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4,163 | : You are loosing.
: There is no question about it.
: Of those who vote, your cause is considered an abomination. No matter
: how hard you try, public opinion is set against the RKBA.
Care to show some *real* numbers instead of something HCI make up?
I thought so, all "foaming at the mouth" shouting but nothing is
ever said...
: This is the end. By the finish of the Clinton administration, your
: RKBA will be null and void. Tough titty.
Well, we'll just have to wait and see about that, won't we? Or are
you quite satisified with living in your little fantasy?
< SNIP >
: cases of firearms abuses has ruined your cause. There is nothing you
< SNIP >
: The press is against you, the public (the voting public) is against
: you, the flow of history is against you ... this is it !
Not true, it is ONLY those who are ignorant and are afraid to understand,
accept, and deal with the real problems behind this violent society
who are proposing gun control as a band-aid solution. May be I should
refresh your memory with a quote from Prez. Clintion?
"It's the criminals, stupid!"
HEY, why is he cutting the budget for more prisons? May be someone need
to remind him of what he promised...on second thought, why bother...
: Surrender your arms. Soon enough, officers will be around to collect
: them. Resistance is useless. They will overwhelm you - one at a time.
: Your neighbors will not help you. They will consider you more if an
: immediate threat than the abstract 'criminal'.
Oooh, WACO II, coming to your living room soon... When was the last
time you turned off your TV? Can't remember? I thought so...
: Too fucking bad. You have gone the way of the KKK. Violent solutions
: are passe'. Avoid situations which encourage criminals. Then you will
: be as safe as possible. Such as it is ...
Wait, I got it, this is a late April fool post, right? I didn't
think ANYBODY is stupid enough to post something like this...good one
guys, this group was getting boring without Holly and Susan. | 9 | trimmed_train |
6,718 |
I thought that he was comparing Cullen to TEEMU SEL[NNE. I always thought
that salami is some sort of sausage, BUT IF YOU, dear Roger, ARE ABLE TO
SEE SALAMI ON THE ICE PLAYING HOCKEY... I don't know what to do, but you
surely should do something and very quickly!!!
Maybe you think that if you keep on talking some rubbish, after some time
everybody will consider it to be really true... You should take care of
your LEAFS, they surely need it more.
At least we have seen him playing...
During the latest Philly game the Leaf players didn't parade... Philly
crunched them 4-0 !!! Maybe you need some more two way players who can
score, too !!???
just cordially,
Hannu | 17 | trimmed_train |
1,806 | Does anyone know the details of the interface (5 wire din) for the
IR remote sensor & (2 wire IR repeater) for the ADCOM GTP-500II
preamp? The ADCOM part numbers are the XR-500II, SPM-500II, and
IRA-500II.
A cursory physical examination of the pre-amp connector indicates
that the connector (5 pin din) may provide: (Viewed from connector front)
|
5 1 (pin ?) +?v @ ???mA
4 2 (pin ?) +/-?v @ ???mA
3 (pin 3) Signal Ground
(pin ?) Demodulated signal ?V-pp, ? polarity, ? mA drive
(pin ?) Signal to drive repeater LED (drives through 150ohm
resistor) ?V-pp
I assume that the repeater connectors (mini-plugs) drive the IR repeater
LED's directly. True?
Can anyone fill in the ?'s. Thanks.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
9,813 |
It isn't that rare, actually. Many cases that are called Parkinson's
Disease turn out on autopsy to be SND. It should be suspected in any
case of Parkinsonism without tremor and which does not respond to
L-dopa therapy. I don't believe pallidotomy will do much for SND.
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Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and
[email protected] | it is shameful to surrender it too soon." | 19 | trimmed_train |
2,228 | : Does anybody out there know how the hand held breathalyzer used
: by our police works? I would like to hear about this and the more
: general problem of detecting smells by machine.
:
: Thanks, William.
:
: [email protected]
:
From what I have read about these little gadgets, it works on
a electrochemical galvanic principle. The sensing unit has a
chemical matrix which produces an electrical voltage proportional
to the amount of chemical compound it is designed for ... in this case
I believe it is the Hydroxyl group???
I have also heard - not tested :-) - since common gasoline is also
a member of this Hydroxyl group, it will also cause a failing breathalizer
failure! Next time you get stopped for DUI, say you just siphoned gas from
your neighbors car (you know..... the Oklahoma credit card) and chances
are you won't get a DUI ticket!!!!
Jerry Long | 11 | trimmed_train |
4,155 |
Standard colormaps were spec'd with the intention that window managers
would make them available. This doesn't mean that every window manager
author in the world immediately dropped everything they were doing and
implemented this at top priority.
The ESGE server we ship makes the XA_RGB_BEST_MAP available at
startup. It doesn't wait for window managers to do it.
Does your hardware have only one CLUT? Since standard colormaps
typically devour all 256 entries, there is no way it can avoid
displacing the entire default colormap if your hardware has only one
CLUT.
I don't believe standard colormaps are intended to aboid possible
colormap flashing between clients using the default coilormap. Rather,
colormap flashing will be avoided between two clients that use the
same standard colormap. An example would be two clients that need a
full color range would both use XA_RGB_BEST_MAP (or whatever it's
called under X11R5).
If you are trying to avoid colormap flashing with the default
colormap, your best bet is to try to load all the colors you use into
that colormap. If you can't do that, then you'll get flashing on a one
hw CLUT framebuffer.
Now if your window manager used the same standard colormap as your
client, this flashing could also be avoided. Perhaps some window
managers have command line options for selecting standard colormaps?
-- | 16 | trimmed_train |
8,140 | Update your 385 to HP-UX 9.0. You get an R5 server and libraries. | 16 | trimmed_train |
258 |
Yes, Ivan Rodriguez, last year. Batted .260 and threw out 51% of the
baserunners. Not too shabby for a rookie from AA. 20 years old last
year.
| 2 | trimmed_train |
3,561 | Have anyone some idea about how to build a cheap, low
resolution (or high :-) video projector... | 11 | trimmed_train |
1,713 | So how do I steer when my hands aren't on the bars? (Open Budweiser in left
hand, Camel cigarette in the right, no feet allowed.) If I lean, and the
bike turns, am I countersteering? Is countersteering like benchracing only
with a taller seat, so your feet aren't on the floor? | 12 | trimmed_train |
3,389 |
I'll also add that it is impossible to actually tell when one
_rejects_ god. Therefore, you choose to punish only those who
_talk_ about it. | 8 | trimmed_train |
9,999 |
If you bought your IDE drive from a dealer, you shouldn 't have to
perform a low level format. Even if the 1st HD is already partitioned
into C and D, FDISK will automatically assign the 2 nd HD to D and
change the 2nd partition of 1st drive to E. | 3 | trimmed_train |
857 | I'm looking for a better method to back up files. Currently using a MaynStream
250Q that uses DC 6250 tapes. I will need to have a capacity of 600 Mb to 1Gb
for future backups. Only DOS files.
I would be VERY appreciative of information about backup devices or
manufacturers of these products. Flopticals, DAT, tape, anything.
If possible, please include price, backup speed, manufacturer (phone #?),
and opinions about the quality/reliability.
Please E-Mail, I'll send summaries to those interested.
Thanx in advance, | 3 | trimmed_train |
3,536 | / iftccu:talk.politics.guns / [email protected] (Colin Kendall 6842) / 9:23 am Apr 13, 1993 /
Follow more than one months posting. As more than one reader has noted,
there IS some reporting bias here. I have seen months where these
numbers were reversed. I don't keep a constant tally, but it seems
this particular issue had more shots fired than any other I can remember. | 9 | trimmed_train |
9,842 |
I perhaps should have been clearer and more concise in my post, but that's
what I get from posting at 1 am...
The central point I made is that local/state police agencies attempting to
play by the rules and get warrants, legit escrowed keys, etc., may find
themselves at the mercy of bureaucratic inertia and agency infighting
at the federal level.
I disagree that this would assist civil liberties by hobbling the cowboy
cops. It would be a strong incentive, as Vesselin points out, for more
police agencies to "go rogue" and try to get keys through more efficient
Q: Suppose a law enforcement agency is conducting a wiretap on
a drug smuggling ring and intercepts a conversation
encrypted using the device. What would they have to do to
decipher the message?
A: They would have to obtain legal authorization, normally a
^^^^^^^^^^
court order, to do the wiretap in the first place.
