At 03:30 PM 3/4/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Might Someday Break Down And Get A Cell Phone Maru :)
Then you can do things like pull into a friend's driveway, press the
speed-dial button associated with his/her name, and when the machine
answers, say, I'm right outside. Are you home?
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Mar 04, 2003 at 11:45:39PM -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote:
By the way, whatever you are doing now Marvin, it's wasted if you
aren't employing the eloquence you often showcase on the list. I wish
I could write half as well. I wish many of those writing for a living
could
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:00:09AM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
The third possibility is that one thinks Saddam doesn't deserve to
be planet Earth's - or even the USA's - priority number one. It's
arguable that, say, the world AIDS epidemic is a far more immediate
threat in humanitarian
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 12:17:23AM -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote:
But I see the thinking as wonderfully clear.
I don't, and even Marvin said he didn't.
Your logic misses the point that we have elevated Sadaam to a much
higher level of importance than is necessary or desirable.
Rob said:
Isn't the Sun one of the less reputable papers?
It's about as disreputable as papers get. (It has weird standards for
news importance too. It was, for example, one of the newspapers that
considered a footballer having a small cut on his head to be a more
important story than the Iraqi
On 4 Mar 2003 at 23:34, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Isn't the Sun one of the less reputable papers?
It's a tabloid. It's..well..sensationalist.
But it doesn't LIE outright.
A poll by Mori shows a significant ten per cent swing behind Mr Blair
since he launched his campaign for public hearts and
On 5 Mar 2003 at 11:53, Halupovich Ilana wrote:
Matt wrote
Are you trying to say that the situation before Oslo was acceptable?
Nobody in the political mainstream at the time would agree with you.
Either you're ignoring how bad the situation was (such that the Oslo
Peace Accords was viewed
From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ahh, GOTO. I remember what a big deal it was when they installed a new
version of BASIC at the high school I was attending at the time, and it had
two brand new commands (new for us, anyway); GOSUB and RETURN. The
programming teachers immediately
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GOTO was the reason my father would not let me take programming in high
school; all the programming classes were BASIC, except that if you'd had 2
courses of BASIC, you could then take Pascal. I didn't get to take a
programming class until I could have one
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http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2003/03/04.2.shtml
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Well, judging by the amount of money that Apple and Steve Jobbs lost by not
having patents on their ideas, such as the GUI, etc. I'm not surprised
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Especially
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Rob said:
Isn't the Sun one of the less reputable papers?
It's about as disreputable as papers get.
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:53 AM
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From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2003/03/04.2.shtml
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From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2003/03/04.2.shtml
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Well, judging by the amount of money that Apple and Steve Jobbs lost by
not
having patents
Hi again, John!
Brin-L members probably won't find this interesting, but perhaps you will.
Pass this on to your wife and family. I find the news regarding the
recreation of the Rooftop Concert (the second item on the list) interesting,
to say the least. Have fun!! :)
---
Ringo
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Reggie Bautista wrote:
George wrote:
In my first
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G. D. Akin wrote:
Okay, I want to play My Favorite Heinlein. Time Enough for
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 7:41 PM
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From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ahh, GOTO. I remember what a
At 12:17 AM 3/5/2003 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
You suggest that we should Promote a
world organization that only allows membership to liberal democratic
states but apparently fail to see that the present administration has
squandered the best opportunity to establish such an institution.
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 10:46:07AM +, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
Our curriculum leading up to the College Board's Computer Sciences
AP Exam was more or less formatted the same way, up until about 3 or
4 years ago. Then they switched BASIC to PASCAL, and C would be the
ultimate objective
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 07:20:17AM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
What opportunity? What nations would have supported such an
insitution as the arbiter of the solution for Iraq? I doubt that
even France or Germany would have done so, to say nothing of Iraq's
neighbors.
Bush could have spent
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/nj/taylor2003-02-25.htm
A very good article on TIA and why it is a good idea.
I give this article an F, for poor rhetoric, propaganda techniques,
misleading examples.
