Re: Nightmare fish in Brazil.....

2003-01-06 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:21 PM 1/5/03 -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 10:15 PM 1/5/03 -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote: Good God! This fish should be called the Satan Fish. Someone was telling me about this fish and I didn't believe them so I looked it up. Are there any in your neck of the jungle Alberto? Gary

Re: Nightmare fish in Brazil.....

2003-01-06 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:05 PM 1/6/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 7:13 PM Subject: Re: Nightmare fish in Brazil. At 11:21 PM 1/5/03 -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 10:15 PM 1/5

Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservatives

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:42 PM 1/6/03 -0500, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 1/6/03 8:27:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 6 Jan 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Leave the possibility open please. Do not prove the nonexistence of God. Because if that is done, the WB

Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:53 PM 1/6/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Ha. Can't that be a case of letting the people into what they think are safe harbors, but actually making it easier to catch them? You don't bait a mouse trap with cat urine. Works for the cat . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see

SCOUTED: Latest Clone News from CNN

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
(1) Report: Ex-ABC editor tried to sell clone coverage Sunday, January 5, 2003 Posted: 9:56 AM EST (1456 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) --The former ABC News science editor who said he would verify claims that the first human clone had been born tried

RE: Nightmare fish in Brazil.....

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:34 PM 1/7/03 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 7 januari 2003 5:35 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: Nightmare fish in Brazil. Okay what's TMI, besides the one I can see out my

RE: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:28 PM 1/7/03 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 7 januari 2003 4:19 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world' But now you sound like you do indeed predict

Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservative

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:01 PM 1/7/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservatives Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 11:51:09 -0600 (CST) On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, Julia Thompson wrote: I think they have that show on Fox; it's called Joe Millionaire.

SCOUTED: Doc Knows Best (It'll be too late for you, if he's wrong.)

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-smith010603.asp January 6, 2003, 9:00 a.m. Doc Knows Best It'll be too late for you, if he's wrong. By Wesley J. Smith Who should have the right to decide whether you receive life-sustaining medical treatment during a critical or terminal

SCOUTED: RotK Movie Preview

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.bbspot.com/News/2003/01/jaromir.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservatives

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:56 PM 1/7/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/7/2003 1:29:37 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: With you and me, were one-tenth of the way there . . . That's supposed to be we're, not were . . . And if it was

RE: Nightmare fish in Brazil.....

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:45 PM 1/7/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 12:49 07-01-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: Okay, what is that TMI thing you can see out your back window? Given the signature on your message immediately preceding this one, it is quite surprising that you don't know, even if being

RE: Nightmare fish in Brazil.....

2003-01-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:45 AM 1/8/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 18:57 07-01-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: (I tend to believe in the philosophy that a student learns more if s/he discovers the answer for him/herself, if necessary, after a subtle hint . . . ) No straight answer to the question

Re: A Problem For Conservatives

2003-01-08 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:38 PM 1/8/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Richard Baker wrote: Jeffrey said: *nod* that's what I understand it to mean. Julia seems to imply there's another, UK version of the phrase..? Over here, if you table something, you put it on the table where it can be discussed. In other

Re: That's One Heck of a Bird

2003-01-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:22 AM 1/9/03 -0800, J.D. Giorgis wrote: An intereting article here about the discovery of the first Trojans in Neptune's orbit Now that Neptune has Trojans, I guess there won't be any more sea-nymphs, then . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I

Re: SCOUTED: Doc Knows Best (It'll be too late for you, if he's wrong.)

2003-01-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:15 PM 1/9/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: --- David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: [article quoted] But that was before the bioethics movement largely abandoned the sanctity of life ethic for an express or implicit utilitarianism that views the value of

Re: SCOUTED: Doc Knows Best (It'll be too late for you, if he's wrong.)

