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Syria had been bombing Israeli settlements from the Golan and sending
terrorist squads into Israel for years. Do you need me to provide specifics?
I can.
Why don't you give it up, Hasan? I'm really starting to get tired of your
empty lies. You can defend your position and ideology with documented facts
and arguments rather than the crap you regularly post. Take an example from
someone like Brendan McKay, with whom I don't agree, but who uses logic and
documentation to argue his position. Why must you insist on constantly spouting
baseless lies? You may piss some people off, but that's about it. You won't
prove anything or add anything worthy to a discussion. Your arguments just
prove what a poor debater you are and how weak your case really is. | 6 | trimmed_train |
6,893 | Just to complete that thought, the cooling towers cool water that
circulates through heat exchangers that recondense the turbine
exhaust back into feedwater for the heat exchangers that transfer
energy from the reactor's cooling circuit.
|---------------| |------turbine, etc---| |---------|
| > > > > .
reactor < < < > .
| > > > > C. T.
|---------------| |--------------------| |----------
The reactor has a closed loop circuit to prevent radioactive
contamination of the the turbine feedwater.
The cooling tower is a separate circuit to avoide contamination of
the turbine feedwater with atmospheric contamininats, etc.
Purifying boiler feedwater is important business at both fossil
fired and nuclear generation facilities.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
2,595 | I have just finished building X11R5 on a 386 running Interactive Unix (SysVR3)
and I am having a problem with xterm. On any font larger that 5x7 it messes up
characters that are types, the cursor seems to be "too" large, or splits into
a 1/2 reverse video, 1/2 outline block (which changes when the pointer is moved
into the window). I am trying to use monospaced fonts (not -p- fonts). Is
there any way of changing the appearence of the block cursor is an Xterm?
Thanks
-- | 16 | trimmed_train |
4,029 | Please unsubscribe [email protected]. This user has become inactive and I
wish to discontinue his participation in this mailing list. | 16 | trimmed_train |
4,855 | Mark Prado
Old pioneer song from the 1850's or so goes as follows:
"In a cavern, in a canyon,
Excavating for a mine,
Dwelt a miner, forty-niner,
And his daughter, CLEMENTINE"
Chorus:
"Oh my darling, Oh my darling,
Oh my darling Clementine.
You are lost and gone forever,
Oh my darling Clementine."
I've also had it explained (but not confirmed from a reliable data
source) that CLEMENTINE is an acronym. Something like Combined
Lunar Elemental Mapper Experiment on Extended Non Terrestrial
Intercept Near Earth. Personally, I think that acronym was made up
to fit the name (if it really is an acronym).
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Wales Larrison Space Technology Investor | 10 | trimmed_train |
3,345 | : : 42 is 101010 binary, and who would forget that its the
: : answer to the Question of "Life, the Universe, and Everything else."
: : Of course the Question has not yet been discovered...
: ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: But it WAS discovered (sort of). The question was "What is 7 times 8?"
[ Read on and there's a special prize at the bottom. Amaze your friends
and gain respect from your peers that you can carry on so long about the
number 42. ]
The original question was "What is the meaning of Life, the Universe, and
and Everything." The answer generated by Deep Thought (the 2nd largest
computer ever created) was 42. Deep Thought realized that to understand
the answer, one must really know what the question is. Unfortunately, he
didn't. But he was able to help build the largest computer (named Earth)
which could figure out the real question. (I know this is background
knowledge for everyone here... just bear with me a sec... :)
When Arthur pulled the scrabble tiles out of the bag, he spelled out
"What is nine times six?" (or the like). However, it is not clear that
the monkey-man had the right question in his brain, especially since it
was that lady in the diner (which was vaporized moments later) that came
up with the answer to how everyone could get along. On the other hand,
Marvin said he saw the answer in Dent's brain, so lets presume it's
correct.
Well, NINE TIMES SIX ***IS*** FORTY-TWO!!! ...in base 13.
Chew on that for awhile... :)
--
Chris Russell Custom software, networks, CASE tools, and consulting
Adaptive Solutions Sun SPARC, SGI IRIS, HP Apollo, Macintosh, & PC | 1 | trimmed_train |
10,797 |
But good ones can collapse somewhat, then come back the next year.
Burleigh Grimes went from 20+ wins and an ERA of 3 or so in '24 to 13-19 and
an ERA around 4 in '25. He pitched well for several more years. Carlton
won 13 and lost 20 the year after his 27-10 record. (Source: Bill James
Historical Baseball Abstract.)
And let's not forget John Tudor, who started 1-5 and finished 21-6 in
1985. He had a pretty bad ERA when you take Busch Stadium into account at
the start of the season.
If I recall, he had a 4.50 ERA in the 1st half and a 3.50 ERA in the
2nd half of last year.
Hmmm, 21 runs in 11 innings. Suppose he starts 30 more games, and winds
up w/200 innings pitched. If he allows 4 runs a game in the next 189
innings, he'll have a 4.75 ERA or so at the end of the year. (I think I have
his totals right.) This is going to be hard to come back from.
My 1st hunch is that Morris is very gutsy, and that he may be pitching
through an injury and not telling anyone. My 2nd guess is that he will be
banished to the bullpen the remainder of the season after a few more starts.
(Perhaps when Stewart comes off the DL? Or will Danny Cox, who went 3 or 4
scoreless innings against the Tribe today, start for Morris? He looks like
a really good one. Gaston is scrambling to find starters, I'd imagine.
Luckily, the Jays have a very good offense.)
I don't think they would dare release him before the end of the year.
He'll just be replaced by Stewart or Cox. | 2 | trimmed_train |
5,957 |
This is true for the mass market, but not for those who need strong crypto
and are willing to pay the price. After all, one can buy strong crypto today
if one is willing to spend enough.
Thus the concern is not economic.
The issue most worth worrying about is that after the system takes hold, the
government will outlaw other systems, and something voluntary will become
the only system available. That is a political, not an economic issue.
As a separate matter, you may be making an implied advocacy for cheap secure
crypto for everyone. It's true that the Clipper chip would probably prevent
that except via Clipper, but "cheap, secure crypto for everyone" is a
political discussion, not an economic one, and the whole point of Clipper is
to resolve that political (policy) tension between securing legitimate
communications and tapping the crooks.
| 7 | trimmed_train |
6,645 |
Yeesh, you WILL be nailing those IRLEDs. May I suggest getting your
mitts on the Siemens SFH484-2 IRLED? This unit is designed to take some big
current pulses if you can get your duty cycle down a bit. It will output
nearly a watt (975 mW) with REAL short duty cycle times.
(nice thing about the SFH484-2 is that it is CHEAP. I got mine for about
50 cents a piece, even though I had to buy 100 of them....)
BTW, I have seen IRLEDs with outputs up to 6 watts...honest,
6 WATTS. I don't have the book here at work so I can't recall the company
name. The 6 watter ain't cheap, around $108 but if you want some power,
mamamia, that's pretty hot. They also have a 4 watt, a 2 watt and a
1 watt device in their line, and will sell small quan. to individuals.
If you are interested, I can find the book at home and get the
pertinent info.
Now, as for the position detector, you might try ELTEC in Florida.
Phone number listed in the 92/93 ETID is 904-253-5328. They seem like
nice people. Their specialty is passive infrared detection devices,
so they might be able to help you out.
I'm curious about your applications if you don't mind saying.
The device sounds like it could be useful in a lasertag game, although you'd
need to up your carrier signal concept to 58.8 KHz...... | 11 | trimmed_train |
5,040 |
Interesting is rigth.. I wonder if they will make a mention of her being an
astronaut in the credits.. I think it might help people connect the future of
space with the present.. And give them an idea that we must go into space.. | 10 | trimmed_train |
2,533 |
Lets see what the dictionary has to say:
objective adj. 1. As having to do with a material object as distinguished
from a mental concept. 2. Having actual existance. 3.a. Uninfluenced
by emotion or personal prejudice. b. Based on observable phenomenon. | 15 | trimmed_train |
5,637 | In Texas (Well, Corpus Christi anyway) if you pick up the phone and dial
890 the phone company will read back the number to you.
