RE: My Weight

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Well, if there's a famine, I'm liable to live longer than either of you guys, but that's a dubious advantage considering all the disadvantages ;-) How do we rig the transporter to shift matter from one person's pattern buffer to the other? Would be less painful than lypo - that SUCKS :-) -Be

G'night, & good weekend

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
Well, it's been a long day. I was forced by my evil employer to see XXX (the title, not the rating) and Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever instead of getting the joy of typing my little fingers to the bone. Of course, now that I've gotten my weekend recreation out of the way, I can work tomorrow afterno

RE: My Weight

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
: As a guy 5'11" who just managed to drop below 270# for : the first time in a long time, I would be absolutely : delighted to "split the difference" with you . What we need is a new plastic-type surgical procedure. Lypopumping. I can hear the slogan now: "Lypopumping: Share the Wealth!" :

RE: My Weight

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
BenD - As a guy 5'11" who just managed to drop below 270# for the first time in a long time, I would be absolutely delighted to "split the difference" with you . Phoeun- if you get your cholesterol checked, you may be in for a nasty surprise. You don't want to gain the weight on the insid

RE: My Weight

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
Oi. Speaking as a 5'11" guy who wieghs in at just over 130#, SEND ME SOME OF THAT $#%+! Dang, man. Gaining weight is an uphill battle for me. --Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software : -Original Message- : From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Se

Re: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread Beth F
Adam, I suspect they are some sort of tapioca, common in Thai desserts. Beth F, denizen of Anchorage, AK Owned by Kavik (samoyed) and Toklat (keeshond) Owner of a Rans Gliss, Bacchetta Giro, Trek R200, Kickbike and Merlin, the MTB http://www.bad-dawgs-in-ak.com - Original Message - Fro

Re: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Beth F
he is very cute. except that a turtle is notoriously a slow and dumb creature. is this the mascot you wish to have? Beth F, denizen of Anchorage, AK Owned by Kavik (samoyed) and Toklat (keeshond) Owner of a Rans Gliss, Bacchetta Giro, Trek R200, Kickbike and Merlin, the MTB http://www.bad-daw

/me [was: Re: gaza et al]

2002-09-20 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Dan Haley wrote: > Sorry, I just reread what I wrote and it came across as negative. If you feel negative energy, feel free to send some lightning this way. I'm a big boy :) /me puts on his anti-static bracelet just in case > I actually have a lot of respect for your perceptions as I assume

Re: My Weight

2002-09-20 Thread Jacob
LOL... Hey Bill... Another client ;-) At 04:45 PM 9/20/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Hey Guys, a few months ago I was just scrawny as heck. But then I started >eating every day at CiCi's Pizza. And I never ate less than 13 slices of >pizza, and 2 large servings of salad. The first few weeks I didn'

RE: gaza et al

2002-09-20 Thread Dan Haley
Sorry, I just reread what I wrote and it came across as negative. I actually have a lot of respect for your perceptions as I assume them to be based on your comments in the past. They are very insightful and show a lot of common sense. As for your question, you nailed it. We have different exp

My Weight

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
Hey Guys, a few months ago I was just scrawny as heck. But then I started eating every day at CiCi's Pizza. And I never ate less than 13 slices of pizza, and 2 large servings of salad. The first few weeks I didn't notice any weight gain, so I thought that sucked. But I kept on eating anyways,

Re: gaza et al

2002-09-20 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Dan Haley wrote: > > Your perceptions of how our system 'should' operate sometimes amaze me. I ask a question because something that is posted puzzles me. What does that have to do with my perceptions, presuming you actually know what my perceptions are? Jochem __

RE: gaza et al

2002-09-20 Thread Dan Haley
Jochem, Your perceptions of how our system 'should' operate sometimes amaze me. Have you spent time in the US? Then again, I am like other US citizens and my view is definitely not a global one, so I don't have any comprehension of what other societies are like. Do you find that you and your pe

Re: gaza et al

2002-09-20 Thread Jochem van Dieten
BethF in AK wrote: > Except that the situation the palestinians are currently in is fairly > recent. > > When I visited israel in the 80's the palestinians weren't dying, they were > like everyone else in the country. Since then, their terrorist activities > have caused some of their rights to b

