big brother bush

2002-12-20 Thread The Fool
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4779109.htm Bush to propose requiring ISPs to monitor Net By John Markoff and John Schwartz New York Times The Bush administration is planning to propose requiring Internet service providers to help build a centralized system to enable broad

Re: What IRCs you about MUDS?

2002-12-20 Thread Richard Baker
William said: > There are some Hotline clients for Linux I'm pretty sure there isn't an AmigaOS one though, so on this count I'd prefer either the IRC or the MUD solution. Rich GCU Primary Machine ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Can you guess which organization this is?

2002-12-20 Thread The Fool
Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 300 employees and has the following statistics: - 30 have been accused of spousal abuse - 9 have been arrested for fraud - 14 have been accused of writing bad checks - 95 have directly or indirectly bankrupted at least 2 businesses

Re: Can you guess which organization this is?

2002-12-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 04:45:27AM -0600, The Fool wrote: > Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 300 > employees and has the following statistics: > - 30 have been accused of spousal abuse > - 9 have been arrested for fraud > - 14 have been accused of writing bad check

Re: Can you guess which organization this is?

2002-12-20 Thread Amanda SubbaRao
From: "The Fool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Can you imagine working for a company that has a little more than 300 > employees and has the following statistics: > - 30 have been accused of spousal abuse > - 9 have been arrested for fraud > - 14 have been accused of writing bad checks > - 95 have directl

Re: [Listref] Link: Rising breast cancer ratefuelsenvironmentalconcerns

2002-12-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: > > Umm - another demographic that goes along with 'burbs > and higher education - delayed pregnancy, fewer > pregnancies, poss. less brestfeeding (although > actually I think that breastfeeding proportions go > *up* with socioeconomics now (reversed years/decades > ago) ?)

Re: What IRCs you about MUDS?

2002-12-20 Thread William T Goodall
on 20/12/02 8:55 am, Richard Baker at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > William said: > >> There are some Hotline clients for Linux > > I'm pretty sure there isn't an AmigaOS one though, so on this count I'd > prefer either the IRC or the MUD solution. > There is the HL plugin for AmiComSys at http:/

Re: What IRCs you about MUDS?

2002-12-20 Thread Richard Baker
William said: > There is the HL plugin for AmiComSys at > http://ftp.uni-bremen.de/aminet/dirs/comm_net.html Oh, wow! Thank you. Rich , who will now be asked by Erik if he really couldn't have searched for that himself... GCU Embarrassed ___ http://w

Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures

2002-12-20 Thread Jon Gabriel
Can any of our British Brinnellers explain how many pounds a ":stone" is? Been searching for 10 minutes for some sort of equivalency chart and haven't found any! TIA, Jon The Researchers Were Only Reading It For The Articles Maru http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/20/study.playboy/index.htm

Re: Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures

2002-12-20 Thread Richard Baker
Jon said: > Can any of our British Brinnellers explain how many pounds a ":stone" > is? I thought that's the sort of arcane fact that only Americans know. (dictionary.reference.com tells me it's 14lbs, but also says that it varies with the article weighed[!] so that a butcher's stone is 8lbs, a s

Re: Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures

2002-12-20 Thread Julia Thompson
Richard Baker wrote: > > Jon said: > > > Can any of our British Brinnellers explain how many pounds a ":stone" > > is? > > I thought that's the sort of arcane fact that only Americans know. > (dictionary.reference.com tells me it's 14lbs, but also says that it > varies with the article weighed[!

Re: Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures

2002-12-20 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:32:55 + Jon said: > Can any of our British Brinnellers explain how many pounds a ":stone" > is? I thought that's t

Re: Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures

2002-12-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Richard Baker wrote: > I thought that's the sort of arcane fact that only Americans know. > (dictionary.reference.com tells me it's 14lbs, but also says that it > varies with the article weighed[!] so that a butcher's stone is 8lbs, a > stone of cheese 16lbs, of hemp 32lbs and

Re: What IRCs you about MUDS?

