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4,390 | I have recently plunged into PC World. I have been using Amigas before.
Trying to establish a network (LAN) here that could use 2 different printers.
Panasonic KXP2124 for printing receipts and Okidata OL400 for letters etc.
Is it at all possible in this world ? I know when using Unix etc I can specify
which printer to print from. But I am not sure how PCs would handle that. If
they can't then I guess I'll leave PeeeCeees for good and move on to Unix.
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6,702 |
I have the same question as Guido. It is possible to use the ESDI drive as a master and the IDE drive as the slave ?
At the moment , I have been using the ESDI drive and recently I bought a IDE drive to use as the 2nd drive .
The person in the computer shop told me that it is not possible to run 2 disk controller cards together on the same motherboard ( ESDI AND IDE ) but I think there might be some way of making them work. Can anybody enlighten me on this?
And it is possible to run a ESDI HDD using a IDE controller? or vice versa?
Can anybody please help me out on this?
Your help will be very much appreciated.
G.Chow | 3 | trimmed_train |
3,924 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I first heard rumors of a similar government proposal (in Risks
Digest???) in 1987 or 1988. | 7 | trimmed_train |
2,645 |
These people were very silly. Any team that gets to the World Series
can win the World Series, and anybody who ever expects a sweep is
crazy. If you put the best team in baseball in the Series against
the worst team in baseball, the worst team would win at least a game
most of the time and very well could win the Series, though the odds
would certainly be against them. | 2 | trimmed_train |
6,414 | Hi,
I am looking for a round trip Madison/Chicago --> Milan (Italy)
air ticket. Anybody who has a transferable ticket but will
not use it please contact me at [email protected]. Open-jaw
ticket highly desired.
Thank you.
| 5 | trimmed_train |
10,186 |
There is a library of map projections in:
charon.er.usgs.gov
in | 1 | trimmed_train |
1,017 | Sayeth [email protected] (Steve Wyrick):
$Anybody keeping track of how many of these there are? So far I have
$Miata, Tredia, Previa, Sentra, Maxima, Altima, Camry, and Justy, not to
$mention Lexus, Acura and Infiniti!
You're apparently including names that are, or appear to be,
derivatives of real words in English or some other language (e.g.
Acura, Infiniti, Maxima, Altima), in which case you missed ones such
as Integra, Supra, Allante', Capri and Calibra. In Canada, add Serenia and
Precidia. If you count misspellings, add Protege and (in Canada)
Vigor. How about the forthcoming Mondeo, if it is given that name
in North America?
Others might include Celica, Corolla, Paseo, and Tercel. In Canada,
add Asu"na. | 4 | trimmed_train |
1,989 |
On Palm Sunday at our parish, we were "invited" to take the role of
Jesus in the Passion. I declined to participate. Last year at the
liturgy meeting I pointed out how we crucify Christ by our sins, so
therefore it is appropriate that we retain the role of the crowd, but
to no avail.
As a member of a liturgy committee, I can tell you that the problem
is certain people dominating, who want to try out all kinds of
innovations. The priests don't seem even to _want_ to make any
decisions of their own in many cases. I guess it's easier to "try
something new" than it is to refuse to allow it.
At our parish on Holy Thursday, instead of the priests washing feet
("Who wants to get around people's feet," according to one of our
priests) the congregation was "invited" to come up and help wash one
another's hands.
The symbolism of this action distressed me, and again I refused to
participate. I thought that if we were to have to come up with
rubrics for this liturgical action (i.e. "Body of Christ" -- "Amen"
for receiving Communion), that they could be "I am not responsible for
the blood of this man."
Also for part of the Eucharistic Prayer ("Blessed are You, God of
all creation...") was substituted some text read by a lay couple. The
priest certainly should not have given this part of the Mass over to
others, and I was so disturbed that I declined to receive Communion
that night (we aren't required to anyway -- I instead offered up
prayers for our priests and parish).
The quality of the Mass has not changed. Again, if it were to be
celebrated according to the rubrics set down by the Church, it would
still be "liturgically" beautiful. The problem comes about from
people trying to be "creative" who are not.
I think the answer to your question on participation could be that
given by Father Peter Stravinskas in answer to the question posed by
the title of Thomas Day's _Why Catholics Can't Sing_. "They don't
want to" because of all this nonsense.
By the way, for any non-Catholics reading this, the problem does
not reflect bad liturgy by the Catholic Church, but by those who are
disobedient to the Church in changing it on their own "authority." | 0 | trimmed_train |
1,282 | I'll tell youm all one thing. Steve howe and FARR are much better then the
worst pitcher in yankee Pitching ___________________
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3,900 |
Such as? Drunk drivers get back on the road in no time, to kill again. Seems
the driver's license process does not work for this.
Because you wanted one while you were underage.
Only on public roads.
Only if it is to be driven on public roads, other than between segments of my
property.
Only on public roads.
Perhaps, if it gave them permission to shoot in public roads and parks. :-)
Jim
--
[email protected] | 9 | trimmed_train |
1,115 | Also sprach [email protected] ...
Two things:
1. Didn't the trade deadline pass two weeks ago?
2. The FLYERS would never ever EVER give up Lindros, simple as that.
Go Flyers, Cup in '94...
Mike | 17 | trimmed_train |
6,817 | This is turning into 'what's a moonbase good for', and I ought
not to post when I've a hundred some odd posts to go, but I would
think that the real reason to have a moon base is economic.
Since someone with space industry will presumeably have a much
larger GNP than they would _without_ space industry, eventually,
they will simply be able to afford more stuff. | 10 | trimmed_train |
6,882 | ------ X-posted to comp.sys.mac.hardware and misc.consumers -------
You've heard about Apple's great new customer "support" program. Well,
think again. Sometimes the only real support out there is what Apple
computer users can give to each other. For another example, read on:
In the March 15th issue of _MacWeek_, Ric Ford described a two-year effort
by Liam Breck to document and bring to Apple's attention a problem with
certain defective mice. At random, the switches on these mice "stick" in
the down position until clicked a second time, apparently regardless of the
machine they are used with or the system software involved. Most of the
reported problem mice were manufactured in Malaysia and have an FCC ID of
BCGA65431. You'll recognize this "sticky button" symptom immediately if you
have such a mouse: the problem is intermittent, but it's not subtle.
Liam Breck recently gave up trying to document this problem, and instead
suggested that people contact Apple's Customer Assistance Center directly
(_MacWeek_ 4/5/93 p. 64). When I called Apple on March 23rd and described
my defective mouse, I was eventually given a case number (F83Y) and told
Apple would replace this mouse even though it is a few months out of
warranty. After waiting for three weeks, I called back today wondering
where my new mouse was. This time, I was told that Apple had decided the
serial number on my mouse (MB13831FC25) is not within the (undisclosed)
range Apple is willing to replace, and there is nothing I can do about it.
Nothing, that is, unless enough people complain about this problem to make
it worth Apple's while to fix or replace the entire lot of defective mice.
Please, if you have one of these mice, I NEED YOUR HELP! Don't assume you
know what causes the problem (there are _lots_ of theories) and start
hacking around inside your hundred-dollar mouse. Instead, let Apple do it.
Please take five minutes to CALL APPLE RIGHT NOW at:
United States 1-800-776-2333
Canada 800-665-2775
UK and Europe 33-1-49-01-49-01
Australia 61-2-452-8000
Japan and Pacific 81-3-5411-8500
If the number isn't toll-free, call collect. Describe the problem and ask
for a replacement mouse. Even if they refuse, insist that they register
the details of your case, including your mouse's serial number. Be firm.
