RE: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread J . v . Baardwijk
-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 inaccurate. I am

RE: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread J . v . Baardwijk
-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 stated

RE: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
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

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jon Gabriel wrote: RTFA. Uncalled for. Please be civil. Jon Remember IAAMOAC Gabriel Maybe we could reach a compromise? Something like IAAFMOAFC? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Imagine His Surprise...

2002-11-13 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -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 I'm not

Re: japanimation

2002-11-13 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -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 work, but

Irony (was RE: Correcting a slight injustice)

2002-11-13 Thread Nick Arnett
-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

RE: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread J . v . Baardwijk
-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 stands for?

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Medievalbk
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.

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Julia Thompson
[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 Taylor

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Erik Reuter
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 Fucking

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Matt Grimaldi
[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 Taylor

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Matt Grimaldi
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 of curiosity, what do

Re: Imagine his surprise

2002-11-13 Thread Medievalbk
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

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread K. Feete
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 - Do not needlessly endanger your lives until I give you

Re: An interesting POV...

2002-11-13 Thread Matt Grimaldi
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, Nov. 13

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
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 usually

Re: Day the world turned on Iraq

2002-11-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
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 mostly

when ISP's / portals use Java spyware applets

2002-11-13 Thread The Fool
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8threadm=8d76ec03.020405 1524.793e809b%40posting.google.comrnum=17prev=/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 this

Re: when ISP's / portals use Java spyware applets

2002-11-13 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8threadm=8d76ec03.020405 1524.793e809b%40posting.google.comrnum=17prev=/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.

Re: when ISP's / portals use Java spyware applets

2002-11-13 Thread The Fool
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8threadm=8d76ec03.020405 1524.793e809b%40posting.google.comrnum=17prev=/groups%3Fq%3Dredsheriff%2 6start%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26selm%3D8d76ec03.0204051524.79

Contraception (Was: science Vs religion)

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
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 an

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- 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 government, if

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-13 Thread Russell Chapman
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).

Re: Colin Powell President

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- 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 to commit to a

Re: Contraception (Was: science Vs religion)

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- 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 for

Re: Irony (was RE: Correcting a slight injustice)

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip 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 - and

Re: Day the world turned on Iraq

2002-11-13 Thread Doug
Jon Gabriel wrote: Are the results good? Yes. Now _that's_ eminently debatable. Doug Not terse, and now not one line... 8^) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: depleted uranium

2002-11-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- 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 and

Re: Day the world turned on Iraq

2002-11-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
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

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Ronn Blankenship
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? splut Alberto, thank you for reminding me that it's a bad idea

Re: Correcting a slight injustice

2002-11-13 Thread Ronn Blankenship
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