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In article <C5L40C.9LC@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>, David Robert Walker writes:
> In article <8994@blue.cis.pitt.edu> traven@pitt.edu (Neal Traven) writes:
>>One also has to separate offense into batting and baserunning, with the
>>split probably somewhere around 49.5% and 0.5%.
> I'd give baserunning a little more credit than that, maybe 45-5, or
> even 40-10. Give a team of Roberto Alomar and a team of John Oleruds
> identical batting stats (which wouldn't be that unreasonable), and
> even if you don't let Roberto steal a single base, they'll score a lot
> more than the Oleruds by going first-to-third more often. (No offense,
> Gordon).
I wouldn't give baserunning that much value.
The above effect is clear, but there are other effects as well. If
Olerud hits a double, any runner on first will score; if Alomar legs an
extra base onto a hit in the gap, the runner on first may need to hold
at third. Thus Olerud's doubles have more advancement value than
Alomar's. (Of course, Alomar is more likely to score after hitting a
double.)
Another reason not to give too much extra value to baserunning is that
the runs created formulas work for very fast and very slow teams. No
team in the 1950's ran much, but some teams certainly had faster players
than others. Still, the current runs created formulas work just as well
in the 1950's for all teams.
Bill James gives the 1955-1958 Senators as an example. They used Harmon
Killebrew regularly as a pinch runner, and in 1957, stole 13 bases with
38 times caught stealing. Yet they scored slightly more runs than
predicted by Runs Created.
--
David Grabiner, grabiner@zariski.harvard.edu
"We are sorry, but the number you have dialed is imaginary."
"Please rotate your phone 90 degrees and try again."
Disclaimer: I speak for no one and no one speaks for me.
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Steve Birnbaum writes:
>> This is actually the law that David Irving
>> will hopefully be found guilty under due to his denial of the Holocaust.
>> It's too bad that this useless "Centre for Policy Research" isn't in Canada.
>> It'd set a nice precedent to how the law applies in Cyberspace.
In article <1993Apr27.005619.8351@Virginia.EDU> ab4z@Virginia.EDU
("Andi Beyer") responds:
> Well canada is wrong.
Talk about generalizations. Indeed, you DO sound quite immature.
>If it was in the US the ACLU would have
>made sure that such repressive laws are found unconstitutional.
What? The ACLU fighting against an anti-hate law? You mean that the
ACLU would support gay-bashing, racial discrimination and anti-semitic
violence? Thanks, Andi, for reminding us that the constitution
preserves our rights to such fun activities.
>Do you think the Church didn't find Galileo's perception of the
>universe offensive.
Probably, but Galileo happened to be right.
Jews are offended by the Holocaust deniers, too. The Revisionists,
who deny that history even happened, happen to be wrong.
--
Jake Livni jake@bony1.bony.com Ten years from now, George Bush will
American-Occupied New York have replaced Jimmy Carter as the
My opinions only - employer has no opinions. standard of a failed President.
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
I am trying to get my system to work with a Tandberg 3600 + Future
Domain TMC-1660 + Seagate ST-21M MFM controller.
The system boots up if the Tandberg is disconnected from the system,
and of course no SCSI devices found (I have no other SCSI devices).
The system boots up if the Seagate MFM controller is removed from the
system. The Future Domain card reports finding the Tandberg 3660 on
the SCSI bus. The system then of course stops booting because my MFM
hard disks can't be found.
The system hangs if all three (Tandberg, Future Domain TMC-1660 &
Seagate MFM controller) are in the system.
Looks like there is some conflict between the Seagate and Future
Domain card. But the funny thing is that it only hangs if the Tandberg
is connected.
I have checked that there are no conflict in BIOS addresses, IRQ & I/O
port. Have I missed anything?
I am lost here. Any suggestions are most welcomed. Thanks in advance.
Delman.
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University of Pennsylvania,
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Philadelphia, PA 19104-6021,
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______________________________________________________________________
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Frequently of late, I have been reacting to something added to
restaurant foods. What happens is that the inside of my throat starts
to feel "puffy", like I have a cold, and also at times the inside of my
mouth (especially the tongue) and lips also feel puffy.
The situations around these symptoms almost always involve restaurants
(usually chinese), the most notable cases: a cheap chinese fast food
chain, a japanese steak house (I had the steak), and another chinese
fast food chain where I SAW the cook put about a tablespoon or two of
what looked like sugar or salt into my fried rice.
I am under the impression that MSG "enhances" flavor by causing the
taste buds to swell. If this is correct, I do not find it unreasonable
to assume that high doses of MSG can cause other mouth tissues to swell.
Also, as the many of the occurances (including two of the above)
involved beef, and as beef is frequently tenderized with MSG, this is
what I suspect as being the cause.
I wouldn't be at all surprised if toxicity studies of MSG in animals
showed it as being harmless, as it would be very startling to hear a lab
rat or rhesus monkey complain about their throats feeling funny.
Anyone who wishes to explain how the majority of food additives are
totally harmless is welcome to e-mail me with the results of any studied
they know of. I will probably respond to them however with a reminder
of how long it took to prove that smoking causes cancer (which the
tobacco companies still deny).
- DM
(If I sound grumpy, it's because I had beef with broccoli for lunch
today, and now it hurts to swallow)
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| 13sci.med |
** I am posting this for a friend **
** please respond to vaughn%sonatech@hub.ucsb.edu **
I'm working on an application where we are creating a dither pattern
and rendering it in a window by applying it to the stipple pattern
of the GC. The following code segment almost works if the window width
is an even multiple of 8. If it is not an even multiple it skews the
pattern towards the right. Another problem, whether it is an even
multiple of 8 or not, is a series of vertical lines spaced 8 pixels
apart.
extern Display *dpy;
extern Window xid;
extern GC gc;
extern int Max_X, Max_Y; /* set in resize handler */
dither(pixels)
char *pixels; /* dither pattern data */
{
char *bm; /* bitmap data */
char *bmp;
long I, arraymax;
arraymax = Max_X*Max_Y;
bm = (char *)malloc(arraymax);
bmp = bm;
for (I=j=0; I<arraymax; I++)
{
if (pixels[I] & DITHER_BIT)
*bmp |= 2<<j; /* pixel on */
else
*bmp &= ~(2<<j); /* pixel off */
if (++j > 7)
{
bmp++;
j = 0;
}
}
stipple = XCreateBitmapFromData(dpy, xid, bm, Max_X, Max_Y);
free(bm);
XClearWindow(dpy, xid);
XSetStipple(dpy, gc, stipple);
XSetFillStyle(dpy, gc, FillStippled);
XFillRectangle(dpy, xid, gc, 0, 0, Max_X, Max_Y);
XSetFillStyle(dpy, gc, FillSolid);
}
I suspect the answer is to pad the data.
--
Mike Vaughn
Sonatech
| 5comp.windows.x |
Forsale:
Nintendo control Deck with two controllers and gun, one controller has
grips attached.
the NES will only connect to a composite monitor or TV with audio and
video RCA Input jacks and needs some repairs.
25$ or best offer
games for sale
15$ Tecmo Baseball
15$ Techmo Bowl
15$ Double Dribble
15$ Wayne Gretzky Hockey
15$ Golf
10$ Super Mario/Duck Hunt
15$ Super Mario II
20$ Super Mario III
15$ Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles the Arcade game
15$ MegaMan 3
10$ Toobin'
10$ Spelunker
25$ Tecmo Super Bowl
============
175$ total, I'll give all of them to you for the best offer and throw
in the control deck...
I'll also accept the best offer for each of the games individually.
the oldest of these is two years old, most of them are less than a year old.
Email at tligman@andy.bgsu.edu
Phone at 1 (419) 372-5954
--
-Tom
<<<>>>Warning, signature under construction, ENTER at your own RISC<<<>>>
| 6misc.forsale |
frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
> I am not a Christian, however I suspect that all flavours of
> Christianity hold that (a) objective morality exists and (b) their
> particular interpretation of scripture/revelation/TV is a goodly glimpse
> of it. That they may all disagree about (b) says nothing about the truth
> or falsehood of (a).
Actually, they generally claim that (b) their particular interpretation of
scripture/revelation *is* this objective morality. That there are two
conflicting versions of this objective morality does tell us something about
(a). It tells us at least one fake objective morality exists.
The next logical step is to deduce that any given religion's objective
morality could be the fake one. So caveat emptor.
mathew
--
Atheism: Anti-virus software for the mind.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
Another alternative is to cover the adhesive with another piece of
duct tape then remove the tape.
If it still doesn't work, try WD-40.
BQN
In article <C67stK.FoK@athena.cs.uga.edu>, mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu
(Michael Covington) writes:
|> In article <stephens.736002130@ngis> stephens@geod.emr.ca (Dave
Stephenson) writes:
|> >mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes:
|> >>>>
|> >>>I don't know for sure that this will work, but you might try MEK
(methyl
|> >>>ethyl keytone?). It worked getting the stickum left over from
shelf paper,
|> [etc.]
|> >If you use MEK for your sake wear safty glasses or better still
|> >industrial goggles. The small est drop in the eye will casue
[etc.]
|>
|> Please watch those attributions. It was NOT ME that advocated using
MEK.
|>
|> --
|> :- Michael A. Covington, Associate Research Scientist :
*****
|> :- Artificial Intelligence Programs mcovingt@ai.uga.edu :
*********
|> :- The University of Georgia phone 706 542-0358 : *
* *
|> :- Athens, Georgia 30602-7415 U.S.A. amateur radio N4TMI : **
*** ** <><
| 12sci.electronics |
I nead a utility for updating (deleting, adding, changing) *.ini files for Windows.
Do I find it on any FTP host?
Svein
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Just curious, how would the Clipper Chip system handle
conference calls?
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <May.9.05.39.19.1993.27401@athos.rutgers.edu> db7n+@andrew.cmu.edu (D. Andrew Byler) writes:
>>The so-called Creed of Athanasius, however, has always been a Western
>>creed, and has always had the filioque. The Orthodox have said that
>>they accept all that it says, with the exception of the filioque, but
>>it is not "in use."
...
> Of course the Orthodox did not delete the Filioque from the Nicene
>Creed (it wasn't there to begin with), but they certainly did from the
>Athanasian Creed, which did have it from the beginning.
The so-called Athanasian Creed has never been a recognized standard of faith
in the Orthodox Church. It was introduced (without the Filioque) in certain
service-books in the 17th and 18th centuries at a time when there was a
strong Western influence on Orhtodoxy.
============================================================
Steve Hayes, Department of Missiology & Editorial Department
Univ. of South Africa, P.O. Box 392, Pretoria, 0001 South Africa
Internet: hayesstw@risc1.unisa.ac.za Fidonet: 5:7101/20
steve.hayes@p5.f22.n7101.z5.fidonet.org
FAQ: Missiology is the study of Christian mission and is part of
the Faculty of Theology at Unisa
| 15soc.religion.christian |
Timeshare week for rent / must use before July / Best offer!!
Week can be "traded" to anywhere in the world (Hawaii, Austria,
Far East, U.S. etc.) under Interval International.
Will answer questions about that, and help you trade (we have
the paperwork and phone numbers in order to that).
Contact:
Jeff Vinson
vinson@migration.com
415.813.7492 (daytime or leave msg)
| 6misc.forsale |
In a previous article, paul@hsh.com (Paul Havemann) says:
>All together now... c'mon, you know the words... "Meet the new boss! Same as
>the old boss!" And the chorus: "We won't get fooled again!"
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Hmmm. Can I, eh, get a little side bet on this one?
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <1993Apr26.193924.1189@bnr.ca> jcobban@bnr.ca (Jim Cobban) writes:
>Having read in the past about the fail-safe mechanisms on spacecraft, I had
>assumed that the Command Loss Timer had that sort of function. However I
>always find disturbing the oxymoron of a "NO-OP" command that does something.
>If the command changes the behavior or status of the spacecraft it is not
>a "NO-OP" command.
>
>Of course this terminology comes from a Jet Propulsion Laboratory which has
>nothing to do with jet propulsion.
>
I don't know where you got this idea from, JPL's history dates back to
to the 1930s when a Caltech professor named Von Karman conducted
experiments in rocket PROPULSION with a group of graduate students
on the present site of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Army started
funding the laboratory and had jurisdiction untill the late 1950s when
NASA took over. The early research conducted at the Laboratory
led to many applications the first being Jet-assisted takeoff rockets
for aircraft. I think this should explain where JPL got it's name, I
should know, I worked there for five wonderful years.
----------mike.
>--
>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>Jim Cobban | jcobban@bnr.ca | Phone: (613) 763-8013
>BNR Ltd. | bnrgate.bnr.ca!bcars5!jcobban | FAX: (613) 763-2626
| 14sci.space |
I have uploaded the most recent Windows drivers for the Cirrus GD5426
chip based display cards to the uploads directory at ftp.cica.indiana.edu
(file is 5426dr13.zip). They're very recent, I downloaded them from the
Cirrus BBS (570-226-2365) last night. If you are unable to get them there,
email me and maybe I can upload them to some other sites as well.
I have a local bus based card (VL24 Bitblaster from Micron) but I think
the drivers work with ISA cards (or at least includes drivers for them).
I found the new drivers to be a significant improvement over the 1.2 version,
improving my graphic winmarks (v3.11) by about 2 million (7.77 to 9.88)
although this could be the result of intentional benchmark cheating on
Cirrus's part but I don't think so.
From Steve Gibson's (columnist for Info World) graphic card comparisons
(also found at the cica ftp site under the name winadv.zip) I extracted the
following for the sake of comparison:
Wintach
Winbn3.11 Word Sprsht Cad Paint Overall
Steve's system:
486/33 VLB:
ATI Graphics Ultra Pro 9.33 10.34 20.78 8.28 14.90 13.58
my system -
486sx/33 VLB:
VL24 Bitblaster 9.88 8.65 11.71 18.84 15.40 13.65
Its no Viper, but I think its a hell of a deal at about a third of the cost of
the ATI card and when compared to the other cards included in Gibson's review.
Micron system owner's, I would be interested to hear your opinions on the
DTC 2270VL local bus disk controller. My system came with a Maxtor 7120
drive (120 MB) and at first was only giving me disk winmarks of about 16 Kb/s,
I am now at 22 Kb/s. Is this about as good as it gets? I can't get a Norton's
sysinfo disk reading because the contoller intercepts the calls, at
least that was what the program said.
