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6,861 | A few days back someone posted info on a gopher site where you could
search for medical graphics, etc. Could someone please repost or mail me
a copy? I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!
Mark | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,803 |
Doug-- Actually, if memory serves, the Atlas is an outgrowth of the old
Titan ICBM. If so, there's probably quite a few old pads, albeit in need
of some serious reconditioning. Still, Being able to buy the turf and
pad (and bunkers, including prep facility) at Midwest farmland prices
strikes me as pretty damned cheap.
| 10 | trimmed_train |
9,367 | The Apollo program cost something like $25 billion at a time when
the value of a dollar was worth more than it is now. No one would
take the offer. | 10 | trimmed_train |
488 |
Me too! And any Yankee Stadium gifs as well, please.
Thanx in advance, | 2 | trimmed_train |
535 |
Since the digital transmission schemes include error correction and
concealment, the performance remains about the same down to a very low
carrier-to-noise ratio, below which it degrades very quickly. Hence,
digitally compressed TV is supposed to be less susceptible to interference
than amplitude modulated TV.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
2,675 |
Oh yeah, and men just haaaaate to brag about "how many woman they've had." | 13 | trimmed_train |
10,970 | As a beginer, I just wonder how to transfer files from the Sun
system (which is on the network) to my PC at home (not connected
to the network). I tried to use 'COMit' to do so, but it was very
slow and it seemed that getting multiple files at the same time
was impossible. Could anybody give me some hints & infomation?
Thank you in advance. | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,673 | Can someone please help me understand the current situation
regarding SIMMS?
I have a IIsi which I will probably keep for another 2 years.
I would like to add more memory, ie go from 5 MB to 17 MB.
I know that I will need 4 x 4MB, 80ns or faster SIMMS.
Which SIMMS, 30 pin or 72 pin?
Would the SIMMS I get today be usable in 2 years with a
newer, more powerful system?
Any insight would be appreciated.
Thanks.
Rob | 14 | trimmed_train |
8,240 |
This is a classic example of excessive faith in reason. The fact that we
have trouble talking about something doesn't imply that it is impossible; it
simply implies that it is hard to talk about. There is a very good chance
that God *can* flibble glop ork groink. Charlie Wingate can flibble glop
ork groink, and he isn't even God. | 8 | trimmed_train |
2,148 |
In case you haven't noticed, Clintonites are pushing a universal health
care ACCESS program. "Access" here means that folks who do not give
a damn about immunizing their children will have health care services
delivered to their doorsteps.
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Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. | 13 | trimmed_train |
6,920 |
It's hard to beat a car-bomb with a suicidal driver in getting
right up to the target before blowing up. Even booby-traps and
radio-controlled bombs under cars are pretty efficient killers.
You have a point.
Is this part of your Islamic value-system?
Had Israeli methods been anything like this, then Iraq wouldn've been
nuked long ago, entire Arab towns deported and executions performed by
the tens of thousands. The fact is, though, that Israeli methods
aren't even 1/10,000th as evil as those which are common and everyday
in Arab states.
"Israeli soil"???? Brad/Ali! Just wait until the Ayatollah's
thought-police get wind of this. It's all "Holy Muslim Soil (tm)".
Have you forgotten? May Allah have mercy on you now.
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3,916 |
How about calling someone with the Caller ID service and have them call you back
with the number?
-- | 11 | trimmed_train |
8,306 | <-> > But, do you knew how much organization is required to training a large
<-> > group of poeple twice a year. Just to try to get the same people
<-> > every year, provide a basic training to new people so they can
<-> > be integrated into the force, and find a suitable location, it
<-> > requires a continually standing committee of organizers.
<->
<-> Again, my response is, "so what?" Is Mr. Rutledge arguing that since
<-> the local and federal governments have abandoned their charter to support
<-> such activity, and passed laws prohibiting private organizations from
<-> doing so, that they have eliminated the basis for the RKBA? On the
<-> contrary, to anyone who understands the game, they have strengthened it.
<
<No, I originally argued that the Second Amendment was "a little bit
<and an anachronism." These prohibiting laws are examples why the are
<an anachronism. After all, laws in made by representatives of the
<people. These representatives of the people have already decided
<that the Second Amendment does not apply or is too broad in some
<cases. Since these representatives feel an unconditional
<interpretation is not wanted, then it is probable that they majority
<of the people feel the same way. If this is so, it is an example
<of the people using their power of government. If this is not
<how the people feel, the people should stand up and state their wishes.
Wrong. Neglecting that the government and media have bullshitted the
people almost nonstop on this issue, Constitutional limitations are
there to prevent a 'tyrrany of the majority'. For example, a majority
could vote that given ethnics have no rights, are not people, etc.
and it would fly using the logic above.
When government feels the Constitution is not right for the times,
there is a procedure called an AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. THis
is deliberately difficult, and cumbersome, to prevent abuse of those
who decide to ignore the people, or impose unjust policies of a
majority on a minority. A lynch mob is a majority, remember, outvoting
the hangee.
What the government is doing are VIOLATIONS, end-runs around the
limitations on the government, probably because they know that the
people would be very hard to convince that a good intention is behind
tampering with the Bill of Rights. Government propeganda on guns has
been very strong and persistant, but not THAT strong. And it just
shows how gullible the people have become to "I am from the government
and am here to help you sort of line". We have been lied to, fed
half truths, rigged stats, while the government knows their control
laws have no effect on crime. They want a government monopoly on
force, pure and simple. Do you REALLY want the government to be able
to override Constitutional limitations by a simple vote of a bunch
of elitists (congresscritters)? I sure don't. The Founding Fathers
sure as hell didn't, either.
<> Mox nix, Mr. Rutledge. YOU are the only one here claiming that the
<-> RKBA is dependent on the existence of a top-flight, well-regulated
<-> militia. Why this is a false assumption has already been posted a
<-> number of times.
<
<No, I simple stated that the people have a right to "join a well
<organized militia." And I have also stated that a militia that
<meets once or twice a year is clearly "well organized." And this
<state of readiness that I have claimed the people have a "right"
<to, is the same state of readiness expected of the militia as stated
<by Hamilton.
You better read the Senate Subcommitte on the Constitution regarding the
Second Amendment, and a linguist's analisys of the Second itself.
IN the meanwhile, show us some stuff to back up your assertions.
And yes, I have the above mentioned documents (and more) online.
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6,973 |
Did he ever really convert? He married a Jewish woman, but I've never
heard him say he converted. Elliot Maddox, on the other hand...
Yep, Holtzman. Saul Rogovin won an ERA title in 1949 or so before blowing out
the arm.
I'd be surprised. btw, they may just be shopping Gallego around to
make room for AS. | 2 | trimmed_train |
5,439 | Actually, there can be any number of players on a side. You can
have a 25-man roster, a 40-man roster, etc....
Ryan Robbins
Penobscot Hall
University of Maine | 2 | trimmed_train |
115 |
Issued by Khomeini it shouldn't be relevant to anyone. But issued
by an honest and learned scholar of Islam it would be relevant to
any muslim as it would be contrary to Islamic law which all muslims
are required to respect.
Anyone sufficiently well versed in Islamic law and capable of reasoning,
if you are talking about a weak sense of "excuse." It depends on what
sense of "excuse" you have in mind.
Only someone who thinks my opinion is important, obviously.
Obviously you don't care, nor do I care that you don't care.
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2,498 |
I had this problem when I first loaded windows. My I/O card is for 2 HD's
2 FD's 1 Parrelel 2 serial (1 for mouse and 1 for my external modem) and
a game port. PROBLEM enters. The DARN serial ports have no selection for
COM settings, they are stuck on 3 and 4.
Good card for HD's and FD's but lousy for serial.
I called Microsoft and other places. The long and short of it is
WINDOWS wants com1 and 2 ONLY!, for mouse selection.
I went out and bought a small I/O card just for parrelel and serial.
Now I have ALL 4 active COM ports and LPT1 and LPT2.
This Half card was less than $20.
Mouse on COM 1 external modem on COM 2, I disabled the LPT2 so I could use
the interupt for my scanner card IRQ.
C-ya..... /\/\artin
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5,191 |
No one should EVER rely on just a magazine to determine what car they
buy, I don't care what magazine. Btw, I subscribe to three other
auto rags, I just think CU is getting a bum rap by these macho men
from hell who think real men should read . . . .
Statements like what you said above have no meaning. People keep on
saying "CU is only good for dishwashing detergent" or as you
all they say.
If there were as critical of themsevles as they are of CU maybe there
would be some real content.
john
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4,705 | I am looking for a program that is capable of displaying a graph
with nodes and links and with the possibility to edit interactively
the graph : add one node, change one link etc...
Actually, a very _simple_ X11 program would be ok; all I need is to
put some "boxes" (i.e. the nodes ) on a pane and be able to
manipulate them with the mouse (move, add or delete boxes).
