On 30/10/2008, at 7:20 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Where did you tour on your bicycle?
Charlie
Some Experience Of Human Powered Travel Maru
New Zed in '87 89. I hitched all over Aus and had all kinds of
adventures. I am thinking about building a bike and doing the South
Island and
On 25/10/2008, at 8:10 PM, Richard Baker wrote:
Rob said:
Last I knew, Heroes was tracking within a week of original views
here to
over there. (As best I recall)
I miss the days when we got Battlestar Galactica a long time ahead of
the US. I was somewhat amused by the fury I heard
On 25/10/2008, at 10:01 AM, xponentrob wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 10:23 AM
Subject: 'Heroes': Five Ways to Fix a Series In Crisis
On 25/10/2008, at 6:00 AM, Ray Maree Ludenia wrote:
I have been lurking on this mailing list for several months reading
the
posts and discussing the ideas with my husband (a list member for many
years, albeit one who hasn't posted in a while).
Muahahaha. You have been assimilated.
Hi
On 25/10/2008, at 10:48 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
You could watch it on-line.
We could, but...
You're assuming fast, inexpensive, uncapped broadband. We have ADSL1
with a total usage cap. To get a decent amount of data at a decent
speed, we'd be paying double what we are for the
On 20/10/2008, at 9:59 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Do you think it is reasonable that someone should participate in a
discussion they are also moderating?
In a public forum or in a democracy, no.
But this is a private forum, on a private server. It's entirely
reasonable for the host to
On 20/10/2008, at 10:50 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Sometimes some folks have problem spotting the troll.
Yep. Sneaky at times, them trolls. And there's a subtle difference
between someone trolling purely maliciously, and someone yanking a
chain in order to hold a mirror up to someone else's
Yesterday I took part in the Around The Bay in a Day ride. Here's the
route. Length of about 210km (130 miles).
http://www.bv.com.au/map/gmap/atb2008/?slct1=2
I was on the bike for 8h 10m (and on a standard road bike rather than
my recumbent...). I was in a fair bit of pain at the end.
On 20/10/2008, at 11:11 AM, Kevin B. O'Brien wrote:
I've always loved the quote from Abraham Lincoln:
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and
remove all doubt.
If it was indeed Lincoln that penned it. It's also been attributed to
Mark Twain, Oscar Wilde and a
On 20/10/2008, at 1:12 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 20 Oct 2008, at 03:07, Nick Arnett wrote:
I'll stop feeding him now and perhaps ponder just how much
disruption the
list managers should tolerate. A lot, of course, but sheesh...
I really don't think you are fit to be list
And then we find out if the US will continue its slide into theocracy
and demagoguery, or if there's at least a glimmer of hope in turning
what should be one of the world's great citizen nations back from the
brink.
I know there's not been a lot of election chatter this time round. I
On 20/10/2008, at 4:24 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
But how amazing would it be if Obama does win? I'd have told you a
year ago that there was no way in hell that an African American could
compete for the presidency, let alone be the favorite with a few weeks
to go. The unfortunate thing is
On 10/10/2008, at 1:14 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Considering how much people gripe about the dust in their tents, I
kinda
thought it was camping
Is this camping?
www.trikeabout.org/images/camping.jpg
Charlie.
Somewhere In Oz Maru
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On 10/10/2008, at 2:39 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
I like hearing a Theremin. There's nothing in the world quite like
waking
up to a little blues group that includes a theremin.
Especially when you can't remember letting them in the house.
Charlie.
On 06/10/2008, at 11:12 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75 year old rancher, who's hand
was caught in the gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a
conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to
Palin and her bid.
The old rancher
On 30/09/2008, at 6:24 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
I demand to have some booze!
10 points to anyone who can determine which movie that comes from.
Withnail and I, you terrible c**t.
So, can you construct a Camberwell Carrot? Do you cover yourself in
Deep Heat to stay warm? Have you gone 60
On 27/09/2008, at 4:17 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
In this case, Jon claims that John Williams is
channeling erstwhile list-member Eric Rueter
with his gruff posts.
