Re: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Gary Denton
On Sun, 19 Dec 2004 16:38:56 -0500, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec 19, 2004 at 03:19:38PM -0600, Gary Denton wrote: SS reform is a huge and unnecessary boondoogle and payoff to the favored finacial corporations. How's that? SS isn't in trouble Wrong. SS has

Re: Acts of War Re: God Is With Us L3

2004-12-21 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 18:44:28 -0500, maru [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You've a good point there. I think Hussein has been widely under-rated; I've been hearing things about how he made preparations to aid the insurgency while the US was building up to an invasion (but obviously its been more

Re: Acts of War Re: God Is With Us L3

2004-12-21 Thread Gary Denton
On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 15:38:37 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can only see it as strategic to Iraq if their purpose was to pull the West into the region in order to touch off a larger conflict. If it was to actually try to

Re: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Gary Denton
The AARP which saved Bush on Medicare Drug benefits is so far not playing ball on Social Security. http://tinyurl.com/6gng4 or http://www.aarp.org/legislative/legipoly/Articles/a2004-09-10-pp_economicsecurity.html Summary: Social Security is not in crisis. The program will remain strong and

U.S. Slips in Attracting the World's Best Students

2004-12-21 Thread William T Goodall
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/12/21/national/21global.html http://tinyurl.com/49dhm American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world's best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalization.

RE: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Horn, John
Behalf Of William T Goodall Cute video clip. The way it was shuffling it's feet, I couldn't help but think what would happen if it was running across a carpeted floor and then touched something metal. Zap! One fried Asimo coming up. - jmh Static Humor Maru

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Medievalbk
Even if I had the money now, I'd wait until the fifth model comes out before buying one. Vilyehm - Self explanitory. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if I had the money now, I'd wait until the fifth model comes out before buying one. Vilyehm - Self explanitory. As in Never buy Serial #001 of anything? -- Ronn! :) ___

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
As in Never buy Serial #001 of anything? Well, unless its made by Colt... Damon. = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Revell

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/21/2004 11:05:58 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if I had the money now, I'd wait until the fifth model comes out before buying one. Vilyehm - Self explanatory. As in Never buy

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Ronn Blankenship
At 13:10 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/21/2004 11:05:58 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if I had the money now, I'd wait until the fifth model comes out before buying one. Vilyehm

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
Will it be purple-gray, by any chance? And a love for the 3 Stooges? Damon. = Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum. http://www.geocities.com/garrand.geo/index.html Now Building: Revell Germany's

Re: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 21, 2004, at 2:41 AM, Gary Denton wrote: I think this is really a plan to wreck and abolish SS so that the GOP won't face a choice in a few years of raising taxes or having the national debt skyrocket but that is another long story. Actually no, it's the same old story. While GOPpers have

Re: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
Actually no, it's the same old story. While GOPpers have accused Dems of being tax and spend, they themselves have been spend-and-tax. At least the Dems try to make sure there's some money in the kitty before they start drafting checks. Actually, I would call the current crop of

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:10:57 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/21/2004 11:05:58 A.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if I had the money now, I'd wait until the fifth model comes out

RE: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Horn, John
Behalf Of Damon Agretto The real irony is that we had to look to a democrat in the form of Clinton for fiscal responsibility and lowering the national debt, while the Republicans are the big spenders. It used to be...quite the opposite. I agree but to be fair, I think one of the big

Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
So it's OT. ;) I've got yet another Bright Idea (stand back, get behind the blast shields...) based on the idea of handling micropayments something like how iTunes does now, as well as a kind of file sharing that's really more like a swap meet than anything else. My question is: anyone else

RE: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
I agree but to be fair, I think one of the big reasons that Clinton had that fiscal responsibility was because he had a Republican controlled Congress. overgeneralization They wouldn't pass what he wanted and he'd veto anything they wanted. /overgeneralization Hence, spending was down.

Re: Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
want readers to be able to offer *used* eBooks for sale, which would sell for something less than their original price, some of which would go back to us, the rest to the seller, who could then apply those credits toward *more* book purchases. The rest I can't comment on, but this

Re: Asimo running gag.

2004-12-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/21/2004 12:23:20 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As in buying an Asimo-V Vilyehm - Susan Calvin, take me away. As in #5 is alive? Jean-Louis Short circuit Couturier Here's a twist I never expected. Did #5 ever read Asimov?

