Gary Denton wrote:
...
Second, Bruderhof abuse in Google lists almost 3000 pages.
Keith Henson
...
Try http://www.perefound.org/jr_cn.html
or Google Bruderhof critics
There are a variety of news sources both critical and supportive of
the Bruderhof.
The main Bruderhof in
Julia Thompson wrote:
...
I'm with you there, Julia. I do enough writing where the output
must be good that I have to keep working on my spelling. After
awhile, it's hard to stop!
Actually, this is one of the only places I really worry about it.
There's another mailing list on which I
Julia Thompson wrote:
...
The Speling Simplifikashun Ak of 2004 was pasd by kongres and synd by
President-for-life Bush right after the kansilashun of the elekshunz.
...
In keeping with that spirit, this community is fairly relaxed about
spelling errors. In fact, it may be the /only/
Julia Thompson wrote:
...
You know, Dan, I don't buy your sock-puppet theory.
Please demonstrate conclusively to me that Mr. Lee is, in fact, a sock
puppet.
Julia
How's this? A direct quotation from an old post! See!?
It proves...
O.K., it doesn't prove
Julia Thompson wrote:
...
I don't think that is true anymore. You can see solar cells in
applications out on the street these days. A good example is the
School Zone flashers (Hush Ronn! G) where using a solar panel to
charge a battery is almost universal around here.
Satellites,
Robert Seeberger wrote:
...
One way to make solar cells more efficient is to find a material
that
will capture energy from a large portion of the spectrum of
sunlight -- from infrared to visible light to ultraviolet.
I don't think this is _the_ problem for groundhogs. The problem
There have been discussions here about Neanderthals
(not you, Mike Lee!) So you might be interested in the following
abstract of an article in today's issue of Nature. (If your library
access is like mine, you might get to read the article in a month.)
It is an interesting idea: Neanderthals,
I know Asperger's and other parts of the autistic spectrum
have come up here before, so thought some might be interested
in the following.
(I have unfortunately lost the login that someone created for
those list members who did not want to register with the
NY Times. Could someone remind me,
JDG wrote:
At 07:52 AM 4/28/2004 -0400 David Hobby wrote:
As I recall, John Doe and Mike Lee appeared at about the same
time. In my mind, this has turned into Mike Lee appeared as
a response to John Doe. (Look at the similarity of the names,
for instance.)
For what's it worth, I have
Dave Land wrote:
...
Here's the page on bugmenot.com that lists all of the registrations that
folks (here and elsewhere) have created to bypass the ridiculous forced
registration for the Gray Lady: http://tinyurl.com/3a5zy
Cute, but the Brin List one was easier to remember!
Mike Lee wrote:
David Hobby makes the debatable point:
...
Maybe we can have a Special Debating Olympics and then you can be a winner
too.
That would be Debating Special Olympics? Pretty lame (sic), can't
you do better?
---David
Mike--
I wouldn't want to offend you after all the care you have
taken not to hurt anyone's feelings, but there's a rumor that you
are an alter ego of an established list member.
...
I have no idea who he is or even if he's a real
conservative venting
his
sound
too hard, since Mike Lee must be a pretty common name.
---David Hobby
(The mathematician, not the golfer, not the Australian geologist.)
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What I see is
attempts to demonize Mike because, well ... He's winning...
Hi, Chad/Nerd. Good to hear from you.
He's winning? It depends on how one keeps score. In my book,
going for cheap shots that make good soundbites can be construed
as an admission that one
Mike Lee wrote:
Well, when you appeal to a constituency that doesn't do a lot of meaningful
work, you can get a lot of them to show up in the middle of the day for a
march.
and in another post:
I guess your point is (I shudder to speak for you, but must do so because
you didn't speak for
Mike Lee wrote:
David Hobby thinks I've mischaracterized his position:
David Hobby thinks that workers are coerced into taking
dangerous jobs
and that government can make us all safe:
Mike-- If you mischaracterize my position, I won't discuss
things with you. Basta.
