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In article 70257, david@terminus.ericsson.se (David Bold) writes:
>In article 17570@freenet.carleton.ca, ad354@Freenet.carleton.ca
>(James Owens) writes:
>>You seem to be saying that, God being unknowable, His morality
>>is unknowable.
>Yep, that's pretty much it. . . .
>. . .
>As I understand it, the Sadducees believed that the Torah was all
>that was required, whereas the Pharisees (the ancestors of modern
>Judaism) believed that the Torah was available for interpretation
>to lead to an understanding of the required Morality in all its
>nuances (->Talmud).
>The essence of all of this is that Biblical Morality is an
>interface between Man and YHWH (for a Jew or Christian) and does
>not necessarily indicate anything about YHWH outside of that
>relationship (although one can speculate).
>. . .
>. . . the point I`m trying to make is that we only really have the
>Bible to interpret, and that interpretation is by humanity. I guess
>this is where Faith or Relevation comes in with all its inherent
>subjectiveness.
God being unknowable, I can't comment on His motives, but it would be
distressing if He allowed us to misunderstand Him through no fault of
our own. For sanity's sake we must assume, if we believe in Him at all,
that His message comes through somehow. The question is whether it comes
through immediately to every individual, or is contained in a complex
canon that must be interpreted by experts in consultation with one another,
or is transmitted directly through appointed representatives who are free
to interpret, extend and modify the canon. If God's message is indeed
mediated, the further problem arises as to whether the individual under-
stands the mediated message fully and clearly. Since the responsibility
for understanding lies ultimately with the individual, we must assume that
God in His benevolence guides each individual to the appropriate source
for that individual, whereof the person may or may not drink.
>>Metaphysically, if there are multiple moral codes then there is no
>>Absolute moral code, and I think this is theologically questionable.
>No. There may be an absolute moral code. There are undoubtably multiple
>moral codes. The multiple moral codes may be founded in the absolute moral
>code. As an example, a parent may tell a child never to swear, and the child
>may assume that the parent never swears simply because the parent has told
>the child that it is "wrong". Now, the parent may swear like a trooper in
>the pub or bar (where there are no children). The "wrongness" here is if
>the child disobeys the parent. The parent may feel that it is "inappropriate"
>to swear in front of children but may be quite happy to swear in front of
>animals. The analogy does not quite hold water because the child knows that
>he is of the same type as the parent (and may be a parent later in life) but
>you get the gist of it? Incidentally, the young child considers the directive
>as absolute until he gets older (see Piaget) and learns a morality of his own.
Your example is complicated in our age by the thin line between morality
and politeness. You might have said "burp", for burping and swearing carry
about the same stigma today. If you are talking about "taking the Lord's
name in vain" as a serious transgression, then this example is more a case of
hypocrisy than of varying moral codes.
If there is an absolute moral code, propositions or laws in that code apply
absolutely and universally, by definition. Conceivably some moral codes
could be subsets of the universal code, as you say at the outset. So, for
example, God's code could include, "Thou shalt not create Beings without
a hospitable planet to live on", but this law would be inapplicable to us.
Nevertheless, we would be entitled to suppose that all laws applicable
to us are also applicable to God.
But when you begin to ask what laws might appear in God's moral code, you have
a sense of the absurdity of the question. Does God make laws for Himself to
follow? Perhaps God is not the sort of being to which the category "morality"
can be sensibly applied.
--
James Owens ad354@Freenet.carleton.ca
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article 3nx@athena.cs.uga.edu, mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) writes:
>In article <1993Apr21.204556.21262@cronkite.ocis.temple.edu> camter28@astro.ocis.temple.edu (Carter Ames) writes:
>>
>> Why does a lead acid battery discharge and become dead (totally unuseable)
>>when stored on a concrete floor?
>> I decided to bring the battery in from the lawn mower and the motorcycle
>>from the unheated garage this year, *to preserve them* and I just
>>went to use them and noticed that not only do they not work, but
>>they act like the two terminals are shorted. I asked a friend
>>and he said that you should never do that, 'cause it ruins them,
>>but he couldn't tell me why.
>
>This topic was beaten to death a year or so ago.
It seems to me that the original question was for advice on his problem
not a history lesson - I think that if this question comes up from time
to time then people should get a civil answer
>
>The concrete is not the problem.
>
>Lead-acid batteries often fail from disuse (not being charged for a long
>time), but there's no way the concrete floor could be the cause of the
>problem.
Could ANYONE please explain WHAT happens with a battery and is there any
cure to get it back into life
>
>--
>:- Michael A. Covington, Associate Research Scientist : *****
>:- Artificial Intelligence Programs mcovingt@ai.uga.edu : *********
>:- The University of Georgia phone 706 542-0358 : * * *
>:- Athens, Georgia 30602-7415 U.S.A. amateur radio N4TMI : ** *** ** <><
| 12sci.electronics |
I would like to make everyone aware that in winning the NL West the Atlanta
Braves did not lead wire-to-wire. Through games of 4/14/93 the Houston
Astros are percentage points ahead of the "unbeatable" Braves.
Go Astros!!!!!
Byron T. Lee
A Native Texan
Stuck in Utah
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
> > >As a flaming libertarian paranoid extremist (:-), I'at a loss for
> > >specific objections that don't sound frighteningly technical.
> >
> > The idea that foisting the Cripple Chip standard on US manufacturers would
> >result in saying "Sayonara" to yet another high-tech market isn't technical,
> >isn't in the least difficult to understand, and plays on a concern lots of
> >people are worried about already....
>
> Could you expand on this...?
Simple -- if you have a choice between:
1. American manufacturers peddling Cripple Chips with a secret untested
algorithm whose keys are held by people with a history of untrustworthy
behavoir, or
2. Japanese (to pick the obvious example) manufacturers peddling encryption
chips with an algorithm that has faced public scrutiny and keys under
the control of the user,
which would you choose? At most, the American government can deny this
choice to American citizens (and probably not that, if the glorious success
of the War on Drugs is any example); it can't do much about the global market.
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <C5r7Ey.7Mq@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> blaisec@sr.hp.com (Blaise Cirelli) writes:
>
I'm thinking about becoming a bike owner this year
w/o any bike experience thus far. I figure that getting a
decent used bike for under $1K the thing would pay for itself
while I'm at grad school (car permits are $$$ where I'm going
and who want's to ride a bus). I'm looking for advice
on a first bike - best models/years. I'm NOT looking for
an old loud roaring thing that sounds like a monster. The
quit whirring of newer engines is more to my liking.
Apprec any advice.
Thanks,
BS
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <1993Apr27.132255.12653@tpl68k0.tplrd.tpl.oz.au> keithh@tplrd.tpl.oz.au (Keith Harwood) writes:
>
>In article <1rbl0eINNip4@gap.caltech.edu>, palmer@cco.caltech.edu (David M. Palmer) writes:
>> prb@access.digex.com (Pat) writes:
>>
>> > What evidence indicates that Gamma Ray bursters are very far away?
>>
>> >Given the enormous power, i was just wondering, what if they are
>> >quantum black holes or something like that fairly close by?
>>
>> >Why would they have to be at galactic ranges?
>>
>. . . David gives good explaination of the deductions from the isotropic,
>'edged' distribution, to whit, they are either part of the Universe or
>part of the Oort cloud.
I don't know what you mean by 'edged', but surely there are two other
possibilities for an isotropic distribution: near interstellar (up to
~100 pc, i.e. within the disc), or the Galaxy's corona?
>Why couldn't they be Earth centred, with the edge occuring at the edge
>of the gravisphere? I know there isn't any mechanism for them, but there
>isn't a mechanism for the others either.
--
... Ross Smith (Wanganui, NZ) ............ alien@acheron.amigans.gen.nz ...
"Among the gods, there is a dispute as to which one of them originally
thought of Christianity; or, as they call it, the Great Leg Pull. Apollo
has the best claim, but a sizeable minority support Pluto, ex-God of the
Dead, on the grounds that he has a really sick sense of humour." (Tom Holt)
| 14sci.space |
Here is an annoying problem. Whenever I save an icon which contains dark
colors like dark red or dark purple, these colors are converted to the
bright colors. This happens with every icon editor including the image
editor that came with SDK. I don't have this problem with .BMP files
either; only with .ICO files or icon libraries. The problem is with
the icon colormap field in the icon file header. Checking the file
with a binary editor, I can see that the masks are OK. By editing the
colormap manually (copying from another icon that I didn't edit) I can
fix the colors. Does anybody know what may be causing this problem?
Thanks.
--
Sadun Anik, U of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Center for Reliable and High-performance Computing
e-mail: anik@crhc.uiuc.edu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <mjones.735583414@fenway>, mjones@fenway.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Mike Jones) writes:
> scott@asd.com (Scott Barman) writes:
>>In article <1993Apr20.154542.147196@clam.com> sam@steamer.clam.com (Sam Mandelbaum) writes:
>>>2. Wade Boggs.
>>> I live in Boston and like Wade a lot. But, his career is
>>> winding down and I would rather see the Yanks start to develop
>>> a long term solution (i.e. Hensley Muelins, Russ Davis, Velarde?).
>>> Besides, Wade just doesn't have any range. What a shame about
>>> Charlie Hayes, huh?
>>Who would you have playing 3B, Wade Boggs or Charlie Hayes? My choice
>>is Boggs. No contest. It will give them time to develop younger talent
>>in an area the Yankee farm system seems to be deficient.
>
> A-hem. Two words: Russell Davis. Playing in the cavern at Albany (AA) last
> year (375/410/385 down the alleys and to center), Davis went .285/.355/.483
> with 22 homers. There aren't any small parks on the road in the Eastern
> League, either. He's 23(!) and his MLE was .258/.308/.416, 17 HR. I have no
> fielding statistics, but from seeing him a number of times last year I'd say
> that he's not Brooks Robinson, but neither is he Howard Johnson. Unless they
> think they can win the pennant *this year* (which seems possible) and need
> Boggs to do it, I think they're making the same sort of mistake with Davis
> that Boston made with Boggs, leaving him in the minors for two or three
> years after he'd shown that he was a good hitter.
>
>>>3. Spike Owen.
>>> See Wade Boggs. I'd much rather see them develop Dave Silvestri
>>> or whoever. Wade and Spike next to each other in the infield is
>>> going to raise the Yankee staff ERA 1/2 point. And these guys
>>> are on the down sides of their careers.
>>Too bad they gave up on Randy Valarde. Too many trips on the Columbus
>>Shuttle!
>
> Hrm? They still have him on the roster (16 AB through the first two weeks).
> They've just never figured out what to do with him. I suspect that he hits
> enough (especially vs. lefties) to be a reasonable shortstop. One rumor
> running around during spring training was that they wanted to convert
> Silvestri to be a catcher(!) because "his body type was wrong for a
> shortstop". You'd think that somebody in the same *division*, who plays
> Baltimore about a dozen times a year, would know better.
>
> Mike Jones | AIX High-End Development | mjones@donald.aix.kingston.ibm.com
>
> If one of our guys went down, I just doubled it. No confusion there. It
> didn't require a Rhodes Scholar. If two of my teammates went down, four of
> yours would. I had to protect my guys.
> - Don Drysdale
In regard to Boggs: I'll relate a story about a Yankee fan at Fenway last year
for opening day. I was there to see them face Baltimore and couldn't help but
listen to the Boston fans talk about various players on the team. One guy was
totally obliterating Boggs, how he sucks, etc.... I told him I was a Yankee
fan and I'd take him in a second and who would he want in a trade back. He
said a pile of sh*t. I know Boggs had some personal problems while playing for
Boston, but come on he's a future hall of famer who really adds a needed
dimension to the Yanks. A solid hitter, a decent fielder and more importantly
a teacher, ask Pat Kelly. I think he's got a few good years left in his bat
and may be a key contributor down the stretch as they win the American League
East this year. Boston fans have no class!!! They'll probably boo him like
crazy his first time back in pinstripes and I hope he goes 4 for 4 and shuts
them up.
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
(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.
Unfortunately, you seem to lack the ability to rate players. Dave
Winfield has had a better career than half the people in the Hall of
Fame. Eddie Murray and Darrel Evans are both one of the top 100 players
of all time. Lee Smith has had probably the greatest long career
of any relief pitcher since 1960, with the possible exception of Gossage.
On the other hand, Kingman probably isn't one of the best 750 players
of all time.
And Reardon, though a good pitcher, isn't in Smith's class career wise.
> 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.
We're talking 2 of the top 50 players of all time here. There probably
aren't 5 shortstops in history who were better than these two.
> 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.
Garvey sucked. Morris, while a very good pitcher, simply doesn't
belong near Cooperstown.
Gee, can these guys even compare to
>the more likely future Hall of Famers like Kirby Puckett or Nolan Ryan?
If Puckett and Ryan (okay, no if there) get into to the Hall, they will be
marginal Hall of Famers (unless Puckett keeps hitting like he did last year for
a while longer)
To put this in perspective, here's a listing of the linear weights
values of the careers of the players you mention. In parenthesis
is how high they are up on the greatest ever list if they make it.
While no one would claim these are perfect rankings, they should give
you a good value of these guys' careers as compared to average players.
Robin Yount 43.0 (41)
Ozzie Smith 42.1 (45)
Dave Winfield 40.3 (53)
Eddie Murray 37.5 (68)
Darrel Evans 35.2 (80)
Kirby Puckett 24.3 (180)
Nolan Ryan 21.6 (219)
Jack Morris 11.8 (478)
Dave Kingman 0.4
Steve Garvey -5.8
To give you an idea of how these numbers compare to those in the Hall:
Of the 71 eligible players whose career stats equaled 35.0, 64 are in the Hall
of Fame. The ones who aren't include 4 19th century players, Ron Santo, Bobby
Grich, and Bob Johnson.
Of those eligible who score between 30.0 and 34.9, 15 of 25 are in. Of
those eligible who score between 25.0 and 29.9, 24 of 44 are in.
Greg
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Being a baseball fan and a fan of the above mentioned band I was
wondering if anyone could clue me in on whether the Dead (or members
of) sang the national anthem at todays Giant opener?
I would imagine that it is a bit too early for anyone to know, but
an answer would be greatly appreciated.
Curious,
Robert
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ROBERT MARGESSON UMAINE HOCKEY
156 PARK ST. C5 BLACK BEARS
ORONO, ME 04473 1993 NCAA CHAMPS
(207)866-7342 42-1-2
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <3153@shaman.wv.tek.com> robd@orca.wv.tek.com writes:
>In article <13712@news.duke.edu>, infante@acpub.duke.edu (Andrew
>Infante) writes:
>> You really expect a cop to answer these honestly?
>>
>> (First you gotta expect a cop to be honest...that's another
>> story...)