Network managers and user-group leaders especially, please query your user
bases. Everyone ask your friends and colleagues. Please don't send mail to
me or post yet another "sticky-button" report, CALL APPLE DIRECTLY! If
enough victims take the trouble to report this well-known problem, Apple
will eventually be forced to respond. If Apple continues to find it easy
to stone-wall on this issue, don't expect them to offer support when the
next, potentially more serious Mac defect is uncovered. | 14 | trimmed_train |
1,536 | Atan):
Well, Napoleon. It is your kind of people who are preventing peace
on the world. First of all, you didn't answer the question I asked
at the end of my posting. And then you told me some bullshit
throughout your posting which had no positive point about the issue,
filled with hatred, and filled with emotions. Why am I doing this?
Forget it, I don't think you are worth it to discuss the issue.
--
Tankut Atan
[email protected] | 6 | trimmed_train |
6,163 | Nobody is saying that you shouldn't be allowed to use msg. Just
don't force it on others. If you have food that you want to
enhance with msg just put the MSG on the table like salt. It is
then the option of the eater to use it. If you make a commerical
product, just leave it out. You can include a packet (like some
salt packets) if you desire.
Salt, pepper, mustard, ketchup, pickles ..... are table options.
Treat MSG the same way. I wouldn't shove my condiments down your
throat, don't shove yours down mine.
WFL
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333 |
please e-mail me too,
thanks
...howard
[email protected]
--------------------------------------------------------------- | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,223 | The problems with Catholic liturgy are likely to continue for
some time. The problem is, in a nutshell, this: the Liturgy is a
symbolic action - in other words Catholics do [or should] believe that
the _signs_ during the mass - Water, Blessings, Vestments, Altar,
Relics, etc - are real. That is the sprinkling of water bestows real,
almost tangible, holiness, the Vestments are a real indication of real
sacred time. The point of a _symbol_ is that it is understood by all
to be connected to an underlying REAL referent. This kind of thinking
precludes analysis; holy water is not holy because of anything, it
simply IS holy.
But, modern westerners find it extremely difficult, especially if
well- educated, to think of the mass as a symbol. We are more likely
to see it as a _sign_, ie an action that represents grace, but which
could be replaced with other signs. In concrete terms, this means the
mass has become a commercial for God's grace rather than the real
thing. You can mess around with a commercial in a way you wouldn't
dare with the real thing [ask Coca-Cola Co.!]. These attitudes have
been encouraged by Liturgy workshops, etc. which instead of focusing
on _how_ to do do liturgy, have focused on how to create a meaning in
liturgy. You can only create signs, symbols have to come from God [or
the heart, or somewhere deeper than analysis. The most dramatic
example of this shift in understanding has been in the treatment of
the sacred species [the consecrated host and wine]. Now, with pita
bread etc, it is common to come away from the altar with hands covered
in particles. If the Host is a sign of Grace, this isnt and issue; but
Catholics in the past would have been distraught at this real
desacration of the real symbol of Jesus' body.
Modern Catholic liturgy is caught in this epistemological shift. We
try to perfrom the old rites, but then we have some liturgomaniac
priest get up and 'explain' what we are doing - so we stop doing it and
start pretending to do it. This is not a soul filling experience.
It doesn't help BTW that we have got stuck witha huge amount of two and
three chord ersatz-folk music [again a result of mis-analysis: complicated
tunes are in fact easier to remember than simple ones - this was the
genius of Wesley and the 19C Anglican hymn writers]. Taize' is only
slightly better.
What are we to do? Well I suggest rejecting the parish system if it
doesn't work for you. Search out a Church where the liturgy is well
prepared not well-explained. They exist in every city. This is not BTW
a matter of particular style: the music might be old or new. It is
the attitude of the church that counts. Also, note that a conservative
liturgy - harking back to pre-Vatican II days, does not necessarily mean
the Church will be socially conservative.
In NYC I can recommend:
Corpus Christi - W 12st St.
Corpus Christi - W 12st St. - very conservative liturgy,
St. Joseph's, Greenwich Village. - Modern, "clean", largely gay
Oratorian Church, Brooklyn - Very beautiful
Avoid, anywhere, anytime a church with electric candles.
Happy Easter: Christos Aneste', Christos Voskrezhne, Christ is Risen | 0 | trimmed_train |
1,454 |
The Chicago Tribune pitching form has Perez pitching today (4/16). But
given the way that Buck changes his rotation so often, that could just be
the work of a confused stat-page editor.
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6,164 |
RS Components (they exist in Australia and the UK. Don't know about the US) have
little chips called Isolated MAX 250 and 251. They give you isolated RS-232 from
a single 5V supply. External components are 4 caps, 4 optoisolators, a diode,
and an isloting transformer. They go up to 19.2K baud..
John West | 11 | trimmed_train |
1,103 |
These arethe numbers I have been stating in the past 5-10 messages. It
really angers me that you insisted you were right, and that you had
no clue what your own car weighed. Why didn't you check when I first
told you that your figures were implausible?
I'd like to hear a better explanatin of how you come to that
conclusion from the above data.
No, sorry your wrong again. *You* quoted the del Sol as doing 0-60 in
8.1 according to C+D. Interestingly, the Stealth ES, which is
*faster* than your RT does the samerun in 8.5 seconds according to
C+D. Kind of embarassing isn't it? Why didn't you check the figures
before posting? It only makes you look stupid when you are caught out
twice with *your own* figures.
You really should have checked.
*2*
If you insist, I gave you every chance to retract, but:
Dodge Stealth ES Auto does an 8.5/16.4 - Wonder why you couldn't find it?
Do you realize that a 9k Sentra (C+D) will run a 16.7, that a Sentra SE-R or Saturn
will run in the 15's? Don't you think it is kind of strange that your
222hp sports car is so easily beaten.
A Mustang 5.0, which weights about the same (according to *your* numbers),
has less power and is much quicker? Care to explain. Don't be abusive,
just try and come up with a rational explanation of where those 222hp
went to, its a mystery to me.
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1,735 |
Thank you very much. After reading the text some distinct questions
arised to me, which I guess will also be asked by other people. Perhaps
would it be interesting to find an answer to these questions ?
shorter or longer ?
First question: When will the LawEnforcmentField be transmitted, and how
does the remote Clipper Chip handle it? Is it transmitted periodically
in the stream of encrypted blocks, or just at the beginning ? Does the
phone at the other side discard those packets via a protocol whatsoever,
or tries it to turn them into voice-output ? (Which would not be disturbing)
Second question: Why!?!? Why is such a strange procedure used, and not
a real RNG ? This turns those S1,S2 in a kind of bottleneck for system-
security.
So no (technical) provision will be taken to place a 'timeout' on these
warrants? This would be a unique possibility to realize such a technical
restriction, by letting the escrow-agencies perform the decoding of the
session key. Just take modem-lines instead of secure fax. Is this such
a bad idea ?
Wow! (How does the randomizer work?) Are the SHA (and Key exchange) secret,
or publicly known ? Key-Exchange is DH, I guess ?
It seems that those who are opposed to this chip shall have a tough time,
your government realy means to act. :-(
Friendly greetings,
Germano Caronni
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10,779 |
But you haven't taken into the account of propoganda. Remember, if you
asked Germans before WWII if the Jews shoudl be slaughtered, they would
probably answer no, but, after the propoganda machine rolled through, at
least some were able to tolerate it.
You see, it only takes a small group of fanatics to whip up a general
frenzy.
Well, they haven't managed to outlaw abortion due to the possible objectivity
of the courts. But, they have managed to create quite a few problems for
people that wanted to have an abortion. They could create similar problems
for us. And, it could be worse. They can try to stop abortions by blocking
clinics, etc., but imagine what they'd have to do to stop atheism.
So, you are able to convince them individually, but could you convince a
whole room of them? A whole nation?
Yes, I'd be glad if it were gone to. I've never supported it. However,
I think that it is a minor problem that can be easily ignored, contrasted
with what *could* happen (an what may be likely).
Well, I am not clear on the religious convictions of Francis Scott Key (the
motto can be attributed to him), but it is at least clear that he believed
in a god. And, surely there are a few Christians that think as you say,
but I don't think that most do. Do you think that all Christians actively
despise other religions? Most that I have met haven't and don't do so.
