Re: ban lawns

2007-09-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:27 AM Tuesday 9/25/2007, Russell Chapman wrote: Ray Ludenia wrote: Maybe in your neck of the woods, Rob. In Melbourne and most of the state of Victoria (and much of the rest of Australia), watering lawns is a big no-no. Of course, a significant region of Victoria (not that far from

Pavarotti

2007-09-25 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Pavarotti knocks on the Pearly Gates. St Peter opens them and says Oh Luciano, it's you, squeeze through. Pavarotti says I have a letter from the Pope for you. St Peter opens it up and reads it. Pete: Here's that tenor I owe you. ___

Ho! Ho! No!

2007-09-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
I stopped by the local K-Mart this morning to pick up a few things for which they are the closest and cheapest source, and while I was looking something kept nagging me about the music I was hearing and I finally realized (after hoping I was wrong) that it indeed was instrumental versions of

Re: Whales talk French at the bottom of the sea

2007-09-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:27 AM Monday 9/24/2007, William T Goodall wrote: A few students in the Osceola classroom, he said, thought the lesson was denigrating their religion. Surprising they weren't thrown out of school for using that word. -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: feedback systems

2007-09-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:55 PM Monday 9/24/2007, jon louis mann wrote: Not operating system, not networks. Now that the idea is so visible, people are seeing that it has been around for a long time, but wasn't so noticeable. nick this is where you lost me... jon i think i got the gist of it, nick, thanks. i

Re: ban lawns

2007-09-23 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:00 PM Sunday 9/23/2007, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/23/07, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We have plenty of water here. In fact it rained 43 inches in a 24 hour period at a rain gauge in my area once. We average around 50 inches a year. Please build us a pipeline. Nick

Re: Memo to self; re dead opossum

2007-09-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:53 PM Thursday 9/20/2007, Nick Arnett wrote: Here something I learned today. If you find a dead, rotting, stinky opossom behind your garage, then shovel it into a plastic bag and seal the bag tightly, then put it in the garbage can... DON'T put the garbage can just outside the window to

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:09 AM Monday 9/17/2007, Martin Lewis wrote: On 9/14/07, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: London's Emissions Targets For 2030 Will Only Be Reached By Banning Cars Related in two ways to that link, I read this in the paper today: Cycling England says a 20% increase in bicycle journeys

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:34 PM Monday 9/17/2007, Martin Lewis wrote: On 9/17/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (particularly most cities in the US) do not. So we naturally wonder if a car ban is implemented in London and proves successful in reducing emissions how soon it will be before

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:23 PM Monday 9/17/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: And while London and some other cities like New York City do have public transportation systems which allow many people to get by quite well without owning and driving a car (although when

Magellan Unbound?

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
The Large and Small Magellanic Clouds are a pair of nearby dwarf galaxies once thought to have been in orbit around our galaxy for billions of years. But that picture was shaken up in January 2007 when a team of astronomers announced new measurements of the pair's motion across the sky made

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:09 PM Monday 9/17/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 9/17/2007 4:51:13 PM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 9/17/2007 9:36:08 AM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:34 AM Monday 9/17/2007, Nick Arnett wrote: My commute varies tremendously. Sometimes I stop in the bathroom on the way from our bedroom to the ofice. That probably triples my time. Have you tried getting more fiber in your diet? -- Ronn! :)

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:34 AM Monday 9/17/2007, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Question: How much does a good bike (good for riding around London) cost? (Wondering how good a selling point this is; if it pays for itself in 2 years, that's a good deal, IMO.) I don't think this is the

Wikipedian Protester

2007-09-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://xkcd.com/285/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Fw: Mirror particles form new matter

2007-09-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:14 PM Saturday 9/15/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: I wonder if someone has written a story featuring rasers? What would they be useful for? Shaving? NASCAR? An non-electronic version of an e-raser? Puns `R' Us Maru -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: Mirror particles form new matter

2007-09-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:17 AM Sunday 9/16/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, September 16, 2007 1:35 AM Subject: Re: Mirror particles form new matter David said: What? They can't even

RE: Car free London?

