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How was this trade bad? I seem to recall Ratelle and Middleton making a pretty
good centre - right wing combination, and the Bruins also got Brad Park in the
deal (and they also lost Vadnais and somebody else). After the trade, the
Bruins were in two finals and one semi-final, all of which, of course, they
lost to Montreal (which should please you to no end). I doubt, however, keeping
Esposito would have made a difference in those series, as he did not for
the Rangers in '79 (or any of his years in Boston, for that matter).
Riston
--
Riston | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
From the limited details released so far, It seems that the clipper chip
system must employ some sort of public key cryptography. Otherwise, the key
management problems inherent to symetric ciphers would make the system
unworkable. It probably has some sort of public key exchange that takes place
at the start of each call. Thats how they would identify the private key in
their data base?
This means that either the NSA has developed some non RSA public key
algorythm or the feds have decided to subsidize PKP & RSADSI. The former is
rather an exciting posibility since keeping the algorythm secret while making
chip implimentations widely avalibe will be exceptionally hard. If the feds
are forced to make it avalible in order to gain public acceptance than that
could break RSA's stranglehold on public key crypto in the U.S.
As for my impressions of the whole scheme It seems that instead of trying to
ban strong crypto, they are trying to co-opt it. Their contention that they
need to keep the algorythm secret to protect the security of the key
registration suggests possible inherent weakness to the algorythm. More likely
is that they dont want anyone constructing black market devices which dont
have the keys registered. Anyone else notice that in their Q&A session, they
talk about releasing the keys only to people with proper autiorization but
carefully dance around stating that the keys will simply have to be supeonaed.
They seem to be trying to keep open the posibility of obtaining keys without
court order even though tapping a phone line requires one. Also pick up on
their implicit threat of eithe accept this or we'll ban strong crypto outright?
I dont trust this plan at all and plan to oppose it in all (legal) ways
possible. | 11 | sci.crypt |
_MY ADVOCATE_
I sinned. And straightway, posthaste, Satan flew
Before the presence of the Most High God
And made a railing accusation there.
He said, "This soul, this thing of clay and sod,
Has sinned. 'Tis true that he has named Thy name;
But I demand his death, for Thou hast said,
'The soul that sinneth, it shall die.' Shall not
Thy sentence be fulfilled? Is justice dead?
Send now this wretched sinner to his doom!
What other thing can righteous ruler do?"
Thus Satan did accuse me day and night;
And every word he spoke, O God, was true!
Then quickly One rose up from God's right hand,
Before whose glory angels veiled their eyes;
He spoke, "Each jot and tittle of the law
Must be fulfilled; the guilty sinner dies!
But wait -- suppose his guilt were all transferred
To Me and that I paid his penalty!
Behold My hands, My side, My feet! One day
I was made sin for him and died that he
Might be presented, faultless, at Thy throne!"
And Satan flew away. Full well he knew
That he could not prevail against such love,
for every word my dear Lord spoke was true!
by Martha Snell Nicholson
+++++++++++++++++++++++
I heard this poem read last night and wanted to share it with other
subscribers of this newsgroup. It's such a wonderful blessing to see how
secure our salvation is because the Lord Jesus paid for what He did not owe
because we had a debt which we were not capable to pay.
Thanks and praise be to the Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who is seated at
the right hand of the Majesty on High, making intercession for us.
++++++++++++++++++++++++ | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Archive-name: graphics/resources-list/part1
Last-modified: 1993/04/17
Computer Graphics Resource Listing : WEEKLY POSTING [ PART 1/3 ]
===================================================
Last Change : 17 April 1993
Many FAQs, including this Listing, are available on the archive site
pit-manager.mit.edu (alias rtfm.mit.edu) [18.172.1.27] in the directory
pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which a FAQ is archived appears
in the Archive-name line at the top of the article.
This FAQ is archived as graphics/resources-list/part[1-3]
There's a mail server on that machine. You send a e-mail message to
[email protected] containing the keyword "help" (without
quotes!) in the message body.
You can see in many other places for this Listing. See the item:
0. Places to find the Resource Listing
for more information.
Items Changed:
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RE-ARRANGED the subjects, in order to fir better in the 63K/article limit.
I PLAN ON CHANGING HEADERS SOON, SO BE CAREFUL! ONLY THE "Resource Listing"
keys are sure to remain in the Subject: line!
0. Places to find the Resource Listing
6. 3D graphics editors
a. Public domain, free and shareware systems
9. Plotting packages
18. Molecular visualization stuff
[ I'm thinking of making this post bi-weekly. What do you think??? ]
--------------
Lines which got changed, have the `#' character in front of them.
Added lines are prepended with a `+'
Removed lines are just removed. Use 'diff' to locate these changes.
========================================================================
This text is (C)Copyright 1992, 1993 of Nikolaos C. Fotis. You can copy
freely this file, provided you keep this copyright notice intact.
Compiled by Nikolaos (Nick) C. Fotis, e-mail: [email protected]
Please contact me for updates,corrections, etc.
Disclaimer: I do not guarantee the accuracy of this document.
Use it at your own risk.
========================================================================
This is mainly a guide for computer graphics software.
I would suggest reading the Comp. Graphics FAQ for image analysis stuff.
It's entitled:
(date) comp.graphics Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
John T. Grieggs <[email protected]> is the poster of the
official comp.graphics FAQ
I have included my comments within braces '[' and ']'.
Nikolaos Fotis
========================================================================
Contents of the Resource Listing
================================
PART1:
------
0. Places to find the Resource Listing
1. ARCHIE
2. Notes
3. Computer graphics FTP site list, by Eric Haines
4. Mail servers and graphics-oriented BBSes
5. Ray-tracing/graphics-related mailing lists.
6. 3D graphics editors
a. Public domain, free and shareware systems
b. Commercial systems
7. Scene description languages
8. Solids description formats
PART2:
------
9. Plotting packages
10. Image analysis software - Image processing and display
PART3:
------
11. Scene generators/geographical data/Maps/Data files
12. 3D scanners - Digitized 3D Data.
13. Background imagery/textures/datafiles
14. Introduction to rendering algorithms
a. Ray tracing
b. Z-buffer (depth-buffer)
c. Others
15. Where can I find the geometric data for the:
a. Teapot ?
b. Space Shuttle ?
16. Image annotation software
17. Scientific visualization stuff
18. Molecular visualization stuff
19. GIS (Geographical Information Systems software)
Future additions:
[Please send me updates/info!]
========================================================================
0. Places to find the Resource Listing
======================================
#This file is crossposted to comp.graphics, comp.answers and news.answers,
so if you can't locate it in comp.graphics, you're advised to search in
#comp.answers or news.answers
(The latter groups usually are archived in your site. Contact your sysadmin
for more info).
These 3 articles are posted to comp.graphics 3-4 times a month and are kept in
many places (see below)
--
Many FAQs, including this one, are available on the archive site
pit-manager.mit.edu (alias rtfm.mit.edu) [18.172.1.27] in the directory
pub/usenet/news.answers. The name under which a FAQ is archived appears
in the Archive-name line at the top of the article.
This FAQ is archived as graphics/resources-list/part[1-3]
There's a mail server on that machine. You send a e-mail message to
[email protected] containing: help in the Subject: field
--
The inria-graphlib mail server mirrors this posting (see under the
Subject 4: Mail servers )
--
The Resource Listing is accesible through WAIS in the machine
enuxva.eas.asu.edu (port 8000) under the name graphics-resources-list.
It's got a digest-type line before every numbered item for purposes of
indexing.
--
Another place that monitors the Listing is the MaasInfo files.
For more info contact Robert E. Maas <[email protected]>
--
Yet another place to search for FAQs in general is the SWITCH
(Swiss Academic and Research Network) system in Switzerland:
interactive:
telnet nic.switch.ch [130.59.1.40], login as "info". Move to the
info_service/Usenet/periodic-postings directory. Search in the
00index file by typing "/" and the word to look for.
You may then just read the FAQ in the "faqs" directory, or decide
to fetch it by one of the following methods.
ftp:
login to nic.switch.ch [130.59.1.40] as user anonymous and
enter your internet-style address after being prompted for a
password.
cd info_service/Usenet/periodic-postings
mail:
send e-mail to
RFC-822:
[email protected]
X.400:
/S=archive-server/OU=nic/O=switch/PRMD=switch/ADMD=arcom/C=ch/
Enter 'help' in the bodypart to receive instructions. No information
is required in the subject header line.
1. ARCHIE
=========
The Archie is a service system to locate FTP places for
requested files. It's appreciated that you will use Archie
before asking help in the newsgroups.
Archie servers:
archie.au or 139.130.4.6 (Aussie/NZ)
archie.funet.fi or 128.214.6.100 (Finland/Eur.)
archie.th-darmstadt.de or 130.83.128.111 (GER.)
cs.huji.ac.il or 132.65.6.5 (Israel)
archie.kuis.kyoto-u.ac.jp or 130.54.20.1 (JAPAN)
archie.sogang.ac.kr or 163.239.1.11 (Korea)
archie.ncu.edu.tw or telnet 140.115.19.24 (TWN)
archie.doc.ic.ac.uk or 146.169.3.7 (UK/Ireland)
archie.sura.net or 128.167.254.179 (USA [MD])
archie.unl.edu (password: archie1) (USA [NE])
archie.ans.net or 147.225.1.2 (USA [NY])
archie.rutgers.edu or 128.6.18.15 (USA [NJ])
archie.nz or 130.195.9.4 (New Zealand)
Connect to Archie server with telnet and type "archie" as username.
To get help type 'help'.
You can get 'xarchie' or 'archie', which are clients that call Archie
without the burden of a telnet session.
'Xarchie' is on the X11.R5 contrib tape, and 'archie' on comp.sources.misc,
vol. 27.
To get information on how to use Archie via e-mail, send mail with
subject "help" to "archie" account at any of above sites.
(Note to Janet/PSS users -- the United Kingdom archie site is
accessible on the Janet host doc.ic.ac.uk [000005102000].
Connect to it and specify "archie" as the host name and "archie" as
the username.)
==========================================================================
2. Notes
========
(Excerpted from the FAQ article)
Please do *not* post or mail messages saying "I can't FTP, could
someone mail this to me?" There are a number of automated mail servers
that will send you things like this in response to a message.
There are a number of sites that archive the Usenet sources newsgroups
and make them available via an email query system. You send a message
to an automated server saying something like "send comp.sources.unix/fbm",
and a few hours or days later you get the file in the mail.
==========================================================================
3. Computer graphics FTP site list, by Eric Haines
==================================================
Computer graphics related FTP sites (and maintainers), 26/03/93
compiled by Eric Haines, [email protected]
and Nick Fotis, [email protected]
Ray-tracers:
------------
RayShade - a great ray tracer for workstations on up, also for PC, Mac & Amiga.
PoV - son and successor to DKB trace, written by Compuservers.
(For more questions call Drew Wells --
[email protected] or Dave Buck -- [email protected])
ART - ray tracer with a good range of surface types, part of VORT package.
DKBtrace - another good ray tracer, from all reports; PCs, Mac II,
Amiga, UNIX, VMS (last two with X11 previewer), etc.
RTrace - Portugese ray tracer, does bicubic patches, CSG, 3D text, etc. etc.
An MS-DOS version for use with DJGPP DOS extender (GO32) exists also,
as a Mac port.
VIVID2 - A shareware raytracer for PCs - binary only (286/287). Author:
Stephen Coy ([email protected]). The 386/387 (no source) version
is available to registered users (US$50) direct from the author.
RAY4 - Steve Hollasch's 4-dimensional ray tracer - renders hyperspheres,
hypertetrahedra, hyperplanes, and hyperparallelepipeds (there's
a separate real-time wireframe viewer written in GL called WIRE4 ) .
MTV,QRT,DBW - yet more ray tracers, some with interesting features.
Distributed/Parallel Raytracers:
--------------------------------
XDART - A distributed ray-tracer that runs under X11. There are server binaries
which work only on DECstations, SPARCs, HP Snakes (7x0 series) and NeXT.
The clients are distributed as binaries and C source.
Inetray - A network version of Rayshade 4.0. Needs Sun RPC 4.0 or newer.
Contact Andreas Thurnherr ([email protected])
prt, VM_pRAY - parallel ray tracers.
Volume renderers:
-----------------
VREND - Cornell's Volume Renderer, from Kartch/Devine/Caffey/Warren (FORTRAN).
Radiosity (and diffuse lighting) renderers:
-------------------------------------------
Radiance - a ray tracer w/radiosity effects, by Greg Ward. Excellent shading
models and physically based lighting simulation. Unix/X based, though
has been ported to the Amiga and the PC (386).
INDIA - An Indian radiosity package based on Radiance.
SGI_RAD - An interactive radiosity package that runs on SGI machines with a
Spaceball. It includes a house database.
Author: Guy Moreillon <[email protected]>
RAD - a simple public-domain radiosity package in C. The solution can be run
stand-alone on any Unix box, but the walk-through requires a SGI 4D.
Author: Bernard Kwok <[email protected]>
Renderers which are not raytracers, and graphics libraries:
-----------------------------------------------------------
SIPP - Scan line z-buffer and Phong shading renderer.
Now uses the shadow buffer algorithm.
Tcl-SIPP - a Tcl command interface to the SIPP rendering
program. Tcl-SIPP is a set of Tcl commands used to programmed
SIPP without having to write and compile C code.
Commands are used to specify surfaces, objects,
scenes and rendering options.
It renders either in PPM format or in Utah Raster Toolkit RLE format
or to the photo widget in the Tk-based X11 applications.
VOGLE - graphics learning environment (device portable).
VOGL - an SGI GL-like library based on VOGLE.
REND386 - A *fast* polygon renderer for Intel 386s and up. Version 2 on up.
[ It's not photorealistic, but rather a real-time renderer]
XSHARP21 - Dr. Dobb's Journal PC renderer source code, with budget texture
mapping.
Modellers, wireframe viewers:
-----------------------------
VISION-3D - Mac modeler, can output Radiance & Rayshade files.
IRIT - A CSG solid modeler, with support for freeform surfaces.
X3D - A wireframe viewer for X11.
3DV - 3-D wireframe graphics toolkit, with C source, 3dv objects, other stuff
Look at major PC archives like wuarchive. One such file is 3DKIT1.ZIP
PV3D - a shareware front end modeler for POVRAY, still in beta test.
French docs for now, price for registering 250 French Francs. Save disabled.
Some extra utilities, DXF files for the registered version.
Geometric viewers:
------------------
SALEM - A GL-based package from Dobkin et al. for exploring mathematical
structures.
GEOMVIEW - A GL-based package for looking and interactively manipulating
3D objects, from Geometry Center at Minnesota.
XYZ GeoBench -(eXperimental geometrY Zurich) is a workbench for geometric
computation for Macintosh computers.
WIRE4 - GL wireframe previewer for Steve Hollasch's RAY4 (see above)
Data Formats and Data Sets for Ray Tracing:
-------------------------------------------
SPD - a set of procedural databases for testing ray tracers.
NFF - simplistic file format used by SPD.
OFF - another file format.
P3D - a lispy file format.
TDDD - Imagine (3D modeler) format, has converters for RayShade, NFF, OFF, etc.
Also includes a nice postscript object displayer. Some GREAT models.
TTDDDLIB - converts to/from TDDD/TTDDD, OFF, NFF, Rayshade 4.0, Imagine,
and vort 3d objects. Also outputs Framemaker MIF files and isometric
views in Postscript. Registered users get a TeX PK font converter and
a superquadric surfaces generator.
Glenn Lewis <[email protected]>
[Note : TTDDDLIB is also known as T3DLIB]
CHVRTD - Chapel Hill Volume Rendering Test Datasets, includes volume sets for
two heads, a brain, a knee, electron density maps for RNA and others.
Written Material on Rendering:
------------------------------
RT News - collections of articles on ray tracing.
