RE: Job opportunity - hurry to apply!

2012-08-29 Thread Horn, John
Highly unlikely. From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Matt Grimaldi Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2012 1:45 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Job opportunity - hurry to apply! Nick, Is this really you?

RE: Time Well Spent

2012-06-20 Thread Horn, John
-Original Message- On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship At 06:15 PM Monday 6/18/2012, Dan Minette wrote: So, I just ordered a 16 foot cat Dang! And I thought I had a lot of litter box scooping to do with two regular-size ones . . . I thought it was a whole lotta claws to have to

Wildfires Down Under?

2009-03-06 Thread Horn, John
How are things on the wildfire front down under? - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise protected by law. Any unauthorized review,

Let us all pause for 2d8 seconds

2008-03-05 Thread Horn, John
Gary Gygax has died... http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/03/04/obit.gygax.ap/index.html?iref=newssea rch - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or

Brin-L FAQ (was: Uplift at Yellowstone)

2007-11-12 Thread Horn, John
Matt Grimaldi wrote Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the fascination (mania? obsession?) with the word maru on this list? This whole thing started because, for a time, there were a large number of brin-lers that also belonged to the list for fans of Ian Banks'

RE: Uplift at Yellowstone

2007-11-12 Thread Horn, John
Dave Land wrote I was about to reply with a snarky comment about how the Discovery Channel will no doubt produce a fear-mongering video about the dangers of the Supervolcano in Yellowstone, but the Discovery Channel beat me to it There was a made for TV (cable?) movie called

RE: Ghostpost...synthetic biology and security

2007-11-07 Thread Horn, John
Dan M wrote He has strong differences with many on this list, including me, on a number of subjects...but that's no more accurate than calling your position America is always wrong. I've said it before, the list is a poorer place without people like Gautam on it. While I didn't always

RE: Turkey, Genocide Congress.

2007-10-15 Thread Horn, John
Gary Nunn wrote: It seems to me that Congress should have more important issues to deal with than trying to appease lobbyist with a hidden agenda over something that happened 90 years ago. I have the sinking feeling that the Democrats in control of Congress WANT to anger Turkey. If they

RE: Maru

2007-10-15 Thread Horn, John
jon louis mann wrote: i asked the same question and was given this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobayashi_Maru Someone should create a Brin-L/Maru page on Wikipedia. I wonder if that would last through the review process... Not that I'm volunteering or anything! - jmh Woo Foo

RE: Highlander: The Source - Quick, avert your eyes!

2007-10-15 Thread Horn, John
Gary Nunn wrote I thought Highlander 2 was bad, but this one easily takes the prize. It's almost worse than Tremor: The Series. This is an all new low for terrible SciFi channel programming. I'm not sure anything could be worse than River World. Ack! I'm a HUGE fan of the series but

RE: bikes v. cars

2007-10-11 Thread Horn, John
Charlie Bell wrote Oooo... There's that nerve again. At least it wasn't *me* this time! It's going to get very tiresome if every time I disagree with something strongly, you claim it's a hit nerve... Looks like I hit ano...urk!! Oh wait... Nevermind. ;-) Sorry, couldn't resist.

RE: bikes v. cars

2007-10-10 Thread Horn, John
Charlie Bell wrote Sanctimonious? How much of a snarl-up is asking for trouble? Oooo... There's that nerve again. At least it wasn't *me* this time! - jmh Woo Foo Maru CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended

RE: bikes v. cars

2007-10-10 Thread Horn, John
JLM wrote: What is Woo Foo??? Woo Foo, grasshopper, is the ancient sacred art of the Woo Foo Warriors on the Disney Jetix show Yin Yang Yo! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yin-Yang-Yo). It's actually a pretty annoying show but my kids love it. - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail

RE: Oops...