Oliver Weatherbee
oliver@earthview
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1993Apr14.225500.15812@bnr.ca> zbib@bnr.ca writes:
>Now, if actions of the lebanese resistance help send the
>Isrealis packing, I'm all for it. If you are really
>concerned about bloodshed, a little self criticism could do
>you a great favor.
One of these days you'll learn that the way to stop Israel
from fighting back is to stop attacking. If there were no attacks in
the security zone for a year because the Lebanese army could maintain
the peace, then Lebanon would be in much better shape.
Tell me something, though. Why do Syrian troops not get
attacked? Aren't they occupying Lebanon?
Israel has repeatedly stated that it will leave on two
conditions. One is a demonstration that the Lebanese army can keep
the peace. The second is that the Syrians pull out as well.
Adam
Adam Shostack adam@das.harvard.edu
"If we had a budget big enough for drugs and sexual favors, we sure
wouldn't waste them on members of Congress..." -John Perry Barlow
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
In article <1993Apr19.204348.8254@sol.UVic.CA>, gballent@hudson.UVic.CA writes...
>
>In article 735249453@vela.acs.oakland.edu, ragraca@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Randy A. Graca) writes:
>
>>are predicting). Although I think Bryan Murray is probably the best GM
>>I have ever seen in hockey
>
>How do you figure that?? When Bryan Murray took over the Wings they were
>a pretty good team that was contending for the Stanley Cup but looked
>unlikely to win it. Now they are a pretty good team that is contending for
>the Stanley Cup but looks unlikely to win it. A truly great GM would
>have been able to make the moves to push the team to the upper echelon
>of the NHL and maybe win the Stanley Cup. A good GM (like Murray) can
I think Murray has done a great job. He's picked up Ciccarelli,
Sheppard, Ysebaert, Howe, Coffey, and Riendeau (plus some depth players)
without giving up anything the Wings needed or any of his top prospects.
All of this in three years. Has anyone done better?
The year before he took over, the Wings didn't even make the playoffs.
There was about a year and a half during Demers' stint that the Wings
did OK, but that was due to Demers' motavational skills and clutch
and grab style. They didn't have much talent.
Gerald, Murray wasn't responsible for Primeau (although I'm not
ready to admit that's a horrible pick). They hired him after the
draft (which has never made sense to me). His first pick was
Lapointe.
Ron
**********
"And one of my major goals is to leave the next president a new set
of things to worry about. I'm getting bored reading the same problems
in the paper, decade after decade. I want people to have to deal
with new problems."
... President Bill Clinton 2-4-93
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Hi Netters!
I am looking for the list of universities in Austrailia, which has electronics department.
I am considering to spend a year for research in Austrailia about communication area.ýé I am interested in Mobile communication areas and spread spectrum communications etc.
But I don't have any information about Austrailian Universities.
Can anybody recommend a good university in coûßmmunic÷³ation area?
Any comments will be welcomed!
Bye.
Jaehyung Kim
| 12sci.electronics |
I agree. It was great for the ESPN people to show the Detroit game. (My
roommate just about sh*t when they threw the octopus on the ice. (Thanks
for explaining the significance of that BTW)) The only problem I had was
when they blotted out the local commentators with the baseball ads and
music. Especially when the wings player hit the rut and went into the
boards injuring his shoulder and they blotted out the injury report. Other
then that, hats off to ESPN. Now if they'll only make a habit of this. Yeah
right! Baseball seasons started (Zzzzzz.....) =)
KOZ
LETS GO CAPS!!
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
nlu@Xenon.Stanford.EDU (Nelson Lu) writes:
>
>Acquired: C Marcus Thuresson, from N. Y. Islanders
>For: RW Brian Mullen
>Grade: I (B-/C+)
>
>It is not known yet what the impact, overall, of this trade would be, as
>Thuresson is not yet under contract to the Sharks, and does not appear to be
>ready to become so anytime soon. Mullen, meanwhile, has had a productive
>(somewhat) season with the Islanders. Thuresson, however, does not appear to
>be a big scorer at all; if my memory is right, he had just 2 points in just
>11 games in the Swedish elite league in '91-92. This season, I didn't notice
>his name frequently at all in Staffan's reports, and he didn't make the
>national team either; it does not appear to be a good sign.
Marcus Thuresson had 6 goals, 10 assists, 16 points and 22 PIM in 31 games
this season for Leksand in the Swedish elite league. This was only 10th
in point scoring for Leksand.
Marcus (born May 31 1971, Ht 185 cm, Wt 85 kg) is relatively young so he
might still start producing, but I think the Sharks may have done a bad
trade here.
Staffan
--
((\\ //| Staffan Axelsson
\\ //|| etxonss@ufsa.ericsson.se
\\_))//-|| r.s.h. contact for Swedish hockey
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Sorry to everyone for wasting space. Matt, the other day you posted that
you were doing a mailing list of playoff stats. I lost your address.
Please put me on that list. Thanks.
George
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
In article <1r74ta$hcs@transfer.stratus.com> cme@ellisun.sw.stratus.com (Carl Ellison) writes:
>In article <1r3jgbINN35i@eli.CS.YALE.EDU> jgfoot@minerva.cis.yale.edu writes:
>>
>>Perhaps these encryption-only types would defend the digitized porn if it
>>was posted encrypted?
>
>To paraphrase, I may not agree with what you're encrypting, but I defend
>your right to encrypt it.
I suppose after Waco, it's only prudent to leave the "to the death" part out.
--
Rob Stampfli rob@colnet.cmhnet.org The neat thing about standards:
614-864-9377 HAM RADIO: kd8wk@n8jyv.oh There are so many to choose from.
| 11sci.crypt |
wsh8z@amsun29.apma.Virginia.EDU (Will Heyman) writes:
: no rear tires as small as 110/90. There are some fronts though.
So get a 120/90 instead. Is there anything that size?
: Any other recomendations?
:
Call the tire companies yourself and tell them what you have.
They can make recomendations for you. That's your best bet. Check a biker
magazine (Cycle World etc) for phone numbers.
It's possible there are no other tires available though.
==============================================================================
Erik Astrup AFM #422 DoD #683
1993 CBR 900RR * 1990 CBR 600 * 1990 Concours * 1989 Ninja 250
"This one goes to eleven" - Nigel Tufnel, lead guitar, Spinal Tap
==============================================================================
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <C6B2pA.My4@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> turner@bigbang.astro.indiana.edu (George Wm Turner) writes:
>
>
>an image of the moon has been caught in a weather satellite images of the earth.
>it appears in both the 0430-1500UT ir and visual images of the earth.
>the GIF images can be down loaded from vmd.cso.uiuc.edu and are named
>CI043015.GIF and CV043015.GIF for the IR and visual images respectively.
>
>pretty cool pictures; in the ir it's saturated but in the visual image
>details on the moon are viewable.
Near midsummer, you can see the relfection of the Sun in the ocean.
Also during solar eclise you can see the shadow of the sun move
across the clouds.
| 14sci.space |
"Todd Karlin" writes
> I do not read Klapisch's news columns regularly, but I
> do know that he has been accused before as being an instigator
> that enjoys (hopefully for only professional reasons) to drumb
> up a news story, even if there isn't one there. Now as far as
> the confrontation with Bobby Bonilla a few days ago, I almost
> totally blame Bonilla. No matter what a member of the press
> does, and no matter how much of a putrid individual he might
> be, that does not give a ballplayer the right to threaten a
> journalist.
Bonilla wasn't threatening anyone. He just wanted to give him the dollar
tour. =^)
--
David J.(dwarner@journalism.indiana.edu)*****Blue Riddle Productions 1993
*-------------------------------It's on.--------------------------------*
***"THE RAP IS AN ART EP" is coming out on tape -- this time for real.***
*------------------------E-mail me for the 411.-------------------------*
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
I don't think there is really any question about which god the courts
mean. The request for solemnly swearing, so help you god,
is always made after a request to pick up the bible in your left hand
and hold up your right hand. In the courts of NC, at least, it is always
an old and new testament.
Though it is hard to imagine, picking up the bible and swearing to (whatever)
god is sometimes the least of the religious influence. There is a court in
Greensboro, NC, where the judge routinely has everyone in the courtroom
stand to join him in prayer at the beginning of every session. I've thought about
sitting through it, but I'm not terribly anxious to spend 30 days in jail...
| 0alt.atheism |
In article <1993Apr23.181301.8500@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mr. Nice Guy) writes:
>Flash over is a frequent occurrence with indoor fires. A fire will
>start small and in one location and heat the air. The temperature in
>the room builds up and then everything inflammable in the room catches
>fire at once.
>
>This may have occurred in the BD compound, I have heard reports that
>the windows were covered which would permit a fire to start unnoticed
>by those outside the compound. When the fire got big enough, and
>broke through the walls, it appeared to be started in two places but
>was really one big fire.
The Houston Chronicle last Thursday (maybe Wednesday) said that
the interior of walls had been covered with hay bales to help
protect against bullets. Many of you know how fast dry hay
burns.
>Because of the large quantities of tear gas inserted into the building
>it is possible that many of the women and children were in a room free
>of tear gas they would try to seal the door to keep out the tear gas.
>When they learned that a fire had broken out it was too late for them
>to escape. They were trapped by the flames in their safe room.
In addition, the gas is specifically designed to force eyes
closed and the victim to vomit. How fast could you leave your
burning office or home if your eyes were closed and you were
retching violently?
>I find it hard to believe that the FBI was not recording the final
>assault. I think that they would have wanted to have tapes to show
>their agents of the the FBI overcoming the "forces of evil", aka
>the Branch Davidians. The tapes would also allow the FBI to prove
>that they were not using excessive force.
--
thomas rush compaq computer corporation
thomasr@cpqhou.compaq.com their employee, not their opinions.
Candidate for MISD (Magnolia, Texas) School Board Seat 5, May 1, 1993
| 16talk.politics.guns |
The FLYERS team that can beat any team on any night showed up at the Spectrum
Sunday night, and dominated the Maple Leafs thoroughly en route to a 4-0
shutout. Tommy Soderstrom will get credit for the shutout, but he barely broke
a sweat until the third period as the FLYERS defense kept the Leafs from
mounting any serious attack.
Injuries:
Pelle Eklund is day-to-day with a bruised thigh.
Roster Moves:
Jason Bowen was added to the lineup for his first NHL game. Jason was the FLYERS
second pick in the first round (15th overall) of the 1992 entry draft. 19 years
old, 6'4", 210 lbs. In 62 games with the tri-city Americans he had 10 goals,
12 assists and 219 PIM. He plays left wing and defense, he played defense in
this game although Bobby Taylor said that Bill Dineen was planning to use him
up front as well.
Andre Faust was returned to Hershey. He actually left after the second period
of the Kings game, flew to Albany, got the game tying goal in a Bears OT win,
and played again for Hershey Sunday night.
Lines:
Fedyk-Lindros-Recchi
Beranek-Brind'Amour-Dineen
Lomakin-Butsayev-Conroy
Acton-Brown
Galley-McGill
Yushkevich-Cronin
Carkner-Hawgood
Bowen
Tommy Soderstrom in goal.
Acton replaced Lomakin in the 3rd period.
Game Summary:
If the FLYERS played like this every night, they'd be in the playoffs this
year. The FLYERS hit everything that moved. They created scoring chance after
scoring chance. They snuffed out everything that the Leafs tried to do.
Jason Bowen made a good play on his first NHL shift that almost created a goal.
He had the puck in the top of the left offensive circle all alone, but instead
of taking the shot he found Brind'Amour crashing the net on the other side.
A perfect pass and a good shot across Daren Puppa's body should have been a
goal, but Puppa made a great save reading the play.
Garry Galley gave the Maple Leafs 7th ranked power play the first chance when
he hooked Doug Gilmour at 4:25. The FLYERS lowly 21st ranked penalty killing
unit was almost flawless the entire game, and set the tone on this kill. The
Maple Leafs got almost nothing but long unscreened shots, and the defense swept
away every rebound.
After the power play, the FLYERS got a goal on an ugly play. Rod Brind'Amour
gave the puck to Greg Hawgood at the right point, and he sent a drive at the
net. Puppa made the save and kicked the rebound right into the feet of Josef
Beranek and Bob Rouse, who were wrestling in the slot. Beranek was able to
get his stick on the puck and push it out to Dineen who was skating into
the slot from the right circle, and he lifted a backhander over Puppa for
a 1-0 FLYERS lead at 8:10.
The FLYERS kept the pressure on, and Puppa was the only Leaf keeping the FLYERS
from building on their lead for a while. Eventually things settled down and
defense prevailed. Each team got an occasional scoring chance, but the goalies
were strong. Bowen started giving some Lindros-like checks in his own corners.
Then Lindros, who was looking to avenge a hit Foligno gave him, thought he had
a chance to even the score. He had Foligno lined up at center ice, leaned into
him, and rode him into the center ice boards. The only problem was that Foligno
was a little far from the boards, and Mike "Mister" McGeough felt that it
warranted a boarding call at 15:38
The Leafs couldn't get anything going on the power play as the FLYERS were
very aggressive (for a change) on the kill.
With time running out in the period, Recchi carried through the neutral zone
and handed to Lindros as they approached the Leaf's blue line. They were in
a crowd with Wendell Clark and Jamie Macoun, Lindros tried a backhand pass
to Recchi through the feet of Macoun that connected to Recchi, but then Clark
checked Recchi off the puck. Macoun then tried to clear, but it was weak and
went right to McGill who had manned the point. He drove it from just inside
the blue line. Macoun got his stick on it and deflected it past his own
goalie at 19:55.1. Shots were 13-8 FLYERS in the period.
The FLYERS finally got their first chance on the power play when Dave Andreychuk
tripped up Rod Brind'Amour in his offensive zone. During the power play, the
FLYERS got cheated a little when the puck popped up into the air and Eric
gloved it down, but McGeough thought it hit his stick above his head. We
could see from our seats at the other end of the ice that it only hit his glove
and the replay confirmed, but the faceoff went to the other end. As time was
running out in the advantage, Lindros found Galley with a pass across the goal
mouth but Puppa made the save. The rebound kicked back to the right corner where
Recchi picked it up, passed it out to Eric crashing through the right circle,
and Eric one-timed past Puppa at 7:55. With the assist, Recchi moves past
Bobby Clarke's 74-75 season, the second best one season total for a FLYER at
117. Eric moves up to 4th all time in FLYERS rookie scoring with 67 points.
Mike Eastwood took down Al Conroy at 8:30 to give the FLYERS another chance on
the power play. Not much pressure before Garry Galley ended the power play with
a slash at 9:19. Not much happened on the 4 on 4, although the Leafs had most
of the possession. The FLYERS smothered the Leafs short power play. Tempers
flared a little at 13:14. Bowen and Pearson got roughing minors, Keith Acton
got a bloody face. Dave McLlwain then took a dive and got Greg Hawgood a
hooking minor at 13:46 to set up a 4 on 3. The replay showed that Hawgood's
stick stopped making contact with McLlwain long before he spun around and fell.
