Re: Jaffa cakes biccie

2009-09-24 Thread Ray Ludenia
On Sep 25, 2009, at 8:05 AM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 25/09/2009, at 4:20 AM, Jo Anne wrote: Charlie wrote: A kind of biccie (or possibly a cake?). A sort of sponge base with an orangey bit and a chocalate covering on one side. :) ROFL! Now it's *perfectly* clear. What the heck is a

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-12 Thread Ray Ludenia
On Sep 13, 2009, at 10:21 AM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Hi Ray, glad to see you're still hanging out. Are you ready for spring, or does it make that much of a difference? The change of seasons is not as obvious here as it seemed to be in the States as we toured around last year. We don't go

Re: The thread about the thread Re: DeLong on health insurance reform

2009-09-11 Thread Ray Ludenia
On Sep 11, 2009, at 4:35 AM, dsummersmi...@comcast.net wrote: As Obama said this morning, we should be able to civilly differ when strongly held opinions differ...particularly on a mailing list where RL is only occassionally involved. I fail to see what difference it makes how often I am

Re: Wildfires Down Under?

2009-03-07 Thread Ray Ludenia
over a large area, including much of Melbourne. Epicentre was 600 metres from our house! We certainly felt it. http://snipurl.com/dbjdk [earthquake_usgs_gov] http://snipurl.com/dbjft [maps_google_com] Zoom in and you'll see our place just to the NW. Regards, Ray Ludenia

Re: [Brin-l] Australian Fires and Floods

2009-02-17 Thread Ray Ludenia
the fire or flee, and recommendations about fuel reduction burn-offs. I have been hearing an awful lot of greenie bashing around here because of their perceived opposition to burning- off and clearing trees around dwellings. Regards, Ray Ludenia

On Topic shocker!

2008-11-16 Thread Ray Ludenia
On Nov 16, 2008, at 5:23 PM, Olin Elliott wrote: I'm a little surprised, since this is a David Brin discussion group, that no one has suggested that the best possible fix for government waste and courruption is greater transparency and accountability. Speaking of the illustrious patron,

Re: Franklin Delano Bush

2008-11-09 Thread Ray Ludenia
On Nov 9, 2008, at 7:05 AM, John Williams wrote: On Sat, Nov 8, 2008 at 9:15 PM, Wayne Eddy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The only reason the government makes bad decisions is because it is made up of people. The private sector is made up of people too. The private sector is made up of

Re: Global Warming

2008-05-07 Thread Ray Ludenia
On May 6, 2008, at 10:49 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Ray wrote: On May 5, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: IAAMOAC is his original motto, at least seven years old (see http://www.davidbrin.com/parting.html but I think I remember him using it before that). He certainly did use

Re: Global Warming

2008-05-06 Thread Ray Ludenia
On May 5, 2008, at 8:58 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: IAAMOAC is his original motto, at least seven years old (see http://www.davidbrin.com/parting.html but I think I remember him using it before that). He certainly did use it earlier than that. The earliest message I have archived using

Re: Bay Area gathering? (was Re: Opera Night)

2008-04-10 Thread Ray Ludenia
be interested in meeting up. Regards, Ray Ludenia. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Germany moves to ban Scientology

2007-12-14 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 12/12/2007, at 2:07 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Tue, 11 Dec 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: It leaves more space and money for collecting books. Money, maybe. How much space for books will be saved by not collecting stamps? Or do I just not know any serious philatelists? Can't say I'm

Re: Turkey, Genocide Congress.

2007-10-16 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 16/10/2007, at 5:01 AM, Gary Nunn wrote: Even if it WAS genocide, the question still remains: what good comes from making that declaration 90 years after the fact? How does that improve the world today? Facile answer: Those Who Forget History Are Doomed to Repeat It. Regards, Ray.

Re: Crossing that bridge . . .

2007-10-16 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 17/10/2007, at 6:27 AM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: On this day in 1843, Sir William Rowan Hamilton comes up with the idea of quaternions, a non-commutative extension of complex numbers. Not to forget that it is also the day George H. Trabert, hymn translator, was born in Lancaster County,

Re: Turkey, Genocide Congress.