Well, I have asked a Hindu, Moselem, and a few Jews, and all of them think
that it is applicable to them. Of course, I can't say that these people
(just some that I know pretty well) are accurate representations of their
faiths.
Well, I'd really like to, and I've tried, but I really don't know where to
get access to _Congressional Records_ from the 1950's. Can anyone help
out here?
Only in the sense that neither can probably convinced to change their beliefs.
So, are you saying that they redesign the plates each year?
Anyway, your whole argument (conveniently deleted I see) was that the motto
somehow costs us all a lot of money. This is just not correct.
That is to say, the religion of this country, and the non-religion of
the USSR. That was what most of those quotes were about, and some included
all atheists, in general, as well. I don't think that any of the quotes
(although I seem to have lost them) mentioned anything at all about Jesus.
They advocated religion over non-religion. A specific religion was not
mentioned.
So, you are saying that all Christians must believe that all other religions
should be outlawed, just because they think they are wrong? That's silly.
I think the Flat-Earthers are wrong, but I don't advocate their banishment.
I think that any such cost would be insignificant. I mentioned the slight
cost because you said that the motto was costing us a lot of money by
being on our currency.
Well, mottos in general don't really have purposes... I don't think it
should be removed because I think the benefit would be outweighed by the
consequences.
Then you should be concerned with the opinion of the entire congress.
Why not? It is the majority that put it there.
But do they remember the debate surrounding the motto? Do they remember
that some people intended it to be a message against atheists? Why don't
you include this in your little survey that you were conducting?
[...]
What? Should I ask some scientists the probability that something Einstein
said about relativity is worthy? I mean, if Einstein said it, there's a
good chance that it was right (at least at the time).
You need not agree with them all of the time, but you would certainly think
that their decisions would be good evidence in favor of some point.
No, I think that it would be clearly inappropriate for a Supreme Court
Justice to testify before Congress during the consideration of a
Constitutional Amendment.
And, in order for the Court to rule on something, a case usually must be
presented.
Yes, some mushrooms can be planted. And, I don't appreciate mushrooms on
my pizza, either.
Who was forced to put the motto there? What do you mean? | 8 | trimmed_train |
930 | I made a mistake on the posted article [been fighting food
poisoning for last 24 hours...]
The second paragraph should state the following...
"Doctors cleared Sandberg to swing a padded bat at a ball
on a tee and to catch a ball in his gloved hand."
Sorry for the error, didn't know it until after posting. | 2 | trimmed_train |
10,425 | Hi!
I need a Windows 3.1 driver for the Matrox PG-1281 CV
SVGA card.
At the moment Windows runs only in the 640x480 mode.
If you have a driver for this card, please send it
with the OEMSETUP.INF to
[email protected]
Thanks!
| 1 | trimmed_train |
4,360 | These packages all include complete printed manuals and
registration cards. I need to get rid of some excess.
They're the latest versions. I've priced these programs
at less than half the list price and significantly less
than the cheapest mail-order price around.
* OS/2 2.0, can run Windows, DOS, and OS/2 programs,
superior stability compared to Windows, list $169, sale
$60.
* NORTON COMMANDER FOR OS/2, provides better file
management than OS/2 does alone, graphical tree and file
list, drag and drop, launch apps from customizable menu,
list $149, sale $60.
If you're interested in any of these programs, please phone me at
215-885-7446 (Philadelphia) and I'll save the package for you. | 5 | trimmed_train |
8,142 |
>Very cost effective if you use the right accounting method :-)
Sherzer Methodology!!!!!!
Hell, yes. I'm not going to let a bunch of seven suits tell
me what the right way to estimate cost effectiveness is, at
least not until they can make their mind up long enough
to leave their scheme stable for a fiscal year or two.
Seriously though. If you were to ask the British government
whether their colonisation efforts in the Americas were cost
effective, what answer do you think you'd get? What if you asked
in 1765, 1815, 1865, 1915 and 1945 respectively? ;-) | 10 | trimmed_train |
5,611 |
What alternative would you suggest be taken to safeguard the
lives of Israeli citizens?
Adam
Adam Shostack [email protected] | 6 | trimmed_train |
9,140 | First let me correct myself in that it was Goerbels and
not Goering (Airforce) who ran the Nazi propaganda machine. I
agree that Arab news sources are also inherently biased. But I
believe the statement I was reacting to was that since the
american accounts of events are not fully like the Israeli
accounts, the Americans are biased. I just thought that the
Israelis had more motivation for bias.
The UN has tried many times to condemn Israel for its
gross violation of human rights. However the US has vetoed most
such attempts. It is interesting to note that the U.S. is often
the only country opposing such condemnation (well the U.S. and
Israel). It is also interesting to note that that means
other western countries realize these human rights violations.
So maybe there are human rights violations going on after all.
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10,410 | Has anybody the xswarm enhacemened to use it with more than one wasp?
Please E-Mail me, because I don't read this group any longer.
Thanks in advance,
Klaus. | 16 | trimmed_train |
4,978 | Alexis Perry asked if low blood potassium could be dangerous. Yes.
ZZ
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11,266 |
Saku isn't that small any longer I guess I heard he is 177cm tall at the
moment and will still grow 6-8cm. | 17 | trimmed_train |
9,946 | 9 | trimmed_train |
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5,758 |
Actually, fired-coach George Kingston was a third of the GM
triumvirate. Now that the trio is now duo (Dean Lombardi and Chuck
Grillo), the Sharks are already on their 3rd "office of the GM". And a
4th is likely to happen before September; they'll either add the new
coach to the OofGM, or name a single GM. So your wager should be
amended to read that Sharks are likely to have their 5th GM before the
Panther's get their 2nd. Can't wait to see how the next season's NHL
Guide and Record Book lists the GM history of the Sharks.
Given the depth of next year's draft, the expansion draft rules, and
the reputation of their GMs, Anaheim and Miami look pretty good as the
first 90s expansion teams to win a Cup. San Jose and Ottawa have
instability at the GM position, something that Philly, NYI, Edmonton,
and Calgary did not have when they won their first Cups. Pittsburgh
did, but they needed a quarter century. | 17 | trimmed_train |
188 |
Even easier, my area supports 311. Dial this and a recording recites your number.
Phone techs use it to verify an installed line.
---
Gary Gendel
Vice President: Current consulting assignment:
Genashor Corp Mentor Graphics Corporation
9 Piney Woods Drive 15 Independence Boulevard
Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Warren, NJ 07059 | 11 | trimmed_train |
2,520 |
In my case it goes down after the first four, because the fifth one usually
makes me throw up the last two.
Needless to say, I don't drink very much anymore, as the last time that
happened was in the second year of my undergrad. I was a silly .edu breath,
and pretty bad breath at that. | 12 | trimmed_train |
6,514 | Hello,
I am looking for carbon-doped rubber. Or an highly elastic material that changes its resistivity, or some
other electrical property when streched.
If you could email me any info you may have on material names or companies that make the stuff
it would be highly appreaciated. | 11 | trimmed_train |
2,848 | Hi,
I have a piece of X code that compiles fine on pmax-ul4, pmax_mach, as
well as sun4_mach, but whenever it compiles on sun4_411, it gives me
undefined ld errors:
_sin
_cos
_pow
_floor
_get_wmShellWidgetClass
_get_applicationShellWidgetClass
The following libraries that I linked it to are:
-lXaw -lXmu -lXt -lXext -lX11
The makefile is generated off an imake template.
Can anyone give me pointers as to what I'm missing out to compile on
a sun4_411? | 16 | trimmed_train |
5,818 | }
}> Drugs are banned, please tell me when this supply will dry up?
}
}Drugs are easier to manufacture, easier to smuggle, easier to hide.
}
}No comparison.
You, sir, are an ignorant fool who knows nothing about either the drug
business or the gun business.
Tim Starr - Renaissance Now!
