Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/24/2002 11:24:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << http://www.oneil.com.au/footrot/ch_horse.shtml >> Well that wasn't there the last time I did a Footrot search. (which ain't orfen, mate.) I have the movie. I was taken pitty upon and a goon fan se

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If you do not know of it, you should check out a New > Zealand comic strip, > Footrot Flats, and the cat named Horse. It is a > fitting name. Thanks for the suggestion - I'll have to see if I can find any of the books. Here's a 'bio' (toonio?) on the cat named H

Re: Pop vs. soda

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~almccon/pop_soda/ > > They have a *map* showing the geographical > distribution of terms. Do they have another map showing political affiliation with respect to what one calls a carbonated beverage? :) Lemon, Sugar, Ho

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Doug wrote: > > > >>Erik Reuter wrote: > >> > >>>On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > >>> > the Security Council does whatever these five agree upon. Yes, 5 of the 10 > temporary members have to concur, but it is likely

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Doug
Julia Thompson wrote: Doug wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: the Security Council does whatever these five agree upon. Yes, 5 of the 10 temporary members have to concur, but it is likely to happen if these 5 agree. 4, I believe. 5:

Pop vs. soda

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~almccon/pop_soda/ They have a *map* showing the geographical distribution of terms. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug wrote: > > Erik Reuter wrote: > > >On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > > >>the Security Council does whatever these five agree upon. Yes, 5 of the 10 > >>temporary members have to concur, but it is likely to happen if these 5 > >>agree. > >> > > > >4, I believe.

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Doug
Kevin Tarr wrote: Funny, my AC failed last year right in the middle of summer, then again this year. It was a hot day, the AC was working. I drove for two hours straight, saw a rock concert (metal woo-hoo!), AC/DC? Doug 8^) ___ http://www.mccmed

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Doug
Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: the Security Council does whatever these five agree upon. Yes, 5 of the 10 temporary members have to concur, but it is likely to happen if these 5 agree. 4, I believe. 5: U.S., U.K., France, Russia, China _

Sea lion

2002-10-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns2960 Sea lion scores top for memory 19:00 23 October 02 Exclusive from New Scientist Print Edition California s

mobile phones

2002-10-24 Thread The Fool
LONDON (Reuters) - Italian scientists have raised new health concerns about the safety of using mobile phones, with research showing radio waves from the handsets makes cancerous cells grow more aggressively. When Fiorenzo Marinelli and his colleagues at the National Research Council in Bologna ex

Re: brin: war

2002-10-24 Thread The Fool
> From: His Brinness <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > John, you are too close to the problem. Step back. > > Again I ask, do you envision Planet Earth still being divided into > completely separate sovereign nations with capricious right-of-war > and subject to no overall legal authority, say, 1,000 years

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "We're off to free Iraqees..."[no idea > if this is correct.] > > "If we only get Saddam." > > "Somewhere, throughout this chaos, freedom lies." > > "We represent the liberal press, the liberal > press..." > > William Taylor > -- >

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/24/2002 7:35:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << > Is your cat declawed? ??? Neither cat is declawed - I must say that I find that an offensive practice, like cropping dogs' ears for 'fashion.' Kia would be dead if he didn't have weapon

Re: Snide remark Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson wrote: > I've snipped even more, and am merely making a snide > remark below. [I wrote] > > > vigorously> > > Repeat the "raised eyebrows" sentences here, > > without excusing anyone's poor (or should I say > > incredibly, stupidly, short-sighted?) behavior. > That wouldn'

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/24/2002 7:24:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Snipers And Bombers And...Death Maru >> which scans as Lions and tigers and bears. Oh my. How wonderfully clever. "We're off to free Iraqees..."[no idea if this is correct.] "If we on

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Kevin Tarr
> If I ever get my act together and have a car with > both a heater and AC, the > Denver area is supposed to be great for library book > sales. I rarely need either heat or AC while driving - but of course, when either is required, it's _parching_ or _below freezing_. Debbi Funny, my AC fail

