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University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Suggested Reading
Tan SL, Royston P, Campbell S, Jacobs HS, Betts J, Mason B, Edwards RG (1992).
Cumulative conception and Livebirth rates after in-vitro fertilization. Lancet
339:1390-1394.
For further information, call:
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in Tucson:
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Articles
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LOW LEVELS OF AIRBORNE PARTICLES LINKED
TO SERIOUS ASTHMA ATTACKS
American Lung Association
A new study published by the American Lung Association has shown that
surprisingly low concentrations of airborne particles can send people with
asthma rushing to emergency rooms for treatment.
The Seattle-based study showed that roughly one in eight emergency visits
for asthma in that city was linked to exposure to particulate air pollution.
The actual exposure levels recorded in the study were far below those deemed
unsafe under federal air quality laws.
"People with asthma have inflamed airways, and airborne particles tend to
exacerbate that inflammation," said Joel Schwartz, Ph.D., of the Environmental
Protection Agency, who was the lead author of the study. "When people are on
the threshold of having, a serious asthma attack, particles can push them over
the edge."
The Seattle Study correlated 13 months of asthma emergency room visits
with daily levels of PM,,,. or particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter
of 10 microns or less. These finer particles are considered hazardous because
they are small enough penetrate into the lung. Cities are considered out of
compliance with clean air laws if the 24-hour average concentration of PM10
exceeds 150 micrograms per cubic millimeter of air.
In Seattle however, a link between fine particles and asthma was found at
levels as low as 30 micrograms. The authors concluded that for every 30
microgram increase in the four-day average of PM10, the odds of someone with
asthma needing emergency treatment increased by 12 percent.
The findings were published in the April American Review of Respiratory
Disease, an official journal of the American Thoracic Society, the Lung
Association's medical section.
The study is the latest in a series of recent reports to suggest that
particulate matter is a greatly under appreciated health threat. A 1992 study
by Dr. Schwartz and Douglas Dockery, Ph.D., of Harvard found that particles
may be causing roughly 60,000 premature deaths each year in the United States.
Other studies have linked particulate matter to increased respiratory symptoms
and bronchitis in children.
"Government officials and the media are still very focused on ozone,"
says Dr. Schwartz. "But more and more research is showing that particles are
bad actors as well." One problem in setting, standards for particulate
air pollution is that PMIO is difficult to study. Unlike other regulated
pollutants such as ozone and carbon monoxide, particulate matter is a complex
and varying mixture of substances, including carbon, hydrocarbons, dust, and
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acid aerosols.
"Researchers can't Put people in exposure chambers to study the effects
of particulate air pollution," says Dr. Schwartz. "We have no way of
duplicating the typical urban mix of particles. " Consequently, most of what
is known about particulates has been learned through population-based research
like the Seattle study.
Given that the EPA's current priority is to review the ozone and sulfur
dioxide standards, the agency is unlikely to reexamine the PM10 standard any
time soon. Until changes are made, there appears to be little people with
asthma can do to protect themselves from airborne particles.
"In some areas, you can get reports on air quality, but the reports only
cover the pollutant that is closest to violating its standard, and that's
rarely particulate matter," says Dr. Schwartz. "However, PM10 doesn't have
to be near its violation range to be unhealthy."
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Volume 6, Number 10 April 20, 1993
NIH Consensus Development Conference on Melanoma
The National Institutes of Health Consensus Development Conference on
Diagnosis and Treatment of Early Melanoma brought together experts in
dermatology, pathology, epidemiology, public education, surveillance
techniques, and potential new technologies as well as other health care
professionals and the public to address (1) the clinical and histological
characteristics of early melanoma; (2) the appropriate diagnosis, management,
and followup of patients with early melanoma; (3) the role of dysplastic nevi
and their significance; and (4) the role of education and screening in
preventing melanoma morbidity and mortality. Following 2 days of
presentations by experts and discussion by the audience, a consensus panel
weighed the scientific evidence and prepared their consensus statement.
Among their findings, the panel recommended that (1) melanoma in situ is a
distinct entity effectively treated surgically with 0.5 centimeter margins;
(2) thin invasive melanoma, less than 1 millimeter thick, has the potential
for long-term survival in more than 90 percent of patients after surgical
excision with a 1 centimeter margin; (3) elective lymph node dissections and
extensive staging evaluations are not recommended in early melanoma; (4)
patients with early melanoma are at low risk for relapse but may be at high
risk for development of subsequent melanomas and should be followed closely;
(5) some family members of patients with melanoma are at increased risk for
melanoma and should be enrolled in surveillance programs; and (6) education
and screening programs have the potential to decrease morbidity and mortality
from melanoma.
A copy of the full text of the consensus panel's statement is available by
calling the NIH Office of Medical Applications of Research at (301) 496-1143
or by writing to: Office of Medical Applications of Research, National
Institutes of Health, Federal Building, Room 618, Bethesda, MD 20892.
HICNet Medical Newsletter Page 31
Volume 6, Number 10 April 20, 1993
NCI-Designated Cancer Centers
The Cancer Centers Program is comprised of 55 NCI-designated Cancer Centers
actively engaged in multidisciplinary research efforts to reduce cancer
incidence, morbidity, and mortality. Within the program, there are four types
of cancer centers: basic science cancer centers (14), which engage primarily
in basic cancer research; clinical cancer centers (12), which focus on
clinical research; "comprehensive" cancer centers (28), which emphasize a
multidisciplinary approach to cancer research, patient care, and community
outreach; and consortium cancer centers (1), which specialize in cancer
prevention and control research.
Although some cancer centers existed in the late 1960s and the 1970s, it was
the National Cancer Act of 1971 that authorized the establishment of 15 new
cancer centers, as well as continuing support for existing ones. The passage
of the act also dramatically transformed the centers' structure and broadened
the scope of their mission to include all aspects of basic, clinical, and
cancer control research. Over the next two decades, the centers' program grew
progressively.
In 1990, there were 19 comprehensive cancer centers in the nation. Today,
there are 28 of these institutions, all of which meet specific NCI criteria
for comprehensive status.
To attain recognition from the NCI as a comprehensive cancer center, an
institution must pass rigorous peer review. Under guidelines newly
established in 1990, the eight criteria for "comprehensiveness" include the
requirement that a center have a strong core of basic laboratory research in
several scientific fields, such as biology and molecular genetics, a strong
program of clinical research, and an ability to transfer research findings
into clinical practice.
Moreover, five of the criteria for comprehensive status go significantly
beyond that required for attaining a Cancer Center Support Grant (also
referred to as a P30 or core grant), the mechanism of choice for supporting
the infrastructure of a cancer center's operations. These criteria encompass
strong participation in NCI-designated high-priority clinical trials,
significant levels of cancer prevention and control research, and important
outreach and educational activities--all of which are funded by a variety of
sources.
The other types of cancer centers also have special characteristics and
capabilities for organizing new programs of research that can exploit
important new findings or address timely research questions.
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Of the 55 NCI-designated Cancer Centers, 14 are of the basic science type.
These centers engage almost entirely in basic research, although some centers
engage in collaborative research with outside clinical research investigators
and in cooperative projects with industry to generate medical applications
from new discoveries in the laboratory.
Clinical cancer centers, in contrast, focus on both basic research and
clinical research within the same institutional framework, and frequently
incorporate nearby affiliated clinical research institutions into their
overall research programs. There are 12 such centers today.
Finally, consortium cancer centers, of which there is one, are uniquely
structured and concentrate on clinical research and cancer prevention and
control research. These centers interface with state and local public health
departments for the purpose of achieving the transfer of effective prevention
and control techniques from their research findings to those institutions
responsible for implementing population-wide public health programs.
Consortium centers also are heavily engaged in collaborations with
institutions that conduct clinical trial research and coordinate community
hospitals within a network of cooperating institutions in clinical trials.
Together, the 55 NCI-Designated Cancer Centers continue to work toward
creating new and innovative approaches to cancer research, and through
interdisciplinary efforts, to effectively move this research from the
laboratory into clinical trials and into clinical practice.
