RE: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online

2003-01-03 Thread Jon Gabriel
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of John D. Giorgis Sent: Wednesday, January 01, 2003 12:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online At 10:40 PM 12/28/2002 -0600 Dan Minette wrote: From: Doug Pensinger

Scouted: Rice cakes kill six in Japan

2003-01-02 Thread Jon Gabriel
Rice cakes kill six in Japan - - - - - - - - - - - - Associated Press Jan. 2, 2003  |  TOKYO -- Six elderly Japanese died and 25 others were hospitalized in Tokyo after choking on gooey rice cakes over the New Year's holidays, an official said. Three men, ages 87, 88 and 89, died Thursday

Re: More Efficient Solar Cell

2003-01-02 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: More Efficient Solar Cell Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2003 10:11:15 -0800 Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: New Brin-l Address [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 2:04 AM Subject:

Re: Data indicates Trekkies not weird

2002-12-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Data indicates Trekkies not weird Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 12:01:57 - On 31 Dec 2002 at 12:55, J. van Baardwijk wrote: Well, guess this makes it kind of official: LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The crew of the Starship Enterprise have

RE: Elvis, 007 and ER

2002-12-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Elvis, 007 and ER Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:26:40 -0600 From: Alberto Monteiro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] In the ER Episode I watched yesterday, Dr Weaver said something

Re: Data indicates Trekkies not weird

2002-12-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Data indicates Trekkies not weird Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 10:34:53 -0600 Andrew Crystall wrote: On 31 Dec 2002 at 12:55, J. van Baardwijk wrote: Well, guess this makes it kind of official: LONDON, England (Reuters) -- The crew of the

Happy New Year

2002-12-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
I'll be offline for 24 hours or so. Have a wonderful, stupendous New Year, everyone!! Jon _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 3 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmailxAPID=42PS=47575PI=7324DI=7474SU=

Re: Data indicates Trekkies not weird

2002-12-31 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Data indicates Trekkies not weird Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 17:33:07 - On 31 Dec 2002 at 11:51, Jon Gabriel wrote: From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] I bet. I'm a hardcore

Re: NationStates makes ABCnews.com....

2002-12-30 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Gary L. Nunn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: NationStates makes ABCnews.com Date: Mon, 30 Dec 2002 07:55:59 -0500 http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/nationstatesgame021230. html I suppose this won't help the slow server problem! It was a good article tho. Jon

Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online

2002-12-30 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2002 23:16:59 -0600 Jon Gabriel wrote: Cat Pee and Segways. Did we all have a boring Saturday night or something? *grin* Julia, was it The Postman? Since no one seems

Two Towers Review from the Self Made Critic

2002-12-28 Thread Jon Gabriel
The Self Made Critic will review the second Lord of the Rings flick tomorrow at www.brunching.com. This is from the first part of that review. I thought it was an amusing intro. :) Now if he can only avoid Alberto! :) Jon The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers  There is a fine line between

RE: SCOUTED: Segway scooter hot seller online

2002-12-28 Thread Jon Gabriel
Cat Pee and Segways. Did we all have a boring Saturday night or something? *grin* Julia, was it The Postman? Since no one seems to be guessing. In the last two weeks or so I got Minority Report, A.I., MIB2 and a Fawlty Towers collection. (I'm having fun.) Jon GSV Still trying to get through 4

Scouted: Clone Claim

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
(12/27/02, California) Dr. David Brin, author of the incredibly popular sci-fi novel Kiln People announced today that he has created an army of Ebony clones to do his bidding. *grin* /ducking!/ Jon http://www.cnn.com/2002/HEALTH/12/27/human.cloning/index.html Group claims first cloned human

Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn)

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Kevin Tarr [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Spiders (was RE: advice for the lovelorn) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 06:28:46 -0500 Not a fun experience. Though I did read an article a few weeks ago that said that brown recluses might not

Re: Brin-L Hits 100,000 Mark!

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] snip Last October I predicted that by the end of the year someone would be responsible for Brin-L seeing its 100,000th post. Ladies and gentlemen, that moment has come! Post #100,000 was posted on December 23, 2002 05:22:53 GMT in the [Br!n] -

Re: Spiders (was: advice for the lovelorn)

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Horn, John [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Spiders (was: advice for the lovelorn) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:07:37 -0600 From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] The bite of a brown recluse can cause your flesh to rot and fester. Oh, I know they are nasty. I think the point of the

New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn)

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: advice for the lovelorn Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:24:43 +0100 At 16:19 26-12-2002 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: GSV I love New York. I love New York. I love New York. Smog. Other forms

RE: [LINK] Have you guys seen this? Create your own nation!

