Subpoena-Bots

2003-08-08 Thread The Fool
http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/archives/000421.html Bring on the Subpoena-Bots! A few years ago I was summoned for jury duty. The summons was an old-fashioned computer-printed document spit out by an IBM mainframe computer down at the county courthouse. Procedural rules required that

RE: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-08 Thread Reggie Bautista
Chad Cooper, aka Nerd from Hell, wrote: Just read a bit of trivia (unknown source): On a clear autumn night, one can see stars as far away as 2 million light years. So it occurs to me If I can only see 2 million LY, but Hubble can see 10 BILLION LY... I am seeing only 1/5000 of the distance

Re: OT: Math and Science

2003-08-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 7:42 PM Subject: Re: OT: Math and Science If one examines social realism, one is faced with a choice: either reject the subcapitalist paradigm of

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-08 Thread Steve Sloan II
Julia Thompson wrote: And the Milky part of it comes from a myth that it's the milk spilling out of a goddess's breast into the sky. Yup. I already knew about that one, so it wasn't surprising enough to me to post about. ;-) It's odd that I never really thought about why it's a Way until today.

Shuttle could fly in March

2003-08-08 Thread Reggie Bautista
From http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/space/08/05/sprj.colu.shuttle.plans/index.html or http://makeashorterlink.com/?H5CD21085 Excerpt: NASA: Shuttle could fly in March Launch would take place in daylight to give cameras clear view By Dave Santucci CNN Tuesday, August 5, 2003 Posted: 6:05

Re: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bryon Daly wrote: Tenser said the tensor. Tenser said the tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun. Damn, that thing got stuck in my head for while... AIGH! Make it stop! Make it stop! Julia

Re: OT: Math and Science

2003-08-08 Thread Erik Reuter
If one examines social realism, one is faced with a choice: either reject the subcapitalist paradigm of consensus or conclude that culture is used to reinforce hierarchy, but only if narrativity is distinct from sexuality; if that is not the case, Lyotard's model of social realism is one of

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 10:27:52AM -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Alberto Monteiro if I am Latin American then I speak Latin Semper ubi sub ubi -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

RE: good olde fashioned bible burning

2003-08-08 Thread Chad Cooper
-Original Message- From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:45 AM To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' Subject: RE: good olde fashioned bible burning At 07:35 PM 8/6/03 +0530, Ritu wrote: At first sight, the subject header appeared to say ' good old

Re: [Listref] Vitamin C and the Heart

2003-08-08 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Debbi wrote: Guinea Pigs And Horses Are Good For The Soul! Maru :D Most definitely! But as much as I love our guinea pigs, hamsters, dog, cat, pygmie hedgehog, hermit crabs, and all the fish, I *really, really* miss having horses. And a

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-08 Thread Jan Coffey
Will give US accidental gun death statistics for years through 2000. For 2000 Number of Deaths 776 Population 275,264,999 Crude Rate 0.28 Age-Adjusted Rate** 0.28 Note that deaths are usually quoted as a number per 100,000 people, which is the case above. For comparison,

Re: ADMIN: Julia and Jose are running the show, mostly

2003-08-08 Thread Bemmzim
My best friend, business partner and often the backup admin for Brin-L, had a seizure this morning at 3 a.m., went to a nearby hospital, where a CT scan showed a 2x3 cm mass in his left parietal node. He was transferred to Stanford, where he's finally getting some rest now, I think. I am

Mr. Ed (was: Did you catch the noon Paul Harvey, Debbi?)

2003-08-08 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [William T wrote] Contrary to rumors (which I started) the WB is not planning to do a remake of Mr. Ed at a stud farm. LOL Peanut Butter Breath Maru :) ?? I

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-08 Thread Reggie Bautista
Guatam wrote: I don't doubt that Limbaugh makes mistakes. He speaks for, what, 2 hours a day, five days a week, 40+ weeks a year, without a script? _Of course_ he makes mistakes. I have a memory for policy minutiae that verges on the photographic, and I make mistakes on this list. I shudder to