Comprehensive Cancer Centers (Internet addresses are given where available)
University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center
Basic Health Sciences Building, Room 108
1918 University Boulevard
Birmingham, Alabama 35294
(205) 934-6612
University of Arizona Cancer Center
1501 North Campbell Avenue
Tucson, Arizona 85724
(602) 626-6372
Internet: [email protected]
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of California at Los Angeles
200 Medical Plaza
Los Angeles, California 90027
(213) 206-0278
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Internet: [email protected]
Kenneth T. Norris Jr. Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Southern California
1441 Eastlake Avenue
Los Angeles, California 90033-0804
(213) 226-2370
Yale University Comprehensive Cancer Center
333 Cedar Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06510
(203) 785-6338
Lombardi Cancer Research Center
Georgetown University Medical Center
3800 Reservoir Road, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20007
(202) 687-2192
Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of Miami Medical School
1475 Northwest 12th Avenue
Miami, Florida 33136
(305) 548-4800
Internet: [email protected]
Johns Hopkins Oncology Center
600 North Wolfe Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21205
(410) 955-8638
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
44 Binney Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02115
(617) 732-3214
Internet: [email protected]
Meyer L. Prentis Comprehensive Cancer Center of Metropolitan
Detroit
110 East Warren Avenue
Detroit, Michigan 48201
(313) 745-4329
Internet: cummings%[email protected]
University of Michigan Cancer Center
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101 Simpson Drive
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-0752
(313) 936-9583
BITNET: [email protected]
Mayo Comprehensive Cancer Center
200 First Street Southwest
Rochester, Minnesota 55905
(507) 284-3413
Norris Cotton Cancer Center
Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
One Medical Center Drive
Lebanon, New Hampshire 03756
(603) 646-5505
BITNET: [email protected]
Roswell Park Cancer Institute
Elm and Carlton Streets
Buffalo, New York 14263
(716) 845-4400
Columbia University Comprehensive Cancer Center
College of Physicians and Surgeons
630 West 168th Street
New York, New York 10032
(212) 305-6905
Internet: [email protected]
Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
1275 York Avenue
New York, New York 10021
(800) 525-2225
Kaplan Cancer Center
New York University Medical Center
462 First Avenue
New York, New York 10016-9103
(212) 263-6485
UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599
(919) 966-4431
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Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center
P.O. Box 3814
Durham, North Carolina 27710
(919) 286-5515
Cancer Center of Wake Forest University at the Bowman Gray School
of Medicine
300 South Hawthorne Road
Winston-Salem, North Carolina 27103
(919) 748-4354
Internet: [email protected]
Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
300 West 10th Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43210
(614) 293-5485
Internet: [email protected]
Fox Chase Cancer Center
7701 Burholme Avenue
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19111
(215) 728-2570
Internet: [email protected]
University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104
(215) 662-6364
Pittsburgh Cancer Institute
200 Meyran Avenue
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213-2592
(800) 537-4063
The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77030
(713) 792-3245
Vermont Cancer Center
University of Vermont
1 South Prospect Street
Burlington, Vermont 05401
(802) 656-4580
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Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
1124 Columbia Street
Seattle, Washington 98104
(206) 667-4675
Internet: [email protected]
University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center
600 Highland Avenue
Madison, Wisconsin 53792
(608) 263-8600
BITNET: [email protected]
Clinical Cancer Centers
University of California at San Diego Cancer Center
225 Dickinson Street
San Diego, California 92103
(619) 543-6178
Internet: [email protected]
City of Hope National Medical Center
Beckman Research Institute
1500 East Duarte Road
Duarte, California 91010
(818) 359-8111 ext. 2292
University of Colorado Cancer Center
4200 East 9th Avenue, Box B188
Denver, Colorado 80262
(303) 270-7235
University of Chicago Cancer Research Center
5841 South Maryland Avenue, Box 444
Chicago, Illinois 60637
(312) 702-6180
Internet: [email protected]
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1300 Morris Park Avenue
Bronx, New York 10461
(212) 920-4826
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University of Rochester Cancer Center
601 Elmwood Avenue, Box 704
Rochester, New York 14642
(716) 275-4911
Internet: [email protected]
Ireland Cancer Center Case Western Reserve University
University Hospitals of Cleveland
2074 Abington Road
Cleveland, Ohio 44106
(216) 844-5432
Roger Williams Cancer Center
Brown University
825 Chalkstone Avenue
Providence, Rhode Island 02908
(401) 456-2071
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
332 North Lauderdale Street
Memphis, Tennessee 38101-0318
(901) 522-0306
Internet: [email protected]
Institute for Cancer Research and Care
4450 Medical Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78229
(512) 616-5580
Utah Regional Cancer Center
University of Utah Health Sciences Center
50 North Medical Drive, Room 2C110
Salt Lake City, Utah 84132
(801) 581-4048
BITNET: [email protected]
Massey Cancer Center
Medical College of Virginia
Virginia Commonwealth University
1200 East Broad Street
Richmond, Virginia 23298
(804) 786-9641
Consortia
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Drew-Meharry-Morehouse Consortium Cancer Center
1005 D.B. Todd Boulevard
Nashville, Tennessee 37208
(615) 327-6927
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General Announcments
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THE UCI MEDICAL EDUCATION SOFTWARE REPOSITORY
This is to announce the establishment of an FTP site at the University of
California, for the collection of shareware, public-domain software and other
information relating to Medical Education.
Specifically, we are interested in establishing this site as a clearinghouse
for personally developed software that has been developed for local medical
education programs. We welcome all contributions that may be shared with
other users.
To connect to the UCI Medical Education Software Repository, ftp to:
FTP.UCI.EDU
The Repository currently offers both MSDOS and Macintosh software, and we hope
to support other operating systems (UNIX, MUMPS, AMIGA?).
Uploads are welcome. We actively solicit information and software which you
have personaly developed or have found useful in your local medical education
efforts, either as an instructor or student.
Once you have connected to the site via FTP, cd (change directory) to either
the med-ed/mac/incoming or the med-ed/msdos/incoming directories, change the
mode to binary and "send" or "put" your files. Note that you won't be able to
see the files with the "ls" or "dir" commands. Please compress your files as
appropriate to the operating system (ZIP for MSDOS; Compactor or something
similar for Macintosh) to save disk space.
After uploading, please send email to Steve Clancy ([email protected]) (for
MSDOS) or Albert Saisho ([email protected]) (for MAC) describing the file(s) you
have uploaded and any other information we might need to describe it.
Note that we can only accept software or information that has been designated
as shareware, public-domain or that may otherwise be distributed freely.
Please do not upload commercial software! Doing so may jeopardize the
existence of this FTP site.
If you wish to upload software for other operating systems, please contact
either Steve Clancy, M.L.S. or Albert Saisho, M.D. at the addresses above.
HICNet Medical Newsletter Page 40
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AIDS News Summaries
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AIDS Daily Summary
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) National AIDS
Clearinghouse makes available the following information as a public service
only. Providing this information does not constitute endorsement by the CDC,
the CDC Clearinghouse, or any other organization. Reproduction of this text
is encouraged; however, copies may not be sold. Copyright 1993, Information,
Inc., Bethesda, MD
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April 12, 1993
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"NIH Set to Test Multiple AIDS Vaccines" Reuters (04/08/93) (Frank,
Jacqueline)
Washington--The Clinton administration will permit the National
Institutes of Health to test multiple AIDS vaccines instead of only allowing
the Army to test a single vaccine, administration sources said Thursday. The
decision ends the controversy between Army AIDS researchers who had hoped to
test a vaccine made by MicroGeneSys Inc. and the National Institutes of
Health, which contended that multiple vaccines should be tested. Health and
Human Services Secretary Donna Shalala said a final announcement on the
therapeutic vaccine trials was expected to be made last Friday. Companies
including Genentech Inc., Chiron Corp., and Immuno AG have already told NIH
that they are prepared to participate in the vaccine tests. The testing is
intended to demonstrate whether AIDS vaccines are effective in thwarting the
replication of HIV in patients already infected. Shalala refuted last week's
reports that the Clinton administration had decided the Army's test of the
MicroGeneSys VaxSyn should proceed without tests of others at the same time.
"The report was inaccurate, and I expect there to be some announcement in the
next 24 hours about that particular AIDS research project," said Shalala.
Administration sources subsequently confirmed that NIH director Dr. Bernadine
Healy and Food and Drug Administration Commissioner David Kessler had
convinced the White House that multiple vaccines should be tested
simultaneously. But MicroGeneSys president Frank Volvovitz said a test of
multiple vaccines could triple the cost of the trial and delay it by two
years.
==================================================================
HICNet Medical Newsletter Page 41
Volume 6, Number 10 April 20, 1993
"The Limits of AZT's Impact on HIV" U.S. News & World Report (04/12/93) Vol.
114, No. 14, P. 18
AZT has become the most widely used drug to fight AIDS since it was
approved by the Food and Drug Administration in 1987. Burroughs Wellcome,
the manufacturer of AZT, made $338 million last year alone from sales of the
drug. However, a team of European researchers recently reported that
although HIV-positive patients taking AZT demonstrated a slightly lower risk
of developing AIDS within the first year of treatment, that benefit
disappeared two years later. The Lancet published preliminary findings of
the three-year study, which could give more reason for critics to argue the
drug's cost, side effects, and general efficacy. Even though U.S.
researchers concede the study was more comprehensive than American trials,
many argue the European researchers' suggestion that HIV-positive patients
experience little improvement in their illness before the development of
AIDS symptoms. In addition, researchers have long been familiar with the
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Try setting up another HPIII printer but when choosing what port to connect it
to choose FILE instead of like :LPT1. This will prompt you for a file name
everytime you print with that "HPIII on FILE" printer. Good Luck.
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7,857 |
Theoretically supposed to be reduced.... not any longer. That's why everyone
is arguing about RISC v.s. CISC. Personally, I think CISC will win out.
Just take a look at the Pentium! (Not that I like Intel architectures either,
but that's another story...)
bye!
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Brian "Hojo" Lee | "Hey, excuse me miss, could I have a .GIF of you?"
[email protected] |
[email protected] | (try Linux... the best and free UN*X clone!) | 18 | trimmed_train |
6,923 | So, will it be possible to have a NuBus or PDS PowerPC upgrade, or will it
require a logic board swap? It would be interesting for Apple to come out with
a NuBus PowerPC that allowed use of the CPU's 680x0, like RocketShare. But I
guess that's getting a bit fantastic!
I was wondering, since MacWeek reported that developers were 'seeded' with
PowerPCs on a NuBus card.
Also, any word on machine arrivals or estimated speed? Last I heard, the
estimates were around 3-4 times the speed of a Quadra in native RISC mode. I
heard an Apple employee mumble something about the arrival of PowerPC machines
at a much earlier date that Q1 94, but I doubt it's true.
Finally, is the PowerPC developer's CD 'mini-course' available? I saw it
advertised in the developer's university calendar, and I'd like to know if it's
at all *interesting*.
Sean | 14 | trimmed_train |
8,824 |
I think you'd have to do some massive data compression just to
fit a bit of key information on each primary particle of the known
universe.
But, hey, it's fun to imagine. | 7 | trimmed_train |
2,234 | Oops, I forgot to set read permission. It's fixed now.
ftp netcom.com
login: anonymous
password: [email protected]
cd pub/mvp
binary
get clinton.zip
You need pkzip 2.x or the latest net.zip to un-"deflate" this.
Economic stats since Day One, plus all of the myriad ways Slick Willie
and the Gang of 535 are preparing to do it to us. From Ron Brown's
desk, so any distortion is pro-Democrat, can you believe it? | 13 | trimmed_train |
3,615 | NJ> : >And, while we are on the subject, has a captain ever been
traded,
NJ> : >resigned, or been striped of his title during the season? Any
other
NJ> : >team captain trivia would be appreciated.
Mike Foligno was captain of the Buffalo Sabres when he was traded to
Toronto. | 17 | trimmed_train |
5,549 |
You're closer than you might imagine. I certainly despised living
under the Soviet regime when it purported to organize society according
to what they fondly imagined to be the "objective" conclusions of
Marxist dialectic.
But I don't hate Physics so long as some clown doesn't start trying
to control my life on the assumption that we are all interchangeable
atoms, rather than individual human beings. | 8 | trimmed_train |
4,247 |
1) This is NOT a feature of the Window Manager but of xterm.
2) This sequences are NOT ANSI compatible, are they ?
Does anyone know IF there are compatible sequences for this and what they
are ? I would think they are DCS (device control sequence) introduced,
but may be a CSI sequence exists, too ?
This MUST work on a dxterm (VT and ANSI compatible), it may not work
on xterms.
