Scouted: your multivitamin may KILL you!

2005-03-01 Thread ChadCooper
Herbs or Natural Products That May Cause Cancer and Harm Part Four of a Four-Part Series Muriel J. Montbriand, PhD, RN - ons.org Data Sources: Natural Medicines Comprehensive Database and Lawrence Review of Natural Products-Monograph System. Information about these This review alerts

Radon is good for you!

2005-02-15 Thread ChadCooper
After doing some research on Radiation Hormesis theory I went and found these 4 maps. I belive there is a direct correlation between background radiation and radioactive substances in our water, and higher incidences of cancer. http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/gis/atmapcan.pdf Death rates by all

RE: Radon is good for you!

2005-02-15 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 3:05 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Radon is good for you! - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2005 4:57 PM

RE: SpamAdaption

2005-02-11 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 07, 2005 6:54 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: SpamAdaption Trent Shipley wrote: Nick, is this what you are saying? Spammer compromises customer's computer (actually many customers'

RE: SpamAdaption

2005-02-11 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 6:46 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: SpamAdaption [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick, perhaps the solution is to use the technology to paint scarlet letters on people who respond

RE: Leave it to the Japanese

2004-12-23 Thread ChadCooper
It's a new form of napping called lapping . You heard it here first! I could see this being used in boring church services for children. -Original Message- From: maru [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 2:38 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Leave it to

RE: Happy Holidays

2004-12-20 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: maru [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 19, 2004 7:42 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Happy Holidays Ha! Foolish Gautam! Don't you know without your presence, Brin and Ockrossa will be free to spew their hateful anti-American lies

RE: Asimo running

2004-12-20 Thread ChadCooper
For all, The tinyurl.com web site is now blocked at my work. Can we all also include the full URL as well (my my sake please?) Thanks, Chad -Original Message- From: Dave Land [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 2:02 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Asimo

RE: Happy Holidays

2004-12-20 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 3:08 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Happy Holidays [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If I recall correctly, Christmas was illegal at one time here in America until the 1870's. Wow, if

RE: Holy S..t!

2004-12-13 Thread ChadCooper
When you said Holy S...T! I thought you were talking about _Saints_ ... Because we all know saint is a 5 letter word to some of list members.. Thanks for trolling the Athiests of the group ;-) NFH -Original Message- From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 13,

RE: Holy S..t!

2004-12-13 Thread ChadCooper
This really makes not sense, unless you understand I am under heavy pain medication and could not accurately count the number of dots. I better not post for the rest of the day Its only entertaining to myself right now. Sorry.. A dumber post by the Nerd From Hell than normal. Chadster , Nerd

RE: Won what? (was Re: So it begins....)

2004-11-30 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Horn, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 2004 11:16 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Won what? (was Re: So it begins) Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Next time, maybe the democrats should be encouraging democracy in the

RE: WHAT? Five dead in deer hunting dispute

2004-11-30 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 11:12 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: WHAT? Five dead in deer hunting dispute Dave Land wrote: What's really sad is that my wife gets this here in California. Does... she...

RE: WHAT? Five dead in deer hunting dispute

2004-11-29 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 3:34 AM To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' Subject: WHAT? Five dead in deer hunting dispute This sounds the like the beginning to a really, really bad You might be a redneck if joke. The most

RE: Won what? (was Re: So it begins....)

2004-11-29 Thread ChadCooper
I don't think this is about winning or losing elections. To me, it is about how the leadership views the nation. The party that wins the White House and Congress hasn't won the country in the way that the person with a winning lottery ticket wins the money. Elections are our way of making

RE: What can you not buy on Amazon?

2004-11-23 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Warren Ockrassa [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 4:16 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: What can you not buy on Amazon? On Nov 22, 2004, at 5:06 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://tinyurl.com/64eex Dare one ask how you

RE: Mach 9.7 (She did it by! She did it!)

