On Apr 29, 2005, at 8:21 PM, Maru Dubshinki wrote:
Well, I've never been blessed by the Beeb's TV production. Was it any
good (since it sounds like you've seen it.)?
It was OK. Not great; not on par with the radio or books, but not
terrible either. The feel of it was a bit like the humor and
At 02:16 AM Saturday 4/30/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
I've got some ideas but you'd probably resent them.(Hint: Think colorectal
polectomy.)
I don't need to think about it. I watched last night's episode of Law
Order: Trial By Jury.
Ouch Maru
-- Ronn! :)
On Apr 29, 2005, at 8:13 PM, Max Battcher wrote:
I, myself, thoroughly enjoyed it. Its not the books or the radio
plays, but it works. Whine all you want about your favorite bits that
got left out or cut down (and I do have a few of my own: for instance,
the amazingly amazing line of Zaphod's
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
They couldn't show everything partly because they added crap that
did
not need to be there.
From Wkipedia:
The script we shot was very much based on the last draft that Douglas
wroteAll the substantive new ideas in the movie...are brand new
Douglas ideas written
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On 30 Apr 2005, at 2:21 pm, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Most of the gnashing of teeth over the movie has little or no
substance. Douglas was involved in the film up to the time of his
death and the resulting film *is* based on his last draft.
But writers don't have a great influence on how films turn
On Fri, 29 Apr 2005 23:31:46 -0400, JDG wrote
...
A much more logical explanation is that the child/permission
slip is a metaphor for insisting upon UN Security Council approval
of US actions.
At the risk of boring everyone to the state of consciousness of a turnip...
the argument that they
At 07:06 AM 4/30/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Permission slip, has meaning that is independent of the
sentence in which it was used.
Call me crazy here, but isn't that independent meaning one of, oh I don't
know, getting permission?
JDG - Serious Consultation Getting Permission, Maru.
At 07:22 PM 29/04/05 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
...Douglas Adams spinning in his grave.
HHGttG was everything its detractors have suggested, unfortunately.
Entirely meaningless digressions, all the genuinely funny situations
replaced by watered-down simpering, and a story that was
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20050430/ap_on_re_us/methodist_gays_6
Irene Elizabeth Stroud, who was defrocked for coming out as a lesbian in
a committed relationship, was reinstated earlier this week.
She is choosing not to administer sacrements until the entire appeals
process
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a
delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the
Dark Ages.
...
Currently, Dawkins is the Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public
Understanding of Science
At 01:52 PM 4/28/2005 -0500, John Horn wrote:
In recent weeks it has become clear that President Bush has
floated a trial baloon regarding lifting the current cap on
income subject to Social Security tax. Right now, income over
$100,000 is exempt from the 12.5% Social Security tax. I
At 10:32 PM 4/26/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
The same majority party that has been cutting the funding of programs that
preserve the lives of children is also anti-abortion.
Which programs are those? I'm sure that you must have a specific
allegation here, right?
It should be against the
At 09:06 PM 4/26/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
Pyongyang says its pursuit of nuclear weapons is defensive to cope
with U.S. reckless moves for military aggression, but analysts
dismiss the claim because if North Korea had no weapons, the United
States would have no reason to attack it.
On 4/30/05, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/
Evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins explains why God is a
delusion, religion is a virus, and America has slipped back into the
Dark Ages.
...
Currently, Dawkins is the
At 10:07 PM 4/26/2005 -0700, Dave Land wrote:
But Dave, finish connecting the dots! ...
same old song and dance
I didn't come up with the permission slip metaphor, but hear this:
I. Understand. The. Difference.
Great!Perhaps you could help me explain it to Nick, then?
Do you believe
At 10:27 PM 4/26/2005 -0700, Doug wrote:
1)
-the potential of Saddam Hussein attacking Saudi Arabia and the Gulf
States constituted a threat to the security of the United States?