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2,636 |
This is ok in my opinion as long as the stuff *returns to earth*.
If this turns out to be true, it's time to get seriously active in
terrorism. This is unbelievable! Who do those people think they are,
selling every bit that promises to make money? I guess we really
deserve being wiped out by uv radiation, folks. "Stupidity wins". I
guess that's true, and if only by pure numbers.
Another depressed planetary citizen,
hoover
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5,591 | The restriction could have to do with the car being a convertible.
A lot of paronoid laws were passed concerning convertibles in the 80's.
These states may require greater rollover protection than the Capri affords.
Thatch Harvey
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7,684 | Is life a pass/fail course, and does God grade on a
curve?
I'm new here, and only vaguely religious, but I want to
know what some of you people think. Specifically, are there an
infinite number of Heavens, and a person goes to the one that
he/she deserves? Or is it simply Heaven or nothing (Hell?)
Also, are we "graded" by those around us, or has there always
been some unchanging method? Is the person's childhood taken
into account?
I'm sure these must sound like over-simplifications to
most of you, but I figure that you're the experts.
-Quinn
[Eschatology is an area on which Christians do not agree. I suspect
that's because our primary source of information is prophets and
visionaries, and their writings tend to be highly symbolic. However
both Jesus' teachings in the Gospels and books such as the Revelation
to John talk primarily about the difference between eternal life and
eternal death. On a number of occasions Jesus does say things that
imply some sort of differentiation, e.g. Lk 10:14 and a number of
similar passages where Jesus says things like "even XXX will be better
off than you in the judgement." Also, I Cor 3 talks about someone who
gets into heaven, but by the skin of his teeth, as it were. But these
passages are not normally interpreted as suggesting separate heavens,
so much as differing levels of prestige or punishment in heaven or
hell (and not all Christians would even go as far as that). The only
Christian group I know of that believes in multiple heavens is the
Mormons, and they are very far from mainstream Christianity (far
enough that many of our readers would not call them Christian). Their
ideas in this area involve specific Mormon revelations, in addition
to the Bible and "Holy Tradition" of a more generic Christian sort.
Note that many Christians will cringe at the very thought of
associating grading with God. The whole point of Christ was to free
us from the results of a test that we couldn't possibly pass. If you
like test analogies, God grades on a very strict and unbending scale,
but he also cheats -- he replaces our test papers with an exam that
was prepared by the teacher, before actually doing the grading.
Because some people end up in heaven and others in hell, it's easy to
see why you'd be inclined to think of it as grading. While there are
differences among branches of Christianity on details, I think we all
agree that in one way or another, God cheats.
I am personally very sceptical about anyone who claims to know exactly
how far God's cheating extends. Will he accept people who don't
explicitly acknowledge Christ, but somehow still follow him in their
hearts? Many Christians believe that this is possible, at least in
principle, but certainly not all do. Jesus provided us with a clear
description of how to be saved, but it's not clear to me that he
provided an exact description of how he's going to place the dividing
line. Certainly he made it clear that we can't expect to know whether
other individuals are saved or not. | 0 | trimmed_train |
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OZONE GIF IMAGES
April 15, 1993
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Two GIF images of the ozone maps over the northern and southern
hemispheres are now available at the JPL Info public access site. These maps
were produced by the Microwave Limb Sounder aboard the Upper Atmosphere
Research Satellite (UARS), and are courtesy of the Public Information Office
at JPL. Note that the images are in GIF89a format, so make sure your display
software supports this format (as opposed to the older GIF87a format). The
caption files accompanying the images are appended at the end of this message,
as well as being embedded in the images. The images are available by dialup
modem at +1 (818) 354-1333, up to 9600 bps, parameters N-8-1, or by using
anonymous ftp to:
ftp: pubinfo.jpl.nasa.gov (128.149.6.2)
user: anonymous
cd: news (will be moved to the images directory in 30 days)
files: ozone93a.gif - Northern hemisphere
ozone93b.gif - Southern hemisphere
Also, photographic prints of these images can be ordered from Newell Color
Lab listed below. Refer to the P number associated with the images when
ordering.
Newell Color Lab
221 N. Westmoreland Avenue
Los Angeles CA 90064
Telephone: (213) 380-2980
FAX: (213) 739-6984
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This graphic depicts chlorine monoxide and ozone over Earth's
northern hemisphere in February 1992 and 1993. These maps were
produced by the Microwave Limb Sounder aboard the Upper
Atmosphere Research Satellite. The chlorine monoxide (ClO) maps
(left) are for a layer about 20 kilometers (66,000 feet) above
the Earth's surface on February 17, 1992 (above) and 1993
(below). The ozone maps show the total amount above an altitude
of about 12 kilometers (41,000 feet) averaged over the period
from February 15 to March 6 for the two years. The Microwave
Limb Sounder, developed and operated by a team at NASA's Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, is one of several instruments on the
Goddard Space Flight Center's Upper Atmosphere Research
Satellite, launched in September 1991.
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April 14, 1993 | 10 | trimmed_train |
7,209 | How can the government tell which encryption method one is using without
being able to decode the traffic? i.e., In order to accuse me of using an
unauthorized strong encryption technique they would have to take both
keys out of escrow, run them against my ciphertext and "draw a blank". | 7 | trimmed_train |
9 |
I've had the board for over a year, and it does work with Diskdoubler,
but not with Autodoubler, due to a licensing problem with Stac Technologies,
the owners of the board's compression technology. (I'm writing this
from memory; I've lost the reference. Please correct me if I'm wrong.)
Using the board, I've had problems with file icons being lost, but it's
hard to say whether it's the board's fault or something else; however,
if I decompress the troubled file and recompress it without the board,
the icon usually reappears. Because of the above mentioned licensing
problem, the freeware expansion utility DD Expand will not decompress
a board-compressed file unless you have the board installed.
Since Stac has its own product now, it seems unlikely that the holes
in Autodoubler/Diskdoubler related to the board will be fixed.
Which is sad, and makes me very reluctant to buy Stac's product since
they're being so stinky. (But hey, that's competition.)
-- | 14 | trimmed_train |
10,354 | The Phillies salvaged their weekend series against the Chicago Cubs
by beating them 11-10 in a wild one at Wrigley Field Sunday
afternoon. It was the Phils only win in the three game series, and
was the first time the Phillies have lost a series in the young
season. The Phils jumped to a 6-0 lead in the game thanks to 2
John Kruk 2-run homers and two Wes Chamberlain homers. However Danny
Jackson, and the Phillies middle relief was unable to hold the lead.
Mitch Williams entered the game with the Phillies leading 8-4,
however Candy Maldonado hit a ninth inning homerun to tie it. In
the 11th, Dave Hollins hit a three-run shot, his first of the year
to push the Phils ahead to stay. However, in a shaky bottom of the
11th the Cubs scored 2 runs and had the tying runner on base when
the Cubs pinch hit Randy Myers for Bob Scanlan (they were out of
position players) and Myers bunted into a double play to end the
game. | 2 | trimmed_train |
4,311 | I don't know if this is an obvious question, but can any of the current
batch of windows accelerator cards (diamond etc) be used to drive a monitor
which has RGB and horizontal and vertical sync ( 5 BNC jacks altogether)
connectors out the back?? I might be able to get ahold of a Raster
Technologies 17" monitor (1510 ??)cheap and I was wondering if it was
possible to connect it via an adapter (RGB to vga ??) to my Gateway, would
I need different drivers etc.
Thanks | 3 | trimmed_train |
1 | A fair number of brave souls who upgraded their SI clock oscillator have
shared their experiences for this poll. Please send a brief message detailing
your experiences with the procedure. Top speed attained, CPU rated speed,
add on cards and adapters, heat sinks, hour of usage per day, floppy disk
functionality with 800 and 1.4 m floppies are especially requested.
I will be summarizing in the next two days, so please add to the network
knowledge base if you have done the clock upgrade and haven't answered this
poll. Thanks. | 14 | trimmed_train |
7,704 |
Does anyone out there have the toll-free (catalog request and order line) for
Heathkit/Zenith? Please post the number if you've got it! Thanks.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
4,318 |
What's the difference, in practice?
It amounts to your saying, it's disgusting but should be legal,
***or***
someone else saying, let's allow the parties involved to decide what is
disgusting.
Or, if you're like me, you think that it ISN'T a coercive law, because
some children can't make informed consent.
Brian | 13 | trimmed_train |
4,532 | I'm getting ready to buy a multimedia workstation and would like a little
advice. I need a graphics card that will do video in and out under windows.
I was originally thinking of a Targa+ but that doesn't work under Windows.
What cards should I be looking into?
Thanks,
Craig
| 1 | trimmed_train |
8,571 | Hi,
Does anyone know anything about this group and what they
do? Any info would be appreciated. Thanks!
| 0 | trimmed_train |
11,292 |
If I hear someone screwing with my car (ie, setting off the alarm) and
taunting me to come out, you can be damn sure that my Colt Delta Elite
will also be coming with me. It's not the screwing with the car that'd
get them shot, it's the potential physical danger. If they're
taunting like that, it's very possible that they also intend to rob
me and/or do other physically harmful things.
If they're just screwing around, no harm done. If they're bent on
mayhem, they will receive the cure for their lead deficiency; a
180gr. injection @1200 fps...there's no telling what today's violent
criminals will do. Death may be the most pleasant outcome...
James | 4 | trimmed_train |
2,390 |
While I agree with most of Jon says (I deleted those parts, of course), I
have serious reservations about this advice. Maintaining a `just
friends' level of relationship is much easier said than done. People
usually end up getting hurt. This is especially likely to happen when
they start off with feelings of attraction.
When people feel attracted those feelings can cloud their judgement.
I've had the experience of going quickly from believing that I shouldn't
date non-Christians to believing that dating this man would be okay to
believing that premarital sex is fine when people really love each
other. When the relationship ended my beliefs immediately returned to
their original state.
This is an especially extreme case because I was young and away from home
and fellowship. I don't think it would work exactly this way for most
people. However, it's important not to underestimate the power of
feelings of attraction. | 0 | trimmed_train |
2,600 |
Anyone who dies for a "cause" runs the risk of dying for a lie. As for
people being able to tell if he was a liar, well, we've had grifters and
charlatans since the beginning of civilization. If David Copperfield had
been the Messiah, I bet he could have found plenty of believers.
Jesus was hardly the first to claim to be a faith healer, and he wasn't the
first to be "witnessed." What sets him apart?
