Re: We Will Not Be Afraid

2006-10-20 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On 10/20/06, Ritu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan Minette wrote: The nature of the attack was that it was made by folks hiding among the general population, pretending to be engaged in lawful activities. Isn't that the nature of *all* terrorist attacks? I am struggling to think of even one

Re: Anti-Matter Collisions

2006-09-06 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On 9/6/06, John W Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If our Milky Way were to collide with an anti-matter galaxy of equal mass, perhaps one that our astronomers had somehow overlooked, and tomorrow our whole galaxy were to cease to exist, what difference would it make? Is the universe benefited

Re: My Wraptures-ready Sunday

2006-08-02 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On 8/1/06, Gibson Jonathan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Aside: Just between you, me, Killer B's, and the NSA, I worry my son will have no college fund. This was tough though doable when I went to school {$11K/yr Tulane 1986}, but costs are so vastly more expensive now {$43K Tulane 2006} that I

Re: Brin. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::

2006-05-29 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On 5/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been accused of continually seeing the obvious that does not exist. I didn't remember the translator's name, and so I had to look through five different editions at the used bookstore until I found the one that matched the movie.

Re: Xbox 360

2006-05-10 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On 5/10/06, Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charlie said: But yes, that's the idea of the books, I think. Let's face it, the vast vast majority of the Culture's citizens (both flesh and machine) live happy hedonistic lives - it's the edges where the Culture meets other civs and the

Re: MoMA and Pixar

2006-01-09 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
2006/1/9, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]: At 07:25 AM Monday 1/9/2006, Jim Sharkey wrote: My younger two enjoyed seeing the exhibits as well, though my littlest loudly proclaimed, upon seeing a statue of a naked guy, that His weiner's hanging out, Daddy! Yes, well, that's called art,

Re: Cocoa additives

2005-12-17 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
2005/12/12, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I like having something minty in my cocoa. :) And it's just the time for it. One of my favourite seasonal treats is hot chocolate with a candy cane suspended from the rim of the cup. Stem goes inside, smallcanes are more practical. Yummy.

Re: Are you in the right religion?

2005-08-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
2005/8/3, Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I find it fascinating that Roman Catholocism is so remote from the Christian Protestants. According to mine, I am 98% Mainline to Liberal Christian Protestants, yet only 14% Catholic. In between is 30% Islam, 66% Buddhism, and 82% Neo-Pagan.

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:10:57 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/21/2004 11:05:58 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if I had the money now, I'd wait until the fifth model comes out

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:39:56 -0800, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:10:57 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:39:56 -0800, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:10:57 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Fantasy Book Recommendations

2004-10-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 18:05:50 +1000, Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I seek the assistance of my fellow Brinellers on my quest... The only fantasy books I have ever read are the Harry Potter books, and I have so many other books in my waiting pile, I don't see that changing anytime

Re: The gospel according to Jimmy Breslin

2004-09-13 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Mon, 13 Sep 2004 14:28:16 -0700 (PDT), Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: His numbers look impressive -- perhaps even damning -- but don't reflect any analysis IMHO, at least from the information presented. Damon. The point isn't the numbers. We know that there are Catholic priests

Ti-Pou is now 22 and 1/2 hours old

2003-09-18 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
wait to see him. Jean-Louis Couturier Woo-hoo! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Decline in SF?

2003-09-12 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
John Horn wrote: But I absolutely loathed the second trilogy.  IIRC, everything I liked about the first series was hacked up and destroyed in the second.    Ritu wrote: Well, a few things did survive [and I am very glad Donaldson never confirmed the destruction of Ranhyn] but the land was

FW: How do we read?

2003-09-12 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Received through a co-worker subscribed to a tech writer's list. --- Instructions: Just read the sentence straight through without really thinking about it. Acocdrnig to an elgnsih unviesitry sutdy the oredr of letetrs in a wrod dosen't mttaer, the olny thnig thta's iopmrantt is that the

Re: FW: How do we read?

