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6,895 |
I'm not sure on the older bikes, but the Yamaha Virago 535 has spec'd
seat height of 27.6 in. and the Honda Shadow 27.2 in.
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3,478 | Thanks to everyone who sent replies regarding this case. A few of them were
very informative and helped very much.
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6,523 |
I think he wanted to avoid reinventing the wheel.
I would suggest that you take your code, and submit it to
comp.sys.mac.binaries to be distributed (including to the ftp sites).
Many folks, myself included, would enjoy the extra code.
Just to clarify, the 3D routines that are mentioned in various places
on the mac are in a libray, not the ROM of the mac. A few years ago before
I knew anything about implementing graphics, I came across a demo of the
Apple GrafSys3D library and it actually did a lot. However, it is quite
limited in the sense that it's a low-level 3D library; your code still has
to plot individual points, draw each line, etc ad nauseum. It has nothing
on GL, for example, where you can handle objects.
Other things to consider when talking about Apple's old 3D GrafSys library:
* Unsupported; never was and no plans exist to do so in the future
* Undocumented; unless you call header files documentation...
If one knows something about graphics, you could probably figure it out,
but I'd assume there's better software available that gives better
output and is, at the same time, programmatically nicer (i.e. easier to
program).
Just my 2% tax | 1 | trimmed_train |
9,630 |
The Giants always hit Maddux well, but it was interesting that Maddux
did not pitch around Bonds to get to Clayton last night. He threw 2 straight
fastballs over the plate to Bonds in the 1st last night, got away with the
first one, but Bonds hit the second one out of the park. Then in the 3rd,
when Clark was at third base with one out, Maddux did not intentionally
walk Bonds, and Bonds dropped a single to left-center.
The Braves announcers pointed out that McGee as a leadoff hitter has
not scored a run yet. He will always hit around .300, but I'm concerning
about his on-base percentage. The key in the lineup is Matt Williams, he
has to stay hot so that Bonds can hit with runners on base.
The pitching gets a set back as Bud Black is placed on the DL. Burba
has done a superb job filling in so far, he looks like a different pitcher
from last year. However, Swift is terrible in both of his starts. With
Burba moving into the rotation, Mike Jackson is the only right-handed
reliever aside from Rod Beck, he'll get a lot of actions. I also hope that
Dusty can manage his bullpen better than Roger Craig, especially on Beck.
I was concerned when Beck was used for 3 straight days earlier this week.
So far so good!
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9,786 |
Stimulation of the vagus nerve slows the heart and drops the blood
pressure.
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Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and
[email protected] | it is shameful to surrender it too soon." | 19 | trimmed_train |
8,109 | Time for some spring cleaning, so the following items are up
for sale:
Roland MT-32 Multi-Timbre Sound module.
LA synthesis, upto 32 simultaneous voices, 128 preset timbres,
20-char backlit LCD display, MIDI in/out/thru, reference card,
stereo output, etc
Great for games that support it (music on the MT32 is far
superior to any sound card), experimenting with MIDI, or
for adding additional sounds to your MIDI setup.
$235 + shipping
Canon RC-250 Xapshot still video camera system.
Includes: camera, carrying pouch, battery pack, battery charger,
ac adapter, video cables, two 2.5" floppies (each disk holds
50 pictures for 100 pics total), manuals, etc
Video output is standard NTSC composite and can be sent to any
NTSC device (e.g. to a television for direct viewing of your
pictures, to a VCR to record a slideshow, to a computer video
digitizer to save/manipulate the pictures on a computer system)
$295 + shipping
Ambico Video Enhancer/Audio Mixer
Three-line stereo audio mixer with microphone input and master
volume slider w/video enhancer to boost & sharpen video images
when dubbing from VCR->VCR, camcorder->VCR, etc
$38 + shipping
2400 baud PC internal modem
$25 + shipping
Quantum 105MB 3.5" internal ProDrive hard disk
This unit has recently turned unreliable and erratic in usage.
Could be a simple easily fixed problem or a major problem,
but at any rate I don't have the time to find out where the
problem lies. If you want to take a risk on it, you can have
it for $45 + shipping.
If interested in any of the above items, please Email me. | 5 | trimmed_train |
7,650 |
I know that there wasn't other games on the schedule, but ESPN sometimes
shows classic games from previous season to fill in the time slot. | 17 | trimmed_train |
11,149 |
I find this thread on motif accelerators absoultly amazing. If I were
writing an interface to keyboard accelerators, I would have one
resource called "accelerators" that took a translation table, period.
I would also implement it so that programmer never has to do any work
to get the accelerators installed. As soon as the end-user specified
one, it would be active and automatically installed.
To get multiple accelerators on a single menu item I'd do something like:
*menuItem.accelerators: #override \n\
Ctrl<Key>M: fire() \n\
Shift<Key>L: fire() \n
The accelerators would work exactly like translations and you would
automatically see a "Ctrl M" show up in your menuItem object.
Why in the world is the motif stuff so complicated with so many different
special cases depending on what type of widget you're dealing with? There
has to be some reason.
Sorry for the political tone of this message...
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5,406 |
It already does.
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3,304 |
I have the April 15, 1993 issue of the SF Chronicle in my lap. Page
E7 (in the "Sporting Green" section) has a Trader's advert. (The
copy is a bit screwed up - it says that the prices offered expire
4-14-93, but the ad is there.)
The SF Examiner and Chronicle run the same set of adverts (because
they have a joint printing/biz agreement and differ only in editorial
content).
I've seen gun ads recently in the merc, which is anti-gun editorially,
albeit not from traders, but from its competitors.
I don't know about the other papers.
Does Traders claim that things are changing? When?
Because it's easier than telling the truth and no one much cares
either way.
Before you do, make sure that the bozos are actually doing what
you're accusing them of.
-andy | 9 | trimmed_train |
10,969 |
I'm not sure of the exact recipe, but I'm sure acidophilus is one of
the major ingredients. :-) | 19 | trimmed_train |
8,619 |
This is known as the Savard syndrome - and we are talking Denis, not Serge.
No team will ever win squat with the likes of Denis Savard in their lineup.
They could tell Savard to stay home and watch the games on TV.
Sounds like #12 to me.
cordially, as always,
rm
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3,644 |
The French Canadian rule was an extremely short term feature when the
universal draft was instituted in the sixties and only lasted for a
few years...and really didn't have any substantial effect during that
period. The Canadiens Stanley Cup achievements were earned on a
level playing field. | 17 | trimmed_train |
897 | For sale 1986 Harley FLHTC Liberty Edition.
Good condition. Many extras. Asking $7500.
Located in Rhode Island. | 12 | trimmed_train |
5,090 | :
: Hello,
:
: I recently tried to print some envelopes using AmiPro 3.0 with my
: Deskjet 500 printer, and I seem to be having a problem. What
: happens is after I physically load the envelope into the printer
: (per the user manual) and then select the "Print Envelope" icon
: from AmiPro (all of the proper options have been selected), the
: printer just "spits out" the envelope without any printing of
: either a return address or the selected mailing address. At
: this point, the printer's "ONLINE" light begins to flash, and
: the Print Manager shows the printer job as busy. This is all
: that happens, until I either shut the printer off or cancel the
: printing job from the Print Manager. I have also tried this
: without the use of the Print Manager, with similar results
: (AmiPro shows the printer as being busy). So, does anybody
: have any idea/solution regarding this problem? I appreciate
: the help. Thanks.
Yes - ignore the manual. Just insert the evelope - don't use the keypad
to move it up. The Windows driver sends a message to the printer that
tells it to load the envelope - if it is already loaded, it gets ejected
and the printer tries to load another. The instructions in the manual
are for dumb DOS apps. that don't send the "load envelople" message.
:
: -- Tom Belmonte | 18 | trimmed_train |
5,667 | I have one round-trip ticket good for travel between USA or Canada and
Europe, Hawaii, Latin America, or the Caribbean. It is fully transferable
and can be used originating here or there.
I had intended to use it to visit my grandfather who was sick, but he died
before I got there so I have no use for it now.
