RE: The powers of cats

2010-11-12 Thread Jeroen van Baardwijk
Could it bet that your cat is trying to tell you something? :-) Just asking... Jeroen van Baardwijk -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens David Hobby Verzonden: donderdag 11 november 2010 13:30 Aan: Killer Bs (David Brin e

Brin-L domains

2010-11-12 Thread Jeroen van Baardwijk
Hi all! Temporarily resurfacing from lurker depth. I'm getting rid of my old life and am working my *ss of starting a brand new one. Brin-L is part of my old life, so: Would anyone be interested in buying the domain names Brin-L.com and Brin-L.net? Make me an off-list offer I can't refu

RE: the Cold War

2010-11-12 Thread Dan Minette
Euan wrote: >I understand the problem. Context doesn't travel or easily survive in >these written forums. >By posturing I was refering to the military deployments in Europe as an >existential threat (meaning the liklihood of them being used in an >invasion of Western, or Eastern, Europe). Ah, qu

Re: the Cold War

2010-11-12 Thread Euan Ritchie
> You wrote in response to Charlie mentioning > an existential threat to Western Europe by the USSR: > > > Well, yeah, but that was pretty much decided during the Berlin airlift when > Uncle Joe made the decision that the USSR didn't want to fight. > All that followed after that showdown was jus

RE: the Cold War

2010-11-12 Thread Dan Minette
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Euan Ritchie Sent: Friday, November 12, 2010 7:10 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: the Cold War > So, if the US didn't fight the cold war, let it's military

Eris smaller than Pluto?

2010-11-12 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
"Something happened yesterday that could upend the bragging rights among the kingpins of trans-Neptunian space. If the early results hold up, this time it's the dwarf planet Eris's turn to be demoted, and Pluto might have just regained its status as the largest object in the Kuiper Belt." htt

RE: the Cold War

2010-11-12 Thread Dan Minette
>The biggest fallacy regarding it was the Soviet threat which was always >exaggerated. Neither militarily nor politically did the soviet Union (or >China and other 'communist allied') ever pose an existential threat to >the U.S. So, if the US didn't fight the cold war, let it's military expenditu