2004-11-17 Thread ChadCooper
It really just means NASA has completed a millitary research project that will allow the military and intelligence community a new technology to spy or bomb our enemies (really fast!). I can't honestly expect to see a Scramjet 787 anytime in the next, say 30 years. I also don't see it ever

Nerd From Hell is back from the dead!

2004-11-10 Thread ChadCooper
Hi ya'll. You probably did not notice that I dropped out of the list for some time - about 7 months. If you remember, I last left the list after announcing that I was diagnosed with Cancer, and was starting treatment. Well I am glad to say that THAT'S over with. It was tough, and if anyone has

RE: Brin: the new know nothings

2004-11-10 Thread ChadCooper
Are you suggesting that less religious people cohabit with multiple (serial, perhaps) partners before marrying one, thereby getting practice that a more religious -- and presumably chaste -- group might not have? If so, that's an intriguing suggestion and it would be interesting to see some

Bring on the Violent video games

2004-05-25 Thread ChadCooper
Graphic, Violent Images Can Curb Kids' Aggression http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNewsstoryID=5182859src =rss/healthNewssection=news Nerd From Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

2004-05-25 Thread ChadCooper
How about Spaceballs? This was a good movie. With classic gags like Canned Air, John Candy as Barf, Part man, part Man's best friend, virgin klaxon warning, The Swartz, Jammed radar (with real jam), ludicrous speed, plot twists where they use technology to view the movie before it reaches

RE: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

2004-05-25 Thread ChadCooper
My vote for the best on DVD Dark Star - The Spaced Out Spaceship http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0F169/104-4 660137-4308766 ?v=glance Oh, I take it back http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/starshiptroopers2heroofthefederation/i ndex.html Nerd from Hell

RE: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

2004-05-17 Thread ChadCooper
Battle Beyond the Stars Ahh A story about Johnboy and his symbyotic facial mole. Boy meets Alien Amazon woman, Alien Amazon woman gets frisky with on Boy, Boy saves the ranch from the evil landlord. I really loved the stereotypes in this movie. Nerd From Hell The Last Starfighter Space

Marcial Angell's perspectives on me too drugs

2004-05-10 Thread ChadCooper
Marcial Angell's perspectives on me too drugs. The former editor in chief of The New England Journal of Medicine, Marcia Angell is currently a senior lecturer in social medicine at Harvard Medical School. She disputes the pharmaceutical companies' argument that they need a high profit margin

RE: March for Women's Lives

2004-05-07 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 4:57 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: March for Women's Lives - Original Message - From: Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL

RE: This time I won't blame Bush

2004-04-27 Thread ChadCooper
That's really brilliant -- counter an ad hominem argument with another one. You got it! I was so afraid that would go over everyone's heads. Now, there may be some irony intended in that. I'll assume that ML is calculating enough to have planted the irony intentionally,

RE: Mike Lee quotes

2004-04-27 Thread ChadCooper
Mike-- I wouldn't want to offend you after all the care you have taken not to hurt anyone's feelings, but there's a rumor that you are an alter ego of an established list member. I'm now curious... Who is Mike Lee? Who could he be? What rumors? I have not hear any rumors...

RE: Enterprise cancelled?

2004-04-27 Thread ChadCooper
The problem I have, currently with Trek, is the overreliance on plot motivations coming from TIME TRAVEL. This plot device has been so overused its become a Trek cliche. I disagree. I think the time travel stuff is great. In fact, I think the next series should be based upon the time corp,

RE: Iraq and Vietnam

2004-04-19 Thread ChadCooper
The current uprising is really a last stand, so to speak, for the insurgents. Despise the numbers of US soldiers being killed, the ratio to insurgents is very high. The methodology of roadside bombs was expensive, and not very effective. To kill enough soldiers to truly demoralize the army is

RE: Welcome to life in George W. Bush's America

2004-04-05 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Andrew Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, April 05, 2004 8:44 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Welcome to life in George W. Bush's America From: Mike Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Tom Beck, after sticking his foot in his mouth,

