Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread Alberto Monteiro
Warren Ockrassa wrote: Lincoln replies, Go see a play. God damn, that's one of the best jokes I've read in a long time. That's Carlin level material, man. Was it original to you? Few jokes are original, most of them are adaptations of previous jokes with other presidentes, even some that got

Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Nov 9, 2005, at 1:28 PM, Robert G. Seeberger wrote: Lincoln replies, Go see a play. God damn, that's one of the best jokes I've read in a long time. That's Carlin level material, man. Was it original to you? Believe it or not the National Lampoon is still

Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread PAT MATHEWS
Living in a fantasy world - you say that like it's a bad thing. From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: White House Ghosts Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:37:47 + Warren Ockrassa

Re: Return of The Prisoner

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Nov 19, 2005, at 10:38 PM, Robert G. Seeberger quoth: Damien Timmer, who has been lined up to executive produce the show, told the television and radio industry magazine that the new series takes liberties with the original. IOW, it's gonna suck donkey balls.

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Damon Agretto wrote: I love the new BSG. I really do. It has complex character development and a storyline that is mercifully bereft of the reset button at episode's end. But damn, would it be so hard to not have dumpsters in the background when shooting dialogue in some alien world's back

Re: Brin: AIs Nanos... dangerous children?

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Nov 21, 2005, at 2:05 PM, David Brin wrote: Two very strong points. Though please remember there are some honest and intelligent Republicans. I even know a few. FWIW, my state has McCain, and my stepfather is without question one of the most upstanding men I've

Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
PAT MATHEWS wrote: Living in a fantasy world - you say that like it's a bad thing. From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: White House Ghosts Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 12:37:47

Re: Douglass North: new book

2005-11-27 Thread Robert J. Chassell
Here is part 3 of my notes on Douglass North's new book, Understanding the Process of Economic Change. (Part 2 was the day before yesterday, 2005 Nov 25.) North decries professional economists' old shibboleths. Thus, on page 23, he writes of the rationality assumption. As he says, it ...

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Andrew Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, November 21, 2005 5:48 PM Subject: RE: Bitter Fruit From: Dan Minette Would this be a general rule for the US being engaged in a war? That we only use our

Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread Doug Pensinger
Julia wrote: who has fond memories of the schadenfreude of a woman in her 70s on a day Falwell went on the air to plead for contributions to help cover what the IRS said he owed them Great word! Had to look it up. -- Doug A malicious satisfaction in the misfortunes of others, maru

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:41 AM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Warren Ockrassa wrote: I love the new BSG. I really do. It has complex character development and a storyline that is mercifully bereft of the reset button at episode's end. But damn, would it be so hard to not have dumpsters in the

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 09:44 AM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Damon Agretto wrote: I love the new BSG. I really do. It has complex character development and a storyline that is mercifully bereft of the reset button at episode's end. But damn, would it be so hard to not have dumpsters in the

Re: Brin: AIs Nanos... dangerous children?

2005-11-27 Thread David Brin
--- Warren Ockrassa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are a few, but they're the ones who have not been polluted by religion. This is unfortunate. The churches and the military were allies with liberalism in fighting for civil rights. Many religious people are also progressive. e.g. Jimmy

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: After a lengthy period of isolation, though, why should all of their artifacts look exactly like those found in contemporary North America? Even on Earth, you can tell a difference between the scenery, the clothing, etc., when you travel to Europe, Asia, Africa, . .

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Ronn!Blankenship
At 01:43 PM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: After a lengthy period of isolation, though, why should all of their artifacts look exactly like those found in contemporary North America? Even on Earth, you can tell a difference between the scenery, the

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Richard Baker
Rob said: If someone finds a dumpster jarring in a scene on pretend-Caprica, yet is not jarred by vehicles, asphalt, and average everyday warehouses also seen in the background, then ones suspension-of-disbelief is awfully selective. While we're at it, can't we have them all speaking Caprican

Re: White House Ghosts

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Doug Pensinger wrote: Julia wrote: who has fond memories of the schadenfreude of a woman in her 70s on a day Falwell went on the air to plead for contributions to help cover what the IRS said he owed them Great word! Had to look it up. It's a very useful word. :) I use it

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-27 Thread Gary Denton
From: Alex Gogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lying to the world was not the answer. Open minded people across the world knew that there was no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. On 11/6/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me focus on that point for one post. It is fair to make that statement

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-27 Thread Gary Denton
On 11/19/05, Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There were sources of information that did not originate with US intelligence. Other countries had their own intelligence services. NATO countries shared basic intelligence, not just intelligence after it was filtered by Bush et. al. The

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 01:43 PM Sunday 11/27/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: After a lengthy period of isolation, though, why should all of their artifacts look exactly like those found in contemporary North America? Even on Earth, you can tell a difference

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Robert Seeberger
Richard Baker wrote: Rob said: If someone finds a dumpster jarring in a scene on pretend-Caprica, yet is not jarred by vehicles, asphalt, and average everyday warehouses also seen in the background, then ones suspension-of-disbelief is awfully selective. While we're at it, can't we have

Fight th Future: TiVo's to have RFID Readers, Voice Analysis, Visual Recognition

2005-11-27 Thread The Fool
http://www.techweb.com/wire/hardware/174401408;jsessionid=E4OPC03131XE AQSNDBGCKHSCJUMEKJVN TiVo Inc. has filed a patent application to the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office earlier this month that suggests company inventors believe radio frequency identification (RFID) technology will become

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Gary Denton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 6:27 PM Subject: Re: Bitter Fruit From: Alex Gogan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Lying to the world was not the answer. Open minded people across the world knew

Re: Bitter Fruit

2005-11-27 Thread Dan Minette
- Original Message - From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Sunday, November 27, 2005 8:37 PM Subject: Re: Bitter Fruit Let me focus on this one point. Are you saying that Saddam was not throwing up roadblocks for the inspectors in

Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Julia Thompson
Robert Seeberger wrote: I don't find the suits identical myself. They would look quite strange on the street here. It's the ties that get me. Why are there ties? The suit itself looks like a truncated version of the formal robes from the original series. The cut looks odd to say the least,

RE: Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-27 Thread Nick Lidster
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren Ockrassa Sent: November 27, 2005 2:24 AM To: Killer Bs Discussion Subject: Re: Battlestar Galactica renewed On Nov 22, 2005, at 4:09 PM, Kevin Street wrote: William T Goodall quoted: SCI FI