Re: Baby (and mommy) update
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Some people need things beyond Kegels, with core strengthening/lumbopelvic stabilization. This is a PT websitew from the Womens Health section of the American Physical Therapy Association. Might take some work from the Locate a therapist, but it might find you someone who focuses on this in your area. http://www.womenshealthapta.org/ Don't know why I didn't think of it sooner, but the section was started by Elizabeth Noble, who also has a number of books, IIRC. Among the books she's written, _Exercises for the Childbearing Year_ (or something like that). Of course, I don't have access to a copy of *that* today. I'm considering checking out reviews of it on amazon.com and ordering it soon. I've read several books about having twins, and among the resources listed at the end of them, there's usually at least one book by Elizabeth Noble. I'll check out the website. Thanks, Dee! Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: snarkyness on the edge of town
On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:02 PM 10/28/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: (...) leaving a gash (...) (for Alberto: 21 cm, or 1420 megaHertz) Uh? Hertz is not a unit of distance I thought for sure *you* would recognize the specific source of electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength of 21 cm, which corresponds to a frequency of 1420 MHz . . . Anyone? I got it immediately. Then again, I repeatedly checked out a book on radio astronomy from my school library when I was in 6th grade. :) I was going to be an astronomer when I grew up that year. (My aspirations got a lot vaguer in junior high -- at that point, I just knew I wanted to be *some* kind of scientist or something. Didn't settle on mathematics until I was in high school.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Palladium, CPU's
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/3/33640.html NGSCB, aka Palladium, in next generation of CPU, says Gates By John Lettice Posted: 28/10/2003 at 22:22 GMT Microsoft's Next Generation Secure Computing Base (NGSCB, aka Palladium) will be built into the next generation of CPUs, Bill Gates claimed yesterday, effectively making security via hardware ID an integral part of the Windows PC platform. And Microsoft is talking to the chip and PC companies about the introduction of hardware ID, so we will likely be seeing some decidedly NGSCB-like features well ahead of Longhorn. Bill has a talent for what Lady Mary Archer has described as imaginative precis, so we can never take his presentation material as absolute gospel. It is however extremely valuable in determining where it is that Microsoft wants us to go tomorrow, and how Microsoft proposes to get us to go there. This time around, the security imperative figures high in the company's drive to wrest what remains of your control of your computer from you. Over to Bill, and we'll unpick as we go: Another enhancement that hasn't been talked about very broadly is the fact that the next generation of processors will build in a new security capability called, kind of obscurely [remind us who it was who renamed Palladium, Bill], Next Generation Secure Computing Base, or NGSCB is the acronym for that. What that does is it allows you to still run arbitrary third-party software to be able to make security guarantees, that the decryption keys and some software is running in such a way that third-party software is isolated from it. As is so often the case with Bill, you just about know what he means, as opposed to what he said. What he means here is that NGSCB machines will still run standard software, ringfenced off from the secure components, but its point is that it uses the secure components and software to establish trust relationships. Check here for a longer explanation of what NGSCB is, and how it will operate. Note also that although it is not DRM, it is a very useful base for DRM systems, while the S-word is a very useful cover for such systems. If the particular next generation of processors Bill is talking about makes it to market before Longhorn, then it's perfectly feasible that at least some of NGSCB can be catered for before Longhorn. Microsoft has never specifically said that NGSCB is a Longhorn product, just that it's a long-range product. The hardware ID component of NGSCB was initially intended to use a TCPA-compliant chip on the motherboard, and this can still happen to enable more immediate secure systems, while getting it onto the CPU itself will allow Microsoft to make NGSCB into a standard. Call it DRM, people will run, call it security, then maybe not. Microsoft is calling it security. If we go back to Bill's presentation and focus on SP2, we get: So we have an update to the client that turns the firewall on by default. It's got changes in Outlook Express and IE for safer e-mails and browsing [we expect he doesn't mean Mozilla by this]. It uses some of the new hardware features in the newer chips to block a large class of exploits. It changes the way we do some of the code protection. We recompile a lot of the key modules. That goes into the beta later this year, SP2. We shouldn't read too much into that, because Bill isn't being specific either about what these new hardware features are, or how Microsoft is going to use them. It does however signal that security-driven