In a message dated 2/13/2003 5:17:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> They
> >do some pretty great music using an assortment of twisted PVC pipe
> >sections,
> >amongst other things.
I suggested a long time ago to our good Dr. Brin that he do an additional
classifi
In a message dated 2/13/2003 11:03:21 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> spun off from AitF
Which was a rewrite of UK's Till Death Do Us Part.
So the title to this string of messages may not be totally correct.
William Taylor
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Some people even think
In a message dated 2/13/2003 9:44:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I generally dislike them, but every once in a while I get a link to one
that
> manages to *not* make me want to bathe my brain in acid by the end. I
> understand a labor of love, but it still amazes
In a message dated 2/14/2003 1:07:04 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> However, it was nice and clear _this_ Wednesday, so we got to go outside
> and look at Jupiter and Saturn, as well as some other objects.
And do the Sororities know of your activities?
William Taylo
In a message dated 2/14/2003 8:17:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > [And we have a plumber on the list as I recall.]
>
> I'm the only one I remember saying he's a plumber. That's a high energy
> physics term for experimentalist. The blue collar connotations are
In a message dated 2/14/2003 11:12:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > PVC = Penis Vagina Coition
> > Or the human / humanoid sexual pattern.
> >
> > LEAD = Larva, Egg, Asexual, and of course Duh?
> >Or all other means of reproduction.
>
>
In a message dated 2/14/2003 11:16:03 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> OK, now explain copper pipes. :)
>
>
> Its reproduction for artificial intelligences:
>
> Computer Optimized Process Placement for Extensive Reproduction
>
> Dan M.
>
>
Curses! Outdone
In a message dated 2/15/2003 7:19:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Again.. Sent several e-mails today. None appeared.
>
> George A
I've gotten 2 copies of some messages.
Maybe there's an attempt to even things out?
William Taylor
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This messa
In a message dated 2/16/03 9:49:49 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Ban French wine? Yeah, right, that'll work.
>
I think the USA tried to do this with alchool a century ago, and with
cocaine for the past 50 or so years - with little success
Alberto Monteiro
>>
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.
William Taylor
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In a message dated 2/16/2003 7:31:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >...as I'm sitting here in short pants and a tee shirt.
>
> As am I. But I hate to brag about it. So, don't tell anybody. :)
> Where are you located now?
>
> >
> >Oh well, I'll get the heat in J
so damn tired of "reality" programming promos.
And because no one seems to have the guts to regulate them, the
in program promos are now taking up a full third of the screen.
Halfway's probably not far behind.
William Taylor
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No good deed goes
unplagerized.
In a message dated 2/17/2003 4:26:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Unsure if this was mentioned already, but Rene Auburjonois was in an
> episode of Enterprise last season as was Phillips.
>
If I ever went to a Star Trek convention, I would want to present Rene wi
In a message dated 2/17/2003 4:41:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > 7 feet? 6 foot drift? Perfect!
>
> Only if the snow wasn't so light & fluffy. :)
>
I would think you'd have a partial sheet of plywood handy to drop out of the
window to stand on.
Or is that
In a message dated 2/17/2003 6:18:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > The officer got the other door opened
>
> You left out the useful bit -- how did he do it?
>
You're in, but you didn't say how you're in except that the urine had nothing
to do with why you're
In a message dated 2/17/2003 11:21:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >I've always wanted to bow dough de Odo.
> >
> Great, now you've got me singing Wichester Cathedral over and over in my
> head. 8^)
>
Winchester Repeater
You're needed in town
Some birds have i
http://www.confound.com/videos/animations/pictureframe.php";>
http://www.confound.com/videos/animations/pictureframe.php
[Well, actually it was posted on alt.fan.goons]
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"Make it stop!"
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I doubt that the Hoon-viagra song was actually sung at the filk gathering.
But does anyone have any news as to what transpired, was admired, or had
expired?
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>Take the urinal test and see if you know proper etiquette or if you
>arekinda strange.
The test left out one important question
X X X
X X X X
X X X X
X
In a message dated 2/18/2003 6:23:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Which makes me wonder.. which is *your* favorite SciFi/Fantasy movie
> soundtrack?
Least favorite: Andromeda Strain.
And hexagonal CDs are such a pain
Favorite?
Rashomon.
How's that for an
In a message dated 2/18/2003 11:46:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Koyanisqaatsi
When da hell will that be reissued as video so that
spammers don't try to sell me a pirate copy if I bid on ebay?
William Taylor
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Music to relieve a headache by.
