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It's not the NRA's fault; but it is something to consider if you are
considering contributing to the NRA. If candidate B is a complete asshole
whose only saving grace is that he opposes unnecessary restrictions on
firearms, I wouldn't want my membership dues funding efforts to get him
re-elected.
I have other problems with the NRA (as an organization; the individual
members I've met have been loyal, trustworthy, honest, brave, etc.,
especially my boss who probably reads this newsgroup B->); they are
definitely pro-hunting, and I recall seeing a pro-Desert Storm NRA bumper
sticker. Sometimes they come on too strong in the political arena, which
contributes to their reputation as "bad guys" amoung many people. | 9 | trimmed_train |
3,460 |
You sonuvabitch. Rub it in, why don't you? "We have great weather
and great roads here, unlike the rest of you putzes in the U.S. Nyah, nyah,
nyah."
:-) for the severely humor-impaired.
You'll likely not notice her weight too much. A piece of advice
for you: don't be abrupt with the throttle. No wheelies, accelerate a
wee bit more slowly than usual. Consciously worry about spitting her off
the back. It's as much your job to keep her on the pillion as it is hers,
and I guarantee she'll be put off by the bike ripping out from under her
when you whack it open. Keep the lean angles pretty tame the first time
out too. You and her need to learn each other's body English. She needs
to learn what your idea is about how to take the turn, and you need to
learn her idea of "shit! Don't crash now!" so you don't work at cross
purposes while leaned over. You can work up to more aggressive riding over
time.
A very important thing: tell her to put her hand against the tank
when you brake--this could save you some severely crushed cookies.
Have fun, | 12 | trimmed_train |
6,781 | Chemical weapons are not concidered a *very* effectiv weapon against
millitary forces. On civillians on the other hand....
That's one GOOD reason for banning it.
You need VAST amounts of chemicals to be affective, so the best reason
to have/use it is price. (that's why it's called The Poor Mans A-bomb)
Any thoughts on Bio-weapons ??
If this discusion is about civillians having chem-weapons;
What should they use them on?? Rob a bank ??
This is not a .signature.
It's merely a computergenerated text to waste bandwith
and to bring down the evil Internet.
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1,367 |
I'm not sure I understand this question. When the IF rule is invoked,
the batter is automatically out. This relieves the runners from being
forced to advance to the next base if the ball is not caught. Other
than that, isn't it just the same as any situation in which a runner on
a base is not forced to the next base on a dropped fly ball? That is,
if the ball is caught he can tag up and run (or decide to stay), and
if the ball is dropped he can have left the base at any time.
| 2 | trimmed_train |
1,902 | It's irritating when someone mis-labels "us" as "fundamentalists",
isn't it? This sort of thing may help us understand why some muslims
rather resent being put under this label. | 6 | trimmed_train |
2,825 | Hmm, followup on my own posting... Well, who cares.
First let me try to work out the facts that we get to know about the
Clipper-Chip, from what Hellman and Denning were able to tell us:
The chip itself is not confined to (digital) telephony, but performs
general encryption in a symmetric manner. The chip supports CFB OFB
ECB (and whatever the fourth mode of operation for DES is), the algorithm
consists of 32 rounds of *whatever*, and takes 80-Bit keys. Input data
seems to be 64 Bit? Yes.
So if two people want secure communication (whatever that means when
Clipper is involved) they have first to agree on ONE secret key.
(Or is it one key per direction ?)
They can exchange this key via DH-schemes or however.
Somehow the two feed their so won secret key into the Clipper-chip
which is now ready to work.
The clipper chip carries an unique Serial-Number (30 Bit's), and 160 Key-Bits.
These 160 key-bits seem to have been gained by encrypting the serial-number
with 160 seed-bits. (The seed-bits seem not to be stored in the chip)
At beginning of communication (and perhaps at certain invtervals whithin??)
before sending the fist real 64-bit output of the first encryption the Clipper
chip put's out packets (I guess 3) which represent the serial number,
and the session key. This might look like
X{ E[K; chipkeyK1+K2], serial number}
where X is a transformation of these 3? Packets involving a family-key.
This family(sp?)-key is equal for ALL chips. (X might be a simple XOR ???)
After that, the (digital?) phone-call can be done as usual, every packet
being encrypted and decrypted by Clipper.
Denning describes how K1 and K2 shall be generated, using a seed of 160
Bit's.
Now, leaving alone politics, which does not concern me as much as you, not
being an American Citicien(tm) [ :-) ] , there are some weak points in this
scheme, which might be exploited by several parties.
As far as I know about the generation of K1,K2 ; S1 and S2 look like the
obvious backdoor. They could be used to generate the chip-keys by knowing
the serial-number (and also the family-key) of the chip. I really can't
imagine why these seeds would be needed otherwise, as true random-sources
for the generation of the K1,K2 can be bought for not to much money.
Then, the escrows. Each of them will get 80 bit of a 160-Bit key. Security
could (as little as existant) be maximized by giving them 160-bits
each, which have to be xored together to give the K1,K2. Now let's simply
assume the escrows are trustworthy, and can't be fooled by criminals or
law enforchemnt agencies. (And there will be no quarrel between escrows
and l.e.a which would hinder the l.e.a in doing their duties, and so on
and so on) Once the keys are surrendered, the corresponding
chip is compromised forever. Not very clever, IMHO [ :-)) ].
How about sending in the encrypted session-keys for each phone-call that
the police (or whoever) want's to listen to? Escrows could then simply decode
this session-key and send it back to police. (And would naturally not do this
after the warrant has expired...) This would be a better technical solution,
but I guess politics will not work that way.
Apparently (as Miss Dennings stated) the only one performing actually decodes
of intercepted messages shall be the FBI. Great. So local guys can not inter-
cept (understand) your traffic anymore. Does this mean that the FBI monopolizes
the right to do legal wiretaps ? (How is law over there, I have no idea who
is allowed to tap, and who not) This certainly means that watched communi-
cations will be routed automatically from the service-providing company
to the FBI, if the communicaiton is a watched one. And this means as far
as I understand it that the family-key has to be known by each switching-
company, and those providing cellular-phone servies etcetc. So the family-key
will not be very secret, and thus serial-numbers of calls will be readable
by anybody who cares. I _like_ traffic-analysis!
What do you guess, what happens, if you use the chip in ECB mode, and the
first few packets of the chip are somehow lost or garbled? So the session
key would not be actually broadcasted over the line? Hmmm. Shouldn't be so
difficult to do *that* :^)
And now a last point, for the other side. After all I have read and heard about
Clipper (not the programming language for dBase, is it ? [:-)]) it seems
to have many advantages, which shold not be overseen!
Now an afterthought to your rights. Please note that I have no idea what I am
talking about!!!
From: [email protected] (1016/2EF221)
If this text is actually in your Bill of Rights, who can overrule this ?
But: 'Freedom of speech' is not 'Secrecy of speech'
Maybe you need to extend your Amendment #4 to cover information and
communication too ?
I am not very sure in what position your government actually is *legally*
when it tries to ban cryptography (and arms) Amendment say you may have them,
but not under what conditions. Hmm, tricky situation :-(
Actually it will make not much sense to discuss that topic in sci.crypt...
Discussion of technical details and vulnerabilites of the system are highly
suggested and appreciated :-)
Friendly greetings,
Germano Caronni
DISCLAIMER: Everything in here is derived from things I heard and read from
other persons, so everything could be wrong. All opinions and thoughts in here
are mine, and subject to change without further notification. No warranty,
neither implicit not explicit etc. etc. etc. ad nauseam.
p.s. Please don't ask me about political opinions, as I might not bother to re-
ply. (For further information read the last line of P. Metzgers signature) | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,292 | I don't know much and in fact, have asked questions here
myself. My doctor told me that Paxil is a "cleaner" SRI in that
it produces fewer side effects. As to a comparison between
Zoloft and Prozac, I'm not able to remember what he said about
the differences between those two drugs. Sorry
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10,521 |
About a year ago, some kids tossed a rock off an overpass on I-94 near Eau
Claire, Wisconsin and it killed the driver below. (I believe he was a
schoolteacher from Minnesota.) | 4 | trimmed_train |
9,252 | I live in the desolate MidWest (as far as hockey is concerned) and our "sports"
stores around here carry VERY LITTLE hockey stuff, except for San Jose, Tampa
Bay, L.A., Pittsburgh, and if you're lucky Chicago.
I would like to know if anyone knows of any m,ail order, phone order stores that
I might be able to get in contact with. I am dying for some real hockey stuff
(hats, shirts, key chains, etc.) for some other teams (Edmonton, Montreal, etc.)
so if you have any information, PLEASE e-mail me DIRECTLY. Most appreciated!
Good luck to your teams in the Stanley Cup playoffs!
GO EDMONTON (likely...NOT!!) Maybe next year...