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
I see your point and agree clearly. I just said It sounded evil AT FIRST. hehehe As long as the kids are working i'm fine with it :-D -Original Message- From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 4:22 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: My Turtle Hey

Re: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread jon hall
http://members.hometown.aol.com/jenjenn27/images/turtlelove.jpg -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, September 20, 2002, 5:10:19 PM, you wrote: PP> OMG WHat adam is suggesting sounds so evil at first lolol PP> -Original Message- PP> From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Cantrell, Adam
Hey man, don't knock it till you try it. We were able to save over $1.2 Million in overhead last year by utilizing offshore child labor. Yeah, they may be young. Yeah, they may not have health insurance. Yeah, they may only make $5 a week. But seriously, would you pass up a mercedes and a few extr

RE: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Adam, relax, they are Tapioca... we had them in Hawaii. check out http://www.bubbleteasupply.com/store/store.php3 -Ben > I'm drinking something called Bubble Tea right now for the first time. It > has these little black balls in it that have the texture of gummy bear, but > really no flavor.

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
OMG WHat adam is suggesting sounds so evil at first lolol -Original Message- From: Harkins,Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 4:10 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: My Turtle On a more positive note, the turtle is a good symbol, I'm sure. They say dignity

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Harkins,Patrick
On a more positive note, the turtle is a good symbol, I'm sure. They say dignity and rushing do not go together :), so perhaps you could focus on things like perseverance and more intelligent matching. From that perspective, the choice of mascot is good. Although I agree that graphically he could

Re: favorite devcon moments ...

2002-09-20 Thread Michael Dinowitz
The drink was a lemon aid but the jokes were needed. Selene and I are part of the CF-Gutter. :) (long story involving the conferences over the years). As for the pics, at least one of me looks good. The others have me looking way to stoic. http://www.cfconf.org/cf_underground3/pix/Displ

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
My point was that the more efficient argument is a red-herring. Stations have 6MHz for analog and will have 6MHz for digital. Nothing left over. Kevin Graeme > -Original Message- > From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:13 PM > To: CF-Community > S

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
yeah, and what about my ReplayTV > They are doing all this to disallow recording? Doesn't that break the whole > "time-shift" allowance that lets us record things to vcr's for later > viewing? (can't remember the law) > > What about stuff like tivo? > > > >>-Original Message- >

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Like the forests. :-( > I guess Congress is keen to kick everyone off the analog bandwidth so > they can auction it ASAP. > > -Original Message- > From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: US Government mig

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
ah yes, the new horror show brought to you by Congress - "Tales from the Encrypt". :-( -Ben > Worse. It means "there goes that new digital TV I just bought". > > The way they pass the signal now isn't encrypted and this proposal is to > encrypt it. Most digital TVs sold so far have external tu

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
Well right now it's just one guy proposing the bill. But yeah, it would kill timeshifting. Personally, I'm pretty sure it won't go through, at least not as proposed. There is obviously an established user base and corporate interests that likes their timeshifting. In a discussion with a MPAA law

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Cantrell, Adam
My opinion is that you'd need to find some sort of specialty and not just another general job board. Going with your theme of sniffles the turtle and the URL sniffles.com, you may consider setting up an offshore child labor B2B website of some sort. Child labor companies over seas could enter how

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN)
Shouldn't be a concern, if you play your cards right. Just don't get discouraged when the chips are down. Perhaps you should start a shell company to protect yourself? >>-Original Message- >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:15 PM >>

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Right, 'cause they might dice his turtle ;-) > Rolling the dice huh? > > Starting something like this is quite a gamble. > > Tim > > > -Original Message- > > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:58 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: M

Re: gaza et al

2002-09-20 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Same when I was there in the early 90's. Everything was kind of quiet and status quo. I never felt in fear of my life. Now I'm worried about my family there. > Except that the situation the palestinians are currently in is fairly > recent. > > When I visited israel in the 80's the palestinians

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
My apologies -- I never intended to imply that the US gov't was being altruistic. Believe me, it was the furthest thing from my mind. :-) --Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software : Well that's the pitch. However, I can tell you from slightly inside the : industry tha

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Timothy Heald
Rolling the dice huh? Starting something like this is quite a gamble. Tim > -Original Message- > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:58 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: My Turtle > > > IT mainly, like Dice.com. And will provide similar