2007-10-15 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 15/10/2007, at 9:28 AM, David Hobby wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: I'm REALLY struggling with this one. I don't understand what good could possibly come from passing a resolution labeling this WW1 issue as genocide. I tend to agree with you on a practical basis, and I have actually been

Re: blood type

2007-10-10 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 10/10/2007, at 9:46 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: (My biggest complaint about my fish allergy is not being able to eat lox.) I can't even drink it! Liquid oxygen??? Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: blood type

2007-10-10 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 11/10/2007, at 12:05 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: On Wed, 10 Oct 2007, Ray Ludenia wrote: On 10/10/2007, at 9:46 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: (My biggest complaint about my fish allergy is not being able to eat lox.) I can't even drink it! Liquid oxygen??? Smoked salmon. Not recently

Re: Signs

2007-10-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
A few sent by my brother-in-law from Africa. http://raylud.googlepages.com/africa Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: ban lawns

2007-09-24 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 24/09/2007, at 10:04 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: Watering lawns is not always a problem Maybe in your neck of the woods, Rob. In Melbourne and most of the state of Victoria (and much of the rest of Australia), watering lawns is a big no-no. It's got to the stage that sports grounds etc

Re: Why so little renewable energy 30 years after the sweater speach?

2007-09-05 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 05/09/2007, at 7:24 AM, Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Ray Ludenia [EMAIL PROTECTED]Around here (Australia) petrol is about 120-130c/litre (roughly US$1 so I guess about US$4.50 per gallon... WRONG! 3.78 litres to a US gallon so I think about US$3.80 per

Re: Why so little renewable energy 30 years after the sweater speach?

2007-09-02 Thread Ray Ludenia
Alberto, you better not read this; it will only aggravate you! On 03/09/2007, at 11:40 AM, Dan Minettte wrote: I hope you remember my suggestion of a fossil fuel tax that would...as part of it...add about $5.00 per gallon of gasoline as an incentive to conserve and use other energy

Re: Am I married to a terrorist?

2007-08-18 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 19/08/2007, at 11:32 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro wrote: Today, when we [me + wife + 3 kids] went to watch the Pseudo-Para Pan American Games, my wife was barred at the door. She was hiding a WMD inside her purse, so hidden that she herself wasn't aware of it. It was a very

Re: Whinging

2006-10-11 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 11/10/2006, at 6:31 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Actually, someone did a study where they took a bunch of snorers and had some of them take didgeridoo lessons, and follow-up found that that group had fewer problems with snoring after a number of months than the control group. I would have

Re: Whinging

2006-10-10 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 10/10/2006, at 6:29 AM, Matt Grimaldi wrote: - Original Message From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, October 9, 2006 6:00:17 AM Subject: Re: We Will Not Be Afraid At 12:20 PM Saturday 10/7/2006, Julia Thompson wrote:

Re: Whinging

2006-10-10 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 10/10/2006, at 10:29 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 10/10/2006, at 10:15 PM, Ray Ludenia wrote: In the original context of whinging pom, it definitely means complaining or whining in Australia. It was applied to those poms who migrated out here, and who were disappointed that things were

Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

2006-07-21 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 21/07/2006, at 4:47 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: Hate it when I do that. Blame the jet lag. Welcome to our newest Aussie member! Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Good Math, Bad Math entry

2006-05-22 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 22/05/2006, at 4:52 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:23 PM Sunday 5/21/2006, Julia Thompson wrote: Yeah, well, as I was going through the blog entry, I kept seeing this multiple of 47, which bothered me. (It being a multiple of 47 was what bothered me.) :) Then again, I'm weird. My

Re: Br!n-L anniversary date

2006-04-28 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 28/04/2006, at 8:11 PM, Charlie Bell wrote: On 28/04/2006, at 10:16 AM, Russell Chapman wrote: I happened to be looking for an old email in my mail folders when I came across some stuff I had saved from mid 1996 from the list. I know we went through all this 5 years ago, but I can't

Re: Charlie's Partnership

2006-03-27 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 27/03/2006, at 11:37 AM, Jo Anne wrote: Charlie Bell Wrote: our Partner Application Visa in before I have to leave... Jeez, Charlie, did you think I was gonna let that one go? I thought you weren't a couple. Did I miss something? (Not that *that* would be unusual...) Charlie is a

