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10100 | From: besmith@uncc.edu (Brian E Smith)
Subject: Re: Rayshade query
Nntp-Posting-Host: ws27.uncc.edu
Reply-To: besmith@uncc.edu
Organization: University of NC at Charlotte
Lines: 22
In article 5742@sunvax.sun.ac.za, 8910782@sunvax.sun.ac.za () writes:
>I am also looking for a surface for the chesspieces. The board is marble.
>Unfortunately black won't work very well for the one side. Anybody with ideas
>for nice surfaces?
How about brass or silver? I've seen real chessboards that use that material.
>
>Where should I post the finished chessboard?
>
Right here is as good a place as any. Can't wait to see it. I use the POV
raytracer - is it compatible enough for your chessboard?
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10101 | From: colombo@bronco.fnal.gov (Rick 'Open VMS 4ever' Colombo)
Subject: Re: Do trains/busses have radar?
Nntp-Posting-Host: bronco.fnal.gov
Organization: Fermilab Computing Division
Lines: 27
In article <C5FqFy.Fpq@usenet.ucs.indiana.edu>, mliggett@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (matthew liggett) writes:
> In <1993Apr13.111652@usho72.hou281.chevron.com> hhtra@usho72.hou281.chevron.com (T.M.Haddock) writes:
>
>
>> While taking an extended Easter vacation, I was going north on I-45
>> somewhere between Centerville, TX and Dallas, TX and I came upon a
>> train parked on a trestle with its locomotive sitting directly over
>> the northbound lanes. There appeared to be movement within the cab
>> and out of curiosity I slowed to 85 to get a better look. Just as I
>> passed from underneath the trestle, my radar detector went into full
>> alert - all lights lit and all chirps, beeps, and buzzes going strong.
>> I thought I had been nailed good but no police materialized.
>
>> Could this have been caused by the train's radio or what?
>
>
I don't know about trains, but I've saw a sign on the back of a
Greyhound bus that warns you that your radar detector may be set off.
It doesn't explain why, but it does set off my radar detector.
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10102 | From: ch41@prism.gatech.EDU (claye hart)
Subject: graphics libraries
Keywords: graphics, libraries
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lines: 16
I am interested in a 2d/3d graphics library which will allow our design
team to write graphics software for Unix workstations and be as portable as
possible. Eventually this software will have to be moved to Microsoft
Windows. It is my opinion that a good API with hooks to PEX underneath
would prove most portable.
Does anyone out there have any experience with Figaro+ form TGS or
HOOPS from Ithaca Software? I would appreciate any comments.
- Claye Hart
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Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!ch41
Internet: claye.hart@gtri.gatech.edu
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10103 | From: barnettj@pookie.crd.ge.com (Janet A Barnett)
Subject: Input Focus to a Window Other Than Where the Pointer Is
Nntp-Posting-Host: pookie.crd.ge.com
Organization: GE Corp. Research & Development, Schenectady, NY
Lines: 21
I have noticed in FrameMaker 3.1X on both the SGI and SUN platforms
that certain dialogs, such as "Column Layout..." for example, respond
to keyboard traversal even though the pointer is NOT in the dialog
window and even though the window manager keyboard focus policy is
POINTER.
How is this done?
I would like to emulate this behavior in my application. It seems a
reasonable behavior since when a dialog is popped up from a keyboard
action, the dialog is not guaranteed to be under the pointer and the
user should not have to reach for the mouse just to move the focus.
Alternatively, I'm open to any suggestions as to what is the "right"
way to insure that popups get the focus when they appear, particularly
when they are invoked from the keyboard and one's keyboard focus
policy is pointer.
Allen Barnett
(whose wife graciously allowed to use her account)
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10104 | From: moret@masi.ibp.fr (Moret Yan - Magistere)
Subject: adobe 3.0 and adobe 2.0
Nntp-Posting-Host: daphne.ibp.fr
Reply-To: moret@masi.ibp.fr (Moret Yan - Magistere)
Organization: Universite Paris VI/Paris VII
Lines: 7
I wanted to create a postcript file with Win#.1, to print it on a
laserwriter II. It created a postcript file version adobe 3.0, but our
laser accept only adobe 2.0. How resolve this problem??
