On Oct 27, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Julia Thompson wrote:
Then again, an armed society is a polite
society ..
Bruce,
We have found that in general Americans are the politest
people we have met.
They are also incredibly welcoming and friendly. We have
certainly
speculated if this was in part due
On Mon 10/27/2008 6:39 AM Bruce Bostwick wrote
Then again, an armed society is a polite society ..
Bruce,
We have found that in general Americans are the politest people we have met.
They are also incredibly welcoming and friendly. We have certainly
speculated if this was in part due to
Lt Saavik wrote:
We have found that in general Americans are the politest
people we have met.
They are also incredibly welcoming and friendly. We have
certainly
speculated if this was in part due to the variety of arms
we have seen.
I still shudder when a truck pulled up next to us
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Then again, an armed society is a polite
society ..
Bruce,
We have found that in general Americans are the politest
people we have met.
They are also incredibly welcoming and friendly. We have
certainly
speculated if this was in part due to
If you're trying to put food on the table, you may want
more than one
rifle for doing so. (Plus, if you're in rattlesnake
country, you want a
sidearm in case you find yourself too close to a rattler.
Just remember
to take the damn thing out of your bag before you go to the
airport
At 03:30 PM Monday 10/27/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Jon Louis Mann wrote:
Then again, an armed society is a polite
society ..
An armed society is a polite society. Manners
are good when one may have to back up his acts with his life.
Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond
On Mon, 27 Oct 2008, Ronn! Blankenship wrote:
At 03:30 PM Monday 10/27/2008, Julia Thompson wrote:
If you're trying to put food on the table, you may want more than one
rifle for doing so. (Plus, if you're in rattlesnake country, you want a
sidearm in case you find yourself too close to a
On 22 Dec 2005, at 3:07 am, Russell Chapman wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Microsoft attained its dominant position in the personal computer
software business through
1) Luck
2) Illegal business practices
3) The mistakes of its competitors
and since
a) Luck eventually runs out
b)
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From: Dan Minette [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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But I think a comparison of Wal-Mart and Microsoft with regard
I play Microsoft's advocate from time to time, because as evil as
people think they are they are more often just misunderstood, IMNSHO.
People seem to anthropomorphized Microsoft into the demi-God of
computer problems.
Dan Minette wrote:
What percentage of the operating systems business does
On 21 Dec 2005, at 8:28 am, Max Battcher wrote:
I play Microsoft's advocate from time to time, because as evil as
people think they are they are more often just misunderstood, IMNSHO.
However evil people think Microsoft is it is actually more evil than
that :)
People seem to
William T Goodall wrote:
Max Battcher wrote:
Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server
market, 50% or less of the nerd market.
Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now.
Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip with all that sissy-ass
philanthropy Bono's got him
On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ineffiencies *are* the economy. Perfect efficiencies would lead
to 0%
employment and complete economic collapse.
Ah, so that explains why the economy of the Soviet Union
outperformed the
US for so long.
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On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: The Fool [EMAIL
On Dec 21, 2005, at 3:52 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
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From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Dec 20, 2005, at 8:57 PM, Dan Minette wrote:
From: The Fool [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ineffiencies *are* the economy. Perfect efficiencies would lead
to 0%
employment and complete
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It may have had something to do with a small cadre of power-hungry
On 21 Dec 2005, at 7:04 pm, Jim Sharkey wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Max Battcher wrote:
Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server
market, 50% or less of the nerd market.
Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now.
Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip
William T Goodall wrote:
Microsoft attained its dominant position in the personal computer
software business through
1) Luck
2) Illegal business practices
3) The mistakes of its competitors
and since
a) Luck eventually runs out
b) Microsoft is now closely scrutinised to ensure it doesn't
Jim Sharkey wrote:
William T Goodall wrote:
Max Battcher wrote:
Last time I saw anything: 75-80% total, 50% or less of the Server
market, 50% or less of the nerd market.
Whatever the peak was it's certainly in decline now.
Yeah, Gates is letting his guard slip with all that sissy-ass
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:35 PM
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On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
Driving to work, at 5:00 am
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From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
Driving to work, at 5:00 am that morning was a REAL eye-opener.
I was
astounded at the number of people at the
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Sent: Tuesday, December 20, 2005 9:52 PM
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Ineffiencies *are* the economy. Perfect efficiencies would lead to 0
But I think a comparison of Wal-Mart and Microsoft with regard to
their business practices, why people dislike them, and why one and not
the other has spent time in court over business practices would be
edifying. I assume there are more similarities than one might expect
at first glance.
Robert Seeberger wrote,
... How would the westward movement of settlers have been
implimented without weaponry superior (in most but not all ways)
to the weaponry available to the aboriginal residents (Injuns
pardner)?
I have heard -- but I cannot remember where -- that in the
The greatest effect firearms have had upon history is to remove
the advantage the large and powerful have always had over the
small and weak.
Is that true in a practical sense? Tzarist Russian was called a
`musket empire' because its soldiers used muskets to put down the
natives.
In
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To: brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Tuesday, December 06, 2005 6:38 PM
Subject: Re: An armed society ...
The greatest effect firearms have had upon history is to remove
the advantage the large and powerful have always
On 12/4/05, Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Several years ago when Tickle Me Elmo was the hot,
impossible-to-find item, I responded by getting one of the little
5-inch-or-so-high Elmos, tying a noose around its neck, and hanging
it from the post my mailbox is attached to with a sign
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From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 1:18 AM
Subject: Re: My annual Xmas tirade... Was RE: An armed society ...
