Re: Some things are too good to last
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > At 02:48 PM 11/1/02, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > >Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > > .command of Ron on Jeroen's sig. And second to Adam's respons to my > > first > > > >That should have been ... comment of Ron on D'oh. :o) > > > >Sonja > > Who's Ron? > > --Ronn! :) I should have given up there and then Sonja Back to breakfast and paint stripping, I love powertools, yeah man, ... more power. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Voting
From http://www.sciencenews.org/20021102/bob8.asp "Election Selection Are we using the worst voting procedure? Erica Klarreich As Election Day approaches, voters must be feeling a sense of déjà vu. With recent reports of malfunctioning voter machines and uncounted votes during primaries in Florida, Maryland, and elsewhere, reformers are once again clamoring for extensive changes. But while attention is focused on these familiar irregularities, a much more serious problem is being neglected: the fundamental flaws of the voting procedure itself, say various researchers who study voting. Nearly all political elections in the United States are plurality votes, in which each voter selects a single candidate, and the candidate with the most votes wins. Yet voting theorists argue that plurality voting is one of the worst of all possible choices. "It's a terrible system," says Alexander Tabarrok, an economist at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., and director of research for the Independent Institute in Oakland, Calif. "Almost anything looks good compared to it." " Full article at http://www.sciencenews.org/20021102/bob8.asp -- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Question about the Simpsons episode this evening
B I G S P O I L E R S P A C E I heard: "What is this... ___?" *Blam* (As he shoots Future Homer #2) and then after he picks up the Time Machine: "Now to get me some Cavewomen Hookers" *Vanishes in Time Travel Swirl* Jon From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question about the Simpsons episode this evening Date: Sun, 3 Nov 2002 21:51:20 EST In a message dated 11/3/2002 6:42:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Just in case, I'm going to stick some spoiler space in here. Please include it when replying. If you haven't seen the episode yet, I don't think my question will give away too much. S P O I L E R / S P A C E / S P O I L E R / S P A C E What did Moe say at the very end of the gun story? I missed it because someone who doesn't understand about being quiet was rustling a bunch of paper at just that moment, and we didn't have the closed captioning on. >> What is this, guest shot city? Or something as meaningless. William Taylor ...already past experation date. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l _ Unlimited Internet access for only $21.95/month. Try MSN! http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans/2monthsfree.asp ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Question about the Simpsons episode this evening
In a message dated 11/3/2002 6:42:32 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Just in case, I'm going to stick some spoiler space in here. Please include it when replying. If you haven't seen the episode yet, I don't think my question will give away too much. S P O I L E R / S P A C E / S P O I L E R / S P A C E What did Moe say at the very end of the gun story? I missed it because someone who doesn't understand about being quiet was rustling a bunch of paper at just that moment, and we didn't have the closed captioning on. >> What is this, guest shot city? Or something as meaningless. William Taylor ...already past experation date. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Dogs and Uplift
Julia Thompson wrote: > > There was something from DB at some point about why the dogs weren't > part of the uplifted species on Earth. Something about them being > uplifted to where they could finally open doors, and then door > technology changed drastically, and this affected their emotional > well-being or something. If anyone could provide the exact quote, or > tell where it is for interested parties to look up, that would be > great. Sorry if this was already answered. I believe that the quote was from "Gorilla my Dreams", a short and very pun-filled satire of the uplift novels which David Brin used to have on his website. It does not seem to be there any more, though. As I recall, the neodogs were suffering from some sort of acute depression. They had finally mastered door knobs, only to have them rendered obsolete by psionic locks. ---David Hobby ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Question about the Simpsons episode this evening
Just in case, I'm going to stick some spoiler space in here. Please include it when replying. If you haven't seen the episode yet, I don't think my question will give away too much. S P O I L E R / S P A C E / S P O I L E R / S P A C E What did Moe say at the very end of the gun story? I missed it because someone who doesn't understand about being quiet was rustling a bunch of paper at just that moment, and we didn't have the closed captioning on. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
- Original Message -
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 4:17 PM
Subject: Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
> At 10:32 02-11-2002 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> >You're awfully dismissive of something someone's put a lot of time and
> >energy into.
>
> I am not dismissing the work Giorgis put into studying the UN. What I am
> saying is that it sounds awfully arrogant when an amateur claims to have
> the One True Answer ("this *is* how " -- notice the emphasis on
> the word "is") and then add that the professionals "haven't figured it
out
> yet".
>
> He could easily have avoided coming across as arrogant, simply by stating
> that *in his opinion* "this is how the UNSC will end up", rather than
> making it look as if he knows better than all those professionals.
