Re: Star Wars Quiz

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 13, 2005, at 7:18 PM, Travis Edmunds wrote: http://www.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/quiz/quiz.cgi?quiz=arts_starwars *** -Travis "4 outta 10" Edmunds 6 out of 10. Minus 3,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,00 0,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

Re: What's Your Seduction Style?

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 10, 2005, at 7:21 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: http://www.blogthings.com/seducerquiz/ Mine: Your Seduction Style: Ideal Lover Mine too. xponent Does this Mean I'm A Scumbag? Maru rob No. It means we're great socially and phenomenal in bed. Duh. -- Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwa

Re: Fare thee well my beautiful Vulcan, was RE: Star Trek signs off tonight....

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 13, 2005, at 8:12 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Presumably you would suggest that the planet in question be a former Klingon world whose name rendered into Roman characters looks a little like iRaQ' . . . ? And the captain's name might be, oh, maybe "George" something? Actually no. More a

Re: Fare thee well my beautiful Vulcan, was RE: Star Trek signs off tonight....

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:59 PM Friday 5/13/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On May 13, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As most of us know, Star Trek Enterprise signs off tonight with two back to back episodes. ... I wonder what the next incarnation of Star Trek will be? Hard

Re: Fare thee well my beautiful Vulcan, was RE: Star Trek signs off tonight....

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 13, 2005, at 7:30 PM, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> As most of us know, Star Trek Enterprise signs off tonight with two back to back episodes. ... I wonder what the next incarnation of Star Trek will be? Hard to say. Personally though I'd like to see a jump t

Fare thee well my beautiful Vulcan, was RE: Star Trek signs off tonight....

2005-05-13 Thread Travis Edmunds
From: "Gary Nunn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion To: "'Killer Bs Discussion'" Subject: Star Trek signs off tonight Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 18:35:03 -0400 As most of us know, Star Trek Enterprise signs off tonight with two back to back episodes. ... I wonder what the next i

Star Wars Quiz

2005-05-13 Thread Travis Edmunds
http://www.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/quiz/quiz.cgi?quiz=arts_starwars *** -Travis "4 outta 10" Edmunds _ Scan and help eliminate destructive viruses from your inbound and outbound e-mail and attachments. http://join.msn.com/?pgmarket=en-ca&page

Alien Planet on Discovery channel

2005-05-13 Thread Gary Nunn
Interesting pictures on the website "Alien Planet" Premieres Tomorrow Night, May 14th, 8PM ET/PT on the Discovery Channel "Alien Planet", which airs tomorrow, May 14th, 8PM on the Discovery Channel , takes you to visit the fictional Darwin IV, a world where life has evolved 6.5 light yea

Re: Hard decisions (Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons)

2005-05-13 Thread kerri miller
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:26:50 -0700 (PDT), Deborah Harrell wrote > > > who has made difficult choices, when a life was in the balance I have. Twice. -k- __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail ha

Hard decisions (Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons)

2005-05-13 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, 13 May 2005 15:26:50 -0700 (PDT), Deborah Harrell wrote > who has made difficult choices, when a life was in the balance That certainly hit me. I find myself feeling a bit angry. Nothing like a few triage decisions or mistakes to make one realize that life throws us decisions that are

Re: The American Political Landscape today

2005-05-13 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, 13 May 2005 14:48:43 -0700, Warren Ockrassa wrote > It's > harder to be pro-Bush (just like Dad is) when someone points out > that the draft -- which I think is inevitable unless things change > very quickly -- will be affecting some of these kids in just a > couple more years. Yep.

Re: von Neumann machines

2005-05-13 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Is there a source on the net with regards to [John von Neumann's] game theory? Or a published source? John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern co-authored a book in 1944 called `Theory of Games and Economic Behaviour'. (Perhaps it would have been better had they called it `a theory of conf

RE: Br!n: Re: more neocons

2005-05-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Andrew Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > As others have pointed out, he _is_ calling for > > > action > > > WRT Darfur, which is laudable. From what I've > > > learned, it is not possible for the US alone to > > > intervene there militarily, as our forces ar

Star Trek signs off tonight....

