RE: Introducing Myself

That would be me. Don't know why I didn't see any notices about the held mail until the other day. Odd. Nick "Ellen S." wrote:AT LAST my messages from like 6 months ago when I joined the mailing list have materialized. Though I do wonder what took so long. I see references to messages that I k

Re: Uplift questions

Bluehost is el cheapo, yet reasonably reliable, web hosting. Nick On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:07 AM, William Taylor wrote: > > Well, since I have joined this mailing list I can ask > some questions that I've wondered about. I haven't > read Heaven's Reach in a while, but I don't remember > the

Re: Multi-talented

It's Sergey, actually. Nick (from the Googleplex-almost) On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Dan Minette wrote: > > > >>I never knew the good doctor founded google until I read it in Yahoo news > as > >>part of a scandel. > > >Maybe, but he would have had to change his name from David to Sergei.

Re: Troll on the list needs to learn manners...

On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > > ... > My goals include getting the SMO airport closed, getting free WiFi with a > link to a Virtual Town Hall on the city website, etc. I have made > substantial progress in that direction. Sometimes the best way to win is > to lose. That

Re: Politeness

I read this as a personal attack, which is not permitted in this group. Nick On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 1:57 PM, John Williams wrote: > On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Warren Adams-Ockrassa > wrote: > > Having been watching from the sidelines, it's amazing how easy it is for > me > > to decide w

Re: Where to now?

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > A few will engage with you for the same unfortunate reason (to try to > "correct" you), but then it > >just becomes a matter of who can be a bigger bully. > > I'm not sure about that. Kevin, for example never struck me as a bully. > And, I'

Re: Where to now?

On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM, John Williams wrote: > On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Kevin O'Brien > wrote: > > > OK, I'm not at all clear on how you got "top-down" management out of > what I > > said. > > I'm getting tired of correcting all this nonsense, I strongly believe that the attitu

Re: Obama II

I didn't realize how unclear it is whether Reagan and other top officials regarded it as a bluff or not, until I poked around a bit just now. Easy to see how they might have started off serious, then decided to re-write history and say it was all a bluff. I have some up-close and personal experie

Re: Obama II

Star Wars had a critical difference. It didn't need to work because it was all a giant bluff. Romney had little or nothing to gain by bluffing. Back to the facts. The Romney team said the software was running 20-30 minutes behind. And pointed out that, as you suggest, there was no real way to test

Re: Obama II

Sounded like a classic scalability problem. I'm looking forward to our company telling our election software story. Had been super secret. Nick On Sunday, November 11, 2012, David Hobby wrote: > On a related note, I've been reading about problems with the Romney > campaign's software to organiz

Re: VentureBeat article

Just stop staring at my column. I'm a married man. Nick On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Warren Adams-Ockrassa wrote: > Just jumping in to puckishly point out all the quasi-homoerotic awe at so > many impressive columns. > > • Warren • off console • w azkrmc.com • h nightwares.com • > > On Nov

Re: VentureBeat article

Thanks, Dan. I saw Friedman's column when it came out - very impressive. We'll be hearing a lot from Gautam's work, I expect. On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Dan Minette wrote: > I forwarded this to Gautam. Tom Friedman reviewed Gautam's book in his > Wednesday after the election column, when

Re: New job vacancy - see details

I'm going to have to put the list on moderation! On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > Nick! You changed your name from Carl to Sara? After moving to the UK? > :) > > > -- > *From:* "narn...@mccmedia.com" > *To:* narn...@mccmedia.com; brin-l@mcc

Re: phished

t Grimaldi) > >2. RE: Job opportunity - hurry to > > apply! (Horn, John) > >3. Re: Job opportunity - hurry to apply! > > (Nick Arnett) > >4. Job opportunity? (Jon Louis Mann) > > > Nick, > > Is this really you? > > > Highly u

Re: Job opportunity - hurry to apply!

il accounts, so when a > message arrives allegedly from Yahoo! claiming that some ‘up’date action is > necessary or all accounts will be closed it can't just be ignored and > trashed as spam . . . :() > > _ > ¹ Not a typo. > > > > > At 01:53 PM Wednesday 8/29/

Re: Job opportunity - hurry to apply!

