At 12:45 PM Sunday 3/29/2009, Chris Frandsen wrote:
Agreed! Reduced fresh water supplies are a great! The Andes glaciers
disappearing in the next 10 yrs will create havoc in India, etc.
Huh?
. . . ronn! :)
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At 08:06 AM Monday 3/2/2009, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
If this is not a humour site, it's even more funny:
http://hospedagem.infolink.com.br/nostradamus/eindex.htm
BTW, why they are called The Prophecies of Nostradamus? Prophecy,
in its current use, is the revelation of the future to gifted
At 08:58 PM Sunday 2/15/2009, xponentrob wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, February 12, 2009 12:44 AM
Subject: Another kind of Iridium Flare
A satellite owned by the US
At 09:26 PM Monday 2/9/2009, Dave Land wrote:
On Feb 7, 2009, at 10:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 06:53 AM Friday 2/6/2009, Pat Mathews wrote:
http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/
Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place
At 06:53 AM Friday 2/6/2009, Pat Mathews wrote:
http://counterknowledge.com/2009/02/the-trouble-with-conspiracy-theories/
Basic thesis: little conspiracies exist all over the place. Global
conspiracies are un-doable given the inability to herd all those cats.
I was disappointed that the EDS
At 10:17 AM Wednesday 2/4/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 3 Feb 2009, Dave Land wrote:
Folks,
You know it's been too long since you've wasted an hour at XKCD, so
get on over there and see his take on Space Elevators (and the state
of humor in America today).
At 06:38 PM Saturday 1/31/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
http://www.flatlandthemovie.com/
This flew right under my radar. Anyone seen it?
I really loved the book, it is a treasure.
xponent
Invaders From Higher Dimensions Maru
rob
Wonder if there are any plans to re-make it in 3-D . . .
. . .
At 06:19 PM Wednesday 1/28/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/28/this-friday-on-letterman-bill-hicks/
15 years after Bill Hicks' death, the famous segment cut from Letterman's
show will be shown.
Hicks was quite bitter that this monologue was cut and he died 5 months
later of
At 10:36 PM Friday 1/23/2009, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Dan wrote:
Even really revolutionary data, like the data that suggests dark energy, are
written up in such a way that it implies that the big bang is now in
question. That drives me crazy in the same way.
Yea, god forbid scientists that
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At 04:52 PM Wednesday 1/14/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
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And now Ricardo Montalban. And Dr. Tom van Flandern passed away last Friday.
Happens In Threes Maru
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At 01:20 AM Thursday 1/15/2009, d.brin wrote:
The other posting is a little allegory about a strange event that
happened sixty years ago -- the Miracle of 1947 -- when liberals and
Democrats went through a wrenching, painful self-transformation,
similar to what decent, patriotic conservatives
At 09:17 PM Thursday 1/8/2009, David Hobby wrote:
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 05:34 PM Thursday 1/8/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
http://xkcd.com/526/
xponent
Spit Goes Cunk Maru
rob
I presume everybody here already knows that -40°C = -40°F.
Linear Transformation Fixed Point Maru
At 05:43 PM Thursday 1/8/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Rceeberger wrote:
http://xkcd.com/526/
xponent
Spit Goes Cunk Maru
rob
Is that cunk or clink?
Looks like clink to me.
Me, too.
I was surprised how much better the resolution
turned out to be on this new
At 05:58 PM Thursday 1/8/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Thu, 8 Jan 2009, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jan 8, 2009, at 5:34 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
http://xkcd.com/526/
xponent
Spit Goes Cunk Maru
rob
Related: I've invented the worst mixed drink ever.
Randall usually doesn't
At 05:34 PM Thursday 1/8/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
http://xkcd.com/526/
xponent
Spit Goes Cunk Maru
rob
I presume everybody here already knows that -40°C = -40°F.
Linear Transformation Fixed Point Maru
. . . ronn! :)
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At 06:47 PM Thursday 1/8/2009, Max Battcher wrote:
It's funny how so many anti-metric people don't even realize how often
they use SI units already.
Watt?
. . . ronn! :)
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At 08:11 AM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 12:09 AM Tuesday 1/6/2009, xponentrob wrote:
xponent
Watt?The Current News Is Shocking Mr Volta! Maru
rob
Ohm, that's revolting.
