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Re: ShrubCo Deletes, Alters Gender Issue Web Data

At 05:11 AM 4/30/04, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 01:31 AM 4/30/2004, you wrote: At 10:56 PM 4/29/04, The Fool wrote: Key government offices dedicated to addressing the needs of women have been disbanded, according to the report. Well, heck, we know that all women need is to find a man and have childr

Re: March for Women's Lives

At 08:06 AM 4/30/04, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: March for Women's Lives Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 19:14:18 -0500 "Bathroom h

RE: Wow

At 09:09 AM 4/30/04, Andrew Paul wrote: From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >> <<http://ciclops.lpl.arizona.edu/PR/2004D29/PR2004D29A.html>> >> >> (55KB JPEG or 3MB TIFF) >Fun picture >Sonja >GCU: S

War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

At 12:02 PM 4/30/04, Damon Agretto wrote: > One thing I've always thought silly was the whole > idea of carriers in > space. Air craft carriers work well because the > planes they launch travel > in a different medium than the ships: air vs. water. > Carriers in space are > like two battle groups

RE: Battlestar Galactica

At 02:56 PM 4/30/04, Nick Lidster wrote: You cant win a war in the sky, you got to have troops to hold the ground. Assuming you want to hold the ground. If for some reason you are simply interested in wiping out vermin (the alien race) who pose a threat to you, perhaps in the way that a nest o

Re: Is it hot in here?

At 09:33 AM 5/1/04, JDG wrote: At 09:27 AM 4/28/2004 -0500 Dan Minette wrote: >Science is not all cut and dry. There are a number of global climate >models, that have uncertainties in them. Global warming hawks tend to >favor models that discuss about 3-4C increases in global temperature due to >

RE:

At 09:15 AM 5/1/04, Andrew Paul wrote: I think its a terrible shame that the choice of the American President comes down to who can puff out their patriotic chest more. Or perhaps more accurately that the candidates think that it does. I hope and believe that the American people are better than

Re: City of Heroes

At 06:22 PM 5/1/04, Horn, John wrote: It's not as complicated or detailed as a game like [...] Anarchy Online I thought that was a sad substitute for an on-line "service" which is responsible for filling the landfills of the US with millions of unusable waste CD-ROMs . . . -- Ronn! :) __

Re: Forbidden Archaeology...

At 11:03 AM 5/2/04, Gary Nunn wrote: ...snip... Noah's Ark Found? Turkey Expedition Planned for Summer On another list, someone asked if the location is so inaccessible, why couldn't they just parachute in . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccm

Re: Is it hot in here?

At 07:58 PM 5/3/04, Dan Minette wrote: 2) There is nothing underlying physics. Which explains the Gahan Wilson cartoon "Is Nothing Sacred?" -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: March for Women's Lives

At 09:53 PM 5/3/04, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 11:20 PM 4/29/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: March for Women's Lives

At 04:38 PM 5/4/04, Julia Thompson wrote: Mike Lee wrote: > Really, get a nanny if you're so damn tired, because you're not very good at > being a mom, and obviously you need professional help. Actually, if you've got infant twins they have an older sibling who's still pretty young, or if you hav

Re: ShrubCo Plans to Increase Indentured-Servitude Age from 25 to 34

At 07:50 PM 5/4/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: The Apple Never Falls Far From The Tree Maru The real trick is getting it to boot up afterward . . . Unlike Cats, Computers Seldom Land Lightly On Their Feet And Immediately Start Running Maru -- Ronn! :)

RE: March for Women's Lives

At 02:10 AM 5/5/04, Mike Lee wrote: Ronn insults my offspring: > > I sincerely \*hope*\ that the answer is zero, and also that > he is single, otherwise I feel very sorry for some poor > unfortunate woman and some innocent children . . . Ronn is very sorry. I'm am indeed very sorry, but the only t

RE: March for Women's Lives

At 02:10 AM 5/5/04, Mike Lee wrote: You're idiots. I can prove it. Because "it takes one to know one"? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: March for Women's Lives

At 11:46 AM 5/5/04, Julia Thompson wrote: You know, whoever he is might be a generally nice guy who just needs to bloe off steam, At 02:10 AM 5/5/04, Mike Lee wrote: And f$ck the World Court with Lynndie's strapon, by the way. Umm . . . -- Ronn! :) _