TIA is another bad idea.
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From: Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dan Minette wrote:
My favorite is still The Moon is a Harsh Mistress
Me too. One of the first cyberpunk books
Alberto Monteiro
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Behalf Of G. D. Akin
...
At the risk of coming in at the tail end of this conversation, I will tell
you I had one of these exams a year or so back. The real fun is
the 24-hour
period preparing for the exam ;-)
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 1:35 AM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 01:00:09AM -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
The third possibility is that one thinks
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 11:42 am, The Fool wrote:
From: Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.macobserver.com/editorial/2003/03/04.2.shtml
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Well, judging by the amount of money that
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 11:40 am, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 4:53 AM
Subject: Re: garbage patents
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:21:23AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
But, you assume your conclusion in your basic statement. If you slide
the assumption that you are right into the framing of the question,
then it is trivial to prove your argument. I think the key question
is: what defines
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 05:40:17 -0600
Well, judging by the amount of money that Apple and Steve Jobbs lost by
not
having patents on their ideas, such as the GUI, etc. I'm not surprised
they are *finally* trying to secure their piece of the pie. Had they
Ah yes, enforcing UN resolutions. Another example of inconsistency in
America's policies...
According to the UN Web site:
http://www.un.org/News/ossg/sanction.htm
The Security Council has invoked Chapter VII of the United Nations
Charter to impose sanctions in fourteen
From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
GOTO as well. Anybody remember the term spaghetti code?
JJ
An how. My instructors had no qualms about GOTOs in languages that had no
other way to implement the standard control structure. However, they had
BIG qualms about the uncontrolled use of GOTOs.
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:28 AM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
But it does. As you said, it is trivial to prove, by definition. You
have a valid argument about the possible
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
That's odd. I took Computer Science AP in 1988 and we used Pascal. Is
your AP Exam different than ours (mainland US)? Or did it switch from
Pascal to BASIC and back after I took it?
That's odd indeed. I remember when I started teaching (late 80's) when
BASIC
http://nationaljournal.com/taylor.htm
The title of the article is How Free-Riding French,
Germans Risk Nuclear Anarchy. It's a very good
point. I would say that compared to the American
public, I'm six sigma out there in terms of
internationalist feelings. And at the moment, if
Yugoslavia were
I was referring to the US being inconsistent when it comes to
making sure that UN resolutions are carried out. The US demands
that Iraq abides by UN resolutions, and says it will use
military force if Iraq doesn't comply. However, I know a
certain country that after
http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11835c=206
Long.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been drafting comprehensive
anti-terrorism legislation for the past several months. The draft
legislation, dated January 9, 2003, grants sweeping powers to the
government, eliminating or
--- Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Overstatement. A coalition was forged before, so it
can be again. Will it be easy? No. But that's not
a
reason not to try.
No, it really wasn't an overstatement. Do you have
_any_ evidence that a coalition can be forged again.
I mean, any at
...as we knew it for nearly two decades. The universal design of a
rubber-coated ball-bearing, orthogonal pinch rollers, and optical disk
encoders was developed by Apple for the Lisa and Macintosh projects and
has little resemblance to Englebart's mouse, or the Xerox mouse.
--- Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My understanding of the 17th was that there was an
implied clearance for military action if Iraq failed
to cooperate...? Is that incorrect?
No, that is correct. That's exactly what 1441 said.
Actually, it said that anything short of full and
I always thought the mouse was the product of several million years of
mammalian evolution?
*rimshot*
Jon
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Apple invented the mouse
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:32:38
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bullshit. Both Jobs and gates stole those idea's from xerox. IP is a
bad idea.
Historical footnote: It should be noted that according to the tv movie of
the book Pirates of Silicone Valley, Steve Jobbs motto at the time he
started was: Good artists copy. Great
Robert Seeberger wrote:
In a bizarre twist Saddam blasted President Bush as the
despot of the century - a label usually reserved for
the Iraqi dictator himself.