>
>Yeah, everybody knows cops always lie...and the people they deal with day in
>and day out *ALWAYS* tell the truth..."No sir, occifer sir, I wazznut drinking
>tonight, I was just playing around back there..." "No sir, I wasn't speeding,
>I was realy only going xxmph, it was that guy next to me...didn't ya see
>him?"
>
>Come on...stereotyping cops is no better than those that stereo type us.
>What say we try to show the same open mind to those around us as we would
>ask for ourselves...I know its a stretch...but its worth a try.
>
My reason for saying that was 'cause _I_, if _I_ were a cop
wouldn't go out of my way to tell people how to break the law.
Would you?
The part about honesty was a joke, sorta.
Obviously, people have had bad experiences with cops
lying. Obviously, nobody's perfect and nobody
_always_ tells the truth about everything.
(Or are you God? 1/4 ;)
--
Andy Infante | You can listen to what everybody says, but the fact remains |
'71 BMW R60/5 | that you've got to get out there and do the thing yourself. |
DoD #2426 | -- Joan Sutherland |
==============| My opinions, dammit, have nothing to do with anyone else!!! |
| 8rec.motorcycles |
Something about how Koresh had threatened to cause local
problems with all these wepaons he had and was alleged to
have.
Someone else will post more details soon, I'm sure.
Other News:
Sniper injures 9 outside MCA buildling in L.A. Man arrested--suspect
was disgruntled employee of Universal Studios, which
is a division of M.C.A.
QUESTION:
What will Californians do with all those guns after the Reginald
denny trial?
-Case Kim
kim39@husc.harvard.edu
| 16talk.politics.guns |
As a beginer, I just wonder how to transfer files from the Sun
system (which is on the network) to my PC at home (not connected
to the network). I tried to use 'COMit' to do so, but it was very
slow and it seemed that getting multiple files at the same time
was impossible. Could anybody give me some hints & infomation?
Thank you in advance.
liu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <1993Apr22.031648.2886@a.cs.okstate.edu> kennejs@a.cs.okstate.edu (KENNEDY JAMES SCOT) writes:
>At this point in time we don't who destroyed the BDs. Maybe it was the
>government; maybe it was Koresh. I wouldn't immediately rule out the
>government just because the FBI said that a couple of cult members
>torched Koresh's wood-frame house. I think that the credibility of the
>FBI and the cigarette cops is questionable at best; at worst they are
>bald-faced liers.
So you say the credibility of the FBI and ATF is questionalbe. So be it.
But certainly the credibility of David Koresh was (when he was alive)
absolutely untrustworthy. The BD's in the compound were by all accounts
absolutely loyal to Koresh, and thus would lie for him. Thus, the
credibility of his followers must be questionned. Do you trust them more
than the police?
> I read in a newspaper today that one of the BDs that
>survived the fire said that one of the tanks that crashed through their
>wood-frame house knocked over a lantern which later on caused the
>compound to errupt in flames. Also, I have heard that one of the cult
>members who earlier said that he and another individual started the fire
>is no longer claiming that he did it. Moreover, he and possibly the
>other person may not have even really said that they did it in the
>first place---we only have the FBI's WORD ON THIS. I'll believe it when
>I hear from a cult member's own mouth and not before then.
No, I saw one of the escapees say it himself on television. That was on the
10 o'clock News on channel 5 here in the Bay Area.
>The FBI claims that they saw two cult members starting the fire. They
>claimed that the two were clad in black clothing and were wearing gas
>masks. Hmmm... Sounds like they might have been describing an ATF
>agent to me. Weren't the cigarette cops wearing black? Note: this
>is just speculation on my part. Still, it is something to think about.
>Here's something else to ponder upon: the two agents that were planted
>in the compound might have done something to start that fire. I don't
>know if they did it deliberately or not---if they did at all---but I
>would like to see statements from these two agents on the events that
>transpired during that day. I think that they would be rather
>enlightening don't you think? They were inside the compound so they
>ought to have a real good idea of what went on in there. Of course if
>they did help burn down the house then I doubt that they would be
>very forthcoming with any information.
You are speculating that the FBI purposely started the fire?!?!? Please,
if you've got such a ridiculously extraordinary claim, and have no evidence
whatsoever, at least give us a speculatory reason why the FBI would want to
do such a thing.
The possibility that the fire was started accidentally is much more reasonable,
but we don't have anything but contradictory anecdotal evidence right now.
--
*Isaac Kuo (isaackuo@math.berkeley.edu) * ___
* * _____/_o_\_____
* Twinkle, twinkle, little .sig, *(==(/_______\)==)
* Keep it less than 5 lines big. * \==\/ \/==/
| 18talk.politics.misc |
I have become involved in a project to further develop and
improve the performance of SPECT (Single Photon Emission
Computerized Tomography) imaging. We will eventually have
to peddle this stuff somewhere, and so as I move this thing
along, I would like to know --
What is the current resolution of SPECT imaging? What kinds
of jobs is SPECT used for, specifically? What kind of specific jobs
could I hope
that SPECT could be used for, if its resolution improved,
say, to close to that of PET (Positron Emission Tomography)?
And how much does a SPECT machine cost? How much does a single
SPECT image cost?
If anyone knows the answer to any or all of these questions, OR
where I could find that answer, I would be very grateful, indeed.
Thanks in advance for any replies
Dave Eliezer
eliezer@physics.llnl.gov
| 13sci.med |
Could anybody please provide me a copy of the Windows 3.1 drivers and grabbers
from Orchid Technologies for use with their ProDesigner IIs ISA video card? Currently I do not have access to a modem to dial out to Orchid BBS.
If you can help me, please do any of the following, wichever is most convenient
to you:
1)
Copy the binary files to a directory readable by any user in any cell of the
Andrew File System
2)
Upload the binary files to an anonymous FTP site (where allowed).
3)
uuencode the files and send them to me by electronic mail.
Please notify me by electronic mail at
towwang@caen.engin.umich.edu
Thanks in advance.
Francisco
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
>And this means that the FBI will want to track the customer lists of
>better encryption phones, because "the only reason a person would want
>one is to evade the police."
Then they'll probably also want to start tracking the customer
lists of people purchasing SoundBlaster and similar boards, which can
be configured with the use of some code and a modem, to act as a pretty
decent digital-encrypting telephone. It's expensive, though, and kind
of awkward. I don't know any drug lords, but I'm sure they'd favor
something tappable over something secure as long as the user interface
is nice.
When you've got HRH Prince of Wales saying stupid things over
cordless phones, it's not hard to imagine that drug dealers, child
pornographers, commies, LISP programmers, and other threats to the
civilized world might transact incriminating business over "encrypting"
cellular phones.
mjr.
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <C5C9JA.AMB@unix.amherst.edu> ddsokol@unix.amherst.edu (D. DANIEL
SOKOL) writes:
> pjtier01@ulkyvx.louisville.edu wrote:
> >
> > Is the Chicago Tribune baseball coverage any good? Does the New York Times
> > have daily coverage/boxscores?
>
> I don't know about the Tribune but the Times has daily coverage and
boxscores.
> Of course, they have special emphasis on the Yankees and Mets
Beware. The original poster looks to be from Louisville, and chances are
Louisville gets the edition of the NYTimes that is printed in Chicago for the
MidWest. This edition has boxscores only on Monday (and Sunday) and an
extremely skimpy sports section (few game summaries, mostly just color
stories).
--
Bradley W. Brock, Department of Mathematics
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | "Resist not evil.... Love your enemies."
brock@nextwork.rose-hulman.edu | --some Nazarene carpenter
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
Panasonic KX-P2124 24-pin Dot Matrix Printer
-320 cps
-1/127 in. dot diameter
-16-character LCD
-Super Quiet Mode
-Draft, Letter Quality, Super Letter Quality Fonts
-Rear, Bottom, Front, or Top paper feeding (Friction or Tractor)
-Color compatible (needs optional Color Kit)
-includes Windows 3.1 Panasonic printer drivers disk.
Bought it in Jan. '93 and have used it very little. Still has
original ribbon cartridge. This is a very nice printer and is in
brand new conditio I just dont use it often enough and I need money.
I'll take $200 for it.
-Hans Meyer
| 6misc.forsale |
Hi,
I've got a Victor PC/XT with a 20 MB harddisk in it. The controller is
a Toshiba MFM controller, with an additional 9 pins connector.
There are 2 busses from my harddisk to this controller. One with 9 wires
and another with 34 wires.
The controller has two connectors for a 9 wire-bus and one for a 34 wire
bus.
Now I got a 20 MB harddisk from a friend of mine, and I wondered whether
I can connect this second harddisk to the same controller (there is room
for a 9 wire-bus, but not for the 34 wire bus)
How can I solve my problem, any suggestions?
If you need more info, mail me, please (luttik@fwi.uva.nl).
--Bas.
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I have a CASIO B.O.S.S. SF-9500 Digital Dairy/organizer for sale.
The unit has 64 kb with the expansion card slot. Very good condition.
Asking $110.00 plus shipping.
Marc
drmsr+@pitt.edu
| 6misc.forsale |
I have the following Nth Engine graphics cards for sale w/drivers for
AutoCAD R11. Display list proccessing is done through hardware.
B640 - 640x480
B752 - 752x580
I will take the highest reanable offer.
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| 6misc.forsale |
In article <1rgvv2$am4@haven.umd.edu>, vadik@cs.umd.edu (Vadim Maslov)
wrote:
>
>
> Hi, netters
>
> I went to "All Tune and Lube" for routine maintenance
> and they said I need to change plug wires because
> they are original ones and "you driven 70+ K miles on them".
> I had a strong suspicion that they just wanted to make money.
> Wires had no visible defects and my repair manual doesn't
> recommend any scheduled maintenance for them.
>
> Is it "plain vanilla" rip off?
> Or there can be some backing behind
> their suggestion to replace wires?
>
> I have Ford Taurus 86.
>
>
> Vadim Maslov.
I once had a sparking problem with my '65 Mustang, and simply changing
the spark plug wires fixed it.
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| Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL | SHO Convention Show |
| Email: CPB004@email.mot.com | 3rd Place - Concours |
| Phone: (708) 576-3175 | Judged |
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| 7rec.autos |
af664@yfn.ysu.edu (Frank DeCenso, Jr.) writes:
>PPS...Am I giving you too many clues?
Too many clues, not enough substance. You ask a lot of
good questions, though, but they are questions *you* should
be worried about, not me. I'm not the inerrantist here.
Let me know when you are ready to get serious.
dj
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <C5t759.DsC@well.sf.ca.us> rwert@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Wert) writes:
> I need some advice on having someone ride pillion with me on my 750 Ninja.
> This will be the the first time I've taken anyone for an extended ride
> (read: farther than around the block :-). We'll be riding some twisty,
> fairly bumpy roads (the Mines Road-Mt.Hamilton Loop for you SF Bay Areans).
>
An extended ride as a passenger on a 750 ninja.
Owww.
Well, I hate to be a wet sock, but, well...
I was a passenger on many bikes for the longest time before I started
riding myelf, and I grew to hate long rides on sport bikes. The passenger
seats are not designed for long rides. The passenger positions aren't
even usually designed for short rides. I ended up torturing my knees and my
back by taking long rides as a passenger on sport bikes. One of the
reasons I originally liked my current guythingy so much was becase he had
a BMW. :)
I'd suggest a shorter extended ride at first -- a short turn in the mountains
or some such. Then see how much pain she's in, and proceed from there.
The best advice I'd give a beginning passenger:
- Don't get on the bike until the rider says its OK, and work out some sort
signal for the rider to tell you when its OK to get off. After I get on
the bike I squeeze my riders hips to tell that I'm ready, and at the stop
he nods his head to show its OK for me to get off.
- Keep your feet on the pegs at all times. Don't wiggle (unless your rider
asks you to :)
- The best passengers are those which are unobtrusive. Echo the movements
and lean of your rider. Look over the shoulder thats most comfortable,
but during turns look over the shoulder on the inside of the turn.
- Get used to your rider's shifting style (Riders: use a reasonably
consistent shifting style). Avoid "helmet bonk." Helmet bonk is
when your rider revs the bike up and then shifts and the sudden change
in foreward acceleration causes your helmet to bonk his/hers. It
gets old real fast.
- When pulling to a stop, put a hand or both hands on the tank to keep
your weight from pushing your rider up onto the tank. Putting your hands
on the tank is also a good way to stretch your back if you're in pain,
but I'm told it gets harder to steer in turns if you leave them there.
- Switch your hands to the guardrail to stretch your shoulders, but be
sure and squeeze your thighs while you're doing it so your rider knows you're
still there. :) The guard rail isn't as safe as holding onto your rider.
- Don't be afraid to ask for frequent stops if you're in pain or
losing feeling in your feet. Passenger seats are not generally designed
for comfort. Work out some sort of pull over signal beforehand.
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writer of trifles in shadows and blood
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| 8rec.motorcycles |
Does anybody have any idea where I could find a program that can
convert a .GIF image into a .BMP image suitable for a Windows
wallpaper (i.e. 256 colors). Hopefully there's something out there
I can get from an ftp site somewhere...
Thanks in advance...
Scott
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
smead@hpstc01.rose.hp.com (Steve Smead) writes:
>I bought a Yamaha XS850 with 8K miles. Over the last 2 years, I've put 30K
>of commute miles onnit. Valve adjustment intervals are suppossed to be every
>5K. Well every 7.5K or so, I've checked the pad clearences, and they never
>change! If anything, the clearances seem to be getting a little smaller which
>makes no sense to me with the pad system - the pads should wear until the
>clearances are too great right? I know that threaded adjusters can tighten
>up, but I didn't think these kind could.
>Bottom lines is that I haven't touched my valves for 30K on this bike and
>they are still nice and quiet and if anything, the clearances are tighter...
>What's the deal? Any other Yam triple owners notice extremely long valve
>adjustment intervals?
Yeah, I had an XS750 that was the same. The valve seats tend to wear
very slowly, and anything that might get taken off the pad (which shouldn't
really wear) will tend to compensate - so it's a sort of self-compensating
system.
| 8rec.motorcycles |
In article <1993Apr26.143540.29917@cs.tulane.edu>, mark@luke.cray.com (Mark
Dean) says:
>
>Quit whining on the net about changing your oil yourselves!!!!!!
>If you can't handle such a simple procedure as changing your
>oil then get somebody else to do it and get the hell off the
>network!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>
> MD
>
>
Cool off! These people have as much right to be here as you do.
(BTW, is this the kind of friendly, helpful service we should
expect from Cray?)
| 7rec.autos |
: In article <1993Apr30.000050.1@aurora.alaska.edu> nsmca@aurora.alaska.edu writes:
: >Why not build a inflatable space dock.
