Re: Baxter's Manifold: books

2005-07-08 Thread William T Goodall
at brin-l-books http://books.scattersoft.com and each averaged an 8/10 score which is pretty good. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ There's an old saying in Tennessee -- I know it's in Texas, probably

Re: Stross: Accelerando

2005-07-08 Thread William T Goodall
. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone. - Bjarne Stroustrup

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-07-06 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Windows infected in 12 minutes

2005-07-05 Thread William T Goodall
It now takes just twelve minutes for an improperly protected[1] Windows PC connected to the internet to become infected. http://www.realtechnews.com/posts/1511 [1] Most of them in other words. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Re: Best Comicbook Movie, was Re: Batman [was:] Fare thee well my beautiful Vulcan, was RE: Star Trek signs off tonight....

2005-07-04 Thread William T Goodall
and Hellboy? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ 'The true sausage buff will sooner or later want his own meat grinder.' -- Jack Schmidling ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Baxter's Manifold: books

2005-07-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Jul 2005, at 6:33 am, Max Battcher wrote: How many people know what NASA is doing right now? Spending a lot of money badly? How many people know what the latest Brad Pitt relationship is? Angelina Jolie! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Batman [was:] Fare thee well my beautiful Vulcan, was RE: Star Trek signs off tonight....

2005-07-02 Thread William T Goodall
is a better film than Batman Begins, although Batman Begins is very good. And definitely the best Batman film. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Invest in a company any idiot can run because sooner or later

Re: Plot Holes: War of the worlds - SPOILERS

2005-07-01 Thread William T Goodall
publication!) and as I recall the Martians arrive for the first time, all at once, in huge artillery shell type things and proceed to invade straight away. And then all die from catching a sniffle. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-06-29 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-28 Thread William T Goodall
not really a definition of religion at all. Something else maybe. Some quasi-religious cults? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ If you listen to a UNIX shell, can you hear the C

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-28 Thread William T Goodall
to get his power; eat the god to become immortal. I think the Christian sacrament is more like ca-nibble-ism because those wafers are really tiny :) It would be a whole lot more fun if they transubstantiated some nice BBQ... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-27 Thread William T Goodall
On 27 Jun 2005, at 5:49 am, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 26, 2005, at 10:28 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 25 Jun 2005, at 12:36 pm, Andrew Paul wrote: The question I want answered is what is religion. (apart from evil of course) The first thing to note is that there is no single

Overweight who diet risk dying earlier

2005-06-27 Thread William T Goodall
, during which 268 of the participants died. Analysis of the data showed that those who wanted to lose weight and succeeded were significantly more likely to die young than those who stayed fat. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

What is religion (was Re: Religion and social capital)

2005-06-26 Thread William T Goodall
Margaret Professor of Divinity, Oxford University, Oxford, England. In Grolier Multimedia Encyclopaedia 1997. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-25 Thread William T Goodall
about it religion can't be far away. [1] And I have lumbago and Wimbledon is on so I have better things to do. Must get some strawberries and cream -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Computers

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
in increased sexual activity. The same goes for politics - if you are an evil busybody filled with religious hatred who wants to interfere in other people's lives *of course* you get involved in politics. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Jun 2005, at 5:06 pm, William T Goodall wrote: On 23 Jun 2005, at 4:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote: I wasn't looking for data to respond to the religion-bashing that we enjoy now and then around here, but I happened across some that seemed too good to ignore. It is from Robert Putnam's

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Jun 2005, at 7:22 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 23, 2005, at 9:06 AM, William T Goodall wrote: Of course the religious are keen to volunteer to interfere in the lives of the unfortunate - this is a golden opportunity to disseminate the virulent poison of their evil religious

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:32 pm, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:06:16 +0100, William T Goodall wrote The same goes for politics - if you are an evil busybody filled with religious hatred who wants to interfere in other people's lives *of course* you get involved in politics

