Re: Blogging

On 5 Jun 2003 at 17:29, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > Hi folks. Well, I've joined the blogosphere, along > with several others of us. If any of y'all sends me a > link to theirs, btw, I'd be happy to link to yours, > although I'm quite certain that all of you have more > readers than I do. Anyways, m

Re: L3: World cancer death rates have increased...

On 6 Jun 2003 at 10:25, Michael Harney wrote: > I thought I would ring in on this thread and give my two cents. Being > a vegetarian significantly reduces your chances of developing cancers. > This is not only because cooked vegetables contain far less > carcinogens than cooked meat, but because

Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 6 Jun 2003 at 17:30, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 02:41:44PM -0500, Julia Thompson wrote: > > Bryon Daly wrote: > > > I wonder if 15 minutes is long enough in all cases > > > > 2 words: > > > > Zip ties. > > 1 word: > > Run! > > You don't have to stay in the house. You can

Re: beware the BIOS

On 28 May 2003 at 3:07, The Fool wrote: > Phoenix wants to be able to track, disable, wipe hard drives, connect > to the internet, download advertising, 'secure' sections of your > harddrive, without your permission: They can literally destroy your > computer / HD data ay ANY time they choose. S

Re: teflon

On 29 May 2003 at 17:39, The Fool wrote: > http://www.ewg.org/reports/toxicteflon/es.php > ___ > http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l > Which peer reviewed journal is EWG? I don't remember seeing it before... Andy Dawn Falcon

Re: SCOUTED: This is what happens when governments try to ban guns

On 29 May 2003 at 15:03, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > < 5/do0502.xml>> > > This is what happens when governments try to ban guns > By Mark Steyn > (Filed: 05/01/2003) > > You would think if "gun control" was going to work anywhe

Re: The Borg are coming!

On 29 May 2003 at 15:25, The Fool wrote: > > From: Jan Coffey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Opinions: http://www.newamericancentury.org/ > > ??? > > Fascist power behind the throne of dictator Bush. > > Top Posting is BAAD. Since when did this turn into a newsgroup? Andy Dawn Falcon

Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 1 Jun 2003 at 12:00, Jan Coffey wrote: > Since the UK has banned firearms violent crime (especially those > involving a perps with firearms) has gone up. Since Texas & Nevada > have relaxed their concealed carry laws violent crime (especially > those involving a perp with a gun) have gone down.

Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 1 Jun 2003 at 16:29, Han Tacoma wrote: > My Sifu (I trained in Kung-Fu -- let's not get into the multiple > spellings...) gave us a hierarchy of actions when faced with by a > situation (this over 40 years old.) 1. Run whenever possible. 2. Interesting. How I was taught- When conflict is inev

Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 1 Jun 2003 at 17:09, Han Tacoma wrote: > Andrew Crystall (Sun, 01 Jun 2003 21:53:01 +0100) writes: > > On 1 Jun 2003 at 16:29, Han Tacoma wrote: > > > > > My Sifu (I trained in Kung-Fu -- let's not get into the multiple > > > spellings...) gave us a hie

Re: Br!n: Br!n 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 1 Jun 2003 at 14:40, Jan Coffey wrote: > --- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > If someone facing me pulls out a knife, unless they're trained with > > it, it's more dangerous to them than to me. A gun is a different > > story - any idiot c

Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 1 Jun 2003 at 20:58, Robert Seeberger wrote: > I think this typifies the murder problem in the south. Violence is > normally commited by the ignorant and those with loose control of > their emotions. So what training with guns would you consider sufficient? My argument would be that a militar

Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 1 Jun 2003 at 23:05, Jan Coffey wrote: > What about those who are right handed but left eyed? (like myself)It > is very hard to accurately shoot a rifle that must be rested on the > shoulder. My aim with that sort of rifle is very very bad. My aim and > skill with a handgun is superb. Me. I h

RE: Use of cameras

On 2 Jun 2003 at 9:51, Chad Cooper wrote: > Second, you can buy license plates covers that are specially > formulated to be clear, but they are polorized, so that if a flash of > light comes from above (or side of) the plate, like in the case of a > photo radar flash, the cover reflects the light,

