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In a previous article, ellard2@husc8.harvard.edu (Daniel Ellard) says:
>
>A friend of mine uses Windows 3.1 to do most of her work.
>Unfortunately, she has very bad eyesight, and we haven't
>been able to figure out how to change the default font
>used by the system and application menus, or the font used
>by the Help program (what use is hypertext if you can't
>read it?) to make it legible to her.
>
>If anyone knows how to increase the size of these fonts,
>of any software package that makes Windows more accessible
>to visually handicapped people, please let me know.
>
>Thanks,
> Dan
>
>
The May issue of PC/Computing page 246 has a Windows hint and tips for
just this thing. You have to edit the WIN.INI file and add a couple
of lines. I tried it and it works. I actually made my Title bar
and iconized text, and icon text smaller. On my monitor it works well.
You can select a larger font also. You edit the WIN.INI file with
a font name in your system directory. Read the article because I would
not want to retype it here in case I type errored and caused your
system problems.
C-ya..... /\/\artin
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In article <C5s5n0.DyJ@world.std.com>, rjk@world.std.com (Robert J. Kolker) writes:
|> Thank you for remembering Matzada. Matzada was not an insane act. It was
|> a sanctification of G_D's name and the most extreme denial of tyranny
|> possible. To this day the officers of the Tzahal (Isreal Defense Force)
|> take their oath at the fortress. Lo Tepol Shaynit Matzadah. Matzadah will
|> not fall again!
|>
Not anymore! Recent archaeological inspection of the site presents pretty
compelling evidence that the "mass suicide" at Masada never occured. This
evidence was so compelling tha the Tzahal no long hold their secret ceremony
at the fortress.
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| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <1q23qfINN91b@ctron-news.ctron.com> king@ctron.com (John E. King) writes:
>
>
>adpeters@sunflower.bio.indiana.edu (Andy Peters)writes:
>
>>>As I recall the figure for just one of the molecules forming is 1 : 10^-114.
>
>If amino acids were somehow formed in an organic soup, they must get out of
>it if they are to form larger molecules and evolve toward becoming proteins
>useful for the formation of life. But once they get out of the water, they
>are in the destructive ultraviolet light. By the same token, bodies of water
>are not conducive to the necessary chemistry. It is hard to see how
>polymerisation (sp?) could have proceeded in the primitive soup since
>the presence
>of water favors depolymerisation .
>
What is your degree in again - or should I say when. This is a 1960's
view of abiogenesis. PLease read something modern like Carle Woose's
"On the Origins" which he beats these "warm little ponds" into the ground.
Look at archeobacteria - they live in areas so hot you would melt.
And, believe it or not, we use their machinery everday in the pursuit of
new drugs, therapies, and knowledge.
`
>There are many other stubborn problems. The 20 amino acids needed for
>life's proteins are all left handed. If they formed randomly as the theory
>states, what are the chances that all the one's needed for life's proteins
^^^^^^^^^^^
You mean your theory. Again, arguing this point is like telling a child
that the sky will not fall. If the child is stubborn you will not get anywhere.
>would be left handed.
>
The P=1. They are left handed :) Really, this is not a big deal. There are
many problems with abiogenisis but these are really trivial.
>Jack
Please Jack rad some modern biololgy - i do not mean books by creationists
about modern biology. Pick up a text book and read. I think you
would like Woose's "On the Origins." He is an arogant man but his writting
and research is brilliant.
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________________________________________________________________________________Steven Chmura University of Chicago Medical School(M1)
"Given enough time, the impossible becomes probable, and the probable
inevitable.." -George Wald, "On the Origins of Life"
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <f1682Ap@quack.kfu.com>, pharvey@quack.kfu.com (Paul Harvey)
wrote:
> In article <sandvik-170493104859@sandvik-kent.apple.com>
> sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik) writes:
> >Ignorance is not bliss!
> Ignorance is STRENGTH!
> Help spread the TRUTH of IGNORANCE!
Huh, if ignorance is strength, then I won't distribute this piece
of information if I want to follow your advice (contradiction above).
Cheers,
Kent
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| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <94428@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt0523e@prism.gatech.EDU (Michael
Andre Mule) wrote:
>
> In article <1qu564INN9ti@lynx.unm.edu> kbos@carina.unm.edu (K. Mitchell Bose) writes:
> >In article <1qs8pn$3f@zippy.telcom.arizona.edu> r4938585@joplin.biosci.arizona.edu (Doug Roberts) writes:
>
> >>Doug Roberts - "Willing to trade Frank Bolick for a bag of used baseballs!"
> >> - "Let's go Expos!"
>
> >One fun note from the Rockies home opener:
>
> >I think Frank Bolick's nickname should be "Sarge", because whenever we saw his
> >name in Denver for the Expo series, there was a big "E5" next to it...
>
> In the spirit of Chris Berman, how about Frank "Cerial" Bolick.
> Ho Ho Ha Ha
How about,
Frank Jacksonsuck-Bolick
or
Frank "Cake Icing" Bolick
or
Frank it's not a cow but a Bolick
or
Frank How Do you get a ribbon to stay on a birthday present Bolick
or
Frank "Burns" Bolick
or
Frank Lee Bad Player Bolick
or
Frank "I Suck, not" Bolick
and so on.
Matt Wall * wall@cc.swarthmore.edu * Hey, I gotta job here, OK?
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April 6, 1993: Boston Red Sox seize first place.
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <1qk5oi$d0i@sixgun.East.Sun.COM>
egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
>If your primary concern is protecting the passenger in the event of a
>crash, have him or her fitted for a helmet that is their size. If your
>primary concern is complying with stupid helmet laws, carry a real big
>spare (you can put a big or small head in a big helmet, but not in a
>small one).
So what should I carry if I want to comply with intelligent helmet laws?
(The above comment in no way implies support for any helmet law, nor should
such support be inferred. A promise is a promise.)
Steve
__________________________________________________________________________
Steve L. Moseley moseley@u.washington.edu
Microbiology SC-42 Phone: (206) 543-2820
University of Washington FAX: (206) 543-8297
Seattle, WA 98195
| 8rec.motorcycles |
This might be a silly question but I have to ask it anyway. I am in
the process of purchasing an EISA/VL Bus 486 DX2-66 computer and I
found two places that sell machines that have what I want and have the
same price. The first is Ares and they use a Cache motherboard (that's
the brand of the motherboard) with OPTI chip set, the other is Micron
(formerly Edge Technology) and they use the Micronics EISA/VLB
motherboard.
I said that this might be a silly question since I believe that
Micronics is a very well known motherboard manufacturer while I never
heard of Cache! I am however leaning towards the Ares machine because
my impression is that they are known for building good, solid machines
and they have good tech support (24 hr, 7 days/wk), and a better
warrantee (2 years). Micron, on the other hand, seems to have
recently aquired Edge Technologies and I'm not sure how much I should
trust the company.
I would REALLY appreciate any input on this. Is the Micron machine the
clear choice? Does anyone know anything positive or negative about
either company? Has anyone ever heard of Cache motherboards? Should I
go with Micron just because it has the Micronics motherboard? etc.
Thanks very much in advance for any information.
--
Mohammad Al-Ansari
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
snichols@adobe.com (Sherri Nichols) writes:
>In article <1r1v5n$klh@morrow.stanford.edu> steve@sep.Stanford.EDU (Steve Cole) writes:
>>I think the three-headed GM's guiding principle was to keep veterans
>>in favor of youngsters only if they offered a "significant" advantage.
>Doesn't sound like a bad strategy to me.
No, and in fact, that was Ferreira's original strategy, which the troika
proceeded to simply continue to implement. There wasn't exactly a radical
shift in policy when he was ousted (something people seem to forget). The
only real question is whether they did it as well as Ferreira could have if
he stayed, or whether the basic strategy was flawed (since Ferreira has been
quoated as saying he's going to do something different in Anaheim with the
Ducks, my guess is that it wasn't as good in practice as it was on paper,
and he's tweaking it a bit second time around). One also has to wonder
whether the strategy would have been a lot better if we hadn't had those
injuries, and whether we're complaining about the weather because an
earthquake collapsed the root cellar.
>Of course, Ferreira had also traded a number of veterans with marginal
>contributions before he was fired, so it's not clear that this would have
>been different. Besides, they *were* marginal contributors.
Let's also NOT FORGET that Ferreira came *THIS* close to trading Kelly
Kisio, which, if the rumors I've heard are true, was over the strong
objections of other aspects of Shark management and probably had a lot to do
with both his ouster and the three-headed, consensus oriented GM.
Imagine, for a second, where the Sharks would be today if that fax machine
hadn't jammed.
>With or without Mullen, they weren't going to be a playoff team; what good
>does it do them to hang onto a player who'd rather be elsewhere?
Especially an unhappy player that isn't playing as well because of it. Not
that I'd accuse Mullen of tanking, but his motivation simply wasn't there,
and that kind of thing can affect the team.
>>An example from this season, Skriko was brought in on a trial basis
>>but not kept, because of his age. I thought he was a decent
>>contributor worth keeping around.
>>The youth movement has its advantages; look at Gaudreau who
>>might still be in KC if more veterans had been kept around. But
>>you have to find the right balance.
>Right balance for what? That's the issue.
Exactly. At the time they let Skriko go, we hadn't yet had the major injury
bugs that killed us later. I'd much rather have Skriko around than someone
like Dean Kolstad, but at that point, that wasn't the choice. And since the
choice was more one of Skriko vs. someone like John Carter, I think the
right choice was made for that time period.
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| 10rec.sport.hockey |
egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) wrote:
>
> shz@mare.att.com (Keeper of the 'Tude) writes:
> > egreen@east.sun.com (Ed Green - Pixel Cruncher) writes:
> >> I know it sounds ludicrous for a biker to advocate restrictions on
> >> biking in a biking forum,
> >
> >Don't you mean "former motorcyclist?"
>
> No.
Hmmmmmmmmm. I can read this one of two ways:
1) Ed gotabike.
2) Motorcyclist is like alcoholic. (once you're an alcoholic, you're always
an
alcoholic - at least that's what
friends in
a position to know tell me)
tom coradeschi <+> tcora@pica.army.mil
"Usenet is like a herd of performing elephants with diarrhea -- massive,
difficult to redirect, awe-inspiring, entertaining, and a source of mind-
boggling amounts of excrement when you least expect it."
--gene spafford, 1992
| 8rec.motorcycles |
The Royals are darkness. They are the void of our time.
When they play, shame descends upon the land like a cold front
from Canada. They are a humiliation to all who have lived and
all who shall ever live. They are utterly and completely
doomed.
Other than that, I guess they're OK.
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| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In <1993Apr2.232511.10711@raid.dell.com> mikepb@lupus.dell.com (Michael P. Brininstool) writes:
>Swatikas were also common in American Indian markings/painted walls etc. Is
>it the Swastika that is bad?
Just want to back this up with a personal anecdote. My grandparents
have a Navajo rug made in the 1920's, which they received in trade
from the weaver while living in Flagstaff, Arizona. The decorative motif
consists of 4 large black swastikas, one in each corner. What's more, the
color scheme is black, white, and red. To the casual glance it would
undoubtedly appear to be a Nazi relic of some kind. Yet they owned it
ten years before Hitler and the National Socialists came to power.
As I recall, they took it down in the 30's, and didn't feel quite right
about putting it back up until the 60's. It still draws comments from
those who don't know what it is.
--ccm
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| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <20APR199312325032@rigel.tamu.edu>, mst4298@rigel.tamu.edu (Mitchell S Todd) writes...
>In article <1993Apr20.151753.13020@udel.edu>, carroll@hercules.cis.udel.edu (Mark C. Carroll) writes...
>
>>Wait a second, you're ignoring major facts here.
>
>>There was NO attempt to simply serve a warrant. The BATF had a
>>no-knock warrant. The initial firefight began when the BATF threw
>>concussion grenades at the building. (BATF admits this!)
>
> When did the BATF say this? Everything I've seen from the BATF,
> from the official version to the dissident statements of BATF
> officers who conducted the raid claims that the Davidians were
> shooting at the agents long before they were within grenade
> range.
What I saw on TV and what you claim are two different things. The
Davidians did not start shooting until after the BATF lobbed a couple
genades in the windows and started shooting themselves.
> Also, if the warrant is sealed, how do we know it was a 'no-knock'?
EASY! If you see federal agents in body armor with sub machine guns
going in throught windows, that is a No-Knock warrant. Also since the
videotape shows the BATF throwing grenades before the BD's etunred fire,
you can safely assume that they didn't ring the doorbell.
P.Vasilion,
p.s. get rid of that bandwidth clogging .sig!
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <cmi32B1w165w@keys.lonestar.org> cwinemil@keys.lonestar.org (Chris Winemiller) writes:
> Does anyone have knowledge about how this was handled in
>the past, such as with the Louisiana Territory or the Northwest
>Territory?
Those areas became states.
Puerto Rico has the population needed to become a state. But the ethnic
mix there is such that Puerto Rico will probably never become a state.
I say we cut them loose. If they don't want to become a state, we
shouldn't continue to subsidize their existence.
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| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <C5ECnn.7qo@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>, nish@cv4.chem.purdue.edu (Nishantha I.) writes:
|> Could somebody let me know of a drawing utility that can be
|> used to manipulate postscript files.I am specifically interested in
|> drawing lines, boxes and the sort on Postscript contour plots.
|> I have tried xfig and I am impressed by it's features. However
|> it is of no use since I cannot use postscript files as input for the
|> programme.Is there a utility that converts postscript to xfig format?
|> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
|> Nishantha
I think you are too optimistic! PostScript is a very big language and
so the fig format can not be able to be an interpreter of ANY arbitrary
ps code. The only program I know to manipulate PostScript files is
IslandDraw.