RE: Winning the War on Terror

2004-04-02 Thread ChadCooper
Don't forget hanging mutilated corpses on bridges and dancing around the bridge chanting death to Americans... Sorry, but I feel compelled to state that Islam didn't hang mutilated corpses from bridges or dance around the bridge or chant death to Americans. A mob of deranged people

RE: Winning the War on Terror

2004-04-01 Thread ChadCooper
The reason some Islamic countries are generating suicide warriors is that the women are raising kids faster than the economy expands. Is this an effect of polygamy in middle eastern countries? Other poor countries spend a lot of effort raising children that die of horrible diseases. This

RE: Winning the War on Terror

2004-04-01 Thread ChadCooper
OTOH what religion does dance in the streets when innocents are killed? Don't forget hanging mutilated corpses on bridges and dancing around the bridge chanting death to Americans... Any civilization that permits this deserves some serious re-arrangement of their belief system. Apologetics to

So-called perils of Outsourcing

2004-03-26 Thread ChadCooper
http://www.freetrade.org/pubs/briefs/tbp-019es.html Executive Summary Fears about job losses and chronic job shortages are on the loose again. Over the past few years, millions of U.S. jobs have disappeared, and foreign competition is increasingly taking the blame. Manufacturing jobs are

RE: Not so likely

2004-03-24 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 3:53 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Not so likely At 12:38 PM 3/22/04, William T Goodall wrote: http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/sciences/story/

RE: IQtest.com, was Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-24 Thread ChadCooper
Yowza - I got 160. Anyone else been tested at multiple points in their past? If so, have you maintained your score? Yes.. Nothing personal but this test of way off of other tests I have seen in the past. It is inflated about 15-25 points in my estimation. Since it uses speed of thought as

One year anniversary of start of Gulf War II

2004-03-19 Thread ChadCooper
Its today In case anyone was interested. Nerd from Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Terrorists Win in Spain

2004-03-18 Thread ChadCooper
You don't have to apologize Doug. It's no biggie. But, in Canada disagreeing with the Bush admin, there was certainly a backwash against us down south. And I would be very interested in ANY American opinions on this. I thought we made it VERY clear in the South Park Movie!?!?!!!

RE: Everything I know about life, I learned from 'The Young Ones'

2004-03-18 Thread ChadCooper
For you fans of the Young Ones, there is now a DVD with every STOOPID episode available at Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B6AUH9/qid=1079654123/sr=8 -1/ref=pd_ka_1/103-2401097-5713436?v=glances=dvdn=507846 Nerd From Hell -Original Message- From: Jan Coffey

RE: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-15 Thread ChadCooper
The bottom line - Don't let gays destroy marriage - that's the job of the Republicans! Looking deeper, this is nothing more that Serial Polygamy. The only difference is the time line it occurs. There are laws against parallel polygamy, but not serial polygamy. You are right... Its

RE: Stargate SG-1

2004-03-15 Thread ChadCooper
... Stargate: Atlantis was geared more toward the younger audience than SG-1 currently has and is using younger actors and more action oriented storylines, not to mention the TA factor to a greater degree than SG-1 did. It's a goner...!! TA automatically takes it out of the serious

RE: Gas Prices

2004-03-11 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2004 2:13 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Gas Prices At 01:54 PM 3/7/2004 -0800 Damon Agretto wrote: You also have to consider the cost-of-living factor. I know, FREX, that

RE: Banks' Culture Was: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-10 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: ritu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 08, 2004 8:12 PM To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' Subject: RE: Banks' Culture Was: Race to the Bottom RobertS wrote: Rob said: In heavily toward a Libertarian origin for the Culture. I don't

RE: I think I almost died last night

2004-03-08 Thread ChadCooper
Having experienced something like this a few times, I would say it was acid reflux. You were lucky in that you did not actually throw up or actually aspirate some of that acid. You probably slept wrong on the couch. You had just ate, and had a carbonated drink before it happened. Now you know

RE: Stirling engine queries

2004-03-04 Thread ChadCooper
I think it was the babylonians who first used base 60, which is how we got hours, minutes and seconds, as well as the 360 points on a compass. Its worked pretty well so far. I found this on a web site as a possible reason for base 60. Here is one way that it could have happened. One can count up

RE: L3 Bitter Mellons, Gin and Tonic, and a an Un- reasonable vie w.