I'm looking for $500 or best offer, but act fast it will be gone on April 15
no matter what. | 5 | trimmed_train |
4,209 | ."
I'm surprised. I know of a local case where a guy took his Saturn back five
times to complain they hadn't properly eliminated a rattling noise...so Saturn
gave him a new car. | 4 | trimmed_train |
606 | A while ago I installed SPSS for Windows as part of an evaluation. Once
the evaluation was complete I duly deleted the software from my PC.
Unfortunately there is still a "ghost" of SPSS left: when I run
something like "Write" and go to embed an object then "SPSS Chart"
appears on the list of objects I'm offered. I looked around all
the obvious "INI" files without success. The next thing I tried
was looking for the string "SPSS Chart" in every file in the
Windows directory. It turned up in a file called REQ.DAT (or
REG.DAT). Unfortunately the file was binary and so I didn't feel
inclined to edit it.
I'd welcome a solution for removing SPSS from the list of OLE servers. | 18 | trimmed_train |
1,189 | We have a program written with X11R5 and Motif 1.2.1. It runs fine on the Sun
X11R5 server and MacX. When that program is run under the Sparc 2 and the
OW server, the program crashed itself along with the server. It crashed before
the first window had showed up.
I got the following error from X.
XIO: fatal IO error 32 (Broken pipe) on X server "perot:0.0"
after 62 requests (59 known processed) with 0 events remaining.
The connection was probably broken by a server shutdown or KillClient.
I have run the program with xmon and below is the last twenty lines or so from
xmon before both the program and server crashed.
............REQUEST: GetProperty
delete: False
window: WIN 00900001
property: ATM 00000074
type: ATM 00000074
long-offset: 00000000
..............REPLY: GetProperty
format: 00
type: <NONE>
bytes-after: 00000000
............REQUEST: GetInputFocus
..............REPLY: GetInputFocus
revert-to: Parent
focus: WIN 0040000d
............REQUEST: ChangeProperty
mode: Replace
window: WIN 00900001
property: ATM 00000074
type: ATM 00000074
format: 08
data: 42 00 00 01 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 75 00 00 00 00
............REQUEST: GetInputFocus
Please email to me if you have any idea of the above problem.
Thanks in advance.
| 16 | trimmed_train |
5,272 | I have the EuroWiper boots in White and had to throw away the first pair
since I found no way of cleaning them after they looked almost black. Now
I have my second pair of white ones and once again they are dirty. I need
a way to clean them w/o removing them since I had to cut them to remove
them, is there a way? Or should I just buy black ones?
thanks
-Joel
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Joel Sprechman [email protected]
University at Buffalo [email protected] | 4 | trimmed_train |
509 |
There certainly are muslims who *do not* believe that their dream of
a global Islamic community should be achieved through force. There are,
however, others (and, they are often far more visible/vocal than the
former) who *do* accept the establishment of global Islam through force.
I would *not* feel threatened by those only accepting or pursuing
"Islamicization" through peaceful means, nor by Jews advocating the same
approach. Those advocating force as a means of expanding their side's
power are certainly a threat.
To Palestinians, Israel is doing just that; maintaining its dominance
of those *outside* its own "group". If I am told that "I am not one of
you" but you then impose your control on me, damn right you are a threat.
If I am a member of a non-muslim minority *inside* the Islamic
world and *actively did not* accept my "minority" status, I *would also
certainly* see Islam's domination as having been acheived, and maintained,
through the powerful coercive force all majorities wield over minorities
within their ranks.
I am not a zionist, but do feel that *both* Jewish and Palestinian
nationalist desires need, at this juncture, to be accepted in some way.
For the same reason that some muslims believe it is proper and righteous
for Islam to be spread by force upon those who DO NOT WANT THAT.
[I refer to the "most" you also refer to]
Because they are scared, and feel very threatened, as well feeling that
this area *is* to some degree part of their belief/religion/heritage/
identity/etc. | 6 | trimmed_train |
3,640 |
Good point -- it is very true that these "false" predictions are
dangerous--we are warned (more than once) in scripture about false prophtets.
However, as is often the case with other issues, one cannot let those
who falsly report such "visions" as a reason against believing in any of them
(I did not get the impression you were asserting this, by the way...I consider
my response not so much a response to your posting but a response to the topic
as a whole).
Example: The Appearances of Mary at Fatima, Portugal in 1917.
Among other things, she predicted the conversion of Russia to Atheism
(something that happened less than a year later w/ the Bolshevik
revolution). She also predicted the second world war (that is, predicte predicted that it would occur during the papacy of a certain pope, who
was not the current one. It happened just like she said.)
She warned there would be "fire in the sky" as a warning that the
second world war was about to start. About a week before Germany
invaded, weathermen (and women, I suppose) all over Europe, from
England to Spain to Eastern Europe, reported the most spectacular
reddish color in the sky ever recorded. To this day some try to
explain it off as the northern lights, and the relation to Mary's
prediction simply coincidence. You all can decide for yourselves.
Mary predicted that the Atheistic Russia would spread her evils all
over the world and persecute religion.
She said many other things as well, too numerous to list here. Every
single one has been realized. One can only use the term "coincidence"
so many times in the same explanation before its use becomes
ridiculous.
SO...yes, there are many false prophets and many false reports. There
are true ones, too. We must always remain open to that. Fatima was
one example. There is another one, currently occuring--the
apparitions that have been taking place at Medjurgorje, Yugoslavia
(or whatever its called now). Mary has been appearing every day for
eleven years now. It's time the world started listening. | 0 | trimmed_train |
4,750 | 10 | trimmed_train |
|
293 | Hello all,
If anyone knows of a place to get the case to hold the power supply and
motherboard of a Quadra 950 please let me know. I have tried some mail
order places and some local stores. Both groups would prefer that I part
with over $1000 to get just the case. In my eyes this seems about $600-$700
to much. Any comments? I currently own the guts of a 950.
Please email me or post to this group w/ info, | 14 | trimmed_train |
8,597 | Isn't this what HIV is about - the "normal immune response" to an exposure?
I had electrical pulse nerve testing done a while back. The needles were taken
from a dirty drawer in an instrument cart and were most certainly NOT
sterile or even clean for that matter. More than likely they were fresh
from the previous patient. I WAS concerned, but I kept my mouth shut. I
probably should have raised hell! | 19 | trimmed_train |
6,789 | While driving through the middle of nowhere, I picked up KNBR, AM 1070,
a clear-channel station based in Los Angeles. They had an ad
claiming that they were able to get traffic flow information from
all of the thousands of traffic sensors that CalTrans has placed
under the pavement. Does CalTrans sell this info? Does KNBR have
an exclusive? What's the deal? | 11 | trimmed_train |
4,514 | From article <[email protected]>, by [email protected] (Jorge Lach - Sun BOS Hardware):
| 5 | trimmed_train |
278 | : I have notice a lot of electronics questions by people who are obviously not
: "tuned-in" to electronics. Many of them have rather simple answers, and
: many of them require a circuit diagram.
: Rather than muck up the network, why don't you write to me, send a self-
: addressed, stamped envelop, and I'll answer your questions, if I can.
: W. L. Willis, P. E.
: 114 Fern Circle
: Clemson, SC 29631
Because the network is quicker, easier, and free (at least to me).
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Christopher Wolf Electrical Engineer [email protected] | 11 | trimmed_train |
4,394 | ==============================
GASPRA ANIMATION
March 12, 1993
==============================
The Gaspra animation is now available at the Ames Space Archives in
QuickTime format. The animation was formed from 11 images taken by the
Galileo spaecraft shortly before its closest approach to the asteroid in
October 1991. The animation is available using anonymous ftp to: | 1 | trimmed_train |
1,815 | What's the feeling about eating and riding? I went out riding this
weekend, and got a little carried away with some pecan pie. The whole
ride back I felt sluggish. I was certainly much more alert on the
ride in. I'm sure others have the same feeling, but the strangest
thing is that eating is usually the turnaround point of weekend rides.
From now on, a little snack will do. I'd much rather have a get that
full/sluggish feeling closer to home.
