Re: For David Brin and the rest of you
In a message dated 9/5/2013 4:24:09 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, albm...@centroin.com.br writes: where the Mad Scientist tries to destroy the Earth by placing an enormous mirror or lens in orbit, concentrating solar energy? It's not in orbit; it's in London melting parked cars. Google: London building melting cars. ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Power and civilization
In a message dated 11/29/2012 6:47:33 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, net_democr...@yahoo.com writes: The measure of a civilization could be said to be its consumption of energy and how it uses resources. Conspicuous v. sustainable... Jon From: medieva...@aol.com Twas in Last And First Men, by Olaf Stapledon, I think, where all future civilizations had their power based upon alcohol. Nothing stored from the past was left. I never could get through Stapleton. What was destroyed; all other sources of power? How could that be? Atomic power (though not named exactly as such) burned of most of the crust. Mankind restarted from one Arctic scientific research boat. ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Power and civilization
Twas in Last And First Men, by Olaf Stapledon, I think, where all future civilizations had their power based upon alcohol. Nothing stored from the past was left. In a message dated 11/29/2012 12:58:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, net_democr...@yahoo.com writes: The measure of a civilization could be said to be it's consumption of energy and how it uses resources. Conspicuous v. sustainable... ___ _http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com_ (http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com) ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin events
At every stop, there should be a What's next? question. In a message dated 6/14/2012 11:21:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: Ask Me Anything marathon ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Asteroid mining
Futurist Magazine? World Future Society. They do heavy, or at least semi heavy. I knew nothing about them until I got a stack of their back issues to sell. Vilyehm (Now 39,000 Amazon listings.) In a message dated 6/10/2012 12:22:31 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, hkeithhen...@gmail.com writes: I have been working on three articles recently. There is a JBIS article on a 500,000 ton per year to GEO Skylon/laser concept, one on power satellite design considerations and this one on mining asteroids. The last one reached draft for review first and I hung a wikified draft of it here: http://www.htyp.org/Mining_Asteroids I might leave it there since I don't know where it could be published. It's too heavy on technical details, economics, extractive metalergy for most venues. Keith ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
One less B
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Re: Tuesday afternoon . . .
In a message dated 6/4/2012 6:31:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: I plan to drag my 10 out on the driveway or somewhere nearby where I'll have the best view, slap on the solar filter, and at least watch the ingress phases before it gets too low . . . Um... Drag out 10 and ingress is not a good sentence if somebody who likes to overhear conversations just happens to walk by. Thank gawd you didn't mention a rectifier. Vilyehm___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Debunking the Myth of Intuition
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Re: Existence
As long as they don't say Existence is futile. In a message dated 5/13/2012 10:26:16 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, char...@culturelist.org writes: On 14/05/2012, at 12:26 AM, William Goodall wrote: The new Brin novel Existence comes out in June. A topic! So, will they add a stupid apostrophe in the non-US versions? Ex'stence, maybe… Suppose I should get my amazon order sorted out! Charlie ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: On this date in . . .
I now think all government is run under the rule of Cap and Trade ...of brain cells. In a message dated 9/3/2011 8:21:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Defense Education Act, which provided aid to public and private education to promote learning in such fields as math and science (Insert your own comment here.) ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Real inventions since 1970
Mel Brooks had the answer for the 1960s, if you remember your 2000 Year Old Man. Vilyehm ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Spock as legal authority
Rats. I thought it would have been, Only Nixon could go to China. In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:44:44 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: very largeboldStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is now officially a legal authority/very large/bold [stock photo of Spock on the bridge in STII uniform] The wisdom of Spock has guided us all for years, but now it's enshrined in Texas law. Ruling on the limits of police power, the Texas Supreme Court quoted from Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Ruling in Robinson vs. Crown Cork Seal Company (PDF at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/historical/2010/oct/060714c2.pdf or(?) http://tinyurl.com/18r), Justice Don Willett writes: Appropriately weighty principles guide our course. First, we recognize that police power draws from the credo that the needs of the many outweigh the needs of the few. Second, while this maxim rings utilitarian and Dickensian (not to mention Vulcan), it is cabined by something contrarian and Texan: distrust of intrusive government and a belief that police power is justified only by urgency, not expediency. And there's this footnote after the word Vulcan: See STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN (Paramount Pictures 1982). The film references several works of classic literature, none more prominently than A Tale of Two Cities. Spock gives Admiral Kirk an antique copy as a birthday present, and the film itself is bookended with the book's opening and closing passages. Most memorable, of course, is Spock's famous line from his moment of sacrifice: Don't grieve, Admiral. It is logical. The needs of the many outweigh . . . to which Kirk replies, the needs of the few. We've always thought Spock would be the best person to defend us if we were ever put on trial (other than Samuel T. Cogley, of course) but now he's officially an authority on interpreting the Constitution. Most logical. [SFWA (http://www.sfwa.org/2010/10/star-trek-cited-by-texas-supreme-court) and Josh Blackman (http://joshblackman.com/blog/)] ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Clash of Titans
AMAZING! Not the movie---an actual drive-in. Tucson lost the last one a few months ago. In a message dated 6/3/2010 8:38:02 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, nick.arn...@gmail.com writes: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro _albm...@centroin.com.br_ (mailto:albm...@centroin.com.br) wrote: BTW, those who like movies and/or greek mythology, stay away from this crap. Our grandson wanted to see it for his birthday, so we went to the drive-in and saw Prince of Persia and Clash of the Titans. I slept through much of them. I don't know why they even used the names of various gods in the latter movie - the characters had hardly anything to do with the actual myths. Well, perhaps I do know why - it makes it seem as though there might be some educational value in seeing it. But that would be mistaken. It is undoubtedly counter-productive for the most part. Nick ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: ObBenford, sort of . . .
