Re: Changing Server Settings (was RE: [Brin-l] Brin:Forwardedposting)

2002-09-17 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 15:07 17-09-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: I have the same stuff in the messages for the other high-traffic (i.e., 100 posts a day not unheard of, 20+ very common) list I'm on. I haven't heard anyone complain there, and people complain more voceferously

Re: Changing Server Settings (was RE: [Brin-l] Brin:Forwardedposting)

2002-09-18 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: Jeroen That will be $4.95, please -- cash only van Baardwijk Um, that's a little awkward from this distance. Can I just give you $5 and let you keep the nickel? :) Julia ___

Re: [Brin-l] ip

2002-09-19 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/10.10/lessig.html Nice article about ip. *Long* article about a lawyer doing cool stuff about IP. :) (Over 40K.) Anyone getting cross-eyed reading the article at wired.com, you can e-mail the article to yourself. Anyone not wanting to

Re: [Brin-l] rapturism

2002-09-20 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 19:47 19-09-2002 -0500, The Fool wrote: Europeans generally are unreliable and untrustworthy. That is definitely a false statement. Europeans as a whole are not unreliable and untrustworthy -- that only applies to the French and Italians. :-) Well, so you

Re: [Brin-l] Fw: [Larryniven-l] A Shocking Space Movie (fwd)

2002-09-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: Kevin T. Beaver Stadium is a telescope (true) What kind? Intrigued, Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [Brin-l] RE: Changeover... topic identifiers?

2002-09-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: Try Sender:, I find it to be reliable and robust. And I think you may be in the minority on liking the [Brin-l] in the subject. It is redundant, and I still haven't seen a clear reason for having it. Unless you are somehow unable to filter on the Sender: field?? The

Re: Administrivia: Get rid of [Brin-L] in subject header??

2002-09-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: Re: Administrivia: Get rid of [Brin-L] in subject header?? I also agree. I have used the To field to filter the list

Re: [Brin-l] Why settle for a minivan, I say...

2002-09-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [Brin-l] Why settle for a minivan, I say... Julia who didn't see Speed Racer as a kid, but who saw a number

Who *I'm* rooting for Re: Week 3 NFL Picks

2002-09-22 Thread Julia Thompson
I'm not going to attempt any prediction, but I figured I'd share who I'd *like* to see win each matchup. :) J.D. Giorgis wrote: Carolina (+6) at Minnesota Pick: PANTHERS I'm rooting for Minnesota. 1) The owner is a former San Antonio car dealer. He's also contributed a chunk of change

Re: [Brin-l] rapturism

2002-09-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: xponent Everyone Loves Raymond Maru rob Who's this Raymond character? Regards, Reinhold. OK, am I the only one who's experiencing a Night Court flashback? Julia ___

Re: [Brin-l] rapturism

2002-09-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn Blankenship wrote: At 02:16 PM 9/22/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 22:29 21-09-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: You call denigrating me just because I'm not Dutch improving the environment of the list??? The word denigrating has such a negative ring to it People in the US have

Re: N.C. Libertarians to sell pin-up calendars

2002-09-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: Okay, where are the pictures? They are Libertarians.You have to *buy* the calender. OTOH, if someone scans the pictures and put them in a Website, they will forget the slaughter the lawyers motto and find one to sue the

Re: Attack Iraq, Alone If We Must

2002-09-22 Thread Julia Thompson
K. Feete wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: whoa, hold your horses, Republicans create an emotionally charged smokescreen? I'll give you a chance to say retract and say ALL political people create an emotionally charged smokescreen. Emendation accepted. The Republicans are just the current worst

Re: [Brin-l] rapturism

2002-09-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Julia Thompson ... Noo, Reinhold was Dan Fielding's real name, I do believe. Bingo! Also, if you look at the credits, the creator is Reinhold Weege. We

Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 24 september 2002 03:06 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Baby names Both times my wife was pregnant, I dealt with the unending

