China tries to staunch influx of N. Koreans

2003-01-31 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20030131/4828202s.htm Chinese state security agents are in the midst of a harsh crackdown on North Korean refugees fleeing hunger and political repression at home. Over the past two months, more than 3,200 desperate North Koreans have been seized inside China

RE: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-01-31 Thread Kevin Tarr
Can I add some experience, which has nothing to do with dating but the process? I'm logged onto two internet sites. The one site is popular, but some of the things I want to limit, don't limit my search options. I have a number one criteria, which it does limit by, yet I've been contacted by wo

Re: News Was:Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
Awful indecent of me to not mention this previously, But Susan and i will be getting married Feb. 15. Just 2 weeks left. xponent Banns Maru rob Well congrats to you Mr. Seeberger! Jean-Louis ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scouted: Videotaping How Bugs Breathe

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Ronn! Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Jon Gabriel wrote: > >Original press release at the Field Museum of > Chicago can be found at: > >http://www.fieldmuseum.org/museum_info/press/press_insect.htm > >Jon > >"Stuck on top of tower. Great view, but constant > pelting sleet not good > >

Re: The Search for the Patron Saint of the Internet

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 08:28 PM 1/31/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: "Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > This is just TOO GOOD to pass... I just KNOW Brin-L is going to have a field > day with this one. > > JJ > "Mendicant XSysop" > - > > Bishops seek saint for Internet > Hopeless clicke

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 08:36 PM 1/31/2003 -0600, you wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: > I got the Heinz Kick'rs flavored with Tabasco. Eating it on crab cakes > right now. The price was less than a similarly sized normal bottle. That's > why I have no tried the colored types, they are freakishly expensive. *That* is what I

Re: Scouted: Sheep Chic

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2148069 > Sheep Chic Hits Chinese Salon in Lunar New Year > Fri January 31, > 2003 09:11 AM ET > BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing >

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:59 PM 1/31/03 -0500, Damon Agretto wrote: (Un)Fortunately, my military knowledge is concentrated on ground forces, mainly because tanks are cooler... Ri-i-i-ght. That's why so many A-10 Warthogs get shot down by tank gunners . . . ;-) --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > I got the Heinz Kick'rs flavored with Tabasco. Eating it on crab cakes > right now. The price was less than a similarly sized normal bottle. That's > why I have no tried the colored types, they are freakishly expensive. *That* is what I need for my hash browns! Thanks, Kevin!

Re: Police abuse in Ohio

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
And for police abuse in Tennessee, go to http://www.herald-citizen.com/NF/omf.wnm/herald/news_story.html?[rkey=0024251+[c or http://makeashorterlink.com/?X55121D43 if my email program splits the above URL. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailm

Re: Police abuse in Ohio

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
"Gary L. Nunn" wrote: > > The scary thing is that this Podunk town is only a few minutes from > where I work. On the "newromesucks" website there are some really scary > stories about the abuse that the police in this small burb get away > with... > > Jan. 31 - New Rome, Ohio is one of the smalle

Re: The Search for the Patron Saint of the Internet

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > > This is just TOO GOOD to pass... I just KNOW Brin-L is going to have a field > day with this one. > > JJ > "Mendicant XSysop" > - > > Bishops seek saint for Internet > Hopeless clickers urge Vatican to name protector > By Jeordan L

RE: OUTRAGE!

2003-01-31 Thread Nick Arnett
Having gone through the nightmare of cancer with two people close to me, and having run a very popular cancer mailing list, I'm quite certain that this is a scam. There are many, many cancer scams. Most of them claim that their "cure" is being hushed up by a conspiracy of the pharmaceutical compa

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 03:24 PM 1/31/03 -0600, Julia wrote: I have a friend born in Puerto Rico and another who spent a lot of her growing-up years there. The second friend brought me back a pair of coqui earrings on one of her trips back when her parents were still living there. The card with the earrings say

Re: Scouted: Sheep Chic

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:31 AM 1/31/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2148069 Sheep Chic Hits Chinese Salon in Lunar New Year Fri January 31, 2003 09:11 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing beauty salon has rolled out a hairstyle simulating the wave o

Re: Scouted: Not a Lobstergram

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 11:18 PM 1/29/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Woman Who Got Leg in Mail Sues for Anguish Wed January 29, 2003 08:50 AM ET HOUSTON (Reuters) - An Alaska woman, shocked to receive part of her dead father's leg in the mail instead of the gourmet "LobsterGram" she was hoping for has filed suit against

Re: News (Was: Re: Marriage Anniversaries)

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
Congrats to those celebrating their unions, and those soon-to-be taking the plunge! Best wishes, good luck, and crossed fingers (but not stars) to all. :) Bronze And Gold Maru __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now.

