RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Gautam Mukunda ... 1. Your claims to know French history would be more convincing if you displayed _knowledge of_ French history and 2. Apparently not. I guess it was too much to ask. I had dinner

Re: Speaking of Bottled Water...

2003-03-16 Thread R M Ludenia
Kevin Tarr wrote: Anyone else use those pitchers with built in filters? 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 after buying my house. I didn't think it tasted bad, but knew it needed it. Of the four

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Gautam Mukunda [Sat, 15/03/2003 at 20:12 -0800] Since they seem to be made by someone who knows a _lot_ less of France's history than I do, no, not really. The Vichy government was a collaborationist government of France that ran southern France _without German occupation_ for much of the

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 01:02:47AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: Proclaiming that I don't know what I'm talking about and dropping names... means what? Not an honored debate approach, IIRC. Nick, in a previous message you ended with this paragraph: Given your earlier misrepresentation of French

Re: RE: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-16 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Dan Minette [Sat, 15/03/2003 at 11:26 -0600] No. I talked about bombing innocent civils. Sometimes force has to be counterd by force, military against military. But, if one tries as hard as possible to limit damage to military targets, civilians will still be killed. Especially, if

Re: Speaking of Bottled Water...

2003-03-16 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:11:40PM +1100, R M Ludenia wrote: In all the posts in this thread, I have only seen mention of bottled water, city water and well (bore?) water. We are dependent on rain water run-off from the roof, collected in a 1 gallon (44Kl) tank. This water tastes much

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 21:08, John D. Giorgis wrote: An interesting article on how to make fuel cells a reality: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/hydrogen.html I'm sure that Dan M. will have comments... and before he does, here is a counterpoint:

Re: Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] The most important comment is the fact that the hydrogen isn't an energy source, its a means of storing energy. It takes energy to produce free hydrogen, a bit more energy than one can obtain from the hydrogen, due to

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 21:21, Dan Minette wrote: And, what are the chances of being re-elected when they take actions that are opposed by the overwhelming majority of their citizens? If I were a politician willing to do what it takes, I'd say that I would represent the interest of _fill the

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 21:53, Gautam Mukunda wrote: 1. Do you think that the estimates that global Uranium supplies are limited are correct? and Yes they are limited, but the usage in comparative terms of volume is tiny. We have enough for hundreds and hundreds of years even at many times todays

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 21:37, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fuel cells could very well be a good means of storing energy in the future; I don't know. I do know they are not a means of obtaining energy. Dan M. Actually, Dan, I'd be interested if you

Re: Speaking of Bottled Water...

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 7:31, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:11:40PM +1100, R M Ludenia wrote: In all the posts in this thread, I have only seen mention of bottled water, city water and well (bore?) water. We are dependent on rain water run-off from the roof, collected in a

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 20:44, Nick Arnett wrote: realize, by the French Catholic Church, by the Resistance, or by anyone else of significance in French society. You might want to look up the Dreyfuss Affair for more information on how deeply anti-Semitism was set into the elites of French

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 15 Mar 2003 at 22:59, Han Tacoma wrote: My opinion is that the French have the same misgivings as the American Jewish community has: | But some Jews are increasingly concerned about the lack of widespread | international support for a pre-emptive strike, and skeptical that the United |

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-16 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Erik Reuter wrote: Ok, but AFAIK serious consequences should be something worse than the current siege warfare against Iraq, and I fail to see what can be more serious than a siege if you don't mean war Siege with attitude? Maybe. Bombing Iraq with pamphlets saying that Saddam eats pork?

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-16 Thread Alberto Monteiro
-Mensagem original- De: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Para: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Data: Sábado, 15 de Março de 2003 18:00 Assunto: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff? ---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Authorizes Member States

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Andrew Crystall [Sun, 16/03/2003 at 13:10 -] France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. ^ /me doesn't bother to answer. -- Jean-Marc ___

Re: Speaking of Bottled Water...