Henry Spencer (henry@zoo.toronto.edu) wrote:
: If you're doing large-scale satellite servicing, being able to do it in
: a pressurized hangar makes considerable sense. The question is whether
: anyone is going to be doing large-scale satellite servicing in the near
: future, to the point of justifying development of such a thing.
That's a mighty fine idea. But since you asked "Why not," I'll
respond.
Putting aside the application of such a space dock, there are other
factors to consider than just pressurized volume. Temperature control
is difficult in space, and your inflatable hangar will have to
incorporate thermal insulation (maybe a double-walled inflatable).
Micrometeoroid protection and radiation protection are also required.
Don't think this will be a clear plastic bubble; it's more likely
to look like a big white ball made out of the same kind of multi-layer
fabric that soft-torso space suits are made out of today.
Because almost all manned space vessels (Skylab, Mir, Salyut) used
their pressurization for increased structural rigidity, even though
they had (have) metal skins, they still kind of qualify as inflatable.
The inflation process would have to be carefully controlled. The
space environment reduces ductility in exposed materials (due to
temperature extremes, monotomic Oxygen impingement, and radiation
effects on materials), so your "fabric" may not retain any flexibility
for long. (This may not matter.) Even after inflation, pressure
changes in the hangar may cause flexing in the fabric, which could
lead to holes and tears as ductility decreases.
These are some of the technical difficulties which the LLNL proposal
for an inflatable space station dealt with to varying degrees of
success.
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
"Good ideas are common -- what's uncommon are people who'll
work hard enough to bring them about." -- Ashleigh Brilliant
| 14sci.space |
In article <1r1vofINN871@usenet.pa.dec.com> tomacj@opco.enet.dec.com (THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO !!!) writes:
> Are there any MR2 owners or motor-head gurus out there, that know why
>my MR2's engine sounds noisy? The MR2's engine is noisy at the best of times,
>but not even a nice nose - it's one of those very ugly noises.
assuming yours is a non turbo MR2, the gruffness is characteristic of
a large inline 4 that doesn't have balance shafts. i guess toyota
didn't care about "little" details like that when they can brag about
the mid engine configuration and the flashy styling.
myself, i automatically cross out any car from consideration (or
recommendation) which has an inline 4 larger than 2 liters and no
balance shafts.. it is a good rule of thumb to keep in mind if you
ever want a halfway decent engine.
if the noise really bugs you, there is nothing else that you can do
except to sell it and get a V6.
eliot
| 7rec.autos |
I am considering adding to my 386 system equipped with a 130meg Maxtor
HD, a second Maxtor 245 Meg HD. I assume this will not be a problem.
However, I remember reading somewhere that to do this, you needed to
reformat your original drive ? Is this true ? If so why ? My drive is
full and I really don't like the idea of to re-installing everything
from floppy!!
Please E-mail me, or post to the group
--Mike
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| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
Reposting and summarizing, for your information or additional comment.
*** THIS IS LONG ***
I have 16MB of memory on my 386SX (25 MHz), an Intel math coprocessor, and
a 120MB hard drive with 20MB free (no compression). I have been running
Mathcad 3.1, under Windows 3.1 in enhanced mode, with a 5MB RAM drive,
2MB/1MB Smart drive, and no swap file (permanent or temporary) for
several months.
I am interested in the faster Mathcad 4.0, but I am concerned about reported
swap file requirements and the legitimacy of Mathsoft's claim about increased
speed.
TO 386SX USERS:
Will Mathcad 4.0 run without a swap file, or insist that I use a swap file?
So far, in response to a less detailed description of my setup, or in
unrelated postings, the more informed answers, on the net or by E-mail,
appear to be:
1) by fuess@llnl.gov (David A. Fuess) >>
>> According to Mathsoft, no. Mathcad uses the swap file extensively so as
>> not to overburden the physical resources. They say this is actually a
>> win32s feature. A figure of 10MB was indicated to me as a minimum. But
>> you might try anyway!
2) by bert.tyler@satalink.com (Bert Tyler) >>
>> I'm not all that certain that Mathcad is the culprit here.
>>
>> I have a 486/66DX2 with 16MB of main memory (less 2MB for a RAMdisk and
>> a bit for a DOS session that is opened as part of the startup process),
>> which I have been running without any swapfile. When I installed the
>> WIN32s subsystem from the March Beta of the NT SDK, the WIN32s subsystem
>> itself demanded the presence of a swapfile. The only WIN32s program
>> I've run to date is the 32-bit version of Freecell that came with that
>> subsystem.
>>
>> I gave Windows a small temporary swapfile (I'm leery of files that must
>> remain in fixed locations on my hard disk), and all seems well.
3) by bca@ece.cmu.edu (Brian C. Anderson) >>
>> What is Win32? I upgraded to Mathcad 4.0 and it installed a directory for
>> Win32 under \windows\system . During the upgrade it told me that win32
>> was required.
4) by case0030@student.tc.umn.edu (Steven V Case-1) >>
>> MathCad 4.0 makes use of the Win32s libraries. You've probably
>> heard about Win32s, it is a 32-bit Windows library that provides
>> much of the Windows NT functionality (no support for threads and
>> multitasking and such) but can be run under Windows 3.1.
5) by rhynetc@zardoz.chem.appstate.edu (Thomas C. Rhyne) >>
>> I also have 16 Mb of ram, and indeed Mathcad 4.0 insisted on a permanent
>> swapfile; it would not run otherwise.
6) by bishop@baeyer.chem.fsu.edu (Greg Bishop) >>
>> 3) MathCAD absolutely requires 4MB RAM (with 12MB swap file) or 8MB RAM
>> (with 8MB swap file). It will give you a not enough memory error if the
>> swap file is less than 8MB. It is a MAJOR resource hog. If you do not
>> load the symbolic processor or the smart math, it takes about 5MB of RAM
>> (real or virtual) just to load (again, due to the win32s libraries.
********************************************************************************
* *
* So it seems that in addition to the system requirements shown on Mathsoft's *
* advertisement for 4.0, that you need a swap file, possibly as big as 12MB. *
* Looks like I would just need an 8MB swap file, and would need to choose (or *
* can I?) between a faster permanent swap file, or a slower temporary swap file*
* *
* Apparently a Win32 subsystem ships with Mathcad 4.0 - how much disk space *
* does this require? *
* *
********************************************************************************
I also received these answers:
1) by mfdjh@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Dale Hample) >>
>> If you've got 16 megs of RAM, why not configure 10megs as a ram disk for
>> Mathcad? DOS 6 permits different bootup configurations.
********************************************************************************
* *
* Can Mathcad 4.0 + Win32 be configured to use such a RAM drive instead of a *
* swap file? If not, I don't see how using DOS 6.0 for an alternate bootup *
* would provide Windows with this swap file. Some time back I remember a *
* discussion about the issues of using a RAM drive to support a swap file, *
* but I thought this involved slower, < 8MB systems. *
* *
* I have DOS 6.0 but for various reasons have not yet done a full installation.*
* *
* By the way, is a full installation of DOS 6.0 required to avail oneself of *
* the "alternate bootup" feature? Which files from the installation disks are *
* required? *
* *
********************************************************************************
2) by wild@access.digex.com (Wildstrom) >>
>> Presumeably, you mean without a _permanent_ swap file. If Windows needs a
>> swap file, it will upo and create one if a permanent one doesn't exist.
>> Permanent is generally faster though. I don't know why Mathcad wouldn't
>> be happy with either type--Ver. 3.0 is and so should any program conforming
>> to the Win specification.
*********************************************************************************
* *
* So far, 16MB has been enough RAM to avoid the overhead of running ANY swap *
* file - I have been running Mathcad 3.1 under Windows 3.1 without one. *
* *
*********************************************************************************
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
> Problem 1
>
> My father told me the following story. During the famous wars between the
> Armenians and the Persians, prince Zaurak Kamsarakan performed extraordinary
> heroic deeds. Three times in a single month he attacked the Persian troops.
> The first time, he struck down half of the Persian army. The second time,
> pursuing the Persians, he slaughtered one fourth of the soldiers. The third
> time, he destroyed one eleventh of the Persian army. The Persians who were
> still alive, numbering two hundred eighty, fled to Nakhichevan. And so, from
> this remainder, find how many Persian soldiers there were before the
massacre.
>
Answer: a(1-1/2-1/4-1/11)=280 -> a = 1760
Corollary: Armenians strike, slaughter, destroy, and massacre. After all,
they are not as innocent as the asala network claims.
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
The vote to create the proposed group, Sci.life-extension, was
affirmative.
Yes votes: 237.
No votes: 28.
What follows is a list of the people who voted, by vote ("no" or "yes").
Here are the people who voted NO:
bailey@utpapa.ph.utexas.edu (Ed Bailey)
barkdoll@lepomis.psych.upenn.edu (Edwin Barkdoll)
msb@sq.com (Mark Brader)
carr@acsu.buffalo.edu (Dave Carr)
desj@ccr-p.ida.org (David desJardins)
jbh@Anat.UMSMed.Edu (James B. Hutchins)
rsk@gynko.circ.upenn.edu (Rich Kulawiec)
stu@valinor.mythical.com (Stu Labovitz)
lau@ai.sri.com (Stephen Lau)
plebrun@minf8.vub.ac.be (Philippe Lebrun)
jmaynard@nyx.cs.du.edu (Jay Maynard)
emcguire@intellection.com (Ed McGuire)
rick@crick.ssctr.bcm.tmc.edu (Richard H. Miller)
smarry@zooid.guild.org (Marc Moorcroft)
dmosher@nyx.cs.du.edu (David Mosher)
ejo@kaja.gi.alaska.edu (Eric J. Olson)
hmpetro@mosaic.uncc.edu (Herbert M Petro)
smith-una@YALE.EDU (Una Smith)
mmt@RedBrick.COM (Maxime Taksar KC6ZPS)
urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
ac999266@umbc.edu (a Francis Uy)
werner@SOE.Berkeley.Edu (John Werner)
wick@netcom.com (Potter Wickware)
ggw@wolves.Durham.NC.US (Gregory G. Woodbury)
D.W.Wright@bnr.co.uk (D. Wright)
yarvin-norman@CS.YALE.EDU (Norman Yarvin)
ask@cblph.att.com
spm2d@opal.cs.virginia.edu
Here are the people who voted YES:
FSSPR@ACAD3.ALASKA.EDU (Hardcore Alaskan)
kalex@eecs.umich.edu (Ken Alexander)
ph600fht@sdcc14.UCSD.EDU (Alex Aumann)
franklin.balluff@Syntex.Com (Franklin Balluff)
barash@umbc.edu (Mr. Steven Barash)
build@alan.b30.ingr.com (Alan Barksdale (build))
lion@TheRat.Kludge.COM (John H. Barlow)
pbarto@UCENG.UC.EDU (Paul Barto)
ryan.bayne@canrem.com (Ryan Bayne)
mignon@shannon.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Mignon Belongie)
beaudot@tirf.grenet.fr (william Beaudot)
lavb@lise.unit.no (Olav Benum)
ross@bryson.demon.co.uk (Ross Beresford)
ben.best@canrem.com (Ben Best)
levi@happy-man.com (Levi Bitansky)
jsb30@dagda.Eng.Sun.COM (James Blomgren)
gbloom@nyx.cs.du.edu (Gregory Bloom)
mbrader@netcom.com (Mark Brader)
ebrandt@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Eli Brandt)
doom@leland.stanford.edu (Joseph Brenner)
rc@pos.apana.org.au (Robert Cardwell)
jeffjc@binkley.cs.mcgill.ca (Jeffrey CHANCE)
sasha@cs.umb.edu (Alexander Chislenko)
mclark@world.std.com (Maynard S Clark)
100042.2703@CompuServe.COM ("A.J. Clifford")
coleman@twinsun.com (Mike Coleman)
steve@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu (Steve Coltrin)
collier@ivory.rtsg.mot.com (John T. Collier)
compton@plains.NoDak.edu (Curtis M. Compton)
bobc@master.cna.tek.com (Bob Cook)
cordell@shaman.nexagen.com (Bruce Cordell)
cormierj@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Cormier Jean-Marc)
djcoyle@macc.wisc.edu (Douglas J. Coyle)
dass0001@student.tc.umn.edu ("John R Dassow-1")
bdd@onion.eng.hou.compaq.com (Bruce Davis)
demonn@emunix.emich.edu (Kenneth Jubal DeMonn)
desilets@sj.ate.slb.com (Mark Desilets)
markd@sco.COM (Mark Diekhans)
kari@teracons.teracons.com (Kari Dubbelman)
lhdsy1!cyberia.hou281.chevron.com!hwdub@uunet.UU.NET (Dub Dublin)
willdye@helios.unl.edu (Will Dye)
155yegan%jove.dnet.measurex.com@juno.measurex.com (TERRY EGAN)
eder@hsvaic.boeing.com (Dani Eder)
glenne@magenta.HQ.Ileaf.COM (Glenn Ellingson)
farrar@adaclabs.com (Richard Farrar)
ghsvax!hal@uunet.UU.NET (Hal Finney)
lxfogel@srv.PacBell.COM (Lee Fogel)
afoxx@foxxjac.b17a.ingr.com (Foxx)
i000702@disc.dla.mil (sam frajerman,sppb,x3026,)
mpf@medg.lcs.mit.edu (Michael P. Frank)
Martin.Franklin@Corp.Sun.COM (Martin Franklin)
tiff@CS.UCLA.EDU (Tiffany Frazier)
Ailing_Zhu_Freeman@U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU (Ailing Freeman)
Timothy_Freeman@U.ERGO.CS.CMU.EDU (Tim Freeman)
gt0657c@prism.gatech.edu (geoff george)
mtvdjg@rivm.nl (Daniel Gijsbers)
exusag@exu.ericsson.se (Serena Gilbert)
rlglende@netcom.com (Robert Lewis Glendenning)
goetz@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Phil Goetz)
goolsby@dg-rtp.dg.com (Chris Goolsby)
dgordon@crow.omni.co.jp (David Gordon)