Sigh. You just can't resist jumping
At 03:14 PM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Euan Ritchie wrote:
Lint-free cloth, NOT paper towels; spray one cloth with water or
isopropyl alcohol,
70% (rubbing alcohol) or 91% (sold for sterilizing needles, etc.)
2-PrOH? Or custom strength (more dilute??)?
use that to clean, and follow with a dry
At 08:29 AM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
I keep worrying about what a good spew would do
to this new flat-screen monitor: I'm not sure
having a spray bottle of Windex and a roll of
paper towels by the screen is the best thing
anymore
At 09:00 PM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 03:14 PM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Euan Ritchie wrote:
Lint-free cloth, NOT paper towels; spray one cloth with water or
isopropyl alcohol,
70% (rubbing alcohol) or 91% (sold
At 08:30 AM Monday 1/5/2009, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jan 4, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Dan M wrote:
-Original Message-
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-
boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Bruce Bostwick
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 7:49 PM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin
At 08:36 AM Monday 1/5/2009, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Jan 4, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Dan M wrote:
And yet, you sing we're on the eve of destruction?
Dan M.
I guess part of my cynicism is frustration at having had to live in
the wake of the Boomers most of my life, and survive on the scraps
they
At 10:45 PM Monday 1/5/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Rceeberger wrote:
http://www.physorg.com/news150388964.html
An apple and an anti-apple might not fall at the same rate.
xponent
But A Mac And An Anti-Apple 2E Do Maru
rob
Wow, it's almost 11PM, and I was
At 10:45 PM Monday 1/5/2009, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 5 Jan 2009, Rceeberger wrote:
http://www.physorg.com/news150388964.html
An apple and an anti-apple might not fall at the same rate.
xponent
But A Mac And An Anti-Apple 2E Do Maru
rob
Wow, it's almost 11PM, and I was
At 11:42 PM Monday 1/5/2009, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
The demand is there, make no mistake about it. As soon as a 100-mile-
range battery powered car is available, there are plenty of people
Although there are still plenty of people who
live in places like the Western US where there is
nothing
At 12:09 AM Tuesday 1/6/2009, xponentrob wrote:
xponent
Watt?The Current News Is Shocking Mr Volta! Maru
rob
Ohm, that's revolting.
. . . ronn! :)
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At 07:26 PM Sunday 1/4/2009, Dan M wrote:
I decided to resubscribe to the Culture mailing list (after Comcast took
over my Roadrunner account I was automatically unsubscribed) partially
because things are now slowing down from my busiest year ever and I will
probably have free time.
I followed
At 01:37 AM Monday 1/5/2009, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 05/01/2009, at 12:26 PM, Dan M wrote:
I followed the FAQ directions to send a message with subscribe
culture in
the body to listmana...@busstop.org.
No, you didn't follow the directions at all, or you followed
fossilised ones you found on
At 02:20 PM Saturday 1/3/2009, David Land wrote:
In my experience, the least interesting tweeple
I suppose calling them twits is frowned upon . . .
are the ones who use
twitter as a kind of public instant message with their friends. Every
message is a reply to someone else, and they often
At 05:54 PM Saturday 1/3/2009, Dan M wrote:
-Original Message-
From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On
Behalf Of Doug Pensinger
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2009 5:17 PM
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion
Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to
At 04:18 PM Friday 1/2/2009, Nick Arnett wrote:
I've caught the Twitter bug, partly because it's a very interesting data set
and I'm analyzing it.
See http://nickarnett.net for that stuff.
I'm at http://twitter.com/nick_arnett
Any other Brinellers tweeting these days?
Nick
Please forgive me
At 04:15 PM Tuesday 12/23/2008, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote:
Yesterday was the Summer solstice here in the South Pacific and the day
before was cold - only 6 degrees celsius.
Global warming harumph.
The fact that it is colder in some places than normal may be a sign of
On this day in 1968, the crew of Apollo 8 enters into orbit around
the Moon, becoming the first humans to do so. They performed 10
lunar orbits and broadcast live TV pictures that became the famous
Christmas Eve Broadcast, one of the most watched programs in history.
They read from the book
At 10:41 PM Friday 12/19/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Fri, 19 Dec 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 08:08 AM Thursday 12/18/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 09:02 PM Wednesday 12/17/2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:05
At 10:13 AM Saturday 12/20/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Dec 20, 2008, at 10:07 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
If the forecasts are correct by this time tomorrow I will need to dig
out the winter gear again . . . though at least the week of
almost-constant rain will be ending . . .