Name-dropping Re: Baby names

2002-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: Todd Rundgren, nerd/rocker, named one of his kids Rebop -- Rebop Rundgren. I was kidding Michelle Gray, Todd's significant other, that Rebop must get teased at school a lot (Rebop was in pre-school at that point). Oh, no, she said, he was going to a private school in San

Experiment Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] From this guy: The real question is what kind of filtering software inserted before 'From', after my sending and before my recieving. I've seen that a lot if there are too many lines of nothing between paragraphs. I don't know where it is

Re: how religious fanatics attack free speech

2002-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: I wasn't suggesting anything involving 'terrorism', I was suggesting other features of the Taliban rule. How about a different analogy. Popery in the middle ages (not that medieval popery was less violent than the Taliban (perhaps much more so)). A theocratic 'god' rule.

Re: [ADMIN QUESTION]

2002-09-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Nick- Any idea on when the ding function will be up and running? No pressure, I'm just idly wondering. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gonna ding me some name droppers, for starters *grin* Hey! I resemble that remark! ;) Julia who has

Tequila Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-09-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Baardwijk, J. van DTO/SLWPD/RZO/BOZO wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: donderdag 26 september 2002 01:09 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World All the tequila I've ever tried tasted

War for Drugs a success

2002-09-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Or something like that was the subject of a mail from another list that included this link: http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia_china/story.jsp?story=336722 Afghan opium production up 1400% from last year Julia ___

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Actually, I probably won't be doing much dinging at all, unless I can ding for completely senseless things, as I'm feeling rather Discordian of late. Hail Eris? I guess I could tape Enterprise. When/what channel is it on? It manages to fall in my don't give a

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: Goto startrek.com and find the listing (under information). I don't have a upn, but I still get it (from a wb, previously from a fox). I'm guessing you live in a fair-sized city, or receive broadcasts from one, or share a cable TV system with one. The nearest city listed is

Re: Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-26 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are facts and there are opinions. Facts can be tautological facts (like 2+2=4) or empirical facts (the Titanic sank). 2+2=4 is not a tautology, it is based on an axiom, a 'given'. A tautology is circular reasoning,

Re: Zonkeys, striped like zebras, built like donkeys

2002-09-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: Julia? I think that what we have near us are still real zebras. 1) There are a number of other animals on the same property that look like specific African species. (Some kind of gazelle? Anyway, it has a very distinctive kind of horn, and I never see that except

Re: Brain, brain, what is brain? Re: measles vs cancer

2002-09-27 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 09:36 26-09-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Thanks, found it. Ah. Much better. Did you look in behind the radiator? Tom's favourite place to hide things Radiator? I haven't lived in a place with a radiator since I was 8 years old. I have

Re: [Brin-l] [TV] Anyone watch Firefly?

2002-09-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Julia Thompson wrote: Ooo! Ooo! Do you take VISA? :) I can only accept payment in charbroiled chicken-hearts. Darn, they're so small they fall through the grill rack. Ah, well (Plus there's the little issue of the grill being

Re: Brain, brain, what is brain? Re: measles vs cancer

2002-09-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: The real problem was that Sammy woke up after less than an hour, cried, and his daddy picked him up and brought him downstairs. Ah, that kind of problem. Yeah I found a solution for that too. I go out shopping, leaving Tom

Re: Access To On-line NY Times Articles

2002-09-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Jeroen wrote: I know some people object to having to register in order to read on-line NY Times articles, so I took the liberty of getting a registration for all of us. Member ID = brinlist Password = brinlist :-)) I like to register with

Re: Extremely bad dog-related smells Re:TequilaRe:Intellectualoutput from the Arab World

2002-09-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: The Fool wrote: Compare: When a Cat craps on the carpet: not so good. When a Dog craps on the carpet: Extremely bad, you can tell wherever you are in the house, for several days afterward. Well there is one cat that has made a habit of leaving it's

Re: 33lb's of uranium

2002-09-28 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=topnewsStoryID=1508708 What volume of uranium would that be, anyway? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: 33lb's of uranium

2002-09-28 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Sep 28, 2002 at 07:08:52PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: Translating into English units, we have a volume just under 50 cc, and a ^^ in^3

