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If you use System 7, you can use my application Zing which has
a 30 kB footprint (meaning you can have it running all the time
without losing memory)
It is also compatible with the chat program "FishBomb" which allows
sounds and pictures as well.
Both are, as far as I know, freeware (I dustribute Zing with source)
and should be available on the normal services (mac.archive.umich.edu
for instance)
Cheers,
/ h+
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Tell that to the Japanese, their local market is neatly protected by
the Japanese government. Its one very tough nut to crack. In fact
the only current way to break into it, is to do it with a Japanese
company as a partner in the venture.
Gary
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I would like to be able to amplify a voltage signal which is
output from a thermocouple, preferably by a factor of
100 or 1000 ---- so that the resulting voltage can be fed
more easily into a personal-computer-based ADC data
acquisition card.
Might anyone be able to point me to references to such
circuits? I have seen simple amplifier circuits before, but
I am not sure how well they work in practice.
In this case, I'd like something which will amplify sufficiently
"nicely" to be used for thermocouples (say, a few degrees
accuracy or better).
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Hi!
I have a problem with my floppy drives. In an effort to make my 3.5" drive
(normally b:) my a: drive, I switched the order of connections on the cable
from the serial card/floppy/ide controller. I booted up, changed the CMOS
settings to reflect the a: drive as the 3.5 and the b: drive as the 5.25.
The drive lights didn't come on, and there was a failure trying to read from
those drives.
I switched the cables back to their original positions, and then booted-up and
restored the original CMOS settings. The lights for the floppies came on
during this process, and they stay on for as long as the computer is on.
I see that when there is a disk in a:, the drive is spinning, yet there seems
to be no disk access. MSD.EXE and Norton SI detect both drives, but when I
try to get detailed information about a: or b:, Norton SI tells me that there
is no disk in the drive.
Can anyone offer any suggestions?
I'm in desperate need of help!!!
Thank you for your time.
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}|> There are two simple procedures for alterating any odometer.
}|>
}|> 1. Mechanical driven odometer:
}|> Remove the speedo cable from the transmission.
}|> Attach a drill and run at max speed until the speedo turns over.
}|> Continue until the desired mileage is reached.
}|>
}|> 2. Electronically driven odometer:
}|> Remove the sensor wire from the sensor.
}|> Attach the Calibration out signal from an Oscope to the wire.
}|> Run until the speedo turns over and attains the desired mileage.
}
}Dear Faster.. I kinda wonder.. have you ever tried version 2? On what?
}Since the sensor wire on a BMW feeds also into the computer.. and we
}don't know what signal voltage is expected from it.. bad things
}*could* happen... also since we don't know the pulse rate, we
}may damage the analog part of the speedo (yes.. BMW uses a combined
}instrument.. speed in analog, trip and total milage is digital) with
}the needle pegged up against the 160MPH stop..
}
}Just a thought...
You've got the oscilliscope, so you connect it up to the sensor wire
and measure this stuff. That way you know what it expects.
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:
: I have an 8514/A card, and I am using windows in 1024x768 mode
: (normal 8514/A font, not small). In the 386 enhanced mode
: the DOS window font is too small for my 14" monitor. Is there a
: way to spacify the font size for the DOS window? You'll have to
: excuse me if there is a trivial answer, since I am fairly new to
: MS Windows world.
:
: Thanks.
:
: (Please include this message for reference)
: ====== S. Alavi [[email protected]] (919)467-7909 (H) ========
: (919)515-8063 (W)
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I booked a hotel (Red Roof Inn) last week in Cincinnati (Blue Ash, which
is at the northern tip of the metro. Cincy area). I chose it for a few
reasons.
1. All hotels in and near Dayton were booked solid.
2. This hotel is only costing $28/night.
3. It was one of about 4 rooms left on the night I reserved.
4. Cincinnati probably has more to to at night than Dayton. I intend
to hit the riverboat entertainment at dusk!
If anyone has other suggestions for nightlife, please let me know of
other hot spots. Thanks!
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I wondered the same thing. When he first mentioned it, I thought he was
just making a mistake but then he said it over and over. And then in the
examples from other years, he gave stats for players from both leagues even
when only one league expanded.
So (since stats *NEVER* lie :-) ), I guess there is an effect on both leagues
because the expansion draft takes talent from both leagues equally making
every team in both leagues dilute their major league talent by calling up
players that, normally, they would not have had there not been expansion.
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Well, I could use the argument that some here use about "nature" and claim
that you cannot have superhuman powers because you are a human; superhuman
powers are beyond what a human has, and since you are a human, any powers
you have are not beyond those of a human. Hence, you cannot have superhuman
powers. Sound good to you?
Anyway, to the evidence question: it depends on the context. In this group,
since you are posting from a american college site, I'm willing to take it
as given that you have a pair of blue jeans. And, assuming there is some
coherency in your position, I will take it as a given that you do not have
superhuman powers. Arguments are evidence in themselves, in some respects.
Yep.
Good.
"Extra" evidence? Why don't we start with evidence at all?
I cannot see any evidence for the V. B. which the cynics in this group would
ever accept. As for the second, it is the foundation of the religion.
Anyone who claims to have seen the risen Jesus (back in the 40 day period)
is a believer, and therefore is discounted by those in this group; since
these are all ancients anyway, one again to choose to dismiss the whole
thing. The third is as much a metaphysical relationship as anything else--
even those who agree to it have argued at length over what it *means*, so
again I don't see how evidence is possible.
I thus interpret the "extraordinary claims" claim as a statement that the
speaker will not accept *any* evidence on the matter.
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How are you attempting to do that?
Are you using the DIS_PKT9 program? This provides a packet driver on
top of the NDIS driver.
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Excerpts from netnews.sci.electronics: 16-Apr-93 Re: What do Nuclear
Site's .. by [email protected].
Great Explaination, however you left off one detail, why do you always
see them at nuclear plants, but not always at fossil fuel plants. At
nuclear plants it is prefered to run the water closed cycle, whereas
fossil fuel plants can in some cases get away with dumping the hot
water. As I recall the water isn't as hot (thermodynamically) in many
fossil fuel plants, and of course there is less danger of radioactive
contamination.
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Yeah, there is absolutely no use for VLB except for video graphics.
And no IDE could possibly take advantage the VLB, because it runs at
8 Mhz and 16 bits. Do people forget that the IDE was specifically
designed to interface directly with the AT ISA bus? We've seen
IDEs come out for EISA, XT ISA, and now even MCA, but at all times
it was a 16 bit standard, running at somewhere near 8-10 Mhz. When
you run an IDE off of the VLB, there's no way that you're running it
at 33 Mhz, it would burn up. Of course same goes for SCSI, ESDI, whatever,
none of them run at CPU speed.
The only way to gain advantage with a VLB IDE is to hook it up to
a caching controller. I suspect it would be much, much better to
get a software disk cache instead, since you get write-caching as well.
I've seen some Fuji IDE drives going as high as 1G.
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Time for a new discussion, maybe ? I asked in these groups some time ago
what about the TC++/VE, and got no answers, so I decided to try. My brother
who lives in the US bought and sent it to me, and I'm still trying to get
used to it.
Before I put my good/bad points list, consider I am a Turbo Pascal/DOS
programmer, and sometimes try to make something in Unix with C (just
some exercises from university). I used to make some programs in
Microsoft C version 5 (!!) because we used some third-party libraries
that required that.
- I like Borland. It seems to me much more easier to use than Microsoft,
specially the debugger. I tried to learn Codeview sometimes, but never
felt confortable with it.
- TC++ V/E seems very nice to create simple apps, like the examples on the
ObjectWindows book. So far, no problems. Lets see next week or so, when I
will try something more complex.
- It works nice even in my "weak" machine 386/16Mhz, 6 Mb Ram.
But.....
- The manual for the Resource Workshop seems to be from a different version
from the Workshop itself. Some of the windows that appear on the manual
have more itens than in the manual.
- I think I will run into trouble since I got this TC++/VE from my brother
as a present. I didnt wanted to buy the Japanese version because 1) I
suspect that the manuals will be in Japanese :-( and 2) I believe it
will be far more expensive here. So he bought it as a present and sent to
me, I send the registration card to the Japanese branch of Borland, but...
who knows.
So, I'd like to ask some questions for you all;
- I know that there are some Microsoft guys around here in this group. Is
there anybody from Borland ? Is there any e-mail address that we can
contact the technical support ? Not for stupid questions, but to ask
for example, why the RW manual seems to be different from the RW itself ?
- Is there anybody else using it around here ?
- Will the book of Petzold be useful for me ? I intend to use RW and ProtoGen
to make the interfaces and then work on the code itself.
Answers to my e-mail or comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.tools, please.
Thanks in advance,
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Are you arguing that the Lyme lab test is accurate?
The books that I've read say that in general the tests
have a 50-50 chance of being correct. (The tests
result in a large number of both false positives and
false negatives. I am in the latter case.)
We could get those same odds by "rolling the dice".
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Add me to the list of bugged 230 owners.
I had a bunch of problems regarding sleep/wakeup/restart with the 230 when
I first got it, both with and without the techworks ram. Finally it "died",
wouldn't start, until I opened the docking door (which snaps open) and
the machine came up fine, but with the clock a few decades off. Apple
replaced the processor board.
Now,
twice the machine has frozen (no mouse action)
twice the machine has refused to wake up. Acutally, the backlighting
came on, and the disk spins when the power adaptor is plugged in
(but not with a good battery).
The first time this happened removing both power adaptor and battery
for ~1 minute brought the machine back.
The second time this happened the machine wouldn't wake up until
powered down for about 30 minutes. The screen had what looked
like red horizontal lines accross it.
Both timse the file "fax modem preferences" has been corrupted
according to disinfectent).
I have removed all the fax and modem software, and the third party memory,
and am waiting to see if it happens again.
forrest
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Actually, this started as a great idea. Before steering-column
locks became popular, Saab installed a *gearshift* lock -- put the car
in reverse, remove the key, and the car *stays* in reverse!
Also, suppose you get into your car, and a thug comes up and
demands your keys at gunpoint. You hand them over, he gets in, and
HAS NO IDEA WHERE TO PUT THE KEY! At this, he will run away (or perhaps
shoot you anyway %-}). I heard this actually happened somewhere...
Btw, I hear that the Saab 900's new successor will have the
ignition on the console, between the seats, where it belongs.
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^^^^^^^^^
Maybe we should ask the 83,103 people who were laid off this January whether
or not we're in a recession. That was a figure that was reported in the
New York Times. There is no official figure, because the Bureau of Labor
Statistics stopped government tracking of layoffs eight months ago due to
budget cuts.
(The above information was published in Harper's Index, Harper's magazine.)
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Organization: Compact Solutions, Canberra ACT Australia
> Hello, my question is could someone E-mail me the
> names of manufactures
> of the 16550 and predecsor UARTs. I have only seen
National Semiconductor are one that I know of.
Cheers,
Ben
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University of Canberra
Email: [email protected]
Also: [email protected]
UUCP: ..!uunet!munnari!sserve.adfa.oz.au!compsol!root
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Can you aswer me one question? How did you get to be so retarded?
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Are you related to 'Arromdian' of ASALA/SDPA/ARF Terrorism and Revisionism
Triangle?
Ditto.
HELSINKI WATCH: "PROBLEMS OF TURKS IN WESTERN THRACE CONTINUE"
Ankara (A.A) In a 15-page report of the "Helsinki Watch" it is
stated that the Turkish minority in Western Thrace is still faced
with problems and stipulated that the discriminatory policy being
implemented by the Greek Government be brought to an end.
The report on Western Thrace emphasized that the Greek government
should grant social and political rights to all the members of
minorities that are equal to those enjoyed by Greek citizens and
in addition they must recognize the existence of the "Turkish
Minority" in Western Thrace and grant them the right to identify
themselves as 'Turks'.
NEWSPOT, May 1992
GREECE ISOLATES WEST THRACE TURKS
The Xanthi independent MP Ahmet Faikoglu said that the Greek
state is trying to cut all contacts and relations of the Turkish
minority with Turkey.
Pointing out that while the Greek minority living in Istanbul is
called "Greek" by ethnic definition, only the religion of the
minority in Western Thrace is considered. In an interview with
Turkish origin. The individuals of the minority living in Western
Trace are also Turkish."
Emphasizing the education problem for the Turkish minority in
Western Thrace Faikoglu said that according to an agreement
signed in 1951 Greece must distribute textbooks printed in Turkey
in Turkish minority schools in Western Thrace.
Recalling his activities and those of Komotini independent MP Dr.
SadIk Ahmet to defend the rights of the Turkish minority,
Faikoglu said. "In fact we helped Greece. Because we prevented
Greece, the cradle of democracy, from losing face before European
countries by forcing the Greek government to recognize our legal
rights."
On Turco-Greek relations, he pointed out that both countries are
predestined to live in peace for geographical and historical
reasons and said that Turkey and Greece must resist the foreign
powers who are trying to create a rift between them by
cooperating, adding that in Turkey he observed that there was
will to improve relations with Greece.
NEWSPOT, January 1993
MACEDONIAN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS TO FACE TRIAL IN GREECE.
Two ethnic Macedonian human rights activists will face trial in
Athens for alleged crimes against the Greek state, according to a
Court Summons (No. 5445) obtained by MILS.
Hristos Sideropoulos and Tashko Bulev (or Anastasios Bulis)
have been charged under Greek criminal law for making comments in
an Athenian magazine.
Sideropoulos and Bulev gave an interview to the Greek weekly
magazine "ENA" on March 11, 1992, and said that they as
Macedonians were denied basic human rights in Greece and would
field an ethnic Macedonian candidate for the up-coming Greek
general election.
Bulev said in the interview: "I am not Greek, I am Macedonian."
