RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Ritu
Warren Ockrassa asked: Isn't it Australia were Jedi is recognized as a legitimate religion by the government? I dunno about that, but it was the UK where more than 50% of the respondents claimed 'Jedi' as their religion during the last census. Ritu

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Richard Baker
Ritu said: I dunno about that, but it was the UK where more than 50% of the respondents claimed 'Jedi' as their religion during the last census. Not quite: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm Rich, who should've listed Sith ___

RE: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Ritu
Rich wrote: I dunno about that, but it was the UK where more than 50% of the respondents claimed 'Jedi' as their religion during the last census. Not quite: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2757067.stm Rich, who should've listed Sith My figures were way off the mark... Thanks. :)

Re: [Listref] How the Earthquake affected Earth

2005-01-11 Thread Nick Arnett
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/10jan_earthquake.htm?list11191 25 NASA scientists studying the Indonesian earthquake of Dec. 26, 2004, have calculated that it slightly changed our planet's shape, shaved almost 3 microseconds from the length of the day, and

RE: Idiocy of universal retirement

2005-01-11 Thread God
Maru Dubshinki contributed: Last I heard, SS was not a pension; so apparently they have no problem living off charity. It was you, not me, who suggested giving the excess crops to retirees. ~Maru On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 14:54:35 +0100, God [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maru spoketh:

RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread God
Erik Reuter rudely contributed: * Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: wrong? Or is it just possible that the information we're giving you -- that you're curt at best, rude at least, and arrogant at worst online -- might in fact be completely true? Has it occurred to you

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread William T Goodall
On 11 Jan 2005, at 6:28 pm, God wrote: Erik, if Warren has posted nothing you consider worthwile reading, why do you read his posts and reply to them? I surmise he sometimes succumbs to a charitable impulse to help improve his fellow man. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web :

Re: Pozen's SS plan Re: Social Security

2005-01-11 Thread Gary Denton
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 12:34:29 -0500, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Gary Denton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: About $100 billion a year would be freed up for stocks, bonds and other investments under a tentative plan President Bush has floated to fix the Social Security retirement

Re: Social Security

2005-01-11 Thread Gary Denton
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 19:30:05 -0500, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Gary Denton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: The New York Times repeats what I have been writing here snip It's bad enough that the $10 trillion is a highly inflated figure, intended to overstate a problem that is

Re: Idiocy of universal retirement

2005-01-11 Thread Maru Dubshinki
What, precisely, is the true difference between giving retirees crops/foodstuffs and money (aside from the sheer versatility of money of course.)? They are both charity as far as I can see. ~Maru On Tue, 11 Jan 2005 19:18:05 +0100, God [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maru Dubshinki contributed:

Re: Pozen's SS plan Re: Social Security

2005-01-11 Thread Erik Reuter
* Gary Denton ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Perhaps Erik can point me to these mutual funds with management fees less than 0.18% that an individual investor can participate in? Sure. Here are three: --- Expense TICKER Ratio === 0.09%ETSPX 0.10%FSMKX 0.10%

Free to a good Bay Area home...

2005-01-11 Thread Russell Chapman
Tyre-Chains (wait - that would be Tire Chains) to suit SUV. Sorry that this is waaay off-topic, but I am about to throw away a brand new, never opened, set of chains, with tensioners, purchased 2 weeks ago. It seems a shame to just leave them sitting on the footpath (oops, sidewalk...) But

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-11 Thread Amanda Marlowe
Erik Reuter wrote: Because when I su, it is frequently to configure something in /etc. And here I thought when people su-ed, they went to /court, not to /etc... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Free to a good Bay Area home...

2005-01-11 Thread Nick Arnett
Russell Chapman wrote: Tyre-Chains (wait - that would be Tire Chains) to suit SUV. Sorry that this is waaay off-topic, but I am about to throw away a brand new, never opened, set of chains, with tensioners, purchased 2 weeks ago. It seems a shame to just leave them sitting on the footpath (oops,

Re: Free to a good Bay Area home...

2005-01-11 Thread Medievalbk
I've been there. There are homes in the bay area? Vilyehm Blinded by contiguous apartment complexes. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Free to a good Bay Area home...

2005-01-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Vilyehm wrote: I've been there. There are homes in the bay area? Trees too! -- Doug jab jab maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Free to a good Bay Area home...

2005-01-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
When are you leaving the area, Russel? It's a shame we didn't have lunch while you were here. How was your trip? -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l