Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:30:10AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Maybe we could also have things that decrease your ding number. Not dongs (I give you the dong! :-) ummm, tips or nods? Or you could call them kisses (or carresses, or ...) and then the codes

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-31 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Sonja wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: __ Corrupted-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com I suppose it was only to be expected. This kind of exchanges really aren't helping to restore the calm. In

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
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Re: Server mish mash

2002-10-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Oct 30, 2002 at 12:07:42PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: I just picked up my mail and I got over 100 of the brin-l mail with over half dating back as far as saturday. This is even more mysterious since I did pick up my mail yesterday. So unless

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:31:22PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 08:30:10AM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Maybe we could also have things that decrease your ding number. Not dongs (I give you the

Re: Server mish mash

2002-10-31 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Oct 31, 2002 at 02:35:30PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Well if this is the result of your dinging I can safely say 'yes, you have' The listmail I got is in total disarray. I've recieved a lot of mail in such an unnatural order that the list is barely readable anymore, or

Re: news: Iraq Sets an Example in Computerizing Its NationalElections

2002-10-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Alberto Monteiro wrote: snipped article Is it just me or does the text of this article seem awfully familiar. Lots of it were identical to the text for the other article of Brazil setting an example in computerized elections. Sonja GCU Copy/Paste

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-31 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Ritu Ko [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 11:31 PM Subject: RE: Question for everyone Dan Minette wrote: Of course, all this is strictly imho. Well, not to be argumentative, but I think it is impho.

Re: Fw: Ghost: Cthulhu vs the Nigerian scammers

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: You gotta read this! This is great! First some background: The Culture list had been receiving spam from Nigeria, typical stuff wanting money, promising riches, normal net aggrivations. Apparently Nigerian scams are on peoples minds! I just got one from South

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/31/02 7:07:57 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, not to be argumentative, but I think it is impho. Okay, I'll bite... P - Personal? In Many People's Humber Opinion. Not for this one, but there's also: IMHOTEPT In my honest

Re: Our Friends at the UN

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2002 7:31 PM Subject: Re: Our Friends at the UN Which section of the report was that in? Part 1, chapter 11 OK, I'll get there sometime next

Re: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:17 AM Subject: RE: Just for the record De : Julia Thompson [mailto:julia;zurg.net] I haven't been reading the WSJ editorial page much recently, but my husband

RE: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
De : Julia Thompson [mailto:julia;zurg.net] I haven't been reading the WSJ editorial page much recently, but my husband has, and he's seen a fair bit of the following as of late: 1) Arguments that France shouldn't be a permanent member of the UN Security Council. 2) Arguments

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:41 AM Subject: RE: Dinging plans (was RE: test) De : Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:prutje;softhome.net] Male whore, interesting idea. I always thought

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:22 AM Subject: Re: Some things are too good to last Dan Minette wrote: I hit reply on a post from Sonja, and it went to her instead of

RE: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
De : Julia Thompson [mailto:julia;zurg.net] I've been giving this a bit of thought in the past 16 hours, and what makes more sense to me than the WSJ's proposal is just dumping France and taking on India, instead. If Europe were all one country, I'd argue that it ought to have a seat on the

The Great Security Panic

2002-10-31 Thread The Fool
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/10/29/184031/40 The Great Security Panic (Op-Ed) By mingofmongo Thu Oct 31st, 2002 at 07:07:22 AM EST After a good solid 40+ years of handing our credit card info to minimum-wage workers at stores that don't shred anything and often throw out this info

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces;mccmedia.com]On Behalf Of Jean-Louis Couturier ... If ever you work in close contact with marketing, look at some of the people gravitating around the director or VP. Hey! I've been

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/31/02 12:09:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If ever you work in close contact with marketing, look at some of the people gravitating around the director or VP. Hey! I've been both! (Director and VP of marketing, that is.) Ding.

Boy Band Saves Lives?

2002-10-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
Well, not really. But the device has their name... June 28, 2002 -- The FDA approved a new device that may improve the quality and length of life for more than a million people in the U.S. with heart failure. That device, called the InSync ICD system, is, in fact, a combination of two other

Re: Boy Band Saves Lives?

2002-10-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: Julia who has discovered that Stars And Stripes Forever will get rid of a lot of things, and what that doesn't take care of, R.E.M. might, or Paul Simon. (Guess what I've been listening to today -- anyone who guesses all 3 albums correctly gets a copy of _Kiln People_ once it's

Re: I think I am becoming obsessed...

2002-10-31 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I wrote: Natalia was watching the Halloween Episode of Ginger [a Nickelodeon Cartoon], and I noticed the Moon's phase and position. Immediately, I rushed to compute the timeline: it happens in 1999-11-01, the midnight of Halloween... Yikes. I was based on a false assumption. Is it possible

Re: Boy Band Saves Lives?

2002-10-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: Julia who has discovered that Stars And Stripes Forever will get rid of a lot of things, and what that doesn't take care of, R.E.M. might, or Paul Simon. (Guess what I've been listening to today -- anyone who guesses all 3 albums correctly gets

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-31 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:17 AM Subject: Re: Some things are too good to last Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: I think I am becoming obsessed...

