On Fri, 20 Sep 2002, Julia Thompson wrote:
Does that mean you *won't* be buying the Death Star ornament from
Hallmark this year? :)
Mainly I was just imagining Bender at the helm of the Andromeda. Which is
rather scary, actually, so I shan't do it again. !:-0
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
My bad - I meant LEASE, not sell.
Surely that would be license, since M$ will have by then acquired IP
rights to our DNA patterns, not to mention M$ Clones 2012.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. If you're for
On Sun, 22 Sep 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
This series of posts from you, Marvin, are some of the most thoughtful
and well-written I've read on this subject in a long time. Have you
considered editing them into a Op-Ed letter, to the NY Times or
Washington Post?
I can honestly say that I had
On Wed, 25 Sep 2002, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Marvin wrote:
Satan flows through me all the time, but only after I've consumed a
coupla
dozen stuffed jalapenos and half a case of Lone Star.
That's not Satan - that's cheap-ass beer.
Strangely enough, Lone Star is some of the best cheap-ass
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Miller, Jeffrey wrote:
Yes, yes, I spoke in haste and heat.. but dammit, I'm sick of 2 things - being told
OH-HOW-GREAT-_-IS, and being asked to provide a dissertation on why I dislike
something; step off - not everything is reducable to a statistic.
tongue
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ooo! Ooo! Do you take VISA? :)
I can only accept payment in charbroiled chicken-hearts.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. If you're for Zorro,
stand up
On Thu, 26 Sep 2002, Deborah Harrell wrote:
ROTFLOL!
Just picturing Barnaby (or was it Barnabus? That was
a _long_ time ago!) and Spike having a conversation...
I never watched 'Blossom' but I presume it's about a
cute/spunky-yet-innocent girl?
Typical teen-age coming-of-age sitcom, yeah.
On Mon, 30 Sep 2002, Deborah Harrell wrote:
I have since passed on the joke (re: 'Formerly the
USA') to the laughs and then thoughtful frowns (Hey,
that's actually a horrible thought!) of friends.
I wish I could claim it as my own, but -- alas -- like so much of my
wisdom, it was plagiarized
On Sat, 28 Sep 2002, Dan Minette wrote:
silly. (To believe in God, but not actually have any particular beliefs
about God, is nothing more than an emotionally reluctant non-theism or
agnosticism.)
One belief that most theists I know of have about the divine is that it
transcends human
On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Reggie Bautista wrote:
Here's an analogy I've heard: Imagine a statue the size of the entire
United States. Imagine that this statue is incredibly detailed. You can
spend your whole life studying the details of one small area, maybe
occasionally stepping back to get a
Cue: doubletake
L-L-Lime Jello?
On Wed, 2 Oct 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hello.
When I saw the warning about flame wars spam, I declined to become involved.
Now that I see that the list has become new and improved and lemon freshened,
I'll try it. I'll try it.
As Tucson's days
Warning: makes lots of noise...but it's very, very good.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. If you're for Zorro,
stand up and say so!
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2002
Omnia wankerae delenda est?
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a peso. If you're for Zorro,
stand up and say so!
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On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 09:58 04-10-2002 -0500, Marvin Long wrote:
Omnia wankerae delenda est?
Care to translate that into English?
I think it's more fun in grammatically incorrect Latin.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Reggie Bautista wrote:
One of the biggest problem I have with current organized Christianity and
many of it's supporters is that they say God is omniscient, omnipotent, and
just sort of generally infinite or trans-finite, and but then they start
putting in limits.
I
On Tue, 1 Oct 2002, Deborah Harrell wrote:
I'd like to learn more about the Buddhist approach as
well - anyone have books to recommend? (Someone
mentioned one in an earlier post, but I don't think
the author's name was given.)
The best book describing Buddhist practice and goals with an
So over the weekend I get six or seven emails from Jeroen claiming he's
not mailbombing anybody, and finally my curiosity is sufficiently piqued
that I resub to Brin-L to see what's going on. Hi! What's up?
(A month and a half ago I decided I was investing way, way too much time
in the
People are evil, religion merely reflects this. Eradicate it and
something else will spring up in its place. (Probably for $29.95/mo.
with free installation this week only.) It'll be like trying to kill
Hydra with a Swiss Army knife and a Zippo. Our civilization has already
invested so much
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
The Zippo might be more effective than the knife. Just lure it into a
tar/petroleum pit and light!