Re: Horses, was Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-09-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: There are Belgian teams that pull beer wagons in parades here (Miller, I think); at the last Colorado State Fair I went to, there was a draft horse pull: no whip or rein-slapping allowed, just verbal commands. The winning Belgians' performance was impressive: at the

Re: god vs science

2002-09-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: --- The Fool wrote: http://proliberty.com/observer/20020907.htm She goes on to say that doctors need to understand that vaccines contain toxic ingredients and foreign DNA that do not belong in the bodies of people. She believes it is up to ordinary citizens to

Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-09-30 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: The school board from my home area, one of the members had a rant during a meeting about music being played around school and sporting events. It started normally, then he started talking about the DJ's behavior. Then somehow he tied in metal music with satan worshiping and

Re: New list and new to list.

2002-10-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: I'm also on the Piper-l list. William Taylor Kevin asked: A list for single engine airplane owners/lovers? I'm betting it's a list for devotees of H. Beam Piper. If so, I'm interested. :) Julia ___

Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-10-02 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: http://www.trufax.org/ (also try webdev.archive.org, they've toned it waaay down, this site has to be seen to be believed, and the older versions were much much more whacked out). I wouldn't be

Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-10-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Julia Thompson wrote: The Fool wrote: From: Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: http://www.trufax.org/ (also try webdev.archive.org, they've toned it waaay down, this site has to be seen to be believed, and the older versions were much much more

Re: papers please

2002-10-02 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.kusa.com/storyfull.asp?id=7112 Jeffco stores soon to require fingerprints for all check and credit card purchases by 9NEWS reporter Ginger Delgado, edited by Web Producer Paola Farer October 02, 2002 - 7:59 AM JEFFERSON COUNTY - You'll soon have to provide a

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-02 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: Despite the name, Britannica is a US encyclopaedia. So the fact that it gives the US usage of the word does not add any light at all to the argument. Is the Oxford English Dictionary a US dictionary? I believe it is a British dictionary. (Please correct me if I am

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Dan Minette wrote: No, it should be ungooder Oh, Alberto, you are about 18 years out of date. Actually, you didn't get it right for 18 years ago, so maybe you didn't mean that. It should have been plus ungood. No, _plus_ is the prefix for

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] And I'm *not* going to shut down my window for the OED online now. :P ) Why would you have to? I've had upwards of 100 browser sessions open at the same time. If I have too many things open at once, I have a much harder time

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 8:28 AM Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World Dan Minette wrote: No, it should be ungooder Oh, Alberto, you are

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: The task bar is resizeable. Yes, it is. I just have a harder time if I have to look through too many similar things to find what I'm wanting. If I could easily redo the icons so that I could tell

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: Further definitions of the word “Antisemitism” are listed below. I didn’t have access to the OED dictionary online as you need to pay a usage license of US $795! (But William posted one for us anyway. (Thank you) :) ) Hey, that wasn't William who posted from the OED.

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World Date: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 13:29:39 -0500 (More fur flies due to misattribution than any other single cause some days, I've noticed) Are you playing cat volleyball again

Re: Definitions, Hey Julia

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: Finally, to go back to our discussion on religion, I'd love to see the entry on religion from OED (hint hint Julia :-) ) There are 8 entries. I don't feel like providing more than the first one right now. I might provide the second one sometime tomorrow. (I'm tired and

Re: Intellectual output from the Arab World

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: I think you need to look up the word sophistry. Its what you are doing in any case. If you want the OED definition, ask. :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Definitions, Hey Julia

2002-10-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: Ask and ye shall receive yadda yadda yadda http://www.agathachristie.com/booksplays/missmarple.shtml Enjoy. :) Jon Galactic Library, Mostly Harmless Department Thank you very much. Now I *really* ought to get off the computer and head for bed

Political humor

2002-10-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Just got this from another mailing list. Should be OK to view at work if it's OK to look at political cartoons at work. (If it's *not* OK to view political cartoons at work, then wait until you get home, OK? I don't want you getting in trouble over a link I sent out)

