Re: Desktop Icon Utility

At 10:57 PM 1/18/2003 -0600, you wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Enjoy the low blood pressure, but *really* watch out > > for going off > > caffeine cold-turkey; you might start fainting a > > lot! (Happened to someone I know.) > > I'd heard

Re: About My Copyright Notice

--- Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julia Thompson wrote: > >Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > grabs the Kooshie Whip, > > > > > > As your Queen -- you, there: you say b*tch > like it is a _bad_ thing...you forgot, however, to > say "Alpha" before. On your knees! Resistance is > >

Re: A new type of brain scanner

--- Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Julia Thompson wrote: > >OK, I'm going to date myself (or profess cultural > illiteracy!) and ask who Ben Casey is. > > <> "...During their work at County General, Casey and his

Re: Debbie's Dungeon of Delight (was Re: About My Copyright Notice)

> Is a domineightrix someone who disciplines horses? :) Goats. Gotta be goats. Trix are for kidds. William Taylor - Archive this message. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: bush denies emergency room access to medicaid patients

--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=68&ncid=68&e=9&u=/nyt/200 > 30117/ts_nyt/states_can_limit_emergency_access_in_medicaid_cases > > States Can Limit Emergency Access in Medicaid Cases > Fri Jan 17, 9:01 AM ET Add to My Yahoo! > > States

Re: About My Copyright Notice

At 09:09 PM 1/18/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:48 PM > Subject: Re: About My Copyright Notice > > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > Wel

Re: A new type of brain scanner

At 09:56 PM 1/18/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/18/2003 12:04:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > At 09:25 PM 1/16/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >MR is the tool of choice for studying brain function.

Re: About My Copyright Notice

At 08:48 PM 1/18/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: > Well, I am better at unintentionally > causing laughter than deliberately, but as a good > little brineller, here goes: > > Kooshie Whip, striking a dramatic 7-of-9ish pose> > > Cease this unproductive bickering, and retur

Re: A new type of brain scanner

Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>In a message dated 1/18/2003 12:04:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > >> > >>> > >>>At 09:25 PM 1/16/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>> > MR is the tool of choice for studying b

Re: Debbie's Dungeon of Delight (was Re: About My Copyright Notice)

Robert Seeberger wrote: >Much funnier the first time. Did you get two messages reading the same thing? My first one came back to me as completely empty. >But I wonder how that portal gets personalized? Depends on what portal you're referring to. My portal is exit only, thankyouverymuch. :)

Re: Debbi's Dungeon of Delight (was Re: About My Copyright Notice)

--- Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Debbi wrote: > >struggles into Domi*neigh*trix leathers and grabs > >the Kooshie Whip, striking a dramatic 7-of-9ish pose > > Is a domineightrix someone who disciplines horses? > :) No, I thought it would be a funny Halloween party costume, to wear a

Re: Desktop Icon Utility

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Enjoy the low blood pressure, but *really* watch out > > for going off > > caffeine cold-turkey; you might start fainting a > > lot! (Happened to someone I know.) > > I'd heard of headaches, but not *fainting.* They

Re: A new type of brain scanner

Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/18/2003 12:04:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 09:25 PM 1/16/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MR is the tool of choice for studying brain function. In our institution ADHD is a major area of rese

Re: Debbie's Dungeon of Delight (was Re: About My Copyright Notice)

- Original Message - From: "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 10:21 PM Subject: Debbie's Dungeon of Delight (was Re: About My Copyright Notice) > > Let's try this again... > > Debbie wrote: > >struggles into Domi*neigh*trix leathers

Re: Desktop Icon Utility

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > OK, I'm not a medico, but I can use a search engine > sometimes. :) I > found on WebMD.com the following page: > > http://my.webmd.com/content/healthwise/81/20211 > > It lists factors that may increase the risk of > gallstones... I like WebMD;

Re: About My Copyright Notice

"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote: > > > > "Alpha" before. On your knees! Resistance is futile! > > > > *You're* taking the title "Alpha Bitch"? > > > > I don't think so! ;) > > Cat Fgg! > > Marvin Long > VFP Great Taste! > ROU Less Filling! Aigh! Not the wet cement! Not

Re: About My Copyright Notice

> > "Alpha" before. On your knees! Resistance is futile! > > *You're* taking the title "Alpha Bitch"? > > I don't think so! ;) Cat Fgg! Marvin Long VFP Great Taste! ROU Less Filling! Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the US

Re: Wank.

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > part> > > > > > > > Oh, that would be "wonk". I hear the term > > "policy wonk" a lot with respect to politics. > > > > > > Ah, now that

RE: Wank.

