... Eh? Only to the extent Obama is not responsible for the actions of Congress, which controls much of this. The recent "stimulus" bill was a...
J. Andrew Rogers
andrew@...
Feb 1, 2009 8:08 am
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... He's got congress pushing him a bit more to the left, to be frank. And the stimulus bill does make sense as opposed to some of the wholesale pork (for that...
Suresh Ramasubramanian
suresh@...
Feb 1, 2009 8:31 am
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... In order that I better understand your statement, can you explain further? Sterling was claiming that the Westphalian System was (i) a form of consensus...
Udhay Shankar N
udhay@...
Feb 1, 2009 9:03 am
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... The Westphalian system, as you may recall, is historical shorthand for the concept of nation-states; this complex of treaties which effectively ended the...
Bonobashi
bonobashi@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:31 am
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... Well, perhaps not mediaeval; post-mediaeval may be slightly better. Add more friends to your messenger and enjoy! Go to http://messenger.yahoo.com/invite/...
Bonobashi
bonobashi@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:34 am
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... O'RLY. ... A pyramid scheme works very well. Until it doesn't. Claiming that a pyramid scheme is great because it worked for a while strikes me as... not...
Eugen Leitl
eugen@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:57 am
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... Wonder whats gonna happen to all the free trade / anti-proctectionism preachers operating via the IMF and the world bank........
ashok _
listmanster@...
Feb 1, 2009 10:58 am
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... If the americans had let the islamic courts take control two years ago, there wouldnt have been any somali pirate problem. Now that the americans have...
ashok _
listmanster@...
Feb 1, 2009 11:23 am
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... chopping people's arms off for theft is certainly a powerful argument against theft. but somalia + islamic is probably one of the warlords like aideed .....
Suresh Ramasubramanian
suresh@...
Feb 1, 2009 12:52 pm
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... It's my pleasure to address these questions: First the Prelude: a little history.. The Westphalian system sorted Christianity out good and proper and...
ss
cybersurg@...
Feb 1, 2009 2:39 pm
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There are some rare occasions where I do agree with Shiv - and here he is spot on. srs...
Suresh Ramasubramanian
suresh@...
Feb 1, 2009 2:41 pm
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... janjaweed is darfur... Western sudan. the islamic courts union is a political union of many sharia courts in somalia...and they have the backing of the...
ashok _
listmanster@...
Feb 1, 2009 4:22 pm
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... It is not about "left" or "right", it is about the politically connected feeding at the taxpayer-funded trough. It is simple venality, not some expression...
J. Andrew Rogers
andrew@...
Feb 1, 2009 6:47 pm
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Hello all, First, let me introduce myself. My name is Andre Uratsuka Manoel and I am a Japanese-Portuguese-Spanish Brazilian from Sao Paulo, Brazil. I've been...
Andre Uratsuka Manoel
andre@...
Feb 1, 2009 8:36 pm
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... Keynesian theory = epicycles Austrian theory = Kepler-ian dynamics The Keynesians argue that the epicycles model *must* be correct because the Austrians...
J. Andrew Rogers
andrew@...
Feb 1, 2009 9:48 pm
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On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:06 AM, Andre Uratsuka Manoel ... Hi Andre....welcome to this list! There are plenty of us who don't post anything interesting or...
Deepa Mohan
mohandeepa@...
Feb 2, 2009 4:46 am
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Hello, On Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 7:48 PM, J. Andrew Rogers ... Interestingly, the image I have in my head is the very opposite of that. My impression is that...
Andre Uratsuka Manoel
andre@...
Feb 2, 2009 9:16 pm
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... Cheers, Deepa, I don't recall another Deepa on this list; just as I don't think there is another Anil KUMAR here. -Anil KUMAR [whose first name is almost...
Anil Kumar
anilkumar.nagaraj@...
Feb 3, 2009 2:49 am
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http://www.physorg.com/news151938445.html Long, Stretchy Carbon Nanotubes Could Make Space Elevators Possible January 23rd, 2009 by Lisa Zyga in Nanotechnology...
Udhay Shankar N
udhay@...
Feb 3, 2009 8:14 am
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... On the Moon, aramide would do. ... -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ...
Eugen Leitl
eugen@...
Feb 3, 2009 10:56 am
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... Oh, you LUCKY little mannie, you. Imagine my dismal plight as I plough through the mail addressed to the 637 other bonobashis on the list; we might as well...
Bonobashi
bonobashi@...
Feb 3, 2009 11:50 am
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... 637!! Wood-dweller...I did read about the success of the cloning program, but didn't quite realize.....! :) Deepa....
Deepa Mohan
mohandeepa@...
Feb 3, 2009 1:27 pm
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From today's Miscellanea [1]: Unskilled and Unaware of It: How Difficulties in Recognizing One's Own Incompetence Lead to Inflated Self-Assessments [2] ...
Alok G. Singh
alephnull@...
Feb 3, 2009 2:17 pm
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... Please stop kicking where it hurts most. Thank you. ;-)...
Sajith T S
sajith@...
Feb 3, 2009 2:41 pm
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... We knew you wouldn't get it. [The study it's based on is not recent.] -- Charles...
Charles Haynes
charles.haynes@...
Feb 3, 2009 9:27 pm
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... It is interesting, but Andy Hunt's http://www.amazon.com/Pragmatic-Thinking-Learning-Refactor-Programmers/dp/1934356050 [...
Raul
raul.lists@...
Feb 4, 2009 5:01 am
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What should two people in Coorg with a tent and a few days free in early June do? (Other than "go somewhere with less rain", that is.) -- ams...
Abhijit Menon-Sen
ams@...
Feb 4, 2009 7:48 am
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... Heh. I did get the snarkiness of your comment though. Don't try so hard next time :) ... The four studies in the paper I assume are of the same timeframe...
Alok G. Singh
alephnull@...
Feb 4, 2009 7:58 am
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... Yes..it WILL be probably raining to glory then...I remember us going to Madikeri on June 2nd to celebrate our anniversary, and water rose in our parked car...
Deepa Mohan
mohandeepa@...
Feb 4, 2009 7:58 am
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As long as you are in something less leaky than a tent, and with a partner of the appropriate sex, it can turn out quite interesting and romantic. Else, I'd...