Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Robert Seeberger wrote:
You gotta read this!
This is great!
First some background:
The Culture list had been receiving spam from
Nigeria, typical stuff wanting
money, promising riches, normal net aggrivations.
Apparently Nigerian scams are on peoples
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 13:32:47 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I think remote, not rural is where the break even is. From
http://www.go-solar.com/Pvinsolation.html
I got the average sun hours as 4.8/day. If you factor in the fact that the
cells rarely operate at peak efficiency, you are talking close to
On Mon, 28 Oct 2002 22:01:58 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
I've been enjoying reading this thread. I have a comment or three, and
a question (and the question is something I could probably look up, but
I figure someone knows the answer)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, 27 Oct 2002 23:42:23
At 10:53 PM 10/28/02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[I quoted:]
In households where they were exposed five
years or more, cats had more than triple the risk.
In a two-smoker household, the risk went up by a
factor of four.
Cats ignore whoever they want to, whenever
considering the telecommunications company for which I
work had pretty big layoffs yesterday (25% of the
workforce got axed). I found out late in the morning
that I was saved from being cut at the last minute,
although I did get demoted from a salaried position to
hourly.
This was upsetting at
I've now read all messages in this thread. One off, I can right away say
that the total thread makes me feel very queasy. It looks like a 'witch'
hunt is sweeping brin-l and everybody is dancing around the fire in a
kind of fever, very eager to get some one fried no matter the cost. For
people who
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
The only good Giorgis is a silent Giorgis
Wrong! We as a list extend the same curtesy to you as we do to John. We
tolerate everybodies opinion, even if we think it is far off. We are not into
shutting anybody up even if some people would like to do so very much. So even
- Original Message -
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 11:34 AM
Subject: Re: I'm just getting burned out.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Three nursing teachers killed at our University Medical Center. The
gunman
makes four.
Dan Minette wrote:
I thought this might be a good time to offer general parenting advise for
those list members who have small children. I've noticed three things from
my near quarter century of parenting.
1) The single most difficult task for parents to teach children is to
accept
- Original Message -
From: Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:49 AM
Subject: Well, I'm feeling pretty good, considering...
considering the telecommunications company for which I
work had pretty big layoffs yesterday (25% of the
In a message dated 10/29/2002 9:50:25 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Adam C. Lipscomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Looking to emulate the rat and cockroach as employment
survival models - is that so wrong?
Ask Archy. Though Freddy didn't last very long.
William Taylor
http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/science/20021029-_1m29smoke.html
Scripps scientists link chemical in tobacco with onset of diseases
By Bruce Lieberman UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER October 29, 2002 A
naturally present chemical in tobacco may contribute to the onset
There's Sheer Wizardry In Us Muggles
By Chris Mooney
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20034-2002Oct25.html
Enthusiastic praise of muggles.
Julia
hoping she gave enough info to go with the URL; *constructive* criticism
welcomed
At 21:00 28-10-2002 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
I am not suggesting we do that to Giorgis's posts. I am trying to get
the message across that he should clean up his act and stop misbehaving
on this list.
Wouldn't a dinging system be a step in accomplishing that? If his (or
anyone's) behavior
IRAQ: Blix Calls For Tough Inspections Regime, Agrees
With U.S. Draft
UN WIRE
The chief U.N. weapons inspector told the Security
Council yesterday that the decision of waging war on
Iraq would be up to the council, not him. We've seen
sometimes stated that we hold peace and war in our
hands.
Dan wrote:
That all sounds reasonable. And demotions in the
presence of massive layoffs means that the company is
working hard to keep you because they think you are
valuable.
And people say bootlicking and toadyism don't pay
off.
Are you positive its not that you've demonstrated your
worth?
At 15:36 28-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Moderation on a list means that when someone sends a message, that
message is first read by a moderator, who will then decide whether or
not that message will be sent on to the actual list.
So, dinging is not moderation according to your
I'm trying to find out what the problem is: I just got
Sonja's post on this, but Jim's was already in my
inbox before lunch, so clearly others received it in
timely fashion.