--
"If you assult someone you get 5 years--In hockey, 5 minutes.
Is this a great sport or what?!" | 17 | trimmed_train |
6,213 |
Or just stick 'em on sci.space.news every 28-30 days?
| 10 | trimmed_train |
4,879 |
Exactly. Some of the SPACE:1999 effects remain first-rate even today.
Later on, the Andersons tried to shed their reputation as creators of some
of the worst pseudo-scientific shows in TV history by flying "Into Infinity."
This was a one-off thing done as part of BBC's "educational SF" series "The
Day After Tomorrow." The Anderson episode dealt with a spaceship capable of
reaching the speed of light ("lightship Altares"), the four-man crew eventually
journeyed into a black hole and ended up on the far side of the galaxy (I
think). I saw this as a 9-year-old back in 1976 and liked it very much, but
then again I was a fan of SPACE:1999 so I guess I was easily satisfied in those
days:-)
---
Does anyone know if "Into Infinity" has been released on video? I have some
SPACE:1999 shows on VHS and know that Thunderbirds etc. also are available in
England. | 10 | trimmed_train |
10,867 |
Most of the points you made about Lopez v. Berryhill/Olson have been
made by others, and realizing that Lopez must be the second coming of
Frank Thomas, I have relented and praised the unmistakeable wisdom of
his supporters.
See? This is essentially what everyone was doing - comparing Lopez
to one of the best players in the game. I'm really looking forward
to seeing this can't-miss superstar now. As for Thomas, I remember
being an advocate of his being brought up in 1990 even though he was
only 21 or 22 (can't remember). But who did the Sox have at first?
Calderon? Martinez? Kittle? The spot was there. The talent was
there. Sure, I say go for it.
I am not convinced that Lopez is anywhere near as talented as Thomas
was after his AA season in 1989, and I am not convinced that Olson/
Berryhill are nearly as bad as Kittle/Martinez were.
BTW, I don't think Thomas was hurt by those three months.
Well, if we can't compare our guy to one of the best in the game,
let's compare our decision to one of the most "Boneshead", right?
Cal Eldred was 24 when he came up, with a full season at AAA and a
longer minor league career. Frankly, I don't know why he didn't
make the club in 1992. Bones is a year younger with a lousy prior
history, and just watching him makes me think that I missed a
career as a big-league pitcher. No one - I repeat NO ONE -
laughed louder than I did at the Sheffield trade. (Though I guess
Mieske has a future.)
(I take it back. McIlvaine may have laughed louder.)
aw, gee, shucks. thanks guy. except I missed the part where SDCN's
admit they're wrong.
-- The Beastmaster
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4,120 | Walther,
I'd have a look at the maximum resolution the combination of the video card
and screen would have without flickering. I'd only suggest using the color
screen if it does 800*600 without flickering. If this is not too small for
your tastes at a 14"....
Personally I'd prefer the mono-screen as I always have quite a few windows
open. If you only run one program at a time or rarely switch maybe the
color 'surplus' is worth trading in the smaller size. If you want to
develop programs you will always have to check the colors. I used a
14" mono screen (worst of both worlds) and was surprised how the colors looked
I choose on a color screen. | 18 | trimmed_train |
1,522 |
Well, I saw a few posts on this and asumed that everyone is talking about
the new 14" display... mine does it to... kinda like when I would degauss
my old 13", and since the new one lacks this button, I assume that is
what it is doing... anyone that knows I'd appreciate the info, but it
doesn't worry me... | 14 | trimmed_train |
1,379 |
Even if what Brad says turns out to be accurate, you can bet that the
Administration will have made it "very clear" to the vendors that "it
would very much be in their best interests" to institute a "voluntary"
policy of refusing to sell anything but Clinton Cripple equipped equipment
to anyone other than "Authorized government agencies and Law Enforcement",
or individuals and corporations who "have been been determined by the
Administration to have a valid need on a case-by-case basis" for an
effective system.
Note that this is very much like the language used in many gun control
bills/laws the Administration is pushing for, or otherwise supporting.
The logic and actual rationale (as opposed to the excuses that get fed
to the media) is the same in both cases, only the items or technology
in question are different.
I think this is no accident. It comes from the same philosophy that
the government rules/controls the people, not the people controlling
the government, that the unconnected citizens are not sophisticated enough
to know what is best for them, so the government must tell the people
what they need or do not need ... "we know best...". And the idea that
that a commoner can defend himself against government eavesdropping
or unlawful attack is totally unacceptable to people with this outlook.
Combine this all with pushing for national identity cards with 'smart
chips' to encode anything they please (internal passport) under the
guise of streamlining the State People's Health Care System, and with
(you can be certain) more jewels yet to come, and one sees an extremely
ominous trend. So what if "1984" will be ten years late... it still is
turning out to be an amazingly accurate prophecy... unless a LOT of
people wake up, and in a hurry.
One should ALWAYS have every red warning light and bell and danger flag
come up when the government seeks to set itself apart in regard to
rights, etc. from the unconnected/unprivileged citizen (or should we
now be saying 'subject' instead?)... Why SHOULDN'T the average person
have a good, secure system of data security, not dependent on nebulous
'safeguards' for maintaining that security? Why SHOULDN'T the average
person be able to defend himself from an agency gone rogue? 0I am sure
the Feds could break into any data they really wanted to (but it would
take some WORK), and using the same logic, one should not be allowed to
have a good safe, unless a duplicate of the key(s) or combination are
submitted for 'safekeeping' by the government? I don't really see a
difference, philosophically. Encrypted data sure won't evaporate, not
with such high-tech tools as a TAPE RECORDER...
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8,864 |
They are 3D object files for CAD 3D 2.0, a program written by Tom Hudson
for the Atari ST computers. Don't know much more about them except that
they are stored with the points first, then the surfaces are next, and are
made by listing 3 point numbers that make up the triangle surface. Then
there's a header that describes coloring, lighting, etc. Don't know much
more than this, hope this helps. | 1 | trimmed_train |
4,321 | I offer $100, shipment at seller's expense, payment as personal check
sent by U.S. mail within 24 hours after receiving goods. I reserve the
right to return the goods, at my expense, if I find them to be defective
or otherwise unacceptable when I receive them (either the merchandise or
the check would be mailed within 24 hours). | 5 | trimmed_train |
8,831 |
My votes (FWIW):
Team MVP: Pat Verbeek. He fans on 25% of goal mouth feeds, but he still has
36 goals after a terrible start and has been an examplary (sp?) team captain
throughout a tough couple of seasons. Honorable mention: Nick Kypreos and
Mark Janssens. Probably more appropriate in the unsung heroes category than
MVP, but Kypreos (17 goals, 320+ PIM) has been the hardest working player on
the team and Janssens is underrated as a defensive center and checker. I guess
I place a greater emphasis on hard work than skill when determining value.
Biggest surprise: Geoff Sanderson. He had 13 goals and 31 points last season
as a center, then moved to left wing and has so far put up 45 goals and 80+
points. He now has a new Whaler record 21 power play goals, most all coming
from the right wing faceoff circle, his garden spot. Honorable mention: Andrew
Cassels and Terry Yake. The kiddie quartet of Sanderson, Poulin, Nylander, and
Petrovicky have been attracting the most attention, but Cassels is just 23
and will score close to 90 points this season. He has quite nicely assumed the
role of number one center on the team and works very well with Sanderson. Yake
bounced around the minors for a number of seasons but is still 24 and will put
up about 20 goals and 50 points this season. Yake, like Sanderson, started
performing better offensively once he was converted from center to wing,
although lefty Sanderson went to the left wing and righty Yake went to the
right side.
Biggest disappointment: Hands down, John Cullen. Cullen had a disasterous 77
point season last year, his first full season after The Trade. Cullen started
the season off of summer back surgery, and fell flat on his face (appropriate,
since he spent all of his Whaler career flat on his ass, and whining about it).
Cullen scored just 9 point on 19 games, was a clubhouse malcontent, commanded
the powerplay to a 9% success percentage (>21% with Sanderson), and sulked his
way out of town. Worst of all, his 4 year, $4M contract had three years left
to run, so no one would give up any more than the 2nd round draft pick the
Maple Leafs offered to Hartford. Honorable mention: Steve Konroyd, also subpar
after signing a 3 year, $2.1M contract; Eric Weinrich, who showed flashes of
competence, but overall has played poorly; Jim McKenzie, who was a much better
hockey player two seasons ago than he is now; and Frank Pietrangelo, who only
seemed to play well when Sean Burke was out for an extended period and he got
to make a number of starts in a row. | 17 | trimmed_train |
3,404 | this */
*/
I tried
how can I
Does the workstation you're using have hardware cursor support? Or does
the server generate a software cursor. You can generally tell the difference
just by using it. If the cursor blinks a lot when there's screen activity,
it's probably a software cursor. If it has a hardware cursor, I think you're
probably battling a bug in HP's X server. I'm not familiar with any hardware
cursor chips that display cursors greater than 64x64. It's quite possible
that the server is just echoing your preferred cursor size without actually
checking it. I vaguely recall that very old MIT server revisions did just
that.
