As if we didn't know that already, but:
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February 24, 2003 (Barcelona, Spain) Have you ever wondered why some
songs burn up and down the charts in record time while others have a
slower climb, tend to linger and then slowly fall? Have you ever
http://www.guardian.co.uk/columbia/story/0,12845,903896,00.html
Nasa team feared shuttle wing failure
Oliver Burkeman in Washington
Thursday February 27, 2003
The Guardian
Nasa engineers sent emails the day before the Columbia disaster
expressing their fears that the space shuttle's wing
The Fool said:
Java is the spawn of satan, the ultimate evil.
Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory now teach Java as their
introductory language. What do you think of that? (When I did my
postgrad diploma there they taught us Modula-3 first, then ML, then C,
Java and Prolog.)
Get a
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool said:
Java is the spawn of satan, the ultimate evil.
Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory now teach Java as their
introductory language. What do you think of that? (When I did my
postgrad diploma there they taught us Modula-3 first,
The Fool said:
Yup, more and more homogenized CRAP.
But does that really matter as long as lots of good music is being
produced too? I think that peer-to-peer filesharing provides an
excellent facility for exploring new types of music, and there's lots
of great songs still being produced (for
I learned BASIC, COBOL, then Pascal and FORTRAN simultaneously, then PL/I
and IBM 360 (yep, that long ago) Assembly Language. My favorite language is
still Pascal though I have never seen it used outside the educational
community. I have progammed over half a million lines of FORTRAN on a VAX
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SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Earth has bid its
The Fool wrote:
Java is the spawn of satan, the ultimate evil.
Get a grasp of C. Learn how pointers work. Learn it
again. Learn it again. Then learn C++. There are 36
key words in C. It's not that difficult.
I have to agree. When we see what the commercial
competitors of
The last ep of the 2001-2002 season suggested something
like Dawn the Vampire Slayer
Alberto Monteiro
Buffy Faith Spinoff Mulled
Christopher Buchanan-president of Mutant Enemy, the production company
behind UPN's Buffy the Vampire Slayer-told SCI FI Wire that producers
are considering a
On 27 Feb 2003 at 3:37, The Fool wrote:
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The Fool said:
Java is the spawn of satan, the ultimate evil.
Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory now teach Java as their
introductory language. What do you think of that? (When I did my
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Java is the spawn of satan, the ultimate evil.
Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory now teach Java as their
introductory language. What do you think of that? (When I did my
William T Goodall wrote:
Well, religion is evil after all.
At least, religion with too much secular power. That's what I've
said for a while: Seperation of Church and State is at least as
important for the Church as it is for the State, if the Church
wants to avoid becoming evil.
I just read transcript of US President Bush's speech of 2003 Feb 26 on
the future of Iraq. It provides an interesting insight into the
public expression of US policy Middle East.
The transcript came from the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia:
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Mr. Rogers, 74 years old.
http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/rogers.obit/index.html
Dammit.
There goes the neighborhood. :(
Julia
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Robert J. Chassell wrote:
I just read transcript of US President Bush's speech of 2003 Feb 26 on
the future of Iraq. It provides an interesting insight into the
public expression of US policy Middle East.
The transcript came from the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia:
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Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:32:15 -0600
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Mr. Rogers, 74 years
I grew up just outside Pittsburgh and used to take piano lessons across the
street from his house. In high school, we put on a play at his church and
he came by afterwards to thank us all and tell us That was very nice.
We could use a lot more people who share such a great combination of
Of interest to those on the list who like Niven's works:
http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/02/27/1425200
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A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog
Jon Gabriel wrote:
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Subject: Re: Well, he's ridden off on the magic trolley for the last
time...
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:32:15 -0600
Adam C. Lipscomb
http://www.cafeshops.com/be_ready
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From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 07:29 PM
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Subject: ready.gov parody sites
I was sent the URL http://www.idlewords.com/biological.html
on Saturday.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2003 at 07:50:43AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
And why isn't anyone singing the praises of Python in this thread?!
I did! Kind of.
to be finished quickly. Java makes sense for enterprise projects that need
to be deployed widely.
And isn't too speed critical :)
C and C++
Gautam said:
Do you feel that _compared to the electorate_ that
voted (overwhelmingly) for Labour in the last election
that Labour MPs are very much more Old Labour? Not
party members, but ordinary everyday voters?
Yes, Labour MPs are more Old Labour than the electorate, but less so
than
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003, Richard Baker wrote:
It must be nice to live in a country like the US that can have two
seemingly reasonably competent parties at the same time...
Yeah. Let us know when you find one, will you? :-)
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft,
At 17:04 26-2-2003 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote:
Jeroen wrote:
As the song goes, There's no use crying over spilled perfume.
Interesting. There's no such song in English (at least not that I'm aware
of), but there is a commonly used adage, There's no use crying over
spilled milk.
The song does
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/asiapcf/southeast/02/25/etimor.warcrimes.ap/
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Kentucky General Assembly
Measure seeks pro-commandments constitutional amendment
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A resolution for Congress to propose a constitutional
amendment to allow posting of the Ten Commandments in public buildings
was approved by a Senate committee today.
I'm
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The last ep of the 2001-2002 season suggested something
like Dawn the Vampire Slayer
Alberto Monteiro
Breaking News from ABCNEWS.com
Official: Iraq Agrees to Destroy Missiles
Right or wrong, good or bad, if GWB attacks Iraq now, he is going to
make the US look like a bully.