Sideropoulos said in the article that "Greece should recognise
Macedonia. The allegations regarding territorial aspirations
against Greece are tales... We are in a panic to secure the
border, at a time when the borders and barriers within the EEC
are falling."
The main charge against the two, according to the court
summons, was that "they have spread...intentionally false
information which might create unrest and fear among the
citizens, and might affect the public security or harm the
international interests of the country (Greece)."
The Greek state does not recognise the existence of a
Macedonian ethnicity. There are believed to be between 350,000 to
1,000,000 ethnic Macedonians living within Greece, largely
concentrated in the north. It is a crime against the Greek state
if anyone declares themselves Macedonian.
In 1913 Greece, Serbia-Yugoslavia and Bulgaria partioned
Macedonia into three pieces. In 1919 Albania took 50 Macedonian
villages. The part under Serbo-Yugoslav occupation broke away in
1991 as the independent Republic of Macedonia. There are 1.5
million Macedonians in the Republic; 500,000 in Bulgaria; 150,000
in Albania; and 300,000 in Serbia proper.
Sideropoulos has been a long time campaigner for Macedonian
human rights in Greece, and lost his job as a forestry worker a
few years ago. He was even exiled to an obscure Greek island in
the mediteranean. Only pressure from Amnesty International forced
the Greek government to allow him to return to his home town of
Florina (Lerin) in Northern Greece (Aegean Macedonia), where the
majority of ethnic Macedonians live.
Balkan watchers see the Sideropoulos affair as a show trial in
which Greece is desperate to clamp down on internal dissent,
especially when it comes to the issue of recognition for its
northern neighbour, the Republic of Macedonia.
Last year the State Department of the United States condemned
Greece for its bad treatment of ethnic Macedonians and Turks (who
largely live in Western Thrace). But it remains to be seen if the
US government will do anything until the Presidential elections
are over.
Serdar Argic
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According to this morning's Post-Gazette:
The Pens will be carried by KDKA-Radio(1020 am), unless the Pirates
are playing. When the Pirates play, the games will be carried by
WDVE(102.5 fm). WDVE will carry 12 games, starting with tonight's
game.
In fact, after this season, KDKA will no longer be the flagship
station for the Pens. The Penguins and KBL have struck a new
deal regarding the TV and radio rights to the games. It seems
more than likely that WDVE will be the flagship radio station next
season. KBL will carry 62 games on tv, with 17 of the games to be
simulcast on KDKA-TV. The remaining 22 games, as well as some of the
early round playoff games, will be available by "subscription tv" only.
To receive the games, you'll have to pay a one time hook up fee, and
then a monthly fee of $11-12 dollars.
Also, under the new deal, there will no longer be radio/tv
simulcasts. There will be a TV broadcast team, and a radio
broadcast team.
No word on who the announcers will be. Mike Lange and Paul Steigerwald
are both under contract with KDKA, but their contracts expire at the
end of this season. KBL President Bill Craig said he'd like to hire
Lange and Steigerwald.
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I hope this will clear it up :
(Taken from one of my lecture notes)
" ... The alternative approach (to CISC),
which has been adopted by many in
recent years, has come to be known as "RISC": the Reduced
Instruction Set Computer. This can be characterised simply as
"Simpler is Faster"; by simplifying the design (e.g. by reducing
the variety of instructions & addressing modes), the hardware can be
designed to run faster. Even at the cost of needing more
instructions, the same task can be done more quickly by the simpler,
faster design.
A typical RISC processor will:
o provide a large number of registers (e.g. 32);
o perform all data operations on registers;
o provide few addressing modes (e.g. immediate or 'register + offset');
o only allow load & store operations to access memory;
o only use a few instruction formats;
o only support a few data types (e.g. integer, unsigned, floating).
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Cannondale 3.0 Road Bike 56 cm
Bright Blue Color
Dura Ace 8 speed not STI, could be easily converted though.
32 spoke wheelset, clinchers.
Complete Bike $700 or best offer. All offers will be considered
this bike has to go. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Will consider parting out, write for details.
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Has anyone use Snooper or MacEKG or any other similar diagnostic
software.Any comparisons/reviews on these products would be very much
appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help
Cheers
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Are most players who come up young always good when they're young, or
later?
Damn. I was afraid you would say that!
Well, perhaps if the Braves had no one else worth playing this year it
would be Lopez in there. But they do have others worth playing, at
least in *their* opinion. And I happen to agree.
I can believe that. I'm a newbie here, so I'll take your word. But
Alomar *is* a fine defensive catcher, which was my statement above.
That is a solid reason for bringing him up at a tender age, as long
as they feel he can also hit a bit. Lopez does not have such a
consensus about his defensive prowess, and imho that is enough to
give him that dreaded "seasoning".
Sorry. New. Don't know Nichols' Law. Don't believe in catchers'
era. But I am interested in pitchers' eras with different catchers.
Any info on that?
In other words, we know more than they do, so the only logic behind
a different decision than we would make must be financial. I presume
we feel this way about other franchises than Atlanta, no?
Well if it does make organizational sense, one can hardly fault them
for their decisions. I mean, please don't tell me how to run my
business. Especially when I'm being successful.
I'm sure you could be right. You could also be smoking some illegal
substance.
(Hey. That's a joke. Don't get offended. Please.)
Well, I can't cite anyone's ethical rectitude because I don't know
what it means. :)
But again, if it makes organizational sense, then so be it. Baseball
is a business, and if there is a solid business reason for keeping
Lopez on the farm then that's what the Braves *should* do.
I happen to believe that it's a baseball decision. While you from
your armchair may disagee, I don't. I think there is a lot of
evidence to suggest the decision they made. I predicted it among
large guffaws from several at the start of spring training. I
think it is a very *normal* decision to have made. It is certainly
more reversible than to have started Lopez in the bigs and have
released one of their catchers. Sure, it may be conservative. It
may also be logical. I don't know what ethics have to do with it.
Seems like pretty good common sense to me.
-- The Beastmaster
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: failed to mention the Davidians pouring kerosene all over and lighting it in
: plain view.
Brent, I'm still waiting to see if there are any evidence of how the fire
got started, so I'm not going to tell you who did it... As far as you keep
talking about the Davidians pouring kerosene all over, stop and *think*
for a second if it is possible the stove or lamp was knocked over and
started a fire, and the Davidians were pouring water on it (wrong solution
but I doubt I can do much better in their states of mind...) to try to
put it out?
By the way, just how far where you standing from the Davidians when you
saw them setting the place on fire? Oh, in case you are new in town,
microwave ovens doesn't work very well when there's no electricty. :-0
Get some *facts* before you post next time!
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Evelyn Wells, on the 12 Apr 1993 11:43 CST wibbled:
: Once again, this morning I pulled up to the designated motorcycle
: parking area, only to find a cage pulled up behind the bikes.
: If people don't double-park cars, why do they do it to motorcycles?
: Never mind that rhetorical question, I know *why* they do it.
: What I want to know is, what can I do about it? Carry pieces of
: paper that say "Don't park your car in the motorcycle area!!" ?
: Call the cops? Wait until they emerge from the building and berate
: them until they beg forgiveness?
: Does anyone else have this problem, and what do you do about it?
: Evie
I don't know if you have a local branch where you are, but the preferred method
over here is to 'phone the IRA and tell them about the car and that it
belongs to an MP who is on a Northern Ireland Government Committee. An hour
or so later, and the car is no longer a problem. It's best not to park too
close to it, though.
--
Nick (the Vengeful Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford Plastic
M'Lud.
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Is it possible to connect a atari monochrome monitor to some kind of VGA card?
If someone have done this please let me know how.
Thanx
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An Easy way to solve the problem is to use two op-amps to form the
balanced low-Z output, but this solution does not provide any
galvanic isolation between keyboard (or whatever plugged) and
mixer. If no tight requiremets are demanded and some hum, snap,
crackle and pop sounds (formed by ground loops) can be tolerated,
the op-amp solution is just what you are looking for! (It is
cheap...somewhat $10/DI-box).
Not sure, but Craig Anderton did introduce one DI-box project
in Guitar Player mag years ago (transformerless).....
Hope this helps. Email, if more details wanted....
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The University of Oulu
Department of electrical engineering -Just a student
Finland
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For some reason I never saw the original post on this thread, but if you are
looking for fast polygon routines on vga on a PC, you really can't go past
the mode X stuff from Dr Dobbs. This code is all p.domain (as far as I know),
and in the original articles, the routines were all presented as dumb vga
routines, and then optimised to modeX with some interesting discussion along
the way.
If you are interested, I could find out more details of the issues in question,
(I have them at home).
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The test isn't whether GM knew--otherwise that would reward GM for its
stupidity. The test is whether GM reasonably should have known of their
existence. It works both ways--if GM had won the trial, and the plaintiff
turned up two witnesses who came forward after the first trial who should
have been located beforehand, too bad, so sad--no new trial.
Like Tim said, you don't get a new civil trial because you screwed up
the first time around. Unlike the criminal justice system, repose is
much more important in the civil justice system.
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her Hillariness. This offer void where prohibited by law, consumer must
pay applicable sales tax.....
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I believe that any VL/EISA/ISA motherboard that uses the HINT chipset
is limited to 24-bit EISA DMA (where 'real' EISA DMA is 32-bit). The
HINT EISA DMA has the 16 mb ram addressing limitation of ISA. For this
reason I would pass. I own one of these (HAWK VL/EISA/ISA) and am look-
ing to replace it for exactly this reason.
Please double-check me on this. In other words, call the motherboard
manufacturer and ask them if the motherboard supports true 32-bit EISA
DMA.
Other than this limitation, the motherboard works quite well (I am using
mine with DOS 5, Windows 3.1, and UNIX S5R3.2). Also with Adaptec 1742a
EISA SCSI host adapter.
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In making batteries you could use copper and zinc in an acid electrolyte.
Copper=copper wire (pennies are now mostly zinc if I recall correctly)
zinc= zinc strip (Hardware stores arround here (Seattle) sell this to prevent
moss buildup on the roof. An alternative would be to use a galvanized
(zinc coated) nail
electrolyte= lemon juice -> Citric acid is the active ingrediant(sp).
Volta (late 18th century scientist) used a stack for his batteries-
copper disk, paper disk soaked in acid, zinc disk, copper disk, paper ....
they were advanced technology for the time.
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gassed.
But apparently true. My opinion, only, of course.
No, it is not. It is possible the FBI planned for this to happen, and the
gunfire heard was the FBI keeping the folks inside. I'm not proposing this as
the way it went down, but just to point out that it's not "undeniable" that if
they walked out yesterday, they would be alive today.
My heart "bleeds" for no one. You are the "bleeding heart". And I'm sure
beyond any possible doubt that you do not feel for those people as I do. You
can not say the heartless things you have said if you did.
"they got what they wanted". What kind of creature are you that you can
believe this?
We agree on this. Now lets have your God, the FBI, investigated, too.
-
rethought
landed
Jim
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Okay, I don't use it very much, but I would like for it to keep working
correctly, at least as long as Apple continues to make System software
that will run on it, if slowly :-)
Here is the problem: When the screen is tilted too far back, vertical
lines appear on the screen. They are every 10 pixels or so, and seem
to be affected somewhat by opening windows and pulling down menus.
It looks to a semi-technical person like there is a loose connection
between the screen and the rest of the computer.
I am open to suggestions that do not involve buying a new computer,
or taking this one to the shop. I would also like to not have
to buy one of Larry Pina's books. I like Larry, but I'm not sure
I feel strongly enough about the computer to buy a service manual
for it.
On a related note: what does the monitor connector connect to?
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This is not news. In fact it's where I got the idea from, since it was
such a neat item. Mattell made it, I believe, modeled after a "space
saber" or "light sword" or something likewise theme-y. My addition was
using a motor for continuous display, and polar effects in addition to
character graphics. I should have protected it when I had the chance.
No one to kick but myself...
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"Chimney Sweep" number 12/I (5-1/2 to 6-1/2"), closed edition,
3 or 4 line (Purchased in West Germany in 1970) (Retail $270)
Sell $120 (S&H extra)
I have a picture of it if you want to see first; in excellent
shape, no chips or cracks).
Great idea for Mother's Day. This is a great buy.
Interested? Please E-mail or call (415) 926-2664 wk
or (408) 248-0411 eves.
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Not hard, you can do the refreshing and access cycles by software, but
this hogs most of the available CPU cycles on a low-end controller.
I've seen some application note from Philips that used one of their
8051 derivatives as a printer buffer, with up to 1MB of dynamic ram
that was accessed and refreshed with software bit-banging.
Another alternative would be to use one of those nice DRAM controller
chips that "create static RAM appearance" and all that, but they may
be too expensive to make it worthwhile.
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Hi!
Anyone knows how can i change an icon forever and ever??????
I mean, not only in the program manager...
Thanks in advance!
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# ## Absolutely nothing, seeing as there is no table for heterosexuals.
# ## If, as you claim, the supposedly higher promescuity amongst homosexual
# ## males makes them an insurance risk, you need to be show that
# ## heterosexual males are less promiscuous than homosexual males.
# ## Without the data on heterosexual males, we cannot make a comparison
# ## between promiscuity rates of heterosexuals and homosexuals.
# ##
# ## * [email protected] (world) *
# ## * or [email protected] (UK) *
#
# Well, the obvious point to make is would straight men fuck like rabbits
# if the oppertunity presented itself?
#
# I reckon *any* *man* would go wildly promiscuous if presented with a
# huge variety of willing partners. The question here is not of being
That, I suppose, says a lot about how screwed up you are.
# #Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
# Xavier
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Some survey conducted by the U.S. government and some group (I don't know
which) did what they were calling on all the news shows this morning, "The most
comprehensive survey of sexuality in the past 50 years". Not an exact quote,
but you get the idea.
