Online Trust L3

2005-12-18 Thread Robert J. Chassell
I have talked here about online trust-based institutions before. Organizations such as newspapers, banks, insurance companies, and encyclopedias are trust based. An advantage of the Internet is that it enables you to create inexpensive new forms of `credibility filter'. Trust is needed because

RE: Cocoa additives

2005-12-18 Thread Gary Nunn
Menudo is supposedly comfort food for hangovers. Menudo? Wasn't that one of those smarmy, really bad, Boy Bands in the late 80's or early 90's? Gary __ If you want your significant other to listen and pay strict attention to every word you say -- talk

RE: Cocoa additives

2005-12-18 Thread Gary Nunn
2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) One of my favorite winter drinks is a mug of hot chocolate, made with milk, that has marshmallow peeps floating in it instead of standard marshmallows. I find that the Christmas tree peeps work best...

Laws that should have been...

2005-12-18 Thread Gary Nunn
A couple of things that should be laws in the US 1. Toys that come with McDonald's Happy Meals, must be approved by a panel of parents that have children in the target age group, and drive in the car with them for more than 10 minutes after acquiring the toy. 2. Any toy sold in the US

Menudo [was: Cocoa additives]

2005-12-18 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Gary Nunn wrote: Menudo? Wasn't that one of those smarmy, really bad, Boy Bands in the late 80's or early 90's? In my former work, we once hired an intern who claimed having been a big fan of Sting, with Sting pictures all over her bedroom. When we were preparing to mock her, she told us to

Hydroponics in the US

2005-12-18 Thread Gary Nunn
Some of you may recall that my daughter is doing a science fair experiment that compares the growth rate of plants grown hydroponically compared to potting soil. One of the requirements of the science fair is that at least one reference must be a printed book. I stopped at Barnes and Noble

Re: Laws that should have been...

2005-12-18 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:18:28 -0500, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A couple of things that should be laws in the US 1. Toys that come with McDonald's Happy Meals, must be approved by a panel of parents that have children in the target age group, and drive in the car with them for

Re: Menudo [was: Cocoa additives]

2005-12-18 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 17:25:45 +, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: Menudo? Wasn't that one of those smarmy, really bad, Boy Bands in the late 80's or early 90's? In my former work, we once hired an intern who claimed having been a big fan of Sting, with Sting

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: Andrew Paul wrote: That sounds like Chiefs, which I cant say I saw, and seems to be a movie. http://www.learmedia.ca/product_info.php/products_id/652 1983, but it has many of the elements that Gary noted, such as taking place over a long time frame. Charlton

Re: Fwd: Hiring Tech Support (Politically Incorrect, With Apologies Beforehand to Ritu)

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job. Mujibar said, I am ready. The manager said, Make a sentence using the words Yellow, Pink and

Re: Hydroponics in the US

2005-12-18 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:26 AM Sunday 12/18/2005, Gary Nunn wrote: Some of you may recall that my daughter is doing a science fair experiment that compares the growth rate of plants grown hydroponically compared to potting soil. One of the requirements of the science fair is that at least one reference must be

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-18 Thread Dave Land
On Dec 17, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: 2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) And it's just the time for it. One of my favourite seasonal treats is hot chocolate with a candy cane suspended from the rim of the cup.

Re: Fwd: Hiring Tech Support (Politically Incorrect, With Apologies Beforehand to Ritu)

2005-12-18 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:53 AM Sunday 12/18/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job. Mujibar said, I am ready. The manager

Re: Laws that should have been...