2003-09-12 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 15:10 2003-09-12 -0500, Julia wrote: Not quite so well for me. Took me about 25-50% longer than it should have, and if everything I read were so jumbled, I'd get massive headaches from reading, based on the little bit that that one short passage did. Hmm, it took me longer too but I

Re: FW: How do we read?

2003-09-12 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Jon wrote: Hey, that's right!!!  Good luck to you and your wife  (I know I said this to Julia earlier, but I hope it's an easy delivery for you both.) It's going to be a C section. The baby is demonstrating congenital pig-headedness and won't turn around. When he is born next Tuesday

Re: BBC to put television show archive online

2003-08-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 11:13 2003-08-27 -0700, Matt wrote: It looks like we'll be able to download all our favorite old BBC shows! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/3177479.stm or: http://tinyurl.com/l12m -- Matt I sense an imminent _Dr Who_ binge. And _Neverwhere_ and _Red Dwarf_ and _Hitch

Re: ADMIN: Back to our MTA

2003-08-26 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 13:02 2003-08-26 -0700, Nick wrote: Brinellers, With any luck (of which we're having little lately), this message will reach you. Something weird began happening Saturday, stopping delivery of a lot of list mail. I can't figure it out -- I'm getting everything I send, as well as a few

RE: Scouted: Bester News

2003-08-14 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 20:47 2003-08-05 -0500, Reggie wrote: That's the same episode of B5 that had the worst joke in the entire run of the series. Sheridan: Knock knock. Ivanova: Who's there? Sheridan: Kosh Ivanova: Kosh who? Do I really even need to finish it? Reggie Bautista Would have been funnier

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-14 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 23:12 2003-08-07 -0700, Josh wrote: I'm a manager @ MSFT now, with two people working for me. I think I mentioned the product I'm pouring my life-blood into before, but it's actually gotten news and a real name now so someone on the list may have heard of it - Microsoft Office InfoPath 2003.

OFFLIST : Re: I've done it again!

2003-08-14 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 13:04 2003-08-12 -0500, you wrote: Reproduced, that is. Alexander Norman Lipscomb (Alec) was born at 7:46 AM on Monday, August 11th. He weighed 9 lbs, 8 oz, and his mother is incredibly happy that someone else will be carrying him for the next while. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Read

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

2003-08-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 19:27 2003-07-31 -0500, Ronn! wrote: At 10:20 AM 8/1/03 +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: Loo-tin-at Ker-nal. Leftennant Kernal for those of us who recognise Queen Elizabeth II. If Lieutenant is a french word, we say leftennant and USA'ns say Lootenant, what do the French say?

RE: When does it end? (RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words)

2003-07-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
John D Giorgis wrote: I disagree with this. Suicide bombings, hijackings, Oklahoma City-style bombings, etc. all strike me as fairly modern inventions. At 14:08 2003-07-31 -0400, you wrote: No, hijackings and truck bombings are modern inventions technologically but the targeting of civilian

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 16:31 2003-07-31 -0500, Julia wrote: Just thought of a scenario not handled by this: Woman man marry Woman man have baby Woman man get divorced Woman gets custody Woman marries another man Woman is killed in an accident when child is 6 years old Who gets primary custody at *this* point?

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-07-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Jan Coffey wrote: Now, would anyone like to actualy talk about the article for which this thread is titled? At 16:25 2003-07-31 -0500, Julia wrote: Hm. After a bit of thinking, I have: 1) Automatically assumes that anyone disagreeing on a particular point takes the *extreme* position in the

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-25 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 18:29 2003-07-24 -0500, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution The family is not in any danger. I differ with this statement. I

Re: The Case for a Marriage Ammendment to the Constitution

2003-07-24 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 07:26 2003-07-24 -0400, John D Giorgis posted a text containing the following: Gay marriage would cut the final cord that ties marriage to the well-being of children. It is a step we should not take. Our cultural forgetting of the meaning of marriage has already had too many sad consequences

SCOUTED : 'Reading Rainbow' and its elusive pot of gold

2003-07-10 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
It's wholesome, bright, and unpolluted by advertising tie-in gimmicks; it promotes literacy, and my children benefit from it enormously, so it's only natural that the PBS show Reading Rainbow is about to lose its signature butterfly wings due to a lack of funding.