2007-10-09 Thread Horn, John
Robert Seeberger wrote Type O was the original paleolithic blood type. Type A showed up after agriculture changed our diet from hunter/gatherer. Then type B, AB, etc. I didn't realize type O (high protein diets) correlates with internet posters. Jon..that is all bull. Is

RE: Hybrid Cars: An unexpected complaint

2007-10-05 Thread Horn, John
Charlie Bell wrote Like everyone else? A majority of people in motor vehicles speed. Cyclists who do flaunt road rules, flaunt different road rules to car drivers, but they're still a minority of cyclists. Hit a nerve, did I? Didn't mean to. Yes, most motorists flaunt certain rules of

RE: Br*n: Uplift at Star Trek

2007-10-05 Thread Horn, John
Ronn! Blankenship wrote Do you think cats would see being made more like humans as an improvement? At Least They Could Use The Can Opener Maru I'm pretty sure the only thing cats would possibly want is opposable thumbs. Then they would surely rule the world. (And be able to use the can

RE: Hybrid Cars: An unexpected complaint

2007-10-03 Thread Horn, John
Julia Thompson wrote (Most cyclists tend to be significantly more safety-conscious than many drivers, I've noticed.) Would that be the ones who ride straight through red lights and stop signs without stopping? That's a particular pet peeve of mine. If you want to share the road, fine. But

RE: Netiquette

2007-09-21 Thread Horn, John
Martin Lewis wrote I was using it in reference to this line: Oh, for Krum's sake, Martin. Take a pill. I don't get the exact meaning but presumed you were suggesting something about my mental state. I read that as take a chill pill which is a bit different. - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY

RE: Car free London?

2007-09-18 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Julia Thompson If I told you where I got my underwear, would that help? Julia http://www.victoriassecret.com/ Is that a work-safe link? grin Somehow I doubt it... - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use

RE: Religion is Destructive: Why it Must Be Discouraged

2007-08-01 Thread Horn, John
Andrew Crystall wrote On 29 Jul 2007 at 18:17, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 02:06 PM Sunday 7/29/2007, Horn, John wrote: Andrew Crystall wrote: And the Noahide Laws? Noahide? Isn't that what they used to make couches and chairs out of? I have often seen them

RE: Religion is Destructive: Why it Must Be Discouraged

2007-07-29 Thread Horn, John
Andrew Crystall wrote: And the Noahide Laws? Noahide? Isn't that what they used to make couches and chairs out of? - jmh No Real Content Maru CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain

RE: High flight . . .

2007-07-27 Thread Horn, John
Nick Arnett wrote On 7/26/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Astronauts were allowed to fly after flight surgeons and other astronauts warned they were so drunk they posed a flight-safety risk on at least two occasions, an aviation weekly reported Thursday. The

RE: One in five

2007-07-27 Thread Horn, John
William T Goodall wrote Dr. Miller's data reveal some yawning gaps in basic knowledge. American adults in general do not understand what molecules are (other than that they are really small). Fewer than a third can identify DNA as a key to heredity. Only about 10 percent know what

RE: Mama cat . . .

2007-07-02 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Study Traces Cat's Ancestry to Middle East When this was posted on CNN.COM, the headline was House Cat Ancestor Of Middle Eastern Wildcat. That's quite a trick. They have since changed it. - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any

RE: Big oops

2007-06-29 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Arnett I let my domain, mccmedia.com, expire... Ooops. Fortunately, not a problem. I'm glad no domain-squatters grabbed it and tried to cause trouble. I hope your wife is doing OK now. - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for

RE: Brin Interview in Discover Magazine

2007-06-15 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Mauro Diotallevi The interview talks about Brin's success as a prognosticator, his views on whether science helps us perceive better, the pace of change, and, of course, privacy. There's nothing terribly new here, but it's interesting nonetheless. Discover has been

RE: Political Dementia

2007-06-04 Thread Horn, John
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship So I guess discussing vasectomies is right out? It will knot be tolerated. What vas deferens would it make if we did? - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the

