Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Reggie Bautista
Michael Harney wrote: I have been informed today that I have been plonked by one of the listmembers. Which listmember is irrelivant. [snip] If enough people express a desire for me to leave I will do so and never return. The last thing I want is to make people uncomfortable. I know you've

Re: The evils of eating vegetables (was Re: L3:Worldcancerdeathrateshave increased...)

2003-06-08 Thread Reggie Bautista
Julia wrote: Julia who's mostly been wanting chicken, steak and cheese lately, as far as non-plant foods go All at the same time? Or is that chicken steak, and cheese? ;-) Reggie Bautista _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Reggie Bautista
Gary Nunn wrote: For example, in the Matrix universe, what functional reason would the machines have for plugging humans into a simulation (besides the obvious of being a plot device)? Maybe the machines, who presumably were once enslaved by humanity, are now obsessed with enslaving humanity in

Doug's Dog Pictures

2003-06-08 Thread Steve Sloan II
Because he just mentioned them on-list, Doug decided to send me a picture of his dogs. Here are Lucky, Ali, and Namiko: http://www.sloan3d.com/cgi-bin/memberpix.cgi?person=doug __ Steve Sloan . Huntsville, Alabama

RE: English rules exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people

2003-06-08 Thread Horn, John
From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The only rule we got at school was 'after c', and then one just learned all the exceptions. Everyone has a few words they can't spell I think. One of mine is 'resteraunt'. Oops! Restaurant. Mine are: vacuum, caffeine, torture and a few

RE: Sleep Apnea

2003-06-08 Thread Horn, John
From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] But I definitely pay attention (no joke intended)to news about connections between sleep apnea and AD/HD, etc. Since the information about that was posted, we started wondering if something like this might be effecting my daughter. She was showing

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Klaus Stock
For example, in the Matrix universe, what functional reason would the machines have for plugging humans into a simulation (besides the obvious of being a plot device)? Maybe the machines, who presumably were once enslaved by humanity, are now obsessed with enslaving humanity in return. I

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Klaus Stock
Using humans or any other animal as an energy source is of course foolish since the energy needed to create a human is far greater than the energy that the human can generate. You could run machines on plants thus converting sunlight into complex carbohydrates that can be used as fuel. But why

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Klaus Stock
I mean, Morpheus may not have been perfect, but I find Laurence Fishburne to be very easy on the eyes. And I'm not complaining about Keanu Reeves, either. Yes, all we talk about is _eyes_. Not ears. My ears were definitely NOT entertained by the dialogues (and monologues). Best regards,

Re: Irrregulars Questions on Macs

2003-06-08 Thread Klaus Stock
WindowsT comes with solitaire. Do Macs come with solitaire or any other card games? Nope, I guess. Ya know: Linux is for networking, Mac is for working, Windows is for Solitaire (originator of this unknown to me) - Klaus ___

Re: Use of cameras

2003-06-08 Thread Klaus Stock
It could provide incentive for people to buy safer and smaller cars. No. Not really. Heavier cars are safer in crashes, because they can simply push aside smaller opponents, while losing only little speed. The negative accleration is what kills you in a car crash. Heavier car = less negative

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: For example, in the Matrix universe, what functional reason would the machines have for plugging humans into a simulation (besides the obvious of being a plot device)? Maybe the machines, who presumably were once enslaved by

RE: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Gary Nunn
Yea, I guess I am hoping that if they are at least clever enough to steal from philosophy then they are clever enough to steal from Level 13, Brazil, Dark Planet, level 13 (the movie), Max Headroom, etc. _ Jan William Coffey

RE: Sleep Apnea

2003-06-08 Thread Gary Nunn
Benadryl! She's been taking it every night before she goes to bed for a couple of months now and it has done wonders for her. She's not complaining about being tired anymore. Her behavior has improved markedly. It's wonderful. All because of a link posted to this list! That's why I

RE: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yea, I guess I am hoping that if they are at least clever enough to steal from philosophy then they are clever enough to steal from Level 13, Brazil, Dark Planet, level 13 (the movie), Max Headroom, etc.