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
I probably shouldn't have watched Minority Report before playing. :) Emperor Jon It's Good To Be The King Maru http://www.nationstates.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi/target=display_nation/nation=zarquonia The Empire of Zarquonia We will either find a way, or make one. UN Category: Iron Fist Consumerists

RE: New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn)

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 09:51:53 -0800 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Gabriel

Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world'

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Amanda SubbaRao [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: N Korea threatens to 'destroy world' Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 10:32:39 -0600 - Original Message - From: Doug Pensinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dan Minette wrote: Which suggests to me that the Bush administrations approach to the problem of

New York City

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
I was curious about what the stats were on the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, so I looked it up. :) According to the MTA website it's the second longest suspension bridge in the world. I was surprised that they had to construct it to take the curvature of the Earth into account when building it.

Correction: (Was: RE: New York City)

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
The Verrazano Narrows is the 6th largest in the world. (Never trust the MTA). :) http://www.strettodimessina.it/pages/100ponti-e.html Excerpt: Major Suspension Bridges in the world Bridge Span(m) Year Location Country 1 Akashi Kaikyo

RE: New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn)

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Damon [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 16:41:41 -0500 Hey youse guys... Sup. HiyaDoin'. All this talk about NYC has motivated me to go see it again. My GF has been bugging me to do some travelling with her and NYC

RE: New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn)

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: New York City (Was: Re: advice for the lovelorn) Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 13:47:45 -0800 Eat at a good restaurant. See a Broadway show. If you only do those two things, you'll get plenty of NY. Other traditional things to experience the Big Apple

Re: [LINK] Have you guys seen this? Create your own nation!

2002-12-27 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINK] Have you guys seen this? Create your own nation! Date: Fri, 27 Dec 2002 23:09:34 - Triple Hell!!! A delegation came to Me asking for less dictatorship, and I can't execute them

Re: USB Support Under Windows NT

2002-12-26 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: USB Support Under Windows NT Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 15:51:03 +0100 Sonja gave me a 64 MB USB Flash Memory Drive (www.pendrive.com) for XMas. Real nice thingy, and it could be especially

Re: Airline passenger cited for remark about drinking

2002-12-26 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Airline passenger cited for remark about drinking Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 13:43:51 -0600 Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Even without this, there's adequate documentation of how bugf*ck insane airline security is getting - I mean, when a kid can't

Re: advice for the lovelorn

2002-12-26 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: advice for the lovelorn Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 14:07:30 -0600 Adam C. Lipscomb wrote: Good God, no. Looks like a setup (possibly not intentional) to get involved in family dynamic

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-26 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brin-L Chat No More? Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 11:40:19 -0600 major snippage Should be called MS-DOS Prompt. With a red, blue yellow icon. And when you have the time to do so, you *really* ought to have a shortcut to it on the desktop.

RE: Airline passenger cited for remark about drinking

2002-12-26 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Airline passenger cited for remark about drinking Date: Thu, 26 Dec 2002 15:10:49 -0600 At 01:21 AM 12/26/02 -0800, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: Heh.. well, I don't really mind the security so

Re: New MJ Game

2002-12-26 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: New MJ Game Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 21:28:10 -0600 http://www.madblast.com/view.cfm?type=FunFlashdisplay=1804 News: http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2cid=638ncid=762e=4u=/nm/20021225/e n_nm/people_jackson_dc Michael Jackson's

RE: [LINK] Have you guys seen this? Create your own nation!