Saddam's a better trash-talker than most pro wrestlers! ;-)
The Masked Butcher of Baghdad Maru
Robert Seeberger wrote:
THE spoof Google search doing the rounds in Washington, DC,
runs: Your search-French military victories-did not match
any documents. No pages were found. Did you mean French
military defeats? An affable Frenchman might merely find
it odd that Napoleon is unknown in
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:52:06AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But it does. As you said, it is trivial to prove, by definition. You
have a valid argument about the possible costs, but if you are still
opposing a policy that has a high success of removing
--- Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
THE spoof Google search doing the rounds in
Washington, DC,
runs: Your search-French military victories-did
not match
any documents. No pages were found. Did you mean
French
military defeats? An affable Frenchman
Coming in 2003: color.
Color is coming to U.S. paper money
http://stacks.msnbc.com/news/841864.asp
Excerpt:
New designs will start with $20 bill
ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 ? The last time Andrew Jackson got a makeover, he ended
up with a big head, slightly off-center. This time, he
From: Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: garbage patents
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 17:29:46 +
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bullshit. Both Jobs and gates stole those idea's from xerox. IP is a
bad idea.
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 10:06:01AM -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
are there boots named Wellingtons, or something like that?
Got it in one! I remember when I was in England, I heard more than one
person call his boots Wellingtons. This is confirmed by a web search.
--
Erik Reuter [EMAIL
From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Enough, children
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 10:06:01 -0800 (PST)
--- Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
THE spoof Google
The Fool wrote:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2003/02/24/perspectives.html
OK, as soon as I can get a copy of the novel in paperback, I will.
(I can't read the same thing on-screen for too long, or I get terrible
headaches. As soon as there's some kind of electronic book that
On Wednesday, March 5, 2003, at 05:08 pm, Nick Arnett wrote:
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
William T Goodall
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 8:33 AM
To: Brin-L
Subject: Apple invented the mouse
...as we knew it for nearly two decades. The
The mammal doesn't have a rubber-coated ball bearing.
However, if you could produce an example of a mammal containing a
rubber-coated ball bearing, we could rename the pointing device after
*that*. :)
Julia
Jon Gabriel wrote:
I always thought the mouse was the product of several
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
I am confused about one thing - maybe our British
readers can help out? Wellington (my favorite
general) is referred to here as a British footware
designer. Now, the Blucher, a man's shoe, is named
after and was sort of designed by Marshal Blucher, the
Prussian
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Doctorow on p2p
Date: Wed, 05 Mar 2003 12:42:34 -0600
The Fool wrote:
http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2003/02/24/perspectives.html
OK, as soon as
Gautam said:
The Complete Military History of France
Not quite.
You've missed a few here:
* Charles Martel defeats the armies of Islam invading France from Spain,
thus preserving Europe for Christianity in one of the most significant
turning points in world history.
* Charlemagne carves out
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 03:07 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: V-I Day +1 - endgame scenarios?
Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
Do you consider the inspection process to be truly
ineffective, even
given
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Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 08:05 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: V-I Day +1 - endgame scenarios?
Untrue. Both times that I am aware of it was reported on the
news and in the papers and people
From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 1:50 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: RE: Duplicate Messages
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Behalf Of Horn, John
Does anyone else get duplicate message
From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Let's have no more of that kind of talk. Kaiser just called
to tell me that
my doctor wants me to have a sigmoidoscopy. A *flexible*
sigmoidoscopy. If
there's a kind that isn't flexible, I don't want to know about it.
Don't make me the
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/02/magazine/02IRAQ.html
My friend George Packer has a very good article in the
NYTimes Magazine on the prospects for a democratic
Iraq after the war (not that good, is a short version
of his conclusion). It's very good - I think everyone
on both sides of the debate
On Tue Mar 4 18:42:38 PST 2003, Reggie Bautista wrote:
Han Tacoma wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:32:36 -0600 Reggie Bautista gives me a well
deserved lecture about the list's netiquette:
[...snip...]