Thanks,
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10105 | From: jwh@sei.cmu.edu (John Huber)
Subject: Re: NHL Team Captains
Organization: The Software Engineering Institute
Lines: 27
In article <1993Apr19.213015@IASTATE.EDU>, njdevils@IASTATE.EDU (Cire Y. Trehguad) writes:
|> Anna Matyas (am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
|> : Michael Collingridge writes:
|> : >And, while we are on the subject, has a captain ever been traded,
|> : >resigned, or been striped of his title during the season? Any other
|> : >team captain trivia would be appreciated.
|> ;
|> : Wasn't Ron Francis captain of the Whalers when he was traded to
|> : Pittsburgh?
|>
|> And Rick Tochett was the captain of the Flyers when traded to the Pens
|> recently...
|>
And of course, Mike Ramsey was (at one time) the captain in Buffalo prior to
being traded to Pittsburgh. Currently, the Penguins have 3 former captains
and 1 real captain (Lemieux) playing for them. They rotate the A's during the
season (and even the C while Mario was out). Even Troy Loney has worn the C
for the Pens.
-Jay
John W. Huber, Jr. - aka Jay | Penguins - 1991,1992 Stanley Cup Champions
Software Engineering Institute | Pirates - 1990,1991,1992 NL East Champions
SEI 3409 (412) 268-3550 | MasterCraft - The ONLY boat for skiing
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10106 | From: REXLEX@fnal.fnal.gov
Subject: Hell_2: Black Sabbath
Organization: FNAL/AD/Net
Lines: 70
[In looking through my files this weekend, I ran across some lyrics from
various rock groups that have content. Here are two from Black Sabbath's
"Master of Reality". I'll say this much for the music of the '60's and early
'70's, at least they asked questions of significance. Jethro Tull is another
to asked and wrote about things that caused one to wonder. --Rex]
AFTER FOREVER
Have you ever thought about your soul--
can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think that when you're dead
you just stay in you grave.
Is God just a thought within you read in a book
when you were at school?
When you think about death
Do you lose your breath
Or do you keep your cool?
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope?
Do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth. Yes I have seen the light
and I've changed my ways.
And I'll be prepared
When you're lonely and scared
at the end of your days.
Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believed in God above?
They should realize before they criticise
That God is the only way to love.
Is your mind so small that you have to fall
In with the pack wherever they run?
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say they may as well worship the sun?
I think it was true -it was people like you
that crucified Christ.
I think it is sad the opinion you had
was the only one voiced.
Will you be so sure when your day is near
to say you don't believe?
You had the chance but you turned it down
now you can't retrieve.
Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead & gone
Open your eyes, just realize that He is the one.
The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate.
Or will you still jeer at all you hear?
Yes! I think it's too late.
LORD OF THIS WORLD
You're searching for your mind don't know where to start.
Can't find the key to fit the lock on your heart.
You think you know but you are never quite sure
Your soul is ill but you will not find a cure.
Your world was made for you by someone above
But you choose evil ways instead of love.
You made me master of the world where you exist
The soul I took from you was not even missed.
Lord of the world,
Evil Possessor,
Lord of this world,
He's now your confessor!
You think you're innocent -you've nothing to fear
You don't know me, you say, but isn't it clear?
You turned to me in all your worldly
greed and pride.
But will you turn to me when it your turn to die?
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10107 | From: cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares)
Subject: Re: HR 1276 ("A gun law I can live with!" :-)
Organization: Stratus Computer, Inc.
Lines: 15
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: rocket.sw.stratus.com
In article <1993Apr15.171601.25930@dg-rtp.dg.com>, meyers@leonardo.rtp.dg.com (Bill Meyers) writes:
> A BILL
>
> To establish the right to obtain firearms for security, and
> to use firearms in defense of self, family, or home, and
> to provide for the enforcement of such right.
