Re: Uplift locations and dates. Hey, Alberto?

2005-07-21 Thread Max Battcher
that the contradictions are just a part of the reality. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-19 Thread Max Battcher
to station on Earth. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: New Season - Stargate SG1-Atlantis Battlestar Galactica

2005-07-18 Thread Max Battcher
interest me and didn't excite me. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Harry Potter - no actual spoiler, just a complaint

2005-07-16 Thread Max Battcher
and sloppier lately. If I had cataloged all of the recent mistakes that had jumped out at me from big name books I think I might have a very long list. I wish I got paid every time I discovered an editing mistake. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read

Re: There's a reason it's called a cursor

2005-07-11 Thread Max Battcher
you can resume your play. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: There's a reason it's called a cursor

2005-07-10 Thread Max Battcher
one of my big annoyances because it is too close to Win, pause, U which is the shortest way to the shutdown menu. As far as I know, in Windows, there is no way to shut off the Accessibility features completely for the entire computer. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open

Re: The Oldest American?

2005-07-08 Thread Max Battcher
in a few weird places like measure and garbage, thanks to the language's wide and far borrowing. (IPA symbol is the 3-looking soft Z, usually transcribed into ASCII as a plain Z.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com

Re: Baxter's Manifold: books

2005-07-04 Thread Max Battcher
is? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Plot Holes: War of the worlds - SPOILERS

2005-07-03 Thread Max Battcher
William T Goodall wrote: On 1 Jul 2005, at 12:01 pm, Max Battcher wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 6/30/2005 9:31:19 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 3jane.net) writes: Ok, I could buy that, but why didn't they just

Re: Plot Holes: War of the worlds - SPOILERS

2005-07-01 Thread Max Battcher
could not tell you. :) Julia Because... I believe it is in the book. Its been awhile since I've read it, but I think the same concerns existed about the book. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com

Re: The disease of the mind

2005-06-27 Thread Max Battcher
are related I guess, as Objectivism has sometimes been called heavily narcissistic. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Roe vs. Wade

2005-06-21 Thread Max Battcher
judge would know that pretty well. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Now, this is just thoroughly tasteless....

2005-06-20 Thread Max Battcher
in with treason (the only criminal offense in the Constitution). (Then again, treason is also a capital offense, so maybe the ammendment backers _were_ hoping for death of flag burners.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto

Re: Free book!

2005-06-20 Thread Max Battcher
NoDerivs, though. (I'm working on a project to try to do what I can to promote the use of derivative-allowing licenses in fiction, actually. I'm hoping to create something like a SourceForge for shared fictional worlds.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open/Free Mythoi: Read

Re: Batman Begins - no spoilers

2005-06-16 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Nunn wrote: There were no cartoonish aspects to this movie, and they definitely set themselves up for many sequels. They are already signing contracts to get started on Batman Begins 2 with the first one having just been released to theaters... -- --Max Battcher-- http

Re: apologies to real brinellers

2005-06-15 Thread Max Battcher
warming, this probably won't cheer anybody up: http://loadedmouth.com/node/1369 -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Max Battcher
in progress. Also appears in Word, if that is what you are already using and you give the File menu the time to expand (damn feature hiding menus). -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com

Re: Writing software

2005-06-14 Thread Max Battcher
://blog.worldmaker.net/node/116 -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Writing software

2005-06-13 Thread Max Battcher
is for source code doesn't mean you can't use it for writing). If you want an easy to use (and free speech/beer) VC, let me suggest Darcs (www.darcs.net). It really is the simplest out there currently and should work well for you. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ Support Open

Re: Brin: Democracy, genocide, torture, etc.

2005-06-09 Thread Max Battcher
Gary Denton wrote: On 6/8/05, Max Battcher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dave Land wrote: There is quite a bit of variability in the opinions of Americans about whether the UN is a proper channel for action and whether it has proven itself to work, period. I do not count myself among those UN

Re: items

2005-06-09 Thread Max Battcher
, Clear Channel, Disney and News Corporation are all much more deserving of having bites taken out of them than Microsoft. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com

Re: Brin: Democracy, genocide, torture, etc.

