Re: republicans Vs Science; the Environment: global warming

2003-08-10 Thread Robert J. Chassell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] noted that Senator James Inhofe today told colleagues of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee that the science shows natural variability, not human activity, is the overwhelming factor influencing climate change. ... The IPCC panel ...

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-10 Thread Joshua Bell
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] [BTW, is it Milky Way or Milky-Way ?] Milky Way What is the width of a spiral arm? Using http://www.anzwers.org/free/universe/milkyway.html as a reference, roughly 5500 ly Not only does that page have nice pictures but it's got links to the data to back

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-10 Thread Steve Sloan II
Alberto Monteiro wrote: [BTW, is it Milky Way or Milky-Way ?] Milky Way. According to the web search I did, the Way in Milky Way means road -- something I didn't realize until now. Like that Roman road named the Appian Way, it wouldn't have a hyphen. What is the width of a spiral arm? After

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-10 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:53 AM Subject: Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:37:19PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:

irregulars: how to split c++ class between multiple files

2003-08-10 Thread The Fool
I have a c++ class that is very large (90k lines) that I need to split up between multiple files. The way it is now I have a header file with all the declarations x.h, and a c++ source file that contains all the functions in y.cpp. I need to be able to split the functions up between two files

RE: good olde fashioned bible burning

2003-08-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:35 PM 8/6/03 +0530, Ritu wrote: At first sight, the subject header appeared to say ' good old fashioned bride burning'. Maybe that's why in Utah they frequently have wedding receptions at the stake center . . . -- Ronn! :) ___

RE: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 5:29 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination snipsnip I'm in complete agreement with this.

ignorance is strength: the W administation Vs science, Report

2003-08-10 Thread The Fool
http://www.house.gov/reform/min/politicsandscience/ Overview The American people depend upon federal agencies to develop science-based policies that protect the nation’s health and welfare. Recently, however, leading scientific journals have begun to question whether scientific integrity at

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-10 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 03:47:01PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: By worthwile I assume you mean worth wile. (you left out a space.) Actually, I left out an h, not a space. I should have written worthwhile. And I see that the answer is, no. And talk

Re: leave the constitution alone

2003-08-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:43 AM 8/10/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So does Ms. Tucker think we should restore the original wording of the Constitution by removing the right to privacy interpretation of the 14th amendment on which the SCOTUS based its decision in _Roe v. Wade_? Or, given that she is black,

Re: [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-10 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, August 4, 2003, at 10:53 pm, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: snipped paragraph of lingua-babble head jerks up from obfuscationist-babble- induced near-coma

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-10 Thread TomFODW
         I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting down.  You mean that it WON'T come to the defense of Liberty when a rabbi writes the word on its forehead? I dunno.  Was Lincoln Jewish?  If not, why would a statue of him pay any attention to what a rabbi does? There is the

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-10 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 8/3/2003 12:54:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, I think both of them are very important figures, because they are extremely influential. One is the single most cited living intellectual. The other edits the most important magazine of th Left.

Re: leave the constitution alone

2003-08-10 Thread TomFODW
(J Which is why I also asked if she$B".(J would have said "Leave the (BConstitution(B (J alone" in 1866 when the Fourteenth Amendment was proposed to give rights to(B (J former slaves . . .(B (J (B (B (JYour attitude appears to be on the lines of, If you oppose any particular (B

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-10 Thread TomFODW
True.  However, this current subthread started with the following:          I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting down.  You mean that it WON'T come to the defense of Liberty when a rabbi writes the word on its forehead? So? He got confused, since, in the legend, the rabbi

Re: More Fiber

2003-08-10 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Aug 04, 2003 at 05:19:19PM -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: since the recommended daily dosage was recently raised from 25 to a throat-choking 38 grams. The obvious ... Fill your juice glass with nectar instead of a watery juice from concentrate. Nectar is apricot, peach, pear, or

Re: good olde fashioned bible burning

2003-08-10 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:20:18PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: It would truly suck to be a groom in Utah then. No sex before OR after the wedding. Didn't the Clinton case establish that that sort of thing WAS sex? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: Brin: the next wave in IT outsourcing: chimps

2003-08-10 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/5/2003 2:28:36 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Primate Programming Inc, of Des Moines, Iowa has leveraged this innate talent to teach programming skills to primates and to resell their services. If you thought Russian programmers were too

Question on Religious Matters

2003-08-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Question: What was the difference between Noah's ark and Joan of Arc? [scroll down for answer] Answer: Noah's ark was made of wood. Joan of Arc was maid of Orleans. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: good olde fashioned bible burning

2003-08-10 Thread Ritu
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Oh, but the grooms can get married again. And anyway, the bride is burnt only after a few days/weeks/months have passed. Given that the population of Utah continues to grow, I'd say that it would have to be a matter of at least years, as she would have to have more

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:57 PM 8/10/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: C) everyone [who wants to own a gun and who has not been convicted of a violent crime or diagnosed with a serious mental or emotional illness] should [be allowed to choose to] have a gun. Can we all agree with that? Most

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight

2003-08-10 Thread Kevin Tarr
(And no, I'm not going to purchase a gun until I feel a lot more comfortable around one than I am. And generally, the rattlers just kinda park themselves in the road, so there's time to get the ammo out of the separate locked box, load the gun, and go back out to do it in. And I've heard that

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-10 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In fact the whole of Europe has much lower homicide rates than the USA, and much stricter gun control. -- William T Goodall _But_, just to complicate things a bit (I'm an agnostic in this particular debate) it has higher levels of violent

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-10 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:57 PM 8/8/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: The United States should NOT have action figures of a sitting president. No, an _action_ figure should be portrayed as standing. -- Ronn! :) Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt. ___

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-10 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: Most Dangerous States Robert Seeberger wrote: But I did explore the site and found its conclusions bizarre and/or unexpected.

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-10 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 10:12 PM Subject: RE: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting down. You mean

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingy reactions andRe:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: So, DONT USE FLORESENT LIGHTS, and DON'T TURN THE LIGHTS ON BRIGHT!!! Amen, brother! When we were building our house, Dan's father was encouraging him to just use fluorescent lighting everywhere. I get headaches being under them for too long -- if I'm in an office that uses

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-10 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Steve Sloan II wrote: [BTW, is it Milky Way or Milky-Way ?] Milky Way. According to the web search I did, the Way in Milky Way means road -- something I didn't realize until now. Like that Roman road named the Appian Way, it wouldn't have a hyphen. No, the Roman road was named

RFID lobby wants RFID declaredas_'antiterrorism_tech'_and_lawsuit_protectection

2003-08-10 Thread The Fool
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,59624,00.html Claim: RFID Will Stop Terrorists By Mark Baard | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1 02:00 AM Aug. 08, 2003 PT Facing increasing resistance and concerns about privacy, the United States' largest food companies and retailers will try