In a message dated 2/21/2003 6:50:49 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Although "The Cockatoo" might be a good name for a gay bar. :)
>
>
>
> Somehow, "The Gay Cockatoo" seems to flow even better . . .
The bar's motto:
A bird in the hand has very little meaning.
Two books I bought on $2.50 a bag day are Finnish. That much I can figure
out. But InterTran comes up blank when I try to put in the titles. Is that an
e or a r? An s or a f?
No big loss if I can't list them.
William Taylor
Vilyehm Teighlore
> When DS9 ended, Ron
> >Moore
> >moved on to Voyager, and he tried to make some changes and add new ideas,
> >so they
> >booted him. I think those are the reasons why the ST franchise is
dying.
>
As I stated before, Moore's Dyson Sphere + 1000 identical Enterprises should
have been
> Girding myself to see Gods and Generals.
> >>>
> >
> >Save yourself, its awful, darn awful.
But will the Disney remake of the Alamo be worse?
William Taylor
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In a message dated 2/26/03 8:03:15 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< >> the 80 years war (...)
>>
> Which war is that? A 50 year extension of the 30 Years War, or a 20
> year truce in the 100 Years War? :-)
It's this little rebellion the netherlanders had against fr
In a message dated 2/26/03 9:28:48 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< >William Taylor
>---
>A 42 Years War would be
>nothing to panic about.
But it might require Deep Thought.
Jon
GSV Rimshot >>
I thought a rimmer was from a different British SF co
In a message dated 3/1/2003 9:24:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> No, in Portuguese it is ONU. [and NATO is OTAN, USA is EUA,
> SSSR was URRS, etc]
So USA is "Euuu, ah?" to a part of the world.
No wonder we're not liked.
And of course Urrs smell bad to most huma
In a message dated 3/3/2003 1:43:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Debbi
> "And it burns, burns, burns - the ring of fire, the
> ring of fire!" [I had no idea that Johnny Cash was a
> Tolkien fan... ;) ]
I like The Goodies take on it all:
I love to hear a dog in p
In a message dated 3/3/2003 7:11:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >My vote for which author I'd like to see for each setting:
> >Bear: _Starship Troopers_
> >Brin: _The Moon is a Harsh Mistress_
> >Benford: _Stranger in a Strange Land_
>
>
>
> Heh! Cute idea
In a message dated 3/3/2003 7:33:12 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> It's always interesting to see what suggestions for novels are posted by
> other list members. It offers an interesting insight into their
> personalities.
Well, you know my suggestions for nov
In a message dated 3/3/2003 8:37:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm not much for fannish stuff, but what I would consider to be fun would be
> a thread where we make up punnish chapter titles a la Kiln People.
Or like Groo we could have secret messages in every cha
In a message dated 3/7/03 8:11:03 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Wal-Mart goofed on their webpage about The Hobbit. Someone mirrored it
before it was taken down.
http://fark.froggynet.com/~froggy/walmarthobbit.jpg
If you're looking for a chuckle, this might do
In a message dated 3/8/2003 6:47:10 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> You are the only one making ad hominims here.
But he's not alone. Our good Dr. Brin has been trying to sell more greens,
reds, greys, and ivories in his nov
oh, excuse me.
That's an ad ho
In a message dated 3/8/2003 6:41:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I just saw a TV ad for this new movie THE CORE. And I'm afraid I now
> see more similarities with EARTH than I did the first time a synopsis
> came out.
I know nothing other than that a space shutt
In a message dated 3/8/2003 8:13:51 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Ok, folks, but unless you put the brin: in the subject line,
> > He will *not* read the replies I suggest reposting
> > everything with the brin: in the subject line
> > Alberto Monteiro
I wou
In a message dated 3/8/2003 8:41:18 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> But I never thought there was anything wrong with those
> similarities. Certainly nothing worth complaining about. Good ideas have
> a way of repeating themselves...
And any good idea can turn into a
In a message dated 3/10/03 10:39:09 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< And the Roman Empire was much more democratic
than the USA Empire: anyone from any province
could become the Roman Emperor
Alberto Monteiro >>
I know a horse once became a Senator, but I can
A Day at the Races.
Black Beauty.
National Velvet.
My Friend Flicka.
Spirit.
Mr. Ed.
...and I never even got to mention Debbi
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If anyone is into late night television.
Please report on any guest shots and any other movie tie ins.
I think I've seen one and only one showing of a TV trailer for this movie.
I have a feeling the movie might be so bad that the studio isn't going to
spend any big bucks for promotion.
Thei
In a message dated 3/11/2003 6:03:11 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Erik Reuter wrote:
> >
> > You claimed that directly attacking terrorist killers is
> > a bad idea
> >
> I think so. Terrorist killers should be praised, not
> attacked
>
> Alberto Mo
(4) Mel Brooks would laugh at it.