I'll
Mike Lee wrote:
David Hobby thinks that workers are coerced into taking dangerous jobs and
that government can make us all safe:
Mike-- If you mischaracterize my position, I won't discuss things
with you. Basta.
That's a great laissez-faire argument, which I might even
accept
Mike Lee wrote:
What about workers who put profit over their own lives?
Huh?
Your assumption is that employers are adults and employees are stupid
children unable or unwilling to look out for their own best interests.
There may be cases where hidden hazards cannot be perceived by
Steve Sloan II wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(The list is still too serious.)
---this time without hitting the control button with my wrist:
In GURPS Uplift, the main continent on Calafia is named Farley.
Anybody know why?
I have my own idea and want to see if
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
...
O.K., we have to back up a bit from that, or there aren't
any countries in my mythical ODS at all! For instance, the USA is
rare among western democracies for having separation of church and
state, but even it doesn't enforce it well
William T Goodall wrote:
Cancelled.
Could be. But they are showing an episode tonight...
---David
Any Nielsen households on the list?
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Nick Arnett wrote:
We're scrambling quite a bit to get things working properly...
Nick--
I'm sure you're just doing all this for the practice. : )
Thanks for all the work you're putting in!
---David
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
...
There should be some nice system of plebescites to let people
organize into the countries they feel like organizing into,
rather than being stuck with historical borders.
Yeah. What about the mexicans in occupied Mexico deciding to secede
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
I would rather cut it into three pieces, Sunni, Shiite and
Kurdish. I'd even throw in a high-tech way to enforce their borders.
This would annoy Turkey: their worst nightmare is a Kurd state.
Alberto Monteiro
Correct. So, what's
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/8/2004 9:47:02 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
Unless someone's offering a margarita (on the rocks, with
salt) made
with Jose Cuervo Gold.
how about a nice joint. i suspect that the ability to make fire was developed
The Fool wrote:
...
Computer forensic specialist Lam Nguyen
---
(Sun photo by David Hobby)
No relation.
---David Hobby
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The Fool wrote:
From: David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [SPAM] Fascist Censorship Spreads: HimmlerCroft targeting
Porn:Soft, Hard,Online, Mags, Cable
...
This article was really flaged as spam?
Yes. Not too surprising, given
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
My opinion: I think the USA should pull his troops and those of his
satellites [:-)] immediately from all sunite and shi'a zones, and
restrict the occupation to the Kurd zone. Then, do in Iraqian
Kurdistan what is supposed to happen elsewhere: train soldiers,
bring
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
David wrote-
Did Brin cover whether or not dittoes could be jurors? On
the one hand, it seems as if jury duty would not be something
that actual people would want to do. On the other, there
could well be legal issues involved.
I don't specifically recall,
Dan Minette wrote:
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Deborah Harrell wrote:
If your supposition is correct, I agree; people are
capable of change, and should be allowed to
demonstrate that.
Certainly. Elsewhere.
Subscribing under a pseudonym doesn't demonstrate positive
I've been meaning to plug Century City since the premiere
a couple of weeks ago. I get it on CBS, Tuesdays at 9:00.
Science fiction on television is never excellent, but this is
pretty good.
The show is basically L.A. Law, translated to the 2030's.
The cases are interesting, and
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 10:10 PM 4/4/04, David Hobby wrote:
I've been meaning to plug Century City since the premiere
a couple of weeks ago. I get it on CBS, Tuesdays at 9:00.
Science fiction on television is never excellent, but this is
pretty good.
The show
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 4/4/2004 8:27:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
However, if they bring on Diana Muldaur, then get rid of her by dropping
her down a space elevator . . .
-- Ronn! :)
I just meant the regular L.A. Law
John Doe wrote:
...
You can do a free IQ test at www.iqtest.com in under 15
minutes.
Just as a test, I did it in ONE minute but marking random
responses. The results are below:
Subject:
[SPAM] Your IQ Test Results
...
