RE: god and the shuttle

2003-02-11 Thread Halupovich Ilana
Did somebody hear of "Bible Code" ? It's reading Bible by skipping same amount of letters each time. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/068815994X/qid=1045032599/sr=2-3/ ref=sr_2_3/103-6537470-9633413 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0684849739/qid=1045032599/sr=2-2/ ref=sr_2_2/103-65374

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-11 Thread Halupovich Ilana
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:43:19AM +0200, Halupovich Ilana wrote: << Never read Gor books, they have gorgeous Valejo covers though. As for "Atlas Shrugged" - taking in account that Ayn Rand wrote in language that she was not born to - the book is pretty good. >> Erik Reuter wrote Or we could do

RE: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-11 Thread Gary L. Nunn
> So seriously though, what kind of content is the channel > going to have > other than SF? Goofy paranormal shows? Non-stop Trek marathons? > > Do the owners want to kill the channel as badly as they > wanted to kill > Futurama? > > Damon. Sunday they had Flintstones & Flintstones: Viva R

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Russell Chapman wrote: Reggie Bautista wrote: There is nothing quite so stirring or that can get my blood pumping quite like a good pipe-and-drum band with those high, crisp Scottish snare drums. And yet, the most evocative pipe band performance I've heard was at the Australian War Memoria

RE: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-11 Thread Gary L. Nunn
> I don't regularly watch the SciFi channel (I don't regularly watch TV > period). So what kind of show is Tracker like (so I can gauge how far > they've slipped)? > Damon. Let me sum it up: Adrian Paul - bad acting - nearly career ending bad acting Really stupid premise for series - alien, b

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
I'm afraid that miniseries might be the last gasp, since it was probably commissioned before Sci-Fi's decision to kill Farscape, and get away from actual science fiction. So seriously though, what kind of content is the channel going to have other than SF? Goofy paranormal shows? Non-stop Trek

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-11 Thread Steve Sloan II
Damon wrote: > > Yeah, SciFi Channel pretty much sucks these days. > There's SOME light in the tunnel...March 16th will premiere the > new mini series Children of Dune. I know I'll be watching... I'm afraid that miniseries might be the last gasp, since it was probably commissioned before Sci-Fi'

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Russell Chapman
Reggie Bautista wrote: There is nothing quite so stirring or that can get my blood pumping quite like a good pipe-and-drum band with those high, crisp Scottish snare drums. And yet, the most evocative pipe band performance I've heard was at the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, at closing

RE: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Horn, John
> From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > I was at a wedding once where three ladies reached up and > more-or-less > simultaneously caught the bouquet and a fight erupted over > who would get to > keep it. At the same wedding, when the garter was tossed, > *nobody* went for > i

RE: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
Oh, and if you haven't discussed: a) how raunchy you're getting with the garter hunt and b) smushing cake into your new bride's face... Consider it. With (a), if your wife can handle it then great, but remember that you're going up her skirt in front of her family (hi grandma!) and that it'll be

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: I have Visual FORTRAN on this system. Now _that_ sounds like an oxymoron. Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Jim Sharkey
Jon Gabriel wrote: >Oh, and if you haven't discussed: >a) how raunchy you're getting with the garter hunt >With (a), if your wife can handle it then great, but remember that >you're going up her skirt in front of her family (hi grandma!) and >that it'll be caught on tape. Not everyone's comfy w

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Doug Pensinger
Robert Seeberger wrote: Eric wrote: However, I still think the best way to handle this is for as many people as possible to state that they have adopted a policy of not replying to messages with legal notices. I agree I'm convinced I'm on Me too. Doug xROU Bandwagon _

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Jim Sharkey
Julia Thompson wrote: >Oh, and before anyone tosses a bouquet -- look up. Make sure >there's no glass stuff dangling from the ceiling in the area in >which tossing will occur. On a related note: At our wedding, one of my wife's friends caught the bouquet. A friend who, by chance, was a *ver

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Amanda SubbaRao wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > (My own bouquet just hit regular ol' ceiling tiles and then hit the floor > > kinda hard.) > > > > Julia > > My husband was at a wedding where the bouquet bounced off the chandaleir righ

