Re: SpamAdaption

2005-02-07 Thread Warren Ockrassa
a spelling dictionary or go back to school. The word is VIRUS, not viris, and you really need to learn a few things about apostrophizing as well. I won't engage in dialog with low-end *English* users. This discussion is terminated. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: SpamAdaption

2005-02-07 Thread Warren Ockrassa
a fair assertion. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin

Re: IPod Loading

2005-02-07 Thread Warren Ockrassa
don't have to deal with awkward musical discoveries. :) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http

Re: SSN 711

2005-02-05 Thread Warren Ockrassa
for that stunt. It's one thing to risk your own life, but he wasn't alone in that aircraft. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-05 Thread Warren Ockrassa
less *effort* to think in Boolean terms; and because if you (example) try to understand why your enemy is your enemy, you start seeing some of your face in his (or at least understanding why he's your enemy), and that makes some people uncomfortable as hell. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor

Re: Enterprise Cancelled

2005-02-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
, for instance, that _Insurrection_ was one of the best Trek movies ever. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

And yet Congress applauds.

2005-02-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
is beating the war drum against *Iran* now. But hey, you know, 51% of voters actually wanted this. They have their mandate, and by non-god, they're running with it for all it's worth. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress

Re: Enterprise Cancelled

2005-02-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 4, 2005, at 10:39 PM, G. D. Akin wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: Somebody (I think it was Berman) said that the Trek franchise might continue as original theatrical movies, after resting for a few years. IMO, Berman is more or less directly responsible for the destruction of the Trek

Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
how it works, beyond claiming it sends holographic frequencies into the gas tank and changes the molecular structure of the gasoline.' My guess would be that many of the people who buy this disc are staunch believers in miracles as well. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books

US is its own third-world nation

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
were fun, however. It wasn't 15 minutes after that phone was in before a telemarketer called me, Edwards said. But that wasn't really a problem. I just told him I wasn't interested and hung up.' == We're spending how many billions to destroy, then rebuild, Iraq? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher

Re: US Hostage a little stiff...

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 2, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I read somewhere (maybe on this list) recently that satire is [reportedly] specifically forbidden by the Koran . . . Hmm. That would surprise me. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 2, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: You Light Up My Life xponent HH Maru rob Skyyy-rockets in flight! Afternoon delight! Aaaa-aaa-afternoon delight! -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
Furry happy monsters everywhere. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: US is its own third-world nation

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Kevin Street wrote: Warren Ockrassa quoted: It wasn't 15 minutes after that phone was in before a telemarketer called me, Edwards said. But that wasn't really a problem. I just told him I wasn't interested and hung up.' You've got to love modern life, because some

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
just suggesting that externalizing one's worth -- if I do such-and-such I have purpose -- is not necessarily the best scheme. This ties in to the other point about trees, horses etc. not needing to justify their existence in an objective sense. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
words for the needs we have: closure, for instance. So maybe some of the tendency to see things in terms of polarities is based, more or less literally, in the gut. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. ;) There was a fun little short story I read years ago, called The Horse Poet (IIRC), about a sentient horse whose poetry was -- motion. :) That's not bad. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

2005-02-02 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. And they're just plain cool. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 1, 2005, at 11:23 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: That's a good point. I'd ask you to think about something else, though -- why do you consider yourself religious? I mean, if you have some kind of faith, *why* do you have that faith? Well, there's the question. An honest

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 1, 2005, at 11:43 AM, kerri miller wrote: -kerri the easter bunny dyed for your sins miller- Damn, woman, you nearly killed me there. -- W (not duh-bya) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
or ghosts. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Feb 1, 2005, at 12:38 PM, Dave Land wrote: On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:00 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 1, 2005, at 10:21 AM, kerri miller wrote: Last time I was home in New England, a rather enlightened and liberal place, free of most of the trappings of religiosity, I wandered past a couple

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

2005-02-01 Thread Warren Ockrassa
specific to be Unitarian. To accepting to be Muslim. So what's that leave? Heretic Lutheran Deist Maru ;-D No ... not that either. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books

Re: Holocene chat, the weekly

2005-01-27 Thread Warren Ockrassa
even get to my machine until late; I never got through. That was about two hours ago now. Either everyone was done already, or the chat session was closed to new logins, or holocene doesn't like Safari... -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current

Re: It Came from Outer Space

2005-01-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 26, 2005, at 4:48 PM, Dave Land wrote: No word yet on the rock's plan to fix Social Security. No no no. The rock is an example of what will happen if we don't act to fix social security immediately. It's a crisis and the sky is already falling! -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor

Re: It Came from Outer Space

2005-01-26 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: You're In?