RE: Disturbing evidence of torture

At 02:10 AM 5/5/04, Mike Lee wrote: Gary Denton, credulous to the last drop: > I should add that one of the mercenaries conducting the > interrogations apparently raped one of the male prisoners. > Is that more like Saddam for you Mike? Prove it and I'll condemn it. Was it a West Virginia girl? If

Re: Average IQ by state and how they voted in 2000

At 04:56 AM 5/6/04, Gary Denton wrote: http://americanassembler.com/features/iq_state_averages.htm Really nonsense of course, what brings about that lower IQ, how accurate is that measurement, what do you mean by IQ? And is this anything like that table (later claimed to be a hoax) that purported

Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out

Oh. From the subject line I was expecting another treatise on incompetent mothers . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: March for Women's Lives

At 10:53 AM 5/6/04, Horn, John wrote: > From: Mike Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > (And if you're working and you have twins or more, it's more > > cost-effective to hire a nanny than to put them all in > > daycare, at least for the first couple of years.) As my brother-in-law (a stay at home d

Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out

At 07:07 PM 5/6/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0939995837== - Original Message - From: "JDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2004 4:39 PM Subject: Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out > > Either that or Tom Beck s

Fwd: The Word Spy for 05/07/2004 -- poop fiction

poop fiction n. A literary genre that uses potty humor and off-color jokes to appeal to young children. - Example Citations - In children's publishing, the smell of success has a rather offensive odour these days. From the Captain Unde

Re: More on the environmental movement

At 07:32 PM 5/6/04, Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ...snip... > The 'state nannyism' came up in a discussion of > taking > a pill vs. actually getting off one's tushie and > getting some exercise WRT coronary artery disease - > the latter position mine, the for

Re: Government / Corporate Newspeak: 'Rape' now = 'Forced Sex'

Um . . . I thought that was the traditional definition of "rape" . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

At 12:10 PM 5/16/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/16/2004 9:43:00 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Julia > > Forget Babies R Us, Toys R Us -- Insanity R Us, that's the way to go > Yes, but under theoretical rules of super string super-symmetry, there'

Re: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

At 01:59 PM 5/16/04, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 12:10 PM 5/16/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >In a message dated 5/16/2004 9:43:00 AM US Mountain Standard Time, > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > > >

Re: SS and Medicare projections

At 03:52 PM 5/16/04, Dan Minette wrote: ...snip... Let us next go to Medicare. That is definitely worse. The yearly shortfall is expected to be about 3.5% of GDP by 2075. The worst part of the added cost is the massive rise in health care costs. This will have to be addressed, one way or anothe

Re: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

At 04:01 PM 5/16/04, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 01:59 PM 5/16/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > >"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > > > At 12:10 PM 5/16/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >In a message dated

Re: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

At 04:58 PM 5/16/04, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 04:01 PM 5/16/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > >"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > > > At 01:59 PM 5/16/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > >"Ronn!Blankenship"

Re: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

At 04:46 PM 5/16/04, Damon Agretto wrote: I have a D20 that only goes up to ten. Note it caused me a great deal of embarrassment when playing D&D and I picked it up one night ("WHat the heck??? I can't roll over 10 tonite!"). I have several d12s — again from a teacher's supply store — each of whic

Re: Dice, was Re: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

[Changing the subject line: better late than never . . . ] At 06:52 PM 5/16/04, Damon Agretto wrote: > creating words. Does your collection extend to dice like that, or only > ones more or less suited to playing games? One of the guys in our group has a 6-sided Pizza die (each side has a differen

Re: Interesting Perspective

At 12:31 AM 5/17/04, Doug Pensinger wrote: http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0517/p09s01-coop.html or http://tinyurl.com/ypcov On Abu Ghraib and war itself: See through relativism of abuse By Earl Martin and Pat Hostetter Martin exerpt: "Before the United States launched "the optional war" in Iraq, pr

Fwd: Top5 Internet - 5/18/04 - The Top Features of the Computerized Running Shoe

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More Spent on Drugs for Behavior Disorders in Children Than on Asthma Medications and Antibiotics (Fwd: Science in the News Weekly Issue: 20 Volume: 2)

Sigma Xi Home American Scientist Home Manage Subscription Science in the News Daily May 18, 2004 - Vol. 2 , No. 20 Science in the News Weekly is a weekly digest of science news stories appearing in the mainstream media. It is produced every Tuesday morning as part of Sigma Xi's public understan

Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out

At 02:55 PM 5/18/04, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 10:29:07 -0700 Travis Edmunds wrote: This is fu

RE: Email account utilization warning.