^^^^^^^^^^^
The clear implication is that there are "legal" authorizations other
than a court order. Just how leaky are these? (And who
knows what's in those 7 pages that authorized the NSA?). There
may well arise a black market of sorts _within_ police agencies, in which
keys are traded. Furthermore, the police will be in an excellent
position to carry out this kind of thing without being caught. They
already have a communication infrastructure with secure portions. There
are a few laws that I know of, that limit citizens' rights to access
police communications (or use the information they get). It may be
very difficult to prove police misuse -- the fact that you have such
evidence may itself be evidence that YOU have broken some other law.
Throw in private detectives, who have even fewer policy/constitutional
restrictions. Also consider mercenaries who've "retired" from intelligence
agencies. William Gibson must be loving it. Great story material.
Don't think it'll happen?
Well, consider e.g. the Michigan State Police, generally a very professional
organization, which for years kept "Red Files" on thousands of suspected
commies, knowing full well it was not consititutional. The standards
of evidence were just about zero: people were in the file because they
happened to park near a place where, say, a US-China People's Friendship
rally was happening -- the police went around writing down license
plate numbers. If you happened to be visiting a friend who lived near the
meeting place, well, the state police wound up filing you as a subversive.
(They were eventually found out and a court ruled against carrying on any
more such nonsense. I believe thay may have had to destroy the tapes
as well.)
Even with well-meaning cops (and I'm sure there are many), there will
be strong pressure to bend the constitutional safeguards. We don't need
to assume corrupt or unbalanced officers -- it will all be in the interest
of enforcing sensible laws, saving lives, and protecting property.
Compromises will be made by well-meaning officers, facing what (to them)
will be a moral dilemma.
Clipper will make criminals out of cops. Do we want to do this to our
police forces? | 7 | trimmed_train |
1,918 | :
: Wild and fanciful claims require greater evidence. If you state that
: one of the books in your room is blue, I certainly do not need as much
: evidence to believe than if you were to claim that there is a two headed
: leapard in your bed. [ and I don't mean a male lover in a leotard! ]
Keith,
If the issue is, "What is Truth" then the consequences of whatever
proposition argued is irrelevent. If the issue is, "What are the consequences
if such and such -is- True", then Truth is irrelevent. Which is it to
be?
| 8 | trimmed_train |
3,750 | WANTED:
Cannon's Xapshot digital camera. I'd be interested in any other
makes, but the Xapshot is the only one I'm familiar with.
I need one with a composite output and approx. 50 pictures per
disk capability.
If you have one for sale, or if you know of a cheap place to order one,
please leave me Email at [email protected] | 5 | trimmed_train |
7,148 |
You know, I never really appreciated them before!
| 17 | trimmed_train |
284 | I'm using "rayshade" on the u.w. computers here, and i'd like input
from other users, and perhaps swap some ideas. I could post
uuencoded .gifs here, or .ray code, if anyone's interested. I'm having
trouble coming up with colors that are metallic (i.e. brass, steel)
from the RGB values.
If you're on the u.w. machines, check out "~fineman/rle.files/*.rle" on
stein.u.washington.edu for some of what i've got. | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,775 |
Can you say, "I get more background radiation from living in
Denver or having an office in a limestone building than I do standing
next to a power reactor at full power or standing next to a nuclear
warhead that is armed?" Look up "shielding" in your dictionary. You
don't need six feet of lead to make decent shielding; your dead skin
cell layer does an excellent job on alpha particles, and neutrons
are slowed by mere *water*. What do you think 75% of you is?
If the militia has as its job the overthrow of an illegal
government, they are indeed useful weapons to the militia. They
won't be too useful in certain areas, but leveling the Pentagon
would be a "good thing" for said overthrow and it's likely one man
carrying a backpack would stand a better chance than one thousand
armed with Colt Peacemakers. Don't let self-defense become the
only reason you can have a gun and your sole means of justification.
Myself, I won't overthrow my government until it ceases to be my
legal government, but if I need to I want every weapon I can get.
One can just as easily say no rifle larger than a .22 is
needed to kill a human being. They are right. When that human
being is wearing armor and riding in an APC, things get a bit
different. I don't see where the weapon is a problem. It's not.
Only the manner of use is in contention here.
I guess you either don't have an alarm clock or have never
heard the terms "timer" or "martyr" either. Don't forget remote
detonation devices. That CB radio in the pickup next to you can
easily transmit ten miles in decent weather. That's out of the
blast radius of many portable nuclear devices.
Just what is it about radioactive decay that has you worried? | 9 | trimmed_train |
10,096 | An review of both the Mac and Windows versions in either PC Week or Info
World this week, said that the Windows version was considerably slower
than the Mac. A more useful comparison would have been between PhotoStyler
and PhotoShop for Windows. David
| 1 | trimmed_train |
3,105 | I try to unsubscribe from this group by sending an email but that doesn't work.
Could some one tell me the listserv address and command for me to unsubcribe ?
I am leaving this Friday (30th April 93) and the mail box will overflow
soon after that.
Thanks
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Philip Nguyen
Research Engineer
Flexible Manufacturing Research and Development Centre (FMR&D)
McMaster University
1280 Main St. West
Hamilton, On L8S 4L7
Voice: (416) 529-7070 ext 2902 or 7343
Fax: (416) 572-7944
e-mail: [email protected] | 16 | trimmed_train |
11,108 |
Now why would anyone "post" anything encrypted? Encryption is only of
use between persons who know how to decrypt the data.
And why should I care what other people look at?
What does concern me is the continued erosion of my constitutional
rights. ( Amendments I, II, IV, and V to note a few. )
| 7 | trimmed_train |
7,981 |
As of last week, Mac's Place had the Applied Engineering QuickSilver card
(32k cache, one PDS slot, socket for FPU) on sale for $99.00 (without FPU).
Regular price is $199.
No idea if this is still going on, but I can get the phone no. if anyone is
interested (I found their ad in MacUser). | 14 | trimmed_train |
597 |
WRONG: I don't think even PKP claims this one. It is not unlawful to
distribute code implementing RSA. It appears to be unlawful to use it, so
I agree with your last sentence.
Yes, that's correct. | 7 | trimmed_train |
2,852 |
There are many teams in the NHL who have taken a liking to Russian players.
The "whole Russian strategy" is not specific to Detroit or to Devellano,
who was GM before Murray. What the previous GM also did was to trade
away several players who have gone on to do well with other teams, most
notably (in my memory) Murray Craven, who had a few very good years with
Philly after leaving here. Also, it's not the volume of trades that will
necessarily improve a team, but the quality of them. Trading Adam Oates
for Bernie Federko was just plain stupid, even if Federko used to be a
great player at one time. Most of Murray's trades have worked significantly
to the Wings' advantage, with those that didn't being soured mainly by
injury to the players involved (such as Troy Crowder, who suffered back
problems from which he never really recovered).
Put Scotty Bowman, Pat Burns, or any of the other better coaches in the
league behind the bench of this Detroit team, and they could beat anybody. | 17 | trimmed_train |
9,528 | Hi all,
has anybody tried to compile CTRLTEST from the MFC/SAMPLES directory,
after compiling the MFC-libs with BWC ?
Seems to me, that BWC isn't able to distinguish pointers to overloaded
functions.
For example, imagine the following 2 (overloaded) functions:
void same_name ( void )
void same_name ( int )
After trying the whole day, I think, with BWC its impossible to take the
adress of one of the above two functions and assign it to a properly defined
function pointer.
Am I right ? Has anybody else had this problem ? | 18 | trimmed_train |
9,841 | How does one print to a non-appletalk printer using DMM LaserWriter Stuff.
I'm using the Serial driverand does nothig. I'vetried saving a postscriptfile and then tried sending with SendPS2.0 and it says can'topen LaserWriter Driver,
then some appletalk messagethatprinter not specified. I'm using and imagewritwrite one cable. Should I use a null-modem adapter? Help...
---Lowell | 14 | trimmed_train |
3,087 |
Of course, if you're a criminal, or hang around with criminals, or
flash large wads of cash in the wilder parts of town, or utter verbal
bigotry in the right public places, your chances of being shot are much
higher.
Avoiding these behaviors, on the other hand, decreases your chances of
being shot.
Something like 60% of all murders are criminals killing criminals.
Over 90% of murders are committed by people with a prior *known*
history of violence.
Simplistic moral, suitable for my three year old, and most inane
posters: "Bad people do bad things - repeatedly."
| 9 | trimmed_train |
7,851 |
As far as I know Dusseldorf has only one Canadian-German forward (i.e. a player
who was born in Canada but now has a German passport).
