Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:35 AM 2/8/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: I have used mass transit here in Houston. It is expensive and a bit difficult. You cant go anyplace you want in a reasonable amount of time. I have had 2 1/2 hour commutes one way that cost 4 or 5 dollars. That is quite a bit more expensive than

Re: Wooden Wagon Wheels [ was Re: All Government Agencies Lie Someof the Time....]

2003-02-09 Thread Richard Baker
Rob said: Unpaid Editorial Maru Here's another unpaid editorial I wrote last night: http://www.theculture.org/rich/sharpblue/archives/20.html Rich GCU A Vision For Space ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-02-09 Thread Ticia
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: On a final note, one of my closest, highly specific and discerning friends finally went looking online last fall, and after only 10 minutes at a christian dating site she found her man (who ironically is someone I knew through work). They're getting married next

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:30 8-2-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: At 09:22 AM 2/8/2003 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: JDG - Anybody enjoy getting the image of Jeroen making love on a daily basis, Maru? Very cheap shot and rather insensitive and hurtfull. :o( Also non of your *beep* business. Sorry, there is

Re: Attn: JDG and JVB

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 07:45 8-2-2003 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: I'm still pretty darn cruddy, but it's nonetheless obvious that you two are baiting each other. Cool it now, please. And nobody cares who started it. Although I see no reason you can't participate in the same threads, you'll contribute a lot to peace

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:41 9-2-2003 +0900, George Akin wrote: I just had another thought (I know, note the date and time). What's wrong with the date and time? Your post was sent at 13:41 +0900, so that would be 22:41 hours local time for you, right? Nothing strange about posting around that time of night.

RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 22:46 8-2-2003 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Jeroen wrote, to Nick: List managers? Plural? I don't recall fighting Julia, only you. Threatening to sue Julia for a million dollars isn't fighting Julia? Did I do that? Could you please quote that post then? I don't remember threatening

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 14:15 9-2-2003 +0900, George Akin wrote: I've read that Delphi is really visual Pascal. Is that true? It's more that just visual Pascal, but when you get to the point where you have to do some actual coding yourself (rather than let Delphi do it for you), you'll find that Pascal is still

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 05:21 9-2-2003 +, Andy Crystall wrote: As a note, you can't boot NT off a floppy anyway. Not entirely true. NT lets you create emergency disks, which you can use to boot if you can't boot from harddisk anymore. Haven't had any reason to use them so far, though. (Yeah, I know, making

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
Today's edition is probably gonna end up printed, and posted on every wall. :-) http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030209 Jeroen It's a dirty job but someone has to do it van Baardwijk _ Wonderful-World-of-Brin

RE: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 02:12 9-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Woah did America get attacked by Germany and I missed it? We were attacked by Japan. However, Japan was on the same side as Germany. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, AFAIK there weren't any US troops in Europe, fighting the Germans. If Japan

Re: Scouted: healthy chiles

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:52:17PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: The Supreme is popular and well as the one (I forget the name) with the same amount of meat as on a medium sized cow (meat eaters or beef lovers). Close, Meat Lover's Koreans like corn on pizza as well. Interesting. I don't think

Re: Job Search Etiquette

2003-02-09 Thread Russell Chapman
Gary L. Nunn wrote: 1. After an interview (phone or in person) is it appropriate to send a thank you - either a hand written card or an email. Since I am looking for jobs in the IT field, I tend to favor email. Some sources say the thank you is virtually mandatory and some sources say that it

Re: Fw: General question

2003-02-09 Thread Russell Chapman
Dan Minette wrote: ROTFLMAO. It was how many people here (besides Doug and myself) have children who are at least 16. It was a question I asked on Culture. I'm laughing at the thread creep, not you Kevin. :-) Huh? When was that asked. Is it too late to put up my hand? Cheers (in

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Richard Baker
Jon said: Woah did America get attacked by Germany and I missed it? We were attacked by Japan. We were *NOT* attacked by Germany. Despite this lack of German attacks, German U-boats managed to fire on the USN destroyers Kearney, Reuben James and DuPont in October 1941, damaging the first

France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
Can anyone send me cites of articles (from mainstream media sources) that give details about either France or Germany goverment or corporate transfer of technology to Iraq to aid their weapons development? I realized last night that I had seen several vague references to this sort of thing, but I

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 08:38:57AM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: Can anyone send me cites of articles (from mainstream media sources) that give details about either France or Germany goverment or corporate transfer of technology to Iraq to aid their weapons development? To clarify, I meant after

