"Dan M" wrote:
> The housing bubble was partially due to cash with no place to go.
But, much
> of the excess in housing prices was deliberately caused by
homeowners' votes
> against affordable housing in places like California. Why do you
think that
> prices for comparable housing in LA are
Solar is impractical.
Is it?
http://www.nanosolar.com/
more tonight
Doug
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Dave wrote:
> Congratulations! That's practically like being a grown-up!
I'm sorry? Care to explain that last remark?
Doug
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Deborah wrote
> I recently finished _Inversion_, which I don't think
> is a Culture tale, but I found it compelling.
Oh, but it is! 8^)
Doug
Prime Directive? Maru
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And in case that didn't motivate you, there's this:
http://gocomics.typepad.com/the_sandbox/
VETERANS DAY 2007
Name: CAPT Benjamin Tupper
Posting date: 11/11/07
Returned from: Afghanistan
Veterans Day 2007 marks the six month anniversary of my return to
the United States. A week doesn't
Thanks for all your help, Julia. I'm going to head down to 6th and
hike towards Lamar. I got a few ideas from the Chronicle.
Doug
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Julia wrote:
> Not sure. If you can extract the info you need from
> http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Calendar/MusicListings that's
a
> good resource. I'll poke a bit and see what I can extract from there
that
> would be useful.
>
> (I don't get out to see live music very often, and
Julia wrote:
> The Whole Foods flagship store is just across 6th from that corner,
and Waterloo Records is just across Lamar from there. If you
continue just a bit further on 6th past Lamar, there's an Amy's Ice
Cream, which if you really like ice cream is something you ought to
try while y
Julia wrote:
> Let's see, you're coming in during prime bat-viewing season; call
> 512-416-5700 and then punch in category 3636 when prompted to do
> so, and the message will tell you when the bats will likely be
> emerging from under the Congress Avenue Bridge. There's good
> viewing
Alberto wrote:
> The harsh logic of economics is all that dictates the death
> - or, better, the contraception - of the electric car.
>
> Why there are so few helicopter lines in modern cities? Just
> because they are too expensive, and few people want to pay
> 200 dollars to save 2 hours of traf
Ronn! wrote:
> According to many radical greens: "A good start."
And according to many religionists: "Not nearly enough"
Doug
Rapture maru
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Rich wrote:
> Quite how we can convince people in the regions where the failure
> of the Islamic states is most total that the things they ought to
> be emulating from the glorious past of Islamic are openness to
> trade, toleration, meritocracy, egality, respect and encouragement
> for science a
Ronn! wrote:
> And should we conclude with all 300 million of us chanting in
> unison "There is no G-d but Allah and . . . "?
I'd just as soon we concluded there is no God, period, but I know
we're not mature enough for that.
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JDG wrote:
> Sorry, but does anyone remember the red scare, McCarthyism, the
> missile gap, air raid drills in schools, backyard nuclear shelters,
> the Sputnik gap, "We Will Bury You", the domino theory, managed
> decline, etc.?
Yet throughout that period human rights advanced, transparency
JDG wrote:
> So, if I understand you correctly, your favored strategy in dealing
> with Al Qaeda would be to:
>
> -Withdraw immediately from Iraq
I'd give it six months, withdrawing gradually.
> -Cease all aid to Israel, Egypt, Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait, and the Persian Gulf State
Dave Land wrote:
> To hear My Fellow Americans talk, it was nothing as harmless as a
> scorpion... They are pretty well convinced that it is a cone snail
> or a funnel-web spider -- something completely, rapidly and
> horrifyingly lethal.
Actually I'd characterize the reaction as our leadership i
Ronn! wrote:
> Julia wrote:
> >Mass hysteria.
> >Can't Forget Mass Hysteria Maru
>
> Isn't that what a lot of people get upon looking at the reading on
the scale?
I thought she meant a particularly moving Catholic service.
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JDG wrote:
> Despite your cavalier attitude - "shrug" - you are, nevertheless,
> talking about a dramatic reordering of our basic societal structure.
> I don't know what "provisions" those are that you are talking
about, > but you are basically suggesting a social experiment on a
grand >
Charlie wrote:
>
> Still got a long way to go, especially in countries where they're
> specifically enacting legislation to forbid gay marriage. Round and
> round we go.
