Posturing...

2010-11-13 Thread Jon Louis Mann
If all that followed that showdown was just posturing, then nothing that followed that showdown had any real meaning. I understand the problem. Context doesn't travel or easily survive in these written forums. By posturing I was refering to the military deployments in Europe as an

Domain names

2010-11-13 Thread Jon Louis Mann
Hi all! Temporarily resurfacing from lurker depth. I'm getting rid of my old life and working my *ss of starting a brand new one. Brin-L is part of my old life, so: Would anyone be interested in buying the domain names Brin-L.com and Brin-L.net? Make me an off-list offer I can't refuse!

Re: Domain names

2010-11-13 Thread Andrew Crystall
On 13 Nov 2010 at 15:45, Jon Louis Mann wrote: Jeroen, How is it you came to own Brin-L.com and Brin-L.net? Jon M. Nobody else had bought them. *shrugs* Same way I got upliftwar.com (and yes, it IS a Brin reference) and later polarorbit.net (and I was...VERY surprised that was avaliable).

RE: Posturing...

2010-11-13 Thread Dan Minette
I wonder if the reason the USSR was engaging in brinkmanship was less for imperialism and exporting communism, than from fear of the U.S. threat. Wouldn't a reasonable person analyze the stated US policy towards the Soviet Union since about '48, and look at the history between '48 and