Click on the Pacific in the sidebar, and then look for a link that says
something like tired of the Pacific? Move elsewhere...
Thanks I figured it out...
Now for developing a regional hegemony...bwahahaha!
Damon.
Damon Agretto
[EM
On Sun, Dec 29, 2002 at 01:04:18AM -0500, Damon wrote:
> So I've been trying to join my fellow despots in the Five Galaxies but
> so far can't figure it out. How is it done?
Click on the Pacific in the sidebar, and then look for a link that says
something like tired of the Pacific? Move elsewhere
So I've been trying to join my fellow despots in the Five Galaxies but so
far can't figure it out. How is it done?
Damon.
Damon Agretto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum."
http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/inde
On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 11:56:36PM -0500, Damon wrote:
> Huh. So did anyone else notice the number of countries with compulsory
> military service? Has Starship Troopers (the book, not the pseudo-Nazi
> filled movie) been making the rounds again?
I was wondering about that myself, but then again,
Huh. So did anyone else notice the number of countries with compulsory
military service? Has Starship Troopers (the book, not the pseudo-Nazi
filled movie) been making the rounds again?
Damon.
Damon Agretto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Qui desid
Kevin wrote:
>
> I'm E.E. "Doc: Smith, which I gave a big who? to.
Wrote the "Lensman" series - classic Space Opera, and a darn good
read, IMO.
Be flattered, if you wish.
Adam C. Lipscomb
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem
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At 02:54 PM 12/14/2002 +, you wrote:
> http://gning.org/skiffy.html
>
I am Hal Clement. Now I think I have a moral obligation to
_read_ some of his books. Any suggestion? [or is it
High Treason for some of His Stormstroopers to read
anything that is not blessed by Him?]
Alberto Monteiro
...
> How do people getting the full list deal with the volume?
>
> Inquiring and overwhelmed minds want to know ;)
We could try to make better use of the "topics" feature of the list server.
I don't have much extra time right now, but perhaps some folks would like to
come up with categories tha
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 06:20:08AM -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
> I'm sorry, I should have made myself clearer. I don't mean my own
> email filters. I mean the filters the listserv has at the website. You
> can chose to get "brin" or "scouted", "ot", etc, and then there's a
> choice as to whethe
From: "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: br!n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:00:54 -0600 (CST)
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
> How do people getting the
On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
> How do people getting the full list deal with the volume?
>
> Inquiring and overwhelmed minds want to know ;)
Lots of skimming.
Marvin Long
Austin, Texas
Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA)
I'm sorry, I should have made myself clearer.
I don't mean my own email filters. I mean the filters the
listserv has at the website. You can chose to get
"brin" or "scouted", "ot", etc, and then there's a choice
as to whether or not you get mail that isn't marked
for any special category.
If I ch
Amanda wrote:
> How do people getting the full list deal with the volume?
Jeroen replied:
With great difficulty...
(But it helps if you can read Brin-L mail at the office.)
Which is the *only* place I can read it. If I tried to spend as much time
on-line at home as I get to spend at wor
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Amanda SubbaRao [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: donderdag 19 december 2002 4:45
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: br!n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> How do people getting the full list deal with the v
To anyone using Outlook Express filters, maybe you can help
Amanda? NicK, I think you use the evil email program?
On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 09:45:14PM -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
> I was looking at ways of cutting down the volume of mail myself,
> and am wondering: if I only select a couple of fi
I was looking at ways of cutting down the volume of mail myself, and
am wondering: if I only select a couple of filters, such as the brin and
scouted filter, from the list options and don't select the "unfiltered" mail,
would I see replies to things where I've changed the "brin" as you
describe?
Amanda,
Just a reminder, since your subject had "brin:" in it, your message was
sent to David Brin's email box for his special attention! If you did not
intend this, you can change it to something else (I used "br!n:").
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At 19:57 17-12-2002 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone for one of the nicest welcomes I've had
yet on the internet.
Yeah, well, we're a bunch of awfully nice people. :-)
(Most of us, most of the time, anyway.)
I'm very glad I haven't done anything on the int
Firstly, I'd like to thank everyone for one of the nicest welcomes I've had
yet on the internet.
