Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:19 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: Get an iPod. My second gen one has about 5 *days* worth of music on it right now. And it's about 1/4 the capacity of the current models. And they're just plain cool. Can I set it up to have it feed through my existing stereo system out to the spe

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

Julia wrote- >I don't think I've been fully aware of any new REM since about 2000 or >so. (I think the most recent album I have is Monster.) And anything >after 1988 or 1989 is "newer REM" to me. I'm guessing that you probably >don't want to hear about 15% of the CDs I have loaded into my bi

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: I'm guessing that you probably don't want to hear about 15% of the CDs I have loaded into my big CD changer. Get an iPod. My second gen one has about 5 *days* worth of music on it right now. And it's about 1/4 the capacity

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:00 PM, Julia Thompson wrote: I'm guessing that you probably don't want to hear about 15% of the CDs I have loaded into my big CD changer. Get an iPod. My second gen one has about 5 *days* worth of music on it right now. And it's about 1/4 the capacity of the current models.

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: My kids love seeing that. What they really get a kick out of is when I have the closed captioning on to get the lyrics right and I sing along (We have it on CD, as well. Plus I have the original version on CD. Remind me not to play either if Doug comes

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

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Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

At 04:14 PM Wednesday 2/2/2005, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, deliberately baiting me,* wrote: > There isn't a why. Why is a tree? Why are horses? > There isn't even a > what -- what is the purpose of a horse? Ah, that last question _has_ been answered! "A horse is

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

At 06:30 PM Wednesday 2/2/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 2, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: You Light Up My Life xponent HH Maru rob Skyyy-rockets in flight! Afternoon delight! Aaaa-aaa-afternoon delight! It doesn't help that back in 1976(

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:55 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Heretic Lutheran Deist Maru ;-D No ... not that either. Laddie, I am entitled to label my own brand of faith. But I _am_ curious as to what you think it might be? I was thinking possibly something pagan but not particularly denominational, but

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:20 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: Kevin Street wrote: I don't know. Somehow, I suspect human nature is basically the same today as it was ten thousand years ago, and it will remain that way for thousands of years to come if the species survives. I was talking about human knowledge,

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

On Feb 1, 2005, at 7:29 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: A non-rational answer is, "It feels true." Ah, but how much of that is it feeling true versus your sense of fair play being appealed to? IOW how much of it is more "I *want* it to be true" than "it feels true"? There's part of me that doesn't want it

Re: US is its own third-world nation

On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:42 PM, Kevin Street wrote: Warren Ockrassa quoted: "It wasn't 15 minutes after that phone was in before a telemarketer called me," Edwards said. "But that wasn't really a problem. I just told him I wasn't interested and hung up."' You've got to love modern life, because some

Re: And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By

Erik Reuter wrote: > >> Two years ago I would jump to that link and spoil the fun with some >> hard arguments. Now I don't give a damn about anything that is not >> powered by derivatives of oil or natural gas :-) > > So, is the Brazilian economy successfully redeploying its resources from > pie i

Re: US is its own third-world nation

On Feb 2, 2005, at 10:52 AM, Damon Agretto wrote: We're spending how many billions to destroy, then rebuild, Iraq? Not fair. Not serious either; wry. Though I think it's a valid talking point. We've got vast underdeveloped zones within our own country. Howzabout we fix *those* before we go gut so

Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

On Feb 2, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: From: "kerri miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Holographic frequencies"? Yeahthere's folks out there who really believe in that "Star Trek Babble" enough so that they use it in questions about real science. And they've got it wrong anyway. What t

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

Julia wrote: My kids love seeing that. What they really get a kick out of is when I have the closed captioning on to get the lyrics right and I sing along (We have it on CD, as well. Plus I have the original version on CD. Remind me not to play either if Doug comes to visit) It might

Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

Robert Seeberger wrote: Heck..The person I heard this from got it from a bumpersticker. All the good ideas are already taken. Another bumper sticker I saw the other day, that I liked: Things just haven't been the same, Since that house fell on my sister. :-) __

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Feb 2, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Shiny Happy People by REM makes me want to hurt whatever is playing it. Fortunately it does not have a tendency to stick in my head. REM did a version of that song for _Sesame Street_. Seriously. Michael appears with a passl

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

On Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:30:55 -0700, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Feb 2, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: You Light Up My Life xponent HH Maru rob Skyyy-rockets in flight! Afternoon delight! Aaaa-aaa-afternoon delight! Cherish i