I for myself use xfig and include the PostScript files (converted to
epsi format). Small changes then are possible (erasing some letters,
adding text and so on).
Reinhard
| 1comp.graphics |
frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
> Specifically, I'd like to know what relativism concludes when two
> people grotesquely disagree. Is it:
>
> (a) Both are right
>
> (b) One of them is wrong, and sometimes (though perhaps rarely) we have a
> pretty good idea who it is
>
> (c) One of them is wrong, but we never have any information as to who, so
> we make our best guess if we really must make a decision.
>
> (d) The idea of a "right" moral judgement is meaningless (implying that
> whether peace is better than war, e.g., is a meaningless question,
> and need not be discussed for it has no correct answer)
>
> (e) Something else. A short, positive assertion would be nice.
From whose point of view would you like to know what relativism concludes?
One of the people involved in the argument, or some third person observing
the arguers?
mathew
| 19talk.religion.misc |
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| 6misc.forsale |
[reply to kmr4@po.CWRU.edu (Keith M. Ryan)]
>Our Lord and Savior David Keresh has risen!
>He has been seen alive!
>Spread the word!
Jeez, can't he get anything straight. I told him to wait for three
days.
GOD
David Nye (nyeda@cnsvax.uwec.edu). Midelfort Clinic, Eau Claire WI
This is patently absurd; but whoever wishes to become a philosopher
must learn not to be frightened by absurdities. -- Bertrand Russell
| 0alt.atheism |
In article <mcclaryC5snpq.KB1@netcom.com>, mcclary@netcom.com (Michael McClary) writes...
>
>So what did the Mormons get? It seems that J. Edgar Hoover was very
>impressed with the way they kept secrets. (They're pledged to defend
>secrets with their lives and atone for sin with blood. Many actually
>do - even to the point of suicide.) So he hired virtually no one but
>Mormons, until the FBI was almost exclusively staffed by members of the
>Church of Later Day Saints. Though J. Edgar is finally gone, the FBI
>personnel (especially the field agents) are still heavily Mormon.
>
>I have often wondered how this might affect the FBI's treatment
>of religious organizations a Mormon would consider heretical.
>
Hoover was for many years up near the top of my hate list. And I hold no
brief for the FBI. But where does this notion come from that Hoover made
special efforts to recruit LDS members? And is there credible evidence for
the assertion that they are "pledged to defend secrets with their lives and
atone for sin with blood"? I've known only a few Mormons; but none of them
seemed to me to fit this description. Sounds to me reminiscent of the Jewish-
and Masonic-conspiracy theories of blessed memory.
--sa
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <1qjd3o$nlv@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
>Firstly, science has its basis in values, not the other way round.
>So you better explain what objective atoms are, and how we get them
>from subjective values, before we go any further.
Atoms are not objective. They aren't even real. What scientists call
an atom is nothing more than a mathematical model that describes
certain physical, observable properties of our surroundings. All
of which is subjective.
What is objective, though, is the approach a scientist
takes in discussing his model and his observations. There
is no objective science. But there is an objective approach
which is subjectively selected by the scientist. Objective
in this case means a specified, unchanging set of rules that
he and his colleagues use to discuss their science.
This is in contrast to your Objective Morality. There may be an
objective approach to subjectively discuss your beliefs on
morality. But there exists no objective morality.
Also, science deals with how we can discuss our observations of
the physical world around us. In that the method of discussion
is objective ( not the science; not the discussion itself ).
Science makes no claims to know the whys or even the hows sometimes
of what we can observe. It simply gives us a way to discuss our
surroundings in a meaningful, consistent way.
I think it was Neils Bohr who said (to paraphrase) Science is what
we can _say_ about the physical world.
-jim halat
| 19talk.religion.misc |
THe origional bit is missing but long/short follows:
The origional poster asked if he/she could use any old vga/svga
monitor with a centris (hence title).
The answer ot this question is an unqualified yes. You can use any
old vga/svga monitor with a centris. You do need an adaptor (I use a
Mac vga-q from james engineering (510) 525-7350) to run between the two
machines. THe adaptor I have mentioned will convert a centris to a
three row vga/svga 25(?) pin adaptor for your monitor.
NOW, the special interest disclaimer.
The above answer is correct for using a vga monitor at 600x400
resolution. IF your monitor will sync to 56Khz horizontal the above
adaptor will allow you to choose 800x600 resolution (I prefer this on my
1604s).
THen You have the question of matching adaptors and sync rates. I would
advocate calling James engineering because they seem to have a clue. As
to the comment by the person who said don't bother calling Apple because
they will treat you like an idiot this is totally untrue.
APPLE WILL TREAT YOU LIKE A F**KING ASSANINE IDIOT FOR EVEN
CONSIDERING GOING THIRD PARTY AND IF YOU WANT THIS TREATMENT WANTS YOU
TO PAY FOR THEIR THECH SUPPORT LINE (the supposedly compitantly one) AND
THEN STILL HAS NO FU***** CLUE.
personal experience. also the tech suppport for the vga monitor makers
doesn't see to extend to Macs (Sony, Magnavox). In addition to this to
find out the info you will have to call dealers unless you can find the
sync rates elsewhere as ads like Hardware that fits
(*&^%&%^%$$(&**&^(%&%^$!) that rate monitor resolutions give the most
favorable rating (which usually means you can get this if you use a
specialized application video card).(i.e. "well you can get a resolution
1168x832 on this $5, 9" "super smelly sock" monitor that will let you
display TWO FULL PAGES side by side. All you need is our reasonably
priced "oder eater" video board for $27,000 and it will give you an
ultra fast horizontal sync rate of SIX fast kilohertz and three Khz
vertical.")
Note: with the sony 1604 at least on the centris 610 built in video
board using an 832x624 adaptor, there is a boarder of an inch + to the
sides of the image after adjusting the horizontal width as favorably as
possible. Using a 800x600 adaptor this can be reduced to about half an
inch.
-A.
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I had this one time. I attributed it to a lack of sleep since it disappeared
after a few nights of good zzz's.
| 13sci.med |
not only is it improper etiquette AND illegal but the people who
are responsible for junk mailings are *EVIL*!!!!
ahhh...ive always wanted to get that off my chest.
| 6misc.forsale |
> I've just read Carol's response and I just had to get into this. I've
> got some verses which are not subject to interpretation because they say
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> what they say.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Joe, just 'cause you say they aren't subject to interpretation doesn't
necesarily make it so. That's *your* *interpretation* of these texts.
> They are 2 Peter 1:20-21, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, and
> Galatians 1:11-12.
2 Peter 1:20-21
But know this first of all, that no prophecy of Scripture is a matter
of one's own interpretation, for no prophecy was ever made by an act of
human will, but men moved by the Holy Spirit spoke from God.
The study notes in my Bible offer three possible meanings for verse 20.
Apparantly it's not as clear to Charles Ryrie as it is to you.
2 Timothy 3:16-17
All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for
reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; that the man of
God may be adequate, equipped for every good work.
Galations 1:11-12
For I would have you know, brethren, that the gospel which was preached
by me is not according to man. For I neither received it from man,
nor was I taught it, but I receieved it through a revelation of Jesus
Christ.
When I read these passages, it was not immediately clear to me what
every phrase meant. I had stop and think about the possible
connotations of words, what the intent of the author may have been,
wonder if the translator used the correct English word to convey the
same meaning: I had to interpret. If you want to believe that your
are not interpreting Scripture as you read, there's probably nothing
I can say to change your mind. But I think it's naive to think that
our culture, experiences, education, do not affect everything we read.
> Also, based on the fact that Jesus is the Word incarnate and he judges
> people if they follow him (see Acts 17:29-31 and John 5:21-27) and that
> those who reject Jesus' teachings are judged by the very words he spoke
> (see John 12:47-50), then Jesus' words are true and do not need
> interpretation, nor would it be just of God to judge based on his word
> if it had to be interpreted.
In college, I took an entire course in Biblical interpretation. Go to
any Christian bookstore, there are scores of books on interpreting and
understanding Scripture. If interpretation is unnecessary, there are
an awful lot of misguided Christians out there wasting a lot of time
and energy on it.
Carol Alvin
caralv@auto-trol.com
| 15soc.religion.christian |
4/15/93 1242 Turkey sends light weapons as aid to Azerbaijan
By SEVA ULMAN
ANKARA, Turkey (UPI) -- Turkey is arming Azerbaijan with light weapons to help
it fight Armenian forces in the struggle for the Nagorno- Karabakh enclave,
the newspaper Hurriyet said Thursday.
Deputy Prime Minister Erdal Inonu told reporters in Ankara that Turkey was
responding positively to a request from Azerbaijan for assistance.
"We are giving a positive response to all requests" from Azerbaijan, "within
the limits of our capabilities," he said.
Foreign Ministry spokesman Vural Valkan declined to elaborate on the nature
of the aid being sent to Azerbaijan, but said they were within the framework
of the Council for Security and Cooperation in Europe.
Hurriyet, published in Istanbul, said Turkey was sending light weapons to
Azerbaijan, including rockets, rocket launchers and ammunition.
Ankara began sending the hardware after a visit to Turkey last week by a
high-ranking Azerbaijani official. Turkey has however ruled out, for the second
time in one week, that it would intervene militarily in Azerbaijan.
Wednesday, Inonu told reporters Ankara would not allow Azerbaijan to suffer
defeat at the hands of the Armenians. "We feel ourselves bound to help
Azerbaijan, but I am not in a position right now to tell you what form (that)
help may take in the future," he said.
He said Turkish aid to Azerbaijan was continuing, "and the whole world knows
about it."
Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel reiterated that Turkey would not get
militarily involved in the conflict. Foreign policy decisions could not be
based on street-level excitement, he said.
There was no immediate reaction in Ankara to regional reports, based on
Armenian sources in Yerevan, saying Turkish pilots and other officers were
captured when they were shot down flying Azerbaijani warplanes and
helicopters.
The newspaper Cumhuriyet said Turkish troops were digging in along the border
with Armenia, but military sources denied reports based on claims by local
people that gunfire was heard along the border. No military action has
occurred, the sources said.
The latest upsurge in fighting between the Armenians and Azerbaijanis flared
early this month when Armenian forces seized the town of Kelbajar and later
positioned themselves outside Fizuli, near the Iranian border.
--
David Davidian dbd@urartu.sdpa.org | "How do we explain Turkish troops on
S.D.P.A. Center for Regional Studies | the Armenian border, when we can't
P.O. Box 382761 | even explain 1915?"
Cambridge, MA 02238 | Turkish MP, March 1992
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
In article <30121@ursa.bear.com>, halat@pooh.bears (Jim Halat) writes:
>In article <115288@bu.edu>, jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
>>
>>He'd have to be precise about is rejection of God and his leaving Islam.
>>One is perfectly free to be muslim and to doubt and question the
>>existence of God, so long as one does not _reject_ God. I am sure that
>>Rushdie has be now made his atheism clear in front of a sufficient
>>number of proper witnesses. The question in regard to the legal issue
>>is his status at the time the crime was committed.
>
I'll also add that it is impossible to actually tell when one
_rejects_ god. Therefore, you choose to punish only those who
_talk_ about it.
>
>-jim halat
| 0alt.atheism |
Is there an ftp site where I can get the MS speaker sound driver? There's
a "sound.exe" file that claims to be the driver but I'm suspicious since
it's not a .drv file.
Thanks
Alec Lee
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <May.13.02.31.26.1993.1577@geneva.rutgers.edu> mls@panix.com (Michael Siemon) writes:
>>I notice that the verse forbidding bestiality immediately follows the
>>verse prohibiting what appears to be homosexual intercourse.
> It is
>absolutely irrelevant and incomparable to the issues gay Christians *do*
>raise (which concern sexual activity within committed, consensual human
>adult realtionships), so that your bringing it up is no more relevant
>than the laws of kashrut. If you cannot address the actual issues, you
>are being bloody dishonest in trailing this red herring in front of the
>world.
No. It is very relevant. Homosexual acts and acts of beastiality are
topically aranged together in the law. This is very important.
Anyone who would want to say that this command against homosexuality
deals with temple prostitution (and I think you would agree that there
is no proof for this.) If the Law reveals the character of God, and
is "holy, just, and good" as is written in the New Testament, then
those who consider we who are against commiting homosexuals acts
to be biggots have to address this passage of Scripture.
Why must we only discuss Scriptures that involve consensual human
adult relationships? Isn't that bordering on sophistry? The point
we are making is that God did not ordain certain kinds of sex acts.
Not everyone who brings up these Scriptures is just trying to use and emotional
argument that compares homosexuals to beastophiles and child molestors.
The issue we are dealing with is that some sex acts are ungodly.
I do not have problem with a loving, nonlustful relationship with a member
of the same sex. I have them, and we all do. The issue at hand is
the sinfulness having sex with members of the same sex, or lusting after.
So other forbidden sex acts are a valid topic for conversation.
And the idea that these relationships may be emotional relationships
between adult humans is red herring. We all agree that it is okay
for adults to have caring relationships with one another.
Link Hudson.
| 15soc.religion.christian |
In a previous article, helfman@aero.org (Robert S. Helfman) says:
>In article <9304161803.AA23713@inet-gw-2.pa.dec.com> blh@uiboise.idbsu.edu (Broward L. Horne) writes:
>>
>> If you look through this newsgroup, you should be
>> able to find Clinton's proposed "Wiretapping" Initiative
> ^^^^^^^^^
>> for our computer networks and telephone systems.