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Jun 2005, at 9:36 pm, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, 23 Jun 2005 17:44:05 +0100, William T Goodall wrote Indeed I find the whole idea of faith-based 'charitable' organisations getting involved with vulnerable people utterly obnoxious. They quite plainly have a not-so-hidden agenda

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote: Questions to William: What is it that makes something evil? What is it that makes something good? Why, don't you know? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:54 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 23, 2005, at 2:41 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 23 Jun 2005, at 10:06 pm, Frank Schmidt wrote: Questions to William: What is it that makes something evil? What is it that makes something good? Why, don't you know? I think

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
(finally) got 60 years in prison for his role in the murder of civil rights workers in the 1960s. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
On 23 Jun 2005, at 11:24 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 23, 2005, at 3:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote: LOL. If you think those are plain and simple questions your mind is obviously very much more clouded than mine. I submit that the questions are very plain and quite simple. In normal

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
is religion'. Religion is a member of the set of evil things not the definition. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ 'The true sausage buff will sooner or later want his own meat grinder.' -- Jack Schmidling

Re: Religion and social capital

2005-06-23 Thread William T Goodall
attack, it is an extrapolation from past experience. It rolls off my back like a duck... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ A bad thing done for a good cause is still a bad thing. It's why so few people

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-06-22 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: SPOUTED: Knee-jerk Atheist Spams List With Stories of Christians Gone Bad

2005-06-20 Thread William T Goodall
, not even faith in no-faith. Stalinism and Maoism are both quasi-religions. == If religion is indeed as hateful as William T Goodall says it is, then the fervent hatred of religion is also just an inverted religion. Anti- religion just manifests religious intolerance in another guise

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-20 Thread William T Goodall
out Linux user! That blasphemy could get you burned at the stake in Redmond :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ A bad thing done for a good cause is still a bad thing. It's why so few people slap

Re: SPOUTED: Knee-jerk Atheist Spams List With Stories of Christians Gone Bad

2005-06-20 Thread William T Goodall
? It was evil yesterday, it's evil today and it'll be evil tomorrow. I'm just keeping things balanced since so many religious apologists keep posting here. In the context of this list, being *boring* is evil! LOL. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk

Religious child prostitution

2005-06-20 Thread William T Goodall
as venkatasani, nailis, muralis and theradiyan. It has been the Atheist Centre of Vijayawada, India, that has been most instrumental in the movement to eradicate this pernicious religious custom. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Crucified nun dies in 'exorcism'

2005-06-19 Thread William T Goodall
, Father Daniel added. If found guilty of killing Cornici, Father Daniel and the accused nuns could face 20 years in jail. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ How long a minute is depends on which side

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-19 Thread William T Goodall
misery and suffering to millions around the world. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Aerospace is plumbing with the volume turned up. - John Carmack ___ http

Free book!

2005-06-19 Thread William T Goodall
Charles Stross has put up a free to download copy of his new novel Accelerando in several formats at http://www.accelerando.org/book/ -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Misuse of IMPs leads to strange

Re: SPOUTED: Knee-jerk Atheist Spams List With Stories of Christians Gone Bad

2005-06-19 Thread William T Goodall
On 19 Jun 2005, at 10:55 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 19, 2005, at 5:26 AM, William T Goodall wrote: ... Oh, really? Who cares? LOL. Hiding your head in the sand doesn't make religion any less monstrously evil. I'm fed up reading knee-jerk woolly-minded garbage about how great

Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
shot dead by his daughter, who then killed herself. The victims ages ranged from one to 25 years old. The jury took two weeks to convict Wesson on all nine counts of murder. It also found him guilty of 14 counts of raping and molesting seven of his daughters and nieces. -- William T Goodall

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
evidence of the evil of religion. I wasn't going to mention them...yet. Irrational beliefs aren't restricted to belief in supernatural ghoulies, ghosties and gods after all. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
On 18 Jun 2005, at 4:20 pm, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Saturday, June 18, 2005 8:37 AM Subject: Re: Religious zealot slaughters children Stalinism and Nazism are both

