On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
> No hard feelings, but I think that your lack of familiarity with the
> concept of being called is evident here. Many people can be God's
> instrument. It depends on who answers the call. Ideally, many countries
> would answer. It appears that the world
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/50/40299.htm?printing=true
> >
> > "Hot chili peppers not only fire up your food,
> they may also put the heat on cancer cells and force
> them to self-destruct. A new study shows a natura
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/08/international/middleeast/08MIDE.html?ex=
1045285200&en=8a79a0d0c7880790&ei=5040&partner=MOREOVER
good link.
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http://www.public-i.org/dtaweb/report.asp?ReportID=502&L1=10&L2=10&L3=0&L4
=0&L5=0
Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act
Center Publishes Secret Draft of Patriot II Legislation
By Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle
(WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2003) -- The Bush Administration is pre
My vision is for NASA to continue orbital work with an immediate initiative
for a faster, less complicated, less expensive, quicker turn around method
to get there. Once established, while continuing to work on science, I want
a deliberate effort focused on exploring the solar system and going bac
No wonder (most) Koreans are so healthy. There's a bunch of red chile
peppers in kimchi.
George A
P.S. I say "most" because since the introduction of Western Fast Food, there
are many more obese Koreans running (waddling) aound than there were 20-30
years ago.
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From
Not to downplay Nick's illness, but in Oregon?
I live and work in Korea, but home is Springfield, OR.
George A
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:44 AM
Subject: Re:Sick Nick
> Ohmygosh! That's awful, Nick.
>
>
> This puzzle has been making the rounds of Hungarian mathematicians' parties.
...
I broke down and googled for "the switch room" to get the
answer. It's a clever little problem, with a solution that can be
guaranteed to work. (Nothing probabilistic, as mentioned in my
last post.)
> "Bu
I have a very good CD-RW, but I don't know enough about burning install
disks. Will just copy the floppies onto a single CD, each in its own folder
work or one CD per floppy.
George A
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 0
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> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On > Behalf Of Erik Reuter
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:22 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies
>
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 04:04:47PM -0500, Jon Gabriel w
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-02-06-nasa-cover_x.htm
Columbia's disintegration over Texas didn't curb America's appetite for
launching people into space. Public opinion polls and soaring rhetoric from
the White House and Congress make that clear.
But to what end? Should the next genera
No spoilers needed yet, I haven't solved it. But I am prepared to
kick around some ideas.
>
> The warden meets with 23 new prisoners when they arrive. He tells them,
> "You may meet today and plan a strategy. But after today, you will be in
> isolated cells and will have no communication with on
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From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: A Scientist Wishes He Was an Economist :) Re: Plus the NY
TimesRe: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Jo
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From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:09 PM
Subject: A Scientist Wishes He Was an Economist :) Re: Plus the NY Times
Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
> At 02:47 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wro
> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> At 11:41 AM 2/6/2003 -0800 Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
> >> Still, if Bush succeeds in his proposal, he will have done
> >> more to raise
> >> the CAFE in three years than Clinton managed in eight.
> >>
> >> If nothing else, it would make a lot of this
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:21 PM
Subject: Economic Performance of Presidents Re: Plus the NY Times Re: The
Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
> At 11:32 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
> >
At 09:31 PM 2/7/2003 -0600 The Fool wrote:
>His record of doing more to relax environmental standards and pollute
>than any other administation? Bush is the environmental anti-christ.
Not only does Bush stand a decent chance of raising the CAFE higher than
Clinton, Bush also recently imposed stri
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 09:33 PM 2/7/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >Deborah Harrell wrote:
> > >
> > > This is a very brief article:
> > > http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/50/40299.htm?printing=true
> > >
> > > "Hot chili peppers not only fire up your food, they
> > > may also put
At 09:33 PM 2/7/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> This is a very brief article:
> http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/50/40299.htm?printing=true
>
> "Hot chili peppers not only fire up your food, they
> may also put the heat on cancer cells and force them
> to self-destruc
At 11:32 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
>Fair enough. That cash out happened in 98 and 99.
I must ask again. What model are you using to predict a "cash out" two
years after the capital gains tax cut takes effect?
>> This model, however provides no scenario in which capital gains rev
Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> This is a very brief article:
> http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/50/40299.htm?printing=true
>
> "Hot chili peppers not only fire up your food, they
> may also put the heat on cancer cells and force them
> to self-destruct. A new study shows a natural
> substance foun
This is a very brief article:
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/50/40299.htm?printing=true
"Hot chili peppers not only fire up your food, they
may also put the heat on cancer cells and force them
to self-destruct. A new study shows a natural
substance found in chili peppers kills cancer cells by
At 02:47 PM 2/6/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote:
> I randomly selected the past 74 years to obtain the
>answer for both the Democrats and the Republicans.
