Re: RIP Ed

2005-11-25 Thread William T Goodall
was a pup? We had him since he was four, a retired racing dog. A friend has a rescue Greyhound; they're beautiful, affectionate dogs. They are indeed. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ I have always wished

RIP Ed

2005-11-23 Thread William T Goodall
we got the test results this morning we went out to see him again and then he got the injection. He will be cremated and we will scatter his ashes at one of his favourite walks. He had a good life right up until the end and we'll miss him. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-11-23 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Battlestar Galactica renewed

2005-11-22 Thread William T Goodall
producer David Eick. Currently in its second season, Galactica is a hit with audiences. The second season resumes with new episodes on Jan. 6, 2006, as part of the winter premiere of SCI FI Friday. Battlestar Galactica is from NBC Universal Television Studio. -- William T Goodall Mail

New religion

2005-11-21 Thread William T Goodall
They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you, my only son. Superman Returns. http://supermanreturns.warnerbros.com/trailer.html There's an iPod trailer! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: So much for 3-B day . . . [Adult Subject Matter]

2005-11-20 Thread William T Goodall
Linguist Maru Wasn't a new and extremely effective HPV vaccine just announced? Presumably that would protect against this as well as cervical cancer. Found it - Gardasil. http://tinyurl.com/7jtug -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-11-16 Thread William T Goodall
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Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-11-09 Thread William T Goodall
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Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-11-02 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Beer For Geeks

2005-10-31 Thread William T Goodall
Beer actually sounds like a brand of beer . . . ) Or the 64-oz cans of MAC :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Our products just aren't engineered for security. - Brian Valentine, senior vice president

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-10-26 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Scouted: Like The Onion

2005-10-24 Thread William T Goodall
/ http://objectiveministries.org/ http://larknews.com/ -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris - Larry Wall

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-10-19 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-10-12 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Apple on Intel

2005-10-11 Thread William T Goodall
thought of it before. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris - Larry Wall ___ http

Re: Return Of The Champions

2005-10-07 Thread William T Goodall
himself. Back in Black turned out OK. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm for the rest of his life - Terry Pratchett

Miracles debunked

2005-10-06 Thread William T Goodall
Polidoro. Cicap's next project is to investigate crop circles, a new phenomenon in Italy in the past two years. They're pretty simple at the moment, nothing like the ones you see in England. But I'm sure the people who are doing them here will catch up soon, laughs Mr Polidoro. -- William T

Re: Miracles debunked

2005-10-06 Thread William T Goodall
On 6 Oct 2005, at 9:55 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Oct 6, 2005, at 5:47 AM, William T Goodall wrote: http://tinyurl.com/c2unb The Italian Committee for the Investigation of the Paranormal is causing uproar by debunking a host of the nation's favourite religious miracles, writes Barbara McMahon

Re: Brin: Fight the Future: Fascism: Indiana to Criminalize 'Unauthorized' Reproduction

2005-10-06 Thread William T Goodall
://tinyurl.com/du3t3 I would say this was a victory for sanity except that State Sen. Patricia Miller, R-Indianapolis got elected in the first place and still holds office. When she's in a strait-jacket and they have a new election that will be a victory for sanity. -- William T Goodall Mail

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-10-05 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

The dark side of faith

2005-10-03 Thread William T Goodall
that on its face undermines your beliefs can be twisted to support them. Absolutism means never having to say you're sorry. And that, of course, is what makes it so very dangerous. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221

Re: The dark side of faith

2005-10-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Oct 2005, at 6:22 pm, Maru Dubshinki wrote: On 10/3/05, William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The LA Times has picked up on the story... http://tinyurl.com/7fxny The dark side of faith By ROSA BROOKS IT'S OFFICIAL: Too much religion may be a dangerous thing. . William, we

Re: Help!: fleas, dogs spiders

2005-10-03 Thread William T Goodall
at it. Maybe I need a pet lizard. [1] Our old greyhound. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that, lacking zero, they had no way to indicate successful

Re: Scouted: Study: HIGH Religious Belief Correlated with HIGH Murder, Abortion, Suicide, etc. Rates

2005-09-28 Thread William T Goodall
to oppose the filthy poison of religion. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. -- Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital Equipment

Re: Scouted: Study: HIGH Religious Belief Correlated with HIGH Murder, Abortion, Suicide, etc. Rates

