Re: For David Brin and the rest of you

2013-09-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/5/2013 4:24:09 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, albm...@centroin.com.br writes: where the Mad Scientist tries to destroy the Earth by placing an enormous mirror or lens in orbit, concentrating solar energy? It's not in orbit; it's in London melting parked cars.

Re: Power and civilization

2012-11-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/29/2012 6:47:33 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, net_democr...@yahoo.com writes: The measure of a civilization could be said to be its consumption of energy and how it uses resources. Conspicuous v. sustainable... Jon From: medieva...@aol.com Twas in Last

Re: Power and civilization

2012-11-29 Thread Medievalbk
Twas in Last And First Men, by Olaf Stapledon, I think, where all future civilizations had their power based upon alcohol. Nothing stored from the past was left. In a message dated 11/29/2012 12:58:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Tim, net_democr...@yahoo.com writes: The

Re: Brin events

2012-06-15 Thread Medievalbk
At every stop, there should be a What's next? question. In a message dated 6/14/2012 11:21:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: Ask Me Anything marathon ___

Re: Asteroid mining

2012-06-10 Thread Medievalbk
Futurist Magazine? World Future Society. They do heavy, or at least semi heavy. I knew nothing about them until I got a stack of their back issues to sell. Vilyehm (Now 39,000 Amazon listings.) In a message dated 6/10/2012 12:22:31 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time,

One less B

2012-06-06 Thread Medievalbk
Dark they were and golden eyed. Now with a tear.___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Tuesday afternoon . . .

2012-06-04 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/4/2012 6:31:36 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: I plan to drag my 10 out on the driveway or somewhere nearby where I'll have the best view, slap on the solar filter, and at least watch the ingress phases before it gets too low .

Re: Brin: Debunking the Myth of Intuition

2012-05-29 Thread Medievalbk
System 1 made me read these emails.___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Existence

2012-05-13 Thread Medievalbk
As long as they don't say Existence is futile. In a message dated 5/13/2012 10:26:16 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, char...@culturelist.org writes: On 14/05/2012, at 12:26 AM, William Goodall wrote: The new Brin novel Existence comes out in June. A topic! So, will they add a stupid

Re: On this date in . . .

2011-09-03 Thread Medievalbk
I now think all government is run under the rule of Cap and Trade ...of brain cells. In a message dated 9/3/2011 8:21:45 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: 1958, President Eisenhower signed the National Defense Education Act,

Re: Brin: Real inventions since 1970

2011-02-01 Thread Medievalbk
Mel Brooks had the answer for the 1960s, if you remember your 2000 Year Old Man. Vilyehm ___ http://box535.bluehost.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Spock as legal authority

2010-10-28 Thread Medievalbk
Rats. I thought it would have been, Only Nixon could go to China. In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:44:44 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: very largeboldStar Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is now officially a legal authority/very large/bold [stock photo

Re: Clash of Titans

2010-06-03 Thread Medievalbk
AMAZING! Not the movie---an actual drive-in. Tucson lost the last one a few months ago. In a message dated 6/3/2010 8:38:02 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, nick.arn...@gmail.com writes: On Thu, Jun 3, 2010 at 8:22 AM, Alberto Vieira Ferreira Monteiro _albm...@centroin.com.br_

Re: ObBenford, sort of . . .

2010-05-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/16/2010 11:10:08 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: How do they maintain the vacuum in the well? Lassie throws in Timmie. ...you do know that cliche sucks. Vilyehm ___

Re: Brin Wiki and Trolls

2010-01-05 Thread Medievalbk
Brin-L and Wiki and Trolls: Brin-L and Wiki and Trolls--oh my Brin-L and Wiki and Trolls--oh my By the way the brain it dumbs, something Wiki this way comes. Vilyehm ___ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com

Re: Uplift Fan Fiction

2009-08-14 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/13/2009 9:16:06 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, tship...@deru.com writes: A while back there was a thread on the list about people wanting David Brin to write more Uplift fiction. Back when I was writing the Alliance for Progress Encyclopedia I wrote some Fan-Fic

Re: Brin: On 'Incomprehesibility'

2009-08-01 Thread Medievalbk
7- It is much easier to read the back of a video box than the pages of that tiny booklet--if there even is one. Vilyehm **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!

