On Sep 6, 2013, at 12:37 PM, ALBERTO VIEIRA FERREIRA MONTEIRO chided:
Dan Minette thread-killed:
I don't expect to see it, ever.
I can see Alberto taking issue with this statement, except that it's just Dan
stating his expectation. Are we to judge what Dan expects?
But, that demo is an
On Aug 29, 2013, at 4:16 PM, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Maybe, but he would have had to change his name from David to Sergei.
I know we're all very impressed with Dr. Brin, but this whole incident
highlights *two* failures in his life.
One, of course, is the seedy business of the alleged affair.
Dan,
Interesting article, thanks for the link.
I am reminded of this, which came out in April, a preview of the EPI's
State of Working America: 12th Edition —
http://www.epi.org/publication/ib330-productivity-vs-compensation/
Until the early 1970s, hourly compensation rose with worker
On Nov 19, 2012, at 8:11 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
Gautam's book may prove unpopular with CEOs because it shows that a filtered
leader is not that unique, there are many other candidates who would make
the same decision. This would indicate that there is no business basis to
pay, for example,
approach to the age-old study of leadership.
is a fairly objective indication that the book is worth reading. That's not
a bad blurb from the author of A Team of Rivals.
For me, that's close enough to this quote, which does not appear on the jacket:
Dave Land, you must buy this book! — Doris
On Nov 19, 2012, at 11:04 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
One potential disruptive innovation would be a process that coverts CO2, sea
water and sunlight into petrol, at a cheaper price than we pay at the pump.
That would create tens of thousands of good new jobs.
Sounds like this, about which I first
My column may not get as much attention as Nick's, but it holds up.
Dave
On Nov 8, 2012, at 4:08 PM, Warren Adams-Ockrassa wrote:
On Nov 8, 2012, at 17:06, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote:
Just stop staring at my column. I'm a married man.
Oh, I'm sure you are...!
• Warren •
On Jun 18, 2012, at 7:55 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Whew, thanks for that, Dan; sorry if I came off as if I
was superior because reading is a priority for me, Dave.
I saw my 9 year old son, this fathers' day. He wasn't
interested in the soccer or volley balls I got him and
just wanted to
On Jun 19, 2012, at 12:17 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
Also, When I was a lad, I spent my evenings coding online-worlds and
communicating with people all over the planet, and my son seems to spend his
days doing $thingthathasntbeeninventedyetin2012 and I think he's missing
out… Maybe? :-)
Yes,
On Jun 18, 2012, at 2:19 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
For me time is too precious to waste playing video games. I canceled my cable
and minimized my time on Facebook because they were cutting into my reading
time.
For me, video games — especially played with my son — are more
On Jun 14, 2012, at 11:21 PM, David Brin wrote:
Sorry for the salesmanship, but I'm working hard! And it has been 8 years
since a big brin book so I hope you don't mind!
I think you can be forgiven, particularly if there's any chance that your Bay
Area friends can buy you a drink while
I might be wrong, but…
This discussion reminded me of Malcolm Gladwell's Blink, which argues for
paying more attention to what this piece refers to as System 1. That
rapid-response part of our brain may have more value to us than our rational
minds want to give credit.
Also, it put me in mind
On May 15, 2012, at 9:16 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
http://m.movies.com/movie-news/george-lucas-grady-ranch/7883
When I saw that story yesterday, I was impressed with Lucas and told
some other folks about it. Then I thought about it a little more and
wondered why I was cheering revenge-seeking. It
Well, teaching each other how to fish, anyway:
http://news.yahoo.com/fish-catching-trick-may-spreading-among-dolphins-080748681.html
PERTH, Australia (Reuters) - Dolphins in one western Australian
population have been observed holding a large conch shell in
their beaks and using
On Jul 22, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Jo Anne wrote:
evenstar5...@gmail.com
Has been invited to Google+
Dave
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On Apr 22, 2011, at 6:42 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 11:42 PM Thursday 4/21/2011, Dave Land wrote:
On Apr 21, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Keith Henson wrote:
Wonder what David thinks of this?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/04/20/iphone.tracking/
David _Brin_ thinks this:
http
On Apr 21, 2011, at 8:31 AM, Keith Henson wrote:
Wonder what David thinks of this?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/TECH/mobile/04/20/iphone.tracking/
David _Brin_ thinks this:
http://twitter.com/#!/DavidBrin1/status/61181497515843584
Spy Conspiracy: Your iPhone is secretly tracking everywhere
On Feb 18, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/gallery/sciencePhotos/image.php?image_id=399
And just like some human family portraits, some members had just
drifted too far away to be seen.
