Re: Evil Empire: the World leader in executions

2002-10-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Jon Gabriel wrote: > >From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Evil Empire: the World leader in executions > > > > > > >Financial trusts in the name of a person can be set up that can only be > >held > >inaccesible for that person until the age of 21. In some countri

brin: transparancey and software

2002-10-03 Thread The Fool
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,64688,00.html Stop, in the Name of 'Bots Thursday, October 03, 2002 By Glenn Harlan Reynolds Nowadays, it seems as if more and more law enforcement is being done by machines. Unfortunately, they don't seem to be up to the job. And the humans don't want t

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
>From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World >Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:24:56 +0200 > >At 17:24 03-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >>Jeroen, >> >>I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted **internationally** in >>their fields) t

Re: Playing Politics

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Deborah Harrell wrote: > On a more positive note, here are two articles about > the recent elections in Morocco, including how a > group > of American women helped coach Moroccan women (King > Mohammed decided more women should hold seats in > Parliament) in running for office: > > http://www

Re: Playing Politics

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: > On 9/28/02 3:30 AM, "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > "This is not how a great nation should debate > issues of war and peace. > > To question people's patriotism for simply raising > questions about how a > > war is to be fought and won -- to say that any

Oops.

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
Oops. Those definitions are from: http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=sophistry :-) Jon _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx _

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
>From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 23:11:40 -0500 > >Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > I think you need to look up the word "sophistry". > > Its what you are doing in any case. > >If you want the OED definition, ask.

Re: Definitions, Hey Julia

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Ask and ye shall receive yadda yadda yadda > > http://www.agathachristie.com/booksplays/missmarple.shtml > > Enjoy. :) > > Jon > Galactic Library, Mostly Harmless Department Thank you very much. Now I *really* ought to get off the computer and head for bed

Re: Brineller Sighting

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
His website is also referenced by Salon.com's blog report pretty much every other day. :) J >From: Matthew and Julie Bos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Brineller Sighting >Date: Fri, 04 Oct 2002 00:05:34 -0400 > > >From the article, > >http:/

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > I think you need to look up the word "sophistry". > Its what you are doing in any case. If you want the OED definition, ask. :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Definitions, Hey Julia

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: > Finally, to go back to our discussion on religion, I'd love to see the > entry on religion from OED (hint hint Julia :-) ) There are 8 entries. I don't feel like providing more than the first one right now. I might provide the second one sometime tomorrow. (I'm tired and

Brineller Sighting

2002-10-03 Thread Matthew and Julie Bos
>From the article, http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30194-2002Oct1.html The rhetoric of recessions is usually, though not always, worse than the reality of recessions. Since World War II, recessions -- signifying falling production and rising unemployment -- have become less freque

Re: Definitions, Hey Julia

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
Ask and ye shall receive yadda yadda yadda http://www.agathachristie.com/booksplays/missmarple.shtml Enjoy. :) Jon Galactic Library, Mostly Harmless Department >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Definitions, Hey Julia >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 22:56:58 -0500 > >Dan Mine

Re: Definitions, Hey Julia

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: > > > Finally, to go back to our discussion on religion, I'd love to see the > entry on religion from OED (hint hint Julia :-) ) > Maybe. :P Right now, what *I* want is a list of Agatha Christie's novels featuring Miss Marple. Can anyone help me on *that*? Julia _

Re: Uplift Urbane Legend #3 (Hoonmor) (Hoonish humor)

2002-10-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/3/2002 7:56:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I suppose Hoons *do* look a little like Jimmy Durante, don't they? I imagine, though, that considering JD is a practically forgotten figure in the 21st century that maybe one in a million Terrans

RE: Uplift Urbane Legend #3 (Hoonmor) (Hoonish humor)

2002-10-03 Thread Jim Sharkey
William Taylor wrote: >Back when Hoon-Human relations were still ripe from the NuDawn >incident, a drunk and under arrest human was brought before a Hoon >official that was one of just a few to have learned a bit of Anglic. > >"I am going to ask you just one question. Do..." > >The human look

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread The Fool
> From: J. van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 17:24 03-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >Jeroen, > > > >I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted **internationally** in > >their fields) that explain that proper usage of a particular word in > >English is not what you, in you

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread The Fool
> From: J. van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the other way around. > > If both Jews and Arabs are Semitic, than *by definition* the word > anti-Semitic must mean anti-Jew *and* anti-Arab -- just like > "anti-American" means "hatred of anything American"

Definitions, Hey Julia

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BRIN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 10:46 PM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > on 3/10/02 4:29 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > You looked up Semit

