Re: Part of Parrot Act Ruled Unconstitutional

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > For the first time, a federal judge has declared unconstitutional a parrot > with an almost unparalleled power to > communicate with people. ... Excellent mixing of two posts. Amazing job! A local radio station has a contest where they do this to two

Re: Moving: Irregulars & book questions

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. > Manna from heaven. Truly. Wow. Good for you. > -

Re: My .sig (vs fair use)

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)

Re: Hoon Leases and Colonies (Was Notes on Uplift)

[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

Re: Physics Quiz

"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

Re: SCOUTED: Poincare Conjecture (Really) Solved?

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 Conject

Re: Physics Quiz

Robert Seeberger wrote: > > http://intuitor.com/physics_test/PhysicsSavvy.html > > 77.5 % > Embarrassing > > xponent > But At Least I Passed Without Study 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 h

Re: SCOUTED: Poincare Conjecture (Really) Solved?

"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: > > > >homeomorp

Re: SCOUTED: Poincare Conjecture (Really) Solved?

"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

Re: SCOUTED: Case of Foot-in-Mouth Disease Found in New York Senator

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 tea

Re: Holy Blood Holy Grail

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 detai

Re: Republicans Attempting to get Bible classified as a'Textbook' inCA in Constitutional Amendment

"John D. Giorgis" wrote: > > At 09:13 AM 1/2/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: > ><> > > > >Group promotes constitutional amendment to make it textbook > > > >A California group has submitted to the attorney general's office a > >proposed ba

Re: 'nother riddle

Julia Thompson wrote: ... > > > 111221 > > > -- > > > Doug > > > > Hm. If you hadn't included the next term, I'd have tried 1231. > > Is the one after this 312211 then? > > I don't think so, actually. I have a theory about what the sum of the > digits should be, and your answer doesn't sum to a h

Re: 'nother riddle

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > > >> 1 > > >> 11 > > >> 21 > > >> 1211 > > 111221 > > Not enough data to extrapolate the rule, but it could be > > 2113211 or 3113211 or 211121211 or 221121211 > > then > > 1221131221 or 1321131221 or 1221112111221 or 12122112111221 > >

Re: 'nother riddle

Amanda Marlowe wrote: ... > > >> Here's one I'm sure won't last nearly as long. Guess the next number > > >> in the following sequence. > > >> > > >> 1 > > >> 11 > > >> 21 > > >> 1211 > > >> > > >> -- > > >> Doug > > > > > > Looks like a palindrome, and I don't see much of a mathematical pattern >

Re: RIDDLES: Yet another thread for fun.

... > >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

Re: Science Fiction In General

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

Re: RIDDLES: Yet another thread for fun.

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 01:26 PM 12/18/2003, you wrote: > >Lets play a little game. I'll start things off by throwing a riddle on the > >table. The first person to correctly answer the riddle has the privilege > >of posting a riddle of their own. I ask that the next poser consent to a ch

Re: Science Fiction In General

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 &

Re: Science Fiction In General

... > I place CP at the top of the list with UoW, Inversions and LtW very close > behind. I need to reread Excession. I enjoyed it, but it was a complex > story with many, many ships to keep track of. I agree that PoG is the > weakest except for maybe State of the Art. I read CP first Inversion

Re: Science Fiction In General...

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

Re: RIDDLES: Yet another thread for fun.

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 Edmun

Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

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 > ar

Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

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 wi

Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

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 Deceiv

Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

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

Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

[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 > wit

Re: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

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 Zentraed

Scouted: Article on camera phones and transparency issues

This from today's NY Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/11/technology/circuits/11shoo.html?ex=1072145307&ei=1&en=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 m

Re: Very interesting emails....

Gary Nunn wrote: > > Occasionally I get some interesting emails that land in my inbox. Below > is one that some friends and I tried to crack the code at the bottom of > the page. Anyone here care to take a shot at it? ... > > symptom > lst h ir wv yydurv > akyiqnli ciaxssvg guitkgqivzzsdfoz > hts

Re: Br!n: The Virtue of Stubbornness?

