Very interesting, so the court decided that the non-human individuals have
rights such as freedom of movement, and that the orangutan was unjustly
imprisoned at a zoo (the story makes it clear that she didn't enjoy being
there, and would probably not choose to remain). I wonder how much
I got a copy of this email from Jon Louis too. I doubt he would turn to Brin-L
for a time-sensitive loan request. Well, for that matter, *any* loan request,
much less one that must be fulfilled in a few hours.
-- Matt
From: Keith Henson
Maybe, but he would have had to change his name from David to Sergei.
From: Dan Minette danmine...@att.net
To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2013 1:46 PM
Subject: Multi-talented
I never knew the
Looks like they found a way in again!
From: narn...@mccmedia.com narn...@mccmedia.com
To: narn...@mccmedia.com; brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 6:56 AM
Subject: Employment you've been searching!
Ticia wrote:
B-Society: proposing an alternative to the 9-5 society,
taking into
account the needs of the 25% of us who are
evening types (night owls).
That sounds good! If there was a chapter in L.A., I would want to join!
-- Matt___
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If you still have an invite left, I would like one for matzeb...@gmail.com
Thanks,
-- Matt
From: Alex Gogan a...@gogan.com
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 9:05 AM
Subject: Re: Google+
Hi Danny
Hrrm...too bad it will be raining all night here.
-- Matt
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From: Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Mon, December 20, 2010 2:20:11 PM
Subject: Lunar eclipse tonight, particularly for North American
Those are just the loudest voices at the moment. I'm wondering, where are the
juicy bits that would justify someone to turn whistleblower? Where are the
docs
to prove that Soylent Green is really people? It would be a shame to waste
such
an opportunity on something merely embarrassing.
A video showing all of the (2053) nuclear explosions between 1945 and 1998:
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Sent: Fri, July 9, 2010 6:51:30 AM
Subject: RE: 1945 - 1998
Hey Matt,
The email name and auther on my email server
Matt Grimaldi
1945-1998
Looked a lot like an obit you wrote saying you died 12 years ago. I'm glad
to see it was misleading. :-)
Dan M
Funny thing, there's an anti-wind power movement as well, borrowing many of the
same arguments that anti-oil protesters use.
-- Matt
From: Dan Minette danmine...@att.net
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Mon, May 3, 2010
*boggle*
Peak Wind?
--[Lance]
Matt Grimaldi said the following on 5/3/2010 3:30 PM:
Funny thing, there's an anti-wind power movement as well, borrowing many
of the same arguments that anti-oil protesters use.
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Don't you also need a picture of his face for that?
-- Matt
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From: Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tue, December 29, 2009 8:08:00 AM
Subject: RE: The wikipedia trolls may win again (III)
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com
FUD usually appears as an acronym for
the usual resistance to change:
Fear
Uncertainty
Doubt
From: Deborah Harrell harrellmed...@yahoo.com
]Oh, dear. I'm hosed. I neither twitter nor text nor have a phone that I use
for anything other
FUD usually appears as an acronym for the usual resistance to change:
Fear
Uncertainty
Doubt
-- Matt
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From: Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Fri, October 16, 2009 12:45:22 PM
Subject: Re: Google Wave
Thanks, Max and Bruce. But I
You could try setting up virtual PC on your system
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Virtual_PC
This comes as a backward compatibility feature in Win-7, but has been a free
downloadable/installable program for XP for several years. It looks like the
virtualized PC can go back as far as
From: Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.org
On 25/09/2009, at 4:20 AM, Jo Anne wrote:
Charlie wrote:
A kind of biccie (or possibly a cake?). A sort of sponge base with an
orangey bit and a chocalate covering on one side. :)
ROFL! Now it's *perfectly* clear. What the heck is a biccie?
Patrick said:
It's kind of like playing with that old Eliza computer program. Anyone
remember that?
From: Richard Baker r...@theculture.org
] Why do you say anyone remember that??
How do you feel when you read Why do you say anyone remember that???
-- Matt
That falls in with IAAMOAC. There are dues to pay when you are a member.
-- Matt
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From: David Hobby hob...@newpaltz.edu
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, August 7, 2009 5:11:02 PM
Subject: Re: Br!n: Libertarian
That name's a blast from the past, Now all we need the Goddess, Maiden, and
Crone of Mars.
