Re: Obama II

>Here in Brazil, we had the impression that the Republicans "chose" the worst possible candidate, someone they put there to lose. Or maybe the Democrats voted in the Republican primaries to make him win. A big part of Romney's appeal was that as a tremendously successful businessman, he was afforde

Re: Various Items

On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 3:57 PM, Jo Anne wrote: > Odd. I didn't get the original post from Mauro -- I get the digest and it > didn't come through. I did get one today, though, and am happy the list > isn't completely dead. > > For me, Mauro's post got filtered in Gmail's spam box, along with Ke

Re: Asperger's <-> Autism

On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 8:23 AM, John Horn wrote: > Move to merge Asperger's, autism in diagnostic manual stirs debate > > > http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/02/11/aspergers.autism.dsm.v/index.html?hpt=C2 > > - > > I was wondering what the folks here feel about this.

Re: Getting ballpoint pen off laptop screen?

On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 5:52 PM, Julia wrote: > What's the best thing to do for that? And, just as importantly, what > should > be avoided at all costs? > A few years back, my daughter wrote on my brand new $800 LCD monitor with a ballpoint pen. Water, screen wipes and soft cloths couldn't remov

Re: Foswiki up and running

On Sat, Jan 2, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Jim Sharkey wrote: > Nick Arnett wrote: > > >I'd like to hear if anybody strongly objects. > > I certainly do not object. It's been a long time. I don't post much myself these days, but I'd let him back on. But those who were primarily aggreived should probably

Re: Avatar

On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 4:53 PM, Doug Pensinger wrote: > I saw Avatar last night in the Imax/3D format. It was by far the most > awesome audio/visual experience I've ever had. The story was fair to > good, but the eye candy was spectacular. I wouldn't have thought I > could get vertigo while s

Re: Recursion in C, as told by Kernigan, Ritchie, and Lovecraft

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 5:32 AM, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > The code is wrong: > > void Cthulhu > (int Ia) { > if (Ia/10) > Cthulhu (IA/10); > putchar // ftagn! >(Ia % 10 + '0'); > } // neblod zin! > > // is a comment in C++ and, by the arcane magic known

Re: Recursion in C, as told by Kernigan, Ritchie, and Lovecraft

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 10:29 PM, Warren Ockrassa wrote: > I really enjoyed this, but can't share it with my colleagues, since they > wouldn't get either reference. > > Sometimes it's really a pain in the ass to be a programmer and English > major working in a PR department as the graphics guy. >

Re: Kid's telescope buying advice?

On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 7:07 AM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > > > SkyandTelescope.com - Homepage Equipment - Low-Cost Starter Scopes - > http://www.skyandtelescope.com/equipment/home/69745547.html > This was exactly the kind of article I had been looking for. The O

Kid's telescope buying advice?

*Delurking* I could use some telescope purchasing advice, if anyone's interested in helping. My astonomy knowledge is quite limited. My 9 year old son asked for a telescope for Christmas (amongst a million other things). My mom bought him a $37 Toys-R-Us one which I think is likely little bette

Re: Cleaning flat screens, wuz Re: Physicists offer foundation for uprooting a hallowed principle of physics

On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 6:42 PM, Ronn! Blankenship < ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net> wrote: > At 03:14 PM Tuesday 1/6/2009, Euan Ritchie wrote: > > > > Lint-free cloth, NOT paper towels; spray one cloth with water or > > > isopropyl alcohol, > > > > 70% ("rubbing alcohol") or 91% (sold for steriliz

Re: The Empire Of Dumpling

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 8:19 PM, Rceeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.esquire.com/features/dean-kamen-1208 > > On the genius and what he is up to these days. > Interesting article. Thanks for the link. I wonder why Kamen thinks the UN, assorted charities, etc, would be interested

Re: Proud and relieved

On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 3:14 PM, Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I am proud of what we have begun and look forward, yes, to > > what we can do. > It's a historic event and while this sounds goofy to say - I'm proud to have taken part in