RE: test

2003-07-10 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 06:34 2003-07-10 -0700, Nick wrote: Believe me, I would have noticed -- we're on a very short deadline... announcement to follow in the next three hours. Nick Nice way to pique my curiosity, Nick. Should I put some bubbly in the refrigerator? Jean-Louis

Re: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 13:02 2003-06-27 -0500, Ronn! wrote: On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic complex, outside the U.S. Embassy in Liberia's capital, accusing the

RE: Liberia's woes

2003-06-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:10 2003-06-27 -0700, Chad wrote: Of course, we could just step in a take Charles Taylor out of office fairly easily, without fighting rebel soldiers. But what happens when we do so? We now own Liberia, and would be expected to take care of it until the rebels decide to lay down their arms. I

Re: Scouted: Big-Fish Stocks Fall 90 Percent Since 1950

2003-06-25 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 22:35 2003-06-23 +0100, you wrote: On 23 Jun 2003 at 17:09, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: National Geographic News February 26, 2002 The demand for fresh fish in homes and restaurants around the world is soaring at a time when well-established fisheries are becoming exhausted. To meet

Re: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 10:39 2003-06-21 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: In the One True ChurchG Mary is not deified, but being the Mother Of God she sits close at the right hand of God in heaven and has influence as an Advocate. What this clearly shows is the influence of the fuedal (for lack of a better word) society

RE: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:06 2003-06-22 -0500, Ronn! wrote: At 12:55 PM 6/22/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Ronn! wrote: One question which might be asked here is why does anyone need someone else to pray for them? IOW, why is it necessary for a Catholic to pray to Mary and ask her to pray to God for them? Why

RE: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 07:31 2003-06-23 -0700, Nick wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Reggie Bautista ... rob wrote: Mary and the other saints are a lot like union stewards. They can get things done for you. G It's quite a different meme than the

Re: Neanderthal Question ...

2003-06-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:47 2003-06-23 -0500, Ronn! wrote: Okay, but it removes the opportunity for pun-loving *American*¹ students to express just how sick the topic makes them . . . _ ¹Who by definition know nothing of French but the fries . . . -- Ronn! :) WHAT? Haven't they heard of the kisses?? You

RE: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 15:04 2003-06-23 -0500, Ronn! wrote: Is there a belief, either official or unofficial, that they cannot get into heaven without that process? -- Ronn! :) No. There is a belief, however, that it may make things easier. God is the final Judge, but he may, in His wisdom, take in account the

Re: Scouted: Big-Fish Stocks Fall 90 Percent Since 1950

2003-06-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 10:58 2003-06-23 -0400, you wrote: Articles are old, but I don't think they've been posted yet: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2003/05/0515_030515_fishdecline.html Big-Fish Stocks Fall 90 Percent Since 1950, Study Says National Geographic News May 15, 2003 Only 10 percent of all large

Re: China RFID tracking people

2003-06-06 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 15:43 2003-06-05 -0500, Julia wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:20 AM 6/5/03 -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: --- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://news.com.com/2009-1088-984352.html?tag=fd_rndm#38 China raises the red tag RFID tags aren't just for tracking consumer goods

Re: Use of cameras

2003-06-04 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 09:52 2003-06-03 -0500, Steve wrote: Ray Ludenia wrote: Actually cars are not required to have a speedo (at least here in Victoria). Is that anything like a car bra, maybe for the trunk/boot area? ;-) Particularily hard on the eyes when worn by white mini-vans near floridian beaches.

Re: Pregnancy update

2003-05-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 12:51 2003-05-27 -0500, Julia wrote: I had my first (but not my last) ultrasound exam with this pregnancy. Both twin girls are fine so far. Their parents, on the other hand, are in a bit of shock at the news. And their big brother doesn't quite understand what's going on, but was interested

Re: Canada

2003-04-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
with calls of support and sympathy from across Canada after reports about the Americans' soured trip north. snip/ There are ***holes everywhere. They should not be seen as being representative of the population at large. Jean-Louis Couturier GSV Quite nice when met in person

Re: Question for those who are anti-war . . .

