> John Horn wrote:
>
> Just remember to change the subject to start with "Brin:" as Dr.
> Brin filters the list and only reads those posts that start with
> that string.
Thanks for the reminder! I totally forgot.
Kevin Street
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In a message dated 5/31/2005 8:06:57 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Naturally, it is come-if-convenient. Drop by if you happen to be
around and free and able...
thanks!
david brin
I am reminded of a bit from the World of Beachcomber.
Male voice: I'm free a
Leonard wrote:
Does "Killer Bs Discussion" have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody allowed
to ask the question?)
All is Brin.
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Leonard wrote
>I'm a health care professional in North Carolina and
>MAN the demographics are monster! I tell all my
>grumbling redneck staff who say ,"those people
>otter larn to speek 'merican" that "money talks and
>BS walks" Cater to these folks, show them respect
>and they will spend the
I want to bank on "divine-selection" favoring strong pair bonding as the
motive. Coupled with a high desire for sexual novalty, further strengthes the
case that A)God is a comedienne or B)God has no gender
Leonard Matusik -<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Maru Dubshinki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Tue, 31 M
At 08:31 PM Tuesday 5/31/2005, Maru Dubshinki wrote:
Consider: the expense for a male of sex (just the act) is neglible,
almost non-existent. Not so for a female; if from an evolutionary
perspective, the sex suceeds, that leads to one hell of an expense,
esp. for a human (15 or so years of chil
Uh, actually David.. I take the position that most people, including myself,
are "full of crap" (meaning they operate from a relatively large deficit of
self-knowlege, their motives are flawed, their meanings unclear). I am, of
course, very oriented toward the views of Dr. Carl Rogers in this m
On 5/31/05, Leonard Matusik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> None taken Warren, I was smiling when I sent it (not smirking either!)
>
> I'm sort of interested in a scenario where the next Thomas Edison(s) pop up
> in places other than the USA. Technical (bio or otherwise) renders US
> "superiority"
On 5/23/05, Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> Today at lunch, Nick and I were reading reading selections from "The Art
> of Peace" by Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of Aikido. It is a tiny book
> that contains 100-some sayings excerpted from Master Ueshiba's writings.
> Among them is
None taken Warren, I was smiling when I sent it (not smirking either!)
I'm sort of interested in a scenario where the next Thomas Edison(s) pop up in
places other than the USA. Technical (bio or otherwise) renders US
"superiority" obsolete. Consider the harware and info, both new and surplus,
The ongoing project for brin-l listees to rate books based on the
unproved notion that we might have similar tastes :)
This year's Hugo nominated novels have been added to the database.
There are 811 books in the database and 1948 book ratings so far. The
site has been updated so as to not r
On May 31, 2005, at 5:20 PM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
Ah yes Never mind then. sorry
I shall look for another list to bother with those things.
Now now, don't take personal offense where none was intended. There'll
be plenty of opportunity for that later. What kinds of futurist
scenario
Ah yes Never mind then. sorry
I shall look for another list to bother with those things.
In the mean time, I shall do my best to behave on this one.
thanks... ok ...
Leonard Matusik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Tue, 31 May 2005 13:11:40 -0700
The only ones to w
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From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion"
Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 3:19 PM
Subject: Re: The French Say "Non!"
> On May 31, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
>
>> Yeah. What I've been missing in the flurry of coverage is the
>> act
On May 31, 2005, at 12:15 PM, kerri miller wrote:
On Karma.. you don't "owe", but there are repurcussions to the forces
you
exhert, yes?
Sure -- volitional action has effect. That doesn't mean, however, that
there's some kind of "battery" that's storing "energy" of some sort or
other.
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On May 31, 2005, at 1:22 PM, Dave Land wrote:
If you think Dr. Brin's post (or anyone else's) is full of crap, you
are
certainly free to try to prove it or provide a demonstrably better
alternative view.
Politely, though. As much as possible. ;)
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwa
...how and when has this list has ever participated in "carefull thought
experiments about plausable tomorrows". I've been getting the fruit of
this list for several months and all I ever see the members do is complain
about today.
If there is somebody, ANYBODY interested in extrapolating the
> Behalf Of Dave Land
>
> On May 31, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
>
> > Does "Killer Bs Discussion" have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody
> > allowed
> > to ask the question?)
>
> No orthodoxy: ask away.
>
> If you think Dr. Brin's post (or anyone else's) is full of
> crap, you are
On May 31, 2005, at 7:33 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
Does "Killer Bs Discussion" have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody
allowed
to ask the question?)
No orthodoxy: ask away.
If you think Dr. Brin's post (or anyone else's) is full of crap, you are
certainly free to try to prove it or provide a d
On May 31, 2005, at 11:38 AM, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
Yeah. What I've been missing in the flurry of coverage is the actual
constitution itself. Anyone have a link handy to the text of the
document?
http://europa.eu.int/constitution/index_en.htm
Available in 21 languages.
Dave
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On May 29, 2005, at 6:29 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
...how and when has this list has ever participated in "carefull
thought
experiments about plausable tomorrows".
This list is a community of people who are interested in the writings
of
David Brin and his fellow "Killer Bees" -- Gregory Ben
Depends on what you mean by Neocon.
Wahhabism is a very literalist approach to Islam and has had a radical
influence on global Islam in the late 20th and early 21st centuries AD.
There are some weak parallels with literalist North American approaches to
Evangelical Protestant Christianity.
--- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On May 29, 2005, at 7:41 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
>
> > 2) what is the deal with this new trade agreement between India and
> > China? Is it there any substance to it? What effect will the mere
> > symbolism have? Should I learn to speak chin
On May 29, 2005, at 7:41 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
2) what is the deal with this new trade agreement between India and
China? Is it there any substance to it? What effect will the mere
symbolism have? Should I learn to speak chinese as much as I need to
learn
to speak spanish? What power
On May 28, 2005, at 4:16 PM, d.brin wrote:
Good seeing some of you at the excellent FiRe Conference.
I have an article in a new book of critical essays about George
Orwell. But the following is cribbed from a recent speech by Bill
Moyers. Frankly, I do not always find him "on".
[...]
"Wi
On May 29, 2005, at 5:09 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
I'm sure most of you ran across the news that the French rejected the
Euro constitution.
Yeah. What I've been missing in the flurry of coverage is the actual
constitution itself. Anyone have a link handy to the text of the
document?
On May 28, 2005, at 7:52 PM, kerri miller wrote:
"We all know our [operating system] friends don't crash that often,
but
it does happen," Tucker said.
Oh, that's priceless.
Huh. This "Tucker" character obviously uses Linux.
Or Mac.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
h
> 3) and what about the huge sudden influx of spanish speakers to the
> US?
Sudden? Been happening more or less at a steady rate. Immigration
applications were down for the past 2-3 years (although they recently
spiked back upwards the first few months of this year, reportedly)
> I'm a h
> It's just shocking to me that folks can mobilize the huge amounts of
> capital to produce some of the low grade pond scum out there. (for peace
> sake, I shall not name names; "just use the Farce Luke")
> Especially when the is so much GOOD STUFF out there that hasn't been
> tapped.
> LIKE "Upl
Atrocious. I commented right after your full and
complete remark, which was right above.
Your claims of victimization are as credible as the
president's.
--- Leonard Matusik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I guess my comments would be rather
> incommprehensible, if you're going to cut them away
>
Does "Killer Bs Discussion" have an orthodoxy? (or isn't anybody allowed to ask
the question?)
"d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
'Hear me: an unconscious people, an indoctrinated people, a
people fed only partisan information and opinion that confirm their
own bias, a people made morbidly obe
Anybody smarter than me see any paralleles between what happened in Saudi
Arabia with Whahabi-Whatis Islam and the Neocom movement in the US?
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> d.brin wrote:
>
> KINGDOM of HEAVEN may not have the world's most stunning script, but
> it is very evocative and the big battle is simply fantastic. A real
> breakthrough. You really felt you were there.
>
> Get a ticket before it vanishes! Support originality.
Kevin Street wrote:
I saw w
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2) what is the deal with this new trade agreement between India and
China? Is it there any substance to it? What effect will the mere
symbolism have? Should I learn to speak chinese as much as I need to learn
to speak spanish? What power could a NAFTA-like allience composed o
...how and when has this list has ever participated in "carefull thought
experiments about plausable tomorrows". I've been getting the fruit of this
list for several months and all I ever see the members do is complain about
today.
If there is somebody, ANYBODY interested in extrapolating the f
My dear Mr. Pensinger,
It would seem to me that those capable of most effectively deploying nukes have
a "monopoly on nukes". A nuke sitting in my basement is hardly a threat to
anyone but me.
I would confess to being somewhat ignorant at the latest delivery technologies
employed by our "friend
I guess my comments would be rather incommprehensible, if you're going to cut
them away from the thread they were attached to. (how rude and self serving)
I be happy to discuss the topic.
If, of course, you'd like to get beyond looking at me like a bug through a
microscope.
But Hell, it is yo
I cannot support your opinions about "Kingdom of Heaven". Perhaps I was
expecting too much, perhaps I'm too critic when I see a script that is not
exactly well written or when I discovered too many historical errors, but I
don't like this movie, specially the main character. He is some kind of
dem
> I'm sure most of you ran across the news that the French rejected
> the Euro constitution.
>
> How do you think this will effect the US?
It won't have a direct effect. But the US reaction to it will.
> Do you think this will torpedo the EU?
That depends on how the other states vote. At firs
On Sun, 29 May 2005 00:21:49 -0700, Nick Arnett wrote
> Wes' dad called tonight to say that a friend of his will be talking
> about him on the Today show Sunday morning from the Nimitz. Just
> checked listings... the show is on at 5 a.m. here!
Managed to program the VCR. They were aboard the K
In a message dated 5/30/2005 10:49:49 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And really well done - great balance, and a clever separation of the
good guys and the bad guys.
Which aint got nuttin to do with religion.
See it for the one fact that unlike Return of the K
> d.brin wrote:
>
> KINGDOM of HEAVEN may not have the world's most stunning script, but
> it is very evocative and the big battle is simply fantastic. A real
> breakthrough. You really felt you were there.
>
> Get a ticket before it vanishes! Support originality.
I saw when it first came ou
d.brin suggested
>
>
> It's almost out of theaters and this is one you really have to see on
> the wide screen. It's not Ridley Scott's best film, but it is by far
> his most vivid - and that's saying a lot.
>
> Entering the theater, I passed posters for "Bewitched", "Mr & Mrs
> Smith", "Zor
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> > Kevin Street wrote:
> >
> > Heh. :-) Yes, Star Wars is science fantasy or whatever. But it's close
> > enough to be entertaining.
>
> Travis Edmunds wro
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