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Re: Philosophical question

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:34:02 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: What is the mean of life? What is the mean of life, asks she, Ever so contempatively. Will the answer set her free? Follow the thread and we shall see. Is n sufficiently large? asks Jim As if it really matters to

RE: [L3] The Hazards of Watching Fox News

From: "ritu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Bryon Daly wrote: Yet another delay on my part, this time due to Diwali and work. :) No Diwali for me, just a very large, important, irate customer making things quite exciting at work for the past 3 weeks or so, and still ongoing to some extent. (I almost got a tr

Re: Get rid of that Bush Day

Thank you for providing this item to entertain me while I was trying to eat lunch . . . At 03:52 AM 11/9/03 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: Posted on another list: http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/allnews/content_objectid=13600203_method=full _siteid=50143_headline=-WEIRD%2DWORLD%2DTHIS%2DWEEK-name

Re: CBS - NYT

At 09:57 AM 11/8/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: > From: Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > At 10:09 PM 11/7/03 -0600, The Fool wrote: > > >Of particular concern to conservative critics was a scene in which Mr. > >Reagan says of gays who have AIDS: "They that live in sin shall die in > >sin." > > >

Re: Continuing Education

From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Dan wrote: > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring and > extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and Roll is a good example of > this. Yes e

Re: On trolling

Julia Thompson wrote: First rule of trolling: One Post. Second rule: Never respond. If you actively respond, then you are spamming. Hell no. Some of the best trolling is *developing* a running battle between participants and this can be done best by steering the argument in certain direct

Re: Philosophical question

From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> What is the mean of life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women! Oops, sorry. I thought you asked "What is best in life?" _ Is your com

Re: Philosophical question

Julia Thompson wrote: What is the mean of life? I would just like to take this moment to thank the respondents thus far for bringing a smile (actually an out looud laugh) to an otherwise shitty day, and for the reminder why I love this list - where else in the Five Galaxies are you going to fi

Re: Continuing Education

- Original Message - From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:19 PM Subject: Re: Continuing Education > Dan wrote: > > > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > > > different aspects of rock.

Re: On trolling

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: On trolling > On another list I'm on, where the perennial heated discussion is whether > or not Dune is the most incredible pie

Re: On trolling

At 06:41 PM 11/10/2003 -0600 Julia Thompson wrote: >On another list I'm on, where the perennial heated discussion is whether >or not Dune is the most incredible pieces of literature on the face of the >Earth or just a pile of pulp best suited for use as a doorstop, a thread >came up in which var

Re: Continuing Education

Dan wrote: > I like both Zeppelin and Yes from the early '70s. They explored rather > different aspects of rock. Zeppelin did a wonderful job of exploring and > extending the blues that underlie rock. Rock and Roll is a good example of > this. Yes explored the possibility of a more classical m

Re: On trolling

The Fool wrote: Stale marshmallows are best. That depends on just how stale they are. When we were cleaning out my parents' house after the tornado, we found a bag of marshmallows with an expiration date in the middle 1970's... Reggie Bautista Pretty Colors Maru ___

Re: Philosophical question

- Original Message - From: "Reggie Bautista" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:54 PM Subject: Re: Philosophical question > Julia asked: > > > What is the mean of life? > > Dan responded: > >It can be only be calculated when the end of life is

Re: Philosophical question

Julia asked: >What is the mean of life? Depends. Is n sufficiently large? Jim ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/b

Re: On trolling

Julia wrote: > Maybe I ought to put marshmallows on the shopping list. William replied: Here, catch! -- ()_) ---()_)---INTERCEPTION! Hey Dan, heads up! (_()-- Reggie Bautista Very Tired and Silly Tonight Maru __

Re: Philosophical question

Julia asked: > What is the mean of life? Dan responded: It can be only be calculated when the end of life is known. I agree with you so far. At that point, one determines the point where there are an equal number of seconds in the life before and after that point, and that is the mean of life. I h

Re: Philosophical question

In a message dated 11/10/2003 8:34:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > What is the mean of life? > > Julia > You can't have a mean because you know there's no such thing as a standard deviant. William Taylor - Somewhere on the Art Bell curve.