RT bib - references to articles on ray tracing in "refer" format.
Rad bib - references to articles on radiosity (global illumination).
Speer RT bib - Rick Speer's cross-referenced RT bib, in postscript.
RT abstracts - collection by Tom Wilson of abstracts of many RT articles.
Paper bank project - various technical papers in electronic form. Contact
Juhana Kouhia <[email protected]>
Online Bibliography Project :
The ACM SIGGRAPH Online Bibliography Project is a database of
over 15,000 unique computer graphics and computational geometry
references in BibTeX format, available to the computer graphics
community as a research and educational resource.
The database is located at "siggraph.org". Users may download
the BibTeX files via FTP and peruse them offline, or telnet to
"siggraph.org" and log in as "biblio" and interactively search
the database for entries of interest, by keyword.
For the people without Internet access, there's also an e-mail
server. Send mail to
[email protected]
and in the subject or the body of the message include the message send
followed by the topic and subtopic you wish. A good place to start is
with the command
send index
which will give you an up-to-date list of available information.
Additions/corrections/suggestions may be directed to the admin,
"[email protected]".
Image Manipulation Libraries:
-----------------------------
Utah Raster Toolkit - nice image manipulation tools.
PBMPLUS - a great package for image conversion and manipulation.
LIBTIFF - library for reading/writing TIFF images.
ImageMagick - X11 package for display and interactive manipulation
of images. Uses its own format (MIFF), and includes some converters.
xv - X-based image display, manipulation, and format converter.
xloadimage, xli - displays various formats on an X11 screen.
Khoros - a huge, excellent system for image processing, with a visual
programming interface and much much more. Uses X windows.
FBM - another set of image manipulation tools, somewhat old now.
Img - image manipulation, displays on X11 screen, a bit old now.
xflick - Plays .FLI animation under X11
XAnim - plays any resolution FLI along with GIF's(including GIF89a animation
extensions), DL's and Amiga IFF animations(3,5,J,l) and IFF
pictures(including HAM,EHB and color cycling)
SDSC - SDSC Image Tools package (San Diego Supercomputing Center)
for image manipulation and conversion
CLRpaint - A 24-bit paint program for SGI 24bit workstations and 8bit Indigos.
Libraries with code for graphics:
---------------------------------
Graphics Gems I,II,III - code from the ever so useful books.
spline-patch.tar.Z - spline patch ray intersection routines by Sean Graves
kaleido - Computation and 3D Display of Uniform Polyhedra. Mirrored in
wuarchive. This package computes (and displays) the metrical
properties of 75 polyhedra. Author: Dr. Zvi Har'El,
e-mail: [email protected]
(*) means site is an "official" distributor, so is most up to date.
NORTH AMERICA (please look for things on your own continent first...):
-------------
wuarchive.wustl.edu [128.252.135.4]: /graphics/graphics - get CONTENTS file
for a roadmap. /graphics/graphics/objects/TDDD - *the TTDDD objects
and converters*, /mirrors/unix-c/graphics - Rayshade ray tracer, MTV
ray tracer, Vort ray tracer, FBM, PBMPLUS, popi, Utah raster toolkit.
/mirrors/msdos/graphics - DKB ray tracer, FLI RayTracker demos.
/pub/rad.tar.Z - *SGI_RAD*, /graphics/graphics/radiosity - Radiance
and Indian radiosity package. /msdos/ddjmag/ddj9209.zip - version 21
of Xsharp, with fast texture mapping. There's lots more, including
bibs, Graphics Gems I & II code, OFF, RTN, Radiance, NFF, SIPP, spline
patch intersection routines, textbook errata, source code from Roy
Hall's book "Illumination and Color in Computer Generated Imagery", etc
graphics/graphics/packages/kaleido - *kaleido*
George Kyriazis <[email protected]>
princeton.edu [128.112.128.1]: /pub/Graphics (note capital "G") - *Rayshade
4.0 ray tracer (and separate 387 executable)*, *color quantization
code*, *SPD*, *RT News*, *Wilson's RT abstracts*, "RT bib*, *Utah
Raster Toolkit*, newer FBM, *Graphics Gems I, II & III code*.
/pub/graphics directory - *SALEM* and other stuff.
Craig Kolb <[email protected]>
[replaces weedeater.math.yale.edu - note the capital "G" in
pub/Graphics] Because there's a trouble with princeton's incoming
area, you can upload Rayshade-specific stuff to
weedeater.math.yale.edu [128.36.23.17]
alfred.ccs.carleton.ca [134.117.1.1]: /pub/dkbtrace - *DKB ray tracer*,
/pub/pov-ray/POV-Ray1.0 - *PVRay Compuserve group ray tracer (or PoV)*.
David Buck <[email protected]>
avalon.chinalake.navy.mil [129.131.31.11]: 3D objects (multiple formats),
utilities, file format documents.
This site was created to be a 3D object "repository" for the net.
Francisco X DeJesus <[email protected]>
omicron.cs.unc.edu [152.2.128.159]: pub/softlab/CHVRTD - Chapel Hill
Volume Rendering Test Datasets.
ftp.mv.com [192.80.84.1]: - Official DDJ FTP repository.
*XSHARP*
peipa.essex.ac.uk [155.245.115.161]: the Pilot European Image Processing
Archive; in a directory ipa/synth or something like that, there are
image synthesis packages.
Adrian Clarke <[email protected]>
barkley.berkeley.edu [128.32.142.237] : tcl/extensions/tsipp3.0b.tar.Z -
*Tcl-SIPP*
Mark Diekhans <[email protected] or [email protected]>
acs.cps.msu.edu [35.8.56.90]: pub/sass - *X window fonts converter into
Rayshade 3.0 polygons*, Rayshade animation tool(s).
Ron Sass <[email protected]>
hobbes.lbl.gov [128.3.12.38]: *Radiance* ray trace/radiosity package.
Greg Ward <[email protected]>
geom.umn.edu [128.101.25.31] : pub/geomview - *GEOMVIEW*
Contact (for GEOMVIEW): [email protected]
ftp.arc.umn.edu [137.66.130.11] : pub/gvl.tar.Z - the latest version of Bob,
Icol and Raz. Source, a manual, man pages, and binaries for
IRIX 4.0.5 are included (Bob is a real time volume renderer)
pub/ contains also many volume datasets.
Ken Chin-Purcell <[email protected]>
ftp.kpc.com [144.52.120.9] : /pub/graphics/holl91 - Steve Hollasch's
Thesis, /pub/graphics/ray4 - *RAY4*, /pub/graphics/wire4 - *WIRE4*.
/pub/mirror/avalon - mirror of avalon's 3D objects repository.
Steve Hollasch <[email protected]>
swedishchef.lerc.nasa.gov [139.88.54.33] : programs/hollasch-4d - RAY4,
SGI Explorer modules and Postscript manual, etc.
zamenhof.cs.rice.edu [128.42.1.75] : pub/graphics.formats - Various electronic
documents about many object and image formats.
Mark Hall <[email protected]>
will apparently no longer be maintaining it, see ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu.
rascal.ics.utexas.edu [128.83.144.1]: /misc/mac/inqueue - VISION-3D facet
based modeller, can output RayShade and Radiance files.
ftp.ncsa.uiuc.edu [141.142.20.50] : misc/file.formats/graphics.formats -
contains various image- and object-format descriptions. Many SciVi
tools in various directories, e.g. SGI/Alpha-shape/Alvis-1.0.tar.Z -
3D alpha-shape visualizer (SGI machines only),
SGI/Polyview3.0/polyview.Z - interactive visualization and analysis of
3D geometrical structures.
Quincey Koziol <[email protected]>
tucana.noao.edu [140.252.1.1] : /iraf - the IRAF astronomy package
ftp.ipl.rpi.edu [128.113.14.50]: sigma/erich - SPD images and Haines thesis
images. pub/images - various 24 and 8 bit image stills and sequences.
Kevin Martin <[email protected]>
ftp.psc.edu [128.182.66.148]: pub/p3d - p3d_2_0.tar P3D lispy scene
language & renderers. Joel Welling <[email protected]>
ftp.ee.lbl.gov [128.3.254.68]: *pbmplus.tar.Z*, RayShade data files.
Jef Poskanzer <[email protected]>
george.lbl.gov [128.3.196.93]: pub/ccs-lib/ccs.tar.Z - *CCS (Complex
Conversion System), a standard software interface for image processing*
hanauma.stanford.edu [36.51.0.16]: /pub/graphics/Comp.graphics - best of
comp.graphics (very extensive), ray-tracers - DBW, MTV, QRT, and more.
Joe Dellinger <[email protected]>
ftp.uu.net [192.48.96.2]: /graphics - *IRIT*, RT News back issues (not
complete), NURBS models, other graphics related material.
/graphics/jpeg/jpegsrc.v?.tar.Z - Independent JPEG Group package for
reading and writing JPEG files.
freebie.engin.umich.edu [141.212.68.23]: *Utah Raster Toolkit*,
Spencer Thomas <[email protected]>
export.lcs.mit.edu [18.24.0.12] : /contrib - pbmplus, Image Magick, xloadimage,
xli, xv, Img, lots more. /pub/R5untarred/mit/demos/gpc - NCGA Graphics
Performance Characterization (GPC) Suite.
life.pawl.rpi.edu [128.113.10.2]: /pub/ray - *Kyriazis stochastic Ray Tracer*.
George Kyriazis <[email protected]>
cs.utah.edu [128.110.4.21]: /pub - Utah raster toolkit, *NURBS databases*.
Jamie Painter <[email protected]>
gatekeeper.dec.com [16.1.0.2]: /pub/DEC/off.tar.Z - *OFF models*,
Also GPC Benchmark files (planned, but not checked).
Randi Rost <[email protected]>
hubcap.clemson.edu [130.127.8.1]: /pub/amiga/incoming/imagine - stuff for the
Amiga Imagine & Turbo Silver ray tracers. /pub/amiga/TTDDDLIB -
*TTDDDLIB* /pub/amiga/incoming/imagine/objects - MANY objects.
Glenn Lewis <[email protected]>
pprg.eece.unm.edu [129.24.24.10]: /pub/khoros - *Khoros image processing
package (huge, but great)*.
Danielle Argiro <[email protected]>
expo.lcs.mit.edu [18.30.0.212]: contrib - *PBMPLUS portable bitmap package*,
*poskbitmaptars bitmap collection*, *Raveling Img*, xloadimage. Jef
Poskanzer <[email protected]>
venera.isi.edu [128.9.0.32]: */pub/Img.tar.z and img.tar.z - some image
manipulation*, /pub/images - RGB separation photos.
Paul Raveling <[email protected]>
ucsd.edu [128.54.16.1]: /graphics - utah rle toolkit, pbmplus, fbm,
databases, MTV, DBW and other ray tracers, world map, other stuff.
Not updated much recently.
castlab.engr.wisc.edu [128.104.52.10]: /pub/x3d.2.2.tar.Z - *X3D*
/pub/xdart.1.1.* - *XDART*
Mark Spychalla <[email protected]>
sgi.com [192.48.153.1]: /graphics/tiff - TIFF 6.0 spec & *LIBTIFF* software
and pics. Also much SGI- and GL-related stuff (e.g. OpenGL manuals)
Sam Leffler <[email protected]>
[supercedes okeeffe.berkeley.edu for the LIBTIFF stuff]
surya.waterloo.edu [129.97.129.72]: /graphics - FBM, ray tracers
ftp.sdsc.edu [132.249.20.22]: /sdscpub - *SDSC*
ftp.brl.mil [128.63.16.158]: /brl-cad - information on how to get the
BRL CAD package & ray tracer. /images - various test images.
A texture library has also begun here.
Lee A. Butler <[email protected]>
cicero.cs.umass.edu [128.119.40.189]: /texture_temp - 512x512 grayscale
Brodatz textures,
from Julien Flack <[email protected]>.
karazm.math.uh.edu [129.7.7.6]: pub/Graphics/rtabs.shar.12.90.Z - *Wilson's
RT abstracts*, VM_pRAY.
J. Eric Townsend <[email protected] or [email protected]>
ftp.pitt.edu [130.49.253.1]: /users/qralston/images - 24 bit image archive
(small). James Ralston Crawford <[email protected]>
ftp.tc.cornell.edu [128.84.201.1]: /pub/vis - *VREND*
sunee.waterloo.edu [129.97.50.50]: /pub/raytracers - vivid, *REND386*
[or sunee.uwaterloo.ca]
archive.umich.edu [141.211.164.153]: /msdos/graphics - PC graphics stuff.
/msdos/graphics/raytrace - VIVID2.
apple.apple.com [130.43.2.2?]: /pub/ArchiveVol2/prt.
research.att.com [192.20.225.2]: /netlib/graphics - *SPD package*, ~/polyhedra -
*polyhedra databases*. (If you don't have FTP, use the netlib
automatic mail replier: UUCP - research!netlib, Internet -
[email protected]. Send one line message "send index" for more info,
"send haines from graphics" to get the SPD)
siggraph.org [128.248.245.250]: SIGGRAPH archive site.
publications - *Online Bibliography Project*, Conference proceedings
in various electronic formats (papers, panels), SIGGRAPH Video Review
information and order forms.
Other stuff in various directories.
Automatic mailer is [email protected] ("send index").
ftp.cs.unc.edu [128.109.136.159]: pub/reaction_diffusion - Greg Turk's work on
reaction-diffusion textures, X windows code (SIGGRAPH '91)
avs.ncsc.org [128.109.178.23]: ~ftp/VolVis92 - Volume datasets from the
Boston Workshop on Volume Visualization '92. This site is also the
International AVS Center.
Terry Myerson <[email protected]>
uvacs.cs.virginia.edu [128.143.8.100]: pub/suit/demo/{sparc,dec,etc} - SUIT
(Simple User Interface Toolkit). "finger [email protected]"
to get detailed instructions.
nexus.yorku.ca [130.63.9.66]: /pub/reports/Radiosity_code.tar.Z - *RAD*
/pub/reports/Radiosity_thesis.ps.Z - *RAD MSc. Thesis*
[This site will be changed to ftp.yorku.ca in the near future]
milton.u.washington.edu [128.95.136.1] - ~ftp/public/veos - VEOS Virtual
Reality and distributed applications prototyping environment
for Unix. Veos Software Support : [email protected]
oldpublic/fly - FLY! 3D Visualization Software demo.
That package is built for "fly-throughs" from various datasets in
near real-time. There are binaries for many platforms.
Also, much other Virtual Reality stuff.
zug.csmil.umich.edu [141.211.184.2]: X-Xpecs 3D files (an LCD glass shutter
for Amiga computers - great for VR stuff!)
sugrfx.acs.syr.edu [128.230.24.1]: Various stereo-pair images.
[ Has closed down :-( ]
sunsite.unc.edu [152.2.22.81]: /pub/academic/computer-science/virtual-reality -
Final copy of the sugrfx.acs.syr.edu archive that ceased to exist.
It contains Powerglove code, VR papers, 3D images and IRC research
material.
Jonathan Magid <[email protected]>
archive.cis.ohio-state.edu [128.146.8.52]: pub/siggraph92 - Code for
Siggraph '92 Course 23 (Procedural Modeling and Rendering Techniques)
Dr. David S. Ebert <[email protected]>
lyapunov.ucsd.edu [132.239.86.10]: This machine is considered the
repository for preprints and programs for nonlinear dynamics,
signal processing, and related subjects (and fractals, of course!)
Matt Kennel <[email protected]>
cod.nosc.mil [128.49.16.5]: /pub/grid.{ps,tex,ascii} - a short survey of
methods to interpolate and contour bivariate data
ics.uci.edu [128.195.1.1]: /honig --- Various stereo-pair images,
movie.c - animates a movie on an X display (8-bit and mono) with
digital subtraction.
taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil [131.120.1.13]: pub/dabro/cyberware_demo.tar.Z - Human
head data
pioneer.unm.edu [129.24.9.217]: pub/texture_maps - Hans du Buf's grayscale
test textures (aerial swatches, Brodatz textures, synthetic swatches).
