Robert Seeberger wrote:
OK!
That's fair then.
I urge everyone (who cares about the subject) to provide some sort of
justification for their beliefs.
Without getting into the details of my beliefs or how they have changed
and enlarged over the years, I'll start with stating that I believe in
William T Goodall wrote:
So on Friday's Buffy rerun, ep 3.12 'Helpless' Dominic Keating
(Voyager) appeared as Blair, a Watcher's Council flunky who got killed.
So that was amusing.
I never saw Buffy Season 3: Fox has re-run Seasons 1 e 2 twice this
year, and then they jump to Season 5 and 6.
Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
If R=5km, m=4.85e-26, g=9.8, k=1.381e-23, T=300, and we note that
h must be in km, then
P/P0 = exp[ -0.115 h ] exp[ +1.15e-2 h^2 ] , h in km, R=5km, h = R
For Rama, with R=8km,
P/P0 = exp[ -0.115 h ] exp[ +7.17e-3 h^2 ] , h in km,
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 10:23:53AM +, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
The main problem is that the pressures calculated for Earth disagree
with the figures I have for a pilot's standard atmosphere. In areas
without clouds, the earth's actual atmosphere is best represented by
a dry adiabatic
Well...there are a _few_ semi-spoilers at the end.
I was very disappointed with this movie. I thought it was surprisingly poorly
made - the cinematography was dim and blurred, the editing was choppy, the
action sequences were staged in a way that you could not actually see what
people were
Julia Thompson
I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
don't think it hurt me in the long run.)
I have known a number of
On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 02:11 am, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
So on Friday's Buffy rerun, ep 3.12 'Helpless' Dominic Keating
(Voyager) appeared as Blair, a Watcher's Council flunky who got
killed.
So that was amusing.
I never saw Buffy Season 3: Fox has re-run
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Last Angel episode
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BTW, who is Faith and when did she appear in the Series?
Last Angel episode (4.13) begins with Wesley getting
Faith from Prison.
Faith
Recently, Clay Shirky wrote an essay on how to create and maintain
long-lived groups among people who communicate with each other
electronically. Interestingly, although Shirky does not say so
specifically, his main focus parallels that of David Brin, who wrote
an essay on disputation arenas.
Julia Thompson wrote:
I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
don't think it hurt me in the long run.)
I never paid much
My friend Paul Preuss probably won't be suing the guys who made THE
CORE. Still, the possibility glimmers as we stack up comparisons and
things stolen from his book CORE. (Oh, and several scenes and thing
clearly borrowed from EARTH.)
It makes me wonder if someone sometime should set up a
Ray Ludenia wrote:
Julia Thompson
I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
don't think it hurt me in the long run.)
I thought that they got some of it right. I found this part most funny:
The purpose of this improved Zworykin-Von Neumann automaton is to predict
the weather with an accuracy unattainable before 1980. It is a combination
of calculating machine and forecaster. The calculator solves thousands of
Bryon Daly asked:
So I'm curious, why do you wish
to deprive your daughter of all things Barbie?
Barbie is a white-supremacist doll :-)
Alberto Monteiro
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http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
d.brin wrote:
My friend Paul Preuss probably won't be suing the guys
who made THE CORE. Still, the possibility glimmers as
we stack up comparisons and things stolen from his
book CORE. (Oh, and several scenes and thing
clearly borrowed from EARTH.)
I think this can cause some
Bryon Daly wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
don't think it hurt me in the long
Julia Thompson wrote:
My mother, while visiting, looked at the catalog my aunt
had for Barbie stuff; my cousin had over $20 worth of
clothing, etc. for her Barbie,
and this was around 1965.
My daughter's Army of Barbies was bought when I could
get them by US$1.99; now they are ten
From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bryon Daly asked:
So I'm curious, why do you wish
to deprive your daughter of all things Barbie?
Barbie is a white-supremacist doll :-)
My daughter's army of Barbie includes quite a few multi-cultural Barbies.
Nita has made a
--- d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My friend Paul Preuss probably won't be suing the guys who made THE
CORE. Still, the possibility glimmers as we stack up comparisons and
things stolen from his book CORE. (Oh, and several scenes and thing
clearly borrowed from EARTH.)