2005-09-28 Thread William T Goodall
Correspondent -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing device called a 'mouse.' There is no evidence that people want to use these things. -John C. Dvorak, SF Examiner

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-09-28 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Keith Henson update

2005-09-23 Thread William T Goodall
If you're going to change your name to avoid those evil cultists TELLING EVERYONE ABOUT IT on a publicly archived list probably isn't too smart... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ 'The true sausage buff

Lost et al

2005-09-22 Thread William T Goodall
:) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind

Re: All about the Boreanaz (was - Re: Threshold)

2005-09-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 21 Sep 2005, at 8:11 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 09:25 PM Tuesday 9/20/2005, William T Goodall opined: On 20 Sep 2005, at 7:50 pm, Travis Edmunds wrote: Buffy freak... I thought _Kitchen Confidential_ (Nicholas Brendon) was pretty funny and _How I Met Your Mother_ (Alyson

Re: All about the Boreanaz (was - Re: Threshold)

2005-09-21 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Sep 2005, at 7:50 pm, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Threshold Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:28:27 +0100 On 19 Sep 2005, at 11:22 pm, Travis

Re: Unleashing 'Chang'

2005-09-21 Thread William T Goodall
nonsense end! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd; indeed in view of the silliness of the majority of mankind

Re: All about the Boreanaz (was - Re: Threshold)

2005-09-20 Thread William T Goodall
On 20 Sep 2005, at 7:50 pm, Travis Edmunds wrote: From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Subject: Re: Threshold Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2005 01:28:27 +0100 On 19 Sep 2005, at 11:22 pm, Travis

Re: Threshold

2005-09-19 Thread William T Goodall
on CBS? Ya. And methinks we have some decent entertainment potential. Methinks... It was OK. I liked the iMac G5 product placement ... but Bones last week had that *and* an iPod :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Re: Threshold

2005-09-19 Thread William T Goodall
On 19 Sep 2005, at 11:22 pm, Travis Edmunds wrote: BONES! My dog, what an awful show. Now, shag the iPod, did you actually like it? I'll give it another chance or two. It might grow on me, or settle into its groove, or get better :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-09-14 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Evil religious sects

2005-09-13 Thread William T Goodall
On 13 Sep 2005, at 5:29 am, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: So after decades of Catholic terrorism in Britain the Protestants have started acting up because they feel the Catholics had succeeded in getting what they wanted through terrorism... Religion needs

Re: Evil religious sects

2005-09-13 Thread William T Goodall
sides - Protestants and Catholics - engaged in 'sectarian violence'. What's not about religion? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. -- Ken

Re: Evil religious sects

2005-09-13 Thread William T Goodall
On 13 Sep 2005, at 11:56 am, Leonard Matusik wrote: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 01:03:40 +0100 William T Goodall wrote: http://edition.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/09/12/nireland.riots.ap/ .So after decades of Catholic terrorism in Britain the Protestants have started acting up because they feel

Re: Brave New Genetic Frontiers

2005-09-13 Thread William T Goodall
invent perpetual motion machines in their garages and the front organisations for Creationism. Which group are you in? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved

Re: Evil religious sects

2005-09-13 Thread William T Goodall
! I trust you'll have learned a lesson when you regain your senses. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Misuse of IMPs leads to strange, difficult-to-diagnose bugs. - Anguish et al. Cocoa Programming

Re: Evil religious sects

2005-09-13 Thread William T Goodall
On 13 Sep 2005, at 2:51 pm, Andrew Paul wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of William T Goodall Presently the Catholic terrorists blow stuff up so they can be separated from the UK and the Protestant terrorists blow stuff up so they can remain part

Evil religious sects

2005-09-12 Thread William T Goodall
terrorism... Religion needs to be banned. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home. -- Ken Olson, President, Chairman and Founder of Digital

Re: Evil religious sects

2005-09-12 Thread William T Goodall
On 13 Sep 2005, at 1:20 am, Dave Land wrote: On Sep 12, 2005, at 5:03 PM, William T Goodall wrote: Religion needs to be banned. Following that illogic, all free speech ought to be banned. machine-gun and grenade attacks are free speech? You might model that behavior for us. You

Re: I have to brag...

2005-09-08 Thread William T Goodall
across the country to spread the love. Don't give up hope. My wife was educated by nuns and now she has less time for religion than I do :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The three chief virtues

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-09-07 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Yum!

