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| 6misc.forsale |
On 6 Apr 1993 14:06:57 -0400, prb@access.digex.com (Pat) said:
Pat> In article <SHAFER.93Apr6094402@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov>
Pat> shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer) writes:
>successful we were. (Mind you, the Avro Arrow and the X-15 were both
>fly-by-wire aircraft much earlier, but analog.)
>
Pat> Gee, I thought the X-15 was Cable controlled. Didn't one of them
Pat> have a total electrical failure in flight? Was there machanical
Pat> backup systems?
All reaction-controlled aircraft are fly-by-wire, at least the RCS part
is. On the X-15 the aerodynamic control surfaces (elevator, rudder, etc)
were conventionally controlled (pushrods and cables) but the RCS jets
were fly-by-wire.
|The NASA habit of acquiring second-hand military aircraft and using
|them for testbeds can make things kind of confusing. On the other
|hand, all those second-hand Navy planes give our test pilots a chance
|to fold the wings--something most pilots at Edwards Air Force Base
|can't do.
Pat> What do you mean? Overstress the wings, and they fail at teh
Pat> joints?
Navy aircraft have folding or sweeping wings, in order to save space
on the hangar deck. The F-14 wings sweep, all the rest fold the
wingtips up at a joint.
Air Force planes don't have folding wings, since the Air Force has
lots of room.
--
Mary Shafer DoD #0362 KotFR NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov Of course I don't speak for NASA
"A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all." Unknown US fighter pilot
| 14sci.space |
bissda@saturn.wwc.edu (DAN LAWRENCE BISSELL) writes:
> First I want to start right out and say that I'm a Christian. It
I _know_ I shouldn't get involved, but... :-)
[bit deleted]
> The book says that Jesus was either a liar, or he was crazy ( a
>modern day Koresh) or he was actually who he said he was.
> Some reasons why he wouldn't be a liar are as follows. Who would
>die for a lie? Wouldn't people be able to tell if he was a liar? People
>gathered around him and kept doing it, many gathered from hearing or seeing
>someone who was or had been healed. Call me a fool, but I believe he did
>heal people.
> Niether was he a lunatic. Would more than an entire nation be drawn
>to someone who was crazy. Very doubtful, in fact rediculous. For example
>anyone who is drawn to David Koresh is obviously a fool, logical people see
>this right away.
> Therefore since he wasn't a liar or a lunatic, he must have been the
>real thing.
Righto, DAN, try this one with your Cornflakes...
The book says that Muhammad was either a liar, or he was crazy ( a
modern day Mad Mahdi) or he was actually who he said he was.
Some reasons why he wouldn't be a liar are as follows. Who would
die for a lie? Wouldn't people be able to tell if he was a liar? People
gathered around him and kept doing it, many gathered from hearing or seeing
how his son-in-law made the sun stand still. Call me a fool, but I believe
he did make the sun stand still.
Niether was he a lunatic. Would more than an entire nation be drawn
to someone who was crazy. Very doubtful, in fact rediculous. For example
anyone who is drawn to the Mad Mahdi is obviously a fool, logical people see
this right away.
Therefore since he wasn't a liar or a lunatic, he must have been the
real thing.
--
Ron House. USQ
(house@helios.usq.edu.au) Toowoomba, Australia.
| 0alt.atheism |
Hi!
I want to change the default paper cassette on our LaserWriter Pro 630
from the 250-sheet cassette to the 500-sheet cassette. Right now, we all
have to change it manually on the Print dialog each time we print. If we
forget, the document is printed on the letterhead paper we have in the
250-sheet cassette.
Any ideas?
--Michael
=======================================================================
Michael P. Hecht | Internet: Michael_Hecht@mac.sas.com
SAS Institute Inc.; Cary, NC USA | AppleLink: SAS.HECHT
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1993Apr5.175047.17368@unocal.com>, stssdxb@st.unocal.com (Dorin Baru) writes:
|> Alan Stein writes:
|>
|> >What are you talking about? The Rabin government has clearly
|> >indicated its interest in a territorial compromise that would leave
|> >the vast majority of the Arabs in Judea, Samaria and Gaza outside
|> >Israeli control.
(just an interrupting comment here) Since EARLY 1980's , israelis said they are
willing to give up the Adminstration rule of the occupied terretories to
Palestineans. Palestineans refused and will refuse such settlement that denies
them their right of SELF-DETERMINATION. period.
|> I know. I was just pointing out that not compromising may be a bad idea. And
|> there are, in Israel, voices against negotiations. And I think there are many
|> among palestineans also against any negociations.
|>
|> Just an opinion
|>
|> Dorin
Ok. I donot know why there are israeli voices against negotiations. However,
i would guess that is because they refuse giving back a land for those who
have the right for it.
As for the Arabian and Palestinean voices that are against the
current negotiations and the so-called peace process, they
are not against peace per se, but rather for their well-founded predictions
that Israel would NOT give an inch of the West bank (and most probably the same
for Golan Heights) back to the Arabs. An 18 months of "negotiations" in Madrid,
and Washington proved these predictions. Now many will jump on me saying why
are you blaming israelis for no-result negotiations.
I would say why would the Arabs stall the negotiations, what do they have to
loose ?
Arabs feel that the current "negotiations" is ONLY for legitimizing the current
status-quo and for opening the doors of the Arab markets for israeli trade and
"oranges". That is simply unacceptable and would be revoked.
Just an opinion.
Hasan
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
I just thought I'd share a nice experience before my exam today.
I was walking down the streets on our campus, and a beggar came up and asked
me for any spare change I might have. I had a dollar or so that I gave her,
and - not wanting to give away all my money to strangers (I generally give
a dollar as that will buy a little food at McDonalds or something) - I offered
her some "spiritual gifts," as I called them, rather than gifts of money.
I talked of how great I felt that God had made such a pretty day, and how
nice it was to give to people - she then said she was getting married soon.
She talked about how she and her husband had very little (they may not have
even had a house, for all I know), but that they felt a very special love in
the Lord, an unselfish kind of caring. It warmed my heart to know that 2
people can have so little monetarily, and realize that spiritually they are
indeed very rich. A good lesson for all of us who say we want more, more,
more; what we really need cannot be counted, or sold, or bought.
--
Doug Fowler: dxf12@po.CWRU.edu Heaven is a great big hug that lasts forever
"And when that One Great Scorer comes to mark against your name;
He writes, not whether you've won or lost, but how you played the game"
--Grantland Rice
| 15soc.religion.christian |
HB 1776 is for Concealed Carry in Texas. It provides for licensing
citizens to carry concealed firearms if they pass an instruction
course (30 hours, if I remember correctly), pay a $140 fee (good for
4 years), and meet several other criteria related to personal
character, etc.
While I don't agree with all of the criteria, I feel it's high time
that pro-gun types fight the same way HCI et al. do -- by getting
incremental changes in the law.
Daryl
Daryl Biberdorf N5GJM d-biberdorf@tamu.edu
+ Sola Gratia + Sola Fide + Sola Scriptura
| 16talk.politics.guns |
7rec.autos | |
In article <1993Apr25.024032.26935@ringer.cs.utsa.edu> whughes@lonestar.utsa.edu (William W. Hughes) writes:
>In article <1993Apr24.233742.26839@lehman.com> pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger) writes:
>>whughes@lonestar.utsa.edu (William W. Hughes) writes:
>>>Hell, just set up a spark jammer, or some other _very_ electrically-noisy
>>>device.
>>
>>As I've noted, you can likely get around that with a directional
>>sensor. Phased array systems could completely defeat this scheme.
>
>True, but the basic idea behind any communications security system is not
>to absolutely deny access, but to make access more expensive (in time,
>money, manpower) than it is worth.
>
Another idea: Use a laptop computer. As mentioned earlier, the LCD screen
is a lot less noisy than a standard CRT, but since many laptops have power
supplies that run at 3 volts instead of 5, they would be considerably
quieter.
Doug Holland
--
| Doug Holland | Anyone who tries to take away my freedom |
| holland@cs.colostate.edu | of speech will have to pry it from my |
| PGP key available by E-mail | cold, dead lips!! |
| 11sci.crypt |
Wonko the Sane (oehler@yar.cs.wisc.edu) wrote:
: I was recently talking to a possible employer ( mine! :-) ) and he made a reference to a
: 48-bit graphics computer/image processing system. I seem to remember it being called IMAGE or
: something akin to that. Anyway, he claimed it had 48-bit color + a 12-bit alpha channel. That's
: 60 bits of info--what could that possibly be for? Specifically the 48-bit color? That's 280
: trillion colors, many more than the human eye can resolve. Is this an anti-aliasing thing? Or
: is this just some magic number to make it work better with a certain processor.
I'm pretty sure most industry strength image processing specific
systems (i.e. photo processing gear) use as much as 96 bits of color info.
Why? Why not, oversampling is never a bad idea especially if the
hardware's only task is image manipulation, and profressional photographers
demand professional results.
: Also, to settle a bet with my roommate, what are SGI's flagship products? I know of
: Iris, Indigo, and Crimson, but what are the other ones, and which is their top-of-the-line?
: (sadly, I have access to none of them. Just a DEC 5000/25. Sigh.)
Strange question, but anyway, there's the VGX line, the newer
Indigo^2, and the Onyx systems are the new big boys on the block (you
can get a 24 processor system with twice the graphics performance of
a reality engine). There's more, but I don't have my handy "periodic
table of sgi's" on me...
Keith
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <1993Apr19.134809.24975@hemlock.cray.com>, rja@mahogany126.cray.com (Russ Anderson) writes:
> In article <1993Apr17.022222.28105@news.cs.brandeis.edu>, st923336@pip.cc.brandeis.edu (BLORT! eeeep! Hwaaah.) writes:
# # Actually, I was rather surprised to see an article on this subject
# # (i.e. the "new, inproved" survey saying that roughly 1% of men are gay)
# # on the front page of The New York _Times_ recently (I think it was
# # on Thurs, 15 April). The headline was something to the effect of
# # "New Survey Finds 1% of Men Are Gay"
#
# Does anyone else see the difference between "1% of Men Are Gay" and 1%
# of Men surveyed *say* they are gay? Does the NY Times think that
# there is no one "in the closet"?
I see. When survey after survey show 1-4%, we are supposed to believe
ONE survey, done with very poor assumptions, with a very atypical
population, 40 years ago when the society was FAR more repressed about
homosexuality than it is now. Yeah, right.
# Russ Anderson | Disclaimer: Any statements are my own and do not reflect
--
Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
Relations between people to be by mutual consent, or not at all.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
I recently compiled the X11R5pl22 sources using gcc-2.3.3 on
a Sun3/80. Everything seems to work fine. Usually. But at
seemingly random times the server will just hang. I will
click the mouse somewhere (never happens while my back is turned),
and without warning, it will freeze there, requiring the server
to be killed. Sometimes it will run fine for weeks, sometimes
only for minutes.
(Os: 4.1.1; frame buffer: bw2).
Has anyone seen this before, any ideas? (anything at all?)
thanks,
--jeff
---
Jeff Weisberg | weisberg@ee.rochester.edu | Real Cherries,
| ur-valhalla!weisberg | Watch for pits!
| 5comp.windows.x |
I'm looking to buy the annual Playboy magazine issue featuring
girls from colleges around the US. Specificly, I want issues from
1989, 1990, 1991 and 1992. One of these features a girl I went to
high school with, so I'm curious to see how it turned out. All help
is appreciated.
| 6misc.forsale |
In article <1993Apr14.130427.21349@porthos.cc.bellcore.com> dje@bmw535.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Don Eilenberger) writes:
>
>In article <1qgi8eINNhs5@skeena.ucs.ubc.ca>, yiklam@unixg.ubc.ca (Yik Chong Lam) writes:
>|> Hello,
>|>
>|> Does anyone know how to take out the bolt under the engine
>|> compartment? Should I turn clockwise or counter? I tried any kind
>|> of lubricants, WD-40,etc, but I still failed!
>|> Do you think I can use a electric drill( change to a suitable
>|> bit ) to turn it out? If I can succeed, can I re-tighten it not too
>|> tight, is it safe without oil leak?
>|> Thank you very much in advance------ Winson
I would suggest you take the car to the nearest Chevron dealer, with
your own oil and filter. Ask for an oil change. It will cost less
than $10. Watch him/her do it. Just from watching someone do a job,
you will be able to learn and remember the sequence, and do it right
when you do it yourself the next time. Besides, when he/she loosens
the drain nut, the next time around it will be easier for you.
If it is stuck, use an impact wrench. Not too much force though.
Use a new washer each time you put the nut back.....
-S
ssave@ole.cdac.com
| 7rec.autos |
In article <1qqp2o$5ba@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu>, cf947@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Chun-H
ung Wan) writes:
>
>In a previous article, ip02@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Danny Phornprapha) says:
>
>>I have $30,000 as my budget. I'm looking for a sports or GT car.
>>
>>What do you think would be the best buy? (I'm looking for specific models)
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Danny
>>--
>>
>>==============================================================================
=
>>= "Hey! You programmers out there! | Danny Phornprapha
=
>>= Please consider this: | ip02@lehigh.edu
=
>>= |
=
>>= Bugs are another endangered earth | LUCC Student Konsultant
=
>>= Species needing your protection. | Work: (215) 758-4141
=
>>
>
>For an all out sports car, I'd go for the RX-7 without the sports
>suspension (which is too stiff.) For a little more practicality and more
>comfort, the Nissan 300ZX Turbo is a good buy. And for a good dose of
>luxury, the Lexus SC300 is perfect (with a manual transmission of course.)
>However, the Toyota Supra is coming out soon and if you like it's looks,
>the performance is supposed to be great, almost race car like. I don't
>particulary like the Mitsubishi 3000GT's or the Dodge Stealths as they are
>too heavy and aren't very nimble handlers for a sports car.
>--
>A motion picture major at the Brooks Institute of Photography, CA
>Santa Barbara and a foreign student from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
>
>"The mind is the forerunner of all states."
>
The only thing about the 300ZX turbo and new Supra is they're about $10K or
more over his budget...
--
" Be good,
and you will be lonely"
Mark Twain
| 7rec.autos |
I am just wondering whether the official MLB stats includes
Intentional Walks in the BB category or not?
WenHsiang Lin
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
The most current orbital elements from the NORAD two-line element sets are
carried on the Celestial BBS, (513) 427-0674, and are updated daily (when
possible). Documentation and tracking software are also available on this
system. As a service to the satellite user community, the most current
elements for the current shuttle mission are provided below. The Celestial
BBS may be accessed 24 hours/day at 300, 1200, 2400, 4800, or 9600 bps using
8 data bits, 1 stop bit, no parity.
Element sets (also updated daily), shuttle elements, and some documentation
and software are also available via anonymous ftp from archive.afit.af.mil
(129.92.1.66) in the directory pub/space.