In reality you're probably stuck with a 64x64 maximum size cursor regardless
of what the server returns. | 16 | trimmed_train |
4,805 |
Where does it say in the bible that Christians are supposed to persecute
Jews? Isn't it love your enemies instead? They may say they are "Christian"
but do their actions speak differently? Do you believe what everyone tells
you? I don't. I came to believe in God by my own investigation and conclusions.
And ultimately by my own choice. Salvation, however, was granted only through
the grace of God.
To be a Christian is to model oneself after Jesus Christ as implied by the
very name Christian. If you say you believe in your head but do not feel in
your heart, what does that say of your belief?
White supremists and Neo-Nazis are NOT any brand of Christian.
"If you hate your whom you can see then how can you love God whom you cannot
see?"
What does this belief entail? Believing in Christ and having your sins
forgiven in His name does NOT give a Christian a free licence to sin. To
repent of a sin is to ask forgiveness of that sin and TRY NOT to do it
again. I am a Christian, but if you lump me in with racists and accuse me
of being such, then are you not pre-judging me? BTW, I am of Chinese racial
background and I know what it is to be part of a visible minority in this
country. I don't think that I would be favourably looked upon by these
White supremist "Christians" as you call them.
Anyone can say what they believe, but if they don't practice what they preach,
then their belief is false. Do you concur?
Nazis and racists in general are the ones that come to my immediate attention.
What I believe is that such people may be using the bible to mask their racial
intolerance and bigotry. They can do as they do and hide behind Christianity
but I tell you that Jesus would have nothing to do with them.
No arguement there.
The only point I'm trying to make is that those who call themselves Christian
may not be Christian. I ask that you draw your own conclusions by what they
do and what they say. If they are not modelled after the example of Jesus
Christ then they are NOT Christian. If they have not repented of their sins
and accepted Jesus Christ as their personal Lord and Saviour then they are
NOT Christian. These are the only criteria to being a Christian.
May God be with you, | 15 | trimmed_train |
4,395 |
Or read fixes 9, 10, and 11 to the MIT distribution. This is a known
problem - just apply those fixes and set SunPost411FCSLd to YES and
OSTeenyVersion in mit/config/sun.cf to 3.
In fix-09:
In fix-10:
In fix-11: | 16 | trimmed_train |
3,646 | I think I've seen this bike. Is it all white, with a sea-green stripe
and just 'HONDA' for decals, I've seen such a bike numerous times over
by Sewall hall at CU, and I thought it was a race-prepped CBR.
I didn't see it over at the EC parking lot (I buzzed over there on my
way home, all of 1/2 block off my route!) but it was gone.
Is a single sided swingarm available for the CBR? I would imagine so,
kinda neccisary for quick tire changes. When I first saw it, I assumed it
was a bike repainted to cover crash damage. | 12 | trimmed_train |
3,868 | I have an old tandon type modem (that's all the info I have apart from
the fact that it is black!). Does anyone have any info about this modem
or upgrading it ??? Reply by e-mail please to [email protected].
===============================================================================
= Chris - E-mail: [email protected] or C.Walton@ed or [email protected] =
= Tel.: 031-667-9764 or 0334-74244 (at weekends) =
= Write: 4/2 Romero Place, Edinburgh, EH16 5BJ. =
===============================================================================
Finagle's Fourth Law:
Once a job is fouled up, anything done to improve it only makes it worse.
===============================================================================
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554 |
Well, I don't think your query was exactly polite, but I will TRY to
give you a polite responce. Something atypical of the net, but here it goes.
Black is a descriptive adjective that describes Mr. King. From many
of the newspaper, radio, and tv news reports I have seen, this adjective
is commonly in front of his name. I have NEVER seen anyone complain about
the use of this adjective when used in a benign manner. I did not say that
Mr. King was a no good black! I do not know Mr. King and would not make this
ascertian without some evidence to this effect. I used it PURELY as a
descriptive adjective in the same manner than many ( most ) news people have
used it in the past.
The entire second trial was about race, Ted. I don't feel compelled to
discuss Mr. King's racial background, but had Mr. King been white there would
not have been a second trial. You probably are saying that the beating would
not have occurred if he were white, but that is an extremely difficult call
to make. It is possible the case, but not definately.
I still think your actions are crap, Ted. They are far more divisive than
me using the adjective 'black' in a non-derogenory manner. Would you have
been happier if I had used 'African-american' ? If so, then you really are
lost in the world of PC. You have already been instrumental in getting one
persons net access revoked, and I wonder if you have sent a copy of my
message to my sys admin with a plea that I am not worthy of posting. | 13 | trimmed_train |
738 | I've changed the battery in the thing (shortly after the problem first
happened) and I've noticed an inordinate number of Bus errors lately...
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10,104 | I wanted to create a postcript file with Win#.1, to print it on a
laserwriter II. It created a postcript file version adobe 3.0, but our
laser accept only adobe 2.0. How resolve this problem??
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853 | Archive-name: cryptography-faq/part09
Last-modified: 1993/4/15
FAQ for sci.crypt, part 9: Other Miscellany
This is the ninth of ten parts of the sci.crypt FAQ. The parts are
mostly independent, but you should read the first part before the rest.
We don't have the time to send out missing parts by mail, so don't ask.
Notes such as ``[KAH67]'' refer to the reference list in the last part.
The sections of this FAQ are available via anonymous FTP to rtfm.mit.edu
as /pub/usenet/news.answers/cryptography-faq/part[xx]. The Cryptography
FAQ is posted to the newsgroups sci.crypt, sci.answers, and news.answers
every 21 days.
Contents:
* What is the National Security Agency (NSA)?
* What are the US export regulations?
* What is TEMPEST?
* What are the Beale Ciphers, and are they a hoax?
* What is the American Cryptogram Association, and how do I get in touch?
* Is RSA patented?
* What about the Voynich manuscript?
* What is the National Security Agency (NSA)?
The NSA is the official security body of the U.S. government. It
was given its charter by President Truman in the late 40's, and
has continued research in cryptology till the present. The NSA is
known to be the largest employer of mathematicians in the world,
and is also the largest purchaser of computer hardware in the
world. Governments in general have always been prime employers of
cryptologists. The NSA probably possesses cryptographic expertise many
years ahead of the public state of the art, and can undoubtedly break
many of the systems used in practice; but for reasons of national
security almost all information about the NSA is classified.
Bamford's book [BAMFD] gives a history of the people and operations of
the NSA. The following quote from Massey [MAS88] highlights the
difference between public and private research in cryptography:
``... if one regards cryptology as the prerogative of government,
one accepts that most cryptologic research will be conducted
behind closed doors. Without doubt, the number of workers engaged
today in such secret research in cryptology far exceeds that of
those engaged in open research in cryptology. For only about 10
years has there in fact been widespread open research in
cryptology. There have been, and will continue to be, conflicts
between these two research communities. Open research is common
quest for knowledge that depends for its vitality on the open
exchange of ideas via conference presentations and publications in
scholarly journals. But can a government agency, charged with
responsibilities of breaking the ciphers of other nations,
countenance the publication of a cipher that it cannot break? Can
a researcher in good conscience publish such a cipher that might
undermine the effectiveness of his own government's code-breakers?
One might argue that publication of a provably-secure cipher would
force all governments to behave like Stimson's `gentlemen', but one
must be aware that open research in cryptography is fraught with
political and ethical considerations of a severity than in most
scientific fields. The wonder is not that some conflicts have
occurred between government agencies and open researchers in
cryptology, but rather that these conflicts (at least those of which
we are aware) have been so few and so mild.''
* What are the US export regulations?
In a nutshell, there are two government agencies which control
export of encryption software. One is the Bureau of Export
Administration (BXA) in the Department of Commerce, authorized by
the Export Administration Regulations (EAR). Another is the Office
of Defense Trade Controls (DTC) in the State Department, authorized
by the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR). As a rule
of thumb, BXA (which works with COCOM) has less stringent
requirements, but DTC (which takes orders from NSA) wants to see
everything first and can refuse to transfer jurisdiction to BXA.
The newsgroup misc.legal.computing carries many interesting
discussions on the laws surrounding cryptographic export, what
people think about those laws, and many other complex issues which
go beyond the scope of technical groups like sci.crypt. Make sure to
consult your lawyer before doing anything which will get you thrown in
jail; if you are lucky, your lawyer might know a lawyer who has at
least heard of the ITAR.
* What is TEMPEST?
TEMPEST is a standard for electromagnetic shielding for computer
equipment. It was created in response to the discovery that
information can be read from computer radiation (e.g., from a CRT) at
quite a distance and with little effort.