Does anyone know if such program is available ?
Thanks for any help !!
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4,237 |
How about those toneau covers? I've been thinking of building one
from chipboard for roadtrips. Any comment on how they affect
mileage in highway travel?
Charles | 4 | trimmed_train |
9,947 | How can I obtain public information (documentation and sources)
about Xservers implemented with graphics processors?
I am specially interested in Xservers developed for the TMS34020
Texas Instruments graphic processor. | 16 | trimmed_train |
791 |
The quotation marks should enclose "laws," not "must."
If there were no such rules, even instinctive ones or unwritten ones,
etc., then surely some sort of random chance would lead a chimp society
into chaos. | 8 | trimmed_train |
10,505 | Greetings baseballers,
I have a choice of two more or less identical conferences to
attend, one in
Denver, and one in Dallas, both May 24-28. Could some kind Rockies
or Rangers
(they DO play in the Dallas area, right?) fans please let me know if
there
are home dates for that week. I'd love to catch a game. | 2 | trimmed_train |
2,043 | Someone sent me this FAQ by E-mail and I post my response here.
[I'm not enforcing the inclusion limits on this FAQ because most
of our readers probably haven't seen it. --clh]
Christ warns that anyone who "breaks one of the least of these
commandments *and* teaches otheres to do the same will be called least in
the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 5:19. This FAQ is so full of error that I
must respond to it. I hope that whoever maintains will remove from it the
partisan theology.
1. The law was known to man before it was revealed on Mount Sinai. Rom
4:15 notes that "where no law is, there is no transgression." Not only
did sin exist before Sinai (Eden), but the Sabbath was kept before it
was revealed on Sinai (Ex 16).
2. The problem with the first covenant was not the law, but the promise
which undergirded it. God wanted to perform his will in the lives of the
people, but in their ignorance after 400 years of slavery, they promised
"what ever He says to do we will do." That is why the new covenant is
based on "better promises" (Heb. 8:6). Rather than do away with the law
God promised to "put my laws in their minds and write them on their
hearts" (Heb. 8:10).
3. Including the Sabbath in the Acts 15 is selective inclusion. The
Sabbath was more important to the Jews than circumcision. If any attempt
had been made to do away with the Sabbath the reaction would have been
even more strident than is recorded in Acts 15. Do not confuse the weekly
Sabbath of the Decalogue with the ceremonial sabbaths which could occur at
any time of the week and were part of the law (ceremonial) which was
*added* because of transgression (of the moral law) (Gal 3:19).
4. Israel stands for God's people of all time. That is why God *grafted*
the Gentiles in. Roma 9:4 says that the adoption, the glory, the
covenants, the giving of the law, the service of God and the promises
belong to Israelites. In explanation Paul makes it clear that being born
into Israel is not enough "For they are not all Israel, which are of
Israel" v 6. Then in Gal 3:19 he says "if ye be Christ's, then are ye
Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." All Christians are
Abraham's seed, Jews, Israelites. Not physically, for that is not the
criterion, but spiritually. We are joint heirs with Jesus based on the
promise God made to all his people the Israelites.
People would probably agree but they are wrong. How can the Sabbath
commandment be ceremonial when it is part of a law which predates the
ceremonial laws? You are not free to choose your time of worship. Even
if you were why do you follow a day of worship which has its origins in pagan
sun worship. Would you rather give up a day which God blessed,
sanctified, and hallowed in exchange for one which all church leaders
agree has not biblical foundation (see Sabbath Admissions in
soc.religion.christian.bible-study).
I do not care what Calvin or any theologian says. My guide is what God
says. If being not under the law means we do not have to keep the law,
why is it that the only section of the law we have trouble with is the
Sabbath commandment, which is the only one God thought was important
enough to say *REMEMBER*? If you study the word deeply you will note that
the message is that we are no longer under the condemnation of the law but
freed by the grace of God. If a cop pulls me over for speeding, then in
court I ask for mercy and the judge does not throw the book at me but gives me
grace, do I walk out of the court saying "I can now go on speeding, for I
am now under grace?" Being under grace I now drive within the speed
limit. Paul adds to it in Rom. 3:31 "Di we then make void the law through
faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law." "Wherefore the law is
holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good" (Rom. 7:12).
Do you prefer implication to fact? A careful study of the Acts 20 shows
that the meeting was on Saturday night and that on Sunday morning Paul did
not go to a worship service, but set off on a long journey by foot to
Assos. In ICor 16 there is no way you can equate "lay by him in store"
with "go to a worship service."
Wrong. These are the sabbath days of the ceremonial law, not the Sabbath
day of the moral law.
Why would you prefer to twist and turn, relying on different arguments
which conflict with each other, rather than obey a simple request from a
God who loved you enough to die for you. Jesus died because the law could
not be changed. Why bother to die in order to meet the demands of a
broken law if all you need to do is change the law. Penalties for law
breaking means the law is immutable. That is why it is no sin not to
follow the demands of the ceremonial laws. It will always be a sin to
make false gods, to violate God's name, to break the Sabbath, to steal, to
kill, etc. Except it you disagree. But then your opinion has no weight
when placed next to the word of God.
Darius
[It's not clear how much more needs to be said other than the FAQ. I
think Paul's comments on esteeming one day over another (Rom 14) is
probably all that needs to be said. I accept that Darius is doing
what he does in honor of the Lord. I just wish he might equally
accept that those who "esteem all days alike" are similarly doing
their best to honor the Lord.
However I'd like to be clear that I do not think there's unambiguous
proof that regular Christian worship was on the first day. As I
indicated, there are responses on both of the passages cited.
The difficulty with both of these passages is that they are actually
about something else. They both look like they are talking about
nnregular Christian meetings, but neither explicitly says "and they
gathered every Sunday for worship". We get various pieces of
information, but nothing aimed at answering this question.
Act 2:26 describes Christians as participating both in Jewish temple
worship and in Christian communion services in homes. Obviously the
temple worship is on the Sabbath. Acts 13:44 is an example of
Christians participating in them. Unfortunately it doesn't tell us
what day Christians met in their houses. Acts 20:7, despite Darius'
confusion, is described by Acts as occuring on Sunday. (I see no
reason to impose modern definitions of when days start, when the
Biblical text is clear about what was meant.) The wording implies to
me that this was a normal meeting. It doesn't say they gathered to
see Paul off, but that when they were gathered for breaking bread,
Paul talked about his upcoming travel. But that's just not explicit
enough to be really convincing. Similarly with 1 Cor 16:2. It says
that on the first day they should set aside money for Paul's
collection. Now if you want to believe that they gathered specially
to do this, or that they did it in their homes, I can't disprove it,
but the obvious time for a congregation to take an offering would be
when they normally gather for worship, and if they were expected to do
it in their homes there would be no reason to mention a specific day.
So I think the most obvious reading of this is that "on the first day
of every week" simply means every time they gather for worship.
I think the reason we have only implications and not clear statements
is that the NT authors assumed that their readers knew when Christian
worship was. | 0 | trimmed_train |
6,922 |
Am I glad you write that. I got flamed all along because I begged NOT to
crosspost some nonsense articles.
The problem with crossposting is on the first poster. I am aware that this
posting is a crossposting too, but what else should one do. You never know
where the interested people stay in.
To split up newsgroups brings even more crossposting.
--
Jan Holler, Bern, Switzerland Good is not good enough, make it better!
[email protected] ((Second chance: [email protected])) | 1 | trimmed_train |
4,567 |
Nope, you're confusing separate programs. Atlas was the first-generation
US ICBM; Titan I was the second-generation one; Titan II, which all the
Titan launchers are based on, was the third-generation heavy ICBM. There
was essentially nothing in common between these three programs.
(Yes, *three* programs. Despite the similarity of names, Titan I and
Titan II were completely different missiles. They didn't even use the
same fuels, never mind the same launch facilities.)
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3,971 | To all hardware and firmware gurus:
My current home project is to build a huge paddle keyboard for a
physically handicapped relative of mine. My goal is for this keyboard
to look exactly like an AT sytle keyboard to its host system.
This will be a highly endowed keyboard with a Little PCL from Z World
at its heart. The only thing I lack is detailed information on the
hardware signaling that the 486 (with Windows 3.1 and DOS 5.0) will be
expecting. My project is independant of Windows, my hope is that some of
you fellow Window's users/programmers will recognize what I need and be
willing to point me in the right direction.
I have The Winn L. Rosch Hardware Bible (2nd edition). The HB gives
most (if not all) of the information I will need concerning scan codes
and even a wire diagram for the PS/2 style connector I will need, but it
leaves a number of important questions unanswered.
1. Is it synchronous or asynchronous serial communication? I'm
guessing synchronous since the host is providing a clock. In either
event, how is the data framed?
2. Is it half-duplex or truly one way? I'm guessing half-duplex
since the host can turn LEDs on and off.
