UK 'is road rage capital of the world'

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_808431.html?menu=news.latestheadlines Researchers have concluded the UK is still the road rage capital of the world. A survey by motoring magazine Max Power found nearly nine out of 10 UK drivers said they had been road rage victims at least once. And 20%

Re: leave the constitution alone

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
So does Ms. Tucker think we should restore the original wording of the Constitution by removing the right to privacy interpretation of the 14th amendment on which the SCOTUS based its decision in _Roe v. Wade_?  Or, given that she is black, how about repealing the entire 14th amendment?

Re: Heinlein quote

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 8:16 PM Subject: Re: Heinlein quote --- Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: An armed society is a polite society.

Brin: dimensions of the Streaker

2003-08-14 Thread d.brin
Hi folks. Hoping you are all having a great summer. All except for you fine folks south of the equator. Quick question, Do any of you know the URL of images of my spaceship STREAKER? Or references to its dimensions? The people at the new Sci Fi Museum want to include it in the gallery of

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:13 PM 8/12/03 -0300, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: In the Tupi-Guarani mythology it's called Caminho da Anta, which means Pathway of a big-cousin-of-the-rat-with-the- size-of-a-cow. Sorry for not getting the name in Tupi but in Portuguese O:-) Those sessions with

Scouted: Fast Acting Ebola Vaccine Protects Monkeys (NIH)

2003-08-14 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2003-08/nioa-fev080403.php Excerpt: Fast-acting ebola vaccine protects monkeys A single shot of a fast-acting, experimental Ebola vaccine successfully protects monkeys from the deadly virus after only one month. If this vaccine proves similarly effective

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 8:07 AM Subject: Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way At 11:23 PM 8/11/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/11/2003 8:01:20 PM US

Re: Cloning Yields Human-Rabbit Hybrid Embryo

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 04:36 AM 8/14/03 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A55911-2003Aug13?language=printer Scientists in China have, for the first time, used cloning techniques to create hybrid embryos that contain a mix of DNA from both humans and rabbits, according to a

Re: Author question

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Aug 13, 2003 at 05:53:18PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: P.S. Dang! I went off-subject on my own post. Do you know the etymology of the word dang? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: The evil ham and cheese sandwich

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: One possible answer in this case is that Jesus fulfilled the law of Moses, but a prohibition on homosexuality is also found in the New Testament (Romans 1:26-27, frex). Well, if so many people are uptight about the NT prohibition on homosexuality, why are so few of

RE: Author question

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:00 PM 8/14/03 -0500, Horn, John wrote: From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] even next year.) But I did manage to get through Shardik in college. Not as good as The Plague Dogs, and *that* wasn't as good as Watership Down. I made it through Shardik as well. I really don't

Weekly Chat Reminder

2003-08-14 Thread Steve Sloan II
This is just a quick reminder that the Wednesday Brin-L chat is scheduled for 3 PM Eastern/2 PM Central time in the US, or 7 PM Greenwich time, so it started about two and a half hours ago. There will probably be somebody there to talk to for at least eight hours after the start time. See my

Re: More Fiber

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
G. D. Akin wrote: Robert SeebergerWrote: Debbi who despises bran cereal, however good it is for her :P Have you ever tried Cracklin' Oat Bran? I eat the stuff like candy. Its fairly sweet and quite tasty. Therefore it must be bad for you. I used to eat it because it was

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 6:58 AM Subject: RE: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 05:52:03PM +0530, Ritu wrote:

Re: OT: Math and Science

2003-08-14 Thread David Hobby
Erik Reuter wrote: 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,... You lost me at subcapitalist! ---David

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
Personally, I'm holding on to my money until they release the Heroes of Desert Storm Action Figures collection. I'm waiting for the Pfc Jessica Lynch figure complete with Pentagon Overstatement Accessories. Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see

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

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
No matter what laws get passed, no matter who can leagaly cary a gun and who can't Criminals will allways own and carry guns. Right, and other criminals will always commit crimes, so why have any laws at all? A much more interesting statistic would be the perentage of non-law-enforcement

Re: _Politics,_was_[L3]_Re:_fight_the_evil_of _pricediscrimination

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: A society where everyone was carrying a weapon would be a society where the week and the meek would have equal power when they walk out of their front door. It would be More peacefull and provide for More equality. rolls

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingy reactions andRe:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: Everyone (not just those with aus etc.) are effected by foods. it's not just autistic kids who get high off of bread. It's just that the autistics are more dialed in, more granular, more sensative. Granular? I'm not sure what you mean by this in this sentence. (On the

Re: I've done it again!

