On 13 Mar 2003 at 18:35, Deborah Harrell wrote:
IMAX screen showing a roller-coaster. I also have
been told that there is a subtle 'vibrating' motion to
the pixels on a monitor, which would add to
eye-confusion, as would not-quite-having-epilepsy.
Actually, refresh rate is the critical
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On
Behalf Of Doug Pensinger
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:32 AM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: [Humor] RE: Who is the sheriff?
Jon Gabriel wrote:
I checked my archive. That was John Horn who said that, not me.
You're
Doug Pensinger askedL
So Alberto has received research grants from the government?
Never in my (this) life
Alberto Monteiro
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Anyone else use those pitchers with built in filters? The ones I have
have a chamber in the top and they drip through a filter into the chamber
in the bottom.
Doug
I don't use one normally, but I've tasted water made using one and tasted
no difference. I had a water softener installed weeks
(...)
I once listened from a nutty UFO and psychic believer
that water from high up in the mountains was more
healthy than water from below, because it had less
Deuterium and Deuterium would accelerate aging.
Sounds nutty, but - as I said before - might be
true. Mountain people _seem_
It seems that around the time the PC game Starfleet Academy was
popular, a computer game by Interplay was under development which boasted
the members of TOS on 5 episodes penned by Trek favorite D.C.
Fontana. The episodes were in reality a 5 part novel. The voice sessions
of these scripts
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 10:27:56PM -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
How many people die every day of AIDS in Africa because the
Capitalist Corporations insist on keeping anti-AIDS drugs so
expensive as to make country-wide campaings impossible?
On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 03:54:51PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
In some cases, we are actually close to it. The station that
broadcasts the Houston Rockets have change their signal pattern to not
interfere with a station up in Kansas after 6PM. So, I have a very
hard time hearing them over
At 03:56 PM 3/13/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
you [I think it was Gary] wrote:
Not that I am a habitual Ephedra user, but I have
taken it in the past
(in dietary supplements) so I am aware of the risks
and effects.
New York County Bans Sale of
At 23:39 12-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
BTW - Jeroen - a constitutional monarchy is a form of republican
government
How's that?
Under a population-based system, China's population should be measured as
being approximately 5,000. This is the number of people who are actually
March 10, 2003 9:00 a.m.
A Theory
What if theres method to the Franco-German madness?
Michael Ledeen
National Review
http://www.nationalreview.com/ledeen/ledeen031003.asp
Assume, for a moment, that the French and the Germans
aren't thwarting us out of pique, but by design,
long-term design.
Deadlier Than War
By Walter Russell Mead
Wednesday, March 12, 2003; Page A21
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A13019-2003Mar11.html
Those who still oppose war in Iraq think containment
is an alternative -- a middle way between all-out war
and letting Saddam Hussein out of his box.
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wait.. does that mean that all Ph.D's are *not* two-dimensional?
No, just the ones from PR. got you back
Dan M.
Well, P.R. has been a proud colony/commonwealth of the United States for
more than a century, so :)
JJ
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:45:36 -0600, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Germany has proportional representation. If there are two big parties,
each with 47.5% of the legislature, then a party with 5% can claim a
pretty
high price to make one of the two parties the top dog.
Not really. It is
From: Lalith Vipulananthan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The second trilogy in more than one word:Even more depressing.
awful
Wah. Why did you find it awful? Did you also think that _The
One Tree_ was
almost entirely redundant?
To be honest, I don't remember. I read them a long
From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
And I really like the Mirror of her Dreams two
(three?) books.
I did not like the first book of that series but thought the second one was
OK. I hate books where the main character is pathetic. And the woman in
that book was pretty pathetic in the
From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
We do NOT all look alike! ;-)
Too many Johns
There is definitely a joke in there somewhere but *I'm* not gonna say it.
- jmh
That's why I use 'jmh' actually...
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Jeroen wrote:
BTW - Jeroen - a constitutional monarchy is a form of
republican government
How's that?
Based on the Latin meaning of Res-Publica :-)
Alberto Monteiro
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At 23:45 12-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Germany has proportional representation. If there are two big parties,
each with 47.5% of the legislature, then a party with 5% can claim a
pretty high price to make one of the two parties the top dog.
