Here in Brazil, we had the impression that the Republicans chose the
worst possible candidate, someone they put there to lose. Or maybe the
Democrats voted in the Republican primaries to make him win.
A big part of Romney's appeal was that as a tremendously successful
businessman, he was afforded
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Jo Anne evens...@hevanet.com wrote:
Odd. I didn't get the original post from Mauro -- I get the digest and it
didn't come through. I did get one today, though, and am happy the list
isn't completely dead.
For me, Mauro's post got filtered in Gmail's spam
On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:23 AM, John Horn anar...@gmail.com wrote:
Move to merge Asperger's, autism in diagnostic manual stirs debate
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/11/aspergers.autism.dsm.v/index.html?hpt=C2
-
I was wondering what the folks here feel
On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Julia ju...@zurg.net wrote:
What's the best thing to do for that? And, just as importantly, what
should
be avoided at all costs?
A few years back, my daughter wrote on my brand new $800 LCD monitor with a
ballpoint pen. Water, screen wipes and soft cloths
On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Jim Sharkey templar...@excite.com wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
I'd like to hear if anybody strongly objects.
I certainly do not object. It's been a long time.
I don't post much myself these days, but I'd let him back on. But those who
were primarily aggreived
On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote:
I saw Avatar last night in the Imax/3D format. It was by far the most
awesome audio/visual experience I've ever had. The story was fair to
good, but the eye candy was spectacular. I wouldn't have thought I
could get
On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Alberto Monteiro
albm...@centroin.com.brwrote:
joke critic
The code is wrong:
void Cthulhu
(int Ia) {
if (Ia/10)
Cthulhu (IA/10);
putchar // ftagn!
(Ia % 10 + '0');
} // neblod zin!
// is a comment in C++ and, by
On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
SkyandTelescope.com - Homepage Equipment - Low-Cost Starter Scopes -
http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equipment/home/69745547.html
This was exactly the kind of article I had been looking for. The Orion 3
*Delurking*
I could use some telescope purchasing advice, if anyone's interested in
helping. My astonomy knowledge is quite limited.
My 9 year old son asked for a telescope for Christmas (amongst a million
other things). My mom bought him a $37 Toys-R-Us one which I think is
likely little
On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Ronn! Blankenship
ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote:
At 03:14 PM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Euan Ritchie wrote:
Lint-free cloth, NOT paper towels; spray one cloth with water or
isopropyl alcohol,
70% (rubbing alcohol) or 91% (sold for sterilizing needles,
On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Rceeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.esquire.com/features/dean-kamen-1208
On the genius and what he is up to these days.
Interesting article. Thanks for the link.
I wonder why Kamen thinks the UN, assorted charities, etc, would be
interested in
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
At least, unicorns were mentioned in some other thread today
http://www.democraticstuff.com/Unicorns-for-Obama-Photo-Button-p/bt23828.htm
Another candidate has apparently gone a step further and put a uni on his
On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am proud of what we have begun and look forward, yes, to
what we can do.
It's a historic event and while this sounds goofy to say - I'm proud to have
taken part in it in some
I did the early voting thing on Friday down here in Orlando. Some of the
locations were reporting 2+ hour waits, but it was about 45 minutes wait for
me. I had the day off, so the wait wasn't bad, but I'm quite puzzled about
the people waiting 2+ hours around here, or as long as 10+ hours in the
On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:48 PM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/30/obama-drug-medicine-oped-cx_ch_1031hooper.html
As I wrote in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: What complicates
the picture is socialized medicine, which exists in almost
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:39 PM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Anecdote seen on the internet:
Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read
'Vote Obama, I need the money.' I laughed. Once in the restaurant my
server had on a 'Obama 08' tie, again I laughed
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:24 PM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
this is not taking the waiter's entire $10 - it'd be more like maybe
$.50,
Ah, I see. Taking people's money to give to others is okay if you don't
take too much.
I'm not sure what your
On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:30 PM, John Williams
[EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
are you against all forms of taxes?
No.
So to quote you from your last response:
Ah, I see. Taking people's money to give to others is okay if you don't
take too much.
Since that's
On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
scratches forehead Looks like the only one in...
I'm still trying to figure out why he chose Palin as VP candidate: drill,
abstinence only, 'Creationism,'* anti-science...what independents was she
supposed to entice?
