RE: [L3] The Hazards of Watching Fox News

2003-10-20 Thread Bryon Daly
From: ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bryon Daly wrote: That's fine with me. My apologies for the delay but I have been busy and unwell. And the weekend was dedicated to the two 'A Storm of Sword' books. :) A big delay on this end as well: the list was hungup so I didn't get this until Tues-Wed, and my

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:44 am, Erik Reuter wrote: Yup, brainwashed. Are you going to become religious next? Yup, brainwashed. You have joined the recording industry religion. Preach the gospel, brother! You were the one who brought up contributing to the artists. But I can understand

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 03:53 am, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 20 Oct 2003 at 1:03, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:35 am, Doug Pensinger

Re: Cancer update

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:21 am, Julia Thompson wrote: My father-in-law had a scan earlier this month, and the chemotherapy is working. Good. On the bad-news front: one of our dogs (Miranda) was diagnosed with terminal cancer less than a week after the babies were born. Poor doggie.

Re: Going for the ball (was Baseball Questions)

2003-10-20 Thread G. D. Akin
Doug Pensinger wrote: D'oh, I knew that. Why a Giants fan though. - I'm a product of my environment and latched on to a favorite team wherever we lived when I got interested in the sport. We moved a lot when I was young all around California and Southern

Re: A bit of trip down memory lane

2003-10-20 Thread G. D. Akin
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 10:11 AM Subject: Re: A bit of trip down memory lane On Sunday, October 19, 2003, at 07:10 am, G. D. Akin wrote: I wonder how many of you

Re: Pedro...

2003-10-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:41 PM Subject: Re: Pedro... Jim Sharkey wrote: Easy to say when the guy who looks roughly like a bulldog isn't charging at you in the middle

Re: Going for the ball (was Baseball Questions)

2003-10-20 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:30 PM 10/20/2003 +0900, you wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: D'oh, I knew that. Why a Giants fan though. - I'm a product of my environment and latched on to a favorite team wherever we lived when I got interested in the sport. We moved a lot when I was

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:52:14AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Is there an argument in there that I missed? Yup. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 01:15 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:52:14AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Is there an argument in there that I missed? Yup. So what was it? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog :

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the questions, then maybe we can get somewhere. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the questions, then maybe we can get somewhere. Back to the netherlander sagas perhaps? Ray.

RE: [A4P] Introducing Matt Lundstrom

2003-10-20 Thread Horn, John
From: Matt Lundstrom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Greetings! Welcome aboard! (You might not have seen a lot of replies as the server has been a bit wonky lately.) - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Pedro...

2003-10-20 Thread Horn, John
From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I think he should have stuck out his hand, grabbing that bald head in a forkball grip and allowed him to flail away - fists windmilling just out of reach of his own head. Ah, the Abbott and Costello approach. :-) Nice idea. I was

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 19, 2003 11:03 PM Subject: Re: Racism at the New Republic (long) ESPN firing him for something he wrote in a different forum, for a different employer, seems pretty unfair. More

Re: A bit of trip down memory lane

2003-10-20 Thread Julia Thompson
G. D. Akin wrote: I wonder how many of you read any of Andre Norton's early SF works (in the 50's, 60s). She's known much more fantasy than SF, but she's written some pretty good SF. She wrote two books about a Native-American who had a telepathic connection with animals. The books were

RE: [A4P] Introducing Matt Lundstrom

2003-10-20 Thread Chad Cooper
Welcome aboard. This is a wild group. As far as postings go, On-topic is like a rare wine, to be savored. Some simple rules... * If you want Dr. Brin to see your message, include 'BRIN' in the subject. * Text only replies Blood has been spilt over posts done in HTML. You'll catch on

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:40:05PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Back to the netherlander sagas perhaps? If you think that, then you need to pay closer attention. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

RE: Cancer update

2003-10-20 Thread Chad Cooper
So, good news and bad news. (And the bad news has caused a lot of tears here.) This weekend we took our 3 year old cat to the vet because she appeared to be ill. X-rays point to an intestinal blockage. We are making the decision today for euthanasia if the second opinion confirms the

How some conservatives are deliberately destroying America

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
From the Center for American Progress: ECONOMY - ALABAMA LIVES WITH ITS VOTE: Just six weeks ago, AlabamaA HREF=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51143-2003Sep9?language=printer;shot down/A an attempt by Gov. Bob Riley to reform taxes in an attempt to stem the hemorrhaging state

Re: [A4P] Introducing Matt Lundstrom

2003-10-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Chad Cooper wrote: Welcome aboard. This is a wild group. As far as postings go, On-topic is like a rare wine, to be savored. Some simple rules... * If you want Dr. Brin to see your message, include 'BRIN' in the subject. And if BRIN is in the subject line and it's wandering off onto a

Re: Sexual Identity Hard-Wired by Genetics - Study

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
Considering that the flintheaded rightwing Christian morons don't understand science and don't accept it, this will have absolutely no effect whatsoever on them or on their Republican handmaidens in Congress or elsewhere. Their bigotry is not based on anything other than fear and hatred.