Re: Brin: Language

2009-06-29 Thread Medievalbk
That being said, Anglic is still probably more flexible by several degrees. -- Matt Anglic is very flexible. And symmetric. No galactic alphabet has characters that can be reversed or flipped. Dyslexia is impossible. But in Anglic, a d flipped once becomes a b. Flipped again, it's a p.

Re: LIVE from the Moon

2009-06-23 Thread Medievalbk
Rats. No LCROSS--just field hockey. In a message dated 6/23/2009 5:55:41 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ronn_blankens...@bellsouth.net writes: I presume everyone is watching the live streaming video from LCROSS . . . . . . ronn! :) ___

Re: BRIN: Startide books on Kindle?

2009-06-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/11/2009 11:25:26 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: John, I have the contracts in-hand, as we speak! With cordial regards, David Brin _http://www.davidbrin.com_ (http://www.davidbrin.com) My Kindle reads from both sides. It makes a pretty

Re: Uplift Universe question....

2009-05-08 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/8/2009 11:12:20 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dml...@gmail.com writes: On May 8, 2009, at 8:22 AM, Nick Arnett wrote: According to Wikipedia (a reliable source for over 200 years, according to Wikipedia): I have been trying to find the origin of that particular

Re: New Uplift Universe question....

2009-05-08 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/8/2009 6:10:49 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dsummersmi...@comcast.net writes: I've got a question that I think about when I think of Brin. He hasn't written a regular novel since Kiln People, which was about 6 years ago...and his last graphic novel was a year

Re: Brin: Re: New Uplift Universe question....

2009-05-08 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/8/2009 8:06:30 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: I'm on it. seriously I'd rather you were on it humorously **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps!

Re: What was that story?

2009-05-02 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/2/2009 11:29:55 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, dawnfal...@upliftwar.com writes: Hey, after a story again- It's a post-apocalyptic story, where the protagonist wakes up having been cured of a cancer to discover he's the last man alive. He is periodically woken from

Re: On the Housing Market

2009-02-25 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 2/25/2009 9:00:34 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, db...@sbcglobal.net writes: Alas, both versions came through. Nick, have we run out of solutions here? david ...with no Re grets? What is a gret anyway? **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in

Re: What is wealth?

2008-12-11 Thread Medievalbk
Unimaginable wealth is a child finding a real silver dollar. Actual wealth is never picking up a dropped quarter. Financial stability is looking at the dime as you think of your two choices. Absolute poverty is remembering where the hole in your trousers is as you bend at the knees to pick

Re: Epochal media: 200 years ago and next week!

2008-12-03 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/3/2008 3:09:46 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And I got to wave my arms, conducting it, all the way home. To hell with liberal or conservative. Let's debate Toscanini or Stokowski. Vilyehm **Make your life easier with all

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/28/2008 4:37:48 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Nov 27, 2008, at 1:37 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/27/2008 1:39:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We might even have become gods and

Re: Brin: Life after People

2008-11-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/27/2008 1:39:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We might even have become gods and simply moved away! Only if we've paid off the mortgage. Hmm. story idea there somewhere. Vilyehm **Life should be easier. So should your

Re: Name that alien species

2008-11-18 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/18/2008 5:51:40 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I hope someone with a better memory than me (or who has read SR and UW more recently) can help me out. I'm trying to remember the name and characteristics of an alien species that, I think, was

Re: Name that alien species

2008-11-18 Thread Medievalbk
Wik: Episiarchs Episiarchs are shaggy quadrupeds that have the ability to temporarily alter reality by force of will, and are used to open short-lived portals that allow Tandu ships to travel instantly to distant parts of the universe, giving them nearly unmatched strategic speed. They

Re: Should The Government Stop Dumping Money Into A Giant Hole?

2008-11-13 Thread Medievalbk
Sorry. Very sorry. But the first thing that came to mind upon reading the subject line: Free condoms for Britn-well, you get the rest. Sorry. **Get the Moviefone Toolbar. Showtimes, theaters, movie news

The silence of the ludites.

