Gateways: Tribute to Fred Pohl with stories by Bear, Benford, Brin, Bova, Gaiman, Harrison, Haldeman and me!

2010-07-18 Thread Han Tacoma
Just as a token of my resurrection ☺ http://craphound.com/?p=3025 Han THANK YOU for deleting my e-mail address or any other e-mail addresses from this message if you plan to forward it. And PLEASE use Bcc: for any bulk e-mailings, instead of To: or Cc:. If you help keep our addresses private,

[Off-List] Re: Irrregulars Questions on Macs

2003-06-11 Thread Han Tacoma
think it worthwhile, they don't come with the Macs but the first one is Freeware, the second, Shareware. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 06

Switching to NO-MAIL

2003-06-10 Thread Han Tacoma
at the digest whenever time permits to keep up with the events at hand. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

GPF/LPF (was Re: Plonkworthy?)

2003-06-09 Thread Han Tacoma
is the larger. The ratio is 1 gal(CAN) = 4.535 / 3.786 = 1.198 gal (US). Rounding this off to 3 significant figures, we find 1 gal(CAN) = 1.20 gal(US). Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Sleep Apnea

2003-06-08 Thread Han Tacoma
http://www.dermnetnz.org/index.html Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ - Original Message - From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 1:40 PM Subject: RE: Sleep Apnea From: Nick Arnett

Re: global attitudes project

2003-06-07 Thread Han Tacoma
://people-press.org/reports/pdf/ Cheers! -- Han Tacoma -wondering how The Pew Charitable Trusts http://www.pewtrusts.com/ will be affected by http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.7: - the colon *has* to be typed! ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Re: Amusement if your net connection is intermittent

2003-06-07 Thread Han Tacoma
sec 5MB mpeg. The complete Movie 12:40min mpeg, Good Quality 73MB, A High Quality 121MB Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: China RFID tracking people

2003-06-07 Thread Han Tacoma
English is such a fun language! ...and there's more exceptions than there are rules :-) Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: World cancer death rates have increased by 35% from 1987 to1995 says WHO, and they'll double again by 2020.

2003-06-07 Thread Han Tacoma
research that the rotting meat causes cancer, there does seem to be anecdotal research suggesting such. Has anybody checked who farts more?, their dogs and cats, or their rabbits and cockatoos?, horses and cows? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Re: English rules exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people

2003-06-07 Thread Han Tacoma
Julia (Sat, 07 Jun 2003 14:05:02 -0500) writes: Han Tacoma wrote: Debbi explains the origins of fish on (Fri, 6 Jun 2003 01:22:12 -0700 (PDT)) [..gone snip crazy...] I don't remember all the words it comes from, but IIRC ghoti is an alternative spelling for the sound fish

Re: English rules exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people

2003-06-07 Thread Han Tacoma
Amendment at the end. - Original Message - From: Han Tacoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, June 07, 2003 4:52 PM Subject: Re: English rules exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people Julia (Sat, 07 Jun 2003 14:05:02 -0500) writes: Han

Re: English rules exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people

2003-06-07 Thread Han Tacoma
(1342 - 1400) When in April the sweet showers fall That pierce March's drought to the root and all ...and to think that the former could have been spoken if Gutemberg hadn't circa 1450 come up with the printing press. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

We need your help to save Foundation dollars now and in the future

2003-06-06 Thread Han Tacoma
would just go and write the letter they are suggesting without giving it further thought. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ - Original Message - Date: Thu, 5 Jun 2003 00:01:25 -0500 From: Disabled Disability and Psychology Discussion Group

Corporate Global Health Project

2003-06-06 Thread Han Tacoma
! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Canadian Anti-Smoking Lawsuit Struck Down

2003-06-06 Thread Han Tacoma
://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=healthNewsstoryID=2888928 Pity :-( Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Start Trek upbringing of Grandchildren

2003-06-04 Thread Han Tacoma
Something I hope will bring a smirk on somebody's face today. Son #1 and Son #2 are 11 months apart (30-something-ish) Ethan turned 1 on May 1st..., Ciela will turn 2 on July 25th. Cheers! Han -Original Message- From: Son # 1 To: Son # 2 Cc: DAD Sent: Friday, May 30, 2003 12:18 PM

L3: World cancer death rates have increased by 35% from 1987 to1995 says WHO, and they'll double again by 2020.

