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Can some people with cache cards PLEASE post speedometer numbers they get
with the cards. I have only one report, which seems to indicate that
a 32K cache card gives you only about a 1% speedup!! Access to memory takes
LONGER when you have a cache card(and get a miss) thus a small cache card
of 32K may be worth $0. I don't know what kind of numbers 64K cards get
you. Also I found it interesting that you can disable the cache cards
via software(read about it in the Mac IIsi tech notes from ftp.apple.com)
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Do the accelaratores make a lot of difference?
As I understand, there is graphics and cpu accelaration.
Does graphics accelarator help out with the scanner and
the photo shop?
Is combination of both practical?
I have a Mac IIci. What kinds of accelaratores can I use?
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i used to say "if i were hot enough, you could fry an egg on my oily face".
i am now 50 yrs old and my skin looks younger (i'm told) than some people's
skin at 30 (it's still oily). i have only a very few tiny wrinkles. Thank
your lucky stars for that skin.
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:
:According to an Australian documentary made in the year before the stand off
:began, Koresh and his followers all believed he was Christ. Koresh
:had sex with children and women married to other men in the compound.
:These were the "perfect children" resulting from the "great seed" of
:his "magnified horn". Ex-members describe him in ways not dissimilar
:to the way Jim Jones has been described.
I don't know how accurate the documentary was; however, Koresh was never
convicted of any crimes against children, nor was the BATF after him for
child abuse. Their purview (in this case) is strictly in firearms violations,
so this information is irrelevant to the discussion.
:FBI agents have to pass rigorous psychological examinations and background
:checks. Plus, those in charge will undoubtedly have to explain their
:decisions in great detail to congress. Why would the FBI want to fulfill
:Koresh's own prophecy?
Those in charge will undoubtedly have to explain *something*, but whether
their answers even remotely resembles the truth we may never know. And who
is left alive to care whether the prophecy is fulfilled? It only holds
meaning for the nine who survived.
:>Correction: The *FBI* said that two of the cult members said this; so far,
:>no one else has been able to talk to them.
:
:So, when they talk to the news reporters directly, and relate the same
:details, will you believe them?
*IF* they confirm the story, I probably will. Definitely not until then,
however.
Mike Ruff
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Not particularly *in* the World Series. During the season, he was probably
more valuable than, say, putting Olerud out there to pitch, but yeah, he
*was* valuable in getting them there. In the postseason, he sucked dirty
canal water through a straw. The Jays won *in spite* of Morris much more
than *because of* him.
Umm, Roger? Return with us to those halcyon days of a few postings ago,
where the poster Valentine was replying to used # of WS rings as a measure
of better. The concept is called "context", and you should really become
familiar with it someday.
Unless this transaltes to "Clemens hasn't gone into Lou Gorman's office with
a large caliber handgun and refused to come out until he'd been traded to
the Jays," I'm at a complete loss as to any possible meaning for it.
What on earth does this mean? Over their careers, Clemens has "won" 68% of
the games he's started, Morris 58%. Per year, Clemens has averaged nearly 17
wins, Morris just under 15. Would you grant the proposition that preventing
the other team from scoring increases your chances of winning a game? If
so, then consider that Clemens allows 2.8 runs/9 innings pitched. Morris
allows nearly a run more per nine innings. In fact, Jack Morris has never in
his career had an ERA for a single year as good as Clemens' career ERA. But
I forget, in the Maynardverse there was obviously some mystical significance
to Buckner missing that grounder in 1986; had Morris been on the Sox, it
would have been a routine groundout, right?
Speaking of stupid, it has been patiently (and not-so-patiently) explained to
you many times that attributing greatness to players based on the
accomplishments of their teams makes about as much sense as claiming that
a racecar has the most attractive paint job because it won the race. Your
continued failure to not only understand but even to intelligently reply to
any of the arguments presented leads me to the conclusion that you must have
spent a few too many games in goal without a mask.
No one is crying; the Jays won, and as a team they certainly deserved to win
at least the AL East. They performed well in two short series and won the
World Series, and I congratulate them for it. As a Red Sox fan, I hope they
keep Morris. I was happy when they picked up Stewart, and elated when they
traded for Darrin Jackson. You see, unless you believe in some mystical link
between Morris and the offense, you can hardly help but believe that the man
was credited with so many wins last year because he got lucky. Luck runs
out, just like it did in 1982 when he pitched 50-odd more innings than 1992,
gave up exactly *one* earned run more than in 1992, and went 17-16.
Seriously, Roger, I'd really like to hear your explanation of the difference
between the 1982 Morris and the 1992 Morris. Which one was a better pitcher,
and why? Did Morris somehow "learn how to win" in the intervening ten years?
If so, then why did he go 18-12 in 1991 with Minnesota with an ERA over half
a run lower than 1992?
Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | [email protected]
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Is there an ftp site where I can get the MS speaker sound driver? There's
a "sound.exe" file that claims to be the driver but I'm suspicious since
it's not a .drv file.
Thanks
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Wow. So that's probably the reason why current assistant coach Drew Ramenda
hinted that he won't be back. Thanks for the news, Mikko; can you (or any
of our Finnish netters) comment on Tichonov?
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Can anyone tell me if a bloodcount of 40 when diagnosed as hypoglycemic is
dangerous, i.e. indicates a possible pancreatic problem? One Dr. says no, the
other (not his specialty) says the first is negligent and that another blood
test should be done. Also, what is a good diet (what has worked) for a hypo-
glycemic? TIA.
Anthony Anello
Fermilab
Batavia, Illinois
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You asked a question, and now you don't want people to answer? I believe
a legitimate question was asked. Why shouldn't cost and safety be used
(at least in part) to determine legality?
I'd like to see you *prove* that drug legalization is an idiotic idea.
Seems to me the evidence from Great Britain is pretty convincing that
drug legalization is a good idea. Even such a noted conservative as
William F. Buckley supports it.
Your examples (except for prostitution) fail miserably to meet both criteria
(safer AND cheaper). Obviously, killing people is not "safe". As for
prostitution, why shouldn't it be legal?
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...Dale Cook "Any town having more churches than bars has a serious
social problem." ---Edward Abbey
The opinions are mine only (i.e., they are NOT my employer's)
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Hi There,
I am trying to find out a reliable Power Center, it is basically
a surge protector that sits below the monitor and has individual control
for each outlet. Some people have an opinion that none of them work well.
The ones that I could locate in Microcenter catalogue were:
Tripp Lite's Isobar Command COnsole ($79)
Proxima Power Director (89.95)
Kensington Masterpiece Plus (109.95)
Has anyone used one of these? Could you please send me your feedback
on these?
thanks
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OK, I'm sure that this has been asked 100's of times before, but I
have wondered since I heard it... Where the hell did the nickname
of the "Habs" come from for the Montreal Canadiens?
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Your medical school library should have books on peripheral nerve
injuries. Probably it was your brachial plexus, so look that up.
--
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Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and
[email protected] | it is shameful to surrender it too soon."
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Before getting excited and implying that I am posting
fabrications, I would suggest the readers to consult the
newspaper in question.
Tahnks,
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Hi,
I just compiled the X11R5 distribution for a Sun3/SunOS4.1.1. I also
compiled the public domain xview3 (with olwm) distribution. I have some
old 3rd-party application binaries that are SunView programs. How do I
get them to work under xview3 and olwm? (I tried using the OpenWindows
version 2 "svenv" program, but it did not work.)
I do not have news access....that's why I am mailing this directly. Also,
is there an email alias where my questions can get to comp.windows.x or
comp.windows.open-look? PLEASE RESPOND TO [email protected]
Thanks,
Shash
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Yes, I am very interested in this chip. Please follow up or email.
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I'm a system and network admin. One of my users has a Duo 230
([*]specifications below) that has been having slowdown problems.
Leaving the Duo on for several hours causes it to slow down
unacceptably. It can take 10-15 seconds to change applications. During
this time it is completely hung. If he reboots, the problem goes away
(For a while). It seems the system is getting itself into a wedged
configuration.
He's re-installed System 7.1 and rebuilt the desktop. Neither of these
have helped.
It's possible that it's network-related, he uses Eudora which checks his
email every 10 minutes (over Ethernet). He hasn't checked to see if this
problem occurs while undocked (he's docked most of the time).
Little to no non-Apple inits, I don't want to start yanking the rest
unless I know that might *really* be the problem.
He hasn't tried zapping the PRAM, I have advised him to do that next.
Anyone who has ideas, I'd love to hear about them. I'd call Apple, but
I've found they're best to call during the week (it's Sunday evening).
[*] Powerbook Duo 230 16/120. 12mb RAM card from Tech Works to replace
non-self-refreshing 8mb card. Is using System Enabler 1.0.1. Express
Modem (including latest software). Has been to Apple Dealer for Keyboard
replacement.
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I don't know where YOU live, but this is not the case nationawide.
Perhaps your state or municipality has put together the funds to
do so, but in my area and most areas where I know people, immunizations
cost $$$.
Sorry to shatter your stereotypes.
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#>So instead of calling it interest on deposits, you call it *returns on investements*
#>and instead of calling loans you call it *investing in business* (that is in other words
#>floating stocks in your company).
#
#No, interest is different from a return on an investment. For one
#thing, a return on an investment has greater risk, and not a set return
#(i.e. the amount of money you make can go up or down, or you might even
#lose money). The difference is, the risk of loss is shared by the
#investor, rather than practically all the risk being taken by the
#borrower when the borrower borrows from the bank.
#
But is it different from stocks ? If you wish to call an investor in stocks as
a banker, well then its your choice .....
#>Relabeling does not make it interest free !!
#
#It is not just relabeling, as I have explained above.
It *is* relabeling ...
Also its still not interest free. The investor is still taking some money ... as
dividend on his investment ... ofcourse the investor (in islamic *banking*, its your
so called *bank*) is taking more risk than the usual bank, but its still getting some
thing back in return ....
Also have you heard of junk bonds ???
---Vinayak
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vinayak dutt
e-mail: [email protected]
standard disclaimers apply
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1) So what?
2) It will be interesting to see the reaction when 2.5million queers
gather in Washington DC. After all if there are only 6million of
us then this is an event unprecidented in history...
Don't forget that 25% had 20 or more partners....
And what did this study show for number of sexual contacts for those
who said they where homosexual? Or is that number to inconvient for
you....
Fuck off
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I'm totally p*-o'd, too! Vancouver-Winnipeg is great west-coast hockey -
fast-paced and loads of talent. What I've seen so far is hardly
entertaining, with the exception of the odd shift every now & then (of
course I missed Calgary-LA & Pitts-Jersey...)
Amen...
