Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 9 Feb 2003 at 20:56, d.brin wrote: > >On behalf of Brett Coster and myself, I would like to offer my > >condolences for Dr Brin's loss. I'm sure the list is low in his > >priorities at the moment, but be sure that if you read this David, > >our best wishes go to your family from this side of t

Re: war and peace

2003-02-09 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > --- "Marvin Long, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't, really. But several reports out of Iraq > > that I've seen and heard > > contain a notes about how the locals consider the > > Iraqi exile community a > > bunch of elitists who escaped when the going got > >

Breda in Oorlog 1939-1945. And the rest of the booksale...

2003-02-09 Thread Medievalbk
Breda in Oorlog 1939-1945. Oorlog en Bevrijding in Woord en Beeld just a title of one of the books I picked up Sat.[Knowing someone here can read it.] 550,000 books was the estimate. Up 11% from last year. I pulled into the lot to the side of the Arizona State Fairgrounds at 3:45PM Fr

RE: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread Nick Arnett
My condolences, too, David. Took me a few minutes to realize what this was about (I was laid very low with food poisoning on Wednesday), but when I did, it took me back immediately to the memory of your words to the woman who presented you with her poetry so beautifully and unexpectedly at Plugged

Herb Brin

2003-02-09 Thread Nick Arnett
See: http://www.davidbrin.com/herbbrin.html -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia Thompson wrote: "Gary L. Nunn" wrote: I remember way back in the beginning when the Sci-Fi channel showed uncut and commercial free versions of science fiction shows. But then again, I remember when MTV used to show music videos. :-) Now there's M2 for that. (At least, I *think* that

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-09 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Jon Gabriel wrote: > (Has Kurt Russell ever made a *good* movie??) "The computer wore..." um no. "Big Trouble in..." nope. "Tango and..." definitely not. "Escape from..." Hmm...let's check IMDB OK OK, "Backdraft" was pretty good, and I've heard things about "Silkwood". -- Matt "I came here to

Re: reign

2003-02-09 Thread The Fool
> From: Jon Gabriel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Didn't he also do "The Maxx"? I don't think so. > On Behalf Of The Fool > Subject: reign > > Cartoon network will start showing 'Reign' tomorrow at midnight eastern > time. Reign is made by the same guy who did Aeon Flux, Peter Chung. _

RE: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
My wife's reaction was probably similar to yours. *grin* Jon Scratchy Beard Maru -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Gentlemen, start your sh

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Doug Pensinger
Alberto Monteiro wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: A tally of books that have been suggested for review to date: Can I offer two suggestions? What about _Atlas Shrugged_, or one of the Gor books? ROTFL! Thanks for that, Alberto, needed a good laugh. How about Heart of the Comet? One thing abou

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 2/9/2003 10:13:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > It took me some Googling to find, but...my goodness! Condolences and > blessings for you and your family. > I had thought that I had missed a message, as I've been reading only about 20% of t

RE: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On > Behalf Of Robert Seeberger > Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:08 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Brin: Condolences > > > - Original Message - > From: "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday,

RE: Song Request

2003-02-09 Thread Gary L. Nunn
> Jones - except that it doesn't make sense that Norah Jones > would release this song while her breakthrough hit is still > peaking, moreover the song doesn't appear on Norah Jones' > latest CD, so I'm pretty sure its not her. My best guess for > a title is: "Thinking Things Over" - as that

RE: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
I have seven links labeled as "liberal media" in my fave places folders: Commondreams.org www.drudgeretort.com www.progressive.org Freedomforum.org Alternet.org Workingforchange.com Salon.com The only one I read on a regular basis is salon.com, but they're not truly liberal or libertarian. I hav

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Robert Seeberger wrote: > Herbie > Progenitors > Now I understand. > > I pray for you and yours Doc. > And will keep you in my thoughts. It took me some Googling to find, but...my goodness! Condolences and blessings for you and your family. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush,

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:56 PM Subject: Re: Brin: Condolences > >On behalf of Brett Coster and myself, I would like to offer my > >condolences for Dr Brin's loss. I'm sure the list is low in his > >