>>
>> This 'initiative" has been up before Congress for at least
>> the past 6 months, in the guise of the "FBI Wiretapping"
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> bill.
>
>What kind of brainless clod posted the above garbage? Would they be
What kind of brainless clod doesn't understand the difference
between a "PROPOSED BILL, BLOCKED IN CONGRESS" and an "EXECUTIVE
ORDER, ISSUED BY CLINTON, AND CRAMMED DOWN OUR THROATS".
Here, let me give a remedial course in thinking:
In order to create the appearance of low interest rates, Uncle Sam
has shifted his debt from long-term to short-term securities.
In effect, Uncle Sam has transformed the Federal Goverment into
one giant S&L, waiting to blow.
Short-term rates rise ---> Interest payments on Deficit rise --->
Uncle Sammy has to borrow more ----> Causing Short-term rates to rise.
Uncle Sammy gets caught in a positive feedback loop. His options:
i) Raise taxes a truly unimaginable amount
ii) Make truly unimaginable spending cuts
Results of i): large numbers of pissed-off citizens
Results of ii): large numbers of pissed-off citizens
Uncle Sammy has thoughtfully taken the initiative to pre-empt the use
of communication newtworks to foster a nation-wide, grassroots
uprising.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
Kurt Tiedtke (ktiedtke@jarthur.claremont.edu) wrote:
: Could someone direct me to information on SCSI performance for each Mac?
: (Max throughput, etc.)
Max thruput on a Centris or Quadra is about 3.3 MB/sec.
Max thruput on IIci or IIfx or equivalent is about 1.4 MB/Sec
Max thruput on slower machines is slower.
--
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------+
| Peter A. Cohen | No, I don't reflect my employer's opinions. |
| peterco@eff.org | Heck! My employer doesn't even know I'm here! |
+-----------------+------------------------------------------------+
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1993Apr21.030410.22511@grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
>In article <62890018@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com> taybh@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Beng Hang TAY) writes:
>
>> Hi,
>> I am buying a Quantum LPS240AT 245 MB hardisk and is deciding a
>> HDD/FDD controller. Is 32-bit VL-bus HDD/FDD controller faster
>> than 16 bit IDE HDD/FDD controller card?
>
>No, VL-bus IDE is no faster than ISA IDE. The IDE interface is
>fundamentally nothing more than an extension of the ISA bus, and if
>you hook it to VL-bus it'll work as fast as the slower of the two,
>meaning ISA speed.
It's not true. IDE bus uses signals which has similar name and same
meaning to the counterpart of ISA bus but its (IDE bus) signal timing
doesn't have to be same to ISA signal timing. My VL-IDE bus card has
a set of jumpers to set its transfer rate from 3.3MB/sec up to 8.3MB/
sec (the manufacturer might have to correct these numbers as 3.3
*milion* byte/sec and 8.3 *milion* byte/sec respectively). You
cannot transfer data at a rate of 8.3MB/sec on the ISA bus.
>> I hear that
>> the VL bus controller is SLOWER than a IDE controller?
>
>On the other hand, I wouldn't expect it to be *slower*...
>--
>Richard Krehbiel richk@grebyn.com
>OS/2 2.0 will do for me until AmigaDOS for the 386 comes along...
Ken Nakata
--
/* I apologize if there are incorrect, rude, and/or impolite expressions in
this mail or post. They are not intended. Please consider that English is a
second language for me and I don't have full understanding of certain words
or each nuance of a phrase. Thank you. -- Ken Nakata, CIS student, NJIT */
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <sfoiXme00WB2QbulsK@andrew.cmu.edu> Robert Ward <rw23+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
>
>A friend in England is looking for a Red Sox mailing list. If you know
>of such a list, could you please send me mail with some info? Thank you.
>
bosox-request@world.std.com
to mail to the list: bosox@world.std.com
Steve
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <nataraja.735341980@opal12>, nataraja@rtsg.mot.com (Kumaravel Natarajan) writes:
|> I heard the diesels are considered cleaner-burning than
|> gas engines because the emit less of: Carbon Monoxide,
|> Hydrocarbons, and Oxides of Nitrogen. (CO, HC, NOX).
|>
|> But they can put out a lot of particulate matter. I heard
|> something about legislation being discussed to "clean up
|> diesel emissions". Is there anything in the works to
|> install "scrubbers" for diesels? How about the feasibility
|> of installing them on trucks and cars? Would it be any
|> different than a catylitic converter? I'd assume easier,
|> since we're removing particulate matter instead of converting
|> gasses. Let's hear people's opinions...
|>
|> --
|> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> -- Vel Natarajan nataraja@rtsg.mot.com Motorola Cellular, Arlington Hts IL --
|> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This really bugs me. The emissions of diesels are the cleanest of any vechicle,
but they are considered so polluting that they are banned in passenger cars
in California. What a bunch of crap. Diesel is the fuel of choice for
enviromental benefit in Europe while here it's illegal for the same reason.
The particulates are nothing but carbon. They are just an annoyance at worst.
Nothing beats the diesel cycle for efficiency and emissions, torque or engine
durability. It's also cheaper.
--
Horace Dediu GTE Laboratories
(617) 466-4111 40 Sylvan Road
Internet: hdediu@gte.com Waltham, MA 02254
| 7rec.autos |
21 Apr 1993 10:28:02 Gillian E Runcie Writes:
>>being a mere female, I have often found I can't really take the big offensive line >>with asshole car drivers, so I found a more subtle and nastly
>>ooops I mean nasty way to get back at them. If somebody cuts you up, just wait till >>they have pulled out past you, and then gently lean over and
>>bend their aerial, every time I have done that it has eventually snapped
>>off near the base - which tends to go undetected for a while and is a bummer to >>replace.
>>
>>
>>gillian
Dear Gillian
That is such a wickedly cool idea; why didn't I think of it??? However, here
in Canada the aerials (antenna) are usually near the driver or passenger areas
and I would surely be seen......but I'll give it a try anyway.
Thanks for the first truely useable piece of information I have heard in a long
time (and you are by no means a mere female, as this way at getting back takes
real guts to do).
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| 8rec.motorcycles |
I haven't been following the previous HR's. But there are two, that I saw
live that would have to be up there (up where? there!).
1) Rick Monday's HR to bury the Expos in the NL championship in 1981.
It was hit off Steve Rogers, who is a RHP and primarily a starter.
Why was he used as a reliever when the 'Spos had Reardon and BillLee
warming up in the bullpen. Considering Monday couldn't touch LHP,
Lee would have been a safe bet. He wasn't even doing any drugs at that
time (or so he told me and around 50 others on a recent venture into
Montreal. The blast wasn't the important aspect. It was the timing.
Seventh game, a tie game, and in the top of the 9th. The Expos almost
came back though...
2) Mike Schmidt hit one that killed the Expos in 1980. So close, yet, so
far.
and
3) Strawberry killed a pitch on the second day of the season a couple of
years ago. It went off the technical ring in the Big O. It almost left
the stadium! That was hit HARD!!!
CorelMARK!
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
I like the Clark-WIlliams-Bonds order.
Pitchers can only walk Clark with 2 outs (unlike last year).
Williams is getting better pitches to hit with Bonds looming
in the on-deck circle. Since Matt has a terrible batting eye,
this helps the Giants a lot.
When Bonds gets on base all by himself, he can try to steal 2nd
and then be driven in with a single by Thompson, Manwaring, or Clayton.
If you bat Bonds before the other sluggers, then you don't want
him to run because a "caught stealing" could take you out of a
big inning.
Also Bonds is less in need of protection behind him because he
is such a good base stealer (a walk is a potential double).
The only draw back is when Clark and Williams are clogging up the
bases infront of Bonds... and I think that's a problem the
Giants will be glad to see especially if Robby Thompson gets hot.
Ken Kubey kubey@wpd.sgi.com (415) 390-3536
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <11862@vice.ICO.TEK.COM>, bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert
Beauchaine) wrote:
>
> In article <sandvik-190493224221@sandvik-kent.apple.com> sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik) writes:
> >
> >As I know you can't get any physical problems by passive Christianity,
> >unlike smoking. It's not that hard to avoid Christianity today, anyway.
> >Just ignore 'em.
> >
>
> Right on Keith, err, Kent.
>
> Whadda you mean, you didn't see the smiley?
Ouch. I guess I didn't. Sorry. But my comment was just more
'irony' into the fire.
Cheers,
Kent
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| 0alt.atheism |
In article <1r1mr8$eov@aurora.engr.LaTech.edu>, ray@engr.LaTech.edu (Bill Ray) writes:
>Todd Kelley (tgk@cs.toronto.edu) wrote:
>: Faith and dogma are dangerous.
>
>Faith and dogma are inevitable. Christians merely understand and admit
>to the fact. Give me your proof that no God exists, or that He does.
>Whichever position you take, you are forced to do it on faith. It does
>no good to say you take no position, for to show no interest in the
>existence of God is to assume He does not exist.
>
[...stuff deleted...]
As many posters have said in as many posts lately, this is just
not true. For to show no interest in the existence of god takes no
faith at all. You make the presumption that the _knowledge_ of the
_possibility_ of something is enough to require faith to render
that possibilty of no interest. It is a very different thing to say
that you don't believe something than it is to say that you don't
have sufficent reason to believe something is even interesting to
think about. It's not either or. Sometimes is just something else
more interesting that occupies your mind.
I agree that faith and dogma are inevitable, but not necessarily
applied to god and religion. It takes both faith and dogma to
expect the sun to come up every morning, but there is overwhelming
reason every single day, day in and day out, for _everyone_ to put
his faith and dogma there. Not so with the christian religion.
--
jim halat halat@bear.com
bear-stearns --whatever doesn't kill you will only serve to annoy you--
nyc i speak only for myself
| 0alt.atheism |
Well, you better not get the shuttle as your launch vehicle.
and most ELV's have too far of a backlog for political messages.
If during the campaign season, the candidates for president had
launched one, right around now we'd be getting a launch
for PEROT 92.
and if they had used the shuttle, we'd be seeing launches
for NIXON now more then ever.
pat
| 14sci.space |
In article <1rk733$ekv@slack.sim.es.com> pashdown@slack.sim.es.com (Pete Ashdown) writes:
>
>I've bothered the rental shops and audio shops about the problem, but most of
>them have precious little experience in dealing with generated power. My
>suspicion is that I don't really need anything larger than 2KW and this could
>all be resolved with a transformer of some sort.
Nope. Your problem is either being caused by excessive voltage drop in the
long cable from the generator, or just plain not having enough power. I
would suspect that those amps are going to draw a lot of current on short
peaks.
You can try using larger (and shorter) cables to the generator, or try
strapping the amps for 240V service and running 240V mains cables out,
which will minimize the line drop. If these don't work, though, you're
going to need a bigger generator.
I assume that you're using well-maintained generators, and have watched the
voltage output on the generator properly. If you don't have 120V coming out
of the unloaded generator you'll never get 120V at the other end.
>Can anyone offer any advice? I want to do a lot of outdoor events this
>summer, and it would be nice if this power problem could be resolved easily.
>I've been looking into buying a power-pack so I could tap into junction boxes
>directly, but have no idea where to start. One that would resolve my
>generator problems as well would be of high value to me.
I recommend you talk with an electrician who has experience in this sort of
work, and not with the pro-audio people. Also, I recommend that you don't
try to tap into junction boxes at all, but hire a licensed electrician if
you don't really know what you are doing. I've had to clean up after two
people who nearly killed themselves playing in hot 200A boxes, and it wasn't
much fun.
--scott
| 12sci.electronics |
I would like to publicly apologize to our Anisa Aldoubosh
for playing :
****
Well Anisa I am not sure that I feel the necessary remorse.
You and another Muslim lady ( Hanan Ashrawi ) seems to me to
be some attempt to charm the west into forgetting what you
are really saying.
It is not that we hate muslims but we hate certain things you
are saying every now and then. And it is depressing to ponder the
prospects for peace while those wievs are held by your people.
Not that we are better then you , we have our own prejudices
and vices in the West thank you. But your views are really
depressing . Thus I have fallen in the temptation to tease
and make a little fun instead of ....
and have problems to mobilize the necessary remorse!
Best Regards
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| 17talk.politics.mideast |
o any of you experts want to analyze Ron Gant?
Is his early season slump because he is still swinging his bat the way
he was last year (trying to hit to all fields, etc.) or has he changed his
swing back to the "old" Gant and is just in a small early season slump.
Is his spot int he lineup even secure, especially the way he has
been hitting?
--
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of baseball" - Geddy Lee
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
This entire dispute over a chip has deluged this newsgroup with a
lot of posts that have nothing to SELL. It all harkens back to a
certain user's post of a month or so ago: STOP POSTING COMPUTER
EQUIPMENT HERE!!! Save it for the computer.forsale newsgroups!
If you don't GET the computer.forsale newsgroups, then ask your
sysadmin. to try to subscribe to it at your location. Otherwise,
knock it off!
| 6misc.forsale |
In article <13516@news.duke.edu>, infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew Infante) writes:
|> Well, as a few of you so aptly put it,
|> get off the road, jerk, we don't wanna hear your
|> whining.
|>
|> Fine.
|>
|> Fuck off too.
Well it still looks like you've got an attitude problem
Mr. Muttonhead. You should take the comments with more
sensitivity. I still despise most people who belittle
drinking and driving since my first girlfriend was killed
by such an asshole back in '85. Learn to take the verbal
abuse.