Again the FLYERS smothered the Leafs power play, led by Dimitri Yushkevich.
Bowen made a thundering hit when he came out of the box on Pearson. Berehowski
tried to perplex everybody with his sloooowball. He had the puck at the point,
and just trickled a pass down the slot. He made all the FLYERS look silly as
nobody could get a stick on it, and it got to Gilmour at the side of the net,
but Soderstrom stoned him.
The FLYERS picked things up offensively after the kill was over, but didn't
get anything home. Shots were 13-10 FLYERS.
The FLYERS were content with the 3 goal lead in the third period, and they
decided that if Tommy wanted a shutout, he was going to have to work for it a
little.
The FLYERS got most of the scoring chances in the first 7 or so minutes of the
period, but couldn't get past Puppa. Then the Leafs got tired of Lindros making
road kill out of them, and tempers flared. 2 each for Doug Gilmour and Lindros
(unsportsmanlike conduct) and 2 each for Glenn Anderson and McGill (roughing)
all at 7:02. Terry Carkner then took a kneeing penalty at 7:51 on Gilmour.
Again the FLYERS smothered the Leafs power play.
At about the 12 minute mark, Dave Andreychuk got a shot away from his left
circle that got through Soderstrom. The puck was rolling on it's side, and
as luck would have it it turned away from the net instead of turning towards
it (think of how a rolling quarter inevitably starts to lean one way or the
other). Seconds later Rod Brind'Amour tripped up Gilmour at 12:24 to give the
Leafs another chance on the power play. On the advantage, after Soderstrom
stoned Andreychuk while lying down, Andreychuk got the rebound through
Soderstrom, but from behind the net and it went straight through and was swept
away by one of his defensemen. They kept the pressure on, but Soderstrom was
equal and preserved the shutout.
Recchi cross checked Ken Baumgartner to get tempers hot and start a brawl
at 16:01. No punches thrown, Recchi got the initial minor, Krushelnyski
Baumgartner and Lindros each got roughing minors. At 17:02 Rouse and Beranek
expressed their mutual dislike for each other and got 2 each for slashing to
set up another 4 on 4. Mike Eastwood shoved down Ryan McGill in the FLYERS
zone as they were battling for the puck, and while McGill was down he ran
his stick across McGill's face. The FLYERS were not happy with that at all.
5-8 Al Conroy paired up with 6-1 Berehowski, and started throwing punches.
Upward. Well, Al held his own, much to the delight of the crowd. Each got
a couple punches in before going down in a head, and Al got a standing O!
Penalties: Eastwood 5 (cross check) + game, Clark, Carkner 10 each. Berehowski
and Conroy 5 each (fighting) at 17:49.
So a major penalty for the rest of the game for the FLYERS. The had no interest
in stting on the lead. Hawgood, Galley and Brind'Amour played catch until
Hawgood found Dineen all alone in the left circle, he controlled the puck and
blasted it past Puppa at 18:39.
That was all the fireworks, Tommy Soderstrom would not face another shot. Puppa
did, but kept the FLYERS off the board. 4-0 FLYERS, shots were 9-8 FLYERS in the
3rd. Probably the strongest game I've seen from the FLYERS since the All Star
break. Shutout number 4 for Soderstrom, all since 1/10. Tied for 2nd most in
the NHL, but he's played fewer games than Belfour (6) or the goalie I can't
remember that he's tied with.
Next up it's the Winnipeg Selannes Tuesday night in Winnipeg. The FLYERS cannot
be eliminated if they win, but a loss coupled with an Islander win that night
in Washington would be the official end.
FLYERS up to 71 points on the season in 78 games. Last year they had 75 points
in 80 games (5 under .500), so they need at least 8 points in their last 6
games to improve on that only by percentage points (5 under in 84 is better
than 5 under in 80).
Tragic number holds at 3 points with 6 games left. The tragic number for 5th
is 5 points, I watched the Rangers blow a 4-2 third period lead at home to
lose 5-4 before I finished this up. Why 5 points instead of 4? Well, the FLYERS
will win the tie-breaker if they catch them, whereas the Islanders win tie
breakers against the FLYERS and so need only a tie. The Rangers could crumble
down the stretch as they play the Devils, the Pens twice, the FLYERS, and
finish up with 2 games against the Caps. So I guess 5th place could be the
goal for the team to focus on.
FLYERS team record watch:
Eric Lindros:
38 goals, 29 assists, 67 points
(rookie records)
club record goals: club record points:
Eric Lindros 38 1992-93 Dave Poulin 76 1983-84
Brian Propp 34 1979-80 Brian Propp 75 1979-80
Ron Flockhart 33 1981-82 Ron Flockhart 72 1981-82
Dave Poulin 31 1983-84 Eric Lindros 67 1992-93
Bill Barber 30 1972-73 Pelle Eklund 66 1985-86
Mark Recchi:
51 goals, 66 assists, 117 points.
club record goals: club record points:
Reggie Leach 61 1975-76 Bobby Clarke 119 1975-76
Tim Kerr 58 1985-86,86-87 Mark Recchi 117 1992-93
Tim Kerr 54 1983-84,84-85 Bobby Clarke 116 1974-75
Mark Recchi 51 1992-93 Bill Barber 112 1975-76
Rick Macliesh 50 1972-73 Bobby Clarke 104 1972-73
Bill Barber 50 1975-76 Rick Macliesh 100 1972-73
Reggie Leach 50 1979-80
FLYERS career years:
Player Points Best Prior Season
Mark Recchi 117 113 (90-91 Penguins)
Rod Brind'Amour 79 77 (91-92 FLYERS)
Garry Galley 58 38 (84-85 Kings)
Brent Fedyk 58 35 (90-91 Red Wings)
That's all for now...
pete clark jr - rsh FLYERS contact and mailing list owner
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
In article <Apr22.202724.24131@engr.washington.edu>
eliot@stalfos.engr.washington.edu (eliot) writes:
>
>the subarus all use 180 degree vees in their engines.. :-)
>
>
>eliot
Wouldn't that make them an I4? Or would they
really be an _4 (henceforth referred to as
"underscore 4")?
Kenneth
finnegan@nrlssc.navy.mil
| 7rec.autos |
In article <1993Apr26.204319.11231@ultb.isc.rit.edu>, eas3714@ultb.isc.rit.edu (E.A. Story) writes:
>In article <1rgrsvINNmpr@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
>>[..] It
>>involves taking photographs of corona discharges created by attaching the
>>subject to a high-voltage source, not of some "aura." It works equally well
>>with inanimate objects.
>
>True.. but what about showing the missing part of a leaf? Is this
>"corona discharge"?
This effect disappears if you clean your apparatus after you kirlianed
the whole leaf and before kirlianing the leaf part.
--
thomas kettenring, 3 dan, kaiserslautern, germany
The extraterrestrials don't even know this planet has native inhabitants.
Their government doesn't tell them.
| 13sci.med |
In article <1993Mar31.203945.8757@news.media.mit.edu> fredm@media.mit.edu (Fred G Martin) writes:
[part of posting removed]
* the Sony CPD-1304 has better video circuitry than either of the
other two monitors. It can display Apple 640x480, VGA 640x480, VGA
800x600 (though this has 56 Hz flicker), and Apple 832x624 (75 Hz
refresh: no flicker at all). It might be able to display Apple's
1024x768, but I'm not sure about this, and the pixels would be real
small anyway so it might not be that useful.
Note that with either Sony monitor, you will need the proper adapter,
which both connects the video signals properly, but also informs the
Macintosh video hardware of which display mode to use.
[part of posting removed]
--
Fred Martin | fredm@media.mit.edu | (617) 253-7143 | 20 Ames St. Rm. E15-301
Epistemology and Learning Group, MIT Media Lab | Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
I'm assuming that the cabling tells the Mac, at startup, what kind of
monitor is connected. Now I think I've seen ads in popular Mac
magazines for products (I'm not sure if it's just a monitor, just a
video card, or a package of both) that allow you to change resolutions
on the fly (w/o restarting the Mac).
If you were to buy a 1304, would it be possible to switch back and
forth between Apple 640x480 and Apple 832x624 without restarting the
Mac? Is this strictly a hardware startup function, or can software
intervene, or does the Mac hardware occasionally probe the cable
setting and switch automatically?
Thanks,
Eric
(ivancich@eecs.umich.edu)
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Can someone tell me in 25 words or less how to compile posix
message catalogs so that I can use them with catgets, catopen, etc.
I know what the format for the catalogs is, but don't know how
to compile them.
Please reply to chas@blackwhite.com
Thanks in advance,
chas
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| 5comp.windows.x |
Can you help me to understand how a CardPhone operates and
how the values are stored on the phonecard..
Thanx
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <1qibs0$flk@vela.acs.oakland.edu> awesley@vela.acs.oakland.edu (awesley) writes:
>In article <1993Apr14.225910.14964@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> andy@SAIL.Stanford.EDU (Andy Freeman) writes:
i]>>Since there was no sniper fire, doing nothing was equally effective,
>>as was yelling "stop that". Of course, if one wants to credit the
>>tanks with stopping non-existent sniper fire, we might was well credit
>>it with stopping an invasion by Martians.
>>
>>See "Firearms, Violence and Civil Disorders" (from SRI) and "Sniping
>>Incidents - A New Pattern of Violence" (from Brandeis University's
>>Lemberg Center for the Study of Violence).
>
>>>>There was precisely ONE
>>>>verified sniper in the 67 riots, a drunk firing a pistol out a window.
>
>Actually, there was only one confirmed sniper to >die< in Detroit,
>according to Sauter & Hines, _Nightmare in Detroit, A Rebellion & It's
What sources did Sauter and Hines use? In Congressional hearings
later, the newspaper folk admitted that their reports were completely
wrong. (Some of their excuses are understandable, while others amount
to gross negligence. Then there's their "we lied".) As far as I
know, they never did the followup.
>>So? People other than snipers can shoot firemen. If they are,
>>shooting at "snipers" can't help. Blowing big holes in buildings that
>>don't contain "sniper nests" or worrying about travelling "sniper
>>squads" is a complete waste of time.
>
>Interesting. Just curious, they do you believe that tanks did blow
>big holes in buildings in Detroit 67?
I don't have any relevant knowledge about the counter-sniper tactics
or what the govt did with the big war toys. That's why I've only
commented on what they couldn't have accomplished, no matter what
they did.
>>Nope - the "sniper" fire was coming from other police/guard positions.
>
>The guard certainly needed to learn. But I don't agree with the
>idea that there were no snipers at all. From p. 121 of Sauter & Hines:
>
> "Despite the force of the National Guard in alliance with the
>Army troops, the snipers did not stop. The snipers boldly lay siege to the
>Fifth Precent police station and took pot shots at the Seventh. Firemen
>were under constant harassment from snipers fired from half-closed
>darkened windows in high apartment buildings and from roof-tops."
Not in Detroit, not during the 60s. That's newspaper copy and they
admitted later that they were wrong.
-andy
--
| 16talk.politics.guns |
I'm trying to get MH compiled (and then xmh) and I'm having some problems.
I've got mh-6.8, using gcc on SCO 3.2.4. My MH file is listed below. Does
anyone have any suggestions on what I can add to get it to compile??
===========
bin /usr/local/bin
debug off
etc /usr/local/lib/mh
mail /usr/mail
mailgroup mail
mandir /usr/man
manuals gen
chown /bin/chown
editor prompter
remove /bin/mv -f
# if no TCP/IP sendmail is available: change mts entry to sendmail
mts sendmail/smtp
bboards off
bbdelivery off
bbhome /usr/spool/bboards
mf off
pop off
# options SEE BELOW
cc gcc
ccoptions -O -ansi -D__STDC__=0 -DSYSV -DSYSV386 -DSCO -D_SVID
curses -lcurses
ldoptions -s
ldoptlibs
lex lex
sprintf int
sharedlib off
slibdir /usr/local/lib
oldload off
ranlib off
# define BIND only of the BSD4.3 named (TCP/IP) is used
# define SOCKETS only if the system has BSD4.3 sockets (TCP/IP)
options ATZ BIND DUMB MHE MHRC MORE='"/usr/bin/more"'
options OVERHEAD SHADOW SOCKETS SYS5 SYS5DIR
options TZNAME WHATNOW
--
Jesse W. Asher (901)762-6000
Varco-Pruden Buildings
6000 Poplar Ave., Suite 400, Memphis, TN 38119
Internet: jessea@vpbuild.vp.com UUCP: vpbuild!jessea
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <aaron_bratcher-140493082909@fpm-mac-1.uchicago.edu> aaron_bratcher@fpm.uchicago.edu (Aaron Bratcher) writes:
>Does anyone know if there is an ethernet card that takes advantage of the
>A/Rose extension?
Hey what does the A/Rose extension do anyway ?
Michael
--
________________________________________________________________
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\ mantolovich@csu.edu.au OR antolovich@zac.riv.csu.edu.au /
\__________________________________________________________/
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1993Apr21.183307.18345@rosevax.rosemount.com>
grante@aquarius.rosemount.com (Grant Edwards) writes:
>mlee@post.RoyalRoads.ca (Malcolm Lee) writes:
>
>: God allows people to choose who and what they want to worship.
>: Worship of money is one of the greatest religions in this country.
>
>At least I can prove that money exists. Can you say the same for your
>god?
I would be interested in that proof of the "existance" of money.
Matt Freivald
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
LiBORGalism:
THINKING IS IRRELEVANT. INTEGRITY IS IRRELEVANT.
FREE SPEECH IS IRRELEVANT. PRIVATE PROPERTY IS IRRELEVANT.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS IRRELEVANT.
CONSERVATIVISM IS FUTILE.
YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
THESE ARE MY OPINIONS ONLY AND NOT THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
| 19talk.religion.misc |
The key question is whether non-Clipper encryption will be made illegal.