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread d.brin
On behalf of Brett Coster and myself, I would like to offer my condolences for Dr Brin's loss. I'm sure the list is low in his priorities at the moment, but be sure that if you read this David, our best wishes go to your family from this side of the globe. Herb led a fascinating life, and what

Re: CP Int on Salon

2003-02-09 Thread Steve Sloan II
Jon Gabriel wrote: I've now gotten & responded to 3 offlist requests for today's Camille Paglia salon.com interview. If anyone else wants it, let me know and I'll send. I'd like a copy. __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alab

RE: reign

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
Didn't he also do "The Maxx"? Jon GSV Weird Stuff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of The Fool Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 10:45 PM To: Brin-L Subject: reign Cartoon network will start showing 'Reign' tomorrow at midnight eastern time.

Brin: Condolences

2003-02-09 Thread Russell Chapman
On behalf of Brett Coster and myself, I would like to offer my condolences for Dr Brin's loss. I'm sure the list is low in his priorities at the moment, but be sure that if you read this David, our best wishes go to your family from this side of the globe. Herb led a fascinating life, and what

Song Request

2003-02-09 Thread John D. Giorgis
I've heard a song on the radio a couple times a couple weeks ago, and I'm worried that its being dropped from playlists. Anyhow, I've tried searching for it through various search engines, and have come up completely empty, so I'm wondering if somebody might be able to hook me up with artist and

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: > > At 04:15 PM 2/9/2003 -0600, you wrote: > >"Gary L. Nunn" wrote: > > > > > I remember way back in the beginning when the Sci-Fi channel showed > > > uncut and commercial free versions of science fiction shows. But then > > > again, I remember when MTV used to show music videos

reign

2003-02-09 Thread The Fool
Cartoon network will start showing 'Reign' tomorrow at midnight eastern time. Reign is made by the same guy who did Aeon Flux, Peter Chung. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Plus the NY Times Re: The Washington Post Editorial on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Feb 06, 2003 at 11:17:09PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: > Also, over the period from 1888 to 2001, Seigel tabulates that the total > US stock market annualized real return for Republicans was 7.20% but > only 6.48% for Democrats. I don't have GDP data tabulated back to 1888, > so I don't know

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 09:22 PM 2/9/03 -0500, Kevin Tarr wrote: Double entendre? (Spelled it right the first time!) I know they are finally changing the name of the First Union Center in Philly. It's so easy to say FU center, especially after paying for parking and tickets. Furman University in Greenville, SC,

Re: E. Coli humor

2003-02-09 Thread Kanandarqu
>Not related, thank Tunare, but I heard a story that a colony of gorillas in >Africa all died in a week from ebola, and the scientists have no idea where >it came from. Something like 116 gorillas. > >Kevin T. - VRWC I heard a radio article on this. IIRC there had been a break out in humans

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:15 PM 2/9/2003 -0600, you wrote: "Gary L. Nunn" wrote: > I remember way back in the beginning when the Sci-Fi channel showed > uncut and commercial free versions of science fiction shows. But then > again, I remember when MTV used to show music videos. :-) Now there's M2 for that. (At le

Scouted: More from the Looney Bin

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
A Prophetic view of the Space Shuttle Disaster: The US has been flying high for many years but it is soon to be brought down, a falling star, the Columbia fell (Columbus is credited with discovering America). The joint mission lifted an Israeli up high with us, for the first time, probably for

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 04:14 PM 2/9/03 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > > > > The current storyline of the online comic strip "User Friendly" involves a > > > tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: > > > > > > http://

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 04:23 PM 2/9/2003 -0600, you wrote: > Another awful article. Rob, your reputation is at stake here! How about > some critical reading of articles before posting them? > The point of posting that article was not to be informative, but to spur discussion. I felt like it was crap immediately, but

Re: E. Coli humor

2003-02-09 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 02:51 PM 2/9/2003 -0800, you wrote: Been meaning to mention that there was something oddly familiar about being in a hospital having painful cramps in my stomach one day and an ultrasound of my abdomen the next... I told them at radiology that I'm hoping for twins. (Ultrasound receptionist: "G

