John D. Giorgis wrote:
At 10:24 AM 9/20/2002 -0400 K. Feete wrote:
I'm sorry. I guess I come off as overly cynical, and I have to admit I
haven't been following the news too closely; it depresses me.
Kat, do you ever feel guilty about accusing a guy of ordering innocent men
to their
Robert Seeberger wrote:
In any case I have all the culture mail as maroon in my inbox. Easy to read
the text in that color! G.
What's wrong with puce? :-)
Ray.
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Julia Thompson wrote:
Ray Ludenia wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
xponent
Everyone Loves Raymond Maru
rob
Who's this Raymond character?
Regards, Reinhold.
OK, am I the only one who's experiencing a Night Court flashback?
Not me! I presume you are referring to a TV program. Hope
Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn Blankenship wrote:
The word denigrating has such a negative ring to it
People in the US have been fired from their jobs for using it properly
because others who obviously did not know what the word means took offense
because they thought it was related to that
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Please note that I offered not a single word of criticism. I didnt comment
on what you said at all.
What I did was clarify what I saw in Rays comments.
In reading those comments again, I think I could say to Ray that he could
have been a bit more diplomatic also.
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Jeroen wrote:
I am not at all confused. Rather, it is quite clear to me that many people
attribute a certain meaning to the word anti-Semite that differs from what
I believe to be its meaning.
I stand corrected - you're not confused, you're deliberately acting
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 23:31 05-10-2002 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote about me:
Not ONCE has he ever admitted to being wrong about ANYTHING.
Do you know what the problem is with that blanket statement? I need to find
only *one* message in which I admit to being wrong, in order to prove
Excerpt from article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/07/technology/07ZZAP.html?todaysheadlines
Protesting the Big Brother Lens, Little Brother Turns an Eye Blind By JOHN
MARKOFF
snip
That is not the view of a group of privacy advocates in Washington, who are
suing the Metropolitan Police
d.brin wrote:
Moreover, I am all in favor of Pax Americana, which has led to vastly
more human opportunity and happiness than any other 'pax', and which
may lead to a world of Justice and Law.
This may indeed be the case. However, I cannot for the life of me understand
how so many Merkins
I wrote:
d.brin wrote:
Moreover, I am all in favor of Pax Americana, which has led to vastly
more human opportunity and happiness than any other 'pax', and which
may lead to a world of Justice and Law.
This may indeed be the case. However, I cannot for the life of me understand
how so
Kevin Street wrote:
John D. Giorgis reponded:
ALL those allies?The UK, Australia, Spain, and Italy are all behind
the US attack on Iraq - and those are just the ones that I have heard of.
This is just my opinion, but I suspect that the majority of the people in
those countries don't
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
That would mean that I am one of very few people on this list who have a
*functioning* short-term memory...
after I had forgotten to remove the word Brin from the subject header of
one of my posts).
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J. van Baardwijk wrote:
No one seems to care but you.
If that is true, then I might just as well restore the previous content of
the Main Page of Brin-L.com, as it appearently is quite accurate -- you
know, the version that says that things like flame wars and personal
attacks are
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 00:07 27-10-2002 -0500, Dan Minette wrote:
Further, given Iraq's history of playing cat and mouse, isn't it
reasonable to have strict rules that will ensure that an inspection can
be thorough?
I have no problem with that. What I have a problem with is that the
John D. Giorgis wrote:
There's difference between giving the Cameroonians a *say*, and giving the
despot of a tiny, one-party, banana republic the decisive vote on the
morality of intervening in Iraq.
I'd support the former, but right now, we're stuck with the latter - and
find it fairly
Julia Thompson wrote:
clarification of Peter Principle available upon request
Not necessary in my case.
The Principal of my school is called Peter
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Much of Australia is currently in the grip of a major drought. Except the
are I live, (South Gippsland in Victoria) is lush green so has not affected
the local cockies (farmers) yet. Anyway, desperate times call for desperate
measures...
quoted from ABC News
*Victorians urged to shower
Deborah Harrell wrote:
The entire Western US, as well as parts of the East,
are in drought. Here is a map:
http://www.drought.unl.edu/dm/monitor.html
A page containing info on the extent and map of rainfall deficiencies in
Australia can be found at:
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 06:05:35PM +0530, Ritu Ko wrote:
Erik Reuter wrote:
Isn't it ironic that the world's largest democracy treats every
else's concerns as a joke? ;)
Touchy! One Indian poster *possibly* does this and you generalise this to a
billion Indians???
