id
int32
1
11.3k
text
stringlengths
0
74.9k
label
int64
0
19
Generalization
stringclasses
1 value
2,265
To: [email protected] (Lost Boy) LB> I know from personal experience that men CAN get yeast infections. I LB> get rather nasty ones from time to time, mostly in the area of the LB> scrotum and the base of the penis. I used to have problems with recurrent athlete's foot until I started drying between my toes with my blow drier after each time I bathe. I also dry my pubic area while I am at it to prevent problems. You might want to try it.
19
trimmed_train
5,939
I thought that under emergency conditions, the STS can put down at any good size Airport. IF it could take a C-5 or a 747, then it can take an orbiter. You just need a VOR/TAC I don't know if they need ILS. pat
10
trimmed_train
9,777
What follows is my opinion. It is not asserted to be "the truth" so no flames, please. It comes out of a background of 20 years as a senior corporate staff executive in two Fortune 50 companies. I'd be happy to use a crypto system supplied by the NSA for business, if they told me it was more secure than DES, and in particular resistant to attempts by Japanese, French, and other competitive companies and governments to break. I'd be happy to do so even with escrowed keys, provided I was happy about the bona fides of the escrow agencies (the Federal Reserve would certainly satisfy me, as would something set up by one of the big 8 accounting firms). I'd trust the NSA or the President if they stated there were no trap doors--I'd be even happier if a committee of independent experts examined the thing under seal of secrecy and reported back that it was secure. I'd trust something from the NSA long before I'd trust something from some Swiss or anybody Japanese. This may seem surprising to some here, but I suggest most corporations would feel the same way. Most/many/some (pick one) corporations have an attitude that the NSA is part of our government and "we support our government", as one very famous CEO put it to me one day. Just some perspective from another point of view.
7
trimmed_train
1,227
I thought that all coolants were aluminum safe any more. But I would like to know more since I must tear down my Kawasaki (again I must add).
12
trimmed_train
785
: I'm searching for a phonetic TrueType font for Windows 3.1. If : anybody knows one, please mail me! : : Thanks. : : dw : : : ################################################################## : Dipl.-Inform. Dietmar Weidlich # IfADo, Ardeystr. 67 # : [email protected] # D-4600 Dortmund 50 # : Phone ++49 231 1084-250 # >> Dr. B.: "Koennten Sie das # : Fax ++49 231 1084-401 # MAL EBEN erledigen?" << # Yes, I'm looking for phonetic font(s) too! So if you know one, please mail me too!
18
trimmed_train
9,092
I saw once an article about a new line of Macs configured to work more optimally as file servers. Anyone know any more details?
14
trimmed_train
8,851
/> />I always thought GD's Fighter plants were in Long Island. /> /No, Northrup has a plant on Long Island. I don't think Northrup ever had a plant on Long Island. The two main airframe manufacturers there were (Fairchild)/Republic which closed its doors after the T-46 cancellation, and Grumman (which is still hanging on last I time I called). I think Sperry also started there. If you're ever in the area check out the Cradle of Aviation Museum at Mitchell field (now mostly parking lots behind the Nassau Coliseum and the community college). Good display of vehicles from Long Island, including a LEM flight article.
10
trimmed_train
4,013
Ah, there's the rub. And a catch-22 to boot. For the purposes of a contest, you'll probably not compete if'n you can't afford the ride to get there. And although lower priced delivery systems might be doable, without demand its doubtful that anyone will develop a new system. Course, if a low priced system existed, there might be demand... I wonder if there might be some way of structuring a contest to encourage low cost payload delivery systems. The accounting methods would probably be the hardest to work out. For example, would you allow Rockwell to 'loan' you the engines? And so forth... This depends on the how soon the new launch system comes on line. In other words, perhaps a great deal of worthwhile technology (life support, navigation, etc.) could be developed prior to a low cost launch system. You wouldn't want to use the expensive stuff forever, but I'd hate to see folks waiting to do anything until a low cost Mac, oops, I mean launch system comes on line. I guess I'd simplify this to say that 'waste' is a slippery concept. If your goal is manned lunar exploration in the next 5 years, then perhaps its not 'wasted' money. If your goal is to explore the moon for under $500 million, then you should put of this exploration for a decade or so. Craig
10
trimmed_train
1,015
Gilligan = Sloth Skipper = Anger Thurston Howell III = Greed Lovey Howell = Gluttony Ginger = Lust Professor = Pride Mary Ann = Envy
0
trimmed_train
10,131
Let us not forget about the genocide of the Azeri people in 'Karabag' and x-Soviet Armenia by the Armenians. Between 1914 and 1920, Armenians committed unheard-of crimes, resorted to all conceivable methods of despotism, organized massacres, poured petrol over babies and burned them, raped women and girls in front of their parents who were bound hand and foot, took girls from their mothers and fathers and appropriated personal property and real estate. And today, they put Azeris in the most unbearable conditions any other nation had ever known in history. AREF SADIKOV sat quietly in the shade of a cafe-bar on the Caspian Sea esplanade of Baku and showed a line of stitches in his trousers, torn by an Armenian bullet as he fled the town of Hojali just over three months ago, writes Hugh Pope. "I'm still wearing the same clothes, I don't have any others," the 51-year-old carpenter said, beginning his account of the Hojali disaster. "I was wounded in five places, but I am lucky to be alive." Mr Sadikov and his wife were short of food, without electricity for more than a month, and cut off from helicopter flights for 12 days. They sensed the Armenian noose was tightening around the 2,000 to 3,000 people left in the straggling Azeri town on the edge of Karabakh. "At about 11pm a bombardment started such as we had never heard before, eight or nine kinds of weapons, artillery, heavy machine-guns, the lot," Mr Sadikov said. Soon neighbours were pouring down the street from the direction of the attack. Some huddled in shelters but others started fleeing the town, down a hill, through a stream and through the snow into a forest on the other side. To escape, the townspeople had to reach the Azeri town of Agdam about 15 miles away. They thought they were going to make it, until at about dawn they reached a bottleneck between the two Armenian villages of Nakhchivanik and Saderak. "None of my group was hurt up to then ... Then we were spotted by a car on the road, and the Armenian outposts started opening fire," Mr Sadikov said. Azeri militiamen fighting their way out of Hojali rushed forward to force open a corridor for the civilians, but their efforts were mostly in vain. Mr Sadikov said only 10 people from his group of 80 made it through, including his wife and militiaman son. Seven of his immediate relations died, including his 67-year-old elder brother. "I only had time to reach down and cover his face with his hat," he said, pulling his own big flat Turkish cap over his eyes. "We have never got any of the bodies back." The first groups were lucky to have the benefit of covering fire. One hero of the evacuation, Alif Hajief, was shot dead as he struggled to change a magazine while covering the third group's crossing, Mr Sadikov said. Another hero, Elman Memmedov, the mayor of Hojali, said he and several others spent the whole day of 26 February in the bushy hillside, surrounded by dead bodies as they tried to keep three Armenian armoured personnel carriers at bay. As the survivors staggered the last mile into Agdam, there was little comfort in a town from which most of the population was soon to flee. "The night after we reached the town there was a big Armenian rocket attack. Some people just kept going," Mr Sadikov said. "I had to get to the hospital for treatment. I was in a bad way. They even found a bullet in my sock." Victims of war: An Azeri woman mourns her son, killed in the Hojali massacre in February (left). Nurses struggle in primitive conditions (centre) to save a wounded man in a makeshift operating theatre set up in a train carriage. Grief-stricken relatives in the town of Agdam (right) weep over the coffin of another of the massacre victims. Calculating the final death toll has been complicated because Muslims bury their dead within 24 hours. Photographs: Liu Heung / AP Frederique Lengaigne / Reuter THE INDEPENDENT, London, 12/6/'92 Serdar Argic
6
trimmed_train
6,716
18
trimmed_train
6,798
Maybe it milks the dogcow? 9-) Lots of drivers are available off ftp.cica.indiana.edu in pub/pc/win3/ drivers/video. I've tried two: et4cview.zip and et4turbo.zip. These give you a choice of turbo and non-turbo drivers. The turbo drivers were FAST but caused mouse problems with my machine (which has a Diamond Speedstar card). I finally got turbo drivers (wndSpeed by Binar) from Diamond. Amazing. Blazingly fast (for a non-accelerated card) and best of all - no GPF's for a month or so... --
18
trimmed_train
170
# #The article also contains numbers on the number of sexual partners. # #The median number of sexual partners for all men 20-39 was 7.3. # #Compared to the table I have already posted from Masters, Johnson, # #and Kolodny showing male homosexual partners, it is apparent that # #homosexual men are dramatically more promiscuous than the general # #male population. It's a shame that we don't have a breakdown for # #straight men vs. gay/bi men -- that would show even more dramatically # #how much more promiscuous gay/bi men are. # # Possibly because gay/bi men are less likely to get married? Marriage isn't a requirement for a couple staying together. # What was the purpose of this post? If it was to show a mindless obsession # with statistics, an incredibly flawed system of reasoning, and a repellent # hatemonger agenda, then the purpose was accomplished with panache. # # (a) Get a clue. (b) Get a life. (c) Get out of my face. I'm not in yours. # # ----bi Andrew D. Simchik SCHNOPIA! Yes you are. When you and the rest of the homosexual community pass laws to impose your moral codes on me, by requiring me to hire, rent to, or otherwise associate with a homosexual against my will, yes, you are in my face. Until homosexuals stop trying to impose their morals on me, I will be in your face about this.
