Re: Clean high tech solutions

2012-11-30 Thread John Garcia
On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.comwrote: I'm reading John Varley's Slow Apocalypse. The premise is that all un-processed petroleum is destroyed by an act of bio-terrorism. In the middle of it right now, but so far it's scaring the spit out of me.

Re: Power and civilization

2012-11-29 Thread John Garcia
I'm reading John Varley's Slow Apocalypse. The premise is that all un-processed petroleum is destroyed by an act of bio-terrorism. In the middle of it right now, but so far it's scaring the spit out of me. john On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 5:26 PM, medieva...@aol.com wrote: ** Twas in Last And

Re: Power and civilization

2012-11-29 Thread John Garcia
I'm picking up Directive 51 from the NY Public Library in the next day or two. On Thu, Nov 29, 2012 at 7:39 PM, Pat Mathews mathew...@msn.com wrote: John Barnes' Directive 51 went it one better - ALL petroleum and petroleum products. It did devolve into the question of whether it was a

Re: Brin: Existence has arrived...

2012-08-22 Thread John Garcia
and downloaded the latter (and finished it on my trip). Nick On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 12:15 PM, John Garcia john...@gmail.com wrote: i borrowed the hardcover from the NYPL (sorry Dr. B, but the budget is tight this year and i was not willing to wait for the paperback, although i will buy that when

Re: Galileo was wrong!

2011-08-29 Thread John Garcia
On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote: A few Catholics still insist Galileo was wrong - latimes.com It was a ROTFLMAO piece for me. It was really fun to see how both Notre Dame and the Vatican Observatory were in the are these guy real? mode. I gave my first

Re: Galileo was wrong!

2011-08-29 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 6:21 PM, John Garcia john...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Aug 28, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote: A few Catholics still insist Galileo was wrong - latimes.com It was a ROTFLMAO piece for me. It was really fun to see how both Notre Dame

Re: Long Time Old Brin-Ler finally gets a real job.

2011-02-14 Thread John Garcia
Congrats! On Feb 14, 2011 11:10 AM, Dan Minette danmine...@att.net wrote: I thought a few old timers might be interested in the news that Gautam has just gotten an offer of a professorship at Harvard Business School. It does sound like a mis-match, his PhD was in international affairs and

Re: Is anybody home?

2010-10-05 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 8:54 AM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote: On 05/10/2010, at 11:43 PM, Julia wrote: The list did NOT drop you. Not from enough altitude to hurt, anyway... I'm home, but will need to leave in less than 90 minutes to pick up a friend at the dentist.

Re: Having kids makes some people fulfilled

2010-07-08 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jul 8, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Jim Sharkey templar...@excite.com wrote: Jim Sharkey snippage Will you please stop bothering your sister Maru But she started it first, and anyway, you always take her side! john stuck with TWO younger sisters Maru

Re: Clash of Titans

2010-06-04 Thread John Garcia
On Fri, Jun 4, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Lance A. Brown la...@bearcircle.netwrote: Alberto Monteiro said the following on 6/4/2010 7:36 AM: It's Evil, pure and simple Evil. Why they can't stick to History or Mythology, or even stay close to the books the movie is supposed to be based on, and just

Re: Question of the Day

2010-05-11 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, May 4, 2010 at 11:42 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: At 07:48 PM Monday 5/3/2010, John Garcia wrote: On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship mailto: ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.netronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: Any troubledome out

Re: Question of the Day

2010-05-03 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, May 3, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: Any troubledome out there figured out if Zanzibar is still the right size? To stand on? john ___

Re: national security and climate change

2010-02-22 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Feb 22, 2010 at 1:54 AM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote: On 22/02/2010, at 11:34 AM, john...@gmail.com wrote: The US Army's Strategic Studies Institute has a number of papers addressing national security issues related to climate change. AFAIK, they are available for

Re: The worst

2010-01-05 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jan 4, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Nick Arnett nick.arn...@gmail.com wrote: My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while. My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her

Re: Read 'em and weep . . .

2009-07-20 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 7:31 AM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: http://comics.com/ed_stein/2009-07-18/ http://comics.com/nate_beeler/2009-07-17/ http://imgsrv.gocomics.com/dim/?fh=8b0d653f91b05d3bfba4972e68e47593w=900.0

They Did It!

