RE: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-29 Thread Ritu
Jon Gabriel wrote: I agree that shaking people up and exposing them to an alternative worldview is a good thing. I read AlterNet and Ann Coulter on a regular basis for that precise reason. :) You deserve a medal for reading Ann Coulter on a regular basis. :) Ritu, who spaces out

RE: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-29 Thread Ritu
Julia Thompson wrote: BTW, my sister once told me that I'm not terribly good at being subtle. I've been working on it since. Do I succeed at times? Yes. Whenever you have unobservant audience. ;) Ritu GSV Ms. Subtlety ___

RE: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread A . Freiberg
I would say: Backup ... Backup ... Backup ... Backup ... and keep inventories so you can find out which backup might apply. I would call it an art since it doesn't really seem to be technology yet? Regards Armin Freiberg -- From: Russell Chapman[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Stargate: Atlantis

2003-07-29 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:04 AM 7/28/2003 -0400, you wrote: Read about this briefly in TV Guide today and found some stuff online. Most of the stuff online is dated 2001, but this article seems to be more recent... http://makeashorterlink.com/?D19B42865 Some

Re: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 28 Jul 2003 at 23:41, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:13 AM 7/29/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: My HP calculator has never crashed, although there are instructions in the manual for resetting it should that happen :) Neither have any of mine (at least 4 different models I can

RE: Windo$e (and how I deal with it)

2003-07-29 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 29 Jul 2003 at 11:32, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using W95 privately on my box that has the old scanner and printer (driver availability issue), W2K on my data-backup-box that has no screen attached and professionally NT on my ofice laptop and PC. The only thing I run Windows 95 on is

Re: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread William T Goodall
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 03:26 am, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William T Goodall The Linksys WET11 I use to connect the G3 server to the network never crashes - but it doesn't do anything very complicated so it doesn't have any excuses.

Brin : Hugo awards - unofficial poll

2003-07-29 Thread Gary Nunn
Brin mention. - 2003 HUGO AWARDS POLL It's time once again for Science Fiction Weekly's annual unofficial Hugo Awards poll! What were the best SF books, movies and stories of 2002? http://www.scifi.com/sfw/hugo/2003results.php ___

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:14 AM 7/29/2003 -0400 David Hobby wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: ... You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad thing. Ahem. ... You have also forgotten Poland, which is the

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 06:27 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: A Speech From The Extremist Front: snipped Smith should stick to fiction. As for the base canard that FDR somehow conned the Japanese into attacking Pearl Harbor, well this is the kind of scum that scum scrape off the soles of

Re: SCOUTED: Leslie Townes Hope, 1903-2003

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 02:31 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/05/27/entertainment/ main555724.shtml ___ As one who went to more than a few USO shows (alas we never got Hope), I thank Bob for all the work he did

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 09:07 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik wrote- Really? I have heard many people claim that everybody talks when tortured. In the movies, the tortures that are applied seem so tame and unimaginative. Perhaps I have an unusually sadistic imagination, but I can imagine

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to describe what the Chairman tried to do - since I don't think that even if the

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:16 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oddly, the guy wasn't at all racist, as far as I could tell, and he was from Wisconsin, so I don't think it was about him protecting his southern pride. The only thing I can think of is that some

Re: Genetic fractions

2003-07-29 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: For example, how close I am to you? I imagine we might have a common ancestral by 1600 or so. Most of my ancestors at that point were in the British Isles. to the best of my knowledge. A few were in France. And those are the best candidates: France once

Re: What is a homemaker worth?

2003-07-29 Thread Wilbur07
Robert Seeberger wrote: (Overall, 13% of the nation's households include a stay-at-home spouse.) That's an amazing figure. I wonder what the figure was in 1953 or even 1963. I think www.census.gov might have the stabistics, if you're wondering. More than likely, the figure was double or

For they have uplifted those who are humble in origin...