Not bad! I like the Japanese version, by way of Usagi Yojimbo, that
involves getting all the heads stinking drunk first, then killing the
beast at one's
On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Reggie Bautista wrote:
Good to see you back!
Thank you. Considering the dominant threads at the moment, it's like I
never left!
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Mon, 25 Nov 2002, Robert Seeberger wrote:
The only important thing you missed was:
http://www.cdbaby.com/amycd
My project finally bore fruit, and my oh my is it tasty!
G
Congratulations! I like the cover art.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Self : Group : Family : Clan : Race : Country : Everybody
It's obvious that any moral code that puts _Self_
above everything else is wrong.
It seems to me that any moral code that establishes a rigid hierarchy with
any of those elements
Ooo! Neat!
Marvin Long is too obscure, but marvin...
is a prototype grid application
is u
is 60 ltd 2 cd at cheap price in uk
is available by phone
is an autonomous vehicle made out of cardboard
is god
is uneasy with the situation
is a robomoderator
is a native Texan
is feeling the
On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote:
is controlled by a program
I must say we are in for a hell of a lot of trouble if MicroSoft had
anything to do with it.
You're already in a hell of a lot of trouble if you don't believe in Me.
(And don't believe the claims of that
I weep for it, as I would a brother
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
Marvin Long is too obscure, but marvin...
(...)
No Marvin is a paranoid android?
No, strangely enough.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA
On Wed, 27 Nov 2002, William T Goodall wrote:
on 27/11/02 3:53 am, Marvin Long, Jr. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
If religion is a lie, what is evil?
Evil is whatever I'm pointing at when I say 'that is evil' :)
Excellent! Glad we've cleared that up. vbg
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Ritu Ko wrote:
Certainly. Those poor Romans must have found it all *very* violent. And
it was frequent enough for the boars to catch on
Remeber, if it's perpetrated against the hegemonist, colonialist,
capitalist pig-dog oppressors, it's not really violence. :-)
On Tue, 3 Dec 2002, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
I knew he couldn't keep out of a debate that touched on philosophy!
How long did you hold out, Marvin? A week?
;)
Hey, that doesn't mean anything. It's not like I'm addicted or anything.
I can quit any time I want!
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Russell Chapman wrote:
Imagine the boost to the fashion industry... A whole new world of
possibilities...
To hell with fashion. Porn!
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, David Hobby wrote:
I guess that I support Nick's action, anyway I gave up and
killfiled Jeroen for keeps weeks ago. We keep kicking around ideas
on easy ways to collectively deal with individuals who don't
respect etiquette. But until we do come up with one that
On Wed, 4 Dec 2002, Nick Arnett wrote:
I hope that helps somehow. I'm always open to suggestions on how to make
the difficult trade-off between list governance and free-ranging discussion,
self-determination as a group, etc.
A while ago an escalating series of temporary bans - a week, two
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
PS: I am _also_ a meme-stereotype. If everybody is
against Jeroen, then I must stand to be the Defender
of the Lost Cause :-)
Does that mean you don't actually disagree with Nick's decision, but are
only protesting pro forma in your role as
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
You are a very evil person...
I try, thank you.
[blinks innocently]
My point is that it's not fair to ban Jeroen without
the consent about the list rules. We didn't agree to
what would be the list rules, and which was the minimum
set of
From our local independent movie theater, this ad is too good not to
share...
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 16:35:55 -0600
Subject: Alamo Drafthouse Showtimes and events 12/06/02
[snip]
SWINGING STAG NIGHT!
vintage 70's stag films - live sound effects!
DISCO
On Thu, 5 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
How can you take a film originally shot in 2D and show it in 3D? For 3D,
you need a parallax view of some sort, two cameras or a special camera.
Marvin, you'll have to go and report back. You have your assignment...
Not that I'm averse to the
...doesn't mean the Illuminati aren't out to get you.
http://www.darpa.mil/iao/
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Steve Sloan II wrote:
I want to hear silly mouse-related things! :-)
My mouse was squeaking yesterday so I tried to clean it. But I had to
stop because it scratched me bit me peed on me.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP
C'mon Jon, I'm trying to inspire unreasoning fear here. [The logo, man,
the logo!] My favorite lines are:
* Story telling, change detection, and truth maintenance
* Biologically inspired algorithms for agent control
What they mean hardly matters; they just *sound* creepy enough to launch a
On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Do we really need to go this far? Brin-L was conceptualized with open
transparency in mind. The type of 'big brother' committee you're proposing
is, I believe, overkill.