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
the best opinions I've managed to come up with so far. Of course I *act* as if they were correct because, provisionally, they are. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Invest in a company any idiot can run

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
On 18 Jun 2005, at 6:05 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 18, 2005, at 9:48 AM, William T Goodall wrote: One of these identifying features is a prophetic figure whose revelations form the basis of the religion. Such figures include Jesus, Hitler, Buddha, Marx. No corresponding individual

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
On 18 Jun 2005, at 7:45 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 18, 2005, at 11:19 AM, William T Goodall wrote: You're stretching an actual definition into a metaphor. The features I listed (plus several others) are the ways anthropologists and theologians identify religions as opposed

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
On 18 Jun 2005, at 11:33 pm, Horn, John wrote: Behalf Of William T Goodall Another feature is the holy text: Bible, Mein Kampf, Das Kapital, Koran. Again, no such text exists for capitalism or democracy. What about Adam Smith's The Wealth of Nations? That's clearly a holy text

Re: Religious zealot slaughters children

2005-06-18 Thread William T Goodall
On 18 Jun 2005, at 8:51 pm, KZK wrote: Tens of millions killed by Indian (continental) cult 'thugees'. Hundreds of millions killed by roman catholic church. Story at eleven. Are you a new troll or an old troll with a new address? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web

Re: Faith crimes

2005-06-17 Thread William T Goodall
was leaked to the BBC. Victoria was beaten, burned with cigarettes and made to sleep in an empty bath. She died in 2000 from hypothermia and malnutrition. Her great-aunt and her great-aunt's boyfriend were jailed for life for murder. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Even better links on this project Re: life imitates art imitating life?

2005-06-17 Thread William T Goodall
it. We thought that a good analogy for what we were going to do was claymation - something like the Wallace and Gromit shows, Dr Mowry told BBC World Service's Outlook programme. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com

Re: Faith crimes

2005-06-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 17 Jun 2005, at 6:04 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 17, 2005, at 2:43 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 17 Jun 2005, at 4:36 am, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jun 16, 2005, at 3:25 PM, Russell Chapman wrote: Or, just maybe, these people are beating up these kids coz they're

Faith crimes

2005-06-16 Thread William T Goodall
to beat the devil out of the un-named 10-year-old - originally from Angola. The report was commissioned by the Met after the death of Victoria Climbie in February 2000 and because of concerns over so-called faith crimes. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Apples Adventures in TCPA / Palladium

2005-06-16 Thread William T Goodall
installing OS X on non-Mac hardware. Dang. Putting OS X on a Dell would be Way Cool from where I sit Julia You're not alone in that thought... If Apple decides to open the Mac OS to others, we would be happy to offer it to our customers, - Michael Dell -- William T Goodall Mail

Re: Faith crimes

2005-06-16 Thread William T Goodall
On 16 Jun 2005, at 4:39 pm, Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 6/16/05, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4098172.stm Children are being trafficked into the UK from Africa and used for human sacrifices, a confidential report for the Metropolitan Police suggests

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-06-15 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread William T Goodall
would worry about the fragility of the resulting file and how to recover *any* version should it get corrupted. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness

Re: Gulags

2005-06-13 Thread William T Goodall
can do tagged house arrest and community service. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use

American religion

2005-06-13 Thread William T Goodall
that dinosaurs came from another planet, and man never walked on the moon. More important, they learn the outside world is wicked and salvation comes through obedience to the prophet, who channels God's will. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk

Re: Discovery Channel's Greatest American

2005-06-11 Thread William T Goodall
On 10 Jun 2005, at 1:28 pm, PAT MATHEWS wrote: And your problem is? His story is very American. He (1) earned his money (2) by creating (or at least finding marketing) a product never seen before, Which product was that? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-06-08 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs are available for developers now, and the first x86 Macs for sale to the general public will be available within a year. -- William T

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-06-07 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 Jun 2005, at 9:53 pm, KZK wrote: Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 6/7/05, KZK [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William T Goodall wrote: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/jun/06intel.html Apple are migrating the Mac from the PPC CPU to the x86 over the next two years. x86 based Macs

Re: Yet another on-line test . . .