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From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:49 AM
Subject: Re: brin: [LINK] Wha
>> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
>> Van: Russell Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Verzonden: dinsdag 17 december 2002 1:53
>> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Onderwerp: Re: br1n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
>
>> I'm now well into my
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Russell Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 17 december 2002 1:53
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: br1n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> I'm now well into my seventh year on this list an
> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: dinsdag 17 december 2002 0:00
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: Re: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> Jeroen wrote:
> >That problem has been remedied; a
Russell Chapman wrote:
>Reggie Bautista wrote:
>>Whaddya know, I'm now in the top 50!
>I'm now well into my seventh year on this list and I still barely
>scrape into the top 50. Some of the people near the top were only
>here for a little while and still managed thousands of
>posts...
I was as
The Fool wrote:
>From: d.brin
>>Happy holidays all!
>
>You mean that Sun worshipping thingy coming up in 9 days, that is
>perhaps the single biggest amalgam of pagan rituals?
A fun alternative might have been just taking the good wishes in the spirit they were
intended.
Have a happy, non-denom
On 17 Dec 2002 at 10:52, Russell Chapman wrote:
> Reggie Bautista wrote:
>
> >
> > Whaddya know, I'm now in the top 50!
>
> I'm now well into my seventh year on this list and I still barely
> scrape into the top 50. Some of the people near the top were only here
> for a little while and still ma
Reggie Bautista wrote:
Whaddya know, I'm now in the top 50!
I'm now well into my seventh year on this list and I still barely scrape
into the top 50. Some of the people near the top were only here for a
little while and still managed thousands of posts...
Cheers
Russell C.
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That problem has been remedied; as of right now, www.brin-l.com is back in
business! :-)
Whaddya know, I'm now in the top 50!
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> Behalf Of The Fool
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 12:30 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
>
>
> > From: d.brin
>
> > Happy holidays all!
>
> You mean that Sun worshi
At 21:15 16-12-2002 +0100, I wrote:
Yes and no. The question has everything to do with the Alpha Mail
Statistics, but that page is not "under construction"; I just haven't
gotten around to restore the content of www.brin-l.com yet.
That problem has been remedied; as of right now, www.brin-l.co
You mean that Sun worshipping thingy coming up in 9 days, that is perhaps
the single biggest amalgam of pagan rituals?
You got it.
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> From: d.brin
> Happy holidays all!
You mean that Sun worshipping thingy coming up in 9 days, that is perhaps
the single biggest amalgam of pagan rituals?
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Hi folks.
Just a reminder... please remove the Brin: from subject headers when
you (in your own judgment) feel the topic has drifted away from
importance to me.
NOT a serious matter, just a small courtesy.
It's fun to see Brin-L active again and at peace.
Happy holidays all!
db
At 14:59 16-12-2002 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote:
Speaking of unlurking, there was an Amanda
And before you get really wierded out by the question, he's probably
asking for 'probably under construction' brin-l.com alpha mail page. :)
Right J?
Yes and no. The question has everything to do with th
At 12:12 15-12-2002 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
> Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a
doctor
> of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illinois University, but
> that's pretty much it. (OK, that plus a comment about "seven years
being a
> very long time
> From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>
> http://gning.org/skiffy.html
>
I got:
Philip José Farmer
This prolific author brings surprising depths to he-man adventure tales, and
broke science fiction's prudery barrier.
Surprising... While I really like PJF (I ran a role-playing ga
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Erik Reuter
> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 5:23 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: br!n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
>
>
> Do we still have to
Do we still have to be careful about the "brin:" tag? That is, are
messages with "brin:" in the subject brought automatically to DB's
attention again now?
--
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> -Oorspronkelijk bericht-
> Van: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Verzonden: zondag 15 december 2002 23:04
> Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Onderwerp: RE: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> And... don't worry, Jeroen *does* work for a g
...
> Now, who is going to send this damn test to Jerry?
Jerry doesn't take tests. After all, he's a best-selling science fiction
writer. He *gives* tests.
Did I mention that he's a best-selling science fiction writer? And makes a
lot of money? Really a whole lot?
Nick
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At 12:12 15-12-2002 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
> Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
> of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illinois University, but
> that's pretty much it. (OK, that plus a comment about "seven years being a
> very long time to
>From our good Dr. Brin:
> Bizare.
> and enough on this I got kids & stuff to do.
I once had fun with a local radio talk show host, as I called her a radio
personality who happened to be a Tucson resident. And I called the man who
had the program before her's, a Tucson resident who happened to
> As for #4, I'd like to know who "j" (my fellow "shitter) is. Bizare.
Pournelle.
Yup. Nuff said. This dope has had enough of our time. Next item.
