Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Jan Coffey
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my Musicmatch jukebox?

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 09:46 am, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 12:15 am, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 17 Oct 2003 at 15:24, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: as varied as Blackalicious (hip-hop) to Loreena McKennitt (world) to Lisa Loeb (pop). I've also found that

RE: Pedro...

2003-10-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jon Gabriel wrote: That's not the absolute minimum. The absolute minimum would have been to not act aggressively and simply defend himself with the least effort. Easy to say when the guy who looks roughly like a bulldog isn't charging at you in the middle of a general melee. Sorry, Jon, but

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:48:43AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my

Re: Going for the ball (was Baseball Questions)

2003-10-19 Thread Julia Thompson
G. D. Akin wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote snip Last year, in game 6 of the series, Dusty Baker pulled Russ Ortiz out of the game after 6 1/3 (98 pitches). The Giants bullpen promptly blew the 5 run lead (2 runs charged to Ortiz) and lost what would have been the clincher for them.

commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Kevin Tarr
Just wondering about three commercials on the telly. The first is the new subway campaign where the people can do something bad because they had subway for lunch. Specifically the one that ends with the man washing the car in the cheerleader outfit. Is the women his wife or daughter? A local

[A4P] Introducing Matt Lundstrom

2003-10-19 Thread Matt Lundstrom
Greetings! For introductions: my name is Matt, and I'm a Brin fan. (The crowd replies in unison: Hi Matt! Gawd, that sounds like an introduction at an AA meeting! grin ) About a year ago a friend introduced me to the books by dr. David Brin. I have since become a big fan of his novels,

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:31:18AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Some isn't more than none? None isn't none. If you think that it is accurate to call copying music files from a friend stealing, if you think that the only way or best way for artists to make money from creating music is to

The right kind of terrorist

2003-10-19 Thread The Fool
http://dneiwert.blogspot.com/2003_10_12_dneiwert_archive.html#1066501812 66608156 The right kind of terrorist Saturday, October 18, 2003 Imagine the following scenario: Federal agents arrest a Muslim man, a member of a radical sect, living in Michigan on gun and drug charges. When they search

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes downloaded from ITunes on my Musicmatch jukebox?

The internal memos Diebold doesn't want you to see

2003-10-19 Thread The Fool
This set of emails has been posted all over the place and shut down all over the place. Webmasters - especially those out of the reach of the DMCA - are encouraged to take a full copy of the memos at the above link. For background the following summary was posed on DU when the Italian set of

Re: Vatican Vs Science: Cardinal calls for 'health warnings' on condoms

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, October 15, 2003, at 08:41 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Fool cut-and-pasted: Cardinal calls for health warnings on condoms By Bruce Johnston in Rome (Filed: 14/10/2003) The cardinal in charge of Vatican social policy yesterday called for condoms to carry health warnings,

Re: Chinese manned space flight

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Thursday, October 16, 2003, at 07:41 pm, Dan Minette wrote: So, to get back to Damon's comments, let me ask a question. Why should a PR victory for a communist dictatorship elicit all that much interest? It proves they can do more than subcontract the manufacture of shoes and PC parts? --

Racism at the New Republic

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.tnr.com/easterbrook.mhtml?pid=844 Disney's CEO, Michael Eisner, is Jewish; the chief of Miramax, Harvey Weinstein, is Jewish. Yes, there are plenty of Christian and other Hollywood executives who worship money above all else, promoting for profit the adulation of violence. Does

Re: Pedro...

2003-10-19 Thread Bemmzim
: ...sure doesn't look very impressive to me. His post season ERA has to be up around 5 somewhere, he's too whimpy to pitch on 3 days rest, and his sportsmanship is questionable to boot. I was a Red Sox fan and a Yankee hater for most of my youth and into my adulthood, but I'm

Re: Going for the ball (was Baseball Questions)

2003-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 15:59:16 +0900, G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Doug Pensinger snip Do you live around here? I'm in Morgan Hill. Don't know where Morgan Hill is, but I doubt I'm near. I live in Osan City, Korea, about 30 miles south of

Re: Pedro...

2003-10-19 Thread Bemmzim
: ...sure doesn't look very impressive to me. His post season ERA has to be up around 5 somewhere, he's too whimpy to pitch on 3 days rest, and his sportsmanship is questionable to boot. I was a Red Sox fan and a Yankee hater for most of my youth and into my adulthood, but I'm

All the President's votes?

