Re: question about terminology

2005-06-11 Thread leaking pen
yeah, but i have swiftness, so i have the bomb and win on ties. On 6/11/05, Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is of some interest. > > from http://www.etymonline.com/ > > accelerate > > c.1525, from L. acceleratus, pp. of accelerare "quicken," from ad- "to" + > celerare "hasten

Re: question about terminology

2005-06-10 Thread leaking pen
6/10/05, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > leaking pen wrote: > > >velocity and speed simply mean the same thing. teh only other term > >ive heard, and it used to be prevelant among test pilots and > >astronauts, was delta v. (as in, the

Re: question about terminology

2005-06-10 Thread leaking pen
velocity and speed simply mean the same thing. teh only other term ive heard, and it used to be prevelant among test pilots and astronauts, was delta v. (as in, the greek character delta, the letter v) as that means change in velocity. other than that, no. On 6/10/05, Harry Veeder <[EMAIL PROT

Re: [OT] Nessie Identified from Dental Records

2005-06-09 Thread leaking pen
thats why that stump looked familiar. yeah, its a broken antler. On 6/8/05, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Merlyn > > > I saw something on this not that long ago which points > > out that this is a hoax engineered to sell McDonald's > > book. > > > > The tooth is apparently a

Re: OT: Game Over

2005-06-01 Thread leaking pen
how does the existence of life after death prove an atheist wrong? On 5/31/05, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > It was probably channeled by the spirit of Mr. Adam?s himself. ;-) > > Now that is really funny considering that Douglas was an atheist. No

Re: [OT] Insane Host

2005-05-28 Thread leaking pen
no. meditation is more of a detachment of the self from reality, a looking deeper into your unconciousness. whats being described here is a detatchment of the sense of self from your conciousness. having done both, its VASTLY different. /the second was described to me by a friend who worked on t

The wonders of technology

2005-05-26 Thread leaking pen
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Plant+42+in+Palmdale,+California&ll=34.637382,-118.082020&spn=0.005397,0.007832&t=k&hl=en thought youd all get a kick from this. a production plant that was SUPPOSED to be digitally scrambled on google maps sattelite photos, looks like they got the wrong square mile

Re: OT : Neologists Anonymous, 12 steps to fatuity

2005-05-26 Thread leaking pen
::golf clap:: On 5/26/05, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once again, The Washington Post has published the winning > submissions in its yearly contest, which I forgot to enter, once > again. > > In revenge for not having been notified well in advance (would > Tour-D-F forget to remind

Re: Bismuth

2005-05-26 Thread leaking pen
probably fuel. On 5/26/05, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: "RC Macaulay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Heard a radio news report that a > > store reported many cases of a common anti-acid were stolen.. Pepto-Bismul. > The reporter was speculating on why, understanding the trend in

Re: [OT] Insane Host

2005-05-25 Thread leaking pen
your a better man than i gunga din. i already know what lurks in my unconcious, and im to afraid to give it an outlet even that small. On 5/25/05, William Beaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 25 May 2005, Terry Blanton wrote: > > > Here's absolute proof our host is insane: > > > > http://a

Re: New forum: SSE (Society for Scientific Exploration)

2005-05-25 Thread leaking pen
wow. 40 dollar discount for us students. nice. On 5/25/05, William Beaty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > The SSE has finally created an online discussion group: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SSE/ > > > "While the public is welcome to join, only members of the SSE will be able > to

Re: test

2005-05-23 Thread leaking pen
3 , 1, 2, 3 posts, aaa aaa. On 5/23/05, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oneer, now two. :-) > > Ron Wormus wrote: > > > no posts on vortex today ? > > > > -- "Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to writ

Re: OT: God's Creations, formally Re: Lament for space

2005-05-21 Thread leaking pen
ohh, i dont mind the holes they dig for THEMSELVES. i laugh when someone kills themselves in a single car accident with no passengers. its the holes they dig for OTHERS thats so dangerous and must be stopped. and by they, i mean anyone who pushes their religion on another, whatever their belief

Re: OT: God's Creations, formally Re: Lament for space

2005-05-21 Thread leaking pen
or, to put it more succinctly. jesus, save me from your followers. On 5/20/05, Edmund Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >>From: Edmund Storms > > > > > > Hi Ed, > > > > ... > > > > > >>If you were God, would you have made such a > >>self-destructive creature

