That would be me. Don't know why I didn't see any notices about the held mail until the other day. Odd.
Nick
"Ellen S." zoo...@hotmail.com wrote:AT LAST my messages from like 6 months ago when I joined the
mailing list have materialized. Though I do wonder what took
so long. I see references
Bluehost is el cheapo, yet reasonably reliable, web hosting.
Nick
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 10:07 AM, William Taylor medieva...@aol.com wrote:
Well, since I have joined this mailing list I can ask
some questions that I've wondered about. I haven't
read Heaven's Reach in a while, but I don't
It's Sergey, actually.
Nick
(from the Googleplex-almost)
On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 4:29 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
I never knew the good doctor founded google until I read it in Yahoo news
as
part of a scandel.
Maybe, but he would have had to change his name from David to
I read this as a personal attack, which is not permitted in this group.
Nick
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 1:57 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 11:21 AM, Warren Adams-Ockrassa
war...@nightwares.com wrote:
Having been watching from the sidelines, it's
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 7:26 PM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.comwrote:
...
My goals include getting the SMO airport closed, getting free WiFi with a
link to a Virtual Town Hall on the city website, etc. I have made
substantial progress in that direction. Sometimes the best way to win
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:42 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 1:27 PM, Kevin O'Brien zwil...@zwilnik.com
wrote:
OK, I'm not at all clear on how you got top-down management out of
what I
said.
I'm getting tired of correcting all this nonsense,
I
On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 8:34 AM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
A few will engage with you for the same unfortunate reason (to try to
correct you), but then it
just becomes a matter of who can be a bigger bully.
I'm not sure about that. Kevin, for example never struck me as a bully.
Sounded like a classic scalability problem.
I'm looking forward to our company telling our election software story. Had
been super secret.
Nick
On Sunday, November 11, 2012, David Hobby wrote:
On a related note, I've been reading about problems with the Romney
campaign's software to organize
Star Wars had a critical difference. It didn't need to work because it was
all a giant bluff. Romney had little or nothing to gain by bluffing.
Back to the facts. The Romney team said the software was running 20-30
minutes behind. And pointed out that, as you suggest, there was no real way
to
I didn't realize how unclear it is whether Reagan and other top officials
regarded it as a bluff or not, until I poked around a bit just now. Easy
to see how they might have started off serious, then decided to re-write
history and say it was all a bluff. I have some up-close and personal
Thanks, Dan. I saw Friedman's column when it came out - very impressive.
We'll be hearing a lot from Gautam's work, I expect.
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 2:03 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
I forwarded this to Gautam. Tom Friedman reviewed Gautam's book in his
Wednesday after the
Just stop staring at my column. I'm a married man.
Nick
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 3:55 PM, Warren Adams-Ockrassa war...@nightwares.com
wrote:
Just jumping in to puckishly point out all the quasi-homoerotic awe at so
many impressive columns.
• Warren • off console • w azkrmc.com • h
I'm going to have to put the list on moderation!
On Mon, Oct 1, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Nick! You changed your name from Carl to Sara? After moving to the UK?
:)
--
*From:* narn...@mccmedia.com narn...@mccmedia.com
*To:*
Crap - no. I didn't realize they managed to spam the whole list. I'm used
to getting spam as an admin, but I think this is the first time somebody
managed to hit the whole list.
Nick
On Wed, Aug 29, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Matt Grimaldi matzeb...@yahoo.com wrote:
Nick,
Is this really you?
! claiming that some ‘up’date action is
necessary or all accounts will be closed it can't just be ignored and
trashed as spam . . . :()
_
¹ Not a typo.
At 01:53 PM Wednesday 8/29/2012, Nick Arnett wrote:
Crap - no. I didn't realize they managed to spam the whole list. I'm
used to getting
Grimaldi)
2. RE: Job opportunity - hurry to
apply! (Horn, John)
3. Re: Job opportunity - hurry to apply!
(Nick Arnett)
4. Job opportunity? (Jon Louis Mann)
Nick,
Is this really you?
Highly unlikely.
From: Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.com
Huh???
It's not Nick
I made up for John by buying the hardcover and the Kobo e-book.
Had pre-ordered the hardcover on Amazon, then ended up traveling without
and was overcome by the desire to read on, so I bought and downloaded the
latter (and finished it on my trip).
Nick
On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM, John
Sure wish I could participate, but I'm headed to the Big Boulder
conference, in Boulder, Colorado, that weekend... disappointed!
Nick
On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Dave Land dml...@gmail.com wrote:
On Jun 14, 2012, at 11:21 PM, David Brin wrote:
Sorry for the salesmanship, but I'm
Wah.