That's cheaper than what I do - PHONE CALLS. (There must be a better
system - one ring, Adams to Linden, he SCORES; two rings Bure rushes up
the ice, he SCORES, etc etc :-))
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I don't think Yigal and his friends have had as much fun for years,
if ever, as they're getting over this ADL business.
The publicity is likely to generate some speaker's fees, too.
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This is the one part that really scares me. Without
the keys, it can likely be determined if a person
is using the "State Approved" encryption method,
and if not then that persons life is forfet, and
the profits go to making more busts, and more
profit.
"Power corrupts. Absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Human nature has not changed very much in only a few
hundred years....
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: I have a 5 1/4" drive as drive A. How can I make the system boot from
: my 3 1/2" B drive? (Optimally, the computer would be able to boot
: from either A or B, checking them in order for a bootable disk. But
: if I have to switch cables around and simply switch the drives so that
: it can't boot 5 1/4" disks, that's OK. Also, boot_b won't do the trick
: for me.)
:
: Thanks,
: Davebo
We had the same issue plague us for months on our Gateway. I finally
got tired of it so I permanently interchanged the drives. The only
reason I didn't do it in the first place was because I had several
bootable 5-1/4's and some 5-1/4 based install disks which expected
the A drive. I order all new software (and upgrades) to be 3-1/2 and
the number of "stupid" install programs that can't handle an alternate
drive are declining with time - the ones I had are now upgraded. And
as for the bootable 5-1/4's I just cut 3-1/2 replacements.
If switching the drives is not an option, you might be able to wire up
a drive switch to your computer chasis. I haven't tried it but I think
it would work as long as it is wired carefully.
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[email protected] (Seanna (S.M.) Watson) asks:
> What is the objection to celebration of Easter?
The objection naturally is in the way in which you phrase it.
Easter (or Eashtar or Ishtar or Ishtarti or other spellings) is the pagan
whore goddess of fertility. Therefore, your question to me is "what is
the objection to celebration of the pagan whore goddess?" When phrased
that way I suspect (or at least I would HOPE) that it becomes immeadiately
apparent what my objection to "celebrating" her would be.
> It is celebration of the resurrection of Jesus.
No, you are thinking perhaps of "Ressurection Sunday" I think.
(Though I'm not too crazy about the word "Sunday", but I certainly like
this phrasing much better than envoking the name of the whore goddess.)
For that matter, stay Biblical and call it Omar Rasheet (The Feast of
First Fruits). Torah commands that this be observed on the day following
the Sabbath of Passover week. (Sunday by any other name in modern
parlance.) Why is there so much objection to observing the Resurrection
on the 1st day of the week on which it actually occured? Why jump it all
over the calendar the way Easter does? Why not just go with the Sunday
following Passover the way the Bible has it? Why seek after unbiblical
methods?
> I don't recall a command in Scripture for us to celebrate
> the resurrection, but it is the sole and only reason that
> we are Christians--how could we not celebrate it?
So what does this question have to do with Easter (the whore
goddess)? I am all for celebrating the Resurrection. Just keep that
whore out of the discussion.
> If it is only the name which is a problem, I suggest that if
> we are too concerned about etymology, there are a lot of
> words we are going to have to drop. (As an aside, some
> terminally PC people here in Ottawa want dictionaries to be
> altered so that there are no negative definitions associated
> with the word _black_, so as not to offend people of colour.
Yes, I have heard of your newspapers speaking of the need to repave
streets with "Afro-Canadiantop". <grin> (I still think "blacktop" sounds
better though.)
> As a short person, I hope they will also remove the definition
> "curt or surly" associated with my physical description.)
Fine by me. And while we are at it, the left-handed people are
both "sinister" and "gauche" so we probably will have some objections from
that quarter as well.
> In Quebec French, the word for the celebration of the
> resurrection is "Pa^ques"--this is etymologically related
> to Pesach (Passover) and the pascal lamb. So is the
> French Canadian (mostly Roman Catholic) celebration better
> because it uses the right name?
Yes, that sounds much better to me. Is there anyone out there would
thinks that phrasing sounds worse?
> So from this I infer that there are different rules for
> Christians of Jewish descent? What happened to "there is
> neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for
> all are one in Christ Jesus"?
Read the letter to Philemon. Now tell me, was Philemon's "slave"
returned to him? Were there different rules upon the slave than upon
Philemon? How about male and female? Are there different "rules" that
apply to them as well? Or if there is no more "male and female" can Adam
and Steve get married to each other in your congregation? Yes, there are
differences in form and function. But the way we come to Salvation in
Messiah remains the same no matter what our position in life.
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[I am in general not in favor of continuing this discussion, as it
seems repetitive, but this particular point is one that I believe is
new -- the objection is not to having a holiday but to its name.
I'd like to suggest that people think very carefully about this
argument. Words often change their meaning over time. The days of
the week are of course originally based on pagan gods. Some
Christians prefer to refer to "first day", "second day", etc. However
the majority of Christians have not been persuaded. The question
seems to be whether it makes any difference what the dictionary shows
as the derivation of a word, if what people mean by it and think when
they use it is different.
Indeed I'd like to suggest that postings like this could themselves be
dangerous. Suppose people in general use Easter to mean the
celebration of Christ's resurrection. Postings trying to convince
them that they really mean a celebration in honor of some godess run
the risk of creating exactly the situation that they claim to oppose.
They are doing their best to *create* a linkage in people's minds
between their celebration and the pagan goddess. It's not clear that
this is a healthy thing.
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Of course if this question was asked in a group dealing with economics,
the answer would be that the cause of war was economic. My observations
over the past 30 years (and not withstanding a little history reading
beside) is that while religious differences do play a part in many of
the conflicts, so does (unfortunately) race, economics and any other
items that identify one group of men as being different from another.
If we want to couch the cause of conflict in Christian terms, I would
put it while Christ died for our sins, we are yet sinners. While some
individuals assume "Christlike" natures, most of us do not even
come close.
I realize that in many ways this is a trite answer, but I guess that
it is my way of rationalizing man's constant (or so it seems)
conflict.
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Does anyone know the phone and fax number of the Asymetrix
Corporation. I am also interested in their e-mail address.
I would also like to know what the current status of their product Toolbook
is. I received the last update 1.5 about 1.5 year ago. Are their any new
developments or is Toolbook slowly dying?
Regards,
Rob de Winter.
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# >... Why would the picture tube explode or even smoke?
Naw, it was the penguin on TOP of the set that exploded...
;-}
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Heed this man's warnings! If you get carb cleaner this strong on
your hands, your hands will be eaten away. Not pretty. Hence the "dipping
can" method.
Later,
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Of course; sorry for the misunderstanding. I was referring to the fact
that far more aeronautical development took place in the '30's. For much
of the '20's, the super-abundance of Jennies and OX-5 engines held down the
industry. By 1926, many of the obsolete WWI aircraft had been retired
and Whirlwind had their power/weight ratio and reliability up to the point
where long-distance flights became practical. It's important to note that
the Atlantic was flown not once but THREE times in 1927: Lindbergh,
Chamberlin and Levine, and Byrd's _America_. "When it's time to railroad,
you railroad."
Not off the top of my head; I'll have to dig out my reference books again.
However, I will say that the most common arrangement in Prince Henry the
Navigator's Portugal was for the prince to put up part of the money and
merchants to put up the rest. They profits from the voyage would then be
shared.
The problem is that the amount of prize money required to inspire a
Moon Base is much larger than any but a handful of individuals or corporations
can even consider putting up. The Kremer Prizes (human powered aircraft),
Orteig's prize, Lord Northcliffe's prize for crossing the Atlantic (won in
1919 by Alcock and Brown) were MUCH smaller. The technologies required were
within the reach of individual inventors, and the prize amounts were well
within the reach of a large number of wealthy individuals. I think that only
a gov't could afford to set up a $1B+ prize for any purpose whatsoever.
Note that Burt Rutan suggested that NASP could be built most cheaply by
taking out an ad in AvWeek stating that the first company to build a plane
that could take off and fly the profile would be handed $3B, no questions
asked.
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You know, it just occurred to me today that this whole Christian thing
can be blamed solely on Mary.
So, she's married to Joseph. She gets knocked up. What do you think
ol' Joe will do if he finds she's been getting around? So Mary comes up
with this ridiculous story about God making her pregnant. Actually, it
can't be all THAT ridiculous, considering the number of people that
believe it. Anyway, she never tells anyone the truth, and even tells
poor little Jesus that he's hot shit, the Son of God. Everyone else
tells him this too, since they've bought Mary's story. So, what does
Mary actually turn out to be? An adultress and a liar, and the cause of
mankind's greatest folly...
Just my recently-minted two cents.
Chris
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Hi,
would someone please email (and post)
the AVI (Microsoft) file format. I wish to
do some research using this format, as there
are disks available with video clips. It is
interesting because it interleaves sound and
video.
Thank you
Mark Gregory Lecturer [email protected] PH(03)6603243 FAX(03)6621060
Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology,
Department of Communication and Electronic Engineering,
P.O. Box 2476V, Melbourne, Victoria, 3001. AUSTRALIA.
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I have a Onkyo integrated amplifier that I am looking to get rid of.
60w/ch
works great
Integra series
not a problem
Asking $100 OBO
If your interested call me at 317-743-2656 or email this address.
MAKE ME AN OFFER!!!
Todd
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I have an ATI Graph. Ultra Pro VLB w/2 megs, and have a small question
about Graphics Workshop for Windows. When I exit from it it says my
current driver can handle on 32768 colors when I am actually in
1024x768x65000 color mode. Is this a driver problem, a GWS error, or
what? I am using the 1.5(59) driver under Win 3.1. It correctly
states that I can display 16M colors when I switch to 800x600x24bit,
though.
Another question- Anybody know of any Viewers that support this card
other than Windows viewers?
Any help would be appreciated.
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This must have been in the works for some time. The Bush administration must
have been working on it for quite a while. --Clinton simply took the credit (or
blame, depending on how you look at it).
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They did. For $950K.
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Here is the price list for the week April 6 to April 12.
