RE: Movie News

> From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I don't know about scare tactics, but Riverworld, while not great, was > better than I expected. Wow. Your expectations must have been VERY low. It was so bad I couldn't watch more than 20 minutes of it. Then again, I am a big, big, BIG fan of t

RE: Exterminate!

> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > At 05:49 AM 1/16/04, The Fool wrote: > ><> > > For some reason this page won't load. Can you give us a summary? I don't generally go to pages without any sort of indication w

RE: Announcing brin-l-books

> From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Didn't someone send out a list of 4000 books a few years ago? John Horn? Nope, not me. Someone generated a huge list and several people volunteered to go through them and rate the ones they read. I was one of the volunteers. But as I recall, th

RE: Left Vs Right Handedness

> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Ever notice how girls Vs boy carry books in school? Girls > always carry > books close on their breast (like carrying a baby), and boys > carry books on their hips. > Does that mean that men carry babies on their hips? - jmh Obligatory second

RE: TiVo & privacy

> From: CJ Kucera [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > They claim that actual customer data is separated out from the > aggregate statistics they use for that kind of reporting. > According to a buddy who has a Tivo, this explained clearly in the Tivo privacy policy. It has also been confirmed by inde

RE: Best Superbowl Ever! was>RE: Janet Jackson"s Right Breast Provoke s Outrage

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > and a bit of celebrity T&A > > I not only missed the T, I missed A as well? Why didn't > anyone mention *that*? Well, there was the streaker. Not that it was shown on screen for very long or anything. I'm sure that A could be seen, at

RE: Reviews for Mel Gibson's "The Passion of the Christ"

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Are we not men? > > No, we're Devo. Dang! Beat me to it! Obligatory second line. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Introducing Fenris

> From: Michael Harney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Anyone know of any free Windows email programs that have > regular expression > support in email filtering? Pegasus Mail does. I use it at home. As an added plus, no need to worry about script viruses! - jmh ___

RE: Is my father-in-law Jewish?

> From: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > So, given the answer to your question, why would one refute > the concept > that Marx was anti-Semitic by referring to his Jewish family? > I'll agree > that this thesis still has to be proven from text, and that > many writings > of Marx can b

RE: Top-posting Re: Anatomy of a rape culture

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > A number of my friends are *required* to do top-posting and leave all > the crap below for their work e-mails. They have brought this habit > into their personal e-mails, which bugs the heck out of me, > and I've let > them know this. Doesn't

RE: Darwin's Children

> From: G. D. Akin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Miller, Jeffrey wrote: > > Just got my copy in the mail today. Anyone already been through it? > > --- > > Read it some time ago. What's your mail system, Pony Express? :-) And he works for Amazon, ironically e

RE: No Predictions But...

> From: Matthew and Julie Bos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's against my religion to predict anything regarding the Chicago > Cubs...but I am excited for the season to start. Nothing > Gautam can say can bring me down at this point. Bring it on, Astro fans, its > time for you to get your su

RE: Thoughts on gay marriage?

> From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I know. My point is that unlike the anti-choice crowd, the > homophobic > crowd will dissipate over the years. Especially as same sex > marriage is > unlikely, IMO, to have any negative affect whatsoever whereas > abortion has > the effect

RE: Constitutional Amendment Question

From: "John D. Giorgis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Here's an interesting trivia question. > > Who was the last sitting President to openly endorse a Constitutional > Amendment? > Carter with the ERA? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/

RE: Tyranny

> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For me, this is the most frivolous waste of time and tax money I can > recall. Have you forgotten the "Flag Burning Amendment" debate from a few years ago already? This is exactly the same thing. A self-serving political litmus test/trap cr

RE: Thoughts on gay marriage?

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At any rate, I find it has hardly been established that there somehow > exists a universal "right" to marry a person of the same sex. Has it been established that there is a universal "right" to marry a person of the opposite sex? - jmh Ser

RE: Tyranny

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > and now New Paltz Huh? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: L3 Bitter Mellons, Gin and Tonic, and a an Un- reasonable view.

