DL> The thing to remember is that Vir is a lowly attache and Londo is an
DL> Ambassador.
And now so is Vir. Quite convenient to my "will Vir become a Ranger"
question...
Jack Butler
... "Yeah, I'm fine Superman. Where's Clark?" -- Lois Lane
--- Blue Wave/RA v2.20 [NR]
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Msg : 25 of 423
From : The Raven 1:363/309 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 11:20
To : Mark David
Subj : Let us Glow, Let Us Glow, Let Us Glow!
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MD> I wonder what she would make of the fact that roughly 10,000 die every
MD> year worldwide as a result of coal-fired plants, and I wonder how she
MD> would react when she discovers EPA regulations on domestic radiation
MD> are 40x higher than those placed on nuclear power plants.
Yah... I really don't mind environmentalists. I mean, I think the world
looks better without all that unbreathable crap in the air, the trees still
there, and lots of critters to look at, but I also think that there is a line
beyond which you cease to be reasonable.
Some of the anti-nuclear arguments I've seen have not only slipped
across that line, but damned well marched...
Jack Butler
... A religion is a heresy with an adequate army.
--- Blue Wave/RA v2.20 [NR]
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Msg : 26 of 423
From : The Raven 1:363/309 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 11:20
To : Bianca Wesslak
Subj : Radiation...
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
BW> Not to mention now that because of nuclear bombs and chenobyl every baby
BW> born now has some plutonium in their lungs.
And? A few molecules of plutonium does not make a case of radiation
poisoning. You get more radiation from sitting in front of your computer
screen than from the free-floating radioactives in the air... and believe
me, there are a lot of *naturally*-*occurring* radioactives in the air.
BW> We also have radioactive stuff in our stratosphere that takes way to
BW> long to become safe.
And we always have. For the entire history of the earth, there has been
radioactive materials floating around the atmosphere, flowing around in the
water, and buried under the ground. What we, as a technological species,
have added to this pile is miniscule in comparison.
But we were talking about nuclear power. Of all of the "artificial"
radiation put into the environment by us, nuclear power plants are the source
of remarkably little.
If you *truly* are concerned about cutting down on the amount of
free-floating radioactives in the world, I'd get together with the rest of
your Greenpeace friends and start thinking of ways to extinguish the sun.
It is, after all, the most radioactive object in the neighborhood, and it
dumps *tons* of radioactive energy and particles on us 24 hours a day, 7 days
a week, 52 weeks a year.
But then, if you put out the sun, you'd have other problems, wouldn't
you...
Jack Butler
... "The clown is sometimes the best part of the circus." -+ Shaw
--- Blue Wave/RA v2.20 [NR]
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Msg : 27 of 423
From : The Raven 1:363/309 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 11:20
To : Nancy Crockett
Subj : Highlander
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
NC> I am so happy to see people writing about Highlander. I noticed
NC> someone asking you about the season being renewed. Where do you get
NC> your info?
That would be telling. I have some friends among the production team.
NC> I am a devoted fan of Highlander, and I am a member of the official
NC> Highlander club out of Denver. Please read my message to ALL
NC> about Highlander. Write to me anytime!
I know. You sent me that message in the HIGHLANDER echo.
Jack Butler
... "Brandy, bottled in 1783... 1783 was a very good year." -- Connor
--- Blue Wave/RA v2.20 [NR]
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Msg : 28 of 423
From : The Raven 1:363/309 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 11:20
To : Robert Parson
Subj : HIGHLANDER
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
RP> There's a different version going out to Europe? What are some of the
RP> major differences?
For one thing, Richie has a love-life in Europe. For another, the
standards regarding language and nudity aren't as stringent.
Jack Butler
... "Nothing we do will bring anyone back!" -- Duncan MacLeod
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Msg : 29 of 423
From : Mark Jones 1:105/302.47 .pä 22 Hî˙ 95 19:50
To : Ruby Tuesday
Subj : canadian stuff
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On (21 Nov 95) Ruby Tuesday wrote to All...
RT> has anybody come across any science fictin with "Canadian
RT> content" that's worthwhile?
Tanya Huff's "Blood..." series (four books) is pretty good, and it has
"Canadian content" -- the characters live and work in Toronto.
The heroine is a private eye. She's a former Toronto detective who
quit the force because her progressive eye disease (retinitis
pigmentosa) is slowly blinding her. Her night vision is virtually
gone and she's losing her peripheral vision by degrees.
She loved being a cop. She HATES having to be a mere civilian now.