Crap - no. I didn't realize they managed to spam the whole list. I'm used to getting spam as an admin, but I think this is the first time somebody managed to hit the whole list. Nick On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > Nick, > > Is this really you? > > > ---

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

I made up for John by buying the hardcover and the Kobo e-book. Had pre-ordered the hardcover on Amazon, then ended up traveling without and was overcome by the desire to read on, so I bought and downloaded the latter (and finished it on my trip). Nick On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM, John Garc

Re: Brin events

Sure wish I could participate, but I'm headed to the Big Boulder conference, in Boulder, Colorado, that weekend... disappointed! Nick On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Dave Land wrote: > On Jun 14, 2012, at 11:21 PM, David Brin wrote: > > Sorry for the salesmanship, but I'm working hard! And i

Fwd: News Alert: Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91, A.P. Says

Wah. Just read an essay he wrote for the science fiction issue of The New Yorker. Nick -- Forwarded message -- From: NYTimes.com News Alert Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:05 AM Subject: News Alert: Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91, A.P. Says To: nick.arn...@gmail

Re: Brin: Infinite Stupidity

On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM, David Brin wrote: > Alas, Pagel spins a just-so story that is conveniently and charmingly free > of reference to historical facts. For example, he ignores the fact that > innovation sped up, intensely and supra-liearly, as the number of > individuals in a society

Re: ADMIN: Re: Delivery Status Notification (Failure), was Re: Night Owls Demand Equal Rights!

On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Ticia wrote: > > > > Nick I'm not getting all Brin-L messages?! I never got the thread below > (Re: Night Owls Demand Equal Rights!), checkend my spambox but they're not > there! > > That's just weird. Could you check the archive page now and then and let me kn

Re: ADMIN: Re: Delivery Status Notification (Failure), was Re: Night Owls Demand Equal Rights!

Okay, I removed the problem address... shouldn't happen any more. Nick ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Status Notification

On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Jo Anne wrote: > Nick -- I don't get it, and I'm on the digest... > Ah, it probably only goes to those who post... did you get one after you wrote this message? Nick ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin

Re: ADMIN: Re: Delivery Status Notification (Failure), was Re: Night Owls Demand Equal Rights!

Ugh - I didn't realize everybody was getting this. Shouldn't happen. I'll figure it out and stop it. Nick On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Is there anyone who knows why I and others (I presume the whole list?) > receive this in respo

Still here (Re: Br¡n: On Fracking and Earthquakes)

I'm still here, of course. Recently joined NetBase as director of product management, so I'm busy getting up to speed. One of the data points NetBase has developed is that despite Twitter, Facebook, etc., the real conversation still happens, and is increasing, in forums, list servers, etc. Discu

Re: Galileo was wrong!

The whole point of religion... depends a great deal on the person! I would complete the sentence in part by saying that religion helps me live with what I know cannot be explained, fixed or understood. It does seem that we are going through a time when an increasing number of people are turning th

Re: Happy Birthday, Ray Bradbury!

On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > The writer, who has always seemed to be ahead of his time, turns 91 Monday. > His 30 books and more than 600 short stories have influenced a generation of > American fiction writers. And a fine day to b

Re: New Encyclopedia

On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jo Anne wrote: > Uh, Trent? What do I use for an 'Admin address' and is the password the > one > for brinl? I tried my email and my brinl password, and I ***failed***. > > Please remember that just about everything I ever learnt about operating a > computer, I le

Re: Wikileaks

On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:29 PM, trent shipley wrote: > How many secrets does Australia have that are worth leaking. Does a > significant fraction of the World's population believe it is The Great > Satan? > Reminds me of the story of the lady who was applying for a visa to enter Australia. When

Re: Brin: Arguing Doesn't Work: Fact Vs Belief

On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Michael Harney wrote: > Dawkins addresses this a bit in his book _The God Delusion_. > Evolutionarily, it makes sense. Children cannot afford to disbelieve > things that are told to them by elders. Doing so means consuming poisonous > things or getting too clo

