RE: Brin-l Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 Re: religion is evil, why itmust be eradicated

"Belief in god is weakness, belief in nothing is immorality" Vladimir Ilyich Lenin :-) Belief in deity or in idea gives people kind of moral code. Sometimes they kill in the name of this code. Some codes demand killing. Stalin tried to replace belief in Christ with belief in Communism. He failed, b

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: William Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:46 PM Subject: Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated > In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:46:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:54 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. > > Only if t

Scouted: Googlism

Originally posted by Lal (L.Vipulananthan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>) on Culture. For those with a vaguely notable web presence. <> Jon GSV You take the good with the bad. Googlism for: brin-l brin-l is an e brin-l is definitely the place to be > brin-l is anything but av

Re: Scouted: Miraculous Mushrooms?

In a message dated 11/24/2002 10:40:38 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Paul Stamets Gee, what a fungi to get to know. Tucson local too. If he had a webpage about Terraforming Mars, he could call it: The Barsoom mushroom tome home. William Taylor ---

RE: Brin-l Digest, Vol 108, Issue 1 Preserve Auschwitz ?

Gary Nunn <> I don't remember who said that people without past are people without future. WWII memorials should be preserved - both death camps and victory memorials. To remind us of what people are capable of. Ilana ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailm

Scouted: Miraculous Mushrooms?

Guy sounds WAY obsessed. Personally, I prefer my Portobellos grilled in Teriyaki Sauce. :) From: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/11/25/mushrooms/index.html (Available to everyone, not just subscribers) Jon GSV Good In Omelettes Too Excerpt: How mushrooms will save the world Cleaning up to

Re: Books, was religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 9:23:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hmm. I was looking for a copy of Stranger in a Strange Land the other > day at Know Knew Books but the only one they had was an old hardcover, > in excellent shape with the dust cover, for $150.

Books, was religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The first rule of a high price book on the internet: Why is it still on the internet? If the book is worth $172.50, it will sell at that price. Keep checking every week to see if it is still there. Or if the price starts dropping. Hmm. I was looking for a copy of Str

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Alberto wrote: > So? You can't have Kamikazes without a religious component, > because they were not dying to save Japan, they were dying for > their honour. And what did religion have to do with honour? Men who refused to become kamikazes would disgrace their families, and so many died to protec

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:58:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Go to AbeBooks ( www.abebooks.com ) and do a search. I found 291 matches > > ranging from $3.00 paperbacks to a signed copy hardcover for $172.50. > > Do people really get that much for signed cop

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 10:47:43PM -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > Erik Reuter wrote: > Alberto Monteiro wrote: > >>Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, > >>a tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? > > > >Should prostitution be banned because in the prostitution business

Re: Vectors with scalar of zero

Ummyup. As long as none of those Cardinals go after alter boys. William Taylor One Two Three Many. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Erik Reuter wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: >>Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, >>a tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? > >Should prostitution be banned because in the prostitution business >some people might take unfair advantage of others? > >Should fraud be bann

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:46:55 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > The only book I ever burned was The Bell Jar. I didn't think it was the > right > > book to manditarily hand to a freshman. > > High school or college? College. High school freshman actually ha

Re: Lucas is evil, why he must be laughed to death

In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:34:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Should Steven Spielberg be boycotted because of Howard the Duck? > > > > > Why? Because he had absolutely nothing to do with the movie? > > George Lucas: Damn. That ploy didn't work. > >

Gulf Wars

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Re: Posting to Brin-L

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:32 PM Subject: Posting to Brin-L > Erik -- > > I've sent this to the list, twice now. If it doesn't appear, raise a "wtf?" > for me, will ya? > > Hey guys! >

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 09:34:11PM -0500, K. Feete wrote: > I'm actually preparing to write a scifi story where the government has > outlawed religious expression (along with any racial references > whatsoever). The point being that a) it doesn't work and b) they live > very dull, bland lives.

