RE: Apology (was Re: Off-topic., monotonous posting (wasChild-killing religion))
I can't speak for other members of the list's silent majority. I, for one, see another news article on some cult or its members run amok,yawn, and hit Delete. I second that lack of emotion. c ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
At 02:43 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. Around what axis? . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
At 04:56 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 21, 2008, at 1:06 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, David Hobby wrote: Mauro Diotallevi wrote: On 8/21/08, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great, now I feel old -- I checked it out of the library in college after a friend of mine had recommended it, and it was fairly new at the time. (As in, not out in paperback yet.) How about a limerick to cheer you up? ((12 + 144 + 20 + (3 * 4^(1/2))) / 7) + (5 * 11) = 9^2 + 0 (limerick by John Saxon) Mauro-- Thanks, but I had to google for the answer. Without having seen previous examples of the form, I got about as far as Twelve plus one-forty-four. I was having a hard time rhyming twenty with square root of four until I realized that 12, 144, and 20 have special names... I can't forget that they have special names. I mean, any time we have 144 of something, either my husband or myself says to the other, That's gross. Julia And when you have 288 . . . . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
At 07:04 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Aug 21, 2008, at 5:27 PM, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 21, 2008, at 3:00 PM, Pat Mathews wrote: I got the first line, anyway. A dozen, a gross, and a score and am far too lazy to do the calculations and figure out the rest. That's what Google is for: if you type the first four lines of the limerick into the search box, it calculates the result for you, which may be the funniest thing I've seen a long time: http://url.ie/mpi Dave Google is becoming somewhat frightening at an exponential rate, lately. I had no idea some of these features were built into the engine: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html Yeah, but if you type in Define proctocraniectomy it's useless. Julia That's because the proper medical term is cranio-rectal intussception*, or CRI . . . _ *Not anastomosis, as some mistakenly call it. . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)
At 07:42 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Dave Land wrote: Of course, there are all the ones that begin, There was an old man from Nantucket..., most of which are quite unprintable, but there is this offering: Thirty years ago he was always a young man . . . Tempus Fugit Maru . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:04 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 21 Aug 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote: Google is becoming somewhat frightening at an exponential rate, lately. I had no idea some of these features were built into the engine: http://www.google.com/intl/en/help/features.html Yeah, but if you type in Define proctocraniectomy it's useless. Julia That's because the proper medical term is cranio-rectal intussception*, or CRI . . . Didn't work on *that*, either. Next? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:42 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Dave Land wrote: Of course, there are all the ones that begin, There was an old man from Nantucket..., most of which are quite unprintable, but there is this offering: Thirty years ago he was always a young man . . . Tempus Fugit Maru There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And arrived there the previous night. (Of course, it's been over 25 years since I last heard the limerick, so I might have misremembered something.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)
At 09:15 AM Friday 8/22/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And arrived there the previous night. (Of course, it's been over 25 years since I last heard the limerick, so I might have misremembered something.) Julia I have a joke book from the 1920s that that one is in. . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:15 AM Friday 8/22/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel much faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And arrived there the previous night. (Of course, it's been over 25 years since I last heard the limerick, so I might have misremembered something.) Julia I have a joke book from the 1920s that that one is in. Thank you, Ronn!! This was one that my grandmother was very fond of reciting. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)
At 09:15 AM Friday 8/22/2008, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 07:42 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Dave Land wrote: Of course, there are all the ones that begin, There was an old man from Nantucket..., most of which are quite unprintable, but there is this offering: Thirty years ago he was always a young man . . . Tempus Fugit Maru There was a young lady named Bright Who could travel faster than light She set out one day In a relative way And arrived there the previous night. (Of course, it's been over 25 years since I last heard the limerick, so I might have misremembered something.) Julia They're not always wailing in Wales, You can't weigh a fish on its scales, You'll acknowledge that Mars Is found among stars But can you tell me on which boat Marseilles? . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)
This is one of my favorites: There was a young woman from Tottingham Who had no manners or else had forgotten 'em At tea at the Vicar's She took off her knickers Because, she explained, she felt hot in 'em By the by, I *loved* the math limerick. It definitely tickled me. Jim A poet who didn't know it Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Happy Birthday!
