Re: Brin: left-right inanities

2005-12-04 Thread Max Battcher
d way. Other people like the way their browser (Firefox) handles RSS ("live bookmarks"). On the opposite end of things is something like Bloglines or Reader.Google.com. There are a veritable ton of RSS readers out there. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ "History

Re: Brin: Re: Bush claim revives al-Jazeera bombing fears

2005-11-25 Thread Max Battcher
opulace might just vote for some rabid moron, but also realized that in Democracy there is always a second chance. (Even if you have to, as Thomas Jefferson realized, once and while bathe democracy in bloody revolt.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ "History bleeds f

Re: Email return address spoofing

2005-10-29 Thread Max Battcher
servers as well. If your host isn't that large either, you are going to end up fighting people claiming your host is a spammer, too. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: This is to type on?

2005-09-11 Thread Max Battcher
st so many long numbers that are much easier/quicker to type on the num pad. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ I have no idea what I'm doing. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: And now for something completely different …

2005-09-06 Thread Max Battcher
lly have to give Quizno's props for thinking "Outside Madison Ave.", as they've hired first the British slacker culture guy and then a Hollywood reject (the talking baby producer/director/voice guy tried that stupid schtick in that awful "Baby Bob" televisio

Re: FLCL and Paranoia Agent

2005-08-22 Thread Max Battcher
us comics, which made it something special to its hard-core fans.) This hard-core fan says what I just said, but from someone who knows what he is talking about: http://www.batbeyond.com/ -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ I have no idea what I'm doing. __

Re: Does the NYT EVER print anything that isn't dogawful tripe or Propaganda?

2005-08-22 Thread Max Battcher
can be summed up by pointing out the big "Internet syndicates" ("comic hosts") such as Keenspot and Drunk-Duck. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ I have no idea what I'm doing. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: 250 mile per gallon cars?

2005-08-17 Thread Max Battcher
nt on gasoline and thus "miles per gallon" doesn't hold much meaning here. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Harry Potter Discussion (Spoilers!!!) L3

2005-07-27 Thread Max Battcher
ppens to be the ones publishing the American editions of the Harry Potter series. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Harry Potter Discussion (Spoilers!!!) L3

2005-07-25 Thread Max Battcher
s". Of course, I still find it amazing that the books have pushed kids to read several thousand pages of text. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Uplift locations and dates. Hey, Alberto?

2005-07-21 Thread Max Battcher
e novel (Thief of Time) explaining that the contradictions are just a part of the "reality". -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-19 Thread Max Battcher
h to station on Earth. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis & Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-18 Thread Max Battcher
ub-plot, for instance, although it did have some sense to it, didn't interest me and didn't excite me. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint

2005-07-16 Thread Max Battcher
oppier and sloppier lately. If I had cataloged all of the recent mistakes that had jumped out at me from "big name" books I think I might have a very long list. I wish I got paid every time I discovered an editing mistake. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/F

Re: There's a reason it's called a cursor

2005-07-11 Thread Max Battcher
he 5 minutes while Windows page switches back so you can resume your play. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: There's a reason it's called a cursor

2005-07-11 Thread Max Battcher
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Jul 10, 2005, at 9:01 PM, Max Battcher wrote: Win+U has been one of my big annoyances because it is too close to Win, pause, U which is the shortest way to the shutdown menu. What about alt+f4? Not if you have applications (such as stalled applications or when

Re: There's a reason it's called a cursor

2005-07-10 Thread Max Battcher
e account settings Win+U has been one of my big annoyances because it is too close to Win, pause, U which is the shortest way to the shutdown menu. As far as I know, in Windows, there is no way to shut off the Accessibility features completely for the entire computer. -- --Max Battcher-- http

Re: The Oldest American?

2005-07-08 Thread Max Battcher
'z's and 's's and 'g's in a few weird places like measure and garbage, thanks to the language's wide and far borrowing. (IPA symbol is the "3"-looking soft Z, usually transcribed into ASCII as a plain Z.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.wor

Re: Baxter's Manifold: books

2005-07-04 Thread Max Battcher
using on modern trivialities while real major stuff is possible or going on. How many people know what NASA is doing right now? How many people know what the latest Brad Pitt relationship is? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Plot Holes: War of the worlds - SPOILERS

2005-07-03 Thread Max Battcher
William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Jul 2005, at 12:01 pm, Max Battcher wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/30/2005 9:31:19 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3jane.net) writes: Ok, I could buy that, but why didn't they

Re: Plot Holes: War of the worlds - SPOILERS

2005-07-01 Thread Max Battcher
at, I could not tell you. :) Julia Because... I believe it is in the book. Its been awhile since I've read it, but I think the same concerns existed about the book. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-27 Thread Max Battcher
t sounds?" All three of which are related I guess, as Objectivism has sometimes been called heavily narcissistic. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Roe vs. Wade

2005-06-21 Thread Max Battcher
think that a Supreme Court judge would know that pretty well. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Free book!

2005-06-20 Thread Max Battcher
eased NoDerivs, though. (I'm working on a project to try to do what I can to promote the use of derivative-allowing licenses in fiction, actually. I'm hoping to create something like a SourceForge for shared fictional worlds.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Fr

Re: Now, this is just thoroughly tasteless....