We have a T1 line at the office; emails from my
Hotmail to Yahoo accounts and vice versa take no more
than moments - 5
At 18:02 29-10-2002 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Out of context from exchange between Debbi and Nick:
Debbi:
I must once again respectfully disagree. Anonymous dings, no matter the
value they are given, go against the idea of transparency. If someone
dings me, I want to know who
At 13:03 29-10-2002 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Jeroen can be difficult at times, and yes he bugs me sometimes as I do
him, I'm sure,
OH YES! GRIN
Jeroen Where's the bug spray? van Baardwijk
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--- J. van Baardwijk wrote:
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Out of context from exchange between Debbi and
Nick:
Debbi:
I must once again respectfully disagree.
Anonymous dings, no matter the
value they are given, go against the idea of
transparency. If someone
dings me, I
At 13:27 29-10-2002 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
And after further consideration, I have to agree with Erik that
anonymous dinging should be severely penalized.
Excellent idea. So, what type of penalty did you have in mind for those
anonymous dingers? Hanging? Beheading? Bullet through the
De : Deborah Harrell [mailto:harrellmedleg;yahoo.com]
And after further consideration, I have to agree with
Erik that anonymous dinging should be severely
penalized. If allowed at all. And you ought to try
talking it out offlist first [*politely*], as somebody
has already suggested.
I
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Question for everyone
At 15:36 28-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
So, dinging is not moderation according to your definition. Why did you
call
De : Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet;houston.rr.com]
I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability of data and the
certainty of observation with someone who has degrees both in science and
philosophy. You risk being subjected to a L8 post on the minutia of the
philosophy of
At 15:43 29-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Posted by you on 10/27 at 2:12 AM CDT, according to my computer.
Yeah, well, that is what your computer says. But your computer is a M$
Windows machine; how much do you trust Bill's Evil Empire? GRIN
I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [mailto:jean-louis.couturier;ixiasoft.com]
De : Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet;houston.rr.com]
I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability
of data and the
certainty of observation with someone who has degrees both
in science and
In a message dated 10/29/2002 2:44:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
L8 post on the minutia of the
philosophy of science. grin
Ooh! I want to read this. I hereby bandy the reliability of data and the
certainty of observation!!
L8? How can one read a post
From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:j.vanbaardwijk;chello.nl]
I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability of
data and the
certainty of observation
with someone who has degrees both in science and philosophy.
Hey, are you threatening me? :-)
Yes, but is it an American or a
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Question for everyone
At 15:43 29-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Posted by you on 10/27 at 2:12 AM CDT, according to my computer.
Yeah,
At 17:02 29-10-2002 -0500, William Taylor wrote:
L8? How can one read a post that's late and hasn't arrived yet?
By travelling through time, of course.
Jeroen Simple question, simple answer van Baardwijk
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 10/29/2002 2:44:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
L8 post on the minutia of the
philosophy of science. grin
Ooh! I want to read this. I hereby bandy the reliability of data and the
certainty of observation!!
Jean-Louis Couturier wrote:
De : Dan Minette [mailto:dsummersminet;houston.rr.com]
I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability of data and the
certainty of observation with someone who has degrees both in science and
philosophy. You risk being subjected to a L8 post on
Dan Minette wrote:
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:59 PM
Subject: Re: Question for everyone
At 15:43 29-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the
- Original Message -
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:14 PM
Subject: Sillier and sillier Re: Question for everyone
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 10/29/2002 2:44:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL
- Original Message -
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:16 PM
Subject: Re: Question for everyone
Julia
who read *every* *single* L3+ post from Dan on the subject so far, and
who will force herself to read this one, if it is
--- Julia wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'm trying to find out what the problem is: I just
got
Sonja's post on this, but Jim's was already in my
inbox before lunch, so clearly others received it
in timely fashion.
We have a T1 line at the office; emails from my
Hotmail to Yahoo
At 16:15 29-10-2002 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
with someone who has degrees both in science and philosophy.
Hey, are you threatening me? :-)
Yea, and I'll insult you too. Yo mamma sews socks that smell.
Then either Heaven or Hell (or perhaps Purgatory) must be a rather smelly
place by
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No. Frex, a 2K post from William (13:25 EST)
'arrived' approx. 45-60 min after his 3K post of
13:41.
Ahem.
Post.
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--- J. van Baardwijk wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
And after further consideration, I have to agree
with Erik that
anonymous dinging should be severely penalized.