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: BRIN-L <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > on 25/11/02 1:36 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > - Original Message

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:00 PM Subject: Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated > At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote: > >Is it? Quakers and other pacifist rel

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Gary Nunn > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 4:46 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm on constant search for a copy at my

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. Only if there's still juice in it. Julia who keeps her dice in a drawstring bag she made out of a bandana, which is in a cabinet with an appliance lock on it to keep the kid from getting at them __

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > To me, a religion is any system of thought or ideaology in which, when > you start asking questions, you s

Vectors with scalar of zero

I dunno why I have to say this, but Alberto and his nek'd behind might complain: There are an infinite number of vectors with a scalar of zero on a two dimensional plane, though there are only two vectors with a scalar of zero on a one dimensional line. So, to make the vector-cardinality proof

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:10:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Blasphemer! Heretic scum! You should buy hardcover editions of > > His books, then burn them and buy again the paperback edition! > > The only book I ever burned wa

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > Dan said: > > > 1) You are arguing that all US graduates in all fields do not meet the > > standards s

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 7:25:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. > > > Okay, Mr. Smarty, where do you keep your dice between games? > D&D die were kept in a tackle box. Ain't never had kids about.

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Dan said: > 1) You are arguing that all US graduates in all fields do not meet the > standards set by GB? This may well be the case if we're measuring using a "knowledge of major" scale, simply because American undergraduates have a much broader education than British ones. On the other hand, I g

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:09 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 11:13:28PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > Should Democracy be banned becau

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: William Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:45 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:26:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > S

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

The Fool wrote: >As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether >they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know >plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human race >is headed for extinction. It is only a matter of time before th

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BRIN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 8:12 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > on 25/11/02 1:36 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > - Original Mes

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 3:04 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > The Fool said: > > Did you know that before the > british came to india, there was a religious group in ind

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: William Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > A person who puts dice in their juicebox is preadolescent. Okay, Mr. Smarty, where do you keep your

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > http://www.observe

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

on 25/11/02 1:36 am, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "BRIN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:53 PM > Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > >> on 24/11/0

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

At 01:10 AM 11/25/2002 + William T Goodall wrote: >Is it? Quakers and other pacifist religions are a tiny minority. The >'general characteristics' of religion could be described with the pacifists >as a footnote.[1] > >[1] Just rebutting your 'beyond ludicrous' without claiming that massacring

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:51:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm on constant search for a copy at my local used bookstores. > > One that does > > not have a white creased spine. > > > Go to AbeBooks ( www.abebooks.com ) and do a sea

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:40 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:39:28PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > Well, I like it, but there are many m

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:39:28PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > Well, I like it, but there are many many bright folks who argue that > there are political systems far superior to the US's. They could be right. Have they tried their systems? Why are they better? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 7:18 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:19:29PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > - Original Message - > > Fr

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "BRIN-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:53 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > on 24/11/02 8:20 pm, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > - Original Mes

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 07:19:29PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:45 PM > Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > > > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 1

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 6:45 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:18:09AM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > The real problem is that we **do

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

on 24/11/02 11:45 pm, John D. Giorgis at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote: >> As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether >> they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know >> plenty of people with this kind of

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

On Mon, Nov 25, 2002 at 12:18:09AM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > The real problem is that we **don't** have a decent definition of > religion, as things that are considered religions by most people > differ substantially. To me, a religion is any system of thought or ideaology in which, when y

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'm on constant search for a copy at my local used bookstores. > One that does > not have a white creased spine. Go to AbeBooks ( www.abebooks.com ) and do a search. I found 291 matches ranging from $3.00 paperbacks to a signed copy hardcover for $172.50. Gary __

Re: A reading gap is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 5:10:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Blasphemer! Heretic scum! You should buy hardcover editions of > His books, then burn them and buy again the paperback edition! The only book I ever burned was The Bell Jar. I didn't think it was the

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

on 24/11/02 11:38 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:26:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> I suggest that you pray His Gospel, as Revealed in the >> Afterword of His Holy Book _Glory Season_. I hope His >> words can