And
At 08:08 AM Thursday 12/18/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 17 Dec 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 09:02 PM Wednesday 12/17/2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Shoe-fly pie.
Your fly is open.
No it's not. I'm not even
Q. What dessert is all the rage in Iraq these days?
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. . . ronn! :P
Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt.
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a power failure
At 09:02 PM Wednesday 12/17/2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Dec 17, 2008, at 3:05 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Shoe-fly pie.
Your fly is open.
No it's not. I'm not even wearing pants.
Possibly TMI Maru
. . . ronn! :)
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At 12:01 PM Thursday 12/11/2008, Nick Arnett wrote:
Wealth is making $100 more than your wife's sister's husband, according to
H.L. Mencken.
I think others have suggested that it's making more than your wife
can spend . . .
Don't Shoot The Messenger Maru
. . . ronn! :)
At 03:28 PM Sunday 12/7/2008, John Williams wrote:
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Euan Ritchie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I still have to build something with my understanding and it doesn't
help for people to keep saying 'let it sort itself out' because hammers,
wood and nails won't, no
I haven't seen this mentioned on the list:
Forrest J Ackerman died Thursday [December 4th] of heart failure at
his Los Angeles home, said
Kevin Burns, head of Prometheus Entertainment and a trustee of
Ackerman's estate.
At 06:16 AM Tuesday 12/2/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
The only place in the USA I know is LA. I think I could live there.
See Austin first before you make up your mind. :)
That was a remote hypothesis, back in Bush I government. Clinton's
xenophobic government
At 05:14 AM Monday 12/1/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
rob/xponent wrote:
Models make predictions. And over time models have made predictions
with greater accuracy and that cover more situations that previous
models failed. Mercury anyone?
Mercury's extra precession could be modeled
At 09:53 PM Sunday 11/30/2008, John Williams wrote:
I've never been to North Carolina.
Then you've missed some mighty nice mountain scenery in the western part.
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. . . ronn! :)
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At 08:25 PM Saturday 11/29/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
(Although to be fair, classical mechanics does sum up pretty well what
we see on our scale. It's just right for the wrong reasons, is all. :)
Why is it for the wrong reasons? Some would say that if it leads
to predictions which match
At 02:39 PM Thursday 11/27/2008, David Brin wrote:
Wayne Eddy, and gang,
Yeah, Life After People was a fun show, though I had no actual
control over it. In fact, I think the time scales are 10-100x too
short. It was tasty that they left it vague WHY we were gone. We
might even have become
At 07:00 PM Tuesday 11/25/2008, Rceeberger wrote:
http://www.crystalair.com/content.php?id=12200811014
Mistake? Or just more of what Wall Street and the government have
been doing to us for decades?
Cynical? Or Just Accurate? Maru
. . . ronn! :)
At 10:11 AM Monday 11/24/2008, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Ronn wrote:
http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2008/11/20/gromia-cambrian.html
That was really interesting, thanks!
You're welcome!
Though I can hear the howls of derision
coming from the anti-science people out there already, due to the way
Ahem.
http://articles.adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-iarticle_query?letter=.classic=YESbibcode=2003JBAA..113..343Mpage=type=SCREEN_VIEWdata_type=PDF_LOWsend=GETfiletype=.pdf
. . . ronn! :)
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At 06:07 AM Thursday 11/20/2008, Gary Nunn wrote:
Thank you for reminding me of my desire to bitch-slap people
who claim to be Christians and are a lot more hung up on
Leviticus than Matthew chapters 5-7. :) (Problem is,
bitch-slapping is more in keeping with Leviticus than that
At 07:39 AM Saturday 11/15/2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 15/11/2008, at 10:56 PM, Claes Wallin wrote:
Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that
you
would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know.
The pub?
Charlie
reaches for paper towel to
At 08:22 AM Saturday 11/15/2008, John Williams wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Honestly, I should have known better.
LOL!
By the way, I noticed that some of your posts do not begin with
honestly. Is that a clue?
Honestly?
. . . ronn! :)
At 08:27 AM Saturday 11/15/2008, John Williams wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Do you think there should be any minimum legal age for people to make
that decision and take those actions, as frex there is with
alcohol or tobacco?
