At 23:16 25-01-2003 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:
Anyone have advice? A friend needs one. His needs are basic, simple games
and e-mail. walmart has a compaq on sale for $600, 2.1 celeron, 256MB RAM,
60GB HD, I'm assuming on the motherboard video, printer, 17 inch monitor,
cdr/dvd writer (don't
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Anyone have advice? A friend needs one. His needs are basic, simple
games
and e-mail. walmart has a compaq on sale for $600, 2.1 celeron, 256MB
RAM,
60GB HD, I'm assuming on the motherboard video, printer, 17 inch
monitor,
cdr/dvd writer (don't know if
On Sat, 25 Jan 2003 22:19:25 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:
Now now. Three mile island has the river water three times removed from the
reactor. It cools the water that cools the water that cools the reactor.
And it's used in the cooling towers. And they keep a lot on site, they
don't constantly take
Andrew Crystall wrote:
I've allways recommended _Consider Phelebus_ as a good first read
for people interested in Banks.
Courtesy of the Brin list, I started with _Player of Games_, and I loved it. I hope
to get to _Consider Phlebas_ or _Look to Windward_ soon, and then maybe gird myself to
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42301-2003Jan25.html
A rapidly spreading computer worm on Saturday infested networks and bogged
down Internet traffic across the globe, crippling online services in one of
the world's most wired countries, South Korea.
Called Sapphire or SQL
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Use of Weapons should always be the first Culture book you read,
to see if you can stand it. joking
Haven't found a copy yet short of paying $20 for a paperback at
amazon.uk. Which I intend to do shortly if I don't find a copy soon.
Your library
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A45516-2003Jan26.html
Afghan intelligence officers said Sunday they had foiled a plan to launch
rocket attacks on the U.S. Embassy, international peacekeepers and Kabul
airport at the weekend.
Engineer Amin, head of intelligence for Kabul, told
For $600, this is a pretty good deal if there is a 17 monitor included. I
would check how much Video Memory there as part of the integrated video,
most come with between 8 and 16Mb.
Also, I need a definition of simple games. Icewind Dale will run in 8Mb
but Neverwinter Nights needs 32Mb.
I know these kinds of questions have undoubtable been asked before, but I'm
new and curious. What are your favorite books by the authors on this list?
Mine below.
BrinThe Uplift Warrunnerup:The Postman
BearDarwin's Radio runnerup:Moving Mars
I have to agree with you up to a point. I loved the first 5/6s or 7/8 of
the book, then whoosh, huh!?!?!?! I read it about a year ago and I'm
still scratching my head. The trials of the various dittos running around
on their errands was very entertaining.
However, I did not nominate it because
I, too, thoroughly enjoyed Darwin's Radio, the Nebula winner a year or so
back. Looking forward to Darwin's Children due out in April I think.
George A
- Original Message -
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 2:20 AM
Subject: Re:
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/1/25/141548
The seal of confessional, which guarantees that whatever a penitent
confesses may not under any circumstances be divulged by the confessor, is
under attack. According to the Catholic League for Religious and Civil
Rights, as states
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/1/25/03638
A former U.N. weapons inspector charged Friday that in the late 1990s French
members of the UNSCOM inspection team actually tried to help Iraq conceal
evidence of its weapons of mass destruction program.
They gave them forewarning of
Jim said:
Courtesy of the Brin list, I started with _Player of Games_, and I
loved it. I hope to get to _Consider Phlebas_ or _Look to Windward_
soon, and then maybe gird myself to try _Use of Weapons_. You guys are
hardly making it sound appealing. :-)
_Use of Weapons_ is definitely my
At 04:04 PM 1/26/2003 +, you wrote:
Jim said:
Courtesy of the Brin list, I started with _Player of Games_, and I
loved it. I hope to get to _Consider Phlebas_ or _Look to Windward_
soon, and then maybe gird myself to try _Use of Weapons_. You guys are
hardly making it sound appealing.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030203-411370,00.html
Because of past scandals, the agency had largely dropped its paramilitary
operations. But the war on terrorism has brought it back into the business
The U.S. is not yet at war with Saddam Hussein. Not officially. But
http://www.newsmax.com/ir.shtml
NewsMax's correspondent at the United Nations, Stewart Stogel, says Iraq's
U.N. Ambassador Mohammed Aldouri is missing.