STS 56
1 22621U 93 23 A 93105.58333333 .00090711 00000-0 25599-3 0 249
2 22621 57.0029 144.8669 0004136 304.2989 134.3206 15.92851555 1179
1993 023B
1 22623U 93 23 B 93103.37312705 .00041032 00000-0 11888-3 0 86
2 22623 57.0000 155.1150 0004422 293.4650 66.5967 15.92653917 803
--
Dr TS Kelso Assistant Professor of Space Operations
tkelso@afit.af.mil Air Force Institute of Technology
| 14sci.space |
I read it refered to as the "parabolic cross-section" rule;
the idea was that if you plot the area of the fuselage cross-
section as a function of the point fore-and-aft along the
fuselage, a plot that is a **paraboloid** minimizes somethin'
or 'nother (to be technical about it).
--
* Fred Baube (tm) * In times of intellectual ferment,
* baube@optiplan.fi * advantage to him with the intellect
* #include <disclaimer.h> * most fermented
* May '68, Paris: It's Retrospective Time !!
| 14sci.space |
In article <1993Apr21.162512.217@uvm.edu> djohnson@moose.uvm.edu writes:
Is it possible through either pin configuration or through software
programming to change the IP numbers on an ethernet card?
The Ethernet card doesn't use the IP number (32-bits, usually
#.#.#.#); it uses the Ethernet address (48-bits, usually
#:#:#:#:#:#). I have never run across an Ethernet controller that
cannot be programmed to use an address that is not assigned to it.
DECNET requires this feature.
However, that said, there is no reason to ever change the Ethernet
address. They are globally unique, the first three bytes being
assigned to the manufacturer by the IEEE, and the last three by the
manufacturer.
-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> What canst *thou* say?
Crynwr Software Crynwr Software sells packet driver support.
11 Grant St. 315-268-1925 Voice | LPF member - ask me about
Potsdam, NY 13676 315-268-9201 FAX | the harm software patents do.
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <Apr.15.00.58.36.1993.28909@athos.rutgers.edu> Petch@gvg47.gvg.tek.com (Chuck Petch) writes:
>How much better to get wisdom than gold, to choose understanding rather
>than silver!
>
>Proverbs 16:16
Ah and how...??? Amen to that one!!!!!! Thanks Chuck for sharing...
after all, no one can serve two masters...God and money......
after all, the preciousness of God as Lord and Savior is far more valuable than
being a millionaire will ever be...
In Him,
Scott
| 15soc.religion.christian |
woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) writes:
>In article <9460@blue.cis.pitt.edu> dtate+@pitt.edu (David M. Tate) writes:
>>Of course, this is *not* the same as claiming (as some do) that Galarraga's
>>inability to defer gratification isn't hurting his team because he "isn't
>>paid to walk" or "is an RBI guy" or whatever.
>Alright, that's enough. I've suffered with all kinds of insults (as
>typical for the net), but give me a break. Galarraga is currently
>batting over .400 and you guys are complaining that he isn't drawing
>enough walks. What would he have to do to please you guys, bat 1.000?
>You can hardly claim that he is "hurting his team".
It would help if his OBP were higher than his batting average. Yes, the
April 12 USA Today lists Le Grand Chapeau as having a .422 batting average
and a .413 OBP. That's on 19-for-45 hitting with 0 (zip, nil, nada) walks.
The reason a lot of us are down on Galarraga is that he's has a long history
of showing that this is nowhere near his real level of ability (except for
drawing walks). If he hit .400 for, say, even 250 AB's I'd be convinced that
there was a real change in his ability. If he did it with an OBP<AVG, I'd
not only be amazed but I'd make a bet that that would be a unique feat in
the history of the game. But what do 45 AB's prove? Look at some of the
other fluke players at this point in the season:
Player AVG AB
Blauser .367 49
Grace .391 48
Milligan .400 35
Conine .375 40
Lansing .400 50
Slaught .406 32
Are any of these guys really that good? Well, in a word, no. How significant
is Galarraga's average? At the 45 AB level, a hit is worth about .020. If
he'd had one of those hits called an error and one taken away by a good
defensive play, he'd be in the .380 range. If he goes 0-for-4 in his next
game he's all the way down to .388. In one game. Come back in June. Let's
talk then.
>If it happens that the pitchers start throwing him fewer good pitches
>and he starts making lots of outs (as someone speculated might happen),
>*THEN* I would agree with you that he isn't taking enough pitches. My comment
>that "he isn't paid to walk" doesn't mean that he should have a license
>to swing at bad pitches and make outs; it's more along the lines of: he's
>batting .400 and leading the league in RBI's so what bloody difference
>does it make if he isn't drawing a lot of walks? Sheesh.
It's history, Greg. Andres' history is that he doesn't walk much because he
swings at bad pitches, so his average isn't very good. 45 AB's doesn't mean
an awful lot compared to a history of a couple of thousand, especially when
there's ample evidence (0 BB in 1992) that his basic hitting approach hasn't
changed. Yeah, he might suddenly have turned into a .400 hitter who never
walks, but don't bet the rent money on it.
Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com
From an historical basis, Middle East conflicts do not last a long time.
- VP Dan Quayle on Nightline, 2 October 1990
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <1r1ito$4t@transfer.stratus.com> cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
writes:
>> It's hard to know what/who to believe. However, the letter I received from
>> the BATF, in response to one I sent to Bentsen, said that there was a search
>> warrant AND an arrest warrant.
>
>Check again. You may find that the arrest warrant was issued AFTER the
>first firefight.
The letter implies that both warrants were issued before the Feb 28th
shootout but doesn't say so exlicitly. ACK!
don
| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <93097.094815MECE7187@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca> <MECE7187@RyeVm.Ryerson.Ca>
writes:
>Im sorry to tell you this, but unless they pull off another 1986 miracle, there
> is no way the HABS will win this year. Ever since they traded for
>Ramage, and since Savard came off injury, they have been playing shinny. And
>you cant blame Roy for the 4-0 loss to Washington, when 20 players could not
>score one goal. I know, you think
>I am a Boston fan, but all of my years have been dedicated to Les HABS.
>David Degan
Well, it seems that the Habs have been much talked-about of late, so here's my
$0.02. These guys have absolutely no concept of how to play in front of the
damn net!!! Watch them in the offensive zone, especially on the powerplay.
Damphousse or Lebeau will skate all over the bloody zone, maybe pass to the
point, get it back, skate some more, pass it around....BUT WHERE'S THE SHOT??!
Answer: the shot is totally useless because they lack a forward who stands
in front of the net a la` Neely, Shanahan, Tocchet, etc etc. Too bad
Demers won't put Dipietro or LeClair on the powerplay more often. Dammit,
even Ewen would at least cause some disruptions. Montreal desperately needs
a power forward with some talent, IMO.
Then watch them in their own zone. Patrick Roy is screened on everything. Say
what you want about his performance; IMNSHO he cannot stop what he cannot see.
And Montreal's defence does a miserable job of clearing the front of the net.
Last night against Washington Roy played a *great* game. The first goal came
on the most ridiculous goalmouth scramble I've seen in a long time, and he
didn't have a hope in hell of stopping the shot. The second goal came on a
deflection of a shot he only partially saw anyway. Pathetic defence. The
third goal was EN.
No wonder he gets pissed off at his defencemen.
dchhabra@stpl.ists.ca
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Today Rush was criticizing Clinton for not claiming responsibility for the
actions and decisions of Janet Reno and the FBI early enough to suit
Rush.
About 2 months ago Rush was chortling over the fact that Reagan has stumped
"special persecutor Walsh" with his croaking of "I don't remember" when
asked about Ollie North.
If Rush's criticism of Clinton were to be applied to Reagan and North...
Reagan would have been impeached while North was convicted (and overturned on
a technicality).
Gosh, Rush sure wants to have it both ways... Clinton MUST be held
responsible, but Reagan was clever by using the "amnesia defense".
Maybe that's waht Clinton should say about campaign promises and such
"Well, there you go again Rush... but to tell the truth, I wasn't in the
loop and I just don't remember."
| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <C5sDyp.C6E@bony1.bony.com>, billg@bony1.bony.com (Bill Gripp) writes:
> In article <C5rLnE.4pC@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU (Pete Yadlowsky) writes:
>
> >Arms? Automatic weapons, grenades, rocket launchers? The sorts of things
> >no family should be without, I guess. Anyway, I've often wondered what
> >business followers of Christ would have with weapons. It's hard to imagine a
> >pistol-packin' Jesus, though I suppose a pump-action shotgun would have
> >made clearing the temple a hell of a lot easier.
Luke's account of the Last Supper. "...sell your cloak and buy a
sword." Peter carried a sword (scene in Gethsemane).
>
> FYI, these people were not "followers of Christ". David Koresh was
> their messiah.
Good point.
>
> --
>
> Two wrongs don't make a right,
> but three rights make a left.
>
--
Intel, Corp.
5000 W. Chandler Blvd.
Chandler, AZ 85226
| 16talk.politics.guns |
Though I downloaded some of the posted bitmaps myself, the original
poster is quite right...
As an alternative, try posting them at comp.binaries.ms-windows, and
just letting us know. A good idea is to post the article number here.
peace,
Micke
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In article <93084.140929RFM@psuvm.psu.edu> RFM@psuvm.psu.edu writes:
>I took a stress test a couple weeks back, and results came back noting
>"Exercise" Hypertension. Fool that I am, I didn't ask Doc what this meant,
>and she didn't explain; and now I'm wondering. Can anyone out there
>enlighten. And I promise, next time I'll ask!
Probably she meant that your blood pressure went up while you were on
the treadmill. This is normal. You'll have to ask her if this is
what she meant, since no one else can answer for another person.
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| 13sci.med |
In article <C5xuGL.Jow@skates.gsfc.nasa.gov>, xrcjd@mudpuppy.gsfc.nasa.gov (Charles J. Divine) writes...
>Writer Kathy Sawyer reported in today's Washington Post that Joseph Shea, the
>head of the space station redesign has resigned for health reasons.
>
>Shea was hospitalized shortly after his selection in February. He returned
>yesterday to lead the formal presentation to the independent White House panel.
>Shea's presentation was rambling and almost inaudible.
I missed the presentations given in the morning session (when Shea gave
his "rambling and almost inaudible" presentation), but I did attend
the afternoon session. The meeting was in a small conference room. The
speaker was wired with a mike, and there were microphones on the table for
the panel members to use. Peons (like me) sat in a foyer outside the
conference room, and watched the presentations on closed circuit TV. In
general, the sound system was fair to poor, and some of the other
speakers (like the committee member from the Italian Space Agency)
also were "almost inaudible."
Shea didn't "lead the formal presentation," in the sense of running
or guiding the presentation. He didn't even attend the afternoon
session. Vest ran the show (President of MIT, the chair of the
advisory panel).
>
>Shea's deputy, former astronaut Bryan O'Connor, will take over the effort.
Note that O'Connor has been running the day-to-day
operations of the of the redesign team since Shea got sick (which
was immediately after the panel was formed).
| 14sci.space |
colling@ann-arbor.applicon.slb.com (Michael Collingridge) writes:
:
: And, while we are on the subject, has a captain ever been traded,
: resigned, or been striped of his title during the season? Any other
: team captain trivia would be appreciated.
:
Luc Robitaille was captain of the Kings the first third of the season,
until The Great One came back from his disc injury. It was kind of
awkward, but Melrose appointed (anointed?) TGO as captain immediately upon
his return, after which he did not score a goal for something like 10
games.
I think Luc should have remained Captain all season.
dvb
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Review of 1989 Ford Taurus SHO -- By Gene Kim
=============================================
Background:
Last week, I bought a 1989 Ford Taurus SHO, moving up from driving
a 1987 Toyota Celica ST and a 1975 Oldsmobile Cutlass. I have been
interested in buying a SHO for about five months and have been combing
the classifieds in Denver and Chicago every week. I bought a
remarkably clean maroon/red SHO with 92K miles on it for $6800.
As far as I can tell, this is about $2000 under Blue Book and I still
have another 8000 miles before the Extended Service Plan runs out.
As one should with any pre-1991 SHOs, I made sure that the car was
already refit with the upgraded clutch and pressure plate, as well as
having been recalled for upgraded rotors and seatbelt attachments.
However, my SHO does not have the newer rod shifter -- I understand I
can get this for $230 from any Ford service center. In addition, the
car received the full tune-up at 60K miles, receiving new platinum
plugs and valve adjustment.
For a car with 92K miles on it, the car was virtually immaculate.
The clearcoat paint job was devoid of any large chips or dents,
although the front air-dam/molding was covered with lots of small
scratches -- not surprising since most of the miles were spent on the
highway.
Having driven a smaller two-door coupe for so long, I was a bit
concerned about whether I could get used to driving a larger car. To
my surprise, the size of the car doesn't bother me at all -- it seems
just as nimble as my Celica! (No comparisons with my Oldsmobile. :-)
Visibility from the driver's seat is excellent, helped mostly by of
the small the quarter-windows, aft of the back-seat door windows and
in front of the C-pillar and rear window. Parallel parking is a bit
more difficult, but other than that, I love the size.
In fact, I'm starting to appreciate the large trunk as I pack up
for a 14-hour drive to Washington, DC for the summer. More on the
ride later in this review.
Engine:
As with anyone even slightly interested in SHOs, I was very
interested in the 24-valve 3.0L Yamaha "Shogun" engine. I was not
disappointed. Base performance of the engine under 4000 rpms is
good. You can even do reasonable launches from second gear, although
I don't make a practice of this. The engine revs smoothly and eagerly
-- tooling around town does not require many shifts. This is good
since the shifter is definitely one of the weakest points of the car.
(More on this later.)
While the performance of the engine under 4000 rpms may be
unremarkable, it undergoes a Jekyll/Hyde transformation once you hit
higher revs. At 4500 rpms, a butterfly valve opens and you can
literally hear and feel the geometry of the engine changing as twelve
more valves open up. The engine soars to its 7000 rpm redline, and
you are treated to, in my opinion, the sweetest sounding V6 around.
The engine inexplicably sounds OVERJOYED to be at 6500 rpm!
I've noticed that when I drive around town, I constantly watch the
tach to see how far below 4000 rpm I am. To go from 2000 rpm to 4000,
you may have to punch the accelerator -- while torque is more than
adequate, it doesn't come fully online until those other 12 valves
are used.
Transmission:
When _Car and Driver_ first reviewed the car in 1988, they
marvelled at how Ford had put such a wimpy clutch and balky shifter
into the car. I remember driving a friend's parent's SHO in 1990, and
remember thinking about whether I had the leg strength to drive the
car in traffic -- the clutch was that stiff. That was back then.
The entire clutch assembly on my SHO has been replaced under a
Ford recall in 1991. The clutch on the SHO feels no stiffer than the
one on my Toyota Celica. In fact, the friction point seems a bit
larger and more forgiving.