Those
At 07:57 AM Saturday 11/15/2008, Claes Wallin wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
On 15/11/2008, at 10:56 PM, Claes Wallin wrote:
Is there another virtual-world community with similar features that
you
would recommend as an alternative? I'm genuinely interested to know.
The pub?
+1 funny, +1
At 10:51 AM Saturday 11/15/2008, Nick Arnett wrote:
Only the
hardest-hearted would argue that people choose to have medical problems.
Or those doctors who when they can't find a clear answer in five
minutes* announce that the problem is all in the patient's head and
hand out
At 08:10 PM Saturday 11/15/2008, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 5:43 PM, Jon Louis Mann
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
any theories why this person has such a mean streak.
I don't think that's my business. He is what he is.
I find greater peace when I manage to accept people as they
At 08:32 PM Saturday 11/15/2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If someone attacks one of my kids or my wife
I will put in some effort to have them realize that it will not be helpful
to their own goals to keep up with such activity.
If someone _physically_ attacks one of my kids or my wife (all
At 05:59 PM Saturday 11/15/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I know a little bit about forecasting...
I co-founded and ran a successful
market research firm and I have patents
for methods of forecasting markets. Do
you have any credentials or examples to
cite that would support your notion
At 06:54 PM Saturday 11/15/2008, Rceeberger wrote:
It is such cynical and sarcastic statements that makes you appear to run
Asshole as a native app.
I've told people that in the same way Micro$oft claimed IE is an
integral part of Windows that cannot be removed or disabled without
rendering
At 06:03 PM Saturday 11/15/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
the bush administration is largely responsible
for the current economic meltdown.
Things that happened under the Bush administration may have served
the function of the straw that broke the camel's back wrt the
current situation, but it
At 05:48 PM Saturday 11/15/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Did you make any posts predicting the
housing crisis before, say, 2004?
I did. Unfortunately, I can't find the post
where I predicted it. But I always predict
disasters, so it's not surprising that
sometimes I'm right.
At 05:57 PM Friday 11/14/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i've given you all the answer you are going to get, so pick all the
nits you wish. if you can't even attempt to answer ANY of my
questions, then why don't you tell me who or what you think led to
the subprime mortgage crisis.
Greed.
At 09:05 PM Friday 11/14/2008, John Williams wrote:
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:30 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think that heroin addicts should use drugs responsibly. I think
anybody does. Let's give the addicts a plentiful suppy of heroin and
hope they behave!
Many people
At 10:07 PM Wednesday 11/12/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
it just might work, but i still prefer european style socialism.
But not everyone agrees with you in that preference.
. . . ronn! :)
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At 09:03 PM Wednesday 11/12/2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Nov 12, 2008, at 7:40 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
I'm hoping to engage in civilized discourse with no strings
attached. I
keep hoping I can be that way no matter how other people may behave.
It's really rather shocking and more than a
You are The Boss... which team would you hire?
Many times my answer to that question would be:
E. None of the Above.
but that is not one of the two choices provided.
(As some wag once said and many have repeated since, Wanting to be
President ought to immediately and permanently
At 09:33 PM Wednesday 11/12/2008, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Nov 12, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i think there is a difference in the bitterness on the left and the
venom on the right. both sides feel they are right, but the hate
from the right is based on fear, hate and greed,
At 09:20 PM Thursday 11/13/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Why am I not surprised that you would cite the Onion...?
I don't know. Perhaps because you think that I have a
good sense of humor?
i don't think so, it was a substitute for answering my questions,
and you use humor for insolence and
As one of the comments says, Not all heroes have two legs . . .
http://punditkitchen.com/2008/11/11/political-pictures-veterans-thank-you/
. . . ronn! :)
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At 05:16 PM Sunday 11/9/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
you're both right. i guess enquiring minds
should review the story of the cat...
jm
I wasn't thinking so much of the cat, but the horse.
Julia
The dead horse, not the gift horse, right?~)
Jon
I can always tell which is the
Perhaps of interest, or perhaps not, from
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2008/11/081105-dark-flow.html:
quote
Unknown Structures Tugging at Universe, Study Says
John Roach
for National Geographic News
November 5, 2008
Something may be out there. Way out there.
On the outskirts of
Presuming that anyone here has read any of it . . .