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

Re: Brin: The Virtue of Stubbornness?

racters do not succeed because of inborn greatness, a cliché well avoided. There ARE some lucky coincidences, but one could argue that somebody had to get them... But as for Kault, the Thennanin ambassador, it was his phlegmatic character that kept him from noticing many of the (planted)

Re: Timeline & other movies - no spoilers

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 que

Re: EMP device? was 'The Burning Man'

"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 equipmen

Re: EMP device? was 'The Burning Man'

David Hobby wrote: > > Andrew Crystall wrote: > ... > > > 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

Re: feel a draft coming on?

"Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: ... > > 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 al

Re: Web Browser Question

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 s

Re: EMP device? was 'The Burning Man'

Andrew Crystall wrote: ... > > 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 flaw fortunately w

Re: EMP device? was 'The Burning Man'

Andrew Crystall wrote: ... > > Andy-- > > I've done a little research, and I still don't buy it. > > You do mean EMP, and not HERF? (high-energy radio frequency) > > Even then, it doesn't sound like something you can just throw > > together in the field. > > You do seem to be a bit reticent on t

Re: feel a draft coming on?

Dan Minette wrote: > ... > > I was considering it too. But my guess is that American > > politicians know that an actual wartime draft would be political > > suicide. (And unlike some other countries (e.g. Germany) we don't > > have it in our culture to accept a peacetime draft. Maybe if > > un

Re: EMP device? was 'The Burning Man'

Andrew Crystall wrote: > > On 2 Nov 2003 at 22:45, David Hobby wrote: > > > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > ... > > > > > > > > My reaction to such behavior was to inform the offender sweetly > > > > that if he uses that bullhorn one mor

Re: feel a draft coming on?

"Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: ... > > > > <> > > Hmm.. maybe I'll try to get a spot on the local draft board, just in case... > I was considering it too. But my guess is that American politicians know that an actual wartime draft would b

Re: First Timers Telescope

"Robert J. Chassell" wrote: ... > Do not buy anything with less than a 6 inch (150 mm) aperture (diamter > of the lens or, more likely, main mirror). Smaller telescopes don't > gather enough light, so they are only good with bright objects like > the moon and planets, and even then, they are not s

EMP device? was 'The Burning Man'

Andrew Crystall wrote: ... > > > > My reaction to such behavior was to inform the offender sweetly that > > if he uses that bullhorn one more time while people (like me) are > > trying to sleep, ... > My reaction to s similar incident involved the one and only time I > used an EMP generating device

Re: First Timers Telescope

Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: > > My son Nathaniel (6) is asking for a telescope for Christmas this year. I > am looking to spend about 100-150 dollars for it (I have always wanted one > too!). What would be a good new model in that price range? What would be a > good used telescope in that price

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

... > > > So what about screen capture utilities? > > > > Microsoft has been making changes in the API's / DirectX to be able to > > give programs the ability to prevent this. The framework has been in > > place for quite some time. > > They can change all they like. As long as it is displaye

Re: [Listref] Microsoft launches self-destructing email (false)

> The Fool wrote:. > > >My understanding is that only outlook can open these messages. Microsoft > >has said it would also provide a small stand alone (DRM) app to open > >messages for users of other software. > > > >The Whole point is that it disallows other software from reading it. So

Re: Archbishop of Canterbury defends Terrorism

ritu wrote: > > The Fool forwarded: > > > < > /15/wbish15. > > xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/15/ixnewstop.html>> > > > > Terrorists can have serious moral goals, says Williams ... > > So where, when and how does he defend terrorism? I hav

Re: ATL: one cup coffee makers

Russell Chapman wrote: > > David Hobby wrote: > > >You don't say if she brews once or twice a day. Unless > >she is a purist (whole beans in the freezer, ground fresh each > >time), she might be able to use a thermal carafe to save half the > >morning coffe

ATL: one cup coffee makers

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > Change the header if it's wrong. (Could someone list the special headers we > have/use/could use?) > > I have never drank coffee, but a relative does. She normally only drinks > two cups, one in the morning and one at night. She buys one shot coffee > pouches. Of course they

Re: [Scouted] Maggots, Leeches, and Now -- Worms?

Deborah Harrell wrote: ... > > at least with maggots or leeches they eventually > > LEAVE your body! > > ---David > > > > It's not a parasite, it's a symbiote! : ) > > > Well, in most cases the worm eggs have to be taken > every three weeks to keep the disease in re

Re: [Scouted] Maggots, Leeches, and Now -- Worms?

