Re: Archives
Jeroen wrote: Why do you ask, Doug? Planning on a second attempt at building a List Archive? No, just interested in reading some of the old threads. Doug ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Archives
I have a subtantial part of the List Archives from Day 1 till roughly 6 years ago (back when any day with less than 100 messages was considered a slow day GRIN) still available off-line, thanks to my attempt years ago to set up the Great Brin-L Archive. I estimate that archive to be 90-95% complete. Only problem is that the Zip drive itself is currently living in one of approx. 80 cardboard boxes in an off-site storage unit. On the bright side: as part of my Decluttering Project it should resurface in the near future. Why do you ask, Doug? Planning on a second attempt at building a List Archive? Jeroen Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens Nick Arnett Verzonden: maandag 14 juni 2010 2:16 Aan: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Onderwerp: Re: Archives On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote: Nick; are the archives accessed from the list page all that are available? As a practical matter, probably. But take a look here, too: http://www.mail-archive.com/brin-l@mccmedia.com/info.html There may be other archives out there. And I have older archives, but no easy way yet to make them available. Nick Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 9.0.829 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/2934 - datum van uitgifte: 06/13/10 08:35:00 ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Archives
Nick; are the archives accessed from the list page all that are available? Doug ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Re: Archives
On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote: Nick; are the archives accessed from the list page all that are available? As a practical matter, probably. But take a look here, too: http://www.mail-archive.com/brin-l@mccmedia.com/info.html There may be other archives out there. And I have older archives, but no easy way yet to make them available. Nick ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Archives: attention list management
Where can I find the list archives? Note also that typing Brin-L in Google returns: http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l Which produces a page No such list brin-l, which is not helpful if we want to recruit new members. ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
From The Archives
Me: Tue Jul 27 19:03:48 PDT 2004 OK, I'm ready to vote for Barack Obama for President. Wow! What a dynamic speaker. He was really able to elucidate much of what I feel about America. xponent Encore!!! Maru rob xponent I Found It Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Vatican to open all archives from 1922 to 1939
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/30/AR2006063000555.html Pope Benedict has decided to open all Vatican archives from 1922 to 1939, giving new insight into what the Catholic Church knew and did as Europe saw the rise of Nazism in Germany and the Spanish Civil War. The Vatican said on Friday it would open its central files, known as the Secret Archives, and files of its Secretariat of State for the pontificate of Pope Pius XI on September 18. In a short announcement, it said the opening would make available for historical research ... all documentary sources until February 1939 that are stored in different series of the Archives of the Holy See. The part of the archives likely to provide new insight is that regarding Spain, said a Vatican source who asked not to be named. The Church was linked to the Nationalist forces of General Francisco Franco in the 1936-1939 civil war. Historians have long pressed the Vatican to open its wartime archives to answer questions about what it knew about the Nazi slaughter of Jews in Europe. Critics accuse Pope Pius XII of failing to help save Jews, a charge his supporters deny. But the Vatican usually opens archives papacy by papacy, and Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli was elected pope in February 1939. CATHOLIC-JEWISH SORE POINT Under pressure to counter criticism from historians and Jewish groups, the Vatican published selected files concerning its pre-war relations with Germany, including correspondence from Pacelli when he was papal ambassador in Germany, in 2003. It said more organizational work had to be done in the archives before the rest of the files could be opened. Another Vatican source, who also requested anonymity, said the newly accessible files would include documents about the Nazis but that most information on the Vatican's relations with Germany had already been published. The archives issue remains a sore spot for Catholics and Jews because many Jewish historians believe Pius turned a deaf ear to reports about the Holocaust. A rabbi confronted Pope Benedict with a call for the opening of all wartime archives when the German-born Pontiff visited his synagogue in Cologne last August. For us, a complete opening of the Vatican archives covering the period of World War Two, sixty years after the end of the Shoah (Holocaust), would be a further sign of historical conscience and would also satisfy critics, Rabbi Abraham Lehrer said. You grew up in Germany during a terrible time, he told Benedict during the first papal visit to a synagogue in Germany. We not only see in you the head of the Catholic Church but also a German who is aware of his historical responsibility. xponent Revelations 20:06 Maru rob ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 03:58 PM 1/26/04, Julia Thompson wrote: Julia participating on a thread about cat fecal material on another mailing list... Anyone who lives with one frequently participates in such conversations both on-line and in-person with others who also cohabit with felines. This guy is not cohabiting with any. The neighbors' cats and the feral cats in the neighborhood are leaving him presents on and horribly close to his doorstep, and in his back garden, etc., and he wanted a sanity check on whether what he was doing was OK (which was using a humane trap and taking any cat without a collar to the animal shelter, and trying to reunite any cat with a collar with its owner), and if there was anything else he could do. Cayenne pepper is probably the cheapest suggestion anyone has made to augment the trapping strategy. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
