Re: primes as far as the eye can see, discrete continua
On Tue, 7 Dec 2004, Major Variola (ret) wrote: Saw in a recent _Science_ that Ben Green of Cambridge proved that for any N, there are an infinite number of evenly spaced progressions of primes that are N numbers long. He got a prize for that. Damn straight. Where N is a natural number? How do they define progression? Depending on that definition, there are some trivial counter examples. -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: Unintended Consequences
On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Chuck Wolber wrote: On Fri, 3 Dec 2004, Steve Furlong wrote: I also tried to get my wife to agree to a heroic name for our son. In the tradition of Pericles and Sophocles, I present ... Testicles. Similarly I preferred Falopia, and alas my wife was equally reticent. s/Falopia/Fallopia/ -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: Patriot Insurance
On Thu, 25 Nov 2004, Steve Furlong wrote: It's been a while since I was in the US Army, but I'm sure that the life insurance we had didn't cover parachute-related deaths and I vaguely recall it didn't cover combat deaths. Kinda serious omissions, from the soldier's point of view. If I'm not mistaken, that's because there are other provisions elsewhere in a soldier's benefit package to cover those omissions. I know not what those would be atm. -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: Fallujah: Marine Eye-Witness Report
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004, R.A. Hettinga wrote: At 8:26 PM -0800 11/21/04, John Young wrote: % SNIP % By the way, John, did you know that Bush Is Going To Revive The Draft??? Troll -1 Or was it that Bush Lied and People Died??? True +1 Or maybe, it was that John Kerry Was In Viet Nam??? Irrelevant... One man's puke is another man's original thought, apparently. Looks like you came out even there b^HBob ;) -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: Faith in democracy, not government
On Tue, 9 Nov 2004, R.A. Hettinga wrote: At 7:11 PM -0800 11/8/04, Chuck Wolber wrote: cet is an HTMl element Wrong again. Mere hyperlatinate British public school affectation, = et, and, um, all that... Strange, you called that a rudimentary part of modern culture. Are you aware of any territories outside of that which the queen et. al. has jurisdiction? Yes, and, apparently, by your inability to parse something that is a rudimentary part of modern culture, you generated it. Or perhaps it's your lack of command of the modern QWERTY keyboard... Nope. See above, and, again, thank you for playing. Bad form. Rude and dismissive. Tsk tsk. I guess it's a good way of redirecting the argument when you're getting desperate though... -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: Faith in democracy, not government
On Sun, 7 Nov 2004, R.A. Hettinga wrote: % SNIP % More disturbing still for liberal Democrats is that George W. Bush is the first Republican Southerner ever elected to the presidency, another indicator that a majority of the citizenry no longer finds conservatism and Texas such a scary mix. *SIGH* Is it really so hard for people to remember that George W. Bush was born and educated in Massachusetts? John F. Kerry is more southerner than Bush. -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: Faith in democracy, not government
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004, R.A. Hettinga wrote: At 9:41 AM -0800 11/8/04, Chuck Wolber wrote: *SIGH* Is it really so hard for people to remember that George W. Bush was born and educated in Massachusetts? Give me a child until the age of 7, cet. 'er huh? Which he spent in Midland, TX. Being the son of a family of West-Texans myself, he comes by his bidness honestly, as far as I'm concerned. I think a little line noise crept in here somewhere. Care to clarify? -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: So Who Won?
On Tue, 2 Nov 2004, Eric Cordian wrote: So who won the US election? The turd sandwich, or the giant douche? Which witch is which... Ohio is still in play, all the rest are pretty much decided. Ohio has 120,000-ish provisional ballots and about 300,000 regular votes yet to be counted. The spread is about 120,000 in favor of Bush. -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
Re: Flying with Libertarian Hawks
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004, Tyler Durden wrote: Damn right. 'Conservative' means agreeing with the most vocal proponents of the current right wing apparatchiks. It seems to have little or no relationship to fiscally conservative ideas. Left wing now refers to anyone who disagrees with the 'Conservatives', even if said left wing policies are practically identical to those of the 'right'. Corollary: (Shamelessly stolen from the movie Human Stain) They just keep getting dummer and more opinionated. -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
RE: Gilmore case...Who can make laws?
On Tue, 7 Sep 2004, Tyler Durden wrote: This describes the Government as creating secret laws. But, theoretically, only the congress and the Senate can create new laws, correct? The Executive branch has never been empowered to create laws, and I'm thinking these travel laws did not go through congress or the senate. Well, there's the Executive Order, as well as the fact that many organizations are empowered to create policy. Although policy is not specifically law, it may as well be. I am curious though: 1) Can the laws that grant policy making privileges be themselves secret? 2) Are policy making privilege laws restricted within a certain scope (within a specific organization)? 3) Are all *SIGNED* executive orders publically available? -Chuck -- http://www.quantumlinux.com Quantum Linux Laboratories, LLC. ACCELERATING Business with Open Technology The measure of the restoration lies in the extent to which we apply social values more noble than mere monetary profit. - FDR