Benoit Doucet became german by marriing a german and he is going to play
for Germany in the WC.
The other Canada-born forwards are:
Peter-John Lee (has British passport)
Chris Valentine
Dale Dercatch
Steve Gootas
Earl Spry (?)
At the moment there are only three German-born forwards coming into my mind:
Bernd Trunschka, Andreas Brockmann, Ernst Koepf
| 17 | trimmed_train |
10,018 | Want to sell a 1980 MAZDA GLC for $300 or b.o. Excellent working condition. Just
passed inspection. Has a sun roof. No marks on body.
Contact soon [email protected] or (413_549-4738. | 5 | trimmed_train |
3,914 |
I am an idiot. The plaintext that's relevant is the session key.
If you know that, you probably don't need a roomful of chips, do you?
If you were going to brute force something interesting, that'd be the
message stream, which is sort of approximately known by, say, a bug in
my office. Then your roomful of chips could get the session key. Which
I change every morning.
Really, it's just a whole lot easier for the illicit wiretappers
to stick a bug in your phone. | 7 | trimmed_train |
4,471 | -*----
I think that Lee Lady and I are talking at cross purposes.
Above, Lady seems concerned with the contrast between great
science that makes big advances in our knowledge and mediocre
science that makes smaller steps. In most of this thread, I have
been concerned with the difference between what is science and
what is not.
Lee Lady is correct when she asserts that the difference between
Einstein and the average post-doc physicist is the quality of
their thought. But what is the difference between Einstein and a
genius who would be a great scientist but whose great thoughts
are scientifically screwy? (Some would give Velikovsky or
Korzybski as examples. If you don't like these, choose your
own.) I say it is the same as the difference between the mediocre
physicist and the mediocre proponent of qi. Both Einstein and
the mediocre physcists have disciplined their work from the
cumulative knowledge of how previous researchers went wrong.
Both Velikovsky and the mediocre proponent of qi have failed to
do this.
Let me approach this from a second direction. When one is asked
to review a paper for a journal or conference, there are many
kinds of criticism that one can make. One kind of criticism is
that the work is just wrong or misinformed. Another kind of
criticism is that the work, while technically correct, is either
not important or not interesting. The first difference is the
one that I have been pointing to. The second difference is the
one that Lee Lady seems to be discussing.
I have often pointed out that for homeopathy to be considered
scientific, what is needed is a test of its theoretical claims,
not just of some of its proposed remedies. Similarly, I suspect
that traditional Chinese medicine has many remedies that work;
what it lacks (as one example) is any experiment that tests the
presence of qi.
Certainly a "theoretical structure that makes sense" is the goal.
In areas where we do not yet have this, I see nothing wrong with
forming and testing smaller hypotheses. Let's face it: we cannot
always wait for an Einstein to come along and make everything
clear for us. Sometimes those of us who are not Einstein have to
plug along and make small amounts of progress as best we can. | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,925 |
We've heard a lot of talk about brainwashing in Waco but the brainwashing
of the general population never ceases to amaze me. Here is an
example of action being taken which results in the worst possible
outcome and despite people's deep intuition telling them something
is wrong the programming will still cut in and say that the
agents probably acted in good faith. NO THEY DIDN'T. They either did
not have enough information to act in good faith or else they acted
knowing the risk. Sums up human stupidity all over and one of these
days it will destroy the fucking planet: "Oh sorry. Didn't think they
would respond by launching a strike. All our best calculations told
us they were bluffing."
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7,653 | 19 | trimmed_train |
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2,128 |
Yes, it is -- you could look it up. And spare us the thin-skinned
indignation, please; what's sauce for four years of using George Herbert
Walker Bush and J. Danforth Quayle as an insult is sauce for William
Jefferson Blythe Clinton. Do you feel that calling a President by his full
name implies some sort of disrespect? Hint: this is a rhetorical question.
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Paul Havemann (Internet: [email protected]) | 13 | trimmed_train |
4,950 |
There are two issues here: copyright and patent.
The magazine article's contents are copyrighted, and may not be reproduced,
translated, etc., without the copyright holder's permission. However, this
does not cover the *ideas* expressed, only the form of expression. Copying
their circuit diagram or PC-board pattern is copyright infringement. But
it's unlikely that they could stretch copyright far enough to claim that
the circuit design itself is copyrighted. So long as you draw your own
diagrams and lay out your own boards, copyright shouldn't be an issue.
Patents are different. The author does *not* have to give you any warning
that the design is covered by patent (although it would be sensible for
him to do so). In fact, it's possible that *he* was infringing on someone
else's patent without realizing it. Ignorance of the patented status is
not a defence against infringement, although it might reduce the damages
a court would award.
However... unless there was something seriously novel about the circuit,
almost certainly it is "obvious to one skilled in the art" and therefore
unpatentable. Routine engineering is not patentable; patents (in theory)
cover only inventions, ideas that are genuinely new.
Caution: I am not a lawyer. Consulting a professional would be wise if
significant amounts of money are at stake. | 11 | trimmed_train |
36 | Oh boy, a little K-bike versus /2 scuffling? Grow up! And that goes for
the both of you!
I do hope that the "dump dempster" campaign works however.
I think that he is a crook, and I am suprised that it has taken this long
for anything to be done (though obviously, it ain't over yet)
On the other hand,
I'm not sure that I want to be in bed with ANY of the wackos running.
Throwing $20.oo down a rathole might be more effective than sending it in
to the club. You wouldn't get anything, but you don't get anything now.
The magazine you say? Ever since the MOA politburo installed Don it has
lacked any sort of panache it may have had.
Ah, but what would I know? I own a /6 AND a K-bike
| 12 | trimmed_train |
5,016 |
Replace "Stephen" with "David Joslin," since you directed the same
In t.r.m. Robert Weiss writes [a promise from Psalm 9:10]
Gee, since you wouldn't be at all hypocritical, you must be really
busy arguing against these out-of-context extracted translations!
As you may recall, you mailed me six mail messages quoting articles by
Robert Weiss, all sent within a few minutes of each other. You added:
Naturally, I await your arguments against this out-of-context
translation. But I shall not await holding my breath...
and
Wonder when you get to sleep, disputing all these out-of-context
extracted translations!
and other similar comments.
Perhaps you could explain why you ever thought that I might have a
reason to read all of these articles you pulled off of t.r.m, much
less write responses to them?
I am familiar with inductive logic. Go ahead and give me the details
of the "logic" that led you to conclude, incorrectly, that I would
condone Robert Weiss taking verses out of context. Your conclusion was
wrong, of course, since I agree that both you and Robert Weiss were
guity of taking verses out of context. Nothing hypocritical about
that, is there?
Since you reached a false conclusion, you made some mistake in your
"logic." The only question is where. Did you think that it would
be hypocritical for me not to post a reply to Robert Weiss' articles?
Did you make the common creationist error of confusing a lack of
evidence for X with evidence for the lack of X? Is your grasp of
inductive logic not quite as firm as you think? See if you can figure
out what your mistake was, and learn from it. | 15 | trimmed_train |
3,388 | they are pretty much junk, stay away from them. they will be replaced next
year with all new models.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
395 | What I want to be able to do is to set the cursor
color to the same as the forground color that is set
for that xterm.
From the man page.....
-cr color
This option specifies the color to use for text cur-
sor. The default is to use the same foreground <---
color that is used for text. <---
However this doesnt seem to be the case, it appears to default to black
or to whatever XTerm*cursorColor is set to. | 16 | trimmed_train |
9,402 |
Except for their size, the cooling towers on nuclear power plants
are vertually identical in construction and operation to cooling
towers designed and built in the 1890's (a hundred years ago) for
coal fired power plants used for lighting and early electric railways.
Basicly, the cylindrical tower supports a rapid air draft when
its air is heated by hot water and/or steam circulating thru a network
of pipes that fill about the lower 1/3 of the tower. To assist cooling
and the draft, water misters are added that spray cold water over the
hot pipes. The cold water evaporates, removing the heat faster than
just air flow from the draft would and the resulting water vapor is
rapidly carried away by the draft. This produces the clouds frequently
seen rising out of these towers.
That slight pinch (maybe 2/3 of the way up the tower) is there because
it produces a very significant increase in the strength and rate of
the air draft produced, compared to a straight cylinder shape.