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
Amanda wrote: My husband was at a wedding where the bouquet bounced off the chandaleir right back into the bride's arms. He says the marriage didn't last long... :-) I was at a wedding once where three ladies reached up and more-or-less simultaneously caught the bouquet and a fight erupted ove

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
are trying to get away from doing space shows, presumably because they are more expensive that garbage like Tracker (my apologies to anyone on the list who might like that show). I don't regularly watch the SciFi channel (I don't regularly watch TV period). So what kind of show is Tracker lik

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > I listen to almost everything: classical, new age, pop, folk, rock, > metal, alternative, country, etc., etc., but just can't seem to wrap my > head around either bagpipes or rap music. I'm with you on the rap, but I'm into traditional music, among other things, and bagpipes

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > There is nothing quite so stirring or that can get my blood pumping quite > like a good pipe-and-drum band with those high, crisp Scottish snare drums. > > Julia (and anybody else), what's your favorite bagpipe recording? The one I listen to the most (the favorite of

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Amanda SubbaRao
- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > (My own bouquet just hit regular ol' ceiling tiles and then hit the floor > kinda hard.) > > Julia My husband was at a wedding where the bouquet bounced off the chandaleir right back into the bride's arms. He says the ma

Darwin's Radio (was RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright)

2003-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... > This is clearly unfair. Nick has been trying to do his best for > all of us. I have had disagreements with him (in the distant past > about natural selection) Thanks for saying

RE: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Julia Thompson > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:30 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Oh Yeah! > > Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > Sorry, I am, of course, joking, but I really hate bagpipes! :) > > Oh, my. :) > > If you ever

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jon wrote: > Sorry, I am, of course, joking, but I really hate bagpipes! :) Julia replied: Oh, my. :) If you ever come over to visit, remind me of this, lest I subject you to one of the CDs of bagpipe music. (One of those is a favorite of one of our dogs. I'm not kidding.) There is nothin

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:29 PM Subject: Re: Oh Yeah! > > :-) > > We actually had him warm up out of earshot of the arriving guests. He went > up into the balcony pretty much unnoticed, an

Post-Saddam Iraq

2003-02-11 Thread John D. Giorgis
Have not yet read this, but given the intense interest in Post-Saddam Iraq plans on this List, I thought that I would pass it along. JDG >Subject: Post-Saddam Iraq >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Post-Saddam Iraq > > Marc Grossman, Under Secretary for Political Affairs > Testimony before

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 2/11/2003 7:45:54 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > It is your list, Nick. So alas you can do whatever you > please, without asking > any of us. This is clearly unfair. Nick has been trying to do his best for all of us. I have had disagreements with him (

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: >Make sure your bagpipe player warms up *before* the guests start arriving. >That way when he starts playing the prelude from the balcony, it'll be a >great surprise. :-) JDG replied: While nice in theory, if he has to wait 30-60 minutes while the guests arrive, he probably won't be "

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > Sorry, I am, of course, joking, but I really hate bagpipes! :) Oh, my. :) If you ever come over to visit, remind me of this, lest I subject you to one of the CDs of bagpipe music. (One of those is a favorite of one of our dogs. I'm not kidding.) Julia __

Re: god and the shuttle

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: > I enjoy these sorts of postings, I'll add, for those who might imagine that > because I tend to criticize the heck out of them, I want them to go away. > Our friend The Fool has a knack for selecting good discussion fodder, in my > opinion. I enjoy your criticisms of them. :

RE: X-Windows

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
Okay, this was *hugely* helpful, thank you for answering in such detail! If I have any questions, I'll be sure to ask. :) Jon (Who's hoping you feel MUCH better, even though I haven't read my SickNick(tm) update yet.) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

RE: ATL: X-Windows

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
Thanks! :) Jon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Erik Reuter Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ATL: X-Windows http://mrcla.com/XonX/ XFree86 for MacOS X On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:00:38PM -0500,

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > Rob wrote: > >>Susan and I are getting married saturday. > > Jon replied: > >YAY Congratulations!!! > > > >I'm gonna be annoying and pass on a set of totally unsolicited advice that > >helped me get through my wedding. Feel free to put it in the circular file > >i