Maybe I'm too "religious," but when I see a bill to "establish a right,"
I wince. Keep in mind, what the law giveth, the law can taketh away.
--
cdt@rocket.sw.stratus.com --If you believe that I speak for my company,
OR cdt@vos.stratus.com write today for my special Investors' Packet...
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10108 | From: "Robert Knowles" <p00261@psilink.com>
Subject: Re: An Anecdote about Islam
In-Reply-To: <1pqfic$9s2@fido.asd.sgi.com>
Nntp-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1
Organization: Kupajava, East of Krakatoa
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)
Lines: 32
>DATE: 5 Apr 1993 23:32:28 GMT
>FROM: Jon Livesey <livesey@solntze.wpd.sgi.com>
>
>In article <114127@bu.edu>, jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
>|>
>|> I don't understand the point of this petty sarcasm. It is a basic
>|> principle of Islam that if one is born muslim or one says "I testify
>|> that there is no god but God and Mohammad is a prophet of God" that,
>|> so long as one does not explicitly reject Islam by word then one _must_
>|> be considered muslim by all muslims. So the phenomenon you're attempting
>|> to make into a general rule or psychology is a direct odds with basic
>|> Islamic principles. If you want to attack Islam you could do better than
>|> than to argue against something that Islam explicitly contradicts.
>
>Then Mr Mozumder is incorrect when he says that when committing
>bad acts, people temporarily become atheists?
>
>jon.
Of course B.M. is not incorrect. He is defending Islam. When defending
Islam against infidels you can say anything and no one will dare criticize
you. But when an atheist uses the same argument he is using "petty sarcasm". So
B.M. can have his "temporary atheists" whenever he needs them and all the
"temporary atheists" can later say that they were always good Muslims because
they never explicitly rejected Islam.
Temporary atheism, temporary Islam, temporary marriage. None of it sticks.
A teflon religion. How convenient. And so easy to clean up after. But
then, what would you expect from a bunch of people who can't even agree on
the phases of the moon?
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10109 | From: marc@comp.lancs.ac.uk (Marc Goldman)
Subject: [SNES] [Genesis] Games for sale or trade.
Organization: Department of Computing at Lancaster University.
Lines: 24
I have the following Genesis carts for sale or trade:
Alien 3
Global gladiators
Crue ball
I have the following SNES carts for sale or trade:
Jimmy connors tennis
Super play action football
Cross system trades are fine.
Cheers
Marc
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10110 | From: wil@shell.portal.com (Ville V Walveranta)
Subject: Re: Winjet accelerator card
Nntp-Posting-Host: jobe
Organization: Portal Communications Company
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Lines: 16
Gv Fragante (fragante@unixg.ubc.ca) wrote:
: Anyone familiar with this video card? What chipset does the winjet use - S3?
: As I am in the market for a VLG video card, what is the best chipset among
: S3, Cirrus Logic and Tseng Lab (ATI is out of the question - too expensive) ?
: Thanks.
WinJet is not a video card -- it's _printer_ accelerator manufactured
by LaserMaster (Eden Prairie, MN).
-- Willy
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10111 | From: larry@boris.webo.dg.com (Larry Rogers)
Subject: Re: Saturn 91-92 Manual Transmission Problem
In-Reply-To: cimjfg@sn370.utica.ge.com's message of Tue, 13 Apr 1993 20:50:21 GMT
Organization: Data General, Westboro, Mass.
Lines: 34
I had exactly the same problem with a 1981 Horizon. Third gear would
just disengage. Engine would rev up. Kind of disconcerting.
I sold that car quite a few years back but the memory of that tranny
sticks with me. It also had a clutch chatter in first that the dealer
could not fix. If the lemon law had been in place then, that car
would have been covered.
I have had several Jap cars since then (figuring the Horizon was my
contribution to the American Auto Companies), and have never seen any
bad behavior with the exception of a Toyota Tercel with a bit of
clutch chatter that they did fix on the first try.