2008-10-07 Thread Medievalbk
On ABC, if nobody else as well, McCain was silent for 30 to 40 seconds. I don't have anything to comment. Just wanted to be first in. Vilyehm **New MapQuest Local shows what's happening at your destination. Dining, Movies, Events, News more. Try it out!

Re: Frosty Meets Cthulhu

2008-10-06 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/6/2008 7:40:52 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 6 Oct 2008, Mauro Diotallevi wrote: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2008/10/03/exclusive-william-shatner-voices-santa-in-most-messed-up-x-mas-special-ever/ Or http://tinyurl.com/4c9bmv I

Re: Limericks usung purple and orange.

2008-08-22 Thread Medievalbk
Goethe's color theory expressed through Western gunfighters: It's highly unlikely Wyatt Earp'll Be even caught dead wearing purple. For the shade a shade uses Can lead to.abuses. And with that one he'd bloody usurp hell. Angie Dickinson listens in: Say, Angie, you want to hear

Re: The Price of Grammatical Perfection

2008-08-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/22/2008 9:34:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Its A Crime Maru It's. That'll be $14.95 Vilyehm **It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here.

Re: Brin: in the Conservapedia

2008-07-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/1/2008 11:14:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's not even comprehensive. I could have written a better survivalist entry... bleah. Would a pro-luddite website be an oxymoron? Vilyehm **Gas prices getting you down?

Re: Adressing Global Warming

2008-04-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 4/27/2008 6:37:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The point, however, is that you seldom hear of any rich, white, American environmentalists offering to stop polluting and green the planet by composting themselves . . . ;) . . . ronn! :)

Book takers?

2008-03-22 Thread Medievalbk
Last week I purchased 80 grocery bags of books for $5 a bag. And the day before, 100 books at $2 each. Almost all in a foreign language. Almost all without ISBNs or the more modern barcode. The day before that, the other booksellers paid $125 for a membership to get into the University of

Re: Brin: The Latest In Dolphin Technology

2008-03-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/16/2008 9:16:10 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I know some of the people involved. They assure me there are no suicide missions They call them Volunteer with extreme prejudice? Vilyehm **It's Tax Time! Get tips, forms,

Re: Gary Gygax

2008-03-04 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/4/2008 12:58:24 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Gary Gygax, the man who more or less invented the modern role-playing game, has passed away. With reverence, since I owned the original boxed set: 1-75 burial 76-99 cremation 00

Re: Brin: Evidence that the Tymbrimi live among us

2008-01-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/22/2008 4:37:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Creationist God is The Trickster Joke's on you. The Trickster is Tytlal, not Tymbrimi. Vilyehm **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape.

Re: Brin: Evidence that the Tymbrimi live among us

2008-01-22 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/22/2008 7:08:37 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 1/22/2008 4:37:06 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The Creationist God is The Trickster Joke's on you. The Trickster is Tytlal, not

Re: Zen Time Travel

2008-01-09 Thread Medievalbk
Three seconds after I see this title,... What is the sound of a one handed chronometer? Vilyehm **Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape. http://body.aol.com/fitness/winter-exercise?NCID=aolcmp0030002489 ___

Re: What is the Monkeysphere?

2007-12-17 Thread Medievalbk
Trick question. It's too cold for monkeyspheres. It's so cold I just saw three brass monkeys wandering about aimlessly because they had completely lost their bearings. Old joke. Old list. Vilyehm

Re: AI dolls?

2007-12-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/13/2007 7:33:21 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Ronn! Blankenship wrote: Why would anyone want an Al Gore doll? Does it come with a box of hatpins? Dunno, but I did see a George Bush Voodoo Doll Kit or somesuch in

Re: Scientologists move to ban Germany

2007-12-12 Thread Medievalbk
Freedom chocolate cake. Vilyehm **See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop000304) ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Uplift at Yellowstone

2007-11-09 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/9/2007 11:43:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Yellowstone is rising. The word uplift makes me think the tytlal have been pouring bicarbonate of soda down Old Faithful. A maru once bit my sister. Vilyehm

Re: Shaking!