2007-09-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:06 PM Sunday 9/16/2007, Dan Minettte wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Martin Lewis Sent: Saturday, September 15, 2007 4:36 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Car free London? The conversation went like

Re: why are cars used?

2007-09-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
'Cuz new ones are just too darned expensive! -- Ronn! :P Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: why are cars used?

2007-09-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:03 AM Monday 9/17/2007, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 16, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: 'Cuz new ones are just too darned expensive! You know, I'm drinking a pretty fine port here, and a spit-take on my MacBook Pro was definitely not what I needed... Dave One would think

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:36 PM Friday 9/14/2007, jon louis mann wrote: i suspect a lot of the younger people i see with the placard are scamming, unless they are using a cane; Were you that guy who that time I was waiting for the light to change to cross the street said You're too young to need a cane!? -- Ronn!

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:16 PM Saturday 9/15/2007, jon louis mann wrote: all i am saying is that there are a lot of yuppie looking people in los angeles that seem to be driving beemers with handicapped placards... this is a city with rather shallow values. i have lived here since 1965 and have seen the

What's Black and White and Unexplained All Over?

2007-09-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Saturn's moon Iapetus: http://www.planetary.org/blog/article/1136/ If you have a fast connection, be sure to download the 3.1 MB 4000 × 4000 pixel full-res version . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:58 AM Friday 9/14/2007, Gary Nunn wrote: Whatever politicians that may be in power if this scenario would came true, would definitely not be in power much longer. There's an interesting paragraph about the potential health benefits of a car free London, but I see they conveniently

Google Moon jobs . . .

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth, the Internet search leader said Thursday.

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:00 PM Friday 9/14/2007, jon louis mann wrote: They don't conviently forget it. You are the only person who has mentioned forcing people to walk. Martin what about electric cars exemptions for those who can prove they can't ambulate; i see yuppies in their bmws all the time with

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:10 PM Friday 9/14/2007, Martin Lewis wrote: What do these hypothetical costs that you have shown no evidence for got to do with reducing emissions? Martin They present reasons why the proposal (at least as it is described in the article referenced) is unrealistic. -- Ronn! :)

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:53 PM Friday 9/14/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 14 Sep 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 02:00 PM Friday 9/14/2007, jon louis mann wrote: They don't conviently forget it. You are the only person who has mentioned forcing people to walk. Martin what about electric cars

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:01 PM Friday 9/14/2007, Martin Lewis wrote: On 9/14/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do these hypothetical costs that you have shown no evidence for got to do with reducing emissions? They present reasons why the proposal (at least as it is described

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:28 PM Friday 9/14/2007, Martin Lewis wrote: On 9/15/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What do these hypothetical costs that you have shown no evidence for got to do with reducing emissions? They present reasons why the proposal (at least as it is described

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:42 PM Friday 9/14/2007, Charlie Bell wrote: On 15/09/2007, at 6:01 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: What's mysterious about it? People take extra time to get into work, this costs. Time to work for me: Car: 40 mins Train: 40 mins Tram: 45 mins Bicycle: 25 mins. Charlie By comparison,

Re: Car free London?

2007-09-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:44 PM Friday 9/14/2007, jon louis mann wrote: And if you see one of them going from handicapped parking space to business, you might think they acquired the placard illegally. If there's some system in place for electric cabs or something, that would make the solution more

Google Moon . . .

2007-09-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Google Inc. is bankrolling a $30 million out-of-this-world prize to the first private company that can safely land a robotic rover on the moon and beam back a gigabyte of images and video to Earth, the Internet search leader said Thursday.

Alex, 31, a Parrot Who Had a Way With Words, Dies

2007-09-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/10/science/10cnd-parrot.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Political affiliation could be all in the brain

2007-09-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:10 PM Sunday 9/9/2007, PAT MATHEWS wrote: Wait a minute - I'm a liberal and I took an executive function test a lot like that only more complex and got a lousy 108 on it. And how is being more responsive to a new signal a brain DEFECT? If you disagree with the person making the assertion

RE: Political affiliation could be all in the brain

2007-09-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:10 PM Sunday 9/9/2007, PAT MATHEWS wrote: [snip] __ Car title loans get you back on your feet again. Fer shurre . . . ! -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

New site exposes Wikipedia saboteurs

2007-09-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
From the front page of this morning's local paper (_The Birmingham (AL) News_): Since it was created by Huntsville [AL] native Jimmy Wales in 2001, Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia has occasionally provided a platform for users who anonymously rewrote its articles to reflect their own views.