In a message dated 5/16/2010 11:10:08 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: How do they maintain the vacuum in the well? Lassie throws in Timmie. ...you do know that cliche sucks. Vilyehm ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin Wiki and Trolls
Brin-L and Wiki and Trolls: Brin-L and Wiki and Trolls--oh my Brin-L and Wiki and Trolls--oh my By the way the brain it dumbs, something Wiki this way comes. Vilyehm ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Uplift Fan Fiction
In a message dated 8/13/2009 9:16:06 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, tship...@deru.com writes: A while back there was a thread on the list about people wanting David Brin to write more Uplift fiction. Back when I was writing the Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia I wrote some Fan-Fic history and fiction--the longer works I never finished. A few people wrote and said they liked what I had written. I am not in grad school, I'm pretty healthy, I have some free time, and I need a hobby. If I were to write new Uplift Fan Fiction would anybody be interested in reading it? Not only will I read it, I'll critic it. Contacting Aliens made many mistakes. Hoon feet have toehooks and the Rousit were totally forgotten. And the Rousit, if developed to the logical conclusion, are good for an entire Alvin novel subplot. William Taylor ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'
7- It is much easier to read the back of a video box than the pages of that tiny booklet--if there even is one. Vilyehm **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Language
That being said, Anglic is still probably more flexible by several degrees. -- Matt Anglic is very flexible. And symmetric. No galactic alphabet has characters that can be reversed or flipped. Dyslexia is impossible. But in Anglic, a d flipped once becomes a b. Flipped again, it's a p. And a flipped p becomes a q. With holographic projection, it becomes easy to flip letters, hence the story idea Dr. Brin let me play about with. Sah'ot invents a form of poetry that can only exist as a projected cube, as the poems change depending upon which face is down, and if the reader is inside the cube, or outside looking through two faces. -- Another Anglic flexibility that I hope gets used in an Uplift novel is the fact that Galactics have no concept of different fonts. William Taylor **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221823281x1201398699/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd= JunestepsfooterNO62) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: LIVE from the Moon
Rats. No LCROSS--just field hockey. In a message dated 6/23/2009 5:55:41 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: I presume everyone is watching the live streaming video from LCROSS . . . . . . ronn! :) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com **An Excellent Credit Score is 750. See Yours in Just 2 Easy Steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222377052x1201454391/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=62bcd=Jun eExcfooterNO62) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: BRIN: Startide books on Kindle?
In a message dated 6/11/2009 11:25:26 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: John, I have the contracts in-hand, as we speak! With cordial regards, David Brin _http://www.davidbrin.com_ (http://www.davidbrin.com) My Kindle reads from both sides. It makes a pretty sight. But with all the foes and all the friends The sequence aint always right. --Vilyehm **Dell Deals: Don’t miss huge summer savings on popular laptops starting at $449. (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221770187x1201425153/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fad.doubleclick.net%2Fclk%3B215566131%3B37864407%3B i) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Uplift Universe question....
In a message dated 5/8/2009 11:12:20 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dml...@gmail.com writes: On May 8, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: According to Wikipedia (a reliable source for over 200 years, according to Wikipedia): I have been trying to find the origin of that particular piece of Wikipedia-mockery (that, according to Wikipedia itself, Wikipedia has been around for X00 years) for some time -- does anybody know where it came from? Dave Macbeth. Something Wikipedia this way comes. Vilyehm **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322931x1201367171/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =May5509AvgfooterNO115) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: New Uplift Universe question....
In a message dated 5/8/2009 6:10:49 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dsummersmi...@comcast.net writes: I've got a question that I think about when I think of Brin. He hasn't written a regular novel since Kiln People, which was about 6 years ago...and his last graphic novel was a year after that. Is it fair to say that, while he will continue to write short fiction, the probability of a new novel is exponentially decaying, or will there be new novels? Dan M. ___ _http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com_ (http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com) You mean Uplift novels. Dr. Brin is in the marketing stage for his new close (to present) future history. Personally, I've done everything I can to try to kick him back into Uplift mode. Nothing has worked. (There was a note somewhere that he has a humor Uplift short story in the works.) A return to Jijo was his original intention, as mentioned in the revised issue of GURPS Uplift. I don't think that's still valid. Fans want a return to the main civilization. So what next? The obvious desire of every reader is to see Gill and Tom together again. Not yet, I think. At least not in just one novel. That'd be advancing too far too quickly. And there are several novel ideas that don't even advance in time. The Brothers of the Night on Calafia. The true history of how we got Calafia. The Hoon escape of 2000 years ago. And my favorite: Earth from the Garthling Uplift Ceremony to Streaker's arrival. Now for someone who's looking for hints as to what will happen after Streaker's return, go reread Contacting Aliens. Too much detail was given away there if one actually goes looking for it. And I've suggested to Dr. Brin a novel based upon the Rousit. Anybody remember the Rousit? They got left out of Contacting Aliens. William Taylor Name the ship piloted by Bugs Bunny: Whatta Maru **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322931x1201367171/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =May5509AvgfooterNO115) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Brin: Re: New Uplift Universe question....