Dave
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On Feb 9, 2011, at 8:03 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
I'll give them the benefit of the doubt and not attribute to malice
what can
be explained by incompetence.
You, sir, are un-American :-). Well said.
Dave
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On Dec 7, 2010, at 3:44 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Or maybe it's everyone and their dog trying to
access their new Facebook profile page: (...)
Why do people join Facebook, when it's owned
by sociopaths and perverts?
Well, of course the sociopaths and perverts to which
you refer are not
On Dec 7, 2010, at 11:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
Why do people join Facebook, when it's owned
by sociopaths and perverts?
Well, of course the sociopaths and perverts to which you refer are
not
on my friends list, so they don't have any meaningful impact on my
On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Matthew Bos wrote:
New research suggests that misinformed people rarely change
their minds when presented with the facts ? and often become
even more attached to their beliefs. The finding raises
questions about a key principle of a strong democracy: that a
On Nov 15, 2010, at 8:55 AM, Matthew Bos wrote:
New research suggests that misinformed people rarely change
their minds when presented with the facts ? and often become
even more attached to their beliefs. The finding raises
questions about a key principle of a strong democracy: that a
On Oct 26, 2010, at 10:00 PM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
On Oct 26, 2010, at 20:39, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
The second is that the bank who gave them the loan knew that they
didn't
qualify for the loan, and had a high probability of eventually
defaulting,
but the officers of the
On Oct 19, 2010, at 9:46 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
When I talked about this last year with the Google people, they
said that
they still believed that you got more dollars for your money hiring
engineers in Mountain View than in Durham or Austin.
They could be wrong, but I wouldn't lay long
On Oct 19, 2010, at 7:18 AM, anar...@gmail.com wrote:
There's also people like me who figure I'll not see much, if
anything out of them but don't grouse too much about paying for
those already in their golden years.
For many years, this is how I have understood Social Security: It's
On Oct 12, 2010, at 2:05 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.com
wrote:
Electronic forums are the ideal venue for brainstorming solutions
for social issues, as you can take time to edit your comments. It
also affords more people an
On Oct 9, 2010, at 11:41 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I'm running because I want to oppose that system and give
residents a voice in how those millions are spent with a
virtual town hall forum on the city website, for
transparency, and to hold city officials accountable.
Jon
You sound like the
On Oct 10, 2010, at 3:45 PM, Dave Land wrote:
Where would a guy find you on Facebook? Searching for
Jon Louis Mann didn't cut it.
Never mind. I remembered that you and I are both friends
of some guy named David Brin.
Dave
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On Oct 8, 2010, at 2:31 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I am also running for political office,
for the tenth time...~{
Proving the old adage, if at first you don't
succeed, don't have the common sense to quit?
Of course, you understand that this was said in the friendliest way
possible. Common
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I am also running for political office, for the tenth time...~{
Proving the old adage, if at first you don't succeed, don't have the
common sense to quit?
Dave
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On Aug 3, 2010, at 10:13 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
There can't be too many different species, Noah's Ark wasn't
big enough to carry them all!
What, evolution stopped with the Ark?
As long as we're on that subject, it dawned on me a while ago
that the trouble I have
On Aug 3, 2010, at 3:49 PM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 04/08/2010, at 3:48 AM, Dave Land wrote:
Then again, there's the Jewish tradition that The Satan isn't
an embodiment of pure evil or some bad dude in red pajamas with a
goatee and a pitchfork, but is, in fact, the prosecuting angel,
whose
On Jul 27, 2010, at 2:42 AM, wp49284-ks wrote:
Luckily, for most U.S. citizens freedom boils simply down to the
right
to carry and fire a gun. No need to worry about other aspects of
freedom!
