Re: Cops baffled by mystery object that crashed into home

On 06/01/2007, at 1:16 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > Meteorite? > > <> Without a doubt. Melted surface - dead giveaway. Charlie. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The Conversion of John C Wright

On 06/01/2007, at 1:34 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > But Wright seems to go far beyond that, he seems to have swallowed > whole and digested the American right wing version of christianity and > it is now a part of his being. I almost expect to see him go on an > anti-evolution rant any day now.

Re: Cops baffled by mystery object that crashed into home

On 06/01/2007, at 1:46 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > Heh! > Why would it be surprising that a solid piece of nickle-iron would > weigh more than a can of soup? It would be very surprising if you've never considered the possibility that stuff can fall out of the sky that's not a bit of a pl

Re: The Conversion of John C Wright

On 06/01/2007, at 7:25 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: >> >> *cough* Something like that... I find your schtick a bit tiresome, >> but not as tiresome as seeing the same couple of people on the same >> couple of lists rise to the same bait every time. > > Shrug, you expect me NOT to criticise a fanati

Re: New take on Fermi Paradox

On 19/01/2007, at 10:37 PM, William T Goodall wrote: > > It is from the Grauniad, a newspaper renowned throughout the world > for its typographical errors.. "Because of a printing error, today's Guardian is full of water..." Charlie GCU The Day Today

Re: ADMIN: Network outage

On 24/01/2007, at 5:14 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > Lost the list again for about 18 hours... a phone company network > failure of > some sort, which is finally fixed. > > Still trying to find a good hosted solution... the archives are the > biggest > problem. I think I may keep the archives on

Re: ADMIN: Network outage

On 24/01/2007, at 2:51 PM, Doug wrote: > > Any feeling of privacy we might get by not having an archive is a > facade; email is not a very private medium. > > We've almost always been publicly archived here and I can't think > of any problems the list or anyone subscribed to it has encounter

Re: ADMIN: Network outage

On 24/01/2007, at 3:23 PM, Doug wrote: > > You may be disturbed to find this then: > [http://www.mail-archive.com/brin-l@mccmedia.com/] I'm not disturbed, I know it's there. I'm also aware it's there when I post. > > I don't completely disagree with you Charlie, but I do like having > the a

Re: ADMIN: Network outage

On 24/01/2007, at 4:05 PM, Doug wrote: > Charlie wrote: > > >> *shrug* It's not something I overly worry about, it's just what I'd >> change given the choice. >> >> Charlie > > I wouldn't care if it was private as long as it was complete. That might be harder. Not impossible. I don't have any ol

Re: ADMIN: Dang phone company

On 25/01/2007, at 4:24 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: >> >> My friend had to move his ISP because they couldn't provide the >> level of >> service they promised they'd be able to get him at the location he >> started at. >> >> In 1995. > > > > Well... we did just move. Move back! Move back! Charlie _

Re: ADMIN: Network outage

On 25/01/2007, at 5:22 PM, Doug wrote: > Charlie wrote: > >> That might be harder. Not impossible. I don't have any old brin-l >> stuff (thanks to my flatmate wiping *everything* off my old pc, >> including my backup drive, while i was travelling). But there should >> be a way to merge old archiv

Re: ADMIN: Network outage

On 30/01/2007, at 6:54 AM, Deborah Harrell wrote: >> Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> Hmm. Maybe there's a way to merge all old mail into >> mailman. I'll >> ponder. Certainly the Headless Clone Ranching needs >> preserving.

Re: What science fiction writer are you?

On 31/01/2007, at 2:35 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > Posted to a friend's blog... who discovered that he is David Brin. I came out as Benford. Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The Last Question

On 31/01/2007, at 9:20 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > I had never read this Asimov story before... it's his favorite, > apparently. > > http://infohost.nmt.edu/~mlindsey/asimov/question.htm Yep, it's a classic. :-) I've discovered my Foundation trilogy is among the missing books from my moving in

Re: What science fiction writer are you?