Re: Brin-L domains

Hmmm... been away a few days and wrote to Jeroen when I saw this tonight... but the mail bounced. I guess it was a short window of opportunity? No real money available, anyway, but I wouldn't mind having the list in one of those domains. Nick On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Jeroen van Baardwij

Re: Underwater mortgages and the economy

On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > >Interesting perspective in the LA Times. > > > >But a bigger problem may turn out to be the millions of Americans who are > still faithfully paying their mortgages, but on houses > >worth far less than before the bubble burst. It's not that

Underwater mortgages and the economy

Interesting perspective in the LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-economy-mortgages-20101101,0,7338975.story By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times November 1, 2010 Reporting from Washington — For almost two years, home foreclosures have swept the nation, spreading misery among once-buoyan

Re: Lots of people are having problems with loan modifications

On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Julia wrote: > Video & transcript at > http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec10/mortgage_10-25.html > > One quote: > > SARAH PORTER-BRAUN: There's been countless numbers of time, which he has > well-documented, where we have been told you're denied becau

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Rceeberger wrote: > > > X is very good. My entire alliance agrees! > > >"I agree". > > I'm gratified > > > "Me too". > > Nice! > > > "Count me in". > > Okie Dokie > > >"+1". > > One at a time please. I'm SOL (Snorting Out Loud, one click down from LOL). Possibly

Re: Loan modifications (was Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries)

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:41 PM, John Williams wrote: > > > That suggests that you are not going to strategically default. I > wonder if there are any other clues that the lender was able to glean > that suggested you would not strategically default. I'm curious "strategically defaulting" moral i

Re: Loan modifications (was Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries)

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Dan Minette wrote: > Nick wrote: > > > >I see that as a market failure that should have been prevented via > >regulation (or, more correctly, enabled via deregulation). > > First, I'm sorry you are stuck in a bad situation. That's sucks. > Thanks for saying so.

Re: Loan modifications (was Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries)

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM, John Williams wrote: > > > To me, it sounds like they are incompetent (although in their defense, > all of the loan securitizations have made the situation complicated). > But since you want to modify an agreement in your favor, you more or > less need to jump thro

Loan modifications (was Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries)

Some clarifications. The problems I had with our lender regarding the loan modification had nothing to do with whether or not they were willing to make one. It was the way they behaved as we qualified for it and then the way that they screwed it up so that we have to re-qualify all over again. Th

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Brad DeLong wrote: > Could we get this troll--Mr. Williams--out of here please? > > Foreclosures are currently running at 3 times their normal rates not > because there has been an outbreak of cheating and dishonesty on the part of > America's borrowers, but beca

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:45 AM, John Williams wrote: > > Only if you consider honesty and keeping your word to be ridiculous. An > honorable person would not agree to borrow money from anyone, even a > loan shark, if they thought that there was any possibility that they > would not be able to ho

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:34 AM, John Williams wrote: > > > But regardless, it is a simple concept. Honor, honesty, integrity, > whatever you want to call it. If a person agrees to something > voluntarily, then they should keep their word. > I'm pretty sure you voluntarily agreed to borrow money an

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > > In hindsight, the housing bubble is obvious. Heck, at the time, I knew > there was a housing bubble, and if you look at Brin-l archives, you will > see > that I wrote it. > It was clear that values were high. That was always clear to me.

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, John Williams wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Nick Arnett > wrote: > > The average taxpayer elected officials who deregulated the financial > > industry so much that it became impossible for the average taxpayer to be > > able

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:49 AM, John Williams wrote: > On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Nick Arnett > wrote: > > > I could tell the horror story of our efforts at loan modification, but > I'll > > just say that it is one of the stories submitted to the Justice

Re: Starting Engineer's Salaries

On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:36 PM, John Williams wrote: > On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Dan Minette wrote: > > > they give the average starting salary for an EE in the US as 59,646, but > in > > the SF area it is about 74,700. So, that is about a 25% premium. At > > simplyhired.com they state

Re: Down with the government!

On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > > > Electronic forums are the ideal venue for brainstorming solutions for > social issues, as you can take time to edit your comments. It also affords > more people an opportunity to be less passive and have a voice. Moderated > sites work

Re: Brin: Obama closes curtain on Transparency

On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:15 AM, KZK wrote: > More brilliance from a one-term president: > > > http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Obama-closes-curtain-on-transparency-468557-100595914.html > > President Obama has abolished the position in his White House dedicated to > transparency

Re: First Pluto is not a planet, and now . . . .