2003-06-04 Thread Han Tacoma
of recently published books. http://bookorders.who.int:8080/newaccess/anglais/newpublications1.jsp A matter of time and money! So I just have to settle visiting the site once in a while http://www.who.int/en/ Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

L3: Meet Canada The Global Arms Dealer

2003-06-04 Thread Han Tacoma
I'm appalled; should make the list's hawks less anti-canadian, I guess. -- Han Tacoma - Sometimes Ignorance is Bliss Maru! ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ --- Meet Canada The Global Arms Dealer by Stephen James-Kerr; May 25

Re: L3: Meet Canada The Global Arms Dealer

2003-06-04 Thread Han Tacoma
Andy (Wed, 04 Jun 2003 02:54:30 +0100) wrote: \ On 3 Jun 2003 at 16:35, Han Tacoma wrote: I'm appalled; should make the list's hawks less anti-canadian, I guess. Snort. Two contradictory arguments. There's a semicolon in the statement. 1) I don't like the idea of Canada promoting war

Re: media consolidation

2003-06-03 Thread Han Tacoma
The Fool (2 Jun 2003 07:19:28 -0500) wrote: http://www.sarahstirland.com/archives/mediacon.htm It's a picture. ...and to think I still only have rabbit ears :-) Cheers! -- Han Tacoma - Feeling like a caveman! ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

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

2003-06-02 Thread Han Tacoma
. (it is this last point that I refer to in my tempering statement.) BTW, I've never needed to go past number 3. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ - Original Message - From: Jan Coffey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday

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

2003-06-02 Thread Han Tacoma
Andrew Crystall (Sun, 01 Jun 2003 21:53:01 +0100) writes: On 1 Jun 2003 at 16:29, Han Tacoma wrote: My Sifu (I trained in Kung-Fu -- let's not get into the multiple spellings...) gave us a hierarchy of actions when faced with by a situation (this over 40 years old.) 1. Run whenever

Suffer the Little Children in the Search for Cures_USA Today

2003-05-31 Thread Han Tacoma
purposes. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml If you wish to use copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use', you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Re: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

2003-05-31 Thread Han Tacoma
like Catch-22 to me. Have a great weekend! Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The Geek Test

2003-05-30 Thread Han Tacoma
OK, for all Geeks, here's something to test yourselves with. The Packman Game http://www.myfreearcade.com/games/splatman.swf Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The Borg are coming!

2003-05-30 Thread Han Tacoma
You will be assimilated! The US has every intention of deploying weapons in space, ultimately in order to control access to the atmosphere and outer space, and to be able to hit land and sea-based targets anytime, anywhere. Less need for messy and time-consuming troop deployments, which arouse

Bitter battle over sugar findings

2003-05-30 Thread Han Tacoma
criticisms, claiming their findings concurred with the conclusions of 23 national reports which have, on average, set targets of 10 per cent for added sugars. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http

Re: The Geek Test

2003-05-29 Thread Han Tacoma
I ranked: 31.36095% - Total Geek Cheers! -- Han Tacoma - Wondering when the Brin-L Geek Matrix will be setup? ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

WMD: US Restarts Nuclear Program

2003-05-27 Thread Han Tacoma
them about 4,000 nuclear weapons that can be fired in a few minutes. All content on this site is 2003 by Repbulicons.org, unless otherwise noted. Please review our privacy policy and terms of use before continuing to use this site. Technical comments should be made to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Han

