Re: Brazil's Twin Town

2009-01-23 Thread Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
Jim Sharkey wrote: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/southamerica/brazil/4307262/Nazi- angel-of-death-Josef-Mengele-created-twin-town-in-Brazil.html Joseph Mengele apparently found a way to increase the birthrate of the master race, at least in this small Brazilian enclave. Pretty

Re: Portal Gun

2009-01-23 Thread Jim Sharkey
Dave Land wrote: On Jan 22, 2009, at 2:40 PM, Rceeberger wrote: http://www.flickr.com/photos/30109...@n03/sets/72157612758626401/ I'm making a note here: huge success. I HAVE to show that to my son, who is a huge Portal fan. Your son has excellent taste in games. Portal was the best game of

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

2009-01-23 Thread Nick Arnett
On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote: It's interesting, but I'm really sick of the evolution can't explain this schtick. Evolution explains how diversity occurs. Extinction events are known, some are understood. That we don't know the specific causes of

Re: The Hunt For Goldilocks

2009-01-23 Thread Julia Thompson
On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, xponentrob wrote: - Original Message - From: Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.org To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:53 PM Subject: Re: The Hunt For Goldilocks Hey Rob - if you're going to post

Re: The Hunt For Goldilocks

2009-01-23 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jan 23, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, xponentrob wrote: - Original Message - From: Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.org To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, January 22, 2009 6:53 PM Subject: Re: The Hunt

Re: The Hunt For Goldilocks

2009-01-23 Thread Julia Thompson
On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Jan 23, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, xponentrob wrote: - Original Message - From: Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.org To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday,

Re: The Hunt For Goldilocks

2009-01-23 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jan 23, 2009, at 10:43 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Fri, 23 Jan 2009, Bruce Bostwick wrote: On Jan 23, 2009, at 10:33 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Thu, 22 Jan 2009, xponentrob wrote: - Original Message - From: Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.org To: Killer Bs (David Brin et

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread dsummersmi...@comcast.net
Doug wrote: Furthermore, because of concerns about climate change and unrest in the middle east, a prediction that batteries and cheap electric cars are going to be in great demand over the next several decades is a good bet. I have no arguement against the concept that cheap batteries and

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jan 23, 2009, at 12:00 PM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: Since then, I've been seeing promises of competative electric cars. When gas prices were at $4.50/gallon, the premium for hybrids was within $1000 of being a wash. But, now that prices are back close to $1.50 (around

Cattalica

2009-01-23 Thread Rceeberger
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Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread xponentrob
- Original Message - From: dsummersmi...@comcast.net To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? Since then, I've been seeing promises of competative electric cars. When gas prices were at $4.50/gallon, the

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread dsummersmi...@comcast.net
Original Message: - From: xponentrob xponent...@comcast.net Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:56:08 -0600 To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? - Original Message - From: dsummersmi...@comcast.net To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent:

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread xponentrob
- Original Message - From: dsummersmi...@comcast.net To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:39 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? Original Message: - From: xponentrob xponent...@comcast.net Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2009 15:56:08

RE: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread Dan M
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Bruce Bostwick Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 12:20 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? On Jan 23, 2009, at

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread xponentrob
- Original Message - From: xponentrob xponent...@comcast.net To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years? ***

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-23 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jan 23, 2009, at 5:07 PM, xponentrob wrote: From: xponentrob xponent...@comcast.net To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 4:49 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

2009-01-23 Thread Charlie Bell
On 24/01/2009, at 2:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote: It's interesting, but I'm really sick of the evolution can't explain this schtick. Evolution explains how diversity occurs. Extinction events are known, some are

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

2009-01-23 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote: It's closer to the first example you suggest than the second, but it's part of a general trope of less-good science writing that pitches every new minor spin on science as rewriting the whole body of theory that is

The Mac is 25

2009-01-23 Thread William T Goodall
Apple officially launched the Macintosh 25 years ago, Jan. 24, 1984. History Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ “Babies are born every day without an iPod. We will get there.” - Adam Sohn, the

Re: The Mac is 25

2009-01-23 Thread Bruce Bostwick
On Jan 23, 2009, at 7:18 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Apple officially launched the Macintosh 25 years ago, Jan. 24, 1984. History Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : w...@wtgab.demon.co.uk Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ “Babies are born every

Re: Which oil patch?

2009-01-23 Thread Chris Frandsen
Which oil patch are you talking about? Offshore drilling is not feasible at the 60-80 dollar range as was proven by the fact that over 66 million acres under lease have not been drilled. I believe the last dry hole offshore in Alaska cost $150 million. My wife's small share of oil rights

RE: Which oil patch?

2009-01-23 Thread Dan M
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Chris Frandsen Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 7:56 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Which oil patch? Which oil patch are you talking about? You

Re: Brazil's Twin Town

2009-01-23 Thread Doug Pensinger
Alberto wrote: I would laugh, if this was not sad. All this assumes that Mengele had _any_ competence either as a physician or as a scientist. What's next? That Mengele cloned his own bones, found the longetivity drug, and is planning to take the world? I think I've seen that movie! Doug

Re: The Hunt For Goldilocks

2009-01-23 Thread Doug Pensinger
Bruce wrote: Based on the account of the reliable authority in question, yeah, be very glad. I think she said something along the lines of I don't ever, ever, EVER want to have to go through that again.. I can tell you a few places I'd rather not get poison ivy on again... Doug

Tweetsnet beta

2009-01-23 Thread Nick Arnett
The social network analysis I've been doing on Twitter turned into a new site called Tweetsnet (http://tweetsnet.com) that shows web pages that are hot topics on Twitter. It's a blog, with a feed. It updates every 10 minutes or so with the five highest scoring, previously unpublished, web pages

RE: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

2009-01-23 Thread Dan M
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Charlie Bell Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 5:16 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity It's closer to the first example

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

2009-01-23 Thread Doug Pensinger
Dan wrote: Even really revolutionary data, like the data that suggests dark energy, are written up in such a way that it implies that the big bang is now in question. That drives me crazy in the same way. Yea, god forbid scientists that are skeptical about the bing bang! Doug

RE: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

2009-01-23 Thread Dan M
-Original Message- From: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 10:36 PM To: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Subject: Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity Dan wrote: Even really