This low percentage is merely one more in a ton of evidence disproving the 10%
theory.
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Thanks for the 41 people who have entered this year's TEAM POOL.
Here is a summary of what was picked:
1st Round:
Pittsburgh 41, New Jersey 0
Chicago 40, St. Louis 1
Boston 40, Buffalo 1
Vancouver 30, Winnipeg 11
Calgary 27, Los Angeles 14
Detroit 26, Toronto 15
Washington 24, New York Islanders 15 (2 people picked New Jersey)
Quebec 23, Montreal 18
2nd Round:
Pittsburgh 38, Washington 2, New York Islanders 1
Boston 31, Quebec 6, Montreal 4
Detroit 21, Chicago 15, Toronto 5
Calgary 18, Vancouver 14, Los Angeles 8, Winnipeg 1
3rd Round:
Pittsburgh 31, Boston 7, Quebec 2, Washington 1
Detroit 18, Chicago 11, Toronto 5, Vancouver 3, Calgary 2, Los Angeles 2
Finals:
Pittsburgh 26, Boston 5, Detroit 4, Toronto 2, Quebec 2, Los Angeles 1, Chicago
1
Good luck to all!
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->I addressed most of the key issues in this very long (284 lines) post
->by Dean Kaflowitz in two posts yesterday. The first was made into the
->title post of a new thread, "Is Dean Kaflowitz terminally irony-impaired?"
->and the second, more serious one appeared along the thread
->"A Chaney Post, and a Challenge, reissued and revised"
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I know that Jet Inc makes refills for the Stylewriter and Deskwriter
ink jet cartridges in several colors....but are pre-filled cartridges
in color available from anyone (or do I have to use-up one cartridge
before I have a chance to print in color?)
Also, are inks in process colors (cyan, magenta, yellow) available
to refill cartridges?
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Subject: Re: Seeking Christian opinion, all sorts.
From: Rob Steele, [email protected]
Date: 5 May 93 06:52:54 GMT
One day a few years ago Franky Schaeffer walked into a Greek Orthodox
Church. He is now an Orthodox Christian. So is his mother and if his
father, Fransis Schaeffer, had not passed away he too would have come
into the church.
Franky, like many Americans who have recently found the Orthodox church,
described the experience as finally coming home after a long jouney
through a desert. You should also read the book "Becoming Orthodox" by
Peter Gillquist. It describes the long journey of some 2000 weary
Evangelical Protestants to the Orthodox church. Come taste and see how
good the Lord is.
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The following flyer was distributed at AIPAC's 34th annual Policy Conference:
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Forsale:
SONY MHC-3600 HI-FI Bookshelf stereo system
-9 months old
-CD player
-2 tape decks
-Digital graphic equilizer
-Tuner
-4 speakers 60watts/channel
-TOP OF THE LINE SONY BOOKSHELF SYSTEM
Includes amazing remote that actually splits into two! Everything
can be done from the remote (remote has digital display!).
Has the highest quality sound-amazing bass!
Not one scratch on system. VERY WELL TAKEN CARE OF.
Originally purchased for $1299 + tax.
I need cash, and I am looking to get around $750 for it.
Since I really need the money, I will sell it to the person who gives me
the highest offer, and I WILL ACCEPT THE BEST OFFER if not $750.
Buyer pays insured shipping.
Reply soon if intereseted.
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The Selective Service Registration should be abolished. To start with, the
draft is immoral. Whether you agree with that or not, we don't have one now,
and military experts agree that the quality of the armed forces is superior
with a volunteer army than with draftees. Finally, the government has us
on many lists in many computers (the IRS, Social Security Admistration and
Motor Vehicle Registries to name a few) and it can find us if it needs to.
Maintaining yet another list of people is an utter waste of money and time.
Let's axe this whole department, and reduce the deficit a little bit.
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Hi:
I went to the orthopedist on Tuesday. He diagnosed me as having
"intersection syndrome". He prescribed Feldene for me. I want
to know more about the disease and the drug.
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Forwarded from:
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. (818) 354-5011
Contact: Mary A. Hardin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 1993
#1506
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory report the
successful flight of a balloon carrying instruments designed to
measure and study chemicals in the Earth's ozone layer.
The April 3 flight from California's Barstow/Daggett Airport
reached an altitude of 37 kilometers (121,000 feet) and took
measurements as part of a program established to correlate data
with the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).
The data from the balloon flight will also be compared to
readings from the Atmospheric Trace Molecular Spectroscopy
(ATMOS) experiment which is currently flying onboard the shuttle
Discovery.
"We launch these balloons several times a year as part of an
ongoing ozone research program. In fact, JPL is actively
involved in the study of ozone and the atmosphere in three
important ways," said Dr. Jim Margitan, principal investigator on
the balloon research campaign.
"There are two JPL instruments on the UARS satellite," he
continued. "The ATMOS experiment is conducted by JPL scientists,
and the JPL balloon research provides collaborative ground truth
for those activities, as well as data that is useful in its own
right."
The measurements taken by the balloon payload will add more
pieces to the complex puzzle of the atmosphere, specifically the
mid-latitude stratosphere during winter and spring.
Understanding the chemistry occurring in this region helps
scientists construct more accurate computer models which are
instrumental in predicting future ozone conditions.
The scientific balloon payload consisted of three JPL
instruments: an ultraviolet ozone photometer which measures
ozone as the balloon ascends and descends through the atmosphere;
a submillimeterwave limb sounder which looks at microwave
radiation emitted by molecules in the atmosphere; and a Fourier
transform infrared interferometer which monitors how the
atmosphere absorbs sunlight.
Launch occurred at about noontime, and following a three-
hour ascent, the balloon floated eastward at approximately 130
kilometers per hour (70 knots). Data was radioed to ground
stations and recorded onboard. The flight ended at 10 p.m.
Pacific time in eastern New Mexico when the payload was commanded
to separate from the balloon.
"We needed to fly through sunset to make the infrared
measurements," Margitan explained, "and we also needed to fly in
darkness to watch how quickly some of the molecules disappear."
It will be several weeks before scientists will have the
completed results of their experiments. They will then forward
their data to the UARS central data facility at the Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland for use by the UARS
scientists.
The balloon was launched by the National Scientific Balloon
Facility, normally based in Palestine, Tex., operating under a
contract from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The balloon was
launched in California because of the west-to-east wind direction
and the desire to keep the operation in the southwest.
The balloons are made of 20-micron (0.8 mil, or less than
one-thousandth of an inch) thick plastic, and are 790,000 cubic
meters (28 million cubic feet) in volume when fully inflated with
helium (120 meters (400 feet) in diameter). The balloons weigh
between 1,300 and 1,800 kilograms (3,000 and 4,000 pounds). The
scientific payload weighs about 1,300 kilograms (3,000) pounds
and is 1.8 meters (six feet) square by 4.6 meters (15 feet) high.
The JPL balloon research is sponsored by NASA's Upper
Atmosphere Research Program and the UARS Correlative Measurements
Program.
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Well, I looked for it and didn't manage to find it in my listings for TNN. Has
anybody taped it VHS, and could they be persuaded to lend it to me after they
watch it? I would be most greatful.
--
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Thanks to [email protected], I now know a bit more about Stargardt's
disease, aka juvenile macular distrophy, but I would like to learn more.
First, what is the general prognosis - is blindness the result?
Second, what treatments, if any, are available?
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Hi!
I have several computer related books for sale. They are all new,
unused and hence in excellent condition. The subjects include
Programming Languages (C, C++, LISP, PROLOG), Operating Systems
(UNIX, DOS), Windows, X-Windows, LAN, AI, and Expert Systems.
If you are interested, pls. contact me at:
[email protected]
Thanks.
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Sorry for asking a question that's not entirely based on the
technical aspects of space, but I couldn't find the
answer on the FAQs !
I'm currently in the UK, which makes seeing a Space Shuttle
launch a little difficult.....
However, I have been selected to be an exchange student
at Louisiana State Uni. from August, and I am absolutely
determined to get to see a Space Shuttle launch sometime
during the year at which I will be in America.
I hear there's a bit of a long mailing list, so if someone
can tell me how to get tickets and where to get them from, then
please E-mail me !
Thanks very much for your patience....
(And if anyone else wants to know, tell me and I'll summarize
for you - just to save all those poor people who have to
pay for their links !)
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Can somebody tell me what all the letter spesifications on motorcycle models
really mean.
Example: What means the C, the B and the R in Honda CBR. - Or the V, S, G, L
and P in Suzuki VS750GLP
I wanna distribute this in our club magazine. I want lists of all types, but
I already knows about Harley.
Thanks in advance!
Vidar
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Vidar O. Solberg - NORWAY * ROCK HARD * RIDE FREE *
"We are the proud, the few and the true Metallibashers!"
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Harumph. Getting published in these newsletters is hardly something
to aspire to. :-)
I can't really argue with your logic, though I think you may be
extrapolating a bit recklessly from what appears to be a sample size of
one. Even if what you say about this local Pittsburgh guy is true, it is
not logical or fair to conclude that this is true of all doctors who
treat Lyme disease.
By your logic, I could conclude that all of the physicians who
consult for insurance companies and make money by denying benefits to
Lyme patients are doing it for the money, rather than because they believe
they are encouraging good medicine. I have no idea how sincere these guys
are, but their motives are as suspect as the physicians you excoriate for
what you believe to be indiscriminate treatment.
I would really feel more comfortable discussing the medical issues
in Lyme, rather than speculating as to the motives of the various parties
involved.
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I'm selling the following items...
- a pair of hard saddle bags
- easy installation
- snap release feature with lock
- black
- brand is Krusures
- two oshi full face helmets
take all for $275
These are comming off of my bike that I'm selling, maybe
you could use the whole thing, bike and accessories.
1983 Yamaha, vision 550
call Medi @ work (415) 940-2306
home (408) 744-1169
Thanks
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Dear Folks:
It's a pleasure to be able to announce the release of a new freeware program,
Xavier, an audio and video extension to InterViews.
Xavier(eXtension AV class for IntERviews) is a C++ class library
that adds multimedia capability to InterViews. It allows composite
multimedia objects to be built from media objects.
Specifically, it adds audio and video objects to the classes available
in InterViews 3.0.1/3.1, and it does so without changing the
source code for the original classes (though several configuration
files for InterViews need to be changed via a patch file).
Currently, the Xavier audio classes are only supported on SUN
workstations with an audio interface, such as the SPARCstation2.
Xavier has been tested in the following environments:
SUN:
Machine : SPARCserver470 SPARCstation-IPC
OS : SUN-OS4.1.1 or later
C++ : SUN C++ ver2.1
NEC(EWS):
Machine : EWS4800/210,230
OS : EWS-UX/V(Rel4.0) WSOS41 Release5.1,Release5.2
C++ : C++ Release3.1
It can be obtained via anonymous ftp from
interviews.stanford.edu in /pub/contrib/
(Xavier.large-demo.tar, and Xavier.tar)
We are preparing a mailing-list for information regarding Xavier.
If you are interested, please contact
[email protected].
I will add your e-mail address to our list.
[Reference]
o Rei Hamakawa, Hizekazu Sakagami, Jun Rekimoto:
Audio and Video Extension to Graphical Interface Toolkits,
The Third International Workshop on Network and Operating
System Support for Digital Audio and Video, San Diego, 1992
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} >I'd have to say the most impressive HRs I've ever see came from Dave Kingman
} >and his infamous moon-raker drives...
}
} I remember one he hit circa 1976 at Wrigley Field that went across
} the street (in dead center field) and hit a house on the roof. He
} whiffed a lot, but when he *did* connect, watch out!
the best home run i have *ever* seen came off, believe it or not,
Roger Clemens (sorry, Val) a couple of years ago. he threw a ball to
Incaviglia which was literally at Inky's neck, and he absolutely
hammered the crap out of it. after the swing, Clemens nonchalantly
motioned for a new ball--he didn't even turn around to look, or
even get upset. the ball hit the lights in the left-field standard,
some 70 or so feet about the Green Monster (over 100 feet above the
ground total!)
truly an amazing shot.
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Is there a fix for this? We have a Quadra 900 that will NOT finish startup
unless there is a monitor connected. This would be no problem, but since
we're running it as a file server, there is no need to have a monitor
connected all the time.
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Yet another Jeep wannabe designed for yuppies who will never take it off road but want
to look "outdoorsey".
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I have had a Gateway Telepath modem for about a month or so now.
Actually, I had one that wouldn't connect to ANYTHING no matter
what software I used, so I got a new one sent to me. This allows
me to connect to my favorite News system with ZERO problems. So
I'm somewhat happier ....
But I still cannot connect to my favorite DOS bbs with any kind
of reliability. I have success about 1/10 calls. Not good! I
would hope that the fact that this one can connect to at least
ONE of my fave places means I just need to adjust it.
What I usually get is a fast stream of garbage, in the modem response
line on the dial window. Sometimes it will drop to full screen mode
first, then I get about 2-3 screens of garbage. In both cases the
modem seems to time out before connecting and drops carrier.
I am using DEFAULT settings (AT&F) and getting this problem. I
am using the AUTOCONFIGURE settings that Gateway has supplied with
my copy of Qmodem (ATW1&C1&D2S95=44&W0) and getting this problem.
(They have refused to help me beyond this, claiming "it must be
the BBS" or something like that. Not so -- my work modem connects
to this same place just fine, using factory settings -- a Microcom.)
Anyone have any ideas?!
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Hi
I have an Orchid Fahrenheit VLB with 2MB of DRAM. It is an S3
86c805 based card. I had a problem for a while after installing my
second meg of DRAM for the video, and thanks to Orchid, I got a fix
from their tech support (it was jumper settings not given in the
ordinary manual. I assume it would come with memory ordered from
them, so I guess I should be glad they didn't just say "Buy the memory
from us" or something like that.)