On 31/01/2007, at 10:05 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: > > Question("Are you a total dork when dealing with the opposite > sex?", 8); > A("I probably offend a lot more people than I realize I do.", > "acdgnpuvz"); Yeah. Claire said that Glory Season pisses her off 'cause Brin co

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 01/02/2007, at 1:20 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > > "This cycle happens an infinite number of times, thus eliminating any > start or end of time," Frampton said. "There is no Big Bang." Um... I thought Big Bang theory doesn't rule out a prior Big Crunch. What they're doing is presenting

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 01/02/2007, at 2:13 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > IOW, will the daughter universes be as favorable for life as ours, or > will they be random iterations? Very tiny, almost unmeasurably small, bits of our universe are favourable to life. This whole "fine tuning" set of arguments strikes

Re: What science fiction writer are you?

On 01/02/2007, at 3:40 PM, Doug wrote: >> >> Yeah. Claire said that Glory Season pisses her off 'cause Brin comes >> across as badly sexist. I don't see it, but I guess that's the >> point... > > What's her rational? Assuming you meant rationale, um. I don't know. That's just what she said w

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 01/02/2007, at 10:22 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > > Heh! > I'm thinking more along the lines of Pi, C, or Planks Constant having > differing values. I know that's what you meant, but it still seems to be a wrong-way- round argument. Even if those constants were different, whatever the

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 02/02/2007, at 11:02 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > > Wellthat is pretty much what I was getting at, that chemistry > might not be possible in some configurations. Or that even atoms might > not be possible. > WRT that, I think it is a valid question. Sure, but there will also be many m

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 03/02/2007, at 1:44 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l- >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of Charlie Bell >> Sent: Wednesday, January 31, 2007 8:55 PM >> To: Killer Bs Discussion >>

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 04/02/2007, at 6:48 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > I think the key "new" idea is given in this paragraph: > > "At the turnaround, each fragmented patch collapses and contracts > individually instead of pulling back together in a reversal of the Big > Bang. The patches become an infinite numbe

Re: Digital Rights Management is evil

On 05/02/2007, at 2:24 AM, Gary Nunn wrote: > > Additionally, there's a limited number of times I can copy or move > the file > on my computer, then it self destructs and will no longer open. > I'm also > limited on the number of times I can print it. Hmmm, I wonder if the Mac's "save to pd

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 13/02/2007, at 3:07 PM, Doug wrote: > Dan wrote: > > >> As an aside, the first results of GP-B will be given at the APS >> meeting in >> April. My guess is that they are not earth shatteringor >> they'd be >> pre-announced in the press. > > I just spoke with someone who spent a good d

Re: Endless Universe Made Possible By New Model

On 13/02/2007, at 5:43 PM, Doug wrote: > Charlie wrote: > >> On the contrary, I'd say it's a positive boon! > > I imagine it affects different people different ways. It makes me > feel groggy and slightly nauseous. Coincidentally, that's precisely how physics makes me feel... Charlie ___

Re: Victory Is Not an Option

Melbourne Victory is an option. They won the Australian league last night, beating Adelaide 6-0 in the Grand Final... ;) Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Victory Is Not an Option

On 19/02/2007, at 12:15 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > Charlie Bell wrote: >> Melbourne Victory is an option. They won the Australian league last >> night, beating Adelaide 6-0 in the Grand Final... >> >> ;) >> >> Charlie > > Is this good, bad o

A different perspective on the War in Iraq

There's an interesting piece by Scienceblogger Mike Dunford up at his site. His wife is serving in Iraq at the moment. "It isn't possible to adequately describe what a long military deployment is like for those left behind, but I'm going to try anyway. I'm going to try, even though I know th

Re: No accounting for taste . . .