2003-03-16 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:11:40PM +1100, R M Ludenia wrote: In all the posts in this thread, I have only seen mention of bottled water, city water and well (bore?) water. We are dependent on rain water run-off from the roof, collected in a 1 gallon (44Kl) tank.

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 14:17, Jean-Marc Chaton wrote: * Andrew Crystall [Sun, 16/03/2003 at 13:10 -] France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. ^ /me doesn't bother to answer. sigh minority. I've been up for ~30 hours. If

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 09:37:03PM -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: Since hydrogen is (as you say) an energy transmission medium, not an existing reservoir of stored energy (as petroleum is), a hydrogen-based economy necessarily requires that someone, somewhere, generate the energy that is

Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-16 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Mar 15, 2003 at 08:19:25PM -, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Are we running for the worst quoting technique of the lsit? No, just talking about reinsurance companies. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Vichy [was: Corrected French history]

2003-03-16 Thread Alberto Monteiro
I think you both miss a point when discussing France during WW2: France was _defeated_, and _surrendered_ to the Germans. Contrary to common belief, and contrary to what we know about nazism, France was treated with gentleness by the nazis. Probably because according to Hitler's twisted

Re: Bible scholars rejoice at signs

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 10:54 AM 3/15/2003 -0600, you wrote: The Fool wrote: More problematic is the fatalistic worldview of apocalyptic thinking, Hill said. Many who obsess about the end of the world fail to enjoy the life they have or reach out to help others in an effort to improve society, he said. They

Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 21:20 15-03-03 +, Andy Crystall wrote: Consider - if he does develop WMD and uses them against Israel, Bagdad will be glassed. That is, frankly, the future alternative to a war now. Speaking of Israel and WMD's... Tonight on _Correspondent_ (BBC Two, 19:15 GMT): Israel's Secret Weapon.

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Doug Pensinger
Andrew Crystall wrote: On 15 Mar 2003 at 21:08, John D. Giorgis wrote: An interesting article on how to make fuel cells a reality: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/hydrogen.html I'm sure that Dan M. will have comments... and before he does, here is a counterpoint:

Inspectors' helicopters leave Iraq amid fears

2003-03-16 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/front/1820896 Most of the helicopters used by U.N. weapons inspectors were flown to Syria today en route to Cyprus, Iraq said, after a Western insurance company suspended its coverage for the aircraft. The move follows growing fears of an imminent U.S.-led

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 8:48, Doug Pensinger wrote: I don't think the right approach is taken to introducing them. AFAIK, it's simple - ban all new cars from using engines which are simple petrol-burning ones after say 2010. Don't push for any particular replacement, let the market sort THAT out.

Re: The World's First Brain Prosthesis

2003-03-16 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Han Tacoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] The World's First Brain Prosthesis By DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE Posts like these are one of the reasons for being addicted to the list. Thanks, Han. Any device that mimics the brain clearly raises ethical issues. The brain not only affects memory, but your mood,

Re: Re: Re: Re: Tropical US Politics [Was Re: br!n: Re: a callto the irregulars!]

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:35 15-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: You're in for a disappointment then. I have it on good authority that anti-Americanism had nothing to do with my criticism. * Whose authority, yours? Heh. Believe me Jeroen, your doing exactly what I would expect of you is hardly a

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Crystall ... France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. The majority of people in France today are neo-Nazis? I'm starting to wonder if I've completely lost my mind. Nick

Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:40 15-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: I was talking about the opinion of people. In a January Gallup poll, the last one I could find, the numbers were: ** Again, though, I definitely believe that those numbers are skewed by the presence

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:26 16-03-03 +, Andy Crystall wrote: France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. ^ /me doesn't bother to answer. sigh minority. I've been up for ~30 hours. If you want to be an idiot, be an idiot. Nothing I don't

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:21 16-03-03 +0100, I wrote: Tonight on _Correspondent_ (BBC Two, 19:15 GMT): Israel's Secret Weapon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2837671.stm The United States and Britain are preparing to wage war on Iraq, for its undisclosed weapons of mass destruction. Israel's

Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2003 3:20 PM Subject: Re: France's influence On 15 Mar 2003 at 13:05, Dan Minette wrote: I personally think that France may be winning a victory, but

White House press staff rewrites attributed quote after the fact

2003-03-16 Thread The Fool
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/14/13398/1467 White House press staff rewrites attributed quote after the fact (Media) By maynard Sat Mar 15th, 2003 at 09:01:16 AM EST Jonathan Weisman, economics reporter for the Washington Post, admitted in an informal posting on Poynter that the

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread freewire1
On Sat, 15 Mar 2003 21:08:55 -0500 (EST), John D. Giorgis wrote: An interesting article on how to make fuel cells a reality: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.04/hydrogen.html I'm sure that Dan M. will have comments... and before he does, here is a counterpoint:

Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 11:41, Dan Minette wrote: A March 15th poll by YouGov indicates that support for war without UN authorization is growing in GB, but is still fairly small. 32% approve, while 60% disapprove. Who are YouGov? Not seen a poll by them before. And what precisely was the

Re: The World's First Brain Prosthesis

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 17:06, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: From: Han Tacoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] The World's First Brain Prosthesis By DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE Posts like these are one of the reasons for being addicted to the list. Thanks, Han. Any device that mimics the brain clearly raises

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 9:14, Nick Arnett wrote: France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. The majority of people in France today are neo-Nazis? I'm starting to wonder if I've completely lost my mind. Once again, it was a misstype - minority. I was thinking of something

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Richard Baker
Gautam said: The ways that I can think of to do this, are, well, the exact same ways we generate energy right now. So what's going on here? I think most people talking about hydrogen economies envisage some scheme for producing hydrogen using sunlight, perhaps by using some helpful organism

Re: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-16 Thread Richard Baker
John G said: JDG - Who wonders if France would oppose Spiderman's unilateralism in pursuit of criminals. I'm not overly familiar with the Spiderman mythos, but don't lots of Americans oppose Spiderman's unilateralism in pursuit of criminals? He is, after all, a vigilante. Rich

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Nick Arnett Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 9:14 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Reuter ... in an earlier thread, certainly looks to me like you picked this fight. Absolutely. I jumped into the thread because I found what I read to be important and inaccurate. So, sure, I

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Jean-Marc Chaton
* Andrew Crystall [Sun, 16/03/2003 at 13:26 +] On 16 Mar 2003 at 14:17, Jean-Marc Chaton wrote: * Andrew Crystall [Sun, 16/03/2003 at 13:10 -] France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. ^ /me doesn't bother

Re: RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's also the matter of French preservation of language and culture. It is a country where it can be illegal to use a foreign word in business. When computers first became widely available, phrases such as le software and

Re: RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's also the matter of French preservation of language and culture. It is a country where it can be illegal to use a foreign word in business. When computers first became widely available, phrases such as le software and le

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace.

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread John D. Giorgis
---Original Message--- From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace.

Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 12:17 PM Subject: Re: France's influence On 16 Mar 2003 at 11:41, Dan Minette wrote: A March 15th poll by YouGov indicates that support for war

The Arrogant Empire

2003-03-16 Thread The Fool
http://www.msnbc.com/news/885222.asp?0cv=KA01cp1=1 America’s unprecedented power scares the world, and the Bush administration has only made it worse. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Pennsylvania Nursing Home Tax

2003-03-16 Thread The Fool
State Raises Idea Of Nursing Home Tax Budget Announcement Set For March 25 POSTED: 6:28 p.m. EST March 12, 2003 UPDATED: 6:19 p.m. EST March 14, 2003 Though no written proposal has been made, WTAE's Kelly Frey reports that members of the Rendell administration are discussing a potential

Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 13:06, Dan Minette wrote: On 16 Mar 2003 at 11:41, Dan Minette wrote: A March 15th poll by YouGov indicates that support for war without UN authorization is growing in GB, but is still fairly small. 32% approve, while 60% disapprove. Who are YouGov? Not seen a