In a message dated 5/8/2009 8:06:30 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: I'm on it. seriously I'd rather you were on it humorously **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1221322931x1201367171/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072hmpgID=115bcd =May5509AvgfooterNO115) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: What was that story?
In a message dated 5/2/2009 11:29:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dawnfal...@upliftwar.com writes: Hey, after a story again- It's a post-apocalyptic story, where the protagonist wakes up having been cured of a cancer to discover he's the last man alive. He is periodically woken from suspension sleep by robots which become increasingly sofisticated, and eventu Nope. can't say I know it. There is a story of the last man after a nuclear war who's kept alive by robots, and is discovered to have a grass seed in the cuff of his pants and eventually wakes uo on another planet where the human- like beings have a green tint. But, naw, it can't be the same story. Vilyehm **Check all of your email inboxes from anywhere on the web. Try the new Email Toolbar now! (http://toolbar.aol.com/mail/download.html?ncid=txtlnkusdown0027) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: On the Housing Market
In a message dated 2/25/2009 9:00:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: Alas, both versions came through. Nick, have we run out of solutions here? david ...with no Re grets? What is a gret anyway? **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1218822736x1201267884/aol?redir=http:%2F%2Fwww.freecreditreport.com%2Fpm%2Fdefault.aspx%3Fsc%3D668072%26hmpgID %3D62%26bcd%3DfebemailfooterNO62) ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: What is wealth?
Unimaginable wealth is a child finding a real silver dollar. Actual wealth is never picking up a dropped quarter. Financial stability is looking at the dime as you think of your two choices. Absolute poverty is remembering where the hole in your trousers is as you bend at the knees to pick up that penny. Vilyehm **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!
In a message dated 12/3/2008 3:09:46 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And I got to wave my arms, conducting it, all the way home. To hell with liberal or conservative. Let's debate Toscanini or Stokowski. Vilyehm **Make your life easier with all your friends, email, and favorite sites in one place. Try it now. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0010) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Life after People
In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:37:48 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Nov 27, 2008, at 1:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/27/2008 1:39:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We might even have become gods and simply moved away! Only if we've paid off the mortgage. Hmm. story idea there somewhere. More likely that the mortgagee foreclosed on us. Anyway, that seems to be something like how the story ends in various religions. Who is the mortgagee, and who the mortgage holder? Dave In Uplift, The Progenitors and our long lost Patrons. (Beware of Rothen with carpetbags and long thin mustaches.) I'm now going to go hide in the belly of a whale fighting a giant squid. Vilyehm **Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0002) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Life after People
In a message dated 11/27/2008 1:39:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We might even have become gods and simply moved away! Only if we've paid off the mortgage. Hmm. story idea there somewhere. Vilyehm **Life should be easier. So should your homepage. Try the NEW AOL.com. (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dpicid=aolcom40vanityncid=emlcntaolcom0002) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Name that alien species
In a message dated 11/18/2008 5:51:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hope someone with a better memory than me (or who has read SR and UW more recently) can help me out. I'm trying to remember the name and characteristics of an alien species that, I think, was in either Startide Rising or Uplift War. I think it was a client-species being led around by a patron species. Possibly in SR, when Orley was hiding in the swamp and the aliens were searching the area. I think the alien species had some power to alter reality or time-space or something like that. Anyone remember this? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l Alter reality is the shaggy client of the Tandu. I can't remember the name. I do remember the Cole Porter song line: There's a plan to the Tandu that can do you in. Vilyehm **Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0001) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Name that alien species
Wik: Episiarchs Episiarchs are shaggy quadrupeds that have the ability to temporarily alter reality by force of will, and are used to open short-lived portals that allow Tandu ships to travel instantly to distant parts of the universe, giving them nearly unmatched strategic speed. They have other military (and possibly civilian) uses as well, although these are not elaborated on very much. In _Startide Rising_ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startide_Rising) an Episiarch is used to create a temporary dry pathway on waterlogged land so that a party of Tandu infantry may move more easily. **Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0001) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?
Sorry. Very sorry. But the first thing that came to mind upon reading the subject line: Free condoms for Britn-well, you get the rest. Sorry. **Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news more!(http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/10075x1212774565x1200812037/aol?redir=htt p://toolbar.aol.com/moviefone/download.html?ncid=emlcntusdown0001) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
The silence of the ludites.
On ABC, if nobody else as well, McCain was silent for 30 to 40 seconds. I don't have anything to comment. Just wanted to be first in. Vilyehm **New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew0001) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Frosty Meets Cthulhu
In a message dated 10/6/2008 7:40:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/03/exclusive-william-shatner-voices-santa-in-most-messed-up-x-mas-special-ever/ Or http://tinyurl.com/4c9bmv I must say I'm intrigued... I shuddered just at the e-mail. OK everybody get your printed copy of the music from West Side Story. Let's all sing. (spoken) Cthulhu (sings) The most dangerous sound I ever heard: Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu. . . All the frightening sounds of the world in a single word . . Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu, Cthulhu. . . Cthulhu! I've just met a god named Cthulhu, And suddenly my life Will ever be of strife To me. Cthulhu! I've just blessed a god named Cthulhu, And suddenly I dread How better off the dead Can be! Cthulhu! Say it loud when there's a wind howling, Say it soft when your friends are debowling. Cthulhu I'll never stop slaying, Cthulhu! The most treacherous sound I ever heard. Cthulhu. Vilyehm **New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News more. Try it out! (http://local.mapquest.com/?ncid=emlcntnew0001) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Limericks usung purple and orange.
