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Hello Forrest:
I noticed your recent posting regarding crashes of the Duo 230. At the
present I own a PB100 and a IIsi. I had been contemplating selling both and
geting a 230. Based upon your experiences would you make that
recommendation?
This is the first time I had heard of any problems with the Duo. Is this the
norm. Have you been able to work around the problems?
Thanks for responding!
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| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
paula@koufax.cv.hp.com (Paul Andresen) writes:
> WOOF!
>Gawd, how I hate myself for doing this, but sometimes you get those urges
>that are too powerful to overcome.
>To quote Sportscenter: Bosiooo ooo ooo
Hey, Bosio threw a no-no what the hell a Red Sox fan
going to say to that. Heck...Remeber Matt Young last year? ICK..
------TAC
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Looking to save money? I am your man. I will mail you
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of coupons. So mail $15 and get $30 dollars in coupons. Sounds like a great
deal well it is. Send SASE to 766 S.Elizabeth St. Salt Lake City, Utah 84102
enclose money in form of a money order. Personally, I would not trust a person
to send coupons after money is sent. Well, let me earn your trust. Send
$1 dollar, and I'll send you your $2 in store coupons.
Then we'll talk more
e-mail enquiries to yb025@uafhp.uark.edu
Thank you,
John Schiefer
| 6misc.forsale |
In article <C4zHys.6D9@news.claremont.edu>, ebrandt@jarthur.claremont.edu (Eli Brandt) writes:
|>In article <C4zJ86.BFF@dscomsa.desy.de> hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:
|>>A State is defined by its ability to create laws, ergo when the state is not
|>>able to make laws we are not talking about a fully functioning state.
|>
|>There are always some areas on which the state is able to make and
|>enforce laws, and some on which it is not. To add some relevance to
|>the group in which I happen to be reading this, the U.S. government
|>circa 1800 could not have created laws such as present Federal
|>gun-control legislation. Was it not a state?
Yes because it has always had that power. The constitution limits the areas
in which the government can exercise power. The constitution can be changed
however and has been frequently. For example during prohibition the
government had no power to permit alcohol to be sold although the state had
the capacity to change the constitution to enable this.
The constitutional provisions are merely a matter of form that dictate
the manner in which power is exercised. No piece of paper can prevent
abuse, for example the imprisonment of the socialist presidential candidate
for opposing world war I - a clear breach of the first ammendment,
The United States clearly has the capacity to bring in meaningful arms
control measures. If there were large groups of powerful warlords who could
prevent such a measure by force we would have to admit that the power
of the federal government to uphold the constitution was limited. This
is the situation in Somalia where the state is unable to govern because
the people with the guns think that they have the right to decide the
law.
|>>You have a very confused notion of what a state is. A modern state is a
|>>governing body. In the period you describe there is no lasting instance of
|>>a period where there was law without a governing body to enforce that law.
|>
|>Of course there was no effective law without enforcement. But
|>saying that "a state is a governing body" does not mean that it is
|>the only sort of a governing body, unless one plays semantic games
|>like, "if a state didn't create it, it's not really a law".
The problem is extrapolating from our notions of what a state is which
date from the treaty of Westphalia to the medieval period where countries
were much more analogous to bodies like the EEC or the UN - organisations
where individual members had significant powers in their own right and
did not derive their power from a central authority.
|> The
|>canonical example of non-governmental law is probably the Law
|>Merchant, which others can expound upon better than I. But it was
|>certainly enforced in non-state courts for some time, although state
|>courts, being subsidized, later were able to effectively enter the
|>arbitration business.
But here we are not talking of a time where law was voluntary. The rules
and regulations settled in this manner were in areas that the state
was not involved in. Even today a great deal of law is effectively
made in this manner. For example the city of London stockmarket which is
a non governmental body that can make and enforce rules. It does so however
within the framework laid down by the government.
In medieval times this framework existed in preciosely the same manner. If
you were to set up shop as a trade association and decide to screw the
monarch you could expect to end up inside the tower in a very short
time. Most of the organisations allowed to make law have explicit Royal
Charters, such as the Universities for example. Fairs and towns all required
authority in order to trade. It was customary however for this authority
to be granted on a permanent basis subject to revocation in the case of
misbehavior. After Magna Carta the monarch lost the power to remove
privillage without recourse to the courts. Tony Benn recently established
through a devious route the power of the Parliament to revoke favours
without recourse to the courts - thus establishing the right to abolish
the house of lords for example.
Certainly none of the rules set up by merchants forms any part of the
"common law" which has a very specific meaning in the UK. It is law
made by the judiciary through judgements on cases. Nothing else is
common law.
Incidentaly the common law is a lot more common than people expect. For
example a judgment in common law made in England can effect the
interpretation of the law in most of the countries that were once in
the Empire, including the US, the reverse is also true. For example a
lot of the decisions surrounding AIDS cases in the US are of relevance
to UK decisions. Although the statues are different the reasoning that
lies behind the interpretation of those statues is common and thus if
a judge made a reasoned assesment of the interpretation of the law in
one jurdisdiction it would clearly be perverse if another country with no
guiding precedent should judge a person to be guilty of a crime which
they might by the existence of a precedent consider to be legal. The law
should be as predictable as possible and abhors making decisions without
precedent. Once a decision is made in the UK though that naturally is
superior in UK law.
Phill Hallam-Baker.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
hess@swt1.informatik.uni-hamburg.de writes:
>> I wonder if it is possible for a parent window to paint over the area of
>> its childs. If it is not, then how could it be possible to implement a
>> rubberband across multiple xwindows to select the objects that are
>> displayed one in each window?
Use a GC with the subwindow_mode attribute set to IncludeInferiors. The
default is ClipByChildren. However, beware if any of the children are of
a different depth to the parent; the semantics of this are undefined by the
protocol.
Gerard O'Driscoll (gerard.odriscoll@dps.co.uk)
Du Pont Pixel Systems Ltd.
| 5comp.windows.x |
There was a discussion a couple of weeks ago about using different
cables to
achieve different resolutions on the Quadra and Centris series. A
company that sold the cables was mentioned. Can someone please e-mail me
the companies name, address, etc, and any other info that may be relevant?
"Just like everything else in life, the right lane ends in half a mile."
Ravi Konchigeri.
mongoose@leland.stanford.edu
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Joseph M. Kasanic <jmk13@po.cwru.edu> writes:
>Just thought I would mention that Sony no longer manufactures the CPD-
>1304 because of several manufacturing flaws. The new model is now the
>1430, which just like Apple's new Sony Trinitrom CLAIMS to be 14 inches.
>I'm not sure of the details on the defects, but I work at our schools
>bookstore
>and can tell you that nearly half of them were returned with some kind of
>defect or another.
I'm assuming that you are referring to the 1304S, correct? What kind of flaws
have been reported? I've been using mine for about 6-7 months now, and I
haven't noticed any problems. Might they develop later, or did I get lucky
and snag a good monitor?
Just Curious,
john
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| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Fascinating. Most of the content of the White House announcements was
in what was *not* said. It gives us almost nothing of value, threatens to
take away a lot, and does it with a sincere smile on its face,
and the nice friendly word "Management".
FACT SHEET
PUBLIC ENCRYPTION MANAGEMENT
The first thing it doesn't say is "We're giving you stronger encryption".
what it says is
the U. S. Government has developed a microcircuit that not only
provides privacy through encryption that is substantially more robust
than the current government standard, but also permits escrowing of
the keys needed to unlock the encryption. The system for the
escrowing of keys will allow the government to gain access to
encrypted information only with appropriate legal authorization.
But DES is strong enough that only the government can break it now,
so the major effect is to make it EASIER for government to break!
*At best* it makes it more difficult for the NSA to break, since they
need to get one of the two escrowed keys to do a brute-force search
for the other 40-bit key.
Similarly, it didn't say "We're making encryption is commercially available."
because encryption *is* already commercially available, including
forms the NSA may not be able to break, like triple-DES or IDEA.
And phone companies could offer DES-based systems *now* if they were
convinced the government would let them and they could make enough money.
The next thing it didn't say is "We're making encryption legal",
because of course encryption *has always been* legal, and the
President can't change the First Amendment merely by decree.
What it *did* say was:
In making this decision, I do not intend to prevent the
private sector from developing, or the government from approving,
other microcircuits or algorithms that are equally effective in
assuring both privacy and a secure key- escrow system.
which clearly means "We're making encryption illegal unless we get your keys.
Soon. Once business buys into this."
Another thing it didn't say is "We're going to ask Congress for money
to do *lots* more wiretapping", because of course, there's a budget crisis,
and Congress might debate the policy issues or not give them the cash.
What it *did* say was:
The Attorney General will procure and utilize encryption devices to
the extent needed to preserve the government's ability to conduct
lawful electronic surveillance and to fulfill the need for secure
law enforcement communications. Further, the Attorney General
shall utilize funds from the Department of Justice Asset Forfeiture
Super Surplus Fund to effect this purchase.
which means "We've got money Congress can't control and we're going to
buy lots of wiretapping equipment with it to detect NON-APPROVED CRYPTO
(that's what "preserve the government's ability to conduct ... surveillance"
means.)
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| 11sci.crypt |
Does anybody know of any information regarding the implementaion of total
quality management, quality control, quality assurance in the delivery of
health care service. I would appreciate any information. If there is enough
interest, I will post the responses.
Thank You
Abhin Singla MS BioE, MBA, MD
President AC Medcomp Inc
| 13sci.med |
In article <1993Apr20.164517.20876@kpc.com> henrik@quayle.kpc.com writes:
>In article <1993Apr20.000413.25123@ee.rochester.edu>, terziogl@ee.rochester.edu (Esin Terzioglu) writes:
>My response to the "shooting down" of a Turkish airplane over the Armenian
>air space was because of the IGNORANT posting of the person from your
>Country. Turks and Azeris consistantly WANT to drag ARMENIA into the
>KARABAKH conflict with Azerbaijan. The KARABAKHI-ARMENIANS who have lived
>in their HOMELAND for 3000 years (CUT OFF FROM ARMENIA and GIVEN TO AZERIS
>BY STALIN) are the ones DIRECTLY involved in the CONFLICT. They are defending
>themselves against AZERI AGGRESSION. Agression that has NO MERCY for INOCENT
>people that are costantly SHELLED with MIG-23's and othe Russian aircraft.
>
>At last, I hope that the U.S. insists that Turkey stay out of the KARABAKH
>crisis so that the repeat of the CYPRUS invasion WILL NEVER OCCUR again.
>
Armenia is involved in fighting with Azarbaijan. It is Armenian
soldiers from mainland Armenia that are shelling towns in Azarbaijan.
You might wish to read more about whether or not it is Azeri aggression
only in that region. It seems to me that the Armenians are better
organized, have more success militarily and shell Azeri towns
repeatedly.
I don't wish to get into the Cyprus discussion. Turkey had the right to
intervene, and it did. Perhaps the intervention was not supposed to
last for so long, but the constant refusal of the Greek governments both
on the island and in Greece to deal with reality is also to be blamed
for the ongoing standoff in the region.
Lastly, why is there not a soc.culture.armenia? I vote yes for it.
After all, it is now free.
regards,
Deniz
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
In article <Apr.21.03.26.18.1993.1352@geneva.rutgers.edu> reedr@cgsvax.claremont.edu writes:
>following Christ. From Captialist who have polluted the enviorment in strict
>obedience to the Gensis command to subdue the earth, to Nazi's who have
>"justly" punished the Jews for the killing Christ
It is funny how this one little quote from Genesis is treated
by certain anti-Christians as if Christians have been given a
firm command to destroy the earth. You could prove almost
anything by taking little quotes out of context from the Bible
- it's a big book, you know. I doubt you could find a single
case of a anti-ecological action taking place specifically
because teh perpetrator was motivated by a Christian belief.
As for the Nazis, they were motivated by German Nationalism,
not by Christianity. In fact they despised Christianity as a
weak pacifist religion, and were much more keen on pagan
glorification of strength and warfare. They killed the Jews
because they were not Germans, not because they were
"Christ-killers" - they were just as keen on killing the other
non-German ethnic minority, the Romanies or Gypsies.
Matthew Huntbach
| 15soc.religion.christian |
(Steve Tomassi) writes:
> Hi, baseball fans! So what do you say? Don't you think he deserves it?
>I
>
>mean, heck, if Dave Winfield (ho-hum) is seriously being considered for it,
>as
>is Lee Smith (ha), then why don't we give Dave Kingman a chance? Or Darrell
>Evans! Yeah, yeah! After the Hall of Fame takes in them, it can take in
>Eddie
>Murray and Jeff Reardon.
> Well, in any case, I am sick and tired (mostly sick) of everybody
>giving
>Hall of Fame consideration to players that are by today's standards,
>marginal.
>Honestly, Ozzie Smith and Robin Yount don't belong there. They're both
>shortstops that just hung around for a long time. Big deal.
> Let's be a little more selective, huh? Stop handing out these honors
>so
>liberally. Save them for the guys who really deserve it. Face it, if
>something
>isn't done, there will be little prestige in the Hall of Fame anymore. When
>certain individuals believe that Steve Garvey or Jack Morris are potential
>candidates, the absurdity is apparent. Gee, can these guys even compare to
>the more likely future Hall of Famers like Kirby Puckett or Nolan Ryan?
>
>Q Steve
What's the difference between Nolan Ryan and Yount? Both have hung
around for years, and continue to post great stats. Why shouldn't Dave Kingman
get into the Hall? Or Murray, Evens, Reardon, and others? What the hell do
you have to do? Ask an opposing pitcher whether he thinks that Winfield should
be in the hall... God. Pretty soon you'll be saying that Cal Ripken doesn't
deserve to be in the Hall. Then, I'll flame you. :-)
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| 9rec.sport.baseball |
I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer to a rather trivial question which
I've been thinking about: What was the process used to divide the Bible into
verses. I believe Jerome divided the New Testament, but I've never seen any
discussion of *how* he did this. It seems rather arbitrary, as opposed to, for
example, making each sentence a verse.
| 15soc.religion.christian |
gstovall@crchh67.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Greg Stovall) writes:
>Anyway, over the weekend, I was resting on the sofa (in between chores),
>and noticed that I briefly picked up what sounded like ham radio traffic
>over my stereo and television, even though both were off. Also, all the
>touch sensitive lights in my house start going wacko, cycling through
>their four brightness states.
>I presume that some ham operator with an illegal amplifier drove past
>my house (I live on a busy thoroughfare); would this be a correct presumption?
>What kind of power must he be putting out to cause the effects?
>The affected equipment is about 100 feet from the road...
Hams can legally run up to 1500 watts. It is very unlikely, however,
that a ham would be running that kind of power from a car. Ham rigs
for cars put out around 100 watts. It is possible that a 100 watt
radio would cause interference to consumer electronic 100 feet
away. Most TVs, stereos, and VCRs have very poor RF shielding.
If you experience the problem frequently, it may be
caused by a ham, CBer, or other radio operator in a base station
nearby. The interference may have been caused by a radio
transmitter used for other purposes, such as police, fire,
etc. If you heard voices over your stereo, I think you are
correct in assuming that the source is an RF transmitter.
If you have frequent trouble, you may want to try the RF ferrite
chokes available at Radio Shack. The interference is probably
being picked up by your speaker wires, and those chokes can
be installed on the wires very easily (without cutting them).
Good instructions are included with the chokes.
If that does not solve the problem, you may want to search your
neighborhood for a radio operator. Look for antennas on the roof
or car. Talk to him/her about your problem. There are things
a radio operator can do to reduce interference.
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| 12sci.electronics |
bf3833@pyuxe.cc.bellcore.com (feigenbaum,benjamin) writes:
>I recently read that during Bill Clinton's campaign, he stated
>that if elected he would immediately recognize Jerusalem as
>Israel's capital. According to the article, Mr. Clinton
>reaffirmed this after winning the presidency. However,
>during recent talks with President Mubarak, Secretary of
>State Christopher stated that "the status of Jerusalem
>will be a final matter of discussion between the parties".
>Now I don't want to start a big discussion over the status
>of Jerusalem. All I want to know is if anyone can
>authenticate Mr. Clinton's statements with dates, places, etc.
From a recent interview in Middle East Insight magazine,
Clinton said that he supports moving the US Embassy to
Jerusalem, but would not do so at this time because it
would interrupt the peace talks.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of baseball" - Geddy Lee
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
In article <1993Apr20.054225.24299@ncsu.edu> rjbaucom@eos.ncsu.edu
(RYAN JEFFREY BAUCOM) writes:
>I have a couple of questions:
>
>1) What is a 16550 UART?
and so on.
see my response in comp.dcom.modems.....all of your answers are there.
btw, next time, if you must cross-post into other groups, CROSS-POST
instead of posting multiple copies. that way, only one copy of your
article must be transmitted by the network, and only one copy is stored
on people's disks (except in the case of brain-damaged news software).
--jim
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| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
How can I capture ButtonPress/ButtonRelease events in multiple clients?
I want to know if the user is still at the display before locking the screen.
I can get KeyPress/KeyRelease and Pointer motion events, but if the user
is pressing the mouse button in the same location (the mouse doesn't move)
I can't capture the events.
The O'Reilly Xlib Programming Manual (vol. 1) says on page 252;
"Only one client can select button events on any one window at one time,
due to the grab that automatically takes place."
Any help would be appreciated.
Deryl Steinert
dus@ornl.gov
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <1993Apr20.173019.11903@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas) writes:
>
>As for how foods taste: If I'm not allergic to MSG and I like
>the taste of it, why shouldn't I use it? Saying I shouldn't use
>it is like saying I shouldn't eat spicy food because my neighbor
>has an ulcer.
