At 04:20 PM 6/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Why isn't anyone discussing this?
Gautam Mukunda
Seriously? Are there really that many HP readers on this list? I haven't
read any, and never plan too. Not trying to be snobbish or pretentious, but
I just don't have time to waste on it.
Right now on my
At 09:33 PM 6/21/2003 -0600, you wrote:
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Can somebody help me out here?
It seems that there are two basic types of people, albeit with some
gradations, and hence, two types of Brin-L'ers. These people are
essentially those who believe in God, and
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Sorry for the top posting here, but PLEASE NO HARRY
SPOILERS!
George A
I thought I was being pretty careful...
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You were, you were. But your request to discuss the book; well, as much as
this list likes to discuss things . . . ;-)
Kevin Tarr wrote:
At 04:20 PM 6/21/2003 -0700, you wrote:
Why isn't anyone discussing this?
Gautam Mukunda
Seriously? Are there really that many HP readers on this list? I haven't
read any, and never plan too. Not trying to be snobbish or pretentious,
but
I just don't have time to waste
At 10:59 PM 6/21/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote:
How does one express a definite integral in ASCII?
If you need to express it in an e-mail message, and you are limited to
plain text and have no way of knowing what settings the intended recipient
may have or what fonts may be installed on
In a message dated 6/21/2003 6:06:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Also in the works, a Heinleinian book in which aliens kidnap 3,000 kids
from a Californian high school.
With best wishes for a happy, successful 21st Century!
David Brin
If I had my
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:58:55PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
If history were common knowledge, it would put Literalism into
doubt. A lot of fundementalists seem to think the Bible was handed
down by God complete and unabridged as if somewhere out in the world
there exists a copy of the
Alberto! Where you been? :-)
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On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 12:00:30AM -0500, The Fool wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How does one express a definite integral in ASCII?
How about:
/1
| f(x) dx
/0
Terminal:
ô
õ
³
subscripts are a different matter.
That is not ASCII -- ASCII is a 7-bit code.
On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 10:10:28PM -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote:
Yet, it seems that people who believe in God, at least on Brin-L,
seem perfectly capable of discussing non-belief in God in a calm and
civilized manner.
I only saw 2 non-calm people. Fool, who seems to get really carried
away.
At 05:44 AM 6/22/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 12:00:30AM -0500, The Fool wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How does one express a definite integral in ASCII?
How about:
/1
| f(x) dx
/0
What if f(x) is (x - 1/2)^-2?
Terminal:
ô
õ
³
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:18:20AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
What if f(x) is (x - 1/2)^-2?
/1
| (x - 1/2)^-2 dx
/0
or
/ 1
/ 1
| dx
| 2
/( x - 1/2 )
/ 0
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* John D. Giorgis [Sat, 21/06/2003 at 22:10 -0400]
Can somebody help me out here?
It seems that there are two basic types of people, albeit with some
gradations, and hence, two types of Brin-L'ers. These people are
essentially those who believe in God, and those who do not.
I don't think
At 06:31 AM 6/22/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:18:20AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
What if f(x) is (x - 1/2)^-2?
/1
| (x - 1/2)^-2 dx
/0
or
/ 1
/ 1
| dx
| 2
/( x - 1/2 )
/ 0
which has a singularity at x = 1/2
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:55:33AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
which has a singularity at x = 1/2 . . .
There are an infinite number of ways of interpolating that
statement. I'm afraid your humor does not differentiate you from the
limited number of satire-impaired people who have smoothly
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:54:13AM -0500, The Fool wrote:
I said to use terminal.
Actually, you didn't. You wrote terminal which is ambiguous. Besides,
you didn't answer the question, did you? The question clearly stated
ASCII.
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At 07:15 AM 6/22/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:55:33AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
which has a singularity at x = 1/2 . . .
There are an infinite number of ways of interpolating that
statement. I'm afraid your humor does not differentiate you from the
limited number
John D. Giorgis wrote:
Why is this?
Some devout atheists get impatient and angry. Same as devout believers
or agnostics or don't-cares.