Her "partner in crime" is Henry Fitzroy, romance novelist
and...supernatural creature of the night.
--- PPoint 1.78
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Msg : 30 of 423
From : Mark Jones 1:105/302.47 .˙ō 24 Hî˙ 95 16:34
To : Bianca Wesslak
Subj : Questions, But Are T
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On (21 Nov 95) Bianca Wesslak wrote to Mark Jones...
BW> BW> 1. we will not be able to go very far on large tanks of fuel
BW> MJ> ...but farther than we could go on *small* tanks of fuel.
BW> Yes but it would take years to get anywhere. Just going to our
BW> nearest star would take a long time. do we have the cargo space
BW> for years worth of travel. Would we have to build genration
BW> ships?
Interstellar travel is impractical now, given the technology we
possess. That doesn't mean it will always be, though--even if we find
out that lightspeed *is* an unbendable rule. My only point is that
large fuel capacity is better than small fuel capacity in most cases.
MJ> Nuclear energy is far safer than many other kinds. (The same week
MJ> the media was having hysterics about Three Mile Island lo those
MJ> many years ago now, over fifty people died when a coal processing
MJ> plant blew up. So far nobody has been killed by TMI.)
BW> Oh ever hear of radiation poisoning. case in point, the russians
BW> that were in the epicenter and the surrounding are of chenobyl.
I didn't say that nuclear power was perfectly safe--only that it is
safer than fossil fuels. More people have been killed by the use of
fossil fuels both directly and indirectly than have been killed by
nuclear power (even counting Chernobyl). Nuclear *weapons* are
irrelevant to the discussion--they are *weapons*, not power plants.
BW> Not to mention now that because of nuclear bombs and chenobyl
BW> every baby born now has some plutonium in their lungs.
Do you have evidence for this ridiculous claim? Plutonium is both
radioactive and poisonous in the extreme. If a baby has any plutonium
in his lungs, I wouldn't expect him to survive.
BW> We also have radioactive stuff in our stratosphere that takes way
BW> to long to become safe. Some of the nuclear energy that we are
BW> messing around with and that we would have to use has way to long
BW> half life spans. some of the half life that it would take would
BW> be many thousands of years in the future. Probably wouldn't be
BW> stable until another ice age has passed.
We also have poisonous compounds (generated by burning fossil fuels)
in the atmosphere, too.
Fissionables are either highly radioactive (and thus dangerous) or
have very long half-lives--but not both. (If something was both
extremely radioactive *and* had a halflife of thousands of years, it
would be an ideal candidate for fuel. Better to keep it all confined
inside a reactor core, generating electricity, than let it lie around
in the environment, right?)
--- PPoint 1.78
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Msg : 31 of 423
From : Mark Jones 1:105/302.47 .˙ō 24 Hî˙ 95 16:43
To : Chris Ogniben
Subj : Quickening effects
ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
On (22 Nov 95) Chris Ogniben wrote to The Raven...
CO> Hey if i was an actor, i would go for the money too.. I mean,
CO> only a stupid person would not take a movie deal, and stay with
CO> tv. Since, you want more money, for the amount of hard work.. And
CO> movies are a bit easier to make, since tv shows are like weekly
CO> events. And actors and actresses have to work more, for less pay.
McLean Stevenson left M*A*S*H after one or two seasons, certain
that he could make a successful career for himself now that he'd made
it to the big-time in a hit television series. They wrote him out
permanently (killed him off), and he promptly disappeared with little
trace. M*A*S*H, of course, ran for another decade...without him.
Denise Crosby (Tasha Yar) left ST:TNG after a season or two,
probably with the same notion. Her career is stunning only in its
lack of success.
LOTS of television actors have thought that they could make the
jump from tv star to movie star, collecting millions of adoring fans,
millions of dollars and fame beyond all imaginging.
MOST of them have been wrong.
If I were getting $50-100,000 a week to star a tv series, I'd stick
around until the bitter end, myself. And squirrel away most of that
money for later on. When and if the tv show ends, I can try my hand
at movies (or do so during the hiatus). If I succeed, great! If not,
I still have a regular (and whopping big) paycheck to count on.
I wouldn't call an actor who chooses to stick with a winning show
"stupid"....
--- PPoint 1.78
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Msg : 32 of 423
From : Brandon Wolgast 1:363/216 .cę 26 Hî˙ 95 22:54
To : The Raven
Subj : B5 -- Coincidence?
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TR> I know I am going to get crunched for even thinking this, but life can'
TR>exist in a vacuum. Every writer on the planet knows that you can't help but
