Julia Thompson wrote:
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Is there a place that Tom takes things to and leaves them there?Check
there for your brain, he might have picked it up and put it somewhere
else. I've been looking for my own brain, plus a couple of alphabet
blocks that are missing
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Van: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Verzonden: woensdag 25 september 2002 19:33
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?
Yeah, what I /thought/ was a community that was open for all is apparently
only open for
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Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Verzonden: donderdag 26 september 2002 00:06
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
It's stupid because, it gives up the ability to have direct access to the
stored messages,
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Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Verzonden: donderdag 26 september 2002 01:09
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
All the tequila I've ever tried tasted like spiced dog piss.
Do I even want to know how you
Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
snip
ymmv, but its nothing more than a show about pretty
people being angsty. Throw a cast slightly less
attractive into the show with less sexy clothing,
cut the oh-so-dangerous lesbian thing (that's
there only to attract the panting
http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/09/item20020926135029_1.htm
Good article, but at the end they have to throw in the bugaboo of global
warming. May he 'greenhouse effect' on Venus could be caused by being
closer to the sun? (i.e. it has a bigger engine driving the change, water
never
- Original Message -
From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:01 AM
Subject: Re: Evil Empire: the World leader in executions
Doug quoted:
Two thirds of the known executions of child offenders in
the past decade were
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Marvin wrote:
Satan flows through me all the time, but only after I've consumed a
coupla
dozen stuffed jalapenos and half a case of Lone Star.
That's not Satan - that's cheap-ass beer.
Strangely enough, Lone Star is some of the best cheap-ass
Kevin Tarr wrote:
May he 'greenhouse effect' on Venus could be caused
by being closer to the sun? (i.e. it has a bigger
engine driving the change, water
never form to act as a balance to global warming)
Something I read before:
A serious problem with Venus is the lack of a decent
Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote:
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Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Verzonden: donderdag 26 september 2002 01:09
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
All the tequila I've ever tried tasted
Alberto wrote:
So, now the USA is killing more than China or Iraq? :-)
Doug responded:
From the Amnesty International news release ...
(snip)
In his recent speech on Iraq to the UN General Assembly,
President George Bush spoke of broken treaties, UN resolutions
being unilaterally
Or something like that was the subject of a mail from another list that
included this link:
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=336722
Afghan opium production up 1400% from last year
Julia
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From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2002 11:29 PM
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Subject: RE: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?
If you dislike this place so much, why are you still here?
Nobody
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
Yes, yes, I spoke in haste and heat.. but dammit, I'm sick of 2 things - being told
OH-HOW-GREAT-_-IS, and being asked to provide a dissertation on why I dislike
something; step off - not everything is reducable to a statistic.
tongue
http://www.rsasecurity.com/news/releases/pr.asp?doc_id=1400
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http://www.local6.com/sh/health/stories/health-168826620020926-090900.html
Boston Scientists Grow Teeth In Lab Dentists May Soon Give Up Mechanical
Implants
Updated: 10:16 a.m. EDT September 26, 2002
BOSTON -- Boston scientists have grown teeth in the lab -- a development
that could someday
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/2283351.stm
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The Fool posted:
http://www.local6.com/sh/health/stories/health-168826620020926-090900.
html
Boston Scientists Grow Teeth In Lab Dentists May Soon Give Up
Mechanical
Implants
*snip*
Cool! I'm gonna buy me some tusks as soon as it's commercially
viable. No reason, just 'cause I think
Dan wrote:
Well, I was thinking about worse than that. Wet dog that rolled in
stuff
after getting wet. :-)
Like, say, the way Houston smells?
*grin*
Adam C. Lipscomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Your reality, sir, is lies and balderdash and I'm
delighted to say that I have no grasp of it whatsoever.
- Original Message -
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 1:25 PM
Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: The Arch Villain
I will ridicule whomever I please
The Fool wrote:
Some people are deserving of being ridiculed.
Rob wrote:
In that Sir, you are wrong. There are some people who deserve to be
ignored,
but there is no justification for ridicule.
A good natured ribbing between friends is quite alright, but
ridicule that
stems from acrimony
Julia wrote:
Julia, can I ding Jeffrey because he doesn't like Buffy?
*grin*
Dunno. If my not giving a rat's *** about Buffy qualifies me for
dinging under your criteria, then you'd have to ding both of us. (I
never got into it early on and haven't had the time to try to get
into
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Actually, I probably won't be doing much dinging at all, unless I can
ding for completely senseless things, as I'm feeling rather Discordian
of late.
Hail Eris?
I guess I could tape Enterprise. When/what channel is it on? It
manages to fall in my don't give a
From: Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
It's stupid because, it gives up the ability to have direct access to
the
stored messages, they have to be parsed sequentially every time they
have
to be accessed, which is a severe
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Actually, I probably won't be doing much dinging at all, unless I can
ding for completely senseless things, as I'm feeling rather
Discordian
of late.
