...
> Now, who is going to send this damn test to Jerry?
Jerry doesn't take tests. After all, he's a best-selling science fiction
writer. He *gives* tests.
Did I mention that he's a best-selling science fiction writer? And makes a
lot of money? Really a whole lot?
Nick
__
At 12:12 15-12-2002 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
> Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
> of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illinois University, but
> that's pretty much it. (OK, that plus a comment about "seven years being a
> very long time to
A friend sent me this...
... on 30 years after Apollo 17 -- in The Guardian, of all places!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/spacedocumentary/story/0,2763,860813,00.html
__
Cute. Laurie is a San Diegan. I met him recently.
As for sadness over aba
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I list it under the category of puzzles and brain teasers, but surprised our
> good Dr. Brin by coming up with solutions to problems that he never knew
> existed.
>
> He just de-Pila-tated my best idea.
Must have been a hairy one, then.
> Ah well. Let the Buyur bewar
In a message dated 12/15/2002 9:38:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Interesting to rank CONTACTING ALIENS as nonfiction! I list it under
> fiction.
>
I list it under the category of puzzles and brain teasers, but surprised our
good Dr. Brin by coming up with
DB wrote.
> No prob but a site like this should offer links to the author's web site.
Actually, on every page, at the top, there is a link called "Correct Author
Info" that allows one to submit corrections and/or additions for that
specific author. One of the fields is for the author's home
"d.brin" wrote:
> Interesting to rank CONTACTING ALIENS as nonfiction! I list it under fiction.
It's reference material for a fiction series. Reference material counts
as non-fiction, no matter to what it refers. Or something like that.
:)
Julia
_
>From our good Dr. Brin:
> Bizare.
> and enough on this I got kids & stuff to do.
I once had fun with a local radio talk show host, as I called her a radio
personality who happened to be a Tucson resident. And I called the man who
had the program before her's, a Tucson resident who happened to
Just ran across this awesome database for speculative fiction.
The link below is for the Brin entries, or should I say, Glen David Brin
entries? :-)
Looks fairly complete, including quite a few articles and stories that I
have never heard of.
Brin entry:
http://www.sfsite.com/isfdb-bin/exact_au
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002, Jim Sharkey wrote:
>
> Mike wrote:
> >Where can I get that CD? I have a few people I don't
> >like.
>
> I don't know if I can be party to spreading such torment. :)
>
> However, if you e-mail me after the holidays, I suppose I could be
> talked into making a copy of it
> As for #4, I'd like to know who "j" (my fellow "shitter) is. Bizare.
Pournelle.
Yup. Nuff said. This dope has had enough of our time. Next item.
___
http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
Just ran across this awesome database for speculative fiction.
The link below is for the Brin entries, or should I say, Glen David Brin
entries? :-)
Looks fairly complete, including quite a few articles and stories that I
have never heard of.
Brin entry:
http://www.sfsite.com/isfdb-bin/exact_au
On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 07:32:28PM -0800, d.brin wrote:
> Thanks Erik But there must be more to it. Some answers
> are obligate. They form a choice cut between one author and
> another. Others... the test doesn't care if I voted for Al Gore or
> PatRobertson.
It just adds one to each varia
Thanks Erik But there must be more to it. Some answers are
obligate. They form a choice cut between one author and another.
Others... the test doesn't care if I voted for Al Gore or
PatRobertson.
As for #4, I'd like to know who "j" (my fellow "shitter) is. Bizare.
and enough on this I g
One other thing worth pointing out about this type of "test" is that the
answers for which an author is mostly unique (i.e., few other authors
"gave" the same answer) are pivotal in scoring the overall test. For
example, for Brin, questions #1, #4, and #8 have Brin with 3 or fewer
other authors, so
In a message dated 12/15/2002 6:18:06 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> A private U.S. buyer coughed up $485 a word for a 93-word synopsis of the
> yet-to-be completed fifth book about wizard boy wonder Harry Potter.
>
I would rather have an auction where the successfu
Mike wrote:
>Where can I get that CD? I have a few people I don't
>like.