Space & planetary image repository. Provides access to >150 CD-ROMS
with data/images (3 on-line at a time).
pub/info/beginner-info - here you should start browsing.
Colby Kraybill <[email protected]>.
cs.brown.edu [128.148.33.66] : *SRGP/SPHIGS* . For more info on SRGP/SPHIGS:
mail -s 'software-distribution' [email protected]
pdb.pdb.bnl.gov [130.199.144.1] has data about various organic molecules,
bonds between the different atoms, etc.
Atomic coordinates (and a load of other stuff) are contained in the
"*.ent" files, but the actual atomic dimemsions seem to be missing.
You could convert these data to PoV, rayshade, etc.
biome.bio.ns.ca [142.2.20.2] : /pub/art - some Renoir paintings,
Escher's pictures, etc.
ic16.ee.umanitoba.ca [] : /specmark - sample set of images from the
`Images from the Edge' CD-ROM (images of atomic landscapes, advanced
semiconductors, superconductors and experimental surface
chemistry among others). Contact [email protected]
explorer.dgp.toronto.edu [128.100.1.129] : pub/sgi/clrpaint - *CLRpaint*
pub/sgi/clrview.* - CLRview, a tool that aids in visualization
of GIS datasets in may formats like DXF, DEM, Arc/Info, etc.
ames.arc.nasa.gov [128.102.18.3]: pub/SPACE/CDROM - images from Magellan
and Viking missions etc. Get pub/SPACE/Index first.
pub/SPACELINK has most of the SpaceLink service data (see below)
e-mail server available: send mail to [email protected]
(or ames!archive-server) with subject:"help"
or "send SPACE Index" (without the quotes!)
Peter Yee <[email protected]>
pubinfo.jpl.nasa.gov [128.149.6.2]: images, other data, etc. from JPL
missions. Modem access at (818)-354-1333 (no parity, 8 data bits, 1
stop bit).
[email protected] or phone (818)-354-7170
spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov [128.158.13.250] (passwd:guest) : space graphics
and GIF images from NASA's planetary probes and the Hubble Telescope.
Main function is support for teachers (you can telnet also to this
site). Dial up access: (205)-895-0028 (300/1200/2400/9600(V.32) baud,
8 bits, no parity, 1 stop bit).
stsci.edu [130.167.1.2] : Hubble Space Telescope stuff (images and other
data). Read the README first!
Pete Reppert <[email protected]> or Chris O'Dea <[email protected]>
pit-manager.mit.edu [18.172.1.27]: /pub/usenet/news.answers - the land of
FAQs. graphics and pictures directories of particular interest.
[Also available from [email protected] by sending a mail
message containing: help]
UUCP archive: avatar - RT News back issues. For details, write Kory Hamzeh
<[email protected]>
EUROPE:
-------
nic.funet.fi [128.214.6.100]: *pub/sci/papers - *Paper bank project,
including Pete Shirley's entire thesis (with pics)*, *Wilson's RT
abstracts*, pub/misc/CIA_WorldMap - CIA world data bank,
comp.graphics.research archive, *India*, and much, much more.
Juhana Kouhia <[email protected]>
dasun2.epfl.ch [128.178.62.2]: Radiance. Good for European sites, but
doesn't carry the add-ons that are available for Radiance.
isy.liu.se [130.236.1.3]: pub/sipp/sipp-3.0.tar.Z - *SIPP* scan line z-buffer
and Phong shading renderer. Jonas Yngvesson <[email protected]>
irisa.fr [131.254.2.3]: */iPSC2/VM_pRAY ray tracer*, SPD, /NFF - many non-SPD
NFF format scenes, RayShade data files. Didier Badouel
<[email protected]> [may have disappeared]
phoenix.oulu.fi [130.231.240.17]: *FLI RayTracker animation files (PC VGA) -
also big .FLIs (640*480)* *RayScene demos* [Americans: check wuarchive
first]. More animations to come. Jari Kahkonen
<[email protected]>
jyu.fi [128.214.7.5]: /pub/graphics/ray-traces - many ray tracers, including
VM_pRAY, DBW, DKB, MTV, QRT, RayShade, some RT News, NFF files. Jari
Toivanen <[email protected]>
garbo.uwasa.fi [128.214.87.1]: Much PC stuff, etc., /pc/source/contour.f -
FORTRAN program to contour scattered data using linear triangle-based
interpolation
asterix.inescn.pt [192.35.246.17]: pub/RTrace - *RTrace* nffutils.tar.Z (NFF
utilities for RTrace), medical data (CAT, etc.) converters to NFF,
Autocad to NFF Autolisp code, AUTOCAD 11 to SCN (RTrace's language)
converter and other goodies. Antonio Costa ([email protected])
vega.hut.fi [128.214.3.82]: /graphics - RTN archive, ray tracers (MTV, QRT,
others), NFF, some models.
[ It was shut down months ago , check under nic.funet.fi -- nfotis ]
sun4nl.nluug.nl [192.16.202.2]: /pub/graphics/raytrace - DBW.microray, MTV, etc
unix.hensa.ac.uk [] : misc/unix/ralcgm/ralcgm.tar.Z - CGM viewer and
converter.
There's an e-mail server also - mail to [email protected]
with the message body "send misc/unix/ralcgm/ralcgm.tar.Z"
maeglin.mt.luth.se [130.240.0.25]: graphics/raytracing - prt, others, ~/Doc -
*Wilson's RT abstracts*, Vivid.
ftp.fu-berlin.de [130.20.225.2]: /pub/unix/graphics/rayshade4.0/inputs -
aq.tar.Z is RayShade aquarium [Americans: check princeton.edu first).
Heiko Schlichting <[email protected]>
maggia.ethz.ch [129.132.17.1]: pub/inetray - *Inetray* and Sun RPC 4.0 code
Andreas Thurnherr <[email protected]>
osgiliath.id.dth.dk [129.142.65.24]: /pub/amiga/graphics/Radiance - *Amiga
port of Radiance 2.0*. Per Bojsen <[email protected]>
ftp.informatik.uni-oldenburg.de [134.106.1.9] : *PoV raytracer*
Mirrored in wuarchive, has many goods for PoV.
pub/dkbtrace/incoming/polyray - Polyray raytracer
pub/dkbtrace/incoming/pv3d* - *PV3D*
ftp.uni-kl.de [131.246.9.95]: /pub/amiga/raytracing/imagine - mirror of
the hubcap Imagine files.
neptune.inf.ethz.ch [129.132.101.33]: XYZ - *XYZ GeoBench*
Peter Schorn <[email protected]>
iamsun.unibe.ch [130.92.64.10]: /Graphics/graphtal* - a L-system interpreter.
Christoph Streit <[email protected]>
amiga.physik.unizh.ch [130.60.80.80]: /amiga/gfx - Graphics stuff
for the Amiga computer.
stesis.hq.eso.org [134.171.8.100]: on-line access to a huge astronomical
database. (login:starcat;no passwd)
DECnet:STESIS (It's the Space Telescope European Coordination Facility)
Benoit Pirenne <[email protected]>, phone +49 89 320 06 433
MIDDLE EAST
-----------
gauss.technion.ac.il [132.68.112.60]: *kaleida*
AUSTRALIA:
----------
gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au [128.250.70.62]: pub - *VORT(ART) ray tracer*, *VOGLE*,
Wilson's ray tracing abstracts, /pub/contrib/artscenes (ART scenes from
Italy), pub/images/haines - Haines thesis images, Graphics Gems code,
SPD, NFF & OFF databases, NFF and OFF previewers, plus some 8- and
24bit images and lots of other stuff. pub/rad.tar.Z - *SGI_RAD*
Bernie Kirby <[email protected]>
munnari.oz.au [128.250.1.21]: pub/graphics/vort.tar.Z - *VORT (ART) 2.1 CSG and
algebraic surface ray tracer*, *VOGLE*, /pub - DBW, pbmplus. /graphics
- room.tar.Z (ART scenes from Italy).
David Hook <[email protected]>
marsh.cs.curtin.edu.au [134.7.1.1]: pub/graphics/bibliography/Facial_Animation,
pub/graphics/bibliography/Morph, pub/graphics/bibliography/UI -
stuff about Facial animation, Morphing and User Interfaces.
pub/fascia - Fred Parke's fascia program.
Valerie Hall <[email protected]>
OCEANIA - ASIA:
---------------
ccu1.aukland.ac.nz [130.216.1.5]: ftp/mac/architec - *VISION-3D facet
based modeller, can output RayShade files*. Many other neat things
for Macs. Paul Bourke <[email protected]>
scslwide.sony.co.jp [133.138.199.1]: ftp2/SGI/Facial-Animation - Steve Franks
site for facial animation.
Steve Franks <[email protected] OR [email protected]>
4. Mail servers and graphics-oriented BBSes
===========================================
Please check first with the FTP places above, with archie's help.
Don't overuse mail servers.
There are some troubles with wrong return addresses. Many of these
mail servers have a command like
path a_valid_return_e-mail_address
to get a hint for sending back to you stuff.
DEC's FTPMAIL
-------------
Send a one-line message to [email protected] WITHOUT a Subject: field,
and having a line containing the word 'help'.
You should get back a message detailing the relevant procedures you
must follow in order to get the files you want.
Note that the "reply" or "answer" command in your mailer will not work
for this message or any other mail you receive from FTPMAIL. To send
requests to FTPMAIL, send an original mail message, not a reply.
Complaints should be sent to the [email protected]
address rather than to postmaster, since DECWRL's postmaster is not
responsible for fixing ftpmail problems.
BITFTP
------
For BITNET sites ONLY, there's BITFTP@PUCC.
Send a one-line 'help' message to this address for more info.
Lightwave 3D mail based file-server
-----------------------------------
A mail based file server for 3D objects, 24bit JPEG images, GIF images
and image maps is now online for all those with Internet mail access.
The server is the official archive site for the Lightwave 3D mail-list
and contains many PD and Shareware graphics utilities for
several computer platforms including Amiga, Atari, IBM and Macintosh.
The server resides on a BBS called "The Graphics BBS". The BBS is
operational 24 hours a day 7 days a week at the phone number of +1
908/469-0049. It has upgraded its modem to a Hayes Ultra 144
V.32bis/V.42bis, which has speeds from 300bps up to 38,400bps.
If you would like to submit objects, scenes or images to the server,
please pack, uuencode and then mail the files to the address:
[email protected].
For information on obtaining files from the server send a mail message
to the address [email protected] with the following in
the body of the message:
HELP
/DIR
And a help file describing how to use the server and a complete
directory listing will be sent to you via mail.
[ Now it includes the Cyberware head and shouders in TTDDD format! Check it
out, only if you can't use FTP! -- nfotis ]
INRIA-GRAPHLIB
--------------
Pierre Jancene and Sabine Coquillart launched the inria-graphlib mail
server a few months ago.
echo help | mail [email protected]
will give you a quick summary of what inria-graphlib contains and
how to browse among its files.
echo send contents | mail [email protected]
will return the extended summary.
As an other example :
echo send cgrl from Misc | mail [email protected]
will return the Computer Graphics Resource Listing mirrored from
comp.graphics.
BBSes
-----
There are many BBSes that store datafiles, etc.etc., but a guide to these
is beyond the scope of this Listing (and the resources of the author!)
If you can point to me Internet- or mail- accessible BBSes that carry
interesting stuff, send me info!
Studio Amiga is a 3D modelling and ray tracing specific BBS, (817) 467-3658.
24 hours, 105 Meg online.
--
From Jeff Walkup <[email protected]>:
"The Castle" 415/355-2396 (14.4K/v.32bis/v.42/v.42bis/MNP)
(In Pacifica, dang close to San Francisco, California, USA)
The new-user password is: "TAO".
[J]oin base #2; The Castle G/FX, Anim, Video, 3D S.I.G., of which
I am the SIG-Op, "Lazerus".
--
Bob Lindabury operates a BBS (see above the entry for "The Graphics BBS")
--
'You Can Call Me Ray' ray tracing related BBS in Chicago suburbs (708-358-5611)
or (708-358-8721)
--
Digital Pixel (Sysop: Mark Ng <[email protected]>) is based at
Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Phone : (416) 298 1487
Storage space: 330 megs
Modem type: 14.4k baud,16.8k (Zyxel) , v32bis ,v32, mnp 5
Access Fee: none.. (free)
System supported : DOS, OS/2, Amiga, Mac.
Netmail: Currently no echo mail.
Topics: Raytracing, Fractals, Graphics programming, CAD, Any Comp.
Graphics related
--
From: David Tiberio <[email protected]>
Amiga Graphics BBS (516) 473-6351 in Long Island, New York,
running 24 hours at 14.4k v.32bis, with 157 megs on line.
We also subscribe to 9 mailing lists, of which 5 originate
from our BBS, with 3 more to be added soon. These include:
Lightwave, Imagine, Real 3D (ray tracing)
Database files include:
Imagine 3D objects, 3D renderings, scalable fonts, music
modules, sound samples, demos, animations, utilities,
text databases, and pending Lightwave 3D objects.
--
The Graphics Alternative
The Graphics Alternative is in El Cerrito, CA., running 24 hours a
day at 14.4k HST/v.32bis, with 642MB online and a 1300+ user base.
TGA runs two nodes, node 1 (510) 524-2780 is for public access and
includes a free 90 day trial subscription. TGA is the West Coast
Host for PCGnet, The Profesional CAD and Graphics Network, supporting
nodes across the Continental U.S., Alaska, New Zealand, Australia,
France and the UK.
TGA's file database includes MS-DOS executables for POV, Vivid,
RTrace, Rayshade, Polyray, and others. TGA also has numerous
graphics utilities, viewers, and conversion utilities. Registered
Vivid users can also download the latest Vivid aeta code from a
special Vivid conference.
--
From: Scott Bethke <[email protected]>
The Intersection BBS, 410-250-7149.
This BBS Is dedicated to supporting 3D Animators.The system is provided
FREE OF CHARGE, and is NOT Commercialized in ANYWAY.
Users are given FULL Access on the first call.
Features: Usenet NEWS & Internet Mail, Fidonet Echo's & Netmail,
200 Megs online, V.32bis/V.42bis Modem.
Platforms of interest: Amiga & The VideoToaster, Macintosh, Ms-Dos,
Unix Workstations (Sun, SGI, etc), Atari-ST.
--
From: Alfonso Hermida <[email protected]>:
Pi Square BBS (301)725-9080 in Maryland. It supports raytracers such as POV
and VIVID. The BBS runs off a 486/33Mhz, 100Megs hard drive and CD ROM.
Now it runs on 1200-2400bps (this will change soon)
Topics: graphics programming, animation,raytracing,programming (general)
--
From: Lynn Falkow <[email protected]>:
Vertech Design's GRAPHIC CONNECTION. (503) 591-8412 in Portland, Oregon.
V.32/V.42bis.
The BBS, aside from carrying typical BBS services like message bases
( all topic specific ) and files ( CAD and graphics related -- hundreds
of megabytes ), also offers material texture files that are full color,
seamlessly tiling, photo-realistic images. There are samples available
to first time callers. The BBS is a subscription system although callers
have 2 hours before they must subscribe, and there are several subscription
rates available. People interested in materials can subscribe to the
library in addition to a basic subscription rate, and can use their
purchased time to download whichever materials they wish.
==========================================================================
5. Ray-tracing/graphics-related mailing lists
=============================================
Imagine
-------
Modeling and animation system for the Amiga:
send subscription requests to [email protected]
send material to [email protected]
(Dave Wickard has substituted Steve Worley in the maintenance of
the mailing list) - PLEASE note that the unisys.com address is
NO longer valid!!!