Thank you for taking the IQ Test at
Doug Pensinger wrote:
ReF**kLieKlan, as in we're all f**ked by this clan of liars.
Ties in with another thread, too.
--
Doug
...
David wrote:
O.K., getting better. I give it 10 (out of 10) for denigration,
9 for euphony (unless you want Lie to have a schwa in it)
No schwa.
Richard Baker wrote:
Rob said:
JD, with an IQ of 137
Mine is 158.
105, last time I took a test.
Rich, who doesn't think they measure anything interesting anyway.
Yeah, right... : ) You probably transposed a couple digits.
I never took an IQ test, but did take the SATs (750,
Julia Thompson wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
I never took an IQ test, but did take the SATs (750, 800). Mensa
is prepared to consider scores on a bunch of tests, which could
give one rough equivalences if they cared. (That was as of a
couple of years ago. I just looked, and they seem
I think we should all get together and help The Fool come up
with a better name for Republicans than ReptiliKlans. And
while we're at it, we should do it for other political parties
too.
The Klan part of the name is good, because it ties in with a
perceived aversion to civil rights on the part
Robert Seeberger wrote:
...
Aren't those the things pictured on the cover of the past week's
issue of
_Weekly World News_?
http://www.weeklyworldnews.com/wwn/newsstand.cfm
It says 404. So the two 4s are the horns of a demon?
Where's the cat?
Tom Beck wrote:
I think we should all get together and help The Fool come up
with a better name for Republicans than ReptiliKlans. And
while we're at it, we should do it for other political parties
too.
How 'bout Rat pubic hairs?
That gets an 8 (out of 10) for denigration, 5
Tom Beck wrote:
I think we should all get together and help The Fool come up
with a better name for Republicans than ReptiliKlans. And
while we're at it, we should do it for other political parties
too.
How 'bout Rat pubic hairs?
That gets an 8 (out of 10) for denigration,
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Warning of implied x rated content. If you are under 18, or highly
sensitive to obscenities, implied or otherwise, close your eyes before
reading this email. If you are over 18, you may proceed.
(To see not one, but two *s?)
...
ReF**kLieKlan, as in we're all
Tom Beck wrote:
Repulsiveklans
I think you just tied ReptiliKlan. I still don't see
how Repulsive ties in with just the Republican party. I mean,
have you LOOKED at Ted Kennedy recently? : )
---David
___
Kevin Tarr wrote:
...
(Actually, I agree with whoever said that the wording
was far too strong to answer a flat 'yes' to many
questions, but a graded response would have placed me
on a somewhat more libertarian side. But only
somewhat!)
Debbi
Every question seemed easy to me; they were
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
The problem with base 12 is that it has _2_ twice and _3_ once
when you factor it, so that the practical man rules to check
if a number is divisible by another would get a higher degree
of confusion. Base 6 would be a much better choice than
I understand, but what I was saying is that it doesn't really make all
that much a difference. There are just too many cases where you would
still be using fractions and decimals, so a different base doesn't
simplify things in the long run.
Base 12 might be helpful when doing math in your
Robert Seeberger wrote:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=528u=/ap/20040304/ap_on_hi_te/internet_sales_tax_7printer=1
Remember all those gifts you bought online during the holidays? Now
it's time to pay sales tax on them, at least so say the income tax
forms of 20 states.
The
Robert Seeberger wrote:
...
I'd say that this stuff gets pretty fuzzy. One could argue
that 5 is more important than 11 and 13. On the other hand, one
could say that ending tests are better than sum of digits tests,
and conclude that 12 is superior since it replaces sum of digits
tests
Julia Thompson wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
...
So base 12 is not bad, it gives nice tests for 2,4,8,...
for 3,9,..., for 11 since 12 = 11 + 1 and it gives a poor test for
13 since 12^2 = 11*13 + 1. The situation for 5 and for 7 seems to
be even worse.
Contrast
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
However, a base 12 counting system would have been much better;
No, it wouldn't
Well, a little better.