The towers are used to recondense the steam in the sealed steam
system of the power plant so that it can be recirculated back to the
boiler and used again. The wider the temperature difference across
the turbines used in the power plant the more effecient they are and
by recondensing the steam in the cooling towers before sending it
back to the boilers you maintain a very wide temperature difference
(sometimes as high as 1000 degrees or more from first stage "hot"
turbine to final stage "cold" turbine).
R. Tim Coslet | 11 | trimmed_train |
9,681 | This is the third and final call for votes for the creation of the
newsgroup misc.health.diabetes. A mass acknowledgement of valid votes
received as of April 19th 14:00 GMT appears at the end of this
posting. Please check the list to be sure that your vote has been
registered. Read the instructions for voting carefully and follow
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1,922 |
You mean they aren't already? Could have fooled me.
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3,441 |
You obviously did not watch the Twins in Chicago.
No cold spell? It's been snowing most of the week in Minnesota.
(5 inches in Duluth last weekend)
Yup.
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10,943 | Cup holders (driving is an importantant enough undertaking)
Cellular phones and mobile fax machines (see above)
Vanity mirrors on the driver's side.
Ashtrays (smokers seem to think it's just fine to use the road)
Fake convertible roofs and vinyl roofs.
Any gold trim.
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8,640 |
J> YOU BLASHEPHEMERS!!! YOU WILL ALL GO TO HELL FOR NOT BELIEVING IN GOD!!!! BE
J> PREPARED FOR YOUR ETERNAL DAMNATION!!!
Hmm, I've got my MST3K lunch box, my travel scrabble, and a couple of
kegs of Bass Ale. I'm all set! Let's go everybody! | 8 | trimmed_train |
890 |
I don't know any way except to see what modifiers are on in th
Keypress event. Of course if there is some reason why you need to
always know the state of modifiers even if your windows don't have the
keyborads focus you can always ask for KeyPress events from the root
window. Then you get all the KeyPresses and you always know what have
been pressed.
I think this is just a question of how to implement XLookupString.
You can always write another function that interprets the KeyPresses
as you like. You can look at the implementation of XLookupString from
the Xlib sources and then modify it a little bit. | 16 | trimmed_train |
658 |
I sure hope so. Because, the unspeakable crimes of the Armenians must
be righted. Armenian invaders burned and sacked the fatherland of
Urartus, massacred and exterminated its population and presented to
the world all those left from the Urartus, as the Armenian civilization.
All reliable Western historians describe how Armenians ruthlessly
exterminated 2.5 million Muslim women, children and elderly people of
Eastern Anatolia and how they collaborated with the enemies of the
Ottoman Empire between 1914-1920.
It is unfortunately a truth that Armenians are known as collaborators
of the Nazis during World War II and that, even today, criminal/Nazi
members of the ASALA/SDPA/ARF Terrorism Triangle preach and instigate
racism, hatred, violence and terrorism among peoples.
And x-Soviet Armenia continues its anti-Turkish policy in the following
ways:
1. x-Soviet Armenia denies the historical fact of the Turkish Genocide
in order to shift international public opinion away from its political
responsibility.
2. x-Soviet Armenia, employing ASALA/SDPA/ARF Terrorism and Revisionism
Triangle and criminal/Nazi Armenians, attempts to call into question the
veracity of the Turkish Genocide.
3. x-Soviet Armenia has also implemented state-sponsored terrorism through
the ASALA/SDPA/ARF Terrorism and Revisionism Triangle in an attempt to
silence the Turkish people's vehement demands and protests.
4. Using all its human, financial, and governmental resources, x-Soviet
Armenia and its tools in the United States attempt to silence through
terrorism, bribery and other subversive methods, non-Turkish supporters
of the Turkish cause, be they political, governmental and humanitarian.
Using all the aforementioned methods, the x-Soviet Armenian government
is attempting to neutralize the international diplomatic community from
making the Turkish Case a contemporary issue.
Yet despite the efforts of the x-Soviet Armenian government and its terrorist
and revisionist organizations, in the last decades, thanks to the struggle
of those whose closest ones were systematically exterminated by the Armenians,
the international wall of silence on this issue has begun to collapse, and
consequently a number of governments and organizations have become
supportive of the recognition of the Turkish Genocide.
Serdar Argic | 6 | trimmed_train |
1,632 | In regards to fractal commpression, I have seen 2 fractal compressed "movies".
They were both fairly impressive. The first one was a 64 gray scale "movie" of
Casablanca, it was 1.3MB and had 11 minutes of 13 fps video. It was a little
grainy but not bad at all. The second one I saw was only 3 minutes but it
had 8 bit color with 10fps and measured in at 1.2MB.
I consider the fractal movies a practical thing to explore. But unlike many
other formats out there, you do end up losing resolution. I don't know what
kind of software/hardware was used for creating the "movies" I saw but the guy
that showed them to me said it took 5-15 minutes per frame to generate. But as
I said above playback was 10 or more frames per second. And how else could you
put 11 minutes on one floppy disk? | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,300 | Archive-name: cryptography-faq/part07
Last-modified: 1993/4/15
FAQ for sci.crypt, part 7: Digital Signatures and Hash Functions
This is the seventh 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 a one-way hash function?
* What is the difference between public, private, secret, shared, etc.?
* What are MD4 and MD5?
* What is Snefru?
* What is a one-way hash function?
A typical one-way hash function takes a variable-length message and
produces a fixed-length hash. Given the hash it is computationally
impossible to find a message with that hash; in fact one can't
determine any usable information about a message with that hash, not
even a single bit. For some one-way hash functions it's also
computationally impossible to determine two messages which produce the
same hash.
A one-way hash function can be private or public, just like an
encryption function. Here's one application of a public one-way hash
function, like MD5 or Snefru. Most public-key signature systems are
relatively slow. To sign a long message may take longer than the user
is willing to wait. Solution: Compute the one-way hash of the message,
and sign the hash, which is short. Now anyone who wants to verify the
signature can do the same thing.
Another name for one-way hash function is message digest function.
* What is the difference between public, private, secret, shared, etc.?
There is a horrendous mishmash of terminology in the literature for a
very small set of concepts. When an algorithm depends on a key which
isn't published, we call it a private algorithm; otherwise we call it
a public algorithm. We have encryption functions E and decryption
functions D, so that D(E(M)) = M for any message M. We also have
hashing functions H and verification functions V, such that V(M,X) = 1
if and only if X = H(M).
A public-key cryptosystem has public encryption and private
decryption. Checksums, such as the application mentioned in the
previous question, have public hashing and public verification.
Digital signature functions have private hashing and public
verification: only one person can produce the hash for a message,
but everyone can verify that the hash is correct.
Obviously, when an algorithm depends on a private key, it's meant to
be unusable by anyone who doesn't have the key. There's no real
difference between a ``shared'' key and a private key: a shared key
isn't published, so it's private. If you encrypt data for a friend
rather than ``for your eyes only'', are you suddenly doing
``shared-key encryption'' rather than private-key encryption? No.
* What are MD4 and MD5?
MD4 and MD5 are message digest functions developed by Ron Rivest.
Definitions appear in RFC 1320 and RFC 1321 (see part 10). Code is
available from [FTPMD].
Note that a transcription error was found in the original MD5 draft
RFC. The corrected algorithm should be called MD5a, though some
people refer to it as MD5.
* What is Snefru? | 7 | trimmed_train |
1,368 |
A nice formulation for the introduction of the first encryption
devices with built-in trapdoors - just like the Feds wanted...
Bla-bla.
Indeed, and the current proposal does nothing to prevent the latter.
This doesn't say much. There are many incredibly weak encryption
algorithms in commercial use today...
Except from the government.
Nope. The criminals won't be stupid enough to use the new chip,
they'll use something secure. This technology provides only means to
intercept the phone conversations of people who are stupid enough to
use it.
That is, the government has the keys. It doesn't matter much if they
are in one or in two of its hands...
Correct. It does, however, provide those Americans with the false
sense of privacy.
If the screening is not public, it cannot be trusted. Some people do
not trust DES even today, after all the examinations - only because
some parts of its design were kept secret.
So they'll use a different technology to hide their illegal
activities. So will those law-abiding citizens, who do not trust their
government not to misuse its abilities to decrypt their conversations.
Except from the government.
Huh? Later it says that the new technology will be export restricted.
In short, the new technology can:
1) Protect the law abiding citizen's privacy from the casual snooper.