2005-01-25 Thread Warren Ockrassa
a bit early to be auditioning for _Survivor: Brin-L_. Isn't pee supposed to be good for jellyfish stings? And wouldn't your desert isle be surrounded by millions of gallons of nonstagnant water? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work

Re: Piloting Social Security

2005-01-25 Thread Warren Ockrassa
with a plunging anvil or a force of nature; and we sure as hell aren't dealing with a crisis. At least, not in the SS system. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Blow up Jupiter

2005-01-25 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. Exposition doesn't play well onscreen. Miron, you might want to look into the book if you've not done so; one of the things touched on in that novel, which I hijacked myself in one of my own books, was that Jupiter's core is a diamond the size of Earth. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan-L3

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
, for starters. On the plus side, though, it might get more adoptions going. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Blow up Jupiter?

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 24, 2005, at 10:59 AM, Dave Land wrote: Need I say more? Yes. What exactly is trickle-down Jovonomics anyway? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa

Re: Blow up Jupiter?

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
fusion can be found on this page as well.) http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Launchpad/4515/SolarSystem/ Jupiter.html -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
as long as we had to wait to see what happened first. :\ -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http

Re: Googlism _ kind of L3

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 24, 2005, at 7:25 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: Googlism for: warren ockrassa warren ockrassa is a multimedia composer for thinking with computers Actually that was me, ca. 1992 - 1998. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
think it's pretty damned embarrassing. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: You're In?

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 24, 2005, at 8:23 PM, Dave Land wrote: Dave Piss on 'em Maru :D There's a reason we* don't drink pee. I suspect it's akin to the reason we don't indulge in coprophagia either. *we being defined here as normal people. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: You're In?

2005-01-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
doesn't actually exist.) They (chimps) also engage in warfare and commit rape and murder ... so perhaps we can justify those activities as well by this argument. This is a classic example of overdoing it when trying to find rationales for human behavior in the animal kingdom. -- Warren

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. It is truly possible you didn't know that? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: God Is With Us L3 - addundum

2005-01-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
previously thought, based on what they called me. ;) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http

Re: God and the Fool

2005-01-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
is most certainly great. ;) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Kotlikoff's PSS plan

2005-01-19 Thread Warren Ockrassa
today claiming the sky was blue, I'd have to look out the window to double-check. The administration is rife with lies and liars. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books

Re: Analog Story

2005-01-19 Thread Warren Ockrassa
a Democratic Plan in there) John's got enough hot gas to suit all of SoCal's geothermal needs well into the next millennium, which is why there's no longer an energy crisis there either. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress

Re: Social Security

2005-01-19 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 19, 2005, at 8:16 PM, JDG wrote: Your above paragraph is downright shameful. Its as if Bush is just making up the Social Security crisis (or that he made up the Iraq crisis.) Um. He is. And he did. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com

Re: Analog Story

2005-01-19 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 19, 2005, at 8:35 PM, Steve Sloan wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: John's got enough hot gas to suit all of SoCal's geothermal needs well into the next millennium, which is why there's no longer an energy crisis there either. Sorry, that's not a feasible solution. You'd have to find

Re: US deficits [was Re: Social Security]

2005-01-18 Thread Warren Ockrassa
; and we're importing programming; and we're importing some medical jobs such as X-ray diagnostics. What services do you imagine the US can export that can't be bought more cheaply in other nations already? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current

Re: Social Security

2005-01-17 Thread Warren Ockrassa
of LIBERAL spending on Pentagon budgets under LIBERAL president Clinton. No I get it you lost the election because of Fox News. No, though loudmouths, bullies and outright liars do seem abundant in the conservative loony camp. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: Brin: Holocene Chat

2005-01-17 Thread Warren Ockrassa
in a non-chat-doing perspective; that is, feedback from someone who's never quite got hooked by IRC or its derivatives. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Is environmentalism dead?

2005-01-17 Thread Warren Ockrassa
: and it was so. Apparently there were no carnivores in Eden. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http

Re: Is environmentalism dead?

