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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...
But I think a comparison of Wal-Mart and Microsoft with regard to
their
Dan Minette wrote:
Anyways, to get back to the story, he also pointed out that the
angels of God were also seen to be attributes of God by some. Thus,
Satan could be considered part of God, who my housemate worshiped.
Bah, this is fake satanism: redefine Satan to be something else,
then
Steve Sloan wrote:
Your post reminded me to check TVShowsOnDVD.com, to see if
there was any news about The Tick cartoon on DVD. No such
luck, but I voted for it on the site. Maybe one of these days...
I taped a bunch of the episodes when they first aired, so I have them
lying around somewhere.
I wrote:
Also, ToonDisney plays [The Tick] at night, I think at 10:00 PM
Eastern. I'd have to check that, though.
In keeping with my tradition of typing before checking my facts, let
me change that time to 11:00 PM Eastern, according to my Newark
Star-Ledger here at my desk.
Jim
Fact (non)
I play Microsoft's advocate from time to time, because as evil as
people think they are they are more often just misunderstood, IMNSHO.
People seem to anthropomorphized Microsoft into the demi-God of
computer problems.
Dan Minette wrote:
What percentage of the operating systems business does
Robert Seeberger wrote:
From where I'm viewing, a corner seems to have been turned in recent
months and most people in the US share opinions that are more
leftish than they were over the last few years.
Arguably the true American center has always been more to the left than
right.
--
--Max
http://www.washtimes.com/national/20051221-121224-6972r.htm
--Ronn! :)
Since I was a small boy, two states have been added to our country
and two words have been added to the pledge of Allegiance... UNDER
GOD. Wouldn't it be a pity if someone said that is a prayer and that
would
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From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 10:35 PM
Subject: Re: Defeat in Victory
G It's not all about you Dan!G
I was suggesting that perhaps you are missing that most of the
Dan Minette wrote:
OK. The idea that we went to war in Iraq in order to make money for
oil companies is centralist?
Is this the official list position? I think it is:
The USA went to war in Iraq to protect the interests of the
Saudi Princes
and that oil companies [including Petrobras
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From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:16 AM
Subject: Re: Defeat in Victory
Dan Minette wrote:
OK. The idea that we went to war in Iraq in order to make money for
oil
On 12/20/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I'm not sure why Wal-Mart is singled out as evil. Is there some
reason
that inefficiency is inherently moral?
Do I understand you correctly -- your premise is that Wal-Mart is efficient
and its competitors aren't?
Nick
--
Nick Arnett
Have you heard that George Bush is using the National Security Agency to
conduct surveillance on American citizens without the consent of any court?
This is specifically against the law. Bush says political appointees in the
Justice Department outlined the legal authority to get around the
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From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:20 AM
Subject: Wal-Mart efficiency (was Re: My annual Xmas tirade...)
On 12/20/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
So, I'm not sure why
- Original Message -
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:39 AM
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart efficiency (was Re: My annual Xmas tirade...)
Whoops, forgot the source for much of my info...
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Have you heard that George Bush is using the National Security Agency
to conduct surveillance on American citizens without the consent of any
court?
This is specifically against the law. Bush says political appointees
in the Justice Department outlined
Max Battcher wrote:
Every feature that Microsoft has given away for free has been
things that should be included in an Operating System. Do you want
to be *required* to pay a third party to listen to music? Do you
want to be *required* to pay a third party to use something as
integral
Nick Arnett wrote:
Have you heard that George Bush is using the National Security
Agency to conduct surveillance on American citizens without the
consent of any court?
No, Nick, I have avoided contact with papers, TV and the Internet
for a week now, and haven't heard this every day since
Jim Sharkey wrote:
Steve Sloan wrote:
Your post reminded me to check TVShowsOnDVD.com, to see if
there was any news about The Tick cartoon on DVD. No such
luck, but I voted for it on the site. Maybe one of these days...
I taped a bunch of the episodes when they first aired, so I have them
Corrections
It has come to our attention that there were a number of errors in
our recent Christmas carol supplement.
The correct lyrics to the song Jingle Bell Rock are Dancing and
prancing in jingle bell square, _in the frosty air_, not ... in
your underwear.
The correct lyrics to the
On 21 Dec 2005, at 8:28 am, Max Battcher wrote:
I play Microsoft's advocate from time to time, because as evil as
people think they are they are more often just misunderstood, IMNSHO.
However evil people think Microsoft is it is actually more evil than
that :)
People seem to
Julia Thompson wrote:
Jim Sharkey wrote:
SPOOO!!
Not the face! Not the face!
Well, *you're* no super-hero... (The Chainsaw Vigilante)
FWIW, the 12 original Tick comics are funnier than either the cartoon
or the show. Some great stuff in there, and well worth seeking out
if you're
I try to not ghost-post very often, but this one is just too interesting.
