RE: Battlestar Galactica mini series
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Horn, John Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 01:22 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Battlestar Galactica mini series From: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] MNF? Sorry, Monday Night Football. The Rams were on, of course... Ah.. I haven't followed American Rugby in years ;) -j- ___ 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's starting now. 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
RE: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Angel_888 Sent: Wednesday, December 10, 2003 09:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment Gays are free to marry but the disabled are NOT... First off, same-sex couples (a misnomer in itself, as gender is not binary..) are not legally allowed to marry in the United States. Second, the disabled are /free/ to marry, even though there are obviously some significant financial disinsentives. Can't we address those problems with the system, which you outline, with regular legislation instead of a constitutional amendment? -j trollbait m- ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Letter from Baghdad (crosspost)
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This was posted by ABFAS on the other list. I haven't read all of it yet, it is very long, but it's quite informative/interesting/revealing. http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?031124fa_fact1_b It's a very good article. George Packer is an old friend of mine (he's pretty far to the left, just so people are aware of his politics). I never met Drew Erdmann, unfortunately - mutual friends of ours tried to set up meetings on two or three occasions, but it never quite worked out. Very much to my regret, I must say. I might as well toss in, as the news has gone public at my company - I have volunteered to work for the CPA in Baghdad. I don't have a security clearance, so the process is quite slow, unfortunately, and there's no guarantee that I will be going (tours are for six months, and I _must_ be back in the country by September 1st, so the timing will be difficult to work out), but the possibility does exist. So you guys may be getting some first hand reports on the situation. = Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] Freedom is not free http://www.mukunda.blogspot.com __ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Brin's quote?
I got in another list this quote, attributed to Philip Pullman [whom I never heard]. It sounds like something said by Our Supreme Master. Does anyone know if there's a Brin quote with the same idea? Every little increase in human freedom has been fought over between those who want us to know more and be wiser and stronger, and those who want us to obey and be humble and submit. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Battlestar Galactica mini series
I watched the first half of this last night. I guess my first reaction was: it doesn't suck. I was a huge fan of the original show though I don't think I've seen an episode in 20 years (haven't picked up the DVD collection yet). I thought most of the changes were OK. I thought the idea that the Cylons/Vipers/etc from the original show were from a war 20-40 years in the past was a really cute idea. I liked them using the original theme music during the big ceremonial flyby. I could do without the sex scenes between Baltar and Six though. That didn't add anything. And I thought Baltar's character was pretty pathetic. I was kinda hoping he would die in the big explosion. Estranged father and son? Bah. Starbuck was pretty cool though. Don't know when I'll get a chance to see Part 2, though. Probably not until this weekend when I'm recoving from vocal chord surgery #6. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Science Fiction In General...
From: Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Science Fiction In General... Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 20:17:21 -0500 From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Science Fiction In General... Date: Sat, 06 Dec 2003 16:28:05 -0330 -Anne Rice (Blurs the line of sci-fi/one of the most captivating and talented writers I have ever come across) Her Vampire series was first rate up until she began to blend it with the Talamasca Witches series. On many, many levels, her Witch characters simply don't work for me. Most hardcore Rice fans I've met disagree with me though. I don't agree that the Vampire Chronicles necessarily took a down-turn in being blended with the Mayfair Witches. On the contrary, I think it simply spiced things up, so to speak. I do however, agree with you on the fact that the Witch characters don't work for me either. The reason being, they are somewhat unbelieveable. Well, how about these authors. Have you read any of them? Robert Heinlein (Stranger in a Strange Land, Starship Troopers, Time Enough for Love, etc.,) I've read Stranger. I must say, I found it tedious to say the least. Iain Banks (Culture Series) Vernor Vinge (I think he's an honorary Bee) (A Deepness in the Sky) Dan Simmons (Hyperion and Endymion Series) Kim Stanley Robinson (Mars Series) Joe Haldeman (Forever War / Forever Peace) Larry Niven (RingWorld) Nope. Heard of a few though. Isaac Asimov (Robots / Foundation Series) Well, I have read one of the Robots In Time books, written by (Wu?). I found it to be somewhat juvenile, and directed more so towards a smart gorilla, as opposed to a Human. Oddly enough I have never gotten around to touching the Foundation series. A friend of mine however has been the proverbial monkey on the back, so it's quite possible I might get around to those books soon. Anne McCaffrey (Pern) Harry Turtledove (How Few Remain) Douglas Adams (HHGG) No, No, and can't wait!!. -Travis _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=dept/featurespgmarket=en-caRU=http%3a%2f%2fjoin.msn.com%2f%3fpage%3dmisc%2fspecialoffers%26pgmarket%3den-ca ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Black Market Body Parts
At 02:05 PM 12/9/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Dee wrote: Several of us had the beginnings of a talk in chat last week on black market body parts and the upswing in people selling off parts of their bodies. Last week, br police arrested a group specialized in the organ black market: they recruited volunteers to sell the kidney, shipped them to Africa, and [there is honesty among thieves] brought them back. Does that mean they put them back where they found them (in the donor)? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Superfluous quotation marks are evil and must be suppressed
At 04:16 PM 12/9/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: I am tired of all of the unnecessary quotation marks that people seem to need to put around various words and phrases. My weariness at seeing so many extra quotation marks grows from an increasing conviction that they are merely a substitute for good writing, by people who don't know how to indicate emphasis on certain words or phrases. Nothing to do with this list, just something I had to share. Like the sign by the guard's station at the main entrance at one place I once worked which read quote THE WELL DRESSED PERSON WEARS A BADGE /quote which used to drive all of us who were tasked with writing the documentation nuts whenever we had to go to the main building (we worked in another building, where there was not only no such sign but no security guard by the door) . . . Badges? We Don't Need No Steenking Badges Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