bgrahame@eris.demon.co.uk (Robert D Grahame)
sascsg@unx.sas.com (Cynthia Grant)
green@srilanka.island.COM (Robert Greenstein)
johng@oce.orst.edu (John A. Gregor)
roger@netcom.com (roger gregory)
evans-ron@CS.YALE.EDU (Ron Hale-Evans)
brent@vpnet.chi.il.us (Brent Hansen)
Ron.G.Hay@med.umich.edu (Ron G. Hay)
akh@empress.gvg.tek.com (Anna K. Haynes)
claris!qm!Bob_Hearn@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Hearn)
fheyligh@vnet3.vub.ac.be (Francis Heylighen)
hin9@midway.uchicago.edu (P. Hindman)
fishe@casbah.acns.nwu.edu (Carwil James)
janzen@mprgate.mpr.ca (Martin Janzen)
karp@skcla.monsanto.com (Jeffery M Karp)
rk2@elsegundoca.ncr.com (Richard Kelly)
merklin@gnu.ai.mit.edu (Ed Kemo)
kessner@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (KESSNER ERIC M)
mapam@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Mr R A Khwaja)
koski@sunset.cs.utah.edu (Keith Koski)
kathi@bridge.com (Kathi Kramer)
benkrug@jupiter.fnbc.com (Ben Krug)
farif@eskimo.com (David Kunz)
edsr!edsdrd!sel@uunet.UU.NET (Steve Langs)
pa_hcl@MECENG.COE.NORTHEASTERN.EDU (Henry Leong)
S.Linton@pmms.cam.ac.uk (Steve Linton)
alopez@cs.ep.utexas.EDU (Alejandro Lopez 6330)
kfl@access.digex.com ("Keith F. Lynch")
KAMCHAR@msu.edu (Charles MacDonald)
rob@vis.toronto.edu (Robert C. Majka)
phil@starconn.com (Phil Marks)
cam@jackatak.raider.net (Cameron Marshall)
mmay@mcd.intel.com (Mike May ~)
drac@uumeme.chi.il.us (Bruce Maynard)
i001269@discg2.disc.dla.mil (john mccarrick)
xyzzy@imagen.com (David McIntyre)
cuhes@csv.warwick.ac.uk (Malcolm McMahon)
mcpherso@macvax.UCSD.EDU (John Mcpherson)
merkle@parc.xerox.com (Ralph Merkle)
eric@Synopsys.COM (Eric Messick)
pmetzger@shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
gmichael@vmd.cso.uiuc.edu (Gary R. Michael)
dat91mas@ludat.lth.se (Asker Mikael)
MILLERL@WILMA.WHARTON.UPENN.EDU ("Loren J. Miller")
minsky@media.mit.edu (Marvin Minsky)
pmorris@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Paul Morris)
Mark_Muhlestein@Novell.COM (Mark Muhlestein)
david@staff.udc.upenn.edu (R. David Murray)
gananney@mosaic.uncc.edu (Glenn A Nanney)
anthony@meaddata.com (Anthony Napier)
dniman@panther.win.net (Donald E. Niman)
nistuk@unixg.ubc.ca (Richard Nistuk)
Jonathan@RMIT.EDU.AU (Jonathan O'Donnell)
martino@gomez.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Martin R. Olah)
cpatil@leland.stanford.edu (Christopher Kashina Patil)
crp5754@erfsys01.boeing.com (Chris Payne)
sharon@acri.fr (Sharon Peleg)
php@rhi.hi.is (Petur Henry Petersen)
chrisp@efi.com (Chris Phoenix)
pierce@CS.UCLA.EDU (Brad Pierce)
julius@math.utah.edu ("Julius Pierce")
dplatt@cellar.org (Doug Platt)
Mitchell.Porter@lambada.oit.unc.edu (Mitchell Porter)
cpresson@jido.b30.ingr.com (Craig Presson)
price@price.demon.co.uk (Michael Clive Price)
U39554@UICVM.BITNET (Edward S. Proctor)
stevep@deckard.Works.ti.com (Steve Pruitt)
MJQUINN@PUCC.BITNET (Michael Quinn)
rauss@nvl.army.mil (Patrick Rauss)
remke@cs.tu-berlin.de ("Jan K. Remke")
ag167@yfn.ysu.edu (Barry H. Rodin)
ksackett@cs.uah.edu (Karl R. Sackett)
rcs@cs.arizona.edu (Richard Schroeppel)
fschulz@pyramid.com (Frank Schulz)
kws@Thunder-Island.kalamazoo.MI.US (Karel W. Sebek)
bseewald@gozer.idbsu.edu (Brad Seewald)
shapard@manta.nosc.mil (Thomas D. Shapard)
habs@Panix.Com (Harry Shapiro)
muir@idiom.berkeley.ca.us (David Muir Sharnoff)
dasher@well.sf.ca.us (D Anton Sherwood)
zero@netcom.com (Richard Shiflett)
AP201160@BROWNVM.BITNET (Elaine Shiner)
robsho@robsho.Auto-trol.COM (Robert Shock)
rshvern@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (Rob Shvern)
wesiegel@cie-2.uoregon.edu (William Siegel)
ggyygg@mixcom.mixcom.com (Kenton Sinner)
bsmart@bsmart.tti.com (Bob Smart)
tonys@ariel.ucs.unimelb.EDU.AU (Anthony David Smith)
sgccsns@citecuc.citec.oz.au (Shayne Noel Smith)
dsnider@beta.tricity.wsu.edu (Daniel L Snider)
snyderg@spot.Colorado.EDU (SNYDER GARY EDWIN JR)
blupe@ruth.fullfeed.com (Brian Arthur Stewart)
lhdsy1!usmi02.midland.chevron.com!tsfsi@uunet.UU.NET (Sigrid
Stewart)
nat@netcom.com (Nathaniel Stitt)
tps@biosym.com (Tom Stockfisch)
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gadget@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Steve Strong)
carey@CS.UCLA.EDU (Carey Sublette)
jsuttor@netcom.com (Jeff Suttor)
swain@cernapo.cern.ch (John Swain)
szabo@techbook.com (Nick Szabo)
ptheriau@netcom.com (P. Chris Theriault)
ak051@yfn.ysu.edu (Chris Thompson)
gunnar.thoresen@bio.uio.no (Gunnar Thoresen)
dreamer@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Andrew Trapp)
jerry@cse.lbl.gov (Jerry Tunis)
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U13054@UICVM.BITNET (Howard Wachtel)
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70023.3041@CompuServe.COM (Paul Wakfer)
ewalker@it.berklee.edu ("Elaine Walker")
jew@rt.sunquest.com (James Ward)
jeremy@ai.mit.edu (Jeremy M. Wertheimer)
bw@ws029.torreypinesca.NCR.COM (Bruce White 3807)
weeds@strobe.ATC.Olivetti.Com (Mark Wiedman)
wiesel-elisha@CS.YALE.EDU (Elisha Wiesel)
WILLINGP@gar.union.edu (WILLING, PAUL)
smw@alcor.concordia.ca (Steven Winikoff)
wright@hicomb.hi.com (David Wright)
ebusew@anah.ericsson.com (Stephen Wright 66667)
liquidx@cnexus.cts.com (Liquid-X)
xakellis@uivlsisl.csl.uiuc.edu (Michael G. Xakellis)
cs012113@cs.brown.edu (Ion Yannopoulos)
yazz@lccsd.sd.locus.com (Bob Yazz)
lnz@lucid.com (Leonard N. Zubkoff)
62RSE@npd1.ufpe.br
adwyer@mason1.gmu.edu
ART@EMBL-Hamburg.DE
atfurman@cup.portal.com
billw@attmail.att.com
carl@red-dragon.umbc.edu
carlf@ai.mit.edu
cccbbs!chris.thompson@UCENG.UC.EDU
CCGARCIA@MIZZOU1.BITNET
clayb@cellar.org
dack@permanet.org
daedalus@netcom.com
danielg@autodesk.com
Dave-M@cup.portal.com
F_GRIFFITH@CCSVAX.SFASU.EDU
garcia@husc.harvard.edu
gav@houxa.att.com
hammar@cs.unm.edu
herbison@lassie.ucx.lkg.dec.com
hhuang@Athena.MIT.EDU
hkhenson@cup.portal.com
irving@happy-man.com
jeckel@amugw.aichi-med-u.ac.jp
jgs@merit.edu
jmeritt@mental.mitre.org
Jonas_Marten_Fjallstam@cup.portal.com
kqb@whscad1.att.com
LPOMEROY@velara.sim.es.com
lubkin@apollo.hp.com
kunert@wustlb.wustl.edu
LINYARD_M@XENOS.a1.logica.co.uk
M.Michelle.Wrightwatson@att.com
moselecw@elec.canterbury.ac.nz
naoursla@eos.ncsu.edu
ng4@husc.harvard.edu
pase70!dchapman@uwm.edu
pocock@math.utah.edu
RUDI@HSD.UVic.CA
SCOTTJOR@delphi.com
stanton@ide.com
steveha@microsoft.com
stu1016@DISCOVER.WRIGHT.EDU
SYang.ES_AE@xerox.com
tim.hruby@his.com
Todd.Kaufmann@FUSSEN.MT.CS.CMU.EDU
tom@genie.slhs.udel.edu
UC482529@MIZZOU1.BITNET
WMILLER@clust1.clemson.edu
yost@mv.us.adobe.com
(The group still passes if you don't count the people for
whom I just have email address.)
-Brian <bmdelane@midway.uchicago.edu>
| 13sci.med |
In article <1r8p0j$60v@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> bc744@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark Ira Kaufman) writes:
>
> 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.
Kaufman,
I think we have a problem in this newsgroup: every time somebody puts
down serious questions on Israel, the first response would be "what about
the Arab countries?" ...
Most of the Arab countries governments are ruling their people with Iron
fist policy and Dark Ages democracy (if exists). Ironically, these are
the countries that the "West" would like to deal with and would wage
massive wars to protect them and their resources.
For Israel the situation is different, Israel claims it is a
democracy -- I would call it selective democracy, that abides by Western
democratic standards. If Israel is saying that then
it has to be compared to Western standards. If this comparison is the
advertized propaganda from Israel, then we have to look at seriously at
question that can and should be asked regarding any country advertizing
this standard.
>
> 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.
>
That is very incorrect, I see you have been brain-washed well, I would
recommend non-Zionist history books).
> 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.
Please, speak for yourself. Do not imagine that "everyone" subscribes to
your beliefs, you would be lucky if you believe them yourself.
>
> 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
> ............
What is this, you trying to destroy the credibility of the author, why?
all of this because he asked some serious question. These tactics of
destroying the credibility of a person beacuse you do not agree with
her/him is old and does not work anymore, go tell your superiors
(AIPAC?) to change their guide books.
Salam,
Eyad Nuweiri
Software Engineer
Unify Corp.
*** Disclaimer: This is my personal views, not of my employer ***
==================================================================
Eyad Alnuweiri Unify Corp
Software Engineer 3901 Lennane Drive
email: eyad@unify.com Sacramento, CA 95834-1922
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
In article <C5L14I.JJ3@news.cso.uiuc.edu>, cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike Cobb) writes:
|> In <1993Apr16.010800.11056@scic.intel.com> sbradley@scic.intel.com (Seth J.
|> Bradley) writes:
|>
|> >In article <C5JrDE.M4z@news.cso.uiuc.edu> cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike
|> Cobb) writes:
|> >>Theory of Creationism: MY theistic view of the theory of creationism, (there
|> >>are many others) is stated in Genesis 1. In the beginning God created
|> >>the heavens and the earth.
|>
|> >This is a belief, not a theory. A theory makes predictions and is falsi-
|> >fiable. What you've stated makes no predictions and is not falsifiable.
|> >If it was that easy, the ICR wouldn't have it as rough as they do :-).
|> >--
|> >Seth J. Bradley, Senior System Administrator, Intel SCIC
|> >Internet: sbradley@scic.intel.com UUCP: uunet!scic.intel.com!sbradley
|> >----------------------------------------
|>
|> Why isn't this falsifiable? I.E. There is no God, the world has existed forever
|> and had no starting point. ?
|>
Logic alert! This is a non-sequiteur. If we assume there is not god then it does
not necessarily follow that the planet has no starting point.
Adda
|> MAC
|> --
|> ****************************************************************
|> Michael A. Cobb
|> "...and I won't raise taxes on the middle University of Illinois
|> class to pay for my programs." Champaign-Urbana
|> -Bill Clinton 3rd Debate cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu
|>
|> With new taxes and spending cuts we'll still have 310 billion dollar deficits.
--
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| Adda Wainwright | Does dim atal y llanw! 8o) |
| eczcaw@mips.nott.ac.uk | 8o) Mae .sig 'ma ar werth! |
+-------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| 19talk.religion.misc |
I really feel the need for a knowledgable hockey observer to explain this year's playoffs to me. I mean, the obviously superior Toronto team with the best center and the best goalie in the league keeps losing. What gives?
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I stand by all the misstatements that I've made.
-- Vice President Dan Quayle to Sam Donaldson, 8/17/89
Me Too -- Nick Duncan <duncan@mprgate.mpr.ca>
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
In article <C5JKIK.1zF@ucdavis.edu> ez027993@dale.ucdavis.edu (Gary Built Like Villanueva Huckabay) writes:
>Here's my analysis of Jose Canseco, circa Sep '92, and Jose Canseco,
>circa June 1986.
>
>1. He's bulked up too much. Period. He needs to LOSE about 20 pounds,
> not gain more bulk.
I've been saying that for at least 2 years now and even the A's conditioning
guru told Jose he was carrying too much weight and losing some would help
his back.Although I don't for one second believe Jose used steroids,his
back problems are very similar to problems alot of steroid users experience
because they are simply carrying too much weight on their frame(see Jeff
Bregel ex 49er as a textbook example), and IMHO Jose is too big for his
frame.
>2. His bat speed has absolutely VANISHED. Conservatively, I'd say he's
> lost 4%-7% of his bat speed, and that's a HUGE amount of speed.
I can't imagine how to estimate bat speed, but its pretty obvious that
Jose is missing fastballs he used to hit, likely due to his back.
>3. That open stance is KILLING him. Note that he acts sort of like
> Brian Downing - way open to start, then closes up as ball is
> released. Downing could do this without significant head movement -
> Canseco can't. Also, note that Canseco doesn't always close his
> stance the same way - sometimes, his hips are open, sometimes,
> they're fully closed. Without a good starting point, it's hard
> to make adjustments in your swing.
I don't know, he had an even more open stance when he first came up with
the A's, and had no problems with it then. It might be that pre-back
problems, he was quick enough to cover up any deficiencies the stance
caused, but now he's lost just enough bat speed that the stance hurts
him. The old saying if you're hot its a trigger mechanism, if you're
cold, its a hitch.
>First, minimize movement before the swing. Close and widen the stance,
>and severely cut down the stride I take on my swing. Hopefully, this
>will cut down on the time I need to swing, and will allow me to move
>the bathead more freely.
The biggest problem IMHO is he never has found a stance he's comfortable
with for more than a few months. He changes his stance so much, he loses
track of where the strike zone is. In Wednesday's night game, he was
clearly mad at strike calls on both corners that looked pretty good to
me. I think he no longer knows where the strike zone really is because
he's changed his stance so much.