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you'd asked one of them if the subject of the war was "slavery" or > "states rights", they'd have said "states rights." Of course, the particular "states right" they were so concerned about losing was slavery. - jmh _

RE: L3 Bitter Mellons, Gin and Tonic, and a an Un- reasonable view.

> From: Jan Coffey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Actualy it was. It was fought over the states rights to be a > differnt country. Seriously though, do you think that the average > foot soldiure in the confederacy did not believe in the retoric of > the time? No, it was fought over the states r

RE: Libertarianism, Social Darwinism, Syndico-Anarchism, and Utilitarianism.

> From: Trent Shipley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I can make a clear distinction between libertarianism and > syndico-anarchism > that has been making a comeback. > > Also, I tend to equate libertariansim with social darwinism. > Though both have > different histories and rationales both p

RE: Pledge of Allegiance

> From: Dan Minette [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In Texas, school children are required to either say the pledge of > allegiance to Texas or to stand respectfully while others do. There's a pledge of allegiance to Texas? The state? Weird. Just when you think you've heard everything. How do

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

> From: Travis Edmunds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > boring). You want a good guitarist, with good mechanics, that's not > flashy/trashy, and just may have an exceptional ear? Mark Knopfler. How about Nils Lofgren? From what I've heard he's the guitarists pick for best guitarist. He's been aroun

RE: Haiku

> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] This needs to be submitted to rec.humor.funny or something. These are great! I'm so totally going to steal them... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Race to the Bottom

> From: ritu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > And I am just asking what these people would like the Indians > to do. Not > accept the jobs that are being offered? Insist on being paid > the salary > of their US counterparts? Put aside a part of their paycheck > each month and send it to the US? You

RE: This Is Spinal Ta-, er, Metallica

> From: Travis Edmunds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >How about Nils Lofgren? From what I've heard he's the guitarists > >pick for best guitarist. He's been around forever but has never > >completely gotten his due from the general public. > > > > - jmh > > Who? I've never heard of him. Which

RE: Bush's Economic Indicator: 2 New Jobs

> From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Just found the title amusing... > > http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31587-2004Mar4.html > Bleh. Have to register to read. Is there a Brin-L user id for the Post like there is for the NYT? - jmh _

RE: I think I almost died last night

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your symptoms do sound as if they may have had an element of > GERD to them. > If you're interested, I have a ton of links pertaining to it. I take > medication for reflux myself. And if you want even more information, I had the GERD stomach

Ping...

Pong... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: I think I almost died last night

> From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >I'll admit that I never had that particular symptom of GERD. But I > >would wake up in the middle of the night and think that someone was > >trying to pick me up with an old-time ice block grabber-thingie. > I had tests to see if I could have th

RE: Race to the Bottom

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > By the way Jan, Ritu is probably one of the nicest, most > levelheaded people we have on this list. Especially considering she's an import from that "other list" (along with Lal, of course). Seriously, that's one of the greatest thing about thi

RE: America, land of the Ashcroft-haters

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > True as far as it goes, but I believe that he called > > _American_ soldiers cowards instead. That was not > > exactly okay. > > a serious charge if true. can you document Who exactly are you talking about? I

RE: America, land of the Ashcroft-haters

> From: Horn, John > > Who exactly are you talking about? I think I missed the beginning > of this particular discussion... (Responding to my own post, bad, bad, bad!) Ah, Bill Maher. Should have waited to post. Then again, I'm so far behind I don't think I

RE: America, land of the Ashcroft-haters

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What I've been doing if I think that my response might be repeated is > just read the other things with the same subject header before I post. Well, yes, but when you are that far behind it doesn't seem like you'll ever catch up enough to find

RE: Emulation (was: Federal Marriage Amendment)

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Then there's the trick where you remove your underwear > without removing > the shorts you're wearing over them. If you're not wearing underwear, > you can't do that trick. :) I've seen that one with a bra but not with underwear. How does

RE: Curious Mars pics

> From: Gary Nunn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I immediately thought that it might be Lander debris, but the close-up > shows that it has definitely been there for a while. Another > observation, in the larger image, the rock and the object > both look like > they were recently moved. The dust a

Class Warfare...

