Brin: Democracy, genocide, torture, etc.

2005-06-07 Thread Nick Arnett
Okay, I'm going to stick my nose out pretty far, because this has been on my mind for too long. We hear a lot about empire these days, the idea of a Pax Americana, the kind of argument that would seem to justify our invasion of Iraq after the fact -- we got rid of a bad guy, a man who was commi

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Jun 2005, at 9:53 pm, KZK wrote: Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 6/7/05, KZK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William T Goodall wrote: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs are a

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 7, 2005, at 1:53 PM, KZK wrote: Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 6/7/05, KZK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William T Goodall wrote: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs are avail

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread KZK
Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 6/7/05, KZK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: William T Goodall wrote: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs are available for developers now, and the first x86

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 6/7/05, KZK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: > > > http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html > > > > Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next > > two years. x86 based Macs are available for developers now, and the > > first x86 Macs

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread KZK
William T Goodall wrote: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs are available for developers now, and the first x86 Macs for sale to the general public will be available within a

Re: What do you call this?

2005-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 7, 2005, at 1:48 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:43:35 -0700, Dave Land wrote You dissin' my ride? Yes. OK, it couldn't talk, but it had a stick shift (and, the truth be told, a really measly 4-cylinder engine) and a paint job that lasted almost nine months! And no ai

Re: What do you call this?

2005-06-07 Thread Nick Arnett
On Tue, 7 Jun 2005 10:43:35 -0700, Dave Land wrote > You dissin' my ride? Yes. > OK, it couldn't talk, but it had a stick shift (and, the truth be > told, a really measly 4-cylinder engine) and a paint job that lasted > almost nine months! And no air conditioning. In California. Hmm. -- Ni

Re: What do you call this?

2005-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 7, 2005, at 11:22 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:43 PM Tuesday 6/7/2005, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 7, 2005, at 6:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:37:32 -0700, Dave Land wrote No, no, no. *This* is the coolest picture ever. I even *had* one of those cars... Yeah, and

Pensions

2005-06-07 Thread Dan Minette
It's interesting that my points on the problems with pensions are now being echoed by some key Republicans. At http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050607/ap_on_go_co/pension_oversight;_ylt=AswFwGbGIbHvI1Qb0vLBMius0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2MTQ3MTFjBHNlYwN0cw-- http://tinyurl.com/azltm we have a critiq

Re: What do you call this?

2005-06-07 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:43 PM Tuesday 6/7/2005, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 7, 2005, at 6:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:37:32 -0700, Dave Land wrote No, no, no. *This* is the coolest picture ever. I even *had* one of those cars... Yeah, and it was all tricked out with, u, power windows. Y

Re: Will the US be left in the dust by innovation?

2005-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 7, 2005, at 7:14 AM, Martin Lewis wrote: On 6/6/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The last manifestation of this that I wish to consider is documentation and procedures. People in Great Britain, for example, tend to be much more concerned with following the right procedures

Re: Brin: Dolphins use sponges as tools

2005-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 6, 2005, at 4:07 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: A group of dolphins living off the coast of Australia apparently teach their offspring to protect their snouts with sponges while foraging for food in the sea floor. Oh, I see... I thought this was going to be some kind of birth-control th

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 7, 2005, at 8:27 AM, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs are available for developers now, and the first x86 Macs for sale to the general public will

Re: What do you call this?

2005-06-07 Thread Dave Land
On Jun 7, 2005, at 6:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:37:32 -0700, Dave Land wrote No, no, no. *This* is the coolest picture ever. I even *had* one of those cars... Yeah, and it was all tricked out with, u, power windows. You dissin' my ride? OK, it couldn't talk, but i

Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs are available for developers now, and the first x86 Macs for sale to the general public will be available within a year. -- William T Gooda

Re: Brin: Dolphins use sponges as tools

2005-06-07 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Brin: Dolphins use sponges as tools Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2005 16:16:58 -0700 On Jun 6, 2005, at 4:07 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: A group of dolphins living off the coast of Australi

Re: Will the US be left in the dust by innovation?

2005-06-07 Thread Martin Lewis
On 6/6/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The last manifestation of this that I wish to consider is documentation and > procedures. People in Great Britain, for example, tend to be much more > concerned with following the right procedures than folks in the US. Just > get it done and do

Re: What do you call this?

2005-06-07 Thread Nick Arnett
On Mon, 6 Jun 2005 13:37:32 -0700, Dave Land wrote > No, no, no. *This* is the coolest picture ever. I even *had* one of > those cars... Yeah, and it was all tricked out with, u, power windows. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voicemail: 408-904-7198 __