I'm also a bit concerned that because he's got Palmer and Gonzalez hitting
all the homeruns, he'll become competitive, swing even harder and screw
himself up even worse. LaRussa always said that Canseco's famous batting
practice homer shows did him more harm than good as they encouraged
bad hitting habits.
Russ Smith
*******************************************************************************
"I don't know anything about X's, but I know about some O."
George Gervin on being an assistant coach
********************************************************************************
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
New plotters, 2 of 'em, straight out of the box, but docs have all been
lost...
make offer, COD shipping...
jj <uk02657@mik.uky.edu>
| 6misc.forsale |
Hello,
I have the following list of books about ISA/EISA buses:
1. ISA System Architecture
by Tom Shanley/Don Anderson
MindShare Press, 1993 $34.95
2. EISA System Architecture
by Tom Shanley/Don Anderson
MindShare Press, 1993 $24.95
3. ISA, EISA: PC,XT,AT,E-ISA,ISA, and EISA I/O timing and specs.
by Edward Solari, Copyright 1992
ISBN: 0-929392-15-9
4. AT Bus Design
by Edward Solari, Copyright 1990
ISBN: 0-929392-08-6
5. Interfacing to the IBM PC/XT
by Eggebrecht, Lewis C. Copyright 1990
Do you have any comments on any of them?
Please reply by e-mail,
Thanks in advance,
Manolis Stratakis.
| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I'm looking for recommendations for a laser printer. It will
be used mostly for text by a single user. It doesn't need to
be a postscript printer. Any advice would be appreciated.
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Andrew Newell <TAN102@psuvm.psu.edu> writes:
>>>Sure, they may fall back on other things, but this is one they
>>>should not have available to use.
>>It is worse than others?
>Worse? Maybe not, but it is definately a violation of the
>rules the US govt. supposedly follows.
Oh?
>>>For the motto to be legitimate, it would have to read:
>>> "In god, gods, or godlessness we trust"
>>Would you approve of such a motto?
>No. ...not unless the only way to get rid of the current one
>was to change it to such as that.
What is wrong with *this* motto, now? If you wouldn't approve of
even that one, I am beginning to think that you just have something
against mottos in general. What do you think of "E plurbis unum?"
keith
| 0alt.atheism |
In article <1993Apr26.174819.13707@starbase.trincoll.edu> () writes:
> In article <1ra5i9INNd4g@clem.handheld.com>, jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De
> Arras) wrote:
> >
> > In article <1993Apr23.153005.8237@starbase.trincoll.edu> () writes:
>
> > > I've yet to meet a group of Baptists who were stockpiling Cambell's soup
> > > and M-16's/AR-15's and banging/marrying thirteen yuear olds.
> >
> > I don't recall saying Baptists do any of that. Though I suppose some do.
And
> > none of them are listed in the dictionary as characteristics of a cult. My
> > mother stockpiled Campbells soup when it was on sale.
> >
> > > You're a sorry
> > > son of a bitch if you can't draw a distinction between these two things.
> >
> > You are an intolerent, foul-mouthed human. You sound like you are ready to
> > join the KKK or neo-nazis, with a narrow mind like yours.
>
> Fuck YOU. My paternal grandparents died in Oswiecym (Aushwitz in the native
> tongue, for all of you pseudo-historically literate people).
And Bejing = Peking, who cares about native tongue, as long as we all
understand each other.
> I would
> suggest you'd have to search long and hard to find someone with more
> diffuse sensibilities.
Oh, not more than a few feet, I wouldn't think. I'm sorry IF your paternal
grandparents died in Oswiecym or Aushwitz, which is easier to say than prove,
but if so, the lesson they paid thier lives for was wasted on you.
> Just tootin' my own horn.
You are the expert. I often feel compelled to brag about the circumstances of
my grandparent's death. 8-}
>
> > > People like you cheapen our constitution by using it to defend sociopaths
> > > who aren't deserved of it. Get a life and chill on the paranoia.
> > >
>
> I don't care about *cults*. There's no language problem here. My problem is
> with religious fanatics (claiming to be God is just a *little bit*
> unsettling) stockpiling several years' supply of canned foods and enough
> weapons to hold off a company (not to mention the ATF, which %&^#ed up in
> the first place) and talking about how they're going to "take care" of all
> of the "unbelievers." But granted, up to that moment, he'd done nothing
> wrong. I recognize and respect that.
>
> Then the ATF discovers he doesn't have proper permits for some of his
> purchases and failed to pay some taxes on them.
>
A BATF offense, if true.
> Then several parents come forward and demand that previous charges of child
> abuse be refiled. There have been interviews with some parents whose
> children were in the compound at some point. These parents claimed
> psychological and sexual abuse. The childrens' statements supported these
> charges.
A LOCAL offense, if true. Totally outside the BATF's domain.
>
> Was it a 'no-knock?' I really haven't heard anything on that. But clearly
> he was not just another guy minding his own business. Hell, give them all
> the guns in the world if they don't bother anyone. But he was a scary sort,
> don't you think?
I didn't know the man. Just what the TV chose to tell me.
> The sort of person you'd want your daughter to date?
I thought there were prejudicial undertones here. I would trust my daughter's
judgement.
> I
> didn't think so. Reason number one to doubt the legal statements made by
> some of the survivors. (Note that some of them were made by his 'guard,'
> well-[hesitate to say expertly] trained killers).
I don't believe either side blindly.
>
> Then he fired on the ATF. That's not just a little mistake, or some
> red-white-and blue American defending his home against Big Brother.
IF they fired first, without announcing in a beleivable way who they were ( I
can pound on your door and claim to be the police, will you just lay down and
take it if I do?), then he could be justified in firing on the ATF in
self-defense.
> That
> shit doesn't fly. Anyone with his background that will shoot and kill
> Federal Law Enforcement officials is not some good citizen whose crusade
> enjoys our support. He's a loose cannon. Just my opinion...
"His background"? What law has he been convicted of breaking in the past?
>
> joe.kusmierczak@mail.trincoll.edu
Jim
--
jmd@handheld.com
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"I'm always rethinking that. There's never been a day when I haven't rethought
that. But I can't do that by myself." Bill Clinton 6 April 93
"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed
in my country, I never would lay down my arms,-never--never--never!"
WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM 1708-1778 18 Nov. 1777
| 16talk.politics.guns |
In article <C5MuIw.AqC@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> dlecoint@garnet.acns.fsu.edu (Darius_Lecointe) writes:
>If it were a sin to violate Sunday no one could
>ever be forgiven for that for Jesus never kept Sunday holy. He only
>recognized one day of the seven as holy.
Jesus also recognized other holy days, like the Passover. Acts 15 says
that no more should be layed on the Gentiles than that which is necessary.
The sabbath is not in the list, nor do any of the epistles instruct people
to keep the 7th day, while Christians were living among people who did not
keep the 7th day. It looks like that would have been a problem.
Instead, we have Scriptures telling us that all days can be esteemed alike
(Romans 14:5) and that no man should judge us in regard to what kind of
food we eat, Jewish holy days we keep, or _in regard to the sabbath. (Col. 2.)
>The
>question is "On what authority do we proclaim that the requirements of the
>fourth commandment are no longer relevant to modern Christians?"
I don't think that the Sabbath, or any other command of the law is totally
irrelevant to modern Christians, but what about Collosions 2, where it says
that we are not to be judged in regard to the keeping of the sabbath?
Link Hudson.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <C5syK2.Js2@ie.utoronto.ca>,
andy@ie.utoronto.ca (Andy Sun) writes:
>Hi,
>
>I have been told by a local sales that Asante has come out with this
>LCIII PDS Ethernet adapter with an optional 68882 socket on the board.
>My question is will the FPU performance degrade will I put the 68882
>on the PDS card socket instead of on the motherboard itself? Intuitively,
>the math co-processor should always be placed close to the CPU, but
>I am not sure how good Apple's so-called processor-direct slot is when
>it comes to throughout. Does anyone know the answer to this or have
>any experience with the Asante LCIII Ethernet adapter? Thanks in advance.
>
>Andy
>--
>Andy Sun (andy@ie.utoronto.ca) 4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto
>Computing Coordinator Ontario, Canada. M5S 1A4
>Department of Industrial Engineering Phone: (416) 978-8830
>University of Toronto Fax: (416) 978-3453
I believe the FPU on the LCIII is always supposed to go on the logic
board, not in the PDS board. I have heard of crashing problems with
PDS-based FPUs on the LCIII. Asante may have fixed them but why
bother. Why bother building an LCIII card with an FPU anyway? The
extra circuitry gives the card one more chance to fail. I say FPU on
main logic board, in socket, Ethernet alone on PDS card, in slot.
Mark
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
Ok, lets say youve got a grid of hexagons
that go in a 10
9
10
9
etc..
for a total of 15 rows down
that means there are 10 hexagons in the 1st line,
9 lined up underneath in the second line
10 lined up underneath in the third line
9 lined up under neath in the fourht...
the problem is given the center of any arbritrary hexagon, and a line with
and arbritrary slope, Which hexagons does that line cross through
(The line doesn't necessarily have to cross through the center of other hexagon,it can even be a tangent and count). Any helpers, my friend was baffeled
when trying to figure this.
:w
--
Mohammad R. Khan / khan0095@nova.gmi.edu
After July '93, please send mail to mkhan@nyx.cs.du.edu
| 1comp.graphics |
Any truth to the rumor of an AWD 3-series for '94? I believe
this info was published in either Popular Science or AutoWeek
a couple of months ago.
Also, a friend told me that BMW used to make an AWD 325 called
the 325ix. I'd appreciate any info about this car too. Thanks..
Thanks.
Tim
| 7rec.autos |
Bennett Todd @ Salomon Brothers Inc., NY (bet@sbi.com) wrote:
: However, unless I
: missed something, the only source they suggested (aside from a hardware RNG)
: that seems available, and unguessable by an intruder, when a Unix is
: fresh-booted, is I/O buffers related to network traffic. I believe my
: solution basically uses that strategy, without requiring me to reach into
: the kernel.
A few more sources are statistics on your filesystems (easily
and quickly obtained) and the output from the "rusage" system
call.
You can also exec a finger to one or more favorite heavily-used
systems, though this can take several seconds.
cf. the source code to RIPEM on ripem.msu.edu.
Mark R.
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <C5p660.36t@sunfish.usd.edu>, rfox@charlie.usd.edu writes...
>In article <1993Apr15.225657.17804@rambo.atlanta.dg.com>, wpr@atlanta.dg.com (Bill Rawlins) writes:
>>|> >|>
>>|> However, one highly biased account (as well as possibly internally
>>|> inconsistent) written over 2 mellenia ago, in a dead language, by fanatic
>>|> devotees of the creature in question which is not supported by other more
>>|> objective sources and isnt even accepted by those who's messiah this creature
>>|> was supposed to be, doesn't convince me in the slightest, especially when many
>>|> of the current day devotees appear brainwashed into believing this pile of
>>|> guano...
>>
>> Since you have referred to the Messiah, I assume you are referring
>> to the New Testament. Please detail your complaints or e-mail if
>> you don't want to post. First-century Greek is well-known and
>> well-understood. Have you considered Josephus, the Jewish Historian,
>> who also wrote of Jesus? In addition, the four gospel accounts
>> are very much in harmony.
>
>Bill, I have taken the time to explain that biblical scholars consider the
>Josephus reference to be an early Christian insert. By biblical scholar I mean
>an expert who, in the course of his or her research, is willing to let the
>chips fall where they may. This excludes literalists, who may otherwise be
>defined as biblical apologists. They find what they want to find. They are
>not trustworthy by scholarly standards (and others).
>
>Why an insert? Read it - I have, a number of times. The passage is glaringly
>out of context, and Josephus, a superb writer, had no such problem elsewhere
>in his work. The passage has *nothing* to do with the subject matter in which
>it lies. It suddenly appears and then just as quickly disappears.
I think this is a weak argument. The fact is, there are *two* references to
Jesus in _Antiquities of the Jews_, one of which has unquestionably at least
been altered by Christians. Origen wrote, in the third century, that
Josephus did not recognize Jesus as the Messiah, while the long passage
says the opposite. There is an Arabic manuscript of _Antiquities of the
Jews_ which contains a version of the passage which is much less gung-ho
for Jesus and may be authentic.
There is no question that Origen, in the third century, saw a reference
to Jesus in Josephus. There are no manuscripts of _Antiquities_ which
lack the references.
It is possible that it was fabricated out of whole cloth and inserted, but
I don't think it's very likely--nor do I think there is a consensus in
the scholarly community that this is the case. (I know G.A. Wells takes
this position, but that's because he takes the very small minority view
that Jesus never existed. And he is a professor of German, not of
biblical history or New Testament or anything directly relevant to
the historicity of Jesus.)
Jim Lippard Lippard@CCIT.ARIZONA.EDU
Dept. of Philosophy Lippard@ARIZVMS.BITNET
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
| 19talk.religion.misc |
Too many newsgroups. 'nough said? Thanx.
--
Edward Reid Greensboro FL ed@titipu.resun.com or nosc!blkhole!ed
(looking for programming contracts, especially Unisys A-Series)
| 11sci.crypt |
In article <1qev18INNnk7@early-bird.think.com>, shaig@Think.COM (Shai Guday) writes:
>In article <1993Apr13.142902.14479@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu>, hasan@McRCIM.McGill.EDU writes:
>|> As for israelis, Menahim Begal Begin and Yitzhak Shakh Shamir were leaders
> ^^^^^ ^^^^^
>Cute, real cute. Now can you please stop being childish and get on
>with the issues?
>
>|> of many of these gangs that massacred Palestineans and became the
>|> HEROS of israel and its Prime ministers. Oh sorry I forgot Ben Gurion,
>|> too. I hope he is enjoying his coffin . Now, if israelis donot support
>|> (which i doubt) the oppression and killing from 1930's-now,
You probably mean the mass murders of Jews in the West Bank between 1936-1939.
>|> Hasan
>Shai Guday
Naftaly
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| 17talk.politics.mideast |
pes@hutcs.cs.hut.fi (Pekka Siltanen) writes:
> Suppose two cubic Bezier curves (control points V1,..,V4 and W1,..,W4)
> which have equal first and last control points (V1 = W1, V4 = W4). How do I
> get upper bound for distance between these curves.
Which distance? The distance between one point (t = ti) on the first curve
and a point on the other curve with same parameter (u = ti)?
>
> Any references appreciated. Thanks in anvance.
>
> Pekka Siltanen
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <0w2Z2B1w164w@cellar.org> blu@cellar.org (Dan Reed) writes:
>Fact is, I just leave the valet key in my glovebox for whenever
>I need it...