2003-04-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 20:01 2003-03-31 -0600, rob wrote: Soviet Russia used to do things like this, and you never saw this level of protest over it. China is still in Tibet and the protest is minimal in comparison. A lot is made by the rest of the world of Americas inconsistencies in foreign policy. But the rest of

Re: Saddam is not only polarizing the Arab nations...

2003-03-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 08:42 2003-03-30 -0500, Dean wrote: On Thu, 27 Mar 2003 17:10:03 -0500, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: I actually think that Chrétien has gone with his principles on this issue. He wants to have an actual 'international community' and believes the UN is the closest thing to getting one. You

Re: Brin-L population explosion, cont'd

2003-03-28 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 18:10 2003-03-27 -0600, Adam wrote: I'm going to *not* make the retort that immediately came to mind, as I'm already in trouble about Baby Skeletor (NOTE: Waving a sonogram in your pregnant wife's face and saying, I am Baby Skeletor! Fear me, He-Man! is never, under any circumstances, a Good

Re: Saddam is not only polarizing the Arab nations...

2003-03-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 12:33 2003-03-27 -0500, Dean wrote: I find it difficult to determine the reasons for the fence sitting posture of the current Canadian government with regard to the Iraq war (does this war have a name yet?). It must be one or a combination of the following: - trying to follow public opinion

Re: Something wonderful happened today...

2003-03-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 22:12 2003-03-20 -0500, Matthew wrote: Here name is: Anneka Marie Bos She's 6 pounds 4 ounces, Nineteen and a half inches long. Born at 1:32 on Thursday Mother and daughter are doing fine. Father is a nervous wreck. She gets her first name after her great-aunt Anneke from the Netherlands, here

Re: Relief

2003-03-13 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 19:15 2003-03-13 +0100, Jean-Marc wrote: As for talking of relief, I've spent this morning the five worst minutes of my life between the time I've received a phone call telling me that my daughter had been knocked down by a car in her way to school and the time I arrived on scene seeing that

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-10 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 20:03 2003-03-09 -0500, John wrote: Russia can't really be called a democracy until it truly has an opposition, and the opposition succeeds in getting elected. (This will probably eliminate a few other candidates I included originally - but that was more of an outline, really, than anything.)

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-10 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 19:35 2003-03-09 -0500, John wrote: Let's say that the US proposes a League of Democracies, with membership invitations extended to all members of NATO, all members of the EU (including newly invited members), most of Latin America (except Cuba, Venezuela, and a few others), Japan, Republic of

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-09 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Sun, Mar 09, 2003 at 02:45:50PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: Unfortunately, the US would be very foolish to create a new such organization, in which it could be outvoted That is called democracy, and it is not foolish. The organization should have proportional representation, with each

Re: Brin Book Analysis

2003-03-07 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 15:54 2003-03-05 -0500, Jon wrote: I keep forgetting to post this: There were no additional votes last week, so Dr. Brin's Earth has won. Now for the hard part... :) Jon Notepad? Check. Pen? Check. Copy of _Earth_? Check. OK, I'm ready. Jean-Louis

Re: signs, astrology, numerology and other prattling

2003-02-25 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 19:38 2003-02-24 -0500, Gary wrote: Warning, this post is the result of a long day and a tired mind mixed with a little bit of sentimentality, so no flames, virtual bricks or snide comments please :-) Now come on, play fair! I am not a big believer in signs or astrology, but sometimes the

Re: Banning the French . . .

2003-02-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
grin Does anyone know off the top of their head by what margin Chirac won? (Yes, I _could_ look it up on my own, but I'm betting that someone here already has the fax. :} ) I'm just wondering how many French people are saying, But he's not my president; I didn't vote for him! ;) He got more than

Re: France is the Enemy

2003-02-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 08:49 2003-02-21 -0300, Alberto wrote: I am conditioned from Kindergarten to think of the French as the enemies. They are the only foreign power that sacked Rio de Janeiro. A really evil people. [the Dutch are evil, too, but their invasion was much closer to the equator than this tropical site]