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
IT mainly, like Dice.com. And will provide similar service to Dice.com, and will add better features once I find out what Dice.com offer their employers And also it's free for employers, and will be sustained by donations whatdya think? -Original Message- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[E

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Cantrell, Adam
Doesn't it need a tail? > -Original Message- > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:28 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: My Turtle > > > For some reason this didn't go through the first time > > > Hey guys, I wanna use my turtle as a mas

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
I think you need to work on it a little more to get to the Monster level. So what market of job seekers will Sniffer.com cater to? Kevin Graeme > -Original Message- > From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:28 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: My T

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN)
They are doing all this to disallow recording? Doesn't that break the whole "time-shift" allowance that lets us record things to vcr's for later viewing? (can't remember the law) What about stuff like tivo? >>-Original Message- >>From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: F

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Harkins,Patrick
Yup, he looks like a turtle! A bit hard to judge his effectiveness without more context! It's all in the presentation, I would say! cheers, Patrick > Patrick Harkins > Research Application Support Specialist > Shur-Gain > 150 Research Lane Suite 200 > Guelph ON > N1G 4T2 >(519) 823-701

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
He is a drawing! Dude eats gummy bears. Whatdya know.. heh -Original Message- From: Stephenie Hamilton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:45 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: My Turtle He looks like a drawing How much does he eat? ~~ Stephenie > |-

Re: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread Beth F
> Tapioca balls. It makes the beverage more enjoyable, although the balls > themselves don't have any taste > apparently the ones on that site do - they have sugar and flavoring in them. __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ad

RE: My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Stephenie Hamilton
He looks like a drawing How much does he eat? ~~ Stephenie > |-Original Message- > |From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > |Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 3:28 PM > |To: CF-Community > |Subject: My Turtle > | > | > |For some reason this didn't go through the first time

Impressive Hobbies

2002-09-20 Thread Bill Wheatley
http://www.lexustuner.com/sparklerbomb.mov Idea From http://www.dansdata.com/personal/bombpics.htm Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 _

RE: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
Tapioca balls. It makes the beverage more enjoyable, although the balls themselves don't have any taste -Original Message- From: Beth F [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:29 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Surimi http://www.bubbleteasupply.com/index.php?pa

My Turtle

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
For some reason this didn't go through the first time Hey guys, I wanna use my turtle as a mascot for this new job/career site...kinda like how they got a monster for monster.com :)... This is what he looks like, whatdya think? His name is Sniffle Bear by the way. http://www.snifflebear.co

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
Those have been available. Basically, the DTV decoder box has a S-Video output that you can plug into an analog TV. The whole point of this proposal is to kill those boxes because you can just as easily plug them into a VCR and record something. Oohh gosh golly. Kevin Graeme > -Original Mes

Re: MICROSOFT WAS RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Bill Wheatley
haha see MSFT learned something from the govt and the govt learned a little something from MS Bill Wheatley Senior Database Developer Macromedia Certified Advanced Coldfusion Developer EDIETS.COM 954.360.9022 X159 ICQ 417645 - Original Message - From: "Phoeun Pha" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To:

Re: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread jon hall
That's the plan, there are analog tv's already available that have these converters installed. -- jon mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Friday, September 20, 2002, 2:32:22 PM, you wrote: bac> How much you wanna bet they offer set-top digital-to- bac> analog converter boxes - at a suitable cost, of cou

RE: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
It's either grass Jelly, or tapioca pearls. are square or round? if they are round they are most likely tapioca pearls. By the way, Grass Jelly is excellent :) -Original Message- From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:55 PM To: CF-Community S

Re: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread Beth F
http://www.bubbleteasupply.com/index.php?page=recipes.html __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@h

RE: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread Shawn Kernes
the 'bubbles' are black tapioca balls... enjoy -Shawn -Original Message- From: Cantrell, Adam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:55 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Surimi I'm drinking something called Bubble Tea right now for the first time. It has these li

MICROSOFT WAS RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
Hey, isn't this kinda like Microsoft oferring certain things on NEW OSes that won't work on old OSes so people would be inclined to buy new OSes? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:32 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE:

Re: favorite devcon moments ...

