Brin-L domains
Hi all! Temporarily resurfacing from lurker depth. I'm getting rid of my old life and am working my *ss of starting a brand new one. Brin-L is part of my old life, so: Would anyone be interested in buying the domain names Brin-L.com and Brin-L.net? Make me an off-list offer I can't refuse! returning to lurker depth With regards, Jeroen Now All I Need Is A New Identity van Baardwijk ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: The powers of cats
Could it bet that your cat is trying to tell you something? :-) Just asking... Jeroen van Baardwijk -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens David Hobby Verzonden: donderdag 11 november 2010 13:30 Aan: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Onderwerp: The powers of cats On a completely different note, but I felt like sharing it: One of my cats performed a successful internet search. I'd left the browser open, with iGoogle up. The cat's contribution was apparently typing 0222, a bit of mouse movement, and a click or an enter. What I woke up to was GoogleMaps, showing a local hair salon with a phone number ending in 0222. It could be that cats are not getting smarter, but Google is. ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: USA, love it or leave it!~)
It's not all bad for the women in the world. Over her in .nl, when you are a woman you can even get away with psychologically and physically abusing your husband and children. The official standpoint of gov.nl is that when it comes to domestic violence, women can only be victims and men can only be violent criminals. To hell with all those studies that show them wrong. A woman only needs to *claim* being a victim of domestic violence (no evidence needed) to have her husband arrested and beaten up by the cops, then locked up for several years on charges of domestic violence. When you are a man, you cannot even report your abusive spouse to the police because they simply won't believe you. Sad to say, as someone who has been on the receiving end of spousal abuse for the last seven years, I know what I'm talking about... :( Jeroen -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens Jon Louis Mann Verzonden: zondag 20 juni 2010 22:56 Aan: brin-l@mccmedia.com Onderwerp: USA, love it or leave it!~) That, too, but seriously, alberto, basic instinct is just a movie. there are a lot countries where you really can get away with murder by seducing the cop. in some countries a woman is arrested and beaten for showing bare ankle. i think in brazil, you can beat your wife. in some countries you can even kill your wife. something to do with honor? TANJ!~) No, the message is The USA is such a free place that a murder suspect can be brought to a police station without panties, cross her legs, and get away with it. Alberto Monteiro The USA really IS a place where a celebrity can get out of a limo, in a mini, without panties, SPREAD her legs wide so the paparazzi can snap her bare beaver. (You asked for it!~) Jon ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 9.0.829 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/2951 - datum van uitgifte: 06/20/10 08:37:00 ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Archives
I have a subtantial part of the List Archives from Day 1 till roughly 6 years ago (back when any day with less than 100 messages was considered a slow day GRIN) still available off-line, thanks to my attempt years ago to set up the Great Brin-L Archive. I estimate that archive to be 90-95% complete. Only problem is that the Zip drive itself is currently living in one of approx. 80 cardboard boxes in an off-site storage unit. On the bright side: as part of my Decluttering Project it should resurface in the near future. Why do you ask, Doug? Planning on a second attempt at building a List Archive? Jeroen Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens Nick Arnett Verzonden: maandag 14 juni 2010 2:16 Aan: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Onderwerp: Re: Archives On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 4:56 PM, Doug Pensinger brig...@zo.com wrote: Nick; are the archives accessed from the list page all that are available? As a practical matter, probably. But take a look here, too: http://www.mail-archive.com/brin-l@mccmedia.com/info.html There may be other archives out there. And I have older archives, but no easy way yet to make them available. Nick Geen virus gevonden in het binnenkomende-bericht. Gecontroleerd door AVG - www.avg.com Versie: 9.0.829 / Virusdatabase: 271.1.1/2934 - datum van uitgifte: 06/13/10 08:35:00 ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: IPad
On Stardate 20100129.0628, Charlie Bell wrote: My iBook G4 survived my cycle trip around Australia (10 months on the road, if you haven't heard the tale before). We've heard the tale, but when will your book about that trip be published? Jeroen van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Web 2.0 Suicide Machine
Tired of your Social Network? Besides committing suicide in Real Life, you can now also commit suicide in your Virtual Life! Someone came up with the Web 2.0 Suicide Machine, which lets you delete your social-networking profiles, kill your fake virtual friends, and completely do away with your Web 2.0 alter ego. Currently runs with Facebook, Myspace, Twitter and LinkedIn. http://suicidemachine.org/ http://suicidemachine.org/ Jeroen Suicide is Painless van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Is this thing on?
