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NTSC-M did?
I agree, I'm not convinced the move to DTV was a good thing.
That was like a bad romantic comedy in fifteen seconds. -- Toby
Ziegler
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Dr. Brin Wrote:
True, copyright piracy is (generally) bad. But the bloody
inconvenience and blithering incomprehensibility of simply using a
modern DVD player to watch a film that you already own - let alone
record an episode of NOVA - it is why I keep three VCRs in the house,
still.
I
On 1 Aug 2009, at 09:12, KZK wrote:
Dr. Brin Wrote:
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2009/07/notion-of-disputation-arenas.html
True, copyright piracy is (generally) bad. But the bloody
inconvenience and blithering incomprehensibility of simply using a
modern DVD player to watch a film
William T Goodall wrote:
On 1 Aug 2009, at 09:12, KZK wrote:
Dr. Brin Wrote:
...
True, copyright piracy is (generally) bad. But the bloody
inconvenience and blithering incomprehensibility of simply using a
modern DVD player to watch a film that you already own - let alone
...
I don't
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On Aug 1, 2009, at 5:31 PM, David Brin wrote:
Today's DVD's
1- are not universal if you record on minus or plus mode and
many units throw fits, even then
2- fast-forward and reverse are a mess. They are twichy and over
and undershoot like mad.
3- menu navigation is often torment
4
At 07:31 PM Saturday 8/1/2009, David Brin wrote:
Today's DVD's
1- are not universal if you record on minus or
plus mode and many units throw fits, even
then
Another problem, at least with the unit I have, is that if I want to
record a program (frex) from 8 to 9 on channel m followed by one
of education that slows population
growth.
Alberto Monteiro, 3 kids, and paying 50% of the salary in education
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it better than I ever could…
http://xkcd.com/603/
Dave
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might be
blessed with only half the population starving, other places would
get hit much harder.
Keith Henson
PS www.htyp.org/dtc for the details on an energy proposal.
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to see culled, how they would evaluate
cases, and so forth. It gets at the same thought process without
seeming to be a personal attack.
Dave
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! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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discussed there seemed too large and the time
seemed to late to respond. David Brin, the great science fiction
writer, also in the audience, responded that we have to hope that
humans come up with the breakthroughs, technological and social and
values-based, that enable the enterprise
the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed that I would see the last.
--Dr. Jerry Pournelle
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blatant example is Marain in the Culture books - again designed
to eliminate confuzzlement.
Charlie.
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to
define. And later, reference only the definitions.
Carolyn
Okay so that's not quite a top post.
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The Galactic Languages were not designed to avoid ambiguity, they
were designed to avoid _creativity_ (and testing the System) -
it's in Heaven's Reach.
Alberto Monteiro
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attitude and a penchant for mice.
A fully logical language would reject the previus sentence as false,
because a cat is not a dog - GAME OVER.
Alberto Monteiro
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is not a dog - GAME OVER.
Now those are shades of Russell, or early Wittgenstein.
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see below...
- Original Message
From: Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:32:29 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: Language
SPOILER ALERT
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Charlie Bell wrote:
I do
At 12:21 PM Monday 6/29/2009, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
see below...
- Original Message
From: Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, June 29, 2009 5:32:29 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: Language
SPOILER ALERT
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And a flipped p becomes a q.
With holographic projection, it becomes easy to flip letters, hence the
story idea Dr. Brin let me play about with.
Sah'ot invents a form of poetry that can only exist as a projected cube,
as the poems change depending upon which face is down, and if the
reader
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it plays into Dr. Brin's 5
Dominate world Meme's theory.
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Fascinating! I'll use the Mandarin /time part in my current novel.
From: KZK evil.ke...@gmail.com
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Sunday, June 28, 2009 3:00:34 PM
Subject: Brin: Language
I'd like to hear Dr. Brin's thoughts on this:
http://edge.org/3rd_culture
/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
it was a running theme in that novel as one of the ET's kept
commenting on how strange it was how us wolflings used metaphor constantly.
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contract in
hand is also for other formats as well, then they would most likely be
available at Fictionwise and the Sony reader library.
George A
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in paperback. That's not scientific, could be just coincidence and
not trend.
Also, there seems to be a dearth of older classics. There are many that I
would buy if available.
George A
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David Brin answered:
John, I have the contracts in-hand, as we speak!
With cordial regards,
David Brin
http://www.davidbrin.com
This is really good news!
George A
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But only for the Kindle? Or is there a way to get Kindle books if all you have
is a Sony 505?
Pat, hopeful
http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/
From: aking...@kornet.net
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: RE: Brin-l Digest, Vol 5, Issue 4
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2009 06:40:03 +0900
David
are higher than for a paperback, which would be odd. Is
Kindle flawed in this way?
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John, I have the contracts in-hand, as we speak!
With cordial regards,
David Brin
http://www.davidbrin.com
From: John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.com
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 11:08:03 AM
PAPERwork! :-)
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episodes of Life After People.