When playing with the shifter with the car parked, the shifter
felt very reasonable. The 1-2 and 3-4 gates were where you'd expect
it to be, and the shifting action was smooth. On the road, it's
much the same -- but you have to shift SLOWLY! Make no mistake, it's
a clumsy shifter.
When hurrying shifts, like when I was initially trying to impress
friends, I consistently miss the 1-2 shift, often grope clumsily for
the 2-3 shift, and sometimes even muff the 3-4 shift. I find this
pretty amazing in a car like this.
It also took me several days to realize that you get the smoothest
shifts when you take your time. Seems obvious, but compared to my
Toyota and my friend's Honda, this seems atrocious and clumsy.
Someone on rec.autos noted that CRXs should blow SHOs off-the-line
because of the incredibly clumsy shifter.
I now shift much more sedately, and the shifter seems more
reasonable. When you play within these bounds, the shifter works
smoothly with no surprises. I don't know whether the rod shifter
upgrade would help at all.
Along these same lines, I initially had trouble shifting gears
smoothly. Again, slowing down the shifts and taking more care to
match revs when letting out the clutch helped immensely. This took
several days for me to get the hang of. (I think some of my problems
were because I've never had a car with enough power to balk at bad
shifts in higher gears.)
Occasionally, I have trouble shifting into reverse. The shifter
refuses to enter the gate, and I often grind the synchros trying to
get it into gear. I'll be watching this carefully in the next couple
of months.
A quirk: When I upshift and the engine drops back to 1000-2500
rpm, I hear a whirring and then a grinding noise coming from the the
engine compartment. Not terribly loud, but the passenger can
definitely hear it. I asked about it when I was looking at the car,
as do all my passengers. Apparently, this is a definitely a "SHO
sound" and is the gearbox -- apparently called "gear rollover".
Replies to my queries on rec.autos are at the end of this review.
Exterior:
As I mentioned before, I am astounded by how well the body of this
SHO has stood up. Paint chipping on the front bumper and grille are
virtually non-existent. Looking at how older Tauri sometimes
don't age so gracefully, I wonder what the guys at Ford did
differently to the SHO bodies.
The body, in my opinion, is extremely attractive with matching
color body moldings than the stock Tauri. For some odd reason, the
SHO seems different enough from vanilla Tauri to get stares at
stoplights -- of course, this could be my overactive imagination.
:-) SHOs get fog lights, a more open grille, a completely
monochromatic exterior, and a deeper ground skirt in the back with
"SHO" stenciled in relief. I've seen a couple SHOs whose owners have
colored these in with florescent colors or in black. Yuck.
I don't think the car is flashy. I like it that way. I feel
almost anonymous with all those Tauri out there, but different and
distinctive enough to those of us who care. :-)
Interior:
The interior is what really makes me feel like I don't deserve the
car. The seats are grey leather, the steering wheel and shifter are
covered with black leather, and the entire instrument panel is done in
a black/grey/metallic scheme.
The instrumentation is stock Taurus, except for the 140 mph speedo
and 8000 rpm tach. You get a center console with two cupholders, a
large compartment under the radio (great for a CD player), an armrest
that contains yet another compartment, three appropriately sized coin
holders for tollways (I think), and a compartment for holding
cassette tapes. There's map-holders in the doors, and an oddly small
glove compartment.
I spilled a whole can of Coke in the cupholder and was delighted
to find that the entire rubber holder can be removed and washed in a
sink. Hey, I'm really impressed with the ergonomics and
thoughtfulness that went into its design. And it's a 1989, before the
interior was upgraded!
The backseat is bigger than any car I've had. Why do they need so
much space? :-) (No smart-ass comments, please. :-)
The driver and passenger seat have lumbar and side bolsters. From
what I hear, it's not uncommon for the side bolsters to show wear.
Mine is no exception. The left side bolster on the driver's has
cracked and I'm not convinced the right bolster is inflating all the
way.
A big surprise for me: I forgot that SHOs don't have a normal
hand parking brake. Instead, they have the regular parking brake that
you press with your left foot. Too bad. Again, I'm getting used to
it, but it seems a bit anachronistic to me.
Ride:
The suspension is nice and stiff. Too stiff? It's stiffer than
any car I've had. A friend's new 1993 Toyota Celica ST seems tauter
and is still able to soak up bumps better. The SHO seems stiffer with
less ability to soak up bumps. Driving over railroad tracks is a
noisy and jarring affair. On the other hand, taking turns feels
wonderful because the body is so rigid and doesn't flex at all -- I
listened for that before I bought the car.
On the highway, the ride is great. When I drove the car from
Chicago back to Purdue, I had trouble keeping under 85 mph, let alone
from trying to see what 100 mph really feels like. It's a relatively
quiet ride, but the sunroof rattles. I've tried to find out what
exactly makes all the noise up there, but it seems to be the window
that rests on the rails. No easy way to get rid of it, I think.
Over the past three days, I've oscillated between thinking the
suspension is wonderful and perfect and thinking that the ride is way
too rough. (Not for me, mind you. But I wonder whether I would
advise my dad to buy one for himself.) But, I've discovered, as with
the shifter, if you take your time with shifts, you'll have no reason
to complain. Let me explain...
The ride is worst when turning and applying lots of power to the
wheels. I feel the wheels scrabbling for traction and torque steer
making the car skitter left and right. After I understood this, I
avoid the limits of traction -- and I'm a happy camper again.
It's not body rigidity, but the composure of the car.
As if matching the suspension, the steering feel is quite heavy.
My first impression of driving my SHO was how hard you had to turn the
wheel at highway speeds. It tracks straight as an arrow, but when
driving around a parking lot, the high-effort steering didn't seem so
useful. However, it's reasonable, but it doesn't communicate the road
to the driver as well as a 1993 Ford Probe GT. IMHO, it's much better
than the steering on my Celica ST.
I wonder how bad this car is during winter?
Miscellaneous notes:
GRIPES:
The rattles from the sunroof is intermittent -- some days it rattles
loudly, other days I look up wondering where all the noise went.
Activating the sunroof is sometimes very noisy -- loud squealing as
it retracts on its rails. I wonder if there is a quick fix for this.
Again, other days it completely disappears. (Function of humidity?)
Once I made the connection between the sometimes awful feeling suspension
and torque steer, I've never complained about ride.
I wish the seats had more support under the thighs. Also, I wish the
side bolsters would close more tightly.
I hear that tires for this car can get really expensive. I
currently have Goodyear GT+4s that cost the previous owner $500
for four.
I used to hate the Ford stereo systems -- whose idea was it
to use a volume *paddle*? Now, to my amazement, I don't
really mind... and sometimes think it's an okay idea!!!
Pretty ridiculous, though.
Getting up to 4000 rpm sometimes seems to be a chore. But,
this is no big deal. There is more than enough torque
down low.
I often goof up the shifting when driving with friends. It
took me a couple of days before I could really shift
smoothly from 2nd to 3rd gear. (Hard to believe, isn't it?)
My car has almost 93,000 miles on it. My parents noted that
it is almost impossible to find a low-mileage SHO.
Astute observation, IMHO. I wonder how long I can make
my SHO last -- I just bought a book titled "Drive It Forever"
for tips in this department. :-)
The goofy parking brake pedal still throws me for a loop. I once
parked the car in gear, and then accidentally let out the clutch
after I started it. The car jolted forward, and bounced off
the car in front of me -- no paint damage at all, but starting the car
is a whole new ritual for me with that fangled pedal! Also, I began
to wonder how strong that brake really is. (Today, I backed out of
parking spot today and started to drive away before I noticed
the glowing brake light. Oops.)
The driver's power window creaks when closed all the way. The same
thing happens in my parents 1989 Mercury Sable. Oddly, all the
other windows work smoothly.
LIKES:
I'm liking the interior amenities more and more each day. The
cupholders are great.
I didn't expect to use the keyless entry buttons so much, but
it really is handy. You can lock all the doors by
pressing the 7/8 and 9/10 buttons together! Neat! And
you can never lock yourself out of the car.
I really feel like I don't deserve this car. I really can't
believe that I could afford it. I got this car ten years
ahead of schedule. :-)
I love this car so much that I've been telling my parents to
look into buying one. I love this car so much that I
wrote this 13K file -- I meant to write a couple of lines
and ended up with this.
If there were a J.D. Powers Survey for used car owners, I would have
an opportunity to express my incredible satisfaction of owning this
car. I don't like thinking about getting another car, but at this
point in time, I'm sure I'd buy another SHO. For under $7000, you
can't beat it. (Next time with an airbag and ABS, though.)
Insurance-wise, this car is also a big win. I pay the same premiums
as on my 1987 Toyota Celica -- despite that it has nearly twice
the horsepower.
Other Odds and Ends:
Much to my amazement, there is no SHO mailing list anywhere.
Maybe because the _SHO Registry_ publication has filled this void. I
haven't joined yet, but I've noticed that queries about SHOs still
appear on rec.autos about once a month. Owners of SHOs are always
quick to respond, and are very vocal fans of the cars. (Maybe some
of the most vocal on rec.autos. :-)
I've put together the responses to my questions about the cars, as
well as other posts with useful information on these cars. I'll be
posting this in the form of a FAQ soon.
If anyone is interested in starting a mailing list, please speak up!
I don't know if I have the resources here at Purdue to start one, but
maybe someone out there does.
Gene Kim
(genek@mentor.cc.purdue.edu)
| 7rec.autos |
In a previous article, marshatt@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (Zauberer) says:
>In article <1993Apr21.191744.3072@ole.cdac.com> ssave@ole.cdac.com (The Devil Reincarnate) writes:
>>
>> I am curious about knowing which commericial cars today
>>have v engines.
>>
>>V4 - I don't know of any.
>>V6 - Legend, MR3? MR6?
>>V8 - Don't know of any.
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> ARE YOU SERIOUS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>try the(DEEP breath) Mustang,Camaro,Optional on nearly every truck ever built,
> Corvettes, Caprices, BMW 740i, Caddie Eldorado, Fleetwood, Seville,
>Infiniti Q45,Jeep Grand Cherokee, Lexus Ls 400, Lexus SC 400,Lincon Mark VIII
>Town Car,M-B 400SEL, and the Mercury Grand Marquis to name a FEW!!!!
>
>>V12 - Jaguar XJS
>
>How about:
>V10 - Viper
>V16 - must be one somewhere.
Believe Bugatti's coming(has) out one. Something like 4 turbos
and mucho macho HP. One cool price too, as i heard. At any rate,
the point is, i'm pretty sure there is, indeed, one in production...
tho rather limited..
DREW
| 7rec.autos |
nobody@alumni.cco.caltech.edu correctly states Jerry Berman's 1985 view on
privacy, but he mistakenly assumes that this represents Berman's 1993 view as
EFF Executive Director.
As one of the people who convinced Jerry that legal protections for privacy
are insufficient, and that technical measures, especially public key
cryptography, are also vitally necessary, I can tell you that Jerry and EFF
are fully committed to this position.
The previous poster is apparently unaware of a long series of EFF positions in
support of this view. I suggest those interested read EFF's position on
Clipper or our other work in digital privacy. Check ftp.eff.org for more
details.
One of the great things about human beings is that they are capable of change
and evolution in their thinking. The idea that crypto is critical to privacy
is one which is no longer limited to certain net afficianados, but is
spreading to parts of the public policy community in Washington.
Mitch Kapor
co-Founder, EFF
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <May.6.00.34.49.1993.15418@geneva.rutgers.edu> marka@hcx1.ssd.csd.harris.com (Mark Ashley) writes:
>I have a simple test. I take several people who can speak
>only one language (e.g. chinese, russian, german, english).
>Then I let the "gifted one" start "speaking in toungues".
>The audience should understand the "gifted one" clearly
>in their native language. However, the "gifted one" can
>only hear himself speaking in his own language.
That would be neat, but nowhere in the Bible does it say
that one who has the gift of tounges can do this. If the gift
of tounges were the ability to be understood by everyone,
no matter what languages they know, there would be no need for the
gift of interpretation, and I Corinthians 14 would not have had to
have been written.
>Perhaps I would believe the "gifted ones" more if they were
>glorifying God rather than themselves. Then perhaps we'd
>witness a real miracle.
That's a pretty harsh assumption to make about a several million
Christians world wide. Sure, there are some who want glory
for themselves who speak in tounges, just as there are among those
who do not have this gift. There were people like this in the Corinthian
church also. that does not mean that there is no true gift or that all
who speak in tounges do it for their own glory in the sight of men.
I would venture to say that a large percentage of those who do speak in tounges
do so more often in private prayer than in public.
Link Hudson
[There were apparently those in the early church who claimed that
at Pentecost the miracle was that the crowd were all given the
ability to understand the Apostles speaking in Greek. --clh]
| 15soc.religion.christian |
Hi!
I think VGA-Copy can do what you need.
If you create a new floppy for your a: drive (that is the 5 1/4"), turn on
the "modify" switch of vga-copy.
When you boot using this diskette, a message appears:
This is no system disk, you can
1) replace disk with another,
2) boot from Harddisk or
3) switch drives and reboot (that is, a: becomes b:, b: becomes a:)
Type your choice:
When you select the third item, you can boot from b: which is now called a: .
Seems to work very good, for example booting drdos6 from the installation disks
in 3.5" format was no problem for a friend of mine (I have only a 3.5" a: drive)
Hope that helps
Robert
P.S.: VGA-Copy is shareware, so it's easy to get. Newest Version seems to be 5.0 .
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In article <Apr.21.03.25.41.1993.1322@geneva.rutgers.edu>
JBUDDENBERG@vax.cns.muskingum.edu (Jimmy Buddenberg) writes:
>
> Hello all. We are doing a bible study (at my college) on Revelations. We
> have been doing pretty good as far as getting some sort of reasonable
> interpretation. We are now on chapters 17 and 18 which talk about the
> woman on the beast and the fall of Babylon. I believe the beast is the
> Antichrist (some may differ but it seems obvious) and the woman represents
> Babylon which stands for Rome or the Roman Catholic Church. What are some
> views on this interpretation? Is the falling Babylon in chapter 18 the same
> Babylon in as in chapter 17? The Catholic church?
> Hate to step on toes.
> thanks
An interesting interpretation of Revelation 17 and 18 has been given by
evangelist David Wilkerson. I am not saying that I totally agree with his
interpretation, but it is certainly believable and good food for thought. He
interprets the Babylon of Revelation 17-18 as being none other than the good
old U. S. of A. That's right, America. He supports his claim in several ways.
The Babylon of Revelation is THE world leader in trade and commerce, and the
WHOLE WORLD wept when Babylon fell. The American dollar, despite the Japanese
success of the 20th century, is STILL the most sought after currency in the
world. If the U.S. were destroyed, wouldn't the whole world mourn? The bible
also talks about Babylon being a home of harlots, sin, and adultery (I am
paraphrasing, of course). Babylon's sin affected, or should I say, infected,
the whole world. It doesn't take much looking to see that the U.S. is in a
state of moral decay. Hasn't the American culture and Hollywood spread the "do
it if it feels good" mentality all over the world. I think, though, that what
Mr. Wilkerson uses as his strongest argument is the fact that Revelation calls
Babylon "Babylon the Great" and portrays it as the most powerful nation on
earth. No matter how dissatisfied you are with the state of our country, I
don't think you would have too much trouble agreeing that the U.S. is STILL the
most powerful nation on earth.