-- Matt
From: Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, July 13, 2009 8:48:44 PM
Subject: Gord
I
see below...
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From: Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:32:29 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: Language
SPOILER ALERT
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Charlie Bell wrote:
I do
continuing the discussion...
On 09/05/2009, at 8:30 AM, Rceeberger wrote:
Seems like a lot of work to me.
Dogs are just not that bright to begin with, at least compared to other
species that did get uplifted.
I would think Swines would be easier.
I remember they were mentioned either in
]From: John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com
] Gary Nunn garyn...@newpacifica.net wrote:
]
] This morning, I was trying to access a credit card webpage to check my
] account, it didn't like my password. I was given two security challenge
] questions:
]
] 1. What is the last name of your fifth
This scene has been edited several times over with different subtitles, I think
it might be the latest viral internet meme.
So far I've seen versions where his X-Box was account deactivated (he had been
using a modd'ed X-box) and one where his resume was rejected because of a typo.
-- Matt
This was also covered by Brin in Earth, at least having an alien living among
us...
-- Matt
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From: Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 2:20:01 PM
Subject: Aliens 'may be living among us' undetected
A satellite owned by the US company Iridium hit a defunct Russian
satellite at high speed nearly 780km (485 miles) over Siberia on
Tuesday, Nasa said.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7885051.stm
-- Matt
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] Or just turkey or chicken or duck or the soy equivalent.
] Hope y'all have a happy one.
I'm still in the dark (mmm...dark) about how the turkey, chicken, duck, or
soybean would be happy about the situation.
-- Matt
From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
]At 11:21 AM Monday 11/12/2007, Julia Thompson wrote:
]On Mon, 12 Nov 2007, Horn, John wrote:
]
] Dave Land wrote
]
] I was about to reply with a snarky comment about how the
] Discovery Channel will no doubt produce a fear-mongering
] video about
Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Welcome to Brin-L, by the way!
What is the fascination (mania? obsession?) with the word maru on this
list? The only maru I'm familiar with is the Kobyashi Maru from Star
Trek and I somehow don't think that is the correct reference.
The
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From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2007 9:30:11 PM
Subject: Re: Uplift at Yellowstone
At 11:21 PM Saturday 11/10/2007, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
This guy got his solid-state tesla coil to generate tones by pulsing its arcs
at high frequencies:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ff_AXVlo9U
They're still trying to decide whether to call this a Zeusaphone or a
Thoramin
-- Matt
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] This story is pretty far out there. (he he, he he, he he, he said far
] out)
] And it remained, not secret, but under the radar for over 25 years.
] Both of those facts are worthy of remark.
]
] To be fair, I don't think it effects the arguments
It says I'm Gregory Benford.
Then it goes on to say that the REAL Greg Benford took the quiz, and it told
him he was Arthur C. Clarke.
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From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 7:35:37 AM
On 06/01/2007, at 1:16 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Meteorite?
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/01/04/fallen.object.ap/index.html
From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Without a doubt. Melted surface - dead giveaway.
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
] Heh!
] Why would it be surprising
Most of December...I even tried to access the account management page to see if
I somehow got bumped, but that was broken too...
--Matt
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From: Jo Anne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 11:04:47 AM
Subject: On being back
Hey
I got this, but it didn't filter like the rest of my Brin-L messages.
-- Matt
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 3:31:11 PM
Subject: PLEASE RESPOND — Escalating e-mail problems!
Please pardon the intrusion.
Last week I noticed
So...are we to be greeted by the grand sight of the Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man?
-- Matt
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From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, November 10, 2006 8:32:32 AM
Subject: RE: Gay marriage in the closet
On Behalf Of
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From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
]Matt Sez:
] He also seems to understand his powers much more completely.
] There was mention of causing a rift
]
]*
]The Dialogue:
]
]Hiro: I don't have much time. I'm risking a rift just by coming here.
]
Eeewww! I hope that the Dr. Who production budgets never sink that low.
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From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 8:30:22 PM
Subject: Re: Gay Unions in NJ
On 10/26/2006 10:12:44 PM, Ronn!Blankenship
([EMAIL
Hear Hear! Marriage as a word gets to be defined by religious organizations,
and the legally binding contract retains a different name and much more
flexibility.
-- Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent:
From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Behalf Of Jim Sharkey
Evil Glasses Guy said something to the effect that PsyCop's
power is advancing more quickly than he'd have expected. We
haven't seen enough of the wipeout guy's power to know if
he can be a booster as well as a damper.