2002-12-26 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb Sent: Thursday, December 26, 2002 11:10 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [LINK] Have you guys seen this? Create your own nation! http://www.nationstates.net/ From the FAQ: Jennifer Government: NationStates

Neodogs Doorknobs

2002-12-24 Thread Jon Gabriel
Aha! Found the passage some of us were hunting for on Neo-dogs and doorknobs - apologies if this was previously posted. It's in the short essay Gorilla, My Dreams, which can be found on the brin-l.com website at: http://www.geocities.com/jeroenvb.geo/brin/gorilla.html Next came the habitat of

RE: Neodogs Doorknobs

2002-12-24 Thread Jon Gabriel
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 7:29 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Neodogs Doorknobs In a message dated 12/24/2002 4:11:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL

RE: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politic

2002-12-23 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Ronn! Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: do republicans/politicians care...) Date: Sun, 22 Dec 2002 23:45:35 -0600 At 12:51 AM 12/18/02 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: Deborah

RE: Christmas beggars

2002-12-23 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Adam C. Lipscomb Sent: Monday, December 23, 2002 6:28 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Christmas beggars From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] * Alberto Monteiro [Wed, 18/12/2002 at 21:49 -] Do decent workers in your countries

Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures

2002-12-20 Thread Jon Gabriel
Can any of our British Brinnellers explain how many pounds a :stone is? Been searching for 10 minutes for some sort of equivalency chart and haven't found any! TIA, Jon The Researchers Were Only Reading It For The Articles Maru http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/20/study.playboy/index.html

Re: Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures

2002-12-20 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Richard Baker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Scouted: Playboy models losing hourglass figures Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:32:55 + Jon said: Can any of our British Brinnellers explain how many pounds a :stone is? I thought that's the

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-19 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brin-L Chat No More? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 20:43:10 -0600 - Original Message - From: Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 7:14 PM

RE: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-19 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Brin-L Chat No More? Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 15:58:41 +0100 -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: donderdag 19 december 2002 15:44 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: br!n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?

2002-12-19 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: br!n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You? Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 10:00:54 -0600 (CST) On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Amanda SubbaRao wrote: How do people getting the full list deal with the

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-19 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brin-L Chat No More? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 22:47:12 -0500 On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 03:35:33AM +, William T Goodall wrote: on 19/12/02 1:11 am, Jon Gabriel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer)

2002-12-19 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Question for JDG (or anyone else with a good answer) Date: Thu, 19 Dec 2002 14:13:02 -0500 On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 06:46:55PM -, Lalith Vipulananthan wrote: Erik wrote: working towards

Re: Remember the Future

2002-12-18 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Remember the Future Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 14:53:40 - If anyone remembers anything that happens in 2003 in any sf timeline, please tell me. I am desperately in need of events for this Year. It

Re: How much do people care about health? (Was:dorepublicans/politicians care..

2002-12-18 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How much do people care about health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...) Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 11:03:11 -0600 Deborah Harrell wrote: Bonus points for those who come up with

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-18 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Andrew Crystall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brin-L Chat No More? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 22:38:14 - On 18 Dec 2002 at 22:26, J. van Baardwijk wrote: On this evening of Wednesday dreary when I logged in, bored and weary

Re: How much do people care about health?

2002-12-18 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How much do people care about health? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 16:40:26 -0600 (CST) On Wed, 18 Dec 2002, Deborah Harrell wrote: VBG Not what I had in mind, but if this is the voice of

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-18 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Steve Sloan II [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brin-L Chat No More? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 17:01:09 -0600 Deborah Harrell wrote: I would love to chat with you. But my 'puter will not do! (Else my brain is just too dense Of instructions

Re: Brin-L Chat No More?

2002-12-18 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Brin-L Chat No More? Date: Wed, 18 Dec 2002 18:33:14 -0600 - Original Message - From: Jon Gabriel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 5:35 PM

Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations

2002-12-17 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:59:30 -0500 At 18:50 2002-12-16 -0500, Jon wrote: When I was in Montreal last February, I remember

Re: bob

2002-12-17 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bob Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:28:12 -0600 Horn, John wrote: From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] You know, that would be funnier if Bob as a religious figure hadn't already

Scouted: Race not reflected in the genes

2002-12-17 Thread Jon Gabriel
entire article is posted. Jon http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/science/12/17/genes.race.reut/index.html Race not reflected in genes, study says Tuesday, December 17, 2002 Posted: 10:17 AM EST (1517 GMT) WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The idea of race is not reflected in a person's genes, Brazilian

we hardly knew 'em posters... (Was: RE: br1n: [LINK] What ScienceFiction A

2002-12-17 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: br1n: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You? Date: Tue, 17 Dec 2002 13:41:55 +0100 -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: Russell Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden: dinsdag 17 december 2002

RE: How much do people care about their own health? (Was:dorepublicans/politicians care...)

