> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Robert Seeberger [mailto:rceeberger@;houston.rr.com]
> Verzonden: woensdag 13 november 2002 3:06
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Correcting a slight injustice
> I have been given to know, by good authority, that this version of
> history is inaccurat
The Fool wrote:
>
>What kind of crack are you smoking?
>
Konqueror
Alberto Monteiro
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On
> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
> AFAIK, there was no approval from the list to kick him off, even though it
> has been stated repeatedly over the years that such approval is necessary.
On whose auth
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Nick Arnett [mailto:narnett@;mccmedia.com]
> Verzonden: woensdag 13 november 2002 13:53
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Correcting a slight injustice
> > AFAIK, there was no approval from the list to kick him off, even
> > though it has been stat
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Correcting a slight injustice
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 15:25:16 +0100
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Nick Arnett [mailto:narnett@;mccmedia.com]
> Verzonden: woensdag 13 november 2002 13:53
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Correcting a slight i
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
>> RTFA.
>
> Uncalled for. Please be civil.
>
> Jon "Remember IAAMOAC" Gabriel
>
Maybe we could reach a compromise? Something like
IAAFMOAFC?
Alberto Monteiro
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Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Jon Gabriel wrote:
> >
> >> RTFA.
> >
> > Uncalled for. Please be civil.
> >
> > Jon "Remember IAAMOAC" Gabriel
> >
> Maybe we could reach a compromise? Something like
> IAAFMOAFC?
Alberto, thank you for reminding me that it's a bad idea for me to drink
my morning t
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> > Van: Julia Thompson [mailto:julia@;zurg.net]
> > Verzonden: dinsdag 12 november 2002 19:40
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: Re: Imagine His Surprise...
>
> > I think the best ridiculous superhero power I've heard of (and
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> > -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> > Van: Hector Sosa [mailto:fastalanasa@;wheelmud.org]
> > Verzonden: woensdag 13 november 2002 2:06
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: Re: japanimation
>
> > Has anybody seen the new UltraMan? It airs before I get home from
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces@;mccmedia.com]On
> Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]
...
> > > AFAIK, there was no approval from the list to kick him off, even
> > > though it has been stated repeatedly over the years that such
> > > approval is necessary.
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Jon Gabriel [mailto:jonnrobin@;hotmail.com]
> Verzonden: woensdag 13 november 2002 16:11
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: Correcting a slight injustice
> >RTFA.
>
> Uncalled for. Please be civil.
Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA"
In a message dated 11/13/2002 9:11:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA" stands for? >>
For a poker player, it's "Raise the ante."
No idea what it means here.
William Taylor
I fold.
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In a message dated 11/13/2002 9:11:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> << Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA" stands for? >>
>
> For a poker player, it's "Raise the ante."
>
> No idea what it means here.
>
> William
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:09:32PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA" stands for?
RTFM usually means "Read The Fucking Manual" so in this context, where
Nick recently mentioned his archive of Brin-L is complete, it would seem
to mean, "Read The Fucki
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > In a message dated 11/13/2002 9:11:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >
> > << Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA" stands for? >>
> >
> > For a poker player, it's "Raise the ante."
> >
> > No idea what it means he
In a message dated 11/13/2002 8:59:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< What would you want instead of the Teletubbies song? >>
Tenser said the tensor.
Tenser said the tensor.
Tension apprehension and dissension have begun.
William Taylor
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A kill or
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> >From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Subject: Re: Correcting a slight injustice
> >Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 12:42:17 -0500
> >
> >On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 05:09:32PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > > Jon, out
In a message dated 11/13/2002 10:54:55 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Ah, another fan of the brilliant Alfred Bester!
>>
I have hope that there will be a one line mention of Alfred Bester in Dr.
Brin's next work on the alien snatched high school students. Something
At 12:42 13-11-2002 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
> Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA" stands for?
RTFM usually means "Read The Fucking Manual" so in this context, where
Nick recently mentioned his archive of Brin-L is complete, it would seem
to mean, "Read The Fucking Archive".
Ladie
Erik Reute wrote:
>RTFM usually means "Read The Fucking Manual"
There's one of those? Why haven't I got a copy?
>it would seem
>to mean, "Read The Fucking Archive".
This, on the other hand, I don't even want to *see*
Kat Feete
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giv
Is Foggy Bottom losing faith in Europe?