RE: Why so little renewable energy 30 years after the sweater speach?

2007-09-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:40 PM Sunday 9/2/2007, Dan Minettte wrote: What interests me is why? Do you agree with Gore that new technology is merely a matter of putting our mind to it? Do you think that productivity is not really as important as most economists would argue? For example, is cutting costs by

For Julia . . .

2007-09-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Burning Man festival loses its innocence http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/08/31/burning.man.ap/index.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Weird search engine searches...

2007-09-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:39 AM Saturday 9/1/2007, Gary Nunn wrote: Doing some domain name keyword research, occasionally I run across some REALLY strange searches. A keyword search that led to a Batman related keyword, turned up the search: batman homosexual interpretations. That term was searched for 266 times

Re: Weird search engine searches...

2007-09-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:20 AM Monday 9/3/2007, Nick Arnett wrote: To the Bat Closet, Robin! At least no one said anything about public bat rooms . . . Thread Convergence Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Larry Craig Interview With Police

2007-09-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:59 PM Friday 8/31/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2007 10:06 PM Subject: Re: Larry Craig Interview With Police At 09:04 PM Thursday 8/30/2007

Re: Hamcam fire view

2007-09-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:05 PM Monday 9/3/2007, Nick Arnett wrote: One of the things the Internet has brought is live cameras in lots of places... big vegetation fire near us and it's quite visible from Hamcam 2, at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton. As it gets dark here, the glow from the flames is becoming

Dude, where're my pants?

2007-09-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
It was embarrassing enough that Mark Stahnke woke up in a neighbor's yard without his pants. Then he remembered they contained a cashier's check for $41,093, meant for his son, and several hundred dollars in cash. [...] Stahnke said he doesn't know what happened between when he left the bar

Re: Larry Craig Interview With Police

2007-08-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:04 PM Thursday 8/30/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: And what was he doing picking up paper off the restroom floor while taking a crap? Hypothetically: Perhaps he had a magazine in his bag, coat pocket, etc., when he entered the rest room for what abdominal sensations suggested might be

Engineers Perfecting Hydrogen-Generating Technology

2007-08-28 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Not quite Mr. Fusion . . . http://www.lockergnome.com/nexus/news/2007/08/28/engineers-perfecting-hydrogen-generating-technology/ -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Feeling a k'chu-non :-(

2007-08-28 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:18 AM Tuesday 8/28/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Tue, 28 Aug 2007, Charlie Bell wrote: On 28/08/2007, at 10:49 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: You're losing content somewhere in these posts. Silly rabbit. Content-free posts are what we're best at around here.

Yes, she is blonde . . .

2007-08-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Question: Recent polls have shown a fifth of Americans can't locate the U.S. on a world map. Why do you think this is? Miss Teen South Carolina: http://www.jumbojoke.com/according_to_miss_teen_south_carolina_1249.html A Terrible Thing To Waste Maru -- Ronn! :)

Re: Yes, she is blonde . . .

2007-08-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:11 PM Monday 8/27/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 8/27/07, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Or as it was once stated A mind is a terrible thing ...and it must be stopped in our lifetime, before it kills somebody. I don't remember the name of the comedian, but he was on the

Lunar Eclipse Tuesday Morning

2007-08-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Best view in the U.S. the further west you are. Details here: http://www.skyandtelescope.com/observing/highlights/9282371.html -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Hexayurts

2007-08-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:25 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Playa Potential military applications http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Military Amazing what amateurs can come up with. :) Julia Why do I see FEMA trucks pulling into New Orleans and dumping

Re: Brin: Hexayurts

2007-08-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:29 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:25 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Playa Potential military applications http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Military Amazing