Needless to say, encryption doesn't do much good if the cleartext
is available this way.
* What are the Beale Ciphers, and are they a hoax?
(Thanks to Jim Gillogly for this information and John King for
corrections.)
The story in a pamphlet by J. B. Ward (1885) goes: Thomas
Jefferson Beale and a party of adventurers accumulated a huge mass
of treasure and buried it in Bedford County, Virginia, leaving
three ciphers with an innkeeper; the ciphers describe the
location, contents, and intended beneficiaries of the treasure.
Ward gives a decryption of the second cipher (contents) called B2;
it was encrypted as a book cipher using the initial letters of the
Declaration of Independence (DOI) as key. B1 and B3 are unsolved;
many documents have been tried as the key to B1.
Aficionados can join a group that attempts to solve B1 by various
means with an eye toward splitting the treasure:
The Beale Cypher Association
P.O. Box 975
Beaver Falls, PA 15010
You can get the ciphers from the rec.puzzles FAQL by including the
line:
send index
in a message to [email protected] and following the directions.
(There are apparently several different versions of the cipher
floating around. The correct version is based on the 1885 pamphlet,
says John King <[email protected]>.)
Some believe the story is a hoax. Kruh [KRU88] gives a long list of
problems with the story. Gillogly [GIL80] decrypted B1 with the DOI
and found some unexpected strings, including ABFDEFGHIIJKLMMNOHPP.
Hammer (president of the Beale Cypher Association) agrees that this
string couldn't appear by chance, but feels there must be an
explanation; Gwyn (sci.crypt expert) is unimpressed with this
string.
* What is the American Cryptogram Association, and how do I get in touch?
The ACA is an organization devoted to cryptography, with an emphasis
on cryptanalysis of systems that can be attacked either with
pencil-and-paper or computers. Its organ ``The Cryptogram'' includes
articles and challenge ciphers. Among the more than 50 cipher types in
English and other languages are simple substitution, Playfair,
Vigenere, bifid, Bazeries, grille, homophonic, and cryptarithm.
Dues are $15 for one year (6 issues); more outside of North America;
less for students under 18 and seniors. Subscriptions should be sent
to ACA Treasurer, 18789 West Hickory St., Mundelein, IL 60060.
* Is RSA patented?
Yes. The patent number is 4,405,829, filed 12/14/77, granted 9/20/83.
For further discussion of this patent, whether it should have been
granted, algorithm patents in general, and related legal and moral
issues, see comp.patents and misc.legal.computing. For information
about the League for Programming Freedom see [FTPPF]. Note that one of
the original purposes of comp.patents was to collect questions such as
``should RSA be patented?'', which often flooded sci.crypt and other
technical newsgroups, into a more appropriate forum.
* What about the Voynich manuscript?
[email protected] (Nelson Minar) says there is a mailing list on the
subject. the address to write to subscribe to the VMS mailing list
is: <[email protected]>
the ftp archive is: rand.org:/pub/voynich | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,782 |
Ack, what a public relations nightmare just begging happen.
"Gun Lobby pays vigilanties."
"NRA to shell out dough to gunfighters."
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3,619 |
uhhhh there are only three l's. | 2 | trimmed_train |
7,953 |
As long as the Yankees are in the same division the Red Sox will
play better than .500 baseball.
Or the Red Sox can hire former East German swimming coaches to
"train" them at the fine art of body "building". The Red Sox
can use Chinese women swimmers as a reference.
With the "HAWK", the Red Sox definitely have a chance for the
east this year. He brings class, work ethic and leadership to
the park each day. And he has a burning desire to play in the
World Series.
Future Hall-of-Famer, Andre Dawson will kick butt in Boston!
from Rockies country, | 2 | trimmed_train |
5,535 |
I think that you are changing the meaning of "values" here. Perhaps
it is time to backtrack and take a look at the word.
value n. 1. A fair equivalent or return for something, such as goods
or service. 2. Monetary or material worth. 3. Worth as measured in
usefulness or importance; merit. 4. A principle, standard, or quality
considered inherently worthwhile or desirable. 5. Precise meaning, as
of a word. 6. An assigned or calculated numerical quantity. 7. Mus.
The relative duratation of a tone or rest. 8. The relative darkness or
lightness of a color. 9. The distinctive quality of a speech or speech
sound.
In context of a moral system, definition four seems to fit best. In terms
of scientific usage, definitions six or eight might apply. Note that
these definitions do not mean the same thing.
In my mind, to say that science has its basis in values is a bit of a
reach. Science has its basis in observable fact. Even the usages of the
word "value" above do not denote observable fact, but rather a standard
of measurement. I would conclude that science does not have its
basis in values, and so your statement above fails. In fact, if one
concludes that a scientific set of measurements (values) are based on
systems derived from observation, then it must follow that in a
scientific context, there is no such thing as there is no such thing as
"objective values."
Back to the present. This has nothing to do with a moral system anyhow.
Just because the word "values" is used in both contexts does not mean
that there is a relationship between the two contexts.
If one is to argue for objective values (in a moral sense) then one must
first start by demonstrating that morality itself is objective. Considering
the meaning of the word "objective" I doubt that this will ever happen.
So, back to the original question:
And objective morality is.....?
If you can provide an objective foundation for "morality" then that will
be a good beginning.
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2,271 |
This reads a lot like the philosophies of Musashi,
in the Book of Five Rings. Much of the section on
the long sword is that of being strong and decisive.
Hmmm. The more things change....
What an awfull thing to call your pillion!
Power corrupts. Check out the explosion that the
cryptography policy from the WhiteHouse Friday
has caused....
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1,391 |
We all know this will never happen. Because the Police are under the wings
of Government, they will always be considered more important than Citizens.
Government pens, pencils and paper are considered more important than
Citizens. | 9 | trimmed_train |
3,686 | For those of you who are thinking about fiamms, you might also want to think
about airhorns. I just installed a set of Bosch air horns ordered from
Dennis Kirk (pg. 282 of the latest catalog) on my '85 FJ1100. They are rated
at 93db at 7 meters. I installed them using 10 gage wire from the battery to
the relay to the compressor to ground. My stock horn connectors fit the relay
pins just fine. I soldered the connections to the relay and compressor, and used
a crimp type battery connector and an inline 10amp fuse/connector from NAPA.
I installed the compressor just forward of the fuse box in the front
fairing by tie wrapping between the steering head frame and the black steel tube
frame used to support the front fairing. You have to remove the front fairing to
do this, but it fits outside of the frame but inside the fairing on the two
vertical supports just in front of the fuses. Depending how tight your fairing
follows the frame, you should be able to fit it somewhere in the fairing.
The compressor is about 2" in diameter and about 5" long.
The relay mounted on the front of the steering head frame (it is small
so there should be plenty of good places for it.
I found a perfect place for the horns that required only tie wraps to
mount. The horns fit inside the front fairing/frame and stick out on either side
just in front of the air scoops, but behind the turn signals. The back of the
horns point back towards the center of the bike and come real close to where
the gas tank connects to the front part of the frame. There is just enough
room to the outside to allow full lock to lock clearance, and there are nice
cut outs in the frame for the back of the horn to go into.
The short horn is even with the fairing, and the long one sticks out
about an inch or so, but it is really not that noticable unless you look
closely. They end up pointing down slightly and maybe 30 degrees from straight
ahead (perfect for those cagers trying to change lanes into you).
If you have any other questions about the mounting, email, and I can try
to explain better. If your bike is not red, then you may want to paint them
first.
How do they work you ask? They are very, very, very *LOUD*. They sound
more like a european sports car than a truck, but a vast improvement over stock.
I have used them at least daily since installing them, and the 10 amp fuse has
not blown yet (although, the duration of the horn blasts have been short).
I've repeatedly scared the shit out of my friends with them, even though
they know that I have the horns, they still jump. They are perfect for keeping
the pedestrians on the sidewalk.
The bottom line is they work, are loud enough to cause pain and suffering to
those stupid lane changing cages (as well as take a few years off their lives)
and are relatively easy to install on the FJ. YMMV. | 12 | trimmed_train |
569 | 1 | trimmed_train |
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9,990 | *FOR SALE*
Compudyne 386-25SXL Laptop
80 meg HD
4 meg RAM
3.5" FD
VGA Monochrome 64 Grey Scale
+Math Coprocessor!
Asking $1500, or best offer. Must sell soon.
**Do not reply to this email address**
Call Johnny at 312/856-1767
Email: [email protected]
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1,955 | Agreed. This is like the Bay of Pigs fiasco (planned by the Eisenhower
Administration but given the final green light by Kennedy).
To be sure, hen it all went down, Kennedy was at least man enough to take
full responsibility, which is not what I expect from Slick Willie Clinton....
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1,640 |
In another post-game interview, LaRussa claimed that Sparky was "the
best manager in basebal," explaining that to be part of the history
of Sparky softened the blow of losing.
