> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Ronn Blankenship
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: woensdag 20 november 2002 7:25
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???
> >But a real Dremel is the best -- accept no substitutes!
>
> Agreed. Of course
At 12:56 PM 11/19/02, Julia Thompson wrote:
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> >From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???
> >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:20:44 +0100
> >
> >Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > Sonja, would you like to get hardware a
At 11:20 AM 11/19/02, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Sonja, would you like to get hardware as an anniversary gift? :)
As a matter of fact I do get tools/hardware/software/DIY books or anything
else
usually considered as not really done/apropriate for the woman you lo
I got this email today. Does anybody here have any idea where
this qote might appear in UPLIFT WAR?
Subject: David Brin question
Date:Tue, 19 Nov 2002 13:13:49 -0800
From:Ben Sibelman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dear Mr. Sloan:
I like your website and I noticed you're
- Original Message -
From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:53 AM
Subject: Re: Missile Defense in a New Strategic Environment
> And as for ignoring human rights abuses by Russia - wasn't the price we
> paid for being permit
Sold out the first night!!
This is so much fun!
rob
- Original Message -
From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:57 PM
Subject: Cyberian Khatru is here!!!
> http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/amycd
>
> You can hear samp
From: "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: The Tick (was Re: Scouted: Journalists Hit Boot Camp)
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 20:10:58 -0500 (EST)
Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Spn!
>
Have you ever read the original 12 issues of the comic? Much funnier than
even the cartoon. A great, absurd deconst
Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Spn!
>
Have you ever read the original 12 issues of the comic? Much funnier than even the
cartoon. A great, absurd deconstruction of the superhero archetype.
Jim
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> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >
> > My brain hurts...
> >
>
> What got your brain into *that* state?
All this talk about brains and neurons and big, big, *big* numbers...
- jmh
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On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 10:41:08AM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote:
> 1.5E15 bytes. So, if you do 3 operations per neuron as you go through
^^
should be synapse
> one update cycle of your state machine, then you need
http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/amycd
You can hear samples of some songs on this page.
xponent
Music Maru
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Horn, John
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 11:37 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Complexity, nodes, state space (was RE: and so it begins)
>
>
> My brain hurts...
>
> - jmh
>
> (I know
From: Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ADSL and 802.11b
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:52:18 +1000
Nick Arnett wrote:
It is much more in the tradition of the Internet to be open about sharing
your connection, despite the need for managing such.
I'd be the same if I could find an ISP
Nick Arnett wrote:
It is much more in the tradition of the Internet to be open about sharing
your connection, despite the need for managing such.
I'd be the same if I could find an ISP who'd provide unlimited downloads
on broadband.
All ours have monthly caps (mine is 3Gb) or else charge by th
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: Missile Defense in a New Strategic Environment
> Dan said:
>
> > Basically, the US has stated that it will not deploy a sufficently
> > large ABM s
Dan said:
> Basically, the US has stated that it will not deploy a sufficently
> large ABM system to stop an attack by China or Russia. As long as this
> is understood as a valid statement, there is no real inducement for
> either country to build many more weapons.
According to the FAS nuclear a
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
And at some occasions I do get other tools as well, but that is not something
to be discussed in mixed company. Let me say that when asked about what I got
as a gift for certain occasions I do have some trouble answering truthfully.
;o)
Exactly how is this li
Nick Arnett wrote:
>
> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Julia Thompson
>
> ...
>
> > The server has a limit as to how large a message it'll accept, but it's
> > larger than 10K.
>
> It's set to 40K. We can change it, if circums
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Julia Thompson
...
> The server has a limit as to how large a message it'll accept, but it's
> larger than 10K.
It's set to 40K. We can change it, if circumstances call for a change.
Come to think of
At 12:56 19-11-2002 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> OK, i'll bite. What's a Dremel?
A really good little rotary tool. One you can put all sorts of
attachments onto for engraving, carving, sanding, buffing, polishing,
etc.
For more info: www.dremel.com. Prepare to drool... :-)
The profess
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> I'm still making sure that any posts i send to the list are no larger than
> 10K. Are we still observing this rule on the new server? I only ask
> because every once in a while I could post a scouted article in it's
> entirety at 11 or 14K.