RE: hot air polemics

2007-05-23 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of jon louis mann the lurker who introduced me to the brinlist took a couple years before he finally decided the neo-cons were an aberration. The neo-cons you speak of might be an aberration but I think Brin-L is poorer for their absence. There is only so long you can be

RE: How to survive in a black hole

2007-05-22 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Richard Baker On the other hand, I'm pretty sure that for the spinning, uncharged case you have to pass through an infinite blueshift surface on the way through though, so you'll be fried even if you aren't shredded. I really hate it when that happens. Obligatory second

RE: Fake Sci-Fi Heroics 1979-1980

2007-05-04 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Russell Chapman I agree with what you're saying, but I'm curious about why you would include TWA800 in the list. It is the one attack (if it was) on the US in recent times that (a) could have been done by a VERY few people - I mean Stingers go missing all the time and it

RE: Fake Sci-Fi Heroics 1979-1980

2007-05-04 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Dan Minette (b) where very little meaningful evidence has been recovered. This is a popular myth, but I've seen the reconstructed plane on TV reports a number of years ago and it looked rather substantial That reminds me of more people who would have to be involved in

RE: Fake Sci-Fi Heroics 1979-1980

2007-05-02 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger But overall, this story changes my perception of the potential success rate of conspiracies and the ability to keep them out of the public consciousness for long periods. Maybe. But it definitely illustrates that if you want to keep a conspiracy like this

RE: conspiracy theories

2007-04-16 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of jon louis mann There are a number of 9/11 conspiracy theories, including the Loose Change documentary and various links proliferating on the net. I haven't been able to corroborate any of these on snopes.com, or even ascertain if any are hoaxes. Take a look at the 9-11

RE: Big Drumsticks

2007-04-13 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship (part of http://www.besse.at/sms/evolutn.html) I gotta say I've not seen this site before. And it gave me a very good laugh this morning when I needed it. Very funny. I'll have to read it all when I get a chance. Thanks for posting it. - jmh

RE: NASA Goes Deep

2007-02-28 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Too bad that at least nine out of ten people you ask will have no idea what happened on that date . . .and that includes people who were alive and old enough to be in school then. Spoil sport! OK. I was 3 1/2. I don't remember the exact date but could

Keith Henson Arrested!

2007-02-06 Thread Horn, John
I was reading some newsgroups and came across the news that some-time Brin-ler Keith Henson has been arrested in Arizona. He is fighting extradition to California. See: http://freekeithhenson.blogspot.com/ and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Henson#Current_status - jmh

RE: ADMIN: Network outage

2007-01-24 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Julia Thompson In any case, e-mail can be subpoenaed, at least in the US. Don't say anything in e-mail that you wouldn't want read aloud in a court of law, is a good rule of thumb. Or on the front page of your local newspaper. That's another good rule of thumb these days.

US Rejected Offer From Iran

2007-01-18 Thread Horn, John
Washington 'snubbed Iran offer' Iran offered the US a package of concessions in 2003, but it was rejected, a senior former US official has told the BBC's Newsnight programme. Tehran proposed ending support for Lebanese and Palestinian militant groups and helping to stabilise Iraq following the

RE: HBO acquires A Song of Fire and Ice

2007-01-17 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of William T Goodall HBO has acquired the rights to turn George R.R. Martin's bestselling fantasy series A Song of Fire and Ice into a dramatic series to be written and exec produced by David Benioff and D.B. Weiss. Oh man. I had to get Showtime just to watch _Dexter_. Now

RE: The long interruption

2006-12-21 Thread Horn, John
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Bell On 21/12/2006, at 9:43 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: So... It appears to me that the list is up again. Here's the short version of what happened. Well, thanks for hosting it, and dealing with the issues. Ditto here. Thanks for all of

RE: Gay marriage in the closet

2006-11-10 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of pencimen What exactly are the possible adverse consequences of allowing gay marriage? Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies. Rivers and seas boiling. Forty years of darkness. Earthquakes, volcanoes... The dead rising from the grave. Human sacrifice... Dogs and