Is it some inherent correlation with non-belief in God that
causes one to
react like a Neanderthal against those who profess a belief
in God?
No
Erik Reuter asked:
Alberto! Where you been? :-)
Rio de Janeiro
Alberto Monteiro, the neo-humour-challenged
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On Sat, Jun 21, 2003 at 06:58:55PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote:
If history were
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On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:55:33AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
which has a singularity at x = 1/2 . . .
In regards to today's Meet the Press:
The first thing you should do, if you're going to state that there's no need
to remember the name of the ambassaor of every second class country, is to
actually state the name of a second class country.
I can see the demonstrations now
At least he
At 06:58 PM 6/21/2003 -0500 Robert Seeberger wrote:
My father is dead and I talk to him in my prayers. Does this mean that I
accord my father the same status as God?
I pray to the saints for intercession. Does this make them gods?
Doctrine says no, but also implies that praying to dead people may
I guess I shouldn't have assumed this, but I do believe the rosary is
one of the most important parts of Catholic ritual, and that's why I
mentioned it.
I would say an important, rather than most important.For example,
it is possible to be a good Catholic, and never say the rosary - unlike,
At 12:29 PM 6/22/03 -0400, John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 06:58 PM 6/21/2003 -0500 Robert Seeberger wrote:
My father is dead and I talk to him in my prayers. Does this mean that I
accord my father the same status as God?
I pray to the saints for intercession. Does this make them gods?
Doctrine says no,
At 11:47 AM 6/22/2003 -0500 Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
We may be talking different languages here, but I'm still trying to
understand why (if I'm understanding correctly at all) Catholics would
_need_ to have Mary pray for them? Does the Catholic church teach that
ordinary people do not have
Someone wrote (sorry, it's sometimes hard to keep track of attributions)
IIRC, at least two ex-girlfriends also recited the 'Hail Holy Queen'. I
remember thinking it was a nice prayer and asked one of them to teach it
to me. So is adding it in an accepted variation of the standard Rosary
or were
Erik Reuter asked:
Alberto! Where you been? :-)
Alberto helpfully replied:
Rio de Janeiro
Alberto Monteiro, the neo-humour-challenged
Well, it's good to see you making an appearance back here in virtual-land!
Reggie Bautista
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STOP
Kevin wrote:
But I argue for religious tolerance, which most anti-religious people lack.
A plaque on a wall isn't going to hurt me. A manger scene on the town
square doesn't send me into fits. I don't care. Heck, it brings happiness
to people, then let it be. This world can use more happiness.
rob wrote:
Mary and the other saints are a lot like union stewards. They can get
things
done for you. G
It's quite a different meme than the ones that are found in most protestant
sects, but it has been with the catholic church long before the protestant
reformation. I would think that it has
Gautam wrote:
Why isn't anyone discussing this?
I first read the first four Harry Potter books when my wife's German
grandmother who lives and works in Spain came for a visit and gave my wife
and me the British editions. There really aren't that many differences, a
word here, a phrase there,
Ronn! wrote:
One question which might be asked here is why does anyone need someone else
to pray for them? IOW, why is it necessary for a Catholic to pray to Mary
and ask her to pray to God for them? Why cannot reason that person pray
directly to God?
(Serious question, not meant as any sort
I wrote:
Has anyone here read _Vitals_, by Greg Bear? Any recommendations?
Jim Bertrand replied:
Yes. I enjoyed it. Over all I would put it into the lower middle of the
Bear works. Not as good as the Darwin books.
How would you say it compares to _Heads_, if you've read that one? (I
thought
I wrote:
2) The word used for brother can also mean cousin. So the siblings to
which the bible refers are probably a combination of cousins and
half-siblings from Joseph's first wife.
Rich replied:
Wouldn't those be step-siblings, Jesus' father being God and all?
Technically, I suppose, yes :-)
Jon wrote:
Okee Dokee. Can't even begin to fathom the logic behind this one:
http://www.chrissycaviar.com/ccaviar/
A woman who is creating 'caviar art' using her own eggs.
Click on the General Information link at the bottom of the page for more
info.