Again, this interpretation is not NECESSARILY my own, but I do find it worthy
of consideration.
Jeffrey Little
| 15soc.religion.christian |
In article <C5t759.DsC@well.sf.ca.us> rwert@well.sf.ca.us wrote:
> I need some advice on having someone ride pillion with me on my 750 Ninja.
> This will be the the first time I've taken anyone for an extended ride
> (read: farther than around the block :-). We'll be riding some twisty,
> fairly bumpy roads (the Mines Road-Mt.Hamilton Loop for you SF Bay Areans).
> This person is <100 lbs. and fairly small, so I don't see weight as too much
> of a problem, but what sort of of advice should I give her before we go?
My fiancee' and I do quite a bit of sporty riding 2-up. I'll tell you
what we've found and the systems we've worked out.
- On starts, accelerate MUCH slower than usual. It's tough for the rider
to judge how scary fast acceleration is, because we're holding onto something
and leaning forward. Remember this.
- On turns, have her lean forward and at the same angle as you (normally
this means she isn't leaning at all.) It's very disconcerting to be leaned
over and have your passenger leaning so that they're sitting straight up.
Much balance is lost and this can be dangerous.
- On slowing and stopping, do so MUCH slower than usual. Again, it's tough
for the rider to judge how scary fast deceleration is, because we're holding
onto something and leaning forward. However, you'll figure it out fast
because braking too fast will shove the passenger forward into you, which
shoves you into the tank at an inopportune location.
- Generally, have the passenger keep her knees against you and the bike, not
out wide. This helps balance and gives her somegrip.
- When you passenger is in fear, she will squeeze her knees against you.
Normally this means "slow down, and do it now!".
> turning so she leans *with* me, but what else? Are there traditional
> signals for SLOW DOWN!! or GO FASTER!! or I HAFTA GO PEE!! etc.???
We only have a couple signals. "Slow down" is her either tapping me on
the back, or slapping my helmet with all her might. Depends on the urgency
of the matter :-)
"Turn here" is done by her pointing in the direction of an exit. This is
also the sign for "cool! Look at that." "I hafta pee" is the same sign
as "turn here". "I'm hungry" is the same sign. "Go faster" is usually
done by her jumping up and down on her pegs in glee. I usually see "slow
down" more often than "go faster".
> I really want this to be a positive experience for us both, mainly so that
> she'll want to go with me again, so any help will be appreciated...
The best thing to do before the ride is to talk to a riding buddy, and
pillion on his or her bike. It's incredibly frustrating, because you're
in almost no control. Now, multiply that feeling times ten, because
you as a rider know what your bike will do, and your passenger will likely
feel you're about to scrape hard parts all the time, or lock up the brakes
at any moment, or go careening off the edge of a volcanic mountain, etc.
Pillioning yourself is good training to take somebody on your pillion pad.
Also, remember that it's much more draining and tiring to ride 2-up
than by yourself, because you're concentrating on much more, and
"in the Zen of the moment" less. Remember this.
----------------------------------------------------
Pat Loughery [patlo@microsoft.com] Seattle, WA
DoD #393, AMA, VME, DIOC, 1KSI=2.53
'91 VFR750F, '91 Nighthawk 750, '82 Seca 650 Turbo
^^^ For Sale
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| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <1993Apr30.004311.1@aurora.alaska.edu> nsmca@aurora.alaska.edu writes:
> Being wierd again, so be warned:
Being what? Oh, _weird_. OK, I'm warned!
> Is there a plan to put a satellite around each planet in the solar system to
> keep watch? I help it better to ask questions before I spout an opinion.
Keep watch for what?
> How about a mission (unmanned) to Pluto to stay in orbit and record things
> around and near and on Pluto.. I know it is a strange idea, but why not??
Oh, the several tens (or hundreds) of millions of dollars it would cost
to "record things" there. And I'd prefer a manned mission, anyway.
> It could do some scanning of not only Pluto, but also of the solar system,
> objects near and aaroundpluto, as well as SETI and looking at the galaxy
> without having much of the solar system to worry about..
We've already got a pretty good platform to "scan" the solar
system, as well as SETI and looking at the galaxy without having
much of the solar system to worry about..
Care to guess where it is?
Shag
--
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Rob Unverzagt |
shag@aerospace.aero.org | Tuesday is soylent green day.
unverzagt@courier2.aero.org |
| 14sci.space |
In article <C5s6As.Kwo@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU> pmy@vivaldi.acc.Virginia.EDU (Pete Yadlowsky) writes:
>>>Well, when the nice federal officers come to my house to check out my
>>>extensive weapons cache, I'll just be sure not to shoot at them.
>>>"Tea, ladies and gentlemen?"
>>Actually, that's pretty much wht the "Branch Davidian" siad when
>>the local Sherrif knocked on their door.
>>Of course, when armed men assaulted them without warrning, it was a
>>different matter...
>Why? Did they not know that these men were federal officers?
Do you know what a "no-knock search" is?
--
"On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Turkey Casserole
that she made from Leftover Turkey.
[days 3-4 deleted] ... Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
-- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait)
Ken Arromdee (arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu)
| 16talk.politics.guns |
I had heard the rumors about LA, Cin, Hou, and SD all being
interested in Mark Davis, so it doesn't surprise me that a
team had to give up something and cash to actually get him.
Lynch "MOB"
ps. anyone else draft this guy? i really did and got a
loud cry of "when will you ever give up on this guy" :-)
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Hi!
I'd like to switch my floppy drives so that my 3.5" b: drive becomes a:, while
my 5.25" a: becomes b:. I'm having a few problems, though.
I know that the ribbon cable must be switched, as well as the CMOS settings,
to reflect this change, and I think that I've done that correctly. However, the
drives do not operate correctly in this configuration. From the C:> prompt, if
I type a:, the 5.25" drive light comes on; if I type b:, both the light for the
5.25" and 3.5" drives come on.
There are some jumpers on each drive:
5.25" Label Original Pos. Pos. I changed it to
DS0 ON OFF
DS1 OFF ON
DS2 ON ON
DS3 OFF OFF
IO OFF OFF
MS1 OFF OFF
D-R ON ON
MS2 ON ON
FG OFF OFF
3.5" DS0 OFF ON
DS1 ON OFF
DS2 OFF OFF
DS3 OFF OFF
MM ON ON
DC ON ON
MD OFF OFF
TTL/C-MO8 ON ON
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Eric Balog
balog@eniac.seas.upenn.edu
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1993Apr15.231903.4045@cs.cornell.edu> tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer) writes:
>In article <1993Apr15.200629.7200@alleg.edu> luriem@alleg.edu(Michael Lurie) The Liberalizer writes:
>>
>
>I'd be willing to make two wagers:
>1) Snow doesn't win ROY.
>2) Mattingly is out of baseball within five years.
>
>I'm skeptical of the first, because I don't think Snow is that good a
>player, and he is on a losing team.
I don't have a history handy, but I don't recall that the preponderance
of ROY's come from winning teams. In fact, I think team performance is
generally irrelevant, as almost always the most deserving candidate wins.
Am I wrong?
And he is not necessarily on a losing team. While the Angels' staff
is still very weak, their everyday lineup is doing quite well, thank
you. Snow is playing great. Salmon is learning to make the adjustments.
Easley appears fine, but even if he's not Flora is ready to come up.
Between Gonzales and Gruber they'll manage the hot corner. Polonia
and Curtis are steady and heady. Even Myers and Orton are contributing.
Personally, I think they can finish over .500 which makes them a
winning team.
-- The Beastmaster
>
>I'm skeptical of the second because of his back. Mattingly is 32 this
>year, and how many players play until they are 40? Not too many, and
>most of them didn't have chronic back problems when they were 32.
>
>Could be wrong on either or both, but I think that's the smart way to
>bet...
>
>Cheers,
>-Valentine
--
Mark Singer
mss@netcom.com
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
I am currently in the car market and would like opinions on a VW
Passat GLX. How does it compare to a Toyota Camry? I thought the car
looked very solid, stable and European. Only disappointment so far is
that that it doesn't offer an airbao my next question is, why isn't VW
offering automobiles with airbags? Should I pay the extra three
thousand for a BMW 318 is even though it is smaller and less powerful
than than the Passat?
| 7rec.autos |
In article <1qiijs$t27@bigboote.WPI.EDU>, ralf@wpi.WPI.EDU (Ralph Valentino) writes:
> I finally decided to upgrade my 486-33 EISA's memory from 8 Meg to 16
> Meg - two months after the parts warranty ran out on the (Anigma)
> motherboard - two months too late. It seems there's a problem with
> one or both of the two 1M/2Mx36bit sim slots in bank B. On boot I get
> a pattern test failure at address 0xa00000 and the system deconfigures
> the top 6 Meg. The sims are good, I tried rotating all of them into
> bank A. On one of the configurations, however, the pattern test
... deletions...
> failed at 0x800000. In all tests, the pattern that appeared was the
same as the pattern if no sim was in place. This leads me to believe
> the one or two of the connector address pins are at fault and, with a
> lot of luck, might be patchable.
>
> -Ralph
> ===============
> Ralph Valentino (ralf@chpc.org) (ralf@wpi.wpi.edu)
> Hardware Engineer, Worcester Polytechnic Institute
> Center for High Performance Computing, Marlborough MA
Many motherboards have jumpers to enable/disable the memory banks. Did you
check that out?
Allen mulvey
mulvey@blurt.oswego.edu
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1993Apr21.204556.21262@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> camter28@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Carter Ames) writes:
>
> I was just wondering one thing, actually two. ( I hope that this is the
>proper place to post this subject)
Oh, yeah. This is a fine place. We haven't had the "why does concrete
kill lead-acid batteries" thread in at least six months.
> Why does a lead acid battery discharge and become dead (totally unuseable)
>when stored on a concrete floor?
The concrete simply sucks all the electrons out of the battery and drains
them into the ground.
Another explanation, implausible as it is, is that the lead-acid battery
needs to be periodically charged (topped-off), otherwise the battery
self-discharges and then undergoes irreversible chemical reaction.
Naawwwww.... the concrete sucks the life out.
--
* Dana H. Myers KK6JQ | Views expressed here are *
* (310) 337-5136 | mine and do not necessarily *
* dana@locus.com DoD #466 | reflect those of my employer *
* This Extra supports the abolition of the 13 and 20 WPM tests *
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <C55zLo.7wA@world.std.com> oj@world.std.com (Oliver Jones) writes:
<In article <118590@netnews.upenn.edu> mcclenne@dingdong.cis.upenn.edu (nennelccM nodroG) writes:
<>
<>Does anyone out there know how to change the maximum request size for
<>a server
<
<It is ordinarily set to the highest value the underlying OS can
Yes, and you don't want to change this value if you're running Image type
applications.
--
_---_ Steve
/ o o \ hsteve@hydra.unm.edu, hsteve@carina.unm.edu
| \___/ |
Just say NO to VMS!!
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article 15441@geneva.rutgers.edu, loisc@microsoft.com (Lois Christiansen) writes:
|>You might visit some congregations of Christians, who happen to be homosexuals,
|>that are spirit-filled believers, not MCC'rs; before you go lumping us all
|>together with Troy Perry.
|>
Gee, I think there are some real criminals (robbers, muderers, drug
addicts) who appear to be fun loving caring people too. So what's
your point? Is it OK. just because the people are nice?
|>Isn't Satan having a hayday pitting Christian against Christian over any issue
|>he can, especially homosexuality. Let's reach the homosexuals for Christ.
|>Let's not try to change them, just need to bring them to Christ. If He
|>doesn't want them to be gay, He can change that. If they are living a moral
|>life, committed to someone of the same sex, and God is moving in their lives,
|>who are we to tell them they have to change?
|>
I think the old saying " hate the sin and not the sinner" is
appropriate here. Many who belive homosexuality is wrong probably
don't hate the people. I don't. I don't hate my kids when they do
wrong either. But I tell them what is right, and if they lie or don't
admit they are wrong, or just don't make an effort to improve or
repent, they get punished. I think this is quite appropriate. You
may want to be careful about how you think satan is working here.
Maybe he is trying to destroy our sense of right and wrong through
feel goodism. Maybe he is trying to convince you that you know more
than God. Kind of like the Adam and Eve story. Read it and compare
it to today's mentality. You may be suprised.
| 15soc.religion.christian |
Does one exist, who makes it, and how much?
Thanks:)
--
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Just Testing !!!
No flames please !
Bye
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Hello,
I'm trying to get a drum program to work that I downloaded from
ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the pub/pc/win3/sounds directory. It's called
drum.zip.
I have an ATI Stereo FX card with the latest Windows drivers installed.
When I try to run the drum program, it reports that a MIDI device is not
installed, however the drivers utility in the control panel reports that it
is installed.
Anyone have any idea how to set up the MIDI device so that the drum program
will work with my setup? What I'm trying to do is use my computer as a
metronome. Someone suggested that I try one of the drum machines that are
circulating around out there. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Terry
terryh@cae.wisc.edu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <C5D42C.88K@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> papresco@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
}
}> Drugs are banned, please tell me when this supply will dry up?
}
}Drugs are easier to manufacture, easier to smuggle, easier to hide.
}
}No comparison.
You, sir, are an ignorant fool who knows nothing about either the drug
business or the gun business.
Tim Starr - Renaissance Now!
Assistant Editor: Freedom Network News, the newsletter of ISIL,
The International Society for Individual Liberty,
1800 Market St., San Francisco, CA 94102
(415) 864-0952; FAX: (415) 864-7506; 71034.2711@compuserve.com
Think Universally, Act Selfishly - starr@genie.slhs.udel.edu
| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <strnlghtC5wCMo.Fx5@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
> In article <C5uvn4.MF7@austin.ibm.com> arussell@austin.ibm.com (AG Russell)
> writes:
> >At the company I worked for previously, I received a file that was
> >des encryped and the person that had sent it, went on vaction.
> >Rather than wait two weeks I set up a straight frontal attack with
> >one key at a time. It only took two(2) days to crack the file.
> Taking this at face value (though it seems quite dissonant with much else
> that has been published here about brute force DES cracking, unless Russell
> was lucky with respect to the key), I'd be very interested in whether the
> program Russell used is available? In whether he used a cleartext
> recognition algorithm in the program or whether he had to examine each
> decryption by hand? In whether he used a known plaintext attack?
This has to be a dictionary attack. No other attack makes sense.
