Re: Brïn: Brïn 9/11 statement shown accurate again

At 10:11 PM 6/2/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: > I'm not trying to toot my own horn, here, but I don't > like being shortchanged in the 'sense' category. What > is the actual percentage of 'adults who often wake > confused too?' My cats have the sense to know that > nap-di

RE: Use of cameras

At 12:24 PM 6/3/03 -0700, 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, brak

Re: My night . . .

At 03:54 PM 6/4/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 11:13 PM 6/3/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >The problem with binoculars, or anything else that's not mounted on a > >stand, is keeping things steady. What I found worked

Re: senior analysts question claims about iraqi mobile trailers

At 02:15 AM 6/7/03 -0500, The Fool wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/07/international/worldspecial/07TRAI.html?e x=1055563200&en=736a006ea9e39eac&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE Some Analysts of Iraq Trailers Reject Germ UseBy JUDITH MILLER and WILLIAM J. BROAD I might, too, if I knew what JUDITH MILL

Re: Br!n: Br!n 9/11 statement shown accurate again

r the people who held up the chair and assistant chair of the chemistry department in the chemistry storeroom a few years ago . . . I Doubt They Could Make Much Drugs With The Tiny Amount Of Ether They Got Maru -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Mo

Re: newspapers proclaiming people dead again

At 01:29 AM 6/7/03 -0500, The Fool wrote: http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/stromobit1.html Two months after TSG discovered pre-prepared obituaries for Ronald Reagan, Bob Hope, and other notable figures sitting on an easily accessible CNN web server, we've found another premature death notice o

Re: L3: World cancer death rates have increased...

At 12:58 AM 6/7/03 -0500, The Fool wrote: > From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > There is also the possibility that these growth > hormones might stimulate already "primed" cells to > transform from pre-cancerous into full-blown > malignancy. Which is why I drink organic milk also > (no

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 01:39 AM 6/7/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: Even though there are Tarr's listed in Boston and Providence from before the revolution, it seems that my branch was actually named Tarbot until the middle late 1900's. Why it was changed, don't know yet. Um, wouldn't "the middle late 1900's" be abou

Re: World cancer death rates have increased by 35% from 1987to 1995 says WHO, and they'll double again by 2020.

At 04:27 PM 6/7/03 -0400, Han Tacoma wrote: My personal opinion (I'm omnivore -- I love my burgers, veggies, fish and most anything you put in front of me) is tigers, dogs, cats, and other carnivores (other than hûman) IIRC have short digestive tracts i.e. a tiger is about 5 ft. so the meat in goe

Re: English rules & exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people

At 02:05 PM 6/7/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Han Tacoma wrote: > > Debbi explains the origins of fish on > (Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:22:12 -0700 (PDT)) > [..gone snip crazy...] > > I don't remember all the words it comes from, but IIRC > > "ghoti" is an alternative spelling for the sound > > "fish" [e

Re: Farts Re: World cancer death rates

At 04:32 PM 6/7/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: Han Tacoma wrote: > My personal opinion (I'm omnivore -- I love my burgers, > veggies, fish and most anything you put in front of me) is > tigers, dogs, cats, and other carnivores (other than hûman) > IIRC have short digestive tracts i.e. a tiger is

Re: English rules & Ex or current ceptions.

At 05:42 PM 6/7/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > In a message dated 6/7/2003 2:33:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > "Conceive" fits the part about "after 'c'". > > > > Julia > > No no no. Not after the sea. During the sea voyage is

Re: Farts Re: World cancer death rates

At 12:46 AM 6/8/03 -0400, Bryon Daly wrote: From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "A carnivore's protein-rich diet produces relatively small amounts of intensely stinky gas because proteins contain lots of sulfur. A dog's or cat's farts are rarely audible, but the odor is overwhelming.I hav

Re: The evils of eating vegetables (was Re: L3: World cancerdeath rates have increased...)

At 09:21 PM 6/6/03 -0600, Michael Harney wrote: Hell, one of my dogs is allergic to poultry. If I feed her even just a bit of turkey, eggs, or chicken her ears turn red and she starts scratching herself and biting herself all over. One of my cats (the 18-lb one) is apparently allergic to milk.