The one thing that I was puzzled by was why there was not a
1024x768x32k color mode on the thing, either in full screen or
enlarged desktop mode. My ATI Ultra Plus can handle that, given 2MB
of memory. All the 2MB buys you on the Fahrenheit is 1280x1024x256.
Just ONE more mode. GEEZ. Had I known, I wouldn't have bothered. I
asked them why, and all I got was "Your point is well taken, but
Orchid's software developers are busy with other projects."
So, to get to the point, finally, ARE there any s3 86c805
drivers out there that can handle high res hicolor modes? I'd love to
get another card, but perhaps it will have to wait until the next
generation of cards comes out, since this card came bundled with my
system and it's not so easy to exchange these things unless they're
broken.
If you want these modes, steer away from Orchids s3 86c805
cards (ie. VLB or VA/VLB), at least until their developers are "less
busy". If the magazines are to believed, I've only seen one s3 86c805
product thus far which can handle 1024x768x32k color (Genoa?),
although evenn that might be a misprint.
Please, if there are generic or semi-generic drivers out
there, let me know where I can get them. 800x600x32k is OK, but I
coulda gotten that with my ATI VGA Wonder XL.
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Has anyone experienced a faint shadow at all resolutions using this
card. Is only in Windows. I have replaced card and am waiting on
latest drivers. Also have experienced General Protection Fault Errors
in WSPDPSF.DRV on Winword Tools Option menu and in WINFAX setup.
I had a ATI Ultra but was getting Genral Protection Fault errors
in an SPSS application. These card manufactures must have terrible
quality control to let products on the market with so many bugs.
What a hassle. Running on Gateway 2000 DX2/50.
Thx Dave L
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On the question, "Does God hear the prayers of sinners?" we need to
distinguish.
If we say that He never hears the prayers of any who have sinned, we
make pointless all prayers by anyone born less than 19 centuries
ago.
But if we consider the prayers of the impenitent sinner, of someone
who says, "Lord, I want you to do this for me, but don't expect me
to change my way of life," that is a different matter. Even here, I
would not venture to say that God never grants such petitions (just
as He sends sun and rain on the evil and on the good). However, if
someone we know well is praying to God in that spirit, we might have
the responsibility to say, "Remember, if God's help is real, then so
are His commands."
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The regular season of the 1992-93 Davis Tabletop Baseball League has
just come to an end. To help us with next year's league, I would
appreciate it if you would take a couple of minutes and vote for
our league MVP and CY winners. These awards, and players' standings
in them, will inflate their salaries for next year's league.
Please vote for 5 in each category, in order. For example...
1. Barry Bonds
2. Frank Thomas
3. Biff Pocoroba
4. Shooty Babitt
5. "Lips" Lundy.
Please do NOT vote for pitchers in MVP voting for this league. Each team
in the league gets one candidate for MVP, and one for CY. Defensive
position is listed where applicable, along with an abbreviation of
their performance there (E=Excellent, V=Very Good, A=Average,
P=Poor, B=Very Poor) Thanks... please reply by April 10.
For the record - the season was 144 games long. Thanks for your help.
MVP Candidates
Name G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K SB CS IBB BA/OBP/SLG DEF
Griffey 124 338 99 27 0 16 44 64 39 50 0 0 16 293/362/515 8-P
EMartinez 139 562 176 55 3 14 85 87 44 77 14 5 6 313/359/496 5-A
Sandberg 137 559 163 35 6 20 100 102 64 67 4 1 2 292/360/483 4-V
Ventura 144 562 161 32 0 9 83 59 80 61 0 1 3 286/374/391 5-E
McGriff 148 533 150 25 1 33 89 98 102 132 0 3 20 281/398/518 3-P
McGwire 138 487 134 31 1 34 108 104 128 100 0 3 38 275/425/552 3-E
RAlomar 127 515 159 23 8 5 85 34 70 67 54 11 1 309/389/414 4-P
Dykstra 144 582 157 27 1 3 94 60 65 67 89 20 3 270/339/335 8-A
Butler 137 534 158 13 13 1 82 50 83 69 13 19 0 296/386/375 8-B
Deer 119 425 103 26 1 33 66 75 44 141 1 3 2 242/311/541 9-V
Bonds 145 465 143 39 4 33 128 101 187 62 23 5 68 308/502/622 7-E
Hrbek 129 423 112 21 0 12 62 52 80 77 1 0 2 265/380/400 3-P
JGonzalez 135 543 121 17 1 38 59 85 28 146 0 0 2 223/259/468 8-B
Some players missed time due to injuries, others were sat down at the end
to avoid the possibility of injury. There are better players than those
on this list, but each team gets one and only one candidate. Some players
played more than 144 games due to being traded to teams with more games
left in the same time span. Now, on to the pitchers...
Name ERA G W L S IP H BB K HR GS CG ShO WP
DMartinez 3.01 30 15 8 0 209.1 173 76 124 12 30 2 0 2
Dibble 0.80 37 0 2 25 33.2 21 8 46 1 0 0 0 0
Rijo 3.40 26 13 7 0 177.1 175 56 133 12 26 5 1 5
Mussina 2.92 29 15 7 0 206.2 167 46 119 15 29 3 1 2
Benes 3.24 28 14 9 0 194.1 172 53 127 13 28 4 1 1
KHill 2.93 27 16 7 0 196.2 144 64 166 20 26 8 3 1
Smoltz 3.62 28 11 11 0 186.1 177 66 158 9 28 6 1 7
Cone 3.46 28 14 7 0 197.2 152 103 193 10 28 7 1 5
Drabek 2.79 29 13 10 0 206.2 166 55 131 16 29 4 0 2
Tewksbury 3.28 25 12 8 0 172.2 168 36 64 8 25 4 2 1
Clemens 2.94 31 16 11 0 223.1 198 71 178 13 31 17! 2 1
Tomlin 2.48 28 12 5 0 196.0 172 42 97 8 27 1 0 2
Farr 0.81 38 4 1 17 55.1 28 25 38 1 0 0 0 0
There you have it. Curt Schilling threw a perfect game during the year,
and Ken Hill threw a no-hitter. Rob Dibble had pitched 32 scoreless
innings to start the year, only to choke in the last two games to cost
the Perot's Giant Sucking Sounds a playoff spot.
If you want stats of more players, they are available by request. Please
take the time to reply if you can. Thanks.
--
* Gary Huckabay * Kevin Kerr: The Al Feldstein of the mid-90's! *
* "A living argument for * If there's anything we love more than a huge *
* existence of parallel * .sig, it's someone quoting 100 lines to add *
* universes." * 3 or 4 new ones. And consecutive posts, too. *
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: At the company I worked for previously, I received a file that was des encryped
: and the person that had sent it, went on vaction. Rather than wait two weeks
: I set up a straight frontal attack with one key at a time. It only took two(2)
: days to crack the file. No, I don't have any faith in DES.
: A.G.
Fun! Three questions:
1) What hardware did you use?
2) When you found the key, was there anything about it that was special
that meant you had been lucky to find it early? (Like the first 30 bits
all being 0)
3) ... or did you mean a dictionary attack rather than a binary key attack?
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[In response to some of the discussions on the Sabbath, Andrew Byler
commented that if we really followed sola scriptura we would worship
on Saturday -- the change to Sunday was a law made by the Church, and
we don't acknowledge its authority to make laws. I noted that
Protestants do not consider Sunday worship a law. --clh]
He was not referring to the FAQ but to the five Sabbath Admissions posted
on the bible study group. This is what prompted someone to send the FAQ
to me.
n> ceremonial law is not binding on Christians.
You cannot show, from scripture, that the weekly Sabbath is part of the
ceremonial laws. Before you post a text in reply investigate its context.
Can the churches also decide what is and is not sin? Interesting. Where
there is no divine imperative of course we must establish rules of
operation. But we cannot be as creative with what God has explicitly
spoken on.
Darius
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Then why do we really need national health insurance then? Wouldn't it just make
more sense to find some way to cut down on the cost of malpractice insurance?
And maybe that's not such a good thing. I also read somewhere that it is next to
impossible in Canada to litigate against the health system-class action suits
are nearly impossible, and you can't sue the provincial health officials at all.
Oh no. Don't let the AMA know about this. They have enough power as it is. Ask
most Americans whether they'd like the doctors' lobby to get more powerful.
Well, yeah, tell us about the National Defense Medical Centre outside Ottawa.
Theoretically it's limited to service personnel, but some studies I've heard
about have suggested that about half the patients there are civilians who not
only have connections but aren't "urgent" at all.
The problem is, in a system where hospitals' annual budgets are approved by the
government, how do you keep political considerations out of medical decisions?
I bet that if you're an MP or MPP, or good friends with one, you're put on any
hospital's "urgent" care list no matter how minor your problem. Which is OK
unless you're someone who gets bumped off the list for some bigshot.
Hmm. How much difference would it make in the figure of percentage of GNP spent
on health care if dentistry and optometry were included in the accounting?
Maybe Canada spends proportionately just as much on health care as we do.
So what happens if the health care systems financially collapse. Bob Rae, the
second least popular man in Ontario, warned Ontarians a few years ago that if
they didn't stop cross-border shopping in such huge numbers, "the services they
expect from the province just won't be there in a few years" (Fortunately for
them (and less fortunately for the retailers here in Western New York) the
Canadian dollar went back to a more realistic value). He didn't say so, but I
knew he meant the OHIP. What would happen if his warning turned out to be the
truth? Would the private insurers take up the slack? They'd be under no
obligation to. Of course, they could eventually make money again, but if what
you say is true, they'd be loathe to do so (and out of practice in handling
such basic services, too).
Would that it were free. Americans would start another revolution if they had
to pay taxes at Canadian rates.
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Enclosed are the rules, guidelines and related information for the 10th
International Obfuscated C Code Contest. (This is part 2 of a 2 part
shar file).
Enjoy!
chongo <Landon Curt Noll> /\oo/\
Larry Bassel
=-=
#!/bin/sh
# This is part 02 of a multipart archive
# ============= mkentry.c ==============
echo "x - extracting mkentry.c (Text)"
sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > mkentry.c &&
X/* @(#)mkentry.c 1.24 3/1/93 02:28:49 */
X/*
X * Copyright (c) Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel, 1993.
X * All Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, education or non-profit use
X * is granted provided this this copyright and notice are included in its
X * entirety and remains unaltered. All other uses must receive prior
X * permission in writing from both Landon Curt Noll and Larry Bassel.
X */
X/*
X * mkentry - make an International Obfuscated C Code Contest entry
X *
X * usage:
X * mkentry -r remarks -b build -p prog.c -o ioccc.entry
X *
X * -r remarks file with remarks about the entry
X * -b build file containing how prog.c should be built
X * -p prog.c the obfuscated program source file
X * -o ioccc.entry ioccc entry output file
X *
X * compile by:
X * cc mkentry.c -o mkentry
X */
X/*
X * Placed in the public domain by Landon Curt Noll, 1992.
X *
X * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
X * WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
X * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
X */
X/*
X * WARNING:
X *
X * This program attempts to implement the IOCCC rules. Every attempt
X * has been made to make sure that this program produces an entry that
X * conforms to the contest rules. In all cases, where this program
X * differs from the contest rules, the contest rules will be used. Be
X * sure to check with the contest rules before submitting an entry.
X *
X * Send questions or comments (but not entries) about the contest, to:
X *
X * ...!{sun,pacbell,uunet,pyramid}!hoptoad!judges
X * [email protected]
X * The rules and the guidelines may (and often do) change from year to
X * year. You should be sure you have the current rules and guidelines
X * prior to submitting entries. To obtain all 3 of them, send Email
X * to the address above and use the subject 'send rules'.
X *
X * Because contest rules change from year to year, one should only use this
X * program for the year that it was intended. Be sure that the RULE_YEAR
X * define below matches this current year.