Speaking of Bill Maher... Found on another mailing list... http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2004/03/13/washingtonoutsiders/ New rule: You can't be a Washington outsider if you're already president. by Bill Maher March 13, 2004 Hearing President Bush these days constantly complain about "th

RE: Libertarian Purity Test

> From: Kevin Tarr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi > 11. Kinda reassuring, actually. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: DEFENDERS OF THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > In fact, I believe that Baghdad will be renamed George > Bush City next week, if my secret memo from the Vast > Right-Wing Conspiracy is correct. > > I believe that my personal profit-sharing as a junior > member of the VRWC from the oil revenu

RE: Lieing Under Oath

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >He lied to Congress while performing a constitutional duty > (State of > >the Union address). > > It isn't a lie if you believe it to be true The issue here in many people's minds is given what we've learned about the intelligence,

RE: Lieing Under Oath

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Indeed, I believe that even the US Supreme Court found that > he was required > to testify. Or do you perhaps believe that the President > should make his > own interpretation of the laws independent of the judiciary? IIRC, the SC's decisi

RE: Terrorists Win in Spain

> From: Travis Edmunds [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > whatsoever. Which is not true. As you might know, the bombings themselves > may have started a dangerous new trend in terrorism. Namely, influencing > the politics of whole countries. And the potential ramifications of that > are grim indeed. Not

RE: [ADMIN] Call for administrative action

> From: Deborah Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > it still does not downplay in the least, the > > fact that SOME people find swearing offensive... > > I find the use of common swear-words unimaginative and > quite unimpressive...and a couple _are_ offensive to > me, such that I simply delet

RE: Lieing Under Oath

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > At 10:57 AM 3/16/2004 -0600 Horn, John wrote: > >The issue here in many people's minds is given what we've learned > >about the intelligence, folks don't think that Bush "believed it to > >be tru

RE: Libertarian Purity Test

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> http://www.bcaplan.com/cgi/purity.cgi > >> > > > >11. > > > >Kinda reassuring, actually. > > What is reassuring is that *someone* finally had a lower > score than I did. > > 18 > > JDG - Resident crazy conservative, right? Hmmm... I

Scouted: Gartner on Offshoring

1 in 4 IT Jobs Going Offshore, Says Gartner; One Major "Offshoring Failure" in 2004 Predicted http://www.linuxworld.com/story/44127.htm Gartner has been holding forth again - on "offshoring" (and a new variant, "nearshore outsourcing"). The bad news is that a quarter of the West's IT jobs heade

RE: Irregulars: Space/Flight Video/DVD Info

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I am looking a (few?) videos/DVDs for my nephews- > specifically things related to space and planes. Here's a couple that they play at my son's pre-school: - "There Goes a Space Ship" (Kid Vision) - "Awesome Airplanes and Space" (Simitar E

RE: 20/20 Hindsight

> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > We might have troubled to note since then that a nation fighting an > internal war is going to have some trouble fighting an > external one. You > might suppose that, in order to focus on the matter at hand, > we could save > for the post

RE: 20/20 Hindsight

> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >I wish I knew when the post-war period might be. There doesn't seem > >to be any specific end point to the war on terror. At any time we > >could say "OK, we're done". > > I think that a lot of people would consider that a necessary¹ > c

RE: 20/20 Hindsight

> From: John Garcia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > BTW, there were 9 > separate investigations into the Pearl Harbor attack, the first, > conducted by Navy Secretary Frank Knox, began on the 9th and ended on > the 14th. The second, The Roberts Commission began on Dec 18th, 1941 > and concluded on

RE: Virus infection alert !

> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Huh? Did you look at the headers? It would be a hell of a good forgery > if your contention is true. Besides, how did they get the Brin-L > subscription list? Is your email list server infected? Or did J do it? Oh please. Why would he include his

RE: Virus infection alert !

> From: Erik Reuter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > IMO that suggestion was uncalled for. > > Please try to pay better attention, people... Better attention to what? I must not have been paying attention... - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/

RE: Hidalgo Re: Do anything fun over the weekend?