At 06:27 PM 5/18/04, Gary Nunn wrote: >Dear user of "Mccmedia.com" mailing system, >Your e-mail account will be disabled because of improper > using in next >three days, if you are still wishing to use it, please, resign your >account information. >Please, read the attach for fu

RE: Email account utilization warning.

At 07:03 PM 5/18/04, Gary Nunn wrote: > I didn't see this one before. Was it sent to the list, or what? > -- Ronn! :) It looks like it went to the list... Here is the entire email... ...snip... Since I've only seen the copies which individuals have sent to the list, and since Nick reports that

Coming next month, for the first time in 122 years . . .

mount competing expeditions. In 1874, Russian sent out 26 expeditions, Britain 12, the United States 8, Germany and France 6 each, Italy 3 and the Netherlands 1. "You could compare it with the space race in the 20th century," he said. More on where and how to see it: <<http://skyand

Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out

At 08:50 AM 5/19/04, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out Date: Tue, 18 May 2004 17:27:48 -0500 At 02:55

Re: Brin: group still active?

At 11:05 PM 5/20/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 5/20/2004 7:57:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > The web server was just unhappy... but I believe I just fixed it. > > Nick > > Voice of the web server: What do you mean it was out? Aww come on, it was in by

Re: Favorite bad Sci-Fi movies on DVD

At 03:24 AM 5/21/04, The Fool wrote: --===1310530864== -- From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> At 01:59 PM 5/16/04, Julia Thompson wrote: >"Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > > > At 12:10 PM 5/16/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >In

Dog's breed can be determined from DNA with 99% accuracy . . .

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Dinosaur with a hole in its head . . .

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FDA prohibits gay sperm donors . . .

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Tiny life forms?

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Re: Brin : Memory glasses could help wearers find their keys

At 11:08 AM 5/22/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===1236303896== Shades of Earth http://www.ananova.com/news/story/sm_961376.html?menu=news.scienceanddiscovery (With picture) British and German scientists are developing memory glasses that record everything the user sees. The glasses

Re: Bushworld

At 01:10 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: I couldn't believe anyone found Safire's recent diatribe coherent. http://www.twincities.com/mld/twincities/news/editorial/8715776.htm Anyone know a list password to access that site? And is it the one about the Iraqi IED made out of a 155mm nerve agent sh

Re: Iridium Flares

field when I was peering through a 10x60mm finder looking for something to show the group through the main scope . . . Getting Crowded Up There Maru -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Disclaimer: Unless specifically state

Re: Bushworld

At 04:38 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: On Sat, 22 May 2004 16:06:10 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 01:10 PM 5/22/04, Gary Denton wrote: > >I couldn't believe anyone found Safire's recent diatribe coherent. > > > >http://www.twin

Re: Bullying and Battering

At 03:36 PM 5/23/04, Gary Denton wrote: Gary "Who has his own religious conflict to concern him" Internal or external? Wanna share? Or just vent? -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: General Zinni

It is on right now. At 05:55 PM 5/23/04, Gary Denton wrote: General Zinni on 60 minutes tonight. "Accusing top Pentagon officials of "dereliction of duty," retired Marine General Anthony Zinni says staying the course in Iraq isn't a reasonable option. "The course is headed over Niagara Falls. I th

Re: Bishop Sheridan Re: Unitarians not a religion

At 04:40 PM 5/24/04, Dave Land wrote: Richard Baker wrote: A cell is not a person. A cell has no rights. A cell does not and should not have rights. So if I were to destroy exactly one cell in your body at a time until none were left then that would be okay? If not, at what stage would it become

Re: [scouted] Parents ordered not to have any more children

At 03:33 PM 5/24/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: This is really a sticky and slippery question, Ahem. -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Bullying and Battering

At 07:03 PM 5/24/04, Gary Denton wrote: Gary "who has an idea for a story about the Mormon Church becoming the only official religion after some disaster" A Utopian scenario story, IOW . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/bri

Re: [scouted] Parents ordered not to have any more children

At 07:06 PM 5/24/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >At 03:33 PM 5/24/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > >This is really a sticky and slippery question, > Ahem. Ronn! I was _not_ making a deliberate pun! Debbi who might possibly n