2007-10-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/30/2007 8:09:00 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Just had a pretty good earthquake here... but the lights are still on. Nick Answer the door tonight dressed as a giant lime jello. ...still shaking from yesterday. Vilyehm

Re: Rowling Outs Dumbledore

2007-10-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/20/2007 3:25:38 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dumbledore was gay Now you know the reason why he kept the sorting hat in his office. Vilyehm ** See what's new at http://www.aol.com

Re: Rowling Outs Dumbledore

2007-10-20 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/20/2007 3:03:15 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In a message dated 10/20/2007 3:25:38 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dumbledore was gay Now you know the reason why he kept the sorting hat in his office. Vilyehm

Chess players and SF

2007-08-27 Thread medievalbk
Don't ask me to play. Aint no good. I want research, references and opinions. For an Uplift story I'm trying to promote by occasionally metaphorically whacking our good DR. on the head with a zen two-by-four. I know all about Eric Frank Russell's martians and their passion for chess. I don't

Re: Most unlikely tenor of all

2007-06-15 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 6/15/2007 10:02:20 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Puccini can do that to a person. I don't get why the yahoos out think opera is so unmanly. Its usual themes of lust, passion, revenge and loss ought to satisfy almost anyone! Jim Well, once

Amazon.com glitched. Y2K still lives?

2007-06-03 Thread Medievalbk
If you buy books on Amazon.com, beware of the publication date 1900. There must be thousands of bad listings, usually with outrageous prices. How can a book on the evils of radio advertising be printed in 1900? Yet there the listing be. I've been putting books on Amazon all weekend and

Re: Irregulars Question: Screws

2007-05-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/11/2007 6:36:22 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Torx. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torx Charlie To prevent theft, this type of screw has been used exclusively in northern Iraq. Yes, I am going to say it: Torx are for Kurds. Thank you

Re: HOW MANY LIST MEMBERS DOES IT TALE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB?

2007-04-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 4/29/2007 2:33:14 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Per Judith Hanford: HOW MANY LIST MEMBERS DOES IT TALE TO CHANGE A LIGHT BULB? Would it not be better to potty train the light bulb so it never again needs to be changed? And just where do

Re: Ping?

2007-04-23 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 4/23/2007 7:20:04 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: It's been so quiet... Just thought I'd make sure the list server is really working... Nick Pong. ** See what's free at http://www.aol.com.

Re: Script Completed for 'Star Trek XI'

2007-01-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 1/11/2007 7:34:24 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Script Completed for 'Star Trek XI' Director J.J. Abrams has confirmed that the script for Star Trek XI has been completed, that it will concern Capt. Kirk and Spock as very young men, that

Re: ADMIN: Testing

2006-12-05 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 12/5/2006 10:15:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The list should be working... but is it? Does self employed count? Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: PLEASE RESPOND — Escalating e- mail problems!

2006-11-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/13/2006 4:34:01 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I would especially like to hear from the list owners if this message triggers spam filters or other problems, or from others who find this message labeled spam. The pen of my aunt is in the

Re: Re: PLEASE RESPOND — Escalatin g e =?wind...

2006-11-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/13/2006 5:44:11 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The pen of my aunt is in the garden. My hovercraft is full of eels. The pen of my aunt is in the garden. This sentence is usually found in french and german

Re: =?windows-1252?q?Re=2B or not 2B_PLEASE_RESPOND_=97_Escala all cars?..

2006-11-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/13/2006 7:31:14 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: When I studied French I haven't studied French, but the best French books I ever got at an estate sale came out of a dumpster. The son had thrown them there. Who would want them? They were in

Rear windows-Hitchcock Re=2B or not 2B_PLEASE_RESPOND_Escala all car54whereRU?..

2006-11-13 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 11/13/2006 9:12:47 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What the heck happened to the subject line? Awww... He noticed. He really noticed. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Silent oceans?

2006-11-03 Thread Medievalbk
Shrimps are created in farms now - that's what make them cheaper while other fish products become more expensive. Everyone knows the sweetest shrimp come from Arizona _http://www.desertsweetshrimp.com/index.html_ (http://www.desertsweetshrimp.com/index.html) Vilyehm

Re: London

2006-10-27 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/27/2006 10:18:41 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am going to London from Sunday 2006-10-29 to Thursday 2006-11-02. Any good suggestions? How cold is it? Remember that I am Tropical, anything below 20 Celsius is f freezing! !. Read

Re: Apostates!