As long as you want a country that aspires merely to imitate the animal
world, as Nick notes:
On Jul 9, 2010, at 9:29 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 10/07/2010, at 2:21 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
Um...we'll all go together when we go...
Would you believe my 23 year old son knows many of Tom's songs
without me
introducing him to them?
Yes. I discovered Lehrer, and Python, and George
On Jul 9, 2010, at 11:48 AM, Jo Anne wrote:
Dave Wrote
Maybe we should retitle this thread Having dads makes you happy?
Throat clearing noises I know this list is androcentric, but,
come on!
...and having Moms makes you (fill in the blank)?
Speaking entirely for myself, drawing on
On Jul 9, 2010, at 12:49 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 02:02 PM Friday 7/9/2010, Dan Minette wrote:
-Original Message-
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-
boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Jo Anne
Sent: Friday, July 09, 2010 1:49 PM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al)
On Jul 9, 2010, at 6:31 PM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 10/07/2010, at 6:21 AM, Dave Land wrote:
How about Having dads and moms in the same house and married to
each other?
And if the parents are Adam and Steve instead of Adam and Eve?
Or Madam and Eve. It seems that two parent families
On Jul 8, 2010, at 6:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Will you please stop bothering your sister Maru
My sister is not Maru.
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On Jul 8, 2010, at 6:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
On thing the article doesn't seem touch on, particularly in light of
how it indicates single parents are worse off, is how much children
can be a source of friction in their parents' relationship. It can
be hard to be on the same page vis a
On Jul 8, 2010, at 1:02 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
On Jul 8, 2010, at 6:03 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Will you please stop bothering your sister Maru
My sister is not Maru.
Maybe he was addressing Maru, who is lurking on the list.
Damn that Maru
On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:41 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
I'm glad I don't have any.
Probably best you don't have any for your and for any children's sake,
then, eh?
Evidently, there's more to life than pleasing yourself.
Dave
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On Jul 7, 2010, at 11:54 AM, Dan Minette wrote:
On Jul 7, 2010, at 9:41 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
I'm glad I don't have any.
Probably best you don't have any for your and for any children's
sake,
then, eh?
Evidently, there's more to life than pleasing yourself.
You know I'd agree
On Jul 7, 2010, at 5:59 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
[Re: Dave]
I think, from conversations and emails, that you and I
are closer in fundamental values, even when we differ from time to
time on
how best to achieve goals we mutually agree upon.
That's cruel. Dave doesn't deserve to tainted
Nick,
I'm not sure why Facebook would be blocking you because you're not on
your computer, unless your computer at home is logged in at the same
time? I have been posted from other computers lots of times.
Here are some things to try:
- Go to Facebook Mobile (even if you're not on a
Folks,
Too quiet around here lately. Need a laugh?
http://www.theonion.com/articles/study-reveals-dolphins-lack-capacity-to-mock-celeb,17422/
Dave
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On May 3, 2010, at 9:14 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
There was research on exactly that sort of strategy, a few decades
ago. Then it went out of style and what research there was was
starved of funding and allowed to die, and we went right back to the
old habits. Wind/solar energy resources
On Feb 20, 2010, at 7:52 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
http://thereifixedit.com/2010/02/20/epic-kludge-photo-resistance-is-futile/
Beats the heck out of a trip to the hardware store, if you happen to
have a bag of those things hanging around. How else are you gonna use
up 50 identical
On Feb 21, 2010, at 9:12 PM, Michael Harney wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
I am appalled (though not surprised) that people on this list who
don't have any answers suggest it might just require the end of
wasteful materialism and joke about soylent green.
I agree, how dare they! Except, I
On Feb 18, 2010, at 2:12 PM, Trent Shipley wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
If we don't solve the energy problem as many as 6 out of 7 people
will
*die* in famines and resource wars.
Where will they live?
(I am a member of a tribe. Global civilization can go stuff itself.)