Re: Use of cameras

On 3 Jun 2003 at 8:47, Russell Chapman wrote: > Wow - ours were bought from Germany and routinely clock cars at speeds > in excess of 100mph, even in traffic. They use a combination of radar > and laser, but a conventional film camera. New units coming on line > this year use digital cameras. All

RE: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 2 Jun 2003 at 16:22, Deborah Harrell wrote: > I'm not trying to toot my own horn, here, but I don't > like being shortchanged in the 'sense' category. What > is the actual percentage of 'adults who often wake > confused too?' My cats have the sense to know that Quite a few. Someone kicked ou

Re: Brin: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 2 Jun 2003 at 16:08, d.brin wrote: > Wow. Notice how a statistically weird number of brinellers have had > violent encounters? Yep. Several. Yeah well. Talent for knowing the wrong people, annoying scientologists and combat 18 (Neo-Nazis) plus a few bar brawls and two idiots who tryed to m

RE: Br!n: Brin 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 2 Jun 2003 at 18:25, Deborah Harrell wrote: > --- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > > > I'm not trying to toot my own horn, here, but I > > >don't like being shortchanged in the 'sense' > &

Re: Br!n, blades, and home defense.

On 2 Jun 2003 at 21:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > In a message dated 6/2/2003 5:52:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > I should add that my blade's balanced for throwing, so it was just > > as > > well for them that they ran. > > > > Andy > > Dawn Falcon > >

Re: Br!n, blades, and home defense.

On 2 Jun 2003 at 22:15, Kevin Tarr wrote: > At 02:51 AM 6/3/2003 +0100, you wrote: > >On 2 Jun 2003 at 21:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > In a message dated 6/2/2003 5:52:04 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > > > I should add that my blade's balanced for

Re: Use of cameras

On 2 Jun 2003 at 22:29, Doug Pensinger wrote: > > 4. Is the reason for not having them the presumed guilty until > > proven innocent method of infringement ticketing? > > I think that the owner of a vehicle should be held responsible for > that vehicle no matter who is driving it. I agree, for s

RE: Br!n, blades, and home defense.

On 2 Jun 2003 at 23:34, Gary Nunn wrote: > > > Do you have to drag the body backwards a few feet, or just > > drip some blood on > > your carpet? > > William Taylor > > I was not sure if this was a serious question or not, but I'll give > you a serious answer anyway > > In many , if not m

RE: Use of cameras

On 3 Jun 2003 at 12:24, Chad Cooper wrote: > It could provide incentive for people to buy safer and smaller cars. They don't usually go hand-in-hand (small and safe, as applied to cars). Andy Dawn Falcon ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/b

RE: L3: World cancer death rates have increased by 35% from 1987 to1995 says WHO, and they'll double again by 2020.

On 3 Jun 2003 at 14:16, Chad Cooper wrote: > > The fact that there has been an admittedly decreased interest > > in studying > > exposure to occupational carcinogens is itself a condemnation > > of the attitude of > > governments and corporations to the safety and well-being of > > workers. >

Re: L3: Meet Canada The Global Arms Dealer

On 3 Jun 2003 at 16:35, Han Tacoma wrote: > I'm appalled; should make the list's hawks less anti-canadian, I > guess. Snort. Two contradictory arguments. Either you accept military exports are helping the economy (as the UK does), or you stop them and come up with a way to plug the gap. Whinin

Re: L3: Meet Canada The Global Arms Dealer

On 3 Jun 2003 at 23:29, Han Tacoma wrote: > Andy (Wed, 04 Jun 2003 02:54:30 +0100) wrote: > \> On 3 Jun 2003 at 16:35, Han Tacoma wrote: > > > > > I'm appalled; should make the list's hawks less anti-canadian, I > > > guess. > > > > Snort. Two contradictory arguments. > > There's a semicolon in t

Re: Sealaunch

On 4 Jun 2003 at 8:23, John D. Giorgis wrote: > Interesting article here about a successful private space-launch > company: > http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2003/05/easterbrook.htm And it sums up my issues with NASA very nicely. Ditto some of the restrictions they have to work arround. For