I don't know if I can be party to spreading such torment. :)
However, if you e-mail me after the holidays, I suppose I could be talked into making
a copy of it for interested parties. I'm pretty sure the hideous works
The Fool wrote:
> > From: Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1698583
> >
> > French is such a rich language that it now has, by state decree,
two
> words
>
> French is like those galactic languages, in which their is only one
way
> to say someth
> From: Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1698583
>
> French is such a rich language that it now has, by state decree, two
words
French is like those galactic languages, in which their is only one way
to say something. French is rather anal ret
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1692161
A woman who had been wandering the streets for eight years was headed home
for a Christmas reunion with her family today because she remembered she
once had invested in the stock market.
When a bedraggled Alice Perley wandered into the brokerag
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1698583
French is such a rich language that it now has, by state decree, two words
for the "at" sign, which has become a worldwide symbol for the Internet, but
only one official way to pronounce it.
A special commission struggling to defend French agai
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1698542
A Gambian man unused to Germany's winter weather woke up to find his car had
turned completely white overnight and called police to complain vandals had
painted it.
Police in the central German town of Hildesheim responding to investigate
the c
On Sun, Dec 15, 2002 at 01:47:46PM -0800, d.brin wrote:
> In fact, a majority of these answers are bizarre or even diametrically
> opposite to anything having to do with me. 1,2,4,5, and 8 have no
> bearing on truth in any way.
You probably missed it, but Rob posted the code of the test, so you
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/bizarre/1701060
Matt Boswell had that holiday spirit after Christmas shopping last week in
Frisco.
Then he saw some stinking thief messing around in the back of his pickup
truck outside Stonebriar Centre mall.
"I yelled at him," said Boswell, who watched the
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=573&ncid=573&e=6&u=/nm/2002
1213/od_nm/potter_dc
A private U.S. buyer coughed up $485 a word for a 93-word synopsis of the
yet-to-be completed fifth book about wizard boy wonder Harry Potter.
"It was sold to a telephone bidder from America for 28,
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&cid=573&ncid=573&e=2&u=/nm/2002
1213/od_nm/reindeer_dc
A star reindeer in a South African shopping mall's Christmas display lost a
little of its seasonal pride and joy after complaints from shoppers.
Managers at one of Cape Town's upscale malls, "cast
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=361736
The American weaponry likely to be deployed in any military strike against
Iraq is so advanced and hi-tech that some was not even ready to be used in
the operation in Afghanistan just 12 months ago.
With an armoury including sate
Where can I get that CD? I have a few people I don't like.
BUWAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!
Mike V.
"You can't get us all, Hercules," someone called from his left.
"Some of us, though," another answered nervously.
"But not all," the first one insisted.
-By the Sword- by Timothy Boggs.
_
In a message dated 12/15/2002 5:41:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> a CD of Wlliam Shatner and Leonard Nimoy singing. You've not known
> psychological torture until you've heard Shatner do "Lucy in the Sky with
> Diamonds" or "Mr. Tambourine Man" or Nimoy do "Proud
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>
>*sigh* I never thought of myself as a Star Trek geek until my wife
>pointed out how often I spot actors and actresses on other shows and
>movies and say things like "Hey, he was a Klingon on a Deep Space Nine
>episode a few years back."
>
One day I watched _Dark Angel_, then
For my birthday last week, a friend of mine was kind enough to burn me a CD. I
finally got a chance to listen to it.
"Swell," you say. "That was nice of him."
It would be, except it's a CD of Wlliam Shatner and Leonard Nimoy singing. You've not
known psychological torture until you've heard
d.brin wrote:
>
>> Here was a set of answers that got me David Brin:
>> 1. War and conquest
>
> In fact, a majority of these answers are bizarre or even
> diametrically opposite to anything having to do with me.
> 1,2,4,5, and 8 have no bearing on truth in any way.
>
I think the reason for 1. War
Sean wondered:
> (anyone see Nemesis yet?...)
Word from an acquaintance is it's as good as "First Contact", much
better than "Generations" or "Insurrection".
I'm waiting for "Two Towers". Peter Jackson RAWKS.
