Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-07-31 Thread William T Goodall
basis. Left, right, up, down; one thing they all have in common is a determination not to let facts interfere with their political faith. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Theists cannot be trusted

Attractive parents 'have more daughters'

2006-07-31 Thread William T Goodall
of Theoretical Biology, was carried out using young Americans, who were analysed by height, weight and apparent age - factors that can be used to judge basic attraction levels without subjectivity. Only first-born children were included. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web

Re: (no subject)

2006-07-29 Thread William T Goodall
place if not from earlier primitive cultures? The Atlantean flying saucers silly! Under the bridge Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Theists cannot be trusted as they believe that right and wrong

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-07-29 Thread William T Goodall
be to depoliticize ceremonies. And dereligionise them. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ And yes, OSX is marvelous. Its merest bootlace, Windows is not worthy to kiss. - David Brin

Re: Abortion

2006-07-29 Thread William T Goodall
in developed and other countries would be interesting. But then, I see that Brother John is happily trolling in a couple of subthreads now... 'Brother John' is a troll and probably someone who's been here before yanking some chains. Ding Dong Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED

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2006-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
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Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
. And the hugging and kissing! And the bursting into tears! I prefer to watch WTA tennis myself. _That's_ a man's sport. Knickers Maru -- 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

Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
of Athos_ by Lois McMaster Bujold. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949

Re: RFK Jr. interview

2006-07-22 Thread William T Goodall
. All it indicates to me is that it is not unusual for folks to be in a state of denial. ROTFL Try this one http://astro.berkeley.edu/~aleroy/Report10_21_04.pdf -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221

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Re: Sudoku beats Tabloids

2006-07-15 Thread William T Goodall
. Many sample puzzles to get you started. Comprehensive manual gives detailed explanations of all the advanced solving methods the program can use. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Beware of bugs

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Re: Roots of human family tree are shallow

2006-07-05 Thread William T Goodall
the results they got... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ And yes, OSX is marvelous. Its merest bootlace, Windows is not worthy to kiss. - David Brin ___ http

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Mead (was Re: Physics Prof Finds Thermate in WTC Physical Samples)

2006-06-29 Thread William T Goodall
of _Coming of Age in Samoa_ it seems that Professor Freeman, apart from having an axe to grind , may have been hoaxed himself. It doesn't appear to me that this controversy has been settled. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

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Re: Optical Illusion (really . . . not a gag)

2006-06-24 Thread William T Goodall
apparently changes something about the image... I'm guessing Ajax is passing you by. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Theists cannot be trusted as they believe that right and wrong are the arbitrary

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Re: SCOUTED: Garrison Keillor on San Franciscophobia

2006-06-15 Thread William T Goodall
civilisation is a laughing matter. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ And yes, OSX is marvelous. Its merest bootlace, Windows is not worthy to kiss. - David Brin

Re: Grammar is evil and should be (Was Re: SCOUTED: Garrison Keillor on San Franciscophobia)

2006-06-15 Thread William T Goodall
On 15 Jun 2006, at 5:48PM, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 15, 2006, at 4:27 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 15 Jun 2006, at 6:47AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: Voila / viola Rogue / rouge Lose / loose Fluorescent / flourescent Atheist / athiest Hobbyist / hobbiest Ballot / ballet

Re: SCOUTED: Garrison Keillor on San Franciscophobia

2006-06-14 Thread William T Goodall
On 14 Jun 2006, at 3:48AM, Dave Land wrote: On Jun 12, 2006, at 3:35 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 12 Jun 2006, at 3:04AM, Dave Land wrote: Salon is running a great piece by the inimitable Garrison Kiellor on the ridiculous tact Is that a back-formation from 'tactic'? Because

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New Brin

2006-06-14 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.baensuniverse.com/ The new online SF magazine has a serial by David Brin: The Ancient Ones Part 1 by David Brin Bimonthly, $30 for six issues (a year). -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221