3. Are there any chipsets available for communicating with the "AT
keyboard standard" (other than by cannibalizing a real keyboard)?
If anyone knows of a book or article (or any other written source of
information) on the above, please advise me at [email protected].
Whatever I do it must be safe for I cannot afford to replace the 486 in
the event of a booboo.
Thank you for your time.
Danke fuer Ihre Zeit. | 18 | trimmed_train |
10,691 | Peter, I'm sure someone out there has a better/easier way to do what you want
to do, but I'll tell you how we do it where I work. We have about 15 Macs
networked together using Appletalk and PhoneNet connectors. To chat we use a
program called 'Broadcast'. With it we can send brief messages to all or
selected machines within the network.
Hope that helps... | 14 | trimmed_train |
7,235 |
Make that ten, not eight. The Mets and Astros joined the N.L. in 1962.
| 2 | trimmed_train |
10,421 | Greetings:
Can someone steer me towards sources of information on vehicle data
logging systems? In particular, I would like to build/buy (or a little
of both) a system that is small enough to fit on a motorcycle and will
take input from various sensors (pressure, LVDT's, acceleration, RPM,
O2 sensor...), digitize and record it for later analysis.
Please email me any info. If I get anything interesting, I'll compile
it and get it on the net. Thanks. | 12 | trimmed_train |
7,792 |
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^\
Great... nice choice of bad guys to
convince everyone how "bad" unrestricted
encryption is. Why not use a child
molester instead? Of course, the word
*suspect* is never used here, so I guess
these people have already been convicted
and are operating this drug ring from
their jail cells.
How about *this* question instead?
Q: Suppose a law enforcement agency is conducting a wiretap on
a political opponent of a senior administration official and
intercepts a conversation...
Kinda changes your interpretation of the event, doesn't it? And yes,
the presence of the Clipper Chip DOES change things, because it will
not only give the people talking on the phone a false sense of security,
it will also give federal law enforcement agencies the justification
to deny use of strong encryption methods that are inconvenient to them.
Dang it all, it's SUPPOSED to be inconvenient (but not impossible).
That's the ONLY sure way to make sure that abuses are minimized while
still allowing legitimate law enforcement access.
Uh huh... sure. I predict that within two months (weeks?) of the chip's
debut, the full technical details will be posted to sci.crypt. And if
this has ANY impact on the security of the key escrow system, then we've
been lied to. Any cryptosystem worth its salt can withstand the light
of public scrutiny, and there is NO WAY you can be sure that an
algorithm has no "unrecognized vulnerabilities" unless you have half
the world trying to break it for a decade or so. Even then, you gotta
be careful.
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1,854 |
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Does anyone know what the jumpers should be set to on the Maxtor 2190??
I have a 2190 that came off of a VS2000 that I would like to use on a PC. | 5 | trimmed_train |
6,162 |
As I understood it, MSG *is* natural. Isn't it found in
tomatoes?
Anyway, lots of people are terribly allergic to lots of natural
things; peanuts, onions, tomatoes, milk, etc. Just because something
is 'natural' doesn't mean it won't cause problems with some folks.
As for how foods taste: If I'm not allergic to MSG and I like
the taste of it, why shouldn't I use it? Saying I shouldn't use
it is like saying I shouldn't eat spicy food because my neighbor
has an ulcer.
People have long modified the taste of food by additives, whether
they be chiles, black pepper, salt, cream sauces, etc. All of these
things cloud the flavor of the food. Why do we bother with them?
How should food be tasted? Isn't it better left to the diner? | 19 | trimmed_train |
11,151 |
Perhaps the trusted escrow agencies can be the ones who come up with
S1 and S2, and if these agencies are really trusted (ACLU & NRA is an
interesting example), we can hope that they'll use some physical
process to come up with truly random numbers. If the NSA comes up with
the numbers, that's a trap door you could drive a truck through.
Me either.
It seems from the following that the CPSR is atleats starting to
question this bogosity:
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April 16, 1993
Washington, DC
COMPUTER PROFESSIONALS CALL FOR PUBLIC
DEBATE ON NEW GOVERNMENT ENCRYPTION INITIATIVE
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
today called for the public disclosure of technical data
underlying the government's newly-announced "Public Encryption
Management" initiative. The new cryptography scheme was
announced today by the White House and the National Institute
for Standards and Technology (NIST), which will implement the
technical specifications of the plan. A NIST spokesman
acknowledged that the National Security Agency (NSA), the super-
secret military intelligence agency, had actually developed the
encryption technology around which the new initiative is built.
According to NIST, the technical specifications and the
Presidential directive establishing the plan are classified. To
open the initiative to public review and debate, CPSR today
filed a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests
with key agencies, including NSA, NIST, the National Security
Council and the FBI for information relating to the encryption
plan. The CPSR requests are in keeping with the spirit of the
Computer Security Act, which Congress passed in 1987 in order to
open the development of non-military computer security standards
to public scrutiny and to limit NSA's role in the creation of
such standards.
CPSR previously has questioned the role of NSA in
developing the so-called "digital signature standard" (DSS), a
communications authentication technology that NIST proposed for
government-wide use in 1991. After CPSR sued NIST in a FOIA
lawsuit last year, the civilian agency disclosed for the first
time that NSA had, in fact, developed that security standard.
NSA is due to file papers in federal court next week justifying
the classification of records concerning its creation of the
DSS.
David Sobel, CPSR Legal Counsel, called the
administration's apparent commitment to the privacy of
electronic communications, as reflected in today's official
statement, "a step in the right direction." But he questioned
the propriety of NSA's role in the process and the apparent
secrecy that has thus far shielded the development process from
public scrutiny. "At a time when we are moving towards the
development of a new information infrastructure, it is vital
that standards designed to protect personal privacy be
established openly and with full public participation. It is
not appropriate for NSA -- an agency with a long tradition of
secrecy and opposition to effective civilian cryptography -- to
play a leading role in the development process."
CPSR is a national public-interest alliance of computer
industry professionals dedicated to examining the impact of
technology on society. CPSR has 21 chapters in the U.S. and
maintains offices in Palo Alto, California, Cambridge,
Massachusetts and Washington, DC. For additional information on
CPSR, call (415) 322-3778 or e-mail <[email protected]>. | 7 | trimmed_train |
7,294 | Hi,
I would like to hear the net.wisdom and net.opinions on IDE Controllers.
I would liek to get a IDE controller card for my VLB DX2 66 Motherboard.
What are good options for this (preferably under $200). It MUST also work
under OS/2 and be compatible with Stacker (and other Disk Compression S/W).
Please advise .....
Divya
--
Divya | 3 | trimmed_train |
9,171 |
More like those who use their backs instead of their minds to make
their living who are usually ignorant and intolerant of anything outside
of their group or level of understanding.
--
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"Tuba" (Irwin) "I honk therefore I am" CompuTrac-Richardson,Tx
[email protected] DoD #0826 (R75/6) | 12 | trimmed_train |
10,341 |
I was my understanding that the purpose of those removeable-front-panels
were to make the radio useless, and thus discourage theft (that is if the
cover were removed by the owner and taken along whenever the car was left.)
If those covers were sold for anything remarkably less than the radio
originally costs, or even sold at all,
then the above discouragement wouldn't be so great.
I personally would be unhappy, if I bought a radio like that, thinking that
removing the cover greatly depreciated the radio's value, and the covers were
sold by the company (or other legitimate source) cheaply. | 5 | trimmed_train |
10,399 |
Not to your satisfaction. But the arguments have convinced me, and others. | 13 | trimmed_train |
11,039 |
You forgot the smiley-face.
I can't believe this is what they turn out at Berkeley. Tell me
you're an aberration.
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5,997 |
Gee, I never knew Valentine made a comment about how Viola signing
with Boston was gonna bring a World Series title to Boston. I don't
think Valentine ever said Boston will win this year. Boy, talk about
sensitive, insecure Toronto fans. :)
In any case, I think Viola would have made a better signing. Why?
Viola is younger, and is left handed (how many left handed starters does
Toronto have?
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9,014 | Can anyone tell me where to find a MPEG viewer (either DOS or
Windows).
Thanks in advance.
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Alan M. Jackson Mail : [email protected] | 1 | trimmed_train |
5,992 | I recently attended an allery seminar. Steroid Nasal sprays were
discussed. Afterward on a one-on-one basis, I asked the speaker what if
none of the Vancanese, Beconase, Nasalide, Nasalcort, or Nasalchrom work
nor do any oral decongestants work. She replied that she saw an article on
Vasomotor Rhinitis. That this is not an allergic reaction and that nothing
other than the Afrin's and such would work. (Which in my case is true).
I want to find out as much as possible about this, since I am going to see
my allergist in May and want to be armed to the hilt with information;
since nothing he has done with me has helped me at all and I have had no
relief for 14 months. | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,536 | I was posting to Alt.locksmithing about the best methods for securing
a motorcycle. I got several responses referring to the Cobra Lock
(described below). Has anyone come across a store carrying this lock
in the Chicago area?