Assistant Editor: Freedom Network News, the newsletter of ISIL,
The International Society for Individual Liberty,
1800 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 864-0952; FAX: (415) 864-7506; [email protected] | 9 | trimmed_train |
10,235 | :
: While you brought up the separate question of Israel's unjustified
: policies and practices, I am still unclear about your reaction to
: the practices and polocies reflected in the article above.
:
: Tim
Not a separate question Mr. Clock. It is deceiving to judge the
resistance movement out of the context of the occupation. | 6 | trimmed_train |
4,662 |
Any suggestions as to what a better solution might be? I realize the
off-hand nature of the numbers I used. And I can't answer as to what
an acceptable loss rate is. However, as I said in another post, I
despise the idea of supporting criminals for life. It's the economics
of the situation that concern me most. The money spent feeding, clothing,
housing and taking care of people who have demonstrated that they are
unfit to live in society could go to a number of places, all of which
I, and probably others, would consider far more worthwhile and which
would enrish the lives of all Americans. Give people jobs, give the
homeless shelter. Any number of things.
Clyde
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8,715 | I just read an article on the SWII. One thing puzzles me: the article says the
SWII is a serial-only device. Does that mean I'll have to unplug my modem each
time I want to print something???
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3,980 | Has anyone heard of or Played Buzz Aldrin's Race into Space?
Does anyone know when it is expected to be released...? | 10 | trimmed_train |
6,548 |
Confident, or merely crazed? That desert sun :-)
Gee, I thought the X-15 was Cable controlled. Didn't one of them have a
total electrical failure in flight? Was there machanical backup systems?
What do you mean? Overstress the wings, and they fail at teh joints?
You'll have to enlighten us in the hinterlands.
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3,028 |
are you sure 45g is the right number? as far as i know, pilots are
blackout in dives that exceed 8g - 9g. 45g seems to be out of human
tolerance. would anybody clarify this please.
lan
| 10 | trimmed_train |
596 | I want to get a car alarm and I am thinking about getting an Ungo Box.
Does anyone out there have any knowledge or experience with any of
these alarms? How about price ranges for the different models?
Are these good car alarms? Please email me any responces.
[email protected] | 4 | trimmed_train |
868 | We are trying to install a donated hard disk (Miniscribe
vintage 1988) on a supercheap ancient Compaq XT for
use in education. The only problem is that the
supercheap Compaq didn't come with the manual and I
haven't been able to figure out how to start the SETUP
program.
I began using PCs after 286s were invented, so I have
a couple of basic questions:
1. Did XT-class computers even *have* SETUP programs?
2. If they did (or, do), how do I access it?
If anybody has any good advice on how to proceed or
what to do next or what to look out for, please let me
know. E-mail is best, but I'll also be watching the
newsgroup postings.
Thanks in advance,
-Robert
-- | 3 | trimmed_train |
9,856 |
Yes, I do.
My argument is that the sole purpose of the death penalty is to
kill people. That is it's primary (and I would argue only)
purpose. To continue to kill people by a practice that has
almost no utility, especially when you know you will be killing
innocents, is unconscionable.
At the very least, the existence of the prison system and our
transportation system are based on their merits to society, not
their detriments. We are willing to accept a few lost innocent
lives because there is an overwhelming benefit to the continued
existence of these systems. One has to stretch the evidence and
the arguments to make the same claim for capital punishment.
Just in case I wasn't clear again: We maintain a capital
punsihment system that kills innocent people and provides us with
no net positive gain. Why?
Were you to pin me in a corner and ask, I would have to respond
that I don't belief the state should have the right to take life
at all. But I won't open that debate, as it seems others are
tiring of this thread on a.a anyway.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Bob Beauchaine [email protected]
They said that Queens could stay, they blew the Bronx away,
and sank Manhattan out at sea. | 8 | trimmed_train |
7,943 |
Doesn't this just mean that the government might not approve
something for use by other government agencies. This does not
sound to me to be any form of threat that Joe User can't develop
and use his own encryption algorithm.
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8,562 |
Both protests would be denied, of course. The umpire's judgement
determines the garbage thing, although I think the game should be
called (but that's my personal opinion...doesn't matter). There
is time only when the ump says, so the second argument is baseless.
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572 |
As a former Catholic and now as a very active Lutheran - it is some of the
"innovations" of the Mass which made me leave the Catholic Church and return
to the more traditional Catholic Chuch - the Lutherans.
I spent many years as a Lector reading the Passion parts as appropriate in
the Catholic Church and I found it very meaningful. Our Lutheran parish just
instituted the "Tenebrae" service for Good Friday and I was the lector for
a paraphrased Passion which was exceptional. I heard and learned things
that I have previously overlooked in the Gospels - yet those "facts" were
always there. As a matter of interest, the pastor and I were talking about
the differences between the RC and Lutheran Church during Holy Week over
breakfast Easter Sunday.
My wife is the member of the liturgy committee in the family (called music
and worship at our church). Our pastor does have control of this committee
but listens very carefully to the committee's suggestions. It needs a strong
hand to lead and guide, to keep the intent and the message clear and strong
as it should be through Lent and the rest of the liturgical year. Additional
reason for my leaving the Catholic faith - lack of any selfless spiritual
guidance by priests in my parishes. AKA "wishy-washy".
As you may gather from my comments, I feel that it is very important, ir-
regardless of denominational guidelines, to have a service/Mass which promotes
the true reason that we are gathered there. I am quite comfortable in a
traditional Mass, with receiving Holy Communion on the tongue, the Sacrament
of PENANCE (not Reconciliation), Stations of the Cross, so on and so forth.
The reason other types of Masses and parishes exist is because these feelings
are not shared by everyone.
I want more people to attend church and to find the Lord, but I don't want
them attending a show. It's not. My church works hard to have a meaningful
service during Lent on Wednesdays, but follow traditional Lutheran Book of
Worship guidelines. Where things are changed or omitted during Lent (such
as the Hymn of Praise) it is noted so that we are aware of the reasons that it
is Not there.
Quite frankly, it is very hard for a non-Catholic to go to a Mass and "fit in".
My dear wife never could (former Methodist). And Holy Week Masses and Vigils
would intimidate the daylights out of a non-Catholic. Those Catholics who
have beared with me this far understand what I mean.
Please keep in mind why we are there - to gather together in worship. Not
to worry about how something is done or not done. If there is something
wrong that you feel needs addressing, by all means talk to your priest or
pastor. I have only ever met one who wouldn't listen. They are there to
provide spiritual guidance and to help. Use them. My differences with
the Catholic Church are much more fundamental - but my decision to change
faiths was done with prayer, intervention, and sessions with priests and
ministers.
In Christ,
Kershner
--
Kershner Wyatt
[email protected] | 0 | trimmed_train |
8,513 | Hey now. First of all, sorry to post this DOS question in a WINDOWS
group, but I'm in kinda a hurry, so I can't scramble to find the dos
groups' names.
Anyway, anyone know where I ccan find the exit codes to DOS commands?
the manual doesn't seem to have all of them. I'm particularly looking
for COPY, in order to make a "move" batch file, such that if the file
wasn't coppied properly, it won't be deleted.
please e'mail [email protected]
Thanks, I.A,
Mickey | 18 | trimmed_train |
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1,769 | The difficulties of a high Isp OTV include:
Long transfer times (radiation damage from VanAllen belts for both
the spacecraft and OTV
Arcjets or Xenon thrusters require huge amounts of power so you have
to have either nuclear power source (messy, dangerous and source of
radiation damage) or BIG solar arrays (sensitive to radiation, or heavy)
that make attitude control and docking a big pain.
If you go solar, you have to replace the arrays every trip, with
current technology. Nuclear power sources are strongly restricted
by international treaty.
Refueling (even for very high Isp like xenon) is still required and]
turn out to be a pain.
You either have to develop autonomous rendezvous or long range teleoperation
to do docking or ( and refueling) .