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

At 01:41 AM 6/8/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jun 07, 2003 at 10:11:54PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > My opinion, the sun didn't go out, or if it did the machines are not > enslaving mankind. > > My guess, mankind no-longer exists as humanoids, or if they are, they > "escaped" into the matrix

Re: Farts Re: World cancer death rates

At 10:16 PM 6/7/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > why dogs and cats generally fart silently, and their theories include: > > (1) the amount of gas produced is small, but potent, (2) the horizontal > > orientation of their gast

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

At 11:27 AM 6/8/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: For example, in the Matrix universe, what functional reason would the machines have for plugging humans into a simulation (besides the obvious of being a plot device)? Maybe the machines, who presumably were once "enslaved" by humani

RE: Sleep Apnea

At 02:52 PM 6/8/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: > Benadryl! She's been taking it every night before she goes > to bed for a couple of months now and it has done wonders for > her. She's not complaining about being tired anymore. Her > behavior has improved markedly. It's wonderful. > All because of

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 05:17 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote: The Fool and William Goodall react as if that person was posting from a religious extremest perspective, instead of reading what the poster actually wrote. LOL! You have got it compl

Re: Middle Ages were warmer than today

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Re: Plonkworthy?

At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Religion is extremist by nature. No, it's not. What makes you think that? Because it's not. -- Ronn! :) God ble

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Religion is

Re: Spam van Baardwijk

At 09:10 PM 6/8/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 05:41 PM 6/8/2003 -0700, you wrote: Since I can't reply directly to Jeroens recent spamming, could someone subscribed to both lists please ask him to take me off of his spam list. TIA, Doug Yeah, I had to turn back on my blocking filters. Can I a

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 03:19 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 02:29 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 09:45 PM 6/8/03 -0600, Michael Harney wrote: I disagree. That might be true of dogmatic religions that require you to have specific beliefs, but there are religions that are not dogmatic, religions based upon common belief, not required dogmatic belief. A couple examples: Hicksite Quaker an

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 11:56 PM 6/8/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 11:16 PM 6/8/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:58:18AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > ...the whole POINT of the Masorti movement is to think about our > lives. Is it working? Erik Reuter I think about having a Maserati in my life.

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 02:06 AM 6/9/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Plonkworthy? Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2003 22:47:20 -0500 At 03:19 AM 6/9/03 +0100, Willi

RE: World cancer death rates have increased by 35% from 1987to 1995 says WHO, and they'll double again by 2020.

At 09:42 AM 6/9/03 -0700, you wrote: and... Found this little "nugget" on the net. ;-) "The sportive lemur (Lepilemur mustelinus), a very small folivore, engages in coprophagy--it eats its own feces, for a "second-stage" digestion. So do rabbits. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I

RE: Picking apart the Matrix - spoilers

At 02:07 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Bryon Daly wrote: From: Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 2 points 1) With the energy needed to extract these, is it still workable? Is the energy needed for mining small enough for the system to be sustainable? 2) The human body will generate energy from the above mentioned

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 04:20 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 04:14:59PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > Here's one: did you know that all the urinals in Pennsylvania Station say > "American Standard" on them? :-D 4.4lpf/1.0gpf Were they imported from Canada? -- Ronn! :) God bless America

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 04:14 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Plonkworthy? Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 02:25:39 -0500 At 02:06 AM 6/9/03 -0400, Jon G

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 04:22 PM 6/9/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: The Japanese do low-flow toilets a lot better, because they've been doing them for longer and have had more time to experiment with what works and what doesn't. All the ones in our house are made by Toto. (Insert WoO crack here.) Is "WoO" a transl

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 04:30 PM 6/9/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 04:22 PM 6/9/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >The Japanese do low-flow toilets a lot better, because they've been > >doing them for longer and have had more time to experiment

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

At 05:49 PM 6/9/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Jan wrote, in regards to the Matrix sequel: Speaking of eye candy, anyone notice the distinct lack of hot women? Lots of hot boys I understand, but no really sexy girls. It's all buck and no doe. I've seen the women the bros run around with, so what'

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 07:05 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 05:31:49PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: > Not all religions. And please don't think that all people who call > themselves Christians are part of the same religion. I could just as well say, please don't call yourself Christian

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 05:52 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Plonkworthy? Date: Mon, 09 Jun 2003 16:33:26 -0500 At 04:22 PM 6/9/03 -0500, Ju

RE: Picking apart the Matrix - spoilers

At 05:40 PM 6/9/03 -0700, Chad Cooper wrote: Perhaps I need to preface everything I write with (ALIKALOSBAASN). ??? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans, white

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 07:58 PM 6/9/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: I have a question for Erik on this thread, and nothing of his to really quote to give me an opening without quoting a long message (and that might be irritating): What is your opinion of Quakers? They're a sect of Christianity, but they espouse some

RE: Plonkworthy?