Dave
i guess eric was before my time, but i am not the one who accused jw
of channeling eric, i doubt jw is on that level.
On 29/09/2008, at 7:37 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Zimbabwe dollars?
Was changing too fast for me to give you a number.
Charlie.
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On 27/09/2008, at 10:23 AM, Dan M wrote:
China is doing nothing that the UK, Australia, the US, etc. didn't
do on the
way up the economic ladder. So, I didn't mean to assess blame, just
point
out that global warming is becoming an issue that is outside the
control of
the West.
On 27/09/2008, at 11:34 AM, Dan M wrote:
There are some radical new ideas (like right handed algae)
?
Would this be algae that process carbon into sugar enantiomers that
then couldn't be broken down organically?
Charlie.
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On 28/09/2008, at 12:11 AM, Dan M wrote:
Would this be algae that process carbon into sugar enantiomers that
then couldn't be broken down organically?
snip and shuffle
So, from what I know, the answer to your question would be no; it's
algae
that uses water, photosynthesis and carbon
On 27/09/2008, at 3:02 AM, Dan M wrote:
2007 numbers have just come out, and they confirm a disturbing
trend. China
in 2007 emitted 2 billion tons of carbon, compared to the US's 1.75
billion
in second place. The US actually went up 2%, so China had to go up
about
10% to get that
On 25/09/2008, at 6:19 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Yes, most of us know what teleology is. Why did you post a
definitition of teleology in response to my descriptions of
evolution as non-teleological?
Charlie.
I recall the term from philosophy 101, but that was over 40 years
ago. I
On 25/09/2008, at 10:51 AM, Bryon Daly wrote:
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Who's playing? What are your screen names?
I was planning on buying Spore, but the only 3 installations for a
game you
purchased deal is where I've drawn my line
On 25/09/2008, at 10:31 PM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:37 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Requiring qualifications to express an opinion is demanding the
acceptance of argument from authority, a poor place to situate
foundations.
Especially for those of us with enough
On 25/09/2008, at 10:37 PM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
On Sep 24, 2008, at 9:03 PM, John Williams wrote:
We had AIG turn down three offers to buy the company because they
thought they would get a better deal from the government. It turned
out they didn't get the better deal from the government.
On 25/09/2008, at 11:45 PM, Richard Baker wrote:
Charlie said:
Which is why, to take a completely random example, I weigh Dan's and
Rich's opinions on physics or the oil industry far higher than I do
Dan's on biology or economics, or Rich's on modern warfare (say...)
I'm pretty sure that
On 24/09/2008, at 8:36 AM, John Williams wrote:
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Instead of mocking, why don't you try EXPLAINING.
Instead of telling other people what you think they should do,
why don't YOU explain whatever you believe needs explaining?
Because I'm not the one mocking
On 24/09/2008, at 9:29 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 23 Sep 2008, at 23:13, Charlie Bell wrote:
Yes, most of us know what teleology is. Why did you post a
definitition of teleology in response to my descriptions of evolution
as non-teleological?
He was repulsing a windmill full
On 24/09/2008, at 9:12 AM, John Williams wrote:\
The only thing that would put my mind at ease would be for the
people to
have a strong distrust for leaders as well as a culture of not
forcing ideals
upon others. And the courage to fight if the leaders break the trust
that was
placed
On 24/09/2008, at 1:16 PM, John Williams wrote:
Sorry, I have much less confidence in
politicians and people like you than I do in the collective self-
interest and creativity
of a large group of talented people to solve problems competitively.
Tragedy of the Commons. Murray/Darling River
On 24/09/2008, at 2:34 PM, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Me:
Ah yes, because I'm definitely running for office right now. Come
on, this is just tiresome. At least try to have a simple discussion
without accusing everyone of bad faith.
Yeah. Discussions can get heated, and occasionally blow
On 24/09/2008, at 11:20 PM, John Williams wrote:
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
No, they disagree, so they're imposing their views on
others.
*shrug* It's your loss. The sad thing is, you'll never know what
you're actually missing.
