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465 | I'm looking for any information on detecting and/or calculating a double
point and/or cusp in a bezier curve.
An algorithm, literature reference or mail about this is very appreciated, | 1 | trimmed_train |
9,499 |
If you are interested in a program which is very easy to use, I strongly
suggest Approach 2.0. It is extremely easy to use, make reports, etc. I
own both it and Paradox, and I almost never use Paradox. If you need to
build up a complicated application, then Paradox is the way to go. I have
heard horror stories about the Access programming being extremely cryptic.
Since you seem like you will probably be doing fairly small stuff (work/
home use and you have not used a database before), I recommend Approach. I
have found only one small thing which I would like it to do more easily:
I have one database where the order in which the records are entered must
be different than what is the logical ordering. To permanently reorder (to
use the old DBASE III command) the records requires sorting the records
appropriately (no problem, since I almost always use them in this order)
exporting the database to another database (which can still be an Approach
database), and then copying the exported files back to the original
filename. This is a small weakness, considering the other items I really
like about Approach. It is also a little slower than Paradox (other than
the loading, Paradox takes forever and a minute to load). Paradox also
takes a lot of memory (both hard disk (around 12MB) and RAM). | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,003 | ...
[shameless woofing deleted]
On behalf of the rest of us Tiger fans out here, I appoligize for this
shameless woofing. We try to keep it to a minimum, but we did WIN A GAME
the other day, so sometimes it's hard to control. see: Phillies Fans | 2 | trimmed_train |
6,804 | Greetings from green New Zealand...
We are looking for a Windows 3.1 Font that will allow "macrons" (a hypen)
over vowels -- in both UPPER and lower cases. This is so we can use Maori
characters in Windows applications.
Thanks in advance
-Stuart Inglis | 18 | trimmed_train |
8,624 | In most areas of the country, serviced by ESS (or CESS), your phone
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8,362 |
Fred Rice answered this already in an early posting:
"The problem with your argument is that you do not _know_ who is a _real_
believer and who may be "faking it". This is something known only by
the person him/herself (and God). Your assumption that anyone who
_claims_ to be a "believer" _is_ a "believer" is not necessarily true."
In other words it seems that nobody could define who is a true and
false Muslim. We are back to square one, Khomeini and Hussein are
still innocent and can't be defined as evil or good Islamic
worshippers.
Cheers,
Kent
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7,724 | : >Every single piece of evidence we can find points to Major League Baseball
: >being 50% offense, 50% defense. A run scored is just as important as a run
: >prevented.
: >
: This certainly passes the "common sense test" for me, but is there any
: statistical evidence to say what percent of defense is pitching and what
: percent is fielding? I'd really like to know. BTW, Sherri, thanks for
: the DA data I find it fascinating.
One of the chapters in Palmer and Thorn's 'Hidden Game' is titled
'Pitching is 44% of Baseball,' implying that fielding is 6%. How do
they determine that? Beats me -- it's been a long, long time since I
read it.
One also has to separate offense into batting and baserunning, with the
split probably somewhere around 49.5% and 0.5%.
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6,598 | : [I have some qualms about postings like this. You might want to
: engage in a bit more conversation with Joel before deluging
: someone who doesn't expect it with cards. --clh]
I'd suggest that more than _some_ qualms are in order. Without knowing
anything about the situation, it is impossible to evaluate the
appropriateness of writing. Some folks will check, others with more
zeal than time may not.
IMHO, requests of this nature should be made only for oneself or for someone
who knows and approves of the idea. Otherwise, it is intrusive and
disrespectful of the individual. | 0 | trimmed_train |
1,952 |
Sure, I can. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Motorcycles, edited by Erwin
Tragatsch, was published by The Hamlyn Publishing Group Limited,
Astronaut House, Hounslow Road, Feltham, Middlesex, England.
It was first published in 1977, and mine was reprinted in 1978. Cost then
was Pounds 5.95 in the UK, though I paid 18.50 for it in Canadian
dollars. I have no idea whether it's still in print. Perhaps you could
let the net know.
Bob. | 12 | trimmed_train |
6,711 |
Dan Johnson-
You don't know me, but take this hand anyway. Bravo for GO(DS) = 0.
Beautiful! Simply beautiful! | 8 | trimmed_train |
6,516 |
How do we come up with this setup? Is this subjective, if enough people agreed
we could switch the order? Isn't this defining one unknown thing by another?
That is, good is that which is better than bad, and bad is that which is worse
than good? Circular?
MAC
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Michael A. Cobb
"...and I won't raise taxes on the middle University of Illinois
class to pay for my programs." Champaign-Urbana
-Bill Clinton 3rd Debate [email protected] | 8 | trimmed_train |
10,323 |
But now you are contradicting yourself in a pretty massive way,
and I don't think you've even noticed.
In another part of this thread, you've been telling us that the
"goal" of a natural morality is what animals do to survive.
But suppose that your omniscient being told you that the long
term survival of humanity requires us to exterminate some
other species, either terrestrial or alien.
Does that make it moral to do so? | 8 | trimmed_train |
3,301 | ACLU Official Policies.
Policy 18, for example, opposes rating systems for motion
pictures: "Industry sponsored ratings systems create the
potential for constraining the creative process and thus
contracting the marketplace of ideas. Despite the stated goal of
providing guidance to parents, experience has shown that ratings
inevitably have serious chilling effects on freedom of
expression."
In regards to the Pledge of Allegiance, the ACLU states in its
Policy 84: "The insertion of the words `under God' into the
Pledge of Allegiance is a violation of the constitutional
principle of separation of Church and State."
Policy 120 states that, "Military conscription under any
circumstances is a violation of civil liberties and
constitutional guarantees." The ACLU objects to the draft even
during wartime because of the "anti-democratic power it gives
government to wage war without support of the people."
Policy 125 states, "The ACLU calls for a broad-based inquiry into
war crimes within the widest possible definition of war crimes
against humanity, and crimes against the peace, focusing upon the
actions of the United States military and other combatants
against the people of South Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, and North
Vietnam."
Policy 133 states, "The ACLU recognizes that US government
reliance upon nuclear weaponry as a dominant element of foreign
and domestic policy, while propounded as a defense of democracy,
is in fact a great threat to civil liberties. Four decades of
adherence to this policy has fundamentally altered the nature of
our constitutional democratic process and poses a paramount
threat to our civil liberties."
Policy 217 objects to roadblocks "where drivers are stopped for
sobriety tests" because they "violate Fourth Amendment
principles."
Policy 242 states the following on criminal
sentencing: "The most appropriate correctional approach is
reintegrating the offender into the community, and the goals of
reintegration are furthered much more readily by working with the
offender within the community than by incarceration. Probation
should be authorized by the legislature in every case; exceptions
to the principle are not favored, and any exceptions, if made,
should be limited to the most serious of offenses, such as murder
or treason."
Bill Vojak
[email protected]
NRA, ILA,
Colorado Firearms Coalition
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The CBS Nightly Propaganda With Dan Rather. (RATHER NOT!)
The CBS Nightly Propaganda With Dan Rather. (RATHER BIASED!) | 9 | trimmed_train |
5,140 | When using Photoshop is there anyway to get an elliptical dot for the
halftone screen rather than a round dot ? My printer would prefer an
elliptical dot, but I'm not sure how to set it up. I'm sending from a Mac
IIci to a Linotronic L300 imagesetter and I am using Photoshop 2.0.1 to
make my separations.
Any help would be greatly appreshed. T.I.A.
Michael (Unscene)
Michael Maier, Computer Artist, ANL | [|Ú]---*Z* Glued to the veiw. | 1 | trimmed_train |
11,134 |
Ok boys and girls,
"What was the 'Ogadan War'????"
The Money Raised in Band-Aid covered How Much of
the Cost of Which Soviet Client State to replace what
catagory of weapon system lost in the aforementioned war?
Why was the Joke: "We arm the World." Really Not that funny?
Gonzo Station is the designation for WHICH USN Op Area?
and the primary threat targets in the Area Were:.....
ciao
drieux
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1,762 |
Look at the 4053. This is a triple 2-to-1 transmission-gate analog
multiplexer, with positive and negative power supplies (can be run
from a single-ended supply as well). With dual supplies, the logic
inputs still range from ground (0 Volts) to VDD.
This is a neat (well, I think so) design for a switchable-polarity
amplifier:
+-----/\/\/\-------+
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| /--------\ |
INPUT -+-/\/\/\--+----| - | |
| | opamp |----+------- OUTPUT
+-/\/\/\--+----| + |
| \--------/
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CONTROL ---------X (analog switch)
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---
GND
All resistors are equal-value. When the analog switch is closed,
the amp is inverting-gain-of-one. With the switch open, it is
non-inverting-gain-of-one. You can clean up the circuit to trim
out input offset current if this hurts the balance (this would show
up as carrier feed-through).
For high frequencies, the slew-rate of the opamp might cause problems,
especially if it isn't symmetrical (and it usually isn't).
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9,488 | Don't forget Paul Ysebaert, ex-Devil. He's a good team player.
Michael Sy
[email protected]
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9,930 | For example, I don't own a cordless phone. With Clipper, I would. If the
local men in blue really want to listen to me talk to my friends or order
pizza, I'm no worse off than I am now, and I don't have to worry about
local kids or nosy neighbors.
I do tend to agree. Sigh.
So, where can I buy a DES-encrypted cellular phone? How much does it cost?
Of course, if we didn't have government monopolies on cellular phone service,
there probably *would* be some available.
> How can you reconcile the administrations self proclaimed purpose of
> providing law enforcement with access to encrypted data without making
> the clipper system the only crypto available in the U.S... ?
The Second and Fourth Amendments do come to mind.
The Second Amendment is especially apt, given the ITAR definitions of
crypto equipment as munitions, and the gun-control people's increasing
ability to define things as "assault weapons" and make them illegal.
Triple-DES is obviously used for "assault phones", while
Cripple will be legal, and Triple-Cripple may fall into the gray area
of "illegally upgrading to an assault phone"...
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7,750 | TEXT 45
trai-gunya-visaya veda
nistrai-gunyo bhavarjuna
nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho
niryoga-ksema atmavan
trai-gunya--pertaining to the three modes of material nature;
visayah--on the subject matter; vedah--Vedic literatures;
nistrai-gunyah--transcendental to the three modes of material nature;
bhava--be; arjuna--O Arjuna; nirdvandvah--without duality;
nitya-sattva-sthah--in a pure state of spiritual existence;
niryoga-ksemah--free from ideas of gain and protection;
atma-van--established in the self.
TRANSLATION
The Vedas deal mainly with the subject of the three modes of material
nature. O Arjuna, become transcendental to these three modes. Be free
from all dualities and from all anxieties for gain and safety, and be
established in the self.
PURPORT
All material activities involve actions and reactions in the three
modes of material nature. They are meant for fruitive results, which
cause bondage in the material world. The Vedas deal mostly with fruitive
activities to gradually elevate the general public from the field of
sense gratification to a position on the transcendental plane. Arjuna,
as a student and friend of Lord Krsna, is advised to raise himself to
the transcendental position of Vedanta philosophy where, in the
beginning, there is brahma-jijnasa, or questions on the supreme
transcendence. All the living entities who are in the material world are
struggling very hard for existence. For them the Lord, after creation of
the material world, gave the Vedic wisdom advising how to live and get
rid of the material entanglement. When the activities for sense
gratification, namely the karma-kanda chapter, are finished, then the
chance for spiritual realization is offered in the form of the
Upanisads, which are part of different Vedas, as the Bhagavad-gita is a
part of the fifth Veda, namely the Mahabharata. The Upanisads mark the
beginning of transcendental life.
As long as the material body exists, there are actions and reactions in
the material modes. One has to learn tolerance in the face of dualities
such as happiness and distress, or cold and warmth, and by tolerating
such dualities become free from anxieties regarding gain and loss. This
transcendental position is achieved in full Krsna consciousness when one
is fully dependent on the good will of Krsna.
Bhagavad-Gita As It is
Books of A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami
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| Hare Krishna Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna Hare Hare |
| Hare Rama Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare |
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3,201 |
Greg,
I'm very new to motorcycles. Haven't even bought one yet. I was in the same
position about you. How do you learn if you've never ridden.
I took a class put on by a group called the Motorcycle Safety Foundation
in California. They might have something similar in Washington. | 12 | trimmed_train |
6,341 |
Anas, of course ! The YAHUD needed blood for the matza. After all, Passover
*was* last month :-)
Why don't you give us your National Geographic travelogue of your recent trip
to "Palestine" ? Or are you too disappointed by what you saw ? :-)
Josh
[email protected]
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8,012 | Used pair of golf shoes Size 9 1/2 good shape no holes etc. $10.00 o.b.o.
plus shipping. David--
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7,482 | Hi... I'm not a religious guy so dont take this as some kinda flame (thanx
in advance)
I want to know why there are so many different versions of the bible? There
"....contains inaccurate data and inconsistencies."
Thanx in advance... Shaz....
[I'm not sure quite what you mean by many different versions.
The primary distinction in versions you see today is in the style
of the translation. It's pretty unusual to see significant
differences in meaning. There are a few differences in the underlying
text. That's because before printing, manuscripts were copied by
hand. Slight differences resulted. There are enough manuscripts
around that scholars can do a pretty good job of recreating the
original, but there are some uncertainties. Fortunately, they are
generally at the level of minor differences in wording. There are
something like 3 or 4 places where whole sentences are involved,
but with recent discoveries of older manuscripts, I don't think there's
much uncertainly about those cases. As far as I know, no Christians
believe that the process of copying manuscripts or the process of
translating is free of error. But I also don't think there's
enough uncertainty in establishing the text or translating it that
it has much practical effect.