Go Tigers!!!
Tim
Timothy Law Snyder
Department of Computer Science
Reiss 225
Georgetown University
Washington, DC 20057 | 2 | trimmed_train |
6,800 | Well, it seems the "National Sales Tax" has gotten its very
own CNN news LOGO!
Cool. That means we'll be seeing it often.
Man, I sure am GLAD that I quit working ( or taking this
seriously ) in 1990. If I kept busting my ass, watching
time go by, being frustrated, I'd be pretty DAMN MAD by
now.
YEAH! Free HEALTH CARE! Oh, yeeaaaahhhh!
heh heh
" Bill makes me feel like DANCING! "
MORE AMAZING PREDICTIONS FROM THE INCREDIBLE BROMEISTER!
--------------------------------------------------------
We take you back to Feburary 20th, when the INCREDIBLE
BROMEISTER PREDICTED:
" $1,000 per middle class taxpayer in NEW TAXES "
" A NATIONAL SALES TAX "
Now, for more AAMMMAAAAZZZZZZIINNNNGGGGG Predictions!
i) The NST will be raised from 3% to 5% by 1996.
Ooops. They ALREADY DID it.
Okay, then. The NST will be raised from 5% to 7% by 1996.
ii) Unemployment will rise!
iii) Tax revenues will decline. Deficit will increase!
We'll get another DEFICIT REDUCTION PACKAGE by 1997!
Everyone will DANCE AND SING!
Yup. I'm gonna <glancing at watch> bail out of here
at 1 PM, amble on down to the lake. Hang out. Sit
in the sun and take it EASY! :) Yeah!
I just wish I had the e-mail address of total gumby who
was saying that " Clinton didn't propose a NST ".
To paraphrase Hilary Clinton - " I will not raise taxes on
the middle class to pay for my programs " | 13 | trimmed_train |
1,687 |
No. reverse lights are to warn others that you are backing up. They
aren't bright enough to (typically) see by without the brake and tail
lights.
Well, red and orange were already taken. Maybe white defines the direction
that the car is moving in.
If you really want to be able to see behind you, get some fog lamps for
the back of the car. These work very well - and are a good way to get
rid of tailgaters if you get that rush of testosterone. | 4 | trimmed_train |
8,898 |
I know from personal experience that men CAN get yeast infections. I
get rather nasty ones from time to time, mostly in the area of the
scrotum and the base of the penis. They're nowhere near as dangerous
for me as for many women, but goddamn does it hurt in the summertime!
Even in the wintertime, when I sweat I get really uncomfy down there. The
best thing I can do to keep it under control is keep my weight down and
keep cool down there. Shorts in 60 degree weather, that kind of thing. And
of course some occasional sun. | 19 | trimmed_train |
4,941 | My wife and I are in the process of selecting a pediatrician for our
first child (due June 15th). We interviewed a young doctor last week
and were very impressed with her. However, I discovered that she is
actually not an Medical Doctor (M.D.) but rather a "Doctor of
Osteopathy" (D.O.). What's the difference? I believe the pediatrician
*I* went to for many years was a D.O. and he didn't seem different from
any other doctor I've seen over the years.
My dictionary says that osteopathy is "a medical therapy that emphasizes
manipulative techniques for correcting somatic abnormalities thought
to cause disease and inhibit recovery."
Jeez, this sounds like chiropractic. I remember getting shots and
medicine from *my* pediatrician D.O., and don't remember any
"manipulative techniques". Perhaps someone could enlighten me as to
the real, practical difference between an M.D. and a D.O. Also, I'm
interesting in hearing any opinions on choosing a pediatrician who
follows one or the other medical philosophy.
Readers of sci.med: Please respond directly to [email protected];
I do not read this group regularly and probably won't see your response
if you just post it here. Sorry for the cross-posting, but I'm hoping
there's some expertise here.
a T d H v A a N n K c S e | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,566 |
The umps saw the weekend boxscores, too. They knew the pitchers needed
some help or they would be watching the sunrise. :) | 2 | trimmed_train |
11,068 | W.K. Gorman:
<3>> Maybe now's the time for us, the NRA, GOA, CCRTKBA, SAF, et al to band
<3>> together and buy CNN as *our* voice. Wouldn't that be sumpin....broadcast
<3>> the truth for a change and be able to air a favorable pro-gun item or two..
<3>I would like to see this happen. I don't think it will. I don't
<3>think the average gun-owner will take any notice of what is happening
<3>until they break down HIS door.
<3>BUT I will go on record publicly to the effect that I will contribute a
<3>minimum of $1,000.00 to the buy-out fund if it can be organized and made
<3>viable. Anybody else want to put their money where their mouth is? :)
<3>There ar 50+ MILLION gun owners out there. If - and it's a big and
<3>not very realistic if - we got hold of CNN, the anti-gun bullshit would
<3>STOP RIGHT THERE. Why won't it happen - because nobody will get off their
<3>ass and MAKE it happen. Nuts.
Any NRA headquarters weenies listening to this man. Any RTKBA organization
honcho listening. It's time to stop fighting the Brady's and the Schumer's
(now there's an interesting meaning to the acronynm BS) from the comfort
of the office....we had better get serious with our time and money and get
after it or we might just as well pack it in now.
---
. OLX 2.2 . Gun control advocates must have had a sanity by-pass!
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1,339 |
Did I once hear that in order for the date to advance, something, like a
clock, *has* to make a Get Date system call? Apparently, the clock
hardware interrupt and BIOS don't do this (date advance) automatically. The
Get Date call notices that a "midnight reset" flag has been set, and then
then advances the date.
Anybody with more info? | 3 | trimmed_train |
1,146 | I posted this about tow weeks ago but never saw it make it (Then again
I've had some problems with the mail system). Apologies if this appears
for the second time:
Usually when I start up an application, I first get the window outline
on my display. I then have to click on the mouse button to actually
place the window on the screen. Yet when I specify the -geometry
option the window appears right away, the properties specified by
the -geometry argument. The question now is:
How can I override the intermediary step of the user having to specify
window position with a mouseclick? I've tried explicitly setting window
size and position, but that did alter the normal program behaviour.
Thanks for any hints
---> Robert
PS: I'm working in plain X, using tvtwm.
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* Robert Gasch * Der erste Mai ist der Tag an dem die Stadt ins *
* Oracle Engineering * Freihe tritt und den staatlichen Monopolanspruch *
* De Meern, NL * auf Gewalt in Frage stellt *
* [email protected] * - Einstuerzende Neubauten *
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5,849 | HEY!!! All you Yankee fans who've been knocking my prediction of Baltimore.
You flooded my mailbox with cries of "Militello's good, Militello's good."
Where is he??!! I noticed he got skipped over after that oh so strong first
outing. He's not by any chance in Columbus now, is he? Please don't tell
me you're relying on this guy to be the *fourth*, not the fifth, but the
*fourth* starter on this brittle pitching staff.
As for the O's, it's still early.
See y'all at the ballyard
Go Braves
Chop Chop
Michael Mule'
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2,843 | Hi, all. This is my first posting, so be gentle...
I have a Zenith external floppy which has a DB25 connector, and I'd
like to use it with my Sharp and Toshiba laptops, which also take a
DB25 for their ext floppy, but it doesn't work. I have the pinouts
for the Zenith, and would like to make adapters so I can use it.
Does anyone have pinouts for these or other manufacturers' DB25 ext
floppy connectors? I would greatly appreciate this info, either by
e-mail or fax.
Thanks very much,
Jeff, aka [email protected]
fax (310) 882-8800
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4,436 |
Normally I'd be the last to argue with Steve . . . but shouldn't that
read "3.8 years for *all* solutions". I mean, if we can imagine the
machine that does 1 trial/nanosecond, we can imagine the storage medium
that could index and archive it. | 7 | trimmed_train |
7,491 |
Bobby-
A few posts ago you said that Lucifer had no free will. From the above
it seems the JW believes the contrary.
Are you talking about the same Lucifer?
If so, can you suggest an experiment to determine which of you is wrong?
Or do you claim that you are both right? | 8 | trimmed_train |
8,367 | Ed's heading out on the highway?
Did he finally buy a bike or is he a passanger?
Jeff Andle DoD #3005 1976 KZ900 [email protected] | 12 | trimmed_train |
5,410 |
I'll see your 3 and raise you 4. | 12 | trimmed_train |
3,147 | I caught up a mailmessage from an NCD guy, who stated that Tek
might be quitting it's X terminal activities and would be looking
for an interested buyer.
Since the source of this message is NCD, THIS MIGHT ONLY BE NASTY
GOSSIP !!!
Can anyone say more about this??
Dick. | 16 | trimmed_train |
4,602 |
You don't have to. *It* believes in YOU.