It cannot:
1) Protect him from the government, if it decides to misuse its
ability to decrypt the conversations.
2) Protect him from the criminals who succeed to break the new
encryption scheme or to steal the keys, or to bribe the people who
handle them, etc.
3) Prevent the criminals from using secure encryption for
communication.
Correct. However, it does not provide them that much privacy as it
claims.
Two candidates: the NSA and the Mafia.
That is, "trust us".
"Security through obscurity".
If it's not entirely open to public examination, it cannot be
trusted. Besides, who can prove that the devices used for examination
and the ones built into your phones will be the same?
The NSA and the FBI?
Why did they "forget" the Academia?
Doesn't this smell to monopolism?
Like the Mafia?
This is the main question, why was it buried at the end?
"We'll see".
"Trust us".
In short, "If we decide to outlaw strong crypto, we'll tell you".
Since the US government seems to consider strong crypto as munitions
and since the US constitutions guarantees the right to every American
to bear arms, why is not every American entitled, as a matter of
right, to an unbreakable commercial encryption product?
Bullshit. The proposed technology provides a false sense of security,
encryption devices with built-in capabilities for breaking the
encryption, does not prevent the criminals to use strong crypto, and
is a step to outlaw strong crypto.
Who was the optimist who believed that the new administration will
leave the export controls on strong crypto devices?
OK, I'm not American, it's not my business, but I just couldn't resist
to comment... The whole plot looks so totalitaristic... It's up to
you, Americans, to fight for your rights.
Regards,
Vesselin
P.S. Now is the time for David Sternlight to pop up and claim that the
new system is great. | 7 | trimmed_train |
2,746 | I have heard that there is something called a $25.00 Network that allows
two PC's to be networked by joining their serial ports. Does someone out
there know anything about this? I would greatly appreciate e-mail on this!
Thanks! [email protected] | 3 | trimmed_train |
4,415 | I got the offer to upgrade this weekend. It's $19 + $8.50 shipping and
handling. The S+H seem way too steep for just a couple of disks. Sounds
like ripoff city. Can this purchased at vendors?
-- | 18 | trimmed_train |
11,256 | : I need to know the Pins to connect to make a loopback connector for a serial
: port so I can build one. The loopback connector is used to test the
: serial port.
:
: Thanks for any help.
:
:
: Steve
:
Me Too!!!!!!!
[email protected]
| 3 | trimmed_train |
11,056 | Anyone familiar with this video card? What chipset does the winjet use - S3?
As I am in the market for a VLG video card, what is the best chipset among
S3, Cirrus Logic and Tseng Lab (ATI is out of the question - too expensive) ? | 3 | trimmed_train |
4,189 |
>
>
>>Jagr has a higher +/-, but Francis has had more points. And take it from
>>an informed observer, Ronnie Francis has had a *much* better season than
>>Jaromir Jagr. This is not to take anything away from Jaro, who had a
>>decent year (although it didn't live up to the expectations of some).
>
>Bowman tended to overplay Francis at times because he is a Bowman-style
>player. He plays hard at all times, doesn't disregard his defensive
>responsibilities and is a good leader. Bowman rewarded him be increasing his
>ice time.
>
>Jagr can be very arrogant and juvenile and display a "me first" attitude.
>This rubbed Bowman the wrong way and caused him to lose some ice time.
>
>Throughout the year, Francis consistently recieved more ice time than
>Jagr. Althouhg I have never seen stats on this subject, I am pretty
>sure that Jagr had more points per minute played that Francis. When
>you add to that Jagr's better +/- rating, I think it becomes evident
>that Jagr had a better season- not that Francis had a bad one.
>
Actually, what I think has become more evident, is that you are determined to
flaunt your ignorance at all cost. Jagr did not have a better season than
Francis ... to suggest otherwise is an insult to those with a modicum of
hockey knowledge. Save your almost maniacal devotion to the almighty
plus/minus ... it is the most misleading hockey stat available.
Until the NHL publishes a more useful quantifiable statistic including ice
time per game and some measure of its "quality" (i.e., is the player put out
in key situations like protecting a lead late in the game; is he matched up
against the other team's top one or two lines; short-handed, etc), I would
much rather see the +/- disappear altogether instead of having its dubious
merits trumpeted by those with little understanding of its implications.
Thank you for posting this. As the person who first brought up the
fact that Jagr has a much higher +/- than Francis, I can assure you
that I brought it up as an example of the absurdity of +/-
comparisons, even on the same team. I never, ever thought that anyone
would argue that Jagr's higher +/- actually reflected better two-way
play.
In my opinion, Francis's low +/- is purely a result of him being asked
to play against opponents top scorers at all times; the fact that he
can chip in 100 points while neutralizing the other team's top center
is a testament to how valuable he is, even if his +/- suffers. On the
other hand, Jagr, for how big, fast and skilled he is, can't even get
90 points, no matter how inflated his +/- is.
(By the way, don't get me wrong -- I like Jagr. He may be a lazy
floater, but he turns it on at exactly the right times -- like
overtime of playoff games).
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2,045 | I have an '89 Kawasaki KX 80. It is in mint condition and starts on the first
kick EVERY time. I have outgrown the bike, and am considering selling it. I
was told I should ask around $900. Does that sound right or should it be
higher/lower?
Also, I am looking for a used ZX-7. How much do I have to spend, and what
year should I look for to get a bike without paying an arm and a leg????
Thanks for the help!
Rob Fusi
[email protected] | 12 | trimmed_train |
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502 | NHL PLAYOFF RESULTS FOR 4/19/93.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS BEST OF SEVEN
PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE
NJ BUF (leads 1-0) STL (leads 1-0) WIN
PIT (leads 1-0) BOS CHI VAN (leads 1-0)
NYI MON TOR LA (leads 1-0)
WAS (leads 1-0) QUE (leads 1-0) DET (leads 1-0) CAL
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Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 1 - 3
Detroit Red Wings (leads series 1-0) 1 4 1 - 6
1st period: DET, Yzerman 1 - (Gallant, Ciccarelli) 4:48
TOR, Cullen 1 - (Clark, Gill) 10:44
2nd period: DET, Sheppard 1 - (Probert, Coffey) (pp) 5:04
DET, Burr 1 - (Racine) (sh) 6;42
DET, Chiasson 1 - (Coffey) (pp) 11:00
DET, Howe 1 - (Yzerman, Drake) 14;46
TOR, Gilmour 1 - (Borschevsky, Ellett) (pp) 19:59
3rd period: DET, Racine 1 - (Primeau, Drake) 5:10
TOR, Lefebvre 1 - (Cullen, Pearson) 7:45
Powerplay Opportunities-Maple Leafs 1 of 5
Red Wings 2 of 6
Shots on Goal- Maple Leafs 5 9 9 - 23
Red Wings 13 8 12 - 33
Toronto Maple Leafs--Potvin (0-1) (33 shots - 27 saves)
Detroit Red Wings--Cheveldae (1-0) (23 shots - 20 saves)
ATT-19,875
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Winnipeg Jets 1 0 1 - 2
Vancouver Canucks (leads series 1-0) 2 0 2 - 4
1st period: VAN, Adams 1 - (Linden, Bure) (pp) 1:23
VAN, Craven 1 - (Bure, Murzyn) 9:56
WIN, Steen 1 - (Shannon, Housley) (pp) 17:53
2nd period: NONE
3rd period: WIN, King 1 - (Barnes) 3:43
VAN, Linden 1 - (Courtnall, McLean) 12:16
VAN, Ronning 1 - (Courtnall) 18:31
Powerplay Opportunities-Jets 1 of 3
Canucks 1 of 6
Shots on Goal- Jets 7 5 10 - 22
Canucks 9 12 12 - 33
Winnipeg Jets--Essensa (0-1) (33 shots - 29 saves)
Vancouver Canucks--McLean (1-0) (22 shots - 20 saves)
ATT-15,918
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268 | Well my last two motorcycles have been shaft driven and they will wheelie.
The rear gear does climb the ring gear and lift the rear which gives an
odd feel, but it still wheelies.
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10,794 | -*----
Ming-zhou Liu's main problem is that he has an incompetent
physician -- himself. This physician has diagnosed a problem,
even though he probably has never seen the diagnosed disease
before and has no idea of what kinds of problems can present
similar symptoms. This physician now wants to treat his first
case of this disease without any help from the medical community.