Whether the Bible contains inaccurate data and inconsistences is a hot
topic of debate here. Many Christians deny it. Some accept it
(though most would say that the inaccuracies involved are on details
that don't affect the faith). But this has nothing to do with there
being multiple versions. The supposed inconsistences can be found in
all the versions. I'm surprised to find a reference to this on the
title page though. What version are you talking about? I've been
referring to major scholarly translations. These are what get
referenced in postings here and elsewhere. There have certainly been
editions that are (to be kind) less widely accepted. This includes
everything from reconstructions that combine parallel accounts into
single narrations, to editions that omit material that the editor
objects to for some reason or the other. The copyright on the Bible
has long since expired, so there nothing to stop people from making
editions that do whatever wierd thing they want. However the editions
that are widely used are carefully prepared by groups of scholars from
a variety of backgrounds, with lots of crosschecks. I could imagine
one of the lesser-known editions claiming to have fixed up all
inaccurate data and inconsistencies. But if so, it's not any edition
that's widely used. The widely used ones leave the text as is.
(Weeeeelllllll, almost as is. It's been alleged that a few
translations have fudged a word or two here and there to minimize
inconsistencies. Because translation is not an exact science, there
are always going to be differences in opinion over which word is best,
I'm afraid.) | 0 | trimmed_train |
5,210 | Top Ten Ways Slick Willie Could Improve His Standing With Americans
10. Institute a national sales tax to pay for the socialization of
America's health care resources.
9. Declare war on Serbia. Reenact the draft.
8. Stimulate the economy with massive income transfers to Democtratic
constituencies.
7. Appoint an unrepetent socialist like Mario Cuomo to the Suprmeme Court.
6. Focus like a laser beam on gays in the military.
5. Put Hillary in charge of the Ministry of Truth and move Stephanopoulos
over to socialzed health care.
4. Balance the budget through confiscatory taxation.
3. Remind everyone, again, how despite the Democrats holding the
Presidency, the majority of seats in the House, and in the Senate,
the Republicans have still managed to block his tax-and-spend programs.
2. Go back to England and get a refresher course in European Socialism.
1. Resign, now!
Copyright (c) Edward A. Ipser, Jr., 1993 | 13 | trimmed_train |
2,010 |
this borders on blasphemy. | 2 | trimmed_train |
7,594 |
Dominik,
Have you tried xgrasp? It's out there on several ftp sites.(not sure which, but archie can find it, I'm sure.) It works ok but it lacks an interface. | 1 | trimmed_train |
4,342 |
If the attack was justified or not is at least debatable. But this is not the
issue. The issue is that you were cheering DEATH. Read again your original
article. You find Israeli government responsible for those dead soldiers, that's
a reasonable (debatable) point, but feel satisfaction from dead bodies is
NOT REASONABLE by any standards. No matter how you try to justify it.
I may understand your frustration against israeli occupation in S Lebanon.
But no matter what you say, I can not understand your satisfaction for dead
bodies.
I have a question for you. Let's assume a bosnian village, inhabited by serbs
untill a few (10-20) years ago, and later taken over by bosnian muslims (the means
are not very peaceful). Now, do you enjoy serbs coming and killing all (armed)
bosnian muslims ? I would not enjoy, but I would not enjoy ANY dead bodies -
israelis, lebanese or bosnians.
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3,746 | THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Vancouver, British Columbia)
______________________________________________________________
BACKGROUND BRIEFING
BY
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS
April 4, 1993
Canada Place
Vancouver, British Columbia
9:40 A.M. PST
Folks, we're about to start the BACKGROUND BRIEFING
on the aid package.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Good morning. The
President -- President Clinton and President Yeltsin agreed
yesterday on a series of American initiatives to support economic
and political reform in Russia, and it's valued at $1.6 billion.
Before taking your questions and running through the
basic outlines of this package, I want to make a few points.
First, this is the maximum that the Clinton administration can do
with available funds to support Russian reform. All of the funds
have been allocated and appropriated by the Congress. There is
no need for the administration to go back to the Congress to fund
any of these programs. All our Fiscal Year '93 funds currently
are available, so in effect, all of these programs can begin
tomorrow.
The second point is that this package is designed to
support Russian reformers. All of the initiatives in the package
are directed at reformers and for their benefit, and all have
been worked out with prior consultation with the Russian
government.
Third, the President is determined that we will
deliver on these commitments this year. The package is designed
to maximize our ability to support reform. In designing it we
wanted to avoid making commitments that we could not meet, and we
feel very confident that we can meet all of these commitments in
front of you.
Fourth, I'd like to note the special importance of
trade and investment. I think it's fair to say that Russia's
capital and technology needs throughout the next decade extend
well into the hundreds of billions of dollars. No collection of
governments can meet those needs; only the private sector can do
so. And so the President and President Yeltsin agreed to make
trade and investment a major priority in the relationship.
They also agreed that there would be a new joint
commission on energy and space formed, headed on the U.S. side by
Vice President Gore; on the Russian side by Prime Minister
Chernomyrdin. And the goal of this effort is to break through
the barriers to trade and investment on both sides and to promote
a vastly expanded relationship.
If it would be helpful I'd be prepared to run down
the first page, which is a summary of U.S. assistance, and just
give you some general background on what these programs are.
I'll do it quickly and then I'll be glad to take questions.
The first group of initiatives are humanitarian food
and medical assistance. This is part of our effort which has
been underway for several years to provide basic humanitarian
grant food assistance so that the Russian government can assure
there's at least a minimal amount of bread on the shelves in the
major cities. That's $194 million in grant -- that is from Food
for Progress, the grant portion of Food for Progress. We'll also
be continuing our grant assistance in medicines and
pharmaceutical supplies, and that's $30 million.
The second item is concessional food sales. As you
know, the United States has had a long-term grain relationship
with Russia. It's important to us and it's important to Russia
that we continue that relationship. The President has chosen the
Food for Progress program which is a concessional loan program.
The value over the next seven months is $700 million. These are
concessional terms. The exact terms have not been worked out,
but I think it's fair to say there will be a grace period on
principal of six or seven years, and concessional rates
thereafter for the life of the deal.
The third program is a collection of private sector
support. We think this is one of the most important things we're
going to do. Privatization and the creation of small businesses
is the number one priority of the reform government in Moscow.
And so the President has decided to create a Russian-American
enterprise fund capitalized this year at $50 million. And the
goal of this fund is to make direct loans to small businesses in
Russia, to take equity positions in those businesses.
The President has also decided to create a
privatization fund which would work directly with the Russian
government in its priority objective of trying to convert state
enterprises from a state-owned basis to a private basis. He has
also agreed -- the President has also agreed to establish a
Eurasia foundation. This would be a private foundation led by
prominent Americans to fund democratization projects in Russia.
The fourth grouping you see there in the summary
page is democratization itself. I think it's fair to say that
this administration has given a new impetus to the goal of
pursuing democratization in Russia. You see that we have a total
of $48 million in programs, various programs. The detailed
tables give an indication of some of the programs that we're
launching.
The President is also calling for the development of
a democracy corps, which will be an overarching umbrella group to
try to incorporate all of the disparate private and public
efforts now underway from the United States to support reform in
Russia.
The fifth program you see is Russian office of
resettlement. This is a new initiative created and
conceptualized by this administration. This is a demonstration
project. What we'd like to do is work with the Russian military
to help resettle Russian officers returning from the Baltic
states and other parts of the former Soviet Union. We want to
make sure that we work out the best way to do that, whether it's
with Russian labor and Russian materials or using prefab American
construction. And so we've decided to fund on a demonstration
basis the construction of 450 housing units. We'll be working
very closely with the Russian military on this. And I would say
that we have a long-term commitment to this project.
The sixth area is energy in the environment. They
are two issues that the President feels strongly about. Our
initial efforts will be feasibility studies to look into the
possibility of enhancing their energy production, both oil and
gas; and equally important trying to cut down on the leakages in
the oil and gas pipeline systems, which cause so much
environmental damage.
I've talked a little bit about trade and investment,
about the new group being created that the Vice President will
chair on our side. Secretary Ron Brown will also be cochairing
with Deputy Prime Minister Shohkin, a business development
committee, which will work in all other sectors of the economy,
to break down the many barriers that currently exist and impede
trade and investment. We are also going to appoint a full-time
investment ombudsman in the American government to work on this
problem full-time.
And the point I'd like to make here is, trade and
investment in the 1990s is every bit as important, to draw an
analogy, as arms reductions was in the '70s and '80s. And we
just thought that in looking at this we needed to make a
commitment within our own government to have people work on it --
senior people on a full-time basis, because it is terribly
important.
You'll notice that the United States is going to
support Russia's membership in the GATT. Russia has had observer
status. Russia has requested our support and, in fact, requested
our advice in becoming a member of the GATT. We think that the
long-term goal of drawing Russia into the global economy is
paramount, a very important goal. And that is why we are
supporting the membership in the GATT. We are also supporting
their access to GSP, the Generalized System of Preferences.
You'll note that Ex-Im has extended $82 million in
credit for a caterpillar deal in Siberia, that OPIC has extended
$150 million in credits and loan guarantees for a Conoco oil
project. I'd like to emphasize that we are very close to an
agreement between Russia and the United States for a $2-billion
framework facility through the Ex-Im Bank that would finance
Russian purchases of American oil and gas equipment and services.
We think this is a very important development. We think we'll
get there by April 14th, which is the opening day of the Tokyo
conference, the G-7 conference.
Before I take any further questions, I'd like to
defer to my colleague, who will review the security assistance
objectives with you.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Our major
unfinished agenda with the Russians and with their counterparts
in Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Belarus is in the area of the safe and
secure dismantlement of the nuclear arsenals on their territory
under the terms of the START I and START II agreements.
Recently we completed in Moscow three, I think, very important
agreements that devote a significant chunk of Nunn-Lugar funding
to three important programs. The first is the program of $130
million for the strategic nuclear delivery vehicle dismantlement
program. That is for submarines, for ICBM dismantlement and for
bomber dismantlement -- $130 million.
The second is a $75 million tranche of funding for
the construction of a facility to store nuclear materials removed
from the warheads as they are dismantled. This will essentially
contribute to the overall design and the early phases of the
construction of that storage facility.
And finally, a $10-million tranche of money to help
in the establishment of a monitoring system for the nuclear
materials as they are withdrawn from the weapons system. So we
add that $215-million total to the extant Nunn-Lugar assistance
which has been flowing -- about $150 million for some overall
safety improvements for various kinds of equipment and safety
measures that we have been working out with the Russians over the
last couple of years.
So this is an area where we will be going a lot more
work with not only the Russians but with the Ukrainians, Kazhaks,
and Belarussians. Belarus, for example, has just, in the last
couple of weeks, received up to $65 million in FY'93 funds for
safety, security and dismantlement programs on Belarussian
territory. And this was in the wake of their ratification of
START I, an agreement to accede to NPT.
So we are working very hard with all the parties to
the Lisbon protocols, and will continue to work very hard with
them. And I look upon these three recent agreements with Russia
as a very important step in that process.
Q The OPIC funds to -- is that for the field in
Kazhakstan -- and Conoco already signed this deal with
Kazhakstan. Why do you feel now it is necessary -- if it's the
same one, why do you feel it's necessary?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: It's not the same
deal. Chevron signed a deal with Kazhakstan, the Tenges oil
field. This is a new investment project. It's a polar lights
oil development and renovation project, and it's being announced
today. So it's completely new.
Q Can you tell us more about what's involved?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yes. Conoco, like
other American oil companies has been searching for ways to do
two things. One, to prospect for new oil in Siberia, west
Siberia; and two, to try to get into the business of renovating
oil wells and renovating pipelines, both oil and gas, in Russia.
The objective here, obviously, is to take advantage of the
natural resources in Russia, increase energy production, which
will, in turn, increase hard currency revenues, which is what
Russia needs.
So we think this deal is very, very good development
for Russia. The Russians do as well, and it's good for an
American company. And the American government has played a
leading role in pulling this together through the credit facility
in OPIC and through the loan guarantee.
Q So it's to search and also to renovate fields
that are already there?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: That's right.
Q On that point, should other American companies
expect to get administration support for such deals, or should
they now go to the Ex-Im and try to get the money out of the $2
billion?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, as you know,
Ex-Im is part of the U.S. government and various parts of the
U.S. government have been pushing, including the State Department
and the White House for this deal to be consummated. And we
think it will. And if we arrive at this agreement by April 14th,
there will be $2 billion in financing available for American
companies to sell their equipment and sell their services.
Q That should take up all of the rest of the
deals and their won't be -- and their will or there won't be
support for OPIC sort of deals such as this Conoco?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: There's a
tremendous amount of interest on the part of American oil and gas
companies to invest in Russia. We think that the Ex-Im oil and
gas facility, the $2-billion facility, once it is concluded, will
soak up a lot of that interest. But I think the interest may
even extend beyond that. And if so, the government will respond.
Q What's the current year budget costs of that
$2-billion agreement should it go forward? And is there any
current year budget costs --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I'll have to refer
you to Ex-Im for that. I don't know the details of that.
Q The concessional food sales -- is there any
current year costs to that, or is it delayed until the years in
which the payments are due?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: The concessional
food sales are from Food for Progress, which is a USDA program.