I agree, but younger people have more tolerant attitudes and are more
likely to ask why we discourage loving relationships.
>
JDG wrote:
> Maybe I'm being a bit pedantic, but everyone in New Jersey was and is
> free to marry, regardless of their sexual orientation
If the partner of choice isn't involved then the word "free" is
somewhat misplaced.
In any case, it's heartening to see that, despite the best effort of
JDG wrote:
> So, in other words, you judge QB's in part by factors that are
> completely outside their control?
In part, of course. If a QB with fantastic potential is badly injured
early in their career, never to reach his potential, will he ever be
considered great? If a QB with potential end
Dan wrote:
> But, as that likelihood of that scenario playing out continues to
> decrease, then we need, IMHO, to consider the first rules of
> holes: when you find yourself in a hole, the first thing to do is
> stop digging. I think we've reached a point where we cannot stop
> a civil war from ha
Dan wrote:
> I think his point is that the principal of rule by law indicates that
> sometimes we must accept laws that are immoral, unjust, or bad ideas.
Yes, I misread the post, sorry. Of course I couldn't disagree more.
What is the use of a constitution whose tenets are ignored or a court
tha
JDG wrote:
> recognizing that the law
> may occasionally be immoral, unjust, or just plain a bad idea
So we agree then that the NJ ruling was legit? Or is it moral, just
and a good idea to treat someone differently because of their sexual
orientation?
Doug
Deborah wrote:
> Very good indeed...I could google it and see, but it's
> easier to just ask you: who wrote that? (I'd guess
> one of the Founders, by the capitalisations and
> stately flow-of-words...)
Spot on. It's from Washington's farewell address. The parts about
political parties and fori
JDG wrote:
> ... and only
> won because of a masterful performance by someone who will someday be
> regarded as the best QB in NFL History.
He's got a long way to go to prove that to me. You can put up gaudy
numbers and win a lot of regular season games (Dan Marino and the
young John Elway) but
Damon wrote:
> I tend to agree. I think the problem is exacerbated by the fact IMHO
that we have an ethical responsibility to clean up our own mess. I
really don't think there is any easy way out of this one...
But how do we clean it up? We have failed miserably to this point,
what can we do dif
Andrew Crystall wrote:
> Indeed...
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,120268,00.html
One shell constitutes an active program???
> http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1163896/posts
Looks like a right wing loony site. Can you find the same story
from a reputable source?
Like this one:
JDG wrote:
> So, you're saying that it is completely unreasonable for someone to
> have thought that Al Gore would be a disaster as President?
I think it's a reasonable assumption that Gore wouldn't have been the
complete, unmitigated disaster that Bush is. I think it is likely
that Bush w
Rob wrote:
> Anyone who thinks Hollywood is run by a liberal cabal won't change
> his mind after watching The Simpsons' annual Halloween special.
What makes opposition to the "war" liberal? Many prominant
conservatives such as George Will, W.F. Buckley have come out against
it.
No one is sayin
Charlie wrote:
> For a innocent citizen, a false accusation would not affect one
> forever. But it could take a substantial portion of one's life up.
> That, coupled with the explicit endorsement of torture methods such
> as waterboarding (methods that the US itself pushed for banning and
> prosec
Debbie wrote:
The
> population at Laguna appears robust and exhibits
> minimal pathologies, perhaps due to a more diverse and
> protein rich diet facilitated by reforestation...
>
> Debbi
> who has stocked up on books from the library, as we're
> expecting snow today (it was 80oF on Saturday!)
Charlie wrote:
> Hmm. I think intent is important. Some words may have been offensive
> once, but 50 years is a long time in language. "Pom" used to be
> offensive in Oz, but it's not now, unless it's accompanied by an
> adjective (usually "whinging"...).
pffft! WTF is whinging?
Of course inten
Ronn! wrote:
> Which is where I heard it from.
>
> However, if anyone did find it offensive, I apologize, as that was
> not my intent.
I'm not generally oversensitive to this kind of thing and I understand
that most people aren't aware that these terms (Jap and Nip) are
pejorative. I'm more awar
Robert wrote:
> I'm not at all sure that "Nip" is all that offensive, but I would
> defer to the opinion of those of us who are married to or are good
> friends with Japanese people or those of such descent.
