Thank you Andrew for a much more reasonable tone.
You have cleared a few items up this time around and I'll respond in
time kind.
Claws sheathed.
On Sep 12, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 12 Sep 2006 at 6:38, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Face it: If your making games you've
As Steve said,
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six
years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set
up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established
a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat
technologies, and even casts of
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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:05 PM
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Subject: Re: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?
On Sep 12, 2006, at 10:16 AM, Gibson Jonathan
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
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Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:33 AM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)
I'll just make a brief interjection that a new study suggests that
Thanks Dan,
I guess I missed that message in the bustle of my life.
As another after word, every single one of my Archt schoolmates
contacted in no way buys the official story. Every one of them cited
the pile-up of those vertical support beams should have tipped the
building, any building,
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Japan was also cited for its
top-down approach to reforestation
I really would like to see them growing trees from
the top down . . .
snort! :)
From the central government at the time (Tokagawa
IIRC), as opposed to the New Guinians
Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'll just make a brief interjection that a new study
suggests that
Diamond got it wrong. Easter Island forest
deprivation was more
likely caused by rats brought by the colonists, who
also arrived much
later then previously thought.
Diamond mentioned
At 05:49 PM Wednesday 9/13/2006, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Yes, our friends and neighbors live an exceptionally rich fantasy life.
On Sep 13, 2006, at 12:38 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 13 Sep 2006, at 8:34PM, Dan Minette wrote:
I think she used some four letter words in
response to the poll
On 13 Sep 2006 at 7:20, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Why do you have a problem with the fact that some people who can use
technology don't view it as sacred?
What, no answer, again?!?
Anyway, I don't worship at any alter. Why do you insist I do?
Because it's evidently a creed for you, and
On 14 Sep 2006, at 1:47AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 13 Sep 2006 at 7:20, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Agreed. Never made any other case except to point out a Mac is
better
secured than PC.
No, you're not. Because bluntly Mac's are just another OS as far as
security is concerned. It has none
On 14 Sep 2006 at 2:22, William T Goodall wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006, at 1:47AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 13 Sep 2006 at 7:20, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Agreed. Never made any other case except to point out a Mac is
better
secured than PC.
No, you're not. Because bluntly Mac's are
On 14 Sep 2006, at 2:32AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006 at 2:22, William T Goodall wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006, at 1:47AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 13 Sep 2006 at 7:20, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Agreed. Never made any other case except to point out a Mac is
better
secured than PC.
In a message dated 9/13/2006 7:26:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
All we can say for sure is that if a
living human being requires some sort of spirit
or essence or katra or whatever you call it then
at some point prior to a live birth such an
entity must enter
On 14 Sep 2006 at 2:58, William T Goodall wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006, at 2:32AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006 at 2:22, William T Goodall wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006, at 1:47AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 13 Sep 2006 at 7:20, Gibson Jonathan wrote:
Agreed. Never made any other
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On
Behalf Of Gibson Jonathan
Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2006 3:24 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?
Thanks Dan,
I guess I missed that
On 14 Sep 2006, at 3:04AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 9/13/2006 7:26:15 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
All we can say for sure is that if a
living human being requires some sort of spirit
or essence or katra or whatever you call it then
at some
On 9 Sep 2006, at 12:51PM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 9 Sep 2006 at 2:36, William T Goodall wrote:
For me unknowable/meaningless = knowable/false.
So you reject quantum theory entirely? Interesting.
I'm quite happy with the 'shut up and calculate' part. It's those
wacky ontologies I
On 14 Sep 2006, at 3:13AM, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 14 Sep 2006 at 2:58, William T Goodall wrote:
It's not 'none' though is it? None/some/all are different you know.
OS X clearly has at least some of the open source advantages of Linux
and certainly a great more than Windows.
Nope. But to
William T Goodall wrote:
Or perhaps all the 'souls' play musical chairs while we sleep and we
wake up with a different one each day :-
Wasn't that the premise of a Greg Egan short story? Not all the souls
playing musical chairs, of course, but one which woke up in a
different body each
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
IIRC there are some religions
which believe that the baby acquires a spirit or
whatever they call it when s/he takes his/her first breath
outside the womb.
From what was said to me during my pregnancies, I think the Hindus [or
at least the non-atheist/non-agnostic
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2006/09/14/basic/
Why Johnny can't code
BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today
there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming.
By David Brin
Sep. 14, 2006 | For three years -- ever since my son Ben was in fifth
grade --
Dan wrote:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Gary Denton
Sent: Tuesday, September 12, 2006 1:33 AM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)
I'll just make a brief interjection that a new study
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