If you can't take the flames,
and you can't use your brains,
stay out of the newsgroup.
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I've been to three talks in the last month which might be of interest. I've
transcribed some of my notes below. Since my note taking ability is by no means
infallible, please assume that all factual errors are mine. Permission is
granted to copy this without restriction.
Michael Sternberg, Cheif of Operations of RIMSAT, was invited to speak at an
informal lunch held by ACDIS here on the campus of the University of Illinois.
ACDIS is an organization on campus that deals with Arms Control, Disarmament and
International Security. RIMSAT was considered an appropriate topic because the
company is using Russian launchers and satellites. I think it also helped that
his daughter is a grad student in the International Relations program.
The concept behind RIMSAT apparently began when Matt Neilson (?) went to Tonga
to visit a friend. While he was there, he somehow ended up visiting the king,
who happened to be a big TV fan. Matt bought the King a satellite dish, which
the king thought was really nifty. Since Tonga has a GNP of about $70 million,
His Majesty asked if there was any way to make money off this. Matt thought
there probably was, so at his suggestion, Tonga applied for 31 geosynchronous
satellite slots. While this isn't entirely off the wall, it was very unusual,
seeing as Tonga was a tiny kingdom with no space program, and 31 is a lot of
slots.
The whole thing was debated in the appropriate regulatory agency and Carl
Hilliard (who is apparently a respected space lawyer) wrote several opinions
supporting Tonga's case. Eventually Tonga ended up with 7 slots, ranging from
70 E to 170 E (slots are designated by the longitude over which they reside).
According to Sternberg, four of these, from 130 E to 142 E are the best in the
world because they are excellently placed for communications between Hawaii and
the Pacific Rim.
RIMSAT was formed to use these slots. It was officially formed in Nevis as a tax
haven. They tried for a few years to raise funds in the west, however, to
fill 7 slots with western satellites launched on western launchers would have
cost approximately $2 billion. It's not easy to raise that kind of money.
Eventually, they hit upon the idea of using Russian hardware. They began
negotiating with Glavkosmos for hardware. Mr Sternberg describes operating in
Moscow in such harsh terms that I don't think I'll visit there for a long time.
Besides a significant lack of creature comforts, he was not happy with the way
that people operate. For example "everybody can sell you everything."
Everyone can show the proper documents and licenses that indicate they are the
only ones who have the authority to sell what ever you want to by.
Eventually, RIMSAT arranged a deal with Glavkosmos for 6 satellites at a cost
of $150 million. However, Glavkosmos lost favor after the coup. Sternberg
says that this is because they were basically a bunch of KGB operatives who
went to trade shows and picked up lots of brochures. Since Glavkosmos was
out of power, he had to renegotiate the deal with the new authorities. He
again described life in a Moscow hotel in rather unfavorable terms. Eventually,
he worked out a deal and on Dec 4, 1992 he met with Koptev, who heads the
Russian space program, to sign the deal. Koptev insisted on a few concessions
before signing and according to Sternberg he arranged these new rules to
allow himself to form another company to do the exact same thing as RIMSAT.
The next step was to meet with the builders of the hardware, NPO Applied
Mechanics -- NPO PM to use their acronym. This organization is located in
Siberia (can't figure out how to spell the town, I need an atlas) and has built
about 1500 vehicles since the dawn of the space age. Sternberg commented that
siberians are very different from Musovites. They are hard workers, honest
people who team up to get things done, very much like midwesterners. At this
point there were some comments from the audience that agreed with his opinion on
both siberians and midwesterners :-)
Sternberg had lots of good things to say about NPO PM. His company is
apparently lookng for $100 million to invest in the firm to become 50% partners.It apparently costs the Russians about $4 million to build a satellite that
would sell for $50 million in the west. If you want to give them
specifications, they'll build you a satellite. For the particular satellites
that RIMSAT will be using, costs run about $378,000 per transponder year. This
compares to $810,000 t/y in the U.S. They can sell their time for about $1.1
million compared to $2.6 million in the U.S. RIMSAT will launch their
satellites on Protons. To get the best prices, they bought in bulk. They
have the rights to twelve launches, so if any of you need a lift I can give
you their address. The first launch is scheduled for October and they are
getting one used satellite from the Russians, which is being moved into place
now.
Tidbits:
* Sternberg says this kind of thing has to be done by entrepreneurs, not big
business because big business is just like what they have over there, except
that "we have better paper, both in the bathroom and in the copier."
* Russian launches are self insured. The promise to replace a failed launch
within 9 months.
* Major investors in RIMSAT include Russell 20/20, which is a huge retirement
fund organization, Cellsat, which is a big telecom business in southeast Asia,
and a fund operated by some of the big names in U.S aerospace which he says is
sort of an insurance policy for them if this really takes off.
* He downplayed the instabilites in the ex-USSR saying that we are worried
partly because we aren't used to seeing Russia as anything but an unvarying
monolith. Italy gets a new government "every two weeks" but we don't worry
because we're used to it. He predicted that once we get used to seeing what
really goes on in Russia we won't worry about their stability as much.
* Part of the problem with cooperative ventures is the problem of transfering
money. The central bank has a policy of taking hard currency payments, putting
25% in their coffers and replacing the rest with the "equivalent" value in
rubles. To get around this, RIMSAT pays their hard currency into an Austrian
bank account. NPO PM then pays their contractors with foreign currency so that
the only the contractors get swindled by the government.
* One of the big problems RIMSAT has had is stonewalling by the western
satellite industry. However, Intelsat recently bought three of the same type
of satellites, which was rather reassuring.
* The biggest worry most people have about russian satellites is the primitive
technology and shorter lifetime. The older Gorizont (Horizon) satellites have
a lifetime of about 5 years, while the more modern Express satellites compare
well with western technology and last about 8 years. While this is much
shorter than 15 years for western satellites, Sternberg downplayed the
difference. At these prices they can afford to launch new ones. In addition,
shorter lifetimes mean that they can replace their equipment with newer
technology so they will be able to compete better than older, out of date
hardware.
--
Josh Hopkins jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
"Find a way or make one."
-attributed to Hannibal
| 14sci.space |
In article <1993Apr15.200857.10631@adobe.com> cjackson@adobe.com (Curtis Jackson) writes:
>
>So perhaps it is only *some* waterski bikes on which one countersteers...
A Sea Doo is a boat. It turns by changing the angle of the duct behind the
propeller. A waterski bike looks like a motorcycle but has a ski where each
wheel should be. Its handlebars are connected through a familiar looking
steering head to the front ski. It handles like a motorcycle.
I've bike like | Jody Levine DoD #275 kV
got a you can if you -PF | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
ride it | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article 66319@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU, xz775327@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Xia Zhao) writes:
>
>
>In article <1993Apr19.131239.11670@aragorn.unibe.ch>, you write:
>|>
>|>
>|> Let's be serious... I'm working on a radiosity package, written in C++.
>|> I would like to make it public domain. I'll announce it in c.g. the minute
>|> I finished it.
>|>
>|> That were the good news. The bad news: It'll take another 2 months (at least)
>|> to finish it.
>
>
> Are you using the traditional radiosity method, progressive refinement, or
> something else in your package?
>
My package is based on several articles about non-standard radiosity and
some unpublished methods.
The main articles are:
- Cohen, Chen, Wallace, Greenberg :
A Progressive Refinement Approach to fast Radiosity Image Generation
Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH), V. 22(No. 4), pp 75-84, August 1988
- Silion, Puech
A General Two-Pass Method Integrating Specular and Diffuse Reflection
Computer Graphics (SIGGRAPH), V23(No. 3), pp335-344, July 1989
> If you need to project patches on the hemi-cube surfaces, what technique are
> you using? Do you have hardware to facilitate the projection?
>
I do not use hemi-cubes. I have no special hardware (SUN SPARCstation).
>
>|>
>|> In the meantime you may have a look at the file
>|> Radiosity_code.tar.Z
>|> located at
>|> compute1.cc.ncsu.edu
>
>
> What are the guest username and password for this ftp site?
>
Use anonymous as username and your e-mail address as password.
>
>|>
>|> (there are some other locations; have a look at archie to get the nearest)
>|>
>|> Hope that'll help.
>|>
>|> Yours
>|>
>|> Stephan
>|>
>
>
> Thanks, Stephan.
>
>
> Josephine
Stephan.
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Stephan Amann SIG Computer Graphics, University of Berne, Switzerland
amann@iam.unibe.ch
Tel +41 31 65 46 79 Fax +41 31 65 39 65
Projects: Radiosity, Raytracing, Computer Graphics
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| 1comp.graphics |
In article <1993Apr22.114401.7152@ericsson.se> etxmst@sta.ericsson.se writes:
>I was wondering what the country extension are.
>Sometimes I just don't have a clue from where
>some people are writing.
>
>These are the extensions I know of
>
>ch Switzerland
>se Sweden
>fi Finland
>uk UK
>Com US?
>Edu US? (are both com and edu US?)
>fr France
>
>Please feel free to add to this list.
>
>/ Markus
nz New Zealand
au Australia
jp Japan
kr Korea
--
Woobin Lee -----------------------------------------------------------------
||
Image Computing System Lab || woobin@u.washington.edu
| 7rec.autos |
One of the local dealers has a used (7k miles) '93 Probe GT
on the lot with a photocopy of a document taped to the
window saying the dealership bought the car back from
the previous owner because of "Engine noises", but that
the Ford district rep had OK'ed the car saying those
noises were "normal". I thought it was worth looking
into (the car seems otherwise clean) and mentioned this
to a co-worker, who proceeded to tell me a horror story
about her son's '93 Probe GT, which had several problems,
ending with engine noises which she said "was something
with the heads", that Ford acknowledged the noise, said
they were working on it, but didn't have a cure as of
yet. Her son traded the car in (and I checked -- not
the same car). So I have some evidence of a reoccuring
problem with the V6 in the Probe GT's, and by extension
with the Madza 626 and MX-6.
Anything to this? I'd love to consider buying the GT (I'm
turning 40 -- time for my scheduled mid life crisis :-)
but I'd hate to find out I just became the proud owner
of a Lemon.
| 7rec.autos |
In three years of riding in the cities of San Jose,
Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale I never came into any
conflict with the local police over my lane splitting
habits (all three of these cities were listed earlier
as being anti-splitting in one way or another). I
can't say whether this was due to luck, police
kindness, or there not actually being any ordinances
against it in these cities, so I continue.....
RevCo
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <1993Apr23.070117.22214@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> ins413j@mdw056.cc.monash.edu.au (Markfried Fellensiek) writes:
>
>Diamond Video cards (stealth, viper, speedstar, etc...)
>may have excellent specifications, and the windows drivers that
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>come with them might make windows BLINDINGLY fast, BUT:
Most fellow Diamond video board owners with whom I've corresponded may
or may not share your opinion about the proprietary clocking scheme, but
all of those with whom I've chatted have NOT been thrilled with the
Window's drivers, either. Some modes work fine, but others cause
strange misdrawn objects, trails, etc. Many have also voiced their
strong discontent to Diamond's ambivalent attitude toward OS/2 drivers.
Come to think of it, though, I hear and see a lot of complaints about
the ATI boards too, though recent word looks like the build 59 code looks
much better.
Does ANYONE have an accelerated video board with drivers for Windows
(OS/2?) where ALL the modes function properly? Anyone? Anyone?
Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All statements, comments, opinions, etc. herein reflect those of the author
and shall NOT be misconstrued as those of IBM or anyone else for that matter.
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Joseph H. Buehler writes:
>This all obviously applies equally well to infants or adults, since
>both have souls. Infants must be baptized, therefore, or they cannot
>enter into Heaven. They too need this form of life in them, or they
>cannot enter into Heaven.
Are you saying that baptism has nothing to do with asking Jesus to come into
your heart and accepting him as your savior, but is just a ritual that we
must go through to enable us to enter Heaven?
| 15soc.religion.christian |
In article <15503@optilink.COM> cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>I've already posted results of a survey of homosexuals, that shows
>how profoundly promiscuous homosexual men are.
Were.
In urban areas.
Among those who had access to gay bathhouses.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <1993Apr14.203122.12367@iscsvax.uni.edu>
reed5575@iscsvax.uni.edu writes:
>
>
Dave Winfield's name does not go
> in the same sentence. As Aaron, Robinson, and Ott.
In terms of PEAK, and I repeat PEAK years, Winfield has Done it
all. He has batted in the 340's for a season, drove in 100 and more runs
many times in a row before his injury. Consistently hit at or near 300
while knocking in 35 home runs. Have you even LOOKED at Dave Winfield's
slugging percentage for three or 4 of his best seasons. I still think that
dave was one of the BETTER of all time, but obviously not the best. He was
one of the best athletes evr to play baseball. He hit line drives that hit
the scoreboard in left-center field, a feat np one has done in the new
Stadium. Heck, only 2 or 3 other people have hit it over that green fence
since it has been remodeled. He could field, had a bullet arm, and his
hitting was comparable in many seasons to gary sheffields, and barry bonds
of last season. He is older now, and slowing down, takes more of an
uppercut to lift the ball out of the park, but he will always be my hero,
and my idol. There is nothing that could make me happier than George
inviting Dave back to the Bronx to play his last year of ball with the
Yankees. Of course, he will most likely refuse the offer, but who knows?
For 3 million dollars, he'll play. Heck they are giving gallego 2.5
million this year, having Dave as their DH, while leaving him time to play
the field when Tartabull is injured, or Nokes and mass are traded, should
give the Yanks the inspiration and leadership that will sweep in a new age
of Yankee domination.
