Re: Hyperlink: Short subject descriptions please, was Re: E-grey

2002-10-15 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Reggie Bautista wrote: > >The Fool wrote: > > > > > http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021013_691.html > > Sonja replied: > >We used to include a short description of what awaits at the other side > >of a link. It would be nice if this could be maintained out of a sense > >of courtesy for those of

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-15 Thread Rik Burke
The Fool said: > > http://www.jonathanclark.com/ad_death/ > > > > Has anyone here used it? I'd like more than one person's > recommendation > > before I decide whether or not to download it. > > When you can use proxomitron, why bother? Proxomitron + webwasher. That > is power. I can provide

RE: Led Zepplin Back On Tour

2002-10-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2002471692,00.html LEGENDARY rockers Led Zeppelin are set to re-group after 22 years for a money-spinning stadium tour of America. The band, famed for songs like Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love, are second only to the Beatles in worldwide album sales.

RE: Scouted: Ginseng Berry For Diabetes And Obesity (andcholesterol?)

2002-10-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
This research is in mice, but if it proves effective for humans, it will be a great help. "We were stunned by how different the berry is from the root in terms of its chemical profile and by how effective it is in correcting the multiple metabolic abnormalities associated with diabetes," Y

RE: Phone solicitations Re: When does the screaming start?

2002-10-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
<< If anyone is trying to sell you siding, telling them that it's a brick >house will usually end the call right there. >> How about using: Is your aluminum siding thick enough to stop the aliens from reading my brainwaves? How much extra would it be to add siding to the interior of my attic? C

RE: Phone solicitations Re: When does the screaming start?

2002-10-15 Thread Gary Nunn
Kevin wrote.. > I can't remember what they were selling, I think their company > was going to > do a survey of houses in my neighborhood for replacement windows. I asked > her if SHE would be coming out during the survey. She made a > quick comment > with the 800 number and hung up. It's ki

Biological clock strikes for men too - at age 35

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2-447513,00.html MEN who put their career before having a family should beware: the ticking of the biological clock is as important for fertility in men as it is in women. American scientists have discovered that genetic damage to sperm routinely starts to

Re: Startide Rising Timeline

2002-10-15 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William Taylor wrote: > >> BTW, with the Laplace resonance the three moons would >> _never_ be seen close in the sky. So, Jijoans could say >> something like "when the three moons are full" or >> "when the three moons rise" to signify "never" :-) > > Well that proves I'm not doing we

Soviet submariner 'saved the world' in Cuban crisis

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-445715,00.html THE United States and the Soviet Union came much closer to nuclear war during the Cuban missile crisis than was previously known, according to newly declassified documents and evidence from key protagonists. A hair-raising account yesterday

Muslims Welcome Falwell Apology for Mohammad Slur

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml;jsessionid=HDYCL41RR1ODCCRBAELCFEY ?type=topnews&StoryID=1570530 Officials from Muslim countries welcomed on Sunday an apology from conservative U.S. preacher Jerry Falwell for calling the Prophet Mohammad a "terrorist," and they urged that debate on Isla

Space Conference: Group maps course for journey to Mars

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/special/02/wsc/1616029 A far-reaching space exploration initiative, previewed on Sunday by an international aerospace organization, would launch humans to Mars by 2050. Still in development, the proposal from the Paris-based International Academy of Astronau

Space Conference: Team To Unveil Designs For World's First Starship

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.ncbuy.com/news/wireless_news.html?qdate=2002-10-14&nav=VIEW&id=7B 753LF614R021014 A space design team will unveil blueprints for the world's first interstellar spacecraft today (Oct. 14) at a space conference in Houston. The privately-run Team Encounter will demonstrate solar sail tec

Re: Space Conference: Team To Unveil Designs For World's FirstStarship

2002-10-15 Thread Alberto Monteiro
> The privately-run Team Encounter will demonstrate > solar sail technology (...) Solar sail has a horrible flaw. The force increases with the square of the size. The mass increases with something between the square and the cube of the size. So, the most efficient solar sail is microscop

DoD Satellite Tracked Siberian Fireball that Might have Hit Earth

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.space.com/scienceastronomy/siberian_meteor_021014.html The U.S. Department of Defense has confirmed an apparent space rock that lit a fire in the night sky above a remote region of Siberia last month. Meanwhile, scientists struggle to pin down whether or not the object slammed into the

Re: Phone solicitations Re: When does the screaming start?