2009-07-20 Thread John Garcia
Touchdown at 4:16pm Eastern. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: WeChooseTheMoon

2009-07-16 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jul 16, 2009 at 12:32 PM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: An interesting aside on this. It took the Mercury program a bit over 9 months to go from the first sub-orbital flight to the first orbital flight. The big private enterprise sub-orbital flight

Re: 1.8026174996769472E+12 furlongs per fortnight

2009-06-30 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jun 29, 2009 at 8:16 PM, Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net wrote: http://www.nobrowcartoons.com/gallery/big_midres/201%20speed%20of%20light%20in%20vacuum.jpg ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Iran

2009-06-29 Thread John Garcia
On Sun, Jun 28, 2009 at 12:38 AM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.orgwrote: On 28/06/2009, at 1:25 PM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: Um... a ship? Do you mean the Marines patrol boat a couple of years ago? Wasn't a ship. Sorry Charlie. You have to remember that, when I was I kid I

Re: Know Your Flying Objects . . .

2009-04-03 Thread John Garcia
2009/4/2 Ronn! Blankenship ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net http://img443.imageshack.us/img443/6465/airforceufoidchartkl6.jpg ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com So now everyone at work thinks I'm nuts for laughing out

Re: Australian Fires and Floods

2009-02-09 Thread John Garcia
On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 9:23 PM, sendai sen...@iicx.net wrote: Euan Ritchie wrote: It was almost a perfect storm for fire conditions. I'm 1,500 miles downwind and was reminded of the end to The Sheep Look Up last night when I thought I could smell faint burning on the air. I felt

Inauguration

2009-01-20 Thread John Garcia
I love this stuff, the Ruffles and Flourishes, 21 gun salute, the Marine Band playing Stars and Stripes Forever. I liked Obama's speech. Maybe not as good as the Grant Park victory speech, but way up there. So one administration ends and another begins. Stay tuned to quote a friend of mine

Re: airliner ditches in hudson river

2009-01-16 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 6:18 PM, Rceeberger rceeber...@comcast.net wrote: On 1/15/2009 4:01:48 PM, John Garcia (john...@gmail.com) wrote: a US Airways Airbus A320 went down in the Hudson River near the USS Intrepid after a bird strike crippled the engines http://wcbstv.com

airliner ditches in hudson river

2009-01-15 Thread John Garcia
a US Airways Airbus A320 went down in the Hudson River near the USS Intrepid after a bird strike crippled the engines http://wcbstv.com/breakingnewsalerts/us.airways.crash.2.909535.html john you can't make this up maru ___

Re: Number 6 is dead

2009-01-15 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 8:47 AM, Jim Sharkey templar...@excite.com wrote: John Garcia wrote: he wasn't a number, but a free man. My dad of all people turned me onto that show. So great and weird. I'll have to play Maiden's The Village later on. Jim Who is number Maru

Re: Number 6 is dead

2009-01-14 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 5:52 PM, Rceeberger rceeber...@comcast.net wrote: http://www.latimes.com/news/obituaries/la-me-patrick-mcgoohan15-2009jan15,0,3951859.story xponent Number 5 Is Alive Maru rob ___

Re: Scouted: U.S. to collapse in next two years?

2009-01-13 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jan 12, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Nick Arnett narn...@mccmedia.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 11, 2009 at 3:12 PM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro albm...@centroin.com.br wrote: Why there are no natural gas cars in the USA? There are. I see them all the time around here. Some public

Re: 1-1-09

2008-12-31 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 5:50 AM, Rceeberger rceeber...@comcast.net wrote: Happy New Year xponent MaruMaru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l I hope that all of you have a Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!!

Re: Calvin and Hobbes explain the bailout

2008-12-13 Thread John Garcia
On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 1:57 PM, Dave Land dml...@gmail.com wrote: Folks, Bill Watterson is a certifiable genius: http://budurl.com/5c72 Published more than a dozen years ago (I don't have my son's box set handy to check the exact date). I sure miss that comic strip. Dave

Re: On Topic shocker!

2008-11-17 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 3:32 PM, John Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 11:24 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ruled???! I don't think we elected a dictator. What happens if someone breaks a law that Obama manages to push through Congress because of a

Re: Four years ago today...