Gary
Tread carefully maru
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Please no spoilers!!! Season 2002-2003 begins on 2003-03-18
The last ep of the 2001-2002 season suggested something
like Dawn the Vampire Slayer
I get so confused. Which season starts off with the new high school
having just been rebuilt and Dawn's first day at the
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/nasaemail1.html
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The money quote:
If Europe were to apply as much pressure on Saddam
Hussein as (it) does on the United States and Britain,
I think we could prevent war, he said.
Gautam
Browsing thru the discussions the other night, I saw a reference to the
Star Trek TNG Writer's Bible. The thought stuck in my mind, until
I remembered that in the last Star Trek Convention I attended (back in '97
or '98) I did sign up, and attend, a How To Write For Star Trek seminar
hosted by
On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 11:52 pm, Russell Chapman wrote:
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Please no spoilers!!! Season 2002-2003 begins on 2003-03-18
The last ep of the 2001-2002 season suggested something like Dawn
the Vampire Slayer
I get so confused. Which season starts off with the new
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Subject: RE: Well, he's ridden off on the magic trolley for the last time...
I grew up just outside Pittsburgh and used to take piano lessons
At 01:21 PM 2/27/2003 -0500, you wrote:
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To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Well, he's ridden off on the magic trolley for the last time...
Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:32:15 -0600
Adam C.
I wrote:
Girding myself to see Gods and Generals.
Save yourself, its awful, darn awful.
But will the Disney remake of the Alamo be worse?
*bz* already happened, and it rocked.
-j-
GSV Davey... Davey Crockett! King of the Wild Frontier!
I think they mean this:
This makes me a little sad. He was a good man, and always made kids feel that kind of
safe you normally only get from being with your grandparents.
Jim
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http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/26/loebner_part_one/index.html
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writes:
As for the other stuff - Bush didn't try to get Israel
to commit suicide, no, the only thing which could have
placated the Palestinians. You're okay with that, I'm
guessing. The rest of it - while the
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writes:
As for the other stuff - Bush didn't try to get Israel
to commit suicide, no, the only thing which could have
placated the Palestinians. You're okay with that, I'm
guessing. The rest of it - while the
On Thursday, February 27, 2003, at 11:43 pm, Russell Chapman wrote:
The Fool wrote:
Kentucky General Assembly Measure seeks pro-commandments
constitutional amendment
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A resolution for Congress to propose a
constitutional
amendment to allow posting of the Ten Commandments in
In a message dated 2/26/2003 10:28:39 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
He would, eventually, have admitted everything,
certainly. I didn't suggest reading him his rights.
If we couldn't get information out of him, well, the
Israelis or the Egyptians could. We _did_ all
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http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/scitech/SciTechRepublish_787269.htm
Researchers link fatty diet with Alzheimer's disease
A diet high in unsaturated, unhydrogenated fats such
as vegetable
products and some oils may help lower the risk of
Alzheimer's
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 02:31 am, The Fool wrote:
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/26/loebner_part_one/
index.html
http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/27/loebner_part_2/index.html
Now *that* was funny! I'm still giggling!
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Interesting article talking about credit, inflation, deflation, the
economy, etc.
http://www.financialsense.com/transcriptions/Prechter2003.htm
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.
Bob, get a grip. You know I like you, so I'm not
saying this lightly. To go - very briefly - over the
arsenic thing, the Bush Administration decided to
_review_ a decision by the Clinton Administration to
_decrease_ acceptable levels of arsenic below current
levels, a decision
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Just heard something funny, any of course completely untrue: Mr.
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool said:
Yup, more and more homogenized CRAP.
But does that really matter as long as lots of good music is being
produced too? I think that peer-to-peer filesharing provides an
excellent facility for exploring new types of music, and there's
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Java is the spawn of satan, the ultimate evil.
Cambridge University's Computer Laboratory now teach Java as their
introductory
From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool wrote:
Kentucky General Assembly
Measure seeks pro-commandments constitutional amendment
FRANKFORT, Ky. -- A resolution for Congress to propose a
constitutional
amendment to allow posting of the Ten Commandments in public buildings
was
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Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: 'pop' music is dead
But where will this good music be produced? (it's not even being
produced now). This system will be a
G. D. Akin wrote:
I learned BASIC, COBOL, then Pascal and FORTRAN simultaneously, then PL/I
and IBM 360 (yep, that long ago) Assembly Language. My favorite language is
still Pascal though I have never seen it used outside the educational
community. I have progammed over half a million lines of
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
But where will this good music be produced? (it's not even being
produced now). This system will be a computer telling people what
they
will like. It will also feedback upon itself. Record companies will
only
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From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 5:13 PM
Subject: Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite
SciFi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?]
David wrote (that's David H., I
At 01:06 PM 2/26/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
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Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie
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On Wed, Feb
At 08:01 PM 2/27/03 +0900, you wrote:
I learned BASIC, COBOL, then Pascal and FORTRAN simultaneously, then PL/I
and IBM 360 (yep, that long ago) Assembly Language. My favorite language is
still Pascal though I have never seen it used outside the educational
community.
I once worked for a
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Feb 25, 2003 at 09:46:12PM -0800, Matt Grimaldi wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
I think the war decision is mostly dependent on the President, even
if Congress technically has the power to declare war. Anyway, I
can't see Congress going against the
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
If I have to choose between coding COBOL and coding RPG,
I would much rather go for COBOL.
What is RPG? I know two things that use this AFT, but
none of them are computer languages.
RPG is/was a programming language that grew out
of
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