2002-10-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Gary Nunn wrote: > It's kind of a joke around our house, whenever we get a persistent sales > call, the standard first question we ask is: "What are you wearing?". If > that doesn't get an immediate hang up, the second question is "bikini or > briefs?". Nine out of ten hang up on the first questi

Re: Software question -- anyone use this?

2002-10-15 Thread The Fool
> From: Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > The Fool wrote: > > > > >When you can use proxomitron, why bother? Proxomitron + webwasher. That > >is power. I can provide screenshots for the unbelievers. > > > Wow! Just loaded Proxomitron - free, and no more banners or pop-ups! > > What's the catch??

spy vs spy

2002-10-15 Thread The Fool
http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,810935,00.html CIA Kremlin bug 'saved Gorbachev' The newly revealed exploits of spies who operated in underground tunnels Nick Paton Walsh in Moscow Sunday October 13, 2002 The Observer The CIA dug a tunnel under the Kremlin and installed

Re: 4 in 10 Americans want to annex Canada

2002-10-15 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 20:00 14-10-2002 -0400, Jim Sharkey wrote: > >>Should Canada become the 51st American state? > > > >Nah, Canada will never become an American state. Now, the various > >regions of the US becoming Canadian provinces, that is a different > >story... :-) > >Never happen. There aren't enough po

corporations vs the right to know about products

2002-10-15 Thread The Fool
http://desmoinesregister.com/business/stories/c4789013/19423280.html Biotech measure worries Iowans Farmers fear an Oregon proposal to label foods with engineered crops would scare away customers. By PHILIP BRASHER Register Washington Bureau 10/09/2002 Washington, D.C. - A ballot measure in Or

Re: Did Cordwainer Smith write Dune?

2002-10-15 Thread Carlo Gioja Ferini Strambi
Check this: www.cordwainer-smith.com There is a section (can't remember where) in which a fan of both Herbert and Smith asks the latter author's daughter. Both novels, "Norstrilia" and "Dune", were published around the same time. Characters in both worlds fly "ornithopters" I personal

Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread J.D. Giorgis
The following e-mail is from my Statistics Professor, after we had a discussion of the probabilities associated with the Washington Sniper in our most recent class. We now have 12 people shot in 12 days, so this makes for pretty grim reading JDG http://groups.yahoo.com/group/brin-l/file

Re: brin: war

2002-10-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 6:16 PM Subject: RE: brin: war > > Dig it again, folks. The Brits have come aboard, but read their > press. Even THEY don't want this dogwag spasm. And when the brits > don

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread Julia Thompson
"J.D. Giorgis" wrote: > > The following e-mail is from my Statistics Professor, > after we had a discussion of the probabilities > associated with the Washington Sniper in our most > recent class. We now have 12 people shot in 12 days, > so this makes for pretty grim reading Um, I thought

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:52 15-10-2002 -0700, John Giorgis wrote: >The following e-mail is from my Statistics Professor, after we had a >discussion of the probabilities associated with the Washington Sniper in >our most recent class. We now have 12 people shot in 12 days,, so this >makes for pretty grim reading..

Re: +++ US National Security Policy on WMD and MAD

2002-10-15 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "J.D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 7:27 PM Subject: +++ US National Security Policy on WMD and MAD > Dr. Brin recently suggested that "MAD" remained an > appropriate logic for confronting the WMD threat

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread Russell Chapman
Julia Thompson wrote: >Um, I thought it was only up to 9. The FBI agent shot last night was >listed as the 9th victim. Have there been 3 more that haven't shown up >on Yahoo's news site? > My understanding (from a really long way away) is that there are 9 dead, 12 shot (ie 3 injured). Cheers

