At 06:43 PM 12/10/02 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 11:46 AM
...
I must disagree with this. Off-list offenses are a private matter between
the sender and the recipient, and therefore
At 10:16 PM 12/10/02 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Deborah Harrell
Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2002 9:48 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Consequences of off-list attacks, spam, etc.? (was RE:
In a message dated 12/11/2002 1:15:59 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Now, taste my steel, pawn of Apu!
Why would the manager of the Quickie Mart need pawns?
Maybe it was supposed to read prawns, and he was making shish kabob?
Er, for his customers, of
Was it on this list awhile back (at least back while we were on the
Cornell server) that we had the discussion about always being careful to
discharge the flyback capacitor before doing any work on a TV set or
computer monitor (and at least one person¹ confessed to have learned that
lesson
From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool wrote:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/10/1039379819086.html
Gutnick wins right to have Web libel case heard in Vic
Canberra
December 10 2002
Why is having a defamation case heard in the jurisdiction of the
distribution
Rob wrote:
This is what I think of when I hear Starship Trooper
[Actual song lyrics by YES snipped]
I never much liked the version on the Yes album, I think the one from
Yessongs is much superior. The first one completely ignores the concept of
personal responsibility... Just kidding :-)
I
Adam wrote:
I am Ademu ku ripusukonbu
Now, taste my steel, pawn of Apu!
Ronn! replied:
Why would the manager of the Quickie Mart need pawns?
Besides, Isn't He Indian? Maru
Why *wouldn't* someone from India need pawns? Wasn't chess invented in
India?
Reggie Bautista
I read it on the
To heck with waiting to find the book for the quote :-) Here's the reply I
mentioned earlier.
Dan wrote:
He teaches that only one understanding of personal responsibility exists.
That taking care of your own and taking orders is the definition of
responsibility. Look at the class the lead
From: Ronn! Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Now, taste my steel, pawn of Apu!
Why would the manager of the Quickie Mart need pawns?
He might like prawns.
Would you like a nice tasty prawn-on-a-stick with your slurpee?
- jmh
___
Reggie asked...
Harureruru... Isn't that a city in Hawaii?
or else it's a fierce sneeze..
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Van: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Verzonden: dinsdag 10 december 2002 20:50
Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Onderwerp: Re: fibre for the masses
Yea, well they probably give you a shitty connection.
Heck, you can get that even if they *don't* run
on 11/12/02 12:54 pm, The Fool at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool wrote:
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/12/10/1039379819086.html
Gutnick wins right to have Web libel case heard in Vic
Canberra
December 10 2002
Why is having a
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Van: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Verzonden: woensdag 11 december 2002 3:38
Aan: Brin-L@Mccmedia. Com
Onderwerp: Server back
And since it's a painfully slow machine (a Pentium 266 MHz, I was somewhat
surprised to see), and I have a PII motherboard
Dan Minette wrote:
What are the odds on the New York Times winning their case? Slim and None,
and Slim is heading out the door.
nitpick
It's not the NYT, it's Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal
and Barron's. Totally different animals.
/nitpick
Julia
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Prairie fire that would outrace a horse Maru
(from another 'Little House' book)
Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I *can* remember is
something about Pa plowing a firebreak around the house, and after the
fire swept through, the house being on a little
Kevin Tarr wrote:
I was showed by an older electrician how to play with high voltage. I've
had 480 dancing on my finger tips. I was with him unhooking a house from
the outside electric, which someone turned on. He twisted his ankle falling
from the ladder after getting shocked but was
At 22:58 2002-12-08 +1100, you wrote:
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Just imagine that the only faces you ever get to see are those of bearded
men . . .
Hey, what's wrong with bearded men??? I resemble that remark. Anyway, why
would you want to see bearded women??
Regards, Ray.
And I'd resent
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Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:48 AM
...
I have an old PC (Pentium 200 MHz, 80 MB RAM) that is dire need of
retirement. Once I have a new one, I want to upgrade the old one
Debbie wrote:
Deborafu Harureruru
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Harureruru... Isn't that a city in Hawaii?