I wasn't trying to lecture, just inform :-)
Just jesting, thanks though :-)
[...snip...]
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hm. This post tells me that Gautam never read any
of the Paddington books
by Michael Bond ;)
Paddington was described as wearing Wellington
boots at some point in the
first book, and I think maybe he wore them in some
of the subsequent
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat
is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or
7 PM Greenwich time, so it's beginning now. There will
probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight
hours after the start time. See my instruction page for help
From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
John said:
Don't know if this is a problem on my end or the list end...
If it's at your end, it's at my end too.
Rich
GCU Not Too Bothered
I'm not bugged by it too much either. After a while I just thought I'd say
something to see if
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Behalf Of William T Goodall
...
What about great artists ship? - the Xerox mouses cost $400 each (in
1980 money) and the Xerox Star cost $20,000 each or so. Nobody was
going to change the world with those
At 17:53 4-3-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
He's referring to Israel and the UN resolution condemning the Israeli
settlements in disputed territories. (I don't remember off the top of my
head what number resolution that is.)
I'm not really sure that there is a resolution that does that.
At 21:44 4-3-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
Peace is well and good. Anyone here opposed to peace? Anyone?
I am!
Well, guess that makes it official then. You are a warmonger. GRIN
So was Ivanova. And Sheriden.
You must have been watching a different version of _Babylon 5_ than I have.
I
This is the most extreme thing I've heard of so far.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I67D522B3
Julia
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At 21:44 4-3-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
Peace is well and good. Anyone here opposed to peace? Anyone?
I am!
Well, guess that makes it official then. You are a warmonger. GRIN
So was Ivanova. And Sheriden.
I'm in good company, Maru.
Hitler, Napoleon, Mussolini, Djhengis Kahn (sp), a
At 22:13 4-3-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
John Kill Iraqis, Not Babies Giorgis
What about Iraqi babies?
Eh don't kill those. ;-)
So, are America's smart bombs smart enough yet to distinguish between
Iraqi troops, Iraqi adult civilians, and Iraqi babies?
Jeroen Make love, not war van
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
At 17:53 4-3-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
He's referring to Israel and the UN resolution condemning
I keep forgetting to post this:
There were no additional votes last week, so Dr. Brin's Earth has won.
Now for the hard part... :)
Jon
Chrichton: You ever hear of K. F. C.?
Akkor: K.F.C.?
Chrichton: It is, to my knowledge, unique in the universe and unique is
always valuable. Now... we have
Julia Thompson wrote:
This is the most extreme thing I've heard of so far.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I67D522B3
She obviously misses the point. If she could bring
us *Saddam* to crucify, *then* that might help.
__
Steve
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
Paul McCartney is reportedly planning to recreate The Beatles
final gig on the rooftop of their old London studios.
SNIP
What's your take on the concert?
I feel kinda stupid myself, because I didn't realize that
the B-Sharps' final rooftop concert on Simpsons was a
Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
My thought is that it's pretty easy to hide a bio-warfare (or
even nuke) research lab in a country the size of Texas, when
there's only a few hundred heavily-supervised inspectors to
search the whole country, and
where peoples' silence is easily bought with death
Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
Where abouts are you located, out of curiosity? I've noticed a trend amongst my friends that people in BosNYWash, Texas, and LA seem to be concerned about this, but the rest of the country (even Seattle, a likely first strike target of N Korea, if it comes to that) aren't
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 2:51 PM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
The US is very consistent. Clinton convinced Israel to make
unprecedented
concessions in order to implement
I'm sort of out of circulation and thought maybe somebody here
knows someone worthy of being nominated for the Jonathan B.
Postel Service Award http://www.isoc.org/awards/
Deadline for nominations is 23 April 2003 .
Cheers!
--
Han Tacoma
~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 04:04:38PM -0500, Bryon Daly wrote:
I think that this war will cost us billions, which we will not recoup,
just as we didn't in the GW.
