ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Nick Arnett
Listfolk, Some of you have been getting list mail, quite a few others haven't been. This is due to a very odd server problem, in which it can look up domain names, but fails to identify the MX record (the one that tells it which server is supposed to receive your mail). I'm afraid that the

RE: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Horn, John
From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Some of you have been getting list mail, quite a few others haven't been. I'm one of those who hasn't been getting mail. Unfortunately, YahooGroups isn't getting it either (until this one) so there's no backup plan. Is there somewhere else to

RE: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Nick Arnett
Here's the archive -- newest messages at the bottom: http://www.mccmedia.com/pipermail/brin-l/Week-of-Mon-20030616/date.html However, the server should eventually deliver all the messages to everyone... I think. -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Erik Reuter
Nick, What type of file-system are you using? ext2? Have you checked your hdparm settings? If they are agressive, you might want to make them more conservative. (You can check them as root by using, for example, hdparm /dev/hda) -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Europe: Right to reply

2003-06-17 Thread Bryon Daly
IMHO: This would be a disaster for european bloggers and web site, brought under the guise of human rights and protecting media freedom: http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-1017333.html Some commentary here: http://www.samizdata.net/blog/archives/003673.html#003673

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Reggie Bautista
Nick wrote: Listfolk, Some of you have been getting list mail, quite a few others haven't been. [snip] I'll probably have to take the server down later today to do further work. We might be able to drop back to the old machine in the meantime. Nick, and Julia too, just in case you guys don't here

RE: Wireless bridge?

2003-06-17 Thread Reggie Bautista
Kevin wrote: So would this be an arch or beam construction? Nick replied: Beam -- we'll use directional antennas. If you were careful enough in how you set up a phased array of antennas (antennae?) you could probably make it so that only people within a certain arch could receive the signal...

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/17/2003 11:55:18 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nick, and Julia too, just in case you guys don't here this often enough: YOU ROCK! Reggie Bautista Igneous? Certainly from volcanic activity. Metamorphic? Changed by 'flame'..?

RE: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Horn, John
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Nick, and Julia too, just in case you guys don't here this often enough: YOU ROCK! Igneous? Certainly from volcanic activity. Metamorphic? Changed by 'flame'..? No. Sedimentary? NEVER! Getting his schist

Re: Europe: Right to reply

2003-06-17 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:19 PM 6/17/2003 -0400, you wrote: IMHO: This would be a disaster for european bloggers and web site, brought under the guise of human rights and protecting media freedom: http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-1017333.html Some commentary here:

Timony

2003-06-17 Thread Medievalbk
Not that other word. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Brin: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 08:42 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Brin: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site. I too would be interested in this... Too bad

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: --- Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Original Message- From: Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 08:42 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Brin: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site. I too would be

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/17/2003 2:24:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Metamorphic? Changed by 'flame'..? No. Heat pressure, actually, IIRC. Maybe. Well, I had to fudge it a bit. No one has ever had a heat and pressure war on Brin-L as far as I know.

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Damon
And also coming soon, Uplift Minis! It'll have a selection of Chims, Dolphins and Tymbrimi. It's still in production, but I'll see if I can get some advance word on a release date. http://www.sjgames.com/miniatures/uplift/index.html Aargh! Gamer unfriendly packaging! Damon.

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/17/2003 3:15:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Too bad its not D20 compatable :P don't even start, mister! Next you will be wanting an uplift card gameactualy? You mean playing Three Card Monte with four cards is _not_ a

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 5:56 PM Subject: Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that! In a message dated 6/17/2003 2:24:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Metamorphic? Changed by

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Reggie Bautista
Damon wrote: Aargh! Gamer unfriendly packaging! Yeah, but you know you'll buy it anyway ;-) Reggie Bautista _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus

Re: A friendly request JVB

2003-06-17 Thread Reggie Bautista
Doug wrote: So, I ask again, what are the objections to making the Yahoo archive private? I know a few people who lurk by reading the Yahoo archive. Reggie Bautista _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Damon wrote: http://www.sjgames.com/miniatures/uplift/index.html Aargh! Gamer unfriendly packaging! Huh? They're sold in a box. How is that unfriendly? I suppose if it was a box that punched you in the nose with a concealed spring-mounted boxing glove, but I've seen the boxes, and they

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:53 AM 6/17/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: Listfolk, Some of you have been getting list mail, quite a few others haven't been. This is due to a very odd server problem, in which it can look up domain names, but fails to identify the MX record (the one that tells it which server is supposed to

RE: Wireless bridge?