A little worse.
Depending how you count, you can
argue that 12 has more factors than 10. This must be worth
something
Well, a little better. Depending how you count, you can
argue that 12 has more factors than 10. This must be worth
something, since I don't hear anyone pushing for prime bases such
as 11. Agreed, it's not a big deal. It might be more to make a
number base feel comfortable
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Robert J. Chassell wrote:
However, a base 12 counting system would have been much better;
No, it wouldn't
Alberto Monteiro
Well, a little better. Depending how you count, you can
argue that 12 has more factors than 10. This must be worth
something,
Dan Minette wrote:
(Spoiler space deleted.)
...
In Texas, school children are required to either say the pledge of
allegence to Texas or to stand respectfully while others do. Ted says the
US pledge of allegence, because he feels comfortable doing so. He's not
against Texas, but he and I
John D. Giorgis wrote:
...
I suspect that when technicalities help your side, you do in fact
cheer.
He's saying he _suspects_ you _may_ have a double standard. He is not
attacking you, however. I've seen enough examples on the list this month of
people attacking each other to be able to
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sat, Feb 28, 2004 at 04:52:06PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 04:12 PM 2/28/04, Horn, John wrote:
From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
and now New Paltz
Huh?
That made two of us . . .
It is a city in New York that has been in the news.
Kevin Tarr wrote:
Q: You are sitting behind the wheel in a car keeping a constant speed, on
your left side there is an abyss. On your right side you have a fire
engine and it keeps the same speed as you. In front of you runs a pig,
larger than your car. A helicopter is following you, at
Richard Baker wrote:
I seriously find it very hard to imagine being freaked out by the idea
of gay marriage. It's in the same category as seriously believes in
Creationism. I suppose that's more evidence that those of us on this
side of the Atlantic are godless degenerates.
Hey, I believe in
iaamoac wrote:
...
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I never said that, did I?
(What gave me more reason to doubt your intellectual credentials
was how you argued with me about terrorism a few months back.
You kept using strawmen and ad hominem
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
Tyrants are often not that subtle. I would hazard that using
technicalities is one of the oldest tools of politicians, instead.
They are. One of the justifications for the brazilian coup
d'etat in 1964 was that the then President had been
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I snipped the atribution of the statement below by
accident - I think it was Jon, though
Who believes that the Constitution is MEANT to be
interpreted.
It was mine, originally.
Well, I mean look, it's not intuitively
John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 10:56 PM 2/24/2004 -0500 David Hobby wrote:
...
Are you talking about this part of the 14th Amendment?
nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property,
without due process of law;
Exactly WHO is being deprived of anything by San
John D. Giorgis wrote:
For whatever it is worth, I would just like to point out that one of the
oldest tools of tyrants on the books is to rely upon technicalities to
frustrate and thwart their democratic opposition.
Tyrants are often not that subtle. I would hazard that using
--- David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If everyone saw them the same way, they would not
be issues
since there would be little contention. Please
accept that good
people can disagree with you on your black-and-white
issues, and
that like it or not, compromise is the best
Damon Agretto wrote:
He probably means that the Essenes, who existed
before
Jesus was born, were essentially Christians in their
beliefs and
rituals.
...
That's an interesting point, but I would reject them
as christians since I AM working from a narrow
definition, that to
John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 07:51 AM 2/4/2004 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote:
Proof? I think it is self-evident that treating important issues as
black and white is bad.
Did you truly mean to say that?
The above is hardly self-evident to me.Indeed, I think that almost by
definition, those
John D. Giorgis wrote:
...
No Child Left Behind
...
Faith-Based Initiatives
...
AIDS Fund
Oh yeah we heard about that last year. Where is the money?
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban
...
Promotion of Abstinence-Based Education
...
Bob:
I was not providing a list of policies that you would
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
--- David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are probably right, if International Relations
qualifies as an academic field. Technically it
does, since
it is studied at colleges. But it seems too
politicized for me
to grant it much respect.
