Re: Br!n: Fight The Future: Encrypted Screws

2004-08-14 Thread The Fool
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Perhaps there's a 'How things ought to work' collory to the 'Golden age' meme. In my experience, oughts, shoulds and their ilk are the seeds of resentment. I guess we agree on this. Actually I was mostly just trying to criticize his remarks

Re: Br!n: Fight The Future: Encrypted Screws

2004-08-14 Thread kerry miller
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My biggest example is the silent, unnoticed vanishing of any programming language from personal computers. Heck, I work with guys who lament the silent, unnoticed vanishing of assembly from personal computers. 1. I already know BASIC, so sitting with my

How statisticians amuse themselves

2004-08-14 Thread Gary Denton
It is rare to find such a thorough debunking of another statistician's report in an official document. Dr. Lott is thoroughly exposed as a lying, incompetent, partisan boob. http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/appendix/app10.htm This was not the first time Dr. Lott has been exposed.

Re: How statisticians amuse themselves

2004-08-14 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:10 PM Saturday 8/14/04, Gary Denton wrote: It is rare to find such a thorough debunking of another statistician's report in an official document. Dr. Lott is thoroughly exposed as a lying, incompetent, partisan boob. http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/vote2000/report/appendix/app10.htm This was

Re: How statisticians amuse themselves

2004-08-14 Thread Gautam Mukunda
--- Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't the whole point of SPSS and similar packages to create reams of impressive-looking computer printouts to hide the fact that either the data or the reasoning (or both) can't stand up to scrutiny, so you bury them under all that output?

Re: Flame Warriors!

2004-08-14 Thread Deborah Harrell
Bryon Daly [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.winternet.com/~mikelr/flame1.html A broad (and pretty funny) categorization of the assorted net discussion group personality archetypes puzzled look Does anybody on the List fit any of these sketches? * * trying very hard to keep from

Fw: [resnick] BBQ in a Flash!

2004-08-14 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Bob Faw Sent: Saturday, August 14, 2004 5:01 AM Subject: BBQ in a Flash! Engineer Humor: Our subject today is lighting charcoal grills. One of our favorite charcoal grill lighters is a guy named George Goble (really!!), a computer person in the Purdue

Re: Cellular number porting

2004-08-14 Thread Nick Lidster
- Original Message - From: Gary Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 13, 2004 5:18 PM Subject: Cellular number porting Has anyone had any good or bad experiences with number porting (changing your cell number to a new carrier)? I

Re: Br!n: Fight The Future: Encrypted Screws

2004-08-14 Thread Alberto Monteiro
kerry miller wrote: 1. I already know BASIC, so sitting with my son with BASIC would be a straightforward thing. Any reasonable man would expect to be allowed/able to do so. Is this the father-son bonding of the future? No more cute, fuzzy animals or fish need to die in order for a man

Re: Br!n: Fight The Future: Encrypted Screws

2004-08-14 Thread Alberto Monteiro
The Fool wrote: And anyone who dares to point out errors / failings of the never wrong Dr. Brin doesn't use honorable approach['s] and their criticisms are mistaken and have a lack of comprehension. You really _did_ miss the point, didn't you? His complains are _always_ magnifications of

Re: Br!n: Fight The Future: Encrypted Screws

2004-08-14 Thread Julia Randolph
On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 02:03:43 +, Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It gets worse: I am planning a large-scale battle of Go-go's against Plastic Soldiers with Bernardo, using tables with To-Hit, Damage, and Hit Points. Alberto where is that book 'Satanism for dummies'? Monteiro