Well, looking at our new government pals, I'm inclined to
agree. I don't much believe in our money, either. :)
Oh, ho HO! If only you knew! :)
Yup, I'm DEFINITELY checking out foreign currency, thanks to
to this newsgroup. It sure doesn't take much thinking to realize
what direction the U.S. is headed.
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2,836 |
???
I've heard about that Italian guy distributing Motif binaries for 386BSD,
but I haven't heard of anybody doing the same thing for Linux. ... and
I do follow the Linux news group pretty closely. So, have I missed something? I'd LOVE to get hold of Motif libs for Linux for $100! | 16 | trimmed_train |
570 | '>First off, with all these huge software packages and files that
'>they produce, IDE may no longer be sufficient for me (510 Mb limit).
Micropolis seems to have broken this limit. They have IDE 560meg
and 1050meg HD's available.
Greg Greene
[email protected]
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5,202 |
Warren Brown, the Washington Post's auto writer was the first journalist
to get his hands on the New Yorker. If you'd like his impressions of it
his review appeared in Friday's paper, in the "Weekend" section.
He is not your traditional auto writer...
Enjoy.
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4,677 | What files do I need to download for GhostScript 2.5.2? I have never used
GhostScript before, so I don't have any files for it. What I *do* have is
gs252win.zip, which I downloaded from Cica. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to
work on it's own, but needs some more files that I don't have. I want to run
GhostScript both in Windows 3.1 and in MS-DOS on a 386 PC (I understand there's
versions for both environments). What are all the files I need to download and
where can I get them? Any info would be appeciated.
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Steve W Brewer rewerB W evetS
[email protected] ude.ellivsiuol.xvyklu@504832lc | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,699 | Hello everybody...
Are there any ftp-sites with wav-files available???
Frode Kvam :-)
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8,547 | Dear folks,
I am still awaiting for some sensible answer and comment.
It is a fact that the inhabitants of Gaza are not entitled to a normal
civlized life. They habe been kept under occupation by Israel since 1967
without civil and political rights.
It is a fact that Gazans live in their own country, Palestine. Gaza is
not a foriegn country. Nor is TelAviv, Jaffa, Askalon, BeerSheba foreign
country for Gazans. All these places are occupied as far as Palestinians
are concerned and as far as common sense has it.
It is a fact that Zionists deny Gazans equal rights as Israeli citizens
and the right to determine by themsevles their government. When Zionists
will begin to consider Gazans as human beings who deserve the same
rights as themselves, there will be hope for peace. Not before.
Somebody mentioned that Gaza is 'foreign country' and therefore Israel
is entitled to close its borders to Gaza. In this case, Gaza should be
entitled to reciprocate, and deny Israeli civilians and military personnel
to enter the area. As the relation is not symmetrical, but that of a master
and slave, the label 'foreign country' is inaccurate and misleading.
To close off 700,000 people in the Strip, deny them means of subsistence
and means of defending themselves, is a collective punishment and a
crime. It is neither justifiable nor legal. It just reflects the abyss
to which Israeli society has degraded.
I would like to ask any of those who heap foul langauge on me to explain
why Israel denies Gazans who were born and brought up in Jaffa to return
and live there ? Would they be allowed to, if they converted to Judaism ?
Is their right to live in their former town depdendent upon their
religion or ethnic origin ? Please give an honest answer. | 6 | trimmed_train |
6,611 | Greetings.
I am developing an application that allows a *user* to interactively
create/edit/view a visual "model" (i.e. topology) of their network, and
I was wondering if anyone knew of any builder tools that exist to
simplify this task.
In the past I have used Visual Edge's UIM/X product to develop other
GUIs, so I am familiar with UIMSs in general.
The topology will support objects and connecting links. Once the
topology is created, I want to provide the user with capabilities to
support grouping, zooming, etc.
I am looking for some form of a higher abstraction other than X drawing
routines to accomplish this. Specifically, the zooming and grouping
aspects may prove difficult, and certainly time consuming, if I have
to "roll my own".
Suggestions?
-greg | 16 | trimmed_train |
2,302 | I was chaining around in the anonymous ftp world looking for 3D Studio
meshes and other interesting graphical stuff for the program, and found
a few files with the extension 3D2. My 3DS v2.01 doesn't know this type
of file, so what are they?
And of course, the perennial... Where are some meshes, fli files, etc.
out there? I would have thought that someone would have collected a few
and put them somewhere, but alas I am without this knowledge.
mucho appreciato | 1 | trimmed_train |
9,761 | Dumb move.
The smart move would be to sneak in someone with a TV camera
and video transmitter. | 9 | trimmed_train |
2,547 |
A neutral organization would report on the situation in
Israel, where the elderly and children are the victims of stabbings by
Hamas "activists." A neutral organization might also report that
Israeli arabs have full civil rights.
Care to name names, or is this yet another unsubstantiated
slander?
Terrorism, as you would know if you had a spine that allowed
you to stand up, is random attacks on civilians. Terorism includes
such things as shooting a cripple and thowing him off the side of a
boat because he happens to be Jewish. Not allowing people to go where
they are likely to be stabbed and killed, like a certain lawyer killed
last week, is not terorism.
Adam
Adam Shostack [email protected] | 6 | trimmed_train |
5,955 | I haven't seen much info about how to add an extra internal disk to a
mac. We would like to try it, and I wonder if someone had some good
advice.
We have a Mac IIcx with the original internal Quantum 40MB hard disk,
and an unusable floppy drive. We also have a new spare Connor 40MB
disk which we would like to use. The idea is to replace the broken
floppy drive with the new hard disk, but there seems to be some
problems:
The internal SCSI cable and power cable inside the cx has only
connectors for one single hard disk drive.
If I made a ribbon cable and a power cable with three connectors each
(1 for motherboard, 1 for each of the 2 disks), would it work?
Is the IIcx able to supply the extra power to the extra disk?
What about terminators? I suppose that i should remove the resistor
packs from the disk that is closest to the motherboard, but leave them
installed in the other disk.
The SCSI ID jumpers should also be changed so that the new disk gets
ID #1. The old one should have ID #0.
It is no problem for us to remove the floppy drive, as we have an
external floppy that we can use if it won't boot of the hard disk.
Thank you!
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4,016 | ML> From: [email protected] (Marlena Libman)
ML> I need advice with a situation which occurred between me and a physican
ML> which upset me.
ML> My questions: (1) Should I continue to have this doctor manage my care?
That's easy: No. You wouldn't take your computer into a repair
shop where they were rude to you, even if they were competent in
their business. Why would you take your own body into a "repair
shop" where the "repairman" has such a bad attitude? | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,114 | Back when I was building round tail light 2002s they were Bimmers. It was
only when the (red suspendered, Reganomics generated, quiche eating) Yuppies
got into the market >-( that they became Beamers and the hood ornaments started
disappering. | 4 | trimmed_train |
6,824 | Here are some recent observations taken by the Hubble Space Telescope:
o The Faint Object Spectrograph (FOS) was used to make ultraviolet
observations of both the planet Pluto, and its moon Charon. The
peakups were successful. The observations were executed as
scheduled, and no problems were reported.
o Observations were made using the High Speed Photometer of the Planet
Uranus during an occultation by a faint star in Capricornus. These
observations will help in our understanding of the planet's
atmospheric radiative and dynamical processes. This event occurred
close to the last quarter moon, and special arrangements had to be
made to modify the lunar limit tests to allow these observations.
The observations are currently being reviewed, and all the
observations looked okay. | 10 | trimmed_train |
2,552 |
Yes, I want to concentrate on other development issues - I've created graphics
libraries before, it's too time consuming... life's too short!
Thanks for the clarification... Before posting my original request I had looked
into the Mac's 3D capabilities and dismissed them as low grade. | 1 | trimmed_train |
5,104 | I am presently doing a masters thesis to do with traffic intersections in
New Zealand but a lot of the books I am researching from, are from America or
Australia and so I was wondering if anyone could please tell me what the road
rules are in either country with regard to intersections.
Thanks
Julian Visch
[email protected] | 4 | trimmed_train |
236 | } In article <[email protected]>, [email protected] (Sam
}
} i'm telling you, sam, three l's. call up mom and ask.
}
} bob vesterman.
}
yeah, and in case even that isn't enough to prompt boy genius
"Sam" to pick up a paper and see how "his" name is spelled,
here's another hint: the single "L" comes between the two "I"s... | 2 | trimmed_train |
2,942 | I just ordered a Saturn SL1 after considering a few imports. Frankly, the Saturn
way of doing business and service was a *very* big plus. I hadn't bought a new
car since I bought my Honda 4WD back in '85, and I was unbelieveably offended by
most salespeople I met.
Saturn was indeed very different. I made three different visits to the dealer where
I bought my car, and was never pressured. Saturn also had the best after-sales
support, and the fixed pricing made it *very* easy for me to decide exactly what
I wanted to buy. Another big selling point was running into my mechanic at the
dealer. He's been fixing imports for 20 years...and bought a Saturn, based on
what he's seen and heard from his customers.