> From: John D. Giorgis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Turns out that the author of the book doesn't have much credibility. It's Bush's fault! The movie was made on his watch! No! It's Clinton's fault! No, his damn lying made it possible for the book to be written in the first place! No! It'

FW: [ADMIN] Pseudonymous postings from the Netherlands

From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Care to take the "How grammatically sound are you?" test at > quizilla.com? > http://quizilla.com/users/BaalObsidian/quizzes/How%20grammatically%2 0sound%20are%20you%3F/ http://tinyurl.com/2e4mn I got "Grammer God" as well. Be careful on this site

Non-hostile gunshot wound?

CNN.com has a special section listing all of the casualties in Iraq, what unit they were with and how they died. Many are from combat, a lot are from accidents and a few are listed as "died from a non-hostile gunshot wound". What would that be? Would that be a gun going off by accident? - jmh

RE: Bush wanted more specifics

> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > You feel this way about _eight years_ of continuous > inaction by the Clinton Administration too, or is it > only Republicans who get blamed for inaction? Doing > nothing after the first WTC bombing...after an attempt > to assassinate George Bu

RE: Bush wanted more specifics

> From: Doug Pensinger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > But that's not the important thing. The attacks are history > and there is > nothing we can do to take them back. The most important > mistake that was > made and is still being made is that the administration > refuses to admit > any cu

RE: How jealous are you?

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://discoveryhealth.queendom.com/access_jealousy.html 9,11,6,9,9,6,0 - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: China RFID tracking people

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Deborah Harrell wrote: > > > Jan, Julia - 'scuse me, *Jul-yer* - > > Don't. Ever. Call. Me. That. Again. > > Please. Must resist. Must resist. MUST RESIST!!! Ah, the urge has passed... (Remember Marvin's "wanker" post...?) - jmh S

RE: Pregnancy update

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I had my first (but not my last) ultrasound exam with this pregnancy. > > Both twin girls are fine so far. > > Their parents, on the other hand, are in a bit of shock at the news. Whoa! Yes, that would be a bit of a shock. Congratulations,

RE: DPS destroys records in cover-up

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The Fool wrote: > > > > Democrats fume after DPS destroys Killer D records > > By David Pasztor Are the Killer D's back yet? I haven't heard but I sort of assumed they must be. I wonder if we'll get some additional hits on the Brin-L with pe

RE: Pregnancy update ...um Dor-hinuf's

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Baby Spines. Mother's Soft Belly Tissue. > > I sense disaster on the wind. > > Yikes. > > Jon > GSV How do Hoons translate "Cesarean Section"? Sounds like it's sort of a do-it-yourself Cesarean! Ouch. - jmh _

RE: The Geek Test

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The Geek Test: http://www.innergeek.us/geek.html I'm not as of a geek as I thought: 29.19% - total geek. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: The Geek Test

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Interesting that so far nobody on this list is any higher > than low 40% > > Geekiness. I'm not sure if that's a bad thing or a good thing... > > I passed it along to another list, and someone came up 57.79093

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Speaking as someone who has been immersed in HIPAA for the last 2 years for my job, this article is HORRIBLE and full of inaccuracies. > > Whether you know it or not you now have a medical > identification number. Er, no. You don't. > I just receive

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Horn, John wrote: > >There are parts of the HIPAA rule that I don't like, but there are > >plenty more that I do like. Both as a member of the healthcare > >community and as a patient. > > HIPAA legis

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm not sure what John has in mind for future benefits, but > one of the > impacts the legislation has had to date is on healthcare > "portability". If you move > from one employer to another you can no longer be denied care or have > "

RE: H.I.P.A.A.