> The Administration is not saying, "since encryption
> threatens the public safety and effective law enforcement,
> we will prohibit it outright" (as some countries have
> effectively done); nor is the U.S. saying that "every
> American, as a matter of right, is entitled to an
> unbreakable commercial encryption product." There is a
> false "tension" created in the assessment that this issue is
> an "either-or" proposition. Rather, both concerns can be,
> and in fact are, harmoniously balanced through a reasoned,
> balanced approach such as is proposed with the "Clipper
> Chip" and similar encryption techniques.
The clear middle ground implied by these statements is to say that Americans
have the right to Clipper encryption, but not to unbreakable encryption.
This implies that, ultimately, non-Clipper strong encryption must become
illegal.
(As an aside, isn't the language here jarring? All this talk about
"harmonious balance" when they're talking about taking away people's
right to communications privacy?)
Although the article emphasizes voice communication, data and mail encryption
is mentioned as well:
>Sophisticated encryption technology has been used for years to
>protect electronic funds transfer. It is now being used to
>protect electronic mail and computer files.
> -- the privacy of our citizens, including the need to
> employ voice or data encryption for business purposes;
It looks like the worst nightmares raised by Dorothy Denning's proposals
are coming true. If the government continues on this course, I imagine
that we will see strong cryptography made illegal. Encryption programs
for disk files and email, as well as software to allow for encrypted
voice communications, will be distributed only through the
"underground". People will have to learn how to hide the fact that
they are protecting their privacy.
It's shocking and frightening to see that this is actually happening here.
Hal Finney
hal@alumni.caltech.edu
| 11sci.crypt |
I understand how israel captured the teritory and feels that it
is its right to annex it. I can't fully understand why it has
to deal with palestinians much the same way jews were treated
before the holocaust (the Final Solution) by Hitler. What I
totally don't get is why the U.S. has to subsidize the
existance of such a thorough abuser of human rights.
Just wondering
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
--
| Chad Dougherty | "TV sucks"--- |
| Case Western Reserve Univ. | "I know you're upset right now, boy, |
| crd6@po.cwru.edu | so I'll PRETEND you didn't say that!!" |
| slayer@b64743.student.cwru.edu | -Homer Simpson to Bart |
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <1993Apr16.173120.19289@adobe.com> sherwood@adobe.com
(Geoffrey Sherwood) writes:
>In going with the modern trend, the Orchid P9000 card only supports 16 colors
>in 640x480 mode without a driver. Of course, this breaks any DOS program
>which uses SVGA modes (like most of my CD-ROMs).
This is not the case: the ROM on the P9000 supports VESA modes of up to
1024x768 in 256 colors. VESA-compliant applications should have no trouble
setting these modes. (But I'm forwarding your posting to our Software group,
just in case. Can't be too careful.) Not that I doubt that YOUR applications
are failing to run; lots of stuff depends on figuring out which exact SVGA
they're looking at, and don't use VESA calls (VESA is still pretty new).
Every new chip set confuses them.
>The supported resolutions really annoy me. You can do 1280x1024 at 75Hz if
>you tell the driver you have an NEC 5FG (they only have about six monitors
>listed plus 'Generic', and if you choose Generic you can't get any high
>refreshes at ALL). But at 1024x768 you are limited to 70Hz. Seems to me
>that the hardware should be able to support the bandwidth (if it can do 75Hz
>at 1280 it sure should be able to do it at 1024!). Higher vertical resolution
>was the main reason I bought the card over the Orchid F. VLB I currently have,
>and it will do 1024x768x70 Hz as well.
I think we go to AT LEAST 76 Hz at 1024x768x8, and maybe more (and
it's a function of the RAMDAC speed, not the Power 9000). We need to
fix the problems you've noted (they were already on the list). If
you're really interested, though, take a look at the text file
P9000RES.DAT, which holds the data from which the choices in the
P9000 monitor installation program are built. Working by analogy,
you can build up a new monitor definition that has the right
combinations of refresh rates for your monitors. Keep a backup copy
of the file! Once you've built a new version of the P9000RES.DAT
file, run the P9000 installation program, INST, and your new choices
should show up. (This assumes you have the WEITEK v. 2.2 drivers.
You can tell the rev number by looking at the modification time of
the driver: 02:20 is version 2.20. Microsoft uses this gimmick,
too.)
>The board is faster that the OFVLB for most things according to the Hercules
>Speedy program. This program tests various operations and reports the results
>in pixels/second. I don't have the numbers for the Graphite card, but they
>were close to half of the OFVLB (ie, slower) but that was running in a 20MHz
>386, ISA, so the numbers aren't really comparable. The following numbers
>were all obtained using a 486, 33 MHz, AIR motherboard (UMC chipset), with
>8 MB memory. I give ranges because the program reports the numbers as it
>computes them, and these tend to jump around a bit.
The SPEEDY benchmark was put out by Hercules and IIT, who to my
knowledge were unencumbered by any motivations except making the
Hercules Graphite/IIT AGX014 card look really good. So I'd take the
numbers with a ton of salt. (Texas Instruments did the same thing
with WINTACH, trying to make the 34020 look good compared to the
8514, as if anyone cared.) It's safer (though not safe) to use
benchmarks from "unbiased" sources, such as testing labs, columnists,
etc.
>Interestingly, the solid
>vectors and shaded polygons show no improvement, and hatched polygons (ie,
>filled with cross-hatching) and Ternary Rops (whatever they are. Graphics
>operations like XORs maybe????) are a dead loss on the 9000.
I think you'll a large discrepancy between the results of SPEEDY and
the results of anything else in the universe on these things.
>I give two
>numbers for the 9000 fonts, because I think they are caching.
>When the fonts are first drawn on the screen they are done fairly slowly --
>1/3 the speed of the OFVLB. Then the speed increases dramatically. Sounds
>like programming to a benchmark to me....
Font caching is a perfectly legitimate optimization -- Windows has
hooks for it built right into the GDI. What's kind of silly is IIT's
use of a hardwired "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog then
sat on a tack" string in their driver. Not only is it useless in
real applications, it lacks the programming elegance of the "Bart
Simpson optimization," in which you save the bitmap of the
most-recently drawn string in off-screen memory, and just do a
screen-to-screen bitblit if you happen to be given that same string a
second time in a row. (We call it the "Bart Simpson optimization"
because Bart's the only person we can see benefiting from it: he
could right "I will not cheat on benchmarks" a hundred times and be
done in half the time it would take to actually form each character.)
>I make no claims that these numbers mean anything at all. Its just what
>I saw when I ran them on my computer. I normally don't write disclaimers,
>but this time maybe I'd better. My testing is totally unconnected with my
>work (I program under UNIX on Decstations) is done completely without the
>knowledge, blessing, or equipment of my company.
We don't have any lawyers -- they're all working for Intel. There
used to be a lawyer in Montana who didn't, but he died.
-- Robert
--
Robert Plamondon, robert@weitek.COM
"Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain. I, the Great and
Glorious Oz, have spoken!"
-- scene from a trade show
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <C5rLps.Fr5@world.std.com> jhallen@world.std.com (Joseph H Allen) writes:
>In article <1qvk8sINN9vo@clem.handheld.com> jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras) writes:
>
>Although I'm an atheist, the events in Waco have really sickened me. It's
>truely a sad day for religious freedom in this country. The Branch
>Dividians may have been nutty (my general opinion of all religious people),
>but tax evasion and illegal possesion of firearms are certainly not grounds
>for destroying a people.
As far as I am concerned, neither allegation has been proven.
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| 19talk.religion.misc |
To those who are wondering what is happening in Minnesota:
From what I have seen in the local news (TV and newspaper), various people
in the area are trying to get a new hockey team. A columnist for the St.
Paul "Pioneer Press" wrote an article giving the "inside scoop" on the
issue. There are three local sites competing for a team and three possible
candiates to move to the Twin Cities. First the sites: Target Center, Civic
Center (St. Paul), and yes, even the Met Center. The columnist was pretty
confident that Minnesota will get a team, and that the Target Center will
ultimately win out. He argued, however, that the competition from the other
two sites will delay the process considerably. Without the
inter-site competition, the columnist (sorry, I can't remember his name)
believes that Minnesota would have a team by the 1994-95 season. Also,
because of the situation with the Timberwolves, things will be delayed
until (unless) the city of Minneapolis takes over the Target Center.
However, they are unlikely to do so until the Met Center is destroyed,
because the city will lose money if there is competition from the Met for
conventions and short-term events (even with hockey at Target). To add to
this mess, a STUDY (6 to 12 months) is going to be conducted on the future
viability of the Met Center, which obviously delays the process even
further. I hope that the study is cancelled, which will have the effect of
knocking the Met Center out of the running and perhaps encouraging
Minneapolis to take over the Target Center sooner. The city would be
be even more encourged if the wrecking ball is taken to the Met,
which may happen.
Regarding possible candidates, the three teams are
Hartford, Tampa Bay, and New Jersey. I would prefer the Devils (Minnesota "
Ice Demons?") although the Lightning may have potential. Although it hasn't
been announced yet, it looks like 6 neutral site games will be played at the
Target Center next year. Apparently the Devils are interested in playing in
as many of those six games as possible, and I wouldn't be surprised to see
Hartford and Tampa show up there either. So, Minnesota may end up
getting another team, but it may take a few years.
Go Sabres!
Robert Andolina (former Buffalonian living in Minneapolis)
randolin@polisci.umn.edu
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Has anyone else gotten a system error when trying to print from Mathematica 2.1
to the HP Deskwriter. I'm using a PB170 with: 8 megs ram
Sys 7.0.1 + Tuneup
HP Print Drivers etc....
It works find on an Imagewriter I. I'd like to get as much information as
possible before I send a bug report to Wolfram.
Thanks.
-Kurt (whitmore@iastate.edu)
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1993Apr21.085435.6895@ericsson.se>, etxonss@ufsa.ericsson.se (Staffan Axelsson) writes:
> OK, I forgot the Czech roster at home yesterday, but now I have it.
> I don't know the teams for all players, so I would appreciate if
> you guys could fill in the blanks for me (especially I think some
> of these players play in Finland).
>
> The Czech Republic
> ------------------
>
> Goaltenders: 1. Petr Briza (Finland somewhere, right?)
signed contract for EV Landshut, Germany
for the 1993/94 season
> Defense: 3. Leo Gudas ?
EC Hedos Muenchen, Germany
since 1992.
Holger
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| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Hi,
I recently got a tower-case for my Gateway 486/33 file server, mostly because
we needed the extra drive bays and better power supply. This case has LED's
for the processor speed, i.e. 33. Is there a place to plug this in on the
motherboard? If not, is there anyway to hack something to make it work?
TIA!
-Eric
- ()() ()() () ()()() Eric J. Huppertz ejhupper@ilstu.edu
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() () () () "Hey, these aren't my rules. Come to think of
()() () () ()()() it, I don't HAVE any rules." -Beetlejuice
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
> Why would the Rushdie case be particularly legitimate? As I've said
> elsewhere on this issue, Rushdie's actions had effects in Islamic
> countries so that it is not so simple to say that he didn't commit
> a crime in an Islamic country.
Actually, it is simple.
A person P has committed a crime C in country X if P was within the borders
of X at the time when C was committed. It doesn't matter if the physical
manifestation of C is outside X.
For instance, if I hack into NASA's Ames Research Lab and delete all their
files, I have committed a crime in the United Kingdom. If the US authorities
wish to prosecute me under US law rather than UK law, they have no automatic
right to do so.
This is why the net authorities in the US tried to put pressure on some sites
in Holland. Holland had no anti-cracking legislation, and so it was viewed
as a "hacker haven" by some US system administrators.
Similarly, a company called Red Hot Television is broadcasting pornographic
material which can be received in Britain. If they were broadcasting in
Britain, they would be committing a crime. But they are not, they are
broadcasting from Denmark, so the British Government is powerless to do
anything about it, in spite of the apparent law-breaking.
Of course, I'm not a lawyer, so I could be wrong. More confusingly, I could
be right in some countries but not in others...
mathew
| 0alt.atheism |
rmt6r@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Roy Matthew Thigpen) writes:
>aas7@po.CWRU.Edu writes:
>>
>> In a previous article, v064mcqs@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (ADAM M. GANDLER) says:
>>
>> >
>> >I heard Chrysler is planning to design or is in the process
>> >of designing a compact sedan line based on the LH platform.
>> >If these were as thought out as the full sized sedans and
>> >priced competitively, I see no reason why they could not give
>> >the imports and even the Saturns a serious challenge.
>>
>> OH GOODY!!! We now get to see SATURNS sold through CRYCO dealers.....
>> fab!
>Why is it this A-hole insist on remarks like this. I really am growing
>tired of this s*** DREW.
Do you have a "kill" file for your newsreader? I put the name "Spencer"
in my kill file and that gives me about 10-15 less articles PER DAY that
I have to sift through.
| 7rec.autos |
In article <1r76sbINNkap@flop.ENGR.ORST.EDU> noeler@xanth.CS.ORST.EDU (Eric Richard Noel) writes:
>I strongly disagree. I think most pirating is done by amateurs, who won't
>copy the program if "diskcopy" can't do it.
I hate to disagree, but I will. :)
(note: I don't pirate software, nor do I trade it. I simply have met and
talked extensively with those who have. that's it. the FBI can tap someone
else's phone :)
Most pirating is done by people who don't use the programs they pirate.
A cracked program tends to get passed on, resplendant in the various graphics
and animations that advertise whoever performed the modification(s).
I admit that a large portion of the business world is involved in 'giving'
copies of programs to one's fellow workers, maybe taking it home for use
on one's own PC, but such trading tends to be interdepartmental or at most
spread throughout the business as a whole- how many times have you had
someone walking from business to business letting people copy disks?
It's mostly a matter of convenience: a person sees a program they want to
use and they feel justified in making a copy since "someone's already paid
for it", etc., etc. (A note: this is starting to change a bit. not much
though.)
>If you're talking a 20% max goal of pirated copies, I bet that anything that
>will beat diskcopy, and can't be easily copied from a hard drive, will
>suffice.
what about commercially available copy programs? CopyII?
how about programs like teledisk, that can do things diskcopy can't?
and before anyone disputes this because they feel that those who would copy
wouldn't know about this:
after working with people around computers, one comes to realize that
the 'average' user doesn't know much. Any computer enthusiast is at least
200x better at pre-guessing commands and how to use them (can *you* sit down
and use something without reading the manual?) and it is these people who
are doing the '20% pirating', not Joe Windows User who can't remember a few
arguments to the dir command.