On 20/03/2007, at 3:46 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: >> And humans cannot digest milk products. This can, or so I'm told, >> easily be >> proven if you conduct your research in China. > > No, that's not quite true. > > All Human babies can digest milk products. Adults, only if they have > the right

Re: Coalition Seeks Elimination of Incandescent Light Bulb

On 20/03/2007, at 9:39 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > > > A recent article in the New York Times reports that a coalition of > industrialists, environmentalists, and energy specialists is banding > together to try to eliminate the incandescent light bulb in about 10 > years. But how will my l

Re: Bad Sci-Fi

On 19/03/2007, at 11:15 AM, jon louis mann wrote: > one of my favorite sf authors, theodore sturgeon, said, "90% of > everything is crap, including science fiction". He actually said it's "crud". :-) Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/lis

Re: Coalition Seeks Elimination of Incandescent Light Bulb

On 21/03/2007, at 1:38 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > > I have found that some of them didn't last nearly as long as > advertised. I > had 'seven year' bulbs fail in less than a year. I know that the > older ones > will die faster if they're turned on and off often, but I'm not > sure about > t

Re: Ferro-Magnetic Ballet

On 03/04/2007, at 8:13 AM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > http://www.boingboing.net/2007/04/02/ferrofluid_sculpture.html > Artists Sachiko Kodama and Yasushi Miyajima create magnificently > surreal kinetic sculptures where a liquid filled with nanoscale > ferromagnetic particles flows, rotates, If

Re: Pernicious Evil Nonsense gets a Drubbing

On 09/04/2007, at 6:08 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > > Interesting how the name of the holiday more resembles that of a pagan > goddess than anything having to do with Christ > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eostre > > Just sayin'. I'm sure you know this, but it's 'cause Christianity is a big

Re: Not reading statistics gets a Drubbing

On 10/04/2007, at 2:22 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > Agreed, but I don't think that's enough to support Dawkins' claim > that he > definitely does not have such a gene. Now, I'm an agnostic > concerning the > existence of a "religious" gene, but let's assume, for argument's > sake, that > one

Re: Not reading statistics gets a Drubbing

On 10/04/2007, at 3:01 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Dan Minette wrote: >> >> So, in conclusion, while I don't know that Dawkins has such a gene >> (or even if such a gene exists) Dawkins has not provided sufficient >> information to falsify that statement. Instead, the correct answer >> appears

Re: This is not a False Alarm...

On 12/04/2007, at 1:09 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > Actually, there has been. I remember what pollution was like 40 > years ago > compared to now. For example, we have accepted a very significant > decrease > in the efficiency of our cars in order to cut pollution. Huh? What measure of effic

Re: This is not a False Alarm...

On 12/04/2007, at 6:58 AM, Dan Minette wrote: >> >> Newer cars use less fuel to travel further than older cars. > > Lighter newer cars might...but I don't think the same sized new > cars. In a > real sense, a small car is more efficient than a large car, but > that's not > what I was thinkin

Re: This is not a False Alarm...

On 19/04/2007, at 7:01 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > Here, AWD means all wheel drive Yes, that's what it means everywhere. There are transmission losses. These are greater in an AWD car, obviously. It's why power ratings are given at the flywheel for tuning, but at the wheels by manufactur

Re: This is not a False Alarm...

On 19/04/2007, at 8:09 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > I fear that the report generated, for the government, the desired > result. > But, I could be proven wrong by an experimentraise the tax on > oil and > gas and see what happens. There would be, in the UK at least, petrol blockades like th

jon louis

Could you please set your mail client to put quotemarks by text you're quoting when you reply? It would make your posts a whole lot easier to read. Ta! Charlie ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: I have a new hero

On 21/04/2007, at 5:44 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I guess that depends on what "the sort of thing" means. Clearly, > we don't > lose 30 Americans in Iraq every dayI'm not even sure we have > lost 30 > Americans since the conclusion of major combat. What, since Bush declared "Missi

Re: mail programs

On 21/04/2007, at 11:39 AM, jon louis mann wrote: > > why don't mail programs don't offer alternatives like > different font types, or colours? They do. But you're reading through the web, not through Mail. On my Mac, using Mail, first quoted text is blue, second green and so on. > even on a