Saturn also has a good extended warranty program; $675 for 6 year/60K miles,
fully refunded if you don't use it. That works out to an actual cost of $170 or
so, based on the 6 year treasury rates. Using savings account rates it's more
like $120. In the first three years it also buys you free rental during any
warranty work, without counting against the refund. | 4 | trimmed_train |
10,198 | A friend has the following symptoms which have occurred periodically
every few months for the last 3 years. An episode begins with extreme
tiredness followed by:
1. traveling joint pains and stiffness affecting mostly the elbows,
knees, and hips.
2. generalized muscle pains
3. tinnitus and a feeling of pressure in her ears
4. severe sweating occuring both at night and during the day
5. hemorrhaging in both eyes. Her opthamologist calls it peripheral
retinal hemorhages and says it looks similar to diabetic retinopathy. (She
isn't diabetic--they checked.
6. distorted color vision and distorted vision in general (telephone
poles do not appear to be straight)
7. loss of peripheral vision.
Many tests have been run and all are normal except for something
called unidentified bright objects found on a MRI of her brain. The only
thing that seems to alleviate one of these episodes is prednisone. At
times she had been on 60 mg per day. Whenever she gets down to 10-15 mg
the symptoms become acute again. | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,148 | I'm looking for a database called "Micro World Data Bank II", a database
with digital map information containing 178,068 latitude, longitude points.
It is said to be in the public domain. If anyone knows a place where I can
get it (preferably FTP/gopher/mailserver etc.; otherwise snail mail) please
let me know. I you have it yourself and are willing to send me the file,
drop me a line.
I'll be using it with a program called VERSAMAP by Charles H. Culberson.
If anyone knows of another detailed database that can be used with this
program (preferably PD), I would be very interested.
Replies by e-mail please, directly to me, I don't read this group regularly.
If there's interest I'll post a summary, of course. | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,772 |
The problem you see here is that some Christians claim things about
the Bible which they don't actually believe or practice. I've known
all sorts of Christians, ranging from the trendiest of liberals to
the fire-breathing fundamentalists, and although many on the
conservative side of the Christian faith do claim that the Bible is
a (perhaps *the*) source of absolute truth, I don't know of anyone
who treats it as anything other than a valuable part of a living tradition.
While I am not a Roman Catholic, I believe this is close to the official
position of the RC church (perhaps an RC would like to comment).
The particular practice you refer to will usually be explained in
terms of the social context of the time. You would think the fact
that the conservatives seem to have to break out the tophat-and-cane
and give you some big song-and-dance routine about why this
(other passages as well) aren't directly applicable today would
show them that what they claim about the Bible and what they
actually practice are two different things, but mostly it doens't.
While this thread is supposed to be about the arrogance of Christians,
I would suggest that some of the problem is really hypocrasy, in this
case, making claims about the Bible which the claimants don't actually
put into practice. But if we step back from the name-calling and
look at what people are attempting to say, we see that they are trying
to express very concisely the unique place the Bible holds within the
Christian faith. So when people use such words or phrases as "Word of
God", "inerrant", "infallibale", "The Manufacturer's Handbook", "The
only rule of faith and practice in the church today" to describe the
Bible, we should try to hear what they are saying and not just look at
the mere words they use. Some of the above descriptions are demostratably
false and others are self-contradictory, but in my experience people are
generally pretty good at picking out the intention of the speaker even
when the speaker's words are at variance with their intentions. A Biblical
example is from the garden of Eden where God asks "Where are you?" and Adam
explains that he was naked and afraid and hid himself. If Adam had
answered God's words he would have said something like "I'm here in this
tree." The problem seems to arise when Christians insist that these
words are indeed accurate reflections of their beleif. Most people
have not made a determined effort to work out their own understanding of
the place of the Bible within their own faith and so rely on the phrases
and explanations that others use.
I hope this helps.
--
___
Bill Rea (o o)
-------------------------------------------------------------------w--U--w--- | 0 | trimmed_train |
2,863 | ][bozo posts GIFS to rec.moto]
]>he and his postmaster are also gonna get 500 copies of the post in their
]>mailboxes.
]
] Hey, it's a great picture. You can't fault his taste, only his
]technique. Chill out and educate instead of getting your panties in a
]bunch.
ditto to you Dave. I'm using the picture as the bacground on my sun, and
I haven't sent a single message to the guy. looks like you get to keep the
panties.
--
Joe Senner -- [email protected] Austin, TX | 12 | trimmed_train |
10,511 |
You probably need an X server running on top of MS DOS. I use Desqview/X
but any MS-DOS X server should do.
-- | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,987 | >When some types of client windows are displayed, parts of the windows
>are in the wrong color; if the window is moved slightly, forcing the server
>to repaint it, it is repainted in the correct colors. It doesn't happen
I have the exact same problem when running Hewlett Packard's Microwave Design
System (MDS) from an HP 380 unix box and running MacX 1.2, Sys 7.0.1*.
Normally, MDS draws a window with a deep blue backround, but occasionally
it becomes a light blue and all the text, etc, inside the window become
"washed out" (nearly invisible). I thought that it was just something
brain dead that I was doing or a subtle conflict with another app or INIT.
By slightly moving the window, and forcing a re-draw, the colors get corrected. | 16 | trimmed_train |
10,039 |
OOPS. My original message died. I'll try again...
I always understood (perhaps wrongly...:)) that the bacteria in our digestive
tracts help us break down the components of milk. Perhaps the normal flora of
the intestine changes as one passes from childhood.
Is there a pathologist or microbiologist in the house? | 19 | trimmed_train |
4,976 |
Don't you think it would be better to E-mail back to you that we read sci.space
so that you can count them and every server in the world does not have to get
BW'd to death. Or instead you could possible cut and past all the senders into
a single post and save on header bandwidth.... Not meaning to be taken as a
flame it's late and we have to work toward a demo .... little punchy
-- | 10 | trimmed_train |
10,624 |
If this is God's attitude, then I'll think I'll go along with
Terry Pratchett's religious philosophy:
"Oh, I believe in God. I just don't actually _like_ the blighter."
P. | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,065 | I have a HP 1740 scope that (I think) has a problem in the HV section.
Symptom: started turning on and off on its own, making intermittant
bright flashes on the CRT, and then finally, passed away. If you
have a manual (or any suggestions), please send me mail. Will gladly
pay reproduction/shipping costs plus a little $ for your efforts for
the manual. Thanks in advance.
--- Jeff | 11 | trimmed_train |
6,942 |
Why not? This is rather disappointing...
| 3 | trimmed_train |
8,860 | : : Seems to me Koresh is yet another messenger that got killed
: : for the message he carried. (Which says nothing about the
: : character of the messenger.) I reckon we'll have to find out
: : the rest the hard way.
: :
:
: Koresh was killed because he wanted lots of illegal guns. | 15 | trimmed_train |
6,901 |
Can I suggest the University of Western Australia in Perth.
The weathers great, the people are great and our Electronic Engineering department is great.
I am a first year student here ... so I don't know much about what projects but I do know they have a good reputation in the fields of dsp and communications. Ever heard of QPSX? The people who own are ex-UWA ... so that gives an indication of what the department is like.
For more information
email: [email protected]
with the above request and he should be able to tell some more info
or write
Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
University of Western Australia
Stirling Highway
CRAWLEY 6009
Western Australia
Australia
Yours
Mark
[email protected] | 11 | trimmed_train |
11,189 |
I agree. God makes the husband the head of the house. But he surely
can't do it alone. He needs the help of his beloved wife whom the
Lord gave him.
At least that's how it is in my house. I thank God for the beautiful
woman He has brought into my life. I couldn't lead without the help
of my wonderful wife.
| 0 | trimmed_train |
8,684 | I was wondering if anybody knows anything about a Yamaha Seca Turbo. I'm
considering buying a used 1982 Seca Turbo for $1300 Canadian (~$1000 US)
with 30,000 km on the odo. This will be my first bike. Any comments?
Thanks. | 12 | trimmed_train |
2,087 |
Even if there was no independent proof that Luke's account was
valid, I find it strange that you would take the negation of it as
truth without any direct historical evidence (at least that you've
mentioned) to back it up. The assertion was made, unequivocally
that no Christian ever sufferred for their faith by believing in
the Resurrection. Luke's account suggests otherwise, and in the
absence of direct eyewitnesses who can claim that Luke is mistaken,
then I suggest that this unequivocal assertion is suspect.
--
John G. Ata - Technical Consultant | Internet: [email protected]
HFS, Inc. VA20 | UUCP: uunet!hfsi!ata
7900 Westpark Drive MS:601 | Voice: (703) 827-6810
McLean, VA 22102 | FAX: (703) 827-3729
[I think the original claim may have been somewhat more limited than
this. It was an answer to the claim that the witnesses couldn't
be lying because they were willign to suffer for their beliefs.