>I hate hard copy manuals, and would rather have all docs online - *not*
>because I want to copy the program, but because its usually faster and
>and convenient than sifting through an old book I can't find.
really? I find it evens out- the online stuff can be read through faster,
but you're stuck reading it in linear flow: start to finish, unless you
jump ahead with a search or such. A book, though, you can flip through
faster than you can read text on a screen and they usually have a nifty
index too!
But I partially agree: I often wish I could grep something that was written
down.
>Off deeper end-> Why does everyone think they need to be able to make a
>backup copy? Almost all new software must be installed to the hard disk,
>so you are left with the originals as your backups. I think its a waste
>of time, space, and money, as well as it makes it to tempting to "lend"
>out the backups.
what if they need to re-install? The idea of a backup still holds- if
the original disk goes bad, they're out of luck for about 1-2 weeks, which
is the usual turn around time for a company to send a new set of disks-
if they'll do it without a charge.
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| 12sci.electronics |
In <1993Apr15.074615.957@abo.fi> MANDTBACKA@FINABO.ABO.FI (Mats Andtbacka)
writes:
>In <C5Hr14.Jxw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lis450bw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
> (Is that you, Mike Cobb, or is someone else using a "MAC" sig?)
> (And why on earth was this crossposted to talk.abortion?)
>> My definition of objective would be absolute, or fixed, rather than
>> subjective, or varying and changing.
> Inotherwords, any moral system (that _is_ still what we're talking
>about, right?) can be 'objective', provided you stick to it no matter
>what? Doesn't sound good to me, stifles progress.
Yup. This is me. I don't know why it crossposted. I was accessing nn
from another system and that might have caused the glitch.
I hold that an objective moral system exists regardless of my knowledge or
application of it. I relate it to the idea that there is scientific truth
that is truth even though I may not know about it.
Some morals I wouldn't want to change, and would not consider it progress
for
a society to oneday say that rape and murder are ok. Some underlying
themes (morality, honesty, courage, respect, etc.) are used to base
actions. I don't consider the idea that we should have been moral, should
be moral now, and should be so in the future a limitation, when it includes
such morality. Aberrances in a moral system, i.e. it is immoral to marry
someone of the opposite sex, it is immoral to listen to rock and roll, etc.
seem to be different than the above lists, and if specific actions are given
moral status I tend to question those morals.
MAC
>--
> Disclaimer? "It's great to be young and insane!"
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"...and I won't raise taxes on the middle University of Illinois
class to pay for my programs." Champaign-Urbana
-Bill Clinton 3rd Debate cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
With new taxes and spending cuts we'll still have 310 billion dollar deficits.
| 0alt.atheism |
I've been using Final from CODA for some time, but suddenly it stopped using
my fonts. I have a 386 PC with lots of disk space and memory, a Postscript
laser, Win3.1, Finale 2.0.1 and I recently installed ATM 2.0. I've been
fiddling around with the Windows setup for some time, and when I needed to do
some work with Finale things didn't print properly. It might - and it might
not - have anything to do with the installation of ATM from 1.something to
2.0, but I don't have the old ATM lying around anomore.
The most annoying problem was that the Petrucci font didn't print, which is a
rather important font :-)
I managed to get direct printing to work if I included OwnPS=0 in the
[Finale] section of WIN.INI, but Compile PostScript Listing still doesn't
work; and it's those .EPS files I need. When I look at the .eps files
generated the only font which appears there is Courier. I found out that if I
manually changed the Courier 24-point to Petrucci 24-point in the .EPS file
everything worked ok, but I'd rather avoid that since I have a lot of songs
to work with.
And yes, in the Special/Font/Font names dialog box all the fonts I need are
listed, with the correct mapping between Finale, Screen and Printer fonts.
Finale is obviously aware of the fonts since direct printing of a score works
well (that is, after I included OwnPS=0), and all my other Windows
applications print Petrucci and the other fonts well.
Has anyone encountered problems like this?
What is the current version of Finale from Coda Music Software? I have 2.0.1
Are the people at Coda available on Internet or X.400?
I'd be grateful for all hints and help. -mats
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| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Mr. Esam Abdel-Rahem writes:
>I urge you all to vote NO to the formation of the news group ''AHMADYA.ISLAM''.
>If they want to have their own group, the word ISLAM shouldnot be attached to
>the name of such group. We don't consider them as Muslims.
Dr. Tahir Ijaz comments on Esam Abdel-Rahem's statement:
>But the problem is We consider ourself to be Muslims, even though you don't.
>Luckily, faith is determined by what one believes and is a personal matter.
>You cannot declare the faith of someone else.
Mr. Jawad Ali then comments on Tahir Ijaz's statement:
>You are not considering the consequences of your argument. The converse
>would be that the problem is that Muslims dont consider Ahmadies to be
>Muslims. Who one considers to be one's co-believer is also a personal
>matter. It would be just as wrong to tell the Muslims who should be
>included in their self-defination.
The argument by Jawad Ali is funny, He writes:
"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.
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| 19talk.religion.misc |
> I'm afraid I have to disagree with you on that point. NSA will *not*
>tell RSA or any other non-DOD entity anything that its eavesdropping
>reveals.
I don't know about that; they might if they find it the most expedient
way to keep people from using something they can't crack.
| 11sci.crypt |
Yigal et al, sue ADL
Nineteen people, including the son off ormer Israeli Defence Minister Moshe
Arens, sued the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Wednesday, accusing the
Jewish group of disclosing confidential official information about them.
Richard Hirschhaut, director of the San Francisco branch of the ADL, art
dealer Roy Bullock and former policeman Tom Gerard were also named as
defendants in the suit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court.
The 19 accuse the ADL of B'nai B'rith, a group dedicated to fighting
anti-Semitism, and the other defendants of secretly gathering information on
them, including data from state and federal agencies.
The suit alleges they disclosed the information to others, including the
governments of Israel and South Africa, in what it alleges was a ``a massive
spying operation.''
The action is a class-action suit. It was filed on behalf of about 12,000
anti-apartheid activists or opponents of Israeli policies about whom the
plaintiffs believe the ADL, Bullock and Gerard gathered information.
Representatives of the ADL in San Francisco were not immediately
available for comment on Wednesday.
The civil suit is the first legal action arising out of allegations that
Gerard, a former inspector in the San Francisco police intelligence unit,
passed confidential police files on California political activists to a spy
ring.
The FBI and San Francisco police are investigating the ADL, Bullock and
Gerard over the affair and last week searched the ADL's offices in San
Francisco and Los Angeles.
The suit alleges invasion of privacy under the Civil Code of California,
which prohibits the publication of information obtained from official
sources. It seeks exemplary damages of at least $2,500 per person as well as
other unspecified damages.
Lawyer Pete McCloskey, a former Congresmen who is representing the
plaintiffs, said the 19 plaintiffs included Arab-Americans and Jews -- and
his wife Helen, who also had information gathered about her.
One of the plaintiffs is Yigal Arens, a research scientist at the
University of Southern California who is a son of the former Israeli Defence
Minister.
Arens told the San Francisco Examiner he had seen a file the ADL kept on
him in the 1980s, presumably because of his criticism of the treatment of
Palestinians and his position on the Israeli-occupied territories.
According to court documents released last week, Bullock and Gerard both
kept information on thousands of California political activists.
In the documents, a police investigator said he believed the ADL paid
Bullock for many years to provide information and that both the league and
Bullock received confidential information from the authorities.
No criminal charges have yet been filed in the case. The ADL, Bullock and
Gerard have all denied any wrongdoing.
...........
js
| 18talk.politics.misc |
I live at sea-level, and am called-upon to travel to high-altitude cities
quite frequently, on business. The cities in question are at 7000 to 9000
feet of altitude. One of them especially is very polluted...
Often I feel faint the first two or three days. I feel lightheaded, and
my heart seems to pound a lot more than at sea-level. Also, it is very
dry in these cities, so I will tend to drink a lot of water, and keep
away from dehydrating drinks, such as those containing caffeine or alcohol.
Thing is, I still have symptoms. How can I ensure that my short trips there
(no, I don't usually have a week to acclimatize) are as comfortable as possible?
Is there something else that I could do?
A long time ago (possibly two years ago) there was a discussion here about
altitude adjustment. Has anyone saved the messages?
Many thanks,
Vida.
| 13sci.med |
This is as bad as the "Did You Know" Japan bashing of 2 weeks ago. After
finding this set of postings for the third time I hope no one shows up.
I don't know why fools insist on posting to every group. It just
agrevates people.
--
Rod Anderson N0NZO | The only acceptable substitute
Boulder, CO | for brains is silence.
rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu | -Solomon Short-
satellite N0NZO on ao-16 |
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <26APR199315293014@utkvx.utk.edu> iturriag@utkvx.utk.edu (Mr. Y) writes:
> I am not quite so sure about the illegality of using a regular American phone
> on your home system. I vaguely remember a few years ago, when "Deutsche
> Bundespost" split into Postdienst, Postbank, and Telekom there was some
> discussion about a new regulation. I know that cordless or cellular phones
> still have to be approved by the Telekom, but does that hold true for regular
> phones? In my areacode in Germany (2234 - Frechen, near Koeln) you can use
Yes, it does.
All the equipment has to have that Telekom approval number to be
legal.
What has changed is that you can buy the equipment somewhere else.
I'm pretty sure the same holds true in Sweden (at least when I read
some information on it about tweo years ago).
And BTW I do know that most of the lines in Sweden can handle tone-dialing,
just don't be sure that all can.
--
Wolfgang Diestelkamp
wd@cs.tu-berlin.de
wolfgang@first.gmd.de
| 12sci.electronics |
Here are some notes about what the church is to be like and some helpful
ideas about how to choose a church:
Colossians 1:15-18
A. Jesus is the head of the body, the church
B. You cannot say "yes" to Jesus, but "no" to the church
Ephesians 2:19-22
A. The church is the family of God
B. The church is based on the Word of God only
Cornerstone=Christ
Foundation= Apostles=New Testament
Prophets=Old Testament (see Revelation 21:9-14)
1 Corinthians 12:12-13
A. Baptism is when we become a member of the church
As for the question of denominations:
A. The Bible teaches that there is only ONE church from Ephesians
4:4-6, Romans 12:4-5, 1 Corinthians 12:12-13
B. 1 Corinthians 1:10-13 says that there should be no divisions in
the church. There should be no following of personalities in the church
(and in time, their writings)
C. There are so many churches today because of a problem. 2 Timothy
4:1-4 says that people will turn away from the truth and try to find a
church that teaches a doctrine that suits their lifestyle
Hebrews 10:24-25
A. Do not miss church
B. Purpose is to encourage each other, so we will remain faithful.
Involved on a relationship level in the church
C. Must come to ALL services
Another verse which is helpful is Hebrews 3:12-15. The church should be
encouraging daily, as it is their duty to do.
Of course, more standards apply:
1 Timothy 4:16 People in the church should be watching their lives
and doctrines to make sure they both live up to the Word entirely (ie,
disciples).
Acts 17:10-12 The pastor does not come close to the Apostle Paul
(natural conclusion since the Apostle Paul talked with Jesus directly
face to face), so if the Bereans, who were considered noble, didn't take
Paul at his word but checked out what he said with Scripture to verify
his statements, then church members are to do the same and verify the
pastor's statements. If they are not verifiable or valid in light of
other verses, then that group should be avoided as a church (would've
made a wonderful suggestion to the Waco group, especially in light of
Matthew 24).
Joe Fisher
| 15soc.religion.christian |
If companies compressed their executables with LZW andd did some kind of
encryption in the process, this "change two bytes here" thing would go right
out the window.
--
Michael Chen | From the depths of our most lucid horrors |
| spring our fond hopes and pure desires... |
mchen@cs.psu.edu | except what comes from HELL! :-) 7/23/92 |
| 12sci.electronics |
Forwarded from:
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICE
JET PROPULSION LABORATORY
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
PASADENA, CALIF. 91109. (818) 354-5011
Contact: Mary A. Hardin
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE April 15, 1993
#1506
Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory report the
successful flight of a balloon carrying instruments designed to
measure and study chemicals in the Earth's ozone layer.
The April 3 flight from California's Barstow/Daggett Airport
reached an altitude of 37 kilometers (121,000 feet) and took
measurements as part of a program established to correlate data
with the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS).
The data from the balloon flight will also be compared to
readings from the Atmospheric Trace Molecular Spectroscopy
(ATMOS) experiment which is currently flying onboard the shuttle
Discovery.
"We launch these balloons several times a year as part of an
ongoing ozone research program. In fact, JPL is actively
involved in the study of ozone and the atmosphere in three
important ways," said Dr. Jim Margitan, principal investigator on
the balloon research campaign.
"There are two JPL instruments on the UARS satellite," he
continued. "The ATMOS experiment is conducted by JPL scientists,
and the JPL balloon research provides collaborative ground truth
for those activities, as well as data that is useful in its own
right."
The measurements taken by the balloon payload will add more
pieces to the complex puzzle of the atmosphere, specifically the
mid-latitude stratosphere during winter and spring.
Understanding the chemistry occurring in this region helps
scientists construct more accurate computer models which are
instrumental in predicting future ozone conditions.
The scientific balloon payload consisted of three JPL
instruments: an ultraviolet ozone photometer which measures
ozone as the balloon ascends and descends through the atmosphere;
a submillimeterwave limb sounder which looks at microwave
radiation emitted by molecules in the atmosphere; and a Fourier
transform infrared interferometer which monitors how the
atmosphere absorbs sunlight.
Launch occurred at about noontime, and following a three-
hour ascent, the balloon floated eastward at approximately 130
kilometers per hour (70 knots). Data was radioed to ground
stations and recorded onboard. The flight ended at 10 p.m.
Pacific time in eastern New Mexico when the payload was commanded
to separate from the balloon.
"We needed to fly through sunset to make the infrared
measurements," Margitan explained, "and we also needed to fly in
darkness to watch how quickly some of the molecules disappear."
It will be several weeks before scientists will have the
completed results of their experiments. They will then forward
their data to the UARS central data facility at the Goddard Space
Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland for use by the UARS
scientists.