- Andrew
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74.2 66.8 68 NYI Benoit_Hogue
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73.1 65.8 67 NYR Mike_Gartner
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72.3 65.1 68 CHI Chris_Chelios
72.2 65.0 67 PHI Eric_Lindros
71.1 64.0 66 WSH Al_Iafrate
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70.2 63.2 66 LA Mike_Donnelly
70.0 63.0 65 WSH Dmitri_Khristich
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68.1 61.3 64 WPG Alexei_Zhamnov
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66.4 59.8 64 DET Ray_Sheppard
64.9 58.4 61 TOR Glenn_Anderson
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63.8 57.4 60 OTT Norm_Maciver
63.0 56.7 60 MTL Mike_Keane
63.0 56.7 60 PIT Shawn_McEachern
62.7 56.4 59 LA Rob_Blake
62.7 56.4 59 LA Wayne_Gretzky
62.5 56.3 58 PHI Garry_Galley
62.5 56.3 58 PHI Brent_Fedyk
61.1 55.0 56 NYI Pat_Flatley
60.6 54.5 57 CGY Sergei_Makarov
60.6 54.5 57 NJ Bernie_Nicholls
60.1 54.1 58 DET Steve_Chiasson
59.5 53.6 56 CHI Steve_Smith
59.5 53.6 56 QUE Scott_Young
59.1 53.2 57 DET Paul_Ysebaert
58.9 53.0 54 NYR Sergei_Nemchinov
58.5 52.7 55 NJ Valeri_Zelepukin
58.2 52.4 54 WSH Pat_Elynuik
58.2 52.4 54 TB John_Tucker
58.2 52.4 54 PHI Kevin_Dineen
57.4 51.7 54 VAN Greg_Adams
56.4 50.8 53 WPG Darrin_Shannon
55.6 50.0 51 NYR Darren_Turcotte
55.3 49.8 52 NJ Scott_Stevens
55.0 48.8 51 CHI Christian_Ruuttu
55.0 48.8 51 VAN Dixon_Ward
55.0 48.8 51 WPG Fredrik_Olausson
55.0 48.2 49 NYR Ed_Olczyk
55.0 47.9 50 WPG Keith_Tkachuk
55.0 47.2 48 NYI Jeff_Norton
55.0 46.9 49 TOR John_Cullen
55.0 46.9 49 VAN Anatoli_Semenov
55.0 46.9 49 CGY Al_MacInnis
55.0 46.9 49 BOS Stephen_Leach
55.0 45.9 48 CHI Brent_Sutter
55.0 45.4 48 MTL Denis_Savard
55.0 45.2 46 HFD Terry_Yake
55.0 45.0 47 NJ John_MacLean
55.0 44.6 46 WSH Sylvain_Cote
55.0 44.0 46 EDM Petr_Klima
55.0 44.0 46 EDM Shayne_Corson
55.0 44.0 46 LA Tomas_Sandstrom
55.0 44.0 46 EDM Craig_Simpson
55.0 43.5 46 MTL Gilbert_Dionne
55.0 43.2 44 NYI Vladimir_Malakhov
55.0 43.0 45 BOS Dave_Poulin
55.0 43.0 45 STL Kevin_Miller
55.0 43.0 45 LA Alexei_Zhitnik
55.0 43.0 45 QUE Martin_Rucinsky
55.0 43.0 45 WPG Evgeny_Davydov
55.0 42.7 44 WSH Kelly_Miller
55.0 42.1 44 EDM Doug_Weight
55.0 42.1 44 EDM Dave_Manson
55.0 41.2 42 HFD Patrick_Poulin
55.0 41.1 43 CHI Michel_Goulet
55.0 40.7 42 PHI Pelle_Eklund
55.0 40.2 42 MIN Mark_Tinordi
55.0 39.7 42 MTL Mathieu_Schneider
55.0 39.2 41 CGY Paul_Ranheim
55.0 39.2 41 EDM Todd_Elik
55.0 39.2 41 BOS Vladimir_Ruzicka
55.0 39.2 41 OTT Sylvain_Turgeon
55.0 37.4 39 TOR Dave_Ellett
55.0 37.4 40 DET Niklas_Lidstrom
55.0 37.4 40 DET Bob_Probert
55.0 36.4 38 NJ Peter_Stastny
55.0 36.4 37 NYR Esa_Tikkanen
55.0 36.4 38 OTT Brad_Shaw
55.0 36.4 38 TOR Wendel_Clark
55.0 36.4 38 BUF Yuri_Khmylev
55.0 35.4 37 VAN Sergio_Momesso
55.0 35.4 37 OTT Bob_Kudelski
55.0 35.4 36 NYR Brian_Leetch
55.0 35.4 37 NJ Bobby_Holik
55.0 34.5 36 TOR Rob_Pearson
55.0 34.5 36 MIN Mike_McPhee
55.0 34.4 35 NYR Alexei_Kovalev
55.0 33.9 35 TB Adam_Creighton
55.0 33.5 35 EDM Zdeno_Ciger
55.0 32.6 34 LA Corey_Millen
55.0 32.6 34 CHI Dirk_Graham
55.0 31.6 33 TOR Peter_Zezel
55.0 30.6 32 BOS Ted_Donato
55.0 30.6 32 QUE Valery_Kamensky
55.0 30.2 32 MTL Gary_Leeman
55.0 29.9 32 DET Keith_Primeau
55.0 29.7 31 BUF Wayne_Presley
55.0 29.7 31 MIN Neal_Broten
55.0 29.7 31 BOS Steve_Heinze
55.0 29.1 30 PHI Josef_Beranek
55.0 28.7 30 CHI Stephane_Matteau
55.0 28.7 30 BUF Richard_Smehlik
55.0 28.7 30 TOR Dmitri_Mironov
55.0 28.4 29 NYI Brian_Mullen
55.0 27.2 28 PHI Dmitri_Yushkevich
55.0 26.8 28 CHI Brian_Noonan
55.0 26.8 28 EDM Scott_Mellanby
55.0 26.5 28 SJ Pat_Falloon
55.0 25.8 27 STL Igor_Korolev
55.0 25.6 26 NYR James_Patrick
55.0 24.8 26 BUF Petr_Svoboda
55.0 23.9 25 OTT Mark_Lamb
55.0 23.2 24 TB Mikael_Andersson
55.0 22.6 23 NYI Scott_LaChance
55.0 22.1 23 EDM Kevin_Todd
55.0 21.3 22 WSH Bob_Carpenter
55.0 21.1 22 TOR Bill_Berg
55.0 21.1 22 WPG Sergei_Bautin
55.0 20.8 22 MTL Benoit_Brunet
55.0 20.6 21 NYI David_Volek
55.0 20.6 21 HFD Mikael_Nylander
55.0 20.1 21 MIN Brent_Gilchrist
55.0 19.6 20 NYR Phil_Bourque
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55.0 18.6 19 HFD Yvon_Corriveau
55.0 18.2 19 EDM Martin_Gelinas
55.0 17.7 19 DET Jim_Hiller
55.0 17.6 18 NYI Darius_Kasparaitis
55.0 17.5 18 PHI Andrei_Lomakin
55.0 17.2 18 BUF Donald_Audette
55.0 15.5 16 TB Roman_Hamrlik
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55.0 11.5 12 CHI Joe_Murphy
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55.0 10.6 11 TB Steve_Kasper
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55.0 4.8 5 LA Robert_Lang
55.0 4.8 5 EDM Shaun_Van_Allen
55.0 3.9 4 BOS Jozef_Stumpel
55.0 3.9 4 MIN Dan_Quinn
55.0 3.8 4 PIT Bryan_Fogarty
55.0 3.7 4 DET Viacheslav_Kozlov
55.0 2.9 3 TB Stan_Drulia
55.0 2.9 3 MIN Brian_Propp
55.0 2.9 3 MTL Olav_Petrov
55.0 2.0 2 WSH Jason_Woolley
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55.0 0.0 0 TB Brent_Gretzky
55.0 0.0 0 OTT Alexei_Yashin
55.0 0.0 0 QUE Peter_Forsberg
55.0 0.0 0 EDM Dean_McAmmond
55.0 0.0 0 WSH Brian_Sakic
55.0 0.0 0 WSH Randy_Burridge
55.0 0.0 0 MTL Patrick_Kjellberg
55.0 0.0 0 CGY Cory_Stillman
55.0 0.0 0 CHI Sergei_Krivokrasov
55.0 0.0 0 BUF Jason_Dawe
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HP IDACOM Telecom Operation | (403) 462-0666 ext. 253
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DIs it possible to track down "zuma" and determine who/what/where "seradr" is?
If not, why not? I assu\me his/her/its identity is not shielded by policies
similar to those in place at "anonymous" services.
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More like Philadelphia making dust out of dead Leafs.
Roger why do you continue to embarass yourself with your brash predictions?
They got whitewashed by a last place team. Granted Philly is pretty decent
but the "best team in the Cambell Conference" would have beaten a last
place team.
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Selling X-men for the C64/128 for only $10 plus shipping.
first email gets it...
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I have the same problem and was about to post this....
Hello duo owners (and Apple technical people :-)
I have a new duo 230 which appears to have a problem waking up from
sleep when running on battery power. When woken (usually for the second
time) after sleeping, the wake fails and the screen appears with a
corrupted image of broken horizontal lines and control can only be
recovered with control-command-poweron or the reset key at the back of
the machine. The problem occurs even when the system is stock standard
(no extensions, no virtual memory, a fully charged new battery, system 7.1
etc). I have not had the problem when the machine is plugged in to AC.
I've checked that the battery is properly seated (it appears to be fine).
What's going on here ? Anyone else had this problem ? Is it software or
hardware ?
If you have a duo 230 and a bit of time, try repeatedly sleeping and
waking the machine on battery power and let me know if you see the same
behaviour (and let Apple know too !).
Many thanks to anyone who can clear this one up for me.
Bruce
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i]>>Since there was no sniper fire, doing nothing was equally effective,
What sources did Sauter and Hines use? In Congressional hearings
later, the newspaper folk admitted that their reports were completely
wrong. (Some of their excuses are understandable, while others amount
to gross negligence. Then there's their "we lied".) As far as I
know, they never did the followup.
I don't have any relevant knowledge about the counter-sniper tactics
or what the govt did with the big war toys. That's why I've only
commented on what they couldn't have accomplished, no matter what
they did.
Not in Detroit, not during the 60s. That's newspaper copy and they
admitted later that they were wrong.
-andy
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Ok, here goes. Yes folks, I realize I have stuck my foot in my mouth
quite a few times already so please let me make some clarifications. My
inaccurate information in my posts was due to lack of knowledge. Thanks
to you kind (and some not so kind) people I am learning. Some people
have given me several good points to ponder and I see how I was wrong.
In no way was this inaccurate information supposed to be trying to
further the anti-gun cause. I have said several times before (but
nobody seemed to be listening) that I am pro-gun and anti-gun-control.
As far as the race can of worms that I have opened up I have only one
thing to say - I am in no way prejudiced. Some of the things I have
stated were said to demonstrate that I am not prejudiced and/or a racist
but I have been accused of being too aware of race and prejudiced. I will not
say anymore about that subject because no matter what I say it will be the
wrong thing.
Boy, what a start to being on a new group. Oh well, things have been
worse in my life.
I hope this clears things up but I guess that will remain to be seen.