Re: Google Maps Object

2005-05-18 Thread leaking pen
erhaps. I've been trying to find the shadow without success. It *does* > seem to be outside the focal field of the lens but looks real. Noting the > humorous post by leaking pen, it's possible that some of those images were > taken in sequence and the 'orb' is the sam

Re: Google Maps Object

2005-05-18 Thread leaking pen
theres seven of them. http://maps.google.com/maps?q=26.748651,-80.189370&ll=26.749552,-80.189413&spn =0.003819,0.007918&t=k&hl=en http://maps.google.com/maps?q=26.901956,-80.074550&ll=26.902224,-80.077103&spn =0.003819,0.007918&t=k&hl=en http://maps.google.com/maps?q=26.901956,-80.245299&spn=0

Re: SciAm article on brain

2005-05-17 Thread leaking pen
jonas, a video proccessor is drastically different from other forms of computing devices. and it doesnt really move that fast. thats based in large part on teh way the algorhithams work in creating the graphic image. its very specialized. On 5/17/05, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >

Re: Moore's law for hard disks

2005-05-17 Thread leaking pen
to expand and contract to match as well. so you would STILL have to have some kind of method of moving them. seperately. On 5/17/05, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leaking pen will not spare us petty details: > > >wouldnt work. the modern disks heat up mo

Re: Moore's law for hard disks

2005-05-17 Thread leaking pen
wouldnt work. the modern disks heat up mostly due to the head/platter interaction. if you COULD make heads that small (unlikely) the friction would melt the platter down. a multihead idea thats not quite that ambitious might be useful though. On 5/17/05, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: Hybrid-tether concept

2005-05-16 Thread leaking pen
the basics of an orbit are litteraly that the object is falling towards earth, but has too much foward momentum to hit, it keeps missing. (very hitchiker, the secret of an orbit really IS to throw yourself at the ground, and miss) and that small of a height, youd have to have an ENOURMOUS speed.

Re: Gamesters

2005-05-14 Thread leaking pen
very very similar to a series of thoughts and beliefs ive been working on for years. but. where is this "network". what is it composed of? what is the linking mechanism? are psychic and empathic people merely able to make better use of it? i personally think its em based somehow, and thus, l

Re: OT: National ID card

2005-05-13 Thread leaking pen
yes, i knew, becuase i stay VERY informed. it was tacked on quietly, becuase those who tacked it on did not want those opposed to it to know. in fact, several people that voted for it had not yet been told about the rider, and have stated that they would have voted against. and no, those that vo

Re: Off Topic: Matt Druge

2005-05-07 Thread leaking pen
you didnt hear? he finally came out of the closet, and announcing he was taking a break for a while as he sorted out who he really was. and for amusing links, may i suggest fark.com. im part of the pay site, totalfark, and we routinely have stories before drudge, except his "leaked exclusives" w

Re: (OT) labour of the Sun

2005-05-06 Thread leaking pen
i prefer pope benny, darth ratzinger, or pope siduous. On 5/6/05, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > From: thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > I've been reading a webpage on Catholic prophecies > > http://aoreport.com/200504news_rccpapalprophecy.htm > > Where were you when w

Re: OT: Poets and Ninja warriors

2005-05-06 Thread leaking pen
or marital... On 5/6/05, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: "Keith Nagel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > OTOH, our nations poet laureate is well known to be my fellow NY'er > > and all around groovy fellow, William Jefferson Clinton. Consider > > this short masterpiece, > > >

Re: OFF TOPIC Today's date

2005-05-05 Thread leaking pen
but which is which? (bloody reply going to person, not list.) and in response keith "is a thing worthless becuase it is new? has it worth then because it is old? where the diamond has first pierced the way the softest silk can thread the pearl" unnattributed sanskrit poet. written approx 18-

Re: [OT] Re: 616

2005-05-03 Thread leaking pen
well, its the letter vav, which looks like an upside down stunted l. its both a letter and a number, and reading it, it said it looked like that on the forehead. not that that was what it actually was. you could make a lot of symbols out of three L shapes, especially in a nice spiral pattern. i

Re: English articles are not nonsense

2005-05-03 Thread leaking pen
an english teacher is teaching his class about positive and negative words. "In english, as you know, a double negative is a positive, whereas in some languages, such as russian, a double negative is simply more negative. however, there is no known language where a double positive can be a negati