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
Even if you do everything manually, it is
still not entirely transparent; once you deposit your ballot in the box, it
is out of sight -- how can you be sure that someone on the counting team
will not give your vote to an other candidate, or let your ballot disappear?
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
snip 5k post with no loss of content
Jeroen, I hope you carefully consider everything you post to the list. I
dread the day you write something that upsets yourself. The nonsensical
tirades you would write to the list complaining about your (alleged)
Horn, John wrote:
Pegasus Mail v4.0 has an option that claims to be able to pull apart a
digest into its individual pieces. I've never tried it as I receive
individual messages. But that's a possibility.
Entourage also has the option of bursting digests into individual emails,
but I have
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Which is why I think this will escalate
to Jeroen's final ban - another symptom that the list
is dying.
The symptom that the list is dying is that yet again we are involved in
endlessly discussing one particular person and his actions and other's
reactions. Enough of
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Things would be different if I were the list-tyrant.
I would ban everybody who sent messages using the
horrible imperial units
So you admit that not all imperial units are horrible? Never thought I'd see
the day!
Ray.
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very bad chainmail
But a good eye-warper. %
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Gary Nunn wrote:
4) What percentage of people do you think would actually buy a new
printer rather than a new ink cartridge, even if it does save $5?
Not sure, but I am cheap. Five bucks is five bucks.
Just remove the cartridge at the checkout and leave the printer behind!
Has anyone ever
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
I must have done something wrong somewhere along the way... :-)
You don't have to keep apologising again and again. Try stopping these
repetitive posts.
HUGE GRIN
Regards, Ray.
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Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
Just imagine that the only faces you ever get to see are those of bearded
men . . .
Hey, what's wrong with bearded men??? I resemble that remark. Anyway, why
would you want to see bearded women??
Regards, Ray.
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Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
I Told You Kids Not To Go Outside Our Back Yard Maru
I wish mine would listen to this instruction! I spent about 3 hours chasing
our new kid for miles up and down the road, through barbed wire and electric
fences, up and down the hills (they're bloody steep around
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
I must agree with Jon; I think that there really should be some document
that at least states a few basic things such as:
- what kinds of behaviour will not be accepted
- what steps can/will be taken in case something unacceptable happens
- if sanctions are taken
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 11:36 PM 12/8/02 +1100, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
I Told You Kids Not To Go Outside Our Back Yard Maru
FWIW, kid is US slang for child.
Two Peoples Divided By A Common Language Maru
Same here, of course. As I said earlier, just kidding
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 23:36 08-12-2002 +1100, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Had to give up the chase, as I had school reports to write that just
could not be delayed any further.
Aha, so *that* is the latest excuse for being out of shape! GRIN
Jeroen Why run when you can drive? van
Jon Gabriel wrote:
Playboy spokesman Bill Farley said: As time has gone on and women have
become more athletic, more in the business world and more inclined to put
themselves through fitness regimes, their bodies have changed, and we
reflect that as well.
But I would think that no one with
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am doing my best to make my messages as unreadable as possilbe
In that case, you'll have to try harder. They were much more unreadable in
the past. You must be losing you touch.
Regards, Ray.
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Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
The guy mind doesn't believe in medical care. Guys
will generally not seek
medical treatment, for themselves or for others,
except in clear-cut
situations, such as decapitation. And even then,
guys are not going to be
Bradford DeLong wrote:
Bradford DeLong wrote:
But when the Knights Templar were suppressed by Philip the Fair of
France and Pope Clement V in 1307, one of the charges was that the
Templars confessed only to each other and not to other priests--so
that nobody outside the order knew what
Erik Reuter wrote:
Oh, sorry, it seems I haven't mastered the EU technique of insulting and
retreating.
EU_mode
[turns around and bends over]
I fart in your general direction!
[runs like mad, not to return to this subject]
/EU_mode
What an arsehole.
Ray.
http://www.ucomics.com/boondocks/2003/02/06/
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Dan Minette wrote:
Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards
would
have more strokes.
I've had it for around 29 years. :-)
My facial fungus has been there 32 years now. One day I'm going to shock
myself (and Maree) and find out what lies beneath it.
Regards, Ray.
Dan Minette wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 5:48 AM
Subject: mailman is evil, why it must be eradicated
Nick Arnett wrote:
Just noticed that myself... We
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Julia is correct. I'm more peace-loving than my government. I don't know how
much of this has made it into the US media, but as much as it collides with
Gautam's Euro-bashing, the Dutch government is quite happily supporting the
US.
