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5,424 | <much drivel deleted>
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A Laugh? Tony, this religeous bigot scares the shit out of me, and that
any one bothers to listen to him causes me to have grave doubts about the
future of just about anything. Shades of the Branch Davidians, Jim Jones,
and Charlie Manson.
--Uncle Wolf
--Member Highland Lodge 748 F&AM (Grand Lodge of California)
--Babtized a Southern Babtist
--And one who has beliefs beyond the teachings of either. | 15 | trimmed_train |
11,150 | Robert, you keep making references to "orthodox" belief, and saying things
like "it is held that..." (cf. "Kermit" thread). On what exact body of
theology are you drawing for what you call "orthodox?" Who is that "holds
that" Luke meant what you said he meant? Whenever your personal interpretation
of Biblical passages is challenged, your only response seems
to be that one needs merely to "look at the Bible" in order to see the truth,
but what of those who see Biblical things differently from you? Are we to
simply assume that you are the only one who really understands it?
Just curious, | 15 | trimmed_train |
3,299 | [this is posted for a friend, please reply to [email protected]]
1990 BMW K75RT FOR SALE | 12 | trimmed_train |
3,208 |
I shot off a response to this last night that I've tried to cancel. It was
only a few minutes later while driving home that I remembered that your
message does specifically say cortical. My first reaction had been to suggest
the PC12 pheochromocytoma line. That may still be a good compromise, depending
on what you're doing. Have you concidered using a mouse cell line from one
of the SV40 T antigen transgenic lines? Another alternative might be primary
cells from bovine adrenal cortex. | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,625 |
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Let me see, "unless you have an accident, you won't need more", hmmmmmmm. | 4 | trimmed_train |
7,335 |
[Patrick's example of anti-competitive regulations for
auto dealers deleted.]
Let me try to drag this discussion back to the original issues. As
I've noted before, I'm not necessarily disputing the benefits of
eliminating anti-competitive legislation with regard to auto dealers,
barbers, etc. One need not, however, swallow the entire libertarian
agenda to accomplish this end. Just because one grants the benefits of
allowing anyone who wishes to cut hair to sell his/her services without
regulation does not mean that the same unregulated barbers should be
free to bleed people as a medical service without government intervention.
(As some/many libertarians would argue.)
On a case by case basis, the cost/benefit ratio of government regulation
is obviously worthwhile. The libertarian agenda, however, does not call
for this assessment. It assumes that the costs of regulation (of any
kind) always outweigh its benefits. This approach avoids all sorts of
difficult analysis, but it strikes many of the rest of us as dogmatic,
to say the least.
I have no objection to an analysis of medical care, education,
national defense or local police that suggests a "free market" can provide
a more effective, efficient means of accomplishing social objectives
than is provided through "statist" approaches. With some notable
exceptions, however, I do not see such nitty-gritty, worthwhile
analysis being carried out by self-professed libertarians.
jsh | 13 | trimmed_train |
10,160 | Hi there, I can't seem to get mail to you. Can you tell me your entire
adress, or even your dotted decimal address?
(ie. 131.202.3.10)
Thanks,
[email protected]
-- | 17 | trimmed_train |
2,426 |
Maybe in the 60's, but not now. Steel is a dead industry in Pgh.
No, a giveaway night in the 90's for Pgh would be "Baboon Liver Night"
sponored by The Pittsburgh Zoo... | 17 | trimmed_train |
3,788 |
I think VW got caught out on the airbag thing. It's only been in the last
year or two that airbags have become a significant selling feature.
VW assumed that automatic belts would satisfy govt. requirements for
passive restraint, but didn't guess that the 'merican consumer would
actually make buy decisions based on the presence of an airbag.
VW is really hurting right now in the US market. Check out the
article in last week's Autoweek about the crisis at VW. Golfs and
Jettas will be coming from the plant in Mexico, but they don't have
the quality at that facility. As per normal VW practice, the US
launch of the Jetta III is delayed again and again, until a good chunk
of the useful life of the design is spent.
I think that Passats come from Germany, so there is not the same
quality and availability issue. It's a nice car with a nice engine.
Whether VW will be a player in the US market in two year's time is a
different question... | 4 | trimmed_train |
6,380 |
So was it on CNN or not?
What proof. You said above: "was it not reported..." and "someone please give
full details if they can remember". Hear say is not proof.
Yes, like the 700 or more Palestinians brutally murdered by their brothers.
| 6 | trimmed_train |
7,604 |
HMMM... that brings up a neat idea.
Unfortunately, it's SOOO neat, I think I ought to patent it.
So I can't tell you about it.
Sorry. :-)
-Bill
Copyright 1993 William S. Yerazunis (aka Crah the Merciless)
All rights reserved, no responsibility taken. | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,839 |
So they should sue the newspaper I got it from for printing it.
The article didn't say anything about copyrights.
Louis
| 1 | trimmed_train |
8 | I have win 3.0 and downloaded several icons and BMP's but I can't figure out
how to change the "wallpaper" or use the icons. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanx,
-Brando | 18 | trimmed_train |
275 | I downloaded an image of the earth re-constructed from elevation data taken
at 1/2 degree increments. The author (not me) wrote some c-code (included)
that read in the data file and generated b&w and pseudo color images. They
work very well and are not incumbered by copyright. They are at an aminet
site near you called earth.lha in the amiga/pix/misc area...
I refer you to the included docs for the details on how the author (sorry, I
forget his name) created these images. The raw data is not included.
--
David
David M. Ingebretsen
Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp.
[email protected] | 1 | trimmed_train |
10,656 | 14 | trimmed_train |
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8,759 | ...
Please. Have a care with Phil. We liked him a lot in Pittsburgh. He
didn't score a lot if you look at his stats last year but he worked his
butt off. It was his speed that created opportunities in the offensive
zone that allowed the Pens to utilize his potential. I haven't been
paying attention to him this year so I can't say I know what you're
objecting to. He has been out with injuries though, hasn't he? And
if the offense isn't there, there's not much his speed will do for you.
Like I said, he created opportunities but he didn't score much. I thought
the money offered from the Rangers was a little high, and so did the Pens,
I guess.
Joseph Stiehm
...
Please. Have a care with Phil. We liked him a lot in Pittsburgh. He
didn't score a lot if you look at his stats last year but he worked his
butt off. It was his speed that created opportunities in the offensive
zone that allowed the Pens to utilize his potential. I haven't been
paying attention to him this year so I can't say I know what you're
objecting to. He has been out with injuries though, hasn't he? And
if the offense isn't there, there's not much his speed will do for you.
Like I said, he created opportunities but he didn't score much. I thought
the money offered from the Rangers was a little high, and so did the Pens,
I guess. | 17 | trimmed_train |
10,721 | [...deleted...]
Unfortunately, I think you've got it figured pretty well. I also ask
myself the question "Why did they plan for so many months. Why was
this so important to them? What was the government really up to?
Why did they seal the warrant? Were they after Koresh or were they after
the first and second amendments, among others?
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8,076 | Rawley Eastwick
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4,713 |
[stuff deleted for brevity]
Your very starting point is wrong. Christianity is not based on following
a moral standard. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith...
NOT BY WORKS so that no man may boast." (Eph. 2:7-8) You say that
you know the Bible well, and can recognize (do you mean recite?) many
passages from memory. That could very well be so. However, it looks like
there are a few more passages that you should pay attention to. (Titus 3:5
and James 2:10 are among them.)
Obedience to the moral law is imporant. However, it is supposed to be the
result of turning your life over to Christ and becoming a Christian. It is
by no means the starting point.
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2,395 |
What do you mean? Are you saying they thought the effort was
profitable or that the money was efficiently spent (providing max
value per money spent)?
I think they would answer yes on ballance to both questions. Exceptions
would be places like the US from the French Indian War to the end of
the US Revolution.
But even after the colonies revolted or where given independance the
British engaged in very lucrative trading with the former colonies.
Five years after the American Revolution England was still the largest
US trading partner.
Allen
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883 | (reference line trimmed)
[...]
Yes.
Well, for example, the goal of "natural" morality is the survival and
propogation of the species. Another example of a moral system is
presented within the Declaration of Independence, which states that we
should be guaranteed life liberty and the pursuit of happiness. You see,
to have a moral system, we must define the purpose of the system. That is,
we shall be moral unto what end?
Well, murder violates the golen rule, which is certainly a pillar of most
every moral system. However, I am not assuming that our current system
and the manner of its implementation are objectively moral. I think that
it is a very good approximation, but we can't be perfect.
Well, "objective" would assume a system based on clear and fundamental
concepts, while "arbitary" implies no clear line of reasoning. | 8 | trimmed_train |
9,671 | I went to Staples in Framingham, MA, today, and grabbed the info-sheet on the
450 bundle.