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

On Feb 2, 2005, at 5:34 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Shiny Happy People by REM makes me want to hurt whatever is playing it. Fortunately it does not have a tendency to stick in my head. REM did a version of that song for _Sesame Street_. Seriously. Michael appears with a passle o' Muppets and sings "

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

Dave Land wrote: No, for that, you need something like: Wildfire You're Havin' My Baby Sometimes When We Touch Damn near anything by Neil Diamond Shiny Happy People by REM makes me want to hurt whatever is playing it. Fortunately it does not have a tendency to stick in my head. -- Doug

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

On Feb 2, 2005, at 5:00 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: You Light Up My Life xponent HH Maru rob Skyyy-rockets in flight! Afternoon delight! Aaaa-aaa-afternoon delight! -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Curren

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

Robert Seeberger wrote: - Original Message - From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Songs You Cannot Expel On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd vote

Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

- Original Message - From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 5:50 PM Subject: Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax > On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Yeahthere's folks out there who really believe

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

- Original Message - From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 5:31 PM Subject: Re: Songs You Cannot Expel > On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: > > >> Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I'd vote for "

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

On Feb 2, 2005, at 3:53 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Damn near anything by Neil Diamond Now just a cotton-pickin' minute!!! His earlier stuff has some great tunes! Stones I Am, I Said Be Soolaimon Take that, you - you - tone-deef dispatriot!!! After that list, dyspeptic describes me better.

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

> Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > >> Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I'd vote for "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones as > one > >> of the songs that definitely sticks to your head. > > AII! My ears! My Ears! > >> "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors i

Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:54 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote: Yeahthere's folks out there who really believe in that "Star Trek Babble" enough so that they use it in questions about real science. As it turns out, there's a word for it: treknobabble, nicely described at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trekno

Re: Songs You Cannot Expel

On Feb 2, 2005, at 2:32 PM, Deborah Harrell wrote: Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'd vote for "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones as one of the songs that definitely sticks to your head. AII! My ears! My Ears! "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors is another. Don't know it, and suspect I am

Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

- Original Message - From: "kerri miller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Killer Bs Discussion" Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2005 11:40 AM Subject: Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax > > --- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The sad part is that this is apparently considere

Re: US Hostage a little stiff...

On Feb 2, 2005, at 3:37 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: I read somewhere (maybe on this list) recently that satire is [reportedly] specifically forbidden by the Koran . . . Hmm. That would surprise me. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books http://books.nightwares.com/ Current work in

Re: Oops, resend: Another irregular question . . .

At 04:34 PM Wednesday 2/2/2005, Erik Reuter wrote: * Robert J. Chassell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm about out of ideas without being there to poke at it. > > First, with only a working disk on the system, try booting using a > Knoppix disk and see whether you can read the new hard drive.

Re: Oops, resend: Another irregular question . . .

At 04:28 PM Wednesday 2/2/2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote: I'm about out of ideas without being there to poke at it. First, with only a working disk on the system, try booting using a Knoppix disk and see whether you can read the new hard drive. If you cannot, this is a bad suggestion. (Howeve

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

> We do have evidence of societies which were officially > anti-religious. Marxist societies have tried to stamp out religion > for years. The Soviet Union was a country in which the state religion was Marxism. Marxism was not a very good religion and eventually it failed. It did not last as lo

Re: US Hostage a little stiff...

At 04:19 PM Wednesday 2/2/2005, Deborah Harrell wrote: > Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is great... > http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/index.html > > I actually think this is pretty cool in a way; one > of my favorite model > companies is getting some newstime

Re: Oops, resend: Another irregular question . . .

* Robert J. Chassell ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'm about out of ideas without being there to poke at it. > > First, with only a working disk on the system, try booting using a > Knoppix disk and see whether you can read the new hard drive. If you > cannot, this is a bad suggestion. (Howev

RE: Songs You Cannot Expel

> Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'd vote for "It's Not Unusual" by Tom Jones as one > of the songs that definitely sticks to your head. AII! My ears! My Ears! > "Turning Japanese" by The Vapors is another. Don't know it, and suspect I am glad of that... Debbi Seasons In The

Re: Oops, resend: Another irregular question . . .