Aldouri decided to take an overdue home leave during the week of Dec. 15.
He told NewsMax it would be the first time to return home and visit
The Federal reserve has just issued its latest report on net worth in 2001,
and the distribution thereof. Not unexpectedly, the tend of wealth
concentration continues. The top 10% now has 80.7% of total net worth in
the United states, up from 78.9% in '92. The bottom 50% now has 1.3%
compared
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Please Andy don't think Use of Weapons is a bad book*.
Andy, Jim, practically the same guy. ;-)
As Rich says, it is most everyone's favorite.
Now, is that among true Banks fans? It certainly sounds like people without a
predisposition to like Banks aren't so fond of it.
Jim said:
Now, is that among true Banks fans? It certainly sounds like people
without a predisposition to like Banks aren't so fond of it. Is there
something about it that is that off-putting?
I think that lots of people think it's horrible because of certain
revelations during the course of
On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
So, Bush unvails a plan to focus tax cuts on dividends, thus preferentially
cutting the taxes of those who already are the most wealthy. The logical
conclusion is that he thinks the trend of concentration of wealth is a good
thing. I don't. Does
In recent months Italy has launched a fierce campaign against prostitution.
In Rome, punters face fines and prostitutes caught by authorities more than
once can find themselves jailed for up to 15 days.
Uh? Is prostitution illegal in Europe? Why?
Alberto Monteiro
Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart:
50° Fahrenheit (10° C) Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians plant
gardens
35° Fahrenheit (1.6° C) Italian Cars won't start. Canadians drive with the
windows down.
32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C) American water freezes. Canadian water get thicker.
At 07:41 PM 1/26/2003 +, you wrote:
Jim said:
Now, is that among true Banks fans? It certainly sounds like people
without a predisposition to like Banks aren't so fond of it. Is there
something about it that is that off-putting?
I think that lots of people think it's horrible because of
At 02:15 PM 1/26/2003 -0500, you wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Please Andy don't think Use of Weapons is a bad book*.
Andy, Jim, practically the same guy. ;-)
As Rich says, it is most everyone's favorite.
Now, is that among true Banks fans? It certainly sounds like people
without a
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Federal reserve has just issued its latest report on net worth in
2001,
and the distribution thereof. Not unexpectedly, the tend of wealth
concentration continues. The top 10% now has 80.7% of total net worth
in
the United states, up from 78.9% in
On Sun, Jan 26, 2003 at 01:20:31PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
The Federal reserve has just issued its latest report on net worth in 2001,
and the distribution thereof. Not unexpectedly, the tend of wealth
concentration continues. The top 10% now has 80.7% of total net worth in
the United
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Use of Weapons should always be the first Culture book you read,
to see if you can stand it. joking
Haven't found a copy yet short of paying $20 for a paperback at
amazon.uk. Which I intend to do shortly if I don't find a copy
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 2:57 PM
Subject: Re: Wealth trends and Bush's tax cuts
Do you mean net worth includes the equity one has in one's home? It
doesn't seem to make sense to add the mortgage
Now that ABC is doing a rip off, I may as wll join in as well.
Do you read Brin because he's
Less pretentious?
or
Reads great?
William Taylor
-
Time to make the Traeki
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At 03:16 PM 1/26/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:
I'm rearranging the chairs in the TV room for the big game
You're having a big game of musical chairs in your TV room?
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now that ABC is doing a rip off, I may as wll join in as well.
Do you read Brin because he's
Less pretentious?
or
Reads great?
I'll say Reads great!
Anyone up for saying Less pretentious and having a cat fight?
Julia
who's going to go turn on the
On 26 Jan 2003 at 13:39, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Use of Weapons should always be the first Culture book you read, to
see if you can stand it. joking
Haven't found a copy yet short of paying $20 for a paperback at
amazon.uk.
At 04:52 PM 1/26/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now that ABC is doing a rip off, I may as wll join in as well.
Do you read Brin because he's
Less pretentious?
or
Reads great?
I'll say Reads great!
