Re: Technology and change...

1998-07-24 Thread Ed Weick
-Original Message- From: Steve Kurtz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, July 24, 1998 11:49 AM Subject: Re: Technology and change... >Greetings, > >Arthur thinking Pete may be on to something, quotes him: > >> Pollard has cited here: the increase

Re: RIVETS FOR SEX

1998-07-24 Thread Jay Hanson
From: Christoph Reuss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> Those individuals who were best at pulling rivets out of the >> spaceship hull -- the "Pullocrats" -- had the most political >> power because they controlled the most sex. > >Now we know why "Slick Willie" is so powerful... You are right Chris, it's

Re: RIVETS FOR SEX

1998-07-24 Thread Jay Hanson
From: Tom Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Coincidentally, a recent survey of mutual fund buyers found that the >expected average annual rate of return was around 30% -- compounded. It is >_not_ a coincidence that unrestrained compound interest has been viewed by >world religions as an evil phenomenon

Re: (FW) Rivets for Sex

1998-07-24 Thread Ray E. Harrell
I love the stories Jay.  But there are a couple of things that make this truly complex.  One is the fact that those who don't believe in objective data justify it with being experts in Aristotilian  Logic and the other is that magic is not the realm of science but of art.  Unfortunately the scien

RE: if it works ... Re: Get me off this list

1998-07-24 Thread Ryan Hensley
My point exactly. SHOW ME THE DOOR! You shouldn't have to WORK to get rid of this one! I should be able to leave quietly and peacefully on my own! Yet, without expressed procedures, I CAN'T! It would piss you off too if you kept trying to get off a listserve to no avail, with the sys-op ignorin

Re: RIVETS FOR SEX

1998-07-24 Thread Tom Walker
Using the concept of "ecological footprint", Bill Rees and Mathis Wackernagel have estimated that the world's 1.1 billion most affluent people are using 100% of the earth's sustainable output. The other 4.5 billion people are using a further 30%. Coincidentally, a recent survey of mutual fund buy

RE: if it works ... Re: Get me off this list

1998-07-24 Thread Cordell, Arthur: DPP
Some people one is only too happy to show where the door is. We are working on getting rid of this one. -- From: Ryan Hensley To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: if it works ... Re: Get me off this list Date: Thursday, July 23, 1998 11:24PM Ditto! I've been trying unsuccessfully to get o