For a mere $1897.00, you get:
-25 megahertz 68030 microprocessor
-4M of RAM
-120M hard disk
-1.4M floppy disk drive
-built in support for 256 colors, expandable to 32,000 colors
-1 expansion slot
-keyboard and mouse
-14" display
-0.29 mm dot pitch for extra-sharp text and graphics
-640 x 480 pixels
-microphone and speaker
-Macintosh System 7 software for Performa computers version 7.1P
-At Ease, Macintosh PC Exchange, and Quicktime software
-Global Village Teleport fax/modem , send fax only
_Service and support
-1 year limited warranty
-1 year of in-home service
-toll free help line support
-Pre-installed software:
-WordPerfect Works
-Best of ClickArt Collection
-Touchbase
-Datebook
-Bestbooks
-The Amereican Heritage Dictionary
-Correct Grammar
-Apple Special Edition of American Online with free trial membership
-CheckFree electronic bill-payment software
-Spectre Challenger
-Scrabble
Editor's Note: The spec sheet I have list's the microprocessor as a "38030",
but I corrected that. Didn't want to confuse anybody... | 14 | trimmed_train |
8,675 | [email protected] said in response to Dave Borden:
William: If the reason that this country still stands after 200+ years
is that it uses military conscription to force young men to fight for
causes that they don't believe in strongly enough to volunteer for
military service in support of, then perhaps the fact that the country
is still standing is not good news... | 13 | trimmed_train |
1,885 |
[...]
In the September 1992 issue of THE TUFTS UNIVERSITY DIET AND NUTRITION
LETTER, there is a three page article about artificial sweeteners. What
follows are those excerpts which deal specifically with Nutrasweet.
[Reproduced without permission]
The controversy [over aspartame] began six years ago in England,
where a group of researchers found that aspartame, marketed under
the tradename Nutrasweet, appears to stimulate appetite and,
presumably, the eating of more calories in the long run than if
a person simply consumed sugar. When researchers asked a group
of 95 people to drink plain water, aspartame-sweetened water, and
sugared water, they said that overall they felt hungriest after
drinking the artificially sweetened beverage.
The study received widespread media attention and stirred a
good deal of concern among the artificial-sweetener-using public.
However, its results were questionable at best, since the researchers
did not go on to measure whether the increase in appetite did
actually translate into an increase in eating. The two do not
necessarily go hand in hand.
In the years that followed, more than a dozen studies examining
the effect of aspartame on appetite -- and eating -- were conducted.
And after reviewing every one of them, the director of the
Laboratory of the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior at Johns Hopkins
University, Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., concluded that consuming aspartame-
sweetened foods and drinks is not associated with any increase in
the amount of food eaten afterward.
One artificial sweetener that is not typically accused of causing
cancer is aspartame. But it most certainly has been blamed for a
host of other ills. Since its introduction in 1981, the government
has received thousands of complaints accusing it of causing
everything from headaches to nausea to mood swings to anxiety.
Still, years of careful scientific study conducted both before and
after the sweetener's entering the market have failed to confirm
that it can bring about adverse health effects. That's why the
Centers for Disease Control (the government agency charged with
monitoring public health), the American Medical Association's
Council on Scientific Affairs, and the Food and Drug Administration
have given aspartame, one of the most studied food additives, a
clean bill of health.
Granted, the FDA has set forth an "acceptable daily intake" of
50 milligrams of aspartame per kilogram of body weight. To exceed
the limit, however, a 120-pound (55 kg.) woman would have to take
in 2,750 milligrams of aspartame -- the amount in 15 cans of
aspartame-sweetened soda pop, 14 cups of gelatin, 22 cups of yogurt,
or 55 six-ounce servings of aspartame-containing hot cocoa,...
A 175-pound (80 kg.) man would have to consume some 4,000 milligrams
of the sweetener -- the amount in 22 cans of soda pop or 32 cups
of yogurt -- to go over the limit. [chart with aspartame content
of selected foods omitted]
Only one small group of people must be certain to stay away
from aspartame: those born with a rare metabolic disorder called
phenylketonuria, or PKU. The estimated one person in every 12,000
to 15,000 who has it is unable to properly metabolize an essential
amino acid in aspartame called phenylalanine. Once a child
consumes it, it builds up in the body and can ultimately cause
such severe problems as mental retardation. To help people with
PKU avoid the substance, labels on cans of soda pop and other
aspartame-sweetened foods must carry the warning "Phenylketonurics:
Contains Phenylalanine."
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7,735 |
I believe this is a just another of way of expressing the basic truth
"All things were created by him and FOR him." (emphasis mine)
Col. 1:16 , Rev. 4:11. If you and I have been created for God, naturally
there will be a vacuum if God is not our all and all. In fact,
the first chapter of Collosians brings out this status of Christ, that
He should have the preeminence. When you life is alligned with Him,
and you do His will, then the vacuum is filled. | 0 | trimmed_train |
3,354 |
e,
If memory serves me well, Alicea hit it, and damn near tied the game.
Torre obviously knows his players better than you do.
See y'all at the ballyard
Go Braves
Chop Chop
Michael Mule'
| 2 | trimmed_train |
7,588 | boxscores.
Beware. The original poster looks to be from Louisville, and chances are
Louisville gets the edition of the NYTimes that is printed in Chicago for the
MidWest. This edition has boxscores only on Monday (and Sunday) and an
extremely skimpy sports section (few game summaries, mostly just color
stories). | 2 | trimmed_train |
9,253 | From: Center for Policy Research <cpr>
Subject: From Israeli press. Madness.
/* Written 4:34 pm Apr 16, 1993 by [email protected] in igc:mideast.forum */
/* ---------- "From Israeli press. Madness." ---------- */
FROM THE ISRAELI PRESS.
Paper: Zman Tel Aviv (Tel Aviv's time). Friday local Tel Aviv's
paper, affiliated with Maariv.
Date: 19 February 1993
Journalist: Guy Ehrlich
Subject: Interview with soldiers who served in the Duvdevan
(Cherry) units, which disguise themselves as Arabs and operate
within the occupied territories.
Excerpts from the article:
"A lot has been written about the units who disguise themselves as
Arabs, things good and bad, some of the falsehoods. But the most
important problem of those units has been hardly dealt with. It is
that everyone who serves in the Cherry, after a time goes in one
way or another insane".
A man who said this, who will here be called Danny (his full name
is known to the editors) served in the Cherry. After his discharge
from the army he works as delivery boy. His pal, who will here be
called Dudu was also serving in the Cherry, and is now about to
depart for a round-the-world tour. They both look no different
from average Israeli youngsters freshly discharged from conscript
service. But in their souls, one can notice something completely
different....It was not easy for them to come out with disclosures
about what happened to them. And they think that to most of their
fellows from the Cherry it woundn't be easy either. Yet after they
began to talk, it was nearly impossible to make them stop talking.
The following article will contain all the horror stories
recounted with an appalling openness.
(...) A short time ago I was in command of a veteran team, in
which some of the fellows applied for release from the Cherry. We
called such soldiers H.I. 'Hit by the Intifada'. Under my command
was a soldier who talked to himself non-stop, which is a common
phenomenon in the Cherry. I sent him to a psychiatrist. But why I
should talk about others when I myself feel quite insane ? On
Fridays, when I come home, my parents know I cannot be talked to
until I go to the beach, surf a little, calm down and return. The
keys of my father's car must be ready for in advance, so that I
can go there. I they dare talk to me before, or whenever I don't
want them to talk to me, I just grab a chair and smash it
instantly. I know it is my nerve: Smashing chairs all the time
and then running away from home, to the car and to the beach. Only
there I become normal.(...)
(...) Another friday I was eating a lunch prepared by my mother.
It was an omelette of sorts. She took the risk of sitting next to
me and talking to me. I then told my mother about an event which
was still fresh in my mind. I told her how I shot an Arab, and how
exactly his wound looked like when I went to inspect it. She began
to laugh hysterically. I wanted her to cry, and she dared laugh
straight in my face instead ! So I told her how my pal had made a
mincemeat of the two Arabs who were preparing the Molotov
cocktails. He shot them down, hitting them beautifully, exactly as
they deserved. One bullet had set a Molotov cocktail on fire, with
the effect that the Arab was burning all over, just beautifully. I
was delighted to see it. My pal fired three bullets, two at the
Arab with the Molotov cocktail, and the third at his chum. It hit
him straight in his ass. We both felt that we'd pulled off
something.
Next I told my mother how another pal of mine split open the guts
in the belly of another Arab and how all of us ran toward that
spot to take a look. I reached the spot first. And then that Arab,
blood gushing forth from his body, spits at me. I yelled: 'Shut
up' and he dared talk back to me in Hebrew! So I just laughed
straight in his face. I am usually laughing when I stare at
something convulsing right before my eyes. Then I told him: 'All
right, wait a moment'. I left him in order to take a look at
another wounded Arab. I asked a soldier if that Arab could be
saved, if the bleeding from his artery could be stopped with the
help of a stone of something else like that. I keep telling all
this to my mother, with details, and she keeps laughing straight
into my face. This infuriated me. I got very angry, because I felt
I was becoming mad. So I stopped eating, seized the plate with he
omelette and some trimmings still on, and at once threw it over
her head. Only then she stopped laughing. At first she didn't know
what to say.