On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: > *I'M* still wondering what sick and twisted thing "Fnord" means.. Thanks to Google and Julia I think you now know as much as I do about it; except that Mr. Wilson's trilogy is well worth the read. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Po

Re: Wank.

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > part> > > > > > Oh, that would be "wonk". I hear the term > "policy wonk" a lot with respect to politics. > > > > Ah, now that one I knew/have heard - > > > > I Liked T

Debbie's Dungeon of Delight (was Re: About My Copyright Notice)

Let's try this again... Debbie wrote: >struggles into Domi*neigh*trix leathers and grabs the >Kooshie Whip, striking a dramatic 7-of-9ish pose To which I *intended* to reply: Is a domineightrix someone who disciplines horses? :) It was probably funnier the first time... :( Jim

Gallstones (was: Desktop Icon Utility)

--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you answer a not related question? My friend's > father, brother, and > sister (when she was pregnant I'd assume so may not > be related) all have gall stone trouble. Pregnancy can be associated with various liver-related problems, including sym

Re: Desktop Icon Utility

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 04:56 PM 1/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: > >--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > But the most > > > important, while he's fine now, my brother had a > > > episode at work Thursday. > > > Out of nowhere his right shoulder was throbbing with > > > pain. He was lit

Debbie's Dungeon of Delight (was Re: About My Copyright Notice)

Deborah Harrell wrote: >Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Wank.

Jon Gabriel wrote: >*I'M* still wondering what sick and twisted thing "Fnord" >means.. It sounds like something Pinky of _Pinky and the Brain_ would say. NARF! Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web!

Re: A new type of brain scanner

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 1/18/2003 12:04:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > At 09:25 PM 1/16/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >MR is the tool of choice for studying brain function. In our institution > > >ADHD is a major area of

Re: About My Copyright Notice

"Gary L. Nunn" wrote: > > Mistress Deborah wrote.. > > > Abuse is non-productive, but domination can > > be...instructive. ;) > > I have the handcuffs if you have the time. :-) Do you keep a handcuff key on your keyring? You never know when you might be on an elevator with a pretty young

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Deborah Harrell wrote: > [ What a great idea, Julia - what better way > to distract 'em than the prospect of a bitch fight! > What do you think the FoH should be covered with: > whipped cream or shaving cream? (I'd rather not mud, > but am willing to defer to your judgement.)] Oh, whipped cream

Re: FW: Possible virus detected - Re: A new type of brain scanner

Nick Arnett wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ... > > > >So what should I do to stop this? My computer is clean as far as > > I can tell (I ran my antivurs program two days ago). I have been > > em

Re: Wank.

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh, that would be "wonk". I hear the term "policy > wonk" a lot with respect to politics. Ah, now that one I knew/have heard - but it took a while for the term to enter my non-"huh?" vocabulary; I just figured that I was again on the ignorant sid

RE: FW: Possible virus detected - Re: A new type of brain scanner

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > >So what should I do to stop this? My computer is clean as far as > I can tell (I ran my antivurs program two days ago). I have been > emailing through aol web portal and the me

Re: About My Copyright Notice

In a message dated 1/18/2003 5:53:43 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > DISCLAIMER: By reading, glancing at, downloading, transmitting or > otherwise interacting with this email you acknowledge Richard Baker as > your absolute ruler and grant him unlimited powers over > your l

RE: About My Copyright Notice

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Re: About My Copyright Notice

In a message dated 1/18/2003 5:24:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I fully support Nick and Julia. If I were to offer an > opinion, it would be > that they have bent over backwards too many times. > > > Dan M. > I agree > >

Re: About My Copyright Notice

In a message dated 1/18/2003 5:24:10 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I fully support Nick and Julia. If I were to offer an > opinion, it would be > that they have bent over backwards too many times. > > > Dan M. > I agree > >

Re: About My Copyright Notice

--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Cease this unproductive bickering, and return to > the manifest purpose of this list, servicing and > edifying Me. As your Queen -- you, there: you say > > b*tch like > > it is a _bad_ thing...you forgot, however, to say

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Re: A new type of brain scanner

In a message dated 1/18/2003 12:04:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > At 09:25 PM 1/16/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >MR is the tool of choice for studying brain function. In our institution > >ADHD is a major area of research. The head of this program > BJ

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Dan Minette wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:48 PM > Subject: Re: About My Copyright Notice > > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > Well, I am better at unintentionally > > > causing

RE: About My Copyright Notice

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Deborah Harrell > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 9:14 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: About My Copyright Notice > > --- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [I lost track of who wrote:] I wrote it. > > Mayb

Re: FW: Possible virus detected - Re: A new type of brain scanner

In a message dated 1/18/2003 11:10:21 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > >> ... > > > A quick check reveals that the rejected message was sent by Bob > > Zimmerman. > > I suspect that there is some (hidden?) code in his message that > > the scanner > > on our mailserv

Re: Desktop Icon Utility

At 04:56 PM 1/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: --- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the most > important, while he's fine now, my brother had a > episode at work Thursday. > Out of nowhere his right shoulder was throbbing with > pain. He was literal > crying. Of course, he refused any help an

Re: Wank.