Re: Re Cost of conservation

On 05/05/2007, at 4:05 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > Indeed, Gautam made a good argument here that environmental policy and > environmentalist claims is a major contributor to the death of 1 > million/year due to malaria. The US used DDT as part of its > elimination of > malaria. No human death

Re: Re Cost of conservation

On 08/05/2007, at 1:48 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > you will see my suggestion as one of three parts of a comprehensive > program. This has a marginally high chance of promoting DDT-resistant > mosquitos, but I think we agree that it's not much compared to the > widespread, indiscriminate us

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

On 12/05/2007, at 10:45 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > Not that kind. Get your mind out of the gutter. > > > There are screws which have a hexagonal-shaped depression in the head > which require a tool which is variously called an "Allen wrench" or a > "hex key" to turn them. Then there are som

Re: GeoCaching

On 13/05/2007, at 10:52 PM, Gary Nunn wrote: > > If your not familiar with GeoCaching, basically "caches" are hidden > all > around the world, and then logged into a database with their > coordinates and > a few very basic hints. The object of the game is to download the > different > cache

Re: hot air polemics

On 24/05/2007, at 9:04 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > We are also missing some of the more liberal types and a couple of > (dare I say) complete whack jobs who could make the list quite > interesting at times. Well, you've still got a socialist... Charlie __

Re: hot air polemics

On 24/05/2007, at 12:21 PM, Dan Minette wrote: > > Now, by a UK test, I come out very slightly to the right of center > in the > UK...but the UK mean is to the left of the US mean. 15 years ago, you'd have been firmly to the right. The UK "left" is slightly right of centre these days... You

Re: U.S. health care

On 25/05/2007, at 6:36 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > > You raise an interesting and important point. It is less expensive -- > sometimes *much* less expensive -- to each unhealthy foods than it > is to eat > healthy. Not really. It's just a lot more effort to go to the market, or plan out y

Re: U.S. health care

On 25/05/2007, at 7:09 AM, Dan Minette wrote: > > That's true, but if one is really broke, beans and cornbread are > very cheap. > You can get the makings for a family of four for about a dollar. And that's a sustainment diet. > > It's hard to get fruit and fresh veggies cheap. It's not hard

Re: Michael Moore

On 27/05/2007, at 6:49 AM, jon louis mann wrote: > workers. i much prefer moore's fact checking say to that of bill > o'reilley or anne coulter. Anne Coulter checks facts? I thought she just pulled them out of her arse. Charlie. ___ http://www.mcc

Brin:Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!

On 04/12/2008, at 8:53 AM, d.brin wrote: > > Matters of art are subjective, of course. But I deem Beethoven's > Violin Concerto to be the greatest work of music ever conceived by > Man. Arguably. It's certainly a phenomenal piece of music. Your post has inspired me to go and find a good record

Re: Russia (Was What is wealth?)

On 18/12/2008, at 11:46 AM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: > > The recovery was caused by two things: Putin controlling the mob so > businessmen knew who to bribe, and the rise in fuel costs. But, the > last 4 > years, as he consolidated his power, he also concentrated the > wealthI > d

Re: Russia (Was What is wealth?)

On 19/12/2008, at 5:47 AM, Dan M wrote: >> >> More than that, why are there so many Russian ex-pats, well-educated, >> doing menial jobs in tourist resorts? 'cause it's better than no job >> in Russia. > > And I bet it's not just the usual theater majors doing menial jobs > while > waiting for t

Re: Russia (Was What is wealth?)

On 19/12/2008, at 7:44 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > > How did you establish that the girls in the strip clubs were well > educated > russian girls? By the cunning method of living in the same building as them, and talking to them during the daytime. Charlie. __

Re: Israel to collapse in 25 years?