By for now,
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Reply-To: [email protected]
Here in America people tend to think of choosing a church much like they
think of choosing a car or a country club. What I mean is that our
culture is such that we tend towards satisfying our own wants rather
than considering things with others in mind and not making prayer
an initial and primary part of the decision process. People tend to
treat church as they would a club and when something is less than to
their liking, off they go to another one.
I think that scripture presents the idea that God takes a different
perspective on the "church choosing process". It seems to me from 1Cor 12
that God doesn't subscribe to the idea of us choosing a church at all
but that he places us in the body as he wants us. So, I think a better
question is not how do I choose a church but how do I figure out where
God is trying to place me.
If a person was instrumental in leading you to Christ, the church they
go to is a logical first choice. You have been born into the family of
God. People should hop around from church to church as often as they
hop from natural family to family.
If you met the Lord on your own (so to speak) there may not be an
easily identifiable church to try for starters. Here you are more
like an orphan. Prayerfully go and "leave yourself on a few doorsteps"
and see if anyplace feels like home.
I wouldn't expect that God want to place you in a church where you
have difficulty fitting in with the people, but on the other hand
there are no perfect churches. If you have an attitude of looking
for problems you will both find them and make them. On the other hand
if you have an attitude of love and committment, you will spread that
wherever you go.
In general, I think that God will try to place you in a church that
talks about the Lord in the way that you have come to know him and is
expanding on that base.
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: Distribution: usa
: Reply-To: [email protected]
: While I'm on the net bugging everyone, is there such a thing as a chip
: or chipset to decode Code 39 barcode? I ask for a couple of reasons --
: mainly I want a reasonably compact encoding scheme to write information
: on magstripe cards and Code 39 appears to be about right. (If the 'right'
: way to do it is something else, and it's reasonably easy, can someone let
: me know?)
: I might not get a chance to reply too quickly to this or my earlier post,
: but I'll get to them within a couple days, I think ..
: thanx everyone! <BGB> [email protected]
Hewlett Packard has a series of barcode decoder ICs HBCR-1800, HBCR-2000,
and HBCR-2010 and they support 3of9 extended 3of9 interleaved 2of5
and UPC codes. The 2000 and 2010 pieces add codabar and code 128.
These chips support HP's barcode wands and slot readers.
An 1800 + a HEDS-3050 wand run about $150 CDN .
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Hi to all you PC gurus!
I'm new to these groups and so please forgive me if my questions are frequently
asked, but I don't know the answer :) I've been recently having some problems
with my 386 computer with a Seagate 40 meg hard drive. I occasionally find
corrupted files, but most of the time programs work fine. Are there any utilities
that are easily available that can help me determine whether or not the problem
is a result of the hard drive vs an ill-behaved program or some other hardware
item? Are there utilites to determine whether or not the hard drive is properly
aligned etc? As might be expected, I would greatly appreciate any help on this
matter. I'm considering just reformatting the disk and reinstalling everything
(and hoping that will fix the problem), but I would like to have some assurance
of what the problem cause is.
Also, can someone give me an opinion on DOS 6.0? Are the compression and
defragmentation routines good enough to consider the upgrade if I don't have
those routines already (as opposed to buying them separately)?
Much thanks in advance for any help.
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Forsale:
Proton P1100 preamplifier
========================= About 3.5 years old, originally $299, asking $150
or best offer. Has inputs for tape 1, tape 2, CD, phono, video and tuner.
Separate listen and record selectors. Bass EQ, subharmonic filter and mono
switch. High quality volume potentiometer. In excellent condition, with
original boxes and manual.
Sony D-88 portable Diskman
========================== This is the one designed to play the mini CD's.
You can play normal size CDs, but the disk sticks out the side. Works
well,
but may skip occasionally - it should be tuned up (heads aligned, cleaned,
etc.) In excellent condition. It has not been used all that much. With
carrying case. Original list was (I think) $300, but I'll take $80 or best
offer. It would be good for an office or just to sit on your desk.
Please email me <[email protected]> or telephone at
(617) 278-0068.
Eric
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Ok, I'll bite. How is this supposed to work?
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You must be _incredibly_ bored. Have you considered reading the phone book?
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I've been saying this for quite some time, but being absent from the
net for a while I figured I'd stick my neck out a bit...
The Royals will set the record for fewest runs scored by an AL
team since the inception of the DH rule. (p.s. any ideas what this is?)
They will fall easily short of 600 runs, that's for damn sure. I can't
believe these media fools picking them to win the division (like our
Tom Gage of the Detroit News claiming Herk Robinson is some kind of
genius for the trades/aquisitions he's made)
c-ya
Sean
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The M code stream might be independently attacked based on knowledge of
clipper chip protocols as revealed plaintext. This could be invalidated
by changing the temporal and or spatial relationship of the clipper M stream
and the actual transmitted stream, under the control of a secure key
generator synchronized between endpoints.
The useful life time of captured law enforcement blocks might be limited
based on hostile forces using them as targets following transmission
interception. You would need a large number of them, but, hey there's
supposed to be millions of these things, right? Adding time stamps to
the encrypted law enforcement block is probably impractical, who wants
an encryption chip with a real time clock?
*****************************************************************************
The entire idea of the law enforcement block can be invalidated.
I just had the thought, that you could capture your own law enforcement blocks
for session keys K that you will not use in actual transmissions as
the session key authenticators. The proviso that you don't mind your own
serial number being discovered.
d. denning just sent out further information of a new version of the clipper
chip. If a hash function were to be embedded in a clipper M transmission
block reflecting the law enforcement block, it better not fall on 64 bit block
boundaries. If it were a recognizeable datum, you could lie with it too.
I like the randomizer inclusion in the MYK-80. I remember reading that
Intel had an approved random noise source on silicon, hence the ability
to put it Inside.
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No, he does not. Arafat explicitly *denies* this claim.
from a Libyan televison interview with Yasser Arafat 7-19-1991
Q: Some people say that the Palestinian revolution has many times changed
its strategies and tactics, something which has left its imprint on the
Palestinian problem and on the Palestinian Liberation Front. The
[strategies and tactics] have not been clear. The question is, is the
direction of the Palestinian problem clear? The Palestinian leadership
has stopped, or at least this is what has been said in the media, this
happened on the way to the dialogue with the United States, the PLO
recognized something called "Israel"...
A: No, no, no! We do not recognize the State of Israel. We said
"recognition" -- when a Palestinian state is established. It will then
decide if to recognize Israel or not. When it is established, its
parliament will convene and decide.
And replace them with what? If Israel is to withdraw its
control of any territory, there must be two prerequsites. One is that
it leads to a reduction in deaths. The second is that it should not
weaken Israels bargianing position with respect to peace talks.
Leaving Gaza unilateraly is a bad idea because it encourages
arabs to think they can get what they want by killing Jews. The only
way Israel should pull out of Gaza is at the end of negotiations.
These negotiations should lead to a mutually agreeable solution with
security guarantees for both sides.
Until arabs are ready to sit down at the table and talk again,
they should not expect, or recieve more concessions.
Adam
Adam Shostack [email protected]
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Can someone tell me in 25 words or less how to compile posix
message catalogs so that I can use them with catgets, catopen, etc.
I know what the format for the catalogs is, but don't know how
to compile them.
Please reply to [email protected]
Thanks in advance,
chas
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Oh yea? Which version of the Bible is the perfectly preserved one? And
why are there so many translations that are not perfectly preserved? Is
God trying to confuse us?
But that is exactly what happend. There are so many branches of
denominations of Christianity and deviations of doctrine portruding
from varying translations of biblical texts by "serious students" that
are much too numerous to begin to count. If there is a Perfect Bible,
then there would be no possible misinterpretation and there would be
no need for anyone here to be debating it. On the other hand, maybe
the Bible is perfect, but no one on this planet is perfect enough to
read it correctly, but then there would be no point in God giving us
something we cannot use correctly.
IMHO, if you trust your salvation on the reliability of a single book,
you are on weak ground. Remember, In the beginning was the Word, and
the Word was with God, and the Word was God. This Word existed BEFORE
the Bible was written. (Note: Word <==> God). This Word that John is
trying to describe cannot be fully described in any written language,
all languages being IMPERFECT. Realization comes only from contemplation
of the Word, and is outside the boundaries of language. I use the Bible
as a guide, a stepping stone, but in no way is it my final authority.
God alone is the final authority.
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<apparently you're not a woman - my husband hates the auto door locks
<feels safer in a car that locks easily (in addition to watching around
<in a secluded spot, etc - have my keys ready to open the door so I'm
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Gosh, I wish people would read the postings that they are 'following up' to.
The original poster (W G Wright) posted an item saying that he had bought a new
wizz-bang Laser Printer from Apple (a Select 300 I think) which can print
GrayScale. He then said that he CANNOT PRINT GRAYSCALE from his SE computer
(and also that all the 'experts' he has dealt with agree that it is not
possible).
This is the one major bugbear about doing a 3rd party SE upgrade (compared to
Apple's SE to SE/30 upgrade): you will never be able to run Color Quickdraw. It
is Color Quickdraw that controls Color AND Grayscale.
SEs CAN print some COLOUR: this is because Quickdraw - the original, non-colour
version, has the right hooks for eight colours. Some of you will remember the
'SCSIgraph' solution to getting a colour screen for your SE (I think that it
gave you sixteen colours by dithering or something).
There is no reason that Apple couldn't release software patches for older
computers (there are lots of Mac Pluses, Classics and SEs that have been
upgraded to 68020 and 68030 processors which should be perfectly able to deal
with Color Quickdraw) - but they wont, and 3rd parties are having a difficult
time in duplicating the Mac's ROMs (i.e. Nutek et al.).
Just one Caveat: I would have thought that if you were printing a POSTSCRIPT
Grayscale image onto a POSTSCRIPT Grayscale printer, that you would be able to
do so, whatever Mac you were using. (And I am pretty sure that the Select 300
is NOT a POSTSCRIPT printer [? correct me if I'm wrong?]).
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I can't believe that the NY Rangers would force its
players to go to Binghamtom to play in the AHL playoffs instead
of letting them represent their countries in the World Championships.
Anderrson and Zubov are waiting for the NHL to make a decision to this,
while Kovalev has given in and gone down to the minors.
The Rangers are a disgrace.
ps. it has been reported that Neil Smith was very much against
the hiring of Mike Keenan. How long will Smith be in NY for?
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I stand corrected. This is all from memory, mind you :-)
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. No, REALLY!