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Reproduced, that is. Alexander Norman Lipscomb (Alec) was born at 7:46 AM on Monday, August 11th. He weighed 9 lbs, 8 oz, and his mother is incredibly happy that someone else will be carrying him for the next while. Congratulations, and my deepest empathy for the

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

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: statistics gatheing techniqes vary and therefore are not comparable. Bullsh*t. Or at least bullsh*t until you provide evidence that the above is true, or your own statistics that use the same gathering techniques or that

neo-Cubism

2003-08-14 Thread The Fool
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/08/DD251010.DTL And I thought I was a nut over this kind of thing, but this guy is kinda creepy. Besides he solves it backwards. The corners should be solved first then the centers. ___

Re: _Politics,_was_[L3]_Re:_fight_the_evil_of  price_discrimination

2003-08-14 Thread Ray Ludenia
Jan Coffey wrote: If everyone has a gun, that power is balanced. If every country has nukes, power is balanced too. Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

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

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 04:40:27PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Given that the total number of known human¹ deaths due to being struck by a meteorite stands at zero, of what meaning is the figure they quote? A number of cars have been struck by small meteorites over the years, according to

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:02 PM Subject: Most Dangerous States

Re: irregulars: how to split c++ class between multiple files

2003-08-14 Thread The Fool
-- From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: irregulars: how to split c++ class between multiple files Date: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:20 AM From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I have a c++ class that is very large (90k lines)

Re: Hyperion - The Motion Picture

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:05:52AM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: I know I'm in the list minority when I say this, but I would also highly recommend Endymion and Rise of Endymion as well I liked them. Rafting down the endless river was a great idea. as the final coda story entitled Orphans of

RE: Polish, stupidity myth

2003-08-14 Thread Deborah Harrell
I wrote: snip [2] ...one of General Patton’s advance units, while rescuing a group of Allied prisoners, had captured a string of Lipizzaner brood mares, foals, and breeding stallions...

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:56:20PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: I naturally (and erroneously) assumed that everyone on this list would be technologically literate enough to realise that by written notes I would naturally mean using a digital assistant of some kind. (A computer may not be ideal,

[Listref] Obesity - some encouraging news

2003-08-14 Thread Deborah Harrell
http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/70/80978.htm?printing=true ...According to the 2001 U.S. surgeon general's report on obesity, a number of studies show that weight loss as modest as 5%-15% of excess body weight reduces risk factors for a variety of serious medical concerns, particularly

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/10/2003 12:26:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, TomFODW writes: Interestingly, in his novel Snow in August, set in Brooklyn in the late 1940s, Pete Hammill has a rabbi who is a refugee from Nazi Germany teach a Catholic teenager he befriends how to

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

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 05:15 PM 8/4/03 -0700, Chad Cooper wrote: -Original Message- From: David Hobby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:57 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination No, David, you proved my much larger

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

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Deborah Harrell ... What a terrible shock. I hope it is operable; at least he's in a great institution. Stanford certainly is. I wish I hadn't had so much experience with it, though! From the MRI,

RE: good olde fashioned bible burning

2003-08-14 Thread Ritu
Jon Gabriel wrote: At first sight, the subject header appeared to say ' good old fashioned bride burning'. Maybe that's why in Utah they frequently have wedding receptions at the stake center . . . Perhaps they hold secret bride burnings in the temple? Humm.. It would truly

vv audits non profits that don't tow the ideological line

2003-08-14 Thread The Fool
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0332/lee.php Watchdog Reveals Effort to Gag Anti-Bush Causes Muffling the Left by Chisun Lee August 6 - 12, 2003 The Bush administration is actively seeking to gag or punish social service organizations that challenge the party line on such matters as health