>
> Nip is short for Nipponese.
> Brit is short for British.
> So how is "Nip" different?
Ronn! wrote:
> In any case, someone on the ground looked up and
> remarked, "It's December and there's a nip in the air . . . "
Let me ask you Ronn; if you had a funny play on the words "nigger" or
"kike" would you consider posting it to the list?
Doug
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Debbi wrote:
> I know next-to-nothing about the Mayans, but will
> tackle that if no one better-qualified steps up.
>
> Debbi
> I Think I Saw A Museum Show About Them Once Maru :)
Excelent! I'll do Chapter 6 unless someone else wants a go at it.
Any Viking experts?
Doug
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"Dan wrote:
> Their per capita GDP is also 75% of the US. Since we are talking
> about economic costs, let's look at energy usage per unit of GDP
Can you expand on the connection between energy use and GDP?
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Dan wrote:
> http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/george_monbiot/2006/09/
post_411.html
> I think this gives some idea of just how expensive it will be to
stop global warming by holding the CO2 levels steady in 25 years.
The article you cited also says:
"There are three things on which almost al
Ronn! wrote:
> What if we spend the >>$10T (Dan's figure) to reduce the
> anthropogenic component of global warming and then find out that it
> was not the primary driving cause and we still have to deal with
> the storms, floods, droughts, famines and hundreds of millions of
> refugees? Or if Ch
Dan wrote:
> If this is true, than why has world usage of fossil fuel gone up
> after a tripling of price?
Poor leadership. Can I have a cite for that BTW.
> Every indication is that a worldwide recession is the
> only thing that will stop the growth of fossil fuel usage.
I think competent lea
William wrote:
> Earth is already as warm as at any time in the last 10,000 years,
and
> is within 1 °C of being its hottest for a million years, says
> Hansen's team. Another decade of business-as-usual carbon
emissions
> will probably make it too late to prevent the ecosystems of the
north
> fro
John, thanks for your insight. Though I don't agree with your
analysis (surprise surprise), I appreciate your POV especially as
you've visited the area recently.
I apologize for not answering this sooner. Among other excuses, the
mail server I use is giving me problems.
JDG wrote:
> What's tru
David Hobby wrote:
> > Type "A" is authoritarian, metes out punishment, and is highly
> > involved in world and personal affairs (the view of about 31
> > percent).
> >
> > Type "B" is benevolent, also active in the world and individual
> > lives, but more forgiving (23 percent).
> >
> > Type "C"
Jim Sharkey wrote:
> It's certainly hard to convince people without food that the red-
> footed gnatcatcher's needs are greater than their own. Even if you
> can convince them in the abstract that the extinction of another
> species is a Bad Thing (tm), convincing them in the "real" when
> their
Leonard Matusik wrote:
> Gee Doug that sounds great, really
Actually, it's just supposed to mean that nothing is off topic here.
It was coined by one of the lists very early members (was it Marco?) in
response to a question similar to yours.
Doug
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Matt wrote:
> I wrote:
>
> > If you can limit telemarketing with a no
> > call list, why can't you regulate spam?
> Would there be some kind of spam permit?
> The cost per spam is much, much lower than
> the cost per phone call (both in phone charges
> and salaries) which adds a kind of self-li
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Really? I have heard many people claim that "everybody talks" when
> tortured. In the movies, the tortures that are applied seem so tame
> and unimaginative.
How about Dustin Hoffman getting holes drilled in his teeth in
Marathon
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> Provide a transcript that does not have cridbile backing.
>
???
> Alied intelegance is considered credible.
>
> But still your missing the point. I just can't see how an intelegant
> person is hoodwinked by this rediculous p
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Horn, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Of course, California Democrats, instead of doing the wise
> > thing and trying
> > to get a solid candidate in there are rallying around the
> > sinking ship.
>
> Y
--- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], "Robert J. Chassell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Isn't there at least one, however vaguely defined purpose to
> > evolution: success?
>
> No. Purpose presupposes intent. There is no intent in the
> happenstance that some of a set of erroneously self-replicat
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> > -Original Message-
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Behalf Of John D. Giorgis
> > Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 8:14 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Gray Davis Recall Election Set for S
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