3/8     Can someone please confirm: "Half-blood siblings" are those that have
        the same father but different mothers by birth, or the other way
        round, right?  What about siblings that have different fathers as
        well as different mothers by birth?  What are they called?  Thx.
        \_ Brady Bunch.  Stranger or adopted child or foster child.

3/8     Critical Mass gets an award from City Council!?!?!?
        http://xinet.com/bike/COUCH!!!!!

3/8     International WOMENS' Day around the world
        \_ great! maybe they can organize and get me a sandwich...
           \_ Maybe you can work to correct gender inequity in society
             \_ maybe after my sandwich...

3/8     Is there law that says a couple must have blood test before getting
        married?  Thanks.
        \_ didn't ben ask elaine to get a blood test in the graduate?
        \_ no. but you're stupid if you don't.
           \_ What are tested?  Only AIDS and STD's?  Or other diseases?
        \_ I thought there was one where they checked for stds and some rare
           weirdo blood combinations that produced 2-headed babies, or some
           similarly horrible things... -John
        \_ Testing for STDs is pretty useless before marriage now that
           most people who would be at risk are already sleeping
           together anyway.
           \_ That's a BETTER reason. You can find out "hey you slut you
              gave me vd!" and dump the bastard.
              Note: Not all STDs are immediately apparent to the victim.
        \_ Yes, in some places.  Call your county offices to find out if
           you live in one of those places.
           \_ But not in California.
        \_ Beginning January 1, 1995 it was no longer necessary to have a
           blood test in California.  The test itself was rather arcane at
           the time it ended.  It test for some things like Gonorrhea, but
           not for more serious diseases like AIDS.
           \_ Back in 1990, there was an informed consent statute on the books
              which required AIDS testing.  This was CA state only and was
              not renewed in later years.  Note that just because you aren't
              REQUIRED to get tested doesn't mean it isn't a good idea.

3/9     Soda and Scotch will be going down TODAY at 5 PM for machine room
        maintenance. -brg

3/9     Red Darwf Season 8 aired this past Sunday. Is KTEH airing the
        season again? Thanks --marc
           http://www.kteh.org/programs/monthly/mar99listings.html
        \_ Yes.  They'll be airing half on Mar 13, and then half again
           on Mar 20.  Check out
           http://www.kteh.org/programs/monthly/mar99listings.html
        \_ It was amazing.  Much better than the weak Season 7.

3/8     As predicted in the soda motd, AMD will report a huge loss this
        quarter...http://www.news.com/News/Item/0,4,33470,00.html
        \_ what's the next prediction?
           \_ Lycos to reject USA Network's bid and stock will go up 50%.
           \_ Microsoft will GPL all their software, become a charitable
              organization, and install Richard Stallman as their new CEO.
              \_ followed a few months later by "microsoft goes out of
                 business"
           \_ Former UC Berkeley Chancellor Chang-Lin Tien will become the
              latest addition to the cast of "Friends", making his debut as
              part of a wacky love triangle between Ross and Rachel.  He'll
              later lose his part by using a special season's-end live
              espisode as a nationwide platform for speaking about his views
              on affirmative action.  You heard it here first!
              later lose his job by choosing to use a special season-ending
              live episode as a nationwide platform for speaking out on his
              views about affirmative action.  You heard it here first!
        \_ CMGI will hit 250 by 3/11 earnings date.  It will not split
           however.  Consolidation in the 125-150 level afterwards and
           take off again by next earnings date.  350-400 by the next
           earnings report.  It'll split 3:1 or 4:1 then.  I have made a
           lot of money on CMGI.  I hope you do too.
           \_ why don't you sign your name so we can report you for stock
              manipulation?
           \_ Wow -- Yahoo! Stocks message boards come to the soda motd!
                \_ I didn't like them on Yahoo! either...
           \_ Bullshit about CMGI hitting 250 by 3/11. Closed at 194. Damned
              if i am if it does. - davecw
                \_ 250 by 3/11.  I will post my name so that you can worship
                   me if I'm right.  And I will fuck off and never post about
                   stocks again on the motd if I'm wrong.  -cmgi fan
                   \_ How about you post your name right now, so that we
                      can make fun of you if you're wrong?
         \_ FTC will not allow the AOL/Netscape merger.  Sun will end up
            buying Netscape instead.

3/9     Taos Infosession - March 11th, 6:30 @ La Val's Southside.