.... But it appears the US is a lousy country to base data on, since we have minimal regulation of the entire field. [Rather like investment bankers, sigh.] Not discussed but surely occurring is the user breaking off the valve/regulator. It's rather hard to indict the tank itself for that situation. As JB has noted, there sure does not seem to be a ...

... this, exactly how *real* is any of this crap that goes on in any stock market in the world? Aren't you seeing how very, very real it is - in some cases painfully real - right now? We're seeing how the Fed is using taxpayer money via regressive stagflation to make it as painless as possible for the rich. They'll do _anything_ rather than admit that free speech is a precondition of a free market economy. Bret Cahill

On Fri, 12 Sep 2008 18:01:52 +0100 mysurname@ntlworld.com (Dave B) wrote: In case anyone doesn't follow that last point, this is from Kingblind: REM guitarist Peter Buck's signature guitar has been stolen from the stage after a gig at the Finnair Stadium in Helsinki, Finland, last night (September 9). Returned by an anonymous source yesterday, 19 September, in time for him to play it at the Luxembourg show. What a relief....

...>> superiority of the eternalism model. What explanatory advantages does it offer? Saying that a changing external world is an "illusion" presumes one has adopted, or at least is leaning toward, a static model rather than a dynamic one. Given that experience changes --- and there can be no doubt about that --- then it would seem that a static model would have a difficult time accounting for those manifest ...

... forced to replace a perfectly adequate program just to put unnecessary money in Microsoft's pockets. I would rather downgrade to WindowsXP, a much faster and adequate operating system. You are right, there is a LOT...cost $1,000 to many users because of software incompatibility. Before I upgrade Office I would rather downgrade to Vista! Vista's Mail and Calendar programs are a nice replacement for Outlook. Try ...

... Palin's agenda. Its not the same thing as having a woman atop a patriarchic power structure. Queens, and Maggie Thatcher, show us how they adapt to whatever system is in place. But when there's a critical mass of women in the system, the steep pyramidal power structure gets flattened, there is more peer to peer communication rather than going up to the top and then back down. Consensus becomes more important than conviction.

....com> wrote in message news:m1o9d4hir57o1ik14bbu1tamjde3dmg8il@4ax.com... On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 05:29:39 -0700 (PDT), Boltar <boltar2003@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: I suppose one reason is that the radius, or rather, the circumference of the wheels of cars/lorries etc aren't constant. It will change as the tyre wears down and as the pressure of the air inside it expands/contracts/leaks. Perhaps a different means of ...

"The Borg Queen" <theborg@homesweethome.com> wrote in news:avZAk.6170$bB4.2630@newsfe14.ams2: "Nothing can come from nothing. Therefore something has always existed." ---Robert Nozick At but 'tis only a story. But yes and no Mr Publius. Is a desire "something"? Can you see it? Touch it? Taste it? Smell it? Hear it? No. But there are many things one can neither see, feel, or taste. Such as the Borg. ...

In article <224a836a-f112-4c13-84e5-d62844ae6027@25g2000hsx.googlegroups.com>, The Arranger <recurtin@gmail.com> wrote: If you start throwing jazz musicians in the mix, everyone starts moving down pretty rapdily. Do we really want to compare Paul McCartney's piano playing with Herbie Hancock's or Wynton Kelly's? I'd rather compare Linda McCartney's keyboard work with Herbie Hancock. Tony

... the notations tend to be a bit cryptic). So, a programmer with an imperative background coming with the question "is assignment written x = y or x := y or what?" is going to find himself looking at indecipherable wall paper rather than self-revealing code. (But, again: everything below the citation given is just my intuition and understanding of what people like Harvey have reported -- so don't blame them if it's complete BS.) -t