Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Matt Grimaldi
I would like to offer my condolences for your loss. Anything else I would try to say has already been said more elequently than I could manage. As a Brin-L member, I can say that you are in our thoughts. -- Matt Grimaldi ___

Re: John Perry Barlow interview

2003-02-10 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Julia Thompson wrote: The Fool wrote: http://www.motherjones.com/news/qa/2003/06/we_268_01.html For those of us really bad with names, a little refresher on just who John Perry Barlow is might have been in order. I followed the link expecting an interview with a semi-famous sci-fi

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-10 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Gautam Mukunda wrote: --- J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Saw a speech by, IIRC, Schroeder recently. He mentioned (paraphrasing) that Germany is opposed against war against Iraq, because the German people, having been in the center of two world wars, realise that going to

Re: Hello from Mortgage Clearing House!

2003-02-10 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:42:11PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: From: Mortgage Clearing House [EMAIL PROTECTED] /root/8e8Ta4: Permission denied Actually, it looks like a piece of

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

2003-02-10 Thread Matt Grimaldi
Robert Seeberger wrote: - 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

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread G. D. Akin
At one time I was a pretty good programmer. And I've taught programming for several Universities and Junior Colleges. But as you get older and move up the management chain, you lose the touch, the drive, and just plain can't keep up with the changes to remain proficient. I detest C and C++ and

Re: Scouted: healthy chiles

2003-02-10 Thread G. D. Akin
Eric wrote: - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 9:49 PM Subject: Re: Scouted: healthy chiles Interesting. I don't think we can order corn as a topping in US Pizza Huts. But it sounds good to me! Its just a few

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: d.brin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brin: Condolences Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 20:56:21 -0800 Russell gang. Thanks so much for your kind thoughts. We stand on the shoulders of giants. Get ready for the footprints of our children. Bear

Deteriorrata (sp?)

2003-02-10 Thread G. D. Akin
Robert Wrote: 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. Have you heard the music version of this on National Lampoon's Radio Dinner? George A

Re: Hello from Mortgage Clearing House!

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 01:28:05AM -0800, Matt Grimaldi wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, Feb 07, 2003 at 08:42:11PM -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: From: Mortgage Clearing House [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 07:35:38PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: I have taken VB and VBA on and find I actually like it a lot. Ugh. I don't do a lot under Windows, but one thing I would like to have is an alternative to MS Visual Basic. Is there a non-MS programming language, as easy to use with the

Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today

2003-02-10 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Matt Grimaldi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 2:14 AM Subject: Re: The Films They Dare Not Make Today [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As to Dune: As a jew I was uncomfortable with the motif of the books but not enough to

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert Seeberger wrote: Herbie Progenitors Now I understand. _Brightness Reef_ is dedicated to Herbert H. Brin Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 10 Feb 2003 at 19:35, G. D. Akin wrote: At one time I was a pretty good programmer. And I've taught programming for several Universities and Junior Colleges. But as you get older and move up the management chain, you lose the touch, the drive, and just plain can't keep up with the

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-10 Thread Ray Ludenia
Dan Minette wrote: Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards would have more strokes. I've had it for around 29 years. :-) My facial fungus has been there 32 years now. One day I'm going to shock myself (and Maree) and find out what lies beneath it. Regards, Ray.

Re: German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

2003-02-10 Thread R M Ludenia
Robert Seeberger wrote: 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

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-10 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk-Holten
Julia Thompson wrote: Maybe try http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20030127mode=classic and maybe that won't load with any user comments, and it'll load more quickly, and maybe not crash? Thanks... That did the trick. Or it is because the puter was rested from all those ittybitty

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

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:28 9-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: 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)

Re: UK dossier on Iraq

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 19:26 9-2-2003 -0600, Ronn Blankenship 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 . . . Don't know if anyone noticed it, but I had dropped the Legal Notice as

Re: war and peace

2003-02-10 Thread Marvin Long, Jr.
On Sun, 9 Feb 2003, Matt Grimaldi wrote: NPR _has_ and _does_ mention that the UN inspectors have been unable to interview any scientists alone, (and reporting the big news when they finally get *one* scientist to agree to be interviewed alone) as well as how any reporters out and about with