13
trimmed_train
2,959
: The key issue that I bought my BJ-200 on was ink drying speed. You really : have to try awful hard to get the BJ-200 ink to smear. The HP DeskJets need : 10-15 seconds to completely dry. In both cases, however, do not get your : pages wet. Unlike laser printers, the material on your pages is INK, not : toner. But that should go without saying. I think the ink now used in the DeskJet family is water-fast. I've had pictures ruined by a few drops of rain. These were colour pictures from a DeskJet 500C. Mind you, it could have been acid rain:-) I use a BJ10ex. Ink dries fast, but it really doesn't like getting wet.
18
trimmed_train
11,096
Oops, sorry, my words, not the words of the Qur'an. Note that "(the celestial bodies)" in the above verse is an interpolation (which is why it is in brackets) -- it is the translator's (incorrect, IMHO) interpretation. Here is Maurice Bucaille's translation (he studied Arabic for his research into the Qur'an and science) of this verse: "(God is) the One Who created the night, the day, the sun and the moon. Each is travelling in an orbit with its own motion." (Qur'an :33) The positive aspect of this verse noted by Dr. Maurice Bucaille is that while geocentrism was the commonly accepted notion at the time (and for a long time afterwards), there is no notion of geocentrism in this verse (or anywhere in the Qur'an).
8
trimmed_train
9,898
The following are available for $7.00 each (includes postage if in USA):
5
trimmed_train
6,629
The American people didn't have any problem with it too (Clinton). Actually I think that it does not make any difference as long as they have the qualifications to become leaders. BTW in my political view I hope (and should be the Arab hope too) that Binyamin Netanyahu will not be ellected as prime minister of Israel. Naftaly ----
6
trimmed_train
1,507
I'm neither a doctor nor a firearms tech expert, but it would seem that given the way a holstered gun points, accidental injuries inflicted that way would be among the least lethal.
9
trimmed_train
8,328
Count me interested in a Cardinal's mailing list. If anyone finds one or starts one, please let me know. Thanks, Dick Detweiler
2
trimmed_train
1,329
I just found out about the sublinguals disappearing too. I don't know why. Perhaps because they weren't as profitable as cafergot. Too bad, since tablets are sometimes vomited up by migraine patients and they don't do any good flushed down the toilet. I suspect we'll be moving those patients more and more to the DHE nasal spray, which is far more effective. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and [email protected] | it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
19
trimmed_train
3,058
wondering ------------- Do you mean Juan Berenguer? He was traded for Mark Davis in the middle of last season. Exchanged one stiff for another, as Berenguer hadn't come back from his injury in 91. I think he's retired now. Anyhow, as middle relief, Marvin ain't that bad. He at least can pitch a couple of innings or do mop-up work. I don't know much about McMichael (was he the Mexican League guy?), but everybody else in the pen is a 1 inning man, except maybe Mercker. ------------------------------------------------------- Eric Roush fierkelab@ bchm.biochem.duke.edu "I am a Marxist, of the Groucho sort" Grafitti, Paris, 1968 TANSTAAFL! (although the Internet comes close.)
2
trimmed_train
10,824
I somehow started to doubt technical competence of the people who designed the system. Why on the Earth split the 80-bit key in 40-bit parts to keep them in escrow separately (having 40 bit and large volumes of data voice links produce it should be relatively easy to break it) when they simply could keep 80-bit sequences in N (N>=2) independent places and then XOR all the partial keys to get the actual key (N-1 sequences should obviously be selected randomly and Nth is the actual key XOR-ed with the random sequences). (Or is it a conspiracy? 1/2 :-)
7
trimmed_train
22
)>> "The Catalog of Personal Computing Tools for Engineers and Scien- )>> tists" lists hardware cards and application software packages for )>> PC/XT/AT/PS/2 class machines. Focus is on engineering and scien- )>> tific applications of PCs, such as data acquisition/control, )>> design automation, and data analysis and presentation. )>> If you would like a free copy, reply with your (U. S. Postal) )>> mailing address. I have a copy of this catalog in front of me as I write this. It does have tons of qool stuff in it. My impression is that they try not to send it out to "browsers". It appears that if your not a buyer or an engineer they do not want to waste a catalog on you. When you get a catalog there's a "VIP Code" you have to give them "to ensure your continued subscription.". Anyway, if you want to get in touch with them, the company is Personal Computing Tools 550 Division Street Campbell, CA 95008 (408) 378-8400 (They also have fax #'s and toll free #'s for ordering and tech support)
5
trimmed_train
1,341
[deleted] I can't speak for Mr. Cavano, but I understood his comment to refer to the idea that unrecognized pantheism is dangerous to Christians. If we unthinkingly adopt pantheistic ideas that are opposed to Christianity, we can pervert our faith. When we clearly recognize pantheism when we encounter it we have the opportunity to embrace what is consistent with Christianity and reject what isn't. We need to be alert, always thinking and questioning. We must examine the underlying assumptions of every book we read, tv program we watch and socio-political movement we participate in. Ideas are important. Philosophies and doctrines are what give form to the events of our lives. They are the basis from which we live our lives of love and service. The command to love God with all one's mind means no fuzzy- headed drifting from idea to idea. One Christian who acknowledges this is the Pope. It is a frequent theme in his writings. Indeed, thoughtful Christians from most traditions recognize that consumerism has no place in the lives of Christians. It too is a perversion and dangerous to our faith. Thank you, Jack, for pointing out the parallel.