2003-06-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:02 PM 6/17/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Kevin wrote: So would this be an arch or beam construction? Nick replied: Beam -- we'll use directional antennas. If you were careful enough in how you set up a phased array of antennas (antennae?) you could probably make it so that only people

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 07:02 PM 6/17/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/17/2003 3:15:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Too bad its not D20 compatable :P don't even start, mister! Next you will be wanting an uplift card gameactualy? You mean playing

Re: Native American Rights

2003-06-17 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] It means that I produce works of art, music and poetry, and that I can present these works as represintative of the tribe. What else would it mean? I'm sorry, did I offend you by asking this? None was intended.

Re: Brin: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Trent Shipley
On Tuesday 2003-06-17 12:37, d.brin wrote: Dear Trent, I am sorry to hear about the employment situation. Wish I could help. I can well understand wanting to move on to other interests. Is A4P stored and available online? If so, would you like to allow gamers access to its trove of

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/17/2003 6:04:27 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Aargh! Gamer unfriendly packaging! Huh? They're sold in a box. How is that unfriendly? I suppose if it was a box that punched you in the nose with a concealed spring-mounted boxing glove,

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Damon wrote: http://www.sjgames.com/miniatures/uplift/index.html Aargh! Gamer unfriendly packaging! Huh? They're sold in a box. How is that unfriendly? I suppose if it was a box that punched you in the nose with a concealed

Re: Brin: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/17/2003 6:21:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: have yet to get around to adding some minor material like William Taylor's ongoing Alvin humor or short Galactic Aphorisms that I once solicited.

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that! Robert Seeberger wrote: Come to Houston and find out what suffering from heat is really all

Houston Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 9:01 PM Subject: Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that! Robert Seeberger wrote: Come to Houston and find out what

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Damon
Huh? They're sold in a box. How is that unfriendly? I suppose if it was a box that punched you in the nose with a concealed spring-mounted boxing glove, but I've seen the boxes, and they don't do that. The reason its gamer unfriendly is that you have to buy the whole box of figures. Its great

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
The reason its gamer unfriendly is that you have to buy the whole box of figures. Its great if you're just a collector, or have the urge to paint Uplift figures. But for a gamer its just so inconvenient! What if I need another dolphin? I have to buy it and get a bunch more chimps and

Re: Houston Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Robert Seeberger wrote: From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bah - that's the conditions at sunrise in Townsville, where I was when I joined the list. It just got worse from there until late evening... Magnificent place to spend the winter, but

Re: Houston Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Russell Chapman
Julia Thompson wrote: You forgot the fire ants. Nope - we got them now too - as of last year. Everyone is running around trying to control their spread, but nothing has worked yet. They're now in 3 different locations around Brisbane. And then there are those lovely afternoon thunderstorms.

RE: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 07:01 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site. And also coming soon, Uplift Minis! It'll have a selection of Chims, Dolphins and Tymbrimi. It's

RE: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:21 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site. Huh? They're sold in a box. How is that unfriendly? I suppose if it was a box that punched you

RE: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Damon
Yeah, but packaged individually, the price would jump to ~$6 a fig, if not more. How friendly is /that/? FAR more user friendly than spending $25 to get one extra dolphin for an encounter... Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Brin: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

2003-06-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/17/2003 6:21:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: People are already encouraged to add to the Encyclopedia, although there haven't been any major submissions for a while. I have yet to get around to adding some minor material like William

Re: Native American Rights

2003-06-17 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] It means that I produce works of art, music and poetry, and that I can present these works as represintative of the tribe. What else would it mean? I'm sorry, did I offend you by