Re: vacuum cleaner static vortex

2005-05-01 Thread leaking pen
its a dirt devil dynamite, its been doing this since it was bought, and its probably been run about 5 hours now without a cleaning and still building up charge. yes, rather dry, i am in arizona after all. however, its done it with a high humidity as well, just not as much buildup. taking a close

vacuum cleaner static vortex

2005-04-30 Thread leaking pen
hey all, i thought id share something interesting ive notice. ive gotten a new vacuum, one of those bagless ones that circles the dust along the outside, with a central outtake and outer intake. the sucker started shocking me on the hand, and, afraid it was sorting somewhere, i unplugged it , got

Re: Sing the Sun Electric

2005-04-28 Thread leaking pen
well, ive made ball lightning in a glass before (see bills wonderful website) but in metal? On 4/28/05, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry Blanton posted; > > >Not everyone believes fusion powers the sun: > > Excellent post Terry. I have a neighbor, John T Nordberg, > www.granduni

Re: Computers and Religion

2005-04-28 Thread leaking pen
yeah, well, this is a topic for humor and a bit ot, so hey. /didnt know that though. makes one wonder, then mary wasnt really the mother of christ. wait... nicean... yeah, constantine can go jump in a lake. On 4/28/05, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > le

Re: RE: Computers and Religion

2005-04-28 Thread leaking pen
but, as a son of adam and eve in part, would jesus not also hold some aspect of original sin? in fact, his creation would never have been neccesary if not for that bite from the fruit of knowledge of good and evil, yes no? (which, btw, was a fig, not an apple) so why not the mac? /jesus loves y

Re: OT: Leaking Pen asked and answered

2005-04-28 Thread leaking pen
am i the only one laughing at the irony of that statement? /looking up irony to be sure it was in fact ironic. still not sure. On 4/28/05, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leaking pen wrote: > > >i will say this once again, and then i will ignore you. this is a >

Re: OT: Leaking Pen asked and answered

2005-04-28 Thread leaking pen
once again, you have FAILED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION. a statement that is patently false has been made, and no explanation has been given. i toe no party line, and will not argue the shortcomings of many of darwins thoughts. i simply do not like seeing obvious falsehoods about ANYONES work. as for

Re: OT: Leaking Pen asked and answered

2005-04-27 Thread leaking pen
form of my education, ect. dont assume, youve made enough of an ass out of yourself already. On 4/27/05, thomas malloy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 4/25/05, leaking pen wrote; > > > > that age were intelligent beings and had not degenerated which seems > &g

Re: OT: Leaking Pen asked and answered

2005-04-27 Thread leaking pen
TED]> wrote: > Leaking pen wrote > > im wiitiggg. > > hmm, not so quick on the reply when youve been called on what youve > said, and are out of wiggle room, it seems. > > On 4/25/05, leaking pen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Seems antiquity

Re: Pyramid water pumps

2005-04-26 Thread leaking pen
im wiitiggg. hmm, not so quick on the reply when youve been called on what youve said, and are out of wiggle room, it seems. On 4/25/05, leaking pen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Seems antiquity is loaded with examples of engineering and > architectural works that have

Re: Connecticut Yankee speculation

2005-04-25 Thread leaking pen
actually, there is evidence of bowls that were engraved by a vibrating tool that left a mark that could be read by a long metal probe. On 4/25/05, Mike Carrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jed wrote: > > Mike Carrell wrote: > > > > >Most of Edison's inventions could have been built anytime in the

Re: Pyramid water pump

2005-04-25 Thread leaking pen
On 4/25/05, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Keith Nagel wrote: > > >Mike writes: > > > > > >>We moderns suffer from temporal chauvisism, the delusion that we are the > >>smartest of all humanity [which is refuted by any teenager]. It happens that > >>there are more tech geek

Re: Pyramid water pumps

2005-04-25 Thread leaking pen
nt be degenerated, as nothing had yet been generated, yes no? On 4/25/05, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > RC Macaulay wrote: > > > Leaking Pen wrote > > > > >and i notice, you still havent answered my question. you might want > &g

Re: Pyramid water pump

2005-04-25 Thread leaking pen
and dont forget the arched doorway, and the keystone. that was regarded as rocket science for quite a while, a trade secret that was protected with intrigue and murder. On 4/25/05, Stephen A. Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > RC Macaulay wrote: > > > Back to Egyptian pyramids.. The scope

Re: Pyramid water pump

2005-04-25 Thread leaking pen
something ive refused to believe (that we are smarter) since discovering just how many things have been known for centuries or more that influence and shape modern technology. i agree completely, we arent smarter, we just have more tools to work with. however, one thing that IS different between