Anyway, from that day forward, I have sworn that I would never
purchase another American car with a standard. American manufacturers
don't have a clue on how to manufacture five speed transmissions and
have been doing the automatics much longer and on many more cars.
However, I hate automatics, so I am still buying Jap cars.
Not sure this is any help, but other cars do this too.
Cheers, Larry
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@@ && Data General 508-870-8441 *
The opinions contained herein are my own, and do not reflect the
opinions of Data General or anyone else, but they should.
"Sometimes we are the windshield, sometimes we are the bug"
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10112 | From: joel@tekgen.bv.tek.com (Joseph Look)
Subject: Bar code fonts
Organization: Tektronix, Inc.
Lines: 3
I am looking for some bar code fonts especially code 3 of 9. Did anybody
know any ftp sites or BBS that I can download these types of fonts?
Please email to me if you have any info. Thanks!
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10113 | From: bean@ra.cgd.ucar.edu (Gregory Bean)
Subject: Help! Which bikes are short?
Organization: Climate and Global Dynamics Division/NCAR, Boulder, CO
Lines: 18
Help! I've got a friend shopping for her first motorcycle. This is great!
Unfortunately, she needs at most a 28" seat. This is not great. So far,
the only thing we've found was an old and unhappy-looking KZ440.
So, it's time to tap the collective memory of all the denizens out there.
Anybody know of models (old models and used bikes are not a problem)
with a 28" or lower seat? And, since she has to make this difficult ( 8-) ),
she would prefer not to end up with a cruiser. So there's bonus points
for listing tiny standards.
I seem to remember a thread with a point similar to this passing through
several months ago. Did anybody keep that list?
Thanks!
--
Gregory Bean DoD #580
bean@ncar.ucar.edu "In fact, everything's got that big reverb sound..."
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10114 | From: cyberman@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Cyberman)
Subject: CRT driver transistors
Lines: 28
X-Maildoor: WaflineMail 1.00r
Device........ LT1839 @ IC (mA)..... 50
V(BR)CEO (V).. 70 CCB (pF)...... 2.5
V(BR)CBO (V).. 120 VCE (V)....... 15
IC (mA) max... 300 Polarity...... NPN
hFE min....... 20 Package....... 79-04
hFE max....... 60 Material...... Metal
fT (GHz)...... 1 Price (100+)..
Device........ LT5839 @ IC (mA)..... 60
V(BR)CEO (V).. 65 CCB (pF)...... 1.5
V(BR)CBO (V).. 80 VCE (V)....... 10
IC (mA) max... 300 Polarity...... PNP
hFE min....... 15 Package....... 79-04
hFE max....... 60 Material...... Metal
fT (GHz)...... 1.5 Price (100+)..
@ VCE (V)..... 10
Anyone know of a source for these parts (other than straight from
Motorolla)? I need 4 Lt1839's and 2 Lt5839 I've tried standard
and they said "We are out!"
Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
Mangled on Fri 04-16-1993 at 13:50:28
... If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance.
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10115 | From: dnewman@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu (David F. Newman)
Subject: arcade style buttons and joysticks
Organization: Division of Academic Computing, Northeastern University, Boston, MA. 02115 USA
Lines: 8
Hi there,
Can anyone tell me where it is possible to purchase controls found
on most arcade style games. Many projects I am working on would
be greatly augmented if I could implement them. Thanx in advance.