(...) But I must tell you of a still other madness which falls
upon us frequently. I went with a friend to practice shooting on a
field. A gull appeared right in the middle of the field. My friend
shot it at once. Then we noticed four deer standing high up on the
hill above us. My friend at once aimed at one of them and shot it.
We enjoyed the sight of it falling down the rock. We shot down two
deer more and went to take a look. When we climbed the rocks we
saw a young deer, badly wounded by our bullet, but still trying to
such some milk from its already dead mother. We carefully
inspected two paths, covered by blood and chunks of torn flesh of
the two deer we had hit. We were just delighted by that sight. We
had hit'em so good ! Then we decided to kill the young deer too,
so as spare it further suffering. I approached, took out my
revolver and shot him in the head several times from a very short
distance. When you shoot straight at the head you actually see the
bullets sinking in. But my fifth bullet made its brains fall
outside onto the ground, with the effect of splattering lots of
blood straight on us. This made us feel cured of the spurt of our
madness. Standing there soaked with blood, we felt we were like
beasts of prey. We couldn't explain what had happened to us. We
were almost in tears while walking down from that hill, and we
felt the whole day very badly.
(...) We always go back to places we carried out assignments in.
This is why we can see them. When you see a guy you disabled, may
be for the rest of his life, you feel you got power. You feel
Godlike of sorts."
(...) Both Danny and Dudu contemplate at least at this moment
studying the acting. Dudu is not willing to work in any
security-linked occupation. Danny feels the exact opposite. 'Why
shouldn't I take advantage of the skills I have mastered so well ?
Why shouldn't I earn $3.000 for each chopped head I would deliver
while being a mercenary in South Africa ? This kind of job suits
me perfectly. I have no human emotions any more. If I get a
reasonable salary I will have no problem to board a plane to
Bosnia in order to fight there." | 6 | trimmed_train |
221 |
Why do we follow God so blindly? Have you ever asked a
physically blind person why he or she follows a seeing eye dog?
The answer is quite simple--the dog can see, and the blind person
cannot.
I acknowledge, as a Christian, that I am blind. I see,
but I see illusions as well as reality. (Watched TV lately?)
I hear, but I hear lies as well as truth. (Listen to your
radio or read a newspaper.) Remember, all that tastes well is
not healthy. So, I rely one the one who can see, hear, and
taste everything, and knows what is real, and what is not.
That is God.
Of course, you may ask, if I cannot trust my own senses,
how do I know whether what I see and hear about God is truth or
a lie. That is why we need faith to be saved. We must force
ourselves to believe that God knows the truth, and loves us
enough to share it with us, even when it defies what we think
we know. Why would He have created us if He did not love us
enough to help us through this world?
I also do trust my experiences to some extent. When
I do things that defy the seeming logic of my experience,
because it is what my Father commands me to do, and I see
the results in the long term, I find that He has led me
in the proper direction, even though it did not feel right
at the time. This is where our works as Christians are
important: As exercises of the body make the body strong,
excercises of faith make the faith strong.
As for you, no one can "convert" you. You must
choose to follow God of your own will, if you are ever to
follow Him. All we as Christians wish to do is share with
you the love we have received from God. If you reject that,
we have to accept your decision, although we always keep
the offer open to you. If you really want to find out
why we believe what we believe, I can only suggest you try
praying for faith, reading the Bible, and asking Christians
about their experiences personally. Then you may grow to
understand why we believe what we do, in defiance of the
logic of this world.
May the Lord bring peace to you, | 0 | trimmed_train |
6,358 | Well, it really isn't this cut and dry, but as a Jay fan the thing I feared
worst has happened. The Yanks sent down Williams G and are going to start
Williams B in CF.
I also believe they kept Wickman and Millitello in their rotation, which is
much nicer than that Kaminiecki and Mike Witt combo I thought they'd throw
out their to the slaughterhouse because of their "experience". Granted, Witt
"might" be good, but I think that they used rationale to keep the youngsters
up and not given the job to Witt because he was a good pitcher and has
experience.
The Yanks are showing that they are taking positive strides forwards; the
Jays with the loss of Dave Stewart are looking at gigantic holes in their
pitching staff.
The Orioles should also be there in the end..... | 2 | trimmed_train |
1,521 | Some reading from a recent interview trip ... waiting all day at
O'Hare a month ago, waiting out the storm here in New York!
The Price of the Phoenix;
The Fate of the Phoenix;
Memory Prime
Take the package for $8, or in trade for a good used CD ...
gld | 5 | trimmed_train |
7,572 | : >>
: >>Dear friend,
: >> The RISC means "reduced instruction set computer". The RISC usually has
: >>small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase
: >>the clock rate to have a high performance. You can read some books about
: >>computer architecture for more information about RISC.
: >
: >hmm... not that I am an authority on RISC ;-) but I clearly remember
: >reading that the instruction set on RISC CPUs is rather large.
: >The difference is in addressing modes - RISC instruction sets are not
: >as orthogonal is CISC.
The original RISCs had small instruction sets, and simple ones. The
idea was that a) every instruction should be completable in a single
clock cycle and b) to have no microcode and c) extensive pipelines.
A few comparisons (from Patterson: Reduced Instruction set computers.
CACM V28. 1, 1985):
CPU Year Instructions Microcode
--- ---- ------------ ---------
IBM 370/168 1973 208 420Kb
DEC VAX 11/780 1978 303 480Kb
IBM 801 1980 120 0
UCB RISC 1 1982 39 0
Stanford MIPS 1983 55 0
While researching for the VLSI VAX, DEC discovered that 60% of the VAX
microcode is there to support 20% of the instruction set which
accounted for a mere 0.2% of all instructions executed. The uVAX 32
subsetted the architecture onto a single chip and used a software
emulator for these very complex instructions, the full VLSI uVAX
included the entire instruction set, was 5-10 times more copmlex but
only ranm 20% faster.
CPU Chips Microcode Transistors
--- ----- --------- -----------
uVAX 32 2 64K 101K
VLSI uVAX 9 480K 1250K
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4,570 |
.. and Chuck Yeager earlier flights with the X-1...
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7,216 | While in grad school, I remember a biochemistry friend of mine working with
"heat shock proteins". Apparently, burning protein will induce changes in he
DNA. Whether these changes survive the denaturing that occurs during digestion
I don't know, but I never eat burnt food because of this.
Also, many woods contain toxins. As they are burnt, it would seem logical that
some may volatilise, and get into the BBQed food. Again, I don't know if these
toxins (antifungal and anti-woodeater compounds) would survive the rather harsh
conditions of the stomach and intestine, and then would they be able to cross
the intestinal mucosa?
Maybe someone with more biochemical background than myself (which is almost
*anyone*... :)) can shed some light on heat shock proteins and the toxins that
may be in the wood used to make charcoal and BBQ. | 19 | trimmed_train |
6,949 | I have a nice quote that I like (or as close as I can remember it).
If I say something that you think is crazy, ask me what I mean before you think
its crazy..
So some of my ideas are a bit odd, off the wall and such, but so was Wilbur and
Orville Wright, and quite a few others.. Sorry if I do not have the big degrees
and such, but I think (I might be wrong, to error is human) I have something
that is in many ways just as important, I have imagination, dreams. And without
dreams all the knowledge is worthless..
Sorry my two cents worth. Or is it two rubles worth?
The basic quote idea is from H. Beam Pipers book "Space Vikings". Its a good
book on how civilization can fall, and how it can be raised to new heights. | 10 | trimmed_train |
8,833 |
Look, guy, I doubt anyone here approves of Drunk Driving, but if
he's been caught and convicted and punished maybe you ought to
lighten up? I mean, it isn't like most of us haven't had a few
and then ridden or driven home. *We* just didn't get caught.
And I can speak for myself and say it will *never* happen again,
but that is beside the point.
In answer to the original poster: I'd insure whatever vehicle
is cheapest, and can get you to and from work, and suffer
through it for a few years, til your rates drop.
And *don't* drink and drive. I had one friend killed by a
drunk, and I was rear ended by one, totaling my bike (bent
frame), and only failing to kill me because I had an eye
on my mirror while I waited at the stoplight.
Regards, Charles
DoD0.001
RZ350 | 12 | trimmed_train |
9,322 | On an ISO/ANSI-standard 5.25" magneto-optical disc, how many sectors
are there per track (or disc revolution), and how many tracks per
disc?