Re: On trolling

In a message dated 11/10/2003 8:33:07 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Maybe I ought to put marshmallows on the shopping list. > > Julia Here, catch! -- ()_) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/bri

Re: Philosophical question

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 9:34 PM Subject: Philosophical question > What is the mean of life? > > Julia It can be only be calculated when the end of life is known. At t

Philosophical question

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Re: On trolling

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, The Fool wrote: > > From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > And, just for the record, I really do like marshmallows. I just > shouldn't > > eat too many of them, you know? > > Stale marshmallows are best. Slightly stale marshmallows are good. I don't like t

"Cites & Insights" math of six degrees of separation

<> <> "Cites & Insights" November 2003, and math of six degrees of separation Walt Crawford just published the November 2003 edition of his library 'zine (not blog) "Cites & Insights". It's excellent

Re: On trolling

> From: Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > And, just for the record, I really do like marshmallows. I just shouldn't > eat too many of them, you know? Stale marshmallows are best. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

On trolling

On another list I'm on, where the perennial heated discussion is whether or not Dune is the most incredible pieces of literature on the face of the Earth or just a pile of pulp best suited for use as a doorstop, a thread came up in which various people claimed the title "best troll". And one o

Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question

- Original Message - From: "Julia Thompson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 12:59 PM Subject: Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Dan Minette wrote: > > > But, that's not where we are. A

Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Dan Minette wrote: > But, that's not where we are. As far as I can tell from the opinion > polls and other reports, the opinion of the US held by the people of > Iraq is souring. We are being seen less as liberators and more as > foreign occupiers. While the idea that peo

Re: worldwide active volcano's

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Nick Arnett wrote: > Gary Nunn wrote: > > > An interesting interactive map of volcano's worldwide that are currently > > active or in the news > > I'm too lazy to look myself... so somebody tell me, is the "Cocoa" > discussion on that map? No, but a "coffee" discussi

Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The problem is, neither do we. In invading Iraq in > > the manner we did, > > without the support of the UN or even all of our > > NATO allies, and with > > little evidence that Hussain was involved

Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question

- Original Message - From: "Gautam Mukunda" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, November 10, 2003 10:14 AM Subject: Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question > > Do you really think that anyone in Iraq cares if we > involved the UN, or about W

Re: worldwide active volcano's

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:41:50 -0800, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/10/2003 9:06:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm too lazy to look myself... so somebody tell me, is the "Cocoa" discussion on that map? Naw,

Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:14:15 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: --- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The problem is, neither do we. In invading Iraq in the manner we did, without the support of the UN or even all of our NATO allies, and with little evidence that Huss

Re: worldwide active volcano's

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/10/2003 9:06:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm too lazy to look myself... so somebody tell me, is the "Cocoa" discussion on that map? Naw, they stuffed a giant marshmallow down it's throat. Sweet! -- Nick Arnett Pho

Re: worldwide active volcano's

In a message dated 11/10/2003 9:06:37 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > I'm too lazy to look myself... so somebody tell me, is the "Cocoa" > discussion on that map? Naw, they stuffed a giant marshmallow down it's throat. ___ h

Re: [L3] RE: religious/political question

--- Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The problem is, neither do we. In invading Iraq in > the manner we did, > without the support of the UN or even all of our > NATO allies, and with > little evidence that Hussain was involved in > terrorist attacks against the > West (and of course

Re: worldwide active volcano's

Gary Nunn wrote: An interesting interactive map of volcano's worldwide that are currently active or in the news I'm too lazy to look myself... so somebody tell me, is the "Cocoa" discussion on that map? Nick -- Nick Arnett Phone/fax: (408) 904-7198 [EMAIL PROTECTED]

UFO sightings worldwide

An interesting map charting UFO sightings worldwide. This seems to be a serious attempt to track all edged UFO sightings worldwide. Interesting. http://www.larryhatch.net/MAPSMENU.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

worldwide active volcano's

An interesting interactive map of volcano's worldwide that are currently active or in the news http://www.volcano.si.edu/gvp/reports/usgs/worldmap.cfm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Marshmallows!

On Sun, 9 Nov 2003, Jon Gabriel wrote: > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Marshmallows! > >Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2003 23:11:52 EST > > > >Marshmallows! > > > > >Marshmallows! Marshmallows! Marshmallows! Marshmallows

RE: [L3] RE: religious/political question

Andrew Crystall wrote: > I'd point you to certain elements within Israel's current government. > To some extent, they've been digging their own holes... > > Ah well. Let's just say my thoughs on the current Isralie situation > do NOT make me popular. So did you approve of what Moshe Ya'alom sa