On 10/24/2010 4:06:59 PM, Lance A. Brown (la...@bearcircle.net) wrote:
> Rceeberger said the following on 10/22/2010 9:23 PM:
> >
> I've been here...I read the conversations and more or less keep up.
> > I just haven't had much worth adding recently.
> > Mos
On 10/23/2010 9:41:08 AM, Damon Agretto (damon.agre...@gmail.com) wrote:
> I played Evony for a while, until other powers decided to farm the crap
> out of my cities, and my alliance disintegrated while I watched. That
> pretty much killed any enjoyment I had from the game...
>
The thing about Ev
On 10/22/2010 8:13:45 AM, Charlie Bell (char...@culturelist.org) wrote:
> On 22/10/2010, at 1:41 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
> >
> > One at a time please.
> >
> >
> >
> > Xponent
> > Insert GOATSE Here Maru
> > Rob
>
> LOL!!! Rob, I've mis
On 10/20/2010 1:52:45 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2010 at 11:44 AM, Nick Arnett
> wrote:
>
> > Hard to know if the quiet was due to trolling or some externality.
>
> It looks to me like this email list is usually quiet because the vast
> majority of the
A little ditty Karl Haberl of Sun Microsystems whipped up:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NSD1qtstOw
Hope you enjoy it.
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On 1/12/2010 4:13:29 PM, Nick Arnett (nick.arn...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 1:39 PM, David Brin mailto: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.
>
>
On 11/18/2009 7:00:59 PM, Ronn! Blankenship (ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net)
wrote:
> At 11:58 AM Wednesday 11/18/2009, Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> >I'll bet there's a difference of wording -- 'organic chemistry' here
> >primarily refers to petrochemicals; 'biochemistry' refers to
> >life-related
On 9/7/2009 4:06:38 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Sep 7, 2009 at 1:31 PM, David Hobby wrote:
> > Your argument seemed to be:
> "Money I pay in taxes
> > is money I won't give to worthy charities." I
> didn't
> > buy the ARGUMENT, for obvious reasons. That was not
> >
On 9/6/2009 11:39:43 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:29 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
> >
>
> > You insult my intelligence with your faux arguments.
>
> No insult intended. And I assure you, my points are genuine.
>
&g
On 9/6/2009 11:10:38 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 9:01 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
>
> > I
> don't fault you for trying, but this will soon have been going on for a year
> with nary a sign of intellectual honesty on John's
>
On 9/6/2009 10:26:41 PM, Ronn! Blankenship (ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net)
wrote:
> At 10:13 PM Sunday 9/6/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
>
> >[snippety-doo-dah}
> >
> >John is a troll, why are people playing *his* game?
>
>
>
> Someone accused me earlier of
On 9/6/2009 10:00:23 PM, Ronn! Blankenship (ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net)
wrote:
> At 07:44 PM Sunday 9/6/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
>
> >On 9/6/2009 7:16:21 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > > On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Bruce Bostwick net>
>
On 9/6/2009 9:36:53 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Ronn!
> Blankenship wrote:
> > How about first addressing what you propose for everyone _in the U.S._
> who
> > cannot afford such things (other than by going to the ER at the county
> > charit
On 9/6/2009 8:15:52 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 6:01 PM, Bruce Bostwick
> wrote:
>
> > Beyond proposals, though, there is a very strong argument to be made
> that
> > it's inhumane to simply leave people to die if they can't find
> insurance
> > cov
On 9/6/2009 8:11:40 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:58 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
> >
> > On 9/6/2009 7:47:52 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> >> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Rceeberger
> wrote:
> >&
On 9/6/2009 7:59:34 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:51 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
>
> > It
> isn't "the" government. It is 50 (or 49 depending on how you are looking at
> the question) governments involved.
>
>
On 9/6/2009 7:47:52 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 5:44 PM, Rceeberger wrote:
>
> > We do not tax everyone in the world, so they do not need to be
> considered as part of this discussion.
>
> "We" do not tax everyone
On 9/6/2009 7:45:14 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 6, 2009 at 4:38 PM, Bruce Bostwick
> wrote:
>
> > Freedom of choice is never absolute.
>
> Especially when the government prevents people from providing free
> health care to others.
>
> http://www.wbir.com/new
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090903163725.htm
Perhaps they have finally found them.
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I will not brew Decaf.
Decaf is the mind-killer.
Decaf brings the little sleep
that leads to total oblivion.