Wrong. The Gulf War cost America relatively little since our allies
reimbursed us for most of the bill. I saw the numbers recently in
Steve Sloan II wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
This is the most extreme thing I've heard of so far.
http://makeashorterlink.com/?I67D522B3
She obviously misses the point. If she could bring
us *Saddam* to crucify, *then* that might help.
Yes. This was so far out, IMO, it needed
-Original Message-
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Behalf Of Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
...
I haven't read the book Pirates of Silicone Valley, btw. I
wonder if it's
any good, or if it's really historically accurate. But the movie
does shed a
lot of light on the
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: V-I Day +1 - endgame scenarios?
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2003 16:37:56 -0500
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 04:04:38PM -0500, Bryon Daly wrote:
I think that this war will
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 04:04:38PM -0500, Bryon Daly wrote:
I think that this war will cost us billions, which we will not recoup,
just as we didn't in the GW.
Wrong. The Gulf War cost America relatively little since our allies
reimbursed us for most of the bill. I saw
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From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:52:06AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But it
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:07:47AM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
this. I'm sure there are many more. The point is that Bush has a bad
reputation as as arrogant and cowboy for a reason, and that is bad for
America and bad for the world. Bush needs to pay more attention to
persuading people around
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 04:26:31PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 08:52:06AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But it does. As you said, it is trivial to prove, by definition. You
have a valid
JJ wrote:
That's odd indeed. I remember when I started teaching (late 80's) when
BASIC was the standard. It may have been a regional thing, though.
Then, I got a notice from the College Board annouuncing the big switch to
PASCAL.
On a tangential note, I recently noticed that everybody in my
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From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Computer Languages
On a tangential note, I recently noticed that everybody in my work
subteam
is qualified with a C language
Nick wrote:
It's Zimmie's dittoes.
John H. replied:
Are they black or green?
Let's just hope they're not frankies ;-)
Reggie Bautista
Feeling a Bit Green Today Myself Maru
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Jose wrote:
Historical footnote: It should be noted that according to the tv movie of
the book Pirates of Silicone Valley,
Jon wrote:
*grin*
Gotta love the California obsession with breast implants. :) Silicon Valley
will never look the same to me now. I have this mental image of a Pirates
of
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:10:16PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Is that estimate only for the cost of actual combat or does it also
take into account the outlay of the peacekeeping role we'll have to
play afterwards?
I think it takes into account a lot of stuff, but they quote 5-year
rebuilding
On Wed, Mar 05, 2003 at 05:13:56PM -0500, Bryon Daly wrote:
Wow, I didn't know that. By allies, do you may the other countries
that helped do the fighting, or the arab nations like Saudi and
Kuwait?
I don't remember the full list of countries, but I think it included
Japan, Saudi Arabia,
From: Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
I remember clearly how much of a big NONO our programming
teachers made with
GOTO as well. Anybody remember the term spaghetti code?
When they banned GOTO, I showed 'em! I changed all my code to just say
GO!
- jmh
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Historical footnote: It should be noted that
according to the tv movie of
the book Pirates of Silicone Valley, Steve Jobbs
motto at the time he
started was: Good artists copy. Great artists
steal. Later in that same
movie, it becomes Bill Gates motto as
Robert Seeberger wrote:
In a bizarre twist Saddam blasted President Bush as the
despot of the century - a label usually reserved for
the Iraqi dictator himself.
Steve replied:
Saddam's a better trash-talker than most pro wrestlers! ;-)
Maybe we should send a SEAL team into Iraq with Jesse
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From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2003 03:52 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: br!n: it's 3-3-3, in 4-4-4 it will be 7-7-7
Doug wrote:
Stranger in a Strange Land. But I read it nearly 30 years ago so
I'm
Jose wrote:
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/030227/4/du7kl.html
Paul McCartney is reportedly planning to recreate The Beatles final gig on
the rooftop of their old London studios.
[snip]
What's your take on the concert?
As much as I like The Beatles, I've never been much of a fan of McCartney's
solo
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