-Paul | 12 | trimmed_train |
4,344 | 15 | trimmed_train |
|
7,990 | Hi folks,
I have a 386/25 daughter board for Zeos, which I want to upgrade to
486/25 or 33.
So send me mail with you offer if you are
1. Selling 486/25 or 486/33 (zeos daughterboard)
2. Willing to buy my 386/25 (zeos daughterboard)
Thanks..
Murli
| 5 | trimmed_train |
10,375 |
If a six year old child does a funny trick and you say well done he will
do it again and it may be funny. Then they may repeat it over and over
again bu you still have to pretend its funny even though it isn't any
more. Once they are older than six you expect them to realise that doing
the same thing over and over again isn't funny any more.
Basicaly Ed fails to be amusing because he is merely crass. He does not
make jokes that have any political content beyond attempting to ridicule
their target. Calling someone Slick Willie is not funny even if you put
on a red nose while you say it, it was a good debating point used on the
spur of the moment 12 months ago but now its use merely demonstrates that the
user couldn't think of anything original to say.
In the UK there is a tradition of old retired Colnels who bore the dinner
guests rigid with their descriptions of old campagns. Ed is clearly one
of this type of people who fails to see when a joke is spent.
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10,074 |
Might be a good idea... The resolution you requested is about 0.3mV
In order to get what you've paid for, noise level better be lower than
that. It is kind of hard to do it in a noisy box like you can expect
inside a PC.
Before you pay $$$ for a PC card, test it out by sampling a low
distortion sine wave (I think there is a sine wave on a CD. Digital
Domain ? There are possibly other low THD sources) Run the digitized
waveform through a FFT transform and take alook at the noise floor on
the spectrum. That's should give you a good indication of the design.
(That's what I am doing to test a data acquistion system I have designed
- I got the idea from MAXIM data sheet.)
If you can live with 14 bit resolution, I would recommend looking at
the MAX121 from MAXIM. It is a high speed (308KHz) complete
sampling A/D with DSP interface. The input range is +/- 5V and it
uses a serial interface (which can easily be optically isolated
from the computer to elinimate a major noise source) The Analog design
guide I got from them shows a -100db noise level. They claim a -77db
max (-85 typ.) THD. Looks pretty good for the $12 @ 1000 pieces
A evaluation kit is available. Might want to give these nice folks a
call. 1-800-998-8800 or fax: (408)737-7194 and (408) 737-7600 ext4000
for application assistance.
This assumes that you can build your own DAS and write your own software.
(Hey you can get the MAX121 as a free sample just by calling the 1-800 #)
I would recommend you to find out the resolution that can be gotten out
of your system by looking at the noise level, otherwise you might be
throwing out your money.
K. C. Lee
Elec. Eng. Grad. Student | 11 | trimmed_train |
646 |
My 6 year son is so plagued. Lots of vaseline up his nose each night seems
to keep it under control. But let him get bopped there, and he'll recur for
days! Also allergies, colds, dry air all seem to contribute. But again, the
vaseline, or A&D ointment, or neosporin all seem to keep them from recurring.
| 19 | trimmed_train |
7,468 |
So why do I read in the papers that the Qumram texts had "different
versions" of some OT texts. Did I misunderstand? | 8 | trimmed_train |
11,118 |
Even if they somehow address this issue it is unlikely to be the only
back door in -- they might even have a few intentionally visible to
distract from the ones that aren't visible.
--
Perry Metzger [email protected] | 7 | trimmed_train |
353 | *Teddy O'Neill-Creature with furry Hobbit feet from Bath UK*,
a sentimental fool, posts:
With the force of a world-wide youth movement, it ought to
be possible to establish a coordinated global program to
accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the
internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty year period.
Evidently there are no open questions, either scientific or about
how people prefer to live.
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9,211 |
I'm waiting for an RC to speak up ! 8-)
Nobody has, so I will...
Those with Bibles on hand can give the exact chapter & verse...
At the time Jesus told Peter that he was the "rock", He said
whatever you hold true on earth is held true in heaven, and
whatever you don't hold true won't be true in heaven.
Therefore, with respect to marriage, the ceremony has to be
done by an RC priest. No big parties required. Just the priest,
the couple and witnesses. "Divorce" is not allowed. But anullments
are granted upon approval by either the bishop or the Pope
(not sure if the Pope delegates this function).
-- | 0 | trimmed_train |
495 | :
: >> Please enlighten me. How is omnipotence contradictory?
:
: >By definition, all that can occur in the universe is governed by the rules
: >of nature. Thus god cannot break them. Anything that god does must be allowed
: >in the rules somewhere. Therefore, omnipotence CANNOT exist! It contradicts
: >the rules of nature.
:
: Obviously, an omnipotent god can change the rules.
When you say, "By definition", what exactly is being defined;
certainly not omnipotence. You seem to be saying that the "rules of
nature" are pre-existant somehow, that they not only define nature but
actually cause it. If that's what you mean I'd like to hear your
further thoughts on the question. | 8 | trimmed_train |
8,852 |
[Much text deleted]
: I have heard from several people about less expensive m-f I/O cards
: with 16550s:
: TSD Systems
: (407) 331-9130
: $19.95 for the card, plus $9.95 per 16550.
I can vouch for this one. I ordered it and got it for $34 including
S&H. It took me awhile to figure out how to get it working with my
system, but since I did, I get terrific results while downloading
using PCPlus for Windows. I used to get errors if I started any other
program while downloading at high speed. Not anymore.
[More text deleted] | 18 | trimmed_train |
10,834 | Does anyone have enough experience to report whether disk data
compression has any effect on the optimal disk sector interleave?
Offhand, I expect that the time required to decompress disk data
would increase the optimum disk sector interleave.
- Alan Hinds
| 3 | trimmed_train |
3,551 |
Hi,
It might be nice to know, what's possible on different hard ware platforms.
But usually the hard ware is fixed ( in my case either Unix or DOS- PC ).
So I'm not much interested in Amiga news.
In the case of Software, I won't get any comercial software mentioned in this
newgroup to run on a Unix- platform, so I'm not interested in this information.
I would suggest to split the group. I don't see the problem of cross-posting.
Then you need to read just 2 newgroups with half the size.
BUT WHAT WOULD BE MORE IMPORTANT IS TO HAVE A FAQ. THIS WOULD REDUCE THE
TRAFFIC A LOT.
Sincerely, Gerhard | 1 | trimmed_train |
9,593 |
Perhaps you should try nic.funet.fi instead of funet.fi ??!?!?
nic.funet.fi is THE biggest (?) ftp site from Europe, but
the stuff available there should (?) also be available at the other site
of the "big pool". | 3 | trimmed_train |
309 |
I think you will find that the Mac SE can PRINT grayscale images, loaded
with the proper software. However, the Mac SE cannot DISPLAY grayscale on
its screen or any attached video because that ability is not in the ROM.
So, while you might be able to PRINT grayscale, you'd have a hard time
SEEING the grayscale image you want to print.
Doug | 14 | trimmed_train |
4,751 | Does anyone out there have the shorthanded goal totals of the NHL players
for this season? We're trying to finish our rotisserie stats and need SHG
to make it complete.
| 17 | trimmed_train |
7,946 | After reading the service manual for my bike (Suzuki GS500E--1990) I have
a couple of questions I hope you can answer:
When checking the oil level with the dip stick built into the oil fill
cap, does one check it with the cap screwed in or not? I am more used to
the dip stick for a cage where the stick is extracted fully, wiped clean
and reinserted fully, then withdrawn and read. The dip stick on my bike
is part of the oil filler cap and has about 1/2 inch of threads on it. Do
I remove the cap, wipe the stick clean and reinsert it with/without
screwing it down before reading?
The service manual calls for the application of Suzuki Bond No. 1207B on
the head cover. I guess this is some sort of liquid gasket material. do
you know of a generic (cheaper) substitute?
My headlight is a Halogen 60/55 W bulb. Is there an easy, brighter
replacement bulb available? Where should I look for one?