RE: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Reggie Bautista > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Oh Yeah! > > Rob wrote: > >>Susan and I are getting married saturday. > > Jon replied: > >YAY Congratulations!!! > > > >I'm gonn

RE: god and the shuttle

2003-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of The Fool ... > Yet while his comments were unusual in their grotesqueness, they bore one > similarity to comments being heard from others: many people believe the > tragedy happened for a reason. Ever

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 08:40 PM 2/11/2003 -0600 Reggie Bautista wrote: >Make sure your bagpipe player warms up *before* the guests start arriving. >That way when he starts playing the prelude from the balcony, it'll be a >great surprise. :-) While nice in theory, if he has to wait 30-60 minutes while the guests a

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > Damn you Julia! (Massively joking). I reexamined my profile and found it > was mostly on. The two or three I don't like are more true than I want to > admit. It really is a good profile. I'm just wondering what others think, > if it matches their ideas of themselves. Maybe if

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: Yeah, SciFi Channel pretty much sucks these days. Damon replied: There's SOME light in the tunnel...March 16th will premiere the new mini series Children of Dune. I know I'll be watching... Yeah, I'm looking forward to that, and we still have some new episodes of Farscape coming. B

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
Rob wrote: Susan and I are getting married saturday. Jon replied: YAY Congratulations!!! I'm gonna be annoying and pass on a set of totally unsolicited advice that helped me get through my wedding. Feel free to put it in the circular file if you like. :) [snip] Anybody else have anyth

But don't call it an occupation...maybe

2003-02-11 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
http://www.salon.com/news/wire/2003/02/11/iraq_plans/index.html Marvin Long ROU Parallax view? Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm ___ http://www.mccmed

2-year occupation...maybe

2003-02-11 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57781-2003Feb11.html excerpts: Pressed for an idea of how long a military occupation would last before Iraqis could take back the government of their country, his colleague from the State Department, Marc Grossman, said he would guess "two years."

Re: Sick Nick update

2003-02-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 2/11/03 5:44:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << I'm a lot more yucky feeling and tired today than I would have expected. This certainly hasn't been a steady upward recovery. More of an upward roller-coaster. Thanks, everyone, for your thoughts.

hamas calling on all muslims to attack americans when iraq war begins

2003-02-11 Thread The Fool
http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/breaking_7.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-02-11 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:40 PM 2/11/2003 -0600, you wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: > > Just found a new company. Well, don't know how new they really are but I > never heard of them. Very specific guidelines, scientific approach. May > take an hour to fill out questionnaire. I do not agree with their > assessment of me, m

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:27 AM Subject: Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:41:29AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > It *is* Nick's server, and if ther

god and the shuttle

2003-02-11 Thread The Fool
abcnews.go.com/sections/us/DailyNews/shuttle_beliefnet_god030206.html God’s Will? Strong Debate Taking Place Over Higher Reason for Columbia’s Crash By Deborah Caldwell and Steven Waldman Feb. 6 — When a notorious Muslim cleric, Abu Hamza al-Masri, told reporters in London that the space shuttl

Sick Nick update

2003-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
Follow-up at Kaiser today... Another week of the BRAT diet! But I can add potatoes (baked or microwaved). Nothing is growing in my cultures, which had me confused until the doctor (a resident who is still learning how to explain things, I think) told me that sometimes the organisms just don't cul

Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today

2003-02-11 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Damon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 2:46 PM Subject: Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today > > >Just read The Butlerian Jihad. It takes place 10,000 years from now and > >10,000 before Dune. > > How is that poss

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > Just found a new company. Well, don't know how new they really are but I > never heard of them. Very specific guidelines, scientific approach. May > take an hour to fill out questionnaire. I do not agree with their > assessment of me, makes me sound like a milksop, which I'm

Re: How'd We Do That?