2003-01-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:19 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:40:37PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: just mean Mama/Papa is 70+ and though s/he was in good health for a person of that age before the heart attack, someone of that age can't make any useful (financial) contribution

Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug

2003-01-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:20 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:46:20PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached limb, or live maggots to remove necrotic tissue

Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug

2003-01-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:46 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: Ronn Blankenship wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: So, sir, I hope you don't mind if we injest you with bat spit to save your life. :-) Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow

Re: [Scouted]A unusual new possible stroke drug

2003-01-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:00 PM 1/9/03 -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:20 PM 1/9/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 09, 2003 at 07:46:20PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Really, though, how is that any more Ew, gross! than doctors using live leeches to help restore proper blood flow in a reattached

Re: [SCOUTED] Microsoft unveils smart watches, players

2003-01-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:03 PM 1/10/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: LAS VEGAS, Nevada (Reuters) -- Trying to move its software from desktops to people's hands and pockets, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled plans for a portable media player and a radio-linked wristwatch. All I want to know is what good a watch

Re: Spot On

2003-01-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:41 AM 1/10/03 -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Gautam Mukunda wrote: (...) Bush, having a higher security threat against him than any of his predecessors since Lincoln, I have more sympathy for. OTOH, have you read about Lula's security? Who's Lula? Most times when I hear the name

Laurell K. Hamilton, was Scouted: Last of transplanted wolves killed

2003-01-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:29 PM 1/10/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: I'm on the last book of Laurell K. Hamilton's Vampire Hunter series As in you've heard for sure somewhere that she isn't going to write any more Anita Blake novels? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never

Re: Scouted: Last of transplanted wolves killed

2003-01-10 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:20 PM 1/10/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 04:29 PM 1/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: I'm on the last book of Laurell K. Hamilton's Vampire Hunter series -- was surprised to see anything on wolf pack dominance on CNN. Jon http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/Central/01/07/yellowstone.wolf.ap/index.html

Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservatives

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:43 PM 1/7/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservatives Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:42:22 EST In a message dated 1/6/03 8:27:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservatives

2003-01-07 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:03 PM 1/7/03 -0600, I wrote: At 12:43 PM 1/7/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Proving God Re: A Problem For Conservatives Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:42:22 EST In a message dated 1/6/03 8:27:16 PM US

RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:05 PM 1/10/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: Already done done that. That's why they have same same Person_ID of 678. At that rate, it's going to take forever for them to take the place of Number 6. much less Number 1. Thread Creep Is Not Creepy Maru --Ronn! :) I always knew that I

RE: Laurell K. Hamilton, was Scouted: Last of transplanted wolves killed

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:45 AM 1/11/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Laurell K. Hamilton, was Scouted: Last of transplanted wolves killed At 04:29 PM 1/10/03

RE: Farscape - last 10 episodes of the series

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:52 AM 1/11/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Nurse Kelsa: If we die, will I be with my daughter, after? Stark: Different beliefs, different destinations. I cannot tell before the end. Should the worst befall, you will not be alone. A man dies and goes to Heaven. He is surprised to find one

Re: [SCOUTED] Microsoft unveils smart watches, players

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:52 PM 1/10/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 07:57 10-01-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: Or how about a whole new calendar? The very first day of the new calendar will be what used to be called October 28, 1955 (Bill Gates' date of birth). The days of the week will be renamed

Scouted: The Virtual Autopsy

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Today's Refdesk Link of the Day is: The Virtual Autopsy at: http://www.le.ac.uk/pathology/teach/va/welcome.html This Web site allows you to be the pathologist. You're presented with several case studies including symptoms, examination and test results, progression of the case and an interactive

Re: Unfortunate searches (was RE: Extremely irregular...)

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:32 AM 1/11/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship ... There's certainly a wide, wide world of them out there, just waiting to be discovered by the unsuspecting web surfer . . . Oh, yes

Re: Extremely irregular question: Any idea what this means?

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:24 PM 1/11/03 -0500, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 1/11/2003 8:18:33 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Before I irretrievably banish it to an electronic netherworld, does anyone have any idea what or who Huuchies is/are? Perhaps they come from Fort

Re: Extremely irregular question: Any idea what this means?

2003-01-11 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:27 PM 1/11/03 -0600, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Ronn wrote: At 07:41 AM 1/11/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: Or maybe hunchies misspelled, for some sort of very unusual fetish. Or not. There's certainly a wide, wide world of them out there, just waiting to be discovered by the unsuspecting

Re: SCOUTED: What Would Rael Drive?

2003-01-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:54 PM 1/12/03 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: What Would Rael Drive? And where do the rest of us get one? (I can always change the music.) --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle

Re: Unfortunate searches (was RE: Extremely irregular...)