Re: Pyramid water pump

2005-04-25 Thread leaking pen
theories, yes, but at the time, thats nothing remarkable. and i notice, you still havent answered my question. you might want to stop jabbing that strawman in the corner, the discussion is over HERE. On 4/24/05, RC Macaulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Leaking

Re: Pyramid water pump

2005-04-24 Thread leaking pen
how... does that refute darwinian theory? at the point that humans took control of the environment, we no longer had to adapt as much to survive, therefore one WOULDNT assume that we are simply more intelligent than previous humans, we simply know more. take your personal biases OUT of a science

Re: pyramid water pump

2005-04-23 Thread leaking pen
::points upwards:: what he said. On 4/23/05, Mike Carrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Baronvolsung wrote: > > The movie Highlander 2, The Quickening starring Christopher Lambert, has a > pyramid in it much like the Giza pyramid which is powered by a water cold > fusion hydrogen power plant moat

Re: pyramid water pump

2005-04-23 Thread leaking pen
the EARLIEST dating of the pyramids points to about 10200, and ... you cant carbon date limestone. On 4/23/05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The movie Highlander 2, The Quickening starring Christopher Lambert, has a > pyramid in it much like the Giza pyramid which is powered b

Re: [OT] The Glory of the Olive

2005-04-19 Thread leaking pen
wow, i like how the guy thought hed be black, and called it HIS prediction (its a nostradamus prediction that this pope would be reffered to as the black pope) and, please. rat zinger is a well known believer in the prophecies of malachi. he did it on purpose. i think it likely theres a better,

Re: OFF TOPIC Taxes

2005-04-14 Thread leaking pen
]> wrote: > leaking pen wrote: > > unreported income? few thousand? naw, youve got a few people with > large amounts of unreporte (ie, illegal) income. thats whats creating > the average out. mostly drug dealers. > Oh I doubt that. I think it is more often women who babysit or

Re: OFF TOPIC Taxes

2005-04-14 Thread leaking pen
unreported income? few thousand? naw, youve got a few people with large amounts of unreporte (ie, illegal) income. thats whats creating the average out. mostly drug dealers. On 4/14/05, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry Blanton wrote: > > > I assure you there is. I know several

Re: Gas Tax

2005-04-14 Thread leaking pen
better yet. raise it for the corporations that use most of the gas in their trucking fleets. in addition, start billing them for road usage, instead of the citizens. On 4/14/05, Kyle Mcallister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- "Stephen R. Lawrence" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Maybe higher t

Re: OFF TOPIC Taxes

2005-04-14 Thread leaking pen
terry, yes, thats with eic. the numbers were worse before it was put into place btw, if you want to be truly sickened... look at corporate taxes. corporations recieve about 80 percent of the benefits given out in monetary form by the government, and pay about 10 percent of the taxes. ignore pr

Re: Gas tax / Unitarian Jihad

2005-04-14 Thread leaking pen
no, even in modern japanese, a katana is a particular kind of sword. other notable japanese swords, the dai-katana (think greatsword made like a katana), the tachi, an even larger version, used from horseback, the ninja-to, a shorter, straight blade weapon, with a chisel point for penetrating arm

Re: Gas tax / Unitarian Jihad

2005-04-14 Thread leaking pen
hey, your speaking to the katana of reasoned discussion here. hehehe On 4/14/05, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > RC Macaulay wrote: > > >Stephen Lawrence suggestion on gas tax presupposes integrity in government > >which cannot exist because the political animal cannot be tamed or > >c

Great pyramid... water pump?

2005-04-12 Thread leaking pen
I was just sent this by a friend. anyone seen it before? http://www.thepump.org/art3subcuttings.html it seems plausible, yet im immediately thinking there is an ou issue here. its essentially pumping water from the surface and back, yes no? with no extra source of energy.

Re: The Missing Five Commandments

2005-04-11 Thread leaking pen
dah, its the 125th chapter (not spell ) of the papyrus of ani. in partcular the questions asked of the recently deseaced during the weighing of the heart. its the five not jewish ones, ie, killing, stealing, fucking the neighbors wife, fucking the neighbors goat, that kind of thing. On Apr 1

Re: The Missing Five Commandments

2005-04-11 Thread leaking pen
blanton, which one? On Apr 11, 2005 11:41 AM, Blanton, Terry [RTPXCHG] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Cute. > > Ackshully, you'll find all the commandments in the Egyptian Book of the > Dead. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Behalf Of [EMAIL PR

Re: Opening the door for YOU, just a crack...