Lightwave
---------
(for the Amiga. It's part of Newtek's Video Toaster):
send subscription requests to [email protected]
send material to [email protected]
(Bob Lindabury)
Toaster
-------
send subscription requests to [email protected] with a *body* of:
subscribe toaster-list
Real 3D
-------
Another modeling and animation system for the Amiga:
To subscribe, send a mail containing the body
subscribe real3d-l <Your full name>
to [email protected]
Rayshade
--------
send subscription requests to [email protected]
send material to [email protected]
(Craig Kolb)
Alladin 4D for the Amiga
----------
send subscription requests to [email protected]
and in the body of the message write
#Alladin 4D username@domain
Radiance
--------
Greg Ward, the author, sends to registered (via e-mail) users digests of
his correspodence with them, notes about fixes, updates, etc.
His address is: [email protected]
REND386
-------
send subscription requests to [email protected]
send material to [email protected]
PoV ray / DKB raytracers
------------------------
To subscribe, send a mail containing the body
subscribe dkb-l <Your full name>
to [email protected]
send material to [email protected]
Mailing List for Massively Parallel Rendering
---------------------------------------------
send subscription requests to [email protected]
send material to [email protected]
==========================================================================
6. 3D graphics editors
======================
a. Public domain, free and shareware systems
============================================
VISION-3D
---------
Mac-based program written by Paul D. Bourke ([email protected]).
The program can be used to generate models directly in the RayShade
and Radiance file formats (polygons only).
It's shareware and listed on the FTP list.
BRL
---
A solid modeling system for most environments -- including SGI and X11.
It has CSG and NURBS, plus support for Non-Manifold Geometry
[Whatever it is].
You can get it *free* via FTP by signing and returning the relevant license,
found on ftp.brl.mil. Uses ray-tracing for engineering analyses.
Contact:
Ms. Carla Moyer
(410)-273-7794 tel.
(410)-272-6763 FAX
[email protected] E-mail
Snail mail:
BRL-CAD Distribution
SURVIAC Aberdeen Satellite Office 1003
Old Philadelphia Road,
Suite 103 Aberdeen
MD 21001 USA
IRIT
----
A constructive solid geometry (CSG) modeling program for PC and X11.
Includes freeform surface support. Free - see FTP list for where to
find it.
SurfModel
---------
A solid modeling program for PC written in Turbo Pascal 6.0 by
Ken Van Camp. Available from SIMTEL, pd1:<msdos.srfmodl> directory.
NOODLES
-------
From CMU, namely Fritz Printz and Levent Gursoz ([email protected]).
It's based on Non Manifold Topology.
Ask them for more info, I don't know if they give it away.
XYZ2
----
XYZ2 is an interactive 3-D editor/builder written by Dale P. Stocker to
create objects for the SurfaceModel, Automove, and DKB raytracer packages.
XYZ2 is free and can be found, for example, in SIMTEL20 as
<MSDOS.SURFMODL>XYZ21.ZIP (DOS only??)
3DMOD
-----
It's an MSDOS program. Check at barnacle.erc.clarkson.edu [128.153.28.12],
/pub/msdos/graphics/3dmod.* . Undocumented file format :-(
3DMOD is (C) 1991 by Micah Silverman, 25 Pierrepoint Ave., Postdam,
New York 13676, tel. 315-265-7140
NORTHCAD
--------
Shareware, <MSDOS.CAD>NCAD3D42.ZIP in SIMTEL20. Undocumented file format :-(
Vertex
------
(Amiga)
Shareware, send $40 US (check or money order) to:
The Art Machine, 4189 Nickolas
Sterling Heights, MI 48310
USA
In addition to the now standard file formats, including Lightwave,
Imagine, Sculpt, Turbo Silver, GEO and Wavefront, this release offers
3D Professional and RayShade support. (Rayshade is supported only by
the primitive "triangle", but you can easily include this output in
your RayShade scripts)
The latest demo, version 1.62, is available on Fred Fish #727.
For more information, contact the author, Alex Deburie, at:
[email protected], Phone: (313) 939-2513
ICoons
------
(Amiga)
It's a spline based object modeller ("ICoons" = Interactive
COONS path editor) in amiga.physik.unizh.ch (gfx/3d/ICoons1.0.lzh).
It's free (under the GNU Licence) and requires FPU.
The program has a look&feel which is a cross between Journeyman and
Imagine, and it generates objects in TTDDD format.
It is possible to load Journeyman objects into ICoons, so the program
can be used to convert JMan objects to Imagine format.
Author: Helge E. Rasmussen <[email protected]>
PHONE + 45 36 72 33 00, FAX + 45 36 72 43 00
[ It's also on Fred Fish disk series n.775 - nfotis ]
ProtoCAD 3D
-----------
Ver 1.1 from Trius (shareware?)
It's at wsmr-simtel20.army.mil and oak.oakland.edu as PCAD3D.ZIP (for PCs)
It has this menu layout:
FILE File handling (Load, Save, Import, Xport...)
DRAW Draw 2D objects (Line, Circle, Box...)
3D Draw 3D objects (Mesh, Sphere, Block...)
EDIT Editing features (Copy, Move ...)
SURFACE Modify objects (Revolve, Xtrude, Sweep...)
IMAGE Image zooming features (Update, Window, Half...)
OPTION Global defaults (Grid, Toggles, Axis...)
PLOT Print drawing/picture (Go, Image...)
RENDER Shade objects (Frame, Lighting, Tune...)
LAYER Layer options (Select active layer, set Colors...)
+Sculptura
+---------
+ Runs under Windows 3.1, and outputs PoV files. A demo can be found
+ on wuarchive.wustl.edu in mirrors/win3/demo/demo3d.zip
+
+ Author: Michael Gibson <[email protected]>
b. Commercial systems
=====================
Alpha_1
-------
A spline-based modeling program written in University of Utah.
Features: splines up to trimmed NURBS; support for boolean operations;
sweeps, bending, warping, flattening etc.; groups of objects, and
transformations; extensible object types.
Applications include: NC machining, Animation utilities,
Dimensioning, FEM analysis, etc.
Rendering subsystem, with support for animations.
Support the following platforms: HP 300 and 800's (X11R4, HP-UX 6.5),
SGI 4D or PI machines (X11R4 and GL, IRIX 3.3.1), Sun SparcStation
(X11R4, SunOS 4.1.1).
Licensing and distribution is handled by EGS:
Glenn McMinn, President
Engineering Geometry Systems
275 East South Temple, Suite 305
Salt Lake City, UT 84111
(801) 575-6021
[email protected]
[ Educational pricing ]
The charge is $675 per platform. You may run the system on as many
different workstations of that type as you wish. For each platform
there is also a $250 licensing fee for Portable Standard Lisp (PSL)
which is bundled with the system. You need to obtain an additional
license from the University of Utah for PSL from the following address:
Professor Robert Kessler
Computer Science Department
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah 84112
[ EGS can handle the licensing of PSL for U.S. institutions for a
300 $USD nominal fee -- nfotis ]
VERTIGO
-------
They have an Educational Institution Program. The package is used in
the industrial design, architectural, scientific visualization,
educational, broadcast, imaging and post production fields.
They'll [quoting from a letter sent to me -- nfotis ] "donate fully
configured Vertigo 3D Graphics Software worth over $29,000USD per
package to qualified educational institutions for licencing on any
number of Silicon Graphics Personal IRIS or POWER Series Workstations.
If you use an IRIS Indigo station, we will also licence our Vertigo
Revolution Software (worth $12,000USD).
If you are interested in participating in this program please send a
letter by mail or fax (604/684-2108) on your institution's letterhead
briefly outlining your potential uses for Vertigo together with the
following information: 1. UNIX version 2. Model and number of SGI
systems 3. Peripheral devices 4. Third Party Software.
Participants will be asked to contribute $750USD per institution to cover
costs of the manual, administration, and shipping.
We recommend that Vertigo users subscribe to our technical support
services. For an annual fee you will receive: technical assistance
on our support hotline, bug fixes, software upgrades and manual updates.
For educational institution we will waive the $750 administration fee
if support is purchased.
The annual support fee is $2,500 plus the following cost for additional
machines:
Number of machines: 2-20 20+
Additional cost per machine: $700 $600 "
[ There's also a 5-day training program - nfotis]
Contact:
Vertigo Technology INC
Suite 1010
1030 West Georgia St.
VANCOUVER, BC
CANADA, V6E 2Y3
Phone: 604/684-2113
Fax: 604/684-2108
[ Does anyone know of such offers from TDI, Alias, Softimage, Wavefront,
etc.??? this would be a VERY interesting part!! -- nfotis ]
PADL-2
------
[ Basically, it's a Solid Modeling Kernel in top of which you build your
application(s)]
Available by license from
Cornell Programmable Automation
Cornell University
106 Engineering and Theory Center
Ithaca, NY 14853
License fees are very low for educational institutions and gov't agencies.
Internal commercial licenses and re-dissemination licenses are available.
For an information packet, write to the above address, or send your
address to: [email protected] (Richard Marisa)
ACIS
----
From Spatial Technology. It's a Solid Modelling kernel callable from C.
Heard that many universities got free copies from the company.
The person to contact regarding ACIS in academic institutions is
Scott Owens, e-mail: [email protected]
And their address is:
Spatial Technology, Inc.
2425 55th St., Bldg. A
Boulder, CO 80301-5704
Phone: (303) 449-0649, Fax: (303) 449-0926
MOVIE-BYU / CQUEL.BYU
---------------------
Basically [in my understanding], this is a FEM pre- and post-proccessor
system. It's fairly old today, but it still serves some people in
Mech. Eng. Depts.
Now it's superseded from CQUEL.BYU (pronounced "sequel"). That's a
complete modelling, animation and visualization package. Runs in the usual
workstation environments (SUN, DEC, HP, SGI, IBM RS6000, and others)
You can get a demo version (30-days trial period) either by sending $20
USD in their address or a blank tape. It costs 1,500 for a full run-time
licence.
Contact:
Engineering Computer Graphics Lab
368 Clyde Building, Brigham Young Univ.
Provo, UT 84602
Phone: 801-378-2812
E-mail: [email protected]
twixt
-----
Soon to add stuff about it... If I get a reply to my FAX
VOXBLAST
--------
It's a volume renderer marketed by:
Vaytek Inc. (Fairfield, Iowa phone: 515-472-2227) , running on PCs
with 386+FPU at least. Call Vaytek for more info.
VoxelBox
--------
A 3D Volume renderer for Windows. Features include direct
ray-traced volume rendering, color and alpha mapping,
gradient lighting, animation, reflections and shadows.
Runs on a PC(386 or higher) with at least an 8 bit video card(SVGA is fine)
under Windows 3.x. It costs $495.
Contact:
Jaguar Software Inc.
573 Main St., Suite 9B
Winchester, MA 01890
(617) 729-3659
[email protected] (john w poduska)
==========================================================================
7. Scene description languages
==============================
NFF
---
Neutral file format , by Eric Haines. Very simple, there are some
procedural database generators in the SPD package, and many objects
floating in various FTP sites. There's also a previewer written in
HP Starbase from E.Haines. Also there's one written in VOGLE, so you can
use any of the devices VOGLE can output on.
(Check in sites carrying VOGLE, like gondwana.ecr.mu.oz.au)
OFF
---
Object file format, from DEC's Randy Rost ([email protected]).
[ The object archive server seems to be mothballed. In a future version,
I'll remove the ref. to it -- nfotis ]
Available also through their mail server. To obtain help about using this
service, send a message with a "Subject:" line containing only the word
"help" and a null message body to: [email protected].
[For FTP places to get it, see in the relevant place]. There's an OFF
previewer for SGI 4D machines, called off-preview in
godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au . There are previewers for xview and sunview,
also on gondwana.
TDDD
----
It's a library of 3D objects with translators to/from OFF, NFF,
Rayshade, Imagine or vort objects.
Edited copy of the announcement follows (from Raytracing News, V4,#3):
New Library of 3D Objects Available via FTP, by Steve Worley
([email protected])
I have assembled a set of over 150 3D objects in a binary format
called TDDD. These objects range from human figures to airplanes,
from semi-trucks to lampposts. These objects are all freely
distributable, and most have READMEs that describe them.
In order to convert these objects to a human-readable format, a file
with the specification of TDDD is included in the directory with the
objects. There is also a shareware system called TTDDDLIB (officially
on hubcap.clemson.edu) that will convert (ala PBM+) to/from various
object formats : Imagine TTDDD (extension of TDDD?), OFF, NFF,
Rayshade 4.0, or vort. Source included for Amiga/Unix as executables
for the Amiga. Also outputs Framemaker MIF files and isometric views
in Postscript.
P3D
---
From Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center. The P3D uses lisp with slight
extensions to store three-dimensional models. A simple lisp
interpreter is included with the P3D release, so there is no need to
have access to any vendor's lisp to run this software.
The mouse-driven user interfaces for Motif, Open Look, and Silicon
Graphics GL, and the DrawP3D subroutine library for generating P3D
without ever looking at the underlying Lisp.
The P3D software currently supports nine renderers. They are:
Painter - Painter's Algorithm, Dore, Silicon Graphics Inc. GL language,
Generic Phigs, Sun Phigs+, DEC Phigs+, Rayshade, ART ray tracer (from
VORT package) and Pixar RenderMan.
The code is available via anonymous FTP from the machines
ftp.psc.edu, directory pub/p3d, and nic.funet.fi, directory
pub/graphics/programs/p3d.
RenderMan
---------
Pixar's RenderMan is not free - call Pixar for details.
==========================================================================
8. Solids description formats
=============================
a. EEC's ESPRIT project 322 CAD*I (CAD Interfaces) has developed a
neutral file format for transfer of CAD data (curves, surfaces, and
solid models between CAD systems and from CAD to CAA (Computer Aided
Analysis) an CAM (Computer Aided Manufacturing)
b. IGES [v. 5.1 now] tries to define a standard to tranfer solid
models - Brep and CSG. The current standard number is ANSI Y14.26M-1987
For documentation, you might want to contact Nancy Flower at
NCGA Technical Services and Standards, 1-800-225-6242 ext. 325
and the cost is $100.
This standard is not available in electronic format.
c. PDES/STEP : This slowly emerging standard tries to encompass not only
the geometrical information, but also for things like FEM, etc.
The main bodies besides this standard are NIST and DARPA. You can get
more information about PDES by sending mail to [email protected]
and putting the line
send index
in the body (NOT the Subject:) area of the message.
The people at Rutherford Appleton Lab. are also working
on STEP tools: they have an EXPRESS compiler and an Exchange file parser,
both available in source form (and for free) for research purposes.
Soon they will also have an EXPRESS-based database system.
For the tools contact Mike Mead, Phone: +44 (0235) 44 6710 (FAX: x 5893),
e-mail: [email protected] or {...!}mcsun!uknet!rlinf!mm or
mm%[email protected]
==========================================================================
End of Part 1 of the Resource Listing | 1 | comp.graphics |
Basically, any prophet I've ever dealt with has either been busy
hawking stolen merchandise or selling swampland house lots in
Florida. Then you hear all the stories of sexual abuse by prophets
and how the families of victims were paid to keep quiet about it.
Never mind that, but let me tell you about this Chevelle I bought
from this dude (you guessed it, a prophet) named Mohammed. I've
got the car for like two days when the tranny kicks, then Manny,
my mechanic, tells me it was loaded with sawdust! Take a guess
whether "Mohammed" was anywhere to be found. I don't think so.
Oh, Mohammed!
Yeah, you, Mohammed!
You slimy mass of pond scum!
Yeah, right! You're the one should be watching your butt. You and
your buddy Allah. The stereo he sold me croaked after two days.
Your ass is grass!
Jim | 0 | alt.atheism |
Ok, I have a problem that I thought you guys/gals might know about....
