Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must beeradicated

2003-04-01 Thread G. D. Akin
- Original Message - From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:24 AM Subject: Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must be eradicated From: Alberto Monteiro Perhaps, but then the laws are actually

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Robert Seeberger wrote: Where the peace movement should focus a large share of its attention is upon the weapons manufacturers in their own nations and in creating weapons embargoes on countries like NK. How about a push for a moratorium on the export of artillery and tanks and the like?

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 11:37 AM 4/1/2003 +0200, you wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: Where the peace movement should focus a large share of its attention is upon the weapons manufacturers in their own nations and in creating weapons embargoes on countries like NK. How about a push for a moratorium on the export of

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Tom Beck wrote: But this is a false dichotomy - doing nothing or launching war. We _weren't_ doing nothing. You can argue that the inspections were or were not working, but they were _something_. Were they enough? We'll never know now. Yeah, and the was the Embargo! 12 years of

I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
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RE: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:16 PM 3/31/2003 -0700 Kevin Street wrote: or a world where all the nations work together and rogue states are brought back into the international community - a world where we can help places like North Korea, Somalia and Iraq bcome more civilized by opening our civilization up to them,

Re: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
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Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:44 PM 3/31/2003 EST [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But this is a false dichotomy - doing nothing or launching war. We _weren't_ doing nothing. You can argue that the inspections were or were not working, but they were _something_. Were they enough? We'll never know now. Au Contraire. Let's

Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 05:39 PM 3/31/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote: 2. American forces that have, virtually unimpeded, traveled more than 300 miles to within 50 miles of Baghdad I think that it is amazing that some people have turned this tremendous victory into a defeat because we haven't taken Baghdad yet.

Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 07:27 PM 3/31/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote: but Easterbrook is one of the best journalists in America, Just take his football columns with a grain of salt.. JDG - Talk about credibility damaging, Maru. (a former Easterbrook fan)

The Smoking Gun

2003-04-01 Thread John D. Giorgis
On ABC News TV, they reported that the captured militant made statements strongly connecting himself to Al Qaeda. JDG Chemical Clues Special Forces Raid Turns Up Treasure Trove in Northern Iraq ABCNews.com http://abcnews.go.com/sections/world/Primetime/iraq_main030401.html B A G H D A D, Iraq,

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Alberto Monteiro
JDG wrote: Those nations closest to doing this are the USA, UK, Australia, and Poland that are doing the most to establish Western Civilization for the first time in the Arab World. For Poland, this is not the first time O:-) Alberto Monteiro

Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:27 PM 3/31/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote: but Easterbrook is one of the best journalists in America, Just take his football columns with a grain of salt.. JDG - Talk about credibility damaging, Maru. (a former Easterbrook

Easterbrook and TMQ Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread iaamoac
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] JDG - what's wrong with the football columns? I _love_ the football columns? Gregg Easterbrook is my _hero_ for the football columns... If you send me any one of his football columns, I'll be able to point out at least one error

The 101st Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread iaamoac
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where is the 101st, though? That's a question that has been bugging me. Somewhere in the west? It's a light infantry division - strategically, not tactically, mobile. Its Apaches do give it significant striking power

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread TomFODW
In a message dated 4/1/03 6:36:36 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yeah, and the was the Embargo! 12 years of siege warfare against Iraq to prevent Saddam from buying weapons, and now we know that the _only_ think that Saddam bought in this period was... weapons. Again, it's a false

Re: Geraldo is expelled from iraq for reporting Western troopmovements in the war

2003-04-01 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, The Fool wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20030331/people_nm/iraq_ usa_geraldo_dc_1 US Military Moves Reporter Geraldo Rivera from Iraq 1 hour, 52 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran reporter Geraldo Rivera, a correspondent When did

Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread Bryon Daly
Gautam Mukunda wrote: The first mark of a successful Defense Secretary is a military establishment that is deeply unhappy with him. I think you're missing two things, Dan. The first is the internal dynamics of the Pentagon, the second is the proper relationship between a civilian

Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Interestingly, I heard the NBC Pentagon correspondent on a radio interview today with an entirely different perspective. He said that he was starting to hear doubts about the war voiced privately by assorted civilian and military sources. He then

Re: Geraldo is expelled from iraq for reporting Western troopmovements in the war

2003-04-01 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 10:39 AM Subject: Re: Geraldo is expelled from iraq for reporting Western troop movements in the war On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, The Fool wrote:

Re: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Damon
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Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Kevin Tarr [Tue, 01/04/2003 at 06:20 -0500] ... From what I've read, the US was only interested in having both countries fight, neither of them gaining the upper hand. This does not mean the US encouraged Iraq to attack or supplied either side with weapons. ... I've read that WP article

Re: New list members

2003-04-01 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Robert Seeberger wrote: Its good to see you again, but this is really strange I have been thinking about you Joshua for about 3 or 4 days, wondering what was up with you and how you and your family was doing. And then you pop up on the list again. Its an

Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread Bryon Daly
Gautam Mukunda wrote: Is that what you were looking for, Bryon, or did I misunderstand you? Yep. I was trying to reconcile your perspective with that reporter's seemingly (to me) opposite one. Beyond what comes out of Hollywood about Vietnam, I find myself largely uniformed about that whole

christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/okeefe032603.html --- Christ demanded: But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. --Luke 19:27 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Down with Texas!

2003-04-01 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Down with Texas! Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2003 23:31:50 -0600 (CST) On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: On 3/30/03 7:47 PM, Julia Thompson

dowsing for terrorists

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://www.theargusonline.com/Stories/0,1413,83~1971~1277201,00.html --- Christ demanded: But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring hither, and slay them before me. --Luke 19:27 ___

Re: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike

2003-04-01 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/okeefe032603.html --- Christ demanded: But those mine enemies,

Re: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 12:32 PM Subject: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/okeefe032603.html --- Christ demanded: But those mine enemies,

Visions of Empire: Sovereignty Transformed

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/31/1838/33669 Visions of Empire: Sovereignty Transformed (Politics) By Jett Mon Mar 31st, 2003 at 05:54:15 PM EST In recent years, scholars have noted that the powers associated with sovereignty are being transformed. This transformation has been

New Computer But Still Not Happy

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
The good part first: bought a new computer last Wednesday. Real nice stuff: P4 2.6 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 120 GB harddisk, 128 MB video card, CD/DVD ROM drive, CD-RW/DVD-RW burner, TV/Radio receiver, and connections for literally *anything* that can nowadays be plugged into a computer. It

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:20 26-03-03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: I see. You do not punish criminals in your country. No, Ilana, we *do* punish criminals -- we're just not in the habit of violating their human rights by keeping them in solitary confinement for 15 years. Unlike Israel (apparently), we actually

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:01 27-03-03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: The US has declared for years that the only WMDs we have in our possession are nukes. We don't own or use chemical or biological weapons. At least, none that you know about. The US government has been lying to the public before, so I wouldn't just

Re: UT to have dropout as commencement speaker

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 00:36 28-03-03 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: Going back to my example, Michael Kamen is a top-rated, world-famous composer and conductor. All those young musicians he is *leading* are recently graduated or about to. He didn't finish Julliard. But he has a career. What's the real message here?

Re: Another Evil Empire

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 18:27 30-03-03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Is it true, Jeroen? The Mayor of Amsterdam is _always_ elected with 100% of the votes of those that elect him, namely, one vote from the Queen? In a way, it's true. Mayors here don't get elected but are appointed by the Crown. The appointment

The Fight to Control Your Mind

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/view.html?pg=3 The Fight to Control Your Mind Richard Glen Boire Should the government have the right to alter the biochemistry of your brain? Richard Glen Boire, codirector and legal counsel of the Center for Cognitive Liberty and Ethics, says no,

Re: brin: the three laws of robotis are evil, why they must be eradicated

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:50 30-03-03 -0800, David Brin wrote: I have an essay explaining many aspects of the Foundation universe. I thought I had posted it at http://www.davidbrin.com/ but now I can't find it. (Ay of you know where it is?) If one of you would choose to host it, I'll email it over and then you

