One of my students asked a question in the middle of class last night that
I had no answer for: in the standard red diode laser pointer that you can
now buy for chump change just about anywhere, what is the element or
compound which produces the light? E.g., in a ruby laser, it is the
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
One of my students asked a question in the middle of class last night
that I had no answer for: in the standard red diode laser pointer
that you can now buy for chump change just about anywhere, what is the
element or compound which produces the light? E.g., in a
It's finished. Well as much as gardens can be called finished that is. I
simply love it. So much space. Useable space that is. Even had a barbie.
It was total bliss. No more muddy paws in my kitchen and already flowers
are starting to come out. Planted a small lemon tree and a pear tree,
have
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 02:53:58AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
One of my students asked a question in the middle of class last night
that I had no answer for: in the standard red diode laser pointer that
you can now buy for chump change just about anywhere, what is the
element or compound
I'm always a fan of let's think about who's leaking this story analysis of
news coverage, and David Frum* has one which I don't necessarily beleive,
but is nevertheless thought-provoking:
http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/diary041904.asp
APR. 19, 2004: CONSPIRACY THEORY
After 24 hours, itÂ’s
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:49:32AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
The cheap ones are AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well laser diodes (they
usually have a few QW's in the gain region, and a stepped or graded
AlGaAs region for optical confinement).
Actually, that should be AlGaInP for the visible red
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think he means Kerry.
Massachusetts is the giveaway. I'm wondering how
he got Munster.
Unless it's a reference to some TV show however long
ago?
Please fill us in, Mike!
Julia
It's from the Adams family, right? It's _really_ apt,
At 07:37 PM 4/18/2004 -0400 Kevin Tarr wrote:
Tried this over on the subservient list, but got no response. Any help here?
I'm a clueless bachelor. On a few TV shows, Seinfeld FEX, they drop off a
mesh laundry bag at the laundry/dry cleaner. What exactly is going on? Is
it just dry clean
At 03:46 PM 4/14/2004 -0400 Thomas Beck wrote:
William Safire is going to be the last human being (possibly the last
carbon-based lifeform) to recognize, or at least to admit, that the USA
is getting bogged down in a nightmare in Iraq that is not going to end
early or well (certainly not
At 09:10 PM 4/11/2004 -0400 John Garcia wrote:
I wonder how many were suicides. There have been some 21 suicides in
units stationed in Iraq over the past year.
Which with what, @150,000 troops in Iraq would be 0.014%.Is that close
to the US population average?
JDG
At 01:17 PM 4/14/2004 -0700 Trent Shipley wrote:
As an American I
would gladly trade the lives of 1000 Iraqi infants for the life of 1
American
soldier.
As an American, I find your viewpoint to be highly offensive.
Not that you don't have a right to it - just that it requires a level of
According to a report from the Associated Press on 2004 Apr 15:
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Some Iraqi nuclear facilities appear to be
unguarded, and radioactive materials are being taken out of the
country, the U.N.'s nuclear watchdog agency reported after
reviewing satellite images
Subject: [Larryniven-l] ALERT: The LATEST of SCAMS
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 02:23:10 -0700
From: Frank Gasperik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: The Larry Niven Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This one is good for a real laugh! From THE REGISTER
I suppose it had to happen some day.
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 09:38:36AM -0400, JDG wrote:
Which with what, @150,000 troops in Iraq would be 0.014%.Is that close
to the US population average?
About 12 deaths per 100,000 people per year is the US death rate for
suicides. That is 0.012% per year. Close.
--
Erik Reuter
--- JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 09:10 PM 4/11/2004 -0400 John Garcia wrote:
I wonder how many were suicides. There have been
some 21 suicides in
units stationed in Iraq over the past year.
Which with what, @150,000 troops in Iraq would be
0.014%.Is that close
to the US population
--- Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know more about this? If true, this
means that terrorists
in Iraq have or had relatively easy access to
materials for building a
`radiological' or `dirty' bomb.
Everyone willing to spend a few million bucks buying
_smoke detectors_
Gautam Mukunda wrote, on the Massachusetts Munster:
It's from the Adams family, right?
Nope, it's actually from a very similar series that ran at the
same time (1964-6 according to IMDB) called The Munsters. Like
the Addams, the Munsters freaked out ordinary people every week.
Unlike most of the
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 10:19:16AM -0500, Steve Sloan II wrote:
Unlike most of the the Addams, the Munsters actually looked like
monsters, including a Frankenstein's monster dad, a bride-of-
Frankenstein/vampire mom, a vampire grampa, a werewolf son, and the
joke: a generically beautiful
Michael Moore writes a letter to his fans:
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php
My favorite quote:
The Iraqis who have risen up against the occupation
are not insurgents or terrorists or The Enemy.
They are the REVOLUTION, the Minutemen, and their
numbers will grow -- and they will win.
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2004-04/foas-mid040404.php
Moderate iron deficiency affects cognitive performance - but iron
supplementation improves it
Young women who took iron supplementation for 16 weeks significantly
improved their attention, short-term and long-term memory, and
--
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--- Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know more about this? If true, this
means that terrorists
in Iraq have or had relatively easy access to
materials for building a
`radiological' or `dirty' bomb.
Everyone willing to
Heh. I've always thought Michael Moore was a
self-important blowhard. Now I'm sure of it.
Damon.
