Re: It's a boy!

2003-11-04 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Michael Grimaldi, Born 23-Oct-2003 at 6:52 p.m. 10 lb., 8 oz. 20.5 inches Both baby and mother are doing well, snip Adding my congratulations, and wishes for a happy homecoming. :D Congratulations to

A new trilogy

2003-11-04 Thread G. D. Akin
I just finished what I will call the Probablity trilogy by Nancy Kress. The books are Probability Moon, Probability Sun, and Probability Space. The series revolves around a war between Humans and Fallers, a totally alien race that takes no prisoners, doesn't communicate, and is described as

Re: religious/political question

2003-11-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:17 PM 11/3/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: religious/political question Date: Mon, 3 Nov 2003 17:44:04 + On 2 Nov 2003, at 4:54 pm, Julia

Re: Costume Gets Osceola H.S. Student Suspended

2003-11-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:59 PM 11/3/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: http://www.wftv.com/education/2604761/detail.html Halloween Costume Gets Osceola H.S. Student Suspended POSTED: 10:15 a.m. EST November 3, 2003 UPDATED: 10:56 a.m. EST November 3, 2003 KISSIMMEE, Fla. -- Osceola High School administrators thought a

Re: New Jersey (was Re: religious/political question)

2003-11-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:32 PM 11/3/03 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: I wrote: Someone else said once in the same newsgroup Of course, since JMS is an atheist, he doesn't believe in hell, anyway. jms' reply was Says you. I'm FROM New Jersey Jim replied: Now, why does everyone have to crack on New Jersey? There

RE: DRAFT

2003-11-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:05 PM 11/3/03 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: d.brin wrote: But yes, a priority has to go to novels! So, guess where I'll be returning next? Hint... they swim. They talk. They fly Jim replied: Glee! It's a story about a bunch of Gameras! :) LOL! By the way, has anyone else noticed

Re: It's a boy!

2003-11-04 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:55 AM 11/4/03 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Andrew Michael Grimaldi, Born 23-Oct-2003 at 6:52 p.m. 10 lb., 8 oz. 20.5 inches Both baby and mother are doing well, snip Adding my congratulations, and wishes for

Re: Miranda died

2003-11-04 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan went out to take some scraps out to the dogs, and Miranda didn't come. He went looking for her and found her body next to the shed. She was a very nice dog, very *doggy*, utterly adoring. We're going to miss her very much. I'm sorry to hear about your

Re: Dogmatism

2003-11-04 Thread The Fool
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] I just typed marx jewish question and got http://csf.colorado.edu/psn/marx/Archive/1844-JQ/ let me quote from it. quote Money is the jealous god of Israel, in face of which no other god may exist. Money degrades all the gods of man -- and turns

california halts diebold Certification

2003-11-04 Thread The Fool
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61068,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_5 Calif. Halts E-Vote Certification By Kim Zetter 05:49 PM Nov. 03, 2003 PT SACRAMENTO, California -- Uncertified software may have been installed on electronic voting machines used in one California county, according to

feel a draft coming on?

2003-11-04 Thread The Fool
http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/sss092203.html Become a Selective Service System Local Board Member The Selective Service System wants to hear from men and women in the community who might be willing to serve as members of a local draft board. Prospective Board Members must be citizens

Re: religious/political question

2003-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 04:04 PM 11/2/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 2 Nov 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:50 AM 11/2/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: [...] if a certain friend of mine had gotten pregnant (and she was doing everything

Re: religious/political question

2003-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, William T Goodall wrote: On 4 Nov 2003, at 3:04 am, Julia Thompson wrote: working very hard on tact for a number of years now -- how'm I doing? I think you may have confused tact with tactile on some occasions :) :D Thanks for the smile this morning -- I needed

[Scouted] Trick or Treat rage?