Re: Bishop Sheridan Re: Unitarians not a religion

At 08:52 PM 5/24/04, The Fool wrote: --===0740875161== -- > From: Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > All discussions involving JDG morph into an abortion discussion. It's as > > if he had an agenda... > > And you don't? Do I turn every discussion into an anti-Palladium thre

Re: Bullying and Battering

At 08:12 AM 5/25/04, William T Goodall wrote: On 25 May 2004, at 1:48 pm, Damon Agretto wrote: Dark Ages, a period of stagnation and obscurity in literature and art, lasting, according to Hallam, nearly 1000 years, from about 500 to about 1500 A. D.. See Middle Ages, under Middle. Does not agree w

Re: Bullying and Battering

At 03:36 PM 5/25/04, Damon Agretto wrote: > > YHO is not accurate. The dictionaries were used > > because "Dark Ages" > > is a recognized term with which you disagree. Not > > being a historian I > > am not obligated to use more than general terms. > > Which is why I posted a correction. PS: This

Re: Bring on the Violent video games

At 06:22 PM 5/25/04, Dave Land wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Graphic, Violent Images Can Curb Kids' Aggression Uh, Chad old boy, it was *actual pictures* of the _results_ of violence that changed the kids' attitudes: Precisely: pictures of the results of /actual/ violence.

Re: Bishop Sheridan Re: Unitarians not a religion

At 01:11 AM 5/26/04, Doug Pensinger wrote: The Fool wrote: All discussions involving JDG morph into an abortion discussion. It's as if he had an agenda... I have my adamant differences with John, but I have to say I'm kind of sick of these personal attacks. Not only don't they do anything t

Re: Bullying and Battering

At 09:11 PM 5/26/04, Damon Agretto wrote: > The "dates" I posted were "the Fall of Rome" and "the rebirth of > reason known as the Renaissance." Which is commonly accepted as being between 500 and 1500. You may not have said it outright, but you certainly implied it, especially as you did not defin

Re: Double Agents

At 05:46 PM 5/27/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: > William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1224075,00.html > "An urgent investigation has been launched in > Washington into whether > Iran played a role in manipulating the US into the > Iraq war by passi

Re: NYT admits shoddy Iraq reporting

At 12:11 PM 5/27/04, David Land wrote: William T Goodall wrote: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/26/international/middleeast/ 26FTE_NOTE.html?8dpc To those who hold the belief that there is a liberal bias in the media, and the NYT in particular, what do you make of this sloppy assumption that the

Re: Vampires (was: Neanderthal)

At 05:27 PM 5/27/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: The actor who played 'LeCroix' in _Forever Knight_ was in a 2-parter TV movie this week (Scott Turow's "Reversible Errors," with Tom Sellick and Walter Macy); he does the cold, calculating type quite well, but I don't think I've seen him play even a quasi

Re: Scholars lecture on 'Buffy' show

At 06:21 AM 5/31/04, William T Goodall wrote: http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/ Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1085955306460&call_pageid=968867495754&col=9 69483191630 "Asked in a recent interview how he felt about the fact his texts are dissected by scholars,

Re: Bullying and Battering

At 01:21 PM 6/1/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > My brain hurts.and I don't want to be tested on > it later. But oh what fun readings from them both. > Two intellectual lights much much better than any > old flame. So where are the marshmallows and Hershey bars and g

Re: Did you want the naked bike ride or the church youth group ride?

At 12:32 PM 6/3/04, Gary Denton wrote: Or perhaps he is worried about what else could happen: "Nine naked men walking down the road would cause a heap of trouble for all concerned." Flash video - ^ http://www.pureesoiree.be/Post/?P_ID=3869 It Could Be An .avi File And It Would Still Qualif

Re: Jesus-anity (was: New Hate-Mongering Chick Tract is out)

At 05:44 PM 6/3/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: Moreover, Jesus was quite anti-hierarchical in his behavior [...] Did he wear fancy clothes, drive the latest chariot, sup from golden chalices, hoist a mighty sword? Did He wear a pinky ring? Did He drive a brand new car? Did His wife wear furs and di

Re: Archbishop Chaput of Denver

At 10:23 PM 6/5/04, Julia Thompson wrote: I snipped some stuff. I just want to address some of what was in the post. "Me, too." If you go through confession and absolution, in your heart, that's what counts for Communion, isn't it? So, are your sins between you and God or between you and God an