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Russell Chapman
J. van Baardwijk wrote: However, Japan was on the same side as Germany. Before the attack on Pearl Harbor, AFAIK there weren't any US troops in Europe, fighting the Germans. If Japan had not attacked Pearl Harbor, thus getting the US really involved in the war, would the US have done

Re: Fw: General question

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:13 AM Subject: Re: Fw: General question Dan Minette wrote: ROTFLMAO. It was how many people here (besides Doug and myself) have children who are at least 16. It was

Re: Fw: General question

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 09:29 9-2-2003 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: It was asked about 4 days ago _on Culture_ Brin-l's long lost twin. What, the List-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken is our long lost twin? I thought it was our Evil Step-brother, who was seduced by the temptations of the Dark Side. Jeroen Brin-L

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: Jose, I've started taping episodes to send to Julia (low-quality, 6 to a tape). (A friend had requested them, but she'll probably watch 'em all in 48 hours and get the tape back to me quickly.) Perhaps when Julia's done with each tape she would be willing to forward

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:13 4-2-2003 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote about _Babylon 5_ on DVD: Season 1 is on the piano. B5 on DVD -- *got* to have those! Pulls out only functioning Star Trek hand phaser, aims at Julia OK ma'am, just hand over those DVD's and nobody will get hurt! GRIN Jeroen Gimme gimme gimme

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 5:22 AM Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq At 10:30 8-2-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: At 09:22 AM 2/8/2003 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: JDG - Anybody enjoy getting

Iraq's Humanitarian Needs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
http://www.economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1567131 Iraq's humanitarian needs If things go badly... Feb 6th 2003 From The Economist print edition The set-up in Iraq renders its civilians particularly vulnerable in war MANY aspects of the war hanging over Iraq are

Re: Attn: JDG and JVB

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 5:33 AM Subject: Re: Attn: JDG and JVB At 07:45 8-2-2003 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: If you can't do that, how about if I fix each of you a nice, rare hamburger?

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: Woah did America get attacked by Germany and I missed it? We were attacked by Japan. We were *NOT* attacked by Germany. We had no need or reason to fight the Germans even then. We could easily have fought a one-front war with the Japanese and left the Germans to

Re: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 6:03 AM Subject: RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request At 22:46 8-2-2003 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Jeroen wrote, to Nick: List managers? Plural? I don't

RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-02-09 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jeroen wrote, to Nick: List managers? Plural? I don't recall fighting Julia, only you. I replied: Threatening to sue Julia for a million dollars isn't fighting Julia? Jeroen responded: Did I do that? Could you please quote that post then? I don't remember threatening Julia with a million

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 11:00 AM 2/9/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Pearl Harbor happened, war between the US and Japan was declared, and then Germany declared war on the US. Germany used their U-boats to disrupt US shipping on the Eastern Seaboard. At least, that's my understanding of events. Actually, Germany

Re: Fw: General question

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:29 AM Subject: Re: Fw: General question - Original Message - From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:13

Phasers Was Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-09 Thread Jim Sharkey
J. van Baardwijk wrote: Pulls out only functioning Star Trek hand phaser, aims at Julia It was fired only once, to prevent William Shatner from making another album. Jim Simpsons quotes Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most

Re: General question

2003-02-09 Thread Richard Baker
Rob said: It pretty much is if you subtract the Brin-L portion. Average age over there is around 27 - 28 IIRC. I think Claire did some relevant statistics a few years ago that showed that the average age on the Culture List was a bit older than me. I'm 28 now, so I'd guess that the average age

Re: Attn: JDG and JVB

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:48 9-2-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: If you can't do that, how about if I fix each of you a nice, rare hamburger? Could you make mine medium rare please, with onion rings and mushrooms on top, and some fresh salad on the side? Oh, and some french fries and a chocolate milkshake

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
J. van Baardwijk wrote: Study: Men who don't shave have less sex, more strokes Thursday, February 6, 2003 Posted: 2:13 PM EST (1913 GMT) Anything I could reply would be rude one way or the other. So I'll just shut up. grin But I'm sure Jeroen knows what I was going to say about this.;o)

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers! J. van Baardwijk wrote: Study: Men who don't shave have less sex, more strokes Thursday, February 6,