[SCOUTED] Spider Robinson on the Shuttle accident

2003-02-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
In the Globe and Mail this morning : http://shorterlink.com/?RDUFJG Comet of grief and hope Saturday's terrible news reminded me and my wife of her near-rendezvous with the Challenger -- and why we believe that space voyaging must go on By SPIDER ROBINSON Monday, February 3, 2003 – Page A15

Re: Thanks for suggestions

2003-02-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 08:34 2003-02-02 -0800, Nick wrote: Thanks, everyone, for all the book suggestions. Many were somewhat obvious (like the whole genre of cyberpunk) but the neurons weren't clicking. Nick I'd like to add one more suggestion. Jim Munroe's _Everyone in Silico_ is a great read, and is more

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 12:42 2003-02-03 -0500, Erik wrote: On Fri, Jan 31, 2003 at 11:25:32PM -0500, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: What if you compare the number with a country's GDP? Still #1 you think? People need food calories, not percentages of GDP. Ask a hungry person which is more important, what

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:46 2003-02-03 -0500, John wrote: If you look at that total number, I think that you will see that the American people are quite generous when it comes to charitably supporting the rest of the world. JDG I'm not saying you're not generous. I'm saying you're not alone. I'm hearing more

Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
--- Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 14:06 2003-01-29 -0800, Gautam wrote: No. I think that arguing that France and Germany are selfless is, almost by definition, ridiculous - when have they _ever_ acted in such a way? If you say that about the US, it's at least possible

Re: News Was:Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Awful indecent of me to not mention this previously, But Susan and i will be getting married Feb. 15. Just 2 weeks left. G xponent Banns Maru rob Well congrats to you Mr. Seeberger! Jean-Louis ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Iraq, Iran to Chair UN Disarmament Conference

2003-01-30 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 08:39 2003-01-30 -0200, Alberto wrote: Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: ...and Libya is chairing the Commission on Human Rights. File this as Reason #3462 why the UN system is broken... Of course with that kind of a logic, we'd actually have to kick them out. Then we'd be back with our

Re: Gautam's rant

2003-01-30 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:06 2003-01-29 -0800, Gautam wrote: No. I think that arguing that France and Germany are selfless is, almost by definition, ridiculous - when have they _ever_ acted in such a way? If you say that about the US, it's at least possible. It has happened. It has happened post WWII. Before

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-01-29 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 23:31 2003-01-28 -0500, Damon wrote: Thankfully, after dozens of dates and other duds (one claimed she had sex with 30+ guys by our second date) I finally met someone I fell in love with. We're looking to get married sometime this summer... Damon. Félicitations! Welcome to the club :

Re: Iraq, Iran to Chair UN Disarmament Conference

2003-01-29 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 12:20 2003-01-29 -0800, John wrote: ...and Libya is chairing the Commission on Human Rights. File this as Reason #3462 why the UN system is broken... JDG Of course with that kind of a logic, we'd actually have to kick them out. Then we'd be back with our usual G(n) organisations or a new

Re: Mexico to ask court to stay U.S. executions

2003-01-23 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 21:32 2003-01-21 -0600, Robert wrote: Mexico, which does not have the death penalty, says the United States violated the Mexicans' rights by failing to tell them they were entitled to consular assistance after arrest. Good luck with that. Canada tried the same for someone on death row in

RE: bush denies emergency room access to medicaid patients

2003-01-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 09:43 2003-01-20 -0600, Reggie wrote: But to get back to Nick's original point, a lot more could be done by insurance companies to educate patients about when they need to go to the emergency room, and when a visit to a clinic or to a primary care physician would be more appropriate. But

Re: Scouted: MZB Reference in today's Userfriendly

2003-01-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 16:28 2003-01-20 -0500, Jon wrote: Today's Userfriendly cartoon contains an obscure but somewhat surprising Marion Zimmer Bradley reference, unless that H word has some other meaning I'm unaware of. :) http://www.userfriendly.org/ Jon I really should re-read that series Maru You might

Re: Is Anyone Else Offended By This?

