Re: What is wealth?

2008-12-17 Thread Euan Ritchie
>> Demographers have Russias population reducing to under 70 million by 2050. > Wow, that's about 4 per sq. km. And with China around 140 per sq. km., > maybe dropping a bit to 125 per sq. km by then, just to it's south, that's a > problem waiting to happenespecially with the male/female dis

Re: Incoming!

2008-12-17 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 17, 2008, at 9:04 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > Possibly TMI Maru Possibly? My imagination is suffering from hysterical blindness... -- WO ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Irregulars questions on DTV conversion

2008-12-17 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Dec 17, 2008, at 10:02 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > (1) Will TV stations still broadcast audio on the same frequency, or > will all those "TV-band radios" that some folks use especially to > pick up the local news, weather, etc., while out and about or during > a power failure become doorsto

Re: Incoming!

2008-12-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:02 PM Wednesday 12/17/2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote: >On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > > > Shoe-fly pie. > >Your fly is open. No it's not. I'm not even wearing pants. Possibly TMI Maru . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.m

Irregulars questions on DTV conversion

2008-12-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Thought someone here might have the answers, or know where to find them: (1) Will TV stations still broadcast audio on the same frequency, or will all those "TV-band radios" that some folks use especially to pick up the local news, weather, etc., while out and about or during a power failure b

Re: Incoming!

2008-12-17 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > Shoe-fly pie. Your fly is open. -- Warren Ockrassa Blog | http://indigestible.nightwares.com/ Books | http://books.nightwares.com/ Web | http://www.nightwares.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/

RE: Russia (Was What is wealth?)

2008-12-17 Thread dsummersmi...@comcast.net
Original Message: - From: Wayne Eddy we...@bigpond.net.au Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 06:59:18 +1000 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Russia (Was What is wealth?) - Original Message - From: "Dan M" To: "'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion'" Sent: Thursday, December

Incoming!

2008-12-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Q. What dessert is all the rage in Iraq these days? . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : . : A. Shoe-fly pie. . . . ronn! :P Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/l

Russia (Was What is wealth?)

2008-12-17 Thread Wayne Eddy
- Original Message - From: "Dan M" To: "'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion'" Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2008 1:34 AM Subject: RE: What is wealth? > It's based on a number of things, but I think the single item that stood > out > for me was the male life expectancy: 59.2 years.

RE: What is wealth?

2008-12-17 Thread Dan M
> Demographers have Russias population reducing to under 70 million by 2050. Wow, that's about 4 per sq. km. And with China around 140 per sq. km., maybe dropping a bit to 125 per sq. km by then, just to it's south, that's a problem waiting to happenespecially with the male/female disparity i

Re: What is wealth?

2008-12-17 Thread Euan Ritchie
> It's based on a number of things, but I think the single item that stood out > for me was the male life expectancy: 59.2 years. 25 years ago, it was over > 70 years (at least officially). This drop is absolutely amazing. Demographers have Russias population reducing to under 70 million by 205

Weekly Chat Reminder

2008-12-17 Thread William T Goodall
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten 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 the

RE: What is wealth?

2008-12-17 Thread Dan M
> > Hi Dan, I am interested to hear what your basis is for saying that > Russia is falling out of the developed world. It's based on a number of things, but I think the single item that stood out for me was the male life expectancy: 59.2 years. 25 years ago, it was over 70 years (at least offi