X */
X
X#include <stdio.h>
X#include <ctype.h>
X#include <time.h>
X#include <sys/types.h>
X#include <sys/stat.h>
X
X/* logic */
X#ifndef TRUE
X# define TRUE 1
X#endif /* TRUE */
X#ifndef FALSE
X# define FALSE 0
X#endif /* FALSE */
X#define EOF_OK TRUE
X#define EOF_NOT_OK FALSE
X
X/* global limits */
X#define RULE_YEAR 1993 /* NOTE: should match the current year */
X#define START_DATE "1Mar92 0:00 UTC" /* first confirmation received */
X#define MAX_COL 79 /* max column a line should hit */
X#define MAX_BUILD_SIZE 256 /* max how to build size */
X#define MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE 3217 /* max program source size */
X#define MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE2 1536 /* max program source size not counting
X whitespace and {}; not followed by
X whitespace or EOF */
X#define MAX_TITLE_LEN 12 /* max chars in the title */
X#define MAX_ENTRY_LEN 1 /* max length in the entry input line */
X#define MAX_ENTRY 8 /* max number of entries per person per year */
X#define MAX_FILE_LEN 1024 /* max filename length for a info file */
X
X/* where to send entries */
X#define ENTRY_ADDR1 "...!{apple,pyramid,sun,uunet}!hoptoad!obfuscate"
X#define ENTRY_ADDR2 "[email protected]"
X
X/* uuencode process - assumes ASCII */
X#define UUENCODE(c) (encode_str[(int)(c)&0xff])
X#define UUENCODE_LEN 45 /* max uuencode chunk size */
X#define UUINFO_MODE 0444 /* mode of an info file's uuencode file */
X#define UUBUILD_MODE 0444 /* mode of the build file's uuencode file */
X#define UUBUILD_NAME "build" /* name for the build file's uuencode file */
X#define UUPROG_MODE 0444 /* mode of the program's uuencode file */
X#define UUPROG_NAME "prog.c" /* name for the program's uuencode file */
X
X/* encode_str[(char)val] is the uuencoded character of val */
Xchar encode_str[256+1] = "`!\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_ !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_ !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_ !\"#$%&'()*+,-./0123456789:;<=>?@ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ[\\]^_";
X
X/* global declarations */
Xchar *program; /* our name */
Xlong start_time; /* the startup time */
X
X/* forward declarations */
Xvoid parse_args();
Xvoid usage();
XFILE *open_remark();
XFILE *open_build();
XFILE *open_program();
XFILE *open_output();
Xvoid output_entry();
Xvoid output_remark();
Xvoid output_author();
Xvoid output_info();
Xvoid output_build();
Xvoid output_program();
Xvoid output_end();
Xint get_line();
Xvoid output_till_dot();
Xint col_len();
Xvoid check_io();
Xvoid uuencode();
X
Xmain(argc, argv)
X int argc; /* arg count */
X char **argv; /* the args */
X{
X FILE *remark=NULL; /* open remarks stream */
X FILE *build=NULL; /* open build file stream */
X FILE *prog=NULL; /* open program stream */
X FILE *output=NULL; /* open output stream */
X char *rname=NULL; /* file with remarks about the entry */
X char *bname=NULL; /* file containing how prog.c should be built */
X char *pname=NULL; /* the obfuscated program source file */
X char *oname=NULL; /* ioccc entry output file */
X struct tm *tm; /* startup time structure */
X
X /*
X * check on the year
X */
X start_time = time((long *)0);
X tm = gmtime(&start_time);
X if (tm->tm_year != RULE_YEAR-1900) {
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: WARNING: this program applies to %d, which may differ from %d\n\n",
X argv[0], RULE_YEAR, 1900+tm->tm_year);
X }
X
X /*
X * parse the command line args
X */
X parse_args(argc, argv, &rname, &bname, &pname, &oname);
X
X /*
X * open/check the input and output files
X *
X * We open and truncate the output file first, in case it is the same
X * as one of the input files.
X */
X output = open_output(oname);
X remark = open_remark(rname);
X build = open_build(bname);
X prog = open_program(pname);
X if (output==NULL || remark==NULL || build==NULL || prog==NULL) {
X exit(1);
X }
X
X /*
X * output each section
X */
X output_entry(output, oname);
X output_remark(output, oname, remark, rname);
X output_author(output, oname);
X output_info(output, oname);
X output_build(output, oname, build, bname);
X output_program(output, oname, prog, pname);
X output_end(output, oname);
X
X /*
X * flush the output
X */
X if (fflush(output) == EOF) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: flush error in %s: ", program, oname);
X perror("");
X exit(2);
X }
X
X /*
X * final words
X */
X printf("\nYour entry can be found in %s. You should check this file\n",
X oname);
X printf("correct any problems and verify that the uudecode utility will\n");
X printf("correctly decode your build file and program.\n\n");
X printf("This program has been provided as a guide for submitters. In\n");
X printf("cases where it conflicts with the rules, the rules shall apply.\n");
X printf("It is your responsibility to ensure that your entry conforms to\n");
X printf("the current rules.\n\n");
X printf("Email your entries to:\n");
X printf("\t%s\n", ENTRY_ADDR1);
X printf("\t%s\n\n", ENTRY_ADDR2);
X printf("Please use the following subject when you Email your entry:\n");
X printf("\tioccc entry\n\n");
X /* all done */
X exit(0);
X}
X
X/*
X * parse_args - parse the command line args
X *
X * Given the command line args, this function parses them and sets the
X * required name flags. This function will return only if the command
X * line syntax is correct.
X */
Xvoid
Xparse_args(argc, argv, rname, bname, pname, oname)
X int argc; /* arg count */
X char **argv; /* the args */
X char **rname; /* file with remarks about the entry */
X char **bname; /* file containing how prog.c should be built */
X char **pname; /* the obfuscated program source file */
X char **oname; /* ioccc entry output file */
X{
X char *optarg; /* -flag option operand */
X int flagname; /* the name of the -flag */
X int i;
X
X /*
X * Not everyone has getopt, so we must parse args by hand.
X */
X program = argv[0];
X for (i=1; i < argc; ++i) {
X
X /* determine the flagname */
X if (argv[i][0] != '-') {
X usage(1);
X /*NOTREACHED*/
X }
X flagname = (int)argv[i][1];
X
X /* determine the flag's operand */
X if (flagname != '\0' && argv[i][2] != '\0') {
X optarg = &argv[i][2];
X } else {
X if (i+1 >= argc) {
X usage(2);
X /*NOTREACHED*/
X } else {
X optarg = argv[++i];
X }
X }
X
X /* save the flag's operand in the correct global variable */
X switch (flagname) {
X case 'r':
X *rname = optarg;
X break;
X case 'b':
X *bname = optarg;
X break;
X case 'p':
X *pname = optarg;
X break;
X case 'o':
X *oname = optarg;
X break;
X default:
X usage(3);
X /*NOTREACHED*/
X }
X }
X
X /*
X * verify that we have all of the required flags
X */
X if (*rname == NULL || *bname == NULL || *pname == NULL || *oname == NULL) {
X usage(4);
X /*NOTREACHED*/
X }
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * usage - print a usage message and exit
X *
X * This function does not return.
X */
Xvoid
Xusage(exitval)
X int exitval; /* exit with this value */
X{
X fprintf(stderr,
X "usage: %s -r remarks -b build -p prog.c -o ioccc.entry\n\n", program);
X fprintf(stderr, "\t-r remarks\tfile with remarks about the entry\n");
X fprintf(stderr, "\t-b build\tfile containing how prog.c should be built\n");
X fprintf(stderr, "\t-p prog.c\tthe obfuscated program source file\n");
X fprintf(stderr, "\t-o ioccc.entry\tioccc entry output file\n");
X exit(exitval);
X}
X
X/*
X * open_remark - open/check the remark file
X *
X * The remark file should be indented by 4 spaces, and should not extend
X * beyond column MAX_COL. These are not requirements, so we only warn.
X *
X * This function returns NULL on I/O or format error.
X */
XFILE *
Xopen_remark(filename)
X char *filename;
X{
X FILE *stream; /* the opened file stream */
X char buf[BUFSIZ+1]; /* input buffer */
X int toolong=0; /* number of lines that are too long */
X int non_indent=0; /* number of lines not indented by 4 spaces */
X
X /*
X * open the remark input file
X */
X stream = fopen(filename, "r");
X if (stream == NULL) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open remark file: %s: ",
X program, filename);
X perror("");
X return(NULL);
X }
X
X /*
X * look at each line
X */
X while (fgets(buf, BUFSIZ, stream) != NULL) {
X
X /* count lines that do not start with 4 spaces */
X if (buf[0] != '\n' && strncmp(buf, " ", 4) != 0) {
X ++non_indent;
X }
X
X /* count long lines */
X if (col_len(buf) > MAX_COL) {
X /* found a line that is too long */
X ++toolong;
X }
X }
X
X /* watch for I/O errors */
X check_io(stream, filename, EOF_OK);
X
X /* note long lines if needed */
X if (toolong > 0) {
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: WARNING: %d line(s) from %s extend beyond the 80th column\n",
X program, toolong, filename);
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: This is ok, but it would be nice to avoid\n\n",
X program);
X }
X
X /* note non-indented lines, if needed */
X if (non_indent > 0) {
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: WARNING: %d line(s) from %s are not indented by 4 spaces\n",
X program, non_indent, filename);
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: This is ok, but it would be nice to avoid\n\n",
X program);
X }
X
X /* return the open file */
X rewind(stream);
X return(stream);
X}
X
X/*
X * open_build - open/check the build file
X *
X * The how to build file must not be longer than MAX_BUILD_SIZE bytes.
X *
X * This function returns NULL on I/O or size error.
X */
XFILE *
Xopen_build(filename)
X char *filename;
X{
X FILE *stream; /* the opened file stream */
X struct stat statbuf; /* the status of the open file */
X
X /*
X * open the how to build input file
X */
X stream = fopen(filename, "r");
X if (stream == NULL) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open how to build file: %s: ",
X program, filename);
X perror("");
X return(NULL);
X }
X
X /*
X * determine the size of the file
X */
X if (fstat(fileno(stream), &statbuf) < 0) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot stat how to build file: %s: ",
X program, filename);
X perror("");
X return(NULL);
X }
X if (statbuf.st_size > MAX_BUILD_SIZE) {
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: FATAL: the how to build file: %s, is %d bytes long\n",
X program, filename, statbuf.st_size);
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: it may not be longer than %d bytes\n",
X program, MAX_BUILD_SIZE);
X return(NULL);
X }
X
X /* return the open file */
X return(stream);
X}
X
X/*
X * open_program - open/check the program source file
X *
X * The program source file must be <= 3217 bytes. The number of
X * non-whitespace and }{; chars not followed by whitespace must
X * be <= 1536 bytes.
X *
X * This function returns NULL on I/O or size error.
X */
XFILE *
Xopen_program(filename)
X char *filename;
X{
X FILE *stream; /* the opened file stream */
X struct stat statbuf; /* the status of the open file */
X int count; /* special count size */
X int c; /* the character read */
X
X /*
X * open the program source input file
X */
X stream = fopen(filename, "r");
X if (stream == NULL) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open program source file: %s: ",
X program, filename);
X perror("");
X exit(7);
X }
X
X /*
X * determine the size of the file
X */
X if (fstat(fileno(stream), &statbuf) < 0) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot stat program source file: %s: ",
X program, filename);
X perror("");
X return(NULL);
X }
X if (statbuf.st_size > MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE) {
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: FATAL: the program source file: %s, is %d bytes long\n",
X program, filename, statbuf.st_size);
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: it may not be longer than %d bytes\n",
X program, MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE);
X return(NULL);
X }
X
X /*
X * count the non-whitespace, non {}; followed by whitespace chars
X */
X count = 0;
X c = 0;
X while ((c=fgetc(stream)) != EOF) {
X /* look at non-whitespace */
X if (!isascii(c) || !isspace(c)) {
X switch (c) {
X case '{': /* count if not followed by EOF or whitespace */
X case '}':
X case ';':
X /* peek at next char */
X c = fgetc(stream);
X if (c != EOF && isascii(c) && !isspace(c)) {
X /* not followed by whitespace or EOF, count it */
X ungetc(c, stream);
X ++count;
X }
X break;
X default:
X ++count;
X break;
X }
X }
X }
X
X /* watch for I/O errors */
X check_io(stream, filename, EOF_OK);
X
X /* look at the special size */
X if (count > MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE2) {
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: FATAL: the number of bytes that are non-whitespace, and\n",
X program);
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: that are not '{', '}', ';' followed by whitespace\n",
X program);
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: or EOF must be <= %d bytes\n",
X program, MAX_PROGRAM_SIZE2);
X fprintf(stderr,
X "%s: in %s, %d bytes were found\n",
X program, filename, count);
X return(NULL);
X }
X
X /* return the open file */
X rewind(stream);
X return(stream);
X}
X
X/*
X * open_output - open/check the entry output file
X *
X * This function returns NULL on open error.
