Re: Request to remove Information

2005-12-04 Thread Ron Johnson
On Sun, 2005-12-04 at 21:53 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:17:39AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:44 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:25:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > > > > Well, yeah. But there was no "su

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-12-04 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:17:39AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:44 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:25:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > One theory says that the "fat phenotype" is a useful evolutionary > > > adaptation, and that the "skinny ph

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-12-04 Thread Chris Bannister
On Tue, Nov 22, 2005 at 03:11:57AM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:44 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:18:33AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 14:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > Having read the Bible a lot (completely t

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-30 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-11-30 at 16:39 +, marc wrote: > Michelle Konzack said... > > Am 2005-11-25 20:01:08, schrieb Clive Menzies: > > > > > Whilst we're on interesting reading, Ronald Wright's 'A Short History of > > > Progress' provides a take on civilisations, past and present, which is > > > highly

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-30 Thread marc
Michelle Konzack said... > Am 2005-11-25 20:01:08, schrieb Clive Menzies: > > > Whilst we're on interesting reading, Ronald Wright's 'A Short History of > > Progress' provides a take on civilisations, past and present, which is > > highly thought provoking. Examining the rise and fall of the > >

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-30 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-11-25 20:01:08, schrieb Clive Menzies: > Whilst we're on interesting reading, Ronald Wright's 'A Short History of > Progress' provides a take on civilisations, past and present, which is > highly thought provoking. Examining the rise and fall of the > Sumerian, Mayan, Egyptian and Roman c

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-27 Thread marc
Ron Johnson said... > On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 18:24 +, marc wrote: > > Ron Johnson said... > > > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:34 +0800, Katipo wrote: > > > > Clive Menzies wrote: > > > > > > > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: > > > [snip] > [snip] > > >

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-26 Thread Andy Streich
On Friday 25 November 2005 04:15 pm, Steve Lamb wrote: > Andy Streich wrote: > > What's being "defended" in the above?  Is it bodily integrity, personal > > space, property (whose definition?), a contract, ...? > >     Short answer:  Well, you'll just have to read it, won't you? > >     Longer answ

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-26 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > Ok, that's ambiguous. Yeh, considering my wife would be mighty surprised if a tat showed up there now. :D -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of souls. ---

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 20:07 -0800, David E. Fox wrote: > On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:44:11 +1300 > Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > What is your diocese? > > It's tattooed on the back of his neck. Ok, that's ambiguous. -- -

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread David E. Fox
On Tue, 22 Nov 2005 21:44:11 +1300 Chris Bannister <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What is your diocese? It's tattooed on the back of his neck. > Chris. -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread David E. Fox
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 13:51:23 -0800 Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh how I hate this, really. It's led to some rather interesting want ads > that I just have to laugh at. I mean people post ads looking for people well I seem to remember one that was looking for a Perl programmer wi

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 17 Nov 2005 13:45:58 +0100 Michelle Konzack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not right, none of my friends there "keep alive". For China, they earn > enorm. The equivalent in Europ would be 6000 to 8000 Euros per month. >From what I've read, the average earnings go a lot further in China th

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Steve Lamb
Andy Streich wrote: > What's being "defended" in the above? Is it bodily integrity, personal > space, > property (whose definition?), a contract, ...? Short answer: Well, you'll just have to read it, won't you? Longer answer: One's posessions including one's self. Whose definition

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Andy Streich
On Friday 25 November 2005 01:52 pm, Steve Lamb wrote: >     I tend more towards the Bastiat view expressed at the beginning of "The > Law". > > "What, then, is law? It is the collective organization of the individual > right to lawful defense." > >     Collective organization of the /individual/ r

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Steve Lamb
Katipo wrote: > Depends on what is seen as an acceptable restriction limit, and also, > therefore, on your definition of justice. I tend more towards the Bastiat view expressed at the beginning of "The Law". "What, then, is law? It is the collective organization of the individual right to la

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread cmetzler
> He was a psychiatrist[0], why should I believe anything he wrote. Why should you believe anything anyone ever writes? -c -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Katipo
marc wrote: "The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a position to defend it. The development of civilization imposes restricti