As always, I very much appreciate your help. The weather in Philadelphia
has finally turned WARM. This weekend I saw lotsa bikes, and the riders
ALL waved. A nice change of tone from what Philadelphia can be like. . . .
Chris
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2,240 |
My argument is mainly a proposal of what I think is a plausible argument
against extra-marital sex -- one which I personally believe has some
truth. My main purpose for posting it here is to show that a
_plausible_ argument can be made against extra-marital sex. At this
stage I am not saying that this particular viewpoint is proven or
anything like that, just that it is plausible. To try to convince you
all of this particular point of view, I would probably have to do a lot
of work researching what has been done in this field, etc., in order to
gather further evidence, which I simply do not have time to do now.
Also note that I said that I think extra-marital sex is "a prime cause"
(in my opinion) of the generally greater levels of psychological
problems, especially depression, in Western societies. I am not saying
it is "the prime cause" or "the only cause", just "a prime cause" --
i.e. one of the significant contributions to this trend. I think when
you say you think my view is simplistic, you have forgotten this -- I
admit that there are probably other factors, but I do think that
extra-marital sex (and, IMO, subsequent destabilization of the family)
is a significant factor in the rise in psychological problems like
depression in Western society this century. | 8 | trimmed_train |
11,162 |
Yeah, hypothermia is MUCH more detrimemtal to your judgement and reactions
than people realise. I wish I had the patience to stop when I should. One
day I'll pay for it.... | 12 | trimmed_train |
447 | Here is a disturbing thought.
Now, we no longer live in the days of big filing cabinets. We live in
the electronic age. I asked myself, how big could the escrow database
get? How hard might it be to steal the whole thing, particularly were
I an NSA official operating with the tacit permission of the escrow
houses? (We can pretend that such will not happen, but thats naive.)
Well, lets see. Ten bytes of each escrow half. Lets asume ten bytes of
serial number -- in fact, I believe the serial number is smaller, but
this is an order of magnitude calculation. We assume 250*10^6 as the
population, and that each person has a key. I get five gigabytes for
each of the two escrow databases. Fits conveniently on a single very
valuable Exabyte tape. This can only get easier with time, but who
cares -- I can already hold all the clipper keys in the country in my
pocket on two 8mm tapes.
Admittely, they will think of safeguards. They won't put the whole
database on one disk, prehaps. Maybe they will throw stumbling blocks
in the way. This changes nothing -- they keys will be needed every day
by hundreds if not thousands of law enforcement types, so convenience
will dictate that the system permit quick electronic retrieval. At
some point, with or without collusion by the agencies, those exabyte
tapes are going to get cut. Dorothy Denning and David Sternlight will
doubtless claim this can't happen -- but we know that "can't" is a
prayer, not a word that in this instance connotes realism.
With two exabyte tapes in your pocket, you would hold the keys for
every person's conversations in the country in your hands. Yeah, you
need the "master key" two -- but thats just ten bytes of information
that have to be stored an awful lot of places.
Come to think of it, even if the NSA getting a copy of the database
isn't a threat to you because unlike me you have no contraversial
political views, consider foreign intelligence services. You know, the
ones that David Sternlight wants to protect us from because of the
evil industrial espionage that they do. The French apparently do have
a big spying operation in friendly countries to get industrial
secrets, so he isn't being completely irrational here (although why
our companies couldn't use cryptosystems without back doors is left
unexplained by those that point out this threat.)
Presumably, foreign intelligence services can get moles into the NSA
and other agencies. We have proof by example of this: its happened
many times. Presumably, someday they will get their hands on some
fraction of the keys. You can't avoid that sort of thing.
Don't pretend that no one unauthorized will ever get their hands on
the escrow databases.
We crypto types are all taught something very important at the
beginning of intro to cryptography -- security must depend on the
easily changed key that you pick to run your system, and not on a
secret. The escrow databases aren't the sorts of secrets that our
teachers told us about, but they are the sort of big secrets they
would lump into this category. Imagine trying to replace 100 million
Clipper chips.
I cannot believe that the NSA or whomever it is thats doing this
doesn't realize all this already. They are too smart. There are too
many of them who have made their bones in the real world. I suspect
that they know precisely what they are doing -- and that what they are
doing is giving us the appearance of safety so that they can continue
to surveil in spite of the growth of strong cryptography. I suspect
that they realize that they can't put things off forever, but they can
try to delay things as long as possible.
Who knows. Maybe even some of the higher ups, the inevitable
bureaucratic types that rise in any organization, really do believe
that this scheme might give people some security, even as their
subordinates in Fort Meade wring their hands over the foolishness of
it all.
--
Perry Metzger [email protected] | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,215 | Hi there,
I am looking for a wide band analog time delay (not phase delay)
variable from 200 microseconds to 2 milliseconds. | 11 | trimmed_train |
5,672 | # # "Abortions destructive of the fetus must be permitted, even
# # just before birth, if they promote what the [Supreme] Court
# # calls ``health''
#
# Yes, Doug, we all know that Roe v. Wade prevents states from prohibiting
# abortions necessary to preserve the life or health of the woman. Only
# very stupid people (such as yourself) confuse a discussion of mental health
# related to "Jane Doe", who was in a mental institution, and attempt to claim
# that this same argument could be applied to a woman who decided she wanted
# an abortion because she was having a "bad hair day".
#
# As you well know, the facts are that there are about 100 third-trimester
# abortions performed in this country annually, and those are *only* done for
# *serious* health reasons.
# --
# Larry Margolis, MARGOLI@YKTVMV (Bitnet), [email protected] (Internet)
Hmmm. Human gestation period is something like 39 weeks. That means
third trimester abortions are those done after 26 weeks. In consulting
a 1989 World Almanac, I see that 1% of abortions in 1983 were done at
21 weeks or more. That's about 1268 abortions in 1983 after 21 weeks.
Unless the number of abortions performed has dropped dramatically, or
a LOT of abortions are done between 21 and 26 weeks, I think you are
wrong.
By the way, Roe v. Wade allowed states to adopt very, very broad
prohibitions on third-trimester abortions, but some states, such as
California, declined to do so. It was reported* that what finally
stopped third trimester elective abortions in the Bay Area wasn't law,
but that the only hospital doing them ran out of nurses, then doctors,
willing to do them. Not surprisingly, the bay area NOW chapter was
terribly upset about this.
I remain pro-choice, but when pro-choicers compare abortion in a
clinic to a religious ritual in a church, you have to start wondering
a bit if the pro-life criticism of abortion as modern human sacrifice
doesn't have a grain of truth to it. | 13 | trimmed_train |
3,932 |
First, what the fuck is NASA doing wasting my tax dollars doing
policy papers on stuff far outside of their purvew/mission?
Second, this isn't a problem of economics. This is a problem of
the incremental accumulation of police-state powers by our government.
How, exactly, do you put a price on the loss of freedom of a society?
Maybe use the dollars/life lost calculations for the extra people
killed by the gov. The pain and suffering cases for those tortured.
The dollars/life lost caused by the inevitable collapse of the economy,
and all the secondary effects of diseases, diet, etc. Plus, the
inevitable collapse of the economy as the gov controls it, becomes
corrupt, etc.
Do us a favor. Resign rather than right this paper for NASA. Go
do useful work for the society.
lew | 7 | trimmed_train |
7,037 |
I'm not up on the details of US patent law, but I think this is incorrect.
There is a "reasonable use" exemption for *copyright*. There is none for
*patents*. The exemptions from patent licensing are quite narrow; R&D work
is exempt but personal use is not. That is, it's okay to experiment with
a patented idea, but not to put it to practical use (e.g. to improve your
stereo), even if it's only your own private practical use.
Of course, it is unlikely that discreet personal use will ever be detected
or that you will ever be sued over it. | 11 | trimmed_train |
10,165 | I have 19 (2 MB worth!) uuencode'd GIF images contain charts outlining
one of the many alternative Space Station designs being considered in
Crystal City. Mr. Mark Holderman works down the hall from me, and can
be reached for comment at (713) 483-1317, or via e-mail at
[email protected].
