RE: A few new words of which this list is in need

> -Original Message- > From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, March 01, 2004 3:42 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: A few new words of which this list is in need > > > On Mon, Mar 01, 2004 at 10:06:19AM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > Hey, I tho

RE: Federal Marriage Amendment

> Which is why I support the National Doggie-Style Amendment. > As anyone who has been to the zoo knows, front penetration is > unnatural. We should not provide government incentives to, > for example, Catholics who engage in the unnatural act of > front penetration. Any savages who copulate on

RE: BRin-L - are we average? (was RE: Federal Marraige[sic]Amendm ent)

> > > > I suspect that "pure" heterosexuals may not even be a majority. > > > I'm in that 10% minority :) Can I get a disabled sticker for that? If I can get one for being a pure "Left-handed" person... Any other "lefties" out there? Nerd From Hell __

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

> The same goes for me I suppose. Only thing is though, is that > I'm a bit of a > purist when it comes to music. But of course I appreciate any and all > musical genres, and respect and recognize their importance in > the grand > scheme of coherent noise. I just have my tastes, as does > ev

RE: Darwin's Children

> > Read it some time ago. What's your mail system, Pony Express? :-) No, he ordered it from Amazon! NFH ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

> > Now I really like No Doubt :) The last two CDs I bought were Pink's > previous CD and Avril Lavigne. I saw Melissa auf der Maur's video for > her new CD on MTV recently and that seemed quite good... And I also > like Christina Aguilera and KiTTiE. My last two cd purchases were David Bowie

RE: Federal Marraige Amendment

When I replace "Gay" and "Homosexual" with Interracial, replace "sex" with "race", and "heterosexual" as "same-race".. >> Chad's Modified text example below >> As I have hinted earlier, if I were forced to cast a vote, I would vote in favor of the "Fe

BRIN : A New Politics

FYI. A friend who just recently joined the Brin-l, sent me this article on Friday. http://techcentralstation.com/020604A.html There is reference in this article to a David Brin Vs. Neal Stephenson debate over Accountability vs. Secrecy (guess what side Brin took. Can anyone provide details of th

RE: bad day/customer service

> I just don't > understand why a bank would take a step backwards like this. I've seen this before... The bank is positioning itself to be bought out. They are cutting expenses to increase their cash situation. This is where you get out, since they have little use for customers that require ex

RE: My Dad

And all of you, male and > female alike, should make sure you know the symptoms of heart > disease and heart attacks and then take those symptoms > seriously if you get them. I believe that one of the symptoms of a real heart attack is the denial by the victim of the heart attack that they a

RE: A List A List!!!!

> >You can find some excuses that will keep you alive, > >even if this woman will never again consider you a > >human being. > > > > I suspect that this is the reason behind the list item. > If someone acknowledges a pregnacy, and the pregnacy results in a miscarriage, there is a degree of sha

RE: Icky recipe

> -Original Message- > From: Damon Agretto [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 3:52 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Icky recipe > > > > Best not read any further if of a squeamish > > disposition. > > > > S > > Q > > U > > E > > A > > M > > I > > S

The Perfect Ice Storm recipe

Perfect Ice Storm Recipe Ingredients: 6 inches of snow 2 inches of rain Artic Winds to 70 mph Instructions: Prepare at sea level. Pre-refrigerate air to below freezing. Add 6 inches of powdery snow Stir with 40 mph gusts Add humidity from the Columbia. Funnel artic air through river gorge until t

RE: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

> Why would Freightliner want to ban "Cultural Institutions" as a > category? It seems to be harmless enough... > We block the obvious categories, and allow catgories like Cultural > Institutions to count towards the "non-work-related" quota > some people > are on, but I can't imagine banning

RE: Losing Our IT

> "The problem is not a lack of highly educated workers," said > Scott Kirwin, founder of the Information Technology > Professionals Association of America. "The problem is a lack > of highly educated workers willing to work for the minimum > wage or lower in the U.S. Costs are driving outsourc

RE: Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

> Just out of curiosity, is www.davidbrin.com being filtered > because of the links that are there or because of meta tag > keywords? I looked at the source of his page and didn't see > any references to "cultural" that might get blocked. I am not sure how they determine its unsuitibility. Pr