John is a lot subtler than you give him credit for. I didn't quite
ROTFLMAO when he wrote "This is how it will turn out", but it is a pretty
good example of dry wit. BTW, dry wit depends on the humor being subtle,
so a smiley is out of place with dry wit.
I think it is ironic that you fault John for making a joke at his own
expense.
Dan M.
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RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
At 03:47 PM 11/3/2002 -0600 Horn, John wrote: >As Jim said earlier, wouldn't that make it next to impossible to get >anything done on the UNSC? I can't imagine almost any even remotely >controversial proposal not being vetoed by one of that group? There is a bit of game theory involved. Obviously, if everyone had a veto than everyone would lose, but nevertheless, individuals still want the veto power. JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] People everywhere want to say what they think; choose who will govern them; worship as they please; educate their children -- male and female; own property; and enjoy the benefits of their labor. These values of freedom are right and true for every person, in every society -- and the duty of protecting these values against their enemies is the common calling of freedom-loving people across the globe and across the ages. -US National Security Policy, 2002 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: Some things are too good to last
> From: Ronn Blankenship > > > >That should have been ... comment of Ron on D'oh. :o) > > Who's Ron? I believe that would be the guy trying to go for the Alpha Mail position! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Question for everyone
- Original Message - From: "Ronn Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 6:49 PM Subject: Re: Question for everyone > At 11:11 PM 10/30/02, Dan Minette wrote: > > >Well, not to be argumentative, but I think it is impho. > > > ??? > In Many People's Humble Opinion Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test)
- Original Message - From: "Ronn Blankenship" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 02, 2002 7:13 PM Subject: Re: Dinging plans (was RE: test) > And does your friend consider himself a professional person? Definately. It was after we were discussing how disgusted we were with ourselves 'bout what games we had to play just to get our jobs done in spite of management. Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: A Halloween Story
> From: Ronn Blankenship > > This is the second list I have received it from (with minor > differences). > > Maybe the new generation on the Internet have never heard > this joke? I > first heard it at least 30-some-odd years ago . . . I didn't have access to a computer 30-some-odd years ago when I was 6! - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: >>Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 08:58 , Jim Sharkey a écrit : >>No, but my wife does. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, >>she and her father spend the evening making about a jillion >>chocolate chip cookies for the holidays. The best part is that I >>get to sit next to the cooling rack with a large glass of milk >>and, um, weed out the weak and unfit from the herd. ;-) > >It's a hard job, but someone's got to do it. Let me know if ever >you can't handle it anymore and need some help. hehehe, should I ever find myself sudenly diabetic or something, I'll drop you a line. Are you willing to take a trans-Atlantic flight though? :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Week 9 Picks
"J.D. Giorgis" wrote: > Dallas (+3) at Detroit - This is a really lousy team, > but for anyone who doesn't think that QB's are > important, just loook at what "Heisman Joey" has done > for these guys. Pick: LIONS and to cover Guess they didn't quite cover, eh? That was a *weird* game. In the first half, there were no points scored, and I think something like 14 punts. At one point, they put up one of those "Coming Up Next" things, with "Coming Up Next: A Punt". A little while later, we were treated to "Coming Up Next: More Punts". When a punt had to be kicked over sometime later, I think in the second half (yes, more punts, but the game didn't really come close to the record 31 in one game, set way back when), I was *hoping* for, but didn't get "Coming Up Next: Punt II: The Sequel". Both offenses stunk in the first half. Both defeneses did reasonably well. If I had to describe the game in one word, it would either be "ridiculous" or "ugly". (Speaking of ugly, I think that's the ugliest *pair* of quarterbacks I've ever seen. But that really has nothing to do with the game itself.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
RE: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:jxg9@;po.cwru.edu] > > At 02:07 PM 11/1/2002 -0600 Horn, John wrote: > >Would all of these permanent members have a veto? If not, > which ones would? > > Virtually every country under consideration for a permanent > UNSC seat in > the future has stated that they would decline the permanent > seat if it did > not carry the same rights and privileges as every other > permanent seat. As Jim said earlier, wouldn't that make it next to impossible to get anything done on the UNSC? I can't imagine almost any even remotely controversial proposal not being vetoed by one of that group? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago
At 07:31 02-11-2002 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: Anyhow, I suppose that I should clarify this by noting that I am currently strongly considering voting for Green Party candidates in two or three races here. What, JDG voting Green Party? What caused this revolution? After all, it was the same JDG who, in August 2000, wrote about the Green Party: Honestly, Jeroen, when I read the platofrom of the Green Party USA, my first thought was "I thought communism was dead."Here is a samping of what I consider to be some of their most irrational proposals. ...and also, in the same post... I think it is impossible, however, to chracterize the preponderance of their policies as reasonable or defendable. So, JDG, what is so much better about the Green Party than the Republican Party, that you are considering voting Green? Jeroen "Tabularium nunquam mentiri" van Baardwijk __ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 11:46:21AM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > At 11:42 PM 11/2/02, William Taylor wrote: > > Just playing catch-up . . . That just doesn't cut the mustard -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: How's the weather out there? Re: I'm just getting burnedout.