Gary, et al, Not that there was anything damaging in your message, of course, but this reminds me of the old adage, Never put anything in an email that you wouldn't want to hear read aloud in court. Dave David M. Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] 408-551-0427 Connect to the Conversation -- Identify Influencers, Topics and Trends ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
At 11:40 AM 1/26/04, Dave Land wrote: Gary, et al, Not that there was anything damaging in your message, of course, but this reminds me of the old adage, Never put anything in an email that you wouldn't want to hear read aloud in court. As I've explained earlier, the reason I recently started using that copyright notice that apparently made Dan very nervous (not at all my intent) was because something like five years ago a guy on another list made a comment which was intended to be humorous (I personally didn't find it all that ROTFLOL funny, but others did: it was, I suppose, one of those YMMV things). Two years ago, someone dug through the archives of that list apparently looking for something incriminating, and, using a pseudonym, forwarded that comment to the employers of the guy who made it. They were apparently even less amused by it than I was, as they put him on probation for the past couple of years, and, although they continued to renew his contract every year, they never told him how he could get the probation lifted, and a couple of months ago called him in and told him he could either accept early retirement (after 35 years of service, about 2 years before he was scheduled to retire) with a reduced pension and benefits or be fired with no pension or benefits. As I said then, people here have made comments about others which were at least as offensive as, if not worse than, the comment he made, and I myself have certainly made my share of so-called humorous remarks which were no worse than his comment, so it just goes to show you that posting to lists is like eating a whole jar of jalapeno peppers: it can come back to burn your butt tomorrow . . . -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: ... posting to lists is like eating a whole jar of jalapeno peppers: it can come back to burn your butt tomorrow . . . Or like letting Edward Scissorhands measure your inseam. Nick -- Nick Arnett Director, Business Intelligence Services LiveWorld Inc. Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
--- Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary, et al, Not that there was anything damaging in your message, of course, but this reminds me of the old adage, Never put anything in an email that you wouldn't want to hear read aloud in court. Well, there go the teasing innuendos, clever put-downs and lots of plain high-spirited silliness... :P The 'taking-out-of-context' issue could be a real problem; Vihlyem (misspelled?) and I 'encountered' that Tucson woman who snatched a few sentences from a post, but didn't bother to read them all thoroughly, or check for our follow-up postings. Debbi When I Googled My Name* Last Week, The Pix Of Darby Me On Steve's Site Were First Maru *changed from 'Myself' in deference to those who might take offense upon casually encountering this post ;) __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ps/sb/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: so it just goes to show you that posting to lists is like eating a whole jar of jalapeno peppers: it can come back to burn your butt tomorrow . . . Posting an analogy like that will do it, for one. Sheesh. What do I do to get that image out of my head now? ;) Julia participating on a thread about cat fecal material on another mailing list... ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
Nick Arnett wrote: Or like letting Edward Scissorhands measure your inseam. He's part tailor, part moil! :-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
At 03:58 PM 1/26/04, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: so it just goes to show you that posting to lists is like eating a whole jar of jalapeno peppers: it can come back to burn your butt tomorrow . . . Posting an analogy like that will do it, for one. Sheesh. What do I do to get that image out of my head now? ;) I dunno. I copied it from another list. (With at least one slight change . . . ) Which, come to think of it, is what the guy I was telling about getting canned did with the comment that seems to gotten him canned . . . Julia participating on a thread about cat fecal material on another mailing list... Anyone who lives with one frequently participates in such conversations both on-line and in-person with others who also cohabit with felines. BTW, I got some training for being a parent of a small child this afternoon: Midnight chased a neighbor's cat up a tree then stood at the base of the tree staring at me while I repeatedly told him to come back into our yard . . . IOW, he obeyed about as well as a child in the middle of some enjoyable mischief would. The other cat eventually climbed down, while I ended up stepping into a knee-deep hole where the stump of a tree we cut down 30 or so years ago has finally rotted away (yeah, I need to go get a couple of bags of dirt and fill that sometime . . . ) -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.