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Let me way in from the provider side of this debate. HIPA is > going to make the practice of medicine much more difficult > and more expensive. All of those forms patients are being > required to sign are forced on all of us by the governmen

RE: army tortures iraqi prisoners, photos show

> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2003242223,00.html > > > A BRITISH soldier has been arrested over sickening "torture" > photos of an Iraqi prisoner. It's been a few days and I haven't heard anything of this in any other media source. You'd t

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

> 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 that the (potential) problem? You might be "coherent" enough to grab your gun and move. But would you b

RE: army tortures iraqi prisoners, photos show

> From: The Fool [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's been a few days and I haven't heard anything of this > in any other media source. Hmmm... Are you trying to tell me something, Fool? - jmh I Guess I Didn't Look Hard Enough Maru ___ http://www.mc

RE: English rules & exceptions Re: China RFID tracking people

> From: William T Goodall [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > The only rule we got at school was 'after c', and then one > just learned > all the exceptions. Everyone has a few words they can't spell > I think. > One of mine is 'resteraunt'. Oops! Restaurant. Mine are: vacuum, caffeine, torture and

RE: Sleep Apnea

> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > But I definitely pay attention (no joke intended)to news about > connections between sleep apnea and AD/HD, etc. Since the information about that was posted, we started wondering if something like this might be effecting my daughter. She was showin

RE: Sleep Apnea

> From: Han Tacoma [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I hope Debbi can add something to this. > Diphenhydramine is an antihistamine, they are for allergies! Diphenhydramine also makes you very sleepy. Very, very sleepy. That's the "PM" part of Tylenol PM. It's just Tylenol with Benadryl. So it is he

RE: Brin: The Core: list of ripoffs

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I was refering to non-fiction events of the making of > Starlost and then > Phoenix without Ashes. > > Those who do not study history may be condemned to pay > repetitive legal fees. Not to mention "The Terminator" and "Soldier"... - jm

RE: Plonkworthy?

> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > >> > ...the whole POINT of the Masorti movement is to think about our > >> > lives. > >> > >>Is it working? > >> > >>Erik Reuter > > > > > >I think about having a Maserati in my life. It hasn't worked yet. > > That may not be exactly what t

RE: Picking apart the Matrix - spoilers

I really, really got to get out to see this movie. The number of messages I've skipped is getting huge on this thread... And it's morphing into other threads. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: Are you a model citizen?

> From: Adam C. Lipscomb [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Great idea! I've got a Secret Volcano Lair, can you bring the > Plutonium and the Deadly Bikini-clad Vixens? Julia! Kat! Dee! Let's see who else do we have... Deborah! Oh man, I know I'm missing someone... Oh yeah, Ritu! and Ticia! T

RE: WHO THE F*CK...

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >From: Richard Baker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: WHO THE FUCK... > >Jon said: > > > > > Rich, did he crosspost to Culture? > > > >No, not this time. > > > >Rich > > Small blessings, at least. > > Brin-l.com is back up, btw. Am sure it

RE: Code and documentation (was Re: Scientific method)

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Richard Baker wrote: > > > People move on. What's the mean time spent in a job in the software > > industry: two or three years? > > In the mid-1990s in graphics, it was 18 months. At least, that's what > someone at my husband's company deter

RE: [Seebergers] Stella Awards

> From: Robert Seeberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > It's time once again to consider the candidates for the 2003 Stella > Awards. The 2003 Stella award candidates look remarkably like the 2002 award candidates. And the 2001 candidates, and the 2000 candidates... - jmh __

RE: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Some of you have been getting list mail, quite a few others > haven't been. I'm one of those who hasn't been getting mail. Unfortunately, YahooGroups isn't getting it either (until this one) so there's no backup plan. Is there somewhere else to

RE: ADMIN: Bad, bad server! Stop that!

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Nick, and Julia too, just in case you guys don't here this > often enough: > > > > YOU ROCK! > > > Igneous? Certainly from volcanic activity. > > Metamorphic? Changed by 'flame'..? No. > > Sedimentary? NEVER! > Gett

RE: Tech-ish help

> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > A friend of mine (a Green Beret currently serving in > Tashkent, having just left Baghdad) just sent me a > (very funny) letter in MS Word Format talking about > his experiences. I was hoping to publish it on my > blog (he has approved the idea)

RE: Finished the new Harry Potter

> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > William Taylor > > > > D. No one else reads that friggen fast? > > I figured I'd be a little behind the curve - I didn't > get it until about 1:00 this afternoon. Knowing the > people on this