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingy reactions andRe:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-14 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Steve Sloan II wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: But seriously, your verb tense there is perfect. Thank you. I don't know about the colored lenses links, but the page about the family with the Aspergers kid was very interesting. I've suspected I might have Aspergers (or however you'd put it)

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That's an example of why I say mostly the argument is silly. People quote stats trying to compare things that are not at all alike. Just thought it needed to be repeated is all. = _

Re: Hyperion - The Motion Picture

2003-08-14 Thread Bemmzim
I can see Endymion as a stand-alone movie. But I agree, Hyperion and Fall would be nearly impossible to transfer properly to the big screen. That is what they said about LOR. Just get Peter Jackson to devote a few years to the project ___

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

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Aug 08, 2003 at 04:28:52PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: If the asterisks are supposed to refer to a footnote, the footnote is missing. He did give a URL. ** Standard Population is 2000, all races, both sexes. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/

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

2003-08-14 Thread Bryon Daly
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] So the only people you want carrying guns is criminals? You want everyone else, every law abiding citizen to be at the mercy of gun toting criminals? I think I'm being baited here, because I don't see any other way what I'm saying could be so completely

Sea Launch platform

2003-08-14 Thread Gary Nunn
Very cool Leaving a bubbly wake behind, Sea Launch's Odyssey launch platform cruises at full speed toward the equator in the Pacific Ocean in this aerial view captured Aug. 1 and returned to company headquarters via satellite http://www.space.com/imageoftheday/image_of_day_030806.html

Re: Update on Nick's friend/biz partner

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:24 AM 8/7/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: My buddy Dave Land had brain surgery today and it went well. His type of tumor has well-defined margins, so surgery often gets all of it, and his surgeon feels confident that they got it all. Even if not, it is a very slow growing type that rarely is

Re: [Listref] Obesity - some encouraging news

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:45 PM 8/10/03 +0200, Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/70/80978.htm?printing=true ...If you simply take some healthful steps in the direction of your weight-loss goals, you are likely to reap some healthy rewards, even if you never drop a

Re: Brin: dimensions of the Streaker

2003-08-14 Thread Steve Sloan II
d.brin wrote: Hi folks. Hoping you are all having a great summer. All except for you fine folks south of the equator. Quick question, Do any of you know the URL of images of my spaceship STREAKER? There's Robert Hurt's classic Streaker Down:

RE: Polish, stupidity myth

2003-08-14 Thread Reggie Bautista
Someone wrote: I always figured it was because of WW2 that they got that reputation. Didn't they attack tanks with cavalry during the Blitz, or some such? Damon replied: No; Polish cavalry were pursuing a unit of broken German infantry when they blundered on some German tanks. It's a myth.

shrubCo's plan to eliminate anonymous mail

2003-08-14 Thread The Fool
http://www.counterpunch.org/plummer08042003.html Privacy Villain of the Week President's Commission on the US Postal Service By JAMES PLUMMER Next week, a special commission created by President Bush will present him with a final report on articulating a proposed vision for the future of the

Re: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:45 PM 8/5/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But for starters, in The Demolished Man, there are a hell of a lot more mind reares than just three in a tub. Three reares in a tub is at least one too many. (No butts about it.) Depends. If you have

Re: A dead end for the Democrats

2003-08-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 08:19:15PM -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: I agree with the gist of the article, but what he doesn't seem to realize is that if it wasn't for the WMD hype, Bush never would have had enough support for the war no matter how many other good reasons there

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingy reactions and Re:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-14 Thread Steve Sloan II
Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: In general it used to be good brin-l practice to deliver information to the list in this form, usually resulting in nuanced replies of informed people who have taken (tense?) Nope, I'm perfectly relaxed. ;-) But seriously, your verb tense there is perfect. the

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-14 Thread Joshua Bell
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 23:12 2003-08-07 -0700, Josh wrote: Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003. (Google it if you Yup. I did an evaluation for our company. So, are you going to have an API so that forms can be stored in XML databases? Just so everything is on the up and up -

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

2003-08-14 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 3:20 AM Subject: Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination --- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: ---

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Jon wrote: Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com Cool blog. It's on my Check it every day list. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read the blog. Love the blog. http://aclipscomb.blogspot.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Some more stats

