Re: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/14/2002 9:32:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << That bit where the rothen-danik follower uses the buyer handheld to crack an unknown cypher with an unknown key length, which brings the attention of the jophur ship ship which uses the amber-subs

Uplift Urbane Legend #9

2002-11-14 Thread Medievalbk
Note the picture of the Mn'n on page 139 of Contacting Aliens. See the forward foot of the standing Mn'n and the back flipped foot of the seated Mn'n. They have an ankle joint with a full 170 degree movement. See the long neck waddles. Their heads can rotate like an Eath owl's head can. See the

Re: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread The Fool
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In a message dated 11/14/2002 7:05:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:07:01AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > > > And yet a weak handheld computer on Jijo does just that. > > > > Ummm, was this a joke? > >

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/14/2002 8:48:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >>Personally, the choice between Gore and Powell would have been tough. > > >Not for me. > > > >--Ronn! :) Agree. >> Yup. William Taylor -- Love Story number nein. __

Re: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/14/2002 7:05:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:07:01AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > > And yet a weak handheld computer on Jijo does just that. > > Ummm, was this a joke? No memory for details? >> I could use a titl

Re: My return and baseball

2002-11-14 Thread Kevin Tarr
Of course Bonds is the best ever. He plays against the best ever pitchers, the best ever fielders, the best ever coaches, and the best ever fans cheering in the best ever stadiums. What a wonderful time for you to be alive Gautam! Why is it tough to be single in NY? It's not Schenectady for Caz

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 09:15 PM 11/14/2002 -0600, you wrote: At 08:06 PM 11/14/02, Doug wrote: Personally, the choice between Gore and Powell would have been tough. Not for me. --Ronn! :) Agree. Kevin T. Or am I acting? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/list

Femme Fatale

2002-11-14 Thread Kevin Tarr
Very good movie. As good as Body Double, one of my top five movies. Probably better, but I have a jaundiced eye. Five people in the theater. Next week Spirited Away. Then Bond, then ST, then.. Kevin T. Etna: damn, there goes my trip to Sicily ___

Re: your papers please

2002-11-14 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 08:55 PM 11/14/02, The Fool wrote: http://www.freep.com/news/metro/checks12_20021112.htm Random stops begin today in Michigan November 12, 2002 BY TAMARA AUDI FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Federal agents will begin randomly stopping traffic today, looking for illegal immigrants, terrorists and drug

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 08:06 PM 11/14/02, Doug wrote: Personally, the choice between Gore and Powell would have been tough. Not for me. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle __

your papers please

2002-11-14 Thread The Fool
http://www.freep.com/news/metro/checks12_20021112.htm Random stops begin today in Michigan November 12, 2002 BY TAMARA AUDI FREE PRESS STAFF WRITER Federal agents will begin randomly stopping traffic today, looking for illegal immigrants, terrorists and drug or weapon smugglers. Cars will be s

My return and baseball

2002-11-14 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > Hey, Gautam, how ya been? Got some free time? Any > retrospective on the > post season (or the season in general for that > matter?) > > Doug Hi Doug (and everyone else), I've been pretty good, on the whole. I have free time fo

Re: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread The Fool
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:07:01AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > > And yet a weak handheld computer on Jijo does just that. > > Ummm, was this a joke? No memory for details? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/list

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Doug
Russell Chapman wrote: I was thinking (and expecting everyone to have really long range telepathy) of the effect on black voters. Could he have reasonably expected a big turn out from the African American voters to vote just to put a black man in the office? I'm guessing that in America it is

Re: Server mish mash

2002-11-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > At 09:17 AM 11/14/02, Julia Thompson wrote: > >This is the second doorbell we've had that problem with. We replaced > >the one at the old house because it was failing, and the new one had > >this problem. And now the one we have here has that problem, as well. > >(At

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Doug
Gautam Mukunda wrote: Hey, Gautam, how ya been? Got some free time? Any retrospective on the post season (or the season in general for that matter?) Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Russell Chapman
Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 08:55 PM 11/13/02, Russell Chapman wrote: And another only vaguely related question - regarding his colour - would coming from a Jamaican family be seen as the same as coming from, say, a Louisana African American family? I have no idea how West Indian blacks are s

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Gautam Mukunda
> BTW, where was he born? The Constitution requires > the POTUS to be a > _native-born_ US citizen. I've never heard this > issue addressed, though . . . > > > -- Ronn in Birmingham, AL :) New York, if I recall _My American Journey_ correctly. Gautam __

Re: Contraception (Was: science Vs religion)