2003-02-11 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jon Gabriel wrote: > >Colin Powell sits down with the Senate this morning and tells them that Al >Jazeera has a tape of Bin Laden issuing a statement of support for President >Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi people. > >Al Jazeera announces they have no such tape. Powell is lying. > >A little while

RE: X-Windows

2003-02-11 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jon Gabriel > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 3:01 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: ATL: X-Windows > > > Does anyone know of a site that would explain exactly what > X-Windows is and > does? I'm c

Re: ATL: X-Windows

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Reuter
http://mrcla.com/XonX/ XFree86 for MacOS X On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:00:38PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > Does anyone know of a site that would explain exactly what X-Windows is and > does? I'm coming up blank in my net searches. > > Am trying to figure out if I need to run it on my Mac G4. :)

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-02-11 Thread Kevin Tarr
Just found a new company. Well, don't know how new they really are but I never heard of them. Very specific guidelines, scientific approach. May take an hour to fill out questionnaire. I do not agree with their assessment of me, makes me sound like a milksop, which I'm not. But some things are

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Kevin Tarr
> YAY Congratulations!!! > > I'm gonna be annoying and pass on a set of totally unsolicited advice that > helped me get through my wedding. Feel free to put it in the circular file > if you like. :) > > 1) The day is about you. Put people to work. If you need something done, > let your w

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: "Jon Gabriel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Oh Yeah! Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 15:09:58 -0500 YAY Congratulations!!! I'm gonna be annoying and pass on a set of totally unsolicited advice that helped me get through my wedding. Feel fre

Re: ATL: X-Windows

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Reuter
http://www.xfree86.org/ (the X-Windows Linux uses) http://www.x.org/ (maybe not too informative, but official) On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:00:38PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > Does anyone know of a site that would explain exactly what X-Windows > is and does? I'm coming up blank in my net searche

ATL: X-Windows

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
Does anyone know of a site that would explain exactly what X-Windows is and does? I'm coming up blank in my net searches. Am trying to figure out if I need to run it on my Mac G4. :) Jon _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:31 11-2-2003 +0100, Ticia Luengo wrote: Amazon.co.uk : UKP 39.59 (USD 42.76) Jeroen! What exchange rate did you use?! That's USD 64.41 and EUR 59.99! Still the best buy (see below) D'oh! My mistake. Apparently I read "EUR" where it says "UKP" and thus only did the EUR -> USD conver

Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today

2003-02-11 Thread Richard Baker
Damon said: > How is that possible? I thought the events of the original book took > place in 10191. That date is 10,191 after the founding of the Spacing Guild. According to the appendices to _Dune_, the Battle of Corrin, which decided the supremacy of House Corrino, was fought in 88BG (i.e. "Be

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: > YAY Congratulations!!! > > I'm gonna be annoying and pass on a set of totally unsolicited advice that > helped me get through my wedding. Feel free to put it in the circular file > if you like. :) > > 1) The day is about you. Put people to work.

Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
Just read The Butlerian Jihad. It takes place 10,000 years from now and 10,000 before Dune. How is that possible? I thought the events of the original book took place in 10191. According to the above account the date would be 22003! I read the 1st book in the series and thought it rather unre

Re: Bought and Paid For

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: "J.D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Bought and Paid For Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 11:08:49 -0800 (PST) AT WAR The Inspections Dodge Why are France and Germany pro-Saddam? Follow the money. BY KHIDHIR HAMZA Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST Unfortunately, you can't take this

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > Speaking of which: > 3) Things *will* go wrong. Don't worry about 'em. Nobody but you and your > wife will notice when things go wrong, and no one will remember 'em but you, > either. > > 4) Remember that it's your day. Enjoy yourself. Be happy. Have fun! :) > > Anybo

Re: Cell phones: Holey Rat's Brains

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Cell phones: Holey Rat's Brains Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:36:02 -0600 (responding to this awfully late, I know) The Fool wrote: > > Phone Study: Holey Rat's Brains > > By Elisa Batista |

Re: Oh Yeah!

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
YAY Congratulations!!! I'm gonna be annoying and pass on a set of totally unsolicited advice that helped me get through my wedding. Feel free to put it in the circular file if you like. :) 1) The day is about you. Put people to work. If you need something done, let your wedding party d

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
Yeah, SciFi Channel pretty much sucks these days. There's SOME light in the tunnel...March 16th will premiere the new mini series Children of Dune. I know I'll be watching... Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pa

Re: Bought and Paid For

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:08:49AM -0800, J.D. Giorgis wrote: > AT WAR > > The Inspections Dodge > Why are France and Germany pro-Saddam? Follow the > money. > > BY KHIDHIR HAMZA > Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST Who is this guy and what was the source for this article? _

How'd We Do That?