Re: (Scouted) Jared Diamond on diabetes

On 4 Jun 2003 at 17:33, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Diabetes is a progressive disease, however, so there is no guarantee > that I will not someday suffer complications and/or have to start > taking insulin. Still, the longer I can put that off, the better. > Also, they may someday discover a cure o

RE: Br!n: Br!n 9/11 statement shown accurate again

On 4 Jun 2003 at 14:52, Horn, John wrote: > > From: Andrew Crystall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > I was working on pure reflex. ACT. When shit happens enough times > > you pick that one up. Not something I'm especially proud of... > > Isn't tha

Re: The evils of eating vegetables (was Re: L3: Worldcancerdeathrates have increased...)

On 6 Jun 2003 at 22:58, Julia Thompson wrote: > Michael Harney wrote: > > > Did I say meat eaters are inferior? No. In fact, I never even said > > that people shouldn't eat meat in the cancer posts. If anything, my > > posts on the cancer topic only suggest that one should reduce meat > > cons

RE: Sleep Apnea

On 8 Jun 2003 at 14:52, Gary Nunn wrote: > waking up exhausted, and the morning headaches. There is nothing like > a headache induced by lack of oxygen. I would choose a migraine ANY > day over that. Of course, there were the weird things like not being Agree totally. Of course, it's only happene

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 8 Jun 2003 at 20:49, William T Goodall wrote: > > On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 05:17 pm, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > The Fool and William Goodall react as if that person was posting > > from > > a religious extremest perspective, instead of reading what the > > poster actually wrote. > > LO

[link] 'Poindexter's nutty scheme'

Interesting in itself, and there's a Brin reference: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-1013033.html Andy Dawn Falcon ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 9 Jun 2003 at 1:45, William T Goodall wrote: > > On Sunday, June 8, 2003, at 10:59 pm, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > Your doctrine of absoloute non-religion is just as much a dogma as > > any religion, it varies only in details. And it's also intollerant.

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 9 Jun 2003 at 3:19, William T Goodall wrote: > > On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 02:29 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > > > At 02:05 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Goodall wrote: > > > >> On Monday, June 9, 2003, at 01:45 am, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > >> > >>> At 01:34 AM 6/9/03 +0100, William T Gooda

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 8 Jun 2003 at 23:16, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 03:58:18AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > ...the whole POINT of the Masorti movement is to think about our > > lives. > > Is it working? It appears so to me, but then I'm hardly an unintere

RE: Sleep Apnea

On 8 Jun 2003 at 21:10, Nick Arnett wrote: > > This is my favorite sleep apnea site: http://www.sleepnet.com/ > > I am now learning more about somnoplasty... Heh. I'm just plain insomniac and not only have doctors attempts to cure it miserably failed, most of the sleep tablets make me intensely

Re: Spam van Baardwijk

On 9 Jun 2003 at 15:06, Jeroen van Baardwijk wrote: > --- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], Doug Pensinger wrote: > > > Since I can't reply directly to Jeroens recent spamming, > > In fact, you *can* reply directly to me. As I said in a previous > message, the solution is quite simple. Hint: it's in the he

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 9 Jun 2003 at 18:48, Dan Minette wrote: > > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 05:31:49PM -0500, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > > > Not all religions. And please don't think that all people who > > > call themselves Christians are part of the same religion. > > > > I could just as well say, please don't ca

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 9 Jun 2003 at 20:04, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Mon, Jun 09, 2003 at 07:46:26PM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > Guilt by association can be a double-edged sword, > > That's kind of the point (pun intended) > > > especially when you condemn an entire people for the acts of a > > group. > > I am no

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 9 Jun 2003 at 20:29, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 01:15:50AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > Judaism is both a people and a religion. > > A people generally means those living in a certain area or those born > of certain people. In as much as Judaism is a r

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 9 Jun 2003 at 23:05, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:16:20AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > So sorry, I have to utterly disagree with you. It's not semantics at > > all. I'd say the *majority* of the students who go to the local JSoc > &

Re: Halal and Kosher slaughter 'must end'

