51%

2003-03-28 Thread The Fool
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=127ncid=748e=1u=/ucru/ 20030320/cm_ucru/the_moron_majority ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William Taylor wrote: Are you trying to figure out where the sapient dinosaurs ran off to before they aimed that comet at Earth to help cover their tracks? No - this would require precision of hundreds of millions of years. I just want to map the Robot/Empire/Foundation Galaxy, determine the

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Nick Arnett wrote: Does anyone have any idea of the accelerations [in a non-rotating frame of reference, relative to the Sun] of the stars in the Sun neighbourhood and the bright stars in our sky for some long time? I'm not worried about the _precision_ of the acceleration, as long as I

RE: What's wrong with Al-jazeera?

2003-03-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:30 PM 3/27/03 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: They also had their homepage hacked.. man, some people are truly hypocritical. FYI: http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/03/27/sprj.irq.aljazeera.hacked.ap/index.html quote Al-Jazeera Web site hacked Thursday, March 27, 2003 Posted: 2:18 PM

Re: Channels of Influence

2003-03-28 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 11:04 PM Subject: Re: Channels of Influence From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Girl fights python to save kitten

2003-03-28 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6196294%255E3 102,00.html A SIX-year-old girl became the first female to receive the RSPCA's humane award for saving her kitten from a predatory python. Marlie Coleman did not think twice about taking on the scrub python when it

Re: 51%

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=127ncid=748e=1u=/ucru/ 20030320/cm_ucru/the_moron_majority http://makeashorterlink.com/?C3B012004 Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Scouted: PDA's in Scifi

2003-03-28 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://educ.ahsl.arizona.edu/pda/sf.htm The PDAs in Science Fiction list. Today's Userfriendly link of the Day. Jon Dax: Stop smirking. Worf: I do not smirk, but if I did, this would be a good opportunity. ~DS9 _ Add photos to your

Re: My new homepage

2003-03-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/28/03 7:51:12 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still looking for employment, list! Any leads on programming, development, or engineering work would be vastly appreciated, thanks. Mark Being on AOL myself for many years now, I know that

Re: My new homepage

2003-03-28 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: My new homepage Date: Fri, 28 Mar 2003 11:07:26 EST In a message dated 3/28/03 7:51:12 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm still looking for employment, list! Any

Iowa town may make lying a crime

2003-03-28 Thread The Fool
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/breaking_news/5504016.htm Iowa town may make lying a crime Associated Press MOUNT STERLING, Iowa - Lying could be perceived as more than just a character flaw in this southeast Iowa town. It could become a crime. Four City Council members

Re: Yahoo! Is Evil -- _One_ Reason Why

2003-03-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:05 AM 3/28/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: Make that two Ronn!Blankenship wrote: From my Inbox this morning: snipped examples of spam After I tried (and failed miserably) to subscribe to Brin-l via yahoo-groups I now have the somewhat dubious

TX, MA, SC, FL, GA, AK, TN, CO;set to restrict people from communicating

2003-03-28 Thread The Fool
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html The states of Massachusetts and Texas are preparing to consider bills that apparently are intended to extend the national Digital Millennium Copyright Act. (TX bill; MA bill) The bills are obviously related to each other somehow, since they

Silly response Re: Girl fights python to save kitten

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 28 Mar 2003, Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.thecouriermail.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5936,6196294%255E3 102,00.html A SIX-year-old girl became the first female to receive the RSPCA's humane award for saving her kitten from a predatory python. Giving equal time to the

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-28 Thread Joshua Bell
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just want to map the Robot/Empire/Foundation Galaxy, determine the exact date of the awakening of the Elves in Middle-earth, That could be tricky; I just read the Silmarillion, and even if you believe the Elvish propaganda to be entirely accurate I

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-28 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 18:10 2003-03-27 -0600, Adam wrote: I'm going to *not* make the retort that immediately came to mind, as I'm already in trouble about Baby Skeletor (NOTE: Waving a sonogram in your pregnant wife's face and saying, I am Baby Skeletor! Fear me, He-Man! is never, under any circumstances, a Good