USDA has the funds, we don't need to go back to the Congress to
expend those funds. There will be a hit in the budget. I'd
refer you to USDA and OMB for the details on that.
Q Can you talk about the Democracy Corps?
Q and the private sector -- how many folks are
going to be involved in that?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Why don't I start
with the Democracy Corps first. I think the administration felt
coming into office that there were literally thousands of
organization, private organizations in the United States that in
one way or another were working at the goal of trying to achieve
democratization in Russia, helping on a farmer-to-farmer basis.
And there were literally 10 or 15 U.S. government agencies that
had a variety of programs in this area. And so the
administration felt -- the President felt it was important to try
to draw all of these initiatives together under one group to give
some coherence to the efforts and to give some impetus to the
efforts. And so this is a presidential initiative.
It will be headed by Ambassador Tom Simons who will
soon take up his duties as the coordinator for U.S. assistance in
the former Soviet Union. And we're very hopeful that we might
use this Democracy Corps not only to draw upon the resources of
our own government, but the resources of the American private
sector and schools and communities across the nation.
Q any kind of commitment yet, any kind of word
yet on FY'94, and any new money that needs to be appropriated
besides the $300 million the President talked about?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: The administration
is requesting additional funds in FY'94 of $700 million. What
the President has done this weekend is to consult really
intensively yesterday with President Yeltsin about additional
measures the United States could take in some of these areas to
support reform. He'll be consulting with the Congress. When he
returns to Washington, he'll be consulting also with the other
ally governments, and we'll make a decision at that time.
Q Two questions about the $700 billion
agricultural money. First of all, I thought it was the sort of
consensus that what Russia did not need was more loans for food.
So why did you decide to do it that way? Secondly, could you
explain -- agriculture has been stopped from making further loans
for food because of Russia's inability to pay. How does this fit
into that situation?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: As you know, the
United States for a long time has been a major supplier of grains
and food commodities, agricultural products to Russia. I think
between 1991 and '92 we had extended -- a little bit of history
here -- about $5.5 billion in credits, credit guarantees, through
the Commodity Credit Corporation. That was the principal vehicle
to ensure the sale of American grain products. On December 1 of
last year, '92, the Russian government stopped its payments on
that program. They are now in arrears to us on that program, and
therefore, by law, the United States cannot continue that
program. And so the President, working with Secretary Espy and
other officials in the Cabinet, looked for other ways that we
could promote American grain sales.
And I think we have two ways to do that. We've
announced today $194 million in grant food assistance through the
Food for Progress program. But we do not have sufficient
authority to spend $700 million in grant food, and so we looked
for a concessional loan program.
I think everybody agrees that Russia -- that a
short-term loan program for Russia would not make sense now, but
a long-term concessional loan program would. And that is what
this program is. It will provide, once the final details are
worked out, for a six to seven-year grace period on payments of
principal. And then from years seven through 15, which is the
life of the deal, it will provide for concessional rates of
interest -- generally around three to four percent. And so we
believe and the Russian government believes this is a good deal
for them because it will avoid the imperative of early payments
and put them into the out years, but it will also continue this
very important grain relationship, which is important for them,
and it's important for the American farm community.
Q I gather from what you say that this could make
it explicit -- the Russians' failure to pay the interest on ECC
loan does not in any way affect this kind of loan going through,
is that right?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Let me be explicit
about that. We are prevented under the law to from continuing
the Commodity Credit Corporation short-term credit program
because of Russia's arrearages to the United States. All of you
know about those arrearages. They total about, I think, around
$640 million. USDA can give you an exact figure. So having
taken that into consideration and wanting to preserve American
market share and a long-term grain relationship, wanting to
respond to a specific request from the Russian government for
major food assistance, knowing that we couldn't take it from the
grant programs because we don't have sufficient authority there,
we looked at Food for Progress, which is a program we've used to
great effect in other parts of the world. And we consulted with
the Russian government and arrived at this solution.
I think the Russians are pleased because it provides
them with the food, but also gives them a little bit of relief on
the short-term payments.
Q Where do those funds actually come from?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: They come from the
Food for Progress program, which is a program under USDA's
authority. USDA has the authority to spend these funds. We do
not need to go back to the Congress for these funds. And I want
to make that general point again: Everything in this package,
the $1.6 billion package, comprises funds that have already been
allocated and appropriated by the Congress. The administration
can begin to spend these monies tomorrow. And it's very
important in our eyes that we expend all the funds this year,
that we meet these commitments. And we are confident we'll be
able to do so.
Q How did you arrive at the figure of $700
million -- does that max out that program, or did you actually
have a range from 0 to --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: There's a reason
for it. The reason was that the Russian government told us
that's about the amount of grain that they needed between now and
harvest time. And so the idea is that we would begin the
shipments probably $100 million per month from now until the
harvest in the autumn, at which time Russia won't require the
same level of food imports from the West.
Q I would imagine there's going to be some
considerable envy and jealousy on the part of some of the other
republics because of the size and the scope of this with Russia.
Have you given any consideration to advancing negotiations for
the same kinds of projects with the Ukraine, with Georgia , with
some of the other republics?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Yes, we're very
conscience of the fact that we also have an interest in extending
American support to the 11 other countries of the former Soviet
Union. We have told ourselves, and we have planned that in the
area of technical assistance, the grant technical assistance that
you see, roughly 50 percent of the funding will go to Russia and
roughly 50 percent to the other countries.
In the area of food sales, we have been active with
Ukraine, in grant food assistance with Georgia and Armenia. We
will continue that. And I think it's fair to say that after this
summit we will go back and look at all of our programs with the
other countries to ensure that they are adequate and they are
productive and they're hard-hitting.
Q Has anything happened at the summit to lead
American energy companies and other companies to believe that
Russia is going to be more user-friendly toward them in terms of
taxing, legalities, bureaucracy?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, one of our
primary objectives coming into this summit was to highlight, not
only the economic agenda, but also trade and investment. And I'd
like to refer to the point I made at the beginning. We're
convinced in talking about this problem -- the problem of how to
support Russia long-term -- we're convinced that no collection of
Western governments have the financial resources over the next
decade to fuel the continuation of reform, that only the private
sector can do that.
We look at our own society and we see tremendous
capability in resources in the oil and gas sector. It is a very
good match with what the Russians need now, which is financial
investment in the existing oil and gas wells and pipeline and new
technology and new capital to finance new production.
That's what the Russian government has told us it
wants to do, and so that's why we have made such a major emphasis
on it. That's why trade and investment was a prominent issue on
the first day of these talks, and in fact, figured prominently
last night in the meeting between President Yeltsin and President
Clinton. And we're hoping that together we might send a strong
signal to the American business community that we support their
efforts to invest in Russia, that the United States, through Ex-
Im and OPEC and the Department of Commerce, will be there to
support them.
Q My question is, is Yeltsin in any position to
deliver on making Russia a more --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: We think he is. I
would note that President Yeltsin's Prime Minister, Mr.
Chernomyrdin, worked for 30 years in the Russian oil and gas
sector. He will now chair a high-level commission with the Vice
President, Vice President Gore, to try to break through the
barriers that currently exist to Western investment in the oil
and gas sector. We believe we have a commitment to make that
committee an important committee. And we're looking forward to
the work.
Q What type of mechanism is already in place to
administer the private sector portion of the program? And will
the U.S. be directly involved in the tail end of distribution of
the actual funds or is the money simply turned over to the
Russian government for distribution at their will?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Are you talking
about the variety of programs listed here? It depends on the
program itself. In most cases, though, we are either working
through American PBOs or American government agencies to ensure
that the money obviously is well spent, that the money gets to
the intended source. That's an obligation we have to the
Congress to ensure the money is well spent and that we can
account for the money. We have done that in the last couple of
months intensively and we will continue to do it for each of
these programs.
But they are all quite different. For instance, in
the area of grant food and medical assistance, for grant food it
is carried out through USDA and USDA accounts for the delivery of
the food. For grant medical assistance, we've been working
through Project Hope which is a private organization. For the
housing -- for instance, the resettlement of Russian officers,
we'll be working with a group of American PBOs. On some of the
democratization projects, we're working directly with Russian
private individuals and private foundations. We're working with
journalists in Russia on a media project that you may have
noticed.
So we literally have here 30 to 40 different
activities under all these rubrics and they're all going to be
carried out in slightly different ways. Some directly with the
Russian government, some with Russian citizens.
Q The Jackson-Vanik restrictions that remain and
on the COCOM restrictions that remain, can you tell us what the
President has to do on that?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, as George
noted yesterday, President Yeltsin raised these as irritants in
the relationship. The President has noted that. I think it's
fair to say we will go back now in our own government when we
return to Washington and look at both of these questions, and
we'll get back to the Russian government.
Q You were not prepared for these questions when
you got here?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: We were prepared
for these questions. We've looked at them. But we're not
prepared to make a quick decision this weekend. They require --
let me just explain, particularly on Jackson-Vanik. They require
consultation with the Congress. They require consultation with
the American Jewish community. And we're very sensitive to those
concerns. And so we'll want to go back and talk to them before
we take any action.
Q Is this package designed so that you will not
have to go to Congress for anything at this point?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: As I said at the
beginning, the advantage of this particular package is that all
the funds have been allocated and appropriated by the Congress.
So the administration will not have to go back to the Congress to
seek any additional authority to fund any of these efforts. In
effect, they can all begin tomorrow, and I know that many of the
agencies responsible for these projects will begin tomorrow. And
that's the advantage of this particular initiative.
Q If this, as the President says, is a long-term,
long-haul thing, and members of Congress are at this moment
heading for Moscow, why aren't you talking about going to
Congress and suggesting to the President of Russia that you are
prepared to go to Congress for various things?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I think we've been
clear about that. The President is discussing this weekend with
President Yeltsin some additional ideas that we have for American
funding of additional projects, and ideas that he has. We have a
major congressional delegation that left last night, headed by
Representative Gephardt and we'll want to consult with that
delegation and other members of Congress before doing anything.
And we'll also want to consult with our allies. So that's where
it stands now.
Q We've been told repeatedly that a number of
these items represent different or new ways of spending the money
already appropriated. Could you just tick off which of these
items represents reprogramming or at least spending money in ways
that it was not previously set to be?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I think that we've
said that these are all projects that either Congress had
allocated money for through the Freedom Support Act; there were
some funds that were left over from FY'92. And this
administration took office and had some new ideas about how the
funds might be expended.
We didn't use just the Freedom Support Act funds or
the FY'92 funds. We went into some of the agency allocations --
Ex-Im, OPIC, and USDA -- and tried to look for creative ways to
further our programs.
And example of that is the Food for Progress
concessional loans. We had hit a brick wall with another type of
funding through USDA. We could not go forward legally, and so we
looked for a more creative way to ensure continued American
market share and ensure continued grain sales, and we think we
found it.
Q Where, for example, are you getting the money
for this Russian officer resettlement --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: That's from the
Freedom Support Act funds.
Q In other words, all of the money is being
directly spent in new ways, so to speak --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Most of the grant
projects that you see -- if you look at the general chart, the
second chart, it's broken down into grant and credits. And if
you look under grants, the technical cooperation projects that
total $281.9 million -- that is almost all Freedom Support Act
funding. A little bit of it is leftover funds from fiscal year
'92. The Nunn-Lugar funds, of course, you know about the
legislative history of those funds.
Q cooperation --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: From FY '92? I
don't have the exact figure. It was not a considerable figure.
Q Could you tell us please, has anything happened
here this weekend that will break the log jam between Ukraine and
Russia over START -- for START I and II as a result of what's
happened here --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Both presidents,
President Yeltsin and President Clinton, will be discussing this
issue this morning. In fact, we haven't yet gotten to security
and arms control related issues. That will be this morning's
session. I know that President Clinton will be very strongly
reinforcing that this is a top priority for us. We've been
talking to the Russians and the Ukrainians over the last couple
of weeks about ways that we might help to facilitate the
discussions between them. Up to this point, this has been a very
important negotiation that's been going on essentially between
Moscow and Kiev. And we are at the point now of essentially
discussing with them if there are ways that we could contribute
to this discussion, help to move things forward essentially.
But in terms of what is coming out of this weekend,
I don't yet know. In a couple hours we'll know.
Q? Just a follow-up on the financing here. Is
any of this robbing Peter to pay Boris -- since it's all current
year appropriations, have you taken it from anyplace that's been
earmarked and put it into this fund?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: There are smoke and
mirrors here, and I think it's an important point to note. We
could have given you a page of assistance numbers that included
out-year funding. We're going to make a long-term commitment to
many of these projects -- for instance, the enterprise funds, the
privatization effort, the housing effort. And we've already
talked to the Russians about our long-term commitment.
We could have put in really big numbers and this
could have been a bigger package, but we wanted to make a point:
This package is FY '93. It's funds that we have. And we're
going to do what we say we're going to do. And the President
feels very strongly about that. In the past there is a legacy
that the western governments, the combination of governments, put
up large budget figures and for any number of reasons we're not
able to meet them, we're determined, and the President is
determined, to carry out every single program in this package.
And we'll do it.
But we do have a longer-term commitment, and that's
part of the discussions on economics this weekend. We're looking
for Russian ideas on what it is we can do to most effectively
support reform. And we've told them that we do have a commitment
on some of these programs beyond this fiscal year.
Q taken it way from any --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No, we haven't.
Okay, the question is, have we reprogrammed any of these funds;
so have we taken it from other countries to pay for programs in
Russia? The answer is no, we have not done so.