Goethe's color theory expressed through Western gunfighters: It's highly unlikely Wyatt Earp'll Be even caught dead wearing purple. For the shade a shade uses Can lead to.abuses. And with that one he'd bloody usurp hell. Angie Dickinson listens in: Say, Angie, you want to hear more, Ang? I've a Limerick rhyming orange. It's a ral simple thing That I never will sing As I've neither projection nor range. Stop quoting. Write your own. I did. Vilyehm **It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The Price of Grammatical Perfection
In a message dated 8/22/2008 9:34:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Its A Crime Maru It's. That'll be $14.95 Vilyehm **It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv000547) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: in the Conservapedia
In a message dated 7/1/2008 11:14:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's not even comprehensive. I could have written a better survivalist entry... bleah. Would a pro-luddite website be an oxymoron? Vilyehm **Gas prices getting you down? Search AOL Autos for fuel-efficient used cars. (http://autos.aol.com/used?ncid=aolaut000507) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Adressing Global Warming
In a message dated 4/27/2008 6:37:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The point, however, is that you seldom hear of any rich, white, American environmentalists offering to stop polluting and green the planet by composting themselves . . . ;) . . . ronn! :) I pay no attention to anyone who talks about Global Warming without mentioning Abbot Charles Greeley 431 titles via Addall.com/used Then search again with sunspot or solar variation for the title. Zero. It's a Men In Black conspiracy, I tell ya. So what if the sun has an 11 3/4 year peak energy cycle. That's a 91 year cycle for peak solar output to hit the Pacific at just the right time. Gotta go now--there's a knock at t Vilyehm **Need a new ride? Check out the largest site for U.S. used car listings at AOL Autos. (http://autos.aol.com/used?NCID=aolcmp0030002851) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Book takers?
Last week I purchased 80 grocery bags of books for $5 a bag. And the day before, 100 books at $2 each. Almost all in a foreign language. Almost all without ISBNs or the more modern barcode. The day before that, the other booksellers paid $125 for a membership to get into the University of Arizona Booksale early to use their barcode scanners to, quote, find all the good books. Never replace common sense with dependence on technology. William Taylor (I'll get a scanner later.) **Create a Home Theater Like the Pros. Watch the video on AOL Home. (http://home.aol.com/diy/home-improvement-eric-stromer?video=15?ncid=aolhom000301) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: The Latest In Dolphin Technology
In a message dated 3/16/2008 9:16:10 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know some of the people involved. They assure me there are no suicide missions They call them Volunteer with extreme prejudice? Vilyehm **It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf000301) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Gary Gygax
In a message dated 3/4/2008 12:58:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gary Gygax, the man who more or less invented the modern role-playing game, has passed away. With reverence, since I owned the original boxed set: 1-75 burial 76-99 cremation 00space **It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms, and advice on AOL Money Finance. (http://money.aol.com/tax?NCID=aolprf000301) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Evidence that the Tymbrimi live among us
In a message dated 1/22/2008 4:37:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Creationist God is The Trickster Joke's on you. The Trickster is Tytlal, not Tymbrimi. Vilyehm **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Evidence that the Tymbrimi live among us
In a message dated 1/22/2008 7:08:37 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 1/22/2008 4:37:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Creationist God is The Trickster Joke's on you. The Trickster is Tytlal, not Tymbrimi. Vilyehm Glory be unto the Trickster, the Uncompassionate. the Unmerciful, the Observer. Praise be His Name. May His seltzer bottle always be full and His supply of cream pies endless. Cream pies and a seltzer bottle have been in use since Quetzaquatl. **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Zen Time Travel
Three seconds after I see this title,... What is the sound of a one handed chronometer? Vilyehm **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: What is the Monkeysphere?
Trick question. It's too cold for monkeyspheres. It's so cold I just saw three brass monkeys wandering about aimlessly because they had completely lost their bearings. Old joke. Old list. Vilyehm **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: AI dolls?
In a message dated 12/13/2007 7:33:21 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Why would anyone want an Al Gore doll? Does it come with a box of hatpins? Dunno, but I did see a George Bush Voodoo Doll Kit or somesuch in Barnes Noble a couple of days ago. Julia Why? I'd buy a bag of dried round green vegetables, make tiny little crowns to fit, and pelt the Al Gore doll with noble peas. That's why. Vilyehm **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Scientologists move to ban Germany
Freedom chocolate cake. Vilyehm **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Uplift at Yellowstone
In a message dated 11/9/2007 11:43:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yellowstone is rising. The word uplift makes me think the tytlal have been pouring bicarbonate of soda down Old Faithful. A maru once bit my sister. Vilyehm ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Shaking!