2005-06-08 Thread Max Battcher
over several decades? Is Iraq really worth the amount of money and soldier's lives that have spent to democratize it? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com

Re: Brin: Democracy, genocide, torture, etc.

2005-06-08 Thread Max Battcher
orchestrates my nightmares some nights. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Even WingNutDaily Can Smell the Republican Hypocrisy

2005-06-08 Thread Max Battcher
House and Republican Congress or have they already paid it? Hey, remember that Texas gay porn star they pretended was a journalist for more than four years? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com

Re: Bush was out of control!

2005-06-06 Thread Max Battcher
Dave Land wrote: I went to Carnegie-Mellon, where the athletic teams are called The Tartans. A fabric pattern. Ohh, scary! I guess The Scots and The Kilts were taken already? Heck, why not The Dirks, it has that nice scottish dagger ring to it. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net

Re: Dolphins use sponges as tools

2005-06-06 Thread Max Battcher
to display it. It seems it may have gotten permission from the original author, but there is no mention of the Onion.) -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com

Re: Revenge of the REAL George Lucas...

2005-06-03 Thread Max Battcher
be determined by each individual. [snip] Obviously a medical student is too busy to actually do some philosophical research. Not only does the name Universism sound stupid, but it is superfluous. As far as I can tell from the article it is just a new name for Kierkegaard's Existentialism. -- --Max

Re: What Is Your Worldview?

2005-06-02 Thread Max Battcher
human accomplishment is immense. Mankind is condemned to be free and must accept the responsibility. Probably most interesting to me was that I had a 5-way tie (5 at 100%). 0% Romanticism. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read

Originality and Romanticism (was: See Kingdom of Heaven)

2005-06-01 Thread Max Battcher
Golden Era across all of our arts. More artistic power is in more hands (and minds) than ever before. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Support Open/Free Mythoi. Read the manifesto @ mythoi.com ___ http

Re: MENSA, Schmensa . . .

2005-05-24 Thread Max Battcher
to keep sarcasm a secret. This could make it much tougher to hide our distaste for the masses when communicating with them... -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Revenge of the REAL George Lucas...

2005-05-19 Thread Max Battcher
is going to die in childbirth! The Council won't let me be a Master! The other Kindergartners won't share their toys! If that's The Dark Side, then no wonder the Jedi try so hard to get kids as young as possible! One bad Elementary school and you have a Darth Lord on your hands. -- --Max

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

2005-05-09 Thread Max Battcher
Bryon Daly wrote: BTW, did anyone else pick up on the Zaphod/George-W-Bush thing? I heard Sam Rockwell say somewhere that he was thinking more about Bill Clinton. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated

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

2005-05-04 Thread Max Battcher
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On May 1, 2005, at 1:21 PM, Max Battcher wrote: Everything added was Douglas Adams' idea. That's almost certainly untrue. The screenwriter was clear on adding things of his own, and there's just no way Adams would have greenlighted the Arthur-Trillian story. No time just

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

2005-05-01 Thread Max Battcher
Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Apr 29, 2005, at 8:13 PM, Max Battcher wrote: The problem with the pacing was that it *did not have to be cut*. All the screenwriter had to do was start from the original material -- as I mentioned before the first installment in radio form was only 2 hours long

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

2005-04-29 Thread Max Battcher
translation would have. -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Abortion Cost-Benefit Analysis

2005-04-15 Thread Max Battcher
support pro-choice, just because I truly believe it is not for any man to decide (not the President, not any male member of Congress). -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Good News from The Vatican

2005-04-03 Thread Max Battcher
. No mirrors in you house I presume? Dozens. Any brains in your head? Better question: Do you have stairs in your house? -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated! PS: Grandma is protected. Grandma has gone down the stairs. PAK CHOOIE UNF

Re: Amazing-but-True Facts

2005-04-01 Thread Max Battcher
about every other Unix distribution. http://www.unix.org/what_is_unix/history_timeline.html http://www.ugu.com/sui/ugu/show?I=xenix.historyF=11G=Y -- --Max Battcher-- http://www.worldmaker.net/ The WorldMaker.Network: Now more Caffeinated

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