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Richard Baker wrote: > > (...) How bad was the collapse of Paraguay >during the War of the Triple Alliance - is it true that over half the >population died? (Of course, that was during a war.) > Yes and no. The numbers I have read - many times - was that _ninety_ percent of the male adult populati

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Richard Baker wrote: > >> Questionable. Communist might be considered a kind of religion, as >> some of its dogmas are based on faith. > >It explicitly rejects supernatural explanations though. > Some religions also deny supernatural explanations, like those that believe in psychic powers. > Dia

Prefixes for binary multiples

These things are horrible, but I've seen them beginning to be used. http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/binary.html "In December 1998 the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), the leading international organization for worldwide standardization in electrotechnology, approved as an IEC In

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

On Sun, Nov 24, 2002 at 11:13:28PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, a > tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? Should prostitution be banned because in the prostitution business some people might take unfair advantage of others? Shou

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

William Taylor wrote: > >> I suggest that you pray His Gospel, as Revealed in the >> Afterword of His Holy Book _Glory Season_. I hope His >> words can bring you back to Faith in Science and Technology. > > Read just once. For the life of me I cannot remember one > single thing about it. I'm on

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:40:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >Soviet regime 500 per 100,000 per year > >Aztec Empire 100 > >Thuggee Cult 13 > > > What about Pol Pot? Half the population killed in about 5 years? Ah yes. The case of the Pol Pot calling th

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Alberto said: > Uh? You mean _1530s_, right? In the 1530s, there wasn't even a Soviet Union! I thought using the Soviet population in the 1930s (around the midpoint of my 50 year spread of mass death) was a reasonable compromise. > What about Pol Pot? Half the population killed in about 5 years?

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Alberto said: > Questionable. Communist might be considered a kind of religion, as > some of its dogmas are based on faith. It explicitly rejects supernatural explanations though. Dialectical materialism might be wrong, but it is materialism. Also, for example, "We take these truths to be self-ev

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

on 24/11/02 8:20 pm, Dan Minette at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:57 PM > Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > >>> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL P

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:26:58 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, > a tyrant, a thief or a megalomaniac? > [Was that four different people mentioned, or an all in one package deal?] > Alberto Mo

Re: stereotyping is evil, and why it must be eradicated

At 01:57 PM 11/24/2002 -0600 The Fool wrote: >As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether >they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know >plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human race >is headed for extinction. It is onl

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Richard Baker wrote: > >I'll have a go at calculating rough figures. A quick Google finds that >the population of India was about 300 million in Moghul times (I'm sure >Ritu will correct me if this is wrong), the population of the Aztec >empire was about 20 million; in the 1930s, > Uh? You mean _

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/2002 4:26:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I suggest that you pray His Gospel, as Revealed in the > Afterword of His Holy Book _Glory Season_. I hope His > words can bring you back to Faith in Science and Technology. Read just once. For the

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Reggie Bautista asked: > >Kneem, should the Republican party be eradicated because of the illegal >actions of Richard Nixon? Should the Democratic party be eradicated because >of the illegal actions of Bill Clinton? > Should Democracy be banned because eventually we [*] elect a jerk, a tyrant,

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Richard Baker wrote: > >It wasn't religion that gave us Mutually Assured Destruction, > Right. >nor that >killed fifty million people in the Soviet Union, > Questionable. Communist might be considered a kind of religion, as some of its dogmas are based on faith. >nor did religion begin >or pla

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Julia said: > Can anyone come up with that data? I'll have a go at calculating rough figures. A quick Google finds that the population of India was about 300 million in Moghul times (I'm sure Ritu will correct me if this is wrong), the population of the Aztec empire was about 20 million; in the 1

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

The Fool wrote: > > > From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > The Fool said: > > > > > the Thugs systematically killed more than an order of magnitude more > > > people (over a very long period of time) than the numbers you just > > > listed. All for kali. > > Ok a slight exaggeration, but

RE: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of The Fool > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 11:58 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > > > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: "The Fool"

Re: Preserve Auschwitz ?