-Dave
dnewman@lynx.dac.northeastern.edu
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10116 | From: joerg@sax.sax.de (Joerg Wunsch)
Subject: About the various DXF format questions
Organization: SaxNet, Dresden, Germany
Lines: 25
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: sax.sax.de
Summary: List of sites holding documentation of DXF format
Keywords: DXF, graphics formats
Archie told me the following sites holding documentation about DXF:
Host nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
Last updated 15:11 7 Apr 1993
Location: /pub/csc/graphics/format
FILE rwxrwxr-- 95442 Dec 4 1991 dxf.doc
Host rainbow.cse.nau.edu (134.114.64.24)
Last updated 17:09 1 Jun 1992
Location: /graphics/formats
FILE rw-r--r-- 95442 Mar 23 23:31 dxf.doc
Host ftp.waseda.ac.jp (133.9.1.32)
Last updated 00:47 5 Apr 1993
Location: /pub/data/graphic
FILE rw-r--r-- 39753 Nov 18 1991 dxf.doc.Z
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.o .o : joerg@sax.de,wutcd@hadrian.hrz.tu-chemnitz.de,
<_ ... IT WILL! : joerg_wunsch@tcd-dresden.de
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10117 | From: bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert Beauchaine)
Subject: Re: "Cruel" (was Re: <Political Atheists?)
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
Lines: 20
In article <1ql8mdINN674@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
>
>But we were discussing it in relation to the death penalty. And, the
>Constitution need not define each of the words within. Anyone who doesn't
>know what cruel is can look in the dictionary (and we did).
>
Or, with no dictionary available, they could gain first hand
knowledge by suffering through one of your posts.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Bob Beauchaine bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
They said that Queens could stay, they blew the Bronx away,
and sank Manhattan out at sea.
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10118 | From: sac@asdi.saic.com (Steve A. Conroy x6172)
Subject: Re: Darrrrrrrrryl
Organization: SAIC
Lines: 33
In article <mssC5KCru.5Ip@netcom.com>, mss@netcom.com (Mark Singer) writes:
|>
|>
|> The media is beating the incident at Dodger Stadium on Wednesday to
|> death, but I haven't seen anything in rsb yet.
|>
|> Gerald Perry of the Cardinals pinch hit in the eighth inning with two
|> on and his club down by a run. He stroked a line drive into the
|> right field corner. The ball cleared the three-foot high fence and
|> went into the crowd. Darryl, racing over from right center, got to
|> the spot in time to reach his glove up over the short fence, but he
|> missed the ball. A fan sitting in the front row, wearing a mitt,
|> reached up and caught the ball. Home run.
|>
|> Now I've seen the replay several times and I have concluded that
|> Darryl missed the ball, and that the fan's glove was essentially
|> behind Darryl's. Several Dodger fans with seats in the immediate
|> vicinity have claimed that the fan unquestionably interfered with
|> Strawberry. What cannot be disputed, however, is that the fan
|> who caught the ball never took his eye off it; he was oblivious
|> to where the fielder was playing. He was also quite exuberant as
|> soon as he realized he had made the catch.
|>
|> [Stuff about Daryl and Tommy and everyone blaming fan for the loss deleted]
I saw the replay several times too. No question about it. Daryl missed
the ball, *then* the fan caught it. Daryl is so tall that he had the
first shot at the ball. Daryl's just whining again. I think it shows a
lack of class when Tommy, Daryl and the Dodgers blame a single fan for
losing the game. What about the pitcher who threw up the gopher ball?
What about the pitchers that gave up 6 runs up to that point? Sorry, Tommy.
If it were a 2-1 game and Daryl was 5 feet 2 inches tall, then maybe -
just maybe - you'd have an argument.
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10119 | From: full_gl@pts.mot.com (Glen Fullmer)
Subject: Needed: Plotting package that does...
Nntp-Posting-Host: dolphin
Reply-To: glen_fullmer@pts.mot.com
Organization: Paging and Wireless Data Group, Motorola, Inc.
Comments: Hyperbole mail buttons accepted, v3.07.
Lines: 27
Looking for a graphics/CAD/or-whatever package on a X-Unix box that will
take a file with records like:
n a b p
where n = a count - integer
a = entity a - string
b = entity b - string
p = type - string
and produce a networked graph with nodes represented with boxes or circles
and the vertices represented by lines and the width of the line determined by
n. There would be a different line type for each type of vertice. The boxes
need to be identified with the entity's name. The number of entities < 1000
and vertices < 100000. It would be nice if the tool minimized line
cross-overs and did a good job of layout. ;-)
I have looked in the FAQ for comp.graphics and gnuplot without success. Any
ideas would be appreciated?
