Re: Baxter's Manifold: books

2005-07-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/3/2005 8:09:21 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Alien artifact on a near-earth asteroid? "Yawn." Part of the plot to The Reluctant Tytlal Expert, which I hope our good Dr. Brin finally gets to reading as he wends his way to Seattle in July.

Baxter's Manifold: books

2005-07-03 Thread Bryon Daly
I just recently read Stephen Baxter's first two Manifold books (Manifold: Time and Manifold:Space). I'm wondering if anyone here read them and what they thought of them. For me, overall I was rather disappointed - enough so that I probably won't bother with Manifold: Origin. Fortunately, I can

Re: E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
Nick Arnett wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 18:54:43 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote >> Nick Arnett wrote: >>> On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:11:03 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote >>> >>> ... >>> It is belief >>> >>> Goosebumps. You gave me goosebumps. >>> >>> May I share this with my friends? >>> >> >> Most

Re: E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 18:54:43 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote > Nick Arnett wrote: > > On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:11:03 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote > > > > ... > > > >> It is belief > > > > Goosebumps. You gave me goosebumps. > > > > May I share this with my friends? > > > > Most certainly, no need to e

Re: E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
Nick Arnett wrote: > On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:11:03 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote > > ... > >> It is belief > > Goosebumps. You gave me goosebumps. > > May I share this with my friends? > Most certainly, no need to even ask! xponent Share Freedom Maru rob ___

Re: E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Nick Arnett
On Sun, 3 Jul 2005 14:11:03 -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote ... > It is belief Goosebumps. You gave me goosebumps. May I share this with my friends? Nick -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voicemail: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/li

Re: E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
Gary Denton wrote: > Is this original to you? I like it very much. Thank you! Yes, it is mine. I wrote it after reading Nick's post. I have a talent for writing things of dubious value, that only approximate what I am thinking and feeling. It isn't really very good, but it works well as a first

Re: E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Gary Denton
Is this original to you? I like it very much. While trying to Google similar words and beliefs I found a WIKI on Pashtunwali, the beliefs of some Sunni Muslims. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pashtunwali On 7/3/05, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is not violence that creates fre

Re: O'Connor Retirement

2005-07-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/3/2005 12:29:36 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >This is gonna get really ugly... How so? All applicants must appear in the nude for a simple giggle it up and down vote. Vilyehm ___ http://www.

Re: O'Connor Retirement

2005-07-03 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:31 PM Sunday 7/3/2005, Horn, John wrote: I'm surprised that no one has mentioned anything about Sandra Day O'Connor's susprise announcement that she's retiring from the US Supreme Court. We were all waiting for you to be the first . . . This is gonna get really ugly... How so?

Re: E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Robert Seeberger
It is not violence that creates freedom It is belief It is not words that creates freedom It is belief It is not governing that creates freedom It is belief It is not a person that creates freedom It is that person's belief It is not the warrior who creates freedom It is the fighters belief It

O'Connor Retirement

2005-07-03 Thread Horn, John
I'm surprised that no one has mentioned anything about Sandra Day O'Connor's susprise announcement that she's retiring from the US Supreme Court. This is gonna get really ugly... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Glyph and Glyphability. Need Python reference.

2005-07-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/3/2005 7:14:53 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Let me suggest a character for you: a Thennanin ambassador who tells jokes and practices humorous things. But he does it not by instinct or a natural drive: he does it professionally, by hiring a

E-mail to Mrs. Graner

2005-07-03 Thread Nick Arnett
We get a lot of e-mail to Gold Star Families for Peace. There's a lot of support, a fair bit of hate mail and the occasional reasonable disagreement. Here's something I wrote in response to the latter. Mrs. Graner, I generally don't respond to people who send to Gold Star Families for Peace

Re: Plot Holes: War of the worlds - SPOILERS

2005-07-03 Thread Max Battcher
William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Jul 2005, at 12:01 pm, Max Battcher wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/30/2005 9:31:19 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3jane.net) writes: Ok, I could buy that, but why didn't they just st

Re: Glyph and Glyphability. Need Python reference.

2005-07-03 Thread Alberto Monteiro
William Taylor wrote: > > For Wazoon Two-step, the story set in Washington DC the year the Thennanin > come to Earth, (two years before Streaker gets back) the Tytlal will be > putting on a comedy review at the Uplift Center. (Can't use a historic > theater as the Thennanin wouldn't fit in the sea

Re: Spielberg's Next Movie

2005-07-03 Thread Gary Denton
On 7/2/05, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/01/movies/01spie.html?oref=login > In the statement, Mr. Spielberg called the Munich attack - which was > carried out by Black September, an arm of the P.L.O.'s Fatah > organization - and the Israeli respon

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

2005-07-03 Thread Gary Denton
On 7/2/05, Martin Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 7/2/05, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Notice how we get a different Batman for every decade, and the > > >>current one is said to be the best yet. > > > > > > Christian Bale? Who says? > > > > I for one do. > > Me and

Re: Plot Holes: War of the worlds - SPOILERS

2005-07-03 Thread Gary Denton
SPoilers - . . . . . Now that I have seen the movie I looked at this thread. . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . While there was speculation that the machines were buried hundreds or even "millions" of years ago it is uninformed speculation in the movie. For a number of reasons I doubt this. After