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Among the higher "Eeeu!"-factor medical treatments > are the use of maggots to clean gangrenous wounds, and > leeches for therapeutic blood reduction; now comes the > lowly pig whipworm for imflammatory bowel > disease(IBD). Good link. For me, it is grosser

Re: RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

Andrew Crystall wrote: > > On 29 Sep 2003 at 23:37, David Hobby wrote: > > > > destroy by washing machines and dryers. Or how about the printers > > > that require specific brand ink cartridges that must have a chip > > > from their own products t

RFID chips, was Re: The Eyes Have It

The Fool wrote: > > > > their keys, > > > > wouldn't work well if encased in a metal key, and if it is on the > > surface it is easy to remove > > >From my experience they are keys with large black plastic encasings. > Either way, they are required by the new cars to be able to start them.

Re: Names

Julia Thompson wrote: > > Catherine: > We just liked the name, and there were a number of options for nicknames > from it, so we could pick one to suit her personality once we had a feel > for it. As it is, my mother is calling her "Cathy", I'm calling her > "Catherine", and Dan is using one or t

Re: The Eyes Have It

> > So you think that would be the method? Just pick a wavelength > > where glasses/contacts are probably transparent, and work there. > > No idea. Like you, I wonder about resolution. It seems it would take > some really good (expensive) optics to get adequate resolution from a > distanc

Re: The Eyes Have It

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:02:26AM -0400, David Hobby wrote: > > > Betting that dark glasses really are "dark" at all reasonable > > wavelengths. > > You'd lose that bet. Most dark tinted glass passes light above about > 1000

Re: The Eyes Have It

Marc Erickson wrote: > > http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030515.html > again. Morton's system can identify iris patterns through dark glasses or > contact lenses and can do so almost instantly for thousands of people Sorry, I don't believe it. I guess you could use infrared

Re: Opinion of split between the two Brin-Ls?

Nick Arnett wrote: > > d.brin wrote: > > > Which is the official one, and what do you think of the split? > > > > > > > > Really? Are both active? I was not aware of this. > > > > I will pass this on to the people on the latter of the two, in hopes > > they will clarify. > > *This* list certai

Re: Welcome to the Thompson Twins!

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Congratulations Julia and Dan! Welcome too! But the title scares me--let's hope the group is completely forgotten by the time they grow up... ---David ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/

Re: Movie/TV related books: was (A bit of a rant)

"G. D. Akin" wrote: > > Wait a minute, I read _Fantastic Voyage_. It was > > a year or two before the film came out. Does that count? > Not sure. The Star Wars and Star Trek (and the like) are franchises. Not > really the same as novels that eventually become movies. But it wasn't.

Re: A bit of a rant (was SFBC)

> David wrote: > > > Got me, to my knowledge I've never read books set in a > > universe created for a film or TV series. Wait a minute, I read _Fantastic Voyage_. It was a year or two before the film came out. Does that count? ---David P.S. Congrat

Re: A bit of a rant (was SFBC)

"G. D. Akin" wrote: > > Top posting--deliberate. ... > But, give me a break! I asked if the trilogies are worth reading. I get > one non-answer and one, that does say "yay" or "nay", but also informs me of > the perils of CD clubs. > > I really expected some worthwhile comments about the trilog

Re: My sanity questioned

> >You're given a crossword-puzzle-grid, a list of numbers grouped by the > >number of digits in each one and then sorted in numerical order, and one > >number placed in the grid. You then try to logically figure out where > >each of the rest of the numbers fit in the grid. > > ... > >So, am I nut

Re: No baby?

> > I'd like to have this over with, because it gets kind of tedious keeping > track of the time of the last N contractions. Of course, in general, > they've been in clusters where they're roughly an hour apart. 12-15 > minutes apart is when we head out. The closest 2 were 25 minutes apart, > a

Re: memorization vs. idea space position

... > Thinking some more about it, it seems that new forms of math are as likely > a candidate as any for ideas that cannot be expressed symbolically. But, > I've never heard of a mathematical system who's rules exist, but cannot be > described in terms of things already know to other mathematicia

Re: Derivation vs. Memorization

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > > >> Who somehow did memorize the quadratic formula... > > > > Can you derive it? > > > Trivial. I ddn't memorize Cardano's formula, but I can > derive it easily: eliminate term in x^2, x = u + v then > eliminate term with uv. He did

Re: W's_sneak_vote_on_Vouchers_during_presidential_debate_passes_by_1_vote_while_3_democrat_opponents_were_at_debate

"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > Although I realize it's not the point the author of the article was trying > to make, nor the reason it was posted to the list, a question which arises > after reading the article is why there are apparently not any private > schools available which emphasize that the

Re: Derivation vs. Memorization, was Re: Girls more confidentof success

"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 07:49 PM 9/20/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: > > > ---David > > > >Who somehow did memorize the quadratic formula... > > Can you derive it? > > -- Ronn!

