Fear the Future: MSN: National Bank of Wal-Mart?
Folks, I know very little about the responsibility of Liz Pulliam Weston or MSN, so the story could be shot through with biases and inaccuracies, but, here's a piece describing how the world's most voracious person is out to control even more of our free markets. Dave http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Banking/Betterbanking/P109171.asp ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Iran to hang teenage girl who fought back against rapists
http://feministing.com/archives/002691.html Iran to hang teenage girl who fought back against rapists This is pretty horrible stuff. A teenage girl in Iran has been sentenced to death by hanging after she admitted that she accidentally killed a man who was trying to rape her and her niece. -- I have examined all the known superstitions of the world, and I do not find in our particular superstition of Christianity one redeeming feature. They are all alike founded on fables and mythology. Millions of innocent men, women and children, since the introduction of Christianity, have been burnt, tortured, fined and imprisoned. What has been the effect of this coercion? To make one half the world fools and the other half hypocrites; to support roguery and error all over the earth. --Thomas Jefferson Letter to William Short ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Fear the Future: MSN: National Bank of Wal-Mart?
From: Dave Land Subject: Fear the Future: MSN: National Bank of Wal-Mart? Folks, I know very little about the responsibility of Liz Pulliam Weston or MSN, so the story could be shot through with biases and inaccuracies, but, here's a piece describing how the world's most voracious person is out to control even more of our free markets. Dave I have mixed feelings about the whole Wal-Mart thing, but in this case I can see some merit. I am sick of paying for Banks expensive boardroom lunches and wine cellars and executive perks. In this day and age banking should be much more efficient, and maybe Wal-Mart will help that happen. Of course, it could be awful too. Andrew ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Um, does this make any sense?
Julia Thompson wrote: http://www.timecube.com/ I'll explain where I found the link after a suitable number of people have expressed their bogglement. What's the matter? It couldn't be clearer. The world is a rounded cube with only four sides. Each of the sides is oposite to all of the other sides. Athiests are mindless robots and religious people are stooges. -1x1=0. What's there to be confused about? What was I saying again? :-) Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Scam alert
Don't give reverserecords.com any money. All they'll do for the money they give you is a list of other sites that'll ask for money before *they* do anything for you. (A friend found out the hard way, and I thought I'd let folks here know.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Music site (was Re: Scam alert)
Not sure what you were looking for when you went there, but allow me to recommend www.sonicswap.com. By way of disclosure, one of its founders used to work with Dave and me; the company is a customer/partner of ours. But this is also why I know that they're good guys. Nick On 2/17/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't give reverserecords.com any money. All they'll do for the money they give you is a list of other sites that'll ask for money before *they* do anything for you. (A friend found out the hard way, and I thought I'd let folks here know.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: To my loyal fans
At 04:49 PM Thursday 2/16/2006, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 04:18 PM Thursday 2/16/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going to be on Good Morning America tomorrow (around 7:40 am est they tell me) talking about a nre brain imaging technique called Diffusion Tensor Imaging - just about the coolest thing to come down the pike in neuroimaging in the last few years (neater in my opinion than fMRI). Of course if Cheney shoots someone else who knows maybe they will bump me Or maybe if he shoots them in the head, they will call upon you for a live demonstration of the technique. I will try to figure out when that will be here (I know how to convert time zones but sometimes they delay programs like that) and have tape rolling . . . Just watched the tape. Really cool stuff. And now I have a face to put with the e-mail voice . . . --Ronn! :) Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? -- Red Skelton (Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
god is dead, or at least his email is
-- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Feb 17, 2006 1:18 AM Subject: Bounce action notification To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is a Mailman mailing list bounce action notice: List: Brin-l Member: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action: Subscription disabled. Reason: Excessive or fatal bounces. The triggering bounce notice is attached below. Questions? Contact the Mailman site administrator at [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- Forwarded message -- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mail Delivery System) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:11:27 -0800 (PST) Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender This is the Postfix program at host www.mccmedia.com. I'm sorry to have to inform you that your message could not be be delivered to one or more recipients. It's attached below. For further assistance, please send mail to postmaster If you do so, please include this problem report. You can delete your own text from the attached returned message. The Postfix program [EMAIL PROTECTED]: host mx3.hotpop.com[38.113.3.81] said: 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: Account closed due to inactivity. No forwarding information is available. (in reply to RCPT TO command) Final-Recipient: rfc822; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Action: failed Status: 5.0.0 Diagnostic-Code: X-Postfix; host mx3.hotpop.com[38.113.3.81] said: 550 [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Recipient address rejected: Account closed due to inactivity. No forwarding information is available. (in reply to RCPT TO command) - -- Forwarded message -- From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 01:00:59 -0800 Subject: Fear the Future: MSN: National Bank of Wal-Mart? Folks, I know very little about the responsibility of Liz Pulliam Weston or MSN, so the story could be shot through with biases and inaccuracies, but, here's a piece describing how the world's most voracious person is out to control even more of our free markets. Dave http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/Banking/Betterbanking/P109171.asp ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l - -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: To my loyal fans
On 2/16/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going to be on Good Morning America tomorrow (around 7:40 am est they tell me) talking about a nre brain imaging technique called Diffusion Tensor Imaging - just about the coolest thing to come down the pike in neuroimaging in the last few years (neater in my opinion than fMRI). Of course if Cheney shoots someone else who knows maybe they will bump me and of course I have no idea how they will present the material (Charlie Gibson interviewed me for around 40 minutes and the piece will run about 5 minutes). Gibson by the way is very impressive. Put me at ease and grasped the concept of the test quite well. Now of course they could butcher it but I hope not. They certainly seemed to present it well. Good to see you! We have some knowledge and interest in brain tumors hereabouts, so it was especially interesting to see the bit about improving surgery. Are you familiar with the brain imaging done by Dr. Daniel Amen on ADD/ADHD? There seem to be varying opinions about its meaningfulness... but your images certainly reminded me of what he shows. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Music site (was Re: Scam alert)
OK, what my friend was looking for was public record stuff, not music. :) (Specifically, a license plate number.) But I'll keep that site in mind. Julia Nick Arnett wrote: Not sure what you were looking for when you went there, but allow me to recommend www.sonicswap.com. By way of disclosure, one of its founders used to work with Dave and me; the company is a customer/partner of ours. But this is also why I know that they're good guys. Nick On 2/17/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't give reverserecords.com any money. All they'll do for the money they give you is a list of other sites that'll ask for money before *they* do anything for you. (A friend found out the hard way, and I thought I'd let folks here know.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Um, does this make any sense?
On Feb 16, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: http://www.timecube.com/ I'll explain where I found the link after a suitable number of people have expressed their bogglement. It used to be that people like the author of this web site had cardboard boxes full of yellow pads with heavy pencil scrawlings all over them. Sometimes, they pinned them up on the walls inside their homes and used colored string to connect various parts. If you've seen A Beautiful Mind, you get the picture. Now they have web sites. Explained. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Um, does this make any sense?