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is your cat declawed? ??? Neither cat is declawed - I must say that I find that an offensive practice, like cropping dogs' ears for 'fashion.' Kia would be dead if he didn't have weapons, as one day last month I heard him _screaming_ and ran outside to find him h

Snide remark Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > >From a posted article; just a couple of nitpicks that > I have - Debbi, who snipped a lot I've snipped even more, and am merely making a snide remark below. > > Let the U.N. Vote > > > > Wednesday, October 23, 2002; Page A26 > > Washington Post Editorial > > > > ...W

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
>From a posted article; just a couple of nitpicks that I have - Debbi, who snipped a lot > Let the U.N. Vote > > Wednesday, October 23, 2002; Page A26 > Washington Post Editorial > > NEARLY SIX weeks have passed since President Bush > challenged the United > Nations to act to enforce its res

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:32 PM Subject: RE: test > At 18:42 23-10-2002 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: > > >We're testing manual "dinging." > > Would you mind using someone else's posts for that

Baseball Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: > And may I add, "Go Giants." I haven't been much of a baseball fan since > leaving Pittsburgh a couple of decades ago, but this World Series, with its > strangely afflicted pitchers, has been sort of fun. I'd normally be rooting for Anaheim (AL snobbishness), but after watchi

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 5:37 PM Subject: Re: Question for everyone > At 16:19 23-10-2002 -0700, Matt Grimaldi wrote: > > >The way it was phrased left that impression in my mind, and suggest

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/24/2002 6:42:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I rarely need either heat or AC while driving - but of course, when either is required, it's _parching_ or _below freezing_. Debbi >> You ain't old and worn out before your time. I have about

RE: test

2002-10-24 Thread Nick Arnett
To do real-world tests of dinging, someone has to ding (the dinger) someone else (the dingee). The dinger's messages slow down somewhat, the dingee's messages slow down more. Then we see what happens to the discussion. At the moment, I'm really only look at the effects on the dingee, since one d

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > If I ever get my act together and have a car with > both a heater and AC, the > Denver area is supposed to be great for library book > sales. Yes, the public library has a big book sale once a year; one of my friends found a book that she'd been seeking unsuccessfu

Re: What's Wrong Here? Re: The Future of the World Re: br*n: war

2002-10-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jeroen wrote: > >> What's going on here? > > You misinterpreting what DB was saying -- that is what is going on here. > I must confess that somehow I am also misinterpreting His ideas about Iraq. I would formulate a question, but I was stopped by a holyday exausting trip, His recent absence, and my

Re: old-timers disease

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool wrote: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021024064926.htm > > Mild Injury May Render Brain Cells Vulnerable To > Immune System Attack > DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center > researchers have > discovered that a seemingly mild "insult" to the > brain could sensit

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Jeroen wrote: > At 15:19 23-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > >So, your argument is that England could only respond to Hitler _after_ > >English soil is attacked? > > These are different matters, Dan. Hitler did attack Austria, Czechoslovakia > and Poland. Iraq however has not attacked the US.

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 16:19 23-10-2002 -0700, Matt Grimaldi wrote: The way it was phrased left that impression in my mind, and suggested a series of thoughts which were, oh, let's say unflattering, that the rest of the list should feel guilty for not doing exactly what you thought they should, and so on, it gets wo

RE: test

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 18:42 23-10-2002 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: We're testing manual "dinging." Would you mind using someone else's posts for that, please? Thank you. > I get the impression that there is something wrong with either Nick's > server or with his Internet connection. I have noticed in the last tw

Re: Shooting Gallery

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 16:00 23-10-2002 -0500, Steve Sloan wrote: > Why? I see nothing in that scenario that even remotely suggests that > trial by jury is required. For both trials (one for the Virginian > civilian, one for the caught suspect of the sniper shootings, you only > need a prosecutor, a lawyer to defend

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:19 23-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > A country's self-defense is an internal matter, not an UN matter. > However, invading an other country is an act of aggression, not > self-defense. So, all wars of self defense must stop at the border? It is wrong to defeat a country that attacks?

