Re: Thoughts on Martian timekeeping

2006-08-27 Thread PAT MATHEWS
I remember reading a thorough MArtian calendar in, what, Ad Adtra? Many years ago. Astronomer-approved and everything. Though I love the suggestion of PinoSol and ElectraSol for day names. http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ From: G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs

BSG

2006-08-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
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Re: Planet No More

2006-08-27 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it won't - it would be _wrong_ to call it a planet! It should be called by something else, to stress the fact that it does not orbit a star. That is exactly what I think is ridiculous. That orbits are more important

Re: Planet No More

2006-08-27 Thread PAT MATHEWS
Likewise, in my house I have two mutant dwarf mountain lions. G http://idiotgrrl.livejournal.com/ From: jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Planet No More Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:05:24

Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)

2006-08-27 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did they know what they were doing to their island? Did they try to do anything about it? I can just imagine an Island conference to discuss the preservation of the trees. Would the attendees have come to the conclusion that

Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)

2006-08-27 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], pencimen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's certainly hard to convince people without food that the red- footed gnatcatcher's needs are greater than their own. Even if you can convince them in the abstract that the extinction of another species is a Bad Thing (tm),

Re: To the Back of the Bus!

2006-08-27 Thread jdiebremse
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: COUSHATTA -- Nine black children attending Red River Elementary School were directed last week to the back of the school bus by a white driver who designated the front seats for white children... Isn't this exactly

Re: BSG

2006-08-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Oh, cool! Dan told me about it but I hadn't seen it yet. (And for the record, I didn't have a crush on the old Starbuck.) Julia Ronn!Blankenship wrote: == TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- SCIENCE FICTION

Re: Planet No More

2006-08-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
jdiebremse wrote: --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No, it won't - it would be _wrong_ to call it a planet! It should be called by something else, to stress the fact that it does not orbit a star. That is exactly what I think is ridiculous. That orbits are

Pope prepares to embrace theory of intelligent design

2006-08-27 Thread William T Goodall
http://tinyurl.com/kdzyn John Hooper in Rome Monday August 28, 2006 Guardian Philosophers, scientists and other intellectuals close to Pope Benedict will gather at his summer palace outside Rome this week for intensive discussions that could herald a fundamental shift in the Vatican's

Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)

2006-08-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
JDG wrote: Thanks for keeping this alive John. I have been exceptionally busy for the last few weeks, but I have read beyond the next chapter. Is anyone up for kicking off the discussion on Chapter 3? If not, I'll have something by Wednesday evening. I know JDG was interested in Chapter

Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)

2006-08-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
On Mon, 28 Aug 2006 00:51:06 -, jdiebremse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the connection of Katrina to global warming, I think that advocates of doing something about global warming do themselves no favors by making such arguments. After all, these arguments connecting specific weather