Re: Administrivia: Get rid of [Brin-L] in subject header??

2002-09-21 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 06:50:45AM -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Reuter ... How do you do that? From is the individual person's email address who sent the message. Actually, the From field

Re: [Brin-l] RE: Changeover... topic identifiers?

2002-09-21 Thread Erik Reuter
-to field works -- unless your email client doesn't offer that option (which the one I'm using at this address doesn't). And if you don't have any filtering set up, but *all* your mailing lists use the [listname] convention, you can delete spam unread a *lot* more easily. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL

Re: [Brin-l] RE: Changeover... topic identifiers?

2002-09-21 Thread Erik Reuter
to install it. So, do you know the answers to any of those questions? What distribution was used to install Linux on that machine? Do you know what SMTP program is being used (sendmail, exim, qmail, etc.) -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: [Brin-l] Brin: Freedom isn't free

2002-09-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Sep 22, 2002 at 06:25:21PM -0500, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: You know, I heard Bill Gates was going to turn us all into mind-controlled sex slaves and sell us to the Area 51 aliens. You heard wrong. That would be a loss of revenue. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-23 Thread Erik Reuter
is in the region of $30k a year, which breaks down to $14/hour. 60% of Americans earn less than that. Do you mean 60% of households of one adult and two children? Otherwise your figure is irrelevant. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-23 Thread Erik Reuter
mean 60% of households of one adult and two children. Does that make the above stat irrelevant? I don't think so. It was supposed to be indicative of a situation, nothing more. Whatever. Quote whatever random statistics you like. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Housing Out of Reach

2002-09-23 Thread Erik Reuter
absurd. You are the proselytizer, you need to convince me that your stat is relevant, not the other way round. But don't bother, as I said, you already lost my interest before. I'm out now. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-09-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 08:51:38PM -0500, The Fool wrote: From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 07:59:12PM -0500, The Fool wrote: This is a perfect example of what my instructors describe happens when people make quick-fix, kludgey, code. It never dies

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-09-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 09:40:08PM -0500, The Fool wrote: From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] You're joking, right? You CANNOT KNOW THAT THEY ARE DUPLICATES. They look like the start of a new message. Only in the case where the first message has no body, ie no message header like

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-09-24 Thread Erik Reuter
it or not. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: 33lb's of uranium

2002-09-28 Thread Erik Reuter
2.25. But not sure how useful an English unit in^3 is. How about pints (it seems a lot of people on this list have direct experience with pints)? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: [Brin-l] Re: Attack Iraq, Alone If We Must

2002-09-29 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Sep 29, 2002 at 06:55:29AM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: You arent implying all companies are operating at a loss are you? Only a bad joke which seems to have been lost. I'll just lay off now. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: U.N. Upholds Ban on 'Dwarf Throwing'

2002-10-01 Thread Erik Reuter
dummies are a majority? Or do you think there is no social stygma against acting dumb? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-10-01 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:20:44AM -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote: Can we please keep the language appropriate for a family list? No. I think people should tolerate whatever the fuck people want to write. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: Kiss your mother with that mouth? (was Re: Georgia school boardOKs alternatives to evolution)

2002-10-01 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 06:14:37PM -0500, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: How *do* the ladies *ever* resist your charm, Erik? You must beat them off with a stick! Who needs a fucking stick? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-10-01 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 08:46:04PM -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 01:32:02PM -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote: Ah, the mature response. Guaranteed to get peope to see your point of view every time! :) Who the hell is Peope and why would I want him to see

Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-10-01 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 01, 2002 at 10:15:53PM -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Yeah, I'm a real asshole, huh? If it makes you happy to be one, be my guest! Far be it from me to stop you. Right. Besides, it is more fun to watch and make sarcastic comments, anyway! And if you told me

Re: Hoon Filksong (Humor----I hope.)

2002-10-02 Thread Erik Reuter
Mark/Wilbur/William, why did you change your email name? What is it about Wil*? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: E-mail Mystery

2002-10-03 Thread Erik Reuter
___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Uplift Urbane Legend #3 (Hoonmor) (Hoonish humor)

2002-10-04 Thread Erik Reuter
weighed only 1245 grams. --Scientific American [March 1992] -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-04 Thread Erik Reuter
and on to access this site. And no, as you are apparently the unofficial Linkmaster, asking is quite logical. :D If I were the link master, If you are the linkmaster, you need to find the pagekeeper. Zuul(sp?) rules! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: cars, air L3