Mark proposed this design, which he calls "Geode" ("rough on the
outside, but a gem on the inside") or the "ET Strongback with
integrated hab modules and centrifuge." As you can see from file
geodeA.gif, it uses a Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) in place of much
of the truss which is currently part of Space Station Freedom. The
white track on the outside of the ET is used by the Station Remonte
Manipulator System (SRMS) and by the Reaction Control System (RCS)
pod. This allows the RCS pod to move along the track so that thrusting
can occur near the center of gravity (CG) of the Station as the mass
properties of the Station change during assembly.
The inline module design allows the Shuttle to dock more easily because
it can approach closer to the Station's CG and at a structurally strong
part of the Station. In the current SSF design, docking forces are
limited to 400 pounds, which seriously constrains the design of the
docking system.
The ET would have a hatch installed pre-flight, with little additional
launch mass. We've always had the ability to put an ET into orbit
(contrary to some rumors which have circulated here), but we've never
had a reason to do it, while we have had some good reasons not to
(performance penalties, control, debris generation, and eventual
de-orbit and impact footprint). Once on-orbit, we would vent the
residual H2. The ET insulation (SOFI) either a) erodes on-orbit from
impact with atomic Oxygen, or b) stays where it is, and we deploy a
Kevlar sheath around it to protect it and keep it from contaminating
the local space environment. Option b) has the advantage of providing
further micrometeor protection. The ET is incredibly strong (remember,
it supports the whole stack during launch), and could serve as the
nucleus for a much more ambitious design as budget permits.
The white module at the end of ET contains a set of Control Moment
Gyros to be used for attitude control, while the RCS will be used
for gyro desaturation. The module also contains a de-orbit system
which can be used at the end of the Station's life to perform a
controlled de-orbit (so we don't kill any more kangaroos, like we
did with Skylab).
The centrifuge, which has the same volume as a hab module, could be
used for long-term studies of the effects of lunar or martian gravity
on humans. The centrifuge will be used as a momentum storage device
for the whole attitude control system. The centrifuge is mounted on
one of the modules, opposite the ET and the solar panels.
This design uses most of the existing SSF designs for electrical,
data and communication systems, getting leverage from the SSF work
done to date.
Mark proposed this design at Joe Shea's committee in Crystal City,
and he reports that he was warmly received. However, the rumors
I hear say that a design based on a wingless Space Shuttle Orbiter
seems more likely.
Please note that this text is my interpretation of Mark's design;
you should see his notes in the GIF files.
Instead of posting a 2 MB file to sci.space, I tried to post these for
anon-FTP in ames.arc.nasa.gov, but it was out of storage space. I'll
let you all know when I get that done.
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
[email protected] (713) 483-4368 | 10 | trimmed_train |
7,939 |
I really like these claims. Where did they come from? We hear,
practically daily, that the NSA monitors, oh, everything. They can
crack anything. They'd never release a cryptosystem they couldn't crack.
Where do people get these fascinating facts? 'The Puzzle Palace'?
If you can get it for a buck, 2nd hand, it must be true, eh? I'm pretty
sure the NSA is supposed to, among many other things, provide high-quality
cryptosystems to a variety of places. I don't recall reading anywhere
reliable that they're supposed to:
1) Monitor my phonecalls.
2) Monitor usenet.
3) Provide only cryptosystems they can easily crack.
4) etc etc.
This is not to say that they *don't*, they might. But you don't
know that they do, and you have no evidence that they do, for almost
all values of you. It follows, therefore, that for most values of 'you',
your claims about the NSA border on paranoia. | 7 | trimmed_train |
6,717 |
Why would it have to be much faster (it probably is) ? Assuming an ARM
is about as efficient as a MIPS R3000 for integer calculations, doing
a Compact-Video-like digital video codec is an easy task. For Software
Motion Pictures (which is a lot like Compact Video, though it predates
it), we get 48 frames/sec. at 320x240 on a DECstation 5000/200. That
machine has a 25 Mhz MIPS R3000.
Burkhard Neidecker-Lutz | 1 | trimmed_train |
9,290 | 4 | trimmed_train |
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4,787 | I have the following Canon items for sale, the condition is listed
as numerical. 10 indicates like new condition.
Canon T70 body (Multiprogram AE, Dual metering system,
build in motor drive etc.) 9-
Canon FD 50mm/F1.8 10
Canon FD 85mm/F1.8 with Canon BT-52 hood 8 (excellent portrait lens)
Osawa 28-50mm/F3.5-4.5 zoom (made in Japan) with soft case 10
Soligor 80-200mm/F4.5 MACRO (1:4) zoom (Japan) with hard case 10
Vivitar SMS30D dedicated thyristor flash in box with manual 10
Asking $350/obo. S&H not included. | 5 | trimmed_train |
355 |
I suppose a foul ball machine (like Brett Butler) is pretty valuable,
but I'd rather watch (and root for) the lower OBP guys who can
actually hit the ball.
And I'd rather watch (and root for) a team that scores lots of runs
and wins games.
Of course, I'm rooting for the Rockies and Andres anyway. But that's
for irrational hometown reaons. I also root for Frank Thomas. :) | 2 | trimmed_train |
9,760 | Well, here it is, NHL in the year 2000.
I got these from a very reliable source in a dream some years ago and
although I initially thought I had just been taking too many too strong
drugs now it seems the realization has really begun... You can see the
league has already started to move to this direction.
*The Walt Disney Conference*
Anaheim Mighty Chipmunks -Franchise name to be changed after each new
LA Kings hockey movie
LA Flames -We've seen some of that
San Jose Sharks
San Diego Bruins
Tijuana Red Wings -Detroit's hockey team will follow its car industry...
Dallas Stars
Houston Oilers
Texas Rangers
Seattle Canucks
*The Norm Green Conference*
Alabama White Hawks
Biloxi Blues
Tampa Bay Lightning
Miami Blades
Helsinki Jets -You've heard them starting getting used to the anthem
Montreal Quebecois (sp?) -There will be no 'Canada'
Atlanta Devils
Orlando Penquins
Key West Islanders
Hartford Whalers The Whalers will never move, huh?
Palm Beach Capitals
Now that the Anahaim team is becomming real I'm really beginning to believe
the rest of the 'message'. I'm sure the future will turn you into believers
too. After 2000 the NHL will abandond ice-rinks. It's so expensive to cool
down the rinks in the subtropics and the locals hardly know what ice is
anyway. NHL will become a roller skating hockey league. That way it can
create more public interest in the game when local supporteres can play the
game in their back yards ! | 17 | trimmed_train |
4,417 |
In some South American countries, after political undesirables disappeared,
the family would get a notice of death and a bill for the disposal
of the body. You apparently think that would be a good idea.
The Federal Government initiated this action against Koresh and his
followers, surrounded them for 51 days, engaged in psychological
warfare, used heavy military equipment against US citizens on
US soil; and now that the compound caught fire while they were
pumping in CS gas after knocking holes in the building; disavows
all responsibility. Big Brother is NOT always right.
| 9 | trimmed_train |
1,358 |
I *think* this is correct behavior. Remember the default
colormapFocusPolicy is keyboard (meaning the cmap focus follows the
keyboard focus). Since the dialog is modal, mwm won't allow keyboard
focus onto your main shell, and so it won't allow cmap focus either.
Since it sounds as though you have keyboardFocusPolicy:pointer, I
suggest you set colormapFocusPolicy:pointer also. That way, the cmap
focus won't slavishly follow keyboard focus, but will beat its own path.
(if you have keyboardFocusPolicy: explicit, you can set cmap focus
explicit also, but you then need a binding to f.focus_color, probably on
MB1). | 16 | trimmed_train |
7,758 |
Dorin, of all the criticism of my post expressed on t.p.m., this one I accept.
I regret that aspect of my post. It is my hope that the occupation will end (and
the accompanying loss of life) but I believe that stiff resistance can help to
achieve that end. Despite what some have said on t.p.m., I think that there is
a point when losses are unacceptable. The strategy drove U.S. troops out of
Lebanon, at least. | 6 | trimmed_train |
6,438 |
I agree that there is truth in scripture. There are principles to be
learned from it. Claiming that that truth is absolute, though, seems
to imply a literal reading of the Bible. If it were absolute truth
(constant across time, culture, etc.) then no interpretation would be
necessary.