I find it highly unlikely that the year 1929 was selected randomly.
What was your methodology?
JDG
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At 09:31 PM 2/7/03 -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote:
JDG - Anybody enjoy getting the image of Jeroen making love on a daily
basis, Maru?
Sonja?
-- Ronn! :)
Almighty Ruler of the all,
Whose Power extends to great and small,
Who guides the stars with steadfast law,
Whose least creation fills
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From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Brin-L" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 6:29 PM
Subject: Thicker fireproofing may have prevented WTC collapse
> http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_778692.htm
>
> Thicker fireproofi
At 09:53 AM 2/7/2003 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote:
>Wednesday February 5, 2003
>
>In 1990 as the US prepared for its first war with Iraq there was heavy
>reliance on the use of "classified" satellite photographs purporting to
>show that in September 1990 -
Sorry, but this article is all wet.
Sau
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yo Joe!
> He'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble.
> GI Joe is there.
> GI Joe- A real American hero
> GI Joe is there
Hey! GI Joe was one of my preferred toys as a child
(though far behind the plastic horses and stuffed
animals).
He went on
"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
>
> At 11:27 AM 2/7/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
> >If it would be easier to read it as e-mail, I'll be happy to get it e-mailed
> >to you.
>
> Indeed, the link is no longer working - so if someone could e-mail me a
> copy, I would appreciate it.
I think someone alre
At 10:03 AM 2/7/2003 -0800 Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>> Saw a speech by, IIRC, Schroeder recently. He
>> mentioned (paraphrasing) that
>> Germany is opposed against war against Iraq, because
>> the German people,
>> having been in the center of two world wars, realise
>> that going to war is
>> neve
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:26:12PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> > From: "Mortgage Clearing House" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >
> > > /root/8e8Ta4: Permission denied
> > > ___
> > > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
> >
At 11:27 AM 2/7/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote:
>If it would be easier to read it as e-mail, I'll be happy to get it e-mailed
>to you.
Indeed, the link is no longer working - so if someone could e-mail me a
copy, I would appreciate it.
JDG
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At 08:22 AM 2/6/03 -0800, you wrote:
Spent from 1:20 yesterday afternoon to about 8 p.m. in the E.R. with an
acute abdomen that hit me like a freight train just as a meeting was
starting.
(Overheard in the ER corridor)
Nurse 1 to Nurse 2:
"Don't you agree the patient in Exam 1 has acute abdom
Ohmygosh! That's awful, Nick.
Rest. Lots of fluids. Hugs from Oregon =+))
Thinking good thoughts, Jo Anne
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At 04:17 PM 2/7/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 22:22 6-2-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
I would say that it certainly will be much greater, if just for the
difference in strategic reasons and the ready availability of oil
revenue to the first Iraqi republic to finance its own development.
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Kevin Tarr
> Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 4:10 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: where's the article
>
>
> I'm not asking anyone to search for this, but while at the gym
> this morning
> someone h
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_778692.htm
Thicker fireproofing may have prevented WTC collapse: expert
Thursday, 6 February 2003
Thicker fireproofing insulation on the World Trade Centre girders would
have prevented the twin towers from falling so quickly, according t
At 14:23 5-2-2003 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> >All of Europe could certainly spend more on the military.
>
> But again, where is that money supposed to come from? Raising taxes?
> A "Marshall Plan" for Europe's military?
How about cuts in non-defense spending? That is an option, after all.
I'm not asking anyone to search for this, but while at the gym this morning
someone had a printout from the Pittsburgh Post-(something) about Hillary
Clinton and her PAC, a speech she gave to firefighters and police
somewhere, and how all the other democrat candidates are only polling at
30% wh
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 06:36:21PM -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:
> And what I forgot to addwithout giving away plot pointscan we read
> AaDB before reading CP?
Certainly. AaDB stands on its own.
--
"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/
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At 06:20 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 04:59:27PM -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:
> Or Against a Dark Background.
I'd be game for that one.
