RE: 'Your Papers Please' challenged

2003-03-02 Thread Halupovich Ilana
The Fool wrote <> <> Checking ID is not equal tracking. <<"With this case, I hope to redirect government anti-terrorism efforts away from intrusive yet useless measures such as ID checks, confiscation of tweezers, and database surveillance of every traveler's life." >> Useless ? He is invite

Re: Spilled Perfume (was Re: GWB may owe Saddam a thank youfor being stupid note)

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:08 1-3-2003 -0800, Debbi Harrell wrote: > There's No Tear In My Beer Maru I believe that's a reference to 'the ultimate country song,' and I think the line is "There's tears in my ears from lying on my back crying over you!" Fairly accurate. The exact line is: I've got tears in my ear

Re: Star Trek [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 23:16 1-3-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: Now, why is it that the writers of these novels always come up with better plots than the average television episodes of Trek? The television writers could learn a thing or two from the pros. My guess is that it has something to do with deadlines. The a

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 23:24 1-3-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: However, a holodeck is an extremely cool idea. Seeing one in action is a dream in all of our minds. Oh yes! :-) I'd love to have one, but I'm afraid the electricity bill would be too high. Playing the Holodeck version of games such as Half-Life or Un

Re: "Patriot" II

2003-03-02 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: "Patriot" II In fact, if the current administration had its way, the confidentially and quietly drafted Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, dubbed Patriot Act II, would already be the supreme law of the land. Under this law, U.S. citizens

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 16:30 1-3-2003 +, Andy Crystall wrote: You'll get no sympthy from me for posessing unliscenced lethal weapons. And you won't get it from me, either. There's nothing wrong with defending your home against intruders, but that doesn't justify owning an unlicensed gun. Now, it's too bad for m

Re: "Patriot" II

2003-03-02 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I agree with all of these policy decisions.Indeed, isn't it ironic that this news is being published in the "*Yellow* Times?"I almost wish that I had made it up myself :) Those idiots who are travelling to Iraq to be human shields *are* commi

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I'd love to have one, but I'm afraid the electricity bill would be too high. Playing the Holodeck version of games such as Half-Life or Unreal would make gaming so much more... interesting... :-) Not to mention the Holodeck Interactive Edition of t

Re: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 05:15:38PM -, Lalith Vipulananthan wrote: > avail. Since I have XP on there, replacing the processor or harddrive is > going to cause additional grief but neither of us can work out why it keeps > on crashing. Anyway. The answer's in the question... -- Paul _

Re: Official: Iraq Agrees to Destroy Missiles

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Fri, Feb 28, 2003 at 09:48:01PM -0500, John D. Giorgis wrote: > Has Iraq turned over its anthrax? nerve agents? As far as I know, nobody's actually shown Iraq still *has* anthrax. -- Paul > I need some good links about ip spoffing . So, you need some good herking sites so you can become a

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 11:24:59AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > boxes. Though I would have loved to have had the work, I couldn't honestly > come up with a strategy that made sense. Neither could anyone else, > apparently, so Sun steered it in the direction it has gone. There's a platform - MHP,

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 11:35:02AM -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > > Certainly it's only appeared in a couple of the job descriptions I've > > looked at recently; C, C++, and Python have appeared more often. > Perhaps you should look for a less interesting job... ;-) Maybe that would explain it. :-)

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 05:46:11PM -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote: > I agree. Fine him $100 and close the books. At which point, every loon goes out and buys a gun, 'cause they figure the worst they'll get is a $100 fine. Nice one. > The real problem here is the cop that investigated the crime. W

Re: 'Your Papers Please' challenged

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 11:57:31PM -, Andrew Crystall wrote: > More, someone trying to buy air tickets without ID should be investigated > as security risk. Why? > You CANNOT have unknowns traveling on transport where a single disruptive > passenger can endanger others so easily. If you WANT

Re: Breaking news, N. Korea & the UN

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 04:21:28PM -0500, Gary L. Nunn wrote: > So why is the UN and countries surrounding Korea not all over that? I > can't help but think that a nuclear exchange on the Korean peninsula > would take a bit more priority than Iraq? Because North Korea can actually fight back effe

Re: Breaking news, N. Korea & the UN

2003-03-02 Thread Robert J. Chassell
"Gary L. Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> notes: I couldn't help but notice a news article today where the president of North Korea is threatening nuclear war (see link below). I guess that ABC doesn't consider that breaking news? http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20030301_927.html

How many Americans does it take to change a light bulb?