2002-10-05 Thread Erik Reuter
developing countries will all build their cities in the shape of giant Venturi tubes to focus the wind! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
that if they fire on US planes, they will be fired upon, is arrongant? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:27:58PM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Are USA strategists aware that the more arrogance the USA exhibits, the stronger will be the Iraqi people's support for Saddam? Are you saying that dropping leaflets saying that if they fire on US

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
they should be trusted? Wow, would you like to buy a bridge? And how is it that you know what the Iraqis want? I don't know, but I'd bet that being ruled by Saddam really sucks. Do you have evidence to the contrary? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
people would foolishly continue to live in poverty, famine, and disease, being killed and oppressed by an insane despot, rather than accept outside help. They clearly can't get rid of Saddam themselves, he is too strong and conniving to be overthrown by those he is oppressing. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 10:24:18PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Are you saying that dropping leaflets saying that if they fire on US planes, they will be fired upon, is arrongant? No How about arrogant? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq ofcounterattack

2002-10-07 Thread Erik Reuter
I always thought a decent way to do it would be for woman and man to keep their same names, for male children to get the father's name and female children to get the mothers name. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-07 Thread Erik Reuter
surprise me on this one. I'm hoping other UN countries would pleasantly surprise us on this. There are a number of countries that should be able to do a good job of it. Whether they will or not is another matter. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-07 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:20:05PM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: I'm hoping other UN countries would pleasantly surprise us on this. There are a number of countries that should be able to do a good job of it. Whether they will or not is another matter. Aren't

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-08 Thread Erik Reuter
that were in Afghanistan to build or re-build. I have a very hard time finding news stories on who is in Afghanistan and exactly what they are doing. Can you recommend any articles or sources? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraqofcounterattack

2002-10-08 Thread Erik Reuter
the world?s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http

Re: brin: education

2002-10-13 Thread Erik Reuter
/africa/2307369.stm What lawful grounds do we have for messing with Ethiopia? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: brin: education

2002-10-13 Thread Erik Reuter
resolutions. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: How's this? (Just a thought)

2002-10-13 Thread Erik Reuter
of being a WMD producer was marked for bombing, and bombed after a 72-hour warning period? You can move a lot of stuff in 72 hours. It would also probably mean bombing palaces, which may or may not be a good thing depending on your views. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: brin: education

2002-10-13 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Oct 13, 2002 at 12:31:20PM -0700, Doug wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Iraq's government has broken numerous treaty provisions and defied UN resolutions. But the last time I checked no one had appointed the U.S. judge, jury and executioner. Self-appointed, by virtue of having been

Re: Yahoo!, was Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-16 Thread Erik Reuter
archiving, and has been for a while. But it is a partial archive, only going back about 1.5 years I think. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Evolution vs. Creation - aka. Mass Stupidity Hits Ohio

2002-10-18 Thread Erik Reuter
. Probably too advanced for high school, but I could easily put together a class outline out of my head. Another subjects would be the comparison of the Copernican and geocentric models of the solar system. I doubt that is what the bills proponents have in mind. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
think the best comparison is a conversation. If you had a one-on-one conversation with the person, would you feel comfortable with repeating that person's words to a group of people in a public place? My answer to that would be: it depends. As does the answer to your email question. -- Erik Reuter

Re: Well, This Is Fun...

2002-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
for many years in the United States? Can this continue indefinitely? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Getting silly Re: brin: war

2002-10-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 07:02:27AM -0500, Ronn Blankenship wrote: I note that we still have not received any account of the circumstances and the decision process which led Julia to snort salt . . . Okay, Jero..., uhhh, I mean Ronn. One query is enough! :-) -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Market caps v. economy (was RE: Well, This Is Fun...)

2002-10-22 Thread Erik Reuter
for the biggest companies, and the GDP is greater than the Wilshire 5000 capitalization. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Getting silly Re: Br!n war

2002-10-22 Thread Erik Reuter
needs my attention. Interesting. Topical. Urgent or about real SF. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Erik Reuter
headline collection program doesn't work on WP anymore, so those (where people post the URL) are probably the only WP articles I do read now. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: the Security Council does whatever these five agree upon. Yes, 5 of the 10 temporary members have to concur, but it is likely to happen if these 5 agree. 4, I believe. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: mobile phones

2002-10-25 Thread Erik Reuter
tumor cells replicate more rapidly. They _killed_ most of the cells? What was the power level? Must be much higher than cell phones. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The UN

2002-10-25 Thread Erik Reuter
implied the 5 permanent members would vote yes, then there were 4 more yea's required, which is what I was referring to. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: br!n: war

2002-10-25 Thread Erik Reuter
Note that JDG's and Jean-Louis' posts had brin: in the subject line. Those messages were being forwarded to David Brin, who asked not to have any messages sent to him (unless urgent) until after the election. ___