On 10 Jun 2003 at 15:04, William T Goodall wrote: > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2977086.stm > > "The method of animal slaughter used by Jews and Muslims should be > banned immediately, according to an independent advisory group. "It's a sudden and quick haemorrhage. A quick loss of blood

Re: Halal and Kosher slaughter 'must end'

On 10 Jun 2003 at 18:04, Richard Baker wrote: > Andy said: > > > "It's a sudden and quick haemorrhage. A quick loss of blood pressure > > and the brain is instantaneously starved of blood and there is no > > time to start feeling any pain," said spokesman Dr Majid Katme. > > If you were going t

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 10 Jun 2003 at 18:02, Richard Baker wrote: > Andy said: > > > You do not chose to be Jewish if your mother is. You are Jewish. > > Isn't that argument roughly the same as if I set up the "Slaves of > Rich" and said anyone with brown eyes was automatically a Slave of > Rich and when people wit

Re: Plonkworthy?

On 10 Jun 2003 at 13:02, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 05:37:12PM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > You do not chose to be Jewish if your mother is. You are Jewish. > > But you are not automatically practicing the religion because of your > mother. Sema

Re: Scouted: Fake Meat From a Vat

On 10 Jun 2003 at 14:34, Jon Gabriel wrote: > Perhaps this will solve the kosher/halal killing and slaughterhouses > problem > > http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns3208 > (It's an article from December) > > Tissue engineers are growing fake meat from cell cultures. Yep, the idea

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 11 Jun 2003 at 13:14, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 11:49:50AM -0500, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At > 12:44 PM 6/11/03 -0400, Erik Reuter wrote: > > >Typical religious > irrationality. THEY say there is, you say there is > >not, but none of > you have any empirical process to chec

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 11 Jun 2003 at 11:40, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > Given that there are passages in the KJV which contradict other > passages in the KJV, not to mention portions of one version of the > Bible which do not agree with another version, and that "Bible > Literalists" believe that when Genesis says tha

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 11 Jun 2003 at 13:10, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 10:32:06AM -0400, Jon Gabriel wrote: > > > I think, although I could be wrong, that this is where Erik was > > going with his question. Am I right? > > Pretty much. I've notice religous people like to sidestep these > questio

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 11 Jun 2003 at 19:04, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 06:40:42PM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > have you read _The Blind Watchmaker_ ? > > No, but I have heard a few things about it. If you want to make a > reference to it, go ahead, there is a chance it won

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 11 Jun 2003 at 19:49, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2003 at 12:10:46AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > Okay, I was essentially refering to the "Blind Watchmaker" theory - > > a Universe capebale of supporting out type of life, and a planet > > like

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 11 Jun 2003 at 19:17, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 06:40:42PM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > I was scientically trained and it didn't affect my religious beliefs > > one bit. > > Yes, many of the ~40% I have met are like that. Those I hav

Re: Lost in the Baghdad Museum: The Truth

On 12 Jun 2003 at 8:40, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- Erik Reuter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 11, 2003 at 09:49:16PM -0700, Gautam > > Mukunda wrote: > > > > > On what curve exactly are you grading, Erik? > > > > I don't grade on a curve, but I guess that explains > > your comments,

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 12 Jun 2003 at 9:50, Richard Baker wrote: > Erik said: > > > Does Dawkins make this argument in the book? It doesn't sound like > > him. > > It's been a while since I read it, but I think he does make that > argument. Of course, Andy hasn't mentioned that he then goes on to say > that evoluti

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 12 Jun 2003 at 18:24, Richard Baker wrote: > Andy said: > > > And I'd point out that what "reproductive fitness" is can be > > complex (for example, why the Cystic Fybrosis gene survived...). > > How is it complex? Entity A is more reproductively fit than entity B > in environment (physical

Re: Lost in the Baghdad Museum: The Truth

On 12 Jun 2003 at 10:16, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What would that be? I for one would certainly argue > > that every > > democracy so far has had a definate weakness in > > terms of long term > > planning a

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 12 Jun 2003 at 21:07, Julia Thompson wrote: > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > Certainly, but that applies to biology and we don't really KNOW how > > random much of the formation of the Universe was. And I'd point out > > that what "reproductive fitne