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-11-25 at 18:24 +, marc wrote: > Ron Johnson said... > > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:34 +0800, Katipo wrote: > > > Clive Menzies wrote: > > > > > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > > > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: > > [snip] [snip] > > > > Man, after all is a social creature,

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread Clive Menzies
On (25/11/05 18:24), marc wrote: > Ron Johnson said... > "The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was > greatest before there was any civilization, though then, it is true, it > had for the most part no value, since the individual was scarcely in a > position to defend it. T

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-25 Thread marc
Ron Johnson said... > On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:34 +0800, Katipo wrote: > > Clive Menzies wrote: > > > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: > [snip] > > > > What happens when the individual no longer exists? > > > > Because, in the future, existence without the

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Clive Menzies
On (24/11/05 17:06), Ron Johnson wrote: > To: debian-user@lists.debian.org > From: Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 17:06:12 -0600 > Subject: Re: Request to remove Information > > On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:01 -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > >

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:01 -0600, Cybe R. Wizard wrote: > On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:17:37 -0600 > Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:01 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > > > > Bad news. "Do

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 11:43 -0800, C. Chad Wallace wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: --snip-- > > Bad news. "Domesticated" turkeys have been specifically bred to > > have huge breast muscles. > > WTF? How does selective breeding compare to hormones and antibiotics? > Breeding is simply guiding a spe

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread C. Chad Wallace
Ron Johnson wrote: On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:01 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: You'll just have to go back to eating corn and wheat from much smaller, lower-yielding crops. Botanists (those are scientists, right?) bred taller, hea

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Thu, 24 Nov 2005 12:17:37 -0600 Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:01 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > > > You'll just have to go back to eating corn and wheat from much > > > smaller, lower

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-11-24 at 13:01 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > > You'll just have to go back to eating corn and wheat from much > > smaller, lower-yielding crops. Botanists (those are scientists, > > right?) bred taller, healthier

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Antonio Rodriguez
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > You'll just have to go back to eating corn and wheat from much > smaller, lower-yielding crops. Botanists (those are scientists, > right?) bred taller, healthier more high-yielding corn, wheat and > soy, starting 140 years ago. >

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread Gene Heskett
On Thursday 24 November 2005 10:11, marc wrote: >Gene Heskett said... > >> On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:35, marc wrote: >> >Katipo said... >> > >> >> The evolutionary path of the corporate politician. >> >> And nobody permitted to climb to any 'higher level', within the >> >> organisation, unti

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-24 Thread marc
Gene Heskett said... > On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:35, marc wrote: > >Katipo said... > >> > >> The evolutionary path of the corporate politician. > >> And nobody permitted to climb to any 'higher level', within the > >> organisation, until the ethical base of the individual has been > >> appro

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-23 Thread Gene Heskett
On Wednesday 23 November 2005 14:35, marc wrote: >Katipo said... > >> Clive Menzies wrote: >> >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: >> >>Clive Menzies wrote: >> >>>I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own >> >>> limited experience of large corporations has been similar. As in >> >

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-23 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-11-23 at 06:34 +0800, Katipo wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: [snip] > > What happens when the individual no longer exists? > > Because, in the future, existence without the organisation is going to > become increas

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-23 Thread marc
Katipo said... > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > > > > >>Clive Menzies wrote: > >> > >> > >>>I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited > >>>experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other > >>>bureaucratic organi

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-23 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Katipo wrote: "I'm your shrink" Yeah, right! It's a truer quote than you know. http://imdb.com/title/tt0114558/quotes 1/2 way down. Put in context you'll understand. :P Just another Rock 'n' Roll Doctor, Stevie. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Katipo wrote: > "I'm your shrink" > Yeah, right! It's a truer quote than you know. http://imdb.com/title/tt0114558/quotes 1/2 way down. Put in context you'll understand. :P -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Steve Lamb wrote: Katipo wrote: Snap again! *TWET* Idiotic misuse of a word, 10-day suspension, no participation in a thread! Carry on! *TWEEET* "I'm your shrink" Yeah, right! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Katipo wrote: > Snap again! *TWET* Idiotic misuse of a word, 10-day suspension, no participation in a thread! Carry on! *TWEEET* -- Steve C. Lamb | I'm your priest, I'm your shrink, I'm your PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 | main connection to the switchboard of so