Q In terms of funding, there is no available
monies left -- and you simply find a creative way to find money
somewhere else. Doesn't that, in fact, support the -- theory?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Not at all. I
don't think it does. That's a particular example, and the
example is grain sales. The Commodity Credit Corporation credit
guarantee program was short-term loans that Russia had to pay
back within 12 to 15 months. You all know about Russia's debt
problem, and Russia was unable to meet those commitments. So we
looked for a way to do two things: to meet Russia's requirement
for grain. They're a net grain importer on a massive scale, and
also meet our objective of making sure that the American farmers
have a chance to sell their products to Russia. And we simply
look for another way to finance that. And we have legislative
authority to do it. This program has been successful in other
areas. We had not tried it before in the former Soviet Union,
but we thought we should now.
Q Isn't this really the Bush-Clinton aid package
for Russia, since these funds were really first derived by
initiatives put forward by President Bush?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No, I don't think
that's a fair characterization. A lot of these funds were
appropriated by the U.S. Congress is 1991, in 1992. This
administration took office and inherited some obligations that
the Bush administration had made. But we had a long six to seven
week review of this program. We decided to meet the commitments
that had been made by the previous administration.
But we have gone well beyond them in funding the
enterprise fund, which was just an idea, but the idea had not
been filled out with a program. There was no number attached to
it. In grouping together some projects and trying to make them
into a coherent whole in the privatization effort, I would say,
is another Clinton initiative.
Further, we listened to the Russian government and
listened to the Russian military who told us that the
resettlement of their officers was important to them for
political and economic and social reasons. And President Clinton
has responded to that. And we are making a long-term commitment
that beyond this demonstration project we're going to figure out
a way to do much more in trying to settle those officers.
I would also say that the President has given
impetus to all of us in the agencies to think much more broadly
about what it is we can do on democratization, because there we
have some experience and some comparative advantage that lends
itself to the Russian experience. And in calling for the
creation of a democracy corps, which is another new initiative,
we're hopeful that we can take the resources of the private
sector as well as the American government, to achieve that
objective.
So I would not characterize it that way at all. And
as most of you know, I am a career civil servant. I was in the
last administration. I'm very familiar with what the last
administration did. And I would characterize this as a Clinton
assistance package for Russia.
Q There's been a lot of criticism that aid in the
past has not gotten to the people. Is there anything in this
outside of the ombudsman, that will guarantee that this money
will not just disappear because it's being administered by the
Russian government?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I think that -- I
know that the President and other senior officials of our
government are concerned that American money be spent wisely and
that it get to the source that it's intended -- for which it's
intended. And so we're going to take great care -- AID and the
State Department will take great care in making sure that the
funds are expended properly and that they're reaching their
source.
I would not that this package is not simply a
package of support solely to the Russian government. Some of
these projects, especially in democratization and exchanges, are
going to be worked out directly with Russian private individuals,
with businesses. The private enterprise support is another
example of that.
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: If I could just add
a word on this point with regard to the SSD-related programs, one
area that we've been looking at very, very closely is
consideration of actually using Russian firms in subcontracting
for these kinds of programs. They would be working very closely,
of course, with the American firms, who would be the prime
contractors. But this is a fine example, I think, of a more --of
a imaginative and flexible approach toward getting some of that
funding down to the grassroots level, down to the ground in
Russia; but at the same time ensuring that it is spent
efficiently and for the purposes for which it was intended.
Q When would the democracy corps start? Exactly
when do you see this happening? How would get it off the ground?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, the President
is today calling for the creation of a democracy corps. I think
it's fair to say that we're going to work out its framework over
the next couple of weeks. Ambassador Simons takes up his duties
on May 1st. But in effect we've already started, because over
the last couple of weeks the administration has begun to reach
out to people in the private sector who have come to us asking us
to help facilitate their activities in Russia. And we've said
that we will be helpful. We've also tried to kind of coordinate
in a much more effective way the activities of our own
government. We do have 10 or 15 agencies that are active in
Russia in one way or another. We think it makes sense to draw
them together and to focus their efforts.
Q Excuse me. How much of this $1.6 billion will
actually be spent in the United States by American made goods?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I don't have any
figures for you now, but perhaps we could try to work something
up in the next couple of days on that.
Q This figure is larger than the figure that has
been in the press -- did this program grow yesterday as a result
of the discussions, or have we just been that far off the mark?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No, I think --
unfortunately the press has been a little bit off the mark, and
I'm sorry to say that. No, this package -- President Clinton put
us to work about seven weeks ago on this package. And he was
briefed intensively on this. He contributed a lot of the
intellectual leadership in this package. He contributed a lot of
the ideas in the package. And I think it's fair to say that we
had this rough package worked out about two weeks ago. We have
been refining it ever since. We spent a couple of days last week
going over it with the Russian government, both the embassy in
Washington and the government in Moscow through our own embassy.
And so it's been evolving. But this particular package has been
together for about two weeks.
Q Where is Yeltsin's input into this then? There
was so much talk before about the President wanted to get
Yeltsin's views about specifically what was needed and so forth.
Is that in the out years?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: No, it's both.
President Yeltsin has on several occasions told us, for instance,
that support for the creation of private businesses is important
to him; that the resettlement of Russian military officers is
important; and that first and foremost the effort to privatize
the state industries is important to them.
And so what we did was to try to make those the
centerpiece of our technical assistance part o the package. We
listened to him. On the privatization effort, we have been
working with the Russian government for months on this trying to
work out all the details. So the Russian government on most of
these programs was involved every step of the way.
But let me get at the other part of your question.
The President is also using this weekend to talk about a broader
set of initiatives that we might undertake. And we're looking
for his ideas. The President has brought his own ideas to the
table -- for instance, on energy and the environment and in
housing. But we're looking for Russian ideas not. We need to
consult with the Congress; and we need to consult with the other
allied governments that are also active.
Q There's essentially nothing that happened in
the last day and a half that measurably altered the package that
you came in with?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: This particular
package, as I said, was worked out and was ready about two weeks
ago. We have since then consulted with the Russian government on
the final stages of its development, and so this weekend we've
primarily talked about future, about what more the United States
and other Western countries can do to support reform in Russia,
which is our base objective here.
Q I noticed that you -- that money appropriated
to train bankers and businessmen and officers. Can you tell me
what about job training for workers who are displaced by
privatization?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: You're right; we
have a program to train Russian -- young Russians in banking and
financial services in the United States. Part of the housing
initiative, it's not just to build housing units, it's to retrain
Russian officers who are retiring into other professions.
Q money for job training for workers whose
jobs are disappearing because of privatization --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: We have not yet
allocated any money for that.
Q Why not?
Q of the $6 million is going to build 450
housing units. Isn't that a lot of money per unit given what the
Western dollar will buy in the former Soviet Union?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: If you want to do
housing the right way, it's not just the building the framework
of a house, you've got to think about all the utilities. You've
got to think about the purchase of land. You've got to think
about sewage and gas and electricity and so forth. And it's also
retraining. It's not enough to put retired -- an officer coming
out of -- Riga or Tallin or Vilnius in a house in western Russia.
We think we have an obligation to try to retrain those officers
as well. This is responding to a request from the Russian
government.
Q of the $6 million will go to retrain --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: That's right.
Q Are you talking about apartment buildings or
single --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: We're talking about
single, individual dwellings.
Q You're saying that only 450 families will be
served by this?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: What I want to -- I
thought I pointed out earlier, this is a demonstration project.
What we didn't want to do -- given the experience that the
Germans and the Turks and the Italians have had in building
housing in western Russian, we did not want to leap into it with
a huge amount of money. What we want to do is work over the next
couple of months and try to figure out with American
organizations in the private sector the best way to get this job
done.
I noted that we have a long-term commitment to that.
And so I would expect that we would put a lot more money into
this in the future . But we want to do it wisely; we want to
spend the money wisely.
Q What is it about this program that convinces
you that it will protect Russia's reforms and that Russia will be
in a position to may back the money they're supposed to pay back,
especially considering their other debt problem?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, look, I think
it's important to note that the United States on its own does not
have the capability to fuel a continuation of Russian reform.
It's got to be a collective Western effort, and we're looking to
our allies to do more as well. But beyond that, it's really what
the Russians do that is going to decide the fate of reform. We
can simply play a role, and we feel we have an obligation to do
so, which is consistent with our national interests.
Q Did the President say that the value of the
U.S. contribution was that it would create security and
prosperity for the United States? So what is it about this
program that does this?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I think you have to
go back to the fundamental objective of our policy toward Russia,
and that is we want to do everything we can to support the
continuation of reform. We are convinced that if reformers stay
in power, then we'll be able to continue the drawdown of nuclear
forces, foreign policy cooperation and economic interaction,
which are the three benefits to the United States from reform in
Russia. So it's not a simple question. You can't just say that
this program is the answer. It's a long-term question and we
have to make a long-term commitment to it.
Q And then on the question of Russia's ability to
repay, what convinces you they'll be able to pay seven to 15
years from now?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: Well, the Russian
government has made a commitment to repay, and what we're hoping
is that if reform continues, and if they can continue to improve
their oil and gas sector and earn additional hard currency
revenues, that Russia will be in a position six or seven years
from now to pay back those loans.
Q substantial government-to-government loan
we've ever gotten into with the Russians?
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I don't want to
answer authoritatively on that. I don't go back 20 or 30 years
on this. But in the last four or five years, yes it is, because
the previous way that we financed grain exports was really to
just ensure private bank loans. This is a different type of
effort.
Q government loans in any other sector that
you recall? I know it wasn't done in --
SENIOR ADMINISTRATION OFFICIAL: I think it's fair
to say this is a new and unique effort. | 13 | trimmed_train |
4,118 | One week to the Robot Olympic games. Fire up the mechanoids for combat
and come on down.
Competitors please note that there has been a slight change; the registration
desk will now be in the forward building of the Science Centre rather than
in the main competing hall. When you arrive, please go to this desk. Those
that have pre-registered by real-mail will find badges waiting.
Is all. See you here.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
10,831 | ;Revving the throttle requires either [dis]engaging the clutch,
;or accelerating.
Not if it's a Harley.
| 12 | trimmed_train |
1,894 | I'm looking for brief information on new
applications of electronics (or new electronics in
applications.) If you know of any interesting new
stuff, I would be intrested in hearing about it. | 11 | trimmed_train |
6,440 | Here are four pseudo-random character generators, based on
irreducible trinomials. Each contains 16 separate trinomials,
one of which is selected on initialization (there are 64
distinct trinomials between the 4 PRCGs). The PRCGs are
initialized with a 32-bit seed, and a 4-bit trinomial-
selector.
I would like to get comments on these by anyone who is
interested enough to look them over. Please email,
because our news is on the fritz (Note that this was
posted via email).
Peter K. Boucher <[email protected]>
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5,362 |
Where I live, I use BCTEL. The number to dial is 211 for the same result.
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3,610 |
[FARID] In support of the preservation of the territorial integrity of
[FARID] Azerbaijan and its independence from Russian rule, the Iranians which
[FARID] includes millions of Azerbaijanis will have Armenia retreat from the
[FARID] territory of Azerbaijan.
Oh, they will? This should prove quite interesting!
[FARID] To count on Iranian help to supposedly counter Turkish influence will
[FARID] be a fatal error on the part of Armenia as long as Armenia in
[FARID] violation of international law has Azerbaijani lands in occupation.
Armenia is not counting on Iranian help. As far as violations of international
laws, which international law gives Azerbaijan the right to attack and
depopulate the Armenians in Karabakh?
[FARID] If Armenian aggression continues in the territory of Azerbaijan, not
[FARID] only there won't be any aid from Iran to Armenia but also steps will
[FARID] be taken to have Armenian army back in Armenia.
And who do you speak for? Rafsanjani?
[FARID] The Azerbaijanis of Iran will be the guarantors of this policy. As for
[FARID] scaring Iranians or Turks from the Russian power, experts on present
[FARID] and future military potentials of these people would not put much
[FARID] stock on the Russain power as the sole power in the region for long!!!
Well, Farid, your supposed experts are not expert! The Russians have had
non-stop influence in the Caucasus since the Treaty of Turkmanchay in 1828.
Hmm... that makes it 1993-1828 = 165 years!
Oh, I see the Azeris from Iran are going to force out the Armenians from
Karabakh! That will be a real good trick!
[FARID] Iran is not alian to developing the capability to produce the A bomb
[FARID] and a reliable delivery system (refer to recent news releases
[FARID] regarding the potential of Iran).
So the Azeris from Iran are going to force the Armenians from Karabakh by
forcing the Iranian government to drop an atomic bomb on these Armenians.
[FARID] The moral of the story is that, you don't go invading your neighbor's
[FARID] home (Azerbaijan) and flash Russia's guns when questioned about it.
Oh, but it's just fine if you drop an atomic bomb on your neighbor! You are
a damn fool, Farid!
[FARID] (Marshal Shapashnikov may have to eat his words regarding Turkey in a
[FARID] few short years!).
So you are going to drop an atomic bomb on Russia as well.
[FARID] Peaceful resolution of the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict is the only
[FARID] way to go. Armenia may soon find the fruits of Aggression very bitter
[FARID] indeed.
And the Armenians will take your "peaceful" dropping of an atomic bomb as
an example of Iranian Azeri benevolence! You sir are a poor example of an
Iranian Azeri!
Ha! And to think I had a nice two day stay in Tabriz back in 1978!
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8,871 | Hi there again...
I still have a few tapes left...
As before they are $2.50 each (postage paid).
