Re: Raceism

2003-10-01 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Jan Coffey wrote: > > > Today on the news we learned that questioning hype around a quarterback > > is racist, but naming a team after an ethnic group which doe not > > desire to have the team named after them is not. > >

Re: Raceism

2003-10-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Wed, 1 Oct 2003, Jan Coffey wrote: > Today on the news we learned that questioning hype around a quarterback > is racesist, but naming a team after an ethnic group which doe not > desire to have the team named after them is not. Which quarterback? I think I was hearing something about this,

Raceism

2003-10-01 Thread Jan Coffey
Today on the news we learned that questioning hype around a quarterback is racesist, but naming a team after an ethnic group which doe not desire to have the team named after them is not. Rush Limbaugh's statments were clearly ~anti~ racesist if anything. But neer mind the reality, reality doesn't

Re: Brin takes on the right

2003-10-01 Thread Damon Agretto
> I had thought that this particular abuse was already > made illegal in > Teddy Roosevelt's time, when the Anti Trust Act > banned "interlocking > directorates". I keep expecting that clause to be > brought out, > dusted off and used to send these bastards to jail. > But so far, > nothing.

Re: Brin takes on the right

2003-10-01 Thread Jan Coffey
--- "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Dan read a book awhile back, when he was working on rewriting the bylaws > >for his company, that stated that the board of directors of a company > >needed to take 3 groups into consideration: > > > >1) Employees > >2) Shareholders > >3) Community

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/1/2003 2:03:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. > > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. > > > > At least give credit to Groucho when you're quoting him! > > > > Tom Beck > Wasn't

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread TomFODW
> Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book. > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. > At least give credit to Groucho when you're quoting him! Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org "I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last.

Weekly Chat Reminder

2003-10-01 Thread Steve Sloan II
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it started about two hours ago. There will probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. See my instruction page

Re: Illium

2003-10-01 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 06:16 pm, Bryon Daly wrote: From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 01:55 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: Anyone else read Simmons' latest? No, I wasn't aware of it. One review I just found indicates that some familiarity with T

Brin takes on the right

2003-10-01 Thread d.brin
Dan read a book awhile back, when he was working on rewriting the bylaws for his company, that stated that the board of directors of a company needed to take 3 groups into consideration: 1) Employees 2) Shareholders 3) Community in which the company operated What I've seen lately has me believin

RE: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Chad Cooper
>So? I haven't seen many barrel makers or stevedores lately either. What do you mean? There is a Cooper on this list! >Kevin Tarr ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedi

Re: Illium

2003-10-01 Thread Bryon Daly
From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 01:55 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: Anyone else read Simmons' latest? No, I wasn't aware of it. One review I just found indicates that some familiarity with The Illiad is almost necessary (and I've never read it). Is tha

Re: a new Brin: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: > > --- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So you're a communist then? > > Absolutly not. However, I do believe that a countries first concern should be > for it's own people. Dan read a book awhile back, when he was working on rewriting the bylaws for his company

(Scouted) Jared Diamond on diabetes

2003-10-01 Thread Adam Newhouse
Hello David, I saw your message on the Internet offering to send the article on diabetes by Jared Diamond. I opened Nature website but the back issues went only until August. If you would be so kind, will you send me a copy of the article on diabetes. Thanks a lot, Adam ___

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/1/2003 6:52:22 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It certainly is here in > Australia. Living in a farming area, I get lonely here sometimes. > > Regards, Ray. I'll sheepishly ignore the obvious reply here. Outside of a dog, a man's best friend

Re: a new Brin: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
d.brin wrote: > There is another factor. Every nation contains some people who > remember that the nation bears responsibility for feeding itself. > There is a wish never to completely abandon the land. America is > down to the lowest fraction of farmers since we left the caves. I imagine this

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: > On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:33:48PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: >> Australia has tied its economy to US, > > In what way? Is the Australian currency pegged to the US dollar? I've > noticed that the Australian stock market is one of the least correlated > with the US stock market

Re: Names

2003-10-01 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 03:35 am, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, September 29, 2003, at 09:43 pm, Julia Thompson wrote: Karling: 'Carling Black Label' is the name of the worst beer in Britain, so if he ever comes over here there will be ribbing :) She. That

Re: I had to laugh

2003-10-01 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 11:11 am, G. D. Akin wrote: In SG-1 Season 3's next-to-last episode, "Crystal Skull", Sam and the Colonel converse Sam: "Normally neutrinos pass right through ordinary matter, no matter how dense. I mean, something like 500 million billion of them just passed t

Re: Illium

2003-10-01 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, October 1, 2003, at 01:55 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: Anyone else read Simmons' latest? I'm waiting for the regular-size paperback. But, moving from the sublime to the ridiculous, I did just read the latest Honor Harrington novel by David Weber (and, this time, co-author Eric Flint

Scotland Joins Axis of Evil

2003-10-01 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/09/27/nwhisk27.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/09/27/ixhome.html or http://tinyurl.com/p6yc It's fun when life imitates The Onion *sigh* Jon Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com _ Frust

I had to laugh

2003-10-01 Thread G. D. Akin
In SG-1 Season 3's next-to-last episode, "Crystal Skull", Sam and the Colonel converse Sam: "Normally neutrinos pass right through ordinary matter, no matter how dense. I mean, something like 500 million billion of them just passed through you." O'Neill: (deadpan) "No matter how dense." George

Re: Claudia Christian alert

2003-10-01 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 09:38 PM 9/30/2003 -0500, you wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: > > Susan Ivanova from Babylon 5 in case anyone didn't know. It was only a bit > part but she was on the WBs drama Everwood last night. She was the doctor's > mother in a flashback to Vietnam. Didn't see any ducks. > > Plus Patrick Stewart j