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 18:40 1-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Well, first, there has to be a UN security resolution demanding a change -- but only if the light bulb can be proved to be burned out and not just in a quantum state of flux.Second, there should be an increase in the number and frequency of inspecto

Re: hegemony

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 18:44 1-3-2003 -0600, The Fool wrote: There will be no place on earth, or the heavens for that matter, where Washington's writ does not run supreme. US control over the heavens is old news, really -- it's even mentioned in the Navy Hymne: If the Army and the Navy Ever look on Heaven's

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:14 1-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: In any case, using a law that was designed to fight gangbangers Huh? I am familiar with the meaning of the word "gangbang" (and thus with the meaning of the words "gangbanger" and "gangbanging"), but I can assure you that it has nothing to do with

RE: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:48 1-3-2003 -0500, Gary Nunn wrote: I don't disagree with you, but sending the man to jail with a possible felony for defending his family is an abuse of what the original intent of the law was. That's rhetoric, not fact, Gary. The guy is not going on trial for defending his family, he is g

Re: "Patriot" II

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 00:37 2-3-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: Those idiots who are travelling to Iraq to be human shields *are* committing war crimes, by intentionally placing themselves in a war zone. Indeed, by aiding and abetting a war criminal, Saddam Hussein, they are not only accessories to war crimes, bu

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
J. van Baardwijk wrote: >Not to mention the Holodeck Interactive Edition of the _Kama >Sutra_... See, that's the problem. To paraphrase Dennis Miller, if some ensign can turn on a switch, crack open a Romulan ale, and have Seven of Nine do the naked mambo on his johnson, why the heck would

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:04 2-3-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: I'd love to have one, but I'm afraid the electricity bill would be too high. Playing the Holodeck version of games such as Half-Life or Unreal would make gaming so much more... interesting... :-) Not to mention the Holodeck Interactive Edition of the

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Paul Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 6:31 AM Subject: Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder > On Sat, Mar 01, 2003 at 05:46:11PM -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > I agree. F

Re: Human Shields

2003-03-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 00:37 2-3-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: >>Those idiots who are travelling to Iraq to be human shields *are* >>committing war crimes, by intentionally placing themselves in a >>war zone. Indeed, by aiding and abetting a war criminal, Saddam >>Hussein, they are not on

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:30 1-3-2003 -0500, Han Tacoma wrote: Just joined the list and got caught up in this thread, nostalgia suddenly waking up in me. Hello to you too, and welcome on board! :-) Care to tell us a bit more about you? You know, "getting to know you" and stuff like that. :-) In return, we wil

Re: How many Americans does it take to change a light bulb?

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 7:55 AM Subject: How many Americans does it take to change a light bulb? > At 18:40 1-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > >Well, first, ther

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 8:47 AM Subject: Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder > At 19:14 1-3-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > >In any case, using a l

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:24:56AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > You have to understand the enviromental idiom concerning weapons over > here. Gun ownership is common. So common in fact that every loon already > has one, and they dont have to get a permit to do so. All that is required > is a c

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Steve Sloan II
Doug Pensinger wrote: > GSV Ancient Submariner With a penguin hanging around your neck? ;-) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama => [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brin-L list pages .. http://www.bri

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Paul Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 9:45 AM Subject: Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:24:56AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > You have

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Steve Sloan II" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 10:48 AM Subject: Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack? > Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > GSV Ancient Submariner > > With a penguin