Re: br!n: war

2002-10-25 Thread Erik Reuter
, the first request I saw was Oct 21 at about 18:00 ET), but you are right that I was thinking of the Fool's post and not JDG's when I wrote that. Sorry, John. Right now, Dr. Brin is on nomail, so he's not getting the posts. But That's good to know. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: corporations

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
much the definition of how a free-market economy works to develop and utilize a limited resource. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: corporations

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Oct 26, 2002 at 02:28:44PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, October 26, 2002 1:55 PM Subject: Re: corporations It is. It is pretty much the definition of how a free-market

Re: test

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
by the vigilante should be AT LEAST as much as the punishment suffered by the misbehaver. So, if dinging must be implemented (which I'm not sure is a good idea but if people want to try it), I suggest: transparent ding = 2 dings anonymous ding = 10 dings -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
monetary rewards to the families of Palestinian suicide bombers, thus Saddam is involved in terrorism? Given that it would be disastrous for Israel to start a war to depose Saddam, and that the US is an ally of Israel, wouldn't this meet your criteria for action? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: test

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
that 'community shunning' rather than an 'official demerit' hasn't worked Hasn't worked for what? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
phrase, that is a straw man. I haven't heard anyone but you suggesting going after every bad guy. What is your point? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: corporations

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
a good IEEE Spectrum article about cable modems: http://www.spectrum.ieee.org/WEBONLY/publicfeature/jun01/cmode.html -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The UN

2002-10-26 Thread Erik Reuter
. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: corporations

2002-10-27 Thread Erik Reuter
. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-27 Thread Erik Reuter
#2: Try looking up democracy and capitalism, they are two different things. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: corporations

2002-10-27 Thread Erik Reuter
, although from your description it must be a digital system so they could compress that somewhat. What exactly does on-demand mean? When you select a program does it start instantaneously or is there a delay? How much do they charge for this service? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: corporations

2002-10-27 Thread Erik Reuter
(and another phone line). But they are supposedly upgrading our headend to digital and two-way cable modem in a month. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: corporations

2002-10-28 Thread Erik Reuter
cable originates. After the head end, it is basically passive: a bunch of splitters and possibly amplifiers, but no new signal is added to the coaxial cable after the headend. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http

Re: cars, air L3er

2002-10-28 Thread Erik Reuter
to BUILD a grid, which makes solar look much more competitive. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Server mish mash

2002-10-30 Thread Erik Reuter
is delayed something is very wrong. I'm just not sure where the bug is. Have I been dinging too much? :-) -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-30 Thread Erik Reuter
can ding and the dings have to be associated with them individually. We could even develop a dinging reputation mechanism, but that raises the complexity quite a bit. On the other hand, it's the sort of thing I'm working on, sort of. Slashdot Karma? Slashdot meta-moderation? :-) -- Erik

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-30 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 01:42:36PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: Ah, great idea, better than my subject: line idea! Also, instead of Umm, I should have said, much better than my formulation of the subject: line idea, since I did not think of the idea. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-30 Thread Erik Reuter
it. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-30 Thread Erik Reuter
Maybe we could also have things that decrease your ding number. Not dongs (I give you the dong! :-) ummm, tips or nods? Or you could call them kisses (or carresses, or ...) and then the codes for people who use them would mean friendly, promiscuous, and real whore. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:30:10AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Maybe we could also have things that decrease your ding number. Not dongs (I give you the dong! :-) ummm, tips or nods? Or you could call them kisses (or carresses, or ...) and then the codes

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:31:22PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:30:10AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Maybe we could also have things that decrease your ding number. Not dongs (I give you

Re: Server mish mash

2002-10-31 Thread Erik Reuter
, or was that because of something else?... hmm. ;o) Trick or treat! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Was Democracy Just A Moment

2002-11-01 Thread Erik Reuter
the manufacturing is a better long-term way to improve an economy. But time will tell. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-01 Thread Erik Reuter
way I can think of to get a vote, since the re-districting has taken it away). -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: G*overnment Divisions Re: Got back from early voting a littlewhile ago

2002-11-02 Thread Erik Reuter
something to me that I've never understood. What is the difference between a Township and a Burough/Village/Town? Both in terms of the definition, as well as the practical matters that it entails to those who live there. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-02 Thread Erik Reuter
a really good chocolate chip cookie? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 10:39:18AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: given a few recipes by someone whose grandparents had a bakery. If I still have that paper, I could give you a good recipe. Tell me if I ought to look. Yes! Never turn down a good chocolate chip cookie recipe! -- Erik Reuter

Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago

2002-11-03 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:46:21AM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 11:42 PM 11/2/02, William Taylor wrote: Just playing catch-up . . . That just doesn't cut the mustard -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
largest democracy treats every else's concerns as a joke? ;) -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
thing you know you'll be wanting veto power on the UNSC, and then, god help us, we'll all be socialists :-P -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
. :-) -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 10:56:49PM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: /8qT5dS: Permission denied Ding! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
), ... Hmmm... Maybe it's a fair criterium Don't be silly, everyone knows that the real criteria is one-vote-per-dollar-spent-on-the-military! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:05:35PM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Isn't it ironic that the world's largest democracy treats every else's concerns as a joke? ;) chuckle Imo, the world ought to be grateful. Look at the mess we have made of handling our own serious concerns

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
? No thank you. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: I voted

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
, then make a quick check for errors, then hit the cast ballot button. Pretty slick. I didn't see any ballot print out or anything; I guess it stored the data on the computer somewhere but I'm not sure. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: In Praise of Paper Ballots

2002-11-05 Thread Erik Reuter
, or was it bought from the manufacturer who knew what it was to be used for? Actually, I think worrying about that OR programmers is rather over the top. Just wanted to point out that it is inconsistent to worry about one and not the other. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: US Unilateralism

2002-11-06 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 10:20:34PM +1100, Ray Ludenia wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: One person's emoticon is another's trampoline, I always say ;) You do? I have never heard you say this before. Can you cite some examples? Maybe I'm deaf or haven't been paying attention. Cite, deaf? Maybe

Re: Sometimes wealth is good

2002-11-06 Thread Erik Reuter
I find Hallmark ads incredibly obnoxious. The basic situation is that someone cares enough about someone else to buy them a card and the recipient of said card is more concerned about whether the card is made by Hallmark than with the thoughtfulness of the giver. Disgusting. -- Erik Reuter

Re: DSL problems

2002-11-06 Thread Erik Reuter
to check the service, where the bottleneck is? ping and traceroute are your friends. If you don't know how to use them, specify your OS and I'll see if I can help. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Nukular and .pdf files

2002-11-07 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Nov 06, 2002 at 11:16:02PM -0500, David Hobby wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Acrobat Reader has a text select tool in the icon bar. Just select, then drag the text and copy. (The T icon can let you select a text select tool, a column select tool, or a graphics select tool

Re: Nukular and .pdf files

2002-11-07 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 10:17:17AM -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: .pdf is evil. No, PDF is an openly specified document format. Anyone can (and have!) write a program for working with or creating PDF files. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: science Vs religion

2002-11-08 Thread Erik Reuter
don't tell me it doesn't happen.) Just a couple of possible reasons. Have you heard of that new contraceptive patch? I saw a commercial for it, but I can't remember the name. I haven't seen any studies about effectiveness or side effects. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http

Re: Irregulars Question: Multi-OS Boot

2002-11-08 Thread Erik Reuter
. Personally, this worries me, but I have known a few people who did it successfully and I have never heard of any catastrophic problems. But if it were me, unless I was willing to lose my data on my current HD, I'd just buy a new HD and install Linux on that. YMMV. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Space Pen versus Pencil, was Scouted: Fireworks

2002-11-08 Thread Erik Reuter
-gravity, but it would be a pain. And you risk having the fragment of graphite that broke fly out the end of the pencil as the new piece comes in. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: Satellite Setup, was Re: I Voted.....

2002-11-08 Thread Erik Reuter
In a message dated 11/8/2002 4:48:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahem. That's sateLLite . . . Actually, I believe the correct way to write it is satellite. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net

Re: science Vs religion

2002-11-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 07:46:12PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/8/2002 5:16:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Please pardon any typos I may be naking here) Julia You're in Nanking? No silly, she's naked! -- Erik

Re: Power outage!

2002-11-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Nov 08, 2002 at 08:52:07PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: What do the A and M stand for? Do you know? (Just curious.) Access Multiplexer. Yes. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Day the world turned on Iraq

2002-11-09 Thread Erik Reuter
the UN can't stop any country doing anything if that country is determined enough... I don't think the UN can stop a determined country either. But the US and UK can. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http

Re: Day the world turned on Iraq

2002-11-09 Thread Erik Reuter
is the master. Bush is mostly a screw up but fortunately he sometimes manages to keep his mouth shut and let others handle the diplomacy. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Day the world turned on Iraq

2002-11-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Nov 09, 2002 at 01:17:42PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Will you give credit to Bush for putting Powell in the position? :) Only if I can take the credit away again for the likes of Donald Rumsfeld and Harvey Pitt. In other words, even a dead clock is right twice a day. -- Erik

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