2005-09-05 Thread William T Goodall
curry to fruit dumplings with custard and Yorkie bars. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The three chief virtues of a programmer are: Laziness, Impatience and Hubris - Larry Wall

Re: The Doom That Came To N'Warlins - II

2005-09-05 Thread William T Goodall
not done before crowds with grimaces and gesticulations; it's not proclaimed or declared; it's a deep, quiet consultation with something far beyond petty concerns of ego. Don't forget that it makes you grow hair on your palms and go blind too! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED

On Bush and Brown

2005-09-05 Thread William T Goodall
with such poor judgment. Rather than praise Michael Brown, Bush should fire him. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Build a man a fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he will be warm

Guns kill people

2005-09-03 Thread William T Goodall
is due to innovative disarmament measures, including a gun buy-back scheme. The figures were released on Friday, seven weeks before a national referendum on whether to ban outright the sale of guns. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Re: Brave New Genetic Frontiers

2005-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
naturally occur (due to behavioural differences). -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ If you listen to a UNIX shell, can you hear the C? ___ http://www.mccmedia.com

Re: Gas Prices

2005-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
in the last few days. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Invest in a company any idiot can run because sooner or later any idiot is going to run it. - Warren Buffet

Re: Gas Prices

2005-09-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Sep 2005, at 6:15 pm, Julia Thompson wrote: William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Sep 2005, at 1:42 pm, Leonard Matusik wrote: Right On, baby! I think you meant to say, TheProblem (in bold ital.) $3.00 is about what they've been paying for gasoline in Canada and Europe for years

Re: Abstinence Only Sex Ed: 65 out of 490 Girls Pregnant in Ohio School

2005-09-01 Thread William T Goodall
On 1 Sep 2005, at 7:40 am, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 31, 2005, at 2:48 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 31 Aug 2005, at 3:42 am, Doug Pensinger wrote: William wrote: Most of all it needs to be banned. Banning it is the best way to ensure that it flourishes. It would drive

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-08-31 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Abstinence Only Sex Ed: 65 out of 490 Girls Pregnant in Ohio School

2005-08-31 Thread William T Goodall
On 31 Aug 2005, at 8:27 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Aug 31, 2005, at 2:48 AM, William T Goodall wrote: It would drive it underground. The number of people infected would be reduced and its influence in public affairs mostly silenced. Whether it would then wither away naturally or have

Re: [ghostpost] Can Democracy Stop Terrorism?

2005-08-30 Thread William T Goodall
in this article that eliminating the foul evil poison of religion would achieve far more towards eliminating terrorism than introducing democracy could. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The three chief virtues

Re: Abstinence Only Sex Ed: 65 out of 490 Girls Pregnant in Ohio School

2005-08-30 Thread William T Goodall
that most people will be unable to ignore. Debating with these people simply lends credibility to their ridiculous gibberish. Religion needs to be ridiculed and mocked or ignored. Most of all it needs to be banned. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk

Re: Irregulars Question: Copying Drives with Norton Ghost

2005-08-30 Thread William T Goodall
it trampled on wasn't being used by anything else important... [1] I didn't write it, I just got to fix it. I got to fix a lot of stuff written by people paid more than me... -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com

Re: Abstinence Only Sex Ed: 65 out of 490 Girls Pregnant in Ohio School

2005-08-28 Thread William T Goodall
disease that will drive the human race extinct. I wouldn't put it as mildly as that. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Our products just aren't engineered for security. - Brian Valentine, senior vice

Re: Abstinence Only Sex Ed: 65 out of 490 Girls Pregnant in Ohio School

2005-08-26 Thread William T Goodall
. Brought up using European standards of language and beliefs of course :) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The fact that an opinion has been widely held is no evidence whatever that it is not utterly absurd

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-08-24 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: USA bashing is fun

2005-08-23 Thread William T Goodall
and the higher levels of business at the chilly indifference - not to say hostility - of the Bush White House to science. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/4172504.stm -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221

Re: USA bashing is fun

2005-08-22 Thread William T Goodall
for being abnormally fundamentalist as well as abnormally religious. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ If you listen to a UNIX shell, can you hear the C? ___ http

Intelligent Design

2005-08-20 Thread William T Goodall
moderates drawn by the institute's pragmatic, iconoclastic approach on nonideological topics like technology. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ There is no reason anyone would want a computer

Re: [GSFP-ALL] My Friend said ...