This means that whoever encrypted the file just typed some password
which was a single dictionary word, and then Russell tried all the
words in the dictionary. This isn't too implausible, especially if he
was smart and clipped the first plaintext block off the ciphertext (if
the first block doesn't decrypt then obviously the others won't
either).
Assuming one attempt a second, it takes seven hours to try all the
words in /usr/dict/words. Not real tough.
If you want DES to be secure, you have to use RANDOM KEYS. You can't
just type your wife's name and think "aha they'll never guess that
one!"
--
Daniel F. Boyd -- boyd@cs.buffalo.edu
"Welcome to the First Church of Appliantology. The white zone is for
loading and unloading only."
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <1pppnrINNitg@cronkite.Central.Sun.COM>,
doc@webrider.central.sun.com (Steve Bunis) wrote:
>
> How about a decal of thicker vinyl?
How about a Geeky temporary tatoo? I mean, why should the
RUBs be exempt from a little razzing.
====================================================
John Stafford Minnesota State University @ Winona
All standard disclaimers apply.
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <1993May1.051312.1@aurora.alaska.edu> nsmca@aurora.alaska.edu writes:
>... design a mother ship that has piggy backed probes for
>different missions,namely different planets...
Not useful unless you've got some truly wonderful propulsion system for
the mother ship that can't be applied to the probes. Otherwise it's
better to simply launch the probes independently. The outer planets
are scattered widely across a two-dimensional solar system, and going
to one is seldom helpful in going to the next one. Uranus is *not* on
the way to Neptune. Don't judge interplanetary trajectories in general
by what the Voyagers did: they exploited a lineup that occurs only
every couple of centuries, and even so Voyager 2 took a rather indirect
route to Neptune.
>Also the mother ship would be powered (if not the Mars Mission) by a normal
>propulsion, but also a solar sail ...
Solar sails are pretty useless in the outer solar system. They're also
very slow, unless you assume quite advanced versions.
--
SVR4 resembles a high-speed collision | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
between SVR3 and SunOS. - Dick Dunn | henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
| 14sci.space |
In article <93119.141946U18183@uicvm.uic.edu>, <U18183@uicvm.uic.edu> writes:
|> There is no data to show chromium is effective in promoting weight loss. The
|> few studies that have been done using chromium have been very flawed and inher
|> ently biased (the investigators were making money from marketing it).
|> Theoretically it really doesnt make sense either. The claim is that chromium
|> will increase muscle mass and decrease fat. Of course, chromium is also used t
|> o cure diabetes, high blood pressure and increase muscle mass in athletes(just
|> as well as anabolic steroids). Sounds like snake oil for the 1990's :-)
Where are your references? I have been unable to find studies that state
that chromium "cures diabetese". It can reduce the amount of insulin you
have to take. "High blood pressure" - I have never heard of this claim
before. "... anabolic steroids" - I have also never heard of this claim
before. Sounds like you are making things up and stretching the truth
for God knows what reason. Did somebody piss you off at one time?
|> On the other hand, it really cant hurt you anywhere but your wallet, and place
|> bo effects of anything can be pretty dramatic...
I agree with you that chromium picolinate by itself isn't likely
to make a fat person thin. But it can be the decisive component
of an overall strategy for long-term weight control and make an
important contribution to good health. It is important to
exercise (11, 12) and also avoid fat calories (9, 10).
Chromium picolinate has shown to reduce fat and increase
lean muscle (1, 2, 3). I will not bore you with the
statistics. You wouldn't believe these anyway.
Chromium Picolinate is an exceptionally bioactive source of
the essential mineral chromium. Chromium plays a vital role
in "sensitizing" the body's tissues to the hormone insulin.
Weight gain in the form of fat tends to impair sensitivity
to insulin and thus, in turn, makes it harder to lose
weight (4).
Insulin directly stimulates protein synthesis and retards
protein breakdown in muscles (5, 6). This "protein sparing"
effect of insulin tends to decline during low calorie diets
as insulin levels decline, which results in loss of muscle
and organ tissue. By "sensitizing" muscle to insulin,
chromium picolinate helps to preserve muscle in dieters
so that they "burn" more fat and less muscle. Preservation
of lean body mass has an important long-term positive
effect on metabolic rate, helping dieters keep off the
fat they've lost.
Chromium picolinate promotes efficient metabolism by aiding
the thermogenic (heat producing) effects of insulin.
Insulin levels serve as a rough index of the availability
of food calories, so it's not at all surprising that insulin
stimulates metabolism (4, 7, 8). Note that I did not say
that chromium picolinate increases metabolism.
In summary, you need to change your life style in order to
loose weight and stay healthy:
A. Reduce dietary fat consumption to no more than 20% of calories.
- Eating fat makes you fat.
B. Increase dietary fiber
- low in calories; high in nutrients.
C. Get regular aerobic exercise at least 3 times a week
- burn calories.
D. Take chromium picolinate daily
- lose fat; keep muscle
References:
1. Kaats GR, Fisher JA, Blum K. Abstract, American Aging
Association, 21st Annual Meeting, Denver, October 1991.
2. Evans, GW. Int J Biosoc Med Res 1989; 11: 163-180.
3. Page TG, Ward TL, Southern LL. J Animal Sci 69, Suppl 1:
Abstract 403, 1991.
4. Felig P. Clin Physiol 1984; 4: 267-273.
5. Kimball SR, Jefferson LS. Diabetes Metab Rev 4: 773, 1988.
6. Fukugawa NK, Minaher KL, Rowe JW. et al. J Clin Invest 76:
2306, 1985.
7. Fehlmann M, Freychet P. Biol Chem 256: 7449, 1981
8. Pittman CS, Suda AK, Chambers JB, Jr., Ray GY. Metabolism
28: 333, 1979.
9. Danforth E, Jr. Am J Clin Nutr 41: 1132, 1985.
10. McCarty MF. Med Hypoth 20: 183, 1986.
11. Bielinski R, Schutz Y, Jequier E. Am J Clin Nutr 42:69, 1985.
12. Young JC, Treadway JL, Balon TW, Garvas HP, Ruderman NB.
Metabolism 35: 1048, 1986.
Best regards,
Michael Vincze
mav@asd470.dseg.ti.com
| 13sci.med |
In article <1qu85s$6j0@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
|>
|> I can produce a list of sufficient conditions for "not owner" which will
|> satisfy almost anyone. It's fairly clear who doesn't own the states. I
|> don't for example, and nor do you. It's also clear that regardless of who
|> owns the states, $1 is a bad deal in all plausible cases. So even in the
|> absence of an objective definition of "owner" (though that is an interesting and
|> important point, which jon livesey has also raised about the word "Freedom")
|> the conclusion stands.
Now I'll raise the issue again in connection with Mr O'Dwyer's use
of the word "plausible".
I can plause all kinds of cases, for example: in which people
actually own land, but don't know that, and so are willing to "sell"
it in play for derisory sums, only to find that they sold it for
real. Cases in which their mental capacity is imnpaired. Cases
in which they err about the true value of what they are selling.
Pretty soon you have to start talking about "informed owner"
"competent owner" "educated owner" and so on, and the concept
gets less and less clear and exceptions more and more plausible.
But the real problem remains that of looking only at end-points
in a context. Maybe most of us will agree with you that a pebble
is "small" and that the Moon is "big", but that does not mean that
you have an objective measuring scale. Only that these two are
fairly common opinions *in context*.
An astronomer may claim that the Moon is actually "tiny" and
a micro-biologist may remark that a pebble is "huge". Similarly,
if an armed Serbian offers a helpless Bosnian a dollar and his
life for his land, rather than killing him and taking it for free,
the Bosnian may consider that he is getting quite a good deal.
jon.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <1993Apr16.155637.15398@oracle.us.oracle.com> ebosco@us.oracle.com (Eric Bosco) writes:
>From: ebosco@us.oracle.com (Eric Bosco)
>Subject: Windows 3.1 keeps crashing: Please HELP
>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 15:56:37 GMT
>
>As the subjects says, Windows 3.1 keeps crashing (givinh me GPF) on me of
>late. It was never a very stable package, but now it seems to crash every
>day. The worst part about it is that it does not crash consistently: ie I
Have you tried setting FILES in your config.sys file to a fairly high
number? (I've got mine set to 100; I've seen numbers from 40 to 100
recommended). Also check your STACKS statement, STACKS=9,256 is a good
starting point. Try increasing it if it's already set there (such as
to STACKS=12,256, etc.). Both STACKS and FILES have been identified as
_one_ cause of frequent Win3.1 crashes.
Lamont Downs
downs@nevada.edu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <schinder.735362755@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov>,
Paul J. Schinder (schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov) wrote:
> In <1993Apr20.154658@IASTATE.EDU>
> kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub) writes:
> >In article <lt8d3bINNj1g@exodus.Eng.Sun.COM>, emarsh@hernes-sun.Eng.Sun.COM
> >(Eric Marsh) writes:
> >>In article <1qvmk2$csk@morrow.stanford.edu>
> >>salem@pangea.Stanford.EDU (Bruce
> >>Salem) writes:
> >>> I wonder if the Universe would look like a Black Hole
> >>>from "outside"? How could we posit an "Outside", whether called
> >>>DeSitter space, hyperspace, parallel universes, whatever?
> >>
> >>I don't think that the universe would look like a black hole from
> >>the outside, because that would imply that similar to a black hole we
> >>would see stuff coming in from the "outside."
> > Now that has always confused me. Once a black hole forms, I don't see how
> >anything could pass the event horizon (perhaps including the original mass
> >that formed (is forming) the black hole in the first place.
> > Let's say that we drop a marble into the black hole. It races, ever
> >faster, towards the even horizon. But, thanks to the curving of space
> >caused by the excessive gravity, as the object approaches the event horizon
> >it has further to travel. Integrating the curve gives a time to reach the
^^^^
When you look into the math of the different possible frames of reference
you will find out that this "time" is not physically relevant...
> >event horizon of . . .
> >infinity. So the math says that nothing can enter a black hole.
> No it doesn't. Check again in any of the popular GR texts (Misner,
> Thorne, and Wheeler, for example). It takes a finite proper time for
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
The relevant time for the falling object.
> anything near the horizon to cross it (if it's going to in the first
> place), and a finite proper time for anything crossing the horizon to
> reach r=0.
^^^ "center of the hole" where the evil singularity lurks
There is NO singularity at the horizon. The appearance that there is one
comes from attempting to use a coordinate system that doesn't map properly
(physically) in this geometry, rather analogous to the "singularity" at
the North and South Poles of the Earth when using Latitude and Longitude
lines. Such "singular" behavior as the earlier post suggested (infinite
time to reach the horizon) is a mathematical artifact of the wrong choice
of coordinates. As Paul says, in the object's frame of reference,
it WILL hit the horizon in finite time, and then plunge to the singularity
(that IS a "real" singularity) in a (short, for "small" holes) further finite
amount of time.
Not only that, but to an OUTSIDE observer, an object that falls into a black
hole disappears in a finite time also, in spite of the relativistic "slow-
down" that intuition suggests. This is because any light emitted by the
object as it falls (or is shone onto it by a separate "flashlight") consists
of individual, FINITE quanta, and only a finite number of these can reach
the object before it plunges through the horizon. These will be succesively
more red-shifted, true, but only a finite number of them will hit the object,
and following ones will be too late to interact with the object until they,
too, are inside the horizon (and thus cannot come out).
This reddening, dimming and disappearance is exponentially fast, as the object
approaches the horizon, when you do the math.
As Paul says, this is discussed in Misner, Thorne, and Wheeler's book
"Gravity" where they talk about the appropriatness (sp?) of the term "black
hole" and the inappropriatness (sp?) of an older term: "frozen star", which
was used earlier in this century before all the implications of black-hole
theory were understood. Do not let the math deter you from looking at this
book; it's got a lot of good prose discussions of this material, in between
the equations, that is VERY good reading, IMHO.
Of course, it's all just THEORY... :-)
> > | __L__
> >-|- ___ Warren Kurt vonRoeschlaub
> > | | o | kv07@iastate.edu
> > |/ `---' Iowa State University
> >/| ___ Math Department
> > | |___| 400 Carver Hall
> > | |___| Ames, IA 50011
> > J _____
> --
> --------
> Paul J. Schinder
> NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
> schinder@leprss.gsfc.nasa.gov
Gene Battin
battin@cyclops.iucf.indiana.edu
no .sig yet
| 19talk.religion.misc |
Hi netters,
I'm using sliders in my XView apps, usually with editable numeric
field. But I seem to have no control over the length of this field.
In some apps it appears long enough to keep several characters,
in some - it cannot keep even the maximum value set by
PANEL_MAX_VALUE!
As I understand, PANEL_VALUE_DISPLAY_LENGTH, which controls
number of characters to be displayed in text items, doesn't
work in the case of slider, despite the fact that <panel.h>
contains the following bit:
/* Panel_multiline_text_item, Panel_numeric_text_item,
* Panel_slider_item and Panel_text_item attributes
*/
PANEL_NOTIFY_LEVEL = PANEL_ATTR(ATTR_ENUM, 152),
PANEL_VALUE_DISPLAY_LENGTH = PANEL_ATTR(ATTR_INT, 182),
which gives a hint that this attribute can be used for sliders.
But 1) setting this attribute gives nothing, and 2) xv_get'ting
this attribute gives warning: Bad attribute, and return value 0.
Can someone share his experience in managing sliders in XView with me,
and clear this problem?
Any help is very much appreciated.
Yuri
yuri@uk.ac.hw.phy
| 5comp.windows.x |
>Has anyone experienced a faint shadow at all resolutions using this
>card. Is only in Windows. I have replaced card and am waiting on
>latest drivers. Also have experienced General Protection Fault Errors
>in WSPDPSF.DRV on Winword Tools Option menu and in WINFAX setup.
>I had a ATI Ultra but was getting Genral Protection Fault errors
>in an SPSS application. These card manufactures must have terrible
>quality control to let products on the market with so many bugs.
>What a hassle. Running on Gateway 2000 DX2/50.
>Thx Dave L
I have used both version 1.17 drivers for Win 3.1 and the new 2.03 drivers.
I have had none of these problems. No GPF's at all. I have a feeling that
your problems are not with the card or drivers. The ATI Ultra drivers are
considered some of the most reliable on the market, and the SS 24X ones
seem quite good as well. Maybe you should check BIOS problems in your
Gateway. I know a few people with Gateway DX2's, and all of them have
found some problem or other with compatibility -- especially with graphics.
The only GPF's I have ever had can be directly attributable to using/
abusing applications. I even got the newest drivers from Diamond when
people started complaining. I still only have one small problem with
them, and it is that the hardware cursor is slightly jumpy during writes/
reads to the swap file.
Greg Bishop.