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: Can anyone send me cites of articles (from mainstream media sources) that give details about either France or Germany goverment or corporate transfer of technology to Iraq to aid their weapons development? I realized last night that I had seen several vague references to

Make Space Travel Boring Again

2003-02-09 Thread John D. Giorgis
Astronauts Why they shouldn't be heroes. By Chris Suellentrop Posted Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 1:17 PM PT If there's one good thing that can be said about tragedies, it's that they create heroes. In the past year and a half, catastrophe has refurbished the daring and adventurous careers

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Robert Seeberger wrote: John and Jeroen may be destined to be antagonists toward each other, but I think it is only fair that Sonja be excluded from the splatter of the food fight. Pbt, you just had to say that didn't you now I won't be able to look at any posts from John or Jeroen

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
John Garcia wrote: Do you have a link on that. The financial side of the war is the only thing I'm not able to find Didn't we have a resident expert on the WWs on this list? Hey, are you out there? Ask and you shall receive: Lend-lease was created in March 1941 because by that

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 4:41 AM Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq Dan Minette wrote: Let me get this straight. You are accusing Powell of fabricating evidence? Its all made up

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: The current storyline of the online comic strip User Friendly involves a tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030206 The beginning of this storyline is at:

The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Gary L. Nunn
When the Sci-Fi channel stated that they wanted to get away from the hard science fiction programming like Farscape (hence the cancellation) I was worried and disappointed. But after seeing the schedule for tonight, I am beginning to think that someone in charge of the Sci-Fi channel has a death

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: If Kirk really, totally and absolutely had to die, IMHO, he should've died on the bridge of his ship. And I think they shouldn't have killed that character off. For me, his death alienated a large sector of the fans, regardless of whatever antics Shatner does

Clinton Environmental Policy Sabotaged the Shuttle

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2003/2/4/174925 Thank fussy environmentalists from the Clinton administration for the substandard but politically correct foam that NASA thinks caused the Columbia disaster. NASA engineers have known for at least five years that insulating foam could

German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGASBSOGWBD.html The influence of foreign business can be seen across America, with consumers cheerfully buying Japanese cars, Korean TVs and clothing made in China. But many Americans aren't so happy about foreigners controlling their water supply. A recently

Military Developing 'loitering' and 'sleeping' Weapons

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAGMMIGWBD.html They loiter. They sleep. They hide. And when an enemy sticks his neck out, they kill. The Department of Defense is preparing new weapons that can loiter over a battlefield or sneak into enemy territory and sleep until an appropriate military target

Founding fathers, make room for the new guys

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=PREZ-POLL-02-06-03cat=AN Modern-era presidents like John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have eclipsed most of the denizens of Mount Rushmore in the hearts and minds of the American people. The traditional founding fathers like George

Ventura will host MSNBC TV show

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1384/3636601.html Move over Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews and Larry King, you've got company. I'm going to be hosting my own television show five nights a week on MSNBC, former Gov. Jesse Ventura told a national audience Wednesday. I don't know if they're ready

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: I'm willing to cover all charges if any kind soul, out there, would tape for me, or send me, episodes of the ENTERPRISE show. We can work out a deal. Email me privately to iron out the details. Over here the episodes are rentable. Maybe your local video rental

Re: Founding fathers, make room for the new guys

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:34:24PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: They don't know who the founding fathers were, except intellectually. As opposed to the people alive today who know them personally?? What an awful article, where do you get this stuff? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Lessons of Russia's Depopulation Disaster

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/6/164221 If Russia's sharply declining birth rate is any indication, depopulation, and not an overabundance of humans straining Earth's resources, is the real threat humanity faces. Russia, writes Dr. Herbert London, president of Hudson

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards would have more strokes. Sure Dan. we believe you. ;o) Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Founding fathers, make room for the new guys

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 1:39 PM Subject: Re: Founding fathers, make room for the new guys On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:34:24PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: They don't know who the founding fathers

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
John Garcia wrote: Cool! I vote for Earth. If it's Earth I'll join you. It's been far too long. Then again, my favourite still is Sundiver. Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
[Probobly should be Listref] http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/6/134558 The debt ceiling! The debt ceiling! Oh no! We're going to hit the debt ceiling! So what? We've hit the debt ceiling for dozens of years, and it doesn't stop us from increasing it. The interesting

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Reggie Bautista wrote: The current storyline of the online comic strip User Friendly involves a tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030206 The beginning of this storyline is at:

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Reggie Bautista
John Garcia wrote: Cool! I vote for Earth. Sonja replied: If it's Earth I'll join you. It's been far too long. Then again, my favourite still is Sundiver. I originally voted for Kiln People due to its newness, but I'd be happy to participate in a re-read and discussion of Earth as well.