Re: Political humor

2002-10-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Julia wrote: Just got this from another mailing list. Should be OK to view at work if it's OK to look at political cartoons at work. http://www.defectiveyeti.com/iraqevite/ Julia p.s. I'd like to hear what your favorite detail is, if you have

Re: 28

2002-10-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Note: the following response is intended as humor. The Fool wrote: http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4213393.htm Can we come up with two words that begin with the letter 'B'? How about 'billion'? How about 'BOGUS'? Julia

Re: Definitiions (was Intellectual output from the Arab World)

2002-10-05 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Definitiions (was Intellectual output from the Arab World) Date: Sat, 05 Oct 2002 11:46:30 +0200 At 00:10 05-10-2002 -0500, The Fool foolishly blated: The word I believe you were looking for is 'blatted'? It

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 08:55:30PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Actually, if you're a woman, there are *much* suckier rulers to live under. (Or die under.) Saudi Arabia, for a biggie. Iraqi women enjoy greater freedoms than women in almost all other Mideast

Re: cookies

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Sonja I hate cookies.. unless they are covered in chocolate that is. ;o) So, you don't like the lemon-frosted kind? M, lemon-frosted cookies. drool Julia ___

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Ritu Ko wrote: Dan M. wrote: Well, that just shows how much more astute you are than I am. I guessed he was Irish. :-) chuckle With a name like Gautam Mukunda? Nope. But I am not really that astute. Most Indians can take a look at that name and tell you about the caste of

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Whoops, in my reply, I'd snipped a bunch of stuff that Erik had said, and to be fair, I think I ought to respond to all that he said in his post. Here it is: Erik Reuter wrote: That does not seem a good plan. For one thing, the grounds for attacking SA are less. They haven't violated a

Re: The T-word . . .

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn Blankenship wrote: Am I back on-line? Better yet, am I back to stay this time, or will my machine crash again in a day or two like it did the last time? Reinstalling Windows over and over and over is _so_ much fun, especially when you have to guess each time what is keeping it

Exerpt from book on Enron demise

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
_Pipe Dreams: Greed Ego and the Death of Enron_ by Robert Bryce will be released tomorrow. There's an excerpt at http://www.austin360.com/statesman/editions/today/business_1.html I'd recommend that anyone interested in the Enron debacle read at least this excerpt; if it's representative of

Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 09:58 07-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: The way it was explained to me how surnames go in India (and you can correct me if I'm wrong) is that your surname is your father's given name. In the US, your surname is your father's surname. Until recently

Re: This Message Is For Male Brinellers Only

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Jim wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 09:49 07-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Now, there are times when everything else is *not* being equal, and I have to unload and load the dishwasher 3 or 4 times in a row before Dan

Re: Brin webpage down

2002-10-07 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe it's just AOL. But what da hell am I supposed to do now, watch the damn football game? 1) I'm seeing it fine right now. 2) If you like Green Bay, then for pity's sake, watch the football game! Julia ___

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: Any such hyphenation process doesn't scale well. On Tue, Oct 08, 2002 at 12:04:13PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Erik wrote: I always thought a decent way to do it would be for woman and man to keep their same names, for male children to get the father's name and

Re: Changes At The Top -- October 7, 2002

2002-10-08 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: Julia Leading Lady Thompson has more than doubled the gap between herself and John Republican-and-proud-of-it Giorgis (from 215 to 491 posts) and in the process crossed the 4,000 posts mark (Julia, where DO you find the time?). At the expense of housework. :) No,

Re: Off topic: sled

2002-10-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Steve Sloan II wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: BTW, how fast can a dolphin swim? crackle... bzzt... Paging Mr. Harney, Mr. Michael Harney! ;-) He's not subbed at present. :( But I bet he'd be happy to answer the question if Steve or Alberto asked him off-list. :) Julia

Re: This Message Is For Male Brinellers Only

2002-10-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: My kitchen is a very static one. That means that every ittybitty little item has it's own spot. I get really very annoyed and grumpy when stuff is out of place. After a forced rearanging of the kitchen (in order to create more space or to fit in a new item)

Re: Baby's surname Re: U.S. drops leaflets warningIraqofcounterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Lalith Vipulananthan wrote: John wrote: I, on the other hand, have an extremely short name. Only two syllables if you don't include my middle name. One of my brothers, who also has a single syllable first and last name, used to jokingly say he was going to name is firstborn Jebediah

Re: U.S. drops leaflets warning Iraq of counterattack

2002-10-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: serious mode Probably not nearly as worried as you must be, but - as has been noted on-list previously - the scare tactics being employed by the current administration to erode civil liberties (re: the Patriot Act), On that note:

Re: Inventor Says No More Tears with Baby-Cry Gadget

2002-10-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=573ncid=573e=4u=/nm/2002 1009/od_nm/invention_dc A Spanish inventor, intrigued by his son's incessant crying, has designed a detector that he says will tell harassed parents within 20 seconds if their baby is hungry,

Re: lemon

2002-10-11 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2318519.stm I agree with the note of caution and the need for clinical studies, especially in the wake of the nonoxynol-9 findings. Interesting, though. Julia ___

Re: lemon

2002-10-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Ticia wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: I agree with the note of caution and the need for clinical studies, especially in the wake of the nonoxynol-9 findings. What findings? The belief was that condoms with N-9 would offer protection from HIV. It turns out that N-9 doesn't destroy

Re: Official! World's funniest joke

2002-10-13 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: LONDON, England -- The world's funniest joke has been revealed after a year-long search by scientists. http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/10/03/joke.funniest/index.html I found the information about duck jokes to be interesting. I wonder if the AFLAC duck being

Re: learn from past mistakes

2002-10-13 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/13/2002 3:17:50 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: wait for it.it started raining. It's still raining now. The local radar shows no rain, but it is raining. Maybe it's really very low lying verga. Did you get

Re: learn from past mistakes

2002-10-13 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The baloney is winning! WHAM Well, would you prefer that the olive loaf be ahead in the game? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Official! World's funniest joke

2002-10-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: I found the information about duck jokes to be interesting. I wonder if the AFLAC duck being a duck, as opposed to some other animal, explains at least a small percentage of the success of that ad campaign? (And is it just me, or does that duck need Valium?)

Re: Animals (was: Official! World's funniest joke)

2002-10-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] (Our neighbors had a couple of ducks for awhile. Well, they had 2, until our dog ate the nastier one. We had a duck as a pet when I was a kid. It was the meanest duck you ever did see. I used to go to the bus stop

Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Someone on another mailing list I'm on posted a link for Ad Death, which kills most banner ads. http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's recommendation before I decide whether or not to download it. Julia

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread Julia Thompson
J.D. Giorgis wrote: The following e-mail is from my Statistics Professor, after we had a discussion of the probabilities associated with the Washington Sniper in our most recent class. We now have 12 people shot in 12 days, so this makes for pretty grim reading Um, I thought it was

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Um, I thought it was only up to 9. The FBI agent shot last night was listed as the 9th victim. Have there been 3 more that haven't shown up on Yahoo's news site? My understanding (from a really long way away) is that there are 9 dead, 12

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-16 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 23:48 15-10-2002 +0200, I politely asked JDG: John, access to files in the Brin-L/Files section at Yahoo!Groups requires people to first join Brin-L through Yahoo!Groups. Not everyone may want to do that, so next time you want to share a file, could you please

Re: A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-16 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 15:07 16-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: OK, dumb question here. There have been several sightings; everyone in that corner of the world must know about Bigbird by now. So why are there no PICTURES? I would expect that by after the first one

Re: a chipping we will go

2002-10-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: -Message d'origine- De : Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:prutje;softhome.net] Imagine You go into the store, pick a few items, walk out of the store, the tags are automatically scanned without you ever having been in line at a check out. You

Re: a chipping we will go

2002-10-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: -Message d'origine- De : Julia Thompson [mailto:julia;zurg.net] I would *love* to be able to avoid unloading the cart. Sooner or later, whatever I have for Sammy to play with isn't good enough, and he has to hold one of the grocery items