2002-09-20 Thread Sandy Clark
Oh Boy, CF_Underground. I remember sitting there, watching everyone have those drinks and I was stuck with ICE TEA cause I was sitting for my certification exam right after that and wishing I could have had a REAL Drink. Remember the bird who joined us and wouldn't shut up? Remember the rain de

RE: Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread Cantrell, Adam
I'm drinking something called Bubble Tea right now for the first time. It has these little black balls in it that have the texture of gummy bear, but really no flavor. I don't know what they are, I don't know if I want to know. All I know right now is that this stuff is good. I got it from a thai

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
Worse. It means "there goes that new digital TV I just bought". The way they pass the signal now isn't encrypted and this proposal is to encrypt it. Most digital TVs sold so far have external tuner boxes. These decode the signal and pass it to the TV. This new proposal would make current tuners o

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
Well that's the pitch. However, I can tell you from slightly inside the industry that this isn't a completely altruistic move by Congress for the benefit of more efficient use of the airwaves. Broadcasters will get exactly the same amount of spectrum as they had with analog, so there goes the red

Re: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Not on the deal we're getting - in this package, after subtracting the room rate, we are getting 3-day Park Hopper passes good for both Disneyland and California Adventure for $90.50 per person, makes it $30.17 per day . re: ESPN zone - thanks, but not a team sports fan (with the exception o

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
I guess Congress is keen to kick everyone off the analog bandwidth so they can auction it ASAP. -Original Message- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:14 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 This

RE: Growing old(er) waiting

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
No. The demo had a huge footprint and a bunch of accessories but didn't really do much. :-) Nethack and Zork are more like Orecks -- you can use them forever, they don't take up much room, but they're not particularly attractive. Mostly used in industry settings. :-) --Ben Doom Progr

RE: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
don't want a translator, maybe I can just wiggle her ears > Yeah, no translators available for English to Mouseketeer > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:01 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Disney(la

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
How much you wanna bet they offer set-top digital-to- analog converter boxes - at a suitable cost, of course... -Ben > Gee, there goes the new analog TV I just bought > > -Original Message- > From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:54 PM > To:

Re: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Bill Wheatley
yea then the Gvt can sell the rights to the freed up Frequencies to Phone and other Services. You can fit i think it was 6 digital channels in the same space as 1 analog channel so they will free up alot of frequencies to sell to make alot of money :) Umm if the govt's gonna be able to make all t

RE: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread Dan Haley
Yeah, no translators available for English to Mouseketeer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:01 AM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Disney(land) oops caught me !! :-) > >> Emm-Eye-Cee, Kay-Eee-Wye, Emm-Ohh-You

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
The big push is because of wireless bandwidth. Analog TV takes up a huge swath of it in "prime real estate." Digital requires much less. So, if the gov't can get back most of the bandwidth used by analog by forcing the switch to digital, then it can auction it off. So it's not just the electro

Re: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Howie Hamlin
All your TVs are belong to us. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:01 PM Subject: Re: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 > how much are they (the electronics industry) paying > Tauzin??

Re: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread Mark Warrick
You know what's kind of sad about that? A one day pass to Disneyland $45.00 (half your flight cost) and is going to be $50 soon. Of course, that cost doesn't cover both parks so potentially you're gonna pay just as much for admission as your ticket to ride down here. When you're here, stop by t

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Graeme
This is interesting because it's almost a reversal of recent FCC moves. Rough order of events: - Congress mandates DTV by 2003. Analog will be cut off in 2006. - Companies complain. Digital TV's ludicrously expensive. - Congress mandates DTV broadcasts by 2006. Some stations analog cut off if the

RE: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
Gee, there goes the new analog TV I just bought -Original Message- From: Howie Hamlin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:54 PM To: CF-Community Subject: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006 http://www.msnbc.com/news/810360.asp?0dm=C15LT U.S. law

RE: Growing old(er) waiting

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Hoover? If the program was lightweight and expensive, it should have been published by Oreck . -BenB > The demo sucked so hard it cleaned the dust bunnies out of my case. :-) > Should have been published by Hoover. > > > > --Ben Doom > Programmer & General Lackey > Moonbow Softwa

Re: US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
how much are they (the electronics industry) paying Tauzin?? > http://www.msnbc.com/news/810360.asp?0dm=C15LT > > U.S. lawmakers are working on an effort that would render standard televisions > and VCRs obsolete within five years by > requiring broadcasters to switch to digital, copy-protecte

