Movie/TV related books: was (A bit of a rant)

2003-09-28 Thread G. D. Akin
David wrote: Wait a minute, I read _Fantastic Voyage_. It was a year or two before the film came out. Does that count? ---David Not sure. The Star Wars and Star Trek (and the like) are franchises. Not really the same as novels that eventually become movies. George A

Re: Movie/TV related books: was (A bit of a rant)

2003-09-28 Thread Steve Sloan II
David wrote: Wait a minute, I read _Fantastic Voyage_. It was a year or two before the film came out. Does that count? G. D. Akin wrote: Not sure. The Star Wars and Star Trek (and the like) are franchises. Not really the same as novels that eventually become movies. It's a common

Welcome to the Thompson Twins!

2003-09-28 Thread Jon Gabriel
Congratulations Julia and Dan! :-D Jon Robin _ Help protect your PC. Get a FREE computer virus scan online from McAfee. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 ___

Re: [humor]A most unusual musical act

2003-09-28 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
Jim Sharkey wrote: Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: Jim Sharkey wrote: I thought some of you might get a kick out of it, watching him do Beethoven and Vivaldi and more on his horns. http://grab.orsm.net/update20030917/maestro.wmv LOL, Brav, Brav. Nice one. Glad you

Re: Movie/TV related books: was (A bit of a rant)

2003-09-28 Thread David Hobby
G. D. Akin wrote: Wait a minute, I read _Fantastic Voyage_. It was a year or two before the film came out. Does that count? Not sure. The Star Wars and Star Trek (and the like) are franchises. Not really the same as novels that eventually become movies. But it wasn't. Here's

Re: Welcome to the Thompson Twins!

2003-09-28 Thread David Hobby
Jon Gabriel wrote: Congratulations Julia and Dan! Welcome too! But the title scares me--let's hope the group is completely forgotten by the time they grow up... ---David ___

The Eyes Have It

2003-09-28 Thread Marc Erickson
http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030515.html Iris Recognition Could Mean the End of Physical Privacy By Robert X. Cringely Security and privacy always seem to be in the balance when we think about emerging digital technologies. Encryption vies with detection. Entire industries are

Re: Welcome to the Thompson Twins!

2003-09-28 Thread William T Goodall
On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 04:23 pm, David Hobby wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: Congratulations Julia and Dan! Welcome too! But the title scares me--let's hope the group is completely forgotten by the time they grow up... I was thinking of the characters from Herge's Tin Tin - which the

Re: Welcome to the Thompson Twins!

2003-09-28 Thread Jan Coffey
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday, September 28, 2003, at 04:23 pm, David Hobby wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: Congratulations Julia and Dan! Welcome too! But the title scares me--let's hope the group is completely forgotten by the time they grow up...

Re: Some California myths are just that

2003-09-28 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1064578016136140.xml or http://makeashorterlink.com/?L11652806 Some interesting commentary on the bogus politics of Ahhhnold and the Republicans. The average

RE: Welcome to the Thompson Twins!

2003-09-28 Thread Jim Sharkey
Huzzah! Let's just hope they have a better fashion sense. :) Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

War of the cards, was Re: french 9/11 denier ...

2003-09-28 Thread Sonja van Baardwijk
The Fool wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=518u=/ap/20030926/ap_on_re_eu /france_us_card_deck_2printer=1 personal comment It would be nice if some of us would have the discipline and take just that little extra trouble to make a decent and followable link and not just bombard

Re: War of the cards, was Re: french 9/11 denier ...

2003-09-28 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 28 Sep 2003 at 21:07, Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: The Fool wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=518u=/ap/20030926/ap_on_ re_eu /france_us_card_deck_2printer=1 personal comment It would be nice if some of us would have the discipline and take just that little extra

a new Brin: book review

2003-09-28 Thread d.brin
Hi folks. I am circulating a controversial review about a controversial book. Thoughts welcome. db === September 28, 2003 The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse by Gregg Easterbrook Random House December 2003 Reviewed by David Brin In 1894,

Re: War of the cards, was Re: french 9/11 denier ...

2003-09-28 Thread Doug Pensinger
Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: VFP: Let's play!!! xVFP: Here Bush is the king of diamonds. Here he's the joker. Who held that position in the Iraqi deck of cards? Don't know... Hillary? Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Opinion of split between the two Brin-Ls?