>
> Just asking. :)
Generally
Kevin Tarr writes:
>I asked before, got no response. ;-) Wanted to try again before I went
>somewhere else. Does anyone have good information about cameras, do it as a
>hobby? I like taking pictures but the cost of getting them developed seems
>prohibitive. OTOH the best zoom a digital camera has
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> > > Have you ever said something that could be taken very badly out of
> > > context in a crowded room where most of the conversations
> have just
> > > reached a pause? :)
> >
> Probably, but in the instance I remember most vividly, it was
My brain hurts...
- jmh
(I know, I know ... one line response: bad.)
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> "I'm not dead."
>
>
>
> "I'm getting better."
>
No you're not. You'll be stone dead in a moment...
(Someone had to say it...)
- jmh
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> > Building a Margenol (sp) line is not a defense.
>
> Do you mean a Maginot Line?
>
Yes. Thanks for assisting a pour spellar.
Dan M.
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I'm still making sure that any posts i send to the list are no larger than
10K. Are we still observing this rule on the new server? I only ask
because every once in a while I could post a scouted article in it's
entirety at 11 or 14K.
Just asking. :)
Jon
:-(
J
Tanker May Cause Disastrous Oil Spill
by Mar Roman
MADRID, Spain (Nov. 19) - A damaged tanker carrying more than 20 million
gallons of fuel oil broke in two off northwest Spain and sank Tuesday,
threatening an environmental disaster.
The Bahamas-flagged Prestige vanished into the ocean at
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
> >From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???
> >Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:20:44 +0100
> >
> >Julia Thompson wrote:
> >
> > > Sonja, would you like to get hardware as an anniversary gift? :)
> >
> >As a matte
From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scouted: Women prefer HDTV to Diamonds???
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:20:44 +0100
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Sonja, would you like to get hardware as an anniversary gift? :)
As a matter of fact I do get tools/hardware/software/DIY boo
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Sonja, would you like to get hardware as an anniversary gift? :)
As a matter of fact I do get tools/hardware/software/DIY books or anything else
usually considered as not really done/apropriate for the woman you love for any
and all occasions. And I for one really love it
DISPATCHES FROM MEDIA BOOT CAMP
Reporters attending the Pentagon's "media boot camp" are learning that
chem/bio suits and masks don't protect against all gases.
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2073993
"(Shameless Microsoft plug for Slate readers: The computers the Navy uses to
fire Tomahawks run on Wi
- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 2:33 AM
Subject: RE: Missile Defense in a New Strategic Environment
> > -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> > Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Verzonden: dinsdag 19 n
Dan Minette wrote:
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 10:36 PM
> Subject: Re: Missile Defense in a New Strategic Environment
>
> > As for your worries about containers, anti-radar systems won't
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> > Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Verzonden: dinsdag 19 november 2002 4:23
> > Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Onderwerp: NASA
>
> > An editorial and accompanying news article from The Economist.
>
>
>
> John, hav
"Horn, John" wrote:
>
> > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> > > It seems I've killed the list!
> >
> > I don't think that was it. I think it's just been a combination of
> > factors independently preventing people from posting, and
> > that they all hit at once.
>
> Ah... the
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 19 november 2002 4:23
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: NASA
> An editorial and accompanying news article from The Economist.
John, have you ever considered the fact that posting articl
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 08:13:52AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> Hrm. If you include all the shorter pathways it's
>
> the sum of N! + (N-1)!...2!
>
> 3! + 2! = 8
None of which is relevant to the question of processing power of the
brain.
If you approximate the brain as a bunch of synapses (5E14, s
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of The Fool
> Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:11 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: and so it begins
>
>
> > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:02AM -0600, T
> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > It seems I've killed the list!
>
> I don't think that was it. I think it's just been a combination of
> factors independently preventing people from posting, and
> that they all hit at once.
Ah... the list seems much better this morning! G
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of William T Goodall
[snip]
> I don't think drive-by bandwidth thieves are at all common around here yet
> either. Although in my urban environment there could be around 20
> households
> in range [guess]
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 07:11:29AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:02AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > > > But the number of possible pathways between any two nodes is the
> > > > fact
The Fool wrote:
>
>> Consider three nodes, A,B,C.