Multiple orders appreciated, but not necessary...
Package deals welcome...
Thanks...
Chris Bray | 5 | trimmed_train |
10,373 | I have WD1007-WA2 ESDI controller with ROM BIOS v.1.1.
It has been working fine until I recently upgraded motherboard to 386-40MHz.
Now, my Maxter drive goes crazy making lots of seeking sound even when the
drive is not accessed. Of course, with numourous hard disk controller errors.
These symptoms disappear when I switch to non-turbo mode (8 MHz).
I suspect some timing dependent Rom Bios routines. (There's a newer version
2.x) Could anybody help me on this?
By the way, my new mother board has AMI Bios, 128k Cache, 8 MHz bus, and
works fine with my old MFM drives (I had to dig them up). :-(
Also, I will appreciate it very much if somebody send me the phone numbers
(tech support/BBS) for Western Digital.
Many thanks in advance.
Jay | 3 | trimmed_train |
9,005 |
Unfortunately, elections can, and are, bought. Promise the voters money, and
they will vote for you.
Same here. Convicted felons may not legally purchase firearms.
That you know of.
While I lived in the DBR, a gang robbed a joint US Army/Bundewehr armoury and
got several hundred M-16s, ammunition, handguns and some explosives. When I
left two years later, there were no clues.
Who uses them is the problem. Crime, in the U.S., is "no big deal" if you are
the criminal. How about 5 years for murder. Credit for time served (in jail,
waiting for trial) and you are out in 12 months, worst case. If we would put
criminals, especially violent ones, in the slam for true sentences, crime would
drop. Instead, we reward them for being good and let them out early, very
early.
Serbs, Croats and Muslims have been killing each other almost since before the
invention of guns. Old women are throwing stones at UN trucks. This is a
hatred that goes beyond reason.
Yes, the problem is the user. Question back (since you are one of the rational
ones): If all gun crime were to stop, would you support dropping all gun
controls?
They did not believe, from experience, that the "police" (including National
Guard) could/would protect them. Unless you want to argue that a human being
does not have a right to protect him/herself, they did the right thing. What
would you suggest as a defense against a mob throwing bottles and rocks, and
also likely armed with stolen firearms?
Criminals would move to Scandinavia??? :-) The average criminal would look for
a less hazardous job, and the rest would likely be buried at county expense.
Personally, I criticize the fools who send money to the IRA to "make Ireland
free". Of course, this is the last thing the IRA wants, because they lose
power if England pulls out. But that's for another group.
The U.S. has roughly 20 times the major sporting events as the U.K.. How many
riots did we have at sporting events last year (off the playing field)?
Hooligan is a word never used when reffering to sports fans here. I guess
that's where the different cultures thing comes in.
Yes. The question is, is the problem one of too many guns (mostly from the
army) or not enough (nonSerbians can not defend themselves.
But disarming responsible gun owners is not the solution. Yet, that is exactly
what HCI is proposing. | 9 | trimmed_train |
4,499 | I am eager to hear the legal theory behind restricting exchange of
cryptographic data and encrypted messages, given the first admendment;
the theory behind regulating the *personal* encryption of one's personal
*thoughts and feelings* seems even less tenable.
Perhaps if we make a *treaty* with, say, Iceland, to restrict crypto
paraphernalia can a good "end run" around the Constitution happen...
(Treaties -- as someone pointed out -- has the force of any other "law of
the land". Like the Bill of Rights.)
Amendment 1
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or
prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech,
or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to
petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
Amendment 2
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,
the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
Amendment 3
No Soldier shall, in time of peace be quartered in any house, without the
consent of the Owner, nor in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed
by law.
Amendment 4
The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated,
and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or
affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the
persons or things to be seized.
Amendment 5
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous
crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury, except in
cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the Militia, when in
actual service in time of War or public danger; nor shall any person be
subject for the same offence to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb;
nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against
himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process
of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just
compensation.
Well -- at least for a few minutes we had some privacy... | 7 | trimmed_train |
6,295 | I am looking for information on infra red based position encoders.
The idea would be to bounce the infrared source off a wall and the device would
read out the distance.
preferable it would be rs-232 addressable.
Any leads?
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6,020 |
Yes, I do agree with your definition. My use of the term "always" is
rather deceptive, I admit.
Hold it. I said that all of scripture is true. However, discerning
exactly what Jesus, Paul and company were trying to say is not always so
easy. I don't believe that Paul was trying to say that all women should
behave that way. Rather, he was trying to say that under the circumstances
at the time, the women he was speaking to would best avoid volubility and
cover their heads. This has to do with maintaining a proper witness toward
others. Remember that any number of relativistic statements can be derived
from absolutes. For instance, it is absolutely right for Christians to
strive for peace. However, this does not rule out trying to maintain world
peace by resorting to violence on occasion. (Yes, my opinion.)
Sure. The Bible preaches absolute truths. However, exactly what those
truths are is sometimes a matter of confusion. As I said, the Bible does
preach absolute truths. Sometimes those fundamental principles are crystal
clear (at least to evangelicals). Sometimes they are not so clear to
everyone (e.g. should baptism be by full immersion or not, etc). That is
largely because sometimes, it is not explicitly spelled out whether the writers
are speaking to a particular culture or to Christianity as a whole. This is
where scholarship and the study of Biblical contexts comes in.
God revealed his Truths to the world, through His Word. It is utterly
unavoidable, however, that some people whill come up with alternate
interpretations. Practically anything can be misinterpreted, especially
when it comes to matters of right and wrong. Care to deny that?
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2,839 | I was playing this golf game and something interesting happened.
On the 7th hole, I drove the ball down the fairway, when the ball was
in mid-flight, the game completely froze. A couple seconds later, the
screen went completely black, with an error message in large "Bubble"
letters that said DIVISION BY ZERO. I thought it was funny considering
I am a computer programmer, and I had never seen an error like this on
an actual video game system like Sega or Nintendo (or even Atari or
Intellevision years ago). Oh yeah, after the message, there was also
what must have been an address, in hexadecimal. I forget the exact hex
code that was given. HAS THIS HAPPENED TO ANYONE ELSE??? It must have,
my game shouldn't have been the only one to do this. | 17 | trimmed_train |
10,254 |
The "`little' things" above were in reference to Germany, clearly. People
said that there were similar things in Germany, but no one could name any.
They said that these were things that everyone should know, and that they
weren't going to waste their time repeating them. Sounds to me like no one
knew, either. I looked in some books, but to no avail.
It has *caused* problems? Again, no one has shown that things were better
before the motto, or that they'd likely be better after. I don't think
the motto initiates any sort of harassment. Harassment will occur whether
or not the motto is present. | 8 | trimmed_train |
6,230 | Gremilins have attacked my keyboard and the correction to my followup on audio
relays got fouled up.
Varying lamp resistance, should read, "Varying lamp voltage"
--
73, Tom
================================================================================
Tom Wagner, Audio Visual Technician. Malaspina College Nanaimo British Columbia
(604)753-3245, Loc 2230 Fax:755-8742 Callsign:VE7GDA Weapon:.45 Kentucky Rifle
Snail mail to: Site Q4, C2. RR#4, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, V9R 5X9 | 11 | trimmed_train |
7,723 |
And you wrote an *excellent* report about it.
I understand (from an unreliable source) that Canseco was considered
expendable by the A's when he refused to accept any coaching about
his batting stance. The A's brain trust came to believe that his
back problems were exacerbated, if not caused, by having a wide open
stance, closing it quickly and then swinging with a lot of torque
(that's a paraphrase of what I remember).
In any event, Canseco took the road that he and he alone would decide
his stance, and the A's began to believe that he would either reinjure
himself or begin to lose his ability to hit for both average and power.
Apparently, you sound like LaRussa.
The A's also objected about this.
Again, I'm just repeating something I heard. But possibly the cause
and effect is the reverse of that.
-- The Beastmaster
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7,717 | I was just wondering one thing, actually two. ( I hope that this is the
proper place to post this subject)
Why does a lead acid battery discharge and become dead (totally unuseable)
when stored on a concrete floor?
I decided to bring the battery in from the lawn mower and the motorcycle
from the unheated garage this year, *to preserve them* and I just
went to use them and noticed that not only do they not work, but
they act like the two terminals are shorted. I asked a friend
and he said that you should never do that, 'cause it ruins them,
but he couldn't tell me why. | 11 | trimmed_train |
3,764 | Hai,
In a few days I'm going to buy a new motherboard with local-bus(ses).
It comes with a Cirrus Logic VLB card which has 2Mb RAM onboard.
It can do true-color but I don't know what type of card it is.
I read that Cirrus Logic cards aren't exactly the fastes around.
My old system had a TSENG 4000. I was pretty pleased with it, so I
consider buying a W32/TSENG card. I'd like to know a few things:
- How is the speed/performance in DOS/Windows/Unix/OS/2
Graphics & Text (also compared to S3 cards for example)
- What resolutions (including no. of colors) does it
support (text & graphics)
- How many RAM can be installed and what type of RAM
- Compatibility with old TSENG 4000
- Support in software
If anyone has any experience with this card (good or bad) I'd like
to know. If you have a better alternative than the W32 please tell
me about it.
For the people in Holland:
Kan iemand me misschien vertellen waar de W32 in Nederland te verkrijg
is? Het liefst in de omgeving van Amsterdam!
| 3 | trimmed_train |
5,006 |
Does anybody have Bobby's post in which he said something like "I don't
know why there are more men than women in islamic countries. Maybe it's
atheists killing the female children"? It's my personal favorite!
| 8 | trimmed_train |
1,041 | Hello,
Can anybody help me with the conversion of pic format files
to HPGL files. The question is as follows:
Is it possible to convert files that have been generated in the
pic preprocessor format into HPGL format, suitable for sending
to a plotter. The hardware involved is IBM RISC/6000 running AIX
3.2.3. How should this be done and what software is involved,
where is it available, what does it cost, what are the problems?
Regards,
Dani
--------------------------------
Cimad Consultants
Antwerp, Belgium
[email protected] | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,070 | Most of you will have probably seen the news by the time you read this,
but the Branch Davidian compound is no more. This morning about 6:00,
the feds punched holes in the compound walls by using a tank. They
then started using non-lethal tear gas. Shortly after noon, 2 cult
members were seen setting fire to the compound. So far, about 20-30
people have been seen outside the compound. The fate of the other 60 or
70 people is unknown, neither is the fate of the 17 children that were
inside. The compound did burn to the ground.
Koresh, who at times has claimed to be the Messiah, but then backed off
and only claimed to be a prophet, had promised several times to come
out peacefully if his demands were met. First, he demanded that his
message be broadcast on the radio, which it was, but he didn't come out.
He claimed to be waiting for a message from God. Finally, he said that
God told him that he needed to decipher the mystery of the 7 seals in
Revelation, and when he was finished, he'd come out. He finished the
first one, but didn't do any more work that anyone knows of since then.
The federal agents did warn him that if they didn't come out, they
would be subjected to tear gas.
I think it's really sad that so many people put their faith in a mere
man, even if he did claim to be the son of God, and/or a prophet. I
think it underscores the importance of putting you faith only in
things that are eternal and knowing for yourself what the Scriptures
say and what they mean, instead of relying on others to do it for you,
even if those others are learned and mean well. | 0 | trimmed_train |
2,919 |
The rumour was basically everywhere in Toronto based on reports
that Keenan has told both San Jose and Philadelphia that he
was no longer interested in pursuing further negotiations with
either team.
The Ranger announcement is supposed to happen tomorrow supposedly.
The Rangers have so many veterans that they had to get a coach
with "weight" and a proven record...and whom they know Messier respects. | 17 | trimmed_train |
8,425 |
Unfortunately, you seem to lack the ability to rate players. Dave
Winfield has had a better career than half the people in the Hall of
Fame. Eddie Murray and Darrel Evans are both one of the top 100 players
of all time. Lee Smith has had probably the greatest long career
of any relief pitcher since 1960, with the possible exception of Gossage.
On the other hand, Kingman probably isn't one of the best 750 players
of all time.
And Reardon, though a good pitcher, isn't in Smith's class career wise.
We're talking 2 of the top 50 players of all time here. There probably
aren't 5 shortstops in history who were better than these two.
Garvey sucked. Morris, while a very good pitcher, simply doesn't
belong near Cooperstown.
Gee, can these guys even compare to
If Puckett and Ryan (okay, no if there) get into to the Hall, they will be
marginal Hall of Famers (unless Puckett keeps hitting like he did last year for
a while longer)
To put this in perspective, here's a listing of the linear weights
values of the careers of the players you mention. In parenthesis
is how high they are up on the greatest ever list if they make it.
While no one would claim these are perfect rankings, they should give
you a good value of these guys' careers as compared to average players.
Robin Yount 43.0 (41)
Ozzie Smith 42.1 (45)
Dave Winfield 40.3 (53)
Eddie Murray 37.5 (68)
Darrel Evans 35.2 (80)
Kirby Puckett 24.3 (180)
Nolan Ryan 21.6 (219)
Jack Morris 11.8 (478)
Dave Kingman 0.4
Steve Garvey -5.8
To give you an idea of how these numbers compare to those in the Hall:
Of the 71 eligible players whose career stats equaled 35.0, 64 are in the Hall
of Fame. The ones who aren't include 4 19th century players, Ron Santo, Bobby
Grich, and Bob Johnson.
Of those eligible who score between 30.0 and 34.9, 15 of 25 are in. Of
those eligible who score between 25.0 and 29.9, 24 of 44 are in.