2005-05-13 Thread Gary Nunn
As most of us know, Star Trek Enterprise signs off tonight with two back to back episodes. ... I wonder what the next incarnation of Star Trek will be? Gary "Star Trek: Enterprise" 8 p.m., UPN The time has come to wish "Star Trek: Enterprise" farewell, as it warp speeds into the sunset. In the fi

Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons

2005-05-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > As... noted already, a 'moral imperative' > > should be essentially unimpeachable, because it is > > a softer reason than, say, the other guy has > > missiles pointed at your capital. > Yeah, but

Re: Brin: Lucas Film Business Model

2005-05-13 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Note also that although the US imports ~55% of its oil, 45% still comes from domestic sources. Every time the world price goes up ... owners of petroleum sources in the US get richer. I have heard it suggested that the current US government will try to increase use of US domestic sour

Re: The American Political Landscape today

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 13, 2005, at 11:44 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: As long as we're talking about talking... It seems that sometimes on the list we assume that all we do is talk. Speaking for myself, I try to remember that even though all I know about most of the rest of you is what you say here, it would be a

Re: US Pensions

2005-05-13 Thread Robert J. Chassell
On 2005 May 13, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> When a worker relies upon an employer's pension plan, that worker is essentially putting his or her savings nest egg ... into the hands of the managers of a single corporation. ... This is one of the stronger arguments I have seen for the curren

Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons

2005-05-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: "Deborah Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > >Agreed, but if one is going to claim _moral_ > > > >justification in pursuing war, one had better > > > ensure > > > >that citizens

Re: Honoring soldiers on Mothers Day

2005-05-13 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just read a bit about people honoring soldiers > today because it is Mothers' Day. > > How about if we honor them by not cutting the VA > budget by $2.4 billion? How > about if we honor them by not putting them into > battle shorthanded with an unclea

Re: US Pensions

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 13, 2005, at 4:36 AM, JDG wrote: At 10:29 PM 5/12/2005 -0500, Dan M. wrote: And what happens if the company goes bankrupt? The pension fund wasn't owned by the company...it was not considered a company asset. The problem was not that the pension obligations went to other creditors (the emp

Re: Top5 Science Fiction - 5/13/05

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
I did not intend to send this twice. Apparently somehow the unfinished message got queued and sent. I think I figured out how, but sorry for the inconvenience . . . At 02:12 PM Friday 5/13/2005, I wrote: At 02:03 PM Friday 5/13/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only entry to the contest was:

Re: Top5 Science Fiction - 5/13/05

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:03 PM Friday 5/13/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only entry to the contest was: Written by Ronald D. Moore. Probably above the head of many a troglodyte trekie. I recall once watching the opening minutes of a TNG episode and wondering "Who is Ronald D. Moore and when did he read the open

Re: Top5 Science Fiction - 5/13/05

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 02:03 PM Friday 5/13/2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My only entry to the contest was: Written by Ronald D. Moore. Probably above the head of many a troglodyte trekie. I recall once watching the opening minutes of a TNG episode and wondering "Who is Ronald D. Moore and when did he read the open

Re: The American Political Landscape today

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:44 PM Friday 5/13/2005, Nick Arnett wrote: On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:22:57 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote > Sounds like the vast majority of those who are registered as members > of _any_ currently existing political party. And probably the vast > majority of the remainder of the members when it

Re: Top5 Science Fiction - 5/13/05

2005-05-13 Thread Medievalbk
My only entry to the contest was: Written by Ronald D. Moore. Probably above the head of many a troglodyte trekie. Vilyehm. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: The American Political Landscape today

2005-05-13 Thread Gary Denton
On 5/13/05, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:22:57 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote > > > Sounds like the vast majority of those who are registered as members > > of _any_ currently existing political party. And probably the vast > > majority of the remainder of the

Re: The American Political Landscape today

2005-05-13 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, 13 May 2005 13:22:57 -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote > Sounds like the vast majority of those who are registered as members > of _any_ currently existing political party. And probably the vast > majority of the remainder of the members when it comes to issues > other than the one or a ha

Re: Is Iraq better off? (was Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons)

2005-05-13 Thread Nick Arnett
On Fri, 13 May 2005 12:13:35 -0500, Gary Denton wrote > we were not welcomed by cheering Iraqi crowds as we were > told; Not quite. Wes (who was with the very first troops into Baghdad and later, Tikrit) told me that in Baghdad they were greeted with cheers from small groups... at first. Ho

Re: The American Political Landscape today

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:34 AM Friday 5/13/2005, Nick Arnett wrote: On Thu, 12 May 2005 22:33:12 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote > Are those liberal or conversative opinions? Or sumpin' else? Hmm. Saw that intriguing misspelling just as I clicked the send button. I think I'm going to start a conversative party. We'll jus

Re: US Pensions

2005-05-13 Thread Gary Denton
On 5/13/05, JDG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At 10:29 PM 5/12/2005 -0500, Dan M. wrote: > >> And what happens if the company goes bankrupt? > >> > >The pension fund wasn't owned by the company...it was not considered a > >company asset. The problem was not that the pension obligations went to >

Re: Is Iraq better off? (was Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons)

2005-05-13 Thread Dave Land
On May 13, 2005, at 10:47 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:13 PM Friday 5/13/2005, Gary Denton wrote: Republican libertarian Ron Paul answered the question is Iraq better off on the floor of Congress. Does it fit? An Iraqi's place is in the house. Dave