In a message dated 10/30/2007 8:09:00 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just had a pretty good earthquake here... but the lights are still on. Nick Answer the door tonight dressed as a giant lime jello. ...still shaking from yesterday. Vilyehm ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Rowling Outs Dumbledore
In a message dated 10/20/2007 3:25:38 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dumbledore was gay Now you know the reason why he kept the sorting hat in his office. Vilyehm ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Rowling Outs Dumbledore
In a message dated 10/20/2007 3:03:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 10/20/2007 3:25:38 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dumbledore was gay Now you know the reason why he kept the sorting hat in his office. Vilyehm I expect I should be glad I don't quite get that . . . It was a pointy hat. It was made from pressed wool. Sometimes the point of the hat drooped. The hat was frequently felt up. ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Chess players and SF
Don't ask me to play. Aint no good. I want research, references and opinions. For an Uplift story I'm trying to promote by occasionally metaphorically whacking our good DR. on the head with a zen two-by-four. I know all about Eric Frank Russell's martians and their passion for chess. I don't know about any others. Are there any major SF novels where the use of chess by an alien becomes a major plot point? Somewhere I've read that a good english speaking player can think about a game for hours without ever having a single thought in english. Replace english--or anglic with any Civilization of the Five Galaxies language and there's a story line for a certain race that virtually writes itself. (If you want to guess, do it off list.) Also, does anyone use chess or blitzchess as a marital aid? (No, not strip chess.) Can a couple stay mad at each other after a full hour of one minute to move? Let me know what you think. Anything to thin out the percentage of political emails. William Taylor -- You stop serving seafood at the castle when for the tenth time you?again hear... Knight takes prawn. Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Most unlikely tenor of all
In a message dated 6/15/2007 10:02:20 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Puccini can do that to a person. I don't get why the yahoos out think opera is so unmanly. Its usual themes of lust, passion, revenge and loss ought to satisfy almost anyone! Jim Well, once the seaside inn has a stage, I want Alvin to put on an all hoon production of H. M. S. Pinafore. Then because of their double-jointed doubled joints per limb, their wrists that can rotate 270 degrees, and their toe hooks that can let them fight off balance, the second play would be Cyrano de Bergerac. The attempted third play would be the Mikado. This causes a riot because, after all, Pooh-ba is modeled after all hoonish bureaucrats. (All speculation. Not Apocrypha without HIS OK.) Vilyehm ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Amazon.com glitched. Y2K still lives?
If you buy books on Amazon.com, beware of the publication date 1900. There must be thousands of bad listings, usually with outrageous prices. How can a book on the evils of radio advertising be printed in 1900? Yet there the listing be. I've been putting books on Amazon all weekend and suddenly books printed in 1900 are popping up everywhere. For one book, the true publication date is 1964, and there are copies for $10. And here is a copy dated 1900 for $98. Nobody can honestly pick up a 1964 book and accidentally type in 1900. Forget about the river. It seems Amazon is filling up with boobs. Vilyehm ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Irregulars Question: Screws
In a message dated 5/11/2007 6:36:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Torx. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx Charlie To prevent theft, this type of screw has been used exclusively in northern Iraq. Yes, I am going to say it: Torx are for Kurds. Thank you for your kind attention. Vilyehm ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: HOW MANY LIST MEMBERS DOES IT TALE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?
In a message dated 4/29/2007 2:33:14 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Per Judith Hanford: HOW MANY LIST MEMBERS DOES IT TALE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? Would it not be better to potty train the light bulb so it never again needs to be changed? And just where do you find light bulb diapers? Viyehm ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Ping?
In a message dated 4/23/2007 7:20:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's been so quiet... Just thought I'd make sure the list server is really working... Nick Pong. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Script Completed for 'Star Trek XI'
In a message dated 1/11/2007 7:34:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Script Completed for 'Star Trek XI' Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed that the script for Star Trek XI has been completed, that it will concern Capt. Kirk and Spock as very young men, that shooting Frankly, without Ronald D. Moore, the movies just aren't what the TV episodes used to be. Best Star Trek movie never made: By Federation law, Scotty owns the Dyson Sphere. If the Klingons of old went ape about a machine that could create one planet at a time, how would the Romulans react to a million new planetary surfaces? All you have to do is fix the sun's corona by turning the sun off and on again. And, gee, doesn't Picard have a device that can do that because we all saw it beam up before the fake explosion took its place. The Romulans team up with every enemy ever mentioned to produce hopeless odds. So Warf runs off to find the one parallel universe where he was killed and brings back a fleet of a few thousand copies of the Enterprise. And the ships and crews settle inside the Dyson Sphere as the warp engines that have been storing 100 percent of the sun's energy output for centuries finally activate to take the sphere to another galaxy. And every episode mentioned to put this all together was written by Ronald D. Moore. Yes, I'll watch another Star Trek movie, once at least, but I'll also sigh for the opportunity that could have been. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: ADMIN: Testing
In a message dated 12/5/2006 10:15:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The list should be working... but is it? Does self employed count? Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: PLEASE RESPOND — Escalating e- mail problems!
In a message dated 11/13/2006 4:34:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would especially like to hear from the list owners if this message triggers spam filters or other problems, or from others who find this message labeled spam. The pen of my aunt is in the garden. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Re: PLEASE RESPOND — Escalatin g e =?wind...
In a message dated 11/13/2006 5:44:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pen of my aunt is in the garden. My hovercraft is full of eels. The pen of my aunt is in the garden. This sentence is usually found in french and german language books. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: =?windows-1252?q?Re=2B or not 2B_PLEASE_RESPOND_=97_Escala all cars?..
