Low bandwidth and impersonal exchanges are not the same.
Like some people -- but very definitately not everyone -- I thrive on
low bandwidth, personal exchanges.
Edward Hugh, who is not on the Brin mailing list, but to whom I have
been sending my messages regarding Douglass North's new book,
"Und
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
At 10:32 PM Tuesday 11/29/2005, Warren Ockrassa wrote:
On Nov 26, 2005, at 11:51 PM, Dave Land wrote:
On Nov 26, 2005, at 9:47 PM, 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 Rep
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
may have to back up his acts with his life."
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
What about the inversion of that statement?
"An armed society is an impolite society. It is easy to shoot
someone yo
On 11/29/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > So, if I understand your point correctly, Bush went to war so that a
> few
> > > key industries could make about 10 billion per year in profit for a
> couple
> > > of years? He was not only wrong, but happily sacrificed thousands of
> > > l
I was watching a program late last night it was on Channel 4 (uk) called
Dispatches. It was entitled AMERICA'S SECRET SHAME
http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/americas_secret_shame/index.html
It was very sad, but also a eye opener in some areas as well, on how the US
government catagoris
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 23:07:50 +
Alex Gogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I was watching a program late last night it was on Channel 4 (uk) called
> Dispatches. It was entitled AMERICA'S SECRET SHAME
>
> http://www.channel4.com/news/microsites/A/americas_secret_shame/index.html
>
> It was very
On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
"An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
may have to back up his acts with his life."
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and I suspect that there may be one
On Nov 30, 2005, at 11:30 AM, Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
The only problem with that suggestion is that it's people who feel
like you do who believe in gun control, while it's the
conservatives and the Christians who have all the firearms . . . :P
Not all Christians are fundamentalists. They're
On 11/30/05, Alex Gogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> ... up to 80 per cent of Iraq veterans are suffering from severe
> postâ€_traumatic stress symptoms and levels of drug and alcohol abuse are
> soaring.
That number sounds awfully high... but the figures I've seen show twice the
rate of PTSD a
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:24:14 -0800
Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> One of the
> ways I've chosen to respond to Wes' death is to try to encourage and lead
> appropriate public memorials. As tempting as it is to resent, blame, etc.,
> with each day I more firmly reject that path. I don't
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:14:34 -0800
Dave Land <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>
> > "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
> > may have to back up his acts with his life."
> > -- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond t
> From: David Brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> > And posting comments in 'blogger' is...difficult.
> > 'Blogger'
> > is...Complete Garbage.
>
> Sorry about that.I merely find it irksome.
>
> May I repost your comment?
>
Here are some links to posts that were made to this list about
diebold/vot
On 11/30/05, Alex Gogan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> I apologise sometimes I actually do forget that almost every family has
> been touched in the US my this in some sense or other. So I apologise for
> not having a rider message on top. Wes was your nephew??
Correct -- my niece's husband.
A
Dave Land wrote:
> On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
>
>> "An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when
>> one
>> may have to back up his acts with his life."
>> -- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
>
> I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and
- Original Message -
From: "Gary Denton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Killer Bs Discussion"
Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 3:58 PM
Subject: Re: Bitter Fruit
On 11/29/05, Dan Minette <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > So, if I understand your point correctly, Bush went to war so that a
>
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/45390/wizards_of_winter/
This is awesome!
This guy has his Christmas lights controlled by computer and set to
music..TrasSiberianOrchestra's Wizards Of Winter. He also
broadcasts the music over low power FM so it can be heard on car
radios for about a block.
Folks,
Today's The Guardian (UK) features an article that expands on an
astonishing excerpt from a BBC Today interview with Lawrence
Wilkerson, who was Colin Powell's Chief of Staff when Powell served
as Secretary of State. I first heard Wilkerson's amazing moment of
candor on NPR yesterd
Fool, David,
Intriguing that this comes up just as four opposition parties pull
out of elections in Venezuela, citing fears that electronic voting
machines could be used to tip the election in favor of Hugo Chavez
and that voters' identities could be matched back to their votes.
Dave
___
At 11:50 PM Wednesday 11/30/2005, Robert G. Seeberger wrote:
http://www.metacafe.com/watch/45390/wizards_of_winter/
This is awesome!
This guy has his Christmas lights controlled by computer and set to
music..TrasSiberianOrchestra's Wizards Of Winter. He also
broadcasts the music over low po
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