Excellent idea. So, what type of penalty did you
have in mind for those
anonymous dingers? Hanging? Beheading? Bullet
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:26 PM
Subject: Re: Question for everyone
Then either Heaven or Hell (or perhaps Purgatory) must be a rather smelly
place by now. GRIN
Well, actually, it was a
--- Dan Minette wrote:
[Julia and Jean-Louis and William wrote:]
L8 post on the minutia of the
philosophy of science. grin
Ooh! I want to read this. I hereby bandy the
reliability of data and the
certainty of observation!!
L8? How can one read a post that's late and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
No. Frex, a 2K post from William (13:25 EST)
'arrived' approx. 45-60 min after his 3K post of
13:41.
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Julia
dodging the projectiles sure to follow *that* one
- Original Message -
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Sillier and sillier Re: Question for everyone
--- Dan Minette wrote:
[Julia and Jean-Louis and William wrote:]
L8 post on the minutia of the
Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Julia wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'm trying to find out what the problem is: I just
got
Sonja's post on this, but Jim's was already in my
inbox before lunch, so clearly others received it
in timely fashion.
We have a T1 line at the office;
In a message dated 10/29/2002 3:51:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
if William is a
witch (well, I suppose he'd really be a warlock), and
he _has_ been chanting on-line.
Ohwa Tagoo Thialand.
Vilyehm
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In a message dated 10/29/2002 3:51:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Julia
dodging the projectiles sure to follow *that* one
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
Vilyehm
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Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
considering the telecommunications company for which I
work had pretty big layoffs yesterday (25% of the
workforce got axed).
Lucky bastards [*]. Here the telecomm companies don't
layoff, they keep the employees with near-zero wages until
they despair and quit - this
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Post.
Julia replied:
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Julia
dodging the projectiles sure to follow *that* one
checks windspeed and barometric pressure
makes some calculations
pushes launch button
Hey Julia,
INCOMING!!!
Reggie Bautista
VFP :-)
Dan wrote:
I'll warn you once. Never ever bandy the the reliability of data and the
certainty of observation with someone who has degrees both in science and
philosophy. You risk being subjected to a L8 post on the minutia of the
philosophy of science. grin
Sounds like fun. When can we
Debbi wrote:
And after further consideration, I have to agree with
Erik that anonymous dinging should be severely
penalized. If allowed at all. And you ought to try
talking it out offlist first [*politely*], as somebody
has already suggested.
Somehow, the thought of anonymous dinging had
Jean-Louis replied:
I suggest drinking Halloween floats :
1 part blond beer (eg. lager) with orange coloring
1 part Guinness which should float on the lager!
Irish bars here in KC (and presumably elsewhere) call this either a
half-and-half (if the bottom half is Harp) or a Black and Tan (if
http://kevan.org/brain.cgi?xponent%20
MMM!!
Yummy brains
xponent
Dinnertime Maru
rob
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In a message dated 10/29/2002 4:33:56 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lucky bastards [*]
[*] movie reference :-)
Waking Ned Divine.
Wadda I win?
William Taylor
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Jim Sharkey wrote:
BUT I'm really absolutely totally completely sick and tired of
people telling me what an 'ignorant fool', 'arrogant basterd'
or 'fucking son of a bitch' etc my husband is.
Well, that's just plain messed up. The folks that have the
temerity to insult your
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
It's a Trix. Get an ax. :)
Jim Keeping the pop culture references a-coming Sharkey
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External combustion engines (steam engines/turbines) are already more
efficient than internal combustion engines, and what happened to the Stanley
Steamer?
--
William T Goodall
Well come on ;-) They couldn't go far, took hours to warm up, had to carry
both fuel and water, very dangerous in
Jim wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
It's a Trix. Get an ax. :)
Ah, get a Life.
Adam C. Lipscomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Silence. I am watching television. - Spider Jerusalem
At 06:02 PM 10/29/2002 +0100 Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
My opinion on listmail is that if you don't
like what somebody has to say, ignore it. People have a right to an
opinion, fortunatly others have just as much right to ignore it. Use
that right. Use filters, be it just mere mental or
Ok, this website is almost scary. At first it reads much like 'The Onion,
but then you realize that it is for real..
http://www.christianreporter.com/cgi/editorlite/print.cgi
My favorite headline:
Prayer Teams Deploy Against Buddhist Gathering
posted - 11 October, 2002
A 12-day Buddhist
Nick Arnett wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces;mccmedia.com]On
Behalf Of Doug
Sent: Sunday, October 27, 2002 9:42 PM
To: New Brin-l Address
Subject: Anonymous dings
I don't really like the idea of anonymous dings but if they are allowed
the
John D. Giorgis wrote:
SWING VOTES:
Ireland, Mexico, Guinea, Cameroon
Yes folks, the fate of the world may well rest in the hands of
Guinea or Cameroon, should Ireland or Mexico choose to abstain from
voting.