RE: English rules exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people

2003-06-08 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] The only rule we got at school was 'after c', and then one just learned all the exceptions. Everyone has a few words they can't spell I think. One of mine is 'resteraunt'. Oops!

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Reggie Bautista [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Michael Harney wrote: I have been informed today that I have been plonked by one of the listmembers. Which listmember is irrelivant. [snip] If enough people express a desire for me to leave I will do so and never return. The last thing I

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread William T Goodall
On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 05:17 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote: The Fool and William Goodall react as if that person was posting from a religious extremest perspective, instead of reading what the poster actually wrote. LOL! You have got it completely backwards...some people post extremist

Re: Sleep Apnea

2003-06-08 Thread Han Tacoma
Hey John, I hope Debbi can add something to this. Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine, they are for allergies! One can get pneumonia due to dehydration (and aggravate asthma). This is true of all antihistamines. Maybe ask Dr. about Valerian root tea for the sleep condition? Camomille tea also

Re: The evils of eating vegetables (wasRe:L3:Worldcancerdeathrateshave increased...)

2003-06-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Reggie Bautista wrote: Julia wrote: Julia who's mostly been wanting chicken, steak and cheese lately, as far as non-plant foods go All at the same time? Or is that chicken steak, and cheese? ;-) Not all at once. Two out of three (one of the meats + cheese) is as much as I

RE: Sleep Apnea

2003-06-08 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 8 Jun 2003 at 14:52, Gary Nunn wrote: waking up exhausted, and the morning headaches. There is nothing like a headache induced by lack of oxygen. I would choose a migraine ANY day over that. Of course, there were the weird things like not being Agree totally. Of course, it's only happened

RE: Sleep Apnea

2003-06-08 Thread Horn, John
From: Han Tacoma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope Debbi can add something to this. Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine, they are for allergies! Diphenhydramine also makes you very sleepy. Very, very sleepy. That's the PM part of Tylenol PM. It's just Tylenol with Benadryl. So it is

SCOUTED: My Life as a Phone Psychic

2003-06-08 Thread Gary Nunn
Callers are paying $2 a minute for a supernatural adviser. They're getting me instead. ESP Net's online guidance site asserts that it is an unrealistic expectation for callers to assume psychics are psychic. But its contract is more ambiguous about occult powers. While it stated I could not

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:27 AM 6/8/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Gary Nunn wrote: For example, in the Matrix universe, what functional reason would the machines have for plugging humans into a simulation (besides the obvious of being a plot device)? Maybe the machines, who presumably were once enslaved by

Re: Picking apart the Matrix - no spoilers

2003-06-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 11:27 AM 6/8/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: I've seen some of the other comments challenging the writing of the movies. As science fiction, The Matrix and sequel(s) certainly have problems. But as a reading of the Merovingian Heresy and as a Gnostic philosophy

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Jan Coffey wrote: I like to call this conversational monad a communicative fixed-point impedance mismatch. Really though, I wish this were a well known concept and their was a good name for it. Then people could get out of that particular loop by simply naming the instance and moving on.

RE: Sleep Apnea

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:52 PM 6/8/03 -0400, Gary Nunn wrote: Benadryl! She's been taking it every night before she goes to bed for a couple of months now and it has done wonders for her. She's not complaining about being tired anymore. Her behavior has improved markedly. It's wonderful. All because of a

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 05:17 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote: The Fool and William Goodall react as if that person was posting from a religious extremest perspective, instead of reading what the poster actually wrote. LOL! You have got it

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 06:43:48PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: What *really* gets me is when someone doing this projects the most *extreme* position from theirs and attacks you for having said that, when all you said was something maybe a few degrees from their position. And then they cuss

Re: The evils of eating vegetables (wasRe:L3:Worldcancerdeathrateshave incr...