The balloon was launched by the National Scientific Balloon
Facility, normally based in Palestine, Tex., operating under a
contract from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. The balloon was
launched in California because of the west-to-east wind direction
and the desire to keep the operation in the southwest.
The balloons are made of 20-micron (0.8 mil, or less than
one-thousandth of an inch) thick plastic, and are 790,000 cubic
meters (28 million cubic feet) in volume when fully inflated with
helium (120 meters (400 feet) in diameter). The balloons weigh
between 1,300 and 1,800 kilograms (3,000 and 4,000 pounds). The
scientific payload weighs about 1,300 kilograms (3,000) pounds
and is 1.8 meters (six feet) square by 4.6 meters (15 feet) high.
The JPL balloon research is sponsored by NASA's Upper
Atmosphere Research Program and the UARS Correlative Measurements
Program.
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/_ /| /____/ \ /_ /| Ron Baalke | baalke@kelvin.jpl.nasa.gov
| | | | __ \ /| | | | Jet Propulsion Lab |
___| | | | |__) |/ | | |__ M/S 525-3684 Telos | Being cynical never helps
/___| | | | ___/ | |/__ /| Pasadena, CA 91109 | to correct the situation
|_____|/ |_|/ |_____|/ | and causes more aggravation
| instead.
| 14sci.space |
I recently purchased an IBM monochrome vga monitor from Mike Damico. The
monitor arrived but it was missing it's power cable. Mike's address is
apparently not a proper address because mail can't reach it. If anyone
knows how to contact Mike and could help me find him I would appreciate it.
I am sure he just set aside the power cord as he was packing the monitor
but it would be a lot more useful to me if I had the cord as well.
Traci Collins, Professor of Computer Education
Colorado Mountain College
tcollins@bridget.newcastle.co.us
| 6misc.forsale |
Can anyone around here point me to information regarding STEREOSCOPIC images?
I believe I saw some at a show room in Texas (Lone Star Illusions) and
they were amazing. I've now heard that they were created with a simple
graphic program. Does anyone have any of these images digitized??
I really want to find a out as much as I can..
Thanks..
brian@ccnext.ucsf.edu
(please reply to this address)
| 1comp.graphics |
How about this: The
TelCo has your Clipper key. The TelCo
has your intended partner's key, if he is
using one. Whenever you call, the message
gets decrypted and reencrypted wihtout
y key exchange. I know it's a stupid
system, but for the feds, it'd be
great. The point of this isn;t to
take over the crypto market, BTW. Clinton
doen not want people to have any sort of crypto at
all (just like Busch). But he needs some support
for the "technology initiative" garbage he's
pushing (industrial policy stuff) and a computer
hip designed by the gov't is just the thing.
Who's going to thing about the (literal) Billions of
Dollars it took for a government agency to design?
-watkins@earth.eecs.uic.edu
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <79899@cup.portal.com> Thyagi@cup.portal.com (Thyagi Morgoth NagaSiva) writes:
I would like to add my support for a misc.taoism discussion group.
I applaud the enthusiam shown by the person posting <79899@cup.portal.com>
"Thyagi@cup.portal.com" (I read in alt.magick), but I differ
with him/her in believing that at least some minimal parameters
should be agreed upon.
Thyagi wrote:
> I recommend that the depth of generality, indeed, of AMBIGUITY, in this
> newsgroup (misc.taoism) be maximized. Calling the Tradition old or new
> is rather unnecessary, and only leads to foolish squabbles. There is no
> doubt that Nature is a splendid teacher, whether she appears in the words
> spoken by a tree or by a stream, a microbe or a star. Let us not limit
> 'misc.taoism' to 'philosophy'.
But if we don't limit it to *something*, the discussion degenerates into
a big amorphous glob.
Other questions Thyagi proposes are:
> 1) What is this 'actual process of reality'?
> 2) Why is Taoism based upon an assumption?
> 3) Why does this assumption concern knowledge and what can be known?
> 4) What is the value of not knowing?
> 5) What is 'a Tao'? What does it mean to be 'Tao'd'?
It seems to me that these questions more properly fall into the
category of "general metaphysics". I would prefer any misc.taoism
to deal more closely with topics and works more closely associated
with at least "semi-orthodox" Taoism: with established classic works
definitely included and works like Mantak Chia's argued about!
I think "neo-Taoism" should be excluded or get its own group (what I
mean by this is "Humpty-Dumpty Taoism", in which Taoism means whatever
a poster says it means.) This "alt.taoism" could also be a refuge
for debates about what "Taoism *REALLY* means" or speculations on sexual
alchemy, etc..
e.g. (from Thyagi again):
> Taoism does what the hell it wants, I tell you.
> Taoism doesn't exist. 'Taoism' is no more real that 'Tao'. Decide, now.
> Real or not real? Exist or not-exist? When shall we be certain
Kent gloomily predicts (quoting from Thyagi's article):
> However most traffic in
> the group will likely concern the philosophical, secular taoism
> averred by Alan Watts and Niels Bohr, and yogic taoism as it pertains
> to medical, sexual and martial techniques.
I think that discussions of this nature are not completely out of
place. What's happening is that that the term "Taoism" is becoming
completely polluted and trivialized like the words "magic", "Alchemy",
"Zen," etc., by writers appropriating the word to mean whatever they
want. This is seen by the spate of new age books entitled "The
Tao of" this, that, and everything else. (With respect to some exceptions
like the books by Jou, Tsung-Hwa.)
Any other comments/ideas? I look forward to seeing them. On balance,
I say let misc.taoism rip and let the chips fall where they may. If
it just gets filled up with college freshmen asking about the
Tao of Sex then it will have been a failure and people will post to
these groups just as they do now.
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim P. Scott sending from: Megatek Corporation (619)455-5590 ext.2610
9645 Scranton Rd. San Diego, CA 92121-3782 USA FAX: (619)453-7603
Internet: tims@megatek.com [or] ...uunet!megatek!tims
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <93109.13404334AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET>
<34AEJ7D@CMUVM.BITNET> writes:
> I will be surprised if this post makes it past the censors,
> but here goes:
>
> Monday, 19 April, 1993 13:30 EDT
>
> MURDER MOST FOUL!!
>
> CNN is reporting as I write this that the ATF has ignited all
> the buildings of the Branch Dividian ranch near Waco, TX. The
> lies from ATF say "holes were made in the walls and 'non-lethal' tear
> gas pumped in". A few minutes after this started the whole thing went up.
> ALL buildings are aflame. NO ONE HAS ESCAPED. I think it obvious that
> the ATF used armored flame-thrower vehicles to pump in unlit
> napalm, then let the wood stove inside ignite it.
>
> THIS IS MURDER!
>
> ATF MURDERERS! BUTCHERS!!
>
> THIS IS GENOCIDAL MASS-SLAUGHTER OF INNOCENT PEOPLE, INCLUDING CHILDREN!
>
> I have predicted this from the start, but God, it sickens me to see
> it happen. I had hoped I was wrong. I had hoped that there was
> still some shred of the America I grew up with, and loved, left
> alive. I was wrong. The Nazis have won.
>
> I REPEAT, AS OF THIS TIME THERE ARE **NO SURVIVORS**!
>
> God help us all.
>
>
> PLEASE CROSSPOST -- DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THE SLAUGHTER OF THE CHILDREN!
>
>
> W. K. Gorman - an American in tears.
The latest news I saw was that two of the eight known survivors (not NO
SURVIVORS!!! as you so rudely put in all caps) said they started the
fire.
I won't go on with the things the wacko of Waco did.
--Ted Schuerzinger
zed@Dartmouth.EDU
This is not the secret message.
| 16talk.politics.guns |
ejbehr@rs6000.cmp.ilstu.edu (Eric Behr) writes:
>Just a quick summary of recent findings re. high speed modems. Top three
>contenders seem to be AT&T Paradyne, ZyXEL, and US Robotics. ZyXEL has the
>biggest "cult following", and can be had for under $300, but I ignored it
>because I need something with Mac software, which will work without any
>tweaking.
You shouldn't have ignored the ZyXEL. It can be purchased with a "Mac
bundle", which includes a hardware-handshaking cable and FaxSTF software.
The bundle adds between $35 and $60 to the price of the modem, depending
on the supplier. It is true that the modem has no Mac-specific docs,
but it doesn't require much 'tweaking' (aside from setting &D0 in the
init string, to enable hardware handshaking).
For more information on the ZyXEL, including sources, look at various files
on sumex-aim.stanford.edu, in info-mac/report.
Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with ZyXEL, though I did buy a ZyXEL
a U1496E modem.
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1r92s5$mec@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ab245@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Sam Latonia) writes:
>From: arnolm2@aix.rpi.edu (Matthew Richard Arnold)
>Subject: DX50 vs DX266
>Date: Wed Apr 21 19:55:12 1993
>
>
>Would someone be willing to explain to me the 486DX 50MHz is not more
>popular than it is? I would think it would be just as fast, if not
>faster than the 486DX 66MHz for certian applications. Plus, a 50MHz
>motherboard would seem better if you had any plans on upgrading the
>chip in the future. I must be missing something, since everyone is
>buying the DX2 66... Many adds don't even mention the DX 50.
> Thanks a lot,
> -Matt
>
>Yes its realy simple, no one makes a mother board that runs the
>bus at more than 33MHZ....Sam
>--
This isn't quite true - depending on the number of local bus slots, and
whether or not the device is integrated into the mother board, it is
possible to run local bus at up to 40 and 50 mhz. I've also spoken to a few
people who run standard local bus video cards at 50 mhz without trouble
(and a couple of people who couldn't get a lb card to work at that speed).
-Brian
bjoppy@ucdavis.edu
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <533@imp.HellNet.org> devil@loki.HellNet.org (Gil Tene) writes:
>I am trying to figure out the current C++ toolkit "directions".
>More simply, I'd like to know which C++ toolkit to "bet on"
>for use in a new long term project.
I have the same problem. I have looked at Motif++, WWL, InterViews, GINA++,
and a few variations on the above. I've also done a cursory examination
of Rogue Wave's View.h++. I like View.h++'s abstractions best of all of the
toolkits I mentioned, but the resulting code looks little like Motif, and I
have little confidence that this software will catch on or otherwise result
in significant longevity for my code. GINA++ allows you to write code which
looks a great deal like Motif and also makes interesting use of inheritance,
but the resulting code is almost too Motif-like, and is certainly not
significantly less verbose than equivalent C code. InterViews looks
promising, but I haven't found a free version with Motif support, and I'm
not confident how widely InterViews with Motif support will be adopted,
and what (if any) specific Motif support will be available over time. The
other libraries produce code which is less Motif-like, but which does not make
sufficient use of the features of C++ to simplify my coding task.
At this point, my inclination is to write my Motif manipulation routines in
C, and invoke those routines from my C++ code using simple abstractions suited
to my specific task. Later, if OSF or some credible standards-setting body
comes up with a C++ interface to Motif, I will change to that. It does me
no goo to write in C++ if my choice of interfaces leaves me with code which
leaves me tied to an abstraction which is not consistent with the industry
directions. It's better to take a standard if inferior solution for now
than to go with a slgihtly superior approach which will leave me with both
useless code and useless skills a few years from now. Views.h++ is the only
library I'd consider right now, but in our environment, we'd end up spending
nearly $5000 to use it, and I can't justify it when it's likely to cause
short-term productivity decreases as we learn the new abstraction, and is
unlikely to be a sufficiently long-lived solution for us to reap the benefits
at the high end of the J curve.
- Brad
--
Brad Daniels ` | "If money can't buy happiness,
daniels@neosoft.com | I guess I'll have to rent it."
I don't work for NeoSoft, and | - Weird Al Yenkovic
don't speak for my employer. |
| 5comp.windows.x |
livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
>Perhaps the chimps that failed to evolve cooperative behaviour
>died out, and we are left with the ones that did evolve such
>behaviour, entirely by chance.
That's the entire point!
>Are you going to proclaim a natural morality every time an
>organism evolves cooperative behaviour?
Yes!
Natural morality is a morality that developed naturally.
>What about the natural morality of bee dance?
Huh?
keith
| 0alt.atheism |
In a previous article, crh@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Christian Huebner) says:
>brad@buck.viewlogic.com (Bradford Kellogg) writes:
>
>>I think he's talking about a different form of rush. Evidently, it's fun to be
>>terrified. But hey, if you want that kind of rush, try bobsledding. You may
>>only get up to 80 or so, but it makes 130 in a car feel like a stroll in the
>>park.
>
>Why should a good driver be terrified at 130mph? The only thing I fear
>going at 130 are drivers, who switch to the left lane without using
>either rear-view-mirror or flashers. Doing 130 to 150 ain't a rush
>for me, but it's fun and I get where I want to go much faster.
>
>But in one point You are quite right. If You are terrified at 130 You
>should better not drive that fast, or You'll be a hazard to others.
>
>BTW, before You flame me, read my E-Mail address. I know what I'm
>talking about, as I live in Germany.
>
>>- BK
>
>Chris crh@regent.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de
not a flame, just a point: I'd be scared at 130 here, not because i feel
_I_ or my car couldn't handle it, but because of exactly what you said:
drivers who are STUPID. Like the ones who are doing 130 also, and so
they pull in right behind you at maybe 1-2 car lengths....oh yeah, real
smart... This scares me in cities at 50. When i can't see enough of
the car to make it recognizable, they are following TOO CLOSE. And
when i see them doing this AND reading a newspaper.....*sigh*...this
is why America has 55-65 speed limits: our drivers are TOO DUMB to realise
that reading the paper should be done at breakfast, or work, not in their
car.
my thoughts..
DREW
| 7rec.autos |
Our university is wanting to buy a couple of servers to provide Email
to students (@ 2300) and faculty (@ 250). Two servers are being
lokked at for one to provide news service and one mail service from a
proposed Internet connection. Are there any foreseable problems with
this proposed set up? Provided that IHETs is providing an Ethernet
line from a Cisco router into our network.
2 X 486 DX 50 MHz
SMC Elite 32 or 32TP EISA NIC
Dual Duplexed 2.5Gb SCSI-2
with 5yr parts and labor on everything but the hard drives
running UNIVEL UNIX for Application Servers
We will run CC:Mail on a campus wide Novell network to access these
<hopefully>. Is there any other aspect I should be looking at?
Which NIC do I use?
Is this enough disk space?
etc...