Anyone up for saying Less pretentious and having a cat fight?
Doug wrote
Haven't found a copy yet short of paying $20 for a paperback at
amazon.uk. Which I intend to do shortly if I don't find a copy soon.
Mr. Taylor?
GCU Trolling for a Book
Try www.abebooks.com
I found this book for as low as $2.95 an American seller and $6.45 (US)
from a British
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of Andrew Crystall
...
How many of you, as a matter of interest, buy books on Ebay?
How many of you have SOLD them on Ebay?
Never on Ebay, but I've bought and sold quite a few used books on Amazon
with
In a message dated 1/26/2003 3:47:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Anyone up for saying Less pretentious and having a cat fight?
Julia
who's going to go turn on the TV soon, after she checks the directions on
the frozen thing she'll be cooking for dinner,
In a message dated 1/26/2003 4:22:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Try www.abebooks.com
which is linked to addall.com/used, which also has alibris and powells and
I took my books off of ABE as Alibris works on payment to them only on what
sells.
William
In a message dated 1/26/2003 5:51:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Never on Ebay, but I've bought and sold quite a few used books on Amazon
with no problems except for a padded envelope that arrived empty at the
buyer's. I started always using Mylar after
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/26/2003 4:22:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Try www.abebooks.com
which is linked to addall.com/used, which also has alibris and powells and
I took my books off of ABE as Alibris works on payment to them only on
Robert Seeberger posted the:
Official Canadian Temperature Conversion Chart:
LOL!
50° Fahrenheit (10° C) Californians shiver uncontrollably. Canadians plant
gardens
I'd laugh if it wasn't true. We have to plant early, or there'd be no time
to grow anything at all.
32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C)
Robert Seeberger reposted an article from:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101030203-411370,00.html
Because of past scandals, the agency had largely dropped its paramilitary
operations. But the war on terrorism has brought it back into the business
Wow, a very lengthy - and
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2696131.stm
Experts are warning that a malicious computer code which disrupted the
internet may resume its attacks on Monday.
In South Korea, which was badly affected by the attack, systems engineers
are racing to repair internet networks amid fears Monday
From: Kevin Street [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
32° Fahrenheit (0 ° C) American water freezes. Canadian water gets
thicker.
But what's IN that water? Some things are better left secret...
So *that's* what's going on with that lake up in Minnesota (or wherever)...
- jmh
In a message dated 1/26/2003 6:38:41 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Darwin's Radio, the Nebula winner a year or so
back. Looking forward to Darwin's Children due out in
April I think.
I could not enjoy the story because the science was so flawed. Darwin is turning over
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/26/2003 5:51:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Never on Ebay, but I've bought and sold quite a few used books on Amazon
with no problems except for a padded envelope that arrived empty at the
buyer's. I
http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/amycd.htm
Review by Gary Hill
Check it out!
--
xponent
Reviews Maru
rob
You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
the universe is laughing behind your back.
Richard Baker wrote:
Jim said:
Now, is that among true Banks fans? It certainly sounds like people
without a predisposition to like Banks aren't so fond of it. Is
there something about it that is that off-putting?
I think that lots of people think it's horrible because of certain
revelations
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED
: HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL
FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH
DEAR SIR / MADAM,
I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT
Kevin Tarr wrote:
What is the necromancer games?
It's a d20 game company whose books are printed by White Wolf games d20 imprint, Sword
Sorcery Studios. Their motto is Third Edition Rules, First Edition Feel. If you
played DD back in the early 80's, you'll know what they mean (only with
Andrew Crystall wrote:
How many of you, as a matter of interest, buy books on Ebay?
How many of you have SOLD them on Ebay?
I don't sell on eBay, but I buy on occasion. The only books I purchase on eBay are
normally comics or RPG books, but I did try and get my wife a first edition _Gone with
In a message dated 1/26/2003 7:02:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Nick
I never use an envelope, period. Even padded, they offer zero protection
for
a book unless you also insert a piece of cardboard 2 inches longer and
wider
than the book, with the
Robert Seeberger wrote:
http://www.musicstreetjournal.com/amycd.htm
Review by Gary Hill
Check it out!