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <1993Apr22.003024.25620@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>,
brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) wrote:
> My hope is that Brian will look and will see the ramifications of the
> truck coming towards him. My hope is that Brian will want to step out
> of the way. My fear, though, is that Brian will instead choose to glue himself
> to the middle of the highway, where he will certainly get run over. But if
> he so chooses, he so chooses, and there is nothing I can do beyond that
> to change his mind. For it is his choice. But at this very moment,
> Brian hasn't gotten even that far. He is still at the point where he
> does not want to look. Sure he moves his eyeball to appease me, but his
> head will not turn around to see the entire picture. So far he is
> satisfied with his glimpse of the mountains off in the distance.
The problem is that you imagine him inside this huge wall, unable
to see reality. While he imagines the same about you. Clearly we
have a case where relativity plays a big role concerning looking
at opposite frames of reality.
Cheers,
Kent
---
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| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <1993Apr6.041343.24997@cbnewsl.cb.att.com> stank@cbnewsl.cb.att.com (Stan Krieger) writes:
>Roger and I have
>clearly stated our support of the BSA position on the issue;
>specifically, that homosexual behavior constitutes a violation of
>the Scout Oath (specifically, the promise to live "morally straight").
>
>There is really nothing else to discuss.
Apparently not.
In response to his claim that it "terrifies" gay people not to be able
to "indoctrinate children to our lifestyle" (or words to that effect),
I sent Roger a very calm, carefully-written, detailed letter
explaining simply why the BSA policy does, indeed terrify me. I did
not use inflammatory language and left myself extremely open for an
answer. Thus far, I have not received an answer. I can conclude only
that Roger considers his position either indefensible or simply not
worth defending.
>Trying to cloud the issue
>with comparisons to Blacks or other minorities is also meaningless
>because it's like comparing apples to oranges (i.e., people can't
>control their race but they can control their behavior).
In fact, that's exactly the point: people can control their behavior.
Because of that fact, there is no need for a blanket ban on
homosexuals.
>What else is there to possibly discuss on rec.scouting on this issue?
You tell me.
--
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\ / twpierce@unix.amherst.edu / del asesino! !Ay, que graciosa!
\/ (BITnet: TWPIERCE@AMHERST) / -- Pedro Almodovar
| 0alt.atheism |
an780@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Travis Grundke) writes:
>"Why would Apple release a Duo Dock with a processor of its own?"
>Here's why- People have hounded Apple for a notebook with a 68040 processor
>in it. Apple can't deliver that right now because the 040 saps too much
>power, radiates far too much heat, and is too large for a notebook. How
>does one get around that without designing a new chipset? Use existing
>PowerBook technology to your best advantage. The Duo Dock gives Apple a
>unique ability to give users that 040 power in a "Semi-Portable" fashion.
>By plunking the 040 into the Dock, you've got "quadra" power at your desk.
>On the road, that 33mhz 68030 should be able to handle most of your needs.
>Okay, not the BEST solution, but its an answer to a no-win situation. :-)
>So, does this mean one will be able to use the PowerBook's processor in
>parallel to the dock's processor? Okay, we're getting REALLY hypothetical
>now...
It would also be great for another reason - when not docked, it could serve
as an ARA server to the large internal HD, your corporate email, etc. In
a pinch, you would also have two machines, instead of 1.5.
If they could couple that thought with RocketShare, and let you use both the
'030 on the PB and the '040 on the dock, it would be a mighty powerful dock.
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| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL) writes:
>Can anyone tell me if this card works with the March OS/2 2.1 beta?
I believe so, since the Buslogic cards have proven to be very
reliable in OS/2 2.0....
>Where do I get OS/2 drivers?
Endusers (not OEM manufactures) will get all the software package with the
card which includes drivers for Novell, OS/2, Unix & Xenix and so forth.
>Does this card work with the Toshiba 3401B cdrom? (in DOS or OS/2)
Definitely.
>Here is my setup:
>quantam SCSI hd
>toshiba 3401B cdrom
>I'm considering the 542B because I have been told BusLogic's support is
>better than Adaptecs and that the 542B performs better than the 1542C.
>Anyways, I just want to know if the 542B will work in OS/2 & DOS with my
>above peripheals.
>Thank you extremely much for any and all replies.
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1993Apr20.045032.9199@research.nj.nec.com> behanna@syl.nj.nec.com (Chris BeHanna) writes:
>In article <1993Apr19.204159.17534@bnr.ca> Dave Dal Farra <gpz750@bnr.ca> writes:
>>Reminds me of a great editorial by Bruce Reeve a couple months ago
>>in Cycle Canada.
>>
>>He was so pissed off with cops pulling over speeders in dangerous
>>spots (and often blind corners) that one day he decided to get
>>revenge.
>>
>>Cruising on a factory loaner ZZR1100 test bike, he noticed a cop
>>had pulled over a motorist on an on or off ramp with almost no
>>shoulder. Being a bright lad, he hit his bike's kill switch
>>just before passing the cop, who happened to be bending towards
>>the offending motorist there-by exposing his glutes to the
>>passing world.
>>
>>With his ignition system now dead, he pumped his throtle two
>>or three times to fill his exhaust canister's with volatile raw fuel.
>>
>>All it took was a stab at the kill switch to re-light the ignition
>>and send a 10' flame in Sargeant Swell's direction.
>>
>>I wonder if any cycle cops read Cycle Canada?
>
> Although I agree with the spirit of the action, I do hope that
>the rider ponied up the $800 or so it takes to replace the exhaust system
>he just destroyed. The owner's manual explicitly warns against such
>behavior for exactly that reason: you can destroy your muflers that way.
One more good reason for straight pipes or megaphones;-)
Regards, Charles
DoD0.001
RZ350
Ps: Does anyone know if Opti oils sells direct by the case load?
My loacl dealership is charging 12.99 for a jug of injector oil,
and it's breaking me;-)
--
Within the span of the last few weeks I have heard elements of
separate threads which, in that they have been conjoined in time,
struck together to form a new chord within my hollow and echoing
gourd. --Unknown net.person
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <1qv82l$oj2@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ch981@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Tony Alicea) writes:
>
>
> With the Southern Baptist Convention convening this June to consider
>the charges that Freemasonry is incompatible with christianity, I thought
>the following quotes by Mr. James Holly, the Anti-Masonic Flag Carrier,
>would amuse you all...
>
>
> The following passages are exact quotes from "The Southern
>Baptist Convention and Freemasonry" by James L. Holly, M.D., President
>of Mission and Ministry To Men, Inc., 550 N 10th St., Beaumont, TX
>77706.
>
> The inside cover of the book states: "Mission & Ministry to Men,
>Inc. hereby grants permission for the reproduction of part or all of
>this booklet with two provisions: one, the material is not changed and
>two, the source is identified." I have followed these provisions.
>
> "Freemasonry is one of the allies of the Devil" Page iv.
>
> "The issue here is not moderate or conservative, the issue is God
>and the Devil" Page vi."
>
> "It is worthwhile to remember that the formulators of public
>school education in America were Freemasons" Page 29.
>
> "Jesus Christ never commanded toleration as a motive for His
>disciples, and toleration is the antithesis of the Christian message."
>Page 30.
>
> "The central dynamic of the Freemason drive for world unity
>through fraternity, liberty and equality is toleration. This is seen
>in the writings of the 'great' writers of Freemasonry". Page 31.
>
> "He [Jesus Christ] established the most sectarian of all possible
>faiths." Page 37.
>
> "For narrowness and sectarianism, there is no equal to the Lord
>Jesus Christ". Page 40.
>
> "What seems so right in the interest of toleration and its
>cousins-liberty, equality and fraternity-is actually one of the
>subtlest lies of the 'father of lies.'" Page 40.
>
> "The Southern Baptist Convention has many churches which were
>founded in the Lodge and which have corner stones dedicated by the
>Lodge. Each of these churches should hold public ceremonies of
>repentance and of praying the blood and the Name of the Lord Jesus
>Christ over the church and renouncing the oaths taken at the
>dedication of the church and/or building." Page 53-54.
>
>
> I hope you all had a good laugh! I know *I* did! <g>,
>
>
Tony
I appreciate the narrow-mindedness of the view expressed in
the text you quoted. I also appreciate your being amused
by such determined ignorance. Without taking anything away
from your mirth, I want to say that these views sadden me.
I can only hope that that sort of narrow-mindedness will
die with the generations that have promoted it. Teach
your children well.
<wet blanket mode off>
Pax.
John
>
>
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| 19talk.religion.misc |
Ever since Craig Rowland posted his piece "New Encryption"
to sci.crypt there has been some discussion of our company,
Secured Communications Technologies, Inc, and on encryption
algorithm, NEA.
I spoke to Craig at length on 4/21/93 and we covered a lot
of ground. Some of the information in the posting requires some
clarification, and I would like to answer some of the questions
raised on sci.crypt.
SCT is a small company based in Silver Spring Maryland. Our
two main products at this time are a PC based secure
communications program called SECOM and a general purpose
encryption chip which uses the NEA algorithm developed for SECOM.
SECOM provides an encrypted secure communication link
between two PC's connected over dial up telephone lines. It
supports simultaneous bi-directional file transfer and keyboard
to screen "chat". It has its own proprietary communications
protocol which is tightly integrated to the encryption. All
though it is a packetized link, the data stream appears to be
continuous because the packet boundaries are hidden.
When SECOM was initially developed, it was implemented to
use DES encryption. A business decision was made to seek export
approval for the product because it was perceived that the
overseas market was a large one and provided a good marketing
opportunity.
We soon found out that we would NEVER be granted general
export approval for anything using DES. All though the reason
for this was never explicitly stated, it seems to have something
to do with secret government to government agreements which are
still in effect.
In any event, the decision was made to develop a new and
different algorithm which would take the place of DES. This was
the reason NEA (New Encryption Algorithm) was born.
At this time NEA is being held as a trade secret. The
preliminary work of patenting it has begun, and the plan is to
make it public once the patent process is complete. All though
one can make certain legal arguments for keeping it an ongoing
secret, I think in the case of an encryption algorithm it is
necessary to let people "shoot at it" over an extended period of
time to prove its worth.
In order to get export approval for SECOM/NEA, it was
necessary to go through NSA and to reveal to them the details of
the program and algorithm. This was done only AFTER we had a
finished product to submit.
Let me state unequivocally that there is NO "back door" to
the program or the algorithm. Secured Communications
Technologies is a closely held private company and
NSA/FBI/CIA/NIST/WHATEVER has NO financial interest in any way
whatsoever with the company or any of the people involved.
From a practical business standpoint, we are interested in
selling chips and software (hopefully in large quantities) and a
back door to the encryption, if found out, could destroy our
credibility and our business.
With the encryption algorithm approved for export, we set
out to talk to a number of potential customers for encryption
products and systems. We were able to identify several common
threads of functionality requirements. This led to the design of
a chip with the encryption algorithm "cast in silicon" and
certain other capabilities added so that the chip could fulfill
the broad range of requirements that we identified.
We are strongly opposed to the clipper/capstone chips. In a
press release today, our president, Dr. Stephen Bryen stated:
"It seems as if the government has an unlimited source
of funds to use to push its new bugged chips on the American
Public. But do we not understand how the National Security
Agency, which is not supposed to be involved in domestic
spying, can fund the development of a commercial chip
intended to accommodate U.S. government domestic spying
activities."
If they had asked me to put a "back door" in NEA I would
have told them to g__ f____ed.
Can NSA break NEA? Or for that matter can they break DES,
RSA, IDEA, Diffy-Hellman, PGP, RC2, RC4, or whatever? I don't
know and probably never will.
| 11sci.crypt |
HI,
I was just wondering if anyone knew when Erickson
and Keith Miller are expected to come back and what
exactly ails them.
--
Sincerely,
Frank S. Kim
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <30160@ursa.bear.com> halat@pooh.bears (Jim Halat) writes:
>Speed is a quantifiable measure resulting from a set of methods that
>will result in the same value measured no matter the reference.
Hmmm.
>A bullet with zero velocity sitting on a table on a train moving 60mph
>will be moving at a speed of
>
> (a) 0mph to someone on the train.
> (b) 60mph to someone stationary next to the train.
What a coincidence! That's exactly how I've experienced it too.
So far.
Trouble is, I've no way of knowing if it is just coincidence.
That is, it appears to have been that way in all measurements to date.
But I wouldn't go as far as saying that it will always be so - or that it need
always be so.
>The reference frame makes the speed relative. But what's interesting
>here is that every person on the train will see a stationary bullet.
>Every person off, a bullet moving 60mph.
More coincidence! Wow.
Still - I wish I could be *sure* that it was always going to be like that.
tommy
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Definition: PHYSICS - To cut a short story long...
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| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <APM.93Apr20090558@hpopdlau.pwd.hp.com>, apm@hpopdlau.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt) writes:
|>Path: dscomsa!dxcern!mcsun!uknet!pipex!uunet!think.com!sdd.hp.com!hpscit.sc.hp.com!apm
|>From: apm@hpopdlau.pwd.hp.com (Andrew Merritt)
|>In article <1993Apr19.170353.1@vms.ocom.okstate.edu> chorley@vms.ocom.okstate.edu writes:
|> I note with insufficient emotion that amongst the five survivors of the
|> Waco debacle, there were two Brits and an Aussie. The Anglo-Saxon persona
|> really doesn't lend itself to martyrdom for a spurious messiah.
|>
|>I don't see how you draw that conclusion. Around 20 of the 80 inside the
|>buildings were British (one quarter). Two out of the eight (latest count I
|>heard) survivors were British (one quarter). Anyhow, British doesn't equate
|>to Anglo-Saxon.
|>
|>What exactly are you trying to say? And why were there no fire-engines within
|>a mile of the compound?
Because the Gun loonies were firing on vehicles with 50mm amunition that
has a range of 3000 meters.
Next question.
The problem is of course the laws that allow a bunch of raving nutters
to collect a huge stack of arms in the first place.
The sequence of events meant that there really was no option but to
attempt some sort of breakthrough via an intervention. If the FBI had
had the stomach for it they could have mounted a commando type
raid and attempted to save the children by shooting all the adults.
It really was a no win situation. Koresh had plenty of opportunity
to give up and stand trial for the murder of the 4 ATF officers. Instead
he ordered the murder of the children.
In order to reject the word of the FBI and BATF it is neccessary to beleive
the words of a man who has just murdered 17 children and ordered the
suicide/murder of his other 80 followers. According to the account given
the BATF attempted to serve a warrant upon Koresh at the ranch and were met
by gunfire in a deliberate attempt to murder them. The Koresh/gun supporter
claim that the BATF started shooting simply does not stand up. If the
AFT had gone there to start shooting they would have gone with heavier
grade weaponry than standard issue handguns. For all practical purposes
they were unarmed, the B-D followers had automatic weapons.
The B-D seige could not be allowed to go on indefinitely. The B-D were
quite capable of commiting mass suicide and murdering the children at any
time. A commando assault was the only other likely action that could have
achieved that objective, that would have been very risky, orders of
magintude harder than Antebbe or the Iranian Embassy Seige. Airplanes
and Embassies are not designed for defense against attack ranch
apocalypse was. 6 terrorists are far easier to disloge without casualties
than 80.