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1,225 |
[chop]
Could you please post it to the net too please, as I, and I'm sure many others
would like to know. Thanks!
Kev.
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7,088 | briefly, since i'm off to sleep.
mle's work pretty well for AA nd AAA players.
players who are 22 and younger will tend to have explosions
in their numbers, whether mMLE's or not, in the next 2 years...
players who are 26 and OLDER, at those levels, generally have
inflated MLE's.
they're about as reliable as having major league stats for a player. | 2 | trimmed_train |
10,585 | Brand new, still shrink wraped Stealth 24 for sale $150 plus shipping
and COD.
Specifications:
Based on S3 801/805 32bit coporcessor, 1024x768x256 72Hz Ni, 800x600x64K NI,
640x480x16million NI, system requires 386 or 486 based ISA or VESA VL-BUS,
with fast TurboWindows drivers for 3.1 and other drivers for other popular
softwares like WP, Microsoft Word,Lotus,AutoCad. | 5 | trimmed_train |
1,753 | ->
-> Some recent postings remind me that I had read about risks
-> associated with the barbecuing of foods, namely that carcinogens
-> are generated. Is this a valid concern? If so, is it a function
-> of the smoke or the elevated temperatures? Is it a function of
-> the cooking elements, wood or charcoal vs. lava rocks? I wish
-> to know more. Thanks.
I've read mixed opinions on this. Singed meat can contain
carcinogens, but unless you eat barbecued meat every meal, you're
probably not at much risk. I think I will live life on the edge and
grill my food.
I've also read that using petroleum based charcoal starter can
put some unwanted toxins in your food, or at least unwanted odor.
I've been using egg carton cups dipped in paraffin for fire starters,
and it actually lights faster and easier than lighter fluid. Several
people have told me that they have excellent results with a chimney,
basically a steel cylinder with wholes punched in the side. I've been
meaning to get one of these, but one hasn't presented itself while
I've been out shopping. You can make one from a coffee can, but I buy
my coffee as whole beans in a bag, so I haven't had a big enough can
laying around. | 19 | trimmed_train |
6,850 | As quoted from <c115184.734895755@assn119> by [email protected] (Merth Eric William):
What you fail to see is that in order to make a nightmarish stew of psychosis
and repression, you have to break a few eggs. You the evil productive
elements in society, are those eggs....
Damn the spirit, full speed ahead....
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9,858 | Hi! I was wondering if anyone out there could help me.
I have an error message that goes:
What does it mean?
I am running MS windows 3.1.
Thanks in advance | 18 | trimmed_train |
1,416 | This is an official RFD for the creation of a new newsgroup for the
general discussion of the Microsoft Access RDMS.
NAME: COMP.DATABASES.ACCESS
MODERATION: UNMODERATED. At this time, no need for a moderator has been
assertained. Future evaluation will determine if one is needed.
PURPOSE:
Access is a new RDBMS for the Windows Operating System. It includes WYSIWYG
design tools for easy creation of tables, reports, forms and queries and a
database programming language called Access Basic.
THe purpose of the group will be to provide help to people who use Access's
WYSIWYG design tools to create simple databases as well as to people who use
Access Basic to create complex databases.
RATIONALE:
Eventhough Access is a new RDBMS, it is very popular because of its Graphical
Development enviroment and its initial low price.
Been a version 1.0 product means that all Access users are Novices.
For that reason a newsgroup is needed where Access users can discuss
their experiences with the product and answer each other's questions. | 18 | trimmed_train |
1,012 |
I agree with you. Of cause I'll try to be a daemon :-) | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,498 |
I've got a used one for sale. I used it in high school and just don't have
the occasion to get it out and play it anymore. Email me and we can work out
something on it. I can't get email to you for some reason. David--
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David B. Snyder Logicon Technical Services Inc.
[email protected] Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
513-255-5165 Dayton, Ohio USA
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It is said that GOD doesn't subtract from ones' time on earth, those
hours spent flying.
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1946 Cessna 140 N76234 "The lady in waiting" Owner/Operator
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Opinions expressed are my own and not those of Logicon or the USAF. | 5 | trimmed_train |
7,220 | 4 | trimmed_train |
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469 |
[Andi's posting deleted...]
Hamaza's only comment is:
Andi, when you get the full-fledged support of Hamaza Salah, you know
you're on the wrong track.
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3,545 | [Procedural note: Ted directed followups to misc.legal only. While I
respect his right to do so, my own opinions are that (1) "Followup-To"
fields are mere suggestions, not mandatory commands and (2) this issue
is of sufficient (a) general political relevance and (b) civil liberties
interest to warrant keeping it active in t.p.m and a.s.c-l as well, at
least for this round.]
Okay, now here's my interpretation of _Boomer_, based on the facts as
presented in the New York Court of Appeals<*> holding (_Boomer v.
<*>Note: The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in New York
State. While the United States and 48 of the fifty states call their
highest court "Supreme Court," "Supreme Judicial Court" or "Supreme
Court of Appeals," Maryland and New York call theirs simply the
"Court of Appeals." To make matters worse, New York also calls its
_second-highest_ court the "Supreme Court, Appellate Division"...
Atlantic Cement Co._, 26 N.Y.2d 219, 257 N.E.2d 870 (1970)):
Oscar H. Boomer, et al., owned land near the Atlantic Cement company's
plant near Albany, N.Y. (The fact pattern gives no information as to
which came first, the plaintiff's acquisition of the land or he
defendant's start of production at their cement plant.) In the course
of its regular operations, the cement plant did injury to the
plaintiffs' property via dirt, smoke and vibrations emanating from the
plant. The plaintiffs sought injunctive relief -- that is, they asked
the court to order Atlantic Cement to stop damaging their property.
(Commentary: this seems entirely reasonable to me. Boomer at al owned
their property and, presumably, a right to quiet enjoyment of it.
Atlantic Cement's actions were depriving Boomer et al of that right.)
Instead of granting the plaintiffs' request for an injunction, the court
ordered them to accept the damage being done to their property, provided
that Atlantic Cement paid them $185,000 in compensatory damages. In
other words, the court granted Atlantic Cement Co., a private party, the
power and authority to _take_ the plaintiffs rights to quiet enjoyment
of their property by eminent domain. A taking by eminent domain is
always problematical even when it's done by the state; allowing a
private firm to do it is, in my opinion, totally wrong.
(Yes, I know, the _Boomer_ court didn't call it eminent domain. But if
it walks like eminent domain and swims like eminent domain and quacks
like eminent domain...)
Let me take issue with the way you've presented the case... you say that
"What happened in _Boomer_ was that the judge didn't allow the
plaintiffs to blackmail the cement plant by demanding a multi-million
dollar plant to be shut down over $185,000 in damages." Blackmail?
(Pulls out Black's Law Dictionary, Abridged 5th Edition....
"Blackmail: Unlawful demand of money or property under threat to
do bodily harm, to injure property, to accuse of crime, or to expose
disgraceful defects. This crime is commonly included under
extortion statutes.")
How do you define as "blackmail" one party's act of demanding the right
to set its own sale price for a unique piece of property which it owns
and which another party has expressed an interest in buying? Or of
demanding the right not to sell that property at any price? As I see
it, Boomer et al, having found themselves in the fortunate position of
owning something which Atlantic Cement had to purchase if it wanted to
stay in business, had every right in the world to set whatever price
they wanted. There isn't, or at least shouldn't be, any law that says
that you have to be a nice guy in your private business dealings.
You go on to say: "The plant would never have been shut down -- the
plaintiff's lawyers would have just negotiated a windfall settlement,
because the plaintiffs would prefer an amount greater than $185K to
having the plant shut down, while the plant would prefer any amount less
than the value of the plant to have the plant continue in operation."
If so, so what? Since when are the courts supposed to be in the
business of preventing parties from reaping windfall settlements from
other parties when those settlements arise from wrongful acts by those
other parties? If Atlantic Cement didn't want to have to face a choice
between paying a windfall settlement or going out of business, well,
shouldn't Atlantic Cement have thought of that before going _into_
business? (I note that as far as the facts show Boomer et al were _not_
the parties responsible for bringing about this situation -- that was
Atlantic Cement's own fault for choosing to build and operate the type
of plant they did where and when they did.)
And then you say: "Everyone's property rights were protected; the
plaintiffs were made whole; unnecessary settlement costs were avoided."
As above, I dispute your claim that the plaintiffs were "made whole."
They were, in fact, by court action deprived of their rights as owners
of property to choose to sell or not sell that property at a price
acceptable to them. And for that deprivation they were _not_ made
whole. And again I ask: Since when are the courts supposed to be in the
business of ensuring that "unnecessary" settlement costs are avoided?
(If so, I've been miseducated -- I always thought that the courts were
supposed to be in the business of ensuring that justice is done.)
(1) _Boomer_ is not being taught as "infamous," at least not at my
school.
(Aside: Northeastern Law usually does a very good job of hiring for
their first-year, mandatory classes (such as Torts, where I first
encountered _Boomer_) instructors who, regardless of their personal
opinions, can and do teach the law neutrally. When the students get
into their second and third years, in which the students (a) can pick
and choose which courses to take (except for the mandatory Professional
Responsibility, of course) and (b) are presumed to be a bit more worldly
and self-confident, less likely to be consciously or sub-consciously
intimidated by Law School Professors and able to learn from openly
biased instructors rather than be indoctrinated by them, the instructors
tend to be more open in expressing their own opinions. This is
especially true of part-time instructors who, in real life, are
practicing attorneys or sitting judges... this can be _very_
educational, sometimes far more so than being taught by a somewhat
cloistered scholar. End of aside.)
I called it infamous because that's my opinion of it. For the reasons
I've stated above, I believe it to be a triumph of something that I can
only call "economic correctness" over justice.
(2) It is "completely sensible" only if you believe that the alleged
right of the owners of Atlantic Cement to stay in business and avoid
losing a lot of their own money due to their own wrongful act, and
the alleged right of several hundred Atlantic Cement employees to
not have their jobs disappear, should trump the rights of people who
own property which was damaged by Atlantic Cement's wrongful acts.
(And if you believe that it is correct for the courts (or any other
branch of government) to grant to private parties the right to take
other people's property by eminent domain.)
Really? I didn't know that... what, if anything, has he had to say
about cases like _Boomer_?
I've admitted that my understanding of the field generally referred to
as "law and economics" is weak. If it advocates the use of economical
analysis as one of many "tie-breaker" factors which courts may use to
help them reach decisions in cases in which the dispute, as measured by
the scale of "justice", is evenly balanced, fine. But as illustrated by
_Boomer_, it is _not_ fine when the courts start viewing the economics
of a case as being more important than the justice of a case. | 13 | trimmed_train |
7,743 | I'd offer $150 for your scanner, shipping at your expense, payment to
be sent by personal check within 24 hours after receipt of goods -- or if
you live nearby and can deliver, payment in cash with 24 hour advance notice
so I can go to the bank. If sent by mail, I reserve the right to return
it at my expense if when I check it out I find it to be defective in some
way.
BTW, why would you sell such a fine scanner? Did you replace it with
some other instrument or find it not to be satisfactory in some way? | 5 | trimmed_train |
10,915 | Sega Control Panel
Super Manaco GP II Catrridge
One Regular Controller
One Turbo Controller
A/C Adapter
A/V Cable
Stereo Cable
Carrying Bag
I would like $90 plus shipping OR trade with Game Gear and game.
Please e-mail if you feel interested, thank you! | 5 | trimmed_train |
1,977 |
Thanks again Andy.
The image is in pub/delta-clipper now. The name has been changed to
"dcx-artists-concept.gif" in the spirit of verboseness. :-)
----Chris
Chris W. Johnson
Internet: [email protected]
UUCP: {husc6|uunet}!cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!chrisj
CompuServe: >INTERNET:[email protected]
AppleLink: [email protected]@internet# | 10 | trimmed_train |
7,180 | I am involved with a Michigan company that has an application requiring
wireless data transfer. If you have expertise or information that may
assist us in this project, please contact me (INTERNET: [email protected].
edu).
| 11 | trimmed_train |
999 | Sorry for posting this, but my e-mail keeps bouncing. Maybe it will
help others here, anyway, and therefore I pray others will read this. It is
actually a response from my Aunt, who has 5 kids, since I have none yet.
I'm posting this for a good Christian relative who does not have e-mail
access. Since this aunt and uncle have 5 kids I felt they would be more
relevant than I, who have none (yet).
13-year-old (13YO) twins, 10YO boy, 6.5YO boy, 2YO girl
I don't call it spanking, but they do, so yes, very rarely.
I don't call it spanking because it's more of a reaction to something
very dangerous, such as trying to stick their finger in a fan or running
into the road. Maybe 3-4 times for each except for the 2YO girl, who has
not been spanked yet.
They call it that because it *does* hurt their feelings, and of course
I give all the hugs and stuff to ensure they know they're still loved.
No, that would be too painful. If it's too traumatic they never recall
why they were punished. Besides, it must be immediate, and taking the time
to go get a toolmeans you're not doing it right away, and that lessens the
impact. It's very emotional for a child as it is - which is evidenced by the
fact that a little slap on the rear - which hurts for perhaps 5 seconds -
is called a spanking.
Lots of logical consequences - for instance, when 4YO Matthew dared
a good friend to jump out of his treehouse or he would push him out, I made
sure they didn't play together for 5 days so he'd know that would make him
lose friends very quickly. He's never done anything like that since.