After the first Gulf war there was no threat to Saudi Arabia or anyone
else for that matter
So, do you believe
On Apr 30, 2005, at 6:21 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
They couldn't show everything partly because they added crap that
did
not need to be there.
From Wkipedia:
The script we shot was very much based on the last draft that Douglas
wroteAll the substantive new ideas in
On 4/29/05, JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 09:11 AM 4/29/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 18:51:38 -0400, JDG wrote
On the other hand, seriously considering the opinion of another is
typically an adult-to-adult relationship. It would be rather
nonsensical
to use a
On 4/26/05, JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 12:20 AM 4/26/2005 -0700, Dave Land wrote:
On Mon, 25 Apr 2005 22:23:15 -0500, Dan Minette wrote
At 07:37 PM 4/25/2005 -0700, Dave Land wrote:
You are conflating two separate things:
a) serious consideration of the opinions of other
On 4/30/05, JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 01:52 PM 4/28/2005 -0500, John Horn wrote:
In recent weeks it has become clear that President Bush has
floated a trial baloon regarding lifting the current cap on
income subject to Social Security tax. Right now, income over
$100,000 is
On 4/30/05, JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:27 PM 4/26/2005 -0700, Doug wrote:
1)
-the potential of Saddam Hussein attacking Saudi Arabia and the Gulf
States constituted a threat to the security of the United States?
After the first Gulf war there was no threat to Saudi Arabia or
On 4/30/05, JDG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
At 10:32 PM 4/26/2005 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote:
The same majority party that has been cutting the funding of programs
that
preserve the lives of children is also anti-abortion.
Which programs are those? I'm sure that you must have a specific
Something which amazes me is that people are actually bringing up the
Southeast Texas experience in opting out of Social Security in support of
the Bush plan. I guess I shouldn't be, they have also brought up Chile's
experiment which is a disaster unless you are very rich. I have read several
At 12:53 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/
Cute (though hardly original) use of Photoshop, but who has a cost- and
spam-free link to the actual article?
-- Ronn! :)
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At 12:53 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/
Cute (though hardly original) use of Photoshop, but who has a cost- and
spam-free link to the actual article?
That would be
At 06:46 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, Erik Reuter wrote:
* Ronn!Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
At 12:53 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2005/04/30/dawkins/
Cute (though hardly original) use of Photoshop, but who has a cost- and
spam-free
* Ronn!Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Or the behavior of one who simply refuses to be an enabler to spammers.
No spam. Pay attention.
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At 07:04 PM Saturday 4/30/2005, Erik Reuter wrote:
* Ronn!Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Or the behavior of one who simply refuses to be an enabler to spammers.
No spam. Pay attention.
Sorry. I'm so broke this month I can't pay attention.
*rimshot*
I Told You I Know All The Old Jokes
At 07:14 PM 4/30/2005 -0700, Doug wrote:
IncreasingO.k., child poverty is up since 2000-2001, but it is
remains down significantly from the levels of, oh, Bill Clinton's
Presidency.
Clinton was president in 2000.
And in 1996.Good enough to be re-elected in that year if I do
JDG wrote:
After the first Gulf war there was no threat to Saudi Arabia or anyone
else for that matter
So, do you believe that the US should have withdrawn its forces from
Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the rest of the Persian Gulf following Gulf
War I, as
US troops were no longer necessary to
At 08:47 PM 4/30/2005 -0700, Doug wrote:
My suggestion was meant to imply that it makes more sense to attack S.A.
than it does to attack Iraq,
O.k., its not clear from this message.Do you believe that the US should
have pursued a war against Saudi Arabia after 9/11?
a country that had no
JDG wrote:
At 08:47 PM 4/30/2005 -0700, Doug wrote:
My suggestion was meant to imply that it makes more sense to attack S.A.
than it does to attack Iraq,
O.k., its not clear from this message.Do you believe that the US
should have pursued a war against Saudi Arabia after 9/11?
I think that
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