2002-11-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Ronn Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:07 PM Subject: Re: Contraception (Was: science Vs religion) > At 08:24 PM 11/13/02, Erik Reuter wrote: > >Thanks for the information. I think Ortho Evra was the n

Re: Contraception (Was: science Vs religion)

2002-11-14 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 08:24 PM 11/13/02, Erik Reuter wrote: Thanks for the information. I think Ortho Evra was the name they used on the TV commercial I saw. The main point of the commercial seemed to be all the places you could stick the patch (basically anywhere). And as I thought the first time I saw that comm

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 08:55 PM 11/13/02, Russell Chapman wrote: And another only vaguely related question - regarding his colour - would coming from a Jamaican family be seen as the same as coming from, say, a Louisana African American family? I have no idea how West Indian blacks are seen in the US. BTW, wher

Re: Server mish mash

2002-11-14 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 09:17 AM 11/14/02, Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > At 06:27 AM 10/30/02, Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > >Have I been dinging too much? :-) > > > > I dunno. Have you been leaning on a doorbell button? > > > > "We don't have a 'ding, dong' w

Re: Scouted : LOTR and The Fionanvar Tapestry as Christian literature

2002-11-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
> > Jean-Louis, K fan > I have all his books myself! xponent Whens the New One Out? Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:15 PM 11/14/2002 +1000, you wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: his not running for the presidency was a topic of conversation at the office - but I don't have any numbers to back that up! :) That would indicate I had entirely the wrong idea... Anytime someone NOT running for office is raise

Re: Contraception (Was: science Vs religion)

2002-11-14 Thread Bryon Daly
Deborah Harrell wrote: >(Of course, that means her husband must also abstain from sex for 11 of >~30 days - I'm not sure how realistic that is.): If they've been married for more than a couple years, and/or if they already have some kids, its *very, very* realistic! :-) -Bryon ___

RE: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-14 Thread Horn, John
> From: Ronn Blankenship > > > I fold. > > > >I spindle. > > Isn't anyone going to mutilate? I used to do that. But then I got married... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: [Brin-l] Scouted: Angry Young Men Put Hearts at Risk

2002-11-14 Thread Horn, John
I stumbled into this in one of my old email folders and finally got around to taking it. Hmmm... not good... > > > > Here is a 46-question test on anger, aggression and > > cynicism: > > http://www.alzwell.com/AngerKills.html > > Cynicism = 6 > Anger = 11 > Aggression = 7 > > Hostility = 24 >

Scouted : LOTR and The Fionanvar Tapestry as Christian literature

2002-11-14 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
http://www.brightweavings.com/scholarship/clementsfionavarlotr.htm [Guy Gravriel] Kay uses the elements and interests of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings but transforms them through a different worldview, and through this comparison-focusing specifically on the issues of free will and sacrifice-

Re: Server mish mash

2002-11-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > > At 06:27 AM 10/30/02, Erik Reuter wrote: > > > > >Have I been dinging too much? :-) > > > > I dunno. Have you been leaning on a doorbell button? > > > > "We don't have a 'ding, dong' we have a 'ting'". Lucky you. We have

RE: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On > Behalf Of Erik Reuter ... > I wouldn't have a problem with this IF everyone who had access to > this database had the same information about themselves posted to a > publically accessible database or

RE: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread Horn, John
> From: Russell Chapman [mailto:rchapman@;ozemail.com.au] > > > But the USA wasn't at war at the last presidential election. I think > that in Y2000 the US population in general was looking for other > attributes than the ability to lead a country through the current > situation. Hell, half the

Re: Server mish mash

2002-11-14 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > At 06:27 AM 10/30/02, Erik Reuter wrote: > > >Have I been dinging too much? :-) > > I dunno. Have you been leaning on a doorbell button? > "We don't have a 'ding, dong' we have a 'ting'". Sonja ;o) ___ http://www.mccmed

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-14 Thread John Garcia
On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, at 09:05 PM, Russell Chapman wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Had either Colin Powell or John McCain been the Republican candidate for President in the last election, I would have voted for him; being ex-military makes a person more likely to understand what it m

Re: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 07:07:01AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > And yet a weak handheld computer on Jijo does just that. Ummm, was this a joke? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listi

Re: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread The Fool
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:16:32AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > > > WASHINGTON — If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before > > passage, here is what will happen to you: Every purchase you make > > with a credit card, every magazine subscription you

Re: You Are a Suspect

2002-11-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Nov 14, 2002 at 01:16:32AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > WASHINGTON — If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before > passage, here is what will happen to you: Every purchase you make > with a credit card, every magazine subscription you buy and medical > prescription you fill, every Web