Be sure to order THROUGH STRANGER EYES for your Brin fix.
Also see several novellas of mine on Baen's UNIVERSE Magazine online, including
two very different comedies!
Oh, any of you who used to pre-read my manuscripts... are you still interested?
I have a couple
In a message dated 6/11/2009 11:25:26 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
db...@sbcglobal.net writes:
John, I have the contracts in-hand, as we speak!
With cordial regards,
David Brin
_http://www.davidbrin.com_ (http://www.davidbrin.com)
My Kindle reads from both sides.
It makes a pretty
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Dan M dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote:
I've got a question that I think about when I think of Brin. He hasn't
written a regular novel since Kiln People, which was about 6 years
ago...and
his last graphic novel was a year after that.
Is it fair to say
I'm on it. seriously
From: Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 7:54:29 PM
Subject: Brin: Re: New Uplift Universe question
On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 6:10 PM, Dan M
/100126575x1221322931x1201367171/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd
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and the shores of two continents.
Alberto Monteiro
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This is draft
www.operatingthetan.com/SpaceBasedSolarPower/March18Talk.ppt
So if anyone spots something wrong, please let me know.
Keith Henson
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in
cryptography (Polyalphabetic cipher) that for some reason evaded attention
of the many who have tried to make sense of Nostradamus' texts.
It is probably for this reason that the Portuguese site makes no more sense
than the rest.
Cheers
Greg
On Wed, Mar 4, 2009 at 6:00 AM, brin-l-requ
David Brin complained:
Alas, both versions came through. Nick, have we run out of
solutions here?
May I offer a suggestion?
* Set the standard David Brin account to receive no mails
* Create (someone else could do it) a dummy account, like
david.brin.k...@somewhere, run by a 'bot
with Brin:
From: David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009 10:05:08 AM
Subject: Re: Looking for a story...
Sorry folks. Must test three subject lines this time.
With Re
I have to agree with Alberto. Some other solution is needed, since I am
getting all subject lines, all the time...
From: Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, February 26, 2009
to this message, I'll know that Julia
figured it out.
Nick
2009/2/26 David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net
I have to agree with Alberto. Some other solution is needed, since I am
getting all subject lines, all the time...
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*From:* Alberto Monteiro albm
Hi Nick.
I am reading this at db...@sbcglobal.net
But that address gets pass-thru from two other addresses:
b...@alumni.caltech.edu and b...@cts.com(I doubt those are listed on
Brin-L but you might check.
Thanks for plowing through this.
david
From
*Wow.. what a strange co-incidence...
I feel like Rip Van Winkle... *
--- On Wed, 2/18/09, Julia Thompson deg...@chiba.3jane.net wrote:
From: Julia Thompson deg...@chiba.3jane.net
Subject: Re: [Brin-l] Admin page for Brin-L
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al
On 19/02/2009, at 4:54 AM, David Brin wrote:
Charlie, you are all in our hope and prayers. A year ago, my kids
were volunteering at shelters during the San Diego fires and my
eldest and I helped staff a National Guard checkpoint. But we
experienced nothing even remotely like what you
On 19/02/2009, at 3:26 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Not sure if you really expect that, but it is only supposed to work on
mccmedia.com
Well, I received an email saying this:
***
Moving the Brin-L list... if your address was set to No mail, you
should be able to change it back yourself
doing really
well, all things considered - we've both had moments, but I'd be
shocked if there's anyone in the state, maybe the country, that hasn't.
Charlie.
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sleeping, intrusive memories, increased
drinking, whatever -- is a normal response to an abnormal experience.
Hope that's of some help.
Nick
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On Thu, Feb 19, 2009 at 12:18 AM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote:
On 19/02/2009, at 3:26 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Not sure if you really expect that, but it is only supposed to work on
mccmedia.com
Well, I received an email saying this:
***
Moving the Brin-L list... if your
2009/2/19 David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net
One item, Nick... the old list was set only to include me when people put
Brin: in the subject line. That way I remained available for occasional
high points of interest, but the list did not help to delay my next novel!
Is there any way we can go
Should be done now... let me know if it isn't working.
Nick
2009/2/19 David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net
One item, Nick... the old list was set only to include me when people put
Brin: in the subject line. That way I remained available for occasional
high points of interest, but the list did
One item, Nick... the old list was set only to include me when people put
Brin: in the subject line. That way I remained available for occasional high
points of interest, but the list did not help to delay my next novel!
Is there any way we can go back to that regime? Or something similar
Nick I just got both of your replies to me.
Please do one version with Brin: in the subject line and one without
(labelled) - I should only get one.
Sorry to the rest of you for this transition finagling!
db
From: Nick Arnett narn...@mccmedia.com
To: Killer
you and let me know if it is a different address than the that starts
with sbc.
Nick
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On 18/02/2009, at 11:18 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
I found that the admin page for Brin-L, where you can make changes
to your subscription(s), customize, etc., is not where I thought it
was.