*does dance*
Gotta have a new Object of Fanboy Worship, since Lucas managed to
comple
In a message dated 12/15/2002 3:50:48 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> Sean
> (anyone see Nemesis yet?...)
> --
Nope. I figure it is only worth the $5 non weekend afternoon price.
I did spend the big $8+ for Drumline. As expected, the late Friday night
showing w
I finally did it. Finished the bathroom late yesterday evening. First I
had a little run in with the tile cutter I borrowed from my father in
law. Either I am too stupid too operate that thing or it is junk. After
ruining half a dozen tiles I finally ended up hiring one. Nice big heavy
thingy. With
In a message dated 12/15/2002 3:44:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> How are Cheerios and Applesauce? Do they make the applesauce more
> festive?
>
It's like crushing Fritos over cottage cheese. You go for the combination of
crunch and soft. You only add the
Jon wrote:
How are Cheerios and Applesauce? Do they make the applesauce more
festive?
Jon
BTW, I don't recommend the above combo... fake hotdogs wrapped in
cornbread don't go as well with sickeningly sweet chocolate milk as you
might expect.
As I would expect it to be awful, I'll heed your adv
At 04:26 PM 12/15/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 12:50 AM 12/15/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> >But sets can become much more weirder than irrational numbers
>
> Indeed, they can _be_ irrational numbers . . . unless you think that's too
> unkind a cut.
Wh
Jon wrote:
I taped it... but didn't watch it until this afternoon. It was bad. Bad
Bad BAD! Whoever wrote it should be shot. Fatally. Then they should
be killed one more time just to be sure they never write again.
Anyway, the 'hot alien chick' guest star is Padma Lakshmi. I knew she
looked
Our good Dr. Brin comments:
> 1. War and conquest
> 2. Whatever is big, fast, and/or powerful
> How interesting.
>
> In fact, a majority of these answers are bizarre or even
> diametrically opposite to anything having to do with me.
> 1,2,4,5, and 8 have no bearing on truth in any way.
P
>From the weird lunch department: I had a Yoohoo and a Morningstar fake
corn dog for lunch with a golden delicious apple and some raisins.
I don't normally drink Yoohoo, but it magically appeared in the fridge
this morning and I couldn't very well let it mingle unchecked with the
condiments and b
I taped it... but didn't watch it until this afternoon. It was bad. Bad
Bad BAD! Whoever wrote it should be shot. Fatally. Then they should
be killed one more time just to be sure they never write again.
Anyway, the 'hot alien chick' guest star is Padma Lakshmi. I knew she
looked familiar, bu
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
>
> At 12:50 AM 12/15/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> >But sets can become much more weirder than irrational numbers
>
> Indeed, they can _be_ irrational numbers . . . unless you think that's too
> unkind a cut.
What kind of cut would that be?
>:)
Juli
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote:
> I saw my message in which I made those very suggestions on the list, so I
> know it made it.
>
> Did everyone stop reading after the TMI portion on nylons, before getting
> to that part?
Sorry, in one eye and out the other or something.
I had Gary's message flagged
I second that welcome! Nice to meet you. :)
And... don't worry, Jeroen *does* work for a government, but not ours.
:) Although I'm almost afraid to ask what his 'informants' tell him
about the rest of us.
Jon
GSV Who knew Big Brother would be Dutch?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PR
Thanks, Amanda, for finding me... so to speak.
Here was a set of answers that got me David Brin:
1. War and conquest
2. Whatever is big, fast, and/or powerful
3. Patriotism is foolish... but I suppose I'm rather parochial.
4. I'll shit on you like you've never been shit on before.
5. I just avo
Rich wrote:
>
> Welcome to the club! (Although I suspect that I'm a newer member
than
> you are.) Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as
crazy
> as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
I resent that. I've got Official Documents from a mental health
professional certi
Welcome, Amanda!
At 12:12 PM 12/15/02 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Aha -- a new face in the crowd! Welcome! :-)
>
> Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
> of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illi
At 10:41 AM 12/15/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
"d.brin" wrote:
> But honestly folks. Ain't it too silly for lifespan?