As someone
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 09:50 PM 1/29/04, David Hobby wrote:
In my experience, real scholars avoid administrative work like
the plague!
True!
(I should know, it's my turn to be Chair...)
Is it only coincidence that the position is named after an object which
most people sit
The Fool wrote:
...
I think the best empirical evidence that falsifies your above
conclusions
is to simply compare the number of public policy think tanks on the
right
vs. those of the left.
All funded by Billionaire Right-Wing Sugar Daddies, Like Moon, Sciafe,
Ahmanson, Coors.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/27/2004 8:32:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Excellent mixing of two posts. Amazing job!
A local radio station has a contest where they do this to
two songs, and ask callers to name the two that were mixed.
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'm moving into the foothills this week - a situation
presented that involves taking care of 5 Arabians and
their barn, with a caretaker apt (that is at least as
big as the place I'm in now) attached.
reverent mode Manna from heaven. Truly.
Wow. Good for
Nick Arnett wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Unless anyone here is thinking of doing anything like that, don't worry
about it. I added it to my default .sig so it appears on all my
messages, but will get it straightened out soon. Everyone over there is
still (understandably) upset
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
...
It's too good of a pun to ignore. If our good Dr. Brin didn't plan it from
the start,
then it beats the record of no one at first recognizing that RU-486 was a bad
pun.
(Are you for 86ing the fetus?)
...
Maybe. I was always more impressed with the
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
...
And the grading is off--I answered false to this one, and got
it wrong, because the correct answer is false:
7) To produce heat, the Sun burns hydrogen in a combustion reaction.
Your Answer: false
View Explanation
So what
Julia Thompson wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
No, I won't define sphere.
And I suppose you won't define noncompressible and cow, either.
Julia
These must be from a different Poincare Conjecture.
---David
(Insert bad homogenized
Robert Seeberger wrote:
http://intuitor.com/physics_test/PhysicsSavvy.html
77.5 %
Embarrassing
xponent
But At Least I Passed Without Study G Maru
rob
I got 90-something, after spending lots of work trying
to see how picky to be in answering the questions. It does not
help
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Very good!
In fact, so good I'll let you explain the rest of the statement of the
Poincare Conjecture . . .
;-)
...
I have a vision of producing a definition tree for
the word homeomorphism, which I'll write as an outline:
homeomorphism
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
...
I'm too sophomoric to bother to read.
A is homeomorphic to B means that there is a homeomorphism which maps A
to B. A homeomorphism is a bicontinuous bijection.
A bijection is a function that is one-to-one and onto.
A function is a particular kind of set of
ritu wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship forwarded:
ST. LOUIS Jan. 6 Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton apologized for
joking that
Mahatma Gandhi used to run a gas station in St. Louis, saying
it was a
lame attempt at humor.
The director of a U.S. center devoted to Gandhi's teachings said the
Robert Seeberger wrote:
...
Michael Baigent, Henry Lincoln, and Richard Leigh, authors of The
Messianic Legacy, spent over 10 years on their own kind of quest for
the Holy Grail, into the secretive history of early France. What they
found, researched with the tenacity and attention to detail
John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 09:13 AM 1/2/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote:
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=36386
Group promotes constitutional amendment to make it textbook
A California group has submitted to the attorney general's office a
proposed ballot initiative to
Doug Pensinger wrote:
David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Nothing too much that was new. Mostly more of the same-old
stuff. (Yawn.)
Oh I don't know, Chelegrans, behemothaurs, pylon country as well as a more
in depth look at a lot of the stuff that he'd only touched on briefly
...
intangible, abstract concept of any type. Rather it is something quite
concrete.
-Travis
But nowhere near as concrete as a rock, or even a comic book? : )
Is it concrete?
Kevin T. - VRWC
I liked catwoman better.
