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Three days ago, a brazilian teenager was killed in hospital, because instead of saline solution, the nurse gave her vaseline. The reason was that the idiots...
3 Dec 7, 2010
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FWIW: "WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is threatening to go "nuclear" if he is killed or arrested, releasing a "poison pill" of secret documents even more...
1 Dec 7, 2010
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There seems to be overwhelming sentiment against Wikileaks' release of confidential documents and I was wondering how people here (some of whom may have read...
15 Dec 6, 2010
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http://amultiverse.com/2010/09/29/dont-ask-dont-swim/ _______________________________________________ ...
3 Dec 4, 2010
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... Atomic secrets were leaked to the Soviets. Einstein leaked the information that the Nazis were working on the atomic bomb. Good on Al!~) However, in this...
6 Dec 2, 2010
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On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 12:00 PM, Michael Harney <dolphin@...> wrote: snip ... I think the Aztecs sacrificed captives almost exclusively. But...
1 Nov 21, 2010
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More evidence of how badly designed the brain is. I can only add a truism: "It’s cheap to maintain Lies and expensive to maintain Trvth." ...
11 Nov 21, 2010
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David Brin
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It's like watching a cartoon of train wreck... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTUY16CkS-k&feature=player_embedded ...
1 Nov 15, 2010
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John Williams
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Hi all! Temporarily resurfacing from lurker depth. I'm getting rid of my old life and am working my *ss of starting a brand new one. Brin-L is part of my old...
2 Nov 15, 2010
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... sounds reasonable. the US was in a more powerful position and followed a policy of containment. the real wars were over trade and resources and mostly...
1 Nov 14, 2010
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Jon Louis Mann
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... I wonder if the reason the USSR was engaging in brinkmanship was less for imperialism and exporting communism, than from fear of the U.S. threat. Looked...
3 Nov 14, 2010
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... Jeroen, How is it you came to own Brin-L.com and Brin-L.net? Jon M. _______________________________________________ ...
2 Nov 14, 2010
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... Only because the war between Communism and Capitalism was fought through surrogates. It was really over trade. What would you call the war against...
7 Nov 13, 2010
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... There never was a "Cold" War beginning with the Korean War WW III was a global conflict against Communism in Latin America, The Carribbean, Africa,...
16 Nov 13, 2010
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"Something happened yesterday that could upend the bragging rights among the kingpins of trans-Neptunian space. If the early results hold up, this time it's...
1 Nov 13, 2010
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http://twitter.com/ChrisPirillo/status/1540301298597888 (not malware) _______________________________________________ ...
1 Nov 9, 2010
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Interesting perspective in the LA Times. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-economy-mortgages-20101101,0,7338975.story By Don Lee, Los Angeles Times ...
19 Nov 7, 2010
10:15 pm

Dan Minette
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From this morning's fly-by: http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/495296main_epoxi-1-full_full.jpg http://tinyurl.com/2bkv3jv ...
2 Nov 4, 2010
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On Tue, Nov 2, 2010 at 11:00 AM, "Dan Minette" <danminette@...> wrote: snip ... Dan, I don't mind criticisms based on understanding the engineering and/or...
5 Nov 3, 2010
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On Mon, Nov 1, 2010 at 11:00 AM, "Dan Minette" <danminette@...> wrote: snip ... I know about two positive black swans. However the first one (power ...
3 Nov 2, 2010
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My computer seems to be dying. Anybody got any recommendations/suggestions for companies/websites/etc. that I should take a look at before buying a new one. I...
3 Oct 30, 2010
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I have been trying to remember when I first came across the wiki concept. I have a suspicion it might have been when someone on this list mentioned a Startide...
2 Oct 30, 2010
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Video & transcript at http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec10/mortgage_10-25.html One quote: SARAH PORTER-BRAUN: There's been countless numbers of...
4 Oct 29, 2010
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Rats. I thought it would have been, "Only Nixon could go to China." In a message dated 10/28/2010 3:44:44 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, ...
1 Oct 28, 2010
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<very large><bold>Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan is now officially a legal authority</very large></bold> [stock photo of Spock on the bridge in STII uniform] ...
1 Oct 28, 2010
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... http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/bios/malcolm_gladwell/search?contributorName=malcolm%20gladwell> ... ...
111 Oct 27, 2010
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Some clarifications. The problems I had with our lender regarding the loan modification had nothing to do with whether or not they were willing to make one....
19 Oct 24, 2010
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Mitch
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I'm back again. I don't really know that I am doing any better than I was when I left, but I will see. I wanted to discuss some concepts with intelligent...
2 Oct 24, 2010
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IIRC, there was a story somewhere that the SETI@home software included a bug (like a crippleware) that would make it run _much slower_ than it could run,...
4 Oct 22, 2010
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Alberto Monteiro
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... not random at all, chris don't be bullied into lurking. what you said is very relevant to how angry tea baggers want to close down government services,...
1 Oct 21, 2010
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