2002-12-17 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Deborah Harrell Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 10:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: How much do people care about their own health? (Was: dorepublicans/politicians care...) In preface, I think you took my 'Evil Overlady'

RE: A cat tale. Was Re:Tossing a Tytlal down the pants

2002-12-17 Thread Jon Gabriel
This has been rattling around the net for a while. :-) CAT BATHING AS A MARTIAL ART 1. Know that although the kitty cat has the advantage of quickness and lack of concern for human life, you have the advantage of strength. Capitalize on that advantage by selecting the battlefield. Don't try

Re: bob

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
In a message dated 12/16/02 10:28:42 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: weave Float like a butterfly? Sting like a bee! _ MSN 8 with e-mail virus protection service: 2 months FREE*

RE: In Praise of Bin Laden

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] http://abcnews.go.com/sections/wnt/DailyNews/saudi_teachers021210.html Many here also frequently point out that the U.S. military campaign in Afghanistan left civilians dead - justification, they say, for al Qaeda's attacks on American civilians.

Re: Wierd News: Gambian confuses German snow with vandalism

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
At 19:26 15-12-2002 -0600, Robert Seeberger wrote: A Gambian man unused to Germany's winter weather woke up to find his car had turned completely white overnight and called police to complain vandals had painted it. And he didn't notice that everything else in the street was also painted

Re: In Praise of Bin Laden

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
In Praise of Bin Laden Some Saudi Schools Teach Students to Hate the U.S., Love Osama So? I bet some _brazilian_ schools teach students to hate the USA and love Osama too Alberto Monteiro Are you saying that Brazilian schools also teaching that the murder of innocent American civilians is

palming it

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
So I sent this out to a bunch of friends on Halloween, and apparently, one of them forwarded it to other people, who forwarded it and forwarded it, etc. It just arrived *back* in my mailbox from a co-worker. Only took two months. :) Anyway, I thought I'd share as it seems to be popular. Jon

Re: In Praise of Bin Laden

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Alberto Monteiro [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: In Praise of Bin Laden Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 23:00:43 - Jon Gabriel wrote: In Praise of Bin Laden Some Saudi Schools Teach Students to Hate the U.S., Love Osama So? I bet some

Re: Arse or Elbow?

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
11/14 (I simply assumed that if the pictured part was misshapen that it was an elbow.) Jon GSV (_)(_) From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BRIN-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Arse or Elbow? Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 20:01:24 +

Scouted: Free Online Scientific and Medical Journals in the Works

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/12/17/science/17JOUR.html Excerpt: New Premise in Science: Get the Word Out Quickly, Online By AMY HARMON A group of prominent scientists is mounting an electronic challenge to the leading scientific journals, accusing them of holding back the progress of science by

Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations

2002-12-16 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Wierd news: French crack down on Internet pronunciations Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 18:15:32 -0500 At 17:03 2002-12-16 -0600, you wrote: Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: At 19:37 2002-12-15

RE: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk

2002-12-15 Thread Jon Gabriel
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk At 10:45 AM 12/15/02 -0600, Julia Thompson wrote: Jon Gabriel wrote: My wife's suggestion was also practical: Wear boots to and from the office and keep the dress shoes under my desk. Change when arriving and leaving

RE: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?

2002-12-15 Thread Jon Gabriel
I second that welcome! Nice to meet you. :) And... don't worry, Jeroen *does* work for a government, but not ours. :) Although I'm almost afraid to ask what his 'informants' tell him about the rest of us. Jon GSV Who knew Big Brother would be Dutch? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: ST Enterprise episode review... yeesh

2002-12-15 Thread Jon Gabriel
Sharkey Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ST Enterprise episode review... yeesh Jon Gabriel wrote: Got this in my mailbox this morning. Whoo boy. For anyone else who didn't see this week's episode of Enterprise, this excerpt from a review doesn't spoil

RE: brin: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?