Thanks, | 14 | trimmed_train |
9,424 |
I watched it live, and have re-watched it several times, and from the press
vantage point, there was only one starting point visible, where the tank
punched in on the windward side, and the winds whipped that fire across the
whole, dry, wooden, structure in minutes. Faned by the 30 mph gusts, and the
Hueys. If there were other fires started, they were not visible, nor were
they needed to cause the flame progression I observed.
All witnesses get thier paychecks from the FBI.
Yep. They media has endorsed the FBI version without question. Sad.
Jim
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7,617 |
Are you making a meta-argument here? In any case, you are wrong.
Think of those invisible pink unicorns.
I was responding to the "historical accuracy... of Biblical claims",
of which the existence of Jesus is only one, and one that was not even
mentioned in my post.
Wrong. That was exactly the issue. Go back and read the context
included within my post, and you'll see what I mean.
Now that I've done you the kindness of responding to your questions,
please do the same for me. Answer the Charley Challenges. Your claim
that they are of the "did not!/ did so!" variety is a dishonest dodge
that I feel certain fools only one person. | 8 | trimmed_train |
5,455 | In the next few months I am intending to build a 386 or 486 PC system
for remote monitoring. I would welcome any comments or advice you may
have on the choice of motherboard, HDDs and I/O boards. Recommendations
for good companies selling these would be a big help.
Many thanks,
Peter Green.
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3,342 | From _Myths and Facts_, by Leonard J. Davis, Near East Research Inc.,
1989:
[pp. 108-109]
"Unlike the PLO's almost exclusive focus on civilian targets, the
100 troups from the Irgun and Stern group that struck at Deir Yassin
on April 10, 1948, targeted the village for its military importance.
Deir Yassin was on the road to Jerusalem, which the Arabs had
blockaded, and it housed Iraqi troups and Palestinian irregulars.
Snipers based in Deir Yassin were a constant threat to Jewish citizens
in Jerusalem.
"Arab civilians were killed at Deir Yassin, but that attack does
not conform to the propaganda picture that the Arabs have tried to
paint. The number of Arabs killed was generally reported to be about
250. In 1983, however, Eric Silver of _The Guardian_ (Britain)
interviewed a survivor, Mophammed Sammour, who testified that 116 out
of a population of 800-1000 were killed. 'About three days after the
massacre,' Sammour explained, 'representatives of each of the five
clans in Deir Yassin met at the Moslem offices in Jerusalem and made a
list of the people who had not been found (alive). We went through the
names. Nothing has happend since 1948 to make me think this figure
was wrong.' | 6 | trimmed_train |
3,874 |
There are some things you might be interested to know about today's RISC
processors. It is true that there are fewer instructions, but what is
not commonly known is that this causes the size of your executables to
swell, so that in some cases performance is similar for larger applications.
As a compromise, many RISC processors today are actually a cross between
a Reduced Instructions Set, and a Complex one.
This is not to say that there is no future in CISC processors, Intel has
certainly proved that.
What I want to know, is what does this have to do with this group?
-dave
Subject: Re: WP-PCF, Linux, RISC?
Newsgroups: comp.unix.dos-under-unix,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.net,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.apps.spreadsheets,comp.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,man.linux
References: <[email protected]>
From article <[email protected]>, by [email protected]: | 18 | trimmed_train |
7,994 | OK,
I saw a bike today and I want to know what it is. Lets begin
by saying that its whole rear end was definately Hawk 650. Additionally,
it had a CBR900RR style tank, full fairing, and only a tach. Now, at
first I thought it was an 'RC31' (a Hawk modified by Two Brothers Racing),
but I did not think that they made this huge tank for it. Additionally,
the gauges were certainly not from a Hawk. They looked much more like
900RR gauges. Overall, the bike looked like a 900RR except for the
rear single-sided swingarm and wheel (there were straight from the Hawk)
So, what did I see?
(PS, for any of you Boulder DoDers, I saw it parked at the Engineering
center today. It is white with light green stripes.)
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10,982 | Jesus Christ!!!
The score is now 6-0. The Pens are beating the shit out of the Devils who
gave up in the middle of the 2nd period. ESPN does something smart. The
announcer states "well folks this game is getting out of hand. Lets go to
the Islander/Capitals game." I celebrate as I was actually making progress in
my CS homework because I was so bored by the scheduled game. I tear down and
throw on my jersey, Hunter scores I go ape shit 'cause this is the first
caps game I've been able to watch all season. And what does ESPN do? they
go back to the blowout that NJ hasn't a chance in hell of winning!
The period ends and the sportscaster (CAPITOLS JUST TIED IT UP!! YES!!
oops excuse me =) goes into his penguin worship mode (Dont freak pens fans!
They are worthy of this! I'm so glad we wont have to play them as much next
year!) and here comes the 3rd period...what? its the blowout again. Oh they
were just waiting for the Cap/Isles to get out of intermission. Good
they've put a close game back on. Wait! WHATS THIS SHIT?!! THEY'RE SHOWING
THE BLOWOUT AGAIN!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG!
(Oh guess what the score is now 7-0 penguins! Switch games you $%&*#@!!!)
Holy shit they're changing games! ITS ABOUT GODDAMNED TIME!! Lets see if
they'll stay.
Later
I think this proves by $#%&* point. The Caps game goes into overtime but
"due to contractual obligations" they have to switch to the fucking baseball.
(Sorry for my language but im PISSED!) What the hell were they going to do
if their scheduled game went into overtime? ESPN get your head out of your
ass. | 17 | trimmed_train |
10,835 | We have a Gateway 486DX50 with a SMC Elite16 Series Ethercard Plus.
When we use NCSA FTP to send from the Gateway with hash turned on, we see
4 hash marks immediately. Then the computer r e a l l y drags. If we turn
off the internal cache of the 486, the speed is better, but doesn't match
the speed when we receive to the Gateway.
It doesn't matter if we send from the Gateway or get to it: 4 hash marks and
then extreme slowness if the cache is not disabled.
Does anyone know any more about this? Is there a fix?
The Gateway was purchased in June, 1992.
Please respond directly. You wouldn't believe how slow the news is on this
system. | 3 | trimmed_train |
6,573 |
Gee. Say they feed the 80-bit key through Snefru-8 and take the first 60
bits of the result, then use those 60 bits as the real key. How do you
figure out that each key is one of 2^20 ``equal'' keys? You can try a
birthday attack, but if the key can be changed only once a second then
you will need several lifetimes to get reliable statistics. Somehow I
don't think you could catch the NSA at this sort of skulduggery. | 7 | trimmed_train |
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4,492 | <...> <...>
I've never liked my passengers to try and shift their weight with the
turns at all... I find the weight shift can be very sudden and
unnerving. It's one thing if they're just getting comfortable or
decide to look over your other shoulder, but I don't recommend having
him/her shift her weight with each turn... too violent.
Also (I think someone already said this) make sure your passenger
wears good gear. I sometimes choose to ride without a helmet or
lacking other safety gear (depends on how squidly I feel) but I
won't let passengers do it. What I do to myself I can handle, but
I wouldn't want to hurt anyone else, so I don't let them on without
gloves, jacket, (at least) jeans, heavy boots, and a helmet that *fits*
Go *real* easy. It's amazing how solid a grip you have on the
handle bars that your passenger does not. Don't make her feel like
she's going to slide off the back, and "snappy" turns for you are
sickening lurches for her. In general, it feels much less controlled
and smooth as a passenger. I can't stand being on the back of my
brother's bike, and I ride aggressively when i ride and I know he's
a good pilot... still, everything feels very unsteady when you're
a passenger.
Show off by not showing off the first time out...
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2,490 |
I suppose ALL media want something to happen, otherwise what would
they report: that's their job. (duhhh to me!)
But it's not so much surprising that they want a riot as it is amazing
how they carry that desire across in not so subtle ways (at least to
me...)
carlos. | 13 | trimmed_train |
3,767 | 4 | trimmed_train |
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7,342 |
True enough. I put it on the ground if it's free of spooge, or directly
on my head otherwise.
Not exactly. The helmet has a lot less energy if your head isn't in it, and
there's no lump inside to compress the liner against the shell. Is a drop
off the seat enough to crack the shell? I doubt it, but you can always
send it to be inspected. | 12 | trimmed_train |
397 | subscribe [email protected]
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93 | As the subjects says, Windows 3.1 keeps crashing (givinh me GPF) on me of
late. It was never a very stable package, but now it seems to crash every
day. The worst part about it is that it does not crash consistently: ie I
can't reproduce crashes, and they are not always GPF's in the same
application. Sometimes I can recover by simply closing the application
that caused an error, but other times, windows acts very strange, and I
need to re-boot.