2005-04-11 Thread leaking pen
sorry. ive always been of the opinion that anything that alters my mind, and in particular my senses and how they interact, in a non predictive, nonrepeatable way, jeapordizes the trust i can place in my senses. and if i cant trust the senses, well, what good am i as a scientist? therefore, anyth

Re: The Invisible Man

2005-04-11 Thread leaking pen
might i suggest a short story, i believe by harlann ellison, though not sure on that, by the title of "buckle down winsocki" ? its about a man who experiences such episodes until he becomes totally invisible to all except those like him. i doubt youll like the explanation of why, but its an inter

Re: Opening the door for YOU, just a crack...

2005-04-10 Thread leaking pen
hehe. ive been capable of lucid dreaming since i was 6, but i still cant od more than a rudimenetary control over scene, events, probablility. it still runs out like a play in front of me. and youre making some BIG assumptions. On Apr 10, 2005 11:28 AM, Standing Bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: OT: Question regarding condoms

2005-04-08 Thread leaking pen
y are wrong. I have not examined the literature on AIDS carefully, but I > am confident that you are incorrect, and your model does not reflect > reality. As Leaking Pen pointed out, you are assuming all partners are HIV > positive. I would add that you talked about people having sex 7 years afte

Re: OT: Question regarding condoms

2005-04-08 Thread leaking pen
your math assumes that all encounters are with someone who is hiv positive. On Apr 8, 2005 7:41 AM, Horace Heffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I take it then that no one here actually knows the failure rate of condoms > with regard to protection from aids. Yet there are such fervent beliefs > ex

Re: vortex-digest Digest V2005 #174

2005-04-08 Thread leaking pen
dont do that. we thrive on dissagreement. On Apr 7, 2005 9:24 PM, John Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- John Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Dang! I was going to stop talking. > > You *could* reconsider. > Thanks, Terry. You're absolutely right. I have reconsidered, and

Re: Windmills in the sky after all!

2005-04-07 Thread leaking pen
wrote: > leaking pen wrote: > > >well, how big are we talking for the kites? if not too big, you could > >always move them during seasonal changes, also. > > I do not know how big they are, but I am sure they are light or they would > not fly up in the air in the firs

Re: Windmills in the sky after all!

2005-04-07 Thread leaking pen
well, how big are we talking for the kites? if not too big, you could always move them during seasonal changes, also. have a few farms with tethers, move the actual units to the better area. just a thought. (and, if we ever got a beanstalk off the ground, we could fly a few off it.) On Apr 7,

Re: [OT] Constitutional Reform Act

2005-04-07 Thread leaking pen
heres teh deal. first thing it does, is, if a judge says, "the bible rules me, and becuase of the bible, i say two men farking is wrong, take those fags out of my court and stone them till dead" guess what. they would have NO recourse whatsoever. part two, only interpret based on the constituti

Re: OT: Question regarding condoms

2005-04-06 Thread leaking pen
chaste or monogamous from fear of aids that would have sex if they thought a condom would keep them safe is negligible. those using condoms, and breaking them, because they were never taught how to use them, is a larger group. On Apr 6, 2005 11:30 AM, leaking pen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > a

Re: OT: Question regarding condoms

2005-04-06 Thread leaking pen
esn't offhand strike me as an important issue with regard to infection > rate. > > > At 8:55 AM 4/6/5, leaking pen wrote: > >thanks jed, beat me to it. but yes, acutally, there was a study done > >that showed that about 5 percent of condoms used correctly failed >

Re: [OT] The Labor of the Sun

2005-04-06 Thread leaking pen
hey. nice spin on it. i was hoping hed last that long, so hed die on an eclipse day, but that works too. so, whos the glory of the olive? On Apr 6, 2005 10:49 AM, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Some believe that St. Malachy predicted the popes from the 12th century on. > > h

Re: OT: Question regarding condoms

2005-04-06 Thread leaking pen
thanks jed, beat me to it. but yes, acutally, there was a study done that showed that about 5 percent of condoms used correctly failed mechanically, usually as a result of being past the expiration date (a higher problem in the third world). ill have to hunt down the study. and theres a higher f

