Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-04 Thread Erik Reuter
rovoke someone to the point that > they "over-reacted"? What do you think? > And are you saying that the response being known by everyone to be > predictable is therefore JDG's fault? No, I said nothing about faults. -- "Erik Reuter"

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-04 Thread Erik Reuter
ds, is it easier for a neutral-rational person to adopt an extreme-irrational position, or for an extreme-irrational person to adopt a neutral-rational position? Interesting question. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-03 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 12:18:15PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: > So Erik, how do you define trolling? How about when someone who has vehemently criticized others' ideas frequently for years whines about people criticizing his own beliefs? Or maybe there is another word for that... -

Re: Literalism (was RE: God, Religion, and Sports)

2003-07-03 Thread Erik Reuter
ou think that people who like to speculate on future science and technology should also think religion is worthwhile. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-02 Thread Erik Reuter
so, it is a bad one. So you are claiming that NO ONE on this list who is non-religious and has posted in a religious discussion is civil? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-02 Thread Erik Reuter
ous interpretation. > I found the article quite interesting, and appreciate that John posted > it. I found it ludicrous, not even worth the time to point out the numerous absurdities. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: US-based missiles to have global reach

2003-07-02 Thread Erik Reuter
tion is... are the obstacles preventing the start of a space > elevator by 2023 technical, financial or organizational in nature? Yes. *** Date: Sat, 6 Feb 1999 18:38:29 -0600 (EST) From: Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: Site of Terragens Capital. On Fri, 5 Feb 1999, Tre

Re: God, Religion, and Sports

2003-07-02 Thread Erik Reuter
react to. I guess he is hoping you will post something that he can complain to the listowners about and get you warned or banned. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: US-based missiles to have global reach

2003-07-02 Thread Erik Reuter
that we won't. The more money, the better. I'd even be willing to bet that no serious agency in the world has even STARTED actual construction of a space elevator by 2023. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-07-01 Thread Erik Reuter
t; more wealthy people. That is only temporary. The generation after the baby boomers will very likely pay in more than they get out. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

melancholy reflections

2003-07-01 Thread Erik Reuter
Economist_, 160 years ago -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Retirement Crisis Re: Comparision of economic growth

2003-06-30 Thread Erik Reuter
only missing ingredient for a depression is high unemployment -- which may or may not occur (I think that one is hard to predict, but with earnings decreasing, I suspect corporations will try to cut costs by laying people off and looking for cheaper labor overseas). -- "Erik Reuter" &

Re: SCOUTED: Religiousness associated with less depression

2003-06-30 Thread Erik Reuter
On Mon, Jun 30, 2003 at 10:01:11PM +0530, Ritu wrote: > Not without some effort on your part, Mr. Baker. Say something > scathing, snide, nasty, intolerant... You have to have your fun > before claiming the badge, I'm afraid. Oh, shut up, you religious ninny! -- "E

Re: Comparision of economic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
e likely to be a big increase in the near future. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of economic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
and Asset Markets,' in _Public Policy Towards Pensions_, A Twentieth Century Fund Book (Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1997), Chap. 7, pp. 219-245. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
ltiples from selling pressures). If that happens, do you think people will be anxious to buy stocks as you suggest? And even if they do, they won't buy enough to offset the baby boomers selling. That sounds a lot like the beginnings of a 10+ year depression to me. -- "Erik Reuter&q

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
27;m referring to the problem of only 1.5 workers per retired person (if retirement stays at 65) in 2050. But perhaps that just means that people will delay retirement to 75, and by then the worst of the age wave will have past. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
g at a steady speed, and even that is impossible if you are running out of gas. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
fairly simple. Their IS an age wave nearing (traditional) retirement, surely you don't dispute that? What do YOU think will happen when they start selling all of their stocks and bonds to support their consumption in retirement? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL P

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jun 29, 2003 at 05:33:59PM -0700, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > http://www.efficientfrontier.com/ef/103/hell4.htm > > I'm not in the least happy about it, but I'm not sure > what you mean by "n

Re: Re: SCOUTED: Religiousness associated with less depression

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
ves proud here. I see. Criticizing an idea the JDG believes in makes one uncivil. There must be a lot of uncivil people in JDG's world. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
omenon. I know you like to try out models until they "stick" (you tried equating a mind to a star last time, now you are trying a lightning bolt) but the last time this came up I mentioned about as useful a model as you're likely to get: humans have free will in the same sense

28 Days Later

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
a little bit of mindless, adrenaline pumping entertainment. If you are looking for a well though out, science-fiction-like plot, then you will be disappointed. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: SCOUTED: Religiousness associated with less depression

2003-06-29 Thread Erik Reuter
nt. Another thing about crutches is that they are usually temporary -- they are discarded when the injury is cured. (If the injury is uncurable, then the permanent tool used isn't usually called a crutch) It is also worth noting that the usefulness of such a crutch is limited if the user beco