Rubbish. Nations have followed crazies, liars, psychopaths, and
megalomaniacs throughout history. Hitler, Tojo, Mussolini, Khomeini,
Qadaffi, Stalin, Papa Doc, and Nixon come to mind...all from this century.
Koresh is a non-issue.
Take a discrete mathematics or formal logic course. There are flaws in your
logic everywhere. And as I'm sure others will tell you, read the FAQ!
Of course, you have to believe the Bible first. Just because something is
written in the Bible does not mean it is true, and the age of that tome plus
the lack of external supporting evidence makes it less credible. So if you
do quote from the Bible in the future, try to back up that quote with
supporting evidence. Otherwise, you will get flamed mercilessly.
Just like weight lifting or guitar playing, eh? I don't know how you
define the world "total," but I would imagine a "total sacrafice [sp]
of everything for God's sake" would involve more than a time commitment.
You are correct about our tendency to "box everything into time units."
Would you explain HOW one should involove God in sports and (hehehe)
television? | 8 | trimmed_train |
896 |
What "it may think is right" may be exactly what the user wants.
Assuming that your application "has reason to know better" is, IMHO,
anti-social. If I start your application with a -geometry option are
you going to ignore that as well?
There's really no way to force a window manager to do much of anything
if it's managing your window. You can ask, you can hint, but there's
no guarantee that you're going to get what you want.
| 16 | trimmed_train |
842 | In PC Magazine April 27, 1993:29 "Although SCSI is twice as fasst as ESDI,
20% faster than IDE, and support up to 7 devices its acceptance ...has
long been stalled by incompatability problems and installation headaches."
note what it does NOT site as a factor: PRICE.
int eh same article the PC would will get plug and play SCSI {from the
article it seems you get plug and play SCSI-1 only since SCSI-2 in FULL
implimentation has TEN NOT 7 devices.}
SCSI-1 intergration is sited as another part of the MicroSoft Plug and play
program.
| 3 | trimmed_train |
289 | Laptop Connectivity Cards
-------------------------
Part #T2RN
Desc: 3270 Remote Emulation Card for Toshiba Laptop Computer
Part #T324M
Desc: Easytalk 2400 bd dedicated internal modem with MNP level 5 for
Toshiba T1200 & T1600
Part #T2LL
Desc: Easytalk internal ethernet card for toshiba laptop expansion slot.
Part #T232
Desc: Easytalk 3270 Terminal emulation for toshiba laptop expansion slot | 5 | trimmed_train |
5,466 | Dear Binary Newsers,
I am looking for Quick C or Microsoft C code for image decoding from file for
VGA viewing and saving images from/to GIF, TIFF, PCX, or JPEG format. I have
scoured the Internet, but its like trying to find a Dr. Seuss spell checker
TSR. It must be out there, and there's no need to reinvent the wheel.
Thanx in advance.
////////////// | 1 | trimmed_train |
3,213 |
That's ridiculous!
They aren't designed, they evolved. And, much as it discomforts us, in
humans a trouble-free birth process was sacrificed to increased brain and
cranial size. Wild animals have a much easier time with birth than humans do.
Domestic horses and cows typically have a worse time. To give you an idea:
my family tree is complicated because a few of my pioneer great-great-
grandfathers had several wives, and we never could figure out which wife
had each child. One might ask why this happened. My great-great-
grandfathers were, by the time they reached their forties, quite prosperous
farmers. Nonetheless, they lost several wives each to the rigors of
childbirth; the graveyards in Spencer, Indiana, and Boswell, North Dakota,
contain quite a few gravestones like "Ida, wf. of Jacob Liptrap, and
baby, May 6, 1853."
More like one in ten. And the consequences can be devastating; I have
direct experience of more than a dozen victims of a fouled-up breech birth.
It isn't always fatal. But it is often fatal, when it happens out of
reach of adequate help. More often, it permanently damages one's health.
Clearly women's bodies _evolved_ to give birth (I am no believer in divine
design); however, evolution did not favor trouble-free births for humans.
My, aren't we wroth! I haven't read a more outrageous straw man attack
in months! I can practically see your mouth foam.
We're statistically sophisticated enough to balance the risks. Although
I can't produce exact statistics 5 years after the last time we looked
them up, rest assured that we balanced C-section risks against other risks.
I wouldn't encourage my wife to have a Caesarean unless it was clearly
indicated; on the other hand, I am opposed (on obvious grounds) to waiting
until an emergency to give in.
And bear this in mind: my wife took the lead in all of these decisions.
We talked things over, and I did a lot of the leg work, but the main
decisions were really hers.
I don't know of very many home birth advocates, even, that think that
a first-time mother should have her baby at home.
But people should bother to find out the relative risks. My wife was
unwilling to take any significant risks in order to have nice surroundings.
In view of the intensity of the birth experience, I doubt surroundings
have much importance anyway. Somehow the values you're advocating seem
all lopsided to me: taking risks, even if fairly small, of serious
permanent harm in order to preserve something that is, after all,
an esthetic consideration. | 19 | trimmed_train |
2,925 |
I don't understand the assumption that because something is found to
be carcinogenic that "it would not be legal in the U.S.". I think that
naturally occuring substances (excluding "controlled" substances) are
pretty much unregulated in terms of their use as food, food additives
or other "consumption". It's only when the chemists concoct (sp?) an
ingredient that it falls under FDA regulations. Otherwise, if they
really looked closely they would find a reason to ban almost everything.
How in the world do you suppose it's legal to "consume" tobacco products
(which probably SHOULD be banned)? | 19 | trimmed_train |
7,158 | In-Reply-To: <[email protected]> [email protected] (PRESTON, LISA M) | 1 | trimmed_train |
10,079 | How do you take off the driver side door panel from the inside
on an '87 Honda Prelude? The speaker went scratchy, and I want
to access its pins.
Why are you posting this tripe to rec.autos.vw? | 4 | trimmed_train |
5,411 | I am looking for some information of hidden line removal using Roberts
algorithm. Something with code, or pseudo code would be especially
helpful.
I am required to do this for a class, due Monday (we have very little
time to implement these changes, it is a VERY FAST paced class). The
notes given in class leave a LOT to be desired, so I would vastly
appreciate any help.
Actually any algorithm would be nice (Roberts or no). The main problem
is two objects intersecting in x and y dimensions, need to know which
lines to clip off so that one object will appear in front of another.
If you can give me an ftp address and filename, or even the name of a
good book, I'd REALLY appreciate it. | 1 | trimmed_train |
4,542 | In <[email protected]> [email protected] (Monthian
Perhaps the reason is simple--maybe the marketing people who put together
the brochures and price lists weren't clear on the FPU issue.
Afterall, Apple's literature is not always 100% correct. A funny one I
noticed recently is that some of the brochures on the Macs with CD
capability refer to the "auto inkjet" feature. This should have read "auto
inject" feature (as it does on some other correct brochures I've seen from
Apple). Since it was correct on some older brochures, I can only guess
that someone edited the copy, saw "inject" and thought it was a typo and
changed it to the more familiar word "inkjet". | 14 | trimmed_train |
3,216 | [DISCLAIMER: Throughout this post, there are statements and questions which
could easily be interpreted as being sarcastic. They are not. I have written
this reply in the most even-handed manner that I can, with no emotions boiling
to the surface as it was written. Please accept this as a serious attempt to
foster dialog and rest assurred that I make every attempt to make fun of no
one, except myself ;-)]
[...]
Hmmm. There are other animals on this planet with advanced
mental facilities which have not developed "religion" as a
satisfactory explaination for the unexplained. Why is this so?
Further, it appears that only humans have a "need" to explain the
unexplained. Why is this so? The other animals on this planet,
including those with advanced mental facilities, seem perfectly
content in their ignorance.
I'd like to point out that your presuppositions scream out at me
from your unsupported statement. They are: 1) humans are animal
*only*; 2) religion exists as a crutch so that the unexplained need
not be researched; 3) religion was "made up" by humans to address a
perceived need; 4) the biological aspect of humans is deified (that
is, all aspects of human life can be categorized in a hierarchical
structure with biology at the apex).
Needless to say, I disagree with your strong opinion #1 and the
underlying presuppositions.
I disagree that Christianity is "an infectious cult". It has
certainly shown itself to be persistent as a belief system, in
spite of various persecutions throughout the past two millenia.
That it continues to persevere does not demonstrate that it is
"infectious" in a derrogatory sense; it may be that it provides
a workable system for its adherents (and I would argue that this
is the case).
I disagree that Christianity is "a safety blanket" which supplants
hope and purpose. Rather, it points an individual to the one
Source of hope and purpose. There is nothing hidden about a
Christian's source for hope and purpose. Of what usefulness to
you is the distinction between internally motivated hope and purpose
and externally given hope and purpose? Is the (apparent) loss of
control over one's own life the problem or is it something else?
Finally, one does not appropriate "eternal happiness" by following
Christian moral standards. Indeed, the sole reason for the existance
of Christianity is *because* standards are inadequate to save people
from their imperfections. Moral standards are merely guides to the
Christian; the real power to moral living is given to the Christian
in the Person of God's Spirit.
Heaven is one of two final states that
Christian doctrine postulates. However, Christians are generally
not motivated to live according to Christian moral standards by this
promised future reward; rather, they are motivated by the perceived
benefits to them in the here-and-now.
Many Christian organizations are concerned with evangelism as a
priority, and rightly so (for it was Jesus Himself who gave this
as a priority for His followers). However, it is not the penultimate
priority as evangelism is normally understood (i.e. preach the word,
convert at nearly any cost, repeat with new convert ad infinitum).
Rather, such evangelism is generally best done through respecting
the opinions of others while *demonstrating* the very real benefits
of a Christian lifestyle. This demonstration should be so powerful
that it compels the non-Christian to seek out the Christian to ask
"Why?" Needless to say, such a demonstration is not easily accom-
plished (it takes a radical committment to the person of Jesus), it
does not happen quickly (so perseverance on the part of the Christian
is required), and it cannot occur where no personal bonds of
friendship exist (it is ineffective with strangers who cannot
evaluate the demonstration over time, and it is easy to alienate or
harm others if the sole purpose of being a "friend" is to gain a
conversion).