RE: Those who can't, teach

2006-11-01 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Arnett We have failed to make Iraq secure for Iraqis, so how can it make sense for us to teach them how to make their country secure? This may be a valid argument. But what else can we do? I really don't know. - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message,

RE: Add elephants to the self-aware club

2006-10-31 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Hmm, I think Uplifted pachyderms will challenge engineers to fit out a spaceship that holds them... It worked for Niven and Pournelle in Footfall... - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the

RE: World Champions 2006

2006-10-28 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Charlie Bell St. Louis Cardinals, World Champions. *cough* Time they allowed other countries in, eh? Well, Canada still has a team... - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may

RE: Heroes [SPOILERS Through 10/23]

2006-10-27 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of jdiebremse --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Most of the things I'm reading call him Horned Rim Glasses Man or HRG for short (or sometimes HRM). I doubt it. The hotel lady didn't know what happened to FlyingGuy in the morning. Unless she

World Champions 2006

2006-10-27 Thread Horn, John
St. Louis Cardinals, World Champions. Man, I like the sound of that! - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or otherwise protected by law. Any

RE: Heroes [SPOILERS Through 10/23]

2006-10-26 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger Did you catch the long ponytail? Just how far in the future is he from? Considering how well he spoke English, he would have to be from pretty far in the future, I'd think. Actually, I don't think a adult native Japanese speaker would EVER be able to

RE: Oops, not disappointing -- discouraging!

2006-10-26 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Andrew Crystall Iraq had Saran, at the VERY least. They're *STILL* finding dangerous Saran shells (and I wish like heck that some of the so-called news reporters wouls say something about it..I talk to friends of American soliders out there for the real news, tbh). I'm not

RE: Gay Unions in NJ

2006-10-26 Thread Horn, John
I gotta tell you, being from NJ originally, this subject line has me thinking: the Mafia is really changed a lot since I've been gone from Jersey. - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain

RE: Heroes [SPOILERS Through 10/23]

2006-10-25 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Jim Sharkey Evil Glasses Guy said something to the effect that PsyCop's power is advancing more quickly than he'd have expected. We haven't seen enough of the wipeout guy's power to know if he can be a booster as well as a damper. Yeah, I think the Cop just got a mindwipe

RE: Heroes

2006-10-24 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of William T Goodall It's better than _Jericho_ ... My favourite (uncancelled) new season show is _Dexter_. My favourite returning shows are _Battlestar_, _Prison Break_, _Lost_ and _Veronica Mars_. My wife and I love it. It is one excellent show. We also love Battlestar

RE: We Will Not Be Afraid

2006-10-24 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Charlie Bell Indeed, with respect to the Presidential power to declare citizens enemy combatants, construct tribunals, and execute them on the decisions of these tribunals, the actions of the last 5 years has slightly restricted Bush's power from what the Supreme Court

RE: We Will Not Be Afraid

2006-10-20 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Ritu I am a bit surprised you don't notice this - the military commissions can only try alien UECs, but the term UEC may well be applied to US citizens. No provision in the Act says that it is applicable to aliens and aliens alone. But it does specifically refer to aliens

RE: Apostates!

2006-10-18 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Charlie Bell Global warming... just a theory... Bunnies... I think it's bunnies... - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information or

RE: Someone Must Tell Them

2006-10-05 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell these hypocrites, such as the Foley case, and even rabid rightists will see them for what they are: power-grabbing immoral elitists. They are politicians...what else would they be? Right, left, they are all hungry for power and all tha goes with it. - jmh

RE: We Will Not Be Afraid

2006-10-05 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of jdiebremse Presuming that you would describe the fear of your grandmother being forced to live in a cardboard box on the street and eat dogfood for lunch if Republicans are elected to be principle rather than personal safety. See, that's the thing. If I'm worried about

Reagan Shooting (was RE: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-10-05 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Arnett As I think you know, you're writing to the guy who came up with the truth about the Reagan shooting when the rest of the Washington press corps missed the story and accepted the White House version. Actually, I didn't know. What was the truth? What was the

RE: Religion poll

2006-09-26 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of pencimen Type A is authoritarian, metes out punishment, and is highly involved in world and personal affairs (the view of about 31 percent). Type B is benevolent, also active in the world and individual lives, but more forgiving (23 percent). Type C is

It's OK When It's My Guy...