2008-11-11 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Nov 10, 2008 at 8:32 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was on this day, in 2004, at the Fallujah train station, that my niece's husband was blown to bits by a rocket. I sure hope that our new administration takes us in the direction he has promised in Iraq. Someday, I hope

Re: Racial and Gender bigotry

2008-10-24 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:31 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: snippage i would not say that qualified is entirely irrelevant, but i would say that experience is not always an advantage (for mccain/palin!~). all i am saying is that bigotry exists... jon

Re: Racial and Gender imbalance

2008-10-24 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 8:30 PM, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: John Garcia wrote: As I have said before, my vote is given to the candidate who most closely matches my values. Ethnic pride aside, I would not vote for a candidate simply because she was a Latina, just as I would

Re: Racial and Gender bigotry

2008-10-24 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 6:07 PM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Thu, 23 Oct 2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote: I agree with John and all the others who think that the best man or woman for the job is the best man or woman for the job! If you believe that then you must also

Captain Renault Returns

2008-10-23 Thread John Garcia
From the New York Times, http://tinyurl.com/6fx8fy, Alan Greenspan said he was in a state of shocked disbelief about the breakdown in the ability of banks to regulate themselves Personally, I'm shocked that he is shocked. Rick: You're closing my place?! On what grounds?! Captain Renault: I'm

Re: Racial and Gender imbalance

2008-10-23 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:09 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: let me ask you the same question, john. who do YOU think is qualified? based on what values? i don't pretend to claim to know enough about qualified hispanic women to answer your question, but i would like to

Re: Racial and Gender imbalance

2008-10-23 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Oct 23, 2008 at 5:26 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 23 Oct 2008, at 21:52, Wayne Eddy wrote: I agree with John and all the others who think that the best man or woman for the job is the best man or woman for the job! If you believe that then you must also

Re: Racial and Gender imbalance

2008-10-23 Thread John Garcia
. Instead I should have just congratulated John Garcia on doing research on behalf of his opponent and still winning the debate hands down. Regards, Wayne. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l Thanks Wayne, but I'm not trying to play

Re: Racial, sexual and religious bigotry

2008-10-22 Thread John Garcia
, Oct 22, 2008 at 3:42 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I still would have preferred that Obama picked a qualified Hispanic woman for his VP. Jon Like, say, J-Lo? Alberto Monteiro She would certainly be preferable to Palin!~) Seriously, there are many eligible Hispanic

Re: Secretary of Defense

2008-10-21 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Jon Louis Mann wrote: I would prefer Wesley Clark as Sec'y of Defense and give Colin Powell a chance to redeem himself as Sec'y of State. Clark would be a good choice for Sec. of Defense as well. I'm not sure I'd put

Re: Science and Ideals.

2008-09-25 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 1:54 AM, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 24, 2008, at 11:26 AM, John Williams wrote: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Golly, that sounds familiar. Echoes of the Iraq war, anyone? Those politicians are slippery. And how! What do others think about

Re: Not Buying It

2008-09-25 Thread John Garcia
2008/9/25 Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 25 Sep 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Jon Louis Mann wrote: We need another FDR to start up some a new CCC, WWW etc. What are those AFTs? CCC is Brazil was Comando de Caça aos Comunistas (hint: Caça = Hunt, the other words are the

PBS NewsHour report on bailout

2008-09-24 Thread John Garcia
I thought that some might find this transcript interesting. Paul Krugman and Allan Meltzer actually agree on something! http://tinyurl.com/4s9tgj john ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The proper function of government?

2008-09-24 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 2:44 PM, David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snipped So what is the proper function of government? For example, if my neighbor to the south wants to build a wall that blocks my sunshine, should zoning laws be able to stop her?

Re: Welfare fraud

2008-09-19 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:21 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: You gotta be f**king kidding me! What are you doing? Channeling Reagan? john just being sardonic, john. when faced with a choice between working at mcdonald's and collecting welfare, one way out for

Re: ZPG

2008-09-18 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:18 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Probably less after she's already conceived than if she's asking friends/acquaintances for advice before doing so. After conception, it's kind of hard to change course in most cases. in this country, women can

Re: ZPG

2008-09-18 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:11 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: in this country, women can still have as many offspring as they can bear. welfare mommies actually profit from having more. jon You gotta be f**king kidding me! What are you doing? Channeling Reagan? john

Re: Wall Street Turmoil

2008-09-16 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 8:11 AM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 06:22 PM Monday 9/15/2008, John Garcia wrote: I think that these song lyrics from 1931 sum up how I feel right now: Once I built a railroad I made it run Made it race against time. Once I built a railroad Now

Re: Free Market

2008-09-12 Thread John Garcia
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 1:06 PM, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sep 12, 2008, at 4:09 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Charlie Bell wrote: Oh, I thought it was just what tax is - it's giving up some of your wealth to pay for roads, schools, infrastructure, basic health needs and

R.A.H.'s answer to fan mail?