RE: Church and state (was RE: bush throwing away more tax dollars)

2003-01-31 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of The Fool ... > Furthermore, > what business does a religious group have providing services that they > can't pay for themselves? Agreed, if you mean they can't raise the money from private sources. M

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > I brought 3 little ones up to full inflation > this afternoon. I have a > > > little basketball of similar size that I bought > today. I think that > > > even the basketball would hold up bette

RE: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 06:32 PM 1/31/2003 -0600, you wrote: I wrote: I tried the Heinz green ketchup last year on St. Patrick's Day. I didn't like it very much. It was kind of watery and just tasted strange. I suppose it's possible to make green ketchup that tastes like the red stuff, but unless I happened to

RE: MAN OF STEEL TURNS GRAY

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Robert Seeberger wrote: > >http://www.drudgereport.com/bush.htm > > >After two years in office President Bush's hair has > turned shades > >of white and gray, as these photos reveal. > > Not surprising. How many Presidents *haven't* left > off

Police abuse in Ohio

2003-01-31 Thread Gary L. Nunn
The scary thing is that this Podunk town is only a few minutes from where I work. On the "newromesucks" website there are some really scary stories about the abuse that the police in this small burb get away with... Jan. 31 - New Rome, Ohio is one of the smallest towns in America, but it's big

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-31 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:03 PM 1/31/2003 -0600, you wrote: Julia wrote: What sort of a ball would be good to give a goat? One that you wouldn't mind getting chewed on. While it's not true that goats will eat almost anything, they are very inquisitive and like to investigate by nibbling. So some sort of ball w

Re: OUTRAGE!

2003-01-31 Thread The Fool
> From: Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > NewsMax News Alert > > I just have to wonder if there is even a speck of truth in this. This has my BullShit Meter going off. Did you read the post I send about the propaganda techniques some organizations (like NewSMax) Use? This reads like a hoa

Re: Colleges Offer Students Privacy

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
"Ronn! Blankenship" wrote: > > At 10:21 PM 1/27/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > > >(The rabbit tossing was at the roommate's bed. Nothing like throwing a > >stuffed animal across the room to wake the person whose alarm is going off.) > > Thank goodness it was a _stuffed_ rabbit . . . Well, y

The Search for the Patron Saint of the Internet

2003-01-31 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
This is just TOO GOOD to pass... I just KNOW Brin-L is going to have a field day with this one. JJ "Mendicant XSysop" - Bishops seek saint for Internet Hopeless clickers urge Vatican to name protector By Jeordan Legon CNN Friday, January 31, 2003 Posted: 4:46 PM E

Re: Scouted: Videotaping How Bugs Breathe

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 01:53 AM 1/28/03 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Original press release at the Field Museum of Chicago can be found at: http://www.fieldmuseum.org/museum_info/press/press_insect.htm Jon "Stuck on top of tower. Great view, but constant pelting sleet not good for pointy hat. Am amusing self by spitting

Re: Colleges Offer Students Privacy

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:21 PM 1/27/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: (The rabbit tossing was at the roommate's bed. Nothing like throwing a stuffed animal across the room to wake the person whose alarm is going off.) Thank goodness it was a _stuffed_ rabbit . . . --Ronn! :) I always knew that I would see t

Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Doug Pensinger
Damon wrote: Is it =! or !=? =! Damon. There's always <> Doug GSV Yer Basic Programming Language ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-01-31 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Julia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories... Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 15:24:02 -0600 At 12:59 PM 1/30/2003 +, you wrote: From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL P

Fw: OUTRAGE!