2003-07-29 Thread Jon Gabriel
Today's Userfriendly: http://www.userfriendly.org/cartoons/archives/03jul/xuf005789.gif ...looks like the start of a series about an uplifted Night Pearl fish, which have recently been in the news. (They've been genetically modified to glow in the dark.) Photo here:

RE: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread Horn, John
From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I agree it's a very good book - probably the best single-volume history of the war, actually. But I actually disagree with that conclusion. I don't think state's rights had anything to do with the war, actually. much snippage I'm not sure

RE: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-29 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 14:32:30 +0530 Jon Gabriel wrote: I agree that shaking people up and exposing

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:52 PM 7/28/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You are kidding about this. We had one true ally in this Britain. The other are either not major players or are anxious to please us (not a bad thing; it is refreshing that countries that owe their freedom to us

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
John Garcia wrote: On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to describe what the Chairman tried to do - since I

Re: Genetic fractions

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: For example, how close I am to you? I imagine we might have a common ancestral by 1600 or so. Most of my ancestors at that point were in the British Isles. to the best of my knowledge. A few were in France. And those are the best

RE: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jon wrote: Have you thought of switching mice and software to see if the 'good' computer starts crashing? Seriously. It might be a driver problem with the mouse. Actually, I have. It made no difference. Other than that... I'd say you're right. It's definitely not you. :) But my not-so-expert

Re: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
William T. Goodall wrote: The Linksys WET11 I use to connect the G3 server to the network never crashes - but it doesn't do anything very complicated so it doesn't have any excuses. I bought a Linksys 8-port router and switch about a year and a half ago and was never able to get it configured

RE: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Windo$e Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 13:12:01 -0500 Jon wrote: Have you thought of switching mice and software to see if the 'good' computer starts crashing? Seriously. It might

Re: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread William T Goodall
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 07:27 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote: William T. Goodall wrote: The Linksys WET11 I use to connect the G3 server to the network never crashes - but it doesn't do anything very complicated so it doesn't have any excuses. I bought a Linksys 8-port router and switch about

RE: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jon wrote: Have you thought of switching mice and software to see if the 'good' computer starts crashing? Seriously. It might be a driver problem with the mouse. I replied: Actually, I have. It made no difference. Jon responded: Well.. have you tried kicking it? It won't help the problem,

Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Horn, John
From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Why isn't anyone discussing this? Anyways, it's marvelous. Rowling has, once again, surpassed herself - this one is even better than the last. I must disagree. I was somewhat disappointed in #5. The plot was sort-of pointless, if you think

Re: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
William T Goodall wrote: Did the t-shirt fit? Actually, yes. They played it safe by using XL (extra large, not sure if they're labelled differently across the pond), so it's guaranteed to fit most, even if it is a little baggy (well, on my wife it's more like a nightshirt, but that's fun too

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I must disagree. I was somewhat disappointed in #5. The plot was sort-of pointless, if you think about it. The great mystery of who would die was pretty obvious to me. And for both my wife and myself, there was ZERO emotional reaction when the

Re: Robotic Singularity

2003-07-29 Thread Alberto Monteiro
The Fool quoted: All of that is good, so these automated systems will proliferate rapidly. The problem is that these systems will also eliminate jobs in massive numbers. Yawn. More than 200 years after the Industrial Revolution, and the neoluddites are still using the same excuses

Re: Harry Potter 5

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
Gautam wrote: Why isn't anyone discussing this? Anyways, it's marvelous. Rowling has, once again, surpassed herself - this one is even better than the last. John H. replied: I must disagree. I was somewhat disappointed in #5. The plot was sort-of pointless, if you think about it. The

A Socialist on the War in Iraq

2003-07-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
http://www.normangeras.blogspot.com/2003_07_27_normangeras_archive.html#105948316257163866 And he's not even Christopher Hitchens. A really excellent article reiterating the points made by Michael Walzer (in an article I posted soon after September 11th) and many others. = Gautam Mukunda

Re: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
Here is a link to all of the Texas Redistricting Maps you could ever want: http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/research/redist/redist.htm I personally have to disagree with Dan's and Julia's characterizations of the Republicans' plan as being much worse than the judges plan - based on a first look of