Re: Speaking of unicorns

On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > At least, unicorns were mentioned in some other thread today > > > http://www.democraticstuff.com/Unicorns-for-Obama-Photo-Button-p/bt23828.htm > Another candidate has apparently gone a step further and put a uni on h

Early voting

I did the early voting thing on Friday down here in Orlando. Some of the locations were reporting 2+ hour waits, but it was about 45 minutes wait for me. I had the day off, so the wait wasn't bad, but I'm quite puzzled about the people waiting 2+ hours around here, or as long as 10+ hours in the

Re: Obama and the 'Drug Killer'

On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 3:48 PM, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > http://www.forbes.com/opinions/2008/10/30/obama-drug-medicine-oped-cx_ch_1031hooper.html > > > As I wrote in the Concise Encyclopedia of Economics: "What complicates > the picture is socialized medicine, which exists in a

Re: Redistribute the wealth

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 7:30 PM, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >are you against all forms of taxes? > > No. So to quote you from your last response: > Ah, I see. Taking people's money to give to ot

Re: Redistribute the wealth

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 5:24 PM, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > this is not taking the waiter's entire $10 - it'd be more like maybe > $.50, > > Ah, I see. Taking people's money to give to othe

Re: Redistribute the wealth

On Sun, Oct 26, 2008 at 1:39 PM, John Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Anecdote seen on the internet: > > Today on my way to lunch I passed a homeless guy with a sign that read > 'Vote Obama, I need the money.' I laughed. Once in the restaurant my > server had on a 'Obama 08' tie, again I la

Re: The silence of the ludites.

On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Deborah Harrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Looks like the only one in... > > I'm still trying to figure out why he chose Palin as VP candidate: drill, > abstinence only, 'Creationism,'* anti-science...what independents was she > supposed to entice? Clearly,

Re: Spore

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 3:57 AM, Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Bryon Daly wrote: > > ... The used game market is almost > > entirely for console-based games, not PC games. So why, then, is the > > trade-in killing DRM targetted only at PC games? AFAIK

Re: Spore

had as bad DRM if it weren't for EA > buying Bioware/Pandemic. Score one more for nearly a monoculture in > publishing and EA's weird love affair with DRM right now. I got Mass > Effect > for the 360. At the moment I'm favoring 360 purchases over PC purchases, > for

Re: Spore

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 9:42 PM, Max Battcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've heard that they have updated the limitation to 5 installs and added an > ability to delist a (dead, old, whatever) system to regain an install. > Supposedly EA has been listening and responding to the complaints. 3 i

Re: Spore

On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 10:08 AM, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Who's playing? What are your screen names? I was planning on buying Spore, but the "only 3 installations for a game you purchased" deal is where I've drawn my line in the DRM sand. It's a real shame becase Electronic Art

Re: What were they thinking? (MS Office 2007)

> So... I "upgraded" to Microsoft Office 2007 recently. Can't do half of what > I used to do because I can't find anything. They seem to have succeeded in > making it harder to use. I can't find it now, but IIRC Penny Arcade's Tycho wrote saying that he found the new Office interface so beautifu

Re: A Family Tragedy

On Dec 18, 2007 10:52 PM, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My family mourns today the death of Chase Taylor Williamson, my > nephew, my sister Tracy's oldest child. Chase died hours after an > automobile accident in the early hours of the morning. My condolences to you and your family

Re: Football or Pro Wrestling?