Re: Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 21, 2004, at 1:02 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: want readers to be able to offer *used* eBooks for sale, which would sell for something less than their original price, some of which would go back to us, the rest to the seller, who could then apply those credits toward *more* book purchases. The

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Dave Land
On Dec 21, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:10:57 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Even if I had the money now, I'd wait until the fifth model comes out before buying one.

Re: Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
You've hit the crux of it. Why bother, indeed, buying a new *paper* book if you can get the same title, gently used, for half the cover price? This is what makes it difficult to be a publisher and *great* to be a bookstore, particularly those that handle used titles. Amazon's making a

Re: our steep slide

2004-12-21 Thread Gary Denton
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:35:10 -0800 (PST), Damon Agretto [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I agree but to be fair, I think one of the big reasons that Clinton had that fiscal responsibility was because he had a Republican controlled Congress. overgeneralization They wouldn't pass what he

Re: Micropayment/online swap systems?

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 21, 2004, at 2:43 PM, Damon Agretto wrote: You've hit the crux of it. Why bother, indeed, buying a new *paper* book if you can get the same title, gently used, for half the cover price? This is what makes it difficult to be a publisher and *great* to be a bookstore, particularly those that

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:39:56 -0800, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:10:57 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Leave it to the Japanese

2004-12-21 Thread Matt Grimaldi
The fact that something like this was thought up and then marketed leaves me in stunned silence: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6717610/ -- Matt ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 21, 2004, at 3:04 PM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: Jean-Louis Better luck next time Couturier The VI, apparently. :D -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in progress The Seven-Year Mirror

Re: Asimo running

2004-12-21 Thread Jean-Louis Couturier
On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:39:56 -0800, Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2004, at 11:15 AM, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: On Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:10:57 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 12:03 21-12-04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: Leave it to the Japanese

2004-12-21 Thread Damon Agretto
The fact that something like this was thought up and then marketed leaves me in stunned silence: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6717610/ If you understand the Japanese, you wouldn't be so stunned! :P Damon. Damon Agretto [EMAIL

Re: Leave it to the Japanese

2004-12-21 Thread maru
Gives new meaning to 'lap-dances.' ~Maru Matt Grimaldi wrote: The fact that something like this was thought up and then marketed leaves me in stunned silence: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6717610/ -- Matt ___

Re: Asimo running gag

2004-12-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/21/04 3:15:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bah! That was clearly a Roman five and had nothing to do with a letter of the alphabet. Jean-Louis Better luck next time Couturier Five replies would have been enough. Vilyehm

Re: Asimo running gag

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 21, 2004, at 3:47 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 12/21/04 3:15:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Bah! That was clearly a Roman five and had nothing to do with a letter of the alphabet. Jean-Louis Better luck next time Couturier Five replies

ADMIN: Mail hiccup

2004-12-21 Thread Nick Arnett
Our mail server was misbehaving for a little while this afternoon. If you had a message to the list come back to you, please re-send it. However, I think that probably didn't happen, but some messages have been delayed while the sending server retries. Nick

Re: Julia's Tommy

2004-12-21 Thread Bemmzim
In a message dated 12/17/2004 12:27:01 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: For me as well. If there is anything I can do please have Julia get in touch with me Please pass on prayers and good wishes from Cheryl and me. Julia is the best. If there's anything we can do. db

Re: U.S. Slips in Attracting the World's Best Students

2004-12-21 Thread Doug Pensinger
William wrote: American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world's best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalization. Yea, but I bet they can't find creation science classes anywhere

Re: U.S. Slips in Attracting the World's Best Students

2004-12-21 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On Dec 21, 2004, at 8:53 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: American universities, which for half a century have attracted the world's best and brightest students with little effort, are suddenly facing intense competition as higher education undergoes rapid globalization. Yea, but I bet

The Bush Legacy

2004-12-21 Thread Doug Pensinger
http://www.freep.com/news/nw/gitmo21e_20041221.htm or http://tinyurl.com/425bb FBI agents back up abuse allegations In August, a Boston-based agent described incidents such as this: I entered interview rooms to find a detainee chained hand and foot in a fetal position on the floor, with no