0
trimmed_train
8,035
Does anyone recieve annoying email from Roger Maynard whenever they post an article telling them to leave him alon and stop posting to the group?? These emails are filled with insults- more than are usual in Roger's posts and have little if any hockey info. I have recieved two in the last 2 days. I am just wondering if I am special or Roger trys to bully everyone who disagrees with him. Gregmeister Obligatory hockey comment:
17
trimmed_train
9,359
In spite of my great respect for the people you speak of, I think their cost estimates are a bit over-optimistic. If nothing else, a working SSTO is at least as complex as a large airliner and has a smaller experience base. It therefore seems that SSTO development should cost at least as much as a typical airliner development. That puts it in the $3G to $5G range. True it and the contest would result in a much larger market. But I don't think it would be enough to attract the investors given the risks involved. If you could gurantee the SSTO costs and gurantee that it captures 100% of the available launch market, then I think you could do it. Allen
10
trimmed_train
10,270
Koresh had a lawyer, Deguin(?) who he spoke to in person several times during the last few weeks. This strikes me as a tad ingenous. "If X had done/note done Y, then Z would never have happened." I tend to place tha responsibility on the group/person actually committing the act, not on those whon "forced them to do it". After all, to take an extreme example, if the British were not in Northern Ireland, the IRA would not be forced to place bombs in shopping centers. That said, this whole sorry story was a totally unecessary, utterly fucked up mess from the get go. semper fi,
9
trimmed_train
1,074
Precisely. There's no objective medicine; some people get marvellous results from alternative therapy, others only respond to traditional medicine. There's no objective physics; Einstein and Bohr have told us that. There's no objective reality. LSD should be sufficient to prove that. I consider it to be a useful fiction; an abstract ideal we can strive towards. Like an ideal gas or a light inextensible string, it doesn't actually exist; but we can talk about things as if they were like it, and not be too far wrong.
15
trimmed_train
8,541
No wonder in the light of that you are a probably a theist who tries to pass as an agnostic. I still remember your post about your daughter singing Chrismas Carols and your feelings of it well.
8
trimmed_train
7,512
You can get the ApplicationContext associated with a widget by calling XtWidgetToApplicationContext.
16
trimmed_train
10,494
I have a Macc IIci and a Color scanner. I scanned a picture at 600 dpi. When I try to print it on my HP500 color printer, after 10 minutes of making noise, the mac hangs. I would need to reboot it. What does this mean? Do I need to buy more memory? I have 5.0 MB now. I also have about 50 MB of disk free, and the scanned picture is about 12 MB. ---
14
trimmed_train
7,440
Let me clearify Mr. Turkish;
6
trimmed_train
2,696
I am looking for any information about the Sigma Designs double up board. All I can figure out is that it is a hardware compression board that works with AutoDoubler, but I am not sure about this. Also how much would one cost?
14
trimmed_train
7,530
NASA and related agencies apparently used this same principles to create the loudest reported reproduced sound. They used an "analog" electrically controlled valve to control the flow of air across a horn throat. If I remember correctly it was called a "modulated air blast transducer". There were reports of the thing being able to produce 106 dB @ 80 Hz @ 10 mile distance, communicate directly with fighter pilots @ 5000 ft, etc. Regards, Gordon.
11
trimmed_train
11,055
... I tried to respond by email, but all attempts bounced. The condition of the Ctrl key BEFORE you press the mouse button makes no difference whatsoever. You have to be holding the Ctrl key when you RELEASE the mouse button if you want to force a copy operation. Here's a simple experiment. Select a file and begin to drag it (no Ctrl key). Notice that the file's icon disappears from the listing window. Now watch what happens to that icon as you press and release the Ctrl key (keeping the mouse button pressed all the while). In addition, the icon that you are dragging will show a "+" while you are holding the Ctrl key, indicating that the file is being copied rather than moved.
18
trimmed_train
1,785
A related question (which I haven't given that much serious thought to): at what lattitude is the average length of the day (averaged over the whole year) maximized? Is this function a constant= 12 hours? Is it truly symmetric about the equator? Or is there some discrepancy due to the fact that the orbit is elliptic (or maybe the difference is enough to change the temperature and make the seasons in the southern hemisphere more bitter, but is far too small to make a sizeable difference in daylight hours)? I want to know where to move.
10
trimmed_train
2,971
[Long silly discussion deleted...] This suggestion isn't as far-fetched as it sounds. Years ago in another time and place, I used to do oil changes in boats powered by automotive engines. In many cases, there was no way to get any sort of a tray under the oil pan because it was boxed in by the bottom of the hull and various floation chambers on each side. And if you *did* get something there, you'd spill all the oil out of it for sure trying to get it back out again. So we used a small pump powered by an electric drill to suck the oil out the dipstick hole. There was a long/thin hose on the inlet side designed to fit down the dipstick tube, and another, thicker/shorter hose on the outlet side that you put into any convenient container. I'm sure these gadgets are still available from marine hardware suppliers if you want one.
4
trimmed_train
7,537
Or perhaps it's referring to the wife and child sitting in the sidecar next to the one-up on the moto? :) Anyone ever heard of a game called oneup-onedown? (it's a drinking game, for all you older folx...:)
12
trimmed_train
3,075
We already got him under Pitchers, Overrated, Jewish. Probably. Is SHirley P still alive? Just wondering.
2
trimmed_train
10,778
It depends on the algorithm used. 128-bit secret keys for RSA are definitively not secure enough. Regards, Vesselin
7
trimmed_train
8,561
========================= commodore 128 epson homewriter 10 9 pin printer 1571 d/s disk drive 2 joysticks 1 mouse lotsa software, both games and apps. rapid fire joystick adapter ========================== about a year old $130 OBO
5
trimmed_train
4,635
We are getting a memory fault and a core dump whenever we end a Motif session under Ultrix 4.3, running on a DEC 5000/240. An examintion of the core file leads us to believe it's from getcons. Does anyone know what this is all about? marc
16
trimmed_train
3,943
I have the following Amiga software for sale: ProVideo GOLD $50 AmigaVision $25 B.E.S.T. Plan It! $10 spreadsheet (still in shrinkwrap) SuperBack $10 (hard drive backup) Certificate Maker $10 Add s&h to the above and its yours...email me at the address listed below:
5
trimmed_train
3,151
Terry, hi. I recently bought an LCIII and a Datadesk 101E. I can't remember trying to rebuild the desktop with it, however it did give me a strange problem. When I held down shift during startup to disable all extensions, nothing happened. I tried it with another keyboard, using the same adb connector cable- and it worked with the other keyboard. The shift key on the Datadesk keyboard worked well otherwise. I checked the dipswitches and they are fine. Try disabling your extensions and tell me if it works. I am annoyed with Datadesk. I sent them the keyboard in the mail for inspection/repair/replacement. The technician on the phone said they have a 10-14 day turn around time- meaning you should receive the inspected/repaired keyboard in that time. Well, they have had the keyboard for over 3 weeks and I still have gotten very little info from them about it. It's annoying because it cost me $12 to send them the keyboard (they do not refund the money) and their costumer service lines are toll calls. Tell me if you have a similar experience. -David
14
trimmed_train
10,094
Dont you believe that the Branch Davidians committed suicide for one minute. I would not put it past the FBI to lob in some incendiary grenades while they feed your their story. Don't ever ever trust what your wonderful government tells you. Janet Reno and the FBI have the murder of a hundred people on their hands. Hope they can sleep at night.... P.Vasilion, kb2nmv SUNY @ BUFFALO <<STD.DISCLAIMERS>>
9
trimmed_train
8,353