If what I'm missing is being told what to do, I hope I
On 24/09/2008, at 11:55 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:45 AM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
If I do not want to do something that someone
forces me to do, that is by definition NOT my prerogative.
Show of hands -- who else found themselves instantly thinking
On 23/09/2008, at 10:26 AM, Dan M wrote:
Other posters have pointed out the fact that best suited is
dependant on
the particulars of the environment, the history of environments, etc.
Charlie may correct me, but I think I recall him stating that there
is no
teleology in evolution.
If
On 23/09/2008, at 1:27 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
The general SEC requirement had been to limit it to 12X. An
exception was
made in 2004 for 5 companies - Goldman, Merrill, Lehman, Bear
Stearns, and
Morgan Stanley.
None of which exist today in the form they did five years ago. D'oh.
On 23/09/2008, at 10:26 AM, Dan M wrote:
Other posters have pointed out the fact that best suited is
dependant on
the particulars of the environment, the history of environments, etc.
Charlie may correct me, but I think I recall him stating that there
is no
teleology in evolution.
If
On 24/09/2008, at 3:11 AM, Olin Elliott wrote:
I give my consent to be governed by people with whom I disagree, so
long as
they are elected by legal democratic means.
Nick
Don't forget, Hitler was elected by Democratic means.
Olin
Kind of. Was horse-trading in the parliament that got
On 24/09/2008, at 4:27 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Charlie may correct me, but I think I recall him
stating that there
is no teleology in evolution.
which is why I am an atheist...
If I did, I was paraphrasing much greater thinkers than I.
But yes.
Evolution is a drunken walk. Or a moth
On 24/09/2008, at 6:40 AM, John Williams wrote:
Dan M [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The problem was that no-one (including the board of directors of
AIG knew
that AIG was insolvent until the day the government intervened.
LOL! Do you believe in the tooth fairy, too?
Instead of mocking, why don't
On 24/09/2008, at 6:21 AM, Dan M wrote:
The problem was that no-one (including the board of directors of AIG
knew
that AIG was insolvent until the day the government intervened.
That sounds implausible. Someone knew. It's what level they were at
and what they choose to do with the
On 21/09/2008, at 1:58 PM, Euan Ritchie wrote:
NZ's population is just over 4 million (in a country 20% larger than
the
U.K), we have more like 60 millions sheep currently and not many of
their pastures were rain forests (only the very North of NZ is
sub-tropical, mostly we've a temperate
On 22/09/2008, at 12:37 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Sat, Sep 20, 2008 at 10:16 PM, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
Is there no way to define success in evolutionary terms? Wiki
describes
natural selection thus: Over many generations, adaptations occur
through a
combination of
On 22/09/2008, at 2:16 AM, John Williams wrote:
John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
realize it when their infallibility is pointed out.
Such as this lack of infallibility. I certainly hope this guy doesn't
try to force his will on others with mistakes like that!
It's possible to tell
On 22/09/2008, at 6:36 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Sun, Sep 21, 2008 at 1:26 PM, Charlie Bell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
You've hit on something that's both profound and irrelevant.
Ack! I'll never earn a living this way!
Heheh! Seriously, it's a good point you made, but it's more
On 19/09/2008, at 11:08 AM, Dave Land wrote:
It was an urban legend and a filthy lie that a certain kind of
politician used to smear fine people in the 1980s, and I doubt very
much that actual welfare mommies of the kind you describe ever
existed.
I'm sure that they do exist having seen such
On 17/09/2008, at 8:52 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
Deciding who does and does not get to have children (or deciding how
many they're allowed to have) is in the same class of problems as
deciding who lives or who dies.
But noting that in affluent, educated societies, birth-rates fall (and
On 18/09/2008, at 9:13 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 03:12 PM Wednesday 9/17/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i like the idea of living in arcologies under the earth, oceans,
and ice caps, so the planet can revert to habitats for plant and
animal species.
Humans are not adapted to living in
On 18/09/2008, at 11:32 AM, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
I for one would particularly like there to be a simulation environment
that could be used to catch unintended consequences like these, as
well as alpha and beta test environments with some degree of user
acceptance testing and feedback, before
On 17/09/2008, at 8:14 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 04:17 PM Tuesday 9/16/2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
I am single now, but if I met the right woman and she wanted to have
a child, I would not rule it out.