Try it. It might work.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
6,955 |
Well, looking at the videos it seems that this fire started in various
places at the same time, which would indicate that this was a planned
action. I'm sure FBI and BATF didn't *deliberately* start a possible
fire, having a sniper kill Korresh would have been a far easier
method. Looking at the careful operation, and use of tear gas
that as I know don't start fires, it is less likely that this
was the case.
Sorry, but my bets are on fanatical people keen to start
Armageddon -- theirs.
Cheers,
Kent | 15 | trimmed_train |
3,581 |
Nobody ever exposed your crimes like that before? What was your personal
role in the murder of Orhan Gunduz and Kemal Arikan, again? How many more
Muslims will be slaughtered by 'SDPA.ORG' as publicly declared and filed
with legal authorities? Please spell it out for us.
"...that more people have to die..."
SDPA <[email protected]>
"Yes, I stated this and stand by it."
SDPA <[email protected]>
January 28, 1982 - Los Angeles
Kemal Arikan is slaughtered by two Armenians while driving to work.
March 22, 1982 - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Prelude to grisly murder. A gift and import shop belonging to
Orhan Gunduz is blown up. Gunduz receives an ultimatum: Either
he gives up his honorary position or he will be "executed". He
refuses. "Responsibility" is claimed by JCAG and SDPA.
May 4, 1982 - Cambridge, Massachusetts
Orhan Gunduz, the Turkish honorary consul in Boston, would not bow
to the Armenian terrorist ultimatum that he give up his title of
"honorary consul". Now he is attacked and murdered in cold blood.
President Reagan orders an all-out manhunt-to no avail. An eye-
witness who gave a description of the murderer is shot down. He
survives... but falls silent. One of the most revolting "triumphs" in
the senseless, mindless history of Armenian terrorism. Such a murder
brings absolutely nothing - except an ego boost for the murderer
within the Armenian terrorist underworld, which is already wallowing
in self-satisfaction.
Were you involved in the murder of Sarik Ariyak?
December 17, 1980 - Sydney
Two Nazi Armenians massacre Sarik Ariyak and his bodyguard, Engin
Sever. JCAG and SDPA claim responsibility.
It is public knowledge that the founder of the Marxist-Leninist terrorist
organization, the ASALA (an integral part of ASALA/SDPA/ARF), Hagop
Hagopian, began his notorious career as a member of the terrorist
group which perpetrated the massacre of the Israeli athletes at the
Munich Olympics in 1972. And the 'Armenian Foundation' stole from the
children of Turkiye to fund the criminal activities of the ASALA/SDPA/ARF
terrorists in their cold-blooded murder of defenceless Turkish and
Kurdish people.
THE ARMENIAN FOUNDATION PROVIDED 30 BILLION TL TO ASALA
01/09/92, MILLIYET-- The Armenian Foundation based in
Istanbul is found to have provided 30 billion Turkish Lira ($6
million) to the Armenian terrorist organization ASALA which have
murdered several Turkish diplomats abroad...
Experts on international terrorism assert that the Armenian terrorists
use proceeds from drug trafficking (and from the Armenian Foundation)
to fund their deadly enterprises. The deadliest of terrorist assassins,
Carlos, proclaimed on Spanish television that his organization had
entered into a working relationship with Armenian terrorists and they
are using drug trafficking to raise money 'to continue' to slaughter
innocent people. Now, what is your personal and organizational role
in this scheme?
Recent reports which have been confirmed by the U.S. Administration,
indicate that Armenian terrorist organizations are collaborating with
those who are responsible for the bombing of the United States Marine
barracks in Beirut. You won't be able to get away with your crimes
forever; the justice is long overdue.
As for the Armenian genocide of 2.5 million Muslim people between
1914 and 1920:
Source: Documents: Volume I (1919).
"Document No: 42," Archive No: 1-2, Cabin No: 110, Drawer
No: 1(4), File No: 373, Section No: 1484(1032), Contents No: 9, 9-1.
(To the Office of Acting Supreme Commander - Acting Assistant
Section Director Major Ali Sukru)
"It is sufficient to mention just some of the terrible and shameful crimes
committed only in Erzurum to get an idea about the Armenian atrocities
in the villages...
I would also like to mention with disgust and abominable sight, a stain
on humanity, that I encountered at the west of Hasankale while my regiment
was proceeding into this town. There was a young Turkish women, apparently
once a very beautiful one, lying dead on one side of the road. A huge
stick had been inserted into her vagina. We took the corpses and left it
at a spot that was invisible from the road..."
Serdar Argic | 6 | trimmed_train |
9,046 | DeSoto's first year of manufacture was 1928, so this may indeed have been
an export special, as left hand controls were standard here by then.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
2,612 |
imho, you did the wrong thing. You could have been shot
or he could have run over your bike or just beat the shit
out of you. Consider that the person is foolish enough
to drive like a fool and may very well _act_ like one, too.
Just get the heck away from the idiot.
IF the driver does something clearly illegal, you _can_
file a citizens arrest and drag that person into court.
It's a hassle for you but a major hassle for the perp. | 12 | trimmed_train |
7,363 | 2-gigabyte Fujitsu 5.25" disk drive
internal drive, model M26525A
(uses either a SCSI or EDI interface on your disk controller card)
brand new, still in box, never used
only $1800 (compare to $2400 in cheapest mail-order catalogs) | 5 | trimmed_train |
102 | / hpcc01:rec.motorcycles / [email protected] (John Stafford) / 11:06 am Apr 1, 1993 /
It depreciates much faster, too.
====================================================
John Stafford Minnesota State University @ Winona
All standard disclaimers apply.
----------
The '84 GL1200A hit the traps at 13.34 according to Cycle magazine. Yeah,
they depreciate faster than Harleys for the first couple of years then
they bottom out. Got my '86 GL1200I w/ 2275 miles on the odometer for
just under $5K in May of 1990 and would ask for $4500 now with almost
16K miles onnit....that's about 50% of what a new GL1500I would cost.
Think the '86 GL1200I originally sold for $6500 brand new, not sure.
If that's the case then it depreciated 30.77% over 7 years or a mere
$2000. Big Fat Hairy Deal! Based on what I know, Harleys tend to
depreciate your monies far more than the initial depreciation of
the bike itself when it comes to parts and service. All this about
Harleys holding their value better doesn't always wash away the
knocks on them...such as being much slower. ;-)
According to Peter Egan in the just released Cycle World his FLHS is a
real dog when he pillions his 120lb wife. All that money for a dog that
doesn't defecate much. =:-]
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Graeme Harrison, Hewlett-Packard Co., Communications Components Division,
350 W Trimble Rd, San Jose, CA 95131 ([email protected]) DoD#649 | 12 | trimmed_train |
4,649 | If you can get it, you might want to try a Canadian over-the-counter product
called Secaris, which is a water-soluble gel. Compared to Vaseline or other
greasy ointments, Secaris seems more compatible with the moisture that's
already there.
| 19 | trimmed_train |
1,431 | Is erythromycin effective in treating pneumonia? | 19 | trimmed_train |
5,348 | [Most info regarding dangers of reading from Floppy disks omitted]
In all fairness, how many people do you know personally who read images
from Floppy drives? I haven't tried it with JPEGs, but I do realize how
agonizingly slow it is with GIF files. | 1 | trimmed_train |
4,116 | Doesn't Motorola AMCU have something on the BBS yet? (512-891-3733)
| 11 | trimmed_train |
385 |
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>>
>>Many of these cereals are corn-based. After your post I looked in the
>>literature and located two articles that implicated corn (contains
>>tryptophan) and seizures. The idea is that corn in the diet might
>>potentiate an already existing or latent seizure disorder, not cause it.
>>Check to see if the two Kellog cereals are corn based. I'd be interested.
>
>Years ago when I was an intern, an obese young woman was brought into
>the ER comatose after having been reported to have grand mal seizures
>why attending a "corn festival". We pumped her stomach and obtained
>what seemed like a couple of liters of corn, much of it intact kernals.
>After a few hours she woke up and was fine. I was tempted to sign her out as
>"acute corn intoxication."
>----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and
How about contaminants on the corn, e.g. aflatoxin???
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What is aflatoxin?
Sharon | 19 | trimmed_train |
1,807 | 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.
