Re: Here be dragons. Uplift essay.

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 12:01:53 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a minor problem with your thinking and conclusions, which may not make a difference because I suspect you're only joking anyway. :) If not, this might cost you a gold star. :-) snip

T—e—s—t—i—n—g

2002-11-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
I am still having e-mail problems. Did this get through? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

AOL question.

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
I have not found a killfile function on AOL. This is merely a statement. William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

[SCOUTED] Dogs fetch because it's in their genes?

2002-11-24 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2002/11/22/MN30608.DTLty pe=science When dog became man's best friend David Perlman, Chronicle Science Editor Ingenious experiments by scientists exploring that indefinable quality called the animal mind shed new light on the skills that dogs have

[NEWS] Now I've heard everything

2002-11-24 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/22/health.laptop.reut/index.ht ml or http://makeashorterlink.com/?A20B42882 Scientist burns himself in a delicate place with a laptop. The headline alone is comedy gold, baby. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silence. I am watching television. -

Re: AOL question.

2002-11-24 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AOL question. Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:26:11 EST I have not found a killfile function on AOL. This is merely a statement. Do you need help finding it? (Seriously, I'm also an AOL'er.) :-) Jon William Taylor ___

Re: AOL question.

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 6:13:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have not found a killfile function on AOL. This is merely a statement. Do you need help finding it? (Seriously, I'm also an AOL'er.) Got it finally. AOL as usual had hidden it under

Preserve Auschwitz ?

2002-11-24 Thread Gary Nunn
I have been following the debate about preserving Auschwitz. Personally, I think it is time to let that part of the past go and move on. I am not sure what purpose would be served by preserving or memorializing those camps other than to remind people of the hate and crimes that went on there. It

k-6 graders DNA samples taken by police

2002-11-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.njherald.com/news/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1037804875,63452, DNA legacy; Stillwater first in county to identify pupils through genetic imprint Posted Wednesday, November 20, 2002 by Webmaster By RUSS FLANAGAN Herald Staff Writer STILLWATER — Parents of Stillwater Township School

RF ID tags; fight the future

2002-11-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml Auto-ID: Tracking everything, everywhere Katherine Albrecht, CASPIAN [The following is an excerpt from the article, Supermarket Cards: Tip of the Retail Surveillance Iceberg, accepted for Publication in the Denver University Law Review, June 2002]

RE: Here be dragons. Uplift essay.

2002-11-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Bring on the Hoonish Renaissance. Nice essay, William. I enjoyed it, though it's funny that you should call the Uplift universe anti-Campbellian. Considering Dr. Brin's apparent dislike for the sociological impact of the hero myth, the fact that you'd point out that Earth, the star of the

It's all pun and games... Re: AOL question.

2002-11-24 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now: Certain mythological beings cannot use a computer to edit emails without making an annoying sound. It's a case of dragon click. Another class of mythological beings cannot approach any subject with complete reverence. It's a case of satyr-izing. (Credit

Re: Tâ?eâ?sâ?tâ?iâ?nâ?g

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 8:56:32 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Subj: Re: Tâ?eâ?sâ?tâ?iâ?nâ?g I thought you were starting a string on teaching us Irish Gaelic. William Taylor E-I-O-U, eh? ___

It's all pun and games... Re: AOL question.

2002-11-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Certain mythological beings cannot use a computer to edit emails without making an annoying sound. It's a case of dragon click. Another class of mythological beings cannot approach any subject with complete reverence. It's a case of satyr-izing.