Gary wrote: > > I have been following the debate about preserving Auschwitz. Personally, I > think it is time to let that part of the past go and move on. I am not sure > what purpose would be served by preserving or memorializing those camps > other than to remind people of the hate and crimes tha

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool said: > > > the Thugs systematically killed more than an order of magnitude more > > people (over a very long period of time) than the numbers you just > > listed. All for kali. Ok a slight exaggeration, but still within the smae magnitude or

Posting to Brin-L

Erik -- I've sent this to the list, twice now. If it doesn't appear, raise a "wtf?" for me, will ya? Hey guys! "I'll be back to pick you up later!" I posted some lyrics to alt.culture.fil-am.relationships under "The bill for this is in the mail". Interesting. Reminds me of Yrrkoon, Red Son

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

The Fool said: > the Thugs systematically killed more than an order of magnitude more > people (over a very long period of time) than the numbers you just > listed. All for kali. The only figures I could find for Thuggee cult deaths stated that "possible as many as 2 million" were strangled by th

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool said: > > > As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether > > they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know > > plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human > > race is hea

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/02 1:47:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << A preadolescent who puts lice in their neighbor's juicebox deserves a _very long_ time out. Dan M. >> And a good shampooing. To think I almost didn't put that third line in William Taylor

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

The Fool said: > As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether > they are christians, jews, islamists, hindus or whatever, (and I know > plenty of people with this kind of worldview personally), the human > race is headed for extinction. It wasn't religion that gave us Mu

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 2:42 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > In a message dated 11/24/02 1:27:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > << And every movemen

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

In a message dated 11/24/02 1:27:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << And every movement, be it a religious, social, or political movement, has it's militant fundamentalists. >> Newsflash: Ultra-radical fast food terrorists kidnap the mayor of St. Louis. Will be rele

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

Dan wrote: I'm just pointing out, that by using expanded definitions of religion, as Mr. Goodall suggests, you would be considered as someone who had a religion. Besides which, most religious people don't cause these kinds of problems. It's typically just the militant fundamentalists. And eve

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > > From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > http://www.obser

Re: Retronyms

In a message dated 11/24/2002 12:02:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >How many other retronyms can you name? >> > > Those are actually the originals that JDG posted. > I thought that after the paste, my post ended with nonsense such as Flatsigned autograph and

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

> From: Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html > I've noticed that "The Fool" posts things like this religiously. :-) As long as there are people who believe these kinds of things, whether they

Re: Here be dragons. Uplift essay.

In a message dated 11/24/2002 9:34:00 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I enjoyed it, though it's funny that you should call the Uplift universe anti- > Campbellian. Only with the aliens, only with the aliens. Ah, the change to the >>> works. Much better. >Considering

Re: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

- Original Message - From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 1:35 PM Subject: religion is evil, why it must be eradicated > http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html > __

religion is evil, why it must be eradicated

http://www.observer.co.uk/worldview/story/0,11581,845725,00.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Humor: Hu's on First

Jon wrote: Eccles posted this on Culture. I'm sure it's gonna offend *somebody* :-) Jon Playwright Jim Sherman wrote this after Hu Jintao was named chief of the Communist Party in China. HU'S ON FIRST By James Sherman (We take you now to the Oval O

Re: Retronyms

William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 11/22/2002 10:17:17 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << >"Acoustic Guitar" >"Natural Turf" >"Analog Watch" >"Two-Parent Family" >"Off-Line Publication" >"Kinetic Warfare" > >How many other retronyms can you name? >> Those a

fool: proxomitron question

At 09:10 AM 11/23/2002 -0600, you wrote: > From: Gary Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just ran across this from a trusted source and found it to be absolutely > true. Follow the link below, read about Yahoo's newest web tracking policy > and then decide if you want to opt out. > > Gary > > PS - I don