Thanks,
--
Glen Fullmer, glen_fullmer@pts.mot.com, (407)364-3296
*******************************************************************************
* "For a successful technology, reality must take precedence *
* over public relations, for Nature cannot be fooled." - Richard P. Feynman *
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10120 | From: accgsg@vaxa.hofstra.edu (Gary Graffagnino)
Subject: Isles / Hockey Ramblings
Lines: 43
Well, the Patrick Division got a little more interesting last night.
The Islanders lost in OT and the Devils tied the Pens. That means if the Isles
beat the Devils on Friday, the will meet the Caps in the playoffs.
However, I have some more comments on the Islanders and hockey in
general that I need to get off my chest :). First of all, with the Islanders
back-to-back lackluster performances against the Whalers, one may think that
the Islanders are out of shape. These guys always suck wind in the 2nd period,
come on a little in the 3rd and run out of gas too soon. It is unbelieveable
how many one goal games these guys have lost. Anyway, the games was pretty
wide open. The Isles still have tons of trouble scoring. The Whalers played
a golie in is 1st NHL start, I think his name was Lenarduzzi (sp?). (His NHL
debut was the Tuesday tie against the Isles). Like I mentioned before, this
guy looked like the best golie on the planet for a while (until he misplayed a
Mahlakov slap shot to go to OT). I say it's because the Isles don't shoot
correctly. Has anyone else noticed this?
Also, I think it is really a shame for hockey when I guy like Mick
Vukota gets as much ice time as he does. This guy has about as much hockey
talent as Jiggs MacDonald (who did play hockey, I think). Anytime he gets the
puck it gets stolen, and he always starts fights and gets needless penalties.
Richard Pilon is another guy who is on the ice to stir up crap. And he's a
defenseman. He's got to be approaching negative infinity for his plus/minus.
This guy gets beaten all the time. Why the need for such "enforcers"? Not
only do fights slow the game down ALOT, but it takes away from the guys who are
really trying to play the game. I'll be one of the few to admit, I do enjoy a
good fight once in a while, but only when it's "called for". You know, when a
guy checks the goalie too hard. In other words, a violation of "hockey ethics"
might cause you to get puched. But there is no need to start crap when you are
losing or becuase you can get away with it!! Does anyone agree that referees
need to be a little less lenient in the 3rd and OT? I mean COME ON already.
I'm sick of seeing teams pulling guys down, holding guys etc. just becuase the
referee doesn't call it. OT and late in the 3rd should be a time for strategy,
not physical prowess. Trying to set up a goal should be first and foremost.
If you are so afraid that the other team is going to score that you have to
pull a guy down to prevent it, you don't deserve to win in the first place.
Just My Honest Opinion,
Gary at Hofstra
ACCGSG@VAXB.HOFSTRA.EDU
ACCGSG@HOFSTRA.BITNET
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10121 | From: ae015@Freenet.carleton.ca (Steve Hui)
Subject: Re: Instead of a Saturn SC2, What???
Organization: National Capital Freenet, Ottawa, Canada
Lines: 19
One thing that everyone is forgetting in this argument
over the pricing of the SC1 vs. the Japanese cars is
the Saturns "no-dicker sticker". This makes the Saturn's
price low in comparison to the inflated base prices of
the Japanese competition on paper, but in reality, one
could dicker several hundred dollars off the price of
the Japanese cars.
Admittedly, though, here in Canada, at least, the SC2
is in the same price class as the Civic Si, not the
SC1.
