Subject: Viridian Note 00069: Viridian Aphorisms

Key concepts:  aphorisms, Viridian Ranking System

Attention Conservation Notice:  Time for the usual
ranking business.  Believe it or not, people get really
anxious and expectant about this.

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This contest expires very soon:   May 31, 01999

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VIRIDIAN APHORISMS
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People who send us a Viridian aphorism will receive a 
valuable chevron >^< for their log-in name.

"The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of 
folly is to fill the world with fools."  Herbert Spencer

"Every obstacle is destroyed through rigor."  Leonardo da 
Vinci

"People like to say:  'Revolution is beautiful, it is only 
the terror arising from it which is evil.'  But this is 
not true.  The evil is already present in the beautiful, 
hell is already contained in the dream of paradise."  
Milan Kundera

"'Forgive us our virtues.'  That is what we should ask of 
our neighbors." Friedrich Nietzsche

"You will not become a saint through other people's sins."  
Anton Chekhov

"Charlatans are generally sublime."  V. V. Rozinov

"To make astute people believe one is what one is not is, 
in most cases, harder than actually to become what one 
wishes to appear."  Georg Christoph Lichtenberg

"It is a luxury to be understood."  Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Every hero becomes a bore at last."  Ralph Waldo Emerson



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VIRIDIAN RANKING SYSTEM
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with a vintage fountain pen and fine art paper. 
Scars, flaws, and imperfections add character and 
are an inherent part of the product.

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THE VIRIDIAN CURIA:
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steffen@eskimo.com^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^******?
SeJ@aol.com^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^****?
catnhat@dnai.com^^^^^^^^****?
wex@media.mit.edu^^^^^^^^^***?
morgana@netaxs.com^^***?
stewarts@stewarts.org^^***?
tor@araneum.dk^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^**?
hinne@spaceways.de^^^^^^^**?
jon@lasser.org^^^^^^^^**?
StJude@aol.com^^^^^^**?
lstinson@empathy.com^^^^^^^*?
richyoung@hotbot.com^^^^^^*?
roger@bayarea.net^^^^*?
JOHNZBRAIN@aol.com^^*?
me@karmanaut.com^^*?
OQuigley@maxis.com*?
Alexander_Schuth@gmx.net^^^^^^^?
kirk@mcelhearn.com^^^^^^?
mheat@mha-net.org^^^^^^?
bobmorris@mediaone.net^^^^^?
jrc@well.com^^^^^?
AtKisson@aol.com^^^?
ankcorn@earthlink.net^^?
jlyon@apple.com^?
smendler@well.com^?
tater@Catch22.com^?
wbrink@xnet.com^?
chyld@elwha.evergreen.edu?
dklencke@netsage.com?
jthayer@saks.advance.net?
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whiz@ricochet.net^^^^^^^***
ljaurbach@erols.com^^^***

cisler@pobox.com^^^^**
mgoldh@well.com^^^^**
rsewell@cix.compulink.co.uk^^^**
tux@powerbase-alpha.com^^^**
eli@golden.net**
jzero@onramp.net**
sethmc@turcotte.colorado.edu**

jim@smallworks.com^^^^^^^^^^^*
dhlight@mcs.net^^^^^^^^^^*
patmazza@teleport.com^^^^^^^^^*
tbyfield@panix.com^^^^^^^^*
WarrenE@aol.com^^^^^^^*
infinite@beaming.com^^^^^^*
dlandry@rohan.sdsu.edu^^^^*
hoechst.forum@lrz.uni-muenchen.de^^^^*
jonny@way.nu^^^^*
pinknoiz@pinknoiz.com^^^^*
rinesi@espacio.com.ar^^^^*

jczemek@ouray.cudenver.edu^^^*

danny@spesh.com^^*
eric@sac.net^^*

abeb@erols.com^*
AdrianC@frogdesign.com^*
anubis@deming.com^*
dog@mail.wplus.net^*
Jim_Hurst@kyrus.com^*
LangiG@parl.gc.ca^*
pdo@metamajik.com^*
r1ddl3r@bp13.u.washington.edu^*
richardd@reeseco.com^*
tenev@digbody.dux.ru^*
weasel@gothic.net^*

acotter@nonsensical.com*
chad@id.iit.edu*
deleau@freemail.nl*
jeffk@well.com*
jtlin@saunalahti.fi*
MICHAEL.HARTLEY@one2one.co.uk*
pwturtle@well.com*
redbird@jump.net*
reid@well.com*
rmharman@jhu.edu*
scoville@hooked.net*
shamann@interlog.com*
thallad@pcnet.com*


jonl@well.com^^^^^^^^^^^

Cooper409@aol.com^^^^^^^^
pjd@cne.gmu.edu^^^^^^^^
rnedal@olimpo.com.br^^^^^^^^
sbweintraub@lbl.gov^^^^^^^^