2005-01-17 Thread Warren Ockrassa
list. But that's me, of course. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: You can't handle the truth

2005-01-15 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. Of course that was Bush I. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin

Re: You can't handle the truth

2005-01-15 Thread Warren Ockrassa
down to my expectations so far (and, in some cases, done even *worse* than I thought possible). I was just pointing out that it could have been worse. Instead of murdering Powell, he only made him commit career suicide. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: Social Security

2005-01-15 Thread Warren Ockrassa
-thinking, tolerance, rationality, humor, compassion, forgiveness, honesty, courageousness, adventurousness, pragmatism, curiosity, cleverness, creativity, inventiveness, imagination, cooperation, altruism ...? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com

Re: Pozen's SS plan Re: Social Security

2005-01-14 Thread Warren Ockrassa
guess being an optical engineer qualifies Erik to render unimpeachable opinions on pretty much any subject. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Pozen's SS plan Re: Social Security

2005-01-14 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. Of course I've never written anything but absurd statements, myself, so what do I know? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Social Security

2005-01-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
be reasonable to oppose it. Ah. Another argument in favor of ignoring history's lessons in the name of giving Duh-bya a chance? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa

Re: Pozen's SS plan Re: Social Security

2005-01-12 Thread Warren Ockrassa
[quick aside] On Jan 12, 2005, at 3:17 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: You know, there are books written on this stuff. I referenced one of them previously. It is not hard to understand. You really left yourself open on that one, you know. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
Esperanto. ;) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 9, 2005, at 3:53 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 10:33:14PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: I also think it's rude to offer advice on a topic and, when asked for further information, to behave as though you've been massively inconvenienced, your attention diverted from other

Re: Julia The Troublemaker was...RE: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
these days. :) Out by starbase 12 maybe, but here in Federation space we prefer Croat. IIRC, I read something about there being more speakers of Klingon in Japan than speakers of Esperanto. Isn't it Australia were Jedi is recognized as a legitimate religion by the government? -- Warren Ockrassa

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-10 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 10, 2005, at 5:35 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Warren Ockrassa ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: wrong? Or is it just possible that the information we're giving you -- that you're curt at best, rude at least, and arrogant at worst online -- might in fact be completely true? Has it occurred to you

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
actual, 130 MB virtual memory, which is a hell of a lot for email. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
should try sifting through those pages instead. If you don't like participating in discussions, especially about things you seem to like, why are you on a discussion list? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 8, 2005, at 11:56 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 11:41:17AM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: The mutt site is really more a vast collection of links, and I'm more likely to align with Robert here -- if you're recommending the product ostensibly you know something about

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-08 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 8, 2005, at 12:20 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jan 08, 2005 at 12:04:48PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: So you felt that resorting to rudeness was the most proper response? You think stating a fact (please pay attention if you want me to reply to your questions) is rude. No; I think it's

Re: Social Security

2005-01-07 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 7, 2005, at 1:11 AM, Trent Shipley wrote: On Thursday 2005-01-06 23:56, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Yeah, that's a concern I have with reform too. I want my damned money back. I never wanted it taken from my checks to begin with, but I didn't have any choice. So if there's going

Re: Where is the Wand?

2005-01-06 Thread Warren Ockrassa
without a clue posting can't we all just get along drivel? Erik, you really need to ease off on the caffeine consumption. It's making you a wee bit edgy. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http

Re: Social Security

2005-01-06 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. But if the Bush II admin wants to mess with SS, they'll find it's a lot harder than they imagine, and not because of Democratic voters. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books

Re: Gates' bugs

2005-01-06 Thread Warren Ockrassa
still vote for him. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: E-mail program questions

2005-01-06 Thread Warren Ockrassa
-written program. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Social Security

2005-01-06 Thread Warren Ockrassa
wanted it taken from my checks to begin with, but I didn't have any choice. So if there's going to be a retooling, I fully expect the Fed to return to me every cent it took from me in the name of putting it away on my behalf. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: Social Security

2005-01-06 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 6, 2005, at 5:12 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 06, 2005 at 01:49:52PM -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Not just the Dems. Don't forget the silvering Boomers and all the current AARP members. They have, I'm quite sure, no intention of tolerating even the vaguest *hint* of gefingerpoken

Re: Social Security

2005-01-05 Thread Warren Ockrassa
in a vault somewhere? Isn't it prudent to plan for contingencies fiscally? -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2005-01-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 3, 2005, at 3:38 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: of course, fungal infection of the brain is just a tad more serious than that of the toenail, and you can't do without a brain, unlike pretty feet... You might want to forward this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor

Re: Always read your EULA . . .