Some background: I have a Leading Edge 486sx25 with Phoenix BIOS. When I
first got it it had 4Mg of memory. It ran windows fine (not too many
GPF's). Then, a couple of weekends ago, I installed Lotus 123 for windows
(with ATM), a game card and an additional 4 1Mg SIMMS. The Leading edge
machine is kind of strange, in that it has the IDE controler built into
the motherboard, the CPU is actually on a sparate board that plugs into
the motherboard and the SIMMS it uses are Macintosh SIMMS! Apparently I
was told that the Leading Edge had the parity bit built into the mother
board. The original 4Mg 80ns SIMMS where of the 2 chip variety from
SAMSUNG, and the ones I installed are 8 chip SIMMS. They are recognized
fine by the BIOS RAM check. The game card is a generic $20 gamecard.
The reason why I mention the hardware like this is that sometimes
rebooting the machine using the reset button or ctl-alt-del still leaves
the machine kind of flaky, but turning it on and off doesn't.
I haven't tried taking out the RAM or the game card, because as I said
these GPF are not reproducible at will. I have gone through and entire
day using the computer with no problems and then I might get 5 or so GPF's
in the sppace of 20 minutes?
What can I do. This situation is most annoying... Are there any good
diagnostic tools for hardware? Do you think that this might be a software
problem (ie EMM386 etc.)? If it helps, i have manage to get GPF's on After
Dark, quicken, Paint shop pro. A lot of them have been in user.exe or
gdi.exe.
Any help is truly appreciated.....
-Eric | 18 | trimmed_train |
11,190 | There are actually a few important things we can glean from this mess:
1) When they start getting desperate for an answer to the question: "What's
it all about. Mr. Natural?", pinkboys will buy darn near *anything*, which
means:
2) There's still plenty of $$$$ to be made in the False Jesus business
by enterprising SubGenii. Just remember that:
3) Once you've separated the pinks from their green, don't blow it all
on automatic weapons from Mexico. Put it in a Swiss bank account. Smile a
lot. Have your flunkies hand out flowers in airports. The Con will just
shrug you off as long as:
4) You never, never, NEVER start to believe your own bulldada! If
"David Koresh" hand't started swallowing his own "apocalypso now" crap, he'd
be working crossword puzzles in the Bahamas today instead of contributing to
the mulch layer in Waco. This is because:
5) When you start shooting at cops, they're likely to shoot back. And
most of 'em are better shots than you are.
In short:
- P.T. Barnum was right
and
- Stupidity is self-correcting
Thus endeth the lesson. | 15 | trimmed_train |
1,343 | >It is very difficult for a young person to develop and build
>a positive view of themself when they are constantly being
>told implicitly and explicitly that they are wrong and
>immoral.
Yes, that is most certainly true. However, the paragrapgh reflects a value-less
position and infers that what is more important than anything else is to
have "a positive view" of one's self.
This of course, is foolish.
Should a mass murderer, a pedophile, a 10-year old pyromaniac have a "positive
view" of themselves?
Of course not.
A person that engages in behaviour that a large number of people condemn,
and IF you believe in the concept of "society", then your only choice is
to expect that person to have a negative view of themselves.
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There are actually people that STILL believe Love Canal was some kind of
environmental disaster. Weird, eh? | 13 | trimmed_train |
955 |
The Supreme Court seems to disagree with you -- they have stated that
"the people" is a term of art refering to an individual right, and
have explicitly mentioned the second amendment as an example.
I quote:
"... 'the people' seems to have been a term of art employed in
select parts of the Constitution. The Preamble declares that the
Constitution is ordained, and established by 'the people of the
the U.S.' The Second Amendment protects the right of the people
to keep and bear Arms ...."
- Supreme Court of the U.S., U.S. v. Uerdugo-Uriquidez (1990).
Furthermore, in the Miller decision, they only permitted prosecution
for possession of a sawed-off shotgun because the defense had not
presented testimony and they therefore accepted the argument of the
government that such weapons have no military value -- they held that
the amendment protected the individual right to possess military
weapons. Unfortunately, no second amendment case has successfully
gotten to the court in fifty years. However, that does not change the
interpretation.
Furthermore, it appears that others disagree with you as well, vis:
"The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept,
and wording of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, as well as its interpretation by every major
commentator and court in the first half-century after its ratifi-
cation, indicates that what is protected is an individual right
of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner."
- Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the
Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate,
97th Congress, Second Session ( February 1982 )
You might rightfully ask "well then, what does that first bit about
militias mean?"
Well, "militia" in historical context basically means the whole of the
adult males of the country. (Indeed, the U.S. Code still defines
"militia" as all armed men over the age of 17).
"The Militia comprised all males physically capable of acting
in concert for the common defense .... And ... these men were
expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of
the kind in common use at the time."
- Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. v. Miller (1939).
The reason for the phrase being there was to explain the rationale
behind the amendment, which was this: by depending on the people to
bear arms in defense of the country, no centralization of military
power could ever occur which would permit tyranny -- in short, the
government would remain perpetually in fear of the people, rather than
the other way around.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason
for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last
resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
- Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, June 1776
1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 (C. J. Boyd, Ed., 1950).
"And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance ? Let them take arms ... The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- Thomas Jefferson (letter to William S. Smith, 1787, in
Jefferson, On Democracy 20, S. Padover, ed., 1939).
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed;
as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme
power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword;
because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute
a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on
any pretense, raised in the United States."
- Noah Webster, "An Examination into the Leading Principles
of the Federal Constitution" (1787), in Pamphlets on the
Constitution of the United States (P. Ford, 1888).
You may disagree with the second amendment, and wish that it be
repealed, but please do not pretend that it isn't there and that it
doesn't mean what it says. You might argue that conditions have
changed and that it should no longer be present, but you can't imagine
it away.
I could fill a book with detailed argumentation. Many have already.
However, none of this has anything to do with cryptography. Lets get
it out of here. If you insist on discussing this, please do it in
talk.politics.guns, where people will gladly discuss this matter with
you.
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Perry Metzger [email protected] | 7 | trimmed_train |
9,713 |
Yep... Alchemy works fine on my Tseng400+DAC, but I think I remember
reading that it only displays in 15-bit or so. Of course, that's still 32K
colors which is nothing to sneeze at. Use the --v flag.
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Clarkson University | - Ford Prefect | [email protected] | 1 | trimmed_train |
6,307 | My, my, my. I knew that I would receive a response to my post, but not
THIS extensive. Thank you to all who responded; it at least showed that
people were willing to think about it, even though the general response was
a return to the same old "Why should it matter?" question. To those of you
who were a part of this response, I suggest that you read the articles
covering this same question in soc.culture.african.american, for you are in
DIRE need of some cultural enlightenment.
Hasta luego | 0 | trimmed_train |
2,172 | Other idea for old space crafts is as navigation beacons and such..
Why not??
Because to be any use as a nav point you need to know -exactly- where
it is, which means you either nail it to something that doesn't move
or you watch it all the time. Neither of which is possible on a
deactivated spacecraft. Then you have to know exactly how far away
from it you are; this may or may not be possible with the hardware on
board.
Apart from which, there is absolutely no need for navigation beacons. | 10 | trimmed_train |
4,070 | As of today, April 17, Jack Morris has lost his first three starts.
However, the Jays are doing well without him and injured Dave Stuart.
This is a credit to the rest of the pitching staff. | 2 | trimmed_train |
7,520 |
It would be in a different location, so a directional antenna could
probably lock in on just the one monitor. Failing that, a phased array
could likely seperate the signals. Admittedly, this is expensive, but
so is all the rest of this stuff anyway.
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Perry Metzger [email protected] | 7 | trimmed_train |
7,198 | I need a VESA driver for the Diamond Speedstar 24X that works. I've tried
several and none work for the hicolor modes. | 1 | trimmed_train |
1,080 | To the best of my knowledge there aren't any problems with Quadras and
blind transfers. Trouble with blind transfers usually means the programmer
screwed up the TIBs or didn't test their driver with the device in question.
Well designed TIBs poll or loop at every point where delays of >16µsec occur.
This usually occurs at the first byte of each block of a transfer but some
devices can "hiccup" in the middle of blocks. If this happens in the middle
of a blind transfer there is the possibility of losing or gaining a byte
depending on which direction the tranfer was going. In anycase the SCSI Manager
will eventually return a phase error at the end of the transaction because
it is out of sync. Actual data loss would only occur if the driver didn't
pay attention to the errors coming back.
Note that this effect is not caused by anything actually on the SCSI Bus but
rather by the transfer loops inside the SCSI Manager. The problem occurs when
the processor bus errors trying to access the SCSI chip when the next byte
hasn't been clocked yet. Also note that the Bus Error is dealt with by a bus
error handler and doesn't crash the machine... | 14 | trimmed_train |
9,489 | To: [email protected] (Alex Milshteyn)
AM> Having said that, i might add, that in MHO, MSG does not enhance
AM> flavor enoughf for me to miss it. When I go to chinese places,
AM> I order food without MSG.