On 04/01/2009, at 10:54 AM, Dan M wrote: > Plus, demographics favor the Palestinians in the long run. Further, > since > Arabs control oil, there is a great desire to please Arabs by many > world > powers (the UN tacit approval of the genocide in the Sudan is a good > example > of this), N

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

On 05/01/2009, at 12:26 PM, Dan M wrote: > I followed the FAQ directions to send a message with subscribe > culture in > the body to listmana...@busstop.org. No, you didn't follow the directions at all, or you followed fossilised ones you found on the interwebs instead of going to www.cultur

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 05/01/2009, at 6:22 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > Surely Canada & Australia are both far less densely populated than the > United States? He said developed country. The former of those you mentioned is a developed southern border, and the latter, a developed coastline... Charlie. (Pedantic for h

Re: Irregulars question about Culture

On 05/01/2009, at 6:46 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > Is it supposed to respond in some way? Yeah. Mail me offlist if you're having issues. C. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 05/01/2009, at 7:59 PM, Wayne Eddy wrote: > Pedantic humour aside Dan's statement that "the US is far less densely > populated than any other developed country" is plainly incorrect. Oh yeah, blatantly. I was just being funny about the two you mentioned, 'cause they're very densely populated

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 06/01/2009, at 3:49 AM, Dan M wrote: > Finally, I have a question for those from Oz. My understanding is > that most > of the population of Oz lives on the southern coast because the vast > center > of Australia is not a great place to put a lot of people. Is that > accurate? Yep. In f

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 06/01/2009, at 7:58 AM, Dan M wrote: >> >> With a few minor exceptions, the USA is running largely on momentum, >> which is finite. > > How does an economy grow on momentum? It doesn't, indefinitely. And GDP is a poor measure, it really is. It doesn't tackle the important stuff, like how man

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 06/01/2009, at 9:41 AM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: >> It doesn't, indefinitely. And GDP is a poor measure, it really is. > > > Even GDP per capita? Even after figuring in purchasing power > parity? Is > your arguement that per person income is not a good financial > measure of > the

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 06/01/2009, at 1:52 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > On an SF list you forget Aerospace? Yes! The world's first supersonic jetliner was American! The world's largest passenger jet is American! The world's largest military transport is... American!!! No, wait. ;-) Admittedly, the most succe

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 06/01/2009, at 2:37 PM, Dan M wrote: > > You know you've now changed the subject from the original topic. Conversational drift. Blame the viral load. Chewy phlegm. Yum. > I was > arguing, rather convincingly IMHO, that the US was not horrid and > not about > to fall. Well, to drag it back

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 06/01/2009, at 2:55 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > On Tue, 6 Jan 2009, Charlie Bell wrote: > >> >> On 06/01/2009, at 2:37 PM, Dan M wrote: >>> >>> You have now forced me into the following response by this action >>> sir: >>> >

Re: Brin : Former Brineller makes good

> > > LESTER YOUNG AND THE JUPITER'S MOONS' BLUES, Gord Sellar (Asimov's, > July > 2008) > > Good going Gord And extra credit for getting two correct yet distinct possesive apostrophes so close together in the title! Charlie. ___ http://www.mccm

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

On 06/01/2009, at 4:42 PM, Bruce Bostwick wrote: > If there's biofuel technology that doesn't significantly impact the > food stream as a source of motor vehicle fuel, then I'm all for it. > I'm not anywhere near PC myself, and if there's a GMO solution that > actually does provide a decent rate o

Re: Physicists offer foundation for uprooting a hallowed principle of physics

On 07/01/2009, at 1:09 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: > I don't think Windex is the way to go with a flat-screen monitor. I > asked in May about that and got some good answers, I can go back and > try to find those for you, if you'd like me to. Soft damp (not dripping!) cloth. Microfibre ones wor

Re: Cleaning flat screens, wuz Re: Physicists offer foundation for uprooting a hallowed principle of physics

On 07/01/2009, at 10:25 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > When reading this list one must always be prepared for major > spewage . . . > > Guess I Could Just Drape A Plastic Bag Over It Maru Get a 30" screen, it'll be far enough from you that you're unlikely to hit it. Charlie. ___

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

On 23/01/2009, at 11:07 AM, Rceeberger quoted: > Earlier this year, research revealed that the rise and fall of > species on > Earth seems to be driven by the undulating motions of our solar > system as it > travels through the Milky Way. Some scientists believe that this > cosmic > force ma