On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Max Battcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bryon Daly wrote:
... The used game market is almost
entirely for console-based games, not PC games. So why, then, is the
trade-in killing DRM targetted only at PC games? AFAIK, the Xbox 360
versions of Mass Effect
to worry about DRM.
Yes, I largely blame EA, another rather all-around repugnant company.
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 3:48 AM, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
On 25/09/2008, at 10:51 AM, Bryon Daly wrote:
I was planning on buying Spore, but the only 3 installations for a
game you
purchased
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote:
Who's playing? What are your screen names?
I was planning on buying Spore, but the only 3 installations for a game you
purchased deal is where I've drawn my line in the DRM sand. It's a real
shame becase Electronic Arts
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Max Battcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've heard that they have updated the limitation to 5 installs and added an
ability to delist a (dead, old, whatever) system to regain an install.
Supposedly EA has been listening and responding to the complaints.
3
So... I upgraded to Microsoft Office 2007 recently. Can't do half of
what
I used to do because I can't find anything. They seem to have succeeded
in
making it harder to use.
I can't find it now, but IIRC Penny Arcade's Tycho wrote saying that he
found the new Office interface so beautiful he
On Dec 18, 2007 10:52 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
My family mourns today the death of Chase Taylor Williamson, my
nephew, my sister Tracy's oldest child. Chase died hours after an
automobile accident in the early hours of the morning.
My condolences to you and your family,
On 11/4/07, Doug [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Did anyone else see the Pats/Colts game today. I stopped watching
football a while back primarily because of the poor officiating, but the
hype for today's game was irresistable. The officiating was as bad as
ever. Come to find out that the Pat's
On 7/21/07, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
It's amazing, wonderful, deeply moving, and not just everything I
hoped for, but far more.
Yes, it was an excellenet capstone to the series. There were a
couple of parts that were underwhelming, such as the epilogue,
On 6/22/07, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Will do! Though I suspect that any juicy information will be posted
to the Intarweb by any number of my fellow nerds about ten seconds
after it's announced, so it may be old news by the time I get back
and have time to send it out to you
On 6/21/07, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
And there are still at least two, and possibly three major
announcements yet to be made at Comic Con, which regardless of
whether one is a TV or movie fan, an SF fan or a comics fan...are
gonna pin people's ears back.
On 4/29/07, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But overall, this story changes my perception of the potential success
rate of conspiracies and the ability to keep them out of the public
consciousness for long periods.
Not for me. Per the Mendez version, the press were already hot
On 4/28/07, Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This is an amazing story and is purportedly true. I've seen some
corroborating evidence that supports the story from other sources.
Amazing story. Definitely seems true, because a quick google search turned
up this:
On 2/6/07, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/
is a British company, and Sony BMG is 50% owned by Bertelsmann, a
German company. Convincing them to license their music to Apple and
others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable music
On 2/4/07, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 05/02/2007, at 2:24 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
Additionally, there's a limited number of times I can copy or move
the file
on my computer, then it self destructs and will no longer open.
I'm also
limited on the number of times I can
On 11/4/06, pencimen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
JDG wrote:
... and only
won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be
regarded as the best QB in NFL History.
He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy
numbers and win a lot of regular season
On 10/10/06, maru dubshinki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Now, the stranger appears to be absolutely useless, but nevertheless,
removed from the picture the whole thing breaks down in the case where
N = 2. What is the use of the useless stranger?
The key here as I see it is that prior to the
On 7/15/06, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
We weren't discussing abortion.
Yes we are. We are talking about conceiving a number of children,
and eliminating the children of the undesired sex.
Personally, I think it's ridiculous for someone to go through the pain,
expense and hassle
On 5/31/06, Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Behalf Of Damon Agretto
You guys and your swords. I'll take a pollaxe...
Never bring a sword, batleth or a poleaxe to a gunfight!
Amazingly, this guy did OK for himself with a pocket knife vs 4 attackers
with a shotgun and pistol:
On 5/28/06, David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
Apparently that day is here:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2006240126,00.html
BatLeth meant nothing to me, and it's not clear
the thing is a very useful weapon.