I will embrace my caffeine.
I will brew my beverages and
let them... flow through me,
and when they are gone,
I will remain...alert
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On 8/29/2009 10:10:54 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 29, 2009 at 7:39 PM, Rceeberger
> wrote:
>
> > If GM and Chrysler had gone out of business there would have been a wave
> of unemployment like we have never seen in our lifetime. There would
On 8/29/2009 8:23:09 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> > Or on the other hand, they did do a good job of it and people of your
> political stripe are >invested in pretending that they did nothing of any
> worth.
>
> Immense government debt, rapidly increasing with no end in sig
On 8/29/2009 6:17:25 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
>
> My point was rather that Bernanke, and others like him, were invested
> in making the situation seem dire AND that unless there were swift and
> large government intervention, that the consequences would be
> inconceivabl
http://www.wired.com/medtech/drugs/magazine/17-09/ff_placebo_effect?currentPage=1
A mind is a terrible thing.
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On 8/18/2009 4:22:27 PM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
> Yeah, Eliza and Parry could be quite entertaining if they talked to
> each other.
>
> Eliza and Racter could be too, but Eliza
> didn't get to say much in
> those conversations ..
>
> On Aug 18, 2009, at 4:08 PM, Patric
On 8/17/2009 11:04:59 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:48 PM, xponentrob
> wrote:
>
> > But no, I do not give you the benefit of the doubt. I think I have you
> pegged as exactly the kind of intentionally obtuse person you appear to be.
>
>
> My apo
On 8/17/2009 11:03:58 PM, Trent Shipley (tship...@deru.com) wrote:
> > No, when I say "we" in this context, I mean that "we" have in the past
> booted people from the list as a group in most cases. There being no one
> person in particular one can suck up to in order to avoid consequences, it
> be
On 8/17/2009 8:48:30 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 6:38 PM, Rceeberger
> wrote:
>
> > Your statement reads quite humorously.
>
> That's great! Apparently there is a fine line between humorous and
> rude and sincere. F
On 8/17/2009 8:04:00 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 5:38 PM, David Hobby wrote:
>
> > That doesn't really prove anything. For instance,
> > a flame war would produce a large number of posts,
> > but one could hardly call that communication.
>
> Of co
On 8/16/2009 1:09:53 AM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Rceeberger
> wrote:
>
> > It is worth noting that "this guy" is one of the most respected members
> on this list
>
> Decide that with a vote, did you?
O
On 7/27/2009 5:49:57 PM, Alberto Monteiro (albm...@centroin.com.br) wrote:
> Rob wrote:
> >
> > DeathNote just ended on The Cartoon Network here. Hopefully they
> > will run the entire series again.
> > From my house it appears to be the best anime series ever.
> >
> Two weeks ago, I kind-of made
On 7/27/2009 7:42:51 AM, Alberto Monteiro (albm...@centroin.com.br) wrote:
> William T Goodall wrote:
> >
> > _Lost_ and _Fringe_ both return. _Lost_ was excellent last season
> > and I expect great things from the final season. _Fringe_ kicked up
> > a gear with the twists and revelations at th
On 7/14/2009 10:37:23 AM, Nick Arnett (nick.arn...@gmail.com) wrote:
> I've been reading so much lately... been thinking it's time to post some
> quick thoughts about recent readings and ask what others are reading, too.
>
>
> I just started "The Caryatids" by Bruce Sterling. Somewhat over the t
On 7/12/2009 1:53:34 AM, Charlie Bell (char...@culturelist.org) wrote:
> On 12/07/2009, at 3:42 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
>
> > On Jul 11, 2009, at 7:03 PM, Charlie Bell wrote:
> >
> >> There are several devices to do this, some of them actually on the
> >> market. One is a wind turbine arrangem
On 7/9/2009 11:15:40 AM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
>"At the risk of being flamed, I might also point out that NASA has long
>since forbidden any primary functionality on ISS from running on
>Windows platforms because of stability concerns -- if it's onboard and
>actua
On 7/8/2009 8:06:20 PM, Doug Pensinger (brig...@zo.com) wrote:
> Mauro wrote:
>
>
> So, any early adopters planning on switching over when it ships? I'm
> willing to at least give it a hard drive partition.
>
>
> Me too. I refuse to use Explorer and would jump on a new OS from Google
> especi
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9H09xnhlCQU
A fan made film of unbelievably high quality.
Freeking amazing!