In a message dated 11/13/2006 7:31:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I studied French I haven't studied French, but the best French books I ever got at an estate sale came out of a dumpster. The son had thrown them there. Who would want them? They were in French. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Rear windows-Hitchcock Re=2B or not 2B_PLEASE_RESPOND_Escala all car54whereRU?..
In a message dated 11/13/2006 9:12:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What the heck happened to the subject line? Awww... He noticed. He really noticed. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Silent oceans?
Shrimps are created in farms now - that's what make them cheaper while other fish products become more expensive. Everyone knows the sweetest shrimp come from Arizona _http://www.desertsweetshrimp.com/index.html_ (http://www.desertsweetshrimp.com/index.html) Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: London
In a message dated 10/27/2006 10:18:41 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am going to London from Sunday 2006-10-29 to Thursday 2006-11-02. Any good suggestions? How cold is it? Remember that I am Tropical, anything below 20 Celsius is f freezing! !. Read something good on the way there and back. 2. Ignore anyone who tells you to try out the famous echo in the Reading Room of the British Museum. 3. Drop a Brazilian coin into the river. Help confuse a future archaeologist. Vilyehm. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Apostates!
In a message dated 10/17/2006 5:41:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Printed in the local paper this morning. I found it on-line at Jewish World Review Oct. 16, 2006 / 24 Tishrei, 5767) Global warming... just a theory... You need a more accurate reading. Stand further away from the chicken soup. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Irregulars Question: smell of Phenol
In a message dated 10/11/2006 9:54:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 11:44 AM Wednesday 10/11/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Does anyone know how to eliminate the smell of Phenol? Alberto Monteiro Since you ask, I presume it is already too late for Don't use it in the first place? What do you wish to remove the smell from? (IOW, presumably you wish to eliminate the odor without damaging whatever the odor is on in the process.) Gee Ron, I expected you to say: Cut off your nose. That eliminates all smells. I once had to fan a book with baking soda to get the cigar smell out. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Whinging
In a message dated 10/10/2006 5:24:15 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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 different from home. A commonly accepted derivation of pom is from pommie, or Prisoner Of Mother England, I guess going back to the old days when the UK practised foreign rendition a couple of hundred years ago. ;- Regards, Ray. Can Pom and Circumstance be played on a didgeridoo? Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11conspiracies)
In a message dated 10/1/2006 8:21:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you sure that word is cromulent? Julia Crom never lent Conan anything. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small
In a message dated 9/30/2006 9:02:31 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William Taylor wrote: Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity No. Infinity - (Infinity - 1) = Undefined To the infinity and beyond Alberto Monteiro Sorry, I must have been chewing on the square root of negative Juan Valdez. But I still say that an infinite number of monkeys typing on an infinite number of typewriters is going to produce an infinite amount of poop on the floor. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)
Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity My brain hurts. Can I have a cookie? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Infinities large and small and silly SF stories.
In a message dated 9/28/2006 8:43:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 08:01 PM Thursday 9/28/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/28/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't a little infinite a contradiction, like a little bit . . . ? No... some infinities are smaller than others, as is easily demonstrated. You are describing a story I wrote. Unpublished of course. Two scientists at lunch talk about infinity. If there are an infinite number of monkeys typing at typewriters, how many janitors do you need to clean up after them. If one janitor can take care of the mess made by fifty monkeys, you still have an infinite number of janitors. So if you still have infinity, why not make it one janitor per a hundred monkeys. Two hundred. Three hundred. Five hundred. At what point to you have an infinite number of pissed off janitors who are now on strike? The twist ending, being that the story itself was typed by a monkey. A perfectly typed story. Ook, oink. DAMN. Vilyehm Finite Day, You Are the One can be read, with difficulty, at Baen's slush pile. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers
I say it's a dyson sphere and to hell with calling it a planet. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)
In a message dated 9/18/2006 12:26:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They also took to wearing kilts, those naughty Scots . . . More room for the sheep. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers
It's not a planet, it's a giant light baffle. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: On scientology
In a message dated 8/31/2006 6:39:25 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, toto is a form of the Latin word totus, meaning all. So that's the best I can do. ---David (Buries the attempted joke.) Toto is a Scientologist? In Kansas? Vilyehm (Revives dead joke.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Planet No More
In a message dated 8/24/2006 7:56:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think you hit the nail on the head: we like our itty bitty planet way out there on the edge of nowhere. Dave It was an itty bitty teenie weenie didn't plan it dwarfish planet, that we renamed the first time today Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: .Rothen are Prussians
In a message dated 8/21/2006 5:18:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What about replacing the Clan is with I am -- and the other necessary word substitutes also... evil chuckling Debbi Galactic Overlady Flashback Maru;) Rothen have to be civil to other rothen. The clan has to work first, before they go out and cheat against the universe. Marule Brittania Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
.Rothen are Prussians
Anybody have a copy they can copy/loan me? Germany and the Next War by General von Bernhardi I was hoping to find large blocks of text via Google, but I didn't. General von Bernhardi: The State is the sole judge of morality of its own action. It is, in fact, above morality, or, in other words, Whatever is necessary is moral. All you have to do is replace State with Clan. Rothen: The Clan is the sole judge of morality of its own action. It is, in fact, above morality, or, in other words, Whatever is necessary is moral. Any action in favor of collective betterment to the Civilization of the Five Galaxies outside the limits of the Clan is impossible. I'm working off of a few short quotes from an essay by James Bryce. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: James A. van Allen, 1914-2006
In a message dated 8/11/2006 5:51:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's really too bad. My father studied under him as a student, and he seemed like a neat guy (quite aside from his accomplishments). ~maru The correct science fiction tribute would be to go to your favorite space port bar and have a belt. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Prehistory
Totally meaningless comment: In a message dated 7/29/2006 3:26:09 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We know from a study of his skull and other bones . Bottom line. I don't know. But I don't think anyone else does either. I would rather trace my ancestry from a line of skulls than from a bottom line. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: I'll be a monkey's uncle . . .