Michael Lurie
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <C4yxMJ.BLE@news.udel.edu> philly@bach.udel.edu (Robert C Hite) writes:
[Most of tirade deleted .. I have an editor and know how to use it]
>
>Okay we've been conservative and added about 18 wins so far. Now
>we're adding about 4 more wins thanks to the expansion teams...
>Okay, thats 22 wins. Lesse dipshit math genuious, 72 + 22 = 94
>Hmmm... I think thats good enough to win the worse division in
>baseball?
>
>Next time, before you say something foolish, get a clue first!
Either this is an example of *great* sarcasm or I'm really, really worried.
--
Dave Hung Like a Jim Acker Slider Kirsch Blue Jays - Do it again in '93
kirsch@staff.tc.umn.edu New .. quotes out of context!
"Not to beat a dead horse, but it's been a couple o' weeks .. this
disappoints me..punishments..discharges..jackhammering.." - Stephen Lawrence
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <1rl9b6$h3c@sol.deakin.OZ.AU> russ@deakin.OZ.AU (Russ Sharp) writes:
>We are using pkzip V2.04 and I am interested to hear from
>people who have used one of the many Windows programs that
>call these.
>Which ones are available and does any one stand out amongst
>the rest?
>
Well, I got WINZIP from cica (don't know which version, but I think
it's the latest, as this is not long ago), and I was initially imressed.
But here's the low-down:
WINZIP is a *great* progra, *as long as you only unzip*. It lets you
vew files, unzip only selected files, and even puts the files in a
/checkout directory, and creates a "checkout" .grp and group if you want
to check the program out. It even prompts for deletion of these on
exit, if you didn;t like the program.
*HOWEVER* (big however over here). I have problems zipping. I don't
konw specifics on this, or ammount of consistency, but sometimes when I
"zip" a few files, or add a file to a .zip, dos will violate something
or other, and I'll be asked (in a kind, micro$oft kind of way) to quit
all applications, quit windows, and restart my computer. I don't know
(as I said) how consistent this is, as I jdont' zip much (and when I do,
now I just go to dos and use it from there, or just use the "run" cmd)
but I *do* know it's happened when I added files to an existing .zip
file, *and* when I created a new .zip file, using selected files only.
I don't know if it's happened when I zip an entire dir.
Still, it has a rather nice interface, and quite useful "unzip"ing
functions. If the above is fixed, I'll be the first to register the new
ver. (as for now, a good old, "run-->unzip *.zip" will work.
(PS> if a new ver *is* out that fixes these, please let me know).
peace,
Mickey
--
pe-|| || MICHAEL PANAYIOTAKIS: louray@seas.gwu.edu
ace|| || ...!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!louray
|||| \/| *how do make a ms-windows .grp file reflect a HD directory??*
\\\\ | "well I ain't always right, but I've never been wrong.."(gd)
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Hello
I am the proud new owner of a MAC 512K. Upon power-up and insertion
of the sytem disk, I get SAD MAC code 0F0064. Can anyone give me a
clue to what this means?
Thanks.
-Steve
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1qvpdo$q7i@bigboote.WPI.EDU> bigal@wpi.WPI.EDU (Nathan Charles Crowell) writes:
>Hi there,
>
>Is there any utility available that will make Windows
>randomly select one of your windows directory's .BMP
>files as the wallpaper file?
>
>Nate
> [nate's sig]
There are a couple. I am personally using screenpeace, which is a
screen saver which will also select your wallpaper from a specified
directory (not necessarily the windows dir.). Let me know if you want
info. I've been pretty happy with screenpeace, and the latest version
(3) is *not* at cica, but oak, /windows3/scrpc3or.something
Mickey
--
pe-|| || MICHAEL PANAYIOTAKIS: louray@seas.gwu.edu
ace|| || ...!uunet!seas.gwu.edu!louray
|||| \/| *how do make a ms-windows .grp file reflect a HD directory??*
\\\\ | "well I ain't always right, but I've never been wrong.."(gd)
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Could someone please tell me what a
LaserWriter IINTX upgrade kit is.
Its a small box, which has a bag inn it , seemingly
containing 6 chips (look like ROMS) and a IINTX manual.
The installation instructions are most informative and say, in full,
"This product must be installed by an Apple ........."
SO what does this do ? At first I thought it might be a NT to NTX
upgrade, but I thought that required an entirely new board.
Any info appreciated.
Doug.
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Well, I just got my Centris 610 yesterday. It took just over two
weeks from placing the order. The dealer (Rutgers computer store)
appologized because Apple made a substitution on my order. I ordered
the one without ethernet, but they substituted one _with_ ethernet.
He wanted to know if that would be "alright with me"!!! They must
be backlogged on Centri w/out ethernet so they're just shipping them
with!
Anyway, I'm very happy with the 610 with a few exceptions.
Being nosy, I decided to open it up _before_ powering it on for the first
time. The SCSI cable to the hard drive was only partially connected
(must have come loose in shipping). No big deal, but I would have been
pissed if I tried to boot it and it wouldn't come up!
The hard drive also has an annoying high pitched whine. I've
heard apple will exchange it if you complain, so I might try to get
it swapped.
I am also dissappionted by the lack of soft power-on/off. This
wasn't mentioned in any of the literature I saw. Also, the location
of the reset/interupt buttons is awful. Having keyboard control for
these functions was much more convenient.
Oh, and the screen seems tojump in a wierd way on power-up.
I've seen this mentioned by others, so it must be a...feature...
Anyway, above all, it's fast. A great machine at a great price!
gnelson@physics.rutgers.edu
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Here is a review of some of the off-ice things that have
affected the AHL this year.
ST JOHN'S MAPLE LEAFS PROBLEMS
The St John's Maple Leafs sophomore season has been plagued by
problems. On-ice, the Leafs won the Atlantic Division title but
off ice was less happy. A strike by public workers has forced the
leafs out of the Newfoundland city for much of the last half of
the seaosn (since mid-Jan). They have played "home" games in places
like Montreal, Cornwall and Charlottetown. Their playoff "home"
games will be played in the Metro Center in Halifax, NS. One
demostration got violent. Workers attacked a Leafs' bus and
rocked it and broke windows in the St John's Memorial Stadium.
Despite the problems, Toronto officials insist that the Leafs
will return to St John's once the strike ends.
===================================================
SENATORS SOLD
The New Haven Senators have been sold by Peter Shipman to
the Ottawa Senators NHL organization. They are the only Canadian
NHL team with an American AHL affiliate, and have made it clear
they intend to move the team to somewhere in the Canadian Atlantic
Provinces. This sale and move has yet to be approved by the AHL
head office, but is expected to pass easily at the general meeting
in May. The quote in the story from Jack Butterfield made it
clear the league was more interested in the stability of the
AHL franchise accompanied by NHL ownership, rather than maintaining
the 56-year history of the AHL in New Haven.
The Senators are currently in serious negotiations with Charlottetown
New Brunswick and are expected to move there.
==================================================
DALLAS HELPS HAWKS STAY IN MONCTON
After announcing that they would pull their affiliation out
of Moncton, the Winnipeg Jets changed their mind.
The Jets announced the move when they said that they would be slashing
their minor league roster from 20-something to around a dozen; and they
wanted to share with an existing AHL or IHL franchise.
Enter the Dallas Lone Stars. Dallas agreed to supply the remaining
6 or 8 players to the Moncton franchise. Thus keeping the Hawks
in the New Brunswick city.
The deal is for one year and will be extended to three years if
the season ticket base increases to over 3000. The Hawks only sold
1400 for this year.
============================================================
SAINT JOHN FLAMES OFFICIAL
The Calgary Flames have officially signed a deal with the city of
Saint John, NB. The Saint John Blue Flames will play in the 6200
Exhibition Center. The Flames still have to apply for an expansion
frnachise from the AHL but are expected to have no trouble.
=========================================================
CAPS FOLLOW JACKS TO MAINE
Despite rumors to the contrary, the Capitals will follow the Baltimore
Skipjacks to Maine. The Caps' current farm team, the Baltimore Skipjacks,
announced that they would move to Maine and become the Portland Pirates.
There was much doubt as to if the Caps would follow but they announced
a limited deal with Portland. They would supply a dozen or so players
including 2 goalies. They become the third team to announce a limited
farm team along with Moncton and the Capital District Islanders.
======================================================
AHL GAME OF THE WEEK
In early January, the AHL started a game of the week. The game, produced
by, I believe, Pyman Productions, was televised across the Canadian
Maritimes and northeastern US. The first few weeks saw two games of
the week, one in Canada and another in the US but since then, there
has been only one. Sunday afternoon and night games were covered and
shown on Sportschannel NY and NE in the US and, I believe, Atlantic
Sports Network in Canada (but I'm not sure about that). I am not
sure if playoff games will be covered.
=====================================================
UTICA GONE? SYRACUSE ADDED?
There were heavy rumors that the Utica Devils will not be around next
season. There were rumors that they might be headed to a midwestern
city and that the city of Syracuse is trying to lure them.
=====================================================
WHAT THE AHL MIGHT LOOK LIKE NEXT YEAR
ONE OPTION ANOTHER OPTION
Northern Division Southern Division
ADIRONDACK RED WINGS ADIRONDACK
SPRINGFIELD INDIANS SPRINGFIELD
PROVIDENCE BRUINS PROVIDENCE
CD ISLANDERS CDI
PORTLAND PIRATES HERSHEY
BINGHAMTON
Southern Division ROCHESTER
HERSHEY BEARS HAMILTON
BINGHAMTON RANGERS UTICA
ROCHESTER AMERICANS
HAMILTON CANUCKS Atlantic Division
UTICA (?) DEVILS PORTLAND
ST JOHN'S
Atlantic Division SAINT JOHN
ST JOHN'S MAPLE LEAFS MONCTON
MONCTON HAWKS HALIFAX
HALIFAX CITADELS FREDERICTON
CAPE BRETON OILERS CAPE BRETON
FREDERICTON CANADIENS CHARLOTTETOWN
SAINT JOHN BLUE FLAMES
CHARLOTTETOWN SENATORS (move is unofficial as yet)
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Bri Farenell farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu +
+ AHL and ECAC contact for rec.sport.hockey Go USA Hockey! +
+ Adirondack Red Wings, Calder Cup Champs: '81 '86 '89 '92 +
+ Clarkson Hockey, ECAC Tournament Champ: '66 '91 '93 +
+ Glens Falls High School, Division II NY State Champs: '90 '91 +
+ Join the AHL mailing list: ahl-news-request@andrew.cmu.edu +
+ CONGRATS TO CLARKSON GOLDEN KNIGHTS HOCKEY: 1993 ECAC CHAMPIONS!!! +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Hi everyone,
I thought that some people may be interested in my VR
software on these groups:
*******Announcing the release of Multiverse-1.0.2*******
Multiverse is a multi-user, non-immersive, X-Windows based Virtual Reality
system, primarily focused on entertainment/research.
Features:
Client-Server based model, using Berkeley Sockets.
No limit to the number of users (apart from performance).
Generic clients.
Customizable servers.
Hierachical Objects (allowing attachment of cameras and light sources).
Multiple light sources (ambient, point and spot).
Objects can have extension code, to handle unique functionality, easily
attached.
Functionality:
Client:
The client is built around a 'fast' render loop. Basically it changes things
when told to by the server and then renders an image from the user's
viewpoint. It also provides the server with information about the user's
actions - which can then be communicated to other clients and therefore to
other users.
The client is designed to be generic - in other words you don't need to
develop a new client when you want to enter a new world. This means that
resources can be spent on enhancing the client software rather than adapting
it. The adaptations, as will be explained in a moment, occur in the servers.
This release of the client software supports the following functionality:
o Hierarchical Objects (with associated addressing)
o Multiple Light Sources and Types (Ambient, Point and Spot)
o User Interface Panels
o Colour Polygonal Rendering with Phong Shading (optional wireframe for
faster frame rates)
o Mouse and Keyboard Input
(Some people may be disappointed that this software doesn't support the
PowerGlove as an input device - this is not because it can't, but because
I don't have one! This will, however, be one of the first enhancements!)
Server(s):
This is where customization can take place. The following basic support is
provided in this release for potential world server developers:
o Transparent Client Management
o Client Message Handling
This may not sound like much, but it takes away the headache of
accepting and
terminating clients and receiving messages from them - the
application writer
can work with the assumption that things are happening locally.
Things get more interesting in the object extension functionality. This is
what is provided to allow you to animate your objects:
o Server Selectable Extension Installation:
What this means is that you can decide which objects have extended
functionality in your world. Basically you call the extension
initialisers you want.
o Event Handler Registration:
When you develop extensions for an object you basically write callback
functions for the events that you want the object to respond to.
(Current events supported: INIT, MOVE, CHANGE, COLLIDE & TERMINATE)
o Collision Detection Registration:
If you want your object to respond to collision events just provide
some basic information to the collision detection management software.
Your callback will be activated when a collision occurs.
This software is kept separate from the worldServer applications because
the application developer wants to build a library of extended objects
from which to choose.
The following is all you need to make a World Server application:
o Provide an initWorld function:
This is where you choose what object extensions will be supported, plus
any initialization you want to do.
o Provide a positionObject function:
This is where you determine where to place a new client.
o Provide an installWorldObjects function:
This is where you load the world (.wld) file for a new client.
o Provide a getWorldType function:
This is where you tell a new client what persona they should have.
o Provide an animateWorld function:
This is where you can go wild! At a minimum you should let the objects
move (by calling a move function) and let the server sleep for a bit
(to avoid outrunning the clients).