I dated a girl who wanted me to pick anything I wanted for our
song
From: Robert Seeberger [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Ronn!Blankenship [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I dated a girl who wanted me to pick anything I wanted for our
song. For some reason, she seemed disappointed when I chose the
hokey Pokey . . .
Ronn!?..Have you been drinking the distillate
On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
Driving to work, at 5:00 am that morning was a REAL eye-opener. I was
astounded at the number of people at the Super Wal-Mart. I made the
mistake
of stopping there to pick up donuts on the way to work
OK, I'm home sick from work today, and in
Ritu wrote:
You don't have to be fan of SF to appreciate what he was trying to
say.
According to my observations, the more lethal the members of a society
are, the more emphasis the social norms lay on politeness. As John
explained to me in Korea, when a stare is taken as an invitation for
Dave Land wrote:
PS: Much as I want to, I cannot say that I have never set foot inside
a Wal-Mart. Once, in San Diego, I went into one to extract my wife
and child who, ignoring my protests, went in to some kind of super
ultra mega Wal-Mart monstrosity to buy a pair of sunglasses.
I've
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From: Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Killer Bs Discussion brin-l@mccmedia.com
Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 6:53 PM
Subject: RE: An armed society ...
Ritu wrote:
You don't have to be fan of SF to appreciate what he was trying to
say.
According to my
At 06:35 PM Monday 12/5/2005, Dave Land wrote:
On Dec 4, 2005, at 11:16 AM, Gary Nunn wrote:
Driving to work, at 5:00 am that morning was a REAL eye-opener. I was
astounded at the number of people at the Super Wal-Mart. I made the
mistake
of stopping there to pick up donuts on the way to work
At 08:05 PM Monday 12/5/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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Ritu wrote:
You don't have to be fan of SF
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Sent: Monday, December 05, 2005 8:11 PM
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At 08:05 PM Monday 12/5/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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From: Dave Land
Dave Land wrote:
First, with respect to the idea behind the Heinlein quote, it is
generally true that (reasonable) people are scrupulously polite in
the face of deadly force.
Yep.
An armed society is a society in which everyone is capable of
dealing
death. I will not live in
On Dec 5, 2005, at 6:05 PM, Robert Seeberger wrote:
(With tongue firmly in cheek, one hopes)
Lest we forget that swords can cut with two
edges...
The greatest effect firearms have had upon history is to remove the
advantage the large and powerful have always had over
At 08:26 PM Monday 12/5/2005, Robert Seeberger wrote:
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At 08:05 PM Monday 12/5/2005, Robert Seeberger
Mr. House Of Pain Maru wrote...
Wishes may never become fishes, and unfortunate as it may be,
people most often are not polite unless there is some
overriding reason to be polite.
Rob's wisdom is a great segue into my Annual Christmas Rant.
For the first time in my work career, I had to
Gary Nunn wrote:
Is it because manufactures create an artificial shortage
of popular products to sell other products when the Limited
Editions sell out?
In my opinion, it's because far too many parents feel that they have
to purchase their children's love. My understanding is that a full
10%
At 01:16 PM Sunday 12/4/2005, Gary Nunn wrote:
Mr. House Of Pain Maru wrote...
Wishes may never become fishes, and unfortunate as it may be,
people most often are not polite unless there is some
overriding reason to be polite.
Rob's wisdom is a great segue into my Annual Christmas Rant.
For
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 01:16 PM Sunday 12/4/2005, Gary Nunn wrote:
What
are these people thinking when they bring young children to shop for
others
and then are mean and nasty to the kids because they naturally want toys
that they see?
Maybe they could not find a baby sitter
At 11:54 PM Sunday 12/4/2005, Julia Thompson wrote:
Ronn!Blankenship wrote:
At 01:16 PM Sunday 12/4/2005, Gary Nunn wrote:
What
are these people thinking when they bring young children to shop for others
and then are mean and nasty to the kids because they naturally want toys
that they see?
Dave Land wrote:
On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
may have to back up his acts with his life.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and I suspect that
Dave Land wrote:
On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
may have to back up his acts with his life.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and I
Ritu wrote:
You don't have to be fan of SF to appreciate what he was trying to say.
According to my observations, the more lethal the members of a society
are, the more emphasis the social norms lay on politeness. As John
explained to me in Korea, when a stare is taken as an invitation for
Doug Pensinger wrote:
Ritu wrote:
You don't have to be fan of SF to appreciate what he was trying to
say. According to my observations, the more lethal the members of a
society are, the more emphasis the social norms lay on politeness.
As John explained to me in Korea, when a stare is taken
Dave Land wrote:
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
may have to back up his acts with his life.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
I am not much of a sci-fi fan,
Die, heretic scum!
and I suspect that there may be one or
two in this
On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
may have to back up his acts with his life.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and I suspect that there may be one
On Wed, 30 Nov 2005 15:14:34 -0800
Dave Land [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when one
may have to back up his acts with his life.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the
Dave Land wrote:
On Nov 30, 2005, at 1:58 PM, Robert J. Chassell wrote:
An armed society is a polite society. Manners are good when
one
may have to back up his acts with his life.
-- Robert A. Heinlein, _Beyond the Horizon_, 1942
I am not much of a sci-fi fan, and I suspect
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