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For those who are interested:
http://iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events/3127-green-brief-11-a.html
I'm NiteOwl AKA Josh Shahryar - twitter.com/iran_translator on twitter - and
I've been immersed in tweets from Iran for the past several hours. I have tried
to be extremely careful in cho
>From a website run by Anonymous (the group):
http://iran.whyweprotest.net/news-current-events/1966-green-brief-6-niteowl.html
The Green Brief #6 - NiteOwl
Please retweet this link. I'm Josh Shahryar AKA NiteOwl - i
On 6/22/2009 7:36:48 PM, Dan M (dsummersmi...@comcast.net) wrote:
> >
> > Things do not look overly promising for the protesters, but if they
> manage
> > to make it through tomorrow without their heads being cracked Iranian
> > public sentiment may swing decisively in their direction. It really
>
My My it has been a busy week.
I've twittered in support of Iranian democracy.
DDOSed Iranian government websites.(ended up quitting that since it was bad for
their network and hence causing problems for the people I wanted to help).
Tried to give helpful suggestions. (I'm probably one of the very
http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/
Worth a look.
You'd almost think it was a real trailer til you notice the Star Trek footage.
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On 5/14/2009 12:03:43 PM, Chris Frandsen (lear...@mac.com) wrote:
> Our society considers using hormone enhancement for improving physical
> performance cheating.
Only during contests.
>Will we treat brain enhancement the same way?
Only during contests.
> How about the Chinese, Japanese and R
I've been watching (via bittorrent) a new Anime, "Eden Of the East". It's the
best new anime I've seen since Death Note. The art is really really good and
the story has me wanting to know more.
Note to Alberto, you may be interested:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eden_of_the_East
First Episode:
On 5/8/2009 10:22:00 AM, Nick Arnett (nick.arn...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 8:04 AM, Leonard Matusik [link: mailto:nanotreasu...@yahoo.com]> wrote:
> ... though the initial Uplift of Earth was a rogue undertaking... accomplished
> by Wolflings far removed from the conventional wi
On 4/23/2009 7:27:31 AM, Julia Thompson (deg...@chiba.3jane.net) wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Apr 2009, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote:
>
> > But here it's not broadcast on "normal" channels, but on the
> > cable-channel "Animax" (aka The Hentai Channel :-) )
>
> "The Hentai Channel"?
>
> I have
On 4/22/2009 7:27:55 PM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro
(albm...@centroin.com.br) wrote:
> Rceeberger wrote:
> >
> >> OTOH, right now my favourite series is the Anime "Death Note" -
> >> I don't miss an episode.
> >
> > I've seen the
- Original Message -
From: "Alberto Monteiro"
To: "Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion"
Sent: Wednesday, April 22, 2009 1:32 PM
Subject: Re: Weekly Chat Reminder
>
>> The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over ten
>> years. (...)
>
> BTW, about the chat we had two
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2009/04/why-marijuana-legalization-is-gaining.html
I think the time may be coming, but I don't think it is now.
There are plenty of rational reasons to legalize or decriminalize, but I don't
see the electorate suddenly doing the math and adding their opined weight i
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10218788-54.html
Ok Keithlooks like the time is coming!
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http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52R2HQ20090328
Someone in China is doing some hacking and spying.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/29/magazine/29Dyson-t.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&hp
Worth a read. Dyson is a Global Warming skeptic with an interesting take on
the subject.
Remember brinl brinl if you don't have an account for NYT.
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This Is Not Crichton Maru
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http://www.thrfeed.com/2009/03/family-guy-ann-coulter-simpsons.html
A small tour of the Fox news Offices.
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Fridge Light Maru
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On 3/18/2009 6:00:38 AM, Charlie Bell (char...@culturelist.org) wrote:
On 18/03/2009, at 1:07 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
> since the Taliban imposed censorship on the list.
Eh?
Don't recall censorship. Just "stop being annoying and posting
entire articles without comment".
>
>
> Stone me Mar
Yup.SPOILERS:
http://www.boingboing.net/2009/03/04/hitler-finds-out-abo.html
But it is sooo damn funny!
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10 Surprising Health Benefits of Sex
http://www.webmd.com/sex-relationships/features/10-surprising-health-benefits-of-sex
When you're in the mood, it's a sure bet that the last thing on your mind is
boosting your immune system or maintaining a healthy weight. Yet good sex
offers those health b
On 2/24/2009 11:22:40 PM, Dan M (dsummersmi...@comcast.net) wrote:
> Thanks John!