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 05:52 10-2-2003 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 07:35:38PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: I have taken VB and VBA on and find I actually like it a lot. Ugh. I don't do a lot under Windows, but one thing I would like to have is an alternative to MS Visual Basic. Is there a non-MS

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

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book? Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 14:54:42 +0100 At 19:28 9-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: A tally of books that have been suggested for review to date: Iain Banks: Against a Dark

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 15:33:03 +0100 At 05:52 10-2-2003 -0500, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 07:35:38PM +0900, G. D. Akin wrote: I have taken VB and VBA on and find I actually

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

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 09:59 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: My vote goes to David Brin's _Glory Season_. We started on reviewing that but never finished it; if we are going to do book reviews, we should at least first finish what we started. Jeroen Unfinished Business van Baardwijk I think it's a good

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:07 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: One comment about buying it at on-line auctions: make sure that the software on offer comes *with* the manuals. A few years ago I was looking for this kind of stuff, and found that it's often just the software (without the manuals) that's being

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

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book? Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:11:39 +0100 At 09:59 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: My vote goes to David Brin's _Glory Season_. We started on reviewing that but never finished

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:23:12 +0100 At 10:07 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: One comment about buying it at on-line auctions: make sure that the software on offer comes *with* the

RE: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Nick Arnett
I don't think you're going to find graphical interfaces coming that cheap... but I'll recommend Python as a free/low-cost alternative to VB. It works fine under various OSes, including Windows. I'm doing a lot of my work with Visual Python in Visual Studio.Net, which can be had fairly

A Bad Omen

2003-02-10 Thread J.D. Giorgis
Interesting footnote in today's news digestÂ…. The NYT, alone among the papers, fronts word that Ansar al-Islam guerrillas, who the administration says have connections to AQ, assassinated a top Kurdish official yesterday. To me, this bears ominious resemblance to the assasination of Ahmad Shah

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

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 10:48 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Only accepting the outcome of the vote if you like it is so... Bush-ist... GRIN Perhaps adopting a personal policy of gedogen might be in order? For the rest of the list, that's a mostly untranslateable Dutch term for 'tolerance of minor

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

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book? Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 17:27:34 +0100 At 10:48 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Only accepting the outcome of the vote if you like it is so... Bush-ist... GRIN Perhaps

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

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 11:56 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: I know perhaps 3 to 5 words and that's it. Have friends who lived in Antwerp and Rotterdam for the last couple of years. Before that, a year in Belgium. Er, Jon? Antwerp *is* in Belgium... :-) And the jury is still out on the question of what

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

2003-02-10 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jeroen voted: My vote goes to David Brin's _Glory Season_. We started on reviewing that but never finished it; if we are going to do book reviews, we should at least first finish what we started. Me too, same reasons. BTW, I'm serious now Alberto Monteiro

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

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 03:44:15PM -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: BTW, I'm serious now I don't believe you! You're trying to trick us! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

RE: Fw: General question

2003-02-10 Thread Horn, John
From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] It was asked about 4 days ago _on Culture_ Brin-l's long lost twin. What, the List-whose-name-shall-not-be-spoken is our long lost twin? I thought it was our Evil Step-brother, who was seduced by the temptations of the Dark Side.

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

2003-02-10 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 15:44 10-2-2003 -0200, Alberto Monteiro wrote: BTW, I'm serious now Says an awful lot you, Alberto, that you feel it necessary to explicitly state that you're serious. GRIN Jeroen Casual Observations van Baardwijk

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

2003-02-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: 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

Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brinbook?