2002-10-31 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Natalia was watching the Halloween Episode of Ginger [a Nickelodeon Cartoon], and I noticed the Moon's phase and position. Immediately, I rushed to compute the timeline: it happens in 1999-11-01, the midnight of Halloween... Alberto Monteiro This reminds me of a

Re: I think I am becoming obsessed...

2002-10-31 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 05:04 PM 10/31/02, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Natalia was watching the Halloween Episode of Ginger [a Nickelodeon Cartoon], and I noticed the Moon's phase and position. Immediately, I rushed to compute the timeline: it happens in 1999-11-01, the midnight of Halloween... So what are your

Re: news: Iraq Sets an Example in Computerizing Its NationalElections

2002-10-31 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Russell Chapman wrote: I thought that at first, because my Netscape mail reader opened the site in a Netscape browser window, and left me scratching my head a bit - why would Alberto put his considerable skill and talent to such a purpose? Then I tried again using a M$ Internet Explorer

UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread John D. Giorgis
A brief summary of the debate: Just about everyone agrees that the UN Security Council is no longer representative. Although many people argue that there should be no veto in the UNSC, there are five countries that are strongly opposed to that concept, and they all have veto power over UNSC

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 09:00 AM 10/31/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: In older English murder mysteries, it's not necessarily assumed that the gigolo is actually sleeping with his client. (And now can someone help exorcize David Lee Roth's song from my head?) And Neneh Cherry's song too! JDG

Re: Boy Band Saves Lives?

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: Julia who has discovered that Stars And Stripes Forever will get rid of a lot of things, and what that doesn't take care of, R.E.M. might, or Paul Simon. (Guess what I've been listening to today -- anyone

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 10:17 AM Subject: Re: Some things are too good to last One thing I find interesting, going over this thread: All responses spawned by

Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 09:00 AM 10/31/2002 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: In older English murder mysteries, it's not necessarily assumed that the gigolo is actually sleeping with his client. (And now can someone help exorcize David Lee Roth's song from my head?) And Neneh Cherry's

Re: Some things are too good to last

2002-10-31 Thread Doug
Julia Thompson wrote: Commenting on the weather won't do any good. Weather? What weather? Doug ¦:^) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-10-31 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces;mccmedia.com]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... In a message dated 10/31/2002 6:30:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Ding. Ding. Ding. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: cars, air L3er

2002-10-31 Thread Dan Minette
We've now gotten to the point where we are discussing strongly conflicting data from different sources. Rereading my post, I was worried that it might appear that I will simply not accept any number you put out. But, I am applying self consistent rules, well at least they are consistent as far

Re: From the Whiskey Tango Foxtrot files...

2002-10-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/31/2002 7:29:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For $1.00, a city can buy $24,000 cars. However, they will have ads on them similar to NASCAR, apparently. A good idea for cash-strapped municipalities, or capitalism gone WYYY too far?

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread Ritu Ko
John D. Giorgis wrote: Once this happens, it then becomes possible to envision expanding the UNSC to 25 members or so, with 7-8 of them as permanent members (pending whether the UK joins the EU seat.) How long a time frame are you envisioning here? India is basically a done deal to

Aside Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Ritu Ko wrote: Ritu GCU Still Sleepy GSV Is 9am Too Early To Call It A Day And Go Back To Bed? No, but 10AM is a perfectly acceptable hour to begin a nap. :) Julia trying to gauge when to haul someone upstairs, plunk him into pajamas and start the just-before-bed routine --

Re: Aside Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 31, 2002 9:50 PM Subject: Aside Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record Ritu Ko wrote: Ritu GCU Still Sleepy GSV Is 9am Too Early To Call It A Day And Go

RE: Aside Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-10-31 Thread Ritu Ko
Julia Thompson wrote: Ritu GCU Still Sleepy GSV Is 9am Too Early To Call It A Day And Go Back To Bed? No, but 10AM is a perfectly acceptable hour to begin a nap. :) Okay. I can survive these 35 minutes just by making sure all the children, dogs and puppies are involved in a *long*,

Re: news: Iraq Sets an Example in Computerizing Its NationalElections

2002-10-31 Thread Russell Chapman
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Uh? This is weird. I used the Netscape Javascript Manual, and tested it in IE and Konqueror [Linux] - it worked on both browsers. Tried it again in Netscape (v6.2) with same result - nothing in the window of the voting device, and no response to button presses on the

Re: I think I am becoming obsessed...

2002-10-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Hey, speaking of timelines, have you done one for C. J. Cherryh's Merchanter universe? (E.g., Downbelow Station, Merchanter's Luck, Cyteen) A question about the timing of 2 novels came up over dinner, and I thought that if you had such a

Re: cars, air L3er

2002-10-31 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 03:23 AM 10/31/2002 +, you wrote: on 30/10/02 1:52 am, Kevin Tarr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: External combustion engines (steam engines/turbines) are already more efficient than internal combustion engines, and what happened to the Stanley Steamer? -- William T Goodall Well

Re: Was Democracy Just A Moment

2002-10-31 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 05:05 PM 10/30/2002 -0600, you wrote: Following a link from a link that Dan (I think) posted, I ran across an article from 1997 that seems to apply to a few recent threads. The article is, Was Democracy Just a Moment by Robert Kaplan. http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/97dec/democ.htm The