This kind of statement is an example of why some nations think the US is
Gary Nunn wrote:
Ok, this website is almost scary. At first it reads much like 'The
Onion,
but then you realize that it is for real..
http://www.christianreporter.com/cgi/editorlite/print.cgi
My favorite headline:
Prayer Teams Deploy Against Buddhist Gathering
posted - 11 October,
Doug wrote:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Jim wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
It's a Trix. Get an ax. :)
Ah, get a Life.
Jeeze, what a bunch of flakes.
Cheerio,
How lucky we all
Doug wrote:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Jim wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
It's a Trix. Get an ax. :)
Ah, get a Life.
Jeeze, what a bunch of flakes.
Nah, we're not flakes, we're Froot Loops.
Jim
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Doug wrote:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Jim wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
It's a Trix. Get an ax. :)
Ah, get a Life.
Jeeze, what a bunch of flakes.
Cheerio,
How
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
Aha! Borrowing a classic strategy from General Mills.
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Brin-L list pages ...
- Original Message -
From: Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 9:46 PM
Subject: Re: POST
Doug wrote:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Jim wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Steve Sloan II wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Naw, I'm holding it in Chex.
Aha! Borrowing a classic strategy from General Mills.
You must be thinking of Captain Crunch.
Doug
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Reggie Bautista wrote:
Somehow, the thought of anonymous dinging had never
entered my mind before this discussion started. Since
I first heard mention of dinging, I always assumed it
would be an open, transparent process. Personally,
I'd like to see the ding-er give an explanation to the
- Original Message -
From: Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 10:32 PM
Subject: Re: test
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Somehow, the thought of anonymous dinging had never
entered my mind before this discussion started. Since
I first
At 10:07 PM 10/29/2002 -0500 Jim Sharkey wrote:
John D. Giorgis wrote:
SWING VOTES:
Ireland, Mexico, Guinea, Cameroon
Yes folks, the fate of the world may well rest in the hands of
Guinea or Cameroon, should Ireland or Mexico choose to abstain from
voting.
This kind of statement is an
In a message dated 10/29/2002 8:07:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This kind of statement is an example of why some nations think the US is
arrogant. God forbid a pathetic backwater like Cameroon have any say in what
happens in the world. It's not like they live
In a message dated 10/29/2002 9:05:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Doug wrote:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Jim wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Naw, I'm holding it in
From: Ritu Ko [mailto:ritu;theculture.org]
Giorgis habitually uses personal attacks as a means to win
a discussion;
I am shocked to see that you think of that as something that
is not such a
big problem.
Are you usually so easily shocked?
As for what I said, well, personal
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 10/29/2002 9:05:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Doug wrote:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Jim wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahem.
Post.
Ehrum.
Kellogg's.
Naw, I'm
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces;mccmedia.com]On
Behalf Of Doug
Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 12:11 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: POST
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 10/29/2002 9:05:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces;mccmedia.com]On
Behalf Of Jim Sharkey
[snip]
Do we know if he intended for the dings to be anonymous? Anyone?
I know! At first, that was the thought, but that was because DB borrowed
the notion from live chat, where
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces;mccmedia.com]On
Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk
...
With some people, yes -- but not with Giorgis. Over the years, he
has been
talked to by several people about his behaviour, but he has never
shown any
signs of
In a message dated 10/29/2002 10:26:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Ahhh, Shredded Wheat, isn't that by POST Cereal?
Kellogg has Frosted Mini Wheats.
But there are too many people on the list getting frosted over other things.
William Taylor
Jim Sharkey wrote:
John D. Giorgis wrote:
SWING VOTES:
Ireland, Mexico, Guinea, Cameroon
Yes folks, the fate of the world may well rest in the hands of
Guinea or Cameroon, should Ireland or Mexico choose to abstain from
voting.
This kind of statement is an example of why some nations
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