2005-08-18 Thread William T Goodall
brought any money? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ 'The true sausage buff will sooner or later want his own meat grinder.' -- Jack Schmidling ___ http

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-08-17 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Mindless and Heartless

2005-08-17 Thread William T Goodall
, that it is difficult to extract it in a generation or two. Religion! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Maybe Windows is good for people who *think* they're geeks, but are not very good

Re: Mindless and Heartless

2005-08-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 17 Aug 2005, at 7:34 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Aug 17, 2005, at 11:32 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 17 Aug 2005, at 5:58 pm, Dan Minette wrote: Why not entertain the possibility, to use Brin's language, that a person who has many fine qualities and whom you like has been

Re: Mindless and Heartless

2005-08-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 17 Aug 2005, at 8:23 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 17, 2005, at 11:46 AM, William T Goodall wrote: I've got nothing against the poor deluded people who are enthralled by these poisonously evil memes. It's the wicked evil obnoxious filth of the religious ideas I'm against whether

Re: Mindless and Heartless

2005-08-17 Thread William T Goodall
On 17 Aug 2005, at 9:14 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Aug 17, 2005, at 1:10 PM, William T Goodall wrote: On 17 Aug 2005, at 8:23 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 17, 2005, at 11:46 AM, William T Goodall wrote: I've got nothing against the poor deluded people who are enthralled

Re: Widely different reports of prison rape between UK and US

2005-08-15 Thread William T Goodall
in Scotland in 1997-1999 was 1.98/100,000 and in England Wales was about 1.45/100,000 and the USA rate was 6.26/100,000. The EU member states average was 1.7/100,000. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ One

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-08-10 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Faith

2005-08-10 Thread William T Goodall
understand it as a good reason to stop using the expression(s), I find it doesn't impress me as a good reason to start believing in a diety. A god of slimming? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221

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

2005-08-05 Thread William T Goodall
On 26 Jul 2005, at 11:18 am, William T Goodall wrote: On 17 Jul 2005, at 3:45 am, Max Battcher wrote: Julia Thompson wrote: THERE IS A MISTAKE ON PAGE 10! At least in the US edition. Was Gautam reading too fast to catch it? :) Julia who is on page 10 The sight/site switch

Re: Gulags

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Aug 2005, at 12:24 am, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 2, 2005, at 3:35 PM, William T Goodall wrote: I don't think it's easily eradicated. I didn't say that. I said, and you quoted it, that 'religion is one of the easiest causes of evil to eradicate.' True. Eradicating religion isn't

Re: Gulags

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
Lysenkoism, based on ridiculous religious ideas, will decimate a generation of potential life-scientists in the USA. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Maybe Windows is good for people who *think* they're geeks

Re: Are you in the right religion?

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
. Roman Catholic (23%) 24. Seventh Day Adventist (20%) 25. Jehovah's Witness (20%) 26. Jainism (19%) 27. Hinduism (17%) -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Maybe Windows is good for people who *think* they're geeks

Re: Gulags

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Aug 2005, at 4:26 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Aug 3, 2005, at 5:39 AM, William T Goodall wrote: This new American Lysenkoism, based on ridiculous religious ideas, will decimate a generation of potential life-scientists in the USA. I'm at least as disturbed by this as you

Weekly Chat Reminder

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Gulags

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Aug 2005, at 7:15 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 3, 2005, at 8:42 AM, William T Goodall wrote: I've begun to realize you're kind of in a rut here. :\ Better than the rut of evil superstitious nonsense :) A rut that prevents critical thinking is a rut that prevents critical thinking

Re: Gulags

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Aug 2005, at 9:25 pm, Deborah Harrell wrote: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Better than the rut of evil superstitious nonsense :) gigantic yawn B-O-R-I-N-G... Do you really think that the Broken Record technique (which is what you're applying here) is going

Re: Gulags

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 3 Aug 2005, at 11:18 pm, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: At 03:50 PM Wednesday 8/3/2005, William T Goodall wrote: On 3 Aug 2005, at 9:25 pm, Deborah Harrell wrote: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Better than the rut of evil superstitious nonsense :) gigantic yawn B-O

Re: Widely different reports of prison rape between UK and US

2005-08-03 Thread William T Goodall
On 4 Aug 2005, at 2:01 am, Dan Minette wrote: - Original Message - From: William T Goodall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com Sent: Monday, August 01, 2005 6:59 PM Subject: Re: Gulags http://www.spr.org/en/academicarticles/odonnell.html Why