In a message dated 11/3/2002 9:50:33 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Oh, and I decided around 8 or 8:30 that following wasabi with sweet wine was really nice. Around 10, I was thinking of reconsidering. Around midnight, I decided that if I could stand some discomfort for awhile, it was OK. >> You just didn't want your friends to kid you latter with "Wasabi, Doc?" William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: A spam message I thought was Brin-l
At 07:21 AM 11/3/02, William Taylor wrote: The line was: Subj:Rates Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! And I had read it as: Subj:Rants Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! *sigh* Wishful misthinking. ROTFLOL, though. --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
In a message dated 11/3/2002 7:07:50 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Sorry, William, but you tried *waay* too hard for this one. Gonna have to ding you for it. ;-) >> Well I did say "tries" I'll go back to trying to win the Eatin' an Arrow contest. William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago
At 11:42 PM 11/2/02, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 11/2/2002 10:14:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << Yes, I feel like saying "A pox on both their houses" . . . except that these days, someone would probably take it as a terroristic threat . . . >> Or try to sell you the new and improved lemon freshened Pox in the large economy sized box. I wonder if I'm vaccinated for that . . . ? William Taylor -- "Ronn on the list, Ronn on the list, ninty nine emails from Ronn..." Just playing catch-up . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
At 07:58 AM 11/3/02, Jim Sharkey wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: >> >Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to >make a really good chocolate chip cookie? No, but my wife does. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, she and her father spend the evening making about a jillion chocolate chip cookies for the holidays. The best part is that I get to sit next to the cooling rack with a large glass of milk and, um, weed out the weak and unfit from the herd. ;-) My mother always made a batch of bon-bon-type candy, with coconut inside and chocolate coating. Arguably a better use of the dining room table than as a support for computer equipment. Sigh . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: More silliness, was Re: UN Security Council Reform was Re: Just for the record
At 11:21 PM 11/2/02, Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? No, but I know where to go to buy them . . . M . . . chocolate chip . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon. I never dreamed that I would see the last. --Dr. Jerry Pournelle ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: news: Brazil Sets an Example in Computerizing Its NationalElections
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > >> So, those 10.7% are people that _chose_ to invalidate >> the vote. > >Is that anything like giving them a way to vote for "None of the >Above"? > Yes - in fact, two ways of voting for "None of the Above" [something like options "I don't care" and "The hell with all of them"] >(I.e., "I want to do my civic duty and vote, but I don't want any >of these idiots and/or crooks.") > Voting is obrigatory, with mild penalties for those that skip the last election [you have to justify the absence, or you pay a fine, or you will not be able to get some jobs] >If so, what happens if "None of the >Above" happens to get the largest number of the votes cast? > I *think* that nothing happens. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
On Sun, Nov 03, 2002 at 10:39:18AM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > given a few recipes by someone whose grandparents had a bakery. If I > still have that paper, I could give you a good recipe. > > Tell me if I ought to look. Yes! Never turn down a good chocolate chip cookie recipe! -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 12:00 , Julia Thompson a écrit : Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : I might have a good recipe. I made a bunch of cookies for fellow dorm-mates around final exam time one year, using the kitchen at my fiance's apartment (this was about 6 weeks before the wedding) and I was given a few recipes by someone whose grandparents had a bakery. If I still have that paper, I could give you a good recipe. Tell me if I ought to look. Hello? You're telling us that you have a good chocolate chip cookie recipe (damn, I still read that word as ree-SIPE) and you think we might not want to know it? I *might* have it. Tell me if it's worth my time *looking* for it. If that's not worth a ding I don't know what is! :-p In other words, yes please, I would like to know your recipe. OK, then, I'll take the time to look for it later today. Right now, I need to shower, dress, and get Sammy dressed into something a little more appropriate for watching the Cowboys game. Julia running on < 5 hours' sleep, BTW In that case, I guess it can wait until later this week. I will be looking forward to it as the increasingly cold weather is perfect out-of-the-oven-cookie waether. Jean-Louis P(l)ushy Monster ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: new Homeland Security logo