>
Nobody is saying that you shouldn't be allowed to use msg. Just
don't force it on others. If you have food that you want to
enhance with msg just put the MSG on the table like salt. It is
then the option of the eater to use it. If you make a commerical
product, just leave it out. You can include a packet (like some
salt packets) if you desire.
Salt, pepper, mustard, ketchup, pickles ..... are table options.
Treat MSG the same way. I wouldn't shove my condiments down your
throat, don't shove yours down mine.
WFL
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| 13sci.med |
Hi,
I own a IIsi and I'm considering buying a Powerbook. Can
anyone give me a listing of all the models and tell me what I'm looking for,
i.e. passive matrix vs. active, memory sizes, upgradeability, internal modems,
disk size. If you could provide some prices too that would help. I'm not
informed enough on Powerbooks to know how well they operate.
I have been following the posts on some of the problems that have been
encountered such as the trackball not working in the horizontal.
I would appreciate the list as well as any advice you may have.
Thanks in advance.
Kordi A.
Wichita State University
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Oops, what the hell a crosspost is this ?!
Have a look onto XV-3.00 before saying anything more about it's power.
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| 1comp.graphics |
alee@ecs.umass.edu writes:
>Greetings!
>
> Situation: I have a phone jack mounted on a wall. I don't
> know the number of the line. And I don't want
> to call up the operator to place a trace on it.
> Question: Is there a certain device out there that I can
> use to find out the number to the line?
> Thanks for any response.
> Al
There usually is a way, however, often, telephone companies like to
keep all of their internal numbers private. Depends on your exchange.
Any modern electronic switching equipment usually have voice synth
lines that echo the number you called from. The line service guys use this
to make sure they connect up the right pairs of lines.
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <1993Apr20.002651.20797@sco.com> nathanp@sco.COM (Nathan) writes:
>
>"Jeremy G. Mereness" <zonker+@CMU.EDU> says:
>>
>>Can anyone offer any opinions of the Ford Probe... ala how they do in
>>the long run, repair records, reliability, mileage, etc?
>>
>>I am fixing to buy a car in the next few months aiming toward something
>>a little bigger than a typical small car and with a little more power. I
>>am considering the MX-6, Probe, Accord, Corolla, and the 240SX.
...
>I bought a '93 Probe GT with the PEP 263A last July (now at 9500 miles)
>after debating over the Sentra SE-R/NX2000, MX6, MR-2, Stealth, Prelude,
>and Celica.
...
>The car design is different than earlier years, so it's too early to see its
>reliability so far. For what it's worth, my comments:
>
>My dislikes:
>Shutting door with windows up from inside rarely makes good wind seal.
Some other owners on the ford-probe@world.std.com mailing list have commented
about this problem, but I haven't seen it happen on my 3 month old
'93 Probe GT. I think this may be something that Ford has corrected since
the initial batch of cars. Also, someone said that Ford has issued a
service bulletin to inform dealers about how to correct this problem, so you
may be able to get your dealer to fix it.
>Headlights have "stuck" up a few times (weather?)
>air conditioning broke ~4000 miles (pressure cycling switch)
>condensation around rear washer fluid container doesn't drain completely.
Haven't seen any of these problems, nor have I seen these mentioned on the
mailing list, so these might just be having bad luck with these.
>crammed engine; little hope for do-it-yourselfers (typical)
Definitely!
>parts somewhat more expensive than normal Ford parts
>underside plastic doesn't like sharp driveways and speedbumps (typical).
>assembly gripes: tape on radiator, screw fell out of dash, seat seams not
>stitched properly. Hopefully just a fluke.
No problems like these either. I haven't been able to find any obvious
places where they screwed up.
>Ford only gives 1 key with the car. C'mon Ford, spend an extra few pennies!
Hmmm! I got two keys with my car. Something tells me you got stiffed by
your dealer on this. (Actually, if you count the "credit card" key that
came in the owner's binder, I got 3 keys, but since the credit card key
doesn't have any teeth cut in it yet, I guess I won't count it. :-))
>Rear hatch has no padding on corners when up. I'm waiting for the day when
>I bash my head on the corner.
>horn buttons behind air bag in spokes and not in center (personal preference)
The latter is probably because of the air bag. It's pretty much takes up
all the space where you'd expect to find the horn.
Speaking of the horn, I was surprised to find that the Probe comes with one
of those nice 'merican sounding horns instead of the Japanese sounding kind.
The previous Probes had Japanese horns.
>Tires fling dirt/mud onto side of car
Yeah, not very badly, but enough to be annoying sometimes.
>My Likes:
>engine (design/valves/sounds/smoothness/power/mileage/torque) -- definitely #1
>handling (very good for FWD; understeer only at limits)
>transmission (the 5 speed is a must)
>usable instrumentation (lovely readable analog everywhere)
>Very little torque steer at full power (much better than the '90 SHO I drive)
>stability at 100+mph (high gearing though)
>low cowl (good visibility in front)
>Heated outside mirrors (nice in fog, never tested in freezing weather)
>ABS/Air bag (see above)
>rear seats fold down (I have few rear seat passengers so a trunk not important)
>No shake/rattle noises when going over bumps/potholes (still!)
>Tires: 225/55VR16 Goodyear Eagles (70% left; hoping for 30K :-)
I agree strongly with all of the above, especially about the engine. The
interior is very, very nice too. Very pleasing to the eye, and ergonomically
sound.
...
>I drive it to and from work
>each day on relatively smooth roads, and most noticable thing is that the
>Probe's suspension doesn't like potholes. When you test drive one, find a
>potholed road somewhere around town and see if the jarring you get is
>tolerable.
Yes, this car's stiff suspension isn't for everyone. I personally like it,
but if you find it a little harsh but otherwise like the car, I'd strongly
suggest looking into the MX-6.
>If you have 3+ passengers, by all means bring them along too. They'll find
>that they have no room in the back and you'll find that the car rides
>differently (if that's "better" is up to you).
The problem with the back seat is that there's no leg room. Plenty of
head room, though. Shorter people fit back there without any complaints,
so long as the seat they are sitting behind is pulled forward a bit to
give them a place to put their feet.
>Also, there's a lot of glass
>around you which I wasn't expecting; the temperature inside the car gets pretty
>hot in the summer. My back seat passengers (now very few) complain about
>the lack of ventilation; you may want to consider that when combined with
>the heat.
The power moonroof can greatly improve the ventilation throughout the car. :-)
I really enjoy the moonroof, by the way, but then I've always been a sucker
for open air driving. No leakage problems or anything like that...yet!
>I've heard that the exhaust system has trouble, but mine works fine.
I haven't heard about this one. I know that some of the very early Probes
('89 and maybe '90) had problems with prematurely rusting mufflers (which
Ford will replace at no charge), but I haven't heard about anything like
this concerning the '93 Probes.
I haven't had any real trouble with this car outside of a CV joint boot
that was leaking, but the dealer took care of that promptly, and even
gave me a free rental car for the day and a half that I was without my
car. I was quite happy with the way they handled...especially considering
that I was expecting the worst from them!
From what I've heard, it sounds like Ford/Mazda had some QC problems with
the Probe (and probably MX-6) when they first went into production, but
I think these problems have mostly been corrected at this point. That's
almost always to be expected with a completely new car like this, though.
Hope this helps,
-chuck-
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Engineering Computer Operations | Raleigh, NC 27695 USA
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| 7rec.autos |
pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto) writes:
>> If the FBI started the fire, why didn`t people flee the
>>burning building?
>
>Assuming the fire was caused by lanterns and stoves being knocked about
>by the tanks pushing on the walls (would shake a building pretty good)
>perhaps they didn't flee because fleeing would have meant ENTERING the
>fire from the other side? Like they were surrounded by the fire, and
>rubble, which finally (combined with teargas, and combustion gasses)
>overcame and enveloped them?
>In other words they were TRAPPED by the flames, heat, fumes and rubble?
Wait a minute. The story being pushed here is that the fire started
in ONE PLACE. This is not consistent with the story that they were
TRAPPED by the fire (particularly in a building that all of a sudden
had many more exits).
Choose one, please.
>Does that sound plausable? Not as dramatic as Korash forcing them to
>stay, or shooting them (no shot victims found yet), but plausable...
Well, for everyone besides Koresh and his blood children, we can
assume independent choice: Ah, they chose to stay in the face of
an assault which clearly endangered their lives. Or, alternatively,
they were not permitted to leave. Choose one.
--
| The Koresh cult standoff is over ... may his victims Recquiescat in Pace |
| |
| (the above is a net.moment of silence) |
Daniel A. Hartung -- dhartung@chinet.chinet.com -- Ask me about Rotaract
| 16talk.politics.guns |
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A-B box. Anyone know which pins get reversed so I can do some
creative editing on the internals of my box? Any help would be
greatly appreciated.
-----> Jon Jon Carr
-----> IO91748@MAINE.MAINE.EDU UMaine '93
1993 NCAA Champions! How about those 42-1-2 Black Bears!!
M - A - I - N - E - GO BLUE!!!!!!!!!!
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <wcscps.735321331@cunews>, wcscps@superior.carleton.ca (Mike Richardson) writes:
[Lots of good points re Mormons in the US]
The founding fathers of the US were hardly great on religious freedoms. At
least one history I have read formed the opinion that they left for the
US not to practice religious freedom but to practice religious intolerance.
I don't think that my lot were particularly mainstream in those days either.
Mind you like the Budhists I somehow doubt the Quakers would ever form a
militant religious fanatic movement.
|> Or laws to stop companies from making look-alike Ford/GM car parts, and
|>selling them as the real thing? The first people that got raided were antique
|>companies who made 'real GM' parts for 1930's cars.
Wooa there!!! I have a classic car. If I buy a body pannel for $300 after
being told that it is genuine BL and discover that it is a non original
copy value $50 I get real pissed. If I can get the genuine article I will
pay a lot for it because not only will it cost much less to fit (probably
meaning that its cheaper overall) but it also means that the car is worth
a hell of a lot more. Even on a twenty year old car there is a big
difference in a baddly restored car where much of the work needs to be
redone and a concours classic. I got mine for 600 quid because it was
in a shitty state from bad repairs. If it had been well repaired it would
be worth a hell of a lot more.
Are you really saying that Ford and GM are having companies beat up for
infringing copyright on parts they don't make? I find that very hard to
beleive. In the UK they are very sympathetic - Ford recently dug out
the Cortina Mk I body press so that some company could make a few more.
BL does amazing stuff, they kept the entire assembly line for the MGs
and helped set up a company to remanufacture new bodyshells.
There is a hell of a difference between remanufacturing and passing off.
The former I can't see anyone trying to stop. Most car cos see classic
vehicles as a damn good ad for them. The latter though is fraud. If a
part is described to me as real GM and money taken under that assurance
when they know it ain't GM that's fraud.
|> It's the people who blindy believe that the government does the best in
|>everything for them who are _really_ dangerous.
It really is odd. I post saying that the US govt does appauling things
under Regan, Bush etc. in foreign policy. The right get really pissed.
Then when I point out that nobody seems to have posted a better suggestion
as to how to solve the WACO affair they come with the govt paranoia
bit. It's like they reserve their ability to criticise the govt for
when they feel their interests are threatened but don't give a cuss about
anyone else.
You should revers that attitude. When your interests are threatened its
way too late. You have to challenge the govt when it is attacking
someone else's interests.
That does not mean however that you can start calling the govt the
equivalent of the NAZI party on the basis of an unfortunate outcome
in a hostage situation.
Phill Hallam-Baker
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <foo> Brad Thone <C09615BT@WUVMD> writes:
Well, there *is* a difference.
I don't happen to have my SAE manual handy, but oil viscosity in general
_decreases_ with temperature. The SAE numbers are based on a `typical'
curve that oils used to all have, running from (say) the viscosity of a
room-temperature 90-weight at 0C, down to (say) that of a room-temperature
5-weight at 20C, for a typical 40-weight oil.
Oils that are designed for operation in `normal' temperatures just have
a weight specification. Oils that are designed for operation in exceedingly
cold temperatures have a `W' tacked on the end, so in winter in a cold
place, you'd stick 10W in your car in the winter and 40 in it in the summer,
to approximate the appropriate viscosity throughout the year.
Modern multi-viscosity oils change viscosity much less with temperature.
As a result, their viscosity graphs cross over several curves. A multi-vis
specification pegs the curve at two temperatures, a `normal' operating
temperature and a `cold' one (though I can't remember the numbers...).
In any event, the weights do indicate a significant difference. Remember
that your engine is temperature-regulated (by the thermostat and
radiator or air fins) most of the time -- unless you overheat it or
something.
Any weight of oil is better than no oil, or than very old, carbonized
oil. Thin oil won't (in general) lubricate as well at temperature,
thicker oil will (like a 20W50) will lubricate better at temperature,
but not as well during startup, when most engine wear occurs.
If you're planning on making long drives, the 20W50 is probably fine
(esp. in the summer) in your 10W40 car. But if you're making short drives,
stick to the 10W40.
--
DON'T DRINK SOAP! DILUTE DILUTE! OK!
| 7rec.autos |
You can use PBM's 'rawtopgm' to convert three raw (r, g, b) files to pgm format. Then you can use pgm3toppm to convert the pgm files to a composite ppm file,
and feed this to cjpeg for compression. Slow, and circuitous, but it will
work.
Rick
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <1993May10.162032.3955@colorado.edu> perlman@qso.Colorado.EDU (Eric S. Perlman) writes:
>In article <1slo0e$ag7@cville-srv.wam.umd.edu> aap@wam.umd.edu (Alberto Adolfo Pinkas) writes:
>>
>>I do not want to convince anyone. This is just USENET, not the real
>>world. I just read the opinions others have about a subject, and sometimes
>>I present my opinion. I think that this net is only useful to exchange
>>ideas. I never wanted nor I want now to convince anyone of anything.
>
>Fine. Now if your opinion isn't convincing anyone, and it's getting
>refuted regularly by the facts (which is the case), isn't it likely that
>your opinions need some revision?
As I said, I do not want to convice anyone, so, why should my opinions
convince anyone?
I do not believe that my opinions are refuted by facts.
>>First, and I repeat it, I never said that the idea of Jews having the
>>right to have a State is racist.
>>Zionism, as a movement, is more than just that idea.
>
>In a word: utter and complete horse puckey. Look the term up in the
>dictionary.
Maybe youy view of a dictionary is the problem here. One thing is the
accepted meaning of a word by a dictionary, and sometimes a completely
different thing is what that word came to mean after a long time.
>
>> I think that Zionism
>>in the way it defines who is a Jew, for example, is racist-like.
>
>OK, now how would *YOU* define it. And by the way, you're wrong again.
>There is *NO* uniformity of this definition among Zionist movements.
>You know this is the case, it's been pointed out on the net directly to
>you before, and yet you continue to maintain this delusion.
OK. Tell me how many people in Zionist movements define a Jew in a
different way, and how many are who define Jew based on a religious way.
>>In the same way I believe that Irish have a right to nationalism but I do
>>not support the bombing and killing of the IRA, I believe that Jews have
>>a right to nationalism but I do not support Zionism as it is right now.
>
>Comparing the actions of Israel to that of the IRA is like comparing
>those of the US to those of Chile under Pinochet (for example), with the
>IRA in the role of Pinochet. You really need to get your history
>straight. You also need a basic dictionary.
You need to start reading before answering.
My point was that because some movement claims to be nationalistic, it
does not mean that I consider it to be nationalistic. I did not comapre
Israel to the IRA. I think that you are starting to put words on my
mouth and that is wrong.
>
>[Stuff deleted by Pinkas. His statement, which I was responding to
>with the below, asserted that Zionism was uniform and monolithic]
I never said that Zionism is monolithic. If you are going to attribute
me things, present the quotes where I said that.
>>
>>That is what makes the basis for Zionist movements. However, I am not
>>considering just that, but the rest of it.
>
>In a word: I don't believe you. Your words tell a very different
>story. Especially since they are not based on fact, but innuendo and
>misrepresentation.
That is your problem. I could certainly interpret this like you are
running out of arguments. First, you put words in my mouth, now, you
say you do ot believe me.
>>Which makes an interesting point. People living in a Jewish State have
>>shown that Jewish culture includes in it Jewish religion but they are
>>not the same. So, the Jewish people living in the Jewish State have shown
>>us that there are some problems in a State where 80% of the people is secular
>>but Judaism is define according to religious standards, or where marriage
>>is a religious stage, or where the Law of Return defines a Jew according to
>>a religious standard.
>
>No, it doesn't! Nowhere does the law of return demand that one must be
>religious or even believe in G-d to become a citizen of Israel
>thereunder.
Why don't you try reading for a change? Did I say that the Law of Return
demand a person to be religious? Now, how does the Law of Return define
who is a Jew and who is not? I said that it uses a religious standard:
If your mother is a Jew, you are a Jew, if your mother is not Jewish,
neither you are.
Do not twist my words, please.
>True, there are debates in Israel and abroad about "who is
>a Jew?", but those debates are taken up by both religious and secular.
>Would you say that religious people should not have a say in that?
>Would you deny them their right of free speech?
I am not talking about the debate. I am talking about how things are right
now. When the debate is over, I'll see what happens.
Right now, things are like they are.
Let me ask you one thing. I understand that Israel differenciates between
Citizenship and Nationality. Suppose M(ale) and F(emale) have a child in
Israel. Which nationality will the child's ID show, according to each one
of the following cases:
a) F and M are both Jewish.
b) F is Jewsh and M is not.
c) F is Muslim and M is jewish.
d) F is Christian and M is Jewish.
e) F and M are both non-Jewish.
>
>>Did those Israelis who do not believe in god and will never do become
>>non-Jews? Why should they still define then a Jew based on what is a
>>religious definition?