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
Colin Powell sits down with the Senate this morning and tells them that Al Jazeera has a tape of Bin Laden issuing a statement of support for President Saddam Hussein and the Iraqi people. Al Jazeera announces they have no such tape. Powell is lying. A little while ago, Al Jazeera announces the

RE: Bought and Paid For

2003-02-11 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: J.D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Bought and Paid For > > Second, France, Germany, and to a > degree, Russia, are opposed to U.S. military action in > Iraq mainly because th

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Richard Baker
Reggie said: > AFAIK, this DVD was only released in widescreen in all regions, no > full-frame DVD version available. Unfortunately, all CGI rendering and compositing were done in 4:3 and they no longer have any of the original files to rerender and recomposite. This means that any effects shots

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Bryon Daly
>Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical >problems with >the master disks, the screen will jump back and forth between full >screen >("Vollbild") and widescreen. >However, there is no mention of this at other Amazon sites, Barnes & Noble, or Proxis.

Bought and Paid For

2003-02-11 Thread J.D. Giorgis
AT WAR The Inspections Dodge Why are France and Germany pro-Saddam? Follow the money. BY KHIDHIR HAMZA Tuesday, February 11, 2003 12:01 a.m. EST My 20 years of work in Iraq's nuclear-weapons program and military industry were partly a training course in methods of deception and camouflage to

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Reggie Bautista
Bryon Daly wrote: For those that have the Season 1 DVD's - what do you think? I thought the quality was great, and the shows were much better than I had remembered. Jeroen replied: Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical problems with the mast

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread Ticia
J. van Baardwijk wrote: Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical problems with the master disks, the screen will jump back and forth between full screen ("Vollbild") and widescreen. However, there is no mention of this at other Amazon sites, Barnes

Re: Cell phones: Holey Rat's Brains

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
(responding to this awfully late, I know) The Fool wrote: > > Phone Study: Holey Rat's Brains > > By Elisa Batista | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1 > > 02:00 AM Jan. 31, 2003 PT > > In a study that may shed some light on whether cell-phone use is harmful > to callers, Swedish scient

RE: Iraq war discussion

2003-02-11 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Iraq war discussion > > > On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:42:44AM -0800, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: > > > Neither the Gulf War nor Afghanistan

Re: Question for George and/or Gautam

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
An IFV is? Infantry Fighting Vehicle (aka the Bradley). Also check out this link for an accounting of S. Korea's Armed Forces: http://www.csun.edu/~btk29323/keithr~1.htm Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem

Re: Question for George and/or Gautam

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
Better yet, check out this link: http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/korea-orbat-021101.htm Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Build

Re: Question for George and/or Gautam

2003-02-11 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Damon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 11:53 AM Subject: Re: Question for George and/or Gautam Thanks for responding Damon, I should have remembered that you are knowledgeable in this area. One more question: > IIR

Re: Iraq war discussion

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 09:42:44AM -0800, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: > Neither the Gulf War nor Afghanistan were humanitarian - GW was about > protecting the oil fields of the Arabian pen (a good reason for war, > to be certain) and the later was about getting AQ. Compare that to what happened during

Re: Question for George and/or Gautam

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
Heh, spoke too soon. Popped over to the division webpage and it looks like they only have TWO brigades; Armored and infantry (air assault). Thank you defence budget cutbacks...:( Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pa

Re: Question for George and/or Gautam

2003-02-11 Thread Damon
I responded to a post on the Culture list that stated the only reason the US had land mines along the DMZ was to provide profits for US weapons manufacturers. My counter pointed out the military forces that the N. Koreans had. The poster asked about US forces. I have the troop number: 37k, bu

RE: Iraq war discussion

2003-02-11 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 05:32 AM > To: BRIN-L > Subject: Iraq war discussion > > > > > Many Americans assume this will be a short and painless > war, something > > like the last Gulf war from the American

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:41:29AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > It *is* Nick's server, and if there's a major legal problem, it's Nick's > ass. If there's a major problem of some other nature that could affect him > negatively, it's still *his* ass. > > Nick would be well within his rights t

RE: Instant live CDs of a concert?

