From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database.
Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any microsoft product.
I've
posted about the dibold 3 sets of accounting books before, and it
has
nothing to do with
On Wed, Sep 08, 2004 at 09:31:36PM +, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
So, WTG should have put something like:
0 18 * * 3 send mail...
Instead, he wrote:
* 18 * * 3 send mail...
One defensive practice with cron is to NEVER leave the first field
blank. If you really want something to
On 9 Sep 2004, at 11:01 am, Gary Denton wrote:
I have corresponded with Paul Lukasiak a number of times as it often
seemed he and I and only a couple other people were the only ones who
bothering to look at Bush's records. I remember seeing Scotty waving
those microfiches in his hand at the
isn't it?
--
William T Goodall
Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk
Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/
It is our belief, however, that serious professional users will run
out of things they can do with UNIX. - Ken Olsen, President of DEC,
1984.
--- William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
isn't it?
Still getting caught up in the (lack of) fallout from last nights 60
Minutes.
...that and prepping for the Seattle Sounders A-League Western Division
Playoffs this weekend!
...and for playing poker tomorrow; mmm, 3/6 or 4/8...
...and
Still getting caught up in the (lack of) fallout
from last nights 60
Minutes.
Did I miss something important?
Damon.
=
Damon Agretto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum.
News item 9/9/04:
MIAMI - Tourists and residents were told Thursday they will have to
leave the Florida Keys to avoid mighty Hurricane Ivan, even as the
state still struggled with the misery left by Hurricanes Frances and
Charley.
Gov. Jeb Bush said the state had no choice but to go through
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:35 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 9 Sep 2004, at 11:01 am, Gary Denton wrote:
I have corresponded with Paul Lukasiak a number of times as it often
seemed he and I and only a couple other people were the only ones who
bothering to look at Bush's records. I remember seeing
http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=articlearticleid=22182
Fifteen minutes of the video is just grainy footage of a moronic
debate they taped off MSNBC. In it, a bookstore buyer and a Southern
man argue over whether children should be allowed to read Harry Potter
books. Its brought
On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:32 AM, The Fool wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database.
Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any microsoft product.
I've
posted about the dibold 3 sets of accounting books before, and
The Fool wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database.
Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any microsoft product.
I've
posted about the dibold 3 sets of accounting books before, and it
On Sep 9, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Damon Agretto wrote:
Still getting caught up in the (lack of) fallout from last nights 60
Minutes.
Did I miss something important?
Former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben helping George Bush get into the National
Guard was the worst thing I ever did Barnes was to be interviewed.
On Sep 8, 2004, at 2:22 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
Any huge change in mankind would be suppressed by the
other 6 billion human beings.
So far that hasn't happened. Socially and technologically tremendous
changes have taken place in the last 200 years and not been
http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=articlearticleid=22182
The entire article is worthy of reading...
I've played Dungeons Dragons for slightly over 20
years. I have never had the urge to drink unicorn
blood, thankfully. Though there was that one time
where I was a captive of an
On Sep 9, 2004, at 11:20 AM, d.brin wrote:
Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just some
old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida did to the
world four years ago, and a warning not to cheat in favor of thieving
morons once again?
It's abundantly clear to
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:32 AM, The Fool wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database.
Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any microsoft product.
I've
On Sep 9, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
I've noticed that a lot of people who are pro open-source can be
fanatical about it.
Well, you can find that anywhere -- religion becoming politics, for
instance; that is, someone believing he's got something so wonderful
that he simply has to
On Sep 9, 2004, at 12:11 PM, The Fool wrote:
Well some people go on and on about how terrible windows is and how IE
crashes, and etc. and it's all bullshit.
I've had my windows NT system up for more than a month without a single
problem. I have more than 80 IE instances open (queued up to read
On Sep 9, 2004, at 12:03 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=articlearticleid=22182
How stupid do people think kids are? (Rhetorical question: I know for
a fact that the answer is 7).
Like many generations of parents before me, I have read various folk
and
On 9 Sep 2004, at 8:11 pm, The Fool wrote:
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:32 AM, The Fool wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database.
Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any microsoft
Former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben helping George Bush get
into the National
Guard was the worst thing I ever did Barnes was to
be interviewed.
Oh yes. That.
Damon.
=
Damon Agretto
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet
On the personal level, the fact is that we use the
OS we want to use.
We use the one we're comfortable with. Getting
defensive (or offensive)
over it is as foolish as a bunch of high school
punks arguing over
whether Chevy or Ford is the better vehicle.
That's easy. Ford is superior.
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 9 Sep 2004, at 8:11 pm, The Fool wrote:
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:32 AM, The Fool wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 9, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Damon Agretto wrote:
Still getting caught up in the (lack of) fallout from last nights 60
Minutes.
Did I miss something important?