Davidbrin.com blocked by WebSense

Our corporate proxy is now blocking access to Dr. Brin's web site.. Below is the message. The Websense category "Cultural Institutions" is filtered. We use a product from http://www.websense.com/ . This web site filter blocks about a quarter of the link published on this list. According to We

Witch wins government grant

Hehehee... No joke >From http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3203687.stm A Norwegian woman setting up shop as a witch has been awarded a government grant worth 53,000 kroner ($7,500; £4,500). Lena Skarning, aged 33, was given the money because her business plan - according to officials from

RE: Science Fiction In Music

I don't think anyone has mentioned... "Major Tom" by Peter Schilling "Cosmic Thing" by The B-52's "Planet Claire" by The B-52's "Jimmy Neutron Theme" - Brian Causey Brian Causey also was the leader of a band called "Man or Astro-man?" which is almost all Sci-fi themed music... Anything by Kraft

RE: Outlandish but exceedingly fun.

Gremlins! Who needs conventional weapons or any sort of strategy?.. Just add water and turn them on your enemy... Nerd From Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Scouted: Article on camera phones and transparency issues

I forwarded this to my club manager. I really hate people who talk on the phone in the locker room. This is a perfect time to get a policy in place to make them to stop. Nerd From Hell (who will think twice before picking up that dropped towel in the locker room from now on...) > -Original

RE: Two Towers Extended DVD

> -Original Message- > From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 01, 2003 9:00 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Two Towers Extended DVD > > > Reggie wrote: > > > > Quite possibly, but it depends on why that person nearly walked out. > > > > R

RE: Web Browser Question

> > Says you. I never have any problems. > I lose perspective since I work with corporate web-based applications that require these things turned on. For running many corporate apps, it is a requirement. Chad ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/list

RE: Saturday's Lunar Eclipse, was new wonder drug scours arteries clean, was "Why don't you people change the subject line once in a while ?!"

> > > As the penumbral phase starts at 4:15 pm CST, the partial > phase about 5:30, > and totality lasts from 7:06 to 7:31, you might be awake for > much of it, > assuming the smaller members of the family have not worn you out. > In Portland, it is only a partial, the moon is only at 4% a

RE: Web Browser Question

It's a form of popup. You can try using a popup preventer. Turing off active x, javascript and the like only results in broken pages, which can be annoying, if you have to change settings to see a page correctly. Nerd From Hell > -Original Message- > From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PR

RE: Matrix Revolutions - no spoilers

Is it worth seeing in an IMAX theater? I have to drive 3 hours to see it in one (Seattle). > -Original Message- > From: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 8:22 PM > To: Brin Mail List > Subject: Matrix Revolutions - no spoilers > > > > Saw this to

RE: New Jersey (was Re: religious/political question)

> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, November 01, 2003 6:07 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: New Jersey (was Re: religious/political question) > > > > If you want to spend hours commuting to and from work, > Jersey's your

RE: It's a boy!

Congrads... And welcome to the Brin New Baby Club... Chad Cooper > -Original Message- > From: Matt Grimaldi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 30, 2003 4:54 AM > To: Matt Grimaldi > Subject: It's a boy! > > > > Andrew Michael Grimald

RE: Cancer update

> > Debbi > who wishes the Cooper kitty well also Cooper Kitty coughed up a monstrous hairball yesterday and is now feeling fine... Thanks, Nerd From Hell > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.co

RE: fire paste

> > Since he is working out of a garage, it would be hard to > believe that he's done the type of testing that could > establish that it would stand up to that type of flow. It > would also be interesting to see what kind of tile that would > be. For example, tiles that resemble clay bricks

RE: Have a nice orgasm!

> > No mention, of course, of the fact that she stole 2 computer > systems, my xBox, numerous kitchen items that were quite > pricey, $300 in cash, plus a stack of 30-odd CDs, nor of the > 12 months of rent I paid for her when she was "depressed", > nor the $500 I loaned her so she could pay t

RE: But its Seattle, you're used to it..

; From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chad Cooper > > Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 12:21 PM > > To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' > > Subject: RE: But its Seattle, you're used to it.. > > > > > > Rats... Seattle won

RE: But its Seattle, you're used to it..

