Re: Movie news

2003-03-21 Thread G. D. Akin
Jon Gabriel wrote on George A's comments: I just read the News portion of scifiweekly.com #308. Interesting info on SF movies. - A script is complete for Asimov's Foundation; to focus on The Mule story arc. Now that would be interesting. I vote for John Leguizamo to play the Mule.

Re: Movie news

2003-03-21 Thread G. D. Akin
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 1:54 AM Subject: Re: Movie news In a message dated 3/19/03 8:44:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Perhaps Kevin Costner would be available to play Hari

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, March 19, 2003, at 08:42 pm, S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Tell me'bout the carrots. Do I stand a chance? I put them in a shady place in verfy fine well drained soil. The seeds were placed on a long strip of paper, that you have to put in the ground. Apperently you don't need

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 22:12 20-03-03 -0500, Matthew Bos wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday CONGRATULATIONS!!! :-) First child? Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. Been there, done that. Don't

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 01:17 21-03-03 -0500, William Taylor wrote: In-between two Something wonderful replies was a SPAM message for Maintain Your Septic Tank Properly. Download and install MailWasher. That's what I did, and it works great. Spam? What spam? www.mailwasher.com Jeroen Tech Support van Baardwijk

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Robert Seeberger
Wonderful news!! rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Precendents

2003-03-21 Thread Alberto Monteiro
JDG wrote: (...) When China is deciding whether or not to invade Taiwan, (...) And they missed a great opportunity to invade Taiwan at the same date and hour that the USA started invading Iraq. If they didn't, maybe they will never do it. Alberto Monteiro

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Matthew Bos wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. She gets her first name after her great-aunt Anneke from the Netherlands, here middle

Re: Movie news

2003-03-21 Thread Alberto Monteiro
G. D. Akin wrote: - A script is complete for Asimov's Foundation; to focus on The Mule story arc. Now that would be interesting. I vote for John Leguizamo to play the Mule. :) I would love to see it, but not sure about your choice. Is there any doubt that They(tm) will put

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:43:10 +0100, Jean-Marc Chaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten [Wed, 19/03/2003 at 21:41 +0100] Btw, anybody got a suggestion for a large ornamental plant? (around 1 to 1.5 m in hight would be nice) I'm building one very big plant container (using 4

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten
On Thu, 20 Mar 2003 22:12:25 -0500, Matthew and Julie Bos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. Already? Well then I can only wish

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Matthew and Julie Bos [Thu, 20/03/2003 at 22:12 -0500] Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos Félicitations et bienvenue sur Terre à Anneka -- Jean-Marc ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread J. van Baardwijk
I am considering buying two books on Red Hat Linux 7.2: - Red Hat Linux 7.2: The Complete Reference, Second Edition Author: Richard Petersen http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0072191783 - Red Hat Linux 7.2 Bible Unlimited Edition (With CD-ROM) Author: Christopher Negus

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 10:12 PM 3/20/2003 -0500, you wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. She gets her first name after her great-aunt Anneke from the Netherlands, here

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Steve Sloan II
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday Woo-ho! Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. Congratulations! She gets her first name after her great-aunt Anneke

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Steve Sloan II
J. van Baardwijk wrote: How would Americans pronounce Anneke then? Probably Ann-eak. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama = [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.brin-l.org

RE: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2 I am considering buying two books on Red Hat Linux 7.2: Do you know that RH 8.0 has been

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Bryon Daly
Congratulations! Great news! Is she your first child? My wife and I are about 8 weeks away from having our third baby, so we're pretty excited, ourselves. -bryon Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born

isp fun

2003-03-21 Thread Kevin Tarr
I'm connecting under a borrowed user name and password. For some reason mine stopped working. While the tech support was okay, they kept wanting to blame proxomonitor or my router, when I explained and explained they were disabled and not hooked up. Finally the gave me a different user name and

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 09:55 AM 3/21/2003 -0600, you wrote: J. van Baardwijk wrote: How would Americans pronounce Anneke then? Probably Ann-eak. I thought from his reasoning, it would be ann-e-key. It's ann-e-ka right? Kevin T. - VRWC ___

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread Bryon Daly
And now, for something completely different! And now - number one - the larch... The LARCH. Sorry, I couldn't resist the obscure reference. -bryon ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: Re: and now for something completely different And now, for something completely different! And now - number one - the larch... The

RE: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Horn, John
From: Matthew and Julie Bos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Anneka Marie Bos Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. Congratulations! You'll do great! I am going to sit down, have a beer, and try to figure out what's going on out there in the world... Have one for

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread Damon
it just didn't make sense. All is not, however, lost, as I am currently trying to pull what (few) strings I have to get an exemption for the color-blindess (odds are low, but possible) and, if I do, I will explore the possibility of doing two years _after_ my current job, although at 25 I will

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread Damon
That's the truly shocking thing. Even in Nazi Germany, if you wanted out of the mass execution squads, (einsatzgruppen, I think, but I bet Damon will correct me) You are correct I think. Problem with Brin-L and my desire to keep up with other lists is that, invariably, I get way behind! Damon.