Also, posting to the br...@nickarnett.net thing doesnae work yet.
So, make it work. Or I start
Hello fellow brinellers and Dr Brin.
I'm mindful that co-listees with Culturelist will know that the
bushfires in Victoria are VERY close to home for me and my wife. For
the rest of you: Claire has been working in the Major Incident Room at
Victoria Police during the bushfire crisis
On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Charlie Bell wrote:
On 18/02/2009, at 11:18 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
I found that the admin page for Brin-L, where you can make changes to your
subscription(s), customize, etc., is not where I thought it was.
Also, posting to the br...@nickarnett.net thing doesnae work
for Brin-L, where you can make changes
to your subscription(s), customize, etc., is not where I thought it
was.
Also, posting to the br...@nickarnett.net thing doesnae work yet.
So, make it work. Or I start a rebellion. Ner. :-p
Charlie.
Bug Notice Maru
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On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 7:02 AM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote:
Hello fellow brinellers and Dr Brin.
I'm mindful that co-listees with Culturelist will know that the bushfires
in Victoria are VERY close to home for me and my wife. For the rest of you:
Claire has been working
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I found that the admin page for Brin-L, where you can make changes to your
subscription(s), customize, etc., is not where I thought it was.
Try here:
http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
And this, which should show all lists I'm hosting (brin-l is the only one
I've moved
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hrrr
From: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, February 9, 2009 3:42:48 PM
Subject: Brin: an Obama joke!
After four years trying to fix USA's economy, Obama
Paramount hired a script but never went with it, alas.
See http://www.davidbrin.com for other news. All best
db
From: Mauro Diotallevi diotall...@gmail.com
To: Brin List brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, February 3, 2009 11:52:12 AM
Subject: Brin: Startide
. Please rotate your phone 90
degrees and try again.
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Ah, thanks. I haven't been as connected lately and thought I might
have missed something. Cheers.
--
Mauro Diotallevi
The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90
degrees and try again.
On Tue, Feb 3, 2009 at 2:54 PM, David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Paramount
mayor of Rio)
dispute the preference.
Alberto Monteiro
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Thanks Alberto.
Hoping the world will soon be proud of us!
d
From: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:03:02 AM
Subject: Brin
://www.libertas.bham.ac.uk/analysis/Microsoft%20Word%20-%20Column%201%20Reasonable%20Conservatives[1].doc%20-%20GANNON1.pdf
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My suggestions to Obama are at:
http://www.davidbrin.com/suggestion.htm
From: Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:03:02 AM
Subject: Brin
David Brin wrote:
The new president did not have to mention it. But he did. And it shows
that he wants not only to preside and rule. He wants to learn.
Yes, the word curious did stand out as something not usually mentioned in
that line of reasoning, but I think curiosity more than
which tweet a reply in in reply to, so there's a bit of
threading available.
Nick
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web interface doesn't show it, the API
actually shows which tweet a reply in in reply to, so there's a bit of
threading available.
Nick
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anybody else's (except for a very small percentage of Twitter users who
choose to keep theirs private).
It is optional to have the tweets -- the messages -- sent to you phone. You
can set that for each person you follow.
So... if you just want to keep an eye on Brin-L-related stuff on Twitter via
follow.
So... if you just want to keep an eye on Brin-L-related stuff on
Twitter via
the web, all you'd have to do is check this page periodically:
http://twitter.com/KillerBs
If you wanted them to go to your phone, you'd have to create a Twitter
account, follow KillerBs, then set KillerBs
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, with links back to
his blog?
Nick
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/posts/default or
http://davidbrin.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Just set up something to grab the feed and post it automatically.
Julia
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should do, in 2009.
( http://www.davidbrin.com/1947.htm )
Any relation to the _other_ significant event which allegedly
occurred that year? :-}
Weather Balloon Maru
. . . ronn! :)
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Yeager broke the sound barrier.
From: Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net
To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:37:54 AM
Subject: Brin: Re: A guaranteed-unusual set of suggestions
use.
In order to see several of my recent novellas, subscribe to Universe
Magazine... Type in coupon code EE329517B2 - which is good for $5 off
any subscription!
Happy new year, all. And here's hoping for a revival of civilization.
With cordial regards,
David Brin
http://www.davidbrin.com
in a natural
anti-nuclear protective valley on 2009-01-20... What if Obama is
brainwashed by Bush and decides to wipe out the whole
Western Civilization? :-)
Alberto Monteiro
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://www.asimovs.com/aspnet_forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=1143Page=3
xponent
Pass It On Maru
rob
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and Biden
and a hundred others are standing right next to each other.
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hoping you are all thriving, that your holidays are joyous,
and that we get a civilization to be proud-of.
david b
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of the Golgafrinchans was that they included
in the Ship B the telephone cleaners - they civilization was wiped
out by a bug that lived in telephone dirt.
Alberto Monteiro
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