Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-06 Thread Alex Gogan
On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:56:49 -0600 Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From: Alex Gogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 10:38 AM Subject: Bitter Fruit I must admit this is a very moving

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Alex Gogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 9:28 AM Subject: Re: Bitter Fruit On Sat, 5 Nov 2005 17:56:49 -0600 Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Original Message - From:

Re: Keyboard fetish.

2005-11-06 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Kevin Street wrote: Actually, it's amazing what a cesspool of filth keyboards can be. A few months back a small bug disappeared into my keyboard so I grabbed a screwdriver and took it apart. Never did find the bug, but there was an astonishing amount of dust, lint and...unidentified material

Brin: At the Cradle of the Modern

2005-11-06 Thread The Fool
Fascinating article you would probably find interesting Dr Brin: http://www.bopnews.com/archives/005354.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Fwd: Marine who confessed to abuses lied to gain celebrity

2005-11-06 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
[Might be of interest to some in light of discussions here.] Marine who confessed to abuses lied to gain celebrity By Ron Harris St. Louis Post-Dispatch http://www.sltrib.com/nationworld/ci_3188630 WASHINGTON - For more than a year, former Marine Staff Sgt. Jimmy Massey has been telling

Re: Brin: At the Cradle of the Modern

2005-11-06 Thread David Brin
An interesting rant at http://www.bopnews.com/archives/005354.html Unfortunately (or not) it is so good that the fellow needs to choose whether to rant or write a scholarly tome. Both are enjoyable, but they get incompatible at longer lengths. In this case, the author needs to eschew the use

Re: meta research

2005-11-06 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked, ... why spend any time at all trying the patch the theory up with fantastic ideas like inflation and dark matter? But that was not the question. The question was more basic. There were two hypotheses: 1. the universe did not begin 2. the

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-06 Thread Robert J. Chassell
The BBC news of Saturday, 2003 May 31, said the following: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/americas/2951440.stm The Pentagon has a list of around 900 sites which may provide clues to Saddam Hussein's alleged chemical and biological arsenal. So far, around 200 locations have

Re: meta research

2005-11-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:12 PM Subject: Re: meta research Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] asked, ... why spend any time at all trying the patch the theory up with fantastic

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-06 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:13 PM Subject: Re: Bitter Fruit The BBC news of Saturday, 2003 May 31, said the following: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/low/world/americas/2951440.stm The

Brin: Patriot Act, fascism organized crime business model.

2005-11-06 Thread Gary Nunn
As much as I hate sensationalized topics and postings, in the Washington Post article mentioned below (FBI mines records of ordinary Americans) I can't help but notice the disturbing similarities between Nazism, Fascism, and the path that our government is starting to take with the Patriot Act.

Re: Brin: Patriot Act, fascism organized crime business model.

2005-11-06 Thread David Brin
--- Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As much as I hate sensationalized topics and postings, in the Washington Post article mentioned below (FBI mines records of ordinary Americans) I can't help but notice the disturbing similarities between Nazism, Fascism, My reply to Stefan contained

Brin: Empathy, Sympathy and Understanding

2005-11-06 Thread The Fool
Another interesting article about something you wrote last month Dr Brin: http://www.bopnews.com/archives/005355.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Empathy, Sympathy and Understanding

2005-11-06 Thread David Brin
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another interesting article about something you wrote last month Dr Brin: http://www.bopnews.com/archives/005355.html The fellow is clever and cogent. But most of his differences with me vanish simply if you define sympathy as being and genuinely

Re: Keyboard fetish.

2005-11-06 Thread Dave Land
On Nov 6, 2005, at 9:28 AM, Matt Grimaldi wrote: There is quite a difference between a $10 and a $50 keyboard, btw. I guess I'm picky about how the key *feels* while being pressed, and the cheaper keyboards just don't do it right. Niether do the rollable keyboards, in their own way. The