2003-08-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
Facts About Firearms In 2000, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention:2 * Suicide with firearms took the lives of 16,586 Americans * Homicide with firearms took the lives of 10,801 Americans * Unintentional firearm injuries took the lives of 776 Americans * 75,685 people

Re: vv audits non profits that don't tow the ideological line

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
I didn't know you could tow an imaginary line. The phrase is, actually, toe the line as in, put your toes on the line and not past it. Tom Beck www.prydonians.org www.mercerjewishsingles.org I always knew I'd see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed I'd see the last. - Dr Jerry

Re: vv audits non profits that don't tow the ideological line

2003-08-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/6/2003 1:32:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I didn't know you could tow an imaginary line. Sing it Doobies! What a fool believes... Kevin T. - VRWC Layin' it on the line Or Toke that barge, lift that Scott Baio... But no Fool

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

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 8/3/2003 12:54:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Now, I think both of them are very important figures, because they are extremely influential. One is the single most cited living intellectual. The other edits the

RE: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-14 Thread Reggie Bautista
John Horn wrote: Didn't they already make this movie? The one with Tom Cruise? The name of which escapes me at the moment but I'm sure you know what I mean... In Demolished Man, they just read your mind, as opposed to Minority Report where they actually see the future. And Demolished Man has a

Re: _Politics,_was_[L3]_Re:_fight_the_evil_of _pricediscrimination

2003-08-14 Thread Steve Sloan II
Jon Gabriel wrote: I can't speak to that, but I did almost flunk art due to my color-blindness. I think they should make exceptions due to disabilities. And I almost failed an elective class in typing that I took in junior high, because my fat fingers were too clumsy. She was very strict

Be careful what you shoot at whom....

2003-08-14 Thread Julia Thompson
http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/08132003_nw_paintball.html In Pittsburgh, 3 teenagers were shooting paintballs from a moving vehicle, and someone living there decided to return fire with real bullets Julia who believes that paintball guns belong in *controlled* environments

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-14 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:10:36PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: If you have memory problems, one technique you might find useful is to make written notes. No, written notes are slow and not easily searchable. Digital notes stored on a computer are far superior. Sorry for

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
Wonder if it comes with drug paraphernalia, booze bottles and MPs in hot pursuit. No, that's the _Teddy Kennedy_ action figure.  For a little more money you can buy the car accessory containing a lifelike babe.  Realistically steers off bridges unexpectedly. (OK, it's a low blow, I

Re: Hyperion - The Motion Picture

2003-08-14 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Hyperion - The Motion Picture Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 07:14:14 -0400 On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 01:05:52AM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: I know I'm in the list

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 05:36:17PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: Toung pushed forward, mouth open, eyes rolled up, head shaking and bobing from side to sidemaru Do you ever post anything worth anything? I can't recall the last time I saw a post of yours that had anything worthwile. -- Erik

RE: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-14 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's funny, whenever I think of Demolished Man, that rhyme pops in my head: tenser said the tensor. Tenser said the tensor. Doh! I hit the send button before I could type the whole thing... Trying again... Tenser said the tensor. Tenser said the tensor.

Irregulars question: Animated GIFs

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Okay, this may seem like a very elementary question, but I can't seem to find an answer, so I have to ask it. Given a bunch of stills, how does one create an animated GIF out of them? -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: irregulars: how to split c++ class between multiple files

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: irregulars: how to split c++ class between multiple files Date: Saturday, August 09, 2003 10:20 AM From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

republicans Vs Science; the Environment: global warming

2003-08-14 Thread The Fool
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/oneworld/20030730/wl_onewor ld/4536646341059569466 GOP Senators Blame Nature for Climate Change Wed Jul 30, 9:24 AM J.R. Pegg, WASHINGTON, DC, July 29, 2003 (ENS) - Some Senate Republicans say there is considerable doubt that the climate is

Something else for Ronn

2003-08-14 Thread Jon Gabriel
The Seat Also Rises: http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,59979,00.html J Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Re: Did you catch the noon Paul Harvey, Debbi?