That will make it easy for a car thief.
Saves him/her the trouble of popping your ignition!
--
Dick Grady Salem, NH, USA grady@world.std.com
So many newsgroups, so little time!
| 7rec.autos |
In <strnlghtC5p7zp.3zM@netcom.com> strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
:In article <Apr18.194927.17048@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>
:holland@CS.ColoState.EDU (douglas craig holland) writes:
:>Note that measures to protect yourself from
:>TEMPEST surveillance are still classified, as far as I know.
:I think this to be inaccurate. One can buy TEMPEST equipment commercially.
:Even Macs.
Sure you can buy a TEMPEST approved Mac -- if you have enough
money. I haven't had any reason to look at this type of pricing
for about 10 years, but a TEMPEST rating in 1982 would raise the
price of a $2,495.00 Radio Shack Model III to something around
$15,000.00.
Bill
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UUCP: ...!thebes!camco!bill 6641 East Mercer Way
uunet!camco!bill Mercer Island, WA 98040; (206) 947-5591
SPEED COSTS MONEY -- HOW FAST DO YOU WANT TO GO?
| 11sci.crypt |
Almost sold, but the potential buyer has an opportunity to buy a DSO from a
co-worker...so the following is still available:
Used, good condition:
Hitachi V-422 40MHz Dual-Channel Portable Analog Oscilliscope
o 1mV/div
o DC offset
o alternate magnification (10x magnified & non-magnified waveform)
o VERT mode trigger
o TV sync separation circuit
List price $910.00 (...and the price Fry's electronics just quoted!) :-(
Sells for $699.99 (JDR MicroDevices current price)
$745.95 (Products International)
Your price used $425.00 obo
But wait - now $350.00 obo
Buy it, take it home, pretend you can fix simple household appliances...or just
watch the alternating current running through your house!
I'm open to trades of radio, video or computer equipment...but I don't want to
trade for another scope! :-)
I'd prefer a local buyer, because (a) a local buyer can check it out and (b) a
local buyer can take it with him/her.
rbn@apple.com
| 12sci.electronics |
In article <May.10.05.08.01.1993.3602@athos.rutgers.edu> db7n+@andrew.cmu.edu (D. Andrew Byler) writes:
>Nabil Ayoub writes:
>
>>As a final note, the Oriental Orthodox and Eastren Orthodox did sign a
>>common statement of Christology, in which the heresey of >Monophysitism
>>was condemned. So the Coptic Orthodox Church does not believe in
>>Monophysitism.
>
>Sorry!
>
>What does the Coptic Church believe about the will and energy of Christ?
> Were there one or were there two (i.e. Human and Divine) wills and
>energies in Him.
>
>Also, what is the objection ot the Copts with the Pope of Rome (i.e. why
>is there a Coptic Catholic Church)? Do you reject the supreme
>jurisdiction of the 263rd sucessor of St. Peter (who blessed St. John
>Mark, Bishop of Alexandria was translator for) and his predecessors? Or
>his infallibility? Or what other things perhaps?
For your first set of questions (regarding the energy and will of Christ)
I quote to you the relevant part of the Statement signed by both Eastern
(Chalcedonian) and Oriental (non-Chalcedonian) Orthodox scholars a few
years ago (Both families = both Orthodox churches) :
1. Both families agreed in condemning the Eutychian heresy. Both families
confess that the Logos, the Second Person of the Holy Trinity, only begotten
of the Father before the ages and consubstantial with Him, was incarnate and
was born from the Virgin Mary Theotokos; fully consubstantial with us, perfect
man with soul, body and mind ($ \nu o \upsilon \zeta $); He was crucified,
died, was buried and rose from the dead on the third day, ascended to the
Heavenly Father, where He sits on the right hand of the Father as Lord of all
creation. At Pentecost, by the coming of the Holy Spirit He manifested the
Church as His Body. We look forward to His coming again in the fullness of His
glory, according to the Scriptures.
2. Both families condemn the Nestorian heresy and the crypto-Nestorianism of
Theodoret of Cyrus. They agree that it is not sufficient merely to say that
Christ is consubstantial both with His Father and with us, by nature God and
by nature man; it is necessary to affirm also that the Logos, Who is by nature
God, became by nature man, by His incarnation in the fullness of time.
3. Both families agree that the Hypostasis of the Logos became composite by
uniting to His divine uncreated nature with its natural will and energy, which
He has in common with the Father and the Holy Spirit, created human nature,
which He assumed at the Incarnation and made His own, with its natural will
and energy.
4. Both families agree that the natures with their proper energies and wills
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
are united hypostatically and naturally without confusion, without change,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
without division and without separation, and that they are distinguished in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
thought alone.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
5. Both families agree that He who wills and acts is always the one Hypostasis
of the Logos Incarnate.
[...]
I guess that adresses your question adequately.
As for your second set of questions, I am afraid they are irrelevant to the
discussion (at least from my point of view) of Monophysitism. I do not see
how they relate to the topic we are discussing (other than to start an
endless Orthodox-RC debate which I do not plan to engage into). As a brief
answer to your questions, the position of the Coptic Orthodox Church
regarding the Roman pontiff, his jurisdiction, his infalability, etc.
is exactly the same as all the other Orthodox churches.
Peace,
Nabil
.-------------------------------------------------------------.
/ Nabil Ayoub ____/ __ / ____/ /
/ Engine Research Center / / / / /
/ Dept. of Mechanical Engineering ___/ __ / / /
/ University of Wisconsin-Madison / / | / /
/ Email:ayoub@erctitan.me.wisc.edu _____/ __/ _| _____/ /
'-------------------------------------------------------------'
| 15soc.religion.christian |
In article <1993Apr26.054446.29764@sol.ctr.columbia.edu> phoenix@startide.ctr.columbia.edu (Ali Lemer) writes:
>
>Hey, everyone, didja hear that? We're "fanatics" now! Cool! Can we get our
>own 1400-acre compound, replete with weapon and ammo caches? Who wants a
>barbeque?
>
>
>-- Ali.
I can't believe sh*t like this gets any attention in this group during
the playoffs.
Ali,you're a blabbering moron. At least you could've waited 'till
the end of the playoffs to start your dumb letter campaign.
-PPV Mark
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
young@is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp (YOUNG Shio Hong) writes:
>I am looking for ftp sites (where there are freewares or sharewares) for Mac.
>It will help a lot if there are driver source codes in those ftp sites.
>Any information is appreciated.
F A Q !
Reference:
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps,comp.sys.mac.misc,comp.sys.mac.system,
comp.sys.mac.wanted,comp.sys.mac.hardware,comp.answers,news.answers
Subject: Introductory Macintosh frequently asked questions (FAQ)
Sven :)
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1sofac$68m@zebedee.ingres.co.uk> supp60@ingres.com (Support account) writes:
In article <THOMAS.TORNBLOM.93May11115505@beck.Nexus.Comm.SE> Thomas.Tornblom@Nexus.Comm.SE (Thomas Tornblom) writes:
>I'm trying to locate the Type1 rasterizer that IBM donated to The X
>consortium. I've found patches to it but not the original source.
It's on the R5 "contrib" tape.
-Mike Glendinning, Ingres UK (mikeg@ingres.co.uk).
Yes I found it there. Thanks everyone.
Thomas
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Snail mail: Communicator Nexus AB Phone: +46 18 171814
Box 857 Fax: +46 18 696516
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| 5comp.windows.x |
Can any Apollo GURUS out there let me know of their experiences building MIT X11R5,
with or without GCC 2.3.3. In particular, is there anything I should watch out for.
Thanks in advance
--tim
________________________________________________________________________________
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Systems Programmer
Centre of Advanced Technology in Telecommunications My brain on a bad day.
CITRI, Melbourne, Australia
internet : tim@kimba.catt.citri.edu.au
Phone : +61 3 282 2455 Fax : +61 3 282 2444
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| 5comp.windows.x |
Hi all:
Does anyone know where I can get the cheapest price for
the Teleport Gold fax modem by Global Village?
Any answer will be highly appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Thian.
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I posted about a "pulse of (relaxation) electricity". I now think
it more like a pulse of "relaxation" or comfort than a pulse of
electricity. It is what you feel if you are overwhelmed by a feeling
of comfort, such as seeing or thinking about something beautiful.
Another thing. When you sleep, you lie down facing up, with your
palms aside of you and facing down on the surface of the bed. Then you
relax, and there start involuntary nerve firings inside your flesh. So,
you feel a "shiver" below the surface of the skin (not heart-beat).
Then this shiver increases, and comes up to your head, and the roam you
hear loudens. (Note that you always hear a high-pitch when you lie down
in bed; this is just the noise of your blood running in your ear.) This
roam is different from the high pitch, but follows the shiver of your
body.
"Shiver" is not the word. It may be called a mild vibration or quake.
What is this shiver and roam? Can I use this to induce out-of-body
experience?
Daniel Chung (Mr.), U.S.A.
| 13sci.med |
From article <1qvjh9INNh4l@hp-col.col.hp.com>, by dduff@col.hp.com (Dave Duff):
> NUT CASE PANICS!!!!JUMPS THE GUN ON THE NET BEFORE GETTING FACTS STRAIGHT!!!!
Brilliant I like it!
--
Dave Holden Phys. Dept. | Email:
keele university. | phd85@uk.ac.keele.seq1
keele. staffs. England. |
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| 16talk.politics.guns |
Try using Laser printer/copier paper, it works quite
well and is cheaper than HPspecial paper.
--
<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<Thomas A. Smith II>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Youngstown State University
Chemistry Dept.
ad960@yfn.ysu.edu
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
stlombo@eos.acm.rpi.edu (Steve J. Lombardi) writes:
>By night I'm an Amiga user. By day I work with windows. I'd be much more
>comfortable in windows if I had Two things.
>1. A good Personal information manager. You know- a calendar, address book,
>reminder list etc... rolled into one clean interface.
Lotus Organizer!!! Quick, cheap, pretty! And has all of those features
you want ...
>2. A good file manager. Microsofts is very poor by my standards.
You might look at one of the shell alternatives provided by third
parties. Norton Desktop for Windows, for instance.
Personally, I *like* File Manager, which comes with Windows. It's much
faster than NDW's, and the File Manager that's part of Windows for
Workgroups even has a decent button bar.
>How
>about one that has a left and right window and allows file operations
>between them. being able to launch programs from the same interface
>would be nice. as well as text reading and graphics viewing. Those
>who are familiar with Directory Opus on the Amiga know what I'm
>looking for.
That first you can do with File Manager, but the others you'll need
to look at NDW or PC Tools for Windows, etc.
>If anyone can steer me towards an FTP sight with these programs it would
>make my transition to windows a lot easier. Please reply via email
>as I rarely get to read this group. thanks so much!
I haven't yet seen a decent freeware or even shareware shell. But
it may be just me.
--
Nectar Nirvana --><-- | "The absurd is the essential concept
nectar@world.std.com | and the first truth." - A. Camus
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
brian@lpl.arizona.edu (Brian Ceccarelli 602/621-9615) writes:
>
>Even though a new-born is innocent as can be, his sinful nature
>will surely manifest itself more explicity as he gets older. For
>as surely as he grows hair on his head and teeth within his mouth,
>he will show the signs of his innate sin by rebelling
>against mommy and daddy with that loud proclamation "No."
That's not "showing the signs of his innate sin", that's testing the
limits of his newfound independence. A two-year-old will continually
test you to see just how much he can get away with, just as a pet dog
will.
If a child always submitted to your will in a docile fashion, would
you praise him and suspect that he's the Second Coming of Christ, or
would you seek professional help about his emotional development?
--
_/_/_/ 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 |
amathur@ces.cwru.edu (Alok Mathur) writes:
>I would like to know how I can set the depth of the frame to be 24 bits.
>I tried using the following Xlib code :
>Am I using a completely wrong approach here ? Is it possible to set the depth
Yes.
>and colormap for a window created by Xview ? What am I doing wrong ?
Look up XV_DEPTH. Also, you might want to try using XView colormap segments
instead of Xlib for your colormap stuff. They will probably be easier
for you to use, and since you are using a TrueColor visual, you won't
be losing anything compared to straight Xlib.
-Jonathan hue@island.COM
| 5comp.windows.x |
In article <1993Apr20.181245.11319@VFL.Paramax.COM> davidm@gvls2.vfl.paramax.com (David Madden) writes:
Another pair of suggestions:
1. Remove the Balk rule. It is the runners responsibility to stay "safe"
no matter what the pitcher does.
2. If a pitcher throws to an occupied base more than X time (X = 3 to 5)
without successfully picking off the runner, the runner advances a base
as if walked.
This last suggestion will probably increase the number of stolen bases
considerably. Suppose the pitcher uses up (N-1) of his N pick-off
attempts. The runner can probably stretch his lead off the base,
given that there will be extra pressure on the pitcher to get it
right this time.
Would this suggestion apply to pick-off attempts per pitch, per
batter, or per base runner (on the same base)?
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| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In article <1993Apr6.170330.12314@is.morgan.com> scairns@fsg.com writes:
>
> MVP Surprise Disappointment
> ---------------------------------------------
>|> New York Rangers Messier Kovalev Bourque
> Gartner Zubov Bourque
>
...
>Bourque - the Penguin's GM must laugh his head off every time he thinks
>of the Rangers and this loser.
>
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Scott Cairns | email: scairns@fsg.com |
>| Fusion Systems Group | usmail: 225 Broadway, 24th Fl |
>| New York, New York, USA | New York, NY 10007 |
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
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>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, |
>| vicious people, because then I bet a lot of high schools would |
>| pick 'Americans' as their mascot. |
>| - Jack Handey |
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
Please. Have a care with Phil. We liked him a lot in Pittsburgh. He
didn't score a lot if you look at his stats last year but he worked his
butt off. It was his speed that created opportunities in the offensive
zone that allowed the Pens to utilize his potential. I haven't been
paying attention to him this year so I can't say I know what you're
objecting to. He has been out with injuries though, hasn't he? And
if the offense isn't there, there's not much his speed will do for you.
Like I said, he created opportunities but he didn't score much. I thought
the money offered from the Rangers was a little high, and so did the Pens,
I guess.
Joseph Stiehm
In article <1993Apr6.170330.12314@is.morgan.com> scairns@fsg.com writes:
>
> MVP Surprise Disappointment
> ---------------------------------------------
>|> New York Rangers Messier Kovalev Bourque
> Gartner Zubov Bourque
>
...
>Bourque - the Penguin's GM must laugh his head off every time he thinks
>of the Rangers and this loser.