RE: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
oops caught me !! :-) > >> Emm-Eye-Cee, Kay-Eee-Wye, Emm-Ohh-You-Ess-Eye :-) > > Mickey MousI? > > :) > > __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm

RE: Growing old(er) waiting

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
The demo sucked so hard it cleaned the dust bunnies out of my case. :-) Should have been published by Hoover. --Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software : -Original Message- : From: Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] : Sent: Friday, September

RE: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread Dan Haley
>> Emm-Eye-Cee, Kay-Eee-Wye, Emm-Ohh-You-Ess-Eye :-) Mickey MousI? :) __ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf

US Government might make you buy a new TV in 2006

2002-09-20 Thread Howie Hamlin
http://www.msnbc.com/news/810360.asp?0dm=C15LT U.S. lawmakers are working on an effort that would render standard televisions and VCRs obsolete within five years by requiring broadcasters to switch to digital, copy-protected signals. A proposal released Thursday by Rep. Billy Tauzin, chairman o

Re: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
was going to reply to your sage comment, but I don't have thyme, Herb (oops, I mean Howie). Gotta go curry favor with my boss. > And this, coming from a *seasoned* punmeister... > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Frida

Re: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
you are sorry about what? (the Italian restaurant??) The only restaurant in DD we were even considering is Rainforest Cafe. Probably not even that - prefer to eat inside Disneyland. Mickey Mouse Pancakes at River Belle Terrace, or yes, the Character Breakfast at the Plaza Inn , Blue Bayou, Ne

Re: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread Howie Hamlin
And this, coming from a *seasoned* punmeister... - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Tonkin 2 ?? > OY, he's putting salt in the wounds... > > > You're right...this Arab company is m

RE: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
no, it didn't bite ;-) > Is it noticeably more viscous? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:14 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: Tonkin 2 ?? > > > Dead Sea - been there, floated in that > (1972) > > It's

Re: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
OY, he's putting salt in the wounds... > You're right...this Arab company is mining its own business > > http://www.arabpotash.com/ > > - Original Message - > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:13 PM > Subject: Re: To

Re: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread Howie Hamlin
You're right...this Arab company is mining its own business http://www.arabpotash.com/ - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:13 PM Subject: Re: Tonkin 2 ?? > Dead Sea - been there, floated in that > (19

RE: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
Is it noticeably more viscous? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:14 PM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: Tonkin 2 ?? Dead Sea - been there, floated in that (1972) It's *so* salty you can't sink. You can't bathe in it i

Re: Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread Jacob
I am sorry... Do not eat at the Italian Restaurant in Downtown Disney.. it is horrid... My personal opinion.. California Adventure sucks! > but I am going to >Disneyland (and Disney's California Adventure) on >Veteran's Day weekend . > >Emm-Eye-Cee, Kay-Eee-Wye, Emm-Ohh-You-Ess-Eye :-) > > >-B

The James Brown of Doctors

2002-09-20 Thread Howie Hamlin
http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-doc20.html Dr. Krishnaswami Sriram billed for tests he never performed and patients he hadn't seen. Once, he billed Medicare for seeing more than 180 patients in a single day--32 of them were dead. And then there was the patient he said he saw at two

Re: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Dead Sea - been there, floated in that (1972) It's *so* salty you can't sink. You can't bathe in it if you have any cuts or sores, the mineral salts would hurt a lot. On the Jordanian side, they mine Potash etc. from it. -Ben > Dead Sea...mmsalty... > > (think of that as said with a H

RE: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Smart-*ss whipper-snapper > The Dead Sea was still alive back then right? > :-p > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:55 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Tonkin 2 ?? > > > just to let you young-un's know

Re: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread Howie Hamlin
Dead Sea...mmsalty... (think of that as said with a Homer Simpson voice) - Original Message - From: "Kevin Gilchrist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 1:00 PM Subject: RE: Tonkin 2 ?? > The Dead Sea was still alive bac

Disney(land)

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Now see what you guys and gals did ?!? All this talk about the Disney characters and stuff (re: DevCon) reminded me the wife and I had to cancel a trip to Disneyland (California) last December. The same day I got an email about a discount hotel / Disney park pass package. Then I found reall

RE: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread Kevin Gilchrist
The Dead Sea was still alive back then right? :-p -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 12:55 PM To: CF-Community Subject: RE: Tonkin 2 ?? just to let you young-un's know what an old f*rt I am, I had a DRAFT CARD in 1968

Re: favorite devcon moments ...

