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11,250 | Does anyone have some information on the relative fraction of the final
cost of each component in an average hard drive? For instance, I'm pretty
sure the heads and the platters are the most expensive parts, with the
assembly costs running a close third. Cost of the electronics is likely
in the noise.
Any hard numbers ($$ or percentage)? Thanks.
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I find this argument very strange, though not unfamiliar.
An analogy someone used a while back can perhaps illustrate it.
Say, for example, there are people living on a volcanic island, and a group
of geologists determine that a volcano is imminent. They warn the people on
the island that they are in danger, and should leave. A group of people on
the island is given the task of warning others of the danger.
They believe the danger is real, but others may not.
Does that mean that the first group are NECESSARILY arrogant in warning
others of the danger? Does it mean that they are saying that their beliefs
are correct, and all others are false?
Some might indeed react to opposition with arrogance, and behave in an
arrogant manner, but that is a personal idiocyncracy. It does not
necessarily mean that they are all arrogant.
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4,671 |
Dennis, I'm astounded. I didn't know you were interested to even
study such filth as alt.sex.stories provide...
Cheers,
Kent | 15 | trimmed_train |
9,266 |
test
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3,360 |
Imprecise. This description
1. ignores the role of the ballast,
2. misrepresents the heating effects in the starter.
The bimetalic strip cools down immediately after the contacts
short circuit, because the neon discharge stops, and much less
heat is generated from the I^2R loss in the metal as compared to
the neon discharge.
The starter contacts open before the tube fires. Actually,
the tube fires as a result of the back-emf generated in the ballast
because of this immediate opening of the starter's contacts.
A capacitor is connected in parallel with the contacts to prevent
excessive arcing during the firing. The neon reionizes but does not draw
sufficient current to prevent firing of the tube itself. | 11 | trimmed_train |
8,139 |
There was an article in one of the Toronto papers about this a few
months ago...probably the Globe and Mail...
...any ethical "journalist", even a sports journalist should not
accept free meals from a team in any case, which was the one of
the points the article was making.
Admittdly, most sports reporting is mostly with any ethical
standards... | 17 | trimmed_train |
5,297 | Could some kind soul point me in the right direction for the
FAQ list for this group.
Thanks.
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Saad Mufti
Personal Library Software | 16 | trimmed_train |
6,239 |
While shopping for a passenger helmet, I noticed that in many cases the
external dimensions of the helmets were the same from S through XL. The
difference was the amount of inside padding.
My solution was to buy a large helmet, and construct a removable liner
from a sheet of .5" closed-cell foam and some satin (glued to the inside
surface). The result is a reasonably snug fit on my smallest-headed pillion
with the liner in, and a comfortable fit on my largest-headed pillion with
the liner out. Everyone else gets linered or not by best fit.
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8,911 |
Was that post for real? I thought it was a late April Fool joke. Some of it
seemed a bit over the top even by McElwaine/Abian/etc standards :-)
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1,330 | I second the boots... oil spots from cars are particularly
slippery when parking the bikes, and good boots help here as
well. | 12 | trimmed_train |
11,175 |
I currently use an HP DeskJet with Grappler LS ver 1.0,
and it works on System7. Course, I only use the SWA Dutch
and SWA Swiss fonts that came with it, due to the 4x size
requirement to print to the HP. (ie: must have 40pnt definition
to print a 10pnt font) When I upgraded, I talked to Orange
Micro, and they state that ver 1.2 of Grappler LS definitely
works with System7. However, the upgrade was US$40, so I
passed.
Hope this helps?
<marc>
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8,057 | Hello, I have a motherboard and a case for sale as a package.
Both of them came from a CompuAdd computer I bought last August and am
presently upgrading.
Here are the specs--
Motherboard
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Cyrix 486SL 25 MHz microprocessor
Chips and Technology chipset (SCATsx V2.3.6 SLSLC)
8 SIMM banks for a maximum of 32 Megs of RAM
BUILT-IN Floppy and Hard Drive Controllers
BUILT-IN ports--1 Parallel, 2 Serial (9 and 25 pin)
BUILT-IN Paradise SVGA controller with 1 meg of RAM (Windows drivers inc.)
-can do up to 1024x768 @ 256 colors
-based on the Western Digital WD90C31 chip
Math co-processor slot
3 16-bit expansion slots and 2 8-bit expansion slots
Case
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Low-Profile Desktop
Very nice grey color
150 watt power supply
Room for 2 floppies plus HD
Mouse
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3-button
Microsoft-compatible
Grey color matches case
All original manuals and documentation, video drivers, etc. are included.
You are probably wondering why I must sell the case with the motherboard.
It is simply because the case is custom-made for this particular board and
you would be hard-pressed to fit another MB in it. However, the case and
this motherboard were made to go together and fit perfectly.
As you can see, since this board includes drive controllers AND a video
controller, you can save some money by buying this unit and not a MB
where you would need to get IO cards, video card, and drive controllers
Its just a lot more convenient on the whole
I would like to ask about $500 for this whole package. I think this is a fair
price given the facts that it includes a video card and drive controllers/IO
ports. All you need to do is add drives, a monitor, RAM, and a keyboard.
Also keep in mind that it isn't a generic board, but from CompuAdd.
I also will entertain all serious offers.
Please email at [email protected]
Thanks | 5 | trimmed_train |
7,976 | Joe,
As usual, this issue of dysfunction, of bad values, of messed up culture
is easily embraced by non african americans when it comes to explaining
problems in our community. From your post, you apparently find the idea that
something is wrong with African Americans, value-wise, culture wise or
something, very appealing. I never cease to be amazed at how eager non african
americans are to embrace theories about our problems which basically assert
that something is wrong with us. The socio-economic factors which we know help
to produce high crime levels, like poverty, which exists among us in large
proportion, I mean when it comes to discussion of african american problems, we
somehow become exempt from all these types of factors, and the problem is
laid at the doorstep of some neboulous dysfunction we supposedly have. But
nobody attributes crime amongst white americans to dysfunction. No, that has
socioeconomic factors to it, but for africa americans, its gotta be a
dysfunction.
Basically, I think this tendency for non african americans to believe that
something is wrong with us exists because non african americans don't want to
deal with the possiblility that the society is deeply biased against african
americans, and that this is about 80% of the problem. It could not possible be
that the society is so deeply racist and structured against us, that this has
a very effective negative effect on us. No, something is wrong with us.
Non african americans are quick to disregard what we have to say, because they
are so busy trying to find something wrong with us, instead of taking a good
hard look at the thing we say are doing us damage. I would get angry if it
werent' so damn typical. | 13 | trimmed_train |
6,980 |
Whatta ass!!!!!
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9,565 |
Gregg, so would you consider that Rushdie would now be left alone,
and he could have a normal life? In other words, does Islam support
the notion of forgiving?
Cheers,
Kent | 8 | trimmed_train |
3,423 |
etc. ...
Dyer is beyond rude.
There have been and always will be people who are blinded by their own
knowledge and unopen to anything that isn't already established. Given what
the medical community doesn't know, I'm surprised that he has this outlook.
For the record, I have had several outbreaks of thrush during the several
past few years, with no indication of immunosuppression or nutritional
deficiencies. I had not taken any antobiotics.
My dentist (who sees a fair amount of thrush) recommended acidophilous:
After I began taking acidophilous on a daily basis, the outbreaks ceased.
When I quit taking the acidophilous, the outbreaks periodically resumed.
I resumed taking the acidophilous with no further outbreaks since then. | 19 | trimmed_train |
3,599 |
I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on just how it is that these
electronic odometers remember the total elapsed mileage? What kind of
memory is stable/reliable enough, non-volatile enough and independent enough
(of outside battery power) to last say, 10 years or more, in the life of a
vehicle? I'm amazed that anything like this could be expected to work for
this length of time (especially in light of all the gizmos I work with that
are doing good to work for 2 months without breaking down somehow).
Side question: how about the legal ramifications of selling a used car with
a replaced odometer that starts over at 0 miles, after say 100/200/300K
actual miles. Looks like fraud would be fairly easy - for the price of a
new odometer, you can say it has however many miles you want to tell the
buyer it has.
Thanks for any insight.
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9,385 | Last night I heard something about Bill Clinton's sister being
involved in a marijuana bust, and the news being suppressed. I also
heard something about her being an "ex-con". This source is not
reliable, though. (It was a collage/booklet advertising a local band.)
Can anyone on the net verify this or provide more details? I'm
surprised I haven't seen anything about this in this newsgroup.
Also, does anyone know what happened to the charges that Shalala was a
regular pot smoker when she was in college? This ghastly accusation
was reported on CNN Streamline News the day she was nominated, then I
never heard anything about it again.
It's almost enough to make me want to start an Act-Up type campaign
to invade the privacy of closet smokers! (If only this type of
publicity didn't violate people's rights. . . .)
Jake. | 13 | trimmed_train |
8,429 |
I dont know about the car comparison but as far as the price goes rest
assured that the street prices for the MX-3 and Escort and (maybe) even
the Honda will be lesser than that of the Saturn you're talking about.
All price comparisons I've seen are based on MSRP and of course the
saturn dealer will sell the car for sticker price whereas the others
will do it way below sticker. | 4 | trimmed_train |
9,505 | ^^^^^^^
You can't spell. There is no question about it.
We must be reading different public opinion polls. I agree that the
misguided public would like to see assault weapons banned (mainly because
they are being lied to by the media about the frequency of their use
in violent crime ... ~1%), but if public opinion were so dead-set
against the RKBA you can bet that idiots like Metzenbaum and Schumer
would be seeing their foolish bills getting passed through Congress
a LOT easier than they are. And as governments go broke and can no
longer protect their citizens you can bet that the American people
will start to really appreciate the usefulness of firearms. Contrary
to what you might think, time is probably on OUR side, not YOURS.
Yeah, right. Don't hold your breath. My condolences on the discovery
of uncomfortable resilience in your mammary glands, but this has nothing
to do with the issue at hand.
... ridiculous tripe deleted ...