2003-01-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:14 PM 1/13/03 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: Oh, yes. My granddaughters, who are 3, wanted to look for pictures and videos the other day. Barbie wasn't too bad, though some people do unusual animations with Barbie dolls. But that was *after* I made the mistake of

Re: kissing hank's ass

2003-01-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:52 PM 1/12/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Steve Sloan II wrote: The Fool wrote: http://www.jhuger.com/kisshank.mv This morning there was a knock at my door. When I answered the door I found a well groomed, nicely dressed couple. The man spoke first: John: Hi! I'm

Re: Windows help

2003-01-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:50 PM 1/13/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Windows help Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 15:36:25 - On 12 Jan 2003 at 15:53, Richard Baker wrote: Alberto said: In other words, Format

Re: SCOUTED: What Would Rael Drive?

2003-01-13 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:37 PM 1/13/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 7:53 AM Subject: Re: SCOUTED: What Would Rael Drive? At 01:54 PM 1/12/03 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: What Would

Attention K-Mart Shoppers . . .

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
List of 326 Kmart stores slated to close in 44 States List of Kmart stores slated to close http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2003-01-14-kmart-closings-list_x.htm No new closings immediately around here. The only one on the list I've ever shopped at regularly (when I was in the

The crud

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Hi, all, I've mentioned to at least some of you about the crud I've had for nearly the past week. I just sat down at the computer to send e-mail¹ to let the school know I don't think I'll make it in tonight (yesterday, the pain and stiffness in my shoulders and arms was so bad I literally

Re: SCOUTED: Super-Hero Origin in Progress

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:00 AM 1/15/03 -0600, Horn, John wrote: http://english.pravda.ru/main/2003/01/13/41962.html A bit of the article: A nine-year-old boy, Igor Nogovitsin from the settlement of Vychegodsky of the Kotlass district in Russia's Arkhangelsk region revealed supernatural powers. Many witnesses saw

Re: Is Anyone Else Offended By This?

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:34 AM 1/15/03 +, Richard Baker wrote: John said: I think that it is a basic truism that when a service becomes cheaper, people demand more of it. There are markets in which this is only weakly true. For example, the launch vehicle market is quite inelastic - price reductions don't

Re: A Problem For Conservatives

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:04 PM 1/15/03 +, William T Goodall wrote: on 15/1/03 8:23 pm, Richard Baker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There's only heterophenomenological evidence for consciousness It's easy for you to say that... :) And AFAIK there's only herpertophenomenological evidence for ophidian

RE: Latest pre-Columbus exploration of America

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:44 PM 1/14/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Latest pre-Columbus exploration of America Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 14:26:30 -0800 -Original Message- From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003

Presented without comment . . .

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
http://www.theonion.com/onion3901/creationist_museum.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Paul Harvey story: Autonomous Navigation

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:31 PM 1/15/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Well, maybe not, but you never can tell with someone who gets absorbed in *reading* the 2-week-old newspapers he's supposed to be using to protect the carpet, instead of starting to paint the wall in anything approximating a timely manner. :)

Re: Paul Harvey story: Autonomous Navigation

2003-01-15 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:30 PM 1/15/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 05:31 PM 1/15/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Well, maybe not, but you never can tell with someone who gets absorbed in *reading* the 2-week-old newspapers he's supposed to be using to protect the carpet, instead

Re: SCOUTED: Bananas on the brink of extinction?

2003-01-16 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:59 AM 1/16/03 -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote: Good God! Say it isn't so!!... Bananas' Days May Be Numbered, Scientist Says LONDON (Reuters) - It is one of the world's favorite fruits, but the banana hasn't had sex in years Talk about an opening . . . . . . but some here might be

RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:52 PM 1/16/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: The connection between my brain and my fingers sometimes does really odd things. Words I'm not even thinking appear. Your fingers. My tongue. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would

Re: Three branch g*vernment [was: Desktop Icon Utility]

2003-01-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:43 AM 1/17/03 -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: That's the point of the three branch government. Except that it seems that the USA [and Brazil, too] might become a four branch g*vernment. The monetary part of the g*vernment is almost a separate power. Some cynics might

Re: How much do people care about health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2003-01-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:52 PM 1/17/03 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: As Evil Overlady, I would institute local programs (tailored to the community/culture) to work intensively with folks and their particular addictions, be they food, nicotine or whatever; but after a

Re: Backneck barcode removable tatoos

2003-01-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:48 PM 1/17/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: :-) My daughter Natalia, a Dark Angel fan, wants to know where she can find removable tatoos in the form of barcodes, so that she will look like 452 Alberto Monteiro Unless she is already Jessica Alba's identical twin¹, it will likely take

Re: Wank.