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y20312172
By Martin Walker
UPI Chief International Correspondent
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 (UPI) -- "You want to know what I
really think of the Europeans?" asked the senior State
Department official. "I think they have been wrong on
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote:
>
> Is Foggy Bottom losing faith in Europe?
>
> http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y20312172
>
Beware, this article tries to skirt the
edge between journalism and propaganda,
rather poorly, imho.
> By Martin Walker
> UPI Chief International Correspondent
>
> WASHINGTON, N
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Correcting a slight injustice
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 21:19:29 +0100
At 12:42 13-11-2002 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
> Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA" stands for?
RTFM usual
At 18:21 13-11-2002 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Jon, out of curiosity, what do you think "RTFA" stands for?
RTFM usually means "Read The Fucking Manual" so in this context, where
Nick recently mentioned his archive of Brin-L is complete, it would
seem to mean, "Read The Fucking Archive".
Ladie
From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Day the world turned on Iraq
Date: Sat, 09 Nov 2002 15:11:42 -0500
At 01:17 PM 11/9/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
>> Personally, I thought it was Colin Powell who is the master. Bush is
>>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=8d76ec03.020405
1524.793e809b%40posting.google.com&rnum=17&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dredsheriff%2
6start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D8d76ec03.0204051524.79
3e809b%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D17
Long link.
The BBC is using th
The Fool wrote:
>
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=8d76ec03.020405
> 1524.793e809b%40posting.google.com&rnum=17&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dredsheriff%2
> 6start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D8d76ec03.0204051524.79
> 3e809b%2540posting.google.com%26rnum%3D17
>
>
> From: The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&threadm=8d76ec03.020405
>
1524.793e809b%40posting.google.com&rnum=17&prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dredsheriff%2
>
6start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D8d76ec03.0204051524.79
> 3e809b%2540posting.google
>From the webpage FAQ:
4. You say you like to keep several projects going at once. What's on the
back burner?
Also in the works, a "Heinleinian" book, a fun story in the tradition of
Tunnel in the Sky in which aliens kidnap 3,000 kids from a Californian high
school. So far, it's a real blast.
I followed this thread to present, so I borrowed from
a couple of posts.
--- "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Well, Natural Family Planning is nearly as effective
> as the pill, and
> you'll have about a 75% chance of being able to have
> sex on your wedding
> night so there is a
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Matt Grimaldi wrote:
> >
> >>> Any chance of that? I think the anti-military
> >>> meme is so strong that he would have no votes.
> >
> > You either have bad information or the wrong
> meme-set,
> > Alberto. A military take-over of the
K. Feete wrote:
> >it would seem
> >to mean, "Read The Fucking Archive".
>
> This, on the other hand, I don't even want to *see*
>
What, you're not interested in hot, sci-fi nerd porn? ;)
Jim
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In a message dated 11/13/2002 6:52:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< hot, sci-fi nerd porn? >>
The six armed nude woman has a built in breast pocket protector?
William Taylor
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Deborah Harrell wrote:
Had either Colin Powell or John McCain been the
Republican candidate for President in the last
election, I would have voted for him; being
ex-military makes a person more likely to understand
what it means to commit to a war (and less likely to
run headlong into one).
But
--- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you heard of that new contraceptive patch? I
> saw a commercial for
> it, but I can't remember the name. I haven't seen
> any studies about effectiveness or side effects.
Alora.
A Medline search gave 3 hits. One has no abstract.
Another is actuall
Deborah Harrell wrote:
In the single-check group, there was a total
of 13 unintended pregnancies at the end of the first
12 cycles of study participation, giving an unintended
pregnancy rate of 8.5% (SE 2.52%), a drop-out rate for
difficulties or dissatisfaction of 3.0% (SE 1.76%) and
a lost-to-f
Thanks for the information. I think Ortho Evra was the name they used on
the TV commercial I saw. The main point of the commercial seemed to be
all the places you could stick the patch (basically anywhere).
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 06:19:14PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> The Dec 2001 article abs
Russell Chapman wrote:
>
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> >Had either Colin Powell or John McCain been the
> >Republican candidate for President in the last
> >election, I would have voted for him; being
> >ex-military makes a person more likely to understand
> >what it means to commit to a war (and
On Wed, Nov 13, 2002 at 08:28:05PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> Do you have a cite for that statistic? I find it hard to believe. I
> think the percentage of the population of the US that knew who Colin
> Powell was was greater than 50%. But I could be wrong.