Yeah, the liberal press doesn't like us much, but you can't really
expect coherent thought from them anyway. Their opinions are based
more on a desire to appear politically correct than on facts (which
are generously provided by the FBI, if they'd bother to put on their
Birkenstocks and go to the library to read them). Most of my friends
are anti-gun, and without exception NONE of them bases his/her opinions
on facts. They would rather believe (despite all evidence to the
contrary) that disarming law-abiding citizens would make the world
more civilized, when all it really does is make us all sheep. They
would rather wallow in their pitiful liberal white guilt about how
society has driven the criminal to rob, rape, and murder. They
support spending millions of public dollars protecting the rights of scum
who have already demonstrated that they have no regard for society
or its laws. They ignore the fact that areas with the strictest gun
control (NYC,DC) have the worst crime and areas with little gun
control (VT,NH,ID) have very little crime in comparison. But they
have to ignore this because otherwise they would need to confront
the fact that law-abiding citizens who own guns are not the ones that
are causing most of the trouble in society. Oh no, we certainly can't
accept that! But I guess I have faith that when crime starts making
significant inroads into their neighborhoods and starts directly
hurting them and their families, they will probably whistle a different
tune. They just better hope it isn't too late then.
Hmmm. I wasn't expecting company tonight. I might be able to whip
up a quick cheese and cracker plate, but they should probably bring
their own drinks. Do I have time to vacuum the rug?
I'm glad you ended the posting here. Your medication seems to have
worn off ...
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Lee Gaucher NRA | My opinions.
[email protected] | No one else's. | 9 | trimmed_train |
503 |
Dr. Goebels thought that a lie repeated enough times could finally
be believed. I have been observing that 'Poly' has been practicing
Goebels' rule quite loyally. 'Poly's audience is mostly made of Greeks
who are not allowed to listen to Turkish news. However, in today's
informed world Greek propagandists can only fool themselves. For
instance, those who lived in 1974 will remember the TV news they
watched and the newspapers they read and the younger generation can
read the American newspapers of July and August 1974 to find out what
really happened.
There are in Turkiye the Greek Hospital, The Greek Girls' Lycee
Alumni Association, the Principo Islands Greek Benevolent Society,
the Greek Medical Foundation, the Principo Greek Orphanage Foundation,
the Yovakimion Greek Girls' Lycee Foundation, and the Fener Greek
Men's Lycee Foundation.
As for Greece, the longstanding use of the adjective 'Turkish'
in titles and on signboards is prohibited. The Greek courts
have ordered the closure of the Turkish Teachers' Association,
the Komotini Turkish Youth Association and the Ksanti
Turkish Association on grounds that there are no Turks
in Western Thrace. Such community associations had been
active until 1984. But they were first told to remove
the word 'Turkish' on their buildings and on their official
papers and then eventually close down. This is also the
final verdict (November 4, 1987) of the Greek High Court.
In the city of Komotini, a former Greek Parliamentarian of Turkish
parentage, was sentenced recently to 18 months of imprisonment
with no right to appeal, just for saying outloud that he was
of Turkish descent. This duly-elected ethnic Turkish official
was also deprived of his political rights for a period of three
years. Each one of these barbaric acts seems to be none other than
a vehicle, used by the Greek governments, to cover-up their inferiority
complex they display, vis-a-vis, the people of Turkiye.
The Agreement on the Exchange of Minorities uses the term 'Turks,'
which demonstrates what is actually meant by the previous reference
to 'Muslims.' The fact that the Greek governments also mention the
existence of a few thousand non-Turkish Muslims does not change the
essential reality that there lives in Western Thrace a much bigger
Turkish minority. The 'Pomaks' are also a Muslim people, whom all the
three nations (Bulgarians, Turks, and Greeks) consider as part of
themselves. Do you know how the Muslim Turkish minority was organized
according to the agreements? Poor 'Poly.'
It also proves that the Turkish people are trapped in Greece
and the Greek people are free to settle anywhere in the world.
The Greek authorities deny even the existence of a Turkish
minority. They pursue the same denial in connection with
the Macedonians of Greece. Talk about oppression. In addition,
in 1980 the 'democratic' Greek Parliament passed Law No. 1091,
virtually taking over the administration of the vakiflar and
other charitable trusts. They have ceased to be self-supporting
religious and cultural entities. Talk about fascism. The Greek
governments are attempting to appoint the muftus, irrespective
of the will of the Turkish minority, as state official. Although
the Orthodox Church has full authority in similar matters in
Greece, the Muslim Turkish minority will have no say in electing
its religious leaders. Talk about democracy.
The government of Greece has recently destroyed an Islamic
convention in Komotini. Such destruction, which reflects an
attitude against the Muslim Turkish cultural heritage, is a
violation of the Lausanne Convention as well as the 'so-called'
Greek Constitution, which is supposed to guarantee the protection
of historical monuments.
The government of Greece, on the other hand, is building new
churches in remote villages as a complementary step toward
Hellenizing the region.
And you pondered. Sidiropoulos, the president of the Macedonian Human
Rights Committee, became the latest victim of a tactic long used by
the Greeks to silence critics of policies of forced assimilation
of the Macedonian minority. A forestry official by occupation,
Sidiropoulos has been sent to 'internal exile' on the island of
Kefalonia, hundreds of kilometers away from his native Florina.
His employer, the Florina City Council, asked him to depart in
24 hours. The Greek authorities are trying to punish him for his
involvement in Copenhagen. He returned to Florina by his own choice
and remains without a job.
Helsinki Watch, a well-known Human Rights group, had been investigating
the plight of the Turkish Minority in Greece. In August 1990, their
findings were published in a report titled
'Destroying Ethnic Identity: Turks of Greece.'
The report confirmed gross violations of the Human Rights of the
Turkish minority by the Greek authorities. It says for instance,
the Greek government recently destroyed an Islamic convent in
Komotini. Such destruction, which reflects an attitude against
the Muslim Turkish cultural heritage, is a violation of the
Lausanne Convention.
The Turkish cemeteries in the village of Vafeika and in Pinarlik
were attacked, and tombstones were broken. The cemetery in
Karotas was razed by bulldozers.
Shall I go on? Why not? The people of Turkiye are not going
to take human rights lessons from the Greek Government. The
discussion of human rights violations in Greece does not
stop at the Greek frontier. In several following articles
I shall dwell on and expose the Greek treatment of Turks
in Western Thrace and the Aegean Macedonians.
It has been reported that the Greek Cypriot administration
has an intense desire for arms and that Greece has made
plans to supply it with the tanks and armored vehicles it
has to destroy in accordance with the agreement reached on
conventional arms reductions in Europe. Meanwhile, Greek
and Greek Cypriot officials are reported to have planned
to take ostentatious measures aimed at camouflaging the
transfer of these tanks and armored vehicles to southern
Cyprus, a process that will conflict with the spirit of
the agreement on conventional arms reduction in Europe.
An acceptable method may certainly be found when there
is a will. But we know of various kinds of violent
behaviors ranging from physical attacks to the burning
of buildings. The rugs at the Amfia village mosque were
dragged out to the front of the building and burnt there.
Shots were fired on the mosque in the village of Aryana.
Now wait, there is more.
'Greek Atrocities in the Vilayet of Smyrna (May to July 1919), Inedited
Documents and Evidence of English and French Officers,' Published by
The Permanent Bureau of the Turkish Congress at Lausanne, Lausanne,
Imprimerie Petter, Giesser & Held, Caroline, 5 (1919).
pages 82-83:
<< 1. The train going from Denizli to Smyrna was stopped at Ephesus
and the 90 Turkish travellers, men and women who were in it ordered
to descend. And there in the open street, under the eyes of their
husbands, fathers and brothers, the women without distinction of age
were violated, and then all the travellers were massacred. Amongst
the latter the Lieutenant Salih Effendi, a native of Tripoli, and a
captain whose name is not known, and to whom the Hellenic authorities
had given safe conduct, were killed with specially atrocious tortures.
2. Before the battle, the wife of the lawyer Enver Bey coming from
her garden was maltreated by Greek soldiers, she was even stript
of her garments and her servant Assie was violated.
3. The two tax gatherers Mustapha and Ali Effendi were killed in the
following manner: Their arms were bound behind their backs with wire
and their heads were battered and burst open with blows from the butt
end of a gun.
4. During the firing of the town, eleven children, six little girls
and five boys, fleeing from the flames, were stopped by Greek soldiers
in the Ramazan Pacha quarter, and thrown into a burning Jewish house
near bridge, where they were burnt alive. This fact is confirmed on oath
by the retired commandant Hussein Hussni Effendi who saw it.
5. The clock-maker Ahmed Effendi and his son Sadi were arrested and
dragged out of their shop. The son had his eyes put out and was then
killed in the court of the Greek Church, but Ahmed Effendi has been
no more heard of.
6. At the market, during the fire, two unknown people were wounded
by bayonets, then bound together, thrown into the fire and burnt alive.
The Greeks killed also many Jews. These are the names of some:
Moussa Malki, shoemaker killed
Bohor Levy, tailor killed
Bohor Israel, cobbler killed
Isaac Calvo, shoemaker killed
David Aroguete killed
Moussa Lerosse killed
Gioia Katan killed
Meryem Malki killed
Soultan Gharib killed
Isaac Sabah wounded
Moche Fahmi wounded
David Sabah wounded
Moise Bensignor killed
Sarah Bendi killed
Jacob Jaffe wounded
Aslan Halegna wounded....>>
Serdar Argic | 6 | trimmed_train |
7,438 |
Hmmm. The last time I got stung by a bee I experienced the same reaction
the first poster's brother did. We went off to the doctor to see if I
should worry about the fact that my foot was now about 3 times it's normal
size. (And itched!!! Ow!) He basically said I shouldn't this time, but
that bee sting allergy was not something you tended to get aclimatized to,
but were something that each time got progressively worse generally and that
next time could be the time I go into anaphylactic shock. Admittedly this
was many years ago when I was young. Since then I just make sure I don't
get stung. I also should carry a bee sting kit with me, but I don't.
This isn't scientific or proof, but this would lead me to believe it's not a
different reaction, just a different degree of reaction. Allergies work
that way. People have various reactions. Sort of like diabetes, some
people can get by with just monitoring their diet, others have to monitor
their diet and use insulin sometimes while others have to watch their diet
like a hawk and use insulin regularly.
I think MSG is probably similar...some people have allergic reactions to
it. Some people are allergic to fermented things and can't use soy
sauce...but the chinese have been using it for centuries... that doesn't
necessarily mean that it's safe for everyone. | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,255 |
The point is that the original poster was talking about connecting
ground and neutral in the *outlet* box (big NO NO), and you are talking
about them being connected in the breaker box (as things should be).