This is an absolutely perfect example of why you should be careful and thoughtful about what you post to any archived mailing list. We have discussed the consequences of having the Brin-L archive (or any archived mailing list) searchable in the past, but let me share with you a real life situation where the contents of one of my posts was cut and interpreted by someone on the internet that I don't know. During a test of Google and other search engines, I used my email address as a search term. I ran across a handful of hits from the mccmedia/Brin-L archives, but I also ran across a comment on someone's blog about a post of mine that they found in a search. Apparently, someone wanted to register a domain name that my humble little company had already registered. He mentioned on his blog that someone had already registered it. One of his blog readers looked it up in WHOIS, found my name and email address and did a web search on them. They ran across one of my Brin-L postings about the question of turning Auschwitz into a museum or memorial. They quoted my posting, name, email address and hometown in this persons blog, and now it is out there for anyone to find anytime. Fortunately, my copied post was not entirely out of context, but this person, not having read the entire thread, made some assumptions and comments. This could have very easily been copied and commented on completely out of the intended context. Check out the blog here: http://amish.blogmosis.com/archives/015617.html No harm done this time, but I believe that this is an excellent example of what we have discussed in the past about potential employers doing a search and finding posts or information about you online that may be taken out of context. Additionally, this is a very good example of why registering a domain name and using a proxy company to insure privacy is the way of the future. An example: http://tinyurl.com/2ncwj As some of my domains become active, we have them listed like this for security and privacy. (If anyone is interested in this, don't use this company, email me offlist and I'll point you to much better pricing) Gary ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
ADMIN and ALL THE LIST: Google search of Brin-L archives
Just thought everyone might like to know: I had reason¹ to search Google for my name this morning, and most of the over 5,000 results it returned appear to be references to messages on Brin-L. _ ¹Not simple egotism: I was looking for a page someone else had turned up when he did a search to find something negative about me. -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: ADMIN and ALL THE LIST: Google search of Brin-L archives
In a message dated 12/21/2003 9:06:46 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just thought everyone might like to know: I had reason¹ to search Google for my name this morning, and most of the over 5,000 results it returned appear to be references to messages on Brin-L. I knew Brin-L was on google when I got a personal reply from the mowtore cickle wryder here in twosawn that got laasewed for illleaglee righding his buyk in the dry ribber bed. Debbi got an email as well. William Taylor Anti google search spelling. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Flagyl (was RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives)
At 06:27 PM 2/16/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Erik Reuter ... Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. How about you? Lots of Gatorade and toast handy before I take one of those. Just took the mid-day one, which means only one more! Man, I sure hate being on antibiotics when my digestive system isn't happy to begin with! Bad enough when I have to take them when my digestive system was in reasonably good shape at the beginning, but if there are digestive problems, the antibiotics tend to aggravate them *miserably*. When I was still in college but after I was married, myself and many of my friends at school came down with bronchitis. All of *them* went to the student health center and got erythromicin (sp?), 333 mg to be taken 3X daily. I went to a doctor's office and got erythromicin, 500 mg to be taken 2X daily. Everyone's digestive system was in bad shape by Day 5, but since I only had to do two massive meals to help buffer the stuff, I was in slightly better shape than the rest of them. (One guy was convinced he was practically dying; those of us women who'd had extremely bad cramps at some point and were experiencing something a little less drastic with the antibiotic had some sympathy for him, but not as much as he was looking for) I feel for you, Nick. I'm glad for you that this is almost the end of the antibiotics for you, and I hope they don't have to prescribe more for any reason anytime soon. I suppose I'm lucky in having a (usually¹) cast-iron digestion, because I've never had any digestive upset from antibiotics. _ ¹But when something *does* upset my stomach, it's an awful sight . . . -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to great and small, Who guides the stars with steadfast law, Whose least creation fills with awe, O grant thy mercy and thy grace, To those who venture into space. (Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Nick wrote- The antibiotics end today! And speaking of Google, I was somewhat bothered by the fact that when I searched on one of the antibiotics I'm taking (Flagyl, which *sounds* horrible just for starters), I mostly saw references