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Clive Menzies wrote: On (22/11/05 10:46), Ron Johnson wrote: Stated another way: for the statesman to become President, he must first become a politician. Exactly! ... and to raise campaign funds they put themselves under an obligation to vested interests . and to gain media expo

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Ron Johnson wrote: On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 13:50 +, Clive Menzies wrote: On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other bureaucrat

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Katipo
Clive Menzies wrote: On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other bureaucratic organisations (public and commercial), it is the 'system' r

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-11-18 13:50:14, schrieb Ron Johnson: > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:59 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2005-11-16 15:06:03, schrieb Mike McCarty: > > > > > You don't have to vote, nor do you have to make requests. > > > Just use the delete key. I use a threaded reader, so I > > > can del

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/11/05 10:46), Ron Johnson wrote: > Stated another way: for the statesman to become President, he must > first become a politician. Exactly! ... and to raise campaign funds they put themselves under an obligation to vested interests . and to gain media exposure that need to play to popu

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 13:50 +, Clive Menzies wrote: > On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > > Clive Menzies wrote: > > >I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited > > >experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other > > >bureaucratic organisations (p

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (20/11/05 22:08), Katipo wrote: > Clive Menzies wrote: > >I suspect Intel is in no way unique in this respect; my own limited > >experience of large corporations has been similar. As in many other > >bureaucratic organisations (public and commercial), it is the 'system' > >rather than the indiv

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:44 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:25:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > One theory says that the "fat phenotype" is a useful evolutionary > > adaptation, and that the "skinny phenotype" would have a harder > > time surviving in times of low food.

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Ron Johnson
On Tue, 2005-11-22 at 21:44 +1300, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:18:33AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 14:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Having read the Bible a lot (completely twice, and big chunks many > > > more times), and known *lots* of reli

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:25:06PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > One theory says that the "fat phenotype" is a useful evolutionary > adaptation, and that the "skinny phenotype" would have a harder > time surviving in times of low food. That is because the "fat phenotype" would eat it all. > Of cour

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 10:18:33AM -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 14:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Having read the Bible a lot (completely twice, and big chunks many > > more times), and known *lots* of religious people, and being an > > amateur history buff, I can categor

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 12:22:04PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Then we're even: "religion" should work better than the people > > who implement and practice it. > > Nope. Because the people who practice and implement it are required by > its very nature to ignore reason

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 04:28:36PM -0600, Greg Norris wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 01:50:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Does not work, because this stupig "remailer" > > > break the thread in small pieces. > > > > Must be Mutt, because Evo displays a deeply-nested thread. > > My copy of

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-22 Thread Chris Bannister
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 03:18:55PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > There was a reply in here somewhere that I never got, only quoted, where > someone attributed my name to the "cowboy mentality" of "give me 40 acres, a > mule, a shotgun and I'll take care of myself". They went on to say that > beca

Re: OT: Land Use Decisions (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-20 Thread Hugo Vanwoerkom
Patrick Wiseman wrote: On 11/19/05, *Steve Lamb* <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: Tom's request to remove information revealed more about the population of the list than about Tom... H -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subjec

Re: OT: Land Use Decisions (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-20 Thread Patrick Wiseman
You've said your piece; I've said mine.  I have nothing new to say on the subject and apparently neither do you.  So I'm back to our regularly-scheduled programming on debian-user, you know, conversations about using Debian. Patrick

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-20 Thread Katipo
Clive Menzies wrote: On (15/11/05 13:13), johannes wrote: NB: It's interesting to look at other pages that turn up on googleing 'Weissgerber, Tom L' I presume you mean: Inside Intel: Banana Republics In The Silicon Empire From: Weissgerber, Tom L Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 2:50 PM

