Brazilian artist Icaro Doria interprets flags of various countries as
statistical graphs:
http://www.brazilianartists.net/home/flags/
Dave
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At 12:49 AM Thursday 6/2/2005, Gary Denton wrote:
On 6/1/05, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On May 31, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Dave Land wrote:
>
> > 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
> >> con
On 6/1/05, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On May 31, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Dave Land wrote:
>
> > 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 t
At 10:50 PM Wednesday 6/1/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
(OK, not fair. I guess the FX were *tolerable* in context in the Heston
film ... but when you compare PotA's "apes" to the pre-humans in _2001_,
well...)
Which one won the Academy Award, though?
-- Ronn! :)
_
On 5/31/05, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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 p
Dave Land wrote:
Folks,
Über-geek, "spiritual teacher," sports fan and political blogger Dan
Shafer quotes the president telling the truth in a way that may not have
been quite what he intended:
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and
over and over again for t
In a message dated 6/1/2005 8:50:49 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Will Smith might be able to play Uthacalthing,
> the Tymbrini ambassidor and Danny Devito would be great as Gubru
> Suzerain of Beam and Talon...But, I'm sorry; you're
> absolute
Light transmitting concrete is set to go on sale later this year.
The days of dull, grey concrete could be about to end. A Hungarian architect
has combined the world's most popular building material with optical fiber
from Schott to create a new type of concrete that transmits light.
Letting t
On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:54 PM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
God Warren; THAT sucks
Look what BBC did with Adam's "Hitchhicker", :D
Not the Beeb. I was thinking more along the lines of the folks who did
the *Brit* version of _War of the Worlds_ recently.
And the Beeb TV version was still a damn s
I sent this last night but it didn't make it to the list for some reason.
Leonard wrote:
My dear Mr. Pensinger,
Welcome to the list, Leonard.
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 threa
...in 1980, CNN began broadcasting.
On this day in 1880, the first pay telephone was installed.
There's something there about paying for gossip transmitted across
copper wire, but it's just not jelling.
--
Warren Ockrassa, Publisher/Editor, nightwares Books
http://books.nightwares.com/
Curre
On May 31, 2005, at 1:19 PM, Dave Land wrote:
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
A
Dave's point about blackmail is hugely significant.
For many years discrimination against homosexuals was
defended based upon their susceptibility to coercion
vs being outed.
To this day, SECRET homosexuality is considered
worrisome by the State Dept. Alas, that is the only
kind allowed in the
On Jun 1, 2005, at 5:29 PM, Dave Land wrote:
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and
over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult
the propaganda."
Vs. FDR: "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth."
Half-right. Repetition tr
Folks,
Über-geek, "spiritual teacher," sports fan and political blogger Dan
Shafer quotes the president telling the truth in a way that may not have
been quite what he intended:
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and
over and over again for the truth to sink i
At 06:05 PM Wednesday 6/1/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:22 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 11:47 AM Wednesday 6/1/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Little-Used Punishment
A senior officer's loss of a star is a punishment seldom used, and the
On Jun 1, 2005, at 3:22 PM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 11:47 AM Wednesday 6/1/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Little-Used Punishment
A senior officer's loss of a star is a punishment seldom used, and
then
usually for the most serious offenses, such as
God Warren; THAT sucks
Look what BBC did with Adam's "Hitchhicker", :D
maybe someone could just do a stage play, maybe a musical adeptation..
Leonard Matusik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Wed, 1 Jun 2005 07:50:12 -0700
On Jun 1, 2005, at 5:19 AM, Leonard Ma
At 11:47 AM Wednesday 6/1/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Little-Used Punishment
A senior officer's loss of a star is a punishment seldom used, and then
usually for the most serious offenses, such as dereliction of duty or
command failures, adultery or mis
From: "Dan Minette" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I'm sure most of you ran across the news that the French rejected the
> Euro constitution.
>
I'm switching the order of the questions around because the answers to the
first question are highly dependant on the answers to the second.
> Do you think this
--- Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Am I the only one surprised to find adultery on this
> list of "most
> serious offenses"
Actually, I am not surprised. The military is a
hothouse environment. Mariages are its bedrock. What
is unfair, of course, is uneven enforcement. But if
you ar
--- Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unceremonious End to Army Career
> By Tom Bowman
> The Baltimore Sun
>
> Sunday 29 May 2005
The utter hypocrisy of so-called "conservatives" who
are unable to grasp that the GOP has been seized
(again) by monsters, is simply staggering.
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
- Original Message -
From: "Robert G. Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To:
Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:09 PM
Subject: The French Say "Non!"
> I'm sure most of you ran across the news that the French rejected the
> Euro constitution.
>
I'm switching the order of the questions around bec
- Original Message -
From: "Dave Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion"
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2005 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: Brin: General's career ended for criticizing Iraq War
> On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
>
> > Little-Used Punishment
> >
> > A senio
On Jun 1, 2005, at 8:57 AM, Nick Arnett wrote:
Little-Used Punishment
A senior officer's loss of a star is a punishment seldom used, and then
usually for the most serious offenses, such as dereliction of duty or
command failures, adultery or misuse of government funds or equipment.
Am I the o
Unceremonious End to Army Career
By Tom Bowman
The Baltimore Sun
Sunday 29 May 2005
Outspoken general fights demotion.
Washington - John Riggs spent 39 years in the Army, earning a
Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery during the Vietnam War and working
his way up to becom
On 1 Jun 2005, at 00:32, Robert Seeberger wrote:
[snip]
Two of the tidbits I heard sounded interesting. One was that the
rejection vote was caused in part by sovereignty questions.
The other was that the inclusion of Turkey and the expansion to 25
states would diminish Frances power.
If true, th
Kevin Street wrote:
Imo, we're living in a period
where startling originality is shown alongside derivative pablum like
"Triple X: State of The Union." But then, maybe it's always been that way.
That's the way it always has been. We just tend to forget the dreck
that once surrounded the origi
On Jun 1, 2005, at 5:19 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
But Uplift WARS! (see even the name sounds movie-ish)
That couldn't be a whole lot harder to do than "Planet of the Apes",
could it?
Which version do you mean? The Heston one with the goofy unlifelike
masks, or the Burton one that was a var
H, I can see where you'd say that about something like Startide Rising.
It's very cerebral and the water scene would almost have to be animated to
work. You'd loose too much. (like how could you possibly do the "underwater
homosexual dolphin" scene?
But Uplift WARS! (see even the name sou
"school" LOL, well I hope you teach them something.
I went to a "famous southern womens college" in TN. 5 men/125 students.
Got more education out of coffee break than anything! WOW, talk about your
"orthodoxy"
leonard matusik [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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