Re: SCOUTED: Garrison Keillor on San Franciscophobia

2006-06-12 Thread William T Goodall
On 12 Jun 2006, at 3:04AM, Dave Land wrote: Folks, Salon is running a great piece by the inimitable Garrison Kiellor on the ridiculous tact Is that a back-formation from 'tactic'? Because the correct word is 'tack', a figurative usage of the sailing term. -- William T Goodall Mail

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Upfronts

2006-05-16 Thread William T Goodall
reality.' Or it could be rubbish. There's also a Masters of Science Fiction that might appear and might be quite good. -- 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: Elegant science (was Re: Scientific methodology)

2006-05-12 Thread William T Goodall
evidence of a fire, the latter is indirect. But what if the evil overlords use their nanomachines to confuse your eyeballs into seeing a burning building that isn't there? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com

Re: Online games

2006-05-10 Thread William T Goodall
On 10 May 2006, at 11:08AM, Klaus Stock wrote: Every Sunday Christians congregate to drink blood in honour of their zombie master. Erm, yes, but the blood is fake That's religion for you. Bunch of charlatans... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Myers-Briggs

2006-05-10 Thread William T Goodall
. Marxist thought was considered scientific, the application of the sciences of sociology, political science, and economics. If only other religions could be discredited as easily as the Marxist religion. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

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Re: Star Trek Personality Tests (was: Myers-Briggs)

2006-05-10 Thread William T Goodall
Picard and Seven. I always thought Spock was very illogical when I watched original Trek as a kid... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The surprising thing about the Cargo Cult Windows PC is that it works

Re: Online games

2006-05-09 Thread William T Goodall
no evidence for that. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Every Sunday Christians congregate to drink blood in honour of their zombie master. ___ http

Re: Online games

2006-05-09 Thread William T Goodall
On 9 May 2006, at 7:02PM, Dave Land wrote: On May 9, 2006, at 2:53 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 9 May 2006, at 1:12AM, Dave Land wrote: There are times I feel that way in certain online communities: open your mouth and it's very quickly shut by the local expert. Thankfully, we only

Re: Online games

2006-05-09 Thread William T Goodall
On 9 May 2006, at 9:32PM, Dave Land wrote: On May 9, 2006, at 12:15 PM, William T Goodall wrote: I don't think there is anything 'well grounded' about a belief in god(s) so even faith isn't enough to account for it given this definition. Ungrounded unfounded crazy wishful thinking perhaps

Re: Myers-Briggs

2006-05-09 Thread William T Goodall
' that corresponds to the impressions of our senses is one of the reasonable beliefs. Belief in god(s) on the other hand is very unreasonable. -- 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

Re: Myers-Briggs

2006-05-08 Thread William T Goodall
(such as Confucianism) in this scheme? And communism is a quasi-religion anyway... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ And yes, OSX is marvelous. Its merest bootlace, Windows is not worthy to kiss. - David Brin

Re: Brin: BASIC

2006-05-08 Thread William T Goodall
Mac lacks BASIC too. Can this be an anti-M$ Conpiracy? :-) http://www.realbasic.com/products/screenshots/linux/ http://www.realbasic.com/products/screenshots/mac/ -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Every

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British much healthier than Americans

2006-05-03 Thread William T Goodall
for the highest American group it was 12%. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Every Sunday Christians congregate to drink blood in honour of their zombie master

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Re: three paradigm shifts?