I'm running a 286dx-25 with a 85mb hdd. I also have windows 3.1, but
hardly any dos application will run out it. Also, when I do a "mem"
command, it says that I have used up 58kb out of 640kb of conventional
memory, zero from upper level memory, and all 385kb of my ems memory.
And to top it off, I can't load any device drivers into upper memory.
Do I just need more memory? Also, why would it use up ems memory instead
of upper memory?
Please reply by e-mail only to : [email protected]
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bill Scrivener | "It's not the first time that you
Texas A&M University | sleep with a woman that matters,
College Station, Texas | but the first time
email: [email protected] | you wake up with her." | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
A list of options that would be useful. They can be existing
options on a car, or things you'd like to have...
1) Tripmeter, great little gadget. Lets you keep rough track of
mileage, makes a good second guesser for your gas gauge...
2) Full size spare
3) Built in mountings and power systems for radar detectors.
4) a fitting that allows you to generate household current with
the engine running, and plug ins in the trunk, engine compartment
and cabin.
Feel free to add on...
Regards, Charles
x | 7 | rec.autos |
Good luck.
| 7 | rec.autos |
I have a question regarding sending a NULL character across ethernet
connection. The actual problem is that emacs (Unix editior) needs
the NULL character for setting a mark and unfortunately we don't know
how to sent that from IBM PCs across ethernet. I am wondering if anyboy
knows the keyboard combination for sending the NULL character.
BTW control,shift 2 which Ctrl @ does not work.
Thanks | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I just visited the NY Auto Show, and saw two LH cars on the floor: Eagle
Vision and Dodge Intrepid.
Really nice I must say. Very attractive styling, lots of features and room,
at a competitive price.
Unfortunately, the workmanship is quite disappointing. On BOTH cars,
the rubber seals around the window and door fell off. It turns out
the seals are just big grooved rubber band. It goes on just by pressing
the groove against the tongue on the door frame. Surely it would come
off easily.
I am not sure how many of this kind of pooring engineering/assembly
problems that will show up later.
I may still consider buying it, but only when it establishes a good
track record. | 7 | rec.autos |
Name Pos AB H 2B 3B HR RBI RS SB E AVG
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Boston OF 12 7 2 6 .583
Galarraga 1B 28 13 3 1 9 2 .464
Tatum 3B 5 2 1 .400
Cole CF 24 9 1 2 8 2 .375
E. Young 2B 28 9 1 1 1 5 10 5 3 .321
Hayes 3B 25 7 1 2 5 2 1 2 .280
Murphy OF 4 1 1 .250
Bichette RF 21 5 1 5 3 1 .238
Clark LF 24 5 2 2 1 .208
Girardi C 25 5 1 1 3 2 .200
Castilla SS 6 1 1 .167
Benavides SS 18 1 2 1 4 .056
G. Young OF 1 1 .000
PITCHERS P 12 .000
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Totals 233 65 9 3 5 34 37 9 11 .279
Name L/R IP H R ER K BB ERA W L S
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wayne L 2.7 3 0 0 3 2 0.00 0 0 0
Aldred L 5 4 3 1 1 6 1.80 0 0 0
Smith R 12.3 15 3 3 2 3 2.19 1 1 0
Ashby R 5 6 2 2 3 5 3.60 0 0 0
Neid R 12 15 6 6 5 8 4.50 1 1 0
Parrett R 5.7 7 3 3 7 3 4.76 0 0 0
Blair R 5.3 7 5 3 2 3 5.06 0 0 0
Henry L 6 9 6 5 4 1 7.50 0 1 0
Ruffin L 3 7 6 5 3 4 15.00 0 1 0
Reed R 2.7 7 7 7 1 3 23.63 0 0 0
Holmes R 1.3 6 10 9 1 4 60.75 0 1 0 | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Source: "Men Are Like That" by Leonard Ramsden Hartill. The Bobbs-Merrill
Company, Indianapolis (1926). (305 pages).
(Memoirs of an Armenian officer who participated in the genocide of 2.5
million Muslim people)
p. 133 (first paragraph)
"In this movement we took with us three thousand Turkish soldiers who
had been captured by the Russians and left on our hands when the Russians
abandoned the struggle. During our retreat to Karaklis two thousand of
these poor devils were cruelly put to death. I was sickened by the
brutality displayed, but could not make any effective protest. Some,
mercifully, were shot. Many of them were burned to death. The method
employed was to put a quantity of straw into a hut, and then after
crowding the hut with Turks, set fire to the straw."
Serdar Argic | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Radius speculated, publicly, that they could provide a PowerPC-based
Rocket for existing Macs. It would have the plus of RocketShare and
the minus of NuBus accelerators - no true boot off the accelerator,
NuBus bottleneck to video and other I/O.
Apple, it seems, will not compete with third parties here -- except
perhaps for not-yet-available Macs like Cyclone, where a PowerPC
slot might be advertised. Look for Daystar and such to make PowerPC
accelerators.
One potential problem with any accelerator, though, is that it will
need a ROM companion and Apple has licensed only Radius, with
Rocketshare, to use any of its proprietary code.
Apple is, between the lines, trying to let us know that PowerPC Macs
will have simplified logic boards due to the magical nature of RISC
and that these boards should be much cheaper to build than those in
existing 68040 Macs. Perhaps, then, we'll see groundbreaking
prices in Mac-logic board upgrades, much the same way we've seen
much cheaper high-performance CPUs this year.
First generation PowerPCs, 98601s, will also hopefully have socketed
CPUs so that they'll be chip upgradeable to 98604s a year later.
This should be possible in much the same way that 486s can be pulled
for clock doublers. If there is too much technical baggage (which
I doubt since the external busses are the same size/width) to do
this, perhaps we can have CPU daughterboard, a la Powerbook, as
standard to facilitate better CPU upgrades. This is an area where
Apple has fallen far behing the Intel-based world. Perhaps catchup
is in order.
By the way, last week's PC week had an excellent story on PowerPC,
Pentium, MIPS R4000, DEC Alpha (the big four on the microprocessor
front for the forseeable future). Worth reading for technojunkies.
Also, the latest PC has a cover story on Pentium. Read it, and all
the other stories about how Intel is unstoppable and preeminent
right now.
Once anyone is this secure, they are due to fall. Intel's market
position will never again be as dominant as it is today (especially
if AMD gets the go ahead to sell its 486s this week as it appears it
might). The competition from all fronts is gearing up for an awesome
battle. Apple users should be excited that PowerPC, while not
guaranteed dominance, is a guaranteed winner, even if its one of
several. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Hello,
I just bought a copy. I can't disagree that it is a very good
book. But unfortunately I was looking for the same graphics feature
described in this book but _NOT_ in 640x480x16 or 320x200x256 mode. It
is easy to accomodate all the pixel "descriptor" (or color attributes)
in those modes into A0000-AFFFFF, but not in 640x480x256(which is what
I am interested in). I haven't finish the book but I affraid the
author didn't talk much about this mode(or other SVGA modes). If
anyone out there know any good book dealing with fast SVGA graphics
manupulation(scrolling, repainting, all other good stuff..) please
send me mail. Programming guide to SVGA card is also welcome.
Thanks in advance.
************************************************************************
* Tiang T. Foo *
* [email protected] *
************************************************************************ | 1 | comp.graphics |
Now available: xvertext 4.0
--------------
Summary
-------
xvertext provides you with four functions to draw strings at any angle in
an X window (previous versions were limited to vertical text). Rotation
is still achieved using XImages, but the notion of rotating a whole font
first has been dropped.
What's new?
-----------
I've added a cache which keeps a copy of previously rotated strings - thus
speeding up redraws.
Where can I get it?
-------------------
comp.sources.x (soon...)
export.lcs.mit.edu : contrib/xvertext.4.0.shar.Z (now)
| 5 | comp.windows.x |
I would like to know about the current fax software available for
Windows. Does it take a 9600 baud fax/modem or 14.4K ? Please
respond with info.
Thank you very much | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
When I use telix (or kermit) in WIN 3.1, or use telix after exiting windows
to dos, telix can not find the serial port. If you have some ideas on how
to solve this problem or where I can find further information, send me email
or send it to the news group. Thanks.
Dale Erickson
[email protected] | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
14 | sci.space |
|
"I hold that space cannot be curved, for the simple reason that it can have
no properties."
"Of properties we can only speak when dealing with matter filling the
space. To say that in the presence of large bodies space becomes curved,
is equivalent to stating that something can act upon nothing. I,
for one, refuse to subscribe to such a view." - Nikola Tesla
----
ET "Tesla was 100 years ahead of his time. Perhaps now his time comes." | 14 | sci.space |
-| I just installed a Motorola XC68882RC50 FPU in an Amiga A2630 board (25 MHz
-| 68030 + 68882 with capability to clock the FPU separately). Previously
-| a MC68882RC25 was installed and everything was working perfectly. Now the
-| systems displays a yellow screen (indicating a exception) when it check for
-| the presence/type of FPU. When I reinstall an MC68882RC25 the system works
-| fine, but with the XC68882 even at 25 MHz it does not work. The designer
-| of the board mentioned that putting a pullup resistor on data_strobe (470 Ohm)
-| might help, but that didn't change anything. Does anybody have some
-| suggestions what I could do? Does this look like a CPU-FPU communications
-| problem or is the particular chip dead (it is a pull, not new)?
-| Moreover, the place I bought it from is sending me an XC68882RC33. I thought
-| that the 68882RC33 were labeled MC not XC (for not finalized mask design).
-| Are there any MC68882RC33?
-|
-| Thanks
-| Christian
-|
Have you changed the crystal that clocks for the FPU. If you
haven't then it won't work.
| 12 | sci.electronics |
The pricing of parts reminds me of something a chemist once said to me:
"A gram of this dye costs a dollar.
It comes out of a liter jar which also costs a dollar.
And if you want a whole barrel of it, that also costs a dollar."
I.e., they charge you almost exclusively for packaging it and delivering
it to you -- the chemical itself (in that particular case) was a byproduct
that cost almost nothing intrinsically.
| 12 | sci.electronics |
1) How was this testing done, and how many times? (Calibrated speedometer?)
2) It's not the "some cases" that worry me, it's the "other cases" :-) | 12 | sci.electronics |
Just to remark that I have heard that David Koresh has risen from
the dead. I dont know if it is true or not, but this is what I have
been told. What do you guys think? | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
I could never find the Microsoft mouse driver on my Windows 3.1 installation
disks, but DOS 6.0 also has version 8.20 of MOUSE.COM.
--- | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Pens-6 NJ Devils-6
FIRST PERIOD: SCORING: 1, Pittsburgh, Daniels(Needham, Tippett)4:14.
2, NJ Devils, C. Lemieux(Semak, Driver)10:19. 3, Pittsburgh, Stevens
(Tocchet, Murphy)12:40ppg. 4, NJ Devils, Zelepukin(Driver, Niedermayer)
17:26. PENALTIES: PGH, Stevens(roughing)1:30. NJD, Pellerin-double
minor(cross-checking)1:30. NJD, Zelepukin(tripping)7:21. NJD,
Stasny(holding)11:15. PGH, Taglianetti(roughing)13:51. NJD, Lemieux
(roughing)13:51. PGH, Jagr(tripping)15:23.
SECOND PERIOD: SCORING: 5, Pittsburgh, Lemieux(Murphy, Tocchet)1:42.
6, NJ Devils, Semak(Lemieux, Zelepukin)2:27. 7, Pittsburgh, McEachern
(Jagr, Barrasso)4:24. 8, NJD, Stevens(Guerin, Pellerin)5:45. 9,
Pittsburgh, Lemieux(unassisted)12:40shg. 10, NJ Devils, Richer
(Nicholls)15:53. 11, NJ Devils, Lemieux(Zelepukin)17:40. PENALTIES:
PGH, Stevens(roughing)3:06. NJD, McKay(roughing)3:06. PGH, Mullen
(hooking)10:42. PGH, Tocchet(roughing)12:06. NJD, Stevens(slashing)
12:06. NJD, Lemieux(unsportsmanlike conduct)12:40. PGH, U.
Samuelsson(cross checking)20:00. PGH, Barrasso-double minor(spearing)
served by McEachern, 20:00. NJD, Holik(cross checking)20:00. NJD,
Lemieux(roughing)20:00.
THIRD PERIOD: SCORING: 12, Pittsburgh, Mullen(Jagr, Lemieux)18:54.
PENALTIES: NJD, Daneyko(interference)3:37. PGH, Stevens(roughing)
9:18. NJD, Holik(roughing)9:18. PGH, match penalty-game misconduct,9:50.
NJD, Zelepukin(tripping)12:01. PGH, Stevens(roughing)18:41. NJD,
Daneyko(roughing)18:41.
OVERTIME: SCORING: No scoring. PENALTIES: No penalties.
SHOTS ON GOAL:
Pittsburgh: 9-11-8-2=30
NJ Devils: 12-15-9-3=39
GOALIES:
Barrasso(39 shots, 33 saves. 43-14-5)
Billington(30 shots, 24 saves)
REF: Devorski Linesmen: Gauthier, Vines | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
The reason for the existence of hell is justice. Fear is only an effect
of the reality of hell.
--
boundary, the catechist | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Newsgroups: rec.sport.hockey
Subject: Re: NHL team in Milwaukee
Summary:
Expires:
Sender:
Distribution:
Organization: Marquette University - Department MSCS
Keywords:
Lloyd Pettit married into Allen-Bradley Corp. (ab.com) family and owns the
Admirals. He donated the Bradley Center and the new Pettit National Ice
Center.
This is not the way I have heard it. See, Lloyd (as he is affectionately
referred to by Milwaukeeans and Bob Uecker) bought the Bradley Center *TO* get
the NHL to come here.
Yeah, the Bucks, the Milwaukee Wave (soccer), the Admirals, the Marquette
Warriors, concerts and a bunch of other things... | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
henrik] Country. Turks and Azeris consistantly WANT to drag ARMENIA into the
henrik] KARABAKH conflict with Azerbaijan.
BM] Gimme a break. CAPITAL letters, or NOT, the above is pure nonsense. It
BM] seems to me that short sighted Armenians are escalating the hostilities
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Again, Armenians in KARABAKH are SIMPLY defending themselves. What do
want them to do. Lay down their ARMS and let Azeris walk all over them.
BM] while hoping that Turkey will stay out. Stop and think for a moment,
BM] will you? Armenia doesn't need anyone to drag her into the conflict, it
BM] is a part of it.
Armenians KNEW from the begining that TURKS were FULLY engaged
training AZERIS militarily to fight against KARABAKHI-Armenians.
henrik] The KARABAKHI-ARMENIANS who have lived in their HOMELAND for 3000
henrik] years (CUT OFF FROM ARMENIA and GIVEN TO AZERIS BY STALIN) are the
henrik] ones DIRECTLY involved in the CONFLICT. They are defending
henrik] themselves against AZERI AGGRESSION.
BM] Huh? You didn't expect Azeri's to be friendly to forces fighting with them
BM] within their borders?
Well, history is SAD. Remember, those are relocated Azeris into
the Armenian LAND of KARABAKH by the STALIN regime.
henrik] At last, I hope that the U.S. insists that Turkey stay out of the
henrik] KARABAKH crisis so that the repeat of the CYPRUS invasion WILL NEVER
henrik] OCCUR again.
BM] You're not playing with a full deck, are you? Where would Turkey invade?
It is not up to me to speculate but I am sure Turkey would have stepped
into Armenia if SHE could.
BM] Are you throwing the Cyprus buzzword around with s.c.g. in the header
BM] in hopes that the Greek netters will jump the gun?
Absolutely NOT ! I am merely trying to emphasize that in many
cases, HISTORY repeats itself.
BM] Yes indeed Turkey has the military prowess to intervene, what she wishes
BM] she had, however, is the diplomatic power to stop the hostilities and bring
BM] the parties to the negotiating table. That's hard to do when Armenians
BM] are attacking Azeri towns.
