Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] After a time limit an email doesn't vanish -- it expires. Someone with administrative rights can still retrieve it from a server, she added. And the software after the message has 'expired' will no

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Fool wrote: Microsoft has been making changes in the API's / DirectX to be able to give programs the ability to prevent this. The framework has been in place for quite some time. Indeed - we installed a series of data projectors in the

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 22 Oct 2003 at 21:13, The Fool wrote: From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote:. My understanding is that only outlook can open these messages. Microsoft has said it would also provide a small stand alone (DRM) app to open messages for users of other software.

Re: rebus

2003-10-23 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 08:07 PM 10/22/2003 -0700, you wrote: --- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The beer I drink has started putting rebuses on it's bottle caps. Huh? Damon Rebus? The picture word phrases? The second link would have shown what I meant. Or do you mean Huh? WTF does this have to do with

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 22, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false) I think that would be a compliment for Satan taught people to reason for

Retroactively morphing past memories through propaganda

2003-10-23 Thread The Fool
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=455650 Selling you a new past You've eaten a chocolate bar and you didn't really like it. Can a commercial afterwards persuade you that you did? 'Memory morphing' could be a powerful weapon for advertisers. But, asks David Benady, will they

Re: But its Seattle, you're used to it..

2003-10-23 Thread William T Goodall
On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 04:41 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:11:41 +0100, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a big hill between my parents' home and here that had a crawler lane up one side of it. They've just finished building a crawler lane up

Re: Linux on the desktop

2003-10-23 Thread William T Goodall
On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 04:09 am, The Fool wrote: From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... a third as popular as Mac OS A third of nothing is... A third of 3% actually :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog :

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread David Hobby
... So what about screen capture utilities? Microsoft has been making changes in the API's / DirectX to be able to give programs the ability to prevent this. The framework has been in place for quite some time. They can change all they like. As long as it is displayed on the

Re: But its Seattle, you're used to it..

2003-10-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:05 PM 10/23/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 04:41 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:11:41 +0100, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a big hill between my parents' home and here that had a crawler lane up one side of

Scouted: Struck by Lightning

2003-10-23 Thread Reggie Bautista
http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-10/23/08.45.film Lightning Struck Passion Set Jan Michelini, an assistant director on Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ, told the Associated Press that he was struck by lightning, not once, but twice during filming, according

Re: Fw: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
Why not? They've been selling self-destructing operating systems for years . . . At 04:51 PM 10/22/03 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: Subject: [UL] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false) http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/33507.html The Register | 22 Oct 2003 Microsoft

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread The Fool
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Oct 2003 at 21:13, The Fool wrote: From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote:. My understanding is that only outlook can open these messages. Microsoft has said it would also provide a small stand alone (DRM)

Better mail service now, perhaps

2003-10-23 Thread Nick Arnett
As we took yet another look at our mail server today, I realized that instead of rejecting mail for unknown recipients (which is usually spam), our server was bouncing it. Not a good idea -- the mail queue had 2,000 messages in it this morning, of which the majority were for unknown

Re: Scouted: Struck by Lightning

2003-10-23 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:39 PM 10/23/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/art-main.html?2003-10/23/08.45.film Lightning Struck Passion Set Jan Michelini, an assistant director on Mel Gibson's The Passion of Christ, told the Associated Press that he was struck by lightning,

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that would be a compliment for Satan taught people to reason for themselves and not to trust or rely on so-called authority figures. Indeed, an honor being named after one of the great fathers of

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism L3

2003-10-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: massive snippage So, in short, while you could argue that PC has been used to attack very reasonable conservative positions, that dog doesn't hunt with Rush. Dear Dan, Pleez git yer frases right - it's that dog don't hunt! Debbi who agrees with most

Re: Cancer update

2003-10-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My father-in-law had a scan earlier this month, and the chemotherapy is working. snip That's good to hear. On the bad-news front: one of our dogs (Miranda) was diagnosed with terminal cancer less than a week after the babies were born...it was

Re: A bit of trip down memory lane

2003-10-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] G. D. Akin wrote: I wonder how many of you read any of Andre Norton's early SF works (in the 50's, 60s). She's known much more fantasy than SF, but she's written some pretty good SF. She wrote

Re: Scouted: Struck by Lightning

2003-10-23 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: Struck by Lightning Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:47:14 -0500 At 03:39 PM 10/23/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote:

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Reggie Bautista
William T. Goodall posted: Just to footnote that there is a review at Stereophile Magazine, complete with measurements and graphs and all, that concludes:- The iPod's measured behavior is better than many CD players—ironic, considering that most of the time it will be used to play MP3 and AAC

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] I think that would be a compliment for Satan taught people to reason for themselves and not to trust or rely on so-called authority figures. Indeed, an honor

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism L3

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: massive snippage So, in short, while you could argue that PC has been used to attack very reasonable conservative positions, that dog doesn't hunt with Rush. Dear Dan, Pleez git yer frases right

Re: Retroactively morphing past memories through propaganda

2003-10-23 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/media/story.jsp?story=455650 Selling you a new past You've eaten a chocolate bar and you didn't really like it. Can a commercial afterwards persuade you that you did? 'Memory morphing' could be a powerful weapon for

Re: A bit of trip down memory lane

2003-10-23 Thread William T Goodall
On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 11:21 pm, Deborah Harrell wrote: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] G. D. Akin wrote: I wonder how many of you read any of Andre Norton's early SF works (in the 50's, 60s). She's known much more fantasy than SF, but

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Russell Chapman
Reggie Bautista wrote: Just for the record (pardon the pun), uncompressed cd-quality audio takes up about 10 megs per stereo minute* *44100 samples per second times 16 bits per sample equals 705600 bits per second. 705600 bits per second divided by 8 equals 88200 bytes, which rounds up to 9

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism

2003-10-23 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:02 PM 10/14/2003 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How are we so certain that Rush is not racist? Does he have a personal history of supporting racial equality? Does he give money to black colleges? speak out for racial equality? I'm not saying he is a racist but it is glib to say he is not.