2005-06-05 Thread William T Goodall
, and fundamentalist Mormon (+). You don't hate Mormonism or anything; to each his own. Giving up sex, alcohol, and 10% of your income to a church that puts saccharine family commercials on TV just seems like a bad deal to you. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Br!n: Re: appealing to old style conservatives\a monopoly on nukes

2005-06-04 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Jun 2005, at 3:08 pm, Leonard Matusik wrote: we will keep this stuff around so we can nuke rouge states I think using nuclear weapons over a dab of rouge is a bit extreme. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-06-01 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

brin-l-books update

2005-05-31 Thread William T Goodall
as soon as I add them) can be emailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed. I much prefer it to Linux. - Bill Joy

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-05-25 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Religion and morality (was Re: Abortion and so on)

2005-05-19 Thread William T Goodall
to deceive itself and pursue immoral actions. On the other hand, this isn't surprising, since it seems obvious that great violence and terror have been sanctioned by religious organizations convinced that they possessed the truth. Excellent reasons to reject *all* religion. -- William T Goodall Mail

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-05-18 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: trolling for trolls

2005-05-18 Thread William T Goodall
-posting. Since it looks like the Julia's message was in her capacity as a list- admin that muddies the waters a bit more it seems to me. Especially since one of the people involved is Nick who is the list owner. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-05-11 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

2005-05-09 Thread William T Goodall
On 9 May 2005, at 11:51 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 07:39 PM Sunday 5/8/2005, William T Goodall wrote: I think I'll save myself £5 and not bother seeing this then. What else is coming out in May... The Jacket Ong Bak Palindromes. I've heard a rumor that Lucas is releasing some sort of little

Re: Democrats Voted Out of Baptist Church

2005-05-09 Thread William T Goodall
? Unrelated issue... religion and God have something to do with each other, ideally, but either one can surely exist without the other. Well you're certainly right that religion exists without god! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-05-08 Thread William T Goodall
. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Invest in a company any idiot can run because sooner or later any idiot is going to run it. - Warren Buffet ___ http

Re: Paedophiles turning Christian

2005-05-08 Thread William T Goodall
On 7 May 2005, at 11:45 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On May 7, 2005, at 2:48 AM, William T Goodall wrote: http://tinyurl.com/7lsm2 Children are at growing risk from paedophiles who convert to Christianity in prison and join a church on their release, a government-backed charity said yesterday

God? Sure, whatever

2005-05-08 Thread William T Goodall
? The congregation of We Don't Really Know. - - - - - - - - - - - - About the writer Carlene Bauer is an editor at Elle magazine. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ It is our belief, however, that serious

Re: Paedophiles turning Christian

2005-05-08 Thread William T Goodall
On 8 May 2005, at 5:10 pm, Gary Denton wrote: On 5/8/05, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With only 21% of Britons in general regularly attending religious services but 75% of convicted child abusers doing so the heightened risk to children exposed to religious activities is obvious

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

2005-05-08 Thread William T Goodall
... The Jacket Ong Bak Palindromes. And Sin City in June! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view

Paedophiles turning Christian

2005-05-07 Thread William T Goodall
churches had been ruthlessly exploited by paedophiles, who have often held senior posts. The charity estimates that up to three quarters of child abusers are regular members of church congregations or religious groups. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Permission Slips Re: blah, blah, blah . . .

2005-05-05 Thread William T Goodall
. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ A bad thing done for a good cause is still a bad thing. It's why so few people slap their political opponents. That, and because slapping looks so silly. - Randy Cohen

Re: Permission Slips Re: blah, blah, blah . . .

2005-05-05 Thread William T Goodall
think atheism is insulation against nonsense. I think atheism is an indicator that someone is insulated against nonsense. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The fact that an opinion has been widely held

Re: Permission Slips Re: blah, blah, blah . . .