That's how Scooby Doo would pronounce the name of their
capital city. ;-)
__
Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama
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To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Internet Free Speech struck down by Australian court
on 11/12/02 12:54 pm, The Fool at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has there ever been
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Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:04 AM
Subject: Re: Internet Free Speech struck down by Australian court
Dan Minette wrote:
What are the odds on the New York Times winning their case? Slim and
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on 11/12/02 5:43 pm, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 10:41 AM
Subject: Re: Internet Free Speech struck down by Australian court
on 11/12/02
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 12:32 PM
Subject: Re: Internet Free Speech struck down by Australian court
on 11/12/02 5:43 pm, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Putting an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of keyboards
will _not_ result in the greatest work of all time. Just look at Windows.
I'd say that says more about M$Windows programmers than it does about
monkeys. Totally different
The Fool wrote:
This is by far one of the single biggest attacks on freedom of speech
that has ever been carried out. Any American who exercises their first
amendment rights is now subject to Australian law. This sets Australian
law higher than even the U.S. constitution, and makes all
Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
speak ;D ), but if multiplying two negative numbers is
_supposed_ to make a positive, the square root of a
negative number 'should not be' possible.
That's why they're called imaginary numbers! Imaginary or
not, though, they're quite useful...
It's
http://www.rendell.uk.co/gol/tm.htm
Nifty.
Nifty indeed! Thanks.
But I see Conway's Game of Life as intrinsically limited. The
version I hypothesize about in GLORY SEASON would be more complex at
the individual cell level, in order to allow fewer cells to do much
more.
Cool though!
At 19:23 10-12-2002 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
The only thing I see in the logs that seem unusual are a bunch of things
from identd, like this:
Dec 10 15:45:20 www identd[4623]: request_thread: read(9, ..., 1023) failed:
Connection reset by peer
Looking into this, I don't see that it's a reason
At 23:21 10-12-2002 -0500, William Taylor wrote:
The world's very first chicken joke.
snip
Later, it was time for battle, and the priest were bringing up the pot of
paint that they had prepared for battle.
Suddenly, one of the priests shrieked and dropped the pot.
The high priest in
- Original Message -
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:43 AM
Subject: Re: Starship Trooper
Rob wrote:
This is what I think of when I hear Starship Trooper
[Actual song lyrics by YES snipped]
I never much liked the
Kevin Tarr wrote:
at least 29 INCH*
* Sorry Alberto
I always find it amusing that we measure our TV screens in cm and our
computer screens in inches.
I know why of course (we still have 3½ and 5¼ inch drive bays as well),
but it does seem silly.
Cheers
Russell C.
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 6:02 PM
Subject: inches are evil, why they must be eradicated
Russell Chapman wrote:
I always find it amusing that we measure our TV screens in cm
(...)
Russell Chapman wrote:
I always find it amusing that we measure our TV screens in cm
(...)
Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs
in inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for
a starship pilot and an intense care pediatrician over there?
Alberto Monteiro
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 06:34:36PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs in
inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for a starship
pilot and an intense care pediatrician over
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From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: DIY bathroom troubles, Re: Fwd: Religion, the good side
Kevin Tarr wrote:
I was showed by an older electrician how to play with high voltage.
- Original Message -
From: Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: Dr. Brin's LPNC keynote speech
Debbie wrote:
Deborafu Harureruru
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Harureruru... Isn't that a city in Hawaii?
That's
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Wed, Dec 11, 2002 at 06:34:36PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Australia must be a blessed land. Here in Brazil they sell TVs in
inches (1 inch = 2 cm). Is there any job opportunity for a starship
pilot and an intense
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A39735-2002Dec11.html
A Raytheon Corp.-built kill vehicle designed to destroy incoming warheads
failed to separate from its booster on Wednesday in a test over the Pacific,
setting back a multibillion-dollar system under development to shield
against
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