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 07:28 27-03-03 +0200, Ilana Halupovich wrote: Jeroen If it was later proven to be mass hysteria, I'm sure it would have been mentioned in the documentary. It should have been. If the documentary was trying to be objective, that is. I have no reason to believe that the BBC would be trying to

RE: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 07:47 27-03-03 +0200, Ilana Halupovich wrote: Jeroen asked If a country's arsenal of WMD's is nobody else's business, why did the US consider Iraq's *alleged* arsenal of WMD's a reason to go to war? Because it's crazy enough to use it? And, again, I ask you to check the world map. I *am*

Re: New Computer But Still Not Happy

2003-04-01 Thread Bryon Daly
J. van Baardwijk wrote: The good part first: bought a new computer last Wednesday. Real nice stuff: P4 2.6 GHz processor, 512 MB RAM, 120 GB harddisk, 128 MB video card, CD/DVD ROM drive, CD-RW/DVD-RW burner, TV/Radio receiver, and connections for literally *anything* that can nowadays be

Re: Computer Power Supplies

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 01:13 31-03-03 +, John Giorgis wrote: Eh, I was in Ohio on Saturday figuring all this out anyone, is it really a better idea to buy a whole new case instead of just putting the power supply in my old one? That depends on what you value most: your wallet or the US economy. Buying

RE: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:22 31-03-03 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: act has been committed. Hopefully, no one will ever be stupid enough to attempt to destroy New York or anywhere else with weapons of mass destruction - but unfortunately, that's a risk we all have to live with. No. It's a risk _I_ have to live

Re: Number9Dream

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 22:32 31-03-03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: I enjoyed the book, but the ending, and some of the tangents were a bit puzzling. I'm sure this was intentional, but I was wondering to what end it was intentional, if you take my meaning. Er, to provide a starting point for a sequel, perhaps? Just

whitespace

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/ Most modern programming languages do not consider white space characters (spaces, tabs and newlines) syntax, ignoring them, as if they weren't there. We consider this to be a gross injustice to these perfectly friendly members of the character set. Should they

RE: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And you think the rest of the world will not feel (in some way or other) the consequences of US retaliation for the destruction of New York? Jeroen Make love, not war van Baardwijk I think that everything anyone ever wants to say about your

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 20:01 2003-03-31 -0600, rob wrote: Soviet Russia used to do things like this, and you never saw this level of protest over it. China is still in Tibet and the protest is minimal in comparison. A lot is made by the rest of the world of Americas inconsistencies in foreign policy. But the rest of

Vitamin C

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030331-012146-7230r Heart cells from stem cells via Vitamin C From the Science Technology Desk Published 3/31/2003 5:16 PM View printer-friendly version BOSTON, March 31 (UPI) -- Vitamin C helped embryonic stem cells from mice convert into functioning

Plastics

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://www.nature.com/nsu/030331/030331-2.html Plastics spoil mouse eggs Food-packaging compound affects reproductive cell division. 1 April 2003 HELEN PEARSON BPA is used in transparent food packaging. © Corbis A chemical commonly found in plastic food containers harms growing mouse eggs,

RE: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:26 PM 3/31/03 -0700, Kevin Street wrote: Sorry if this is a late response. I'm I'm the middle of busy season right now, but this post just jumped out and demanded attention... Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Is there anyone who considers themselves opposed to the current military action in Iraq

The warmonger and the peacenik

2003-04-01 Thread Horn, John
I found this on a newsgroup and thought it summed up some of arguments going on around here rather well... Tacked on to the end is the warmonger final response. Note that I'm not saying it is a particularly accurate summary of either side of the argument but it is how things sound to a

Re: Easterbrook and TMQ Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:31 PM 4/1/2003 +, you wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] JDG - what's wrong with the football columns? I _love_ the football columns? Gregg Easterbrook is my _hero_ for the football columns... If you send me any one of his football columns, I'll be

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon, 31/03/2003 at 21:44 -0500] It is true that the indefensible position of the French (no war ever no matter what) made things more difficult. It was not the position of France. It was 'no war as long as progresses were made' -- Jean-Marc