2003-01-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:46 AM 1/17/03 -0600, Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: Wank. Wank. [Snip. Snip.] And in the Brin-L Post of the Month contest, in the twin categories of Most Incomprehensible Post and Biggest Waste Of Electrons, the award goes to . . . ;-) --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the

Re: Scouted: How Moral Are You?

2003-01-17 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:21 PM 1/17/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: A quiz from the Guardian. :) Originally posted over on the Culture list. http://www.guardian.co.uk/quiz/questions/0,5961,876887,00.html As seems to always be the case whenever these kinds of things are posted here, the answer to most of the

Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 07:17 PM 1/16/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] A single CD with jewel case, artwork, and shipping comes to much less than USD 5.00. Overseas shipping might make it 6 or 7 bucks max. Yea, but if you put real jewels in the

RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:44 PM 1/17/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 16:20 16-01-2003 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote: [Big snit snipped.] Lost Cause. Like this argument ;) *grin* *smile* Like this mailing list... :-( Over my dead body. :-) GSV And I Am Unanimous In This ROU Who Is With Me

RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:14 PM 1/16/03 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote: Miller, Jeffrey wrote Mirror, mirror on the wall... What is this, kindergarten? I know you are but what am I went out with eating paste. A little chocolate sauce, some whipped cream, and it's not so bad. :-) I frankly don't know what the whole

Re: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:27 PM 1/17/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Horn, John wrote: From: Ronn! Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Your fingers. My tongue. Ah! That's an image I didn't want to have this early in the morning! grin I probably shouldn't mention the thoughts of honey that went

Re: Child abuse (was: More on North Korea)

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:15 AM 1/16/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 8:08 AM Subject: Re: Child abuse (was: More on North Korea) John said: It seems clear that conception in human can occur

Re: Souldynamics [was: Child abuse]

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:40 PM 1/16/03 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Richard Baker wrote: Why not say that souls can divide just as cells can? That would help resolve the problem of the souls of split-brain patients too. Also, when an Universe splits in two alternate timelines, do the souls divide? Or are the

Re: Scouted: It's a Junior Mint becomes a reality

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
. This is what I wrote, though: At 08:02 PM 12/17/02 -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: OTOH, you may have heard the same story I did on the news today about the woman who was stopped when she set off the metal detector at the airport. The detector kept going off, even after she had removed all

RE: Alpha Mails (fun with SQL - L3ish)

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:22 PM 1/18/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 09:25 18-01-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: Lost Cause. Like this argument ;) *grin* *smile* Like this mailing list... :-( Over my dead body. :-) That can be arranged... EVIL GRIN Is that a threat? No, just a friendly

Re: Turkish Reluctance

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:14 AM 1/17/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/09/international/middleeast/09ALLI.html ?todaysheadlines The Turks would probably help us out if they didn't think that by doing so the

Re: political parties and religions

2003-01-18 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:49 PM 1/17/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: You missed the point, in that this was meant to show trends withing _one_ group. Okay, I'll bite. Which one? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry

RE: bush denies emergency room access to medicaid patients

2003-01-19 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:07 AM 1/19/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: Why don't they save money by educating people better about when to head for the ER and when to go to a clinic? Many times the answer to that is Why is there no walk-in clinic for urgent, but not-life-threatening, cases available to those who do

Re: [Scouted] X-men ruled not human

2003-01-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:37 PM 1/20/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB1043013622300562504,00.html It's rather interesting what greed will force in the US legal system. I'm just glad to see that the US court system has obviously already settled all the more important

Re: A Certain Commercial Re: About My Copyright Notice

2003-01-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 06:59 PM 1/20/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: At 10:48 PM 1/18/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Julia who doesn't like the end of a certain commercial As opposed to the beginning of it? The whole commercial leaves something to be desired, certainly (a

Re: Now I know I am a Netizen!