2003-02-10 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Jeroen wrote: BTW, I'm serious now Says an awful lot you, Alberto, that you feel it necessary to explicitly state that you're serious. GRIN Says an awful lot about you, Jeroen, that you feel it necessary to explicitly add grins and emoticons when you're not serious :-P

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

2003-02-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 09:47:29PM -0800, Doug Pensinger wrote: Alberto Monteiro wrote: Can I offer two suggestions? What about _Atlas Shrugged_, or one of the Gor books? ROTFL! Thanks for that, Alberto, needed a good laugh. I didn't know anything about the

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Julia Thompson
J. van Baardwijk wrote: At 10:07 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: 3) Check your local university library for programming textbooks. (Unsure if this would be helpful in Korea?) Not useful where I live, anyway. Our local university (Eindhoven University of Technology) has a library

Re: B5 dvd

2003-02-10 Thread Bryon Daly
Reggie Bautista wrote: In the end, he decided not to prosecute. In various posts of his to the newsgroup Rec.Arts.Scifi.Tv.B5.moderated and on Genie and AOL, he as stated that he doesn't think Pillar, Berman, Taylor, or any of the other creative people involved in DS9 stole his ideas

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Ray Ludenia wrote: Dan Minette wrote: Since I have a beard, I was very curious to see why guys with beards would have more strokes. I've had it for around 29 years. :-) My facial fungus has been there 32 years now. One day I'm going to shock myself (and Maree) and find out what

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

2003-02-10 Thread Miller, Jeffrey
-Original Message- From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 11:53 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book? Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 09:47:29PM -0800,

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-10 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 3:34 PM Subject: Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers! Heh, my father started growing his beard before he got married. My wife hasn't seen me without a beard. The closest

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

2003-02-10 Thread Robert J. Chassell
My vote goes to David Brin's _Glory Season_. We started on reviewing that but never finished it; ... Alberto Monteiro agreed, and I do, too. I like _Glory Season_ and would like to see commentary on all of it. I'll really it yet again. (Is there a site from which I can download the

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

2003-02-10 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-10 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 03:47 PM 2/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: Heh, my father started growing his beard before he got married. My wife hasn't seen me without a beard. The closest she's gotten to that was when I unknowingly went to a gay barber. Dan M. Ummm there's a joke there but I don't want to force it. Is

Re: German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

2003-02-10 Thread Kevin Tarr
See, I didn't even read this e-mail, but this is a favorite subject. I didn't know this much about it however. How can you fight it? I've read so many bad things about American Water Company it makes me want to scream but they are a private company, how can I call them evil? Kevin T. Nothing

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-10 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:19 PM Subject: Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers! At 03:47 PM 2/10/2003 -0600, you wrote: Heh, my father started growing his beard before he got married. My wife

Re: German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

2003-02-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Kevin Tarr wrote: See, I didn't even read this e-mail, but this is a favorite subject. I didn't know this much about it however. How can you fight it? I've read so many bad things about American Water Company it makes me want to scream but they are a private company, how can I call them

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-10 Thread Julia Thompson
Dan Minette wrote: Yes, I got my hair cut, and at the end of it, the barber asked if I wanted my beard trimmed. Since it was rather shaggy at the time, I said yes. He proceeded to cut it _very_ short..about 5 days growth. Two days later, when I stepped off a plane to join my family on

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Dan Minette
Let me add my condolences. You and your family are in my thoughts and prayers. Dan M. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply

2003-02-10 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 5:49 PM Subject: Re: German Giant Taking Over American Water Supply Kevin Tarr wrote: See, I didn't even read this e-mail, but this is a favorite subject. I didn't

POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Nick Arnett
Now that I'm getting some energy back, I propose that it's time to discuss the list and copyright. Jeroen's legal notice is inappropriate, I believe, so I'd like to propose a new list policy that would deal with such matters as simply as possible. So here is my proposal: COPYRIGHT POLICY The

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Medievalbk
Archive this message. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread The Fool
From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] Let me add my condolences. You and your family are in my thoughts and ditto. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Gentlemen, start your shavers!

2003-02-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: Heh, my father started growing his beard before he got married. Dan replied: My wife hasn't seen me without a beard. The closest she's gotten to that was when I unknowingly went to a gay barber. My wife has seem be without my beard (actually just a goatee), but hasn't seen

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Reuter
One way to handle it, instead of making new rules, would be for as many people as possible to simply state that they refuse to reply to any message with a legal notice in it. If enough people adopt such a policy, the offending legal notices are likely to disappear. -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL

RE: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Nick wrote: BTW, didja know that VB was invented to be HyperCard for Windows? HyperCard... now, there's a name I haven't heard in a while... Reggie Bautista Those Were *Really* The Days Maru _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Sonja wrote: BTW, Jeroen will not let me put the coffeecup into the coffeecup holder.. ;o) Strange Even if he did, it probably wouldn't cause too much trouble. http://members.optushome.com.au/harronet/writings/coffeeholder/ Title: The broken coffee mug holder urban geek myth debunked

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Russell Chapman
Nick Arnett wrote: So here is my proposal: COPYRIGHT POLICY The intent of this policy is to ensure that postings to this list are treated no differently than postings to similar Internet-based mailing lists. Therefore, your postings may not contain language that would alter others' rights to

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 6:23 PM Subject: Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright One way to handle it, instead of making new rules, would be for as many people as possible to simply state that

JDG beware!

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Reuter
I thought it was interesting that JDG's favorite publication begins an article with a certain phrase in this week's issue. Work now, enjoy later Feb 6th 2003 | PARIS From The Economist print edition MAKE love not war? If the women of France were to bear an average of 2.1 children apiece instead

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

2003-02-10 Thread Russell Chapman
Matt Grimaldi wrote: That being said, there really was no excuse for showing The Flintstones. I dunno - he had some pretty cool technology - way ahead of its time... :-) Cheers Russell C. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scouted: healthy chiles

2003-02-10 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 04:44:24PM -0800, Deborah Harrell wrote: kindly either - hence in my 'ideal worldlet,' the animals I consume would be raised in a local co-op, and killed humanely after living a brief but comfortable life.) And have plenty of toys! -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Most sincere condolences on your loss. Reggie Bautista _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail ___

Re: Scouted: healthy chiles

2003-02-10 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- G. D. Akin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Eric wrote: Interesting. I don't think we can order corn as a topping in US Pizza Huts. But it sounds good to me! Its just a few kernals spread sparcely on top like olives, onions, etc. Once you get over the corn on pizza is weird thing, its

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Gary L. Nunn
So here is my proposal: COPYRIGHT POLICY The intent of this policy is to ensure that postings to this list are treated no differently than postings to similar Internet-based mailing lists. Therefore, your postings may not contain language that would alter others' rights to make

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One way to handle it, instead of making new rules, would be for as many people as possible to simply state that they refuse to reply to any message with a legal notice in it. If enough people adopt such a policy, the offending legal notices are

Re: Scouted: healthy chiles

2003-02-10 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Deborah Harrell wrote: - hence in my 'ideal worldlet,' the animals I consume would be raised in a local co-op, and killed humanely after living a brief but comfortable life.) And have plenty of toys! Sure - but not of the adult variety! I'll

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

2003-02-10 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Russell Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The rapid decline of the Sci-Fi Channel Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 10:45:39 +1000 Matt Grimaldi wrote: That being said, there really was no excuse for showing The Flintstones. I dunno - he

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread d.brin
You all warm my heart. What a gang. now go thrive (imperative form) ! db ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo
From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 19:52:34 -0500 My suggestion would be to make the policy painfully simple in both language and understanding: By posting to Brin-L,

Re: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Bemmzim
Let me add my condolences as well. I would guess that your dad must have gotten a great deal of pleasure being the prototype for the progenitors ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Gary L. Nunn
But what about the alleged possible consequences of posting or replying to a message? The fact that such consequences are even threatened jeopardizes the entire purpose of a mailing list. JJ This is true, but in reality this is a different issue than the copyright question.

RE: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Jim Sharkey
I'd like to add my condolences as well. I'm truly sorry for your loss. Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___

RE: Brin: Condolences

2003-02-10 Thread Damon
I recently lost both my grandparents (May and Sept of last year) so I understand... Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Revell's

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

2003-02-10 Thread Russell Chapman
Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: I dunno - he had some pretty cool technology - way ahead of its time... :-) Cheers Russell C. You mean, all that stuff he did with just a snap of his fingers? That can only mean one thing: He's a member of the Q Continuum!! Well, possible, but I was referring to

Re: Scouted: Dell follows Apple: Eliminates Floppies

2003-02-10 Thread Jim Sharkey
On a Dell-related topic: http://dailynews.att.net/cgi-bin/news?e=pridt=030210cat=newsst=newstechdelldudedc Imagine my surprise to read that the Dude, you got a Dell fame doesn't just *sound* stoned. ;-) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com

SCOUTED: Dude, you're gettin' a cell!