At 01:31 AM 6/10/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Deborah Harrell > Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 11:40 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Plonkworthy? > > --- William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Religion is

RE: Plonkworthy?

At 11:35 PM 6/9/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Behalf Of Deborah Harrell > > >William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Religion is extremist by nature. > > > > > > > > > > > > Heretic Lutheran Deist Maru :) > > > Why Lilac? :) Pe

Re: Farts Re: World cancer death rates

From this morning's mail: --- HILARIOUS Farting President Bush Doll --- Go ahead - pull my finger.. you'll hear things like: *(FART!) That's what I call a flatulation proclamation! *(FART!) Hey, Sadaam - Here's a weapon of mass destruction! Plus more! Even includes the hilarious "Farts and Tripe

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 09:00 AM 6/10/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > >Personally, I don't like to associate myself with groups that have such > >a bad history and such a large number of irrational people. > > Fen, frex. ;-) Oh, like the Disclave Floo

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 01:34 PM 6/10/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 07:58 PM 6/9/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > >I have a question for Erik on this thread, and nothing of his to really > >quote to give me an opening without quoting a long message (and

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 06:16 AM 6/10/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/9/2003 10:39:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > I remember one about a guy playing golf in Japan the day after a night when > he visited a lady of the evening . . . And his boss says "Whadda ya me

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 11:07 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: The majority of religious people are irrational. So are the majority of real numbers . . . -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 05:08 PM 6/10/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/10/2003 1:24:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Then there was the person (NOT me) who came to the costume contest as the > "Cosmic Turd": wearing a trash bag which he had covered on the outside >

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 01:01 AM 6/11/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/10/2003 9:14:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Where/when did the peanut butter incident you heard about occur? Gawd I don't know. But the story was circulating in Los Angeles at LASFAS in 1976. And

Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

At 12:25 AM 6/10/03 -0400, Erik Reuter asked: Does God exist? Yes. (The proof is left as an exercise for the reader.) Does Allah exist? Does Zeus exist? Does Odin exist? I'm not saying that this is what I believe, or that it is the only possibility, but could these perhaps be alternative n

RE: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: > P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a > mini-series called "The 10th Kingdom." I was sceptical at > first, but ended up really having a good time with it. > Anyone seen it? > George A The 10th Kingdom was a great family movie, I eve

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 05:47 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: > > Julia > What the heck are you doing at a bar at 3 - 4am? Who said anything about "bar" and "AM"? It's a restaurant, so, well, OK, they *do* have a bar, but you don't even need to sit there if you want to order margaritas (and I have no id

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

At 10:32 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy? Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 09:04:49 -0500 A

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

At 12:44 PM 6/11/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: Typical religious irrationality. THEY say there is, you say there is not, but none of you have any empirical process to check your knowledge. Their beliefs are more absurd than your beliefs? Without any empirical tests, it is all absurd. What empiric

Re: Scouted: Monkeypox

At 05:23 PM 6/11/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: There are some wild animals who could probably be domesticated in time (frex several small South American wildcats), and some who are part-way there already (ferrets, mongooses). Not mongeese? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love!

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

At 01:05 PM 6/11/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 09:04:49AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 12:25 AM 6/10/03 -0400, Erik Reuter asked: > >Does God exist? > > Yes. > > (The proof is left as an exercise for the reader.) In other words, you have no eviden

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

At 01:10 PM 6/11/03 -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy? Date: Wed, 11 Jun 2003 11:40:41 -

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

At 11:05 PM 6/11/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: > > 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 exp

Re: Plonkworthy?

At 02:25 PM 6/11/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 11:07 PM 6/9/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > > >The majority of religious people are irrational. > > So are the majority of real numbers . . . Ah, but all transcendental numbers are irr

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

At 06:40 PM 6/11/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 11 Jun 2003 at 13:10, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:32:06AM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > I think, although I could be wrong, that this is where Erik was > > going with his question. Am I right? > > Pretty much. I've notice

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 11:49:50AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 12:44 PM 6/11/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > > >Typical religious irrationality. THEY say there is, you say there is > >not, but none of you have any empirical process to check your knowledge. > > > >

Re: Red Mars to air on SCI FI

At 05:06 PM 6/12/03 +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 05:53 AM 6/11/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: > > P.S. A friend recommended (loaning me the DVD) I watch a > > mini-series called "The 10th Kingdom." I was sceptical at > > first, but ended up reall

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, wasRe: Plonkworthy?