More Dumb Spam

2003-03-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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Re: New list members

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Joshua Bell wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Congratulations Joshua and Susan (and Nika)!! So, Josh, How's the dog doing with with the baby *really* =+)) Is she taking displacement well? Hey, Jo Anne! Nika adores Caspian; he's only just starting to crawl so the dog does not yet have

Re: 51%

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Han Tacoma wrote: Idiot... = 3 yrs., approx. IQ = 25 Imbecile... 3-7 yrs., approx. IQ 25-50 Moron... 8-12 yrs., approx. IQ 50-70 Hans J. Eisen (1962). _Know_your_IQ_. New York: Bell (also, FYI only; ISBN: 0-517-255707) So while the article's title is THE MORON MAJORITY, it states Now

It's like those French have a different word for everything!

2003-03-28 Thread William T Goodall
From siliconvalley.com It's like those French have a different word for everything! Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) today found himself the laughing stock of tech circles worldwide[1] for decrying GSM cellular technology[2] as outdated and French (see GSM cell phone standard to be renamed

Re: 51%

2003-03-28 Thread Damon
In light of the above IQ definition, what *would* an oxymoron be? :) Obviously a 12yo with exceptional lung capacity... Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.

Re: Girl fights python to save kitten

2003-03-28 Thread ValdivielsoB
Won't PETA sue the girl for attacking the snake? When I became a man, I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown-up. -C.S. Lewis, 1947 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Proposal to change labor regulations, including rules regardingovertime

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.startribune.com/stories/721/3784684.html Some people not currently eligible for overtime pay will be. Others now automatically eligible for overtime pay may lose it. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:05 PM 3/27/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Does anyone have any idea of the accelerations [in a non-rotating frame of reference, relative to the Sun] of the stars in the Sun neighbourhood and the bright stars in our sky for some long time? I'm not worried about the _precision_ of the

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Joshua Bell wrote: That could be tricky; I just read the Silmarillion, and even if you believe the Elvish propaganda to be entirely accurate I don't recall clear mentioning of enough stars to judge time. Days would also be hard to count before the Sun and Moon were created. It's not tricky, and

Re: Yahoo! Is Evil -- _One_ Reason Why

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:05 AM 3/28/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: OK, let's see if I can figure it out again Go to Yahoo, sign in, go to Account Info, give your password; you'll be at a page with whatever info you gave them. Click on Marketing Preferences and start setting

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:41 PM 3/27/03 -0600, Horn, John wrote: From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You still are not getting it, don't you? :-( The question is, is he is going to use them against his own people and blame it on coalition forces. :-( I get it, but don't think that will be a

Re: Yahoo! Is Evil -- _One_ Reason Why

2003-03-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:21 PM 3/28/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:05 AM 3/28/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: OK, let's see if I can figure it out again Go to Yahoo, sign in, go to Account Info, give your password; you'll be at a page with whatever info you gave them. Click

Re: TX, MA, SC, FL, GA, AK, TN, CO;set to restrict people from communicating

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html The states of Massachusetts and Texas are preparing to consider bills that apparently are intended to extend the national Digital Millennium Copyright Act. (TX bill; MA bill) The bills are obviously related to each

Re: Yahoo! Is Evil -- _One_ Reason Why

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 04:21 PM 3/28/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: OK, can you start a *new* account and attach your e-mail address (or e-mail addresses) to the new account, and set preferences? I had to start a new Yahoo! account at some point, and while at least one of my addresses

Re: Spoof - was Re: the wacky things religious conspiracy theorists believe

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This http://crossspot.net/objective/propaganda.html on the other hand is a ridiculously elaborate spoof. Apart from proving the link between Mac computers and Satanism, it also has entertaining articles on topics like 'Christian game