Just read an essay he wrote for the science fiction issue of The New Yorker.
Nick
-- Forwarded message --
From: NYTimes.com News Alert nytdir...@nytimes.com
Date: Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 8:05 AM
Subject: News Alert: Ray Bradbury, Master of Science Fiction, Dies at 91,
A.P. Says
On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 10:34 AM, David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Alas, Pagel spins a just-so story that is conveniently and charmingly free
of reference to historical facts. For example, he ignores the fact that
innovation sped up, intensely and supra-liearly, as the number of
On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 12:13 AM, Ticia ti...@xs4all.nl wrote:
Nick I'm not getting all Brin-L messages?! I never got the thread below
(Re: Night Owls Demand Equal Rights!), checkend my spambox but they're not
there!
That's just weird. Could you check the archive page now and then and
I'm still here, of course. Recently joined NetBase as director of product
management, so I'm busy getting up to speed.
One of the data points NetBase has developed is that despite Twitter,
Facebook, etc., the real conversation still happens, and is increasing, in
forums, list servers, etc.
Ugh - I didn't realize everybody was getting this. Shouldn't happen. I'll
figure it out and stop it.
Nick
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
Is there anyone who knows why I and others (I presume the whole list?)
receive this in response
On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 9:00 PM, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com wrote:
Nick -- I don't get it, and I'm on the digest...
Ah, it probably only goes to those who post... did you get one after you
wrote this message?
Nick
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Okay, I removed the problem address... shouldn't happen any more.
Nick
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The whole point of religion... depends a great deal on the person! I
would complete the sentence in part by saying that religion helps me
live with what I know cannot be explained, fixed or understood. It
does seem that we are going through a time when an increasing number
of people are turning
On Mon, Aug 22, 2011 at 1:45 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
The writer, who has always seemed to be ahead of his time, turns 91 Monday.
His 30 books and more than 600 short stories have influenced a generation of
American fiction writers.
And a fine day to be
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com wrote:
Uh, Trent? What do I use for an 'Admin address' and is the password the
one
for brinl? I tried my email and my brinl password, and I ***failed***.
Please remember that just about everything I ever learnt about operating a
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 3:29 PM, trent shipley trent.ship...@gmail.comwrote:
How many secrets does Australia have that are worth leaking. Does a
significant fraction of the World's population believe it is The Great
Satan?
Reminds me of the story of the lady who was applying for a visa to
On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:21 AM, Michael Harney dolp...@mikes3dgallery.com
wrote:
Dawkins addresses this a bit in his book _The God Delusion_.
Evolutionarily, it makes sense. Children cannot afford to disbelieve
things that are told to them by elders. Doing so means consuming poisonous
Hmmm... been away a few days and wrote to Jeroen when I saw this tonight...
but the mail bounced. I guess it was a short window of opportunity?
No real money available, anyway, but I wouldn't mind having the list in one
of those domains.
Nick
On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 4:16 AM, Jeroen van
Interesting perspective in the LA Times.
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-economy-mortgages-20101101,0,7338975.story
By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times
November 1, 2010
Reporting from Washington —
For almost two years, home foreclosures have swept the nation, spreading
misery among
On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 8:40 AM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
Interesting perspective in the LA Times.
But a bigger problem may turn out to be the millions of Americans who are
still faithfully paying their mortgages, but on houses
worth far less than before the bubble burst. It's
On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 1:04 PM, Julia ju...@zurg.net wrote:
Video transcript at
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec10/mortgage_10-25.html
One quote:
SARAH PORTER-BRAUN: There's been countless numbers of time, which he has
well-documented, where we have been told you're
Some clarifications. The problems I had with our lender regarding the loan
modification had nothing to do with whether or not they were willing to make
one. It was the way they behaved as we qualified for it and then the way
that they screwed it up so that we have to re-qualify all over again.
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 12:02 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
To me, it sounds like they are incompetent (although in their defense,
all of the loan securitizations have made the situation complicated).
But since you want to modify an agreement in your favor, you more or
less
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
Nick wrote:
I see that as a market failure that should have been prevented via
regulation (or, more correctly, enabled via deregulation).
First, I'm sorry you are stuck in a bad situation. That's sucks.
Thanks for
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:41 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
That suggests that you are not going to strategically default. I
wonder if there are any other clues that the lender was able to glean
that suggested you would not strategically default.
I'm curious strategically
On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Rceeberger rceeber...@comcast.net wrote:
X is very good. My entire alliance agrees!
I agree.
I'm gratified
Me too.
Nice!
Count me in.
Okie Dokie
+1.