Any other feedback from someone who has used this?
Thanks for any info.,
Steve
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3,145 | There is a new DoD listing. To get a copy use one of these commands:
finger [email protected]
OR
mail [email protected]
If you send mail make sure your "From" line is correct (ie "man vacation").
I will not try at all to fix mail problems (unless they are mine ;-). And I
may just publicly tell the world what a bad mailer you have. I do scan the
mail to find bounces but I will not waste my time answering your questions
or requests.
For those of you that want to update your entry or get a # contact the KotL.
Only the KotL can make changes. SO STOP BOTHERING ME WITH INANE MAIL
I will not tell what "DoD" is! Ask rec.motorcycles. I do not give out the #'s.
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2,211 |
The Japanese are still on the learning curve as far as nuclear power goes.
This means that unlike the Germans (who do great things all by themselves)
the Japanese tie up with foreign companies. The major one is Mitsubishi
(who else) who have a sharing agreement with GE I think. No chance of a
new design.
Sodium has *lots* of chemical problems. Like it eats stainless steel. Very
slowly but it gets there in the end. Not what I call a desired property.
As for design difficulties, what does sodium do there? It is a bitch and
it is only its chemical properties (flwed though they are) that means it
gets used. Two loops? That's not a design problem? Isolation from air and
water? That doesn't cause design problems? In comparison BWR's a dream rides!
Don't get none of that in a Liquid Sodium Breeder! More steel, more complexity.
Joseph Askew
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6,815 | I keep finding these programmers in local junk shops. This may
mean that they are indeed junk - but i'd like to hear from anyone
else that may have met up with them. The basic device is a
"Data I/O 29A universal programmer", and the usual pod is a
"LogicPak 303A-Vo4" with a "303A-001" programming tester/
adapter. I'd really like to hear from anyone who knows whether
these monsters are worth bothering with. All i want to do is blast
PALCE22V10s. - Ideas, folks
Mike.
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4,857 | Comet P/Helin-Roman-Crockett also spent some time as a temporary
satellite to Jupiter a few years ago if you believe the calculations
by Tancredi, G., Lindgren, M. and Rickman, H.(Astron. Astrophys.,
239, pp. 375-380, 1990).
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5,330 |
To maintain my senses at their sharpest, I never eat a full meal
within 24 hrs of a ride. I've tried Slim Fast Lite before a
ride but found that my lap times around the Parliament Buildings suffered
0.1 secs. The resultant 70 pound weight loss over the summer
just sharpens my bike's handling and I can always look
forward to a winter of carbo-loading.
Obligatory 8:) | 12 | trimmed_train |
8,041 |
The following postscript works for LaserWriter IIg's with version 2 roms
%!
0 serverdict begin exitserver
<< /FactoryDefaults true >> setsystemparams
systemdict begin
realtime 10000 add
{ dup realtime le { pop exit } if } loop
quit | 14 | trimmed_train |
2,678 | We're considering getting a Ford Explorer XLT with 4WD and we have the
following questions (All we would do is go skiing -- no off-roading):
1. With 4WD, do we need the "performance axle" - (limited slip axle).
Its purpose is to allow the tires to act independently when the tires
are on different terrain.
2. Do we need the all-terrain tires (P235/75X15) or will the
all-season (P225/70X15) be good enough for us at Lake Tahoe?
Thanks,
Tom
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[email protected] 2011 N. Shoreline Blvd.
415-390-5362 MS 8U-815
415-962-0494 (fax) Mountain View, CA 94043 | 4 | trimmed_train |
4,520 |
Currently there are no "Velcro" jump boots as issue in
the military, there are two other kinds. One is made my
Cochran and sell for $85.00 in either the Clothing sales
store or US Cavalry (Price match at the Cav store) the
second co is also sold but somewhat cheaper in design.
Actually they don't care what you wear as long is they
are 10 eyelets high.
There is another boot called a "Tankers boot" this has
similar construction to a wellington boot except for the
boot shape and has straps that wrap around for tightness.
Nice boots
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10,084 |
You can change it. As part of a continuously downsizing Government
organization, my code (branch) changes about once a year. I just
finished changing the registration information using Norton Utilities.
I sent the original requester the hex offset into USER.EXE containing
the information, and his reply indicated he got several similar answers.
And it's not encoded in any way. As for the legality, there's nothing
that keeps me from changing the information; it certainly doesn't reach
out and alter the serial number printed on the inside of my manual.
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4,617 | #
#Does XDM work with DECnet? I have an Ultrix machine running both TCP/IP
#and DECnet. I have a number of X-terminals hanging off the Ultrix host also
#running TCP/IP and DECnet. Presently I am using XDM for the login procedure
#on the X-terminals using TCP/IP. Since XDM is basically just an X-windows
#client, shouldn't I be able to run XDM on the DECnet protocol tower as well?
#
XDM is not just an X Window client. XDM has its own protocol (XDMCP) that
operates of UCP on port 177. It does provide a Login window which is an
X Window Client. As to using DECnet protocol. Looking through the source
for XDM from X11R5 that I have here, it seems that the bare bones code is
there but not completely there.
#
#My first inclination is that XDM is not your typical X client. It is making
#TCP/IP specific socket calls. In this case the answer would be no; you can
#not run XDM over DECnet. Is this right or not? Any feedback is appreciated.
#Thanks.
#
From my look at the source, it seems you cannot run it over DECnet as shipped
with X11R5.
Patrick L. Mahan
--- TGV Window Washer ------------------------------- [email protected] --------- | 16 | trimmed_train |
1,382 | [email protected] (Mike Sturdevant) writes...
^^^^
Hmm, sounds like a useful trick -- it'd keep the local cagers at least
a crutch-length off my tail-light, which is more than they give me now. But
do I have to break a leg to use it?
(When I broke my ankle dirt-biking, I ended up strapping the crutches
to the back of the bike & riding to the lab. It was my right ankle, but the
bike was a GT380 and started easily by hand.) | 12 | trimmed_train |
2,108 | DS>From: [email protected] (Dan Sorenson)
DS>>Riding up the hill leading to my
DS>>house, I encountered a liver-and-white Springer Spaniel (no relation to
DS>>the Springer Softail, or the Springer Spagthorpe, a close relation to
DS>>the Spagthorpe Viking).
DS> I must have missed the article on the Spagthorpe Viking. Was
DS>that the one with the little illuminated Dragon's Head on the front
DS>fender, a style later copied by Indian, and the round side covers?
No. Not at all. The Viking was a trick little unit made way back when
(forties? fifties?) when Spag was trying to make a go of it in racing.
The first iteration (the Springer) was a boxer twin, very similar to Max
Friz's famous design, but with an overhead "point cam" (see below for
more on the valvetrain). The problem was that the thing had no ground
clearance whatsoever. The solution was to curve the cylinder bores, so
that the ground clearance was substantially increased:
==@== <-Springer motor (front)
Viking motor (front) -> \=@=/
This is roughly the idea, except that the bores were gradually curved
around a radius, as the pistons were loath to make a sharp-angled turn
in the middle of their stroke. The engine also had curved connecting
rods to accomodate the stroke.
The engine stuck out so far because of its revolutionary (and still
unique) overhead cam system. Through the use of clever valve timing and
and extrordinarily trick valve linkage, only a single cam lobe was
required to drive both overhead valves.
Just as revolutionary was the hydraulic valve actuation, which used a
pressurized stream of oil to power the "waterwheel" which kept the lobe
spinning over. One side effect that required some rather brutal
engineering fixes was that until the engine's oil pressure came up to
normal, the engine's valve timing would be more or less random,
resulting in some impressive start-up valve damage. The solution was a
little hand crank that pressurized the cases before you started the
beast, remarkably similar to the system used in new Porsches to
pressurize the oil system before the car is started (the cage, however,
uses an electric oil pump. Wimps).
Despite this fix, the engine had a nasty propensity for explosively
firing its valves into the pistons when a cylinder would temporarily
lose a bit of oil pressure in a corner. The solution was to run even
higher oil pressures and change the gaskets and seals regularly. This
was feasible because it was a racing engine.
With just a single overhead lobe, and no pushrod/shaft/chain towers
because of the hydraulic system, the head of the engine came to an
almost perfect point:
/\
/()\ <-lobe
/ XX \ <-complex linkage (not shown due to
valvestems -> / \ / \ complexity)
| | | |
| |===| |
=0= <---piston
|
Note that the tip was not truly vertical
(it was at about a 70 degree angle to the
ground, and this drawing doesn't show the
curvature because there was none in the
head itself. The bore curve would start
about where the cylinder bore disappears in
this diagram
The effect of the pointy heads on top of a pair of gently (pundits of
the day even said sensuously) curved cylinders was much like a pair of
finned Viking horns poking out from beneath the gas tank. Thus, the
name.