What's wrong with a simple majority vote (over a finite time period -- say a
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Kevin Street wrote:
William Taylor wrote:
Combining tonights two posting winners.
Where would you have an Episiarch transport Ron Jeremy if you had bribed
it
with enough Krispy Kremes?
Good to see that things are back to normal. :-)
See? Ron Jeremy (and
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
_Nightfall_
That movie Did Not Happen. Anyone that claims it did is the victim of
a mass delusion. You must trust me on this, lest ye fall into the
abyss. THERE WAS NO MOVIE OF NIGHTFALL.
Absolutely. I've never heard of it, although I'll
On Sat, 7 Dec 2002, Nick Arnett wrote:
Jeroen:
I hereby request that the listowners restore my posting privileges to the
list, and without moderation.
Done.
Yay! (I know, I'm a bit late. I was out of town.) Mail filters are
down...now! :-)
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney,
On Tue, 10 Dec 2002, J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 18:57 09-12-2002 -0600, Marvin Long wrote:
Formal statements of apology or reformed intent should not be required for
mere on-list etiquette offenses, at least not for first or second offenses.
(Off-list offenses that go beyond breaches of
On Thu, 12 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One still needs to consider whether the off-list activity would constitute
an offense. FREX, sending messages off-list because one is not allowed to
post on-list would not necessarily be an offense (IMO, that would depend
more on the content than
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Turns out, Ali the Porn Clerk left her job a few weeks ago and is now
working for Jellyvision online games. :-)
Anyway, I figure someone besides me might be interested in seeing what
happened to her so here's the link, reposted:
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
quote
Knowing more about our audience will help us continue to improve our web
site and provide ads that are relevant to our audience. It's fast and it's
FREE.
/quote
What if I don't want ANY ads, relevant or not?
Then you get a print
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Horn, John wrote:
I'm waiting for Two Towers. Peter Jackson RAWKS.
*does dance*
Gotta have a new Object of Fanboy Worship, since Lucas managed to
completely f*ck up Star Wars.
I'm taking the day off from work in honor of the event! I got my tickets
On Mon, 16 Dec 2002, Dan Minette wrote:
FWIW, she is not an African-American. She is an African who intends to go
back home to live in Zambia.
So I gathered. I was just trying to point out that in America blackness
(i.e. racial/cultural authenticity and solidarity) has long been about
much
http://www.salon.com/ent/feature/2002/12/17/tolkien_brin/index.html
By now a familiar theme, but very well expressed -- it's been fun watch it
get refined over the last couple of years.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Bonus points for those who come up with *legitimate*
instances of alcohol or cocaine use that promotes
survival (there are several, but they don't involve
addiction either).
Give them to Keith Richards to your band can finish its tour and pay off
Vinnie
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Deborah Harrell wrote:
VBG
Not what I had in mind, but if this is the voice of
experience speaking...
Alas, no, but I'm keeping my eyes open for a way to have whisky classified
as a nutrient.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
How do people getting the full list deal with the volume?
Inquiring and overwhelmed minds want to know ;)
Lots of skimming.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Forget all that other technical stuff! What does 'fungible' mean?!
Interchangeable. Is it easier for you to post a question like that
rather than surf to something like http://dictionary.com/ and find the
answer?
Well, he might not know about it?
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Horn, John wrote:
I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good. I thought the first
half was excellent. Extremely faithful to the book. There wasn't anything
I would have changed about it. The second half wandered a bit from the book
but was still very well
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Richard Baker wrote:
I thought that's the sort of arcane fact that only Americans know.
(dictionary.reference.com tells me it's 14lbs, but also says that it
varies with the article weighed[!] so that a butcher's stone is 8lbs, a
stone of cheese 16lbs, of hemp 32lbs and of
http://www.theonion.com/onion3847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html
I think I'd wet myself for one of these too
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote:
Jean-Louis
PS. What's LLP
Limited Liability Partnership
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Limited Liability Partnership
And are they more limited in the lie ability, or in being partners?
They are partners in covering one another's asses while exposing ours.
Hence the (limited) limitation of liability.
Marvin Long
Austin,
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Horn, John wrote:
I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good.