2006-04-18 Thread William T Goodall
spelling of extrovert only finds 236,000 pages on Google. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Putting an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of keyboards will _not_ result in the greatest work of all

Re: The Gospel Of Judas

2006-04-18 Thread William T Goodall
anyway. What??! Two millennia of fanwankery hasn't managed to patch up those plot holes. Elephants on the back of a giant turtle makes more sense. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Most people have more

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Re: Great Sam Harris Interview

2006-04-11 Thread William T Goodall
feel like believing then? Why do you need religion for that? -- 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

Robert Jordan

2006-04-06 Thread William T Goodall
) starts this month, and he's determined to beat the statistics that suggest a median life expectancy of four years. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The surprising thing about the Cargo Cult Windows PC

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Re: Unspeakably offensive canine behavior

2006-04-01 Thread William T Goodall
to the dog's food. This also makes stools unappetising. And messier. -- 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

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Guns

2006-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons. - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 ___ http

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Re: Guns

2006-03-22 Thread William T Goodall
On 22 Mar 2006, at 10:11PM, Dave Land wrote: On Mar 22, 2006, at 5:41 AM, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/usguns/Story/0,,1736424,00.html?gusrc=rss A child is killed by a gun every three hours in America. According to the latest statistics, nearly 1,000 children under

Re: Irregulars Question: Network Attached Storage Drives

2006-03-19 Thread William T Goodall
at around 100 - 150Gb external storage to start with, try this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B9X6PS/103-4060112-4003023? v=glancen=172282 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0003QIFHG/103-9218007-6499853 Cheaper, bigger, has print server. What's the catch? -- William T Goodall Mail

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New Goodall

2006-03-10 Thread William T Goodall
and bowls in the living room for the moment. -- 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: New Goodall

2006-03-10 Thread William T Goodall
On 10 Mar 2006, at 10:40PM, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: http://www.greyhound-data.com/d?i=538511 Our last greyhound, Ed (Coonla), died in November of bone cancer. Today we met a man with a van in a lay-by outside Forres and took possession of Ceanna (Nova Scotia

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2006-03-08 Thread William T Goodall
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Re: JDG the Prophet of Terror [was: Hello]

2006-03-01 Thread William T Goodall
half-remembering what he half-remembers which is interesting. And I got a new camera (Canon PowerShot S80) so I've been playing with that. -- 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

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Listening

2006-03-01 Thread William T Goodall
A musical listening test: http://www.delosis.com/listening/home.html I got 28/30 -- 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 professional users will run out of things

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2006-02-22 Thread William T Goodall
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Re: Hello...

2006-02-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Feb 2006, at 1:34 pm, Charlie Bell wrote: Hey chaps and chapesses, Hi Charlie! Thought I'd pop in to see how things are. So what's new in Brin-L land? We're having a quiet spell at the moment. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk

More lies exposed

2006-02-16 Thread William T Goodall
than the mentally healthy. -- 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

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2006-02-15 Thread William T Goodall
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Re: Irregulars: C++ Memory Allocation Wierdness

2006-02-09 Thread William T Goodall
bit- twiddling... [1] If any software has anything to do with it. Otherwise it's all hidden in the chips. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Those who study history are doomed to repeat

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Re: Question for Aussies

2006-01-31 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Feb 2006, at 1:53 am, Andrew Paul wrote: Lamb pies being a personal fave, AKA a Scotch Pie. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home

Jim Baen's Universe

2006-01-26 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.baensuniverse.com/ A new e-book sf magazine taking subscriptions ($30) now with the first issue in June. David Brin is one of the writers who will appear within the first few issues. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

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Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 17 Jan 2006, at 4:39 am, Ritu wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Enormous costs and intangible benefits that sound like members of a cult :) Hee! So is this your new Cause then? Just expanding my hobby of railing at human idiocies into a new area... And I'm sure there's a connection

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 17 Jan 2006, at 12:53 pm, Ritu wrote: William T Goodall wrote: And I'm sure there's a connection between the evil poisonous filth of religion and the pointless self-harm of procreation somewhere :) You can always start by checking out the correlation between atheism and child-free

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 17 Jan 2006, at 5:51 pm, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: On 16 Jan 2006, at 8:13 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: William wrote: The study's findings will make happy reading for couples who have decided to enjoy the freedom and lack of responsibility associated