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread freewire1
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 20:44:39 -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote: >I've used VBA quite a bit, almost exclusively in Excel manipulating test >data. I now program quite a bit in LabView... I'm sure there are a few >opinions about that particular language if you are familiar with it. >Any volunteers? 8^)

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread freewire1
On Thu, 27 Feb 2003 23:16:15 -0600, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: >Anyone want to comment here on APL? I would love to but don't I need a special keyboard? :) Dean ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Off-List Re: Human Shields

2003-03-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:25 AM 3/2/2003 -0500 Jim Sharkey wrote: >Jeroen, I don't see that as what JDG is saying at all. Jim, Don't worry about it, he was just trying to flame me to see if he could get me going.I don't even think that *he* believes that I was talking about the Red Cross and journalists. A

RE: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Gary L. Nunn
Rob wrote > Contrary to the rumors circling the globe, US citizens don't > run around waving their guns in the air or shooting beer > bottles off handy fence rails. People are much more discrete > than that. (And I'm in Texas in case you don't > recall) To see Americans shooting guns you pre

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
rob wrote: Contrary to the rumors circling the globe, US citizens dont run around waving their guns in the air or shooting beer bottles off handy fence rails. People are much more discrete than that. (And I'm in Texas in case you dont recall) To see Americans shooting guns you pretty much have to

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 2 Mar 2003 at 10:58, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 09:24:56AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > > You have to understand the enviromental idiom concerning weapons > > > over here. Gun ownership is common. So common in fact that every > > > loon already has one, and th

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
rob wrote: In any case, using a law that was designed to fight gangbangers Jeroen replied: Huh? I am familiar with the meaning of the word "gangbang" (and thus with the meaning of the words "gangbanger" and "gangbanging"), but I can assure you that it has nothing to do with firearms... "Gangbange

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jose wrote: Makes you wonder where did Wesley Crusher spend his free time, after he was done saving the Enterprise. ACK! MY EYES! MY EYES! Oh, sorry... did anyone else just go to a really scary visual place? Reggie Bautista Buffy Quote Maru _

Re: Official: Iraq Agrees to Destroy Missiles

2003-03-02 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 3/2/2003 7:27:02 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > As far as I know, nobody's actually shown Iraq still *has* > anthrax. But of course they must have something (or many things) that they do not want inspectors to find. That is the problem with the inspecti

Re: Who is the sheriff?

2003-03-02 Thread Steve Sloan II
Deborah Harrell wrote: Almighty Dollar, Deutchemark (sp!) I think you're OK as long as you don't spell it Douchemark. ;-) and Franc Maru (guess now that's Dollar and Euro) __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama => [

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jeroen wrote: Besides, I think the "I would be out of a job" statement is a lame excuse; mr. Dixon *knew* he was breaking the law by owning an unlicensed gun. If he's going to lose his job because of it, well, that's his own fault -- he should have thought of that before he decided to keep an un

Re: Star Trek [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jose wrote: Now, why is it that the writers of these novels always come up with better plots than the average television episodes of Trek? The television writers could learn a thing or two from the pros. Jeroen replied: My guess is that it has something to do with deadlines. The average novel w

Kim offers asylum to Saddam

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cms.dll/xml/uncomp/articleshow?artid=3911 0877 North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has offered political asylum to Iraqi President Saddam Hussein, according to a front page story in Sunday's South China Morning Post. The bizarre tale appears to be the kind of news s

Re: Spilled Perfume (was Re: GWB may owe Saddam a thank you forbeing stupid note)

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: > There's No Tear In My Beer Maru Debbi replied: I believe that's a reference to 'the ultimate country song,' and I think the line is "There's tears in my ears from lying on my back crying over you!" Jeroen responded: Fairly accurate. The exact line is: I've got tears in my ears fro

Re: 'pop' music is dead

2003-03-02 Thread William T Goodall
On Friday, February 28, 2003, at 05:51 am, Robert Seeberger wrote: Right now my favorite song is "Sun King" by a band called The Naming. They are based in London and I am friends with the keyboard player John Goodall (I wonder if there is a relationship with William). Not that I know of... I thi