I see only one press button and the rest is snug fit.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
8,452 | Hello world,
I want to write my Xt-application code like this:
{
do_some_work();
/* now I need some user input */
XmCreateDialog();
wait_for_user_input(input);
if (input == "OK") {
more_work();
} else {
other_work();
}
}
So "more_work() and other_work()" are not in callback functions but the
application simply waits for the user to answer the question.
How can I code this in my Xt/Motif-application?
Thanks very much in advance.
Greetings, Huub.
| 16 | trimmed_train |
7,982 |
james, i really hate to do this, but try reading the damn posts!
never was a t'bird mentioned. The discussion was about SHO's and
'stangs not being up to spec. I do not know about t'birds. I
only know that the specs quoted for the SHO by previous poster sounded
a little anemic for me to say that it was up to snuff. This does not
in any way disencourage* me from wishing to own one, nor does it make it
a bad car. It merely means that i think Ford could have added that extra
bit of safety and tossed in larger brakes, as the wheels are plenty large
enough for them to fit (if memory serves right, which it may very well not)
and the motor plenty powerful enough to need it.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
8,052 | Yes! what you are saying is absolutey true, but what you fail to mention is the
fact that the LCIII uses the new 72 pin simms which allow 32 bit access to
each simm. In the case of the LC III, it only has one simm slot, but accesses will
be 32 bits wides.
***************************************************************************
The views expressed in this posting those of the individual author only.
[BBS Number:(613) 848-1346 MacContent is VictoriaÕs first Iconic BBS!]
***************************************************************************
| 14 | trimmed_train |
4,826 |
Is it a hidden option? I'm using PowerStrip 2.0 (by Mr. Caputo) right now
and can't find any quick discharge option. It definitely is on
mac.archive.umich.edu 'cause I submitted it! | 14 | trimmed_train |
3,717 | I saw in the newspaper last night that Dr. Mae Jemison, the first
black woman in space (she's a physician and chemical engineer who flew
on Endeavour last year) will appear as a transporter operator on the
"Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode that airs the week of May 31.
It's hardly space science, I know, but it's interesting. | 10 | trimmed_train |
6,618 | Has anyone successfully converted Interleaf graphics to CGM, or even heard
of it being done????
We'd love to hear about it.
-Mike McConnell | 1 | trimmed_train |
7,271 |
do not pay $40 for floppy drives.. they are about $40 new.
also, you do not need documentation for floppies. installation
for these things are idiot proof.
just some advice..
| 5 | trimmed_train |
6,054 |
This makes 5! It IS SPRING!
Neither were we. Read for a few days, then try again.
| 12 | trimmed_train |
3,039 |
We used to buy Beckman 110 and HD110 ("ruggedized") versions for use
by electricians in the steel mill where I work. After a while we
got round to filling all the current-input jacks with silicone -
electricians have a regrettable habit of not checking where the last
guy left the leads before using a 3 1/2 digit 0.5 % autoranging $400
meter to check if a fuse is good or not. Its very hard on meters
(and electricians) when you put the milliamp shunt across a 600 volt
bus.
But that's not why we stopped buying Beckmans - after a while a
lot of them got "funny" in the LCD display. A black stain would
spread from one edge, or else they'd come adrift from those
Zebra connectors and fail to operate. Now we buy Flukes, the
low-end 20 series mostly ( and we still fill the amp jack with
silicone).
What the world needs is a meter that won't let you change ranges or
turn it on/off with a lead stuck in the amps jack - a little bit of
clever plastic detailing would take care of this and make the world
safer for electricans, anyway.
Not that I've ever put a meter on the wrong range into a live
circuit, no, not me...not more than a dozen times, anyway....
Bill
| 11 | trimmed_train |
5,372 | : >>
: >I'm not going to argue the issue of carrying weapons, but I would ask you if
: >you would have thought seriously about shooting a kid for setting off your
: >alarm? I can think of worse things in the world. Glad you got out of there
: >before they did anything to give you a reason to fire your gun.
:
I think people have a right to kill to defend their property. Why not? Be
honest: do you really care more about scum than about your car?
| 4 | trimmed_train |
3,601 | Archive-name: cryptography-faq/part04
Last-modified: 1993/4/15
FAQ for sci.crypt, part 4: Mathematical Cryptology
This is the fourth of ten parts of the sci.crypt FAQ. The parts are
mostly independent, but you should read the first part before the rest.
We don't have the time to send out missing parts by mail, so don't ask.
Notes such as ``[KAH67]'' refer to the reference list in the last part.
The sections of this FAQ are available via anonymous FTP to rtfm.mit.edu
as /pub/usenet/news.answers/cryptography-faq/part[xx]. The Cryptography
FAQ is posted to the newsgroups sci.crypt, sci.answers, and news.answers
every 21 days.
Contents:
* In mathematical terms, what is a private-key cryptosystem?
* What is an attack?
* What's the advantage of formulating all this mathematically?
* Why is the one-time pad secure?
* What's a ciphertext-only attack?
* What's a known-plaintext attack?
* What's a chosen-plaintext attack?
* In mathematical terms, what can you say about brute-force attacks?
* What's a key-guessing attack? What's entropy?
* In mathematical terms, what is a private-key cryptosystem?
A private-key cryptosystem consists of an encryption system E and a
decryption system D. The encryption system E is a collection of
functions E_K, indexed by ``keys'' K, mapping some set of
``plaintexts'' P to some set of ``ciphertexts'' C. Similarly the
decryption system D is a collection of functions D_K such that
D_K(E_K(P)) = P for every plaintext P. That is, succesful decryption
of ciphertext into plaintext is accomplished using the same key
(index) as was used for the corresponding encryption of plaintext
into ciphertext. Such systems, wherein the same key value is used to
encrypt and decrypt, are also known as ``symmetric'' cryptoystems.
* What is an attack?
In intuitive terms a (passive) attack on a cryptosystem is any method
of starting with some information about plaintexts and their
corresponding ciphertexts under some (unknown) key, and figuring out
more information about the plaintexts. It's possible to state
mathematically what this means. Here we go.
Fix functions F, G, and H of n variables. Fix an encryption system E,
and fix a distribution of plaintexts and keys.
An attack on E using G assuming F giving H with probability p is an
algorithm A with a pair f, g of inputs and one output h, such that
there is probability p of computing h = H(P_1,...,P_n), if we have
f = F(P_1,...,P_n) and g = G(E_K(P_1),...,E_K(P_n)). Note that this
probability depends on the distribution of the vector (K,P_1,...,P_n).
The attack is trivial (or ``pointless'') if there is probability at
least p of computing h = H(P_1,...,P_n) if f = F(P_1,...,P_n) and
g = G(C_1,...,C_n). Here C_1,...,C_n range uniformly over the possible
ciphertexts, and have no particular relation to P_1,...,P_n. In other
words, an attack is trivial if it doesn't actually use the encryptions
E_K(P_1),...,E_K(P_n).
An attack is called ``one-ciphertext'' if n = 1, ``two-ciphertext'' if
n = 2, and so on.
* What's the advantage of formulating all this mathematically?
In basic cryptology you can never prove that a cryptosystem is secure.
Read part 3: we keep saying ``a strong cryptosystem must have this
property, but having this property is no guarantee that a cryptosystem
is strong!''
In contrast, the purpose of mathematical cryptology is to precisely
formulate and, if possible, prove the statement that a cryptosystem is
strong. We say, for example, that a cryptosystem is secure against
all (passive) attacks if any nontrivial attack against the system (as
defined above) is too slow to be practical. If we can prove this
statement then we have confidence that our cryptosystem will resist
any (passive) cryptanalytic technique. If we can reduce this statement
to some well-known unsolved problem then we still have confidence that
the cryptosystem isn't easy to break.
Other parts of cryptology are also amenable to mathematical
definition. Again the point is to explicitly identify what assumptions
we're making and prove that they produce the desired results. We can
figure out what it means for a particular cryptosystem to be used
properly: it just means that the assumptions are valid.
The same methodology is useful for cryptanalysis too. The cryptanalyst
can take advantage of incorrect assumptions. Often he can try to
construct a proof of security for a system, see where the proof fails,
and use these failures as the starting points for his analysis.
* Why is the one-time pad secure?