At 01:51 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hypothesis: A tentative assumption made in order to draw out > > > and test its > > > logical or empirical consequences. > > > > > > Theory: A scientifically acceptable general principle or body > > > of

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

At 06:24 PM 6/12/03 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 4:58 PM Subject: Re: Where are the European hypocrites? > Dan said: > > > How about, over a period of ye

Re: Are you a model citizen?

At 10:27 AM 6/13/03 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Great idea! I've got a Secret Volcano Lair, can you bring the Plutonium and the Deadly Bikini-clad Vixens? Just so I know when I parachute/jet-ski/scuba-dive into the cavern under your lair on my to saving the world from y

Emergency Alert System?

This is a test . . . E!! This concludes this test. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Is it a crime to urge another to commit suicide?

At 09:07 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: Does anyone happen to know if -- and where -- it is against the law to urge another person to commit suicide? Not in Oregon, if one is either a doctor or named in the will. -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and gui

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

At 09:20 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Gautam Mukunda wrote: Rich, it's really very simple. If the Palestinians stopped fighting, and credibly demonstrated that they were willing to accept the existence of Israel, they'd get a state today. Would the Israelis be willing to give up all of

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, wasRe: Plonkworthy?

At 10:00 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: *sigh* I know I must have made some syntactic mistake their myself but, hay, I'm just as human as Erik. Erik's Human? Huh. Doug 8^) Let Us Oft Speak Kind Words Text: Joseph L. Townsend Music: Ebenezer Bees

Re: general rambling

At 10:20 AM 6/13/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 12:27:17AM -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: > my choices are to either stick my fingers in my ears and say > lalalalalalala, which would make it tough to type, or turn up the metal. You could insert earplugs, or better yet, you can buy e

Re: Test Results

At 10:27 AM 6/13/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Read it. Read it. Read it. >Sticks fingers in ears< Read it. William Taylor It should be easy to figure out which one was Ronn's Some list software — though it's obvious now that the software in use on this list is not

RE: WHO THE F*CK...

At 09:43 AM 6/13/03 -0500, Horn, John wrote: > From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: WHO THE FÜCK... > >Jon said: > > > > > Rich, did he crosspost to Culture? > > > >No, not this time. > > > >Rich > > Small blessings, at least. > >

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

At 05:52 PM 6/13/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: (have you ever watched daytime television in America? I've had a bad cold for going on 48 hours now and I've been watching -- there are an amazing number of out of touch people on these talk shows) If by "talk shows" you are referring to the Jerry Spr

SCOUTED: Newly discovered nearby star

Closer than Sirius? <> <> <> -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with

Re: Scientific method: was Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, wasRe: Plonkworthy?

At 10:19 PM 6/13/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 10:00 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: *sigh* I know I must have made some syntactic mistake their myself but, hay, I'm just as human as Erik. Erik's Human? Huh. Doug 8^) Let Us

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

At 11:00 PM 6/13/03 -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you cite a reference on that? I know that there > is a liberal > contingent that is pro Palestinian (and a > conservative one that is > anti-Israel), but I think that Americans in general > are ver

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

At 09:30 PM 6/14/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Saturday, June 14, 2003, at 07:14 pm, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I suspect a major reason that US conservatives back Israel is that a major component of US conservatives is the so-called "Christian Right" who are genera

Re: WMD

At 09:59 PM 6/13/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Wow, we must either be on different lists, or one of us isn't very perceptive. Of the politically vocal Americans on the list*, I count yourself, Georgis, Tarr, Cofey, Agretto and Cooper as well right of center. Several others such as Blankensh

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

At 10:42 PM 6/14/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 03:14:52AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > There was nothing "sudden" about it - events leading up to it had been > going on for half a century. Perhaps WW2 gave it a final push, but > things were brewing WELL before that. Are y

Re: WMD

At 09:03 PM 6/14/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: _ ¹Or is that "right wing-nut"? Righteous wing-nut, maybe? Doug Just kidding, just kidding, don't start whistling. 8^) I can't whistle and laugh at the same time . . . ;-) -- Ronn! :) God

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

At 12:14 AM 6/15/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 11:01:24PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Huh? I guess I don't know my Freud very well . . . The generally accepted spelling is "Israeli", not "Isra-LIE" OK. I realized it was misspelled:

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request JVB)

At 01:08 PM 6/15/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: You still don't get that form jeroen (and other's) perspecitve what was done to him did appear to be abusive. Did you read the copies of his messages I sent you off-list? Do I need to send you copies of the rest of the messages he sent to the list i

Parrot Fable

A man goes into a petshop and asks for the price of a parrot. "That one can program in C++ - it's $500," says the shop-owner. The man then asks about the next parrot to be told that this one costs $1,000 because it can do everything the other parrot can do plus it knows how to use the UNIX oper

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request JVB)

At 03:43 PM 6/15/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:08 PM 6/15/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > > >You still don't get that form jeroen (and other's) perspecitve what was > >done to him did appear to be abusive. [Ron

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request ...