2006-09-15 Thread Horn, John
One of the thoughts I've had repeatedly since 9/11 is about the phenomenon that just about anything can be accepted if it's done by guys on your own side. The unprecedented power that George W Bush is trying to take into the White House is one of those. Republicans say it is great; Democrats say

RE: Morality

2006-09-08 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of William T Goodall Agnosticism : ~Believe {God(s) exist} is true Atheism : Believe {God(s) exist} is ~true Which are equivalent in a two-valued logic system. Am I the only one who read this and thought, huh? Can you parse that out for me...? - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE:

RE: Morality

2006-09-08 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of David Hobby William T Goodall wrote: ... Agnostics don't believe that it is true that God(s) exist. Atheists believe that it is not true that God(s) exist. In normal binary logic (true/false) these are equivalent since ~true (NOT true) = false (and ~false = true).

RE: They are Here

2006-09-05 Thread Horn, John
At 06:46 PM Sunday 9/3/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: We went to the San Jose Flea Market today... a large affair, with all sorts of vendors... including a photogaphy studio... where They Have Appeared. I got a picture with my camera phone. And dang it, they're not teal. For some reason, I read

RE: Warlords of Barsoom

2006-08-31 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] D'oh! Wrong server for me! Speakking of which, any Brinnell users on the Thunderhorn server? No WoW for me, as of yet. Still playing CoH/CoV and loving it. Anyone else playing CoX? We could form a Brin-L supergroup! - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This

Planet No More

2006-08-24 Thread Horn, John
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Leading astronomers declared Thursday that Pluto is no longer a planet under historic new guidelines that downsize the solar system from nine planets to eight. After a tumultuous week of clashing over the essence of the cosmos, the International Astronomical Union

RE: Once more into the 9-11 breach

2006-08-07 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Gibson Jonathan One thing nobody in this conversation has taken up is the amazing amount of damage to the interior lobby area. Firemen teams who arrived found scores of injured in the ruined lobby {not dead smooshed people having jumped to their death outside}. Here's

RE: What MDW are?

2006-08-07 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger - Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Correct the header. :-) Modernized now. Yoda-ized the header. - jmh CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended

RE: Abortion

2006-07-31 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Arnett On 7/29/06, Brother John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We ourselves used to be an enormously fertile and prolific people. Our ascendancy over the Native Americans who were here before us is as much a factor of the difference in our relative birthrates as

RE: Collapse...

2006-07-20 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Richard Baker Doug said: Is anyone interested in reading and discussing this Jared Diamond book on list? I volunteer to lead some of the discussion... I read it a couple of months ago and won't have time to read it again in the immediate future, but I'd be happy to

RE: WTC Redux

2006-07-18 Thread Horn, John
The question I'd love to see asked is are there really other videos of the crash at the Pentagon? There are so many conspiracy sites that talk about a surveillance video from a gas station across the street. Do they really exist? I don't know if this person would or would not have any

RE: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-07-12 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Jim Sharkey Something that it looks like China will soon be facing. Though that article indicates that OZ is looking for girls. Can any of our Down Under folks enlighten us as to why that is. China's cultural bias is obvious, but why Australia's desire for girls?