This time tomorrow . . .

don't see it this time, don't worry, it'll happen again on June 6, 2012 and then again in another 105 years. <<"http://www.universetoday.com/am/publish/watch_venus_transit_internet.html?362004";>> -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary S

Re: Useful Military Warnings

And some people think "military intelligence" is a contradiction in terms . . . At 05:08 PM 6/7/04, Gary Nunn wrote: 'Useful' Military Warnings "Aim towards the enemy." - Instruction printed on U.S. rocket launcher "When the pin is pulled, Mr. Grenade is not our friend." - U.S. Army magazine "Cl

Re: Yes in Space

At 05:20 AM 6/8/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===0851509473== http://cfa-www.harvard.edu/cfa/ps/special/rocknroll/0007707.html Minor planet number 7707 has been named in honor of the British progressive rock group, Yes. The citation announcing the naming appeared on Minor Planet Circula

Re: Jesus-anity

At 07:31 PM 6/8/04, Dan Minette wrote: One final point, one also needs to be very careful in defining Paul, since only about half of the works attributed to him were written by him. The rest were written after he died. They were ghost-written? Somebody Had To Say It Maru -- Ronn! :) _

Re: Unidentified creature stumps experts

At 09:34 PM 6/8/04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary wrote- >Wait! It's a ... : Unidentified creature stumps experts > >"What in the world?" Bill Kurdian asked himself when he saw the animal >for the first time. > >About the size of a fox, but with short brown hair and a long cat-like >tail, it looked

Re: Riemann hypothesis

At 11:05 PM 6/9/04, Julia Thompson wrote: Louis de Branges de Bourcia of Purdue University claims to have proven the Riemann Hypothesis. It still has to be peer-reviewed. Article at http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5229702.html?tag=zdfd.newsfeed Paper in PDF format at http://www.math.purdue.edu/ft

Re: Moon Over Washington

At 11:14 PM 6/9/04, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: > > On 10 Jun 2004, at 2:07 am, The Fool wrote: > > > <> > > Rats! Not hang-gliding nudists then... That would be a lot more palatable, yes. :) How about nude people playing with fire?

Re: Riemann hypothesis

At 11:12 AM 6/10/04, Julia Thompson wrote: "Ronn!Blankenship" wrote: > > At 11:05 PM 6/9/04, Julia Thompson wrote: > >Louis de Branges de Bourcia of Purdue University claims to have proven > >the Riemann Hypothesis. It still has to be peer-reviewed. > > > >

Re: Bacterial Integrated Circuits

At 04:00 PM 6/11/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2004/10jun_bbics.htm?list1119125 >...University of Tennessee microbiologist Gary Sayler > and his colleagues > have developed a device that uses chips to collect > signals

Re: [Listref] Border collie with 'vocabulary' of 200 words

At 09:06 PM 6/11/04 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: >Gary Denton wrote: > >> Despite my kitten >> disliking being locked in the bathroom it continued when improper >> behavior - hoping on PC desk. It seems to have stopped when I >> switched to a squirtgun, however. > >Squirtgun is much more immediate

Re: Dirty Bomb Would Be a Dud

At 08:11 PM 6/14/04 -0500, Gary Denton wrote: > >Actually, I don't think so. If I pulled out my banana and said I was >going to vaporize you with it I would not be charged with murder. I dunno. I was in a movie some years back where I used a banana¹ as a lethal weapon. _ ¹Several banana

Re: Memorial Ruled Unconstitutional

At 09:02 PM 6/15/04 -, iaamoac wrote: >Slate's most excellent Dahlia Lithwick had a great article yesterday >explaining why in fact that US Supreme Court decision was not ducking >the issue, but in fact made the correct decision: > > http://slate.msn.com/id/2102381/ > > >*

Re: [Listref] Cicadas and Venus transit

At 02:52 PM 6/15/04 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: >http://science.nasa.gov/spaceweather/venustransit/gallery_08jun04_page9.htm > >http://makeashorterlink.com/?X17162398 > >"Every 17 years, a dozen states from Delaware to >Illinois are treated to a springtime emergence of the >Brood X (Magicicada s

Re: Speaking of Quantum.........