So, let me understand in plain WORDS what you are saying; Turkey
wants a PEACEFUL END to this CONFLICT. NOT !!
I will believe it when I see it.
Now, as far as attacking, what do you do when you see a GUN pointing
to your HEAD ? Do you sit there and WATCH or DEFEND yoursef(fat chance)?
Do you remember what Azeris did to the Armenians in BAKU ? All the
BARBERIAN ACTS especially against MOTHERS and their CHILDREN. I mean
BURNING people ALIVE !
BM] Armenian leaders are lacking the statesmanship to recognize the
BM] futility of armed conflict and convince their nation that a compromise that
BM] leads to stability is much better than a military faits accomplis that's
BM] going to cause incessant skirmishes.
Armenians in KARABAKH want PEACE and their own republic. They are
NOT asking much. They simply want to get back what was TAKEN AWAY
from them and GIVEN to AZERIS by STALIN.
BM] Think of 10 or 20 years down the line -- both of the newly independent
BM] countries need to develop economically and neither one is going to wipe
BM] the other out. These people will be neighbors, would it not be better
BM] to keep the bad blood between them minimal?
Don't get me WRONG. I also want PEACEFUL solution to the
conflict. But until Azeris realize that, the Armenians in
KARABAKH will defend themselves against aggresion.
BM] If you belong to the Armenian diaspora, keep in mind that what strikes
BM] your fancy on the map is costing the local Armenians dearly in terms of
BM] their blood and future.
Again, you are taking different TURNS. Armenia HAS no intension
to GRAB any LAND from Azerbaijan. The Armenians in KARABAKH
are simply defending themselves UNTIL a solution is SET.
BM] It's easy to be comfortable abroad and propagandize
BM] craziness to have your feelings about Turks tickled. The Armenians
BM] in Armenia and N-K will be there, with the same people you seem to hate
BM] as their neighbors, for maybe 3000 years more. The sooner there's peace in
BM] the region the better it is for them and everyone else. I'd push for
BM] compromise if I were you instead of hitting the caps-lock and spreading
BM] inflammatory half-truths. | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
Dr. Tahir Ijaz comments on Esam Abdel-Rahem's statement:
Mr. Jawad Ali then comments on Tahir Ijaz's statement:
"The converse would be that the problem is that Muslims dont consider
Ahmadies to be Muslims"
Which is a wrong statement. In the light of Dr. Ijaz's statement, the
above statement should be corrected:
".......................................is that (some) non-Ahmadi Muslims
don't consider Ahmadi-Muslims as Muslims"
So, the problem does not get solved:-) Who is a muslims and who is not?
Humans cannot decide. Humans may not declare others faiths. Its that
simple. I don't understand, why the mere use of the word "ISLAM" is
becomming such a big issue. I have seen numorous postings on the net
on this subject, and all they say, "No, NO, you cannot use ISLAM as
the name of your newsgroup". ??
I haven't seen a single posting stating what right do they have in declaring
the name of other's faiths? Who gives them this authority? Quran? or
Hadith? or something else? I want to know this!
Just a small reminder to all my Muslim Brothers, Did _EVER_ the
Holy Prophet of Islam (Muhammad PBUH), say to anyone who called
himself a Muslim:
No, You are not a Muslim ! ???????
NEVER! I challenge all my Muslim brothers to produce a single
such evidence from the history of Islam!
Hence, if the Prophet Muhammad could never do that to anyone, how
could the Muslims, Mullahs or even Governments of today do
it to anyone. Do you consider yourself above the Holy Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH) ??
Sincerely,
Nabeel.
| 19 | talk.religion.misc |
Yes, but as has been mentioned many times before, the Islanders play at
the talent level of their opponent. Since Hartford is pitiful, the
Islanders played pitiful. Since Pittsburgh is great, the Isles will most
likely play great. This is most likely due to inexperience and very poor
shooting. To Greg: yes, I have noticed that the Islanders couldn't hit
the broad side of a barn with the puck if they were two feet in front of
it. Does anyone have shooting percentages? I don't know if that would
help, since they often miss the net completely, but it might shed some
light on the subject.
And, my playoff pool is running!!! Exact rules to be posted tomorrow, but
don't hesitate to send in picks!!!
--
Keith Keller LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!!
LET'S GO QUAKERS!!!!!
[email protected] IVY LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!! | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Personally, i wouldn't use the $1.29 product from KMart. I knew about
this previously, but this past weekend on PBS's MotorWeek Pat Goss
(their resident tech type) discussed these products, and recommends
not using them (i.e, the non-isopropyl alcohlo based injector cleaners).
Supposedly only the isopropyl based cleaners actually remove moisture
from your fuel tank as they clean your injectors. And although the
others (ethyl based) do clean injectors they also cause rubber
components in the fuel system to deteriorate, and they don't mix well
with water to help remove it from the fuel system.
I use a product recommended by VW called 44K (by BG Products, Inc.).
It cost more about $14.00, but it is supposed to do the job without
the potential harmful side effects, and its results are supposed to
last from 2k to 4k miles. I have also used Chevron's Techtrolene (sp?).
I can't say that i have noticed any difference using either, since i
only use these product as a preventative maintenance item.
.
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The fact that I need to explain it to you indicates
that you probably wouldn't understand anyway! | 7 | rec.autos |
Deuteronmy 20:13
And when the Lord thy God hath delivered it into thine hands, thou shalt smite
every male thereof with the edge of the sword
Joshua 6:21
And they utterly destroyed all that was in the city, bith man and women,
young and old, and ox, and sheep, and ass, with the edge of the sword. | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
I always thought that the Pope was a bear.
You know, because of that little saying:
Does a bear shit in the woods?
Is the Pope Catholic? | 0 | alt.atheism |
I am trying to build a circuit that detects the presence of video (Vs.
a blank screen) by monitoring the R,G, and B outputs of a graphics
card. It should be able to detect the presence of a single pixel at
65 MHz, which would mean detecting a 15 NS pulse. It should also be
able to tell the difference between a blank screen (about 300 mv)
and a dim screen (say, around 310 mv). Oh yes, it also needs to be
cheap.
My first circuit was a dismal failure. I used 3 compariators; each
compariator had the + input going to one of the guns, the - input
went to a reference created by a voltage divider(a potentiometer).
The first problem was that the compariator was way too slow.. I
needed to get several pixels in a row before it would fire the
compariators, so I could have a whole screen full of text, but my
circuit would not detect it.
The second problem is that there was more noise on the reference then
the smallest difference between a blank screen and a dim screen. In
fact the difference between completely black and completely white is
only 650 mv. I am wondering if I am going to have to amplify the
video signals to make this work.
There are faster compariators, but they are expensive, and require
split supplies. I would need to replace my .49 quad compariator
with three 1.89 compariators, and create a whole new power supply
circuit.
At this point, I think what I need is some sort of transistor
circuit. Transistors are fast and cheap and should do the trick...
Unfortunately, I am way out of my league when It comes to designing
transistor circuits, so I am appealing to the net for help. Any
ideas, tips, circuits, pointers, references, etc. would be greatly
appreciated.
Oh yes, I only sample the output of this thing every second or so, so
I don't need a fast response time at all, however, I haven't found a
way to take advantage of that fact.
Thanks a lot for any help anybody might be able to give. Of course,
you will have my undying gratitude.
Steve Verity
| 12 | sci.electronics |
Stuff deleted
Hmmmmmmmmmmmm.............................................
I can put the same question to followers of any religion. How do you
Moslems resolve differences of opinion ?? Don't tell me that there
is one interpretation of the Quran. Read the soc.culture.* newsgroups.
You will zillions of different interpretations.
-- Naren
[email protected] | 0 | alt.atheism |
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Alpine 5959S 6-CD Shuttle. Paid $600, want $420/OBO.
Alpine 1203 Remote CD Changer Control. Paid $250, want $175/OBO.
Boston ProSeries 10.0 Subwoofers (2) + Box. Paid $545, want $380/OBO.
All equipment is under 6 months old and includes a full-replacement 5-year
warranty from original point of purchase. The subwoofer box was custom
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Brett Barksdale [email protected] | 6 | misc.forsale |
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
(Pittsburgh, Pennslyvania)
______________________________________________________________
For Immediate Release April 17, 1993
RADIO ADDRESS TO THE NATION
BY THE PRESIDENT
Pittsburgh International Airport
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
10:06 A.M. EDT
THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. My voice is coming to
you this morning through the facilities of the oldest radio
station in America, KDKA in Pittsburgh. I'm visiting the city to
meet personally with citizens here to discuss my plans for jobs,
health care and the economy. But I wanted first to do my weekly
broadcast with the American people.
I'm told this station first broadcast in 1920 when
it reported that year's presidential elections. Over the past
seven decades presidents have found ways to keep in touch with
the people, from whistle-stop tours to fire-side chats to the bus
tour that I adopted, along with Vice President Gore, in last
year's campaign.
Every Saturday morning I take this time to talk with
you, my fellow Americans, about the problems on your minds and
what I'm doing to try and solve them. It's my way of reporting
to you and of giving you a way to hold me accountable.
You sent me to Washington to get our government and
economy moving after years of paralysis and policy and a bad
experiment with trickle-down economics. You know how important
it is for us to make bold, comprehensive changes in the way we do
business.
We live in a competitive global economy. Nations
rise and fall on the skills of their workers, the competitiveness
of their companies, the imagination of their industries, and the
cooperative experience and spirit that exists between business,
labor and government. Although many of the economies of the
industrialized world are now suffering from slow growth, they've
made many of the smart investments and the tough choices which
our government has for too long ignored. That's why many of them
have been moving ahead and too many of our people have been
falling behind.
We have an economy today that even when it grows is
not producing new jobs. We've increased the debt of our nation
by four times over the last 12 years, and we don't have much to
show for it. We know that wages of most working people have
stopped rising, that most people are working longer work weeks
and that too many families can no longer afford the escalating
cost of health care.
But we also know that, given the right tools, the
right incentives and the right encouragement, our workers and
businesses can make the kinds of products and profits our economy
needs to expand opportunity and to make our communities better
places to live.
In many critical products today Americans are the
low cost, high quality producers. Our task is to make sure that
we create more of those kinds of jobs.
Just two months ago I gave Congress my plan for
long-term jobs and economic growth. It changes the old
priorities in Washington and puts our emphasis where it needs to
be -- on people's real needs, on increasing investments and jobs
and education, on cutting the federal deficit, on stopping the
waste which pays no dividends, and redirecting our precious
resources toward investment that creates jobs now and lays the
groundwork for robust economic growth in the future.
These new directions passed the Congress in record
time and created a new sense of hope and opportunity in our
country. Then the jobs plan I presented to Congress, which would
create hundreds of thousands of jobs, most of them in the private
sector in 1993 and 1994, passed the House of Representatives. It
now has the support of a majority of the United States Senate.
But it's been held up by a filibuster of a minority in the
Senate, just 43 senators. They blocked a vote that they know
would result in the passage of our bill and the creation of jobs.
The issue isn't politics; the issue is people.
Millions of Americans are waiting for this legislation and
counting on it, counting on us in Washington. But the jobs bill
has been grounded by gridlock.
I know the American people are tired of business as
usual and politics as usual. I know they don't want us to spin
or wheels. They want the recovery to get moving. So I have
taken a first step to break this gridlock and gone the extra
mile. Yesterday I offered to cut the size of this plan by 25
percent -- from $16 billion to $12 billion.
It's not what I'd hoped for. With 16 million
Americans looking for full-time work, I simply can't let the bill
languish when I know that even a compromise bill will mean
hundreds of thousands of jobs for our people. The mandate is to
act to achieve change and move the country forward. By taking
this initiative in the face of an unrelenting Senate talkathon, I
think we can respond to your mandate and achieve a significant
portion of our original goals.
First, we want to keep the programs as much as
possible that are needed to generate jobs and meet human needs,
including highway and road construction, summer jobs for young
people, immunization for children, construction of waste water
sites, and aid to small businesses. We also want to keep funding
for extended unemployment compensation benefits, for people who
have been unemployed for a long time because the economy isn't
creating jobs.
Second, I've recommended that all the other programs
in the bill be cut across-the-board by a little more than 40
percent.
And third, I've recommended a new element in this
program to help us immediately start our attempt to fight against
crime by providing $200 million for cities and towns to rehire
police officers who lost their jobs during the recession and put
them back to work protecting our people. I'm also going to fight
for a tough crime bill because the people of this country need it
and deserve it.
Now, the people who are filibustering this bill --
the Republican senators -- say they won't vote for it because it
increases deficit spending, because there's extra spending this
year that hasn't already been approved. That sounds reasonable,
doesn't it? Here's what they don't say. This program is more
than paid for by budget cuts over my five-year budget, and this
budget is well within the spending limits already approved by the
Congress this year.
It's amazing to me that many of these same senators
who are filibustering the bill voted during the previous
administration for billions of dollars of the same kind of
emergency spending, and much of it was not designed to put the
American people to work.
This is not about deficit spending. We have offered
a plan to cut the deficit. This is about where your priorities
are -- on people or on politics.
Keep in mind that our jobs bill is paid for dollar
for dollar. It is paid for by budget cuts. And it's the
soundest investment we can now make for ourselves and our
children. I urge all Americans to take another look at this jobs
and investment program; to consider again the benefits for all of
us when we've helped make more American partners working to
ensure the future of our nation and the strength of our economy.
You know, if every American who wanted a job had
one, we wouldn't have a lot of the other problems we have in this
country today. This bill is not a miracle, it's a modest first
step to try to set off a job creation explosion in this country
again. But it's a step we ought to take. And it is fully paid
for over the life of our budget.
Tell your lawmakers what you think. Tell them how
important the bill is. If it passes, we'll all be winners.
Good morning, and thank you for listening. | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
please e-mail me too,
thanks
...howard
[email protected]
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Everyone... Read this. If you have already sent your predictions, please
correct the Patrick division if you would like. You have until midnight
on monday (my time.)
You may need to correct these games...
3 - Pittsburgh vs. New Jersey
4 - New York Islanders vs. Washington
10 - Patrick Division Winner
13 - Wales Conference Winner
15 - Stanley Cup Winner
Please forward all corrections to
Richard Madison
[email protected]
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
1) So what?
2) It will be interesting to see the reaction when 2.5million queers
gather in Washington DC. After all if there are only 6million of
us then this is an event unprecidented in history...
Don't forget that 25% had 20 or more partners....
And what did this study show for number of sexual contacts for those
who said they where homosexual? Or is that number to inconvient for
you....
Fuck off
| 18 | talk.politics.misc |
FOR SALE
Apple Macintosh SE/30
8MB RAM, 80MB HD
System 7.1 Installed
RasterOps 264/30 24-bit video card for SE/30
Apple 13" Monitor
Targus carrying case
I'm after offers in the region of 1250 pounds. I'm in the
north London area.
Contact Mark Allerton
E-Mail:
[email protected]
[email protected] | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I have a new MR535 Mitsubishi hard drive (RLL or MFM) that has been
in storage and will not format. I suspected that the switch settings
may have been moved in the movement of the drive from one place to
another. Does anyone have the switch settings for this drive. It has
J1 SW1 with 6 switches and SW2 has 8 switches. SW2 is the one that
selects the drive number. If you have info on this drive, or know
a number I can call to configure it, please, please let me know by
email. It has 977 cyl 5 heads and I think is type 17.
Thanks in advance!
Chuck Browning | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I have the following 45 rpm singles for sale. Most are collectable 7-inch
records with picture sleeves. Price does not include postage which is $1.21
for the first record, $1.69 for two, etc.
