Erik Reuter wrote:
http://www.money.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2005/06/13/ccpers13.xml&menuId=242&sSheet=/money/2005/06/13/ixfrontcity.html
Personal view: Forget global warming. Let's make a real difference
Moreover, they should also tell what they expect the cost of the Kyoto
> Behalf Of Gary Denton
> This is pretty basic stuff and trying to argue that none of the
Geneva
> Conventions apply just lowers the standing of the United States in
the
> world.
What REALLY bothers me about all this is this: If the United States
wants to hold itself out as a paragon to the rest
William T Goodall wrote:
Instead of the present incredibly wasteful and expensive prison
system just transport all serious criminals to a tropical resort
island and give them free booze, drugs and hookers for life. This
would be far cheaper than the present prison system, more humane, and
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On 6/13/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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> You are focusing on one section in several Geneva Conventions. I will
> repeat what I have above.
>
> >Common Article 3 of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 and Additional
> >Protocol II apply to prisoners regardless of the status of the legal
Sorry to the rest of you for getting sucked in.Fanboy sniping
attacks are part of the territory and I generally snub the little
gnats. Got fooled this time by the important topic (saving the
world).
We all depend upon a civilization in which the ratio of citizens to
psychopaths gradua
On 6/14/05, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:32 PM, David Brin wrote:
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> > PS Today announced. The service academies have seen
> > a plummet in applications of unprecedented
> > proportions.
>
> The "No Child Left Behind" bill had an elegant little solution b
On 6/14/05, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> * David Brin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
> > Please drop dead.
>
> Eventually, perhaps.
>
> > You are a bona fide asshole and I want to hear from you never again.
>
> I can keep playing these games as long as you can. I was going to let it
>
* d.brin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Someone explain to the screeching fagela that I have a lot of
> experience with obsessive fanboy stalkers. He is welcome at any time
> to approach and test his theory that I am a sissy. I will give him
> first shot and then hand him whatever of his body part
Someone explain to the screeching fagela that I have a lot of
experience with obsessive fanboy stalkers. He is welcome at any time
to approach and test his theory that I am a sissy. I will give him
first shot and then hand him whatever of his body parts he cares to
name.
Like Jerry P, I
* David Brin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> Please drop dead.
Eventually, perhaps.
> You are a bona fide asshole and I want to hear from you never again.
I can keep playing these games as long as you can. I was going to let it
drop, but you obviously don't want it to drop. You want to play games.
--- Joe Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Not to disparage David, but there is a pretty big
> literature on 3-D
> >printers way before David's book.
Um, pay attention please, Joe.
The phrase "programmable matter" is already
trademarked by author Wil McCarthy, whose concepts
have been delin
> You might try, "I was wrong" instead of the whining.
Please drop dead. In several years I have not used ad
hominem language but I am going to break that fast
now.
You are a bona fide asshole and I want to hear from
you never again.
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On Jun 14, 2005, at 12:32 PM, David Brin wrote:
PS Today announced. The service academies have seen
a plummet in applications of unprecedented
proportions.
The "No Child Left Behind" bill had an elegant little solution built
into it, one that has seen essentially no publicity. Kids' school
* David Brin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> This is foul-mouthed insulting and sophistry.
Actually, no, this is facts.
> For several messages ER has directed nasty ad hominem attacks at me.
Not at all. I did not consider your comments about Lomborg and neocons
to be nasty attacks. I used the exa
On Jun 14, 2005, at 4:03 AM, Leonard Matusik wrote:
Naw , the greatest Jew was that carpenter guy... Justin, Joshua,
Joey something like that.
Fred. Fred Howard Christ. Worked in marketing, not carpentry. Pretty
good guy.
Or do you mean his brother?
Either him or that Schindler fella
Dave Land wrote:
On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:59 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
Since it saves all the versions in one file as diffs in a proprietary
undocumented format I would worry about the fragility of the resulting
file and how to recover *any* version should it get corrupted.
In Word, this is
This is foul-mouthed insulting and sophistry. For
several messages ER has directed nasty ad hominem
attacks at me. I want the "Brin:" label removed from
this set of exchanges. He has reminded me why I opted
out.
BTW, none of his rants change the essential fact. The
neocons first denied warming
On Jun 14, 2005, at 9:59 AM, William T Goodall wrote:
On 14 Jun 2005, at 11:37 am, Max Battcher wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of
Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to
Microsoft Office, has versioning b
On 14 Jun 2005, at 11:37 am, Max Battcher wrote:
Dave Land wrote:
OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of
Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to
Microsoft Office, has versioning built in.
In the File menu is a "Versions..." item that
In a message dated 6/14/2005 7:33:25 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
And in not one case did anyone mention
where they got the idea. sniff.
Sniff?
One large monogrammed handkerchief
coming right up.
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Dave Land wrote:
OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of
Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to
Microsoft Office, has versioning built in.
In the File menu is a "Versions..." item that allows you to create
multiple versions of a work in
Has anyone seen this?
I mean, they even call it claytronics! This is the fourth major
fictional idea of mine that has been at least partly reified by
researchers this year alone. And in not one case did anyone mention
where they got the idea. sniff.
Somebody oughta tell em...
The repl
I've been thinking again.
3 1/2 years ago the US gov declared "War on Terrorism" and I have yet to
figure out, WHERE are all the terrorists?
I mean, how hard could it BE to conduct a terrorism campaign in the U.S.?
Especially, if one had access to the resources of a nation-state or mediu
* David Brin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> SHow me where he acknowledges any need to do anything at all.
Dan beat me to it. See the passage Dan quotes. Lomborg is a practical
guy, and the passage Dan found demonstrates it. Rather than spending
$150B a year reducing carbon emissions to make a minim
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"John D. Giorgis" wrote:
If you think that's bad, the TV ads for th
Dave asked:
>
> > I'm sure this has come up before, but what software is there out there
that
> > can help you manage versions. As I get further into my English program,
I
> > find that I'm having a hard time keeping track of what's what and when I
> > wrote what when?
> >
> > Low- and no-cost pre
On Jun 13, 2005, at 5:12 AM, G. D. Akin wrote:
Low- and no-cost preferred but I am interested in all.
OpenOffice.org, which is the free (as in beer and speech) version of
Sun's StarOffice package, which it (Sun) posits as an alternative to
Microsoft Office, has versioning built in.
In the Fil
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