If a Picture is Worth One Thousand Words, This Mountain Stores Lotsof Words

2003-05-27 Thread Han Tacoma
From my Inbox: The Bettman Archive used to reside in downtown Manhattan. It is now under a mountain in western Pennsylvania in a very cold vault owned by a Bill Gates Company named Corbis. This very extensive article in the Washington Post will be of great interest to any who are involved with

Re: Pregnancy update

2003-05-27 Thread Han Tacoma
Julia, My heartfelt congratulations. I'm going to have to talk to my daughters-in-law to see if they can pull one of those off -- I'd love to become Opa to twins, specially girls! Best -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ - Original Message - From: Julia

Re: Nukes found with reactor vessel woes-NRC

2003-05-27 Thread Han Tacoma
.html Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Serendipity

2003-04-05 Thread Han Tacoma
up for Nick's KM list I would have missed all this. I call that Serendipity. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Travel advice needed

2003-04-05 Thread Han Tacoma
ne pas bon :-) -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Nick? Re: Timewarp (was: Calls for an Attack on Riyadh)

2003-04-04 Thread Han Tacoma
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: --- Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: Just wondering what the timesatmp looks like when posting from Yahoo Groups? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence

Re: Nick? Re: Timewarp (was: Calls for an Attack on Riyadh)

2003-04-04 Thread Han Tacoma
This is what I sent: To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Han Tacoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri Apr 4, 2003 8:58 pm Subject: Nick? Re: Timewarp (was: Calls for an Attack on Riyadh) --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Mesopotamia International Airport

2003-04-04 Thread Han Tacoma
GENIUSES... who named the operation to bring Iraqis freedom Operation Iraqi Freedom have renamed Baghdads international airport Baghdad International Airport. And they say the military mind is not creative. How about selling the naming rights to help pay for this shindig? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma

Re: 51%

2003-03-29 Thread Han Tacoma
On March 28, 2003 2:40 PM, Julia asked: That is an oxymoron! In light of the above IQ definition, what *would* an oxymoron be? :) : a combination of contradictory or incongruous words. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Confusing Military Unit Terms and Links to Sources of Military TermDefinitions

2003-03-29 Thread Han Tacoma
Repost from [EMAIL PROTECTED] with permission from David and Chuck. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ -- Date:Thu, 27 Mar 2003 15:53:51 -0500 From:David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RESOURCES: Confusing Military

Re: Confusing Military Unit Terms and Links to Sources of MilitaryTerm Definitions

2003-03-29 Thread Han Tacoma
, and then some. I made use of http://makeashorterlink.com to keep you from having to cut and paste. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ - Original Message - From: David P. Dillard [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Han Tacoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent

Re: 51%

2003-03-29 Thread Han Tacoma
? ...wouldn't have to be looking over your shoulder all the time :) Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: data warehouse

2003-03-29 Thread Han Tacoma
://www.research.ibm.com/journal/ Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Who lied to Whom?

2003-03-29 Thread Han Tacoma
The New Yorker WHO LIED TO WHOM? by SEYMOUR M. HERSH Why did the Administration endorse a forgery about Iraqs nuclear program? Issue of 2003-03-31 Posted 2003-03-24 http://www.newyorker.com/fact/content/?030331fa_fact1 Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Saddam is not only polarizing the Arab nations...

2003-03-26 Thread Han Tacoma
fanatical leader who was trying to take over the world. Our parents and grandparents were there protecting us and it took an attack on Pearl Harbor in order for the US to finally join the fight. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Free Enterprise and Gambling

2003-03-25 Thread Han Tacoma
This is kinda sick don't you think? Cheers! (...not!) -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ~~ Gamblers Place Wagers on Saddam's Demise Mon March 24, 2003 11:20 AM ET By Philip Klein NEW YORK (Reuters) http://www.reuters.com

Re: article

2003-03-24 Thread Han Tacoma
thoughts are not going to be well received at another time. Which goes back to some stuff going on here last week, I think. Julia -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

L3: My ongoing concern about water (Can you swallow this?)