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I'm doing sound for a couple of bands around here and we need Direct
Input boxes for the keyboards. These are the little boxes that take a
line level out of the keyboard and transform it into low-Z for the run
to the mixer. Sadly they cost like $50 (or more) each and I'm going
to need like 5 or 10 of them! I looked inside one (belonging to
another band) and it looks like just a transformer. Does anyone have
any plans for building them? Perhaps in Anderton's "Electronic
Projects for Musicians" book (which I am having a hell of a time
tracking down...)?
Thanks a lot!
.s.
PS: Post or email. I read this group...
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I just picked up a second-hand "color option" for the NEC P5200
24pin dot matrix printer. Alas, there were no installation instructions,
so I am totally confused on WHY it WON'T GO IN!
Do I have to remove the actaual print head? It seems *almost* to fit,
but not quite.
Please... any info would be most appreciated!
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It was a gift from God. I think basically the reasoning was that the
tradition in the Church held that Mary was also without sin as was Jesus.
As the tenets of faith developed, particularly with Augustine, sin was
more and more equated with sex, and thus Mary was assumed to be a virgin
for life (since she never sinned, and since she was the spouse of God, etc.)
Since we also had this notion of original sin, ie. that man is born with
a predisposition to sin, and since Mary did not have this predisposition
because she did not ever sin, she didn't have original sin. When science
discovered the process of conception, the next step was to assume that
Mary was conceived without original sin, the Immaculate Conception.
Mary at that time appeared to a girl named Bernadette at Lourdes. She
refered to herself as the Immaculate Conception. Since a nine year old
would have no way of knowing about the doctrine, the apparition was deemed
to be true and it sealed the case for the doctrine.
RCs hold that all revelation comes from two equally important sources, that
being Sacred Scripture and Holy Tradition. In this case, mostly tradition.
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Every aircraft has flight constraints for speed/AOA/power. When
graphed, these define the 'flight envelope' of that aircraft,
presumably so named because the graphed line encloses (envelopes) the
area on the graph that represents conditions where the aircraft
doesn't fall out of the sky. Hence, 'pushing the envelope' becomes
'operating at (or beyond) the edge of the flight (or operational)
envelope'.
Note that the envelope isn't precisely known until someone actually
flies the airplane in those regions -- up to that point, all there are
are the theoretical predictions. Hence, one of the things test pilots
do for a living is 'push the envelope' to find out how close the
correspondence between the paper airplane and the metal one is -- in
essence, 'pushing back' the edges of the theoretical envelope to where
the airplane actually starts to fail to fly. Note, too, that this is
done is a quite calculated and careful way; flight tests are generally
carefully coreographed and just what is going to be 'pushed' and how
far is precisely planned (despite occasional deviations from plans,
such as the 'early' first flight of the F-16 during its high-speed
taxi tests).
I'm sure Mary can tell you everything you ever wanted to know about
this process (and then some).
--
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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AllThe Devil ReincarnateSWR meter for CB radios
TD>From: [email protected] (The Devil Reincarnate)
TD>Organization: CDAC, WA
TD>What
TD>is a good choice for a CB? 1/4 or 1/8 wave?
TD> I read the installation instructions on a 1/4 wave antenna,
TD>and they suggested that I use an SWR to tune it at channel 12
TD>and channel 32 for a minimum reading. Question is, why channel
TD>12 and 32?
The best antenna is one that will let out the most wave (probably not the
best explanation, but the rest makes sense) A one wave will cancell itself
out (BTW no such beastie) . The best is a 1/2 wave antenna, followed by
1/4, then 1/8 etc.
As for SWRing in, what you actually do is trim the antenna to the correct
length for the specific wavelength you will be transmitting on. Since the
wavelength varies with the channel you use, then it's recommended to SWR
in using the middle channel of those you are going to use.
Anyway in the beginning of CB's, all new antennas had to be SWR'ed in,
nowdays manufactures trim the antennas almost spot on, so that there's not
much point in SWRing. Then again you may be a fanatic and whish to do it
anyway.
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Excuse me for sticking my nose in, but any parent/parents who do not allready
immunize their children (especially if it is already free), don't deserve one
frigging dime of tax money for health care for themselves, or public health
care service.
(I know the immunization program and the coming national health care issue are
slightly seperate issues, but anybody who wouldn't help their kids, don't
deserve my tax help).
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I don't sign any blank checks.
When Doug Foxvog says "weapons of mass destruction," he means CBW and
nukes. When Sarah Brady says "weapons of mass destruction" she means
Street Sweeper shotguns and semi-automatic SKS rifles. When John
Lawrence Rutledge says "weapons of mass destruction," and then immediately
follows it with:
...what does Rutledge mean by the term?
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Hello
HELP!!! please
I am a student of turbo c++ and graphics programming
and I am having some problems finding algorithms and code
to teach me how to do some stuff..
1) Where is there a book or code that will teach me how
to read and write pcx,dbf,and gif files?
2) How do I access the extra ram on my paradise video board
so I can do paging in the higher vga modes ie: 320x200x256
800x600x256
3) anybody got a line on a good book to help answer these question?
Thanks very much !
send reply's to : [email protected]
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I guess there are at least some people who are not able to support
this claim. There are still a lot of languages without the Bible, or a
part of the Bible. There are still many languages which we are not
able to write, simply because the written version of the language has
not yet been defined!
I guess this is one of the main goals for Wycliffe Bible Translators:
To define rules and a grammar for writing the 'rest' of the languages
of this world. I do not see that any of them will have any reason to
become unemployed during the foreseeable future. (Provided they get
their neccessary support!) And still they are one of the 3 largest
missionary organizations of the world.
Bjorn
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To everyone who wants fonts in Vivid/POV/Polyray.
The Borland BGI font converter is VVFONT18.ZIP.
This program can be found on FTP.INFORMATIK.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE directory
pub/dkbtrace/utils.
Also WUARCHIVE has mirrored this site (directory graphics/graphics/mirrors/
ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de/pub/dkbtrace/utils.
There are more nice utilities present in this directory.
A new version of Polyray 1.6 (for those asked for it) can be found on the
same sites but in the directory INCOMING instead of UTILS (PLY16386).
Also in this directory POVSHELL and PV3DV060 could be found.
Have a nive raytrace time.
Peter
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I'm sorry if I'm misunderstanding your post, but DRAM *does not* have to
be refreshed on *each access cycle*. So cycle time does *not* have to be
twice the access time *because of refresh phase*.
The access time usually means the delay time from falling edge of raw
address strobe (RAS) to data bus driven.
DRAM access cycle timing chart can be roughly shown as following (some
signals are intentionally omitted);
ADDR --<RA><CA>-------<RA><CA>--------- RA=Raw Address, CA=Column Address
RAS ~~~~\________/~~~~~\________/~~~~~ ~=High, _=Low, -=Floating
CAS ~~~~~~~\_______/~~~~~~\_______/~~~ <..>=driven either H or L
DATA ---------<VALID>--------<VALID>---
|-------+------|
|-+--| |
| +----------- cycle time
+---- access time (or RAS access time)
Yes, the cycle time is more than twice as the access time but *not*
because of the refresh phase. The refresh can be done either as a
trailing phase of normal access cycle or as an individual cycle.
[other stuff deleted]
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I was at a Cincinnati Cyclones game a year ago when the local country
station sponsored a kazoo giveaway. After a particularly bad call by the
underexperienced ECHL ref, it was Kazoostorm time down on the ice. I
thought this was a pathetic display by the fans, but they were rightfully
unhappy.
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Actually, it's a bit more complicated than that...I sounds to me,
your UPS takes in AC, rectifies it to DC to charge the batteries, and
then takes the battery DC and chops it to AC again, feeding your
equipment. This approach is the easiest and cleanest way to
switchover from the mains to battery once your power kicks out since,
as you mentioned, nothing will know about what happened down the line.
Another way to do the UPS scheme is to use the mains until you
lose power, and then kick in the battery backup with it's inverter to
replace the lost power. The problem here is the switchover time and
you've got to resync the AC in no time flat.
Unfortunately, most everything is built around the assumption that
AC is available, so the UPS guys have to provide and AC output to
be usable...ya sorta have to make it work with what there already.
Similar story with our telephone system. It was first invented back
in the 1800's. We're still using the same damn system (media) as they
did back then. If I have a phone from back then, I can assure you
it'll work on today's phone system. It costs too much to overhaul
everyone to a new system, so they make it work with what is out there.
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[From Kalat, J.W.. (1992): _Biological Psychology_. Wadsworth Publishing Co.
Belmont, CA. Pg. 219. Reproduced without permission.]
Digression 6.1: Miracle Berries and the Modification of Taste Receptors
Although the _miracle berry_, a plant native to West Africa is practically
tasteless, it temporarily changes the taste of other substances. Miracle
berries contain a protein, _miraculin_, that modifies sweet receptors in
such a way that they can be stimulated by acids (Bartoshuk, Gentile,
Moskowitz, & Meiselman, 1974). If you ever get a chance to chew a miracle
berry (and I do recommend it), for about the next half an hour all acids
(which are normally sour) will taste sweet. They will continue to taste
sour as well.
Miraculin was, for a time, commercially available in the United States as a
diet aid. The idea was that dieters could coat their tongue with a miraculin
pill and then eat and drink unsweetened, slightly acidic substances. Such
substances would taste sweet without providing many calories.
A colleague and I once spent an evening experimenting with miracle berries.
We drank straight lemon juice, sauerkraut juice, even vinegar. All tasted
extremely sweet. Somehow we forgot how acidic these substances are. We
awoke the next day to find our mouths full of ulcers.
[... continued discussion of a couple other taste-altering substances ...]
Refs:
Bartoshuk, L.M., Gentile, R.L., Moskowitz, H.R., & Meiselman, H.L. (1974):
Sweet taste induced by miracle fruit (_Synsephalum dulcificum_).
_Physiology & Behavior_. 12(6):449-456.
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Anyone ever hear of these things or know where to get them?
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A friend of mine has problems running Spigot LC on an LC III.
His configuration is:
Spigot LC / LC III, System 7.1
Video Spigot Extension 1.0
I would appriciate if I can get any postitive/negative experience with this
setup.
Thanks,
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Can someone give me the title of a good VGA graphics programming book?
Please respond by email. Thanks!
--Yuan
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Considering that you can get a brand new Sounds Blaster
(original) for around $80 I think this price is way too high. Then
again, things are worth what someone is will to pay for them....
-Jason
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Can anyone provide information on CS chemical agent--the tear gas used recently
in WACO. Just what is it chemically, and what are its effects on the body?
[email protected]
| Regards, | Hughes STX | Code 926.9 GSFC |
| Doug Caprette | Lanham, Maryland | Greenbelt, MD 20771 |
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Someone Else, could you please comment on that. I have just bought
a Twincom 14.4DFi, which has a Rockwell chipset. It wasn't cheap
so I would like to hear of problems I'm likely to run into.