changes in hardware are being introduced now, as part of an ongoing ramp, rather than being something that won't happen until 2005-6. Speaking about NGSCB in his own presentation, which followed Gates', Jim Allchin said we're working with the hardware vendors to be able to create a system so that we can boot and ensure that we're booting securely and that we can create shadowed memory where code can execute but you can't debug it. Note that he says hardware vendors, not CPU vendors, so we have Microsoft, the chip companies and the PC companies all talking about the introduction of hardware security. Gates himself had a couple more nuggets. In his speeches lately he's taken to complaining that one of today's big problems is anonymous email, so we don't know who's really sending it. Yesterday was no exception: We have a number of things that are weak links in the security picture. Passwords over time will not be adequate to deal with critical information. The fact that e-mail, you don't really know if it came from the person it appears to come from, and even the fact that Internet packets can be spoofed, so at many levels of the standards that we have we need to add security capabilities. From Microsoft's perspective the solution here is clearly hardware ID, supported by Microsoft software. This clearly has implications for the rest of us, and it would possibly be useful to consider the implications of the elimination of anonymity, which seems to be what
Dolphin massacre turns sea blood red
Gruesome photos: http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_833468.html Dolphin massacre turns sea blood red Animal activists have released a video of Japanese fisherman hacking to death dolphins they had trapped at a small port. An American anti-whaling group trying to stop the massacre took footage of the recent hunt that shows blood-filled coves and several dead dolphins being brought ashore in boats. The tape, shot by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society, graphically captures the end of a hunt, in which fishermen pound on the water, causing waves that confuse the mammals' sense of direction, and then corral dolphins into small coves where they can be more easily killed with sickles. Though subject to government-set quotas, the hunts are not banned under Japanese law and are not subject to international regulations because they are done near the shore. Several dead or dying dolphins can be seen on the boats, bleeding profusely, in the footage. Activist Nik Hensey said: It's a wholesale slaughter, which results in immense suffering for these animals. It's a sight that one just can't imagine. The mayor and officials in Taiji refused to comment, but a fisherman's union representative said the kills are conducted as humanely as possible and pointed out the hunts have been part of local culture for 400 years. Hunting dolphins is not banned by the International Whaling Commission. Fishermen in Taiji regularly conduct dolphin hunts during the October to April season. They have caught more than 60 striped dolphins so far this year under the government quota system. The meat is usually canned and sold in supermarkets. But because of international pressure for an end to the killing of dolphins and the bloodiness of their hunting method, fishermen here have tried to keep out of the public eye. They do not permit videos of their hunts, refuse on-the-record interviews and have put barriers along the shoreline to discourage cameramen. The Sea Shepherd activists said they managed to get the video by camping out in the town for several weeks. Three activists from the California-based conservation group were briefly detained by Japanese police after trying to stop a dolphin hunt and scuffling with a fisherman earlier this month. The activists - a Briton, a Canadian and an American all in their 20s - were held for about nine hours of questioning before being released. They weren't charged with any crimes. Japan is one of the few major fishing nations that continues to support the hunting of whales and dolphins. © Associated Press ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Anybody see the aurorae?
Tonight should be even better, but I'm wondering if anyone on the list has been in a position to see the aurorae, which should be fairly spectacular, given the sun's activity. Odds are always poor for seeing anything from the Bay Area, but one map showed medium visibility from about 100 miles north of here, so maybe... Nick -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
MPs vote to downgrade cannabis
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3223385.stm MPs have voted to downgrade cannabis from a Class B to a Class C drug, putting it in the same group as anti-depressants and steroids. The changes, which will come into effect in the new year, mean penalties for possession of the drug will be lessened. But under guidelines drawn up by the Association of Chief Police Officers last month, police will still have the power to arrest users in special circumstances, such as when the drug is smoked outside schools. ... At the moment, about 80,000 people are arrested and fined for possession every year. After a change in rules, anyone caught in possession of cannabis will only receive a warning and will have their drugs confiscated. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Anybody see the aurorae?