2003-02-10 Thread Adam C. Lipscomb
http://makeashorterlink.com/?C22B32A63 That annoying guy from the Dell commercials got busted for possession of pot. And he seemed so clean-cut. I'm shocked, SHOCKED! Adam C. Lipscomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Silence. I am watching television. - Spider Jerusalem

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

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of J. van Baardwijk Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:39 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book? At 11:56 10-2-2003 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: I know perhaps 3 to 5

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

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Alberto Monteiro Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 12:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Chapter by Chapter summary/discussion of a different Brin book? Jeroen voted: My vote goes to David Brin's _Glory Season_. We

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Russell Chapman ... Do people ever post anything here which really would involve copyright. Short stories, op-ed pieces etc? That's not the issue at hand -- this is about people who would like to

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary L. Nunn ... My suggestion would be to make the policy painfully simple in both language and understanding: By posting to Brin-L, you understand and agree that your post can and will be archived

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 07:23 PM 2/10/2003 -0500, you wrote: One way to handle it, instead of making new rules, would be for as many people as possible to simply state that they refuse to reply to any message with a legal notice in it. If enough people adopt such a policy, the offending legal notices are likely to

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Gary L. Nunn
My suggestion would be to make the policy painfully simple in both language and understanding: By posting to Brin-L, you understand and agree that your post can and will be archived and be made publicly available. It does not need to be any more complicated than that. :-)

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-10 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 10 Feb 2003 at 18:34, Reggie Bautista wrote: Sonja wrote: BTW, Jeroen will not let me put the coffeecup into the coffeecup holder.. ;o) Strange Even if he did, it probably wouldn't cause too much trouble. http://members.optushome.com.au/harronet/writings/coffeeholder/

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Andy wrote: Heh well tripping over your feet and managing to try to catch yourself on your open CD-ROM drive can and does break it. *glares at certain people in his past* Must be that whole mass plus acceleration thing... :-) Reggie Bautista -- who intends to kick some mass tonight in a

Re: Rumsfeld annoyed over secret plan on Iraq

2003-02-10 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.upi.com/view.cfm?StoryID=20030208-070617-2097r snippage Rumsfeld raised the issue with German Defense Minister Peter Struck in a one-on-one meeting Saturday. And the response we got was, 'We're talking about that with the French,

Instant live CDs of a concert?

2003-02-10 Thread Robert Seeberger
http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/038/living/Instant_live_CDs_of_a_concert_T esting_to_begin_in_Boston+.shtml xperiments are rife in the music business these days -- and Boston will be a test market for one of the most novel of them. Clear Channel Concerts, the nation's largest concert promoter,

Shuttle looter - whoda thunk?

2003-02-10 Thread Julia Thompson
A law enforcement official has been accused of looting Columbia debris. http://www.kxan.com/Global/story.asp?S=1123125nav=0s3cDta8 Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Steve Sloan II
Gary L. Nunn wrote: My suggestion would be to make the policy painfully simple in both language and understanding: By posting to Brin-L, you understand and agree that your post can and will be archived and be made publicly available. It does not need to be any more complicated than that.

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Andy wrote: I just took over managing the TA Starship Troopers TC :P I just read through a few of the threads on the forum at TAUniverse.com. I'm definitely looking forward to this one. Are there any other Total Annihilation mods that you would recommend? Mods that you would suggest to

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-10 Thread Reggie Bautista
Andy wrote: I just took over managing the TA Starship Troopers TC :P I replied: I just read through a few of the threads on the forum at TAUniverse.com. I'm definitely looking forward to this one. Are there any other Total Annihilation mods that you would recommend? Mods that you would

Re: Tech Support Madness

2003-02-10 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 10 Feb 2003 at 22:47, Reggie Bautista wrote: Andy wrote: I just took over managing the TA Starship Troopers TC :P I just read through a few of the threads on the forum at TAUniverse.com. I'm definitely looking forward to this one. Are there any other Total Annihilation mods that you

RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright

2003-02-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Nick Arnett Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 9:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: POLICY PROPOSAL: The list and copyright -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gary