Re: Engineers in U.S. vs. India

2004-01-07 Thread Steve Mynott
Jim Dixon wrote: On Wed, 7 Jan 2004, Steve Mynott wrote: The term 'engineer' is far from precise; in the UK most people who work with tools can be called engineers but people who write software generally are NOT called engineers. There are further complications: for example, in I hav

Re: Engineers in U.S. vs. India

2004-01-07 Thread Steve Mynott
Associates recognise the importance of the Indian market by suppplying special low priced editions of their books to the Indian market. They are occasionally available as "grey imports" in the UK. -- 1024/D9C69DF9 Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Silly wiccan, tricks are for kids!

2003-04-01 Thread Steve Mynott
Tyler Durden wrote: Well, I think there's an obvious disconnect on this issue. Clearly, pre-Christian religious practices survived Christian persecution throughout the ages. From the little I know, some of the practicing Druids actually have received a nearly unbroken chain of tradition. The mo

Re: Trials for those undermining the war effort?

2003-03-31 Thread Steve Mynott
Harmon Seaver wrote: On Sun, Mar 30, 2003 at 01:25:47PM -0500, stuart wrote: [..] Apparently you know nothing of the history of Britain and Ireland. No, I do. No you don't. But of course, the problems really pre-date all that, going back to when the christer Romans came and killed off t

Re: The Train Wreck is Proceeding Nicely

2003-02-19 Thread Steve Mynott
ompare the annual GDP growth rate of China with that of the US. -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: My favorite line from the DOJ's latest draft bill

2003-02-12 Thread Steve Mynott
On Wednesday, Feb 12, 2003, at 15:22 Europe/London, Harmon Seaver wrote: On Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 11:32:24PM +, Steve Mynott wrote: (much snipped) It's just the same as some people claiming particular alcoholic drinks are better or worse than others. That's hardly a go

Re: My favorite line from the DOJ's latest draft bill

2003-02-11 Thread Steve Mynott
y users of these drugs despite numerous studies supporting this since the late 1960s. Set and setting have more to do with it than anything. People who partake in Sure. Leary was right on that one. -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: Passenger rail is for adventurers and bums

2003-02-02 Thread Steve Mynott
Bill Stewart > Tim commented about railroad stations being in the ugly parts of town. > That's driven by several things - decay of the inner cities, > as cars and commuter trains have let businesses move out to suburbs, > and also the difference between railroad stations that were > built for pass

Re: Palm Pilot Handshake

2003-01-29 Thread Steve Mynott
ive with authentication and rely on physical identity cards, individually issued (and revocable) PIN numbers and the like. They are run by grey men rather than techno-fetishist computer geeks. -- 1024/D9C69DF9 Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Brinworld: Samsung SCH-V310 camcorder phone

2003-01-14 Thread Steve Mynott
news given headlines? Because Samsung are trying to sell phones. ... and they lie about it being 3G (which doesn't exist yet.) It's a CDMA2000 phone which is 3G. 3G networks exist in many parts of the world, although behind schedule in other parts. -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Indo European Origins

2003-01-10 Thread Steve Mynott
periodically reborn." Claims have been made that soma was ephedra (like modern haoma), blue lily, mushrooms, cannabis or even alcohol. An Indian friend says the name "soma" now refers to alcohol in modern India. -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Security cameras are getting smart -- and scary

2003-01-09 Thread Steve Mynott
following be welcome: Iranians Afghans Most people hailing from Northern India Turks I would imagine so since ironically the Aryans came from what is now Northern India and Iran up to about 1000BC. The word is even derived from Sanskrit. Read the Rig Veda and break out the soma (if you kno

sleep deprivation was Re: Torture done correctly is a terminal process

2002-11-25 Thread Steve Mynott
also allowing some degree of denial by a so-called civilized state. "we keep them awake a bit .. big deal its not supposed to be a holiday camp". Yet it's one of the simplest and most effective ways of psychological torture. -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: sleep deprivation was Re: Torture done correctly is a terminal process

2002-11-25 Thread Steve Mynott
er to break fanatical and trained terrorists. It's not some New Age weekend camp when you imprisoned and beaten by your captors. -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: sleep deprivation was Re: Torture done correctly is a terminal process

2002-11-25 Thread Steve Mynott
d with loud noise played into your ears. Attempts to breath deeply and slowly and relax would be easily spotted and probably punished. Even if it were possible (which I doubt) what's the point in even mentioning it since most people tortured aren't are yoga experts anyway? -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RMS on "Treacherous Computing"

2002-11-20 Thread Steve Mynott
panies such as Microsoft and Intel, are planning to make your computer obey them instead of you. Proprietary programs have included malicious features before, but this plan would make it universal." <http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/can-you-trust.html> -- Steve Mynott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>