X */
XFILE *
Xopen_output(filename)
X char *filename;
X{
X FILE *stream; /* the opened file stream */
X
X /*
X * open the ioccc entry output file
X */
X stream = fopen(filename, "w");
X if (stream == NULL) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: cannot open ioccc entry file for output: %s: ",
X program, filename);
X perror("");
X exit(8);
X }
X
X /* return the open file */
X return(stream);
X}
X
X/*
X * output_entry - output the ---entry--- section
X *
X * Read the needed information form stdin, and write the entry section.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_entry(output, oname)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X{
X char title[MAX_TITLE_LEN+1+1]; /* the entry's title */
X char buf[MAX_COL+1+1]; /* I/O buffer */
X int entry=0; /* entry number */
X int ret; /* fields processed by fscanf */
X int ok_line=0; /* 0 => the line is not ok */
X char skip; /* input to skip */
X FILE *date_pipe; /* pipe to a date command */
X time_t epoch_sec; /* seconds since the epoch */
X char *p;
X
X /*
X * write the start of the section
X */
X fprintf(output, "---entry---\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * write the rule year
X */
X fprintf(output, "rule:\t%d\n", RULE_YEAR);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* determine if this is a fix */
X printf("Is this a fix, update or resubmittion to a ");
X printf("previous entry (enter y or n)? ");
X while (get_line(buf, 1+1, 0) <= 0 || !(buf[0]=='y' || buf[0]=='n')) {
X printf("\nplease answer y or n: ");
X }
X if (buf[0] == 'y') {
X fprintf(output, "fix:\ty\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X printf("\nBe sure that the title and entry number that you give\n");
X printf("are the same of as the entry you are replacing\n");
X } else {
X fprintf(output, "fix:\tn\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X }
X
X /*
X * write the title
X */
X printf("\nYour title must match expression be a [a-zA-Z0-9_=] character\n");
X printf("followed by 0 to %d more [a-zA-Z0-9_=+-] characters.\n\n",
X MAX_TITLE_LEN-1);
X printf("It is suggested, but not required, that the title should\n");
X printf("incorporate your username; in the\n");
X printf("case of multiple authors, consider using parts of the usernames\n");
X printf("of the authors.\n\n");
X printf("enter your title: ");
X do {
X /* prompt and read a line */
X if ((ok_line = get_line(title, MAX_TITLE_LEN+1, MAX_COL-9)) <= 0) {
X printf("\ntitle is too long, please re-enter: ");
X continue;
X }
X
X /* verify the pattern, not everyone has regexp, so do it by hand */
X if (!isascii((int)title[0]) ||
X !(isalnum((int)title[0]) || title[0] == '_' || title[0] == '=')) {
X printf("\ninvalid first character in the title\n\n");
X printf("enter your title: ");
X ok_line = 0;
X } else {
X for (p=(&title[1]); *p != '\0' && *p != '\n'; ++p) {
X if (!isascii((int)*p) ||
X !(isalnum((int)*p) ||
X *p == '_' || *p == '=' || *p == '+' || *p == '-')) {
X printf("\ninvalid character in the title\n\n");
X printf("enter your title: ");
X ok_line = 0;
X }
X }
X }
X } while (ok_line <= 0);
X fprintf(output, "title:\t%s", title);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * write the entry number
X */
X printf("\nEach person may submit up to %d entries per year.\n\n",
X MAX_ENTRY);
X printf("enter an entry number from 0 to %d inclusive: ", MAX_ENTRY-1);
X do {
X /* get a valid input line */
X fflush(stdout);
X ret = fscanf(stdin, "%d[\n]", &entry);
X check_io(stdin, "stdin", EOF_NOT_OK);
X /* skip over input until newline is found */
X do {
X skip = fgetc(stdin);
X check_io(stdin, "stdin", EOF_NOT_OK);
X if (skip != '\n') {
X /* bad text in input, invalidate entry number */
X entry = -1;
X }
X } while (skip != '\n');
X
X /* check if we have a number, and if it is in range */
X if (ret != 1 || entry < 0 || entry > MAX_ENTRY-1) {
X printf(
X "\nThe entry number must be between 0 and %d inclusive\n\n",
X MAX_ENTRY-1);
X printf("enter the entry number: ");
X }
X } while (ret != 1 || entry < 0 || entry > MAX_ENTRY-1);
X fprintf(output, "entry:\t%d\n", entry);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * write the submission date
X */
X /* returns a newline */
X epoch_sec = time(NULL);
X fprintf(output, "date:\t%s", asctime(gmtime(&epoch_sec)));
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * write the OS/machine host information
X */
X printf(
X "\nEnter the machine(s) and OS(s) under which your entry was tested.\n");
X output_till_dot(output, oname, "host:");
X}
X
X/*
X * output_remark - output the ---remark--- section
X *
X * Read the needed information form stdin, and write the entry section.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_remark(output, oname, remark, rname)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X FILE *remark; /* stream to the file containing remark text */
X char *rname; /* name of the remark file */
X{
X char buf[BUFSIZ+1]; /* input/output buffer */
X
X /*
X * write the start of the section
X */
X fprintf(output, "---remark---\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * copy the remark file to the section
X */
X while (fgets(buf, BUFSIZ, remark) != NULL) {
X fputs(buf, output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X }
X check_io(remark, rname, EOF_OK);
X
X /* be sure that the remark section ends with a newline */
X if (buf[strlen(buf)-1] != '\n') {
X fputc('\n', output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X }
X}
X
X/*
X * output_author - output the ---author--- section
X *
X * Read the needed information from stdin, and write the author section.
X * If multiple authors exist, multiple author sections will be written.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_author(output, oname)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X{
X char buf[MAX_COL+1+1]; /* I/O buffer */
X int more_auths; /* TRUE => more authors to note */
X int auth_cnt=0; /* number of authors processed */
X
X /*
X * prompt the user for the author section
X */
X printf("\nEnter information about each author. If your entry is after\n");
X printf("%s and before the contest deadline, the judges\n", START_DATE);
X printf("will attempt to Email back a confirmation to the first author\n");
X
X /*
X * place author information for each author in an individual section
X */
X do {
X
X /* write the start of the section */
X fprintf(output, "---author---\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* write the author */
X printf("\nAuthor #%d name: ", ++auth_cnt);
X while (get_line(buf, MAX_COL+1, MAX_COL-9) <= 0) {
X printf("\nname too long, please re-enter: ");
X }
X fprintf(output, "name:\t%s", buf);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* write the organization */
X printf("\nEnter the School/Company/Organization of author #%d\n",
X auth_cnt);
X printf("\nAuthor #%d org: ", auth_cnt);
X while (get_line(buf, MAX_COL+1, MAX_COL-9) <= 0) {
X printf("\nline too long, please re-enter: ");
X }
X fprintf(output, "org:\t%s", buf);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* write the address */
X printf(
X "\nEnter the postal address for author #%d. Be sure to include\n",
X auth_cnt);
X printf("your country and do not include your name.\n");
X output_till_dot(output, oname, "addr:");
X
X /* write the Email address */
X printf(
X "\nEnter the Email address for author #%d. Use an address from\n",
X auth_cnt);
X printf(
X "a registered domain or well known site. If you give several\n");
X printf("forms, list them one per line.\n");
X output_till_dot(output, oname, "email:");
X
X /* write the anonymous status */
X printf("\nShould author #%d remain anonymous (enter y or n)? ",
X auth_cnt);
X while (get_line(buf, 1+1, 0) <= 0 || !(buf[0]=='y' || buf[0]=='n')) {
X printf("\nplease answer y or n: ");
X }
X fprintf(output, "anon:\t%s", buf);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* determine if there is another author */
X printf("\nIs there another author (enter y or n)? ");
X while (get_line(buf, 1+1, 0) <= 0 || !(buf[0]=='y' || buf[0]=='n')) {
X printf("\nplease answer y or n: ");
X }
X if (buf[0] == 'y') {
X more_auths = TRUE;
X } else {
X more_auths = FALSE;
X }
X } while (more_auths == TRUE);
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * output_info - output the ---info--- section(s)
X *
X * Read the needed information from stdin, and write the info section.
X * If multiple info files exist, multiple info sections will be written.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_info(output, oname)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X{
X char infoname[MAX_FILE_LEN+1]; /* filename buffer */
X char yorn[1+1]; /* y or n answer */
X char *uuname; /* name to uuencode as */
X FILE *infile; /* info file stream */
X
X /*
X * prompt the user for info information
X */
X printf("\nInfo files should be used only to supplement your entry.\n");
X printf("For example, info files may provide sample input or detailed\n");
X printf("information about your entry. Because they are supplemental,\n");
X printf("the entry should not require them to exist.\n\n");
X
X /*
X * while there is another info file to save, uuencode it
X */
X printf("Do you have a info file to include (enter y or n)? ");
X while (get_line(yorn, 1+1, 0) <= 0 || !(yorn[0]=='y' || yorn[0]=='n')) {
X printf("\nplease answer y or n: ");
X }
X while (yorn[0] == 'y') {
X
X /* read the filename */
X printf("\nEnter the info filename: ");
X while (get_line(infoname, MAX_FILE_LEN+1, 0) <= 0) {
X printf("\nInfo filename too long, please re-enter: ");
X }
X
X /* compute the basename of the info filename */
X /* remove the trailing newline */
X uuname = &infoname[strlen(infoname)-1];
X *uuname = '\0';
X /* avoid rindex/shrrchr compat issues, do it by hand */
X for (--uuname; uuname > infoname; --uuname) {
X if (*uuname == '/') {
X ++uuname;
X break;
X }
X }
X
X /* attempt to open the info file */
X infile = fopen(infoname, "r");
X if (infile == NULL) {
X fprintf(stderr, "\n%s: cannot open info file: %s: ",
X program, infoname);
X perror("");
X continue;
X }
X
X /*
X * write the start of the section
X */
X fprintf(output, "---info---\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* uuencode the info file */
X uuencode(output, oname, infile, infoname, UUINFO_MODE, uuname);
X
X printf("\nDo you have another info file to include (enter y or n)? ");
X while (get_line(yorn, 1+1, 0) <= 0 || !(yorn[0]=='y' || yorn[0]=='n')) {
X printf("\nplease answer y or n: ");
X }
X };
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * output_build - output the ---build--- section
X *
X * Read the needed information from stdin, and write the build section.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_build(output, oname, build, bname)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X FILE *build; /* open build file stream */
X char *bname; /* name of the build file */
X{
X /*
X * write the start of the section
X */
X fprintf(output, "---build---\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * uuencode the program file
X */
X uuencode(output, oname, build, bname, UUBUILD_MODE, UUBUILD_NAME);
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * output_program - output the ---program--- section
X *
X * Read the needed information form stdin, and write the program section.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_program(output, oname, prog, pname)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X FILE *prog; /* open program stream */
X char *pname; /* name of program file */
X{
X /*
X * write the start of the section
X */
X fprintf(output, "---program---\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * uuencode the program file
X */
X uuencode(output, oname, prog, pname, UUPROG_MODE, UUPROG_NAME);
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * output_end - output the ---end--- section
X *
X * Read the needed information form stdin, and write the 'end section'.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_end(output, oname)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X{
X /*
X * write the final section terminator
X */
X fprintf(output, "---end---\n");
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * get_line - get an answer from stdin
X *
X * This function will flush stdout, in case a prompt is pending, and
X * read in the answer.
X *
X * This function returns 0 if the line is too long, of the length of the
X * line (including the newline) of the line was ok. This function does
X * not return if ERROR or EOF.
X */
Xint
Xget_line(buf, siz, maxcol)
X char *buf; /* input buffer */
X int siz; /* length of input, including the newline */
X int maxcol; /* max col allowed, 0 => disable check */
X{
X int length; /* the length of the input line */
X
X /* flush terminal output */
X fflush(stdout);
X
X /* read the line */
X if (fgets(buf, siz+1, stdin) == NULL) {
X /* report the problem */
X check_io(stdin, "stdin", EOF_NOT_OK);
X }
X
X /* look for the newline */
X length = strlen(buf);
X if (buf[length-1] != '\n') {
X int eatchar; /* the char being eaten */
X
X /* no newline found, line must be too long, eat the rest of the line */
X do {
X eatchar = fgetc(stdin);
X } while (eatchar != EOF && eatchar != '\n');
X check_io(stdin, "stdin", EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* report the situation */
X return 0;
X }
X
X /* watch for long lines, if needed */
X if (maxcol > 0 && (length > maxcol || col_len(buf) > maxcol)) {
X /* report the situation */
X return 0;
X }
X
X /* return length */
X return length;
X}
X
X/*
X * output_till_dot - output a set of lines until '.' by itself is read
X *
X * This routine will read a set of lines until (but not including)
X * a single line with '.' is read. The format of the output is:
X *
X * leader:\tfirst line
X * \tnext line
X * \tnext line
X * ...
X *
X * This routine will not return if I/O error or EOF.
X */
Xvoid
Xoutput_till_dot(output, oname, leader)
X FILE *output; /* entry's output file stream */
X char *oname; /* name of the output file */
X char *leader; /* the lead text for the first line */
X{
X char buf[BUFSIZ+1]; /* input buffer */
X int count; /* lines read */
X int done=FALSE; /* TRUE => finished reading input */
X
X /* instruct the user on how to input */
X printf("\nTo end input, enter a line with a single period.\n");
X
X /* read lines until '.' or EOF */
X count = 0;
X while (!done) {
X /* issue the prompt */
X printf("%s\t", (count>0) ? "" : leader);
X fflush(stdout);
X
X /* get the line */
X if (get_line(buf, BUFSIZ, MAX_COL-9) <= 0) {
X printf("\nline too long, please re-enter:\n\t");
X continue;
X }
X
X /* note if '.' was read */
X if (strcmp(buf, ".\n") == 0) {
X done = TRUE;
X }
X
X /* write line if we read something */
X if (!done) {
X fprintf(output, "%s\t%s", (count++>0) ? "" : leader, buf);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X }
X }
X
X /* if no lines read, at least output something */
X if (count <= 0) {
X fprintf(output, "%s\t.\n", leader);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X }
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * col_len - determine the highest that a string would reach
X *
X * Given a string, this routine returns that a string would reach
X * if the string were printed at column 1. Tab stops are assumed
X * to start at 9, 17, 25, 33, ...
X */
Xint
Xcol_len(string)
X char *string; /* the string to examine */
X{
X int col; /* current column */
X char *p; /* current char */
X
X /* scan the string */
X for (col=0, p=string; *p != '\0' && *p != '\n'; ++p) {
X /* note the column shift */
X col = (*p=='\t') ? 1+((col+8)/8*8) : col+1;
X }
X if (*p == '\n') {
X --col;
X }
X
X /* return the highest column */
X return col;
X}
X
X/*
X * check_io - check for EOF or I/O error on a stream
X *
X * Does not return if EOF or I/O error.
X */
Xvoid
Xcheck_io(stream, name, eof_ok)
X FILE *stream; /* the stream to check */
X char *name; /* the name of this stream */
X int eof_ok; /* EOF_OK or EOF_NOT_OK */
X{
X /* test for I/O error */
X if (ferror(stream)) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: error on %s: ", program, name);
X perror("");
X exit(1);
X
X /* test for EOF */
X } else if (eof_ok == EOF_NOT_OK && feof(stream)) {
X fprintf(stderr, "%s: EOF on %s\n", program, name);
X exit(1);
X }
X return;
X}
X
X/*
X * uuencode - uuencode a file
X *
X * Perform the uuencoding process identical to the process performed
X * by the uuencode(1) utility.
X *
X * This routine implements the algorithm described in the uuencode(5)
X * 4.3BSD Reno man page.
X */
Xvoid
Xuuencode(output, oname, infile, iname, umode, uname)
X FILE *output; /* output file stream */
X char *oname; /* output filename */
X FILE *infile; /* input file stream */
X char *iname; /* input filename */
X int umode; /* the mode to put on the uuencode file */
X char *uname; /* name to put on the uuencode file */
X{
X char buf[UUENCODE_LEN+1]; /* the uuencode buffer */
X int read_len; /* actual number of chars read */
X int val; /* 6 bit chunk from buf */
X char filler='\0'; /* filler uuencode pad text */
X char *p;
X
X /*
X * output the initial uuencode header
X */
X fprintf(output, "begin %o %s\n", umode, uname);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * clear out the input buffer
X */
X for (p=buf; p < &buf[sizeof(buf)/sizeof(buf[0])]; ++p) {
X *p = '\0';
X }
X
X /*
X * We will process UUENCODE_LEN chars at a time, forming
X * a single output line each time.