RE: Introductions

2006-07-07 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Jim Sharkey There are times when sharing hobbies creates a shudder elsewhere in the household. I started teaching my eight-year-old son how to play Magic:the Gathering about a year ago, and he's taken to it with the kind of enthusiasm you'd expect from a boy his age. My

RE: Introductions

2006-07-06 Thread Horn, John
Long time lurker, occasional poster. I've been on the list since around when The Postman came out, I believe. 1997? Gah, that seems like a LONG time. Anyway, I'm 39, married, have 2 kids (one with Asperger's Syndrome and the other born with a cleft lip and palate). I'm a computer programmer

RE: Physics Prof Finds Thermate in WTC Physical Samples

2006-06-29 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Dan Minette If Gautam were still on the list, he might have been persuaded to talk to the liberal Democrat he's going to school with who compiled this. Why would liberal Democrats want to whitewash Bush? If my conversation with Gautam was correct, this sort of thing is a

RE: SCOUTED: Bush is Not Incompetent

2006-06-29 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Dave Land But I do think that progressives should address the actual cause of the nation's (and some of the world's) woes -- the conservative program -- instead of engaging in smug, self-satisfied and ultimately self-defeating talk about incompetence. I feel the same way

RE: Cat chases bear up a tree (with photo)

2006-06-22 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell grin Well, it was only 3 feet long, but Bashir had a bullsnake cornered 2 days ago; he eventually got bored with it (I was actually hoping he'd get bitten by this non-venemous type, so that he would know to avoid snakes in the future, but no such luck),

RE: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths

2006-06-08 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of maru dubshinki Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 1:06 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths On 5/31/06, Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Behalf Of Damon Agretto You guys and your swords. I'll take

RE: Let your fingers do the computing . . .

2006-06-05 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Dan Minette -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] That's probably because your pretty negative yourself. Only in specific details. Overall I am

RE: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths

2006-05-31 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Damon Agretto You guys and your swords. I'll take a pollaxe... Never bring a sword, batleth or a poleaxe to a gunfight! - jmh Bang Bang Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Online games (was: Xbox 360)

2006-05-08 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Lidster Well with the expression of interest in gaming that was put forth on the console side of things, I figured it was just as well to see what games that you all play online. City of Heroes/City of Villians. Played a little of the Auto Assault beta and a couple of

RE: Myers-Briggs

2006-05-08 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Julia Thompson There's no scripture, though, which I think is an important part of the definition of fundamentalism. I think militant is a more useful adjective when describing some atheists. See my previous post on the subject. I always used the description devout atheist

RE: Online games

2006-05-08 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Russell Chapman This is exactly what's wrong with online gaming. I am a *very* casual, occasional computer game player, and there doesn't seem to be anywhere I can go for online gaming. I bought Battelfield2, which looks great, but has limited single player scope. But the

RE: Blog entry with interesting comment

2006-05-05 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Arnett All the books are aimed at boys. Both the AS and the ADD books. It seems that AS presents itself differently in girls so that makes it very difficult to pick good books. I think you may be mistaken about this. Many of the ADD books are written by women,

RE: Blog entry with interesting comment

2006-05-04 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of PAT MATHEWS This is going to be a long post of the dump the load variety, so anyone not interested can either delete or skim, but here goes: Wow. Thanks very much (and everyone else who responded as well)!! Much more than I expected. 1) It's not the end of the world. I

RE: Blog entry with interesting comment

2006-05-03 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Julia Thompson An essay criticizing skeptics is torn apart here: http://www.autismstreet.org/weblog/?p=39 And the first commenter is James Randi. So I just had to share. A very interesting article. Even more interesting, for me, was the site itself. My daughter was just

RE: Evolutionary Psychology, Memes and the Origin of War

2006-04-25 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Keith Henson I have not been posting here much for a while... How goes the war against the Cult? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Hello (hello, hello)

2006-03-23 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship Shannon, is gone I heard She's drifting out to sea She always loved to swim away Maybe she'll find an island with a shaded tree Just like the one in our backyard I was waiting for this one. Hoping against it, I guess, but expecting it nonetheless. My