2003-09-28 Thread d.brin
Looking around the fan link portion of your site, I see that two of your links to Brin-L result in two different lists. What is your opinion of the one at http://www.topica.com/lists/brin-l/ and the one at http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ? Which is the official one, and what

Re: Julia's Twins

2003-09-28 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Doug Pensinger forwarded: ...have been born: Thomas James Katherine Carly (or Caroline or something like that). No promises on the spelling since I just received voice mail from her husband. Does anyone know the name [and site!] of the Hospital? Maybe they have a Web Page with newborns.

Re: Opinion of split between the two Brin-Ls?

2003-09-28 Thread Nick Arnett
d.brin wrote: Which is the official one, and what do you think of the split? Really? Are both active? I was not aware of this. I will pass this on to the people on the latter of the two, in hopes they will clarify. *This* list certainly is active... and the other one appears to be also.

Links, was Re: War of the cards, was Re: french 9/11 denier ...

2003-09-28 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:07 PM 9/28/03 +0200, Sonja van Baardwijk wrote: The Fool wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=518u=/ap/20030926/ap_on_re_eu/france_us_card_deck_2printer=1 personal comment It would be nice if some of us would have the discipline and take just that little extra trouble to make

Re: War of the cards, was Re: french 9/11 denier ...

2003-09-28 Thread The Fool
From: Sonja van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Fool wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=518u=/ap/20030926/ap_on_re_e u /france_us_card_deck_2printer=1 personal comment It would be nice if some of us would have the discipline and take just that little extra trouble

Re: Some California myths are just that

2003-09-28 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 11:46 PM 9/27/2003 -0700, you wrote: http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1064578016136140.xml or http://makeashorterlink.com/?L11652806 Some interesting commentary on the bogus politics of Ahhhnold and the Republicans. The average Californian pays just

Re: a new Brin: book review

2003-09-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/28/2003 1:56:41 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Why do millions insist on seeing a glass half empty? Easterbrook speculates. An evolutionary proclivity for worry? Politicians and media that benefit from ongoing 'crises'? I've suggested

Re: Some California myths are just that

2003-09-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/28/2003 4:12:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not trying to defend anyone, just in a generally bad mood (F***ing steelers and falcons.) Kevin T. - VRWC Would you feel better after I mention the University of Arizona football

Re: Some California myths are just that

2003-09-28 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 07:33 PM 9/28/2003 -0400, you wrote: In a message dated 9/28/2003 4:12:40 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not trying to defend anyone, just in a generally bad mood (F***ing steelers and falcons.) Kevin T. - VRWC Would you feel better after I mention the

Re: a new Brin: book review

2003-09-28 Thread Kevin Tarr
At 01:33 PM 9/28/2003 -0700, you wrote: Hi folks. I am circulating a controversial review about a controversial book. Thoughts welcome. db === September 28, 2003 The Progress Paradox: How Life Gets Better While People Feel Worse by

Re: Opinion of split between the two Brin-Ls?

2003-09-28 Thread David Hobby
Nick Arnett wrote: d.brin wrote: Which is the official one, and what do you think of the split? Really? Are both active? I was not aware of this. I will pass this on to the people on the latter of the two, in hopes they will clarify. *This* list certainly is active... and

Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-09-28 Thread David Hobby
Marc Erickson wrote: http://www.pbs.org/cringely/pulpit/pulpit20030515.html again. Morton's system can identify iris patterns through dark glasses or contact lenses and can do so almost instantly for thousands of people Sorry, I don't believe it. I guess you could use infrared or

Re: Opinion of split between the two Brin-Ls?

2003-09-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/28/2003 8:20:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nick Arnett wrote: d.brin wrote: Which is the official one, and what do you think of the split? Really? Are both active? I was not aware of this. I will pass

Re: The Eyes Have It

2003-09-28 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 12:02:26AM -0400, David Hobby wrote: Betting that dark glasses really are dark at all reasonable wavelengths. You'd lose that bet. Most dark tinted glass passes light above about 1000-1100nm. -- Erik Reuter http://www.erikreuter.net/

More on the Twins

2003-09-28 Thread Doug Pensinger
But not much, Marvin relays: My understanding is that the little girl is Katherine *Carling*. And that she was six-lbs plus something and he was 8 pounds plus something (I think.) Doug ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Opinion of split between the two Brin-Ls?

2003-09-28 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Opinion of split between the two Brin-Ls? Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2003 00:27:11 EDT In a message dated 9/28/2003 8:20:17 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Nick Arnett wrote:

Re: Some California myths are just that

2003-09-28 Thread Jan Coffey
--- Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At 11:46 PM 9/27/2003 -0700, you wrote: http://www.oregonlive.com/commentary/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/editorial/1064578016136140.xml or http://makeashorterlink.com/?L11652806 Some interesting commentary on the bogus politics of Ahhhnold and the