> Those were pretty much the kinds of arguments I was seeing in 2006-2007
> that
> made me anticipate the bubble bursting.
> Do you see the correction lasting 12 - 18 months or perhaps longer?
I
won't argue with
On 2/24/2009 1:05:34 PM, John Williams (jwilliams4...@gmail.com) wrote:
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2009/02/house-prices-real-prices-price-
to-rent.html
Thanks John!
Those were pretty much the kinds of arguments I was seeing in 2006-2007 that
made me anticipate the bubble bursting.
Do
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-housing-chart-thats-worth-1000-words-2009-2
Housing prices may still have a ways to fall.
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On 2/9/2009 3:54:44 PM, John Garcia (john...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM, sendai wrote:
>
> > Euan Ritchie wrote:
> > >> It was almost a "perfect storm" for fire conditions.
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to "The Sheep Look
> > > U
Repeating the call-out on the Culture list.
Are our Aussie friends doing OK?
We worry for you.
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On 2/3/2009 4:05:22 PM, Mauro Diotallevi (diotall...@gmail.com) wrote:
> Ah, thanks. I haven't been as connected lately and thought I might
> have missed something. Cheers.
>
Wellit was several years ago, but Trevor Sands was a listmember for a
while during the writing of the script.
Real
On 1/31/2009 6:59:32 PM, Ronn! Blankenship (ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net)
wrote:
> At 06:38 PM Saturday 1/31/2009, Rceeberger wrote:
> >http://www.flatlandthemovie.com/
> >
> >This flew right under my radar. Anyone seen it?
> >I really loved the book, it is a t
http://www.flatlandthemovie.com/
This flew right under my radar. Anyone seen it?
I really loved the book, it is a treasure.
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http://www.tvsquad.com/2009/01/28/this-friday-on-letterman-bill-hicks/
15 years after Bill Hicks' death, the famous segment cut from Letterman's
show will be shown.
Hicks was quite bitter that this monologue was cut and he died 5 months
later of cancer at 32 years of age.
If you remember Hicks,
On 1/24/2009 3:07:57 AM, Charlie Bell (char...@culturelist.org) wrote:
> On 24/01/2009, at 10:53 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Jan 23, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Charlie Bell
> > wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> It's closer to the first example you suggest than the second, but
> >> it's
> >> part of a general
On 1/23/2009 9:46:54 PM, Nick Arnett (narn...@mccmedia.com) wrote:
> The social network analysis
> I've been doing on Twitter turned into a new
> site called Tweetsnet (http://tweetsnet.com) that shows web pages that are
> hot topics on Twitter. It's
> a blog, with a feed. It updates every 10
>
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/6798/af20907621cbf76cee7547eco9.jpg
Heavy Metal Cats
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Built By Anons Maru
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http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/05/goldilocks_plan.html
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/04/1st_habitable_p.html?cid=109278512
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/05/dead_zones_in_t.html
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2003/02oct_goldilocks.htm
xponent
Little Red R
http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2007/07/the-milky-way-c.html
Horoscope enthusiasts will be happy to hear that a grand cosmic force does
indeed seem to be responsible for controlling the direction of all life on
Earth. However, this grand cosmic cycle has more to do with extinction than
fi
http://www.flickr.com/photos/30109...@n03/sets/72157612758626401/
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/01/20/AR2009012002411.html
Excerpt:
Nairobi
Crowds of students -- future doctors, politicians, engineers and others --
gathered hours early on the sprawling green lawn of Nairobi University,
where three big screens were set up to broa
On 1/15/2009 4:01:48 PM, John Garcia (john...@gmail.com) wrote:
> a US Airways Airbus A320 went down in the Hudson River near the USS
> Intrepid
> after a bird strike
> crippled the engines
>
> http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/us.airways.crash.2.909535.html
>
> john
> you can't make this up ma
On 1/14/2009 9:12:05 PM, John Garcia (john...@gmail.com) wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Rceeberger
> wrote:
>
> >
> > http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-patrick-mcgoohan15-
> 2009jan15,0,3951859.story
> >
> >
> >
>
http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-patrick-mcgoohan15-2009jan15,0,3951859.story
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Tesla Roadster = Blackstar
Tesla Model SO = Whitestar
Proposed Tesla family vehicle = Bluestar
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10049993-54.html
Tesla Motors has received many accolades for producing an all-electric
luxury sports car. But its long-term plans may hold its most challenging
task
http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10134721-54.html
Take that! CFLs!!
