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Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...It also sublimes even without sun.
By Lon  - 11:18am - 1 new of 1 message    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...Two counter-examples, although admittedly from a time ago. Kalispell Montana, where the train station was almost to the north edge of the city at the time. Whitefish Montana where it was also to the north edge. Lon "Both, conveniently located along the tracks" Stowell
By Lon  - 11:17am - 2 new of 2 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...One must wonder how much of California's excess CO2 could be sequestered in turning average table wines into bubbly.
By Lon  - 10:26am - 2 new of 2 messages    

Colder War by Stross 
  I just read Colder War by Stross, which was a terrific. Does anyone know if he's written any other Lovecraftian short stories or novels? Best, robo
By Will DuPower  - 8:24am - 9 new of 9 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  In article <hfmuu8$in...@reader1.panix.co m>, ...You have to be a lot further north for that; Yellowknife manages to be below zero from November to March, but Yellowknife is 62 north and many miles from the sea. Novosibirsk has been known to be above zero in December, though seems to be comfortably sub-zero for all January.... more »
By Thomas Womack  - 5:54am - 1 new of 1 message    

Google Group finally implements a kill file 
  It may have been there for a while but I just noticed - the Google Groups UI now has a killfile function. You can click on "Ignore user" next to any user's name in a post and he'll be added to your personal killfile. For those of us who have to use GG for some reason, this is good news. Bye Bye, Colonel Jake, SOT and misc. muslim spammers.... more »
By Michael Grosberg  - 5:44am - 5 new of 5 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...Doesn't that ruin the tires after a few months without moving? Or did it never remain in one place that long?
By Keith F. Lynch  - 5:29am - 4 new of 4 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...Wrong. There's a lot of signal loss due to the impedence mismatch and teh one-sided connection, but since every TV contains an RF amplifier and since there's no stronger source of noise on the frequency, it works fine. Try it and see for yourself if you don't believe me. As for the lossage I saw, I'm perfectly aware of the difference... more »
By Keith F. Lynch  - 5:20am - 8 new of 8 messages    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...I think the gas flow rate is too slow. Unless you built a nearly airtight tent around the oven, plenty of air would mix in. Especially since natural gas is significantly lighter than air.
By Keith F. Lynch  - 5:12am - 1 new of 1 message    

Starving people refuse to eat food aid 
  ...Indeed. A VHF/UHF beam antenna needed for good TV reception is much larger than typical present-day satellite TV dish antennas. I doubt mounting the one on the other would satisfy my landlord. They also don't allow clotheslines, and I'm sure there's no exemption for clotheslines strung between satellite dish anteenas.... more »
By Keith F. Lynch  - 4:32am - 2 new of 2 messages    

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