Re: Led Zepplin Back On Tour

2002-10-15 Thread Russell Chapman
Kevin Tarr wrote: >The band, famed for songs like Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love, are >second only to the Beatles in worldwide album sales. > >What about Elvis, Slim Whitman, and Boxcar Willy? > Solo artists sales are recorded separately to Band/Group sales. > >Where's Pink Floyd? > To

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread Julia Thompson
Russell Chapman wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > >Um, I thought it was only up to 9. The FBI agent shot last night was > >listed as the 9th victim. Have there been 3 more that haven't shown up > >on Yahoo's news site? > > > My understanding (from a really long way away) is that there are 9

RE: Scouted: Ginseng Berry For Diabetes And Obesity (andcholesterol?)

2002-10-15 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Kevin Tarr wrote: > This research is in mice, but if it proves effective > for humans, it will be a great help. > (MSN article, so advertisements present) > > Looks like the whole thing is an advertisement. They > probably already have a warehouse full of Ginseng > berry extract. > > Kevin

Re: Hyperlink: Short subject descriptions please, was Re: E-grey

2002-10-15 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > >The Fool wrote: > > > > > http://abcnews.go.com/wire/US/ap20021013_691.html > > Sonja replied: > >We used to include a short description of what awaits at the other side > >of a link. It would be nice if this could be maintained out of a sense > >of courtesy for those

RE: Led Zepplin Back On Tour

2002-10-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
Kevin Tarr wrote: >The band, famed for songs like Stairway to Heaven and Whole Lotta Love, are >second only to the Beatles in worldwide album sales. > >What about Elvis, Slim Whitman, and Boxcar Willy? > Solo artists sales are recorded separately to Band/Group sales. > >Where's Pink Floyd? > T

RE: Scouted: Ginseng Berry For Diabetes And Obesity (andcholesterol?)

2002-10-15 Thread Kevin Tarr
-- Kevin Tarr wrote: > This research is in mice, but if it proves effective > for humans, it will be a great help. > (MSN article, so advertisements present) > > Looks like the whole thing is an advertisement. They > probably already have a warehouse full of Ginseng > berry extract. > > Kevin T.

Re: Led Zepplin Back On Tour

2002-10-15 Thread Russell Chapman
Kevin Tarr wrote: > >and joking about the others, I hope you realized > Well, yes. My response was about Elvis, not the others. At first sight, though, I wondered who were these artists that sold so well in America and I've never heard of them down under... Second glance, and I had caught on..

The Multiverse Database

2002-10-15 Thread Joe Hale
I've added four planets from Dr. Brin's Uplift Universe to my web site, the Multiverse Database www.multiverse-db.com I've added Garth, Jijo, Kithrup, and Pila. They are entry #s 91-94. You can also do a search where Universe=Uplift. (There are still a few bugs in the search routine but it wo

when the bible and astronomy collide

2002-10-15 Thread The Fool
You get geocentricity: http://www.geocentricity.com/ bizzare ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

A super-sized bird in Alaska

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=BIGBIRD-10-15-02&cat=AN A giant winged creature, like something out of Jurassic Park, has reportedly been sighted several times in Southwest Alaska in recent weeks. Villagers in Togiak and Manokotak say they have seen a huge bird that's much bigger than

Sharp rise in favour of war on Iraq by British

2002-10-15 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,812632,00.html There has been a spectacular surge in support among British voters for military action against Iraq in the immediate aftermath of the terror attack in Bali, according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll. The survey, which was carried out o

Re: Statistics Class and the Washington Sniper

2002-10-15 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 23:48 15-10-2002 +0200, I politely asked JDG: >John, access to files in the Brin-L/Files section at Yahoo!Groups requires >people to first join Brin-L through Yahoo!Groups. Not everyone may want to >do that, so next time you want to share a file, could you please put it up >in a place that

Re: Sharp rise in favour of war on Iraq by British

2002-10-15 Thread Russell Chapman
Robert Seeberger quoted: >There has been a spectacular surge in support among British voters for >military action against Iraq in the immediate aftermath of the terror attack >in Bali, according to the latest Guardian/ICM poll. > lnterestingly, with the count of dead Aussies likely to exceed 200,