Weekly Chat Reminder

2008-12-03 Thread William T Goodall
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of regulars over

Re: Government regulations and complex consequences

2008-12-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
I'm trying to catch up a bit- John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You would have us believe that on principle, people who fail to foresee a negative event are thereby disqualified from comprehending and responding to it? snip Likewise, if a

Re: Government regulations and complex consequences

2008-12-03 Thread John Williams
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Deborah Harrell We still can't explain all of the effects of aspirin, after all. (Although that's more due to not understanding everthing about inflammation, as the body's regulatory responses are discovered to be ever more complex with increased

Re: Government regulations and complex consequences

2008-12-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 12:05 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: We still can't explain all of the effects of aspirin..snip..And look at the recent pull of cold and cough preps for toddlers, after being on the shelf for decades. There is no certain or 100%

Re: Government regulations and complex consequences

2008-12-03 Thread jamespv
You are giving economists way too much credit. I'm not asking for 100%, or even 90%. But 50% would be nice. But economists can rarely manage 10%. Come on yall there has never been a large group of students studying to Become economist and that subject is a lot like the doctor’s requirement To

Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!

2008-12-03 Thread d.brin
I can't believe it almost slipped by without notice. Right now... give or take a couple of weeks... we are passing through the two hundredth anniversary of one of the greatest events in the history of art. Perhaps of all humanity. The Winter Concert of 1808, when Ludwig Von Beethoven

Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!

2008-12-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/3/2008 3:09:46 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And I got to wave my arms, conducting it, all the way home. To hell with liberal or conservative. Let's debate Toscanini or Stokowski. Vilyehm **Make your life easier with all

Re: It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations

2008-12-03 Thread xponentrob
- Original Message - From: Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion' brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Tuesday, December 02, 2008 9:06 PM Subject: RE: It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations

2008-12-03 Thread Nick Arnett
On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:28 PM, xponentrob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's not really productive to worry too much about what is real and what is virtual, since there is no firm basis for the categorization. Particles are a quantized bias in the field fluctuations that compose reality, and as