Re: SCOUTED: Religiousness associated with less depression

2003-06-28 Thread Erik Reuter
(s) of your body is disabled. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-28 Thread Erik Reuter
h isn't clear to me. It looks like IMF's data may have resulted from some weird manipulation, whereas Maddison's data seem reasonable to me. (Or the number of hours worked per capita by Germans went down 22% between 1998 and 2001) -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-28 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 08:51:17AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > > years Austral France Germany Japan Sweden Switzrl UK US World > - > 1900-20 7.8 1.0-4.9 9.4 7.9-9.4

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
bureacracy and corruption. Interesting that India is worse than China on that. The Economist said that things started to improve a little in India in the 90's, but it didn't seem that India was likely to match China's growth any time soon, if ever. -- "Erik Reuter" &

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
ge and the 21st century will be a lot slower in economic growth, if not actually declines. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
aly all beat the US in productivity, as measured by GDP per worker-hour. The US was normalized to 100, and Germany, France, and Italy were 106, 115, and 117. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ htt

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
n income for all but the top 20% of households was > > >due to the additional hours work outstripping the drop in wagers. > > >Wanna bet? You gotta watch out for Ronn, he's nailed me a couple times recently. (I think he's taken over Alberto's responsibilities since Al

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-27 Thread Erik Reuter
- 1900-2000 Real GDP 1.6 2.0 1.8 3.0 2.0 1.8 1.4 2.0 2.1 per cap ----- -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ __

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 10:12:06PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > Have you seen the "rice" lights? Exquisite! I don't think so, unless there is another name for them. What the heck is a "rice" light? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PR

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 12:31:27PM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > >By the way, that shunt is interesting. How do you suppose burning a > >coating off of a wire actually DECREASES the resistance? The only > >explanation I can come up with is that t

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
hen I think about how complex these bulbs are, I am amazed that they can make them for a few cents. Those bulb manufacturing experts are really clever! -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
all of us were talking about the lower-power mini-lights, which as you predicted have a shunt in the bulb. Actually, can you buy LED Christmas lights these days? Now that they make GaN LEDs, you could have white, red, orange, yellow, green, and blue lights all wi

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
oating off of a wire actually DECREASES the resistance? The only explanation I can come up with is that the coating insulates the wire and keeps it hot, and a hot wire has a higher resistance. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ __

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
are more expensive than the series ones. And they seemed to start appearing relatively recently (I can't remember when I first saw them, but it was in the neighborhood of 5-10 years ago). Probably about the time cheap DC transformer/power supplies started appearing. -- "Erik

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
t about double that. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
le chip solid-state DC power supply for just a few bucks. 20 years ago your comment would have made sense. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
uit where the end of the wire must loop back along the line to get back to the plug. > That's really the only way to do a parallel circuit. There's more than one way to do most things. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
a removed bulb kills the entire string, so it must be series. I corrected that statement by adding that a burned out bulb does not kill the entire string, so it canNOT be series. Reading comprehension? > That you need one is self evident. That I need one with reading comprehension

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 07:42:20PM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Thu, Jun 26, 2003 at 06:29:39PM -0500, Robert Seeberger wrote: > > > Do the lamps plug in or screw in? If they plug in they likely have > > a built in shunt resistor to provide continuity. > > Plug in, as J

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
our Electrician Maru rob I think I need a new electrician. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: this might be an interesting article

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
ng - often > Southern African-American congregations... Exactly. Of course, in the Blues Brothers, they also have gymnastics! -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
escribed transparently so that the dissenting reader can augment or reject parts of the evidence or introduce alternative hypotheses. The analysis of Chapters 1, 2 and 3 is underpinned by six appendices which are intended to supply the necessary degree of transpare

Re: this might be an interesting article

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jun 27, 2003 at 08:46:19AM +1000, Russell Chapman wrote: > So what do you guys call Happy Clappers? Have you seen the Blues Brothers movie? Remember the church scene? Would you call those guys "Happy Clappers"? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
n a design where alternate lamps go out when one lamp burns > out, rather than 25 or 50 contiguous lamps, but they are a bit more > expensive because more wire is needed. Yes, me too. But again, I don't think that is what Julia was talking about. -- &

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-26 Thread Erik Reuter
socket electrodes are just leaf-springs that come together when there is no bulb?). I wonder if that is for safety, or just a design flaw? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Steeds (was: Constantine's "cross" may have been mushroom cloudfrom meteor)

2003-06-25 Thread Erik Reuter
27;re in the cavalry, wouldn't shooting your horse (when no one is looking) be the equivalent of shooting yourself in the foot to get out of battle? Except in this case, it makes you look brave! (not saying that is what happened, it just occurred to me as a possible explanation f