On 11/4/07, Doug <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did anyone else see the Pats/Colts game today. I stopped watching > football a while back primarily because of the poor officiating, but the > hype for today's game was irresistable. The officiating was as bad as > ever. Come to find out that the P

Re: Deathly Hallows - no spoilers

On 7/21/07, Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Gautam Mukunda wrote: > >It's amazing, wonderful, deeply moving, and not just everything I > >hoped for, but far more. > > Yes, it was an excellenet capstone to the series. There were a > couple of parts that were underwhelming, such as the

Re: Straczynski Fan Update

On 6/22/07, Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Will do! Though I suspect that any juicy information will be posted > to the Intarweb by any number of my fellow nerds about ten seconds > after it's announced, so it may be old news by the time I get back > and have time to send it out to y

Re: Straczynski Fan Update

On 6/21/07, Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Mauro Diotallevi wrote: > >And there are still at least two, and possibly three major > >announcements yet to be made at Comic Con, which regardless of > >whether one is a TV or movie fan, an SF fan or a comics fan...are > >gonna pin people's

Re: Fake Sci-Fi Heroics 1979-1980

On 4/29/07, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > But overall, this story changes my perception of the potential success > rate of conspiracies and the ability to keep them out of the public > consciousness for long periods. Not for me. Per the Mendez version, the press were alread

Re: Fake Sci-Fi Heroics 1979-1980

On 4/28/07, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is an amazing story and is purportedly true. I've seen some > corroborating evidence that supports the story from other sources. Amazing story. Definitely seems true, because a quick google search turned up this: https://www.c

Re: Jobs on Music and DRM

On 2/6/07, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.apple.com/hotnews/thoughtsonmusic/ > > is a British company, and Sony BMG is 50% owned by Bertelsmann, a > German company. Convincing them to license their music to Apple and > others DRM-free will create a truly interoperable m

Re: Digital Rights Management is evil

On 2/4/07, Charlie Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 05/02/2007, at 2:24 AM, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > > > Additionally, there's a limited number of times I can copy or move > > the file > > on my computer, then it self destructs and will no longer open. > > I'm also > > limited on the number o

Re: Week 9 NFL Picks

On 11/4/06, pencimen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: JDG wrote: > ... and only > won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be > regarded as the best QB in NFL History. He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy numbers and win a lot of regular seas

Re: Paradox, or, Breaking the mind of logic

On 10/10/06, maru dubshinki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Now, the stranger appears to be absolutely useless, but nevertheless, removed from the picture the whole thing breaks down in the case where N = 2. What is the use of the useless stranger? The key here as I see it is that prior to the str

Re: Wealthy couples travel to U.S. to choose baby's sex

On 7/15/06, jdiebremse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We weren't discussing abortion. Yes we are. We are talking about conceiving a number of children, and "eliminating" the children of the undesired sex. Personally, I think it's ridiculous for someone to go through the pain, expense and has

Re: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths

On 5/31/06, Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Behalf Of Damon Agretto > > You guys and your swords. I'll take a pollaxe... Never bring a sword, batleth or a poleaxe to a gunfight! Amazingly, this guy did OK for himself with a pocket knife vs 4 attackers with a shotgun and pistol: ht

Re: When BatLeths Are Outlawed, Only Outlaws Will Have BatLeths

On 5/28/06, David Hobby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Apparently that day is here: > > <> "BatLeth" meant nothing to me, and it's not clear the thing is a very useful weapon. But the part I'm amazed at, is that swo

Water as fuel source?

A friend just sent me a copy of this Fox News video: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/128967/water_as_fuel/ As he was telling me about it, I immediately thought "perpetual motion scam", but watching the video and then checking out their web site http://hytechapps.com/index.html, it seems their claim

Vader's collect call

A look at what happened when Darth Vader reported the Death Star mishap to the Emperor... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRQv4_xnjvA&search=robot%20chicken%20darth%20vader ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Playing Ketchup was Re: Cold Pictures

On 2/21/06, Steve Sloan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm pretty good. I'm working out at Redstone Arsenal here in > Huntsville, doing missile simulation-related work for a small > contractor. I really like the job, and the people I work with. I Cool! Have you ever worked with/met any Lockhee

Re: Irregulars: C++ Memory Allocation Wierdness

On 2/10/06, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > So is this right?: It looks like it should successfully swap the byte order for you. You should be able to test it easily enough by writing the same number once with the swap and once without it into Mem. Then print out Mem (or view in the de