"Too silly" is relative. It's ridiculous, certainly, but is it more or
less a waste of time than sitting around in the covered outdoor seating
area of a restaurant on a Satu
Actually, I saw them both! :)
Thank you!
Will be responding in more depth once I figure out if I'm telecommuting
in the morning. :-(
Jon
Transit Strike delenda est maru
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
On Behalf Of Ronn! Blankenship
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 4:12 PM
To:
At 10:45 AM 12/15/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote:
Jon Gabriel wrote:
> My wife's suggestion was also practical: Wear boots to and from the office
> and keep the dress shoes under my desk. Change when arriving and leaving.
> :-)
You mean, you hadn't thought of that already?
I'm guessing the weat
At 12:50 AM 12/15/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
But sets can become much more weirder than irrational numbers
Indeed, they can _be_ irrational numbers . . . unless you think that's too
unkind a cut.
--Ronn! :)
I always knew that I would see the first man on the Moon.
I never dreamed
- Original Message -
From: "Richard Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 1:23 PM
Subject: Re: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?
> Amanda said:
>
> > I decided Academia was Not For Me
>
> Welcome to the club! (Although I suspec
Richard Baker wrote:
>
> Amanda said:
>
> > I decided Academia was Not For Me
>
> Welcome to the club! (Although I suspect that I'm a newer member than
> you are.) Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as crazy
> as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
Hey! I resent
In a message dated 12/15/2002 12:26:25 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as crazy
> as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
As I sit here pouring Cheerios on my applesauce, I wonder what he means
by this
Amanda said:
> I decided Academia was Not For Me
Welcome to the club! (Although I suspect that I'm a newer member than
you are.) Oh, and welcome to Brin-L too! The people here aren't as crazy
as they look (except for Rob, who is much crazier).
> Moonrise is still on my "to fiddle with further" l
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Aha -- a new face in the crowd! Welcome! :-)
>
> Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
> of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illinois University, but
> that's pretty much it. (OK, that plus a comment
> >
> > The pattern suggests that 45 scientists, who might well have read the
> > paper, made an error when they cited it. Then 151 others copied their
> > misprints without reading the original. So for at least 77 per cent of
> > the 196 misprinted citations, no one read the paper.
>
Ac
Jon Gabriel wrote:
> My wife's suggestion was also practical: Wear boots to and from the office
> and keep the dress shoes under my desk. Change when arriving and leaving.
> :-)
You mean, you hadn't thought of that already?
I'm guessing the weather doesn't get bad enough for you to *need* to
wea
"d.brin" wrote:
> But honestly folks. Ain't it too silly for lifespan?
"Too silly" is relative. It's ridiculous, certainly, but is it more or
less a waste of time than sitting around in the covered outdoor seating
area of a restaurant on a Saturday night with a bunch of people in
various approx
Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
> --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >
> > > "Prairie fire that would outrace a horse" Maru
> > > (from another 'Little House' book)
> >
> > Which one? I'm trying to remember, and about all I
> > *can* remember is
> > something abou
At 23:00 14-12-2002 -0600, Amanda SubbaRao wrote:
Aha -- a new face in the crowd! Welcome! :-)
Care to tell us more about yourself? My informants tell me you are a doctor
of Astrophysics and Astronomy at Northeastern Illinois University, but
that's pretty much it. (OK, that plus a comment abo
Jon Gabriel wrote:
>Got this in my mailbox this morning. Whoo boy. For anyone else
>who didn't see this week's episode of Enterprise, this excerpt from
>a review doesn't spoil the ending or plot but may ruin your viewing
>pleasure anyway. :-)
Yeah, it wasn't too good. They pulled out all th
Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
>
>Clearly I must bow to those with superior knowledge in
>this field - but I still don't have to like the kinked
>logic of a supposedly rational _Mathematics_. ;P
>
Mathematics is not about numbers, it's about abstract
things that can be manipulated using known rules.
> > From: d.brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > >David,
> > Would you be so kind as to entertain us by taking the test (takes
> > only a few minutes) and tell us the result? Inquiring Brin-L minds
> > would like to know.
> >
> > >> > > Stefan Jones posted this link on another board to which I
> subs
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