But the part I'm amazed at, is that swords/knives
A friend just sent me a copy of this Fox News video:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/128967/water_as_fuel/
As he was telling me about it, I immediately thought perpetual motion
scam, but watching the video and then checking
out their web site http://hytechapps.com/index.html, it seems their claims
A look at what happened when Darth Vader reported the Death Star mishap to
the Emperor...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRQv4_xnjvAsearch=robot%20chicken%20darth%20vader
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On 2/21/06, Steve Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm pretty good. I'm working out at Redstone Arsenal here in
Huntsville, doing missile simulation-related work for a small
contractor. I really like the job, and the people I work with. I
Cool! Have you ever worked with/met any Lockheed
On 2/10/06, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So is this right?:
It looks like it should successfully swap the byte order for you. You should
be able to test it easily enough by writing the same number once with the
swap and once without it into Mem. Then print out Mem (or view in the
On 2/10/06, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 2/9/06, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok so this is what I've been doing:
I'll cut down to the meat of it:
*((int *) Mem[PutAt * __Int_Size__]) = PutMe;
This looks reasonable. I presume
On 2/9/06, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So I needed to create C++ class that would be used to create a static
copy of some data the program already Uses (but sometimes changes), for
which it would need to revert to its original state (it also non
contiguous). It also needs to be able to
On 2/9/06, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok so this is what I've been doing:
I'll cut down to the meat of it:
*((int *) Mem[PutAt * __Int_Size__]) = PutMe;
This looks reasonable. I presume that Mem[] is a char or byte array of some
kind... Are you only writing ints into Mem[]?
On 12/13/05, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I looked this up on IMDB and it is called Chiefs. Not the same one though.
But feel free to keep sending ideas :-)
I remember watching Chiefs with my mom back when it aired (in '83), and when
the credits rolled, she got up, watched them
On 11/3/05, Jim Sharkey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
Of course, Piller also gave us Voyager, for which there isn't much
excuse. But at least he gave us (in my opinion) the best pilot of
any of the five Treks, even if subsequently it was all a bit of a
mess.
Quoted
On 9/25/05, Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Be seeing you, No. 17, you wouldn't
want to be unmutual, would you?
-- No. 11
Who is Number 1?
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On 9/8/05, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Someone on another list made reference to this site:
http://www.winwenger.com/hurrican.htm
I'm currently reading Hurricane Watch (by Dr. Bob Sheets (former director
of the National Hurricane Center)
and Jack WIlliams) and it
On 8/26/05, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new
(larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of
times it has reported that it copied successfully, but the computer would
not boot with the
On 8/21/05, The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Daily:
Detective Conan (case closed) (+sat sun)
Southpark
Totally Spies
DragonballZ Uncut
Inu-Yasha Reruns
Futurama
FullMetal Alchemist
Coboy Bebop
Fairly Oddparents
The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (AKA Grim And Evil)
Teen Titans
I just recently read Stephen Baxter's first two Manifold books
(Manifold: Time and Manifold:Space). I'm wondering if anyone here
read them and what they thought of them.
For me, overall I was rather disappointed - enough so that I probably
won't bother with Manifold: Origin. Fortunately, I can
On 5/20/05, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:54:50 -0500, Robert Seeberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doug Pensinger wrote:
As of 5:25 or so this morning. My daughter gave birth to a healthy
baby boy, 7 lb 4 oz., 20.5 in. (sorry Alberto).
I rushed back
On 5/8/05, Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
That doesn't change my opinion of the movie. It was bad. Bad, bad,
bad.
Still have not seen it myself.
But you are the only person I've run across so far who dislikes it
greatly.
On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:29:37 -0600, Ronn!Blankenship
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
:
the night this happened. So, you experts out there, any ideas on how to
completely repair the problem(s), or at least recover the data?
My sympathies. I've just had my computer crap out on me, (including a
broken
Glad to help!
-bryon
On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:55:04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 1/6/05 Bryon Daly supplied a link to a CD music ripper.
Thanks. When I was told I needed to have my CD recording software Save
As, it opened my eyes to how to do what I
On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:19:14 -0700, Warren Ockrassa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi,
I am perplexed and my work is stopped by a simple difficulty.
The music CD only shows 44byte files, not the larger music files.
They're
FYI at least a few of these that I paused to check via snopes or
google are false (golf, green coke, elbow), and I suspect at least a
few others are as well (but am too lazy to research them all). Caveat
lector, I suppose. :-)
On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:41:44 -0600, Robert G. Seeberger
[EMAIL
On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:00:43 -0500, Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
It may be a cosmetic problem, but its also a real pain. I sometimes have
problems with my *toes* hurting because the nails are too thick, and filing
them down is tedious and time consuming (that said, I did get a Dremel
On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:55:59 +, Alberto Monteiro
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Keith Henson wrote:
My CPU cooler is behaving strangely: it sometimes spins, other
times doesn't. Which means that I have to chance the damned thing.