2003-08-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/4/2003 3:15:15 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Peanut Butter Breath Maru :) ?? I missed a joke or something. Peanut Butter? Spread on the gums or teeth so that the horse looks like it's talking. Although the WB would probably find

Re: Most Dangerous States--43 times

2003-08-14 Thread David Hobby
Dan Minette wrote: ... Mortality studies such as ours do not include cases in which burglars or intruders are wounded or frightened away by the use or display of a firearm. Cases in which would-be intruders may have purposely avoided a house known to be armed are also not

RE: leave the constitution alone

2003-08-14 Thread Horn, John
From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] At 11:43 AM 8/10/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So does Ms. Tucker think we should restore the original wording of the Constitution by removing the right to privacy interpretation of the 14th amendment on which the SCOTUS based

Re: I've done it again!

2003-08-14 Thread Steve Sloan II
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Reproduced, that is. Alexander Norman Lipscomb (Alec) was born at 7:46 AM on Monday, August 11th. He weighed 9 lbs, 8 oz, and his mother is incredibly happy that someone else will be carrying him for the next while. Congratulations!

Re: leave the constitution alone

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:22 PM 8/10/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What it has to do with what she was talking about is that the same leave the Constitution alone argument she used in the article could be used by someone else for a different issue, such as the ones I used for illustration. Her argument is

RE: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:42 AM 8/11/03 +0530, Ritu wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting down. You mean that it WON'T come to the defense of Liberty when a rabbi writes the word on its forehead? I dunno. Was Lincoln Jewish? If not, why would a statue

RE: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-14 Thread Reggie Bautista
Bryon Daly wrote: Doh! I hit the send button before I could type the whole thing... Trying again... Tenser said the tensor. Tenser said the tensor. Tension, apprehension, and dissension have begun. Damn, that thing got stuck in my head for while... Yeah, it's much catchier than Mary had a

Schwarzenegger to Run for California Governor

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
In the truth is stranger than fiction department (I'm rooting for the porn star): http://tinyurl.com/j8ve BURBANK, Calif. (Reuters) - In a major political surprise, actor Arnold Schwarzenegger said on Wednesday he will challenge California Gov. Gray Davis (news - web sites) in an unprecedented

Re: [Listref] Obesity - some encouraging news

2003-08-14 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Sonja van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: http://my.webmd.com/content/Article/70/80978.htm?printing=true ...If you simply take some healthful steps in the direction of your weight-loss goals, you are likely to reap some healthy rewards, even if you never

Re: shoelaces, concetration, stingy reactions and Re:dyslexiaandtinted lenses

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: In general it used to be good brin-l practice to deliver information to the list in this form, usually resulting in nuanced replies of informed people who have taken (tense?) Nope, I'm perfectly relaxed. ;-)

Terminator 4

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
Again, from the Sunday NY Times: August 10, 2003 OP-ED CONTRIBUTOR 'Terminator 4: The Rise of Colin Powell' By ANDY BOROWITZ Just hours after Arnold Schwarzenegger announced his candidacy for governor of California, the contest to replace Mr. Schwarzenegger in the lucrative Terminator film

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 9:26 PM Subject: Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way Debbi wrote: Here are a bunch of pix: http://www.capybara.com/capybaras/Gallery/Gallery_1.html Reggie, wanna have a

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
I know the legend. My question was, what if the figure is in the likeness of a Gentile?  Are there goyim golems? Well, the Golem is not actually in the likeness of _anyone_. It's just a clay figure. The rabbi formed it for the purpose, he didn't take an existing statue or something.

RE: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, that's the _Teddy Kennedy_ action figure. For a little more money you can buy the car accessory containing a lifelike babe. Realistically steers off bridges unexpectedly. (OK, it's a low blow, I know.) Jon Why? I mean, I got started in

Re: Hyperion - The Motion Picture

2003-08-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 12:09:40PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: I have the story in pdb format saved on my home computer. (That's a Palmdoc format, which can be read with PalmReader or MobiPocket software on your PDA.) If you'd like, I'll see if I can convert it to text and email it to you.