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:55:55 -0500 When the Sci-Fi channel stated that they wanted to get away from the hard science fiction programming

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Reggie Bautista
Sonja wrote: GCU: I'll be OK once I had my habitual capuchino. MM... Capuccino... :-) Reggie Bautista (Recovering?) CapuAddict Maru _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE*

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
Not all Kirks died. There's still ex-Emperor Tiberius of the Mirror Universe Alberto Monteiro How often have I hoped against hope, that anyone in the Trek franchise pick up the alternate universe timeline in a decent fashion. It would be great to see what Tiberius would do, even if it would

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [EMAIL PROTECTED] Over here the episodes are rentable. Maybe your local video rental store (sp?) has them too? So far I haven't been tempted to get any of them. I'll wait for them to air on national tv only a couple more years down the road. Sonja

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 07:19:45PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2591351.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2584975.stm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2658625.stm

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel When the Sci-Fi channel stated that they wanted to get away from the hard science fiction

Americans Are Adored in Kosovo

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA79D4OTBD.html Reviled in Many Places Around the World, Americans Are Adored in Kosovo American flags flutter on peasants' homes. A couple grateful for U.S. help in ending Kosovo's war names a daughter in honor of Madeleine Albright. A six-story-high poster of

10,000 Rally Outside French Embassy

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA0LB0GTBD.html France Sends More Troops to Ivory Coast; 10,000 Rally Outside French Embassy France announced Wednesday it was strengthening its troops in Ivory Coast to more than 3,000 while thousands of government loyalists protested outside the French Embassy,

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs http://www.thememoryhole.org/corp/iraq-suppliers.htm

Re: Benford on space exploration

2003-02-09 Thread Bradford DeLong
On Brad's site... http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/archives/001554.html Discussion of the article on Slashdot: http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/02/07/2131241.shtml?tid=160 -- Hmmm. I didn't notice anything odd about my server yesterday... Maybe slashdotting is not what

RE: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 23:30 4-2-2003 +0100, I wrote: Damn! Damn! Damn! The RHL installation CD is a bootable disk -- at least, it was when I tried to install RHL on my private laptop. However, it somehow changed its mind when I tried to install RHL on the Tecra 8000 laptop. Now when I try to boot, I get the

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
Another awful article. Rob, your reputation is at stake here! How about some critical reading of articles before posting them? On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 02:10:31PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: The interesting thing is that the major media would have you believe that President Bush has caused

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 03:08:35PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.thememoryhole.org/corp/iraq-suppliers.htm That lists a bunch of company names with vague flags like nuclear weapons program, but gives no specific information about exactly WHAT they might have done, or WHEN.

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:07:08PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: And Bush's numbers don't include a possible war. Predictions are *NOT* reliable anyway, (and neither is my editing, apparently :-( -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: Benford on space exploration

2003-02-09 Thread Bradford DeLong
On Brad's site... http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/archives/001554.html Discussion of the article on Slashdot: http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/02/07/2131241.shtml?tid=160 -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Dan Minette wrote: Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards would have more strokes. Sure Dan. we believe you. ;o) No, really, he *does* have a beard! :) Julia ___

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Reggie Bautista wrote: The current storyline of the online comic strip User Friendly involves a tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030206 The beginning of

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary L. Nunn wrote: I remember way back in the beginning when the Sci-Fi channel showed uncut and commercial free versions of science fiction shows. But then again, I remember when MTV used to show music videos. :-) Now there's M2 for that. (At least, I *think* that's the name of the

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:12 PM Subject: Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers! Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Dan Minette wrote: Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:18:12PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: I've had it for around 29 years. :-) How selfish! Why don't you let someone else have it for a change! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? Another awful article. Rob, your reputation is at stake here! How about some critical reading of articles before posting

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:12 PM Subject: Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 03:08:35PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? On a related note, does anyone have suggestions for Liberal/Democrat News oriented websites? I pretty much have the

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: On a related note, does anyone have suggestions for Liberal/Democrat News oriented websites? I pretty much have the more polemic Conservatives covered and have quite a few Libertarian sites in mind, but cant find equivilent liberals sources that arent blogs. TIA

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:34 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? - Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09,

E. Coli humor

2003-02-09 Thread Nick Arnett
Been meaning to mention that there was something oddly familiar about being in a hospital having painful cramps in my stomach one day and an ultrasound of my abdomen the next... I told them at radiology that I'm hoping for twins. (Ultrasound receptionist: Got names picked out and everything?)