On Stardate 20100121.2342, Wayne Eddy wrote: Say something about the free market and how or bad it is and that should fire up the list! Nah, for real fireworks you'd have to start a Palestinians good, Israel evil discussion. Or launch the next Abortion Is Evil thread. EVIL GRIN Jeroen Been there, done that van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Is this thing on?
taps on microphone Is this thing on? /tapping Is this silence (no messages for several days) caused by technical issues, or is Brin-L no longer the high-volume list is once was? Jeroen van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Brin: Lesley's copy of Kiln People
At Stardate 20100114.1538, Pat Mathews wrote: snip poem Yep. That last line was definitely explosive. It'll be 10 years next June, and it still hurts. Those who were around on this list back then will know what I mean. Jeroen van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Getting ballpoint pen off laptop screen?
At Stardate 20100107.2353, Julia inquired: And, just as importantly, what should be avoided at all costs? The obvious one thing you will want to avoid is having a ballpoint pen anywhere near your screen from now on. ;-) Draw an imaginary circle around your laptop (a two meter diameter should suffice) and declare it a Ballpoint-Pen-Free Area. GRIN And finally, as a last resort, if anyone enters the circle while holding a ballpoint pen, shoot to kill. EVIL GRIN Jeroen Simple Solutions van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: Honey, I'm home!
At Stardate 20100501.0412, David Hobby wrote: Jeroen-- Hi, and welcome back. It has been awhile. One question: What are your plans for the other Brin-L, the one at http://www.brin-l.com/frame.html ? The other Brin-L still exists (although list traffic is low) and will remain active. The Brin-L.com website will also remain up and running. The Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia was added to it recently, further plans include updating various pages and doing a bit of redesign. Plus of course the overhaul of the A4P Encyclopedia. I'd suppose that the archives for the two lists should eventually be merged somehow. Why should those archives be merged? They share the name Brin-L but other than that they're separate mailing lists. Ohmygawd, archives. That just brought back memories of my second-largest project ever: The Great Brin-L Archive... But in the short term, how about putting up a link to this list? That will certainly happen in the near future. In fact, once inspiration and sufficient nothing-better-to-do time will come to me I will even create a new website about this List. A little over a year ago I once again became the owner of the Brin-L.net domain name, but so far all it does is autoforward to the Brin-L.com website and provide me with an e-mail address to subscribe to this List (as you may have noticed from the headers). I haven't yet figured out what else to do with it, so if anyone has any suggestions, let me know! Jeroen van Baardwijk -- Wonderful World of Brin-L Website: www.brin-l.com Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia: www.brin-l.com/a4p ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
RE: The worst
My heartfelt condolences, Nick. Jeroen van Baardwijk Van: brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com [mailto:brin-l-boun...@mccmedia.com] Namens Nick Arnett Verzonden: maandag 4 januari 2010 22:48 Aan: Killer Bs (David Brin et al) Discussion Onderwerp: The worst My friends I hate to write this. Been putting it off for a while. My younger sister, Lesley, the youngest of the four of us, mother of my five-year-old niece, Sarah, could not fight off the sepsis that attacked her body. Lesley died this morning. I have never hurt so much. Nick ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
Honey, I'm home!
Hi all! It's been a while, but one of the most famous (or most notorious) list members from Brin-L's past has come home. I'm back. Matt Lundstrom has forwarded me several messages about the Brin Wiki (or whatever it will be called). It sounds like a helluva interesting project (and a helluva lot of work!), I hope I will be able to contribute to it. He also forwarded me a bunch of messages about my possible return; nice to see that people still remember me after all those years. Then again, I seem to make a lasting impression on almost anyone who meets me, both online and in the Real World. As for the question of that impression being a good or a bad one, well er. I won't go into that. GRIN So, did I miss anything while I was away? Jeroen Blast From The Past van Baardwijk ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