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tonight should be even better, but I'm wondering if anyone on the list has been in a position to see the aurorae, which should be fairly spectacular, given the sun's activity. Odds are always poor for seeing anything from the Bay Area, but one map showed medium visibility from about 100 miles north of here, so maybe... Is such map O-L? I live in Pennsylvania but haven't seen anything yet. Of course with most days being overcast... Damon. = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: __ Do you Yahoo!? Exclusive Video Premiere - Britney Spears http://launch.yahoo.com/promos/britneyspears/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Anybody see the aurorae?
Damon Agretto wrote: ... Is such map O-L? I live in Pennsylvania but haven't seen anything yet. Of course with most days being overcast... Yes, here: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Aurora/globeNW.html The general page here gives lots of links to data: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Aurora/ And I'm wishing I were back in Pittsburgh (a bit) because it is much further north, geomagnetically, than the Bay Area, even though geographically the latitude is almost the same. Nick -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Anybody see the aurorae?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Nick Arnett Sent: Wednesday, October 29, 2003 10:34 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Anybody see the aurorae? Damon Agretto wrote: ... Is such map O-L? I live in Pennsylvania but haven't seen anything yet. Of course with most days being overcast... Yes, here: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Aurora/globeNW.html I have no idea what that map means ^_^ anyone? -j- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Anybody see the aurorae?
-Original Message- From: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes, here: http://www.sec.noaa.gov/Aurora/globeNW.html I have no idea what that map means ^_^ anyone? Good. It wasn't just me. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Weekly Chat Reminder
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it started about an hour ago. There will probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. See my instruction page for help getting there: http://www.brin-l.org/brinmud.html __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Hal Clement, Science Fiction Author, Dies at 81
From his publisher earlier today: From: Heather Drucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ++Tor [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Heather Drucker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: HAL CLEMENT, SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR, DIES AT 81 Date: Wed, 29 Oct 2003 17:19:11 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: HAL CLEMENT, SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR, DIES AT 81 Hal Clement (Harry Clement Stubbs), influential science fiction author and resident of Milton, MA, passed away today, October 29th, 2003. A retired school teacher (Milton Academy), WWII pilot, and scout leader, Hal Clement began writing science fiction in the 1940s, devoting himself to the creation of cleverly imagined and thoroughly worked out environments elsewhere in space. His devotion to the astronomy, physics and chemistry of other worlds became famous with the publication of the novel Mission of Gravity in 1954. Clement soon gained a worldwide reputation as a quintessential science fiction writer, whose works more or less defined the term. Clement's work continues to be the most influential model for hard science fiction writers. He was named a SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1998 in recognition of a lifetime achievement in the field. Clement was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on May 30, 1922, to Harry Clarence Stubbs and Marjorie (White) Stubbs. He grew up in Greater Boston, attending schools in Arlington and Cambridge, finishing Rindge Tech in 1939. Clement earned a B.S. in Astronomy, Harvard, 1943, an M.Ed. on the GI Bill, Boston University, 1946, and an M.S. in Chemistry from Simmons College, 1963. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Reserve in 1944 and retired as a colonel in 1976. Married in 1952, Clement is survived by his wife Mary, two sons George and Richard, daughter Christine Hensel, and grandson Jackson. Some books by Hal Clement: Needle (1950) Iceworld (1953) Mission of Gravity (1954) Cycle of Fire (1957) Close to Critical (1964) Small Changes (1969) Ocean On Top (1973) Through the Eye of a Needle (1978) The Nitrogen Fix (1980) Still River (1987) Isaac's Universe: Fossil (1993) Half Life (1999) Noise (2003) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org Chmeee's 3D Objects http://www.sloan3d.com/chmeee 3D and Drawing Galleries .. http://www.sloansteady.com Software Science Fiction, Science, and Computer Links Science fiction scans . http://www.sloan3d.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Hal Clement dead
