Re: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brîn : rejuveniles)

2003-10-09 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:32 PM 10/9/03 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: with no indication of their correct order. That's what those numbers punched in columns 72-80 were for . . . Yep - I never made that mistake again... :-) Of course, that was supposed to read columns *73* through 80 . . .

Re: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles)

2003-10-09 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:37 PM 10/8/03 -0400, John Garcia wrote: Does anyone else remember making pictures on greenbar paper of ships, Well, once for some obscure reason¹ we had a drawing in the math department where the advertised prize was a 100-foot yacht. The 100-foot yacht turned out to be a stack of said

Re: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles)

2003-10-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: My first personal computer was a Sinclair Spectrum in 1982 Me too. I wonder if there are any Sinclair emulators this millenium :-) Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles)

2003-10-09 Thread G. D. Akin
Alberto Monteiro and William T Goodall converse: My first personal computer was a Sinclair Spectrum in 1982 Me too. I wonder if there are any Sinclair emulators this millenium :-) Alberto Monteiro Mine was an Apple II+ with two (countem') floppy drives, a

Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS'

2003-10-09 Thread The Fool
http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,1059068,00.html Vatican: condoms don't stop Aids Steve Bradshaw Thursday October 9, 2003 The Guardian The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms because they have tiny holes in them through which the HIV

Re: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS'

2003-10-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
The Catholic Church is telling people in countries stricken by Aids not to use condoms (...) And some people still want to give'em the Nobel Peace Prize. Well, maybe they deserve it: nothing like a bug killing everybody to make people forget to kill each other. Alberto Monteiro

Re: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles)

2003-10-09 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Dan Minette wrote: OK, since we're playing the oldest stuff game here. What is the oldest computer everyone here has worked on? I think mine (which I've mentioned before) is the oldest, but I'd be curious to see who might beat me. :-) Hmm...that would probably be the Commodore 64.

Scouted: Texas Men Tripped up by 'Whizzinator'

2003-10-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
Stupid Human Tricks: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,99577,00.html Texas Men Tripped Up by 'Whizzinator' Thursday, October 09, 2003 LUBBOCK, Texas  — Some West Texas men on probation are in trouble again, this time for using the Whizzinator to help them pass court-ordered urinalysis tests.

Re: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS'

2003-10-09 Thread Jan Coffey
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/aids/story/0,7369,1059068,00.html Vatican: condoms don't stop Aids Sex and the Holy City includes a Catholic nun advising her HIV-infected choirmaster against using condoms with his wife because the virus can pass through.

Re: list help: one cup coffee makers

2003-10-09 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Russell Chapman wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: Not looking to spend a lot of money, but it'd be a good Christmas gift. She has a regular coffee maker, but doing just one cup is tough. What about a Bodum - do you have them there? Has a clear pot where you throw the ground beans in and fill

lowdown on The Rundown

2003-10-09 Thread Kevin Tarr
Me and the brother when to see it last night. I wanted to see Under the Tucson Sun but he doesn't like movies about the southwest. Not sci-fi, but enough of a fantasy to be talked about here. If you like fight scenes that are just on this side of credibility, implausible people with

Re: depleted uranium and iraq [L3]

2003-10-09 Thread Dan Minette
Going back through the messages. - Original Message - From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 26, 2003 1:27 PM Subject: RE: depleted uranium and iraq [L3] But evidence that high levels of radiation cause cancer and

Re: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS'

2003-10-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jan Coffey wrote: Evil, pure evil. Catholics everywhere should be ashamed. Let's help them. Today, the director of my children's school was exhibiting a medal that she got, that was blessed by the Pope. She said something like it had a lot of power. I quickly said: it must be very

Re: LotR: Trilogy marathon: tFotR Extended, tTT Extended, RotK dec 16

2003-10-09 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/9/2003 2:58:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Theaters being shown at: http://www.lordoftherings.net/trilogy/theaters.html Ah. Thanks. Well I guess I can suffer going to this theater for these movies. Park Place has no theater parking lot

RE: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS'

2003-10-09 Thread Chad Cooper
-Original Message- From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:34 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS' --- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: LotR: Trilogy marathon: tFotR Extended, tTT Extended, RotK de c 16

2003-10-09 Thread Chad Cooper
I got tickets to one and two, but the one time only trilogy was sold out... Nerd From Hell -Original Message- From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:16 PM To: Brin-L Subject: LotR: Trilogy marathon: tFotR Extended, tTT Extended, RotK dec 16

Teenager In Trouble In Inhaler Incident

2003-10-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=320ncid=320e=2u=/ibsys/20031008/lo_kprc/1822975 A teenager was disciplined for sharing medication used to treat asthma, but he said it saved his girlfriend's life, News2Houston reported Wednesday. Andra Ferguson and her boyfriend, Brandon Kivi,

NASA Successfully Flies First Laser-powered Aircraft

2003-10-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12743 Ever since the dawn of powered flight, it has been necessary for all aircraft to carry onboard fuel - whether in the form of batteries, fuel, solar cells, or even a human engine - in order to stay aloft. But a team of researchers from NASA's

RE: Life Eaters

2003-10-09 Thread Jim Sharkey
Reggie Bautista wrote: Jim wrote: I dunno. I read the last collaboration between Hampton and Dr. Brin, Forgiveness_, and I was underwhelmed. Some of that might be my distaste for Hampton's art style (which I've been down on since _Books of Magic_), but I just didn't get the sense that the

Re: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS'

2003-10-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Chad Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:53 PM Subject: RE: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS' Consider shining the light the other way. Why would those being consulted to