As a long-time Christian (nearly 20 years), I view with some skep-
ticism *all* evangelism programs which incorporate a "hurry-up"
attitude. Pressured conversions may ultimately be worse than no
conversion at all (because the pressured convert realizes s/he was
coerced and disavows Christianity when they would have been open
to it in the future had they not been taken advantage of now).
The Bible states that it is the very Spirit of God which brings
conviction of wrong-doing to people. I am content to do my part
(witness) and let the Spirit do the rest.
We are far more than animals. We sleep, eat, reproduce, and die
just as other animals do - true. But, we are also capable of more
than this. If your personal vision of humanity (or of yourself) is
so limited, I can only hope and pray ;-) that you will someday find
a more expansive view.
(For reflection, what animals have the wide variety of performing
arts that humans do? How is it that humans can learn the language
of other humans (or animals) but that other animals cannot do so?
How is it that humans can organize themselves in various social
structures whereas other animals have only one structure?)
Blatant assertion. Christianity is not physically addictive.
Christianity is not psychologically addictive. Christianity is not
a *thing* which one snorts/ingests/shoots-up; it is a relationship
with a living being. You might as validly characterize any close-
knit relationship with this appelation.
There are "Jesus freaks" who let the emotional aspects of worship
and Christian living gain (and retain) the upper hand. Even so,
this does not by itself invalidate the foundation from which these
things flow.
Guilty by association? That "christianity" which forces itself
upon another is not Christianity at all.
You appear to have an amazing certainty about what really happened
2000 years ago. How did you come by it?
I cannot accept your conclusion that Jesus' influence was a sole
result of the Roman sack of Jerusalem in 70AD. He was 30+ years
gone by this time. It strains the bounds of credulity to assert
that nothing about Jesus' life was noteworthy _until_ the sack.
Christianity is having a relationship with Jesus Christ Himself.
What do you know of Him?
| 0 | trimmed_train |
1,819 | I had the good luck to obtain an EICO dynamic conductance
tube tester for a song. Unfortunately, I was a little out of
key; the only thing wrong with it was an open meter movement.
Does anyone know where I can find either another meter movement
like it, a dead-but-not-the-meter-dead unit, or schematics
to specify the current scale of the meter movement? I can cut
and paste a more sensitive movement in if I can find what the
full scale current was. Or... is EICO still contactable?
The thing is a model 666 -nope, not a joke or any sort of snide
reference. | 11 | trimmed_train |
5,228 | SOMEONE PLEASE BUY THESE BOOKS!!!!! I AM NOT ASKING MUCH!!!!!!
JUST MAKE ME AN OFFER AND I WILL PROBABLY TAKE IT!!!!!
* Writing good software in Fortran, Graham Smith.
* The Holt Handbook by Kirszner & Mandell (copyright 1986) 720+ page writing guide.
* General Chemistry Principles & Modern Applications, R. Petrucci, fourth
edition. Big Book! Very good condition!
* Solutions manual for Chemistry book. Paperback.
* Study guide for Chemistry book. Paperback.
Send me your offers via email at [email protected]
| 5 | trimmed_train |
1,799 | I'm about to buy a new car and finance some of it. Since I paid
cash for the last car I bought I did not have to worry about
whether or not I had a good amount of insurance on it because
of a bank loan. I just put the amount that I wanted (not what
a bank would have wanted). Friends are telling me that banks
require some kind of insurance on the car to protect it since it
is collateral on loans. Is this true? Can that insurance be
gotten as part of my other insurance? I assume I don't have to
pay a dealer for extra insurance over my regular car insurance.
Am I correct? I hear about accident/health type insurance at
the dealers and I am pretty sure these are just money makers
for them. I just want to verify that I don't _have_ to buy
these at all. Or any other types of extras.
What do I have to pay for? Car, tax, license. Anything else? | 4 | trimmed_train |
5,085 | I am scanning in a color image and it looks fine on the screen. When I
converted it into PCX,BMP,GIF files so as to get it into MS Windows the colors
got much lighter. For example the yellows became white. Any ideas? | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,818 |
[and quotes a lot of stuff unnecessarily]
Ain't got a pair of fatigues... and I don't blast people wandering aimlessly,
I ask them what they're doing there... I only blast people who display
obvious violent intent... like black-clad men with weapons climbing thru
second-story windows, or people who break down the door instead of knocking.
Or people who knock my house down with tanks and set it afire. Sound
familiar yet?
Riddle me this: Why the hell are the CONVICTED CRIMINALS in Ohio getting
the kid glove treatment, and the BD's are burned alive without a trial?
Put aside who started the blaze, I still think any decent shyster can
make a case for cruel and unusual punishment, playing the sounds of
tortured rabbits over the loudspeakers (where's the SPCA in all this?)...
Oh, and that's Mister gun-toter SIR to you, bucko. Just because you choose
to abandon your rights, leave mine the hell alone, thankyouverymuch. | 9 | trimmed_train |
176 | Could you post a description of ObjectBase, your chosen
product. | 18 | trimmed_train |
201 |
Several years ago GM was having trouble with the rings sticking on the
5.7 diesel. They traced a cause to the use of 10W-40 oil. They would
not honor warranty work if 10W-40 was used (if my memory serves me).
5-30, 10-30 or 20 50 was OK'd though. | 4 | trimmed_train |
1,702 | I am writing a custom widget to support the display of graphics
and imagery. The user of the widget will be able to specify,
when creating it, whether it is to operate in X or GL mode.
I have set up translations and actions to handle mouse button
presses. They work fine when the widget is in X mode. In GL
mode they only work when the widget (my GL/X widget) is a child
of a manager. Put another way, the translations do not work
when the widget is configured in GL mode and is a child of a
shell. Does anyone know why this is happening? | 16 | trimmed_train |
6,788 |
--
MoOLIT (Motif/Open Look Intrinsic Toolkit allows developers to build
applications that can switch between Motif and Open Look at run-time,
while OLIT only gives you Open Look.
| 16 | trimmed_train |
2,880 |
From the Maxtor Product Specification and OEM Manual, Doc. 1011002 Rev. F,
page 35:
J2, (20) J1 (34) POWER
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+-----+ +--------+ +-------+ |
The only option you "should" jumper is the drive select, shown as "4C32C1"
above. There is also a drive power-up option jumper (elsewhere on the
drive's board) but the odds of that having been unset are slim.
Since the 3B1 "normally" has only one HD, you would jumper betwwwn "C1" to
select the first (possible) drive address; if the 2190 is your second drive
on the 3B1, then jumper between "2C". | 5 | trimmed_train |
5,360 | I just overheard that San Jose Coach George Kingston was officially
terminated today... Maybe good news, maybe bad. I kinda liked him, but he
seemed to lack a certain fire.
| 17 | trimmed_train |
3,684 | Here's a simple way to convert the Clipper proposal to an unexceptionable
one: Make it voluntary.
That is--you get high quality secure NSA classified technology if you agree
to escrow your key. Otherwise you are on your own.
That's the disturbing part - use of other products IS voluntary, for now,
and the press releases talk about the White House's unwillingness to
decide that citizens have a right to good commercial crypto gear,
and about how commercial alternatives will be permitted as long as
they provide key escrow services. That's a clear implication that
they're considering banning alternatives.
Additionally, use of real alternatives ISN'T totally legal -
you're not allowed to export really good crypto equipment except to
the government's friends (e.g. the Australian government)
you can only export even BAD crypto equipment with their permission,
and the regulators who control the cellular telephone companies make
sure there are only two competitors, so Joe's Garage Cellular can't
start offering a secure service. | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,512 | I have an NEC multisync 3d monitor for sale. great condition. looks new. it is
.28 dot pitch
SVGA monitor that syncs from 15-38khz
it is compatible with all aga amiga graphics modes.
leave message if interested. make an offer. | 5 | trimmed_train |
3,330 | :>I think the scientists are biased towards the food industry or something.
:>Was the article long? Would anyone be interested in posting it?
:a neuroscientist told me that MSG is used as a neurotoxin...that's
:right...some labs use it to "kill" neurons in mice and rats
Vitamin A (and I think vitamin D) in strong enough amounts can kill. The key
words are DOSAGE and EXPOSURE MECHANISM.
| 19 | trimmed_train |
370 | In NZ apparently things like aftershave are also giving positive
readings
| 11 | trimmed_train |
9,718 | I wrote :
Nice strawman indeed. The discussion is not about whether there were
tanks
used in sixties riots; instead, it is about whether those tanks fired
their
main guns in one of those riots. You claim they did. That claim is
ludicrous.
Awesley replied:
I repeated what I had been told, under what context I had heard it,
supporting the claim that tanks were indeed used in Detroit in 67.
The issue has never been whether tanks were used in Detroit in 1967. It
has been whether they fired their main guns. You did not merely claim that
tanks were used--you claimed that they fired their main guns to suppress
sniper fire and that they were "quite" effective at this. You continue to
back away from this claim and defend something else that nobody is
disputing.
Awesley went on:
I
spent a few minutes in a library today -- found their computer was
down and they don't have a card catalog. Anyway, it took about 10
minutes to find this in _Nightmare in Detroit, A Rebellion and It's
Victims_ by Sauter and Hines, on page 133, telling of the death of
Tonia Blanding, age 4.
"When the tank was fired upon by snipers it turned in the direction
the shots came from. [...] the fifty-caliber machine gun mounted on the
tank belched fire into the buildings. After a short round into the front
of the buildings, the tank guns spit again, tearing apart huge holes out
of the side of the apartment."
Well, it's not the main gun.
"Well, it's not the main gun." Gee, that's only the entire point. Are you
now going to admit that you were wrong?
will I see any pictures of tanks firing their main
guns? Will I see pictures of buildings damaged by the shells? Will I
read
the reports of the tank fire? I'll bet you dollar to doughnuts I won't.
It will take more than second-hand accounts from a few old National Guard
sergeants shooting the shit to convince me that tanks shelled American
cities in the Sixties.
Awesley replied:
Well, if you bothered to read them, it wouldn't take long at all to
find reports of tank * fire * -- although not necessarily of the main
guns.
I will never read of tanks firing their main guns in Detroit in the '67
riots. There is simply no way that such an event could have taken place
without it being common knowledge even 26 years later. The American
military firing shells from tanks in American cities on blacks would have
been *big* news.
Awesley goes on:
You can also read of the troops using grenade launchers.
To fire fragmentary grenades? I doubt that as well. To fire concussion
grenades? Perhaps. To fire tear gas? Certainly. But you would be
perfectly willing to let us believe they fired frags, wouldn't you, since
it makes your other claim seem more plausible.