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From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 5:09:53 PM
Subject: Re: SPOILER WARNING: Re: Heroes
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From: Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin
Yup. I agree, it's been keeping a step ahead of my predictions, and fairly
well written, except the one prediction that there will be dire warnings in
the episode.
-- Matt
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From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, October
Avast! thar be spoilers here...
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From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 24, 2006 3:11:06 PM
Subject: Re: Heroes
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From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To:
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, October 9, 2006 6:00:17 AM
Subject: Re: We Will Not Be Afraid
At 12:20 PM Saturday 10/7/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 11:30 AM Saturday
Corrupt people abuse power and
authority no matter where they
get it. You can find corrupt
individuals in any type of
organization: police,
corporations, sports, prisons,
even Mac users. Why are you
cherry picking the corruption
found in religious organizations?
You're not proving your case,
Jim Sharkey wrote:
] The Fool wrote:
] E. You know nothing. You are a Fvcking idiot and a troll.
] Maybe I missed a memo, but I thought we didn't do this kind of
] shit around here. IAAMOAC, and all that.
]
] Are we suspending the guidelines when our dedicated atheists
] and devout theists
I'll stop by Joe's Artificial Organ and Taco Stand on the way.
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From: Ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, September 8, 2006 5:51:01 AM
Subject: RE: The Morality of Killing Babies
Alberto wrote
And who's bringing the fried
Brother John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
] I assume that everyone here reads Brin's blog at
] http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/. Am I right?
Yes, of course.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
]]
]]If Biological Law is the survival of the more fit, then we
]]don't obey this Law. Sometimes, what happens is the survival of
]]the _less_ fit.
]
]Biologic laws are not like the laws of physics (at least not superficially).
I've heard
How about a little pure speculation?
Maybe an executive, knowing he was about to get canned at TNT, quickly
transferred to SciFi and took his pet show(s) with him.
It must be a consipriacy between the professional wrestlers and the Who wants
to be a superhero show. I'm shocked and amazed that
I'm not home...
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From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2006 9:38:50 AM
Subject: Re: Testing...
On 22/07/2006, at 2:19 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Hello, hello? Can anybody hear this?
Just nod if you can
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 4:28:06 AM
Subject: Re: Global Warming Solution
At 02:14 AM Wednesday 7/19/2006, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
It seems to me that they got the physics wrong. If everyone in the
world
It seems to me that they got the physics wrong. If everyone in the world were
to jump at the same exact moment, won't most of them either be useless (adding
energy in a direction that does not add to the orbital momentum) or
counterproductive (actually *subtracting* orbital energy? I would
Ronn!Blankenship
]At 05:05 PM Monday 6/26/2006, Charlie Bell wrote:
]
]On 27/06/2006, at 1:02 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
]
]
]Simple fix: Only use your phone at night. Besides, the rates are
]lower.
]
]I'm in Cyprus. It's a pound an hour or something stupidly cheap like
]that.
]
]
]Would that
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
At 09:04 PM Tuesday 5/30/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
...
BatLeth meant nothing to me, and it's not clear the thing is a
very useful weapon.
Let me elaborate: The
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
]Nick Arnett wrote:
] On 5/22/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
]
] At 06:05 PM Monday 5/22/2006, Nick Arnett wrote:
] On 5/22/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
]
]
] Good luck in getting offerings when your congregation has
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
On Wednesday, at two minutes and three seconds after 1:00 in the
morning, the time and date will be 01:02:03 04/05/06.
Charlie Bell wrote:
You're wrong. Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.
That doesn't happen 'til the 4th May. :p
But only a couple of minutes
Andrew Crystall wrote:
Hm...it was..what...1999 when I stuck my head in here in the middle
of a cloning debate, and you promply bit it off. Ah, history :)
Ah, yes. I remember the headless clone ranchers too.
--Matt
BTW, Congrats Charlie.
For a demonstration and test of the rules, see:
http://www.arcadehead.com/games/The-Urinal-Game
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, March 17, 2006 10:32:02 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: Uncyclopedia
In a message dated 3/17/2006 11:16:16 AM US
Happy Pi day!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/
Celebrate with an piece (or two)...
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:21 PM Tuesday 3/14/2006, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Happy Pi day!
http://www.exploratorium.edu/pi/
Celebrate with an piece (or two)...