X */
X while ((read_len=fread(buf,sizeof(buf[0]),UUENCODE_LEN,infile)) > 0) {
X
X /*
X * the first character is the length character
X */
X fputc(UUENCODE(read_len), output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * We will convert 24 bits at a time. Thus we will convert
X * 3 sets of 8 bits into 4 sets of uuencoded 6 bits.
X */
X for (p=buf; read_len>0; read_len-=3, p+=3) {
X
X /* bits 0 to 5 */
X val = (p[0]>>2)&0x3f;
X fputc(UUENCODE(val), output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* bits 6 to 11 */
X val = ((p[0]<<4)&0x30) | ((p[1]>>4)&0x0f);
X fputc(UUENCODE(val), output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* bits 12 to 17 */
X val = ((p[1]<<2)&0x3c) | ((p[2]>>6)&0x03);
X fputc(UUENCODE(val), output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /* bits 18 to 23 */
X val = p[2]&0x3f;
X fputc(UUENCODE(val), output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X }
X
X /* end of UUENCODE_LEN line */
X fputc('\n', output);
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X
X /*
X * clear out the input buffer (don't depend on bzero() or memset())
X */
X for (p=buf; p < &buf[sizeof(buf)/sizeof(buf[0])]; ++p) {
X *p = '\0';
X }
X }
X
X /* check the last read on the input file */
X check_io(infile, iname, EOF_OK);
X
X /* write end of uuencode file */
X fprintf(output, "%c\nend\n", UUENCODE(filler));
X check_io(output, oname, EOF_NOT_OK);
X}
SHAR_EOF
chmod 0444 mkentry.c ||
echo "restore of mkentry.c failed"
set `wc -c mkentry.c`;Wc_c=$1
if test "$Wc_c" != "33961"; then
echo original size 33961, current size $Wc_c
fi
# ============= obfuscate.info ==============
echo "x - extracting obfuscate.info (Text)"
sed 's/^X//' << 'SHAR_EOF' > obfuscate.info &&
X1993 Obfuscated contest information
X
XCopyright (c) Landon Curt Noll & Larry Bassel, 1993.
XAll Rights Reserved. Permission for personal, education or non-profit use is
Xgranted provided this this copyright and notice are included in its entirety
Xand remains unaltered. All other uses must receive prior permission in writing
Xfrom both Landon Curt Noll and Larry Bassel.
X
XThe International Obfuscated C Code Contest (IOCCC), in the sprit of
Xco-operation, is willing mention other programming contents, as space
Xpermits.
X
XHow to have your contest included in this file:
X
X If you wish the IOCCC judges to include your contest in this file,
X send a request to:
X
X [email protected]
X
X We request that contest descriptions be limited to 50 lines and to
X not exceed 2500 bytes. We typically request that your contest
X include a current description of the IOCCC.
X
X In order to be included in this file for given year, we must
X receive a current description no EARLIER than Jan 1 00:00:00 UTC and
X no LATER than Feb 15 00:00:00 UTC. Agreement to publish your
X contest must also be obtained prior to Feb 15. Annual contests
X that fail to submit a new entry will be dropped from this file.
X
XOfficial Disclaimer: (pardon the officialese)
X
X The contents noted below, other than the IOCCC, are not affiliated
X with the IOCCC, nor are they endorsed by the IOCCC. We reserve the
X right to refuse to print information about a given contest.
X
X The information below was provided by the particular contest
X organizer(s) and printed by permission. Please contact the
X contest organizer(s) directly regarding their contents.
X
XWith that official notice given, we present for your ENJOYMENT, the following
Xinformation about contents:
X
X---------------------------------------------------------------------------
X
X 10th International Obfuscated C Contest
X
X "The original obfuscated contest"
X
X Obfuscate: tr.v. -cated, -cating, -cates. 1. a. To render obscure.
X b. To darken. 2. To confuse: Their emotions obfuscated
X their judgment. [LLat. obfuscare, to darken : ob(intensive) +
X Lat. fuscare, to darken < fuscus, dark.] -obfuscation n.
X obfuscatory adj.
X
X GOALS OF THE CONTEST:
X
X * To write the most Obscure/Obfuscated C program under the rules below.
X * To show the importance of programming style, in an ironic way.
X * To stress C compilers with unusual code.
X * To illustrate some of the subtleties of the C language.
X * To provide a safe forum for poor C code. :-)
X
X The IOCCC is the grandfather of USENET programming contests. Since
X 1984, this contest demonstrated that a program that mearly works
X correctly is not sufficient. The IOCCC has also done much to add
X the arcane word 'obfuscated' back into the English language.
X (see "The New Hacker's Dictionary" by Eric Raymond)
X
X You are strongly encouraged to read the new contest rules before
X sending any entries. The rules, and sometimes the contest Email
X address itself, change over time. A valid entry one year may
X be rejected in a later year due to changes in the rules. The typical
X start date for contests is in early March. Contest rules are normally not
X finalized and posted until the beginning of the contest. The typical
X closing date for contests are in early May.
X
X The contest rules are posted to comp.unix.wizards, comp.lang.c,
X misc.misc, alt.sources and comp.sources.d. If you do not have access
X to these groups, or if you missed the early March posting, you may
X request a copy from the judges, via Email, at;
X
X [email protected] -or- ...!{sun,uunet,utzoo,pyramid}!hoptoad!judges
X
X Previous contest winners are available via anonymous ftp from
X ftp.uu.net under the directory /pub/ioccc.
X
X---------------------------------------------------------------------------
X
X 0th International Obfuscated Perl Contest
X By: Landon Noll & Larry Wall
X
X This content is being planned. Someday when Landon & Larry are not too
X busy, they will actually get around to posting the first set of rules!
X
X but other existing projects got in the way. Hopefully
X something will be developed after Nov 1993."
X
X---------------------------------------------------------------------------
X
X 2nd International obFUsCaTeD POsTsCripT Contest
X Jonathan Monsarrat ([email protected])
X Alena Lacova ([email protected])
X
X A contest of programming skills and knowledge, exclusively for the
X PostScript programming language. Its purpose:
X
X * To spread knowledge of PostScript and its details.
X * To applaud those with the best tricks.
X * To prove that humans can beat those damnable machine generators at
X their own game by writing the most obscure and mysterious PostScript
X programs ever.
X
X Winners will receive the fame and attention that goes with having their
X program entry posted as a winner to programmers world-wide.
X
X The 1993 contest rules and results are available by ftp as
X ``wilma.cs.brown.edu:pub/postscript/obfuscated*.shar'', or individually
X in the obfuscated directory. The judges will post the 1994 rules
X in November to comp.lang.postscript on Usenet, and other places.
X Send questions to [email protected].
X
X Categories include: Best Obfuscated PostScript, Best Artwork,
X Most Compact, Best Interactive Program, Most Useful, and
X anything so unusual and creative that it deserves an award.
X
X The judges will choose the winners of each category.
X
X Alena Lacova is a system administrator at NIKHEF (Institute for High
X Energy and Nuclear Physics) in the Netherlands. She is the author of
X The PostScript Chaos Programs, which draw Julia sets, Mandelbrot sets
X and other kinds of fractal functions.
X
X Jonathan Monsarrat is a graduate student from MIT and Brown University
X in the U.S.A. He is the FAQ maintainer for the Usenet newsgroup
X comp.lang.postscript and the author of The PostScript Zone and LameTeX.
X .
X
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I'm thinking about getting a Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM and hooking it up
through the SCSI port on a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum sound board.
Does anybody have this configuration out there? If so, does it work?
For anybody in general who has the Toshiba 3401 CD-ROM drive, have you
had any hadware problems? Door not opening, scratched disks, door not
closing (getting stuck or not closing all the way), CD holder jamming
and any other CD related problems.
Thanks in Advance
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$ The biggest hurdle for automatics (IMHO) is not shifting speed
$ per se, but rather the transmission's reaction speed when you
$ try to force it to shift manually.
$ [...]
I rented an Oldsmobile Achieva (is that a yuppie name or what?) and a
Nissan Stanza. They both had automatics. I'm a manual transmission
bigot but I have to admit that the transmissions on these cars were
better shifters than I am. And yes, they responded very quickly to
kickdown requests. The Nissan had a tachometer so I was able to figure
out which gear I was in. (The Olds may have also, but I don't
remember.) I believe it shifted all the way down to second at about 50
mph when my foot told it, "No I really want to accelerate quickly."
I would still prefer a manual, but I won't delude myself into thinking
that I can out-accelerate a modern automatic. And I'm very smooth at
shifting but certainly not as good as an automatic.
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:
:
: I really don't know where to post this question so I figured that
: this board would be most appropriate.
: I was wondering about those massive concrete cylinders that
: are ever present at nuclear poer sites. They look like cylinders
: that have been pinched in the middle. Does anybody know what the
: actual purpose of those things are?. I hear that they're called
: 'Cooling Towers' but what the heck do they cool?
: I hope someone can help
:-----------------------
During the nuclear fission reaction the uranium fuel can get hot enough
to melt. When this happens the liquid uranium is pumped to the cooling
tower where it is sprayed into the air. Contact with the cool outside air
will condense the mist and it will fall back to the cooling tower floor.
There it is collected by a cleaning crew using shop vacs and is then
reformed into pellets for reactor use the next day.
Cooling towers are a lot taller than they really need to be. Power companies
are forced to make them that tall by some enviromental law that requires the
raw uranium emisions to be held to under 1%. This law is now under attack
by lawyers arguing that the 1% should be measured at the edge of the property
rather than the edge of the cooling tower. Eliminating this law will save
power companies thousands of dollars in concrete costs for new nukes.
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K(>
K(> RR> OTOH, who are we kidding, the New England Medical Journal in 1984
K(> RR> ran the heading: "Ninety Percent of Diseases are not Treatable by
K(> RR> Drugs or Surgery," which has been echoed by several other reports.
K(> RR> No wonder MDs are not amused with alternative medicine, since
K(> RR> the 20% magic of the "placebo effect" would award alternative
K(> RR> practitioners twice the success rate of conventional medicine...
K(>
K(> 1: "90% of diseases" is not the same thing as "90% of patients".
K(>
K(> In a world with one curable disease that strikes 100 people, and nine
K(> incurable diseases which strikes one person each, medical science will cure
K(> 91% of the patients and report that 90% of diseases have no therapy.
K(>
K(> 2: A disease would be counted among the 90% untreatable if nothing better than
K(> a placebo were known. Of course MDs are ethically bound to not knowingly
K(> dispense placebos...
K(>
K(> -dk
Hmmm... even *without* the ;-) at the end, I didn't think anyone
was going to take the mathematics or statistics of my post seriously.
I only hope that you had the same thing in mind with your post,
otherwise you would need at least TWO ;-)'s at the end to help
anyone understand your calculations above...
--Ron--
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Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:14 $
ASTRONOMICAL MNEMONICS (This is the last FAQ section posted to sci.astro)
Gathered from various flurries of mnemonic postings on sci.astro.
Spectral classification sequence: O B A F G K M R N S
Oh Be A Fine Girl Kiss Me Right Now, Sweetheart. (a classic)
O'Dell's Big Astronomical Fiasco Gonna Kill Me Right Now Surely
Obese Balding Astronomy Found Guilty; Killed Many Reluctant
Nonscience Students.
Octopus Brains, A Favorite Gastronomical Kitchen Menu,
Requires No Sauce
Odd Ball Astronomers Find Generally Kooky Mnemonics
Really Nifty Stuff
Oh Big And Ferocious Gorilla, Kill My Roomate Next Saturday
Oh Boy, A Flash! Godzilla Kills Mothra! Really Not Surprising!
Oh Boy, An F Grade Kills Me
On Bad Afternoons Fermented Grapes Keep Mrs. Richard Nixon Smiling
On, Backward Astronomer, Forget Geocentricity; Kepler's Motions
Reveal Nature's Simplicity
Our Bad Astronomy Faculty Gets Killed Monday
Oven Baked Ants, Fried Gently, Kept Moist, Retain Natural Succulence
Overseas Broadcast: A Flash! Godzilla kills Mothra!
(Rodan Named Successor)
Overweight Boys and Fat Girls Keep Munching
Only Bored Astronomers Find Gratification Knowing Mnemonics
Oh Bloody Astronomy! F Grades Kill Me
Order of the planets:
Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth (Terra)
Mars
(Asteroids)
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
My Very Earnest Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizzas
Mother Very Thoughtfully Made A Jelly Sandwich Under No Protest
My Very Erotic Mate Joyfully Satisfies Unusual Needs Passionately
Men Very Easily Make Jugs Serve Useful Nocturnal Purposes
Man Very Early Made A Jug Serve Useful Noble Purposes
My Very Educated Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
My Very Eager Mother Just Showed Us Nine Planets
My Very Exhausted Mother hAs Just Swept Up a Planetary Nebula
Most Voters Earn Money Just Showing Up Near Polls
My Very Educated Mother Just Served Us Nine Pizza-pies
Many Viscious Elephants Made John, Suzy and Uncle Need Protection
Solar Mass Very Easily Makes All Jupiter's Satellites Undergo
Numerous Perturbations.
Mein Vater erklaert mir jeden Sonntag unsere niedlichen Planeten
(My Father explains to me every Sunday our nine planets)
Man verachte einen Menschen in seinem Unglueck nie -- Punkt
(Never scorn/despise a person in his misfortune/bad luck/misery
-- period!)