Re: Cancer update

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 05:51 pm, Chad Cooper wrote: So, good news and bad news. (And the bad news has caused a lot of tears here.) This weekend we took our 3 year old cat to the vet because she appeared to be ill. X-rays point to an intestinal blockage. We are making the decision

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 20 Oct 2003 at 9:11, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 03:53 am, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 20 Oct 2003 at 1:03, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, October 18, 2003, at 04:52 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 18 Oct 2003 at 9:48, William T Goodall wrote:

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
Listening test? Right. I'm talking about actual waveform analysis compared to the origional sound. Ah, so who cares what it sounds like - we'll tell you what you should be thinking. Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the

Scouted: 1 million iTunes copies (Was: Re: iTunes for Windo$e)

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
Apple: 1 million iTunes copies, songs in three days By Peter Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] October 20, 2003 9:40 am ET Last week Apple introduced its long-awaited iTunes for Windows software. The software provides Windows PC users with the ability to buy music from the iTunes Music Store, and it

RE: Baseball Questions

2003-10-20 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 08:03 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Baseball Questions On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 11:39:29 -0700, Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 08:36 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e So I'm assuming, after reading this:

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of G. D. Akin Sent: Saturday, October 18, 2003 02:23 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e William T Goodall wrote: snip The iPod doesn't rip. It is a player - mp3,

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 1:57 PM Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e Listening test? Right. I'm talking about actual waveform analysis compared to the origional sound. Ah, so who cares what it sounds like

RE: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of William T Goodall Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 01:11 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e Yes. It was run in the media lab of Salford University. I'll see if I

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-20 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, having said that, I'm not at all surprised that he was fired by ESPN. He publicly called out the CEO of the corporation with which he was doing business. I'm a small independent contractor, and I'd expect to lose a contract if I did that. It

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 2:33 PM Subject: Re: Racism at the New Republic (long) --- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But, having said that, I'm not at all surprised that

RE: Cancer update

2003-10-20 Thread Chad Cooper
-Original Message- From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:41 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Cancer update On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 05:51 pm, Chad Cooper wrote: So, good news and bad news. (And the bad

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-20 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Racism at the New Republic (long) Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2003 14:47:44 -0500 - Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs

Re: How some conservatives are deliberately destroying America

2003-10-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:22 PM 10/20/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From the Center for American Progress: ECONOMY - ALABAMA LIVES WITH ITS VOTE: Just six weeks ago, Alabama A HREF=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A51143-2003Sep9?language=printer;shot down/A an attempt by Gov. Bob Riley to reform

Re: Racism at the New Republic (long)

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
In general, I would agree with you.  In this particular case, however, ESPN at least pretends to be a journalistic enterprise.  Journalistic businesses are _not_ supposed to fire people in this situation, or they are not independent of their financial side - which they are supposed to be. 

Re: How some conservatives are deliberately destroying America

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/20/opinion/20MON3.html Well, I hope you're happy as prisoners are let out early, people die, teachers are fired, and Alabama becomes a third world country. And I hope the same sickness does not spread to the rest of the country. Because, regardless of why you

Scouted: The world's most unobservant woman?

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/10/20/offbeat.odd.australia.baby.reut/index.html Unexpectant mom shocked by birth Monday, October 20, 2003 Posted:6:00 PM EDT (2200 GMT) Carolyn Hounsell got a very big shock when she delivered a healthy baby boy. SYDNEY, Australia

Have a nice orgasm!

2003-10-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
See how the other half lives.erloves..er whatever.. http://home.comcast.net/~welder1956/att3.htm Moderately work safeG xponent The Onset Of Envy Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: Re: iTunes for Windo$e So I guess the simple answer to your question, Dan, would be that fidelity to the sound of the original does not always equal

Evil acts of Shrub, Chapters MMMCCLXXXIV, MMMCCLXXXV

2003-10-20 Thread The Fool
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A10660-2003Oct10?language=print er U.S. May Expand Access To Endangered Species By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 11, 2003; Page A01 The Bush administration is proposing far-reaching changes to conservation policies

Bush Propaganda Machine

2003-10-20 Thread Doug Pensinger
http://www.misleader.com/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df10172003.html When military journalists for Stars and Stripes interviewed soldiers on the ground, however, they reported that American dignitaries touring Iraq are given a false picture because of the tight controls placed on the visits. The

Shrubs browncoats give republicans tours or Iraq while preventing democrats from entering Iraq

2003-10-20 Thread The Fool
http://www.thehill.com/news/101503/reconstruction.aspx On returning from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, a group of Senate Republicans said yesterday that the Bush administration deserves a lot more credit for successful reconstruction efforts in those war-torn nations. Meanwhile, several Senate

Trading away your rights [White Paper on FTAA]

2003-10-20 Thread The Fool
http://ipjustice.org/FTAA/IPJ_FTAA_White_Paper_r_1_2.html ... The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Treaty[1] is a comprehensive regional trade agreement between all 34 democracies in the Western Hemisphere, including the US, and covering a population of over 800 million people. Similar to

Re: Evil acts of Shrub, Chapters MMMCCLXXXIV, MMMCCLXXXV

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
Giving Americans access to endangered animals, officials said, would feed the gigantic U.S. demand for live animals, skins, parts and trophies, and generate profits that would allow poor nations to pay for conservation of the remaining animals and their habitat. Why not try to curb that

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:17 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the questions, then maybe we can get somewhere. If I can find the time I might do that.

