Naturalist, 44, killed by stingray on diving trip, Australian media report
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/
There's got to be a comment somewhere that contains the word crikey, but
I've got nothing
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On 04/09/2006, at 5:58 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 4 Sep 2006 at 5:36, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 02/09/2006, at 6:41 PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
Further, ID has very little to do with belief that G-d created the
universe...
...apart from all the major ID spokespeople have said at various
On 04/09/2006, at 6:28 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Just wanted to add my belated felicitations. I hope you're
enjoying your honeymoon in Cyprus.
Cheers dude. We're playing fight the jetlag at the mo (plus oooh
it's summer here).
May you have a long and exceedingly happy marriage!
Ta.
On 03/09/2006, at 4:30 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
And you know who fights them? Not your precious atheists, it's
Christians and Jews.
Sweeping statement. And utter bollocks. Your attitude towards atheism
is hard to distinguish from Will's baiting about religion. How about
you *both*
On 04/09/2006, at 6:44 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
Really. So Keith Henson is not an atheist? I'd be surprised to
learn that.
Yes, there's allways the odd one. But in my experience, the people
opposing Scientology are in the ratio of arround 20:1
theists:atheists.
Maybe because the
September 11 approaches, marking the day a highly religious man launched
a fight, on foreign soil, against perceived oppression by a foreign
country. It was a day, and an event, that would have far-reaching
effects and implications.
I freely admit to a vicarious pride.
And we are all set to
On 4 Sep 2006, at 3:20AM, Dan Minette wrote:
We know that pedophiles like to get jobs that put them in contact with
youth, like church youth workers, boy scout leaders, girl guide
leaders,
teachers, etc. This does not make any of these organizations
inherently
evil. Up until recently,
On 4 Sep 2006, at 3:05AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 4 Sep 2006 at 2:49, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Sep 2006, at 2:27AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
A low-end Mac Pro will cost you $2,124 compared with $3,071 for a
In America. For one specific
On 4 Sep 2006, at 2:06PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Sep 2006, at 3:05AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On the other hand, you're comparing the time a computer can be
connected to the internet, entire unprotected, before it picks up
nastyware. Which a variety of free firewalls and virus
On Mon, 4 Sep 2006 01:59:56 -0400, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Naturalist, 44, killed by stingray on diving trip, Australian media
report
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14663786/
There's got to be a comment somewhere that contains the word crikey,
but
I've got nothing
I think
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of David Hobby
Sent: Sunday, September 03, 2006 11:53 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument
Dan Minette wrote:
...
Again, per my last email
I heard about this a few weeks ago, but didn't run across the article until
this morning.
I'm not sure how I feel about this. I guess I've read too many science
fiction stories about a good virus gone bad and taking down a significant
portion of humanity :-)
As unlikely as the scenarios are,
(Oops, I had digital signing on when I first sent this.)
On 4 Sep 2006, at 4:08PM, Dan Minette wrote:
Sure it is. Sociology of religion does included discussions of belief
systems, as well as behavior. In a sense, while the beliefs are
non-empirical...the written and stated beliefs are
In a message dated 9/3/2006 5:47:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This type of change, while certainly having negative consequences, is not a
catastrophe. I'd argue that the potential for disaster from an asteroid hit
is far higher than from global warming.
On Sep 3, 2006, at 8:12 PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
... A much better-reasoned post, for which I think we can all be
grateful.
I may say some nice things about Macs below, but I am by no means trying
to get you to change platforms -- or careers -- by doing so.
On 3 Sep 2006 at 20:01, Dave
Andrew said:
Here's a hint: A base price of £1000 is more than I spend on an
entire PC which is considerably more powerful than the one you
linked.
This seems somewhat unlikely when 2.66GHz Xeon 5150 processors cost
around £470 each and the base Mac Pro configuration has two of them,
as
Is this the result of trying to protect our children from themselves?
For every action there is a counter-reaction?
For every measure, a counter-measure?
*
http://www.slate.com/id/2148583/fr/rss/
Parents, brace yourselves. With those
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of William T Goodall
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 10:52 AM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Religious freedom, but not that stupid argument
It is not part of the necessary definition of a
On 9/4/06, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 04/09/2006, at 6:44 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
Really. So Keith Henson is not an atheist? I'd be surprised to
learn that.
Yes, there's allways the odd one. But in my experience, the people
opposing Scientology are in the ratio of
Andrew said:
Plenty which can be done. But someone who is dyslexic will allways
make certain personally consistant spelling errors. That is not
something which can be overcome, as stated.
