Re: Nice quote today from iGoogle

2007-12-21 Thread John Horn
I saw that too and thought about sending it in. But you beat me to it! - jmh (new email address, old subcriber) On 12/21/07, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a god or

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-03-10 Thread John Horn
I felt bad that the other scientists got to talk about dogs and cats and rust and stuff... What did David get left with? Cockroaches. No respect for the science fiction writer! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Interesting Day

2008-03-22 Thread John Horn
Thursday night I got to see Bruce Springsteen in concert. There is a seriously religious experience! (And it was a fantastic show, by the way...) - jmh On 3/21/08, Pat Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And Thursday was one of the 8 pagan holidays, the Spring

Re: Interesting Day

2008-03-24 Thread John Horn
Ick. Sorry about the formatting on that last message. I wrote it on my Palm and didn't realize it was going to stick the entire original message down on the bottom. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Battlestar Galactica

2008-04-07 Thread John Horn
Agreed! My wife and are definitely looking forward to the rest of the season. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Longshot has a point....

2008-04-29 Thread John Horn
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As for the runway... upwind landings must be tricky. Reading the article linked to by the article, I don't think the pilots are probably expected to return and need some place to land... - jmh

Re: Belgian Beer (was Re: Russia (Was What is wealth?))

2008-12-18 Thread John Horn
Jim wrote: I know it betrays my Irish-ness, but I think the Belgians make the best beers. Well, now they make Budweiser too so there is no accounting for taste... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Wife's suggestion!

2009-09-22 Thread John Horn
On Mon, Sep 21, 2009 at 3:20 PM, Michael Harney dolp...@mikes3dgallery.comwrote: Oh, as for an example of Jesus not respectfully disagreeing, call to your recollection what Jesus did to the vendors in the temple. I believe it had something to do with shouting, throwing over tables, smashing

Re: Avatar

2009-12-28 Thread John Horn
Agreed. Just got back from seeing it. Wow. The movie business just jumped into another dimension with this one. I had two Brin-L related thoughts while watching this movie: 1) Did Brin come up with the name Unobtainium? and 2) Hollywood is definitely ready to do Startide Rising! On Sat, Dec

Asperger's - Autism

2010-02-12 Thread John Horn
Move to merge Asperger's, autism in diagnostic manual stirs debate http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/11/aspergers.autism.dsm.v/index.html?hpt=C2 - I was wondering what the folks here feel about this. I know we have some Aspie's here as well as parents of

Re: Gaming Computer

2010-10-30 Thread John Horn
As it turns out, that's exactly what I did. Before I saw your email, surprisingly enough. I had forgotten that my company has a discount with Dell because they do some of our support. And I found a good deal on an XPS system and bought it. I'm glad that you hadn't said Dell sux! - jmh On

Re: Spoilers?

2011-08-17 Thread John Horn
On Wed, Aug 17, 2011 at 3:46 AM, Charlie Bell char...@culturelist.org wrote: On 16/08/2011, at 6:37 PM, Martin Lewis wrote: On 8/16/11, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote:

Re: Brin: Book / Time = Joy%

2012-06-18 Thread John Horn
I for one would LOVE to hear more about that! - jmh On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 2:47 PM, David Brin db...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Krondor eh?  I (peripherally) helped to design the world that Ray Feist set his books game in.  Knew him and helped/taught him when he saw that if Brin could get money

Re: Politicians

2012-11-22 Thread John Horn
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 3:58 PM, Jon Louis Mann net_democr...@yahoo.com wrote: It is in my observation, as a politician, that MOST politicians are liars, and they tailor their promises for a target audience who will believe their rhetoric. I am not a liar, but that is probably why I have