2005-06-20 Thread Max Battcher
ng in with treason (the only criminal offense in the Constitution). (Then again, treason is also a capital offense, so maybe the ammendment backers _were_ hoping for death of flag burners.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the

Re: Batman Begins - no spoilers

2005-06-16 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Nunn wrote: There were no cartoonish aspects to this movie, and they definitely set themselves up for many sequels. They are already signing contracts to get started on Batman Begins 2 with the first one having just been released to theaters... -- --Max Battcher-- http

Re: apologies to real brinellers

2005-06-15 Thread Max Battcher
aths and global warming, this probably won't cheer anybody up: http://loadedmouth.com/node/1369 -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Max Battcher
for the older versions. http://blog.worldmaker.net/node/116 -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Max Battcher
ns of a work in progress. Also appears in Word, if that is what you are already using and you give the File menu the time to expand (damn feature hiding menus). -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifest

Re: Writing software

2005-06-13 Thread Max Battcher
e the primary usage is for source code doesn't mean you can't use it for writing). If you want an easy to use (and free speech/beer) VC, let me suggest Darcs (www.darcs.net). It really is the simplest out there currently and should work well for you. -- --Max Battcher-- http://ww

Re: items

2005-06-09 Thread Max Battcher
om, GE/NBC Universal, Clear Channel, Disney and News Corporation are all much more deserving of having bites taken out of them than Microsoft. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the man

Re: Brin: Democracy, genocide, torture, etc.

2005-06-09 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Denton wrote: On 6/8/05, Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Dave Land wrote: There is quite a bit of variability in the opinions of Americans about whether the UN is a "proper channel for action" and whether it has "proven itself to work," period. I do no

Re: Even WingNutDaily Can Smell the Republican Hypocrisy

2005-06-08 Thread Max Battcher
White House and Republican Congress – or have they already paid it? Hey, remember that Texas gay porn star they pretended was a journalist for more than four years? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mytho

Re: Brin: Democracy, genocide, torture, etc.

2005-06-08 Thread Max Battcher
ler?). Honestly, xenophobia scares me. The PNAC orchestrates my nightmares some nights. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Democracy, genocide, torture, etc.

2005-06-08 Thread Max Battcher
anner over several decades? Is Iraq really worth the amount of money and soldier's lives that have spent to "democratize" it? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the man

Re: Dolphins use sponges as tools

2005-06-06 Thread Max Battcher
te has the rights to display it. It seems it may have gotten permission from the original author, but there is no mention of the Onion.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the man

Re: Bush was out of control!

2005-06-06 Thread Max Battcher
Dave Land wrote: I went to Carnegie-Mellon, where the athletic teams are called "The Tartans." A fabric pattern. Ohh, scary! I guess "The Scots" and "The Kilts" were taken already? Heck, why not "The Dirks", it has that nice scottish dagge

Re: Revenge of the REAL George Lucas...

2005-06-03 Thread Max Battcher
determined by each individual. [snip] Obviously a medical student is too busy to actually do some philosophical research. Not only does the name "Universism" sound stupid, but it is superfluous. As far as I can tell from the article it is just a new name for Kierkegaard's Existential

Re: What Is Your Worldview?

2005-06-02 Thread Max Battcher
rds human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility. Probably most interesting to me was that I had a 5-way tie (5 at 100%). 0% Romanticism. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read

Originality and Romanticism (was: See Kingdom of Heaven)

2005-06-01 Thread Max Battcher
biggest (and strongest growing) artistic Golden Era across all of our arts. More artistic power is in more hands (and minds) than ever before. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com __

Re: MENSA, Schmensa . . .

2005-05-23 Thread Max Battcher
cided to keep sarcasm a secret. This could make it much tougher to hide our distaste for the masses when communicating with them... -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! ___ http://www.mccmedi

Re: Revenge of the REAL George Lucas...

2005-05-19 Thread Max Battcher
n no wonder the Jedi try so hard to get kids as young as possible! One bad Elementary school and you have a Darth Lord on your hands. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

2005-05-09 Thread Max Battcher
Bryon Daly wrote: BTW, did anyone else pick up on the Zaphod/George-W-Bush thing? I heard Sam Rockwell say somewhere that he was thinking more about Bill Clinton. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

2005-05-04 Thread Max Battcher
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On May 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Max Battcher wrote: Everything added was Douglas Adams' idea. That's almost certainly untrue. The screenwriter was clear on adding things of his own, and there's just no way Adams would have greenlighted the Arthur-Trillian stor

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

2005-05-01 Thread Max Battcher
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 8:13 PM, Max Battcher wrote: The problem with the pacing was that it *did not have to be cut*. All the screenwriter had to do was start from the original material -- as I mentioned before the first installment in radio form was only 2 hours long to

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

2005-04-29 Thread Max Battcher
d draw my attention further into the film than a straight translation would have. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Abortion Cost-Benefit Analysis

2005-04-15 Thread Max Battcher
nce such a scenario first hand. That's the main reason I personally support "pro-choice", just because I truly believe it is not for any man to decide (not the President, not any male member of Congress). -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: N

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-03 Thread Max Battcher
r dies. No mirrors in you house I presume? Dozens. Any brains in your head? Better question: Do you have stairs in your house? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! PS: Grandma is protected. Grandma has gone down th

Re: Amazing-but-True Facts

2005-04-01 Thread Max Battcher
patents and copyrights to sue just about every other Unix distribution. http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/history_timeline.html http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?I=xenix.history&F=11&G=Y -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The Wor

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