>
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Scott Cairns | email: scairns@fsg.com |
>| Fusion Systems Group | usmail: 225 Broadway, 24th Fl |
>| New York, New York, USA | New York, NY 10007 |
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| Standard disclaimers apply. |
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
>| I hope in the future Americans are thought of as a warlike, |
>| vicious people, because then I bet a lot of high schools would |
>| pick 'Americans' as their mascot. |
>| - Jack Handey |
>+------------------------------------------------------------------+
Please. Have a care with Phil. We liked him a lot in Pittsburgh. He
didn't score a lot if you look at his stats last year but he worked his
butt off. It was his speed that created opportunities in the offensive
zone that allowed the Pens to utilize his potential. I haven't been
paying attention to him this year so I can't say I know what you're
objecting to. He has been out with injuries though, hasn't he? And
if the offense isn't there, there's not much his speed will do for you.
Like I said, he created opportunities but he didn't score much. I thought
the money offered from the Rangers was a little high, and so did the Pens,
I guess.
Joseph Stiehm
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
Hello, my friends and I are running the Homewood Fantasy Baseball
League (pure fantasy baseball teams). Unfortunely, we are running the league
using Earl Weaver Baseball II with the Comm. Disk II and we need the stats
for the 1992 season. (Preferably the 1992 Major League Stat Disk) We have
the '92 total stats but EWB2 needs the split stats otherwise we have 200
inning games because the Comm. Disk turns total stats into vs. L's stats
unless you know both right and left -handed stats.
So, if anyone has the EWB2 '92 Stat Disk please e-mail me!
__________________________________________________________________________
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| 9rec.sport.baseball |
In a previous article, dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung) says:
>
>Dear, dear. They could have COME OUT.
So could the defenders in the Alamo. You're clearly missing the
point here. Typically, I might add.
If it were me, I doubt that *I* would have come out.
BATF show up, start shooting at me, etc. Then they paint me
a child-molesting murdering fanatic, call up TANKS, hundreds
of automatic-armed goons. Restrict press access to two miles
away.
Come on. If I can watch pictures of burned women and children
in Bosnia on CNN, why am I being limited to a two-mile-away
replay of a fire in Waco? Huh? Answer me that.
| 16talk.politics.guns |
ab4z@Virginia.EDU ("Andi Beyer") writes:
Geez, I think some of these people have been too long on the net,
you are not going to convince anyone of anything through violent
language, one wonders why so many have violent tounges...
>I don't know but I think he has a point. All I did was ask a
>lousy question and everyone started calling me names. It's all
>gotten out of hand. They start associating me with Mengel and
>yassir arafat (Whom by the way I think is an idiot). Gosh guys
>lighten up and try to at least pretend to be reasonable. I
>still don't understand what has been so antisemitic about the
>stuff I posted. I think you guys are just looking to get
>offended and in that sense need to get a life.
--
Mohammad R. Khan / khan0095@nova.gmi.edu
After July '93, please send mail to mkhan@nyx.cs.du.edu
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
Does any one know of any shareware/freeware software which lets one display
EPS files on a PC with DOS and/or Windows???
Your reply would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Hal Adam, HADAM@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Also, if someone would recommend another
> accelerator for the MacPlus, I'd like to hear about it.
>
> Thanks for any time and effort you expend on this!
>
> Karl
Try looking at the Brainstorm Accelerator for the Plus. I believe it is
the best solution because of the performance and price. Why spend $800
upgrading a computer that is only worth $300 ????
The brainstorm accelerator is around $225. It speeds up the internal
clock speed to 16MHz. That may not seem like much but it also speeds up
SCSI transfers. I think that feature is unique to brainstorm.
Check it out.
David Lau
lau@aerospace.aero.org
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
The latest news seems to be that Koresh will give himself up once he's
finished writing a sequel to the Bible.
mathew
| 0alt.atheism |
Sorry for wasting your time with a probably simple question, but I'm not
an computer graphic expert. I want to read TIFF-Files with a PASCAL-program.
The problem is, that the files I want to read are in compressed form
( code 1, e.g. Huffman ). All books & articles I found describe only the
plain (uncompressed) format. I don't know where to get the original
TIFF specification, furthermore I haven't any access to a realy complete
library. Can anybody direct me to a good book or (even better) to an
specification available via ftp ?
Thanks in advance - Thomas Wolf
ps: direct mail would be prefered
| 1comp.graphics |
In article <9601@blue.cis.pitt.edu>, rjl+@pitt.edu (Richard J. Loether) writes:
|>
|> Yes, of course, as in Matthew 10:34-35 "Do not suppose that I have come to
|> bring peace to the earth; it is not peace I have come to bring but a sword..."
|> :
Remember the armor of God? The sword that Christians wield is the
Word of God, the Bible.
God be with you,
Malcolm Lee :)
|> RJL
|> --
|> Rich Loether Snail mail: University of Pittsburgh The Ideas:
|> EMail: rjl+@pitt.edu Computing and Info Services Mine,
|> Voice: (412) 624-6429 600 Epsilon Drive all
|> FAX : (412) 624-6426 Pittsburgh, PA 15238 Mine.
| 19talk.religion.misc |
x>>
x>>>> Fake convertible roofs and vinyl roofs.
x>>>> Any gold trim.
x >
x>>> These, I will agree, are abominations, right along with the fake
x>>>continental spare-tire kit -- it's sad watching those little old ladies
x>>>try to load their groceries into the trunk with that huge tire-medallion
x>>>in the way.
x>>> Most pitiful fake convertible top: on a "Cadillac" Cimarron, with
x>>>all the chrome door trim still visible -- not fooling *anyone*.
x>>>Of course, there was that Hyundai Excel I once saw...
x>>
Least you think bad taste is something new:
Back in the early 1970s I saw a couple of cars with *flocked* paint jobs.
Thats not a typo. I think they sprayed on some kind of glue then blew
on tiny pieces of nylon. It comes out looking like felt. Can you picture
a huge Plymouth Fury III in dark blue felt? I think I can even remember
one guy who did it in red to a early 1960s Corvette. That was after he had
turned it into a station wagon.
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David Taylor Model Basin, Carderock Division Hq. NSWC ___/-\____
Bethesda, MD 20084-5000 Phone (301) 227-2431 (__________>|
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| 7rec.autos |
I have a friend with an original HP LaserJet. The nameplate does not
specify a number, but since the LJ II followed later, one assumes that he
has a LJ I. His problem is a tax program which requires a 17 cpi font to
print the forms properly.
This unit came to market in 2 versions. The plus version supported
dowloadable fonts. You can guess which one my friend has - the plain, not
the plus. The printer does though have a slot and he has a small selction
of cartridges including a 16.6 cpi - but none with a 17 cpi font.
Can anyone suggest a source for a cartridge with a 17 (or 18?) cpi font?
Alternatively, is an upgrade to the plus version available at reasonable
cost?
Any suggestions would be welcome.
Thanks
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| 3comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
In article <93105.134708FINAID2@auvm.american.edu>, <FINAID2@auvm.american.edu> writes:
>> Look Mr. Atakan: I have repeated it in the past, and I shall repeat it once
>> more, that when it comes to how Greeks are treating the Turks in Greece,
>> you and your copatriots should simply shut up.
>>
>> Because what you are hearing is simply a form of propaganda from your ethnic
>> fellows who studied at the Greek universities without paying any money for
>> tuition, food, and helth insurance.
>>
>> And any high school graduate can put down some simple math and compare the
>> grouth of the Turkish community in Greece with the destruction of the Greek
>> minority in Turkey.
>>
>> >Aykut Atalay Atakan
>>
>> Panos Tamamidis
>
> Mr. Tamamidis:
>
> Before repling your claims, I suggest you be kind to individuals
> who are trying to make some points abouts human rights, discriminations,
> and unequal treatment of Turkish minority in GREECE.I want the World
> know how bad you treat these people. You will deny anything I say but
> It does not make any difrence because I will write things that I saw with
> my eyes.You prove yourself prejudice by saying free insurance, school
> etc. Do you Greeks only give these things to Turkish minority or
> everybody has rights to get them.Your words even discriminate
> these people. You think that you are giving big favor to these
> people by giving these thing that in reality they get nothing.
> If you do not know unhuman practices that are being conducted
> by the Government of the Greece, I suggest that you investigate
> to see the facts. Then, we can discuss about the most basic
> human rights like fredom of religion,
If you did not see with your 'eyes' freedom of religion you
must ne at least blind !
> fredom of press of Turkish
2 weeks ago I read the interview of a Turkish journalist in a GReek magazine,
he said nothing about being forbiden to have Turkish press in Greece !
> minority, ethnic cleansing of all Turks in Greece,
Give as a brake. You call athnic cleansing of apopulation when it doubles?
> freedom of
> right to have property without government intervention,
What do you mean by that ? Anyway in Greece, as in every country if you want
some property you 'inform' the goverment .
> fredom of right to vote to choose your community leaders,
Well well well. When Turkish in Area of Komotini elect 1 out of 3
represenatives of this area to GReek parliament, if not freedom what is it?
3 out of 3 ? Maybe there are only Turks living there ....
> how Greek Government encourages people to destroy
> religious places, houses, farms, schools for Turkish minority then
> forcing them to go to turkey without anything with them.
I cannot deny that actions of fanatics from both sides were reported.
A minority of Greek idiots indeed attack religious places, which
were protected by the Greek police. Photographs of Greek policemen
preventing Turks from this non brain minority were all over Greek press.
> Before I conclude my writing, let me point out how Greeks are
> treated in Turkey. We do not consider them Greek minority, instead
> we consider a part of our society. There is no difference among people in
> Turkey. We do not state that Greek minority go to Turkish universities,
> get free insurance, food, and health insurance because these are basic
> human needs and they are a part of turkish community. All big businesses
> belong to Greeks in Turkey and we are proud to have them.unlike the
> Greece which tries to destroy Turkish minority, We encourage all
> minorities in Turkey to be a part of Turkish society.
Oh NO. PLEASE DO GIVE AS A BRAKE !
Minorities in Turkish treated like that ? YOur own countrymen die
in the prisons every day bacause of their political beliefs, an this
is reported by Turks, and you want us to believe tha Turkey is the paradise
of Human rights ? Business of Greeks i Turkey? Yes 80 years ago !
You seem to be intelligent, so before presenting Turkey as the paradise of
Human rights just invastigate this matter a bit more.
>
> Aykut Atalay Atakan
>
| 17talk.politics.mideast |
Miscellaneous comics for sale. I really would like
to get rid of these for lack of space. Buyer pays
shipping, and all offers considered. OH, and the
first purchase over $20 in any of my posts
gets a free Maxx #1/2 coupon, or a trashed copy
of Amazing spidey #300. Here goes...
Deathlok #1 $3.00
2-17 $1.75 each
Annual #1 2.50
Special #1 2.00
Sleepwalker 1,2,6,8,9,13 7.00 (set) or 1.25
each
Next Men #1 $3.00
Ray #1 1.00
Deathstroke 5,6 1.75 each
Darkhawk 13 1.25
New warrior's 18 1.00
Fantasti Four 358 2.50
Moon Knight 35,36 1.75 each
Hulk 386-388 1.50 each
Punisher W.Z. 1 2.50
Cage 1 1.50
X-force 1 2.00
Silver Sable 1 2.00
X-calibur 26,27,48,49 1.50 each
Hearts of Darkness 5.00
Infinity Guantlet 1-4 2.50 each
Batman v. Pred. 1,3 2.00 each
" " " (deluxe) 1 5.00
Guardians of the
Galaxy 1 3.00
Spider-man 2099 1-3 5.00 (set)
Spec. spider-man 189 3.00 (special hologram)
Let me know if you'd like to buy anything. My
address is U38134@uicvm.uic.edu
Thanks,
Noel Lorenzana
| 6misc.forsale |
In <Apr.17.06.54.41.1993.15825@romulus.rutgers.edu> kaldis@romulus.rutgers.edu (Theodore A. Kaldis) writes:
>> 1) So what?
>So this bolsters the contention that many homosexuals are liars.
This statement is just so blatantly disgusting and free of any implicit
neural activity that I will almost completely ignore it.
>> --
>> ------ Join the Pythagorean Reform Church! .
>> \ / Repent of your evil irrational numbers . .
>> \ / and bean eating ways. Accept 10 into your heart! . . .
> ^^^^^^^^^^^
>> \/ Call the Pythagorean Reform Church BBS at 508-793-9568 . . . .
>The above smacks of antiHispanic bigotry.
Sigh. It's so amusing to watch bigots point fingers at what they imagine to
be other bigots. I do believe this person meant "bean *counting*". And are
you trying to suggest that only Hispanics eat beans? Or that they even have
a monopoly on eating beans? Or that this person is seriously promoting what
is obviously a tongue-in-cheek .sig?
You must have a brain somewhere, if you can cause your fingers to type. Use
it.
Drywid
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| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <C5sI9G.Hx@dscomsa.desy.de> hallam@zeus02.desy.de writes:
>The above conveniently ignores the murder of four BATF agents by the
>Branch Davidians in an unprovoked ambush.
<more tripe deleted>
Phill, are you trying to convince everyone on the net that
you are in fact an abject moron for some reason? Repeating
the same rubbish over and over again may make something a
"fact" in whatever backwater you are posting from, but it doesn't
wash here, so save it.
--
Michael Lodman Department of Computer Science Engineering
University of California, San Diego
jlodman@cs.ucsd.edu (619) 455-1500 x2627
If guns are outlawed, only government outlaws will have guns.
| 18talk.politics.misc |
deb47099@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Daniel E. Bradley) writes:
> Does anyone know of a fractal terrain generator for Mac, something
> I could hopefully import into a 3D program like Swivel or Stratavision?
> I know Infini-D has built in capabilities, but I don't have access to
> Infini-D. I downloaded two programs from Umich, in graphics/fractals,
> but both were from 1990-91 and crashed under System 7. I think they
> were Black and white anyway. Please, email me if you know of anything,
> as I don't check the newsgroups very often.
> Thanks in advance.
> Dan Bradley deb47099@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
Yes I have written something that creates meshed fractal terrain
surfaces for exactly the purpose you require, importing into 3D
modelling packages. Be warned, the data content is high and brings
many packages to their knees. We use it primarily for MicroStation
but it exports DXF, as well as other formats, so you should be OK.
You can get it from my FTP mirror site in the US.
It is
wuarchive.wustl.edu
my stuff is located in the
mirrors/architec
directory. Please FTP the README file first.