The Vik was a moderately successful racer, lightning fast when it
worked, but plagued by problems relating to its revolutionary
technology. Eventually, it was dumped when Spag finally realized that
racing was not where the Spagthorpe name would be made. The machines
were raced for another year or two by privateers, and their fate
(approximately six Vikings were made, plus one or possibly two
Springers. Confusing the issue is one old Spag staffer who swears up and
down that this machine was tooled for production, and that as many as
twenty or thirty machines may have come off the line. However, no modern
record of a production Viking has survived, and most motorcycle
historians discount this story.
Ryan Cousinetc.|1982 Yamaha Vision XZ550 -Black Pig of Inverness|Live to Ride
KotRB |1958 AJS 500 C/S -King Rat |to Work to
DoD# 0863 |I'd be a squid if I could afford the bike... |Flame to
[email protected] | Vancouver, BC, Canada |Live . . .
* SLMR 2.1a * If you aren't sliding, you aren't riding.
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10,142 | I had spacefood sticks just about every morning for breakfast in
first and second grade (69-70, 70-71). They came in Chocolate,
strawberry, and peanut butter and were cylinders about 10cm long
and 1cm in diameter wrapped in yellow space foil (well, it seemed
like space foil at the time).
The taste is hard to describe, although I remember it fondly. It was
most certainly more "candy" than say a modern "Power Bar." Sort of
a toffee injected with vitamins. The chocolate Power Bar is a rough
approximation of the taste. Strawberry sucked.
Man, these were my "60's."
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9,085 |
But they can make you piss in a jar, and possibly provide DNA, semen,
and hair samples or to undergo tests for gunpowder residues on your hand.
(BTW, that was why the chemical engineer arrested in the WTC explosion
thrust his hands into a toilet filled with urine as the cops were breaking
down the door -- the nitrogen in the urine would mask any residue from
explosives. I found it interesting the news reported his acts, but not
his reasons).
Somewhere, perhaps a privacy group, they discussed the legal ramifications
of using a password like
I shot Jimmy Hoffa and his body is in a storage locker in Camden
a while back. The impression I got was that real judges would dismiss
arguments that this password is self-incrimination as first-year law
school sophistry -- the fact that you use a statement for a password has
no bearing on the veracity of that phrase.
You are not being asked to incrimidate yourself (e.g., "where did you
bury the body?"); you are being asked to provide information necessary
to execute a legal search warrant. Refusing to provide the password is
akin to refusing to provide a key to a storage locker... except that they
could always _force_ their way into the locker.
Of course, that doesn't mean you have to help them _understand_ what
they find, or point out things they overlooked in their search!
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691 | You know ed,... You're right! Andi shouldn't be comparing
Israel to the Nazis. The Israelis are much worse than the
Nazis ever were anyway. The Nazis did a lot of good for
Germany, and they would have succeeded if it weren't for the
damn Jews. The Holocaust never happened anyway. Ample
evidence given by George Schafer at Harvard, Dept. of History,
and even by Randolph Higgins at NYU, have shown that the
Holocaust was just a semitic conspiracy created to obtain
sympathy to piush for the creation of Israel.
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11,041 |
Whatabout, Schools, Universities, Rich Individuals (around 250 people
in the UK have more than 10 million dollars each). I reecieved mail
from people who claimed they might get a person into space for $500
per pound. Send a skinny person into space and split the rest of the money
among the ground crew!
Agreed. I volunteer for any UK attempts. But one clause: No launch methods
which are clearly dangerous to the environment (ours or someone else's). No
usage of materials from areas of planetary importance.
Yes: We should *do* this rather than talk about it. Lobby people!
The major problem with the space programmes is all talk/paperwork and
no action!
| 10 | trimmed_train |
946 | On two separate occasions I saw Dick Allen (back when he was Richie)
homer at Shea off the middle of the black centerfield hitter's
background screen. I think both shots would have traveled 500 feet. | 2 | trimmed_train |
860 |
This is an interesting question to ponder. Did Brad/Ali's sickness
make Ayatollah-style Islam attractive to him or did this new religion
that Brad/Ali has formally adopted give him this sickness?
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6,958 |
What did you have to go and bring THAT up for? Now they're going to
say that Israel is stealing the RAIN, too....
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10,690 |
I wish to echo what D. Andrew Kille wrote. I know of no published form
in English of the D-type recension of "Acts". Of course, Bezae is quite bizarre
in the gospels as well. Only D-type texts share Bezae's strange readings.
[By the way, "D" stands for Codex Claromontanus elsewhere.]
Frank D
| 0 | trimmed_train |
408 |
Still searching for an irrelevant issue in which to mire a pro-lifer, I see.
Slimy tactic. | 15 | trimmed_train |
1,429 | Can anyone help me find any information on the drug Prozac? I am writing
a report on the inventors , Eli Lilly and Co., and the product. I need as
much help as I can get. Thanks a lot, Adriana Gilmete.
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7,648 |
Also, has anyone heard any rumors that the new docks (the ones with the CPU
:-) will be better designed that this first batch? I love my Duo, but
installing cards in the dock is not much fun.
-Bob | 14 | trimmed_train |
2,539 | NAPA remanufactured large 4 barrel carburetor for 78-80
big-block 360/440 Dodge. Part #4-244. New in box w/manifold gasket.
Retail: $345.00
NAPA price: $250.00
Your price $100.00 + shipping | 5 | trimmed_train |
2,284 | I've got an Eimac 818A/4PR1000A transmitter/linear amplifier tube,
unused, in original packaging (but opened and inventoried). I'd
guarantee this tube to operate and be as observation and its
paperwork say (unused), although I have no transmitter to test it
with. Offers?
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SSD--Networking (205) 837-1174 (h)
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Huntsville, AL 35894 UUCP: ...uunet!ingr!b30!catbyte!dtmedin
******* Everywhere You Look (at least around my office) ******* | 5 | trimmed_train |
5,600 | Can anyone please email a diagram or give me details of an ftp site where there
is a diagram of a simple, small fm mono voice transmitter for trasnmitting in
the 90-104 range (preferably above 100 Mhz). Only a short distance requiered,
and frequency variation no too important but must run from 9v or smaller DC
supply.
Thanx in advance
Monty. | 11 | trimmed_train |
9,740 | I received a Kaypro 286i computer (DOS) without a manual that
describes the jumpers on the motherboard. It came with
640KB and I up'd it to 1MB. But the computer or setup does not
recognize the extra 384K.
Does anyone know if this computer is capable of greater than 640K
on the main board and what jumpers are required to expand it to 1MB?
Some specs:
Kaypro main board assy number 81-621
Phoenix BIOS v1.51 1985 | 3 | trimmed_train |
3,168 | [Stuff deleted]
Well, someone at Microsoft told you wrong. Windows will use a swap file
larger than the recommended size. Last summer I went to a Microsoft
Windows 3.1 Technical Workshop and they distributed A LOT of information
that the general public might not be aware of. Anyway in the main book
they handed out they have a section on "Creating larger than recommended
swapfile". I'll quote the information
If you create a permanent swapfile larger than the recommended size, you
will receive a message telling you that Windows will not use anything
larger than the recommended size. THIS ERROR MESSAGE IS INCORRECT, we
will allow the use of the larger swapfile, up to four times the amount
of RAM on your machine.
So as you see, Microsoft does know that the information is incorrect. You
probably just ran into some doofball who was new on the job and was only
telling you what little he knew.
Be that what it may, I would really suggest to everyone to take the
opportunity to go to these Technical Workshops. They aren't actually
incredibly in-depth, but you do get a lot of material about bugs and
optimization straight from those in the know. Besides that they offer
you HUGE discounts on software. If I remember correctly, you could pick
up Word 2.0, Excel 4.0, or whatever their presentation program is for $130.
That is the full blown version, not an upgrade or educational version. You
could also pick up Microsoft Office for $500 or something like that. Myself
I sprang for Word.
Well, hope that was helpful to someone. And besides that I hope someone
will go to a workshop and save a little money.
And if anyone at Microsoft is reading this -- I really love your products.
I need a job once I graduate also, can we work something out? ;-) | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,705 |
[ ... ]
Talk about adding insult to injury ...
I, for one, believe that the use of civil forfeiture should be abolished by
a decent administration, not continued. Instead, it looks like that
ill-gotten gain will be used to help pay for wiretap equipment.
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865 | -*----
I agree with everything that Lee Lady wrote in her previous post in
this thread. In case this puzzles people, I would like to expand
on two of her comments.
One of the most important (and difficult) aspects of reasoning
about empirical investigation lies in understanding the context,
scope, and importance of the various arguments and pieces of
evidence that are marshalled for a claim. Some errors break the
back of a piece of research, some leave a hole that needs to be
filled in, and some are trivial in their importance. It is a
grave mistake to confuse these.