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread The Fool
> From: J. van Baardwijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 23:30 02-10-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote: > > >I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at the same time. > > Out of curiosity, what kind of activity could possibly require you to have > 100+ browser sessions open simultaneously? Because I'

RE: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Reggie Bautista wrote: > The original holiday was Samhain, one of the big 8 > pagan holidays or > festivals, along with Beltane (April 30/May 1, or > Mayday), Ostara (Vernal > Equinox, right around what's now called Easter), > Litha (Summer Solstice, aka > St. John's Eve), Lughnassad (Aug

Uplift Urbane Legend #3 (Hoonmor) (Hoonish humor)

2002-10-03 Thread Medievalbk
As far as it can be ascertained, the following story is just a myth: Back when Hoon-Human relations were still ripe from the NuDawn incident, a drunk and under arrest human was brought before a Hoon official that was one of just a few to have learned a bit of Anglic. "I am going to ask you jus

Uplift Urbane Legend #2 (Humor)

2002-10-03 Thread Medievalbk
The Dorrvi are always seen in groups of 3 or more. A lone Dorrvi could go insane if there's no one else there to scratch its back. William Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- There's hardly an invention or scientific discovery made that can't be turned into a new form of e

Definitions of Anti-Semite

2002-10-03 Thread Joe Hale
Smart people tend to take the definition of words literally. Therefore anti-Semite can mean anti-Arab. However, smarter people know language is not always logical. So just go with the flow and don't argue over what words should mean. Instead, accept them for what they do mean. -Original M

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:34 PM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > At 16:36 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > >Let me get this straight. English is a second lan

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > At 17:40 02-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >Since both the Miriam Webster and American Heritag

Slate article

2002-10-03 Thread K. Feete
Er, hi See, I have this, er, school thing. So I can't really read any of the nice messages you people are sending me in my free time, because I don't have any. If you're sad about that talk to Shakespeare and Immanuel Kant. Especially Immanuel Kant. Anyway, I found this article whilst a

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
I wrote, but forgot to say: [Dan wrote] > > Out of curiosity, have you ever taken a course in > > logic? I don't think > > that word means what you think it does. > > Ooh! Ooh! Forgot the smileys! > :) :) :) :) **And then** forgot to say _I_ forgot the smileys, in _my_ reply... > Bd Ma

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Out of curiosity, have you ever taken a course in > logic? I don't think > that word means what you think it does. Ooh! Ooh! Forgot the smileys! :) :) :) :) Bd Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http://sbc.ya

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Dan Minette wrote: > Out of curiosity, have you ever taken a course in > logic? I don't think > that word means what you think it does. Perhaps I am udderly grasping at straws, but maybe you should go back to the beginning?! We aren't all intellectual giants. Cliffs of Insanity Maru

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Jeroen wrote: > At 17:24 03-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted **internationally** in > >their fields) that explain that proper usage of a particular word in > >English is not what you, in your opinion, consider the 'logical' > >definition of

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:39 PM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > At 17:30 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > The authority on this is called "plain and simp

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:30 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > The authority on this is called "plain and simple logic". If X equals Y, > > then -X equals -Y. If X equals Y, then -X does not equal -0.5Y. > >So, anti-matter has negative mass? > >Out of curiosity, have you ever taken a course in logic? I don't

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 16:36 03-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: >Let me get this straight. English is a second language for you and you are >claiming that the definitive source of English (OED) is wrong and you are >right in defining an English word? I am applying this horrible little thing called logic here. If

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 5:24 PM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > The authority on this is called "plain and simple logic". If X equals Y, > then -X equals -Y. If X e

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:24 03-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: >Jeroen, > >I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted **internationally** in >their fields) that explain that proper usage of a particular word in >English is not what you, in your opinion, consider the 'logical' >definition of it to be.

Re: Evil Empire: the World leader in executions

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
>From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Evil Empire: the World leader in executions > >Financial trusts in the name of a person can be set up that can only be >held >inaccesible for that person until the age of 21. In some countries there >is also a >limited paren

Re: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
>From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Link! Link! I wanna link proving it! ;) >(And shouldn't they have snipped or slaughtered it? I >adore English! And had to add _something_ to avoid >the despised one-line reply...) > >Three Bags Full Maru Should we perhaps consider that the one-l

Re: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:45 PM Subject: Re: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World > --- Dan Minette wrote: > > > > Right. Worsted wool is high quality wool on a sheep > >