--
"Erik Reuter"
And what I forgot to addwithout giving away plot pointscan we read
AaDB before reading CP? Can we all agree
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 05:26:12PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> From: "Mortgage Clearing House" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > /root/8e8Ta4: Permission denied
> > ___
> > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
>
> Thank you O great spirit of the
At 06:16 PM 2/7/2003 -0500, you wrote:
At 03:05 PM 2/7/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> > Kevin Tarr wrote:
> > > > > > Time to enjoy a nice venison dinner,
> totally produced by me from hoof to table.
> >
> > Julia replied:
> > > > >WOW! You gave birth to Bambi?
> > > > >Now I'm *really* impressed!
> >
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 04:26:14PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> You may not have to you might be able to copy all the floppies to their
> own folders on a cd and then write a bat file to allow you to install them
> from the cd.
>
> I'm not an expert. Erik or Fool could probably be more helpf
On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 04:04:47PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> (I still remember her ripping them apart and shredding them to bits
> when she was done. Ruined a shredder, too.)
That wasn't too bright. Didn't she notice that 3.5" floppies have some
substantial pieces of metal on them that would s
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> /root/8e8Ta4: Permission denied
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On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 04:59:27PM -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote:
> Or Against a Dark Background.
I'd be game for that one.
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At 03:05 PM 2/7/2003 -0800, you wrote:
> > Kevin Tarr wrote:
> > > > > > Time to enjoy a nice venison dinner,
> totally produced by me from hoof to table.
> >
> > Julia replied:
> > > > >WOW! You gave birth to Bambi?
> > > > >Now I'm *really* impressed!
> >
> > Kevin retorted:
> > > > No but I to
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From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:26 AM
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
> At 08:43 7-2-2003 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> >But no one denies that the Hussein government employs a level of
> >bru
> > In particular, I wonder how this will influence our
> > view of Germany. If there is any country that should
> > be most enthusiastic for freeing people from a
> > genocidal dictator, it is Germany. Instead of that,
> > though, we see Germany refusing to help under _any_
> > circumstances,
> > Kevin Tarr wrote:
> > > > > > Time to enjoy a nice venison dinner,
> totally produced by me from hoof to table.
> >
> > Julia replied:
> > > > >WOW! You gave birth to Bambi?
> > > > >Now I'm *really* impressed!
> >
> > Kevin retorted:
> > > > No but I took her home and Thumper.
Tiny point:
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From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
> At 07:45 7-2-2003 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> > > Oh wow. And this fraud was made public only *a few days* after Colin
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From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Friday, February 0
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Julia Thompson
...
> Oh, and if you're pretty sure that's the place you got it from, tell your
> doctor. Could be a public health issue, and if so, they could
> probably use
> every data point they ca
This is from NPR Car Talk. I couldn't see the answer. You can post the
answer if you want to and win a prize, I won't post if someone answers on
the list.
http://cartalk.cars.com/Radio/Puzzler/Transcripts/200305/index.html
RAY: I got this from my pal, Stan Zdonik, who teaches at Brown Univers
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From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: war and peace
> Gautam said:
>
> > 2. If Britain had peacefully left its colonies in,
> > say, 1910 or so, I think we would say that, on the
> > who
--- Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Is that the peace of warlords who are fighting for
> > control of the country outside of Kabul and a few
> > other cities? I'm really not trying to be snide
> > here, but having to run a gauntlet of
Julia was kind enough to forward me JDG's 1st 3 chapter analyses of Glory
Season.
(Thanks Julia!)
I'll be fine with whatever the list decides regarding a book (Brin or Not).
It's 2/7. I'll wait until 2/28, tally the votes/suggestions and then start
reading and writing. I think 3 weeks should
Jon wrote:
I was thinking that perhaps I would try and pick up the slack where JDG
left off and volunteer to try my hand at a chapter by chapter summary of
a Brin book of the list's choosing.
So, I have a couple of questions and requests before I volunteer:
a) Which book would we like to revi
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From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: war and peace
> On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> re: white man's burden
>
> > I see this as a bitter diatribe against imperialism an
At 02:28 PM 2/7/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Kevin Tarr wrote:
> > > Time to enjoy a nice venison dinner, totally produced by me from hoof
> > to table.
Julia replied:
> >WOW! You gave birth to Bambi?
> >
> >Now I'm *really* impressed!
Kevin retorted:
> No but I took her home and Thumper.
Juli
How about Bear's "Moving Mars?" Just a thought.
George A
P.S. I rather enjoyed it.