We also use time-out in their rooms - I use a timer so they don't keep
arguing with me over leaving, since it's hard to argue with a macine.
I will go to the closed door and tell them timeout won't be over until they
calm down if they're too tantrumy. I use the top of the stairs when they're
really young.
40
Bath, Ohio. It's right outside of Akron, in the northeast part of Ohio.
No, and none of my kids would dream of it. I hope you can use this to
teach all parents that physical punishment isn't always required - parents use
that as an excuse to hit too hard.
Lots of timeouts, same as I use. Our family and my husband's have never
used spankings. In fact, my grandmother in law was one of 11 kids, and they
were almost never spanked. This was around the turn of the century. And,
none of us has ever been afoul of the law - man-made or God's law.
Jesus says, referring to a small child whom he is holding, that "what
ye do to the least of these, ye do also to me." The Bible also says in all
things to be kind, and merciful, and especially loving. (Colossians 3:12-15.)
There is no room for selfish anger, which I'll admit I've been tempted with
at times. When I've felt like spanking hard in anger, maybe the kid deserved
a little slap on the rear, but what I would have given would have been the
devil's work. I could feel the temptation, and just angrily ordered the kid
to his/her room and went to my room myself. After praying and asking God's
forgiveness, I was much calmer, and did not feel like spanking, but felt that
what I had done was enough punishment. | 0 | trimmed_train |
1,120 |
Very well put. And, in the case of someone who calls himself a Christian
brother yet continues in his sin (and claims that his sin is not a sin at
all, but perfectly acceptable), what should be done? Should Christians
just ignore a sinful lifestyle in order to not offend the person? By
reaffirming that the lifestyle is sinful according to the Bible, are
they using "a bullwhip to drive people from Jesus"?
Frankly, I find the occurance of a homosexual Christian attempting to
pass himself off as a 'straight' Christian in order to have other
Christians accept his chastisement better a *lot* more serious than
people reaffirming that the Bible teaches homosexuality is a sin. | 15 | trimmed_train |
6,904 |
I was at the Trenton Computer Fest and there were many sources of
ink refills for the HP and Canon, so if you don't like the ink you're using,
you have a choice. There is a Frequently Asked Question (FAQ) list
that's reposted occasionally that reports how to refill the cartridges
yourself with inks that are available from the stationery store
instead of a "specialty" ink with the specialty price.
I'm not sure, but I think I found another legal source of cheap
hypos for injecting ink into the cartridges.
More on that when my mail order succeeds.
--
Jeffrey Jonas | 18 | trimmed_train |
153 | Archive-name: space/schedule
Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:23 $
SPACE SHUTTLE ANSWERS, LAUNCH SCHEDULES, TV COVERAGE
SHUTTLE LAUNCHINGS AND LANDINGS; SCHEDULES AND HOW TO SEE THEM
Shuttle operations are discussed in the Usenet group sci.space.shuttle,
and Ken Hollis ([email protected]) posts a compressed version
of the shuttle manifest (launch dates and other information)
periodically there. The manifest is also available from the Ames SPACE
archive in SPACE/FAQ/manifest. The portion of his manifest formerly
included in this FAQ has been removed; please refer to his posting or
the archived copy. For the most up to date information on upcoming
missions, call (407) 867-INFO (867-4636) at Kennedy Space Center.
Official NASA shuttle status reports are posted to sci.space.news
frequently.
WHY DOES THE SHUTTLE ROLL JUST AFTER LIFTOFF?
The following answer and translation are provided by Ken Jenks
([email protected]).
The "Ascent Guidance and Flight Control Training Manual," ASC G&C 2102,
"During the vertical rise phase, the launch pad attitude is
commanded until an I-loaded V(rel) sufficient to assure launch tower
clearance is achieved. Then, the tilt maneuver (roll program)
orients the vehicle to a heads down attitude required to generate a
negative q-alpha, which in turn alleviates structural loading. Other
advantages with this attitude are performance gain, decreased abort
maneuver complexity, improved S-band look angles, and crew view of
the horizon. The tilt maneuver is also required to start gaining
downrange velocity to achieve the main engine cutoff (MECO) target
in second stage."
This really is a good answer, but it's couched in NASA jargon. I'll try
to interpret.
1) We wait until the Shuttle clears the tower before rolling.
2) Then, we roll the Shuttle around so that the angle of attack
between the wind caused by passage through the atmosphere (the
"relative wind") and the chord of the wings (the imaginary line
between the leading edge and the trailing edge) is a slightly
negative angle ("a negative q-alpha"). This causes a little bit of
"downward" force (toward the belly of the Orbiter, or the +Z
direction) and this force "alleviates structural loading."
We have to be careful about those wings -- they're about the
most "delicate" part of the vehicle.
3) The new attitude (after the roll) also allows us to carry more
mass to orbit, or to achieve a higher orbit with the same mass, or
to change the orbit to a higher or lower inclination than would be
the case if we didn't roll ("performance gain").
4) The new attitude allows the crew to fly a less complicated
flight path if they had to execute one of the more dangerous abort
maneuvers, the Return To Launch Site ("decreased abort maneuver
complexity").
5) The new attitude improves the ability for ground-based radio
antennae to have a good line-of-sight signal with the S-band radio
antennae on the Orbiter ("improved S-band look angles").
6) The new attitude allows the crew to see the horizon, which is a
helpful (but not mandatory) part of piloting any flying machine.
7) The new attitude orients the Shuttle so that the body is
more nearly parallel with the ground, and the nose to the east
(usually). This allows the thrust from the engines to add velocity
in the correct direction to eventually achieve orbit. Remember:
velocity is a vector quantity made of both speed and direction.
The Shuttle has to have a large horizontal component to its
velocity and a very small vertical component to attain orbit.
This all begs the question, "Why isn't the launch pad oriented to give
this nice attitude to begin with? Why does the Shuttle need to roll to
achieve that attitude?" The answer is that the pads were leftovers
from the Apollo days. The Shuttle straddles two flame trenches -- one
for the Solid Rocket Motor exhaust, one for the Space Shuttle Main
Engine exhaust. (You can see the effects of this on any daytime
launch. The SRM exhaust is dirty gray garbage, and the SSME exhaust is
fluffy white steam. Watch for the difference between the "top"
[Orbiter side] and the "bottom" [External Tank side] of the stack.) The
access tower and other support and service structure are all oriented
basically the same way they were for the Saturn V's. (A side note: the
Saturn V's also had a roll program. Don't ask me why -- I'm a Shuttle
guy.)
I checked with a buddy in Ascent Dynamics. He added that the "roll
maneuver" is really a maneuver in all three axes: roll, pitch and yaw.
The roll component of that maneuver is performed for the reasons
stated. The pitch component controls loading on the wings by keeping
the angle of attack (q-alpha) within a tight tolerance. The yaw
component is used to determine the orbital inclination. The total
maneuver is really expressed as a "quaternion," a grad-level-math
concept for combining all three rotation matrices in one four-element
array.
HOW TO RECEIVE THE NASA TV CHANNEL, NASA SELECT
NASA SELECT is broadcast by satellite. If you have access to a satellite
dish, you can find SELECT on Satcom F2R, Transponder 13, C-Band, 72
degrees West Longitude, Audio 6.8, Frequency 3960 MHz. F2R is stationed
over the Atlantic, and is increasingly difficult to receive from
California and points west. During events of special interest (e.g.
shuttle missions), SELECT is sometimes broadcast on a second satellite
for these viewers.
If you can't get a satellite feed, some cable operators carry SELECT.
It's worth asking if yours doesn't.
The SELECT schedule is found in the NASA Headline News which is
frequently posted to sci.space.news. Generally it carries press
conferences, briefings by NASA officials, and live coverage of shuttle
missions and planetary encounters. SELECT has recently begun carrying
much more secondary material (associated with SPACELINK) when missions
are not being covered.
AMATEUR RADIO FREQUENCIES FOR SHUTTLE MISSIONS
The following are believed to rebroadcast space shuttle mission audio:
W6FXN - Los Angeles
K6MF - Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California
WA3NAN - Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Greenbelt, Maryland.
W5RRR - Johnson Space Center (JSC), Houston, Texas
W6VIO - Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), Pasadena, California.
W1AW Voice Bulletins
Station VHF 10m 15m 20m 40m 80m
------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
W6FXN 145.46
K6MF 145.585 7.165 3.840
WA3NAN 147.45 28.650 21.395 14.295 7.185 3.860
W5RRR 146.64 28.400 21.350 14.280 7.227 3.850
W6VIO 224.04 21.340 14.270
W6VIO 224.04 21.280 14.282 7.165 3.840
W1AW 28.590 21.390 14.290 7.290 3.990
W5RRR transmits mission audio on 146.64, a special event station on the
other frequencies supplying Keplerian Elements and mission information.
W1AW also transmits on 147.555, 18.160. No mission audio but they
transmit voice bulletins at 0245 and 0545 UTC.
Frequencies in the 10-20m bands require USB and frequencies in the 40
and 80m bands LSB. Use FM for the VHF frequencies.
[This item was most recently updated courtesy of Gary Morris
([email protected], KK6YB, N5QWC)]
SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER FUEL COMPOSITION
Reference: "Shuttle Flight Operations Manual" Volume 8B - Solid Rocket
Booster Systems, NASA Document JSC-12770
Propellant Composition (percent)
Ammonium perchlorate (oxidizer) 69.6
Aluminum 16
Iron Oxide (burn rate catalyst) 0.4
Polybutadiene-acrilic acid-acrylonitrile (a rubber) 12.04
Epoxy curing agent 1.96
End reference
Comment: The aluminum, rubber, and epoxy all burn with the oxidizer. | 10 | trimmed_train |
363 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Wow! I knew Uranus is a long way off, but I didn't think it was THAT far away!
| 10 | trimmed_train |
6,827 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------
One reason that the WHA abandoned the blue puck was the fact that it
crumbled very quickly during play. The blue dye that was used somehow
affected the vulcanized rubber of the puck, decreasing its cohesiveness. | 17 | trimmed_train |
4,493 |
It's worse than that -- there *is* no such thing as
a double-blind study on the effects of MSG, by
virtue of the fact that MSG changes the taste of food in
a characteristic way that is detectable by the subject and
that cannot be duplicated by a placebo.
Common! You can easily disguise to flavor of MSG by putting it in a
capsule. Then, the study becomes a double blind of MSG capsules
against control capsules (containing exactly the same contents minus
the MSG).
-- | 19 | trimmed_train |
3,181 |
Whew! Take it easy on the guy. Maybe he's going to do this in his
spare time. Maybe he's going to do this to see how much a wiretap
*really* costs. Maybe he's going to do this so he can add to the
opposition to Clipper. I don't know fully why he might do this, but
maybe we shouldn't start flaming at the drop of a hat. | 7 | trimmed_train |
970 |
JB> RR> "I don't doubt that the placebo effect is alive and well with
JB> RR> EVERY medical modality - estimated by some to be around 20+%,
JB> RR> but why would it be higher with alternative versus conventional
JB> RR> medicine?"
JB>
JB> Because most the the time, closer to 90% in my experience, there is no
JB> substance to the 'alternative' intervention beyond the good intentions of the
JB> practitioner, which in itself is quite therapeutic. [.......]
JB>
JB> John Badanes, DC, CA
JB> [email protected]
Well, if that's the case in YOUR practice, I have a hard time
figuring out how you even managed to make it into the bottom half
of your class, or did you create your diplomas with crayons?
If someone runs a medical practice with only a 10% success rate,
they either tackle problems for which they are not qualified to
treat, or they have no conscience and are only in business for
fraudulent purposes.
OTOH, who are we kidding, the New England Medical Journal in 1984
ran the heading: "Ninety Percent of Diseases are not Treatable by
Drugs or Surgery," which has been echoed by several other reports.
No wonder MDs are not amused with alternative medicine, since
the 20% magic of the "placebo effect" would award alternative
practitioners twice the success rate of conventional medicine...
--Ron-- | 19 | trimmed_train |
2,877 |
If a large Malmute counts then yes someone has heard(and seen) such
an irresponsible childish stunt. The dog needed assistance straightening
out once on board. The owner would lift the front legs of dog and throw
them over the driver/pilots shoulders. Said dog would get shit eating
grin on its face and away they'd go. The dogs ass was firmly planted
on the seat.
My dog and this dog actively seek each other out at camping party's.
They hate each other. I think it's something personal. | 12 | trimmed_train |
7,587 |
Nope, I've answered each question posed, and most were answered multiple
times. | 8 | trimmed_train |
504 |
Glutamate is not an essential amino acid. People can survive quite well
without ever eating any.
--
Keith Lynch, [email protected] | 19 | trimmed_train |
6,564 |
Does GX take the place of 32 bit QD or add to it? Right now 32 bit is
kinda aesthetically a pain in a few places because of hacks upon hacks
to maintain compatibility with original QD---I think of things like
where you have to cast CGrafPorts to GrafPorts and such. It would be a
lot cleaner to ditch this entire mess and start over---do we get that? | 14 | trimmed_train |
5,691 |
you can say that again.
how does $23 for a new thermostat sound? | 4 | trimmed_train |
10,977 | David posts a good translation of a post by Suat Kinikliouglu:
[most of the original post elided]
[KK] ***** VATAN SEVGISI RUHLARI KIRDEN KURTARAN EN KUVVETLI RUZGARDIR *****
In translation, as a public service:
[most of the translation elided]
***** THE LOVE OF THE FATHERLAND IS THE STRONGEST OF ALL WINDS CLEANSING
FILTH OFF SOULS *****
I think this part of the translation is questionable. Although I
think the original quote is plain silly, you made it sound as if
it is coming from a neo-nazi youth. For example, Turks talk of a
"motherland" not a Germanic "fatherland". Why "filth" instead of
"dirt"? The indeterminacy of translation is a well-known problem
[1] so one may have to "fudge", but with some care of course. Is
the following an equally valid translation?
