... Eh? The City Builders managed to reach Known Space quite successfuly without the benefit of FTL, so I see no reason to suppose that the ringworld builders...
Simon Hibbs
simonh_hibbs@...
Nov 1, 2000 10:35 am
18646
... ...And as we all know, denial ain't just a river in Africa. ;-) ______________________________________________________________________ Steve Sloan...
Steve Sloan
ssloan@...
Nov 1, 2000 3:29 pm
18647
... Of course not, they just had a human do it for them. :) Some cats do like cheese though, at least some of mine do. Cheese is made out of milk, so I can...
vxpmrz 3
vxpmrz3@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:15 pm
18648
... At least it's not as brainless as feeding bits of dead cow to cows. ObNiven: cannibalism in Lucifer's Hammer? Philip Hibbs...
Philip.Hibbs@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:40 pm
18649
... If you say so, but personally, I think it just sounds better than plain "Lamb" does. Can't say I've ever heard anyone say they bought a particular variety...
vxpmrz 3
vxpmrz3@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:41 pm
18650
I had a net.friend named Andrew Flint who used to rant about pet foods and their adds: "The flavors your cat naturally craves, like Beef, and Tuna!" Yeah, so...
Jonathan Sheen
jsheen@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:52 pm
18651
... be ... ive had both cats and dogs that love bread, cheese, coffee (balck or white) and a dog that liked vegies.. raw, cooked or what not.. I woudl list...
sjwt
sjwt@...
Nov 1, 2000 4:53 pm
18652
... a "pet" peeve of mine......why do some pet food companies put >rice or cheese in cat food? Do they think cats have been longing for >this? I'd be willing...
Joseph Troutman
jtroutman@...
Nov 1, 2000 5:01 pm
18653
... From: "Joseph Troutman" <jtroutman@...> ... ISTR that carnivores do ingest plant matter and require it for good health - even if it's just the stomach...
Neil Pritchard
sockthing@...
Nov 1, 2000 5:32 pm
18654
... I've considered starting a "SPECALITY" cat food business featuring Mouse and Sparrow flavours. Maybe Mole if I could breed enough Starling should be no...
Frank Gasperik
felix33@...
Nov 1, 2000 6:30 pm
18655
... From: Joseph Troutman <jtroutman@...> To: <larryniven-l@...> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 11:56 Subject: Re: vegetarianism (was: Save...
John W. Braue, III
braue@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:05 pm
18656
... From: Frank Gasperik <felix33@...> To: <larryniven-l@...> Sent: Wednesday, November 01, 2000 13:25 Subject: Re: vegetarianism (was: Save...
John W. Braue, III
braue@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:09 pm
18657
... Hey, yeah! Turn it on its head! The RW was built and populated with pre-engineered Pak to maintain it, then some of them left a-la-citybuilders...
Matt Grimaldi
matzebrei@...
Nov 1, 2000 7:14 pm
18658
... out ... Are't cats generally suppossed to be lactose intolerant?...
Euan Ritchie
euan@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:07 pm
18659
Don't forget, they also eat internal organs, full of the vitamins and other stuff we eat plants for. Frank ... From: owner-larryniven-l@... ...
Frank W. Moore
fmoore@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:17 pm
18660
Just this week my youngest cat tried the soft noodles from a Chinese TV dinner. She liked them so much I had to keep feeding her until they were gone. They had...
Dblspace@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:23 pm
18661
As for why the Builders left and will they return, perhaps they sent an advance mission to the clouds of Magellan, and encountered trouble. In the meantime...
Dblspace@...
Nov 1, 2000 8:27 pm
18662
... Well, milk does have some effect on the resulting matter, but that's not the sort of thing that stops one from eating it with relish. ...
vxpmrz 3
vxpmrz3@...
Nov 1, 2000 9:45 pm
18663
<<Some cats do like cheese though, at least some of mine do. Cheese is made out of milk, so I can see some relationship. >> ... All of my cats have always...
LordKamjin@...
Nov 1, 2000 9:47 pm
18664
... I've seen/had cats that would eat: potato chips (crisps for you brits) tortilla chips corn chips popcorn chocolate (the after affects were quite amusing) ...
Matt Grimaldi
matzebrei@...
Nov 2, 2000 12:47 am
18665
... That's one thing that cannot be allowed to happen, if the Pak get FTL, then the game is very much over. Not just from a KS perspective, but from ours and...
Philip.Hibbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 9:25 am
18666
... Why were they engineered to be raving xenophobes? It's not a trait one naturaly thinks of as being ideal for maintenance guys. Also, why the two-stage life...
Simon Hibbs
simonh_hibbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 10:59 am
18667
... It's no more stupid than feeding tuna to humans. We evolved on the plains Africa, yet we eat fruit, veg, meat and fish from all over the world, many of...
Simon Hibbs
simonh_hibbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 11:03 am
18668
Who built the Ringworld? ( ) In-Outsiders ( ) Out-Outsiders Huh? (X) Pak Contractors That's my current preference. The Outsiders got them to build it, then ...
Philip.Hibbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 12:08 pm
18669
... The latest Hibbs Theory on that is that the Slavers had the Outsiders exterminated (no notochord, therefore not susceptible to the Power, therefore an...
Philip.Hibbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 12:10 pm
18670
<Snip> ... Simon Hibbs Yep! There would possibly be more than one Fist Of God too. A billion years is a long time for an artifact to remain in good condition...
Bill & Cynthia
freeaqua@...
Nov 2, 2000 12:49 pm
18671
... Exactly? That's going to be difficult to measure... how are you going to count each and every neutrino? ;-) Philip Hibbs http://www.snark.freeserve.co.uk/ ...
Philip.Hibbs@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:01 pm
18672
... themselves..> Yep. One Pak bloodline. Pak contractors using Outsider technology. Using one bloodline would stop any wars while the Ringworld was being...
Bill & Cynthia
freeaqua@...
Nov 2, 2000 1:31 pm
18673
Am I missing something? I thought Larry was a math major. Dan On Tue, 31 Oct 2000 22:30:26 -0500 "Andrew Love"...
Daniel B. Murray
danmurray@...
Nov 2, 2000 2:43 pm
18674
... a "pet" peeve of mine......why do some pet food companies put >rice or cheese in cat food? Do they think cats have been longing for >this? I'd be willing...
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