Phew, I was lucky! The Twincom internal version has a 550A and one
of the Rockwell chips is marked RC144DP.
But still I would like to hear more of the above mentioned firmware
problems.
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Could someone post the Flyers record with and without Eric Lindros in
the lineup
I have a guy that is trying to compare the Quebec/Flyers trade to the
Dallas/Minnesota trade in the NFL(Hershel Walker)
I just need the stat to back up my point that Eric will be one of the next
great players
thanks
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Why don't you start with the spec-sheet of the ISA bus first?
You can quote SCSI specs till you're blue in the face, but if they
exceed the ISA bus capability, then what's the point?
Who says IDE is limited to 5 megs/sec? What about VLB-IDE? Does anyone
know how they perform?
As implimented on what system?
Given the original question (SCSI used only as a single hard drive
controller), is it then necessary to get a SCSI drive that will do
at least 5, maybe 10 megs/sec for the SCSI choice to make any sence?
What does a 200-400 meg 5 megs/sec SCSI drive cost?
The original CGA cart back in '84 was $300. I think the original EGA card
(or PGA?) was $800. SCSI has stood relatively alone in not coming down
in price, mainly because we're talking about PC's and not Sun's or Sparc
or SGI or (name your favorite unix workstation). That is, after millions
of PC buying decisions over the years, SCSI has had plenty of time to
come down in price.
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This was posted to the firearms-politics mailing list.
=============================================================
Hi Folks;
Thursday, April 15 marked Day 3 of the trial.
This day marked the first testimony of the trial. Deputy
U.S. Marshal Larry Cooper took the stand for the prosecution.
The short version is that his testimony was consistent with
the opening statements for the prosecution.
Cooper testified that he had arrived in Spokane (Washington)
on August 17, 1992 to participate in a surveillance operation
with five other deputies near the Weaver cabin. The team was
using night vision equipment for surveillance, and split up
into two teams of three people. The six later met at an
observation point above the cabin. After this, deputies
Cooper, William Degan, and Arthur Roderick began a descent to
scout further possible surveillance sites.
Cooper told the court that Roderick threw two large rocks into
a gully to see, "whether the [Weaver family] dogs would respond."
Striker, the Weaver's yellow lab, started toward them barking
loudly. Roderick led the three in a run from the area.
They ran through some dense woods into an open area [called the
"fern field"] with the dog in pursuit. By this time, Kevin
Harris and Samuel Weaver had joined the chase. The surveillance
team had reached a Y in the road: Cooper decided that they should
take cover in the woods because otherwise they would be an easy
target and might be "shot in the back."
As Degan reached the Y, he spotted Randy Weaver coming down the
road from the cabin ahead. Weaver was startled but did not fire.
At this moment, Striker reached Degan, and Cooper had to "fend
him off with his gun." [It is unclear whether this means he
clubbed the dog or shot the dog]. Both Cooper and Degan then
took cover in the woods. According to Cooper, Kevin Harris and
Samuel Weaver continued walking down the road, apparently not
noticing the two. After they had passed by on the road, Degan
got up on one knee, raised his gun, and shouted, "Stop! U.S.
Marshal!" Harris then "...brought the weapon around at hip level
and fired. He didn't bring the weapon up to eye level. I saw
Bill's arm going back, and I knew he had been hit." Cooper fired
at Harris, and Harris went down. Cooper then brought his weapon
to bear on Samuel, but did not fire. At this point, Cooper then
heard two shots to his right. Samuel Weaver looked in the
direction of the shots, yelled, "You son of a bitch!" and ran
toward them. Cooper then realized that shots were coming at him
from directly ahead, so he fired a three-round burst at the
cabin. At this point he then saw Samuel Weaver running toward
the cabin. When Cooper reached Degan, he placed his first two
fingers on Degan carotid artery, counted two or three beats, and
then his heart stopped. Shortly thereafter, Roderick and the
other three marshals joined him. They then all heard a large
burst of gunfire from the area around the cabin.
On cross-examination, David Nevin questioned the point of
throwing rocks into the gulley, asking, "You wanted to lure that
dog out so you could shoot that dog, didn't you?" Nevin also
pointed out that in last September's testimony, Cooper had
claimed that he spotted Weaver after the dog had left him.
Cooper claimed that he had gone over the events in his head and
decided that Thursday's account was correct. Nevin continued the
cross-examination by asking what Cooper would have done had an
armed man dressed in full camouflage jumped out of the woods at
him [no answer was available].
Friday, April 16 marks continued cross-examination of Cooper.
Notes: There was no coverage of protestors.
Drew
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Never was? Probably. Is not now? Debatable. What other valid test can
you think of besides the final standings or divisional playoff winner? What
do you propose, a worthless vote like they do in college football? What a
joke!
If I remember right, Brad Park was also involved in that trade. He wasn't
all that bad a hockey player.
But let's look at some of Sinden's trades over the years:
??? for Rick Middleton (Rangers). I don't know who Sinden gave up for Middle-
ton, so I'll call this one a +.
Barry Pederson for Cam Neely (Canucks). +++. Any questions?
Greg Hawgood for Vladimir Ruzicka (Oilers). ++. Didja see that one Rosie
roofed against Roy in last year's playoffs?
Courtnall/Ranford for Andy Moog (Oilers). A wash. Moog is a good goaltender,
Ranford burned Boston in the Finals in his first year, and Courtnall always
seems to get his points. Anyone in Vancouver care to comment on Courtnall
as a defensive liability?
Ken Linseman for Dave Poulin (Flyers) ++. Any more questions?
Janney/Quintal for Adam Oates (Blues). ++. Janney is an enormous talent and
a personable guy, the the Bruins play in Adam's Division. Enough said?
So,even if you count the Esposito/Vadnais/Ratelle/Park/I don't remember who
else (Joe Zanussi?) trade as a double minus, Harry the Horse trader comes
out on top. I submit that the Bruins are always good because of Harry, not
in spite of him.
BTW, do you really think the Habs will bounce back next season. I'll bet
they finish fourth or fifth in the Conference, behind any of the following:
Pittsburgh, Quebec, Boston, Washington, Islanders. Someone correct me if
these five teams will not be in Montreal's conference.
In summary, things look bleak for the Habs, at least in the near future. I
suspect that the next team from La Belle Province to win the Cup will be
that team that Lindros didn't want to play for.
--
Dan Lyddy [email protected] University of California at Berkeley
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try finding a friend that has caller id, then give him a call...
jb
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From: [email protected]
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Date: 18 Apr 93 15:04:10 GMT
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Greetings!
Situation: I have a phone jack mounted on a wall. I don't
know the number of the line. And I don't want
to call up the operator to place a trace on it.
Question: Is there a certain device out there that I can
use to find out the number to the line?
Thanks for any response.
Al
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Tell me, do these young men also attack Syrian troops?
There must be a guarantee of peace before this happens. It
seems that many of these Lebanese youth are unable to restrain
themselves from violence, and unable to to realize that their actions
prolong Israels stay in South Lebanon.
If the Lebanese army was able to maintain the peace, then
Israel would not have to be there. Until it is, Israel prefers that
its soldiers die rather than its children.
Israel should withdraw from Lebanon when a peace treaty is
signed. Not a day before. Withdraw because of casualties would tell
the Lebanese people that all they need to do to push Israel around is
kill a few soldiers. Its not gonna happen.
Why should Israel not demand this while holding the buffer
zone? It seems to me that the better bargaining position is while
holding your neighbors land. If Lebanon were willing to agree to
those conditions, Israel would quite probably have left already.
Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that the Lebanese can disarm the
Hizbolah, and maintain the peace.
Adam
Adam Shostack [email protected]
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Many pagans are involved in environmentalism--this is only natural, since
respect for the earth is a fundamental tenet of all pagan denominations. This
doesn't mean that environmentalism is wrong, any more than supporting peace in
the Middle East is wrong because Jews and Muslims also work for it.
Nonetheless, paganism is certainly on the rise, and we as Christians should
address this and look at what draws people from paganism to Christianity. Like
it or not, pagan religions are addressing needs that Christianity should be,
and isn't.
I believe that paganism has hit upon some major truths that Christianity has
forgotten. This doesn't mean that paganism is right, but it does mean that we
have something to learn from the pagan movement.
First, paganism respects the feminine. Christianity has a long history of
oppressing women, and many (if not most) male Christians are still unable to
live in a non-sexist manner. The idea that God is sexless, or that Christ
could have been a women and still accomplished his mission, is met with a great
deal of resistance. This insistance on a male-dominated theology (and the
male-dominated society that goes with it) drives away many young women who have
had to put up with sexist attitudes in their churches.
Second, paganism respects the physical world. This is an idea with great
ramifications. One of these is environmentalism--respect for our surroundings
and our world. Another is integration of sexuality. Christianity has a long
tradition of calling ALL sexual feeelings sinful and urging people to suppress
and deny their sexuality. This is too much--sex is clearly a part of human
experience and attempting to remove it is simply not a feasible option.
Christianity has only begun to develop a workable sexual ethic, and paganism
is an attractive option.
I'm not advocating that Christian doctrines (no sex before marriage, etc.)
should be changed--just that Christians work toward a more moderate ethic of
sexuality. Denial of sexuality places as much emphasis on sex as unmoderated
sexuality, and neither one does much to bring us closer to God.
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Definitely, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, numero uno, top dog, not one can touch, not
one can knock Bob out of the box. Bob kills me mon! Everyday!
But close El Segundo (el subliminal) is the infamous Paul (birthname Saul) the
Evangeline who became famous as a result of his numerous trampoline act
tours of the eastern Mediterranean.
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The following are my thoughts on a meeting that I, Hugh Kelso, and Bob Lilly
had with an aide of Sen. Patty Murrays. We were there to discuss SSTO, and
commercial space. This is how it went...
After receiving a packet containing a presentation on the benifits of SSTO,
I called and tried to schedule a meeting with our local Senator (D) Patty
Murray, Washington State. I started asking for an hour, and when I heard
the gasp on the end of the phone, I quickly backed off to 1/2 an hour.
Later in that conversation, I learned that a standard appointment is 15 minutes.
We got the standard bozo treatment. That is, we were called back by an aide,
who scheduled a meeting with us, in order to determine that we were not
bozos, and to familiarize himself with the material, and to screen it, to
make sure that it was appropriate to take the senators time with that material.
Well, I got allocated 1/2 hour with Sen. Murrays aide, and we ended up talking
to him for 45 minutes, with us ending the meeting, and him still listening.
We covered a lot of ground, and only a little tiny bit was DCX specific.
Most of it was a single stage reusable vehicle primer. There was another
woman there who took copius quantities of notes on EVERY topic that
we brought up.