Re: Off-List Re: Human Shields

2003-03-02 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 12:11 2-3-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: At 10:25 AM 3/2/2003 -0500 Jim Sharkey wrote: >Jeroen, I don't see that as what JDG is saying at all. Jim, You know, John, if you want to send a message off-list, you really must change the address in the "To:" field before sending the message. Actuall

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > See, that's the problem. To paraphrase Dennis Miller, if some ensign can turn on a > switch, crack open a Romulan ale, and have Seven of Nine do the naked mambo on his > johnson, why the heck would he ever do any work? :-) So the really big question

Re: All Things Trek was Re:YourFavoriteSci-Fi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jose wrote: > Count me as one of the fans who didn't like Ezri, too. >If a character is a new host for the symbiont, wouldn't >she be expected to have the same character traits? I wonder. Do you mean that the new host should be picked for having similar character traits, or that after implantati

Re: All Things Trek was Re:YourFavoriteSci-Fi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
George A wrote: > I thought Sisko was a quiet and effective leader. Neither > bought into nor liked the "emissary" thread. Steve replied: AKA the Valen thread... ;-) Ah yes, another B5 echo in DS9. It's especially interesting to note the similarities that occurred once the show was already creat

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > Contrary to the rumors circling the globe, US citizens dont run around > waving their guns in the air or shooting beer bottles off handy fence rails. > People are much more discrete than that. (And I'm in Texas in case you dont > recall) To see Americans shooting guns you

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: There are the occasional yahoo redneck exceptions, but they tend to keep it out in the country, where no one else is going to get hit. You forgot the (tm) after yahoo... :-) Reggie Bautista [sung in country music voice] Dot Com [spoken ala James Earl Jones] Maru _

Re: All Things Trek was Re:YourFavoriteSci-Fi/FantasyMovieSoundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Richard Baker
Reggie said: > Ah yes, another B5 echo in DS9. It's especially interesting to note > the similarities that occurred once the show was already created, like > both doing episodes around the same time in which it was revealed that > there is or might be an alien conspiracy within our own government,

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > >From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >I'd love to have one, but I'm afraid the electricity bill would be too > >high. Playing the Holodeck version of games such as Half-Life or Unreal > >would make gaming so much more... interesting... :-) > > > >N

Re: Star Trek [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > At 23:16 1-3-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: > > >Now, why is it that the writers of these novels always come up with better > >plots than the average television episodes of Trek? The television writers > >could learn a thing or two from the pros. > > My guess is that

Re: Hey, maybe this human shield thing isn't all it's cracked up tobe

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: > > Or at least some have decided that: > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/03/02/wshiel02.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/03/02/ixnewstop.html > > It's a lot harder to hold to your principles when the bombs might actually hit you, > I suppose. What did these

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > Julia wrote: > >There are the occasional yahoo redneck exceptions, but they tend to keep it > >out in the country, where no > >one else is going to get hit. > > You forgot the (tm) after yahoo... :-) No, that's Yahoo!(tm). I was referring to a certain class of people,

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: On Sun, 2 Mar 2003, Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>See, that's the problem. To paraphrase Dennis Miller, if some >>ensign can turn on a switch, crack open a Romulan ale, and have >>Seven of Nine do the naked mambo on his johnson, why the heck >>would he ever do any work? :-)

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: > >There are the occasional yahoo redneck > >exceptions, but they tend to keep it > >out in the country, where no > >one else is going to get hit. I wrote: > You forgot the (tm) after yahoo... :-) No, that's Yahoo!(tm). I was referring to a certain class of people, not a web presenc

Re: Buffy is Over

2003-03-02 Thread Russell Chapman
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Please no spoilers!!! Season 2002-2003 begins on 2003-03-18 ** in Brazil *** Is it clear now? Russell Chapman wrote: I get so confused. Which season starts off with the new high school having just been rebuilt and Dawn's first day at the new campus? Alberto, I h