Thus it's not necessary to show that no Christian ever suffered
for believing in the Resurrection. Rather the issue is whether
those who witnessed it did.
I do agree that the posting you're responding to shows that there
can be liberal as well as conservative dogmatism. | 0 | trimmed_train |
5,378 | Over the years, I have met Christians who are not associated with
any local church and are not members of any local church. This is
an issue that may be very personal, but is important. What does
the Bible say about this and how can we encourage our friends with
regard to this issue? | 0 | trimmed_train |
4,405 | I had a similar idea, for a fax/answering machine switch,
to put both machines on one line. You order distinctive
ringing from your phone company. This is $3/month here.
You get a second (unpublished) phone number. When
someone calls this number, your phone rings with short
rings instead of long rings.
You set up your answering machine on 4 rings and your fax
on six rings. You'd give out the new # as your fax #.
A device would measure the length of rings. When it
detects a short ring, it turns off your answering machine.
Five rings later your fax picks up the call.
This should be cheaper and more elegant than the $80
switches now available.
But that's not what I did. I'm giving out the new
# to my friends and customers. This should leave the
old # for telemarketers, etc. I won't pick up the
phone when I hear the long rings. | 11 | trimmed_train |
5,655 |
Is there any difference in saying
"Absolute Truth exists, but some people think its a lie"
and
"Truth is relative" ?
I think there is: in both examples, the first statement is a
fundamental disagreement between at least two people; the
second statement is agreed upon by all.
To put it another way, someone who says objective values exist
does not agree that values are subjective. | 15 | trimmed_train |
10,573 | : There are chips which perform the voice compression/expansion. They can't
: be expensive, because they exist in many phones connected to PBXs or on the
: PBX line cards, as well as in a lot of equipment which compresses
: voice-grade circuits to save the cost of long-distance, leased T1s or
: satellite circuits.
: I can't remember the generic term for these chips. My impression is that
: this was a big deal 10 years ago, but circuits have gotten so cheap that
: it isn't done much now.
Codecs. They have to get about 6:1 compression on 8 bit samples to squeeze
them down v32bis. I played around with the lossless 'shorten' program
last night, but it only managed 2.5:1. I've got some specimen CELP code
but it's not obvious that it runs in real time; I think it's just proof-of-
concept code, and I have some mucking about with file formats to do before
I can put my own sample through it.
Looks like the current option is to use a voice-mail modem with built-in
DSP chip to do this in hardware. That means two modems for a system,
putting the cost at $600 upwards. Ouch. Maybe soon we'll be able to
do it in software on high-powered games consoles - isn't the 3DO an
Acorn RISC machine inside? That cpu runs like shit off a shovel... and
will be nicely mass-market too. | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,965 |
Could it be Public Missile, Inc in Michigan?
From the description of ad here, it sounds like they're talking about
"High Power Rocketry", an outgrowth of model rocketry. This hobby
uses non-metallic structural compoments and commerically manufactured
engines ranging in impulse classification from G to P. The hobby
has been flourishing from early 1980s and is becoming increasing popular.
Technically this is not consider amateur rocketry.
Any rocket with a liftoff weight greater than 3.3 pounds OR using a
total impulse of G or greater, REQUIRES an FAA waiver to launch.
Typically, a group of people get an FAA waiver for specified period
of time (ie week, weekend, etc.) at a designated site and time, and
all of the launches are then covered under this "blanket waiver".
There is also a "High Power Safety Code" which designates more
specific rules such as launch field size, etc.
Finally, in order to purchase any of the larger (Class B) rocket
motors you need to certified through either the National Association
of Rocketry or Tripoli Rocketry Association. Certification procedures
require a demonstarted handling and "safe" flight at a total impulse
level.
For more information, watch rec.models.rockets newsgroup. | 10 | trimmed_train |
969 | Hi there!
Could some kind soul tell me what is the price of LC/IIvi/IIvx
compatible 512kb VRAM SIMMs in the US nowadays? The price over here
(Finland) is so ridiculously high (about $185 each in USD) that I
think it is worth the trouble to try to get them overseas.
Thanks
| 14 | trimmed_train |
1,079 | Sigha.
1) Trying to figure out a way to put a halogen beam on my CB360T... Are
there any easy ways to do this (i.e. a "slip-in" bulb replacement)?
2) Was told by a guy at the bike shop that my "not damn near bright enough"
incandescent beam might be caused by a perma-low battery. So I went and
picked up this cheapo "Motorcycle battery and charging system tester"...
Hook it up to the battery, it's got 3 lights on "Very good charge"... Start
the engine (to test the charging system), and it doesn't even REGISTER. It's
supposed to light 5 or 6 lights if everything is OK, but it stays down at
the same point as just the battery.
My question here is, if indeed my charging system is just plain messed up,
how the HECK is the battery staying fully charged? I'd think it would be
darned near dead from supporting my lights, etc...
Do the '75 CB360T's have a problem with their charging system? Are they
just generally slower charging than what is normal for bigger bikes?
Is there an easy fix for this?
3) Happy noise: Put 300 miles on my bike this weekend, finally got myass an
endorsement.... which is REALLY GOOD, because my cage just quit running
worth a damn and I won't have money to repair it until the first... ;) And
the weatherman says "Bright and Sunny all week, 20% chance of rain on
friday"... | 12 | trimmed_train |
9,582 |
PRC = People's Republic of China != Cambodia. Go play.
| 13 | trimmed_train |
1,490 | I just moved from Borland C++ 3.0 to Visual C++ today. When I tried
to compile my C++ program, it complained a function prototype problem.
It turned out that the typedef WORD in MS C++ is a BYTE, not unsigned int.
Could anyone shine some light on this subject ? Why a WORD is a BYTE ?
-Ming T. Lin
| 18 | trimmed_train |
8,065 | Hi!
Sorry, it's german, but I hope you understand it.
Uebertragung der Schaltplan-Daten (*.SCH) in die Board-Daten
(*.JOB):
PADS-LOGIC:
In/Out
Reports
Net List
Select PADS-PCB
Net List Output file name
-> filename angeben
PADS-PCB:
In/Out
Ascii In
Ascii input file name
-> filename angeben
Errors aoutput file name
-> filename angeben, nicht CR
Jetzt sind alle Bauteile auf einem Haufen und muessen mit Move
verteilt werden.
Viele Gruesse | 11 | trimmed_train |
4,287 |
A method which will directly (almost) provide you with the information that
you require is that which is commonly used for coordinate measurements of
human body landmarks (eg. the SELSPOT system by SELSPOT AB, Sweden, and the
WATSMART System ??). These use lateral photoeffect detectors [Lindholm and
Oberg, 1974; Woltring and Marsolais, 1980] to determine the position of a
spot of light projected (using a camera lens) over its surface. In escence,
the detector is a large photodiode with four cathodes (one on each of the
four sides of the square detector crystal) and a single anode (the back of
the crystal). A spot of light will produce currents which are proportional
to the position of the spot on the detector's face. Let's try some ASCII
graphics in 2-D (so the detector has two cathodes to detect linear position)
-------------------------> 1
| |
| | |\
----- cathode 1 | | \
XXXXX ________| + \
XXXXX| | \ -------
light >XXXXX| | \_____ divider __ output
XXXXX| | | / -------
XXXXX|-----| |-- | / |
XXXXX| + | | ________| - / 1 + 2
XXXXX| --- gnd | | /
XXXXX| \ / | |/
XXXXX| anode |
XXXXX |
----- cathode 2 |
| |
| |
--------------------------> 2
If the dot of light from the LED is the ONLY source of light, then the position
of the projection is given by this circuit regardless of the level of illumina-
tion (the divider is used to normalize relative to total received power). When
this circuit is used in the presence of other sources of light, then the way of
"tuning" to it is to sample for a few msec the background signal, light the LED
for an equal time and sample that signal separately. The difference between
the two is the position of the LED.
Hamamatsu photonics sells linear and 2-D lateral photoeffect detectors, and
they also sell the required signal processing electronics. The ready-made
systems by SELSPOT and others are NOT cheap ...
Lindholm, L.E., and K.E. Oberg, "An Optoelectronic Instrument for Remote
On-Line Movement Monitoring", Biotelemetry, 1, 94-95, 1974.
Woltring, H.J., and E.B. Marsolais, "Opto-Electronic (SELSPOT) Gait Measure-
ments in Two and Three Dimensional Space - A Preliminary Report", Bull. Pros-
thetics Research, 46-52, 1980.
Most probably this technique can provide you with a much more accurate
measurement than you need, but I think that its simplicity beats scanning
a quadrant detector with a pan/tilt system until you reach zero difference.
- David
| 11 | trimmed_train |
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