Re: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-25 Thread Erik Reuter
But in the past 5-10 years I've noticed places selling strings wired in parallel. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Hemline Theory

2003-06-24 Thread Erik Reuter
The whole stock/hemline joke has been around for a long, long time. I'd guess it is at least 20 years old. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://erikreuter.com/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: thermodynamics

2003-06-23 Thread Erik Reuter
he parts of your house in direct sunlight were heated above ambient air temperature. Heat flows from higher temperature matter to lower temperature matter. But it can take time. So, heat from the hot parts of your house flowed through the wood and air of your walls and slowly heated up the inside

Re: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-23 Thread Erik Reuter
I thought I was pretty clear, but I'll repeat it again: post the prediction, then we can decide how to check it. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-23 Thread Erik Reuter
me coming there unless and until you describe something that I cannot explain. In other words, I want more convincing that there is something to be studied here before going further with this than email. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ _

Re: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
d. If you want to change my opinion, then you must demonstrate it in a repeatable experiment that can be observed by anyone. If you cannot or will not, then it is not real -- it is just in your mind. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
Of course not. The rational conclusion would be that your mind played tricks on you, since you cannot demonstrate it to anyone else. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Math protocol question

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:54:13AM -0500, The Fool wrote: > I said to use terminal. Actually, you didn't. You wrote "terminal" which is ambiguous. Besides, you didn't answer the question, did you? The question clearly stated "ASCII". -- "Erik

Re: Math protocol question

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
smoothly integrated themselves into the set of real people who definitely keep Brin-L functioning on multiple levels. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Math protocol question

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jun 22, 2003 at 05:18:20AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > What if f(x) is (x - 1/2)^-2? /1 | (x - 1/2)^-2 dx /0 or / 1 / 1 | dx | 2 /( x - 1/2 ) / 0 -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
ried away. And you, JDG, who appeared to get quite upset from William's calm posts. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Math protocol question

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
le quote by just one bit, too. That made it much easier to encode characters mechanically or with a non-microcontroller- based electronic keyboard and that pairing was found on old teletypes. The ASCII standard was published by the United States of

Re: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
Alberto! Where you been? :-) -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-22 Thread Erik Reuter
t; there exists a copy of the Bible written in Gods own hand. Those fundamentalists! Their beliefs are SO absurd! How could anyone be so silly? > But I have to admit to being mystified when people don't understand > such simple ideas. Not the brightest bulbs in the box, huh? --

Re: Br!n: public domain petition

2003-06-21 Thread Erik Reuter
ed it. > > Funny that. Same here. That funny. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-21 Thread Erik Reuter
e a stranglehold on the truth that they can bend spoons with their minds and make money out of it? Mutual fund-a-mentalists. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-21 Thread Erik Reuter
uff you post sounds like gibberish to me. And your arguments have plenty of inconsistencies. Are you religious? Seriously, you might want to consider that quality is often more important than quantity. Pick your battles. You'll be more effective at reaching your goals. -- "Erik Reut

Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

2003-06-21 Thread Erik Reuter
xistence of God and then tries to preach on > the meaning of the word of God. I was thinking the same thing. No fooling. As Banichi would say, "finesse, nadi". -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___

Re: Colour vision and pheromones

2003-06-21 Thread Erik Reuter
right wing religious nuts attack > science... It is amazing anybody listens to anything you write when you make comments like this. Most anti-relgious nuts attack people for bogus reasons. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/

Great Library URL?

2003-06-18 Thread Erik Reuter
What is the current URL for Trent's Great Library of the Five Galaxies? http://personal.vineyard.net/robinson/library/welcome.htm gives a message that it moved to http://www.islanderis.net/users/timbo/library but that URL does not work at all. -- "Erik Reuter" &l

Re: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

2003-06-17 Thread Erik Reuter
Nick, What type of file-system are you using? ext2? Have you checked your hdparm settings? If they are agressive, you might want to make them more conservative. (You can check them as root by using, for example, "hdparm /dev/hda") -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request JVB)

2003-06-16 Thread Erik Reuter
n say in their messages. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request JVB)

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
at would also be acceptable, although maybe not to the people whose contacts he has posted to harrass them. > Let's be the mature parent here and compromise and let the child walk > away with a little dignity - but yet get what we want. It is possible. You are being naiv

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request JVB)

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
ation: one does not solve the problem of a terrorist taking hostages by doing whatever the terrorist tells you to do. That is a recipe for disaster. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request JVB)

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
he way to help him change. That would actually encourage the behavior. Have you ever seen a parent who gives in to a child whenever the child throws a temper-tantrum? Have you noticed how the problem then gets worse? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL

Re: Interpreting language (was RE: A friendly request JVB)