To me, MSG tastes just like a mixture of salt and sugar. I don't
think that is the case with most people. What does it taste like
to you? | 19 | trimmed_train |
1,175 | Bill Burns was looking for a description of the differnces between the
Catholic and Lutheran churches.
I'd recommend Prof. William Whalen's book "Separated Brethren". It's
an overview of common US denominations, intended for a Catholic
audience.
| 0 | trimmed_train |
6,860 | I've got a 386 motherboard for sale:
i386-25DX processor w/2Mb RAM
AMI BIOS w/setup
Math Coprocessor socket
8 expansion slots
Full sized motherboard--fits any full-sized case
All manuals included
Make me an offer!
Reason for sale: I've got a new HP workstation to play with now :)
Also: other peripherals (VGA card/moditor, TEAC Disk Drives, printer, etc)
available.
E-mail for more info.
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4,575 | 14 | trimmed_train |
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3,456 |
Actually Steve, I think he was refering to the Leafs, and when they can
be expected to hit the greens...
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5,673 | Hi. I have been thinking about buying a Motorcycle or a while now and I have
some questions:
-Is there a buying guide for new/used motorcycles (that lists reliability, how
to go about the buying process, what to look for, etc...)?
-Is there a pricing guide for new/used motorcycles (Blue Book)?
Also
-Are there any books/articles on riding cross country, motorcycle camping, etc?
-Is there an idiots' guide to motorcycles?
ANY related information is helpful. Please respond directly to me. | 12 | trimmed_train |
5,093 |
Crullerian.
Crullerian photography isn't educational, except in a purely satiric
sense.
Crullerian photography involves putting donuts between grease-covered
hot metal plates while illuminating them with a Krypton Stroboscope.
Through a unique iteration involving the 4th-dimensional projection of
a torus through the semi-stochastic interactions of hot monomolecular
lipid layers covering the metal plates (the best metal is iron since
it repels Vampires and Succubi) the donuts start developing flutes,
and within moments actually become poly-crenellated hot greasy
breadtubes. Some people believe that food is the way to a man's heart,
but most psychics agree that there is nothing like hot Crullers for
breakfast; the chemical composition of crullers is a mystery, some
thought evidence of Charles Fort's channeling in Stevie Wonder's
production of "The Secret Life of Plants" when played backwards in the
theatre of unnaturally fertile Findhorn Farms has deduced that they
are complex carbohydrates ordinarily only found by spectoscopy in the
Magellenic Clouds. I called Devi on my Orgone Box and asked her if
this was really the case, and she TM levitated me a letter across the
Atlantic to tell me it was indeed not just another case of
misunderstanding Tesla, though the Miskatonic University hasn't
confirmed anything at all. At least the Crullers taste good; I got the
recipe from Kaspar Hauser.
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4,005 |
And I recommend the movie _The Thin Blue Line_, which is about the
same case. Not as much legal detail, but still an excellent film. It
shows how very easy it is to come up with seemingly conclusive
evidence against someone whom you think is guilty. | 13 | trimmed_train |
3,500 |
Unfortunately, there's not much we can learn from the statistics presented
here either. Due to rounding, the 1991 est. for LSD could be anywhere
from .550 to .649 and the 1992 est. could be anywhere from .850 to .949.
This means that the actual change (if you believe these statistics in the
first place) was anywhere from 31% to 73%. Similarly the increase in
cocaine use could be anywhere from 18% to 66% and the increase of
crack use could be anywhere from 29% to 120%. This doesn't even
take into account the margin of error which isn't provided here. | 13 | trimmed_train |
1,624 | I have the following games for sale or trade for other SNES (or
Genesis/MegaDrive games):
(all have instructions and box except where stated)
SFC:
Mickeys Magical Quest (no instructions)
A.Suzukis Super GrandPrix
Legend of the Mystical Ninja
UK SNES:
Out of this World / Another World
Super Soccer
US SNES:
Krustys Fun House
Irem Skins Golf
Super Tennis (currently under offer)
I will sell for US$ for UK pounds.
Cheers
Jonathan
| 5 | trimmed_train |
5,431 |
I phoned Licensing Division in Washington State to ask for an application
for a CCW. Instead they promptly sent me an applicationfor becoming a
firearms dealer in Washington! | 9 | trimmed_train |
413 | : HI, I was wondering if anyone would be able to help me on twwo related
: subjects. I am currently learning about AM/FM receivers and recieving
: circuits.
:
: P.S. any REALLY GOOD BOOKS on AM/FM theory ALONG WITH DETAILED
: ELECTRICAL DIAGRAMS would help a lot.
: I have seen a lot of theory books with no circuits and a lot of
: circuit books with no theory, but one without the other does not help.
A pretty serious book that still seems readable is
Communication Receivers, Principes and Design
by Rohde and Bucher.
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7,495 | FOR SALE:
Orchid Fareheit 1280 24bit color card
-1 meg
-almost new
$200 or best offer
This is a post for a friend
Call him (Thuan Pho) at 314-368-3624 | 5 | trimmed_train |
2,295 |
I assume you're using the driver available from cica (hp4-v108.zip).
Bring up the setup screen of the printer through control panel. Click on the
"Options" button brings up another screen of choices. Change the "Graphics
Mode" from "HP-GL/2" to "Raster" and check the box "Print Truetype as graphics
(this is only available when you choose "Raster"). Now you should be able to
print all your truetype fonts correctly. Good luck.
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6,126 |
One should be aware that foreign doctors admitted for training
are ineligible to apply for resident alien status. In order
to get the green card they have to return to their country and
apply at the embassy there. Of course, many somehow get around
this problem. Often it is by agreeing to practice in a town
with a need and then the congressman from that district tacks
a rider onto a bill saying "Dr. X will be allowed to have permanent
residency in the US." A lot of bills in congress have such riders
attached to them. Marrying a US citizen is the most common, although
now they are even cracking down on that and trying to tell US
citizens they must follow their spouse back to the Phillipines, or
whereever.
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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 |
9,086 |
It seems sad that people lose all perspective when they here about a
case of violence by teenagers...
For a little perspective:
How about the thousands of kind teenagers who volunteer at local
agencies to help children, seniors, the homeless?
Did you read about all the kids at Stanford who spent their spring
breaks helping out in inner city areas? What about the hundreds of
volunteers ( teenagers and others) who worked to clean up the mess
after the Rodney King riots in LA?
Have you gone to your local high school play recently? Attended the
school orchestra performances? Have you seen how many kids volunteer
to pick up trash, plant trees, do walk-a-thons? How many kids have
tried to sell you stuff to benefit organizations they belong to? How
many girl scout cookies have you bought? How many chocolate bars for
good causes?
The media picks up on all the anomalies, the sensational...
What about the wonderful teenagers all over the place who work hard at
school, get good grades, go to college (or to work) and make a real
contribution to our society?
All humans are teenagers at some time in their lives! Mother Theresa
was a teenager and so was Geoffrey Dahmer.
It is really sad to see so many people who buy the sensational
reporting of the media as some kind of reflection of the world today!
It is a reflection of what is happening on the outer fringes of our
society and nothing more... | 4 | trimmed_train |
11,254 |
This appears to be generic calling upon the name of the anti-christ.
Just for the hell of it, let's destroy this remark. Let us imagine that
the executive branch actually could extract keys from the escrow houses
without anyone knowing, or telling. Now what? Dick has 80 bits of data.
What the hell's he gonna do with it?
1) Trot around to the telco and say 'we'd like an unauthorised
decrypting tap'. Uh huh.
2) Break in to watergate and install his own tap (so his people still
do have to break in, neat, huh?) record some noise, then get the Executive
Branch Phone Decryption Box (huh? they've got one? Goodness, wait 'til the
washington post gets hold of this) and decrypt the noise.
3) More likely, stare at the key, and say 'Oh, hell it's not
worth all this bloody hassle'
Truth is, even granted *lots* of covert power on the part of
the Executive Branch, this system is *more* difficult to tap with than
POTS gear. The fact that it is easier to tap than some hypothetical
system neither you nor I am going to place on our phones is neither
here nor there.
The only rational concerns I am seeing raised are:
a) is the key really just chopped in half, and not some XOR
arrangement? That is, has some egregious technical error been built
in to the plan?
b) is this is the first step toward strict regulation of strong
encryption?
This is b), of course. I suspect not. If the government actually
wanted to make such regs, they'd just do it. A few hundred people on Usenet
yelling about it wouldn't even slow the machine down.
Besides, who is this mysterious 'they' who's going to take away
all our rights the instant we let our guard down? Congress? That gang
of buffoons can't even balance their checkbooks. The FBI? But.. they
don't make the laws. The NSA? Ditto. The white house? Bill Clinton
is probably still looking for the bathroom. It's a big place, after all.
Andrew | 7 | trimmed_train |
8,095 |
: When the object of their belief is said to be perfect and make the believers
: act in a certain way and we observe that they don't, we have a contradiction.