Allowing the siege to go on was not an option either, besides the serious
risk that Koresh would proclaim armageddon at any moment there was the
question of the difficulties of keeping the emmergency team on standby over
a prolonged period. The longer the siege went on the more mentally prepared
Koresh and his followers would be for a prolonged siege. Rather than go
in prematurely the mistake was probably to go in too soon.
Can you think of a better way of getting the children out?
A 100% certain way?
The people who do not want gun control must obviously discount the entire
government story. This is simply rationalisation. It is not enough for
them to simply dismiss the government as incompetent. That would require
them to come up with a solution themselves. Instead they have to come
up with a government conspiracy theory whereby the government decided to
set out to murder 80 people just to set up some sort of scare to alow them
to get gun control legislation through.
This conspiracy theory assumes that the BATF deliberately got 4 of its
agents killed and that the FBI etc actually enjoy sitting out in the
middle of Texas being shot at by religious nutters.
Still the conspiracy theory is comforting, it allows them to pretend that
WACO proves nothing except about how incompetent the government is in
resolving a hostage crisis. No govt in the world has ever faced a
comparable situation, quite probably there was no manner in which it
could be peacefully resolved. The blame does not rest on the FBI, it
rests on the fact that Koresh was allowed to get so far, in particular
the person who tipped the B-D off in advance has the murder of 4 ATF
agents and 17 children on his or her conscience.
There are a large number of people in the US who predict the end of society
preach salvation through armed security. The fact is that these are the
very people who pose the threat to society in the first place. The next WACO
may not be religious nutters but a political movement. A splinter group
of the Klu Klux Klan taking over a schoolhouse in a black area for example
and holding several hundred children hostage.
The only possible solution to such situations that can work is to prevent
them arising. No other government in the world has faced such a situation.
this is because no other government has so carelessly allowed high power
weaponry to become avaliable to any little Hitler or would be Messiah
to set themselves up as dictator in their own little empire.
Phill Hallam-Baker
| 18talk.politics.misc |
>> The RISC means "reduced instruction set computer". The RISC usually has
>>small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase
>>the clock rate to have a high performance. You can read some books about
>>computer architecture for more information about RISC.
> hmm... not that I am an authority on RISC ;-) but I clearly remember
> reading that the instruction set on RISC CPUs is rather large.
> The difference is in addressing modes - RISC instruction sets are not
> as orthogonal is CISC.
There are some things you might be interested to know about today's RISC
processors. It is true that there are fewer instructions, but what is
not commonly known is that this causes the size of your executables to
swell, so that in some cases performance is similar for larger applications.
As a compromise, many RISC processors today are actually a cross between
a Reduced Instructions Set, and a Complex one.
This is not to say that there is no future in CISC processors, Intel has
certainly proved that.
What I want to know, is what does this have to do with this group?
-dave
Subject: Re: WP-PCF, Linux, RISC?
Newsgroups: comp.unix.dos-under-unix,comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.net,comp.os.ms-windows.apps,comp.os.ms-windows.misc,alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions,comp.apps.spreadsheets,comp.misc,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,man.linux
References: <1qu8ud$2hd@sunb.ocs.mq.edu.au>
From article <1qu8ud$2hd@sunb.ocs.mq.edu.au>, by eugene@mpce.mq.edu.au:
> In article <C5o1yq.M34@csie.nctu.edu.tw> ghhwang@csie.nctu.edu.tw (ghhwang) writes:
>>
>>Dear friend,
>> The RISC means "reduced instruction set computer". The RISC usually has
>>small instruction set so as to reduce the circuit complex and can increase
>>the clock rate to have a high performance. You can read some books about
>>computer architecture for more information about RISC.
>
> hmm... not that I am an authority on RISC ;-) but I clearly remember
> reading that the instruction set on RISC CPUs is rather large.
> The difference is in addressing modes - RISC instruction sets are not
> as orthogonal is CISC.
>
> --
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
> | Some people say it's fun, but I think it's very serious. |
> | eugene@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au |
> +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
--
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President, RTD Systems and Networking, Inc.
President, UofAz Hardware And Computing Knowledge Society (HACKS)
dsiegel@cs.arizona.edu **** dsiegel@hacks.arizona.edu **** dsiegel@rtd.com
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
I've recently got hold of a PC with an S3 card in it, and I'd like to do some
C programming with it, are there any libraries out there that will let me
access the high resolution modes available via Borland Turbo C?
Andy
| 1comp.graphics |
gtoal@gtoal.com (Graham Toal) writes:
> Whatever happens though, the effect of this new chip will be to make private
> crypto stand out like a sore thumb.
ONLY IF this chip catches on. Which means alternatives have to be
developed. Which will only happen if Clipper is discredited.
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OR tony%mantis.co.uk@uknet.ac.uk | servers such as pgp-public-keys@demon.co.uk
OR EVEN arl10@phx.cam.ac.uk | 172045 / 3C85783F 09BBEA0C B86CF9C6 7A5FA172
| 11sci.crypt |
> I wonder how hard it would be (i.e. what it would add to the cost)
>to design desktop machines with a power saver feature built in which would
>reduce power consumption automatically if the machine is idle for more than
>some amount of time.
I believe that Apple, Sun and a number of other desktop machine
manufacturers have agreed with the government to incorporate
power-saving techniques; this is also something that governments in
other countries are likely to require in the future, so expect to see
it. This may include the ability for the system to fully power down
the monitor, via a controllable power outlet, and power it back on
automatically. (Is this a "sell" on screen saver software companies?)
Goals for "idle" power consumption have been set at something like 30
watts for the system, not including the monitor (? don't quote me on
this).
Note that in many businesses, the savings will be substantial,
especially if you factor in reduced load on air conditioning systems.
Sun did a study that indicated that simply powering off monitors for
the night would save the company (Sun itself) on the order of $1M per
year. Putting other (and automatic) power-saving features in would
probably have greater than double that value.
Given that we are seeing more and more reason to leave our work and
home computers on (getting faxes, automatically getting email, ...),
building power consumption control into all machines has a potential to
cut ~2% off the national power consumption, based on data I heard.
BTW: when encouraging employees to power off monitors when leaving
work, it was pointed out that this should only be done with monitors
with the power switch on front. There was some indication that
monitors with power switches on the rear are not designed to tolerate
lots of power cycling. This may only apply to the monitors we use, but
might be worth checking if you happen to have a monitor with the switch
in back.
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Help!! I need code/package/whatever to take 3-D data and turn it into
a wireframe surface with hidden lines removed. I'm using a DOS machine, and
the code can be in ANSI C or C++, ANSI Fortran or Basic. The data I'm using
forms a rectangular grid.
Please post your replies to the net so that others may benefit. IMHO, this
is a general interest question.
Thank you!!!!!!
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <C5t759.DsC@well.sf.ca.us> rwert@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Wert) writes:
>I need some advice on having someone ride pillion with me on my 750 Ninja.
>This will be the the first time I've taken anyone for an extended ride
>(read: farther than around the block :-). We'll be riding some twisty,
>fairly bumpy roads (the Mines Road-Mt.Hamilton Loop for you SF Bay Areans).
You sonuvabitch. Rub it in, why don't you? "We have great weather
and great roads here, unlike the rest of you putzes in the U.S. Nyah, nyah,
nyah."
:-) for the severely humor-impaired.
>This person is <100 lbs. and fairly small, so I don't see weight as too much
>of a problem, but what sort of of advice should I give her before we go?
>I want her to hold onto me :-) rather than the grab rail out back, and
>I've heard that she should look over my shoulder in the direction we're
>turning so she leans *with* me, but what else? Are there traditional
>signals for SLOW DOWN!! or GO FASTER!! or I HAFTA GO PEE!! etc.???
You'll likely not notice her weight too much. A piece of advice
for you: don't be abrupt with the throttle. No wheelies, accelerate a
wee bit more slowly than usual. Consciously worry about spitting her off
the back. It's as much your job to keep her on the pillion as it is hers,
and I guarantee she'll be put off by the bike ripping out from under her
when you whack it open. Keep the lean angles pretty tame the first time
out too. You and her need to learn each other's body English. She needs
to learn what your idea is about how to take the turn, and you need to
learn her idea of "shit! Don't crash now!" so you don't work at cross
purposes while leaned over. You can work up to more aggressive riding over
time.
A very important thing: tell her to put her hand against the tank
when you brake--this could save you some severely crushed cookies.
Have fun,
--
Chris BeHanna DoD# 114 1983 H-D FXWG Wide Glide - Jubilee's Red Lady
behanna@syl.nj.nec.com 1975 CB360T - Baby Bike
Disclaimer: Now why would NEC 1991 ZX-11 - needs a name
agree with any of this anyway? I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs.
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <93109.134719IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> Jon Carr <IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU> writes:
>When is the draft this year? And will there be any coverage?
>I know the upcomming NFL draft is on ESPN.
>
>Anyone got the details?
>
>Paul Kariya 1993 #1 Pick! (No. 2 perhaps? He won't last long!) :-)
>
I don't know the exact coverage in the states. In Canada it is covered
by TSN, so maybe ESPN will grab their coverage! I don't know!
As for the picks
Ottawa picks #1 which means it is almost 100% that Alexander Daigle will
go #1. He'll either stay or be traded in Montreal or Quebec. IMO I would
take Kariya. He should alot of leadership in the NCAA and so far in
the World Championships. Daigle didn't show this for his junior team.
San Jose will then get Kariya.
Tampa Bay will either go for a russian Kozlov (I think that's it) or a
defenseman Rob Niedemeyer (probably spelt the last name wrong)
Because of expansion I won't go further but I will name other of the
blue chip prospects
- Chris Gratton
- Chris Pridham
- a swedish player who I can't remember his name
Draft Order
-----------
1) Ottawa
2) San Jose
3) Tampa Bay
4) South Florida or Anahiem
5) South Florida or Anahiem
6) Hartford
7) Edmonton
8) Dallas
9) NY Rangers
10) Philadelphia
the 8th thru 10th picks could be wrong - I don't have the standings here
and am guessing
(In my mind there are 8 top notch prospects in the draft, with Kariya
leading the way but not going #1)
Shawn - GO CAPS (two first round picks for the next three years - THANKS
ST.LOUIS or should I say RON CARON and SCOTT STEVENS)
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
In <1qsk9d$dck@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> jdl6@po.CWRU.Edu (Justin D. Lowe) writes:
>In a previous article, steinman@me.utoronto.ca (David Steinman) says:
>>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.
>>
>>I would amend your definition to:
>>
>>underdog: a team expected to lose, but which wins thanks to underestimated
>> talent.
>>--
>>Dave!
>>
>OK, the Mets and O's are good examples, but what about the '90 Reds? Do you
>really think that anyone expected them to sweep the A's? I know people who
>didn't even think they'd win a game, let alone win the Series.
These people were very silly. Any team that gets to the World Series
can win the World Series, and anybody who ever expects a sweep is
crazy. If you put the best team in baseball in the Series against
the worst team in baseball, the worst team would win at least a game
most of the time and very well could win the Series, though the odds
would certainly be against them.
Greg
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Does anyone know how to size cold gas roll control thruster tanks
for sounding rockets?
Thanks in advance,
Jim.
| 14sci.space |
Has anyone had problems with Ami Pro 3.0 after running PCTools (v7.1)
compress? I have not corrupted data due to having caches other than
PC-Cache running, so that is not it. The first time I try to run Ami
Pro after loading windows, it loads, but causes (I think it was a)
segmentation fault in AMIPRO.EXE right before it finishes, with all times
after that only managing to get to the logo box that first pops up when
it begins loading, and then causes a general protection fault in module
AMIPROUI.DLL at 0002:1147. I have not been able to fix this problem except
by reinstalling Ami Pro. This has happened twice, with both times being
after having ran compress on my hard drive. BTW, I am not running stacker
or any other disk compression programs, and if you don't already know,
PCTools compress is actually a defragger, despite it's name. My system is
a 386-40MHz, with 16MB of RAM and a NEC (OEM) hard drive, etc, but that
shouldn't make a difference.
PLEASE email me as I can't keep up with the newsgroup, and it will cut down
on net traffic anyways. Thanks.
-Derek
dpiaseck@jarthur.claremont.edu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <1993Apr14.143750.120204@marshall.wvnet.edu> edf003@marshall.wvnet.edu writes:
>Hi, I'm interested in getting the list for license plate numbers. If anyone
>has a listing I'd appreciate getting a copy of it. Thanks!
You can go to the DMV and ask for their listing. Although I
don't know where you may actually buy a copy, you can use theirs
for your perusal. In California, the listing of personalized
license plates run 3 volumes, each about 1.5" thick. I hope this
is what you're asking for.
Ken
--
Kenneth K.F. Lui, klui@corp.hp.com 3000 Hanover Street MS20BJ
Corporate Administrative Information Systems Palo Alto, CA 94304 USA
Core Application Technologies 1(415)857-3230 Fax 1(415)852-8026
| 7rec.autos |
In article <C5LGII.EuJ@ncube.com> root@ncube.com (Operator) writes:
>From: root@ncube.com (Operator)
>Subject: Photo shop scanner?
>Date: Fri, 16 Apr 1993 20:49:30 GMT
>I have a Macc IIci and a Color scanner.
>I scanned a picture at 600 dpi. When I try to print
>it on my HP500 color printer, after 10 minutes of
>making noise, the mac hangs. I would need to reboot it.
>What does this mean? Do I need to buy more memory? I have
>5.0 MB now. I also have about 50 MB of disk free, and the
>scanned picture is about 12 MB.
>
>---
>
>
>
> ^~
> @ * *
> Captain Zod... _|/_ /
> zod@ncube.com |-|-|/
> 0 /| 0
> / |
> \=======&==\===
> \===========&===
>
>
>
have you tried printing the data file (TIFF) from another application such
as freehand or PageMaker? I have found that Photoshop has occasional
problems printing files that I can print through other applications.
-GReg
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| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <10030@blue.cis.pitt.edu> kxgst1+@pitt.edu (Kenneth Gilbert) writes:
>In article <stephen.735806195@mont> stephen@mont.cs.missouri.edu (Stephen Montgomery-Smith) writes:
>:When I was a school boy, my biology teacher told us of an incident
>:in which a couple were very passionate without actually having
>:sexual intercourse. Somehow the girl became pregnent as sperm
>:cells made their way to her through the clothes via persperation.
>:
>:Was my biology teacher misinforming us, or do such incidents actually
>:occur?
>
>Sounds to me like someone was pulling your leg. There is only one way for
>pregnancy to occur: intercourse. These days however there is also
>artificial insemination and implantation techniques, but we're speaking of
>"natural" acts here. It is possible for pregnancy to occur if semen is
>deposited just outside of the vagina (i.e. coitus interruptus), but that's
>about at far as you can get. Through clothes -- no way. Better go talk
>to your biology teacher.