I assume that you
On Jan 29, 2010, at 5:13 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 29/01/2010, at 10:05 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 28 Jan 2010 at 11:28, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
But how about the iPad???:-)
Kindle app does run on the iPad
so in just 60+ days. learner
i have been hearing that apple is coming out
Jeroen,
On Jan 23, 2010, at 8:27 AM, Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote:
Tired of your Social Network? Besides committing suicide in Real
Life, you can now also commit suicide in your Virtual Life! Someone
came up with the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, which lets you delete your
social-networking
I believe the exact phrasing is:
The free market is evil: why it should be eradicated
On Jan 22, 2010, at 10:29 AM, Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote:
On Stardate 20100121.2342, Wayne Eddy wrote:
Say something about the free market and how or bad it is
and that should fire up the list!
Nah, for
_It_ is on, but nobody is on _it_.
Dave
On Jan 21, 2010, at 3:15 PM, Trent Shipley wrote:
No.
Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote:
taps on microphone
Is this thing on?
/tapping
Is this silence (no messages for several days) caused by technical
issues, or is Brin-L no longer the high-volume
On Jan 12, 2010, at 4:31 PM, John Williams wrote:
I think there are some Better Off Ted fans here. One of the episodes
tonight, The Impertence of Communicationizing, looks like it will be
pretty good. This website has some uncensored outtakes of the episode:
On Jan 8, 2010, at 2:50 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Wikipedia once began a project dedicated to the memories of the
victims of 9/11, but latter the scope was changed to include
the memories of everyone. I guess the project is still not active,
after 6 years of useless discussions:
On Jan 7, 2010, at 3:02 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Julia's question reminded me that you folks are a bit of a brain
trust... I need to figure out what would be the best platform for
gathering pictures, stories, videos and such about my sister,
particular for her daughter to know her as she
On Dec 29, 2009, at 9:43 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Dec 29, 2009, at 5:36 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
For example, why on Hell should a site or list dedicated to,
say, Linux, include advertisings about Viagra?
Because someone, somewhere, has decided that we all need to see ads
for
I found most of what I wanted to know about Anathem on the Anathem
Wiki at wikia.com.
Maybe that's a good place for us?
Dave
On Dec 27, 2009, at 6:20 PM, Trent Shipley wrote:
Original Message
From: - Sun Dec 27 19:10:30 2009
X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
.
And, for a completely different take on the film from the OMG! Best.
Movie. EVAR! that seem to predominate the reviews of Avatar:
http://io9.com/5422666/when-will-white-people-stop-making-movies-like-avatar
There's more substance in the comments than the article, I think.
Dave Land
White^H^H^H^H^H^H
On Dec 23, 2009, at 11:03 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
The Weekly Brin-L chat is scheduled for Wednesday 3 PM
Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time.
There's usually somebody there to talk to for at least eight
hours after the start time. If no-one is there when you arrive
On Dec 4, 2009, at 8:52 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 3 Dec 2009, at 21:11, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
All religions are fake from the perspective of those seeing them
from outside.
No religion is fake from the perspective of its true believers.
Not a very useful metric, all things
On Nov 19, 2009, at 8:25 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, Nov 19, 2009 at 3:46 AM, Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
wrote:
I think that a more accurate definition is that Organic chemistry
is the chemistry of carbon compounds where carbon has a covalent
bond with hydrogen, or to a
On Nov 19, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Dan M wrote:
Behalf Of Nick Arnett
Organic gardening bugs me. Sounds like the opposite would be
inorganic
gardening.
Like organic food...as though non-organic tomatoes were carbon free.
I like to think of it as Amish
On Nov 11, 2009, at 12:23 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Genesis Wave Maru ;}
Is that like Google Wave, but older?
How do I get an invite?
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On Nov 12, 2009, at 12:02 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote:
David Hobby hob...@newpaltz.edu wrote:
Debbi wrote:
Are protoplanets made of protomatter?! Just who are these surveyors,
and are they being unethical scientists!? Is protomatter related to
protomorphogens, the 'primitive matter which
On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:54 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote:
sigh I'd rather that Colorado was in the news for something cool;
instead, we have a misogynistic father (apparently passing along his
nasty views) exploiting his sons for 'fame.' What a snot-rag.