2004-03-04 Thread ChadCooper
I have not seen any mention of the North's concern about the White Slave. Since slavery was defined as a racial thing, and people born to slaves inherited being a slave, the possiblity existed of a slave being born that was mostly white, but a slave since their mother was a slave. It would only

RE: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-03 Thread ChadCooper
snip I started learning COBOL two years ago. The company bemoans the fact that no college offers COBOL programming Many outside contractors have come in an tried to prove that their software could do the job faster and all have failed. Maybe the difference is the database

RE: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-03 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 5:52 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Race to the Bottom --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:36 AM 3/2/2004, you wrote: Half of our

RE: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-02 Thread ChadCooper
I have to side against the Fool in this case. His point was that his job was threatened by the outsourcing scourge. I work in IT, and I do not see the threat. But then I am an analyst and not principally a programmer. It is the heads down programmers, web developers, and phone support that is

RE: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-02 Thread ChadCooper
lazy lifestyle. I do hope they see the writing on the wall. Its time to move on. I'll have to disagree with you on this, Chad, and have some data to back it up. My wife works in reservations for Continental Airlines. Their market niche is being as good as possible in customer

RE: Race to the Bottom

2004-03-02 Thread ChadCooper
Bryon, These are great questions! -Original Message- From: Bryon Daly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2004 12:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Race to the Bottom From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to side against the Fool in this case. His point was

RE: A few new words of which this list is in need

2004-03-01 Thread ChadCooper
Well, you're half right (2/3). Again, as long as we are being honest, the posts of yours that I have read have been a waste of my time. Not surprising you and Rob would enjoy each other's babble. Although it is disappointing that you make so little effort to discern sense from nonsense

RE: Tyranny

2004-02-25 Thread ChadCooper
Are you talking about this part of the 14th Amendment? nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; Exactly WHO is being deprived of anything by San Francisco performing gay marriages? I don't see how this applies. I agree. It

RE: Tyranny

2004-02-25 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 25, 2004 3:22 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Tyranny --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But what civilization is he talking about? It must be Western civilization, because

RE: Bitter Mellons, Gin and Tonic, and a an Un- reasonable view.

2004-02-24 Thread ChadCooper
Nah, one post cannot smother a reasonable discussion. The fact of the matter is that you have not been successful in persuading people to accept some of your main premises. Godwin's Law = 1 a couple of threads ago.. This thread's history... It can't be smothered because its already

RE: BRin-L - are we average? (was RE: Federal Marriage [sic] Amen dment)

2004-02-23 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2004 10:44 AM To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' Subject: RE: BRin-L - are we average? (was RE: Federal Marriage [sic] Amendment) At 01:28 AM 2/22/04, Mike Lee wrote: Nerd from Hell

RE: the Hate Amendment compared to Gov't actions Against Polygamy

2004-02-20 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 20, 2004 1:57 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: the Hate Amendment compared to Gov't actions Against Polygamy I'm not religious, (not morman) and I know of many triples who live

RE: Introducing Fenris

2004-02-17 Thread ChadCooper
You could make a shorter catagory that includes both religion and politics called Evil:. I like Totally Gay: myself It makes me giggle! I think we can work on entitling the title of our email messages with a meaningful pre-title... But to get the group to standardize Never! It took

Totally Gay: RE: BRin-L - are we average? (was RE: Federal Marrai ge [sic] Amendment)

2004-02-17 Thread ChadCooper
Are we as a population representative in terms of sexuality distribution? Does Brin-L have any openly GLBT members (excepting myself, of course)? Na... I expect we are less representative that the general populace. Frankly, Sci-fi is a bit too Gay, so to speak, for the cool hipster