Re: Geraldo is expelled from iraq for reporting Western troopmovements in the war

2003-04-01 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 10:39 AM 4/1/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, The Fool wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20030331/people_nm/iraq_ usa_geraldo_dc_1 US Military Moves Reporter Geraldo Rivera from Iraq 1 hour, 52 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran reporter Geraldo

Turkey

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
http://www.springfieldnews-leader.com/projects/stewardship/turkey120402.ht ml Dec. 4, 2002 Turkey plant finds high-tech pollution solution Carthage company will turn poultry waste into products instead of effluent. By Mike Penprase News-Leader Carthage — There appears to be a new solution to

Re: Plastics

2003-04-01 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 1 Apr 2003 at 15:15, The Fool wrote: http://www.nature.com/nsu/030331/030331-2.html Plastics spoil mouse eggs Food-packaging compound affects reproductive cell division. 1 April 2003 HELEN PEARSON BPA is used in transparent food packaging. © Corbis Huge worry, and it's being discovered

Re: Plastics

2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:15 PM 4/1/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: http://www.nature.com/nsu/030331/030331-2.html Plastics spoil mouse eggs Food-packaging compound affects reproductive cell division. 1 April 2003 HELEN PEARSON BPA is used in transparent food packaging. © Corbis A chemical commonly found in plastic food

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Jean-Marc Chaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon, 31/03/2003 at 21:44 -0500] It is true that the indefensible position of the French (no war ever no matter what) made things more difficult. It was not the position of France. It was 'no war as long as progresses

Re: New Computer But Still Not Happy

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:20 01-04-03 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: Two new toys, actually: a few days earlier Sonja gave me a digital photo camera for my birthday... :-) No birthday, here, but I just bought a digital camera also (to use for our baby's imminent arrival)... anyway, what'd ya get? HP 720 (3.3

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Horn, John
From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... and now even more that it has three values: 1 USA inch = 2.something cm 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm You forgot the Steve Jackson (of GURPS fame) easy conversion for any roleplaying game: 1 meter = 1

Re: whitespace

2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:54 PM 4/1/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/ Most modern programming languages do not consider white space characters (spaces, tabs and newlines) syntax, ignoring them, as if they weren't there. We consider this to be a gross injustice to these perfectly friendly

Re: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Medievalbk
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Re: Easterbrook and TMQ Re: Impressions almost two weeks into thewar

2003-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, iaamoac wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] JDG - what's wrong with the football columns? I _love_ the football columns? Gregg Easterbrook is my _hero_ for the football columns... If you send me any one of his football columns, I'll

Re: Easterbrook and TMQ Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, what this tells me is, if I ever own an NFL franchise, I ought to hire JDG to help me out with it, and if I ever own an MLB team, I ought to hire Gautam to help me out with it. :) (No interest in NBA, very little interest in NHL.)

RE: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 12:59 01-04-03 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: And you think the rest of the world will not feel (in some way or other) the consequences of US retaliation for the destruction of New York? I think that everything anyone ever wants to say about your politics is encapsulated, Jeroen, in the

Re: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike

2003-04-01 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:00 PM Subject: Re: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Geraldo is expelled from iraq for reporting Western troopmovements in the war

2003-04-01 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Kevin Tarr wrote: When did Geraldo become a veteran reporter and cease to be a national embarassment? Marvin Long Maybe when fourteen neighbors died September 11, 2001. Oh wait, that would mean a journalist can have ideals. Was there a memo establishing that

Scouted: Rice for Peace

2003-04-01 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/petition/rice.asp Got this in my inbox three weeks ago. (Yeah, I'm THAT far behind). It's fake with a grain of truth (rimshot), but I thought it was weird enough to pass on. Jon NOOOoooOOoO!! ~K'a D'Argo (apparently

Scouted: French Cemetery Defaced: AntiAmerican/AntiUK grafitti

2003-04-01 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/2907701.stm French plea as cemetery defaced Etaples contains 11,000 war graves French Prime Minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has pleaded for trans-Atlantic tolerance after graffiti was daubed on a British war cemetery in northern France. Slogans reading Death to

SCOUTED: Fifty Amazing-but-True Facts!