2008-09-10 Thread John Garcia
According to Kevin Kelly, Heinlein used a form letter to answer fan mail. Kelly reproduces it here: http://kk.org/ct2/2008/09/heinleins-fan-mail-solution.php As you read the answers, try to imagine the questions. AMF Maru john ___

Sept Scientific American

2008-09-08 Thread John Garcia
September's issue of Scientific American is devoted to technology and privacy. Himself is cited in the Editor's note. There is also an item that I found very interesting. It seems that in 2006 two Swiss primate researchers attempted to renew their research licenses through the local veterinary

Re: Enough!

2008-08-29 Thread John Garcia
On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 1:19 AM, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did anyone catch The Speech? I was inspired and I think against all odds that he has a chance. What a watershed moment in the history of humanity that would be. Doug ___

Re: Sore losers

2008-08-27 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 12:49 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 27 Aug 2008, at 16:35, Nick Arnett wrote: On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:36 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So why are the Americans counting total medals instead of golds for the olympics?

Re: Br¡n: What's in the works?

2008-08-26 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 6:02 AM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 12:57 PM Monday 8/25/2008, John Garcia wrote: On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Chris Frandsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Remember Remember 4 November! I do remember Jimmy Carter, Including his response

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-26 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Tue, 26 Aug 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 05:16 PM Monday 8/25/2008, Olin Elliott wrote: (I'm 45, born the same week Kennedy was shot) ObSF: And the week _Doctor Who_ premiered . . . And the week C.

Re: World Trade

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 9:05 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 24 Aug 2008, at 21:19, Dan M wrote: If the land produces enough food for the people in a country to live on, then the problem of actual starvation goes down. Zimbabwe is a good example of this: it was a

Re: Brin: What's in the works?

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 8:54 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 24 Aug 2008, at 22:42, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: David Brin wrote: But of course I am distracted by the elections, hoping we'll at last save America and civilization from a criminal gang.

Re: Brin: What's in the works?

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 10:52 AM, Olin Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My choice for President depends on which candidate I think will address all the issues facing the USA consistent with my values, not whether or not he has a cool Facebook page. Its not whether or not he has a cool

Re: Brin: What's in the works?

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:54 AM, Chris Frandsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, if you look to at what Jimmy Carter tried to tell us before his last failed election run against Reagan and compare it to where we are today you might reconsider his position in history. A friend Andrew Bacevich

McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
While I wait for a vendor to call me, I thought I'd post some McCain campaign stuff about science and the internet, taken from his website. What do you all think? *John McCain Would Place A Priority On Science And Technology Experience.*As President, John McCain will be committed to bringing

Re: McCain Positions

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 2:50 PM, Olin Elliott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On the face of it, none of this sounds horrendous. As with any promise, the real deal is whether or not he can or will deliver. YMMV. It's all just a matter of trust. Exactly. And even if I did trust John McCain

Re: Brin: What's in the works?

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 3:46 PM, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: David Brin wrote: February '77 National Lampoon --Grand Fifth Term Inaugural Issue: JFK's First 6,000 Days which featured a silver-haired JFK on the cover. The whole issue was a big what if... about how things

Re: Brin: What's in the works?

2008-08-25 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 5:15 PM, Chris Frandsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the link, John. Chris I do remember Jimmy Carter, even voted for him in 1976 and 1980. Also watched what Andrew Bacevich had to say on Bill Moyers (Brian Lehrer on WNYC also interviewed him.

Re: Greg Bear's Quantico

2008-08-21 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On 20 Aug 2008, at 17:17, John Garcia wrote: Has anyone read Greg Bear's thriller Quantico? I enjoyed it. Bear always gives me some food for thought. Would you have read it if you didn't know Bear from his SF

Re: Greg Bear's Quantico

2008-08-21 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 7:17 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 9:17 AM, John Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone read Greg Bear's thriller Quantico? Not yet, myself. Is it out in paperback? If so, that'll be worth a trip to the bookstore... Nick

Re: Greg Bear

2008-08-21 Thread John Garcia
On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 5:12 PM, Jon Louis Mann [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: Has anyone read Greg Bear's thriller Quantico? I enjoyed it. Bear always gives me some food for thought. John If you liked that you should read Blood Music http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_Music Jon