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

On 13 Jun 2003 at 23:00, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > The New York Times editorial board consistently > condemns Israel for defending itself. The Wall Street > Journal Opinion page, by contrast, makes a better case > for Israel than Israeli diplomats do. Yep - PR is where the cultural differences bet

Re: Scientific method

On 14 Jun 2003 at 13:07, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 10:19 PM 6/13/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: > >Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > >>At 10:00 PM 6/12/03 -0700, Doug Pensinger wrote: > >> > >>>Jan Coffey wrote: > >>> > *sigh* I know I must have made some syntactic mistake their myself > but,

Re: WMD

On 13 Jun 2003 at 21:59, Doug Pensinger wrote: > Additionally, the non US members on the list are, I think, actually > very moderate, the exception being Illana (sp?), who is probably among > the most conservative on the list. It can be pretty hard to use left/right for Israel. I mean, some of m

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

On 14 Jun 2003 at 21:10, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2003 at 08:51:51PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > When the Britain promished the Jews a state they were not dividing a > > previously existent state they were giving the Jews part of the Land > > they controlled. Now you can arg

Re: Where are the European hypocrites?

On 14 Jun 2003 at 22:42, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Sun, Jun 15, 2003 at 03:14:52AM +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > There was nothing "sudden" about it - events leading up to it had > > been going on for half a century. Perhaps WW2 gave it a final push, > > b

Re: 2 Corinthians 6:14 (Humor)

On 19 Jun 2003 at 15:09, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > From: Joke A Day (June 19, 2003) > > > Joke A Day > Making Fun Of Morons Since 1863 > Joke A Day, Inc. http://www.jokeaday.com > To join our list: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

On 21 Jun 2003 at 21:33, Michael Harney wrote: > As for religious people willing to discuss non-belief in God, I would > argue that is an anomoly due to insufficient sample. I have met > zealots in my lifetime who think that if someone is an athiest it is a > deep personal insult and the athiest

Irony is...

So my landlady wants her work PC fixed, and I want to leave some stuff in her basement this summer and pick it up in late september. So I spent the best part of a day and a half fixing little faults, and the thing is STILL crashing, it gets file corruption on a reinstalled windows within half a

Re: Irony is...

On 23 Jun 2003 at 5:12, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 07:26 AM 6/23/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > >So my landlady wants her work PC fixed, and I want to leave some > >stuff in her basement this summer and pick it up in late september. > > > >So I spent the best part

Irony is...

also the the fact I finally found a deacent house for the next University year. Two houses from my current landlady's house. Andy Dawn Falcon ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

Re: Scouted: Big-Fish Stocks Fall 90 Percent Since 1950

On 23 Jun 2003 at 17:09, Jean-Louis Couturier wrote: > >National Geographic News February 26, 2002 The demand for fresh fish > >in homes and restaurants around the world is soaring at a time when > >well-established fisheries are becoming exhausted. To meet the > >demand, fishing boats are venturi

RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

On 24 Jun 2003 at 16:50, Reggie Bautista wrote: > >The only true justice is Christian justice (eye for an eye). > > As I stated in a previous email, Christian justice is not an eye for > an eye. That's JEWISH Justice (an eye for an eye). The punishment SHOULD fir the crime. That's not saying th

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

On 26 Jun 2003 at 13:07, Dan Minette wrote: > **One might argue for including 45-47. However, if one doesn't > include the great wartime improvement in GDP between 41 & 45, I don't > think one should include the relatively small letdown right after the > war. That's certainly a factor for Europe

RE: RIAA to sue hundreds of Internet file sharers

On 25 Jun 2003 at 13:06, Chad Cooper wrote: > So lets do the math > > 10,000,000 thieving hippies downloading music > 500 get sued. > that means 1 in 20,000 will get sued. > Real risk, my ass! I have a 1 in ~1800 chance of dying in an accident > in the next year. I have much more to fe

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

On 26 Jun 2003 at 17:57, Dan Minette wrote: > But seriously, unless Turkey is admitted, the countries that it is > expanding to have the same or worse demographic problems as Western > Europe. Not really - and their less developed economic structures are markets which America will find it a lot