Hail Eris?
I guess I could tape Enterprise. When/what channel is
on 26/9/02 8:56 pm, Deborah Harrell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- William T Goodall wrote:
Remember: 'just because' is always the best reason
for an opinion.
Oooh goody! You mean that I don't have to keep
posting links to back up my opinions on things?! I
get to say whatever I want
--- Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
It sounds to me like you need to expand your
repetoire of snarky
comebacks. For instance, when somebody asks you to
explain why you don't
watch Buffy, here are two excellent options.
I realize it's all a matter of taste, but why
people would want to watch
a
- Original Message -
From: Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:28 PM
Subject: Re: Tequila Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World
Dan wrote:
Well, I was thinking about worse than that. Wet dog that rolled in
stuff
The Fool wrote:
Goto startrek.com and find the listing (under information). I don't have
a upn, but I still get it (from a wb, previously from a fox).
I'm guessing you live in a fair-sized city, or receive broadcasts from
one, or share a cable TV system with one.
The nearest city listed is
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are facts and there are opinions. Facts can be tautological facts
(like 2+2=4) or empirical facts (the Titanic sank).
2+2=4 is not a tautology, it is based on an axiom, a 'given'. A
tautology is circular reasoning, self referential.
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool wrote:
Goto startrek.com and find the listing (under information). I don't
have
a upn, but I still get it (from a wb, previously from a fox).
I'm guessing you live in a fair-sized city, or receive broadcasts from
one, or share a cable
--- Horn, John wrote:
snippage
I'm not sure anything smells worse than wet dog.
Except maybe a very dirty wet dog.
Try the cleaning the kennels of working sled dogs...
_that_ will curl your nose hairs! (It's the very high
protein diet. Anyone who's tried the Atkins or
similar
The Fool wrote:
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
There are facts and there are opinions. Facts can be tautological facts
(like 2+2=4) or empirical facts (the Titanic sank).
2+2=4 is not a tautology, it is based on an axiom, a 'given'. A
tautology is circular reasoning,
--- Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
The Fool posted:
http://www.local6.com/sh/health/stories/health-168826620020926-090900.html
Boston Scientists Grow Teeth In Lab, Dentists May
Soon Give Up Mechanical Implants
*snip*
Cool! I'm gonna buy me some tusks as soon as it's
commercially
viable.
--- William T Goodall wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Oooh goody! You mean that I don't have to keep
posting links to back up my opinions on things?!
I
get to say whatever I want without having to give
any reason whatsoever?!
snip
Open The Floodgates Maru
Of course! Feel free! I
I'd like to invite everyone who likes science fiction to check out my
website: www.multiverse-db.com It's a relational database of planets
from the many worlds of science fiction.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Sonja van
Julia Thompson wrote:
Transparency? As in, people peeping in through the front window to see
what I'm watching on TV in the livingroom? :)
I bet you are *not* seeing anything worse than what is exactly
now in my TV: Hercules, played by Lou Ferrigno (!!!)
Alberto Monteiro
Joe Hale wrote:
I'd like to invite everyone who likes science fiction to check out my
website: www.multiverse-db.com It's a relational database of planets
from the many worlds of science fiction.
Great! You've done for space what I've done for time:
Well, I am nothing if not consistent. Three weeks, three straight 10-win
weeks, of course last week there were only 14 games (11-3 ATS), so maybe
that is actually a sign of improvement.Anyhow, I am now 30-16 outright,
(27-18-1 ATS), but the Upset Special floundered again to fall to 1-2,
From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Like boxes of sh*t in your house? Get a cat.
True. But it's in a little covered box down in the basement. Some how I'd
rather deal with that a couple of times a week than everytime I walk my dog.
To each their own...
- jmh
From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Like boxes of sh*t in your house? Get a cat.
True. But it's in a little covered box down in the basement. Some how
I'd
rather deal with that a couple of times a week than everytime I walk my
Aaargh! Just watched my tape today and realized that The West Wing was
two hours this week. Did I miss much?(The episode actually looked
like it could have ended pretty much when I did.) And probably more
importantly, does anyone have a copy of the tape that they could send me?
JDG
--- Russell Sherman wrote:
snip
Do you answer all questions with Zen-koan-esque
irrelevancy?
-Russell, who doesn't think Zen-koan-esque is a
word, but it should be
I like it! It's certainly more elegant than _my_ word
invention of the day: 'biggerness' - having the
quality of being
Hey, did you guys notice this? All the old threads
have [Brin-l] in their subjects, and the new ones don't.
I kind of like this feature.
---David Hobby
Now if there was only an easy way to tell if they were
on-topic...
--- Kevin Tarr wrote:
http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/09/item20020926135029_1.htm
Good article, but at the end they have to throw in
the bugaboo of global warming.
snip
This doesn't appear to be a 'bugaboo' (bugbear,
hobgoblin, object of obsessive dread) to me;
confirmatory
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