Re: war on the environment...

Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You're saying that what you wrote earlier doesn't come up to the level of > B.S.? Now you're twisting my words. Straighten up and try a linear curve fit! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinf

Re: Welcome to Hyperinflation!

Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > you don't get it john, the market is fixed; it is rigged by the plutocrats. Thank you Jon! I've been so naive, but you have opened my eyes. Those evil plutocrats have really kept me down, but I won't stand for it any more! > they don't care what all this

Welcome to Hyperinflation!

> > the way i see it is focusing on cash returns is a BAD > thing no matter how > > efficient it makes the market: > Good point. If the market were less efficient, almost no > one would be able to > afford computers or Internet access. Then no one would need > to listen > to crazies spouting n

Re: war on the environment...

At 02:34 PM Monday 9/8/2008, John Williams wrote: > Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > You obviously have B.S. in statistics. > >You obviously are overestimating me. You're saying that what you wrote earlier doesn't come up to the level of B.S.? . . . ronn! :) _

Re: Welcome to Hyperinflation!

At 03:25 PM Monday 9/8/2008, John Williams wrote: >Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > the way i see it is focusing on cash returns is a BAD thing no matter how > > efficient it makes the market: > >How would you allocate resources among all the people who say "if I only had >this" then I co

Bush being thrown under the bus

It started at the RNC convention, now Woodward has a new book out talking about how incompetent Bush was handling the war. He is being interviewed right now by Larry King. I am waiting to hear how McCain was trying to get Bush to change things. So what is the point? Well, of course, the who

Re: Welcome to Hyperinflation!

Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > the way i see it is focusing on cash returns is a BAD thing no matter how > efficient it makes the market: Good point. If the market were less efficient, almost no one would be able to afford computers or Internet access. Then no one would need to listen

more BS

> > the way i see it is focusing on cash returns is a BAD > thing no matter how efficient it makes the market: > How would you allocate resources among all the people who > say "if I only had > this" then I could accomplish ___? by telling them if i had a laxative i could have a bowel

Sept Scientific American

September's issue of Scientific American is devoted to technology and privacy. Himself is cited in the Editor's note. There is also an item that I found very interesting. It seems that in 2006 two Swiss primate researchers attempted to renew their research licenses through the local veterinary off

Re: war on the environment...

Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > it's not just about population demographics; it is about large carbon > footprints > due to capitalism, greed, and materialism. western populations are probably > one > of the worse offenders, but the asian countries are rapidly catching up with > our

Re: Science and Ideals.

>hopefully they will pass out and their dogs will attack them!~) >jon Now, that's something I can pray for. Olin - Original Message - From: Jon Louis Mann To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Sent: Monday, September

Re: Welcome to Hyperinflation!

Jon Louis Mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > the way i see it is focusing on cash returns is a BAD thing no matter how > efficient it makes the market: How would you allocate resources among all the people who say "if I only had this" then I could accomplish ___? ___

Welcome to Hyperinflation!

> The way I see it, a short-term focus on cash returns is a > good thing for all > but the most proven and talented forward thinkers. It keeps > the market > moving towards greater efficiency. the way i see it is focusing on cash returns is a BAD thing no matter how efficient it makes the marke

Science and Ideals.

> So what if you don't believe in God and your neighbors > are alcholic assholes who keep the neighberhood up all night > and mistreat their dogs? > Olin hopefully they will pass out and their dogs will attack them!~) jon ___ http://www.mccmedia

war on the environment...

> > > i think it is already too late, considering > humanity's greed, and lack of foresight. > >Could be. I had a heck of a time getting a statistically significant > >r-squared with a 4th order curve fit to the modified Malthus > >equation, particularly with the stiffness of the inverse-greed p

Re: war on the environment...

Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > You obviously have B.S. in statistics. You obviously are overestimating me. Try a non-linear curve fit. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Welcome to Hyperinflation!

From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm not sure that all that many people have learned not to be greedy and > short-term focused. No doubt. But some have learned that house prices don't always go up. > My posting was ironically predictive, as my job fell victim to the market's > obsession

Re: Evolution versus religion

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 8:55 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Note how Thorax gets it exactly backwards (according to contemporary > evolutionary biologists) in the second panel It's wrong from the basic premise, that Darwin either sought to or believed that he had proved there