Verne was Re: Serendipity

2003-04-06 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Han Tacoma [Sat, 05/04/2003 at 22:17 -0500] My experience as a Science Fiction reader starts with Jules Verne when I was a kid. I think me too, although my memory isn't clear so far back in the past. The house where he was born is about 60 km (40 miles) from here and is now a 'Jules Verne

Re: Geneva convention

2003-04-06 Thread Section Leader Xoxarle
- Original Message - From: Gilbert Gosseyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 03:01:18 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Geneva convention * Gautam Mukunda wrote : --- Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When did the US violate the Geneva convention? Camp

RE: PERIODIC TABLE OF REJECTED ELEMENTS

2003-04-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.schneertz.com/elements.html That gave me a good chuckle this morning, Robert. I think the element Moron is probably a lot more common than one would think, though. :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com

Re: Geneva convention

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Section Leader Xoxarle [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 8:12 AM Subject: Re: Geneva convention Time to move to France man. You hang at AICN? If so, we should have some pretty interesting movie discussions here on the

U.S. Friendly Fire Kills 17 Kurds

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,83330,00.html U.S. aircraft mistakenly bombed a convoy of allied Kurdish fighters in northern Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 17 Kurdish fighters and wounding 45, including a brother of the man who runs half the Kurdish enclave, a spokesman for the leader's

Re: Geneva convention

2003-04-06 Thread The Fool
From: Section Leader Xoxarle [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Gilbert Gosseyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, this is our propaganda, targeted to those who can't read the convention and take media coverage as truth. Between educated people, are we compelled to repeat it ? A quick reading of the

[Scouted] An even *bigger* giant squid

2003-04-06 Thread Jim Sharkey
More calamari for everyone! http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/04/03/colossal.squid.reut/index.html Excerpts: A trawler caught the 150 kg, 330-pound squid in the sub-Antarctic Ross Sea about 3540 kilometers (2,200 miles) south of Wellington 'We know so little about the marine environment

NBC and DB

2003-04-06 Thread Wilbur07
Hi All! Has David Brin ever appeared on network teevee? From a fawning, adoring, communist fan of his, it's merely a gentle reminder that, yes indeedy appearing at Joanie's in Palo Alto for booksignings isn't quite enough to gently remind. Otherwise, with all congeniality, live long and

Hubble Pictures *Too* Crisp!

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/quantum_bits_030402.html Clarity is what astronomers and the public have come to expect from the Hubble Space Telescope. But the sharpness with which Hubble photographs distant galaxies has scientists pondering why the pictures are not blurry, as some new

File Compression: New Tool for Life Detection?

2003-04-06 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/planetearth/astrobio_rocks_030331.htm To those interested in early life on Earth, stromatolites are among the most intriguing life forms known. Billions of years ago, they may have been the dominant form of life on the planet. Some scientists speculate that,

Re: File Compression: New Tool for Life Detection?

2003-04-06 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 4/6/2003 7:15:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: To those interested in early life on Earth, stromatolites are among the most intriguing life forms known. Billions of years ago, they may have been the dominant form of life on the planet So the

economic gluttony

2003-04-06 Thread The Fool
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/8/6/201736/7817 Longish ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

None

2003-04-06 Thread evenstar
Sorry I missed the question, Reggie, I haven't been paying attention... Lets see, Julia used to be the Maiden, Vera was the Mother and Barbara and I were the Crones. Hmmm. Kat would be a good choice. Any other non - Mother females on the list?? Jo Anne On 4/2/03 9:55 PM, Reggie Bautista

Scouted: Time Magazine Covers

2003-04-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
Time Magazine has placed their covers online in a searchable archive: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/coversearch Jon NOOOoooOOoO!! ~K'a D'Argo (apparently explaining how all the shafted Farscape fans feel) on the final episode of Farscape.

ohio, the last state admitted to the union

2003-04-06 Thread The Fool
http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a5_127.html Is U.S. income tax invalid because Ohio wasn't legally a state when the 16th amendment was ratified? 18-Nov-1996 -- -- Dear Cecil: Do Americans really have to pay

Re: Middle Ages were warmer than today

2003-04-06 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:20 PM 4/6/03 -0500, Steve Sloan II wrote: Andrew Crystall wrote: But the RATE of change and in particular the erratic behavoir of certain sea currents - not to mention the very real damage to the ozone layer - has convinced most serious climate scientists that Human acitivity is a

Re: U.S. Friendly Fire Kills 17 Kurds

2003-04-06 Thread Bryon Daly
Robert Seeberger wrote: But I wonder how these accidents happen, and if there is anything that can be done to prevent them. I saw on the news a possible explanation for how this particular instance occurred: The friendly fire happened in a hotly disputed area which had changes hands between

interesting claims about the 13th amendment

2003-04-06 Thread The Fool
http://www.amendment-13.org/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Some semi-good news

2003-04-06 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 04, 2003 08:50 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Some semi-good news Miller, Jeffrey wrote: At the neighborhood hardware store last night, getting new glass, the shopkeeper