Former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben helping George Bush get into the National
Guard was the
On Sep 9, 2004, at 12:03 PM, Damon Agretto wrote:
I've played Dungeons Dragons for slightly over 20
years. I have never had the urge to drink unicorn
blood, thankfully.
That's because you don't drink it, silly:
Unicorn Blood Pudding
1 qt. Unicorn's blood
3/4 lb. bread crumbs,
The Fool wrote:
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:32 AM, The Fool wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database.
Don't be stupid. It's not a problem with any
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 11:44 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
I've noticed that a lot of people who are pro open-source can be
fanatical about it.
Well, you can find that anywhere -- religion becoming politics, for
instance; that is, someone believing he's got something so
--- The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 9, 2004, at 10:35 AM, Damon Agretto wrote:
Still getting caught up in the (lack of) fallout from last
nights 60
Minutes.
Did I miss something important?
Former Texas Lt. Gov. Ben helping
Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On the personal level, the fact is that we use the OS we want to use.
We use the one we're comfortable with. Getting defensive (or offensive)
over it is as foolish as a bunch of high school punks arguing over
whether Chevy or Ford is the better vehicle.
Grow up,
http://entertainment.msn.com/tv/article.aspx?news=168380
The Associated Press
LOS ANGELES -- Has Ken Jennings ended his Jeopardy! streak? A report
posted Wednesday on TV Week's Web site said the brainy software engineer
lost in a show taped Tuesday, walking away after his 75th straight game with
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The Fool wrote:
From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sep 9, 2004, at 2:32 AM, The Fool wrote:
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED]
William T Goodall wrote:
The GEMS program runs on a Microsoft Access database.
William T Goodall wrote:
Sorry about that horrible email barrage there. I screwed up. Too much
thinking.
I'd have stopped it sooner if I'd caught it... but rest assured that
there are those among you who have done worse deeds. I created a
mailing list for those of us who'd been at a White
On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:19 PM, Nick Arnett wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Sorry about that horrible email barrage there. I screwed up. Too much
thinking.
I created a mailing list for those of us who'd been at a White House
conference, which got into a loop, flooding the mailboxes of quite a
few
On 9 Sep 2004, at 7:44 pm, Julia Thompson wrote:
The thing about Windows is that there are a number of apps available
only on that platform, and if you're going to be using one of those
(AutoCAD, frex), that basically dictates your OS.
Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular
d.brin wrote:
News item 9/9/04:
MIAMI - Tourists and residents were told Thursday they will have to
leave the Florida Keys to avoid mighty Hurricane Ivan, even as the state
still struggled with the misery left by Hurricanes Frances and Charley.
Gov. Jeb Bush said the state had no choice but
d.brin wrote:
It looks like I will be the speaker on October 1, 2004 in Sproul Plaza
for commemoration of the 40th anniversary of Mario Savio's rant atop a
police car, which started the famed Berkeley Free Speech Movement!
Cool and weird to be chosen. But hey, we need to defend it. Always.
I
Dave Land wrote:
So what you're saying is that we *are* inconsequential people?
Were you on the list?
Wait, it wasn't an exclusive or.
And come to think of it, I vaguely recall that you were somehow
involved... mostly in shutting off the dang mail server that was
responsible.
Nick
At 11:20 AM 9/9/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote:
Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just some
old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida did to the
world four years ago, and a warning not to cheat in favor of thieving
morons once again?
Cheating? Again?
And
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:04 PM, JDG wrote:
At 11:20 AM 9/9/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote:
Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just some
old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida did to the
world four years ago, and a warning not to cheat in favor of thieving
morons
ABy John Robert Marlow
This book is on topic here having a Vernor Vinge quote on the back cover
and being about the Singularity
And Vinge is right in what he says, the book will make a spectacular movie.
But oh man is it painful to read. Not because of the story line. Even if
a bit
On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem
rather than run a particular program.
and then, moments later,
Wouldn't it make more sense to choose an OS first and then pick
hardware that would be good for running it?
On 10 Sep 2004, at 12:19 am, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem
rather than run a particular program.
and then, moments later,
Wouldn't it make more sense to choose an OS first and then pick
On 10 Sep 2004, at 12:13 am, Keith Henson wrote:
PS If you want an example of high adventure that does not violate
physical laws try _The Revolution from Rosinante_ by Alexis A
Gilliland.
Both added to brin-l-books.
http://books.scattersoft.com/
--
William T Goodall
Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Web
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:39 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 10 Sep 2004, at 12:19 am, Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 3:28 PM, William T Goodall wrote:
Perhaps. OTOH more often one needs to solve a particular problem
rather than run a particular program.
and then, moments later,
Wouldn't it make
Travis Edmunds wrote:
...