Re: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:35 AM 7/29/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 28 Jul 2003 at 23:41, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:13 AM 7/29/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: My HP calculator has never crashed, although there are instructions in the manual for resetting it should that happen :) Neither have any

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:19 PM 7/29/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: [snip] (Things can get a little weird in Texas politics) And Texas is hardly unique in that regard. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry

Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread patrick
Hello everyone, My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. I used to be a subscriber to this list a while back. I left because of other events transpiring in my life; recently I have been thinking of the list and I decided to drop in and see what's up. A little about me and my interests: My

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: Here is a link to all of the Texas Redistricting Maps you could ever want: http://www.tlc.state.tx.us/research/redist/redist.htm I personally have to disagree with Dan's and Julia's characterizations of the Republicans' plan as being much worse than the judges plan

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Robert Seeberger
Welcome back Patrick! I remember you from my early days on the list. Have fun! xponent Return To Brinder Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 09:20 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:16 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oddly, the guy wasn't at all racist, as far as I could tell, and he was from Wisconsin, so I don't think it was about him protecting his southern pride.

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Steve Sloan II
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone, My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. I used to be a subscriber to this list a while back. I left because of other events transpiring in my life; recently I have been thinking of the list and I decided to drop in and see what's up. Welcome back. :-)

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 09:20 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, John Garcia wrote: My List of Great American Generals (in order): Washington Grant Sherman Marshall Vandergrift Gray Feel free to agree or not. Grant came from hardscrabble circumstances and personal failure to lead the greatest

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread TomFODW
I enjoyed #5 immensely. I especially liked the way Rowling developed Ginny Weasley - she's turning out to be a very interesting young witch. In general, I think, Rowling does much better with her good guys than with her villains. I also liked the way a lot of stuff that happened in this novel

I made Scamorama!

2003-07-29 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
We've all received those 419 emails, promising us that if we can help someone in Africa illegally move several million dollars out of the country, they'll give us 10%, or some rot like that. Of course, what happens is you pay thousands of dollars in processing fees and never see a cent, or worse,

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/29/2003 3:19:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hello everyone, My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. [Irish-German? Not that it matters unless you have to choose between beer or guinness.] I used to be a subscriber to this list a while

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Hello! Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 15:15:56 -0700 (PDT) Hello everyone, My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. I used to be a subscriber to this list a while back. I left because of other events

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:20 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:16 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My List of Great American Generals (in order): Washington Grant Sherman Marshall Vandergrift Gray

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hello! Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 18:55:56 EDT lots of very groanworthy puns snipped You were keeping them all in reserve for a moment like this one, weren'tcha. :) *Zn!* Jon Le Blog:

Re: I made Scamorama!

2003-07-29 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I made Scamorama! Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 17:55:33 -0500 We've all received those 419 emails, promising us that if we can help someone in Africa illegally move several million

Re: Robotic Singularity

2003-07-29 Thread Alberto Monteiro
The Fool quoted: All of that is good, so these automated systems will proliferate rapidly. The problem is that these systems will also eliminate jobs in massive numbers. Yawn. More than 200 years after the Industrial Revolution, and neoluddites still use the same excuse as the

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/29/2003 4:04:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: lots of very groanworthy puns snipped You were keeping them all in reserve for a moment like this one, weren'tcha. :) *Zn!* Jon Except for the doorbell ringing, it was all old

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Deborah Harrell
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip I didn't see anything about this [the attempt or whatever to bodily remove some Democrat Congresspersons from a Congressional library]; do you have an article or two? Thanks. Kneem and Julia, thanks for the links. Not adult behavior, and

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
Patrick wrote: Hello everyone, My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. I used to be a subscriber to this list a while back. I left because of other events transpiring in my life; recently I have been thinking of the list and I decided to drop in and see what's up. Your name seems familiar; I was