One at a time please.
I'm SOL (Snorting Out Loud, one click down from LOL). Possibly out of
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 6:36 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Tue, Oct 19, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
they give the average starting salary for an EE in the US as 59,646, but
in
the SF area it is about 74,700. So, that is about a 25% premium.
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:49 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 7:38 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
wrote:
I could tell the horror story of our efforts at loan modification, but
I'll
just say that it is one of the stories submitted
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:49 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
wrote:
The average taxpayer elected officials who deregulated the financial
industry so much that it became impossible for the average taxpayer
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 8:57 AM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
In hindsight, the housing bubble is obvious. Heck, at the time, I knew
there was a housing bubble, and if you look at Brin-l archives, you will
see
that I wrote it.
It was clear that values were high. That was always
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 9:34 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
But regardless, it is a simple concept. Honor, honesty, integrity,
whatever you want to call it. If a person agrees to something
voluntarily, then they should keep their word.
I'm pretty sure you voluntarily agreed
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 10:45 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
Only if you consider honesty and keeping your word to be ridiculous. An
honorable person would not agree to borrow money from anyone, even a
loan shark, if they thought that there was any possibility that they
On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:12 AM, Brad DeLong brad.del...@gmail.com wrote:
Could we get this troll--Mr. Williams--out of here please?
Foreclosures are currently running at 3 times their normal rates not
because there has been an outbreak of cheating and dishonesty on the part of
America's
On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 1:30 PM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.comwrote:
Electronic forums are the ideal venue for brainstorming solutions for
social issues, as you can take time to edit your comments. It also affords
more people an opportunity to be less passive and have a voice.
On Fri, Aug 13, 2010 at 8:15 AM, KZK evil.ke...@gmail.com wrote:
More brilliance from a one-term president:
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columns/Obama-closes-curtain-on-transparency-468557-100595914.html
President Obama has abolished the position in his White House dedicated to
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 5:35 AM, Alberto Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.brwrote:
There can't be too many different species, Noah's Ark wasn't
big enough to carry them all!
What, evolution stopped with the Ark?
As long as we're on that subject, it dawned on me a while ago that the
trouble I
On Tue, Aug 3, 2010 at 8:29 AM, William T Goodall w...@wtgab.demon.co.ukwrote:
...
When presented with the statement “human beings, as we know them today,
developed from earlier species of animals,” just 45 percent of respondents
indicated “true.” Compare this figure with the affirmative
Article from the Atlantic -
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Are-Jedi-Knights-Libertarian-or-Socialist-1668
http://www.theatlanticwire.com/features/view/feature/Are-Jedi-Knights-Libertarian-or-Socialist-1668This
came up when the Canadian government announced that the upcoming
On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 9:58 AM, zwil...@zwilnik.com zwil...@zwilnik.comwrote:
Don't overlook what is called dog whistle political statements. This
names comes from the well-known phenomenon that a highly-pitched whistle
will be heard by dogs, but not by people. And in polictics there is a
On Tue, Jul 27, 2010 at 4:45 AM, Alberto Monteiro
albm...@centroin.com.brwrote:
Bottom line: you don't think it's Intelligent Design, you think
it's Natural Selection.
Too funny! Because it's true, I think.
Politics red in tooth and claw. Or truth and clues. Or something.
Nick
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 2:02 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote:
Probably because the words or abandoned disappeared somewhere between my
brain and my fingers. Point being, single parents aren't always because
they had a one-night stand or divorced, sometimes it's because one parent
On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 7:54 PM, David Hobby hob...@newpaltz.edu wrote:
And yet, it's very rewarding. I guess I'd boil it down
to one sentence as Children give one's life meaning.
And very large cell phone bills.
Nick
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Seems to me that it would be good here to step outside of the developed
world and recognize that when people have no safety net, having children is
a form of social security - someone to take care of them when they are old.
It has been surprising to me when Americans in the midst of a place like
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:58 AM, Julia ju...@zurg.net wrote:
Short version: It was in a moderation queue.
Weird... I never saw the notice that any messages were awaiting moderation.
I'll have to figure out what happened there.
Good to see you around here, Julia!
Nick
ÿ
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 8:50 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
And it doesn't help when the moderators are in different parts of the world
in different time zones and for whatever reason need to confer before making
a decision (sometimes frex spambots can be quite
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote:
Nick; are the archives accessed from the list page all that are available?
As a practical matter, probably. But take a look here, too:
http://www.mail-archive.com/brin-l@mccmedia.com/info.html
There may be other archives
This thread got me thinking about government, regulation and Haiti.