2003-06-08 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/8/2003 3:01:51 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I was pregnant with Sammy, I wanted to go to Tres Amigos twice a week. Now I want to go to Olive Garden twice a week. Julia Tres Amigos is a furniture store here in Tucson. What as

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Sun, Jun 08, 2003 at 06:43:48PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: What *really* gets me is when someone doing this projects the most *extreme* position from theirs and attacks you for having said that, when all you said was something maybe a few degrees from their

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Religion is extremist by nature. No, it's not. What makes you think that? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog :

Spam van Baardwijk

2003-06-08 Thread Doug Pensinger
Since I can't reply directly to Jeroens recent spamming, could someone subscribed to both lists please ask him to take me off of his spam list. TIA, Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Religion is extremist by nature. No, it's not. What makes you think that? Because it's not. -- Ronn! :) God bless America,

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread William T Goodall
On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 10:59 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: Your doctrine of absoloute non-religion is just as much a dogma as any religion, it varies only in details. And it's also intollerant. So if my non-religion is dogmatic, intolerant, and varies only in details from religion, what does

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Religion is extremist by nature. No, it's not. What makes you

Re: Spam van Baardwijk

2003-06-08 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 05:41 PM 6/8/2003 -0700, you wrote: Since I can't reply directly to Jeroens recent spamming, could someone subscribed to both lists please ask him to take me off of his spam list. TIA, Doug Yeah, I had to turn back on my blocking filters. Can I ask, is hotmail or other internet based

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Julia Thompson
Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 01:45:14AM +0100, William T Goodall wrote: So if my non-religion is dogmatic, intolerant, and varies only in details from religion, what does that make religion according to you? Ooh! That would make religion dogmatic and intolerant! I'm glad

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 08:49 PM 6/8/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: Religion is

Re: Spam van Baardwijk

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:10 PM 6/8/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 05:41 PM 6/8/2003 -0700, you wrote: Since I can't reply directly to Jeroens recent spamming, could someone subscribed to both lists please ask him to take me off of his spam list. TIA, Doug Yeah, I had to turn back on my blocking filters. Can I

Re: Spam van Baardwijk

2003-06-08 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Spam van Baardwijk But the way I am, I'd get into an argument with myself. What would be really embarrassing would be to lose such

Re: Spam van Baardwijk

2003-06-08 Thread Doug Pensinger
Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 8:34 PM Subject: Re: Spam van Baardwijk But the way I am, I'd get into an argument with myself. What would be really embarrassing

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread William T Goodall
On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 02:29 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 12:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At

[link] 'Poindexter's nutty scheme'

2003-06-08 Thread Andrew Crystall
Interesting in itself, and there's a Brin reference: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-1013033.html Andy Dawn Falcon ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Spam van Baardwijk

2003-06-08 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/8/2003 6:42:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But the way I am, I'd get into an argument with myself. What would be really embarrassing would be to lose such an argument. What would be really really embarassing was starting a fist

[Janelle]Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2003 9:19 PM Subject: Re: Plonkworthy? On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 02:29 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote:

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 9 Jun 2003 at 1:45, William T Goodall wrote: On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 10:59 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: Your doctrine of absoloute non-religion is just as much a dogma as any religion, it varies only in details. And it's also intollerant. So if my non-religion is dogmatic,

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 9 Jun 2003 at 3:19, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 02:29 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:58:18AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: ...the whole POINT of the Masorti movement is to think about our lives. Is it working? -- Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Michael Harney
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 02:29 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 8 Jun 2003 at 23:16, Erik Reuter wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:58:18AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: ...the whole POINT of the Masorti movement is to think about our lives. Is it working? It appears so to me, but then I'm hardly an uninterested observer. :) How do you define

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 03:19 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 02:29 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: On Monday,

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 11:16 PM 6/8/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:58:18AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: ...the whole POINT of the Masorti movement is to think about our lives. Is it working? Erik Reuter I think about having a Maserati in my life. It hasn't worked yet. Kevin T. - VRWC

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:45 PM 6/8/03 -0600, Michael Harney wrote: I disagree. That might be true of dogmatic religions that require you to have specific beliefs, but there are religions that are not dogmatic, religions based upon common belief, not required dogmatic belief. A couple examples: Hicksite Quaker

Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-08 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 11:56 PM 6/8/03 -0400, Kevin Tarr wrote: At 11:16 PM 6/8/2003 -0400, you wrote: On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:58:18AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: ...the whole POINT of the Masorti movement is to think about our lives. Is it working? Erik Reuter I think about having a Maserati in my life.