It may be that the lessons gleaned from various passages are different
from person to person. To me, that doesn't mean that one person is
right and the other is wrong. I believe that God transcends our simple
minds, and that scripture may very well have been crafted with exactly
this intent. God knows me, and knows that my needs are different
from yours or anyone else's. By claiming that scripture is absolute,
then at least one person in every disputed interpretation must be wrong.
I just don't believe that God is that rigid.
This is where the arrogance comes in to play. Since these principles
are crystal clear to evangelicals, maybe the rest of us should just take
their word for it? Maybe it isn't at all crystal clear to *me* that
their fundamental principles are either fundamental *or* principles.
I think we've established that figuring out Biblical truth is a matter
of human interpretation and therefore error-prone. Yet you can still
claim that some of them may be crystal clear? Maybe to a certain
segment of Christianity, but to all.
Not at all. I think it supports my position much more effectively
than yours. :-)
So, I think that your position is:
The Bible is absolute truth, but as we are prone to error in our
interpretation, we cannot reliably determine if we have figured out
what that truth is.
Did I get that right?
What's the point of spending all this time claiming and defending
absolute truth, when we can never know what those truths are, and we
can never (or at least shouldn't) act upon them? What practical
difference can this make? | 0 | trimmed_train |
5,716 |
no, but somebody's dropped a ford 302 V-8 into the miata, somewhat
reminiscent of the shelby cobra. the car's obviously not as nimble
as before, but it's supposed to have a near 50/50 weight distribution
and handle very well. i'd sure love to drive one. | 4 | trimmed_train |
9,568 |
My daughter has Epilepsy and I attend a monthly parent support group.
Just Wednesday night, a mother was telling how she decided to throw
all the junk food out and see if it made a difference in her 13 year-old's
seizures. He was having about one seizure per week. She reported that
she did this on Thursday (3/11), he had a seizure on Saturday and then
went 4 weeks without a seizure!! On Easter he went to Grandma's and ate
candy, pop - anything he wanted. He had a seizure the next day. She
sees sensitivity to nutrasweet, sugar, colors, caffine and corn. With
corn she says, he gets very nervous and aggresive.
With my own daughter (age 7) , I think she is also sensitive and stays
away from those foods on her own. She has never had gum, won't eat
candy, prefers an apple to a cookie, doesn't like chocolate and won't
even use toothpaste!!! Her brother, on the other hand, is a junk food
addict! | 19 | trimmed_train |
7,781 | Hi there
I am very interested in Rayshade 4.00. I have managed to make a chessboard
for Rayshade. Unfortunately I still have to do the knight (horse). Any ideas?
I am also looking for a surface for the chesspieces. The board is marble.
Unfortunately black won't work very well for the one side. Anybody with ideas
for nice surfaces?
I would also like to use the image command of rayshade and the heightfield
command. Unfortunately the manual is very vague about this, and I don't have
Craig Kolb's email address. Anybody with ideas, because this is essential
for my next venture into raytracing.
Where should I post the finished chessboard?
Is there anybody else using rayshade on non-Unix systems?
How fast does Unix render?
Thanks | 1 | trimmed_train |
1,689 | For Sale:
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Asking $220.00 U.S.
Shipping negotiable.
For more information respond to: [email protected] (Andrew)
| 5 | trimmed_train |
9,572 | Title just 'bout says it all:
Grasshopper Remote Controlled Car for Sale/Trade
Features:
-$75 racing engine installed (original included as well)
-2 sets of tires
-Futaba 2 channel radio with servos/receiver
-body completly refinished - great shape
-Battery and charger
-every thing you need to have it running right out of the box,
VERY fast
-everything 100%
I haven't run this thing in a long time. I had it out the other
day just to check on it and everything is A-OK.
I'd listen to ANY cash offers, but am more interested in trading
for some extra storage for my computer. If you have any of the
following and are interested in a trade, drop me a line:
IDE hard drive 50+ megs (MUST be 3.5" wide, 1" tall)
SCSI hard drive 50+ megs (MUST be 3.5" wide, 1" tall)
SCSI tape backup (any make/size)
SCSI CD-ROM
9600 baud modem (external) | 5 | trimmed_train |
7,445 | Hi,
I've got a PACE MODEM , Series Four 2400s ( made in England by
PACE Micro Technology ) with a broken power supply .
So I'd like to know :
- the voltage and current values of the original
power supply PS1001.
- the pinout of the power supply connector.
- the pinout of the USER PORT and how to use it.
Many thanks in advance to all the people help me.
Please post the reply also to my e-mail.......... | 11 | trimmed_train |
8,007 |
Perhaps because you just made it up? | 8 | trimmed_train |
10,181 | Sorry, _perijoves_...I'm not used to talking this language. | 10 | trimmed_train |
5,791 |
Wasn't Ron Bloomberg, the former Yankee who got the first base hit
by a Designated Hitter, Jewish?? | 2 | trimmed_train |
9,685 |
Henrik (?),
Your ignorance manifests itself in an awkward form of intransigence. I'm not
going to spend time to review with you the recent history of Cyprus. If you are
really interested, I can provide you with a number of references on the issue.
Just send me EMail for that.
Relax! You're swinging fists into open air... I was *agreeing* with you,
assuming that would be one of your points that you did not state! You may
not be very much used to it, to be agreed with - that is, but take it more
easily. !:-)
No, Henrik, believe me: You don't hope that.
Was that after or before one French plane changed its route to avoid
inspection???
--
Onur Yalcin
[email protected] | 6 | trimmed_train |
8,153 |
Right. In the thirties both Buick and Packard had two spares mounted in
wells in the front fenders. Of course that was back when the front
fenders were long enough to provide room. There were a couple of other
marques that did this as well, but memory fades. | 4 | trimmed_train |
10,827 |
Really? What if it said "lentil eating" or "legume eating",
what then?
And I suppose "Accept 10" is anti-Octal bigotry?
Geez, how PC can you get!?
Uncle Fester
| 13 | trimmed_train |
10,805 |
Actually, there are people who will tell you that it *would* be enough
to do SSTO development, if done privately as a cut-rate operation. Of
course, they may be over-optimistic.
You can also assume that a working SSTO would have other applications
that would help pay for its development costs.
I'd be inclined to make the prize somewhat larger, but $1G might be enough. | 10 | trimmed_train |
8,192 |
[...]
I think you posted your article 15 days too late :-)) April 1st is over.
I don't like nuclear powerplants but i think it's not fair to tell such
"storys" about them. OK ?
Let me try to explain what that tower is used to:
-1st. Even the modernst nuclear powerplant is only a simple steam-engine.
It has an hightech "boiler" but the rest is still verry verry
conventional. And if you've already visited any condensation-
powerstation you'l have seen the cooling towers too.
If you look at any good book about thermophysics you'll find
a chapter about the "CARNOT-process" which describes how to
get energy from a temperature difference ! And that is the reason
for cooling towers too !!! You only can get energy if you've an
temperature gradient. That means that you have steam on the one
side and need to cool down the steam 'till you get water
again on the other side if you want to get aprox. 30% of the
energy you (or better the uranium) brought into the water to
let it boil. If you only have hot steam on the one and "cold"
steam on the other side you'll loose much more of the energy.
And so they cool down the steam to get at least the 30% of
energy that carnot will give them.
The cooling towers are for cooling the steam !
The vapor you'll see is NOT the steam of the main core circulation,
because that steam is radioactive ! The circulation is divided in
AT LEAST 2 circuits connected about heat exchangers to prevent
radioactive pollution of the environment !
-2nd. OK, the main core IS hot, but even in the modernst HighTemperature-
Reactors (HTR) they only run at ~800 deg celsius. This is still
verry far away from uraniums melting point which is somewhere
around 2000 deg. celsius ! But you'll have lot's of problems with
the boiler's steel. That's because at this temperature the
metal is attacked by steam and will corrode verry fast.