Hi, I recently bought an Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+. It's a real nice card, but I'm having very big problems with it. The basic problem is that vertical lines are missing from the display in windows. Something like every other line or so. Also, when I use a DOS gif viewer, namely vpic 6.0c, in Fahrenheit 1280 mode, vertical lines are swapped. It's very strange looking. If it uses VESA standards, however, it works great! only it thinks there's only 512K on the card. (There's 1MB on there). I have contacted Orchid support, and they tried to be helpful, but didn't have the answer. I don't think the card is the problem, since it works great on my friend's computer. Here is my setup: Fahrenheit 1280+, 1MB, bios 1.1 386-25, Opti-chipset2, AMI bios 1990, 5MB ram. Maxtor 120MB harddrive, (slave) Maxtor 40Mb harddrive (master) Panasonic c1381 monitor, version 4.6 windows drivers. windows 3.1 I tried taking all memory managers, etc off, and took all other cards (besides disk controller) off. My friend's setup is 386sx-16, shamrock monitor. If anyone has seen anything like this, or can otherwise help, I will be very greatful. Please send e-mail to [email protected] or [email protected]
18
trimmed_train
3,375
Then don't complain (maybe it wasn't you) that SCSI was so expensive on PC's because all we've had until a year or two ago was the ISA bus. (ie no one buys SCSI for ISA because ISA is slow) Are you saying that SCSI on an ISA bus is not an automatic winner when compared to IDE? I get different transfer rates out of my IDE when I change my ISA bus speed. IDE is just a variant of the old IBM- MFM AT controller. (at least that's how it looks from a software point of view). It was never meant to be an all-encompassing protocal/standard to be implimented across different platforms. Is there any argument that IDE can (or can't) transfer data from the IDE drive at least as fast as the drive is able to provide the data? Are SCSI versions of IDE drives able to deliver higher sustained transfer rates to their SCSI interface (because of a higher RPM platter, different arrangement of heads, etc?)? If data is going from one drive to another, and if SCSI has the ability to perform that transfer without the data having to go through the CPU or main memory, then yes, that is the optimal way to do it. As far as I know, IDE can't do that. But when the CPU wants data from both drives (data to be stored in main memory) are you saying that SCSI can grab data from both drives at the same time *and* store/transfer that data to main memory also at the same time? Working off 1 IRQ and 1 DMA channel on an ISA (or whatever) bus? A friend of mine just got a Maxtor 245 meg IDE drive for $320. (that's 245 million bytes, or 234 mega-bytes). With the basic $20 interface, he gets close to 1 meg/sec transfer on his 286-20. Does your figure include a few hundred $$$ for SCSI drivers? So you're saying that SCSI would have been the default interface type, considering that the vast majority of PC's don't have cd-rom drives or tape backups or etc? That most PC's only have (or had) 1 hard drive and run DOS? That SCSI hard drives cost a lot more than MFM or RLL drives at the time? (and how common were SCSI drives under 80 megs 4 to 10 years ago?) There's a lot more than the lack of a common interface card that prevented SCSI from becoming the connection medium of choice. But on that point, is it faster? This is what all this is about. Do you get more performance for the money. For all the people that will only have a single hard drive in their system (regardless of the OS) will the SCSI choice really give them more performance than IDE? True, but expandibility can also start on the bus, which means the option is there for cd-rom drives or tape backups that run off their own cards. No argument. This is always held up to the first time SCSI buyer as the best reason. But how many SCSI devices will the first time SCSI buyer eventually acquire? Again does it make sense to go SCSI for a single hard drive system? With all the postings on the SCSI I or II specs, are you really sure that PC and Apple SCSI hard drives are compatible? And even if they are, is the data accessible from either machine (ie are there no formatting/ partitioning or file table differences?) Is it really plug'n'play? So the C: drive on the connor becomes a logical D: drive to DOS. Is this really a problem? After having two IDE drives in my system for temporary file transfers, I have never seen any differences when switching between drives, nor have I ever seen any differences when transfering files between drives or to/from the same drive. That is nice (as long as the power supply can keep up). I do believe that there is the possibility for up to 4 IDE drives on a PC.
3
trimmed_train
10,866
Yes, I saw a 200 Turbo Quattro wagon on I-287 in NJ on Monday. I thought Audi stopped selling wagons in the US after the 5000. This is exactly the type of vehicle I would like to own. I bet its price is 4-5 times my car budget.
4
trimmed_train
5,684
The actual hourglass is hollow and is designed to generate a draft, exploiting the venturi effect. Around the base of the hourglass is a ring of water towers. Warm river water, coming from the steam condenser in the plant, is sprayed over louvres. The draft being pulled through the tower cools the water by both evaporation and convection. The sensible heat extracted from the cooling water is the driving force for draft generation. It should be noted that the hourglass-shaped cooling towers are used on both fossile and nuclear plants. It should also be noted that at locations where water is plentiful, the cooling towers are only used part time, when the discharge temperature would exceed some release limit. It was once thought that the warm discharge water was damaging to fish. Fishermen know that is thoroughly incorrect. Nontheless, stringent, usually state, regulations remain in some instances. Since it typically takes 60,000 hp worth of pumping to move the volume of water needed to cool a 1000 MWe plant, the cost of using the towers is not insignificant.
11
trimmed_train
11,214
Nonsense. I quite clearly state that it was Greg that made the claim that Gainey never made an error. And he made the claim. Read below. From rec.sport.hockey Thu Apr 15 21:22:49 1993 From: [email protected] (Greg Ballentine) Message-ID: <[email protected]> [nonsense deleted] Gainey is the best defensive forward ever. I stand by that assessment. He was a very good player who belongs in the hall of fame. Did you ever watch him play? He never made a technical error. [more nonsense deleted] To knowledgeable observers of the game my meaning is obvious. Your hockey education is not my responsibility. He was just another player. To laud him as anything more I find bothersome. I hated the Habs. I hated Lafleur until I realized that he was likely the most aesthetically pleasing player to ever skate in my lifetime. Why would anyone talk about Gainey? Did he play hockey at a high level? Was he any good? If not, why would you bother to bring JC up? I am talking about hockey players here. If you can't follow the conversation don't follow up. As I said previously, it is not my responsibility to educate you. Sure. Two journeymen. Big deal. Neither one of them is worth discussing. That is an excellent idea and if I decide to waste any more time responding to any of your, or Greg's, postings then I will be sure to implement that very macro. Tarasov claimed that Gainey was a "hockey god." And Greg ate it up. And that is what this thread is all about. If you didn't know that then why are you responding? And as for "blanket disregard for these individuals", I can remember Leaf teams, purely populated by such "individuals", winning four Stanley Cups. Teams. No one ran around telling us that George Armstrong was the best hockey player in the world. Right. I had to get to the end of your posting before I realized you were a complete joke. In the future, if you are going to respond to my postings I would appreciate it if you could present a cogent argument supported by facts gleaned from a version of reality that most of the rest of us would recognize. cordially, as always, rm
17
trimmed_train
6,754
Well, I'm not a lawyer, but from what I can tell this is completely and utterly untrue. You see, this country has this thing called a "constitution". If you legitimately aquire the device, and you yourself are not a government employee or otherwise encumbered, I don't think they can stop you from revealing anything about the device you can determine. Remember the Pentagon Papers precedent? The First Amendment applies here. The U.S. does NOT have an official secrets act. We do have laws that will punish you for revealing what classified information you learned in your capacity as a government official, contractor, etc, and we have laws that prohibit stealing such information. However, if they sell you the chip, I can't see that they can make reverse engineering it and revealing the details illegal. -- Perry Metzger [email protected]
7
trimmed_train
9,587
As I remember it, the name of the program your looking for is called icofrite. Cica was where I saw it last. It was quite a while ago.
