marketing and politics (Was SF/Fantasy authors/DVDs)

[Stephen Hart]

c> PNH and his wife Theresa are really good about taking the time to
I'll have to look for her posts. If I'm lucky, she posts from tor.com
as well and I can search for both at once.

c> Might also be from panix.com. It seems that it's usually Teresa who
c> posts to the Robert Jordan newsgroup, anyway, rather than Patrick. And
c> it looks like there's no 'h' in Teresa's name, if that helps. :)

Hey. Every little detail helps. ;-)


[marketing surveillance]

people. If they do realize exactly how much information is
being compiled, both by the public and by the private sector,
some people just think that these files will help government

and

business to better "serve" them.

c> The rest of us realize that this is in the agricultural sense..
Good one! ;-) ...I had not intended that "play on words", but it
is certainly appropriate.

c> I wish I could claim complete originality on that one, but alas. I did
at
c> least have the presence of mind to apply it, though, right? :)

Sure. In fact, you may have noticed a possible new variation.
Usually I've seen "service" used rather than "serve" . . .

c> [snip]

I notice that so far no one else has joined this message thread,

so

I'll thank you for indulging me. In passing, I'd highly recommend

c> I've been busy. :) I'm now in Dublin, Ireland, if anyone is looking
for
c> me, after finishing the PhD thing. :) I'm afraid the rest of the
c> messages
Congratulations on a successful thesis and defense! What's next on
your agenda?

c> As soon as the work permit comes through, I officially start working
here
c> as a post-doctoral fellow. Different type of research, but still in
c> chemistry.

In Dublin? Wild. So, this means you get to actually work in your
field while living in interesting new surroundings. (Meanwhile, I'll
skip the rant about the number of Canadians who have to look for work
outside the country, in order to work in their original field of
study.)

On top of the scenic locale, I hope that you got some nice juicy
corporate funding.

"chebucto DOT ns DOT ca" address. If nothing else, your reminding me

c> I originally used that as an attempt to foil spam-harvesters.. I'm not
c> really sure how well it has worked anymore. It may very well be that
the

I only used that format because it was easiest to "cut and paste" from
your sig. Regarding thwarting spammers; Your web page URL is in a
commonly used form. If I was a spammer harvesting e-mail addresses
from newsgroups, I would look for "www.your.domain/~username" and
write a utility to convert such strings to "***@your.domain".


c> [snip]

reader's eyes will have glazed over, and they'll miss reading about my
nefarious plots to lure more folks into actually writing messages
"here" in Users249. :-)

c> Sorry, what was that? I think my eyes may have glazed over there.. :)
c> However, I will mention that neither Cameron Diaz nor Christina Applegate
c> really do it for me.. *shrug*

Well, everyone to their own. I watched _The Sweetest Thing_ again,
after recommending it. While I do think it qualifies as a "chick
flick", I started worrying about the sexually explicit humour. It was
certainly no worse than _American Pie_, but maybe that type of humour
disqualifies it from being part of the "chick flick" genre?

...This is one of those moments when I hope that one of the
women who occasionally read Users249 will speak up. :-)

c> I'll make no comment on the kids at
c> Queen's, especially since they're now ~17 when they start. Where's my
c> walker?

I know what you mean. Despite my brave words about how it might be
appropriate to "look, appreciate, but not lust", I'm now old enough
that I usually just try not to notice any nubile young ladies around
town or campus. Whether I am or not, the "just don't look" policy may
help avoiding a "dirty old man" label. (Of course, "old" is one of
those "relative terms".)

Looking back at what I wrote, way back when, I notice I was remarking
on your thoughts about how a man talking about what actresses he likes
might get himself "in trouble" with his significant other.

...Once again, I'll wait with 'bated breath
for a female of the species to offer us a clue on this issue.

Anyway, I'm not sure whether this is good news or bad news for you,
but Kingston seems pretty much the same as usual.

c> I guess that's good. :) At least there haven't been any natural disasters
c> and such.. Ciao.

Oh yes, it's good for us. ...I just wasn't sure about your personal
views on Kingston. :-)


TTYL, ...Steve

-
Troi: "Captain, I sense millions of minds focused on my cleavage"

[Corey M Seward]

Post by Stephen Hart

c> PNH and his wife Theresa are really good about taking the time to
I'll have to look for her posts. If I'm lucky, she posts from tor.com
as well and I can search for both at once.

c> Might also be from panix.com. It seems that it's usually Teresa who
c> posts to the Robert Jordan newsgroup, anyway, rather than Patrick. And
c> it looks like there's no 'h' in Teresa's name, if that helps. :)
Hey. Every little detail helps. ;-)

I didn't actually realize that, even having seen her posts several times
in rasfwr-j, until I went searching for their webpages, so I figured I'd
mention it. :)

Post by Stephen Hart
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Post by Stephen Hart

c> The rest of us realize that this is in the agricultural sense..
Good one! ;-) ...I had not intended that "play on words", but it
is certainly appropriate.

c> I wish I could claim complete originality on that one, but alas. I did
at
c> least have the presence of mind to apply it, though, right? :)
Sure. In fact, you may have noticed a possible new variation.
Usually I've seen "service" used rather than "serve" . . .