I haven't been back from Haiti long enough to feel as though I have
particularly coherent thoughts about the significance and opportunity posed
by the earthquake, but a few ideas have begun to take hold.
Like many poor nations
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
albm...@centroin.com.br wrote:
BTW, those who like movies and/or greek mythology, stay away
from this crap.
Our grandson wanted to see it for his birthday, so we went to the drive-in
and saw Prince of Persia and Clash of the
On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 4:07 PM, medieva...@aol.com wrote:
AMAZING!
Not the movie---an actual drive-in.
Tucson lost the last one a few months ago.
I think we just have the one now. And it's a little odd leaving there at 1
a.m. because dozens of trucks are lined up to drive in to set up
This reminded me of that awful pun in which the snakes couldn't breed until
they had a rough-hewn surface to use... showing that with the right log
tables, even adders can multiply.
Nick
On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 10:21 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
to that address will appear on
your Facebook wall.
- Send stuff to someone here who can log on to Facebook on your
behalf and post for you. I could probably guess your password, but I
won't try.
Dave
On May 19, 2010, at 8:00 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Howdy from Port au Prince. We have run two clinics
Howdy from Port au Prince. We have run two clinics at an orphanage
yesterday and today. Saw about 200 people. Going to a tent city
tomorrow. Team is heading to bed mostly.
Parts of this are really hard, but it is a privilege to be here.
Facebook is being bad. Even though I was using it
I'm heading to Miami today and then into Port-au-Prince tomorrow morning...
the list has been so quiet that I suspect it will be fine without me until I
return from Haiti, a week from tomorrow.
Not sure if I have mentioned this trip here... I'm going with a medical
relief team from Jordan
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 10:49 PM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote:
If anything good is to come out of this disaster, its that we'll be
taking a closer look at offshore drilling, and that nobody will even
be suggesting that we rape the California coast for a few buckets of
oil.
I've seen
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 2:38 PM, Keith Henson hkeithhen...@gmail.com wrote:
This list may have somewhat of the same kind of problem science
fiction does in general.
The problem is runaway technology.
In other words, perhaps the list doesn't need us anymore.
I've seen a lot of web sites like
like a bad idea to take anything
that would potentially add to my psychological load. I have a growing box
of things to take along...
If you're interested, here's the sponsoring organization:
http://jordaninternationalaid.org/
You can even donate, if you like (and if you do, put Nick Arnett
I participated Friday and yesterday in CrisisCampSiliconValley, a bar cap
style unconference, sponsored by CMU and NASA Ames. It included a tour of
the DART training facility, which is one of a kind.
Photos:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=156873id=599168196saved
Nick
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:19 AM, Bruce Bostwick
lihan161...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
Congratulations!
When are you going back in for your General and/or Extra? ;)
The examiners tried to talk me into doing the General immediately, but I
didn't. I'm not sure when or if I will... I'll be quite
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Bruce Bostwick
lihan161...@sbcglobal.netwrote:
On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:47 PM, John Williams wrote:
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:37 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
wrote:
However, some of
the spectrum is still restricted to CW (code) only.
Right
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 7:34 PM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
wrote:
This is something I've been thinking of doing for decades. When I
started,
one of the obstacles was learning code at 5 wpm, which I
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 12:06 PM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.comwrote:
Michael, what job is it that's so draining
FYI, folks, he signed off the list right after posting his message, so don't
expect answers.
Nick
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On Fri, Feb 19, 2010 at 5:30 PM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.comwrote:
Shucks, we're better of without aircraft,
heavy trucks and diesel powered ships.
It will force us to use alt fuels and
old tech, like wind and steam power!~)
How do you make the steam?
Nick
So... Google Buzz introduced itself to me this morning, just as I was
reading an article on privacy concerns about it. The biggest one is that it
automatically imports contacts and shows them as friends. Sure enough, when
I looked at Buzz, it said that it had automatically followed a dozen or so
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
Why do you think it imported something from your contacts? Did you
click on setup or whatever when the buzz screen popped up?
It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The list
it showed me
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 7:20 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
Why do you think it imported something from your contacts? Did you
click on setup or whatever when the buzz screen popped up?