>
>It's called history. How do you think Jews stuck together through
>pogroms for millenia in Europe? We had to know who was our own. I for
>one do think that some change is in order and that patrilineal descent
>is no less legit than is matrilineal (which is *NOT* the religious Jew's
>point of view). There's plenty of room for that in Zionism - as you
>well know.
It called history. At some point it was OK. Now, I believe, it is not.
>>According to Webster's Ninth New Collegiate Dictionary, Merriam-Webster Inc,
>>Publishers, Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A., 1986, page 593,
>>
>>hy-poc-ri-sy: A feigning to be what one is nnot or to believe one does not.
>>
>>So, saying that one believes in Zionism as a simple matter of people
>>having the right to nationalism, but disregarding the right of the Palestinian
>>people to do the same, according to this dictionary, is hypocrisy.
>
>Utter baloney. By the way, I do believe the Palestinians have a right
>to self-determination, have stated so on this net, and I know you've
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>seen it.
^^^^^^^^
Interesting. How do you know? Had I ever talked to you about this and
forgotten about that?
>But that right to self-determination cannot be at Israel's
>expense. Israel's security comes first and that security must be
>maintained. You're also twisting words now beyond belief. If you think
>that's what that definition means in this context, you need a first-grade
>course in English.
Which definition are you now talking here about?
I do not know why you are so touchy. I never said that you did not support
Palestinian self-determination. I just gave an example of hypocrisy. I never
said that someone in this net is guilty of it. It was just an example. Nothing
more, nothing less than that. Why did you have to clarify what you think?
>If you didn't use different meanings of words than are in the
>dictionary, you might be believable.
Here you have several problems.
First, you should know that words have more meanings than those given in
the dictionary.
Second, it may come to be a shock for you to know that there are more
words than those in the dictionary.
Third, we can exchange ideas if you want, but you come out with this nonsense
about being believable = using the definitions given in a dictionary.
It seems that you cannot answer to the ideas given by others without insulting
others. Sad.
>If your "facts" at all resembled
>even the slightest bit of truth - which they do not - you might be
>believable.
If you did not put words in my mouth, it might be that you might
start reading what I had actually said. So far, you come over and over
twisting what I said or presenting things I never said as if I had said
them. In this way, you are answering to yourself. That is why you do not
find it believable. Maybe, if you start reading what I had actually said,
and not what you added, you might change your mind.
>But the fact is that there is nothing resembling fact in
>what you've said on this thread. And the fact also is that you're using
>different definitions for your words - based on baloney - than anyone
>else does.
First, there is nothing resembling a fact in what you added to what I said,
as if I had said it.
Seconf, anyone else is supposed to mean "than I do"?
> Eric S. Perlman <perlman@qso.colorado.edu>
> Center for Astrophysics and Space Astronomy, University of Colorado, Boulder
AAp
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
abraxis@iastate.edu writes in article <abraxis.734340159@class1.iastate.edu>:
>
> Anyone know about the Weitek P9000 graphics chip?
> Micron is selling it with their systems They rank them at 50 winmarks...
> Any info would help...
> thanks.
It's supposedly a high-performance chip based upon workstation graphics
accelerators. It's quite fast (I have 7), but as usual with new boards/chips
the drivers are buggy for Windows. As far as Winmarks go, it depends upon
the version. I think I got 42M winmarks with version 3.11. 2.5 yielded the
50+ number. I've also benchmarked this with Wintach at over 65 (from memory
as well).
As far as the low-level stuff goes, it looks pretty nice. It's got this
quadrilateral fill command that requires just the four points.
It's very fast, but beware of buggy drivers, and otherwise no non-windows
support.
--
I am not responsible for anything I do or say -- I'm just an opinion.
Robert J.C. Kyanko (rob@rjck.UUCP)
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <1qc2fu$c1r@sixgun.East.Sun.COM> egreen@east.sun.com writes:
>Loud pipes are a biligerent exercise in ego projection,
No arguements following, just the facts.
I was able to avoid an accident by revving my engine and having my
*stock* Harley pipes make enough noise to draw someones attention.
I instinctively revved my engine before I went for my horn. Don't know
why, but I did it and it worked. Thats rather important.
I am not saying "the louder the pipes the better". My Harley is loud
and it gets me noticed on the road for that reason. I personally do
not feel it is to loud. If you do, well thats to bad; welcome to
America - "Home of the Free, Land of the Atlanta Braves".
If you really want a fine tuned machine like our federal government
to get involved and pass Db restrictions; it should be generous
enough so that a move like revving your engine will get you noticed.
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??
And aren't you the guy that doesn't even have a bike???
Tod J. Johnson
DoD #883
"Go Slow, Take Geritol"
| 8rec.motorcycles |
carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU (Carl J Lydick) writes:
>Of course, bee venom isn't a single chemical. Could be your brother is
>reacting to a different component than the one that causes anaphylactic shock
>in other people.
>Similarly, Chinese food isn't just MSG. There are a lot of other
>ingredients in it. Why, when someone eats something with lots of
>ingredients they don't normally consume, one of which happens to be
>MSG, do they immediately conclude that any negative reaction is to
>the MSG?
ARGHHHHHHHHHh
READ THE MEMOS!!!!
I said that I PERSONALLY had other people order the EXACT SAME FOOD at
TWO DIFFERENT TIMES from the SAME RESTAURANT and the people that
ordered the food for me did NOT TELL ME which time the MSG was in the
food and which time it was not in the food.
ONE TIME I HAD A REACTION
ONE TIME I DID NOT
THE REACTION CAME THE TIME THE MSG WAS IN THE FOOD
THAT WAS THE ONLY DIFFERENCE
SAME RESTAURANT - SAME INGREDIENTS!!!
>Why, when someone eats something with lots of ingredients they don't
>normally consume, one of which happens to be MSG, do they immediately
>conclude that any negative reaction is to the MSG?
I eat lots of Chinese food - I LOVE Chinese food. I've just learned
the following
IF I get food at one of the restaurants that DOES NOT USE MSG or
IF I prepare the food myself without MSG or
IF I order the food from a restaurant that will hold the MSG (and I
never get soup unless it's from a restaurant that cooks without the
MSG)
I DO NOT GET A REACTION!!!!
OKAY
DO YOU UNDERSTAND!!!!
I GET A REACTION FROM MSG
I DO NOT GET A REACTION WHEN THERE IS NO MSG
If you're having trouble understand this, please tell me which of the
words you do not understand and I'll look them up in the dictionary
for you.
--
The great secret of successful marriage is to treat all disasters
as incidents and none of the incidents as disasters.
-- Harold Nicholson
Mary Allison (mary@uicsl.csl.uiuc.edu) Urbana, Illinois
| 13sci.med |
Teemu Selanne had 3 goals, Keith Tkachuk had one, and Luciano Borsato
scored a rare Jets shorthanded goal as the Jets held on to beat the
Canucks 5-4, and close the series to 2-1. Trevor Linden and Pavel
Bure had two goals each for the Canucks in a losing cause.
Selanne came out of a two game goal scoring slump, scoring two powerplay
goals, and one on a nice breakaway pass from Darrin Shannon.
Hard work paid off tonight for the Jets, and if the Jets continue to
exhibit this strong work effort, they can make a series of it. (I woofed
last year when we were up 3-1...I ain't going to do THAT again. I'll
have to be quietly happy with a solid performance. ;)
Daryl Turner : r.s.h contact for the Winnipeg Jets
Internet: umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca
FidoNET: 1:348/701 -or- 1:348/4 (please route through 348/700)
Tkachuk over to Zhamnov, up to Sel{nne, he shoots, he scores!
The Jets win the Cup! The Jets win the Cup!
Essensa for Vezina! Housley for Norris! Sel{nne for Calder!
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
In article <1993Apr21.211635.3737@isc-br.isc-br.com>, steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks) says:
>I'm no defender of the AEC, but it is worth noting that it is unfair to tar
>that organization with the decidedly minority scientific views of its
>former chairperson and one term Washington governor, Dr. Dixie Lee Ray.
>Dr. Ray's political agenda is well-known and documented. Likewise, her
>lack of objectivity in analysing scientific data is well-known.
You are correct, I apologize. My problems with the AEC are their (however inherent)
continuous barage of misleading data in order to support the statement
that nuclear is not only "safe and clean" but cheap to boot. 10 to 15 cents per
kilowatt hour is not cheap and neither are nuclear power plants. As far as
being safe and clean - I'll let nuclear power plants speak for themselves all
the way from the uranium mines to their decommisioning.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
Hello,
This is my first net letter, so forgive mistakes!
I have been plagued by problems (or lack of info) with
authorization in Open Windows 3.0 for a long while and
would like some help please! I generally use strait
MIT X, and so don't use OW much, but when I share
X software with others - bad news.
PROBLEM:
My friend who logs into his SSII trys to run my
program that runs fine on my machine, however,
my friend gets "client not authorized to connect
to server" (or something close). If OW is started
with the -noauth option all is well, but surely this
is not required in general!
Also, xhost + does not work, becoming root does not
work, etc...
Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Thanx
send replies to neuralog@neosoft.com or this news group
| 5comp.windows.x |
I have a 1974 Honda CB360T which for most of my purposes runs well.
However I expereince a severe power drop at cruising speeds under load.
That is, on a mild upgrade @ 50 mph in 4th or 5th I'm lucky if I can
hold speed. If I try to add throttle much past 5000 rpm, power drops
drastically. Put simply, under load, the engine won't rev past 5000
rpm. The top third/half of the throttle range is dead. Standing still
the engine runs fine up to red line (9-10K).
Other phenomenology: at about the point that power loss kicks in, the
engine becomes a little wavery. That is, at a steady throttle the
engine speed goes up and down slightly. The bike has about 13000 miles
on it and is in good tune, at least until it starts to balk.
I would appreciate any suggestions as to what's ailing the poor beast.
My thoughts run toward clogged jets and/or improper spark advance. I'm
hoping it's not something more drastic since the bike's not really worth
the hassle of any major engine work.
Thanks,
Britt Park
britt@cb-iris.stanford.edu
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <1993Apr20.062222.9960@bnlux1.bnl.gov> kyee@bnlux1.bnl.gov (kenton yee) writes:
>>phisto.gatech.edu> tmiller@cimmeria.gatech.edu (Thomas Miller) writes:
>>> Does anyone else think that this weekend's four-game series was a
>>>really strange one?
>
>yup, I was wondering the whole time why the Braves most
^^^^
>talented outfielder, Neon Deon, was not starting? Here's
^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^
Whoa. Aren't you forgetting a couple of guys named Gant and Justice?
>a guy who can hit .300, 20+ hrs, lead-off, and steal 40+
He can lead off. He'll probably steal 40. He might hit .300. He'll
never hit 20+ homers. I think you went 2 for 4 on this one.
>bases... and they start guys like Nixon and Bream ahead
>of him! I can't really see that advantage of Nixon
>over Deon except that Nixon is a better defensive outfielder.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
You said it all right there.
Does anyone else out there not like Deon? I think he's all hype.
His .300 season last year was good, but I'm not convinced that he can do
it again. It reminds me (sorry) of the year 1987(?) when Tim Wallach hit
30 or so homers and had 127 RBI. It never even came close to happening
again. Of course, maybe I just prefer guys who go about their business
and don't play it up for the attention. Just my HO.
Doug Roberts - Larry Walker is God. Delino Deshields thinks he is.
(John Bratt, if you're out there, send me some email.
My system can't find your site!)
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <1993Apr27.094238.7682@samba.oit.unc.edu>, Bruce.Scott@launchpad.unc.edu (Bruce Scott) writes...
>If re-boosting the HST by carrying it with a shuttle would not damage it,
>then why couldn't HST be brought back to earth and the repair job done
>here?
>
>Is it because two shuttle flights would be required, adding to the alredy
>horrendous expense?
>
I don't think a reboost exercise is analogous to a shuttle landing/launch
in terms of stresses/misalignments/etc. I would think of the reboost as
a gentile push, where a landing, then launch as two JOLTS which would
put more mechanical stress on the instruments. Additionally, there might
be a concern about landing loads to the shuttle in the event of a laden
landing. Finally, probably some thought went into possible contamination
problems if the instruments came back to earth.
Of course, the cost of two shuttle launches _is_ a good reason to avoid
something that might be done in one shuttle launch. Here's hoping
Cepi's gang gets the job done right the first time.
David W. @ GSFC
(I used to work for Frank Cepollina)
| 14sci.space |
In <20APR199308471949@rigel.tamu.edu> mst4298@rigel.tamu.edu (Mitchell S Todd) writes:
|In article <visser.735286101@convex.convex.com>, visser@convex.com (Lance Visser) writes...
|> I can't wait for the investigation. Considering that everyone
|>is dead now and the place is burnt to the ground, I guess "honest citizens"
|>will just have to take the word of the ATF about how much of a "threat"
|>these people were.
| Just look at the history of Koresh and his folowers. They captured
| the Mount Carmel complex a few yearss ago in a gun battle with a
| rival BD sect, leaving more than one person dead. They weren't
| exactly the most peace loving bunch.
I wonder where you have been getting your mis-information from. Straight
from the BATF itself?
Koresh and his followers did not -capture- the compound a few years ago, it
has always been theirs. A few years ago their was an argument over who should
lead the group, a gunfight erupted *one* person died. Koresh was charged
with the murder. When the sheriff came to arrest him, the sheriff knocked
on the dorr and showed Koresh the warrant (a tactic that the BATF might try
learning). Koresh and the others charged peacibly surrendered to the sherrif.
A trial ensued, the others were found innocent, and the jury hung on Koresh's
charge.
--
Mob rule isn't any prettier merely because the mob calls itself a government
It ain't charity if you are using someone else's money.
Wilson's theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related.
Mark.Wilson@AtlantaGA.NCR.com
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <C5MuIw.AqC@mailer.cc.fsu.edu>
dlecoint@garnet.acns.fsu.edu (Darius_Lecointe) writes:
>... other good stuff deleted ...
>You can worship every day of the week. The issue is not whether
>Christians are at fault for going to church on Sunday or for not going to
>church on Saturday. Attending a church service does not mean you have
>recognized the holiness of that day (my apologies to Paul Hudson). The
>question is "On what authority do we proclaim that the requirements of the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>fourth commandment are no longer relevant to modern Christians?" Please
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>note that the commandment does not command you to go to church, only to
>keep it holy unto the Lord by refraining from doing on it what only serves
>to give you pleasure and satisfaction.
When are we going to hear a Christian answer to this question?
In paraphrase:
On what or whose authority do Christians proclaim that they
are above the Law and above the Prophets (7 major and 12 minor) and not
accountable to the Ten Commandments of which Jesus clearly spoke His opinion
in Matthew 5:14-19? What is the source of this pseudo-doctrine? Who is
the pseudo-teacher? Who is the Great Deceiver?
| 19talk.religion.misc |
There's a lot of whining about how much players are overpaid. I thought
I'd put together an underpaid team that could win a pennant. I splurged
and let four of the players earn as much as half a million dollars; the
highest-paid player is Frank Thomas, at $900K. I cut some players, like
Kenny Lofton, Chris Hoiles, Keith Mitchell, Tim Wakefield, and a bunch
of pitchers, all of whom could have arguably made the team better at a
cost of $1 million for the lot of them. The total team salary is
$7,781,500, averaging slightly over $300K a player. If that's too steep,
you can dump Thomas and Bagwell, replacing them with Paul Sorrento and
a minimum wager to save a bit over a million dollars, and still have one
of the best teams in the majors.
p, Juan Guzman, 500
p, Mussina, 400
p, Castillo, 250
p, Eldred, 175
p, Rhodes, 155
p, Militello, 118
rp, Rojas, 300
rp, Beck, 250
rp, Melendez, 235
rp, Hernandez, 185
rp, Nied, 150
c, Rodriguez, 275
c, Piazza, 126
1b, Thomas, 900
1b, Bagwell, 655
2b, Knoblauch, 500
2b, Barberie, 190
3b, Gomez, 312.5
3b, Palmer, 250
ss, Listach, 350
ss, Pena, 170
lf, Gonzalez, 525
cf, Lankford, 290
rf, R.Sanders, 275
of, Plantier, 245
--
ted frank | "However Teel should have mentioned that though
thf2@kimbark.uchicago.edu | his advice is legally sound, if you follow it
the u of c law school | you will probably wind up in jail."
standard disclaimers | -- James Donald, in misc.legal
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
hubec@ctp.com (Hubert Chou) writes:
>Does anyone have any good ideas on how to integrate C++ code elegantly
>with TeleUse, UIM/X / Interface Architect generated code?
>Source would be great, but any suggestions are welcome.
Alsys has produced a paper outlining how to use C++ with TeleUSE. You can
get a copy from your local sales rep or call us at (619)457-2700.
As mentioned, it is very straight forward using the Dialog language
(similar to Visual Basic).
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Burlington, MA 01803
| 5comp.windows.x |
Haven't seen this one on here yet, so here it goes:
B. arely
A. dequate,
T. otally
F. ***ed!
I don't know about adequate, but it fits the acronym. =)
--
Andrew Diederich diederic@spot.colorado.edu
These opinions are only mine on alternate Tuesdays.
| 16talk.politics.guns |
higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey) writes:
>In article <324417a1@ofa123.fidonet.org>, Wales.Larrison@ofa123.fidonet.org writes:
>> COMMERCIAL SPACE NEWS/SPACE TECHNOLOGY INVESTOR NUMBER 22
>[...]
>> Other commercial launch site ventures -- including those at
>> Woomera, Poker Flat, Cape York, White Sands, Alabama Off-Shore
>> Platform, Hawaii, and Vandenberg have to also be judged against
>> these criteria. In my opinion, some of these ventures are flying
>> on hope and speculation, and not on sound financial grounds.]