Mauro
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20051219.wxlife19/BNStory/specialScienceandHealth/
Work on the world's first human-made species is well under way at a
research complex in Rockville, Md., and
As Steve said,
The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six
years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set
up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established
a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat
technologies, and even casts of
William T Goodall wrote:
Max Battcher wrote:
Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server
market, 50% or less of the nerd market.
Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now.
Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip with all that sissy-ass
philanthropy Bono's got him
http://www.seeingtheforest.com/archives/2005/12/questions_about.htm
Questions About Bush Spying
1) Is the White House listening in on Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald's
calls and e-mails as he investigates White House crimes?
2) Was the Bush campaign listening in on calls and e-mails from the
On 12/21/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wal-Mart's latest (fiscal year ending 1-05) profit margin was 3.6%. They
make a good deal of profit, 10 billion, but on slim margins. This is in
contrast with Microsoft, which has a profit margin of ~32% and about 13
billion in profits.
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From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 2:35 PM
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart efficiency (was Re: My annual Xmas tirade...)
On 12/21/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wal-Mart's latest
To celebrate the season, I made this. Dig in, there's plenty to share!
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Dan Minette wrote:
a wearable shirt costs...at Walmat
To me, that's a contradiction in terms. My personal experiences with
clothes purchased at Wal-Mart is that you get *exactly* what you pay
for. Cheap clothes that look like crap after just a few washings.
Maybe others have had different
On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ineffiencies *are* the economy. Perfect efficiencies would lead
to 0%
employment and complete economic collapse.
Ah, so that explains why the economy of the Soviet Union
outperformed the
US for so long.
On Dec 21, 2005, at 12:35 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
On 12/21/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wal-Mart's latest (fiscal year ending 1-05) profit margin was 3.6%.
They make a good deal of profit, 10 billion, but on slim margins.
This is in contrast with Microsoft, which has a profit
On Dec 21, 2005, at 3:29 PM, Dave Land wrote:
...
Forgot the one about underpricing competition until it goes
out of business so that it is free to claim the 'lowest prices'
in town, because nobody else is in town. They even installed
gas pumps at some of their stores so that none of the gas
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 9:58 AM
Subject: Re: Defeat in Victory
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To: Killer Bs Discussion
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From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 4:46 PM
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On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: The Fool [EMAIL
Much snippage throughout-
Mauro Diotallevi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Deborah Harrell wrote:
Mauro the gourmand Diotallevi wrote:
...Think mango and chipotle peppers
together, for an example, or papaya and cayenne.
Or
the mixture of chocolate and various peppers in
mole.
On Dec 21, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
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From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ineffiencies *are* the economy. Perfect efficiencies would lead
to 0%
employment and complete
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From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:03 PM
Subject: Re: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...
It may have had something to do with a small cadre of power-hungry,
On 21 Dec 2005, at 7:04 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Max Battcher wrote:
Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server
market, 50% or less of the nerd market.
Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now.
Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip
Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snippage
http://www.livejournal.com/users/triggur/104525.html
I know a young woman who has the misfortune to
have contracted genital herpes...
Recently she took her prescription to a
pharmacist...
Not only did he
On 12/21/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
That it drives out small businesses that create qualitative and
hard-to-quantify benefits?
Sure, it drives out small businesses. Small businesses are rather
inefficient at selling, and have to pass the cost on to the customer.
There is a
William T Goodall wrote:
Microsoft attained its dominant position in the personal computer
software business through
1) Luck
2) Illegal business practices
3) The mistakes of its competitors
and since
a) Luck eventually runs out
b) Microsoft is now closely scrutinised to ensure it doesn't
Alberto Monteiro wrote:
I agree that any OS should include those things. But Micro$oft is
Evil not for including them, but for _not_ including other basic
things that any decent OS should include, like _any_ programming
language support (C, C++, or even b*sic), any reasonable text
editor, any
Jim Sharkey wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Max Battcher wrote:
Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server
market, 50% or less of the nerd market.
Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now.
Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip with all that sissy-ass
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From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 6:42 PM
Subject: Re: Wal-Mart efficiency (was Re: My annual Xmas tirade...)
--
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And no, I don't want us to
Doug Pensinger wrote:
These are the kinds of things that characterize the President;
reckless disregard for the law. We hear about a man that calls
the principals that have built this nation and to some extent
have made the world what it is today a goddamned piece of paper
What is the
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: The Fool
--
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
And no, I don't want us to be communist or something else,
I just don't want my economy destroyed by rapacity.
Since most products sold at walmart are made in china, shopping
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From: Steve Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 10:34 PM
Subject: Re: Defeat in Victory
Doug Pensinger wrote:
These are the kinds of things that characterize the President;
reckless disregard
Robert wrote:
It is not something substantiated.
The quote comes from an unnamed source who purportedly heard it in a
WH staffing meeting and subsequently blogged.
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_7779.shtml
IMO, it should be noted, but not passed along as fact.
The guy
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