William Taylor wrote:
Combining tonights two posting winners.
Where would you have an Episiarch transport Ron Jeremy if you had bribed
it
with enough Krispy Kremes?
Good to see that things are back to normal. :-)
Oh, and...
Schenectady.
Kevin Street
(Replying to own post, bad sign.)
The problem was with the Greenpeace example. Ecology is just way more
important to Galactics than to most of us.
A better example might be:
Every Tymbrimi is a card-carrying member of the ACLU. They would join a
civil-liberties group to the left of the ACLU
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/12/4/195512/550
Asimov's I, Robot on the big screen at last... sort of (Culture) By
noodles Sat Dec 7th, 2002 at 03:34:59 AM EST
Yet another Hollywood travesty. I know a lot of folks out there must be
Asimov fans, so I thought you might want
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Normal?
:-)
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Weird is Relative Maru
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Kevin Street
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 3:06 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Ospreys have seen MY EYES
William Taylor wrote:
Combining tonights two
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20884-2002Nov21.html
As a result, Night Watch turns out to be an unexpectedly moving novel about
sacrifice and responsibility, its final scenes leaving one near tears, as
these sometime Keystone Kops, through simple humanity, metamorphose into the
Trent Shipley wrote:
In the Fi.. er Four Galaxies a Greepeace style doctrine is solidly
conservative--in no way reactionary. Most Thennanin would be
encouraged and hopeful that even a t-i-n-y fraction of Human
Wolflings would join a highly responsible organization like
Greepeace.
LOL!!
Trent Shipley talked to himself thusly:
Every Tymbrimi is a card-carrying member of the ACLU. They would
join a civil-liberties group to the left of the ACLU if they could
find one.
They do not love their Civilization with unqualified patiotic
devotion and they refuse to quietly emmigrate
I am having a difficult time understanding how Lexmark does business. I have
a Lexmark Z22 printer. The replacement high-res color cartridge costs $34.95
to replace. However, for $29.00, I can buy a *NEW* Z22 printer that includes
the high-res color cartridge. It is literally $5.00 cheaper, every
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 08:56:19AM -0500, Gary Nunn wrote:
I am having a difficult time understanding how Lexmark does business. I have
a Lexmark Z22 printer. The replacement high-res color cartridge costs $34.95
to replace. However, for $29.00, I can buy a *NEW* Z22 printer that includes
the
1) Has the Lexmark Z22 been available consistently at that price for a
number of months, or is this a short-term sale?
Yes, this has been a consistent price here locally. Not sure about
nationally.
2) If so, did Lexmark decide to take some short term losses to build
market share?
No clue
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Kevin Street wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
Combining tonights two posting winners.
Where would you have an Episiarch transport Ron Jeremy if you had bribed
it
with enough Krispy Kremes?
Good to see that things are back to normal. :-)
See? Ron Jeremy (and
I just checked online at Best Buy, CompUSA, Office Depot, Fry's/Outpost,
and the cheapest inkjet printer was $49 (an HP with a rebate)
Then I went to amazon.com, and they have the Lexmark Z23 used and new
for $34.99 with ink cartridges at $33.24. That is some sort of 3rd party
re-sale for the
Gary Nunn wrote:
4) What percentage of people do you think would actually buy a new
printer rather than a new ink cartridge, even if it does save $5?
Not sure, but I am cheap. Five bucks is five bucks.
Just remove the cartridge at the checkout and leave the printer behind!
Has anyone ever
Trent Shipley wrote:
They do not love their Civilization with unqualified patiotic devotion and
they refuse to quietly emmigrate to somewhere else. They should be lined up
and shot for the traitors to Civilization that they are--except that
exterminating them would be even worse for
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
See? Ron Jeremy (and doughnuts) make anything better. And that's
why he's the crown Hedgehog of porn.
And the healing begins, thanks to fried dough and dirty movies.
You know, there has to be a clever yet dirty joke that one could make in a thread
involving a male
On Sat, Dec 07, 2002 at 11:42:48AM -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
You know, there has to be a clever yet dirty joke that one could make
in a thread involving a male porn star and doughnuts, but I think the
ease of the setup has shorted my brain. :)
In that case, go long, go long!
How many donuts
The Fool posted:
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/12/4/195512/550
Asimov's I, Robot on the big screen at last... sort of (Culture)
By
noodles Sat Dec 7th, 2002 at 03:34:59 AM EST
Yet another Hollywood travesty. I know a lot of folks out there must
be
Asimov fans, so I thought you might
http://media.smilepop.com/smilepop/flash/06_2002/may02-smilepop-soapbo
x2.swf
or:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M210121A2
Something to send to those idiots that forward you chain email.