2002-12-15 Thread Jon Gabriel
From the weird lunch department: I had a Yoohoo and a Morningstar fake corn dog for lunch with a golden delicious apple and some raisins. I don't normally drink Yoohoo, but it magically appeared in the fridge this morning and I couldn't very well let it mingle unchecked with the condiments and

ST Enterprise episode review... yeesh

2002-12-14 Thread Jon Gabriel
Got this in my mailbox this morning. Whoo boy. For anyone else who didn't see this week's episode of Enterprise, this excerpt from a review doesn't spoil the ending or plot but may ruin your viewing pleasure anyway. :-) Jon http://www.st-hypertext.com/ent-2/precious.html Enterprise Precious

Re: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Jon Gabriel wrote: Turns out, Ali the Porn Clerk left her job a few weeks ago and is now working for Jellyvision online games. :-) Anyway, I figure someone besides me might be interested in seeing what happened to her so here's the link, reposted: http

Bill Maher interview

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
I just responded to an offlist request for the Bill Maher interview from Salon.com's premium section. If anyone else wants it, let me know offlist and i'll forward. :) Jon _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online

RE: Bill Maher interview

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
By the way, if anyone wants an article please feel free to let me know offlist. I don't mind filling requests as long as they don't get outta hand. :) Jon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Jon Gabriel Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:27

RE: Frozen Brinnellers, was Re: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 13, 2002 3:54 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Frozen Brinnellers, was Re: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk In a message dated 12/13/2002 1:25:08 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL

Re: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
Jon Gabriel wrote: (Nylons aren't too bad over ice, as long as you're not doing it for long enough on cold enough ice to do any damage to your feet.) I've never worn nylons. I live in NY, so I won't get arrested for it, but I bet I'd get some mighty strange looks. (I think I'd probably

RE: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk On Fri, Dec 13, 2002 at 11:44:42PM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: My wife's suggestion was also practical: Wear boots to and from the office and keep the dress shoes under my desk. Change when arriving and leaving

RE: [LINK] What Science Fiction Author Are You?

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
You are: Philip José Farmer This prolific author brings surprising depths to he-man adventure tales, and broke science fiction's prudery barrier. ...and someone I'm not even sure I've ever read. Amazon had 88 entries for him and I didn't recognize anything on the first 3 pages. Changing a

RE: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk

2002-12-13 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Erik Reuter Sent: Saturday, December 14, 2002 12:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Update on Ali the Video Store Clerk On Sat, Dec 14, 2002 at 12:03:56AM -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: I meet with clients regularly. Would look

Scouted: Investigation into Ariane-5 rocket explosion

2002-12-12 Thread Jon Gabriel
From CNN.COM: Investigation into rocket explosion Thursday, December 12, 2002 Posted: 12:05 PM EST (1705 GMT) Ariane-5 exploded three minutes after liftoff KOUROU, French Guiana -- An investigation will be held to discover why Europe's most powerful rocket crashed into the ocean shortly after

Scouted: Inhaled Hormones Offer Breast Cancer Alternative

2002-12-12 Thread Jon Gabriel
From Reuters.com Inhaled Hormones Offer Breast Cancer Alternative Thu December 12, 2002 02:23 PM ET By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An inhaled hormone treatment may offer women at high risk of breast cancer an alternative to losing their breasts or

Re: Internet Free Speech struck down by Australian court

2002-12-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Putting an infinite number of monkeys at an infinite number of keyboards will _not_ result in the greatest work of all time. Just look at Windows. I'd say that says more about M$Windows programmers than it does about monkeys. Totally different

Re: Internet Free Speech struck down by Australian court

2002-12-11 Thread Jon Gabriel
The Fool wrote: This is by far one of the single biggest attacks on freedom of speech that has ever been carried out. Any American who exercises their first amendment rights is now subject to Australian law. This sets Australian law higher than even the U.S. constitution, and makes all

RE: Your Japanese Name

2002-12-10 Thread Jon Gabriel
Short version: Jon Gaburieru Long version: Jonafun Gaburieru I *do* like Godzilla Horowitz, though. Maybe I'll name my kid that: Godzilla! Stop eating the neighbor's cat! ...such lovely possibilities... *grin* Jon GSV Burin-ru -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: Classroom Writing Surfaces, was Re: Official Feather

2002-12-09 Thread Jon Gabriel
Ronn, Have you noticed more of your students taking notes on Palm style devices as compared to standard pen and paper? I spent time with family over the weekend and was surprised to learn that most of the High School and College students were sporting the same model Palm I have. Some were

