Humor: Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device (BOOK)

1998-12-11 Thread Caspar Davis
FORWARDED MESSAGE Introducing the new Bio-Optic Organized Knowledge device, trade-named--BOOK. BOOK is a revolutionary breakthrough in technology: no wires, no electric circuits, no batteries, nothing to be connected or switched on. It's so easy to use, even a child can operate it. Compact and

Trends of the times

1998-12-11 Thread Edward Weick
1996 Census: Sources of Income, earnings and total income, and family income, Statistics Canada, May 12, 1998: The nearly 21 million individuals who were income recipients in 1995 had an average total income from all sources of $25,196, down 6% from 1990 after adjustment for

A good Story

1998-12-11 Thread Caspar Davis
** Forwarded Message** Read this, and let it really sink in...Then choose how you start your day tomorrow... Jerry is the kind of guy you love to hate. He is always in a good mood and always has something positive to say. When someone would ask him how he was doing, he would reply, "If I were

Secret memo shows Liberal $$$ push on Candu

1998-12-11 Thread Caspar Davis
Let's all write and let our pol's know what we think about using our money to spread nukes while people are hungry and homeless in our streets- or at any time, for that matter, bearing in mind that India's (and Pakistan's?) bomb sprung in part from a Candu. A copy of my letter is appened at the

Global Brain

1998-12-11 Thread Caspar Davis
Excerpts from Global Brain Digest No. 62 (see below for subscription details): (Nanaimo) THE MYTH OF THE GOOD CORPORATE CITIZEN Murray Dobbin, author of the above-titled book, spoke recently in Nanaimo. After noting that corporations were persons under the law before women and

A simulation question

1998-12-11 Thread Tom Walker
Suppose Doug Wilson builds his simulation, tests it and finds it is 99.9% accurate. Now, suppose Doug runs the simulation and finds that Canadian employers could save $36 billion a year in direct labour costs by creating 1,800,000 new full-time jobs. Suppose Doug discovers that half of each

Y2K: Kauai (abridged)

1998-12-11 Thread Caspar Davis
Taken from NHNE Y2K Report 5: 12/6/98. If you aren't familiar with this story, it is perhaps the most heartening to come out of Y2K, and this condensed version (about 2 pages of text, not counting NHNE info at the end) makes it accessible to many who won't bother to read the longer article.