Our good Dr. writes of Sawyer

2003-09-02 Thread Medievalbk
Subj:Re: Sunday Evening SF written. 16 on Hugo, zero for Sawyer. Date: 9/1/2003 3:29:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (d.brin) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Actually, I think Rob is a fine writer, exploring fascinating ideas. The home town thing is no cause of resentment

Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

2003-09-02 Thread Michael Harney
I'm no longer filtering anymore. I still don't have much time to participate, and am only a quarter through _The Fellowship of the Ring_ but I am back. As for the subject line, it's the closest litterary reference to the topic that brought me back. It seams that, for most autistic people, their

Re: Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

2003-09-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/1/2003 4:44:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I find it terribly interesting that something as mundane as wheat can have such a profound effect on someone because of a simple failure to properly digest it. Michael Harney [EMAIL

Dor-hinuf's first journal entry.

2003-09-02 Thread Medievalbk
Though my father, Twaphu-anuph, knew enough Anglic for business and Galactic Institute purposes, I never bothered learning it. That is, until I met Alvin Hph-wayuo.. Now, my husband wanted me to learn Anglic so that I could read his journal in it's original form. He also suggested that I

Re: Teen to be arrested for

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Jim Sharkey wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Erik Reuter wrote: Kevin Tarr wrote: Apparently your e-mail doesn't know how to format incoming text. Joshua's e-mail looked fine on my computer, much better than most peoples. Apparently you don't know what you are talking about. Apparently there

Re: Test

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
David Hobby wrote: Sorry, just a test. My email is having problems, so I want to see if this message makes it into the archives. ---David What, you wanted content?! YES! :) Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia

Brin: The Conservative Structure to the Uplift Universe.

2003-09-02 Thread Medievalbk
The Conservative Structure to the Uplift Universe: Galactics all depend upon the Library (Oh save us, save us, big government) Earthclan thinks for itself (individual initiative) Galactic Civilization is clan, clan, clan (unionism) Earthclan believes in right to work laws. (Freedom of

Re: Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Michael Harney wrote: I'm no longer filtering anymore. I still don't have much time to participate, and am only a quarter through _The Fellowship of the Ring_ but I am back. As for the subject line, it's the closest litterary reference to the topic that brought me back. It seams that,

Re: Test

2003-09-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:08 PM 9/1/03 -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: David Hobby wrote: Sorry, just a test. My email is having problems, so I want to see if this message makes it into the archives. ---David What, you wanted content?! YES! :) Now, what can you tell me

Asteroid warning for 2014 possible

2003-09-02 Thread The Fool
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3200019.stm Asteroid warning for 2014 Some asteroids may have delivered life-forming chemicals to the early Earth The British agency responsible for identifying potentially hazardous asteroids says US astronomers are warning of a possible collision in 2014.

paper, rock, scissors

2003-09-02 Thread The Fool
http://cagle.slate.msn.com/news/TenCommandments/Ten%20CommandmentsGIFS/1/n ick.gif -- Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic

RE: paper, rock, scissors

2003-09-02 Thread ritu
The Fool forwarded: Just like what Nazi Germany did to the Jews, so liberal America is now doing to the evangelical Christians. It's no different. It is the same thing. It is happening all over again. It is the Democratic Congress, the liberal-based media and the homosexuals who want to

Re: Sawyer webpage....

2003-09-02 Thread G. D. Akin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I read Hominids. Good enough. snip Humans is equally good! Looking forward to Hybrids due this month. George A ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Sawyer webpage....

2003-09-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/2/2003 4:36:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I read Hominids. Good enough. snip Humans is equally good! Looking forward to Hybrids due this month. George A For me, it'll be as soon as the paperbacks start to be recycled

Re: Test

2003-09-02 Thread David Hobby
Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia It is nominally the number of days in a month. It is a perfect number, the only even perfect number that is a multiple of 7. (There are some LARGE odd perfect numbers that are multiples of 7, but they don't count. : ) )

Re: Asteroid warning for 2014 possible

2003-09-02 Thread Alberto Monteiro
But they add the chances of it doing so are just 1 in 909,000. What is more, any risk of an impact is likely to decrease as further data is gathered, they say. Yeah, of course. There's a 908999 in 909000 chance that the risk will decrease to zero. Tautological morons. Alberto Monteiro

Perfect Numbers [was: Test]

2003-09-02 Thread Alberto Monteiro
David Hobby wrote about 28: It is nominally the number of days in a month. It is a perfect number, the only even perfect number that is a multiple of 7. (There are some LARGE odd perfect numbers that are multiples of 7, but they don't count. : ) ) Uh? Really? The last time I read about it,

Re: Perfect Numbers [was: Test]

2003-09-02 Thread David Hobby
Alberto Monteiro wrote: David Hobby wrote about 28: It is nominally the number of days in a month. It is a perfect number, the only even perfect number that is a multiple of 7. (There are some LARGE odd perfect numbers that are multiples of 7, but they don't count. : ) ) Uh?

RE: Test

2003-09-02 Thread Nick Arnett
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Hobby ... Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia It is nominally the number of days in a month. It is a perfect number, the only even perfect number that is a

RE: Test (28 perfect number)

2003-09-02 Thread A . Freiberg
And I happen to be born on the 28th of May... -- From: David Hobby[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply To: Killer Bs Discussion Sent: Dienstag, 2. September 2003 17:36 To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Test Now, what can you tell me about the number 28?

Re: Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

2003-09-02 Thread Michael Harney
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm glad you've figured out something that'll help you (i.e., avoiding gluten). It's going to be a major job for me though... with my current diet, so many of the foods I eat contain gluten. I will have to reshape my diet very significantly.