Re: Hello (hello, hello)

2006-03-22 Thread Ray Ludenia
Synchronicity strikes again! This song just happened to be playing in the car today, causing me to explain the existence of this thread to my wife. Thanks everyone for all those sweet lyrics coursing through my addled brain the last few days! Regards, Ray. On 22/03/2006, at 10:43 AM,

Re: Question for Aussies

2006-02-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 01/02/2006, at 1:46 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: The Austinite in question was working in Australia (Dell moved him out there, he'd been working in Austin/Round Rock before then) for at least 3 years and fell in love with meat pies, and thought that enough other folks in Austin would feel

Re: Brin website - Browsers, versions countries...

2005-10-19 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 19/10/2005, at 1:23 PM, Gary Nunn wrote: If anyone visits the mirror site , especially via the DavidBrin.net redirect, please post it here or email me directly and let me know what make and version of browser you are using. Also, if any list members are from Asia or Australia, or if you

Re: Just for the record...

2005-05-18 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 18/05/2005, at 10:49 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: How disappointing! Julia started a whining thread just tailor-made to draw the nonsense-spouting whiners, like flies to shit. It sure worked. Here you are! Hey, so am I. :( or :) Regards, Ray. ___

Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons

2005-05-12 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 12/05/2005, at 8:15 AM, Dan Minette wrote: But, there were pro-Nazi terrorists for a couple of years. We had a lot tighter control there than in Iraq, so I don't think they could hide a camp, but there were terrorists. Any cites on this Dan (or anyone else)? This is not something I've heard

Re: an item from the culture war front

2005-03-21 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 21/03/2005, at 11:52 AM, d.brin wrote things: Was I the only one who when they read the subject line, conjured up visions of a declaration of war with that other list Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-21 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 21/03/2005, at 3:23 PM, Erik Reuter wrote: * Dan Minette ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: In reletivistic quantum mechanics, this is stated as Spacelike operators must commute. So, going back to our example of two spin 1/2 particles in a spin zero state, if we have call the operator for measuring

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 13/03/2005, at 9:57 AM, Dan Minette wrote: The best place to start, I think, is spin. My old foundations of QM teacher said that spin was probably the most QMish of all the aspects of QM. So, lets consider a spin 1/2 particle: the electron. Spin is intrinsic angular momentum. It cannot be

Re: quantum darwin?

2005-03-08 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 08/03/2005, at 8:23 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote in a fascinating exchange with Dan: Or the suggestion that detecting things a given way once will set pointers such that those things will more naturally tend that way in the future. Seems that is just a more radical expression of the Practice

Re: Cat-astrophe (was: E-mail program questions)

2005-02-08 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 08/02/2005, at 6:09 AM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] For behaviors/places it isn't workable, I use The Enforcera squirt gun filled with water and a tiny bit (teaspoon) of white vinegar. Why the vinegar my dear? Obvious! It's for a sour-puss. Regards, Ray.

Re: The Prospect on the Future of the Democrats

2004-12-10 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 10/12/2004, at 1:11 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: On Fri, Dec 10, 2004 at 12:52:41AM +1100, Ray Ludenia wrote: On 10/12/2004, at 12:27 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: Ray wrote: PS: In other words John (and others), can we try to avoid this pernickety nit-picking bickering on-list? The correct spelling

Re: The Prospect on the Future of the Democrats

2004-12-09 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 09/12/2004, at 2:37 PM, JDG wrote: or at least the message was claimed to be written by a JDG. From the contents, it looks suspiciously like we may have been infiltrated by a certain Dutchman again. :-( Regards, Ray. PS: In other words John (and others), can we try to avoid this

Re: The Prospect on the Future of the Democrats

2004-12-09 Thread Ray Ludenia
On 10/12/2004, at 12:27 AM, Erik Reuter wrote: Ray wrote: PS: In other words John (and others), can we try to avoid this pernickety nit-picking bickering on-list? The correct spelling is persnickety. Picky! Pernickety is a perfectly acceptable synonym. Why waste electrons on the superfluous s?

