Re: How to be:
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > See? Part of the problem is that there is not even agreement on what > the problem is. Only that there is a problem. And I might even be so bold as to disagree that there is even a problem. After all if there are N issues, and 2 leading candidates, what are the odds that you agree with one of the candidates on 90% of N issues if N is large? JDG ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello, Testing, 1 2 3 Testing
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My digest-subscribed address has not received anything since July 29, if > that data point helps anyone For those interested in the digest, I've been reading the List via the Yahoo! Groups digest for some time now. JDG ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Apostates!
Charlie Bell wrote: > > Chicken soup? Is that a reference to my cold of over a month ago? :-D > Thanks Ronn for bringing up (ewww) old material... > What cold? Cold fusion? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Apostates!
On 18/10/2006, at 10:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/17/2006 5:41:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Printed in the local paper this morning. I found it on-line at Jewish World Review Oct. 16, 2006 / 24 Tishrei, 5767) Global warming... just a theory... You need a more accurate reading. Stand further away from the chicken soup. Chicken soup? Is that a reference to my cold of over a month ago? :-D Thanks Ronn for bringing up (ewww) old material... Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Apostates!
In a message dated 10/17/2006 5:41:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > (Printed in the local paper this morning. I found it on-line at > Jewish World Review Oct. 16, 2006 / 24 Tishrei, 5767) Global warming... just a theory... You need a more accurate reading. Stand further away from the chicken soup. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Apostates!
On 18/10/2006, at 2:31 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: (Printed in the local paper this morning. I found it on-line at Jewish World Review Oct. 16, 2006 / 24 Tishrei, 5767) Global warming... just a theory... Charlie Deja Vu Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Irregulars Question: London Hotels
>I may go to London in two weeks, and I know nothing >about good [breakfast included: my company pays for >hotel but not for food, and I am in no financial position >to have extra expenses!] hotels. >Any suggestions? >Alberto Monteiro That depends, do you want the room by the night or by the hour? :-) Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Microsoft is getting greedy...
At 11:22 AM Tuesday 10/17/2006, Gary Nunn wrote: This amazes me. I understand limiting transfers from an anti-piracy standpoint, but if my hard drive crashes and I have to reinstall Vista, adding another $400 to that price tag would be prohibitive. If I'm purchasing a license of any software, I should be allowed to transfer this to any number of computers as long as there is only one installation at a time. I predict this policy will be challenged by consumer advocates and be short lived. Either that, or Apple and whoever is making OS-empty boxes for the end-user to install the *nix of his/her choice are going to see their profits climb . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Irregulars Question
At 07:45 PM Friday 10/13/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: On 14/10/2006, at 8:42 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: (I have one of those 5 CD changers that Panasonic marketed several years ago, but they apparently quit making it or updating drivers for it for Win98 or higher, so it sits in an old box gathering dust. 'Twas really useful, too . . . ) No third party drivers? Useful for Riven... :) Charlie I've looked at the various driver sites on-line and left inquiries on some of the bulletin boards but no one seems to know of anything. If anyone has any suggestions of places to look . . . I suppose in principle I could make an effort to learn enough to write one myself. -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Apostates!
(Printed in the local paper this morning. I found it on-line at Jewish World Review Oct. 16, 2006 / 24 Tishrei, 5767) Inhofe, the apostate By Debra J. Saunders http://www.JewishWorldReview.com | Global warming is a religion, not science. That's why acolytes in the media attack global-warming critics not with scientific arguments, but for their apostasy. Then they laud global-warming believers not for reducing greenhouse gases, but simply for believing global warming is a coming catastrophe caused by man. The important thing is to have faith in those who warn: The end is near. So a New York Times editorial Thursday took after Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., not for being a Doubting Thomas, but as the headline read, a "Doubting Inhofe." The brunt of the editorial was not a scientific refutation of Inhofe's arguments against the global-warming craze other than to cite a National Academy of Sciences report that warned that the Earth is approaching the warmest temperatures in 12,000 years a short blip in time to your average geologist. The Times' focus was on Inhofe's refusal to bow to "the consensus among mainstream scientists and the governments of nearly every industrialized nation concerning manmade climate change." That is, Inhofe has had the effrontery to challenge elite orthodoxy. Or, as the editorial put it, Inhofe "has really buttressed himself with the will to disbelieve." Get thee away, Satan. "I see a sense of desperation that I haven't seen before," Inhofe told me by