2003-01-31 Thread Robert Seeberger
NewsMax News Alert I just have to wonder if there is even a speck of truth in this. xponent Huh? Maru rob You are a fluke of the universe. You have no right to be here. And whether you can hear it or not, the universe is laughing behind your back. - Origina

RE: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
I wrote: I tried the Heinz green ketchup last year on St. Patrick's Day. I didn't like it very much. It was kind of watery and just tasted strange. I suppose it's possible to make green ketchup that tastes like the red stuff, but unless I happened to get a bad bottle, I wouldn't recommend it

Re: Eye Test - Color Vision Perception

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:49 PM 1/30/03 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Thu, Jan 30, 2003 at 09:03:58PM -0600, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: > consisting of wavelengths around 530 nm. However, how do I know (or > can I know) whether the impression I get in my mind when I see "green" > (e.g. grass) is the same impression yo

Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today

2003-01-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia posted: Post-9/11 Hollywood: The Films They Dare Not Make Today By Mimi Brickmeyer, The Hollywood Investigator January 24, 2003 http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15020 This is an interesting article, and I realize that to some extent Brickmeyer was endulging in a little satir

RE: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jeff Miller ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Have you tried the green or purple ketchup yet? I tried the Heinz green ketchup last year on St. Patrick's Day. I didn't like it very much. It was kind of watery and just tasted strange. I suppose it's possible to make green ketchup that tastes like t

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
"Miller, Jeffrey" wrote: > > > -Original Message- > > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 03:53 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather > > > > No. I have, however, eaten a bagel made with green food

Chocolate! (Was: How much do people care about health?)

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > "Ronn! Blankenship" wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > >eh what is the current treatment for > chocolate addiction? ;o) > > > > > > > In this case, however, the only thing which binds > to all of the receptors > > activated by the particular

Re: Article: Why liberals should support the war

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Bryon Daly wrote: > > Doh - my mailer hosed the first link to the original article. Odd, it worked just fine for me. I haven't read all of it yet, though. Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

globalized job market

2003-01-31 Thread The Fool
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/03_05/b3818001.htm http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982839.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

SCOUTED: Robert Ellis on how DMCA is "chipping away at competition"

2003-01-31 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
From Politech: Previous message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-04300.html --- Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 16:15:18 -0500 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: "Robert L. Ellis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Chipping away at competition Declan, Lexmark's recently-filed DMCA complaint again

Re: Article: Why liberals should support the war

2003-01-31 Thread Bryon Daly
Doh - my mailer hosed the first link to the original article. Retry: http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20021021&s=chait102102 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 03:53 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather > > > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > > > Sonja van Baard

RE: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-01-31 Thread Bryon Daly
>> software, and then burning all that stuff on CD (which has to be done at >> single speed, as even mere double speed tends to result in buffer >> underruns). > >That's a bit unusual, so perhaps you should review your CD burner settings. Some possible reasons: - your computer or hard disk is very

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > > But please don't give them any idea's. In the Netherlands we have > > > already so much strange orange objects propping up their ugly head around > > > 29 april that it is more then enoug

RE: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 03:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "scouted": Francyphilis > > > Jeffrey said: > > > Are you in the UK? I don't remember it at all. > > Yes. I live in Cambridge in the

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Richard Baker
Jeffrey said: > Are you in the UK? I don't remember it at all. Yes. I live in Cambridge in the UK now, but at the moment I'm staying at my parents' house in Bristol, which is where I grew up. > 'course, all I had to watch on TV as a kid was a staticy CBS out of > Hartford, CT and PBS. I mostly

RE: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 03:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "scouted": Francyphilis > > > Jeffrey said: > > > Heh.. not to date myself or make anyone feel old, but I was > 7 or 8 at > > the ti

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Richard Baker
Jeffrey said: > Heh.. not to date myself or make anyone feel old, but I was 7 or 8 at > the time. My concern was more Tom n' Jerry than sheep and > Argentinians. I was seven years old at the time, but I still remember it being all over tv and the newspapers. It seemed weird seeing pictures of stu

RE: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 02:43 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather > > > Julia Thompson wrote: > > > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > > But pl

RE: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 02:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "scouted": Francyphilis > > > Jeffrey said: > > >> I don't think that's true. The bombing raid on Libya was > >> relatively short rang

RE: Alphas, Betas, Gammas....