Greg Bear's Quantico

2008-08-20 Thread John Garcia
Has anyone read Greg Bear's thriller Quantico? I enjoyed it. Bear always gives me some food for thought. I've included this blurb from his web site on the book. Text from Back Cover: From multiple award winning and New York Times–bestselling author Greg Bear comes a near-future thriller that

Re: Genesis 1:28

2008-07-26 Thread John Garcia
On Sat, Jul 26, 2008 at 5:03 PM, Bruce Bostwick [EMAIL PROTECTED]wrote: On Jul 26, 2008, at 2:58 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: It's not just a numbers game. If you have the opportunity to bring a child into the world that has a reasonable chance to make a positive contribution, there are

Solar Power article

2008-07-24 Thread John Garcia
An OpEd in yesterday's NY Times addresses Solar Power Satellites. http://tiny.cc/dgbkI john ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Computer Security

2008-07-17 Thread John Garcia
Sorry. My bad. john On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 7:09 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 02:56 PM Wednesday 7/16/2008, John Garcia wrote: There are other problems that have nothing to do with one O/S vs another. A disgruntled network engineer in San Francisco has apparently

Re: Chicken and Egg

2008-07-17 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charlie Bell said the following on 7/17/2008 3:32 AM: Welcome to my world. IT Support at a law firm at the mo... *banging head on desk* I love my job, I love my workplace, but bloody hell it can be frustrating at

Re: Chicken and Egg

2008-07-17 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:07 AM, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 17/07/2008, at 11:57 PM, Lance A. Brown wrote: Charlie Bell said the following on 7/17/2008 3:32 AM: Welcome to my world. IT Support at a law firm at the mo... *banging head on desk* I love my job, I love my

Re: Chicken and Egg

2008-07-17 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 10:13 AM, Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 18/07/2008, at 12:07 AM, John Garcia wrote: On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:57 AM, Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've worked in IT in the private, public and educational sectors and I was never more

Computer Security

2008-07-16 Thread John Garcia
There are other problems that have nothing to do with one O/S vs another. A disgruntled network engineer in San Francisco has apparently locked everyone out of the city's WAN. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/07/14/BAOS11P1M5.DTLf john

Re: Chicken and Egg

2008-07-14 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:53 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9109938source=rss_news10 It takes less than five minutes for hackers to find and compromise an unpatched Windows PC after it's

Re: RIP Thomas M. Disch

2008-07-07 Thread John Garcia
Locus has an online obit http://locusmag.com/2008/Disch_Obit.html john On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 10:22 AM, Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thomas M. Disch committed suicide in his apartment on July 4. Ellen Datlow's LiveJournal post: http://ellen-datlow.livejournal.com/93886.html

Re: Apparently Iraq is the new Nigeria

2008-07-07 Thread John Garcia
Couldn't they come up with a better name than Joey Jones!? john On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 11:33 AM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Arrived in my inbox this morning: Hello, I hope my email meets you well. I am in need of your assistance. My name is SGT JOEY JONES.I am a

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Both McCain and Obama were born outside of the continental USA (Panama and Hawaii, respectively). I don't know too much about USA history, but was there any POTUS that was not born in the continental USA? Maybe the

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
afaik, that person would be just like McCain, considered to be a natural-born citizen. john On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Garcia wrote: technically, the first seven Presidents were born in what was at the time, colonies of the British Empire

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:56 PM, John Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: afaik, that person would be just like McCain, considered to be a natural-born citizen. john On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 3:54 PM, Lance A. Brown [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Garcia wrote: technically, the first seven

Re: USA presidential race(ism)

2008-06-19 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 4:23 PM, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Garcia quoted: Separate sections handle territories that the United States has acquired over time, Ouch! Too bad, the one I am thinking was born _outside_ the USA, but _almost_ in a area under USA

Re: USA Presidential Race

2008-06-10 Thread John Garcia
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 10:11 AM, Kevin B. O'Brien [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 09:04 AM Monday 6/9/2008, John Garcia wrote: On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Garcia wrote: Now that it looks like it's McCain

Re: USA Presidential Race

2008-06-09 Thread John Garcia
On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Garcia wrote: Now that it looks like it's McCain vs. Obama (listed in alphabetical order) I was wondering what you all think of this matchup. I'm especially interested in what our friends from outside