>
>--
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
>= Kenneth Gilbert __|__ University of Pittsburgh =
>= General Internal Medicine | "...dammit, not a programmer!" =
>=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
what is the likely hood of conception if sperm is deposited just outside
the vagina? ie. __% chance.
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email: scheiber@sage.cc.purdue.edu School of Nursing - Purdue University
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| 13sci.med |
Just to follow up on Casper's posting. I have been following this business
since it started 52 days ago. The Branch Davidians have occupied the Mt.
Carmel location for some years, and their neighbors (you know, the people
next door) have said to a man, that the BD folks were quiet and never
bothered anybody.
There were some defector from the BD who alleged child abuse within the
movement, but how does this bring in the Feds? In particular what interest
would ATF have in child abuse. O.K. It was the allegation of possesing
illegal automatic weapons. A search warrant could have been obtained
(properly) only on probable cause. This means that some evidence that an
illegal auto weapon was shipped in, or an illegal kit for converting
semi-auto weapons to full automatic was purchased or shipped.
In either case, how does this require an NO-KNOCK warrent, with a bunch of
macho hot dog assholes busting into the place *without* identifying
themselves. Milleniests tend to be a bit paranoid anyway. It is no
surprise they shot when invaded. Hell I am not a religious extremist and I
might have done the same myself. If the DEA busted into my house by
mistake without identifying themselve and I had a gun in my hand, I would
shoot first and wonder later.
So if it was illegal guns, the ATF should have gotten a normal warrant
(how can you flush a 50 calibre machine gun down the toilet?) and
presented it in a peaceful normal way. David Koresh has had brushes with
the law, even standing trial for attempted murder in which he was
acquitted. In every prior brush with the law, Koresh and his people acted
peacibly. There was no prior action on the part of the BD folks to
indicate that they were any danger to society.
NOTE: The question of whether the BD people were religious extremists or
slight daft is totally irrelevant. It is *not* against the law to be
looney or zany.
Look and learn folks. And be VERY afraid.
Conan the Libertarian
--
"If you can't love the Constitution, then at least hate the Government"
| 18talk.politics.misc |
> I have a problem when I'm using PostScript. When I am working local
> on a SUN SPARCstation IPC the PostScript works good, but when I connect
> to the SUN from a X-terminal I just get error messages that the
> PostScript cannot connect to the news-display.
> Why doesn't PostScript work on an X-terminal
Because xterminals do not have a NeWS server. xterminals have
speed by nature of their limited functionality: once you add NeWS and
everything else, you have a workstation. There are workarounds, I've
heard, one involving a perl script. What we are trying to do is
replace programs that need NeWS (like pageview) with programs that
don't (like ghostview).
Maybe someone else can elaborate on the perl workaround; I
have no personal experience with it.
Greg Owen { gowen@forte.cs.tufts.edu, gowen@jade.tufts.edu }
Systems Programmer and TA, Tufts University Computer Science Dept.
230- All transfers are disclaimed by my host name and boss's address.
230- If you don't like this policy, disconnect now!
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <Mfqk2O200awN0sskQm@andrew.cmu.edu>, Nathan Robert Peters <np22+@andrew.cmu.edu> writes:
> Rumor has it here in Pittsburgh that there is going to be a Penguins
> broadcasting change before next season. According to the rumor, the KBL
> leadership (the company the broadcasts the Pen's games) wants to limit
> loved broadcaster Mike Lange to radio only and hire Don Cherry as his
> broadcast partner. This would mean Paul Stiegerwald would be fired
> (good riddance).
>
> Does anyone know anything about this? Lange is a fun broadcaster to
> listen to, and Pens games wouldn't be the same without him. Also I hear
> Cherry doesn't have high opinions of Lemieux, Ulf Sammuelsson, or
> Jaromir Jagr. How is he supposed to broadcast their games?
>
I believe that the large number of digits on his paycheck (and
it would not be binary) would help Don to be a fan of Ulf!, Jaro, and
Mario.
>
> Nate Peters - Lifetime Penguins fan (even from before they were the best)
Kevin L. Stamber
Purdue University
Top 10 reasons the Pittsburgh Penguins won the Patrick Division:
3. A strong desire to get THE CUP back to your neighborhood
Eat 'n' Park -- where there's always something special cooking!
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Hello,
i'm interested in those devices too.
Could also send me your suggestions.
Thank in advance.
Regards.
--
Martin VICENTE (E-mail: vicente@cenaath.cena.dgac.fr - Tph: 69 84 56 88)
Centre d'Etudes de la Navigation Aerienne _/_/_/ _/_/ / o \ / o \
Div. Support Informatique & Developpement _/ _/ _/ \___/ \___/
| 1comp.graphics |
>DATE: 15 Apr 1993 16:32:05 GMT
>FROM: cozzlab@garnet.berkeley.edu
>
>In article <1993Apr15.053905.16811@sarah.albany.edu> me9574@albnyvms.bitnet writes:
>
>[advertises his printing business]
>
>Oh, dear. Let me be the first on my block.
>
>You have just violated one of the major shibboleths of the Usenet groups:
^^^^^^^^^^^
nit: Is he unable to type the first 'h' in this word? ;-)
>you're not supposed to use a newsgroup to plug your own commercial
>enterprise (of _any_ kind; people frequently get flamed for announcing
>they've got a new book out.)
>
>I don't know whether this is an official Usenet rule or just a long-
>standing custom, and it doesn't make much difference from a practical
>point of view.
As a matter of fact D.J., it does make a difference.
Almost a half million new users joined the Internet last year,
many of them are commercial businesses. The ban on commercial
use of Internet is no more.
One should have the breeding not to post commercial material
on an account provided by ones employer or school, unless the
provider of such account gives permission. (HA!)
Those of us who pay for Internet access are constrained only
by our innate good taste and no have no "administrator" to
guide(?) us.
Jack Previdi Veni, Vidi, Fece!
p00020@psilink.com
| 6misc.forsale |
In article <May.11.02.38.41.1993.28297@athos.rutgers.edu> mserv@mozart.cc.iup.edu (Mail Server) writes:
>I don't necessarily object to the secrecy but I do question it, since I see no
>Biblical reason why any aspect of Christian worship should involve secrecy.
Early in Church history, the catechumens were dismissed prior to the celebration
of the Eucharist. It WAS secret, giving rise to the rumors that Christians
were cannibals and all sorts of perverse claims. The actions were considered
too holy to be observed by non-Christians, as well as potentially dangerous
for the individual Christian who might be identified.
Larry Overacker (llo@shell.com)
--
-------
Lawrence Overacker
Shell Oil Company, Information Center Houston, TX (713) 245-2965
llo@shell.com
| 15soc.religion.christian |
I am looking for Bernoulli removable tapes for the 20/20 drive..
Don't laugh ... I am serious...
If you have any 20 MB tapes lying around that you would like to get rid of,
please mail me ...
-- Nilay Patel
nilayp@violet.berkeley.edu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <hansg.733929100@risken> hansg@risken.vd.volvo.se (Hans Granqvist) writes:
>Is it wise to even think about removing the annoying fan from my
>Classic? I have no warranty to void.
>
>And where do I get a screwdriver to fit in those funny screws?
>--
>Hans Granqvist, Volvo Data Corp., Gothenburg, Sweden --- my opinions only
>"To every complex problem there exists an easy solution that's not correct."
The screws are Torx screws and the tool isn't to hard to find. It's a
matter of finding one with a long enough shaft to do the trick.
No it is not a good idea to take that fan out. Why because it will
cause stuff to over heat. Internal hard drives, motherboard...You name
it and this can cause damage. I've known people to have hard drive
failures because of fans that didn't work right....
--
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| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Hello
as the subject tells all I am trying to find out what is the formula to
calculate the ERA for the pitchers.
If any of you baseball fans have it please e-mail me at
napoli@atc.olivetti.com
thank you very much
Gaetano Napolitano
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Name your price, cap colours & quantity available.
cheers
Mike
| 12sci.electronics |
>All time NHL leading goal scorers (* denotes active player):
>
> 1. Gordie Howe Det-Hfd 801
> 2. *Wayne Gretzky Edm-LA 765
> .
> .
> .
I wonder how many more years it will take Gretz to beat this one? ;-)
- Mike
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
In <11172@lhdsy1.lahabra.chevron.com> hwrvo@kato.lahabra.chevron.com (W.R. Volz) writes:
>1) What do I gain with this new BIOS?
It fixed a problem for us of getting Divide Errors that were
caused by the GW BIOS overwriting some interapplication
memory area. Our problem was with Clarion Database programs,
but I also heard that it fixed the same problem with Brief
--
=============================================================================
Pat Gleason | Maybe something good, maybe something
pgleason@ncratl.atlantaga.ncr.com | bad, I guess we'll never know !
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1993Apr22.141927.15716@bnr.ca> dwjz@bnr.ca (Doug Zolmer) writes:
>In article <185900001@hpindda.cup.hp.com>, jimb@hpindda.cup.hp.com (James Bruder) writes:
>|> anyone else experiencing a similar problem?
>|>
>|> This concerns the clutch on a 92 Honda Accord 5 speed. When the clutch
>|> is first used in the morning, about the first 4 miles of shifting, there
>|> is a significant amount of clutch chatter until things warm up. Then the
>|> clutch shifts smoothly. This chatter started when I moved to the San
>|> Francisco Bay area from a low-humidity environment. The dealer stated
>|> that this is known to happen since Honda changed from an asbestos to
>|> non-asbestos clutch material. No remedy!! Seems that moisture on clutch
>|> surface causes slipping until the moisture evaporates.
>|>
>|> Any comments out there?
>
>The clutch on my '92 Honda Civic EX-V (EX in the U.S.) does this too.
>It's annoying. Now that I think about, it _is_ worse when the humidity is
>high. The dealer also claims there's nothing they can do since the clutch is
>a "self-adjusting hydraulic design". Yeah, right.
>
One of the reasons I sold my '92 Civic VX was the chattery-grabby clutch
although I din't notice it being any worse in humid weather, perhaps because
its always humid around here. I was told by Honda that it has to do with
changing from asbestos to non-asbestos linings, which began around 1990.
Someone could make some good money selling the old-fashion variety if it's
legal to manufacture them these days. My feeling is that since many other
car makers do not have this problem, that it's a poor design or engineering
problem on the part of Honda. Three things to look out for on all Honda
products - clutch chatter, bad brake rotors, and rusty exhaust systems.
| 7rec.autos |
In article <bauer-060493101758@134.60.68.23>, bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de (Christian Bauer) writes:
> In article <Afi9sHS00VohMrYlEe@andrew.cmu.edu>, "Donpaul C. Stephens"
> <deathbird+@CMU.EDU> wrote:
> >
> > What is the difference?
> > I want a double-spin CD-ROM drive by May
> >
> > looking into NEC and Apple, doublespins only
> > what is the best?
>
> Nec Toshiba and Sony (Apple) nearly deliver the same speed.
> As apples prices are very low (compared to there RAM SIMMS)
> You should buy what is inexpencive. But think of Driver revisions.
> It is easier to get driver kits from Apple than from every other
> manufacturer
>
> Christian Bauer
>
> bauer@informatik.uni-ulm.de
I thought NEC and Toshiba CD-ROM mechanism have an average
access time of less than 200 ms. While the SONY-APPLE CD-ROM
drive has an access time of 300 ms for the doublespin models.
- Chung Yang
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <9304191540.AA09727@sparc1.jade.com>, graham@sparc1.ottawa.jade.COM (Jay Graham) writes:
|>
|> I am developing an X (Xt,Xm) application that will include a graphics window
|> of some sort with moving symbols among other things. A pure X application
|> could be implemented with Motif widgets, one of which would be an
|> XmDrawingArea for drawing with Xlib. But I would like to take advantage of
|> the Graphics Library (GL) available on our IBM RS/6000 (SGI's GL i believe).
|>
|> Is it possible to mix X and GL in one application program?
|> Can I use GL subroutines in an XmDrawingArea or in an X window opened by me
|> with XOpenWindow?
There is a widget already defined for GL. It is the GlxMDraw (motif) or
GlxDraw (athena) widget. It is similar to a XmDrawingArea, except that it
allows you to use GL calls to render into the window. Look at glxlink,
glxunlink, glxgetconfig, and glxwinset in the man pages.
|> I have never used GL before, but the doc on GL winopen() says that the first
|> time winopen() is called it opens a connection to the server. Also, most of
|> the GL calls do not require a Display or GC, unlike most X calls. From this
|> initial information it appears that X and GL cannot be mixed easily. Is this
|> true?
The GlxMDraw widget works pretty well. OpenGL will be an improvement.
|> Does PEX (graPHIGS?) have the same functionality of GL?
I think GL is a little easier to use and a little more powerful, but
that's just an opinion. Mileage may vary.
--
Larry D. Pyeatt The views expressed here are not
Internet : pyeatt@texaco.com those of my employer or of anyone
Voice : (713) 975-4056 that I know of with the possible
exception of myself.
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <1qmi34$g2n@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>In article 5049@cvbnetPrime.COM, tjohnson@tazmanian.prime.com (Tod Johnson (617) 275-1800 x2317) writes:
[...]
>>Sure there are horns but my hand is already on the throttle. Should we
>>get into how many feet a bike going 55mph goes in .30 seconds; or
>>how long it would take me to push my horn button??
>
[...]
>
>The answer is 161.33 feet.
>
>---
>Ed Green, former Ninjaite |I was drinking last night with a biker,
[...]
Try something like 24.2 feet.
EdGetACalculator
-----
Tommy McGuire
mcguire@cs.utexas.edu
mcguire@austin.ibm.com
"...I will append an appropriate disclaimer to outgoing public information,
identifying it as personal and as independent of IBM...."
| 8rec.motorcycles |
Buffalo is up 2-0 is the series with Boston, and the reason....Grant Fuhr ?
Fuhr is playoff hungry, and he's proving once again why they call him
money goaltender. Fuhr might not be one of the best goaltenders in the
league anymore (Statistically at least), but he's proving that he can
make the big save at the right time.
The Leafs should have kept Fuhr, and probably would have had a chance
against powerhouse Detroit. But again.......where was Andreychoke in game 1 ?
I can see the huge smile on Gerald's face after Fuhr's performance.
%*%*%*%**%*%%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*
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% \ ________/ *
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% \ \ Contact for the Blues *
* \ \ SAINT LOUIS jca2@cec1.wustl.edu %
% (___) BLUES *
*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%*%
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Does anyone have any Russian Contacts (Space or other) or contacts in the old
USSR/SU or Eastern Europe?
Post them here so we all can talk to them and ask questions..
I think the cost of email is high, so we would have to keep the content to
specific topics and such..
Basically if we want to save Russia and such, then we need to make contacts,
contacts are a form of info, so lets get informing.
==
Michael Adams, nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu -- I'm not high, just jacked
Alive in Nome, Alaska (once called Russian America).
| 14sci.space |
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