alley cats (was Re: alpha cats)

2002-04-13 Thread Harmon Seaver
April 20, 10:00pm, New York, NY, Drug War Race and Party. "Alley cat" cycling competition sponsored by the New York Bike Messengers Association, with cyclists role-playing as mock drug runners, picking up money, delivering mock contraband and bailing friends out of jail, racing to checkpoints

Fat Cats.

2003-02-10 Thread professor rat
Digital no dilemma for Alston Good reception isn't a problem for Senator Alston - he received a free, deluxe, plasma-screen model at home courtesy of Telstra. $16,000 spent on dinner set Political perks Vote now Should politicians accept free gifts? Yes - 9% No - 72% Give them back - 16% Don

Re: cats

2003-09-09 Thread Harmon Seaver
On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:40:57PM -0700, Major Variola (ret) wrote: > At 08:12 AM 9/9/03 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: > >On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:15:31AM -0700, Tim May wrote: > >> "Dogs can't conceive of a group of cats without an alpha cat." > --David >

Re: cats

2003-09-09 Thread Major Variola (ret)
At 08:12 AM 9/9/03 -0500, Harmon Seaver wrote: >On Mon, Sep 08, 2003 at 11:15:31AM -0700, Tim May wrote: >> "Dogs can't conceive of a group of cats without an alpha cat." --David >> Honig, on the Cypherpunks list, 2001-11 > > > Cats always have an alpha ca

Re: cats

2003-09-09 Thread Morlock Elloi
Well, cats *do* have a quite strict hierarchy which is far from ad-hoc establishment of the pecking order. So the analogy dosn't hold with cat behavioral experts. However, if cats could perform anonymized hissing, biting and scratching, then I'm sure that cypherpunk maillist would

Herding Cats.

2003-02-26 Thread professor rat
This is a column about the CIA, strange experiments and advanced methods of espionage. It may contain cats. This admittedly controversial content should not disqualify it from your consideration this morning. Thank you. The "Primary Sources" section of the Atlantic Monthly is n

Indian Cats - was: "Read this..."

2001-07-20 Thread Frog2
You stated: > [President Bush] has a cat & he has named it INDIA. > This is disgusting He must have done it on purpose, > because nobody names their dogs or cats in the name > of any country even by remote chance. I specially > wanted to point it out to show that this does

Re: Indian Cats - was: "Read this..."

2001-07-21 Thread Grifter Guy
On 20 Jul 2001, at 13:46, Frog2 wrote: > You are right of course, about the superiority of India. I recognize > India's greatness in the cause of world water conservation as well, > particularly the sacrifices Indians have made in the area of personal > hygiene by showering only once every 15

cats good for allergy -followup references

2001-10-03 Thread David Honig
In a thread "Re: When the FBI Guys Come Knocking..." I claimed (from memory) that cats can decrease allergies. I was unable to find the _Science_ ref but I found a few refs to the original research reported in The Lancet 357:752-56 (2001). Reproduced below. I don't make this s

"Dogs can't conceive of a group of cats without an alpha cat

2001-11-30 Thread comsec os
;m arguing against. > > Which I think I argued for reasonably well in the long post. If you or > others are not convinced, fine. But I will send off the reply on > specific points later, tonight or tomorrow. > > > > --Tim May > "Dogs can't conceive of a group of cats without an alpha cat." --David > Honig, on the Cypherpunks list, 2001-11 >

SARS under control...except in central California.All cats must be handed in.

2003-04-12 Thread professor rat
highlighting) p8 12 April NS NOW HEAR THIS... With the virus said to be still rampant in south central California,all owners of cats are advised under pain of guns confiscation to pass them in...all Chinese restaurants are hereby authorized to accept all these feline disease vectors. http