2003-02-11 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 07:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Instant live CDs of a concert? > > > http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/038/living/Instant_live_CDs_ > of_a_concert_T > esting_to_begin_

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > Nick Arnett wrote: > > > So... there are two things that I'd like to discuss: Is such a policy a > > good idea? If so, does the wording above accomplish it? Whaddya say? > > It is your list, Nick. So alas you can do whatever you please, without asking > a

more on bush's police state plans

2003-02-11 Thread The Fool
http://news.com.com/2010-1071-983921.html Perspective: Ashcroft's worrisome spy plans By Declan McCullagh February 10, 2003, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Attorney General John Ashcroft wants even more power to snoop on the Internet, spy on private conversations and install secret microphones, spyware

Scouted: Mindguard for Linux (humor)

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://zapatopi.net/mindguard.htmlFor the more paranoid among us. :) (y'all know who you are) *grin* (Also: http://zapatopi.net/belgium.html) The "Belgium doesn't exist!" website. Funny, tongue-in-cheek website. Jon MIND YOUR MIND? with MindGuard! Welcome to the MindGuard website, your

Question for George and/or Gautam

2003-02-11 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:28 AM Subject: Re: Deteriorrata (sp?) I responded to a post on the Culture list that stated the only reason the US had land mines along the DMZ was to provide profits fo

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 13:45:54 +0100 Nick Arnett wrote: > So... there are two things that I'd like to discuss: Is such a policy a > good id

Iraq war discussion

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Reuter
> Many Americans assume this will be a short and painless war, something > like the last Gulf war from the American perspective. But this time > will likely be different, as many commentators have pointed out. I don't think anyone knows how long the war will be. It largely depends on how loyal S

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Nick Arnett wrote: > So... there are two things that I'd like to discuss: Is such a policy a > good idea? If so, does the wording above accomplish it? Whaddya say? It is your list, Nick. So alas you can do whatever you please, without asking any of us. Sonja GCU: Fake democracy :o( _

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-11 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 10:43:19AM +0200, Halupovich Ilana wrote: > Never read Gor books, they have gorgeous Valejo covers though. As for > "Atlas Shrugged" - taking in account that Ayn Rand wrote in language > that she was not born to - the book is pretty good. Or we could do _Ilana Shrugged_ !

RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-11 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 21:38 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >I know perhaps 3 to 5 words and that's it. Have friends who lived in > >Antwerp and Rotterdam for the last couple of years. Before that, a > >year in Belgium. > > Er, Jon? Antwerp *is* in Belgium... :-) > > And the jury is still out on the quest

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Gary L. Nunn
I wrote... > >This is true, but in reality this is a different issue than the > >copyright question. JJ wrote... > My apologies!! Sorry, I didn't mean that to come across as being "snippy" or short, I just meant that even though you have an excellent point, those threats will happen regardless

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread J. van Baardwijk
The last time the copyright issue came up, I ended up receiving the following threat: I will remove you from the list entirely if you don't drop this nonsense now. I am completely serious. If I read about this issue in a single message from you, personal or to the list, you're gone, history. A

Re: Deteriorrata (sp?)

2003-02-11 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "G. D. Akin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 4:28 AM Subject: Re: Deteriorrata (sp?) > Dang. I used to have it. Never been able to find it on CD. Would love to > have it again. > Unfortunately, it has never seen

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-11 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:14 10-2-2003 -0500, Bryon Daly wrote: For those that have the Season 1 DVD's - what do you think? I thought the quality was great, and the shows were much better than I had remembered. Did you notice a technical problem on DVD #6? Amazon.de reports that due to technical problems with th

RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:17 PM 2/10/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A tally of books that have been suggested for review > to date: > > > Iain Banks: Consider Phlebas / (1 vote) How about the canine version: "Consider Fleabaths"? -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:52 AM 2/10/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 07:35:38PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: > I have taken VB and VBA on and find I actually like it a lot. Ugh. I don't do a lot under Windows, but one thing I would like to have is an alternative to MS Visual Basic. Is there a non-MS

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-11 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: "Gary L. Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 20:34:15 -0500 > But what about the "alleged" possible consequences of posting > or replying to > a message? The fact that su

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