RE: Polish, stupidity myth

2003-08-14 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [somebody wrote:] Ouch! At what point during the war did this happen? Very early in the war (like Sept 1939). After the Fall of Poland I don't think the Polish deployed large units of horse cavalry...at least not the Free Polish serving in Western

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 05:36:17PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: Tung pushed forward, mouth open, eyes rolled up, head shaking and bobbing from side to sidemaru Do you ever post anything worth anything? I can't recall the last time I saw a post of

RE: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-14 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 20:47 2003-08-05 -0500, Reggie wrote: That's the same episode of B5 that had the worst joke in the entire run of the series. Sheridan: Knock knock. Ivanova: Who's there? Sheridan: Kosh Ivanova: Kosh who? Do I really even need to finish it? Reggie Bautista Would have been funnier

Re: SCOUTED: Why I hate the Segway

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 6:02 PM Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Why I hate the Segway Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Let's start with the way the thing looks. I'm sorry, people, but you're

RE: Scouted: Okay to execute innocent?

2003-08-14 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ronn!Blankenship ... Most people who have studied it say that rape is a crime of _violence_, and that the sexual assault is only the way in which it is carried out. I fail to see the legitimate need a

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

2003-08-14 Thread Doug Pensinger
Jan Coffey wrote: But you made the claim that an armed society is a polite society. You haven't backed up that claim with _any_ statistics or studies. Until you do provide data, you're claims are bogus. Sorry I never made that claim. I did not and do not believe that an armed society would

Re: Question on Religious Matters

2003-08-14 Thread Medievalbk
How are the two the same? Scroll even further down. In a message dated 8/7/2003 5:49:23 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Question: What was the difference between Noah's ark and Joan of Arc? [scroll down for answer]

Author question observations

2003-08-14 Thread G. D. Akin
I asked if anyone had read Saran Zettel's The Quiet Invasion. At this moment, there have been 13 responses. First, one person responded that he (thanks, Tom) had read her (but not that book) and said she was okay and had once met her. I also mentioned that I had just finished Lucifer's Hammer

Re: The evil ham and cheese sandwich

2003-08-14 Thread TomFODW
I'm not going to use the word all here, because there probably is some fundamentalist in this world who takes all of the bible to heart including wearing non-blended fabric (amish?). But just because a person has some guiding principle, it doesn't mean they have to be bound to every single

Ebay bans artist's boy-king deck

2003-08-14 Thread The Fool
http://north.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=aug5steins-cards0805200 3 Ebay bans Dawson artist's controversial 'cards' WebPosted Aug 5 2003 09:05 AM CDT WHITEHORSE - A Yukon artist has been censored by eBay for making fun of the Bush administration. In John Steins' most-wanted deck,

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

2003-08-14 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] I want the figure, and the plane, and the Evil Saddam Hussein Underground Fortress, ... I'd have a blast with the Falling Statue Playset, complete with Falling Statue Action. As for the Evil Saddam Hussein Underground Fortress, does it include an escape

Re: Author question observations

2003-08-14 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Author question observations Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2003 19:47:12 +0900 I asked if anyone had read Saran Zettel's The Quiet Invasion. I haven't. Just realized I never

Re: Author question

2003-08-14 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Author question Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 17:20:35 -0500 At 05:59 PM 8/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 04:51

Re: Most Dangerous States

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, August 10, 2003, at 11:15 pm, Doug Pensinger wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: I also suggest that given that the same site lists Nevada and NewYork as 7 8 respectivly for previous years the statistical significance given their

Hyperion - The Motion Picture

2003-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=15798 quote Hi Harry- Lorrimer here. You've posted a couple of tidbits from me in the past. This one isn't a big secret or anything, but I haven't seen anything about it yet on your site. Dan Simmon's Hyperion saga is one of the best series of science

Re: neo-Cubism

2003-08-14 Thread Joshua Bell
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/08/DD251010.DTL And I thought I was a nut over this kind of thing, but this guy is kinda creepy. Besides he solves it backwards. The corners should be solved first then the centers.

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

2003-08-14 Thread Jan Coffey
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Monday, August 11, 2003, at 09:20 am, Jan Coffey wrote: The simple truth is that without conceled carry, the only ones with guns are the criminals. The power of leathal force is in the hands alone of the very people we would

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