Re: TO EVERYONE: Dinging Suggestion

2002-11-24 Thread Kevin Tarr
I personally find it annoying that when list members ask them to take it offlist, that they seem incapable of doing so. (It's really annoying to see Jeroen turn verbal acrobatics this morning while trying to justify gross violations of netiquette.) If it is so annoying, DO NOT READ

Football now Re: TO EVERYONE: Dinging Suggestion

2002-11-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: Kevin T. Heisman Heisman, who has the Heisman? I don't know. Who's even in the running, anyway? I think the last season I was really paying attention to the Heisman was when Drew Brees was in the running at some point. Julia who knows which high school Brees

fool: proxomitron question

2002-11-24 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 09:10 AM 11/23/2002 -0600, you wrote: From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Just ran across this from a trusted source and found it to be absolutely true. Follow the link below, read about Yahoo's newest web tracking policy and then decide if you want to opt out. Gary PS - I don't

Re: Retronyms

2002-11-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 11/22/2002 10:17:17 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Acoustic Guitar Natural Turf Analog Watch Two-Parent Family Off-Line Publication Kinetic Warfare How many other retronyms can you name? Those are actually the

Re: Humor: Hu's on First

2002-11-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jon wrote: Eccles posted this on Culture. I'm sure it's gonna offend *somebody* :-) Jon Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this after Hu Jintao was named chief of the Communist Party in China. HU'S ON FIRST By James Sherman (We take you now to the Oval

religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html

Re: Here be dragons. Uplift essay.

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 9:34:00 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I enjoyed it, though it's funny that you should call the Uplift universe anti- Campbellian. Only with the aliens, only with the aliens. Ah, the change to the works. Much better. Considering Dr.

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread The Fool
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html I've noticed that The Fool posts things like this religiously. :-) As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether they are

Re: Retronyms

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 12:02:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How many other retronyms can you name? Those are actually the originals that JDG posted. I thought that after the paste, my post ended with nonsense such as Flatsigned autograph and

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Reggie Bautista
Dan wrote: I'm just pointing out, that by using expanded definitions of religion, as Mr. Goodall suggests, you would be considered as someone who had a religion. Besides which, most religious people don't cause these kinds of problems. It's typically just the militant fundamentalists. And

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/02 1:27:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And every movement, be it a religious, social, or political movement, has it's militant fundamentalists. Newsflash: Ultra-radical fast food terrorists kidnap the mayor of St. Louis. Will be

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated In a message dated 11/24/02 1:27:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And every movement, be it

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Richard Baker
The Fool said: As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human race is headed for extinction. It wasn't religion that gave us

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/02 1:47:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A preadolescent who puts lice in their neighbor's juicebox deserves a _very long_ time out. Dan M. And a good shampooing. To think I almost didn't put that third line in William Taylor

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread The Fool
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool said: As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human race is headed for

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread The Fool
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool said: the Thugs systematically killed more than an order of magnitude more people (over a very long period of time) than the numbers you just listed. All for kali. Ok a slight exaggeration, but still within the smae magnitude or so. The

Re: Preserve Auschwitz ?

2002-11-24 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Gary wrote: I have been following the debate about preserving Auschwitz. Personally, I think it is time to let that part of the past go and move on. I am not sure what purpose would be served by preserving or memorializing those camps other than to remind people of the hate and crimes that

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of The Fool Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool said: the Thugs systematically killed more than an order of magnitude more people (over a very long period of time) than the numbers you just listed. All for kali. Ok a slight exaggeration, but still within the

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Richard Baker wrote: It wasn't religion that gave us Mutually Assured Destruction, Right. nor that killed fifty million people in the Soviet Union, Questionable. Communist might be considered a kind of religion, as some of its dogmas are based on faith. nor did religion begin or play any

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Reggie Bautista asked: Kneem, should the Republican party be eradicated because of the illegal actions of Richard Nixon? Should the Democratic party be eradicated because of the illegal actions of Bill Clinton? Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, a tyrant, a

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:26:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I suggest that you pray His Gospel, as Revealed in the Afterword of His Holy Book _Glory Season_. I hope His words can bring you back to Faith in Science and Technology. Read just once. For the

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Richard Baker wrote: I'll have a go at calculating rough figures. A quick Google finds that the population of India was about 300 million in Moghul times (I'm sure Ritu will correct me if this is wrong), the population of the Aztec empire was about 20 million; in the 1930s, Uh? You mean

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote: As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human race is headed for extinction. It is only a

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:26:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, a tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? [Was that four different people mentioned, or an all in one package deal?] Alberto

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread William T Goodall
on 24/11/02 8:20 pm, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 11:13:28PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, a tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? Should prostitution be banned because in the prostitution business some people might take unfair advantage of others?

