Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2002 13:46:25 -0500
From: "Michael Walsh" <MJW at mail.press.jhu.edu>
To: <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>
Subject: [WSFA] Re: NewScientist.com
Reply-To: WSFA members <WSFAlist at keithlynch.net>

>Erica VD Ginter wrote:
>>
>> Go to www.NewScientist.com and you can get their weekly email about =
cool
>> science stuff. This is a great print journal, covering all kinds of =
science
>> and happily letting us in on some of the silly stuff that goes on in =
World
>> Class Science. I fondly remember their proof, some years back, that =
purple
>> could not me reserved for british royalty because a fine purple dye can =
be
>> derived from a mixture of a common lichen and human urine. Steve =
will
>second
>> me on the worthiness of this scholarly publication.
>
>Consider yourself seconded.  I've subscribed for a reasonable
>approximation of forever.  It's expensive but worth it.
>
>One problem I've had with the website is that, to get the "subscriber
>only" info, you have to subscribe through the website. Perhaps I just
>haven't found the right magic buttons.  This is the outfit that, for
>years, sent subscription forms that wouldn't fit in the little envelopes
>that came with them.

Origami.

mjw

Oh, well, they're British.  Now we know what
>happened to the Empire ...
>
>--
>Steve Smith                                           sgs at aginc.net
>Agincourt Computing                            http://www.aginc.net
>"Truth is stranger than fiction because fiction has to make sense."