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

On 26 Jun 2003 at 16:04, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > --- Kevin Tarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> But that's our motto: Fat, dumb, and lazy! > > > > KevinT. - VRWC > > and proud of it > > Yeah, but out real motto should be: > "We have healthy demographics, while Europe (with the > exception of Bri

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

On 26 Jun 2003 at 22:31, Julia Thompson wrote: > Dan Minette wrote: > > > Another example is the fact that half of the EU budget goes to > > subsidize inefficient farms. > > Really? How big is that budget? Where does the rest of it go? You mean the Common Agricultural Policy? Firstly, not al

Re: Liberia's woes

On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: > http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp > > "Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered civilians, attacked while > sheltering in the U.S. diplomatic complex, outside the U.S. Embassy in > Liberia's capital, accusing the United States of failing to protect

Re: Liberia's woes

On 27 Jun 2003 at 13:02, Ronn!Blankenship wrote: > At 06:47 PM 6/27/03 +0100, Andrew Crystall wrote: > >On 27 Jun 2003 at 8:59, Chad Cooper wrote: > > > > > http://www.msnbc.com/news/931163.asp > > > > > > "Angry crowds laid the bodies of murdered ci

Re: brin: RFID tags

On 28 Jun 2003 at 1:04, The Fool wrote: > With RFID about to arrive in full force, don't be lulled at all. Major > changes are coming, and not all of them will be positive. The law of > unintended consequences is about to encounter surveillance devices > smaller than the period at the end of this

Re: br!n: RFID tags

On 28 Jun 2003 at 11:33, The Fool wrote: > > From: Andrew Crystall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > On 28 Jun 2003 at 1:04, The Fool wrote: > > > > > With RFID about to arrive in full force, don't be lulled at all. > Major > > > changes are

Re: Twenty (or so) Questions, was Re: Plonkworthy?

On 29 Jun 2003 at 14:02, Erik Reuter wrote: > On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 07:46:46PM -0500, Dan Minette wrote: > > Mine basis for morality is religious, and its that humans are > > created > > in the image and likeness of God, and must be treated in a manner > > that is consistent with this. Human

Re: Comparision of ecconomic growth

On 29 Jun 2003 at 17:33, Gautam Mukunda wrote: > All of this excluding England, of course, which _has_ > fixed its pension problem, and at least has healthier > demographics than the rest of Europe, if not as good > as the US. Umm? No, we have NOT. Germany has, by offloading it entirely onto in

Re: Heterophobia in the UK

On 30 Jun 2003 at 11:55, William T Goodall wrote: > The moves will give next-of-kin rights in hospitals That alone leads me to back it. The current situation is farsical, and very nearly got a friend of mine killed (let's just say that her parents were NOT her legal next-of-kin) Andy Dawn Falc

Re: total information awareness: "Combat Zones That See"

On 1 Jul 2003 at 16:33, The Fool wrote: > http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/news/6211959.htm The Genie WILL come out the bottle. You can't stop it. This is where I agree with Brin - everyone should have the tools, not just Goverment and Big Business. Trying to legislate against IS going to fail. Mi

Re: US-based missiles to have global reach

On 1 Jul 2003 at 21:29, Robert Seeberger wrote: > http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,988612,00.html > > Allies to become less important as new generation of weapons enables > America to strike anywhere from its own territory I'd point out that technically speaking, it's possible for the

ebay

So I'm selling off all the old Games Workshop minatures which someone about five years ago ended up in our loft (half a dozen ppl's collections). And the first batch ended today. (1) People sending the wrong amount. Check. TWO. (2) People assuming that the UK postage is for America. Check (3)

RE: ebay

On 3 Jul 2003 at 11:02, Miller, Jeffrey wrote: > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Andrew Crystall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 02, 2003 05:59 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: ebay > > > > > > S

Re: ebay

On 4 Jul 2003 at 8:44, Russell Chapman wrote: > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > >(1) People sending the wrong amount. Check. TWO. > >(2) People assuming that the UK postage is for America. Check > >(3) Rudeness and swearing. Check > >(4) "Honest Mistake"