18
trimmed_train
2,251
WGT is the WordUp Graphics Toolkit, designed by yours truly and my co-programmer (and brother) Chris Egerter. It is a Turbo/Borland C++ graphics library for programming in 320*200*256 VGA. We are currently producing it as shareware, but in a few years it may be a commercial product (excuse typos, there's no backspace on this terminal). Features include: - loading and saving bit-images (called blocks from herein) - flipping, resizing and warping blocks - loading and saving palette, fading, several in memory at once - graphics primitives such as line, circle, bar, rectangle - region fill (not the usually useless floodfill) - sprites (animated bitmaps), up to 200 onscreen at once - joystick/mouse support - SB support (VOC and CMF) - tile-based game creation using 16*16 pixel tiles to create a 320*200 tile map (or game world) like in Duke Nuke 'Em - number of sprites increased to 1000 - Professional Sprite Creator utility and Map Maker - routines to simplify scrolling games using maps, etc - FLI playing routines, sprites can be animated over the FLI while playing - PCX support, soon GIF - EMS/XMS coming soon as well Leave E-mail to Barry Egerter at [email protected] Files available on: (use mget wgt*.zip) SIMTEL20 and mirrors pd1:<msdos.turbo-c> nic.funet.fi pub/msdos/games/programming
1
trimmed_train
3,042
4
trimmed_train
3,436
Yeah, right. And the company was started by George Simon Ohmite.
11
trimmed_train
4,924
My understanding from my psycology classes is that the percentage is more like 10-12% world wide. I would really like to know your source for the 1-2% figure.
13
trimmed_train
9,521
Sigh. I try to make a little joke, I try to inject some humour here and what happens? In the immortal words of Foghorn Leghorn: "I say, that was a _joke_, son." I thought that the bit about McElwaine, not to mention the two smileys, would indicate to even the most humour impaired that I was JOKING. Sigh. (And will everyone who pat's suggestion (thanks bunches, pat) *please* stop sending me email.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
10
trimmed_train
2,359
Hello , I think you are probaly right, in spite of the movement it is getting better each day. cheers
19
trimmed_train
6,809
I am not so sure of Jewish proselytism then, but I would like to relate an account of a recent dinner I had with Jews a few months ago. The dinner was instigated by the aunt of the hostess, whom I had met while visiting my wife in Galveston last October. The dear old aunt (now deceased) was very proud of her Jewish heritage, although not especially devout. Her parents were both murdered in Nazi concentration camps in Austria during WWII because they were Jewish. While conversing with her about politics, world affairs and religion, she remarked that it would be a good idea for me to visit her niece on my return to Atlanta. Within two days of returning to Atlanta, her niece called to invite me over for dinner with her husband. I went, not knowing really what to expect, other than stimulating conversation and fellowship. What I got, however, was rather unexpected. The thrust of the evening's discussion was to condemn the Reagan-Bush policies prohibiting abortion counseling in federally funded family planning clinics, prohibiting the sterilization of minorities on welfare here and in Puerto Rico, on the ban on fetal tissue research, and against the Mexico City policy, "which denies U.S. foreign aid to programs overseas that promote abortion." The crux of their position was to place the blame for the problems of "overpopulation," rampant domestic crime, African starvation, unwed mothers, etc., on Christianity, rather on the fall of Adam. Now, this is not what I had to come to talk about. But every time I tried to bring up the subject of Judaism, they would condemn Jews for Jesus and admonish me against converting to Judaism, "because it involves too much study and effort." And I did not even raise the prospect, nor try to convert them to the truth of Christ! There was certainly no Jewish proselytism going on there. And again, last November I toured a "traditional" Jewish synagogue and was subjected to a 30-minute harangue against Jesus and Christianity in general. I realize that these are two isolated incidents, and that the best supervisor I ever had at work is Jewish, but from my experience, the modern Jew is not known for his proselytism. -- boundary
0
trimmed_train
2,256
Not necessarily. I've been thinking about this, and if this chip/scheme is to provide any real security, there must be some sort of key exchange, either using a public-key encryption scheme, or using a key exchange scheme like Diffie-Hellman. If there's an out-of-band transmission of a shared session key, then what protects that band from eavesdropping? If the phone company or some other online central authority generates a session key and sends it to both users, then what's the point of going to the trouble of having some complicated key-depositories? Just ask the phone company for a copy of the session key for each call. Now, it's probably not practical for each user to keep an online copy of every public key used by anyone anywhere, right? So, probably, there will be some way of getting these keys verified. This might be a digitally- signed (by the chip manufacturer) copy of the public key in this unit, stored by this unit. It might also be an online directory with access to everyone's public keys. (This would introduce another weakness to the security of the scheme, of course.) Presumably, if you don't use your designated key, you can't get a verified connection to other standard chips. It might be useful to have a modified chip, which would allow you to use either the original public/private key pair, or some other key pair and verification scheme. Unfortunately, this would not allow you to call most people and establish secure communications....
7
trimmed_train
10,424
I am resending this message because my news program may have goofed the first time. Terry, I recently bought an LCIII and a Datadesk 101E. I don't remember trying to rebuild the desktop with it, however it did give me a strange problem. When I held down shift during startup to disable all extensions, nothing happened. I tried it with another keyboard, using the same adb connector cable- and it worked with the other keyboard. The shift key on the Datadesk keyboard worked well otherwise. I checked the dipswitches and they are fine. Try disabling your extensions and tell me if it works. I am annoyed with Datadesk. I sent them the keyboard in the mail for inspection/repair/replacement. The technician on the phone said they have a 10-14 day turn around time- meaning you should receive the inspected/repaired keyboard in that time. Well, they have had the keyboard for over 3 weeks and I still have gotten very little info from them about it. It's annoying because it cost me $12 to send them the keyboard and their technical support line is not toll free. tell me if you have a similar experience with them.
14
trimmed_train
231
First of all, without wanting to sound nagging and bossy, yes it is a trivial answer and that's perfectly fine ( otherwise how is one supposed to move up to the complicated and challenging questions, we net readers so much enjoy :) ?), and the massive crossposting of your article was not justified... Please refer to appropriate newsgroups next time (by the way c.o.msw.misc is OK :) ). Now as far as your problem is concerned: try playing around with the settings in the 'Fonts..." dialog box under the window control menu (that little square at the top left corner of the window..).
18
trimmed_train
2,192
COCHRANE,JAMES SHAPLEIGH writes This group killed itself to fulfill its interpretation of prophecy and to book a suite in Paradise, taking innocent kids along for the ride. I hardly think the feds were motivated by persecution. If they were, all Koresh would have had to do was surrender quietly to the authorities, without firing a shot, to get the American people behind him and put the feds in the hot seat. But no, God told him to play the tough guy. There's great strength in yielding, but few appreciate this.
15
trimmed_train
1,153
There are several problems with the way the game is being presented to the fans. I feel that geographical names would enhance regional loyalties more than names honouring personages. And of course, they would not appear nearly as confusing to one approaching the sport for the first time. Another thing that bothers me is the points system. Percentages, as used in the other major sports are clearly more informative. When I look at the NHL standings the first thing I have to do is make a quick calculation to account for games in hand (which is almost always the case). Some will object to percentages, claiming perhaps, that it is an "Americanization" of the sport but I feel that using percentages is more informative and whether it is "American" or not is irrelevant. Even if Orr couldn't have contributed without the likes of Norris, you would have to agree that Norris couldn't have contributed without the likes of Orr. And taking a poll of most fans would quickly tell you who the fans feel made the more meaningful contribution. It doesn't look as if the division names are going to hold up either does it? --
17
trimmed_train
9,550
Anyone know of a phillies mailing list out there? .... they don't get much coverage up here in Grand Rapids, MI *sob* --
2
trimmed_train
2,761
Do you get a dial tone when you plug a phone into the jack?? If not, then the line is possibly disconnected from the nearest telco junction box. If you do get a dial tone, then surely the telco is sending a bill for the line to *someplace* or *somebody*. Are you sure that what you are doing is on the level. Sounds to me like you are just trying to get at somebody's unlisted number. Fess up. Keith
11
trimmed_train
4,999
}>On a }>waterski bike, you turn the handlebars left to lean right, just like on }>a motorcycle, so this supports the move-the-contact-patch-from-beneath-the }>centre-of-mass theory on how to *lean*. This contradicts the need for }>gyroscopic precession to have a countersteering induced *lean*. } }...FOR A WATERSKI BIKE. It contradicts nothing for a motorcycle. Not only that, but this morning I saw a TV ad for a waterski bike (a Sea Doo, for those who care). I watched the lengthy ad very carefully, and in every case and at every speed the riders turned the handlebars left to go left, and right to go right. In other words, they were *NOT* countersteering. So perhaps it is only *some* waterski bikes on which one countersteers...