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
Jan, All I can say is: uh. You are right that we live in separate worlds. Almost every sentence you wrote is from a different reality than I live in. Nick was perfectly right and reasonable in everything he wrote. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ww

Re: WMD

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
onservative in disguise, trying to make liberals look stupid? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: A friendly request JVB

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
7;t like it. Besides, there is more than the Yahoo archive to consider (mail archive, which cannot be private). -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: A friendly request JVB

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
By the way, Gary, I have read your messages and I am quite disappointed at the attitudes shown. You are making things worse. Don't encourage harrassment by making concessions to it. Don't interpret demands and veiled threats as goodwill. Please? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL

Re: A friendly request JVB

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
lity, myself. What he wrote was not positive. > I'm asking now, lets put aside everything that has happened to this > point and give him a fair opportunity to show that he is sincere. He has a fair opportunity, more than fair. I laid it out in my message. -- "Erik Reuter&quo

Re: A friendly request JVB

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 10:33:57AM -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > We must have read different messages. What I read was, "do what I want > you to do, or else [despite the fact that I have consistently refused > reasonable requests from numerous others to stop my own various > poor b

Re: A friendly request JVB

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
What I read was, "do what I want you to do, or else [despite the fact that I have consistently refused reasonable requests from numerous others to stop my own various poor behaviors], and if you do as I say in my [rather detached from reality] judgement, then I will stop harrassing

Re: A friendly request JVB

2003-06-15 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 04:06:19AM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > Let him take down the page and _permanently_ stop harassing us and > I'll never mention his name anywhere, ever again. Well said, Jon. The statement quoted above goes for me, too. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAI

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-14 Thread Erik Reuter
On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 11:01:24PM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Huh? I guess I don't know my Freud very well . . . The generally accepted spelling is "Israeli", not "Isra-LIE" -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PR

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-14 Thread Erik Reuter
understand these sorts of things when I look at them from many different points of view. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-14 Thread Erik Reuter
se peoples leaders had just REJECTED a plan which would have > seem them get their own state. This suggests the Palestinian Arabs were opposed to leaving their homes or becoming part of a Jewish State. > There are over a million Isralie Arabs. ^^^ Freudian slip? (

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-14 Thread Erik Reuter
to be part of a new religious state. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
es, could be beneficial. Maybe you already know all the facts, but I don't. So, yes, I care. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Fw: [Seebergers] Stella Awards

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 09:38:48PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > 2) This one has been demonstrated false. I don't have a url handy, > maybe there's something on snopes.com, but I believe that this http://www.snopes.com/legal/lawsuits.asp -- "Erik Reuter" <

Re: Headers, was Re: Powers of 10 - Java Applet

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
g the first email address in the Bcc: field. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
lk shows) [Unless, of course, you are talking about Europeans whose JOB it is to know accurately what is going on around the world. If so, disregard what I wrote] -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
On Fri, Jun 13, 2003 at 04:36:24PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > Erik Reuter wrote: > > > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 01:25:17PM -0700, Jan Coffey wrote: > > > > > --- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > On W

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
m. The administration's stunningly inept diplomacy in Europe isn't doing much to improve matters, nor is the low-level arrogance that still drips out of the White House and the Pentagon. -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/ ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
Thanks for the summary, Gautam. That was exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. I imagine it would have taken me weeks or more to obtain that information by my own research. And _Supreme Command_ sounds interesting, I'll add it to my "to read" list. -- "Erik Reute

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
he western and midwestern states were populated by more powerful Native American civilizations than actually existed. Then the Pilgrims arrived and began trying to establish their colony, and the Native Americans wanted to kill them all, and were possibly powerful enough to do it. -- "Erik R

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
that point, I think, the Israelis wouldn't let them back (neither > would the Arab countries). And before you start bitching about Israel, Did I bitch about Israel? When? -- "Erik Reuter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.erikreuter.net/

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
t time. It does not seem inconsistent with the facts that I know. But it also doesn't sound like a feasbile solution at the present time. Dan convinced me last year with some survey results that a significant fraction (was it 70%, Dan?) of the population of historic Palestine is in agreement wi

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
gt; > preventing them from returning to their homes? > > More or less. They couldn't go to Israel, Why, specifically, could they not go to Israel in, say, late 1949 or 1950? Were they forcibly prevented? By whom? -- "Erik Reuter" <[E

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
> history got to vote on who ruled them? They had never "voted" to be > part of the Ottoman Empire, either, so what right did the Ottoman > Turks ever have to rule them? That sounds like a Gautam-style argument! -- &

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

2003-06-13 Thread Erik Reuter
ve a reason not to recognize Israel ("We > can't recognize Israel until the refugee problem is solved" So, are you saying that the Arab states in the region were actually holding the Palestinians prisoner in the refugee camps, forcibly preventing them from returning t

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