He's not the balloon boy, he's the
On Nov 12, 2009, at 6:59 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Dave Land dml...@gmail.com wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
David Hobby hob...@newpaltz.edu wrote:
Protomatter is obviously made out of protons.
Protomorphogens would be made of protists?
Only if protists are itsy-bitsy Animorphs
New York Times: The Collider, the Particle and a Theory About Fate
http://su.pr/3287Ll
[When the LHC is powered on after a year of repairs after an
accident shut it down] it will be time to test one of the most
bizarre and revolutionary theories in science. I’m not talking
Wayne,
Top-posting to say, Me, too, please!
Dave
On Oct 14, 2009, at 3:18 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote:
No Problem, Nick.
I will send you an invite - I think it might take a few days to
process though.
I assume you want to use this address nick.arn...@gmail.com ?
Regards,
Wayne.
- Original
Folks,
Nobel Prize in Physics to be awarded to Willard S. Boyle and George E.
Smith, co-inventors of the CCD image sensor:
http://www.dpreview.com/news/0910/09100601nobelprize.asp
Dave
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Folks,
I admire the work done by the Public Conversations Project:
http://publicconversations.org/
Their purpose is to facilitate conversations about hotly contested
issues, training leaders and participants to avoid position-taking
and recitation of talking-points and focus instead on
On Sep 21, 2009, at 2:57 PM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
A referral to Religion without being specific often sparks a
response on this list. My wife is not a follower so she did not
write this with this illustrious group in mind. Guys, I suggest
taking her to task on this is part of the problem.
On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:53 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 1 Sep 2009, at 19:06, Dave Land wrote:
On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk
wrote
On Sep 7, 2009, at 4:17 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 7 Sep 2009, at 21:44, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 4, 2009, at 6:53 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 1 Sep 2009, at 19:06, Dave Land wrote:
On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi
On Sep 3, 2009, at 9:09 AM, Dan M wrote:
-Original Message-
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-
boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Andrew Crystall
Sent: Monday, August 31, 2009 4:25 PM
To: Killer Bs DDavid Brin et al Discussion
Subject: Re: Ben Bernanke, fearless leader
William,
Aye.
The application of religious thinking where it is not warranted (we
differ in that you think it is /never/ warranted, I don't. Oh,
well...) leads to crazy outcomes. The most vocal parts of the
Republican party are doing just that: they're applying the logic of
faith where
On Aug 31, 2009, at 5:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 6 Aug 2009, at 23:46, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
On Sun, Aug 2, 2009 at 8:05 PM, William T Goodallw...@wtgab.demon.co.uk
wrote:
William T Goodall
Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk
Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
Blog :
On Sep 1, 2009, at 11:32 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
So what's wrong with a little ritualized cannibalism among
consenting
adults? ;-)
See how amusing you think it is when they come to eat YOUR brain :-)
Then isn't it completely grand that it is always and ever has
On 16 Aug 2009 at 23:18, John Williams wrote:
If the government is going to interfere in the insurance market,
You call it interference, I call it participation.
Well, at least you don't try to hide your bias.
Dave
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On Aug 12, 2009, at 6:19 PM, John Williams wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Dave Landdml...@gmail.com wrote:
Other than various charities, there isn't a world government (i.e.,
a mutually agreed-upon means by which people can pitch in to help
each
other out) through which I can
On Aug 12, 2009, at 4:31 PM, John Williams wrote:
On Wed, Aug 12, 2009 at 3:59 PM, Trent Shipleytship...@deru.com
wrote:
John Williams wrote:
There are billions of people around the world with worse healthcare
than virtually everyone in the United States. If the goal is to
redistribute
On Aug 1, 2009, at 5:31 PM, David Brin wrote:
Today's DVD's
1- are not universal if you record on minus or plus mode and
many units throw fits, even then
2- fast-forward and reverse are a mess. They are twichy and over
and undershoot like mad.
3- menu navigation is often torment
4-
On Jul 21, 2009, at 6:02 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
Son of a friend is turning 17 Saturday. I think I've distilled my
life's wisdom (for 17-yer-olds anyway) down to three things.