2002-12-20 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 05:16:04PM +, Richard Baker wrote: > William said: > > > There is the HL plugin for AmiComSys at > > http://ftp.uni-bremen.de/aminet/dirs/comm_net.html > > Oh, wow! Thank you. > > Rich , who will now be asked by Erik if he really couldn't have > searched for that himsel

[humor] Playstation 5

2002-12-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
http://www.theonion.com/onion3847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html I think I'd wet myself for one of these too Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listin

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-20 Thread William T Goodall
on 19/12/02 6:33 pm, Jon Gabriel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BTW, William, I did reformat and reinstall everything... no crashes now in > 72 hours . I also installed 512MB more memory. :-) > Jon > GSV Steady as she goes Lots of memory is good. I have 768MB in my eMac. OTOH I have only 256

Re: [humor] Playstation 5

2002-12-20 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
At 14:01 2002-12-20 -0600, you wrote: http://www.theonion.com/onion3847/ghost_of_christmas_future.html I think I'd wet myself for one of these too Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) "The PlayStation 5 will be available in stores

Re: [humor] Playstation 5

2002-12-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: > Jean-Louis > PS. What's LLP Limited Liability Partnership Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Poindexter & Ashcroft, LLP (Formerly the USA) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listi

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-20 Thread William T Goodall
on 19/12/02 6:33 pm, Jon Gabriel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > BTW, William, I did reformat and reinstall everything... no crashes now in > 72 hours . I also installed 512MB more memory. :-) > Jon > GSV Steady as she goes Lots of memory is good. I have 768MB in my eMac. OTOH I have only 256

Re: [humor] Playstation 5

2002-12-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/20/2002 2:37:59 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Jean-Louis > > PS. What's LLP > > Limited Liability Partnership > And are they more limited in the lie ability, or in being partners? William Taylor --- back from

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/20/2002 3:06:35 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > "Computers in the future may weigh no more than 1.5 tons." > - Popular Mechanics, forecasting the relentless march of science, 1949 > I sold to a technology museum in Phoenix a small stack of R

Re: [Listref] Link: Rising breast cancer ratefuelsenvironmentalconcerns

2002-12-20 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Listref] Link: Rising breast cancer > rate > fuelsenvironmentalconcerns > > Why are spaces disapearing in subject lines? The > last space disapears first. I'd noticed

Re: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?

2002-12-20 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:54 PM 12/14/2002 +, you wrote: > http://gning.org/skiffy.html > I am Hal Clement. Now I think I have a moral obligation to _read_ some of his books. Any suggestion? [or is it High Treason for some of His Stormstroopers to read anything that is not blessed by Him?] Alberto Monteiro

Re: [humor] Playstation 5

2002-12-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Limited Liability Partnership > > > > And are they more limited in the lie ability, or in being partners? They are partners in covering one another's asses while exposing ours. Hence the (limited) limitation of liability. Marvin Long Austin,

Re: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?

2002-12-20 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
Kevin wrote: > > I'm E.E. "Doc: Smith, which I gave a big who? to. Wrote the "Lensman" series - classic Space Opera, and a darn good read, IMO. Be flattered, if you wish. Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Silence. I am watching television." - Spider Jerusalem ___

Fw: The Ring of Christmas (a repost of a silly theory)

2002-12-20 Thread Robert Seeberger
This is pretty cool, but you have to read the whole thing! xponent Tolkiensuess Maru rob - Original Message - From: "Sea Wasp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: rec.arts.sf.written Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:30 PM Subject: The Ring of Christmas (a repost of a silly theory) >

Re: [Medicine] Rising breast cancer rate fuels environmentalconcerns

2002-12-20 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > Umm - another demographic that goes along with > 'burbs > > and higher education - delayed pregnancy, fewer > > pregnancies, poss. less brestfeeding (although > > actually I think that breastfeeding proportions go > > *

Re: [Medicine] Rising breast cancer rate fuels environmentalconcerns

2002-12-20 Thread Deborah Harrell
The breast cancer site at NCI is pretty good; they generally use data/conclusions that is/are from well-accepted clinical trials and practice. So while the latest research or speculative conclusions will not be there, what they have is fairly solid. (However, if you go to the 'Highlights' page, ne

Re: Space travel Q?

