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- February 24 - March 2, 2003
- February 17 - 23, 2003
- Surviving a terror attack
* Greg Cochran on VX etc.
* James Woolsey comments
* Gregory Cochran responds by taking evolution seriously- Using QuickDelete
- The economics of Space Access
* SSTO and X projects
* My reply, and a continuation
* Further commentary: what we face.
* Spikes and parachutes, and losing a rocket fight
* Henry Vanderbilt on new approaches- Some words on the oil business
* And comments on Oil Drilling- Begley Cloth for real
- Isaac and the Internet
- Chirac says "shut up"?
- February 10 - 16, 2003
- February 3 - 9, 2003
- Of a Fire In The Sky
- SSTO discussion begins
* Adam Smith and government funding
* Assumptions drive conclusions: the debate ripens.- Locus chimes in with inanities
* My Reply (including words on space suits)
* Eric comments- Saddam Hussein and the smoking gun
- Prizes and NASA
* My comment: insist on perfection and get nothing- EPA, Shuttle Tiles, and Challenger
- Our best and brightest comment on space travel
- SQL Slammer: Worm of my nightmares...
- The economics of slavery
* And the Gulag- An Opera Warning
- Yet another scam to beware of
- Sound format: Ogg
- A flying launch platform?
- The Rolling English road
* And Lepanto- January 27 - February 2, 2003
- War gasses and nerve agents, continued
* Greg Cochran on nerve agents and binaries and WW II
* Continued
* Continued
* Source materials
* An expert's view- How To Start in Safe Mode
* A wee bit simpler- Francis Hamit on Electronic Rights, Continued
* Mr. Todd's reply
* Mr. Hamit again- Non-Citizen Soldiers
- On the State of the Union
- Hydrogen Wells
- Shuttle Down
* The stars our destiny
* An Open Letter to President Bush from a pilot
* What do we do with a broken tile?
* Maybe not?
* What shall we do?
* How to Get To Space: an affordable prize system
* A possible Cause?
* Eyewitness Account of Breakup: XCOR in Mojave
* Single Stage to Orbit seen as impractical; And my reply.
* Fixing things in orbit
* NASA Management- Phil Chapman on Columbia: an astronaut's view.
- Manufacturing
- January 20 - 26, 2003
- January 13 - 19, 2003
- Lomborg and Galileo
* Terry Cole and the Economist
* A reply to Cole;
* Fisher at Skeptical Inquirer
* And Terry Cole on Fisher
* Warming or cooling?
* How anti-science works- Blogging
- Microsoft Lawsuit, Payout, and other matters of the Law
- Airplane security and lese majeste
- Discussion of Fred on Everything; resegregation
* Joanne Dow on resegregation
* Agrees with Fred
* Race and IQ surface again- Eric on evils in TurboTax
* Remedy?- On Medical Malpractice and the insurance crisis
* Commentary
* Drugs and the law- A letter from Korea
- On race and IQ and Head Start
- January 6 - 12, 2003
- December 30 2002 - January 5, 2003
- December 23 - 29, 2002
- Don't you feel more secure now?
* More: a security screener states his case
* My reply
* And yet more- The Deputy Foreign Minister of Israel states his case.
- [Global Warming: measuring](../archives2/archives2mail/mail237.html#warming again)
- A report on Vonage Internet Telephone Service
- Search Engines and Censorship
- How to install a W95 Only program on Windows XP
- December 16 - 22
- Citizen armies, professionals, and lost wars
- Space Access Society report
- User Report on Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Australian Court Decision
* With commentary by the world's most pompous git- The INS Affair
- More on the Trent Lott Affair
- Microsoft more or less releases Direct X 9
- Will Homeland Security Terrorists destroy the airlines?
- December 9 - 15, 2002
- December 2 - 8, 2002
- November 25 - December 1, 2002
- November 18 - 24, 2002
- November 11 - 17, 2002
- November 4 - 10, 2002
- October 28 - November 3, 2002
- October 21 - 27, 2002
- October 14 - 20, 2002
- October 7 - 13, 2002
- September 30 - October 6, 2002
- September 23 - 29, 2002
- September 16 - 22, 2002
- September 9 - 15, 2002
- September 2 - 8, 2002
- August 27 - September 1, 2oo2 (Mail 220)
- August 19 - 26, 2002
- August 12 - 18, 2oo2
- August 5 - 11, 2002
- July 29 - August 4, 2002
- July 22 - 28, 2002
- July 15 - 21, 2002
- July 8 - 14, 2002
- July 1 - 7, 2002 (Mail 212)
- June 24 - 30, 2002
- June 17 - 23, 2002
- June 10 - 16, 2002
- June 3 - 9, 2002 (Mail 208)
- May 27 - June 2, 2002
- May 20 - 26, 2002
- May 13 - 19, 2002
- May 6 - 12, 2002
- April 29 - May 5, 2002 (mail 203)
- April 22 - 28, 2002
- April 15 - 21, 2002
- April 8 - 14, 2002
- April 1 - 7, 2002
- March 25 - 31, 2002
- March 18 - 24, 2002
- March 11 - 17, 2002
- March 4 - 10, 2002
- February 25 - March 3, 2002
- February 18 - 24, 2002
- February 11 - 17, 2002
- February 4 - 10, 2002
- January 28 - February 3, 2002
- January 21 - 27, 2002
- January 14 - 20, 2002
- January 7 - 13, 2002
- December 31, 2001 - January 6, 2002
- December 24 - 30, 2001
- December 17 - 23, 2001
- December 10 - 16, 2001
- December 3 - 9, 2001
- November 26 - December 2, 2001
- November 19 - 25, 2001
- November 12 - 18, 2001
- November 5 - 11, 2001
- October 29 - November 4, 2001
- October 22 - 28, 2001
- October 15 - 21, 2001
- October 8 - 14, 2001
- October 1 - 7, 2001
- September 24 - 30, 2001
- September 17 - 23, 2001
- September 10 - 16, 2001
- September 3 - 9, 2001
- August 27 - September 2, 2001
- August 20 - 26, 2001
- August 13 - 19, 2001
- August 6 - 12, 2001
- July 30 - August 5, 2001
- July 23 - 29, 2001
- July 16 - 22, 2001
- July 9 - 15, 2001
- July 2 - 8, 2001
- June 25 - July 1, 2001
- June 18 - 24, 2001
- June 11 - 17, 2001
- June 4 - 10, 2001
- May 28 - June 3, 2001
- May 21 - 27, 2001
- May 14 - 20, 2001
- May 7 - 13, 2001
- April 30 - May 6, 2001
- April 23 - 29, 2001
- April 16 - 22, 2001
- April 9 - 15, 2001
- April 2 - 8, 2001
- March 26 - April 1, 2001
- March 19 - 25, 2001
- March 12 - 18, 2001
- March 5 - 11, 2001
- February 26 - March 4, 2001
- February 19 - 25, 2001
- February 12 - 18, 2001
- February 5 - 11, 2001
- January 29 - February 4, 2001
- January 22-28, 2001
- January 15-21, 2001
- January 8 - 14, 2001
- January 1 - 7, 2001
Index to mail prior to January 1, 2o01
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