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On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 07:32:28PM -0800, d.brin wrote:
> Thanks Erik But there must be more to it. Some answers
> are obligate. They form a choice cut between one author and
> another. Others... the test doesn't care if I voted for Al Gore or
> PatRobertson.
It just adds one to each varia
Thanks Erik But there must be more to it. Some answers are
obligate. They form a choice cut between one author and another.
Others... the test doesn't care if I voted for Al Gore or
PatRobertson.
As for #4, I'd like to know who "j" (my fellow "shitter) is. Bizare.
and enough on this I g
One other thing worth pointing out about this type of "test" is that the
answers for which an author is mostly unique (i.e., few other authors
"gave" the same answer) are pivotal in scoring the overall test. For
example, for Brin, questions #1, #4, and #8 have Brin with 3 or fewer
other authors, so
On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 01:47:46PM -0800, d.brin wrote:
> In fact, a majority of these answers are bizarre or even diametrically
> opposite to anything having to do with me. 1,2,4,5, and 8 have no
> bearing on truth in any way.
You probably missed it, but Rob posted the code of the test, so you
d.brin wrote:
>
>> Here was a set of answers that got me David Brin:
>> 1. War and conquest
>
> In fact, a majority of these answers are bizarre or even
> diametrically opposite to anything having to do with me.
> 1,2,4,5, and 8 have no bearing on truth in any way.
>
I think the reason for 1. War
Jon wrote:
How are Cheerios and Applesauce? Do they make the applesauce more
festive?
Jon
BTW, I don't recommend the above combo... fake hotdogs wrapped in
cornbread don't go as well with sickeningly sweet chocolate milk as you
might expect.
As I would expect it to be awful, I'll heed your adv
Our good Dr. Brin comments:
> 1. War and conquest
> 2. Whatever is big, fast, and/or powerful
> How interesting.
>
> In fact, a majority of these answers are bizarre or even
> diametrically opposite to anything having to do with me.
> 1,2,4,5, and 8 have no bearing on truth in any way.
P
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In a message dated 12/15/2002 12:26:25 PM US Mountain Standard
ge-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 4:24 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
Welcome, Amanda!
At 12:12 PM 12/15/02 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
>From: &qu
Thanks, Amanda, for finding me... so to speak.
Here was a set of answers that got me David Brin:
1. War and conquest
2. Whatever is big, fast, and/or powerful
3. Patriotism is foolish... but I suppose I'm rather parochial.
4. I'll shit on you like you've never been shit on before.
5. I just avo
Rich wrote:
>
> Welcome to the club! (Although I suspect that I'm a newer member
than
> you are.) Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as
crazy
> as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
I resent that. I've got Official Documents from a mental health
professional certi
Welcome, Amanda!
At 12:12 PM 12/15/02 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Aha -- a new face in the crowd! Welcome! :-)
>
> Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
> of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illi
At 10:41 AM 12/15/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
"d.brin" wrote:
> But honestly folks. Ain't it too silly for lifespan?
"Too silly" is relative. It's ridiculous, certainly, but is it more or
less a waste of time than sitting around in the covered outdoor seating
area of a restaurant on a Satu
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> Amanda said:
>
> > I decided Academia was Not For Me
&g
Richard Baker wrote:
>
> Amanda said:
>
> > I decided Academia was Not For Me
>
> Welcome to the club! (Although I suspect that I'm a newer member than
> you are.) Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as crazy
> as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
Hey! I resent
In a message dated 12/15/2002 12:26:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as crazy
> as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
As I sit here pouring Cheerios on my applesauce, I wonder what he means
by this
Amanda said:
> I decided Academia was Not For Me
Welcome to the club! (Although I suspect that I'm a newer member than
you are.) Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as crazy
as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
> Moonrise is still on my "to fiddle with further" l
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Aha -- a new face in the crowd! Welcome! :-)
>
> Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
> of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illinois University, but
> that's pretty much it. (OK, that plus a comment
"d.brin" wrote:
> But honestly folks. Ain't it too silly for lifespan?
"Too silly" is relative. It's ridiculous, certainly, but is it more or
less a waste of time than sitting around in the covered outdoor seating
area of a restaurant on a Saturday night with a bunch of people in
various approx
At 23:00 14-12-2002 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
Aha -- a new face in the crowd! Welcome! :-)
Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illinois University, but
that's pretty much it. (OK, that plus a comment abo
> > From: d.brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > >David,
> > Would you be so kind as to entertain us by taking the test (takes
> > only a few minutes) and tell us the result? Inquiring Brin-L minds
> > would like to know.