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread patrick
Hello everyone, My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. [Irish-German? Not that it matters unless you have to choose between beer or guinness.] A bit of both, and then some. From what I've been told, my ancestors had their fingers in about every corner in Europe. Although beer has never

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread patrick
Reggie wrote: Your name seems familiar; I was probably a lurker last time you were active here. Welcome back! Thanks! My wife and I recently bought a small teddy bear wearing chainmail, and my wife got interested enough to try her hand at it. Have you done anything other than 4in1

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom Beck wrote: In general, I think, Rowling does much better with her good guys than with her villains. Generally true, but I *loved* Dolores Umbridge. Of course, I'm about the only person who liked Luna Lovegood among people I;ve talked to, so what do I know? :) Jim

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/29/2003 4:59:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Have you done anything other than 4in1 mail? (And William, how about you?) No. It's easy enough to learn, but I wasn't into Japanese or Persian style armour. Take note of the Return of the

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/28/2003 9:16:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahem. You have forgotten Austalia, who was very much a true ally. You have also forgotten Japan, the leader of which essentially got his country's constitution ammended so that Japan could help us out

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 7/28/2003 9:16:02 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ahem. You have forgotten Austalia, who was very much a true ally. You have also forgotten Japan, the leader of which essentially got his country's constitution ammended so that Japan could help us out

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread TomFODW
Generally true, but I *loved* Dolores Umbridge.  Of course, I'm about the only person who liked Luna Lovegood among people I;ve talked to, so what do I know?  :) A) I don't consider Umbridge to be completely a villain. She's certainly wrongheaded and even cruel and destructive. But she's

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom wrote: A) I don't consider Umbridge to be completely a villain. She's certainly wrongheaded and even cruel and destructive. But she's not in the same category as Voldemort or Bellatrix Lestrange or even Lucius Malfoy. B) I like Luna, too, although I wish we'd had at least a mention of

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 01:19 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: John Garcia wrote: On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:26 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 7/27/2003 6:43:54 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And its unclear that arrest is even the proper word to

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread TomFODW
S P O I L E R S P A C E Just because Dolores' motives for her actions were not of the slay everyone and take over the world variety does not mean she's not a villain.  Evil doesn't have to wear a black cape and cackle maliciously in order to be evil.  I found her brand

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Tom wrote: S P O I L E R S P A C E Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's his own house, when it is full of people who at the very least sympathize with Voldemort? Keeping up appearances, I

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread John Garcia
On Tuesday, July 29, 2003, at 06:32 PM, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 09:20 AM 7/29/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Monday, July 28, 2003, at 09:16 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Oddly, the guy wasn't at all racist, as far as I could tell, and he was from Wisconsin, so I

RE: The Case for a Marriage Amendment to the Constitution

2003-07-29 Thread Horn, John
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Brown v. Board was a completely different example, involving an amendment that had been passed relatively recently in history, and in the Supreme Court overturning its previous interpretation. In the case of gay marriage, the USSC has

RE: I have returned from paradise

2003-07-29 Thread Horn, John
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I would propose Irfanview, which has a nice Batch Process utility and is freeware for private use (I use it for my shkrinking of images for the website)... I'll put in another big recommendation for Irfanview. Wonderful for quick and

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-29 Thread Horn, John
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 03:11 PM 7/24/2003 -0500 Horn, John wrote: I don't know. It is a scary proposition. We cannot defeat every terrorist in the world. We cannot? Then why is it that suicide bombing is almost unheard of almost everywhere in the world?