By definition, the one-time pad is a cryptosystem where the
plaintexts, ciphertexts, and keys are all strings (say byte strings)
of some length m, and E_K(P) is just the sum (let's say the exclusive
or) of K and P.
It is easy to prove mathematically that there are _no_ nontrivial
single-ciphertext attacks on the one-time pad, assuming a uniform
distribution of keys. Note that we don't have to assume a uniform
distribution of plaintexts. (Here's the proof: Let A be an attack,
i.e., an algorithm taking two inputs f, g and producing one output h,
with some probability p that h = H(P) whenever f = F(P) and
g = G(E_K(P)) (i.e., g = G(K + P)). Then, because the distribution of
K is uniform and independent of P, the distribution of K + P must also
be uniform and independent of P. But also the distribution of C is
uniform and independent of P. Hence there is probability exactly p
that h = H(P) whenever f = F(P) and g = G(C), over all P and C. Thus
a fortiori A is trivial.)
On the other hand the one-time pad is _not_ secure if a key K is used
for more than one plaintext: i.e., there are nontrivial
multiple-ciphertext attacks. So to be properly used a key K must be
thrown away after one encryption. The key is also called a ``pad'';
this explains the name ``one-time pad.''
* What's a ciphertext-only attack?
In the notation above, a ciphertext-only attack is one where F is
constant. Given only some information G(E_K(P_1),...,E_K(P_n)) about
n ciphertexts, the attack has to have some chance of producing some
information H(P_1,...,P_n) about the plaintexts. The attack is trivial
if it has just as good a chance of producing H(P_1,...,P_n) when given
G(C_1,...,C_n) for random C_1,...,C_n.
For example, say G(C) = C, and say H(P) is the first bit of P. We can
easily write down an attack---the ``guessing attack,'' which simply
guesses that H(P) is 1. This attack is trivial because it doesn't use
the ciphertext: it has a fifty-fifty chance of guessing correctly no
matter what. On the other hand there is an attack on RSA which
produces one bit of information about P, with 100% success, using C.
If it is fed a random C then the success rate drops to 50%. So this is
a nontrivial attack.
* What's a known-plaintext attack?
The classic known-plaintext attack has F(P_1,P_2) = P_1,
G(C_1,C_2) = (C_1,C_2), and H(P_1,P_2) depending only on P_2.
In other words, given two ciphertexts C_1 and C_2 and one decryption
P_1, the known-plaintext attack should produce information about the
other decryption P_2.
Note that known-plaintext attacks are often defined in the literature
as producing information about the key, but this is pointless: the
cryptanalyst generally cares about the key only insofar as it lets him
decrypt further messages.
* What's a chosen-plaintext attack?
A chosen-plaintext attack is the first of an increasingly impractical
series of _active_ attacks on a cryptosystem: attacks where the
cryptanalyst feeds data to the encryptor. These attacks don't fit into
our model of passive attacks explained above. Anyway, a
chosen-plaintext attack lets the cryptanalyst choose a plaintext and
look at the corresponding ciphertext, then repeat until he has figured
out how to decrypt any message. More absurd examples of this sort of
attack are the ``chosen-key attack'' and ``chosen-system attack.''
A much more important form of active attack is a message corruption
attack, where the attacker tries to change the ciphertext in such a
way as to make a useful change in the plaintext.
There are many easy ways to throw kinks into all of these attacks:
for instance, automatically encrypting any plaintext P as
T,E_K(h(T+R+P),R,P), where T is a time-key (sequence number) chosen anew
for each message, R is a random number, and h is a one-way hash
function. Here comma means concatenation and plus means exclusive-or.
* In mathematical terms, what can you say about brute-force attacks?
Consider the following known-plaintext attack. We are given some
plaintexts P_1,...,P_{n-1} and ciphertexts C_1,...,C_{n-1}. We're
also given a ciphertext C_n. We run through every key K. When we find
K such that E_K(P_i) = C_i for every i < n, we print D_K(C_n).
If n is big enough that only one key works, this attack will succeed
on valid inputs all the time, while it will produce correct results
only once in a blue moon for random inputs. Thus this is a nontrivial
attack. Its only problem is that it is very slow if there are many
possible keys.
* What's a key-guessing attack? What's entropy?
Say somebody is using the one-time pad---but isn't choosing keys
randomly and uniformly from all m-bit messages, as he was supposed to
for our security proof. In fact say he's known to prefer keys which
are English words. Then a cryptanalyst can run through all English
words as possible keys. This attack will often succeed, and it's much
faster than a brute-force search of the entire keyspace. | 7 | trimmed_train |
6,075 | Some one asked me recently why they when they used XQueryBestCursor to see
if they could create of a given size it seemed to imply they could, but the
server did not create cursors of that size. Investigation showed that some X
servers will happily return any size up to the size of the root window, while
others return some fixed limit of more reasonable size. The interesting thing
to me is that the same server binary acts differently on different hardware -
a Sun4 with a cg2 will claim cursors up to root window size are OK, while a
Sun4 with a cg6 will stop at 32x32. So far I've also seen this behavior on
NCD and Phase-X X terminals and have been told it also occurs on HPs.
Actually, the NCD is even more liberal - sizes much larger then the root
winodw are gladly returned as OK. Is XQueryBestCursor semi-broken or is this
behavior correct? I'd really like to see a 2000x2000 cursor!
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1,738 |
Well it rolled out two weeks ago. As we speak it is at White Sands getting
ready. I would have called my sources for the latest but they are all out
of town (in NM).
As for the future, there is at least $5M in next years budget for work
on SSRT. They (SDIO) have been looking for more funds and do seem to have
some. However, SDIO is not (I repeat, is not) going to fund an orbital
prototype. The best we can hope from them is to 1) keep it alive for
another year, and 2) fund a suborbital vehicle which MIGHT (with
major modifications) just make orbit. There is also some money for a
set of prototype tanks and projects to answer a few more open questions.
Better news comes from the new Spacelifter effort. The USAF managers of
this program are very open to SSTO and will have about $50M next
year for studies. This would be enough to bring DC-Y to PDR.
Now not all of this money will go to DC but a good case could be made
for spending half on DC.
Public support is STILL critical. Meet with your Congressperson (I'll
help you do it) and get his/her support. Also call your local media
ans get them to cover the flight tests.
Allen | 10 | trimmed_train |
5,631 | In my last post I referred to Michael Adams as "Nick." Completely my
error; Nick Adams was a film and TV actor from the '50's and early '60's
(remember Johnny Yuma, The Rebel?). He was from my part of the country,
and Michael's email address of "nmsca[...]" probably helped confuse things
in my mind. Purely user headspace error on my part. Sorry. | 10 | trimmed_train |
7,023 |
You're kidding, right? This is Flame bait in the extreme. V-max handling?
Har har har har.... | 12 | trimmed_train |
5,641 |
Ahhh go back to alt.autotheism where you belong! | 8 | trimmed_train |
6,976 | Is there aything available for X similar to QuicKeys for the Macintosh --
something that will allow me to store and playback sequences of keystrokes,
menu selections, and mouse actions - directing them towards another
application?
If so, could someone send me information on its availability -- and if not,
how hard do we think it might be to send input to other X applications and,
hopefully, deal with their responses appropriately? (If an application is
going to take a few seconds to process I probably have to wait for it to
complete before sending another command.)
thanks, | 16 | trimmed_train |
8,703 | I have 1 4Mx9 70ns 36pin SIMM for Sale. It is in perfect condition. It
will not work in my system because it requires 72 pin SIMMS.
I would like to get what I paid for it. $115 + 3 for insured shipping. | 3 | trimmed_train |
5,136 |
On the other hand, it would be kind of scary if there were *never* a final
verdict, because a party to litigation could keep saying "Oops! I forgot
to bring up this evidence," and demand a new trial. You get one bite at
the apple.
It's up to General Motors to find those witnesses in the first litigation.
You'd be up in arms if a plaintiff suing General Motors pulled the same
stunt and made them relitigate an issue that they already lost. It's not
as if General Motors couldn't file enough discovery motions to delay the
trial until they found all the witnesses they wanted.
Define "obvious bias."
Did GM move for a new trial on those grounds? No? Perhaps they had a
reason? | 13 | trimmed_train |
8,291 |
day.