Derivation vs. Memorization, was Re: Girls more confident of success

Julia Thompson wrote: > > Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > But you have to memorize math too - you don't just figure things out > > > every time you do a problem do you? > > > > Actualy yes, I do. > > OK, 2-part question: > > 1) Did you take Diff

Re: 37 weeks plus

> > So, I made it to 37 weeks, and the babies seem to be quite healthy, > which is what we wanted. Now, to just get them *out* > > Julia Good for you! Best wishes for the last big "push". ---David

Re: Scouted: reconstruction then and now

Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >From: "Alberto Monteiro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Scouted: reconstruction then and now >

Re: Irregulars Question: Linux over Windows XP

Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 09:47:35AM -0400, David Hobby wrote: > > It can probably be solved by configuring boot loaders > > the right way. Putting Linux on first, and then making XP > > install second would probably work. But I bet

Re: Scouted: reconstruction then and now

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > David Hobby wrote: > > > > Nice find! Germany did have long democratic traditions to > > work with, though. It had just momentarily forgotten them. : ) > > Not that that could happen any place else. > > > Uh? Long democrati

Re: Irregulars Question: Linux over Windows XP

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > How can I install Linux if my computer is infected by > a virus called "Windows XP"? > > THe procedure aborted when the partition thing > didn't recognize the HD It can probably be solved by configuring boot loaders the right way. Putting Linux on first, and

Re: Scouted: reconstruction then and now

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Nice find! Germany did have long democratic traditions to > > work with, though. It had just momentarily forgotten them. > > > > Not that long. Not really. What, 1848 doesn't count? Well, longer than Iraq, anyway. : ) --

Re: Scouted: reconstruction then and now

Bryon Daly wrote: ... > History never really does fully repeat itself. An American president has > just announced almost a Marshall Plan's worth of spending on a country far > poorer than Germany, two years earlier than Harry Truman did. But Iraq is > far less stable and far more menacing, and the

Re: Trampoline bear

Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > Almost as good as the flying cat... > > > > I'm not familiar with *that* one, but I'm intrigued now. > > Want it offlist? (it's 372KB) > > Anyone else? > > Andy > Dawn Falcon Maybe. Is it this one? http://web.ms11.net/kittyclips/catfly.mpeg (More of a ju

Re: br!n: feudalism meme in america

Damon wrote: > > > So feudalism was just a lot of private contracts? O.K.. > >But if one's choice is "accept a serfdom contract or starve", isn't > >this in fact coercion? > > Technically serfdom is outside the bounds of feudalism because a serf does > not do homage or swear fealty for h

Re: br!n: feudalism meme in america

Damon wrote: ... > Of course I could go on to say that feudalism was an agreement between two > men in which one did service for the other in exchange for land, and has > nothing to do with rulership. But then, I don't think anyone really cares > about history anymore, or "getting it right"... :(

Re: those who can't, teach

Kevin Tarr wrote: > > http://www.frontpagemag.com/Content/read.asp?ID=55 > > The Center for the Study of Popular Culture released a report that > documents the stunning bias against conservative viewpoints on college > faculties and speakers platforms. At 32 elite colleges registered Democrats >

Re: Perfect Numbers

> What is the smallest known odd perfect number? > > > > Is too! You could prove me wrong? There is a > > (large) lower bound, and no known upper bound. > > > Do you have any idea about this lower bound? At least 10^300. See section 5 of: http://www.utm.edu/research/primes/mersen

Re: Perfect Numbers

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > David Hobby wrote: > > > >> Uh? Really? The last time I read about it, the only > > > > KNOWN > > > >> perfect numbers were the few that came from... > >> 2^(n-1) (2^n - 1) > > > Right. I should h

Re: Autism Article L3

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This seems to do a nice job capturing alot of previous discussion on list > with the addition of some new angles > Dee Nice article. Thanks! ---David — ’ “ ” ... ___ http://www.mcc