> >
> > >> > > Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I
> subs
Dr. Brin wrote:
>Ain't it too silly for lifespan?
Wait a second. There are things that are too silly for us?
Why am I never CC'ed on these memos, dangit? :)
Jim
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From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 7:18 PM
Subject: Re: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> > From: d.brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > >David,
On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 04:32:13PM -0800, d.brin wrote:
> as full as it oughta be. Even though it appears that Greg Benford
> (much to his surprise) voted for Al Gore.
Oh no, now I'm trying to figure out who Benford did vote for! Can you
divulge this information?
--
"Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROT
> From: d.brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >David,
> Would you be so kind as to entertain us by taking the test (takes
> only a few minutes) and tell us the result? Inquiring Brin-L minds
> would like to know.
>
> >> > > Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I
subscribe:
> >> > >
>
David,
Would you be so kind as to entertain us by taking the test (takes
only a few minutes) and tell us the result? Inquiring Brin-L minds
would like to know.
> > Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I subscribe:
> >
> > http://gning.org/skiffy.html
I went ahead and took
> http://gning.org/skiffy.html
>
I am Hal Clement. Now I think I have a moral obligation to
_read_ some of his books. Any suggestion?
Mission of Gravity
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On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 12:14:34PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I turned out to be Gregory Benford. The questions are somewhat
> limited as many times I wanted to pick more than one answer.
That's okay. Gregory Benford was given more than one answer on the
answer key in at least one place I
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote:
>
> Alberto wrote:
> >
> > I am Hal Clement. Now I think I have a moral obligation to
> > _read_ some of his books. Any suggestion? [or is it
> > High Treason for some of His Stormstroopers to read
> > anything that is not blessed by Him?]
>
> I'd suggest _Mission of Gra
Erik Reuter wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:16:00PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
> >d: David Brin
>
> I went through to see if I agreed with the David Brin "answers".
>
> > Question("Are you a total dork when dealing with the opposite sex?", 8);
> > A("I'm so smooth, I couldn't possi
HEllo,
I turned out to be Gregory Benford. The questions are somewhat limited as
many times I wanted to pick more than one answer. I wonder if there is a
better version of the test some place else?
Mike V.
"You can't get us all, Hercules," someone called from his left.
"Some of us, thou
on 14/12/02 3:15 pm, Adam C. Lipscomb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Alberto wrote:
>>
>> I am Hal Clement. Now I think I have a moral obligation to
>> _read_ some of his books. Any suggestion? [or is it
>> High Treason for some of His Stormstroopers to read
>> anything that is not blessed by Him?
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From: "John Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
>
> On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 08:34 PM, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
>
Alberto wrote:
>
> I am Hal Clement. Now I think I have a moral obligation to
> _read_ some of his books. Any suggestion? [or is it
> High Treason for some of His Stormstroopers to read
> anything that is not blessed by Him?]
I'd suggest _Mission of Gravity_ - it's his best-known work.
Adam C. L
Hey, I'm Benford!
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> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb
> Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 5:34 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [LIN
> http://gning.org/skiffy.html
>
I am Hal Clement. Now I think I have a moral obligation to
_read_ some of his books. Any suggestion? [or is it
High Treason for some of His Stormstroopers to read
anything that is not blessed by Him?]
Alberto Monteiro
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on 14/12/02 1:34 am, Adam C. Lipscomb at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I subscribe:
>
>
> http://gning.org/skiffy.html
>
> In light of recent discussions, I thought this result was interesting:
>
> You are:
>
> Robert A. Heinlein
> Beginnin
At 21:50 13-12-2002 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Somebody needs to get Dr Brin to take the test so we can find out who he
*really* is.
I just sent Him a message, asking Him if He would be so kind as to take the
test and share the results with us. Now all we can do is wait for His answer.
J
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > http://gning.org/skiffy.html
>
> Changing only one question at a time to what I thought were OK seconds,
I
> stayed on Asimov most of the time. Got Benford three times, Hal twice,
and
> Clarke only once.
>
> The survey was flawed because it did not have the correc
At 00:47 14-12-2002 -0500, Jim Sharkey wrote:
Don't get me wrong, I love Harlan. But he's definitely *not* a person one
would call a ray of sunshine. :)
But at least that way, he will be remembered.