If this is not obvious, the point is that there should be current
flow in the white, i.e. neutral/return wires when things in the
house are operating. There should not be any flow in the ground wires
unless there is a fault condition. Notice also that in the breaker box
there is a wire leading from the above-mentioned junction to earth ground,
usually a pipe or spike driven into the ground. | 11 | trimmed_train |
10,215 |
In my case that's not for another 3+ years, so I'd appreciate any
hints on what will keep the organization in business that long. (And
preferably longer, of course, and worth being part of.) | 12 | trimmed_train |
4,989 | .Chris
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4,306 |
Hey, now will you stop encouraging him? Copy protection only serves one pur-
pose: to keep the honest buyer from making (legal) backup copies. It will
definitely not stop any pirates. If you want to protect you soft, supply a
good documentation and support. This is IMHO the *only* way of effectively pro-
tecting software.
Best Regards,
Arno
-- | 11 | trimmed_train |
10,473 |
I followed up without a thought of double-checking...if I double-checked
every fact people vomited onto the table here on the net, I'd never have
time to sleep. But to pass the buck to the person who originally posted
that quote...
...well, Michael? Take it away! (wild applause)
Drewcifer | 13 | trimmed_train |
2,899 | *** SOURCE code to Macintosh PGP 2.2 now available via anonymous FTP ***
FTP netcom.com
CD pub/grady
MGET MacPGP2.2src.sea.hqx
MGET MacPGP2.2srcSIGNATURE
Convert to a Compact Pro self-extracting archive with BinHex 4.0.
If appropriate, check the digital signature of the .hqx file with
your copy of PGP. (Non-Macintosh users wishing to check the digital
signature please note that 'CR' denotes the end-of-line on a Macintosh,
not 'LF' or 'CRLF'.)
For the purposes of the ITAR act, this 'unclassified technical
documentation' is hereby released into the public domain. (However
no representation is made as to copyright or other commercial rights
that may exist in this package.)
Full source code, Symantec THINK C 5.0.4 projects and full user
documentation is included for both 68020 and 68000 versions of Pretty
Good Privacy, a strong public key encryption and digital signature
application using the RSA algorithm patented in the United States
and the IDEA cipher patented in Switzerland.
No executables are included.
Executables are available via anonymous FTP from:
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night.nig.ac.jp (Japan)
van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca (Canada)
soda.berkeley.edu (P.R. of Berkeley)
src.doc.ic.ac.uk (United Kingdom)
ghost.dsi.unimi.it (Italy)
plaza.aarnet.edu.au (Australia)
nic.funet.fi (Finland)
Other's public keys are available from anonymous server sites:
(Send message subject "help" for more information.)
Internet sites:
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[email protected]
FTP: tbird.cc.iastate.edu:/usr/explorer/public-keys.pgp
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Derek Atkins
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UUCP site:
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The executable application built from these sources has NOT been
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This unclassified technical documentation is made available for
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Suggested improvements, bugs, or comments should be directly posted
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or to the sci.crypt Usenet groups.
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98 | : Are you saying that their was a physical Adam and Eve, and that all
: humans are direct decendents of only these two human beings.? Then who
: were Cain and Able's wives? Couldn't be their sisters, because A&E
: didn't have daughters. Were they non-humans?
Genesis 5:4
and the days of Adam after he begat Seth were eight hundred years, and
he begat sons and daughters: | 8 | trimmed_train |
9,733 | Hi,
I am about to write an application in X/Motif that will require the
embedding of a pseudo tty. So, before I re-invent the wheel, has anyone
written/gotten a motif widget that does the job ? Otherwise, I would
appreciate any pointers to make such a beast.
My environment is X11R4/Motif 1.1 and X11R5/Motif 1.2 (if this helps).
Thanks in advance.
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10,832 |
The immunization program is just a "useful first step". Among other
things, the money will go to pay for creating and maintaning a
a computerized "innoculation" database on all U.S. children.
(code-named Big Mother... Just kidding, the name will be Children
Defense Database, or something like that.)
Once the money is spent and little or no tangible results achieved,
the goverment will have to start knocking down doors, in some
neigborhoods, and bribe parents in others (probably the ones that
are paying kids for attending the school - what a fantastic idea!)
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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. | 13 | trimmed_train |
3,004 | :
: >A stupid question, but what will CView run on and where can I get it? I
: >am still in need of a GIF viewer for Linux. (Without X-Windows.)
: >Thanks!
: >
:
: Ho boy. There is no way in HELL you are going to be able to view GIFs or do
: any other graphics in Linux without X windows! I love Linux because it is
: so easy to learn.. You want text? Okay. Use Linux. You want text AND
: graphics? Use Linux with X windows. Simple. Painless. REQUIRED to have
: X Windows if you want graphics! This includes fancy word processors like
: doc, image viewers like xv, etc.
:
Ummm, I beg to differ. A kind soul sent me a program called DPG-VIEW that
will do exactly what I want, view GIF images under Linux without X-Windows.
And, it does support all the way up to 1024x768. The biggest complaint I
have is it is painfully SLOW. It takes about 1 minute to display an image.
I am use to CSHOW under DOS which takes a split second. Any idea why it
is so slow under Linux? Anybody have anything better? Plus, anybody have
the docs to DPG-View? Thanks!
| 1 | trimmed_train |
2,433 | Hi,
has anyone more info about the XGA-2 chipset?
HW-funcs, TrueColor, Resolutions,...
Any boards with XGA-2 out yet?
thanks
Rainer
--
Rainer Leberle [email protected]
University of Kansas City, MO | 1 | trimmed_train |
10,547 |
His designated point-getter remarks were not only meant for Lemieux,
but for Gretzky, Bure, etc. etc. .... and he made those particular
remarks last December before Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkin's,
and as the Leafs started their second half roll, and before
Gilmour's great season was being recognized by many people. | 17 | trimmed_train |
6,386 | I was recently loaned an older Dec 210 286 at work, and I have the option
of adding an additional Western Digital Hard-drive to the machine. The
existing drive is currently a Western Digital as well, and is working fine,
but I do not have any documentation available for configuring the master/slave
relationship necessary for a c: d: drive setup.
The first drive is currently formatted to Tandy Dos v3.3 but I am eventually
going to upgrade both to MS Dos v 5.0
The drives themselves are both model number WD95044-A circa 5-07-1991
They are 782 cyl 4 head drives. A note to add is that there is no exact
configuration for these in my current bios, but it seems to work at a
setting 17 (977 cyl 5 head, 300 write_pre, 977 landing zone).
There are three pairs of jumper pins on the back that I presume are
for setting up the master/slave. Originally, the drive in the machine
had none. Currently, I was suggested to try the far right (looking at the
back) for master and the middle jumper for the slave.
When booted, the reinitialize seems to puke accessing the d: drive. It does
flicker about three times on the second drive, but then gives the error.
Hopefully the problem is as simple as the drive not being formatted, but not
being a person who has ever had to actual format and unformatted drive, I
would not even know how to do that.
Any and all help on this is great fully appreciated. If not, a number
for Western Digital might just do as good!
swood
| 3 | trimmed_train |
10,411 |
: Tsk, tsk, tsk. Another newbie bites the dust, eh? They'll learn.
Newbie. Sorry to disappoint you, but as far as the Internet goes I was
in Baghdad while you were still in your dads bag.
Most of the people who made this group interesting 3 or 4 years ago
are no longer around and I only have time to make a random sweep
once a week or so. Hence I missed most of this thread.
Based on your previous postings, apparently devoid of humour, sarcasm,
wit, or the apparent capacity to walk and chew gum at the same time, I
assumed you were serious. Mea culpa.
Still, it's nice to see that BNR are doing so well that they can afford
to overpay some contractors to sit and read news all day.
| 12 | trimmed_train |
1,154 |
Homosexual Christians have indeed "checked out" these verses. Some of
them are used against us only through incredibly perverse interpretations.
Others simply do not address the issues.
You would seem to be more in need of a careful and Spirit-led course
in exegesis than most of the gay Christians I know. I suggest that
you stop "proof-texting" about things you know nothing about. | 0 | trimmed_train |
5,690 | [stuff deleted]
Gimme a break. CAPITAL letters, or NOT, the above is pure nonsense. It
seems to me that short sighted Armenians are escalating the hostilities
while hoping that Turkey will stay out. Stop and think for a moment,
will you? Armenia doesn't need anyone to drag her into the conflict, it
is a part of it.
Huh? You didn't expect Azeri's to be friendly to forces fighting with them
within their borders?
[...]
You're not playing with a full deck, are you? Where would Turkey invade?
Are you throwing the Cyprus buzzword around with s.c.g. in the header
in hopes that the Greek netters will jump the gun? Yes indeed Turkey
has the military prowess to intervene, what she wishes she had, however, is
the diplomatic power to stop the hostilities and bring the parties to the
negotiating table. That's hard to do when Armenians are attacking Azeri
towns. Armenian leaders are lacking the statesmanship to recognize the
futility of armed conflict and convince their nation that a compromise that
leads to stability is much better than a military faits accomplis that's
going to cause incessant skirmishes. Think of 10 or 20 years down the
line -- both of the newly independent countries need to develop economically
and neither one is going to wipe the other out. These people will be
neighbors, would it not be better to keep the bad blood between them minimal?
If you belong to the Armenian diaspora, keep in mind that what strikes
your fancy on the map is costing the local Armenians dearly in terms of their
blood and future. It's easy to be comfortable abroad and propagandize
craziness to have your feelings about Turks tickled. The Armenians
in Armenia and N-K will be there, with the same people you seem to hate
as their neighbors, for maybe 3000 years more. The sooner there's peace in
the region the better it is for them and everyone else. I'd push for
compromise if I were you instead of hitting the caps-lock and spreading
inflammatory half-truths.
cheers, | 6 | trimmed_train |
3,937 |
Not a typo. It was uploaded to ftp.cica.indiana.edu a couple days back.
Version 3.4 uses standard Windows printer drivers.
Ashok
| 18 | trimmed_train |
5,619 | I find it interesting that cls never answered any of the questions posed.
Then he goes on the make statements which make me shudder. He has
established a two-tiered God. One set of rules for the Jews (his people)
and another set for the saved Gentiles (his people). Why would God
discriminate? Does the Jew who accepts Jesus now have to live under the
Gentile rules.
God has one set of rules for all his people. Paul was never against the
law. In fact he says repeatedly that faith establishes rather that annuls
the law. Paul's point is germane to both Jews and Greeks. The Law can
never be used as an instrument of salvation. And please do not combine
the ceremonial and moral laws in one.
In Matt 5:14-19 Christ plainly says what He came to do and you say He was
only saying that for the Jews's benefit. Your Christ must be a
politician, speaking from both sides of His mouth. As Paul said, "I have
not so learned Christ." Forget all the theology, just do what Jesus says.