Here is what it said, exactly:
*Welcome to Buzz*
*Buzz is a new way to share updates,
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:45 PM, Mauro Diotallevi diotall...@gmail.comwrote:
On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 9:28 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
wrote:
It said it automatically imported the people I talk to the most. The
list
it showed me sure didn't look like that, however
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Chris Frandsen lear...@mac.com wrote:
I have blink feeling that this is a big deal. Any thoughts?
http://www.physorg.com/news184310039.html
It caught my eye, too. If it really does all that they say, it will have a
tremendous impact. And the patent owner
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:58 AM, John Williams jwilliams4...@gmail.comwrote:
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 9:08 AM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com
wrote:
On Wed, Feb 10, 2010 at 8:33 AM, Chris Frandsen lear...@mac.com wrote:
I have blink feeling that this is a big deal. Any thoughts
http://open.salon.com/blog/david_brin/2010/02/09/the_real_struggle_behind_climate_change_-_a_war_on_expertise
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than to increase the cost of energy.
As for American energy security, that means coal, not uranium.
Nick Arnett wrote:
http://open.salon.com/blog/david_brin/2010/02/09/the_real_struggle_behind_climate_change_-_a_war_on_expertise
Pong?
On Tue, Feb 9, 2010 at 6:12 PM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote:
Ping!
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On Wed, Jan 13, 2010 at 7:55 PM, Rceeberger rceeber...@comcast.net wrote:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ik8J9L5rJnc
xponent
Having Been There Maru
rob
I started to watch it... too hard right now, but I'll get there.
Thank you - it means a lot.
It is so hard - I haven't just lost a
On Thu, Jan 14, 2010 at 6:38 AM, Pat Mathews mathew...@msn.com wrote:
If this is consoling instead of making matters worse - I ran across the
following poem online. It's Seamus Heaney on the death of a sibling. Just in
case it makes matters worse for some people, I will Spoiler it. Get a
is survived by her five-year-old daughter Sarah, her parents, Will
and Pat Arnett of Hendersonville, her sister Susie Nivin and husband David
of Santa Barbara and their children James and Heather, her brothers John
Arnett of Hendersonville and Nick Arnett and his wife Cindy of Santa Clara
On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM, David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
Nick, if it consoles at all, I wish I grew up in a family as clearly tight
and loving as yours must have been. Stay strong and thrive-all.
We weren't always... and although there have been some rocky moments in the
last
Julia's question reminded me that you folks are a bit of a brain trust... I
need to figure out what would be the best platform for gathering pictures,
stories, videos and such about my sister, particular for her daughter to
know her as she grows up.
Lesley has a Facebook page, but that doesn't
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Alberto Monteiro
albm...@centroin.com.brwrote:
Today, in brazilian TV, there was an analysis of the tragedies
that happened in Angra dos Reis, where families were cut in half
by an earthslide. The analysts said that people never recover from
the loss, and it
Something I've been meaning to mention here about my sister For a number
of years, she taught English at a high school in St. Thomas, USVI. I went
there to visit her and saw that she had a bunch of David Brin's books on her
shelf - she was a big fan! Boy, was she tickled to discover that I
My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while.
My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my
five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her
body. Lesley died this morning.
I have never hurt so much.
Nick
On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 2:19 PM, d.brin db...@sbcglobal.net wrote:
is Brin-l active?
Yes.
And we're cooking up a new project, a wiki for SF and fantasy, starting with
a focus on a particular writer's works... Guess who.
Nick
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On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 8:47 AM, Jim Sharkey templar...@excite.com wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
Yes, Im in Santa Clara... waiting to see if I should head to NC.
Apparently the recovery from something like this is very long, so Im not
rushing there unless the medical people say that its time
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 10:09 AM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote:
I think there is a place for b, but I am looking more at c (if you take
a very expansive view of science fiction). I'd be interested to have
Nick's input on the project's scope.
One of my favorite sayings from a
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 7:10 PM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote:
And as near as I can tell the admin needs to create webs.
You are now an admin, Trent. If there's anything you need to do that you
cannot, let me know.
I've also registered the domain name and pointed to the directory.
On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Trent Shipley tship...@deru.com wrote:
The host or its agents cannot serve on any board of
directors since that would be a conflict of interest.
Eh? Interlocking boards of directors with conflicts of interest are the
American Way!
Seriously, though, I'd
Update my sister has survived more than 24 hours after she crashed,
which is good -- the first 24 hours are always critical. She apparently
went into septic shock this morning, but a fairly new, very expensive drug
for sepsis brought her blood pressure back up, so she weathered that crisis.
On Fri, Jan 1, 2010 at 4:34 PM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote:
On 02/01/2010, at 10:55 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Update my sister has survived more than 24 hours after she crashed,
which is good -- the first 24 hours are always critical. She apparently
went into septic shock
Got Foswiki installed here:
http://nickarnett.net/sfwiki
As I mentioned before, we can point a domain name to that directory when
this project decides to announce itself.
Interested parties, register thyselves and I'll make the appropriate,
involved people into administrators.
And... a blast
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