Star Trek nativity scene

2007-03-19 Thread Gary Nunn
All I can say is that the three wise men are a Klingon, a Gorn and Balok (from The Corbomite Maneuver) http://fatrobot.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Coalition Seeks Elimination of Incandescent Light Bulb

2007-03-19 Thread Robert G. Seeberger
http://enews.penton.com/enews/powerquality/power_quality_news_beat/2007_march_16_march_16_2007/display http://tinyurl.com/2orhxz A recent article in the New York Times reports that a coalition of industrialists, environmentalists, and energy specialists is banding together to try to eliminate

Re: Bad Sci-Fi

2007-03-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > ...after all, horses are far more likely > > to appear in fantasies than good SF! Except, of > > course, for the Jijo horse aunties and dear Tycho > > of Garth. > Some of Elizabeth Moon's space opera stuff has > horses.

Re: Bad Sci-Fi

2007-03-19 Thread Julia Thompson
Deborah Harrell wrote: >> jon louis mann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >> i've noticed that a lot of the fantasy novels being >> published now are aimed at that target sci-fi >> audience. fortunately there are enough authors like >> brin to keep me my stack of books to read happily >> high... >

Re: No accounting for taste . . .

2007-03-19 Thread Deborah Harrell
> Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Andrew Crystall wrote: > >> (Klaus wrote) > >> And humans cannot digest milk products. This can, > or so I'm told, easily be > >> proven if you conduct your research in China. > > No, that's not quite true. > > > > All Human babies can digest milk pr

Re: No accounting for taste . . .

2007-03-19 Thread Charlie Bell
On 20/03/2007, at 3:46 AM, Andrew Crystall wrote: >> And humans cannot digest milk products. This can, or so I'm told, >> easily be >> proven if you conduct your research in China. > > No, that's not quite true. > > All Human babies can digest milk products. Adults, only if they have > the right

Re: No accounting for taste . . .

2007-03-19 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 19 Mar 2007 at 17:39, Klaus Stock wrote: > > > STRANGE BUT TRUE: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets > > > There is a reason cats prefer meaty wet food to dry > > > kibble, and disdain sugar entirely. > > > > opened a package of apple turnovers...he immediately > > > jumped up and ...licked > > > the su

Re: No accounting for taste . . .

2007-03-19 Thread Klaus Stock
> > STRANGE BUT TRUE: Cats Cannot Taste Sweets > > There is a reason cats prefer meaty wet food to dry > > kibble, and disdain sugar entirely. > > opened a package of apple turnovers...he immediately > > jumped up and ...licked > > the sugar off each and every one of the turnovers. > > Perhaps h