RE: Hello (hello, hello)

2006-03-23 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of PAT MATHEWS From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Horn, John wrote: The marchin' band came down along Main Street The soldier blues fell in behind I looked across and there I saw Billy Waiting to go and join the line And with her head upon his shoulder His young

RE: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-23 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of William T Goodall http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003QIFHG/103-9218007-6499853 Cheaper, bigger, has print server. What's the catch? I went with a Buffalo Technologies LinkStation, in case anyone is wondering. I had another friend who recommended this one as well. Thanks

RE: Hello (hello, hello)

2006-03-22 Thread Horn, John
The marchin' band came down along Main Street The soldier blues fell in behind I looked across and there I saw Billy Waiting to go and join the line And with her head upon his shoulder His young and lovely fiancee From where I stood I saw she was cryin' And through her tears I heard her say

RE: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-18 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Charlie Bell On Mar 18, 2006, at 10:18 AM, Horn, John wrote: Any of you have any experience with Network Attached Storage drives? I'm interested in finding one that is not too expensive, can be hooked into my router (which probably all of them can) and has a built

Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-17 Thread Horn, John
Any of you have any experience with Network Attached Storage drives? I'm interested in finding one that is not too expensive, can be hooked into my router (which probably all of them can) and has a built in print server. I had a very difficult time trying to find information in my searching on

RE: Alien abductions of the bovine kind

2006-03-14 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Arnett I expect that many of you, like me, have not been aware of this particular trend: http://www.cowabduction.com/ I lost my cow him name is hopkin brown cow I'll find my cow Who took my cow? Who found my cow? - jmh ___

Fear of Girls Video

2006-02-03 Thread Horn, John
For all you gamers out there... Go to Google Video (http://video.google.com) and search on Fear of Girls. Watch it. Laugh. Cringe. Then go home, give your wife* a big, big hug and say there but for the grace of you go I. I know I will. - jmh (* Or significant other or whatever...)

Good news for Alberto?

2006-01-28 Thread Horn, John
DAVOS, Switzerland (FORTUNE) - Be afraid. Be very afraid. That's the message from two of the world's most successful investors on the topic of high oil prices. One of them, Hermitage Capital's Bill Browder, has outlined six scenarios that could take oil up to a downright terrifying $262 a barrel.

RE: Let's Roll

2006-01-06 Thread Horn, John
n Behalf Of Julia Thompson And then there's the question, is it a firecracker or a gun? If you hear enough of both, you learn to tell the difference in sound. Or so I've been told by someone who lived on a really bad street in DC for a year. But could that person tell the difference

RE: Let's Roll

2006-01-06 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Dave Land And it's not just that people described the plane hitting the tower as an explosion, it's the reports -- many of them at the time they happened -- of there goes another explosion. There are radio recordings of lots of firefighters reported secondary explosions

RE: Let's Roll

2006-01-03 Thread Horn, John
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Land I know that other 9/11 analyses have been posted to this list, but I came across a one-hour documentary that concludes that it is more likely than not that the government was actually behind the attacks I have not had a chance to look at

RE: RepubliKlan Amerika:Valtrex

2005-12-06 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Nick Arnett The diagnosis is irrelevant. Notwithstanding the idea that one can contract a venereal disease innocently (from one's spouse, for example), none of us is so innocent that we have the right to cast judgment. To act Christian -- Christ-like -- means we are

RE: RepubliKlan Amerika:Valtrex

2005-12-05 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Julia Thompson Valtrex is used to treat stuff OTHER than herpes contracted by sexual contact, and to prevent someone from getting the medication can be life-threatening. The diagnosis for the prescription was probably written on the script as I believe that's required for

RE: A Time Waster

2005-12-02 Thread Horn, John
On Behalf Of Robert G. Seeberger http://www.iol.ie/~dluby/escape.htm Dang. I'm getting a page-not-found error on this. Any idea where it might have moved to? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

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