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 10:21, Nick Arnett wrote: France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. The majority of people in France today are neo-Nazis? I'm starting to wonder if I've completely lost my mind. Okay, now I realize what you meant to write. Sorry, had just

Re: RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread freewire1
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 11:05:53 -0500 (EST), John D. Giorgis wrote: ---Original Message--- From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] There's also the matter of French preservation of language and culture. It is a country where it can be illegal to use a foreign word in business. When computers

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Andrew Crystall ... There's also the matter of French preservation of language and culture. It is a country where it can be illegal to use a foreign word in business. When computers first became

Re: RE: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Jean-Marc Chaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 6:33 AM Subject: Re: RE: Deadlier Than War * Dan Minette [Sat, 15/03/2003 at 11:26 -0600] No. I talked about bombing innocent civils. Sometimes

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vous parlez l'histoire Francais comme une vache de droite. Et si vous comprenez (sans assistance), peut-etre vous connaissez plue que je pense. (Which probably has some errors, but I don't get to practice much these days, despite almost a decade

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vous parlez l'histoire Francais comme une vache de droite. Et si vous comprenez (sans assistance), peut-etre vous connaissez plue que je pense. Here's how google translated that :-) You speak the French history like a cow about

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Jean-Marc Chaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Andrew Crystall [Sun, 16/03/2003 at 13:10 -] France has a VERY strong Neo-Nazi majority, especially at present. ^ /me doesn't bother to answer. -- Jean-Marc I think he means minority. TO

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Jean-Marc Chaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Gautam Mukunda [Sat, 15/03/2003 at 20:12 -0800] You forgot to mention that Germans had 1.5 Millions French hostages held in captivity in Germany. Well, sure. Shit happened to a lot of people in the Second World War. That doesn't change a moral

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And you criticizing someone for dropping names??? Next, will you be criticizing someone for defending their argument with their resume? Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have to admit, it didn't occur to me until afterwards that Father Rutler

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 11:12 16-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace. ROTFLOL! You crack me

Re: RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 11:05 16-03-03 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: There's also the matter of French preservation of language and culture. It is a country where it can be illegal to use a foreign word in business. When computers first became widely available, phrases such as le software and le hardware came into

Pulling out of Germany and the ROK L3! Re: [Fwd: Water conservation]

2003-03-16 Thread J.D. Giorgis
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is an indication that the administration is considering pulling troops out of S. Korea and reducing the force in W. Europe. Given the statements of the governments of S. Korea and Germany, it seems that

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 11:19 16-03-03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: People are so... weird. Nah. All of us are normal, it's just you who's weird. :-) Jeroen Jokes'R'Us van Baardwijk _ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website:

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 12:37 16-03-03 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: Mais tu parles l'histoire Francais comme un imbecile arrogant, pour je parle francais aussi. It's been twenty years since my last French class, but somewhat to my surprise I had no problem translating that sentence to English. I could also tell

Re: Israel's Secret Weapon

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 17:21 16-03-03 +0100, I wrote: Tonight on _Correspondent_ (BBC Two, 19:15 GMT): Israel's Secret Weapon. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/correspondent/2837671.stm The United States and Britain are preparing to wage war on Iraq, for its undisclosed weapons of mass destruction. Israel's

Monday deadline looms for agreement on Iraq

2003-03-16 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStoryc =StoryFTcid=1045511685949p=1012571727092 War against Iraq appeared to be all but inevitable after the leaders of the US, Britain and Spain on Sunday night set a deadline of Monday night for fading diplomatic efforts to

Changes At The Top -- March 16, 2003

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
Once again, there has been some moving-around in the Top-10 of the Alpha-Mail Statistics. 1. Julia Thompson 5,378 2. John Giorgis 4,326 3. Jeroen van Baardwijk 3,987 4. Dan Minette3,259 (switched places with Gord Sellar) 5. Gord Sellar3,248

Fwd: my website's up!