Re: Cat Stevens the Terrorist

2004-09-22 Thread Ray Ludenia
Robert Seeberger wrote: Anyone have any idea why Cat Stevens is verboten? Probably because he re-recorded Peace Train which was assumed by The Authorities to be a threat to blowup a train into little pieces. Regards, Ray. ___

Re: Alcohol and neuron function (was: The Mercies of The Vatican)

2004-08-24 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 05:40:23AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 24, 2004 at 04:49:19AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Just noticed that the cal command line command and iCal (the GUI calendar program on Mac OS X) start to disagree around the 1752 Gregorian

Re: BetaVote

2004-08-23 Thread Ray Ludenia
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: Very very unscientific. But it is humorous to look at what various countries are purported to desire in the upcoming election here. http://www.betavote.com/ One can only wonder if there is even a shred of accuracy in this poll. (Not that it matters a bit) G

Re: brin-l-books stats

2004-06-02 Thread Ray Ludenia
Robert Seeberger wrote: Thanks to Erik raving about how good Hyperion is a few months ago, I finally read it after looking at the cover and *not* buying it for 20 years or so. Gawrsh its great. I ended up reading all four books one after the other and will read them again at some

Re: March for Women's Lives

2004-05-08 Thread Ray Ludenia
Robert Seeberger wrote: Question: Is there anyone here who did not understand my use of the word trollery? Actually, I thought you were talking about the arcane art of shopping trolley manoeuvring. Regards, Ray. ___

Re: Collected thoughs on Iraq

2004-05-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ahh, another polite correspondent on the list. Not sure we can cope. ;-) Regards, Ray. (Really just testing if my ISP is still being blocked by the spam filter!) Andrew Paul wrote a lot of non-aggressive, polite sucky stuff: Ohh, thanks Julia, I did not mean to imply that kind of black hole

Re: War in Space, was Re: Battlestar Galactica

2004-05-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Robert Seeberger wrote: Offhand, I can think of different type of fighting craft a Space Carrier might deploy. A fighter craft that in swarms, protects the Carrier by forming a protective sphere, or singly or in small groups act as recon. A torpedo craft that launches attacks against

Re: Collected thoughs on Iraq

2004-05-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Andrew Paul wrote: From: Ray Ludenia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Ahh, another polite correspondent on the list. Not sure we can cope. ;-) Regards, Ray. I am probably just a sock puppet for some really nasty bastard :) Andrew (I think) Took me a moment! (it's getting late). Polite sock

Re: Cats May Have Been Pets 9,500 Years Ago

2004-04-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Obviously the writer of this blurb has never lived with cats, since s/he suggests that the human may have been the owner of the cat . . . Midnight Is Currently Sitting On His Servant's Lap Maru Humphrey is currently not sitting on his servant's lap. He has been

Re: Irregulars request: French

2004-04-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Does anyone know if there is any site with exercises in French for beginners? I'm sure there is. Let me google... You could check out: http://www.blisslogik.com/fr/products/fitnessbliss/pro/exercises/ Regards, Ray (The Unhelpful :

Re: Welcome to life in George W. Bush's America

2004-04-06 Thread Ray Ludenia
Mike Lee wrote: The way humans apologize is to say I'm sorry, I was wrong. And then shut up. How about proving that *you* are human Regards, Ray. PS: I'm sorry, I don't know if I'm wrong, but I will shut up now! ___

Re: Winning the War on Terror

2004-04-06 Thread Ray Ludenia
Gautam Mukunda wrote: At least the people arrested aren't dropped into paper shredders now. Can you provide a (recent) reference to this having really happened? As far as I can find out, this is a furphy and has been shown to almost certainly be propaganda. See from a (not totally reliable)

Re: [ADMIN] Pseudonymous postings from the Netherlands

2004-04-04 Thread Ray Ludenia
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Don't you think that it's an evidence that JD is _not_ that member? When I play a person, I try to make myself completely different in the choice of words and style from the real me. For example, I fooled at least 3 workmates using a female persona. Hmmm... Maybe I

Re: [ADMIN] Pseudonymous postings from the Netherlands

2004-04-04 Thread Ray Ludenia
Kevin Tarr wrote: I say do nothing until the usual problems surface. Kevin T. - VRWLC And they will I agree with this. Both bits unfortunately. However, I would love to be proved wrong. I do understand Nick's wariness. Regards, Ray. ___