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
--
Christopher H. Meyers UUNET: meyers@evansville.edu
University of Evansville **************************************
Academic Computing Technician || Let's NOT, and say we did ! ||
(812)479-2829 **************************************
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Ken Arromdee writes
>>Did they not know that these men were federal officers?
>Do you know what a "no-knock search" is?
Yes, but tell me how you think your question answers my question. If
the BDs didn't know immediately that they were dealing with feds
(uniform apparel, insignia), they must have figured it out in pretty
short order. Why did they keep fighting? They seemed awfully ready
for having been attacked "without warning".
--
Peter M. Yadlowsky | Wake! The sky is light!
Academic Computing Center | Let us to the Net again...
University of Virginia | Companion keyboard.
pmy@Virginia.EDU | - after Basho
| 19talk.religion.misc |
>> With E-Mail, if they can't break your PGP encryption, they'll just
>>call up one of their TEMPEST trucks and read the electromagnetic emmisions
>>from your computer or terminal. Note that measures to protect yourself from
>
>2. I could independently invent about half a dozen right off
>the top of my head. If I had studied Advanced E & M a little better,
>I could probably come up with a _very_ good system.
Wouldn't a a second monitor of similar type scrolling gibberish and adjacent
to the one being used provide reasonable resistance to tempest attacks?
--
Rob Stampfli rob@colnet.cmhnet.org The neat thing about standards:
614-864-9377 HAM RADIO: kd8wk@n8jyv.oh There are so many to choose from.
| 11sci.crypt |
Does anyone know how to access and/or display multiple pages in mode 13h
while still maintaining the 1 byte per pixel memory organization?
Examples in C or Assembly would be appreciated...
Thanks
Scott
| 1comp.graphics |
[Please excuse me if this is inappropriate to post here, but I do not read
these groups normally and I did not see any PC related marketplace
newsgroups]
FOR SALE: Borland C++ with Application Frameworks 3.1 (Full Professional
Developer Kit)
Borland C++ Programming Package including unopened software, unopened
manuals, and registration card.
SOFTWARE INCLUDES:
1. *Still plastic wrapped* high density 5.25 inch disks for Borland C++:
total of 18 diskettes in 2 individually wrapped packages, each
disk has "Borland C++" and "BC++ & APP. FRAMEWORKS 3.1" on label
2. Amish System Utilities for Windows (one 5.25" high density disk):
Amish Launch
Amish Desk Utilities for Windows
3. Phar Lap's 286|DOS-Extender Lite Version 2.5 (one 5.25" HD disk)
MANUALS INCLUDE:
1. *Still Plastic Wrapped* Manuals include (i.e. unopened):
A. Boland Windows API Volumes:
I: Reference Guide
II: Reference Guide
III: Windows 3.1 Reference Guide
B. Borland Turbo Debugger 3.0 User's Guide
C. Borland Turbo Profiler 3.0 User's Guide
D. Borland Turbo Assembler 3.0 Users Guide
E. Borland C++ 3.1 User's Guide:
integrated environment
optimization
command line compiler
installation
F. Borland C++ 3.1 Programmer's Guide:
language structure, class libraries, advanced prgramming
techniques, anci c implementaion
G. Borland C++ 3.1 Library Reference:
runtime library, global variables, cross-reference
H. Borland C++ 3.1 Tools and Utilities Guide:
error messages, winsightm make, help/resource compilers,
tlink
I. Borland Object Windows for C++ User's Guide:
tutorials, class reference
2. Opened (no plastic wrapping, but unread) Manuals include:
A. Borland Turbo Assembler 3.0 Quick Reference Guide
B. Borland Turbo Vision for C++ User's Guide
C. Borland Resource Workshop User's Guide
This package was purchased by a former employee of my father's and my
father has asked me to try and sell it since neither of us have any use
for it.
Retails for $749, most software houses have it for approx. $480. I am
asking $400.
If you are interested, please e-mail me directly because I do not normally
read this newsgroup.
--
Aaron Herskowitz [aherskow@alleg.edu]
Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Can someone please remind me who said a well known quotation?
He was sitting atop a rocket awaiting liftoff and afterwards, in answer to
the question what he had been thinking about, said (approximately) "half a
million components, each has to work perfectly, each supplied by the lowest
bidder....."
Attribution and correction of the quote would be much appreciated.
Clive Trotman
| 14sci.space |
In article <1993Apr15.164053.29298@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>,
dudek@daeron.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (Gregory Dudek) wrote:
>
> In article <C5HA0x.11oq@austin.ibm.com> $LOGIN@austin.ibm.com writes:
> >
> >A while ago I posted a note asking for specs on the Quadra 700, and opinions on
> >the Q700 upgrade of a IIci vs. an accelerator card. So far no responsed that
> >I've noticed. Please let me know what you think of these possible upgrade
> >paths: Cost, efficiency, pros/cons, etc.. Thanks!
>
> Complete Q700 are best obtained from your dealer or some recent
> copy of MacWorld or MacUser. My foggy memory suggests that the most relevant
> comparison factors vis-a-vis a IIci are as follows:
>
> 25 MHz 68040
> 16 Mhz data path (don't recall this for sure, but it's slower
> than Q 950 style machines for sure).
> Ethertalk card on-board
> Audio in/out
> 4 MB RAM on motherboard
> 4 SIMM slots
> 2 NuBus slots.
> More flexible build-in video than the CI. Uses VRAM.
>
> In comparison, a IIci with an accelerator won't give you
> audio or ethernet or the same video options.
> With a 68040 accelerator, CPU performance can be comparable but I
> think it ends up costing more.
>
> Greg Dudek
Actually, an accelerator such as the Daystar 33 MHz 68040 is cheaper than
upgrading to a Q700 (25 MHz). The accelerator costs about $1400 whereas
the upgrade costs $2131 (just quoted from my dealer). However the Q700
upgrade gives you very fast built in video that supports monitors up to 21"
with 8 bit depth and up to 16" at 24 bit depth (with additional VRAM). It
also has a SCSI port capable of a much faster throughput than the CI, which
makes a big difference if you have a fast hard drive.
If the improved video and SCSI features are important to you, you're
better off getting the Q700 upgrade, otherwise save some money and get an
accelerator.
Paul
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1993Apr23.224045.22287@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu> asphaug@lpl.arizona.edu (Erik Asphaug x2773) writes:
>Hello Folks,
>I'm very happy with my "new" R80GS. My range is 238 miles on 4.8 gallons...
>that's 50 mpg!! Surprisingly, the bike is a real cruiser. I was expecting
>something rough. She's a sweet backroad honey. And I can go pretty much
>anyplace I'd take my mountain bike. As far as shaft effect, it's more a
>torque effect from the crankshaft in my opinion. Rev it sitting still
>(when the driveshaft is not moving) and the bike twists a bit. Maybe
>I don't ride her fast enough to get a shaft effect, but in my opinion
Not to start *another* shaft effect discussion, but the twist you
feel when revving sitting still is due to the larger fly-wheels that
the BMW R-bikes (maybe K's too, dunno) use. If you whack the throttle
at stop lights, it'll really rock the bike over (to the right).
<snip> <snip>
>2) I run two lights, the standard headlamp plus a sidelamp mounted on the
>crash bar. The illumination's excellent that way, with a full beam coming
>out from the level of the motor (left side); the lamp beam is linear so
>that you get a bright streak of illumination from left to right, and it
>really picks up the periphery (deer lurking, etc.) Combined with the
>headlamp on high you can see like day. But I've heard that BMW alternators
>don't crank out too much. Do I need to shut down the sidelamp when I'm
>puttering around in the dirt at low RPM?
Please post if you come to any conclusion on this. I am thinking
of putting a light on each cylinder guard on my R100S, and was
wondering whether I was going to have to switch lights off every
time I was under 5,000 RPM :-)
>| '90 Kawi 550 Zephyr (Erik Asphaug) |
-------
"This is where I wanna sit and buy you a drink someday." - Temple of the Dog
Sea-Bass Sears --> scs8@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu --> DoD#516 <-- |Stanley, ID.|
'79 Yamaha XS750F -- '77 BMW R100S -- '85 Toyota 4Runner -- | NYC, NY. |
| 8rec.motorcycles |
prb@access.digex.net (Pat) writes:
>Given that what i described for the HST seemed to be the SMT, and given
>the mass amrgins on the discovery mission is tight enough that spacewalking
>has to be carefully constrained..... No EDO pallets, no spare Suits,
>no extra MMU's.
Has someone actually verified that mass is the predominant constraint on this
mission? You seem to be assuming it without giving supporting evidence.
>WHy not do this?
> Quick Test Goldins philosophjy of faster cheaper, better.
>Build a real fast Space TUg, to handle the re-boost of the HST using
>clean Cryo fuels, and get it ready before the HST mission.
Pat, this would be slower, more expensive and worse.
Slower: The shuttle mission is scheduled to go up in December. That's less
than eight months away. There is no way you could build new hardware, retrain
and reschedule the EVA's in that time.
More Expensive: Your proposal still requires the shuttle to do everything it
was going to do execpt fire the OMS. In addition, you've added significant
extra cost for a new piece of complex hardware.
According to a GAO report on the OMV I have before me, there are
only two currently planned missions that could use such a vehicle -- HST and
AXAF. Since AXAF has since been scaled back and HST can rely on the shuttle,
there doesn't seem to be any need for your vehicle.
--
Josh Hopkins jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
"Find a way or make one."
-attributed to Hannibal
| 14sci.space |
In article <1993Apr15.150938.975@news.wesleyan.edu>, SSAUYET@eagle.wesleyan.edu
(SCOTT D. SAUYET) says:
>Are these his final words? (And how many here would find that
>appropriate?) Or is it just that finals got in the way?
>Keep your fingers crossed!
Why should I keep my fingers crossed? I doubt it would do anything. :)
Martin Schulte
| 0alt.atheism |
In a previous article, Clinton-HQ@Campaign92.Org (Clinton/Gore '92) says:
> THE PRESIDENT: Thank you very much, Mr. Secretary.
>
>kind of working together. And if you'll forgive me a little home
>state pride, I want to say a special word of thanks to the Wal-Mart
>Corporation, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas, for providing
>several hundred of the sites for this town meeting tonight. I
When did Bill start doing endorsements?
Will he do the "Remington Shaver" ad?
Tune in next week.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
I downloaded the file xv221exe.zip from the site someone posted here.
It contained the files:
CJPEG.EXE
DJPEG.EXE
XV.EXE
When I tried to run it, it just said
"Couldn't run go32.exe"
and halts.
What's the matter with this?
Are there some files missing in the .zip?
What is go32.exe?
any help appreciated.
bye,
Wolfram
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| I |"Yes,that's right,Tweeky."+---------------+
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| U | 8^) | =) |
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| 1comp.graphics |
Electronics Art's Ultrabots game for sale with book and original
3.5" disks in the original box.
- $22 or best offer.
contact: unpingco@raman.ucsd.edu
| 6misc.forsale |
Im looking to but a Sharp EL5200 Scientific calculator.
The model is discontinued, but if you know of any dealer which may have
them around, please reply.
Jason
--
"Does the word 'duh' mean | Jason Adam Kahana
anything to you?" | kahana@ils.nwu.edu
| Northwestern University
Buffy, the Vampire Slayer. | The Institute for the Learning Sciences
| 6misc.forsale |
>For the most part, this newsgroup is "attack" oriented. Microsoft has been
>attacked on anything ranging from the quality of our products, the
>intelligence of our people, the integrity of our business, etc. ANYONE
>would get defensive when being baselessly attacked. We are human beings as
>well. You should expect a response when a claim that an employee might
>feel is unwarranted is leveled.
>
Ignore the attacks and look at the sales numbers and the MS
stock price if you need some
gratification. Just keep doing the great job you have done in the past.
Thx Dave L
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In a previous article, (Eric Youngblood) says:
>In article <Apr19.195700.19699@engr.washington.edu>, eliot@stalfos.engr.washington.edu (eliot) writes:
>[race car stuff deleted]
Back to the F1 stuff for a second, note that the `auto' tranny in F1
_STILL_ shifts at the driver's command, not some preselected schedule. The
driver still controls the shifting, not the transmission.
>|> now, there is no dispute that in production cars, automatics are
>|> inherently more lossy than manuals. that is in theory. my point all
>|> along is that whatever mechanical advantages a manual has over an
>|> automatic can very easily be lost by a driver who isn't skillful or
>One thing that gives an automatic an advantage at launch is the fact that
>it has a torque converter vs a clutch. I know this sounds strange but,
>a torque converter multiplies the engine output when launching. It functions
^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^
>as a sort of limited Continuously Variable Transmission. Typically you get
>a torque multiplication of 2 to 3 times depending on the stall speed.
I have yet to see a torque multiplier installed on a production automobile.
Such systems do exist, but none are presently installed in production autos
that I am aware of. These are commonly called viscous drive CVTs or
fluidic amplifiers.
>Contrasted to a clutch which merely slips when feathered (result is no TQ mult)
What the convertor _does_ allow is for the engine to be closer to its
torque peak during the launch before a clutched car can fully engage it's
driveline. Chevy proved it many years ago with the '70 Camaro (ETs and
terminal 1/4 mile times were close enough tpo be identical for 4 speed and
auto cars). Note that this is also the major reason that an auto car can
get away with fewer gears than a manual, the slip in the convertor makes up
for the fewer ratios (and before everyone starts yelling about the proposed
5 sspeed autos soon to be out, note that some manufacturers are using 6
speed manulas now).
>Once past lauch however, the converter begins coupling and the TQ multiplication
>effect is reduced, but by then you should be on the cam.
Correct.
--
Al Bowers DOD #900 Alfa Ducati Hobie Kottke 'blad Iaido NASA
"Well goodness sakes...don't you know that girls can't play guitar?"