Re: Irregulars: C++ Memory Allocation Wierdness

On 2/10/06, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > From: Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On 2/9/06, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Ok so this is what I've been doing: > > I'll cut down to the meat of it: > > > *((int

Re: Irregulars: C++ Memory Allocation Wierdness

On 2/9/06, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > The networking standard for data is big-endian so if you poke about > in any low level buffers on a little-endian machine at network level > the data might be in the wrong order[1]. Or there's PDP11s and VAXen > and such which mix it up

Re: Irregulars: C++ Memory Allocation Wierdness

On 2/9/06, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Ok so this is what I've been doing: I'll cut down to the meat of it: > *((int *) &Mem[PutAt * __Int_Size__]) = PutMe; This looks reasonable. I presume that Mem[] is a char or byte array of some kind... Are you only writing ints into Mem[]

Re: Irregulars: C++ Memory Allocation Wierdness

On 2/9/06, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So I needed to create C++ class that would be used to create a static > copy of some data the program already Uses (but sometimes changes), for > which it would need to revert to its original state (it also non > contiguous). It also needs to be a

Re: Help me identify 80's cop show...

On 12/13/05, Gary Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I looked this up on IMDB and it is called Chiefs. Not the same one though. > But feel free to keep sending ideas :-) I remember watching Chiefs with my mom back when it aired (in '83), and when the credits rolled, she got up, watched them cl

Re: Michael Piller

On 11/3/05, Jim Sharkey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Robert G. Seeberger wrote: > >Of course, Piller also gave us Voyager, for which there isn't much > >excuse. But at least he gave us (in my opinion) the best pilot of > >any of the five Treks, even if subsequently it was all a bit of a > >mess

Re: Times all time 100 novels

On 10/27/05, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.time.com/time/2005/100books/the_complete_list.html > > Some notable sci-fi in there. Wow, the Watchmen is in there. That's a big favorite of mine that's typically very underrated (IMHO). I would have never expected a graphi

Re: Katrina: The Gathering

On 9/20/05, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I also tried suggesting "Oil Spill" as a disaster from these sources: > <> > > <> > > <> >

Re: DVD news

On 9/25/05, Matt Grimaldi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Be seeing you, No. 17, you wouldn't > want to be unmutual, would you? > > -- No. 11 Who is Number 1? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Stopping hurricanes

On 9/8/05, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Someone on another list made reference to this site: > > http://www.winwenger.com/hurrican.htm I'm currently reading Hurricane Watch (by Dr. Bob Sheets (former director of the National Hurricane Center) and Jack WIlliams) and it di

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

On 8/26/05, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Has anyone ever done this to copy the contents of the old drive to a new > (larger) drive? I have been working on doing so for hours: a couple of > times it has reported that it copied successfully, but the computer would > not boot with

Re: FLCL and Paranoia Agent

On 8/21/05, The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Daily: > Detective Conan (case closed) (+sat & sun) > Southpark > Totally Spies > DragonballZ Uncut > Inu-Yasha Reruns > Futurama > FullMetal Alchemist > Coboy Bebop > Fairly Oddparents > The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy (AKA Grim And Evil) >

Baxter's Manifold: books

I just recently read Stephen Baxter's first two Manifold books (Manifold: Time and Manifold:Space). I'm wondering if anyone here read them and what they thought of them. For me, overall I was rather disappointed - enough so that I probably won't bother with Manifold: Origin. Fortunately, I can

Re: Just call me Grampa

On 5/20/05, Doug Pensinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 20 May 2005 17:54:50 -0500, Robert Seeberger > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Doug Pensinger wrote: > >> As of 5:25 or so this morning. My daughter gave birth to a healthy > >> baby boy, 7 lb 4 oz., 20.5 in. (sorry Alberto). > >> >

Re: Earth has developed a slight eccentricity in its orbit...