But, with Murray being new, we wanted to entrench ourselves as non-corporate
aligned (I.E. not speaking for boeing) local citizens interentested in space.
So, we spent a lot of time covering the benifits of lower cost access to
LEO. Solar power satellites are a big focus here, so we hit them as becoming
feasible with lower cost access, and we hit the environmental stand on that.
We hit the tourism angle, and I left a copy of the patric Collins Tourism
paper, with side notes being that everyone who goes into space, and sees the
atmosphere becomes more of an environmentalist, esp. after SEEING the smog
over L.A. We hit on the benifits of studying bone decalcification (which is
more pronounced in space, and said that that had POTENTIAL to lead to
understanding of, and MAYBE a cure for osteoporosis. We hit the education
whereby kids get enthused by space, but as they get older and find out that
they havent a hop in hell of actually getting there, they go on to other
fields, with low cost to orbit, the chances they might get there someday
would provide greater incentive to hit the harder classes needed.
We hit a little of the get nasa out of the operational launch vehicle business
angle. We hit the lower cost of satellite launches, gps navigation, personal
communicators, tellecommunications, new services, etc... Jobs provided
in those sectors.
Jobs provided building the thing, balance of trade improvement, etc..
We mentioned that skypix would benifit from lower launch costs.
We left the paper on what technologies needed to be invested in in order
to make this even easier to do. And he asked questions on this point.
We ended by telling her that we wanted her to be aware that efforts are
proceeding in this area, and that we want to make sure that the
results from these efforts are not lost (much like condor, or majellan),
and most importantly, we asked that she help fund further efforts along
the lines of lowering the cost to LEO.
In the middle we also gave a little speal about the Lunar Resource Data
Purchase act, and the guy filed it separately, he was VERY interested in it.
He asked some questions about it, and seemed like he wanted to jump on it,
and contact some of the people involved with it, so something may actually
happen immediatly there.
The last two things we did were to make sure that they knew that we
knew a lot of people in the space arena here in town, and that they
could feel free to call us any time with questions, and if we didn't know
the answers, that we would see to it that they questions got to people who
really did know the answers.
Then finally, we asked for an appointment with the senator herself. He
said that we would get on the list, and he also said that knowing her, this
would be something that she would be very interested in, although they
do have a time problem getting her scheduled, since she is only in the
state 1 week out of 6 these days.
All in all we felt like we did a pretty good job.
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Andrew,
How I wish this were true, and how I long for the day in which it will
be true. But alas, it is not true of history. The Bible does not have a
message -- it has messages. And some of those are messages of repentance and
giving, to turn the other cheek, and do unto the least of these. But some
of the messages are the complete opposite. Like the isrealites order to
wipe out other tribes including women and children down to cattle, and
punished severely when they were less than complete about the job. Like
jews who are said to have cried out in Matthew, "His blood be upon our heads
and our childrens heads" A verse quoted in every pogrom from the crusades to
the holocaust. Have these been misunderstood? I think not. They have only
been understood too clearly. It is essential that christians grasp firmly
the good the bible teaches, the meek carpenter from Nazareth is a potent
symbol for how we should be, his teachings we must take to heart, but we
cannot ignore the other material in the bible which is not to our liking and
say those who live by that have misread it. To say that is only to chose a
point of interpretation and declare it normative. Such can be done with the
same legitmacy by anyone. Instead we must let the text critique the text.
Understanding that there is both good and bad in our sacred corpus, we test
all things and hold fast to that which is good.
At the risk of sounding heretical (well ok, more heretical) I don't think
that doubt is something which requires forgiveness, it is something which
requires introspection and reflection. If that is a sin, then there can
be no salvation, for doubt is an inescapble part of being human. Consider
Job. His friends had no doubt. Whereas Job had no doubt in himself but
doubted the wisdom and justice of God. When God finally did appear he
rebuked the friends and had job make sacrifices for them. To be a Christian
it to always have doubt, or not to have honesty.
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There has been extensive discussion in the eff forum, for example, about
inadmissible taps being used to develop information that could then lead to
admissible evidence. This might put a stop to such things, which must from
time to time be simple fishing expeditions.
Far more likely, these things will continue to be done no matter what
assurances we are given. "Key Escrow" is likely going to prove to be a
joke.
--
Perry Metzger [email protected]
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Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:02 $
HOW TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT
First the short form, authored by Henry Spencer, then an official NASA
announcement.
Q. How do I become an astronaut?
A. We will assume you mean a NASA astronaut, since it's probably
impossible for a non-Russian to get into the cosmonaut corps (paying
passengers are not professional cosmonauts), and the other nations have
so few astronauts (and fly even fewer) that you're better off hoping to
win a lottery. Becoming a shuttle pilot requires lots of fast-jet
experience, which means a military flying career; forget that unless you
want to do it anyway. So you want to become a shuttle "mission
specialist".
If you aren't a US citizen, become one; that is a must. After that,
the crucial thing to remember is that the demand for such jobs vastly
exceeds the supply. NASA's problem is not finding qualified people,
but thinning the lineup down to manageable length. It is not enough
to be qualified; you must avoid being *dis*qualified for any reason,
many of them in principle quite irrelevant to the job.
Get a Ph.D. Specialize in something that involves getting your hands
dirty with equipment, not just paper and pencil. Forget computer
programming entirely; it will be done from the ground for the fore-
seeable future. Degree(s) in one field plus work experience in
another seems to be a frequent winner.
Be in good physical condition, with good eyesight. (DO NOT get a
radial keratomy or similar hack to improve your vision; nobody knows
what sudden pressure changes would do to RKed eyes, and long-term
effects are poorly understood. For that matter, avoid any other
significant medical unknowns.) If you can pass a jet-pilot physical,
you should be okay; if you can't, your chances are poor.
Practise public speaking, and be conservative and conformist in
appearance and actions; you've got a tough selling job ahead, trying
to convince a cautious, conservative selection committee that you
are better than hundreds of other applicants. (And, also, that you
will be a credit to NASA after you are hired: public relations is
a significant part of the job, and NASA's image is very prim and
proper.) The image you want is squeaky-clean workaholic yuppie.
Remember also that you will need a security clearance at some point,
and Security considers everybody guilty until proven innocent.
Keep your nose clean.
Get a pilot's license and make flying your number one hobby;
experienced pilots are known to be favored even for non-pilot jobs.
Work for NASA; of 45 astronauts selected between 1984 and 1988,
43 were military or NASA employees, and the remaining two were
a NASA consultant and Mae Jemison (the first black female astronaut).
If you apply from outside NASA and miss, but they offer you a job
at NASA, ***TAKE IT***; sometimes in the past this has meant "you
do look interesting but we want to know you a bit better first".
Think space: they want highly motivated people, so lose no chance
to demonstrate motivation.
Keep trying. Many astronauts didn't make it the first time.
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center
Houston, Texas
Announcement for Mission Specialist and Pilot Astronaut Candidates
==================================================================
Astronaut Candidate Program
---------------------------
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a need for
Pilot Astronaut Candidates and Mission Specialist Astronaut Candidates
to support the Space Shuttle Program. NASA is now accepting on a
continuous basis and plans to select astronaut candidates as needed.
Persons from both the civilian sector and the military services will be
considered.
All positions are located at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in
Houston, Texas, and will involved a 1-year training and evaluation
program.
Space Shuttle Program Description
---------------------------------
The numerous successful flights of the Space Shuttle have demonstrated
that operation and experimental investigations in space are becoming
routine. The Space Shuttle Orbiter is launched into, and maneuvers in
the Earth orbit performing missions lastling up to 30 days. It then
returns to earth and is ready for another flight with payloads and
flight crew.
The Orbiter performs a variety of orbital missions including deployment
and retrieval of satellites, service of existing satellites, operation
of specialized laboratories (astronomy, earth sciences, materials
processing, manufacturing), and other operations. These missions will
eventually include the development and servicing of a permanent space
station. The Orbiter also provides a staging capability for using higher
orbits than can be achieved by the Orbiter itself. Users of the Space
Shuttle's capabilities are both domestic and foreign and include
government agencies and private industries.
The crew normally consists of five people - the commander, the pilot,
and three mission specialists. On occasion additional crew members are
assigned. The commander, pilot, and mission specialists are NASA
astronauts.
Pilot Astronaut
Pilot astronauts server as both Space Shuttle commanders and pilots.
During flight the commander has onboard responsibility for the vehicle,
crew, mission success and safety in flight. The pilot assists the
commander in controlling and operating the vehicle. In addition, the
pilot may assist in the deployment and retrieval of satellites utilizing
the remote manipulator system, in extra-vehicular activities, and other
payload operations.
Mission Specialist Astronaut
Mission specialist astronauts, working with the commander and pilot,
have overall responsibility for the coordination of Shuttle operations
in the areas of crew activity planning, consumables usage, and
experiment and payload operations. Mission specialists are required to
have a detailed knowledge of Shuttle systems, as well as detailed
knowledge of the operational characteristics, mission requirements and
objectives, and supporting systems and equipment for each of the
experiments to be conducted on their assigned missions. Mission
specialists will perform extra-vehicular activities, payload handling
using the remote manipulator system, and perform or assist in specific
experimental operations.
Astronaut Candidate Program
===========================
Basic Qualification Requirements
--------------------------------
Applicants MUST meet the following minimum requirements prior to
submitting an application.
Mission Specialist Astronaut Candidate:
1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in engineering,
biological science, physical science or mathematics. Degree must be
followed by at least three years of related progressively responsible,
professional experience. An advanced degree is desirable and may be
substituted for part or all of the experience requirement (master's
degree = 1 year, doctoral degree = 3 years). Quality of academic
preparation is important.
2. Ability to pass a NASA class II space physical, which is similar to a
civilian or military class II flight physical and includes the following
specific standards:
Distant visual acuity:
20/150 or better uncorrected,
correctable to 20/20, each eye.
Blood pressure:
140/90 measured in sitting position.
3. Height between 58.5 and 76 inches.
Pilot Astronaut Candidate:
1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution in engineering,
biological science, physical science or mathematics. Degree must be
followed by at least three years of related progressively responsible,
professional experience. An advanced degree is desirable. Quality of
academic preparation is important.
2. At least 1000 hours pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft. Flight
test experience highly desirable.
3. Ability to pass a NASA Class I space physical which is similar to a
military or civilian Class I flight physical and includes the following
specific standards:
Distant visual acuity:
20/50 or better uncorrected
correctable to 20/20, each eye.
Blood pressure:
140/90 measured in sitting position.
4. Height between 64 and 76 inches.
Citizenship Requirements
Applications for the Astronaut Candidate Program must be citizens of
the United States.
