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The Clan of the Gubru
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Kooyio KOO-eeooOO sound number 2
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Am I reading this right? This guy works up to 80 hr a week and *still* has
time to read a ton of books, watch games and movies, worry about being
single in NY, and write such long and elaborate emails from the office at
9.30 pm???
flabbergasted and getting *nothing* done on her fortnightly
From: http://www.msnbc.com/news/834647.asp?cp1=1
Amazing new view of the sun
Most detailed ever photos reveal dark heart of sunspots
By Robert Roy Britt
SPACE.COM
Nov. 13 The most detailed pictures ever taken of the sun reveal the
insides of striking snake-like filaments that reach from
http://www.space.com/spacewatch/leonids_tips_021107-1.html
Excerpt (It's a long article!):
10 Tips to Maximize Your View of the Leonid Meteor Shower
By Robert Roy Britt
Senior Science Writer
posted: 07:00 am ET
07 November 2002
Robert Lunsford is almost guaranteed to see two predicted bursts of
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 12:26:51PM +0100, Ticia Luengo wrote:
Am I reading this right? This guy works up to 80 hr a week and *still*
has time to read a ton of books, watch games and movies, worry about
being single in NY, and write such long and elaborate emails from the
office at 9.30 pm???
In a message dated 11/12/2002 1:38:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I think the best ridiculous superhero power I've heard of (and I'm not
quite sure who came up with this one) is the ability to change someone
else's internal soundtrack. So if you get stuck on, say, a David
At 08:08 15-11-2002 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
If you sleep 8 hours per 24 hour period, then you have 112 waking
hours per week. If you work 80 hours per week, that leaves 32 hours of
non-work time per week. If you think about it, you can do a lot in 32
hours.
Non-work time is not the same as
Ticia Luengo wrote:
Am I reading this right? This guy works up to 80 hr a week and *still* has
time to read a ton of books, watch games and movies, worry about being
single in NY, and write such long and elaborate emails from the office at
9.30 pm???
flabbergasted and getting *nothing*
Earth is in Galaxy Two.
Galaxy Two is the new name for the lost and then refound Galaxy Seven.
Galaxy Seven was not part of the Galactic Civilization from 150 million
years ago to 41 million years ago.
The age of the dinosaurs on Earth started 205 million years ago, after
the first Gronin
--- Ticia Luengo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am I reading this right? This guy works up to 80 hr
a week and *still* has
time to read a ton of books, watch games and movies,
worry about being
single in NY, and write such long and elaborate
emails from the office at
9.30 pm???
In a message dated 11/12/2002 1:38:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, Dr. Zim
writes:
I think the best ridiculous superhero power I've heard of (and I'm not
quite sure who came up with this one) is the ability to change someone
else's internal soundtrack. So if you get stuck on, say, a David Lee
Roth
At 07:14 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
That adds up to 67.5 hours at the office
That just cannot be healthy. Ther are people in this country too that have
a schedule not unlike yours -- but those are the kind of people who have an
ulcer by the time they turn 40, and have an heart
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002//web-science-11-13-02.asp
More sites targeted for shutdown
BY William Matthews Nov. 13, 2002
Having persuaded the Energy Department to pull the plug on PubScience, a
Web site that offered free access to scientific and technical articles,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If our good Dr. Brin is ever going explore these
possibilities, we'll just have to wait for the Siqul.
William Taylor
--
Gillian wondered about the dinosaurs possibly being galactic
citizens, or being uplifted in _Startide Rising_. Of
In a message dated 11/15/02 8:54:51 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
If our good Dr. Brin is ever going explore these
possibilities, we'll just have to wait for the Siqul.
William Taylor
--
Gillian wondered about the dinosaurs possibly
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a
year, right? I thought
that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that
I know that, I guess
I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees
:-)
Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I am the lowest of the low here...
Gautam
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 07:14 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
I don't get overtime, Jeroen, so that doesn't help much :-)
Wow, your salary is *that* high? It is pretty much standard over here that
in certain jobs (typically in higher management) you do not get paid
overtime,
Well, having been on both sides, the one where I did 70+ hours a week and the
one being a housewife with my own schedule, I can safely say, that the busier
you are, the more you get done.