This is only for BWR's. The new He cooled reactors have temperatures
up to 1200 deg. celsius. But this is only experimental.
-3rd. I personaly think that nuclear waste should be as low as ever
possible because the dose you get will accumulate about the
years. Today 1 mRem and next year 0.5 mRem won't be 0.75 mRem
at all. It accumulates and even in 80 years you'll still have
1.5 mRem. And i'm not interested in glowing in the night and
getting children with 2 heads. This is my point of view.
Only my 0.02$ !
Christian Reisel
student of electronic sciences
--
Christian Reisel, Goldammerweg 2, W-6601 Buebingen, Germany
Voice +49 6805 22179 Fax & Email +49 6805 22179
PGP PubKey: | 11 | trimmed_train |
6,271 | What is the phone number for Alias?
A toll-free number is preferred, if available.
Thanks
| 1 | trimmed_train |
437 | Tom Barrasso wore a great mask, one time, last season. He unveiled it
at a game in Boston.
It was all black, with Pgh city scenes on it. The "Golden Triangle"
(Pgh's downtown area where the 3 rivers meet) graced the top, along
with a steel mill on one side and the Civic Arena (I think) on the
other. On the back of the helmet was the old Pens' logo (the really
fat little penguin with the blue scarf) the current (at the time) Pens
logo, and a space for the "new" (now current) logo.
Tommy had designed the mask, and his mother (an artist) painted it
for him.
But while wearing the mask, the Pens got thumped by the Bruins. The
very next game, Tommy was back to the old paint job. A great mask
done in by a goalie's superstition. | 17 | trimmed_train |
10,175 | you consider those I got from you to be such.
Yes, You state the reference, and then YOU claim it's a good or fair treatment.
You fail to see the differences between absolute numbers and rates.
population
might
No, you just miss the point. By your methods, I can prove gun control to be a
total failure. New York's total homocide count, with it's strict gun control,
is MUCH higher than Rhode Island's, with it's less strict gun control. FAR
more folks are killed in New York, than Rhode Island. Therefore, according to
Mane Logic(tm), gun control has made New York a much more dangerous place than
Rhode Island. Remember, it's "Nitpicking" and "a whiney debating style" to
point out the differences between New York and Rhode Island that might defeat
my argument.
Now you agree? Wow, a break-through!
| 9 | trimmed_train |
9,628 | I am working on a project to provide an emergency management
information system. In keeping with more classic command and
control type systems, we are considering developing a dual screen monitor
system in order to provide a status board on it's own monitor.
I have a number of X level questions regarding this:
(We are devloping on Unix systems using X/Motif. Platform will be
predominantly Sun's, probably with ports to RS/6000 as well).
I am assuming the standard dual monitor systems are configured
such that we are talking about one X display and multiple screens,
and not multiple X displays. Given this:
- Is changing input focus from one screen to the other as simple
as tracking your mouse from one screen to the other? There's
nothing special that needs to be done to shift focus between
screens?
- Do I have to run separate window managers on the separate
screens or are there multiscreen window managers out there?
What are they; who sells them...
- Is a multi-screen window manager the only way I can grab a
window frame and move a window from one screen to the next?
- Is there any way for the application to transparently see
multiple screens as one logical x-y plane, or does the hardware
only provide for each screen to start at 0,0?
- Any thoughts on the difficulties involved with designing a
system capable of using either multiple screens or a single
screen (perhaps running a virtual window manager to simulate
multiple screens instead)?
I am assuming that this is not a major issue - that I can rely
on providing config files which will specify for each
configuration the screen placement of each window in the
application. Any thoughts or suggestions from past experience
are more than welcome.
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10,986 |
Alan, you can start by teaching your children that the perpetrators
of crimes no more represent the "Black community" than racist hateful Whites
represent the majority culture (although there are many ethnic minorities
who have fallen into the very trap that you are struggling with, and believe
otherwise). The trap is the easy way out.
For yourself, I think it would be a good idea to realize that the
demographics related to the crimes you speak of have less to do with race,
and much to do with socioeconomic status and disenfranchisement. You're
going to find higher crime within *any* community comprised of *any* ethnic
group or subgroup that has become dysfunctional, whatever the factors
leading to that dysfunction. With ethnic minorities it is more usually than
not, as I said, socioeconomic disenfranchisement.
If, for example, you lived in an area where there were very few
Blacks, but quite a few poor-for-generations Whites, you'd see the crime
statistics reflecting the dysfunction of those White people. Would you then
worry about whther your children would begin to see Whites as undesireable
or whatever? The trap springs into action when our innate compunction to
define "us" and "other" raises its little voice. The trap becomes dangerous
when we stop to listen to that little voice and stop thinking like rational
humans.
It's interesting that Blacks are traditionally seen as *the* or the
*most* criminal element in many of our urban areas. I don't know the racial
makeup of Phoenix, so I can't speak to your situation. However, I live in
San Francisco, a city that loves to tout its "ethnic diversity". Here, we
have Black gangs, Hispanic gangs, Asian (yes, the "model minority") gangs,
and even a few White gangs. The Asian gangs have become a particularly
troublesome element for law enforcement here, mainly due (I think) to their
propensity for engaging in organized criminal activities. But ask people on
the street and they'll, 8-out-of-10 times, tell you that Black gangs and
crime are what they most fear. During the "disturbance" in Los Angeles last
year many of the rioters and looters were not Black. Some were even White! I
remember being amazed at television news scenes that showed looting mobs
where there were maybe one or two Blacks at most! My perceptions, gleaned
from TV news, were further corroborated by numerous friends and relatives
that live in Los Angeles. This may have been the country's first truly
multi-ethnic riot. Yet I know from face-to-face and online discussion that
in the minds of America the popular perception is that it was a *Black*
riot!
In closing, I'd like to say that you raise some interesting points
that really need discussion. Our country has spent too long ignoring the
racism (and its attendant ills) that is very much a part of our culture. As
a people, we are afraid to face up to some hurtful truths, and the problem
becomes compounded *daily*. We cannot afford to do it much longer. I truly
believe that the well-being of ALL OF US depends on changing our current
course of denial and repression.
I wish you and your children, and all other people, of *all* colors,
luck in avoiding the "trap".
Peace, my brother.
m.
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10,605 | Hi,
I am looking for some help in choosing a package
for a high-speed silicon ADC (100Mhz) currently being
fabricated. This is a PhD research project and I have to test
the chip at speed on a PCB. I expect to have roughly 100
packaged circuits and will do DC, low-speed and high-speed
testing using 3 different set-ups for the test chip.
I know for sure that a DIP will not work
(the long lead lines have too high an inductance).
Getting a custom-made package is too expensive, so
I am trying to choose between a flatpak and a
leadless chip carrier. The flatpack would be hard
to test since it has to be soldered on to the test
setup and I would spend loads of time soldering
as I kept changing the test chip. The leadless chip
carrier sockets also have long lead lines and may
not work at high speeds.
Does anyone out there have experience/knowledge
of this field ? I would greatly appreciate help! Any ideas/
names of companies manufacturing holders/sockets/packages
would help.
P.S. The multi-layer fancy GaAs packages seem like a bit
of overkill(?) | 11 | trimmed_train |
2,243 | I am starting to work on a project using DDE to transfer data. The
application came with an Excel macro which can transfer the data.
I need to 'port' it to 1-2-3W. 1-2-3W uses a very different setup
for DDE macros.
Does anyone have any suggestions as to good references? I have
downloaded "WW01117: Windows Dynamic Exchange (DDE)" [the MS
Application Note]. Any books worth getting?
The specifics are:
Server application: Dionex AI-450 Chromatography Data System
Client application: 1-2-3 for Windows V1.1
Except for the macro, Dionex did not provide any documentation
for DDE. Also, I am having problems because I am trying to develop
the application on my PC, but to actually get data, you need to be
connect to the instrument. Any help here would be appreciated, too.
Thanks,
-- | 18 | trimmed_train |
10,766 |
The kit is for an already existing Laserwriter IINTX. It is a ROM
upgrade that replaces the font rasterizer code with the more
efficient, speedier code that first became available in Adobe Type
Manager 1.0.