Note on Academic Requirements
Applicants for the Astronaut Candidate Program must meet the basic
education requirements for NASA engineering and scientific positions --
specifically: successful completion of standard professional curriculum
in an accredited college or university leading to at least a bachelor's
degree with major study in an appropriate field of engineering,
biological science, physical science, or mathematics.
The following degree fields, while related to engineering and the
sciences, are not considered qualifying:
- Degrees in technology (Engineering Technology, Aviation Technology,
Medical Technology, etc.)
- Degrees in Psychology (except for Clinical Psychology, Physiological
Psychology, or Experimental Psychology which are qualifying).
- Degrees in Nursing.
- Degrees in social sciences (Geography, Anthropology, Archaeology, etc.)
- Degrees in Aviation, Aviation Management or similar fields.
Application Procedures
----------------------
Civilian
The application package may be obtained by writing to:
NASA Johnson Space Center
Astronaut Selection Office
ATTN: AHX
Houston, TX 77058
Civilian applications will be accepted on a continuous basis. When NASA
decides to select additional astronaut candidates, consideration will be
given only to those applications on hand on the date of decision is
made. Applications received after that date will be retained and
considered for the next selection. Applicants will be notified annually
of the opportunity to update their applications and to indicate
continued interest in being considered for the program. Those applicants
who do not update their applications annually will be dropped from
consideration, and their applications will not be retained. After the
preliminary screening of applications, additional information may be
requested for some applicants, and person listed on the application as
supervisors and references may be contacted.
Active Duty Military
Active duty military personnel must submit applications to their
respective military service and not directly to NASA. Application
procedures will be disseminated by each service.
Selection
---------
Personal interviews and thorough medical evaluations will be required
for both civilian and military applicants under final consideration.
Once final selections have been made, all applicants who were considered
will be notified of the outcome of the process.
Selection rosters established through this process may be used for the
selection of additional candidates during a one year period following
their establishment.
General Program Requirements
Selected applicants will be designated Astronaut Candidates and will be
assigned to the Astronaut Office at the Johnson Space Center, Houston,
Texas. The astronaut candidates will undergo a 1 year training and
evaluation period during which time they will be assigned technical or
scientific responsibilities allowing them to contribute substantially to
ongoing programs. They will also participate in the basic astronaut
training program which is designed to develop the knowledge and skills
required for formal mission training upon selection for a flight. Pilot
astronaut candidates will maintain proficiency in NASA aircraft during
their candidate period.
Applicants should be aware that selection as an astronaut candidate does
not insure selection as an astronaut. Final selection as an astronaut
will depend on satisfactory completion of the 1 year training and
evaluation period. Civilian candidates who successfully complete the
training and evaluation and are selected as astronauts will become
permanent Federal employees and will be expected to remain with NASA for
a period of at least five years. Civilian candidates who are not
selected as astronauts may be placed in other positions within NASA
depending upon Agency requirements and manpower constraints at that
time. Successful military candidates will be detailed to NASA for a
specified tour of duty.
NASA has an affirmative action program goal of having qualified
minorities and women among those qualified as astronaut candidates.
Therefore, qualified minorities and women are encouraged to apply.
Pay and Benefits
----------------
Civilians
Salaries for civilian astronaut candidates are based on the Federal
Governments General Schedule pay scales for grades GS-11 through GS-14,
and are set in accordance with each individuals academic achievements
and experience.
Other benefits include vacation and sick leave, a retirement plan, and
participation in group health and life insurance plans.
Military
Selected military personnel will be detailed to the Johnson Space Center
but will remain in an active duty status for pay, benefits, leave, and
other similar military matters.
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Another person incapable of rational thought!
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( in <[email protected]> )
( responding to Dave "First With Official A.A Nickname" Fuller )
[ ... ]
That means that it is an effective anti-recidivism measure. It does
not say that it deters an individual from committing a capital crime
in the first place.
The true question is whether the threat of death is likely to actually
stop one from murdering. (Or commiting treason -- are there any other
capital crimes anywhere in the USA?) That is, if there were no death
penalty, would its introduction deter a would-be criminal from
committing her/his crime? I doubt it.
This is only the first step. Even if it were a strong deterrent
(short of being a complete deterrent) I would reject it. For what
about the case of the innocent executed?
And even if we could eliminate this possibility, I would reject the
death penalty as immoral. This makes me something of a radical on
the issue, although I think there are many opponents of captial
punishment who agree with me, but who find the innocent executed the
strongest argument to make.
I would, if magically placed in charge, facilitate state-aided suicide
for criminals who have life-sentences. This could be a replacement
for capital punishment. Those who don't want to live the rest of
their lives in jail would always have this option.
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Hi everybody
I have the following books for sale. Some of these books are brand new.
If you find any book you like and need more information about it, please
feel free to send me an E-Mail. The buyers pays the shipping fees.
Thanks.
[email protected]
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# #Unfortunately, homosexuals don't believe in this concept of freedom.
# #They believe that they have a right to FORCE people to hire them,
# #rent to them, and do business with them, regardless of the feelings
# #or beliefs of the other person.
#
# Allow me to point out that Clayton is once again unfairly lumping an
# entire class of people, as if they all have one will. Having completely
# dived into the abyss of believing that there are no queers in the world
# who think differently from the child-molestation-advocating minority on
# soc.motss, he doesn't even notice that he's starting a sentence with
# "They believe" when the referent of that "they" is millions of people.
# "...so few as to be irrelevant..."
If you don't want to be lumped together as a group, stop insisting
on being treated as a member of a group.
# # Force people to hire? No. Require people to give them a fair
# # look? Yes.
#
# #You give them a fair look. You decide that you don't want to hire
# #the guy wearing the NAMBLA T-shirt. He files a lawsuit. You lose.
# #Yes, such laws force you to hire homosexuals.
#
# Pedophiles, as well?
Sexual orientation is not defined by the anti-discrimination law
that was passed last year. Pedophilia isn't a sexual orientation?
# And, Cramer, let me describe how you'd have it, and see if this is
# accurate. I apply for a job at a computer company. They see I'm
# wearing some article of homosexual adornment, I dunno, maybe a
# "Silence = Death" pin or something. They turn me down because of
# that. I can't do a darned thing and have to go look somewhere else.
# Am I correct in assuming that you wholeheartedly approve of the
# company's actions, or at least that you wholeheartedly support their
# right to take that action?
I wholeheartedly support their right to take this action. I wouldn't
do it myself, unless it was something like the NAMBLA T-shirt.
# How about: a black man applies for a job at a bank. The bank decides,
# based on statistics, a black person would be more likely to steal
# money, and denies the man the job. Would you support the bank's right
# to this freedom? If not, explain how this differs.
I support their right to do so (just like I support your right to
engage in sodomy with consenting adults), but I think they are doing
something wrong. I wouldn't do business with such a bank.
# Clayton has repeatedly said that California's statutes classify
# pedophilia as a sexual orientation, and that discriminating on the
# basis of sexual orientation is illegal.
#
# If true, I'm frankly amazed. But I don't trust Clayton to give me
# the whole story. Would someone clarify for me whether this is true,
# what sort of discrimination Clayton's talking about (jobs? housing?
# hate crimes?), and whether the effect of the law is really that
# a daycare has to hire an admitted pedophile.
# --
# Jamie McCarthy Internet: [email protected] AppleLink: j.mccarthy
Here's the law that was passed and signed by the governor:
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
1 SECTION 1. The purpose of this act is to codify
2 existing case law as determined in Gay Law Students v.
3 Pacific Telephone and Telegraph, 24 Cal. 3d 458 (1979)
4 and Soroka v. Dayton Hudson Corp., 235 Cal. App. 3d 654
5 (1991) prohibiting discrimination based on sexual
6 orientation.
7 SEC. 2. Section 1102. is added to the Labor Code, to
8 read:
9 1102.1. (a) Sections 1101 and 1102 prohibit
10 discrimination or disparate treatment in any of the terms
11 and conditions of employment based on actual or
12 perceived sexual orientation.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
13 (b) This section shall not apply to a religious
14 association or corporation not organized for private
15 profit, whether incorporated as a religious or public
16 benefit corporation.
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:
: THE HAMAS WAY of DEATH
:
: (Following is a transcript of a recruitment and training
: videotape made last summer by the Qassam Battalions, the military
As opposed to Israel's many ways of death. Using bombers and artillery
against Lebanese towns and villages. Using fire arms and lethal
variants of tear gas and *rubber coated* bullets against stone
throwers. Using tanks and anti-tank missiles against homes after a 5
minute evacuation warning. Using Shin Bit's "reasonable" physical
pressure in interrogation. And more. Not counting of course past
practices such as the bombardment of Beirut in 1982, the bombing of the
Egyptian school of Bahr-El-Bakar and the Abu-Za'bal factory in 1978,
the downing of the Libyan airliner full of Egyptian passengers near
the same time. Overseeing the Maronite massacre in Sabra and Shatilla.
That is of course besides numerous massacres by Irgun and other gangs
during the British mandate period.
Ironically the same Op-Ed page in the NYT times from which the Naftaly
copied this article was running another article next to it by A.M.
Rosenthall blaming Bosnian Muslims for their own genocide by effectively
saying that it is stupid to seek independence if independence will bring
your people slaughter. But what else would one expect from Mr. Rosenthall
who never wasted a chance to bash Arabs or Muslims.
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The only way to view this method of generating unit keys is as a back-door.
What else can you call a key deterministically generated from the serial
number?
To generate the unit key for a serial number N, the 30-bit value N is
first padded with a fixed 34-bit block to produce a 64-bit block N1.
S1 and S2 are then used as keys to triple-encrypt N1, producing a
64-bit block R1:
R1 = E[D[E[N1; S1]; S2]; S1] .
Similarly, N is padded with two other 34-bit blocks to produce N2 and
N3, and two additional 64-bit blocks R2 and R3 are computed:
R2 = E[D[E[N2; S1]; S2]; S1]
R3 = E[D[E[N3; S1]; S2]; S1] .
R1, R2, and R3 are then concatenated together, giving 192 bits. The
first 80 bits are assigned to U1 and the second 80 bits to U2. The
rest are discarded. The unit key U is the XOR of U1 and U2. U1 and U2
are the key parts that are separately escrowed with the two escrow
agencies.
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I require BGI drivers for Super VGA Displays and Super XVGA Displays. Does
anyone know where I could obtain the relevant drivers ? (FTP sites ??)
Regards
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The chip and algorithm are classified. If you reverse engineer it and
tell people, you are likely to go to jail.
Perhaps some foreign governments or corporations could help us out by
cracking the system outside the USA. The US government could probably
stop importation of clone hardware, but a software implementation
should be practical.
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