Re: Belief (was: (no subject))

2004-03-31 Thread Ray Ludenia
Deborah Harrell wrote: Ray Ludenia [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: But the short answer is 'a sense of the numinous' (not my words - Doug's? Bob's? Robert's? - but I liked them enough to appropriate them). Running a quick search through last year's posts revealed

Re: Belief (was: (no subject))

2004-03-31 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:02 AM 3/30/04, Ray Ludenia wrote: Running a quick search through last year's posts revealed a plethora of posts (23) using the word numinous. Would you say that they were numerous? Not without prompting. Supernumerary, perhaps. Regards, Ray

Re: Question Regarding Richard Clarke

2004-03-31 Thread Ray Ludenia
Dan Minette wrote: 4) When there was a spike in the danger indication under Clinton, the principals had daily meetings on it to help shake the bushes for information. Did he really expect that shaking the Bushes would continue under the new administration? All sorts of nuts could have been

Re: Belief (was: (no subject))

2004-03-30 Thread Ray Ludenia
Deborah Harrell wrote: smile I can't remember the thread, but there was a discussion on this question not too terribly long ago...perhaps last summer? I'll try to find it (maybe someone else can recall the thread?), but it might be a while (a lot's going on). But the short answer is 'a

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-27 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 06:24 AM 3/26/04, Ray Ludenia wrote: This reminds me of a wonderful task set for teachers here recently. The top 8% of students in a subject are given a score of 40+. The required outcome set for teachers was to increase the proportion of students who achieve

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-26 Thread Ray Ludenia
Deborah Harrell wrote: Of the 'believers' on this List, I suspect all have an above-average IQ (of course, I think _everyone_ here is above average in the brain category -- else they'd not be brinellers in the first place). This reminds me of a wonderful task set for teachers here recently.

Re: [ADMIN] Call for administrative action

2004-03-21 Thread Ray Ludenia
Travis Edmunds wrote: You're a meanie. But I guess it's all true, so...ah...yeah...you're a meanie and I'm telling my mommy... Or is it mommie? I dunno. What's wrong with the normal English use of mummy? Don't tell me Canadians have been corrupted into using Americanese? :-) Regards, Ray.

Re: [ADMIN] Call for administrative action

2004-03-21 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 04:27 AM 3/21/04, Ray Ludenia wrote: Travis Edmunds wrote: You're a meanie. But I guess it's all true, so...ah...yeah...you're a meanie and I'm telling my mommy... Or is it mommie? I dunno. What's wrong with the normal English use of mummy? Nothing

Re: March Madness!

2004-03-20 Thread Ray Ludenia
Julia Thompson wrote: experiencing March Insanity having nothing to do with basketball, and everything to do with RL stuff Huh? What's your insanity got to do with my stuff??? Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: America, land of the Ashcroft-haters

2004-03-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
Horn, John wrote: (Responding to my own post, bad, bad, bad!) Ah, Bill Maher. Should have waited to post. Then again, I'm so far behind I don't think I'll ever catch up. With the number of posts to read in the last couple of days, I'm surprised anyone finds the time to post. I can't...

Re: ATM update and cat

2004-03-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
The Fool wrote: Cat's won't eat what they can't smell, or what smells stale or rotten (like right-wing ideology). Right-wing, left-wing, doesn't matter. If it's feathered our Humphrey will have a go at it. :-( Regards, Ray. ___

Re: Do as I say, not as I do Democrats

2004-03-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
Julia Thompson wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: Some people on this list consider drunk driving to be a horrible crime that isn't punished harshly enough. (I'm not one of them.) At least he wasn't caught legally gambling, the republicans would really howl over that! IMO, it isn't punished

Re: Gas Prices

2004-03-07 Thread Ray Ludenia
John D. Giorgis wrote: At 09:08 AM 3/6/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: How much are you paying in your part of the country? $1.56 or so down the street from me, but the picture on drudge that linked to the article below shows $2.28. Yikes, that is high Actually, $2.28 strikes me as