Re: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Dan Minette wrote: > > From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:29 PM > Subject: English, was: Intellectual output from the > Arab World > > Not To Be Confused With Worsted Maru > > Right. Worsted wool is high quality wool o

Re: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 4:29 PM Subject: English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World Not To Be Confused With Worsted Maru Right. Worsted wool is high quality wool on a sheep that

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 3:16 PM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > Sorry to disappoint you, but it is the other way around. > > If both Jews and Arabs are Semitic, than

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
>From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 15:03:24 -0500 > >Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > > >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:29

English, was: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > >> I think that is a badder thing to do than (...) > > > > > > Speaking of which, you missed one such > exception. Shouldn't it be > > > "worse", not "badder"? :) > > > > > Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > No, it should be "ungooder"

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
Jeroen, I have presented eight valid sources (most accepted **internationally** in their fields) that explain that proper usage of a particular word in English is not what you, in your opinion, consider the 'logical' definition of it to be. You want me to accept that your postulated argument

Re: malaria

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool wrote: > http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,55534,00.html > http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2002/10/1002_021002_malariagenome.html Good articles. Thanks. __ Do you Yahoo!? New DSL Internet Access from SBC & Yahoo! http:/

Re: papers please

2002-10-03 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool wrote: > http://www.kusa.com/storyfull.asp?id=7112 > > Jeffco stores soon to require fingerprints for all > check and credit card purchases > by 9NEWS reporter Ginger Delgado, edited by Web > Producer Paola Farer October 02, 2002 - 7:59 AM > > JEFFERSON COUNTY - You'll soon have to

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:40 02-10-2002 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: >Since both the Miriam Webster and American Heritage dictionaries are >accepted as one of the authoritative sources for spelling and definitions >of English, your definition of antisemitism as listed in your message >(quoted above) is incorrect. In

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:29:39 -0500 > > > > >(More fur flies due to misattribution than any other single cause some > >days, I've noticed) > > Are you playing cat vo

Other Ormus (was: Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives toevolution)

2002-10-03 Thread Reggie Bautista
Matt wrote: > > > I wouldn't be surprised to see artcles about ORMUS on this site. ;-) > > The Fool replied: > > What's ORMUS? Julia responded: >Go to http://www.subtleenergies.com/ormus/whatisit.htm and read as much >of that site as you can. Ormus is also a nickname or additional name for Prie

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
>From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World >Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:29:39 -0500 > >Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > Further definitions of the word “Antisemitism” are listed below. I >didn’t > > have access to the OED dictionary online as you need

Re: E-mail Mystery

2002-10-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 08:02 03-10-2002 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: >What it looks like is that your ISP has something configured >incorrectly. I would guess that the message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" >didn't really arrive to "digest". Perhaps the message arrived at the machine >that your ISP uses to handle brin-l.com, a

Uplift Urbane Legend #1 (Humour)

2002-10-03 Thread Medievalbk
It is stated in the printed Terragen Field Agents manual that the Tytlal get a kick out of old Three Stooges recordings. It may be of great importance or of absolutely no significance whatsoever, but what was not mentioned is that when a recording is from the later more modern part of the Three

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > ... you didn't get it right for 18 years ago... > > > > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > Huh, maybe its just me, but I think you should stop e-mailing now, before > > you make any more mistakes > > > > No, that makes sense...try r

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Further definitions of the word “Antisemitism” are listed below. I didn’t > have access to the OED dictionary online as you need to pay a usage license > of US $795! (But William posted one for us anyway. (Thank you) :) ) Hey, that wasn't William who posted from the OED.

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Matt Grimaldi
> Dan Minette wrote: > > > ... you didn't get it right for 18 years ago... > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > Huh, maybe its just me, but I think you should stop e-mailing now, before > you make any more mistakes > No, that makes sense...try reading the sentence as: "... you didn't

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 23:30 02-10-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote: >I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at the same time. Out of curiosity, what kind of activity could possibly require you to have 100+ browser sessions open simultaneously? Jeroen "Cybersurfer" van Baardwijk ___

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: > ... you didn't get it right for 18 years ago... Huh, maybe its just me, but I think you should stop e-mailing now, before you make any more mistakes Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: > ... but I just don't like having more > than about 10 things on the taskbar with the same icon. > > Do you have a solution to that? If so, I'm interested. Opera. It uses it's own icons, inside it's own window. So you only have one thing on your taskbar and that is Opera.