[Listref] Drug-pushing and the American lifestyle

2003-09-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
Warning: I'm on a soapbox here, spurred by the contents of a weekly healthnews alert: Background: While I am all for increased consumer (new term for what used to be called a patient) awareness, without increased _education_ about various conditions, 'awareness' tends to promote fear and a rush

Re: Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

2003-09-02 Thread Bryon Daly
From: Michael Harney [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's going to be a major job for me though... with my current diet, so many of the foods I eat contain gluten. I will have to reshape my diet very significantly. Fortunately, I have already found a source for gluten free bread. Gluten free tortillas will

Guardian or Owner? (was Re: insomnia)

2003-09-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 04:52 PM 8/29/03 -0700, Deborah Harrell wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip ... It would probably still work if I wouldn't have to get up in the morning for 'le petit'. Young Zimba *still* hasn't learned that waking

Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination

2003-09-02 Thread Deborah Harrell
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I keep thinking there ought to be ones that read My kid is on academic probation at School X or My kid is on permanent detention at School X . . . I *have* seen a My kid beat up your honor student! bumper sticker, at least twice. It's an

Re: Guardian or Owner? (was Re: insomnia)

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: FWIW, I oppose being a 'guardian' instead of 'owner;' there are already laws about animal cruelty, and many states now charge those who abuse animals with felony rather than misdemeanor offense(s) -- a good thing IMO. Enacting a Docking And Nicking Act similar to

Newsflash! Tytlal can now trisect angles!

2003-09-02 Thread Medievalbk
For those of you who have followed the underline jingle ripped off from a brand of canned tuna: Ask any Tytlal you happen to see, 'Draw me an angle and divide it by three.' They have now found a way to do it. The Tytlal can now trisect an angle using only a straightedge and compass--providing

Re: Test

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Hobby ... Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia It is nominally the number of days in a month. It is a perfect number, the only

Re: Newsflash! Tytlal can now trisect angles!

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Tytlal can now trisect an angle using only a straightedge and compass--providing that either one or the other is being held by an Episiarch. The Episiarch wills reality to temporarily warp the image to change the angle to 90 degrees, which is easy to trisect by

Re: Guardian or Owner? (was Re: insomnia)

2003-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 12:18 am, Julia Thompson wrote: What is GB's Docking and Nicking Act? What is covered? Julia 2 dogs, one from the Humane Society, the other from an unplanned and unwanted litter (mother was spayed once the last one was weaned; mother belonged to a

Re: Guardian or Owner? (was Re: insomnia)

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
William T Goodall wrote: On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 12:18 am, Julia Thompson wrote: What is GB's Docking and Nicking Act? What is covered? Julia 2 dogs, one from the Humane Society, the other from an unplanned and unwanted litter (mother was spayed once the last

Re: [Listref] Drug-pushing and the American lifestyle

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: [Note that there _are_ cases where a brand name matters - frex generic digoxin seems to be much harder to keep at stable levels than Lanoxin, in my and many cardiologists' experience; _bioavailability_ can vary dramatically in different delivery vehicles (frex pill

RE: Test

2003-09-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:33 PM 9/2/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Hobby ... Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia It is nominally the number of days in a month. It is a perfect

Re: Test

2003-09-02 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 8:19 PM Subject: RE: Test At 12:33 PM 9/2/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Test (28 perfect number)

2003-09-02 Thread David Hobby
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I happen to be born on the 28th of May... And I on the 14th of December. Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia ... All that may be true, but it certainly is not a 42, so who cares? As we have just demonstrated, the

Re: Test

2003-09-02 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:33 PM 9/2/03 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Hobby ... Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia It is nominally the

Autism Article L3

2003-09-02 Thread Kanandarqu
This seems to do a nice job capturing alot of previous discussion on list with the addition of some new angles Dee http://www.msnbc.com/news/958646.asp?cp1=1 Girls, Boys and Autism By Geoffrey Cowley NEWSWEEK Sept. 8 issue Andrew Bacalao has a good, sharp mind. At 13, hes a decent

Re: [Listref] Domestication and Neotony

2003-09-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Debbi wrote: I came across this in skimming, and given a list discussion on pets and what constitutes a 'suitable pet,' I thought others would enjoy this (and our hairy cousins get top billing since the article's not really about pets!) : [snip] http://www.biopsychology.com/ Very cool site, thanks

RE: Scouted: Into the Mainstream

2003-09-02 Thread Horn, John
From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.splcenter.org/intelligenceproject/ip-4z11.html snip Organizations listed as hate groups by the Southern Poverty Law Center are indicated by an asterisk. I'd like to say that the Southern Poverty Law Center is a great organization

Re: Test (28 perfect number)

2003-09-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:17 PM 9/2/03 -0400, David Hobby wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And I happen to be born on the 28th of May... And I on the 14th of December. Now, what can you tell me about the number 28? Julia ... All that may be true, but it certainly is not a 42, so who cares?

Re: Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

2003-09-02 Thread Reggie Bautista
Michael Harney wrote: I find it terribly interesting that something as mundane as wheat can have such a profound effect on someone because of a simple failure to properly digest it. Or as mundane as milk. I'm lactose intolerant, meaning my body lacks (or has a much lower than normal amount of)

Re: Back from the Land of the Lotus Eaters.

2003-09-02 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 10:40 PM 9/2/03 -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: Michael Harney wrote: I find it terribly interesting that something as mundane as wheat can have such a profound effect on someone because of a simple failure to properly digest it. Or as mundane as milk. I'm lactose intolerant, meaning my body