RE: Car free London?
Holy Cow!! I make a post and step away for a few weeks and find this topic ran rampant - and I missed it! However, I always look forward to the side-topics that always seem to be typical Brin humor... (fiber..biofuel..that's beautiful) Gary -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Land Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:34 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Car free London? On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:34 AM Monday 9/17/2007, Nick Arnett wrote: My commute varies tremendously. Sometimes I stop in the bathroom on the way from our bedroom to the ofice. That probably triples my time. Have you tried getting more fiber in your diet? On Sep 17, 2007, at 9:26 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Speaking of biofuel: Synchronicity, or what? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Unattended Children: sign found at Ohio Renaissance Festival
I took the kids to the Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday, and ran across this sign. It's beautiful. http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children: sign found at Ohio Renaissance Festival
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Gary Nunn wrote: I took the kids to the Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday, and ran across this sign. It's beautiful. http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ I've heard of signs that say a cookie instead of a bell. Loading them up with sugar along with the caffeine can't be good for anyone else. :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children: sign found at Ohio Renaissance Festival
On 9/30/2007 5:52:52 AM, Gary Nunn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I took the kids to the Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday, and ran across this sign. It's beautiful. http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ Those people are evil! Evil I tell you!!! xponent Evil But Effective Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: iPhone spotting
On 9/29/2007 8:50:18 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I bet those guys will be surprised when their hacked iPhones stop working.. . Replace surprised with major pissed and I'll agree with you! G xponent Phone Hacking Foibles Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children: sign found at Ohio Renaissance Festival
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 9/30/2007 5:52:52 AM, Gary Nunn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I took the kids to the Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday, and ran across this sign. It's beautiful. http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ Those people are evil! Evil I tell you!!! xponent Evil But Effective Maru rob It's the effective that they're shooting for. No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children: sign found at Ohio Renaissance Festival
On 9/30/2007 9:07:04 AM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: On 9/30/2007 5:52:52 AM, Gary Nunn ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: I took the kids to the Ohio Renaissance Festival yesterday, and ran across this sign. It's beautiful. http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ Those people are evil! Evil I tell you!!! xponent Evil But Effective Maru rob It's the effective that they're shooting for. No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia Isn't that what I said? G xponent Understatement Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Add To Lexicon: Googleganger
http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=googlegangers http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21050562/site/newsweek/ Eve Fairbanks knew something was up four years ago when her mother drove six hours-from her home in northern Virginia to New Haven, Conn., where Eve was a sophomore at Yale-just to have lunch with her. After a meal of risotto came the moment of truth: I know about the porn, Mom told her. It was an honest mistake: Eve's name popped up on a handful of X-rated sites when her mother had Googled her out of maternal curiosity. But that Eve Fairbanks wasn't her Eve-it was a Googlegänger, a virtual doppelgänger with the same name. Obviously [mom] wanted to hear my side of the story, says Eve. but she put a lot of trust in Google as a source.. Hey! I got an astrophysicist Googleganger! http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=Robert+Seeberger xponent Twins Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Add To Lexicon: Googleganger
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0020866293== http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=googlegangers http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21050562/site/newsweek/ Eve Fairbanks knew something was up four years ago when her mother drove six hours-from her home in northern Virginia to New Haven, Conn., where Eve was a sophomore at Yale-just to have lunch with her. After a meal of risotto came the moment of truth: I know about the porn, Mom told her. It was an honest mistake: Eve's name popped up on a handful of X-rated sites when her mother had Googled her out of maternal curiosity. But that Eve Fairbanks wasn't her Eve-it was a Googleg?nger, a virtual doppelg?nger with the same name. Obviously [mom] wanted to hear my side of the story, says Eve. but she put a lot of trust in Google as a source.. I heard of bad things like that even before Google -- someone's boss got this new web-based background-check tool, entered the employee's name, found someone with the same name with a record, and chewed him out and fired him in front of the customers. Some people need more clue before they should be let near that sort of thing, and there are no clue-checkers acting as gateways. So that problem will always happen as long as any 2 people can have the same name. The other thing is that a good number of porn stars are going to be working under aliases. (Duh.) If you give your kid a name that might be a good porn star name, then yeah, that'll happen. Sheesh. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: iPhone spotting
On 9/29/07, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: We all know that on TV the good guys use Macs and the bad guys use PCs and Mac spotting has become slightly passé because they're everywhere as are iPods. But the iPhone puts new life into this exciting pastime. No longer on TV (much), but Harry Anderson (Cheers, Night Court, Dave's World) has one. He bought it in early August, so I guess he jumped in early. Harry has long been a big fan of Apple's products. Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Signs