2005-12-18 Thread Dave Land
On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:18:28 -0500, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Any toy sold in the US that makes noise of any kind, MUST have a volume or on/off switch. Heh. My mom always bought my kids the most anoying toys. Things with

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Dave Land
On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: She's not going to name him Hoss or Skeeter, but he might have his daddy's name, or he might have the name of one or more of his first cousins, and nicknames like Hoss or Skeeter will identify him more precisely than Sterling if there are

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread PAT MATHEWS
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: She's not going to name him Hoss or Skeeter, but he might have his daddy's name, or he might have the name of one or more of his first cousins, and nicknames like Hoss or Skeeter will identify him more

A visit from St. Dick

2005-12-18 Thread The Fool
www.sacbee.com/content/opinion/story/13982068p-14815643c.html 'Twas the month before Christmas And as I lit candles, Conservatives stirred -- They were onto a scandal. They want to kill Christmas! ... ___

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Dave Land
On Dec 18, 2005, at 12:00 PM, PAT MATHEWS wrote: From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: She's not going to name him Hoss or Skeeter, but he might have his daddy's name, or he might have the name of one or more of his first cousins, and

Re: Online Trust L3

2005-12-18 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 12/18/05, Robert J. Chassell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: .. Jurors should evaluate an article in several ways. An encyclopedia entry, for example, requires one evaluation for accuracy and another for style. Thus, an inaccurate article that claims the earth is flat might show great

Re: Fwd: Hiring Tech Support (Politically Incorrect, With Apologies Beforehand to Ritu)

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:53 AM Sunday 12/18/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Mujibar was trying to get a job in India. The Personnel Manager said, Mujibar, you have passed all the tests, except one. Unless you pass it you cannot qualify for this job. Mujibar said, I

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Dec 17, 2005, at 10:42 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: 2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) And it's just the time for it. One of my favourite seasonal treats is hot chocolate with a candy cane suspended from

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: She's not going to name him Hoss or Skeeter, but he might have his daddy's name, or he might have the name of one or more of his first cousins, and nicknames like Hoss or Skeeter will identify him more precisely than

Re: Communing with Satan in Madison Wisconsin

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://mediamatters.org/items/200512140012 O'REILLY: -- in the South, Richmond Times[-Dispatch], for example. BAIN: Right. O'REILLY: Now, this is a conservative city, Richmond. I mean, this is not Madison, Wisconsin, where you expect those people to be communing with Satan

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: 2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) One of my favorite winter drinks is a mug of hot chocolate, made with milk, that has marshmallow peeps floating in it instead of standard marshmallows. I find that the Christmas

Re: Laws that should have been...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: A couple of things that should be laws in the US 1. Toys that come with McDonald's Happy Meals, must be approved by a panel of parents that have children in the target age group, and drive in the car with them for more than 10 minutes after acquiring the toy. 2. Any

Re: Laws that should have been...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Dave Land wrote: On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:29 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: On Sun, 18 Dec 2005 12:18:28 -0500, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 2. Any toy sold in the US that makes noise of any kind, MUST have a volume or on/off switch. Heh. My mom always bought my kids the most anoying

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Julia Thompson
On Mon, 12 Dec 2005, Gary Nunn wrote: I apologize if I have asked this here before, but for several years I have been trying to identify a TV show I saw in the mid to late 80's, late one night. It was a police show, and I think their police station was an old bakery. The show

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Help me identify 80's cop show... On Dec 18, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: She's not going to name him Hoss or Skeeter,

Critic Harold Bloom despairs over America

2005-12-18 Thread Gary Denton
Reflections in the Evening Land The celebrated critic Harold Bloom, despairing of contemporary America, turns to his bookshelves to understand the trajectory of his country Saturday December 17, 2005 The Guardian Excerpt: At the age of 75, I wonder if the Democratic party ever again will hold

RE: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Gary Nunn
http://www.geocities.com/hollywood/hills/1742/ Click on Made for TV near the end of the page, see if anything there looks familiar. (And if this leads you to it, you have a guy named Scott to thank.) Julia Wow, give my thanks to Scott :-) The eighth entry down on the page is it:

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

2005-12-18 Thread Gary Denton
On 12/12/05, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I apologize if I have asked this here before, but for several years I have been trying to identify a TV show I saw in the mid to late 80's, late one night. It was a police show, and I think their police station was an old bakery. The show