Hmm. There is that. :)

[whaazaaaap? :) ]

Post by Stephen Hart
c> As soon as the work permit comes through, I officially start working
here
c> as a post-doctoral fellow. Different type of research, but still in
c> chemistry.
In Dublin? Wild. So, this means you get to actually work in your
field while living in interesting new surroundings. (Meanwhile, I'll
skip the rant about the number of Canadians who have to look for work
outside the country, in order to work in their original field of
study.)

In defence of the govt, I came here because they funded me nicely and I
figured I might as well go to interesting new surroundings while I'm
working. I fully intend to be back home in a year or so with a Real
Job (TM).

Post by Stephen Hart
On top of the scenic locale, I hope that you got some nice juicy
corporate funding.

My boss and I are fervently hoping for such also. :)

Post by Stephen Hart

"chebucto DOT ns DOT ca" address. If nothing else, your reminding me

c> I originally used that as an attempt to foil spam-harvesters.. I'm not
c> really sure how well it has worked anymore. It may very well be that
the
I only used that format because it was easiest to "cut and paste" from
your sig. Regarding thwarting spammers; Your web page URL is in a
commonly used form. If I was a spammer harvesting e-mail addresses
from newsgroups, I would look for "www.your.domain/~username" and

Yeah, good point. I have heard in the past that spammers tend to only
harvest from the headers, I think mainly because they're lazy and the
'From:' header provides an easily searchable tag for an address. If they
weren't lazy, they probably wouldn't be spammers.. Alas, had I more time,
and had SpamCop not gone to such a ridiculously unusable format sometime
last year, I'd be reporting a good deal more than I am. Unfortunately,
they no longer accept reports from my mail agent (pine), because it seems
to add its own little formatting irregularities that screw up the SpamCop
input reader now. Worked fine before, but oh well.

[snip]

Post by Stephen Hart
Well, everyone to their own. I watched _The Sweetest Thing_ again,
after recommending it. While I do think it qualifies as a "chick
flick", I started worrying about the sexually explicit humour. It was
certainly no worse than _American Pie_, but maybe that type of humour
disqualifies it from being part of the "chick flick" genre?

I guess it would have to depend on the chick..

Post by Stephen Hart
...This is one of those moments when I hope that one of the
women who occasionally read Users249 will speak up. :-)

And I think we already scared away any of the women who were left with the
last go-round.. :)

Post by Stephen Hart
c> I'll make no comment on the kids at
c> Queen's, especially since they're now ~17 when they start. Where's my
c> walker?
I know what you mean. Despite my brave words about how it might be
appropriate to "look, appreciate, but not lust", I'm now old enough
that I usually just try not to notice any nubile young ladies around
town or campus. Whether I am or not, the "just don't look" policy may
help avoiding a "dirty old man" label. (Of course, "old" is one of
those "relative terms".)

During the last federal election, some friends of mine were considering
creating a 'Dirty Old Man' party. :) Sometimes, you just have to accept
who you are and move on, right? :) (Not meaning you, here, before you get
offended. :) )

Post by Stephen Hart
Looking back at what I wrote, way back when, I notice I was remarking
on your thoughts about how a man talking about what actresses he likes
might get himself "in trouble" with his significant other.
...Once again, I'll wait with 'bated breath
for a female of the species to offer us a clue on this issue.

As long as your breath isn't 'baited', like so many people I see posting
this, then at least there won't be a wormy smell keeping them away. :)

[K-town: same ol', same ol']

Post by Stephen Hart
c> I guess that's good. :) At least there haven't been any natural disasters
c> and such.. Ciao.
Oh yes, it's good for us. ...I just wasn't sure about your personal
views on Kingston. :-)

I'll leave my personal views of the city itself alone, but there are
definitely a great number of friends still there. :)

Post by Stephen Hart
Troi: "Captain, I sense millions of minds focused on my cleavage"

Have I sent you this URL yet?
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=9p0kac%245uq%241%40bertrand.ccs.carleton.ca&output=gplain

(Hopefully that URL arrives in one piece.. :) ) Ciao.