No, I like Concrete. Of course I went to school with Paul
Doug Pensinger wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
I believe Player of Games is one of the best, certainly
the best first book. Use of Weapons is probably best, but be
warned, it's not a cheery book. The rest are all good, but I was
not too impressed with Look to Windward, it seemed
Travis Edmunds wrote:
I finished off Seventh Son by OS Card the other day. It's the first book
in the Alvin Maker series. Has anyone here read that book, or perhaps all
the books leading up to and including The Crystal City?
The reason I ask is due to the fact that I rate Seventh Son above
Travis Edmunds wrote:
From: Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RIDDLES: Yet another thread for fun.
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:41:48 -0700
From: Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
...
It depends what model of time travel you are using.
I like a multiple worlds interpretation, since there are no
paradoxes in it.
Heinlein's ship goes back, destroys the other ship's
factory, and goes forward again. Now it is on a line without
Matt Grimaldi wrote:
...
For example, Star Trek space combat (borrowing
from 19th cent. naval tradition) doesn't
involve small fighter craft at all, while
Star Wars space combat (borrowing from 20th
cent. naval tradition) is almost all about
fighter craft. We don't know if shields
are even
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
Comparing starships from different universes is difficult,
to say the least.
I think it's impossible. Take the most powerful ship, and it
loses to Heinlein's Gay Deceiver, who can jump back to
a time _before_ the construction
Travis Edmunds wrote:
How about a Berserker? (Mr. Blankenship should know what that is)
If you think Tinman and a Leviathan gunship are too outlandish, how about
the Scimitar from Star Trek: Nemesis? It took two Romulan Warbirds and the
Enterprise E just to cripple the ship (and the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
There was a Star Trek TNG book that explained the cigar shaped planet killer
in the original series, as being a sentient Borg Killer robot - a million of
them would be handy
Or does the initial requirements of thie thread require that a species fall
within a
Travis Edmunds wrote:
From: Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 09:28:56 -0800 (PST)
Heh. How about the Zentraedi from Macross.
This from today's NY Times:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/technology/circuits/11shoo.html?ex=1072145307ei=1en=f86ced332bbc754f
(may be cut, if so paste together...)
Hold It Right There, and Drop That Camera
December 11, 2003
By JO NAPOLITANO
CHICAGO
WHAT grabbed my
...
But as for Kault, the Thennanin ambassador, it was his
phlegmatic character that kept him from noticing many of the
(planted) signs of the Garthlings. If he hadn't been so thick,
he might have succeeded sooner.
---David Hobby
Jim Sharkey wrote:
David Hobby wrote:
But as for Kault, the Thennanin ambassador, it was his phlegmatic
character that kept him from noticing many of the (planted) signs
of the Garthlings. If he hadn't been so thick, he might have
succeeded sooner.
That's probably a fair point
Damon Agretto wrote:
I saw Michael Crichton's 'Timeline tonight. I was
pleasantly surprised.
It has been a few years since I read the book, but
the movie seems to be
reasonably faithful to the original storyline. There
were some
annoyances - like them posing some questions that
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
I was trying to clean and straighten out the lab supply closet this
afternoon and came across some capacitors labeled 2500 MFARAD. I hope
that the M in this instance is supposed to stand for micro, otherwise I
am somewhat leery about putting the equipment in the
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sat, Nov 08, 2003 at 10:06:23AM -0600, The Fool wrote:
Proxomitron is better. All hail Proxomitron. Oh wait erik can't use
it...
Proxomitron is dead. http://www.proxomitron.org/
Still working on my machine, though. It's not dead,
just no longer
Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
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Dan--
Correct. But I meant as in Germany. The system is
that every able-bodied young male has to do something. It
can either be around 15 months of military service,
(regimentation, no combat, serious drinking...) or a bit
longer of alternative
David Hobby wrote:
Andrew Crystall wrote:
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Look, I don't want PLANS! I just don't believe you
made it, and you've done nothing to dispel this.
How about 20 questions?
1) Did it use an explosion?
A capacitor. Which expoded once when I was test firing it.
This design
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