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:41 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? Robert Seeberger wrote: On a related note, does anyone have suggestions for Liberal/Democrat News oriented websites?

Iran Mines Uranium for Nuclear Plant

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20030209_214.html President Mohammad Khatami said on Sunday Iran had mined uranium for nuclear energy, and insisted its nuclear program was solely for civilian use, the official news agency IRNA said. The surprise announcement -- the first time an Iranian

Rumsfeld annoyed over secret plan on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030208-070617-2097r The United States is likely to reject a proposal France and Germany are crafting for beefed up U.N. arms inspections in Iraq, a plan being developed without consulting the United States, U.S. officials said Saturday. An annoyed U.S.

US and Britain give Saddam just 48 hours to leave Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$PW5D3KSZ4BB2DQFIQMGSFG GAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2003/02/09/wirq09.xmlsSheet=/news/2003/02/09/ixnewstop .htmlsecureRefresh=true_requestid=200235 Britain and America are drawing up plans to give Saddam Hussein as little as 48 hours to flee Baghdad

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:25:13PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: I'm beginning to wonder why this info is so hard to dig up. Yes, me too. I've been seeing vague references to it ever since the Iraqi weapons dossier came out last year, but very few details, and what few details I've seen don't

RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
A tally of books that have been suggested for review to date: Iain Banks: Against a Dark Background / (2 votes) Iain Banks: Consider Phlebas / (1 vote) Iain Banks: Excession / (1 vote) Greg Bear: Moving Mars / (1 vote) David Brin: Earth / (3 votes) David Brin: Kiln People / (1 vote) David Brin:

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jon Gabriel wrote: A tally of books that have been suggested for review to date: Can I offer two suggestions? What about _Atlas Shrugged_, or one of the Gor books? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 2/9/2003 5:47:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: one of the Gor books Chapter by chapter summary? Do you mean... Chapter one: Indroduction to crap. Chapter two: more crap. Chapter three: perverted crap. And so on... William Taylor

RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
You're really hooked on those Gor books, aren't ya? :) Jon Never Read 'Em Maru -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Chapter by Chapter

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:46 AM 2/9/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Sorry, but I am *sick* of the *.sig file.There's no need for that in polite company. And while we're at it, I am sick and tired of the meaningless LEGAL NOTICE . . . -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to

Re: E. Coli humor

2003-02-09 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:51 PM 2/9/2003 -0800, you wrote: Been meaning to mention that there was something oddly familiar about being in a hospital having painful cramps in my stomach one day and an ultrasound of my abdomen the next... I told them at radiology that I'm hoping for twins. (Ultrasound receptionist:

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:23 PM 2/9/2003 -0600, you wrote: Another awful article. Rob, your reputation is at stake here! How about some critical reading of articles before posting them? The point of posting that article was not to be informative, but to spur discussion. I felt like it was crap immediately, but

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:14 PM 2/9/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Reggie Bautista wrote: The current storyline of the online comic strip User Friendly involves a tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at:

Scouted: More from the Looney Bin

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
A Prophetic view of the Space Shuttle Disaster: The US has been flying high for many years but it is soon to be brought down, a falling star, the Columbia fell (Columbus is credited with discovering America). The joint mission lifted an Israeli up high with us, for the first time, probably

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:15 PM 2/9/2003 -0600, you wrote: Gary L. Nunn wrote: I remember way back in the beginning when the Sci-Fi channel showed uncut and commercial free versions of science fiction shows. But then again, I remember when MTV used to show music videos. :-) Now there's M2 for that. (At least,

Re: E. Coli humor

2003-02-09 Thread Kanandarqu
Not related, thank Tunare, but I heard a story that a colony of gorillas in Africa all died in a week from ebola, and the scientists have no idea where it came from. Something like 116 gorillas. Kevin T. - VRWC I heard a radio article on this. IIRC there had been a break out in humans in a

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:22 PM 2/9/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Double entendre? (Spelled it right the first time!) I know they are finally changing the name of the First Union Center in Philly. It's so easy to say FU center, especially after paying for parking and tickets. Furman University in Greenville,

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