>
> we have 3 starting nodes
> we have 2 second nodes
> we have 1 third node
>
> 3 * 2 * 1 = 6 = 3!
>
Why should the brain use _all_ the nodes?
You might use nodes A,C.
So, it's 2^n and not n!
Wait!!! Maybe - in a four-node bra
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 07:11:29AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:02AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > > But the number of possible pathways between any two nodes is the
> > > factorial.
> >
> > By the way, I don't think even that
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:02AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > But the number of possible pathways between any two nodes is the
> > factorial.
>
> By the way, I don't think even that is right.
>
> Consider three nodes, A,B,C.
we have 3 starting nodes
we
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:02AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > But the number of possible pathways between any two nodes is the
> > factorial. ^^^All
> By the way, I don't think even that is right.
>
> Consider three n
Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
>> Did they _also_ shift _Smallville_ from 21:00 to 22:00
>> so that it would compete with _Angel_ instead of
>> _Buffy_?
>
> Here, Smallville has always been in the same time slot 20:00.
>
Ok - but do you have the "Tuesday Vampires" double
session with Buffy + An
- Original Message -
From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 19, 2002 5:37 AM
Subject: Re: 24
> Ronn Blankenship wrote:
> >
> > I teach a class on
> > Tuesday nights, so I have to record it (along with
> > _Buffy_, _Smallville_, and _J
At 11:52 PM 11/18/2002 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>Well, I certainly didn't say that. Russia is too poor. But, Russia'a
>agreement doesn't come without a price. My guess is that the price for the
>agreement here and there is a blind eye to any Russian human rights abuses.
Ok, don't take this wron
The Fool wrote:
>
> Which comes out to about (5*10^14)! pathways.
>(this is an astronomical number, much larger than the
> projected # of subatomic particles in the
> universe).
>
Bah. I bet economists will come up with something
that beats even this number (10^1642281460717540 or
so)
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> I teach a class on
> Tuesday nights, so I have to record it (along with
> _Buffy_, _Smallville_, and _JAG_)
>
Did they _also_ shift _Smallville_ from 21:00 to 22:00
so that it would compete with _Angel_ instead of
_Buffy_?
Watching too much TV Maru
Albert
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:02AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> But the number of possible pathways between any two nodes is the
> factorial.
By the way, I don't think even that is right.
Consider three nodes, A,B,C.
We have:
{no connections}
{AB}
{AC}
{BC}
{AB,AC}
{AB,BC}
{AC,BC}
{AB,AC,BC}
for
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 05:06:02AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> But the number of possible pathways between any two nodes is the
> factorial.
You just changed to "possible pathways". We were discussing actual
pathways.
> You have to calculate every single pathway, 200!
Why? The brain doesn't form ne
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:25:19AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:17:35AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > > > I doubt their calcutions for human brain processing power are
> > correct.
>
On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 04:25:19AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:17:35AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > > I doubt their calcutions for human brain processing power are
> correct.
> >
> > Their calculations are in the right ballpark;
> From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> On Tue, Nov 19, 2002 at 12:17:35AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
> > I doubt their calcutions for human brain processing power are
correct.
>
> Their calculations are in the right ballpark; definitely they aren't
> clearly incorrect. Here's a message Bob Chassel
At 11:35 PM 11/18/02, Russell Chapman wrote:
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
I only watch about 4.5 hours of TV a
week (Alias, the Simpsons, 24, the West Wing, and Law
& Order)
I was surprised to see 24 there - is there a second series or something?
Yes.
How would they do that?
It is several mo
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 19 november 2002 5:36
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: Missile Defense in a New Strategic Environment
> However, some list members rather voiciferously predicted that
> withdrawing fr
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Ronn Blankenship
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 19 november 2002 5:09
> Aan: Brin Mail List
> Onderwerp: Re: Litigation running rampant in the US.
> What they prove is that Jereon's .sig line from a recent thread is
> correct in such
Ticia wrote:
> Steve Sloan II wrote:
> > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
> >
> >
> >>Haven't got a clue as to what Oreo is.
> >
> >
> > Oreos are a brand of round chocolate sandwich cookies with
> > white creamy stuff (mostly lard, I think) in the middle.
> > Hydrox is another brand that makes a
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