2003-03-24 Thread Han Tacoma
of Canada, value our water, we must take direct action to protect it at every level of government, and we must act NOW. Pat Bennett is a freelance writer living in Longworth, BC. She has a passionate interest in water and environmental issues. ~ Cheers! -- Han

Re: $2 bills...

2003-03-22 Thread Han Tacoma
, I see him as an individual with a profound vision of *humanity*. I seem to recall a story where he and James Madison are discussing the issue of democracy (voting) -- I think everybody should have the right to vote and Madison replied Are you nuts!?, they're not qualified! Cheers! -- Han Tacoma

Re: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Han Tacoma
?, well, ...there's something similar about Linux: Real geeks use Slackware! Anyway, it's too late now, I think you would have learned a lot more if you'd gone the Slackware route -- any other distribution makes it too easy, and you don't get to really *know* Linux. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma - getting

Re: Books on Red Hat Linux 7.2

2003-03-21 Thread Han Tacoma
?, well, ...there's something similar about Linux: Real geeks use Slackware! Anyway, it's too late now, I think you would have learned a lot more if you'd gone the Slackware route -- any other distribution makes it too easy, and you don't get to really *know* Linux. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma - getting

Re: Blood for Oil Analysis

2003-03-19 Thread Han Tacoma
- Iraq the U.S. Global Agenda on Feb. 23, 2003 http://www.freespeech.org/fsitv/ramfiles/iraq_everest_022303.ram (it's about an hour RealTime movie) Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Strange Science: The Rocky Road to Modern Paleontology and Biology

2003-03-19 Thread Han Tacoma
mistakes about dinosaurs, mammals, sea monsters, and prehistoric beasts. === Enjoy! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: France's influence

2003-03-18 Thread Han Tacoma
you to take harmonica lessons. COUNTERCULTURE: Wow, dude, there's like...these two cows, an. You have **got** to have some of this milk. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: France's influence

2003-03-18 Thread Han Tacoma
On Tuesday, March 18, 2003 9:03 AM, Han Tacoma (that's me) wrote: On Monday, March 17, 2003 5:05 PM, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: iaamoac [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003 21:39:52 - At 15:11 17-03-03 -0600, Dan Minette wrote: Q.E.D. Uhhh. I don't know how Dutch

Total Information Delusion

2003-03-17 Thread Han Tacoma
remember correctly Poindexter wanted this even before Cliff Stoll wrote The Cuckoo's Egg, I remember him making referrence to that in the book (1989?). Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: The Arrogant Empire

2003-03-17 Thread Han Tacoma
, etc., come to mind. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The World's First Brain Prosthesis

2003-03-17 Thread Han Tacoma
On Sunday, March 16, 2003 1:17 PM, Adrew Crystall wrote: On 16 Mar 2003 at 17:06, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: From: Han Tacoma [EMAIL PROTECTED] The World's First Brain Prosthesis By DUNCAN GRAHAM-ROWE Posts like these are one of the reasons for being addicted to the list

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-16 Thread Han Tacoma
On Sunday, March 16, 2003 8:10 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: On 15 Mar 2003 at 22:59, Han Tacoma wrote: My opinion is that the French have the same misgivings as the American Jewish community has: I retract my _generalization_ of the American Jewish Community in the context that I used

Trolling vs. healthy debates

2003-03-16 Thread Han Tacoma
How do we differentiate trolling from engaging in a healthy debate about any given issue? Sometimes I feel that the line separating these is an extremely fine one and hard to find. Any opinions out there? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Trolling vs. healthy debates

2003-03-16 Thread Han Tacoma
How do we differentiate trolling from engaging in a healthy debate about any given issue? Sometimes I feel that the line separating these is an extremely fine one and hard to find. Any opinions out there? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

The World's First Brain Prosthesis

2003-03-15 Thread Han Tacoma
new memories. If someone can't form new memories, then to what extent can they give consent to have this implant? -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ a.k.a. ~ Bionic Brain ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin

New Presidential Order on Declassification (or lack there of)

2003-03-15 Thread Han Tacoma
to documents librarians: Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Heinlein and current international politics L3