Colors of the spectrum: Red Orange Yellow Green Blue Indigo Violet
ROY G. BIV (pronounce as a man's name)
Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain
Read Out Your Good Book In Verse
Galilean Satellite of Jupiter: Io Europa Ganymede Callisto
I Expect God Cries
I Eat Green Cheese
I Embarrass Good Christians
Ich erschrecke all guten Christen
(I scare all good Christians)
Saturnian Satellites
MET DR THIP
Miriam's Enchiladas Taste Divine Recently. Tell Her I'm Proud.
(Mimas, Enceladus, Tethys, Dione, Rhea, Titan, Hyperion,
Iapetus, Phoebe)
Uranian Satellites:
MAUTO
Mispronunciations Afflict Uranus Too Often
My Angel Uriel Takes Opium
(Miranda, Ariel, Umbriel, Titania, Oberon)
NOTE: the remaining FAQ sections do not appear in sci.astro, as they cover
material of relevance only to sci.space.
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You will need Driver ver 3.5.2 to work with Quadra/Centris. You can download
it from iomega BBS: 1-801-778-4400
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Ted Frank's list of underpaid players was this:
What do all of these players have in common? They do not qualify for
arbitration. They were never free agents.
It's called the reserve clause. Look it up.
And a year from now we will whine about how several of these guys are way
overpaid and getting outrageous raises in arb. Humbug.
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Hello,
I have a 486sx25 ISA machine with Pheonix BIOS. Currently I have
8 megabytes of RAM installed via eight 1 MG SIMMS on the motherboard: ie.
both banks are full, and there is no space for more SIMMS. I am thinking
of running OS2 on my machine and Possibly Linux with X windows, and I know
that more RAM would be helpful. However with SIMMS, the only solution I
can see is to sell my 8 Megs for about $180, and by 4 4mg SIMMS for about
$400 used. Apart from the fact that I can't afford the price right now,
the entire process of selling RAM and buying it used probably means that
the machine might be down for a number of days which I would rather
avoid...
So my question is, do the AT RAM boards that plug into a free slot work
well with a 486 ISA machine. I have seen some being sold used for about
$90 with 4 Mg with space for another 4Mg's. If these boards do work, how
do they do it? Is a device driver needed, or will the BIOS pickup the
extra RAM as it does with the SIMMS on the mother board? I know that the
ISA expansions slots are 16-bits and 486 SIMM memory is 32 bits, so
probably all of this is just wishful thinking... However any help is truly
appreciated.
-Eric
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The same Bill James? Why do you say that? It sounds like you're suggesting
Bill James had something to do with overhyping the kid to death. Au contraire;
he was fairly critical of him after his ROY campaign, noting that he wasn't
all-world as a catcher or a hitter. He called him basically average when
everyone *else* in the media was predicting the next Johnny Bench or Roy
Campanella.
Which reports are those?
I like Hernandez a lot, but if Piazza can catch the ball, you've gotta play
him IMHO. He's a much better hitter, although Hernandez isn't a *bad* hitter.
Right now, it sounds like Piazza will catch most of the time and Hernandez
will be Candiotti's caddy since he can catch the knuckler. As long as they
play up to their abilities, the Dodgers could have a very good catching
tandem.
I think both are overrated defensively (see Nichols' Law of catcher
defense), but that's something that's difficult to prove or disprove from
your viewpoint or mine. About the only tangible thing we can look at is
opponent's SB%, and that's clouded by how well your pitchers hold runners.
Catchers ERA is a possibility, but it's subject to way too many biases.
As for them 'playing on a team that is not so much in need of another big
bat', I disagree here too. About the only chink in the Braves' armor is that
they're weak offensively at several positions (CF, C, 2B, SS if Belliard
plays, 1B unless Bream and Hunter form another super-platoon) and very weak
defensively if Blauser plays. I'd like to see the Braves give at least one of
Mel Nieves, Javy Lopez or Chipper Jones a shot, but much like the talent-rich
Jays of recent years they'll be conservative and stick with what they have.
I'm not saying that's wrong, just conservative.
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: I hate to admit this, and I'm still mentally kicking myself for it.
: I rode the brand new K75RT home last Friday night. 100 miles in rain
: and darkness. No problems. Got it home and put it on the center stand.
: The next day I pushed it off the center stand in preparation for going
: over to a friend's house to pose. You guessed it. It got away from me
: and landed on its right side.
: Scratched the lower fairing, cracked the right mirror, and cracked the
: upper fairing.
: *DAMN* am I stupid! It's going to cost me ~$200 to get the local
: body shop to fix it. And that is after I take the fairing off for them.
: Still, that's probably cheaper than the mirror alone if I bought a
: replacement from BMW.
You got off cheap. My sister's ex-boyfriend was such an incessant pain
in the ass about wanting to ride my bikes (no way, Jose) that I
finally took him to Lindner's BMW in New Canaan, CT last fall where
I had seen a nice, used K100RS in perfect condition. After telling
everyone in the shop his Norton war stories from fifteen years ago,
signing the liability waiver, and getting his pre-flight, off he went...
Well, not quite. I walked out of a pizza shop up the street,
feeling good about myself (made my sister's boyfriend happy and got
the persistent wanker off my ass for good), heard the horrendous
racket of an engine tortured to its red line and then a crash. I
saw people running towards the obvious source of the disturbance...
Jeff laying under the BMW with the rear wheel spinning wildly and
someone groping for the kill switch. I stared in disbelief with
a slice hanging out of my mouth as Matty, the shop manager, slid
up beside me and asked, "Friend of yours, Steve?". "Shit, Matty,
it could have been worse. That could been my FLHS!"
Jeff hadn't made it 10 inches. Witnesses said he lifted his feet
before letting out the clutch and gravity got the best of him.
Jeff claimed that the clutch didn't engage. Matty was quick.
While Jeff was still stuttering in embarrassed shock he managed
to snatch Jeff's credit card for a quick imprint and signature. Twenty
minutes later, when Jeff's color had paled to a flush, Matty
presented him with an estimate of $580 for a busted right mirror
and a hairline crack in the fairing. That was for fixing the crack
and masking the damaged area, not a new fairing. Or he could buy the
bike.
I'm not sure what happened later as my sister split up with Jeff shortly
afterwards (to hook up with another piece of work) except that Matty
told me he ran the charge through in December and that it went
uncontested.
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I am running Windows 3.1, Windows for Work Groups and just loaded Dos 6.
What`s happening appears as a graphics problem with File Manager. I've
added some menubar buttons but there appears to be a gray boxed region
that covers the top 2/3'rds of the button row.
These buttons are in a row below the pulldown menus. the pulldown menus
look fine, and the disk label region looks fine, but you only see the bottom
few pixels of the task buttons.
Anyone else experience this?
Thanks.
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Here is the tollfree hotline for the Epilepsy Foundation
of America - 1-800-EFA-1000. They will be able to answer
your questions and send you information and references on
seizure types, medication, etc. They can also give you references
for a pediatric neorologist in your area. Also ask for the
number of your local Foundation who can put you in touch with
a Parent Support Group and social workers.
Good Luck.
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I do read Av Week and don't remember this. Could you supply the date
of the magazine? As for C-17 vs. C-5 , the C-17 can't carry as much
but has more capability ( read : can land at smaller airfields of which
there are more of ) than the C-5. Now is the C-17 pork? It depends
on whether your job relies on it or not. :) In California right now,
I would say that it is not pork since due to peace dividend so many
people are out of work.
Huh? Shouldn't that read "The question is whether a social-pork happy
Les Aspin and Clinton will be able to face down a jobs-pork happy
Congress."
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Superficially a good answer, but it isn't that simple. An awful lot of the
starvation and poverty in the world is directly caused by the economic
policies of the Western countries, as well as by the diet of the typical
Westerner. For instance, some third-world countries with terrible
malnutrition problems export all the soya they can produce -- so that it can
be fed to cattle in the US, to make tender juicy steaks and burgers. They
have to do this to get money to pay the interest on the crippling bank loans
we encouraged them to take out. Fund-raising for Ethiopia is a truly bizarre
idea; instead, we ought to stop bleeding them for every penny they've got.
Perhaps it's more accurate to say that there's a Western ethic against
Western infanticide. All the evidence suggests that so long as the children
are dying in the Third World, we couldn't give a shit. And that goes for the
supposed "Pro-Life" movement, too. They could save far more lives by
fighting against Third World debt than they will by fighting against
abortion. Hell, if they're only interested in fetuses, they could save more
of those by fighting for human rights in China.
And besides, Suzanne's answer implies that non-Western countries lack this
ethic against infanticide. Apart from China, with its policy of mandatory
forced abortion in Tibet, I don't believe this to be the case.
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Hi,
has anybody implements an RPC server in the HP Xwindows? In SUN Xview, there
is a notify_enable_rpc_svc() call that automatically executes the rpc processes
when it detects an incoming request. I wonder if there is a similar function in
HP X/motif that perform the same function.
any help is appreciated.
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TRANSLATION- you minorities stay in predesignated areas. We the majority
are 'right', anything you do is 'wrong', since might makes right, and
the majority always rules.
Oh- crime prevention at its best. Well let's extrapolate this, maybe if
you didn't display all of your private property, then those nasty theifs
wouldn't go after it. And don't carry any money, that way those muggers
won't bother you.
Oh I did not know that Le JoJo is a typical homosexual.
Stop making statements about something you know nothing about, that is
gay people. You make your sweeping generalizations with no grounding
in reality.
What I hope is not true- That you are a typical heterosexual. Anyone want
to comment on this?
And if you are typical then I can start extrapolating a lot of interesting
conjectures about heterosexuals.
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Mac IIsi.
I have had my Q700 running with a 66.666 MHz osc for a few months. I have a
number of SCSI devices connected (Quantum LP52, Maxtor 213, Toshiba MK156F via
Emulex adapter, Pioneer DRM-600) and have had no trouble.
I am using the stock cooling facilities, I considered adding a fan/heat pump,
but don't feel they are necessary (for my box anyway). I have a temp meter on
order and plan to do some measurements when it arrives in a few weeks. Email me
if you want to see the results.
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Everyone keeps talking about European expansion by 2010 thinking
wishful thoughts, but being totally off the ball.
The league format we use here is incompatible with that in Europe.
(for those that don't know, the best teams from lower divisions get
promoted and the worst get demoted).
Would European fans put up with our "if you've paid, you can play"
attitude??
How long would they support teams that are run on Ranger-based
corporate thinking (I use the term lightly). (We don't need a good
product because these duffuses in NYC would fill the arena for Ottawa's
record every year......1940!! haha (sorry, had ta say it)).
If hockey (and other pro sports) had a similar system to Europe, maybe
teams like the Rangers would be forced to compete (or get demoted the fourth
division). We'd have many more teams...centres that aren't as big (like
Halifax or Adirondack....ok, so Halifax isn't a good example) would
eventually get promoted, and every team would be somewhat competetive within
its own division (unlike Ottawa, SJ, Edmonton, etc.). Fans would eventually
get rewarded for their loyalty (or penalized for their neglect), and the
league would be more interesting and dynamic every year because of the influx
of newly promoted teams (and the Halifax Citadels win the Stanley Cup...I can
dream, can't I??)
Look at British (or any European) soccer as an example (they never have fan
problems).
Just someone who thinks our system really sucks
Barfly
(feel free to flame me, my account ends today...hahahaha)
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I find this method much better myself, too, although I do really
hate it when the bolt finally comes loose and the wrench and my
hand both come crashing into my face. After coming to, which is
about 15 minutes later, I change my clothes (because by this time
all the oil has drained *on* me), and ice my entire face and suck
down about 20 Tylenol to ease the pain. Later in the day I then
proceed with refilling the engine oil.
It's just crazy how I try and change the oil on my cars in one
weekend---I go through about 3 bottles of Tylenol and 2 bags of ice.
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:>Does anybody in the Pittsburgh area know why Mike LaValliere was released?
:>Last year I kept saying that Slaught should get the bulk of the playing time,
:>that he was clearly the better player at this point, but Leyland insisted on
:>keeping a pretty strict platoon. And now he is released? That doesn't
:>make any sense to me.
Greg,
The story goes like this:
Spanky is too slow! If he were quicker, he would still be here.
But with Slaught and Tom Prince, they didn't want to lose Prince in order
to bring up that 11th pitcher. Slaught is about as good as Spanky and
Prince is coming along nicely!
Don't feel too bad for him. He's still gonna get theat $4,000,000
over the next two years -- he'll be able to do most of what he wants to
do.
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I have seen Jeff Fenholt speak and I didn't find him judgemental. I think
that the wording for that add was certainly inappropriate, but I think they
were trying to say that headbangers would like the program. But I would
NOT put headbangers in the same class as alcholics, etc. it is
condescending. And I believe that Jeff was wearing black when I saw him.
By the way, Fenholt played Jesus in Jesus Christ Superstar.
Personally, I'm a headbanger at times too, but I have a hard time with what
most of the secular metal groups promote. Free sex and drugs (my opinion
that many promote these) aren't my thing. I HAVE found several good
Christian metal groups that I like.
Jon
------------------------------------------------
Jon Ogden - [email protected]
Motorola Cellular - Advanced Products Division
Voice: 708-632-2521 Data: 708-632-6086
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Judging from past experience (the '87 March, a Peace and Justice March the
same year, and 3 different Pro-coice Marches), The Park Service will come out
with an estimate that is approximately 1/2 the estimate that organizers will
come up with - though the last Choice march I went to had a sign-in system,
and the numbers ended up closer. And then you've got the media types in their
helicopters, rolling dice.
I believe the MOW plans and handing out some sort of wristband thingy, and
basing their count on those. I see two problems with this. One, can they
get *everybody* to take one (and only one)? Two, they couldn't possibly have
been able to choose a color/design that won't clash with *somebody's* outfit!
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