On 5/8/05, Russell Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Robert Seeberger wrote: > > >Warren Ockrassa wrote: > > > > > >>That doesn't change my opinion of the movie. It was bad. Bad, bad, > >>bad. > >> > >> > > > >Still have not seen it myself. > >But you are the only person I've run across so far

Re: Oops, resend: Another irregular question . . .

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 22:11:07 -0600, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >It sounds like your new drive was set to CS. It's not a good idea to > >mix CS with drives set to master or slave though; you might get lucky > >and have it work, or it might not work. (I doubt it would damage

Re: Oops, resend: Another irregular question . . .

On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 16:59:21 -0600, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At 01:50 AM Sunday 1/30/2005, Bryon Daly wrote: > > I did not look at the jumpers on the new drive (#1) as they were set at the > factory before attempting to copy from the other drives, but w

Re: Oops, resend: Another irregular question . . .

On Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:29:37 -0600, Ronn!Blankenship <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: : > the night this happened. So, you experts out there, any ideas on how to > completely repair the problem(s), or at least recover the data? My sympathies. I've just had my computer crap out on me, (including a brok

Re: Thanks Byron

Glad to help! -bryon On Thu, 6 Jan 2005 15:55:04 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In a message dated 1/6/05 Bryon Daly supplied a link to a CD music ripper. > >Thanks. When I was told I needed to have my CD recording software "Save > As," it

Re: Help, seeing a music CD's contents.

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005 21:19:14 -0700, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Jan 4, 2005, at 8:49 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I am perplexed and my work is stopped by a simple difficulty. > > The music CD only shows 44byte files, not the larger music files. >

Re: Education - or lack thereof (was: Gay Marriage)

On Wed, 29 Dec 2004 21:00:43 -0500, Damon Agretto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It may be a cosmetic problem, but its also a real pain. I sometimes have > problems with my *toes* hurting because the nails are too thick, and filing > them down is tedious and time consuming (that said, I did get a D

Re: Invasion of the Factoids

FYI at least a few of these that I paused to check via snopes or google are false (golf, green coke, elbow), and I suspect at least a few others are as well (but am too lazy to research them all). Caveat lector, I suppose. :-) On Thu, 30 Dec 2004 20:41:44 -0600, Robert G. Seeberger <[EMAIL PROT

Re: Irregulars question: hardware suckz :-/

On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 00:55:59 +, Alberto Monteiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Keith Henson wrote: > > > >> My CPU cooler is behaving strangely: it sometimes spins, other > >> times doesn't. Which means that I have to chance the damned thing. > >> Problem: is there any way to _remove_ it without

Re: our steep slide

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 17:11:26 -0500, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 17, 2004 at 03:48:13PM -0600, Dan Minette wrote: > > > > If SS were privatized, limiting investments to fairly conservative > > funds doesn't seem like a bad idea. IIRC, a general investment in an > > S&P fund

Earthsea in Clorox by Ursula K. Le Guin

I was disappointed I missed the Earthsea movie, but not so much, anymore: http://trashotron.com/agony/columns/2004/12-15-04.htm Earthsea in Clorox by Ursula K. Le Guin 1. Background: my (non)involvement with this production. For people wh

Ellison's I, Robot screenplay book included with Costco I, Robot movie DVD

In a rather mystifying turn of events, Harlan Ellison's screenplay for an I, Robot movie (completely rejected by the producer) is being included in a Costco-only special edition of the I, Robot movie DVD. I've avoided the movie, because I knew I'd be disappointed by its utter lack of adherence to

Re: Irregular Question: DVD?RW

On Tue, 14 Dec 2004 16:27:47 + (UTC), Robert J. Chassell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Back in 1984, I suffered an `rm -rf *' while in root. I was using a > computer that cost $50,000, running software that cost another $50,000 > for one license. (This was before I discovered software freedom.