I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first, though to be fair, TTT was
always my least favorite of the trilogy. I go in wanting a war flick,
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Horn, John wrote:
I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good.
I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first, though to be fair, TTT
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002, Horn, John wrote:
The Gandalf vs. Balrog fight was one of the coolest things I
have ever
seen. When they plunged into the lake below the mountain it was like
watching a scene from the war in Heaven from Paraside Lost. (And the
music!)
Coool!
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002, [gb2312] ׿ ¿ªÂ¡ wrote:
For those brinellers who enjoyed Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon etc.:
Zhang Yimou's Hero is now showing in cinemas across China. It is visually
stunning and, IMHO, on a par with the LOTR movies. For an English language
review
Wow, I didn't know Southwestern Bell provided service in the
Netherlands!
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
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On Thu, 26 Dec 2002, Horn, John wrote:
Why is everyone positive that there will be an Extended Edition DVD for
_The Two Towers_? Has Peter Jackson said for a fact that there will be one?
For some reason, I thought that the FOTR one was the exception not the rule.
But I'm not sure where I got
Who wants to join a pledge to beat the hell out of the first person we see
riding one of these things down a sidewalk and forcing ordinary
pedestrians to jump out of the way?
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 08:12:34PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
I like it, but for the passive-agressive, the method I outlined in
another post might be a little more satisfying. :)
Maybe for a masochist, but it is too painful for me. :-)
I was
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Trent Shipley wrote:
Given:
It is right and proper that the disabled be able to use powered personal
mobility devices in pedestrian traffic.
Resolved:
Therefore, in the interest of equity, anyone should be able to use powered
personal mobility devices wherever
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Erik Reuter wrote:
Sounds fine to me. Since it was your idea, you get the job of collecting
the cat pee and pouring it into the squirt guns...
I hear Harkonnen Inc. has a device that might be adaptable to our
nefarious purpose...but we could probably concoct something
On Sat, 28 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote:
You guys sound like a tryst of old men sitting around a pickle barrel
thinking of ways to injure skateboarders. Do you know anyone that
commutes on mass transit that has to wait 10-15 minutes for a bus to
take them the last mile or two? Do you
On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote:
You all may be right, at least at first. We all know that rich people
get to play with new kinds of toys first, that's nothing new. Also I
didn't realize that they were that heavy - I thought that they had
advertised that it could be lifted
On Thu, 2 Jan 2003, Deborah Harrell wrote:
Whatever William Ware Theiss (IIRC) thought when he
was designing some of those original Trek women's
wear... ;)
Antigravity elastics, obviously.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Leave the possibility open please. Do not prove the nonexistence of God.
Because if that is done, the WB will probably replace Seventh Heaven with a
reality show where 20 pro wrestlers have to live on camera together in a
house with only one
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
I think they have that show on Fox; it's called Joe Millionaire.
Uh, no, I believe there *are* full length mirrors on that show. And
probably more than one bathroom.
Technically true, but when Keisha and I found ourselves unable to avert
our eyes
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Disclaimer: I've never been a wrestling fan and am almost totally ignorant
on the subject.
But, female bodybuilders usually are small-busted. Aren't female wrestlers
the same? Wouldn't logic suggest that a bulked up wrestler would likely be
less
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Methinks he was probably referring to the _male_ wrestlers . . .
Anabolic Steroids Will Do That To You Maru
*shudder*
He was, much to my dismay.
Well then, it sounds like my work here is done! :)
Big Mr. Rock
Slipped on his jock
Shot steroids
On Wed, 8 Jan 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
For example, if one wishes to argue that only things for which there is
solid empirical evidence need to be considered real, one finds much in the
trash heap; including many things believed in by empiricists. The classic
one is self-awareness. If the
This just popped into my box. Hm! I wonder that the neuro-geeks think of
it
-- Forwarded message --
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2003 11:33:33 -0600
From: Bill Magness [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [clearspringzendo] News on zazen (unlikely source)
How often does
M.A.R.V.I.N.
Mechanical Android Responsible for Violence and Intensive Nullification
S.C.O.T.T.
Synthetic Construct Optimized for Terran Troubleshooting
and my favorite...
L.O.N.G.