At 07:13 PM 6/17/04, Robert Seeberger wrote: --===2097341068== Scientists zap atom across room http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/sci_tech/newsid_3816000/3816551.stm Scientists say that they have teleported an atom across a room for the first time. Teleporting is when something is taken

Re: Speaking of Quantum.........

At 11:19 PM 6/17/04, Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn! wrote: What is really bad is that _Star Trek_ is considered an *old* television show . . . So What Does That Make Its Viewers? Maru Turning fifty in about 32 days? Was your father a lot older at that age, or was it only mine? -- Ronn! :)

Bradbury ticked at Moore

An angry Ray Bradbury is demanding an apology from filmmaker Michael Moore for lifting the title from his classic science-fiction novel "Fahrenheit 451," for his new documentary "Fahrenheit 9/11." "He didn't ask my permission," Bradbury, 83, told The Associated Press on Friday. "That's not hi

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

At 01:28 PM 6/20/04, Erik Reuter wrote: 1) No one has the right to take (sacrifice, destroy, etc.) something that does not belong to them, no matter how much they may want to (this is more or less the "rule of law" upon which much of our civilization depends) Fodder for thought . . . In the scenar

Re: [Scouted] New species of Chimaera fish discovered

At 05:39 PM 6/20/04, Deborah Harrell wrote: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5237628/?GT1=3584 RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Brazilian scientists claimed to have found a new fish species believed to have lurked deep in the south Atlantic Ocean for over 150 million years. The fish, of the Chimaera genus, is a

Re: Speaking of Quantum.........

At 11:34 PM 6/20/04, Amanda Marlowe wrote: From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > That's not so true now. We've had 80 years to think about it. While I'm > no expert, I've been thinking about the ramafications of QM for a few years > nowmore than I care to admit. :-) Well, I expect once th

Fwd: CNN Breaking News

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Fwd: Top5 Science - 6/22/04

== Selected from 38 submissions from 9 contributors. Today's Top 5 List authors are: -- Matthew Van Opens, Kenosha, WI -- 1 Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC-- 2, 8 Ronn Blankenship, Birmingham, AL -- 3, 5 William Wic

Re: Terrorism too close to home...

At 08:30 PM 7/26/04, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:20 PM Subject: Re: Terrorism too close to home... > Humans, being social animals, created ethics/morality t

Re: Convention

At 01:10 AM 7/28/04, Julia Thompson wrote: kerry miller wrote: > > --- "Robert G. Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > 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.

Re: Telescope help...

, brighter objects will be even brighter, and you can see finer detail (resolution in arc-seconds is inversely proportional to aperture). Only if it is so big that the telescope requires you to buy a flatbed truck to move should you consider any other factor more important than aperture . . .

Re: Telescope help...

interests or hobbies . . . -- 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 not represent the official p

Re: Telescope help...

At 02:02 AM 7/29/04, Bryon Daly wrote: On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 23:48:05 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 11:04 PM 7/28/04, Gary Nunn wrote: > > >Option #1 > >diameter =114mm, 1000mm focal length, f/8.8 > >5x24 viewfinder with bracket; three eyepiec

Fwd: NASA Selects Future Mission Concepts For Study

Donald Savage Headquarters, Washington July 29, 2004 (Phone: 202/358-1727) RELEASE: 04-246 NASA SELECTS FUTURE MISSION CONCEPTS FOR STUDY NASA has selected nine studies to investigate new ideas for future mission concepts within its Astronomical Search for Origins Progr

Francis Crick, 1916 – 2004

Francis Crick, 1916 ­ 2004 Nobelist, colleagues cracked DNA code By Scott LaFee UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER 7:01 a.m. July 29, 2004 The man who helped discover the secret of life is dead. Francis Crick, who was 88, died last night at Thornton Hospital in San Diego after a long battle with colon can

Re: Telescope help...

l, and a good many such telescopes have spherical rather than parabolic main mirrors. -- Ronn! :) Ronn Blankenship Instructor of Astronomy/Planetary Science University of Montevallo Montevallo, AL Disclaimer: Unless specifically stated otherwise, any opinions contained herein are the perso

Re: [L3 ] Re: Jesus-anity and the status of women

At 02:28 PM 8/5/04, Dan Minette wrote: I missed covering this earlier. >> Several things >> gradually changed my self-acknowledged status; I've >> previously mentioned the issue of belief as a Gift, >> and my inability to accept that Belief is in itself a >> Grace or Gift, because that means that

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