: Something defined contradictorily cannot exist. That what the believe in does
: not exist. Secondly, there are better explanations for why they believe than
: the existence of the object of their belief.
:
:
: Have you read the FAQ already?
: Benedikt
Benedikt,
I can't recall anyone claiming that God -makes- anyone act a particlar
way, I think that you're attempting to manufacture a contradiction.
God is said to require certain behavior, but the only compulsion is
the believer's sense of duty. A standard of conduct does exist, but we
are free to ignore it or misunderstand it or distort it in whatever
ways we find convenient, but our response to God's edicts can in no
way be used to question God's existence. The behavior of believers is
a completely separate question from that of God's existence; there is
nothing contradictory here.
To say that something defined contadictorily cannot exist, is really
asking too much; you would have existence depend on grammar. All you
can really say is that something is poorly defined, but that in itself
is insufficient to decide anything (other than confusion of course).
Your point that there are better reasons for the phenomenon of belief
than the object of belief may lead to a rat's nest of unnecessary
complexity. I think I know what you're implying, but I'd like to see
your version of this better alternative just the same. | 8 | trimmed_train |
9,296 |
Sorry folks, I should have done this, and meant to just after i hit the
send key...
Orbital Elements of Comet 1977VII (from Dance files)
p(au) 3.424346
e 0.151899
i 1.0988
cap_omega(0) 243.5652
W(0) 231.1607
epoch 1977.04110
Also, perihelions of Gehrels3 were:
April 1973 83 jupiter radii
August 1970 ~3 jupiter radii
Hope this helps...I'm even less of an orbital mechanic than I am an artist. | 10 | trimmed_train |
11,110 | I've been offerred an old 4-bits/pixel greyscale Xterminal. Aside from the
"real people have already upgraded to RISC architecture R5 servers", do I want
this Xterminal?
I'm concerned about the 4-planes...I've only ever heard of 1 (mono) and 8
(colour) planes -- will I have any concerns with this 4-plane unit?
[Specifically related to 4-planes vs 1 or 8]
Thanks!
-C- | 16 | trimmed_train |
2,436 | FINAL 1992-93 AMERICAN HOCKEY LEAGUE STANDINGS
NORTHERN DIVISION W L T PTS GF GA LYF*
Providence Bruins 46 32 2 94 384 348 56
Adirondack Red Wings 36 35 9 81 331 308 84
Capital District Isles 34 34 12 80 280 285 75
Springfield Indians 25 41 14 64 282 336 94
New Haven Senators 22 47 11 55 262 343 --
SOUTHERN DIVISION W L T PTS GF GA LYF
Binghamton Rangers 57 13 10 124# 392 246 91
Rochester Americans 40 33 7 87 348 332 86
Utica Devils 33 36 11 77 325 354 74
Baltimore Skipjacks 28 40 12 68 318 353 66
Hershey Bears 27 41 12 66 316 339 83
Hamilton Canucks 29 45 6 64 284 327 --
ATLANTIC DIVISION W L T PTS GF GA LYF
St John's Maple Leafs 41 26 13 95 351 308 90
Fredericton Canadiens 38 31 11 87 314 278 96
Cape Breton Oilers 36 32 12 84 356 336 82
Moncton Hawks 31 33 16 78 292 306 74
Halifax Citadels 33 37 10 76 312 348 67
*- Last year's point total
#- League record total | 17 | trimmed_train |
7,006 |
Punchline #3: it would be a good idea just to leave them there.
-Tommy Mac
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tom McWilliams 517-355-2178 wk \\ As the radius of vision increases,
[email protected] 336-9591 hm \\ the circumference of mystery grows. | 10 | trimmed_train |
2,829 |
Adobe has been doing this for years.
There are some fonts that are only available as PS fonts. If you
have a PS font that you want to use, use ATM. Otherwise, it is
a waste of system resources.
Personally, I use both.
| 18 | trimmed_train |
4,323 | A friend of mine has been diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis, as a result of
trauma sustained in a car accident several years ago. The psoriasis is under
control but the arthritis part of the illness is not.
Ansaid (non-steroidal anti-inflammatory) worked pretty well for three years but
isn't helping much now. My friend is now taking Meclomen (another NSAID) but
this isn't helping control the pain at all. In the past two months my friend
has also started taking Azulfadine along with the NSAID medicines, but the
effects of the combined drugs aren't supposed to be realized for several months.
As a result of the pain, my friend is having problems sleeping. Staying in
one position too long is an ordeal. Another major contributor to pain is that
tendonitis has now developed (left thumb and hand with numbness at the base of
the palm; bottom of feet; shoulders and outer thighs). The tendonitis is
quite painful yet my friend's doctor has not recommended any form of treatment
to relieve it.
The latest twist is that the doctor has dropped the anti-inflammatories and is
now recommending Prednisone. The hope is that the Prednisone will relieve some
of the pain from the tendonitis.
My friend is a 41 year old male who feels like he's 80 (his words, not mine).
If anyone is aware of any new treatments for Psoriatic Arthritis, alternative
courses of action, support groups or literature on it, I would be extremely
grateful if you could e-mail to me. If anyone is interested, I'll post a
summary to this newsgroup. | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,062 | I deleted much of the following article in order to discuss the
specific issue of whether it is acceptable to divorce.
I have thought about the implications, and it is scary.
We have a whole generation of families broken up because some men have
decided that is is okay to leave their wives and children for the
thrill of a younger, more attractive woman. If we accept that it is
legitimate for Jane to have divorced, how can we not accept anyone's
decision to divorce because he has found someone with whom he can
have a more "deep, committed relationship."
Marriage is not a state of being, it is a mutual journey in life.
Love is not a passive feeling, it must be actively willed.
Is it acceptable for an older executive to dump his wife of many
years who stayed home to care for the children because he
can't be happy sexually unless he is with a beautiful
young blonde? The real solution for both in the couple to
make a renewed effort.
Hold fast to the faith. Has not the Lord repeatedly compared His
relation to His people as a faithful and enduring husband? We
learn something very deep and very mystical when we marry and
remain faithful through times of trial.
My spouse has a brain tumor that has left her partially paralyzed.
If it were to resume growing (it is in remission, thanks be to God!)
then perhaps the time would come when we could not have sexual
relations. That's life...the Lord would certainly not give me
permission to seek someone else to satisfy my "needs."
The idea that it is alright to divorce if a couple "grows apart"
seems to me to lead to such a monstrous destruction of the meaning
of marriage that I feel we must make every effort to avoid any hint
of compromise. We have become so petty and small-minded that
some husbands are threatening to divorce their wives unless the
wives lose weight! | 0 | trimmed_train |
1,430 |
The *POWER* of the word processor and a stamp at work.
The fact that around here the state rep generally lives no more than
nine miles from any constituent doesn't hurt, either. | 9 | trimmed_train |
1,688 | Various posts about shafties can't do wheelies:
Uh, folks, the shaft doesn't have diddleysquatpoop to do with it. I can get
the front wheel off the ground on my /5, ferchrissake! | 12 | trimmed_train |
3,527 | hi all,
IN SHORT: looking for very fast assembly code for line/circle drawing
on SVGA graphics.
COMPLETE:
I am thinking of a simple but fast molecular
graphics program to write on PC or clones. (ball-and-stick type)
Reasons: programs that I've seen are far too slow for this purpose.
Platform: 386/486 class machine.
800x600-16 or 1024x728-16 VGA graphics
(speed is important, 16-color for non-rendering
purpose is enough; may stay at 800x600 for
speed reason.)
(hope the code would be generic enough for different SVGA
cards. My own card is based on Trident 8900c, not VESA?)
What I'm looking for?
1) fast, very fast routines to draw lines/circles/simple-shapes
on above-mentioned SVGA resolutions.
Presumably in assembly languagine.
Yes, VERY FAST please.
2) related codes to help rotating/zooming/animating the drawings on screen.
Drawings for beginning, would be lines, circles mainly, think of
text, else later.
(you know, the way molecular graphics rotates, zooms a molecule)
2) and any other codes (preferentially in C) that can help the
project.
Final remarks;-
non-profit. expected to become share-, free-ware.
Any help is appreciated.
thanks
-Frankie
[email protected] | 1 | trimmed_train |
7,206 |
Why? Do you expect him to remain the best shortstop in the game until
he reaches his seventy-third birthday, or something? Why is it such a
strange concept that a forty-one-year-old Ozzie Smith might be a defensive
liability in 1996? | 2 | trimmed_train |
4,107 | For updated playoff updates (scores, stats, summaries)
e-mail me. ([email protected]) with the subject STATS.
| 17 | trimmed_train |
2,428 | 11 | trimmed_train |
|
1,761 | McDonnell Douglas rolls out DC-X
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. -- On a picture-perfect Southern
California day, McDonnell Douglas rolled out its DC-X rocket ship last
Saturday. The company hopes this single-stage rocket technology
demonstrator will be the first step towards a single-stage-to-orbit (SSTO)
rocket ship.