Re: OT: Land Use Decisions (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-19 Thread Nate Bargmann
Let us not forget that the right to own private property underlies the entire system of government in the USA. Nowhere in the founding documents or writings will be found an argument that property ownership rights end when another person can promise the government more tax revenue. To suggest or

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Gnu-Raiz
On 18:23, Fri 18 Nov 05, Nate Bargmann wrote: > * Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:54 -0600]: > > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:59 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > > Am 2005-11-16 15:06:03, schrieb Mike McCarty: > > > > > > > You don't have to vote, nor do you have to make requests. >

Re: OT: Land Use Decisions (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > OK, then you've bought the right-wing ranters' version of what the Kelo > decision said. Yes, because we all know if it isn't mainstream it's right-wing. The irony being, of course, that it was the right that was in the majority with the left, O'Conner, writing the d

OT: Land Use Decisions (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-18 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 11/19/05, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Patrick Wiseman wrote:> This thread is just way out of hand[1], but if you're speaking of the US> Supreme Court's decision in _Kelo v. New London_, you've apparently> bought the MSM's spin on it. Nope, tend to ignore MSM for the rubbish it is.

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Patrick Wiseman wrote: > This thread is just way out of hand[1], but if you're speaking of the US > Supreme Court's decision in _Kelo v. New London_, you've apparently > bought the MSM's spin on it. Nope, tend to ignore MSM for the rubbish it is. > All the Court did in that case was > reaffir

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Patrick Wiseman
On 11/18/05, Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alex Malinovich wrote:> I'm really not sure what you mean here. Perhaps an example of a law that> is meant to be friendly to the community but is unfriendly to an> individiual would be in order? I think the recent Supreme Court ruling on the 5t

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Alex Malinovich wrote: > I'm really not sure what you mean here. Perhaps an example of a law that > is meant to be friendly to the community but is unfriendly to an > individiual would be in order? I think the recent Supreme Court ruling on the 5th Ammendment is a prime example. --

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Alex Malinovich
Steve Lamb wrote: Not to mention that people for some reason think that the groupthink et al. for corporations are bad because it is "for profit" and yet groupthink for "the community" is good because it isn't. Groupthink is bad regardless of circumstances. Whether a bad decision is made

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005 Nov 18 13:54 -0600]: > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:59 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > > Am 2005-11-16 15:06:03, schrieb Mike McCarty: > > > > > You don't have to vote, nor do you have to make requests. > > > Just use the delete key. I use a threaded reader, so

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > Steve's point is that it's still *people* doing the deeds. When > you walk into an office building, you aren't *forcefully* assimil- > ted into the Borg collective. > It's *individuals* *choosing* to go along with Groupthing, conform- > ism, etc. Not to mention that peo

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Greg Norris
On Fri, Nov 18, 2005 at 01:50:14PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Does not work, because this stupig "remailer" > > break the thread in small pieces. > > Must be Mutt, because Evo displays a deeply-nested thread. My copy of mutt (1.5.11-3, from sid) doesn't seem to have any trouble threading this

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Bill Marcum
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:37:10PM -0600, Mike McCarty wrote: > > ISTM, that our entire economy has been jacked up about $40,000 per > year, to accomodate. Hey, where's my $40,000? Give it back! :) -- Remember, in 2039, MOUSSE & PASTA will be available ONLY by prescription!! -- To UNSUBSC

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 12:48 -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 13:48 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > --snip-- > > Did Steve ever mention "rational"? I don't think so. > > > > Steve's point is that it's still *people* doing the deeds. When > > you walk into an office building, you

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 13:48 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: --snip-- > Did Steve ever mention "rational"? I don't think so. > > Steve's point is that it's still *people* doing the deeds. When > you walk into an office building, you aren't *forcefully* assimil- > ted into the Borg collective. > > It'

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 18:59 +0100, Michelle Konzack wrote: > Am 2005-11-16 15:06:03, schrieb Mike McCarty: > > > You don't have to vote, nor do you have to make requests. > > Just use the delete key. I use a threaded reader, so I > > can delete whole threads. It also has the ability to > > Does n

