'The Matrix' is a step closer to reality

2005-11-13 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.physorg.com/news7879.html In the sci-fi movie The Matrix, a cable running from a computer into Neo's brain writes in visual perceptions, and Neo's brain can manipulate the computer-created world. In reality, scientists cannot interact directly with the brain because they do not

The Emperor Doesn't Disclose

2005-11-13 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.prwatch.org/node/4059 Like much news that's damaging to the Bush administration, the report came out on a Friday. Since then, it's gotten little media attention -- just 41 mentions in U.S. newspapers and wire stories, according to a news database search on October 11. That's

Re: Work photos

2005-11-13 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Robert G. Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 9:01 AM Subject: Work photos http://www.flickr.com/photos/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ These are pictures of a project I have been working on, off and on, over the last

Methodist Bishops Repent Iraq War 'Complicity'

2005-11-13 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,175245,00.html Ninety-five bishops from President Bush's church said Thursday they repent their complicity in the unjust and immoral invasion and occupation of Iraq. In the face of the United States administration's rush toward military action based on

Brin: Hippies, South Park and 'movie' The Core

2005-11-13 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Has anyone seen that? There's a South Park episode where hippies invade South Park and Eric Cartmann comes up with a plan to get rid of them with a mockery of the 'movie' The Core. Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Republicans for Humility

2005-11-13 Thread Nick Arnett
A point of view I found very interesting: http://republicansforhumility.com/ -- Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Messages: 408-904-7198 ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Legalese Rootkit

2005-11-13 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/archives/004145.php If you thought XCP rootkit copy-protection on Sony-BMG CDs was bad, perhaps you'd better read the 3,000 word (!) end-user license agreement (aka EULA) that comes with all these CDs. First, a baseline. When you buy a regular CD, you own it. You

Re: Legalese Rootkit

2005-11-13 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Robert G. Seeberger wrote: If you thought XCP rootkit copy-protection on Sony-BMG CDs was bad, perhaps you'd better read the 3,000 word (!) end-user license agreement (aka EULA) that comes with all these CDs. I never bought a pirate CD. But if I ever want to buy a CD with some nasty copy

Al-Qaeda calls Queen an enemy of Islam

2005-11-13 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1869849,00.html AL-QAEDA has threatened the Queen by naming her as “one of the severest enemies of Islam” in a video message to justify the July bombings in London. The warning has been passed by MI5 to the Queen’s protection team after it obtained

Re: Hippies, South Park and 'movie' The Core

2005-11-13 Thread Robert Seeberger
- Original Message - From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2005 10:32 AM Subject: Brin: Hippies, South Park and 'movie' The Core Has anyone seen that? There's a South Park episode where hippies invade South

Re: Brin: Hippies, South Park and 'movie' The Core

2005-11-13 Thread David Brin
Agh you had to remind me about My second movie? The Core ripped off six or seven scenes concepts from EATH... and even more from Paul Preuss's novel CORE. sigh --- Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has anyone seen that? There's a South Park episode where hippies invade South Park

Irregulars Inquiry: how to judge unique, rivalrous item

2005-11-13 Thread Robert J. Chassell
On the Internet, how does one provide a mechanism for judging a certain kind of unique item and reporting the results? You can build trust for a online news story or encyclopedia article: give some `points' for a few days to a regular and ask that person to allocate them in judgements of news

Re: Legalese Rootkit

2005-11-13 Thread Doug Pensinger
Alberto wrote: I never bought a pirate CD. But if I ever want to buy a CD with some nasty copy protection, I will consider changing this paradygm. I'm for a boycott of all things Sony, and for letting the artists whose music I may buy know about my feelings. I buy CDs exclusively because

Re: Brin: Hippies, South Park and 'movie' The Core

2005-11-13 Thread Alberto Monteiro
David Brin wrote: Agh you had to remind me about My second movie? Yes, because the South Park episode was dedicated to making ridicule of the 'movie' :-) Alberto Monteiro ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Work photos

2005-11-13 Thread Matthew and Julie Bos
On 11/10/05 10:55 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ought to take some pics of the Remote Box Terminations in some of the Fire Alarm Boxes. The Fire Alarm company did the terminations themselves thinking that we were not as qualified as they were. Their work looks like hammered

Star Wars criticism anthology

2005-11-13 Thread d.brin
Announcement: The (apparent) success of my anthology of essays KING KONG IS BACK has inspired the publishers to go for another -- one taking off from my infamous denunciations of Star Wars. bThe Politics of Star Wars - A discussion of the underlying politics and of the Star Wars saga

Re: Irregulars Inquiry: how to judge unique, rivalrous item

2005-11-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 12:39 PM Sunday 11/13/2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote: For example, do you know whether the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States was born in 1747, 1755, or 1757; do you know about his birthdate controversy? No, but I know I have the same problem (although the dates are

Re: Irregulars Inquiry: how to judge unique, rivalrous item

2005-11-13 Thread Julia Thompson
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:39 PM Sunday 11/13/2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote: For example, do you know whether the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States was born in 1747, 1755, or 1757; do you know about his birthdate controversy? No, but I know I have the same problem

Re: Legalese Rootkit

2005-11-13 Thread Dave Land
On Nov 13, 2005, at 12:42 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: Alberto wrote: I never bought a pirate CD. But if I ever want to buy a CD with some nasty copy protection, I will consider changing this paradygm. I'm for a boycott of all things Sony, and for letting the artists whose music I may buy

Re: Work photos

2005-11-13 Thread Dave Land
On Nov 13, 2005, at 1:51 PM, Matthew and Julie Bos wrote: On 11/10/05 10:55 PM, Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ought to take some pics of the Remote Box Terminations in some of the Fire Alarm Boxes. The Fire Alarm company did the terminations themselves thinking that we were

Re: Irregulars Inquiry: how to judge unique, rivalrous item

2005-11-13 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:09 PM Sunday 11/13/2005, Julia Thompson wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 12:39 PM Sunday 11/13/2005, Robert J. Chassell wrote: For example, do you know whether the first Secretary of the Treasury of the United States was born in 1747, 1755, or 1757; do you know about his birthdate

Brin: The Governments All Seeing Eye

2005-11-13 Thread The Fool
http://www.drudgereport.com/flashmav.htm The device, a hovering robot carrying video cameras and other sensors, is being created and tested at HONEYWELL's Albuquerque, NM plant. - The pessimist says, Things couldn't possibly get worse! The optimist replies, Oh, now, now! Of course they