2 for 2 !! NASA Successfully Lands Second Rover on Mars

2004-01-25 Thread Gary Nunn
NASA Successfully Lands Second Rover on Mars; Scientists 'Blown Away' by Pictures of Red Planet http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20040125_447.html Opportunity images from the NASA site. It is running slooow. I am sure they are getting hammered. There are some interesting pictures from

Re: The Sparrow

2004-01-25 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: She also has never been pregnant. There's something that a character in that book does while pregnant, and in a book discussion I participated in sometime before I got pregnant, someone who *had* borne a child or two pointed out that that rang

Re: Toddler Television

2004-01-25 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:05 PM 1/25/04, Gary Nunn wrote: Just some Sunday morning thoughts as I sit here and watch the snow storm develop that is about to dump 7 inches of snow on us as well as a coating of ice on top of that. Where are you? . . . and I hope you are not planning to send it this way . . . PS

Brin-L archives searchable - a real life example.

2004-01-25 Thread Gary Nunn
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

RE: Toddler Television

2004-01-25 Thread Gary Nunn
Where are you? . . . and I hope you are not planning to send it this way . . . Delaware Ohio, about 15 minutes north of Columbus. So far, we have no snow, but the radar looks nasty. You obviously haven't paid much attention to some of the past messages posted to this list . . . --

Uplift philosophy and demography

2004-01-25 Thread Trent Shipley
UPLIFT PHILOSOPHY AND DEMOGRAPHY Uplift Philosophy, Ethics, and Scarcity Uplift is the most important activity in Main Sequence Galactic Civilization. Among the Oxygen Breathing Order Uplift is regulated by the Galactic Uplift Institute and Tradition. Tradition further dictates that the

Re: Uplift Timeline

2004-01-25 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Trent Shipley wrote: Before do a write-up I needed some dates, so I re-collated the timeline. Let me know what you think. I have just returned from a week-long vacation trip, and I have 2028 e-mails to read O:-) But I promise I will take a look at the data asap. Alberto Monteiro

Re: Soro Religion

2004-01-25 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Trent Shipley wrote: Are Soro Obeyors? What about Gubru? I think Soro and Gubru are *not* fanaticals, meaning that they don't belong to any of the religious-like alliances Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Toddler Television

2004-01-25 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:46 PM 1/25/04, Gary Nunn wrote: Do you mean my posts specifically or just in general ? I have made a concentrated effort to NOT post when I am tired or angry. I tend to embarrass myself. :-0 I mean there have been no dearth of posts concerning embarrassing topics such as the one in the

Re: Attn Brin: Hoon Genius

2004-01-25 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Davd [where has the _i_ gone?] Brin wrote: Alas, Life with 3 small kids (age 6,9,11) -- plus many speeches and deadlines -- has left me with less time for writing and a need to focus. This is frustrating. I have seven lifespans worth of ideas and the last year has been a complete loss,

RE: Toddler Television

2004-01-25 Thread Gary Nunn
I mean there have been no dearth of posts concerning embarrassing topics such as the one in the subject line you referred to, so what's one more? -- Ronn! :) [Hanging my head in embarrassment] Oops, sorry, I didn't mean to be so sensitive about that and take it so personally :-)

Re: Attn Brin: Hoon Genius

2004-01-25 Thread Davd Brin
--- Alberto, You paint a frightening picture. Heinlein's heirs are republishing his first (and awful!) novel this year. Some artists burn their manuscripts! ;-) davd (it was a mistake, now locked in stone!) Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Davd [where has the _i_ gone?] Brin wrote:

Re: Energy Independence

2004-01-25 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Trent Shipley wrote: and spend a *LOT* of money researching conservation and alternative energy sources--especially substitutes for petroleum. Didn't work here in Brazil. We started replacing oil for alcohol. At one moment, 80% of the cars were alcohol-propelled. AFAIK, the last time an

Re: Uplift Timeline (was Tg Territories)

2004-01-25 Thread Steve Sloan II
Trent Shipley wrote: 620 MYA: The ecologically insensitive Lions dominate the Galaxies. Ash spreads through 30% of Galaxy One and 20% of Galaxy Two. Complex sea life on Earth. I think I remember the Cambrian Explosion being closer to 560 MYA, but it's been a while since I read about it. 12

Re: Martian Emotion (was Easterbrook on Bush's NASA plan)

2004-01-25 Thread Steve Sloan II
Reggie Bautista wrote: The Martian Way? Never heard of it. Any idea if it's available in any of the copious numbers of Asimov anthologies out there? According to the Internet SF Database site: http://isfdb.tamu.edu/cgi-bin/pw.cgi?6e2806 It's been published in these books/magazines: 1.

LOTR: The Return Of The King wins Golden Globe

2004-01-25 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/ap/20040126/ap_on_en_mo/golden_globes_list_6 For: Picture, Drama Best Director, Drama Original Score, Howard Shore Original Song, Into The West, Howard Shore, Fran Walsh, Annie Lennox xponent On To The Academy Awards Maru rob