At 08:00 PM Friday 5/16/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
>On Fri, 16 May 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> > At 04:41 PM Friday 5/16/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> >
> >> I think Dr. Phlox's folk might have an interesting
> >> point in their group marriage approach...wasn't each
> >> person married to 3
On 16 May 2008 at 14:41, Deborah Harrell wrote:
> Best-case scenario for population reduction is
> education and economic empowerment for women, as I
> think Pat pointed out. Micro-loan programs and
The issue is that certain minority population groups (different ones,
in different parts of the
At 12:02 PM Friday 5/16/2008, Dave Land wrote:
>On May 16, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
>
> > On 5/15/08, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >> I love the blank looks I get when I give my weight in stones
> >>
> >> (9 1/2, roughly.)
> >
> > *Geez.* I have vague memori
On Fri, 16 May 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> At 04:41 PM Friday 5/16/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote:
>
>> I think Dr. Phlox's folk might have an interesting
>> point in their group marriage approach...wasn't each
>> person married to 3 others? Now *that* would lead to
>> wild family reunions!
At 04:53 PM Friday 5/16/2008, jon louis mann wrote:
>... Best-case scenario for population reduction is education and
>economic empowerment for women
>
>... denied knowledge and access to birth control, they won't be able to
>choose when (or if) to have children
>
>... eliminate the problem of birt
At 04:41 PM Friday 5/16/2008, Deborah Harrell wrote:
>I think Dr. Phlox's folk might have an interesting
>point in their group marriage approach...wasn't each
>person married to 3 others? Now *that* would lead to
>wild family reunions! :)
Not to mention a market for king-size or larger beds.
At 11:16 AM Friday 5/16/2008, Dave Land wrote:
>On May 15, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> > At 05:05 PM Thursday 5/15/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >> On Thu, 15 May 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> >>> At 12:48 PM Thursday 5/15/2008, Dave Land wrote:
> >>>
> What I meant, of cou
At 09:51 AM Friday 5/16/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
>On Fri, 16 May 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
> > Julia Thompson wrote:
> >>
> >> I have a friend who has on occasion. Xe doesn't make a habit of it,
> >> but I've seen it enough to know that it's within expected bounds.
> >> (Xe makes xir ow
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From: Deborah Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 14:41:33 -0700 (PDT)
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: culling the species
Trying to start on the massive baglog of posts to
which I wish to reply-
> Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
... Best-case scenario for population reduction is education and
economic empowerment for women
... denied knowledge and access to birth control, they won't be able to
choose when (or if) to have children
... eliminate the problem of birth-related fistulas that devastate
thousands of child brides
Trying to start on the massive baglog of posts to
which I wish to reply-
> Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On Tue, 29 Apr 2008, jon louis mann wrote:
> > empowering women is definitely a pragmatic
> solution. protecting
> > children, ending polygamy and legalizing same sex
> marri
At 12:00 PM 5/16/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>Keith wrote:
> >
> >>> There is plenty of energy around if we can figure out how to get
> >>> it. For example, a solar power satellite repays the energy needed
> >>> to lift it to GEO in about a day (at 100% efficiency). Five percent
> >>> efficien
On Fri, 16 May 2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
> On 5/15/08, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I love the blank looks I get when I give my weight in stones
>>
>> (9 1/2, roughly.)
>
> *Geez.* I have vague memories of those days. Now, you'd have to
> double that and add a couple.
Keith wrote:
>
>>> There is plenty of energy around if we can figure out how to get
>>> it. For example, a solar power satellite repays the energy needed
>>> to lift it to GEO in about a day (at 100% efficiency). Five percent
>>> efficient rockets would replay the lift energy in 3 weeks.
>>
>> T
On May 16, 2008, at 9:50 AM, Mauro Diotallevi wrote:
> On 5/15/08, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> I love the blank looks I get when I give my weight in stones
>>
>> (9 1/2, roughly.)
>
> *Geez.* I have vague memories of those days. Now, you'd have to
> double that and add a c
Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>> Is this your invention, or some kind of standard
>> crossdresser pronoun? In the Jijo books, He uses
>> "er" for a neutral gender, but I guess using neutral
>> in this case would be politically incorrect.
>
> It's one of the conventions I've seen online. I don't know if
On 5/15/08, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I love the blank looks I get when I give my weight in stones
>
> (9 1/2, roughly.)
*Geez.* I have vague memories of those days. Now, you'd have to
double that and add a couple.
Of course, that's down from having to add 3...
21 Skidoo
On May 16, 2008, at 7:51 AM, Julia Thompson wrote:
> On Fri, 16 May 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>
>> Julia Thompson wrote:
>>>
>>> I have a friend who has on occasion. Xe doesn't make a habit of it,
>>> but I've seen it enough to know that it's within expected bounds.
>>> (Xe makes xir own dres
On May 16, 2008, at 5:53 AM, Charlie Bell wrote:
> On 16/05/2008, at 8:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>
>>> I'm not sure that you commented on this, Charlie, or if it was in
>>> your 'round toit' bucket, but I don't see legislation being the
>>> answer because key countries, such as China, ar
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From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 22:53:51 +1000
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 381, Issue 3
>China has, weirdly, tougher emissions legislation than Oz.
Well, I don't know what Oz's rules are, but I know t
On May 15, 2008, at 5:16 PM, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
> At 05:05 PM Thursday 5/15/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>
>> On Thu, 15 May 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
>>
>>> At 12:48 PM Thursday 5/15/2008, Dave Land wrote:
>>>
What I meant, of course was 0.0714 stones.
>>>
>>>
>>> Which is approx
Original Message:
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From: Charlie Bell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 16 May 2008 22:53:51 +1000
To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Subject: Re: Brin-l Digest, Vol 381, Issue 3
>China has, weirdly, tougher emissions legislation than Oz.
Well, I don't know what Oz's rules are, but I know t
At 12:00 PM 5/15/2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
>Keith preached:
> >
> > There is plenty of energy around if we can figure out how to get
> > it. For example, a solar power satellite repays the energy needed
> > to lift it to GEO in about a day (at 100% efficiency). Five percent
> > efficient roc
On Fri, 16 May 2008, Alberto Monteiro wrote:
> Julia Thompson wrote:
>>
>> I have a friend who has on occasion. Xe doesn't make a habit of it,
>> but I've seen it enough to know that it's within expected bounds.
>> (Xe makes xir own dresses, and wears purple a lot.)
>>
> :-)
William T Goodall wrote:
> On 15 May 2008, at 15:56, Julia Thompson wrote:
>
>
>> What's the best way to clean dirt off a flatscreen monitor? (Note
>> that
>> the monitor has its BACK to the wall that has the broken window)
>>
>
>
> Isopropyl alcohol and a microfibre cloth.
>
Note
On 16/05/2008, at 8:11 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I'm not sure that you commented on this, Charlie, or if it was in your
> 'round toit' bucket, but I don't see legislation being the answer
> because
> key countries, such as China, are not ruled by so ruledand they
> gain by
> burning
Julia Thompson wrote:
>
> I have a friend who has on occasion. Xe doesn't make a habit of it,
> but I've seen it enough to know that it's within expected bounds.
> (Xe makes xir own dresses, and wears purple a lot.)
>
:-))
Is this your invention, or some kind of standard
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