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Oh, that would be "wonk". I hear the term "policy > > wonk" a lot with respect to politics. > > Ah, now that one I knew/have heard - but it took a > while for the term to enter my non-"huh?" vocabulary; > I just f

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RE: About My Copyright Notice

--- "Gary L. Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mistress Deborah wrote.. > ...As your Queen -- you, there: you say b*tch like > > it is a _bad_ thing...you forgot, however, to say > > "Alpha" before. On your knees! Resistance is > futile! > > > Will you marry me? Or at least abuse me a

Re: About My Copyright Notice

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:48 PM Subject: Re: About My Copyright Notice > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > Well, I am better at unintentionally > > causing laughter than deliberately, but as a g

Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

- Original Message - From: "Jim Sharkey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 6:22 PM Subject: RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish) > > >This message is copyright 2003 by J. van Baardwijk. No part of this > >message may be reproduced, stored in a

Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

In a message dated 1/18/2003 8:20:49 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > In that case, you'll have to try harder. They were much > more unreadable in > the past. You must be losing you touch. I am posting via the aol web site rather than through aol. I had to forward my emails

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Deborah Harrell wrote: > Well, I am better at unintentionally > causing laughter than deliberately, but as a good > little brineller, here goes: > > Kooshie Whip, striking a dramatic 7-of-9ish pose> > > Cease this unproductive bickering, and return to the > manifest purpose of this list, servic

Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish) > In a message dated 1/17/2003 9:46:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I am doing my best to make my m

Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

In a message dated 1/17/2003 9:46:54 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I am doing my best to make my messages as unreadable as > possilbe > > HA! I was able to read it! HA! AND comprehend it! HA! > >Julia Drat - foiled again _

RE: About My Copyright Notice

Mistress Deborah wrote.. > Kooshie Whip, striking a dramatic 7-of-9ish pose> > > Cease this unproductive bickering, and return to the > manifest purpose of this list, servicing and edifying > Me. As your Queen -- you, there: you say b*tch like > it is a _bad_ thing...you forgot, however, to

Re: Desktop Icon Utility

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Re: Desktop Icon Utility

--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the most > important, while he's fine now, my brother had a > episode at work Thursday. > Out of nowhere his right shoulder was throbbing with > pain. He was literal > crying. Of course, he refused any help and offers to > go to a hospital or an

Re: About My Copyright Notice

--- Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [I lost track of who wrote:] > Maybe the Brin-L list just isn't meant to survive. > Maybe we've lost > > too many people over the years for the list to be > viable. > > This is manifestly not true. If you edit out all the > unpleasantness, the > rest

Re: About My Copyright Notice

- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:06 PM Subject: About My Copyright Notice > My last few messages to this list included a perfectly legal copyright > notice -- and our List Dictator promptly respon

bush denies emergency room access to medicaid patients

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Re: About My Copyright Notice

At 09:49 PM 1/18/03 +, Richard Baker wrote: I for one would not like to see Jeroen (or Erik, Nick, John Giorgis, Andy or anyone else) leave the list, and I don't think we should be considering solutions that involve people having to leave. I for two. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I wo

Re: On the topic of doctor errors . . .

--- Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > A woman had an unecessary double mastectomy in > Minnesota. http://www.cnn.com/2003/HEALTH/01/18/medical.mistake.ap/index.html > > Worse than a Junior Mint, I think. Redundancy in healthcare is neither wasteful nor a luxury. And a second opinion (

Fnord (Kinda L^3) (Was: RE: Wank.)

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 8:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Wank. > > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > > *I'M* still wondering what sick and twisted thing "Fnord" means.. > > > > It's not in my di

Re: Backneck barcode removable tatoos

"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote: > > At 05:26 PM 1/17/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Could someone put one on with henna, perhaps, if that's easier to locate > >than the "removeable skin tatoo" marker? Just a thought The marker > >would probably be a little easier, though. > > I've seen th

Re: Wank.