According to the time stamp you sent this message 22 (not 22/7) minutes late.
--Ronn! :)
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
Wow! It's like a reunion or something!
Welcome back everyone!
-- Matt
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Patrick Sweeney wrote:
] I've just re-joined Brin-L after an extended absence,
Welcome Back! You might also be interested
in Brin's Blog site, at:
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/
-- Matt
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Gary Nunn wrote:
] I find it ironic, that on the same news page as Sheehan's
] arrest story, is a link to a Bush quote from his State of the
] Union address:
]
] Bush: 'We Will Act Boldly in Freedom's Cause'
]
] http://tinyurl.com/c5jym
]
Aren't they were similar to what we USA'ns call pot pies, only
they don't have crust on the sides and bottom.
-- Matt
- Original Message
From: Julia Thompson
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 10:24:12
Subject: Question for Aussies
What are the usual
somebody other than
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Having said this I don't think there is any drive to create grfandchildren.
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
] You must have been spared the cliche of your parents starting to ask
] on your wedding day how soon they could expect to become
and satisfaction I feel having become a
grandfather last
year. I don't think I'd trade it for anything.
On 16 Jan 2006, at 6:54 pm, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Somewhere I've heard that the biological drive to procreate can only
be completely satisfied by grandchildren. :-) I have quite a few
years
William wrote:
The study's findings will make happy reading for couples who have
decided to enjoy the freedom and lack of responsibility associated with
not having children.
Doug wrote:
Hmmm, having children can be extremely stressfull, but I can hardly
express the pride
the pride and satisfaction I feel having become a
grandfather last
year. I don't think I'd trade it for anything.
On 16 Jan 2006, at 6:54 pm, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Somewhere I've heard that the biological drive to procreate can only
be completely satisfied by grandchildren. :-) I
Congratuations!
-- Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, January 16, 2006 13:39:52
Subject: Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'
Biology. Desire to pass genes on to a new generation. Love kids...
The Good Dr. has highlighted in his blog a relatively new sci-fi worthy tech
idea (with a downloadable book no less)
http://www.wilmccarthy.com/hm.htm
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Dave Land wrote:
Keeping a dead thread alive...
Virtual Laser Keyboard
http://www.palmzone.net/modules.php?name=Newsfile=articlesid=211
There's no actual keyboard, so there's
nothing to get messed up in the first place.
Kevin Street wrote:
But I wonder about some things. The press
Kevin Street wrote:
Actually, it's amazing what a cesspool of filth
keyboards can be. A few months back a small bug
disappeared into my keyboard so I grabbed a
screwdriver and took it apart. Never did find the
bug, but there was an astonishing amount of dust,
lint and...unidentified material
At 02:35 AM Wednesday 10/26/2005, Dave Land wrote:
Folks,
Unusually popular blogger and Silicon
Valley notable Jeremy Zawodny commented
on an unintentionally-funny (or
unintentionally-telling)
(snip)
See for yourself:
http://www.fema.gov/about/what.shtm
Ronn! wrote:
]Also the graphic as
Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
(Cow Beats The Crap Out Of Dogs)
http://www.livejournal.com/users/drugoi/1468288.html?thread=29096832
( http://tinyurl.com/cqsrh )
No captions required.
Hmm...after running this through babelfish,
the captions say that the pitbulls, although
getting kicked about,
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Had Federal authorities ordered an
evacuation of N.O. and Katrina
weakened or the levees held, the same
people who have been raking the
Bush administration over the coals for
their slow response would probably be
doing the same thing for ordering a
wasteful
Message: 8
Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:55:14 -0400
From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DVD news
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Message-ID:
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On 9/25/05, Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote
kerri miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
From: Lockergnome's DVD Deal
Center ~ September 23, 2005
The Complete Prisoner Megaset
- List Price: $149.95 ~ Your Amazon
Price: $87.55
Ouch! Someone remind me: there
were how many episodes, so this
works out to how much per episode,
and
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend of mine bought the Lost DVD set.
It has a pocket for a booklet, but no booklet.
If anyone here has bought it and can state
something about the existence or non-existence
of a booklet therein, we'd be keenly interested
in that information.
Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
forwarded...