You still can't do much plane change because the deltaV required is so high!
The Air Force continues to look at doing things this way though. I suppose
they are biding their time till the technology becomes available and
the problems get solved. Not impossible in principle, but hard to
do and marginally cheaper than one shot rockets, at least today.
Just a few random thoughts on high Isp OTV's. I designed one once... | 10 | trimmed_train |
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10,209 |
Bad driving habits can damage a car in a couple of months, not 6 years.
If that were not the case, everyone would be driving fleet rental re-solds...
And while you are considering things (factors in stat terms), how about
city vs. highway driving ratios, owner vs. dealer service, extreme weather
or environment, adherence (sp?) to maintenance schedules, whether the car
has ever been in an accident, number of different drivers of the same car
in a family, whether the car is garaged, warmed up, ...
Spiros | 4 | trimmed_train |
9,142 | A while back I asked for help in defending a traffic ticket I received.
In short:
The ticket was for not stopping at a stop sign. Given the conditions
I could not stop in time and decided instead of sliding right through the
intersection, I would complete my right-turn and avoid a possible accident.
A police cruiser happened to be approaching the intersection from my left
and gave me the ticket.
The officer said "The only reason that you even slowed down in the first
place was that you saw me approaching, otherwise you would have bombed right
through"
I would like to thank all those who responded favorably to my request for
help. To all of those who told me to bite the bullet and pay the fine:
PHGHGHGHGH..
The judge sided with me and decided that in this case "Not stopping" was the
safest thing to do and found me NOT GUILTY.
The officer's statement and my account of the conditions at the time (very
slippery, backed by newpaper weather conditions) were the factors what made
the judge decide on his verdict.
Moral: If you have never been to court before and you think you have a case,
go for it. It is a very interesting process, and it is there for
your benefit. Exercise your rights.
Trev | 4 | trimmed_train |
10,058 | I'm looking for a decent Windows news reader. I've given up on winvn 0.76
since it doesn't work very well with the winsock.dll of the IBM TCP/IP for
DOS 2.1.
What the status of Trumpet for Windows? Will it use the Windows sockets ?
I liked it in DOS but had to abandon it since I started using NDIS to access
our token ring (results in invalid class error :(
Bye! | 18 | trimmed_train |
9,764 | I missed the first part of this thread; are you switching line level or
speaker level audio?
If line level, there's a single chip 4x1 *stereo* audio switch available
that switches 4 two-channel inputs into 1 two-channel output, and also
has a mute function, all controllable with ttl inputs. LM1037, I think?
If speaker level, never mind. :( | 11 | trimmed_train |
9,365 | The following document summarizes the Clipper Chip, how it is used,
how programming of the chip is coupled to key generation and the
escrow process, and how law enforcement decrypts communications.
Since there has been some speculation on this news group about my
own involvement in this project, I'd like to add that I was not in
any way involved. I found out about it when the FBI briefed me on
Thursday evening, April 15. Since then I have spent considerable
time talking with the NSA and FBI to learn more about this, and I
attended the NIST briefing at the Department of Commerce on April 16.
The document below is the result of that effort.
Dorothy Denning
---------------
THE CLIPPER CHIP: A TECHNICAL SUMMARY
Dorothy Denning
April 19, 1993
INTRODUCTION
On April 16, the President announced a new initiative that will bring
together the Federal Government and industry in a voluntary program
to provide secure communications while meeting the legitimate needs of
law enforcement. At the heart of the plan is a new tamper-proof encryption
chip called the "Clipper Chip" together with a split-key approach to
escrowing keys. Two escrow agencies are used, and the key parts from
both are needed to reconstruct a key.
CHIP STRUCTURE
The Clipper Chip contains a classified 64-bit block encryption
algorithm called "Skipjack." The algorithm uses 80 bit keys (compared
with 56 for the DES) and has 32 rounds of scrambling (compared with 16
for the DES). It supports all 4 DES modes of operation. Throughput is
16 Mbits a second.
Each chip includes the following components:
the Skipjack encryption algorithm
F, an 80-bit family key that is common to all chips
N, a 30-bit serial number
U, an 80-bit secret key that unlocks all messages encrypted with the chip
ENCRYPTING WITH THE CHIP
To see how the chip is used, imagine that it is embedded in the AT&T
telephone security device (as it will be). Suppose I call someone and
we both have such a device. After pushing a button to start a secure
conversation, my security device will negotiate a session key K with
the device at the other end (in general, any method of key exchange can
be used). The key K and message stream M (i.e., digitized voice) are then
fed into the Clipper Chip to produce two values:
E[M; K], the encrypted message stream, and
E[E[K; U] + N; F], a law enforcement block.
The law enforcement block thus contains the session key K encrypted
under the unit key U concatenated with the serial number N, all
encrypted under the family key F.
CHIP PROGRAMMING AND ESCROW
All Clipper Chips are programmed inside a SCIF (secure computer
information facility), which is essentially a vault. The SCIF contains
a laptop computer and equipment to program the chips. About 300 chips
are programmed during a single session. The SCIF is located at
Mikotronx.
At the beginning of a session, a trusted agent from each of the two key
escrow agencies enters the vault. Agent 1 enters an 80-bit value S1
into the laptop and agent 2 enters an 80-bit value S2. These values
serve as seeds to generate keys for a sequence of serial numbers.
To generate the unit key for a serial number N, the 30-bit value N is
first padded with a fixed 34-bit block to produce a 64-bit block N1.
S1 and S2 are then used as keys to triple-encrypt N1, producing a
64-bit block R1:
R1 = E[D[E[N1; S1]; S2]; S1] .
Similarly, N is padded with two other 34-bit blocks to produce N2 and
N3, and two additional 64-bit blocks R2 and R3 are computed:
R2 = E[D[E[N2; S1]; S2]; S1]
R3 = E[D[E[N3; S1]; S2]; S1] .
R1, R2, and R3 are then concatenated together, giving 192 bits. The
first 80 bits are assigned to U1 and the second 80 bits to U2. The
rest are discarded. The unit key U is the XOR of U1 and U2. U1 and U2
are the key parts that are separately escrowed with the two escrow
agencies.
As a sequence of values for U1, U2, and U are generated, they are
written onto three separate floppy disks. The first disk contains a
file for each serial number that contains the corresponding key part
U1. The second disk is similar but contains the U2 values. The third
disk contains the unit keys U. Agent 1 takes the first disk and agent
2 takes the second disk. The third disk is used to program the chips.
After the chips are programmed, all information is discarded from the
vault and the agents leave. The laptop may be destroyed for additional
assurance that no information is left behind.
The protocol may be changed slightly so that four people are in the
room instead of two. The first two would provide the seeds S1 and S2,
and the second two (the escrow agents) would take the disks back to
the escrow agencies.
The escrow agencies have as yet to be determined, but they will not
be the NSA, CIA, FBI, or any other law enforcement agency. One or
both may be independent from the government.
LAW ENFORCEMENT USE
When law enforcement has been authorized to tap an encrypted line, they
will first take the warrant to the service provider in order to get
access to the communications line. Let us assume that the tap is in
place and that they have determined that the line is encrypted with
Clipper. They will first decrypt the law enforcement block with the
family key F. This gives them E[K; U] + N. They will then take a
warrant identifying the chip serial number N to each of the key escrow
agents and get back U1 and U2. U1 and U2 are XORed together to produce
the unit key U, and E[K; U] is decrypted to get the session key K.
Finally the message stream is decrypted. All this will be accomplished
through a special black box decoder operated by the FBI.
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973 |
I really don't know where to post this question so I figured that
this board would be most appropriate.
I was wondering about those massive concrete cylinders that
are ever present at nuclear poer sites. They look like cylinders
that have been pinched in the middle. Does anybody know what the
actual purpose of those things are?. I hear that they're called
'Cooling Towers' but what the heck do they cool?