Prefixes for binary multiples

2002-11-24 Thread William T Goodall
These things are horrible, but I've seen them beginning to be used. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html In December 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the leading international organization for worldwide standardization in electrotechnology, approved as an IEC

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Richard Baker wrote: Questionable. Communist might be considered a kind of religion, as some of its dogmas are based on faith. It explicitly rejects supernatural explanations though. Some religions also deny supernatural explanations, like those that believe in psychic powers. Dialectical

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Richard Baker wrote: (...) How bad was the collapse of Paraguay during the War of the Triple Alliance - is it true that over half the population died? (Of course, that was during a war.) Yes and no. The numbers I have read - many times - was that _ninety_ percent of the male adult population

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread William T Goodall
on 24/11/02 11:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:26:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I suggest that you pray His Gospel, as Revealed in the Afterword of His Holy Book _Glory Season_. I hope His words can bring

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:10:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Blasphemer! Heretic scum! You should buy hardcover editions of His books, then burn them and buy again the paperback edition! The only book I ever burned was The Bell Jar. I didn't think it was the

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Gary Nunn
[EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm on constant search for a copy at my local used bookstores. One that does not have a white creased spine. Go to AbeBooks ( www.abebooks.com ) and do a search. I found 291 matches ranging from $3.00 paperbacks to a signed copy hardcover for $172.50. Gary

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread William T Goodall
on 24/11/02 11:45 pm, John D. Giorgis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote: As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know plenty of people with this kind of

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:18:09AM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: The real problem is that we **don't**

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:19:29PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:18:09AM

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:53 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated on 24/11/02 8:20 pm, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message -

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:19:29PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Erik

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:39:28PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: Well, I like it, but there are many many bright folks who argue that there are political systems far superior to the US's. They could be right. Have they tried their systems? Why are they better? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:51:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm on constant search for a copy at my local used bookstores. One that does not have a white creased spine. Go to AbeBooks ( www.abebooks.com ) and do a search. I

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote: Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The 'general characteristics' of religion could be described with the pacifists as a footnote.[1] [1] Just rebutting your 'beyond ludicrous' without claiming that massacring the

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread William T Goodall
on 25/11/02 1:36 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:53 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated on 24/11/02 8:20 pm, Dan

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: William Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. Okay, Mr. Smarty, where do you keep your dice

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 3:04 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated The Fool said: Did you know that before the british came to india, there was a religious group in india

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:09 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 11:13:28PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Should Democracy be banned because

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Richard Baker
Dan said: 1) You are arguing that all US graduates in all fields do not meet the standards set by GB? This may well be the case if we're measuring using a knowledge of major scale, simply because American undergraduates have a much broader education than British ones. On the other hand, I get

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:25:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. Okay, Mr. Smarty, where do you keep your dice between games? DD die were kept in a tackle box. Ain't never had kids about. The

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated Dan said: 1) You are arguing that all US graduates in all fields do not meet the standards set by GB?

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:10:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Blasphemer! Heretic scum! You should buy hardcover editions of His books, then burn them and buy again the paperback edition! The only book I ever burned was The

Vectors with scalar of zero

2002-11-24 Thread Wilbur07
I dunno why I have to say this, but Alberto and his nek'd behind might complain: There are an infinite number of vectors with a scalar of zero on a two dimensional plane, though there are only two vectors with a scalar of zero on a one dimensional line. So, to make the vector-cardinality

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated To me, a religion is any system of thought or ideaology in which, when you start asking questions, you soon

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. Only if there's still juice in it. Julia who keeps her dice in a drawstring bag she made out of a bandana, which is in a cabinet with an appliance lock on it to keep the kid from getting at them

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary Nunn Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 4:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm on constant search for a copy at my local

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated on 25/11/02 1:36 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message -