2003-11-04 Thread Jim Sharkey
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storycid=817e=2u=/ap/father_arrested A snippet: ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A 43-year-old man faces charges after he smashed a bird-feeder and threw a pumpkin through the window of a house where his young son said he didn't get any Halloween candy. I'm starting to

Re: Dogmatism

2003-11-04 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 10:20 PM Subject: Re: Dogmatism On 4 Nov 2003, at 3:29 am, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wasn't Marx a Jew

Re: [Scouted] Trick or Treat rage?

2003-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Jim Sharkey wrote: I'm starting to think that wwe need to implement the _Snow Crash_ method of justice and tattoo stuff on people's foreheads. I thought awhile back that if I were ever attacked and managed to knock my attacker down and unconscious for a bit, I'd use

Red Hat Cans Linux Distribution

2003-11-04 Thread William T Goodall
'Leading Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. on Monday made clear its intention to focus on the enterprise space, telling customers that it will no longer be maintaining or releasing any of the its Red Hat Linux line after the end of April 2004. The Raleigh, N.C. firm sent its Red Hat Network

Re: Red Hat Cans Linux Distribution

2003-11-04 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Nov 2003 at 17:44, William T Goodall wrote: 'Leading Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. on Monday made clear its intention to focus on the enterprise space, telling customers that it will no longer be maintaining or releasing any of the its Red Hat Linux line after the end of April 2004.

Re: Dogmatism

2003-11-04 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Dogmatism Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 10:11:38 -0600 - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL

RE: feel a draft coming on?

2003-11-04 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of The Fool Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 06:59 AM To: Brin-L Subject: feel a draft coming on? http://www.defendamerica.mil/articles/sss092203.html Hmm.. maybe I'll try to get a spot on the

RE: Br!n: A review of The Life Eaters from CBG

2003-11-04 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Sharkey Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 04:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Br!n: A review of The Life Eaters from CBG Miller, Jeffrey wrote: Thanks for posting the review; what

RE: [Listref] House Cats and Ferrets Are Easily Infected With SARS Virus

2003-11-04 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Sent: Monday, November 03, 2003 09:44 PM To: brinl Subject: [Listref] House Cats and Ferrets Are Easily Infected With SARS Virus And here I thought my kitties just increased my

Re: Red Hat Cans Linux Distribution

2003-11-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Nov 2003, at 6:37 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 4 Nov 2003 at 17:44, William T Goodall wrote: 'Leading Linux distributor Red Hat Inc. on Monday made clear its intention to focus on the enterprise space, telling customers that it will no longer be maintaining or releasing any of the its Red

Re: Red Hat Cans Linux Distribution

2003-11-04 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Nov 2003 at 21:23, William T Goodall wrote: Ah well, I run SuSE anyway. In that case you might find this interesting http://www.novell.com/news/press/archive/2003/11/pr03069.html Novell Announces Agreement to Acquire Leading Enterprise Linux Technology Company SUSE LINUX Yea.

new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread The Fool
And pharmacutical corporation are still evil greedy vile money moshiping pig, only developing therapies they can patent. http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/04/health/04CND-CHOL.html?ex=1068613200e n=5509e0dc62883210ei=5062partner=GOOGLE Study Finds New Drug Acts Quickly on Clogged Arteries By GINA

Xbox to Switch to PowerPC

2003-11-04 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,61065,00.html? tw=newsletter_topstories_html Microsoft's next-generation Xbox will ditch its Intel chip in favor of the same kind of chip used in Apple's Macs -- an IBM PowerPC processor -- IBM and Microsoft announced on Monday. At least one industry

Re: [Scouted] Trick or Treat rage?

2003-11-04 Thread TomFODW
I thought awhile back that if I were ever attacked and managed to knock my attacker down and unconscious for a bit, I'd use whatever I had at hand to carve an asterisk in the forehead of the person, then run and call the police.  The marring of the forehead would make for easier identification

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 4:40 PM Subject: new wonder drug scours arteries clean And pharmacutical corporation are still evil greedy vile money moshiping pig, only developing therapies they can

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread The Fool
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] And pharmacutical corporations are still evil greedy vile money woshiping pigs, only developing therapies they can patent. You don't think you are evil, right Fool? What is evil? These malicious corporations that

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:09 PM Subject: Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] And pharmacutical

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:44:35PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: Remember when you said people would still develop things if they couldn't patent them? Now are you saying they won't because its evil? Doesn't this just show that you are wrong about what would happen if patents were abolished?