Looky Looky!!! http://www.flickr.com/groups/badsignage/pool/ And one of the best ones: http://www.flickr.com/photos/umlaut555/104912688/in/pool-badsignage/ xponent http://www.flickr.com/photos/pedestriantype/531010921/in/pool-badsignage/ Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Add To Lexicon: Googleganger
I prefer the portmanteau doppelgoogle, which is how I've seen it for a few years now. I think it's easier on the tongue and has more linguistic merit than googleganger which doesn't make as much sense in my opinion. But that's just my opinion. On 9/30/07, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21050562/site/newsweek/ Eve Fairbanks knew something was up four years ago when her mother drove six hours-from her home in northern Virginia to New Haven, Conn., where Eve was a sophomore at Yale-just to have lunch with her. After a meal of risotto came the moment of truth: I know about the porn, Mom told her. It was an honest mistake: Eve's name popped up on a handful of X-rated sites when her mother had Googled her out of maternal curiosity. But that Eve Fairbanks wasn't her Eve-it was a Googlegänger, a virtual doppelgänger with the same name. Obviously [mom] wanted to hear my side of the story, says Eve. but she put a lot of trust in Google as a source.. Hey! I got an astrophysicist Googleganger! http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=Robert+Seeberger xponent Twins Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Add To Lexicon: Googleganger
At 11:16 AM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0020866293== http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=googlegangers http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21050562/site/newsweek/ Eve Fairbanks knew something was up four years ago when her mother drove six hours-from her home in northern Virginia to New Haven, Conn., where Eve was a sophomore at Yale-just to have lunch with her. After a meal of risotto came the moment of truth: I know about the porn, Mom told her. It was an honest mistake: Eve's name popped up on a handful of X-rated sites when her mother had Googled her out of maternal curiosity. But that Eve Fairbanks wasn't her Eve-it was a Googlegänger, a virtual doppelgänger with the same name. Obviously [mom] wanted to hear my side of the story, says Eve. but she put a lot of trust in Google as a source.. I heard of bad things like that even before Google -- someone's boss got this new web-based background-check tool, entered the employee's name, found someone with the same name with a record, and chewed him out and fired him in front of the customers. And did the employee sue, or better yet, did the employer find out his error and admit the mistake and restore the person's employment status and expunge all negative information from his record? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Signs
Robert, http://www.flickr.com/groups/badsignage/pool/ My favorite of the moment: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bderwest/1464734907/in/pool-badsignage/ A true patriot with his hand-lettered sign: AMERICANS HELP US BOYCOTT MEXICO RESPECT ARE-COUNTRY SPEAK ENGLISH Dave One nation, undereducated... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Signs
At 03:07 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: Looky Looky!!! http://www.flickr.com/groups/badsignage/pool/ Bilingulism run amuck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hansol/82654761/ -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Unattended Children
http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia wouldn't caffeine have the opposite effect on a child? jon Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Signs
On 9/30/2007 7:48:17 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: At 03:07 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: Looky Looky!!! http://www.flickr.com/groups/badsignage/pool/ Bilingulism run amuck: http://www.flickr.com/photos/hansol/82654761/ Here, have a taste: http://pictoral.blogspot.com/2007/09/jesus-forgives-you.html xponent Changing Horses Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, jon louis mann wrote: http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia wouldn't caffeine have the opposite effect on a child? jon You don't know until you try, it will depend on the individual child. Same as with Benadryl. (Never, ever drug your child on a plane with something you haven't tried before -- you will NOT know what the effect will be, and if it is the opposite of what you intend, you're going to make yourself and a number of other people rather miserable.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Add To Lexicon: Googleganger
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 11:16 AM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0020866293== http://www.google.com/search?hl=enq=googlegangers http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21050562/site/newsweek/ Eve Fairbanks knew something was up four years ago when her mother drove six hours-from her home in northern Virginia to New Haven, Conn., where Eve was a sophomore at Yale-just to have lunch with her. After a meal of risotto came the moment of truth: I know about the porn, Mom told her. It was an honest mistake: Eve's name popped up on a handful of X-rated sites when her mother had Googled her out of maternal curiosity. But that Eve Fairbanks wasn't her Eve-it was a Googlegänger, a virtual doppelgänger with the same name. Obviously [mom] wanted to hear my side of the story, says Eve. but she put a lot of trust in Google as a source.. I heard of bad things like that even before Google -- someone's boss got this new web-based background-check tool, entered the employee's name, found someone with the same name with a record, and chewed him out and fired him in front of the customers. And did the employee sue, or better yet, did the employer find out his error and admit the mistake and restore the person's employment status and expunge all negative information from his record? To the best of my knowledge, the owner called that weekend begging the guy to come back. I don't know what happened after that, except that the business closed down less than a year later. (The individual chewn out by the manager and fired in front of the customers was being groomed to take over in a necessary capacity when the person in that position left, which was a couple of months away at the time of the incident.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Signs