The white conical vehicle was scheduled to go to the White Sands
Missile Range in New Mexico this week. Flight tests will start in
mid-June.
Although there wasn't a cloud in the noonday sky, the forecast for
SSTO research remains cloudy. The SDI Organization -- which paid $60
million for the DC-X -- can't itself afford to fund full development of a
follow-on vehicle. To get the necessary hundreds of millions required for
a sub-orbital DC-XA, SDIO is passing a tin cup among its sister government
agencies.
SDIO originally funded SSTO research as a way to cut the costs for
orbital deployments of space-based sensors and weapns. However, recent
changes in SDI's political marching orders and budget cuts have made SSTO
less of a priority. Today, the agency is more interested in using DC-X as
a step towards a low-cost, reusable sounding rocket.
SDIO has already done 50 briefings to other government agencies,
said Col. Simon "Pete" Worden, SDIO's deputy for technology. But Worden
declined to say how much the agencies would have to pony up for the
program. "I didn't make colonel by telling my contractors how much money I
have available to spend," he quipped at a press conference at McDonnell
Douglas Astronautics headquarters.
While SDIO has lowered its sights on the program's orbital
objective, agency officials hail the DC-X as an example of the "better,
faster, cheaper" approach to hardware development. The agency believes
this philosophy can produce breakthroughs that "leapfrog" ahead of
evolutionary technology developments.
Worden said the DC-X illustrates how a "build a little, test a
little" approach can produce results on time and within budget. He said
the program -- which went from concept to hardware in around 18 months --
showed how today's engineers could move beyond the "miracles of our
parents' time."
"The key is management," Worden said. "SDIO had a very light hand
on this project. We had only one overworked major, Jess Sponable."
Although the next phase may involve more agencies, Worden said
lean management and a sense of government-industry partnership will be
crucial. "It's essential we do not end up with a large management
structure where the price goes up exponentially."
SDIO's approach also won praise from two California members of the
House Science, Space and Technology Committee. "This is the direction
we're going to have to go," said Rep. George Brown, the committee's
Democratic chairman. "Programs that stretch aout 10 to 15 years aren't
sustainable....NASA hasn't learned it yet. SDIO has."
Rep. Dana Rohrbacher, Brown's Republican colleague, went further.
Joking that "a shrimp is a fish designed by a NASA design team,"
Rohrbacher doubted that the program ever would have been completed if it
were left to the civil space agency.
Rohrbacher, whose Orange County district includes McDonnell
Douglas, also criticized NASA-Air Force work on conventional, multi-staged
rockets as placing new casings around old missile technology. "Let's not
build fancy ammunition with capsules on top. Let's build a spaceship!"
Although Rohrbacher praised SDIO's sponsorship, he said the
private sector needs to take the lead in developing SSTO technology.
McDonnell Douglas, which faces very uncertain prospects with its
C-17 transport and Space Station Freedom programs, were more cautious
about a large private secotro commitment. "On very large ventures,
companies put in seed money," said Charles Ordahl, McDonnell Douglas'
senior vice president for space systems. "You need strong government
investments."
While the government and industry continue to differ on funding
for the DC-XA, they agree on continuing an incremental approach to
development. Citing corporate history, they liken the process to Douglas
Aircraft's DC aircraft. Just as two earlier aircraft paved the way for
the DC-3 transport, a gradual evolution in single-stage rocketry could
eventually lead to an orbital Delta Clipper (DC-1).
Flight tests this summer at White Sands will "expand the envelope"
of performance, with successive tests increasing speed and altitude. The
first tests will reach 600 feet and demonstrate hovering, verticle
take-off and landing. The second series will send the unmanned DC-X up to
5,000 feet. The third and final series will take the craft up to 20,000
feet.
Maneuvers will become more complex on third phase. The final
tests will include a "pitch-over" manever that rotates the vehicle back
into a bottom-down configuration for a soft, four-legged landing.
The flight test series will be supervised by Charles "Pete"
Conrad, who performed similar maneuvers on the Apollo 12 moon landing.
Now a McDonnell Douglas vice president, Conrad paised the vehicles
aircraft-like approach to operations. Features include automated
check-out and access panels for easy maintainance.
If the program moves to the next stage, engine technology will
become a key consideration. This engine would have more thrust than the
Pratt & Whitney RL10A-5 engines used on the DC-X. Each motor uses liquid
hydrogen and liquid oxygen propellants to generate up to 14,760 pounds of
thrust
Based on the engine used in Centaur upper stages, the A-5 model
has a thrust champer designed for sea level operation and three-to-on
throttling capability. It also is designed for repeat firings and rapid
turnaround.
Worden said future single-stage rockets could employ
tri-propellant engine technology developed in the former Soviet Union.
The resulting engines could burn a dense hydrocarbon fuel at takeoff and
then switch to liquid hydrogen at higher altitudes. | 10 | trimmed_train |
8,737 | Hi all:
Thanks to you all who have responded
to my request for info on various kinds of fax modem.
I'd like to ask a few more questions.
1. What are the advantages of buying a global village
Teleport Gold over other cheaper brands like Supra, Zoom etc?
2. I heard that both Supra and Zoom use the same software.
Why are there so many complaints about the incompatibility problems
of Supra? What kind of incompatibility is it?
3. If I decided to buy the Teleport Gold, is there any
possibility to add a voice option in the near future?
4. Has anyone heard of a possible voice option that Supra will offer
this coming summer?
5. A person did mention a new AT&T modem. Is it
getting good reviews from various Mac Magazines?
6. If I want the best, fastest, most economically sound and
possible voice option, what fax modem should I buy?
Sorry for posting so many questions, but I think they're necessary.
I promise to repost any answers if they're not already posted by a responder.
Thanks so much in advance.
Regards, | 14 | trimmed_train |
7,532 | Hello, I'm back..
I would first like to thank each and every person who sent me a response (be
it a positive or negative one). I read EVERY letter and thought about
each one!!
I got all sorts of responses, from "marry her" to "have nothing ever to
do with her again"
Through reading the Bible and through a lot of prayer, here is what I have
decided to do.
I sent her a letter today. First, i told her that if she was really serious
about moving away from home to another state that "I would do anything to
get you here in NC." I told her that I tried to find out if there were
any new stores planning to be built---but they wouldn't tell me.
About her marraige comment (I'm not gonna call it a proposal, cause
I still don't know if it was a total joke or not) I more or less said
that "Marry me?? Well, get transferred to NC first and then we'll talk :) :)"
Hopefully, what i said could be interpreted either way.
Needless to say, there has been a lot of praying over this...I
have done a lot of reading about marraige from the Bible. If
she was dead serious about getting married---I wouldn't do it
yet simply b/c she is not (as far as I know to this point) a Christian.
It just wouldn't work w/o God in the marraige as well. I figure
that if God wanrs this to go through--he's kept us in touch for 10
years now---he can handle one more. If God wants it to happen, it
will happen!
She will be in NC in June meetinf some relatives so I'll get to
see her...and I'll get a letter from her befoe then so I know
more of what to look forward to.
I guess all I can do now is wait and pray. I have decided not to tell
my folks until I'm totally sure what is going on.
I do ask that everyone that wrote me to please keep this situation
in your prayers..
Finally, I would like to thank EVERYONE who wrote in...
If you have anything else for me...I will be at this email address
for one week. Please tell me anyhting you want...I'm curious
how folks think about what i did.
Thanx | 0 | trimmed_train |
1,038 | Anyone know a reasonable circuit for programming PALs? I am interested
in programming a wide range of EPLDs but would be happy with something
that could handle a 22V10 or thereabouts.
Thanks in advance,
--Tim
| 11 | trimmed_train |
1,242 |
Hmmm, let's see: I could upload some .BMP files (I have around 15
b/w and color ones), but I'd rather give you the fishing pole instead of the
fish:Here it goes:
Begginers guide to the coolest Windows backgrounds:
Step 1: ftp to cica (ftp.cica.indiana.edu user:anonymous passwd: guest)
cd to pub/pc/win3/(util?desktop?) and get one of these : wingif14.zip,
pspro??.zip gws?????.zip . They will scale, dither and convert GIFs to BMPs.
get the index file from the win3 subdir too for future reference...
Step 2: ftp to wuarchive.wustl.edu or plaza.aarnet.edu.au or archive.orst.edu
and cd to graphics/gif GET THE INDEX FILE... Now GigaBytes of pictures
are waiting to become your desktop...
Advice: If you have a slow computer (<486DX w/4MB RAM), make your bg b/w
by selecting b/w dither in any of the abovementioned apps..
Hope it helps...
| 18 | trimmed_train |
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