Re: Test (28 perfect number)

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > And I happen to be born on the 28th of May... And I on the 14th of December. > > > Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? > > > > > > Julia ... > All that may be true, but it certainly is not a 42, so who cares? As we have just demons

Re: Perfect Numbers [was: Test]

Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > David Hobby wrote about 28: > > > > It is nominally the number of days in a month. > >It is a perfect number, the only even perfect number that > >is a multiple of 7. (There are some LARGE odd perfect numbers > >that are

Re: Test

> Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? > > Julia It is nominally the number of days in a month. It is a perfect number, the only even perfect number that is a multiple of 7. (There are some LARGE odd perfect numbers that are multiples of 7, but they don't count. : )

Test

Sorry, just a test. My email is having problems, so I want to see if this message makes it into the archives. ---David What, you wanted content?! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Question about the current e-mail plague

... > > > I'm talking about sobig.f. > > > > > > I've been noticing that I don't get any messages with it overnight, but > > > at some point during the morning, I start getting a whole bunch. And > > > then they drop off suddenly at some point during the evening. Anyone > > > else seeing this? A

Re: Creative spam

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > --- David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > > Lo, these many years ago, in college Organic > > > Chemistry, I and a friend created the 'O-chem > >>Personality Wheel,'

Re: Creative spam

Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Lo, these many years ago, in college Organic > Chemistry, I and a friend created the 'O-chem > Personality Wheel,' with categories from Ortho-normal > (your basic staid and sedate microbiology major) on to > Para-normal (included mushroom-tea drinkers) and > Epi-normal

Re: ADMIN: Another test from Yahoo...

Nick Arnett wrote: > > Not sure if we're there yet or not. Somebody post to the list! If I > weren't getting my own messages, this would be easier! I just got this--I'm posting right back. Yes, I read you loud and clear... Oops, it's dated Monday.

Re: Scouted: Programming Language Inventor -OR- Serial Slayer

"Horn, John" wrote: > > An aptitude test to determine whether you now the difference between > a geek and a serial killer: > > http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz > > I got 6 out of 10. > > - jmh > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listin

Re: [SPAM]Worm Week

Robert Seeberger wrote: > > I had at least 5 attempts to infect my PC tonight. > Anyone else getting hits? > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A16499-2003Aug19?language=printer > > New Fast-Spreading Sobig Worm Adds to 'Worm Week' > ... I had about 60 come in, all nicely packa

Re: Most Dangerous States, now "43 times"

Robert Seeberger wrote: ... > Evaluating the "43 times" fallacy ...a study by Arthur Kellermann and Donald Reay published in the > June 12, 1986 issue of New England Journal of Medicine (v. 314, n. 24, p. > 1557-60) which concluded that a firearm in the home is "43 times more > likely" to be used

Re: Fight the Future: new RFID chips designed to withstanddrycleaning

Erik Reuter wrote: ... > The only thing I can think of that might possibly work would be that > each RFID chip delays a random amount of time before responding to a > query from the reader (and this random time changes each time for each > RFID chip that is queried). Then if the reader keeps queryi

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

> >I want the figure, and the plane, and the Evil Saddam Hussein > >Underground Fortress, ... > > I'd have a blast with the "Falling Statue Playset", complete with "Falling > Statue Action". As for the Evil Saddam Hussein Underground Fortress, does > it include an escape tunnel? > > JJ

Re: Dubya with Kung Fu Grip

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > True. However, this current subthread started with the following: > > > > > I swear I've seen a big stone one of Lincoln, sitting > > >down. You mean that it WON'T come to the defense of Liberty > > >when a rabbi writes the word on its forehead? > > > > So

Re: Most Dangerous States--"43 times"

Dan Minette wrote: ... > > "Mortality studies such as ours do not include cases in which burglars > or > > intruders are wounded or frightened away by the use or display of a > firearm. > > Cases in which would-be intruders may have purposely avoided a house > known > > to be armed are also not

Re: [Listref] Obesity - some encouraging news

Julia Thompson wrote: ... > If you want to go all-out and get a Bowflex, that can > *really* help, but not everyone wants to make *that* sort of commitment > of resources and space. :) > > Julia > > looking forward to having the lung capacity to exercise again Julia-- I'm sure y

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