In To Be Or Not To Be, he did play a 'wipe out the Jews'
game and out finessed the Nazis.
It's all how you look at it, and some people shouldn't look when warned.
William Taylor
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Debbi or naughty Debbi? I aint a quisling.
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In a message dated 3/12/2003 9:34:04 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Ask any kid how many planets are in our solar system,
> and you'll get a firm answer: nine. But knock on a few
> doors in Berkeley's astronomy department, and you'll
> hear, amid the hemming and hawi
In a message dated 3/13/03 12:14:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> As for talking of relief, I've spent this morning the five worst minutes
> of my life between the time I've received a phone call telling me that
> my daughter had been
In a message dated 3/13/2003 2:12:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Yeah. So long as it is VERY bad.
>
> But it makes you sigh. The number of stupid producers appears to be
> nearly infinite.
>
> Thanks, all.
>
> db
It can't be an infinite number or those
In a message dated 3/14/2003 11:46:09 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm
> going to get Tater Tots there from now on if I'm getting a potato product,
> which isn't as likely since they have nice onion rings and I like those as
> a change about as often as I'd be g
In a message dated 3/14/03 12:09:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< 'Sides, my dictionary has 2 definitions for tot as a noun. The first is
"a small child". The second is "a small amount". One tater tot is a
small amount of potato. :) (And very easy to chew, at t
In a message dated 3/14/2003 1:55:30 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Well, Tater Tots do look like little miniature barrels of oil.
>
> I mentioned this back to the list I got the fry names from. Someone
> suggested they be call
I suggested in MUD that if a river is discovered on the planet the
high school students are moved to, it should be named The Ning Nang Nong.
[Search through Brin's webpage. You'll find the reference.]
Here's the original poem for the Milligan uninitiated.
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go
In a message dated 3/15/2003 7:56:23 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> An obscure Jewish sect in New York has been gripped in awe by what it
> believes to be a mystical visitation by a 20lb carp that was heard shouting
> in Hebrew, ..
Carp? Hey deum.
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> The inventors of the prosthesis had to overcome three major hurdles. They
> had to devise a mathematical model of how the hippocampus performs under
> all possible conditions, build that model into a silicon chip, and then
> interface the chip with the brain.
>
My first thought about a hip
In a message dated 3/16/2003 5:12:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> That's ok. Even though I don't tend to reply to your puns, I always enjoy
> reading them.
Like a good pun, stay with a natural reaction and don't push a reply.
Puns developed in MUD chat last Wed r
In a message dated 3/16/2003 9:06:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > My first thought about a hippocampus is where are they going to find
> > cheerleaders that can do the splits.
>
> Nope. "Hippocampus" must be Hutto High School and environs. ;)
>
> http://www
In a message dated 3/16/2003 9:41:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> And if my kid is on a sports team, he'll be a Hippo. :) So it's not just
> *Texas* what has a Hippo team, it's an actual *Brineller*.
>
> GO HIPPOS!
>
> Julia
Do you know the Flanders & S
In a message dated 3/17/2003 5:08:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Does anyone want me to share the image that came to mind when I saw the
> subject line?
>
>
>
> -- Ronn! :)
jpg or gif?
I'm the guilty party for changing the subject line.
Send off list if i
In a message dated 3/19/2003 8:45:27 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm so totally proud of myself. The job I did in Brussels finally resulted
> in a very nice published article (and even if I'm only co-autor the
results
> published are largely mine). My very first
In a message dated 3/19/03 8:44:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< Perhaps Kevin Costner would be available to play Hari Seldon!! >>
William H. Macey.
Somebody not known as an Alpha-Male.
Sam Niel?
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<< Born at 1:32 on Thursday >>
AM, PM. or GMT?
And Woohoo! Congratulations! Yahoo! Yip, yip yahoy! And all such stuff as
that there.
>I am going to sit down, have a beer, and try to
> figure out what's going on
> out there in the world...
Some drink beer, some don't.
Some have girls, some hav
PS.
In-between two "Something wonderful" replies was a SPAM message for
"Maintain Your Septic Tank Properly".
Matthew Bos, this is just one more bit of what's going on out there in the
world...
Maybe the advice of "Go with the flow" is not quite apropos here
:-) <-- Cut & paste and e
In a message dated 3/21/2003 9:17:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Sorry, I couldn't resist the obscure reference.
> -bryon
What do you mean by obscure, Bruce?