In a message dated 7/29/2006 7:26:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Psych Prof Advocates Human/Chimp Hybrids – But only to Offend Christians Or French waiters, New York City cab drivers, marine drill serjeants, and all third string defensive linesmen. Vilyehm (First and second string are always gorilla hybrids.) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Sudoku beats Tabloids
AOL Sudoku: I average 9 minutes for level 1 Level 9 took me 97 minutes. Only time I finished it so far. At 9, I'd really like a move number count and a backup button. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Blacksmiths
..once owned 50 hammers, forge, three sheet metal rollers, about seven punches, all four beverly shears, ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::
In a message dated 5/30/2006 11:42:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW, what is the [natural] function of the toehook? Brin never said. But as their patrons found the Hoon in alpine valleys (Contacting Aliens) I figured it was to easily walk across frozen rivers. And besides the mating use, the umble was used to bring down unstable snowpacks on the mountains. So the Hoon are more cold weather than originally written. The Hoon were given sucker pads. Luckily, our good Dr. Brin never said WHERE. So the sucker pads became the valves between the two interior sacks that make the single throatsac. Isn't lack of detail wonderful? Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Br!n. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::
In a message dated 5/30/2006 6:05:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William-- I believe that 'fencing' is the stylized one with lots of silly rules. Maybe you mean 'sword fighting'? Yup. Anything involved with staying alive aint fencing. It's not clear to me that having more flexible arms would make much difference to sword fighting style. If one wants to really cut the other, one tends to have the arm extended, meaning it's straight. My thoughts were: The more types of attacts, the more one has to learn defence, so becoming a master swords- man would be that much more difficult, and to a human audience, that much more impressive. Sc’ le pied. L'assaut de scorpion par le pied. Overhead attack.of toehook to face or throatsac. By blocking or locking opponent's sword arm. Having that extra length and joint might make a deadly attact of stepping past your opponent's blade to thrust with your sword behind your own back. I think I need a lot of play-dough and pipe cleaners. Weekend's over. Br!n now in subject line. with William Taylor - Good words on page I do forebare Not pulled out from my derriere. Blest be the man who says, writes well And curst be he who makes me spell. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Br!n. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::
In a message dated 5/30/2006 6:57:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not clear on what a scorpion attack to the foot would be. Or is it my French? Why I need stick figures. Probably with two weapons. Attacker pins both arms/ weapons to the outside, with body horizontal. One hooked leg becomes the center of balance. One leg curls up over the attacker's head to toehook opponent's throatsac. Sort of what you could do with a karate crane attack with an extra leg part, starting backwards. A heck of a lot better balance than the average human. Which, IIRC, the hoon have. An attack to use in a tall narrow hallway? Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The List
In a message dated 5/29/2006 2:16:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did you stay for the coda, or did you wimp out with the majority of mindless Marveless minions who walked out when the credits started rolling? Well since I don't remember what I stayed for am not sure. Saw the hint for the future but don't know if that was before or after the credits. So what was it? S P O I L E R Xavier is now in the body of that brain dead guy. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Brin. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::
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. Brian Hooker's: Then, as I end the refrain, thrust home! Other editions had I hit and other such correct fencing terminology. Only the Hooker had a sexual inuendo. So, dear list experts, expatriates, and exporters of trivial knowledge, does the original French line have the requisite sexual undertones? In the rehlm of deep underground demonic fiqure skating championships, (i.e. Hell actually becomes minus in temperature according to Alberto) I'm trying to write the Hoon Book of Fencing. I could use some help from fencers--and from anatomists. All Hoon are double-jointed as well as having that extra arm and leg segment. The toehook means they can lunge and stand off balance, and an arm or leg can lock into position to trap an opponent's arm, leg, or blade. This is of course for stage combat. Actual Olympic style fencing has a long list of no-nos. William Taylor - Good words on page I do forebare Not pulled out from my derriere. Blest be the man who says, writes well And curst be he who makes me spell. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: The List
In a message dated 5/28/2006 5:36:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has the list been down recently, or did everyone else leave their computers behind for a long Memorial Day weekend after seeing X-Men 3? (Personally, I did the latter at midnight Thursday and spent most of the subsequent time lying down with a couple of heating pads because everything from the top of my neck to my waist hurts whenever I move or breathe, but that's just me . . . ) Did you stay for the coda, or did you wimp out with the majority of mindless Marveless minions who walked out when the credits started rolling? Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Re: Kiln people fixes?