-Mary Chapin-Carpenter
| 7rec.autos |
1993 World Championships in Germany:
====================================
Group A results:
SWEDEN - SWITZERLAND 4-6 (0-3,3-1,1-2)
1st: SWI 0-1 Manuele Celio 1 3:21
SWI 0-2 Patrick Howald 1 11:37
SWI 0-3 Patrick Howald 2 (Sven Leuenberger) 16:00
2nd: SWE 1-3 Peter Andersson 1 (Michael Nylander) 2:47 (pp)
SWI 1-4 Roman Waeger 1 (Martin Rauch,Sven Leuenberger) 8:53 (pp)
SWE 2-4 Jonas Bergqvist 3 (Markus Naslund) 9:08
SWE 3-4 Jan Larsson 1 (Patrik Juhlin) 18:50
3rd: SWE 4-4 Mikael Renberg 2 (Thomas Rundqvist,Peter Andersson) 7:49
SWI 4-5 Roman Waeger 2 9:07
SWI 4-6 Felix Hollenstein 1 (Sven Leuenberger,Thomas Vrabec) 11:29
Shots on goal: Penalties: Attendance: Referee:
Sweden 5 20 18 - 43 4*2min 6,000 Rob Hearn, USA
Switzerland 10 6 7 - 23 5*2min
Switzerland beat Sweden in a WC for the first time since 1950, and the Swiss
now have a small chance of reaching the quarterfinals (if Austria beats
Italy tonight).
The Swiss took the lead after Hakan Ahlund made an incredibly stupid drop
pass at his own blue line, and Celio came in alone with Soderstrom and beat
Tommy to the stick side. The Swedes continued to make mistakes as Howald
was allowed to skate in between the Swedish D and put the puck past Tommy
to make it 0-2. 0-3 was a nice one, Howald entered the Swedish zone, slammed
on the breaks, and his shot went in by Tommy's far post. One of the lousiest
periods I've seen Sweden play this year.
Second period saw a new Swedish team, and the Swiss had to ice the puck many
times. On a pp, Nylander skated in from the boards, Pavoni made the initial
save, but Peter Andersson scored on the rebound. Then a power play goal
from the Swiss, a slap shot from the blue line hit two players on the way
to the goal and past Soderstrom also. Jonas Bergqvist made it 2-4 after a
nice pass from Naslund behind the goal. Jan Larsson reduced the lead to 3-4
just before the end of 2nd period, on a pp skated in unattacked in front of
the goal, and put the puck through Pavoni's 5-hole.
Third period, Sweden equalized on a slap shot from Renberg that trickled
through Pavoni's 5-hole. Then, another defensive mistake by the Swedes,
Waeger was allowed to skate around the Swedish goal unattacked and from close
range could make it 4-5. Hollenstein then scored 4-6 on a 2-on-1 break away,
and put it top shelf with no chance for Soderstrom.
Switzerland:
Goaltender: 20 Reto Pavoni (28 Renatio Tosio)
Defense: 26 Rick Tschumi, 2 Martin Steinegger
16 Sven Leuenberger, 5 Martin Rauch
7 Sandro Bertaggia, 17 Patrick Sutter
31 Samuel Balmer
Forwards: 22 Alfred Luthi, 11 Felix Hollenstein, 25 Roman Waeger
23 Gil Montandon, 12 Roberto Triulzi, 10 Patrick Howald
35 Christian Weber, 18 Andreas Ton, 24 Joerg Eberle
15 Bruno Erni, 13 Thomas Vrabec, 29 Manuele Celio
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
RUSSIA - CANADA 1-3 (0-2,1-1,0-0)
1st: CAN 0-1 Kevin Dineen 1 (Garry Galley) 4:28
CAN 0-2 Paul Kariya 2 (Eric Lindros) 12:20 (pp)
2nd: CAN 0-3 Eric Lindros 10 (Paul Kariya,Shayne Corson) 9:40
RUS 1-3 Valeri Karpov 2 (?) 16:24
3rd:
Penalties: RUS 2*2min 1*5min, CAN 5*2min
Referee: Anton Danko, Czech republic
Attendance: 8,600
Russia probably made their best game of the tourney, but yet there wasn't
enough to win against the effective Canadians.
Galley took a slap shot that found Dineen by the far post, and Dineen just
deflected the puck past Trefilov in the Russian goal. Then a power play
goal, after a couple of deflections Eric Lindros found Kariya alone by the
far post, and Kariya put the puck high over a sliding Trefilov.
Russia won the shots in the first period 12-5, and they had the most of
the scoring opportunities, but they just couldn't score.
Second period saw Lindros scoring his 10th (!!) goal of the WC. Kariya
entered the Russian zone, slammed on the break to get past his defenseman,
then made a nice pass to Corson who just got the stick on the puck to
deflect it to Lindros who one-timed the puck.
The Russians then finally got their goal, Karpov broke in from the side
and made a slap shot in Tugnutt's top right hand corner.
Player of the game in Canada was voted Paul Kariya, and for Russia Valeri
Karpov. I agree, the difference in this game was Lindros and Kariya, and
in part also Tugnutt. Kariya had a far better game now than vs the Swedes,
and he was very impressive. Kariya got the place in the line with Lindros
after Mike Gartner went out with a rib-injury early in the first period.
Lindros, BTW, lead the point scoring with 14 pts (9+5) before this game,
7 pts ahead of the next player! i.e. double as much as the next player
(among those Kariya with 1+6). Amazing!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Group B results:
FINLAND - CZECH REPUBLIC 1-3 (0-0,1-1,0-2)
1st:
2nd: CZE 0-1 Petr Hrbek 2 11:04
FIN 1-1 Mika Alatalo 1 17:51
3rd: CZE 1-2 Jiri Dolezal 3 5:04
CZE 1-3 Martin Hostak 2 19:45 (en)
Penalties: FIN 8*2min, CZE 9*2min
Referee: Vincent Moreno, Switzerland
Attendance: 4,300
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
GERMANY - USA 6-3 (5-0,0-0,1-3)
1st: GER 1-0 Raimond Hilger 2 7:12
GER 2-0 Gerd Truntschka 3 11:16
GER 3-0 Ernst Kopf 3 11:55
GER 4-0 Michael Rumrich 3 16:06
GER 5-0 Benoit Doucet 1 18:45
2nd:
3rd: USA 5-1 Derek Plante 1 4:06
GER 6-1 Dieter Hegen 5 6:57
USA 6-2 Craig Johnson 1 7:30
USA 6-3 Rob Gaudreau 3 13:07
Penalties: GER 7*2min, USA 10*2min
Referee: Valeri Bokarev, Russia
Attendance: 11,000
--
((\\ //| Staffan Axelsson
\\ //|| etxonss@ufsa.ericsson.se
\\_))//-|| r.s.h. contact for Swedish hockey
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
I have several people sharing my machine and would like to set up separate
environments under Windows for each of them. Is there some way of setting
things up separate desktops/directories for each of them? Ideally,
I'd like totally separate virtual machines. I'd be willing to settle for
less, and may end up having batch files that copy .ini files around
depending on who wants to use the machine.
mark
Alas, Setup/n doesn't work if you don't have a network.
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Has anyone experienced a faint shadow at all resolutions using this
card. Is only in Windows. I have replaced card and am waiting on
latest drivers. Also have experienced General Protection Fault Errors
in WSPDPSF.DRV on Winword Tools Option menu and in WINFAX setup.
I had a ATI Ultra but was getting Genral Protection Fault errors
in an SPSS application. These card manufactures must have terrible
quality control to let products on the market with so many bugs.
What a hassle. Running on Gateway 2000 DX2/50.
Thx Dave L
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
abruno@adobe (Andrea Bruno) writes:
>In article <19930430140738SFB2763@MVS.draper.com> SFB2763@MVS.draper.com
>(Eileen Bauer) writes:
>> Thyroxin controls energy production which explains sleepiness, coldness,
>> and weight gain. There is also water retention (possibly around heart),
>> changes in vision, and coarser hair and skin among other things.
>Is there any relation between thyroid deficiency and depression?
There can be. But depression is not diagnositic of thyroid deficiency.
Thyroid blood tests are easy, cheap, and effective in diagnosing thyroid
deficiencies.
-Jackie-
| 13sci.med |
I have a like new Hayes JT FAX for sale $125 or offer or trade!
Wally Waggoner
wow@cup.portal.com
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I am trying to define my own class derived from the Object class so
that I may insert them into a HashTable (a class provided by the
Container class library).
I have defined all of the pure virtual functions of Object, but I
still get an error when I attempt to allocate a HashEntry object:
Cannot create instance of abstract class HashEntry
Has anyone derived from class Object before? What have I left out?
Here are the virtual functions that I defined from Object:
virtual classType isA() const { return hashEntryClass; }
virtual Pchar nameOf()const { return "HashEntry"; }
virtual hashValueType hashValue() const { return hashValue(hWindow); }
// Note: hWindow is defined in HashEntry
virtual int isEqual (const Object _FAR &obj) const
{ return this == &(HashEntry&) obj; }
virtual void printOn( Rostream os) const
{
os << "[ HWindow is " << (void _FAR *) hWindow << " ]\n";
}
--
--------------------------------------------------------------------
- Bowden Wise
Computer Science Dept, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst, Troy, NY 12180
internet: wiseb@cs.rpi.edu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <1993Apr23.170101.19708@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>,
brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) wrote:
> No. I also understand it. I have read the Bible from cover to cover, examining
> each book within, cross-comparing them, etc. And I have come to same conclusions
> as Robert Weiss.
>
> So Rick, why not read the Bible for yourself? It is written in plain
> english. Decide for yourself.
I'm curious to know if Christians ever read books based on critique
on the religion, classical text such as "Age of Reason" by Paine,
or "The Myth Maker" by Jacobi. Sometimes it is good to know your
enemy, and if you want to do serious research you have to understand
both sides, and not solely the one and only right one.
Cheers,
Kent
---
sandvik@newton.apple.com. ALink: KSAND -- Private activities on the net.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
Hi,
I need xrn and xarchie for the HP's (9000/730, version 8 OS), either in
the source form or, (preferably) in executable form. Please suggest
where I can find this,
Send e-mail to: rao@cse.uta.edu
Thanks in advance,
Rao.
--
SSC
| 5comp.windows.x |
I was wondering if anyone knew of where I could find source
code for a program to solve a substitution cipher?
Thanks!
Kevin
(Please post your answer instead of e-mailing me directly)
| 11sci.crypt |
[again, poseted for a friend]
Okay, I got such great response from my last question (thanks, everyone),
lets try again:
How can I tell if a colorcell is read-only?
I want to use any read-only cells that are already in my colormap
once I start running out of allocatable cells, using some arbitrary
nearest color matching scheme to get those cells that come closest to
a requested color.
Once I determine if a cell is read-only, I assume I can then just request
an XAllocColor() with the exact same color specifications and it will
then be flagged as 'used' by my application so that it doesn't later get
freed by someone else and allocated again as read-write to another
application.
So far, the only way I've figured out to do this is to write my own
error handler and just go ahead and request the cells colors, once my
colormap is all full up. It should error out if the cell is non-shareable.
But life would be much easier if I could just detect the
read-only/shareable stuff directly...
Any ideas?
Noel (ngorelic@speclab.cr.usgs.gov)
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <1pms5uINNq8e@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> wdstarr@athena.mit.edu (William December Starr) writes:
>Um, Steve? Just speaking for myself, if I had to say which of the
>participants in this thread was making the best argument in favor of the
>doctrine that supporters of the 2nd Amendment are high-strung loose
>cannons who shouldn't be trusted with a pea-shooter let alone a real
>gun, I'd say that you win the award by the country mile. Try decaf.
The problem is this: when people in this newsgroup post misogynist,
homophobic nonsense they only reinforce the stereotype of guns as some
sort of phallic extender. This kind of "humor" very seldom occurs
in other freedom oriented news groups. That leads me to suspect
(and it hurts alot) that there IS a higher percentage of misogynists
and homophobes among gun supporters. This is a source of extreme
embarassment. It makes me crazy that a few individuals
who can't restrain their misogynist and homophobic "humor" make
anyone who supports the 2nd Amendment look as if their reasons for
favoring gun ownership are psychosexual. If speaking out forcefully
against this nonsense means that I should switch to decaf, so be it
There is no excuse for that kind of "humor". It's wrong and it
gives aid and comfort to those that would disarm the citizens of
this country. All so some chuckle-head misogynist homophobe can
exhibit his "humor" on line. Sorry, but I think some of you need
some caffeine if that joke about Janet Reno is funny to some of you.
smg
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <1993Apr15.134938.1@jaguar.csc.wsu.edu> f0975893@jaguar.csc.wsu.edu writes:
>In article <C5Iz7n.Kyv@cs.dal.ca>, hayes@ug.cs.dal.ca (Kevin B. Hayes) writes:
>>>you can find retail that is within the price of a keyboard of educational
>>>prices.
>
>I would be very wary of retail outlets selling as cheap as educational prices!
>I went for a retailer, actually mail order (CDA computers), because its price
>was better thant the campus computer store. I found out why later on when I
>tried to get a repair done at an Apple registered repair center - the CPU was a
>resale. The serial number had been removed and replaced with a non-standard
>number (probably from CDA computers). Consequently, the Apple repair man could
>not do ANY warrenty repairs. So I ended up with just a 90day warrenty from CDA
>over the Apple 12month warrenty. Boy, was I pi**ed! Moral of the story, CAVEAT
>EMPTOR.
Apple does not authorise sales through Mail Order. As a result mail order
companies have to obtain their machines by the grey market.
This market is supplied with machines from authorised resellers who have
more machines than they can sell. They come into this state of affairs
by overordering either accidentally or deliberatly to get a better
wholsale price from Apple. In either case they often obscure the serial
nunber to protect their identity. As a result the warranty is void.
You may save on sales tax but you have to pay for shipping.
I should also point out that mail order companies cannot get lower prices
thatn the high volume authorised dealers unless they buy below dealer
cost. As a result the only way they can sell cheaper is by cutting costs
and trimming margins. Unfortunatly they dont seem to be doing too well.
The lowest prices I have been quoted mailorder do not beat the lowest
prices available from authorised local dealers.
They are even further away from educational prices.
-ERik Speckman
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
For Sale...:
**BRAND NEW** Hewlett Packard toner cartridge
model number HP 92295A.
o I am selling this toner because I recently
bought a Brother HL-10V printer and the
toner that I am selling. I activated the
toner, but ended up returning the printer.
The store, however would not take back the
toner. This toner has been used to print
only three pages and is in perfect condition.
I will protect it for shipment so that no
toner escapes. It comes with all original
packaging and manuals. The toner is compatible
with ANY laser printer that uses the model
number of the toner I am selling; just look in
your manual to see if it will work for you.
I will not go below $60.00. I will pay the
shipping to anywhere in the continental
United States.
If you are interested, leave me email or call Kirk
Peterson at (303) 494-7951 anytime.
Thank you!
| 6misc.forsale |
Suggestion: try "Exposing the New Age" by Douglas Groothuis.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
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