Best Superbowl Ever! wasRE: Janet Jackson s Right Breast Provoke s Outrage

2004-02-04 Thread ChadCooper
No one has seemed to comment about how this was the best super bowl ever. You got Premium Football, Superbowl commercials, MTV obnoxiousness, some hip-hoppsta' showing off their custom SUV's (their rides), and a bit of celebrity TA All in one show! I mean...Come on! What more could a guy want

RE: Energy Independence

2004-01-26 Thread ChadCooper
Questions: 1) What are the costs and benefits of energy taxation as a means to reduce demand for strategic independence? The government would get more revenue. I can't believe it would do much, other than inhibit economic growth artificially. I don't see a big backlash to suv's costing

RE: South Park - all new levels of wrongness.

2004-01-22 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2004 6:59 PM To: Brin Mail List Subject: South Park - all new levels of wrongness. I don't watch South Park very often, but every time I do, they seem to reach all new levels of

Odds of getting to the Moon and Mars

2004-01-15 Thread ChadCooper
Want the Odds? Put your money where your mouth is.. Bookies offer heavy odds against Mars landing Thu Jan 15, 9:55 AM ET LONDON (Reuters) - If U.S. President George W. Bush (news - web sites) is serious about sending a man to Mars, he can put his money where his mouth is and win a fortune.

RE: Martian Emotion (was Easterbrook on Bush's NASA plan)

2004-01-15 Thread ChadCooper
Snip _That's_ what's inspiring about it. Who cares if its inspiring? Look I was raised to be a liberal. I feel that we should fund medicaide and take care of poor sick folk. (Heck, I am poor with chronic illnesses and would *benefit* from socialized medicine.) I feel that we

RE: RIDDLES: Yet another thread for fun.

2003-12-29 Thread ChadCooper
OK, it does not quite fit, but perhaps what he got was there, with there being a noun? This guy went into the forest one day. Once there, he got there, but he couldn't get there, so he left it there and then brought there back home. Nerd From Hell -Original Message- From: Travis

RE: Science Fiction In General...

2003-12-22 Thread ChadCooper
-Original Message- From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2003 2:58 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Science Fiction In General... At 11:51 AM 12/22/03, Horn, John wrote: It gets a bit preachy but that's to be expected from OSC.

RE: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

2003-12-16 Thread ChadCooper
snip Initially we were thinking that the planet killer was created by the Preservers. But taking into account the relative age of the Borg, and the estimated age of the Preservers themselves, it is quite an impossibility that it was created by them. Especially when considering that

RE: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

2003-12-15 Thread ChadCooper
I read somewhere that Asimov had a humans-only universe to sidestep that editorial requirement. Then wrote _The Gods Themselves_ (with aliens) after JWC's death. So the robots would not be considered non-human? I would think the robots might make good soldiers, if it wasn't for that pesky

RE: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

2003-12-15 Thread ChadCooper
There was a Star Trek TNG book that explained the cigar shaped planet killer in the original series, as being a sentient Borg Killer robot - a million of them would be handy Or does the initial requirements of thie thread require that a species fall within a strict carbon-based biological

RE: On trolling

2003-11-18 Thread ChadCooper
Now, if only I could find a Portland Timbers fan on Brin-L to taunt.. ^_^ You Troll Nerd From Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Six Sigma Flatulence

2003-11-18 Thread ChadCooper
Not really, since the thread is sigmoid in nature. Sigmoid: an S-shaped bend in the colon near the rectum. Nerd From Hell (with a joke only Ronn could appreciate!) -Original Message- From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:40 AM To:

RE: Web Browser Question

2003-11-06 Thread ChadCooper
Um. People... You didn't read what he said. He's complaining about perfectly legitimate websites which, when they finish loading, set themselves as the active window. That IS annoying, but hardly the pop ups you're thinking of. Hey wait a minute... I said it was a form of popup. It is