2003-03-15 Thread Han Tacoma
/national/15JEWS.html?th Divide Among Jews Leads to Silence on Iraq War By LAURIE GOODSTEIN March 15, 2003 Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

E-Learning on the Patriot Act

2003-03-10 Thread Han Tacoma
disclosures; . Citizen enforcement of 4th Amendment rights; . The intersection between the 1st and the 4th Amendments - the limits of police surveillance; and, . The future: The Son of the Patriot Act. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Re: Genghis Khan, super-stud

2003-03-10 Thread Han Tacoma
On Sunday, March 09, 2003 6:16 AM, Jeroen I'm hungry, feed me! van Baardwijk wrote: At 15:56 8-3-2003 -0500, Han Tacoma wrote: Can't say I ever had that urge. However, Sonja and I do enjoy eating at our local Mongolian restaurant named after said warrior. The only one in Holland (I

Re: Genghis Khan, super-stud

2003-03-08 Thread Han Tacoma
approaching their table, on her way back to our table... Maybe too much ricewine? Is Dhr. Raoul Lallji still the Chef-kok? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Another breed of international criminals: Patients (not L3)

2003-03-08 Thread Han Tacoma
On Friday, March 07, 2003 2:54 PM, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Han Tacoma Subject: L3 Another breed of international criminals: Patients Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2003 14:15:23 -0500 An article that appeared in The Boston Globe, while it seems to have come to my attention with title and date different

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-07 Thread Han Tacoma
On Thu Mar 6 18:04:31 PST 2003, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:45 AM 3/4/03 -0500, Han Tacoma wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2003 19:35:29 -0800 Nick Arnett wrote: [...snip...] mistaken and by that time I had already left IBM with my early retirement package and was learning a new life

L3 Another breed of international criminals: Patients

2003-03-07 Thread Han Tacoma
protection of human life as the frontiers of science expand. But this is where those expanding frontiers of science are stopped cold: right at the borders of the United States. [EMAIL PROTECTED] So what's wrong with this picture? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

If You Think A Gallon Of Gas Is Expensive.....

2003-03-07 Thread Han Tacoma
BISMOL or NYQUIL! Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Lawyer Arrested for Wearing a 'Peace' T-Shirt

2003-03-06 Thread Han Tacoma
- but my guess is that the Mall is private property, and thus, their rights will be upheld. I'm sure that in my example everyone in the house would be arrested for selling or allowing the sale of forbidden goods :-) Cheers! -- Han Tacoma - knows he's streching the metaphor! ~ Artificial

Re: Letter to a Dutchman: What This War is About

2003-03-06 Thread Han Tacoma
. -George W. Bush 1/29/03 I think this is something worthy of semantic analysis. Cheers! -- Han Tacoma - a dutchman feeling baited :-) ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-05 Thread Han Tacoma
On Tue Mar 4 18:42:38 PST 2003, Reggie Bautista wrote: Han Tacoma wrote: On Mon, 03 Mar 2003 21:32:36 -0600 Reggie Bautista gives me a well deserved lecture about the list's netiquette: [...snip...] I wasn't trying to lecture, just inform :-) Just jesting, thanks though :-) [...snip

The Jonathan B. Postel Service Award

2003-03-05 Thread Han Tacoma
I'm sort of out of circulation and thought maybe somebody here knows someone worthy of being nominated for the Jonathan B. Postel Service Award http://www.isoc.org/awards/ Deadline for nominations is 23 April 2003 . Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-04 Thread Han Tacoma
I'm going OT, but here's a shameless plug to The Miniature Earth as well. http://www.thesustainablevillage.com/miniature_earth/miniature_earth.htm Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Han Tacoma
programming has now been overshadowed by other paradigms and this only confirms that old adage the only constant in the universe is change. Cheers! (...please be gentle and don't flame me!) -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-01 Thread Han Tacoma
to know you? Cheers! -- Han Tacoma ~ Artificial Intelligence is better than none! ~ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l