In theory, yes, but that's not how it works in
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 9:22 AM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
At 23:45 12-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Germany has proportional representation. If there are two big
Robert Heinlein expressed the problem in a science fiction story in
1941, `Solution Unsatisfactory'. I will get to that in a moment.
First, the `Jacksonian' tradition in the US.
On 13 Mar 2003, Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I think part of the problem is that there is one party
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
J.D. Giorgis
...
Based on Iraqi government figures, UNICEF estimates
that containment kills roughly 5,000 Iraqi babies
(children under 5 years of age) every month, or 60,000
per year. Other estimates
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of J.D. Giorgis
...
This morning, I turned on my computer to check my
e-mail. I was simply sitting, typing away, when my
computer mysteriously powered down.
Upon inspection, I noticed (ack!) that a side
Doug Pensinger wrote:
May the fighting be over quickly, and may humanity assert itself
wherever it is most needed.
Amen. Thank you, Doug.
Julia
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Doug Pensinger wrote:
Anyone else use those pitchers with built in filters? The ones I have
have a chamber in the top and they drip through a filter into the
chamber in the bottom.
I have one, but it's a bit much to lug around at a con. I saw a sports
bottle with a filter, and almost got
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Anyone else use those pitchers with built in filters? The ones I have
have a chamber in the top and they drip through a filter into the
chamber in the bottom.
I used one for a while (Brita), but the filters regularly dropped bits of
charcoal (little black flakes) into
At 09:48 13-03-03 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I don't think it could be anywhere near that bad, and even if Bush
doesn't plan to build a great country out of Iraq, it is highly
unlikely he would allow such a civil war, it would make him look
like a complete failure and that is one thing
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: Re: Iran's Nuclear Threat
At 09:48 13-03-03 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I don't think it could be anywhere near that bad, and
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2003/03/
14/MN22108.DTL
Democracy in Iraq doubtful, State Dept. report says
Social, economic obstacles work against transformation
Greg Miller, Los Angeles Times Friday, March 14, 2003
On 14 Mar 2003 at 8:14, Nick Arnett wrote:
This morning, I turned on my computer to check my
e-mail. I was simply sitting, typing away, when my
computer mysteriously powered down.
Upon inspection, I noticed (ack!) that a side panel to
the computer case had come a bit loose.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2u=/030313/168/3i6de.htmle=1ncid=9
96
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--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29750.html
Airstrike! The Pentagon simplifies media relations
By John Lettice
Posted: 13/03/2003 at 17:10 GMT
Should war in the Gulf commence, the Pentagon
proposes to take radical
new steps in media
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Andrew Crystall
...
Depends on the chipset. If the Athlon has a KT-333*, KT-400 or Nforce
2 motherboard, that's not true. (* a couple of really cheap KT-333's
missed the protection, but no major brand
On 14 Mar 2003 at 10:14, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
battlefield. The Pentagon is saying, Hey boys and
girls, this is for-real. People get killed in a war.
So take precautions. And this is spun as the
Pentagon will shoot journalists? I guess that tells
you what you need to know about the
On 14 Mar 2003 at 10:15, Nick Arnett wrote:
In my travels around the web learning about cooling, I also saw
suggestions for fins on memory, adding thermal grease to the heatsink
on the chip set itself, etc., etc. I did a little work a while ago
with the demo god at Intel, the guy who creates
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote:
Well, P.R. has been a proud colony/commonwealth of the United States for
more than a century, so :)
This reminds me of a question that came up in a discussion I was just having
with a co-worker. Just what exactly is Puerto Rico's status with the US?
Is PR
I remember a statement here by Gautam that India's nuclear arsonal is
superior to Pakistans, and that Pakistan's nuclear tests were a bit of a
dud. I got it response, the following post:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
Sigh. Look...
again.
OK, this friend graduated with a degree in
NOTE: this is just for sharing, I'm sure that someone will be offended by
at least some of them, and if you are, please don't blast *me* personally,
thanks.
Taken from another mailing list (so this is at least the third list it's
on):
quoted from other list
Some new names for french fries
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.dawn.com/2000/06/08/top3.htm
And this is is interesting:
OK - one more note. Both of those assessments were
based on information available to the American (and,
to a lesser extent, Indian) governments as of very
shortly after the tests.