At 09:54 AM 11/3/2002 -0500 Gary Nunn wrote: > >The first time I saw this, I thought it was a joke, then I realized that the >link goes to the United States Patent and Trademark office. Kind of >spooky. > > >http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/pulse/epulse/images/april/home >landsecurity.gif Just because *somebody* trademarked that image, in no way implies that the US government trademarked that image but you knew that, right? JDG ___ John D. Giorgis - [EMAIL PROTECTED] People everywhere want to say what they think; choose who will govern them; worship as they please; educate their children -- male and female; own property; and enjoy the benefits of their labor. These values of freedom are right and true for every person, in every society -- and the duty of protecting these values against their enemies is the common calling of freedom-loving people across the globe and across the ages. -US National Security Policy, 2002 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: > > > Erik Reuter wrote: > >> Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a > >> really good chocolate chip cookie? > > > Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : > > I might have a good recipe. I made a bunch of cookies for fellow > > dorm-mates around final exam time one year, using the kitchen at my > > fiance's apartment (this was about 6 weeks before the wedding) and I was > > given a few recipes by someone whose grandparents had a bakery. If I > > still have that paper, I could give you a good recipe. > > > > Tell me if I ought to look. > > Hello? You're telling us that you have a good chocolate chip cookie > recipe > (damn, I still read that word as ree-SIPE) and you think we might not > want to > know it? I *might* have it. Tell me if it's worth my time *looking* for it. > If that's not worth a ding I don't know what is! :-p > > In other words, yes please, I would like to know your recipe. OK, then, I'll take the time to look for it later today. Right now, I need to shower, dress, and get Sammy dressed into something a little more appropriate for watching the Cowboys game. Julia running on < 5 hours' sleep, BTW ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 11:39 , Julia Thompson a écrit : I might have a good recipe. I made a bunch of cookies for fellow dorm-mates around final exam time one year, using the kitchen at my fiance's apartment (this was about 6 weeks before the wedding) and I was given a few recipes by someone whose grandparents had a bakery. If I still have that paper, I could give you a good recipe. Tell me if I ought to look. Hello? You're telling us that you have a good chocolate chip cookie recipe (damn, I still read that word as ree-SIPE) and you think we might not want to know it? If that's not worth a ding I don't know what is! :-p In other words, yes please, I would like to know your recipe. Jean-Louis Gourmand ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
Erik Reuter wrote: Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a really good chocolate chip cookie? Le Dimanche 3 novembre 2002, à 08:58 , Jim Sharkey a écrit : No, but my wife does. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, she and her father spend the evening making about a jillion chocolate chip cookies for the holidays. The best part is that I get to sit next to the cooling rack with a large glass of milk and, um, weed out the weak and unfit from the herd. ;-) It's a hard job, but someone's got to do it. Let me know if ever you can't handle it anymore and need some help. Jean-Louis, Cookie culler extraordinaire ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Week 9 Picks
"J.D. Giorgis" wrote: > Cincinnati (+3) at Houston - Everyone is jumping a > little too hard on the anti-Bengals bandwagon, and is > forgetting that this is still an NFL team. Sure, the > Bengals are on the road, but when you are as bad as > the Bengals are, getting away from the boo-birds at > the home field is often a positive. Plus, they have > guaranteed a win - and I'm inclined to believe them. > Pick: BENGALS UPSET SPECIAL! Yeah, I took the > Bengals again - so I lied! Probably safer than the last time you picked them. I mean, how badly can you do against a first-year expansion team? Oh, wait, please don't answer that > Dallas (+3) at Detroit - This is a really lousy team, Which one? > but for anyone who doesn't think that QB's are > important, just loook at what "Heisman Joey" has done > for these guys. Pick: LIONS and to cover Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: How's the weather out there? Re: I'm just getting burnedout.
