Peter vs. Bob --A Heroes PC/Mac parody

2007-12-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
[Piano music] Peter: Hello, I'm a Mac. Bob: And I'm a PC. Peter: So, I hear there's a really nasty virus going around. Bob: Yeah, it's going to kill 93% of the world's population. Peter: Woah, 93%? Glad I'm not infected. Bob: You were supposed to be. Peter: Ye

Re: Brin: Bob Casey on Abortion

2004-10-23 Thread David Brin
John, I can well understand all the incantations that you are using and recognize them for platonic rationalizations. Marx would be proud. So would Hegel and Paul and every other romantic who obsessed with pure essences. Suffice it to say that I see God's universe as a vastly more complex, olde

Brin: Bob Casey on Abortion

2004-10-22 Thread JDG
The fundamental question posed is this: once a child has been conceived, what is the proper response of a good society - of America at her best? If pregnancy presents a challenge, do we as a society rise to the challenge by dispensing with the child? And when a pregnancy comes at a difficult time,

Re: test bob z

2003-12-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/30/2003 6:21:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Zim wrote: It seems my messages have not made it to the list in the past week or so. is anyone out there Looks like you're back... But my long and

Re: test bob z

2003-11-30 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 11/30/2003 6:21:23 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Zim wrote: > > > It seems my messages have not made it to the list in the > past week or > > so. is anyone out there > > Looks like you're back... But my long and elegant response to one of Gaut

Re: test bob z

2003-11-30 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 05:34 PM 11/30/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > It seems my messages have not made it to the list in the past week or > > > so. is anyone out there > > > >I'm out there. I think I'm

Re: test bob z

2003-11-30 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:34 PM 11/30/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It seems my messages have not made it to the list in the past week or > so. is anyone out there I'm out there. I think I'm *way* out there. -- Ronn! :) __

Re: test bob z

2003-11-30 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It seems my messages have not made it to the list in the past week or > so. is anyone out there I'm out there. I think I'm *way* out there. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/br

Re: test bob z

2003-11-30 Thread Doug Pensinger
Zim wrote: It seems my messages have not made it to the list in the past week or so. is anyone out there Looks like you're back... -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

test bob z

2003-11-30 Thread Bemmzim
It seems my messages have not made it to the list in the past week or so. is anyone out there ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scouted: Hormone Replacement Therapy started after age 65increasesReply-to: bob@rattlesnake.com

2003-06-01 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: But I did note in a later post (different thread, I think 'reactor woes'?) that it *is* possible that normal background radiation helps 'prime' immune cells to hunt for mutant cells, just as exposure to normal gut bacteria seems to help the

Re: bob

2002-12-18 Thread Damon
I'd also recommend anything by Guy Gavriel Kay. His later stuff is best, but a Swords'n'Sorcery fanatic would better start with _Tigana_. He writes fantasy, without the "coming of age, promised a great destiny" crap that makes Fantasy seem like a geek's Harlequin romance. I dunno, of all the f

Re: bob

2002-12-18 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Jean-Louis Couturier" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 4:12 PM Subject: Re: bob > At 14:03 2002-12-18 -0800, you wrote: > >One friend who loves the Dragonrider series and The &g

Re: bob

2002-12-18 Thread John Garcia
The Rugrats consistently mispronounce and mangle the words that they hear grownups say. So "Bob" for "God", "alium" for "alien", "quackulator" for "caclulator" and so on. Said mangling being one of the more funny things about Rugrats,

Re: bob

2002-12-18 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:03 2002-12-18 -0800, you wrote: One friend who loves the Dragonrider series and The Belgariad has resisted my Brin-pushing , so I've suggested The Wheel of Time series and just about anything by Patricia McKillip - The Riddlemaster series is a favorite. Addicted To Swords'n'Sorcery Maru :)

Re: bob

2002-12-18 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The second series is fantasy in SF trappings and > begins with _The > Warlock In Spite Of Himself_. The "magic" is > explained, but not > entirely to my satisfaction; the "magic" is on one > planet in a universe > where humans have done a lot of co

Re: bob

2002-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > The second story mentioned is found in _Sacred > > Visions_, an anthology of > > Catholic-related SF. It's "The Pope of the Chimps" > > by Robert > > Silverberg. If you're interested in Catholicism in > > SF, _Sa

Re: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:28 AM Subject: Re: bob > "Horn, John" wrote: > > > > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > &g

Re: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > I think there was also a much more thoughtful > story in > > the same collection, about a captive community of > > (genetically enhanced?) chimpanzees: after the > death of a well-liked researcher, one of the chimps > > co

RE: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Horn, John
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > Do you mean by the Rugrats? ;-) > > No, I mean what Adam posted. The Church of the Subgenius has been > around longer than Rugrats. (Maybe it's a homage to CoSg?) Actually, I knew that. That's why I put in the smiley. I don't think R

Re: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bob Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:28:12 -0600 "Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > You know, that would be funnier

Re: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > > You know, that would be funnier if "Bob" as a religious figure hadn't > > already been taken. I'm reading the thing, and waiting for > > the "s

RE: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Horn, John
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > You know, that would be funnier if "Bob" as a religious figure hadn't > already been taken. I'm reading the thing, and waiting for > the "slack" > punchline, and it never comes. Highly irrit

Re: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=236 > > > > There are much better parodies and indictments out > there. A sci-fi short story from ~ 20 years ago (it > was in a collection of stories related to religion, > from the S

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > You know, that would be funnier if "Bob" as a religious figure hadn't > > already been taken. I'm reading the thing, and waiting for th

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread The Fool
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > > http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=236 > > You know, that would be funnier if "Bob" as a religious figure hadn't > already been taken. I'm reading the thing, and wa

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=236 You know, that would be funnier if "Bob" as a religious figure hadn't already been taken. I'm reading the thing, and waiting for the "slack" punchline, and it never comes. Highly irritating.

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=236 There are much better parodies and indictments out there. A sci-fi short story from ~ 20 years ago (it was in a collection of stories related to religion, from the SF Book Club, IIRC) has the omnipotent one fe

RE: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
> -Original Message- > From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: bob > > > >In a message dated 12/16/02 10:28:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes

RE: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 10:54 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: bob > > > >In a message dated 12/16/02 10:28:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > >[EMAIL P

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
In a message dated 12/16/02 10:28:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << weave >> Float like a butterfly? Sting like a bee! _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/16/02 10:28:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << weave >> Float like a butterfly? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
weave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

bob

2002-12-16 Thread The Fool
http://www.secweb.org/asset.asp?AssetID=236 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: chainmail is evil, why it must be bob

2002-12-07 Thread Ray Ludenia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (( > ))) > ((( > ))) > > very bad chainmail But a good eye-warper. %> Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: chainmail is evil, why it must be bob

2002-12-06 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/6/02 1:57:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Bobs? I can visualize what the rest were, but I'm not sure what bobs are. >> Chainmail is formed by putting one link through four other links. A single 5 link unit was called a