The Fool wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2u=/030313/168/3i6de.htmle=1ncid=9
96
http://makeashorterlink.com/?M1A022FC3
And you might have been so kind as to warn that it's disturbing, with
blood and stuff. Next time you post a link to a picture with that much
blood, do you think
Gautam said:
I would rate my estimate of the qualitative superiority of the Indian
nuclear arsenal at near certainty, and the fizzles at I'm somewhat
confident, but it's certainly possible that this was mistaken
information.
Hasn't India also progressed to Ulam-Teller hydrogen bombs whereas
Check this guy for rabies, he's starting to froth at the mouth.
Let's see:
Chancellor Shroeder gained reelection by warning of American
warmongering, even though, as usual, America had been attacked first.
Major US Wars Who attacked first?
Revolutionary War Colonists (but
However, to be consistent with that policy, the population of *every*
country should then be measured as the number of people who voted that
country's government into power.
No it should be measured by those who had the *opportunity* to vote.
IOW, you want an international organisation in
In a message dated 3/14/2003 11:46:09 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I'm
going to get Tater Tots there from now on if I'm getting a potato product,
which isn't as likely since they have nice onion rings and I like those as
a change about as often as I'd be
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Andrew Crystall
...
Well, to be honest for most people the thermal pad which comes on
most heatsinks is sufficiently good not to be worth the average user
using thermal grease. (the fact you need to use
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 11:06:17AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote:
Uh... you do? And what if you don't and you get that stuff on your
hands...? I mean, let's say a guy actually did. Last weekend.
It is usually silicone based. Silicone on your skin won't hurt you. I
don't know what else they might
On 14 Mar 2003 at 11:06, Nick Arnett wrote:
Well, to be honest for most people the thermal pad which comes on
most heatsinks is sufficiently good not to be worth the average user
using thermal grease. (the fact you need to use protective wear on
your hands
Uh... you do? And what if
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
It seems to
me that in order to be able to use massive amounts of anthrax and
nerve agent against the US,
In a message dated 3/14/03 12:09:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
'Sides, my dictionary has 2 definitions for tot as a noun. The first is
a small child. The second is a small amount. One tater tot is a
small amount of potato. :) (And very easy to chew, at that!)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, Tater Tots do look like little miniature barrels of oil.
Forgot the obligatory grease reference in my original reply. :) Sorry!
Actually, the Tater Tots at Sonic aren't *too* greasy, at least for the
quantity of potato in each one. And buying them frozen
--- Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gautam said:
I would rate my estimate of the qualitative
superiority of the Indian
nuclear arsenal at near certainty, and the fizzles
at I'm somewhat
confident, but it's certainly possible that this
was mistaken
information.
Hasn't India
--- Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
No, it says what you need to know about THAT WRITER.
It shows you
don't understand how The Register works either or
where it typically
comes from.
Andy
Dawn Falcon
Most newspapers (even The Register) have editors,
Andy...
Gautam
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 3/14/03 12:09:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
'Sides, my dictionary has 2 definitions for tot as a noun. The first is
a small child. The second is a small amount. One tater tot is a
small amount of potato. :)
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:24:04PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I think I was the one who originally brought up cargo containers with
regard to attacks before 9-11. They are a very significant risk for a
nuclear attack. But, since a biological or chemical agent needs to be
properly dispersed
Andrew Crystall wrote:
On 14 Mar 2003 at 11:20, The Fool wrote:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/29750.html
Airstrike! The Pentagon simplifies media relations
By John Lettice
Posted: 13/03/2003 at 17:10 GMT
There's a point to this which I understand.
I don't allways agree
-Original Message-
From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 04:32 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Commentary on French-bashing
Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
One thing that I especially love about the whole freedom foods
stuff,
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of Andrew Crystall
...
*chuckles*
Oh, it's not toxic to get on your hands or anything, but it DOES
stick to your fingers (nastily so..) and fingers are a BAD way to
spread it (not nearly even enough - you
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:24:04PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I appreciate your sincerity in this, but I'm curious as to why you
think that while an extremely modest effort (about $40 spent per
person in Afghanistan is as much as can be done) a massive effort will
work in Iraq.
I guess you
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
First of all, I'm not convinced that Hussein has the ability to use
massive amounts of anything against the US. I don't doubt that he
has stockpiles of the stuff, but that's not the same as being able
to deploy them in any significant way against
Someone said:
Someone on another mailing list told me that prior to one of
the World Wars, it had been called German toast. I have
done no research to verify; does anyone here know? And I
think my response was, Why don't we just call it 'European toast'?