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-16 Thread William T Goodall
taking responsibility for the mental, physical and moral development of another human being. So why would anyone want to do that then? -- 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

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-16 Thread William T Goodall
to wait before first-hand experience. As for those researchers, the fact that they seem to overlook is that having children significantly changes most of your priorities. What if one doesn't want to have one's priorities changed? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-16 Thread William T Goodall
On 16 Jan 2006, at 9:47 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: This just in: living only for yourself is less stressful than taking responsibility for the mental, physical and moral development of another human being. So why would anyone want to do

Re: Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-16 Thread William T Goodall
by grandchildren. :-) I have quite a few years to wait before first-hand experience. As for those researchers, the fact that they seem to overlook is that having children significantly changes most of your priorities. William T Goodall wrote: ] What if one doesn't want to have one's

Re: Technique

2006-01-15 Thread William T Goodall
is those lezbeens. (The Axis Of Lipstick And Flannel) They are after our wimmin! The opinions of others may however vary.G You're just being tounge in cheek :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ How long

Having children 'is bad for your mental health'

2006-01-14 Thread William T Goodall
with not having children. -- 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 professional users will run out of things they can do with UNIX. - Ken Olsen, President of DEC, 1984

Weekly Chat Reminder

2006-01-11 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

The Root of all Evil?

2006-01-05 Thread William T Goodall
there is a lot we don't, and might never, understand. Religion is pathetic compared to the level of sophistication that physics and biology deal with. -- 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

Weekly Chat Reminder

2006-01-04 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: Media Myth - Guns Are Always Bad for Us

2005-12-31 Thread William T Goodall
of the USA with places that are similar such as Canada or Australia. That might be more enlightening than comparisons with Europe or South America. -- 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

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-12-28 Thread William T Goodall
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Re: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...

2005-12-22 Thread William T Goodall
On 22 Dec 2005, at 3:07 am, Russell Chapman wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Microsoft attained its dominant position in the personal computer software business through 1) Luck 2) Illegal business practices 3) The mistakes of its competitors and since a) Luck eventually runs out b

Re: Defeat in Victory

2005-12-22 Thread William T Goodall
is expediently 'true' in the service of their agenda. -- 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: Wal-Mart efficiency (was Re: My annual Xmas tirade...)

2005-12-22 Thread William T Goodall
in Massachusetts, on behalf of 80,000 class-action plaintiffs. Wal-Mart was not immediately available for comment. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Our products just aren't engineered for security. - Brian

Re: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...

2005-12-21 Thread William T Goodall
on probation isn't allowed to do all the same things as their neighbour who isn't on probation. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-12-21 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: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...

2005-12-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Dec 2005, at 7:04 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote: William T Goodall wrote: Max Battcher wrote: Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server market, 50% or less of the nerd market. Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now. Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip

Re: Hiring Tech Support (Politically Incorrect, With Apologies Beforehand to Ritu)

2005-12-19 Thread William T Goodall
? Maybe I just get lucky.) I know some (at least) call centres in the UK have a policy of workers using false names since some unfortunate incidents when unhappy customers have tracked call-centre workers to their homes to continue a discussion. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED

NZ devil Santas terrorise Auckland

2005-12-19 Thread William T Goodall
. Police are currently looking for 37 other men described as wearing red coats, red hats and sporting big white beards. -- 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

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-12-14 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: RepubliKlan Amerika:Valtrex

2005-12-05 Thread William T Goodall
punishes us in accordance with our sins (or calls us to do the same to others) is about as Biblical as Godl helps those who help themselves, which is to say it is not. There are a great many Christians in the USA who feel differently than you. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-11-30 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

Tortuous

2005-11-28 Thread William T Goodall
currently directing the American government in its fight against evil are themselves now taking their instructions from the other side. * Andrew Brown maintains a weblog, the Helmintholog (http://www.thewormbook.com/helmintholog). -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

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