Your excuses will not hold up in a court of law on earth, far less in
God's judgement hall. | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,539 | I addressed most of the key issues in this very long (284 lines) post
by Dean Kaflowitz in two posts yesterday. The first was made into the
title post of a new thread, "Is Dean Kaflowitz terminally irony-impaired?"
and the second, more serious one appeared along the thread
"A Chaney Post, and a Challenge, reissued and revised"
both only in talk.abortion, but I am posting its contents into
talk.religion.misc as soon as I exit here.
This should be enough for us to thrash out for the next week or so. The
second post really grapples with the main bones of contention between us.
The first is more lighthearted and tells about such things as
KaflowitzDebatingPoints [tm], which he continues to rack up on both
talk.abortion and talk.religion.misc, while setting follow-ups to
talk.abortion alone. His lame excuse for the latter policy is that
he gets a prompt as to where to set follow-ups, and does not follow
talk.religion.misc much; this suggests that he is being hypocritical in not
also setting his Newsgroups line to talk.abortion alone. | 15 | trimmed_train |
44 |
: In any case, I think Viola would have made a better signing. Why?
: Viola is younger, and is left handed (how many left handed starters does
: Toronto have?
Well, I agree that Viola is a better signing. However, why does
everyone say that you want lefthanded starters? I understand lefthanded
spot relievers, even though they usually face more righthanded batters
than lefthanded batters. I just don't understand why people insist
on lefthanded starters, unless there is a park effect (e.g., Yankee Stadium).
Most batters in MLB are righthanded, so righthanded starters will have
the platoon advantage more often than lefthanded starters.
I guess one argument for lefty starters is that certain teams
may be more vulnerable to LHP's than RHP's. However, this is probably
only a factor in the postseason, because teams seldom juggle their starters
for this reason during the regular season.
I think you just want the best starters you can get, regardless of
whether they are lefties or righties. Lefthanded starters tend to have
higher ERA's than righthanded starters, precisely because managers
go out of their way to start inferior lefties (or perhaps because of
the platoon advantage).
Am I missing something here? | 2 | trimmed_train |
4,125 | Here is a letter I sent to David Skaggs, (Dem, CO). Before anybody says
something, yes the letter is a bit "sharp" in tone. I have been writting
reasonable and polite letters to him for years, and all I get in return
in the HCI party line. Since he already is NRA F rated, I don't think that
upsetting him will harm the cause. Sorry if you disagree, but recent events
in Texas REALLY have me pissed.
-------------------
April 20, 1993
Representative Skaggs,
Recently I wrote to you regarding my outrage over the tactics used by the
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, (BATF), in Texas. In your response
you stated that "Events in Texas underscore the need for stricter gun control
legislation to keep guns out of the hand of groups such as the Branch Davidians.
My question to you is, "what grounds would you use to deny them access to
firearms?" Best I can tell this statement underscores your apparent total
ignorance of the subject, and highlights your personal bias against firearms.
I say this because there are only two possible paths of "gun control" which you
could have been referencing.
Either:
1) You were talking about their access to semi-automatics firearms. In this
case I should point out that semi-automatic firearms are legal in most areas of
this Country, including Texas and Colorado. In addition the members of the
"cult" have never been convicted of any crimes which would deny them the ability
to purchase these weapons. So under what grounds would you deny them these
guns? Their religion? The fact they they live in a large group alone by
themselves? Because you consider them to be a cult? Maybe I consider your
Church to be a cult!
This line of reasoning by you borders on the concept of "thought crimes." You
and Pat Robertson should really get along.
2) You were referring to the ALLEGED FULLY automatic weapons possessed by the
"cult." Under current US law, FULLY automatic weapons have been covered by
some of the strictest gun control laws in this Nation. So if David Koresh
illegally possessed them, he would have had to circumvent some of the strictest
laws we have. How will more laws help? By the way, it has been reported that
David Koresh possessed a Federal Firearms License which would have permitted
him to possess FULLY automatic weapons. If true, the 85 people who perished
Monday in the fire, died so that the Federal government could collect a couple
hundred dollars in taxes on guns David Koresh didn't declare.
I have heard claims that they were "stockpiling weapons." Yet considering the
number of people in the complex, even 200+ weapons would not have been out of
line with gun ownership statistics for all of Texas. What's next? A siege of
Dallas/Ft Worth for alleged "stockpiling?"
Face it David Skaggs, You have voted for virtually EVERY gun control law that
has passed through Congress, yet you claim that you are only for "reasonable"
restrictions. Bull****! Handgun Control Inc. is struggling to maintain
250,000 PAID members, while the NRA has just exceeded 3,000,000 members. They
are still growing at a rate of 2,000 new members per day. Driving around YOUR
district I see NRA stickers every day. In eight plus years of living here I
have only seen ONE HCI bumper sticker. When you vote for your "reasonable"
gun control laws, are you really representing your district, or are you
representing Sarah Bradys'?
Thank You,
William J. Vojak
April 20, 1993
Representative Skaggs,
Recently I wrote to you regarding my outrage over the tactics used by the
Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms, (BATF), in Texas. In your response
you stated that "Events in Texas underscore the need for stricter gun control
legislation to keep guns out of the hand of groups such as the Branch Davidians.
My question to you is, "what grounds would you use to deny them access to
firearms?" Best I can tell this statement underscores your apparent total
ignorance of the subject, and highlights your personal bias against firearms.
I say this because there are only two possible paths of "gun control" which you
could have been referencing.
Either:
1) You were talking about their access to semi-automatics firearms. In this
case I should point out that semi-automatic firearms are legal in most areas of
this Country, including Texas and Colorado. In addition the members of the
"cult" have never been convicted of any crimes which would deny them the ability
to purchase these weapons. So under what grounds would you deny them these
guns? Their religion? The fact they they live in a large group alone by
themselves? Because you consider them to be a cult? Maybe I consider your
Church to be a cult!
This line of reasoning by you borders on the concept of "thought crimes." You
and Pat Robertson should really get along.
2) You were referring to the ALLEGED FULLY automatic weapons possessed by the
"cult." Under current US law, FULLY automatic weapons have been covered by
some of the strictest gun control laws in this Nation. So if David Koresh
illegally possessed them, he would have had to circumvent some of the strictest
laws we have. How will more laws help? By the way, it has been reported that
David Koresh possessed a Federal Firearms License which would have permitted
him to possess FULLY automatic weapons. If true, the 85 people who perished
Monday in the fire, died so that the Federal government could collect a couple
hundred dollars in taxes on guns David Koresh didn't declare.
I have heard claims that they were "stockpiling weapons." Yet considering the
number of people in the complex, even 200+ weapons would not have been out of
line with gun ownership statistics for all of Texas. What's next? A siege of
Dallas/Ft Worth for alleged "stockpiling?"
Face it David Skaggs, You have voted for virtually EVERY gun control law that
has passed through Congress, yet you claim that you are only for "reasonable"
restrictions. Bull****! Handgun Control Inc. is struggling to maintain
250,000 PAID members, while the NRA has just exceeded 3,000,000 members. They
are still growing at a rate of 2,000 new members per day. Driving around YOUR
district I see NRA stickers every day. In eight plus years of living here I
have only seen ONE HCI bumper sticker. When you vote for your "reasonable"
gun control laws, are you really representing your district, or are you
representing Sarah Bradys'?
Thank You,
William J. Vojak
---------------------------
Bill Vojak
[email protected]
NRA, ILA,
Colorado Firearms Coalition
------------------------------------------------------------
The CBS Nightly Propaganda With Dan Rather. (RATHER NOT!)
The CBS Nightly Propaganda With Dan Rather. (RATHER BIASED!) | 9 | trimmed_train |
7,415 | Deletions...
So, you consider the german poster's remark anti-semitic? Perhaps you
imply that anyone in Germany who doesn't agree with israely policy in a
nazi? Pray tell, how does it even qualify as "casual anti-semitism"?
If the term doesn't apply, why then bring it up?
Your own bigotry is shining through.
-- | 8 | trimmed_train |
1,673 |
The best program I've seen for viewing such files is VPIC. You'll want version 5.9 or later. (6.0x is current.) It allows you to view in 15 and 24 bit modes. It really is QUITE nice.
Now, for a return question: Do you run Windows? If so, what are the dates on your drivers? The newest ones *I* can find are from around 4-??-92!! My problem is they conflict with Star Trek: After Dark, and other things as well. I'm willing to bet that it's the drivers, and NOT the programs. Anyone out there have info on newer SS24 (NOT X) drivers for windows or OS/2? | 1 | trimmed_train |
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8,478 |
Peter,
I believe this is your most succinct post to date. Since you have nothing
to say, you say nothing! It's brilliant. Did you think of this all by
yourself?
-marc | 6 | trimmed_train |
8,010 | I'm writing an X server for some video-generation equipment. The
hardware is "truecolor" in YUV space; in X terms it has a 24-bit
static color visual. I would really like to have the server just
present this static visual, but I'm not sure if this will be
acceptable to "most" X clients. The three problems I see are:
1) The colormap, though huge, is static.
2) All pixels would be 3 bytes wide.
3) Because the hardware actually lives in YUV space, the
translation RGB->YUV will introduce some rounding error.
Being more of a server guy than a client guy, I ask: will these
limitations thwart many X clients? Or will most of the X stuff
floating around blithely accept what they're given? I could write
the server to also present a pseudocolor visual of, e.g., 8 bits,
but I'd rather avoid this if not necessary.
I know there are no absolutes, but I'd appreciate hearing people's
opinions and suggestions. Thanks!
| 16 | trimmed_train |
711 | G'day all,
Can anybody point me at a utility which will read/convert/crop/whatnot/
display HDF image files ? I've had a look at the HDF stuff under NCSA
and it must take an award for odd directory structure, strange storage
approaches and minimalist documentation :-)
Part of the problem is that I want to look at large (5MB+) HDF files and
crop out a section. Ideally I would like a hdftoppm type of utility, from
which I can then use the PBMplus stuff quite merrily. I can convert the cropped
part into another format for viewing/animation.
Otherwise, can someone please explain how to set up the NCSA Visualisation S/W
for HDF (3.2.r5 or 3.3beta) and do the above cropping/etc. This is for
Suns with SunOS 4.1.2.
Any help GREATLY appreciated. Ta muchly !
Cheers,
Markus
--
Markus Buchhorn, Parallel Computing Research Facility
email = [email protected]
Australian National University, Canberra, 0200 , Australia.