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 09:34:11PM -0500, K. Feete wrote: I'm actually preparing to write a scifi story where the government has outlawed religious expression (along with any racial references whatsoever). The point being that a) it doesn't work and b) they live very dull, bland lives. So,

Re: Posting to Brin-L

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: Posting to Brin-L Erik -- I've sent this to the list, twice now. If it doesn't appear, raise a wtf? for me, will ya? Hey guys! I'll be back

Gulf Wars

2002-11-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
Self explantory picture http://www.rense.com/1.imagesD/comingsoonB.jpg xponent Clone Of The Attack Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Lucas is evil, why he must be laughed to death

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:34:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Should Steven Spielberg be boycotted because of Howard the Duck? Why? Because he had absolutely nothing to do with the movie? George Lucas: Damn. That ploy didn't work. Waugh!

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:46:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The only book I ever burned was The Bell Jar. I didn't think it was the right book to manditarily hand to a freshman. High school or college? College. High school freshman actually had more

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Erik Reuter wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, a tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? Should prostitution be banned because in the prostitution business some people might take unfair advantage of others? Should fraud be banned

Re: Vectors with scalar of zero

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
Ummyup. As long as none of those Cardinals go after alter boys. William Taylor One Two Three Many. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:47:43PM -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, a tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? Should prostitution be banned because in the prostitution business some people

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:58:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Go to AbeBooks ( www.abebooks.com ) and do a search. I found 291 matches ranging from $3.00 paperbacks to a signed copy hardcover for $172.50. Do people really get that much for signed copies?

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Lalith Vipulananthan
Alberto wrote: So? You can't have Kamikazes without a religious component, because they were not dying to save Japan, they were dying for their honour. And what did religion have to do with honour? Men who refused to become kamikazes would disgrace their families, and so many died to protect

Books, was religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Doug
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first rule of a high price book on the internet: Why is it still on the internet? If the book is worth $172.50, it will sell at that price. Keep checking every week to see if it is still there. Or if the price starts dropping. Hmm. I was looking for a copy of

Re: Books, was religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 9:23:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hmm. I was looking for a copy of Stranger in a Strange Land the other day at Know Knew Books but the only one they had was an old hardcover, in excellent shape with the dust cover, for $150. I

Scouted: Miraculous Mushrooms?

2002-11-24 Thread Jon Gabriel
Guy sounds WAY obsessed. Personally, I prefer my Portobellos grilled in Teriyaki Sauce. :) From: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/25/mushrooms/index.html (Available to everyone, not just subscribers) Jon GSV Good In Omelettes Too Excerpt: How mushrooms will save the world Cleaning up

RE: Brin-l Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 Preserve Auschwitz ?

2002-11-24 Thread Halupovich Ilana
Gary Nunn I have been following the debate about preserving Auschwitz. Personally, I think it is time to let that part of the past go and move on. I am not sure what purpose would be served by preserving or memorializing those camps other than to remind people of the hate and crimes that went on

Re: Scouted: Miraculous Mushrooms?

2002-11-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/24/2002 10:40:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Paul Stamets Gee, what a fungi to get to know. Tucson local too. If he had a webpage about Terraforming Mars, he could call it: The Barsoom mushroom tome home. William Taylor

Scouted: Googlism

2002-11-24 Thread Jon Gabriel
Originally posted by Lal (L.Vipulananthan[EMAIL PROTECTED]) on Culture. For those with a vaguely notable web presence. http://www.googlism.com/ Jon GSV You take the good with the bad. Googlism for: brin-l brin-l is an e brin-l is definitely the place to be brin-l is anything but average

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:54 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. Only if there's

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Ronald Blankenship
- Original Message - From: William Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:46:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The

RE: Brin-l Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 Re: religion is evil, why itmust be eradicated

2002-11-24 Thread Halupovich Ilana
Belief in god is weakness, belief in nothing is immorality Vladimir Ilyich Lenin :-) Belief in deity or in idea gives people kind of moral code. Sometimes they kill in the name of this code. Some codes demand killing. Stalin tried to replace belief in Christ with belief in Communism. He failed,