2006-10-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/17/2006 5:41:07 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: (Printed in the local paper this morning. I found it on-line at Jewish World Review Oct. 16, 2006 / 24 Tishrei, 5767) Global warming... just a theory... You need a more accurate reading.

Re: Irregulars Question: smell of Phenol

2006-10-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/11/2006 9:54:45 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 11:44 AM Wednesday 10/11/2006, Alberto Monteiro wrote: Does anyone know how to eliminate the smell of Phenol? Alberto Monteiro Since you ask, I presume it is already too late for Don't

Re: Whinging

2006-10-10 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/10/2006 5:24:15 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: In the original context of whinging pom, it definitely means complaining or whining in Australia. It was applied to those poms who migrated out here, and who were disappointed that things were

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11conspiracies)

2006-10-01 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 10/1/2006 8:21:03 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Are you sure that word is cromulent? Julia Crom never lent Conan anything. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Infinities large and small

2006-09-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/30/2006 9:02:31 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William Taylor wrote: Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity No. Infinity - (Infinity - 1) = Undefined To the infinity and beyond Alberto Monteiro Sorry, I must have been chewing on the square

Re: Infinities large and small (was Re: The Assumption Re: 9/11 conspiracies)

2006-09-29 Thread Medievalbk
Infinity - (Infinity -1) = Infinity My brain hurts. Can I have a cookie? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Infinities large and small and silly SF stories.

2006-09-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/28/2006 8:43:22 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: At 08:01 PM Thursday 9/28/2006, Nick Arnett wrote: On 9/28/06, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't a little infinite a contradiction, like a little bit . . . ? No... some

Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers

2006-09-23 Thread Medievalbk
I say it's a dyson sphere and to hell with calling it a planet. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Jobs, not trees! (Collapse, Chapter 2)

2006-09-18 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 9/18/2006 12:26:00 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: They also took to wearing kilts, those naughty Scots . . . More room for the sheep. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Strange New Planet Baffles Astronomers

2006-09-14 Thread Medievalbk
It's not a planet, it's a giant light baffle. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: On scientology

2006-08-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/31/2006 6:39:25 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, toto is a form of the Latin word totus, meaning all. So that's the best I can do. ---David (Buries the attempted joke.) Toto is a Scientologist? In Kansas? Vilyehm (Revives dead

Re: Planet No More

2006-08-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/24/2006 7:56:52 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think you hit the nail on the head: we like our itty bitty planet way out there on the edge of nowhere. Dave It was an itty bitty teenie weenie didn't plan it dwarfish planet, that we

Re: .Rothen are Prussians

2006-08-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/21/2006 5:18:54 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What about replacing the Clan is with I am -- and the other necessary word substitutes also... evil chuckling Debbi Galactic Overlady Flashback Maru;) Rothen have to be civil to other

.Rothen are Prussians

2006-08-20 Thread Medievalbk
Anybody have a copy they can copy/loan me? Germany and the Next War by General von Bernhardi I was hoping to find large blocks of text via Google, but I didn't. General von Bernhardi: The State is the sole judge of morality of its own action. It is, in fact, above morality, or, in

Re: James A. van Allen, 1914-2006

2006-08-11 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 8/11/2006 5:51:29 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: That's really too bad. My father studied under him as a student, and he seemed like a neat guy (quite aside from his accomplishments). ~maru The correct science fiction tribute would be to go

Re: Prehistory

2006-07-29 Thread Medievalbk
Totally meaningless comment: In a message dated 7/29/2006 3:26:09 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: We know from a study of his skull and other bones . Bottom line. I don't know. But I don't think anyone else does either. I would rather trace my ancestry

Re: I'll be a monkey's uncle . . .

2006-07-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 7/29/2006 7:26:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Psych Prof Advocates Human/Chimp Hybrids – But only to Offend Christians Or French waiters, New York City cab drivers, marine drill serjeants, and all third string defensive linesmen.