[International = +61 6, Australia = 06] [Phone = 2492930, Fax = 2490747] | 1 | trimmed_train |
10,464 | 8 | trimmed_train |
|
3,555 | From: [email protected] (Pushpinder Singh)
Subject: re: Centris 610 Video Problem - I'm having it also!
Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 03:17:45 GMT
I'm having exactly the same problem. Again, it's fine when I switch to 16
colors or a smaller monitor. My configuration is:
Model: Centris 610 with 4 MB/80 HD, 512 VRAM, no cards
Monitor: MAG MX15F with 16" monitor adaptor (for resolution of 832*624)
I just discovered the problem a little while ago after plugging in my
new MAG monitor. It seems to appear either when scrolling through a
window or when using Alpha or Word and I enter <return>.
My guess is bad VRAMs as well. I really hope it isn't a design flaw. Is
anyone at Apple listening?
Pushpinder Singh
[email protected]
***********************************
Try finding an init called Basic color monitor. This should clear
up some probs with Centris 610's and vga type monitors. I know it
exists, somewhere I have a binhexed copy, but I don't know where and
never got around to installing it. I have this problem on my sony 1604. | 14 | trimmed_train |
6,601 | Followup-To:[email protected]
Distribution: ne
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Keywords:
I am looking for an inexpensive motorcycle, nothing fancy, have to be able to do all maintinence my self. looking in the <$400 range. | 5 | trimmed_train |
10,647 |
Tammy, is this all explicitly stated in the bible, or do you assume
that you know that Ezekiel indirectly mentioned? It could have been
another metaphor, for instance Ezekiel was mad at his landlord, so he
talked about him when he wrote about the prince of Tyre.
Sorry, but my interpretation is more mundane, Ezekiel wrote about
the prince of Tyre when we wrote about the prince of Tyre.
Cheers,
Kent | 8 | trimmed_train |
3,657 | Has anybody noticed that Toyota has an uncanny knack for designing horrible
ugly station wagons? Tercels, Corollas, Camrys. Have their designers no
aesthetic sense at all? | 4 | trimmed_train |
5,354 | <><><><> SIPPs FOR SALE <><><><>
I have 16 SIPPs for sale. I upgraded a few systems memory, so I don't need
these no more. They are:
11- 256x9 SIPPs @70NS
5- 256X9 SIPPs @80NS
--------------------
4 MEG TOTAL ALL FOR $110
OR 4 (1 MEG) FOR $27
NOTE: SIPPs are gernally more expensive then SIMMs
These SIPPs are in good working condition........
Buyer pay shipping/handling.
If interested reply to:
[email protected]
-- | 5 | trimmed_train |
1,638 | Hi,
I'm writing a science fiction script and I'm looking for some
answers to questions regarding the Moon and Earth. My starting point
is an impossible situation. [I checked with a professor at berkeley
and his response was a VERY helpful "can't happen".] If you enjoy
playing with unusual ideas and are willing answer some questions
please contact me via e-mail ([email protected]).
I get extremely annoyed when screen and tele-plays ignore basic
facts about computers that I'm determined to be as scientifically
accurate as I can.
Sorry for being vague, but I'd like to protect my idea as much as I
can until I'm ready to sell it (hopefully). | 10 | trimmed_train |
5,083 | I'm new to the hardware and with a mandate to port some X-based
stereo-video software --- does anyone know of or have experience with
X on Amiga machines? If I can retain the X event handling, it would
ease my plight considerably, and if I can keep all the Motif bits, so
much the better!
| 16 | trimmed_train |
2,549 |
: The issue has never been whether tanks were used in Detroit in 1967. It
: has been whether they fired their main guns.
Never? This is incorrect. Either you don't read very well or resort
to falsehoods in an attempt to make a point.
At the risk of boring and belaboring the point, my claim was
the chain was regarding the tanks "last used in Detroit in 48".
The text follows.
: 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.
Indeed, when Coffman claimed they were only used as APCs, I did say
I had been told they did fire their main guns.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: You continue to
: back away from this claim and defend something else that nobody is
: disputing.
Well, the poster who I responded to did dispute the use of tanks
post-48. Rude of you to call Gary Coffman a nobody.
: "Well, it's not the main gun." Gee, that's only the entire point. Are you
: now going to admit that you were wrong?
That was the entire point to *you*. What exactly did I claim?
--------------------------------------------------
"I've heard eye-witness descriptions of tanks using their main guns
to respond to sniper fire. Quite effectively."
--------------------------------------------------
I wasn't wrong . . . I've heard those descriptions. If you're
paying attention, I've mentioned that I saw the tanks with my own
eyes, but the main gun firing was an account I heard. That helps
people judge whether or not to kick in the, to use your words,
"bullshit filters". Stating that I *claimed* this is a falsehood.
What was it I claimed as fact? Here's the entire post:
--------------------------------------------------
Correction. I know they used tanks in Detroit 1968. I saw em, it
was well covered in the news at that time. Gordon Lightfoot mentions
it in his song "Black Day in July".
--------------------------------------------------
Since you don't dispute that and claim that nobody else does, that
means I was right.
: 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.
So one would suppose. Some folks think in happened in 48.
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.
John, again, strawman techniques. Do you feel you're losing it so you
have to stretch what I said and knock that down? What I read said
nothing about what they fired. And so I put nothing in there. If you
need some help, let me know and I'l take your side of this for a
while. You're not scoring here, you're boring here.
: 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.
Glad to know you're such an expert. Nice to hear some an
authority. I especially appreciate your basis of knowledge -- if it
had happened, you would have know it. Since you are such an
authority, you probably know that people did scream about an alleged
massive cover-up in the number of people killed in the Detroit riot.
Some claimed 100+ dead, others said 300. The offical number is 43 but
the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia says it was "several". I've also
heard some things about that but I won't dare repeat them. You'd
assert that I claimed they were truth.
: Unless you also claim that the National Guard managed to cover it up.
Taking the tour after the riots, it was pretty easy to tell the
difference between Army and Guard troops. Or so I recall from 26
years ago. And I seem to recall it was the Army running the tanks.
So it would have been an Army cover-up.
Another part of my memories was that while most damaged building
were burnt, some were in rubble. Based on what I remember, I was and
am inclined to believe an old sarge or two.
: 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.
Given the level in destruction in Detroit, I'm quite willing to believe
that they did fire their guns.
Now then, we've bored the shit out of anyone whose bothered to read
this far and all you've managed to say is that you don't believe the
account I cited.
: --John L. Scott | 9 | trimmed_train |
9,186 | I am looking for some good quality graphics files which are
suitable for use in church-related presentations. I prefer vector,
but anything would be helpful.
If you know of bulletin boards which have collections of this nature, or
commercial products, please inform me by email:
[email protected] | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,553 | it doesnt matter what window mgr you running under, you can use the X
routine:
XIconfiyWindow(display, w, screen_number)
Display *display;
Window w;
int screen_number;
as in
XiconifyWindow( XtDisplay(w), XtWindow(w), 0);
does that perform what you want??
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I've been trying to figure a way to programmatically iconize
an application running under a Motif window manager. I have tried
several approaches includeing sending events to the application's
border window, but to no avail? Anyone done this before?
Thanks,
doomer '85
-- | 16 | trimmed_train |
5,576 |
It means that the EFF's public stance is complicated with issues irrelevant
to the encryption issue per se. There may well be people who care about
the encryption issue who don't care to associate themselves with the
network erotica issue (or may even disagree with the EFF's position). | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,396 |
Here is an article I found today in comp.security.misc. I'll send my reply in
a separate post to comp.off.eff.org so thayt you guys can get original text.
Have fun! ;(
Oleg
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THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
_________________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release April 16, 1993
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
The President today announced a new initiative that will bring
the Federal Government together with industry in a voluntary
program to improve the security and privacy of telephone
communications while meeting the legitimate needs of law
enforcement.
The initiative will involve the creation of new products to
accelerate the development and use of advanced and secure
telecommunications networks and wireless communications links.
For too long there has been little or no dialogue between our
private sector and the law enforcement community to resolve the
tension between economic vitality and the real challenges of
protecting Americans. Rather than use technology to accommodate
the sometimes competing interests of economic growth, privacy and
law enforcement, previous policies have pitted government against
industry and the rights of privacy against law enforcement.
Sophisticated encryption technology has been used for years to
protect electronic funds transfer. It is now being used to
protect electronic mail and computer files. While encryption
technology can help Americans protect business secrets and the
unauthorized release of personal information, it also can be used
by terrorists, drug dealers, and other criminals.
A state-of-the-art microcircuit called the "Clipper Chip" has
been developed by government engineers. The chip represents a
new approach to encryption technology. It can be used in new,
relatively inexpensive encryption devices that can be attached to
an ordinary telephone. It scrambles telephone communications
using an encryption algorithm that is more powerful than many in
commercial use today.
This new technology will help companies protect proprietary
information, protect the privacy of personal phone conversations
and prevent unauthorized release of data transmitted
electronically. At the same time this technology preserves the
ability of federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to
intercept lawfully the phone conversations of criminals.
A "key-escrow" system will be established to ensure that the
"Clipper Chip" is used to protect the privacy of law-abiding
Americans. Each device containing the chip will have two unique
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"keys," numbers that will be needed by authorized government
agencies to decode messages encoded by the device. When the
device is manufactured, the two keys will be deposited separately
in two "key-escrow" data bases that will be established by the
Attorney General. Access to these keys will be limited to
government officials with legal authorization to conduct a
wiretap.
The "Clipper Chip" technology provides law enforcement with no
new authorities to access the content of the private
conversations of Americans.
To demonstrate the effectiveness of this new technology, the
Attorney General will soon purchase several thousand of the new
devices. In addition, respected experts from outside the
government will be offered access to the confidential details of
the algorithm to assess its capabilities and publicly report
their findings.
The chip is an important step in addressing the problem of
encryption's dual-edge sword: encryption helps to protect the
privacy of individuals and industry, but it also can shield
criminals and terrorists. We need the "Clipper Chip" and other
approaches that can both provide law-abiding citizens with access
to the encryption they need and prevent criminals from using it
to hide their illegal activities. In order to assess technology
trends and explore new approaches (like the key-escrow system),
the President has directed government agencies to develop a
comprehensive policy on encryption that accommodates:
-- the privacy of our citizens, including the need to
employ voice or data encryption for business purposes;
-- the ability of authorized officials to access telephone
calls and data, under proper court or other legal
order, when necessary to protect our citizens;
-- the effective and timely use of the most modern
technology to build the National Information
Infrastructure needed to promote economic growth and
the competitiveness of American industry in the global
marketplace; and
-- the need of U.S. companies to manufacture and export
high technology products.