RE: Ospreys have seen MY EYES

2002-12-07 Thread Jon Gabriel
Normal? :-) Jon Weird is Relative Maru -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Kevin Street Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 3:06 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Ospreys have seen MY EYES William Taylor wrote: Combining tonights two

Scouted: Bigfoot legend is a hoax after all :-(

2002-12-07 Thread Jon Gabriel
I remember being at camp in upstate New York and hearing campfire stories. Jon GSV It's like the ending of the Wizard of Oz all over again. *sigh* 'Bigfoot' Legend Creator Dies SEATTLE (Dec. 7) - The man who used 16-inch feet-shaped carvings to create tracks that ignited the ``Bigfoot'' legend

RE: Official Statement

2002-12-07 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 7:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; J. van Baardwijk Subject: Re: Official Statement - Original Message - From: J. van Baardwijk [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

brin-l.com

2002-12-07 Thread Jon Gabriel
So. what's the deal? Is it still for sale? :-) Jon GSV Curious ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Admin: Server access blocked Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 10:43:27 -0500 At 21:26 2002-12-04 -0600, Marvin wrote: At this point I'd say that if someone disagrees, it's his obligation to say so. Marvin Long Austin, Texas Bush, Cheney,

Re: Brin: Bush doesn't know Dick (Philip K.)

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
Do you happen to have a link to this article? (I'm hoping that you didn't retype that all yourself!) :-) Jon From: Nick Arnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L@Mccmedia. Com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Brin: Bush doesn't know Dick (Philip K.) Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002

Re: bread

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
*grin* My Breadman Ultimate and I are horribly insulted. :) Jon (Who will risk acne for homemade Sourdough Pizza.) :) From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brin-L [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: bread Date: Thu, 5 Dec 2002 19:05:27 -0600

Re: bread

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Julia Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: bread Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 13:15:55 -0600 Jon Gabriel wrote: *grin* My Breadman Ultimate and I are horribly insulted. :) Jon (Who will risk acne for homemade Sourdough Pizza.) :) Does

Re: Just because you're paranoid...

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Marvin Long, Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: BRIN-L Mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Just because you're paranoid... Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 13:18:25 -0600 (CST) ...doesn't mean the Illuminati aren't out to get you. http://www.darpa.mil/iao/ The one cool

RE: bread

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Miller, Jeffrey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: bread Date: Fri, 6 Dec 2002 11:33:54 -0800 -Original Message- From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

Re: Admin: Server access blocked

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Admin: Server access blocked Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:17:30 -0500 At 11:31 2002-12-06 -0500, Jon wrote: IIRC, and I believe I do so quite correctly since I remember voicing my objection to his attitude on the list, Jeroen was the very

Re: Open question to the list

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From: Jean-Louis Couturier [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Open question to the list Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2002 14:31:29 -0500 At 22:30 2002-12-05 -0800, Debbi wrote: Adam Lipscomb wrote: How should we handle administrative authority on the list? We've got a lot of options, some less palatable than

Scouted: Theo Jansen's Machines

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
From another list. I thought these were a) really really cool, and b) kind of funny, considering the Dutch history with windmills: http://www.popsci.com/popsci/science/article/0,12543,396067,00.html Excerpt: The evolution of bizarre machines that walk when powered by gusts of wind. Ten years

Ospreys (Was: RE: Admin: Server access blocked)

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Bradford DeLong Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 11:14 PM To: J. van Baardwijk Subject: Re: Admin: Server access blocked At 11:31 06-12-2002 -0500, Jon Gabriel wrote: I'm disturbed by his being blocked at chello.nl, but I'm more disturbed that the list server was attacked

RE: Open question to the list

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
. :-) -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Marvin Long, Jr. Sent: Friday, December 06, 2002 5:23 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Open question to the list On Fri, 6 Dec 2002, Jon Gabriel wrote: Do we really need to go this far? Brin-L

RE: Matrix-style effects (Was: RE: Stag Film Serenade)

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
Beefcake! Jon GSV It's really the only suitable reply! VFP *groan* -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Matrix-style effects (Was: RE: Stag Film

RE: Stag Film Serenade

2002-12-06 Thread Jon Gabriel
Who is Ron Jeremy? (Or don't I wanna know?) Jon -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Robert Seeberger Sent: Saturday, December 07, 2002 12:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Stag Film Serenade - Original Message - From: [EMAIL

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