Re: vortex-digest Digest V2005 #161

2005-04-05 Thread leaking pen
thank you john. its a tough concept for so many, but there are no absolute morals. all morals are subjective to your society. simply put, remember, in a society of cannibals, it is immoral to NOT eat human flesh. On Apr 5, 2005 1:14 PM, John Robertson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have been a

Re: [OT] The Next Pope

2005-04-05 Thread leaking pen
and they were still jews after that. it wasnt until about 100 years later that christians were anything more than a subsect of judaism. personally, i still look at most of the christian religions as nothing more than a subsect of judaism. explains their use of the old testament. On Apr 5, 2005

Re: [OT] The Next Pope

2005-04-04 Thread leaking pen
hes off. the next pope, via the prophecies of malachy (the old documents mentioned) is the glory of the olives. the pope AFTER him is supposed to be the final pope, peter the roman, though thats from later versions. On Apr 4, 2005 2:07 PM, Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://

Re: another off topic subject

2005-04-02 Thread leaking pen
one of the few? sorry, a good chunk of us knew just what was going on, and were quite vocal about it. On Apr 2, 2005 10:27 AM, Edmund Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since science discussion on Vortex is experiencing a holiday these days > and because the world is decaying into chaos faster t

Re: difference in world views

2005-04-01 Thread leaking pen
been quite an educational experience for me. I continue to > thank you giving me this precious and unique opportunity to acquire a better > understanding of your perception of reality. > > I have a brief comment. > > You recently stated: > > >As a continuation of the

Re: difference in world views

2005-04-01 Thread leaking pen
hehehheee. ohh man, you have me giggling. one thing two, ive got a friend who i found out we are related in several different ways, and we are almost identical, from build to attitude to finger length. different faces, but hey. and we smell the same too, except that he gives off an odor that se

Re: difference in world views

2005-04-01 Thread leaking pen
errm, nazis were atheists. lemarkian evolutionists philisophically, >if memory serves. > >yes, im in college. i didnt say they were all great. and actually, >ive been to iraq, about 6 years ago, as part of a high school exchange >program. the farm slums are a higher quality than here. If it wer

Re: New battery technology

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
not yet. we'll be moving over to a different economy, if this works. as for general public, links have been submitted to totalfark (a pay news site with about 2500 members that im part of) and a lot of discussion has been generated. news tends to go there from slashdot, and from there to the rest

Re: New battery technology

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
and you are makeing a big assumption. that everyone would do a full charge everytime. do people fill the tank every time? so for ten cents on your order, or maybe even free, mcdonalds will charge your car as you go through the drive through. 2 minutes of charging, last you a couple hours driving

Re: Battery link at Toshiba

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
warning, virus. dont click. On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 13:32:40 -0700, Ron Wormus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > -- "Monsieur l'abbé, I detest what you write, but I would give my life to make it possible for you to continue to write" Voltaire

Re: New battery technology

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
wow. its a battery capacitor! definately increase the effectiveness of solar vehicles. On Tue, 29 Mar 2005 09:14:25 -0900, Horace Heffner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 10:34 AM 3/29/5, R. Wormus wrote: > >Press Release: > > > >New battery offers unsurpassed recharge performance and high energ

Re: (OT) will of god

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
sense and means nothing as > far as I can tell. > > The word which describes G-d elohem is male. > > Being "male" means having male sexual organs, hormones and so on. As > one critic put it, why does God supposedly have a penis if there is > no Mrs. God? > > The wor

Re: OT: The will of God

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
BWAHAHAHAHHAHHAAA wow. yeah, all the islamic countries are third world. thats why, before we invaded, iraq had a higher standard of living and qol than we, and complete equality for men and women, including equal pay laws that we still refuse to pass here. your ignorance is showing. On Thu, 2

Re: Wolves and Wolverines

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
ermm, he was talking about teh divinity of christ, not christianity itself. i personal agree with most of the gospels. im not sure if christ was the son of gawd or not. i dont care. i will follow his teachings anyways. i think the point was that the diety is a sort of, my god has a bigger peni

Re: Easter

2005-03-29 Thread leaking pen
jn? not familiar with that book... On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 19:35:30 -0600, RC Macaulay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry Blanton wrote.. > > What compels you to do this ? > > Best explained by reading verses 3 and 4. > > 1Jn 4: 1-4. > > As I stated, the Vortex group remains a viable site that

Re: [OT] Re: Easter

2005-03-28 Thread leaking pen
thats what frightens me the most. resistance is futile, you will be assimilated. im christian, but the fundies frighten the living hell out of me. On Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:23:04 -0500 (EST), Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Terry Blanton writes: > > >> Pack-hunting predator instinct.