Very cool, Rob! Where might one find this disk, were one so inclined? And what songs
were you involved in, if any?
Jim
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Let us all drop on bended knee and bow our heads in the direction of Tampa
Bay.
xponent
Huzzah Maru
rob
You are a fluke of the universe.
You have no right to be here.
And whether you can hear it or not,
the universe is laughing behind your back.
On Sat, 4 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
^^^
Just for the heck of it, I'll call the Superbowl now. Chances are, I'm
going to be wrong, but I'll say that it'll be Oakland over Tampa Bay.
Well, I called the right 2 teams, just the wrong outcome. :)
Good game. Especially after
In a message dated 1/26/2003 8:34:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Let us all drop on bended knee and bow our heads in the direction of Tampa
Bay.
To do so, for about a fifth of the US population, guess what would be pointing
towards Oakland.
You give me a knee
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Let us all drop on bended knee and bow our heads in the direction of Tampa
Bay.
The Bucs rule.
Now, Tampa Bay is east of here, right? Do I have to get it within 2 compass
degrees, or is just making sure my body is parallel to the south wall of the
house sufficient?
But when the Knights Templar were suppressed by Philip the Fair of
France and Pope Clement V in 1307, one of the charges was that the
Templars confessed only to each other and not to other priests--so
that nobody outside the order knew what horrible and foul things were
going on within the
- Original Message -
From: Bradford DeLong [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2003 1:46 PM
Subject: Re: Catholics Could Lose Seal of Confession
But when the Knights Templar were suppressed by Philip the Fair of
France and Pope Clement V in 1307, one of
Hey, we all can have our own proof of the truth!!!
Here's the how-to:
http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov/hotshots/
- Original Message -
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, January 20, 2003 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: Satellite evidence of UFOs
Nick Arnett
Every once in a while, someone I knew long ago finds me on the Internet.
Our newest subscriber to Brin-L is Jose Ortiz, who was one of my team of
sysops on the CompuServe Multimedia Forums, which I launched in 1989 and
sold (the contract to operate them, that is) to Cowles Media in 1992 or so.
We
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
This another fun thing that comes up all the time. The 1st edition 1st
printing is the big bucks. 1st edition 4th printing is common yawn.
Oh, fine, right after I mention my
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
but I did try and get my wife a first edition _Gone with the Wind_
for her birthday last year.
With only one month of printing listed to the back of the title
page?
This another fun thing that comes up all the time. The 1st edition
1st printing
Bradford DeLong wrote:
But when the Knights Templar were suppressed by Philip the Fair of
France and Pope Clement V in 1307, one of the charges was that the
Templars confessed only to each other and not to other priests--so
that nobody outside the order knew what horrible and foul things
were
Someone wrote:
...
I think that lots of people think it's horrible because of certain
revelations during the course of the book, rather than because of
plot, characterisation, pacing and so forth. I think, more than any
of the others, it shows us the sorts of things on which the Culture
is
In a message dated 1/26/2003 9:50:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Maybe one day when I have more disposable income, I'll get her that first
edition; for now it'll probably have to wait.
I'd rather have the light bulb that was mistakenly left in the lamppost
At 17:27 26-01-2003 -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote:
I tried to buy there but when I clicked on the buy link, nothing
happened. I tried from the addall link and then went to abebooks and
tried again, same result. Maybe I should have switched browsers and tried
again?
That just might work, yes.
At 20:04 26-01-2003 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
And we have frozen things on a regular basis. Something you just stick in
an oven for awhile, stopping once to stir or pull off the cover or
something, is a pretty easy thing to fix for dinner.
SIGH
So much for the fine art of cooking...
On 26 Jan 2003 at 19:37, Robert Seeberger wrote:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2696131.stm
Experts are warning that a malicious computer code which disrupted the
internet may resume its attacks on Monday. In South Korea, which was
badly affected by the attack, systems engineers are
On 26 Jan 2003 at 20:42, Nick Arnett wrote:
certainly nothing to toss out. A couple of weeks ago, I finally
studied up on what a first edition *really* is. The only real first
editions I own, as far as I know, are Brin books and one of Doug
Adams'.
I'm allways careful to say printing, yes.
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