to ferrets, dogs and cats. Wondered if I saw a vet at Kaiser. WOOHOO, glad things are looking up Actually most of the meds we all take start with animals. I remember my dog going to the NC State University vet school and being put on an antibiotic, and then my doctor putting me on a new antibiotic that was $80... they were the same thing (the dogs version had been out 1-2 years and was only $15.) Dee ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's something unexpected that I dug out of analyzing my server logs... Phrases that people use in search engines that land them in the Brin-L archive files... In reality, none of these really did much of anything interesting, but it shows, well, something. snippage I was sent something from an anti-nuclear group based, apparently, on posts to Brin-L (I haven't looked at them yet, with so much else going on, but will at some point). Kind of surprised me. Debbi __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
--- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip The antibiotics end today! And speaking of Google, I was somewhat bothered by the fact that when I searched on one of the antibiotics I'm taking (Flagyl, which *sounds* horrible just for starters), I mostly saw references to ferrets, dogs and cats. Wondered if I saw a vet at Kaiser. Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. LOL It's an older antibiotic, but it's very good against anaerobic bacteria, so is frequently used in gut infections. It has less of a tendency than some other antibiotics to cause an overgrowth of _Clostridium difficile_ (a nasty bug), but IIRC can give a terrible taste to the mouth, and a *dreadful* reaction if you take alcohol while it's in your system. Debbi GSV Mother-of-all-Hangovers __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Send Flowers for Valentine's Day http://shopping.yahoo.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell ... difficile_ (a nasty bug), but IIRC can give a terrible taste to the mouth, and a *dreadful* reaction if you take alcohol while it's in your system. I was warned of projectile vomiting if I had even a little alcohol. And stopped myself at communion on Sunday just in time to switch to the grape juice. Better today, perhaps *because* I'm done with the anti-biotics. Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Here's something unexpected that I dug out of analyzing my server logs...
Phrases that people use in search engines that land them in the Brin-L
archive files... In reality, none of these really did much of anything
interesting, but it shows, well, something.
This is for the month of February, so far.
1 2 3.92% amatorization
2 2 3.92% dvd_tv amc
3 2 3.92% pegasus mail 4.1
5 2 3.92% samuel poist
6 2 3.92% weird ebay auctions
7 1 1.96% http://rita.thegourmet.com/mskeyboard-a.jpg
8 1 1.96% al-samoud 2 missles
9 1 1.96% asist 2003
10 1 1.96% bushmills special reserve
11 1 1.96% canadian parliament drunk driving
12 1 1.96% chocolate filling recipe cake -milk -cream -egg -eggs
13 1 1.96% compressed-air-car
14 1 1.96% create your own country create your own nation{
15 1 1.96% cynic's choice
16 1 1.96% defcon alert
17 1 1.96% download winsshd
18 1 1.96% etomology of words
19 1 1.96% french interests totalfinaelf iraq
20 1 1.96% gene therapy bubbleboy leukemia
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Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: 1 2 3.92% amatorization amo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
It was from a misspelling of amortization. We were talking about real estate, IIRC. -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Reuter Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 9:24 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: 1 2 3.92% amatorization amo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Okay, Nick, since you are/have been sick, this time I'll let you off with a warning: on your next violation, such a post will receive a humorous, sarcastic comment :-) On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 09:50:40AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: It was from a misspelling of amortization. We were talking about real estate, IIRC. Behalf Of Erik Reuter On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: 1 2 3.92% amatorization amo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Er, did you think that was a joke? I was serious -- do a Google search on amatorization and see which mccmedia.com page is in the results list. But it wasn't real estate, it was energy we were talking about. So there. The antibiotics end today! And speaking of Google, I was somewhat bothered by the fact that when I searched on one of the antibiotics I'm taking (Flagyl, which *sounds* horrible just for starters), I mostly saw references to ferrets, dogs and cats. Wondered if I saw a vet at Kaiser. Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. Nick -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Reuter Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 10:08 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives Okay, Nick, since you are/have been sick, this time I'll let you off with a warning: on your next violation, such a post will receive a humorous, sarcastic comment :-) On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 09:50:40AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: It was from a misspelling of amortization. We were talking about real estate, IIRC. Behalf Of Erik Reuter On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: 1 2 3.92% amatorization amo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 10:17:59AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: Er, did you think that was a joke? Getting warmer! I didn't think YOUR post was a joke. By the way, thanks for the helpful reply about the misspelling. That was as helpful as a back-seat driver in '57 Thunderbird. The antibiotics end today! And speaking of Google, I was somewhat bothered by the fact that when I searched on one of the antibiotics I'm taking (Flagyl, which *sounds* horrible just for starters), I mostly saw references to ferrets, dogs and cats. Wondered if I saw a vet at Kaiser. Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. How about you? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Reuter Sent: Sunday, February 16, 2003 10:08 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives Okay, Nick, since you are/have been sick, this time I'll let you off with a warning: on your next violation, such a post will receive a humorous, sarcastic comment :-) On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 09:50:40AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: It was from a misspelling of amortization. We were talking about real estate, IIRC. Behalf Of Erik Reuter On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: 1 2 3.92% amatorization amo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
At 10:17 AM 2/16/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: Er, did you think that was a joke? I was serious -- do a Google search on amatorization and see which mccmedia.com page is in the results list. But it wasn't real estate, it was energy we were talking about. So there. The antibiotics end today! Great news! And speaking of Google, I was somewhat bothered by the fact that when I searched on one of the antibiotics I'm taking (Flagyl, which *sounds* horrible just for starters), I mostly saw references to ferrets, dogs and cats. Wondered if I saw a vet at Kaiser. Well, you know the lengths that HMOs will go to in order to cut costs . . . ;-) Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. Whereas cats will go crazy (and drive you crazy) trying to get _any_ pill out of their mouths. (The worst such experience I've had was when Andy returned from an extended stay at the vet and brought home the kitty version of a cold, which he proceeded to give to Spot, and then the vet gave me two types of pills I had to give each of them. Giving two pills to one cat while the other stands by looking on, knowing it is going to be his turn next, can be a chore . . . ) -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to great and small, Who guides the stars with steadfast law, Whose least creation fills with awe, O grant thy mercy and thy grace, To those who venture into space. (Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
At 12:23 PM 2/16/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: 1 2 3.92% amatorization amo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death At 09:50 AM 2/16/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: It was from a misspelling of amortization. We were talking about real estate, IIRC. Of course, mortgage _does_ come from the root mort: it essentially means you have agreed to keep paying until you die . . . -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to great and small, Who guides the stars with steadfast law, Whose least creation fills with awe, O grant thy mercy and thy grace, To those who venture into space. (Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 12:54:46PM -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:23 PM 2/16/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 08:36:11AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: 1 2 3.92% amatorization amo, amas, amat : love mort : death Loving the death process? :-) amortization, root amortize, comes from Latin, ad=towards and mort=death At 09:50 AM 2/16/03 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: It was from a misspelling of amortization. We were talking about real estate, IIRC. Of course, mortgage _does_ come from the root mort: it essentially means you have agreed to keep paying until you die . . . Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Erik Reuter wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! Oh, come on, Erik, that one was so lame, it sucked! Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:49:30PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! Oh, come on, Erik, that one was so lame, it sucked! You're right, I guess it sort of missed the pri...er, I mean point. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Erik wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! That wouldn't have helped for the times that... well, that she had sexual relations with him while he was not having sexual relations with her. Or something like that. Now, if *he* had worn a chastity belt... :-) Reggie Bautista _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Nick wrote: Here's something unexpected that I dug out of analyzing my server logs... Phrases that people use in search engines that land them in the Brin-L archive files... In reality, none of these really did much of anything interesting, but it shows, well, something. [snip] 10 1 1.96% bushmills special reserve Mmm... Bushmills The 10 year reserve is sublime. The 12 year... words do not suffice. :-) Reggie Bautista The Good Stuff Maru _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