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > *I'M* still wondering what sick and twisted thing "Fnord" means.. > It's not in my dictionary. It's from the Illuminatus Trilogy by Robert Anton Wilson. Or so I've been told; I haven't actually read it, just wasted^H^H^H^H^H^Hspent too much time in college around peo

Re: Desktop Icon Utility

--- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But the most > important, while he's fine now, my brother had a > episode at work Thursday. > Out of nowhere his right shoulder was throbbing with > pain. He was literal > crying. Of course, he refused any help and offers to > go to a hospital or an

Re: Wank.

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > --- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Wank. Wank. > > > > > > > > > Well, I'm sure it isn't the noise a duck makes > > > (although it sor

RE: Wank.

*I'M* still wondering what sick and twisted thing "Fnord" means.. Jon "They spit fire?!? How come nobody told me they spit fire!?!" ~Chrichton, Farscape -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003

Re: A Problem For Conservatives

On Sat, Jan 18, 2003 at 11:29:31PM +, Richard Baker wrote: > Why are people's feelings about God not such evidence? Can you specify a procedure that anyone could use to falsify the existence of God? I can specify a procedure that anyone could use to falsify the existence of Pluto. -- "Eri

Re: Wank.

--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Wank. Wank. > > > > > > Well, I'm sure it isn't the noise a duck makes > > (although it sort of resembles The Penguin's > musings, if you

Re: Backneck barcode removable tatoos

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 16:48:42 -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: >:-) > >My daughter Natalia, a Dark Angel fan, wants to know >where she can find removable tatoos in the form of >barcodes, so that she will look like 452 If you have access to a laser printer, you could try making the bar code in a pain

Re: political parties and religions

At 06:49 PM 1/17/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: You missed the point, in that this was meant to show trends withing _one_ group. Okay, I'll bite. Which one? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Po

RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

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Re: A Problem For Conservatives

Erik Reuter wrote: > > I can specify a procedure that anyone could use to falsify > the existence of Pluto. > Pluto is a myth. Just notice how its mass has decreased during the XX century, from something the size of Uranus to something smaller than the Moon Alberto Monteiro PS: in the annual m

RE: About My Copyright Notice

Do you have any suggestions? How does the Culture list manage to avoid these problems? By refusing to take anything seriously, and by turning every serious dispute into a joke... ROU Excessive Silliness Is the Ultimate Weapon ___ http://www.mccmedia.

RE: Desktop Icon Utility

At 04:27 PM 1/17/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: Why Women Live Longer Maru Source versus recipient of stress. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle

Re: Backneck barcode removable tatoos

At 05:26 PM 1/17/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Could someone put one on with henna, perhaps, if that's easier to locate than the "removeable skin tatoo" marker? Just a thought The marker would probably be a little easier, though. I've seen those for sale at lots of places where either

Re: New York Times: (Was: RE: Desktop Icon Utility)

At 06:12 PM 1/17/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Four day weekend! (with nothing to do. I'm going to go pull the covers over my head) I did that yesterday. I feel better for it. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last.

RE: Kiln People review

Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: >I had no problem with the pacing of the book, but I found the >dating service thing at the end a bit weird. Actually, that was the one thing from the metaphysical stuff that I found interesting. What better way to make a living with your new found powers, while also pe

Re: Turkish Reluctance

At 09:14 AM 1/17/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > >>http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/international/middleeast/09ALLI.html ?todaysheadlines > >> > >>The Turks would probably help us out if they didn't think that by do

Re: A Problem For Conservatives

Marvin said: > Are both sets of heterophenomenological (whew!) evidence/claims equal > w/respect to internal consistency, consequences of acceptance or > denial, and so on? I don't think they are equally internally consistent, but that's not the real key point. The heterophenomenological isn't fo

Re: A Problem For Conservatives

William said: >> I suppose an ontology dependent in that way on epistemology is >> quite interesting though. > > It is :) Things are even weirder than they might seem at first sight though. For example, consider the planet (or Kuiper belt object) Pluto. Suppose that there's an isolated valley in

RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

At 08:22 PM 1/18/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 09:25 18-01-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > Lost Cause. Like this argument ;) *grin* *smile* Like this mailing list... :-( Over my dead body. :-) That can be arranged... Is that a threat? No, just a friendly offer. :

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Jon said: > Do you have any suggestions? If I had them, I would've made them by now. > How does the Culture list manage to avoid these problems? One unusual thing about the Culture list is that it doesn't have a resident listowner. Dan Polivy owns the machine on which the list runs but he hasn

Re: Kiln People review

At 12:51 PM 1/18/2003 -0600, you wrote: Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > >Clearly, we ain't nobody, Kevin. > > > > Why this hostility. All I wanted was an opinion or "mini review" with a > > little depth than a couple of lines, thats all! > > > > Damon. > > Humor, Damon, not hostility. I didn't put a