Re: ebay

On 4 Jul 2003 at 12:55, Russell Chapman wrote: > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > >Bid shielding is where you bid low and then use another Ebay ID to > >bid really high. So one-one else bids. Then you withdraw the high bid > > at the last minute. Except ebay stops you from wit

Re: ebay

On 4 Jul 2003 at 14:13, Damon wrote: > > >Wierd - I didn't know you could withdraw a bid at any time - I > >thought once you put it in you had made an offer... You'd have to > >wonder what's wrong with just bidding on it like a regular person. > >We're not talking millions here... > > Doesn't wi

Re: Same-sex marriage

On 7 Jul 2003 at 17:09, William T Goodall wrote: > So why are US Conservatives against same-sex marriage? Do they want to > force same-sex couples to live in sin? They think it's a sin in the first place. In the abstract, I agree. But I won't judge individuals for that kind of personal choice.

Re: brin: multitasking not always good

On 7 Jul 2003 at 14:15, The Fool wrote: > Human Task Switches Considered Harmful: > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog22.html > > The Lure of Data: Is It Addictive?: > http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/06/business/yourmoney/06WIRE.html?pagew > ante d=1&ei=5062&en=027a31a06e611f55&ex=1

Re: Reading lists.

Not really a direct reply, but I'm currently reading _The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_ (yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_) and _Shadow Puppets_ (OSC - third in the _Shadow_ saga) Andy Dawn Falcon ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/br

Re: Reading lists.

On 10 Jul 2003 at 13:55, Bryon Daly wrote: > >From: "Andrew Crystall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >_The Mote Arround Mucheson's Eye_ > >(yes, the sequel to _A Mote in god's Eye_) > > Hmmm. I thought the sequel to The Mote In God'

Re: Reading lists.

On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:47, Reggie Bautista wrote: > Michael Harney wrote: > >I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels a > >question. I have only read _Dragonseye_ and _The Dolphins of Pern_. > >The question I have is: Are the events in some of the other pern > >books more e

Re: Reading lists.

On 10 Jul 2003 at 18:01, Julia Thompson wrote: > Andrew Crystall wrote: > > > > On 10 Jul 2003 at 14:47, Reggie Bautista wrote: > > > > > Michael Harney wrote: > > > >I wanted to ask those who have read some/many of the Pern novels > > >

Re: Admin: Strange day for computers here

On 23 Jul 2003 at 5:40, Jose J. Ortiz-Carlo wrote: > >From: "Nick Arnett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > >Looks like Brin-L was off the air for the last few hours, but I have > >no idea why. All I can imagine is that my business partner might > >have accidentally killed the list server software while

Re: Arrgh!

On 25 Jul 2003 at 16:05, Reggie Bautista wrote: > Bryon wrote: > >I'm sort of fanatical about this - I have approximately 8-9 fans in > >my (very large) PC tower case. > > Have you ever considered using some form of liquid cooling? > http://store.epowerhousepc.com/cgi-bin/EPHstore.cgi?user_action

Re: SC2 Music (was Re: I have returned from paradise)

On 25 Jul 2003 at 22:10, Jim Sharkey wrote: > > Bryon Daly wrote: > >http://home.comcast.net/~bryon.daly/M4win240.zip > >http://home.comcast.net/~bryon.daly/SC2_MODS.ZIP > > The installer for M4win20 doesn't seem to be working. Any > suggestions? I'm guessing that's Mod4Win referenced there. W

RE: SC2 Music (was Re: I have returned from paradise)

On 27 Jul 2003 at 17:23, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I tried to play the MOD files in my WinAmp 2.81 and I'm not sure if > all sounds are as they should be but I heard some songs... Sounded > rather synthetic but that's probably as designed? WinAmp is an awful MOD player. But basically think of a

Re: Robotic Singularity

On 27 Jul 2003 at 15:59, Julia Thompson wrote: > Also, how much longer will Moore's Law hold? It gets to where part of > what's making things faster is that the size of components on a chip > are shrinking; there's some finite limit to that beyond which > shrinking is impossible. Then we have to

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