Incredibles

2005-03-28 Thread leaking pen
thought id mention this. family easter dinner, the kids were watching the incredibles. teh main villain is an inventor, is showing off his inventions by using them on the hero, and declares that they are powered by zero point energy.

Re: Curing ourselves of the itch

2005-03-28 Thread leaking pen
jed, however, fundamentalist christians as a whole ARE trying to limit free speech. book burnings, demands to ban certain works, all that jazz. and your analogy is flawed. its closer to you waking up, finding others fighting the fire with a bucket brigade, and running around screaming FIRE FIRE

Re: Detroit Pushing Diesel Hybrids

2005-03-24 Thread leaking pen
no, the support the troop ribbons are all magnetic. next time you see one, peel it off to see. (or, do like i do. i printed up several 8x10 sheets of bumpersticker paper with small sections that say bring them home now. i simply put that on their car right underneath support our troops. ) On

Re: Detroit Pushing Diesel Hybrids

2005-03-23 Thread leaking pen
on the issue of fuel economy, a friend of mine just made a good point. there are an estimated 170 million cars on the road. if one in ten (seems likely) have a one ounce "support the troops" sticker, we are talking about a bit over a million pounds of metal being shipped around daily. On Thu, 2

water on mars: humor

2005-03-23 Thread leaking pen
sorry guys, got this one in an email, couldnt resist. first picture of water on mars. http://www.kiss-ezlink.com/downloads/funny/First%20picture%20of%20water%20on%20mars.jpg

Re: More immediate threat: $2.10/gal gasoline

2005-03-10 Thread leaking pen
have you read the book midas world? On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 17:52:29 -0800 (PST), Terry Blanton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Economics give me a headache, I must confess. > > It's very difficult to grasp; but, if energy is free, > we have no need

Re: More immediate threat: $2.10/gal gasoline

2005-03-09 Thread leaking pen
pay for the highways used by said coorps) things like that. On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 13:53:14 -0800, Jones Beene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "leaking pen" > > > you might say it combines the worst features of capitalism > and com

Re: More immediate threat: $2.10/gal gasoline

2005-03-09 Thread leaking pen
you might say it combines the worst features of capitalism and communism. as a someone who is a communist and a free market supporter (ones a government, ones an economy, there IS a difference) i agree completly. ive been saying that for years. On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 14:04:49 -0500, Jed Rothwell

Re: Roomba as monster

2005-03-09 Thread leaking pen
yeah, i know someone who was working with a team handling the recoil reaiming figures for a three wheel platform who was dealing with a software package that tracked where rounds might potentially go to avoid hitting other elements. probably the same software. he was telling me about simulations

Re: More immediate threat: $2.10/gal gasoline

2005-03-09 Thread leaking pen
wow. youve got good gas prices. im in az. its 2.00 right now, expected to peak at 3.00 im sure the people in europe already paying about 5.00 a gallon hearts' bleed for us... On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 09:52:04 -0500, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This discussion of Roomba monsters is sp

Re: Health care costs - outsourcing is working

2005-03-08 Thread leaking pen
for those that can afford even that. most are simply going without, or with what they can get through medicare/ medicaid. On Tue, 08 Mar 2005 16:27:19 -0500, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leaking pen wrote: > > the funny part is, thats not actually a joke. > Not

Re: Health care costs - outsourcing is working

2005-03-08 Thread leaking pen
the funny part is, thats not actually a joke. there IS a lot of outsourcing going on, and people here in the us making scads of cash, the ones that could actually afford the treatment here find it cheaper to fly overseas, where they can also get procedures done that arent yet fda approved, thus no

Re: Health care costs

2005-03-08 Thread leaking pen
, Jed Rothwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > leaking pen wrote: > > its true that there is more treatment available, but heres the thing. > its NOT that expensive. an average 10k dollar surgery actually costs, > in terms of materials and salarya and other overhead, maybe 1500.

Re: Health care costs

2005-03-08 Thread leaking pen
its true that there is more treatment available, but heres the thing. its NOT that expensive. an average 10k dollar surgery actually costs, in terms of materials and salarya and other overhead, maybe 1500. there is a MASSIVE price increase, because, well, pay or die. and as medical care as we k

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