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 11:47 21-03-03 -0500, Damon Agretto wrote: Problem with Brin-L and my desire to keep up with other lists is that, invariably, I get way behind! Quit those other lists, then. I mean, when you have Brin-L, why would you need any other lists? :-) Jeroen Brin-L Propaganda van Baardwijk

Re: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Nick Arnett [Fri, 21/03/2003 at 07:56 -0800] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2 I am considering buying two books

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread Damon
I do remember seeing a history of WWII that indicated that the Nazis were first greeted as liberators in the USSR, until their behavior turned people against them. If they were as generous with terms of occupation in the USSR as they were in France, would the citizens of the USSR have fought as

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/21/2003 9:17:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sorry, I couldn't resist the obscure reference. -bryon What do you mean by obscure, Bruce? Vilyehm Taylor - ...and Otto is his middle name.

Re: France's influence

2003-03-21 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 21:27 17-03-03 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Jeroen wrote: Come Sunday, I will have been living in The Netherlands for the last 36 years. Does this mean you have a birthday coming up? If so, happy birthday! Yep. T minus 29-years-and-two-days till retirement. :-) Jeroen Oldtimer van

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 22:12 2003-03-20 -0500, Matthew wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. She gets her first name after her great-aunt Anneke from the Netherlands, here

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread Damon
Quit those other lists, then. I mean, when you have Brin-L, why would you need any other lists? :-) Well, Jeroen, if Brin-L can supply my gaming fix then you'd have a valid point! Anyone want to talk about Fading Suns RPG or Battletech? :) Damon.

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 21 Mar 2003 at 12:13, Damon wrote: Quit those other lists, then. I mean, when you have Brin-L, why would you need any other lists? :-) Well, Jeroen, if Brin-L can supply my gaming fix then you'd have a valid point! Anyone want to talk about Fading Suns RPG or Battletech? :) MegaMek

$2 bills...

2003-03-21 Thread Bryon Daly
I just got a $2 bill as change today at lunch, and it reminded me of this funny story I read a while back: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/maddog/stuff/twodollar.html (FYI for those outside the US that may not know, the $2 bill is real, but mostly unseen/unused. There's a saying phony as a $3 bill,

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 12:13 21-03-03 -0500, Damon Agretto wrote: Quit those other lists, then. I mean, when you have Brin-L, why would you need any other lists? :-) Well, Jeroen, if Brin-L can supply my gaming fix then you'd have a valid point! Anyone want to talk about Fading Suns RPG or Battletech? :) All is

RE: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Gary L. Nunn
Jeroen, Check out www.abebooks.com before you buy from Amazon. Gary I am considering buying two books on Red Hat Linux 7.2: - Red Hat Linux 7.2: The Complete Reference, Second Edition Author: Richard Petersen http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/ 0072191783 Red Hat Linux 7.2

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread Horn, John
From: Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, Jeroen, if Brin-L can supply my gaming fix then you'd have a valid point! Anyone want to talk about Fading Suns RPG or Battletech? :) Not those but I'll talk Hero System (Champions) anytime! - jmh

Farscape - R.I.P.

2003-03-21 Thread Gary L. Nunn
Well fans, tonight is the series finale of Farscape. but then again, if you are a fan, you knew this already. I did notice though that Sci-Fi Channel has Farscape scheduled nightly at 12:00 am starting Monday. Oh well, maybe Tremors:The Series will be just as good... :-( Gary What the

RE: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 16:09 21-03-03 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: Jeroen, Check out www.abebooks.com before you buy from Amazon. Thanks Gary! That was indeed a very useful suggestion! :-) I paid them a quick visit and found both titles there (albeit from two different sellers, which means higher SH). I didn't make

Re: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Han Tacoma
Hey Jeroen, On Friday, March 21, 2003 12:02 PM you wrote: At 07:56 21-03-03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: I am considering buying two books on Red Hat Linux 7.2: Do you know that RH 8.0 has been released, and it is a fair bit different from 7.x? Yes and no. Yes, I know RH 8.0 has been

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 10:17 AM Subject: Re: and now for something completely different And now, for something completely different! And now - number one - the larch... The

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-21 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Damon wrote: Quit those other lists, then. I mean, when you have Brin-L, why would you need any other lists? :-) Well, Jeroen, if Brin-L can supply my gaming fix then you'd have a valid point! Anyone want to talk about Fading Suns RPG or Battletech? :) I'm a GURPS man myself, but I've

Club drops student in pledge dispute

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
http://www.activedayton.com/ddn/localnews/daily/0313club.html Club drops student in pledge dispute Dayton Daily News FRANKLIN | Franklin High School’s drama class and thespian club dropped a junior from its membership Friday after he refused to say “under God” while reciting the Pledge of

Which Armageddon Angle is Right for You?