Past snippets from this thread:
Back to Lee Lady:
These posters are making the mistake that I have previously
criticized of adhering to a methodological recipe. A "carefully
designed and controlled study" is neither always possible nor
always important. (On the other hand, if someone is proposing a
remedy that supposedly alleviates a chronic medical problem, we
have enough knowledge of the errors that have plagued *this* kind
of claim to ask for a "carefully designed and controlled study"
to alleviate our skepticism.)
Rules such as "support the hypothesis by a carefully designed and
controlled study" are too narrow to apply to *all* investigation.
I think that the requirements for particular reasoning to be
convincing depends greatly on the kinds of mistakes that have
occurred in past reasoning about the same kinds of things. (To
reuse the previous example, we know that conclusions from
uncontrolled observations of the treatment of chronic medical
problems are notoriously problematic.) | 19 | trimmed_train |
8,307 | Hi,
Anyone has a converter from BMP to any format that xview or xv can
handle? This converter must run Unix.. I looked at the FAQ and downloaded
several packages but had no luck... thanks in advance.
ed | 1 | trimmed_train |
2,663 |
Any advice on HOW to buy a Land Cruiser? My local Toyota dealer says they
get two a year, and if I want one I can just get on the waiting list.
Forget about a test drive or even kicking the tires.
And if they are that rare, I doubt there is much of a parts inventory on
hand.
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4,869 |
As John Gilmore has pointed out repeatedly, if you produce the
infrastructure that would permit a police state to function, all that
is required to suddenly find yourself living in one is a change of
attitude on the part of the government.
Our constitution was built by men who had to risk their lives to
ensure freedom in our country. They designed the system to make it
difficult for tyranny to arise. For instance, one of the reasons the
fourth amendment was put there was to make it harder for the
government to try to make smuggling a crime. Think I jest? John
Hancock made all his money smuggling rum, which is, after all, a drug.
Think about it. The government has everyones keys in escrow, and the
FBI gets their pet "wiretap without leaving the office" scheme. There
is a coup, which happens every day all around the world. Within hours,
everyone in the country who might oppose the tyrants is being
monitored more closely than ever before possible.
Without the tools being in place, a tyranny cannot stand. With tools
like this in place, a tyrannical dictatorship could actually be
successfully imposed.
Why give the government tools with which to enslave you? Maybe you can
trust Bill Clinton, but are you willing to tell me that you can trust
EVERY government that will ever arise in the U.S. hereafter? I am not
willing to make that leap of faith.
I'm a political dissident. As such, I am acutely aware of what happens
to political dissidents in most of the world. In most of the world, I
could be killed for my beliefs. Call Amnesty International some time
to find out what happens to dissidents in most of the world.
All that seperates the U.S. from most of those places is a thin piece
of parchment in the National Archives thats being constantly more and
more eroded by such farces as the war on drugs. Coups have happened in
countries that have had stable democracies for over a hundred years.
Governments throughout history have fallen. No government has lasted
for more than a few hundred years. Often, they are replaced by
dictatorships. Do you really believe so intensely that it could never
ever ever happen here that you are willing to bet your own life and
the lives of your children and other loved ones on it?
If we construct the tools with which tyranny could be enforced, we
make it orders of magnitude more likely that it could happen, because
if it happened with the tools already in place it could actually
stick.
Naive fools such as our leadership believe they can protect us where
hundreds that have gone before have failed. Thriving democracies led
by men far more skillfull than Bill Clinton have fallen to
dictatorship. Rome had a thriving republic run by exquisitely skilled
men before they became a tyranny.
I, for one, am unwilling to trust that it could never happen here.
Only hubris would allow us to believe we are immune to what has
happened elsewhere.
--
Perry Metzger [email protected] | 7 | trimmed_train |
6,662 |
Well, you should have noted that I was cheering an attack on an Israeli
patrol INSIDE Lebanese territory while I was condemning the "retaliatory"
shelling of Lebanese villages by Israeli and Israeli-backed forces. My "team",
you see, was "playing fair" while the opposing team was rearranging the
faces of the spectators in my team's viewing stands, so to speak.
I think that you should try to find more sources of news about what goes on
in Lebanon and try to see through the propaganda. There are no a priori
black and white hats but one sure wonders how the IDF can bombard villages in
retaliation to pin-point attacks on its soldiers in Lebanon and then call the
Lebanese terrorists. | 6 | trimmed_train |
1,070 |
Flame on!!
Is this guy serious????
If he would ever really pay attention to the news (oops I forgot that the media
for the most part loves to jump right on top of a story before all the facts
are known, as well as to manipulate what we see and thus what we believe).
Any ways one of Koresh's DEVOTED followers that DID I REPEAT DID survive this
"GENOCIDAL MASS-SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT PEOPLE". Besides there are nine
survivors in the burn-unit of the local hospital and was reported that David
was in one of the towers when the shit hit the fan. Besides, a majority of
these children were children that he was supposed to have been the father of,
this then makes them bastard children to a sacraligious zeloit (sp). Also
someone should have told David and his followers that if they can't the heat
then they should stay out of the kitchen!! (pun intended)
Flame off
" Aaah Daniaalson yah wanna fight, fight me!!" | 9 | trimmed_train |
11,127 | [ Article crossposted from comp.os.ms-windows.apps ]
[ Author was Dr. Richard Timmer ]
[ Posted on 24 Apr 93 23:11:16 GMT ]
Hello WinNetters:
I have seen a great deal of discussion herein on the relative merits of
MS Access and Borland Paradox/Win. However, are there any users out there
with experience with the database package called "Approach". It has gotten
a number of very good reviews from the various mags. and it seems like it
would require less hardware overhead than Paradox. I have ruled out Access
because some aspects of it are extremely non-intuitive, e.g. requiring a
field to always have a value. I like what I've seen of Paradox, but it
seems like the resource requirements are greater than what I have (386/25 MHz,
6 MB ram).
So, please provide me with your thoughts are "Approach", good and bad. Thanks.
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7,214 |
The Orion concept as actually proposed (as opposed to the way it has been
somewhat misrepresented in some fiction) included wrapping a thick layer
of reaction mass -- probably plastic of some sort -- around each bomb.
The bomb vaporizes the reaction mass, and it's that which transfers
momentum to the pusher plate. | 10 | trimmed_train |
4,274 | I've never had quicken but I did use MYM in it's early days. I have MS Money
for Windows now and a financial planning package called Wealthbuilder by
Reality Technologies and Money Magazine. P.S. I also do my taxes with Turbo
Tax. All of these packages are good in their own way but none of them
really support me in doing what I really need to do - manage my finances.
The first company that comes along with a Windows based package that:
manages budgets and accounts
manages loans
calculates taxes
uses all of the above and knowledge about my investing philosophy to
help me invest in the right investment vehicles, and
integrates it all together
will have my business for life. | 18 | trimmed_train |
2,365 |
OK, as one last attempt, I'll take a different tack.
We all seem to be in agreement that there are two explanations for why
one can use the handlebars to lean a moving motorcycle. The question is,
is one of the effect dominant, and which one is it? The idea would be to
design an experiment which would seaprate the two characteristics, and
see which effect produces a similar result to the one with which those of
us who have bikes are familiar.
Let's look at the one that, so far, has sparked no controversy on its
own, gyroscopic precession. To examine this alone, we would have to
get rid of the contact patch effect, by not allowing the contact patches
to transmit any force. The wheels and steering mechanism would have to
remain, and be attached to a vehicle with about the same weight as a bike,
through suspension (so that the wheels transmit forces to the bike the
same way) similar to a bikes. An experiment would be to ride a bike along
a dry road to get moving and to get the wheels spinning, then change
surfaces to something that won't transmit forces through the contact
patches, and try a steering manoeuvre to see if the bike leans. It
probably would, since some of us know how easy it is to fall down on ice,
but we wouldn't get a good idea of how well or what it feels like
because, without the contact patches, we can't turn. Maybe there's a
better way. Besides, even ice doesn't get rid of the contact patch
forces altogether, so we'd have to find a really frictionless surface.
You'd have to try it again with the wheels locked to really know if it
was the rotation that did it.
Looking at the contact-patch effect only, however, is fairly simple.
Now we have to find a vehicle that gets the about the same magnitude and
direction of cantact patch forces as a motorcycle, and transmits them
about the same way to the vehicle, but without rotating wheels.
How it gets the contact patch forces is irrelevant, we're just looking
for something that has contact patches that can go straight and not
sideways, and skis or skates would do fine. I don't know of any snow-ski
or skate bikes, but up here we have the Suzuki Wetbike that is arranged
like a motorcycle but has fat water skis where there should be wheels.
I think the propellor is in front of the rear ski, or something like
that, but we could try it at a coast to get rid of most of its effect.
Now I admit that this is second hand info (although I'd love to try
one of these), but the review in the local cycle rag and a guy in
a bike shop that sells them both say that this machine handles very
much like a motorcycle, in that you countersteer it to turn.
