Re: US riches, actual and hypothetical

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
On 5/6/05, Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * Erik Reuter ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Productivity data is from: http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/series/OPHPBS/2/Max You can see a graph of productivity growth here: http://erikreuter.net/econ/ophpbs.png *I did not include

Re: Soldier, Defender of the Truth, Fighter for Peace

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
Yeah, Hackworth literally wrote the book on fighting guerrilla warfare for the Army in Vietnam - they used his book to teach everyone else. Instead of going back to the Pentagon he stayed to command a unit in the Mekong Delta. Despite all the medals he received his men believed he was gypped

Re: Galactic scripts.

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
I have the Sid Meir's Civ Board Game they are referring to. I think I payed about $45. I still think that the PC games of Civ 2 at $5, and Civ 3 as a free download demo or complete CD for $29.99 is a better deal. Not to mention the coolness of the X-ray picture of a binary star at

Re: Morality Redux (was: Br!n something-Neocon-or-other)

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
All very good points as usual. Gary D. On 5/6/05, Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm short on time, in-between lessons, but want to tie up a few of the multiple loose ends from my last post - I'll get to actual replies if it rains (ooh, being egotistical in assuming that there

Yellowstone Rated High for Eruption Threat

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Nunn
Yellowstone Rated High for Eruption Threat Yellowstone Caldera Rated a High Threat for Volcanic Eruption, U.S. Geological Survey Says The Associated Press May. 6, 2005 - The Yellowstone caldera has been classified a high threat for volcanic eruption, according to a report from the U.S.

Re: Garry Kasparov was a Steel-Drivin' Man...

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
There are many versions of the song. The popular Johny Cash version, The legend of John Henry's Hammer is one where he uses his hammer to drive spikes into track Then the section foreman said, Hey - hammer swinger! I see you brought you own hammer boy, but what else can all those muscles do

Paedophiles turning Christian

2005-05-07 Thread William T Goodall
http://tinyurl.com/7lsm2 Children are at growing risk from paedophiles who convert to Christianity in prison and join a church on their release, a government-backed charity said yesterday. ... Simon Bass, a spokesman for the Service, said that clergy must be on their guard because some

Re: why thinking bad

2005-05-07 Thread Matthew and Julie Bos
On 5/4/05 6:14 PM, Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 4 May 2005 13:04:59 -0700, d.brin wrote The following, psassed on by Joe Miller. Ouch. Stomach hurt. Laughing too hard. I have always though Dr. Brin should write the short story... Everything I Know About the Republican

Re: US riches, actual and hypothetical

2005-05-07 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, 06 May 2005 22:28:09 -0400, JDG wrote Why would one expect the business cycle to have periodicity? Isn't that why we call things cycles -- because we observe them to be periodic? What are you asking? Another important flaw is that economic growth for a given year is not an

Re: US riches, actual and hypothetical

2005-05-07 Thread Erik Reuter
* Nick Arnett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: One big question would be to discover if there's an autocorrelation lag, which could reveal that there's a stronger correlation to economic growth that lags n months after a Republican administration. It's being presented without the dates, so I can't

Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
Brin is listed - Heinlein isn't. http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/Authors.html They should take another look at We the Living, Time Enough for Love, Moon is a Harsh Misstress, etc. -- Gary Denton Easter Lemming Blogs http://elemming.blogspot.com http://elemming2.blogspot.com

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
On 5/7/05, Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Brin is listed - Heinlein isn't. http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/Authors.html They should take another look at We the Living, Time Enough for Love, Moon is a Harsh Misstress, etc. The website creator site is also interesting with

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
Gary Denton wrote: Brin is listed - Heinlein isn't. http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/Authors.html They should take another look at We the Living, Time Enough for Love, Moon is a Harsh Misstress, etc. L. Neil Smith isn't either and that is a somewhat significant oversight on their part

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Gary Denton
On 5/7/05, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Denton wrote: Brin is listed - Heinlein isn't. http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/Authors.html They should take another look at We the Living, Time Enough for Love, Moon is a Harsh Misstress, etc. L. Neil Smith isn't either

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Julia Thompson
On Sat, 7 May 2005, Gary Denton wrote: On 5/7/05, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Denton wrote: Brin is listed - Heinlein isn't. http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/Authors.html They should take another look at We the Living, Time Enough for Love, Moon is a

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
Gary Denton wrote: On 5/7/05, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Denton wrote: Brin is listed - Heinlein isn't. http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/Authors.html They should take another look at We the Living, Time Enough for Love, Moon is a Harsh Misstress, etc. L. Neil Smith

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
Julia Thompson wrote: On Sat, 7 May 2005, Gary Denton wrote: On 5/7/05, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gary Denton wrote: Brin is listed - Heinlein isn't. http://www.changesurfer.com/Acad/Authors.html They should take another look at We the Living, Time Enough for Love, Moon

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: I generally think of him as JARCHAL, which pretty much defines the majority of very vocal Libertarians that I have known. JARCHAL? Can you expand? Julia ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Robert Seeberger
Julia Thompson wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: I generally think of him as JARCHAL, which pretty much defines the majority of very vocal Libertarians that I have known. JARCHAL? Can you expand? I thought it obviousG xponent Just Another Republican Calling Himself A Libertarian Maru rob

Re: Political Futurists and Radical and Utopian SF writers

2005-05-07 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: Robert Seeberger wrote: I generally think of him as JARCHAL, which pretty much defines the majority of very vocal Libertarians that I have known. JARCHAL? Can you expand? I thought it obviousG It might be to someone who's been averaging

Re: Paedophiles turning Christian

2005-05-07 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 7, 2005, at 2:48 AM, William T Goodall wrote: http://tinyurl.com/7lsm2 Children are at growing risk from paedophiles who convert to Christianity in prison and join a church on their release, a government-backed charity said yesterday. That's nothing. The overwhelming majority of child

Fwd: Whale-Dolphin Hybrid Has Baby 'Wholphin'

2005-05-07 Thread Steve Sloan
HONOLULU (AP) _ The only whale-dolphin mix in captivity has given birth to a playful female calf, officials at Sea Life Park Hawaii said Thursday. The calf was born on Dec. 23 to Kekaimalu, a mix of a false killer whale and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. Park officials said they waited to

Re: Whale-Dolphin Hybrid Has Baby 'Wholphin'

2005-05-07 Thread Maru Dubshinki
On 5/7/05, Steve Sloan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: HONOLULU (AP) _ The only whale-dolphin mix in captivity has given birth to a playful female calf, officials at Sea Life Park Hawaii said Thursday. The calf was born on Dec. 23 to Kekaimalu, a mix of a false killer whale and an Atlantic

Re: Fwd: Whale-Dolphin Hybrid Has Baby 'Wholphin'

2005-05-07 Thread Alberto Monteiro
The calf was born on Dec. 23 to Kekaimalu, a mix of a false killer whale and an Atlantic bottlenose dolphin. The false killer is not a whale. BTW, this is the hybridization that created Ktha-Jon in SR: an uplifted bottlenose with Feresa attenuata genes Alberto Monteiro