Re: US Pensions

2005-05-13 Thread Dave Land
On May 13, 2005, at 4:36 AM, JDG wrote: At 10:29 PM 5/12/2005 -0500, Dan M. wrote: And what happens if the company goes bankrupt? The pension fund wasn't owned by the company...it was not considered a company asset. The problem was not that the pension obligations went to other creditors (the emp

Re: Please edit quotations

2005-05-13 Thread Dave Land
On May 12, 2005, at 5:46 PM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: [who fcares about the diff between GOP and Dems? Both are evil imperialists!] I am guessing that "who fcares" is a typo, but I like the way it sort of suggests "who f***ing cares," at least to me. Dave

Re: The American Political Landscape today

2005-05-13 Thread Dave Land
On May 12, 2005, at 10:33 PM, Nick Arnett wrote: I'm not sure if it was clear that they were the largest group in the telephone poll (unless I misunderstood). They may also have been the largest in the Internet group as well, but that's not the point. Perhaps I can clear this up. From the report,

Re: Is Iraq better off? (was Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons)

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:13 PM Friday 5/13/2005, Gary Denton wrote: Republican libertarian Ron Paul answered the question is Iraq better off on the floor of Congress. Does it fit? They Might Have To Remove Some Of The Representatives' Desks Maru -- Ronn! :) ___ http://www

Re: Is Iraq better off? (was Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons)

2005-05-13 Thread Gary Denton
Republican libertarian Ron Paul answered the question is Iraq better off on the floor of Congress. Whenever the administration is challenged regarding the success of the Iraq war, or regarding the false information used to justify the war, the retort is: "Aren't the people of Iraq better off?"

Re: von Neumann machines

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 13, 2005, at 10:02 AM, Damon Agretto wrote: Yes, and yes. John von Neumann was a great mathematician. Moreover, his temperament was sociable and he was famous for getting along with people. Besides inventing game theory, the merge sort algorithm for computers and the like, he made a mathe

Re: Top5 Science Fiction - 5/13/05

2005-05-13 Thread Warren Ockrassa
On May 13, 2005, at 9:53 AM, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: and the Number 1 Surprise in the "Star Trek: Enterprise" Series Finale... 1> The ship's engineer is replicated thousands of times in a freak accident in "The Trouble With Tripples." And t

Re: von Neumann machines

2005-05-13 Thread Damon Agretto
Yes, and yes. John von Neumann was a great mathematician. Moreover, his temperament was sociable and he was famous for getting along with people. Besides inventing game theory, the merge sort algorithm for computers and the like, he made a mathematical formulation for quantum mechanics. Is ther

Re: Fwd: Top5 Science Fiction - 5/13/05

2005-05-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: and the Number 1 Surprise in the "Star Trek: Enterprise" Series Finale... 1> The ship's engineer is replicated thousands of times in a freak accident in "The Trouble With Tripples." And this would be bad how? Julia ___

Fwd: Top5 Science Fiction - 5/13/05

2005-05-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
== TOPFIVE.COM'S LITTLE FIVERS -- SCIENCE FICTION http://www.topfive.com/fivers.shtml == May 13, 2005

Re: Please edit quotations

2005-05-13 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Dave Land wrote: > >> What you write is more important. > > Evidently, you haven't read much of what I've written :-). > When I only see quotations in the first page or two, I skip the message. Too much noise, and USA politics suckz anyway [who fcares about the diff between GOP and Dems? Both are

Re: Re: von Neumann machines

2005-05-13 Thread Johan Huizinga Gottingen
When we talk about Von Neumann, is he the same Von Neumann that developed the theory of games? By the way, in some of his novels Gregory Benford was somehow talking about the same theory? - ¿Es posible hacerse millonario sin salir de casa?

Re: Is Iraq better off? (was Re: Br!n: Re: more neocons)

2005-05-13 Thread JDG
At 10:43 PM 5/12/2005 -0500, Dan M. wrote: >> Then again, you recently offered to compare economic growth >> during the Great Depression to that of World War II.. so I'm not sure >> what you are thinking here. > >I'm thinking data are. We should fit theory to data, not pidgen hole data >into w

Re: US Pensions

2005-05-13 Thread JDG
At 10:29 PM 5/12/2005 -0500, Dan M. wrote: >> And what happens if the company goes bankrupt? >> >The pension fund wasn't owned by the company...it was not considered a >company asset. The problem was not that the pension obligations went to >other creditors (the employees were creditors after all)

Re: von Neumann machines

2005-05-13 Thread Robert J. Chassell
When we talk about Von Neumann, is he the same Von Neumann that developed the theory of games? By the way, in some of his novels Gregory Benford was somehow talking about the same theory? Yes, and yes. John von Neumann was a great mathematician. Moreover, his temperament was sociable an