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Ron Johnson
On Fri, 2005-11-18 at 10:05 -0800, Alex Malinovich wrote: > On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 06:02 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > C Shore wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:49:03PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > >>And the corporations are trying to prevent from folding. BTW, you do > > >>realize that co

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 14:33 -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 12:22 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > > Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Then we're even: "religion" should work better than the people > > > who implement and practice it. > > > > Nope. Because the people who practice and impl

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Alex Malinovich
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 06:02 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > C Shore wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2005 at 06:49:03PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > >>And the corporations are trying to prevent from folding. BTW, you do > >>realize that corporations are nothing more than individuals just like you. > > > T

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
e all been going on about. > > So, what is the most efficient way to filter any and all future > responses to the "Request to remove Information" thread? in your ~/.procmailrc :0 * ^Subject:.*(Request to remove Information) /dev/null Greetings Michelle -- Lin

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-11-16 15:06:03, schrieb Mike McCarty: > You don't have to vote, nor do you have to make requests. > Just use the delete key. I use a threaded reader, so I > can delete whole threads. It also has the ability to Does not work, because this stupig "remailer" break the thread in small pieces.

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-18 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-11-16 03:49:16, schrieb Antonio Rodriguez: > Speaking of the devil that keeps the US (European, etc) population > getting fatter and fatter every day (growth hormone to cows, cows to > human mouths, you know the chain, plus some other substances, etc), by > the end of the year the gov is g

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread steef
Seth Goodman wrote: From: steef [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:39 AM To: debian Users Subject: Re: Request to remove Information Steve Lamb wrote: privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: Well, according to your law of the capitalist jungle if we

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 12:22 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Then we're even: "religion" should work better than the people > > who implement and practice it. > > Nope. Because the people who practice and implement it are required by > its very nature to ignore reason, logic

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > Then we're even: "religion" should work better than the people > who implement and practice it. Nope. Because the people who practice and implement it are required by its very nature to ignore reason, logic and to disbelieve anything to the contrary. -- Steve

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2005-11-17 at 12:06 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > > Scientists are people. > > People have biases, are selfish, vain, proud, etc. > > > Scientists thus have biases, are selfish, vain, proud, etc. > > Yes, but you made the same mistake as other people. We're talking

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Steve Lamb
Ron Johnson wrote: > Scientists are people. > People have biases, are selfish, vain, proud, etc. > Scientists thus have biases, are selfish, vain, proud, etc. Yes, but you made the same mistake as other people. We're talking about the process and the institution and how it should work in spi

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 13:44 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > > No much difference between science and religion, same crap. Thus I > > decline the offer. > > Actually, there is one major difference. > > Religion is based on the notion that they know everything and anyt

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2005-11-15 16:57:35, schrieb privacy.at Anonymous Remailer: > He didn't just make a "relatively common mistake," he posted > HTML-loaded mail to a mailing list. If he can't figure out how to set > his mail client to plain text ONLY, he has no business in IT. If he > can't figure out that his re

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi Seth, Am 2005-11-14 18:45:23, schrieb Seth Goodman: > One mid-sized electronics company I worked for got a new CEO who was an > accountant from the construction industry. He had no concept of what > the technical staff did nor what we contributed. It really bothered him > that engineering ma

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-17 Thread Michelle Konzack
Hi Mitja, Am 2005-11-15 12:00:47, schrieb Mitja Podreka: > The problem with low wages is that the chinese worker, which is doing > the outsourced work, is working whole day, seven days a week for a This is not right, they are working only 12 hours a day 5 1/2 days a week. ;-) I have some fri

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
Cybe R. Wizard wrote: >On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:19:10 -0500 >Mitch Wiedemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>I suggest you keep your ego in check and remember you're on a >>*debian-user* email list. >> >> > >As a Debian user (and Ubuntu, and Libranet,..., all derivatives) I am >quite inter