The best thing Ming-zhou Liu could do is fire his current
physician and seek out a better one. | 19 | trimmed_train |
11,105 |
This is very sad indeed. My condolences to the Minnesota fans who are
losing their team.
I fear that within the next decade or so the only professional sports team
left in Pittsburgh will be the Steelers.
We should always enjoy things when we can. You never know when they'll
be taken away from us. | 17 | trimmed_train |
8,924 | I am interested to know if there is any Pontiac e-mail car clubs out
there? Has anyone started one, or is anybody thinking about starting one.
Thanks for any info you can give me | 4 | trimmed_train |
2,742 | I posted this a while ago and didn't recieve one reply, and now we
have another bug report on the same subject. Can anybody help me out?
How can you ensure that accelerators work the same independent of
case? What I want is Ctrl+O and Ctrl+o to both be accelerators on one
menu entry.
In ORA Vol. 6, in the section on accelerators it says "For information
on how to specify translation tables see Vol. 4...", this is so you
know what to put for the XmNaccelerator resource. If you go to
Vol. 4 it says, "Likewise, if a modifier is specified, there is
nothing to prohibit other modifiers from being present as well. For
example, the translation:
Shift<Key>q: quit()
will take effect even if the Ctrl key is held down at the same time as
the Shift key (and the q key).
This implies to me that setting XmNaccelerator to Ctrl<Key>o should do
what I want, but it doesn't, it doesn't work if the user presses the
control key, the shift key, and the o key.
Is it possible to supply > 1 accelerator for a menu entry? Keep in
mind when answering this question that when using Motif you can't use
XtInstallAccelerators().
I am using Motif 1.1.3 on a DECstation 5000 but I have also tried it
on an HP using Motif 1.1.3 and 1.2.
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8,219 |
It would be nice if, as you rightly point out the inherent value of
freedom of speech, discussion would also deal with the all-to-
frequent ritualized abuses and distortions of that freedom that do
occur. There are situations where a few extremely vocal, and
usually radical, people **do** drive people away, effectively stifle
all other ("opposing") views and generally "take over". *Clearly*,
the purpose behind such actions is *to deprive* others of *their*
freedom of speech through overt and covert coercion and domination of
the "media form" in question. While "freedom" of speech is to be valued,
this is not. How would you suggest that this sort of reoccuring problem be
alleviated? More particularly, how can this be controlled within the
structure of these newsgroups? | 6 | trimmed_train |
6,416 | Maine beat LSSU 5-4.
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4,325 | Hi Netters
I want to know if 13500 (w/o tax) is a good deal for 1993 Mazda 626 DX
How is the performance review so far on Mazda 626. Is it a good buy?
Please reply to me as I don't read this group often.
Thanks In advance
Ravi
--
Ravi Kiran Puvvala | "The purpose of education is not merely,
[email protected] | the assimilation of facts but blow all
Motorola Codex, Boston MA | the money" - Ravi Puvvala | 4 | trimmed_train |
7,878 |
Something that happened in South AFrica about a year ago: A dealer sold a
Mercedes with an odometer reading of 150K kilometers to a lady. Turned out
that the actual reading should have been 160K. Court case followed because
lady said she wouldn't have bought a car with that much km's. Dealer found
quilty, fined and had to take back the car.
I think you have a case if you can get a sworn statement from the previous
owner. Take the car back to the dealer and threaten him or something. | 4 | trimmed_train |
4,755 | For Sale:
Fujitsu 324meg SCSI drive. $450
Maxtor 338meg ESDI drive. $425
Maxtor 160meg ESDI drive. $225
Toshiba 106meg IDE drive. $175
XT case & motherboard. $50
DTC 16-bit MFM 2HD 2FD controler. $30
All items are used, in full working condition, and have a
warranty for one week unless otherwise specified. All prices
are %100 negotiable, shipping not included.
Wanted:
Developers kit for SB
17" SVGA moniters (two of them).
| 5 | trimmed_train |
6,500 |
No, I say religious law applies to those who are categorized as
belonging to the religion when event being judged applies. This
prevents situations in which someone is a member of a religion
who, when charged, claims that he/she was _not_ a member of the
religion so they are free to go on as if nothing had happened.
| 8 | trimmed_train |
9,958 | (References: deleted to move this to a new thread)
"To put it as simply as possible: *I am not a Muslim*.[...] I do not
accept the charge of apostacy, because I have never in my adult life
affirmed any belief, and what one has not affirmed one can not be
said to have apostasized from. The Islam I know states clearly that
'there can be no coercion in matters of religion'. The many Muslims
I respect would be horrified by the idea that they belong to their
faith *purely by virtue of birth*, and that a person who freely chose
not to be a Muslim could therefore be put to death."
Salman Rushdie, "In Good Faith", 1990
"God, Satan, Paradise, and Hell all vanished one day in my fifteenth
year, when I quite abruptly lost my faith. [...]and afterwards, to
prove my new-found atheism, I bought myself a rather tasteless ham
sandwich, and so partook for the first time of the forbidden flesh of
the swine. No thunderbolt arrived to strike me down. [...] From that
day to this I have thought of myself as a wholly seculat person."
Salman Rushdie, "In God We Trust", 1985
Only a functional illiterate with absolutely no conception of the
nature of the novel could think such a thing. I'll accept it
(reluctantly) from mobs in Pakistan, but not from you. What is
presented in the fictional dream of a demented character cannot by the
wildest stretch of the imagination be considered a reflection on the
actual Mohammad. What's worse, the novel doesn't present the
Mahound/Mohammed character in any worse light than secular histories
of Islam; in particular, there is no "lewd" misrepresentation of his
life or that of his wives.
Don't hold back; he's considered an apostate and a blasphemer.
However, it's not for his writing in _The Satanic Verses_, but for
what people have accepted as a propagandistic version of what is
contained in that book. I have yet to find *one single muslim* who
has convinced me that they have read the book. Some have initially
claimed to have done so, but none has shown more knowledge of the book
than a superficial Newsweek story might impart, and all have made
factual misstatements about events in the book.
I'll keep an eye out for it. I have a counter-proposal: I suggest
that you see the Viking hardcover by Salman Rushdie called _The
Satanic Verses_. Perhaps then you'll understand. | 8 | trimmed_train |
1,905 | Hi: I'd like to know how much the foll. equipment will fetch in the used
equipment market (without manuals or other accessories):
1. Tektronix 2465 scope
2. Tektronix 2465A scope
3. Tektronix 1240 logic analyser | 11 | trimmed_train |
1,449 | I would like to make everyone aware that in winning the NL West the Atlanta
Braves did not lead wire-to-wire. Through games of 4/14/93 the Houston
Astros are percentage points ahead of the "unbeatable" Braves.
Go Astros!!!!! | 2 | trimmed_train |
10,676 | It was announced on NPR 4/17/93 10:00 am EDT, that Turkish President Ozal died
of a heart attack in Ankara.
| 6 | trimmed_train |
9,942 |
^^
I think you mean late '60s. The biggest change that Porsche undertook to
alter the tailhappieness of their baby was way back in August 1968 (for the
'69 model year) when they stretched the wheelbase. Besides, some people
actually _KNOW_ how to take advantage of oversteer, and enjoy it.
^^^^^
^^^^ ^^^^
You should have seen what Phil Hill (_*WORLD CHAMPION*_) had to say about
the Vette's he's driven.
^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^
Yeah, that was what he said. :-)
Paul Frere agreed. They both prefered the Porsche (modified by Ruf) to
either of the Vette's at that test.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
9,781 | mile."
Ravi,
Its not a good idea to have a horizontally formatted hard disk in a
vertical position. If the drive is formatted in a horizontal position, it can
not completely compensate for the gravitational pull in a vertical position.
I'm not saying that your hard disk will fail tomorrow or 6 months from now, but
why take that chance? If you want more detailed info on the problem, please
mail me at:===> [email protected] <===. | 14 | trimmed_train |
11,187 | I'd like to share my thoughts on this topic of "arrogance of
Christians" and look forward to any responses. In my
encounters with Christians, I find myself dismayed by their
belief that their faith is total truth. According to them,
their beliefs come from the Bible and the bible is the word of
God and God is truth - thus they know the truth. This stance
makes it difficult to discuss other faiths with them and my own
hesitations about Christianity because they see no other way.
Their way is the 'truth.'
But I see their faith arising from a willful choice to believe
a particular way. That choice is part faith and part reason,
but it seems to me a choice.