Adam C. Lipscomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Silence. I am watching television. - Spider Jerusalem
At 02:49 PM 12/6/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
who once used an 8-sider to determine sides for a Trivial Pursuit game
I have a pair of 10-sided dice (one labelled 0-9, the other 00-90) that I
keep in a pocket in my grade book. Sometimes, e.g., when I am giving back
a test that everyone
At 03:23 PM 12/6/02 -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
My mouse was squeaking yesterday so I tried to clean it. But I had to
stop because it scratched me bit me peed on me.
Obviously you are not doing it right, as I can clean my cats with minimal
scratching and no biting or peeing. A fair
I'm going to be leaving Dan Sammy to each other's tender mercies until
late tomorrow afternoon, and spending the night in a hotel to have some
time to myself. :) I'll be be back to checking e-mail sometime
tomorrow evening, possibly not until Sammy's gone to bed (and possibly
not until the
At 03:56 PM 12/6/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Well, on the way to Sammy's checkup with the pediatrician, Dan told me
about a system where they put a GPS locator into a cattle shock collar.
Did either of you bring up the obvious suggestion?
I Told You Kids Not To Go Outside Our Back
At 05:08 PM 12/6/02 -0500, William Taylor wrote:
In a message dated 12/6/02 2:24:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I want to hear silly mouse-related things! :-)
My mouse was squeaking yesterday so I tried to clean it. But I had to
stop because it scratched me bit
At 08:48 PM 12/6/02 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote:
That story idea is *very* close to another book that I read about aliens
plotting and kidnapping a airliner load of kids and taking them to Charon.
The satellite of Pluto?
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I
At 10:10 PM 12/6/02 -0600, Steve Sloan II wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I dunno. The Kanten/Linten clan hasn't bought any bridges
yet. And I suppose the Tymbrimi could be considered moderate,
if for no other reason than they don't have a desire to kill
and/or subjugate every other race in the
At 09:11 AM 12/7/02 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote:
Has anyone ever used the cartridge refill kits?
Yes. (Not on a Lexmark, if that makes any difference.) I've had pretty
good results. I do recommend that one carry out the procedure over the
sink, however.
And Not While Wearing A White Suit
At 11:42 AM 12/7/02 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
See? Ron Jeremy (and doughnuts) make anything better. And that's
why he's the crown Hedgehog of porn.
And the healing begins, thanks to fried dough and dirty movies.
You know, there has to be a clever yet dirty joke that
At 11:16 AM 12/7/02 -0600, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Something to send to those idiots that forward you chain email.
Question for William: How do you make chain email? And how many Pringles
cans does it take?
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never
At 08:48 PM 12/6/02 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote:
That story idea is *very* close to another book that
I read about aliens plotting and kidnapping a airliner
load of kids and taking them to Charon.
At 01:19 PM 12/7/02 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote:
Ronn asked...
The satellite of Pluto?
Yes. Did I
In a message dated 12/7/2002 9:43:22 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
See? Ron Jeremy (and doughnuts) make anything better. And that's
why he's the crown Hedgehog of porn.
And the healing begins, thanks to fried dough and dirty movies.
In a message dated 12/7/2002 11:36:46 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Question for William: How do you make chain email? And how many Pringles
cans does it take?
Buy the wire at a hardware store or steal an awful lot of wire coat hangers.
Build a frame to
Trent Shipley talked to himself thusly:
Every Tymbrimi is a card-carrying member of the ACLU. They would
join a civil-liberties group to the left of the ACLU if they could
find one.
Un-Tymbrimi Activities Committee:
Are you now or have you ever been serious?
William Taylor
In a message dated 12/7/2002 8:41:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
They do not love their Civilization with unqualified patiotic devotion and
they refuse to quietly emmigrate to somewhere else. They should be
lined
up
and shot for the traitors to
Jeroen said:
As it obvious that he cannot be trusted with list-admin powers, I must
once again insist that he be removed from his position.
Given that it's running on his server, I consider that unlikely. Again,
I'd suggest that if you'd like the list run some other way then you
should
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
I must once again insist that he be removed from his position.
You make a lot of demands.
Just an observation.
Jim
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Jim observed:
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
I must once again insist that he be removed from his position.
You make a lot of demands.
Just an observation.
And, according to my newly installed mail filter (thanx to Julia and
The Fool, apologies to the list reiterated), he's still spoofing the
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
I must once again insist that he be removed from his position.
You make a lot of demands.
Just an observation.
Not that many, really. There are only a few demands, that get repeated from time to
time.
Hmm. Let's look at the past year. You've
Jeroen said:
I hereby request that the listowners restore my posting privileges to
the list, and without moderation.
For what it's worth, I'd support this action.