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 01:51 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Alphas, Betas, Gammas > > > At 13:22 31-01-2003 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote: > > > > >GSV Aiming for the top. :) > > > > > > D

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Richard Baker
Damon said: > Weren't the Vulcan's converted to aerial tankers? Mo. Originally the RAF's strategic nuclear deterrent was to be delivered by the "V-force" of Victor, Valiant and Vulcan bombers. The first Valiant squadron became operational in 1955, the Victors in 1958, and the Vulcan squadrons we

Re: Top 10 SF Characters

2003-01-31 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > Favorite characters: > > Gailet (I forget her last name) > > Jones > > > Kira Nerese > > Uh? I thought she was Kira _Neris_ I spell fonetically when I haven't read the name. ;) > > Tom (not Bombadil,

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > But please don't give them any idea's. In the Netherlands we have > > already so much strange orange objects propping up their ugly head around > > 29 april that it is more then enough without blackboards being under > > attack as wel

Re: Church and state (was RE: bush throwing away more tax dollars)

2003-01-31 Thread The Fool
> From: Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > > Behalf Of The Fool > > ... > > > The Bush administration wants to give religious organizations access to > > federal housing money that could be used to erect or refurbish buildings > > where r

Re: Best Dr. Who Actors

2003-01-31 Thread The Fool
> From: John Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Since we're mentioning Dr. Who > > Which of the actors was your favorite? I like Jon Pertwee if for > nothing else the looks he threw to the Brigadier when the doctor > thought the Brigadier was being particularly obtuse. Tom baker, holding a jelly

Cell phones: Holey Rat's Brains

2003-01-31 Thread The Fool
Phone Study: Holey Rat's Brains By Elisa Batista | Also by this reporter Page 1 of 1 02:00 AM Jan. 31, 2003 PT In a study that may shed some light on whether cell-phone use is harmful to callers, Swedish scientists found that radiation emitted by the world's most common mobile phones burn

DNA May Give Tip As to When You Will Die

2003-01-31 Thread The Fool
http://health.discovery.com/news/afp/20030127/reaper.html DNA May Give Tip As to When You Will Die AFP Jan. 31 — The nubbly tips of your chromosomes may give you a pointer as to when you will die, according to research published on Saturday in The Lancet, the British medical weekly. The tips

Article: Why liberals should support the war

2003-01-31 Thread Bryon Daly
Oddly, I sent this a few days ago, but it never turned up on the list, so here's my second attempt... Gautam's comment about foreign conflicts of interest reminded me of an interesting article I read back in October, in New Republic. I searched the list archive to see if this had been posted befor

Re: News Was:Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > At 08:38 31-01-2003 +0100, I wrote: > > >For Sonja and me, it'll be five years next month (Feb. 11). > > Then, at 12:01 31-01-2003 +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: > > >As for staying together... I dunno. > > Er, dearly beloved significant other, is there something you

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Richard Baker
Jeffrey said: >> I don't think that's true. The bombing raid on Libya was >> relatively short range compared with the bombing of Port >> Stanley by a Vulcan bomber, which flew for 8000 miles >> non-stop and was refuelled six times in-flight. > > Which was when and what? Port Stanley is the ca

Re: Marriage Anneversaries(sic)

2003-01-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
JJ spake: >Glad to read all these great stories about marriage. What would you guys say >is the secret to a really happy marriage? Share the wealth of knowledge!!! >:-) Jo Anne replied: A sense of humour. Also, since neither Zim or I can spell (I did finally catch that 'anniversary' in the sub

Re: Euro law: Pigs need toys

2003-01-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: What sort of a ball would be good to give a goat? One that you wouldn't mind getting chewed on. While it's not true that goats will eat almost anything, they are very inquisitive and like to investigate by nibbling. So some sort of ball with a very thick skin would be preferabl

RE: Professor's refusal to recommend creationiststudentsdrawsinvestigation

2003-01-31 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: > (The verse cited was I Kings 7:23. I'm not going to verify > that that's where it is right now, though.) -j- replied: "And he made a molten sea, ten cubits from the one brim to the other: it was round all about, and his height was five cubits: and a line of thirty cubits did c

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Damon
(Two raids on Port Stanley constituted the only combat use of Britain's Vulcan bombers in their three decades of service. They're beautiful aircraft - I was lucky enough to see one flying at an airshow before it was finally grounded.) Weren't the Vulcan's converted to aerial tankers? (Un)Fortun

RE: Alphas, Betas, Gammas....

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:22 31-01-2003 -0800, Jeffrey Miller wrote: > >GSV Aiming for the top. :) > > Don't even bother to try, Jon. You'll never be able to catch up with > the lean, mean, posting machines on this list. You currently have > 1,046 posts; Julia has 5,022... :-) Hmmm... what if I wrote a script...