Re: The Hunt For Goldilocks

Hey Rob - if you're going to post links to articles, can you at least include a paragraph or so of each linked article to show what's interesting about it and maybe explain why I'd bother clicking it. I'm sure I'm not alone in being very reluctant to click naked links. Likewise, it's normal

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

On 24/01/2009, at 2:58 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 4:50 PM, Charlie Bell > wrote: > >> >> >> It's interesting, but I'm really sick of the "evolution can't explain >> this" schtick. Evolution explains how diversity o

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

On 24/01/2009, at 10:53 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Charlie Bell > wrote: >> >> >> It's closer to the first example you suggest than the second, but >> it's >> part of a general trope of less-good science writing t

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

On 24/01/2009, at 8:56 PM, Richard Baker wrote: > Charlie said: > >> It's closer to the first example you suggest than the second, but >> it's >> part of a general trope of less-good science writing that pitches >> every new minor spin on science as rewriting the whole body of theory >> that is

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

On 26/01/2009, at 7:38 AM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: > >> Empirical observations of patterns occurring within a limited scope >> can >> shed no light on the state of things outside that scope. > > If you really believe that, then you would throw most of evolutionary > theory out, beause w

Re: Galactic Effect On Biodiversity

On 26/01/2009, at 2:13 PM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: > > I was getting at another point entirely. For evolution to make > sense, you > have to have millions of years of time over which it occured. For the history of life on earth to make sense, yes. For evolution, no. We've seen specia

Re: My robot is more popular than I am

On 30/01/2009, at 8:08 AM, Dave Land wrote: > On Jan 29, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > >> Tweetsnet now has more Twitter followers than I do. >> Competition between people writing robots and people detecting >> robots is >> leading to smarter software, I hope. > > As long as it's not mo

Re: My robot is more popular than I am

>> >> I have a rock that's more interesting than Nick is. >> >> Charlie. >> It Does Happen To Be A Fossil Ammonite, If That Counts For Anything >> Maru > > To be fair, ammonites are rather interesting. I was going to say > "that must be some rock, then", but an ammonite would qualify .. > dependin

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

On 09/02/2009, at 4:35 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: > On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Rceeberger > wrote: > >> Repeating the call-out on the Culture list. >> Are our Aussie friends doing OK? >> We worry for you. > > > Yeah... 96 dead. Sounding too much like the Oakland Hills firestorm > times > 1

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

On 10/02/2009, at 8:54 AM, John Garcia wrote: > > New York Times reports 173 dead, hundreds homeless, and that the > fire may > have been set. > > http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/10/world/asia/10australia.html It wasn't just a fire. It was a number of fires across several hundred kilometres. S

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

On 10/02/2009, at 9:17 AM, Rceeberger wrote: > There are towns in southern Australia where they won't let people > back in, > due to the numbers of bodies still lying in the streets. They have to let the forensics teams in first. > These towns are all > quite rural, and there is just no way an

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

On 10/02/2009, at 9:50 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > There were campaings to collect clothes, water, food, etc - and > all the things that were donated were either stolen or incinerated, > as the problem was not that they didn't have them, but that these > goods couldn't get there - because the _r

Re: Darwinism

On 11/02/2009, at 12:14 PM, Max Battcher wrote: > William T Goodall wrote: >> in _The New York Times_ 'Darwinism Must Die So That Evolution May >> Live' is an example. >> >> Scientists don't talk about "Darwinism", creationists do. > > I can't think of a recent example by just about anyone of th

Re: Australian Fires and Floods, L3, ATTN Jo Anne

On 12/02/2009, at 7:48 AM, Jo Anne wrote: > BTW, Ray and Maree went back to Australia on Feb. 4. They live S.E. > Of > Melbourne. I haven't heard from them and I hope they are OK. Does > anyone > know I haven't spoken to them, but I don't think there were any fires around them - the