And on:
I don't
expect to convince you; you'll have to open your mind and eyes and
actually
do a little research to be convinced one way or the other. Let me know
what you find.
I already know what you found: nothing. If I claimed that the Marines used
F-4s to launch rockets at buildings in Trenton, New Jersey would you
believe me? Would you suspend judgment until you had a chance to research
it? Or would your bullshit filters kick in?
If tanks had fired their main guns in Detroit, people would have been
screaming about it for the past two and half decades. I would know about
it. Unless you also claim that the National Guard managed to cover it up.
If your mind is open enough to believe that, well, good for you. I prefer
to live in reality. And here in reality, I find it hard to believe that
those tanks even had any shells, much less fired them. | 9 | trimmed_train |
6,658 |
This is a ridiculous argument for being a Christian. So then, you might
consider switching from Christianity to another religion if you were
offered an even more frightening description of another hell? How many
Christians do think there are who view it strictly as an insurance policy?
Not many I know; they believe in a message of love and compassion for
others. A faith based on fear of hell sounds like a dysfunctional
relationship with God. Like a child who cringes in fear of a parent's
physical violence.
Many religions have concrete views of heaven and hell, with various
threats and persuasions regarding who will go where. Competition over
who can envison the worst hell can hardly nurture the idea of loving
your neighbor as yourself.
| 0 | trimmed_train |
4,490 | jayson stark (i trhink that's him) fits perfectly in this category.
anyone who writes "dean palmer has 2 homers - at this pace, he'll
have 324 home runs!" should be shot.
if, at the end of april, he has 11, and anyone writes "at this
pace, he'll have 100+ homers!" they shouldbe shot too. | 2 | trimmed_train |
6,072 |
The higher memory limits apply to ISA cards only, as far as I know. The VLB
and EISA version should have no problems.
Again, the memory aperture need only be disabled if you have more than 124M RAM
(EISA and VLB) or 12 M (ISA). 32M should not be a problem for you.
Nope. I can use 640x480 at 72hz, 24-bit and 800x600 at 70hz, 24-bit, all
non-interlaced.
They aren't perfect, but are much improved. I don't recall the last time which
I had to leave mach 32 mode (ATI GUP mode) and switch to 8514 or VGA mode due
to software incompatibility.
It's quite fast, but whether or not its the fastest is open to debate.
I like it.
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8,215 |
Hmmmm.....I wondered where that hubcap went.
| 12 | trimmed_train |
271 | We are trying to write a program which can read files created by quattro
pro 3.0 and above. Would anyone know where to find information regarding
the format in which Quattro Pro stores its files.
Thanks in Advance
Mahesh | 18 | trimmed_train |
3,559 | 14 | trimmed_train |
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1,547 |
As far as I have read WIN NT will be supported on Intel, DEC ALPHA and the MIPS R4000
series of processors only. I do remember though reading a rumour about Sparc support
sometime in the future. I am not sure what you mean by running "unix applications".
You would have to have SAS for WIN NT (or maybe SAS for WIN16 etc). I have read
that MS will anounce avalaibility of WIN NT by end of May 93 (Comdex Spring). Hope
this helps.
Rajiev Gupta
| 18 | trimmed_train |
9,246 | Hi All
Hope you all had a Blessed Easter. I have a document which I believe
refutes the notion that the SSPX (Society of Saint Pius X) is in
schism, or that there has been any legitimate excommunication. If
anyone is interested in reading the truth about this matter please
email me and I'll send them the document via email. Its 26 pages long,
so I wont be posting it on the news group.
Its titled
NEITHER SCHISMATIC NOR EXCOMMUNICATED
This article was originally an English translation, by the
Society of Saint Pius X in Ireland, from the French Journal
'Courrier de Rome'. The French article, in its turn, was a
translation from the Italian of the Roman Newsletter 'Si Si No
No'.
This booklet contains the transcription, with some minor editing,
of the Irish article, and was transcribed and produced by John
Clay, Townsville, Queensland, Australia.
(There is no copyright attached. Simon Shields)
CONTENTS
NEITHER SCHISMATIC NOR EXCOMMUNICATED.......................1
CATHOLICS ON THE RACK.......................................1
THE CHOICE OF THE 'SENSUS FIDEI'............................3
AMBIGUITY...................................................4
THE CHURCH IS NOT BICEPHALOUS (TWO-HEADED)..................6
THE PERSON AND THE FUNCTION OF THE POPE.....................6
UNITY OF FAITH AND UNITY OF COMMUNION.......................8
THE CRITERIA OF CHOICE.....................................10
ECUMENISM - AN ATTACK ON THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH...........10
THE EXTRAORDINARY SITUATION WITHIN THE CHURCH..............11
EXTRAORDINARY DUTIES OF LAY PEOPLE.........................12
DUTIES AND POWERS OF BISHOPS...............................14
FROM THE FACT OF THEIR GREATER DUTIES......................14
FROM THE FACT OF THEIR GREATER POWER.......................14
THE POWER AND THE DUTY OF THE PAPACY.......................15
THE ELECTION OF BISHOPS....................................15
STATE AND RIGHT OF NECESSITY...............................16
1. THERE IS IN THE CHURCH A REAL STATE OF NECESSITY........17
FOR SOULS..................................................18
FOR SEMINARIANS............................................18
2. ALL THE ORDINARY MEANS HAVE BEEN EXHAUSTED..............19
3. THE ACT ITSELF IS NOT INTRINSICALLY EVIL AND THERE RESUL..........21
4. IN THE LIMITS OF EFFECTIVE REQUIREMENTS.................22
5. THE AUTHORITY OF THE POPE IS NOT PUT INTO QUESTION......23
THE EXCOMMUNICATION........................................24
CONCLUSION.................................................25
BIBLIOGRAPHY...............................................26-31
God Bless ye all,
An Irish Fairwell
may the road rise to meet you
may the wind be always at your back
may the sun shine warm upon your face,
the rains fall soft upon your fields,
and until we meet again,
may God hold you in the palm of his hand.
| 0 | trimmed_train |
8,405 |
I have owned my Sprint from the beginning and that sensor light comes on every
30K to let you know it's time for a check up. When that light goes on, I just
take it to the delaer tell them "It's that time" and they work on it for 4 hou
and you pay $5 for parts and $100 for labor. (Ahh...what they get for labor)
I currently have about 95K on my Sprint and of all the times I took it in for
service, I never say on the payment sheet anything about the replacement of the
Oxygen sensor. What the heck is an Oxygen sensor? As far an I know of, I have
never had that thing replaced in my car and the car is purring like a kitten.
Now, I don't have a/c (Mother Nature does that for me :-) ) and that might have
something to do with it, but I still never heard of an Oxygen sensor. The only
MAJOR service job I have had on my car (besides getting the tires replaced
if you want to call that a service job) was getting the Rotor, Distributor and
Gasket replaced. And that was all done within the past 2 months.
What I do at 30K is have a good tune-up, let them replace what ever they need
to, pay the bill (about $125) and go home and don't worry about the car for
another 30K. Oh, I just remembered something. If that little sensor light
bothers you, in the fuse box right below the turn-signal lever up against
the dash, there is a swith on the right side. Flip that switch and the light
will go off. I do that so that little light won't annoy me. If you can't
find it, look it up in the car manuel. I hope that I have helped a little
and good luck with the _Oxygen sensor_?
- Thomas - | 4 | trimmed_train |
4,664 |
he ones I have seen are all fluorescent tubes. Maybe you could find a
small tube to go in one of those hand-held fluoro lanterns?
Blue lights. Ultra-violet (by definition?) goes from the blue end of the
spectrum that people see to the radio spectrum (X-rays, cosmic rays etc).
possibly you could get light at the fringe of visibility (which people
with false eye-lenses can see easily, since it's your lenses that soak up
most of the UV), however since most people use UV to get other things
to `glow', and the near-blue is less energetic, it would probably not
work as well, if it worked at all. (lecture on basic atomic physics
fits in here, about electron transitions (quantum leaps) and stuff. | 11 | trimmed_train |
4,359 | If you get the Centris 650 with CD configuration, you are getting a Mac with
a 68RC040 processor that has built-in math coprocessor support. My
understanding is that the "optional fpu" refers to your option of purchasing
the Centris 650 4/80 without FPU OR one of the other configurations WITH FPU.
Apple does not offer an upgrade from the non-FPU system to become an FPU
system. And, it is unclear whether the '040 processor on the non-FPU system
(a 68LC040) can be replaced with a 68RC040 supplied by another vendor.
Apple did send a memo out at one point sating that the Centris 610, which ONLY
comes with a non-FPU 68LC040 processor CANNOT be upgraded to support an FPU -
the pin configurations of the two chips apparently do not match so you cannot
swap one for another (again, according to Apple's memo).
Hope that helps. | 14 | trimmed_train |
5,950 | Chapter 7 operation in Somlia. Almost Chapter 7 in Cambodia and Yugo.
'Bout time the UN started using force to make the peace happen.
Hopefully, they will soon be doing the same with world economics.
| 13 | trimmed_train |
6,773 | #>In article <[email protected]>
#>> ...
#>> Several chemists already have come up with several substitutes for
#>> R12. You don't hear about them because the Mobile Air Conditioning
#>Society
#>> (MACS), that is, the people who stand to rake in that $300 to $1000 per
#>> retrofit per automobile, have mounted an organized campaign to squash
#>those
#>> R12 substitutes out of existence if not ban them altogether (on very
#>shaky
#>> technical grounds, at best, on outright lies at worst).
#>> ...
#>
#>Now, I'm not saying you're wrong because I know that the R-12 substitutes
#>exist, but this sounds a lot like the 200mpg carbs that the oil companies
#>keep us all from getting.
#
# It sounds crazy, but it's true. One of the best R-12 subsitutes,
#GHG-12, is currently a commercial product. Unfortunately, the SAE committee
#on mobile air conditioning is comprised almost exclusively of MACS members.
#Such being the case, no papers about any alternative refrigerant other than
#R-134a have been accepted for review/publication.
#
# Yo, John? You want to provide some more details? Or should I just
#repost your voluminous repost?