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In Sight Maru
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http://xkcd.com/526/
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Spit Goes Cunk Maru
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http://www.physorg.com/news150388964.html
An apple and an anti-apple might not fall at the same rate.
xponent
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I waited for someone else to mention this after seeing it on the Culture
list.
Former listmember Gord Sellar got a story in "Years Best Science Fiction,
26th annual edition"
for his story:
LESTER YOUNG AND THE JUPITER'S MOONS' BLUES, Gord Sellar (Asimov's, July
2008)
Good going Gord
http
On 1/5/2009 12:26:56 PM, Bruce Bostwick (lihan161...@sbcglobal.net) wrote:
> Probably true, but
> don't let the Canadians hear you say that .. :D ..
> "Hey, you, down in the States, take off, eh?! Hoser!"
>
> (Bit of a sensitive subject up there, I hear.)
>
> On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:49 AM, Dan M
Happy New Year
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http://greenupgrader.com/1307/the-uno-electric-motorcycle-or-motorunicycle/
Ingenuity!
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On 11/30/2008 5:30:23 PM, Dan M ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Rob wrote:
>
> > If physics were anything more than approximate, we would have final
> > answers to all our questions.
>
> How? All physics does is model observations.
Models make predictions. And over time models have made predictions
On 11/30/2008 2:26:19 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
wrote:
> At 08:25 PM Saturday 11/29/2008, Bruce Bostwick wrote:
>
> >(Although to be fair, classical mechanics does sum up pretty well what
> >we see on our scale.
> It's just right for the wrong reasons, is all. :)
>
>
>
> Why is it
On 11/29/2008 11:50:26 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> From: Rceeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:04:20 -0600
> To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
> Subject:
> It's confirmed: Matter is merely vacuum fluctuations
>
&g
http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16095-its-confirmed-matter-is-merely-vacuum-fluctuations.html
Matter is built on flaky foundations. Physicists have now confirmed that the
apparently substantial stuff is actually no more than fluctuations in the
quantum vacuum.
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http://www.crystalair.com/content.php?id=12200811014
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On the genius and what he is up to these days.
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On 11/24/2008 2:37:47 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Dan M <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > Ah,
> I'm very tired of me doing virtually all the leg work in this
> > discussion. I try hard to look up data, you typically list articles
> > (with
>
On 11/16/2008 3:42:06 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 1:36 PM, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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> > By what metric(s)?
>
> Over a trillion dollars stolen in the last few months, for one.
I think you need to clarify which trillion dollars you are re
On 11/16/2008 2:13:10 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 11:51 AM, xponentrob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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> > The other problem, one that is often overlooked over here, is that this
> > situation is basically occurring worldwide.
>
> As should be quite clear
On 11/15/2008 11:43:53 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 9:05 PM, Rceeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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> > Since market information is not filtered through the government
> but through
> > the market itself, exactly how do
On 11/15/2008 11:00:14 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 8:36 PM, Rceeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
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> > It is that subjects where the volume of knowledge is large and my
> own
> > understanding is limited are not subje
On 11/15/2008 10:35:11 PM, Euan Ritchie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> > Surely you can give a single example to support your claim that Bush
> > deregulation was responsible for the "subprime mortgage crisis".
>
> It's fairly obvious it all began with private investment banks going
> public in the
On 11/15/2008 7:50:42 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 4:54 PM, Rceeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > Then, one must also consider that I have no expertise in this
> subject, just
> > some observations based on wha
On 11/15/2008 2:40:44 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 15, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Rceeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> >
> > On 11/15/2008 11:55:20 AM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
> wrote:
> >
> >> Did you make any posts
On 11/15/2008 11:55:20 AM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Did you make any posts predicting the housing crisis before, say,
> 2004?
I don't recall having posted about this onlist, but it has been on my mind
for a few years as being a serious problem w/consequences.
What got me thin
On 11/8/2008 1:52:05 PM, John Williams ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Not everything fits into your simple physics models, and
> you (and government regulators, and I) do not know anywhere near as
> much as we need to if we are to play god with millions or billions of
> people interacting in a marke
Me: Tue Jul 27 19:03:48 PDT 2004
"OK, I'm ready to vote for Barack Obama for President.
Wow!
What a dynamic speaker.
He was really able to elucidate much of what I feel about America.
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Encore!!! Maru
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