On May 6, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Ray wrote:
On May 5, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
IAAMOAC is his original motto, at least seven years old (see
http://www.davidbrin.com/parting.html but I think I remember him
using
it before that).
He certainly did use
Olin Elliott wrote:
I agree. I often don't participate in conversation threads online
(including on this forum) for precisely that reason, because they seem to
degenerate too easily into name calling and other nastiness. I like having
a moderated forum, but the problem is always how to draw
Doug Pensinger wrote:
I've been on this list for over 10 years and the discussions here
have certainly gotten heated at times, but it very seldom
degenerates into name calling etc.
That's not true. You are a liar! Can't you remember the four
listmembers that were banned in the past
On Wed, May 7, 2008 at 4:38 AM, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
PS: oops, I used nazi, muslims and name-calling in the same
post. Am I going to get banned? :-)
Why, certainly.
If you ask nicely.
Nick
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The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over nine
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 regulars over
~~~crop yields will continue to increase, but there is still a danger
of exhausting the soil and the water table, and other natural
resources, eventually. perhaps technology will come to our rescue in
time, perhaps not...
~~~and the water tableĀ
Jon, the top soil is _getting better_ in the