>This reminds me... my fuzzy brain recalls that somebody was thinking
>of reviving the San Marco launch platform off the coast of Kenya,
>where the Copernicus satellite was launched around 1972. Is this
>true, or am I imagining it? Possibly it's connected with one of the
>Italian programs to revive the Scout in a new version.
>That old platform must be getting pretty rusty, and there ain't a lot
>of infrastructure to go with it...
My information shows that the last San Marco launch was 1988. There seem to
have been a total of seven before that. I seem to recall that someone, either
ASI or the University of Rome (?) includes money in their annual budget for
maintainance of the platforms (there are actually two).
The Italians have been spending money to develop an advanced Scout. However,
recent events in the Italian space program, and the Italian government overall
make me skeptical that this will get off the ground in the near future.
--
Josh Hopkins jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
"Find a way or make one."
-attributed to Hannibal
| 14sci.space |
In Article 167063 in talk.politics.misc, margoli@watson.ibm.com (Larry Margolis)
writes:
>In <1qid8s$ik0@agate.berkeley.edu> dzkriz@ocf.berkeley.edu (Dennis Kriz) writes:
>>I recently have become aware that my health insurance includes
>>coverage for abortion. I strongly oppose abortion for reasons of
>>conscience. It disturbs me deeply to know that my premiums may
>>be being used to pay for that which I sincerely believe is
>>murder. I would like to request that I be exempted from abortion
>>coverage with my health premiums reduced accordingly.
>Reduced? Abortion is a lot cheaper than pre-natal care and birth.
>If you wanted to pay the higher premiums that would result if everyone
>using their health insurance to pay for an abortion instead elected to
>carry to term, I'm pretty sure that your insurance carrier would be
>happy to take your money.
It is always cheaper to kill children than to take responsibility for
them. Why stop at birth, why not fund infanticide up to age 2?
Matt Freivald
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| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <DZVB3B6w164w@cellar.org> techie@cellar.org (William A Bacon) writes:
>FURY OF MOTHER NATURE
>Clearly, man has a long way to go to match nature as a "despoiler" of the
>environment.
BULLSHIT. How many lakes have ceased to be able to support life from
purely natural pollution? Man has already done this to scores of lakes.
Also, much of the "degredation" you cite was done by cows and pigs.
And why do think there are so many cows around?
Could it be.......cause people raise them?
--
Legalize Freedom
| 18talk.politics.misc |
Does any one out there listen to WFAN? For those of you who do
not know what I am talking about, it is an all sports radio
staion in New York. On a clear night the signal reaches up and
down the East coast. In particular, I want to know how Len
Berman and Mike Lupica's show is. I go to school in Virginia
so I can't listen when there are on during the day. Just
wondering.
Jonathan Alboum
UVA
PS. Did any one see Steve Sommers on 48 hours last night. The
Chief was on too, doing Rangers Round up. It was pretty neat
shmoozing S P O R T S on TV.
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Flash over is a frequent occurrence with indoor fires. A fire will
start small and in one location and heat the air. The temperature in
the room builds up and then everything inflammable in the room catches
fire at once.
This may have occurred in the BD compound, I have heard reports that
the windows were covered which would permit a fire to start unnoticed
by those outside the compound. When the fire got big enough, and
broke through the walls, it appeared to be started in two places but
was really one big fire.
Because of the large quantities of tear gas inserted into the building
it is possible that many of the women and children were in a room free
of tear gas they would try to seal the door to keep out the tear gas.
When they learned that a fire had broken out it was too late for them
to escape. They were trapped by the flames in their safe room.
I find it hard to believe that the FBI was not recording the final
assault. I think that they would have wanted to have tapes to show
their agents of the the FBI overcoming the "forces of evil", aka
the Branch Davidians. The tapes would also allow the FBI to prove
that they were not using excessive force.
--
Rod Anderson N0NZO | The only acceptable substitute
Boulder, CO | for brains is silence.
rcanders@nyx.cs.du.edu | -Solomon Short-
satellite N0NZO on ao-16 |
| 16talk.politics.guns |
awhite@ssc.sas.upenn.edu (Andrew White) writes:
>Hello, net.readers. I am looking for a little net.advice.
>I've got my eye on a '92 Suzuki GS500E at a local dealer. The bike's got
>3,200 miles on it and looks in mint condition. Dealer is asking a bit
>less than $2,800. Good price? I don't have access to a blue book and am
>too lazy to go to the library. Dealer is letting me test-ride it
>this week.
Blue Book says: Wholesale=$2115, Retail=$2895
Sounds like you are getting a pretty fair price (assuming it is in
nice condition)
>--
>Andrew White | Univ of Pennsylvania (edu-breath)
>awhite@mcneil.sas.upenn.edu |
>DoD #0584 | '82 Honda Sabre V45
________________________________________________________________________
Nick Coburn DoD#6425 AMA#679817
'88CBR1000 '89CBR600
coburnn@spot.colorado.edu
________________________________________________________________________
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <bskendigC51CqB.K0r@netcom.com> bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
>Specifically: when I bring up the fact that Genesis contains two
>contradictory creation stories, I usually get blank stares or flat
>denials. I've never had a fundamentalist acknowledge that there are
>indeed two different accounts of creation.
That is because two creation stories is one of the worst examples of
a difficulty with the Bible. "were formed" can also be translated "had been
formed" in chapter two without any problems. So the text does not demand
that there are two creation stories.
Link Hudson.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <C59BIE.4zL@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca>, papresco@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
|> In article <1993Apr8.193321.12753@anasazi.com> john@anasazi.com (John R. Moore) writes:
|>
|> >They were driving down a heavily used street in the middle of the day,
|> >when a car with 5 young black males pulled up behind them, and one
|> >of the occupants fired 8 9mm rounds into the rear of their truck. Both
|> >the man and his fiancee pulled their pistols and returned fire, driving
|> >off the attackers. Their child suffered a flesh wound to his arm, and
|> >the parents sustained grazes from the incident.
|>
|> What a beautiful country you people have built for yourselves. Enjoy it.
==========================================================================
Yes, we do have a beautiful country. And I enjoy it. Most of all, I
enjoy the thought that I have the means and can exercise my rights
to defend me and mine.
And I want to thank all of you good folks, like Prescod, who remind me
of what I have. Along this line, I watched a documentary on one of the
Nazi concentration camps. Stacks and stacks of bodies. There were scenes
of Hitler speechifying, and what struck me, was the reverence and adoration
on the faces of the people in the crowds. I guess they were happy that
Hitler had implemented full gun control and was taking care of the Jewish
problem all at the same time.
---lee
| 16talk.politics.guns |
kv07@IASTATE.EDU (Warren Vonroeschlaub) writes:
> 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 event horizon of . . .
>infinity. So the math says that nothing can enter a black hole.
This is not correct. The event horizon is not the "center" of the black
hole but merely the distance at which the escape velocity is equal to the
speed of light. That is, the event horizon is a finite radius...
keith
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <1993Apr2.103237.4627@Cadence.COM>, mas@Cadence.COM (Masud Khan) writes:
> In article <C4qAv2.24wG@austin.ibm.com> karner@austin.ibm.com (F. Karner) writes:
> >
> >Okay. So you want me to name names? There are obviously no official
> >records of these pseudo-marriages because they are performed for
> >convenience. What happens typically is that the woman is willing to move
> >in with her lover without any scruples or legal contracts to speak of.
> >The man is merely utilizing a loophole by entering into a temporary
> >religious "marriage" contract in order to have sex. Nobody complains,
> >nobody cares, nobody needs to know.
> >
> >Perhaps you should alert your imam. It could be that this practice is
> >far more widespread than you may think. Or maybe it takes 4 muslim men
> >to witness the penetration to decide if the practice exists!
> >--
> >
>
> Again you astound me with the level of ignorance you display, Muslims
> are NOT allowed to enter temporary marriages, got that? There is
> no evidence for it it an outlawed practise so get your facts
> straight buddy. Give me references for it or just tell everyone you
> were lying. It is not a widespread as you may think (fantasise) in
> fact contrary to your fantasies it is not practised at all amongst
> Muslims.
First of all, I'm not your buddy! Second, read what I wrote. I'm not
talking about what muslims are ALLOWED to do, merely what *SOME*
practice. They consider themselves as muslim as you, so don't retort
with the old and tired "they MUST NOT BE TRUE MUSLIMS" bullshit. If I
gave you the names what will you do with this information? Is a fatwa
going to be leashed out against the perpetrators? Do you honestly think
that someone who did it would voluntarily come forward and confess?
With the kind of extremism shown by your co-religionaries? Fat chance.
At any rate, there can be no conclusive "proof" by the very nature of
the act. Perhaps people that indulge in this practice agree with you in
theory, but hope that Allah will forgive them in the end.
I think it's rather arrogant of you to pretend to speak for all muslims
in this regard. Also, kind of silly. Are you insinuating that because
the Koranic law forbids it, there are no criminals in muslim countries?
This is as far as I care to go on this subject. The weakness of your
arguments are for all netters to see. Over and out...
--
DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed in this posting are mine
solely and do not represent my employer in any way.
F. A. Karner AIX Technical Support | karner@austin.vnet.ibm.com
| 0alt.atheism |
In article <1993Apr15.190711.22190@walter.bellcore.com>, jchen@wind.bellcore.com (Jason Chen) writes:
> In article <1993Apr15.135941.16105@lmpsbbs.comm.mot.com>, dougb@comm.mot.com (Doug Bank) writes:
>
> |> I woke up at 2 AM and puked my guts outs.
> |> I threw up for so long that (I'm not kidding) I pulled a muscle in
> |> my tongue. Dry heaves and everything. No one else got sick, and I'm
> |> not allergic to anything that I know of.
>
> The funny thing is the personaly stories about reactions to MSG vary so
> greatly. Some said that their heart beat speeded up with flush face. Some
> claim their heart "skipped" beats once in a while. Some reacted with
> headache, some stomach ache. Some had watery eyes or running nose, some
> had itchy skin or rashes. More serious accusations include respiration
> difficulty and brain damage.
>
> Now here is a new one: vomiting. My guess is that MSG becomes the number one
> suspect of any problem. In this case. it might be just food poisoning. But
> if you heard things about MSG, you may think it must be it.
Surprise surprise, different people react differently to different things. One
slightly off the subject case in point. My brother got stung by a bee. I know
he is allergic to bee stings, but that his reaction is severe localized
swelling, not anaphylactic shock. I could not convince the doctors of that,
however, because that's not written in their little rule book.
I would not be surprised in the least to find out the SOME people have bad
reactions to MSG, including headaches, stomachaches and even vomiting. Not that
the stuff is BAD or POISON and needs to be banned, but people need to be aware
that it can have a bad effect on SOME people.
Lone Wolf
Happy are they who dream dreams,
Ed Philips And pay the price to see them come true.
slyx0@cc.usu.edu
-unknown
| 13sci.med |
In article <C51vwC.Lru@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu> bodom@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (Br
ian Odom) writes:
>As far as I know, Toronto, Pittsburgh, and New York (NL) change their
>uniforms every year. Every other year (e.g., New York), it will say Mets
>in cursive, New York in cursive, or New York in all caps. Minor changes,
>but they do change them often. Last year, I think they had New York in all
>caps. Did Toronto have Blue Jays or Toronto last year? What about
>Pittsburgh?
It depends on which uniforms you are talking about. For the last
couple of years I believe Toronto and Pittsburgh has used the same uniforms,
or at least very similar. The home jerseys had the team nick name
(Blue Jays or Pirates), but the road jerseys had the name of the city
(Toronto or Pittsburgh). I believe this is the way most teams design
their uniforms.
-- Chris
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
sburton@dres.dnd.ca (Stan Burton) writes:..........
> I would like to be able to detect the angular position (low accuracy) of an
> IR emitting source at a distance of about 100 meters (more is better) in
> daylight. The IR source could be emitting a signature; I'm leaning toward
> 30 KHz square wave with 50% duty cycle.
>
I designed and built hardware in 1988 that would output a logic level (from
a 567 tone detector) upon detecting a 500 microwatt LED 28 feet away.
Used a Motorola MRD360, biased linearly in a DC-feedback loop to servo out
variations in sunlight (and 60Hz from lights). Used no lenses.
Allen Sullivan
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <1r3jl5$igh@function.mps.ohio-state.edu> pali+@osu.edu writes:
>Yes, I know computers and harddisk drives should be ALWAYS on. But what about
>monitors? They generate a lots of heat. Should I or shouldn't I keep them on
>24 hours a day? Any advice? Thanks. Take care...Paul
>
>Paul Nevai nevai@mps.ohio-state.edu
>Dept Math - Ohio State University 1-614-292-3317 (Office)
>Columbus, Ohio 43210-1174, U.S.A. 1-614-292-1479 (Math Dept Fax)
>
>
I keep my 13" apple trinitron and IIsi on for months at a time...doesn't
seem to cause any problems.
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Does anyone have any real experience with the Kubota Kenai/Denali
series of graphics workstations? They pretty much blow the pants
off SGI machines and Sun machines in the same price point, which
is about 50,000 bucks. Real nice stuff, but I've only seen the
stuff on paper. I'm wondering, is there anything NOT to like? The
specs are too massive to get into here, but if a summary is desired
I could be coaxed into uploading the spec sheet.
Brian
| 1comp.graphics |
Disclaimer -- This is for fun.
In my computerized baseball game, I keep track of a category called
"stolen hits", defined as a play made that "an average fielder would not
make with average effort." Using the 1992 Defensive Averages posted
by Sherri Nichols (Thanks Sherri!), I've figured out some defensive stats
for the second basemen. Hits Stolen have been redefined as "Plays Kurt
Stillwell would not have made."
OK, I realize that's unfair. Kurt's probably the victim of pitching staff,
fluke shots, and a monster park factor. But let's put it this way: If we
replaced every second baseman in the NL with someone with Kurt's 57.6% out
making ability, how many extra hits would go by?
To try and correlate it to reality a little more, I've calculated Net
Hits Stolen, based on the number of outs made compared to what a league
average fielder would make. By the same method I've calculated Net Double
Plays, and Net Extra Bases (doubles and triples let by).
Finally, I throw all this into a a formula I call Defensive Contribution, or
DCON :->. Basically, it represents the defensive contribution of a player.
I add this number to OPS to get DOPS (Defense + Onbase Plus Slug), which
should represent the player's total contribution to the team. So don't
take it too seriously. The formula for DCON appears at the end of this
article.
The short version -- definition of terms
HS -- Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to Kurt Stillwell
NHS -- Net Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to average fielder
NDP -- Net Double Plays -- Extra double plays turned compared to avg fielder
NEB -- Net Extra Bases -- Extra bases prevented compared to avg. fielder
DCON -- Defensive Contribution -- bases and hits prevented, as a rate.
DOPS -- DCON + OPS -- quick & dirty measure of player's total contribution.
National League
name HS NHS NDP NEB DCON DOPS
Alicea, L. 50 21 2 -1 .160 .865
Sandberg, R. 108 42 1 1 .134 1.015
Thompson, R. 65 20 5 -1 .104 .852
Lind, J. 66 8 -2 1 .027 .571
Doran, B. 31 -1 4 0 .014 .705
DeShields, D. 51 1 -2 1 -.002 .755
Harris, L. 25 -4 0 1 -.019 .602
Lemke, M. 43 -1 -5 -5 -.038 .573
Morandini, M. 37 -9 -6 0 -.069 .580
Randolph, W. 13 -16 3 -1 -.088 .582
Biggio, C. 34 -26 -4 0 -.091 .656
Stillwell, K. 0 -43 -3 -1 -.236 .336
Ordered by DOPS
1.015 Sandberg
.865 Alicea
.852 Thompson
.755 DeShields
.705 Doran
.678 *NL Average*
.656 Biggio
.602 Harris
.582 Randolph
.580 Morandini
.573 Lemke
.571 Lind
.336 Stillwell
American League
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name HS NHS NDP NEB DCON DOPS
Fletcher, S. 59 18 5 1 .116 .811
Reed, J. 83 17 3 1 .071 .708
Ripken, B. 56 9 -1 -1 .044 .631
Baerga, C. 67 0 10 0 .029 .838
Blankenship, L. 34 2 2 1 .023 .757
Miller, K. 34 -4 1 -1 -.016 .725
Alomar, R. 62 4 -9 -2 -.020 .812
Knoblauch, C. 50 -13 7 -3 -.024 .718
Bordick, M. 37 -4 -2 -1 -.025 .704
Kelly, P. 42 -1 -5 -1 -.039 .636
Whitaker, L. 40 -8 -1 -2 -.041 .806
Reynolds, H. 47 -6 -5 1 -.043 .603
Sax, S. 56 -6 -9 -1 -.052 .555
Sojo, L. 28 -11 -3 0 -.075 .602
Order by DOPS
.838 Baerga
.812 Alomar
.811 Fletcher
.806 Whitaker
.757 Blankenship
.725 Miller
.718 Knoblauch
.708 Reed
.704 Bordick
.691 *AL Average*
.636 Kelly
.631 Ripken
.603 Reynolds
.602 Sojo
.555 Sax
More discussion --
DCON formula: ((NHS + NDP)/PA) + ((NHS + NDP + NEB)/AB)
Why such a bizzare formula? Basically, it's designed to be added into the
OPS, with the idea that "a run prevented is as important as a run scored".
The extra outs are factored into OBP, while the extra bases removed are
factored into SLG. That's why I used PA and AB as the divisors.
For more discussion see the post on Hits Stolen -- First Base 1992
--
Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic
"It is considered good to look wise, especially when not
overburdened with information" -- J. Golden Kimball
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Babe Ruth's lifetime pitching stats (selected):
94-46, .671. 2.28 ERA. 163 G, 107 CG, 17 SHO, 10.6 RAT.