#
#Later,
#--
#Chris BeHanna DoD# 114 1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide - Jubilee's Red Lady
#[email protected] 1975 CB360T - Baby Bike
#Disclaimer: Now why would NEC 1991 ZX-11 - needs a name
#agree with any of this anyway? I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
We here are *VERY* interested in info on R12 substitutes (in fact I
think we really need all the info on this we can get).
I would really appreciate technical, supply, and hardware-upgrade
details.
Also, R12 is a useful solvent/reagent in the extraction/production of
certain pharmaceuticals. Any info on the substitutes' corresponding
usefullness?
I am currently working with the local engineers who are making sure
we are compliant with the regulations. The trouble with regulations is
that they only tell you what you are no longer permitted to do, not what
you should do instead.
I think the cause of the new regulations is the Montreal Protocol
which has a definite CFC-phase-out schedule. (Of course the cause of
the Montreal Protocol was all the research done on the causes of the
Ozone Depletion Problem.)
Someone asked earlier about why the governments were working so fast
to ban the ozone-depleting (CFC) chemicals and not gasolines and other
greenhouse-gas-producing compounds. The greenhouse effect (produced by
infrared-trapping gasses like CO2 and methane) and the ozone-hole problem
(produced by long-lived, chlorine-containing molecules) are not the same
thing. It is a lot easier to do something about not using the CFC's
(chloro-fluorocarbons) than it is to stop producing CO2 and methane which
are natural byproducts of combustion and of living (animal) organisms.
Planting more trees and not destroying so many existing trees would help
the greenhouse-gas problem, but would do nothing for the ozone problem.
Fred W. Bach , Operations Group | Internet: [email protected]
TRIUMF (TRI-University Meson Facility) | Voice: 604-222-1047 loc 327/278
4004 WESBROOK MALL, UBC CAMPUS | FAX: 604-222-1074
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., CANADA V6T 2A3 | 4 | trimmed_train |
1,716 |
One difference will _probably_ be the same difference as between OS2 and
Windows 3.x now--one will likely have a lot of software available for
it and one won't (emulation, with the inevitable incompatibilities that
crop up in spite of all the contrary claims, just doesn't count when you
_have_ to use a certain software package that doesn't quite run properly
under the emulation...). Developers want to channel their resources toward
a platform that has a large installed base, and in a case like that the
platform that is most successfully _marketed_ (regardless of its relative
sophistication) will win. | 18 | trimmed_train |
7,834 |
Without real technical details, it's hard to answer this question. But
suppose they already *are* XORing the two 40-bit parts to produce only
40 bits of real key material? Maybe they're using the exportable version
of RC2...? :-) | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,185 | A question regarding the Islamic view towards homosexuality came up in a
discussion group that I participate in, and I'd like to ask the question here,
"What is the Islamic view towards homosexuality?" | 15 | trimmed_train |
2,883 | The home office number for ENVIRONET is (301) 286-5690 (note area
code change). A friend of mine used to use it to get LDEF data, but
he had to apply for a login name and password. I have a call in for
more info, which I hope to get in the morning. | 10 | trimmed_train |
9,029 | I have just noticed my FileManager doing something strange recently.
Usually, the line at the bottom of the FileManager (the status bar, I
guess) displays the total disk space and the total number of bytes for
the current selection. If I select a whole bunch of files, I will get
an exact byte count.
Recently, I notice it incorrectly displays this count; it's truncating!
If I select a file that is, say, 532 bytes, it correctly displays '532 bytes'.
If I select select a file that is 23,482 bytes, it displays '23 bytes',
not 23 Kbytes, just 23 bytes! If I select 893,352 it will report only
893 bytes in the selection. If I select over a Meg worth of files, say
3,356,345 it reports 3 bytes! It's as if it's got a problem with displaying
more than 3 characters!
My system: 486DX/33, 8M memory, Stacker 3.0, DOS 5, Win 3.1. I've run
the latest virus scanners (scan102, f-prot) and they didn't report anything.
Could I have unknowingly altered something that controls the formatting
of the status bar in the FileManger?
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_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/_/ (613) 765-4893 / fax:765-4309
_/ _/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/
_/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ OPC Development Operations | 18 | trimmed_train |
9,426 |
Actually, Jerry Brown essentially did...and Clinton, in his demagogue
persona, condemned Brown for it in the crucial NY primary last year.
However....
Why don't the Republicans get their act together, and say they
will support a broad-based VAT that would have to be visible
(the VAT in Canada is visible unlike the invisible VATS they
have in Europe)
and suggest a rate sufficient to halve income and corporate
and capital gains tax rates and at a rate sufficient to give
the Clintons enough revenue for their health care reform, and
force an agreement with the Democrats that the top income tax
rate would then be frozen for the forseeable future and could
be increased only via a national referendum.
Why not make use of the Clintons to do something worthwhile...
shift the tax burden from investment to consumption, and get
health care reform, and a frozen low top marginal tax rate
all in one fell swoop. | 13 | trimmed_train |
902 | FOR SALE:
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-800x600x32768
-1240x1024x16
-up to 15 times faster than vga
-manual, drivers
-used for 5 months, perfect condition
-WD chipset
$120 OBO | 5 | trimmed_train |
8,618 |
Gamma Ray Bursts (GRBs) are seen coming equally from all directions.
However, given the number of bright ones, there are too few faint
ones to be consistent with being equally dense for as far
as we can see--it is as if they are all contained within
a finite sphere (or a sphere with fuzzy edges) with us at the
center. (These measurements are statistical, and you can
always hide a sufficiently small number of a different
type of GRB with a different origin in the data. I am assuming
that there is only one population of GRBs).
The data indicates that we are less than 10% of the radius of the center
of the distribution. The only things the Earth is at the exact center
of are the Solar system (at the scale of the Oort cloud of comets
way beyond Pluto) and the Universe. Cosmological theories, placing
GRBs throughout the Universe, require supernova-type energies to
be released over a timescale of milliseconds. Oort cloud models
tend to be silly, even by the standards of astrophysics.
If GRBs were Galactic (i.e. distributed through the Milky Way Galaxy)
you would expect them to be either concentrated in the plane of
the Galaxy (for a 'disk' population), or towards the Galactic center
(for a spherical 'halo' population). We don't see this, so if they
are Galactic, they must be in a halo at least 250,000 light years in
radius, and we would probably start to see GRBs from the Andromeda
Galaxy (assuming that it has a similar halo.) For comparison, the
Earth is 25,000 light-years from the center of the Galaxy.
The aren't concentrated in the known spacelanes, and we don't
see many coming from Zeta Reticuli and Tau Ceti.
There are more than 130 GRB different models in the refereed literature.
Right now, the theorists have a sort of unofficial moratorium
on new models until new observational evidence comes in.
| 10 | trimmed_train |
814 |
: ... I think they should rename Waco TX to Wacko TX! | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,684 | I am looking for comments on Xtree (Pro ??) for Windows. I am
thinking of buying the product but I have not even seen it yet.
Thank you...
Shane Holland
[email protected]
--
| 18 | trimmed_train |
1,749 | ...
Seems to me if you learned to differentiate between illusion and
reality on your own you wouldn't need to rely on doctrines that
need to be updated. My experience of Christianity (25+ years) is
that most Christians seek answers from clergymen who have little
or no direct experience of spiritual matters, and that most of
these questions can be answered by simple introspection. Most
people suspect that they cannot trust their senses, but few take
the next step to figure out that they can trust themselves. Not to
get too esoteric, but it seems that most religions, Christianity
included, are founded by particularly intuitive people who understand
this.
(stuff deleted)
And what if the original poster, Pixie, is never "converted?"
Does it make sense that she (or I, or the majority of humanity
for that matter) would go to hell for eternity, as many
Christians believe? It makes more sense to me that rather
than be converted to a centuries-old doctrine that holds no
life for her, that she simply continue to decide for herself
what is best.
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1,958 |
The 4-bit server should work fine. As far as I know, Xterminals
running older versions can run the latest apps as long as the host
machine has the R5 libraries installed. I could be wrong though.
--
[email protected] | 16 | trimmed_train |
9,262 |
Now, that indeed is possible. A good friend of mine is running about 1 KW
PeP from his car. Yes, he does have a second alternator. Yes, he calls
the rig an "electronic brake" since the engine noticeably slows when the
key is down.
My car, unfortunately, has so much computer junk under the hood that it's
astonishingly sensitive to RFI. If I key a 2W HT over the engine with
the hood open, the car loses timing due to the RF leaking into the
distributor pickup. Very poor design.
I will, however, point out that ham radio operators are usually quite willing
to help when interference is detected. Remember that any interference is
wasted power; if I put out 1W in the TV band, that's 1W that I am not putting
out in the band I am trying to transmit on, and 1W can often be the difference
between a nice card hanging on the wall, and nothing. CBers, however, are
usually not as helpful. Most illegal CBers, however, will stop operation
when you inform them of a problem. The rest of them will stop operation when
you inform the local FCC office of the problem (in writing, and giving details
and addresses).
| 11 | trimmed_train |
10,479 | I need a small battery powered hi voltage capacitive discharge supply to
deliver ~6 joules at 250 volts. This implies a 200uf cap. I have built
a very satisfactorily operating version from a MAX641, but do not like
the idea of using a $6 single source part. It seems that the ubiquitous
camera flash circuit is what I want, but I cant get mine apart without
breaking it. I would appreciate receiving the circuit description or
a source of one. I have already looked in several electronics circuits
handbooks to no avail. Thanx | 11 | trimmed_train |
8,026 | 11 | trimmed_train |
|
9,324 | The people who post to this particular newsgroup are either too cowardly,
too arrogant, or too apathetic to discuss this issue since I have yet to
see any discussion grace my computer screen. While it holds PARTICULAR
interest to the African-American community, everyone has something to gain
from discussing it. As any knowledgable person should know, Christianity
has been used in this country to tighten the spiritual, emotional, & mental
hold slavery placed on the minds, souls & hearts of African-Americans.
This was most effectively done by the display of white icons of Jesus in
slave churches to encourage the godly superiority of slaveowners. It
wasn't enough that the slaveowner was your provider, but he was also your
GOD, to be looked upon with unconditional love & loyalty and to be
worshipped with great pride. But how culturally & biblically accurate are
these icons? Pictures & statues of a Black Jesus have been found in
European countries, as that of a Black Madonna. But what about Biblical
physical descriptions of Jesus, His hair being compared to that of wool,
His feet to that of brass? And think about the area of the world where all
Biblical actions took place. I welcome all intelligent commentary on this
important topic; flamers need not reply.
