a long Memorial Day weekend after seeing X-Men 3? (Personally, I did the latter at midnight Thursday and spent most of the subsequent time lying down with a couple of heating pads because everything from

Brin. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::

2006-05-28 Thread Medievalbk
I have been accused of continually seeing the obvious that does not exist. I didn't remember the translator's name, and so I had to look through five different editions at the used bookstore until I found the one that matched the movie. Brian Hooker's: Then, as I end the refrain, thrust

Re: The List

2006-05-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/28/2006 5:36:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has the list been down recently, or did everyone else leave their computers behind for a long Memorial Day weekend after seeing X-Men 3? (Personally, I did the latter at midnight Thursday and

Re: The List

2006-05-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:40 PM Sunday 5/28/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/28/2006 5:36:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has the list been down recently, or did everyone else leave their computers behind for a long Memorial Day weekend after seeing X-Men 3?

Re: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths

2006-05-28 Thread David Hobby
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Apparently that day is here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006240126,00.html BatLeth meant nothing to me, and it's not clear the thing is a very useful weapon. But the part I'm amazed at, is that swords/knives are outlawed? Can someone clarify this for me, I

Re: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths

2006-05-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:36 PM Sunday 5/28/2006, David Hobby wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Apparently that day is here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006240126,00.html BatLeth meant nothing to me, and it's not clear the thing is a very useful weapon. But the part I'm amazed at, is that swords/knives

Re: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths

2006-05-28 Thread Bryon Daly
On 5/28/06, David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Apparently that day is here: http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006240126,00.html BatLeth meant nothing to me, and it's not clear the thing is a very useful weapon. But the part I'm amazed at, is that swords/knives

RE: Raise the Cloak!

2006-05-28 Thread Andrew Paul
From: Deborah Harrell Nick Lidser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unveiling the invisible cloak No such cloak exists yet... Ah, but a fur coat does! As everyone knows, the hair of unicorns has just those special properties which bends EM energy around them, thus rendering them