Interesting data from a Gallup
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 10:11:40PM +1100, R M Ludenia wrote:
In all the posts in this thread, I have only seen mention of bottled
water, city water and well (bore?) water. We are dependent on rain
water run-off from the roof, collected in a 1 gallon (44Kl)
tank.
iaamoac wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Unfortunately, now we are being hosted by leagin the US troops
prepared^^
to carry out this resolution in the lurch in the Gulf.
Typo correction:
- Original Message -
From: Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I grew up hearing Quebecois and English (my first 5 words were in French..)
thanks to a French^WFreedom-Canadian nanny. I studied French for 5 years in
high-school (and a year in college). Today, I can read simple French
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Horn, John wrote:
You know, it's really nice having actual rocket scientists on this list.
Especially ones who can explain stuff in such a way that non-scientists like
me can actually understand it.
Not only that, but we have so many of them that you may get an
John D. Giorgis wrote:
My mom has always kept our china in a hutch. :)
We used to keep our guinea-pigs in our hutch. Don't think they would have
appreciated sharing it with the china.
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Gary Nunn wrote:
Gheeezzz Compared to the rest of y'all, I feel like The List
Criminal.
I had potentially 17 years in prison :-)
Gary
And I thought I was an innocent! You guys must be real goody two shoes.
Years in prison: 17.5 Potential fine: £7000
Regards, Ray.
A very interesting report on attitudes in many countries towards the US,
globalisation, democracy, justice, etc. There is plenty of food for thought
here for all, regardless of personal political beliefs. Doesn't matter all
that much about what is actually true, perceptions are in some ways even
Deborah Harrell wrote:
This study found increased concentrations of manganese
in an exposed population of Australian
aboriginals,[what do they prefer to call themselves,
you Down Under?
Me (we?) downunder say: they prefer to be known as Koories.
Regards, Ray.
Jon Gabriel wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Both twin girls are fine so far.
Still more congratulations from way down south!
Their parents, on the other hand, are in a bit of shock at the news.
You may laugh, but here's a secret passed on to me by an aunt to her success
Horn, John wrote:
The Geek Test: http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html
I'm not as of a geek as I thought: 29.19% - total geek.
Bit more of a geek than I thought (ticked all possibly applicable boxes).
28.79684^*($#% bloody French keyboard! Total-Geek.
Ray.
Robert Seeberger wrote:
- Original Message -
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, June 01, 2003 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again
On 1 Jun 2003 at 20:58, Robert Seeberger wrote:
I
d.brin wrote:
What's stupid is the notion that cowboy six shooters are a good model
for the coming century. That's just plain dopey.
Can't argue with this last paragraph. We have come a long way since then. We
have so much more advanced firepower available nowadays at a lower cost than
ever
Chad Cooper wrote:
-Original Message- From: Russell Chapman
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The problem in Australia is that they have now set the tolerance on these
cameras down to 3kmh over the limit in some states, so if youre endangering
all around you by travelling on a multi-lane
Chad Cooper wrote:
What about this idea for a start. Each speed zone has three speed limit
values, based upon vehicle class. Each class is represented by a symbol,
like a diamond, triangle and circle. Each class of vehicle is defined
through criteria such as weight, brakeing distance, use,
Julia Thompson wrote:
One feature that the ones I saw more recently had was, if you were going
at or under 5 miles above the speed limit, the numbers were displayed in
green, but if you were going over 5 miles above the speed limit, they
were displayed in red. For the non-color-blind, this
Jan Coffey wrote:
Look in at the members page, I'm the guy hovering over Greg Benford ;-)
Seems I was so thrilled to meet him I followed him around like a puppy asking
silly questions just to be communicating with the man.
GB was a most impressive guest of honour at Aussiecon a few years ago.
David Hobby wrote:
Identify, for 2 points:
I mean, it's one thing saying you've got the best god, but
sayin' it's the ONLY real one is a bit of a cheek, in my
opinion.
Hairy Patch-it's Crappe Jugular?
Regards, Ray.
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Deborah Harrell wrote:
How many here who consider themselves religious,
spiritual, or otherwise somehow connected to the
Divine have had that feeling of universal
connectedness or sacred presence (drug experiences
disqualified in my book) -- and how many here who
consider themselves atheist
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
The current spate of multiple copies of multiple messages to the private
accounts of everyone on the list started after _one_ mention of Jeroen in a
list message. Is it realistic to expect that no one will ever mention his
name again, even in a neutral or even
Ray Ludenia wrote:
Suggestion to Nick: Set up a filter that automatically rejects any message
with that particular keyword in it.