2003-01-21 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:08 PM 1/21/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: Hey! I got my first opportunity to make a real killing in the international finance arena! --- JAJA YERIMA. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Date: Tue, 21 Jan 2003 18:59:13 +0100 Are you the one who sent it to me? --Ronn! :) I always knew that

Re: A Certain Commercial Re: About My Copyright Notice

2003-01-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:27 AM 1/22/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 06:59 PM 1/20/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: John D. Giorgis wrote: At 10:48 PM 1/18/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: Julia who doesn't like the end of a certain commercial As opposed

Re: [Scouted] Water that won't freeze in Minn. lake

2003-01-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:16 PM 1/22/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 21:37 21-01-2003 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote: Personally, I think it's the heat from all those decomposing alien bodies the government dumped when they had to clean out Area 54... So, what is the US government still hiding in the Areas

Re: Whaaaaaa, it exists ..... :o)

2003-01-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:42 PM 1/22/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: snipped good experience with Braun I think that companies that take pride in their quality want to make sure their customers are happy. Also,

Re: tracked everywhere you go: RFID tag in tires

2003-01-22 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:25 PM 1/22/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: They're gonna put TRIFIDs in my tires!?? No way! I'm not gonna shell out bucks for any weird beasties in my vehicle... Oh. Just another aspect of the 'former USA LLP,' I guess. Maybe Triffids wouldn't be so bad... ;) Depends on whether you

Re: Helen Thomas on bush

2003-01-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:01 PM 1/24/03 -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote: The Fool wrote: This is the worst president ever, she said. He is the worst president in all of American history. The woman who has known eight of them wasn't joking. I couldn't agree more. He's the Anti-American President and we'll be years

Re: Spammers with no shame

2003-01-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:51 AM 1/24/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: I got spam today, an ad for Norton Anti-Virus, and the from claimed to be Andre Norton. Sounds more like the work of _Ed_ Norton . . . This cheesed me off enough to complain to a group containing enough people to understand why I'm cheesed

Re: [Listref] Environment

2003-01-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 05:03 PM 1/24/03 -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: I am sorry that I was unaware of the prior debate; I wasn't a member then. Had I known this particular text was a sore point, I would not have brought it up; I happened to read a snippet in my science digest re: the committee, and did a

RE: First real post - Hugo Noms

2003-01-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:21 AM 1/25/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Oh yeah, I forgot to mention (thanks Debbi!) that I have a somewhat personal obsession with seeing Brin-creations on Iron Chef. To wit: Tandu Teriyaki Gubru Goulash Juicy Jophur Julienne Soaked Soro over Spaghetti Tytlal Tots Hoonish Hamburgers

RE: Helen Thomas on bush

2003-01-24 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:51 AM 1/25/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 12:02 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Helen Thomas on bush At 03:01 PM 1/24/03 -0800, Doug

Re: [Listref] Environment

2003-01-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:43 AM 1/25/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 11:21 AM Subject: Re: [Listref] Environment Dan Minette wrote: The effect of the use on the potential market is next to

Re: G-Whiz: Roller Coasters Get Astronaut Rating

2003-01-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
that they landed at the bottom at the same time.) HTH. -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions contained herein are the personal opinions of the author and do

Re: G-Whiz: Roller Coasters Get Astronaut Rating

2003-01-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:00 PM 1/25/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: Along with his shuttle flights, Gibson underscored his familiarity with g-forces in flying high-performance jet fighters for 30 years. He took note of greying-out, blacking-out and GLOC - short for G-Induced Loss of

RE: [Listref] Environment

2003-01-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:51 PM 1/25/03 +0100, J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 09:56 25-01-2003 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: And I wish you luck in letting go of your resentments. If you succeed, I'm quite sure you'll find greater peace. Unfortunately, my resentments are caused by your behaviour. IOW, my resentments

Re: G-Whiz: Roller Coasters Get Astronaut Rating

2003-01-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:41 PM 1/25/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2003 2:48 PM Subject: Re: G-Whiz: Roller Coasters Get Astronaut Rating At 11:51 AM 1/25/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote

Re: G-Whiz: Roller Coasters Get Astronaut Rating

2003-01-25 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:57 PM 1/25/03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: Must be more stringent than the specs for the NaI(Tl) crystals and PM tubes I recall from the unclear lab, or PM tubes used in astronomy. Although fortunately I haven't actually tested any of them for impact resistance . . . Very much so.