Isn't that pretty much how we got to have approaching 7 billion
people in the
On 17/09/2008, at 8:05 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
No, it's just what I ask _everybody_ who suggests that approaching 7
billion (or whatever the current world population happens to be) is
too many people: where _specifically_ do you suggest that the
needed reductions be made, and if you
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
On 12/09/2008, at 6:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Thu, Sep 11, 2008 at 1:16 PM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
If you think that some people are not being paid adequately, why
don't you give them some of your wealth?
Here in the United States, like many countries, if you're
On 04/09/2008, at 6:19 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Ok, but, above, you only list the _preys_. Where are the big
predators?
There ain't no big predators in North America except Man.
Puma, several bear species, wolves, alligators...
Charlie
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On 02/09/2008, at 2:41 PM, John Williams wrote:
My impression is that this list has an ongoing debate between
religous people,
with faith in their gods, and government people, with faith in their
politicians.
I'm neither of those. I'm not sure how long you've been lurking, but
this
On 02/09/2008, at 11:18 AM, Dan M wrote:
Now, IIRC, Charlie had some quibbles with do onto others as you
would have
them do unto you. He noted, correctly, that others may want and need
things differently from your own needs and wants. (Reminds me of
the old
story of the monkey who
On 02/09/2008, at 11:40 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
The only way to prove it is as a theorem from another axiom that's
not
provable: e.g. because we are all made in the image and likeness of
God we
must love one's neighbor as oneself.
Or it could be a social contract.
OK, jinxed.
On 03/09/2008, at 12:50 AM, John Williams wrote:
Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes - regulations should be about putting a brake on waste and
environmental damage, unethical practices and exploitation.
I don't understand the yes, since what follows the yes does not
agree with what
I
On 03/09/2008, at 1:07 AM, Dan M wrote:
I accept a variant of the golden rule, I just don't accept that
it's
anything other than a personal and social contract.
OK, so just to be clear, you think that no social or personal
contract is
actually better than any other.
Oh for fuck's
On 03/09/2008, at 6:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 9:41 PM, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
My impression is that this list has an ongoing debate between
religous
people,
with faith in their gods, and government people, with faith in their
politicians.
Eh?
On 01/09/2008, at 10:32 AM, David Hobby wrote:
No, it's the honest terminology. Abortion kills children,
very young children who can't survive outside the womb, and
who wouldn't count as human at all except for their human DNA.
They're not children yet! Children have *been born*.
Late-term
On 01/09/2008, at 1:17 PM, Dan M wrote:
Well, having looked at Hume and having read several reviews of
Moore's work
that discuss the Naturalistic Fallacy, it appears that you and I may
actually agree on a philosophical point: that one cannot deduce
ethics from
nature.
Neither can one
On 01/09/2008, at 6:56 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
The question of how we come to have ethical ideas is a different kind
of question, with a different kind of answer, than the question of
what is good.
The question 'where do our ethical ideas come from' has the answer
'our nature as
On 02/09/2008, at 1:58 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
Nothing motivates the masses more that money. If we're still buying
$1.50 a
gallon gas at the pumps, why would anyone be motivated to get rid of
that
Hummer getting 10 miles per gallon (on a good day!) and find more
efficient
and
On 31/08/2008, at 2:54 PM, Olin Elliott wrote:
On 30/08/2008 Charlie Bell wrote:
...there are some people that believe human life
starts at birth. There are a few (a very few) that believe it starts
when humans attain sapience (Peter Singer is one). There are many
that
think it starts
On 31/08/2008, at 12:50 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
McCain's VP Wants Creationism Taught in School
http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2008/08/mccains-vp-want.html
Told you Maru
William T Goodall
I'm reading that blog entry a little different. She appears to be
advocating
to allow the
On 31/08/2008, at 5:30 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
The reason to give shots early is that's when the
immune system is
doing its major formational work, learning as
much as it can as fast
as it can. Vaccination is more likely to be effective for
different
diseases at different times.
