Re: Roy's Rock and 'God-haters'

2003-09-07 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:51 PM 9/6/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/6/03 5:33:02 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But there *are* circumstances under which I *would* kill. Just not religiously motivated ones. My own survival, and that of my children, would be the prime motivating factor in

Re: Roy's Rock and 'God-haters'

2003-09-07 Thread TomFODW
In this case, however, I suspect that Mr. Hill and those who think and feel like him feel that they have already argued at length with abortion doctors in general and perhaps with that doctor in particular and have concluded that no amount of further arguing will dissuade them from performing

voting machine companies setting up lobbying / PR blitz

2003-09-07 Thread The Fool
http://www.onlinejournal.com/Special_Reports/082603Harris/082603harris.htm l They are promising a massive PR and media campaign, polling, market surveys, a full congressional lobbying effort, approaching and rolling academics and key organizations over to their side, setting up a panel of

Re: Scouted: The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score

2003-09-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
The lower the score, apparently the geekier: Hacklust: 43.4% Senstive Roleplaying: 36.71% GM Experience: 21.74% System Knowledge: 77.26% Livin' La Vida Dorka: 36.78% I am 45.54% pure. Average Score: 67.9% This merely confirms what I always believed: I am an RPG geek. Jim But I'm OK with that

Re: 2003 NFL Preview

2003-09-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: On 9/6/03 11:49 PM, Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The bears will suck so bad they'll wish they were playing in Champaign again. You said that just to get at me. You are still angry that the Bears keep beating the Falcons no matter how good or bad

Re: Scouted: The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score

2003-09-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: The lower the score, apparently the geekier: Hacklust: 43.4% Senstive Roleplaying: 36.71% GM Experience: 21.74% System Knowledge: 77.26% Livin' La Vida Dorka: 36.78% I am 45.54% pure. Average Score: 67.9% This merely confirms what I always believed: I am an RPG

W's Unprecedented Attack On The Environment

2003-09-07 Thread The Fool
http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/36/ma_494_01.html Bush's Unprecedented Attack On The Environment By Osha Gray Davidson Dirty Secrets No President Has Gone After The Nation's Environmental Laws With The Same Fury As George W. Bush -- And None Has Been So Adept At Staying Under

Re: 2003 NFL Preview

2003-09-07 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia Thompson wrote: (I was living in New England in the mid-1980s. 'Nuff said. At least I was used to that sort of thing, being a Red Sox fan and all) You should hate the Raiders too then, eh? Doug ___

Scouted: AI?

2003-09-07 Thread Ticia
Sonme of you may have heard about this one before, I hadn't. The man who mistook his girlfriend for a robot: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,473054-1,00.html Ticia ',:) -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___

Re: 2003 NFL Preview

2003-09-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: (I was living in New England in the mid-1980s. 'Nuff said. At least I was used to that sort of thing, being a Red Sox fan and all) You should hate the Raiders too then, eh? Well, something has happened a lot more recently to get them

Re: brin: feudalism meme in america

2003-09-07 Thread Medievalbk
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Re: Scouted: The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score

2003-09-07 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: That's cool. I forwarded the link to Dan. He did badly on System Knowledge, but got a 12.26% on Hacklust. (He started playing in 6th grade, and DMed some rather, um, interesting campaigns. Seeing as I started some 22+ years ago myself, I can completely understand that.

Re: br!n: feudal post re: munch in america

2003-09-07 Thread Medievalbk
Such deep thoughts in that last post... AOL froze up on me there. I was using the last saved message for the email address All I wanted to do was to ask if Ronn or Steve could get ahold of a NASA spacesuit so that we could win $5,000 in the KFC popcorn chicken commercial contest. Not

Re: br!n: feudal post re: munch in America

2003-09-07 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:40 PM 9/7/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Such deep thoughts in that last post... AOL froze up on me there. I was using the last saved message for the email address All I wanted to do was to ask if Ronn or Steve could get ahold of a NASA spacesuit so that we could win $5,000 in the

Re: Week 1 Picks

2003-09-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:05 AM Subject: Week 1 Picks MIAMI over Houston - Incredibly, on Sunday Houston will lose its first Opening Day game in

Re: br!n: feudalism meme in america

2003-09-07 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 9/6/2003 7:45:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Of course I could go on to say that feudalism was an agreement between two men in which one did service for the other in exchange for land, and has nothing to do with rulership. But then, I don't think

Re: munch in America, KFC contest

2003-09-07 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/7/2003 11:58:19 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All I wanted to do was to ask if Ronn or Steve could get ahold of a NASA spacesuit so that we could win $5,000 in the KFC popcorn chicken commercial contest. Hunh? Maybe it's only a

Re: Brin: Transparent Society

2003-09-07 Thread Russell Chapman
Gary Nunn wrote: I have no problem with my family knowing where I am at, at all times, however, I am not sure how I feel about my employer having the ability to track my location at all times. I could easily see this becoming a required condition of employment for some people. The opposite is

Re: munch in America, KFC contest

2003-09-07 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:22 PM 9/7/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 9/7/2003 11:58:19 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: All I wanted to do was to ask if Ronn or Steve could get ahold of a NASA spacesuit so that we could win $5,000 in the KFC popcorn chicken commercial

RE: Scouted: The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score

2003-09-07 Thread Horn, John
From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 99.83% pure You and Dove... grin - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Scouted: The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score

2003-09-07 Thread Horn, John
From: Horn, John From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 99.83% pure You and Dove... grin Oh, damn! That's Ivory. G - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Scouted: The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score

2003-09-07 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:31 PM 9/7/2003 -0500, you wrote: From: Horn, John From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 99.83% pure You and Dove... grin Oh, damn! That's Ivory. G - jmh Put the Ivory down poacher! Kevin T. - VRWC I like scrambled eggs

Re: Week 1 Picks

2003-09-07 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:27 PM 9/7/2003 -0500, you wrote: - Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 10:05 AM Subject: Week 1 Picks MIAMI over Houston - Incredibly, on Sunday Houston will lose

Re: Scouted: The Ultimate Roleplaying Purity Score

2003-09-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: From: Horn, John From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 99.83% pure You and Dove... grin Oh, damn! That's Ivory. G And Ivory is only 99-44/99% pure, IIRC. (Not having a bar of Ivory handy, I can't confirm, though.) tangent When I was

Re: br!n: feudalism meme in america

2003-09-07 Thread Damon
Was this a freely made agreement between equals or was it a situation where one man owned the land through inheritance and the other had no option other than to work in the service of the lord. Where there the lord got to decide the terms of the agreement and if the peasent did not agree the

Re: br!n: feudalism meme in america

2003-09-07 Thread Damon
So how exactly IS promising goods and services to a lord in exchange for land different from my leasing a house? I probably could do it as barter if I had to--but money is easier. Your definition of feudalism might stretch so far that it is meaningless. No, my definition of feudalism is

Re: I've done it again!

2003-09-07 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Alexander Norman Lipscomb (Alec) was born at 7:46 AM on Monday, August 11th. Congratulations!, if a little belated. -- Matt only 900 messages to go... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l