The President has directed early and frequent consultations with
affected industries, the Congress and groups that advocate the
privacy rights of individuals as policy options are developed.
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The Administration is committed to working with the private
sector to spur the development of a National Information
Infrastructure which will use new telecommunications and computer
technologies to give Americans unprecedented access to
information. This infrastructure of high-speed networks
("information superhighways") will transmit video, images, HDTV
programming, and huge data files as easily as today's telephone
system transmits voice.
Since encryption technology will play an increasingly important
role in that infrastructure, the Federal Government must act
quickly to develop consistent, comprehensive policies regarding
its use. The Administration is committed to policies that
protect all Americans' right to privacy while also protecting
them from those who break the law.
Further information is provided in an accompanying fact sheet.
The provisions of the President's directive to acquire the new
encryption technology are also available.
For additional details, call Mat Heyman, National Institute of
Standards and Technology, (301) 975-2758.
---------------------------------
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ABOUT THE CLINTON ADMINISTRATION'S
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INITIATIVE
Q: Does this approach expand the authority of government
agencies to listen in on phone conversations?
A: No. "Clipper Chip" technology provides law enforcement with
no new authorities to access the content of the private
conversations of Americans.
Q: Suppose a law enforcement agency is conducting a wiretap on
a drug smuggling ring and intercepts a conversation
encrypted using the device. What would they have to do to
decipher the message?
A: They would have to obtain legal authorization, normally a
court order, to do the wiretap in the first place. They
would then present documentation of this authorization to
the two entities responsible for safeguarding the keys and
obtain the keys for the device being used by the drug
smugglers. The key is split into two parts, which are
stored separately in order to ensure the security of the key
escrow system.
Q: Who will run the key-escrow data banks?
A: The two key-escrow data banks will be run by two independent
entities. At this point, the Department of Justice and the
Administration have yet to determine which agencies will
oversee the key-escrow data banks.
Q: How strong is the security in the device? How can I be sure
how strong the security is?
A: This system is more secure than many other voice encryption
systems readily available today. While the algorithm will
remain classified to protect the security of the key escrow
system, we are willing to invite an independent panel of
cryptography experts to evaluate the algorithm to assure all
potential users that there are no unrecognized
vulnerabilities.
Q: Whose decision was it to propose this product?
A: The National Security Council, the Justice Department, the
Commerce Department, and other key agencies were involved in
this decision. This approach has been endorsed by the
President, the Vice President, and appropriate Cabinet
officials.
Q: Who was consulted? The Congress? Industry?
A: We have on-going discussions with Congress and industry on
encryption issues, and expect those discussions to intensify
as we carry out our review of encryption policy. We have
briefed members of Congress and industry leaders on the
decisions related to this initiative.
Q: Will the government provide the hardware to manufacturers?
A: The government designed and developed the key access
encryption microcircuits, but it is not providing the
microcircuits to product manufacturers. Product
manufacturers can acquire the microcircuits from the chip
manufacturer that produces them.
Q: Who provides the "Clipper Chip"?
A: Mykotronx programs it at their facility in Torrance,
California, and will sell the chip to encryption device
manufacturers. The programming function could be licensed
to other vendors in the future.
Q: How do I buy one of these encryption devices?
A: We expect several manufacturers to consider incorporating
the "Clipper Chip" into their devices.
Q: If the Administration were unable to find a technological
solution like the one proposed, would the Administration be
willing to use legal remedies to restrict access to more
powerful encryption devices?
A: This is a fundamental policy question which will be
considered during the broad policy review. The key escrow
mechanism will provide Americans with an encryption product
that is more secure, more convenient, and less expensive
than others readily available today, but it is just one
piece of what must be the comprehensive approach to
encryption technology, which the Administration is
developing.
The Administration is not saying, "since encryption
threatens the public safety and effective law enforcement,
we will prohibit it outright" (as some countries have
effectively done); nor is the U.S. saying that "every
American, as a matter of right, is entitled to an
unbreakable commercial encryption product." There is a
false "tension" created in the assessment that this issue is
an "either-or" proposition. Rather, both concerns can be,
and in fact are, harmoniously balanced through a reasoned,
balanced approach such as is proposed with the "Clipper
Chip" and similar encryption techniques.
Q: What does this decision indicate about how the Clinton
Administration's policy toward encryption will differ from
that of the Bush Administration?
A: It indicates that we understand the importance of encryption
technology in telecommunications and computing and are
committed to working with industry and public-interest
groups to find innovative ways to protect Americans'
privacy, help businesses to compete, and ensure that law
enforcement agencies have the tools they need to fight crime
and terrorism.
Q: Will the devices be exportable? Will other devices that use
the government hardware? | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,714 |
GM, at least, is heading in that direction. One of the post-sale
questions they asked me was if I'd like the choice of a cigarette
liter or an accessory plug, and another whether I'd like the choice of
an ashtray or a cup holder.
The '93 Geo Storms have the cigarette lighter vs accessory plug option
(which did not exist in the '92 I bought) -- I'm not sure about the
ash tray vs cup holder. It's a step in the right direction.
The ashtray does make a convenient change-holder so it's not
completely useless. | 4 | trimmed_train |
1,190 |
According to what others have told me, the ST-296N is difficult to run at
the 1:1 interleave even though Seagate claims it. I have a non-pc system
(don't ask what it is, you probably haven't heard of it) that is built
around SCSI and it can't do 1:1, either.
Brian
( [email protected] )
| 3 | trimmed_train |
194 | Mysstem crashes aftwer sleepp. I use 1.0.1 enabler. I use appletalk and
filesharing. I have and ExpressModem.
--Lowell | 14 | trimmed_train |
4,457 | :I recently attended an allery seminar. Steroid Nasal sprays were
:discussed. Afterward on a one-on-one basis, I asked the speaker what if
:none of the Vancanese, Beconase, Nasalide, Nasalcort, or Nasalchrom work
:nor do any oral decongestants work. She replied that she saw an article on
:Vasomotor Rhinitis. That this is not an allergic reaction and that nothing
:other than the Afrin's and such would work. (Which in my case is true).
There has been some recent research on vasomotor rhinitis that shows that
ipratroprium bromide (Atrovent) inhaled nasally is an effective treatment
for many sufferers. It has been approved for this use and is available
with a nasal adaptor in Canada. In the US the FDA has yet to approve this
use of the drug, but it is available as an oral inhaler (for COPD), and
these can be adapted for intranasal use.
| 19 | trimmed_train |
10,745 |
The wars of 1948, 1956, 1967, 1978 were definitely started by the Arabs.
The war in 1982 was instigated by the Arabs who continually murdered
Israeli children with their rocket attacks. Israel was only trying to
stop this.
Last what the heck are you talking about with "1968 (Karama)"? There was
no war in 1968!
Steve
-- | 6 | trimmed_train |
8,992 | While not exactly a service incident, I had a similar experience recently
when I bought a new truck.
I had picked out the vehicle I wanted and after a little haggling we
agreed on a price. I wrote them a check for the down payment plus tax
and license and told them I'd be back that evening to pick up the truck.
When I returned, I had to wait about an hour before the finance guy could
get to me. When I finally got in there, everything went smoothly until he
started adding up the numbers. He then discovered that they had
miscalculated the tax & license by about $150. He then said he needed
another $150 from me. I said we had already agreed on a price and it was
their problem, I wasn't giving them any more money. The finance guy then
brought in the manager on duty who proceeded to give me a hard time. I
reminded him that I was the customer and I didn't think I should be
treated like that and that if he didn't back off he could forget the whole
deal. He made some smart remark so I told him where he could stick it,
snatched back my check and left. Needless to say, they were not pleased by
the turn of events.
Early the next morning I got a call from the general sales manager wanting
to know what happened. I related the story and he apologised profusely and
asked if there was anything they could do to change my mind. I told him
that if they gave me the truck for free I probably still wouldn't take it,
that there were other dealers in town, I was a repeat customer of theirs
and that they should learn how to treat customers,etc,etc...I was still
pretty steamed about the whole affair. He gave me the line about hating to
lose a customer and they would try to find a solution, etc, etc. I told
him not to bother, thanks, I'd go somewhere else.
A couple hours later, the owner of the dealership called me, all
apologetic, etc, etc, etc, and said that they would cover the $150 plus
knock another $400 off the price of the truck. I told him I'd think about
it and he gave me his private, direct phone number, his secretary's name,
and assured me that they valued me as a customer, etc etc etc....
I thought about it for a few hours and discussed it with my wife and we
decided, what the hell...that was a pretty decent deal, so I called him
back and accepted his offer. When I went back the next day to pick up the
truck, I received the royal treatment. Everyone seemed to know about the
incident, even the lot boy. Everything went smoothly and I was out of
there in my new truck in about 30 mins.
So, I guess I'm a reasonably satisfied customer. However, it should not
have happened in the first place. I was a bit shocked to have a sales
person talk to me like that. I don't expect them to bow and grovel, but I
sure don't expect to be given a hard time either, esp. when it's their
mistake.
Anyway, I'm happy with the truck and it turned out to be a couple hundred
dollars under invoice and they paid most of the first year's license fee.
I'm not sure whether I'll go back to that dealer, tho. | 4 | trimmed_train |
10,325 |
Well, it's not an FTP site, but I got an 800 number for Signetics BBS.
The Signetics BBS contain some pretty good items for the 8051. I am
currently using the following files which I downloaded from them:
ml-asm51.zip MetaLink's 8051 family macro assembler
bootstrp.zip Hex file Load-and-Go using 8051 uart
(allows you to download your program into a RAM
and then execute from RAM. Works great. Tell
me if you want more details).
tutor51.zip TSR for 8051 feature help screens
They have lots of coding examples, assemblers, and misc. tools.
Signetics BBS numbers are: (800) 451-6644
(408) 991-2406
Have fun,
--
Mont Pierce | 11 | trimmed_train |
2,512 | I have had good luck with my Ranger and Yokohama 371 S+M tires.
The tires have been wearing well and even the few times i have hauled
heavy loads they have done well.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
2,404 |
It seems likely to me that that a large subset of encrypted communications
would be archived to tape so they could be read if sometime in the future
probable cause arises and a warrant is obtained. I can even imagine this
being found legal and constitutional, since nothing is actually listened to
until a valid warrant is issued and the keys are obtained.