2003-01-14 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 13:18 2003-01-14 -0600, Dan wrote: - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:25 AM Subject: RE: Is Anyone Else Offended By This? The only ludicrous thing about the abortion situation is that a bunch of right-wing religious

Re: Scouted: The Cyborger

2003-01-10 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 17:29 2003-01-10 -0500, you wrote: One of my favorite websites, The Brunching Shuttlecocks, has launched the Cyborger: http://www.brunching.com/cyborger.html Explanation: A few weeks ago, we ran AIEEE, a program designed to supply you with all the technological acronyms you can stuff into

Re: New member

2003-01-08 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 17:46 2003-01-08 +0100, Christophe wrote: Hi everybody, i just joined the list an i will say something about me:(je ne me rappelle plus du mot pour dire se présenter) Bienvenue, Se présenter is to introduce one's self (yourself). First: Sorry for my english, i am belgian and my mother

Re: Christmas beggars

2002-12-26 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Le Lundi 23 décembre 2002, à 06:28 , Adam C. Lipscomb a écrit : From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Alberto Monteiro [Wed, 18/12/2002 at 21:49 -] Do decent workers in your countries have the nasty habbit of turning into annoying beggars during Christmas? Yes they have, to sum up those who already

Re: Michael

2002-12-26 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Le Mercredi 25 décembre 2002, à 02:52 , John D. Giorgis a écrit : At 01:20 AM 12/25/2002 -0600 Ronn! Blankenship wrote: And what are you still doing up? Just got back from Midnight Mass and wrapping Christmas gifts, myself. And yes, I am driving to Phlly at 7am today! JDG jealous I

Re: Michael

2002-12-26 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Jean-Louis wrote : In the good old days, I had to go to bed early, was expected to sleep until I was woken up to go to Midnight Mass after which we'd get our presents and stuff ourselves silly. Le Jeudi 26 décembre 2002, à 07:52 , Julia Thompson a écrit : Oh, we *never* got presents until

Re: [humor] Playstation 5

2002-12-20 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:01 2002-12-20 -0600, you wrote: http://www.theonion.com/onion3847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html I think I'd wet myself for one of these too Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) The PlayStation 5 will be available in stores

Re: Christmas beggars

2002-12-18 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 21:49 2002-12-18 +, you wrote: Do decent workers in your countries have the nasty habbit of turning into annoying beggars during Christmas? The newspaper delivery boy, the magazine delivery boy, everywhere I go, I see people asking for money. Wtf should **I** finance their Christmas

Re: bob

2002-12-18 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:03 2002-12-18 -0800, you wrote: One friend who loves the Dragonrider series and The Belgariad has resisted my Brin-pushing sigh, so I've suggested The Wheel of Time series and just about anything by Patricia McKillip - The Riddlemaster series is a favorite. Addicted To Swords'n'Sorcery

Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations

2002-12-17 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 18:50 2002-12-16 -0500, Jon wrote: When I was in Montreal last February, I remember seeing a newspaper article about a bombing (or perhaps a bomb threat?) at a coffee shop chain that had an English name and refused to change its name into French. The article indicated that terrorist

Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations

2002-12-17 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 18:07 2002-12-16 -0600, rob wrote: Its just that to most of the rest of the world, the artificial constructions and great lengths taken to keep french pure are a bit humorous. keep french pure, is that a quote you got from somewhere or is that your opinion? I'd rather say that I like it to

Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations

2002-12-16 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 19:31 2002-12-15 -0600, you wrote: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1698583 French is such a rich language that it now has, by state decree, two words for the at sign, which has become a worldwide symbol for the Internet, but only one official way to pronounce it. ... snip In

Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations

2002-12-16 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 19:37 2002-12-15 -0600, The Fool wrote: From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1698583 French is such a rich language that it now has, by state decree, two words French is like those galactic languages, in which their is only one way to say

Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations

2002-12-16 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 17:03 2002-12-16 -0600, you wrote: Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: At 19:37 2002-12-15 -0600, The Fool wrote: From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1698583 French is such a rich language that it now has, by state decree, two words