phone Thursday, "and frankly I'm enjoying it." CNN's Miles O'Brien also challenged Inhofe in a similar vein. O'Brien cited the NAS study, then assailed Inhofe with quotes from notable Republicans President Bush, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and Rep. Chris Shays of Connecticut who recognize global warming. Note that Schwarzenegger gets into global-warming heaven just for believing, despite his four Hummers and use of a private jet. Global warming even has a martyr, NASA scientist James Hansen, who told O'Brien in January that under the Bushies, "you're not free to speak your own mind." It's amazing that a scientist can complain that he is being muzzled while appearing on CNN and "60 Minutes." Be it noted that Hansen endorsed Sen. John Kerry for president in 2004 and received a $250,000 award from a foundation run by Teresa Heinz Kerry in 2001. At the time, Hansen told The New York Times, the award had "no impact on my evaluation of the climate problem or on my political leanings." I believe that. I also believe we should all be so muzzled. What does Inhofe make of the NAS finding? Inhofe recognizes that the Earth is warming, but sees this as part of the natural cycle. Inhofe mentioned the Medieval Warm Period the year 1000 to 1270, when the Vikings grew crops in Greenland. So he doesn't buy this 12,000-year high. His office referred me to a piece University of Oklahoma geology professor David Deming penned for the Normal Transcript that noted, "The fact that the thermometer wasn't invented until the year 1714 ought to give us pause when evaluating this remarkable claim." I remain agnostic on global warming, as I've seen good arguments on both sides. I know, however, that I never will be convinced that global warming is a scientific threat as long as believers put most of their energy into establishing orthodoxy and denying that reputable global-warming skeptics exist. The Times' "mainstream scientists" line undermines the editorial's credibility, as it ignores the likes of MIT climate scientist Richard S. Lindzen, who argues that clouds and water vapor will counteract greenhouse-gas emissions. Ditto the 60 Canadian scientists who wrote to Prime Minister Stephen Harper that there is no "'consensus' among climate scientists." Let me add the Copenhagen Consensus, a group of Nobel Prize-winning scientists and economists that looks at the best way to spend a hypothetical $50 billion to benefit mankind, rated fighting global warming as a "bad" use of money. That's amazing, when you consider the pressure that is put upon scientists to conform. "Consensus" is another word for clique science. The good people are true believers, the bad people exhibit a "will to disbelieve." Editors used to salute healthy skepticism. Now some are global-warming Torquemadas. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Microsoft is getting greedy...
This amazes me. I understand limiting transfers from an anti-piracy standpoint, but if my hard drive crashes and I have to reinstall Vista, adding another $400 to that price tag would be prohibitive. If I'm purchasing a license of any software, I should be allowed to transfer this to any number of computers as long as there is only one installation at a time. I predict this policy will be challenged by consumer advocates and be short lived. Gary - <--- who advocates a big Vulcan Groin Kick for Micro$oft. Microsoft limits Vista transfers Under changes to Microsoft's licensing terms, buyers of retail copies of Vista will be able to transfer their software to a new machine only once. If they want to move their software a second time, they will have to buy a new copy of the operating system. In the past, those who bought a retail copy of Windows needed to uninstall it from any machine before moving it to another machine, but there was no limit to how many times this could be d Complete article http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9590_22-6126379.html?tag=nl.e589 Or http://tinyurl.com/y5aowo _ The Vulcan Neck Pinch is not half as powerful as the Vulcan Groin Kick, but it's more politically correct. ~ Quotes you'll never hear on Star Trek. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Morality
At 07:14 AM Friday 9/8/2006, Charlie Bell wrote: I have a head full of cotton wool, and lovely luminous mucous. I love colds, me. Charlie I recall one such bout of the flu where at the time I was enjoying similar systems I also had occasion to do a fairly large paste-up job using rubber cement. When the rubber cement jar had been open for a few minutes and it had lost a little of the solvent and so gotten a little opaque and colored there was a startling resemblance in both visual appearance and consistency between the rubber cement and what I had to stop every few minutes and go out into the hall (away from the other people I was working with) and blow large quantities of out of my nose . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello, Testing, 1 2 3 Testing
On 10/16/06, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My digest-subscribed address has not received anything since July 29, if that data point helps anyone You, too?! Something odd is going on... I'll work on it as I have time, but that's always an issue. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Irregulars Question: London Hotels
I may go to London in two weeks, and I know nothing about good [breakfast included: my company pays for hotel but not for food, and I am in no financial position to have extra expenses!] hotels. Any suggestions? I would prefer those that are close to Lanesborough Place or to the subway line that passes through Hyde Park Corder. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