Re: Banks recommendations

2003-01-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:16 PM 1/26/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: I'm rearranging the chairs in the TV room for the big game You're having a big game of musical chairs in your TV room? --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr.

Come and get it! (was: A commercial rip off)

2003-01-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:52 PM 1/26/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now that ABC is doing a rip off, I may as wll join in as well. Do you read Brin because he's Less pretentious? or Reads great? I'll say Reads great! Anyone up for saying Less pretentious and having a cat fight?

Re: Now I know I am a Netizen!

2003-01-26 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
IMMEDIATE ATTENTION NEEDED : HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL FROM: GEORGE WALKER BUSH DEAR SIR / MADAM, I AM GEORGE WALKER BUSH, SON OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA GEORGE HERBERT WALKER BUSH, AND CURRENTLY SERVING AS PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. THIS LETTER MIGHT

Re: Eye Test - Color Vision Perception

2003-01-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:05 PM 1/29/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: http://www.liquidgeneration.com/sabotage/vision_sabotage.asp This is a pretty neat eye test. Actually, it looks like the standard test for color blindness. (At least the first few did: that's when I stopped.) Everyone should take it to

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:09 PM 1/30/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 1/30/2003 7:36:31 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As a practice it doesnt strike me as silly at all. As legislation it seems quite silly, especially when you visualise a man in a suit sporting a

Oops.

2003-01-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:12 PM 1/29/03 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -- Explosion at North Carolina pharmaceutical supply plant kills several people, injures others. Hello, is this Doctor Jones's office? Could you please send us another copy of that prescription? And this time, please _type it_! --

SCOUTED: Europe eight back Bush on Iraq

2003-01-30 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
Eight European leaders have backed U.S. President George W. Bush calling for tough action to force Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to disarm, breaking ranks with France and Germany. In an article in Britain's Times newspaper and several other papers in Europe and America, the leaders of EU

SCOUTED: Robert Ellis on how DMCA is chipping away at competition

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
From Politech: Previous message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04300.html --- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:15:18 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Robert L. Ellis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Chipping away at competition Declan, Lexmark's recently-filed DMCA complaint against

Re: Eye Test - Color Vision Perception

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:49 PM 1/30/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:03:58PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: consisting of wavelengths around 530 nm. However, how do I know (or can I know) whether the impression I get in my mind when I see green (e.g. grass) is the same impression you

Re: Colleges Offer Students Privacy

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:21 PM 1/27/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: (The rabbit tossing was at the roommate's bed. Nothing like throwing a stuffed animal across the room to wake the person whose alarm is going off.) Thank goodness it was a _stuffed_ rabbit . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see

Re: Scouted: Videotaping How Bugs Breathe

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:53 AM 1/28/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Original press release at the Field Museum of Chicago can be found at: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/museum_info/press/press_insect.htm Jon Stuck on top of tower. Great view, but constant pelting sleet not good for pointy hat. Am amusing self by spitting

Re: Scouted: Not a Lobstergram

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:18 PM 1/29/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Woman Who Got Leg in Mail Sues for Anguish Wed January 29, 2003 08:50 AM ET HOUSTON (Reuters) - An Alaska woman, shocked to receive part of her dead father's leg in the mail instead of the gourmet LobsterGram she was hoping for has filed suit against

Re: Scouted: Sheep Chic

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:31 AM 1/31/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNewsstoryID=2148069 Sheep Chic Hits Chinese Salon in Lunar New Year Fri January 31, 2003 09:11 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing beauty salon has rolled out a hairstyle simulating the wave

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:24 PM 1/31/03 -0600, Julia wrote: I have a friend born in Puerto Rico and another who spent a lot of her growing-up years there. The second friend brought me back a pair of coqui earrings on one of her trips back when her parents were still living there. The card with the earrings say

Re: scouted: Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:59 PM 1/31/03 -0500, Damon Agretto wrote: (Un)Fortunately, my military knowledge is concentrated on ground forces, mainly because tanks are cooler... Ri-i-i-ght. That's why so many A-10 Warthogs get shot down by tank gunners . . . ;-) --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see

Re: OUTRAGE!

2003-02-01 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:41 AM 2/1/03 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: That would be like selling T-bills in a pool hall. What are T-bills? A cut of steak from a duck's head . . . -- Ronn! :) Professional Smart-Aleck. Do Not Attempt.

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