At 08:26 PM Monday 10/18/04, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 06:36 PM 10/18/2004 -0500 Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
So who is Maru?
I thought it was you! ;-)
To quote Gomer Pyle: Surprise, surprise, surprise!
Not Me Maru
-- Ronn! :)
Earth is the cradle of humanity, but one cannot remain in the cradle
Jim Sharkey wrote:
While watching the Farscape miniseries, I've caught several advertisements for an
Earthsea miniseries. Surprisingly, given that it *is* SciFi network, and they hate
their fans, it looks like it might be pretty good. Anyone else looking forward to it?
Bah! Tell me what you
On 19 Oct 2004, at 4:35 am, Julia Thompson wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Not all ideas are equal. Some, like '2 + 2 =5' or religion, are just
plain wrong.
Hey, for sufficiently large values of 2, 2 + 2 = 5.
If you're rounding in what you're showing, but still *carrying* the
value of the number,
On 19 Oct 2004, at 5:48 am, Dave Land wrote:
On Oct 18, 2004, at 8:35 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Not all ideas are equal. Some, like '2 + 2 =5' or religion, are just
plain wrong.
Hey, for sufficiently large values of 2, 2 + 2 = 5.
If you're rounding in what you're showing,
On 19 Oct 2004, at 2:10 am, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Stuff like the Earth being 4000 years old,
6000. You should spend less time in the computer and more
time reading the Bible.
I have better things to do with my time.
Do you have one?
Of course not.
I may send you one
as
At 04:34 AM Tuesday 10/19/04, William T Goodall wrote:
On 19 Oct 2004, at 2:10 am, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Stuff like the Earth being 4000 years old,
6000. You should spend less time in the computer and more
time reading the Bible.
I have better things to do with my time.
On 19 Oct 2004, at 11:37 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:34 AM Tuesday 10/19/04, William T Goodall wrote:
On 19 Oct 2004, at 2:10 am, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Stuff like the Earth being 4000 years old,
6000. You should spend less time in the computer and more
time reading
On 19 May 2003, at 5:17 am, Robert Seeberger wrote:
I just finished this most excellent book yesterday and look forward to
reading the second half of the story soon.
I just got started on this yesterday. So far I'm enjoying it quite a
lot. I have the next two (_The Phoenix Exultant_ and _The
On 19 Oct 2004, at 3:56 am, Damon Agretto wrote:
Absolutely. One of my favorite book series ever...
While watching the Farscape miniseries, I've caught several
advertisements for an Earthsea miniseries. Surprisingly, given that
it *is* SciFi network, and they hate their fans, it looks like it
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From: David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 11:41 PM
Subject: Re: Brin: Second Salvo
Finally, the belief in absolutes is not a Romantic notion. Faith in
thetrancendental is defiantly a part of the
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Sent: Monday, October 18, 2004 5:19 PM
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On Mon, Oct 18, 2004 at 12:24:08PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
But, the legal system doesn't have murky
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 11:55:30AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
But, in the case of having divisions between when it is legal to do
something, the law (I think out of necessity) is arbitrarily precise.
So when, in an arbitrarily precise way, does the law state that aborting
a fetus becomes
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jefferson's ideal, IIRC, was citizen-farmers.
Considering the fact that
overwhelming majority of people worked the land at
the time, that made
sense. Its true that he didn't see the immense
wealth that could be
obtained by the average person from
Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Depends on when in Jefferson's career you're talking
about.
Quite right. I consider him incredibly complex.
Back to the election. The ENTIRE issue of American Conservative is devoted to hand
wringing over an agonizing choice in the
Let me add this. The only place where I have spoken in the last 3 months with any
people who both have a postgraduate degree and are still supporting Bush is...
... here on Brin-l...
http://www.amconmag.com/2004_11_08/cover1.html#
Kerrys the One
By Scott McConnell
There is little
Nice article.
Damon.
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Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html
Now Building: Legends Aussie Centurion Mk.5/1
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: Second Salvo
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 11:55:30AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
But, in the case of having divisions between
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 03:51:10PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
I've already given the arbitrary precise line between acceptable
abortion and murder...in the post you are responding to.
Whatever. I asked, when does the law state? Which is, of course, a
rhetorical quesiton, since the law does not
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From: David Brin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Brin: conservatives abandoning sinking ship
Let me add this. The only place where I have spoken in the last 3 months
with any
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 11:59 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: Second Salvo
Whatever. I asked, when does the law state? Which is, of course, a
rhetorical quesiton, since the law does not
On Oct 19, 2004, at 1:31 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
Nice article.
I also found it worth the time to take a look at some of the other
articles that accompany it.
Dave
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Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
**To make sure someone doesn't misunderstand me, I'm not accusing David of
bad technique...I'm stating the opinion that the folks he knows are not a
random sample of those with graduate degrees.
Fair enough. You are certainly right. E.G. today I spoke
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:48 AM
Subject: Re: The Golden Age
On 19 May 2003, at 5:17 am, Robert Seeberger wrote:
I just finished this most excellent book yesterday and
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 05:55:11PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
But, aren't Supreme Court rulings part of the law?
I believe they call them decisions. Interpretations of the law. Which is
obviously not sufficiently precise for all situations.
Besides, the Supreme Court hasn't ruled on everything,
On Tue, Oct 19, 2004 at 04:47:05PM -0700, David Brin wrote:
Fair enough. You are certainly right. E.G. today I spoke to an
environmental group. And while some are recent defectors from GOP,
that general tendency would certainly bve seen among people who
(ehther conservative or not) think
Russell Chapman requested:
Bah! Tell me what you think of Peacekeeper Wars!
I'm not a 'Scape head, but I did enjoy the show when I could catch it. So I'm not
giving you the fanboy perspective on it, just so you know.
I thought it was pretty good. I imagine if I knew more of the backstory I'd
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Rock:
Oscar Stewart
Pop:
Nathan Simpson
Rap:
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Country:
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xponent
Not Too Imaginative Maru
rob
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http://www.thebeatlesarecoming.com/blog.html
What if there had been an Internet in 1964?
Here is a quite interesting bit of historical fiction dressed as a
blog concerning a 15 year old girls obsession with the Beatles.
It is accurate enough that it brings back a lot of memories.
xponent
I
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm not a 'Scape head, but I did enjoy the show when I could catch it. So I'm not
giving you the fanboy perspective on it, just so you know.
But overall, it was a lot of fun.
Cool! I've downloaded Pt 1 and I'm about 80% through downloading Pt 2.
Who
O.k. Gautam what do you think - would you have left Schilling in for
the 8th having only given up one run and retiring the last three batters?
JDG
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