Message To Pastafarians

2008-02-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATZvRyB364s And this was a response to this scurvy dog: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41k-IJxPENc&feature=related xponent Not Necessarily Newsworthy Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: expanded manned space program

2008-02-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:07 PM Thursday 2/14/2008, Doug Pensinger wrote: >jon wrote: > > > > > what is IANAC? > > > >I am not a crook? How about (in this context) "I am not a /chemist/"? But I Can Play One On TV Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailm

RE: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:50 PM Thursday 2/14/2008, Dan M wrote: >[...] > >You also have argued that market forces don't drive prices, but backroom >deals do. If Target, K-mart, and Walmart are all competing for the same >customer, if one can lower their costs and pass it on to the consumer, why >is that a bad thing

Re: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 1:50 PM, Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > OK, so Wal-Mart is greedy if it tries to take market share, from say > Federated Department Stores, by lowering its profit margin in order to > make > more sales. If you think that's what I said, allow me to clarify. There

Re: expanded manned space program

2008-02-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
jon wrote: > > what is IANAC? > I am not a crook? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: expanded manned space program

2008-02-14 Thread jon louis mann
does this meant there is some form of organic life on titan? jon IANAC, but I don't think that "organic" necessarily means "from life", but means chemicals based on Carbon. Dave coal and diamonds are carbon base; would the oil on titan be considered synthetic unless it is produced through organi

Re: expanded manned space program

2008-02-14 Thread Dave Land
On Feb 14, 2008, at 2:16 PM, jon louis mann wrote: > Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth > Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid > hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on > Earth, according to new data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft

Re: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Dave Land
On Feb 14, 2008, at 1:50 PM, Dan M wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Nick Arnett >> Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:59 AM >> To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion >> Subject: Re: Wal-Mart >> >> On Thu, Fe

expanded manned space program

2008-02-14 Thread jon louis mann
Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, according to new data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft. The hydrocarbons rain from the sky, collecting in vast

RE: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Dan M
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nick Arnett > Sent: Thursday, February 14, 2008 9:59 AM > To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion > Subject: Re: Wal-Mart > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >

Re: Experience Uplift in the comfort of your own home!

2008-02-14 Thread Dave Land
On Feb 14, 2008, at 6:55 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > Nick Arnett wrote: >> >>> And here's the game's site: >>> >>> http://www.spore.com/ >> >> There I was, thinking, gee, this seems like Sim City, but with >> evolution. >> And then Will Wright's name appears. Ah. >> > The idea

RE: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Jim Sharkey
Nick Arnett wrote: >Confession: I take our daughter to Wal-Mart (her choice, not mine) >and pay for her insulin. She can't get insurance and they do have >the lowest price. But at least insulin isn't being produced in sweat >shops, as far as I know. And I'm tempted by all the cheap stuff they

Re: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:43 AM, Ronn! Blankenship < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So you are saying that the minor accident I got into Tuesday night > turning into the Wal-Mart parking lot was a sign that I shouldn't be > going to shop there? If so, then I should stay out of Goodwill stores, s

Re: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:27 PM Wednesday 2/13/2008, Nick Arnett wrote: >We talked a while ago about Wal-Mart's virtues and lack thereof. I recently >became acquainted with the father of one of the LA Times reports who wrote a >four-part series about Wal-Mart a few years ago, which won a Pulitzer Prize. > >Part one i

Re: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 7:34 AM, Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On > > Behalf Of Nick Arnett > > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:28 PM > > To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion > > Subject: Wal

The real reason Bush pushed for an expanded manned space program?

2008-02-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
NASA JPL News Release: 2008-025 Feb. 13, 2008 Titan's Surface Organics Surpass Oil Reserves on Earth Saturn's orange moon Titan has hundreds of times more liquid hydrocarbons than all the known oil and natural gas reserves on Earth, accord

Re: One for Pat

2008-02-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:33 PM Wednesday 2/13/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Cat ladies always like stuff like this > >I cannot speak for Pat, but I prefer the term "Blinded >By The Feline" myself. > > > The LOLcat Bible > > > > http://www.lolcatbible.com/index.php

Re: CoS in the news

2008-02-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:21 PM Wednesday 2/13/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > We Methodists only have the expression "Dry as a > > Methodist picnic" to stereotype us. > >I still grin at the joke (paraphrased): > >When asked to bring something that expressed their >faith t

RE: Wal-Mart

2008-02-14 Thread Dan M
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Nick Arnett > Sent: Wednesday, February 13, 2008 11:28 PM > To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion > Subject: Wal-Mart > > We talked a while ago about Wal-Mart's virtues and lack thereof. I > re

Re: Experience Uplift in the comfort of your own home!

2008-02-14 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Nick Arnett wrote: > >> And here's the game's site: >> >> http://www.spore.com/ > > There I was, thinking, gee, this seems like Sim City, but with evolution. > And then Will Wright's name appears. Ah. > The idea seems live Civilization - but begins earlier. Is there a multiplayer version, where ea