In a message dated 3/31/2006 5:27:55 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ...the uk version seemed to have a stupid apostrophe added... This irritated me so much that I was unable to buy it. Annoying, 'cause I was really looking forward to reading it. Suppose I could just order a us version. or did the australian edition avoid the stupid apostrophe? Charlie Down under, wouldn't it be KIL,N PEOPLE? Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Brin: Re: Kiln people fixes?
In a message dated 3/30/2006 3:03:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A quick appeal to any nitpickers out there who spotted errors in KILN PEOPLE. If you have any types or errors noted anywhere, now is the time to tell me. There's about to be a reprint. Will there be a spot on the cover so we know it's not the original? Vilyehm --- Too easy Maru ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Seti at Home
In a message dated 3/25/2006 2:17:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did anyone else get an email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] asking to participate in BOINC? Boinc? Sounds like something Pinky would say. No email here. Vilyehm - Narf. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Isaac Hayes quits SouthPark -- Update
In a message dated 3/24/2006 4:15:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone else curious how Isaac Hayes might feel now after this week's Super Adventure Club episode? They just write another episode where it all turns out to be a dream. Though a nude Chef in the shower is not something I'm actually looking forward to. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Goodbye (goodbye goodbye)
In a message dated 3/21/2006 2:17:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Medieval protest songs? No I don't. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Goodbye (goodbye goodbye)
In a message dated 3/21/2006 3:14:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Come on. I'm sure that if you try you can find something in this thread that you want to protest BOMBED LAST NIGHT Bombed last night, and bombed the night before Going to get bombed tonight If we never get bombed any more When we're bombed, we're scared as we can be Can't stop the bombing sent from Higher Germany They're over us, they're over us, One shell hole for just the four of us, Thank your lucky stars there are no more of us, 'Cause one of us can fill it all alone. Gassed last night, and gassed the night before Going to get gassed tonight; If we never get gassed anymore When we're gassed, we're sick as we can be For Phosgene and Mustard Gas is much too much for me. They're warning us, they're warning us, One respirator for the four of us Thank your lucky stars that three of us can run, So one of us can use it all alone. Vilyehm Goodbye-ee, Goodbye-ee, Wipe the tear, baby dear, from your eye-ee ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin: Uncyclopedia
In a message dated 3/17/2006 11:16:16 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the fair-haired ethereal stopped to relieve himself in the men's room whereupon a local, standing at the next station, This of course violates the unwritten rule of courtesy, where you take a urinal two spaces away from an occupied space. Except that Thor wanted to use the one set lower than the others. This way he didn't have to lift up so far, or tie it in a knot again. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: A question about Contacting Aliens
In a message dated 3/16/2006 6:34:54 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After finishing up GURPS Uplift, I took another look at _Contacting Aliens_. And while it was fun to read again and check out the pics, etc., and it's cool how it's laid out like a how to book for Terragens agents dealing with Galactics, ---That was to have been the title. Terragen Field Agent's Guide. The publisher said otherwise. I noticed a substantial number of what *appear* to be major editing errors in terms of what happened when and to whom. ---Lenagh did more of the editing than he had originally planned. Because some things were not edited at all. One race has a strange lineage because the dummy words were never replaced with what was supposed to come later. For example, one page says the Caltmour died out during the battles with the Lions, but another says it happened ~2,000 years ago. ---And the Tytlal are six fingered, and the Thennanin have tails. So I was wondering if you guys thought that was purposeful. --Nope. That is, was it written in such a way as to reflect the spotty data available to Earthclan due to its substandard libraries and inexperience, or if the book just wasn't run past our Uplift timeline gurus such as Alberto for a thorough vetting. --Hidden purpose? Look, all of the Thennanin spy pictures were drawn as if the Thennanin were 2.75 meters tall, and not 3.75 meters tall. This led me to believe that they were actually taken by a Pila who had a biological camera installed behind one of his buttons. And some Pila have fingernail claws; some Pila have solid claws. And some Pila have five buttons; some Pila... Jim ---No answer, Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: A question about Contacting Aliens
In a message dated 3/16/2006 8:46:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Instead, a tree of patron client relations would be dominated by explosions. Fertile patrons will have lots of clients. Most of these client lines will die out relatively soon, but some will have their own large families. Dr. Brin left out entirely one aspect of the clan tree analogy: pruning. Patrons who sue to have a race removed from the clan after they have served their 100,000 years of indenture. Though not yet cannon, so far I have two examples. The Jehmopinni—an overtly large race of sapient beings, as large as a blue whale. From a low gravity, high pressure, high O2 planet. Too damn large to do anything but get in the way, and they cost too much to accommodate as equals. After abandonment, they now have to sign an acceptance of discrimination form if they leave their homeworld. The Ahp'Churzz. Kangaroo like with the hairy tale segmented like a scorpion's tale. On the end of it is an extra opening for gasses only. Living in swamps, they developed a silent release for above the water line. Or as a vocal warning.. For 100,000 years their patron put up with this 'involuntary' stench. Recently, Earthclan discovered the secret to the Ahp'Churzz. It isn't involuntary. It's how they laugh, and they also like the Three Stooges. The Ahp'Churzz are easy to remember. For they have a tail, full of sound, and furry, signifing n'yukking. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Hello (hello, hello)
In a message dated 3/15/2006 6:45:23 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Expect a visit from the Tandu any day now. Sings: There's a plan to the Tandu that can do you in. Vilyehym ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