On 2/16/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.timecube.com/ I'll explain where I found the link after a suitable number of people have expressed their bogglement. What is this bogglement? How can you not understand this page of subsmissive [sic] obscurantism? :-) I think the thing on the page that scared me most is down at the bottom where it says, Next Page... Wow. Maybe someone should introduce this guy to triangle man. Triangle man, Triangle man Triangle man hates Cubicle man They have a fight, Triangle wins Triangle man Who knew that They Might Be Giants would come in this handy? Mauro (Obscurant enough for you?) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: To my loyal fans
Nick Arnett wrote: On 2/16/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am going to be on Good Morning America tomorrow (around 7:40 am est they tell me) talking about a nre brain imaging technique called Diffusion Tensor Imaging - just about the coolest thing to come down the pike in neuroimaging in the last few years (neater in my opinion than fMRI). Of course if Cheney shoots someone else who knows maybe they will bump me and of course I have no idea how they will present the material (Charlie Gibson interviewed me for around 40 minutes and the piece will run about 5 minutes). Gibson by the way is very impressive. Put me at ease and grasped the concept of the test quite well. Now of course they could butcher it but I hope not. They certainly seemed to present it well. Good to see you! We have some knowledge and interest in brain tumors hereabouts, so it was especially interesting to see the bit about improving surgery. Are you familiar with the brain imaging done by Dr. Daniel Amen on ADD/ADHD? There seem to be varying opinions about its meaningfulness... but your images certainly reminded me of what he shows. I didn't get to see the show but. http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/story?id=1627855page=1 Bob gets quoted! xponent Video? Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: To my loyal fans
Robert Seeberger wrote: Video? Maru Yeah!!! http://abcnews.go.com/Video/guide?category=GMAsubcategory=GMA_subnavid=1631160#1631160 http://tinyurl.com/dey3x Now you can see the video critique Bob's haircut or whateverG. xponent In Living Color Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Um, does this make any sense?
Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 2/16/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.timecube.com/ I'll explain where I found the link after a suitable number of people have expressed their bogglement. What is this bogglement? How can you not understand this page of subsmissive [sic] obscurantism? :-) I think the thing on the page that scared me most is down at the bottom where it says, Next Page... Wow. Maybe someone should introduce this guy to triangle man. Triangle man, Triangle man Triangle man hates Cubicle man They have a fight, Triangle wins Triangle man Who knew that They Might Be Giants would come in this handy? Mauro (Obscurant enough for you?) Oh, I *love* TMBG, and I love that album! :D I found reference to it in a comment near the end of the comment thread (now closed) at http://bartholomewcubbins.blogspot.com/2006/01/interverbals-blog-has-great-discussion.html or http://tinyurl.com/8jsgo for anyone who needs the shorter link. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Cold Pictures
From Nick Arnett Subject: Re: Cold Pictures What sort of work takes one to Mongolia? Consulting geology, I am doing a model and report for an exploration project here in the Gobi. On 2/16/06, Andrew Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Finally got around to setting up a Flickr account, largely cos I have some pics of where I am currently working in Mongolia, thought you may be interested, esp Debbie as there is a pic of some very cute Mongolian horses grazing on the Gobi (There are no fences, and was a troop of about 20, but I missed the rest, as the wild-maned black stallion led them off as we approached - they may be wild or just nomad owned, not sure) Anyway, FYI, http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Frozen Feet Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Cold Pictures
From: Jo Anne Subject: RE: Cold Pictures Hey List!! Hi Jo Anne, good to see you back. It is I, Crone of the Willamette, actually posting to BrinL again now that things are quiet. I'm not sure what happened, but the politics has seemed to decline, and that's all good in my opinion. The Olympics may have something to do with the sleepiness of the list, too. I was blown away by the pictures from Mongolia. *MONGOLIA* I didn't know yurts came with parquet floors, either. I also think that yurt is the wrong word, as it seemed to be 'ger' or some such. I want to know, Andrew, what do you burn in those stoves? And do they really keep you warm? What's your source of electricity? Are wind turbines used? These stoves are made in Holland, and burn diesel (the bill for heating diesel is 90K/month), the traditional ones use camel/horse/sheep dung, as there is nothing else to burn for about 500kms. They keep us toasty warm, the one in our ger (yurt is the Russian name) is usually on the lowest setting otherwise we roast at night. Electricity is diesel generators. It's a temporary camp, so everything