Somehow you become very good at doing things on the run, increasing efficiency,
matching scedules, fitting
At 09:58 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I
thought that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know
that, I guess I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-)
Well, I am the lowest of the low here...
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/15/offbeat.malta.fresco/index.html
Maybe Disney *doesn't* hold the copyright to Mickey Mouse, after all...
- jmh
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--- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
(Of course, that means her husband must also
abstain from sex for 11 of
~30 days - I'm not sure how realistic that is.):
If they've been married for more than a couple
years, and/or if they already have
some kids, its *very,
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 09:58 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I
thought that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know
that, I guess I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-)
Well,
At 11:59 15-11-2002 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
More that women, generally speaking, have less 'drive' than men, and so -
biologically speaking - have less difficulty with abstinence (although
most women do have several days of their cycle where their drive may
match/exceed the average
Hey, Julia, pt ... don't tell Jeroen but I've got a recipe for chocolate
no bake cheesecake. Is that OK with you? (Haven't got a clue as to what Oreo
is.) But I've got a recipe that is dead easy to make.
Filling: Use good quality whipped wip cream (maybe add something to keep it
stable, dr.
At 18:08 09-11-2002 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
Bathroom humor is an American-Standard.
Speaking of bathroom humour:
http://www.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/11/14/offbeat.sweden.toilet.reut/index.html
Customer: Fast-food, toilets don't mix
Toilet humor
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Reuters) -- A
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/11/14/seahorses.protect.reut/index.html
Excerpt:
Tiny sea horses given protected status
Thursday, November 14, 2002 Posted: 1:19 PM EST (1819 GMT)
SANTIAGO, Chile (Reuters) -- The tiny sea horse briefly stole the spotlight
at a U.N. meeting in Chile this
William Taylor wrote:
And we all have to wait at least a year for the next Uplift story. And then
another two years after that for another.
I've seen messages on sf.written stating that Orson Scott Card is milking
his Ender series. I've never seen the same said for Uplift.
The real problem
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
Each person in the US is governed at both the state and federal level.
Lucky Bastards :-)
In Brazil, we are g*verned at federal, state and municipal
[the polis, or city] level. Which means that things that must
be done aren't, and taxes are
Erik Rueter wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I thought
that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know that, I guess
I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-)
Ye gods, but that is an obscene amount of money.
Brings up a point of
Well, I could send an email to their site, but I'd probably look more like a
terrorist than an author.
And we do have a fairly local list member.
How is the Washington Cathedral heated? Are there floor vents or any wall
vents?
Is there any interior sculpture, and is it floor level or also
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:Medievalbk;aol.com]
Yup. I did not retain that. I was still tripping out that I
had read through
all three novels and didn't catch all of the Lord of the
Rings references
until the second time through.
Lord of the Rings references?
- jmh
Erik Rueter wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a
year, right? I thought
that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that
I know that, I guess
I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees
:-)
Ye gods, but that is an obscene amount of money.
Brings up a
In a message dated 11/15/2002 2:19:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Lord of the Rings references?
Oh my oh my oh my.
The easiest one is where Herbie is offered to the Old Ones and they reply,
Do not temp us!
The Ur are specifically named for the Urukhai. This
In a message dated 11/15/2002 2:22:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I've seen messages on sf.written stating that Orson Scott Card is
milking
his Ender series. I've never seen the same said for Uplift.
The real problem is: does He want to spend the rest of His
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
You don't get overtime for almost any profession in
the US, so far as I know. My parents (a physicist
and an engineer) don't either.
When I was doing locum tenens (sort of a Kelly Girl
doctor, i.e. via an agency) I did get overtime for
hours
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 5:15 PM
Subject: Re: Colin Powell President
Kevin T.
*Would he win the state races, the primaries? I don't think even at state
levels there would be too much obvious racism.
A lot of jobs are salaried and not hourly. I don't know how it is
across the board, but in Texas, to have a salaried job, it needs to be
either managerial or require a degree (or special skills equivalent to
having a degree); I think there's one other criteria that could be met
instead, but I
So, you thought Windows has more security glitches than Open Source and
Linux? The Aberdeen Group thinks differently.