Imagine archiving all pay-phone conversations, so if someone turns out
to be a drug dealer, you can listen to all their past drug deals. And
archive calls to/from suspected Mafia members, potential terrorists,
radicals, etc. Imagine the convenience for the police of being able to
get a warrant now and listening to all the calls the World Trade Center
bombers made in the past year.
Since archiving would be such a powerful tool and so easy to do, why
wouldn't it happen? | 7 | trimmed_train |
6,299 | As I won't be able to make the Joust this summer (Job related time
conflict :'^{ ), I plan instead on going to the Rider Rally in
Knoxville.
I'll be leaving from Chicago. and generally plan on going down along
the Indiana/Illinois border into Kentucky and then Tennessee. I would
be very interested in hearing suggestions of roads/routes/areas that
you would consider "must ride" while on the way to Knoxville.
I can leave as early as 5/22 and need to arrive in Knoxville by 6PM
on 5/25. That leaves me a pretty good stretch of time to explore on
the way.
By the way if anyone else is going, and would like to partner for the
ride down, let me know. I'll be heading east afterward to visit family,
but sure don't mind company on the ride down to the Rally. Depending on
weather et al. my plan is motelling/tenting thru the trip.
From the Rally I'll be heading up the Blue Ridge Parkway, then jogging
into West Va (I-77) to run up 219 -> Marlington, 28 -> Petersburg,
55E -> I-81/I-66E. After this point the route is presently undetermined
into Pennsylvania, New York?, and back to Chicago (by 6/6). Suggestions
for these areas would be of great interest also.
Many thanks for your ideas,
Enjoy,
| 12 | trimmed_train |
2,704 | Hi,
The subject line says it all. My system acts weird at times. All of a
sudden the system will be corrupt, boot blocks will get chewed, etc.
This was a really big problem for a while. I couldn't even format my
drive properly. I installed HDT's driver and things got better. Now
all I have to do is reinstall the system. Could an incompatibility
exist between it and a Quantum external drive.
I'm looking for a pure hardware solution. It's not a virus, bad
software, etc. Could I have a bad SCSI cable? Or is the IBM (WDS-80)
just a screwey drive?
Thanks,
Chuck
--
Chuck Williams ==> CS Intern ==> Pacific Northwest Laboratories | 14 | trimmed_train |
4,779 | Well, this is my second try at posting on this subject. Here goes...
In Texas (Corpus Christi at least) if you pick up the phone and dial
890 the phone company will read the number of the phone you are on
back to you. I believe the service department uses this to make
certain they are repairing the correct lines when they open the BIG
junction boxes. I don't know if it will work but you can give it a
try. Good luck.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
3,438 | Archive-name: atheism/overview
Alt-atheism-archive-name: overview
Last-modified: 5 April 1993
Version: 1.2
Overview
Welcome to alt.atheism and alt.atheism.moderated.
This is the first in a series of regular postings aimed at new readers of the
newsgroups.
Many groups of a 'controversial' nature have noticed that new readers often
come up with the same questions, mis-statements or misconceptions and post
them to the net. In addition, people often request information which has
been posted time and time again. In order to try and cut down on this, the
alt.atheism groups have a series of five regular postings under the following
titles:
1. Alt.Atheism FAQ: Overview for New Readers
2. Alt.Atheism FAQ: Introduction to Atheism
3. Alt.Atheism FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
4. Alt.Atheism FAQ: Constructing a Logical Argument
5. Alt.Atheism FAQ: Atheist Resources
This is article number 1. Please read numbers 2 and 3 before posting. The
others are entirely optional.
If you are new to Usenet, you may also find it helpful to read the newsgroup
news.announce.newusers. The articles titled "A Primer on How to Work With
the Usenet Community", "Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Usenet"
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If you don't find anything in steps 1 or 2, your news system isn't set up
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Go to the directory /pub/usenet/alt.atheism, and you'll find the latest
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FTP is a a way of copying files between networked computers. If you
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There's other stuff, too; interesting commands to try are "help" and
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6. (Last resort) Mail [email protected], or post an article to the
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it's better than posting without reading the FAQ, though! For instance,
people whose email addresses get mangled in transit and who don't have
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| 8 | trimmed_train |
975 | I've been hearing rumblings about Fresco, and it sounds like it may be
what I'm looking for, but how far is it from release, or at least some kind
of availability? How similar is it to InterViews? If I code to InterViews,
will my code work with Fresco? How about Motif? I've heard some mention
of versions of InterViews which support Motif. Will it be feasible to use
Motif with Fresco?
Any information would be much appreciated.
- Brad | 16 | trimmed_train |
10,590 | I am looking for software to run on my brand new Targa+ 16/32. If anyone knows
of any sites which have useful stuff, or if you have any yourself you want to
give, let me know via mail. Thanks a LOT! Yayayay!
[email protected]
| 1 | trimmed_train |
11,295 | I never thought I'd contribute to a Gateway thread, either pro or con, but
my spleen could use a little venting. The scenario:
1 - Ordered a DX2/50 w/ Ultrastor 34F Local Bus HD controller
2 - Receive system 10 days after ordering (Happy)
3 - Discover Ultrastor 14F ISA HD Controller inside (unhappy)
4 - Call Gateway, receive the correct controller in 5 days
(getting happier)
5 - New controller doesn't work (unhappy again)
6 - Call Gateway again, get another controller in 5 more days
(cooling off, the end is in sight)
7 - This controller doesn't work either, motherboard is bad
(VERY unhappy)
Gateway's solution: They will order me a new motherboard (5 more days)
and have on-site service install it for me.
BUT, I have to take a day off of work because the service people
only work 9-5 M-f. I say, no way I've already blown about 20 hours
with this, about 10 of them on hold and I don't have the time or $$
to take a day off work. Also, my 30 day return period is almost over and
I've only been able to use the thin for about 10 minutes. So, the whole
thing is going back.
I was extremely upset when I began this post because the support rep told me
that I would have to pay shipping not only for the returned system, but also
the two hard drive controllers they had sent me. Fortunately, I just spoke
to customer service and they are going to have UPS come and pick everything
up gratis. The only downside is that now I have to order another computer.
I would really like to try Gateway again, I'm just very turned off by the
prospect of having to try and get through to Customer Service or Tech Support
again... I think their products are great for the most part, but I'm
beginning to wonder if the savings are worth the potential aggravation.
Are other mail order companies as difficult to contact? I know Gateway is
booming, and for good reason, but I don't know if I can take it again.
Oh well, I feel better now...
| 3 | trimmed_train |
6,453 | Hello,
I'm having problems printing SPANISH characters with WFW2. I was using the Celtic True type which has the accented characters, and used insert symbol to put in in the document. However, when I put it in the doc, I get a big square character, and then it prints out just the same (to my dismay, thinking that was just the way it worked).
Can anyone tell me if and how they have printed Spanish characters? I know WP 5.1 has this built-in, but I do not recall ever seeing this option on WFW2. HELP!
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| Marquette University ||||||||||| Math / Computer Science Double-Major|
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| Internet Address: 2A42Dubinski.vms.csd.mu.edu | Milwaukee, WI | | 18 | trimmed_train |
9,605 |
Um, the header said *career.* Hodapp managed about 3000 PA in his
nine years in the majors.
As for his "consistently over .300," make that "three years in a row,
preceded by a part-time year, plus his last year, with Boston." Hodapp
only qualified for the batting title five times.
Was he injured? He retired right around his 28th birthday.
Anyway, Hodapp put up flashy numbers the year *everybody* put up
flashy numbers. That was his only really good year with a bat;
his other .300 years were marred by a lack of power and an inability
to draw walks. Only 163 of those 3000 PA were bases on balls, which
does not describe a feared hitter.
On the other hand, he was part of the long line of famous Cleveland 2B:
Wambsganss, Riggs Stephenson, etc. | 2 | trimmed_train |
6,941 | I like option C of the new space station design..
It needs some work, but it is simple and elegant..
Its about time someone got into simple construction versus overly complex...
Basically just strap some rockets and a nose cone on the habitat and go for
it..
Might be an idea for a Moon/Mars base to.. | 10 | trimmed_train |
7,337 | [reply to [email protected] (Daniel Prince]
Yes.
It seems to work equally well for CFS, another hint that these may be
different facets of the same underlying process.
Yes. The benefit is usually evident within a few days of starting it.
Most of the patients for whom it has worked well continued low-dose
amitriptyline, daily aerobic excersise, and a regular sleep schedule
(current standard therapy). Because of the cost (usually > $150/mo.,
depending on dose) and potential for significant side effects like
corneal injury and birth defects, I currently reserve it for those who
fail conventional treatment. It is important that the person
prescribing it have some experience with it and follow the patient
closely.
As far as I know, I am the only person looking at it currently. I
should get off my duff and finish writing up some case reports. I'm not
an academic physician, so I don't feel the pressure to publish or perish
and I don't have the time during the work day for such things. | 19 | trimmed_train |
5,906 |
This is vague, so I am posting it in case anyone else knows more.
I recall reading of a phonograph which used mechanical amplification.
Compressed air was squirted out of a valve which was controlled by the
pickup. The result was noisy and distinctly lo-fi, but much louder
than a conventional phonograph. It tended to wear the disks out
pretty quickly though.
Paul. | 11 | trimmed_train |
211 | I need to write an application which does annotation notes
on existing documents. The annotation could be done several
times by different people. The idea is something like having
several acetate transparencies stacked on top of each other
so that the user can see through all of them. I've seen
something like this being done by the oclock client.
Could someone please tell me how to do it in Xt?
Thank you very much.
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9,198 |
I have discussed this with my girlfriend often. I consider myself married,
though legally I am not. Neither of us have been with other people sexually,
although we have been with each other. We did not have sexual relations
until we decided to marry eventually. For financial and distance reasons,
we will not be legally married for another year and a half. Until then,
I consider myself married for life in God's eyes. I have faith that we
have a strong relationship, and have had for over 4 years, and will be
full of joy when we marry in a church. First, however, we must find a
church( we will be living in a new area when we marry, and will need to
find a new church community).
Anyway, I feel that if two people commit to marriage before God, they are
married and are bound by that commitment.
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3,870 | Showing a meaningless (relatively) baseball game over the overtime of
game that was tied up with less than 3 seconds left on the clock?
Gimme a break! Where does ESPN get these BRILLIANT decisions from? | 17 | trimmed_train |
322 |
Actually, the reboost will probably be done last, so that there is a fuel
reserve during the EVAs (in case they have to chase down an adrift
astronaut or something like that). But yes, you've got the idea -- the
reboost is done by taking the whole shuttle up.