2003-10-19 Thread The Fool
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=452972 All the President's votes? A quiet revolution is taking place in US politics. By the time it's over, the integrity of elections will be in the unchallenged, unscrutinised control of a few large - and pro-Republican -

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 09:48:43 +0100, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think the idea is to use iTunes as the player instead of whatever inferior software you were previously hampered by :) Musicmatch is decent software, and I've got tome and money invested in it as do many other

Re: Going for the ball (was Baseball Questions)

2003-10-19 Thread TomFODW
I feel for the poor SOB Cubs-fan who tried for the foul ball in game six of the Cubs-Marlins series.  He wasn't the only fan reaching for the ball, and considering he was looking up at the ball I bet he didn't even know Moises Alou was there. Tom Beck www.prydonians.org

Week 7 NFL Picks

2003-10-19 Thread John D. Giorgis
O.k., I wonder if by posting my picks at the last minute that nobody willl notice how bad I have been all year. Still, I showed some signs of life in my picks last week, going 9-5 for the week, up to 45-82 on the year. The Upset Special is still struggling though and it won't get any

A bit of trip down memory lane

2003-10-19 Thread G. D. Akin
I wonder how many of you read any of Andre Norton's early SF works (in the 50's, 60s). She's known much more fantasy than SF, but she's written some pretty good SF. She wrote two books about a Native-American who had a telepathic connection with animals. The books were Beastmaster* and Lord of

Re: The Comedy Continues

2003-10-19 Thread TomFODW
Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he didn't want to see any stories quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used. So, he can find out who

List woes...

2003-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
Again?? -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Cholesterol

2003-10-19 Thread The Fool
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/001712.html#001712 Genetic Variation For Big Cholesterol Molecules Increases Longevity A genetic variation of a cholesterol metabolism protein increases cholesterol particle size and seems to slow the aging process. October 15, 2003 -- (BRONX, NY) --

Cholesterol

2003-10-19 Thread The Fool
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/001712.html#001712 Genetic Variation For Big Cholesterol Molecules Increases Longevity A genetic variation of a cholesterol metabolism protein increases cholesterol particle size and seems to slow the aging process. October 15, 2003 -- (BRONX, NY) --

more good reasons to dislike the french

2003-10-19 Thread The Fool
http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/2003_archives/002524.html Too Kind to Jacques Chirac Events have convinced Abiola Lapite that he has been too kind to French President Jacques Chirac: Foreign Dispatches: By Their Fruits Shall Ye Know Them If it may have seemed at times that

Re: The right kind of terrorist

2003-10-19 Thread TomFODW
How do you suppose the media would handle that story? My guess that if it didn't lead the evening news, it would be reported on it. It would at least be above the fold in many newspapers, and almost certainly would be a hot topic of conversation among the nation's radio talk-show hosts.

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-19 Thread TomFODW
Mr. Easterbrook said he planned to apologize in his Web site column on Friday for stumbling into a use of words that in the past people have taken as code for anti-Semitic feelings. Personally, having read his response, I am ready to give him a bit of a break. I think he was stupid, that's

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism L3

2003-10-19 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2003 8:54 AM Subject: Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did Rush go to college? My impression is that he

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread G. D. Akin
William T Goodall wrote: snip The iPod doesn't rip. It is a player - mp3, aac, aiff etc. The player hardware is of very high quality - suitable for driving external amplifier and speakers. Excellent, excellent player. I've got the 30Gb model. It is pricey,

RE: commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Gary Nunn
On Behalf Of Kevin Tarr Just wondering about three commercials on the telly. The first is the new subway campaign where the people can do something bad because they had subway for lunch. Specifically the one that ends with the man washing the car in the cheerleader outfit. Is the

RE: commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
Gary Nunn wrote: Of the three that you mentioned, the cheerleader one is the only one I have seen. I believe the woman is his wife. I love this commercial. The car crunch sound at the end is a nice touch. :-) See, I'm pretty sure that's his daughter. Unless he's far wealthier than the

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 12:00 pm, Jan Coffey wrote: --- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play tunes

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,112983,00.asp, that I can't play

RE: commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:46 PM 10/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: Of the three that you mentioned, the cheerleader one is the only one I have seen. I believe the woman is his wife. I love this commercial. The car crunch sound at the end is a nice touch. :-) See, I'm pretty sure that's his daughter.