--
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pdbourke@ccu1.auckland.ac.nz The University of Auckland
Ph: +64 -9 373 7999 x7367 Private Bag 92019
Fax: +64 -9 373 7410 Auckland, New Zealand
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Ph: +64 -9 373 7999 x7367 Private Bag 92019
Fax: +64 -9 373 7410 Auckland, New Zealand
| 1comp.graphics |
this is a test
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
In article <1993Apr21.233803.18471@bsu-ucs> 00cjmelching@leo.bsuvc.bsu.edu writes:
>Well, if I were to do that, I would never be going over 35 mph even in
>6th gear!!! So my question is, will it hurt my new cycle to take it up
>in the 6-7000 rpm range so that I can at least go the speed limit????
I had the same inconvenience when I bought my EX-500; only I could at least
go 50 mph during the initial break-in.
Despite the high quality of motor oils and motorcycle engines these days,
I would follow the instructions, and just keep to city street riding for
the first 500 miles. Heck, those miles go by fast, and it's worth it to
know you haven't possibly screwed up your engine.
At the same time, this has all the makings of a 6-week-long thread debating
the whole break-in topic.
Alan
| 8rec.motorcycles |
LLBGB@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu writes:
>Initial symptoms:
>-no picture or sound
>-CRT filament does NOT glow
>-flyback ticking as described abovew
>Discovered when hooked up the scope:
>-IF strip is not putting out audio or video signals
>-everything is making simple 20-30 Hz pulses
>-horiz out transistor collector (case of the TO-3) is a 20-30 Hz downgoing
> sawtooth with ca. 15kHz ring at front end
>guys, WHAT"S GOING ON HERE? Anyone seen this before?
What is happening is this:
1) You turn the TV on.
2) The horizontal output begins normal operation. This powers up the
high voltage and most of the rest of the circuitry.
3) A problem is sensed and the horizontal oscillator shuts down.
4) After it powers down the cycle repeats.
Things to check:
First check for a shorted high power component. Your best bet is the vertical
output transistor(s) or, if there is one, the voltage regulator. The most
common cause of this type of failure is too much current being drawn
somewhere.
Also look for shutdown circuits (which your TV may or may not have),
if you can find one that is shutting down the horizontal oscillator
then it shouldn't be too hard to find the problem from there.
| 12sci.electronics |
[Note the "Followup-To" redirect(s) to alt.conspiracy,talk.politics.misc.]
In article <C5sqyA.F7v@noose.ecn.purdue.edu>, tbrent@bank.ecn.purdue.edu
(Timothy J Brent) said in response to P.VASILION:
> But then, I don't pack heavy weaponry with intent to use it. You
> don't really think he should have been allowed to keep that stuff do
> you? If so, tell me where you live so I can be sure to steer well
> clear. The public also has rights, and they should be placed above
> those of the individual. Go ahead, call me a commie, but you'd be
> singing a different tune if I exercised my right to rape your
> daughter. He broke the law, he was a threat to society, they did
> there job - simple.
(1) You have no evidence that David Koresh or his followers were
"packing" that heavy weaponry with any intent to use for other that
recreational and self-defense purposes.
(2) Your statement that "the public also has rights" is correct only is
parsed as "the individuals who comprise the public also have rights."
There is no separate rights-bearing entity known as "the public".
(3) Since the "rights of the public" of which you spoke are in fact only
rights of individuals, the statement that the rights of the public
should be placed above the rights of the individual has no meaning.
(4) You have artificially created an illusionary conflict of
individuals' rights when you speak of "my right to rape your daughter."
No person has the right to rape another person, therefore there is no
conflict.
(5) How do you define "society?" Do you hold that this "society" is a
rights-bearing entity which is separate from any individual people? How
do you define a "threat to society?" To what extent do you believe that
a person loses his rights when he is declared (by whom?) to be such a
threat?
-- William December Starr <wdstarr@athena.mit.edu>
| 19talk.religion.misc |
In article <1993Apr04.223559.7129@rose.com>, jack.petrilli@rose.com (jack petrilli) writes:
[... stuff deleted ...]
>
>I don't understand why so many people are predicting an upset against
>Pittsburgh. The team has won 12 in a row coming into the playoffs.
>They've won practically every game that they've really wanted to win
>all year (including critical victories against the Caps and one
>against a hot Bruins team **at the Gaahden**). The team is probably at
>its peak (stronger than the previous 2 Stanley Cup winners). I mean, I
>know they can lose but it would be a **large** upset. I personally
>think teams are going to be hard pressed to win 1 or 2 games in any
>series against the Pens (and I'm **not** a Pittsburgh fan).
>
I have to agree here. As I heard on TSN tonight, "You want to pick
someone else, but you just don't see how you can". And I'm a Bruins
fan. Maybe this year will be different, but it doesn't look good.
Time will tell, though.
[... lots more deleted ...]
Randy
--
Randy A. Coulman, M.Sc. | ARIES Laboratory
Research Assistant | Department of Computational Science
| University of Saskatchewan
coulman@cs.Usask.ca | Saskatoon, SK S7N 0W0
| 10rec.sport.hockey |
>You're right.
>You cannot read or write a Mac or Apple II 800K 3.5" disk or Apple II
>5.25" disk without extra hardware. However, Mac 1.44MB disks can be read
>and written in a PC 3.5" HD drive with software only.
>This should probably be added to every PC and Mac FAQ file. It sure gets
>asked enough.
I agree that this should be added to some sort of FAQ list. But we have
strayed from the original topic. Our computer environment is pretty split
between Mac's and PC's... I am lucky and get to have both on my desk. But
there are people who have PC's and need to share data with the Mac users
here. The MAC users have no problems because of package called DOS Mounter
which AUTOMATICALLy lets the MAC read DOS disks natively. For the PC there
is no equivilant... that I know of! Both mac-ette and macsee have been
inconsistant under the dos platform, and requires you to perform the activity
in a DOS program to selectively transport the files.
The question originally posed was if there is such a program that hooks into
windows like a .DLL that will interpret the reading of a MAC disk when it is
in a PC, and allow access to it through the standard file dialogs. It is quite
clear that this would only be available for the 1.44MB flopies.
-- T.J. Fiske
tfiske@qualcomm.com
| 2comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
In article <15APR93.14691229.0062@lafibm.lafayette.edu> VB30@lafibm.lafayette.edu (VB30) writes:
>Just wondering. A friend and I were talking the other day, and
>we were (for some reason) trying to come up with names of Jewish
>baseball players, past and present. We weren't able to come up
>with much, except for Sandy Koufax, (somebody) Stankowitz, and
>maybe John Lowenstein. Can anyone come up with any more. I know
>it sounds pretty lame to be racking our brains over this, but
>humor us. Thanks for your help.
Stankiewicz? I doubt it.
Koufax was one of two Jewish HOFs: the other is Hank Greenberg.
Other good players: Buddy Myer, Johnny Kling, Norm and Larry Sherry,
Ken Holtzman, Saul Rogovin, Ed Reulbach.
There have been over 150 Jewish major leaguers. A few years ago there
was an article about someone who keeps track of this in Spy magazine;
the article was entitled "Jews on First," of course.
There have also been at least two books on the subject.
Roger
| 9rec.sport.baseball |
jmd@cbnewsm.cb.att.com (joseph.m.dakes) writes:
> In article <1ppdccINNbe1@dev-null.phys.psu.edu>, stimpy@dev-null.phys.psu.edu
> > In article <C4wxnF.Bx1@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu> mfoster@alliant.backbo
> > >I prefer the Miami Colons myself. Headline: FLAMES BLOW OUT COLONS, 9-1
> >
> > Would Kevin Dineen play for the Miami Colons???
>
> As a Flyers fan, I resent you making Kevin Dineen the butt of your
> jokes:-)!
Aw, just take a moment to digest it and I'm sure you'll see the humour...
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| 10rec.sport.hockey |
>DATE: Tue, 6 Apr 1993 00:11:49 GMT
>FROM: F. Karner <karner@austin.ibm.com>
>
>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.
Did you miss my post on this topic with the quote from The Indonesian
Handbook and Fred Rice's comments about temporary marriages? If so,
I will be glad to repost them. Will you accept that it just may be
a practice among some Muslims, if I do? Or will you continue to claim
that we are all lying and that it is "not practised at all amongst Muslims".
I don't think F. Karner has to tell everyone anything. Least of all that
he is lying.
Since you obviously know nothing about this practice, there is very little
you can contribute to the discussion except to accuse everyone of lying.
Perhaps it is your ignorance which is showing. Learn more about Islam.
Learn more about Muslims. Open your eyes. Maybe you will also see some
of the things the atheists see.
| 0alt.atheism |
In article <mdavis.735319596@crash.cts.com> mdavis@crash.cts.com (Morgan Davis) writes:
>Last week's MacWEEK article by Ric Ford indicated that David Ramsey's
>Mac IIx has been running nicely with a Mac IIci ROM in it, offering
>clean 32-bit ROM code (liberating his IIx from the virtual memory
>nightmare caused by Apple's 32-bit System Enabler).
[ This would make me a bit suspect of Mr. Ramsey's qualifications
as a self-styled "expert", in fact, when I read about anybody
using virtual memory regularly I kind of wonder ... ;-) ]
Yes, one can sometimes get away with running a newer ROM (of the
correct size, obviously) in an older machine, but one should be
prepared for problems if running software that checks for machine
type rather than ROM trap availability and then draws incorrect
conclusions when special-casing - especially timing-dependent
and driver-related stuff.
In this particular case I see no reason to go to the trouble
of ROM-swapping. The Apple 32-bit enabler has problems, but
MODE32 works just fine with 7.0, 7.0.1, and 7.1.
>Does anyone know of a source for these ROMs?
Sure. Buy a used IIci motherboard. Call Pre-Owned Electronics,
Shreve, or other parts dealers (see the back of Computer Shopper
or one of the Mac trades for phone numbers) and ask for a price
on a IIci ROM. Everything has a price. If you happen to find
somebody who salvaged a IIci with a dead motherboard, you might
get a decent price. There is probably a market for used mother-
boards as well, so they might sell a ROM anyway.
>Needless to say, I'm interested in purchasing such a ROM. What would
>be a reasonably price to offer?
Ask for a quote and then try offering less? Pre-Owned and
Shreve have been known to dicker. Their ads in various trade
magazines often list considerably different prices for the
same items, and their phone quotes tend to vary as well.
Still, I'm not aware of any technical reason for upgrading
the ROM in a IIx.
--
-- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)
-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
C-3's bird may be flaking out and expecting to die soon.
or C-3 may orbit over major users areas, and it may be
needed to provide redundancy on that plane while b-4 may orbit
over hicksville, and not have muc of a user community.
pat
| 14sci.space |
In article <26VB3B9w164w@cellar.org>, techie@cellar.org (William A Bacon) says:
The word some sums it up, alot of scientist have concluded that without a
doubt Global Climate will/is occur(ring) and should be dealt with by source
reductions. This includes making sure that the "price" of fossil fuels
reflects their "true costs".
< My opinions are not reflective of my employer's. - DISCLAIMER>
| 18talk.politics.misc |
In article <15378@optilink.COM>, cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>
> From the Santa Rosa (Cal.) Press-Democrat, April 15, 1993, p. B2:
>
> Male sex survey: Gay activity low
>
> A new natonal study on male sexual behavior, the most thorough
> examination of American men's sexual practices published since
> the Kinsey report more than four decades ago, shows about 2
> percent of the men surveyed had engaged in homosexual sex and
> 1 percent considered themselves exclusively homosexual.
Actually, what the study shows is that 2 percent of the men surveyed
*said* they engaged in homosexual sex and 1 percent *said* they
considered themselves exclusively homosexual.
The point being that what people say and what they acutally do
may be different.
It is interesting that this clip from the newspaper did not
mention that difference. Maybe it is conservative media bias. :-)
> The figures on homosexuality in the study released Wednesday
> by the Alan Guttmacher Institute are significantly lower than
> the 10 percent figure that has been part of the conventional
> wisdom since it was published in the Kinsey report.
--
Russ Anderson | Disclaimer: Any statements are my own and do not reflect
------------------ upon my employer or anyone else. (c) 1993
EX-Twins' Jack Morris, 10 innings pitched, 0 runs (World Series MVP!)
| 18talk.politics.misc |
I recall that Ehman 'died'...
Can anyone suggest what the problem is when the picture jumps
about an inch any direction?
Two page monchrome monitor connected to Newlife accelerator and
video board in an SE... At the end of the work day, several hours
with power on, the picture will occasionally jitter a couple of times
and then remain calm for a few minutes. Then it does more shaking...
The environment around the computer appears to be stable. Nothing
newly introduced near the computer.
Any ideas? Please e-mail to carsona@sfu.ca or reply here.
Also... Has anyone used Ehman two page with Powerbook video? What
was required? Just a cable adapter?
Thanks for any help!
Dale
carsona@sfu.ca
PS I think the monitor is a Zenith mechanism...
| 4comp.sys.mac.hardware |
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In article <1qn1ic$hp6@access.digex.net> pcw@access.digex.com (Peter Wayner) writes:
2) The system is vulnerable to simple phone swapping attacks
like this. Criminals will quickly figure this out and go to
town.
Depends.. Its possible that the phone sends its serial number in the
clear at some specified interval... So all a listener needs to do is
get that SN, and then get the key for it... So swapping phones isn't
a problem (for the gov't, that is). They still know that this line
belongs to you, so they just watch the line and see the SN, and then
they get the key for that SN...
In either case, I think we need to look at this a bit deeper."'jbl)mW:wxlD2
Well, I think this is understood. The major problem is that a lot of
people just don't trust this key escrow stuff, and the fact that the
algorithms are classified... So, yes, a lot of this needs to be looked
at closer!
- -derek
PGP 2 key available upon request on the key-server:
pgp-public-keys@toxicwaste.mit.edu
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--
Derek Atkins, MIT '93, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Secretary, MIT Student Information Processing Board (SIPB)
MIT Media Laboratory, Speech Research Group
warlord@MIT.EDU PP-ASEL N1NWH
| 11sci.crypt |
Jeff.Cook@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM (Jeff Cook) writes:
>In article <C5t05K.DB6@research.canon.oz.au> enzo@research.canon.oz.au (Enzo Liguori) writes:
>>Now, Space Marketing
>>What about light pollution in observations? (I read somewhere else that
>>it might even be visible during the day, leave alone at night).
>I can't believe that a mile-long billboard would have any significant
>effect on the overall sky brightness. Venus is visible during the day,
>but nobody complains about that. Besides, it's in LEO, so it would only
When I was at the Texas Star Party a few years ago, the sky was so dark
that Venus did, indeed, cause light pollution until it set.
Even if the billboard were dark it could cause a problem. Imagine observing an
object and halfway through your run, your object was occulted!
I would guess that most of the people stating positive opinions are not
fanatically serious observers.
It is so typical that the rights of the minority are extinguished by the
wants of the majority, no matter how ridiculous those wants might be.
George Krumins
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| 14sci.space |
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