2005-05-05 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 May 2005, at 12:58 am, Dave Land wrote: On May 5, 2005, at 4:14 PM, William T Goodall wrote: I've been disregarding authority figures my entire life. I learned that 'hot' really was bad by sticking my hand in a fire when about two. I've argued with teachers all the way through school

Re: Permission Slips Re: blah, blah, blah . . .

2005-05-05 Thread William T Goodall
to support the idea. Case closed. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Aerospace is plumbing with the volume turned up. - John Carmack ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-05-04 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: A very good NYT article on intelligent design

2005-05-02 Thread William T Goodall
://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2005/4/27/03541/2520 -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Invest in a company any idiot can run because sooner or later any idiot is going to run it. - Warren Buffet

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

2005-04-30 Thread William T Goodall
out even when they are alive. A script can turn out very different once a director and cast get their hands on it. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ How long a minute is depends on which side

The Root of All Evil

2005-04-30 Thread William T Goodall
. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Aerospace is plumbing with the volume turned up. - John Carmack ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-04-27 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Serenity

2005-04-24 Thread William T Goodall
The Serenity trailer will be on the Apple trailers site on Tuesday. May be spoilerish for people familiar with the series. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The three chief virtues of a programmer

Christian Europe RIP

2005-04-21 Thread William T Goodall
now in its poorer parts, and more secular than ever in its richer ones. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-04-20 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

PlaysForSure ... not?

2005-04-14 Thread William T Goodall
logo now guarantees incompatibility with 70% of players and the music store with a 70% market share. Surely that's misleading advertising? Although ProbablyWon'tPlay isn't so catchy of course... And there's Real as well... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Opinion Disclaimers (was Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babbletheory, and comments))

2005-04-14 Thread William T Goodall
to the list? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ 'The true sausage buff will sooner or later want his own meat grinder.' -- Jack Schmidling ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: Veronica Mars

2005-04-13 Thread William T Goodall
On 13 Apr 2005, at 9:46 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:35 PM Monday 4/11/2005, William T Goodall wrote: Renewed for 2nd season. Why do they keep saying only five episodes left to solve her best friend's murder, then? Because she's going to be solving some *other* season-long mystery

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-13 Thread William T Goodall
On 5 Apr 2005, at 2:59 pm, Nick Arnett wrote: On Tue, 5 Apr 2005 10:48:50 +0100, William T Goodall wrote But the fundamentalists are the fastest growing Christian sects. I see this as part of a trend that goes far beyond Christianity and far beyond religion. Fundamentalism of all sorts

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-04-13 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-04-06 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Lost: the TV series

2005-04-06 Thread William T Goodall
Has been renewed for another season, as has Alias. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth

Re: The Other Christianity (was Re: Babble theory, and comments)

2005-04-05 Thread William T Goodall
:) Personally, I have decided to take the Bible seriously by refusing to take it literally and by promoting a vision of Christianity that does the same. But the fundamentalists are the fastest growing Christian sects. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog

Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-02 Thread William T Goodall
to get up and admit, in death-bed honesty, that it was all filthy lies. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my telephone. My wish has come true. I

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Apr 2005, at 1:46 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I was going to simply let this go by without giving it the dignity of a response, but after all this time you all know me better than that . . . At 06:35 PM Saturday 4/2/2005, William T Goodall wrote: Another evil hate-filled monster dies

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-02 Thread William T Goodall
... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ 'The true sausage buff will sooner or later want his own meat grinder.' -- Jack Schmidling ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Apr 2005, at 2:09 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Saturday, April 02, 2005 6:35 PM Subject: Good News from The Vatican Another evil hate-filled monster dies. No mirrors in you house I

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-03-30 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Time on TV

2005-03-29 Thread William T Goodall
On 30 Mar 2005, at 12:18 am, Kevin Street wrote: William T Goodall quoted: http://tinyurl.com/4d76p 6 BEST DRAMAS ON TV NOW Need a change of serial? It's not too late to taste-test these And the shows are:- The Shield Deadwood Lost Battlestar Galactica Veronica Mars House I'm a huge fan of the new

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