Re: Bases, was Re: Stirling engine queries

2004-03-05 Thread Ray Ludenia
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Alberto Monteiro who spends his time in the traffic looking at the numbers of the cars and dividing them by 11. I spend my time making words from the three letters on the plates we have here. Keeps me amused for a while. Bonus points for naughty words. Did I say I hate

Re: BRin-L - are we average? (was RE: Federal Marriage [sic]Amendment)

2004-02-23 Thread Ray Ludenia
Julia Thompson wrote: Actually, in all seriousness, what are the percentages of left-handed people and right-handed people on the list? And ambidexterous? Back of the envelope calculation: Approx 200 out of 6 billion is 0.03% for each of your categories. I'm curious. Anyone have a

Re: Move completed...

2004-02-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
Deborah Harrell wrote: ...now comes the unpacking and putting away! *After* I catch up on some sleep (3 nights skipped in the past 8 days blecth!); I _would_ manage to be moving in the worst storm so far this winter season... They predicted a couple of inches of snow for yesterday; it was

Re: TiVo privacy

2004-02-13 Thread Ray Ludenia
Robert J. Chassell wrote: Perhaps someone on this list who lives in Australia can confirm or deny the claim of my nephew, who lives in Sydney: that already it is illegal in Australia to use a TiVo or home built PVR to skip commercials. Rather than think of a commercial as an invitation

Happy New Year

2003-12-31 Thread Ray Ludenia
2004 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: RIDDLES: Yet another thread for fun.

2003-12-30 Thread Ray Ludenia
Kevin Tarr wrote: This should be easy: I am the ruler of shovels I have a double I am as thin as a knife I have a wife What am I? King of Spades? Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Christmas greetings

2003-12-24 Thread Ray Ludenia
to have dinner with my folks. Wishing everyone a happy and safe Christmas, Ray Ludenia. PS: I know I'm an hour early, but my connection is about to be broken. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [ADMIN] Another dang interruption

2003-11-26 Thread Ray Ludenia
Russell Chapman wrote: I highly recommend the 2004 GTO :-) Go Monaro! Regards, Ray. (Taking Nick's advice and trying a posting to the list) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: A year ago today...

2003-11-19 Thread Ray Ludenia
Julia Thompson wrote: On Mon, 17 Nov 2003, Doug Pensinger wrote: I'm not sure how you would look it up. The list pre-dates the (woefully inadiquate) list archive at Yahoo. Julia would know for sure, but I'll guess it was somewhere around August, 1995. April 1996. I joined in the first

Re: A year ago today...

2003-11-19 Thread Ray Ludenia
Doug Pensinger wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: Would you be willing to email them -- completely at your convenience -- to some of us (ok, me) if we made requests? I would like a copy as well, if it isn't too much trouble... Me too. Regards, Ray. I think this is my first me too post

Re: iTunes for Windo$e

2003-10-20 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:10:38PM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So what was it? Go back and read my prior message and try actually answering the questions, then maybe we can get somewhere. Back to the netherlander sagas perhaps? Ray.

Re: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles)

2003-10-14 Thread Ray Ludenia
Doug Pensinger wrote: Do you remember the math machines - kind of mechanical computers - that they used to have. If I recall correctly, you would type in a number pull a lever, type in an operation and another number and pull the lever and it would calculate the answer. My Dad used to take

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-05 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:41 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? Um

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:36 PM 10/1/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: The A$ is certaily not pegged to the US$. When I visited the States in 2001, we got US$0.52 for our dollar, yet it is now worth US$68. The Australian dollar really increased in value by 13,077% relative to the US

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-04 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:03 AM 10/5/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: PS: Does my comment remind anyone that we seem to be missing some of the picky arguments and linguistic contortions of the past on the list? Um . . . I've been busy recently. Perhaps the other pickers of nits have also

Re: a new Br!n: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 10:33:48PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Australia has tied its economy to US, In what way? Is the Australian currency pegged to the US dollar? I've noticed that the Australian stock market is one of the least correlated with the US stock market

Re: a new Brin: book review

2003-10-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
d.brin wrote: There is another factor. Every nation contains some people who remember that the nation bears responsibility for feeding itself. There is a wish never to completely abandon the land. America is down to the lowest fraction of farmers since we left the caves. I imagine this is