Best year: 1916, Bos: 23-12, 1.75 ERA (led league) or
1917, Bos: 24-13, 2.01 ERA
Steve Thornton stevet@eskimo.com
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
>>>>> On 2 May 93 13:53:23 GMT, damon@math.okstate.edu (HASTINGS DAMON TOD) said:
> A Christian friend of mine once reasoned that if we were never created, then
> we could not exist. Therefore we were created, and therefore there exists a
> Creator.
> Is this statement considered to be a valid proof by many Christians (and
> followers of other religions, I suppose)? [rest deleted]
Some variant is quite popular. This, and other arguments, are
discussed in John Leslie Mackie's "The Miracle of Theism: arguments
for and against the existence of God". Although Mackie ultimately
sides with "against", his arguments are, I think, quite fair to both
sides. Brief discussions can be found in the alt.atheism FAQs.
--
Bruce CMSR, University of Liverpool
| 15soc.religion.christian |
In article <93092.143450GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu> Greg Spath <GKS101@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>In article <C4uEoM.EvF@odin.corp.sgi.com>, mikey@sgi.com (Mike Yang) says:
>>So, by going mailorder through Gateway, I save ~13%. Plus, I get
>>technical support over the phone, free software package.
>Have fun trying to get hold of technical support over the phone. At least
>locally you can walk right up to the dealer and tell him what is wrong, and
>he has to fix it.
^^^
How long does he have to take in fixing it? Does he have to use new
parts when he repairs it or can he substitute used parts without your
knowledge? Can he charge you for repairs that should be under warranty
but he claims are due to improper maintenance on your part?
When it comes to local dealers:
- Have fun getting consistently good support. Most of their "techs" are
re-treaded salesmen, not trained technicians, with a high turnover rate.
- Have fun getting in-warranty work done quickly and courteously.
- Have fun getting out-of-warranty work done cheaply, or even done
period, unless you are on a paid service contract.
Having been both a service technician, and a service manager, at a
ComputerLand franchise and another retail computer place, I know what
I'm talking about.
I also know the "local service" scam that retail computer dealers like
to push when they're selling. It's that same old song that car dealers
having been singing for years -- "Buy from me and you'll get good
service. We always treat our customers right! Buy from my competition
and you'll be sorry if you need service."
Experienced mail order buyers know that there are some mail order
companies that give excellent service, including overnight replacement parts,
on-site calls, etc. There are probably some local dealers that can give you
good service, too. But if you think all local dealers give consistenly good
service, you are wrong. I have many anectdotes to prove my point,
but I'm sure there are others on the net can do a better job than I can.
- Ted Drude (tbdrude@infonode.ingr.com)
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1993Apr19.220704.18518@news.cs.brandeis.edu>
& wbarnes@sura.net (Bill Barnes) writes:
>>Has anyone (successfully) put both SCSI and IDE hard drives
>>on the same system?
>I would like to know as well, since I just bought a 200MB Seagate IDE
>drive and want to add it to my computer (a four-year-old Gateway
>386/20), which currently has an 80MB Seagate SCSI drive. The SCSI
>controller is such that the docs told me not to specify it in the CMOS
>setup, i.e. both hard drive settings are listed as "Not installed,"
>and apparently the SCSI controller works its wonders. I wondering if
>this is a problem. Also, I remember how, when I helped my cousin
>install his second IDE drive, we had to define a master/slave
>relationship for them; do I need to do something similar here?
>>I am particularly interested in having the SCSI as the _boot_ drive.
>Same here.
>Any help would be appreciated, since I intend to install this drive
>ASAP; I'd like to know what to do (and what not to do) before I start.
>Thanks!
I have been using both IDE (or MFM) and SCSI drives for years. I have 2
IDE and 1 SCSI on one system and the other with 2 IDE, 2 SCSI disk, and
1 SCSI CDROM. I currently using ALWAYS IN2000 SCSI card, but I also have
a Future Domain, a Western Digital SCSI card, and I work with an ADAPTIC
before. As I recall, all these cards can support boot and floppy drive.
However, to use with other controller (IDE, MFM...) the boot drive has to
be the IDE (or MFM). You CAN NOT boot from the SCSI if you have other
controller in the system. If you guys only have 2 drives (1 IDE, 1 SCSI).
just set up the IDE in your CMOS setup. Make sure you can boot from it.
Then, set up the SCSI controller (IRQ, DMA, etc). Set the SCSI drive to
ID 0. Just plug and play for all the cards I seen so far. Only if you
have more than 2 drives then you need driver for the third drive and so
on. If you have more question, email me, I will try to answer it.
Good Luck!
William
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Don't get fooled by exponents 2^80 (possible keys) is not in the
same league with 10^80 (particles in the universe). 2^80 < 10^25.
Remember Avagadro's number? There are about that many elementary
particles (not molecules) in one mole. Pretty small universe! Or if
you can put 5 Gigabytes on one tape, you would need about 10 trillion
tapes (allowing several bytes per entry). Still more than all of the
existing magnetic media on the planet, but wait a few years. (I'm
including existing audio and video cassettes in the total. Ten
trillion is about 2,000 per person worldwide... Gives new meaning to
the suspicions of hiden messages.)
--
Robert I. Eachus
with Standard_Disclaimer;
use Standard_Disclaimer;
function Message (Text: in Clever_Ideas) return Better_Ideas is...
| 11sci.crypt |
jbrown@vax.cns.muskingum.edu writes:
>ESPN is pathetic, I have been watching everybody complain about ESPN's coverage
>and I agree with all of you. Might I suggest that we are getting all worked up
>over nothing. We ALL knew that ESPN's coverage was going to suck. I mean have
>you ever watched during the regular season Sportscenter coverage of hockey? It
>sucks, I mean really sucks!!! ESPN does not know hockey if it shot them in the
>ass. I was really pissed of about last night, coverage. I go to school in Ohio
>I *know* the Indians suck, so why show them? If I were Bill Clement I would
>shoot myself.
I hope this makes you feel better, but the overtime between the Isles and
the Caps was GREAT!!!
Hang in there. :)
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
|You believe that individuals should have the right to own weapons of
|mass destruction? I find it hard to believe that you would support a
|neighbor's right to keep nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and nerve
|gas on his/her property.
There is no law prohibiting having biological weapons or nerve gas
on his/her property, or even walking on government property with such
items: ipso facto it is now one's _RIGHT_ to have such weapons of
"mass destruction."
Hell, the U.S. patent office has patents on the manufacture of nerve
gas that anyone can obtain simply by sending a $1.50 to the Patent
Office in Washington, D.C. (P.O. Box 8). These same patents are
verboten to English citizens from their own patent office, which doesn't
surprise me based on the mistrust of the UK government against private
ownership of semi-automatic rifles.
|If we cannot even agree on keeping weapons of mass destruction out of
|the hands of individuals, can there be any hope for us?
So, you are saying we should have legislation prohibiting owning
biological warfare agents or nerve agents? Will you pass laws against
owning chlorine gas or cyanide as well? Will you pass laws against
owning acetylene gas that could have been used against the Bradley
IFVs had the Branch Dividians known of their anti-combustion engine
effects? Will you pass laws against owning 5-gallon cylinders of
propane because they could have been used as flame throwers? Yes, the
proverbial "Road to Hell;" it's always for "Our Own Good."
| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <1937@tecsun1.tec.army.mil> riggs@descartes.etl.army.mil (Bill Riggs) writes:
>In article <1pkl2n$kka@genesis.MCS.COM> arf@genesis.MCS.COM (Jack Schmidling) writes:
>>In article <1993Apr1.214856.5339@Rapnet.Sanders.Lockheed.Com> babb@k2 (Scott Babb) writes:
>>>Jack Schmidling (arf@genesis.MCS.COM) wrote:
>>>
>>>: >An Israeli soldier, stabbed in the neck, was lightly injured. Soldiers
>>>: opened fire when a 19-year-old Gazan standing among visitors to the jail
>>>: stabbed the soldier, who pushed the attacker away. Witnesses said up to
>>>: eight soldiers fired at the man and he was hit repeatedly in the head.
>>>
>>>A soldier is attacked and his attacker is killed. What is the problem
>>>here? Would your opinion be any different if the soldiers wounds were
>>>more severe? How about if his attacker was only crippled for life,
>>>instead of being killed? I suspect that any Army would reprimand
>>>soldiers who shot to injure, rather than kill. Another lesson here:
>>
>>You are really sick, my friend. The problem is that YOU PEOPLE do not have
>>any respect for human lives or civil laws where non-Jews are concerned.
>>
>>If you don't see anything wrong with EIGHT soldiers walking up to a naked
>>man, bound and gaged and firing point blank into his head, it is clear why
>>antisemites exist.
>>
>>js
>
>
> This is such a fine example of Jack's antisemitic bigotry that I
>couldn't help but do a follow-up.
>
> A poster attempts to discuss an event rationally, with no indication
>at all that he is identified with any specific ethnic group - he is merely
>talking in terms that might apply to ANY group in similar circumstances.
>
> Schmidling comes back with a rabid attack against YOU PEOPLE, as if
>it were crystal clear that the Jewish people as a whole were culpable for this
>man's statements - even if he were not Jewish. Jack considers the Jewish people
>to be responsible for all the acts of the supporters of Israel, irrespective of
>their age, religion, gender, skin color, or sexual orientation.
There is nothing crystal clear about YOU PEOPLE other than a term
that includes those people defined by the statement that anyone who
believes that the behavior is justifiable is a bigoted, racist pig and
YOU PEOPLE know who you are.
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
Could someone give me some info on Soft PC. How does it work?
What kind of performance can I expect? Can you run windows under it adequately?
Any info if appreciated.
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Although I realize that principle is not one of your strongest
points, I would still like to know why do do not ask any question
of this sort about the Arab countries.
If you want to continue this think tank charade of yours, your
fixation on Israel must stop. You might have to start asking the
same sort of questions of Arab countries as well. You realize it
would not work, as the Arab countries' treatment of Jews over the
last several decades is so bad that your fixation on Israel would
begin to look like the biased attack that it is.
Everyone in this group recognizes that your stupid 'Center for
Policy Research' is nothing more than a fancy name for some bigot
who hates Israel.
Why don't you try being honest about your hatred of Israel? I
have heard that your family once lived in Israel, but the members
of your family could not cut the competition there. Is this true
about your family? Is this true about you? Is this actually not
about Israel, but is really a personal vendetta? Why are you not
the least bit objective about Israel? Do you think that the name
of your phony-baloney center hides your bias in the least? Get a
clue, Mr. Davidsson. Haven't you realized yet that when you post
such stupidity in this group, you are going to incur answers from
people who are armed with the truth? Haven't you realized that a
piece of selective data here and a piece there does not make up a
truth? Haven't you realized that you are in over your head? The
people who read this group are not as stupid as you would hope or
need them to be. This is not the place for such pseudo-analysis.
You will be continually ripped to shreds, until you start to show
some regard for objectivity. Or you can continue to show what an
anti-Israel zealot you are, trying to disguise your bias behind a
pompous name like the 'Center for Policy Research.' You ought to
know that you are a laughing stock, your 'Center' is considered a
joke, and until you either go away, or make at least some attempt
to be objective, you will have a place of honor among the clowns,
bigots, and idiots of Usenet.
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
Just a quick comment. As a baptist clergyperson, I find the idea
of such a "baptism" (if the news report is in fact accurate, and
they seldom are regarding religion) offensive. The pastor here seems
to have a most unbaptist view of baptism- one that seems to demand the
ceremony even when comprehension and choice are absent.
We do baptize converts, but no one who has been deceived into hearing
the word is likely to be a convert. If in fact the grace of God might
work in such a situation, there is no harm done in waiting a day or
two.
Baptist believe in regenerate membership. Did this church include these
half-baked (at best) converts into their church fellowship? Or do they
somehow feel there is some validity in dunking them and turning them loose?
This kind of "evangelism" is certainly not baptist, and probably not
very christian, either.
revdak@netcom.com
| 15soc.religion.christian |
In article <199304241405.AA11067@kepler.unh.edu> dmn@kepler.unh.edu (There's a seeker born every minute.) writes:
> Would it be better to use a circuit based on the volume of the beeps
>on the cassette, or better for the leds to respond to a tone of a certain
>frequency? Is there any easy way to do either of these? I'm looking for
>the simplest circuit possible. I guess what I'm asking for is some sort of
>color organ, but not quite. Let me trt to explain again...
Look for information about 567 tone decoder chip. It is an easy to use
chip for detecting sound of certain frequency. You need only one
567 and some other componets for each led you want to control.
The chip can take the voltage levels, which the casette gives.
Radio Shack Archer Semiconductor Reference Guide gives good information
how to use that chip. It should be simplest way to go. The chip costs
something like 1-2 $.
--
Tomi.Engdahl@hut.fi ! LOWERY'S LAW:
then@niksula.hut.fi ! "If it jams - force it. If it breaks,
! it needed replacing anyway."
* This text is provided "as is" without any express or implied warranty *
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <1qihcl$9ri@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> ae454@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Paul Simundza) writes:
>
>
>anyone know of any good supplier's of chips, one that could have almost
>any chip i need? I don't want to hunt down all the chips I may need so
>it would be greatly appreciated if anyone knows of a good distributor
>..
>thankyou
>
Paul,
Unfortunately, there are not too many retail outlets that'll stock
just about every chip made. The stuff they will stock are the ones
that'll sell, like standard DRAM's, 80386's, 68000's, etc,etc.
i.e. I cna't think of any 'one-stop-shopping' store.
The closest you can get is to pick up a copy of Byte magazine or
the Circuit Cellar, Popular Electronics, and the like and flip
through them.
Distributors like Wyle Electronics, Hamilton Avnet, Pioneer Electronics,
etc, etc, don't normally deal with end-users like ourselves where
we only a couple of everything...they only deal with people who buy
by the hundreds or more. Each distributor represents and sells a variety of
different non-competing manufacturers. What do I mean by this?
Suppose ABC Electronics sells Intel 80386's. It's a pretty good
bet that they won't be selling any of AMD's 386's, or vice-versa.
They also can obtain just about *any* chip you want from a manufacturer
they represent.
Who knows? You might be lucky to be able to buy from one of them.
But I'd be suprised if you do. ALso bear in mind that the 1 or 2
qty prices they will charge you will be *much* greater than what
a mail order outlet will charge.
My advice? If you're gonna be designing anything, try to stick
with off-the-shelf stuff. You're going to get stuck if you use
too many esoteric parts sooner or later.
good luck,
aaron
| 12sci.electronics |
Archive-name: cryptography-faq/part05
Last-modified: 1993/4/15
FAQ for sci.crypt, part 5: Product ciphers
This is the fifth of ten parts of the sci.crypt FAQ. The parts are
mostly independent, but you should read the first part before the rest.
We don't have the time to send out missing parts by mail, so don't ask.
Notes such as ``[KAH67]'' refer to the reference list in the last part.
The sections of this FAQ are available via anonymous FTP to rtfm.mit.edu
as /pub/usenet/news.answers/cryptography-faq/part[xx]. The Cryptography
FAQ is posted to the newsgroups sci.crypt, sci.answers, and news.answers
every 21 days.
Contents:
* What is a product cipher?
* What makes a product cipher secure?
* What are some group-theoretic properties of product ciphers?
* What can be proven about the security of a product cipher?
* How are block ciphers used to encrypt data longer than the block size?
* Can symmetric block ciphers be used for message authentication?
* What exactly is DES?
* What is triple DES?
* What is differential cryptanalysis?
* How was NSA involved in the design of DES?
* Is DES available in software?
* Is DES available in hardware?
* Can DES be used to protect classified information?
* What are "ECB", "CBC", "CFB", and "OFB" encryption?
* What is a product cipher?
A product cipher is a block cipher that iterates several weak
operations such as substitution, transposition, modular
addition/multiplication, and linear transformation. (A ``block
cipher'' just means a cipher that encrypts a block of data---8 bytes,
say---all at once, then goes on to the next block.) The notion of
product ciphers is due to Shannon [SHA49]. Examples of modern
product ciphers include LUCIFER [SOR84], DES [NBS77], SP-networks
[KAM78], LOKI [BRO90], FEAL [SHI84], PES [LAI90], Khufu and Khafre
[ME91a]. The so-called Feistel ciphers are a class of product
ciphers which operate on one half of the ciphertext at each round,
and then swap the ciphertext halves after each round. LUCIFER,
DES, LOKI, and FEAL are examples of Feistel ciphers.
The following table compares the main parameters of several product
ciphers:
cipher | block length | key bits | number of rounds
LUCIFER 128 128 16
DES 64 56 16
LOKI 64 64 16
FEAL 64 128 2^x, x >= 5
PES 64 128 8
* What makes a product cipher secure?
Nobody knows how to prove mathematically that a product cipher is
completely secure. So in practice one begins by demonstrating that the
cipher ``looks highly random''. For example, the cipher must be
nonlinear, and it must produce ciphertext which functionally depends
on every bit of the plaintext and the key. Meyer [MEY78] has shown
that at least 5 rounds of DES are required to guarantee such a
dependence. In this sense a product cipher should act as a ``mixing''
function which combines the plaintext, key, and ciphertext in a
complex nonlinear fashion.
The fixed per-round substitutions of the product cipher are
referred to as S-boxes. For example, LUCIFER has 2 S-boxes, and DES
has 8 S-boxes. The nonlinearity of a product cipher reduces to a
careful design of these S-boxes. A list of partial design criteria
for the S-boxes of DES, which apply to S-boxes in general, may be
found in Brown [BRO89] and Brickell et al. [BRI86].
* What are some group-theoretic properties of product ciphers?
Let E be a product cipher that maps N-bit blocks to N-bit blocks.