Rolling Stones|19th Nervous Brakdown (London Picture Sleeve)|$10
Rolling Stones|Jumpin Jack Flash (London Picture Sleeve)|$10
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If you are intereste, please contact: | 6 | misc.forsale |
From Denning:
the Skipjack encryption algorithm
F, an 80-bit family key that is common to all chips
N, a 30-bit serial number
U, an 80-bit secret key that unlocks all messages encrypted with the chip
E[M; K], the encrypted message stream, and
E[E[K; U] + N; F], a law enforcement block.
Where the session key is K, and is transmitted encrypted in the unit Key U.
Which along with the serial number N is encrypted in the Family key F.
Presumably the protocol can be recovered (if by nothing else, differential
analysis).
Postulate if you will, a chip (or logic) sitting between the clipper chip
and its communications channel. The function of this spoof chip is twofold:
1) Transmit Channel
The spoof chip XORs the 30 bit encrypted serial number with
a secondary keying variable. This renders the serial number
unrecoverable with just the family key
2) Receive Channel
The spoof chip XORs the incoming encrypted serial number
with a secondary keying variable (assuming integrity of the
law enforcement block is necessary for local operation -
checksums, sequence control, etc.).
This has the net result of hiding the serial number. It is probable theere is
a known plaintext pattern used as a filler in the block containing N (34 bits
as used in generating U, U1,U2) correctness of the law enforcement block
can be determined with only the family key F. Whereas, no one has proposed
Federal Agencies be denied F, and because they could recover it themselves,
The correctness of the serial number can be tested by examining the pad bits
of N in E[N; F].
The one could selectively alter the law enforcement block as above, but the
mutilation could be detected. A better approach would be to mutilate the
entire law enforcement block. If it were done with a group encryption scheme
such as DES or (presumably) Skipjack, the chances the law enforcement block
can be recovered are lessened.
What do you want to bet the transmission protocol can be recognized and the
serial numbers decrypted in a target search? When digital transmission
becomes widely available, would there be a requirement that clipper protocol
transmissions be refused when containing mutilated law enforcement blocks?
One way to avoid notice, would be to spoof protocol information of the block
containing M, as well as spoofing the law enforcement block.
The goal is to use a secure communications scheme, without redress to
detection or key K interception (contained encrypted within the law
enforcement block). The data stream is returned to its original state
for use by the clipper chip (or system) if required, for proper operation.
It is somewhat improbable that the entire protocol will be contained within
the clipper chip, yet likely that sequence of events will be tested for,
requiring a valid law enforcement block to be received before accepting
and decrypting E(M; K);
The spoof chip could be implemented anywhere in the protocols, including
on the resulting serial data stream. Existing clipper products could
be subborned. After all, they are high security encryption systems right?
Super encipherment/encryption could allow the chip to be used without
redress to detection of the use of the chip, or disclosure of the serial
number. Security must be adequate to deny the serial number, which should
not be recoverable by other means. One can see the use of cut outs for
procurring clipper phones, or once the number of units is high enough,
stealing them. It would be a mistake on the part of authority, but nice
from a point of privacy, if the serial number N were not associated with
a particular clipper chip or lot of chips through the manufacturing and
distribution process. Hopefully the list of known missing or stolen
clipper serial numbers N encrypted with F, and the protocols are not
sufficient plaintext to attact the super encrypted clipper stream.
This could be further made difficult by altering the temporal and or
spatial relationship of the clipper stream to that of the super encrypted
stream.
Detection of an encrypted stream could tip off the use of the aforementioned
scheme.
******************************************************************************
If you could capture valid law enforcement blocks not your own, and use
them in a codebook sustitution with your own, where they point to a valid
law enforcement block stored in a library utilizing a session key matching
the remainder of the transmission, you could simply out and out lie, yet
deliver to monitoring and/or hostile forces a seemingly valid law enforcement
block. These captured law enforcement blocks would be used as authenticators,
such as in a manually keyed encryption system. Fending this off would require
escalation in examining the protocols and blocks in the transmission.
The M code stream might be independently attacked based on knowledge of
clipper chip protocols as revealed plaintext. This could be invalidated
by changing the temporal and or spatial relationship of the clipper M stream
and the actual transmitted stream, under the control of a secure key
generator synchronized between endpoints.
The useful life time of captured law enforcement blocks might be limited
based on hostile forces using them as targets following transmission
interception. You would need a large number of them, but, hey there's
supposed to be millions of these things, right? Adding time stamps to
the encrypted law enforcement block is probably impractical, who wants
an encryption chip with a real time clock?
***************************************************************************** | 11 | sci.crypt |
Hello,
I am looking to slightly increase the performance of my 89 Honda
Civic Si. I was wondering if anyone could suggest upgrades that were not
too drastic. I thought that one of the easiest upgrades would be a new
header. Does anyone know what kind of increase that the header would give
me? I think I would check with Jackson Racing for the part. Are there
any other comparines would make Honda parts.
Are there any other small changes that can be easily made and won't
screw up the car. Things like new injectors?, new fuel injection chip etc?
I would welcome any suggestions of small changes that would make a
difference.
I don't really want to change the cam etc because I have heard that it
would be much harder on the engine.
E-Mail relpies prefered please and I will post a summary of all the replies.
Thanks for any help you may have to offer!
| 7 | rec.autos |
SPECIFIC:
Basically to be able to do the things the big dadies can do.. Monitor, and
control if need be the Shuttle...
Such as the one in Australia and such.... | 14 | sci.space |
I've recently listened to a tape by Dr. Stanislaw Burzynski, in which he
claims to have discovered a series naturally occuring peptides with anti-
cancer properties that he names antineoplastons. Burzynski says that his
work has met with hostility in the United States, despite the favorable
responses of his subjects during clinical trials.
What is the generally accepted opinion of Dr. Burzynski's research? He
paints himself as a lone researcher with a new breakthrough battling an
intolerant medical establishment, but I have no basis from which to judge
his claims. Two weeks ago, however, I read that the NIH's Department of
Alternative Medicine has decided to focus their attention on Burzynski's
work. Their budget is so small that I imagine they wouldn't investigate a
treatment that didn't seem promising.
Any opinions on Burzynski's antineoplastons or information about the current
status of his research would be appreciated.
| 13 | sci.med |
Hmmmmm......what about their kids?
cpk
--
It's been 80 days. Do you know where your wallet is? | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
I was having the same problems compiling X11R5 on a IPC sunos 4.1.3.
If you compile with 'make -k World' it will not stop on the
ld errors. As was stated in another post the clients with the
errors still run correctly. | 5 | comp.windows.x |
===== This is a posting for my friend who does not have USENET access ========
===== Please contact him (not me) directly, thank you ========================
1. The Mac II is supposed to have a socket for the MC68851 PMMU chip. Could
anyone let me know where that socket is on the motherboard. I have obtained
a PMMU chip (16 Mhz) from a surplus store, and would like to install it onto
my Mac II (circa 1987). But I cannot see the socket myself when I tried to
install it.
2. Could anyone send me the pinouts for the Mac II SCSI DB-25 interface?
Thank you. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
On 15 Apr 1993 22:34:40 GMT, Eric Sieferman observed:
: Christian: washed in the blood of the lamb.
: Mithraist: washed in the blood of the bull.
: If anyone in .netland is in the process of devising a new religion,
: do not use the lamb or the bull, because they have already been
: reserved. Please choose another animal, preferably one not
: on the Endangered Species List.
How about "washed in the blood of Barney the Dinosaur"? :)
| 19 | talk.religion.misc |
I was wondering if anyone knew any changes to the temple
ceremony within the last fifty years....
Also, why do you think they were made (revelation,
assimilation to mainstream Christianity, etc.)?
I know that the God Makers was published quite a while
ago. Could rituals have been changed since then?
I am also very interested in the influence of Freemasonry
on early Mormonism, especially in the Smith family and
in the Nauvoo settlement. Info on any new studies would
be appreciated.
Thanks, | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Point your gopher client at merlot.welch.jhu.edu
and select the following directories:
--> 13. Search and Retrieve Software/
--> 8. Search and Retrieve Graphics Software and Data/
And you'll see -
--> 1. Graphics Online Bibliography (ACM SIGGRAPH)/
2. Graphics Software and Data Archives (ftp sites)/
3. Search All Graphics Information <?>
4. Search Comp.graphics FAQ <?>
5. Search Graphics Resources (Software and Data) <?>
6. Search Pictures Utilities FAQ <?>
1. Graphics Online Bibliography (ACM SIGGRAPH)/
Searches and archives of bibliographic database that covers
graphics literature for over a hundred years (served
by a gopher hole in Austria).
2. Graphics Software and Data Archives (ftp sites)/
Has links to over 70 sites around the world which
have software and/or data for computer graphics.
This can be used on its own or as a companion to the
searches found in this directory which will point you
toward software and data at various places.
3. Search All Graphics Information <?>
4. Search Comp.graphics FAQ <?>
5. Search Graphics Resources (Software and Data) <?>
6. Search Pictures Utilities FAQ <?>
These searches contain a wealth of information about
computer graphics, data, software, techniques etc...
3. Search All Graphics Information <?>
Will simply search all of the information contained
in searches 4, 5, and 6.
4. Search Comp.graphics FAQ <?>
Lets you search the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
from the Comp.graphics newsgroup compiled by John
Grieggs at the JPL.
5. Search Graphics Resources (Software and Data) <?>
Lets you search the Grpahics Resource Listing of
software and data provided by Nick Fotis at the
National Technical Univ. of Athens.
6. Search Pictures Utilities FAQ <?>
Lets you search the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
from the Alt.binaries.pixutils newsgroup compiled by
Jim Howard at Cadence.
Select:
--> 3. Search All Graphics Information <?>
And search for:
usgs
And you'll find out some information about USGS data availability.
Now select:
--> 2. Graphics Software and Data Archives (ftp sites)/
and you might find the following interesting:
--> 12. Cartographic data - USGS data (Xerox)/
--> 42. Mapgen/Plotgen and more (USGS)/
--> 68. USGS Weekly Seismicity Reports (including maps - GIF)/
--> 68. USGS Earth Science Data Directory/
(This actually is a database of available data - search
it for terrain - could prove quite useful.)
One other place to look is only available by anonymous ftp at
the moment -
US Geological Survey Maps - isdres.er.usgs.gov (130.11.48.2).
If you've never heard of gopher don't worry it's free and on the net,
write me a note if you'd like information on how to get started.
Best of luck,
Dan Jacobson
[email protected] | 1 | comp.graphics |
I'm running X under openwindows 3. Normal X programs not having a
font specified always show up in the same font - until I change the
fontpath, and restart windows - then a new default font is used until
the next change. I can't seem to figure out how it chooses. Is there
some way to set this? Possibly something in .Xdefaults???
Please reply in direct email - I summarize. | 5 | comp.windows.x |
Not quite true. One of the instruments on Mars Observer will be searching
for potential fossil sites.
| 14 | sci.space |
What do I need to do to be able to run an NEC 3FGx in 800x 600 mode
on my IIci? Can it be done with the right video card? If so, which
video card?
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Hi folks
Say, I'm new to R5 and have one quick question.
In using xon ( xon <machine_name> ) , I notice that it
always comes up with a very small window . I'm pretty
sure its the default font. My xterms all work normally.
Is xon supposed to read your .Xresources for a font size ?
xrdb -q appears to show the right stuff.
I can use xon with arguments such as xterm -fn 10x20 etc
and everything is correct. Of course you could always do a
simple script to do this , but I have a feeling I'm missing
something simple here.
Comments / suggestions appreciated.
Thanks in advance | 5 | comp.windows.x |
My Beckman died a few days ago, thanks do about a 4 or 5 foot drop onto a
lab table. !@#!@$#!@$@#$ Probably not indicative of anything, but I've
already filled out the requisition for a Fluke 87. :-)
Oh yeah, and sometimes our measurements here do count. Not often, but often
enough that I want at least _one_ good meter! | 12 | sci.electronics |
A little delayed, but in the interests of fairness (stats from Elias);
BA OBP SLG R HR RBI RNI % outs
Alomar .310 .405 .427 105 8 76 264 20.5 419
Baerga .312 .354 .455 92 20 105 316 21.2 480
So we see that Baerga has a large advantage in RBI (runs batted in), RNI
(runners not driven in) and outs. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
In my last post I referred to Michael Adams as "Nick." Completely my
error; Nick Adams was a film and TV actor from the '50's and early '60's
(remember Johnny Yuma, The Rebel?). He was from my part of the country,
and Michael's email address of "nmsca[...]" probably helped confuse things
in my mind. Purely user headspace error on my part. Sorry. | 14 | sci.space |
Doug-- Actually, if memory serves, the Atlas is an outgrowth of the old
Titan ICBM. If so, there's probably quite a few old pads, albeit in need
of some serious reconditioning. Still, Being able to buy the turf and
pad (and bunkers, including prep facility) at Midwest farmland prices
strikes me as pretty damned cheap.
| 14 | sci.space |
Mysstem crashes aftwer sleepp. I use 1.0.1 enabler. I use appletalk and
filesharing. I have and ExpressModem.
--Lowell | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
it can
position.
now, but
please
Sunny,
I asked this question a while ago while contemplating placing my 650 on
it's side. I received a response from someone at Seagate (Sorry I
trashed the message) stating that most newer drives (Seagates at the
least) can very well compensate for gravity. This means that a
horizontally formatted drive can be later placed vertically with no data
integrity problems. The only way that newer drives cannot work is if you
have varying forces (shaking, bouncing, etc) so don't place the drive on
it's side on a rocking chair :). What constitutes a 'newer' drive I
don't know, try calling your drive manufacturer. I have a Quantum LP240S
internal, and since I got it a month ago, I am guessing it's 'newer'. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
A Alan Brock 4/14/93 Orange County Register Editorial titled "A case for
repealing the income tax" got my attention.
Some quotes:
"... a tax on income, because of the flexible definition of that
concept, invites the government to snoop into every nook and
cranny of our lives. Encouraging people to snoop on one another
and report transgressions against the almighty state, which most
Americans deplored in Nazi or communist regimes..."
"... Although most Americans paid no income tax at all 50 years ago
-- withholding began only during World War II, as a "temporary"
exigency, and in 1948 the median family federal income tax was $9..."
"Last year the federal government got only 37 percent of its income
from income taxes... How long ago was it that the federal government
somehow managed to stagger along on 63 percent of its 1992 revenue?
... Would you believe five?..." | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
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Anonymous,
I saw a posting about the choice between 80486DX-50 and a 80486DX2-50.
I was wondering: although a DX-50 is faster because of the path to it's
external cache, shouldn't the choice be the DX2-50 as that one can be
made to work properly with a local-bus? I mean, cache speed is one thing,
but all your speed will be blocked during video I/O, so just get that
faster...
I'm willing to speculate that the DX2-50 with local-bus will be 2-4 times
as fast as the DX-50 and probably as expensive (or cheap ;-)! | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
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[email protected] Molly Hamilton | 13 | sci.med |
It would be nice to think that individuals can somehow 'beat the system'
and like a space explorer, boldly go where no man has gone before and
return with a prize cure. Unfortunately, too often the prize is limited
and the efficacy of the 'cure' questionable when applied to all
sufferers.
This applies to both medical researchers and non-medical individuals.
Just because it appears in an obscure journal and may be of some use
does not make the next cure-all. What about the dozens of individuals
who have courageously participated in clinical trials? Did they have any
guarentee of cures? Are they any less because they didn't trumpet their
story all over the world?
As a parting note, wasn't there some studies done on Gingko seeds for
Meniere's? (To the original poster : what about trying for a trial of
that? It's probably not a final answer but it certainly may alleviate
some of the discomfort. And you'd be helping answer the question for
future sufferers.) | 13 | sci.med |
I had heard the rumors about LA, Cin, Hou, and SD all being
interested in Mark Davis, so it doesn't surprise me that a
team had to give up something and cash to actually get him.