On 31/08/2008, at 8:48 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
I don't. When atheist-based ideology condemns every baby with
Down Syndrome to be search and destroyed, it's a message
that people with Down Syndrome should also be hunted and
gassed.
There is no atheist-based ideology, and
On 30/08/2008, at 8:05 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Pascal's Wager (or Pascal's Gambit) is a suggestion posed by the
French philosopher Blaise Pascal that even though the existence of
God cannot be determined through reason, a person should wager as
though God exists, because so living
On 28/08/2008, at 6:36 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i have to agree that rule britannia were less brutal than most of
the other european colonists.
Really? I'm sure Native Americans, original Australians (especially in
Tasmania where they were wiped out), the fuzzywuzzies who were made
to
On 28/08/2008, at 1:53 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Charlie wrote:
I could be wrong, but doesn't the rule have something to do with the
adverse
effect of the extreme amount of stress on a young, developing body?
If the
rule was arbitrary, why don't they have it for other sports?
They do.
On 28/08/2008, at 10:43 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Charlie Bell wrote:
Really? I'm sure Native Americans, original Australians (especially
in Tasmania where they were wiped out), the fuzzywuzzies who were
made to build railways in Africa and so on would disagree with
that. Britain has
On 27/08/2008, at 12:27 PM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Because if you assign 3 points for gold, 2 for silver and 1 point
for bronze, then the crybaby yanks lost to china, and that is
unacceptable to the American chauvinist, patriotic, jingoist,
dogmatic, nationalistic media. Americans can
On 27/08/2008, at 3:26 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Jon wrote:
They whine because they can't prove the Chinese gymnists lied about
their
age. Who cares what age they are; that is an arbitrary rule that
should be
eliminated.
I could be wrong, but doesn't the rule have something to do
On 21/08/2008, at 7:48 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Newness is a rather high standard to set. Most of the arguments are
quite old but still not settled.
But you're not arguing, you're just posting third party articles that
reinforce your worldview.
The silent majority on the list love
On 05/08/2008, at 9:35 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
sounds like peter hamilton's new trilogy
http://www.peterfhamilton.co.uk/index.php?page=Void_Trilogy
what is de Sitter vs. anti-de Sitter universe?
Which I've not yet read, even though I quite like Hamilton. I own a
copy of Dreaming Void, but
On 05/08/2008, at 9:45 AM, Olin Elliott wrote:
Has anyone here read Alastair Reynolds -- Revelation Space, Chasm
City, Redemption Ark.
Revelation Space - so so. CC - v. good. RA - alright. I like Reynolds,
but he's merely good not utterly brilliant.
I've been reading his books for the
On 05/08/2008, at 9:57 AM, Olin Elliott wrote:
Betrand Russell (I'm fairly sure it was him) used to call himself A
Teacup Athiest. He said he couldn't prove, beyond any doubt, that
there wasn't a pink teacup orbiting the sun, but he didn't think
that meant that the likelihood of it
On 05/08/2008, at 9:50 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
i sit corrected, in the name of atheism. as a devout atheist i
believe there ain't no gawd, but i can't prove it, so i take it on
faith. i believe the universe is cyclical and the big bang occurs
when all the galaxies in the universe
On 05/08/2008, at 11:14 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Reality is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so.
Sorry: Time is an illusion. Lunchtime, doubly so. If you want to be
precise.
Charlie.
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On 05/08/2008, at 6:59 AM, Wayne Eddy wrote:
Seems to me that something impossible happened at least once in the
history
of everything.
It happened, so it's possible. As we only have one sample, we have
only speculation as to how improbable it was (and that goes for both
the formation
On 05/08/2008, at 7:29 AM, Nick Lidster wrote:
what is your morality system, william?
Me.
William T Goodall
so essentialy you are putting yourself on the same level as an
omnipotent,
benevolent, compassionate deity?
jon
A little bit of a reach to say that isn't Jon?