So we have contact patches that transmit similar forces to a bike's,
a similar suspension arrangement, and no gyroscopes, but we do have
countersteering.
Conclusion: you don't need gyroscopes to countersteer vehicles that have
motorcycle-like contact patch arrangements. We still don't know what
real effect the gyroscopes have when they're there, but from my observations
of how handlebar angle, force, etc. relate to steering in general, I'm
willing to bet that they're not the dominant factor in countersteering.
If you don't like this conclusion, then don't accept it, but my motorcycle's
behaviour is consistent with it. If someone can prove otherwise, go ahead. | 12 | trimmed_train |
2,640 | I'd *desparately* prefer it if we didn't rehash the same arguments
that went on ad infinitum last time. That's especially true for
sci.crypt. For that matter, I've created alt.privacy.clipper, since
the traffic is appearing in *many* different groups right now.
I'm going to focus here on some technical aspects of the plan, hence my
followup to sci.crypt. Frankly, if you're not an absolutist, your
feelings may turn on some of these issues. For example -- with an
80-bit key, simply splitting it into two 40-bit pieces is much less
acceptable than other schemes, because it means that if just one
repository is, shall we say, overly pliable, a would-be eavesdropper
would need to recover just 40 more bits of key. I need not point out
in this newsgroup that that's pretty easy to do by exhaustive search.
A slightly more complex scheme -- XOR-ing the key with a random number,
and then with its complement -- would produce two 80-bit subkeys,
neither of which is useful alone. That variant is much more resistant
to attack. Clearly, one can get even more sophisticated, to protect
the subkeys even more.
Other thoughts... Some people have noted the size and complexity of
the databases necessary. But the id strings the phones emit could be
their back door key, double-encrypted with the escrow repositories'
public keys. For that matter, they could do that only with session
keys, and have no back door at all. In that case, the FBI would have
to bring every intercept to the repositories to be decrypted. This
would answer many of the objections along the lines of ``how do you
make sure they stop''.
We can even combine that with a variant of the digital telephony back
door -- have the switch do the tap, but with a digitally-signed record
of the time, phone number, etc, of the call. That provides proof to
the escrow agents that the tap was done in compliance with the terms of
the warrant.
I can suggest other variations, too. Suppose each Clipper chip had 100
public key pairs. Each would be used ~10 times, after which you'd need
more keying material. (Not a bad idea in any event.) This could be
used to enforce time limits, or rather, usage limits, on each warrant;
the keys the repository agents would deliver wouldn't last for very
long.
I suspect that the cryptographic algorithm itself is secure. Apart from
the obvious -- why push a weak algorithm when you've already got the
back door? -- I think that the government is still genuinely concerned
about foreign espionage, especially aimed at commercial targets. This
scheme lets the spooks have their cake and eat it, too. (I've heard
rumors, over the years, that some factions within NSA were unhappy with
DES because it was too good. Not that they couldn't crack it, but it
was much too expensive to do so as easily as they'd want.) They're keeping
the details secret so that others don't build their own implementations
without the back door. | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,483 | (excerpts from posting on this topic)
(I've seen satellites at midnight - they're not only in twilight.) :o)
Now my comments:
I'd like to add that some of the "protests" do not come from a strictly
practical consideration of what pollution levels are acceptable for
research activities by professional astronomers. Some of what I
would complain about is rooted in aesthetics. Many readers may
never have known a time where the heavens were pristine - sacred -
unsullied by the actions of humans. The space between the stars
as profoundly black as an abyss can be. With full horizons and
a pure sky one could look out upon half of all creation at a time
- none of which had any connection with the petty matters of man.
Any lights were supplied solely by nature; uncorruptable by men.
Whole religions were based on mortal man somehow getting up there
and becoming immortal as the stars, whether by apotheosis or a belief
in an afterlife.
The Space Age changed all that. The effect of the first Sputniks
and Echo, etc. on this view could only happen once. To see a light
crossing the night sky and know it was put there by us puny people
is still impressive and the sense of size one gets by assimilating
the scales involved is also awesome - even if the few hundreds or
thousands of miles involved is still dwarfed by the rest of the universe.
But there is still a hunger for the pure beauty of a virgin sky.
Yes, I know aircraft are almost always in sight. I have to live
in a very populated area (6 miles from an international airport
currently) where light pollution on the ground is ghastly. The
impact of humans is so extreme here - virtually no place exists
that has not been shaped, sculpted, modified, trashed or whipped
into shape by the hands of man. In some places the only life
forms larger than bacteria are humans, cockroaches, and squirrels
(or rats). I visited some friends up in the Appalacian mountains
one weekend, "getting away from it all" (paved roads, indoor plumbing,
malls, ...) and it felt good for a while - then I quickly noticed
the hollow was directly under the main flight path into Dulles - 60-80
miles to the east. (Their 'security light' didn't help matters
much either.) But I've heard the artic wilderness gets lots of
high air traffic. So I know the skies are rarely perfect.
But there is still this desire to see a place that man hasn't
fouled in some way. (I mean they've been TRYING this forever -
like, concerning Tesla's idea to banish night, - wow!) I don't watch
commercial television, but I can imagine just how disgusting beer,
truck, or hemmorrhoid ointment advertisements would be if seen up so high.
If ya' gotta make a buck on it (displaying products in heaven), at
least consider the reactions from those for whom the sky is a last
beautiful refuge from the baseness of modern life.
To be open about this though, I have here my listing of the passage
of HST in the evening sky for this weekend - tonight Friday at
8:25 p.m. EDT it will reach an altitude of 20.1 degrees on the
local meridian from Baltimore vicinity. I'll be trying to see it
if I can - it _is_ my mealticket after all. So I suppose I could
be called an elitist for supporting this intrusion on the night sky
while complaining about billboards proposed by others. Be that
as it may, I think my point about a desire for beauty is valid,
even if it can't ever be perfectly achieved. | 10 | trimmed_train |
9,523 | If the set is direct line powered, try checking the [likely to be
there] hybrid regulator module down stream from the 170 volt
supply. Several sets I've looked at use a 135 volt regulator. The
regulators have a tendency to short out, making the safety circuits
shut down the EHT supply section.
Try putting the set on a Variac or adjustable transformer and lower
the AC input voltage to the set to about 90 volts. If the set
operates nromally, then you know you've got a shorted regulator.
There are myriad other areas for problems, but I've seen the one
above several times. Also, if the set uses one, the trippler
module may be shot; that's fairly common.
| 11 | trimmed_train |
5,190 | My girlfriend just started taking Imitrex for her migraine headaches. Her
neurologist diagnosed her as having depression and suffering from rebound
headaches due to daily doses of analgesics. She stopped taking all
analgesics and caffine as of last Thursday (4/15). The weekend was pretty
bad, but she made it through with the help of Imitrex about every 18 hours.
Her third injection of Imitrex, during the worst of the withdrawl on
Friday and six hours after the first of the day, left her very sick. Skin
was flushed, sweating, vomiting and had severe headache pain. It subsided
in an hour or so. Since then, she has been taking Imitrex as needed to
control the pain. Immediately after taking it, she has increased head pain
for ten minutes, dizziness and mild nausea and mild chest pains. A friend
of hers mentioned that her doctor was wary of Imitrex because it had caused
heart attacks in several people. Apparently the mild chest pains were
common in these other people prior to there attacks. Is this just rumor?
Has anyone else heard of these symptoms? My girlfriend also has Mitral
Valve Prolapse. | 19 | trimmed_train |
2,009 | :Judge: "I grant you immunity from whatever may be learned from the key
: itself"
:You: "The keyphrase is: "I confess to deliberately evading copyright;
: the file encoded with this keyphrase contains illegal scans of
: copyrighted Peanuts strips.""
:Judge and CP: "Oh."
: How will they get you now? I'm not saying that they won't, or
:can't (or even that they shouldn't :-), but what legal mechanism will
:they use? Should we be crossposting this to misc.legal?
Hm, could another court try you via a bypass of the double jeopardy amendment
like they are doing in the LAPD trial? Ie your judge is a state judge, and
then a federal judge retries you under the justification that its not the
same trail.
| 7 | trimmed_train |
10,763 | Excerpts from netnews.comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware: 19-Apr-93 AMD i486
clones: Now legal .. by [email protected]
It's true. I read about it from an article in ClariNet (can't send it
here though). U.S. District Court Judge William A. Ingram, of San
Francisco, threw out the jury verdict prohibiting AMD from using Intels'
microcode for the 486. | 3 | trimmed_train |
8,993 | }>}(a) out of context;
}>Must have missed when you said this about these other "promises of god" that we keep
}>getting subjected to. Could you please explain why I am wrong and they are OK?
}>Or an acknowledgement of public hypocrisy. Both or neither.