Lynch "MOB" | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
The gl2p1.lzh stuff under gfx/show on the Aminet sites includes a
utility called pic2hl, that is a filter for HamLab that can handle
the most commonly used kinds of .PIC and .CLP files.
The biggest problem is that the .CLP files don't usually contain a
palette, so you need to convert a .PIC with the right palette
first (which creates a "ram:picpal" file), and then convert the
.CLP files.
| 1 | comp.graphics |
Well, I'm afraid the time has come; my rice-burner has finally died.
I'd always promised my wife that we would do a Scandanavian tour when
my car died and pick up a Volvo in Sweden, drive it around and then
import it home.
Can anyone give me 1) advice on feasibility and relative costs 2)
references where I might learn more 3) Personal experience?
Please email | 7 | rec.autos |
What, a dog weighs 150lb maybe, at max? You can't handle it?
You have, I presume, thumbs? Grapple with it and tear it's head
off!
Sheesh, even a trained attack dog is no match for a human,
we have *all* the advantages.
Regards, Charles
DoD0.001
RZ350 | 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Here again, the problem with most of the individuals posting here, you take the
biblical account as though it were some sort of historical recounting in the
modern sense. I would refer you to John Dominic Crossans Book _The Cross That
Spoke_ (Pub. Harper and Row, 1988). The earliest texts which we have make no
reference to an empty tomb. Nor is an empty tomb necessary for a claim of
resurrection. Modern Evangelicals/Fundamentalists have completely missed what
the point of resurrection is -- Here the work of George Nickelsburg's work
_Resurrection, Immortality, and Eternal Life in Intertestamental Judaism_ (Publ
Cambridge, Havard Univ. Press, 1972) is most helpful. Look At Rom 1:1-3. Paul
here has no need of an empty tomb. Additionally in 1 Cor 15, Here again there
is no mention of an empty tomb. He was raised (note the passive), he appeared,
no ascension either.
Resurrection could be accomplished without ever disturbing the bones in the
grave. The whole idea of an empty tomb isn't broached in any of our texts
until well after the fall of Jerusalem. By that time, the idea of coming up
with a body would have been ludicrious. Moreover Mack has argued (convicingly,
I think) that the empty tomb story first appears in Mark (we have no texts
before this which mention the tomb).
You are quite right here. Even the Idea of a subjective mystical event as the
foundation of the resurrection narratives is currently becoming more untenable.
See B. Mack _A Myth of Innocence_. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Yes, there are serveral programs which can convert font files (eq the Borland
fonts) to objects consisting of spheres, cones etc.
I've used a program (forgot its name/place, but i can look for it) which
converted these Borland fonts to three different raytracers. Vivid, POV and
Polyray (which i like more (more flexibel/faster/use of expressions etc).
The program has a lot nice features.
So if interested give me a mail. | 1 | comp.graphics |
OK will some one out there tell me why / how DOS 5
can read (I havn't tried writing in case it breaks something)
the Win/NT NTFS file system.
I thought NTFS was supposed to be better than the FAT system | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Unfortunately there a *LOT* of such software. I also find it to be
the case that the majority of the software that is BAD in this regard
is COMMERCIAL software. Way too many commercial packages are very
poorly written. But then most of the programs in MS-DOS are crap, such
as the PRINT command TSR that locks up your system for long periods of
time when the printer is full instead of trying every clock tick.
Back to comm software... I find success with TELIX (my COM3 at 3e8/5
works ok on TELIX). | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
"A handful of anti-gun zealots are telling the public that their
right to self-defense is of less importance than the interests of
Handgun Control, Inc. This action comes as local, state and federal law
enforcement officials continue their assault on the Branch Davidian
compound--an assault which has already resulted in the death of one
two year old child at the hands of federal agents. This has highlighted
the need for citizens to be able to defend themselves and their children
against the excesses of their own government."
"Any suggestion by opponents that this bill will increase crime is a
distortion of the facts, at best. The aggressive outreach by officials
in central Florida to train and arm women has led to a dramatic drop in
the level of assault and rape in that area. Of course, this program is
a rare gem, as many law enforcement officials apparently believe that an
unarmed citizenry will be easier to control, and thus favor tighter
restrictions."
"The vote today is a tribute to the good sense of the public at large
who are putting their lives on the line every day as they go about their
lawful affairs. The entire country knows how vulnerable the average
citizen is, both to attacks from criminals and from armed assault by our
own police. Texas lawmakers who voted for this concealed handgun bill have
shown total understanding for those innocent, law-abiding citizens on the
front lines, and the families of those who have fallen."
"I urge the House of Representatives to pay attention to the needs
of their constituents, and not be stampeded by ill-conceived arguments
from ideological fanatics."
Ain't propaganda fun?
| 16 | talk.politics.guns |
I'm working on an X11R5 application and have concerns regarding
standard colormaps.
these colormaps." I wonder what window manager the writer had
in mind. Neither twm or mwm seem to create standard colormaps.
Of course, one can use xstdcmap to create standard colormaps.
However, xstdcmap doesn't seem to try very hard to avoid
conflicts with the default colormap. When I use standard
colormaps created by xstdcmap, the rest of my display goes black.
So it seems as if use of standard colormaps causes the very
problem standard colormaps are intended to avoid. Perhaps
if every application used standard colormaps, things would
be wonderful. But not many applications seem to use
standard colormaps.
Finally, the operation of the functions XmuGetColormapAllocation,
XmuStandardColormap, and XmuCreateColormap seem inconsistent
with the section 14.3 of the X11R5 XLIB documentation.
According to the section 14.3 of the X11R5 XLIB documentation (p. 436):
For GrayScale colormaps, only the colormap, red_max, red_mult, and
base_pixel members are defined. The other members are ignored.
To compute a GrayScale pixel value, use the following expression:
(gray * red_mult + base_pixel) &0xFFFFFFFF
XmuGetColormapAllocation, defined in mit/lib/Xmu/CmapAlloc.c, is
used by XmuLookupStandardColormap, defined in mit/lib/Xmu/LookupCmap.c
to select red_max, green_max, and blue_max values for the
call to XmuStandardColormap. When the RGB_GRAY_MAP property is
specified, XmuGetColormapAllocation sets red_max to 30% of the
total number of cells in the gray scale, sets green_max to 59%
of the total number, and sets blue_max ot 11% of the total number.
Referring to section 14.3, one would expect XmuGetColormapAllocation
to set red_max to the total number of cells in the gray scale.
When the RGB_GRAY_MAP property is specified, XmuStandardColormap,
defined in mit/lib/Xmu/StdCmap.c, sets red_mult, green_mult,
and blue_mult all equal to 1. Referring to section 14.3,
one would expect green_mult and blue_mult to be ignored. | 5 | comp.windows.x |
No, and Im especially unhappy that these 70+ people died in an assault
on private property with government armored vehicles.
I am also unhappy (or actually, very suspicious) that the FBI was dismissing
out of hand any chances that they might have accidentally set the blaze
themselves. I mean, I guess we are just supposed to believe that
ramming modified tanks into the walls of a building and injecting
toxic gases into the building are just routine procedures, no WAY
anything could go wrong.
| 19 | talk.religion.misc |
I recently purchased a Centris 610 and am having difficulty getting
my computer to recognize my hard disk drive (external) Using both the
disk uitily of TMS (Diskwriter) and Jasmine's software, neither one
will show the drive. The drive is the only device connected to the
scuzzi port. I cant find the manual to the tms pro 120 and seem to
remember that it is "terminated". Is there something else that I am
doing (or not doing) that does not allow my 610 to recognize my external
disk drive?.
thanks in advance for the information. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
OK, you asked for it!
I guess that doesn't bode well for the Cubs then does it?
| 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
Where can I get xman source? I would rather get
xman for an HP 9000/700, but source will do.
| 5 | comp.windows.x |
[snip]
Honest, it just ended like that, I swear!
Hmmmm...I recognize the warning signs...alternating polite and
rude...coming into newsgroup with huge chip on shoulder...calls
people names and then makes nice...whirrr...click...whirrr
"Clam" Bake Timmons = Bill "Shit Stirrer Connor"
Q.E.D.
Whirr click whirr...Frank O'Dwyer might also be contained
in that shell...pop stack to determine...whirr...click..whirr
"Killfile" Keith Allen Schneider = Frank "Closet Theist" O'Dwyer =
the mind reels. Maybe they're all Bobby Mozumder.
--
Maddi Hausmann [email protected]
Centigram Communications Corp San Jose California 408/428-3553 | 0 | alt.atheism |
Hi,
Could some kind soul post me the max power/voltage/current ratings of
2SC1096 and 2SA634 transistors, their conductance types and pinouts.
They are used in the sweep portion of a TV set.
Thanks in advance, | 12 | sci.electronics |
THis is from the same people who make the claim that our minivan is outsellin
theirs.... implying that the Nissan Quest/ Murcury Villager are out-selling
the Chrysler mini-vans.... not only is this not true at all, but it was a stupid
claim to make... the commercial was part of the introduction campaign for the
vans. Kind of a bold statement to make when you haven't even sold one yet, eh?
| 7 | rec.autos |
Regards,
Steve. | 6 | misc.forsale |
Whew! Take it easy on the guy. Maybe he's going to do this in his
spare time. Maybe he's going to do this to see how much a wiretap
*really* costs. Maybe he's going to do this so he can add to the
opposition to Clipper. I don't know fully why he might do this, but
maybe we shouldn't start flaming at the drop of a hat. | 11 | sci.crypt |
I have before me a pertinent report from the United States General
Accounting Office:
National Aero-Space Plane: Restructuring Future Research and Development
Efforts
December 1992
Report number GAO/NSIAD-93-71
In the back it lists the following related reports:
NASP: Key Issues Facing the Program (31 Mar 92) GAO/T-NSIAD-92-26
Aerospace Plane Technology: R&D Efforts in Japan and Australia
(4 Oct 91) GAO/NSIAD-92-5
Aerospace Plane Technology: R&D Efforts in Europe (25 July 91)
GAO/NSIAD-91-194
Aerospace Technology: Technical Data and Information on Foreign
Test Facilities (22 Jun 90) GAO/NSIAD-90-71FS
Investment in Foreign Aerospace Vehicle Research and Technological
Development Efforts (2 Aug 89) GAO/T-NSIAD-89-43
NASP: A Technology Development and Demonstration Program to Build
the X-30 (27 Apr 88) GAO/NSIAD-88-122
On the inside back cover, under "Ordering Information" it says
"The first copy of each GAO report is free. . . . Orders
may also be placed by calling (202)275-6241
"
Dani
| 14 | sci.space |
Must there be a "why" to this? I ask because of what you also
assume about God-- namely, that He just exists, with no "why"
to His existence. So the question is reversed, "Why can't
we assume the universe just exists as you assume God to
"just exist"? Why must there be a "why" to the universe?"
It may be that one day man not only can create life but can also
create man. Now, I don't see this happening in my lifetime,
nor do I assert it is probable. But the possibility is there,
given scientists are working hard at "decoding" out "genetic
code" to perhaps help cure disease of a genetic variation.
Again, though, must there be "why" or a "divine prupose" to
man's existence?
As far as we can tell, man falls into the "mammal" catagory. Now,
if there were something more to the man (say, a soul), then
we have yet to find evidence of such. But as it is now, man
is a mammal (babies are born live, mother gives milk, we're
warm-blooded, etc.) as other mammals are and is similar in
genetic construction to some of them (in particular, primates).
For more on this check out talk.origins.
Well, then, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Hinduism, Judaism,
Zoerasterism, Shintoism, and Islam should fit this bit of logic
quite nicely... :-) All have depth, all have enduring values,
thus all must be true...
Stephen
_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ * Atheist
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ * Libertarian
_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ * Pro-individuality
_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ * Pro-responsibility
_/_/_/_/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Jr. * and all that jazz...
| 15 | soc.religion.christian |
however, the word "pa^ques" in french _is_ the word for easter. ask
any francophone, whether from quebec or from paris. besides, haven't
you heard of the phrase "the paschal lamb" (meaning jesus)?
sorry to nitpick on the more trivial part of this thread.... | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Anyone know what would cause my IIcx to not turn on when I hit the keyboard
switch? The one in the back of the machine doesn't work either...
The only way I can turn it on is to unplug the machine for a few minutes,
then plug it back in and hit the power switch in the back immediately...
Sometimes this doesn't even work for a long time...
I remember hearing about this problem a long time ago, and that a logic
board failure was mentioned as the source of the problem...is this true?
| 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
And in Russia, capitalists were persecuted for trading goods on the
black market. And in the US, capitalist minded types are imprisoned and killed
for things such as selling drugs, guns, pornography, and other victimless
activities. It doesn't matter whether you are socialist or capitalist,
power and control are central to government. Since citizens can't be trusted to
run their own affairs, the government must watch them. (for their
own good of course. I mean, with strong cryptography, citizens might <gasp!>
start to hide things from the IRS, sell drugs/guns/pornography, and
that cannot be allowed!)
| 11 | sci.crypt |
I'm just waiting for Andi to tell us that African Americans should
start paying compensation to White Americans who "suffered" from being
slave owners.
| 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
A very simple question : it seems to me that the contraceptive
pill just prevents the ovule to nest in the vagina and forces it to
fall every month. But it does not prevent the fertilzation of the
ovule. Is it true ? If yes, is there a risk of extra-uterine
pregnancy, that is the development of the ovule inside the Fallopian
tube ? | 13 | sci.med |
yo,yo,yo .
the western digital hd will hve it marked either s,m,a
put jumper on the s "its printed on the circuitry underkneth it.
hope i helped i had the same problem.
bye..
later daze.
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| 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Consumer Reports once wrote about the S-10 Blazer that it "shook and rattled
like a tired taxi cab". There is one noise that is expecially irritating -
the back window squeaks. I believe its because the whole tailgate assembly
and window are not solid. Anyway, has anyone had the same problem, and have
you found any fixes? | 7 | rec.autos |
Well, yes, the exhaust is where the majority of the noise comes out, but the
basics (tone, firing cadence, etc.) are determined by the engine configuration.
In the case of the Viper, yes, we are discussing a HUGE multicylinder 90-deg.
engine, which will sound somewhat like a truck. And my understanding, btw, is
that that V-10 engine was designed originally with the intention of being ad-
aptible for either the trucks or the Viper. And from what I've heard (no first
hand knowledge :-( ) it's doing a pretty good job at both.
And the best exhaust sound in the world is now and will always be a 60-degree
DOHC Colombo-designed V-12. Period. | 7 | rec.autos |
One of those US cases was John Pollard. | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
I've also found that the electronic starters on these "instant-on"
compact fluourescent lamp fixtures kick out interference that nukes
my cordless phone. (I can hear it in my guitar amplifier, too...) | 12 | sci.electronics |
84 Mazda Pickup
Rebuilt engine at 60,000 miles.
New Transmission, 5 speed.
88,000 miles.
New brakes, new brake calipers.
BRAND NEW CLUTCH, only 200 miles on it.
professional ladder racks, can hold up to 6 ladders..
4 cylinder, gets 30-35 miles to the gallon.
Fog lights.
Tach.
Runs Great.
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and Sunday if you would like to take a look at it.
Phone: 1-215-882-3154
If your are Painting this summer, this is an excellent vehicle to use.
| 6 | misc.forsale |
Ah, double-fulfillment. First of all I would say that I'm not sure all
the prophecies had double-fulfillment, e.g., the Isaiah 7:14 prophecy.
I would say that just because this happens on some occasions does not mean
it will occur always, especially with regard to NT prophecies. The apostles
who quoted the OT and applied those passages to Jesus were acting as divine
messengers and giving the inerrant Word of God to the Church. No one has
that authority today. No one has the apostolic authority to say that
such-and-such a prophecy has double-fulfillment. If the imagry of
Revelation fits with events of the 1st century, it is folly for us to try
and make it apply to events 20 centuries later.
| 15 | soc.religion.christian |
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