Re: Scouted: The world's most unobservant woman?

2003-10-20 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:47 PM 10/20/2003 -0400, you wrote: http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/10/20/offbeat.odd.australia.baby.reut/index.html Unexpectant mom shocked by birth Monday, October 20, 2003 Posted:6:00 PM EDT (2200 GMT) Carolyn Hounsell got a very big shock when she delivered a healthy

Irregulars question: Computer help

2003-10-20 Thread Jim Sharkey
It seems I have an unwelcome visitor, of sorts, on my computer. Every time I boot up, my home page is redirected to http://solongas.com/main/hp.htm, which shows up on my site window as http://66.250.130.194/index.php?acc=2002. It's basically some BS search engine. It's not a virus that's

Re: Evil acts of Shrub, Chapters MMMCCLXXXIV, MMMCCLXXXV

2003-10-20 Thread William T Goodall
On Tuesday, October 21, 2003, at 02:23 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Giving Americans access to endangered animals, officials said, would feed the gigantic U.S. demand for live animals, skins, parts and trophies, and generate profits that would allow poor nations to pay for conservation of the

Re: Irregulars question: Computer help

2003-10-20 Thread Nick Arnett
Jim Sharkey wrote: It seems I have an unwelcome visitor, of sorts, on my computer. Every time I boot up, my home page is redirected to http://solongas.com/main/hp.htm, which shows up on my site window as http://66.250.130.194/index.php?acc=2002. It's basically some BS search engine. It's not a

Re: Evil acts of Shrub, Chapters MMMCCLXXXIV, MMMCCLXXXV

2003-10-20 Thread TomFODW
Somebody got out of bed the wrong side this morning  :) Maybe, but my point is, whenever people say that promoting abstinence as the only solution to AIDS and teen pregnancy won't work because it goes against human nature, the abstinence-only crowd says, basically, you can change people's

Re: Scouted: The world's most unobservant woman?

2003-10-20 Thread Russell Chapman
Kevin Tarr wrote: 3.6 Kilograms? That's what.six miles per hour? A woman who lived a block from me growing up had the same thing happen to her. She was a large woman, not shockingly obese but still big. She smoke and drank, wasn't married. Her daughter turned out okay, as good as anyone

Re: Irregulars question: Computer help

2003-10-20 Thread The Fool
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems I have an unwelcome visitor, of sorts, on my computer. Every time I boot up, my home page is redirected to http://solongas.com/main/hp.htm, which shows up on my site window as http://66.250.130.194/index.php?acc=2002. It's basically some BS

Re: Irregulars question: Computer help

2003-10-20 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems I have an unwelcome visitor, of sorts, on my computer. Every time I boot up, my home page is redirected to http://solongas.com/main/hp.htm, which shows up on my site window as http://66.250.130.194/index.php?acc=2002. It's basically some BS search

Re: Irregulars question: Computer help

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 20 Oct 2003 at 22:01, Jim Sharkey wrote: It seems I have an unwelcome visitor, of sorts, on my computer. Every time I boot up, my home page is redirected to http://solongas.com/main/hp.htm, which shows up on my site window as http://66.250.130.194/index.php?acc=2002. It's basically

Re: Trading away your rights [White Paper on FTAA]

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 20 Oct 2003 at 20:01, The Fool wrote: http://ipjustice.org/FTAA/IPJ_FTAA_White_Paper_r_1_2.html ... The Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Treaty[1] is a comprehensive regional trade agreement between all 34 democracies in the Western Hemisphere, including the US, and covering a

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:54:43AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 02:17 pm, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the

Re: How some conservatives are deliberately destroying America

2003-10-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:37 PM 10/20/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/20/opinion/20MON3.html ^^^ Everybody is entitled to his own ridiculous opinion. -- W. C. Widenhouse, Capt., USAF, ca. 1977 Well, I hope you're happy as prisoners are let

Re: Have a nice orgasm!

2003-10-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Some people have said that there's no such thing as one which is not nice . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Evil acts of Shrub, Chapters MMMCCLXXXIV, MMMCCLXXXV

2003-10-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:27 PM 10/20/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Somebody got out of bed the wrong side this morning :) Maybe, but my point is, whenever people say that promoting abstinence as the only solution to AIDS and teen pregnancy won't work because it goes against human nature, the abstinence-only

Oh, BTW: Re: How some conservatives are deliberately destroying America

2003-10-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 06:37 PM 10/20/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/20/opinion/20MON3.html Well, I hope you're happy as prisoners are let out early, people die, teachers are fired, -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo