Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: Is He That Predictable? Find Out Tonight On A Very Special Episode Of Blossom. Eh, after awhile, they were *all* Very Special Episodes. :P I never watched it evenings. I watched it in syndication at one point, about twice a week for a month. I liked the opening credits,

Re: On The Proliferation of Fast Food Restaurants (Was RE: The listandcopyright)

2003-02-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: On The Proliferation of Fast Food Restaurants (Was RE: The list andcopyright) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 18:53:10 -0600

Re: Book Suggestions: The Best of Current SciFi?

2003-02-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: Hi, gang.. I'm going to make my weekly expedition to Borders in a couple of days. I'd like to stock up on SciFi books. What's new and worthy out there? If it's not too late If you've never tried any Jack McDevitt, look his stuff over. My husband has really

Re: On The Proliferation of Fast Food Restaurants (Was RE: The listandcopyright)

2003-02-14 Thread Julia Thompson
Steve Sloan II wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Do you have Sonic there? We have Sonic here. I had one of their grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch today. :) I had one of their double cheeseburgers, and some tater tots, a few hours ago. :-) Dan's big on the double cheeseburgers

Re: JVB flames (was RE: POLICY ...)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 01:27:16PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: made it harder for you to control your anger in recent months? A brain tumor can cause a change in personality as it grows and puts pressure on certain portions of the brain, Or maybe a too-tight hat?

Re: The Last Post For Me Today

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: The Last Post For Me Today Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2003 10:25:18 -0600 I wrote this for Susan. My sincere and honest congratulations on such a

Re: Another prisoner's dilemma (the Monty Hall question)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Another prisoner's dilemma (the Monty Hall question) Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 15:40:07 -0500 This isn't really a puzzler like the last one, but I

Re: Abortion, Miscarriage, and Subsequent Premature Births

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 10:50:08PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: According to _Planning Your Pregnancy and Birth, Third Edition_ by The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (copyright 2000), having 1 abortion will have no effect on future pregnancies

Re: JVB flames (was RE: POLICY ...)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:45 PM 2/15/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: seriously contemplating ordering a breastfeeding stool Hmm. Finding breastfeeding and stool in the same sentence reminds me of reading Dr. Spock . . . I think we went over this awhile back. I can tell you all

Re: Abortion, Miscarriage, and Subsequent Premature Births

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 03:13:12PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: I only saw the one study cited in the article posted by JDG. Until there are more studies on that particular issue, I'm going to accept the ACOG as the authority on the matter quoting from the end

Re: JVB flames (was RE: POLICY ...)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 02:45:36PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: the solution is to stop wearing the hat and find something else to fulfill the same function the hat was serving, such as a slightly bigger hat. Or a wig! The solution is to wear a wig!!! Now the only

Re: Daredevil review (no spoilers)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: I noticed the same type of error on the previews, where you can catch a glimpse of DD dashing through the air. That takes away my willingful suspension of disbelief for what I'm watching on screen. I'm not expert in CGI, but why on Earth don't they notice how

Re: JVB flames (was RE: POLICY ...)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 03:24:02PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Well, if the problem was needing a hard-hat for head protection, a wig won't do that, Beehive with lots of hairspray to harden it up??? Beehive *wig*, maybe. If you were wearing a hardhat for necessity

Re: JVB flames (was RE: POLICY ...)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 03:40 PM 2/15/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 03:24:02PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Well, if the problem was needing a hard-hat for head protection, a wig won't do that, Beehive with lots of hairspray

Re: JVB flames (was RE: POLICY ...)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Feb 15, 2003 at 03:42:52PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I disagree. A hardhat is worn for protection from things that might otherwise conk you on the noggin. Few of us, even those with plenty of hair to cover our scalps and/or hang down our backs, have

Re: New List Admin (was Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright)

2003-02-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 8:05 PM Subject: Re: New List Admin (was Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright) Why not Wisconsin? Hey!! Wisconsin + Nukes = LOTS

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Andrew Crystall wrote: It can be illegal as you like...if you go after your employer you can basically kiss any good job goodbye ever again *shrugs*. Realities of the situation. That depends. I know of someone who got fired for cause and went after her employer for discrimination. (She was

Re: Top 11 known arrests/crimes by Bush's admins family

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:16 AM 2/14/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: FWIW, did you realize that a lot of your messages in this series are being tagged as spam? Are you doing something different with these messages than you have been doing with your regular messages to the list? SPAM:

Re: Top 11 known arrests/crimes by Bush's admins family

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: His messages about Bush are _still_ not being recognized by Eudora as coming from Brin-L, so I simply thought I'd mention that there is still a problem with his messages while replying to his message rather than send him a separate message about it. Logically, since

Employment issues Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: (BTW, I tried to come up with a new subject line for this thread, but couldn't think of a good one to cover the new topic. Anyone else have a thought?) Is that better? :) It was the best I could come up with on the fly. Julia about to head out for some

Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! Oh, come on, Erik, that one was so lame, it sucked! Julia ___

Re: snowstorm in the Midwest

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 06:04:52PM -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote: Anyone else stuck at home in this snowstorm? From looking at the radar it looks like this storm is covering all the way from Illinois to the east coast. I'm not stuck, but I'm at home in New Jersey and

Re: Flagyl (was RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives)

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Reuter ... Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. How about you? Lots of Gatorade and toast handy before I take one

Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Erik wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! That wouldn't have helped for the times that... well, that she had sexual relations with him while he was not having sexual relations with

Re: snowstorm in the Midwest

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/16/2003 5:19:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone else stuck at home in this snowstorm? ...as I'm sitting here in short pants and a tee shirt. Oh well, I'll get the heat in July etc. Dan went outside for a

Re: snowstorm in the Midwest

2003-02-16 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:08:06PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Did you not have to make up snow days later on in the school year, on a Saturday or some day which would have otherwise been a holiday? I never had to. I think if there were more than X snowdays ( I

Re: weather update from central Ohio....

2003-02-17 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary L. Nunn wrote: Weather last night: snow Weather at this moment: snowing Weather anticipated for today: snow There is 14 inches on the ground here so far. I'm thinking that it is time to schedule a trip to the Bahamas :-) Yeah, but you have to wait until the airport opens, if

Re: Irregulars Question: pop3 for free.... please?

2003-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, there is one possible problem: I haven't yet tried to *send* e-mail from my Wanadoo Free account through our Cable Internet connection, so I don't know if that will work. Remind me to try that tonight. Maybe keep the Softhome account, have it subbed but not

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

2003-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You know, we peace lovers think exactly the same thing. The only difference is that we see Bush and those who support him as bigots and enemies of freedom. You're not a peace lover, Jeroen. You were all gung ho

Re: Urine Test

2003-02-18 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 18 Feb 2003, Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.drinknation.com/urinaltest.php Take the urinal test and see if you know proper etiquette or if you arekinda strange. G Shouldn't that be urinal test and not urine test? :) Its for guys, Ladies! G This, or something similar,

Krugman on US citizens vs. EU citizens

2003-02-19 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/02/18/opinion/18KRUG.html Krugman argues that the difference in media coverage between the US and European countries has a lot to do with the differences in opinion. If you want me to e-mail you a copy of the column, let me know, and I'll try to get to it within 12

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

2003-02-19 Thread Julia Thompson
it should mean the opposite. And it's one of those words that bugs the heck out of me, and causes me to discount the argument a little, so if you're trying to convince me, Julia Thompson, personally, of your position, please don't use it. :) Julia

Re: EU thought crimes

2003-02-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: If I were you, I wouldn't personally assume that many/most Jews are atheists unless I had more than anecdotal evidence to back it up. I don't mean this unkindly. I just think the blanket statement was inaccurate. Many Jews are atheists, or agnostic. I wouldn't say most

Re: goodkind

2003-02-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: Someone asked on-list about whether people should be forced into freedom. This strikes me as a very interesting question, one I hadn't thought about. I find that I'm amvbivalent about it. Erik, would you see your view as just stated on-list in another email that religion

Re: Crash Diet (Was: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance')

2003-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: Hmm...what's up with listmembers and gut problems recently? silly conspiracy theory musings... :) Dunno, but it can be pretty miserable; and then when you're sitting around feeling miserable and sorry for yourself, and then find out that someone else is in worse shape,

Re: snowstorm in the Midwest

2003-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 06:23:37PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: My sister and her fiancé live in DC, but they're here for the weekend. We're hoping they'll be able to fly into BWI tomorrow as planned, so they don't miss work on Tuesday. Good luck! Well, they made

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack? Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 13:59:27 -0600 Talking about Star Trek: The Motion(less) Picture (sorry

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

2003-02-20 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: woensdag 19 februari 2003 1:28 Aan: Killer Bs Discussion Onderwerp: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance' As for the peace at any cost US citizens, there aren't

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-02-21 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Julia Thompson Sent: Thursday, February 20, 2003 8:34 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack? Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Reggie Bautista

Elrond is a Balrog!

2003-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Stolen from another list (and the poster had stolen it from yet *another* list): MINAS TIRITH (Gondor News Network) - Thousands of peace activists took to the streets of Minas Tirith and other cities of Middle Earth today to protest what they termed a rush to war with Mordor. We need more time

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: You'll have to agree with me that when TNG was good, it was GREAT. But when it was poor, it was REALLY bad. I may sound like a purist, but I have always divided TNG into two eras: before Gene's death, and after Gene's death. I humbly think quality control in TNG,

Re: Irregulars Question (New), was Re: Book Suggestions: TheBest ofCurrent SciFi?

2003-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
G. D. Akin wrote: It wouldn't be a big deal to me either except that I found I really enjoyed the first three. I wouldn't have read them in the first place if A Storm of Swords hadn't been nominated for a Hugo a couple of years back. I've been a supporting member of the Worldcons for the

Re: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance')

2003-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Feb 22, 2003 at 04:53:21PM +, Richard Baker wrote: Suppose that there's an unpleasant totalitarian regime that is trying to prevent people from leaving. Roughly one in ten people who try to cross the border will be caught and shot. Despite this, many

Re: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance')

2003-02-22 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 12:57 PM Subject: Re: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance') And we know what happens when

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

2003-02-23 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 21:47 20-2-2003 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: I'd think that 10% of the US citizens is a force to be reckoned with -- 10% of the population equals a hell of a lot of voters. The question is, what proportion of that 10% actually votes? If it's below

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

2003-02-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 23, 2003 at 04:11:59PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: If it were the Congressional district I live in, I doubt that the current Congressman would have much to worry about from that group, because the demographics of this district would likely have a much

Re: Head Injuries (was Re: Anger (was Re: JVB flames (was RE:POLICY...)))

2003-02-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: FWIW, my memory for trivial details is excellent. And I can drone on and on for hours about science-related stuff without ever having to refer to the textbook, much to the chagrin of some of my students who wish I'd shut up. OTOH, I also have a lousy memory for

Re: ADD/ADHD (was RE: Head Injuries (was Re: Anger)

2003-02-23 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: What were we talking about? Thread creep. ;) No, seriously, this thread hasn't crept as much as some others Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: ADD/ADHD (was RE: Head Injuries (was Re: Anger)

2003-02-23 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/23/2003 6:56:57 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What were we talking about? Thread creep. ;) No, seriously, this thread hasn't crept as much as some others I actually think we are all over the place here.

Re: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance')

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: Texas was barbecuing their criminals (okay, okay... it's an awful choice of words) on a regular basis while GWB was governor. I can't imagine that all those people really deserved to be put to death for their crimes. And, as you said, the disproportionate numbers of

Cool web toy

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
http://www.zefrank.com/byokal/kal2.html Kaleidoscope. Fun! Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Interview With Hans Blix

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
J.D. Giorgis wrote: All Eyes on The Inspector An interview with the U.N. diplomat. He talks about Iraqi credibility, the necessity of a military threat and wrangling within the Security Council Which looks a lot like the interview Rob posted yesterday Can anyone go through the two

Re: Jury Duty (was RE: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces'Last Chance'))

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Miller, Jeffrey wrote: -Original Message- From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 09:03 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance') potential juror (or, potential juror

Re: ADD/ADHD

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Steve Sloan wrote: The school chef was the hero of the story, because he noticed the adverse effects and managed to have the kids take antidotes [[ok - time for spoiler: What TV series was this?]] If the school chef was the hero, then I'm guessing South

Re: Jury Duty (was RE: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns IraqIt Faces'Last Chance'))

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: and the third time, I went in on Friday, got put in a pool to be called back Monday, and on Monday, it turned out they had to postpone the case, so the entire pool was released by 11AM (which was just as well, as I'd gotten e-mail just before I left the house saying I had

Re: Death Penalty (Was: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'LastChance')

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 11:02 AM 2/24/2003 -0600, you wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: Texas was barbecuing their criminals (okay, okay... it's an awful choice of words) on a regular basis while GWB was governor. I can't imagine that all those people really deserved to be put to death for

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Marvin wrote: Ok, I just had to check... http://www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html which has the quote as Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. When I was looking for that quote to post it, I found not 1, not 2, but 3 pages that stated it as ...of the

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: Unfortunately, 16+ years of ST:TNG episodes on re-runs aren't helping that. Maybe somebody in Paramount hopes that if they re-run the episodes long enough, the characters will achieve the same legendary status. Tough luck. Anybody has any

Re: ADD/ADHD (was RE: Head Injuries (was Re: Anger)

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 2/23/2003 11:37:18N PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, I don't think they'll win the Super Bowl. The Penguins will. Not if Gustav Maler has anyting to do wit it. OK, you got me on that one. Who's Gustav Maler?

Re: ADD/ADHD (was RE: Head Injuries (was Re: Anger)

2003-02-24 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Dan wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 24, 2003 9:19 PM Subject: Re: ADD/ADHD (was RE: Head Injuries (was Re: Anger) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: Unfortunately, 16+ years of ST:TNG episodes on re-runs aren't helping that. Maybe somebody in Paramount hopes that if they re-run the episodes long enough, the characters will achieve the same legendary status.

Re: GWB may owe Saddam a thank you for being stupid note

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Alberto Monteiro wrote: JDG wrote: He's played a poor hand rather well for the last 11+ years. He was playing against Clinton, what did you expect? I saw in TV when Clinton almost let the USA be destroyed by an asian conspiracy, just because the asians told him that they were

Re: Wealth trends and Bush's tax cuts

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: At 10:02 AM 2/22/2003 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: Bush has another double taxation he could have eliminated: taxes on the money which pays the Social Security tax. Is the fact that that mainly benefits individuals who make 75k/year and that he

Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance'

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: EU Warns Iraq It Faces 'Last Chance' Date: Tue, 25 Feb 2003 00:32:30 -0500 Of course, your original point also stands, that

Comet NEAT

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Got this URL from someone on another list. http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/swpod2003/21feb03/soho1.gif SOHO images of Comet NEAT's close approach with the sun. Pretty cool, if you ask me! Julia ___

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: At 08:22 PM 2/24/2003 -0600, you wrote: Reggie Bautista wrote: Marvin wrote: Ok, I just had to check... http://www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html which has the quote as Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel. When I was looking for that quote

Bad afternoon

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
We got hit by sleet/ice last night. The temperature was 23F when I came downstairs this morning (at least, that's what it was in Pflugerville according to the Weatherbug). It's up to 26F now. So the driveway and my car, and, oh yeah, at least the first mile of road out of here are covered with

Re: Bad afternoon

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: We got hit by sleet/ice last night. [snip] Then sometime between 1:30 and 2, Sammy tripped and hit his forehead on the box his alphabet blocks live in, and it cut him. Deep. About half an inch long. [snip] (And we're going to have to try to get him

Re: The Day the Protest Music Died

2003-02-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Marvin wrote: The solution, of course, is to actually go somewhere and listen to real live musicians who don't owe their souls to David Geffen with other real live people who have decided, like you, that pop radio sucks. (Easier said than done, depending on where you

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: I haven't done much coding in... I guess it's been at least ten years. I'm just getting back into it now, and have another question for you or anyone else. Assuming that I am going to learn both C++ and Java, which would you recommend learning first? I have previous

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-02-26 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: From somewhere: With the proliferation of modern programming languages which seem to have stolen countless features from each other sometimes makes it difficult to select a which language appropriate for your task. This guide is offered as a public service to help

Re: Well, he's ridden off on the magic trolley for the last time...

2003-02-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Mr. Rogers, 74 years old. http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/TV/02/27/rogers.obit/index.html Dammit. There goes the neighborhood. :( Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: US Middle Eastern policy, L3

2003-02-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert J. Chassell wrote: I just read transcript of US President Bush's speech of 2003 Feb 26 on the future of Iraq. It provides an interesting insight into the public expression of US policy Middle East. The transcript came from the Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney, Australia:

Re: Well, he's ridden off on the magic trolley for the last time...

2003-02-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Well, he's ridden off on the magic trolley for the last time... Date: Thu, 27 Feb 2003 10:32:15 -0600 Adam C. Lipscomb wrote

Re: Mailwasher question

2003-03-01 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 1 Mar 2003, Gary L. Nunn wrote: Does anyone here use Mailwasher? If yes, is there a way to add all message from say , Brin-L, to the Friends list? When we receive mail from the list, the from field shows up something like this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of [sender here] I

Re: artificial stupidity

2003-03-01 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/26/loebner_part_one/index.html http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/02/27/loebner_part_2/index.html That's very interesting. In some ways, the way a train wreck is interesting. Partway through, I was reminded by something a

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-03-01 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: But where will this good music be produced? (it's not even being produced now). This system will be a computer telling people what they will like. It will also feedback upon itself. Record companies will only fund 'hits' designated by this computer. There will be even

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-01 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary L. Nunn wrote: My opinion: I am a bit torn on this one. I am absolutely in favor or self defense, especially in the home, but he did have an unlicensed gun in New York. But I am annoyed that the burglar was let go on probation (the first time) and now the dad is facing jail time for

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: Contrary to the rumors circling the globe, US citizens dont run around waving their guns in the air or shooting beer bottles off handy fence rails. People are much more discrete than that. (And I'm in Texas in case you dont recall) To see Americans shooting guns you

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'd love to have one, but I'm afraid the electricity bill would be too high. Playing the Holodeck version of games such as Half-Life or Unreal would make gaming so much more... interesting... :-) Not to mention the

Re: Star Trek [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 23:16 1-3-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: Now, why is it that the writers of these novels always come up with better plots than the average television episodes of Trek? The television writers could learn a thing or two from the pros. My guess is that it has

Re: Hey, maybe this human shield thing isn't all it's cracked up tobe

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Or at least some have decided that: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/02/wshiel02.xmlsSheet=/news/2003/03/02/ixnewstop.html It's a lot harder to hold to your principles when the bombs might actually hit you, I suppose. What did these people

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: There are the occasional yahoo redneck exceptions, but they tend to keep it out in the country, where no one else is going to get hit. You forgot the (tm) after yahoo... :-) No, that's Yahoo!(tm). I was referring to a certain class of people, not a

Re: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: From: Lalith Vipulananthan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] S'bit of a late reply but my computer has well and truly given up on me. My webmail has been complaining a lot (about 6 weeks worth of Culture, Brin-L, MML mails = 7000 emails or so) and will undoubtedly die

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: Really? Were there any condemnations of the Iraqi government at the protests you went to? Any marches on the Iraqi embassy? Any demands to free political prisoners, stop the use of torture, hold free elections? No? I'll go one better - go look up International

Re: From Sgt. Stryker's Weblog

2003-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Gautam Mukunda wrote: I was just e-mailing with a former boss of mine, now in the Middle East as he was called up in the Reserves. The people who do this sort of thing don't deserve to have him protecting their freedom. What is wrong with these people? If you have a problem with the

Re: add, snoring, sleep apnea

2003-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: CHICAGO (Reuters) - Some hyperactive children thought to be suffering from attention deficit disorder may just be overtired because they are bad sleepers or heavy snorers, researchers said on Monday. I'd seen something about this before. It would certainly be something I'd

Re: Is Pat Robertson a Terrorist?

2003-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.ethicalatheist.com/docs/robertson_bin_laden.html Demonstrating why *fundamentalism* is evil. Julia who took exception to Robertson's opinion of Episcopalians ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Question about Spoilers

2003-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Which brings me to this question: how has the list handled spoiler space in the past? Or more to the point, how to we want to handle it right now? For example, I would probably include spoiler space when talking about _Kiln People_. But if I want to mention a major

Re: From Sgt. Stryker's Weblog

2003-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:31 AM 3/3/03 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What was it like during the Viet Nam war? Did this sort of thing happen then? I've heard about vets being mistreated; what about those still actively serving

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-03 Thread Julia Thompson
Horn, John wrote: From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] It is a curious position to criticize somebody for taking a moral stance today, simply because they did not take that stance yesterday and now concede that they were wrong for not doing so. Isn't that what Gautam is

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 11:28 PM 3/3/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: I think the last truly good war we got involved in was WWII, and, let's see, one country attacked us without warning, and the other really big one we ended up fighting declared war on *us*. So we didn't really start

Re: From Sgt. Stryker's Weblog

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: Or, a place where the Army Math Research Center use to be. As an act of stupid immorality Karl Armstrong killed somebody where there was no military facility. I worked on equipment with Karl Armstrong memorial dents. I knew someone who lived because he dropped his

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, J. van Baardwijk wrote: I wasn't referring to the US violating UN resolutions, I was referring to the US being inconsistent when it comes to making sure that UN resolutions are carried out. The US demands that Iraq abides by UN resolutions, and says it will use military

RE: V-I Day +1 - endgame scenarios?

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
On Tue, 4 Mar 2003, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 15:17 4-3-2003 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: (Also, if there are orders to capture him alive if at all possible, then if the trigger-puller knows who he's shooting, he'd better have a darn good explanation as to why he killed, rather than

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: George wrote: In my first programming course, in BASIC, we had to simulate control structures with the controlled use of IF ... GOTO. Ahh, GOTO. I remember what a big deal it was when they installed a new version of BASIC at the high school I was attending at the

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: John Kill Iraqis, Not Babies Giorgis What about Iraqi babies? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 09:04 PM 3/4/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: John Kill Iraqis, Not Babies Giorgis What about Iraqi babies? Eh don't kill those. ;-) Jes' checkin'. ;) Julia ___ http

Re: Question about Spoilers

2003-03-04 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: My opinion: I'd say that spoiler space would be polite for 2 years after the last region of the globe got access to the paperback. Anyone who hasn't gotten their mitts on a paperback in 2 years can just avoid the post, assuming the subject

Re: Doctorow on p2p

2003-03-05 Thread Julia Thompson
The Fool wrote: http://www.oreillynet.com/pub/a/policy/2003/02/24/perspectives.html OK, as soon as I can get a copy of the novel in paperback, I will. (I can't read the same thing on-screen for too long, or I get terrible headaches. As soon as there's some kind of electronic book that

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