Euro-toast!
Marvin Long
Nick Arnett wrote:
Having said that, I despise the kind of rhetoric in
this article. We are not killing babies by failing
to make war on Iraq. There is a huge ethical
difference between killing and letting die;
But besieging an enemy city - and this is what happens
with the
Dan Minette asked:
Out of curiosity, Jeroen, what have you done to help
with the AIDS problem?
I can answer that. My sexual perversion does not
increase the number of people infected with AIDS
in the world.
Alberto Monteiro
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Erik Reuter wrote:
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:24:04PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I think I was the one who originally brought up cargo containers with
regard to attacks before 9-11. They are a very significant risk for a
nuclear attack. But, since a biological or chemical agent needs to
On 14 Mar 2003 at 11:37, Nick Arnett wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Crystall
...
*chuckles*
Oh, it's not toxic to get on your hands or anything, but it DOES
stick to your fingers (nastily so..) and fingers are
On 14 Mar 2003 at 16:55, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
Having said that, I despise the kind of rhetoric in
this article. We are not killing babies by failing
to make war on Iraq. There is a huge ethical
difference between killing and letting die;
But besieging
On 14 Mar 2003 at 13:41, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
On Thu, 13 Mar 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
First of all, I'm not convinced that Hussein has the ability to
use massive amounts of anything against the US. I don't doubt
that he has stockpiles of the stuff, but that's not the same as
At 15:12 13-03-03 +, William Goodall wrote:
So far, I haven't seen any computers that had USB as a boot option. (I
recently rolled out five brand new Pentium-4 IBM NetVista PC's, and even
those didn't have that option.)
Macs have been able to use a USB drive (HD or CD) as startup disk for
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 1:24 PM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
I was thinking along the lines of terrorists in the country who managed
to pick up the materials from an incoming
At 11:58 13-03-03 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
France has been protected by the United States for almost a century
now. The moment it no longer needs that immediate protection - the
overriding and _publicly stated_ goal of French policy becomes to weaken
the United States.
Not *weaken* it,
At 18:24 13-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Roughly, it was 200 pages. I normally read in the 100-125 ppm range, but
this was faster. .
Reading at over 125 pages per minute? Wow! I've heard of speed-reading, but
this redefines the whole concept! GRIN
Although 100 pages per *hour* is still
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 09:48 13-03-03 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I don't think it could be anywhere near that bad, and even if Bush
doesn't plan to build a great country out of Iraq, it is highly
unlikely he would allow such a civil war, it would make him look
like a
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:21 PM
Subject: Re: Commentary on French-bashing
At 11:58 13-03-03 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
France has been protected by the United States for
The Fool wrote:
http://www.health24.co.za/news.asp?action=artSubContentTypeId=78ContentI
D=21411
New hayfever vaccine tested
March 13, 2003
Six injections of a new allergy vaccine over six weeks seem to fight
hayfever for more than one allergy season, according to a US Johns
Hopkins
- Original Message -
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 2:25 PM
Subject: Re: br!n: Re: a call to the irregulars!
At 18:24 13-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
Roughly, it was 200 pages. I normally read in the
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:24:04PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I think I was the one who originally brought up cargo containers with
regard to attacks before 9-11. They are a very significant risk for a
nuclear attack. But, since a biological or chemical agent needs
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 17:47:57 -, Andrew Crystall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 14 Mar 2003 at 16:02, S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003 23:45:36 -0600, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I had to write a paper once on all the pros and cons I could come up
with for
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Well, Tater Tots do look like little miniature barrels of oil.
I mentioned this back to the list I got the fry names from. Someone
suggested they be called petro-taters. :)
Julia
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An interesting casting list.
http://www.austin360.com/auto_docs/epaper/editions/friday/editorial_5.html
(This will only be good through next Thursday.)
Julia
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If you're a customer of SBC's dsl service, you might be interested in
this. If not, you might be interested anyway just for the oh jeez
factor.
http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/03/14/BU35890.DTL
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On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:24:04 -0600, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Who is the sheriff?
I appreciate your sincerity in this, but
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
Erik:
I was thinking along the lines of terrorists in the country who managed
to pick up the materials from an incoming cargo container. But I don't
know enough details about whether that would be possible. Do you?