12
trimmed_train
8,902
There is a mini-epidemic of Coccidiodes that is occurring in, I believe, the Owen's Valley/ Bishop area east of the Sierras. I don't believe there has been any great insight into the increased incidence in that area. There is a low-level of endemic infection in that region. Many people with evidence of past exposure to the organism did not have serious disease.
19
trimmed_train
6,960
Hi out there! I'm looking for (mechanic-construction)CAD-software either PD-sources or Sun 3-binaries (respective the licence.. :-). Who knows _ANY_ package (and a source/site to get it..) ? Thx, Fabian
16
trimmed_train
1,317
Hey everyone, I'm new to this newsgroup so please excuse me if this is a dumb question....I want to build a crossover for my stereo and I need a coil with an inductance of 6.8mH (actually I need 4). I was wondering if anyone knew where I could buy these or how to make these. I've called many places and no one I can find sells them. If you have the answers just E - mail me.... Thanks in advance.... Chris
11
trimmed_train
7,870
For sale KFC SVGA Monitor 1024X768 .28DP Non-interlaced
5
trimmed_train
2,004
Is there anyone out there in NetLand that has/has had one of these? Can someone give me a non-Consumer Reports review (or point me to a source) ??? Thanks Scott ----------------------- [email protected] Computer Science Undergraduate, University of California, Riverside Internet : 138.23.166.21 [email protected] Facilities Engineer, SHL SystemHouse, Inc. ,Technology Network Internet : 192.75.61.2
4
trimmed_train
7,318
I will sell it for $33 including shipping...
5
trimmed_train
3,074
Well, we got some responses and are doing some interviews with interesting responders. However, just in case the other posting was overlooked by an incredibly talented person ... Mea Culpa for posting this here for Mike, but we're looking for someone special: Tandem Computers is currently looking for a software wizard to help us architect & implement a fault-tolerant generalized instrumentation subsystem as part of our proprietary operating system kernel (TNS Kernel). The TNS Kernel is a proprietary, loosely-coupled parallel, message-based operating system. The TNS Kernel has wide connectivity to open standards. In this key individual contributor role, you will work with other developers working on various components of the Transaction Management Facility. Your background needs to encompass some of the following 4 categories (3 of 4 would be excellent): Category 1. Math: Working knowledge of statistics, real analysis, as used in experimental physics or chemistry, or in engineering. Category 2. Working knowledge of telemetry issues-- i.e. time series, autocorrelation, and statistical correlation of data streams. Category 3. Integration & Test -- Instrumentation of systems under test, i.e. payloads, flight modules, etc. Category 4: Software Engineering: programming skills, algorithms, and systems software techniques.
10
trimmed_train
3,967
I consulted with someone working on an electronic odometer. The design was to use a microprocessor based system to write a somewhat ofuscated pattern into an EEPROM. The idea was to make the circuit difficult to program arbitrary values into the EEPROM. The secondary purpose, acutally the primary purpose from the standpoint of practicality, was to distributed the writes so as to avoid exceeing the maximum number of writes fof the EEPROM being used. The microprocessor also ignored pulses coming from the Hall effect at a rate any higher than 110 MPH so as to make spoofing the reading by bench pulsing at least somewhat undesirable. This was for an automobile that was not expected to ever exceed 110 MPH in operation. The case, of course, might not be the same for your 1993 RX-7! The ECM modules of some cars do indeed store info about conditions under which cars have been operated. Since steering angle and velocity data, etc is available it would not be difficult to collect all sorts of interesting demographic information about the drivers' use of the car. I am not aware of any manufacturer currently trying to enforce warranty restrictions based on reading out use data from the ECM. While it could be a potential invasion of your privacy for manufacturers to have access to data about your driving style, it could also provide valuable information from actual field use conditions to help engineer more appropriate cars. I personally wouldn't mind the dealer collecting my driving demographics as long as it is done in an anonymous fashion.
4
trimmed_train
7,647
I believe you are right. Both SCSI and SCSI-2 support 8 devices on the bus (normally that would be the host controller and 7 targets) each of which may have up to 8 logical units (LUNs).
3
trimmed_train
6,331
You misrepresent me, Selim. The hard evidence for my statements about his lack of objectivity are presented quite clearly in the book "Orientalism" by Edward Said. Edward Said, by the way, is a Christian, not a Muslim. Regarding Bernard Lewis: Him being a Zionist gives him a political motive for his giving misrepresentations and half-truths about Islam. Read "Orientalism" by Edward Said -- see the evidence for yourself. In fact, I may post some of it here (if it isn't too long). I haven't read Lewis's article, so I can't comment directly upon it, and have only spoken about his writings _in general_ so far, that his political motives make him a biased writer on Islam. His anti-Islamic polemics, as I understand it, are often quite subtle and are often based on telling half-truths. Again, read "Orientalism" by Edward Said. I am _not_ asking you to take what I say on trust, in fact I am urging you not to do so but to get this book (it is a well-known book) and check the evidence out for _yourself_. If slavery is _in reality_ (as opposed to in the practice of some Muslims) opposed by Islam, then using slaves for sexual purposes is necessarily opposed too. I understand your point of view, Selim -- I think, rather, it is _us_ who are not getting through to _you_. Some of the points you repeat above I have already answered before. Regarding women, I have made posting after posting on this subject, showing that Islam is not anti-woman, etc. However, have you been completely ignoring my postings or just missing them? I just reposted a very good one, under the title "Islam and Women", reposted from soc.religion.islam. If this has already disappeared from your site, then please email me telling me so and I will email you a copy of this excellent article. IMHO, your understanding of the issue of women in Islam is sadly deficient. Regarding slaves, _my_ posting on slavery -- the second one I made, which is a repost of an article I wrote early last year -- is based completely on the Qur'an and contains numerous Qur'anic verses and hadiths to support its point of view. Our approaches are different -- you are arguing from a historical standpoint and I am arguing directly from the teachings of the Qur'an and hadiths. Now, just because people say they are Muslims and perform a particular action, does that automatically mean that their action is part of Islam, even if it is opposed by the Qur'an and Sunnah? No! Of course not. Let me give you a concrete example, which might help clarify this for you. The Qur'an prohibits drinking. Now, if a person says "I am a Muslim" and then proceeds to drink a bottle of beer, does this now mean that Islam teaches that people should drink beer? Of course not, and only an idiot would think so. Do you see my point? You are judging Islam here on capitalist terms. Capitalism is an ideology based largely on the assumption that people want to maximise their wealth -- this assumption is in opposition to Islamic teachings. To say Islam is bad because it is not capitalist is pretty unthinking -- Islam does not pretend to be capitalist and does not try to be capitalist. (This does not mean that Islam does not support a free-market -- for it does in general -- but there are other parts of capitalism which are opposed to Islam as I understand it.) One can postulate numerous reasons for this. Your theory is that it is because Islam is not secularist and capitalist, etc. etc. Selim, I will give you a clear historical example to show you the fallacy of your views if you think (as you obviously do) that Islam => lack of education and power. For a large part of history, the Islamic world was very powerful. For a significant section of history, the Islamic world was the foremost in the sciences. So to say that Islam is, for example, anti-education is completely absurd. You try to blame this situation on Islam -- history shows that your conclusion is false and that, instead, there must be other reasons for this situation. Well, Selim, your viewpoint on women in Islam makes me question the extent of your knowledge of Islam. I really think you are not knowledgeable enough to be able to judge whether the Muslims are following the Qur'an or not. The Islamic world was at the forefront of the world in science at one stage -- yet somehow, in your theory, it is by "following the Qur'an" that Muslims are backwards in education. Selim, it is _your_ thesis that is anti-historical, for you conveniently overlook this historical fact which contradicts your theory. You have certainly not shown this; you have merely stated it. So far, it seems to me that your view on Islam being anti-education is quite contrary to history. That you are so convinced of your views makes me wonder just how objectively you are trying to look at all of this. I think, Selim, you should consider taking your own advice. Here too. Selim, you have such conviction of your viewpoint, yet you demonstrate ignorance, not only of Islam but also of Islamic history (particularly with respect to Muslims being leaders of science till about 1400 or so I think). Yet you say that your viewpoint is based on history! Selim, if I remember right, you say in one of your earlier posts that you are an apostate from Islam. I think you should slow down and start thinking clearly about the issues, and start _reading_ some of our postings about Islam rather than ignoring them as you so obviously have.