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 17:09:03 -0600 From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] And

Re: Xbox to Switch to PowerPC

2003-11-04 Thread Reggie Bautista
William T Goodall wrote: http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,61065,00.html? tw=newsletter_topstories_html Microsoft's next-generation Xbox will ditch its Intel chip in favor of the same kind of chip used in Apple's Macs -- an IBM PowerPC processor -- IBM and Microsoft announced on Monday.

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 5:54 PM Subject: Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 05:44:35PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: Remember when you said people

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:19:44PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: It's an old dispute between the Fool and myself that you may have chosen to ignore. I'm all but certain (would bet $100 but not my house) that he has stated that patents are evil and that things would be better if they were

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Jon Gabriel
Oops. And what's your point? That they should pour billions of dollars into research, labs and basic research annually for purely That should be ...salaries, labs and basic research... Jon i think faster than i type maru Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean Date: Tue, 4 Nov 2003 19:24:18 -0500 On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:19:44PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: It's an old dispute

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:39:27PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Out of curiosity, how do you feel about copyright laws? Similarly. Monopoly rights should not outlast the life of the original creator of the copyrighted material. They should definitely not be retroactively extended which is just

Re: Red Hat Cans Linux Distribution

2003-11-04 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Andrew Crystall wrote: (I have linux as a second OS on my desktop, and as the only OS on my old laptop. The pen tablet PC only supports Windows 95/98...) I have put Linux in my new computer - it's been a war to make things work. On Sunday I spend 4 hours battling with the sound system, and

Re: Red Hat Cans Linux Distribution

2003-11-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 10:44:08PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Even the alleged stability is false: That is false. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 6:24 PM Subject: Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 06:19:44PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: It's an old dispute between

RE: [Listref] House Cats and Ferrets Are Easily Infected With SARS Virus

2003-11-04 Thread Gary Nunn
...New research shows that common house pets such as cats and ferrets may easily become infected with the SARS virus and spread the disease to others. I will have to crack down and keep my cat out of China and Toronto :-) ___

Re: [Listref] House Cats and Ferrets Are Easily Infected With SARSVirus

2003-11-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 7:16 PM Subject: RE: [Listref] House Cats and Ferrets Are Easily Infected With SARSVirus ...New research shows that common house pets such as cats and

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Nov 2003 at 17:09, The Fool wrote: From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] And pharmacutical corporations are still evil greedy vile money woshiping pigs, only developing therapies they can patent. You don't think you are evil, right Fool?

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:23:58PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] variable terms depending on the item and the quality of the invention). As far as 5 years go; in the industries that I am familiar with, five years is

Continuing Education

2003-11-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.csi.edu/ip/ce/yesology/ The power of devotion.G xponent Amazed Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 07:23:58PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: Drugs are a classic example of this. Once a drug has passed clinical trials, the cost of copying is much smaller than the cost of development. Further, there's no risk in copying.

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:18:49PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: NIH is funded by the government, it is *not* a corporation. News flash from Julia! -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 9:44 PM Subject: Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:18:49PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: NIH is funded by the

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:57:09PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ass flash from Erik! Butt in from Rob! -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Reggie Bautista
Erik wrote: News flash from Julia! rob replied: Ass flash from Erik! The flashers on my car went out today. Just thought I'd toss that in there. Reggie Bautista _ MSN Shopping upgraded for the holidays! Snappier product search...

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2003 10:15 PM Subject: Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean On Tue, Nov 04, 2003 at 09:57:09PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ass flash from Erik!

Re: new wonder drug scours arteries clean

2003-11-04 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 4 Nov 2003 at 18:57, Jon Gabriel wrote: I do believe the price markup on drugs is WAY too damned high. But imo, you'd have to be a fool to think they would do it out of the goodness of their hearts. Even if they *wanted* to, it would be impossible. Agreed. That doesn't make the current