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Cybe R. Wizard
On Wed, 16 Nov 2005 16:19:10 -0500 Mitch Wiedemann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suggest you keep your ego in check and remember you're on a > *debian-user* email list. As a Debian user (and Ubuntu, and Libranet,..., all derivatives) I am quite interested in this thread /as a Debian user./ And

RE: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Seth Goodman
> From: Mike McCarty [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 16, 2005 2:58 PM <...> > How about the prejudice that software engineers are only good > for writing programs, while hardware engineers can design > both hardware *and* software? It just goes to show that knowledge may be

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 01:51:23PM -0800, Steve Lamb wrote: > Mike McCarty wrote: > > I noticed very early on in my career (1980 or so) that management types > > had no concept of what I did, and considered engineers to be like > > interchangeable widgets. Like adjustable wrenches. Any adjustable w

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Mike McCarty wrote: > I noticed very early on in my career (1980 or so) that management types > had no concept of what I did, and considered engineers to be like > interchangeable widgets. Like adjustable wrenches. Any adjustable wrench > can turn any nut. Oh how I hate this, really. It's led

Re: Science and Religion the same??? (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > Could you all argue about this amongst yourselves? You're spamming the > rest of the *debian-user* list. > Remember Debian? It's a computer operating system. Yup, remember it's Debian-*USER* and we're the users. Care to show me who died and made you moderator? --

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > No much difference between science and religion, same crap. Thus I > decline the offer. Actually, there is one major difference. Religion is based on the notion that they know everything and anything which doesn't fit into their worldview is wrong. One must acc

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Steve Lamb
Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > Well, the whole problem boils down to "eat what you want". No problems > with that. The problem arises if what I don't want to eat is masked or > passed as something else. Someone's freedom to worship science and eat > whatever crap scientists make should not imply that m

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
all been going on about. So, what is the most efficient way to filter any and all future responses to the "Request to remove Information" thread? -- Mitch Wiedemann Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association http://ithacafreesoftware.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Science and Religion the same??? (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 16:05 -0500, Mitch Wiedemann wrote: > Could you all argue about this amongst yourselves? You're spamming the > rest of the *debian-user* list. We are users of Debian. We are on the debian-user mailing list. What's the problem? I get your point, though. > Remember Debian?

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Mike McCarty
Carl Fink wrote: On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 09:35:15AM -0500, Mitch Wiedemann wrote: I'd like to make a motion that we discontinue this very OT thread. Second. You don't have to vote, nor do you have to make requests. Just use the delete key. I use a threaded reader, so I can delete whole thr

Re: Science and Religion the same??? (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-16 Thread Mitch Wiedemann
Could you all argue about this amongst yourselves? You're spamming the rest of the *debian-user* list. Remember Debian? It's a computer operating system. -- Mitch Wiedemann Webmaster - Ithaca Free Software Association http://ithacafreesoftware.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTE

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Mike McCarty
Seth Goodman wrote: The outsourcing problem is a real mess, and it is a complicated situation. [snip] This ridiculous waste of money is an example of the deeply held prejudice of many people who make financial decisions today. They know they need technical talent, but consider technologists

Science and Religion the same??? (was Re: Request to remove Information)

2005-11-16 Thread Ron Johnson
On Wed, 2005-11-16 at 15:45 -0500, Antonio Rodriguez wrote: > On Wed, Nov 16, 2005 at 02:36:11PM -0600, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Science is the new religion. A few centuries ago, if you dared > > > to go against the church, you would end up fried. Now, if you > > > dare to say that you give a sh

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Mike McCarty
Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote: Clive Menzies wrote: Indulging in schadenfreude is one thing; deliberately exacerbating the guy's misfortune is probably more than he deserves. OK he's made a relatively common mistake and then compounded it with the the removal request; if Tom's following this thread,

Re: Request to remove Information

2005-11-16 Thread Mike McCarty
Clive Menzies wrote: On (14/11/05 17:36), privacy.at Anonymous Remailer wrote: Regardless, please come back in a few months and request its removal again. I'd love to see that original email [2] climb higher in Google's results than the current #3 spot it holds now when searching for your na

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