Re: a new Brin: book review

2003-09-30 Thread Ray Ludenia
Jan Coffey wrote: --- d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Now, having said that, has America committed crimes? Duh! In protecting our farmers, for example, our price supports have wounded 3rd world farmers exactly BECAUSE we refused to let then tie their economy to ours! Ah, we can

Re: Information Request

2003-09-24 Thread Ray Ludenia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the best way to Synchronicity strikes again! Three seconds before reading this post, I had typed in a message I just sent What is the best way to do this. Earlier while reading Bova's Moonwar and listening to The Who, as I was reading the phrase deaf, dumb and

Productivity vs efficiency

2003-09-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
There was a discussion on the list a while ago about US versus European productivity. Just came across this article in the local paper with some relevant stats and comments. It makes many of the points that were mentioned in the list discussion. Regards, Ray.

Re: Productivity vs efficiency

2003-09-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: That, and in Belgium you usually get paid an all in salery. So if you finish early the rest of the hours are considered a bonus. I for one alway found that extremely motivating. Wow, wouldn't that be fantastic! Most jobs here in Aus with a fixed salary are

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-29 Thread Ray Ludenia
Doug Pensinger wrote: Gautam Mukunda wrote: Chomsky just speaks to elites - like you. That's where his power comes from. I can see we're going to need a definition of elite before we continue this discussion. I don't know how I could be considered elite in any sense of the word.

testing

2003-08-26 Thread Ray Ludenia
William wrote: I've sent email to the list on Sunday (about not getting any email) but haven't seen anything in my inbox from the list since Saturday. I can see that a few messages have been added to the archive since then, but I haven't seen any of them in email. In fact the last list

Re: _Politics,_was_[L3]_Re:_fight_the_evil_of  price_discrimination

2003-08-14 Thread Ray Ludenia
Jan Coffey wrote: If everyone has a gun, that power is balanced. If every country has nukes, power is balanced too. Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-14 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Wed, Aug 06, 2003 at 11:10:36PM +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: If you have memory problems, one technique you might find useful is to make written notes. No, written notes are slow and not easily searchable. Digital notes stored on a computer are far superior. Sorry

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-14 Thread Ray Ludenia
Erik Reuter wrote: On Tue, Aug 05, 2003 at 05:36:17PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: Toung pushed forward, mouth open, eyes rolled up, head shaking and bobing from side to sidemaru Do you ever post anything worth anything? I can't recall the last time I saw a post of yours that had

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-08-11 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: C) everyone [who wants to own a gun and who has not been convicted of a violent crime or diagnosed with a serious mental or emotional illness] should [be allowed to choose to] have a gun. Can we all agree with that? Most definitely not! Anyone who wants to own a

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-02 Thread Ray Ludenia
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:45 AM 8/2/03 +1000, Ray Ludenia wrote: Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: However, there's at least one spiral galaxy which apparently rotates backwards: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2002/release_2002_33.html Must be in the Southern

Re: NYT: Weapons of Mass Confusion

2003-08-02 Thread Ray Ludenia
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This speculation raises several questions in my mind: if Saddam destroyed his nukes - WHY DIDN'T HE TELL US??? That's what we wanted, after all, what we were demanding, the ostensible reason for the invasion. Why do what he was supposed to but not gain any benefit

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-02 Thread Ray Ludenia
Julia Thompson wrote: Ray Ludenia wrote: Jan Coffey wrote: Wouldn't you have a chip on your shoulder after a while as well? You know, having a chip on your shoulder doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you. Actually, having a chip on both shoulders is better. It keeps one

Re: Irregulars question: Milky Way

2003-08-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: However, there's at least one spiral galaxy which apparently rotates backwards: http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/releases/2002/release_2002_33.html Must be in the Southern Hemisphere. Nah, only if it's upside-down. Regards, Ray.

Re: The seven habits of highly ineffective list-subscribers

2003-08-01 Thread Ray Ludenia
Jan Coffey wrote: Wouldn't you have a chip on your shoulder after a while as well? You know, having a chip on your shoulder doesn't mean there is anything wrong with you. Actually, having a chip on both shoulders is better. It keeps one balanced. Choc-chips are good. Regards, Ray.

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