RE: Scatalogical Re: Neanderthal Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Well, Ronn!, if you ever find yourself regularly changing the > diapers of > a baby from the time it's a newborn until about 18 months or > so, you'll > see more variety of color than you ever wanted to. :) And, soon, you'll be seeing it in

RE: Constantine's "cross" may have been mushroom cloud from meteor impact

> From: Russell Chapman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I don't think it's a coincidence that Muslim countries generally seem to have > advanced about 300 years of our advances in the last 1300 > years or so, > and that's being generous in how the time is scaled... I found it fascinating when I fo

RE: Another ultrasound

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This time, the ultrasound tech admitted to the first sexing error in 5 > or 6 years. I got this far, misread the first line and thought you were going to say that you didn't have twins and that it was, in fact, triplets! Two boys and a girl.

RE: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

> From: Deborah Harrell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AFAIK, nearly all other Protestant denominations focus > on Communion more "as remembrance of me [Jesus]," > rather than any actual change or spiritual presence in > the bread and wine (or, as in one church I attended > with a friend, some type

RE: Catholicism Re: james ossuary a fake - scientists

> From: Nick Arnett [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > God certainly was clever to invent evolution. > > > > > > > Hmm... I think it is fascinating how evolution has created God. > > Ah! They're co-conspirators! Or at least co-dependents... - jmh _

RE: constatine's hot 'cross' buns

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > But where's Groo? Wandering around in those dark and twisty passages. Oh wait... that's grue. Sorry. - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: [Humor] RE: Question Regarding Religion and Atheism

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Well... it depends on if the stones are standing upright or > not, I guess. :) Why? Did they have too much to drink at the Solstice Party? (Couldn't resist.) - jmh Should Have Maru ___ http://www.

RE: Names, was Another ultrasound

> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > OTOH, with different names, when someone calls and asks for > the father's > name when everyone who knows him knows he has moved, it's a > dead giveaway > it's a telemarketer, and you can either have some fun with > them or tell > them e

RE: Names, was Another ultrasound

> From: Ronn!Blankenship [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Of course, most telemarketers these days don't say "Mr. Cleaver" at > all: they say, "Hello, may I speak to Ward?" I'd like to be able to say that this is the first time I've ever heard this joke... But I can't. I will not have anyone c

RE: Comparision of ecconomic growth

> From: Gautam Mukunda [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --- Julia Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Social Security retirement age is being increased > > very gradually. Too > > gradually, if you ask me -- I'll theoretically be > > able to collect full > > benefits at 67, rather than 65. Of c

RE: Comparision of ecconomic growth

> From: Ray Ludenia [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > iaamoac wrote: > > > Moreover, hopefully by then Social Security will be means-tested, > > forcing those who have saved to not realy upon the efforts of those > > 1.5 workers for sustenance. > > The implication being that those who have saved sho

RE: More on Spiders

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > In a message dated 7/5/2003 2:52:03 PM US Mountain Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > So What Could Spider*Woman* Do With Her More Complex > > Spinnerets? Maru ;) > > Sell a lot of comic books to sexually frustrated ma

RE: More on Spiders

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Comic Geek Maru > > But were you sexuaSPAT! Are there any other kind of male teenagers??? - jmh ___ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l

RE: brin: the Chronicles of Riddick look like a Jijo ripoff :-/

> From: Jon Gabriel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This brings up an interesting question: Who do y'all think > would the ideal cast of characters be for either an Uplift War > or Startide Rising movie? (Jon, this is not personal. It is just something that I have to say. I can't hold it in tho

RE: br!n: the Chronicles of Riddick look like a Jijo ripoff :-/

> From: Julia Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Well, that's one way that some people have fun. And some people can't understand why I still play RPGs at my age. Different people have fun in different ways, huh? > But, I must also point out, this is the only list I'm currently > subscribed

RE: Why we "cast" novels

> From: Reggie Bautista [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > John Horn replied: > > > > > >Does anyone else *HATE* these sorts of discussions as much > as I do? They > >are so unbelievably pointless! > > John, I have to respectfully disagree with you. And you are certainly allowed to. (Unlike in the

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