Problem: is there any way to _remove_ it without breaking
In a rather mystifying turn of events, Harlan Ellison's screenplay for
an I, Robot
movie (completely rejected by the producer) is being included in a Costco-only
special edition of the I, Robot movie DVD.
I've avoided the movie, because I knew I'd be disappointed by its utter lack of
adherence
I was disappointed I missed the Earthsea movie, but not so much, anymore:
http://trashotron.com/agony/columns/2004/12-15-04.htm
Earthsea in Clorox
by Ursula K. Le Guin
1. Background: my (non)involvement with this production.
For people
On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:11:26 -0500, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 03:48:13PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote:
If SS were privatized, limiting investments to fairly conservative
funds doesn't seem like a bad idea. IIRC, a general investment in an
SP fund has
On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:27:47 + (UTC), Robert J. Chassell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Back in 1984, I suffered an `rm -rf *' while in root. I was using a
computer that cost $50,000, running software that cost another $50,000
for one license. (This was before I discovered software freedom.) I
On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:48:36 -0500, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 07:58:11AM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote:
In looking at DVD burners and the blank discs for them, I have noticed that
some are labeled DVD-RW while others are labeled DVD+RW. So,
naturally, I
On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:36:18 -0500, Matthew and Julie Bos
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On 11/30/04 4:34 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/assault/etc/quiz.html
I did, and got.
16 - Your score rates you as high-grade
On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:18:09 +, William T Goodall
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/43o4j
In a study released this fall, the highway safety agency compared
crash statistics for SUVs and other vehicles that had a
stability-control system with the experience of identical models
On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:10:00 -0700, Warren Ockrassa
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
But the fact stands that it was open source code running on Macintosh
that accomplished what could not otherwise be done.
... unless you were running that same open source under Linux, Windows,
or Solaris. :-)
Potential spoilers
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:38:48 -0800 (PST), Chad Underkoffler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Some spoilerspace for discussion of THE INCREDIBLES:
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:20:47 -0600
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
So, what did you see that reminded you of
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:04:30 -0800, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Okay, web wizards... I'd like to capture the video (for time-shifting
purposes, of course) of a story about Wes that was on one of the Houston
television stations.
Anybody who can figure out how to do it wins a big
On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:57:15 -0500, Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The stream is actually sourced from:
mms://beloint.wmod.llnwd.net/a125/o1/www.khou.com/soldier_1115.wmv
Let me just add how I got to that info, in case it might help. The
video link at the khou
site points to a tiny 1K
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:44:19 -0800 (PST), kerri miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- kerri miller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm biased against the Lib. party, because my
exposure to them has been in the form of kooky nutters, not well-spoken
people who have well-thunk positions; c'mon,
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:50:41 -0600, Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Sheesh. I used to play Magic and most of what you guys just wrote
was completely unintelligible to me. The game must have changed a
lot (or gained a lot more jargon) in the past few years. The last
expansion I played
On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:30:01 -0400, Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:01:23 +0900, G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Good luck!
WOW them.
Thanks guys! I'm not sure if I wow'ed 'em, but it went pretty well, I
think. I should hear back sometime next week
On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:36:25 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Running on liquefied petroleum gas, one of the least
polluting fuels,
:-))
Ah! Ignorance is Bliss! LGP is widely known in
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/15/funny.money.ap/index.html
Snippet:
GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Charges have been dropped against a
woman who paid for clothes with a fake $200 bill that featured
President Bush's picture and the serial number DUBYA4U2001.
also:
A clerk at a Fashion Bug
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:16:38 -0800 (PST), kerri miller
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've never been prouder to be a libertarian, see below:
That's not something I knew about you. Would you care to share your
thoughts on the Libertarian candidate this
How the Grinch Stole Marriage
by Mary Ann Horton, Lisa and Bill Koontz
(with apologies to Dr. Suess.)
Every Gay down in Gayville liked Gay Marriage a lot..
But the Grinch, who lived just east of Gayville, did NOT!!
The Grinch hated happy Gays! The whole Marriage season!
Now, please don't
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:50:16 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Yes, in January. Until this season it was the only
decent show ABC had.
Guess the only show I'm following this season isn't decent, then. :)
(NYPD Blue.)