Re: Spoof - was Re: the wacky things religious conspiracy theoristsbelieve

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: So, which do you want for Christmas - action figures of David and Goliath (I didn't see a Jezebel), or the first Bibleman adventure? I want Jael! I want Jael! Don't tell me there's no JAEL! Julia yes, whacked out today, thank you for asking

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipped all but the sig But I liked new Coke so... Why Kevin, and here I thought you were a patriotic American! For shame, sir -- what, pray tell, was wrong with the

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-03-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Hmm, I'll have to relay that information to my brother in San Antonio -- before they changed the formula in the States, he went and bought multiple *cases* of 'original' Coke. I think he drank the last about 2 years after the change-over... I think my BIL got it at a

Re: You know what would be cool?

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm afraid I _was_ a bit jealous of my youngest brother, who got to play with all the cool SW toys- by then I was 'too old' to publicly admit wanting to play with them! And of course, he'd also gotten the nifty posable Star Trek and Planet of the Apes

Re: My ongoing concern about water

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: Up front: I agree with you. Which Heinlein book was on the moon, for some part anyway, and he set up an argument between the protagonist and a yocal about the cost of air? I agreed 100% with what Heinlein wrote, but maybe I

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-03-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I'm not sure about _accelerations_, That's the problem, isn't it? But maybe if we don't expect any two stars to get close enough, they will just follow some 200 or so million year orbit around the Galaxy, which will reduce to an almost straight line in anything of the

Re: Cranberry Juice

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Crystall wrote: The Fool wrote: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2003/03/030326074425.htm Study Provides New Evidence That Cranberry Juice May Help Fight Heart Disease Fine, now make it in a form which tastes okay :P I get

Re: Counterprotester picture

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A picture of someone protesting war protesters is at http://www.askesis.org/images/web_junk/protestormoron.jpg Something ironic about that one, isn't there? ;) ??? Get a Brain *Morans* ?!? Since when did Masai warriors start protesting the war?

Re: Spoof - was Re: the wacky things religious conspiracy theorists believe

2003-03-28 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, March 29, 2003, at 12:11 am, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This http://crossspot.net/objective/propaganda.html on the other hand is a ridiculously elaborate spoof. wicked grin William, you know _perfectly well_ that the first site above

Re: TX, MA, SC, FL, GA, AK, TN, CO;set to restrict people from communicating

2003-03-28 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 28 Mar 2003 at 17:25, Julia Thompson wrote: The Fool wrote: http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html The states of Massachusetts and Texas are preparing to consider bills that apparently are intended to extend the national Digital Millennium Copyright Act. (TX bill;

Re: Spoof - was Re: the wacky things religious conspiracy theorists believe

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: So, which do you want for Christmas - action figures of David and Goliath (I didn't see a Jezebel), or the first Bibleman adventure? I want Jael! I want Jael! Don't tell me there's no JAEL! I had no idea who Jael

Brin: The Core - spoilers

2003-03-28 Thread Gary L. Nunn
RE: BRIN: Re: a call to the irregulars! No mention of using earthquakes as weapons, for example. I had had an impression they were going down to look for something that had fallen. Instead, they are apparently trying to re-start the Earth's dynamo with a nuke. yeep. Well, actually

Re: when schools preach the bible and morals

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.arktimes.com/reporter/030321reportera.html I think this has been mentioned before, but there is some evidence for biological differences between hetero- and homosexual persons. Here is a theory why homosexuality is not incompatible with

Re: From Justice Scalia, a Chilling Vision of Religion's Authorityin America

2003-03-28 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: extensive snippage Most societies agree than 5 year olds can't consent to complicated social activities, and 21 year olds can. The exact age of consent for different activities and different cultures and different people varies quite a bit. Best

Re: TX, MA, SC, FL, GA, AK, TN, CO;set to restrict people from communicating

2003-03-28 Thread The Fool
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000336.html The states of Massachusetts and Texas are preparing to consider bills that apparently are intended to extend the national Digital Millennium Copyright Act. (TX bill; MA