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Ronn! Blankenship
At 10:46 AM 2/9/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > >Sorry, but I am *sick* of the *.sig file.There's no need for that in > >polite company. And while we're at it, I am sick and tired of the meaningless "LEGAL NOTICE" . . . -- Ronn! :) Almighty Ruler of the all, Whose Power exten

RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
You're really hooked on those Gor books, aren't ya? :) Jon Never Read 'Em Maru -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:47 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discuss

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 2/9/2003 5:47:34 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > one of the Gor books Chapter by chapter summary? Do you mean... Chapter one: Indroduction to crap. Chapter two: more crap. Chapter three: perverted crap. And so on... William Taylor

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jon Gabriel wrote: > > A tally of books that have been suggested for review to date: > Can I offer two suggestions? What about _Atlas Shrugged_, or one of the Gor books? Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
A tally of books that have been suggested for review to date: Iain Banks: Against a Dark Background / (2 votes) Iain Banks: Consider Phlebas / (1 vote) Iain Banks: Excession / (1 vote) Greg Bear: Moving Mars / (1 vote) David Brin: Earth / (3 votes) David Brin: Kiln People / (1 vote) David Brin:

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:25:13PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > I'm beginning to wonder why this info is so hard to dig up. Yes, me too. I've been seeing vague references to it ever since the Iraqi weapons dossier came out last year, but very few details, and what few details I've seen don't

US and Britain give Saddam just 48 hours to leave Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$PW5D3KSZ4BB2DQFIQMGSFG GAVCBQWIV0?xml=/news/2003/02/09/wirq09.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/02/09/ixnewstop .html&secureRefresh=true&_requestid=200235 Britain and America are drawing up plans to give Saddam Hussein as little as 48 hours to flee Baghdad

Rumsfeld annoyed over secret plan on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030208-070617-2097r The United States is likely to reject a proposal France and Germany are crafting for beefed up U.N. arms inspections in Iraq, a plan being developed without consulting the United States, U.S. officials said Saturday. An annoyed U.S. Defense

Iran Mines Uranium for Nuclear Plant

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/reuters20030209_214.html President Mohammad Khatami said on Sunday Iran had mined uranium for nuclear energy, and insisted its nuclear program was solely for civilian use, the official news agency IRNA said. The surprise announcement -- the first time an Iranian le

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:41 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > On a related note, does anyone have suggestions for "Liberal/Democrat" News > > orient

E. Coli humor

2003-02-09 Thread Nick Arnett
Been meaning to mention that there was something oddly familiar about being in a hospital having painful cramps in my stomach one day and an ultrasound of my abdomen the next... I told them at radiology that I'm hoping for twins. (Ultrasound receptionist: "Got names picked out and everything?") W

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:34 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? > > - Original Message - > From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday,

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: > On a related note, does anyone have suggestions for "Liberal/Democrat" News > oriented websites? > I pretty much have the more polemic Conservatives covered and have quite a > few Libertarian sites in mind, but cant find equivilent liberals sources > that arent blogs. > T

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:23 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? > On a related note, does anyone have suggestions for "Liberal/Democrat" News > oriented websites? > I pretty much

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:12 PM Subject: Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 03:08:35PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > > http://www.thememory

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 3:07 PM Subject: Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager? > Another awful article. Rob, your reputation is at stake here! How about > some critical reading of articles before post

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:18:12PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > I've had it for around 29 years. :-) How selfish! Why don't you let someone else have it for a change! -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 4:12 PM Subject: Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers! > Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > > > Since I have a beard, I was very curious to

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
"Gary L. Nunn" wrote: > I remember way back in the beginning when the Sci-Fi channel showed > uncut and commercial free versions of science fiction shows. But then > again, I remember when MTV used to show music videos. :-) Now there's M2 for that. (At least, I *think* that's the name of the ne

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > > Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > > > > The current storyline of the online comic strip "User Friendly" involves a > > > tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: > > > > > > http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030206 > > > >