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From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 5:56 AM
Subject: Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book
From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies
Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2003 06:19:30 +0900
The only problem (a sentimental one) with this for me is I will have to
give
up my Borland Pascal 7.0. I s
I have little device called a Zio! by Microtech. I have an iPAQ and a Nikon
Coolpix 885, both of which use Compact flash. I have a 256MB CF in both of
them. Whenever I want to copy pictures or load documents or spreadsheets, I
just place the CF in the Zio! and plug it into the USB port and prest
At 06:19 AM 2/8/03 +0900, you wrote:
The only problem (a sentimental one) with this for me is I will have to give
up my Borland Pascal 7.0. I still have the original 12 or 13 720Kb 3.5"
floppies and everytime I upgrade my computer, one of the first things I do
is install it. I know it is old and
The only problem (a sentimental one) with this for me is I will have to give
up my Borland Pascal 7.0. I still have the original 12 or 13 720Kb 3.5"
floppies and everytime I upgrade my computer, one of the first things I do
is install it. I know it is old and has fallen out of use and favor, but
I wrote:
> I haven't seen Thumper here at all, but every time it snows, I see lots
of
> Thumper tracks in both the front and back yards. And given the amount
of
> woods and fields around here, I'm really surprised that I've seen no
> evidence of Bambi at all. Kevin, have you been exceeding you
Yo Joe!
He'll fight for freedom where ever there's trouble.
GI Joe is there.
It's GI Joe against Qaida and Dubya
Fighting to save the day.
He never gives up.
He's always there,
Fighting for freedom over land and air
GI Joe- A real American hero
GI Joe is there
GI Joe is the codename for American
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 21:36:24 +0100
At 12:38 7-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
"You insert it right into the USB port, and your computer
From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin
book?
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 14:25:02 -0600
Jon wrote:
I was thinking that perhaps I would try and pick up the slack where JDG
left
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 21:22:57 +0100
At 12:49 7-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Ridiculous. This is precisely the type of quote that sounds just great as
a sound-bit
Concerning the B5 DVD's, Jim (I think) wrote:
> Man, I need to get these. I tired to talk Santa into bringing them, but
> I was thwarted. And they're cheap, relative to ST:TNG especially.
Julia replied:
I wouldn't know about ST:TNG, but I know that ST:TOS just seems to be
available on DVDs wi
Reggie Bautista wrote:
>
> Kevin Tarr wrote:
> > > > > Time to enjoy a nice venison dinner, totally produced by me from
> >hoof
> > > > to table.
>
> Julia replied:
> > > >WOW! You gave birth to Bambi?
> > > >
> > > >Now I'm *really* impressed!
>
> Kevin retorted:
> > > No but I took her home a
At 12:38 7-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
"You insert it right into the USB port, and your computer reads it just
like it would read a floppy drive. The benefit is, you've got much more
capacity -- instead of just 1.44 megabytes, at the low end you have 16
megabytes."
Unless of course you a
Kevin Tarr wrote:
> > > Time to enjoy a nice venison dinner, totally produced by me from
hoof
> > to table.
Julia replied:
> >WOW! You gave birth to Bambi?
> >
> >Now I'm *really* impressed!
Kevin retorted:
> No but I took her home and Thumper.
Julia responded:
I haven't seen Thumper ver
Some accidentally-pressed key combination caused my reply to be sent before
being finished...
At 12:49 7-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Ridiculous. This is precisely the type of quote that sounds just great as
a sound-bite and reflects nothing about the real world. War is sometimes
necessa
Jon wrote:
I was thinking that perhaps I would try and pick up the slack where JDG
left off and volunteer to try my hand at a chapter by chapter summary of
a Brin book of the list's choosing.
So, I have a couple of questions and requests before I volunteer:
a) Which book would we like to review
At 12:49 7-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Ridiculous. This is precisely the type of quote that sounds just great as
a sound-bite and reflects nothing about the real world. War is sometimes
necessary. At the risk of repeating myself, one can argue logically and
convincingly that the most i
On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
re: Stargate
> The show is amusing and on some rare occasions could be called pretty
decent
> scifi. It's a tremendous improvement on the film, which was awful.
(Has
> Kurt Russell ever made a *good* movie??)
Marvin replied:
Big Trouble in Little China
It's a good article.
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> I've now gotten & responded to 3 offlist requests for today's Camille Paglia
> salon.com interview. If anyone else wants it, let me know and I'll send.
>
> BTW, I am totally willing to copy and send offlist any salon.com article
>
Nick wrote:
Spent from 1:20 yesterday afternoon to about 8 p.m. in the E.R. with an
acute abdomen that hit me like a freight train just as a meeting was
starting.