Let E_K(X) be the encryption of X under key K. Then, for any fixed K,
the map sending X to E_K(X) is a permutation of the set of N-bit
blocks. Denote this permutation by P_K. The set of all N-bit
permutations is called the symmetric group and is written S_{2^N}.
The collection of all these permutations P_K, where K ranges over all
possible keys, is denoted E(S_{2^N}). If E were a random mapping from
plaintexts to ciphertexts then we would expect E(S_{2^N}) to generate
a large subset of S_{2^N}.
Coppersmith and Grossman [COP74] have shown that a very simple
product cipher can generate the alternating group A_{2^N} given a
sufficient number of rounds. (The alternating group is half of the
symmetric group: it consists of all ``even'' permutations, i.e., all
permutations which can be written as an even number of swaps.)
Even and Goldreich [EVE83] were able to extend these results to show
that Feistel ciphers can generate A_{2^N}, given a sufficient number
of rounds.
The security of multiple encipherment also depends on the
group-theoretic properties of a cipher. Multiple encipherment is an
extension over single encipherment if for keys K1, K2 there does
not exist a third key K3 such that
E_K2(E_K1(X)) == E_(K3)(X) (**)
which indicates that encrypting twice with two independent keys
K1, K2 is equal to a single encryption under the third key K3. If
for every K1, K2 there exists a K3 such that eq. (**) is true then
we say that E is a group.
This question of whether DES is a group under this definition was
extensively studied by Sherman, Kaliski, and Rivest [SHE88]. In their
paper they give strong evidence for the hypothesis that DES is not a
group. In fact DES is not a group [CAM93].
* What can be proven about the security of a product cipher?
Recall from above that P_K is a permutation produced by E under
some key K. The goal of the designer of E is to ensure that P_K
appears to be a random element of S_{2^N}, the symmetric group.
Let R be an element of S_{2^N} selected randomly. We will say that P_K
and R are indistinguishable if an observer given P_K and R in some
order cannot distinguish between these two permutations in polynomial
time. That is, with time bounded resources, the observer cannot
determine which of the permutations is produced by E: the optimal
decision is no better than simply guessing.
Luby and Rackoff [LUB88] have shown that a class of Feistel ciphers
are secure in this sense when the round mapping is replaced by
random boolean functions.
* How are block ciphers used to encrypt data longer than the block size?
There are four standard "modes of operation" (and numerous non-standard
ones as well). The standard modes of operation are defined in the U.S.
Department of Commerce Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) 81,
published in 1980. See the question about "ECB" below for more details.
Although they are defined for the DES block cipher, the "modes of
operation" can be used with any block cipher.
* Can symmetric block ciphers be used for message authentication?
One may use a symmetric cryptosystem block cipher to prove to himself
that he did or did not generate a message, and to prove to himself
whether his message was altered or unaltered since generation. But one
cannot prove these things to another without revealing the key, and
thereafter that key cannot be used to prove anything about any messages
that were authenticated using that key.
See ANSI X3.106-1983 and FIPS 113 (1985) for a standard method of message
authentication using DES.
* What exactly is DES?
DES is the U.S. Government's Data Encryption Standard - a product
cipher that operates on 64-bit blocks of data, using a 56-bit key.
It is defined in FIPS 46-1 (1988) [which supersedes FIPS 46 (1977)].
FIPS are Federal Information Processing Standards published by NTIS.
DES is identical to the ANSI standard Data Encryption Algorithm (DEA)
defined in ANSI X3.92-1981.
* What is triple DES?
Triple DES is a product cipher which, like DES, operates on 64-bit
data blocks. There are several forms, each of which uses the DES
cipher 3 times. Some forms use two 56-bit keys, some use three.
The "DES modes of operation" may also be used with triple-DES.
Some people refer to E(K1,D(K2,E(K1,x))) as triple-DES.
This method is defined in chapter 7.2 of the ANSI standard X9.17-1985
"Financial Institution Key Management" and is intended for use in
encrypting DES keys and IVs for "Automated Key Distribution". Its
formal name is "Encryption and Decryption of a Single Key by a Key
Pair", but it is referenced in other standards documents as EDE.
That standard says (section 7.2.1): "Key encrypting keys may be a single
DEA key or a DEA key pair. Key pairs shoud be used where additional
security is needed (e.g., the data protected by the key(s) has a long
security life). A key pair shall not be encrypted or decrypted using a
single key."
Others use the term "triple-DES" for E(K1,D(K2,E(K3,x))) or
E(K1,E(K2,E(K3,x))).
One of us (Carl Ellison) keeps advocating DES triple use in the form
E(K1, TRAN( E(K2, TRAN( E(K3, COMPRESS( x )))))), where each DES instance
has its own key and IV (for CBC mode) and TRAN has been posted on
sci.crypt. (It is a large-block transposition program taking its key
from the data stream itself, so that it is not an encryption program on
its own part.)
* What is differential cryptanalysis?
Differential cryptanalysis is a statistical attack that can be
applied to any iterated mapping (ie. any mapping which is based on
a repeated round function). The method was recently popularized by
Biham and Shamir [BIH91], but Coppersmith has remarked that the
S-boxes of DES were optimized against this attack some 20 years ago.
This method has proved effective against several product ciphers,
notably FEAL [BI91a].
Differential cryptanalysis is based on observing a large number of
ciphertexts Y, Y' whose corresponding plaintexts X, X' satisfy a
known difference D = X+X', where + is componentwise XOR. In the
basic Biham-Shamir attack, 2^{47} such plaintext pairs are required
to determine the key for DES. Substantially fewer pairs are required
if DES is truncated to 6 or 8 rounds. In these cases, the actual key
can be recovered in a matter of minutes using a few thousand pairs.
For full DES this attack is impractical because it requires so many
known plaintexts.
The work of Biham and Shamir on DES revealed several startling
observations on the algorithm. Most importantly, if the key
schedule was removed from DES and a 16*48 = 768-bit key was used,
the key could be recovered in less than 2^{64} steps. Thus
independent subkeys do not add substantial security to DES.
Further, the S-boxes of DES are extremely sensitive in that
changing even single entries in these tables yields significant
improvement in the differential attack.
Adi Shamir is quoted to say (NYTimes Oct 13 1991), ``I would say
that, contrary to what some people believe, there is no evidence
of tampering with the DES so that the basic design was weakened.''
* How was NSA involved in the design of DES?
According to Kinnucan [KIN78], Tuchman, a member of the group that
developed DES at IBM is quoted as saying, ``We developed the DES
algorithm entirely within IBM using IBMers. The NSA did not
dictate a single wire!'' Tuchman and Meyer (another developer of
DES) spent a year breaking ciphers and finding weaknesses in
Lucifer. They then spent two years strengthening Lucifer. ``Their
basic approach was to look for strong substitution, permutation,
and key scheduling functions ... IBM has classified the notes
containing the selection criteria at the request of the NSA....
`The NSA told us we had inadvertently reinvented some of the deep
secrets it uses to make its own algorithms,' explains Tuchman.''
On the other hand, a document called ``Involvement of the NSA in
the development of DES: unclassified summary of the United States
Select Committee on Intelligence'', printed in the IEEE
Communications Magazine, p53-55, 1978, states: ``In the development
of DES, NSA convinced IBM that a reduced keysize was sufficient;
indirectly assisted in the development of the S-box structures; and
certified that the final DES algorithm was, to the best of their
knowledge, free from any statistical or mathematical weakness.''
Clearly the key size was reduced at the insistence of the NSA.
The article further states that the NSA did not tamper with the
algorithm itself, just the parameters, which in some sense
resolves the apparent conflict in the remarks of Meyer and Tuchman
presented above.
* Is DES available in software?
Several people have made DES code available via ftp (see part 10 for
pathnames): Stig Ostholm [FTPSO]; BSD [FTPBK]; Eric Young [FTPEY];
Dennis Furguson [FTPDF]; Mark Riordan [FTPMR]; Phil Karn [FTPPK].
A Pascal listing of DES is also given in Patterson [PAT87].
FIPS 46-1 says "The algorithm specified in this standard is to be
implemented ... using hardware (not software) technology. ...
Software implementations in general purpose computers are not in
compliance with this standard." Despite this, software
implementations abound, and are used by government agencies.
* Is DES available in hardware?
The following paragraphs are quoted from messages sent to the editors.
We don't vouch for the quality or even existence of the products.
Chip Rosenthal says: ``Dallas Semiconductor makes a DES
encryption/decryption device for use on standard, digital 64Kbps PCM
telecom data streams. It is capable of processing data in real time,
e.g. one sample/frame. It is the DS2160. Their phone number is
214-450-0400. You would probably need to talk with Dewight in Telecom
marketing.''
Christian Franke, franke@informatik.rwth-aachen.de, says: ``1.
Cryptech CRY12C102: 22.5Mbit/s according to Data Sheet, with 32 Bit
interface. We use this one, because it was the only one available when
we started the project. No problems ! 2. Pijnenburg PCC100: 20Mbit/s
according to Data Sheet. Address: PIJNENBURG B.V., Boxtelswweg 26,
NL-5261 NE Vught, The Netherlands. 3. INFOSYS DES Chip (Germany):
S-Boxes must be loaded by software. So you can modify the Algorithm.
Sorry, I don't have the data sheet handy. Please E-Mail me if you need
further information.''
mjr@tis.com (Marcus J Ranum) says: "SuperCrypt" 100Mb/sec and faster
DES and Proprietary Storage for 16 56-bit keys Key stream generator
Integrated hardware DES3 procedure Extended mode with 112 bit keys;
Computer Elektronik Infosys; 512-A Herndon Parkway,; Herndon, VA
22070; (800)322-3464
thember@gandalf.ca (Tim Hember) says: Newbridge Microsystems sells
an AM9568 compatible DES chip that operates at 25MHz, performs a
round of encryption in 18 clocks, has a three-stage pipeline,
supports ECB, CBC, CFB-8 and >>> CFB-1 <<<<. Further it is very
reasonable priced as opposed to other high-end DES chips. Call
Newbridge Microsystems, Ottawa, (613) 592-0714. (... there are no
import/export issues with Canada and the US). If you require custom
DES or Public Key ICs then Timestep Engineering developed
Newbridge's crypto chips and ICs for other commercial and
educational establishments. They can be reached at (613) 820-0024.
* Can DES be used to protect classified information?
DES is not intended to protect classified data. FIPS 46-1 says:
"This standard will be used by Federal departments and agencies for
the cryptographic protection of computer data when the following
conditions apply: 1. ... cryptographic protection is required; and
2. the data is not classified according to the National Security Act
of 1947, as amended, or the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended."
* What are "ECB", "CBC", "CFB", and "OFB" encryption?
These are methods for using block ciphers, such as DES, to encrypt
messages, files, and blocks of data, known as "modes of operation."
Four "modes of operation" are defined in FIPS 81 (1980 December 2),
and also in ANSI X3.106-1983.
FIPS 81 specifies that when 7-bit ASCII data is sent in octets, the
unused most-significant bit is to be set to 1.
FIPS 81 also specifies the padding for short blocks.
The four DES modes of operation are:
Electronic Code Book (ECB),
Cipher Block Chaining (CBC),
K-bit Cipher FeedBack (CFB), and
K-bit Output FeedBack (OFB).
These methods are explained below in a c-language-like notation.
Some symbols:
P[n] The n'th block of plaintext, input to encryption, output from
decryption. Size of block determined by the mode.
C[n] The n'th block of ciphertext, output from encryption, input to
decryption. Size of block determined by the mode.
E(m) The DES encryption function, performed on 64-bit block m, using
the 16-key schedule derived from some 56-bit key.
D(m) The DES decryption function, performed on 64-bit block m, using
the same key schedule as in E(m), except that the 16 keys
in the schedule are used in the opposite order as in E(m).
IV A 64-bit "initialization vector", a secret value which, along with
the key, is shared by both encryptor and decryptor.
I[n] The n'th value of a 64-bit variable, used in some modes.
R[n] The n'th value of a 64-bit variable, used in some modes.
LSB(m,k) The k least significant (right-most) bits of m.
e.g. m & ((1 << k) - 1)
MSB(m,k) The k most significant (left-most) bits of m.
e.g. (m >> (64-k)) & ((1 << k) - 1)
= ^ << >> & operators as defined in the c langage.
Electronic Code Book (ECB):
P[n] and C[n] are each 64-bits long.
Encryption: Decryption:
C[n] = E(P[n]) P[n] = D(C[n])
Cipher Block Chaining (CBC):
P[n] and C[n] are each 64-bits long.
Encryption: Decryption:
C[0] = E(P[0]^IV) P[0] = D(C[0])^IV
(n>0) C[n] = E(P[n]^C[n-1]) P[n] = D(C[n])^C[n-1]
k-bit Cipher FeedBack (CFB):
P[n] and C[n] are each k bits long, 1 <= k <= 64.
Encryption: Decryption:
I[0] = IV I[0] = IV
(n>0) I[n] = I[n-1]<<k | C[n-1] I[n] = I[n-1]<<k | C[n-1]
(all n) R[n] = MSB(E(I[n]),k) R[n] = MSB(E(I[n]),k)
(all n) C[n] = P[n]^R[n] P[n] = C[n]^R[n]
Note that for k==64, this reduces to:
I[0] = IV I[0] = IV
(n>0) I[n] = C[n-1] I[n] = C[n-1]
(all n) R[n] = E(I[n]) R[n] = E(I[n])
(all n) C[n] = P[n]^R[n] P[n] = C[n]^R[n]
CFB notes: Since I[n] depends only on the plain or cipher text from the
previous operation, the E() function can be performed in parallel with
the reception of the text with which it is used.
k-bit Output FeedBack (OFB):
P[n] and C[n] are each k bits long, 1 <= k <= 64.
Encryption: Decryption:
I[0] = IV I[0] = IV
(n>0) I[n] = I[n-1]<<k | R[n-1] I[n] = I[n-1]<<k | R[n-1]
(all n) R[n] = MSB(E(I[n]),k) R[n] = MSB(E(I[n]),k)
(all n) C[n] = P[n]^R[n] P[n] = C[n]^R[n]
Note that for k==64, this reduces to:
I[0] = IV I[0] = IV
(n>0) I[n] = R[n-1] I[n] = R[n-1]
(all n) R[n] = E(I[n]) R[n] = E(I[n])
(all n) C[n] = P[n]^R[n] P[n] = C[n]^R[n]
OFB notes: encryption and decryption are identical. Since I[n] is
independent of P and C, the E() function can be performed in advance of
the receipt of the plain/cipher text with which it is to be used.
Additional notes on DES "modes of operation":
ECB and CBC use E() to encrypt and D() to decrypt, but the feedback modes
use E() to both encrypt and decrypt. This disproves the erroneous claim
that systems which feature E() but not D() cannot be used for data
confidentiality, and therefore are not subject to export controls.
| 11sci.crypt |
I have a problem with icon pixmap. My application has to run
under openwindow and motif. I wrote my program in Motif with pixmap and
icons. It runs fine under motif/motif window manager and X11R5/mwm. But
the icon pixmap does not show up under openwin/olwm and X11R5/olwm.
Has anybody got into this kind of problem? Need a clue. An
example which works in both X11R5/motif and openwindow will be great.
--
Jigang Yang, jigang@dale.ssc.gov, jyang@sscvx1.bitnet
2550 Beckleymeade Ave. MS 4011 Tel: 214-708-3498
Dallas, TX 75237 Fax: 214-708-4898
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <1993Apr14.121134.12187@monu6.cc.monash.edu.au> darice@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au (Fred Rice) writes:
>>In article <C5C7Cn.5GB@ra.nrl.navy.mil> khan@itd.itd.nrl.navy.mil (Umar Khan) writes:
>I just borrowed a book from the library on Khomeini's fatwa etc.
>I found this useful passage regarding the legitimacy of the "fatwa":
>"It was also common knowledge as prescribed by Islamic law, that the
>sentence was only applicable where the jurisdiction of Islamic law
>applies. Moreover, the sentence has to be passed by an Islamic court
>and executed by the state machinery through the due process of the law.
>Even in Islamic countries, let alone in non-Muslim lands, individuals
>cannot take the law into their own hands. The sentence when passed,
>must be carried out by the state through the usual machinery and not by
>individuals. Indeed it becomes a criminal act to take the law into
>one's own hands and punish the offender unless it is in the process of
>self-defence. Moreover, the offender must be brought to the notice of
>the court and it is the court who shoud decide how to deal with him.
>This law applies equally to Muslim as well as non-Muslim territories.
I agree fully with the above statement and is *precisely* what I meant
by my previous statements about Islam not being anarchist and the
law not being _enforcible_ despite the _law_ being applicable.
>Hence, on such clarification from the ulama [Islamic scholars], Muslims
>in Britain before and after Imam Khomeini's fatwa made it very clear
>that since Islamic law is not applicable to Britain, the hadd
>[compulsory] punishment cannot be applied here."
I disagree with this conclusion about the _applicability_ of the
Islamic law to all muslims, wherever they may be. The above conclusion
does not strictly follow from the foregoing, but only the conclusion
that the fatwa cannot be *enforced* according to Islamic law. However,
I do agree that the punishment cannot be applied to Rushdie even *were*
it well founded.
>Wow... from the above, it looks like that from an Islamic viewpoint
>Khomeini's "fatwa" constitutes a "criminal act" .... perhaps I could
>even go out on a limb and call Khomeini a "criminal" on this basis....
Certainly putting a price on the head of Rushdie in Britain is a criminal
act according to Islamic law.
>Anyhow, I think it is understood by _knowledgeable_ Muslims that
>Khomeini's "fatwa" is Islamically illegitimate, at least on the basis
>expounded above. Others, such as myself and others who have posted here
>(particularly Umar Khan and Gregg Jaeger, I think) go further and say
>that even the punishment constituted in the fatwa is against Islamic law
>according to our understanding.