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:59 PM Subject: Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff > At 08:21 23-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote: > > >The Franco-Russian obstructionism cannot be understood as a response

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Steve Sloan II
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > Considering the fact that your country kept its > > representative government only because the US was > > willing to put NY and Washington on the line to > > protect it, > Huh? That requires some explanation. During the Cold War, the US promised to defend western Eu

The UN and Democracies

2002-10-24 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 4:30 PM Subject: Re: The UN > > First of all, I do not know how may of the 191 UN member countries are > dictatorships, so I cannot say whether or not they would com

Re: What's Wrong Here? Re: The Future of the World Re: br*n: war

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 09:46 23-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote: You mean it is completely amazing to hope that Democracy and Free Markets might triumph over Totalitarianism, Autoritarianism, Repression, and Fanatacism?? This is an opinion that I am to be ridiculed for? What's going on here? You misinterp

RE: a chipping we will go

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: > [Sonja wrote] > > Imagine You go into the store, pick a few > items, walk out of the store, > > the tags are automatically scanned without you > ever having been in line at a > > check out. You are scanned as well, your data on > the implant are transferred, >

RE: test

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Nick Arnett wrote: > We're testing manual "dinging." > I've written _much_ more offensive posts than that! I demand a trial, tried by a jury of my peers!* I demand proof that my posted posts are more offensive than what others have posted! (Or, How dare you 'ding' me for posts that I never

Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 08:21 23-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote: The Franco-Russian obstructionism cannot be understood as a response to the Bush administration's hawkishness on Iraq, its doctrine of preemption or its drift toward unilateralism. Paris and Moscow have been championing the cause of Saddam Hussein in

Re: Italian author slams Islam's 'hate' for West

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 01:56 23-10-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote: Italian author slams Islam's 'hate' for West By Tom Carter THE WASHINGTON TIMES Yikes. What a load of, er... a bull's excrement. Miss Fallaci, who lives in New York and is afflicted with cancer, OK, this I do not understand. Too bad for here tha

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 16:01 22-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: The why was not adressed to that part of your statement. It was adressed to whether letting governments vote is the next best thing. Do you have a better suggestion? > >Why should dictatorships be able to dictate their will to representative > >

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/24/2002 1:50:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Yea, verily yea.:) ---Pull up your chainmaille! I do not live in desert heat. Denver weather's quite a treat. Fox trots past the library, 'puters wait for thee and me! >> If I ever get m

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > the Security Council does whatever these five agree upon. Yes, 5 of the 10 > temporary members have to concur, but it is likely to happen if these 5 > agree. 4, I believe. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikr

Re: Getting silly Re: war

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Sonja wrote: > I only have a good cure for a really bad cold. It > involves a hot tub or > a hot shower followed by two or three mugs of strong > steaming hot black > tea mixed with honey, lemon and a dash of rum (trust > me this sounds > better then it tastes) just before going to bed... Mo

Re: Getting silly

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Ronn Blankenship wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > >--- Julia Thompson wrote: > > > :) > > > Julia > > > who knows why her legs are still sore, but isn't > > > sure why her biceps are as sore as they are > > > > > >Well, I know why _I_ ache all over (Calypso, a > bratty > >4-year-

Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > << > Hey, if you are using a library computer, ain't > your > > hour up yet? > > Well, I went to read a magazine for 15 min, then > got > on another one (wouldn't have if there were folks > waiting, but there are 5 'empties' right now). :) > >> > > You do not

RE: Italian author slams Islam's 'hate' for West

2002-10-24 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
De : Joe Hale [mailto:halejr@;bellsouth.net] > This author makes a good point. People who claim Islam is a religion of > peace are turning a blind eye to history. If Islam was a religion of > peace there would never have been a Battle of Tours. The Moslems are > currently fighting the Christians

Fwd: CNN Breaking News on DC Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 04:09 AM 10/24/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Police in Maryland say they have arrested John Allen Muhammad, who sniper-case investigators say may have information about the case. Muhammad's stepson also in custody. At 07:03 AM 10/24/02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Sources tell CNN two men

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > Well, it looks like they caught the snipers. (see any of the major news > sites for the story). > > Thank goodness! My default local news site is kvue.com (good weather site for Austin) and I found a story there at http://www.kvue.com/breaking/1024kvuealabama-jw.ecbc2728

Fwd: CNN Breaking News

2002-10-24 Thread Ronn Blankenship
Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 11:46:03 -0400 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Rifle, scope and tripod found in sniper suspects' car, Washington, D.C. radio station WTOP reports. (c)2002. Cable News Network, LP, LLLP. An AOL Time Warner Company. All Rights Reserved.