RE: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:30 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: "scouted": Francyphilis > > > Gautam said: > > > They didn't let us use their airspace. The F-111s had > > to fly around France inste

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:15 31-01-2003 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: > But please don't give them any idea's. In the Netherlands we have > already so much strange orange objects propping up their ugly head around > 29 april that it is more then enough without blackboards being under > attack as well. ;o). What happ

RE: Professor's refusal to recommend creationist studentsdrawsinvestigation

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 01:20 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Professor's refusal to recommend creationist > students drawsinvestigation > > > William T Goodall wrote: > > > > on 31/1/03 11:40 a

Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Damon
Is it =! or !=? =! Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Revell's Tiger Ausf. H -

RE: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 01:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather > > > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > But please don't give them any idea's. In the Neth

RE: Alphas, Betas, Gammas....

2003-01-31 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
> -Original Message- > From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 01:04 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Alphas, Betas, Gammas > > > At 15:24 31-01-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > >I looked at the Alpha Mail Stats this afternoon

Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories...

2003-01-31 Thread Julia
At 12:59 PM 1/30/2003 +, you wrote: From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: We Want Your Online Dating Stories... Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 21:48:54 -0600 JJ wrote some stuff about being stalked in Puerto Rico, and at the end of

Re: Marriage Anneversaries

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Damon wrote: > > >crone! (or a wasp engineer). Note: Anger =\ abuse. (how do you do a 'does > > IIRC =! Is it =! or !=? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Professor's refusal to recommend creationist students drawsinvestigation

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: > > on 31/1/03 11:40 am, Alberto Monteiro at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > >> > >> A biology professor who refuses to write letters > >> of recommendation for his students if they don't > >> believe in evolution is being accused of religious > >> discrimination, > >> >

Re: Blackboard, was Re: Official Feather

2003-01-31 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > But please don't give them any idea's. In the Netherlands we have > already so much strange orange objects propping up their ugly head around > 29 april that it is more then enough without blackboards being under > attack as well. ;o). What happens on 29 April,

Re: Alphas, Betas, Gammas....

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:24 31-01-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: I looked at the Alpha Mail Stats this afternoon and noticed I'm ranked 30. Last time I looked, I was ranked around 40-something. :) Those were the stats from January 27. I just updated the page, you are now ranked #29. Jon GSV Aiming for the top.

Alphas, Betas, Gammas....

2003-01-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
I looked at the Alpha Mail Stats this afternoon and noticed I'm ranked 30. Last time I looked, I was ranked around 40-something. :) Jon GSV Aiming for the top. :) _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*

Re: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:56 31-01-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: OK, it's not the latest version, but at that price, who cares, right? Besides, the alternative would be to spend an entire weekend (note: my weekends are *three* days long, not two) downloading those 11 CD's worth of software, and then burning all

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Richard Baker
Gautam said: > They didn't let us use their airspace. The F-111s had > to fly around France instead. For a long time this > had the title of longest single bombing raid in > history I don't think that's true. The bombing raid on Libya was relatively short range compared with the bombing of Port

RE: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 09:35 31-01-2003 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > OK, it's not the latest version, but at that price, who cares, right? > Besides, the alternative would be to spend an entire weekend (note: my > weekends are *three* days long, not two) downloading those 11 CD's > worth of software, and then burning

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for posting this Marvin. > > The American problem with the French is even older > than that, though. I > vaguely recall that they prevented us from flying > through their airspace (or > was it using their airfields?) when we were bombing > Qua

Re: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-01-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2003 18:15:04 +0100 After walking Sonja to the railway station this afternoon, I had this feeling I really should pay a visit to that large multimedia store we have here. As it turned out, they w

RE: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-01-31 Thread Nick Arnett
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk ... > OK, it's not the latest version, but at that price, who cares, right? > Besides, the alternative would be to spend an entire weekend (note: my > weekends are *three* days long, n

Re: "scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
Thanks for posting this Marvin. The American problem with the French is even older than that, though. I vaguely recall that they prevented us from flying through their airspace (or was it using their airfields?) when we were bombing Quaddafi and Libya, years and years ago. (Early 80's?) Our

Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
After walking Sonja to the railway station this afternoon, I had this feeling I really should pay a visit to that large multimedia store we have here. As it turned out, they were trying to get rid of some older software titles, and only today offered an additional 50% off the discount price. I

"scouted": Francyphilis

2003-01-31 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
>From Slate.com: "Why the French hate us" In the aftermath of Sept. 11, Americans rushed to bookstores and libraries in search of the answer to the question that had been thrust upon them: Why do they hate us? But who knew that we should have been boning up on the history of France, not Islam? A