HAL CLEMENT, SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR, DIES AT 81 Hal Clement (Harry Clement Stubbs), influential science fiction author and resident of Milton, MA, passed away today, October 29th, 2003. A retired school teacher (Milton Academy), WWII pilot, and scout leader, Hal Clement began writing science fiction in the 1940s, devoting himself to the creation of cleverly imagined and thoroughly worked out environments elsewhere in space. His devotion to the astronomy, physics and chemistry of other worlds became famous with the publication of the novel Mission of Gravity in 1954. Clement soon gained a worldwide reputation as a quintessential science fiction writer, whose works more or less defined the term. Clement's work continues to be the most influential model for hard science fiction writers. He was named a SFWA Grand Master by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1998 in recognition of a lifetime achievement in the field. Clement was born in Somerville, Massachusetts on May 30, 1922, to Harry Clarence Stubbs and Marjorie (White) Stubbs. He grew up in Greater Boston, attending schools in Arlington and Cambridge, finishing Rindge Tech in 1939. Clement earned a B.S. in Astronomy, Harvard, 1943, an M.Ed. on the GI Bill, Boston University, 1946, and an M.S. in Chemistry from Simmons College, 1963. He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Army Air Corps Reserve in 1944 and retired as a colonel in 1976. Married in 1952, Clement is survived by his wife Mary, two sons George and Richard, daughter Christine Hensel, and grandson Jackson. Some books by Hal Clement: Needle (1950) Iceworld (1953) Mission of Gravity (1954) Cycle of Fire (1957) Close to Critical (1964) Small Changes (1969) Ocean On Top (1973) Through the Eye of a Needle (1978) The Nitrogen Fix (1980) Still River (1987) Isaac's Universe: Fossil (1993) Half Life (1999) Noise (2003) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
San Diego Fire far from Br!n's
In a message dated 10/29/2003 8:28:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The list doesn't know exactly where you are relative to all that bright non ellectrical night time illumination. Please pass on to the list that we're all fine here. 15 miles or so from the flames that licked withing half a mile of Cheryl's mother's house. The air quality yesterday was horrid. Better now. Oh. To hear an interesting recent speech about TECHNOLOGICAL NIGHTMARES carried on NPR -- offering perspectives by a renowned futurist economist -- go to http://www.buwi.org/shows/2003/10/20031026.asp Professor Streetn offers a number of exceptionally wise perspectives about future threats and opportunities. I'm biased, of course, since he spends five minutes or so talking favorably about my book The Transparent Society. db ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
U.S. now saying WMD went from Iraq to Syria
http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/1029aaa030d6 upiSys=rmmillerFid=NATIONALType=NewsFilter=National%20News U.S. says WMD went from Iraq to Syria WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UPI) -- U.S. intelligence officials Wednesday released an assessment that Iraqi weapons of mass destruction have been transferred to neighboring Syria. The officials, in the first assessment of its kind, said the transfer occurred during the weeks prior to the U.S.-led war against the Saddam Hussein regime. Middle East Newsline reported the U.S. assessment was based on satellite images of convoys of Iraqi trucks that poured into Syria during February and March. U.S. intelligence officials say the trucks contained missiles and WMD components banned by the U.N.'s Security Council. - If voting could really change things, it would be illegal. - Diebold Internal Memos ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Week 9 NFL Picks