RE: papers please

2002-10-03 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 02, 2002 06:38 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: papers please > > > The Fool wrote: > > > > http://www.kusa.com/storyfull.asp?id=7112 > > > > Jeffco stores soon to require fing

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
Further definitions of the word “Antisemitism” are listed below. I didn’t have access to the OED dictionary online as you need to pay a usage license of US $795! (But William posted one for us anyway. (Thank you) :) ) Here’s what I found in a 5 minute search, and while I did remove extra lin

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The Fool wrote: > > > > > > The task bar is resizeable. > > > > Yes, it is. > > > > I just have a harder time if I have to look through too many similar > > things to find what I'm wanting. If I could easily redo the icons so

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Dan Minette wrote: > > Semite: > 1 a : a member of any of a number of peoples of ancient southwestern Asia > including the Akkadians, Phoenicians, Hebrews, and Arabs b : a descendant > of these peoples > 2 : a member of a modern people speaking a Semitic language So would that make an Anti-semite

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Matt Grimaldi
> Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >> I think that is a badder thing to do than (...) > > > > Speaking of which, you missed one such exception. Shouldn't it be > > "worse", not "badder"? :) > > Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > No, it should be "ungooder" > No, it should be "plus ungood", or "double pl

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread The Fool
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > The Fool wrote: > > > > > > > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > > And I'm *not* going to shut down my window for the > > > > > OED online now. :P )

Re: Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World]

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:50 AM Subject: Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World] > > In other words, *_plusgood_ is excellent, not better > Actually, I think it is both.

Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World]

2002-10-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dan Minette wrote: > > Right. And un is the prefix for negation. So, good is good; > bad is ungood; plus good is better; plus ungood is worse; > double plus good is best; double plus ungood is worst > well, sorta...it lacks the nuance, but that _is_ > the point. :-) > No! Quote [fro

Newspeak [was: Intellectual output from the Arab World]

2002-10-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
> No, _plus_ is the prefix for superlatives. > "double plus good" is very, very, good. Did I really write this? Duh, maybe I should spend less time watching TV and helping my daughters' homeworks. IIRC, the superlatives of _good_ are better and best [in newspeak they would be

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The Fool wrote: > > > > > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > And I'm *not* going to shut down my window for the > > > > OED online now. :P ) > > > > > > Why would you have to? I've had upwards of 100 bro

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread The Fool
> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > And I'm *not* going to shut down my window for the > > > OED online now. :P ) > > > > Why would you have to? I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at > > the same t

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:28 AM > Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > >>> No, it should be "ungooder" > > >>

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > And I'm *not* going to shut down my window for the > > OED online now. :P ) > > Why would you have to? I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at > the same time. If I have too many things open at once, I have a much ha

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > >>> No, it should be "ungooder" > >> > >> Oh, Alberto, you are about 18 years out of date. > >> > > > > Actually, you didn't get it right for 18 years ago, > > so maybe you didn't mean that. It should have > > been plus ungood. > > > No, _plus

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > Dan Minette wrote: > > > >>> No, it should be "ungooder" > >> > >> Oh, Alberto, you are about 18 year

Humor: Viking kittens! (fwd)

2002-10-03 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
Warning: makes lots of noise...but it's very, very good. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) "Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. If you're for Zorro, stand up and say so!" -- Forwarded message -- Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002 22:10

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dan Minette wrote: > >>> No, it should be "ungooder" >> >> Oh, Alberto, you are about 18 years out of date. >> > > Actually, you didn't get it right for 18 years ago, > so maybe you didn't mean that. It should have > been plus ungood. > No, _plus_ is the prefix for superlatives. "do

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > > - Original Message - > From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

Re: E-mail Mystery

2002-10-03 Thread Erik Reuter
In order for me to give you anything more than the speculation below, you'll have to tell me more about how your ISP account works. What it looks like is that your ISP has something configured incorrectly. I would guess that the message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" didn't really arrive to "digest". Per

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 6:25 AM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >> I think that is a badder thing to do than (...) > > > > Speaking

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: > >> I think that is a badder thing to do than (...) > > Speaking of which, you missed one such exception. Shouldn't it be > "worse", not "badder"? :) > No, it should be "ungooder" newspeak maru Alberto Monteiro __

Global progress in slashing poverty

2002-10-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0926/p01s02-usec.html Broad new studies suggest that the world has made extraordinary progress in slashing poverty in recent decades. The magnitude of the change is the subject of strong debate. But the research suggests that the pace of economic progress has been ra

English rules! was Arab world

2002-10-03 Thread Kevin Tarr
Look up anti-Semitic, not Semite. Or, are you arguing that English is a language that doesn't have exceptions to the rules. I think that is a badder thing to do than assuming that there are many rule exceptions in English that are still part of the language. Dan M. My english sux most of th