Rich
GCU Can We Just Put It All Behind Us?
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- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 5:32 PM
Subject: Re: Admin: Server access blocked
Ah, I thought you were only referring to my recent demands that :
my posting privileges be reinstated
I have no
Richard opined:
Jeroen said:
I hereby request that the listowners restore my posting privileges
to
the list, and without moderation.
For what it's worth, I'd support this action.
Rich
GCU Can We Just Put It All Behind Us?
I wouldn't support it without some assurances that there would
Adam said:
I wouldn't support it without some assurances that there would be a
change in behavior, specifically the personal attacks and the posting
of personal information to the web. Oh, and attempts to hack the
server.
The message to which I was replying appeared in my Brin-L folder so I
For those of you who have Jeroen killfiled and so aren't seeing his
BCCed copies of messages sent to Brin-L, here is his statement (posted
with his permission):
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To my fellow Brinellers,
I hereby offer my sincere apologies
My fellow Brinellers,
If the listowners act quickly enough in fully restoring my posting
privileges, Brin-L will be able to return to normal (assuming we qualify as
normal GRIN) in time for *all* of Brin-L to celebrate reaching the
list's next milestone: message # 100,000! At the current
Richard forwarded:
To my fellow Brinellers,
I hereby offer my sincere apologies for my part in all this mess and
for
the disturbance it caused, and I also offer my sincere apologies to
Nick
for trying to gain access to his server. I promise that I will do
everything within my capabilities
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 5:48 PM
Subject: Official Statement
To my fellow Brinellers,
I hereby offer my sincere apologies for my part in all this mess and for
the disturbance it caused, and
Rob said:
Groupie Maru
We're not groupies! We are Brin-aids!
Rich
GCU No Points On Offer
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At 18:33 07-12-2002 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
You argue like a defense lawyer about what is right and what is wrong,
when it is really a pretty simple thing for most people.
Yeah, I know I would have made one hell of a defense lawyer, but my parents
insisted that I get myself an
At 16:34 07-12-2002 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
I hereby request that the listowners restore my posting privileges to the
list, and without moderation.
Done.
Both parts of the request, or just the first part?
Jeroen
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Jim wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
*Takes advantage of the group hug to pinch Robert's butt* :-)
*slaps* Jim.
Fresh! I at least expect some flowers before you get that friendly!
Adam C. Lipscomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Silence. I am watching
Robert Seeberger wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
*Takes advantage of the group hug to pinch Robert's butt* :-)
Jim
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http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html
I have some doubts that this is actually from bin Laden, but it does
seem very well crafted to strike chords with every anti-US meme out
there.
Some of the kookier bits:
(a) We call you to be a people of manners, principles,
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 6:44 PM
Subject: Re: Official Statement
At 18:33 07-12-2002 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
You argue like a defense lawyer about what is right and what is wrong,
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
*Takes advantage of the group hug to pinch Robert's butt* :-)
*slaps* Jim.
Fresh! I at least expect some flowers before you get that friendly!
Hey, who was talking to you? Robert's clearly my
At 18:49 07-12-2002 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Its a shame because you really would have made a great lawyer.
You definately have the mind for it.
(That could be taken as an insult as easily as a compliment, so please just
take it!)G
I'll get back to you about that later -- right after I
In a message dated 12/7/2002 5:37:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
Agreed, but.hey!
That's GROUP not Grope!
Stop that Tytlal!
::Runs out chasing a blurred mass of fur::
William Taylor
At 18:50 07-12-2002 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
*Takes advantage of the group hug to pinch Robert's butt* :-)
JIM!...You Savage!!
W
Hey Rob, should I give you the name and phone number of my lawyer? He
claims to have plenty of
Jim wrote:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
*Takes advantage of the group hug to pinch Robert's butt* :-)
*slaps* Jim.
Fresh! I at least expect some flowers before you get that
friendly!
Hey, who was talking to you?
Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
*Takes advantage of the group hug to pinch Robert's butt* :-)
JIM!...You Savage!!
The fact that the niceties of civilization have created a world where we cannot
express
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 4:46 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Official Statement
At 16:34 07-12-2002 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
I hereby request that the
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb
...
(i) You are the nation who, rather than ruling by the Shariah of
Allah in its Constitution and Laws, choose to invent your own laws as
you will and desire. You separate religion
- Original Message -
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:01 PM
Subject: Re: Official Statement
Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote:
GROUP HUG!!!
BIG GROUP HUG
*Takes advantage
In a message dated 12/7/2002 6:03:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Both parts of the request, or just the first part?
Both. It was a Boolean AND, after all.