1. You're too young to drink and too young to vote. But you're old
enough to be tried as an
On Jul 19, 2009, at 2:40 AM, John Williams wrote:
On Sat, Jul 18, 2009 at 3:25 PM, Nick Arnettnick.arn...@gmail.com
wrote:
Don't you know that government interference in markets is bad,
but corporate interference in markets is good?
Corporations do not have the power to compel people at
On Jul 18, 2009, at 12:20 AM, John Williams wrote:
There are also people who do not seem to know what freedom actually
means. Nor respect, respect enough to understand that each person
knows what is best for themselves.
Evidently, for some people, freedom means the right to refuse to
On Jul 16, 2009, at 8:43 PM, John Williams wrote:
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Doug Pensingerbrig...@zo.com wrote:
A free market economy has its limits? The goals of a free market
economy
aren't necessarily aligned with the best interests of the species?
Huh? Best interest of the
On Jul 10, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 11/07/2009, at 1:25 AM, Dave Land wrote:
On Jul 9, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 07:07 PM Thursday 7/9/2009, hkhenson wrote:
snip (considerable)
On the other hand, also coming into my screen today was a blog
entry
On Jul 11, 2009, at 8:56 AM, Dave Land wrote:
On Jul 10, 2009, at 3:28 PM, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 11/07/2009, at 1:25 AM, Dave Land wrote:
On Jul 9, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 07:07 PM Thursday 7/9/2009, hkhenson wrote:
snip (considerable)
On the other hand, also
On Jul 9, 2009, at 5:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 07:07 PM Thursday 7/9/2009, hkhenson wrote:
snip (considerable)
On the other hand, also coming into my screen today was a blog
entry from The Oildrum, specifically ahttp://www.theoildrum.com/node/5485#more
guest blog under the
On Jul 8, 2009, at 8:35 PM, John Williams wrote:
My prediction is that Chrome OS will never gain significant market
share for high-powered computers, but it may make some inroads in
netbooks (which are in between a notebook and a smart phone in terms
of power). Of course, the google says Chrome
On Jul 9, 2009, at 7:41 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
(As far as why .. well, it's possible that Google has taken notice
that Microsoft has been promoting Bing pretty heavily, and this is a
shot across their bow. If Chrome OS succeeds, and evolves into
something that can displace Windows as a
Folks,
A guy on a Canon 10D camera mailing list has been documenting his
progress to convert a (fairly cheap, from the look of things) bike to
an electric bike by replacing the front wheel with one that has a HUGE
hub containing a motor.
http://www.dlpco.com/2009EBike/
Turns out
Chris,
\On May 16, 2009, at 11:04 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
Hi Dave:
Did the medics get your pituitary?
Chris f
Nope, just a cat-brain-sized tumor in my right-frontal lobe.
Dave
Gave them a piece of my mind Maru
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Folks,
Photographer Thierry Legault captured Atlantis and the Hubble during a
0.8-second transit of the sun. Cool photos. He's also got one of just
the orbiter in transit that looks like an ad for some future space
airline.
On May 14, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving
physical performance cheating. Will we treat brain enhancement the
same way? How about the Chinese, Japanese and Russians? Is this the
new arms race? I suspect, yes, but it
On May 14, 2009, at 10:03 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote:
Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving
physical performance cheating. Will we treat brain enhancement the
same way? How about the Chinese, Japanese and Russians? Is this the
new arms race? I suspect, yes, but it
On May 8, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Leonard Matusik nanotreasu...@yahoo.com
wrote:
... though the initial Uplift of Earth was a rogue undertaking...
accomplished by Wolflings far removed from the conventional wisdom
of the Galactic Community...
On May 8, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
According to Wikipedia (a reliable source for over 200 years,
according to Wikipedia):
I have been trying to find the origin of that particular piece of
Wikipedia-mockery (that, according to Wikipedia itself, Wikipedia has
been around for
On May 2, 2009, at 4:43 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Astronauts pay respects to 'space chimps'
http://www.cnn.com/2009/TECH/space/05/01/astronauts.space.chimps/
Which, of course, reminded me of this, from the Onion:
Sherpa Who Led Neil Armstrong To Moon Dead At 71
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