Personality means something to me. That is exactly why I like Clement
(and Emrick). On the other hand, JD is a pompous, bull-headed, arrogant
know-it-all. He's a real turn-off (which is exactly what I do when he's
on). One complaint I do have about Clement is that he sometimes talks
too much. If I wanted that I'd listen to Tim McGarver doing a baseball
game. | 17 | trimmed_train |
968 |
You're right: Thomas, Gonzalez, Sheffield, and Griffey don't even begin
to compare with Ripken, Boggs, and Gwynn, so no wonder Alomar gets so
much attention.
Sandberg got no attention his rookie year because his rookie year was
terrible. So was his sophomore year.
National League pitchers are "much better pitchers"? That certainly explains
Sheffield's 1993, hm? Are you confusing "have ERA's that are 0.40 lower
because they don't face DH's" with "much better"? | 2 | trimmed_train |
929 | 3 | trimmed_train |
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6,858 | You macinators who have used these voice messaging/FAX/data-modems. I
have a question. First what brand names do you recommend(I am mostly
interested in the voice messaging and FAX part). Is the voice part as
reliable and understandable as the sellers claim? Approximately, how
much hard drive space does an average day of callers take up, if they
speak for one minute?
Any feed back would be appreciated. My company is looking at buying
one or two. Hey, I may buy one myself too.
Thanks in advance
Don | 14 | trimmed_train |
11,242 | Was the ABC coverage of the Kings/Flames game supposed to be the
way it was shown in BC with CBC overriding the ABC coverage? When I flipped
to ABC, it was the same commentators, same commercials even. My question
is: Was this the real ABC coverage or did CBC just "black out" the
ABC coverage for its own?
comment:
CBC had a great chance for some double headers: Toronto/Detroit
and Vancouver/Winnipeg, but today they said that the East gets the Leafs
and the West get the Vancouver game. I thought that they would show them
both. | 17 | trimmed_train |
8,771 | Re: Waving...
I must say, that the courtesy of a nod or a wave as I meet other bikers while
riding does a lot of good things to my mood... While riding is a lot of fun by
itself, there's something really special about having someone say to you "Hey,
it's a great day for a ride... Isn't it wonderful that we can spend some time
on the road on days like this..." with a gesture.
Was sunny today for the first time in a week, took my bike out for a spin down
to the local salvage yard/bike shop... ran into about 20 other people who were
down there for similar reasons (there's this GREAT stretch of road on the way
down there... no side streets, lotsa leaning bends... ;) ... Went on an
impromptu coffee and bullshit run down to puyallup with a batch of people who
I didn't know, but who were my kinda people nonetheless.
As a fellow commented to me while I was admiring his bike... "Hey, it's not
what you ride, it's that you ride... As long as it has 2 wheels and an engine
it's the same thing..."
-- | 12 | trimmed_train |
3,785 | If you could not tell which one had MSG, why restaurants bother to
use it at all?
If you can taste the difference, psychological reaction might play a role.
The fact is, MSG is part of natural substance. Everyone, I mean EVERYONE,
consumes certain amount of MSG every day through regular diet without
the synthesized MSG additive.
Chinese, and many other Asians (Japanese, Koreans, etc) have used
MSG as flavor enhancer for two thousand years. Do you believe that
they knew how to make MSG from chemical processes? Not. They just
extracted it from natural food such sea food and meat broth.
Baring MSG is just like baring sugar which many people react to. | 19 | trimmed_train |
7,890 | Hi there
Does anyone know how to get hold of data as well as stock of the
LCD displays used in the NINTENDO GAMEBOY handheld TV game machines?
Any information wouold be MOST appreciated.
Please e-mail any replies to
[email protected]
thanks | 11 | trimmed_train |
9,137 |
What about the common joystick found in all computer shops? | 11 | trimmed_train |
5,435 | I need to buy a SCSI controler for my 486 machine to use with a quantum
425F harddrive. I know that adaptec is good, but they are kind of
expensive. Essentially I want a controller in the $100-$150 range that I
can use with this drive. I plan to use Windows and later on OS 2.1 when it
comes out. Any reccomendations appreciated.
-Eric | 3 | trimmed_train |
1,018 | Eric, send me email with your address, I lost it! I've reconsidered! | 5 | trimmed_train |
8,266 |
Definitely!
Safety is an important criterium for me when buying a car. I won't buy a
small car like a Civic or whatever.
Great = Safety + Handling + Speed - for me
Seems to me that you would be more "dead" in a small car than a large car
after an accident. | 4 | trimmed_train |
2,278 |
I have lived in the Boston area for 15 years now. They have been talking
about a new Boston Garden (hockey/basketball) since I've lived here. One
day the "last hurdle" has been overcome, and the next day there's a new
hurdle. Fans have been grumbling about Foxboro Stadium (or whatever it's
called this year) for nearly as long, but there are only preliminary
proposals for a new stadium. Local politics prevents anything from being
done in a timely fashion. There will not be a new ballpark in my
lifetime. | 2 | trimmed_train |
2,975 | I am a good Catholic boy. A convert no less, attracted by the
rational tradition [Aquinas et al] and the emotional authenticity
[in comp. with the faddishness of Anglicanism] to Roman Catholicism. I
never had much time for the pope - or any other heirarchs - but I did, and
do, believe in the sacremental system. I always felt quite happy to
look down my nose at those such as John Emery [a few posts back] who
had to engage in circuitous textual arguments to prove their faith, entirely
oblivious to the fact that a dozen other faiths can do the same [with
miracles too], and that since their arguments depend on the belief in the
Bible as God's sole revelation, it was not very good logic to argue
that the Bible proved God. No, I was happy to accept the CHURCH as God's
revelation. It was the Church after all that existed before the Bible, the
Church that choose [under grace of course] the canon of scripture. Protestant
ludicrosity, I thought, was shown by Protestants breathtaking acceptance
of Luther's right to reject a dozen or so books he disliked.
But recently I read Peter Brown's _Body and Society_. It is very
well researched, and well written. But is raises some very upsetting
questions. The early Christians were weird - even more so than today's
carzy fundies. They had odd views on sex, odder views on the body,
totally ludicrous views about demons, and distinctly uncharitable
views about other human beings.
now the question is this: were the first Christians just as
weird, but we've got used to them, or did the pristine "Fall of the
Church" happen within one generation. It certainly did'nt have to
wait until the Triumph of the Church under Constantine. If so,
wha does this say about God's promise to always support the Church.
It's no use throwing the usual Protestant pieties about the Church
not being an organization at me. It's a community or it is nothing,
and it was the early communities that were weird. The institional
church was a model of sanity by comparison.
I would be interested in serious Catholic and Orthodox responses to
this entirely serious issue. I'm not sure it is an issue for Protestants
with their "soul alone with Jesus" approach, but for we who see the
"ecclesia" as a "koinoia" over time and space, the weird early
Christians are a problem.
[This is an exaggeration of the Protestant view. Many Protestants
have a strong appreciation for the role of the Church. "The soul
alone with God" is certainly important for Protestants, but it's by no
means the whole story.
I have read the sort of history you talk about. As you point out,
Protestants don't have quite the same problem you do, because we
believe that the church had a Fall at some point. However Protestant
mythology typically places the Fall around the time of Constantine (or
more likely, regard it as happening in a sort of cumulative fashion,
starting from Constantine but getting worse as the Pope accumulated
power during the medieval period.) The consequences of having it
earlier are somewhat worrisome even to us. Most Protestants accept
the theological results of the early ecumenical councils, including
such items as the Trinity and Incarnation. Indeed in the works of
Reformers such as Luther and Calvin, you'll find Church Fathers such
as Augustine quoted all the time. I think you'll find many
Protestants resistant to the idea that the Early Church as a whole was
"wierd". (There is an additional problem for Protestants that I don't
much want to talk about in this context, since it's been looked at
recently -- that's the question of whether one can really think of
Augustine and other Fathers as being proto-Protestants. Their views
on Mary, the authority of the Pope, etc, are not entirely congenial to
Protestant thought.)
One thing that somewhat worries me is a question of methodology.