Re: Gulags

2005-08-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Aug 2005, at 6:14 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Aug 1, 2005, at 4:59 PM, William T Goodall wrote: My own take on this is that a country that is more religious than the UK is bound to exhibit more depraved and bestial behaviours across the board - more murder, more rape and so

Re: Gulags

2005-08-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Aug 2005, at 6:50 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: On Aug 2, 2005, at 10:37 AM, William T Goodall wrote: On 2 Aug 2005, at 6:14 pm, Warren Ockrassa wrote: Well, it *had* been a compelling post until this graf. Is EVERY evil that exists ANYWHERE attributable in your mind to religion

Re: Gulags

2005-08-02 Thread William T Goodall
On 2 Aug 2005, at 11:21 pm, Dave Land wrote: On Aug 2, 2005, at 11:05 AM, William T Goodall wrote: I don't suggest that. But I do think that religion is one of the easiest causes of evil to eradicate. Which is why tyrants throughout the centuries have had so much luck doing so? I

Re: MacOS Kernel Uses TCPA/Palladium

2005-08-01 Thread William T Goodall
/Palladium implementation that uses a Infineon 1.1 chip which will prevent certain parts of the OS from working unless authorized. http://www.osx86.classicbeta.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page That's one way to prevent x86 OS X running on non Apple hardware. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL

Re: Gulags

2005-08-01 Thread William T Goodall
likely to shine on respect for human rights. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Aerospace is plumbing with the volume turned up. - John Carmack ___ http

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2005-07-27 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

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

2005-07-26 Thread William T Goodall
' nineteenth annual best sf and the main character is called Huw (a Welsh name). Huw did you get on? is supposed to be How did you get on? I suspect. Just about every story in the book has some kind of mistake in it. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

Re: Apple Drooling over Remote Attestation from Intel

2005-07-20 Thread William T Goodall
(at least for the near term). Given that both IBM and AMD are members of the TCG (which produced the TCM) this story seems very very unlikely in a tinfoil hat kind of way. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com

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2005-07-20 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

brin-l-books stats

2005-07-18 Thread William T Goodall
4= The Golden Age John C Wright 4= The Scar China Mieville 4= The Shockwave Rider John Brunner 4= The Vor Game Lois McMaster Bujold 4= Beggars in Spain Nancy Kress 5= Doomsday Book Connie Willis 5= -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http

Re: BSG in today's NYT

2005-07-17 Thread William T Goodall
. There are also podcasts of commentaries for eps 1x09 through 1x13 which aren't on the region 2 DVD set of season 1. And 2x01 - great episode! S2 is off to a great start. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Beware

Re: Are You a Science-Fiction Scholar? (Quiz)

2005-07-14 Thread William T Goodall
through science-fiction history and see how you measure up. *** -Twavis You got 7/11 correct Edmunds Oh, man. Should I be ashamed or proud? 11/11 You're ready for the invasion and welcome our new alien overlords. 11/11. But the lightsaber answer was mostly a guess. -- William T Goodall

Re: They were For it before they were Against it

2005-07-14 Thread William T Goodall
On 14 Jul 2005, at 1:19 pm, Leonard Matusik wrote: Maybe I haven't kept up with it properly I think we have the answer! -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ The Macintosh uses an experimental pointing

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2005-07-13 Thread William T Goodall
it set up. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ This message was sent automatically using cron. But even if WTG is away on holiday, at least it shows the server is still up

Re: Irregulars question: excel

2005-07-13 Thread William T Goodall
: G[j] = SUM( etc etc F[j] etc etc A1:A1000 etc etc Z1:Z1000) but somehow this construct does not work. VBA? -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Mac OS X is a rock-solid system that's beautifully designed. I

Re: Local car heat-related child death

2005-07-12 Thread William T Goodall
as punishment for misbehaving in a store. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http://www.wtgab.demon.co.uk Blog : http://radio.weblogs.com/0111221/ Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth

Re: To whoever is in charge of the book rating list (was Re: Stross: Accelerando)

2005-07-09 Thread William T Goodall
On 9 Jul 2005, at 3:05 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: Hello? Tech support? That's your account activated Ronn! I suspect you got the failure before because your email/web browser truncates the long URL in the activation email. -- William T Goodall Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web : http

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