2002-09-20 Thread Beth F
> Don't forget the pre-event warm up in the pool bar on Sunday CF_Underground. I remember Michael D in sun glasses and drink in hand ?>making jokes over the CF-Jeopardy game music. And Erika shouting the players on. Pix here >http://www.cfconf.org/cf_underground3/pix/index.cfm I was so jet lagged

RE: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
just to let you young-un's know what an old f*rt I am, I had a DRAFT CARD in 1968. If not for a student deferment, then a medical exemption, I would have either had to go to Vietnam or Canada... -Ben > I'm not old enough, but i remember it from history class. In fact, one of > the destroyers

Re: Gummy Bears

2002-09-20 Thread Beth F
> Rarararr. > > The best ones are Trolli's Classic Gummy Bears, or Blackforest Gummy Bears. > > Anyone else a gelatin freak? I ADORE blackforest raspberries. My favorite. __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted b

RE: Growing old(er) waiting

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
But I won't buy them until real reviews come out - got burned a while back by "previews" from a gaming magazine which really hyped games which turned out to be not worth the time or money. The magazine even apologized later - but that was *after* a bunch of people who trusted them had been "t

Surimi

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
Gummy bears and gelatin gross you out? How 'bout Surimi - as in imitation crab legs, etc. They take Pacific whiting or pollock, mince it, wash it, then heat it so it gels, and add ingredients like Sorbitol, sugar, polyphosphate, protease inhibitor, water, salt, coloring, and flavoring, then ex

RE: Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread Phoeun Pha
I'm not old enough, but i remember it from history class. In fact, one of the destroyers were put out there so that the enemy can spot it easily and shoot at itreason for war! Me afraid Bush Administration might do something that sneaky with Iraq, so everyone will be on their side. -O

RE: Growing old(er) waiting

2002-09-20 Thread Smith, Matthew P -CONT(DYN)
>> Daikatana was thought to be extinct If only we had been so lucky. Some things are better left undiscovered, eh? Matt >>-Original Message- >>From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:31 AM >>To: CF-Community >>Subject: RE: Growing old(er) waiti

Tonkin 2 ??

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
anybody else old enough to remember the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution during LBJ's presidency? The administration claimed that the destroyer U.S.S. Maddox was innocently on routine patrol in the South China Sea, when it was subjected to unprovoked attack by a pair of North Vietnamese patrol torpe

RE: Growing old(er) waiting

2002-09-20 Thread Ben Doom
Don't worry. They eventually discovered evidence of Neverwinter Nights, long thought to be merely a myth. And Daikatana was thought to be extinct for years, like the coelacanth, before it's discovery on the open market. I'm sure your long wait to blow sh!it up will be well rewarded. --Ben

Growing old(er) waiting

2002-09-20 Thread bbraver
paraphrasing Orson Welles, with the "we will release no wine before its time" commercial, I'm wondering of a couple of games I *really* want to play will be released while I'm still young enough to be able to play them :-( like: Half-Life 2 Duke Nukem Forever they're like the Yeti, Nessie,

Re: gaza et al

2002-09-20 Thread BethF in AK
Except that the situation the palestinians are currently in is fairly recent. When I visited israel in the 80's the palestinians weren't dying, they were like everyone else in the country. Since then, their terrorist activities have caused some of their rights to be taken from them. But it wasn

Re: favorite devcon moments ...

2002-09-20 Thread Michael Smith
Don't forget the pre-event warm up in the pool bar on Sunday CF_Underground. I remember Michael D in sun glasses and drink in hand making jokes over the CF-Jeopardy game music. And Erika shouting the players on. Pix here http://www.cfconf.org/cf_underground3/pix/index.cfm - Michael Smith, TeraT

RE: Auto play

2002-09-20 Thread Raymond Camden
Nope. I ended up just turniing the drive on before I turned on my main box and that addressed the issue. (Well enough for me anyhow...) rc > -Original Message- > From: Craig Dudley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 11:05 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: A

RE: Gummy Bears

2002-09-20 Thread jremus-lists
Don't read the link if you don't want to. Some other sites (such as vegan sites) make this sound much worse. I think howstuffworks tries its very best not to make this sound bad. http://www.howstuffworks.com/question557.htm j -Original Message- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

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