On Sun, Feb 16, 2003 at 01:54:17PM -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: Erik wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! That wouldn't have helped for the times that... well, that she had sexual relations with him while he was not having sexual relations with her. Or something like that. Thanks, Reggie. You're sharp. I'd put you up against Lorena Bobbit any day... -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
At 02:05 PM 2/16/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! I suppose it depends on precisely where she wore it . . . The Woman In The Iron Mask Maru -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power extends to great and small, Who guides the stars with steadfast law, Whose least creation fills with awe, O grant thy mercy and thy grace, To those who venture into space. (Robert A. Heinlein's added verse to the Navy Hymn) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Flagyl (was RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives)
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Reuter ... Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. How about you? Lots of Gatorade and toast handy before I take one of those. Just took the mid-day one, which means only one more! Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Julia Thompson wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! Oh, come on, Erik, that one was so lame, it sucked! And worse yet, it may stain his reputation! Jim One Hour Martinizing Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Flagyl (was RE: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives)
Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Erik Reuter ... Apparently, ferrets will just go crazy trying to get Flagyl out of their mouths. How about you? Lots of Gatorade and toast handy before I take one of those. Just took the mid-day one, which means only one more! Man, I sure hate being on antibiotics when my digestive system isn't happy to begin with! Bad enough when I have to take them when my digestive system was in reasonably good shape at the beginning, but if there are digestive problems, the antibiotics tend to aggravate them *miserably*. When I was still in college but after I was married, myself and many of my friends at school came down with bronchitis. All of *them* went to the student health center and got erythromicin (sp?), 333 mg to be taken 3X daily. I went to a doctor's office and got erythromicin, 500 mg to be taken 2X daily. Everyone's digestive system was in bad shape by Day 5, but since I only had to do two massive meals to help buffer the stuff, I was in slightly better shape than the rest of them. (One guy was convinced he was practically dying; those of us women who'd had extremely bad cramps at some point and were experiencing something a little less drastic with the antibiotic had some sympathy for him, but not as much as he was looking for) I feel for you, Nick. I'm glad for you that this is almost the end of the antibiotics for you, and I hope they don't have to prescribe more for any reason anytime soon. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Amatorization Re: Search engine queries - Brin-l archives
Reggie Bautista wrote: Erik wrote: Next you'll be telling us that if only Monica Lewinsky wore a chastity belt, everything would have turned out okay! That wouldn't have helped for the times that... well, that she had sexual relations with him while he was not having sexual relations with her. Or something like that. Now, if *he* had worn a chastity belt... :-) We'd still have the extremely irritating thing of a cigar *not* having been just a cigar at some point (Clinton ruined that bit by Freud for me. That'll probably bother me for another 5 years or so) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Archives, archives, who's got the archives?
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l-bounces;mccmedia.com]On Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk Sent: Monday, October 28, 2002 1:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: test ... just past a list of unkept promises you made to share the archives, Those are not unkept promises, those are not-yet-fulfilled promises. I'm afraid I see no difference. I was talking specifically about the promise you made to me to ftp the archives. I set up a computer with an account for you, which is still sitting here, many months later, awaiting delivery. I have written software that will extract individual messages from many kinds of archive files, enter them in a database, remove duplicates and identify missing segments. And if you do care to follow through and send me the various bits and pieces you have, I'll be more than happy to share the cleaned-up list back to you. The system I'm working on these days has now indexed and organized just a little under 1 million messages from about 140 sources... so I think I'm ready to handle whatever Brin-L might throw at me. ;-) If anybody else has substantial archives, please feel free to mail them to me at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please *don't* send any large attachments to my regular address, as my anti-spam software will take an irritatingly long time to sift through them. There, now I've told you how to mail-bomb me. Of course, that will also impact the performance of the list server Nick ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