I hope someone can help
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6,873 |
This thread seems to be arguing the validity of a religious viewpoint
according to some utilitarian principle, i.e. atheism/religion is
wrong because it causes death. The underlying `moral' is that death
is `wrong'. This is a rather arbitrary measure of validity.
Get some epistemology. | 8 | trimmed_train |
5,682 |
The Dividians didn't have that option after the FBI cut off their
electricity.
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1,057 | *.ini
under Windows.
meny PC`s.
If you are managing PC's on a Novell network, get the network management
tools provided by either Sabre Software or Automated Design Systems.
Among the many features, you'll find utilities that can help you to
manage .INI files stored on users' workstations or home directories.
This is commercial software and well worth the money. To date, I have
not found ANYTHING available via FTP that could compare. Reply to the
address in my .SIG for more info. | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,215 | :
: >Similarly, people usually use dB for dBm. Another common mistake is spelling
: >``db'' instead of ``dB'' as you did in your article. See the ``B'' is for
: >``Bell'' company, the mother of AT&T and should be capitalized.
:
: Thus, a deciBell (deci-, l., tenth of + Bell) is a fractional part of the
: original Bell. For example, SouthWestern Bell is a deciBell.
Out of what hat did you pull this one? dB is a ratio not an RBOC!
: And the measure of current, Amp, is actually named after both the AMP company
: and the Amphenol company. Both companies revolutionized electronics by
: simulatenously realizing that the performance of connectors and sockets
: were affected by the amount of current running through the wires.
Sorry. The unit for current is the AMPERE which is the name of a french-man
named AMPERE who studied electrical current. The term AMP is just an abbreviation
of it. The company AMP came after the AMPERE unit was already in use.
: The Ohmite company was the first to characterize resistances by numbers, thus
: our use of the Ohms...
I don't know about this one, but it doesn't sound right.
:
: Alexander Graham Bell, actually, is where Bell came from...
Well you got one thing right!
:
:
:
: Actually, Bel refers
:
: > With highest regards,
: > Babak Sehari.
:
: >--
: --
: Joseph Chiu | [email protected] "OS/2: You gotta get this thing!"
: MSC 380 - Caltech |
: Pasadena, CA 91126 | OS/2: The operating system of tomorrow, today.
: +1 818 449 5457 | | 11 | trimmed_train |
152 |
It was shafting on the part of the Arab land owners for doing it
without notifying their tenant farmers and for not being responsible
enough to make provisions for them, but rather just leaving
them to their fate.
The point is that the land was sold legally, often at prices
above its actual value. It was legal, and good business for
the sellers, though it left the Palestinians who worked the land
in a poor situation.
I don't know if others share this opinion. It is mine,
and I'm sure there are some who agree and some who don't
The way I see it, the fallahin were caught in circumstances
beyond their control, in that since they didn't own the land,
they didn't have a say. Of course, now for the sake of the "greater
Arab unity" the Arabs are angry that the land was sold to the Jews
(an act that is illegal in Jordan), but when it happened, it was just
business.
The purpose of buying the land was to provide space and jobs for
Jewish immigrants. In any case, no matter what the purpose,
the sales were legal, so I really don't see any grounds for
contesting them. | 6 | trimmed_train |
3,089 | I experienced a sudden numbness in my left arm this morning. Just after
I completed my 4th set of deep squats. Today was my weight training
day and I was just beginning my routine. All of a sudden at the end of
the 4th set my arm felt like it had gone to sleep. It was cold, turned pale,
and lost 60% of its strength. The weight I used for squats wasn't that
heavy, I was working hard but not at 100% effort. I waited for a few
minutes, trying to shake the arm back to life and then continued with
chest exercises (flyes) with lighter dumbells than I normally use. But
I dropped the left dumbell during the first set, and experienced continued
arm weakness into the second. So I quit training and decided not to do my
usual hour on the ski machine either. I'll take it easy for the rest of
the day.
My arm is *still* somewhat numb and significantly weaker than normal --
my hand still tingles a bit down to the thumb. Color has returned to normal
and it is no longer cold.
Horrid thoughts of chunks of plaque blocking a major artery course through
my brain. I'm 34, vegetarian, and pretty fit from my daily exercise
regimen. So that can't be it. Could a pinched nerve from the bar
cause these symptoms (I hope)?
Has this happened to anyone else?
Nothing like this has ever happened to me before. Does it come with age?
Thanks,
Tom | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,934 | Two developments have brought these type of activities back to
the forefront in 1993. First, in February, the Russians deployed a
20-m reflector from a Progress vehicle after it had departed from
the Mir Space Station. While this "Banner" reflector was blank,
NPO Energia was very active in reporting that future Banner
reflectors will be available to advertisers, who could use a space-
based video of their logo or ad printed on the Banner in a TV
commercial, as filmed from the Mir.
The second development, has been that Space Marketing Inc, the
same company responsible for merchandising space on the Conestoga
booster and COMET spacecraft, is now pushing the "Environmental
Billboard". As laid out by SMI Chief Engineer Dr Ron Humble of the
University of Colorado Space Laboratory and Preston Carter of the
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, the "Environmental
Billboard" is a large inflatable outer support structure of up to
804x1609 meters. Advertising is carried by a mylar reflective area,
deployed by the inflatable 'frame'.
To help sell the concept, the spacecraft responsible for
maintaining the billboard on orbit will carry "ozone reading
sensors" to "continuously monitor the condition of the Earth's
delicate protective ozone layer," according to Mike Lawson, head of
SMI. Furthermore, the inflatable billboard has reached its minimum
exposure of 30 days it will be released to re-enter the Earth's
atmosphere. According to IMI, "as the biodegradable material burns,
it will release ozone-building components that will literally
replenish the ozone layer." The remaining spacecraft will monitor
the atmosphere for another year before it, too, re-enters and burns
up and "adds to the ozone supply."
This would not be a cheap advertisement, costing at least several
millions of dollars (exact costs were not available). But SMI
estimates that market exposure would be 3-5X that of the people who
watched the SuperBowl, where a 30-second advertising 'unit' cost
$600,000. Since SMI is located in Atlanta, Georgia, it is being
promoted as being available in time for the opening of the 1996
Summer Olympics in Atlanta.
But back to Brian's questions:
See above. As for serious -- if they can get $15-20 M or so (my
estimate of $5-10 for development costs and a flight unit, plus
$10-15 M for a launch), then it's probably real. They are claiming to
tailor the orbit to overfly specific locations at specific times for
optimum advertising impact so they probably can't piggy back upon
someone else's planned launch and will have to buy a dedicated
launch. That's a $10-15 M cost they need to raise, right there.
And there will probably be some legal challenges to this as
well. Note there is one potential legal challenge to SMI on the use
of launch vehicle advertising already. While I don't think the
legal challenges would win out (and yes, I am an amateur astronomer,
and no, I don't really like the idea of this additional light
pollution, but I know of no prohibition of it...), the legal
challenges and court fights would probably remove any positive
aspects of the advertising. I can imagine several ways to make the
advertisers look like louts for doing this -- which would change
positive market exposure to negative market exposure, and negate the
space advertising advantage. (Would you spend $15 M to look like an
idiot?)
(And light pollution might not be too bad -- if it's in a low
enough orbit, and it relies upon reflected light only, it would
only be visible for a short time just after local dusk and before
dawn. For maximum market exposure, you want to have it visible just
after dusk --minimizing impact on astronomy, since that's the time
of worse seeing due to day/night thermal turbulence. It might still
be a problem, but perhaps there are ways to mitigate this...)
As for having real funding -- none that I can identify. There
were about 60 expressions of interest made on the Conestoga
advertising opportunity, but that included curious folks and was for
only a $500,000 commitment. I haven't heard of any serious funding
for this, but I'm sure they are shopping the venture around looking
for some money in order to flesh out the concept some more. But I
am confident there are no firm or paying customers at this time.