RE: commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Jim Sharkey
Kevin Tarr wrote: Is that a prejudice saying that he has to be wealthy to have such a woman as a wife? Perhaps if you restate is saying such a man to have such a woman it might be more accurate. I would argue that it's not absolutely necessary, but it certainly would better his bargaining

Re: commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jim Sharkey wrote: See, I'm pretty sure that's his daughter. Unless he's far wealthier than the commercial suggests, there's just no way an ugly, old, bald guy is getting a woman that much younger than him. But that's the whole point of the commercial: he may be poor, ugly, old and bald,

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 03:55 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:31:18AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Some isn't more than none? None isn't none. It isn't? I think you are too subtle for me :) If you think that it is accurate to call copying music files from a friend

Re: commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: Of the three that you mentioned, the cheerleader one is the only one I have seen. I believe the woman is his wife. I love this commercial. The car crunch sound at the end is a nice touch. :-) See, I'm pretty sure that's his daughter. Unless he's far

Re: commercials in the US

2003-10-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 06:46 PM 10/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: Of the three that you mentioned, the cheerleader one is the only one I have seen. I believe the woman is his wife. I love this commercial. The car crunch sound at the end is a nice touch. :-) See, I'm pretty

Re: A bit of trip down memory lane

2003-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 07:10 am, G. D. Akin wrote: I wonder how many of you read any of Andre Norton's early SF works (in the 50's, 60s). She's known much more fantasy than SF, but she's written some pretty good SF. She wrote two books about a Native-American who had a telepathic

Cancer update

2003-10-19 Thread Julia Thompson
My father-in-law had a scan earlier this month, and the chemotherapy is working. It's also caused a bunch of hair loss. He's visiting now, and it looks to me like he's lost at least two-thirds of the hair on his head. He gave the figure 80% when Dan's aunt (his mother's sister) came by this

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-19 Thread Kevin Tarr
And now TMQ has been dropped from ESPN's Page 2. Wonderful. I have not read it this year, it wasn't as insightful as it used to be and I'm 1000 times busier at work, but still. Kevin T. - VRWC maybe Cheap Trick should have sang of the PC police? ___

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:07:41AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: The solution to the pie being divided unfairly isn't to throw out the pie. Getting rid of IP seems like Luddism to me, a return to the days of craft work and patronage. IP (copyright in the case of music, books and films)

Re: Cancer update

2003-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Sun, 19 Oct 2003 20:21:24 -0500, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, good news and bad news. (And the bad news has caused a lot of tears here.) I'm glad to hear that the chemo is working, but very sad to hear about Miranda. Having just lost a companion of 13 years, I can empathize.

Re: Cancer update

2003-10-19 Thread Kanandarqu
Julia wrote we don't want to just put her down -- it would probably be nicer for her to just die at home, in familiar surroundings with everyone she loves, instead of at the vet's. I'm just hoping she doesn't die before my sister visits next month -- she loves my sister more than anyone else in

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-19 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 20 Oct 2003 at 1:03, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: So I'm assuming, after reading this:

Re: [A4P] Introducing Matt Lundstrom

2003-10-19 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/19/2003 1:46:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: How does this community feel about a newcomer to this community taking over such a magnificent piece of work as the A4PE? If mr. Shipley and I reach an agreement (and I trust we will), would the

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-19 Thread Bryon Daly
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Personally, having read his response, I am ready to give him a bit of a break. I think he was stupid, that's all, not anti-Semitic (and as everyone knows I'm pretty attuned to even mere hints of anti-Semitism). I think his problem is assuming there is and should be a

Re: [A4P] Introducing Matt Lundstrom

2003-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
Matt Lundstrom [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How does this community feel about a newcomer to this community taking over such a magnificent piece of work as the A4PE? If mr. Shipley and I reach an agreement (and I trust we will), would the members of this community be willing to aid me in

a science channel?

2003-10-19 Thread d.brin
See http://www.csntv.org/index.html Offer support! db ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Pedro...

2003-10-19 Thread Doug Pensinger
Jim Sharkey wrote: Easy to say when the guy who looks roughly like a bulldog isn't charging at you in the middle of a general melee. Sorry, Jon, but as far as I'm concerned Zim is lucky he didn't get worse. Not a popular opinion, true, but I don't care what age you are. When you charge at

Sexual Identity Hard-Wired by Genetics - Study

2003-10-19 Thread The Fool
http://www.reuters.com/printerFriendlyPopup.jhtml?type=healthNewsstoryI D=3643891 Sexual Identity Hard-Wired by Genetics - Study Mon October 20, 2003 12:11 AM ET LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sexual identity is wired into the genes, which discounts the concept that homosexuality and transgender