After all, if you check your history books, what kind of people throughout
the centuries are
At 19:34 13-12-2002 -0600, you wrote:
Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I subscribe:
http://gning.org/skiffy.html
I am: H.G. Wells.
The first major literary talent to make himself at home in the science
fiction field, greatly expanding its popularity.
Jeroen -- who j
In a message dated 12/13/2002 9:59:39 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> A("I can take a dildo the size of a Louisville Slugger.", "ky");
Agh
THIS is a pun worthy of being shot at Dawn.
--or any other female vocalist you want to name.
And if you don't see the p
Erik Reuter wrote:
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:16:00PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
d: David Brin
I went through to see if I agreed with the David Brin "answers".
Question("What is the grand theme of life that you focus on most often?",
1);
A("Exploration and discovery.", "acgqvw");
A("
One thing about this test: How can the guy who made this not have Harlan Ellison on
that list as a possible SF author? I mean, he has written so many great short
stories, it seems weird to leave him out. Did the creator just assume that no human
being is capable of being nearly as complete an
had 17 entries on
Amazon. :)
Guess I'd better expand my reading collection! :)
Jon
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On Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 8:34 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are
Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
>You are: Robert A. Heinlein Beginning with technological action
>stories and progressing to epicstake-no-prisoners writer racked up some huge sales
>numbers.
Apparently so am I. What's funny is I can barely stand anything made by Heinlein that
I've read, except to Sta
On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 10:16:00PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote:
>d: David Brin
I went through to see if I agreed with the David Brin "answers".
> Question("What is the grand theme of life that you focus on most often?",
> 1);
> A("Exploration and discovery.", "acgqvw");
> A("War and conques
"Adam C. Lipscomb" wrote:
> Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to
> which I subscribe:
>
> http://gning.org/skiffy.html
>
> In light of recent discussions, I thought this result
> was interesting:
>
> You are:
David Brin
Bestselling producer of impossible-to-put-down epic adventur
In a message dated 12/13/2002 8:58:26 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> I think I'll call it a night and go back to *reading*. (Maybe get a
> snack first)
>
> Thank you, Adam, for passing on such wonderful entertainment!
>
> Julia
I'm working on one of 100 bo
This is part of the setup for the quiz.
Pretty interesting really!
__
The SF writers are each represented by one letter, as follows:
a: Isaac Asimov
b: Alfred Bester
c: Arthur C. Clarke
d: David Brin
e: Octavia E. Butler
f: Phi
Julia Thompson wrote:
> Julia
>
> wondering how you have to tweak it to get EM (for a certain value of
> "EM")
Tweaking to aim for EM yielded LeGuin.
I think I'll call it a night and go back to *reading*. (Maybe get a
snack first)
Thank you, Adam, for passing on such wonderful ent
Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
> Hal Clement and I dont believe I have had the pleasure actually.
>
> xponent
> Curiouser Maru
> rob
OK, I just took it myself, and, well -- hello, me! :)
Julia
wondering how you have to tweak it to get EM (for a certain value of
"EM")
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Robert Seeberger wrote:
>
> Hal Clement and I dont believe I have had the pleasure actually.
>
> xponent
> Curiouser Maru
> rob
You should.
I don't know if you mean you've never read him, or you've never met him,
but both should be remedied at some point, if the opportunities arise.
:)
(He's
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From: "John Garcia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 9:38 PM
Subject: Re: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
>
> On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 08:34 PM, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
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In a message dated 12/13/2002 8:39:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> You are:
>
> David Brin
Damn. What'd I do wrong. I guess I defined adventure as the usual replacement
for logic and plausible science.
Either that or the wrong vote
William Taylor
--
> http://gning.org/skiffy.html
Changing only one question at a time to what I thought were OK seconds, I
stayed on Asimov most of the time. Got Benford three times, Hal twice, and
Clarke only once.
The survey was flawed because it did not have the correct answer to the half
full / half empty
On Friday, December 13, 2002, at 08:34 PM, Adam C. Lipscomb wrote:
Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I subscribe:
http://gning.org/skiffy.html
In light of recent discussions, I thought this result was interesting:
Here's what I got:
You are:
David Brin
Bestsellin
In a message dated 12/13/2002 7:03:56 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> > http://gning.org/skiffy.html
OK
You are:
Isaac Asimov
One of the most prolific writers in history, on any imaginable subject.
Cared little for art but created lasting and memorable tales.
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