Rats... Seattle won this round... Portland still has time to catch up... We can't have Seattle folks whining about how they have worse wet weather than us (and being right about it). We prefer to be the whiners (whinee?winner?whinna?). Nerd From Hell (wondering when he'll get the chance to whine

RE: fire paste

> Finally, considering the fire paste, I have a hard time > believing that a spray on paste that washes off with water > will stand up to supersonic turbulant airflow without erosion. Agreed. However, he did demonstrate a 'cured' form of the paste as a tile... Nerd From Hell > > Dan M. >

RE: Cancer update

> -Original Message- > From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 11:41 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Cancer update > > > > On Monday, October 20, 2003, at 05:51 pm, Chad Cooper wrote: > > >

RE: Cancer update

> > So, good news and bad news. (And the bad news has caused a > lot of tears > here.) This weekend we took our 3 year old cat to the vet because she appeared to be ill. X-rays point to an intestinal blockage. We are making the decision today for euthanasia if the second opinion confirms the i

RE: [A4P] Introducing Matt Lundstrom

Welcome aboard. This is a wild group. As far as postings go, On-topic is like a rare wine, to be savored. Some simple rules... * If you want Dr. Brin to see your message, include 'BRIN' in the subject. * Text only replies Blood has been spilt over posts done in HTML. You'll catch on to

RE: LotR: Trilogy marathon: tFotR Extended, tTT Extended, RotK de c 16

I got tickets to one and two, but the one time only trilogy was sold out... Nerd From Hell > -Original Message- > From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 2:16 PM > To: Brin-L > Subject: LotR: Trilogy marathon: tFotR Extended, tTT > Extended, RotK dec

RE: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS'

> -Original Message- > From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 12:34 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Vatican Vs Science: 'condoms don't stop hiv / AIDS' > > > > --- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > <

RE: [Scouted] Maggots, Leeches, and Now -- Worms?

There was a time that I worked with these patients with ulcerative colitis. At the time, the most radical treatment was a surgical procedure called "ilea-anal pull-through " (spellings all wrong, but you get the picture). The name says it all. I assisted on this procedure on a weekly basis. It was

RE: Not suitable for pets

> -Original Message- > From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 5:41 AM > To: Brin-L > Subject: Not suitable for pets > > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/08/ > wexec08.xml > > "A judge's ruling that the "huma

RE: Leaving California

> -Original Message- > From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 6:30 PM > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"@mccmedia.com > Subject: Leaving California > > > Well, I just hung some chad. What!!! Here in Santa Clara County, we're still > using the infamous

RE: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles)

> > > > Nerd From Hell > > OK, since we're playing the oldest stuff game here. What is > the oldest computer everyone here has worked on? I think > mine (which I've mentioned > before) is the oldest, but I'd be curious to see who might > beat me. :-) I'll take that challenge (sort of, althou

RE: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles)

> -Original Message- > From: Horn, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2003 1:18 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: RE: When I Was Your Age... (was Re: RE: Brin: rejuveniles) > > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > If we wanted t

RE: Brin: rejuveniles

> > >Calvin: ~sighs~ What's the point? GONA BE A PUNK ROCKER! > Let me remind everyone that the Punk Movement started roaring in the late 70's. Any punk rocker who remembers when it started is a minimum age of 30 and closer to 40 (I'm 35.. A regular X-Gen Patriarch). Back in my 'day' we used saf

RE: Raceism

Indian Country Today considers the use of sports names, symbols, mascots and logos depicting American Indians by non-Indian teams and organizations as being offensive. Its policy states: "... the name 'Redskins' is a derogatory term that for at least 300 years has been used to insult, ridicule,

RE: a new Br!n: book review

>So? I haven't seen many barrel makers or stevedores lately either. What do you mean? There is a Cooper on this list! >Kevin Tarr ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l ___ http://www.mccmedi

RE: The Eyes Have It

> -Original Message- > From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:55 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: The Eyes Have It > > > On Mon, Sep 29, 2003 at 08:43:14AM -0400, David Hobby wrote: > > > Oh. Good to know. Just to clarify,

RE: depleted uranium and iraq [L3]

>I think that 'local hot spots' will cause disease in >those who live in them, but probably little otherwise; >yet the use of DU munitions in heavily populated areas >is irresponsible to me, particularly in view of >genetic damage and placental passage. Baghdad has >thus become an experiment in

RE: Ti-Pou is now 22 and 1/2 hours old

Congrats! Due to time differences, my infant son was born only 13 hours before. It is a boom. Gestation from time of conception is 266 days. Our baby was delivered 6 days early from first predicted. At 9 lbs for Leo and 9.3 for Collin - the babies were both ready. Now the question comes, what

RE: Information Request

At a DOS prompt type "Netstat" You will see a table of all of the network connections to your computer. >From there you should be able to figure out which ones are IM sessions. Nerd From Hell > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, Sept

Popular Mechanics editors a bunch of cranks?