Duh..
I mean any message to the list, not to Nick personally.
Probably reduce list traffic by half,
but would remove an awful lot of aggravation as new people
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Mon, Jun 16, 2003 at 10:26:56PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Suggestion to Nick: Set up a filter that automatically rejects any
message with that particular keyword in it. Probably reduce list
traffic by half,
Nick, I am against this.
Me too!
Regards, Ray
Jan Coffey wrote:
Atheists tend to be a rather logical lot (whether you agree with their logic
is another matter) and when they perceive a religious person (especial one
who is an intellectual or a scientist) having such illogical beliefs it can
get quite annoying. Like if a stanch Christian
Reggie Bautista wrote:
The primary differences between Catholics and Fundamentalists,
as I see it, are what one believes about whether the Bible is to be
interpreted literally, and whether the Bible is the only viable source for
spiritual info. (By the way, you could probably find lots of
Have any of youse septic blokes or shielas come across instances of ridgy
didge use of strine?
http://minirich.twoday.net/stories/8088/
BUGGER! Strine -- Australian slang -- is invading American speech, says
Tom Dalzell, the author of two books on U.S. slang. Thanks to more
Australian movies
Gautam Mukunda wrote (about birth rates):
I think that probably has something to do with it. My
best guess, though, is that the main reason is that
the US is just so much wealthier than other countries,
even other industrialized countries. It's just
incredibly expensive to have kids in a
iaamoac wrote:
Moreover, hopefully by then Social Security will be means-tested,
forcing those who have saved to not realy upon the efforts of those
1.5 workers for sustenance.
The implication being that those who have saved should be penalised for
their thrift? As a general principle I agree
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
A heterosexual couple who is simply cohabiting, frex, can break up and go
their separate ways at any time, whereas if they are legally married, they
must go through the often messy process of obtaining a legal divorce,
dividing up the property, etc. OTOH, because
Bryon Daly wrote:
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
BTW, I've been watching the rerun of TDF coverate on OLM from 7:30 to 10
in the evening, but I won't be able to tonight. If anyone who is
following the Tour wants to privately shoot me info on how Lance's team
does today, or tell me
Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
I've already re-posted my original question from
my original post,
and I asked about the _structure_ as a basis for
designing a cable of
_carbon nanotubules_ -- although the idea of a
composite seems
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Gardner is a quite good journeyman writer. Expendable is pretty good, but
its sequels are even more fun.
I read this recently and enjoyed it. Care to give the titles of the
sequels???
Regards, Ray.
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I also avoid the Barbie aisle in the toy department. (And yes, I intend
to continue this when my daughter is 5, and she will live a life
deprived of Barbie, and she'll just have to *deal*, the way I did, and I
don't think it hurt me in the long run.)
I have known a number of
Gautam Mukunda
--- David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
(And please stop these little digs at the end. If
you'll
look back at my post, I managed to refrain. I even
called the
US President Mr. Bush, which took great
forbearance.)
If it takes you great forbearance to display that
Gautam Mukunda
The war has barely begun. We are, at most, at the
end of the beginning.
Finally, an aimless occupation? Less than half a year
after the end of the war,
Good bit of logic. Have it both ways then
Regards, Ray.
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David Hobby
No, it doesn't. I read all three quotes as We will attack all of the
nasty weapons that Iraq has. If
wombats were credible WMD, he would have included them too. : )
They certainly are! You should see the holes they dig. :-)
They also love to leave their turds on the tee-markers
Gautam Mukunda
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But of course this statement was carefully crafted.
The CIA could not confirm the allegation so the
speech writers found language that the CIA could
live with. So this was not simply a statement of
fact. The speech writer came up with a phrase
Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote:
David Hobby
No, it doesn't. I read all three quotes as We will attack all of the
nasty weapons that Iraq has. If
wombats were credible WMD, he would have included them too. : )
They certainly are! You should see the holes they dig. :-)
They also
John D. Giorgis wrote:
And despite you snide remarks about '''fluffing up, there is nothing
fluffed up about calling Japan and Australia major players in foreign
affairs. two glaring omissions from Bob's list.