And if anybody wants to cross-post this to sci.astro, please be
my guest. I don't have posting privileges to that area (or at least
I don't THINK I do...).
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Wales Larrison Space Technology Investor | 10 | trimmed_train |
9,744 |
While I do not speak for Peter Tattam, I am fairly sure he is planning a
Winsock compliant version. While this will definitely not make the initial
public release of WinTrumpet, it will follow on shortly thereafter.
Currently WinTrumpet is in very late beta. It looks like an excellent
product, with several features beyond the DOS version.
WinTrumpet supports the Trumpet TCP, Novell LWP, and there is also a direct to
packet driver version that some people are using with the dis_pkt shim.
Ashok
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4,797 | A relative of mine was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. I would like
to know the best source of survival statistics for this disease when
discovered at its various stages.
I would prefer to be directed to a recent source of this data, rather than
receive the data itself. | 19 | trimmed_train |
6,384 | #
# I remember seeing something in the X distribution mentioning support
# for a Tektronix terminal in an X server. Is this accurate?
#
Xterm supports 401x emulation.
Patrick L. Mahan
--- TGV Window Washer ------------------------------- [email protected] --------- | 16 | trimmed_train |
6,027 |
Two thoughts.
- I think that psychologically it will be easier for the next
generation to accept genetic manipulation. It seems that people frown
upon 'messing with Nature', ignoring our eons-old practice of doing just that.
Any new human intervention is 'arrogance and hubris' and manipulation
we routinely do is 'natural' and certainly 'not a big deal'.
- Most interesting human traits will probably be massively
polygenetic and be full of trade-offs. In addition, without a positive
social environment for the cultivation of genetic gifts, having them won't
be the advantage it's made out to be. Some people will certainly pursue it
as if it is the Grail, but we know how most of those quests turn out. | 19 | trimmed_train |
2,737 |
Well, you might try the A.R.R.L.'s license study guides. For example, my
Advanced Class study guide has lots and lots of good RF and electronics
theory in it. I would imagine the other books are good too.
Tony
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1,504 | : You should be ashamed to call yourself an Ulf Samuelson fan. Anybody who plays
: the way he does, does not belong in the NHL. There have been cheap shot artists
: through the history of the game, but a lot of them have been talanted players.
: Bobby Clarke, Kenny Linsemen, Pie McKenzie, Chris Chelios etc.. but nobody has been
: out right as dirty a cheapshot coward as Ulf. Violence in hockey has got to be curbed
: and players like (Should have been a Women) Samuelson don't belong. When players
: like Ulf, who's main purpose is to injure the better players in the league is allowed
: to continue, and the league won't stop it, the players should. A Christian Pro 1000
: aluminum stick directed at his ugly head should do the trick nicely. If the Bruins get
: a chance to meet Pittsburgh in the near future, you can bet Neely will have his day.
: The sight of watching Ulf turtle up like the coward he is, is worth almost as much as a
: Stanely Cup. This wimp of a player almost ruined the career of one the best right wingers
: in the game. If you are to remove Ulf Samuelson from the lineup, the Penguins would not
: even notice he's gone. He's an eyesore on the game of hockey.
: Rich
Thank you for your extremely lucid and well thought out observation.
Now when you get back on your medication, please let us know how you
are feeling.
Thank you, | 17 | trimmed_train |
670 |
I'm afraid that I've lost the thread here. I didn't suggest that all
government regulations be subject to referenda. So I don't follow the
comments above.
I mean that an ideology that treats all government regulation as equally
undesirable and seeks to abolish all regulations is unlikely to draw
support among more than a miniscule portion of the electorate.
Furthermore, I am suggesting that such a plan is not feasible in an
industrial society because the weight of litigation and/or misery it
would produce would effectively crush productive effort.
No, I'm not surprised. I just think it's interesting that on one hand
libertarians assume a limited government can be decreed, yet on the other
posit an entire government made up of people who carry guns. (I realize
that many libertarians assume that such a government will be
counterbalanced by a fully armed citizenry, but it is worth noting that
widespread civilian ownership of guns does not necessarily prevent the
establishment of totalitarian government, e.g. Iraq.)
Yup, sure do. But since I also support the constitutional requirement
that the government provide for the general welfare (Article I section 8),
I'm willing to justify such programs on that basis.
Well, in the first place, I don't support a "socialized economic system."
I think within limits that capitalism is a fine idea. But it is not
the case that "any third party...is...as likely to be ignorant or corrupt
as the buyer or seller." There are multitudes of examples where such a
statement is demonstrably false. Regulation of stock market transactions
that provide a reasonable basis for buyers to avoid fraud is only one
example.
jsh
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8,046 | From time to time I have made reference to a book called "The Two Babylons"
which is a book written by Alexander Hislop (mid 1800's) about the Babylonian
mystery religion and its flight through history. I was unable to put it down
the first time I read it, but others have found it dry. It has numberable
references and illustrations. If you are interested in purchasing your own
copy, you can call Moody Book Store @ (312)329-4352 and order it for $16.99 and
they will ship it to you.
It is a good book just to get the reference titles for your own digs into the
mystery religions. I have found it invaluable for that purpose alone. But for
those who only want to skim the subject, it comes highly recommended.
Just a note to my RC brothers and sisters. You may find this to be a
diatribe or you may find it to be a test to the origin and true nature of the
origin of RCism. If you are offended by anything that asks hard questions
about your denomination (as to whether or not it is "Christian") then perhaps
you should just passover this offer. To those who are a little more
adventurous, go for it and later, please contact me with you reasons pro or con
on the scholorship of this book. I really would be interested. | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,488 |
I'll third the opinion about this outfit/franchise. Now, when I
buy over the net and pick up the shipping costs, I'll specify that I
only pick up the normal UPS charges (as if delivered directly to
UPS), as I've been burned by $10 shipping charges for a $2.49 pkg.
I will never use a mailing service unless I don't have the
right box and the buyer needs whatever IMMEDIATELY. I'll also
tell the person, if they agreed to pick up shipping, what is going on.
Other things to watch out for/consider:
The rates are $5 to $30 higher than UPS direct.
For a non-UPS (truck) package, they quoted a rate
of $85. Fed Ex economy air was only $85 for the
same weight! RPS (a trucking package company, in many
cities) only wanted $18. Guess who got it. The Mailbox
operator told me I was not telling the truth about
competitors' rates, said RPS was unreliable (I've used them
before with NO problems), etc. Right.
A COD check goes to the mailing service. Our local
Mailbox then takes its sweet time mailing me the
remade check. All this for an additional $3.00 over the
UPS COD charge. What a deal.... :-)
For packages over $100, they charge you about double over
what UPS charges them for insurance. I've never had
a claim, but other netters (is Ralph Seguin out there?)
have told horror stories about them...
All package traces have to be done through Mailbox by
Mailbox.
Our local Mailbox operator told me I was lying when I
asked him why their rates were stratospheric compared
to direct UPS. Does he ever check? Probably not...
Their UPS ground rates come close to Fed Ex's economy
air rate, and Fed Ex will pick up!
UPS will pick up for a $5 charge in most areas!
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******* Everywhere You Look (at least around my office) ******* | 5 | trimmed_train |
10,572 |
: I love the idea of an inflatable 1-mile long sign.... It will be a
: really neat thing to see it explode when a bolt (or even better, a
: Westford Needle!) comes crashing into it at 10 clicks a sec.
: <BOOM!> Whooooooooshhhhhh...... <sputter, sputter>
: <okay, PRETEND it would make a sound!>
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Just a thought... (let's pretend it IS INFLATED and PRESSURIZED) wouldn't
there be a large static electricity build up around the puncture?
If the metalization is behind a clear sandwich (ie. insulated) then the
deflating balloon would generate electrical interference - "noise"
By the way, any serious high velocity impact would simply cut a "Bugs
Bunny" hole through the wall, highly unlikely to "BOOM", and the fabric
would almost certainly be ripstop.
| 10 | trimmed_train |
7,101 | 09 Apr 93, Jill Anne Daley writes to All:
JAD> What exactly is a definition of sin and what are some examples. How does
JAD> a person know when they are committing sin?