}
}So, according to you, Jim, the only way to criticize one person for
}taking a quote out of context, without being a hypocrite, is to post a
}response to *every* person on t.r.m who takes a quote out of context?
Did I either ask or assert that? Or is this your misaimed telepathy at work again?
}>BTW to David Josli: I'm still waiting for either your public
}>acknowledgement of your
}>telepathy and precognition (are you a witch?) or an appology and retraction.
}
}Can you wait without whining? To pass the time, maybe you should go
}back and read the portions of my article that you so conveniently
}deleted in your reply. You'll find most of your answers there.
Nope: In particular:
Example of telepathy?
What threat. Produce it.
More telepathy? Or maybe just empathic telepathy, capable of determining emotional states.
More telepathy. How do you know "trying"?!?!?
Precognition? Substantiate. | 15 | trimmed_train |
10,485 |
Sorry, I was, but I somehow have misplaced my diskette from the last
couple of months or so. However, thanks to the efforts of Bobby, it is being
replenished rather quickly!
Here is a recent favorite:
--
"Satan and the Angels do not have freewill.
They do what god tells them to do. "
S.N. Mozumder ([email protected])
--
"Satan and the Angels do not have freewill.
They do what god tells them to do. " | 8 | trimmed_train |
6,496 | on Date: Sat, 3 Apr 1993 12:38:50 GMT, Paul Dietz <[email protected]>
/in essence, holding a match under the nozzle, is just *nuts*. One
/thing you absolutely must do in such an engine is to guarantee that
/the propellants ignite as soon as they mix, within milliseconds. To
/do otherwise is to fill your engine with a high explosive mixture
/which, when it finally does ignite, blows everything to hell.
Definitely! In one of the reports of an early test conducted by Rocketdyne at
their Santa Susanna Field Lab ("the Hill" above the San Fernando and Simi
Valleys), the result of a hung start was described as "structural failure" of
the combustion chamber. The inspection picture showed pumps with nothing below
, the CC had vaporized! This was described in a class I took as a "typical
engineering understatement" :-) | 10 | trimmed_train |
3,827 |
What do you mean by omnipotent here? Do you mean by "omnipotent"
that God should be able to do anything/everything? This creates
a self-contradictory definition of omnipotence which is effectively
useless.
To be descriptive, omnipotence must mean "being all-powerful" and
not "being able to do anything/everything".
Let me illustrate by analogy.
Suppose the United States were the only nuclear power on earth. Suppose
further that the US military could not effectively be countered by any
nation or group of nations. The US has the power to go into any country
at any time for any reason to straighten things out as the leaders of the
US see fit. The US would be militarily "omnipotent".
But suppose further that the US holds to a doctrine/philosophy of not
interfering in the internal affairs of any nation, such as the current
civil war in the former Yugoslavian states.
Technically (in this scenario) the US would have the power to
unilaterally go into Yugoslavia and straighten out the mess. But
effectively the US could not intervene without violating its own policy
of non-interference. If the policy of non-interference were held to
strongly enough, then there would never be a question that it would
ever be violated. Effectively, the US would be limited in what it
could actually do, although it had the power to do "whatever it wanted".
The US would simply "never want to interfere" for such an idea would
be beyond the consideration of its leaders given such an inviolate
non-interference policy.
God is effectively limited in the same sense. He is all powerful, but
He cannot use His power in a way that would violate the essence of what
He, Himself is.
I hope this helps to clear up some of the misunderstanding concerning
omnipotence.
Regards, | 8 | trimmed_train |
9,203 |
I presume it is the M-8870 from Teltone Corporation.
Pin Description
1 + input
2 - input
3 GS (gain select through use of feed back resistor)
4 Vref (reference voltage OUTPUT, about Vdd/2)
5 connect to Vss
6 connect to Vss
7 osc1 clock input
8 osc2 clock output (connect crystal across pins 7 and 8)
9 Vss
10 OE output enable (logic high allows data output)
11 Q1 data output
12 Q2 data output
13 Q3 data output
14 Q4 data output
15 StD Delayed Steering Output (any other company would call this 'data valid'.)
16 ESt Early Steering output, sort of like "I'm starting to hear a tone".
17 St/GT Steering input/guard time output
18 Vdd
Power Supply : 4.75V min., 5.25V max.
Current : 3.0mA Typ, 7.0mA max.
BUT.......
You really should have bought the Motorola part from me. :-)
(I still have them in stock)
John
| 11 | trimmed_train |
4,526 | #
# |>
# |> |> |> First, my above statement doesnot say that "the existence of israeli citizens
# |> |> |> in the WB revoke their right of life" but it says "the israeli occupation
# |> |> |> of the WB revoke the right of life for some/most its citizens - basically
# |> |> |> revokes the right of for its military men". Clearly, occupation is an
# |> |> |> undeclared war; during war, attacks against military targets are fully legitimate.
# |>
# |> I'd like you to tell me, in your own words who the military are, wrt Israel then.
# |> In uniform, or not? On duty, or off-duty? Soldier to be, or not?
# |> (That is, since it's compulsory one might regard any Israeli as a
# |> legit target using that definition)
#
# in uniform or not ? doesnot make a difference if the person is in army.
# On duty, or off-duty? doesnot matter if the army man was on duty or on a
# vacation week.
# Soldier to be, or not? sure i meant only military men.
Just trying to get this clear, so please bear with me. As far as
I can tell, you're proposing the following rules of engagement
between Israel and the Palestinean resistance. Please feel
revise this preliminary draft as necessary:
1) Israeli military personnel are fair game at any time, in uniform
or out, on duty or off. In practice, since any male or female
Israeli of military age (18-?) may be off-duty military, all but
young children are acceptable targets. Since the existence of
Israel constitutes indication of hostile intent, no further
provocation is required.
2) To avoid inpermissable violations of the rights of non-combatant
Palestineans, Israeli forces must not engage Palestineans
without positive identification as military personnel, clear
indication of aggressive intent, and a clear field of fire.
a) Positive identification may be assured by either checking for
Palestinean military uniform, by posession of exclusively
military armament (ie, T78 MBTs or MiG-29 aircraft), or
self-identification (either verbal or documentary). Note
that dual-use military/civilian weaponry such as hand grenades,
AK-47 rifles, and RPG launchers do not constitute positive
military identification and require closer inspection such
as document checks.
b) Aggressive intent (as distinct from merely 'hostile' intent,
which is the normal condition) may be assured by not less
than three rounds of incoming fire separated by intervals
of not less than ten seconds between rounds. Note that a
single burst of automatic-weapon fire counds as one round,
as does a volley of rocket fire from more than one source.
As noted above, dual-use weaponry may NOT be assumed to
originate from military personnel, and thus do not justify
armed response.
c) A clear field of fire can be guaranteed by making a positive
military identification of all personnel in the target area of
the weapons to be used. Note that aggressive intent need not
be proven for all possible targets. Thus, if IAF aircraft
are attacked by a SAM crew it is not necessary to check the
papers of each crew member so long as none are obviously
civilians (as indicated, for instance, by the posession of
uniquely civilian weaponry such as stones, axes, and Molotov
coctails.) Since it is often difficult for IAF elements to
land and make the necessary checks, ground forces should
first screen prospective strike areas before AGM fire.
For ACM purposes, a cockpit-to-cockpit pass within 5 meters
is usually sufficient for this purpose, but may be repeated
if necessary. | 6 | trimmed_train |
8,286 |
[.....]
Oooh... now THAT hurts. I will not suffer you through more naive
and one-sided views of mine. Please skip my articles in the future
Oh Wise Tim, and have a good day. | 6 | trimmed_train |
2,850 | You are right in supposing that the problem is with the XmNcolormap
(XtNcolormap for truly literate beings) not being set. What you want
to do is start your application with your new colormap. This can be a
chicken and egg sort of problem, however. If you look at the Xt FAQ
there is an example that should show how it can be done. If not, let
me know and maybe I can improve the example.
--pete | 16 | trimmed_train |
5,312 | Hello,
I just recently bought a NEC 6FG. In order to get the highest possible quality
and refresh rates, I'd like to know if there are any accelerator cards with
BNC connectors (as opposed to the usual d-sub connector)?
Thanks for any information,
| 18 | trimmed_train |
10,661 | MITSBISHI Laptop (MP 286L)
-286/12 (12,8,6 MHz switchable)
-2M RAM installed
-Backlit CGA (Ext. CGA, MGA)
-20M 3.5"HH HDD/1.44M 3.5" FDD
-2 COM/1 LPT ports
-complete manual set
-Built like a tank
-Excellent cosmetic cond.
-dark gray
-used very lightly
Problems:
(1)HDD stops working.
(2)LCD sometimes doesn't work (ext. CAG/MGA works). | 5 | trimmed_train |
1,633 | Hi everyone,
Does anyone know a good way to adjust colourmaps on the
fly (say during an animation) and prevent the current
set of colours from flickering?
Thanks, | 16 | trimmed_train |
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