8
trimmed_train
5,970
Uh oh. This looks a bit too much like Bobby's "Atheism Is False" stuff. Are we really going to have to go through this again? Maybe the universe is cyclical! :) :(
8
trimmed_train
6,169
Seeing as how people are willing to quote the FBI quoting cultists who just yesterday were deranged and not to be trusted (hmm the FBI or the cultists...) I think I'll quote the BBC quoting (actually voice interview) one of the two British survivors. He claimed that the fire started when the tanks caused an internal wooden wall/roof to collapse knocking over kerosene lamps and that they had no suicide plan. Maybe true, partly true, or false.
9
trimmed_train
3,533
When you force people to associate with others against their will, yes.
13
trimmed_train
9,738
Hello, you're not quite sure if that's a joke or not? Anyway you read the article! --> You're right!!! (1. The header (only this) IS a joke, 2. it's worth reading) Perhaps some of you know my regular 'List of IDE Harddisk specs' where I give all available information about IDE Harddrives. I am strongly interested in contacting the manufacturers directly. But I have no money for overseas calls, so I need HARDDISK MANUFACTURER's EMAIL ADDRESSES Please help if you can! Carsten.
3
trimmed_train
10,087
>> bad people, while not interfering with good people, I think we'd all be >> for it. The problem is, the methods we're using now don't do the trick. > Don't manufacture them. Don't sell them. Don't import them. > > Some guns will get through, but far fewer, and far less people will > die because of them. Hunting weapons could be allowed, of course, as > long as they are big, and bulky, and require reloading after a few > shots (how many times can you shoot at the same animal, anyways One > assumes they are moving!) A better solution:
9
trimmed_train
4,949
Actually, they won't. What they'll tell you is that if you add up the number of suicides, murders of one drug dealer by another, legit self-defenses of a battered spouse, and so on, you'll end up with a number that is much larger than the number of self-defense killings against strangers committed in the bedroom. (BTW - they didn't honestly count the latter either, but let's not quibble.) They try to claim that comparison is between the costs of self-defense and the benefits, but they're wrong. This comparison doesn't measure the costs of self-defense and it doesn't measure the benefits either. For example, the goal is not to kill the attacker, whatever your relationship to him, but to stop him. While the number of killings may be proportional to the number of stops, it isn't equal. Anyone who confuses that comparison with an honest evaluation is either lying or.... -andy
9
trimmed_train
1,006
Tony- I read your post, it was nothing new, I had seen much the same in other typical"Christian" anti-gay sentimental literature. Gay people are and will con- tinue to be persecuted as long as such propaganda petpetuates. You may be unaware of all the statistica "findings" concerning African-Americans that have been published and used by various groups to re-enforce their own bias against African-Americans. We usually think of the KKK in these instances, but there are many other groups. Of course, the vast majority of the public scoff at such findings and documents today, but that was not always the case. Fortunately African-Americans had "whites" who supported their 'cause' and public sentiment was eventually (if not entirely) turned around. There was even a Civil War, and anti-negro sentiment increased. In fact, until laws were put in place to protect the inalienable rights of Blacks it was pretty much legal to discriminate against them. I know many gays and I will NOT turn my back on them or their right to be free form discrimination. You may think that I have been deceived or something, that is your perogative. My church, Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) openly affirms the rights of oppressed people of all segments of society, including gays. We believe the Gospel message of preaching to all creation and making disciples. We believe in the Lord's great commandment to Love, and we beleive in standing up for the oppressed, even if it is not popular to do so. I really like my church for last reason the most. I can find a church almost anywhere in the valley that stands for the Gospel and believes in the commandment of Love (though I'm hard-pressed to find many who actually sho Love), but not many are willing to champion the oppressed, especially within their own community. I may have lost face with the greater Christian community for the unpopularity of my beliefs, but so did the abolitionists against the oppression of African-Americans. Many were even killed and treated as runaway slaves for being "nigger-lovers" and such. I guess I've decided the challenge is worth it. In my talks with gay men and women I have heard tragic story after tragic story centering around failed marriages, wives and husbands who are straight who have been hurt in the process, etc. Funny thing is, I don't know of one case where the parents, ex-wives, or even children have continued to reject their gay family member (son, daughter, ex-husband, father, etc.) after they began to take part in some form of support group, like PFLAG. I'm apalled by the legislation which passed in Colorado, and am equally out0 raged that such slimey people as Louis Sheldon (from the Tradition Values Coalition) have been actively working in the Christian underground to garner support within several (8 I believe) states this coming November for more oppressive legisation against gays. Perhaps you don't get it, and maybe you never will. Many didn't get it in the Middle Ages and the proclaimed God's will be done as they massacred thousands in witch hunts and inquisitions. The message that comes through, loud and clear, by proponents against gay rights and against gays in general, is that there is a strong dislike, even hatred for gays, whether you want to call it such or not (it doesn't change the results). The major flaw in all this posturing is that in the end, the final effect of posts like that of yours and Mr. Hudson is that YOU have a "conditional" love for gays. Condition: Change and we'll love you. This is sure strange coming from a group who claim that God has an "unconditional" love, one that calls people "just as they are." Sure there are things that will 'naturally' change, and habits (like alcoholism, wife beating, etc.) that need to be changed through some sort of therapy. But then there are things like left-handedness, etc. that no amount of beating it out of people, is going to result in anything more than an outward conforminty to "other people's expectations." In the process this coerced conformity causes many people a great deal of harm, especially when it is caused by people who have nothing more to gain from it that to become even more puffed up about their own sense of pseuper-spirituality. This is sad, but I thoroughly believe that one day it will change. It may be unpopular to cry for justice and equality when the basis has to do with something very personal like 'sexuality' (a taboo subject even today), but I firmly believe in the rights of individuals to be free from impose regulation on thier bedrooms. It's funny that most straight people have successfully removed restrictive and oppressive legislation against invasive legislation, but we like to maintain this little chestnut of repression...as though it helps us maintain a sense of superiority over at least one segment of society. Gay people are not criminals. Another interesting thing happened recently. A very prominent charismatic church in the Silicon Valley (here) had two of it's pastors arrested for self- admitted charges of pederasty (men having sex with boys). This had apparently been going on for some time (a couple years?), but since the charges were voluntary, and the church worked closely with the police, so I imagine that was how they managed to downplay it in the media. How could such a thing happen when the church, itself, has an ex-gay ministry? One of my friends recently told me he was "approached" by someone who is going through the reparitive therapy there, and he was thoroughly convinced that the request for dinner was not an invitation to attend the ministry. These are difficult times we live in, but providing hostile environments and creating and perpetuating an atmosphere that breed hate and violence is not the call of the Christian community. The results of the passing amendment in Colorado has created an organization who's posters are appearing all over Colorado called "S.T.R.A.I.G.H.T." (I forget the whole definition off hand, but the last part was Against Immoral Gross Homosexual Trash) and their motto is "Working for a fag-free America" with an implicit advocation for violence. This is sick, and it seems to be what you and Mr. Hudson, and others are embracing. We Christians have a LOOOOOOOOOONG tradition of coersion and oppression towards those we feel don't 'measure up', and constant beratement from organizations like The Christian Research Institute, while they do have a good purpose also, their major work seems to be finding new and better ways of excluding people. The Gospel I believe is not so negative, rather it seeks ways to "include" people. I have several of Dr. Martin's books and find them quite helpful, especially concerning 'cults.' But it seems that CRI, has become a cult unto itself. Why don't we just stick to the positive and find ways to bring people to Jesus istead of taking bullwhips and driving them away? Whatever
15
trimmed_train
6,099
I have the following problem on X11R5 servers. When a window of my is obscured by a pop up window which has the Save Under attribute set, the subwindows of my window are not restored. Normally, the subwindows are redrawn when the parent window gets an expose event, but because the save under attribute is used for the pop up window that obscured my window, no expose event is sent. When ExposureMask is set for the child windows, those windows are correctly updated when the popup window disappears, however then the application gets too many expose events and you see extra redraws. Everything works fine with X11R4. Is this something that is changed between X11R4 and X11R5 (obvious)? Is it something I do wrong? Is there something that the popup window should do (which is also mine)? Is this a bug in X11 release 5? Greetings, --
16
trimmed_train
165
Where can you get info (brochures...) on Differential GPS Systems and where to buy them?