RE: Adoption of "Unwanted" Children

2003-01-31 Thread Horn, John
> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > >> As you probably have guessed, the Fairchilds choose > >> life, and Naia Grace Fairchild is born. She has Down > >> syndrome and endures difficult surgery, and today she > >> is a spunky 4-year-old, her parents' evident joy. > > > >At leas

Scouted: Sheep Chic

2003-01-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2148069 Sheep Chic Hits Chinese Salon in Lunar New Year Fri January 31, 2003 09:11 AM ET BEIJING (Reuters) - A Beijing beauty salon has rolled out a hairstyle simulating the

Scouted: Kasparov Hands Win to Deep Jr.

2003-01-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2147602 Human Chess Blunder Hands Win to Computer Program Fri January 31, 2003 08:10 AM ET By Grant McCool NEW YORK (Reuters) - World champion chess computer

Re: Microsoft: A Nation Unto Itself?

2003-01-31 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Fri, 31 Jan 2003, J. van Baardwijk wrote: > At 21:58 30-01-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > >The columnist opines: "Theorists have long predicted that corporations will > >evolve into the next nation-states. > > On a somewhat related note, has anyone read the recently-published Max >

Re: Top 10 SF Characters Rankled

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 13:38 31-01-2003 +, Jose Ortiz wrote: You know, along that same line... Hasn't anybody else noticed that there is an uncanny similarity between a tribble and Shatner's hairpiece?. I first noticed it on the DS9 "Trials and Tribbleations" episode, on the scene where they do the first clo

Re: Top 10 SF Characters Rankled

2003-01-31 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From Ron.. They had to do _something_ with all the dead tribbles that fell out of the quadrotriticale storage bin . . . --Ronn! :) You know, along that same line... Hasn't anybody else noticed that there is an uncanny similarity between a tribble and Shatner's hairpiece?. I first noticed

Re: Professor's refusal to recommend creationist students drawsinvestigation

2003-01-31 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William T Goodall wrote: > >> I imagine if there were a movement of mathematicians >> claiming that PI = 3, and if refusing to write >> letter of recommendation for those that believe that >> PI = 3 would be considered a religious discrimination... > > Pi *is* 3 according to the bible thou

Re: Professor's refusal to recommend creationist students drawsinvestigation

2003-01-31 Thread William T Goodall
on 31/1/03 11:40 am, Alberto Monteiro at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> >> A biology professor who refuses to write letters >> of recommendation for his students if they don't >> believe in evolution is being accused of religious >> discrimination, >> > I imagine if there were a movement of ma

Re: Abortion: War Without End

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 07:05 31-01-2003 -0500, John Giorgis wrote: >You just can't give the topic a rest, can you? Do you still cling to >the misconception that you can change people's minds about it (read: >turn them into fanatical pro-lifers) if you keep starting "Abortion" >threads? Indeed, I know of several cas

RE: Adoption of "Unwanted" Children

2003-01-31 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 12:32 PM 1/30/2003 -0600 Horn, John wrote: >> From: J.D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >> As you probably have guessed, the Fairchilds choose >> life, and Naia Grace Fairchild is born. She has Down >> syndrome and endures difficult surgery, and today she >> is a spunky 4-year-old, her par

Re: Microsoft: A Nation Unto Itself?

2003-01-31 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 09:44 31-01-2003 -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > Psst! Hey Walton family! There's a great little country just a few > miles across the Gulf of Mexico from Arkansas ... hard working, nice > people, nice weather ... a great investment opportunity if you can > just get rid of that pesky Communis

Re: Abortion: War Without End

2003-01-31 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 10:12 AM 1/31/2003 +0100 J. van Baardwijk wrote: >You just can't give the topic a rest, can you? Do you still cling to the >misconception that you can change people's minds about it (read: turn them >into fanatical pro-lifers) if you keep starting "Abortion" threads? Indeed, I know of several

Re: Microsoft: A Nation Unto Itself?

2003-01-31 Thread Alberto Monteiro
> > Psst! Hey Walton family! There's a great little country > just a few miles across the Gulf of Mexico from > Arkansas ... hard working, nice people, nice > weather ... a great investment opportunity if you can > just get rid of that pesky Communist dictator! > Of course, that pesky Co

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