That software came out after the original NTXes and the so-called
ATM rasterizer is now standard on Postscript printers. | 14 | trimmed_train |
6,142 |
The 68070 is a variation of the 68010 that was done a few years ago by
the European partners of Motorola. It has some integrated I/O controllers
and half a MMU, but otherwise it's a 68010. Think of it the same as
the 8086 and 80186 were.
Burkhard Neidecker-Lutz | 1 | trimmed_train |
3,501 |
I just talked to a rep for my AT&T mastercard regarding this: There is no
maximum claim, and you only have to notify them of the warranty when the
item needs repair. If it can't be repaired, you get the amount you paid
for it.
Curiously though, the AT&T Gold mastercard has a limit of $1000 on claims.
Definitely not upgrading to that card...:)
-Bryan
| 3 | trimmed_train |
6,619 |
i'm telling you, sam, three l's. call up mom and ask. | 2 | trimmed_train |
963 | Just a few lines about my favorite team sweeping the Dodgers (one of
my least favorite) in LA (Sweet!). Also the Mets (my other least
favorite team) loss to the Rockies made this this a great day and a
great start to the weekend as the Cardinals are on the ESPN tonight.
Big Lee Smith is having a great start and the Cardinals seem to be
hitting in the clutch even though they have had a few games with lots
of hits and not many runs. Hopefully with the coaches stress on
situational hitting in spring training, the runners LOB will be lower
this year (probably due to the high strikeout numbers by Jose and
Lankford and Zeile's off year).
I don't know why all the fuss about the Fillies. The media and all the
Filly fans on r.s.b forget who is right behind them in the standings.
Give the Wild Thing a week or two before he starts blowing some games
and we'll see who is in first then. I believe the Cardinal pitching
staff is more complete than the Filly staff and that will make the
difference.
On a side note, a few years ago (5-6), a comment was made by some
baseball player or manager about the Dodger defense. He was asked
where to hit the ball against the Dodgers and he replied "Fair." I
remember it being in the "They Said It" section of Sports Illustrated.
I would like to know who said it and what issue it was in.
GO REDBIRDS!! | 2 | trimmed_train |
10,108 |
Of course B.M. is not incorrect. He is defending Islam. When defending
Islam against infidels you can say anything and no one will dare criticize
you. But when an atheist uses the same argument he is using "petty sarcasm". So
B.M. can have his "temporary atheists" whenever he needs them and all the
"temporary atheists" can later say that they were always good Muslims because
they never explicitly rejected Islam. | 8 | trimmed_train |
5,629 |
Well Sweden and Australia, and lord knows wherever else used to drive on
the "wrong" side of the road, so the export market might have been
larger then than just the UK.
By the 1920s, there was a very active "good roads" movement, which had
its origins actually in the 1890s during the bicycle craze, picked up
steam in the teens (witness the Linclon Highway Association, 1912 or so,
and the US highway support act (real name: something different) in 1916
that first pledged federal aid to states and counties to build decent
roads. Also, the experience of widespread use of trucks for domestic
transport during WW 1 convinced the government that good raods were
crucial to our national defense. Anyway, by the 20s there were plenty
of good roads, at least around urban areas, and they were rapidly
expanding into the countryside. This was the era, after all, of the
first auto touring fad, the motel, the auto camp ground, etc. Two good
books on the subject spring to mind - Warren Belasco "America on the
Road" (title may not be exact - author is) and another called "The Devil
Wagon in God's Country" author I forget. Also, any of John Flink's or
John Bell Rae's auto histories.
As to placement of the steering wheel being arbitrary, by the early
teens there were virtually no American cars that did not have the wheel
on the left. In the early days, cars had the wheel on the left, on the
right, and even in the middle, as well as sometimes having a tiller
instead of a wheel. This was standardized fairly early on, though I
don't know why.
Dan
[email protected]
Carnegie Mellon University
Applied History | 4 | trimmed_train |
2,457 |
On my 486DX33 with the Stealth 24 VLB I get 11.4 WinMarks with ver. 3.11
| 3 | trimmed_train |
585 |
As to how many clients may be display on a server, I believe the limit
would be how much memory is available to your server or allocated by the
server.
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3,007 |
It depends on the cause of the pneumonia. For treating bacterial
pneumonia in young otherwise-healthy non-smokers, erythromycin
is usually considered the antibiotic of choice, since it covers
the two most-common pathogens: strep pneumoniae and mycoplasma
pneumoniae. | 19 | trimmed_train |
9,332 |
HAHAHAHAHAH. Oh, CHRIST! Oh, HAHAHAHAH.
whew. Mark, what on EARTH makes you think I give a FUCK
about being a "success", particularly NOW when I'll just
the HELL taxed out of me? Oh, this is excellent.
Holy christ! :)
Besides, let's <ahem> examine the record, shall we?
Broward: " Clinton's going to taxe the HOLY FUCK out of you! "
Mark: " No, he's not. Only $17 / month "
( I STILL get a laugh out of this one! :) )
Broward: " Oh, here comes a National Sales Tax "
Clinton Supporter: " Oh, no, Bill never said that "
Want some more "free predictions" ?
:)
Yup. They surely did.
Almost as pathetic as Clinton suppoters are looking in
April of 93.
Well, chumbo, I see my my watch here that my "appointment"
at the lake is about 2 hours past due! :) | 13 | trimmed_train |
3,287 | Hate to mess up your point, but it is incredibly easy to learn how
to make a nuclear weapon. The hard part is getting the radioactives to
put in it. Have you ever read Tom Clancy's _The Sum of All Fears_? It
describes in great detail how a Palestinian terrorist group constructed a
nuclear bomb using stolen (actually found) plutonium, with some help from
an East German nuclear physicist. For some non fiction, read Tom Clancy's
article _Five Minutes Till Midnight_. It shows how a terrorist group could
construct a nuke using Neptunium, a low grade radioactive waste product
dumped in toxic waste sites and forgotten about. He also claims information
on constructing a nuke is easily found in any large library. Sounds
kind of scary, doesn't it? :-(
Don't know whether you could get busted for warning of a speedtrap.
Doug Holland
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4,186 | Hi,
I have normal procomm plus for dos, but I've been considering buying
the windows version....it got really great reviews in computer shopper.
I have a friend who connects to the mainframe and unix machines here
using it, but the screen seems to have a problem keeping up with the
modem....he has a 14,400 modem on a 486 50 Mhz machine. I can't
see it having trouble keeping up. His pcplus for dos works great,
but the windows just seems to always screw up....Is this common
and is there a fix? Or is something just screwed with his machine?
Kent
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8,787 |
<In response to a debate about who has has a better season- Jagr of Francis>
I think Jagr did he probably had a better point per minute ice time- stats
don't exist to properly analyze this and he had a substancially better +/-.
+/- is a useful statistic. If a player is on the ice when his team scores a
lot of goals and only allows a few goals, he must be doing something right.
It is especially useful to compare between teammates- as they play for the
same team and should have roughly similar +/- ratings if they are equally
good players. It can be adjusted- with varying degrees of success to compare
between players on different teams.
I agree it would be nice for the NHL to keep more statistics- but how useful
are the ones that you suggest?? Total ice time would be very useful- it is
a missing stat in Jagr vs Francis arguments from before. Somehow measuring
the quality of ice time as you suggest would be useless. It would be a
better stat for evaluating coaching- ie are the players given quality ice
time actually their talented ones? A very good player could be given low
amounts of quality ice time because of team depth or a stupid coach who
doesn't recognize his talent and a very bad player could be given lots of
quality ice time because of a lack of team depth or a stupid coach that
thinks he is an effective player. This stat would be much more flawed than
+/- and almost no conclusions could be drawn regarding player talent.
+/- is a useful stat. It is quite useful in evaluating player talent.
You are the one displaying ignorance because of your unwillingness to see
that being on the ice when goals are scored but not when they are allowed
is a very positive thing- and should be evaluated as such. | 17 | trimmed_train |
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