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > > Dan Minette wrote: > > > Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards would > > have more strokes. > > Sure Dan. we believe you. ;o) No, really, he *does* have a beard! :) Julia _

Re: Benford on space exploration

2003-02-09 Thread Bradford DeLong
On Brad's site... http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/archives/001554.html Discussion of the article on Slashdot: http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/02/07/2131241.shtml?tid=160 -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 04:07:08PM -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: > And Bush's numbers don't include a possible war. Predictions are *NOT* > reliable anyway, (and neither is my editing, apparently :-( -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 03:08:35PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > http://www.thememoryhole.org/corp/iraq-suppliers.htm That lists a bunch of company names with vague flags like "nuclear weapons program", but gives no specific information about exactly WHAT they might have done, or WHEN. > ht

Re: Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
Another awful article. Rob, your reputation is at stake here! How about some critical reading of articles before posting them? On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 02:10:31PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > The interesting thing is that the major media would have you believe > that President Bush has caused

RE: Red Hat Linux -- Help Wanted

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 23:30 4-2-2003 +0100, I wrote: Damn! Damn! Damn! The RHL installation CD is a bootable disk -- at least, it was when I tried to install RHL on my private laptop. However, it somehow changed its mind when I tried to install RHL on the Tecra 8000 laptop. Now when I try to boot, I get the mes

Re: Benford on space exploration

2003-02-09 Thread Bradford DeLong
On Brad's site... http://www.j-bradford-delong.net/movable_type/archives/001554.html Discussion of the article on Slashdot: http://science.slashdot.org/science/03/02/07/2131241.shtml?tid=160 -- Hmmm. I didn't notice anything odd about my server yesterday... Maybe slashdotting is not what it

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 2:23 PM Subject: Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs http://www.thememoryhole.org/corp/iraq-suppliers.htm http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/259

10,000 Rally Outside French Embassy

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA0LB0GTBD.html France Sends More Troops to Ivory Coast; 10,000 Rally Outside French Embassy France announced Wednesday it was strengthening its troops in Ivory Coast to more than 3,000 while thousands of government loyalists protested outside the French Embassy, w

Americans Are Adored in Kosovo

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA79D4OTBD.html Reviled in Many Places Around the World, Americans Are Adored in Kosovo American flags flutter on peasants' homes. A couple grateful for U.S. help in ending Kosovo's war names a daughter in honor of Madeleine Albright. A six-story-high poster of for

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Gary L. Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Brin Mail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:55 PM Subject: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel > When the Sci-Fi channel stated that they wanted to get away from the > "hard" science fic

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 07:19:45PM +0100, Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2591351.stm > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/2584975.stm > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/2658625.stm > >http://newssearch.bbc.co.uk/cgi-bin/results.pl?t

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Over here the episodes are rentable. Maybe your local video rental store (sp?) has them too? So far I haven't been tempted to get any of them. I'll wait for them to air on national tv only a couple more years down the road. Sonja Unfor

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
> Not all "Kirks" died. There's still ex-Emperor Tiberius of the Mirror Universe Alberto Monteiro How often have I hoped against hope, that anyone in the Trek franchise pick up the "alternate universe" timeline in a decent fashion. It would be great to see what Tiberius would do, even if it wo

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Reggie Bautista
Sonja wrote: GCU: I'll be OK once I had my habitual capuchino. MM... Capuccino... :-) Reggie Bautista (Recovering?) CapuAddict Maru _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=fe

Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: "Gary L. Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Brin Mail List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:55:55 -0500 When the Sci-Fi channel stated that they wanted to get away from the "hard" science fiction progra

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Reggie Bautista
John Garcia wrote: > Cool! I vote for Earth. Sonja replied: If it's Earth I'll join you. It's been far too long. Then again, my favourite still is Sundiver. I originally voted for Kiln People due to its newness, but I'd be happy to participate in a re-read and discussion of Earth as well. R

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
> Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > > The current storyline of the online comic strip "User Friendly" involves a > > tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: > > > > http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030206 > > > > The beginning of this storyline is at: > > http:

Bush: A Better Debt Manager?