Vilyehm Taylor
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In a message dated 3/21/2003 5:53:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Now if you want obscure >
>
> "Gee dad! No Irishman can keep you from becoming dogkiller this time!"
>
> 10 Points
>
The Glums?
British radio.
Ron Glum was a total idiot that did things like
In a message dated 3/21/2003 6:00:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> He will receive half of the credits.
>
If he had said "under secular humanism", would he have gotten full marks?
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In a message dated 3/21/2003 6:09:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Actually, I used "obscure reference", because I had no idea if there were
any
> Monty Python
> fans here and didn't want to seem like a wierdo (or not more than usual
> anyway) if no one
> got it.
In a message dated 3/21/2003 6:54:44 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Ron Glum was a total idiot that did things like getting his head stuck in
> an
> > iron fence.
> >
> > Probably totally wrong, but worth a go.
> >
> Not even close.
>
> And I would have expect
What would be a fun job in the Uplift Universe?
How about running a rent-a-cart on Kazzkark
At the autopark in Kazzkark
Scooters, tooters, skateboards with a hump,
Bags full of Jello, some a little plump,
Motorized wheelchairs where you can take a dump,
At the autopark in Kazzkark
Two wh
In a message dated 3/24/2003 4:42:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Clear as mud?
> >
>
> As mud indeed!
That's Wednesday!
William Taylor
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In a message dated 3/24/2003 4:52:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> You know what would really be cool? It would be cool if there were some
> sort of substance that totally dissolved plant material, but left animal
> flesh totally untouched.
>
> 'Cause if there we
In a message dated 3/27/2003 4:08:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Adam C. Lipscomb
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem
A Jay Leno type response:
Well, it's obvious you were doing more than just watching televison
In a message dated 3/27/2003 4:56:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hey folks, to see uplift in progress, see:
> http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030325/168/3m7dk.html
>
> Now which species needs it the most?
>
> db
>
Well, from a liberal point o
In a message dated 3/27/2003 5:40:02 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Does anyone have any idea of the accelerations [in a non-rotating
> frame of reference, relative to the Sun] of the stars in the Sun
> neighbourhood and the bright stars in our sky for some long time
In a message dated 3/27/2003 7:56:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> >>I *really* wish he didn't have a St. Louis Cardinals t-shirt on...
> >>
> >>I really, really do.
> >
> >
> >But not altogether surprising, all things considered.
> >
> >
> >Jon
> >GSV Duck an
In a message dated 3/28/03 7:51:12 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I'm still looking for employment, list! Any leads on programming,
development, or engineering work would be vastly appreciated, thanks.
Mark >>
Being on AOL myself for many years now, I know that
Spoilers all about
In a message dated 3/28/2003 10:06:33 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> This movie did a pretty good job of destroying any real scientific
> plausibility.
But it pretty much played on that implausibility. Unlike one of the
rock's gonna get us mo
In a message dated 3/29/2003 8:39:39 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> And um. What precisely IS a coronavirus?
> I can't remember hearing the term before...
>
> Andy
> Dawn Falcon
A bug that exists only in Mexican beer?
William Taylor
-
As the w
In a message dated 3/29/2003 11:31:31 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Mmm, tequila.
>
> And what does Dos Equis have to do with anything above? ;)
>
> Julia
More horses for Debbi?
William Taylor
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In a message dated 3/31/2003 1:00:12 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> http://www.iraqometer.com/
>
> Statistics on the Iraq war.
It left out number of reporters fired.
William Taylor
And what about separating civilian casualties
into accidents an
In a message dated 4/1/2003 3:12:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> ... and now even more that it has three values:
> >
> > 1 USA inch = 2.something cm
> > 1 TV inch = 2.0 cm
> > 1 penis enlargement spam inch = 0.5 cm
>
> You forgot the Steve Jackson (of GU
In a message dated 4/1/2003 4:13:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> * Because of their unusual shape, Hershey's Kisses contain more
> calories per ounce than the same amount of chocolate in other
> forms.
Aerated chocolate loses calories?
More Cadbury Flake!
W
> OK Ron, pull the other one.
Ronn
It's true the two Ns are taking over the Earth.
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In a message dated 4/1/2003 4:25:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm sick of being told what a pinko-commie I am, _and_ I need some time by
> myself to vacation. I'm thinking of heading to Europe, preferably Belgium/
> Holland/Scandanvia. Anyone have any advice or
In a message dated 4/1/2003 8:13:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> If you want to have fun with acoustics, go to the porch of the Canadian
> embassy in DC. That's good for a little while, anyway, and if you feel
> like taking the risk of being in DC right now, that's
In a message dated 4/2/03 6:44:05 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I've been searching for _15 minutes_ for a
map of Arizona that includes a Latitude/Longitude
Grid [I want to locate Heinlein's _The Number of
the Beast_'s Snug Harbor, in the "northern strip of
Ar
In a message dated 4/2/03 8:54:27 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< http://www.topozone.com/ >>
Do Mohawk AZ and that'll show you where the shrimp farm will be north of the
highway.