2005 CALIFORNIA DRIVER'S LICENSE APPLICATION
(snip)
Feh. I see this as something created by
a southern good-old-boy as an attempt to
bash California (his favorite boogie-man ;-)
in order to feel a little better about *his*
state showing all
Dave Land wrote:
... on my wife.
Who suddenly decided this afternoon to fly down to
Mississippi tomorrow night for a week with United
Methodist Volunteers in Mission (UMVIM) to help
clear trees and tarp roofs. Just another religion-
addled fool flying half-way across the country to
(previously written:)
Some BP station in Atlanta is charging -- and has
posted -- $5.87/gal. for regular, and $6.07 for the
highest grade.
Julia wrote:
Dang! That's worse than my story!
I drove by the Chevron this morning after 9.
They posted $2.679. I drove by the Albertson's.
They
Matt G wrote:
Perhaps someone wants to argue that GWB
should *not* have to endure a half-hour
with her, and maybe even that he's not
accountable to her (or even the public).
Dan Minette wrote:
Why, because of her views, is half an hour
with her more important than half an hour
with her
Is anyone interested in discussing GWB's
accountability issue here? I'm getting
more and more convinced that the powers
that be want do defend him from interacting
with anyone from the benighted masses
in any situation that is not totally
favorable to him.
I think he deserves to spend a
On Aug 12, 2005, at 12:38 PM, The Fool wrote:
If you could overcome the effects of gravity
and slow an object's (such as a space probe's)
absolute velocity to very close to but not quite
zero, would the uncertanty principle cause the
object's position to become so uncertain that
it
I'm amazed at how effectively this debate has
been transformed from a discusson on just how
accountable the Prez should be to his citizens
into an almost flame war about anti-semitism.
What will it take for trasnparency and
accountability? Someone dousing himself
with gasoline and burning
The results of the Worst opening sentence writing
contest are in:
http://www2.sjsu.edu/depts/english/2005.htm
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[Spoiler
space]
On Jul 20, 2005, at 5:16 PM, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
I'm thinking that he did have Dumbledore's
blessing.
Looking at the death scene, it's very clear that
Dumbledore was trying to rescue Draco from having
blood on his hands.
Warren Ockrassa wrote
--
[Spoiler room]
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.
.
The look on Snapes' face is a clue I think. His
reaction to being called a coward is another. I
think it would be a wonderful twist if Snape, who
has now lost all honor, actually did it because
he
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
What about alt+f4?
Or just hitting the power switch?
On Dell machines, at least, the
system shuts down; it's not a hard
kill.
Which is annoying on those [rare]
occasions when you _need_ a hard
kill.
Pull The Plug Maru
Usually for soft-reset power switches,
--
Gary Nunn wrote:
Discovery Channel is taking votes
to determine who is the Greatest
American. The entries I have
problems with, are George Bush, Bill
Clinton and Bill Gates.
Bush because he is Bush.
Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is why
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Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
. That is one reason I prefer wolfling
. languages to Galactic: If I understand
. correctly, such a statement as that
. (saying something clearly by pointedly
. not saying it) is one of the things would
. not be possible
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Think you could tone down the insult rhetoric a bit?
Remember that you guys have an audience.
Hear hear! Your (plural) need to put people down
only serves to make you look arrogant and elitist.
-- Matt
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Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
And sometimes it's not a number, it's
a text string.
Some programmers don't seem to realize
this. At least, some programmers writing
code for programs at the university I
attended didn't at some point. It's
annoying to have the grade report arrive
Alan Ackley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi Everyone,
David Brin mailed me the contact info
for this mailing list group a few days
back,
Welcome to the list!
I had a weird reality glitch reminiscent of the
Matrix movie;
Last month I visited Westaff, a temp
agency I used to work for, at
Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Chad wrote:
So you can mark down my vote as undecided
as to whether or not its unethical. In the
bigger picture it generates wealth. Then
again, so does heroin sales.
If you can limit telemarketing with a no
call list, why can't you regulate spam?
Trent Shipley invited:
If you are interested please, reply to
Brin-L. (Effectively this is a
blank-check form of RSVP.)
Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I can see one problem: the regular chatters
are Mac or Linux users, and I imagine that the
holochat software is Windoze-based.
It occurred to me today during a conversation
that the various first-person-shooter and
real-time-strategy games might be very useful
if applied to real-world combat.
I imagine something like: each unit (including
infantry, armor, aircraft, etc.) might be
equipped with GPS and various sensors to
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