Sherlette
P.S. I expect at least THIS type of response: "It doesn't matter what
color His skin was; His actions & what He did for mankind are what counts."
This is true; I am not questioning this. But He walked the earth for 3
decades as a HUMAN; this part of His existence intrigues me. And as for
saying that "it doesn't matter..." to a member of a physically emancipated
people who is still struggling for MENTAL emancipation, believe me: IT
MATTERS. | 0 | trimmed_train |
8,104 |
Place your hands flat on a table, and arrange the firing order from left to
right.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
4,604 |
:In article <[email protected]>
:>Note that measures to protect yourself from
:>TEMPEST surveillance are still classified, as far as I know.
:I think this to be inaccurate. One can buy TEMPEST equipment commercially.
:Even Macs.
Sure you can buy a TEMPEST approved Mac -- if you have enough
money. I haven't had any reason to look at this type of pricing
for about 10 years, but a TEMPEST rating in 1982 would raise the
price of a $2,495.00 Radio Shack Model III to something around
$15,000.00.
Bill | 7 | trimmed_train |
172 |
If anybody is having problems following the thread be sure to ask the
origonal poster to rectify your misunderstanding. | 17 | trimmed_train |
8,688 | Here's a question that may be simple enough to answer, but has stumped
myself and a few others:
What does an external RAM cache card do for you if you already have a large
cache set (through control panel) in your SIMMs?
EX: I have a Mac IIci with 20 meg RAM, an external video card (so I don't
rob my SIMM's), and the default Apple cache card (I believe this is 32K?).
Say I have my cache set at 2 MEG, what good does a measly 32K do me on the
cache card? Could it actually slow things down by dividing the cache
between the card and the SIMM's? Or does it still speed things up by
providing a 'secondary staging' area for data normally passed directly into
the SIMM RAM cache?
I'm confused because it seems like cache cards are so low in memory to
really do any good compared to what you can set yourself. Yet, Daystar
FastCache has numbers which show around a 30% performance boost on some
operations. Are the chips on the cache card simply faster than most SIMM
accesses?
Please help, I'm trying to find the optimum memory settings for the IIci
system described in the EX above. | 14 | trimmed_train |
9,440 | I'm running X under openwindows 3. Normal X programs not having a
font specified always show up in the same font - until I change the
fontpath, and restart windows - then a new default font is used until
the next change. I can't seem to figure out how it chooses. Is there
some way to set this? Possibly something in .Xdefaults???
Please reply in direct email - I summarize. | 16 | trimmed_train |
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please reply e-mail | 5 | trimmed_train |
4,068 |
But whatever the neutrons hit has a good chance of absorbing the
neutron and becoming radioactive itself. Mostly, that means water
turning into (harmless) heavy water. But some neutrons would
also hit bones, and the resulting harmfull, secondard radioactives
would remain in the body for decades. I think an unshielded nuclear
warhead could reasonably be considered a public health hazard.
As for a shielded warhead, I think a fair amount of maintaince
is required for it to remain safely shielded (e.g. storage in
a dry, temperature-regulated facility, etc...) For private
ownership to be unregulated, I think a single individual must
be able not only to keep the weapon, but keep it in a safe
condition. If any random private citizen could not properly
keep, maintain and store a nuclear weapon, then some regulation
is clearly appropriate.
I disagree with this purpose: The job of the militia is to defend
themselves and their community. If you look at the American
revolution as an example, the militias won by seperating themselves
from, and becoming independent of, a repressive government. They
didn't overthrow it, and those communities (Canada and England, for
example) that didn't defend themselves were still under that same
old regime. If the role of the militia were offensive, to go out and
destroy repressive governments, nuclear weapons _might_ be appropriate.
But their jobs is defensive, and nuclear weapons aren't suited
for that.
There is also the question of personal and collective arms: The
Second Amendment definately protects ownership of personal
weapons (since the very nature of the militia requires members
to provide their own arms.) But it isn't clear if it covers
other arms. Certainly, not all members would supply (for example)
a tank, only a few could or (if they were to be used effectively)
should. However, those providing the heavy weapons have a
disproportionate control over the militia and its fierpower.
The militias, as the framers envisioned them, were extremely
democratic: If only 50% of the members supported the cause, only
50% would respond to a muster, and the militia's firepower would
be proportionately reduced. Militia firepower and the popular
will were, therefore, linked. But if a small minority of the
members supplied a large fraction of the firepower (in the
form of heavy weapons) this would all change: The militia's
firepower would depend on the will of a small minority, not
of the general public. Worse, that minority would be quite
different from the general public (at the very least, they
would be much richer.) As a result, I think the nature and
character of the militia requires that each member provide
a roughly equal share of the militia's firepower: His personal
weapons, and some equitable fraction of a squad's heavier firepower. | 9 | trimmed_train |
10,102 | I am interested in a 2d/3d graphics library which will allow our design
team to write graphics software for Unix workstations and be as portable as
possible. Eventually this software will have to be moved to Microsoft
Windows. It is my opinion that a good API with hooks to PEX underneath
would prove most portable.
Does anyone out there have any experience with Figaro+ form TGS or
HOOPS from Ithaca Software? I would appreciate any comments.
- Claye Hart
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6,572 |
No. The idea was suggested around here during discussions of possible
near-term commercial space activities. One of the folks involved in those
discussions, a
spacecraft engineer named Preston Carter, passed the suggestion on to
some entreprenurial types, and Mike Lawson is apparently going ahead with
it. Preston is now at LLNL, and is working with Space Marketing on
the sensors that might be carried.
Actually, that sounds unlikely. I don't know what the launch vehicle
would be, but I would expect it to go on a commercial launcher --
certainly not on the Shuttle -- and the fraction of the cost paid to NASA
for, e.g., launch support would probably
cover NASA's incremental costs pretty well.
No, as noted, LLNL is involved in lightweight sensor design, per
Clementine and related programs. I'm sure folks around here would like to
see a demonstration of a modern inflatable structure, but after all,
the U.S. did the Echo satellites long ago, and an advertising structure
would not be much closer to an inflatable space station than Echo was
(or a parade balloon, for that matter).
While I happen to personally dislike the idea, mostly because I've got
a background in astronomy, it's hardly vandalism -- it would be a short-lived
intrusion on the night sky, doing no permanent damage and actually hurting
only a small subset of astronomers. On the other hand, it would certainly
draw attention to space.
Which, unfortunately, this is not likely to contribute much to.
As far as I know, it's a purely commercial venture.
I gather it is being very seriously discussed with possible advertisers.
Commercial projects, however, generally don't get "funding" -- they
get "customers" -- whether it will have customers remains to be seen.
Nahh. He's too busy watching for mutant bacteria to notice anything in
the sky :-)
Jordin Kare [email protected] Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory | 10 | trimmed_train |
7,462 |
I read this in an electronic "magazine" about NT:
"And for all the hoopla about NT, one would
think the thing would be multi-user but it's not. It supports
only one user at a time. It can support multiple clients but
only one actual user."
Your mileage may vary!
--
THIS POSTING DOES NOT REPRESENT THE OPINIONS OF MY EMPLOYERS. | 18 | trimmed_train |
8,637 | I have two books, both NASA Special Publications, on the Voyager
Missions. One is titled "Voyages to Jupiter" the other "Voyage to Saturn"
These were excellent books put together after the encounters with each
planet.
The question is: Did NASA ever put together a similar book for either the
Uranus encounter or Neptune? If so, what SP number is it and where can it
be obtained? If not, why didn't they?
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1,201 | This is yet for a friend again.
EMS Freq. Shifter. (The machine that made those 3-D swirling guitar effects
way back in the 70's.)
Spacial panner with harmonic shifting. Very rare - A collectors Item. This
is the last unit EMS ever made. Rack mountable. Mono in, Up/Down signals out
with seperate Pan out and sine/unsine voltage outs. VCO input too to control
LFO. If interested contact Kevin before 9 pm PST (California) at 818-362-7883
and make an offer.
Do not reply to this account.
Have a nice day
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9,470 |
>You can also swab the inside of your nose with Bacitracin using a
>Q tip. Bacitracin is an antibiotic that can be bought OTC as an
>ointment in a tube. The doctor I listen to on the radio says to apply
>it for 30 days, while you are taking other antibiotics by mouth.
I have a new doctor who gave me a prescription today for something called
Septra DS. He said it may cause GI problems and I have a sensitive stomach
to begin with. Anybody ever taken this antibiotic. Any good? Suggestions
for avoiding an upset stomach? Other tips?
I've taken Septra. My daughter has taken it many times for ear
infections. It works sometimes. It is a sulfa drug. About the only
problem I found was that I'm sensitive and developed a rash after nine
days of a ten day course. No more Septra for me. My doctor was
remiss in not telling me to watch out for a rash. I was quite in the
dark and didn't realize that it could be a drug reaction. No harm
done though.
Doug
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2,789 |
Hi, I've come across a fast triangle fill-draw routine for mode 13h. By
calling this routine enough times, you have a fast polygon drawing routine.
I think I ftp'ed from wuarchive.wustl.edu:/pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS/programming.
I have a copy of it so I reupload it there. The triangle.txt file has this
to say :
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5,109 | Fact or rumor....? Madalyn Murray O'Hare an atheist who eliminated the
use of the bible reading and prayer in public schools 15 years ago is now
going to appear before the FCC with a petition to stop the reading of the
Gospel on the airways of America. And she is also campaigning to remove
Christmas programs, songs, etc from the public schools. If it is true
then mail to Federal Communications Commission 1919 H Street Washington DC
20054 expressing your opposition to her request. Reference Petition number | 15 | trimmed_train |
9,033 | Romans 8:28 (RSV) We know that in everything God works for good with those
who love him, who are called according to his purpose.
Murphy's Law: If anything can go wrong, it will.
We are all quite familiar with the amplifications and commentary on
Murphy's Law. But how do we harmonize that with Romans 8:28? For that
matter, how appropriate is humor contradicted by Scripture? | 0 | trimmed_train |
7,460 | I think Mark was talking about making it available to people who didn't
have email in the first place.
If anybody in the Boston area wants a sci.space feed by honest-to-gosh UUCP
(no weird offline malreaders), let me know. I'll also hand out logins to
anyone who wants one, especially the Boston Chapter of NSS (which I keep forgetting
to re-attend).
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