Re: Getting_really_silly

2002-10-23 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 10/23/2002 1:45:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Or is that all bunk? William Taylor (.waiting for) Someone to say that - they were bonking while boinking? - for a

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Oct 19, 2002 at 10:01:14AM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: I'd like to ask a question about general rules of politeness. From what I've seen in a number of places, people are suppose to publically divulge the contents of private emails only with the explict

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-19 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 11:35 19-10-2002 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: It is my belief that discussions taken off-list should be kept off-list until such time as all parties involved agree it should go back on-list. Even if the discussion is technically not taken off-list

Getting silly Re: brin: war

2002-10-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: d.brin wrote: You are taking the word of a man who admits to have snorted coke, and who has every political reason to say whatever it takes to win an election. Hey, bit strong! I think it is a bit rash to to criticise someone for snorting coke. Haven't you ever

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-20 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: How can I ever reach a better understanding of his views, if he keeps refusing to clarify his position? It makes having discussions with him a total waste of time, effort and bandwidth. Then why do you bother? Julia

Re: Question for everyone

2002-10-20 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: You mean, that same Brin who left Brin-L after a major on-list battle that got started when JDG attacked our good doctor on the Startide Rising List? Excuse me? When did JDG attack our good doctor on the Startide list? I've gone over all those posts, and anything JDG

Re: Georgia school board OKs alternatives to evolution

2002-10-20 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 22:33 11-10-2002 -0400, John Giorgis wrote: Now, it is entirely possible to decide that another poster is so unlikely to post an intelligent remark or question that the probability of this approaches zero. So, the probability of me posting an intelligent remark

Re: Jijo photography question.

2002-10-21 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Without going back to rereading all of Brightness Reef, does anyone have the page numbers to all references to the plates and photography used on Jijo? We have people doing timelines and aliens, but is there a bibliography of technology? I tried to do one for

Re: Genesis (Was Re: Evolution vs. Creation)

2002-10-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Anyone else notice the irony in the subject line? :) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Getting silly Re: brin: war

2002-10-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn Blankenship wrote: I note that we still have not received any account of the circumstances and the decision process which led Julia to snort salt . . . Let's say I was in college, hadn't necessarily had enough sleep, and other people had been snorting less painful substances (e.g.,

Re: Getting silly Re: Br!n war

2002-10-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: Oh, I thought it was only a problem at the beginning of the subject. It seems we need to remove Brin: from ANYWHERE in the subject (must be a non-clever filter he has set up). On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 10:17:38AM -0700, d.brin wrote: Pleese! Only put Brin: in the

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 11:16:30AM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Good article at the Washington Post website, but they ask you demographic info to get to it: I used to read the Washington Post a lot more, but since

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: Well, it looks like they caught the snipers. (see any of the major news sites for the story). Good article at the Washington Post website, but they ask you demographic info to get to it: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A4422-2002Oct23.html I'm hoping that if

Re: Sniper

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: Well, it looks like they caught the snipers. (see any of the major news sites for the story). Thank goodness! My default local news site is kvue.com (good weather site for Austin) and I found a story there at http://www.kvue.com/breaking/1024kvuealabama-jw.ecbc2728.html

Baseball Re: test

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: And may I add, Go Giants. I haven't been much of a baseball fan since leaving Pittsburgh a couple of decades ago, but this World Series, with its strangely afflicted pitchers, has been sort of fun. I'd normally be rooting for Anaheim (AL snobbishness), but after watching

Snide remark Re: Call the UNSC's Bluff

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: From a posted article; just a couple of nitpicks that I have - Debbi, who snipped a lot I've snipped even more, and am merely making a snide remark below. Let the U.N. Vote Wednesday, October 23, 2002; Page A26 Washington Post Editorial ...What explains

Re: The UN

2002-10-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2002 at 01:17:21PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: the Security Council does whatever these five agree upon. Yes, 5 of the 10 temporary members have to concur, but it is likely to happen if these 5 agree. 4, I believe. 5: U.S., U.K.,

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