Yes.
Gregg
| 0alt.atheism |
In article <healta.136.734813153@saturn.wwc.edu>
healta@saturn.wwc.edu (TAMMY R HEALY) writes:
(Deletion)
>You also said,"Why did millions suffer for what Adam and Ee did? Seems a
>pretty sick way of going about creating a universe..."
>
>I'm gonna respond by giving a small theology lesson--forgive me, I used
>to be a theology major.
>First of all, I believe that this planet is involved in a cosmic struggle--
>"the Great Controversy betweed Christ and Satan" (i borrowed a book title).
>God has to consider the interests of the entire universe when making
>decisions.
(Deletion)
An universe it has created. By the way, can you tell me why it is less
tyrannic to let one of one's own creatures do what it likes to others?
By your definitions, your god has created Satan with full knowledge what
would happen - including every choice of Satan.
Can you explain us what Free Will is, and how it goes along with omniscience?
Didn't your god know everything that would happen even before it created the
world? Why is it concerned about being a tyrant when noone would care if
everything was fine for them? That the whole idea comes from the possibility
to abuse power, something your god introduced according to your description?
By the way, are you sure that you have read the FAQ? Especially the part
about preaching?
Benedikt
| 0alt.atheism |
Hey Serdar,
What nationality are you anyway? You are the supreme geek of
geekdom of the usenet. You are laeding a totally useless and futile life on
your computer Mr. Wimpy. You are the epitamy of a coward.I can predict that
you will spend the rest of your useless, wastefull and pitifull life on the
Usenet. What a wasted life.
********************************************************************
System: fourd.com Phone: 617-494-0565
Cute quote: Being a computer means never having to say you're sorry
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| 17talk.politics.mideast |
The simplest and cheapest soft UV bulb is an AR-1 argon bulb (or other argon
bulb). It works like a neon bulb except it glows purple. It will cause
stuff to fluoresce. It requires very little power, just a battery, an
oscillator, and a step-up transformer to about 100 volts.
Electronic Goldmine (602) 451-7454 has several UV lamps, both as pre-built
units and kits. Ask for their catalog.
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <87402@ut-emx.uucp> reza@magellan.ae.utexas.edu (Alireza Vali) writes:
>Hi there. We just bought a 486 DX2/66 Gateway system with a 2 meg ATI
>Ultra Pro video card. Everything seems to work fine except for the
>Windows Drivers for 800x600 24 bit, and 800x600 and 1024x768 16 bit
>modes. The fonts and icons start deteriorating after windows startup,
>and within minutes of use, everything on the screen is totally
>unintelligible. Naturally, I called Gateway tech support to inquire
>about this. The technician asked me about the drivers, and I told him it
>was version 1.5, build 59. He told me that the 16 and 24 bit drivers for
This is pure bull. I've had the 24 bit mode (640x480 and 800x600)
working since the version before 59 (??55??). Bld 59 added
the 24 bit option to Flexpanel. Try getting the drivers from
ftp.cica.indiana.edu or wuarchive.
>the ATI Ultra Pro simply do not work!!! Is this true? If so, I'm simply
>amazed. How could this be? The strange thing is I would have expected
>to see some discussion on here (unless the subject has made the FAQ!!!).
>
>Gateway 486 DX2/66 Local Bus
>16 Megs Ram
>SCSI HD & CD-ROM
>Ultrastor 34F Local Bus SCSI controller
>ATI Ultra Pro Local Bus with 2MB VRAM
>DOS 6.0
>Windows 3.1
>Mach 32 drivers version 1.5 (build 59)
Mine is:
Gateway 486 DX2/50 LB
8 Megs ram
IDE HD
ATI GUP w/ 2MB (installed upgrade myself)
BLD 59 drivers.
--
===================
cannon@lobby.ti.com
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <1428@wavefront.wti.com> matthew@wavefront.wti.com (Matt Coohill) writes:
>
> Okay... here's some gripe"ing" (?griping?... whatever).
>
> (I live in Santa Barbara... for reference... I think)
>
> Okay, ABC showed the Kings/Flames... fine... YAWN.
>
> ESPN (through a fortunate rainout of a baseball game) showed the
> Red Wings/Toronto game... cool.
>
> But I SWEAR that the advertisements all week long had said that
> ESPN would show Pitt/NJ on Tuesday and Bos/Buff on Thursday.
>
> I raced home from work early (4:30 Pacific) to catch the game, but
> ALAS, it was the Boston/Buffalo game and then they promised that they would
> show the Pitt/NJ game on Thursday. OVERNIGHT they changed their mind.
>
>[rest deleted]
ESPN never committed (and I never saw advertised) to a particular
Thursday game. They had originally scheduled Bos-Buf, and that was
somehow leaked on this net, but to my knowledge ESPN never publicly
released a schedule until Monday when they announced Pitt-NJ Thursday
and Boston-Buffalo Saturday.
-Tom Galvin galvint@taurus.cs.nps.navy.mil
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Computer Equipment Garage Sale:
I've finally decided to clean out my closets and get rid of some of the stuff
that is broken or not being used by me. I've put together a list and
indicated what I think each item is worth. This is just my estimate, and I
am very open to any offers, including trades. I'm currently looking for
some CD-ROMs that will work with a Mac CD ROM player CD Caddies, HD floppy
disks, any used Macintosh software, a 387-33Mhz Co-Processor, or basically
anything you have lying around (cans of soup, the neighbor's cat, etc...)
Make me an offer, no offer will be overlooked...
I really want to get rid of this stuff...
Ok, Here's the list:
52 Meg 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive. Conner Model #CP-3150. I bought this from a guy
at a swap meet to use with my Macintosh. Unfortunately, I can't seem
to get it to work with the SCSI controller in my computer. The
guy tested it with his PC, and printed out a copy of the Norton Disk
Doctor report which says it has no bad sectors. (I'll send you a copy)
I was dumb enough not to get his phone number, so I can't return it to
him. The drive has many jumpers on it, (which I don't know how to set)
so maybe that's the problem. I was quite disappointed that it didn't
work so I'm trying to minimize my losses. ~$45
52 Meg 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive. Conner Model #CP-3150. Same situation as above.
I bought both of these drives from the same guy. Despite the different
model numbers they are the same exact drive. Same report from NDD
(I have one for each drive) will be included. ~$45
40 Meg SONY 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive. SONY Model #SRD2040A. The drive mechanism
is completely trashed. This hard drive was in my computer (Mac SE) and
had a stiction problem. Well, repeated banging on the side of the
computer resulted in a head crash (yes, metal scraping metal) which
was not too pleasant to listen to. Still the SCSI controller
card is in good working order, and can be used for parts, or a
project. ~$20
65 Meg Seagate 5.25" HH SCSI Hard Drive. Model #ST-277N. I originally bought
this drive, because it had a small stiction problem, and I though that
I could fix it. Well I determined that the drive mechanism was fine,
and that it was a controller problem. (motor controller wasn't sending
proper signals.) Well, after taking the controller off the drive,
looking at it, and putting it back together, I realized that I
accidentally severed one of the small flat cables that connect the
drive to the controller. I tried to solder it, but I'm not that good
at soldering so I couldn't do it. Worked perfectly before I messed
up. I used it as a temporary drive when the SONY (above) crashed on
me. Also loaded the drive with about twenty Mac applications,
worth well over $1000. (Claris CAD, MS Word 5.0, Think C,
Excel, and many others)
I think all it needs is a resoldering of that cable. You also get all
the software on the drive. (if you can accept being a pirate) I only
ask that you delete my data files from the drive. I was really angry
when I broke that connection, and then couldn't fix it. I just don't
have time to play with it any more. ~$65
AT&T ISDN 7500 Modem. This is for use on digital phone systems. If you know
what this is or would like technical information on it, let me know. I
have some tech documents on it. Is supposed to be the same thing as an
AT&T digital phone, but without the phone part. It seems to be in
working order (passes self test perfectly OK). I have no idea how
this is worth... Let me know if you're interested.
Motorola 68881 CoProcessor. I haven't tested this one out yet, but if anyone
is interested I will get it tested out, to make sure that it works. I
had trouble using it with my accelerator board, but then I spoke to the
manufacturer of the board and found out it couldn't be used without
another controller chip. When I was looking around to buy one new, the
prices were around $100. I will guarantee this to work. ~$65
CGA Card. Half-Length. 8-bit. Wasn't working last time I checked (although
I think I was using a bad monitor) ~$5
5.25" 360K Floppy Drive. IBM Drive Type 1355. Guaranteed to work,
because when I took it out of the PC, it was working! ~$25
5.25" 360K Floppy Drive. Toshiba Model Number ND-08DE-A. Guaranteed to
work. Came out of same PC as above. ~$25
5.25" Floppy Drives. Can't guarantee that these will work. I don't
even know if they are low or high density drives. I don't have
any method of testing them.
Panasonic Model number: JU-455-5 ACG. There's another
number on it: 2626-361723.
Panasonic Model number: JU-475-2 AGG. There's also
another number on it: H3649-101457
Toshiba Model Number ND-08DE. Virtually identical to the one
above.
Each Drive ~$10
3.5" PS/2 Drive. These things are proprietary, so I can't test it, but I
think it works. Not sure if it's high density or low density, but I
suppose someone who is looking for one would know. Model Number
DFL413C04A. I think these things are expensive to replace. ~$35
MFM Hard Drive Controller Cards. I've got three of these, and I have no way
of testing them. Two of them are 8-bit cards, and one is a sixteen bit
card with a floppy controller built in. ~$10 for the 8-bits ~$15 for
the 16-bit card w/floppy.
Interesting cable. Seems to convert from a VGA plug to an EGA plug. That is,
standard nine-pin to VGA 15 pin. Made by Hewlett Packard. Part No.
D1181-80020 ~$10
I've sold stuff like this before, and it was a huge success, with many
satisfied people trading or bartering stuff they didn't need anymore. I
usually ship through the U.S. Postal Service (haven't had any problems yet)
and the shipping costs will be split or negotiated.
Well, that's all folks. As I said before, no offer will be refused. If you
can convince me to give OCit to you instead of throwing it out, TRY! I hate
to throw away stuff...
-Wayne
wdempsey@athena.mit.edu
(617)-225-9349
| 6misc.forsale |
Excerpts from netnews.talk.politics.guns: 18-Apr-93 2ND AMENDMENT DEAD -
GOOD ! by jrm@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu
> Yea, there are millions of cases where yoy *say* that firearms
> 'deter' criminals. Alas, this is not provable. I think that that
> there are actually *few* cases where this is so.
excerpted from a letter I wrote a while ago:
Although less apparent to those who have not researched
the facts, personal protection is as legitimate a reason as
sport for the private citizen to own a gun. The most recent
research is that of Dr. Gary Kleck of the Florida State
University School of Criminology.1 He found that handguns
are more often used by victims to defeat crime than by
criminals to commit it (645,000 vs. 580,000 respectively in
this study). These figures are even more encouraging when
you consider the number of crimes that never occur because
of the presence of a gun in the hands of a law-abiding
private citizen. In a National Institute of Justice study
of ten state prisons across the country they found that 39%
of the felons surveyed had aborted at least one crime
because they believed that the intended victim was armed.,
and 57% agreed that "most criminals are more worried about
meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the
police."2
One of the most heinous of crimes is that against the
women of this country. It has been my recent observation
that more women are purchasing handguns for defense in
response to the present danger of these assaults. This
should be taken as encouraging news if the events of Orlando
Florida are any indicator. In the late 1960's the female
populace was plagued with a series of brutal assaults; just
the publicity of the record number of women buying guns and
obtaining training resulted in an 88% decrease in rape for
that area, the only city of its size in the country to
experience a decrease of crime for that year. Additionally,
a 1979 US Justice Department study of 32,000 attempted rapes
showed that overall, when rape is attempted, the completion
rate is 36%. But when a woman defends herself with a gun,
the completion rate drops to 3%.
1 G Kleck, Point Blank: Guns and Violence in America Aldine
de Gruyter, NY, 1991
2 JD Wright & PH Rossi Armed and Considered Dangerous: A
Survey of Felons and Their Firearms, Aldine de Gruyter, NY,
1986
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[unlike cats] dogs NEVER scratch you when you wash them. They just
become very sad and try to figure out what they did wrong. -Dave Barry
Seth Eliot Dept of Material Science and Engineering
Carnegie Mellon Univerity, Pittsburgh, PA
ARPA :eliot+@cmu.edu |------------------------------------------
or se08+@andrew.cmu.edu |
Bitnet: se08%andrew@cmccvb |
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| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <1993Apr20.035607.26095@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>, cs902043@ariel.yorku.ca (SHAWN LUDDINGTON) writes:
|> How about changing team names!
|> Post your choices!
|>
Minnesota Lumberjacks (thought of Bunyons - as in Paul, not sore feet or Babes
as in Big Blue Ox)
Seattle Rainiers (I think this was considered by the new ownership -- harkening
back to AAA glory days -- and placating at least one local
brewer :-)
Kent Dietz
Twins in '93
Mariners ... sometime this century?
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Hi there, maybe you can help me...
I have an '88 Corolla with a 5 speed as the subject line says. The gearbox
seems excessivly clunky. I used to have an '85 Corolla, and it was also
somewhat clunky, but it had 30,000 more miles on it, and it wasn't nearly as
bad as this car! Is there fluid in the 5speed case? If there is, could it
just be low, or in need of a change? As I recall, only the autos have fluid.
Or am I just mistaken? Please no flames for owning an import. I also have
an old Dodge, but it's not in very good shape these days...
Thanks,
Derek
| 7rec.autos |
Does anyone have any information or better, first-hand experience,
of the new Epson bubblejet printer - Stylus 800??
I'm particularly interested in hearing how well it works under Windows;
I presume that a special printer driver is required - is it supplied
as standard? Is it able to print everything that a standard Postscript
laserprinter could??
Many thanks for any replies - George
George Bolt, Dept of Psychology, Univ of York, UK
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <br.pct.68.735613758@RLG.Stanford.EDU> br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU (Peter C. Tam) writes:
>From: br.pct@RLG.Stanford.EDU (Peter C. Tam)
>Subject: FTP PC/TCP ver 2.04 FOR SALE cheap
>Date: Sat, 24 Apr 1993 01:09:18 GMT
>
> FOR SALE
>
> FTP software, Inc.
>
> PC/TCP (Networking Software for DOS) Version 2.04 (***)
>
> with LAN driver for 3c503 cards, others you can get from FTP itself,
> serial numbers, orignal diskettes.,
> TCP/IP telnet/ftp/ping/lpr/finger etc....
>
> 6 copies, cheap. $45.00 each.
VVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVVV
CORRECTION: I check the diskettes, it only contains the PC/TCP
kernel, no applications. It is only good for people who needs
to run their own LAN applications that uses FTP PC/TCP kernel
calls, but mot the extra telnet/ftp/ etc... applications.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
| 6misc.forsale |
brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) writes:
>
>Brian Kendig contorts . . .
>
>> It can not be a light which cleanses
>> if it is tainted with the blood
>> of an innocent man.
>
>. . . now showing how Brian Kendig is in the dark of the
>most fundamental basic of the Old Testament. Concepts like
>santification and Lev. 17:11 must be foreign to you. Too bad
>you are not interested in understanding. Too bad you prefer
>blurting folly even to your own shame.
Lev 17:11: For the life of the flesh is in the blood, and I have given
it to you upon the altar to make atonement for your souls; for it is
the blood that makes atonement for the soul.
The Old Testament was very big on the "eye for an eye" business. It
makes sense that Leviticus would support physical injury to "repay"
moral wrongdoing.
I know about sanctification. I've been taught all about it in Sunday
school, catechism class, and theology classes. But even after all
that, I still can't accept it. Maybe I'm still not understanding it,
or maybe I'm just understanding it all too well.
From the bottom of my heart I know that the punishment of an innocent
man is wrong. I've tried repeatedly over the course of several years
to accept it, but I just can't. If this means that I can't accept the
premise that a god who would allow this is 'perfectly good', then so
be it.
> What ignorance you can show us next? I guess I'll wait
>till tomorrow.
If you can explain to me why the death of Jesus was a *good* thing,
then I would be very glad to hear it, and you might even convert me.
Be warned, however, that I've heard all the most common arguments
before, and they just don't convince me.
--
_/_/_/ Brian Kendig Je ne suis fait comme aucun
/_/_/ bskendig@netcom.com de ceux que j'ai vus; j'ose croire
_/_/ n'etre fait comme aucun de ceux qui existent.
/ The meaning of life Si je ne vaux pas mieux, au moins je suis autre.
/ is that it ends. -- Rousseau
| 19talk.religion.misc |
I'm trying to figure out how to operate a Pioneer Laserdisc LD-1000 that I bought at a surplus store. It is reputedly from some kind of computerised viewing
and/or ordering system. THere is what may be an HPIB connector on the back. When
I power it up, the front panel power light comes on, but no activity, and the
door doesn't open. Anyone have any experience with this unit or any ideas on how
to obtain documentation?
| 12sci.electronics |
Despite my trendy, liberal, feminist tendencies and the fact
that I basically agree with what you are saying I will rebut:
(Dr Nancy's Sweetie) writes:
> (Chris Mussack) writes:
> > For all those people who insist I question authority: Why?
> ...
> Authorities sometimes tell people to do evil things. People who "just
> follow orders" have tortured and killed others in very large numbers,
> and protest their innocence afterwards.
The basic question here is "how do I know what I am supposed to do?"
This is true in every situation that comes up. Some people do not
think about it at all and merely follow their impulses. I claim
that is just as dangerous as "following authority". I could site
sexually transmitted diseases, drug abuse, all manner of criminal
activity, the savings and loan scandal, car accidents, eggs thrown
at my house, all are examples of people not "following authority".