Some artists have had a thing for a while
At 12:55 PM 6/22/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote:
Ronn! wrote:
One question which might be asked here is why does anyone need someone
else to pray for them? IOW, why is it necessary for a Catholic to pray
to Mary and ask her to pray to God for them? Why cannot reason that
person pray directly
--- John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Can somebody help me out here?
Yet, it seems that people who believe in God, at least on Brin-L, seem
perfectly capable of discussing non-belief in God in a calm and civilized
manner.
In contrast, the people who do not believe in God, or at
At 12:36 PM 6/22/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote:
Atheists tend to be a rather logical lot (whether you agree with their logic
is another matter) and when they perceive a religious person (especial one
who is an intellectual or a scientist) having such illogical beliefs it can
get quite annoying.
To
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:02:27PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
To which I have to respond that if anyone had witnessed and
experienced what I have witnessed and experienced, the only logical
result would be to believe.
Of course not.
At 07:07 PM 6/22/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:02:27PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
To which I have to respond that if anyone had witnessed and
experienced what I have witnessed and experienced, the only logical
result would be to believe.
Of course not. The
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 06:28:11PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
those events, you have nothing but my word on them. If you wish to
find out whether or not I am telling the truth on this matter, you
will have to find out on your own.
Nonsense. You are describing something absurd. If you
On Sunday, June 22, 2003, at 12:20 am, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Why isn't anyone discussing this? Anyways, it's
marvelous. Rowling has, once again, surpassed herself
- this one is even better than the last.
My dear old dad had his copy ordered so he could pick it up on
Saturday. And by way of
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 6/21/2003 7:46:28 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Add to that another bit for those that can count, and those that can't,
and you have 42 types of people
Alberto Monteiro
Don't Panic
William Taylor
Catching up.
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From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 7:41 PM
Subject: Re: Plonkworthy?
Nice to have you back.
Thank you
How was the cruise?
It was good. The service on the cruise ship was
On 21 Jun 2003 at 21:33, Michael Harney wrote:
As for religious people willing to discuss non-belief in God, I would
argue that is an anomoly due to insufficient sample. I have met
zealots in my lifetime who think that if someone is an athiest it is a
deep personal insult and the athiest
Dan Minette wrote:
I've got pictures, but not a website. If Steve is
willing, I can send him a couple.
Absolutely.
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Brin-L list pages
Reggie Bautista wrote:
How would you say it(Vitals) compares to _Heads_, if you've read that one? (I
thought _Heads_ had some very interesting ideas, but was overall pretty
disappointed.)
It has been awhile since I read Heads. I would say Vitals is better. But I have
liked everything I
...
How dare you say Neanderthal!
That's Neandertal.
Greg Bear spells it Neandertal.
Robert J. Sawyer spells it Neanderthal.
Tal is German for valley. It used to be spelled Thal,
and that's preserved in some place names. So either should be
fine, but Julia's right, one
Anyone want to try and crack this one? I was a little cold and had glanced
at my house thermostat. It was 18C. I also looked at my indoor/outdoor
therm, it was 70F outside. It was just at dusk. Now three hours later it's
22C inside and 65F outside. I actually put my hand on the radiators to
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Anyone want to try and crack this one? I was a little cold and had glanced
at my house thermostat. It was 18C. I also looked at my indoor/outdoor
therm, it was 70F outside. It was just at dusk. Now three hours later it's
22C inside and 65F outside. I actually put my hand on
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Anyone want to try and crack this one? I was a little cold and had glanced
at my house thermostat. It was 18C. I also looked at my indoor/outdoor
therm, it was 70F outside. It was just at dusk. Now three hours later it's
22C inside and 65F outside. I actually put my hand on
In a message dated 6/22/2003 8:54:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Tal is German for valley. It used to be spelled Thal,
and that's preserved in some place names. So either should be
fine, but Julia's right, one should say tal.
It's like L'Hospital, the
In a message dated 6/22/2003 9:17:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
But I attribute it to the fact
that I often close the windows at night. Then the heat stored in the
walls can move to the air in the house.
Try living in a house where every wall is covered in
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