Re: The Closest Near Miss On Record - Today

2004-03-20 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: The object, designated 2004 FH, is roughly 30 meters Using Shoemaker's formula, a crater of diameter approximately equal to 8.5 meters, or the equivalent to 0.1 kilotons of TNT [1% of Hiroshima - I wonder how much was the

Re: March Madness!

2004-03-20 Thread Ray Ludenia
Julia Thompson wrote: experiencing March Insanity having nothing to do with basketball, and everything to do with RL stuff Huh? What's your insanity got to do with my stuff??? Regards, Ray. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:45:56 -0600 Travis Edmunds wrote: The prating FOOL shall fall Not sure where that is

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:47:02 -0600 JD, with an IQ of 137 Mine is 158. Mine is 89. Is that high? Wanna

Re: The Closest Near Miss On Record - Today

2004-03-20 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Matt Grimaldi wrote: Does the equation take into account how much of the meteorite erodes during atmospheric entry? I think so. But I don't know how you can get the experimental correlation between asteroid size and crater size Alberto Monteiro ___

atl: spam eddres harvesting

2004-03-20 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
I've recieved some spam (they called it a newletter) from BOL.com into an account that's never been used. It's a primary accountname that has a couple of aliases attached. So I always use the aliases. When they get spammed too much I kill them and make new ones, something I cannot do with the

Re: March Madness!

2004-03-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 01:16 PM 3/19/2004 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: And if Texas doesn't become the national champion, a local car dealer will *not* give one lucky customer $1 million. :D (It's a Ford dealer, I think Leif Johnson Ford, but not positive on that. They've had ads about this running since basketball

Re: Spanish elections query

2004-03-20 Thread Robert J. Chassell
On Wed, 17 Mar 2004, Jean-Marc Chaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, For who knows Spain and spaniards number one (appeasement and surrender) simply doesn't fit. They are used to terrorism, and they never surrender to it, it's a common trait to the wide Spanish society. Jean-Marc

Anti-War Protesters Climb London's Big Ben

2004-03-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20040320/wl_nm/iraq_britain_tower_dc_1 http://tinyurl.com/2deb6 Two anti-war protesters evaded tight security to climb London's landmark Big Ben clock tower at the Houses of Parliament as thousands marched on the first anniversary of the invasion

[Listref] Bush campaign gear made in Burma

2004-03-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzsell0319,0,1292393,print.story?coll=ny-top-headlines His campaign store sells a pullover from nation whose products he has banned from being sold in the U.S. The official merchandise Web site for President George W. Bush's re-election campaign has sold

Ex-Watergate writer laments 'idiot culture'

2004-03-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.sptimes.com/2004/03/19/Tampabay/Ex_Watergate_writer_l.shtml Legendary reporter Carl Bernstein riffed Thursday night about President Bush, the Martha Stewart trial, the war in Iraq and his affection for Florida. But mostly he talked about an epidemic that troubles him deeply these

Re: Terrorists Win in Spain

2004-03-20 Thread John Doe
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Terrorists Win in Spain Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2004 20:48:17 -0500 At 04:20 PM 3/18/2004 +0100 John Doe wrote: So, John, 200k civilian deaths is little to no

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread John Doe
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 01:13:08 + JD, with an IQ of 137 Isn't that close to being retarded? No, anything but.

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: John Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2004 4:04 AM Subject: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion

Re: March Madness!

2004-03-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: experiencing March Insanity having nothing to do with basketball, and everything to do with RL stuff Huh? What's your insanity got to do with my stuff??? RL = Real Life. I don't think *your* stuff has anything to do with my insanity. :)

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Travis Edmunds wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 17:45:56 -0600 Travis Edmunds wrote: The prating FOOL

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: John Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:21:12 +0100 From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs

Re: [ADMIN] Call for administrative action

2004-03-20 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Call for administrative action Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 14:48:36 -0800 (PST) Travis Edmunds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And with all the silliness,

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Doug Pensinger
Travis wrote: Don't feel bad. Just believe it's big, and then it's not a lie. THEN...when you tell everyone how big it is, it's true. Does that make any sense? As long as you don't set off the metal detectors... -- Doug ___

Re: More outsourcing . . .

2004-03-20 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 11:48 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote: Mentioned by Jay Leno in his monologue tonight: calls from welfare recipients in Utah to the state office are being answered in India . . . http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Mar/03172004/business/148517.asp -- Ronn! :) Same here in PA. I don't recall the

'Greatest Generation' Struggled With History, Too

2004-03-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A41555-2004Mar8.html When the U.S. Department of Education reported that in 2001 nearly six out of 10 high school seniors lacked even a basic knowledge of the nation's history, Bruce Cole was indignant and concerned. A nation that does not know why

Mass Extinction Not Inevitable

2004-03-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62735,00.html Two new studies published this week in Science that show steep declines in bird, butterfly and plant populations across Great Britain provide the strongest proof yet that we are in the midst of the sixth great extinction of life. The

Re: 'Greatest Generation' Struggled With History, Too

2004-03-20 Thread Damon Agretto
The difference, howevver, is that the number of kids in school now, as well as the number graduating, is much higher than in 1917, or 1943, and are probably more intelligent to boot. They SHOULD know more! Besides which, saying that people were ignorant of history in the past is no excuse for NOT

Scouted: Gartner on Offshoring

2004-03-20 Thread Horn, John
1 in 4 IT Jobs Going Offshore, Says Gartner; One Major Offshoring Failure in 2004 Predicted http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44127.htm Gartner has been holding forth again - on offshoring (and a new variant, nearshore outsourcing). The bad news is that a quarter of the West's IT jobs headed

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:19 PM 3/20/04, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: John Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 14:21:12 +0100 From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs

Re: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

2004-03-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/20/2004 6:24:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: again by the definition of IQ scores 0 are impossible. -- Ronn! :) Has anyone ever given a ghost an IQ test in a seance? Totally bored minds want to know. Vilyehm Teighlore

Book Binding

2004-03-20 Thread Damon Agretto
I just recently bought an oversixed softback book that the binding has failed on. I could just take it back and order a new copy, but then I'd have to wait for it... Anyone have experience preserving the binding on these kinds of books, or repairing them when they fail like this? What kinds of

Re: More outsourcing . . .