There are certainly plenty of wierd people in the early church. What
concerns me is that they may be overrepresented in what we see. We
see every Christian who courted martyrdom. But I think there's good
reason to believe that most ordinary Christians were more prudent than
that. We see the heroic virgins. But I think there's good reason to
think that many Christians were happily married. I can't help
suspecting that the early church had the same range of wierdos and
sane people that we do now. I think there's also a certain level of
"revisionism" active in history at the moment. I don't mean that
they're manufacturing things out of whole cloth. But don't you think
there might be a tendency to emphasize the novel? | 0 | trimmed_train |
2,005 |
I tried to install a foreign language Windows application
that required a file named WINNLS.DLL. I checked all of my
WIndows 3.1 installation disks for this file, but could not
find it. Does anybody have any idea what this file is for and
where one could get it from?
| 18 | trimmed_train |
7,582 | I've just read Richard Langley's latest "Navstar GPS Constellation Status".
It states that the latest satellite was placed in Orbit Plane Position C-3.
There is already one satellite in that position. I know that it's almost
ten years since that satellite was launched but it's still in operation so
why not use it until it goes off?
Why not instead place the new satellite at B-4 since that position is empty
and by this measure have an almost complete GPS-constellation
(23 out of 24)?
/Thomas
================================================================================
Ericsson Telecom, Stockholm, Sweden | 10 | trimmed_train |
10,693 |
Phil> Didn't one of the early jet fighters have these? I also think
Phil> the germans did some work on these in WWII.
The NACA came up with them before World War II. NASA is directly
descended from the NACA, with space added in.
You'll notice that I didn't mention sweep wings even though the
X-5, tested at what's now Dryden, had them. We did steal that one
dirctly from the Germans. The difference is that swept wings don't
change their angle of sweep, sweep wings do. Perhaps the similarity
of names has caused some confusion? 747s have swept wings, F-111s
have sweep wings.
Phil> A lot of this was also done by the military...
After NASA aerodynamicists proposed them and NASA test teams
demonstrated them. Richard Whitcomb and R.T. Jones, at Langley
Research Center, were giants in the field.
Dryden was involved in the flight testing of winglets and area
ruling (in the 70s and 50s, respectively). It's true that we
used military aircraft as the testbeds (KC-135 and YF-102) but
that had more to do with availability and need than with military
involvement. The YF-102 was completely ours and the KC-135 was
bailed to us. The Air Force, of course, was interested in our
results and supportive of our efforts.
Dryden flew the first digital fly by wire aircraft in the 70s. No
mechnaical or analog backup, to show you how confident we were.
General Dynamics decided to make the F-16 flyby-wire when they saw how
successful we were. (Mind you, the Avro Arrow and the X-15 were both
fly-by-wire aircraft much earlier, but analog.)
Phil> Egad! I'm disagreeing with Mary Shafer!
The NASA habit of acquiring second-hand military aircraft and using
them for testbeds can make things kind of confusing. On the other
hand, all those second-hand Navy planes give our test pilots a chance
to fold the wings--something most pilots at Edwards Air Force Base
can't do.
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5,471 |
While I didn't try the expansion personally, I know of at least two
other people who did and got the same results. Your allegation is
incorrect at best. | 7 | trimmed_train |
6,730 | day
Brent shows his ignorance once again. Power had been cut for weeks. And he's
never lived in a rural area if he thinks electric stoves have favor there.
They stop working when the power fails, and power restoration come MUCH slower
in the country, than the city. LP gas stoves and ovens are very much prefered.
Jim
--
[email protected] | 9 | trimmed_train |
3,890 | Hi Folks,
Does anyone have a copy of Playmation they'd be willing to sell me. I'd
love to try it out, but not for the retail $$$. If you have moved onto
something bigger (3DS) or better (Imagine), I'd love to buy your table scraps.
If noone is selling, can anyone recommend a place to buy Playmation
mail-order for cheap?
Thanks in advance,
Mark
-- | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,119 | I would like to thank all those people who responded to my post. I
would, however, like to clear some things up. My tape drive is *external*.
Also, the connector on the back of it is of the male DB-37 pin variety.
As a result, I cannot easily find a cost-effective solution to use the drive.
Any advice will be greatly appreciated. I would prefer email.
Thanks! | 3 | trimmed_train |
175 | Hi folks
Thanks to the ones that replied, however, my problem turned out
to be very simple.
In my .Xresources I had a space after XTerm*font: 10x20.
Removing this and xrdb fixed my problem.
Also, same symptom, was that some of my users did not have the
proper capitals for XTerm*font.
Thanks again | 16 | trimmed_train |
8,979 |
I think the passage you're looking for is the following.
Matthew 5:17 "Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the
prophets; I have come not to abolish them but to fulfil them.
Matthew 5:18 For truly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away,
not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
Matthew 5:19 Whoever then relaxes one of the least of these commandments
and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but he
who does them and teaches them shall be called great in the kingdom of
heaven.
Matthew 5:20 For I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of
the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven.
There are several problems with this. The most serious is that the
Law was regarded by Jews at the time (and now) as binding on Jews, but
not on Gentiles. There are rules that were binding on all human
beings (the so-called Noachic laws), but they are quite minimal. The
issue that the Church had to face after Jesus' death was what to do
about Gentiles who wanted to follow Christ. The decision not to
impose the Law on them didn't say that the Law was abolished. It
simply acknowledged that fact that it didn't apply to Gentiles. This
is a simple answer, which I think just about everyone can agree to.
(A discussion of the issue in more or less these terms is recorded
in Acts 15.)
However there's more involved. In order to get a full picture of the
role of the Law, we have to come to grips with Paul's apparent
rejection of the Law, and how that relates to Jesus' commendation of
the Law. At least as I read Paul, he says that the Law serves a
purpose that has been in a certain sense superceded. Again, this
issue isn't one of the abolition of the Law. In the middle of his
discussion, Paul notes that he might be understood this way, and
assures us that that's not what he intends to say. Rather, he sees
the Law as primarily being present to convict people of their
sinfulness. But ultimately it's an impossible standard, and one that
has been superceded by Christ. Paul's comments are not the world's
clearest here, and not everyone agrees with my reading. But the
interesting thing to notice is that even this radical position does
not entail an abolition of the Law. It still remains as an
uncompromising standard, from which not an iota or dot may be removed.
For its purpose of convicting of sin, it's important that it not be
relaxed. However for Christians, it's not the end -- ultimately we
live in faith, not Law.
While the theoretical categories they use are rather different, in the
end I think Jesus and Paul come to a rather similar conclusion. The
quoted passage from Mat 5 should be taken in the context of the rest
of the Sermon on the Mount, where Jesus shows us how he interprets the
Law. The "not an iota or dot" would suggest a rather literal reading,
but in fact that's not Jesus' approach. Jesus' interpretations
emphasize the intent of the Law, and stay away from the ceremonial
details. Indeed he is well known for taking a rather free attitude
towards the Sabbath and kosher laws. Some scholars claim that Mat
5:17-20 needs to be taken in the context of 1st Cent. Jewish
discussions. Jesus accuses his opponents of caring about giving a
tenth of even the most minor herbs, but neglecting the things that
really matter: justice, mercy and faith, and caring about how cups and
plates are cleaned, but not about the fact that inside the people who
use them are full of extortion and rapacity. (Mat 23:23-25) This, and
the discussion later in Mat 5, suggest that Jesus has a very specific
view of the Law in mind, and that when he talks about maintaining the
Law in its full strength, he is thinking of these aspects of it.
Paul's conclusion is similar. While he talks about the Law being
superceded, all of the specific examples he gives involve the
"ceremonial law", such as circumcision and the Sabbath. He is quite
concerned about maintaining moral standards.
The net result of this is that when Paul talks about the Law being
superceded, and Jesus talks about the Law being maintained, I believe
they are talking about different aspects of the Law. Paul is
embroiled in arguments about circumcision. As is natural in letters
responding to specific situations, he's looking at the aspect of the
Law that is currently causing trouble: the Law as specifically Jewish
ceremonies. He certainly does not intend to abolish divine standards
of conduct. On the other hand, when Jesus commends the Law, he seems
to be talking the Law in its broadest implications for morals and
human relationships, and deemphasizing those aspects that were later
to give Paul so much trouble. | 15 | trimmed_train |
1,969 | Sutcliffe gives up 3 HRs (Gonzales 1, Palmer 2) and Mills gives up
1 HR (Gonzales) to lose 7-4. Sutcliffe
Texas 7 10 0 Lefferts 1-0
Baltimore 4 9 0 Sutcliffe 0-1
| 2 | trimmed_train |
4,227 | # 74S Later modification of 74 for even higher speed, at some cost in
# power consumption. Effectively obsolete; use 74F.
#
# 74LS Combination of 74L and 74S, for speed comparable to 74 with lower
# power consumption. Best all-round TTL now, widest variety of
# devices.
#
# 74F Fast as blazes, power not too bad. The clear choice for high
# speed in TTL. Availability and prices generally good.
I hate to disagree w/ a fellow as smart as Henry, but...