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
[Probobly should be Listref] http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/6/134558 The debt ceiling! The debt ceiling! Oh no! We're going to hit the debt ceiling! So what? We've hit the debt ceiling for dozens of years, and it doesn't stop us from increasing it. The interesting thi

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book?

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
John Garcia wrote: > Cool! I vote for Earth. If it's Earth I'll join you. It's been far too long. Then again, my favourite still is Sundiver. Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Founding fathers, make room for the new guys

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 1:39 PM Subject: Re: Founding fathers, make room for the new guys > On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:34:24PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > They don't know who the foundin

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Dan Minette wrote: > Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards would > have more strokes. Sure Dan. we believe you. ;o) Sonja ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Lessons of Russia's Depopulation Disaster

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.newsmax.com/showinsidecover.shtml?a=2003/2/6/164221 If Russia's sharply declining birth rate is any indication, depopulation, and not an overabundance of humans straining Earth's resources, is the real threat humanity faces. Russia, writes Dr. Herbert London, president of Hudson Instit

Re: Founding fathers, make room for the new guys

2003-02-09 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:34:24PM -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > They don't know who the founding fathers were, except intellectually. As opposed to the people alive today who know them personally?? What an awful article, where do you get this stuff? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
"Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo" wrote: > I'm willing to cover all charges if any kind soul, out there, would tape for > me, or send me, episodes of the ENTERPRISE show. We can work out a deal. > Email me privately to iron out the details. Over here the episodes are rentable. Maybe your local video rental

Ventura will host MSNBC TV show

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.startribune.com/stories/1384/3636601.html Move over Bill O'Reilly, Chris Matthews and Larry King, you've got company. "I'm going to be hosting my own television show five nights a week on MSNBC," former Gov. Jesse Ventura told a national audience Wednesday. "I don't know if they're rea

Founding fathers, make room for the new guys

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.knoxstudio.com/shns/story.cfm?pk=PREZ-POLL-02-06-03&cat=AN Modern-era presidents like John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton have eclipsed most of the denizens of Mount Rushmore in the hearts and minds of the American people. The traditional founding fathers like George Washing

Military Developing 'loitering' and 'sleeping' Weapons

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAGMMIGWBD.html They loiter. They sleep. They hide. And when an enemy sticks his neck out, they kill. The Department of Defense is preparing new weapons that can loiter over a battlefield or sneak into enemy territory and "sleep" until an appropriate military target

German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGASBSOGWBD.html The influence of foreign business can be seen across America, with consumers cheerfully buying Japanese cars, Korean TVs and clothing made in China. But many Americans aren't so happy about foreigners controlling their water supply. A recently comple

Clinton Environmental Policy Sabotaged the Shuttle

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.newsmax.com/showinside.shtml?a=2003/2/4/174925 Thank fussy "environmentalists" from the Clinton administration for the substandard but politically correct foam that NASA thinks caused the Columbia disaster. "NASA engineers have known for at least five years that insulating foam could p

Re: Special Star Trek Request

2003-02-09 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: > >If Kirk really, totally and absolutely had to die, IMHO, he should've died >on the bridge of his ship. And I think they shouldn't have killed that >character off. For me, his death alienated a large sector of the fans, >regardless of whatever antics Shatner does of

The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel....

2003-02-09 Thread Gary L. Nunn
When the Sci-Fi channel stated that they wanted to get away from the "hard" science fiction programming like Farscape (hence the cancellation) I was worried and disappointed. But after seeing the schedule for tonight, I am beginning to think that someone in charge of the Sci-Fi channel has a death

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: > > The current storyline of the online comic strip "User Friendly" involves a > tech support guy who has gone off the deep end. Thursday's issue is at: > > http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030206 > > The beginning of this storyline is at: > http://ars.userfrien

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 4:41 AM Subject: Re: UK dossier on Iraq > Dan Minette wrote: > > > Let me get this straight. You are accusing Powell of fabricating evidence? > > Its all