I agree. He was all over the TV
--- Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> >Had either Colin Powell or John McCain been the
> >Republican candidate for President in the last
> >election, I would have voted for him; being
> >ex-military makes a person more likely to
> understand
> >what it means t
--- Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> >In the single-check group, there was a total
> >of 13 unintended pregnancies at the end of the
> first
> >12 cycles of study participation, giving an
> unintended
> >pregnancy rate of 8.5% (SE 2.52%), a drop-out rate
> fo
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Passive voice does not identify the
> origin of the statement,
> so you were failing to identify the authority behind
> your own argument, even
> as you asked others to identify the "authorities"
> behind the thing with...
Speaking strictly for myself
Russell Chapman wrote:
>
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> >In the single-check group, there was a total
> >of 13 unintended pregnancies at the end of the first
> >12 cycles of study participation, giving an unintended
> >pregnancy rate of 8.5% (SE 2.52%), a drop-out rate for
> >difficulties or dissat
Russell Chapman wrote:
> Hell, half the population of the USA hadn't even heard of
> Colin Powell pre 9/11.
Colin Powell was about as well-known as any public figure,
from his service as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during
the Gulf War. There were three big names that were constantly
on the
Julia Thompson questioned:
Hell, half the population of the USA hadn't even heard of
Colin Powell pre 9/11.
Do you have a cite for that statistic? I find it hard to believe. I
think the percentage of the population of the US that knew who Colin
Powell was was greater than 50%. But I could b
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/95178_du12.shtml
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Russell Chapman wrote:
>
> Julia Thompson questioned:
>
> >>Hell, half the population of the USA hadn't even heard of
> >>Colin Powell pre 9/11.
> >>
> >
> >Do you have a cite for that statistic? I find it hard to believe. I
> >think the percentage of the population of the US that knew who Coli
Russell Chapman wrote:
And another only vaguely related question - regarding his colour -
would coming from a Jamaican family be seen as the same as coming
from, say, a Louisana African American family? I have no idea how West
Indian blacks are seen in the US.
I don't think it would make any
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Are the results good? Yes.
Now _that's_ eminently debatable.
Doug
Not terse, and now not one line...
8^)
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--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/95178_du12.shtml
This is just one more article that brings to mind the
Kingston Trio's 'Merry Minuet,' lyrics at:
http://ntl.matrix.com.br/pfilho/html/lyrics/m/merry_minuet.txt
"But we can be tranquil and thankful an
Doug answered:
And another only vaguely related question - regarding his colour -
would coming from a Jamaican family be seen as the same as coming
from, say, a Louisana African American family? I have no idea how
West Indian blacks are seen in the US.
I don't think it would make any differe
Deborah Harrell wrote:
his not running for the
presidency was a topic of conversation at the office -
but I don't have any numbers to back that up! :)
That would indicate I had entirely the wrong idea... Anytime someone NOT
running for office is raised, their profile has reached a critical m
From: Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Day the world turned on Iraq
Date: Wed, 13 Nov 2002 19:30:41 -0800
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Are the results good? Yes.
Now _that's_ eminently debatable.
Doug
I wasn't clear, sorry. I was referring to
At 09:25 AM 11/13/02, Julia Thompson wrote:
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> Jon Gabriel wrote:
> >
> >> RTFA.
> >
> > Uncalled for. Please be civil.
> >
> > Jon "Remember IAAMOAC" Gabriel
> >
> Maybe we could reach a compromise? Something like
> IAAFMOAFC?
Alberto, thank you for reminding me that
At 11:19 AM 11/13/02, William Taylor wrote:
In a message dated 11/13/2002 8:59:47 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< What would you want instead of the Teletubbies song? >>
Tenser said the tensor.
The lamp or the mathematical entity?
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I
At 11:32 AM 11/13/02, Julia Thompson wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
>
>
>
> I fold.
I spindle.
Isn't anyone going to mutilate?
--Ronn! :)
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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At 07:36 PM 11/13/02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
For poor/developing nations, where the ability to use
a more complex method (ovulation or symptothermal) is
more limited, a simple method that requires a woman to
have regular cycle of 26-32 days and abstain from sex
for 11 days of her cycle is availa
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You Are a Suspect
By WILLIAM SAFIRE
WASHINGTON If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before passage,
here is what will happen to you:
Every purchase you make with a credit card,
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