It was logic like unto a magic fulfillment, as in a wish granted from the
ONLY worthwhile Bedazzled
Robert Seeberger wrote
AHHHthat didnt comethrough very well did it?
I shall have to create a metatag for this type of occasion.
Its the Flaming Pink Effeminate Swishy Stereotype tag = FPESS
JIM!..You savage!!
I was wondering if you had noticed my Daisey Dukes
Did that
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:13 PM
Subject: Re: Official Statement
In a message dated 12/7/2002 6:03:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Both parts of the request, or just the first
- Original Message -
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:15 PM
Subject: Re: Official Statement
Robert Seeberger wrote
AHHHthat didnt comethrough very well did it?
I shall have to create a metatag for this type of
In a message dated 12/7/2002 6:09:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I shall have to create a metatag for this type of occasion.
Its the Flaming Pink Effeminate Swishy Stereotype tag = FPESS
FPESS
JIM!..You savage!!
I was wondering if you had
In a message dated 12/7/2002 6:17:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
What does the winner get for the magic
numbered post?
A pinch on the butt from Jim!
And I'm gonna wn!!
xponent
Carrying It All To Far Maru
To Far Maru
At 04:13 PM 12/7/02 -0500, William Taylor wrote:
In a message dated 12/7/2002 11:36:46 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Question for William: How do you make chain email? And how many
Pringles
cans does it take?
[snip for brevity]
Enough instructions for ya?
In a message dated 12/7/2002 6:29:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Um . . . you _did_ read the question carefully, didn't you?
And you answered.
So...
William Taylor
-
Shellfish fullfilling prophecy:
I clam I'm right.
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
Hey Rob, should I give you the name and phone number of
my lawyer? He claims to have plenty of experience with
sexual-harassment lawsuits. :-)
Looks more like sexual *his*-assment. ;-)
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William Taylor wrote:
I shall have to create a metatag for this type of occasion.
Its the Flaming Pink Effeminate Swishy Stereotype tag = FPESS
Just wear a blue feather so that the color will clash with my red one.
So does that mean I have to wear yellow? Why does Robert get to be the Queen?
In a message dated 12/7/2002 7:15:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
William Taylor wrote:
I shall have to create a metatag for this type of occasion.
Its the Flaming Pink Effeminate Swishy Stereotype tag = FPESS
Just wear a blue feather so that the color
At 06:47 PM 12/7/02 -0600, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html
I have some doubts that this is actually from bin Laden, but it does
seem very well crafted to strike chords with every anti-US meme out
there.
Some of the kookier bits:
(a) We
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
William Taylor wrote:
Just wear a blue feather so that the color will clash with my red one.
So does that mean I have to wear yellow? Why does Robert get to
be the Queen?
Oh, wait, never mind, answered my own question. :-)
A blue feather
From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
The film, then called Hardwired, apparently started
out as yet another
ho-hum robots-trying-to-take-over-the-world film. No big deal
there. One
more piece of screenplay-by-committee out of Hollywood isn't
news. In the
last year, though,
In a message dated 12/7/2002 7:43:45 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Someone write this down. It appears that William Obscure (Albeit On
Topic)
Uplift References Are My Life's Blood Taylor just missed someone else's.
I
think on-topicness coming from another
In a message dated 12/7/2002 8:27:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Man, that sounds just like _Starship Troopers_??
Why use _Starship Troopers_ as a reference when you have::shudder::
_Nightfall_
William Taylor
Filmed in Arizona I'm
William Taylor wrote:
In a message dated 12/7/2002 8:27:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Man, that sounds just like _Starship Troopers_??
Why use _Starship Troopers_ as a reference when you have
::shudder::
_Nightfall_
That movie Did Not Happen. Anyone that
In a message dated 12/7/2002 8:59:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
_Nightfall_
That movie Did Not Happen. Anyone that claims it did is the victim of
a mass delusion. You must trust me on this, lest ye fall into the
abyss. THERE WAS NO MOVIE OF NIGHTFALL.
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Naw...this is a treasure:
http://download.consumptionjunction.com/multimedia/cj_14401.wmv
xponent
High Bandwidth Of The Rings Maru
rob
That was pretty funny, but I liked the Spiderman spoof from
that show a lot better. Jack Black shot webbing out of some
of
I remember being at camp in upstate New York and hearing campfire
stories.
Jon
GSV It's like the ending of the Wizard of Oz all over again. *sigh*
'Bigfoot' Legend Creator Dies
SEATTLE (Dec. 7) - The man who used 16-inch feet-shaped carvings to
create tracks that ignited the ``Bigfoot'' legend
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger
Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; J. van Baardwijk
Subject: Re: Official Statement
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So. what's the deal? Is it still for sale?
:-)
Jon
GSV Curious
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