A few years back, I worked on a project using lots of high-speed
stuff. (My part was slow & parallel, whew.) The mild-mannered designer
working on the fast (serial) stuff cussed & swore at 74F all the time.
It was the Harry Reams of TTL. One ultra-tiny power line glitch, one
hickup, one eyeblink across the board, and bang - the F had
toggled/counted/whatevered. At times he swore it would count even
without any 5 volt supply ;-} You can guess what the "F" stood for....
They would do anything to push S or work around it to avoid using F. I
don't think I'd consider using F to replace S unless the consequences
were *fully* understood....... | 11 | trimmed_train |
10,359 |
Ah, not in the USA. Thats a relief, thought 'reality' must be slipping for a
second. :-)
St Noam was on the radio tonight, he has just published a new book "501 years".
Published by South End i guess. Could some bostonian confirm please?
I would love to hear what he thinks of the Clipper scam.
~Paul | 7 | trimmed_train |
2,868 | I have one of those HEAVY antique upright pianos I would like to
contribute to any charity with muscle enough to get it out of my house.
If I get no response from a charity I will sell to for $100, you haul.
It is in good shape, needs tuning. I'm in south Durham county. | 5 | trimmed_train |
9,638 | Hi all,
I'm trying to get mailing addresses for the following
companies. Specifically, I need addresses for their personnel
offices or like bureau. The companies are:
- AMROC
- Orbital Sciences Corp. (sp?)
- Spacehab, Inc. (I know this one is somewhere in
Seattle, WA, or at least part of it is.)
- Space Industries, Inc. (Somewhere in Houston)
- Space Enterprises Inc.
If anybody could point me in the right direction on this, I
would be most appreciative. I prefer an email response, but I
will post a summary if sufficient interest exists.
Thanks, | 10 | trimmed_train |
9,742 | Included in thas sale is a Cover . THe cover is not sold separately.
The trailer is not being sold. | 12 | trimmed_train |
8,784 | Please reply via e-mail since this is job related:
I have a Colorado Jumbo back-up system at one of my places of
employment and it has eaten two tapes by winding the tape off the spool.
Is there an easy fix or is the tape drive fried? Does it simply need
cleaning?
Any and all comments will be appreciated!
Stephen Husak
| 3 | trimmed_train |
9,692 | AS the subject says... looking for a HP 48s or perferiably HP 48sx
Please E-mail replies.
Thanks | 5 | trimmed_train |
8,593 | Hello All,
I have a PC Transporter for sale. It will work with either an Apple IIe or a
GS. However, I only have the GS installation kit. This PCT also has a
co-processor installed. It comes with the latest software (2.05) and a 3.5
drive. So what you get is :
PC Transporter (no problems runs great)
Installation kit for above PCT (GS) with video tape instructions
All needed harware with color adapter for monitor
8087 co processor installed on board
All manuals and software (ver 2.05 AEPC)
one 3.5 800K drive to hook to the PCT (or GS)
Brian Laakso | 5 | trimmed_train |
5,908 |
[deletions]
Sounds like it is an SMD interface to me, not being at work now
to actually count pins. there are two varients, SMD and
SMDC (I think), only minor differences between them. Widely used
prior to the advent of SCSI for large drives (or all drives) on minis
(and mainframes(?) no experience on those). | 11 | trimmed_train |
10,212 |
Actually, I've been following her remarks for some time, with
interest. I'm also a member of academia, and her remarks have nothing
but elevate her respectability in my eyes. It remains to be seen whether
you are the radical fringe, or I.
It is generally an error to assume that your beliefs are held by
the majority, or even a sizable minority. Especially when you're seeing
tens, nay dozens, of people on usenet agreeing with you. | 7 | trimmed_train |
3,394 |
It is MUCH easier, faster, and probably even more secure to use Norton
Utilties 6.0 (I'm talking IBM PC here) and to tell WipeInfo to (a)
clean the free disk space and (b) clean the slack space at the end of
the files. Use to Government standard option for more careful
overwriting...
Regards,
Vesselin | 7 | trimmed_train |
2,503 | : Help!! I need code/package/whatever to take 3-D data and turn it into
: a wireframe surface with hidden lines removed. I'm using a DOS machine, and
: the code can be in ANSI C or C++, ANSI Fortran or Basic. The data I'm using
: forms a rectangular grid.
: Please post your replies to the net so that others may benefit. IMHO, this
: is a general interest question.
: Thank you!!!!!!
| 1 | trimmed_train |
5,313 | I just won an IBM Wheelwriter 6 typewriter in a raffle here on campus.
Since I have a nice computer, and really need the cash, I'm putting it up
for sale. I have an offer from a local reseller for $250. Best offer
above that plus shipping.
...brian | 5 | trimmed_train |
414 | Hi Everyone,
I would like to get an example program(source code) to get started with a simple
editor (similar to windows dialog editor, but lot simplified) . Can someone
point me to a source such as a programming windows book, or example program
comes with Windows SDK (from Microsoft or Borland). I would greatly appreciate
it.
All I want to do is to be able to place a edit control or combobox or a listbox
on a window and be able to drag and resize.
If anyone has written similar program and don't mind sharing code or ideas,
I would appreciate it very much.
Thnx in advance, Manu Das | 18 | trimmed_train |
8,763 |
I agree with you about the upgrade path; but I think I was fair.
The original posting complained (1) about SGI coming out with newer (and
better) architectures and not having an upgrade path from the older ones,
and (2) that DEC did.
On statement (1), I merely attempted to point out that all computer
companies are constantly attempting to improve their product (& market
position/share). In so doing, they eventually come to a point where they
have a new architecture, and the only upgrade path is to replace the
system. And the particular system he was complaining about was (in
computer lifetimes) relatively old.
On statement (2), I felt DEC's history of providing upgrades was not far
superior than the industry "average", and that, in my opinion, SGI's
history is better than DEC's.
(And what is DEC doing with it's MIPS based DECstation line? Are they
going to "abandon" it for their Alpha based line, or provide an upgrade
path to R4400's and TFP's and R5's?) | 1 | trimmed_train |
7,119 | I'm looking for a PC that is small and doesn't break apart if you drop
it on the groud.
It doesn't have to have graphics, text only will do
just fine. It doesn't have to be fast either, 8086 will do, I hope.
But you must stand a pretty hard enviroment without breaking apart,
jumnping on it or trying to use it outdoor while it is raining and so
forth. I need 640Kb of memory and a convinient way of loading
applications into it that I wrote myself (floppy or somekind of
writeable cartridge?).
Is there a PC like that?? And where can I get more info?
I know of the Atari portfolio but it can't stand the rain....
| 3 | trimmed_train |
8,653 | I have a set of four 235-60-R14 Big O tires that I had on my 1988 Thunder
Bird. We bought them and then traided the car in. They would not give me
anything for them so I had them taken off. We drove about 2,000 miles on
them. They are 40,000 mile tires. They are sporty looking low-profile, and
take corners realy well. If you are interested please contact me at (208)384-
9236 OR [email protected] I am in IDAHO. USA
| 5 | trimmed_train |
2,957 | My family doctor and the physiotherapist (PT) she sent me to agree that the
pain in my left shoulder is bursitis. I have an appointment with an orthpod
(I love that, it's short for 'orthopedic surgeon, apparently) but while I'm
waiting the PT is treating me.
She's using hot packs, ultrasound, and lasers, but there's no improvement
yet. In fact, I almost suspect it's getting worse.
My real question is about the laser treatment. I can't easily imagine what
the physical effect that could have on a deep tissue problem. Can anyone
shed some light (so to speak) on the matter? | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,646 | I have posted the logos of the NL East teams to alt.binaries.pictures.misc
Hopefully, I'll finish the series up next week with the NL West.