My discussions with some Christians remind me of schoolyard
discussions when I was in grade school:
A kid would say, "All policemen are jerks!" I'd ask, "How do
you know?" "Because my daddy told me so!" "How do you know
you're daddy is right?" "He says he's always right!"
Well the argument usually stops right there. In the end,
aren't we all just kids, groping for the truth? If so, do we have
the authority to declare all other beliefs besides our own as
false?
-------------
This is only my third time browsing through this newsgroup. I
apologize if I'm covering tired old ground. Some of the
discussions on this topic have piqued my interest and I welcome
any comments.
--
[I'm sort of mystified about how a Christian might respond to this. I
can understand criticisms of Christianity that say there's not enough
evidence to believe it, or that there's just as good evidence for
other religions. I don't agree, but clearly there are plenty of
intelligent people who don't find the evidence convincing. But that
doesn't seem to be your point. Rather, you seem upset that people who
believe Christianity is true also believe that things which contradict
it are false.
This suggests a model of spiritual things that's rather different than
the Christian one. It sounds more like an existentialist view, where
people choose what value to follow, but there's no actual independent
spiritual reality, and so no way to say that a specific choice is in
some unique sense right. This sort of model -- with modifications of
one sort or another -- may be appropriate for some religions. But
Christianity is in its essense a "historical" religion. That is, it's
based on the concept that there are actual spiritual entities out
there, that one of them has intervened in history in specific ways,
and that we see evidence of that in history. In the "mundane" world,
we are not free to choose how things work. When we drop something, it
falls (aside from well-defined situations where it doesn't). The
Christian concept is that spiritual matters, there is also an actual
external reality. I hope we're all honest enough not to claim that we
have perfect understanding. But while we may not think we know
everything, we are confident that we know some things. And that
implies that we think things that contradict them are false. I don't
see how else we could proceed.
This needn't result in arrogance. I'm certainly interested in talking
with people of other religions. They may have things to teach me, and
even if they don't, I respect them as fellow human beings. But it's
got to be possible to respect people and also think that on some
matters they are wrong. Maybe even disasterously wrong. | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,088 | Moscow Scientific Inductrial Association "Spectrum" offer
VIDEOSCAN vision system for PC/AT,wich include software and set of
controllers.
SOFTWARE
For support VIDEOSCAN family program kit was developed. Kit
includes more then 200 different functions for image processing.
Kit works in the interactive regime, and has include Help for
non professional users.
There are next possibility:
- input frame by any board of VIDEOSCAN family;
- read - white image to - from disk;
- print image on the printer;
- makes arithmetic with 2 frames;
- filter image;
- work with gistogramme;
- edit image.
- include users exe modules.
CONTROLLER VS9
The function of VS-9 controller is to load TV-images into PC/AT.
VS-9 controller allows one to load a fragment of the TV-frame from
a field of 724x600 pixels.
The clock rate is 14,7 MHz when loading an image with 512 pixel in
the line and 7,4 MHz when loading a 256 pixels image. This
provides the equal pixel size of input image in both horizontal
and vertical directions.
The number of gray levels in any input modes is 256.
Video signal capture time - 2.5s.
CONTROLLER VS52
The purpose of the controller is to enter the TV images into a IBM
PC AT or any other machine of that type. The controller was
created on the base of modern elements, including user
programmable gate arrays.
The controller allows to digitize a input signal with different
resolutions. Its flexible architecture makes possible to change
technical parameters. Instead of TV signal one can process any
other analog signal (including signals from slow-speed scanning
devices).
The controller has the following technical characteristics:
- memory volume - from 256 K to 2 Mb ;
- resolution when working with standard video signal - from 64x64
to 1024x512 pixels ;
- resolution when working in slow input regime - up to 2048x1024
pixels;
- video signal capture time - 40 ms.
- maximum size of a screen when memory volume is 2Mb - 2048x1024
pixels ;
- number of gray level - 256 ;
- clock rate for input - up to 30 MHz ;
- 4 input video multiplexer ;
- input/output lookup table (LUT);
- possibility to realize "scroll" and "zoom";
- 8 lines for external synchronization (an input using external
controlling signal) ;
- electronic adjustment of black and white reference for analog -
digital converter;
- possibility output image to the color RGB monitor.
One can change all listed above functions and parameters of the
controller by reprogramming it.
IMAGE PROCESSOR VS100
| 1 | trimmed_train |
7,465 |
The CU people have been, and continue to be big ozone scientists. So
this is consistent. It is also consistent with the new "Comercial
applications" that NASA and Clinton are pushing so hard.
Did anyone catch the rocket that was launched with a movie advert
all over it? I think the rocket people got alot of $$ for painting
up the sides with the movie stuff. What about the Coke/Pepsi thing
a few years back? NASA has been trying to find ways to get other
people into the space funding business for some time. Frankly, I've
thought about trying it too. When the funding gets tight, only the
innovative get funded. One of the things NASA is big on is co-funding.
If a PI can show co-funding for any proposal, that proposal has a SIGNIFICANTLY
higher probability of being funded than a proposal with more merit but no
co-funding. Once again, money talks!
| 10 | trimmed_train |
4,914 | We have a setup with with 13 polaroid transducers and rangefinders. We
would like to fire these three at a time with about 5 ms between
firings. The three that are being fired do not fire in the same
direction.
To further explain the situation, assume we are firing sonars A,B,C
5 ms apart each other. We should normally see an echo on A that
corresponds to the distance. However, sonar A detects the INIT line
of sonar B! The detection is actually through the transducer of sonar A;
we can see a very faint 50Khz signal on the transducer, exactly at the
time the init line of sonar B is activated.
We feel that there is some ground coupling that is causing this interference.
We came to this conclusion since we are using a separate power supply
for sonars B and C.
Has anyone else had any problems with these particular units and
this type of experience? Your suggestions for remedies will be greatly
appreciated.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
2,356 | I've been using version 2.5.2 of ghostscript, and I'm quite satisfied
with it. There are, actually, 3 versions: a plain dos version, a 386
version, and a windows version. | 18 | trimmed_train |
4,873 |
For a good display, you *must* get an active matrix panel and a *very*
bright overhead projector designed to be used with an LCD panel (i.e.
stage must not get too hot). I tried out a Proxima Ovation unit and liked
it, but I needed a brighter projector (I used it with a 3M 920). It is
also too expensive for what you get, IMHO. Prices of active matrix panels
are rumoured to drop substantially sometime this year (something to do
with tarrifs being lifted I think).
In Canadian dollars, the Proxima Ovation models ranged in price from about
$5000 to $7000 and a good overhead projector about $1000 to $1500. For
that kind of money, you can get a brighter image from a three beam
projector, but sacrifice portability. | 14 | trimmed_train |
5,917 | What do I need to do to configure this drive as a slave?
Model# CP30101G
Please reply via e-mail. Thanks!! | 3 | trimmed_train |
6,643 | Does anybody else think that WS stats should become part of
a player's career stats? Why not?
| 2 | trimmed_train |
7,949 | I own an 8088 640K clone which does all I want except run 1 game I want
to buy. The game says it requires a 80286 with 640K. Game tech. support
says game will run on 8088 but uses a some digitized graphics which would
make it run really *slow* (it's a card game - Hoyles Classic Card Games,
digitized graphics are photos artwork of game fictional card players).
What can I do to speed up how this game would run, short of an 80286
motherboard upgrade. Co-processor? Accelerator card mimicking 80286?
My 8088 can run at 10 Mhz. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. | 3 | trimmed_train |
3,336 | I've been a Giants season ticket holder for years and never really complained
about the old ballyard place. Sure, it's been cold, the food lines were long,
and the hired hands were surly, but this was all part of the Giants mystique.
Or so I thought.
I went to Tuesday's game (3 - 1 Giants over the Marlins) and the 'Stick was
a much different place. Nothing short of a dome will eliminate the wind, but
everything is a lot better. The lines are a lot shorter, the bathrooms are
CLEAN and have running water, and the hired hands were very polite.
The new foghorn (lights up and blows after each homerun) and the wooden fence
are very nice, as are the new bleachers. The bleachers start right at the top
of the fence and give a great view, and they've got beer stands at the
bottome of the bleachers. The only complaint is that the electronic
old-fashioned scoreboard looks electronic - could be better.
These things should have been done a long time ago, but it took a real
businessman (ex - Safeway President Peter Magowan) to figure it out. Just
like he used to tell his checkers, "If the customers don't come back, I don't
need as many checkers". This isn't a knock on Bob Lurie - he was a competent
businessman but he didn't deal much with the general public.
