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To: marcos who wrote (62401)	4/21/2005 3:39:38 PM
From: Raymond Duray	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Re: you must instruct them in the constant mention and/or use of this CMDA apparatus, CDMA? It's so yesterday. Here's the hottie today: skype.com

To: marcos who wrote (62401)	4/21/2005 5:09:24 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 74559

<History and geography and anthropology appeal more to some of us than do maths and harder sciences, though ... all those numbers, what are you people thinking ... of course there are numbers in history too, but they tend to be rounder, without all the decimal points, many of them conveniently placed on a timeline with only two dimensions> Marcos, countries with the most decimal points and third order partial differentiation equations per diem per capita are the best countries in which to live. The peace, light, harmony, happiness, health, prosperity, longevity, fun and love equation output for any country is directly proportional to decimal points and third order partial differentiation equations per diem per capita. You won't find many decimal points or third order partial differential equations in Zimbabwe or Togo and not many in Brazil. Mostly they have guns and national IQs a lot nearer zero than 200. Filling childrens' heads with stories of horrors from centuries gone by is not the way to great things. Nor is filling them with jingoistic racist nonsense - Adolf tried that when Germans voted for him and look what happened to them. The silly Germans thought he was a great guy - being told they were a master race must have seemed pretty good to unemployed, useless, and violent young punks. It's ANZAC day on Monday. A good time to repeat the cliches - 'never forget', 'lest we forget', 'never again', 'those who ignore the lessons of history are doomed to repeat these cliches'. Meanwhile, Hu Jintao's gang is preparing more of the same, stirring up anger, violence and ignorance - a lethal combination. Fortunately, the per diem per capita decimal points and equations are much higher in the USA and when multiplied by the population, they are world champions. China is will go with linear history and few equations and decimal points. We'll see whether those repeating historical cliches or those with the equations is superior. Mqurice

To: marcos who wrote (62401)	4/21/2005 8:38:14 PM
From: Slagle	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

Marcos: I see you like history too; I love it and have managed to collect quite a bunch of books. One of the few bargains these days, if you prowl the used bookstores you can find real gems for a buck or two. That was Ford who says "history is bunk" wasn't it? I have a puzzle that I am curious about: I have no formal education in history, I have an engineering education and did have a couple of college history courses but have had an above average level of exposure for an American, if you know what I mean. There is one really big gap in my knowledge and that is about the history of Mexico and I probably know 100 times more than the average American. The average guy here probably know more about the history of Finland than the history of our neighbor Mexico. Why is that? I wonder if it is the same on the Mexican side of the border? I have I think two works on Mexico, one about the 1847 war and another general history. You posted something about Zapata the other day and some other figures from the 1910 revolution, whose names I recognizied. Another puzzle: I LOVE motorcycles, especially old ones from the 50's 60's ect. Mexico used to build a beautiful little bike called a Carabella. A 1960's Carabella looks a lot like Spanish makes like Bultcao, ect only nicer. Those type bikes were really popular here back then but Carabellas were never sold here. Why, I wonder? I was in Merida a while back and you see them everywhere there, 35-40 year old Carabellas wonderfully maintained and with the Aluminum cases polished like a mirror. Those guys there love their bikes. Slagle