Does your mail client support the checking of spelling? Mail.app for
OS X consistently underlines in
At 12:59 PM Monday 9/4/2006, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/3/2006 5:47:11 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This type of change, while certainly having negative consequences, is not a
catastrophe. I'd argue that the potential for disaster from an
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/fun/grin.asp
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Richard Baker wrote:
Does your mail client support the checking of spelling? Mail.app for
OS X consistently underlines in red the spelling mistakes in those
of your emails to which I reply.
When I use Linux KDE's kmail, it starts underlining every
English word, until it reaches a point
On Sep 3, 2006, at 2:30 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 3 Sep 2006, at 10:09PM, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 3, 2006, at 12:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 3 Sep 2006, at 7:55PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I would be interested in seeing William provide evidence that
the Catholic Church has
On 4 Sep 2006 at 14:06, William T Goodall wrote:
But most people aren't non-technophiles like you and don't know how
to protect themselves against malicious intrusions. And a computer
that's part of a botnet launching DoS attacks and mailing millions of
spams out through its unknowing
On 4 Sep 2006 at 18:43, Richard Baker wrote:
Andrew said:
Here's a hint: A base price of £1000 is more than I spend on an
entire PC which is considerably more powerful than the one you
linked.
This seems somewhat unlikely when 2.66GHz Xeon 5150 processors cost
around £470 each and the
Andrew said:
(Incidentally, the CPU's you are reference are only £320 each inc VAT
from Insight).
This Insight
http://uk.insight.com/apps/nbs/index.php?K=xeon+5150lang=en-
gbM=C=107S=1042
or some other one?
Rich
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On 4 Sep 2006 at 0:30, David Hobby wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
...
Your basic lack of knowledge about dyslexia is glaring. It is not
something which can be overcome by an educator. It is a literal
perceptile gap on the part of the dyslexic person.
Andrew--
Sorry about my
On 4 Sep 2006 at 20:36, Richard Baker wrote:
Andrew said:
(Incidentally, the CPU's you are reference are only £320 each inc VAT
from Insight).
This Insight
http://uk.insight.com/apps/nbs/index.php?K=xeon+5150lang=en-
gbM=C=107S=1042
or some other one?
Ah, yes, you're quite right. On
Andrew said:
Ah, yes, you're quite right. On a quick investigation, for some
reason the external search I used gave me the *upgrade* price for an
existing PC.
That one isn't even remotely the same processor. It has a 533MHz
front-size bus, 512KB of cache, a single core, and is based on the
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, September 04, 2006 12:59 PM
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)
In a message dated 9/3/2006 5:47:11 P.M. Eastern Standard
On 4 Sep 2006 at 20:50, Richard Baker wrote:
Andrew said:
Ah, yes, you're quite right. On a quick investigation, for some
reason the external search I used gave me the *upgrade* price for an
existing PC.
That one isn't even remotely the same processor. It has a 533MHz
front-size
On 4 Sep 2006, at 6:05PM, Dan Minette wrote:
One of the ways that we differ is that I believe that definitions
of words are set by those that use the language...while you believe
that words mean what William Goodall want them to mean and that
everyone else is wrong if they differ with
On 4 Sep 2006, at 8:20PM, Dave Land wrote:
Prove it. Document *Centuries* of pedophilia in the Catholic church
or please
shut the hell up.
As has been established elsewhere in this thread I don't need to.
They do it now, they did it fifty years ago and absent some reason
why
On 4 Sep 2006, at 6:05PM, Dan Minette wrote:
Just to check, I found a common source for definitions I haven't
used before, and now quote it's definition of religion: Answers.com
And I quote:
quote
re·li·gion (rĭ-lĭj'ən)
n.
1a) Belief in and reverence for a supernatural power or powers
This was listed as a Star Trek quote on a website I visited. I've never seen
it before, but I love it :-)
The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the
Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct.
~ Star Trek quotes
On 9/4/06, Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The 5150s in the Mac Pro
Hmm... the Mac Pro's processors are called 5150s, eh? Pretty funny
considering what 5150 means to anyone in law enforcement, emergency medical
services, etc., here in California. It is the statute for a 72-hour
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Just wanted to add my belated felicitations. I hope you're
enjoying your honeymoon in Cyprus.
Seconded! Enjoy!
Jim
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Naturalist, 44, killed by stingray on diving trip
I thought that was pretty crazy, that among all the *really* dangerous animals
he's dealt with, he got killed by a relatively harmless stingray.
He'll be in heaven, grabbing angels by the wings and saying Crikey, look the
wings on
On 04/09/2006, at 8:05 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
3) A set of beliefs, values, and practices based on the teachings
of a spiritual leader.
Now, #4 is consistent with Tom Cruise and Scientology, but it is
also consistent with you and atheism.
And number 3 is also consistent with
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