The love of one's country is the strongest wind to cleanse one's
soul.
See my point?
Nevertheless, I think you translate well.
oz | 6 | trimmed_train |
9,966 | # #The argument that "slavery was a dying institution" was often made by
# ^^^
# (IS)
#
# #historians, mainly Southerners, who sought to divert attention from the
# #institution as the central issue of the Civil War. In fact, however,
# #the argument is specious, at best. More recent scholarship from the
# #last 20-30 years demonstrates rather conclusively that the cotton/sugar/
# #tobacco economy and its reliance on slavery was increasingly dominant in
# #the South prior to the Civil War.
#
# This is because the South did not receive the massive momentum of capital
# intensive growth that the Northern states did. Compare the Northern
# agricultural system with the Southern and you will see a major difference
# in the capital to labor intensity.
Capital and labor are one and the same in a slave economy. Except that
capital doesn't reproduce quite as readily as slaves did.
Slavery was a dying institution before the cotton gin, yes, but not
in 1850.
# #It is true that cotton suffered from price depression in the 1840's -
# #the period used to claim that slavery would not have lasted in the
# #South.
#
# That is not the argument that I have heard. It would not have lasted because
# the growth in the North would not have been sustained for much longer without
# spilling over to the Southern states, i.e. Northern industry would have
# migrated capital to the Southern states, and with that would have come
# immigrant labor to the ports of the South, e.g. Charleston, Savannah, Mobile,
# New Orleans, etc. This would have put the breaks on the slave market and
# slavery would have been out-moded by the capital intensity of competing
# agriculturalists. Those that insisted on keeping slaves because of their
# "Cruel Hearts and Hatred for Black People" would have been driven out of
# business. Simple capital to labor ratio...read Michael Parkin _Microeconomics_
# 2nd edition, and any other basic economics book.
This assumes that the slave holder dominance over state governments
would not have caused the passage of laws to keep out capital from the
North. Since slave holders were prepared to do almost anything else
to destroy free markets in order to maintain slavery, I do not doubt
that they would have passed laws to cripple any serious competitive
threat. Thomas Sowell's _Market and Minorities_ argues that the
maintenance of slavery, and the costs it imposed on state and local
governments, discouraged not only capital formation, but also outside
capital investment in the Southern states.
# Craig A. Depken, II | 13 | trimmed_train |
6,779 |
A Sea Doo is a boat. It turns by changing the angle of the duct behind the
propeller. A waterski bike looks like a motorcycle but has a ski where each
wheel should be. Its handlebars are connected through a familiar looking
steering head to the front ski. It handles like a motorcycle. | 12 | trimmed_train |
2,475 | I'm trying to transfer some software between two machines
and I'm having real trouble. My own Intel 14.4k (
v32/v32bis/v42/v42bis) works fine--I just talk to it
at 56k and everything comes out clear. This other modem,
at the other machine, is a "Turbomodem+" from "The
Complete PC" (the machines are in seperate houses,
so a direct serial link is impossible, and copying this
much data to disk is a pain--easier to turn the machines
on for a few hours and go see a movie--no, this is not
pirated software).
I am having no end of trouble trying to set it up. It will
dial and connect just fine--at 9600 baud. But if I try to
set the comm at 19k2, 38.4k or 56kbps, the stupid thing
connects, but just gives garbage (it connects 14.4k).
His machine (a dx48633) has a 16550AFN UART, so that's
not the problem.
It seems to me that the stupid thing wants to talk to
a comm program _at_ 14.400bps, even though it will take
dialing instructions at 56k (and respond OK, etc. to
other commands). I don't have a comm program that can
do precisely 14.4k.
I looked at the manual but it was unclear. All I know is,
I didn't have this trouble with the Intel--it came
ready to connect this way. Do I need to initialize it
any way in particular?
Also, it's _using_ V.42bis and V.42 (and MNP5) when connecting
here (i.e., at 9600, since our tests at 14k4 are zip so far)
but it doesn't _say_ so there. any ideas?
(BTW: I tried the initialization string that I use for
my modem, but it just gives ERROR on that one)
| 3 | trimmed_train |
4,715 |
That is in fact the current version (it only came out in December).
My test movie was created at 320*240 resolution, it wasn't being scaled up.
Scaling was a very CPU-intensive operation with the original QuickTime (1.0);
the current version has optimizations for ratios like 4:1 (160*120 -> 320*240),
but even so, I'm prepared to believe that the performance isn't as good as
with playing back an actual 320*240 movie. I haven't done any numerical
measurements for scaled playback. | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,537 |
Define perfect then.
Take your foot out of your mouth, I wondered about that already when I
was a Catholic Christian. The fact that the contradiction is unresolvable
is one of the reasons why I am an atheist.
Believe me, I believed similar sentences for a long time. But that shows
the power of religion and not anything about its claims.
It follows from a definition of evil as ordinarily used. Letting evil
happen or allowing evil to take place, in this place even causing evil,
is another evil.
The omniscient attribute of god will know what the creatures will do even
before the omnipotent has created them. There is no choice left. All is known,
the course of events is fixed.
Not even for the omniscient itself, to extend an argument by James Tims.
And when I am not omnipotent, how can I have free will? You have said
something about choices and the scenario gives them. Therefore we have
what you define as free will.
Imagine the following. I can do good to other beings, but I cannot harm them.
Easily implemented by making everyone appreciate being the object of good
deeds, but don't make them long for them, so they can not feel the absence
of good as evil.
But whose case am I arguing? It is conceivable, so the omnipotent can do it.
Or it would not be omnipotent. If you want logically consistent as well, you
have to give up the pet idea of an omnipotent first.
(Deletion)
That the bible describes an omniscient and omnipotent god destroys
the credibility of the bible, nothing less. | 8 | trimmed_train |
8,182 | [...]
Shouldn't this read "Braves Hitters are at the AAA Club?"
--
Dale J. Stephenson |*| ([email protected]) |*| Baseball fanatic | 2 | trimmed_train |
8,782 |
If you recall, a subject was raised some weeks ago that touched upon
this. When someone claimed that guerillas were manifestations of
popular sentiment, the topic arose:"When does a civilian stop
becoming a civilian?". If he houses and shelters guerillas of
his own free will, aiding them, has he violated his "civilian" status?
But don't you see that the same statement can be made both ways?
If Lebanon was interested in peace then it should accept the word
of Israel that the attacks were the cause for war and disarming the
Hizbollah will remove the cause for its continued occupancy. Afterall,
Israel has already staged two parts of the withdrawal from areas
it occupied in Lebanon during SLG.
That is not exactly true. The Hizbollah and their affiliated groups
have made several attempts to infiltrate the border of Israel.
True, but the Syrians did allow (until at least 1984) guerillas to operate
in the areas that were under their control, provided that those guerillas
were attacking Israeli lines.
The problem is that Syria is also not as stable a partner for long term
peace as others in the area might be.
| 6 | trimmed_train |
5,658 |
And if Richard Nixon had had this kind of toy, he wouldn't have had
to send people into the Watergate.
But that's not really the issue. The real issue is whether this
will be used to justify a ban against individuals' use of private
(i.e., anything else) encryption methods.
Unrelated question...isn't the term "Clipper," as neat as it is,
already taken by Intergraph? | 7 | trimmed_train |
6,401 | For all those who are interested and would like to discuss the popular
Secret Life..and/or other technical documentaries.. Please email me
as i am starting a newsgroup
| 11 | trimmed_train |
3,762 | Hi!
I am working on a project that needs to create contour lines
from random data points. The work that I have done so far tells me that I
need to look into Triangulated Irregular Networks (TIN), the Delauney
criiterion, and the Krige method. Does anyone have any suggestions for
references, programs and hopefully source code for creating contours. Any
help with this or any surface modeling would be greatly appreciated.
I can be reached at the addresses below:
-- Paul Conway | 1 | trimmed_train |
5,298 |
I'm having exactly the same problem. Again, it's fine when I switch to 16
colors or a smaller monitor. My configuration is:
Model: Centris 610 with 4 MB/80 HD, 512 VRAM, no cards
Monitor: MAG MX15F with 16" monitor adaptor (for resolution of 832*624)
I just discovered the problem a little while ago after plugging in my
new MAG monitor. It seems to appear either when scrolling through a
window or when using Alpha or Word and I enter <return>.
My guess is bad VRAMs as well. I really hope it isn't a design flaw. Is
anyone at Apple listening? | 14 | trimmed_train |
3,429 | Does anybody know what Delaunay Triangulation is?
Is there any reference to it?
Is it useful for creating 3-D objects? If yes, what's the advantage?
Thanks in advance. | 1 | trimmed_train |
739 | According to what I have read on Biblical idioms, speaking "in X's
name" is a standard Aramaic/Hebrew legal idiom for what we today
would call Power of Attorney. A person from Jesus' culture authorized
to conduct business "in John's name" had full authority over John's
financial affairs, but was held under a solemn fiduciary obligation to
work only for John's benefit and consonant with John's wishes. It was
not required for the steward to preface each business transaction with
"in John's name"; it was sufficient to have valid power of attorney
and be operating in good faith. (Note the overlap here between legal
and religious definitions of "faith".)
With this cultural background, praying "in Jesus' name" does not
mandate a particular verbal formula; rather it requires that the
petitioner be operating faithfully and consciously within an analogous
"fiduciary" relationship with Jesus and for the purposes of His
Kingdom. The message of "praying in Jesus' name" is thus closely
aligned with the parable of the talents and other passages about God's
delegation of Kingdom business to his stewards, both resources and
responsibilities. This idea of praying "in Jesus' name" is not only
present but prominent in the Lord's Prayer, although the verbal
forumula is absent.
The act of praying the words "In Jesus' Name" may be beneficial if
they cause us to clarify the relationship of our requests to the
advancement of God's Kingdom. For that reason, I'm not quite ready
to say that the praying the formula is without meaning.
Prayers to God for other purposes (desperation, anger, thanksgiving,
etc.) don't seem to be in this category at all, whether uttered by
Christian or non-Christian, whether B.C. or A.D. (that's B.C.E. or
C.E. for you P.C. :-). I don't see anything in Christ's words to
contradict the idea that God deals with all prayers according to His
omniscience and grace.
Van Kelly
[email protected]
| 0 | trimmed_train |
1,512 | Excuse me if this is a frequent question, I checked in
several FAQs but couldn't really find anything.
I have a IIsi with the standard 5 meg memory and I want
(need) to add additional memory. But I'm on a budget.
I really don't need more than 10 meg max, so what is
the best (performance wise) and most economical way
to do this? Someone told me that I should only use
SIMMs of the same amount of memory, that is 4 1 meg,
4 2 meg, etc. What if I just wanted to buy just 1 4 meg
and use the rest of what I already have? The manual
hasn't been very helpful with this.
Thanks. | 14 | trimmed_train |
943 |
I bet it suddenly started sticking when you started leaving the PC running the
menu all night. There is a limitation/bug in the date roll-over software in
PC's that means you have to be doing something like waiting for keyboard input
via a DOS call rather than a BIOS call (as menus often use) otherwise the code
to update the date after midnight never gets called.
Somebody might be able to correct the details in case I've mis-rememberred
them, but I think you have to change the menu program (if you have the sources)
or add a TSR or system patch or something. As far as I know the CMOS clock
keeps the right time (in fact about 7 seconds/day better than DOS's clock). | 3 | trimmed_train |
10,612 |
It sounds like your TV is one of the ones that also reacts to the video
protection. (Poor you!)
The Macroscrubber from Radio Electronics removes the protection so you
souldn't have any more problems. However, if you use the method of
copying it from one VCR to another where the second VCR doesn't react to
the protection, you will end up with a duplicate tape, including the
protection.
One thought comes to mind about your problem... When playing the tape
for viewing, are you feeding the signal from the source VCR through an
extra device before going to the TV? If you feed it through a second VCR
first, that is your problem. As to other devices such as converters, I
don't know if they would react or not. Just to be safe, you might want
to make sure that you have NOTHING between the VCR and TV. | 11 | trimmed_train |
10,221 | : We are interested in purchasing a grayscale printer that offers a good
: resoltuion for grayscale medical images. Can anybody give me some
: recommendations on these products in the market, in particular, those
: under $5000?
: Thank for the advice. | 1 | trimmed_train |
4,844 |
Here's the scoop. When you get your home brew receiver working, would
you be willing to share it with the rest of us? I always wanted to
build my own but never have the time to fool around and design it.
pin 1: signal ground
pin 2: signal
pin 3: always hot +6 volts
pin 4: +6 volts, hot only when preamp is turned on
pin 5: infrared repeater connectors
The infrared repeater jacks on the back of the preamp are not connected
to anything inside the preamp except the 5 pin connector pin #5. There
is a 150 ohm resistor between the two jacks, with a 1.5K from pin 5 to
ground.
The signal pin #2 in the preamp is summed with the built in IR receiver.
They use a chip called CX20106A and a BJT to amplify the signal. I would
imagine the logical way would be to duplicate this circuit and use
it as the external receiver.
If you need more info, let me know. | 11 | trimmed_train |
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