[snip]
Definitely sorry to hear that, best wishes for a speedy recovery.
Reggie Bautista
AFGHANISTAN: ISAF Commander Says Force Needs Three
More Years
UN WIRE
The International Security Assistance Force must stay
in Afghanistan's capital, Kabul, two or three more
years to ensure security and stability, the commander
of the force said yesterday.
[snip]
"The establishment of bot
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From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:36 PM
Subject: Re: war and peace
>
> What I hear coming through Bush is a belief on the part of the
> Republican leadership and his administration that the US is God
I've now gotten & responded to 3 offlist requests for today's Camille Paglia
salon.com interview. If anyone else wants it, let me know and I'll send.
BTW, I am totally willing to copy and send offlist any salon.com article
that I'm asked for by name, but I am not a clipping service. :) Please
I thought the corporate HQ had moved to Round Rock. I coulda *sworn* all
those nice new office buildings on Louis Henna Blvd. in Round Rock that I
drive by a couple of times a week were corporate HQ buildings.
They are at RR. They have more than one office. I know; I used to do
collections fo
Jeroen said:
> Saw a speech by, IIRC, Schroeder recently. He mentioned (paraphrasing)
> that Germany is opposed against war against Iraq, because the German
> people, having been in the center of two world wars, realise that
> going to war is never the solution to a problem.
I'd be interested to
On 7 Feb 2003 at 12:38, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/02/07/dell.floppydisks.reut/index.h
> tml
>
> Dell saying bye to floppy disk drives
My floppy drive died about 6 months ago and I've not bothered to
replace it. Between network, wireless network, ZIP drive and CD-RW
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I think the point, which you may be in a position to
> address, is that the
> US lied about there being 200k Iraq troops poised on
> the border to invade
> Saudi Arabia, and that this lie is the only reason
> the UN sanctioned Gulf
> War 1. In other wor
--- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Doug just posted it. I actually have a
> verisimilitude question on this.
> By 1991, we were already in the media frenzy phase,
> where even tabloid
> stories quickly made the rounds. If the proof of
> fabrication was evident
> in 1991, why didn't the
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
> Because that type of idealism is at the foundation of the US. Lincoln said
> the US was "the last, best hope of mankind."
>
> > Is manifest destiny the only language of idealism at hand?
>
> Why do you keep on using loaded terms that do not relate to th
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From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, February 06, 2003 10:17 PM
Subject: Re: Plus the NY Times Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq
> On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 02:47:12PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
>
> > The simulation I d
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
>
> --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Dan Minette wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >Let me get this straight. You are accusing Powell
> > of fabricating evidence?
> > >
> > Well (this is the article that Rich ghosted)
> >
> > No casus belli? Invent one!
> >
> > As Co
On Fri, 7 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
> Austin, Texas-based Dell, the No. 2 personal computer maker, said floppy
> drives had been overtaken by technologies offering greater storage
> capacity and would become an option on its Dimension 8250 models.
I thought the corporate HQ had moved to Roun
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From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:10 PM
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
> Unless someone is claiming that Iraq did not, in
> fact, invade Kuwait, what is the point of this?
>
I think the point, wh
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From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 12:04 PM
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
> I'm cool either way, but I have no idea what piece
> y'all are referring to. I might have deleted the
> e-mail by mistake -
--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dan Minette wrote:
>
> >
> >Let me get this straight. You are accusing Powell
> of fabricating evidence?
> >
> Well (this is the article that Rich ghosted)
>
> No casus belli? Invent one!
>
> As Colin Powell presents evidence to the UN to
> j
I'm cool either way, but I have no idea what piece
y'all are referring to. I might have deleted the
e-mail by mistake - I'm at work, and so blurring
through them pretty fast while I calculate stuff.
Gautam
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Gautam Mukunda wrote:
> >
> > --- Doug Pe
--- "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Saw a speech by, IIRC, Schroeder recently. He
> mentioned (paraphrasing) that
> Germany is opposed against war against Iraq, because
> the German people,
> having been in the center of two world wars, realise
> that going to war is
> never the
- Original Message -
From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, February 07, 2003 11:49 AM
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
>
> Ridiculous. This is precisely the type of quote that sounds just great
as a
> sound-bite and reflects nothing about the real
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq
Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 18:26:19 +0100
At 08:43 7-2-2003 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
But no one denies that the Hussein government employs a level of
brutality and terror like only a few regimes in history
Undoubtedly
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