Jon said:
You have it bass ackwards, Rich.
Fair trade makes poor people less poor.
Some poor people less poor in the short term, anyway. Are you in
favour of subsidies in general? (Not that fair trade is quite a
subsidy, but it's close.)
What is GCU Way?
I was just commenting on being
On 9/13/2008 12:39:45 AM, Doug Pensinger ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Hang in, Rob, keep us informed
It is amazing watching the wind swirl the rain to and fro. The wind doesn't
blow in a consistent direction, just chaotic variations of the general
direction. It is like watching a fire rage.
At 11:11 PM Friday 9/12/2008, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Jon wrote:
recently, i've been reading a lot of british authors; lain banks, peter
hamilton, ian mcdonald, ian r. and ken macleod, alastair
reynolds, bob shaw,
chas stross...
i mostly read hi tech,, cutting edge, near future hard
I hope and pray* that the dawn is finding all of you in the storm
area well and that any damage is as light as possible . . .
*Those who find that part offensive are free to disregard it. ;)
. . . ronn! :)
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It is the tail end of the storm. Things are winding down.
There are tree branchs and shredded trees everywhere I can see. A couple of
hundred feet of wood fence is blown down. Several of the chimney covers were
torn off the roofs of the buildings here. I have not seen any broken windows
yet.
On Sep 13, 2008, at 6:29 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
I hope and pray* that the dawn is finding all of you in the storm
area well and that any damage is as light as possible . . .
*Those who find that part offensive are free to disregard it. ;)
. . . ronn! :)
I only find prayer
On Sat, Sep 13, 2008 at 6:38 AM, xponentrob [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In dowtown Houston, the JPMorgan/Chase Tower, the tallest office building
west of the Mississippi lost almost every window on one face of the
building. Video is astounding.
http://www.maroonspoon.com/wx/ike.html
Was just
Most, if not all, of the Houston area is without power -- I've been
hearing from folks who have heard from folks there that they've lost power
and it may be as long as several days before it comes back.
A friend whose dad is just south of Houston weathered the storm fine,
aside from the loss
good luck, julia, i didn't realize you were on the
coast. i have family
in galveston.
jon
Jeez Jon...I hope they evaced. Galveston kinda sucks as
an environment
today.
xponent
The Ground Here Is Not Even Wet Yet Maru
rob
thanks, i'm sure they are all safe. i haven't been
So have you read Bank's most recent, Matter?
I did! I did!!
Unfortunately when I asked several months ago on this list
and the
Culture list* I seemed to be rather unique in being able to
make that claim.
i'm just starting chapter 18; it's great!~)
jon
I'm going to do one more thing that *has* to be
done before 5:30, and
then I'm
going to start hauling toys furniture
into the garage. The
last thing I need is something thrown through a window
again.
Julia
good luck, julia, i didn't realize you
were on the
On Sep 13, 2008, at 1:35 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Most, if not all, of the Houston area is without power -- I've been
hearing from folks who have heard from folks there that they've lost
power
and it may be as long as several days before it comes back.
A friend whose dad is just south of
I hope and pray* that the dawn is finding all of you in the storm
area well and that any damage is as light as possible . . .
*Those who find that part offensive are free to disregard it. ;)
. . . ronn! :)
I think even the most staunchly atheist of us can understand praying in those
On 9/13/2008 1:35:03 PM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Most, if not all, of the Houston area is without power --
I've been
hearing from folks who have heard from folks there that they've
lost power
and it may be as long as several days before it comes back.
A friend whose dad
Ronn said:
*BTW, I haven't heard anything from them in awhile . . . unlike a few
years ago when that was a quite active list . . .
147 emails so far this month and around three thousand so far this
year on the Culture List seems to be at least roughly comparable to
Brin-L's 330 this month
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Rceeberger wrote:
On 9/13/2008 1:35:03 PM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
Most, if not all, of the Houston area is without power --
I've been
hearing from folks who have heard from folks there that they've
lost power
and it may be as long as several days
147 emails so far this month and around three thousand so
far this
year on the Culture List seems to be at least roughly
comparable to
Brin-L's 330 this month and almost three thousand this
year.
Rich
can you forward the link, rich? thanks.
jon
Jon said:
can you forward the link, rich? thanks.
Of course: http://www.culturelist.org/
Rich
GCU Full of Dangerous Socialists
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Some pics I took just after the storm ended, all within 50 or 60 yards of my
front door.
xponent
Wrath Of Nature Maru
rob
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On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Rceeberger wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Some pics I took just after the storm ended, all within 50 or 60 yards
of my front door.
Tennis court doubles as retention pond - was that by design? If so,
that's reasonably clever. If not, well, at
On 9/13/2008 2:47:37 PM, Julia Thompson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Rceeberger wrote:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/
Some pics I took just after the storm ended, all within 50 or 60 yards
of my front door.
Tennis court doubles as retention pond -
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, Rceeberger wrote:
On another note, the Houston Texans game against the Ravens has been
*cancelled* due to damage to Reliant Stadiums retractable roof. Can't
remember the last time that happened.
Dude, they cancelled the UT game scheduled for today earlier this week!
On 13/09/2008, at 7:11 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
I did! I did!!
Unfortunately when I asked several months ago on this list and the
Culture list* I seemed to be rather unique in being able to make
that claim.
Took a while to arrive was the problem. I liked it. Not his best, but
a
On 13/09/2008, at 3:37 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Of the culture books, Matter was probably my least favorite. Many
consider
A Player of Games the best, but I prefer Consider Phlebus. If you
like
action, CP's the ticket.
CP is great. My favourite is PoG, but I think Excession's
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, maybe I'll look at it and weigh it (and I could do that in more than
one way!) and at least think about it.
It definitely gets better. I'm on page 235 and I can't put it down. The first
80 pages were tough going for me, with long descriptive passages in
On Sat, 13 Sep 2008, John Williams wrote:
Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, maybe I'll look at it and weigh it (and I could do that in more than
one way!) and at least think about it.
It definitely gets better. I'm on page 235 and I can't put it down. The first
80 pages were tough
Charlie wrote:
CP is great. My favourite is PoG, but I think Excession's probably the
best. Use of Weapons is regarded as the best by many, but I don't
think it stands up to a re-read as well as E, CP or PoG. Inversions I
liked a lot better on my recent pre-Matter re-read of the whole lot
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