(Pretty much spoiler-free. Please try to keep it that way!)
I picked it up off the To Be Read pile
yesterday morning and started it. The only
attendee at the 1962 WorldCon who
Smart-Aleck response #1 would be something about whether the news one
gets anytime (not just election day) with or without cable or
satellite TV could ever be described as decent . . .
At 09:56 AM Tuesday 11/4/2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
I've been on the hunt for decent news streams so I can
At 06:47 PM Tuesday 11/4/2008, John Williams wrote:
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 3:43 PM, Jon Louis Mann
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you know very well what i mean about being forced to accept a
usurious interest rate, because people like me don't have
disposable capital and high credit ratings.
At 08:11 PM Tuesday 11/4/2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
And I love elections. It's
nearly as good as sport (and almost as important too ;) ).
You got that right ! :P
NON-Smart-Aleck Corollary 2.1 being that many people wonder why
anyone is allowed to release any results as long as any of
At 09:26 PM Tuesday 11/4/2008, Rceeberger wrote:
On 11/4/2008 8:41:25 PM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
With Pennsylvania and Ohio going for Obama, it seems impossible for him
to
lose.
Whew. I think the very worst thing that could have happened would have
been
an extremely
At 10:55 PM Tuesday 11/4/2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 05/11/2008, at 3:12 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
On 11/4/2008 8:41:25 PM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
With Pennsylvania and Ohio going for Obama, it seems impossible for
him
to
lose.
Whew. I think the very worst thing
At 02:26 PM Monday 11/3/2008, Wayne Eddy wrote:
From: John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2008 12:18 AM
Subject: Re: Democracy (was Health Care / The same damn topic all f-ing
week!~)
Not even if they asked
http://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/space/10/31/hubble.delayed/index.html
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At 08:55 AM Saturday 11/1/2008, John Williams wrote:
Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
If not government, then what can be brought to bear to counteract the
tendency of human beings to be bad actors?
I think there is a greater chance that God will make us better people than
that the
At 06:39 PM Thursday 10/30/2008, John Williams wrote:
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Some rules, of course, if the aim is universal health care. That doesn't
make the government the provider or administrator of the service.
If all the money has to go through the government, it is inevitable
At 11:05 AM Friday 10/31/2008, John Williams wrote:
Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Williams wrote:
there will be decisions made by people, and people do make mistakes.
You are assuming everyone is a rational actor.
By no means is everyone a rational actor. People make mistakes,
At 12:40 AM Thursday 10/30/2008, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 8:26 PM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
A big health care system is much like a big economy, there is
no way that it can be administered and centrally controlled
efficiently.
Did somebody propose a
At 03:06 PM Thursday 10/30/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
of course, holland, and other western countries, (...)
troll
The name of the country is The Netherlands.
Holland is one part of it, which, unfortunately,
has permeated western languages
as the name of the whole country.
In
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At 12:04 AM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 28 Oct 2008 at 23:30, David Hobby wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
...
For dummies, okay. It's a new system, introduced in 2006 and there
are still minor tweaks going on, but it's attracted a lot of
attention. The core of it is
At 06:23 AM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 29/10/2008, at 10:08 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Obama is a pedophile
He loves feet?
Baked, boiled, or fried?
. . . ronn! :)
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At 09:18 AM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
At 06:13 PM Tuesday 10/28/2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 11:12 AM Tuesday 10/28/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Oct 27, 2008, at 11:38 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Let's adopt complex numbers in finance! Maybe in the next crisis
At 12:57 PM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Dan M wrote:
The military expects all to meet the standards it
sets, and works with young officers to help them meet the requirements to
rise in the ranks. This is the model I think we should use: no quotas, no
lowered standards, but measure diversity and work
At 03:26 PM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
How do we prevent such a system from
degenerating to the lowest quality of
service it possibly can get away with?
. . . ronn! :)
we should not assume that will happen because some
nations with
national health can't
At 09:51 AM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
A city built on rock 'n roll would be structurally unsound. -- Julie Maier
More so than one built on a major earthquake fault or a coastal city
built below sea level?
. . . ronn! :)
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At 10:44 AM Wednesday 10/29/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Oct 29, 2008, at 10:23 AM, John Williams wrote:
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At the very least, put actual practicing MD's in charge of the
medical
decisions to cover or not cover treatment, and hold them accountable
for
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