Open Source and Linux: 2002 Poster Children for Security Problems
November 12, 2002
Open source software is now the major source of elevated security
vulnerabilities for IT
K. Feete wrote:
but practically I think the going wage
for a trained herdsman is 15-20k.
Er, is that not a lot?
Kat Money? What's that? Feete
It really depends on where and how you live,
but around here, that will get you an
apartment (with roomates), a used car, and
enough finances
To compensate they gave me extra time off, illegal at that time, then a
few weeks later made me salaried.
Kevin T.
Duh. I meant hourly.
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Kevin T.
*Would he win the state races, the primaries? I don't think even at state
levels there would be too much obvious racism. Unfortunately race is an
issue in the backs of people's minds. A small percentage of the populous,
and even less of eligible voters but still there. But I think
- Original Message -
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: Colin Powell President
Kevin T.
*Would he win the state races, the primaries? I don't think even at
state
levels there would be too much obvious
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I could send an email to their site, but I'd probably look more like a
terrorist than an author.
And we do have a fairly local list member.
I can maybe do you one better. If I were to forward the e-mail to
someone who went to the school at National
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, I could send an email to their site, but I'd probably look more like a
terrorist than an author.
And we do have a fairly local list member.
How is the Washington Cathedral heated? Are there floor vents or any wall
vents?
Is there any interior
In a message dated 11/15/2002 5:31:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And we do have a fairly local list member.
I can maybe do you one better. If I were to forward the e-mail to
someone who went to the school at National Cathedral in the late
1940s-early
William Taylor wrote:
The Ur are specifically named for the Urukhai.
In which sense? There are two ways we can take this; I imagine
that the naming of Alien species - if this eventually happens with
Humanity - would borrow names from sf and fantasy. But the
Urs, as non-hostile to Humans, would
William Taylor wrote:
(1) lease some stories, with only a benighted guidance [to keep
consistency with His hidden agenda]
--already done with Contacting Aliens, I think. You're in the credits on page
187. What was your part in the greater scheme of things?
I could tell you. But then I
In a message dated 11/15/2002 6:03:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
The Ur are specifically named for the Urukhai.
In which sense?
Strong runners and swift on the plains. The one Ur
tribe that did capturing--I don't have the name handy
At 06:50 AM 11/15/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 12:26 15-11-2002 +0100, Ticia Luengo wrote:
Am I reading this right? This guy works up to 80 hr a week and *still*
has time to read a ton of books, watch games and movies, worry about
being single in NY, and write such long and elaborate emails
At 05:19 PM 11/15/02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
When I was a resident, we calculated our hourly rate
and found it was something between $2-5/hr, depending
on how many hours we worked that week, so we *were*
paid less than the janitors!
I dunno how much the custodial personnel at school get paid,
At 04:56 PM 11/15/02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
You don't get overtime for almost any profession in
the US, so far as I know. My parents (a physicist
and an engineer) don't either.
When I was doing locum tenens (sort of a Kelly Girl
doctor, i.e.
On Fri, Nov 15, 2002 at 09:30:31PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
wrote:
(Haven't got a clue as to what Oreo is.)
Oh, the horrors, the horrors!
--
Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/
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In a message dated 11/15/2002 8:39:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
wrote:
(Haven't got a clue as to what Oreo is.)
Oh, the horrors, the horrors!
A packed up lips cow.
So that's how Marlin Brando got so big.
William Taylor
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
I'm lucky to have a job. The
market just _sucks_.
Yes, I feel lucky that my wife and I both have relatively secure jobs.
Let's see, the postseason, and the regular season too
:-) I was very disappointed when Oakland lost, of
course. It was, I think, symptomatic of
So it looks as if there's hope for fans.
J
http://www.farscape.com/news/index.html
Farscape is a flagship show for The Jim Henson Company. We are proud of its
achievements over the past four years, which have included international
critical recognition, three Saturn Awards, and a recent Emmy
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Haven't got a clue as to what Oreo is.
Oreos are a brand of round chocolate sandwich cookies with
white creamy stuff (mostly lard, I think) in the middle.
Hydrox is another brand that makes a similar kind of cookie.
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1101021118-388992,00.html
?cnn=yes
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