At 12:13 AM 6/17/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: 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,

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

At 08:53 AM 6/17/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: Listfolk, Some of you have been getting list mail, quite a few others haven't been. This is due to a very odd server problem, in which it can look up domain names, but fails to identify the MX record (the one that tells it which server is supposed to r

RE: Wireless bridge?

At 02:02 PM 6/17/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Kevin wrote: > So would this be an arch or beam construction? Nick replied: Beam -- we'll use directional antennas. If you were careful enough in how you set up a phased array of antennas (antennae?) you could probably make it so that only people w

Re: Br!n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

At 07:02 PM 6/17/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/17/2003 3:15:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Too bad its not D20 compatable :P > > > > don't even start, mister! > > > > Next you will be wanting an uplift card gameactualy? > You mean

Re: A friendly request JVB

At 06:52 PM 6/17/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Doug wrote: So, I ask again, what are the objections to making the Yahoo archive private? I know a few people who lurk by reading the Yahoo archive. And in the words of the Zen hot dog vendor: "Change must come from within." -- Ronn! :) God b

Re: Houston Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

ernoon's shower was still showering . . . And My Students Have Already Asked If We Will Ever Get To Go Outside This Semester Maru -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated oth

Re: Brin: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

back and read more carefully): Have the "Five Galaxies" ever been identified? -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions contained herein are the person

Re: Br?n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

At 01:23 AM 6/18/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If five or six years, then C'mell (tentative name) becomes the second born What if she gets lost? Does someone have to write a ballad? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I love! Stand beside her, and guide her Thru the night with a l

Re: Br?n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

At 08:16 AM 6/18/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/18/2003 4:39:58 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > At 01:23 AM 6/18/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >If five or six years, then C'mell (tentative name) becomes the second born > > > What if she

Re: Off List Re: Br?n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

;No." "Yes, DB knows which ones they are, but has never published the list so as to avoid getting 'caught' by future astronomical discoveries." "Yes, they were identified in , which you obviously need to go back and read more carefully." "Yes, and here a

Re: Segways aren't for everyone

At 07:31 PM 6/18/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Bush gets bucked... http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030612/170/4dnhg.html Umm, I thought it was supposed to have a gyroscopic stabilization system so you couldn't fall off it? -- Ronn! :) God bless America, Land that I l

Re: Segways aren't for everyone

At 11:15 PM 6/18/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 07:31 PM 6/18/03 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Mr. Bush gets bucked... > > > >http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/030612/170/4dnhg.html > > >

News from the Booby Hatch

[The first two articles are spoofs -- I hope! --DBM] --- From: [deleted per request] To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: REMOVEEMAIL: Hatch goes even more nuts!! When's he up for reelection??? Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 10:20:49 -0400 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.3416 X-M

_Some_ Practitioners of Religion Are Evil

I know Mafiosi are traditionally Catholic, but I didn't realize that the church was taking lessons from them in problem-solving: From CNN: An alleged victim of the clergy sexual abuse scandal in the Boston archdiocese was in critical condition late Wednesday after being pulled out of the Nep

2 Corinthians 6:14 (Humor)

From: Joke A Day (June 19, 2003) Joke A Day Making Fun Of Morons Since 1863 Joke A Day, Inc. http://www.jokeaday.com To join our list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Brotha Vic dropped me a line to tell me abou

Re: wierd spam...

At 02:40 PM 6/19/03 -0400, Bryon Daly wrote: I just got this (presumably) spam message today. I've never seen anything quite like it: --- Subject: Dimensional Warp Generator Needed Greetings, We need a vendor who can offer immediate supply. I'm

Re: Br?n: Stuff for the Gurps Uplift Site.

At 10:29 AM 6/19/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >Well, Hoon do not get permanent names until their > leg fur turns white. > > > >At most, I thought we could have fun with the lines: > > > >"Keep a watch on C'mell. Don't let her become her > namesake." > > > >...and giv

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