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William T Goodall wrote: > > ... > "When presented with the statement “human beings, as we know them today, > developed from earlier species of animals,” just 45 percent of respondents > indicated “true.” Compare this figure with the affirmative percentages in > Jap

Re: First Pluto is not a planet, and now . . . .

On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:35 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > There can't be too many different species, Noah's Ark wasn't > big enough to carry them all! What, evolution stopped with the Ark? As long as we're on that subject, it dawned on me a while ago that the trouble I have with creationists

Re: Tea Party Racism

On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Bottom line: you don't think it's Intelligent Design, you think > it's Natural Selection. Too funny! Because it's true, I think. Politics red in tooth and claw. Or truth and clues. Or something. Nick __

Re: Tea Party Racism

On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:58 AM, zwil...@zwilnik.com wrote: > > Don't overlook what is called "dog whistle" political statements. This > names comes from the well-known phenomenon that a highly-pitched whistle > will be heard by dogs, but not by people. And in polictics there is a > similar phenom

Brin: Article: Are Jedi Knights Libertarian or Socialist?

Article from the Atlantic - http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Are-Jedi-Knights-Libertarian-or-Socialist-1668 This came up when the Canadian government announced that the upcoming

Re: Variation by Country?

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Dan Minette wrote: > > >Probably because the words "or abandoned" disappeared somewhere between my > >brain and my fingers. Point being, single parents aren't always because > >they had a one-night stand or divorced, sometimes it's because one parent > >disappears

Having kids is social security (was Re: Having kids makes you unhappy)

Seems to me that it would be good here to step outside of the developed world and recognize that when people have no safety net, having children is a form of social security - someone to take care of them when they are old. It has been surprising to me when Americans in the midst of a place like th

Re: Having kids makes you unhappy

On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:54 PM, David Hobby wrote: > > > And yet, it's very rewarding. I guess I'd boil it down > to one sentence as "Children give one's life meaning". And very large cell phone bills. Nick ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/lis

Re: replacing fossil fuels

ÿ On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > And it doesn't help when the moderators are in different parts of the world > in different time zones and for whatever reason need to confer before making > a decision (sometimes frex spambots can be

Re: replacing fossil fuels

On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Julia wrote: > > > > > Short version: It was in a moderation queue. > Weird... I never saw the notice that any messages were awaiting moderation. I'll have to figure out what happened there. Good to see you around here, Julia! Nick _

Re: Archives

On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Nick; are the archives accessed from the list page all that are available? As a practical matter, probably. But take a look here, too: http://www.mail-archive.com/brin-l@mccmedia.com/info.html There may be other archives out there. An

Haiti: government and regulation (was Re: Two interesting Articles for Dr. Brin:)

This thread got me thinking about government, regulation and Haiti. I haven't been back from Haiti long enough to feel as though I have particularly coherent thoughts about the significance and opportunity posed by the earthquake, but a few ideas have begun to take hold. Like many poor nations in

Re: Clash of Titans

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:07 PM, wrote: > AMAZING! > > Not the movie---an actual drive-in. > > Tucson lost the last one a few months ago. > > I think we just have the one now. And it's a little odd leaving there at 1 a.m. because dozens of trucks are lined up to drive in to set up for the flea

Re: Clash of Titans

On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro < albm...@centroin.com.br> wrote: > BTW, those who like movies and/or greek mythology, stay away > from this crap. Our grandson wanted to see it for his birthday, so we went to the drive-in and saw Prince of Persia and Clash of the

Re: Snakes on a Plane

This reminded me of that awful pun in which the snakes couldn't breed until they had a rough-hewn surface to use... showing that with the right log tables, even adders can multiply. Nick On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > http://tinyurl

Re: Off to Haiti

@m.facebook.com". Emails (and photos or videos) sent to that address will appear on your Facebook wall. - Send stuff to someone here who can log on to Facebook on your behalf and post for you. I could probably guess your password, but I won't try. Dave On May 19, 2010, at 8:00