Somebody has to build that thruster module; it's not an off-the-shelf
item. Nor is it a trivial piece of hardware, since it has to include
attitude control (HST's own is not strong enough to compensate for things
like thruster imbalance), guidance (there is no provision to feed gyro
data from HST's own gyros to an external device), and separation (you
don't want it left attached afterward, if only to avoid possible
contamination after the telescope lid is opened again). You also get
to worry about whether the lid is going to open after the reboost is
done and HST is inaccessible to the shuttle (the lid stays closed for
the duration of all of this to prevent mirror contamination from
thrusters and the like).
The original plan was to use the Orbital Maneuvering Vehicle to do the
reboost. The OMV was planned to be a sort of small space tug, well
suited to precisely this sort of job. Unfortunately, it was costing
a lot to develop and the list of definitely-known applications was
relatively short, so it got cancelled. | 10 | trimmed_train |
11,277 |
And some of us call them murderous bastards, but what's in a name.
Just a damn minute! What history books did you read? I seem to recall
that there were a few British, Canadian, American, and Commonwealth
soldiers in France about that time. Perhaps you believe they were taking
a vacation trip?
Sure, the Lebanese want to get all foreigners out of the country so they
can go back to killing each other off.
REB
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9,240 | Praise God! I'm writing everyone to inform you that I have been
accepted to the Doctor of Psychology program at Fuller Theological
Seminary in Pasadena, CA. I've been working long and hard to try to
get in there and have said many hours of prayer. I'm very excited for
this opportunity, but also very nervous about it.
I'd appreciate the prayers of the readers of this group for my preparation
for school this summer and for my career as a graduate student. I'd also
appreciate any information any of the readers of this group might have
about Fuller, Pasadena, or California in general, like good places to
have fun, good churches to check out, or anything else that might be
good for me to know. Also, if anyone knows of any foundations that
might have funding or scholarship money available, please let me know!
Of course, if you wish to make a personal contribution.....:)
The contract for my current job is over at the end of April. I'll be
taking a couple classes at UT this summer and then I'll be moving to
Pasadena. Hopefully, I'll be able to get net.access next fall, although
Fuller doesn't have it itself.
I've enjoyed the interesting discussions and I commend everyone for their
earnest search to please God. Thanks to our moderator for providing
such a wonderful service and in doing a great job of running this news
group.
May God bless you all. Vaya con Dios, mi amigas y amigos.
Paul
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Austin, Texas <----- the most wonderful place in Texas to live
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4,322 | Just a little nitpicking. Wasn't it the government that required
a standard railway gauge ? Didn't that improve things ?
Please don't misunderstand. I'm utter suspicious of this Clipper
chip. Why hold the design TOP SECRET ? Was this a work around the
law that says that any discoveries made by people working for the
government is public domain. ( e.g. NIH Class Library, etc. )
DES has its designs published all over the place and it is considered
fairly strong ( although could be stronger ). | 7 | trimmed_train |
2,143 | Is there a update or something that will allow a person when
using novell 3.11 and windows 3.1 file manager to view the files with
the name of the person who created it or changed it like the novell
command ndir ?
tim osburn
[email protected]
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1,365 |
Or you may be posting this WAY TOO EARLY and be eating your words by
mid-season. C'mon, the Phillies haven't proved anything yet. Atlanta
was similar to the Phils 2 years ago. They sucked. They started having
a good year, but didn't get any respect until they actually won the
division. (which is how it should be) So until the Phils AT LEAST
have a good year, not just a good 2 weeks, they won't get any respect
either. BTW, Atlanta's .188 BA is actually a compliment to how good
the Braves really are. Their record is 6-3. Can you imagine the Phils
record if they were batting .188? hahahaha. And Atlanta's hitting will
improve dramatically.
No, I'm not a Braves fan. Just defending a good team.
Orin.
Bradley U.
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7,019 |
Well, from an Islamic viewpoint, homosexuality is not the norm for
society. I cannot really say much about the Islamic viewpoint on homosexuality
as it is not something I have done much research on. | 8 | trimmed_train |
3,364 | Does anyone know of a good way (standard PC application/PD utility) to
convert tif/img/tga files into LaserJet III format. We would also like to
do the same, converting to HPGL (HP plotter) files.
Please email any response.
Is this the correct group?
Thanks in advance. Michael. | 1 | trimmed_train |
3,637 |
Terms are being used in a loaded way here.
"Logical proof" is an extremely messy thing to apply to real
life. If you think otherwise, try to construct a proof that
yesterday happened. Obviously it did; anyone old enough to be
reading this was there for it and remembers that it happened.
But *proof*? A proof starts with axioms and goes somewhere.
You need axioms to talk about logical proof. You can say that
you remember yesterday, and that you take as axiom that anything
you clearly remember happened. I could counterclaim that you
hallucinated the whole thing.
To talk about proofs of historical events, you have to relax the
terms a bit. You can show evidences, not proofs. Evidences of the
resurrected Jesus exist. Proofs do not. | 0 | trimmed_train |
2,588 |
Here in switzerland, the situation is exactly the same. The cable tv companies
even tried to stop amateur radio in switzerland in the beginning of cable
tv(they seem to be too stupid to know anything about international frequency
conferences or so). Even today, they use the cheapest possible coax running
into problems they can't solve anymore. As Bill noted, the only way is to look
for a solution with the neighbours *BEFORE* calling for the cable tv guys or
the fcc. The chance to find neighbours with some sense for reason is by far
bigger than with these people (especially the first ones). As anywhere in an
administration people don't like, if You tell them to work for the money they
get...
The problem is, that radio amateurs don't have the power to put trough their
rights in all cases. So let's hope they start soon with optical fibers and get
out of our freqencies.
Cheers Robert (HB9NBY) | 11 | trimmed_train |
1,805 | Having read the posted long article by JPFO, I have some observations:
1. This article does NOT claim that the GCA of 1968 is a "verbatim
translation" of a Nazi law. What it says is that in another place --
the book they're talking about -- they compare the two things section
by section. The implication is that the similarities are devastating.
In the next sentence, they talk about how in that book they reproduce
the German text of the Nazi law, together with its translation. Not
surprisingly, a reader could easily conflate these two things into a
single idea: that the American GCA is a literal translation of the Nazi
law; and sure enough, that's what the whole thing has mutated into,
urban-folklore style.
2. The article goes to great pains to establish that Senator Dodd had a
copy of the Nazi law, either from his time on the Nurnberg prosecution
team or later. This fact is considered highly incriminating, but I don't
understand why. The author repeats several times that he is simply unable
to imagine how anyone could come into possession of the original text; and
yet in a paragraph towards the end, he explains it perfectly:
"If Dodd got his copy of the original German text of the Nazi Weapons
Law during his time at Nurnberg, it likely was part of a collection of
documents, for example, issues of the Reichsgesetzblatt [the German
law registry]."
Bingo. Exactly.
Dodd had a *book*, with a series of Nazi laws in it, including the one
under discussion. All of the stuff about "Why would a U.S. congressman
have a copy of a Nazi law?" melts away, by the author's admission. He
then continues: "But if he acquired the original German text of the
Nazi Weapons Law after his service at Nurnberg, he must have done so
for a very specific reason..." But there's absolutely no reason to
think that this is the case. In fact, as a "senior member of the U.S.
team that helped to prosecute Nazi war criminals", it seems to me that
he would have *had* to have a copy. All arguments about whether
the Nazi Weapon Law is really of historical interest (as it obviously
is, certainly according to the author here), or whether Dodd personally
prosecuted the Interior Minister who signed it, can be put aside as red
herrings.
3. Having established that Dodd owned a copy of the original German text, the
JPFO article then tries to draw sinister implications from the fact that he
asked to have it translated. The problem is, in the context of the charge
levelled at Dodd, these two things work *against* each other. People ask
to have things translated when they *don't know what they mean*. If Dodd
took it upon himself to preserve the Nazi law with idea of someday introducing
it into American law, surely by 1968 he would have know what it *meant*,
wouldn't he?
Anyway, this precise charge -- the main one that I questioned in an earlier
posting -- is just silly. Why would Dodd need the exact translation for this
purpose? Is the idea that the gun controllers, despite being presumably bent
on disarming the populace with the goal of eventually destroying all civil
liberties, needed a crib sheet? Didn't they have any idea how to do it
on their own?
Once again, the author provides a perfectly acceptable answer to his
own question: "Dodd may have offered his copy of the Nazi Weapons Law
to show that the specific proposal did not resemble anything in the
Nazi law." In fact, since the law and its translation *were* entered
into the Congressional Record, under the heading of documents "concerning
the history of Nazism and gun confiscation", Dodd's motivation isn't a
mystery: he asked for the translation in order to put it in the CR.
4. Even this article makes it clear that the part of the Nazi law that
was added *by* the Nazi regime is only a small part of that law.
Registration of guns, for instance, was begun in 1928, and thus NOT
a "Nazi-inspired" idea. The parts of the Nazi law that parallel the
1968 GCA include handgun control of some sort, and the identification
of certain weapons as sporting weapons. The JPFO then goes on to list
other parts of the Nazi law, forbidding ownership of weapons by Jews;
of course, there are no such provisions in the American GCA. Nevertheless,
in a rhetorical move guaranteed to muddy the waters, immediately after the
discussion of the anti-Jewish parts of the law, the JPFO article continues,
"Given the parallels between the Nazi Weapons Law and the GCA'68..." -- so
as to get maximum emotional mileage out of that aspect of the law. | 9 | trimmed_train |
2,072 |
Again, I do not speak for Peter Tattam, but it is my understanding that it
will shareware status as Trumpet 1.05 for DOS is, and I imagine that the
registration fees will be similar. I also believe that a new version of
Trumpet for DOS will be released sometime in the near future.
Ashok
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4,835 |
Learn what? I know that 3 million dollars is A LOT of money. I know
Rickey Henderson doesn't have a career out of baseball. I know if he
didn't have baseball, he wouldn't be making near the money he is now.
I just don't understand how some athlete, who only plays a sport for a
living for millions of dollars, say he is not being paid enough.
If nobody will sign him for his asking price, he will be the one hurting.
The A's will still win without him.
Remeber, many of these athletes have NOTHING if not for their athletic
ability. NOTHING. They are getting paid MUCH more than most hard working
citizens, and they are complaining of not enough pay. | 2 | trimmed_train |
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