At 11:19 PM 1/18/02, Dan M. wrote:

>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 11:06 PM
>Subject: Re: Corruption in a Democracy
>
> > But tossing something from one hand to the other just isn't very
> > difficult under normal circumstances, so your contention that going
> > from 0 to 1 is a big difference doesn't follow.
> >
> > Man, I'll argue about anything tonight. 8^)
> >
>YOU ARE MISQUOTING ME AGAIN.  YOU YOU, CALIFORNIAN, YOU.
>
>What I wrote was
>
>My take on the matter is going from one child to two is going
>from juggling 1 ball to juggling 2 balls.  From 2 -3 is going
>from 2 to 3 balls.  The difference between 0 and 1 is gigantic.
>Between 1 and 2 is not as much. Between 2 and 3 is big again
>
>A careful reader would note that I only used the juggling metaphore when
>discussing 1 to 2 vs 2 to 3.
>Power prices are down.  You can afford to turn on a light so you can
>actually _read_ your computer screen, Doug. :-)


Or do like your ancestors did:  use a candle.



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