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
John Garcia wrote: > > Do you have a link on that. The financial side of the war is the only > > thing I'm not able to find Didn't we have a resident expert on the > > WWs on this list? Hey, are you out there? > > > Ask and you shall receive: > > Lend-lease was created in March 1941 because by

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Robert Seeberger wrote: > John and Jeroen may be destined to be antagonists toward each other, but I > think it is only fair that Sonja be excluded from the splatter of the food > fight. Pbt, you just had to say that didn't you now I won't be able to look at any posts from John or Jeroen

Make Space Travel Boring Again

2003-02-09 Thread John D. Giorgis
Astronauts Why they shouldn't be heroes. By Chris Suellentrop Posted Thursday, February 6, 2003, at 1:17 PM PT If there's one good thing that can be said about tragedies, it's that they create heroes. In the past year and a half, catastrophe has refurbished the daring and adventurous careers dre

Re: France or Germany cites, aiding Iraq weapons programs

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Erik Reuter wrote: > Can anyone send me cites of articles (from mainstream media sources) > that give details about either France or Germany goverment or corporate > transfer of technology to Iraq to aid their weapons development? > > I realized last night that I had seen several vague references

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: "Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 12:04 PM Subject: Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers! > > > "J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > > > Study: Men who don't shave have less sex, more strokes > > Thursd

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-09 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
"J. van Baardwijk" wrote: > Study: Men who don't shave have less sex, more strokes > Thursday, February 6, 2003 Posted: 2:13 PM EST (1913 GMT) Anything I could reply would be rude one way or the other. So I'll just shut up. But I'm sure Jeroen knows what I was going to say about this.;o)

Re: Attn: JDG and JVB

2003-02-09 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:48 9-2-2003 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: > >If you can't do that, how about if I fix each of you a nice, rare > >hamburger? > > Could you make mine medium rare please, with onion rings and mushrooms > on top, and some fresh salad on the side? Oh, and some french fries > and a chocolate mi

Re: General question

2003-02-09 Thread Richard Baker
Rob said: > It pretty much is if you subtract the Brin-L portion. Average age over > there is around 27 - 28 IIRC. I think Claire did some relevant statistics a few years ago that showed that the average age on the Culture List was a bit older than me. I'm 28 now, so I'd guess that the average ag

Phasers Was Re: The Axis of Weasel

2003-02-09 Thread Jim Sharkey
J. van Baardwijk wrote: "It was fired only once, to prevent William Shatner from making another album." Jim Simpsons quotes Maru ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! __

Re: Fw: General question

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:29 AM Subject: Re: Fw: General question > > - Original Message - > From: "Russell Chapman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, February

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread John D. Giorgis
At 11:00 AM 2/9/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >Pearl Harbor happened, war between the US and Japan was declared, and then >Germany declared war on the US. Germany used their U-boats to disrupt US >shipping on the Eastern Seaboard. > >At least, that's my understanding of events. Actually, Germa

RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-02-09 Thread Reggie Bautista
Jeroen wrote, to Nick: List managers? Plural? I don't recall fighting Julia, only you. I replied: Threatening to sue Julia for a million dollars isn't fighting Julia? Jeroen responded: Did I do that? Could you please quote that post then? I don't remember threatening Julia with a million d

Re: Slightly unusual book suggestion request

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 6:03 AM Subject: RE: Slightly unusual book suggestion request > At 22:46 8-2-2003 -0600, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > >Jeroen wrote, to Nick: > > > >>List managers? Plu

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-09 Thread Julia Thompson
Jon Gabriel wrote: > Woah did America get attacked by Germany and I missed it? We were > attacked by Japan. We were *NOT* attacked by Germany. We had no need > or reason to fight the Germans even then. We could easily have fought a > one-front war with the Japanese and left the Germans to

Re: Attn: JDG and JVB

2003-02-09 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: "J. van Baardwijk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 5:33 AM Subject: Re: Attn: JDG and JVB > At 07:45 8-2-2003 -0800, Nick Arnett wrote: > > > > >If you can't do that, how about if I fix each of you a nice, rare > >ham

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