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
Tom wrote: S P O I L E R S P A C E Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's his own house, when it is full of people who at the very least sympathize with Voldemort? Jim replied: Keeping up appearances, I

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Reggie Bautista
Someone wrote: S P O I L E R S P A C E Just because Dolores' motives for her actions were not of the slay everyone and take over the world variety does not mean she's not a villain.  Evil doesn't have to wear a black cape and cackle maliciously in order to be evil.  I found

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I don't know enough about the non Civil War/Revolutionary War generals to have an educated opinion, but having read the McPherson, Shelby Foote and some of Caton's stuff, I have to wonder on what merits you rate Grant so highly. Tactically I'd

Re: Harry Potter 5 (not really spoiler free anymore)

2003-07-29 Thread Jim Sharkey
Reggie Bautista wrote: Tom wrote: S P O I L E R S P A C E Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's his own house, when it is full of people who at the very leastsympathize with Voldemort? Jim replied:

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers) Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003 20:38:47 -0400 (EDT) Tom Beck wrote: In general, I think, Rowling does much better with her good guys than with her villains.

Re: Robotic Singularity

2003-07-29 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 28, 2003 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Robotic Singularity The Fool quoted: All of that is good, so these automated systems will proliferate rapidly. The problem

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread David Hobby
Jim Sharkey wrote: Tom wrote: S P O I L E R S P A C E Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's his own house, when it is full of people who at the very least sympathize with Voldemort?

Re: I have returned from paradise

2003-07-29 Thread Steve Sloan II
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I would propose Irfanview, which has a nice Batch Process utility and is freeware for private use (I use it for my shkrinking of images for the website)... I agree. IrfanView is an excellent program. I use it as my main image viewer because it's so fast, and has so little

Re: Who Are the US's Allies? Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread David Hobby
Ahem. ... You have also forgotten Poland, which is the second-largest country in Europe O.K., second in what sense, then? Russia, Sweden, Finland, Norway... are all bigger by area. ... Sorry, I stand corrected on that one ... And despite you snide remarks about

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Steve Sloan II
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Take note of the Return of the King posters now appearing in movie theaters. That's not a real suit of chainmaile. Rows of rings have been sewn onto something. According to the Fellowship DVD special features, the chain mail is actually made of painted plastic rings,

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread listmail
On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we understand why they are angry at us and seek to act in such a way as to assuage their anger, they won't attack us any more. What you _want_ the US to do anyways seems to accord precisely

Re: Windo$e

2003-07-29 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
On the subject, from Top Five today: == Can I micro-size that for you? TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- WORK http://www.topfive.com/fivers.shtml

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:41 PM 7/28/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You (e) ask the British to provide documenation of their claim. If they do so you can include it in the SOU. Actually, Bush *did* do that, and Britain said that they completely stand by their intelligence with the highest degree of

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jul 2003 12:18:22 -0700 (PDT), Gautam Mukunda wrote: But that seems to be _your_ argument. If we understand why they are angry at us and seek to act in such a way as to assuage their anger, they won't attack us any more. What you _want_ the US to

Re: Harry Potter 5 (no spoilers)

2003-07-29 Thread Bryon Daly
From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jim Sharkey wrote: Tom wrote: S P O I L E R S P A C E Why does Snape, who clearly abhors Voldemort and all the Death Eaters, still show any favor at all to Slytherin just because it's his own house, when it is full of people who at the very

Re: Hello!

2003-07-29 Thread Bryon Daly
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello everyone, My name is Patrick Schlichtenmyer. I used to be a subscriber to this list a while back. I left because of other events transpiring in my life; recently I have been thinking of the list and I decided to drop in and see what's up. Heh. When I say the

Re: Empire Of Lies

2003-07-29 Thread Doug Pensinger
Gautam Mukunda wrote: Well, my assessment of Grant starts with John Keegan's The Mask of Command. It's surely worth something that Keegan picked Grant as his exemplar of democratic military leadership. Beyond that, however - and granting you the disastrous mistake of Cold Harbor - I think that

Re: Harry Potter 5 (not really spoiler free anymore)

2003-07-29 Thread Doug Pensinger
Thanks for changing the header , Jim. Doug ~halfway through. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of John D. Giorgis ... Which of course brings us back to a, b, c, or d - all of which would be consistent with not using it in the State of the Union?Care to give it one more shot Bob?How about you,

Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

2003-07-29 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2003 9:57 PM Subject: Re: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words At 09:41 PM 7/28/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You (e) ask the British to provide documenation