Australia a major player in foreign affairs??? Do you perhaps say this
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
However, there's at least one spiral galaxy which apparently rotates
backwards:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2002/release_2002_33.html
Must be in the Southern Hemisphere.
Nah, only if it's upside-down.
Regards, Ray.
Jan Coffey wrote:
Wouldn't you have a chip on your shoulder after a while as well? You know,
having a chip on your shoulder doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you.
Actually, having a chip on both shoulders is better. It keeps one balanced.
Choc-chips are good.
Regards, Ray.
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 12:45 AM 8/2/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
However, there's at least one spiral galaxy which apparently rotates
backwards:
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2002/release_2002_33.html
Must be in the Southern
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This speculation raises several questions in my mind: if Saddam destroyed his
nukes - WHY DIDN'T HE TELL US??? That's what we wanted, after all, what we
were demanding, the ostensible reason for the invasion. Why do what he was
supposed to but not gain any benefit
Julia Thompson wrote:
Ray Ludenia wrote:
Jan Coffey wrote:
Wouldn't you have a chip on your shoulder after a while as well? You know,
having a chip on your shoulder doesn't mean there is anything wrong with
you.
Actually, having a chip on both shoulders is better. It keeps one
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
C) everyone [who wants to own a gun and who has not been convicted of a
violent crime or diagnosed with a serious mental or emotional illness]
should [be allowed to choose to] have a gun.
Can we all agree with that?
Most definitely not! Anyone who wants to own a
Jan Coffey wrote:
If everyone has a gun, that power is balanced.
If every country has nukes, power is balanced too.
Regards, Ray.
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Erik Reuter wrote:
On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:10:36PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
If you have memory problems, one technique you might find useful is to
make written notes.
No, written notes are slow and not easily searchable. Digital notes
stored on a computer are far superior.
Sorry
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 05:36:17PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote:
Toung pushed forward, mouth open, eyes rolled up, head shaking and
bobing from side to sidemaru
Do you ever post anything worth anything? I can't recall the last time I
saw a post of yours that had
William wrote:
I've sent email to the list on Sunday (about not getting any email) but
haven't seen anything in my inbox from the list since Saturday. I can
see that a few messages have been added to the archive since then, but
I haven't seen any of them in email.
In fact the last list
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Chomsky just speaks to elites - like you. That's
where his power comes from.
I can see we're going to need a definition of elite before we
continue this discussion. I don't know how I could be considered
elite in any sense of the word.
There was a discussion on the list a while ago about US versus European
productivity. Just came across this article in the local paper with some
relevant stats and comments. It makes many of the points that were mentioned
in the list discussion.
Regards, Ray.
Sonja van Baardwijk wrote:
That, and in Belgium you usually get paid an all in
salery. So if you finish early the rest of the hours are considered a
bonus. I for one alway found that extremely motivating.
Wow, wouldn't that be fantastic! Most jobs here in Aus with a fixed salary
are
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What is the best way to
Synchronicity strikes again! Three seconds before reading this post, I had
typed in a message I just sent What is the best way to do this. Earlier
while reading Bova's Moonwar and listening to The Who, as I was reading the
phrase deaf, dumb and
Jan Coffey wrote:
--- d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now, having said that, has America committed crimes? Duh! In
protecting our farmers, for example, our price supports have wounded
3rd world farmers exactly BECAUSE we refused to let then tie their
economy to ours!
Ah, we can
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:33:48PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Australia has tied its economy to US,
In what way? Is the Australian currency pegged to the US dollar? I've
noticed that the Australian stock market is one of the least correlated
with the US stock market
d.brin wrote:
There is another factor. Every nation contains some people who
remember that the nation bears responsibility for feeding itself.
There is a wish never to completely abandon the land. America is
down to the lowest fraction of farmers since we left the caves.
I imagine this is
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 11:36 PM 10/1/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
The A$ is certaily not pegged to the US$. When I visited the States in 2001,
we got US$0.52 for our dollar, yet it is now worth US$68.
The Australian dollar really increased in value by 13,077% relative to the
US
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the
picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list?
Um . . . I've been busy recently. Perhaps the other pickers of nits have
also
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 12:41 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote:
PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the
picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list?
Um
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Do you remember the math machines - kind of mechanical computers - that
they used to have. If I recall correctly, you would type in a number
pull a lever, type in an operation and another number and pull the lever
and it would calculate the answer. My Dad used to take
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote:
So what was it?
Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the
questions, then maybe we can get somewhere.
Back to the netherlander sagas perhaps?
Ray.
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