It makes
--- Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
d.brin wrote:
My friend Paul Preuss probably won't be suing the guys
who made THE CORE. Still, the possibility glimmers as
we stack up comparisons and things stolen from his
book CORE. (Oh, and several scenes and thing
clearly
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Too much TV...
Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2003 01:23:34 +0100
...and not enough actors :)
So on Friday's Buffy rerun, ep 3.12 'Helpless' Dominic Keating (Voyager)
Not Voyager.
Jon Gabriel wrote:
So on Friday's Buffy rerun, ep 3.12 'Helpless'
Dominic Keating (Voyager)
Not Voyager. He plays Malcolm on Enterprise.
Enterprise::Malcolm also plays the Evil Overlord/Demon
in a series whose name I don't remember, and that seems
like a Highlander ripoff
On Monday, July 14, 2003, at 09:28 pm, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Jon Gabriel wrote:
So on Friday's Buffy rerun, ep 3.12 'Helpless'
Dominic Keating (Voyager)
Not Voyager. He plays Malcolm on Enterprise.
Just testing :)
Enterprise::Malcolm also plays the Evil Overlord/Demon
in a series whose
Tom wrote:
Well...there are a _few_ semi-spoilers at the end.
*snip*
I loved the LXG comic book, I think it was a grand conceit; I think
the movie
is a huge letdown.
Spoilers (of a sort; some are more like nitpicks):
The thing that's been bothering me is the Tom Sawyer thing -
Halupovich Ilana wrote:
Joan Vinge - there is another book about Sparks and Moon - World's
End. I read and liked Psion and Catspaw and I read somewhere that
there is another book in those series called Psiren, but I was unable
to find it.
_World's End_ goes between _Snow Queen_ and _Summer
Tom Beck wrote:
Another ponderable is the fascination British sci-fi shows have with the
Old
West. I can't think of a BritSF show that didn't try an oater (The
Gunfighters, Living in Harmony). Maybe Blakes 7 didn't; don't recall.
Most of them
are stinkers. The only decent one is Red Dwarf's
Bryon Daly wrote:
I never paid much attention to Barbie issues, but I suddenly realize I
have a daughter now who will likely one day be wanting a host of
Barbie dolls, Barbie beach houses, Barbie Corvettes, etc. So I'm
curious, why do you wish to deprive your daughter of all things
Barbie? I
Chad Cooper wrote:
What we call robotic factories they call intelligence integrate industrial
production . I find this interesting because they seemed to lack the proper
language to describe robotic automation. They also mentioned using endless
punch cards to program the robotic process.
I
rob wrote:
I expect that I will keep repeating myself on this subject occasionally,
until I get a reality check that will tell me if I am alone in believing
John C Wright, author of The Golden Age and The Phoenix Exultant is the
hottest new author since Brin hit the scene.
Tom replied:
I'm a
(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
behind us now).
They're into Malibu Stacy now?;)
(Either that or they're buying real clothing for themselves, which is even
more expensive. g)
Tom Beck
www.prydonians.org
www.mercerjewishsingles.org
I always
Alberto wrote:
I guess I am watching too much TV
William replied:
Only if it's more than 24 hours/day...
Speaking of TV, has anyone else here watched the first few episodes of Dead
Like Me, the new series on Showtime? It's funny, quirky, and in spots just
a little scary...
Reggie Bautista
But
Bizarre Game Targets Women: Hunting for Bambi
http://www.klas-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1356380nav=168XGqk0
(Video onsite)
It's a new form of adult entertainment, and men are paying thousands of
dollars to shoot naked women with paint ball guns. They're coming to Las
Vegas to do it. This
Russell C. wrote:
(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
behind us now).
My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
Reggie Bautista
Legomaniac Maru
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
behind us now).
They're into Malibu Stacy now?;)
(Either that or they're buying real clothing for themselves, which is even
more expensive. g)
That's nothing - one of them is looking at wedding
I wrote:
I guess I'm a little behind...
Erik replied:
Better to be a little behind than a big ass!
Big ass, smart ass, it's all good... :-)
Reggie Bautista
Baby Got Back Maru
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Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: Reading lists.