2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Fifty Amazing-but-True Facts! * The Mongolian pony is the only animal other than an elephant capable of fending off an attack by a healthy adult tiger. * Because of their unusual shape, Hershey's Kisses contain more calories per ounce than the same amount of chocolate in

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Bryon Daly
Jean-Marc Chaton wrote: * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Mon, 31/03/2003 at 21:44 -0500] It is true that the indefensible position of the French (no war ever no matter what) made things more difficult. It was not the position of France. It was 'no war as long as progresses were made' Two problems

Re: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike

2003-04-01 Thread The Fool
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: The Fool http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/okeefe032603.html --- Christ demanded: But those mine enemies, which would not that I should reign over them, bring

Re: Irregulars Question: long term stellar ephemeris

2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:56 PM 3/29/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Ok, so we can assume that the Sun will keep its current orbit around the Galaxy. But what about other stars? Then you could always do what you do to extrapolate solar system positions: start with the current

RE: whitespace

2003-04-01 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of The Fool Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 12:55 PM To: Brin-L Subject: whitespace http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/ Most modern programming languages do not consider white space characters (spaces,

RE: christian vultures circling iraq ready to strike

2003-04-01 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... That Christ demanded that. He told a story; he is not the king in the story. I'm not so sure about that; I think he is the king in the story. But what is quite clear is that Christ did not describe himself a king in the worldly,

Scouted: Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time

2003-04-01 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.museumofhoaxes.com/top100.html Top 100 April Fool's Day Hoaxes of All Time My personal favorite is #26. :) Jon _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Travel advice needed

2003-04-01 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
I'm sick of being told what a pinko-commie I am, _and_ I need some time by myself to vacation. I'm thinking of heading to Europe, preferably Belgium/Holland/Scandanvia. Anyone have any advice or things to point out? -j- -- We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams. --

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 10:20 26-03-03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: I see. You do not punish criminals in your country. No, Ilana, we *do* punish criminals -- we're just not in the habit of violating their human rights by keeping them in solitary confinement for 15 years.

Re: Geraldo is expelled from iraq for reporting Western troopmovements in the war

2003-04-01 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:45 PM 4/1/2003 -0600, you wrote: On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, Kevin Tarr wrote: When did Geraldo become a veteran reporter and cease to be a national embarassment? Marvin Long Maybe when fourteen neighbors died September 11, 2001. Oh wait, that would mean a journalist can have ideals.

Re: New Computer But Still Not Happy

2003-04-01 Thread Bryon Daly
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 15:20 01-04-03 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: Two new toys, actually: a few days earlier Sonja gave me a digital photo camera for my birthday... :-) No birthday, here, but I just bought a digital camera also (to use for our baby's imminent arrival)... anyway,

Re: SCOUTED: Fifty Amazing-but-True Facts!

2003-04-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 4/1/2003 4:13:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: * Because of their unusual shape, Hershey's Kisses contain more calories per ounce than the same amount of chocolate in other forms. Aerated chocolate loses calories? More Cadbury Flake!

Re: SCOUTED: Fifty Amazing-but-True Facts!

2003-04-01 Thread Medievalbk
OK Ron, pull the other one. Ronn It's true the two Ns are taking over the Earth. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-04-01 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 5:30 PM Subject: Re: Israel's Secret Weapon J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 10:20 26-03-03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: I see. You do not punish

Re: whitespace

2003-04-01 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 14:54 01-04-03 -0600, The Fool wrote: http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace/ Most modern programming languages do not consider white space characters (spaces, tabs and newlines) syntax, ignoring them, as if they weren't there. We consider this to be a gross injustice to these perfectly

Re: Travel advice needed

2003-04-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 4/1/2003 4:25:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sick of being told what a pinko-commie I am, _and_ I need some time by myself to vacation. I'm thinking of heading to Europe, preferably Belgium/ Holland/Scandanvia. Anyone have any advice or