2002-12-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 02:05 PM 12/19/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: > >Orbits are more complicated than simply boosting in the direction you >want to go. > Yep. But I think what he wants is a simpler solution, ignoring the gravitational forces. Using a Hohmann transfer orbit to go from 100 AU t

Re: Space travel Q?

2002-12-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:02 AM 12/19/02 +, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Damon asked: > >I need to know the formula used to calculate flight time for a spacecraft >using the acceleration/deceleration method of space travel. Anyone know it? > I imagine that you want the relativistic formula, that I implemented in a J

Re: Wright Brothers Anniversary

2002-12-20 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 12:23 AM 12/19/02 -0500, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 12/18/2002 9:42:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Maybe next year they can have the same 99 planes and add the space > shuttle as the 100th example of flight evolution... Oh, you mean an orbital fly

Re: Wright Brothers Anniversary

2002-12-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/20/2002 7:01:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Went to Tucson once. It was closed. > > > > --Ronn! :) > Well then at least Rodenberry hadn't blown it up yet. >>[Did I get the metals right?] >Depends on what you plan for it to do w

Re: Fw: The Ring of Christmas (a repost of a silly theory)

2002-12-20 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is pretty cool, but you have to read the whole > thing! > > xponent > Tolkiensuess Maru When I finally figured out where this was going... Cleverly done! Glowing Red Nose Maru __ Do you Yah

RE: The Two Towers (spoilers)

2002-12-20 Thread Jim Sharkey
Horn, John wrote: >I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good. I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first, though to be fair, TTT was always my least favorite of the trilogy. I go in wanting a war flick, which it sort of was. Gollum was great, and the battle scenes were excellen

Re: Wright Brothers Anniversary

2002-12-20 Thread Doug Pensinger
Ronn! Blankenship wrote: At 12:23 AM 12/19/02 -0500, William Taylor wrote: In a message dated 12/18/2002 9:42:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Maybe next year they can have the same 99 planes and add the space > shuttle as the 100th example of flight evolution...

Re: The Two Towers (spoilers)

2002-12-20 Thread Doug Pensinger
Jim Sharkey wrote: Horn, John wrote: I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good. I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first, though to be fair, TTT was always my least favorite of the trilogy. I go in wanting a war flick, which it sort of was. Gollum was great, and the battl

Re: The Two Towers (spoilers)

2002-12-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Jim Sharkey wrote: > > >Horn, John wrote: > > > >>I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good. > >> > > > >I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first, though to be fair, TTT was >always my least favorite of the trilogy. I go in wanting

Re: The Two Towers (spoilers)

2002-12-20 Thread Doug Pensinger
Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: Horn, John wrote: I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good. I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first, though to be fair, TTT was always my least favorite of the trilogy. I go in wanti

false prophet

2002-12-20 Thread The Fool
MULTAN, Pakistan (Reuters) - A Pakistani man has been sentenced to life in prison under the country's blasphemy laws for being a follower of a self-proclaimed prophet, court officials said Thursday. Ahsan Azamtullah, 45, was convicted of being a disciple of Sardar Ahmed, a self-proclaimed prophet

Re: The Two Towers (spoilers)

2002-12-20 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Marvin Long, Jr. wrote: > > >On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > >>Jim Sharkey wrote: > >> > >>>Horn, John wrote: > >>> > I saw _The Two Towers_ yesterday. Very, very good. > > >>>I enjoyed it too, though not as much as the first