RE: About My Copyright Notice

On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: > Do you have any suggestions? How does the Culture list manage to avoid > these problems? Heck, how does *every* other list on the net manage to > avoid them? Obviously, since most lists seem to thrive, this isn't a > problem everywhere else. Brin-L is

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Dan Minette wrote: I fully support Nick and Julia. If I were to offer an opinion, it would be that they have bent over backwards too many times. and Jon wrote: I would like to publicly go on record as stating that I personally fully support Julia and Nick in this matter. I support the li

RE: About My Copyright Notice

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Richard Baker > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 4:49 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: About My Copyright Notice > > Doug said: > > > I think that every time that there is a prolonged crisis on the list, > > you are in the

Re: About My Copyright Notice

- Original Message - From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 3:34 PM Subject: Re: About My Copyright Notice > Jeroen said: > > > What do you all think? > > I think it'd be interesting to try to figure out why this sort of thing >

RE: About My Copyright Notice

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk > Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2003 4:06 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: About My Copyright Notice > Importance: High > > My last few messages to this list included a perfectly legal copyright > notice -- and

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Richard Baker wrote: How can we make things better here without people being exiled? I've tried to suggest that people ignore the irritant, but they continue to respond to it. Myself and others have had flame-ups with other list members, but they have never carried on for days, dominating

RE: About My Copyright Notice

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Richard Baker ... > I for one would not like to see Jeroen (or Erik, Nick, John Giorgis, > Andy or anyone else) leave the list, and I don't think we should be > considering solutions that involve peopl

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Jeroen asked: > >Am I the only one here who thinks that Arnett is overreacting again? > Probably yes. If you don't want your messages to be archived, you are free *not* to post, because posting implies archiving. Of course he might have dealt with that in a different way, for example, he could im

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Doug said: > I think that every time that there is a prolonged crisis on the list, > you are in the middle of it. Jeroen v. Eric, Jeroen v. Nick, Jeroen v. > JDG, Jeroen v. Crystal in just the past few months. This would tend to > make me believe that if you were to leave the list, it would be a >

Re: About My Copyright Notice

J. van Baardwijk wrote: What do you all think? I think that every time that there is a prolonged crisis on the list, you are in the middle of it. Jeroen v. Eric, Jeroen v. Nick, Jeroen v. JDG, Jeroen v. Crystal in just the past few months. This would tend to make me believe that if you we

Re: About My Copyright Notice

Jeroen said: > What do you all think? I think it'd be interesting to try to figure out why this sort of thing frequentlyhappens here but seemingly never happens on any of the other lists to which I've been subscribed over the years. Rich ___ http://ww

About My Copyright Notice

My last few messages to this list included a perfectly legal copyright notice -- and our List Dictator promptly responded. I just received an off-list message from Arnett in which he claims my Copyright Notice exposes him to liability that he finds unacceptable. This was followed by the EXPLICI

Re: Kiln People review

"Marvin Long, Jr." wrote: > > On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > I haven't read Murasaki. Can you rate it compared to the Brin you've > > read? > > I don't recall it being very Brinnish, but it's a long time since I read > it. I have a copy if you want to borrow it. I snagged a

Re: Kiln People review

I haven't read Murasaki. Can you rate it compared to the Brin you've read? Compared to all the stuff of his I read I'd rate it as somewhat inferior. I don;t know if this is necessarily a knock against him but rather one of the things you must deal with in a collaboration. He wrote one chapte

Re: Kiln People review

On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote: > I haven't read Murasaki. Can you rate it compared to the Brin you've > read? I don't recall it being very Brinnish, but it's a long time since I read it. I have a copy if you want to borrow it. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poin

RE: Kiln People review

On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Jim Sharkey wrote: > I can see where the reviewer's coming from. I found the metaphysical stuff in the >book terribly uninteresting, adn it made the end portion of the book drag a bit. >It's just not my cup of pekoe black, I fear. I thought it was kind of interesting. (B

Re: Three branch g*vernment [was: Desktop Icon Utility]

Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote: > > > >>"Yes, Sir! Yes, Sir! Three Bags Full!" > >> > >>(Money or (organic) fertilizer?) > >> > > > >I thought it was wool, actually. > > > Mutton gets past you. No, actually, I end up looking sheepish at times.

Re: Kiln People review

Damon wrote: > > >I'm counting in my head, I think I've read ten books. > > I was specifically talking about The Kiln People. I've read ALL of the > Uplift books and the Postman, as well as Murasaki in which Brin collaborated... I haven't read Murasaki. Can you rate it compared to the Brin you'

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