2003-03-16 Thread J. van Baardwijk
The long-time listmembers will remember one of the most prolific members from Brin-L's past: Gord Sax Sellar. It took a while, but he finally got himself a web presence: Hey everyone. I just thought I would announce two things; the first is that after several weeks of busy work, my website is

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Han Tacoma
On Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:10 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 15 Mar 2003 at 22:59, Han Tacoma wrote: My opinion is that the French have the same misgivings as the American Jewish community has: I retract my _generalization_ of the American Jewish Community in the context that I used it.

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 16 Mar 2003 at 18:10, Han Tacoma wrote: On Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:10 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: I realize that Rabbi Schorsch's views are his. While you don't indicate what you mean by proportion (i.e. a percentage), it seems to me that you are using the word as an implication -- that

Re: The World's First Brain Prosthesis

2003-03-16 Thread Reggie Bautista
William Taylor wrote: My first thought about a hippocampus is where are they going to find cheerleaders that can do the splits. Sometimes I can't seem to turn it off That's ok. Even though I don't tend to reply to your puns, I always enjoy reading them. A real question, but still not on

Nation States

2003-03-16 Thread Gary L. Nunn
* - Well, the tiny Pacific island state of Nauru (primary export - fossilized bird guano) collapsed two weeks ago, but it is too small and isolated for its collapse to matter to just about anybody but the Nauruans. So who all is still playing Nation States? I ignored my nation so long

Re: Ah...My Favorite Topic - Books (Was Question about Spoilers)

2003-03-16 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: What are your favorites of all the Hugo novels? George A. replied: Tough question! [top 5 snipped] Worst (IMO) tie - 1963The Man in the High CastlePhilip K. Dick So it's not just me! I've never gotten more than about a third of the way through it. I'm generally a PKD fan,

Re: Bible scholars rejoice at signs

2003-03-16 Thread Reggie Bautista
Trent Shipley wrote: Mennonite theolgy implies that anyone who expects to be among those Raputured is in grave danger of not being raptured due to egregious pride That is, those who are certain that they are among the elect, aren't. Something about pride goeth-ing before the fall? This

Children of Dune

2003-03-16 Thread Robert Seeberger
Anyone watching this tonight? How about Riverworld next week? xponent Skiffy Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: This sub-thread has really degraded Re: Iran's Nuclear Threat

2003-03-16 Thread Reggie Bautista
Nick wrote: My grandfather was Glaswegian. And I never miss an opportunity to say, Glaswegian, just because it's such a fine word. Julia replied: And I like that word -- Glaswegian. It *is* a fine word. I'll look for an excuse to use it. The Glaswegians have lots of fine word and phrases: From

Re: Re: Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
---Original Message--- From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Er, John, I think you need to read up on how a democracy works. In a democracy, decisions are not made by the populace but by the politicians that were elected by the populace. No, that is the definition of a _republic_.

Trolling vs. healthy debates

2003-03-16 Thread Han Tacoma
How do we differentiate trolling from engaging in a healthy debate about any given issue? Sometimes I feel that the line separating these is an extremely fine one and hard to find. Any opinions out there? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~

Re: Changes At The Top -- March 16, 2003

2003-03-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:41 PM 3/16/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: Once again, there has been some moving-around in the Top-10 of the Alpha-Mail Statistics. 1. Julia Thompson 5,378 . . . 7. Ronn Blankenship 2,957 Well, I see I've finally passed 50% of Julia's total .

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: Great idea! I'll look into it. I've never been to a town meeting (or know where and when they are held here), but this is a good time to find that information and attend one. Watch your local paper for information on it. Or contact your representative. Your rep probably

Re: We Can make Fuel Cells Happen

2003-03-16 Thread Steve Sloan II
Gautam Mukunda wrote: OK, that makes sense. That was always why I thought electric cars were a fairly good idea, I should have just carried that chain of logic over to fuel cells. So I was also confused by the zero-pollution economy rhetoric, which I guess is not true. IIRC, from reading

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2003 2:37 PM Subject: RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War) --- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Vous parlez l'histoire Francais comme