Probably, but
On 05/08/2008, at 7:31 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
it is true much of religion is evil, and promotes lies and
superstition, but some good is also done in the name of religion.
more so in Judaism, and less so in Islam and Christianity. some of
the eastern religions are more mystical than
I'm noticing a few people replying at the top of the email they're
responding to. This is a polite reminder that it's convention on this
list to reply *below* the quoted text, and only quote relevant text.
It maintains the flow of conversation by email, and follows the order
in which we
On 31/07/2008, at 4:31 AM, Dan M wrote:
Given the fact that Europe is showing resistance to the idea of
significant
additional immigration of non-Europeans, and that Japan has long
held racial
purity as important, I wonder who will take care of all the baby
boomers as
they enter
On 29/07/2008, at 2:20 PM, Dan M wrote:
As I have said before, the assertion that the USA is the world's
engineroom is no longer true.
It certainly isn't true as it was 8 years ago, but economists are
debating
how tied the world is to the spending of the US on credit cards (and
their
On 29/07/2008, at 4:10 AM, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
you are right about bushco using his presidency to enrich his
cronies, lance, but i doubt he comprehends what an enormous
deleterious effect his policies have had on the global economy.
The global economy is still growing at 4%.
As I have
On 25/07/2008, at 9:13 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.sysadminday.com/
I just took mine out for beer.
But not 'til after I'd spent a while telling him he didn't count
'cause he's a Senior sysadmin... hehehehe
C.
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On 26/07/2008, at 5:59 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
what parts of the population are doing their best to outbreed
everyone
else, and why? it seems to me that less developed countries are the
culprits, partly
On 26/07/2008, at 10:19 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
And children *are* social security for many people of the world.
Or lunch.
How Swiftly you come to that conclusion.
Very good! :)
C.
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On 25/07/2008, at 5:27 AM, hkhenson wrote:
And there are certain parts
of the population doing their best to outbreed everyone else just to
skew future demographics. So it's likely to be a hard crash, and not
a very well controlled one at that.
This would worry me more except I think the
On 23/07/2008, at 11:21 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Wed, 23 Jul 2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
You wanna tempt the wrath of the whatever from high atop the thing?
-- Toby Ziegler
Why did Toby get all the really good lines?
He didn't get them all. He got a lot, but so did Josh, and Sam,
On 22/07/2008, at 8:15 PM, Curtis Burisch wrote:
Bah. When I tried to watch it, it said 'Video no longer available'.
When I went to the site today, it said proudly 'Exclusively on
iTunes' !!!
Seems I'll never get to see this. Which is a shame :(
There are avis floating about. If you
On 20/07/2008, at 4:13 PM, Max Battcher wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
There used to be seven colours in a rainbow and four basic flavours
(sweet, sour, bitter, salt) and then indigo became a shade of violet
and umami became the fifth basic flavour.
Don't forget that we're down to 8
On 17/07/2008, at 10:19 AM, Lance A. Brown wrote:
Alright, are you just yanking my chain or what? You seem to be asking
me to telepathically implant the information needed for un-
knowledgeable
computer users to safely attach their computers to the Internet.
No, just pointing out that
On 17/07/2008, at 3:54 PM, Dave Land wrote:
It's up to the manufacturers: add a layer _in_the_box_ between Windows
and the big, bad Interwebs. Sell it as the Internet Security version
with built-in hardware firewall.
To be fair, a good number of ADSL modems are NAT routers these days.
Ours
On 17/07/2008, at 11:57 PM, Lance A. Brown wrote:
Charlie Bell said the following on 7/17/2008 3:32 AM:
Welcome to my world. IT Support at a law firm at the mo... *banging
head on desk* I love my job, I love my workplace, but bloody hell it
can be frustrating at times!
I feel your pain
On 18/07/2008, at 12:07 AM, John Garcia wrote:
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
I've worked in IT in the private, public and educational sectors and
I was
never more frustrated than when I worked at a university.
Was that 'cause of the
On 18/07/2008, at 4:22 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
http://www.drhorrible.com/
Anyone not watching this?
Managed to download and convert to Xvid, Acts 1 and 2 are on the PS3
now ready to watch at the weekend when Act 3 is released...
Charlie.
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