That's all there is to it! And to prove it here are the line counts for the
three world servers I've provided:
generic - 81 lines
dactyl - 270 lines (more complicated collision detection due to the
stairs! Will probably be improved with future
versions)
dogfight - 72 lines
Location:
This software is located at the following site:
ftp.u.washington.edu
Directory:
pub/virtual-worlds
File:
multiverse-1.0.2.tar.Z
Futures:
Client:
o Texture mapping.
o More realistic rendering: i.e. Z-Buffering (or similar), Gouraud shading
o HMD support.
o Etc, etc....
Server:
o Physical Modelling (gravity, friction etc).
o Enhanced Object Management/Interaction
o Etc, etc....
Both:
o Improved Comms!!!
I hope this provides people with a good understanding of the Multiverse
software,
unfortunately it comes with practically zero documentation, and I'm not sure
whether that will ever be able to be rectified! :-(
I hope people enjoy this software and that it is useful in our explorations of
the Virtual Universe - I've certainly found fascinating developing it, and I
would *LOVE* to add support for the PowerGlove...and an HMD :-)!!
Finally one major disclaimer:
This is totally amateur code. By that I mean there is no support for this code
other than what I, out the kindness of my heart, or you, out of pure
desperation, provide. I cannot be held responsible for anything good or bad
that may happen through the use of this code - USE IT AT YOUR OWN RISK!
Disclaimer over!
Of course if you love it, I would like to here from you. And anyone with
POSITIVE contributions/criticisms is also encouraged to contact me. Anyone who
hates it: > /dev/null!
************************************************************************
*********
And if anyone wants to let me do this for a living: you know where to
write :-)!
************************************************************************
*********
Thanks,
Robert.
robert@acsc.com
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <JOSHUA.93Apr20190924@bailey.cpac.washington.edu>,
joshua@cpac.washington.edu (Joshua Geller) wrote:
>
> I would really appreciate if when someone brought something like
> this up they didn't back out when someone asked for details.
> josh
EXCUSE ME!
I am -NOT TRYING TO BACK OUT- Josh, Maybe you should try to make an
informed responce when your are trying to pack, and your references are
PACKED! and someone responses like you did. (NO GRIN).
Pegasus
| 19talk.religion.misc |
jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com writes:
> > Sorry, but there are no supernatural
> > forces necessary to create a pathogen. You are saying, "Since
> > diseases are bad, the bad entity must have created it." So
> > what would you say about acid rain, meteors falling from the
> > sky, volcanoes, earthquakes, and other QUOTE UNQUOTE "Acts
> > of God?"
>
> I would say that they are not "acts of God" but natural
> occurrences.
It amazes me that you have the audacity to say that human creation was not
the result of the natural process of evolution (but rather an "act of God")
and then in the same post say that these other processes (volcanos et al.)
are natural occurrences. Who gave YOU the right to choose what things are
natural processes and what are direct acts of God? How do you know that
God doesn't cause each and every natural disaster with a specific purpose
in mind? It would certainly go along with the sadistic nature I've seen in
the bible.
> >>Even if Satan had nothing to do with the original inception of
> >>disease, evolution by random chance would have produced them since
> >>humanity forsook God's protection. If we choose to live apart from
> >>God's law (humanity collectively), then it should come as no surprise
> >>that there are adverse consequences to our (collective) action. One
> >>of these is that we are left to deal with disease and disorders which
> >>inevitably result in an entropic universe.
> >
> > May I ask, where is this 'collective' bullcrap coming from?
>
> By "collective" I was referring to the idea that God works with
> humanity on two levels, individually and collectively. If mankind
> as a whole decides to undertake a certain action (the majority of
> mankind), then God will allow the consequences of that action to
> affect mankind as a whole.
Adam & Eve (TWO PEOPLE), even tho they had the honor (or so you christians
claim) of being the first two, definitely do NOT represent a majority in
the billions and trillions (probably more) of people that have come after
them. Perhaps they were the majority then, but *I* (and YOU) weren't
around to vote, and perhaps we might have voted differently about what to
do with that tree. But your god never asked us. He just assumes that if
you have two bad people then they ALL must be bad. Hmm. Sounds like the
same kind of false generalization that I see many of the theists posting
here resorting to. So THAT's where they get it... shoulda known.
> Jim B.
Nanci
.........................................................................
If you know (and are SURE of) the author of this quote, please send me
email (nm0w+@andrew.cmu.edu):
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| 0alt.atheism |
I am currently managing, among many other labs, a lab with three
LC IIs, a Mac Plus with 45 MB external HD, and a LaserWriter II NTX. My
problem? The LC IIs seem to intermittently slow to a snail's pace.
These LC IIs have 4 MB RAM, 256K VRAM, and a Quantum LP105S HD
installed. I have reformatted the drive with Hard Disk Toolkit 1.3, and
it gives a very respectable 2.9 overall rating to this drive, so it's not
the drive. I have reinstalled System 7.1, MS-Word 5.1a, MS-Works 3.0, and
so on, all from the master disks. In short, I have done everything I can
think of in software. I am *not* a hardware hacker, though I pop cases
fairly often. But nothing works.
The problem is intermittent and unpredictable. The mouse always
moves smoothly, floppies always run at the same speed, but occasionally,
for about 1-2 hours at a time, a machine will run like it was running on
a 4 MHz 68000, not a 16 MHz 68030. It is VERY frustrating and makes it
nearly unusable. It does seem to worsen with increasing disk activity.
Has anyone encountered this problem before? Has anyone got any
ideas? They would be much appreciated.
-- Andrew Geweke
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| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <C514ut.A5I@magpie.linknet.com>, manes@magpie.linknet.com (Steve Manes) writes:
{drinking & riding}
> It depends on how badly you want to live. The FAA says "eight hours, bottle
> to throttle" for pilots but recommends twenty-four hours. The FARs specify
> a blood/alcohol level of 0.4 as legally drunk, I think, which is more than
> twice as strict as DWI minimums.
0.20 is DWI in New York? Here the limit is 0.08 !
--
Bruce Clarke B.C. Environment
e-mail: bclarke@galaxy.gov.bc.ca
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <C4zHys.6D9@news.claremont.edu>, ebrandt@jarthur.claremont.edu (Eli Brandt) writes:
|>In article <C4zJ86.BFF@dscomsa.desy.de> hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:
|>>A State is defined by its ability to create laws, ergo when the state is not
|>>able to make laws we are not talking about a fully functioning state.
|>
|>There are always some areas on which the state is able to make and
|>enforce laws, and some on which it is not. To add some relevance to
|>the group in which I happen to be reading this, the U.S. government
|>circa 1800 could not have created laws such as present Federal
|>gun-control legislation. Was it not a state?
Yes because it has always had that power. The constitution limits the areas
in which the government can exercise power. The constitution can be changed
however and has been frequently. For example during prohibition the
government had no power to permit alcohol to be sold although the state had
the capacity to change the constitution to enable this.
The constitutional provisions are merely a matter of form that dictate
the manner in which power is exercised. No piece of paper can prevent
abuse, for example the imprisonment of the socialist presidential candidate
for opposing world war I - a clear breach of the first ammendment,
The United States clearly has the capacity to bring in meaningful arms
control measures. If there were large groups of powerful warlords who could
prevent such a measure by force we would have to admit that the power
of the federal government to uphold the constitution was limited. This
is the situation in Somalia where the state is unable to govern because
the people with the guns think that they have the right to decide the
law.
|>>You have a very confused notion of what a state is. A modern state is a
|>>governing body. In the period you describe there is no lasting instance of
|>>a period where there was law without a governing body to enforce that law.
|>
|>Of course there was no effective law without enforcement. But
|>saying that "a state is a governing body" does not mean that it is
|>the only sort of a governing body, unless one plays semantic games
|>like, "if a state didn't create it, it's not really a law".
The problem is extrapolating from our notions of what a state is which
date from the treaty of Westphalia to the medieval period where countries
were much more analogous to bodies like the EEC or the UN - organisations
where individual members had significant powers in their own right and
did not derive their power from a central authority.
|> The
|>canonical example of non-governmental law is probably the Law
|>Merchant, which others can expound upon better than I. But it was
|>certainly enforced in non-state courts for some time, although state
|>courts, being subsidized, later were able to effectively enter the
|>arbitration business.
But here we are not talking of a time where law was voluntary. The rules
and regulations settled in this manner were in areas that the state
was not involved in. Even today a great deal of law is effectively
made in this manner. For example the city of London stockmarket which is
a non governmental body that can make and enforce rules. It does so however
within the framework laid down by the government.
In medieval times this framework existed in preciosely the same manner. If
you were to set up shop as a trade association and decide to screw the
monarch you could expect to end up inside the tower in a very short
time. Most of the organisations allowed to make law have explicit Royal
Charters, such as the Universities for example. Fairs and towns all required
authority in order to trade. It was customary however for this authority
to be granted on a permanent basis subject to revocation in the case of
misbehavior. After Magna Carta the monarch lost the power to remove
privillage without recourse to the courts. Tony Benn recently established
through a devious route the power of the Parliament to revoke favours
without recourse to the courts - thus establishing the right to abolish
the house of lords for example.
Certainly none of the rules set up by merchants forms any part of the
"common law" which has a very specific meaning in the UK. It is law
made by the judiciary through judgements on cases. Nothing else is
common law.
Incidentaly the common law is a lot more common than people expect. For
example a judgment in common law made in England can effect the
interpretation of the law in most of the countries that were once in
the Empire, including the US, the reverse is also true. For example a
lot of the decisions surrounding AIDS cases in the US are of relevance
to UK decisions. Although the statues are different the reasoning that
lies behind the interpretation of those statues is common and thus if
a judge made a reasoned assesment of the interpretation of the law in
one jurdisdiction it would clearly be perverse if another country with no
guiding precedent should judge a person to be guilty of a crime which
they might by the existence of a precedent consider to be legal. The law
should be as predictable as possible and abhors making decisions without
precedent. Once a decision is made in the UK though that naturally is
superior in UK law.
Phill Hallam-Baker.
| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <C4z3xw.3EF@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, parker@ehsn21.cen.uiuc.edu writes:
| I like the way people call it "cruel and unusual punishment", as if
| imprisonment isn't cruel, too. Lethal injection pales in comparison.
| And, they have a death sentence because they were convicted of a cruel
| and unusual *crime*.
It's not what they did that matters. It's what *you* do and
what *I* do and what *we* do in response that matters. Do we
lessen ourselves by killing in response to killing? It's
vengeance. That's all. It's no deterrent. It serves no
purpose but to slake somebody's blood lust.
| It would be nice, though, if we never convicted someone of a crime they
| didn't commit, and it would make the death penalty much more justifiable.
Yeah yeah yeah... and sure would be nice if we didn't apply the
death penalty disproportionately to minorities. I'll revisit my
opinion on the death penalty when there are more whites up for
it than blacks. I.e., when hell freezes over.
---
C J Silverio cj@sgi.com ceej@well.sf.ca.us
"The people causing the trouble were socialists and homosexuals,
the typical sort of person who opposes us." --Don Treshman,
ex-Klansman, leader of the "pro-life" group Rescue America,
on BBC TV, 2 April 1993.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
The title says it all...If you have some cheap used
GAMEBOY or TG-16 (2 Player or more) Games, Please
email me all offers...
Rohit
| 6misc.forsale |
In article <30523@hacgate.SCG.HAC.COM> lee@luke.rsg.hac.com (C. Lee) writes:
>The original posting complained (1) about SGI coming out with newer (and
>better) architectures and not having an upgrade path from the older ones,
>and (2) that DEC did.
No. That's *not* what I was complaining about, nor did I intend to
suggest that DEC was any better than SGI (let me tell you about the
Lynx some day, but be prepared with a large sedative if you do...). My
comment regarding DEC was to indicate that I might be open to other vendors
that supported OpenGL, rather than deal further with SGI.
What I *am* annoyed about is the fact that we were led to believe that
we *would* be able to upgrade to a multiprocessor version of the
Crimson without the assistance of a fork lift truck.
I'm also annoyed about being sold *several* Personal IRISes at a
previous site on the understanding *that* architecture would be around
for a while, rather than being flushed.
Now I understand that SGI is responsible to its investors and has to
keep showing a positive quarterly bottom line (odd that I found myself
pressured on at least two occasions to get the business on the books
just before the end of the quarter), but I'm just a little tired of
getting boned in the process.
Maybe it's because my lab buys SGIs in onesies and twosies, so we
aren't entitled to a "peek under the covers" as the Big Kids (NASA,
for instance) are. This lab, and I suspect that a lot of other labs
and organizations, doesn't have a load of money to spend on computers
every year, so we can't be out buying new systems on a regular basis.
The boxes that we buy now will have to last us pretty much through the
entire grant period of five years and, in some case, beyond. That
means that I need to buy the best piece of equipment that I can when I
have the money, not some product that was built, to paraphrase one
previous poster's words, 'to fill a niche' to compete with some other
vendor. I'm going to be looking at this box for the next five years.
And every time I look at it, I'm going to think about SGI and how I
could have better spent my money (actually *your* money, since we're
supported almost entirely by Federal tax dollars).
Now you'll have to pardon me while I go off and hiss and fume in a
corner somewhere and think dark, libelous thoughts.
spl
--
Steve Lamont, SciViGuy -- (619) 534-7968 -- spl@szechuan.ucsd.edu
San Diego Microscopy and Imaging Resource/UC San Diego/La Jolla, CA 92093-0608
"My other car is a car, too."
- Bumper strip seen on I-805
| 1comp.graphics |
bratt@crchh7a9.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (John Bratt) writes:
>RBIs and Runs scored are the two most important offensive statistics.