Re: Off to Haiti

Howdy from Port au Prince. We have run two clinics at an orphanage yesterday and today. Saw about 200 people. Going to a tent city tomorrow. Team is heading to bed mostly. Parts of this are really hard, but it is a privilege to be here. Facebook is being bad. Even though I was using it earli

Off to Haiti

I'm heading to Miami today and then into Port-au-Prince tomorrow morning... the list has been so quiet that I suspect it will be fine without me until I return from Haiti, a week from tomorrow. Not sure if I have mentioned this trip here... I'm going with a medical relief team from Jordan Internat

Something quite, if not completely, different - Heading for Haiti

ing Lesley) and the fact that I'm the team's stress management leader, it seemed like a bad idea to take anything that would potentially add to my psychological load. I have a growing box of things to take along... If you're interested, here's the sponsoring organization: h

Re: Apprehension, was listmail

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Keith Henson wrote: > This list may have somewhat of the same kind of problem science > fiction does in general. > > The problem is runaway technology. In other words, perhaps the list doesn't need us anymore. I've seen a lot of web sites like that. Nick __

Re: On Listmail

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > If anything good is to come out of this disaster, its that we'll be > taking a closer look at offshore drilling, and that nobody will even > be suggesting that we rape the California coast for a few buckets of > oil. I've seen people se

Spent part of Friday and yesterday at Ames

I participated Friday and yesterday in CrisisCampSiliconValley, a bar cap style unconference, sponsored by CMU and NASA Ames. It included a tour of the DART training facility, which is one of a kind. Photos: http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=156873&id=599168196&saved Nick __

Re: KJ6FOI

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: > On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:47 PM, John Williams wrote: > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Nick Arnett >> wrote: >> >>> However, some of >>> the spectrum is still restricted to CW (code) only. >>&

Re: KJ6FOI

On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: > Congratulations! > > When are you going back in for your General and/or Extra? ;) > The examiners tried to talk me into doing the General immediately, but I didn't. I'm not sure when or if I will... I'll be quite happy on VHF, I think, bu

Re: KJ6FOI

On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John Williams wrote: > On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Nick Arnett > wrote: > > > This is something I've been thinking of doing for decades. When I > started, > > one of the obstacles was learning code at 5 wpm, which I accomplish

KJ6FOI

Permission to brag, er, share good news? Since we're all somewhat geeky here, I'm happy to report that the Federal Communications Commission, in its infinite wisdom, bestowed upon me the amateur radio callsign KJ6FOI (mnemonic: "Freedom of Information") today, after I passed the Technician Class t

Re: Patience

On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > > > Michael, what job is it that's so draining > FYI, folks, he signed off the list right after posting his message, so don't expect answers. Nick ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Electric trains and Clipperships!

On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote: > > Shucks, we're better of without aircraft, > heavy trucks and diesel powered ships. > It will force us to use alt fuels and > old tech, like wind and steam power!~) How do you make the steam? Nick

Re: Google Buzz

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Nick Arnett > wrote: > > > It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The > list > > it showed me sure didn't look like that, however. > > It

Re: Google Buzz

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Williams wrote: > > Why do you think it imported something from your contacts? Did you > click on "setup" or whatever when the buzz screen popped up? Here is what it said, exactly: *Welcome to Buzz* *Buzz is a new way to share updates, photos, videos and mo

Re: Google Buzz

On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Williams wrote: > > Why do you think it imported something from your contacts? Did you > click on "setup" or whatever when the buzz screen popped up? It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The list it showed me sure didn't look lik

Google Buzz

So... Google Buzz introduced itself to me this morning, just as I was reading an article on privacy concerns about it. The biggest one is that it automatically imports contacts and shows them as friends. Sure enough, when I looked at Buzz, it said that it had automatically followed a dozen or so

Re: Br?n on global warming

may be more politically > expedient to build levees than to increase the cost of energy. > > > As for American energy security, that means coal, not uranium. > > > > > > > Nick Arnett wrote: > > > > http://o

Brin on global warming

http://open.salon.com/blog/david_brin/2010/02/09/the_real_struggle_behind_climate_change_-_a_war_on_expertise ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Spray-on glass (was Re: ping)