On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was MY birthday today. But I guess Ray had it first. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Happy Birthday!
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was MY birthday today. But I guess Ray had it first. That's my attitude about Tom Petty. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Happy Birthday!
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was MY birthday today. But I guess Ray had it first. That's my attitude about Tom Petty. Well, he's just being petty. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Happy Birthday!
On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:16 AM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Aug 21, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ray Bradbury is 88 today (Friday). I thought it was MY birthday today. But I guess Ray had it first. That's my attitude about Tom Petty. Well, he's just being petty. He was born on Jerry Orbach's birthday, did you know that? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
On Aug 22, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 02:43 PM Thursday 8/21/2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. Around what axis? . . . ronn! :) I'd try the t-axis .. Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor. It must be demanded by the oppressed. -- M. L. King ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: That's because the proper medical term is cranio-rectal intussception*, or CRI . . . Didn't work on *that*, either. Two problems here: First, the medical term that Ronn! may be groping for (eww!) is intussusception, not intussception. Second, a CRI is a Cranio-Rectal Inversion. Google THAT and you'll find plenty of mentions. Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
On 8/21/08, Pat Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I got the first line, anyway. A dozen, a gross, and a score and am far too lazy to do the calculations and figure out the rest. Plus three times the square root of four... The last line of the limerick was the part that gave me the most trouble when I first encountered it. -- Mauro Diotallevi The number you have dialed is imaginary. Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks (was Re: Greg Bear)
On 8/22/2008 9:57:51 AM, Jim Sharkey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: This is one of my favorites: There was a young woman from Tottingham Who had no manners or else had forgotten 'em At tea at the Vicar's She took off her knickers Because, she explained, she felt hot in 'em By the by, I *loved* the math limerick. It definitely tickled me. Jim A poet who didn't know it Maru on a similar note: A gay Irish Priest in New Delhi Tattooed The Lords Prayer to his belly By the time that a brahmin got down to the amen he'd blown both salvation and Kelly xponent Lim Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks usung purple and orange.
Goethe's color theory expressed through Western gunfighters: It's highly unlikely Wyatt Earp'll Be even caught dead wearing purple. For the shade a shade uses Can lead to.abuses. And with that one he'd bloody usurp hell. Angie Dickinson listens in: Say, Angie, you want to hear more, Ang? I've a Limerick rhyming orange. It's a ral simple thing That I never will sing As I've neither projection nor range. Stop quoting. Write your own. I did. Vilyehm **It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks usung purple and orange.
On 23 Aug 2008, at 02:24, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Goethe's color theory expressed through Western gunfighters: The Goethe Institut in Prague was just round the corner from our hotel when we were there last November. Made a useful landmark when trying to find the hotel again after an evening of delicious Czech pivo :-) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Image-Praha_2005-09-20_Goethe_Institut-01.jpg Better then German Bier Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I believe OS/2 is destined to be the most important operating system, and possibly program, of all time. - Bill Gates, 1987 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
The Price of Grammatical Perfection
$3,035. http://bookology.wordpress.com/2008/08/22/the-price-of-grammatical-perfection/ Its A Crime Maru . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The Price of Grammatical Perfection
In a message dated 8/22/2008 9:34:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Its A Crime Maru It's. That'll be $14.95 Vilyehm **It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Greg Bear
At 03:35 PM Friday 8/22/2008, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 22, 2008, at 7:13 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 22 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: That's because the proper medical term is cranio-rectal intussception*, or CRI . . . Didn't work on *that*, either. Two problems here: First, the medical term that Ronn! may be groping for (eww!) is intussusception, not intussception. I wonder how that happened: I took some pains to get it correct before I sent it. I wonder if a spell-checker somehow decided all by itself to get it wrong . . . Second, a CRI is a Cranio-Rectal Inversion. Google THAT and you'll find plenty of mentions. Dave But a medical professional knows that they are not the same thing, and that INTUSSUSCEPTION is the more accurate term for one body part having been slid or telescoped into another. A Bad Spell Maru . . . ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
A Physicist, A Chemist, and A Statistician . . .
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