Darren
| 2 | trimmed_train |
5,962 | Misc. P2/2 Stuff!
CARDS: (Micro Channel)
(6) Arcnet, Coax, 83X9648. Net Cards.
(3) Serial Adapter. P/N: 90X8459
(2) Parallel Adapters. P/N: 72X6753
(2) CoProcessor?? P/N: 83X7488
(2) Memory Expansion Option. P/N: 90X9507
Expanded Memory Adapter w/2Mb. P/N: 61X6752
Expanded memory Adapter, 0k, P/N: 90X8799
Alloy FTC500/MCA Tape adapter.
DRIVES: (Hard & Floppy)
30 Mb HDD, P/N: 90X9403 Model WD-336R
60 Mb HDD, P/N: 6128282, Model WD-387T
1.44 FDD, P/N: 15F7503, EC #A79541
1.44 FDD, P/N: 15F7503, EC #88086
This is what I have aquired over the past few years in PS/2
components...
I have posted the part #'s, so if you have any questions as to what a
component is, you can call IBM and find out! (I have no idea!!!)
Make me an offer! Trades welcome!
Dan Scherer
(206) 453-5215 Voice
(206) 996-8350 Pager
| 5 | trimmed_train |
5,589 | On Sat, 17 Apr 1993 20:42:58 GMT, Greg Hennessy observed:
: #Tells you something about the fascist politics being practiced ....
: Ah, ending discrimination is now fascism.
Is that what they called it when Truman forced integration of the
armed forces, despite the opposition of Congress and most of the
American public at that time?
--
Michael D. Adams ([email protected]) Enterprise, Alabama | 13 | trimmed_train |
5,010 | I had a GE Emerson 13" color TV for about 3 years and one fine day,
while we were watching something (I doubt if the program was the cause),
we heard a mild explosion. Our screen went blank but there was sound,
so we thought, 'oh we have special effects on the program'. But soon
the sound stopped and smoke started to appear at the back of the TV.
The brilliant EEs we are, we unplugged the TV and called customer service
only to be thrown around by please hold, I will transfer u to blah blah..
Finally we abandoned the idea of trying to fix the TV and got a new one
(we wanted a bigger one too!).
After all the story, what I wanted to know is: Is my problem an isolated
incident or a common one? (I recall reading about Russian TVs exploding, but
not here, in the US). Why would the picture tube explode or even smoke?
I still have the left over TV set, I might dig into it this summer. Any
idea where I can get parts for these things? (probably will cost more than TV). | 11 | trimmed_train |
3,802 | #
#
# Is there an Xt call to give me my application context?
# I am fixing up an X/Motif program, and am trying to use XtAppAddTimeOut,
# whose first argument is the app_context. What call can I use
# to give me this value?
#
Use XtDisplayToApplicationContext() to retreive the application context.
Patrick L. Mahan
--- TGV Window Washer ------------------------------- [email protected] ---------
Waking a person unnecessarily should not be considered - Lazarus Long
a capital crime. For a first offense, that is From the Notebooks of
Lazarus Long
Patrick L. Mahan
--- TGV Window Washer ------------------------------- [email protected] --------- | 16 | trimmed_train |
4,188 | This is a piece of psychology its essential for any long term biker to
understand. People do NOT think 'if I do this will someone else suffer?'.
They assess things purely on' if I do this will I suffer?. | 12 | trimmed_train |
6,790 |
30mg per day of propranolol is a homeopathic dose in migraine.
If you got fatigued at that level, it is unlikely that you will
tolerate enough beta blocker to help you.
Probably a single nightime dose. We don't know how they work in migraine, but
it probably has something to do with seratonin.
--
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and
[email protected] | it is shameful to surrender it too soon." | 19 | trimmed_train |
8,521 |
OK: So you were a naive teen.
Wrong: 1915 and if you do your homework, 1909.
But he was born LAST century (1883).
| 15 | trimmed_train |
9,231 | I know people hate it when someone says somethings like "there was an article
about that somewhere a while ago" but I'm going to say it anyway. I read an
article on this subject, almost certainly in Space News, and something like
six months ago. If anyone is really interested in the subject I can probably
hunt it down given enough motivation. | 10 | trimmed_train |
8,374 |
It's not a bad question: I don't have any refs that list this algorithm
either. But thinking about it a bit, it shouldn't be too hard.
1) Take three of the points and find the plane they define as well as
the circle that they lie on (you say you have this algorithm already)
2) Find the center of this circle. The line passing through this center
perpendicular to the plane of the three points passes through the center of
the sphere.
3) Repeat with the unused point and two of the original points. This
gives you two different lines that both pass through the sphere's
origin. Their interection is the center of the sphere.
4) the radius is easy to compute, it's just the distance from the center to
any of the original points.
I'll leave the math to you, but this is a workable algorithm. :-)
An alternate method would be to take pairs of points: the plane formed
by the perpendicular bisector of each line segment pair also contains the
center of the sphere. Three pairs will form three planes, intersecting
at a point. This might be easier to implement. | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,307 |
Perhaps a nice used '88 Pontiac Fiero GT? 2.8 liters.
Does anyone know if the motor mounts for the 2.8 and the twin-dual-cam 3.4
liter match? The 3.4 is supposedly derived from the pushrod 3.1, which was
a punched out 2.8 liter. Should be a drop-in replacement, eh? 205 horses in
a mid-engine the size of a Fiero?
Larry Smith ([email protected]) No, I don't speak for Cabletron. Need you ask? | 4 | trimmed_train |
3,949 |
Not true. Dial 811 and listen to the recording. If you get it, then your
phone was recognized by the network. You wouldn't be able to dial a real
number yet (of course!)
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Mark Bramwell, VE3PZR Located in sunny London, Ontario | 5 | trimmed_train |
5,373 |
I have been following this thread and figured I'd throw in my two cents...
The Amiga Zorro II bus is comparable with the ISA bus (7.16 vs 8.33 MHZ).
The Amiga has had a pre-emptative multi-tasking OS since '85 and can
operate with 1 MB RAM! SCSI is used almost exclusively on these systems.
A SCSI controller that transfers data by DMA allows the cpu to request data
from the hard drive and continue working while the controller gets the data
and moves it to memory. A controller that allows reselection can operate
even better with multiple devices. This is espically true with SCSI tape
units. For example, when rewinding or formatting a tape, the command is
issued to the controller and the bus is released to allow access to other
devices on the bus. This greatly increases productivity or, at least, do
something else while backing up your hard drive :-). Which happens to be
what I am doing while reading this group.
Its a long story, but I still use IDE on my 486 except for the CDROM which,
thanks to SCSI, I can move between both machines. If, and when, SCSI is
better standardized and supported on the ibm-clone machines, I plan to
completely get rid of IDE.
--
Wayne Summer // AMIGA - Simply the Best.
Palm Bay, FL. US \X/ [email protected] | 3 | trimmed_train |
2,831 |
First of all, I'm not your buddy! Second, read what I wrote. I'm not
talking about what muslims are ALLOWED to do, merely what *SOME*
practice. They consider themselves as muslim as you, so don't retort
with the old and tired "they MUST NOT BE TRUE MUSLIMS" bullshit. If I
gave you the names what will you do with this information? Is a fatwa
going to be leashed out against the perpetrators? Do you honestly think
that someone who did it would voluntarily come forward and confess?
With the kind of extremism shown by your co-religionaries? Fat chance.
At any rate, there can be no conclusive "proof" by the very nature of
the act. Perhaps people that indulge in this practice agree with you in
theory, but hope that Allah will forgive them in the end.
I think it's rather arrogant of you to pretend to speak for all muslims
in this regard. Also, kind of silly. Are you insinuating that because
the Koranic law forbids it, there are no criminals in muslim countries?
This is as far as I care to go on this subject. The weakness of your
arguments are for all netters to see. Over and out...
-- | 8 | trimmed_train |
3,834 |
But remember that had God extinguished the blasphemous trash of Europe (and
Imperialism with it), the United States would not exist today to put an end
to those "games"....begs the question, which came first, the chicken or the
egg??? | 13 | trimmed_train |
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