Ian.Griffin@Corp.Sun.COM^^^^^^^

kallen@panix.com^^^^^^
Matt@MediaServ.com^^^^^^
shalizi@santafe.edu^^^^^^

rdm@test.legislate.com^^^^^
shassinger@dev.tivoli.com^^^^^
Tucker@razorfish.com^^^^^
xiane@entech.com^^^^^

here@michaelmcdonough.com^^^^
mitch@thehub.com.au^^^^
peterson@nceas.ucsb.edu^^^^

bperry@shore.net^^^
bsiano@cceb.med.upenn.edu^^^
cascio@well.com^^^
designresearch@webtv.net^^^
dsenft@bcj.com^^^
geert@xs4all.nl^^^
kit@stratos.net^^^
lattaw@elwha.evergreen.edu^^^
robot@ultimax.com^^^
yzl@ucdavis.edu^^^

ab006@chebucto.ns.ca^^
ASKornheiser@prodigy.net^^
bkeim@emerald.tufts.edu^^
bonkydog@sirius.com^^
Bprips@aol.com^^

dave@va.com.au^^
dwh@berlin.snafu.de^^
garreau@well.com^^
genecav2@flash.net^^
gordy@nytimes.com^^
herrell@provide.net^^
jspragens@igc.apc.org^^
kamenr@river.org^^
katie@wtp.net^^
lederman@capecod.net^^
mike@wholeearthmag.com^^
mlbishop@juno.com^^
mwiik@brysonweb.com^^
nao23@earthlink.net^^
nbodley@tiac.net^^
nehrlich@sfis.com^^
pacoid@fringeware.com^^
Pbsustain@aol.com^^
rachel@computerwire.com^^
ricola@zurich.doze.com^^
RobertWChapman@earthlink.net^^
rthieme@thiemeworks.com^^
sdhurley@ican.net^^
SpitzleyD@state.mi.us^^
strecker@sirius.com^^
thack@design-inst.nl^^
tick@sidehack.sat.gweep.net^^
zooko@wildgoose.tandu.com^^

Adam@e-gad.com^
alex@orionsystems.com^
alienfreak@compuserve.com^
andys@nbc56.com^
architext@cable.a2000.nl^
barlow@eff.org^
Basilisk@mcione.com^
bgm@well.com^
bigbrain@visi.com^
bini@ioc.net^
blong@geo.ruc.dk^
brett@earthlight.co.nz^
carl.coryell-martin@quandsn.com^
ccraig@ucsd.edu^
Chris.Carroll@turner.com^
churchr@hurrah.com^
chute@loop.com^
claudius@void.org^
craymond@northweb.com^
c.gerritsen@auckland.ac.nz^
c.ted.ballou@intel.com^
cybercop@sprynet.com^
dakusaso@sirius.com^
Dan@DanTaylor.com^
david.jay@virgin.net^
dc@ispchannel.com^
dc@technomedia.com^
dlowe@smtp.law.ua.edu^
doom@kzsu.Stanford.EDU^
DUFFIN_J@bls.gov^
ejbarnes@ziplink.net^
ejorr@wam.umd.edu^
elw@crest.org^
emhunt@willapabay.org^
figment@sirius.com^
fisaza@xinetix.com^
gagin@inter.net.ru^
gail@well.com^
garckej@iam.uni-bonn.de^
gdyson@cc.wwu.edu^
gfrost@sensaphone.com^
ggg@well.com^
hakuin@hotmail.com^
iclysdal@thetoybox.org^
jared.earle@onlinemagic.com^
jaybab@cinenet.net^
JDevour@wk.com^
jet@well.com^
joeldavidson@earthlink.net^
jonwil@primenet.com^
jreffell@obscure.org^
kaiser@acm.org^
klilly@neog.com^
kosofsky@soback.kornet.nm.kr^
laudanum@entech.com^
LELWilson@aol.com^
louise@hotbot.com^
jjschwalm@aol.com^
mann@cse.unsw.edu.au^
martinl@portal.ca^
melcher@unix.nets.com^
merlan@visa.com^
mhteas@btech.com^
micky.shirley@sfsierra.sierraclub.org^
Mikekrantz@aol.com^
patrice@xs4all.nl^
paula_nibride@hotmail.com^
philable@bayou.com^
philg@martigny.ai.mit.edu^
pinhead@ozcot.com^
PLowitt@compuserve.com^
pnh@panix.com^
quest@inetarena.com^
rafeco@rc3.org^
raze@zip.com.au^
rberger@ibd.com^
rkoster@origin.ea.com^
rme@panix.com^
Roger.Clarke@anu.edu.au^
SaintWare@aol.com^
sblack@library.berkeley.edu^
shalmanaeser@hotmail.com^
silverlake@ibm.net^
steven@iisl.co.uk^
tdav@wam.umd.edu^
Thriftfilm@aol.com^
udhay@pobox.com^
vvanhorn@cats.ucsc.edu ^
viridian@access.spring.net^
VOUDOUFUNK@aol.com^
WEBrawer@greenmap.com^
whh@uclink4.berkeley.edu^
Winfield3@aol.com^
yilun11@yahoo.com^

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