On Aug 4, 2008, at 2:55 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Aug 2008, at 22:42, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i actually agree with william about religion, except i try to be
less intolerant and antagonistic.
And where does that get you?
Well, for one thing, many people on this list find Jon's posts
On 5 Aug 2008, at 07:36, Dave Land wrote:
On Aug 4, 2008, at 2:55 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 4 Aug 2008, at 22:42, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i actually agree with william about religion, except i try to be
less intolerant and antagonistic.
And where does that get you?
Well, for one
On 05/08/2008, at 9:35 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
what is de Sitter vs. anti-de Sitter universe?
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming Void, but
On 05/08/2008, at 9:45 AM, Olin Elliott wrote:
Has anyone here read Alastair Reynolds -- Revelation Space, Chasm
City, Redemption Ark.
Revelation Space - so so. CC - v. good. RA - alright. I like Reynolds,
but he's merely good not utterly brilliant.
I've been reading his books for the
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an illusion?
Someone before Descartes.
someone else suggested that we all exist in cyberspace? jon
In that time, it was not cyberspace but demonspace. Just
a matter of names.
Alberto Monteiro
On 05/08/2008, at 9:57 AM, Olin Elliott wrote:
Betrand Russell (I'm fairly sure it was him) used to call himself A
Teacup Athiest. He said he couldn't prove, beyond any doubt, that
there wasn't a pink teacup orbiting the sun, but he didn't think
that meant that the likelihood of it
On 5 Aug 2008, at 05:07, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 2:01 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I'm not sanctimonious like some people
And just how does that manage also to leave able to freely, so
freely and
urgently, share your views on religion.
On 05/08/2008, at 9:50 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i sit corrected, in the name of atheism. as a devout atheist i
believe there ain't no gawd, but i can't prove it, so i take it on
faith. i believe the universe is cyclical and the big bang occurs
when all the galaxies in the universe
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Olin Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone here read Alastair Reynolds -- Revelation Space, Chasm City,
Redemption Ark. I've been reading his books for the past few months and
really loving them, but he doesn't seem to be that well known among science
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an illusion?
Someone before Descartes.
Are we talking Plato's cave here, or something later?
Julia
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On 05/08/2008, at 11:14 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Reality is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
Sorry: Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so. If you want to be
precise.
Charlie.
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My apologies -- an imperfect memory serves me imperfectly.
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On 05/08/2008, at 11:14 PM,
On Tue, 5 Aug 2008, Curtis Burisch wrote:
My apologies -- an imperfect memory serves me imperfectly.
It gives creativity more wiggle room, though. :)
Julia
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On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Olin Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone here read Alastair Reynolds -- Revelation Space, Chasm City,
Redemption Ark. I've been reading his books for the past few months and
really loving them, but he doesn't seem to be that well known among science
From: Curtis Burisch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reality is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
-- Douglas Adams
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an
illusion?
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Someone before Descartes.
Are we talking Plato's cave here, or something
Of course you may know that a cyclical universe seems to be
out of
favor with cosmologists now because the latest evidence
points to the
density of stuff in the universe (matter +
energy + dark matter +
dark energy) being less than the critical
density necessary to halt
the expansion,
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like
Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming Void, but it's on a ship somewhere
between the UK and
Oz right now.
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 8:10 AM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
From: Curtis Burisch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reality is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
-- Douglas Adams
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an
illusion?
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 3:19 AM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Sanctimonious: Making a show of being morally better than others.
I'm not making a show of anything.
Of course. Silly me. I should have recognized that you are doing nothing
more than faithfully, er, reliably
On 5 Aug 2008, at 12:55, Martin Lewis wrote:
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 12:45 AM, Olin Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Has anyone here read Alastair Reynolds -- Revelation Space, Chasm
City, Redemption Ark. I've been reading his books for the past
few months and really loving them, but
On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 5:49 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I enjoyed the first couple, particulary CC, but he isn't a writer who
has ever evolved. Here are a couple of reviews of some of his more
recent ones:
http://www.sfsite.com/02b/cr194.htm
Julia Thompson wrote:
who was it that postulated that reality is an illusion?
Someone before Descartes.
Are we talking Plato's cave here, or something later?
Plato's cave was one, but probably the idea had come
to someone before Plato.
Alberto Monteiro
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like
Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming Void, but it's on a ship somewhere
between the UK and
I have to use MS Excel in my work. Actually, it has always been an
application that I thought does a lot of cool things... but boy, it crashes
a lot on my desktop machine. I upgraded to the latest version, finally got
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At 04:57 PM Tuesday 8/5/2008, David Hobby wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like
Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming
At 07:04 PM Monday 8/4/2008, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 4 Aug 2008 at 16:45, Olin Elliott wrote:
Has anyone here read Alastair Reynolds -- Revelation Space, Chasm
City, Redemption Ark. I've been reading his books for the past few
months and really loving them, but he doesn't seem to be that
At 10:18 PM Tuesday 8/5/2008, Nick Arnett wrote:
I have to use MS Excel in my work. Actually, it has always been an
application that I thought does a lot of cool things... but boy, it crashes
a lot on my desktop machine. I upgraded to the latest version, finally got
used to the weird ribbon
On Aug 5, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
4. Wait about a week to allow the file to be downloaded, and then
run
Microsoft Office Diagnostics again.
Uh, that's one big honkin' download, apparently.
I knew those service packs were getting big... but a week!
Okay, I understand
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