is mobile. Wind would be a good idea, it does get pretty windy here, but not constantly so backup would be needed. I was in a yurt at a medieval event once, when it was stifling hot. The door was left open, and the yurt just funneled the breeze through the door and out the hole in the top. It was the only pleasant 'tent' in the entire encampment. I've been a fascinated with them since. Yea, they are pretty cool. Err, warm.. Andrew How is everyone? Any other sleepers out there care to check in? Amities, Jo Anne Message: 6 Date: Fri, 17 Feb 2006 02:26:54 +1100 From: Andrew Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cold Pictures To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Finally got around to setting up a Flickr account, largely cos I have some pics of where I am currently working in Mongolia, thought you may be interested, esp Debbie as there is a pic of some very cute Mongolian horses grazing on the Gobi (There are no fences, and was a troop of about 20, but I missed the rest, as the wild-maned black stallion led them off as we approached - they may be wild or just nomad owned, not sure) Anyway, FYI, http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Frozen Feet Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Cold Pictures
From: Russell Chapman Subject: Re: Cold Pictures Andrew Paul wrote: Finally got around to setting up a Flickr account, largely cos I have some pics of where I am currently working in Mongolia, thought you may be interested, esp Debbie as there is a pic of some very cute Mongolian horses grazing on the Gobi (There are no fences, and was a troop of about 20, but I missed the rest, as the wild-maned black stallion led them off as we approached - they may be wild or just nomad owned, not sure) Cool - how does all the stuff get there? And where do you get water from? Its all trucked in, 500kms from UlanBator, over a few months. Drinking water is trucked in too, but for showering etc, they have a water bore. It's an exploration camp, full of drillers and geologists, so they don't need much water for cleaning :) Andrew ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Um, does this make any sense?
At 03:44 PM Friday 2/17/2006, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 2/16/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.timecube.com/ I'll explain where I found the link after a suitable number of people have expressed their bogglement. What is this bogglement? How can you not understand this page of subsmissive [sic] obscurantism? :-) I think the thing on the page that scared me most is down at the bottom where it says, Next Page... This should scare you even more: I actually went to the next page. Which is about the same length as page 1, and is more of the same, though there are some diagrams at the bottom of page 2. (I will let you decide for yourself if they are useful or not.) Wow. Maybe someone should introduce this guy to triangle man. Triangle man, Triangle man Triangle man hates Cubicle man They have a fight, Triangle wins Triangle man Who knew that They Might Be Giants would come in this handy? Mauro (Obscurant enough for you?) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l --Ronn! :) Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that would be eliminated from schools too? -- Red Skelton (Someone asked me to change my .sig quote back, so I did.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: To my loyal fans
In a message dated 2/17/2006 10:24:15 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just watched the tape. Really cool stuff. And now I have a face to put with the e-mail voice . . . Thanks - but didn't you know what Charlie Gibson before? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: To my loyal fans
In a message dated 2/17/2006 11:03:16 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you familiar with the brain imaging done by Dr. Daniel Amen on ADD/ADHD? There seem to be varying opinions about its meaningfulness... but your images certainly reminded me of what he shows. Don't know Amen. I work with one of the world experts on ADD/ADHD BJ Casey (short for Betty Joe from the hills of North Carolina). She has been using DTI in combination with fMRI to study people with ADD. One of the most interesting things about her research is that there is modification of brain activation and aspects of DTI with both drugs and retraining ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: To my loyal fans
On 2/17/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Don't know Amen. I work with one of the world experts on ADD/ADHD BJ Casey (short for Betty Joe from the hills of North Carolina). She has been using DTI in combination with fMRI to study people with ADD. One of the most interesting things about her research is that there is modification of brain activation and aspects of DTI with both drugs and retraining Interesting. Amen is out here in California and gets himself in the media a lot. I'd be quite interested in what Ms. Casey has found. As a matter of fact, I'm heading for the mountains of North Carolina myself tomorrow morning... which means I'll be somewhat scarce around here for a few days. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Brin: California Recertifies Hackable Diebold Voting Machines
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