I'll give an example of how the level of service has changed. The onion
dispenser jammed as I was using it. An attendant came over, apoligized for
the problem and proceeded to fix the machine. After he was done, he cleaned
the machine and said he was glad to be able to help. In the old days, there
was no attendant and the folks at the concession stands would say "Go to
the stand 100 feet away - they might be able to help".
All in all, it was a fun day
| 2 | trimmed_train |
2,522 |
I don't understand this last statement about the '90Vanagon...Our '90Vanagon
Owner's Manual RECOMMENDS 20W50 !! | 4 | trimmed_train |
6,588 | I'd like to add a second S3 based video card to my system. Does anyone
know of a company that sells a card that can coexist with another one?
All I really need is color text on one monitor and fast color graphics
on the other. | 3 | trimmed_train |
2,679 |
My impression is that *for advanced work* you will be much better off with
German reference works (lexicons, concordances especially). For a first-time
encounter, my *personal* preference would be to deal with a textbook written in
my native language. But if you know German and are in Germany, pick up all the
reference books you think you can handle. (I only know these works by
reputation, since my German is most rusty, but I'd look at the following books:
Koehler's lexicon, Mandeldern's concordance, the Jenni & Westermann theological
dictionary of the OT.)
The amount of language instruction available at US seminaries varies widely,
mostly depending on the denominational heritage of the school. Presbyterian
and Reformed seminaries probably place a lot more emphasis on the biblical
languages than others. (Of course, any divinity school that has a doctoral
program in biblical studies is going to have extensive language resources! But
there are quite a few masters-degree-granting seminaries here at which the
attitude seems to be more, "Well, if you're *really* interested we'll give you
a semester-long course, but we don't understand why . . .") | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,069 |
You might try the recorder and make a micro. I done that to do certain operations
in a windows app that didn't have the ability to use a micro. It should be in the
Accessories window. The only problem is that it has to be runing for it to work.
But, Good Luck.
| 18 | trimmed_train |
6,007 |
It works on xterms. At least I have no problem with it. - Back to the original
question:
I usually start new xterms by selecting the proper menu entry in my desktop
menu. Here is a sample command:
xterm -sl 999 -n ls12i -title ls12i -e rlogin ls12i &
The -n and -title options give the text for window and icon. As I use the
tcsh (a wonderful extension of the csh), I can do the following:
I have an
alias precmd echo -n '^[]2\;${HOST}:$cwd^G'
in my ~/.tcshrc. This is a special alias for tvtwm. It is executed each time
before printing the prompt. So, I have the current host name and the current
directory path in the title bar of my xterms.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
____
UniDo / Ingolf Markhof University of Dortmund, LS Informatik XII
___/ / P.O. Box 500 500, D-4600 Dortmund 50, F.R. Germany
\ \ / Phone: +49 (231) 755 6142, Fax: +49 (231) 755 6555
\__\/ Email: [email protected]
| 16 | trimmed_train |
9,902 | I'm thinking of splashing out on a new motherboard for my PC. I am
running Linux as my main OS, with a small DOS partition left for my
flatmates' games.
My current setup is a 386SX-25 (AMD) with 387SX-25 (ITT - I think) and 9
Mbytes of 70ns SIMMS, and (120+100)Mbyte IDE.
Basically I have two choices
1) Get a 386DX-40 + 387DX-40 or
2) Get some sort of 486.
Unfortunately I live in the UK where computer prices are far too high.
The first option works out at about \pounds 200. 486 m/boards start at
this price for a SX-25.
I have a couple of questions.
1) How much of an improvement in speed should I notice if I get a
386DX+copro. Remember I'm using a 32 bit OS, and alot of Floating Point
operations.
2) How much faster would a 486DX-33 be than the 386DX-40+copro ?
Should I get an upgradeable m/board with a 386DX-40 and wait for
AMD/Pentium price pressure to reduce the costs of the 486 ?
Any experiences will be most helpful ...
Kenny.
PS. Example prices:
386DX-40+copro M/board ~$270
486DX33 M/board ~$580
-----------------------------------------------------------
Kenneth MacDonald E-mail [email protected]
Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
University of Edinburgh Scotland | 3 | trimmed_train |
5,443 |
Nick Haines sez;
>(given that I've heard the Shuttle software rated as Level 5 in
>maturity, I strongly doubt that this [having lots of bugs] is the case).
Level 5? Out of how many? What are the different levels? I've never
heard of this rating system. Anyone care to clue me in?
This is a rating system used by ARPA and other organisations to
measure the maturity of a `software process' i.e. the entire process
by which software gets designed, written, tested, delivered, supported
etc.
See `Managing the Software Process', by Watts S. Humphrey, Addison
Wesley 1989. An excellent software engineering text. The 5 levels of
software process maturity are:
1. Initial
2. Repeatable
3. Defined
4. Managed
5. Optimizing
The levels are approximately characterized as follows:
1. no statistically software process control. Have no statistical
basis for estimating how large software will be, how long it will
take to produce, how expensive it will be, or how reliable it will
be. Most software production is at this level.
2. stable process with statistical controls, rigorous project
management; having done something once, can do it again. Projects
are planned in detail, and there is software configuration
management and quality assurance.
3. The process is defined and understood, implementation is
consistent. This includes things like software inspection, a
rigorous software testing framework, more configuration management,
and typically a `software engineering process group' within the
project.
4. Statistical information on the software is systematically gathered
and analysed, and the process is controlled on the basis of this
information. Software quality is measured and has goals.
5. Defects are prevented, the process is automated, software contracts
are effective and certified. | 10 | trimmed_train |
1,662 |
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I sure hope you got the cost of a replacement panel out of the owner. Here if
the owner should seem reluctant, a stop by the local SPCA (preferably with your
foot/leg all swollen up) to file a viscious dog report would do the trick.
-g. | 12 | trimmed_train |
11,303 | Here is the story:
I have a network with 4 Macs on Localtalk. One of them has an
Ethernet Card, and is currently connected to a NeXT (don't laugh
I got it for the price of a Mac IIsi). The NeXT is connected
to the internet over SLIP running on a 9600 baud modem.
Currently, we can telnet from the Mac w/ Ethernet to the NeXT,
and then telnet out again to the rest of the world.
What we want to know is if there is some sort of hardware that
will route telnet sessions from the Localtalk Macs to the NeXT
via the Ethernet Mac. From what we have heard, AIR doesn't do
the trick.
Software solutions would be good too, but my impression is that
there aren't going to be any.
Our immediate interest is to be able to get to the NeXT and telnet
out again. The SLIP connection doesn't allow us to assign IP numbers
to machines, so everyone shares that 1 number...oh well...
thanks in advance. | 14 | trimmed_train |
2,222 |
however, the word "pa^ques" in french _is_ the word for easter. ask
any francophone, whether from quebec or from paris. besides, haven't
you heard of the phrase "the paschal lamb" (meaning jesus)?
sorry to nitpick on the more trivial part of this thread.... | 0 | trimmed_train |
2,499 | Thanks for all your assistance. I'll see if he can try a
different brand of patches, although he's tried two brands
already. Are there more than two?
Melissa
---
[email protected]
"After a time you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing
after all as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true." | 19 | trimmed_train |
8,407 |
Once again, Mark, you don't specify the means through which the government
is to be prevented from becoming the tool of business interests. As a
left-wing, big government, conventional liberal, I'm just as willing as
you are to vote against anti-competitive regulations that favor auto
dealers.
But what I hear from libertarians is a desire to limit incumbents' terms,
to weaken government by eliminating its power to enforce antitrust laws,
and a desire to eliminate legislator's pay. Each strikes me as a
particularly ineffective way to insure that auto dealers and other special
interests cannot influence public policy. In fact, they seem clearly
designed to accomplish the opposite.
jsh | 13 | trimmed_train |
10,342 |
Larry:
The subject content IS serious; as is the question.
On one hand you state that "things have changed dramatically" but, at the
same time nothing you "can think of has changed". Your girlfriend seems
to want to see a counselor, but you don't.
I'd recommend that you examine your hesitation to see a counselor. It's
a very good environment to examine issues.
The fact of the matter is: your girlfriend has a different perception than
you. The TWO of you need to address the issue in order to resolve it.
Please consider going to a counselor with your girlfriend. What could it
possibly hurt? | 19 | trimmed_train |
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