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism

2003-10-23 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:12 PM 10/15/2003 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rush did something that I believe can fairly be described either as racist on its face or attempting to appeal in code to those of his listeners and followers who are themselves racists. This is one of the most infuriating comments that I

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Kevin Tarr
The only Satan-worshipper(s) I've met were...weird. Definitely in the Epi-normal category; I'd gotten 'yellow flag vibes' around them in dance class _before_ they extolled the virtues of the POD...fanatics just give me the creeps. Please define: (1) yellow flag vibes (2) POD (3) epi-mormal

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Raceism L3

2003-10-23 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 04:34 PM 10/19/2003 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: First of all, I'm 99% sure we agree that slavery was the original sin of the US, Just for the record, I disagree.The decimation of the Native Americans is the original sin of the United States. Yes, he just gave one example, but it wasn't an

Re: Retroactively morphing past memories through propaganda

2003-10-23 Thread Russell Chapman
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've eaten a chocolate bar and you didn't really like it. Can a commercial afterwards persuade you that you did? 'Memory morphing' could be a powerful weapon for advertisers... Some of our more medically savvy members may be able to clarify, but I

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 23 Oct 2003 at 15:59, The Fool wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Oct 2003 at 21:13, The Fool wrote: From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote:. My understanding is that only outlook can open these messages. Microsoft

Re: McNabb and Limbaugh Re: Racism

2003-10-23 Thread The Fool
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 01:12 PM 10/15/2003 EDT [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rush did something that I believe can fairly be described either as racist on its face or attempting to appeal in code to those of his listeners and followers who are themselves racists. This

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: Just for the record (pardon the pun), uncompressed cd-quality audio takes up about 10 megs per stereo minute* *44100 samples per second times 16 bits per sample equals 705600 bits per second. 705600 bits per second divided by 8 equals 88200 bytes, which rounds up to 9 megabytes. Russell

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread The Fool
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23 Oct 2003 at 15:59, The Fool wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Oct 2003 at 21:13, The Fool wrote: From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote:. My understanding is that only

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 23 Oct 2003 at 21:55, The Fool wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23 Oct 2003 at 15:59, The Fool wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Oct 2003 at 21:13, The Fool wrote: From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Reggie Bautista
Two clarifications. I wrote: I knew when I typed that it was under something didn't sound right. That might not parse correctly without a comma and different word order. It should read: When I typed that it was under, I knew something didn't sound right. And yes, I realize I misspelled

Vanity: Where is she now.....

2003-10-23 Thread Gary Nunn
Anyone remember Vanity? The Prince protégée and sex goddess of the 80's? I ran across this website (see ling below) and thought that she looked familiar. I was amazed to discover that she is the artist formally known as Vanity. Quite a lifestyle change from Hollywood.

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread The Fool
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23 Oct 2003 at 21:55, The Fool wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23 Oct 2003 at 15:59, The Fool wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Oct 2003 at 21:13, The Fool wrote: From:

Re: But its Seattle, you're used to it..

2003-10-23 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:38:08 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:05 PM 10/23/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Thursday, October 23, 2003, at 04:41 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:11:41 +0100, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's a big

Re: Scouted: Struck by Lightning

2003-10-23 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 16:47:14 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Although when the director reacted with an involuntary exclamation¹, the star answered, Yes? I thought he said Chill, Pops. _ ¹Which some might consider blasphemous, so I won't write it here. Me neither. --

The Manchurian Fool?

2003-10-23 Thread Bryon Daly
First, there's this... 'He' being the Great Satan of Redmond? :) I think that would be a compliment for Satan taught people to reason for themselves and not to trust or rely on so-called authority figures. Indeed, an honor being named after one of the great fathers of rationalism. Hmmm,

Re: The Manchurian Fool?

2003-10-23 Thread The Fool
From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] First, there's this... 'He' being the Great Satan of Redmond? :) I think that would be a compliment for Satan taught people to reason for themselves and not to trust or rely on so-called authority figures. Indeed, an honor being named after one of

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: William T. Goodall posted: Just to footnote that there is a review at Stereophile Magazine, complete with measurements and graphs and all, that concludes:- The iPod's measured behavior is better than many CD players—ironic, considering that

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 23 Oct 2003 at 15:59, The Fool wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Oct 2003 at 21:13, The Fool wrote: From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool

Re: Vanity: Where is she now.....

2003-10-23 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone remember Vanity? The Prince protégée and sex goddess of the 80's? I ran across this website (see ling below) and thought that she looked familiar. I was amazed to discover that she is the artist formally known as Vanity. Quite a lifestyle