[scifinoir2] White House Shoots Down Regular Question Time Forums

2010-02-04 Thread Tracey de Morsella
Despite the widespread popularity of President Obama's question-and-answer forums and the apparent boost they've given to his agenda, the White House shot down a proposal on Wednesday to make such open forums a regular feature. Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton relayed the news during

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Xmen question

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
Right, I have that ish with Graviton. He's truly one of the most powerful beings in the MU. Nefaria's powerful too. Is he still active? Ultron is a trip, always coming back. I think he's coming back again right now in Mighty Avengers. Henry Pym created the Infinite Avengers Mansion, a complex

[scifinoir2] Re: Xmen question

2010-02-04 Thread B Smith
I think Nefaria's atoms are scattered at the moment but he'll be back. --- In scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com, Keith Johnson keithbjohn...@... wrote: Right, I have that ish with Graviton. He's truly one of the most powerful beings in the MU. Nefaria's powerful too. Is he still active? Ultron is a

[scifinoir2] Special Unit 12 Marathon on SyFy

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
Watching a marathon of Special Unit 2 on SyFy today. This was actually a decent show from 2001. It deals with a secret group of people who investigate and contain creatures from myth that oddly love to hang out in Chicago. The formula is pretty familiar: secret group of agents, special weaponry

[scifinoir2] TechRepublic Blog: Ten Reasons not to Buy an iPad

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
I am also curious as to the lack of a physical keyboard for those who'd prefer it (available for usage by buying a keyboard doc as a accessory). Also it's weird something that large wouldn't come with a cover of some sort, 'cause I imagine toting this thing around everywhere would mean it'd get

[scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
I'm sorry, but I don't see this as a firing offense. Retarded has many meanings and connotations. When you call a person retarded for doing something stupid, it's not in any way meant to suggest that person has Downs or Autism or any other developmental condition. It means the person is an

RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
(another standing ovation) When I first heard this story reported, I gave myself a headache when my eyes rolled back into my head too fast. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

RE: [scifinoir2] Special Unit 12 Marathon on SyFy

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
It is a monstrous amount of fun to be had, Keith. I admit to passing on it because I saw its full run at first airing. _ Hotmail: Trusted email with Microsoft’s powerful SPAM protection.

RE: [scifinoir2] White House Shoots Down Regular Question Time Forums

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
I have to agree with that. It's a wonderful idea, but we don't run our Guv'mint in the same fashion as Great Britain. Just not enough time to gather all the parties needed. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

RE: [scifinoir2] Comcast changing channels tomorrow

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
That evil could be allowed so to flourish... (spit!) If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: hellomahog...@gmail.com Date: Wed, 3

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Xmen question

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Slorenia! Thanks for the memory jog, B! Though I loved Annihilation, I didn't much like Ultron in that. Even at his scheming best, he was still annoying to me. And Keith Giffen, the writer of the mini, gave Star-Lord and his crew the best lines.

RE: [scifinoir2] Avatargate: The Case For The Prosecution

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Mr Worf, I've been trying to avoid the topic of Avatar in any SF forums I post in, because I wanted to see it eventually. Something made me break down and read this yesterday, and now, after the fact, I realize that I read that comic in 2000AD's run. Now I can keep the money in my pocket.

RE: [scifinoir2] Pen tagon’s Black Budget Tops $56 Billion

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Let's just hope that it doesn't involve Blackwater-slash Whatever-They're-Calling-Themselves-Now. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To:

RE: [scifinoir2] World's First Light-Powered Circuit Created

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
The THUD you all just heard was Big Oil sh*tting a gold brick. _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/

Re: [scifinoir2] Pentagon’s Black Budget Tops $56 Billion

2010-02-04 Thread Mr. Worf
There's a bunch of other companies that are similar to Blackwater. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:44 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Let's just hope that it doesn't involve Blackwater-slash Whatever-They're-Calling-Themselves-Now. If all the world's a stage and all the

[scifinoir2] Frontline: Digital nation

2010-02-04 Thread Mr. Worf
Digital nation discusses the pros and cons of the Internet age. Is it allowing humanity to evolve or has it made us worse off? They are now saying that younger people are to distracted to pay attention long enough to read a book or focus at length on their homework. Also discussed on the show is

[scifinoir2] Pondering a robot as co-worker

2010-02-04 Thread Mr. Worf
February 4th, 2010 Pondering a robot as co-worker Posted by Larry Dignan @ 8:15 am *Categories:* General http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?cat=1, Innovationhttp://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?cat=135, Science http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?cat=24 *Tags:* NASA http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/NASA.html, General