Re: [Brin-l] Admin page for Brin-L

On 18/02/2009, at 11:18 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: I found that the admin page for Brin-L, where you can make changes to your subscription(s), customize, etc., is not where I thought it was. Also, posting to the br...@nickarnett.net thing doesnae work yet. So, make it work. Or I start a rebel

[Brin-l] Brin: Some stuff from Down Under

Hello fellow brinellers and Dr Brin. I'm mindful that co-listees with Culturelist will know that the bushfires in Victoria are VERY close to home for me and my wife. For the rest of you: Claire has been working in the Major Incident Room at Victoria Police during the bushfire crisis, and sh

Re: [Brin-l] Brin: Some stuff from Down Under

On 19/02/2009, at 4:54 AM, David Brin wrote: Charlie, you are all in our hope and prayers. A year ago, my kids were volunteering at shelters during the San Diego fires and my eldest and I helped staff a National Guard checkpoint. But we experienced nothing even remotely like what you des

Re: [Brin-l] Admin page for Brin-L

On 19/02/2009, at 3:26 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: Not sure if you really expect that, but it is only supposed to work on mccmedia.com Well, I received an email saying this: *** Moving the Brin-L list... if your address was set to "No mail," you should be able to change it back yourself... or

Re: [Brin-l] Brin: Some stuff from Down Under

On 19/02/2009, at 5:05 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: As you may know, I do a lot of volunteer work helping first responders cope with high-stress incidents - and this absolutely is one (or many). I'm curious what your wife's role is... She works as a Research Officer in the Crime Department of Vi

Re: [Brin-l] Brin: Some stuff from Down Under

On 20/02/2009, at 2:48 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: I offer this not so you can ask her straight out if she was feeling helpless or out of control, but to let you know to listen for that and offer reassurance that that is often the hardest part and it is normal. By the way, people in that kind o

Re: Testing for DB

On 20/02/2009, at 4:37 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: This message should not reach (i.e., bother) David Brin. It bothered me. ;-) Charlie. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Rain.

It did. It rained. We had a couple of mils. It helped with the containment of the fires. We've spent much of the day wondering whether the fire at Daylesford will skip containment lines, and burn down Claire's folks' cottage. But, you know. Money. Jobs. So on. Real stuff like economics real

Re: Rain.

On 26/02/2009, at 5:00 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Glad to hear you've had a little rain Charlie, hope its enough to keep your family's cottage (and many others) safe. Actually, no. *sigh* Another 40 degree day tomorrow, and strong winds. Many schools have been closed. Charlie.

Re: Wildfires Down Under?

On 07/03/2009, at 5:07 AM, Horn, John wrote: How are things on the wildfire front down under? A lot better - We've had a cool change (it's down to mid-teens rather than high 30s!) and we've finally had some proper rain. To explain, fires are classified as "Going", "Contained", or "Contr

Re: Quiet

On 18/03/2009, at 1:07 PM, William T Goodall wrote: since the Taliban imposed censorship on the list. Eh? Don't recall censorship. Just "stop being annoying and posting entire articles without comment". Stone me Maru *lobs a rock at WTG* Not really been in the mood to post much, mysel

Re: Freeman Dyson on climate

On 28/03/2009, at 9:26 AM, xponentrob wrote: One of Dyson's main points is that global warming tends to get exaggerated. People of our generation or even the next one are extremely unlikely to die from the effects of global warming. Even a few generations down the road it is still unlikely

Re: Texan Education

On 08/05/2009, at 3:41 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, May 7, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Bruce Bostwick > wrote: On May 6, 2009, at 5:57 PM, William Goodall wrote: Anti-evolutionist Don McLeroy, a dentist and chair of the Texas State Board of Education, testified at Friday's hearing: "I disagree w

Re: Texan Education

On 08/05/2009, at 12:05 PM, Dan M wrote: Bloody po-mo all opinions are equally valid crap. Really gets up my nose, along with the "everyone has to pass" rubbish some school systems push. Gr. I hope you aren't too insulted by this Charlie, but you've summed up two of my pet peeves rath

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