My
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 09:56:09 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Bryon Daly wrote:
Has it improved any? I was thinking that the constant tragedy they were
surrounding Andy with must have settled down by now, but I just saw some
comedian joking
It's potty humor (literally), but I haven't laughed this hard in a long time.
Introducing RoboDump:
http://triggur.org/robodump/
I want one!
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:29:57 -0500, Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I suppose that the government could start banning the public performance of
songs that they might consider subversive... We certainly don't want
anyone practicing free speech and dissing the federal government
I saw a
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:32:23 -0800, d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was outraged to learn that Diebold won't allow any outsiders to
look at the code programmed into their machines, claiming that it's
proprietary. I think that at the very least this should be
challenged: the Diebold code
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:43:05 -0600, Robert Seeberger
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Bryon Daly wrote:
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:11 -0800 (PST), David Brin
experiences a la Arnold's promised Mars adventure in The Running
Man.
Total Recall
Doh! What he said
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Since we've heard a lot about Red States and Blue
States I thought posting a link to this graphic would
be interesting. I'd been planning on making it
myself, but luckily someone much better at computers
beat me
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:11 -0800 (PST), David Brin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote some
cool kiln speculations. I already did deal with
religious conservative opposition to kilning and with
sexual variations.
The alien idea though is one that I was
On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:55:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi ya'll.
You probably did not notice that I dropped out of the list for some time -
about 7 months. If you remember, I last left the list after announcing that
I was diagnosed with Cancer, and was starting
On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:17:34 -0800, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
After an enjoyable late evening Friday with David Brin, David Land and a
few others who aren't on the list, I got up Saturday morning and
headed to Modesto, where my wife already was, to help get things ready
for her
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 05:19:44 -0800 (PST), Chad Underkoffler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
To shift gears from politics, I have a question: what's the
protocol for discussing books and movies on this list?
Politics only! There will be absolutely no discussion of books and
movies on this list!
On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 22:16:18 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson
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On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/purple_america_2004_small.gif
I'd like to know what's up with the black counties, though.
From the orignal site:
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:01:07 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda
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What's your evidence? Mine is pretty simple. Right
now we're at war. Turnout was high. In 1968 we were
at war. Turnout was high. In 1864 we were in the
middle of a Civil War, and turnout was _unbelievably_
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:59:28 -0700, Warren Ockrassa
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When was the last time a president was really a man of the people, as
opposed to someone ludicrously rich, born to privilege, and utterly out
of touch with workaday realities?
Clinton doesn't count? While certainly
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 09:05:38 -0800 (PST), Damon Agretto
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I suspect Mossad...
Why? Failing health at 75 isn't so unusal. The Israelis could have
killed him any time they wanted, so why now? I had gotten the
impression a while back that Arafat no longer had much control
On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:31:46 -0700, Warren Ockrassa
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On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:49 AM, Bryon Daly wrote:
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:59:28 -0700, Warren Ockrassa
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When was the last time a president was really a man of the people, as
opposed to someone
On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 10:35:02 -0800 (PST), kerri miller
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I'm pretty depressed right now, living in a country that wants to legislate
me out of existence, an administration that lies to me and encourages hate
and violence toward my tribe. I weep, and today can no longer
On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 22:37:48 -0600, Robert Seeberger
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Try reading this as it is very very interesting:
http://www.electoral-vote.com/info/votemaster-faq.html
As soon as I saw his name (Andrew Tannenbaum), I thought Gee - is
that the Andrew S. Tannenbaum who wrote the
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 14:53:23 -0800 (PST), Deborah Harrell
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who apologizes if somebody already said this, and felt
a teeny bit smug about avoiding the long lines to vote
today (although a wait of 1.25 hours last Fri, in
Early Voting, was hardly better!) :)
Holy cow -
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004 13:36:51 -0800, d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This from Stefan Jones. It's circulating on Slashdot:
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((Translation may be suspect.))
Anyone catch the Osama translation sketch on SNL this weekend?
Some pretty funny bits. I tried to find it (or a transcript)
On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 17:08:59 -0400, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Whine, whine, whine. If you just paid attention, you wouldn't have to
whine about it. It is strange how people confuse paying attention with
intelligence.
Just curious: If he was unfamiliar with Casablanca and the
On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 16:39:13 +1000, Russell Chapman
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Hi fellow Brinellers
Can anyone who lives in the Bay area help me?
I am working out my schedule for the Christmas holidays, and many of my
friends have recommended I rent a bicycle and ride over the Golden Gate
and
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