Re: USA Presidential Race

2008-06-09 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:04 AM Monday 6/9/2008, John Garcia wrote: On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Garcia wrote: Now that it looks like it's McCain vs. Obama (listed

Re: USA Presidential Race

2008-06-09 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 9:12 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 07:00 PM Monday 6/9/2008, John Garcia wrote: On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 09:04 AM Monday 6/9/2008, John Garcia wrote: On Fri, Jun 6, 2008 at 3:13 PM

USA Presidential Race

2008-06-06 Thread John Garcia
Now that it looks like it's McCain vs. Obama (listed in alphabetical order) I was wondering what you all think of this matchup. I'm especially interested in what our friends from outside of the USA think. john ___

Re: Adressing Global Warming

2008-04-28 Thread John Garcia
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 8:39 PM, Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wayne wrote: Seems to me, he is just pointing out the irony in the fact that the Green Movement is a product of affluence which is a product of technology. And more specifically that the Green movement is

Re: What were they thinking? (MS Office 2007)

2008-04-24 Thread John Garcia
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 4:18 PM, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Apr 24, 2008, at 11:24 AM, Curtis Burisch wrote: What else is like this... endless upgrades to convince people that their perfectly good old product is obsolete? The one that really gets me is razor blades.

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-06 Thread John Garcia
Now that The Wire has finished its run, BSG is the best show on television. john On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 11:13 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That was not disappointing. Final 19 Maru -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog

Re: Brin: Singularities, Nightmares, and Japanese Sci-Fi

2008-03-30 Thread John Garcia
It's possible. The director of Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow created his demo on a Mac with a couple of actors in front of a blue screen. Hopefully, any CGI created characters will look better than the ones in Final Fantasy:The Spirits Within. My preference would be to have human actors in

Re: Maybe they should try Wisk . . . ?

2008-03-06 Thread John Garcia
How would they rub it on? remembering old tv maru john On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 9:35 PM, Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: March 6, 2008 Dwayne Brown Headquarters, Washington 202-358-1726 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carolina Martinez Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif.

Re: US Doomed

2008-01-15 Thread John Garcia
Amending the Constitution is not as easy as Huckabee may wish, (pun intended) Gracias a Dios. See http://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html. If elected, he won't be able to just wave his hand and have it done. john On Jan 15, 2008 4:06 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Jan 15, 2008

Re: US Doomed

2008-01-15 Thread John Garcia
article of the Bill of Rights -- David Saperstein john On Jan 15, 2008 5:47 PM, David Hobby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John Garcia wrote: Amending the Constitution is not as easy as Huckabee may wish, (pun intended) Gracias a Dios. See http://www.usconstitution.net/constam.html. If elected, he

Re: US Doomed

2008-01-15 Thread John Garcia
On Jan 15, 2008 7:21 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 1/15/08, John Garcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... This is a guy who doesn't believe in evolution. He apparently believes it's just fine for the Constitution to evolve a bit. Or would that be devolve? Nick Devolve

12 days of Christmas

2007-12-24 Thread John Garcia
Came across this on the net. Season's Greetings to you all. john December 14, 1972 My dearest darling John: Who ever in the whole world would dream of getting a real Partridge in a Pear Tree? How can I ever express my pleasure. Thank you a hundred times for thinking of me this way. My love

Re: A Family Tragedy

2007-12-22 Thread John Garcia
Sorry for your loss, Rob. john On Dec 19, 2007 6:14 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 12/19/2007 9:52:13 AM, Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Dec 18, 2007 7:52 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My family mourns today the death of Chase Taylor

Re: Chat update

2007-12-18 Thread John Garcia
I just tried the new program. Nice job! Thanks for all your hard work. john On Dec 18, 2007 2:20 PM, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have installed a new and even simpler to use chat program for the Brin-L chats. If you want to go and kick the tyres it is running now at the

Writer's Strike

2007-11-16 Thread John Garcia
If you are interested in the writer's strike (or even if you are not) watch this video uploaded to YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PzRHlpEmr0w adios amigos john ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Brin: Fire info

2007-10-24 Thread John Garcia
Isn't CERT one of those volunteer programs setup by FEMA? Dr. Brin, did you do any training with them? adios mis amigos john -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julia Thompson Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 1:56 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion

CERT

2007-10-24 Thread John Garcia
That's pretty cool. I wonder why this isn't publicized more. john -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Brin Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2007 4:28 PM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: RE: Brin: Fire info --- John Garcia [EMAIL

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