LOS ANGELES -- Has Ken Jennings ended his Jeopardy! streak? A report
posted Wednesday on TV Week's Web site said the brainy software engineer
lost in a show taped Tuesday,
...
=
I can't help but root for the
At 04:15 PM 9/9/2004 -0700 Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:04 PM, JDG wrote:
At 11:20 AM 9/9/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote:
Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just some
old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida did to the
world four years ago, and a
JDG wrote:
At 04:15 PM 9/9/2004 -0700 Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:04 PM, JDG wrote:
At 11:20 AM 9/9/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote:
Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just some
old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida did to the
world four
On Sep 9, 2004, at 6:38 PM, JDG wrote:
At 04:15 PM 9/9/2004 -0700 Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:04 PM, JDG wrote:
At 11:20 AM 9/9/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote:
Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just
some
old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida did to
Wouldn't the statute of limitations come into play for dereliction of duty during
non-war time over thirty years ago?
~Maru
From: Warren Ockrassa
Subject: Re: Salon.com News Stung! - complete so you don't have to
watch the ad
To: Killer Bs Discussion
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:35 AM, William T
With all of the calls for assistance due to violent deaths in Africa, I
am left with no choice but to conclude that Africa is a dangerous place.
I must admit though, the scam are getting better and more personal. The
snippet below calls me by my full name instead of the first part of my
email
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:03:54 -0700 (PDT), Damon Agretto
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
http://www.thewavemag.com/pagegen.php?pagename=articlearticleid=22182
The entire article is worthy of reading...
Hey - the article's by Seanbaby! He's got a pretty funny (and very
non-PC) website. My favorite
Julia Thompson wrote:
JDG wrote:
At 04:15 PM 9/9/2004 -0700 Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 4:04 PM, JDG wrote:
At 11:20 AM 9/9/2004 -0700 d.brin wrote:
Well, it doesn't take Hollywood to explain this. How about just
some old fashioned election year Wrath of God for what Florida
did
Maru wrote:
Wouldn't the statute of limitations come into play for dereliction
of
duty during non-war time over thirty years ago? ~Maru
Whoever this is (and it is not me) is going to confuse the crap out of
people.
I just know people are going to confuse this person with me.G
Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 6:38 PM, JDG wrote:
David doesn't strike me as the loaded with smileys type. He
(rightly, I think) takes a rather dim view of cheating, thieving
morons and the cheating, thieving morons who cheat and steal for
them.
What about the folks who moron for the
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Julia Thompson wrote:
Every time there's a disaster like this, sure, maybe there are some
folks who deserve it -- but those least at fault are the hardest
hit,
and if there's any sort of justice, a weather system isn't an
efficient way of distributing it
After reading the whole of Brin's Uplift novels, I find myself puzzled by something:
Why undertake the massive, expensive, intricate, and morally tricky process of Uplift
at all? There must be some intrinsic reason (that is, you can't say 'Because the
Progenitors did'. Then why did they begin
Robert Seeberger wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
On Sep 9, 2004, at 6:38 PM, JDG wrote:
David doesn't strike me as the loaded with smileys type. He
(rightly, I think) takes a rather dim view of cheating, thieving
morons and the cheating, thieving morons who cheat and steal for
them.
What
From The Century Foundation:
The new Gallup poll, conducted entirely after the GOP convention and
therefore the first poll that truly measures BushÂ’s bounce, shows Bush
with a very small bounce indeed: two points, whether you look at
registered voters (RVs) or likely voters ( LVs). His support
At 07:06 PM 9/9/2004 -0700 Dave Land wrote:
PS: Like David's message, mine is intended to be tongue-in-cheek, but
not pointless.
Sorry for finding it not very funny. A close friend of mine is an
immigrant from Grenada.After spending the past day praying for the
safety of her mother,
On Sep 9, 2004, at 8:44 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
Maru wrote:
Wouldn't the statute of limitations come into play for dereliction
of
duty during non-war time over thirty years ago? ~Maru
Viet-nam was not wartime?
Viet Nam was every bit as much war as the action against Iraq, yes.
Bush's
In a message dated 9/9/2004 9:25:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
After reading the whole of Brin's Uplift novels, I find myself puzzled by
something: Why undertake the massive, expensive, intricate, and morally tricky
process of Uplift at all?
It looks good on a
On Sep 9, 2004, at 6:57 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Every time there's a disaster like this, sure, maybe there are some
folks who deserve it -- but those least at fault are the hardest hit,
and if there's any sort of justice, a weather system isn't an efficient
way of distributing it
I'll agree
On Sep 9, 2004, at 1:24 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Depends what you do. What do you do?
I run multiple e-mail programs at once and have more browser windows
open than my husband thinks is reasonable.
Hmm! Well, how many is that?
I also want to be using
genealogy software while I have a ton of
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