Re: The World's First Brain Prosthesis

2003-03-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/16/2003 5:12:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's ok. Even though I don't tend to reply to your puns, I always enjoy reading them. Like a good pun, stay with a natural reaction and don't push a reply. Puns developed in MUD chat last Wed

Re: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: May I make a suggestion that will probably be ignored. I'm betting both Nick and Gautam are accurately reflecting what they were taught. I'm guessing they were taught different things. I'd be interested in either a detailed examination of the

Re: Nation States

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 07:10 PM 3/16/2003 -0500, you wrote: * - Well, the tiny Pacific island state of Nauru (primary export - fossilized bird guano) collapsed two weeks ago, but it is too small and isolated for its collapse to matter to just about anybody but the Nauruans. So who all is still playing Nation

Re: The World's First Brain Prosthesis

2003-03-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:08 PM 3/16/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 3/16/2003 5:12:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's ok. Even though I don't tend to reply to your puns, I always enjoy reading them. Like a good pun, stay with a natural reaction and don't push

Re: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Tax

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin Tarr
I forward this to myself at work, more time to look into it. I want to be honest about this: Rendell is a dem and I did not vote for him. I seriously believe that the rain the was predicted for election day, if it would have fell, he would not be governor. (Keeping the non-serious voters at

Re: Children of Dune

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:26 PM 3/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: Anyone watching this tonight? How about Riverworld next week? rob I'm taping. I was MUCH more excited over the Riverworld movie, which I never heard about until Friday. While I think the book of CoD is better, Riverworld should be an easy visual

Re: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Tax

2003-03-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:44 PM 3/16/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Now a majority of the nursing home are state run. Which means they have less wealthy residents. I'd believe that he's raising this fee because he assume Medicaid will pay the fee, it comes from the feds, not the patients. In other states, though,

Re: Trolling vs. healthy debates

2003-03-16 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 07:49:02PM -0500, Han Tacoma wrote: How do we differentiate trolling from engaging in a healthy debate about any given issue? Sometimes I feel that the line separating these is an extremely fine one and hard to find. Are you trolling again, Han? :-) -- Erik Reuter

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Dan Minette ... May I make a suggestion that will probably be ignored. I'm betting both Nick and Gautam are accurately reflecting what they were taught. I'm guessing they were taught different things.

Trolling vs. healthy debates

2003-03-16 Thread Han Tacoma
How do we differentiate trolling from engaging in a healthy debate about any given issue? Sometimes I feel that the line separating these is an extremely fine one and hard to find. Any opinions out there? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~

Re: Deadlier Than War

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 05:43 PM 3/16/2003 +, you wrote: John G said: JDG - Who wonders if France would oppose Spiderman's unilateralism in pursuit of criminals. I'm not overly familiar with the Spiderman mythos, but don't lots of Americans oppose Spiderman's unilateralism in pursuit of criminals? He is,

RE: Corrected French history (was RE: Deadlier Than War)

2003-03-16 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Perhaps it isn't clear that this is about context, not facts. Clearly, Gautam knows the facts. My objection is the failure to contextualize the Vichy government as a puppet of the Nazis, with policies that did not exist before or after. Its

Re: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Tax

2003-03-16 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 08:52 PM 3/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: At 09:44 PM 3/16/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Now a majority of the nursing home are state run. Which means they have less wealthy residents. I'd believe that he's raising this fee because he assume Medicaid will pay the fee, it comes from the feds, not

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-16 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ---Original Message--- From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, now we are being hosted by leagin the US troops prepared ^^ to carry out this resolution in the lurch

Re: Pennsylvania Nursing Home Tax

2003-03-16 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:36 PM 3/16/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 08:52 PM 3/16/2003 -0600, you wrote: At 09:44 PM 3/16/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Now a majority of the nursing home are state run. Which means they have less wealthy residents. I'd believe that he's raising this fee because he assume Medicaid

Re: France's influence

2003-03-16 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: ---Original Message--- From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] As the leaders of the contain the US alliance? The only democracy that I know of that favors attacking Iraq without a new specific Security Council resolution authorizing it explicitly is the US.

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