Re: Week 2 NFL Picks

2006-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: NY Giants at Philadelphia - Pick: EAGLES How about them Giants?? I can't believe they turned that around, as they were being soundly whupped for the first 40 minutes of the game. Though I have to wonder if it's a sign of their resiliency or the

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?)

2006-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: On 18 Sep 2006, at 12:43AM, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 16, 2006, at 4:24 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 16 Sep 2006, at 9:12PM, Dave Land wrote: After watching the Pyroclastic video that WTG pointed to, Not me. Just to clear that up Maru Of course not. It was

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?)

2006-09-24 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 24 Sep 2006 at 10:55, Charlie Bell wrote: I occasionally say that evolution is a theory in much the same way that gravity is. How it works is a theory. Kind of a mystery, too, which is pretty cool when you think about it. Very cool indeed. Mysteries are what science is all

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliable information?)

2006-09-24 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/09/2006, at 9:31 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 24 Sep 2006 at 10:55, Charlie Bell wrote: I occasionally say that evolution is a theory in much the same way that gravity is. How it works is a theory. Kind of a mystery, too, which is pretty cool when you think about it. Very cool

Re: Brin: basic is evil, why it must be eradicated

2006-09-24 Thread maru dubshinki
On 9/23/06, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maru wrote: The Wikipedia entry for R is under GNU-S :-) I hate to play the pedantic resident Wikipedia expert here, marudubinski, I presume :-) You forgot the Dr.! ...(Nah, I'm kidding.) Ok, but if we want to use

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:48 AM Tuesday 9/19/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: On 08/09/2006, at 7:16 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Probably you haven't asked the right person. I base my ethical decisions on my ability to empathize. If I know a given action would cause me

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Ritu wrote: Julia wrote: D. I Own more translations of the Bible than there are regulars on this list. Query: Can you list the translations you own? I'm just curious. A no answer will be accepted graciously. I was saving up qone uestion for you: How many translations would Fool need to

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliab...

2006-09-24 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 9/22/2006 9:39:31 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That natural selection is *part* of the mechanism is close to certain. But there's way more to speciation - kin selection, sexual selection, allopatric/ synpatric speciation. We're discovering

Re: Week 2 NFL Picks

2006-09-24 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: How about them Giants?? Not that I like ANYONE in the NFC East at this point (although I will root for the Cowboys if T.O. isn't playing), but I like Eli Manning. :) I didn't get to see the game, but everything I read pointed to an awful performance

Re: The Morality of Killing Babies

2006-09-24 Thread maru dubshinki
On 9/24/06, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: By regulars, I think he means people who post frequently. How frequently is frequent enough, I don't know. So I don't know how many he means. Julia Well, we can find out simply by asking each poster whether they get enough

Re: 9/11 conspiracies (WAS RE: What should we believe when there is no reliab...

2006-09-24 Thread Charlie Bell
On 25/09/2006, at 11:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I think that what Pinker meant was that natural selection explains the presence of useful functions in creatures. All of the other mechanisms exist for sure but to get good and useful doohickeys one needs selection. If he's using