Re: Brin: Hexayurts

2007-08-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:29 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:25 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Playa Potential military applications http://www.appropedia.org/Hexayurt_Military Amazing

Re: Hexayurts

2007-08-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:46 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:29 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 18 Aug 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:25 PM Saturday 8/18/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: http://www.appropedia.org

The 'Wow' mystery turns 30

2007-08-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
The 'Wow' mystery turns 30 Posted: Wednesday, August 15, 2007 8:50 PM by Alan Boyle [Image] Courtesy of Jerry Ehman / BigEar.org The code 6EQUJ5 indicates a radio signal detected in 1977 at the Big Ear Radio Observatory in Ohio - a signal so strong that astronomer Jerry Ehman wrote Wow!

Re: Perseids

2007-08-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:03 PM Saturday 8/11/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 8/11/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:17 AM Friday 8/10/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: This is the weekend that the Perseid meteor shower should peak. So give it a peek. If it's cloudy, you may be piqued

Re: Perseids

2007-08-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:17 AM Friday 8/10/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: This is the weekend that the Perseid meteor shower should peak. So give it a peek. If it's cloudy, you may be piqued. http://www.earthsky.org/radioshows/51468/the-2007-peak-of-the-perseid-meteor-showe (no r at the end) Maybe that means

The Continuing Saga . . .

2007-08-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Nowak Wants Ankle Tracker Removed Associated Press | August 10, 2007 ORLANDO, Fla. - Former astronaut Lisa Nowak wants a judge to let her remove the ankle bracelet that allows authorities to track her as she awaits trial on suspicion of attacking a romantic rival, calling it expensive and

Re: Perseids

2007-08-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:03 PM Saturday 8/11/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 8/11/07, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:17 AM Friday 8/10/2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: This is the weekend that the Perseid meteor shower should peak. So give it a peek. If it's cloudy, you may be piqued

Re: documentaries

2007-08-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:00 PM Saturday 8/4/2007, jon louis mann wrote: i would like to recommend some documentaries, which can also be tivoed, rented, purchased, or viewed online: an inconvenient truth can be seen on showtime on 8/11. http://www.climatecrisis.net/blog/ i saw who killed the electric car at the

After Midnight

2007-08-02 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
That era started about 11:15 last night. I came in to eat some soup for lunch, then I have to return to trying to dig a hole in the drought-hardened soil in the back yard, which I started doing as soon as it became light enough to work this morning. Tears Maru --Ronn! :) Tom =^.^= ,

Evolution or creationism?

2007-07-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Poll shows belief in evolution, creationism http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-06-07-evolution-debate_n.htm Two-thirds in the poll said creationism, the idea that God created humans in their present form within the past 10,000 years, is definitely or probably true. More than half,

Re: Religion is Valuable: Why it Must Be Encouraged

2007-07-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:25 AM Sunday 7/29/2007, William T Goodall wrote: You can't prove UFOs manned by yetis don't abduct you every night and probe you Maru That explains why I wake up every morning with an overwhelming desire to get to the bathroom and smear some Preparation-H on my butt! Thanks Maru! --

RE: Religion is Destructive: Why it Must Be Discouraged

2007-07-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
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? :P I have often seen them called the Noachide laws. As usual, Wikipedia lists them:

Re: Religion is Valuable: Why it Must Be Encouraged

2007-07-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:08 PM Sunday 7/29/2007, William T Goodall wrote: The USA is the most religious advanced country and the least healthy. [...] Very religious countries like Nigeria seem to have very poor health. Is there any other common factor between those two statistics? Correlation Again Maru

Re: Religion is Valuable: Why it Must Be Encouraged

2007-07-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:52 PM Sunday 7/29/2007, William T Goodall wrote: On 30 Jul 2007, at 00:23, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 03:08 PM Sunday 7/29/2007, William T Goodall wrote: The USA is the most religious advanced country and the least healthy. [...] Very religious countries like Nigeria seem

Survey: Math Courses Aid Science Studies

2007-07-29 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Survey: Math Courses Aid Science Studies Jul 26, 2007 2:33 PM (3 days ago) By RANDOLPH E. SCHMID, AP WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Students who had more math courses in high school did better in all types of science once they got to college, researchers say. On the other hand, while high school

Just in case there wasn't enough bad NASA news Thursday . . .

2007-07-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
A former NASA employee is accused of stealing more than $150,000 from government coffers, according to a report released Thursday. http://www.local6.com/technology/13763532/detail.html -- Ronn! :) ___

RE: One in five

2007-07-27 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:39 PM Friday 7/27/2007, Horn, John wrote: 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

Fwd: Blast at desert spaceport kills 2, injures 4

2007-07-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/07/26/spaceport.blast/index.html?eref=rss_topstories LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- An explosion at an airport home to Scaled Composites -- the builder of the first private manned rocket to reach space -- killed two people and left four seriously hurt Thursday, a

Quadruple star system may host a planet

2007-07-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Planets may be present in a quadruple star system 150 light years from Earth, according to Spitzer Space Telescope observations. The system, called HD 98800, consists of two pairs of stars in which the partners in each pair orbit one another closely. The pairs themselves travel around each

Ex-astronaut: I wanted to clear up love triangle

2007-07-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
ORLANDO, Florida (AP) -- Former astronaut Lisa Nowak told a detective she came to Orlando to meet her rival for the affections of a fellow astronaut because she wanted to know where she stood in the bizarre love triangle, according to a police interview made public Monday. A 72-page transcript

NASA finds apparent sabotage

2007-07-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) -- The U.S. space agency NASA on Thursday confirmed it had discovered the apparent sabotage of a noncritical component of the international space station due to be carried up by the space shuttle Endeavour. It launched an investigation after finding cut wires

Religious fundamentalist hired at Cambridge to teach science

2007-07-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.jewishworldreview.com/jeff/jacoby072507.php3 Jewish World Review July 25, 2007 / 10 Menachem-Av 5767 A teacher with faith and reason By Jeff Jacoby http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Did you hear about the religious fundamentalist who wanted to teach physics at Cambridge

High flight . . .

2007-07-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
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. http://www.cnn.com/2007/TECH/space/07/26/astronaut.drinking.ap/index.html -- Ronn! :)

Re: TV Series: The Sarah Connor Chronicles

2007-07-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:51 AM Tuesday 7/24/2007, William T Goodall wrote: recognise her picture on a news story about three naked people (time travel remember) More importantly: Hollywood, remember? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Got Brains?

2007-07-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:15 PM Sunday 7/22/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: What I'm saying is that people who have no doubts are sociopaths. Are you *absolutely sure* about that? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

End of the world imminent . . .

2007-07-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
. . . the _Weekly World News_, that is: http://sfscope.com/2007/07/weekly-world-news-shutting-dow.html Bye-Bye Bat Boy Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Deathly Hallows - no spoilers

2007-07-23 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:38 AM Monday 7/23/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 7/21/07, Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just finished it. I'm in San Diego, so I lost three hours due to the time change, but just finished it. It's amazing, wonderful,

Re: Got Brains?

2007-07-23 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:40 AM Monday 7/23/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 23 Jul 2007, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:15 PM Sunday 7/22/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: What I'm saying is that people who have no doubts are sociopaths. Are you *absolutely sure* about that? ::headdesk:: Julia

Re: Got Brains?

2007-07-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:04 PM Sunday 7/22/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: jon louis mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Saturday, July 21, 2007 5:59 PM Subject: Got Brains? the whole brain was reduced... more than a 50% to 75%... the brain

Re: Got Brains?

2007-07-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:19 PM Saturday 7/21/2007, jon louis mann wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12301feedId=online-news_rss20 A man with an unusually tiny brain a huge fluid-filled chamber called a ventricle took up most of the room in his skull, leaving little more than a thin sheet of actual

Re: Got Brains?

2007-07-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:00 PM Saturday 7/21/2007, PAT MATHEWS wrote: He was in the civil service with an IQ of 75? Pat, biting tongue on bureaucrat jokes. I beat you to that one. Nothing To Brag About Though Because It Was So Obvious Maru -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: Got Brains?

2007-07-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:59 PM Saturday 7/21/2007, jon louis mann wrote: are members of mensa trying to compensate for poor self esteem, or the opposite, or are they simply seeking to network with other geniuses? I suspect that the answer is as varied as the individual. I went hoping for the latter reason, and

Re: Got Brains?

2007-07-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:23 PM Friday 7/20/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn12301feedId=online-news_rss20 A man with an unusually tiny brain manages to live an entirely normal life despite his condition, which was caused by a fluid build-up in his skull. Scans of the

Re: war is terror...

2007-07-19 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:31 AM Thursday 7/19/2007, jon louis mann wrote: That is one - rather bizarre - way of looking at things. I would suggest that in fact the reason people are able to be more concerned about collateral damge is because a) they are more aware of it and b) the stakes are much lower. With the

RE: U.S. health care

2007-07-19 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:02 PM Wednesday 7/18/2007, Dan Minette wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Bell Sent: Friday, July 13, 2007 10:53 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: U.S. health care 'm not sure you have an adequate

Re: VP not part of Executive Branch?

2007-07-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:40 PM Wednesday 7/18/2007, William T Goodall wrote: On 18 Jul 2007, at 14:17, Dan Minette wrote: What I find troubling is that countering hyperbola is considered support of Hyperbole. A hyperbola is a curve formed by the intersection of a cone and a plane. Now sit in the corner

Re: U.S. health care

2007-07-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:53 PM Friday 7/13/2007, Charlie Bell wrote: On 14/07/2007, at 4:04 AM, Dan Minette wrote: That assumes you keep providing care the way you do. Increase preventative medicine and primary nursing, and you reduce other healthcare threefold. How? ...because hospital stays

RE: U.S. health care

2007-07-14 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:14 PM Friday 7/13/2007, Dan Minette wrote: dan, i'm confused i realize that it doesn't work that way in other countries, but are you defending the way it works in america, or denying that lobbies have enormous influence in congress? Lobbies do have an influence in Congress, and

RE: Who Killed the Electric Car?

2007-07-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:48 PM Tuesday 7/10/2007, Dan Minette wrote: Government putting money in a field doesn't guarantee success. [...] We and the Europeans have poured billions into alternative energy sources will modest results. Only wind has shown any market potential Well, that's no surprise: it's

Poop in Space

2007-07-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.newlaunches.com/archives/the_most_expensive_toilet_in_the_world_purchased_by_nasa.php ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Not a rocket scientist . . .

2007-07-06 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Mildly NSFW . . . http://www.jumbojoke.com/dont_be_an_ass_tonight_1045.html -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Exposure To Cats Increases Asthmatic Symptoms In People Without Specific Cat Allergy

2007-07-06 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Suggesting that the noise Midnight makes whenever I sneeze is his version of an evil snicker: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070701094151.htm -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

quark quark quark

2007-07-06 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Scientists at west suburban Fermilab have discovered an odd new subatomic particle that's kind of like a triple-scoop ice cream cone. It consists of three smaller particles called quarks. Each quark has a distinct property -- the chocolate, vanilla and strawberry flavors, if you will. The new

Re: Frederick Douglass - July 4, 1852

2007-07-05 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:27 PM Wednesday 7/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2007 10:31 PM Subject: Re: Frederick Douglass - July 4, 1852 Robert Seeberger wrote: On 7/4/2007

Re: Frederick Douglass - July 4, 1852

2007-07-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:48 PM Wednesday 7/4/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 7/4/2007 8:36:32 PM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: jon louis mann wrote: Frederick Douglass, runaway slave, delivered a speech in Rochester, N.Y. on July 4, 1852, that both roused and riled those who heard it or

NASA Finds Hydrocarbons on Saturn's Moon Hyperion

2007-07-04 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
BP purchases drilling rights . . . http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.cfm?release=2007-071 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Mama cat . . .

2007-07-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:03 PM Monday 7/2/2007, Horn, John wrote: 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. Sounds like a story Heinlein might have written

RE: Mama cat . . .

2007-07-03 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, July 02, 2007 1:03 PM Subject: RE: Mama cat . . . 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

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