2005-01-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Jan 3, 2005, at 3:18 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Were you aware that it is a violation of the license to use WordPerfect 12 to develop nuclear, chemical, or biological weapons of mass destruction? Oh, I deleted my copy ages ago. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: Help, seeing a music CD's contents.

2005-01-04 Thread Warren Ockrassa
format. I need to see and move files (the music) from the CD onto my computer in a common format which I can then easily copy onto other CDs. Like via an MP3 disc ripper? iTunes will do that for you. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current

Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

2005-01-03 Thread Warren Ockrassa
, it presented a common idea from a new perspective, and it had some genuinely emotional moments as well. Shrek II, on the other hand, was a stanky a dog turd as any what was ever squeezed from the sphincter of a manged mutt. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: No Spoilers: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

2004-12-30 Thread Warren Ockrassa
teetering on see/not see for that one... -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

2004-12-30 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 29, 2004, at 7:00 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: that said, I did get a Dremel mototool for Xmas The image that spawns -- you carving away at your toes with a small rotary power tool, toenail dust flying all over -- is a cross between hilarious and disgusting. Thanks! :D -- Warren Ockrassa

Re: Holocenechat.com

2004-12-29 Thread Warren Ockrassa
-only demos. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Acts of War

2004-12-27 Thread Warren Ockrassa
was opposed to DS as well. I wonder what would have happened had Bush I carried the fight into Baghdad. I think all hell would have broken loose. Yes. We very probably would have ended up exactly where we are today. So I don't think you were necessarily wrong about GWI. -- Warren Ockrassa

Re: Acts of War Re: God Is With Us L3

2004-12-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
, a possibility that cannot be discounted! Nuts? If your man, John Kerry, had been President, the US wouldn't have even attempted to stop him. That's pure conjecture and you know it. Stop spewing BS and pretending it's truth. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: Fringe group is dictating what we watch

2004-12-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
going to end up in my bedroom. This would be democracy at work, would it not? Every bit as much as when gays want to marry, yes, John. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books

Re: Acts of War

2004-12-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 24, 2004, at 2:57 PM, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Acts of War Re: God Is With Us L3 On Dec 24, 2004, at 10:12 AM, JDG wrote: At 12

Re: Acts of War

2004-12-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
of the last three months so clearly being edited, redacted and entirely manufactured in the minds of so many alleged conservatives. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books

Re: Acts of War

2004-12-24 Thread Warren Ockrassa
carried the fight into Baghdad. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: Great Christmas Gift Ideas!

2004-12-22 Thread Warren Ockrassa
-- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-22 Thread Warren Ockrassa
-uh. He was a pretty cool teacher. And my spots haven't really changed much. :) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: Burt Rutan Interview

2004-12-22 Thread Warren Ockrassa
while on its surface. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin

Re: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
experiences that might serve as models for exploration? Thanks for any insight and anatomically feasible suggestions. :) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa

Re: Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
or two for yourself. The end result's pretty decent, a bound trade paperback. Also I believe Cafe Press (cafepress.com) offers a similar product. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http

Re: Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
to print, go with Lulu.) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 21, 2004, at 3:04 PM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: Jean-Louis Better luck next time Couturier The VI, apparently. :D -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa

Re: Asimo running gag

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
would have been enough. Only thing I can figure was his better luck kept not coming in. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

Re: U.S. Slips in Attracting the World's Best Students

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
they can't find creation science classes anywhere but here!!! Astrology is accredited at some US universities as well. I found it very ironic that anyone from ASU was quoted in that article. ASU is a fairly notorious party school. :\ -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
with intense interest?) -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
. With a nice self-destruct to blow itself and any captors up. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
a pain in the ass. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Happy Holidays

2004-12-20 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 20, 2004, at 6:14 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nope... My illness - it was Soap - Poisoning! mom dad Ohh ohhh You'll shoot yer eye out, kid. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http

Re: Earthsea in Clorox by Ursula K. Le Guin

2004-12-19 Thread Warren Ockrassa
, thinking, give it a few more minutes, it HAS to get better...) It didn't. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror http://www.nightwares.com/books/ockrassa/Flat_Out.pdf

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