So in the latest Issue of Popular Mechanics, they elude to some mounting evidence that the US used an E-Bomb against Baghdad the day the power went out. The Pentagon still denies using one. Comments? Nerd From Hell ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/

RE: New mini cooper

> > > I'll add 'patience with the leaky oil pan, which will > correct itself - eventually!' :) Well, I'll tell you all from first hand experience that the newest MINI does NOT meet California Emissions Standards NFH > > > Félicitations !! (Pourquoi ai-je l'impression de me > > répéter

New mini cooper

To my favorite list We took delivery of a new MINI Cooper around 3:30 pm Tuesday. For those interested in the specs: MINI Cooper (Baby body style) Name: Collin Ridley Cooper Weight: 9 lb 3 oz. Length: 21.5 in. APGAR: 7 & 9 Fingers: 10 Toes: 10 (no additional features added from manufa

RE: John Ritter and Johnny Cash both died early this morning

The Man in Black Well, you wonder why I always dress in black, Why you never see bright colors on my back, And why does my appearance seem to have a somber tone. Well, there's a reason for the things that I have on. I wear the black for the poor and the beaten down, Livin' in the hopeless, hungr

RE: Decline in SF?

> -Original Message- > From: Bryon Daly [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 1:34 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Decline in SF? > > > This article by Spider Robinson laments the decline in SF, > replaced by > backwards-looking Fantasy: > > http://www.g

RE: Scouted: The Gender Genie

I ran this on some messages for a self-help list I subscribe to. I found that in almost every case, it resolved the messages as female. This list is characteristic in that little confrontation occurs between members, even when a post is decidely aggressive. However, a sampling of the Brin list was

RE: Brin: Transparent Society

> -Original Message- > From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 3:59 PM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Brin: Transparent Society > > > CJ Kucera quoted: > > > >> NEW YORK It sounds like a chapter out of "Spy vs. Spy": > Researchers >

RE: Al Qaida claims responsibility for blackout

Well, glad that's settled. Better a terrorist attack than big business incompetence Terrorist 1 Americans shooting themselves in the foot 0 Nerd From Hell >-Original Message- >From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 7:48 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Tryptophane and eosinophilia myalgia syndrome, was Re:insomn ia

Debbi who has used and recommended various supplements & herbals, but checks out available research beforehand (many herbals frex have been well-studied in many European countries, so even if not FDA-approved, I can feel confident that at least they won't do harm; some studies of herbals includin

RE: insomnia

My experience with Melatonin has been good. It does make me sleepy, and I take it about one a week, as needed. I take it usually about 30 minutes before I want to be in bed. I have tried different doses, and generally, I think dosage probably has more to do with age than anything else. Older adult

RE: Be careful what you shoot at whom....

> >In college, we had some cap gun pistols that were extremely >realistic looking. One of my best friends forgot that he had one of >these in his backpack while attempting to travel home from school >via airplane. They caught him at security, believed him that he >forgot it was there and that it

RE: major power outage in the East

Why does Atlas Shrugged keep coming to mind Nerd From Hell >-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 4:08 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: major power outage in the East > > >In a message dated 8/14/2003 3:02:07 PM US

RE: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of pricediscrimination

>-Original Message- >From: David Hobby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:57 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price >discrimination > > >> >> No, David, you proved my much larger point. >> Congratulations, _you_ a

RE: Irregulars question: Animated GIFs

You will need a graphics program that specifically creates these files. In the past, you could use PaintShop Pro to do it. Front Page 2000 used to have a program that could do it. I am sure there are others. Bottom line, you'll need software to do it.. you can probably find some shareware to do i

RE: Be careful what you shoot at whom....