Lifeform Optimized for Nocturnal Gratification
Marvin S. Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter
On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Deborah Harrell wrote:
When those articles have no measurable consequences,
yes.
puzzled look
Um, I was referring to particular core beliefs (like
Jesus is the Son of God), which can be neither
proven nor measured. Derivative beliefs (and I'm
using my own
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
That's a fair statement. Nothing I've said should be construed to make the
arguement that God has been proven to exist.
True enough. What I've perceived myself as arguing against is chiefly an
idea that reason, properly used, somehow naturally leads
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Erik Reuter wrote:
On Mon, Jan 13, 2003 at 09:32:39AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
When I was a freshman in college at UT Austin, I hung around with a
bunch of people, most of whom lived on my floor in the dorm, the rest
of whom wanted to.
My my...so modest,
On Mon, 13 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
Actually, she's telling the truth. Everybody wanted to live on her floor
because of Julia's incredible wit, talent, and personality. The sheer
human magnetism she radiated turned that floor into a veritable salon of
manners, kindness, and good
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Richard Baker wrote:
There's only heterophenomenological evidence for consciousness - some
people say they experience it. There's exactly the same kind of
evidence for God.
Are both sets of heterophenomenological (whew!) evidence/claims equal
w/respect to internal
They got rid of logo? Dammit, now how am I supposed to motivate my
clandestine militia of cloned conspiracy theorists?
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, The Fool wrote:
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,57263,00.html
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP
Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank. Wank.
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Horn, John wrote:
Sometimes I can't tell if you all* are serious about these things or sitting
back and having fun with a big grin.
Oh. Well, I'M grinning, anyway.
Marvin Long
VFO Wank, er, Wink! (Yeah, that's the ticket.)
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote:
FNORD!
What? Was something said?
Huh. I must have been subliminibulating.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
http://www.breakyourchains.org
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Nick Arnett wrote:
Never seen it before, actually. I don't think Dubya has the tendons to
pull off that James Brown move, though.
That's what one of our kids at Plugged In (www.pluggedin.org) showed to
Bush's best friend (Commerce Secretary Don Evans) when he visited
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
The site and music were floating from desk to desk in my office for a while.
Our resident rightwing Republican was highly offended. :) I still say it
would have been funnier with Al Gore.
More sad and pathetic, anyway. Which is technically the
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Do you have any suggestions? How does the Culture list manage to avoid
these problems? Heck, how does *every* other list on the net manage to
avoid them? Obviously, since most lists seem to thrive, this isn't a
problem everywhere else.
Brin-L is
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
*I'M* still wondering what sick and twisted thing Fnord means..
Thanks to Google and Julia I think you now know as much as I do about it;
except that Mr. Wilson's trilogy is well worth the read.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld,
Alpha before. On your knees! Resistance is futile!
*You're* taking the title Alpha Bitch?
I don't think so! ;)
Cat Fgg!
Marvin Long
VFP Great Taste!
ROU Less Filling!
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
On Sun, 19 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote:
Doug
GSV Go Raida's!
Damn straight!
I like the Raiders. But...the law of irony demands that I root for the
Bucs, led by Chucky, to whip the team that fired him.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP
Impressive! Most impressive.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
http://www.breakyourchains.org/john_poindexter.htm
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On Sun, 26 Jan 2003, Dan Minette wrote:
So, Bush unvails a plan to focus tax cuts on dividends, thus preferentially
cutting the taxes of those who already are the most wealthy. The logical
conclusion is that he thinks the trend of concentration of wealth is a good
thing. I don't. Does
Wow. I guess nobody reads. But to be fair, I find it hard to remember
characters' names from SF books...I remember authors and titles, but
except for a handful I tend to forget characters very quickly.
1. Hiro Protagonist, Stephenson, Snow Crash
2. The surfer who rides a tidal wave into a
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, The Fool wrote:
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wow. I guess nobody reads. But to be fair, I find it hard to remember
There are lots of Dr. Who books, more than a few star wars books, and I
can think of four books starring Gandalf off the top of my head
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Well Star Wars is hardly SF...
No, Star Wars is definitely SF. It's just terribly bad SF on certain
levels. Under what genre would you classify Star Wars if not under SF?
Some would make the puritanical distinction between SF (realistic physical
On Tue, 28 Jan 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote:
So would the former category eliminate FTL?
Not necessarily; but it would treat FTL as something whose consequences
must be explored in a thoughtful way, or it would try to put an innovative
twist on FTL that respects reality even if it violates it.
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