JDG asked:
Specifically, can a director prevent companies from
marketing clean versions of popular movies to
morally discerning customers?
Ouch, this is one of the most evil things that
companies do. It should be forbidden, and offenders
should be hanged in public :-/
Alberto
On 21 Jan 2003 at 9:50, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
JDG asked:
Specifically, can a director prevent companies from
marketing clean versions of popular movies to
morally discerning customers?
Ouch, this is one of the most evil things that
companies do. It should be forbidden, and
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Downright funny, IMO. I can't say that the large
mammalian protuberances (to quote FZ) or the shots
of scantily clad women has no effect on me (purely
involuntary 8^p), but I agree the commercial is
pretty juvenile. But what light beer commercial
isn't these
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Monkey keeper James Harper told the BBC: Orang-utans are windy animals
but because of all the brussels sprouts they are eating there is quite a
pong around here at the moment.
He added: Whoever gets the short straw gets to muck them out.
Story filed: 19:15 Friday 10th
Horn, John wrote:
Could someone clue me in as to what commercial is being discussed here? I
seem to have missed that part...
Thanks. I think...
The lite beer commercial where the two attractive young women get into a cat
fight over whether or not it's less filling or tastes great.
(Tells
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On 21 Jan 2003 at 7:39, Nick Arnett wrote:
(One of these days, I'll be brave enough to *completely* abandon
Windows in favor of Linux.)
There is only one reason why I don't at present - Games.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
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Pong?
An unpleasant smell or stink, according to the OED.
Julia
There's nothing wrong
with a good old British pong
Sideways through the sewers of the Strand on a Sunday afternoon
[Just
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On Tue, Jan 21, 2003 at 10:55:31AM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Given that lack of support, I think it will be a very long time before
Linux has any real market share.
You are basing this observation on notebook computers?
For desktop computers, there are several vendors that will sell a PC
with
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But, from my experience, Linux is a nightmare for commercial use. For
example, I'm working for a customer who has flavor X of Linux running on
company Y's portable computer. When
News Corp. is said to want more than $400 million for the Los Angeles
Dodgers and the ballclub's stadium.
http://www.latimes.com/business/custom/cotown/la-fi-dodgers21jan21004430,0,608280.story
I wish Bloomberg would buy 'em and bring 'em back to Brooklyn
Site requires registration.
Jon
GSV
If this doesn't shred the last bit of the UN's
credibility on human rights, I don't know what will.
The USA should withdraw from the UN Commission on
Human Rights in protest...
JDG
RIGHTS COMMISSION: Libya Wins Chair Over U.S.
Objections
UN WIRE
In a secret ballot, the U.N. Human Rights
From CNN.com:
Scorpions can set venom on stun or kill
Tuesday, January 21, 2003 Posted: 9:46 AM EST (1446 GMT)
Scorpions save their deadly venom for when they really need it.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scorpions don't bother to waste venom killing a victim if
they don't have to. Instead they use a
At 09:43 2003-01-20 -0600, Reggie wrote:
But to get back to Nick's original point, a lot more could be done by
insurance companies to educate patients about when they need to go to the
emergency room, and when a visit to a clinic or to a primary care
physician would be more appropriate. But
At 16:28 2003-01-20 -0500, Jon wrote:
Today's Userfriendly cartoon contains an obscure but somewhat surprising
Marion Zimmer Bradley reference, unless that H word has some other
meaning I'm unaware of. :)
http://www.userfriendly.org/
Jon
I really should re-read that series Maru
You might
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Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 15:41:33 -0500
At 16:28 2003-01-20 -0500, Jon wrote:
Today's Userfriendly cartoon contains an obscure but somewhat
In a message dated 1/21/03 12:40:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
News Corp. is said to want more than $400 million for the Los Angeles
Dodgers and the ballclub's stadium
What if the Buyer's a vegetarian?
The horror, the horror.
William Taylor
--
--- J. van Baardwijk wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
- In the bone-chilling deep-freeze of northern
Minnesota, there are
dozens of lakes and one deepening mystery.
Smack in the middle of North Long Lake,
surrounded by eight miles
of ice thick enough to drive on, there is a
gaping black
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
It is a lake within a frozen lake -- a huge crescent of open water
that, for some reason, refuses to freeze over.
Must be because of the warmth coming from that UFO that is hiding at
the bottom of the lake, ready to evacuate the Raelians should the need
arise.