I'm about out of ideas without being there to poke at it. First, with only a working disk on the system, try booting using a Knoppix disk and see whether you can read the new hard drive. If you cannot, this is a bad suggestion. (However, I have been able to boot every Intel 386 and compati

Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

> kerri miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The sad part is that this is apparently considered > news. > > > > Excerpt: > > > > 'The disc is to be taped or glued to the bottom of >

Re: US is its own third-world nation

On Feb 2, 2005, at 1:42 PM, Kevin Street wrote: Warren Ockrassa quoted: It didn't take Edwards long to find out that not all calls were fun, however. "It wasn't 15 minutes after that phone was in before a telemarketer called me," Edwards said. "But that wasn't really a problem. I just told him I

Re: US Hostage a little stiff...

> Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is great... > http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/meast/02/01/iraq.hostage/index.html > > I actually think this is pretty cool in a way; one > of my favorite model > companies is getting some newstime. But the real > question is...are the > insurgents

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

> Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, deliberately baiting me,* wrote: > There isn't a why. Why is a tree? Why are horses? > There isn't even a > what -- what is the purpose of a horse? Ah, that last question _has_ been answered! http://www.geocities.com/WileyMike/2Windsong.html Spirit His

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

> Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > What so puzzles me about those who need/demand > > Absolute Certainty, is that my own faith - while > > it _can_ be comforting - constantly challenges my > > personal 'zone of comfort.' > > Interesting (I think) aside

RE: US is its own third-world nation

Warren Ockrassa quoted: > It didn't take Edwards long to find out that not all calls were fun, however. > >"It wasn't 15 minutes after that phone was in before a telemarketer called me," Edwards said. "But that wasn't really a problem. I just told him I wasn't interested and >hung up."' You've g

Weekly Chat Reminder

As Steve said, "The Brin-L weekly chat has been a list tradition for over six years. Way back on 27 May, 1998, Marco Maisenhelder first set up a chatroom for the list, and on the next day, he established a weekly chat time. We've been through several servers, chat technologies, and even casts of

Re: And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By

On Feb 1, 2005, at 5:54 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Dave Land wrote: Killer B Gregory Benford and his brother James have proposed a solar sail that could propel a ship to Mars in a month. See the article at NewScientist.com: http://www.newscientist.com/channel/space/mg18524846.500 Two years ago I w

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http://tinyurl.com/3p6e5 " Microsoft's leafy corporate campus in Redmond, Washington, is beginning to look like the streets of New York, London and just about everywhere else: Wherever you go, white headphones dangle from peoples' ears. To the growing frustration and annoyance of Microsoft's m

Re: US is its own third-world nation

> We're spending how many billions to destroy, then > rebuild, Iraq? Not fair. The article said that the costs per phone were $47,000. That would be a tough justification for the Fed to do, and besides, that's a personal issue between the phone company and their customers. At the very least the fu

Re: US is its own third-world nation

--- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not trying to bash the south specifically; things like this can be seen > all over the US. This is a story about a town that just got phone > service. > > 501311001&cac

Re: Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

--- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The sad part is that this is apparently considered news. > > > > Excerpt: > > 'The disc is to be taped or glued to the bottom of your car's gas tank. > Promoters say it significan

US is its own third-world nation

Not trying to bash the south specifically; things like this can be seen all over the US. This is a story about a town that just got phone service. Excerpt: 'Elaine Edwards said she was lucky enou

Holographic gas-saving disc a hoax

The sad part is that this is apparently considered news. Excerpt: 'The disc is to be taped or glued to the bottom of your car's gas tank. Promoters say it significantly increases gas mileage and improves air quality. They don't say

Re: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

Kevin Street wrote: I don't know. Somehow, I suspect human nature is basically the same today as it was ten thousand years ago, and it will remain that way for thousands of years to come if the species survives. I was talking about human knowledge, not human nature. Specifically, with regard to th

Re: And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By

* Alberto Monteiro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Two years ago I would jump to that link and spoil the fun with some > hard arguments. Now I don't give a damn about anything that is not > powered by derivatives of oil or natural gas :-) So, is the Brazilian economy successfully redeploying its res

Re: And All I Ask is a Tall Ship And a Star to Steer Her By

Dave Land wrote: > > Killer B Gregory Benford and his brother James have proposed a solar > sail that could propel a ship to Mars in a month. See the article at > NewScientist.com: > http://www.newscientist.com/channel/space/mg18524846.500 > Two years ago I would jump to that link and spoil the fun

RE: Bill Moyers: There is no tomorrow

Nick Arnett: > I suspect that you're onto it, although I tend to believe there's a deeper unpredictability present. > For the last 10 years or so, I've grown increasingly convinced that we are living in a time of > astonishingly enormous transition. A simple version is that we are learning to mo