Re: Irregular Question: DVD±RW

On Sun, 12 Dec 2004 09:48:36 -0500, Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Dec 12, 2004 at 07:58:11AM -0600, Ronn Blankenship wrote: > > In looking at DVD burners and the blank discs for them, I have noticed that > > some are labeled "DVD-RW" while others are labeled "DVD+RW". So, > > na

Re: So it begins.... Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 17:36:18 -0500, Matthew and Julie Bos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/30/04 4:34 PM, "William T Goodall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >> > >> I did, and got. > >> > >> 16 - Your score rates

Re: U.S. Vehicles Are Behind the Curve in Skid Safety

On Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:18:09 +, William T Goodall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://tinyurl.com/43o4j > > " In a study released this fall, the highway safety agency compared > crash statistics for SUVs and other vehicles that had a > stability-control system with the experience of identical

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

On Sat, 20 Nov 2004 12:10:00 -0700, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But the fact stands that it was open source code running on Macintosh > that accomplished what could not otherwise be done. ... unless you were running that same open source under Linux, Windows, or Solaris. :-)

Re: THE INCREDIBLES and Dr. Brin's Salon Essays (SPOILERS)

Potential spoilers On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:38:48 -0800 (PST), Chad Underkoffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Some spoilerspace for discussion of THE INCREDIBLES: > > > Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 17:20:47 -0600 > > From: "Robert Seeberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > So, what did you see that re

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:57:15 -0500, Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The stream is actually sourced from: > mms://beloint.wmod.llnwd.net/a125/o1/www.khou.com/soldier_1115.wmv Let me just add how I got to that info, in case it might help. The video link at the khou site p

Re: eBay: Virgin Mary In Grilled Cheese

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 23:13:42 -0500, Gary Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > This is up to $7600 go figure With my luck, I would win this auction > and the dog tear into the package before I realized that the US Mail > delivered it. > > Virgin Mary In Grilled Cheese auction Funny, to

Re: Capture streaming video from the net?

On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 16:04:30 -0800, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, web wizards... I'd like to capture the video (for time-shifting > purposes, of course) of a story about Wes that was on one of the Houston > television stations. > > Anybody who can figure out how to do it wins a bi

Re: Green Car Sets Speed Record

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 20:36:25 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Alberto Monteiro wrote: > > > > Running on liquefied petroleum gas, one of the least > > > polluting fuels, > > > > > :-)) > > > > Ah! Ignorance is Bliss! LGP

Re: Wish me luck...

On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 01:30:01 -0400, Bryon Daly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 28 Oct 2004 21:01:23 +0900, G. D. Akin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Good luck! > > > > WOW them. > > Thanks guys! I'm not sure if I wow'ed 'em, but it wen

Re: Magic Re: Yu-Gi-Oh is evil, why it must be eradicated

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 10:50:41 -0600, Horn, John <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sheesh. I used to play Magic and most of what you guys just wrote > was completely unintelligible to me. The game must have changed a > lot (or gained a lot more jargon) in the past few years. The last > expansion I p

Re: A miracle in the offing?

On Tue, 16 Nov 2004 00:44:19 -0800 (PST), kerri miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- kerri miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I'm biased against the Lib. party, because my > > exposure to them has been in the form of kooky nutters, not well-spoken > > people who have well-thunk positio

Re: A miracle in the offing?

On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 19:16:38 -0800 (PST), kerri miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- "d.brin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > I've never been prouder to be a libertarian, see below: > > That's not something I knew about you. Would you care to share your > thoughts on the Libertari

Bush $200 bill charges dropped

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/11/15/funny.money.ap/index.html Snippet: GREENSBURG, Pennsylvania (AP) -- Charges have been dropped against a woman who paid for clothes with a fake $200 bill that featured President Bush's picture and the serial number DUBYA4U2001. also: A clerk at a Fashion Bug cloth

How the Grinch Stole Marriage

How the Grinch Stole Marriage by Mary Ann Horton, Lisa and Bill Koontz (with apologies to Dr. Suess.) Every Gay down in Gayville liked Gay Marriage a lot.. But the Grinch, who lived just east of Gayville, did NOT!! The Grinch hated happy Gays! The whole Marriage season! Now, please don't a