Re: Official: Iraq Agrees to Destroy Missiles

2003-03-02 Thread Robert J. Chassell
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: But of course they must have something (or many things) that they do not want inspectors to find. That is the problem with the inspection game. It is only a problem if the host country does try to hide something. If the host country is trying to prove its inn

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: The crew wouldn't be in the wardroom, they'd be in the crew's mess. And they show movies every night (or used to, eons ago) 8^) Corrections noted. Thank you. (Although I don't think it makes a major difference in my example. ;-) ) No it didn't, I was just being

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On at least one of those times, didn't he have to save the Enterprise from some goof-up that he himself was responsible for? You *don't* let a kid goof around with a starship. Period. Julia How a starship that represents the prime technological advance o

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: > > Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > > I preferred to spend my military days hurtling through the air at > > hundreds of miles per hour in a flimsy tin can rather than moving > > hundreds of feet under the water at a few knots in a flimsy tin can . . . > > Well now, flimsy is re

King VV and The Project for a New American Century

2003-03-02 Thread The Fool
http://truthout.org/docs_03/022803A.shtml Blood Money By William Rivers Pitt t r u t h o u t | Perspective Thursday 27 February 2003 "In the counsels of Government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the Military Industrial Complex.

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:44 PM 3/2/03 -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I preferred to spend my military days hurtling through the air at hundreds of miles per hour in a flimsy tin can rather than moving hundreds of feet under the water at a few knots in a flimsy tin can . . . Well now, flimsy

Re: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:15 PM 3/2/03 +, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On at least one of those times, didn't he have to save the Enterprise from some goof-up that he himself was responsible for? You *don't* let a kid goof around with a starship. Period. Julia How

torture making a comeback in germany

2003-03-02 Thread The Fool
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0%2C3604%2C903584%2C00.html Germans wrestle with rights and wrongs of torture Revelation that police signed order to extract confession fuels furious national debate John Hooper in Berlin Thursday February 27, 2003 The Guardian One of Germany's l

Re: Brooklyn Dad Facing Jail for Shooting Intruder

2003-03-02 Thread Paul Walker
On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 10:58:35AM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > The fact that of all the Americans you have known, hardly any of them have > died from gunshot wounds, and that should tell you something about the > actual state of things here. I rarely see a firearm, and if I do its True. (I'l

Wesley Crusher [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Julia Thompson wrote: > >> Makes you wonder where did Wesley Crusher spend his free time, after he was >> done saving the Enterprise. (Which he did way too many times, methinks). >> ;-) > >On at least one of those times, didn't he have to save the Enterprise from >some goof-up that he himself wa

Re: Buffy is Over

2003-03-02 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Russell Chapman wrote: > >I have spoiled the first six or seven seconds of the first episode. >Everything I have said above is revealed in the first 2 sentences of dialog. >There's a lot more in the ads... Fear not, the fact that the hellmouth >has been sealed forever by the construction and tha

New Telemarketing Tool Trumps TeleZapper

2003-03-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=528&e=5&cid=528&u=/ap/20030 226/ap_on_hi_te/telemarketer_tool A telemarketing tool that penetrates home privacy defenses is upping the ante in a technology battle between sales callers and consumers seeking shelter from unsolicited calls. Castel In

environmental destroyer in chief cutting down the forests

2003-03-02 Thread The Fool
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/02/28/bush.forests.ap/index.html Timber industry benefits from Bush forest policy Administration says wildfires underscore need for change WASHINGTON (AP) -- In just six months President Bush has succeeded in redirecting the nation's forest policy toward the l

Thailand extra-judicially killing 40 people/day

2003-03-02 Thread The Fool
http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2003/3/1/23569/33081 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Star Trek [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread G. D. Akin
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2003 9:07 PM Subject: Re: Star Trek [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?] > At 23:16 1-3-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: > > >Now, why is

RE: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Horn, John
From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I stand corrected. Let me rephrase. When I first heard > about Java, it was > in an article that described it as a language where you could write a > program once and compile it anywhere, so as to help narrow > the software gap > between Wi

RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-03-02 Thread Horn, John
> From: Lalith Vipulananthan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > S'bit of a late reply but my computer has well and truly > given up on me. My > webmail has been complaining a lot (about 6 weeks worth of > Culture, Brin-L, > MML mails = 7000 emails or so) and will undoubtedly die > completely if I Wel

RE: Shrub's Judicial nominees

2003-03-02 Thread Horn, John
> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Orrin Hatch, a strong supporter, felt a need to ask > her why she > dissents so often. It is not, "as has been implied," she > said, "a matter > of my particular bent or preference for any side of a case." She > dissents, she said, when she disagrees

RE: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Horn, John
> From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > GSV Ancient Submariner Do you rhyme? Sorry, I'm stuck in a cramped middle seat on a flight from Atlanta to Dallas and couldn't resist. Do you now how hard it is to type when the guy in front of you has his seat all the way back?!? - jmh Ou

RE: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Horn, John
> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I'd love to have one, but I'm afraid the electricity bill > would be too > high. Playing the Holodeck version of games such as Half-Life > or Unreal > would make gaming so much more... interesting... :-) I'll wait for the Holodeck version

RE: L3 Re: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy Movie Soundtrack?

2003-03-02 Thread Jim Sharkey
Horn, John wrote: >From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Not to mention the Holodeck Interactive Edition of the _Kama >> Sutra_... >What would Sonja say about this, h??? Probably "Hurry up, slowpoke! I'm lonely in here!" At least if he's lucky. <:-) Jim ___

Re: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Han Tacoma
_ Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo on Sun Mar 2 00:30:26 PST 2003 wrote: > Welcome aboard. Have fun!! :) Thanks for the welcome Jose, muchas gracias. Krajo que este sitio es bien activo :-) _

RE: Computer Languages [was: Your Favorite SciFi/Fantasy MovieSoundtrack?]

2003-03-02 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of Han Tacoma ... > Became a Systems Engineer, Sales Rep., Product Planner for SQL/DS, > worked with early "natural language", "knowledge based system" products, > and then retired from IBM (in South America

Re: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-03-02 Thread Julia Thompson
"Horn, John" wrote: > > > From: Lalith Vipulananthan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > S'bit of a late reply but my computer has well and truly > > given up on me. My > > webmail has been complaining a lot (about 6 weeks worth of > > Culture, Brin-L, > > MML mails = 7000 emails or so) and will undo

Re: Suspected 9/11 Mastermind Caught

2003-03-02 Thread Bradford DeLong
http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2445121,00.html Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in the United States, was arrested Saturday in Pakistan, a senior Pakistan government source told The Associated Press. Yay! Yay! Yay!

Re: Suspected 9/11 Mastermind Caught

2003-03-02 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 02:57 PM 3/1/2003 -0800 Bradford DeLong wrote: >>http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,1280,-2445121,00.html >> >>Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of Sept. 11, 2001 terror >>attacks in the United States, was arrested Saturday in Pakistan, a senior >>Pakistan government so

Re: "Patriot" II

2003-03-02 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2003 11:37 PM Subject: Re: "Patriot" II > I agree with all of these policy decisions.Indeed, isn't it ironic that > this news is being published in

The Consequences of Failure in North Korea

2003-03-02 Thread Doug Pensinger
http://www.ceip.org/files/nonprolif/templates/article.asp?NewsID=4274 "North Korea is on the verge of becoming a nuclear weapon state. Yet, after a decade of concerted effort by Democrats and Republicans to keep the Koreas non-nuclear, the Bush administration has apparently decided either that

Pearl Harbor

2003-03-02 Thread The Fool
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20030303-104.htm Terrorists aim at Pearl Harbor By Bill Gertz THE WASHINGTON TIMES Terrorists linked to al Qaeda have targeted U.S. military facilities in Pearl Harbor, including nuclear-powered submarines and ships, The Washington Times has learned. Intellig