>-Original Message- >From: Miller, Jeffrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, August 14, 2003 2:35 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: RE: Be careful what you shoot at whom > > > > >> -Original Message- >> From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday

major power outage in the East

For all of you not on the Eastern side of the country... Head to CNN ... The Niagra-Mohawk power grid is down... A report from Manhattan is the Island is completely black... Half of our Manufacturing plants are down, including Auburn Hills in Michigan Nerd From Hell __

RE: Polish, stupidity myth

>-Original Message- >From: Damon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 7:28 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: RE: Polish, stupidity myth > > The version I heard as a child was that the Polish army set upon tanks with sticks and stones the thinking being that t

RE: good olde fashioned bible burning

>-Original Message- >From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:45 AM >To: 'Killer Bs Discussion' >Subject: RE: good olde fashioned bible burning > > >At 07:35 PM 8/6/03 +0530, Ritu wrote: > >>At first sight, the subject header appeared to say ' g

RE: Irregulars question: Milky Way

Just read a bit of trivia (unknown source): On a clear autumn night, one can see stars as far away as 2 million light years. So it occurs to me If I can only see 2 million LY, but Hubble can see 10 BILLION LY... I am seeing only 1/5000 of the distance seen by machine well the Universe

RE: Spy Kids: Game over (In 3D) - no spoilers

>-Original Message- >From: Horn, John [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 10:34 AM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: RE: Spy Kids: Game over (In 3D) - no spoilers > > >> From: Chad Cooper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Hi all,

Spy Kids: Game over (In 3D) - no spoilers

Hi all, Went to this movie with the kids. Thought it was done very well. Throughout the movie, they made sure everyone knew when to have the glasses on. They put in a small break towards the end to give kids eyes a break. I was a bit skeptical, since the last 3D movie I saw was Jaws 3 or 4, which w

RE: Hubble's Days Are Numbered

Nothing more than sensationalism They are planning to put a replacement telescope satellite beforehand... Hubble is dead, long live Hubble http://www.aviationnow.com/avnow/news/channel_awst_story.jsp?id=news/07073to p.xml "The competition to build the James Webb Space Telescope ended last

The seven habits of highly ineffective societies

This paper was written 5 years ago The Seven Factors These key "failure factors" are: Restrictions on the free flow of information. The subjugation of women. Inability to accept responsibility for individual or collective failure. The extended family or clan as the basic unit of social o

Thou shalt not obey

http://armedndangerous.blogspot.com/2003_07_13_armedndangerous_archive.html# 105828974033195389 Interesting blog from someone who states that man is not a killer by instinct, but rather a complace

RE: Fw: Congratuations for winning our lottery

>-Original Message- >From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 5:44 AM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: Fw: Congratuations for winning our lottery > > >On Thu, Jul 24, 2003 at 11:27:44AM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: > >> I don't understand this - e

RE: Fw: Congratuations for winning our lottery

This is new class of scam. They attempt to get your bank account info to put the winnings into It is very fraudlent. NFH >-Original Message- >From: Russell Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 3:35 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: Fw: Congratuatio

RE: Seth Finkelstein on 16 words

Shame on everyone >involved. Shame on the Administration for not >defending itself better, and even more on those who >slander it for their own partisan advantage or sheer malice. You neglected to mention the Iraqi opposition's employment of "Bush's Lie" to discredit U.S. Army efforts in Iraq t

RE: The limits of vision

I thought that they got some of it right. I found this part most funny: >The purpose of this improved Zworykin-Von Neumann automaton is to predict the weather with an accuracy unattainable before >>1980. It is a combination of calculating machine and forecaster. The calculator solves thousands of

offlist> RE: Spider space elevator? (was: US-based missilestohav eglobalreach)

hehehe... Robert, welcome to the Baghdad Bob's of the Brin list club! Your membership was accepted! Dues are waived. Chad (who is top posting out of spite!) >-Original Message- >From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 08, 2003 8:35 PM >To: Killer Bs Discus

RE: TDF

>-Original Message- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, July 09, 2003 8:17 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: TDF > > >I watched the team time trial of the Tour De France today, and >the US Postal Service team (incl. Lance Armstrong) came from >way back

Space Elevator was> RE: US-based missiles to have global reach

>-Original Message- >From: Richard Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 11:18 AM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: US-based missiles to have global reach > > >Erik said: > >> I'd even be willing to bet that no serious agency in the world has >> even STARTE