Awesome prank item

It's potty humor (literally), but I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. Introducing RoboDump: http://triggur.org/robodump/ I want one! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Sad and really angry

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 23:21:00 -0800, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've mentioned here that my niece's husband was with the Marines in > Iraq. After being with the first troops into Bagdad and Tikrit, he came > last summer and they were married last fall. > > He rotated back to Iraq on

Re: Lost: the TV series

On Sat, 13 Nov 2004 09:56:09 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 13 Nov 2004, Bryon Daly wrote: > > > Has it improved any? I was thinking that the constant tragedy they were > > surrounding Andy with must have settled down by now, but I ju

Re: Lost: the TV series

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 22:50:16 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 12 Nov 2004, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > > Yes, in January. Until this season it was the only > > decent show ABC had. > > Guess the only show I'm following this season isn't decent, then. :) > (NYPD Bl

Re: More electoral outrage

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:32:23 -0800, d.brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was outraged to learn that Diebold won't allow any outsiders to > look at the code programmed into their machines, claiming that it's > "proprietary." I think that at the very least this should be > challenged: the Diebold c

Re: School Talent Show Draws Secret Service

On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 16:29:57 -0500, Gary Nunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I suppose that the government could start banning the public performance of > songs that they might consider "subversive"... We certainly don't want > anyone practicing free speech and dissing the federal government

Re: Brin: Kiln people aside

On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 01:43:05 -0600, Robert Seeberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bryon Daly wrote: > > On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:11 -0800 (PST), David Brin > > experiences a la Arnold's promised Mars adventure in The Running > Man. > >

Re: Nerd From Hell is back from the dead!

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:55:06 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi ya'll. > You probably did not notice that I dropped out of the list for some time - > about 7 months. If you remember, I last left the list after announcing that > I was diagnosed with Cancer, and was starting tre

Re: Brin: Kiln people aside

On Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:22:11 -0800 (PST), David Brin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote some > cool kiln speculations. I already did deal with > religious conservative opposition to kilning and with > sexual variations. > > The alien idea though is one t

Re: Brin: Purple America

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 17:49:10 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since we've heard a lot about "Red States" and "Blue > States" I thought posting a link to this graphic would > be interesting. I'd been planning on making it > myself, but luckily someone much better at computers

Re: Grandbaby!

On Mon, 08 Nov 2004 20:17:34 -0800, Nick Arnett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > After an enjoyable late evening Friday with David Brin, David Land and a > few others who aren't on the list, I got up Saturday morning and > headed to Modesto, where my wife already was, to help get things ready > for he

Re: Shifting Gears: Talking about THE INCREDIBLES?

On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 05:19:44 -0800 (PST), Chad Underkoffler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To shift gears from politics, I have a question: what's the > protocol for discussing books and movies on this list? Politics only! There will be absolutely no discussion of books and movies on this list! Esp

Re: Purple America

On Sat, 6 Nov 2004 22:16:18 -0600 (CST), Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sat, 6 Nov 2004, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > > > http://www.kieranhealy.org/files/misc/purple_america_2004_small.gif > > I'd like to know what's up with the black counties, though. >From the orignal site: http:

Re: It seems over...

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 21:01:07 -0800 (PST), Gautam Mukunda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What's your evidence? Mine is pretty simple. Right > now we're at war. Turnout was high. In 1968 we were > at war. Turnout was high. In 1864 we were in the > middle of a Civil War, and turnout was _unbeliev

Re: It seems over...

On Thu, 4 Nov 2004 11:31:46 -0700, Warren Ockrassa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Nov 4, 2004, at 1:49 AM, Bryon Daly wrote: > > On Wed, 3 Nov 2004 21:59:28 -0700, Warren Ockrassa > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >> When was the last time a

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