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/03/07_armageddon.html Profiles in Prophecy: Which Armageddon Angle is Right for You? BUZZFLASH READER COMMENTARY by Maureen Farrell Four years ago, the magazine I write for featured a synopsis of a book by an author who predicted the end of days. I don't

Your Tax Dollars at Work: Funding Religious Publications

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=1id=2956 Morons in the News: Your Tax Dollars at Work: Funding Religious Publications Posted by spatula on Mar. 13, 2003 (16 comments from readers) A charter school in Kansas has been taking federal money and using it to print religious texts... and

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread Bryon Daly
Robert Seeberger wrote: Sorry, I couldn't resist the obscure reference. -bryon But that's not obscure, its very popular! Now if you want obscure Gee dad! No Irishman can keep you from becoming dogkiller this time! 10 Points Ack! I've been out-obscured on all counts! Actually, I

Re: The real reason for the War

2003-03-21 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:55 PM 3/19/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: The reason for this is that the USA wants the oil from Iraq. They didn't want war before today because they didn't want it before. After Iraq exploded the buildings the USA wants Iraq oil An example: in 20 years Brazil will have fresh

Re: .... and now for something completely British

2003-03-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/21/2003 6:09:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Actually, I used obscure reference, because I had no idea if there were any Monty Python fans here and didn't want to seem like a wierdo (or not more than usual anyway) if no one got it. :-)

Re: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 21 Mar 2003 at 19:15, Han Tacoma wrote: Hey Jeroen, On Friday, March 21, 2003 12:02 PM you wrote: At 07:56 21-03-03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: I am considering buying two books on Red Hat Linux 7.2: Do you know that RH 8.0 has been released, and it is a fair bit different

Re: .... and now for something completely obscure.

2003-03-21 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 7:16 PM Subject: Re: and now for something completely obscure. In a message dated 3/21/2003 5:53:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now if you want obscure

Minnesota State Representative Arlon Lindner (R-Corcoran), holocaust denier

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
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Ingsoc

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
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Re: Ingsoc

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
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statue of liberty

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
http://www.msnbc.com/local/wtae/a1534793.asp?vts=31820030837cp1=1 Petition Urges Returning Statue Of Liberty To France ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Support Our Troops - Cut Their Benefits

2003-03-21 Thread The Fool
http://web.morons.org/article.jsp?sectionid=8id=2987 Support Our Troops - Cut Their Benefits Posted by infuriated Lazerface01 on Mar. 19, 2003 (24 comments from readers) The GOP plans to cut $15 billion from veterans' programs as a thank you for serving our country... The House Budget Committee

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Re: .... and now for something completely obscure.

2003-03-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/21/2003 6:54:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ron Glum was a total idiot that did things like getting his head stuck in an iron fence. Probably totally wrong, but worth a go. Not even close. And I would have expected you of

Re: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Han Tacoma
Hey Jeroen, On Friday, March 21, 2003 12:02 PM you wrote: At 07:56 21-03-03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: I am considering buying two books on Red Hat Linux 7.2: Do you know that RH 8.0 has been released, and it is a fair bit different from 7.x? Yes and no. Yes, I know RH 8.0 has been

Re: Corrected French History

2003-03-21 Thread J.D. Giorgis
To everyone on Brin-L: In a recent thread, a certain listmember impugned both my patriotism and my honor, and over the course of a rather long and detailed response, I included two very heated insults. I recognize now that it was impolite to make such assessments to his face in any medium,

Uplift Humor Song: At the autopark in Kazzkark

2003-03-21 Thread Medievalbk
What would be a fun job in the Uplift Universe? How about running a rent-a-cart on Kazzkark At the autopark in Kazzkark Scooters, tooters, skateboards with a hump, Bags full of Jello, some a little plump, Motorized wheelchairs where you can take a dump, At the autopark in Kazzkark Two

Re: .... and now for something completely different

2003-03-21 Thread Doug Pensinger
S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Since I'm a bit tired of arguing the war, Iraq, Iran, the Middle East, bombs, politicians, speeches, the UN, the US and all the rest, here is something entirely different. I'm so totally proud of myself. The job I did in Brussels finally resulted in a very

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Doug Pensinger
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday Excellent! Congratulations! Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. You'll get over it. 8^) I was thousands of miles away and

Re: $2 bills...

2003-03-21 Thread Doug Pensinger
Bryon Daly wrote: The story site (http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/maddog/docs.html) has some other good stuff on it, but one of my other favorites is the hotel soap adventure: http://www.ccs.neu.edu/home/maddog/stuff/soaps.html The soap story is hilarious. Especially after spending the last three