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
i hear ya! - Original Message - From: Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.com To: SciFiNoir2 scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, February 4, 2010 3:13:24 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

Re: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
As an aside, i was reading an issue of the Fantastic Four comic earlier today. Reed and Sue Richards have two children now: the older, their son Franklin, who has normal intelligence, and their young daughter Valeria, who at the age of four is already a supergenius on the level of her father

Re: [scifinoir2] Re: Xmen question

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
I remember that! Heroes Reborn and Heroes Return was good stuff. There was a young girl who became Captain America's sidekick in that alternate reality. If I remember correctly, that alternate Earth was brought into our reality and put into an orbit the same as Earth's, but on the opposite side

RE: [scifinoir2] OT: Emanuel Apologizes, Signs Pledge to End Usage of Retarded

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Them insensitive comic-book 'ritin' folk... Ms Palin gon' git her gun on 'em, iff'n they ain't careful. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To:

RE: [scifinoir2] Re: Xmen question

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Right all the way. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQUxw9aUVik To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com From: keithbjohn...@comcast.net Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 23:59:51 + Subject:

Re: [scifinoir2] White House Shoots Down Regular Question Time Forums

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
Right, and in Britain, they don't provide questions ahead of time, so it'd always be an ambush forum. The Brits themselves admit it's just a political posturing time. Here, it would work every now and then, but as weekly theatre I fear it'd just add to the cacophony of strident voices already

RE: [scifinoir2] Pondering a robot as co-worker

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Let's see... a robot as a co-worker, fully knowing that advances in cybernetics have made them even smarter, able to function on protein (what we're made of), able to reason, escape, evade and kill... I'm so glad I'm self employed.

RE: [scifinoir2] White House Shoots Down Regular Question Time Forums

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Heck, we might even end up with Taiwanese politics, a brawl every month. _ Hotmail: Powerful Free email with security by Microsoft. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469230/direct/01/

Re: [scifinoir2] Pondering a robot as co-worker

2010-02-04 Thread Mr. Worf
If you looked at the video they could also fake your signature. :) On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:18 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Let's see... a robot as a co-worker, fully knowing that advances in cybernetics have made them even smarter, able to function on protein (what

Re: [scifinoir2] Special Unit 12 Marathon on SyFy

2010-02-04 Thread Keith Johnson
The marathon is followed by re-airings of the latest Caprica eps again. And now, there's a four hour block of Enterprise. The first two eps are the fun Through a Glass, Darkly eps, taking place in the Mirror Universe. Fun shows. I love the way Malcolm is skulking about, just waiting to put

RE: [scifinoir2] Frontline: Digital nation

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Can't agree with you more. This new technology has served to turn many into cyber-zombies who can't function without their PCs. In my niece's old high school, they've had to begun teaching kids how to *write letters*. And I know of a guy (used to be a close friend) who's lost at least four

RE: [scifinoir2] Special Unit 12 Marathon on SyFy

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
Thanks for the heads-up, Keith! Didn't search far ahead enough in the listings today. _ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469228/direct/01/

RE: [scifinoir2] Pondering a robot as co-worker

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
That, they can't do. I change it every time I sign something, a combination of a mark and a series of random numbers generated by my old scientific calculator. _ Hotmail: Trusted email with

RE: [scifinoir2] Pen tagon’s Black Budget Tops $56 Billion

2010-02-04 Thread Martin Baxter
I said Blackwater because I figured that they'd wrangle the contracts anyway, because of their clusterf*ck relationship with the Pentagon. If all the world's a stage and all the people merely players, who in bloody hell hired the director? -- Charles L Grant

Re: [scifinoir2] Frontline: Digital nation

2010-02-04 Thread Mr. Worf
One lady on the show quit her job to play world of warcraft all day. That is addiction plain and simple. Unless you quit to get a job being an online moderator for the game it just doesn't make sense. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:31 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: Can't agree

Re: [scifinoir2] Pentagon’s Black Budget Tops $56 Billion

2010-02-04 Thread Mr. Worf
Most of the stuff that was handled by the military is handled by contractors. Like peeling potatoes or cleaning the latrine. I don't think there is a way around them anymore. They are too deeply entrenched. On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Martin Baxter truthseeker...@hotmail.comwrote: I said

RE: [scifinoir2] White House Shoots Down Regular Question Time Forums

2010-02-04 Thread Tracey de Morsella
I think they probably opted not to do it because pollster Frank Lutz and other right wing operators will figure out a way to get their message through. It worked because they underestimated him and did not expect him to be prepared. Also I think sometimes they believe their out messaging and