How much Tom Clancy have you
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
If you're a customer of SBC's dsl service, you might be interested in
this. If not, you might be interested anyway just for the oh jeez
factor.
Oh, jeez.
We *were* SBC DSL customers. We weren't using any SBC e-mail, though. We
*only* had the DSL line, no other
At 02:42 PM 3/14/2003 -0600, you wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Fri, Mar 14, 2003 at 01:24:04PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
I think I was the one who originally brought up cargo containers with
regard to attacks before 9-11. They are a very significant risk for a
nuclear attack. But, since
S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 13:24:04 -0600, Dan Minette
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2003 9:17 PM
Subject: Re: Who is the
At 08:14 AM 3/14/2003 -0800, you wrote:
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Behalf Of J.D. Giorgis
...
This morning, I turned on my computer to check my
e-mail. I was simply sitting, typing away, when my
computer mysteriously powered down.
Upon
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003, Kevin Tarr wrote:
At 02:42 PM 3/14/2003 -0600, Julia wrote:
Can you imagine what would have happened to the US computer industry, at
least short-term, if someone had successfully deployed such a biological
weapon at COMDEX during the fat years of the late 1990s?
The
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:33:49 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
1) For French fries:
They're not particularly French. I think McDonald's just calls them
fries without any additional adjective. Just call them fries,
unless they're the superior steak fries, and call those
At 20:01 13-03-03 -0800, John Giorgis wrote:
Can anybody provide some advice on this:
I bought a brand new computer last June.
As is my habit, I basically leave my computer turned on all the time,
except when I am on travel for multiple days.
snipped rest of problem description
It's quite
S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:33:49 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
1) For French fries:
They're not particularly French. I think McDonald's just calls them
fries without any additional adjective. Just call them fries,
unless
At 06:25 14-03-03 -0800, John Giorgis wrote:
So the French and the Germans struck a deal with radical Islam and with
radical Arabs: You go after the United States, and we'll do everything we
can to protect you, and we will do everything we can to weaken the Americans.
Does the author have the
-Original Message-
From: S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 01:32 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Commentary on French-bashing
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 11:33:49 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
1)
At 09:41 14-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
In a multi-party system (as opposed to a two-party system), one party
rarely (if ever) gets that big a share of the votes. To form a
government, the party with the most votes will try to form a coalition
with one or more of the other major parties,
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:03:03 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
How about this - historically speaking, french fries aren't French in
origin. :D
OK. I'll try again. I just figured something out. It's something of a
language thingy. Frietes (Belgian/Dutch for fries) the fried
S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
GCU What are Ham waffles?
Waffles that are awful actors? :D
Waffles are nice. Old bread dipped in eggs milk, then fried in a pan, is
*really* nice. And topping it with blueberry stuff is *extremely* nice. :)
(Waffles with blueberry topping are also
At 10:44 14-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote:
IOW, you want an international organisation in which countries may
give their opinion, but in which the US unilaterally makes all the
decisions.
I think that such an arrangement would be both an improvement over the
status quo, and beneficial to the
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From: S.V. van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, March 14, 2003 02:18 PM
To: Killer Bs Discussion
Subject: Re: Freedom Vanilla Ice Cream (was RE: Commentary on
French-bashing)
On Fri, 14 Mar 2003 14:03:03 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey
At 14:32 14-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
[The French] actively support a brutal dictator.
I think it's quite odd that the US suddenly seems it fit to criticise an
other country for supporting Saddam Hussein, when that very same US has
done the exact same thing...
And it's not like American
Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
Trivia - the potato chip was actually invented in France by a cook who had an
American (or was it british..) customer who kept sending back his fried potato dish,
demanding thinner and thinner slices of potato..
I heard the same thing, but set elsewhere, so I googled
There is only one way to deal with terrorists:
locate their base, and destroy them -- Captain Dylan Hunt,
Andromeda Episode Star-Crossed
[I missed Tyr's sarcastic cheer]
Alberto Monteiro
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At 14:44 14-03-03 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote:
Trivia - the potato chip was actually invented in France by a cook who had
an American (or was it british..) customer who kept sending back his fried
potato dish, demanding thinner and thinner slices of potato..
Ah! So *that* is why the French and
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