At 08:45 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Robert Seeberger wrote: Here, have a taste: http://pictoral.blogspot.com/2007/09/jesus-forgives-you.html I thought from your tag line it might be a reference to one of the photos of the Jesus Restaurant . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children
At 08:49 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, jon louis mann wrote: http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia wouldn't caffeine have the opposite effect on a child? jon You don't know until you try, it will depend on the individual child. Same as with Benadryl. (Never, ever drug your child on a plane Many people would suggest putting a period/full stop at this point in the sentence. Or perhaps 3 words earlier (at least not except the advice and supervision of a physician). (Somewhat related: Did you happen to see tonight's episode of 60 Minutes?) with something you haven't tried before -- you will NOT know what the effect will be, and if it is the opposite of what you intend, you're going to make yourself and a number of other people rather miserable.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children
On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, jon louis mann wrote: http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia wouldn't caffeine have the opposite effect on a child? jon You don't know until you try, it will depend on the individual child. Same as with Benadryl. (Never, ever drug your child on a plane Many people would suggest putting a period/full stop at this point in the sentence. Or perhaps 3 words earlier (at least not except the advice and supervision of a physician). You're right, but that doesn't stop people from asking folks other than their physician. And the Don't do it unless you already know the results! is a good tip for *anything* you do with a child while travelling. And there was some article brought to my attention not too long ago regarding a flight attendant that suggested to a woman that she give her child Benadryl. Had lots of people fuming over that one. Lecturing the flight attendant on that sort of thing might get you removed from the plane (Somewhat related: Did you happen to see tonight's episode of 60 Minutes?) Television? No. I don't think I've seen anything that wasn't either Weather Channel (or local weather loop), PBS or Noggin for about the past 3 weeks. No, wait, there was that Mythbusters episode Julia who hasn't ever given Benadryl for a trip, but too many times for ant bites and wasp stings (and that one scorpion sting, ow) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children
At 09:27 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM Sunday 9/30/2007, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, jon louis mann wrote: http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia wouldn't caffeine have the opposite effect on a child? jon You don't know until you try, it will depend on the individual child. Same as with Benadryl. (Never, ever drug your child on a plane Many people would suggest putting a period/full stop at this point in the sentence. Or perhaps 3 words earlier (at least not except the advice and supervision of a physician). You're right, but that doesn't stop people from asking folks other than their physician. And the Don't do it unless you already know the results! is a good tip for *anything* you do with a child while travelling. And there was some article brought to my attention not too long ago regarding a flight attendant that suggested to a woman that she give her child Benadryl. Had lots of people fuming over that one. Lecturing the flight attendant on that sort of thing might get you removed from the plane Reporting it to the airline will hopefully get the flight attendant removed permanently. (Somewhat related: Did you happen to see tonight's episode of 60 Minutes?) Television? No. I don't think I've seen anything that wasn't either Weather Channel (or local weather loop), PBS or Noggin for about the past 3 weeks. No, wait, there was that Mythbusters episode One piece was about a child who died after being given medicine prescribed because she had been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Unattended Children
regarding a flight attendant that suggested to a woman that she give her child Benadryl. Had lots of people fuming over that one. Lecturing the flight attendant on that sort of thing might get you removed from the plane Julia the woman had a right to question being given medical advice from a crew member. they are trained not to do that, nor can they provide over the counter medicine. no passenger can be removed from a plane unless it is for something like interfering with the duties of a crew member, air rage, or making a terrorist threat. http://www.thetravelinsider.info/2005/draftpassengerbillofrights.htm jon Catch up on fall's hot new shows on Yahoo! TV. Watch previews, get listings, and more! http://tv.yahoo.com/collections/3658 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Unattended Children
On Sep 30, 2007, at 6:49 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Sun, 30 Sep 2007, jon louis mann wrote: http://www.europastation.com/gary/pictures/ No one wants an unattended child anywhere near espresso, and this seems to be an effective way to prevent that. Julia wouldn't caffeine have the opposite effect on a child? jon You don't know until you try, it will depend on the individual child. Same as with Benadryl. (Never, ever drug your child on a plane with something you haven't tried before -- you will NOT know what the effect will be, and if it is the opposite of what you intend, you're going to make yourself and a number of other people rather miserable.) Paradoxical reactions suck. When Kevin was at Stanford, they used Chloral Hydrate to sedate him for a test right after his surgery... While it is normally a knock-out drug, it was such rocket fuel for him that we afterwards insisted that the words NO CHLORAL HYDRATE be written across the top of all his paperwork. He was so wound up on it that he re-opened his stitches. He was nearly impossible to calm down. Not the sort of thing you want with a 2-year-old who has just had brain surgery... Dave ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