Well, its official I'm now doing worse at predicting NFL games than I ever dreamed possible. Still, I am nothing if not stubborn, so here are this week's picks: Carolina at Houston - Its hard to see Tony Banks doing well against this defense. Pick: PANTHERS Indianapolis at Miami - Well, I've been saying for weeks that the Colts are the second-best team in football behind the Chiefs so I can hardly back down now. Pick: COLTS Jacksonville at Baltimore - Yes, I stil think that Baltimore is a bad team. I also think that Jacksonville is a worse team. Pick: RAVENS New Orleans at Tampa Bay - The Saints had their chance to turn around their season last week, against Carolina at home in overtime. Given their past history, I can easily see the Saints just starting to mail it in from here. Pick: BUCS New York Giants at New York Jets - This is the game of the week in my mind, as the loser of this one ends up in a very deep hole. The Jets are more desperate, and are at home, but I failed to trust my gut last week on the Giants and I can't make the same mistake again. Pick: GIANTS Oakland at Detroit - I'm going to say that the bye week and the return of Jerry Porter makes Oakland better. Note, however, that I said nothing about Tuiasaspopo making them better... Pick: RAIDERS San Diego at Chicago - Ok, the Chargers really choked on Monday night but their only win this season is on the road in Cleveland, and I think that Chicago should have similar problems with LaDainian Tomlinson and Comapny. Pick: CHARGERS Washington at Dallas - Washington is down to their third-string running back, and Chad Morton and Rock Cartwright are no Arlen Harris. This is going to force Patrick Ramsey to throw almost every down, which will probably get him killed behind that offensive line. Pick: COWBOYS Cincinnati at Arizona - This is the gimmee of the week... the Bengals improve to .500 with the win against a bad Cardinals team that is coming off an emotional upset win. Pick: BENGALS Pittsburgh at Seattle - I thought that the Steelers would turn the corner last week but should have known that the Rams would obliterate the Steelers' secondary, or lack thereof. I don't see how a West Coast road trip to a team coming off an upset loss to the Bengals makes things any easier... Pick: SEAHAWKS Philadelphia at Atlanta - The Falcons look like the worst football team in a long, long, time, which is just astonishing. Pick: EAGLES St. Louis at San Francisco - Every year I pick the Niners to beat the Rams... but something tells me that the East Coast to West Coast road trip for the Rams will do them no favors, and that San Francisco will play like their backs are against the wall after blowing one in Arizona last week. The Rams seem like the better team at this point, but I'll go with my gut on this one Pick: 49ERS Green Bay at Minnesota - Somehow Green Bay managed to lose this game almost every year, even when they were the better team. This year, they aren't even that. Pick: MINNESOTA New England at Denver - Its hard to see how Danny Kanell will survive against the Belichick defense, or how a Denver team that has lost two very good linebackers to injury is going to stop the New England dink-and-dunk attack. Pick: PATRIOTS UPSET SPECIAL ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The liberty we prize is not America's gift to the world, it is God's gift to humanity. - George W. Bush 1/29/03 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
No sex, please -- or ShrubCo'll audit you
http://www.salon.com/mwt/feature/2003/10/28/abstinence/index_np.html No sex, please -- or we'll audit you Why are some nonprofit organizations that don't agree with the Bush administration's abstinence only philosophy repeatedly investigated by the government, while faith-based groups get a free pass? - - - - - - - - - - - - By Christopher Healy Oct. 28, 2003 | Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, condoms: George W. Bush has a lot of enemies. And the question is finally starting to be asked, just what steps is his administration willing to take in order to silence them? Network anchormen and coffee-break pundits alike were abuzz over the did-they-or-didn't-they CIA leak scandal. But the outing of Valerie Plame isn't the only instance where the federal government has been suspected of using its resources in direct, if somewhat sneaky, retaliation against its political opponents. Ruining the lives of CIA agents may make for dynamic headlines, but recent evidence shows that the Bush administration also has much smaller fish to fry. Take Advocates for Youth, a national nonprofit organization that provides teens with accurate and informative sex education. In 18 years as a federal grantee, it has never been subjected to a government financial audit. That is, until it was suddenly hit with three in less than a year (one by the Centers for Disease Control back in October 2002, a second by the General Accounting Office in early 2003, and the third just two months ago, by a different arm of the CDC). The organization is crying conspiracy -- saying that it's being unfairly targeted because of its negative views toward the administration's abstinence-only education policies -- and the claims appear to be more than just paranoia. Religious bondage shackles and debilitates the mind and unfits it for every noble enterprise, every expanded project. - James Madison ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