To answer briefly: sin is falling short of the glory of God (Romans 3:23)
Steve | 0 | trimmed_train |
4,627 |
Well, for a bit more you could get an Mazda RX-7, definitely a BEST.
For under $30k you're stuck with (in no particular order):
Chevy Camaro Z28 LT1-1
Ponitac Firebird Firehawk
Ford Mustang Cobra
Toyota MR2 Turbo
GMC Typhoon ;)
| 4 | trimmed_train |
8,528 | I have a brand new low density 5.25" floppy drive for MAC.
It comes with a brand new Apple Macintosh II PC drive card, so
that you can hook the drive up to the card.
It allows you to use DOS formatted disks.
I am selling it for $90 (abt 1/3 retail price).
Ailin
803-654-8817 | 5 | trimmed_train |
3,133 |
maybe the missile didn't hit directly such that his body
gets "desintegrated." of course, destroying 10 houses to
kill someone is not a surgical operation, or is it?
| 6 | trimmed_train |
9,051 |
[stuff deleted...]
As I recall, the author of the _original_ article that started the thread
claimed that he disliked the changing of the names for a variety of reasons.
Roger, on one front you flamed him rather severely on the grounds that his
was a "jingoistic rant", but you also supported the name-changing on the
grounds that the current names are inappropriate because of the individuals
they represent. FWIW, I do not think the flaming was warranted, nor do I
think you enhanced what credibility you have with it at all. Just an
observation...
However, that aside, the real question is whether you like the idea of
changing the names based on the reasons given for it (making it easier for
the 'casual fan'), or whether you like the idea of unique divisional names
based on individuals who do deserve the honour. IMO, the latter is a nice
and unique touch that differs from other sports. In addition, I do not
think that changing divisional names will have an effect on the number of
people that are interested in hockey, so it's a pointless exercise anyway.
If the current names are inappropriate, then that is a separate issue, not
central to the original article. Something to consider additionally is
whether or not players like Orr who 'contributed to the glory of the sport'
would have been able to do so _without_ an organized professional league to
play in. In this case, honouring builders of the _league_ as opposed to
builders of the _sport_ becomes a chicken-and-egg type question. (although
it was the chicken.....)
Dunno if the Stein comparison is justifiable, since it doesn't look as though
his 'unanimous acceptance' to the Hall will hold up.
| 17 | trimmed_train |
10,533 | :->
:-> I am looking for a WIN31 driver (or set) for my Diamond
:-> Speedstar 1MB video card. Does anybody know of an archive
:-> site that has these? I looked at CICA and it had drivers for
:-> the Stealth card and for Generic ET4000 cards but not one
:-> specifically for the Speedstar. Is there one? Or has Diamond
:-> dropped the Speedstar out of the driver development loop.
:->
I just looked at CICA yesterday and noticed that they didn't have
anything, but I seem to remember seeing something at WUARCHIVE in the
/mirrors/msdos/windows3 directory. I think I got my 3.1 drivers from
America Online though.
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[email protected] is | 18 | trimmed_train |
781 | Excerpts from netnews.comp.windows.x: 19-Apr-93 Monthly Question about
XCop.. Buzz [email protected] (1055)
Hmmm.... Clearly? Depends on your programming model. It is not at all
forbidden to draw outside the context of an expose event. Certainly any
internal data structures should be maintained such that the visual
appearance would be maintained properly whenever an expose event happens
to be generated. This doesn't preclude drawing immediately after
updating the datastructures though... | 16 | trimmed_train |
10,033 |
See, there you go again, saying that a moral act is only significant
if it is "voluntary." Why do you think this?
And anyway, humans have the ability to disregard some of their instincts.
You are attaching too many things to the term "moral," I think.
Let's try this: is it "good" that animals of the same species
don't kill each other. Or, do you think this is right?
Or do you think that animals are machines, and that nothing they do
is either right nor wrong?
Those weren't arbitrary killings. They were slayings related to some sort
of mating ritual or whatnot.
Yes it was, but I still don't understand your distinctions. What
do you mean by "consider?" Can a small child be moral? How about
a gorilla? A dolphin? A platypus? Where is the line drawn? Does
the being need to be self aware?
What *do* you call the mechanism which seems to prevent animals of
the same species from (arbitrarily) killing each other? Don't
you find the fact that they don't at all significant? | 8 | trimmed_train |
2,749 |
Two shots at it: (1) Check the tires again - if you can see the wear bars,
you're down to problem area (and some tires pass a penny test between the
bars - that's no guide at all). Your problem in the wet is call hydroplaning.
You may not have enough tread left to channel water out from under the
tire - so it goes fishy on you as it lifts off the road.
(2) Tires age. In particular, soft tire compounds get harder as you put
them thru more heat cycles. Harder compounds don't grip as well as
soft ones. Effect is very noticable on tires that get very hot very
often, such as in competition, but it hits all tires. | 4 | trimmed_train |
1,016 |
No. The REAL question: Should the Feds bail-out IBM ( a la Chrysler )
so that important $80K manufacturing jobs wouldn't be lost? | 13 | trimmed_train |
5,933 |
How does that compare with JPEG on the same images and hardware as far
as size, speed, and image quality are concerned?
Despite my skeptical and sometimes nearly rabid postings
criticizing Barnsley and company, I am very interested in the
technique. If I weren't I probably wouldn't be so critical. :-) | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,236 |
Which listsev was this and is the discussion still current? My questioning
is based on some information presented from the Essene NT that challenges
some of my eating choices. As the info came from a biased (opposed to my
preferences) third party I am looking for info as to whether I should
dismiss this work or put some consideration into it. Thanks again for info! | 0 | trimmed_train |
701 | am amazed at the number of Harley riders who ARE waving even to a lowly
baby ninja. Let's keep up the good attitudes. Brock Yates said in this
months Car and Driver he is ready for a war (against those who would rather
we all rode busses). We bikers should be too.
It's a freedom that we all wanna know
and it's an obsession to some
to keep the world in your rearview mirror
while you try to run down the sun | 12 | trimmed_train |
9,603 | Well, like someone said in a reply to this it really all depends on the area
that you live in. See David Veal's reply to this. I have heard exactly the
same thing that he said in his reply - to fade away if you think that you
haven't been seen (I heard this from a police officer). For the record though
he was talking about in Tennessee - not everywhere. | 9 | trimmed_train |
7,741 | in europe you can buy a 525iX, with computer controlled diffs rather
than the horrid viscous coupled ones of the outgoing 325iX. | 4 | trimmed_train |
4,294 |
He's a shortstop by training, but he's been at second (mostly) and third
this year for the Expos. | 2 | trimmed_train |
6,970 | I've been troubleshooting the existence of way too many General Protection
Faults on a 486-33, Eisa-VLB, system. At this point I think I've narrowed
the problem down to the video drivers for the Volante Warp-10 adapter by
National Design, INc.
Yet somehow I find this hard to believe. Does anyone else have any
experiences with this board. | 3 | trimmed_train |
1,706 |
i have no idea, nor do i care. however, i'd like to point out that
blomberg got the first plate appearance by a designated hitter, and
the first walk by a designated hitter. i am not sure, but i do not
think that he also got the first hit by a designated hitter. | 2 | trimmed_train |
8,730 |
The problem is with ISA bus-masters which
can only address the first 16MBs of system
memory. Bus-masters do not use the CPU
nor the system DMA to do the actual data
transfer but transfer their data directly
to the system RAM.
rp93 | 3 | trimmed_train |
4,848 |
The SC1/SC2 has a shorter wheel base than the SL/SL1/SL2/SW1/SW2, just a
thought. Ithink your right though......
| 4 | trimmed_train |
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