I could easily argue that in the evil examples you gave the
problem was a leader not following _his_ authority and doing what
he wanted. Of course, where is the top of the chain? Therein lies
our search.
> When your authority starts telling you to do things, you should ask
> questions. Except for situations of pressing need ("I said shut the
> hatch because the submarine is filling with water!"), any reasonable
> authority should be able to give at least some justification that you
> can understand.
I don't think it's as simple as you are claiming. "Pressing need" is
ambiguous. Should I recycle or not?
Realize that I have four kids who, despite being very precocious
of course, are very tiring with their constant lack of understanding
the tremendous knowledge I wish to impart to them.
> Just be sure to listen when authority answers.
Ahh! An ironic ending.
The irony I was implying in my initial pithy retort to the bumper
sticker cliche "Question Authority" was that I was questioning
the authority of the person telling me to question authority.
It seems there is a certain segment of society that finds meaning
only in being different, only in rebelling, forsaking everything
for the sake of freedom. I question their integrity and fortitude.
There is another freedom that comes from doing a task correctly.
Different people are at different levels of development in different
areas. Part of the challenge of life is to find the right authorities
to follow, we can't know everything about everything. Often
when learning a new skill or subject I will follow the teacher,
perhaps blindly. Only when I have learned enough to ask appropriate
questions should I question him, only when I have developed
my skills enough should I challenge him. Once again, how do I know
when I get to those stages?
If you have to be told to question authority, perhaps you shouldn't.
Chris Mussack
(A good comedian should never have to explain his jokes.)
| 15soc.religion.christian |
In article <C5JLDC.HL9@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, jroberts@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Robertson) writes...
>Does anybody know the FTP site with the latest Windows drivers for the ATI
>GUP?
>Thanks
>
The latest driver release is 59 and can be found at ftp.cica.indiana.edu
in the pub/pc/win3/... directory structure as pro59.zip. I checked with ATI's
BBS last nite and there were no releases past 59.
We have the ATI Local Bus card and I noticed that I get garbage around the
edges of a window when I move it. Has anybody else noticed this also?
Tom.
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In <rauser.734062608@sfu.ca> rauser@fraser.sfu.ca (Richard "The Racist" Rauser) writes:
[all kinds of unacceptably racist drivel deleted]
And after that we find the man has absolutely nothing to say.
Richard J. Rauser, you are a dishonourable little man.
caustically, when necessary,
rm
--
Roger Maynard
maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
O.K, I am not a computer literate, but what can/cannot be done with the
RAM over 16 megs in an ISA machine.
Please e-mail!
Thanks in Advance!
Charley
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Where can I find it ?
Thanks, Kwansik
| 1comp.graphics |
Having vainly looked for devices capable of dealing to the NEC 77P20
DSP chip which dont require taking out a mortgage, i decided to roll
my own. Not a difficult task for an 8751, given that all the timing
relationships are set out in the databook. One thing bothers me, that
is the accursed 50ms 21 volt Vpp pulse. Sure, a little buck step-up
converter can achieve this (in what is otherwise an all 5 volt widget)
but i know latterday eproms dont need nearly this pulse length.
Q : has anyone come up with a more efficient programming algorithm
which is failsafe ?
cheers
Mike.
| 12sci.electronics |
Hi,
I bought, on the net here, a mini-tower 386dx25 system. It works fine, but
I have no docs on the motherboard.
Does anyone know who a manufacturer named WPI is? That is the only marking
on the board that is not related to a chip/connector name. It says
(c)1991, WPI
Also, this board has a connector at the other end of the motherboard, it looks
like this:
+---------------------------------+
| Batt |
| 387 | Socket for 387 math coprocessor
| |
| 386 | 386 chip is about here
| |
| ========= ==== J | = signs are the ISA slots
| ========= ==== M |
| ========= P | Jumpers for turbo/kb etc are where
| ========= ==== ------ E | marked
| ========= ==== ------ R |
| ========= ==== ------ S | - signs are 8 banks of SIMM sockets
| ========= ==== |
| ========= ==== ======= | <<<These connectors are the mystery
+---------------------------------+ connectors!!!!
^^^^ ^^^^^^^
What is this connector?
Is this a place to plug an extra memory board in? I've seen thatr mentioned
in some motherboard docs. Some allow an 8-meg card and 8 meg in simms. Is
this what it is for?
Phil
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Howtek, Inc.
Internet: phil@howtek.MV.COM uucp: {decvax|harvard}!mv!howtek!phil
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
>>You selfish little bastard. Afraid you might have to sacrafice somthing
>>for your country. What someone not approve a lone for you ? To bad.
>>What is immoral is: people like you and the current president who don't
>>have any idea why this country still exists after 200+ years.
>
> >I don't consider these ideas selfish; I consider them rational.
I agree with the body of your post, but please reconsider your phrasing
here. I think these ideas are selfish AND rational, which
is commendable.
Don't give selfishness a bad rap. If we were all selfless there would
be no moral reason NOT to have a draft. It [the draft] is the ultimate
in mindlessly serving your fellow man with no thought to the importance
of the self.
--
__
| / | | | | |\ | The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily
|< |- | | | | \ | shared by my employer -- they came to me while
| \ |_ \/ | | \| viewing prime-time sit-coms.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <1r2kt7$6e1@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
#In article <1qugin$9tf@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
#|> In article <1qkogg$k@fido.asd.sgi.com> livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com (Jon Livesey) writes:
#|>
#|> #And in that area, what you care about is whether someone is sceptical,
#|> #critical and autonomous on the one hand, or gullible, excitable and
#|> #easily led on the other.
#|>
#|> Indeed I may. And one may be an atheist and also be gullible, excitable
#|> and easily led.
#|>
#|> #I would say that a tendency to worship tyrants and ideologies indicates
#|> #that a person is easily led. Whether they have a worship or belief
#|> #in a supernatural hero rather than an earthly one seems to me to be
#|> #beside the point.
#|>
#|> Sure. But whether or not they are atheists is what we are discussing,
#|> not whether they are easily led.
#
#Not if you show that these hypothetical atheists are gullible, excitable
#and easily led from some concrete cause. In that case we would also
#have to discuss if that concrete cause, rather than atheism, was the
#factor that caused their subsequent behaviour.
I'm not arguing that atheism causes such behaviour - merely that
it is not relevant to the definition of atheism, which is 'lack of belief in
gods'.
--
Frank O'Dwyer 'I'm not hatching That'
odwyer@sse.ie from "Hens", by Evelyn Conlon
| 0alt.atheism |
NHL PLAYOFF RESULTS FOR 4/21/93.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS BEST OF SEVEN
PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE
NJ BUF (leads 2-0) STL (leads 2-0) WIN
PIT (leads 2-0) BOS CHI VAN (leads 2-0)
NYI (tied 1-1) MON TOR LA (tied 1-1)
WAS QUE (leads 2-0) DET (leads 2-0) CAL
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Toronto Maple Leafs 0 1 1 - 2
Detroit Red Wings (leads series 2-0) 1 3 2 - 6
1st period: DET, Lidstrom 1 - (Yzerman, Coffey) (pp) 4:06
2nd period: DET, Fedorov 1 - (sh) 0:43
DET, Yzerman 2 - (Coffey, Chiasson) (pp) 8:06
DET, Yzerman 3 - (Coffey, Sheppard) 17:40
TOR, Mironov 1 - (Gill, Gilmour) 19:10
3rd period: TOR, Gilmour 2 - (Anderson) 4:32
DET, Ysebaert 1 - (Kozlov) 5:51
DET, Drake 1 - (Kozlov, Kennedy) 18:33
Powerplay Opportunities-Maple Leafs 1 of 8
Red Wings 2 of 7
Shots on Goal- Maple Leafs 10 7 13 - 30
Red Wings 16 11 3 - 30
Toronto Maple Leafs--Potvin (0-2) (30 shots - 24 saves)
Detroit Red Wings--Cheveldae (2-0) (30 shots - 28 saves)
ATT-19,875
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
St. Louis Blues (leads series 2-0) 2 0 0 - 2
Chicago BlackHawks 0 0 0 - 0
1st period: STL, Hull 2 - (Brown, Janney) (pp) 7:38
STL, Lowry 1 - (sh) 13:53
2nd period: NONE
3rd period: NONE
Powerplay Opportunities-Blues 1 of 5
BlackHawks 0 of 6
Shots on Goal- Blues 9 3 5 - 17
BlackHawks 16 19 12 - 47
St. Louis Blues--Joseph (2-0) (47 shots - 45 saves)
Chicago BlackHawks--Belfour (0-2) (17 shots - 15 saves)
ATT-17,339
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Los Angeles Kings (series tied 1-1) 1 0 3 - 4
Calgary Flames 0 5 4 - 9
1st period: LAK, Carson 3 - 1:11
2nd period: CAL, Otto 1 - (Roberts, MacInnis) 5:02
CAL, Yawney 2 - (Dahlquist, Ranheim) 8:02
CAL, Reichel 1 - (Fleury) (pp) 10:52
CAL, Nieuwendyk 1 - (Roberts, Musil) 13:47
CAL, Otto 2 - (Dahl) (sh) 19:37
3rd period: LAK, Carson 4 - (Granato, Shuchuk) 5:34
CAL, Reichel 2 - (Fleury, MacInnis) (pp) 7:23
CAL, Paslawski 1 - (Roberts, Nieuwendyk) 8:14
CAL, Fleury 1 - (MacInnis, Nieuwendyk) (pp) 10:37
LAK, Rychel 1 - (Blake) 11:56
LAK, Kurri 1 - (Gretzky, Zhitnik) (pp) 15:22
CAL, Suter 2 - (Skrudland, Berube) 19:15
Powerplay Opportunities-Kings 1 of 7
Flames 3 of 6
SHots on Goal- Kings 14 8 9 - 31
Flames 9 16 15 - 40
Los Angeles Kings--Hrudey (1-1) (40 shots - 31 saves)
Calgary Flames--Vernon (1-1) (31 shots - 27 saves)
ATT-19,477
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Winnipeg Jets 0 1 1 - 2
Vancouver Canucks (leads series 2-0) 1 1 1 - 3
1st period: VAN, Ronning 2 - (Courtnall, Linden) 11:37
2nd period: VAN, Courtnall 1 - 6:05
WIN, Domi 1 - (King, Barnes) 6:48
3rd period: WIN, Numminen 1 - (Housley, Selanne) (pp) 0:30
VAN, Bure 1 - (Adams, Craven) 4:01
Powerplay Opportunities-Jets 1 of 4
Canucks 0 of 3
Shots on Goal- Jets 6 10 6 - 22
Canucks 14 9 9 - 32
Winnipeg Jets--Essensa (0-2) (32 shots - 29 saves)
Vancouver Canucks--McLean (2-0) (22 shots - 20 saves)
ATT-15,729
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
\|||||/
-SPIKE-
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
The media is beating the incident at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday to
death, but I haven't seen anything in rsb yet.
Gerald Perry of the Cardinals pinch hit in the eighth inning with two
on and his club down by a run. He stroked a line drive into the
right field corner. The ball cleared the three-foot high fence and
went into the crowd. Darryl, racing over from right center, got to
the spot in time to reach his glove up over the short fence, but he
missed the ball. A fan sitting in the front row, wearing a mitt,
reached up and caught the ball. Home run.
Now I've seen the replay several times and I have concluded that
Darryl missed the ball, and that the fan's glove was essentially
behind Darryl's. Several Dodger fans with seats in the immediate
vicinity have claimed that the fan unquestionably interfered with
Strawberry. What cannot be disputed, however, is that the fan
who caught the ball never took his eye off it; he was oblivious
to where the fielder was playing. He was also quite exuberant as
soon as he realized he had made the catch.
That exuberance disappeared immediately, however, when Strawberry
went into a tirade at the man. All reports indicate he used a lot
of profanity and accused the man of interference, and therefore of
costing the Dodgers a game. Shortly afterwards other fans hurled
food and beverages toward the man who made the catch. Dodger Stadium
officials started to remove him from the park, but then relented and
just relocated him to another area. In an interview after the game,
Lasorda blamed the fan for the loss. Strawberry also went into a
tirade about how the fans are stupid and they don't care about
winning. L.A. Times columnists similarly blasted the man who made
the catch.
Before each Dodger game the public address announcer makes a speech
wherein he says that fans are welcome to the souvenirs of balls that
are hit into the stands as long as they do not interfere with any
that are in the field of play. Was the fan wrong? Should he have
been more aware of the situation and acted to avoid any possibility
of interference? Or was he human and just reacting? By the way, he
is a season ticket holder and on his request the Dodgers have relocated
his seats to another area of the Stadium where future interference is
impossible.
Others have questioned why Darryl should be so concerned with what
the fan did when he has a grand total of 1 rbi through the first
nine games.
I question what he was doing in right center with a left-handed pull
hitter up and the game on the line. Had he been closer to the play,
he certainly would have had a much better chance of catching the ball.
But I guess the big debate continues as to what are the responsibilities
of the fan.
-- The Beastmaster
--
Mark Singer
mss@netcom.com
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
From Denning:
the Skipjack encryption algorithm
F, an 80-bit family key that is common to all chips
N, a 30-bit serial number
U, an 80-bit secret key that unlocks all messages encrypted with the chip
E[M; K], the encrypted message stream, and
E[E[K; U] + N; F], a law enforcement block.
Where the session key is K, and is transmitted encrypted in the unit Key U.
Which along with the serial number N is encrypted in the Family key F.
Presumably the protocol can be recovered (if by nothing else, differential
analysis).
Postulate if you will, a chip (or logic) sitting between the clipper chip
and its communications channel. The function of this spoof chip is twofold:
1) Transmit Channel
The spoof chip XORs the 30 bit encrypted serial number with
a secondary keying variable. This renders the serial number
unrecoverable with just the family key
2) Receive Channel
The spoof chip XORs the incoming encrypted serial number
with a secondary keying variable (assuming integrity of the
law enforcement block is necessary for local operation -
checksums, sequence control, etc.).
This has the net result of hiding the serial number. It is probable theere is
a known plaintext pattern used as a filler in the block containing N (34 bits
as used in generating U, U1,U2) correctness of the law enforcement block
can be determined with only the family key F. Whereas, no one has proposed
Federal Agencies be denied F, and because they could recover it themselves,
The correctness of the serial number can be tested by examining the pad bits
of N in E[N; F].
The one could selectively alter the law enforcement block as above, but the
mutilation could be detected. A better approach would be to mutilate the
entire law enforcement block. If it were done with a group encryption scheme
such as DES or (presumably) Skipjack, the chances the law enforcement block
can be recovered are lessened.
What do you want to bet the transmission protocol can be recognized and the
serial numbers decrypted in a target search? When digital transmission
becomes widely available, would there be a requirement that clipper protocol
transmissions be refused when containing mutilated law enforcement blocks?
One way to avoid notice, would be to spoof protocol information of the block
containing M, as well as spoofing the law enforcement block.
The goal is to use a secure communications scheme, without redress to
detection or key K interception (contained encrypted within the law
enforcement block). The data stream is returned to its original state
for use by the clipper chip (or system) if required, for proper operation.
It is somewhat improbable that the entire protocol will be contained within
the clipper chip, yet likely that sequence of events will be tested for,
requiring a valid law enforcement block to be received before accepting
and decrypting E(M; K);
The spoof chip could be implemented anywhere in the protocols, including
on the resulting serial data stream. Existing clipper products could
be subborned. After all, they are high security encryption systems right?
Super encipherment/encryption could allow the chip to be used without
redress to detection of the use of the chip, or disclosure of the serial
number. Security must be adequate to deny the serial number, which should
not be recoverable by other means. One can see the use of cut outs for
procurring clipper phones, or once the number of units is high enough,
stealing them. It would be a mistake on the part of authority, but nice
from a point of privacy, if the serial number N were not associated with
a particular clipper chip or lot of chips through the manufacturing and
distribution process. Hopefully the list of known missing or stolen
clipper serial numbers N encrypted with F, and the protocols are not
sufficient plaintext to attact the super encrypted clipper stream.
This could be further made difficult by altering the temporal and or
spatial relationship of the clipper stream to that of the super encrypted
stream.
Detection of an encrypted stream could tip off the use of the aforementioned
scheme.
******************************************************************************
If you could capture valid law enforcement blocks not your own, and use
them in a codebook sustitution with your own, where they point to a valid
law enforcement block stored in a library utilizing a session key matching
the remainder of the transmission, you could simply out and out lie, yet
deliver to monitoring and/or hostile forces a seemingly valid law enforcement
block. These captured law enforcement blocks would be used as authenticators,
such as in a manually keyed encryption system. Fending this off would require
escalation in examining the protocols and blocks in the transmission.
The M code stream might be independently attacked based on knowledge of
clipper chip protocols as revealed plaintext. This could be invalidated
by changing the temporal and or spatial relationship of the clipper M stream
and the actual transmitted stream, under the control of a secure key
generator synchronized between endpoints.
The useful life time of captured law enforcement blocks might be limited
based on hostile forces using them as targets following transmission
interception. You would need a large number of them, but, hey there's
supposed to be millions of these things, right? Adding time stamps to
the encrypted law enforcement block is probably impractical, who wants
an encryption chip with a real time clock?
*****************************************************************************
The entire idea of the law enforcement block can be invalidated.
| 11sci.crypt |
How can one tell which prong of your basic chip is number 20? I realize there
is a chunk of the chip missing so that one can orient it correctly. So
using that hole as a guide, how can I count the prongs of the chip to find
#20? Please help.
--
|\ |\
| \ | \ Ren Hoek
| \ | \
| | | | internet: ren@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
\ /
_\ ^ _/ "It is not I who am crazy... It is I who am MAD!!!"
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
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