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > At 10:50 AM 11/2/02, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >And I'm supposed to be doing some sort > >of crawl this evening for a bachelorette party for a close friend's > >younger sister, and I'm not looking forward to this evening's weather > >for *that*. (At least it'll be downtown Austin, where it probably won't > >be as windy as it gets out here, and it ought to be just a *little* > >warmer, anyway.) > > Possibly dumb question: what's a "crawl" in the context of a bachelorette > party? Kinda like a pub crawl, except the places on the itinerary weren't pubs. And due to the weather, we just ended up driving for sushi (and having seen it now, I don't think I'm interested in ever having bubble tea, but the sushi got decent reviews from those who eat the stuff, I discovered that avacado rolls are pretty good, and the jasmine tea was very nice) and then driving back to the friend's apartment for drinks, the end of the UT football game, a bachelorette party game, cards, and a special cake. Oh, and I decided around 8 or 8:30 that following wasabi with sweet wine was really nice. Around 10, I was thinking of reconsidering. Around midnight, I decided that if I could stand some discomfort for awhile, it was OK. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Got back from early voting a little while ago
Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > At 07:41 PM 11/1/02, Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Julia > > > >who doesn't want to hear a damn thing more about Perry or Sanchez for a > >couple of days, but will probably fail to avoid their ads :P > > Can hardly be any worse than our gubernatorial race between Siegelman and > Riley: if even a fraction of what they have said about each other in their > ads is true, they should probably both be in jail (but I suppose that's > true in just about every race in every state, except those where there is > no contest). And they have apparently spent together nearly $23 million on > the campaign for an office for which the total salary for the next four > years is less than $1 million . . . A *combined* $23 million? That's not in the same league as the over $50 million of his own money that Sanchez has spent alone. As for the whole criminal action thing, yeah, a lot of mud has been slung in that area. And I've heard a lot of debate as to whether politicians ought to be using police video of their opponents in commercials. (I've seen one featuring police video of Perry, an another featuring police video of state senator Gonzalo Barrientos. I think it's tacky, myself, and reflects poorly on the character of the one running the ad.) Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
Erik Reuter wrote: > > On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:41:57PM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > At 04:28 AM 11/2/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: > > > > >Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? > > > > > > Do you have any idea how arrogant _your_ post sounds? > > > > Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to make a > really good chocolate chip cookie? I might have a good recipe. I made a bunch of cookies for fellow dorm-mates around final exam time one year, using the kitchen at my fiance's apartment (this was about 6 weeks before the wedding) and I was given a few recipes by someone whose grandparents had a bakery. If I still have that paper, I could give you a good recipe. Tell me if I ought to look. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
new Homeland Security logo
The first time I saw this, I thought it was a joke, then I realized that the link goes to the United States Patent and Trademark office. Kind of spooky. http://www.uspto.gov/web/offices/ac/ahrpa/opa/pulse/epulse/images/april/home landsecurity.gif ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
William Taylor wrote: > "Judy, Judy,---" > > Thipht. > > "Jud---" > > Swith..THUNK! > > "Argh." > > Do you have any idea how arrow Grant this post tries to sound? > Sorry, William, but you tried *waay* too hard for this one. Gonna have to ding you for it. ;-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: UN Security Council Reform Re: Just for the record
Erik Reuter wrote: >On Sat, Nov 02, 2002 at 10:41:57PM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: >>At 04:28 AM 11/2/02, J. van Baardwijk wrote: >>>Do you have any idea how arrogant your post sounds? >> >>Do you have any idea how arrogant _your_ post sounds? >> >Do you have any idea howudo you have any idea how to >make a really good chocolate chip cookie? No, but my wife does. Every year on the day before Thanksgiving, she and her father spend the evening making about a jillion chocolate chip cookies for the holidays. The best part is that I get to sit next to the cooling rack with a large glass of milk and, um, weed out the weak and unfit from the herd. ;-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
A spam message I thought was Brin-l
The line was: Subj:Rates Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! And I had read it as: Subj:Rants Have Dipped...Approvals Are Up! *sigh* Wishful misthinking. William Taylor ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: Some things are too good to last
At 19:16 02-11-2002 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: One thing I find interesting, going over this thread: All responses spawned by that one post of Jeroen's that come through as being part of the thread as threaded by Netscape come either from people in Jeroen's town in The Netherlands, or people who live in Texas within 3 hours' drive of each other. Does this mean anything, or is it coincidental? :) Julia waiting for a response from someone not fitting either geographical category now That the rest of us have decided to stay out of it? Well, if people insist, I *could* reply to it from work (now that my PC has been repaired). I live but do not work in Eindhoven (which, BTW, qualifies as *city*, not *town*: pop. 203,000 per 01-01-2001) but work in the nearby town of Oirschot, so technically speaking, I would not be posting from "either geographical category" then. Jeroen "Just a thought" van Baardwijk __ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Re: A Halloween Story
At 19:11 02-11-2002 -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: Maybe the new generation on the Internet have never heard this joke? I first heard it at least 30-some-odd years ago . . . Happens all the time, and not just on the Internet. Just look at what is happening in pop music: many songs are promoted as "'s new single", but old folks like us (where "old" is defined as: age group 30+ ) will recognise many of those allegedly "new" songs as covers of songs that were hits back in ancient times when *we* were teenagers. Jeroen "So much for originality" van Baardwijk __ Wonderful-World-of-Brin-L Website: http://www.Brin-L.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