Actually, they're pretty worthless, if you want to evaluate players
with stats. RBIs and Runs Scored should be banned; all they do is
confuse victims of mediot brainwashing like yourself.
You
>can talk about OBP and SLG% all you want, but the fact remains:
> The team that scores more runs wins the game!
> ---------------------------------------------
Uh, so?
You've just explained why we use OBP and SLG to evaluate players.
Precisely because the team that scores more runs wins the game.
Traditional baseball stats have gotten way too far away from methods
which enable fans to see who contributes to those runs scored - that's
where OBP, SLG, Runs Created, Linear Weights, etc. come in. These
simplify matters so that we can more easily measure a player's
offensive contribution to the team's runs scored.
Thank you for making our case. Have a nice day.
Greg
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu (Ken Arromdee) writes:
>>Look, I'm not the one that made those Nazi comparisons. Other people
>>compared what the religious people are doing now to Nazi Germany. They
>>have said that it started out with little things (but no one really knew
>>about any of these "little" things, strangely enough) and grew to bigger
>>things. They said that the motto is but one of the little things
>You just contradicted yourself. The motto is one of those little things that
>nobody has bothered mentiopning to you, huh?
The "`little' things" above were in reference to Germany, clearly. People
said that there were similar things in Germany, but no one could name any.
They said that these were things that everyone should know, and that they
weren't going to waste their time repeating them. Sounds to me like no one
knew, either. I looked in some books, but to no avail.
>>that is
>>going to pave the way for other "intrusions." Of course, if the motto
>>hasn't caused problems in its 40 year history, then I doubt it is going to...
>It *has* caused problems. You just ignore every instance when someone
>describes one to you.
It has *caused* problems? Again, no one has shown that things were better
before the motto, or that they'd likely be better after. I don't think
the motto initiates any sort of harassment. Harassment will occur whether
or not the motto is present.
keith
| 0alt.atheism |
From 9150618 Thu Apr 29 16:36:43 1993
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 16:36:42 +1000
From: 9150618 (Gavin Fairlamb)
To: 9130037
Status: R
Hello, folks...
I am doing a uni. project and was wondering if you could
supply with some specific info. or references for info. regarding
1). Considerations for installation of XWindows in
a HP 9000(unknown model)
2). Motif, OPENLOOK, XToolkit????
3). X11, X11R....
4). Glossary of any term on X
We considering this software for the project which deals
in image analysis...
Any info. would be greatly appreciated.
Please email to 9130037@golum.riv.csu.edu.au
| 5comp.windows.x |
Can people please stop the 'I think/know the BATF/FBI are completely
responsible but they'll cover it up so that the investigation will
show that Koresch is responsible' bs. In an investigation of this
size with the feds, state, and civilians involved in the
investigation it would be practially impossible to cover up.
And with Republicans like Arlen Spector calling for investigations,
this isn't going to be handled with kid gloves.
Richard
| 18talk.politics.misc |
Please replay to : yxy4145@usl.edu
Thanks a lot
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <735023059snx@enkidu.mic.cl> agrino@enkidu.mic.cl (Andres Grino Brandt) writes:
>From: agrino@enkidu.mic.cl (Andres Grino Brandt)
>Subject: Studies on Book of Mormon
>Date: Sun, 18 Apr 1993 14:15:33 CST
>Hi!
>
>I don't know much about Mormons, and I want to know about serious independent
>studies about the Book of Mormon.
>
>I don't buy the 'official' story about the gold original taken to heaven,
>but haven't read the Book of Mormon by myself (I have to much work learning
>Biblical Hebrew), I will appreciate any comment about the results of study
>in style, vocabulary, place-names, internal consistency, and so on.
>
>For example: There is evidence for one-writer or multiple writers?
>There are some mention about events, places, or historical persons later
>discovered by archeologist?
>
>Yours in Collen
>
>Andres Grino Brandt Casilla 14801 - Santiago 21
>agrino@enkidu.mic.cl Chile
>
>No hay mas realidad que la realidad, y la razon es su profeta
I don't think the Book of Mormon was supposedly translated from Biblical
Hebrew. I've read that "prophet Joseph Smith" traslated the gold tablets
from some sort of Egyptian-ish language.
Former Mormons, PLEASE post.
Tammy "no trim" Healy
| 0alt.atheism |
Could anyone recommend a mail order distributor for
hockey equipment.
Thanks in Advance
Wayne
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| 10rec.sport.hockey |
In article <1993Apr30.084145.20953@cv.ruu.nl>, rvloon@cv.ruu.nl (Ronald van Loon) writes:
} In <46464@sophia.inria.fr> muller@mafalda.inria.fr (Christophe Muller) writes:
}
}
} |"> It is interesting to look at the change(s) of mind that John has had.
} |"
} |"Very interested indeed! This is against this kind of "changes" that the GNU
} |"COPYLEFT is protecting us.
} |"
} |"Anyway, at SIMULOG, we will abandon xv. We were using it mostly for slide-
} |"shows because of its "-loop" feature that display does not have (display
} |"from the *wonderful* ImageMagick package! :-D), but I think I will implement
} |"it myself (even a shell-script should do the job) and forget xv.
We too will have to stop using it. Shame really - it was rather nice.
Still, I have no objection to the owner claiming money for legit.
work he's put in. We'll just go back to the older versions of Xv.
Simon.
| 5comp.windows.x |
From article <1993Apr27.004240.24401@csi.jpl.nasa.gov>, by eldred@rrunner.jpl.nasa.gov (Dan Eldred):
> In article <1rh9b0INN2r4@snoopy.cis.ufl.edu> ruck@beach.cis.ufl.edu (John Ruckstuhl) writes:
>>I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know what solvent I should
>>use to clean duct-tape adhesive from carpet?
>>Someone taped wires to the carpet, and now it is time to move out.
>>
> 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,
> and is available at paint stores. Use a carbon gas mask and lots of
> ventilation--this stuff really stinks!
>
> - Dan
>
For those who don't know, methyl ethyl ketone is more commonly known
as ACETONE and can be found as the major active ingredient in
NAIL POLISH REMOVER. YOUR WIFE'S PROBABLY GOT SOME HANGIN' AROUND....
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <93108.025818U28037@uicvm.uic.edu> Jason Kratz <U28037@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
>I have heard many opinions on this subject and would like to hear more from
>the people on the net.
>
>Say you're in a situation where you have to pull a gun on somebody. You
>give them a chance to get away but they decided to continue in their
>action anyway and you end up shooting and killing them. My question is
>what do you do? Should you stay and wait for the cops or should you
>collect your brass (if you're using a semi-auto) and get out of there
>(provided of course you don't think that you have been seen)?
As a data point from Tennessee, a friend of mine and a police
officer essentially recommends that if you can, fade away. Even if
you were perfectly justified you're likely in for a great deal of
hassle. (A side note, carrying a gun concealed is a misdemeanor.)
>What kind
>of laws are on the books regarding this type of situation? What would
>be the most likely thing to happen to you if you stayed and waited and
>it was a first offense? What would happen if you took off but someone
>saw you and you were caught?
It's one of those "by State" things, pretty much.
------------------------------------------------------------------------
David Veal Univ. of Tenn. Div. of Cont. Education Info. Services Group
PA146008@utkvm1.utk.edu - "I still remember the way you laughed, the day
your pushed me down the elevator shaft; I'm beginning to think you don't
love me anymore." - "Weird Al"
| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <1993Apr20.164517.20876@kpc.com> henrik@quayle.kpc.com writes:
>
>Esin Terzioglu] Your ignorance is obvious from your posting.
>Esin Terzioglu] 1) Cyprus was an INDEPENDENT country with Turkish/Greek
> inhabitants (NOT a Greek island like your ignorant
> posting claims)
>Esin Terzioglu] 2) The name should be Cyprus (in English)
>Esin Terzioglu] next time read and learn before you post.
>
>
>
>Aside from spelling , why is that you TURKS DO NOT want to admit your
>past MISTAKES ? You know TURKISH INVASION of CYPRUS was a mistake and too
>bad that U.N. DID NOT do anything about it. You may ask : mistake ?
>Yes, I would say. Why is that the GREEKS DID NOT INVADE CYPRUS ?
>
The Greeks did try to invade Cyprus just before the Turkish intervention: They
failed. Just for your info.
Esin.
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
In article <C5p6xq.GuI@me.utoronto.ca> steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman) writes:
cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (OrioleFan@uiuc) writes:
> The defenition of the Underdog is a team that has no talent and comes
>out of nowhere to contend. The '69 Mets and '89 Orioles are prime examples,
>not the Cubs.
Sorry, but it is *virtually* impossible to win a division with "no talent"
over 162 games.
Well, with players, certainly. However, it is quite possible to win
it all with no managerial talent. Cf. Blue Jays, 1992.
David
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shapiro-david@yale.edu | I had a piano on my back all winter long....
shapiro@minerva.cis.yale.edu | The piano is off my back. Maybe a trombone
| will be next." -- Stan Belinda
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <5731@seti.inria.fr>, deniaud@cartoon.inria.fr (Gilles Deniaud) writes:
|> Hello,
|>
|> Thanks to the people who helped me with the problem of
|> displaying 24 bit images. All the viewers like xli,
|> xloadimage and display are converting the 24 bit images
|> to 8 bit before display them on the screen.
|>
|> What I really want is a viewer with make use of the 24 bit
|> frame/screen buffer (in our case, the Parallax one).
Both xli and xloadimage will display in 24 bit color if a 24 bit visual
is available. Check the output of xdpyinfo to see if one is.
===============================================================================
Wes Barris PH: (612) 626-8090
Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Inc. Email: wes@msc.edu
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <cindy.349@berkp.uadv.uci.edu>, cindy@berkp.uadv.uci.edu (Cindy Windham) writes...
>My mother has been advised to have a bone scan performed? What is this
>procedure for, and is it painful? She's been having leg and back pain
>which her GP said was sciatica. Her oncologist listened to her symptoms
>and said that it didn't sound like sciatica, and she should get a bone
>scan.
Do I assume correctly from the above aricle that your mother has a historyy
of cancer? I was just wondeing, since you mentioned thhat she has an
oncologist.
A bone scan is a nuclear scan. Thperson receivving the scan is gven a
dose of a radioactive tracer, and an imaging device is used to track the
distribution of the tracer wwithin the body. The tracer is usually given
intravenously. (IV) This means that the physician or his assistant will
insert a needle into a vein and inject medicine into the vein.
After a few minutes has passed for the tracer to circulate through the
body, the person is scanned with an imaging device to detect high
concentrations of the tracer. The radiologist or doctor is looking for
areas that take up more of the radioactive tracer or less of it.
As far as pain, the only pain comes from the needle stick that is required
to start the IV line.
What the doctor is probably looking for are changes in the bones that may
have resulted from cancer. This is also why I was wondering if your mother
has had cancer, since cancer can spread from one site and wind up in the
skeletal system.
I hope I have answered some of your questions. Feel free to e-mail me if
you have more questions related to the bone scan or anything else related
to your mother's care. I'm a newly graduated nurse, and I enjoy sharing
information with other people to help them understand things that they did
not know about before.
My thoughts are with you both.
Elisa B. Hanson (picl25@fsphy1.physics.fsu.edu)
"The chief function of the body is to carry the head around."
--Albert Einstein
| 13sci.med |
In article <844@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp> will@rins.ryukoku.ac.jp (William Reiken) writes:
> Ok, so how about the creation of oil producing bacteria? I figure
>that if you can make them to eat it up then you can make them to shit it.
>Any comments?
Sure. Why keep using oil? A hydrogen/electric economy would likely be
cleaner and more efficient in the long run. The laws of supply and demand
should get the transition underway before we reach a critical stage of
shortage.
--
Matthew DeLuca
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!matthew
Internet: matthew@phantom.gatech.edu
| 14sci.space |
bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
> I found a list of Biblical contradictions and cleaned it up a bit, but
> now I'd like some help with it.
[...]
> (And does anyone know who originally wrote this list?)
The copy on the mail-server@mantis.co.uk has the full list of credits. It
looks like you got an incomplete version.
mathew
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <1r74fr$d04@jethro.Corp.Sun.COM>, maf@Corp.Sun.COM (Mike Figueroa) writes:
>
> Does anyone know if there are any problems (or if it's possible)
> adding a third hard drive(scsi) to a dos pc.
>
> I currently have a 386 pc with Future Domain scsi board and 2
> Maxtor scsi drives installed. They work great, I haven't had
> any problems!
>
> Well, now I want more disk space and went out and got another
> (larger) scsi hard disk thinking all I had to do was add it
> to the chain(50pin ribbon that has 3 connectors) and run
> the fdisk program to format/initialize the disk.
>
> That didn't happen. When the pc boots, the scsi prom shoots
> back the devices that are attached to the board[target
> 0/target1/target2]. All three disks are seen.
>
> When I run the dos fdisk program to format the disk, I choose to
> select another disk(option 5(dos6)) and voila, it's not there.
> The first two disks show up no problem, but the third disk is
> no-where to be found....
>
>
>
> ARGH!
>
> Ideas anyone?????
>
> Thanks in advance!
I have got an Adaptec SCSI card, that comes with its own version of FDISK.
The problem with DOS is that it will only see two hard disks, any more need to be
done by device drivers.
--
Mark
______________________________________________________________________________
mark@uk.ac.ox.physchem
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1993Apr19.164842.18206@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>
xlyx@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
> Is it possible to do a "wheelie" on a motorcycle with shaft-drive?