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:58 AM, John Williams wrote: > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Nick Arnett > wrote:> > > > > On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: > >> > >> I have blink feeling that this is a big deal. Any thoughts? > &g

Spray-on glass (was Re: ping)

On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Chris Frandsen wrote: > > I have blink feeling that this is a big deal. Any thoughts? > http://www.physorg.com/news184310039.html It caught my eye, too. If it really does all that they say, it will have a tremendous impact. And the patent owner will acquire ma

Re: ping

Pong? On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: > Ping! > > > ___ > http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com > > ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmed

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Pat Mathews wrote: > If this is consoling instead of making matters worse - I ran across the > following poem online. It's Seamus Heaney on the death of a sibling. Just in > case it makes matters worse for some people, I will Spoiler it. Get a hanky > and look ou

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Rceeberger wrote: > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik8J9L5rJnc > > > xponent > Having Been There Maru > rob > I started to watch it... too hard right now, but I'll get there. Thank you - it means a lot. It is so hard - I haven't just lost a sister, but to s

Re: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM, David Brin wrote: > Nick, if it consoles at all, I wish I grew up in a family as clearly tight > and loving as yours must have been. Stay strong and thrive-all. > We weren't always... and although there have been some rocky moments in the last week, we are growi

Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People

enactments and local theater productions. Lesley is survived by her five-year-old daughter Sarah, her parents, Will and Pat Arnett of Hendersonville, her sister Susie Nivin and husband David of Santa Barbara and their children James and Heather, her brothers John Arnett of Hendersonville and Nick

Platform for gathering memories?

Julia's question reminded me that you folks are a bit of a brain trust... I need to figure out what would be the best platform for gathering pictures, stories, videos and such about my sister, particular for her daughter to know her as she grows up. Lesley has a Facebook page, but that doesn't rea

Re: The worst

Something I've been meaning to mention here about my sister For a number of years, she taught English at a high school in St. Thomas, USVI. I went there to visit her and saw that she had a bunch of David Brin's books on her shelf - she was a big fan! Boy, was she tickled to discover that I kn

Re: The worst

On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Today, in brazilian TV, there was an analysis of the tragedies > that happened in Angra dos Reis, where families were cut in half > by an earthslide. The analysts said that people never recover from > the loss, and it takes about one yea

The worst

My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while. My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her body. Lesley died this morning. I have never hurt so much. Nick ___

Brin: Re: is Brin-l active?

On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 2:19 PM, d.brin wrote: > > is Brin-l active? > > Yes. And we're cooking up a new project, a wiki for SF and fantasy, starting with a focus on a particular writer's works... Guess who. Nick ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listi

Re: Purpose of the Wiki

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Trent Shipley wrote: > > > > I think there is a place for b, but I am looking more at c (if you take > a very expansive view of science fiction). I'd be interested to have > Nick's input on the project's scope. One of my favorite sayings from a venture capitali

Re: May not be around

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote: > Nick Arnett wrote: > >Yes, Im in Santa Clara... waiting to see if I should head to NC. > Apparently the recovery from something like this is very long, so Im not > >rushing there unless the medical people say that its

Re: May not be around

On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: > > On 02/01/2010, at 10:55 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > Update my sister has survived more than 24 hours after she crashed, > which is good -- the first 24 hours are always critical. She apparently > went into sept

Re: May not be around

Update my sister has survived more than 24 hours after she crashed, which is good -- the first 24 hours are always critical. She apparently went into septic shock this morning, but a fairly new, very expensive drug for sepsis brought her blood pressure back up, so she weathered that crisis. N

Re: SciFi and Fantasy(?) Wiki

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: > The host or its agents cannot serve on any board of > directors since that would be a conflict of interest. > Eh? Interlocking boards of directors with conflicts of interest are the American Way! Seriously, though, I'd need some clarifi

Re: UniversesImagined webs

On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Trent Shipley wrote: > > And as near as I can tell the admin needs to create webs. You are now an admin, Trent. If there's anything you need to do that you cannot, let me know. I've also registered the domain name and pointed to the directory. However, the se

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