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > Well, it looks like they caught the snipers. (see any of the major news > sites for the story). Good article at the Washington Post website, but they ask you demographic info to get to it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4422-2002Oct23.html I'm hoping tha

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 11:09 AM 10/24/02, Julia Thompson wrote: "Horn, John" wrote: > > Well, it looks like they caught the snipers. (see any of the major news > sites for the story). > > Thank goodness! My default local news site is kvue.com (good weather site for Austin) and I found a story there at http://www.kv

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:16:30AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > Good article at the Washington Post website, but they ask you > demographic info to get to it: I used to read the Washington Post a lot more, but since they implemented that demographic stuff so poorly, I rarely read it anymore. Th

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: > > > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:16:30AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > Good article at the Washington Post website, but they ask you > > > demographic info to get to it: > > > > I used to read the Washington Post a lot more, but

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread The Fool
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:16:30AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Good article at the Washington Post website, but they ask you > > demographic info to get to it: > > I used to read the Washington Post a lot more, but since they > implemented that de

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:16:30AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Good article at the Washington Post website, but they ask you > > demographic info to get to it: > > I used to read the Washington Post a lot more, but since they > implemented that demographic stuff so

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:27:05AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > I *could* e-mail the article to interested parties. But ask soon, or > wait awhile, because I'm about to head out the door. Oh, I can still read articles easily when you post a URL like you did. I was just venting that my automati

Calf Utilities

2002-10-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 11:41 PM Subject: Re: N. Korea Says Has Nukes > Dan Minette wrote: > > It wasn't the worst of any worlds for the providers that came away with > billions in profits. It was de

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 24, 2002 12:03 AM Subject: Re: The UN > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > >Where in the UN charter does it say that a country must gain permission > >before defending itself? Your suggestion,

RE: List request: Cancer links

2002-10-24 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Jon Gabriel wrote: > A couple of weeks ago one of my oldest and dearest > friend's two year old was > diagnosed with liver cancer. They're investigating > treatment options, but > have been told prognosis isn't good. There are several links from this page: http://www.cancerindex.org/ccw/g

Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Horn, John
Well, it looks like they caught the snipers. (see any of the major news sites for the story). Thank goodness! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

old-timers disease

2002-10-24 Thread The Fool
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2002/10/021024064926.htm Mild Injury May Render Brain Cells Vulnerable To Immune System Attack DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered that a seemingly mild "insult" to the brain could sensitize neurons to attack by immune sy

Re: World government in 50 years

2002-10-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Doug wrote: > > It's highly unlikely that there will be a dominant WG, > but that doesn't mean that there could not be some sort > of loose federation that represents most nations and > has some method of collecting revenue, > electing officials, policing, etc. > When the World g*vernment

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Doug wrote: > >> (...) That is to say, >> by that rule, England should have done nothing while >> Hitler took over Austria, Czechoslovakia, and Poland. > > Note here that the UN _did_ vote to act against Iraq > when they invaded Kuwait, a situation analogous to > Germany's invasion of Czec

scouted: anti-science

2002-10-24 Thread The Fool
Right-wingers with an anti-science agenda: http://www.junkscience.com perports to debunk the 'junk' science behind global warming, DDT's, pollution, and pretty much every other religious right agenda item. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/b

Re: The future of the world

2002-10-24 Thread 卓 开隆
Traditionally, the intra-national and international domains have been very neatly separated. The former gives rise to sovereign states which have the monopoly of power, and there is some kind of consensus that, everything else remaining equal, democracy and rule of law inside a country (nation