Academia

2004-11-18 Thread John D. Giorgis
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/education/18faculty.html?oref=loginpagewa nted=printposition= http://tinyurl.com/5m9ke One of the studies, a national survey of more than 1,000 academics, shows that Democratic professors outnumber Republicans by at least seven to one in the humanities and

Re: Cabinet Resignations

2004-11-18 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We're probably looking at different numbers but I get an average span of 48 months referencing this page: http://u-s-history.com/pages/h1409.html(14 cabinet positions held by 28 people over 96 months) You're quite right (except I count 29, not

Brin: More Analysis of Voter Fraud Allegations

2004-11-18 Thread iaamoac
The Mystery Pollster, an excellent resource for those interested in the ins-and-outs of polling, has two excellent pieces up in the past two days. The first one is an extensive analysis of the Freeman Paper that has become mildly famous on the Internet. He does a good job of highlighting

Re: Br!n: Civil War II

2004-11-18 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Br!n: Civil War II Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 20:37:09 EST In a message dated 11/17/2004 6:30:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When you wish upon a star, you should do

Re: Cabinet Resignations

2004-11-18 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 04:55:58 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: See http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0599/052499t1.htm for an interesting article talking about that number for the last few Cabinets. Very interesting - stuff I hadn't heard like the effectivness of Cabinet

More hypocrisy on display than skin

2004-11-18 Thread Doug Pensinger
I found this article on the Monday Night Football debacle this week to be on target. http://www.suntimes.com/output/rapoport/cst-spt-rap18.html or http://tinyurl.com/5d8ko -- Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Academia

2004-11-18 Thread Dave Land
Friends, On Nov 18, 2004, at 4:30 AM, John D. Giorgis wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/11/18/education/18faculty.html? oref=loginpagewa nted=printposition= http://tinyurl.com/5m9ke One of the studies, a national survey of more than 1,000 academics, shows that Democratic professors outnumber

A way to support the troops

2004-11-18 Thread Nick Arnett
From the Any Soldier web site: Want to send a care package to Any Soldier in Harm's Way, but have no idea of what to send, who to send it to, or how to send it? http://www.anysoldier.com/ Pretty cool. Cindy and I will fly to Houston on Saturday for Wes' funeral on Monday. At the risk of

Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Nick Arnett
Okay, web wizards... I'd like to capture the video (for time-shifting purposes, of course) of a story about Wes that was on one of the Houston television stations. Anybody who can figure out how to do it wins a big thank-you from me. There's a link to their video page here:

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Robert Seeberger
Nick Arnett wrote: Okay, web wizards... I'd like to capture the video (for time-shifting purposes, of course) of a story about Wes that was on one of the Houston television stations. Anybody who can figure out how to do it wins a big thank-you from me. There's a link to their video page

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Nick Arnett
Robert Seeberger wrote: I wish the NBC affiliate here had their story from monday on the web. It featured ex-teachers and neighbors talking about Wes and how he was such a wonderful person. What was interesting and amazing to me was how these people smiled when they spoke of him. That by itself

eBay: Virgin Mary In Grilled Cheese

2004-11-18 Thread Gary Nunn
This is up to $7600 go figure With my luck, I would win this auction and the dog tear into the package before I realized that the US Mail delivered it. Virgin Mary In Grilled Cheese auction You are viewing an extroidinary out of this world item!! I made this sandwich 10 years ago,

Re: eBay: Virgin Mary In Grilled Cheese

2004-11-18 Thread Damon Agretto
This is up to $7600 go figure With my luck, I would win this auction and the dog tear into the package before I realized that the US Mail delivered it. When I checked earlier it was around $13,600...someone must've not been serious. After I got home from work, we furiously ripped

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Robert Seeberger
Nick Arnett wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: I wish the NBC affiliate here had their story from monday on the web. It featured ex-teachers and neighbors talking about Wes and how he was such a wonderful person. What was interesting and amazing to me was how these people smiled when they spoke

Re: Magic Re: Yu-Gi-Oh is evil, why it must be eradicated

2004-11-18 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 16, 2004, at 9:42 PM, Jim Sharkey wrote: Spikey? Yes, Spikelike. Even one of those things is a pain. Having more than one would be a very Spike thing to do. That wasn't my question. I haven't heard the expression Spike before, and I'm not sure what it means. Ah, well -- Timmy, you know,

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Bryon Daly
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:04:30 -0800, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, web wizards... I'd like to capture the video (for time-shifting purposes, of course) of a story about Wes that was on one of the Houston television stations. Anybody who can figure out how to do it wins a big

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Nov 18, 2004, at 5:04 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: Okay, web wizards... I'd like to capture the video (for time-shifting purposes, of course) of a story about Wes that was on one of the Houston television stations. They've got a nice little Perl script in place, all right -- have you considered

Re: More hypocrisy on display than skin

2004-11-18 Thread JDG
At 08:49 AM 11/18/2004 -0800 Doug Pensinger wrote: I found this article on the Monday Night Football debacle this week to be on target. Some off-target moments: -Most, most likely All, ABC affiliates were probably never apprised of the Owens-Sheridan stunt before it aired -It is simply

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Bryon Daly
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:57:15 -0500, Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The stream is actually sourced from: mms://beloint.wmod.llnwd.net/a125/o1/www.khou.com/soldier_1115.wmv Let me just add how I got to that info, in case it might help. The video link at the khou site points to a tiny 1K

the spoils roll in

2004-11-18 Thread d.brin
I'm still working on my Big Suggestion article. But first, off to Denmark in a few days to give speeches about transparency... ironic in light of the great darkness sweeping across America. We can expect to be hammered daily by news of winners raking spoils, consolidating power and

Re: More hypocrisy on display than skin

2004-11-18 Thread Doug Pensinger
JDG wrote: Anyhow, just about every paragraph in this piece was off-target, but the above are probably the best examples. So it's just OK for the _sponsors_ of football to plug sex and intoxicating drugs to this oh-so-easily offended crowd because they understand that someone needs to pay.

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

2004-11-18 Thread Dave Land
Nick, On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:57:15 -0500, Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The stream is actually sourced from: mms://beloint.wmod.llnwd.net/a125/o1/www.khou.com/soldier_1115.wmv Let me just add how I got to that info, in case it might help. The video link at the khou site points to a tiny