Re: Sudoku beats Tabloids

2006-07-14 Thread Medievalbk
AOL Sudoku: I average 9 minutes for level 1 Level 9 took me 97 minutes. Only time I finished it so far. At 9, I'd really like a move number count and a backup button. Vilyehm ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Blacksmiths

2006-06-29 Thread Medievalbk
..once owned 50 hammers, forge, three sheet metal rollers, about seven punches, all four beverly shears, ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Brin. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::

2006-05-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/30/2006 11:42:13 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: BTW, what is the [natural] function of the toehook? Brin never said. But as their patrons found the Hoon in alpine valleys (Contacting Aliens) I figured it was to easily walk across frozen

Re: Br!n. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::

2006-05-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/30/2006 6:05:16 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: William-- I believe that 'fencing' is the stylized one with lots of silly rules. Maybe you mean 'sword fighting'? Yup. Anything involved with staying alive aint fencing. It's not clear

Re: Br!n. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::

2006-05-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/30/2006 6:57:20 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I'm not clear on what a scorpion attack to the foot would be. Or is it my French? Why I need stick figures. Probably with two weapons. Attacker pins both arms/ weapons to the outside, with

Re: The List

2006-05-29 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/29/2006 2:16:57 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did you stay for the coda, or did you wimp out with the majority of mindless Marveless minions who walked out when the credits started rolling? Well since I don't remember what I

Brin. Cyrano de Bergerac's Thrust home. (Hoo-ha!) ::rimshot::

2006-05-28 Thread Medievalbk
I have been accused of continually seeing the obvious that does not exist. I didn't remember the translator's name, and so I had to look through five different editions at the used bookstore until I found the one that matched the movie. Brian Hooker's: Then, as I end the refrain, thrust

Re: The List

2006-05-28 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 5/28/2006 5:36:05 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has the list been down recently, or did everyone else leave their computers behind for a long Memorial Day weekend after seeing X-Men 3? (Personally, I did the latter at midnight Thursday and

Re: Re: Kiln people fixes?

2006-03-31 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/31/2006 5:27:55 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: ...the uk version seemed to have a stupid apostrophe added... This irritated me so much that I was unable to buy it. Annoying, 'cause I was really looking forward to reading it. Suppose I could

Brin: Re: Kiln people fixes?

2006-03-30 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/30/2006 3:03:50 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: A quick appeal to any nitpickers out there who spotted errors in KILN PEOPLE. If you have any types or errors noted anywhere, now is the time to tell me. There's about to be a reprint.

Re: Seti at Home

2006-03-25 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/25/2006 2:17:53 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Did anyone else get an email from [EMAIL PROTECTED] asking to participate in BOINC? Boinc? Sounds like something Pinky would say. No email here. Vilyehm - Narf.

Re: Isaac Hayes quits SouthPark -- Update

2006-03-24 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/24/2006 4:15:10 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Anyone else curious how Isaac Hayes might feel now after this week's Super Adventure Club episode? They just write another episode where it all turns out to be a dream. Though a nude Chef in

Re: Goodbye (goodbye goodbye)

2006-03-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/21/2006 2:17:45 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Medieval protest songs? No I don't. ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Goodbye (goodbye goodbye)

2006-03-21 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/21/2006 3:14:20 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Come on. I'm sure that if you try you can find something in this thread that you want to protest BOMBED LAST NIGHT Bombed last night, and bombed the night before Going to get bombed

Re: Brin: Uncyclopedia

2006-03-17 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/17/2006 11:16:16 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: the fair-haired ethereal stopped to relieve himself in the men's room whereupon a local, standing at the next station, This of course violates the unwritten rule of courtesy, where you take a

Re: A question about Contacting Aliens

2006-03-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/16/2006 6:34:54 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: After finishing up GURPS Uplift, I took another look at _Contacting Aliens_. And while it was fun to read again and check out the pics, etc., and it's cool how it's laid out like a how to book for

Re: A question about Contacting Aliens

2006-03-16 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/16/2006 8:46:42 PM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Instead, a tree of patron client relations would be dominated by explosions. Fertile patrons will have lots of clients. Most of these client lines will die out relatively soon, but some will

Re: Hello (hello, hello)

2006-03-15 Thread Medievalbk
In a message dated 3/15/2006 6:45:23 AM US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Expect a visit from the Tandu any day now. Sings: There's a plan to the Tandu that can do you in. Vilyehym ___

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