Fun site.
William Taylor
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In a message dated 4/2/03 9:36:58 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<<
But the Arizone Strip is real, isn't it? :-)
>>
Real empty mostly. If you don't count Fredonia, which the Marx Brothers never
visited, and the king in Jabberwocky never conquered.
The strip is a
In a message dated 4/2/2003 4:08:43 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Cop: "Leads? Sure.. sure, we got leads.. we got so many leads, they got us
> working in shifts!"
>
> They basically shrugged. The military looking guy (who was FAR more
> interested in examining t
So many bets are being placed and robotic laws are being broken..
Don't wear the poor man out before I get to meet him this weekend.
William Taylor
Now where's my Sony camera
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In a message dated 4/3/2003 11:34:14 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> The charges against them for what amounts to vandalism are actually pretty
> minor, I'm told, compared to the weapons charge (loaded weapon in a
vehicle,
> discharging a weapon within N yards of a s
Well, first off change the subject line for any responses the good Dr. Brin
doesn't need to be sagged down with.
Arrived in Phoenix at 7:00 so I'd have no problem parking a van that didn't
have power steering. And I could watch the booths being set up. Something I
had done so often in my SCA me
In a message dated 6/4/2003 9:12:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Now, the upside-down postage stamp is legal in the US, and if I'm to
> believe a certain Peanuts cartoon, indicates love. How much was that
> one worth?
>
> Julia
Not much...
For me:
Years in pr
In a message dated 8/26/2003 2:00:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I'm confounded. Or perhaps befuddled. It's hard to tell the difference.
A confused plumber doesn't charge extra. He's usually fired.
A befuddled plumber has to charge extra for the second person tha
In a message dated 8/27/2003 11:22:36 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> It looks like we'll be able to download
> all our favorite old BBC shows!
>
Ying tong iddle i po
Vilyehm Teighlore
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http://www.mccmedia.com/mailm
In a message dated 8/29/2003 4:23:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Then I'm guessing that "Hang in there" evokes
> groans if not downright crossness...but "Wallow in
> there" is even worse! :D (Even if it _is_
> appropriate for future Hippos...)
>
> Debbi
>
Yup, It's already up there. IN BIG BLUE LETTERS!!!
I read Hominids.
Good enough.
But I still say Sawyer's webpage reads like an advertisement for K-mart.
I prefer the more upscale Nieman Marcus look of the webpage of our good Dr.
Brin.
William Taylor
Still pageless.
In a message dated 8/31/2003 9:16:56 AM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > Yup, It's already up there. IN BIG BLUE LETTERS!!!
> >
>
> URL? TIA!
>
> Julia
> _
I didn't 'url, but I did get a bit queasy looking at it.
In a message dated 8/31/2003 12:04:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > Apparently your e-mail doesn't know how to format incoming
> > text. Joshua's e-mail looked fine on my computer, much better than
> > most peoples.
>
> Apparently you don't know what you are tal
Alvin and Fred, the human director brought in to help with the Mikado, got to
talking about how relatively easy it was to stage Gilbert and Sullivan.
You never needed a scene change in the middle of an act.
Fred talked about some of the more unusual things that he had worked with
when the play
Subj:Re: Sunday Evening SF written. 16 on Hugo, zero for Sawyer.
Date: 9/1/2003 3:29:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (d.brin)
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Actually, I think Rob is a fine writer, exploring fascinating ideas.
The home town thing is no cause of resentment b
In a message dated 9/1/2003 4:44:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> I find it terribly interesting that something as mundane as wheat can have
> such a profound effect on someone because of a simple failure to properly
> digest it.
>
> Michael Harney
> [EMAIL P
Though my father, Twaphu-anuph, knew enough Anglic for business and Galactic
Institute purposes, I never bothered learning it.
That is, until I met Alvin Hph-wayuo..
Now, my husband wanted me to learn Anglic so that I could read his journal in
it's original form. He also suggested that I s
The Conservative Structure to the Uplift Universe:
Galactics all depend upon the Library (Oh save us, save us, big government)
Earthclan thinks for itself (individual initiative)
Galactic Civilization is clan, clan, clan (unionism)
Earthclan believes in right to work laws. (Freedom of action
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