2004-03-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:23 PM 3/20/04, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 11:48 PM 3/19/2004, you wrote: Mentioned by Jay Leno in his monologue tonight: calls from welfare recipients in Utah to the state office are being answered in India . . . http://www.sltrib.com/2004/Mar/03172004/business/148517.asp -- Ronn! :)

the Joys of Corporate Accounting [L3]

2004-03-20 Thread The Fool
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1099284/posts How Cuts in Retiree Benefits Fatten Companies' Bottom Lines Trimming a Health-Care Plan Creates Accounting Gains, Under Some Arcane Rules A Shield Against Rising Costs By ELLEN E. SCHULTZ and THEO FRANCIS Staff Reporters of THE WALL

Ex-Bush aide: Iraq war planning began after 9/11

2004-03-20 Thread Doug Pensinger
http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/03/20/clarke.cbs/ Clarke, who headed a cyber-security office at the White House until the office was transferred to the newly created Homeland Security Department in February 2003, told CBS that Rumsfeld suggested retaliating against Iraq immediately after the

Carbon Dioxide Reported at Record Levels

2004-03-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=624u=/ap/20040321/ap_on_sc/climate_record_co2_4printer=1 Carbon dioxide, the gas largely blamed for global warming, has reached record-high levels in the atmosphere after growing at an accelerated pace in the past year, say scientists monitoring the sky

Medicare Actuary Gives Withheld Data to Congress

2004-03-20 Thread The Fool
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/20/politics/20MEDI.html?ex=1395118800en= b55a3388a20b7a6fei=5007partner=USERLAND Medicare Actuary Gives Wanted Data to Congress By ROBERT PEAR Published: March 20, 2004 WASHINGTON, March 19 — Richard S. Foster, the chief actuary of Medicare, provided Congress

Re: March Madness!

2004-03-20 Thread Tom Beck
On Mar 20, 2004, at 9:16 AM, John D. Giorgis wrote: An interesting trivia question for you what is the only school from the State of Texas to win the NCAA Men's Basketball National Championship. No fair Googling/Searching before submitting your answer! Easy. Texas Western at El Paso (now

Re: Book Binding

2004-03-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/20/2004 8:04:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I just recently bought an oversixed softback book that the binding has failed on. I could just take it back and order a new copy, but then I'd have to wait for it... Anyone have experience

Re: 'Greatest Generation' Struggled With History, Too

2004-03-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 05:38 PM 3/20/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: Most eighth-graders did not know why the First Continental Congress met. A lot of these questions sound like classic gotcha! questions.I mean really, how many people can quickly name the differences between the 1st and 2nd Continental

Re: 'Greatest Generation' Struggled With History, Too

2004-03-20 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:22 PM 3/20/04, John D. Giorgis wrote: At 05:38 PM 3/20/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: Most eighth-graders did not know why the First Continental Congress met. A lot of these questions sound like classic gotcha! questions.I mean really, how many people can quickly name the

Re: 'Greatest Generation' Struggled With History, Too

2004-03-20 Thread The Fool
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 05:38 PM 3/20/2004 -0600 Robert Seeberger wrote: Most eighth-graders did not know why the First Continental Congress met. A lot of these questions sound like classic gotcha! questions.I mean really, how many people can quickly name the

Terrorist Group Endorses Shrub

2004-03-20 Thread The Fool
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=storyu=/nm/20040317/wl_nm/securit y_spain_truce_dc WE WANT BUSH TO WIN The statement said it supported President Bush ( - ) in his reelection campaign, and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic candidate John Kerry ( - ), as it was

Re: 'Greatest Generation' Struggled With History, Too

2004-03-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:47 PM 3/20/2004 -0600 The Fool wrote: Those are actual questions from standardized tests. No kidding.. .But, while I am the first person to argue that history is important and the first person to argue for the importance of standardized tests, most of the provided questions struck

Re: Book Binding

2004-03-20 Thread Damon Agretto
Vinal glue. By Vinyl glue do you mean PVA, aka Elmer's white glue? Thanks for the response! Damon. = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now

Re: Terrorist Group Endorsements

2004-03-20 Thread John D. Giorgis
And Earth First! no doubt endorses John Kerry. It is pretty amusing that you found this article at all noteworthy JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The liberty we prize is not America's gift

Teen's right to wear sweatshirt in School is restored

2004-03-20 Thread The Fool
Teen's right to wear sweatshirt is restored Denbigh High responds to letter threatening lawsuit By Angela Forest http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/dp-77026sy0mar19,0,6762857,print.st ory?coll=dp-news-local-final ___

Re: Terrorist Group Endorsements

2004-03-20 Thread The Fool
From: John D. Giorgis [EMAIL PROTECTED] And Earth First! no doubt endorses John Kerry. It is pretty amusing that you found this article at all noteworthy The two religious extremist groups (Al Qaida, reptiliKlans) are not all that different. It should be expected they would support

Re: Book Binding

2004-03-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/20/2004 10:04:46 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Vinal glue. By Vinyl glue do you mean PVA, aka Elmer's white glue? Thanks for the response! Milk based white glue cracks. It has to say vinal in the title.