Re: Osama's letter to America

2002-12-11 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 22:58 2002-12-08 +1100, you wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Just imagine that the only faces you ever get to see are those of bearded men . . . Hey, what's wrong with bearded men??? I resemble that remark. Anyway, why would you want to see bearded women?? Regards, Ray. And I'd resent

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-06 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 11:31 2002-12-06 -0500, Jon wrote: IIRC, and I believe I do so quite correctly since I remember voicing my objection to his attitude on the list, Jeroen was the very first person to mention nuking Afghanistan. He wasn't advocating that we do so, but instead posted that he assumed that

Re: Open question to the list

2002-12-06 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 22:30 2002-12-05 -0800, Debbi wrote: Adam Lipscomb wrote: How should we handle administrative authority on the list? We've got a lot of options, some less palatable than others. It's obvious that, in light of both recent events ond other events in the past, that there is occasionally a need

RE: [LINK] AAAIIIIEEEE!!!!! The horror! The horror!

2002-11-27 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
De : Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] RE: http://homepage.mac.com/msparby/iMovieTheater5.html, I wrote: I just went back again, and clicked refresh in Internet Explorer to reload, and still was able to see it. So I typed the URL in Netscape Navigator, which I had not used

RE: scouted: EU wants to ban cig ads

2002-11-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
De : J. van Baardwijk [mail Good. Now if they would be so kind as to not only outlaw the *ads* for the product, but outlaw the *product* itself as well... I'd rather they outlaw smoking in public spaces than advertising. I think people have a right to consume what they like in the privacy of

Scouted : LOTR and The Fionanvar Tapestry as Christian literature

2002-11-14 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
http://www.brightweavings.com/scholarship/clementsfionavarlotr.htm [Guy Gravriel] Kay uses the elements and interests of Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings but transforms them through a different worldview, and through this comparison-focusing specifically on the issues of free will and

RE: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-11-07 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Have any of you people that enthusiastically supported the various ad-blocking software programs ever considered the fact that these software companies prevent the owners and oeprators of the websites you visit from recouperating the costs of maintaining

RE: Sometimes wealth is good

2002-11-06 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
De : Gary Nunn [mailto:garynunn;newpacifica.net] Also, for those of you that will whine about my sending humor to the list, here is my well thought out, mature, intellectual response in advance and with affection... Bite Me. :-) snip humor We certainly wouldn't want anyone having fun on

RE: Cookies (was RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record)

2002-11-04 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Jim Sharkey [mailto:templar569;excite.com] wrote: hehehe, should I ever find myself sudenly diabetic or something, I'll drop you a line. and later: In that case, New Jersey is not all that far from you after all! It isn't far, but I'll turn around and hassle my own mother in law rather than

Re: Chocolate chip cookie recipe

2002-11-04 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Le Lundi 4 novembre 2002, à 07:31 , Julia Thompson a écrit : ... snip recipe p.s. the same sheet of paper also has recipes for sugar cookies (which I thought at the time came out a little dry, but everyone else liked them just fine) and peanut butter cookies (which no one found fault with).

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 08:58 , Jim Sharkey a écrit : No, but my wife does. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, she and her father spend the evening

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : I might have a good recipe. I made a bunch of cookies for fellow dorm-mates around final exam time one

Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-03 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 12:00 , Julia Thompson a écrit : Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : I

RE: Dinging plans (was RE: test)

2002-11-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Behalf Of Jean-Louis Couturier If ever you work in close contact with marketing, look at some of the people gravitating around the director or VP. De : Nick Arnett [mailto:narnett;mccmedia.com] Hey! I've been both! (Director and VP of marketing, that is.) LOL! And you've never

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
John D. Giorgis posited: A UNSC made up of America, Russia, China, India, the EU, Mexico, and Egypt as permanent members, and another 18 countries rotating in and out. De : Jim Sharkey [mailto:templar569;excite.com] This is a pretty interesting idea John. It sounds fair and reasonably

RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record

2002-11-01 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
John D. Giorgis posited: A UNSC made up of America, Russia, China, India, the EU, Mexico, and Egypt as permanent members, and another 18 countries rotating in and out. De : Horn, John [mailto:JHorn;healthlink.com] Would all of these permanent members have a veto? If not, which ones

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