POW Rescued

2003-04-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
Apparently an American POW has been rescued. More to come! rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: I hate inches! / long term stellar ephemeris

2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Thread convergence time . . . At 03:57 PM 3/29/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: That's the problem, isn't it? But maybe if we don't expect any two stars to get close enough, An illustration I have heard (not necessarily precise) is that two stars in our Galaxy have

Re: Easterbrook and TMQ Re: Impressions almost two weeks into the war

2003-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, what this tells me is, if I ever own an NFL franchise, I ought to hire JDG to help me out with it, and if I ever own an MLB team, I ought to hire Gautam to help me out with it. :) (No interest in NBA, very

Re: Geraldo is expelled from iraq for reporting Westerntroopmovements in the war

2003-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: On Mon, 31 Mar 2003, The Fool wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20030331/people_nm/iraq_ usa_geraldo_dc_1 US Military Moves Reporter Geraldo Rivera from Iraq 1 hour, 52 minutes ago WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Veteran reporter Geraldo

Re: POW Rescued

2003-04-01 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:14 PM 4/1/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Apparently an American POW has been rescued. Hooray! More to come! More news, or (hopefully) more POWs? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the

Re: POW Rescued

2003-04-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:31 PM Subject: Re: POW Rescued At 06:14 PM 4/1/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Apparently an American POW has been rescued. Hooray! Jessica

Re: Peter Arnett has negative effect on ratings

2003-04-01 Thread d.brin
Hi Jan. I am glad you have been doing well. Is it not just a bit puzzling that no one will discuss that decision, which consigned 23 million people to another 12 years of hell and left Saddam to work on WMD in peace? It is very puzzling that few in the media have discussed this. However, in

Re: Travel advice needed

2003-04-01 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:48 PM 4/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: In a message dated 4/1/2003 4:25:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sick of being told what a pinko-commie I am, _and_ I need some time by myself to vacation. I'm thinking of heading to Europe, preferably Belgium/

POW Jessica Lynch Rescued By U.S. Forces in Iraq

2003-04-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,82892,00.html American troops on Tuesday rescued Army Pfc. Jessica Lynch, who had been held as a prisoner of war in Iraq since she and other members of her unit were ambushed March 23, the Defense Department announced. Lynch, 19, of Palestine, W.Va., had been

One in three French backs Saddam

2003-04-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,5944-631671,00.html ILL-FEELING between Britain and France over the invasion of Iraq has plumbed new depths with the desecration of that most sacred of memorials, a war cemetery. The defilement of Commonwealth war graves in northern

Re: Travel advice needed

2003-04-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 06:48 PM 4/1/2003 -0500, you wrote: In a message dated 4/1/2003 4:25:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm sick of being told what a pinko-commie I am, _and_ I need some time by myself to vacation. I'm thinking of heading to Europe,

RE: I hate inches! :-(

2003-04-01 Thread Reggie Bautista
Alberto wrote: ... and now even more that it has three values: 1 USA inch = 2.something cm 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm jmh replied: You forgot the Steve Jackson (of GURPS fame) easy conversion for any roleplaying game: 1 meter = 1 yard, exactly. There's another

Re: POW Rescued

2003-04-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 6:40 PM Subject: Re: POW Rescued - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]

List Glitch

2003-04-01 Thread Robert Seeberger
My mail keeps showing up as being received 2 hours before I send it. NIIICCKKK G rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Brin: Re: Peter Arnett has negative effect on ratings

2003-04-01 Thread John D. Giorgis
Dr. Brin: Glad to see you are doing well and thriving. though it is disappointing that you aren't supporting the liberation of perhaps one of the world's most oppressed peoples - the Iraqis. At 05:20 PM 4/1/2003 -0800 d.brin wrote: What the rightwing never, ever does is ask itself the sci

Re: Plastics

2003-04-01 Thread Reggie Bautista
The Fool wrote: http://www.nature.com/nsu/030331/030331-2.html A chemical commonly found in plastic food containers harms growing mouse eggs, according to a new study1 - fuelling the debate over the additive's safety. Ronn! replied: Is anyone really in favor of having mice giving birth inside of

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