RE: Spider space elevator? (was: US-based missiles tohaveglobalr each)

> >I see 2 smallish problems with your analogy. > >1 It ignores the control systems of an elevator and the fact >that control >systems operate independent of current cable length. > >2 Loading on the bungee cord would take it to its maximum >length (assuming >it could even support the load of a c

RE: US-based missiles to have global reach

>-Original Message- >From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 10:04 AM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: US-based missiles to have global reach > > >On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 09:29:03AM -0700, Chad Cooper wrote: > >&

RE: US-based missiles to have global reach

>-Original Message- >From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 7:30 PM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: US-based missiles to have global reach > > >http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,988612,00.html > >Allies to become less important as new gen

RE: Birth Rates Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

The Oregonian on Sunday published a great article about this subject. It was mentioned in the article that education played the biggest role in whether or not people had children, particularly in Europe. The premise being that children interfered with professional development. This model of Educ

RE: Re: SCOUTED: Religiousness associated with less depression

>-Original Message- >From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Sunday, June 29, 2003 12:19 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: Re: SCOUTED: Religiousness associated with less depression > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>Thank you Ronnn! Religion is a crutch. Surprise!!!

RE: Liberia's woes

>-Original Message- >From: Jean-Louis Couturier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 12:59 PM >To: Killer Bs Discussion >Subject: Re: Liberia's woes > > >At 13:02 2003-06-27 -0500, Ronn! wrote: >>>On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper

RE: Comparision of ecconomic growth

>By 2050, I fully expect full-spectrum anti-agathic treatments, a mature >nanotechnology, human-equivalent AI and so forth. Drexler himself recently responded to Richard Smalley's claim that Molecular manufacturing is a pipedream. Drexler is still confident we will have molecular assemblers, but

Liberia's woes

http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp "Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic complex, outside the U.S. Embassy in Liberia's capital, accusing the United States of failing to protect Monrovia's people." So what is it they expect us to d

RE: Comparision of ecconomic growth

On NPR last night, they had a guy on that suggested that for the median worker, the Nordic countries have a higher standard of living than in the United States. He also suggested that there will be the rise of what he called Confucianism economics, where Asia will become the dominant economic power

RE: Comparision of ecconomic growth

> >Now, this is not a certainty; all curves are not regular and >extremely well >behaved. Thus, it would make sense to look at the local slope; which I >proposed to do by comparing the ecconomic performance under >Democratic and >Republican administrations. I'd be more than willing to consider

RE: RIAA to sue hundreds of Internet file sharers

So lets do the math 10,000,000 thieving hippies downloading music 500 get sued. that means 1 in 20,000 will get sued. Real risk, my ass! I have a 1 in ~1800 chance of dying in an accident in the next year. I have much more to fear than getting sued by RIAA. Hey RIAA Here I am! Com

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism (L3)

Starting over, I first need to make a correction. I used the word Liturgy when I meant Parish. My bad. The responses have been great, and I could spend hours replying back, but I only want to say these few things. In its most base form, I believe that a Christian is defined strictly as one who be

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> I'd be very curious to see your interpretation of the parable > of the good > Samaritan, then. :-) You do know that was the answer to "who is my > neighbor?" , right? You help me illustrate my point that it is difficult to be a good Christian, when it is not clear what is most important. The P

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> When I think of "Christian values," I think of such things as > honesty, > charity, love for your fellow humans, not stealing, not > murdering, not > committing adultery (which by definition involves someone who > is married to > another and therefore damages that family, which may include

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> > Why don't you share with us the mannor in which you verify > that it is God and > not Satan? > > At least this would give us a place to start. Most all religious canon has specific statements on how to determine this. Each one is different from the rest. Most all of them encourages people t

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> > Actually, a friend of mine ended up involved with a so-called > "Christian" > cult which believed in exactly that as a form of missionary work. Sign me up! Nerd From Hell > > > > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > ___

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> > So what are your thoughts on Christians who believe that > manger scenes and > the ten commandments have no place in or on government-owned > facilities? My thoughts? It is VERY insulting to the Bahai, Moslems, Buddhists, Hindu, Jews, and Taoists ( as well as Atheists, but who cares about

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> -Original Message- > From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 7:10 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism > > > Can somebody help me out here? I posted on this last week. A big long speech on why Athiest an

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