On Mon, Jul 14, 2003 at 06:20:42PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote:
I guess I'm a little behind...
Better to be a little
Reggie Bautista wrote:
My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
Repeat after me : Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a
vice.
(It is, after all, a constructive hobby)
(And e-Bay has
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Marv Glovinsky is a clinical psychologist. He says Hunting for Bambi is
every man's fantasy come true.
Then he's not a very good one - or I'm a disgrace to manhood. This
creeps me out!
I'd like to have a try at paintball, against other armed players,
wearing fatigues and
I wrote:
My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
Russell replied:
Repeat after me : Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a vice. Lego is not a
vice.
(It is, after all, a constructive hobby)
Playing with Legos is
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Russell C. wrote:
(My oldest daughter is 20 and my youngest daughter 13, so Barbie's are
behind us now).
My wife is 28 and she still buy Barbie dolls periodically, usually the
collector Barbies. Her other vice, of course, is Legos.
An adult collecting Barbies is
Ilana wrote:
And speaking of several books in one - Did anybody read Octavia Butler
Lilith's Brood ?
Julia replied:
Isn't that the Xenogenesis Trilogy, starting with _Dawn_, then
_Imago_, then _Adulthood Rites_? I bought the individual books in
paperback awhile back, enjoyed them all, and got
Robert's summery of the group and disputation papers was wonderfully
cogent and well-done, worthy of a fine book review or an A+ term
paper.
As for comparisons with THE CORE... don't just say that you saw em...
write em down! Ideally specific, the more the better!
Thanks folks. Thrive.
- Original Message -
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 8:05 PM
Subject: Re: Hunting Bambi? Misogeny Rears Its Ugly Head
--- Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Then he's not a very good one - or I'm a
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Anita has mostly stayed away from e-Bay, but our friend Mike has
gotten some pretty good deals on Legos there. Have you done much Lego
buying or selling on e-Bay, Russell?
Lots... Some kits were fun to build, but I didn't want to keep them.
(esp if there's lots of
George wrote:
BTW, Mr. Vinge has come up with two brilliant and frightening concepts,
being Bobbled and being Focused.
That's just how I usually describe a couple of concepts from John Cramer's
_Einstein's Bridge_. The concepts are Reading and Writing but they
don't exactly mean what you think
In a message dated 7/6/2003 10:08:51 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I remember seeing Ryan in his later Houston years.
IIRC, he had one losing
season (well maybe it was a 15-14 season) when he
led the league in ERA.
He
I did. I think that was ridiculous. If you think
Sandy Koufax was the best pitcher of all time, you're
simply wrong. There is no serious argument for this.
If you think he was the most dominant pitcher on a
per-game basis you're also wrong, but at least you
have a case and we can talk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well Koufax, Bob, a pretty knowledgeable baseball guy,
said that Pedro was better than he was. That's worth
something too, don't you think?
He's just being modest. But yes I would take that very seriously.
Bob, I have some idea of what a phenomenally
accomplished
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well Koufax, Bob, a pretty knowledgeable baseball guy,
said that Pedro was better than he was. That's worth
something too, don't you think?
He's just being modest. But yes I would take that very seriously.
Bob, I have some idea of what a phenomenally
accomplished
If we use your metrics - that is, just against the
other players of his time, ignoring park effects,
difficulty, everything - then why isn't Gibson the
best ever? His 1968 season was better than anything
Koufax ever did, phenomenal though Koufax was.
It was the best season ever in my
If we use your metrics - that is, just against the
other players of his time, ignoring park effects,
difficulty, everything - then why isn't Gibson the
best ever? His 1968 season was better than anything
Koufax ever did, phenomenal though Koufax was.
It was the best season ever in my
Reggie Bautista wrote:
I've always heard good things about Octavia Butler but have never gotten
around to reading anything she has written. Where's a good place to start?
(As if my to read stack wasn't tall enough already ;-)
I'll say _Wild Seed_. It's a stand-alone. Most of her other
From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I watched the video from the site.
It looks to be real enough.
Of course it *could* be a hoax, but that really is the Las
Vegas TV news so
it probably isn't one.
The jury is still out on Snopes:
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