11
trimmed_train
1,714
14
trimmed_train
8,245
> > Hi, everybody: > I guess my subject has said it all. It is getting boring > looking at those same old bmp files that came with Windows. So, > I am wondering if there is any body has some beautiful bmp file > I can share. Or maybe somebody can tell me some ftp site for > some bmp files, like some scenery files, some animals files, > etc.... I used to have some, unfortunately i delete them all. I downloaded the CompuServe GIF of the month. A raytraced image of a golf ball next to a hole. Very nice, 640x480x256 bitmap, easily converted to a Windows BMP. If anyone wants, I could upload a copy on Cica... Eric
18
trimmed_train
2,667
"Women are only interested in clothes and shopping" "Whites are imperialist colonial fascists" "Blacks are lazy uneducated scum" "Men are rapists" "Homosexuals support child-molesting" Slogans, my dear Cramer, are not an adequate substitute for thought.
13
trimmed_train
1,076
Was THAT your argument. Well, you didn't make it very well. You started from the questionable premise that the fire was necessarily an act of insanity, rather than an act of negligence or an accident. Recall, one survivor claims that the fire started when a tank knocked over a kerosene lamp. Kind of makes arguments regarding relative sanity somewhat moot, no? "Nice evasive maneuver, Mr. Chekov, but they're still on our tail." Let me ask it more plainly. Which of the above complaints about David Koresh's religious or sexual proclivities justified an armed raid by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms? It's not entirely far-fetched. Nobody outside the compound would know EVERYBODY inside the compound. Don't forget, the BATF admits having agents inside the compound, in any case. I'm simply being the devil's advocate. There's reasonable doubt by the boatload standing in the way of anybody totally swallowing the official government story on Waco. --
9
trimmed_train
1,732
And another one: Hasn't enyone heard of a leader's recon? This is when the leader of the assult goes and looks at the objective to see if anything has changed that would affect the mission. Even the Freshman cadets here in ROTCland know about them. Mostly because they know it as the part where they lie on the cold ground for an hour or so, but they've heard about it. Maybe the ATF should have hired out to the local ROTC guys! -- Andrew Diederich [email protected]
9
trimmed_train
3,537
: It means that the EFF's public stance is complicated with issues irrelevant : to the encryption issue per se. There may well be people who care about : the encryption issue who don't care to associate themselves with the : network erotica issue (or may even disagree with the EFF's position). Perhaps these encryption-only types would defend the digitized porn if it was posted encrypted?
7
trimmed_train
10,792
The tribe will be in town from April 16 to the 19th. There are ALWAYS tickets available! (Though they are playing Toronto, and many Toronto fans make the trip to Cleveland as it is easier to get tickets in Cleveland than in Toronto. Either way, I seriously doubt they will sell out until the end of the season.)
2
trimmed_train
7,403
I recently had to move and forgot to update my address to the Orthodox mailing list. Can anyone e-mail me the address for changes and what exactly I have to put in caps, etc? (please send the original subscription address also). Thanks ahead of time! -Ed.
0
trimmed_train
8,982
Well now that the hawks have won the division the road is a little easier for the playoffs. Let toronto and detroit beat the hell out of each other while Chicago sweeps st.louis. That just makes it easier in the second round with all the rest they will get and tor/det getting none. For the conf. champ they will have a hard time versus the division but that div. will be pretty battered also so the advantage goes to the Hawks again. Then bring pitt. and sure the Hawks will probably lose but its better to get that far and lose than to not go.
17
trimmed_train
5,278
It is silly to make this statement. Fifteen minutes after the fire started, the "official word" out of FBI headquaters in DC was that the DV's committed suicide. It would seem logical that the lantern story has more credibility. You can't even to pretend to know for sure what happened... although Clinton is doing just that.
9
trimmed_train
3,350
Too many clues, not enough substance. You ask a lot of good questions, though, but they are questions *you* should be worried about, not me. I'm not the inerrantist here. Let me know when you are ready to get serious.
15
trimmed_train
2,285
... or consider the thousands in Central America killed by those brave CIA/NSC sponsored "Freedom Fighters." Thus far, Slick Willie is a piker. spl
15
trimmed_train
2,650
Check with Kyocera America, Inc. 24 Prime Park Way, Suite 150 Natick, MA 01760 They are one of the largest manufacturers of IC packaging in the world. It sounds like you would be a good candidate for wafer probing or at least IC probing to test performance. HP, Cascade Microtech and Tektronix should be able to help you here. One note, testing at high frequency accurately can be an *expensive* business.
11
trimmed_train
1,051
as someone else already mentioned, don't "carry thru" the other 23 pins. plan A, minimal null modem: SG(7) - SG(7) TD(2) - RD(3) RD(3) - TD(2) if you're transfering files betwen 2 PCs, this ought to work (unless you have a persnickity comm program). plan B, null modem with modem control: SG(7) - SG(7) TD(2) - RD(3) RD(3) - TD(2) DCD(8) - DTR(20) DTR(20) - DCD(8) some comm software will wait for DCD before transferring anything. such software will raise DTR to enable the modem to accept a call. with this cable, each side's DTR will drive the other's DCD. plan C, null modem with hardware flow control: SG(7) - SG(7) TD(2) - RD(3) RD(3) - TD(2) RTS(4) - CTS(5) CTS(5) - RTS(4) for high-speed transfers, you want the flow control. plan D, deluxe null modem (combine B and C): SG(7) - SG(7) TD(2) - RD(3) RD(3) - TD(2) RTS(4) - CTS(5) CTS(5) - RTS(4) DCD(8) - DTR(20) DTR(20) - DCD(8) this one is ideal. it leaves out DSR and RI (rarely used anymore). if you're really paranoid, or you just have an 8th wire to spend, you might add: FG(1) - FG(1) the pin numbers above are (obviously) for 25-pin connectors. i don't have a 9-pin pinout handy.
3
trimmed_train