>
> Mike Terry
> '82 Virago
Yep! I did one yesterday on my shaftie Vision... I should mention
that I had a pillon that helped rotate the bike over :-) . The wheelie was
the result of a necessarily agressive acceleration manouver through an
intersection (damn San Antonio cagers tend to be REALLY bad drivers).
However, I have done one by myself, it just takes a lot of
pre-clutch dump rev action.
just a passing comment
johnny@ennex1.eng.utsa.edu
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <897@pivot.sbi.com> bet@sbi.com (Bennett Todd @ Salomon Brothers Inc., NY ) writes:
>This came up because I decided to configure up MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 security
>for X11R5. For this to work you need to stick some bits that an intruder
>can't guess in a file (readable only by you) which X client applications
>read. They pass the bits back to the server when they want to establish a
>connection.
>
>...
>What I settled on was grabbing a bunch of traffic off the network.
>Basically, I ran
>
> etherfind -u -x greater 0|compress
>
>and skipped over 10K of output, then grabbed my bits. As best I can tell,
>these are bits that can be expected to be reasonably uniformly distributed,
>and quite unguessable by an intruder.
For your application, what you can do is to encrypt the real-time clock
value with a secret key.
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <C5vGyD.H7s@acsu.buffalo.edu>, psyrobtw@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Robert
Weiss) says:
>
> "Orthodox" is a compound word. It comes from 'orthos' (straight, true,
> right) and from 'doxa' (opinion, doctrine, teaching). I use orthodox to
> refer to 'right teaching.' Right teaching is derived from letting God
> speak to us through the Bible. This can be from reading simple truths
> in the Scriptures and by using the Bible to interpret the Bible.
Thanks for the etymology lesson, but I actually know what "orthodox" means.
You're avoiding my question, however, which was: From what body of theology
does your version of orthodoxy come? You seem to simply be saying that
whatever *you* understand the Bible to say is "orthodox."
>ra> Who is that "holds that" Luke meant what you said he meant?
>
> I think that it is apparent from reading the Scriptures that are
> pertinent.
You are obviously mistaken, since many, many people have read the Bible and
many do not agree with you on this point. Once again, Robert, is your
interpretation the only "correct" or "orthodox" one?
>ra> Whenever your personal interpretation of Biblical passages is
>ra> challenged, your only response seems to be that one needs merely to
>ra> "look at the Bible" in order to see the truth, but what of those who
>ra> see Biblical things differently from you?
>
> I seem to be seeing from you the notion that any difference in how one
> views the Bible is somehow legitimate, except, or course, for the stuff
> that I glean from it. Put forward a contrary view and perhaps we can
> have a discussion on that topic. But to decry something that I put
> forward, without putting forward something else to discuss, and to
> dismiss what I put forward while giving credence to other alleged views
> that have yet to be put forward is simply being contentious.
This whole string began as a response to your attacks on Mormonism; no one
is attacking your personal beliefs, only your tendency to present them as
"orthodoxy." I don't much care *what* you believe about the Bible; just don't
present you personal understanding as the only "orthodox" one.
>
>ra> Are we to simply assume that you are the only one who really
>ra> understands it?
>
> If you believe that something that I have drawn from Scripture is
> wrong, then please, show me from Scripture where it is wrong. Simply
> stating that there are other views is not a proof. Show it to me from
> Scripture and then we can go on.
I have never attacked your specific beliefs -- that's *your* approach,
remember?
Stating that other people who depend solely on the Bible have other views
is indeed proof that the Bible can be interpreted many ways, which has been
my whole point all along. The specifics of your belief are your business;
just don't pretend that they are anything more than your personal
intepretation, and be careful about crying "heresy" based on your private
belief system.
>=============================
>Robert Weiss
>psyrobtw@ubvms.cc.buffalo.edu
--
Rick Anderson librba@BYUVM.BITNET
| 19talk.religion.misc |
Well, I have compiled some statistics on the entries of my pool. There
are unofficially 52 entrants. Here are the stats on what teams were
picked to win it all:
Pittsburgh: 34 (1 sweep, 14 in 5, 15 in 6, 4 in 7)
Boston: 6 (1 in 5, 5 in 6)
Detroit: 4 (3 in 6, 1 in 7)
Montreal: 2 (1 in 5, 1 in 7)
Toronto: 2 (1 in 6, 1 in 7)
(no, this wasn't Roger)
Calgary: 1 (in 6)
Quebec: 1 (in 6)
Vancouver: 1 (in 7)
Washington: 1 (in 6)
Why the hell hasn't anybody picked Chicago??? NOBODY! Quebec got a pick,
Detroit got 4, but absolutely no Chicago! How odd.
Here are the "losers":
Detroit: 20
Chicago: 16 (so there they are!)
Pittsburgh: 6
Vancouver: 4
Boston: 2
Calgary: 2
Los Angeles: 1 what?!?
Toronto: 1
LOS ANGELES??????? Are you out of your mind?!?!? Good luck to you,
you'll need it!
So Pittsburgh is the consensus winner of the Stanley Cup. They'll
statistically beat Detroit in 6 games. HAHA that's happening! NOT! As
I said, every one of my picks will come true, and I picked Chicago to lose
to Pittsburgh in the finals, so tough luck to all you who picket Detroit.
Well, tough luck to all of ya! I am a genius!!! ;-)
--
Keith Keller LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!!
LET'S GO QUAKERS!!!!!
kkeller@mail.sas.upenn.edu IVY LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!!
"A cow is not a vegetarian dish." -- Keith Keller, 1993
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
... there was a post originating from Russia advertising large quantities
of red mercury for sale - stirred up a bit of controversy at the time.
Then, this morning, NPR relates the news of a corruption scandal involving
the russian defense minister (among others), selling defense items, among
which (strangely enough), was red mercury.
you don't suppose?????
--
Bill Batty
Abekas Video Systems Inc. NET: abekas!billb@pyramid.com
| 6misc.forsale |
I looking for someone with the schematics to a Technics 1200
turntable -- I need to get a hold of them as soon as possible
(by fax maybe?) or is there someone out there who has experienced:
- a platter that spins backwards slowly
- a strobe that goes out then flickers if the platter is
spinning?
Get in contact with me as soon as possible
cg132sad@icogsci1.ucsd.edu
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <1993Apr27.182912.3388@news.mentorg.com> darcym@fpddet4.mentorg.com (Darcy McCallum) writes:
> These are two common subjects so I hope someone has had to deal with these
> specific questions.
>
> 1. [....question 1 deleted.....]
>
> 2. I would like to place a popup so that it will be to the immediate right
> of my main window. I want it at the same y coord, and their right/left
> sides touching. What I need to ask for is the x,y coord of the window
> manager's border for the main window. This should ring a bell with anyone
> who has called XtMoveWidget(), immediately checking the x,y after the move
> and seeing that it is right, and in their next callback asking for the x,y
> and seeing that it is now offset by the WM border.
>
> Any help would be most appreciated.
>
> Darcy
> darcy_mccallum@mentorg.com
I have done this before, but I'm not sure I used the best approach (although
I tried several methods...).
You have to run up the window heirarchy (using XQueryTree()) until you get
to the root window. Now, this is not so simple because some window managers
slap a window over the root window that is the same size as the root window,
so be sure to take that into account for further calculations.
Calculate the position and width/height offsets for each window using
XGetGeometry(). BE SURE TO TAKE THE BORDER_WIDTH INTO CONSIDERATION.
Remember a windows border_width IS ON THE OUTSIDE of a window, so the
windows x,y,width,height must be adjusted accordingly.
All of this should give you pretty good numbers for how much space the
window-manager is using.
Now, to place the new window, you have to use the same numbers to calculate
where you want to place it, because the window-manager will re-parent it on
the OUTSIDE of where you place your window (if I remember correctly).
DISCLAIMER: All of this is from memory, and I no longer have the code. But
I did get it working under several window managers correctly. Feel free to
call or e-mail for further info.
-McGary
--
Mike D. McGary VOICE: (214) 620-2100
Intellection FAX: (214) 484-8110
1603 LBJ Freeway, Suite 780 ARPA: mcgary@intellection.com
Dallas, Texas 75234 UUCP: intellection.com!mcgary@cs.utexas.edu
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <1993Apr24.165727.8899@ra.royalroads.ca>,
mlee@post.RoyalRoads.ca (Malcolm Lee) wrote:
> In article <sandvik-210493230542@sandvik-kent.apple.com>, sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik) writes:
> |> It seems faith is the only tool available for emotional purposes
> |> due to the tragedy. As such it maybe fills a need, however I'm
> |> getting tired to see children dying in pain in Sudan due to lack
> |> of food, and assuming that God takes these sufferers to heaven
> |> after a painful death.
> |>
>
> If the children are not being fed, whose fault is that? You and I
> have plenty of food on our tables while others starve. Why is that?
> God gave us this earth to manage. I don't think we're doing a very
> good job of it. The only consolation I have for those suffering
> children is that they will be received into the kingdom of Heaven
> where they will never thirst and never hunger again.
I agree with your points, and I'm glad to hear that you subscribe
to the notion of secular humanism, humans helping humans instead
of hoping for a possible deux ex machina solution!
As for faith, you could always use such constructs to dampen
your anger or sorrow.
Cheers,
Kent
---
sandvik@newton.apple.com. ALink: KSAND -- Private activities on the net.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <C5FI9r.7yz@cbnewsk.cb.att.com> janet.m.cooper,
jmcooper@cbnewsk.cb.att.com writes:
>The mother of a friend of mine is experiencing a disabling back
>pain. After MRIs, CT scans, and doctors visits she has been
presented
>with 2 alternatives:
>(1) live with the pain
>or (2) undergo a somewhat
>risky operation which may leave her paralyzed. She also has a
Since her symptoms are only pain she would do weel to seek the
advice of a good, multi-disciplinary pain clinic. It is distressing
to think that people are stll being told they have to "live with the
pain" when many options for pain management (rather than treating
MRI findings) are available. A good pain clinic will accept that
this lady's problem is her pain and set about finding ways of
relieveing that.
Don Mackie - his opinions
UM Anesthesiology will disavow...
| 13sci.med |
garrett@Ingres.COM writes:
>rn11195@medtronic.COM (Robert Nehls) writes...
>>Jason K. Schechner (jks2x@holmes.acc.Virginia.EDU) wrote:
>>: In article <1pf22mINNd7c@srvr1.engin.umich.edu> jwh@citi.umich.edu writes:
>>: >What decade did you live in? Unemployment dropped during the 80's,
>>: >inflation dropped during the 80's and interest rates dropped during
>>: >the 80's.
>>: This all may be true, but we're paying for it now, through the
>>: nose. Our current recession (and some would argue the world's
^^^^^^^^^
>>First off, we're not in a recession. We've had a record number of months of
>>straight economic growth. Even the democrats are admitting that the
>>recession ofcicially ended in March of 1991.
>This months's unemployment rate in California was 9.4%
>Sure feels like a recession to me.
Maybe we should ask the 83,103 people who were laid off this January whether
or not we're in a recession. That was a figure that was reported in the
New York Times. There is no official figure, because the Bureau of Labor
Statistics stopped government tracking of layoffs eight months ago due to
budget cuts.
(The above information was published in Harper's Index, Harper's magazine.)
-----
Eric Smith | The day Dan Quayle is our President is the day
erics@netcom.com | Shelley Winters runs with the bulls in Pamplona.
erics@infoserv.com | - Dennis Miller
CI$: 70262,3610 |
| 18talk.politics.misc |
nabil@ncrcol.ColumbiaSC.NCR.COM writes:
> >Fine, land for peace. Where does that leave us? Note that
> >maybe, theoretically, Morocco can be my 'father's land.' Does that
> >give me the right to pre-empt King Hassan automatically?
> >
>
> It leaves us with peace. If Morocco is your father's land then you
> have the right to live there, absolutely.
I have the right to live there UNDER the established
government, right? Exactly. Thus, the Palestinian Arabs
should be content to live under Israeli rule, but should cease
clamoring for an independent state. OR, they should get one in
Gaza and, if it can be worked out, part of the West Bank. This
is what I have proposed all along, Nabil.
Jon, jac2y@virginia.edu
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
In <1993Apr5.211146.3662@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> jfurr@nyx.cs.du.edu (Joel Furr) writes:
>I dunno, Warren. Just the other day I heard a rumor that "Serdar Argic"
>(aka Hasan Mutlu and Ahmed Cosar and ZUMABOT) is not really a Turk at all,
>but in fact is an Armenian who is attempting to make any discussion of the
>massacres in Armenia of Turks so noise-laden as to make serious discussion
>impossible, thereby cloaking the historical record with a tremendous cloud
>of confusion.
But what is Hasan B. Multu's middle name? I'm not sure, but I heard
it was "Bibo". I also seem to recall that "Argic" is Azari for "bites
the wax Macedonian".
We don't have a mail address, but how about finding a snail address?
Then instead of quashing Shergold rumors, we could just redirect them
- Ahmed Cosar is a seven year old Greek boy with an incurable case of
crossposting. His wish is to get into the Usenet Book of World
Records for having the highest noise to signal ratio.
--
/|/-\/-\
|__/__/_/
|warren@
/ nysernet.org
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
I recently decided to try using emm386.exe for a memory manager and when I
tried to print to my printer in lpt1 from word55 I wouldn't work. It would
send the linefeeds for the top margin and then the printer READY light would
go off and stop working. I disabled emm386.exe and the problem went away.
I would like to continue using emm386.exe if possible. I would greatly
appreciate any comments or suggestions!! please send them to arthur@u.washingt,
arthur@u.washington.edu
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
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