=
Damon Agretto
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html
Now
I won't be trying this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4783035/
--
Tom Beck
my LiveJournal: http://www.livejournal.com/users/tomfodw/
I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never thought I'd
see the
Galactica Launches
SCI FI Channel's upcoming original series Battlestar Galactica begins
production this week in Vancouver, B.C., the network announced.
Based on the December 2003 miniseries that became the most-watched cable
miniseries of the year, Galactica returns to SCI FI Channel as a one-
In a message dated 4/20/2004 12:55:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The series is executive produced by Ronald D. Moore
That's all I need to know.
Constantly, I had discovered that what I considered to be the best Star Trek
episodes were his.
William Taylor
http://www.schneier.com/crypto-gram-0404.html
National ID Cards
As a security technologist, I regularly encounter people who say the
United States should adopt a national ID card. How could such a program
not make us more secure, they ask?
The suggestion, when it's made by a thoughtful
Not that I necessarily agree with it, but I thought I'd post this
rejoinder.
I'm always a fan of let's think about who's leaking this story
analysis of
news coverage, and David Frum* has one which I don't necessarily
beleive,
but is nevertheless thought-provoking:
- Original Message -
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, April 14, 2004 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: Alternate History
Dan M said:
Are you arguing that one American life is worth more than 10, 100,
1000, 10,000 lives in Iraq?
On 20 Apr 2004, at 8:42 pm, Thomas Beck wrote:
I won't be trying this:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4783035/
So I just need to work out how to combine that with Atkins and I could
live forever!
--
William T Goodall
Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
Blog :
So I just need to work out how to combine that with Atkins and I could
live forever!
Reminds me of the old joke, Wanna live longer? Give up rich food,
alcohol, desserts, sex, and fun. You won't live longer, it'll just FEEL
longer.
Jeez, they said one guy went from 3000 Kcal to 1900 Kcal for this diet. Is
that all??? Lessee...what could I cut from my diet to reach thatoh
yeah...soda...
Damon.
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I wonder if their might be a built in mechanism in the body something
like a metabolic clock ticking along. You only get X ticks of the
metabolic clock. If you slow your metabolism down, your metabolic clock
ticks more slowly and you live longer (all on average, of course).
--
Erik Reuter
I read the headline on one of the trash rag papers and was skeptical. It
read that there were exactly 911 days between the Sept 11 2001 attacks
and the recent attack in Madrid. I searched for a duration calculator
online, and depending on what time of day you enter, and accounting for
a leap
- Original Message -
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:48 AM
Subject: Re: unguarded Iraqi nuclear facilities
--- Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know more about this? If true,
- Original Message -
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 5:48 PM
Subject: Re: Alternate History
But, I also realize that I have special responsibilities toward my
children. I don't worry about the twins
I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
http://letsroll911.org/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3
xponent
Like Pictures Of Ghosts And UFOs Maru
rob
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I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
http://letsroll911.org/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3
Not only that, but if you analyse the Bible Code, selecting every 2nd letter
of every 3rd word, the Book of Revelations clearly says Bush Conspiracy
Nine-Eleven Fuzzy Bunny
Robert Seeberger wrote:
I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
http://letsroll911.org/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3
It's the shadow of the right engine nacelle.
Wackos... sheesh.
Nick
--
Nick Arnett
Director, Business Intelligence Services
LiveWorld Inc.
Phone/fax: (408)
--
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
http://letsroll911.org/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3
---
This is a conspiracy theory thats been going around for years.
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- Original Message -
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 8:33 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting
I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting
Robert Seeberger wrote:
I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
--
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Seeberger wrote:
I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
http://letsroll911.org/ipw-web/bulletin/bb/viewtopic.php?t=3
It's the shadow of the
Mike Lee wrote:
What about workers who put profit over their own lives?
Huh?
Your assumption is that employers are adults and employees are stupid
children unable or unwilling to look out for their own best interests.
There may be cases where hidden hazards cannot be perceived by
Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:07 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting
Robert Seeberger wrote:
I don't know what to make of this.
Just plain freaky.
- Original Message -
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 9:48 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting
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From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Its just weird that it seems to be in the same place in every picture
taken seconds apart and from different angles.
Shadows are like that, of course.
Nick
--
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Director, Business Intelligence Services
LiveWorld Inc.
Phone/fax: (408) 551-0427
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I wonder if their might be a built in mechanism in the body something
like a metabolic clock ticking along. You only get X ticks of the
metabolic clock. If you slow your metabolism down, your metabolic clock
ticks more slowly and you live longer (all
Personally, what I think is the nail in the coffin is (as the Fool said) it
just doesn't make sense...
First, why go through the trouble to mount a missile launching pod to a
jumbo jet at all, when you can just retrofit an *internal* missile launcher?
These aircraft have quite a bit of internal
- Original Message -
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:14 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Its just weird that it seems to be in the same place in every
picture
taken seconds apart
- Original Message -
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 10:26 PM
Subject: Re: Interesting
Personally, what I think is the nail in the coffin is (as the Fool
said) it
just doesn't make sense...
First, why go
Actual subject line . . .
quote
X-Originating-IP: [82.225.61.186]
From: Libby Dalton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Ben Benton [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: If homosexuality is a disease, let's all call in queer to work:
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 21:58:36 -0400
...snip...
/quote
At 08:04 AM 4/20/04, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Apr 20, 2004 at 05:49:32AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
The cheap ones are AlGaAs/GaAs/AlGaAs quantum well laser diodes (they
usually have a few QW's in the gain region, and a stepped or graded
AlGaAs region for optical confinement).
Actually, that
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