Football now Re: TO EVERYONE: Dinging Suggestion

Kevin Tarr wrote: > Kevin T. > Heisman Heisman, who has the Heisman? I don't know. Who's even in the running, anyway? I think the last season I was really paying attention to the Heisman was when Drew Brees was in the running at some point. Julia who knows which high school Brees grad

Re: TO EVERYONE: Dinging Suggestion

> > I personally find it annoying that when list members ask them to > > take it offlist, that they seem incapable of doing so. (It's really > > annoying to see Jeroen turn verbal acrobatics this morning while > > trying to justify gross violations of netiquette.) > > If it is so annoying, DO NO

It's all pun and games... Re: AOL question.

Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Certain mythological beings cannot use a computer to edit emails >>without making an annoying sound. >> >>It's a case of dragon click. > >Another class of mythological beings cannot approach any subject >with complete reverence. > >It's a case of

Re: Tâ?"eâ?"sâ?"tâ?"iâ?"nâ?"g

In a message dated 11/24/2002 8:56:32 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Subj: Re: Tâ?"eâ?"sâ?"tâ?"iâ?"nâ?"g I thought you were starting a string on teaching us Irish Gaelic. William Taylor E-I-O-U, eh? ___

It's all pun and games... Re: AOL question.

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Now: > > Certain mythological beings cannot use a computer to edit emails without > making an annoying sound. > > It's a case of dragon click. Another class of mythological beings cannot approach any subject with complete reverence. It's a case of satyr-izing. (Cred

RE: Here be dragons. Uplift essay.

>Bring on the Hoonish Renaissance. Nice essay, William. I enjoyed it, though it's funny that you should call the Uplift universe anti-Campbellian. Considering Dr. Brin's apparent dislike for the sociological impact of the hero myth, the fact that you'd point out that Earth, the star of the sho

RF ID tags; fight the future

http://www.nocards.org/AutoID/overview.shtml Auto-ID: Tracking everything, everywhere Katherine Albrecht, CASPIAN [The following is an excerpt from the article, "Supermarket Cards: Tip of the Retail Surveillance Iceberg," accepted for Publication in the Denver University Law Review, June 2002]

RE: Tâ?"eâ?"sâ?"tâ?"iâ?"nâ?"g

Ronn wrote > However, I think I have found the "KILL ME!" function in Eudora. > > Every time I re-install it to a clean directory, it works for (at most) > about ten minutes before developing a GPF. You might consider trying Pegasus Mail. I liked Pegasus Mail better than outlook, the only rea

Re: Tâ?"eâ?"sâ?"tâ?"iâ?"nâ?"g

- Original Message - From: William Taylor To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 3:26 AM Subject: AOL question. > I have not found a killfile function on AOL. However, I think I have found the "KILL ME!" function in Eudora. Every time I re-install it to a clean director

k-6 graders DNA samples taken by police

http://www.njherald.com/news/newspro/viewnews.cgi?newsid1037804875,63452, DNA legacy; Stillwater first in county to identify pupils through genetic imprint Posted Wednesday, November 20, 2002 by Webmaster By RUSS FLANAGAN Herald Staff Writer STILLWATER — Parents of Stillwater Township School p

Preserve Auschwitz ?

I have been following the debate about preserving Auschwitz. Personally, I think it is time to let that part of the past go and move on. I am not sure what purpose would be served by preserving or memorializing those camps other than to remind people of the hate and crimes that went on there. It

Re: AOL question.

In a message dated 11/24/2002 6:13:29 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >I have not found a killfile function on AOL. > > > >This is merely a statement. > > Do you need help finding it? (Seriously, I'm also an AOL'er.) > Got it finally. AOL as usual had hidden it

Re: AOL question.

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: AOL question. Date: Sun, 24 Nov 2002 04:26:11 EST I have not found a killfile function on AOL. This is merely a statement. Do you need help finding it? (Seriously, I'm also an AOL'er.) :-) Jon William Taylor ___ h

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