They
I'm forwarding this from the Reading For the Future list:
--
I started an individual letter to several addressees in this
and other DYR/RFF groups, but then decided there were so many
that perhaps this slightly off-topic post might be acceptable
and save time here. Replies expressing
--- John D. Giorgis wrote:
Dan Minette wrote:
[I think John wrote:]
Silly me for thinking that they were still
playing a game out there, and
deciding whether or not to respect certain
participants in that game based
on the way they played the game.
I thought of another thing. As an
Hey! I got my first opportunity to make a real
killing in the international finance arena!
--- JAJA YERIMA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:59:13 +0100
CONFIDENTIAL BUSINESS PROPOSAL
dear sir
Sir! *Sir!* Indeed not!
You may be suprise to receive this letter from
I hate when this happens. Why does real life insist on
being less serious than I am? :-/
JDG quoted:
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira
de Mello added that the occasion was a unique
opportunity for the commission to demonstrate that it
can manage with wisdom, speed and
On Tuesday, January 21, 2003, at 07:07 PM, Steve Sloan II wrote:
snippage about Ms. Heinlein
Sigh...A very classy lady. She'll be missed. RIP.
john
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Debbi wrote:
I can't speak to the football or basketball arenas (or
really any professional sports area, since I just
don't participate/watch, although when I was at LSU I
did attend many home games), but I haven't gone to any
horse shows of the park or performance horse
variety (Saddlebreds,
On Monday, January 20, 2003, at 09:51 PM, John D. Giorgis wrote:
Specifically, can a director prevent companies from marketing clean
versions of popular movies to morally discerning customers?
http://slate.msn.com/id/2077192/
JDG
Depends on who holds the copyright. Usually it's the
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Hammock said he got interested in working with scorpion venom while
researching insecticides. He wanted to take the type of common cold
virus that infects insects and insert a gene for a toxin, so that when
the insect gets a cold it dies.
Now that sounds like an effective
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1743823
Mexico will today urge the World Court to order stays of execution and
retrials for more than 50 Mexicans on death row in the United States.
The move reflects the deep disquiet among some of Washington's closest
allies over capital
The article I read (in the Wall Street Journal IIRC)
mentioned that the lake was actually warmer in the
area in question (40 F sounds familiar, but I wouldn't
swear to it). They'd done salinity tests and whatnot,
but none of the results provided any explanations.
As for the UFO theory, the
JDG asked:
Specifically, can a director prevent companies from
marketing clean versions of popular movies to
morally discerning customers?
Alberto replied:
Ouch, this is one of the most evil things that
companies do. It should be forbidden, and offenders
should be hanged in public :-/
http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2003/1/20/180651.shtml
America's enemies within turned out in force on Saturday in Washington,
D.C., and San Francisco under the auspices of the Communist Workers World
Party operating under its front organization, A.N.S.W.E.R. Once again the
demonstrators
Haha, I got one of these a while ago and actually responded (from a little
used e-mail address) with the intent to screw with them as much as
possible. After a little reply that was a little over the top the goon
responded! Great fun!
Damon.
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The article I read (in the Wall Street Journal IIRC)
mentioned that the lake was
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I thought of another thing. As an
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uklatest/story/0,1271,-2251069,00.html
Britain pays out more compensation claims than the rest of Europe, running
up a bill of around £10 billion a year, a report reveals.
Payouts and legal costs are growing by 15% a year due to a compensation
culture, the report by
At 05:37 PM 1/20/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1043013622300562504,00.html
It's rather interesting what greed will force in the US legal system.
I'm just glad to see that the US court system has obviously already settled
all the more important
At 06:59 PM 1/20/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 10:48 PM 1/18/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
Julia
who doesn't like the end of a certain commercial
As opposed to the beginning of it?
The whole commercial leaves something to be desired, certainly (a
At 05:08 PM 1/21/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Hey! I got my first opportunity to make a real
killing in the international finance arena!
--- JAJA YERIMA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:59:13 +0100
Are you the one who sent it to me?
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that
JAJA YERIMA
Any relationship to Binks?
Mesa gonna give yousa muey muey moola.
William Taylor
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In a message dated 1/21/2003 9:17:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
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Haha, I got one of these a while ago and actually responded (from a little
used e-mail address) with the intent to screw with them as much as
possible. After a little reply that was a little over
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