Steve Hui
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10122 | From: gw18@prism.gatech.EDU (Greg Williams)
Subject: Re: Many people on one machine
Distribution: git
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lines: 23
In <93111.154952CDA90038@UCF1VM.BITNET> CDA90038@UCF1VM.BITNET (Mark Woodruff) writes:
>I have several people sharing my machine and would like to set up separate
>environments under Windows for each of them. Is there some way of setting
>things up separate desktops/directories for each of them? Ideally,
>I'd like totally separate virtual machines. I'd be willing to settle for
>less, and may end up having batch files that copy .ini files around
>depending on who wants to use the machine.
You could use DOS 6 to do this partly. You can set up different config.sys
and autoexec.bat commands for each user, and they just have to select their
menu option on bootup. Then you can have the autoexec.bat copy the win.ini
and system.ini files and change directories for them. When they exit windows,
it can copy back generic .ini files if you want.
This is the only way I can think of. There may be some programs somewhere
that allow you to do this better, though using DOS 6 allows each person to
have a custom config.sys and autoexec.bat.
--
Greg Williams
Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332
uucp: ...!{decvax,hplabs,ncar,purdue,rutgers}!gatech!prism!gw18
Internet: gw18@prism.gatech.edu
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10123 | From: halat@pooh.bears (Jim Halat)
Subject: Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is
Reply-To: halat@pooh.bears (Jim Halat)
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In article <1qjd3o$nlv@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
>Firstly, science has its basis in values, not the other way round.
>So you better explain what objective atoms are, and how we get them
>from subjective values, before we go any further.
Atoms are not objective. They aren't even real. What scientists call
an atom is nothing more than a mathematical model that describes
certain physical, observable properties of our surroundings. All
of which is subjective.
What is objective, though, is the approach a scientist
takes in discussing his model and his observations. There
is no objective science. But there is an objective approach
which is subjectively selected by the scientist. Objective
in this case means a specified, unchanging set of rules that
he and his colleagues use to discuss their science.
This is in contrast to your Objective Morality. There may be an
objective approach to subjectively discuss your beliefs on
morality. But there exists no objective morality.
Also, science deals with how we can discuss our observations of
the physical world around us. In that the method of discussion
is objective ( not the science; not the discussion itself ).
Science makes no claims to know the whys or even the hows sometimes
of what we can observe. It simply gives us a way to discuss our
surroundings in a meaningful, consistent way.
I think it was Neils Bohr who said (to paraphrase) Science is what
we can _say_ about the physical world.
-jim halat
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10124 | From: kudla@acm.rpi.edu (Robert Kudla)
Subject: Re: Can I Change "Licensed To" Data in Windows 3.1?
Nntp-Posting-Host: hermes.acm.rpi.edu
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In <0096B130.473B17C0@vms.csd.mu.edu> 2a42dubinski@vms.csd.mu.edu writes:
> ahh, yes, this is a fun topic. No, once the name is incribed on the
>disk, that is it, it is encoded. Not even a HEX editor will find it. You can
But a disk compare utility (old versus new) will. And Windows 3.1 is
also flexible enough at install time that you can copy all the files
onto your hard disk, which greatly speeds things up and makes them
less annoying, if you can spare the 7 or so compressed megs.
>write over the "Licensed to:", but you can't change the name underneth it. I
>think if you wish to change this you would have to be a pirate, and we're not
>going to promote that here.
No, we're not. But we're also not going to promote pandering to
corporate paranoia when the real issue is convenience. I don't *like*
dealing with floppies. Personally, I have no use for changing the
registration info, but I see it as a valid need, and one that ought to
be solved using a quick little utility rather than a half-hour
reinstall that's just about guaranteed to mess up your settings in one
way or another.
So, while I'm not going to put much time into it myself, here's the
procedure for getting on your way to finding the encoded information:
1. Copy all your Windows disks into the directory from which you want
to install it. I've been using c:\WINSTALL myself.
2. From there, copy that directory to something like c:\WINORIG.
3. Install from c:\winstall.
4. comp the two directories to determine changes.
i.e., comp *.* \winorig\*.* >\report.txt
5. Look in the report file for the file(s) that change. Assuming
they didn't cover themselves covering their own tracks, at least one
file should have a difference noted at a particular offset. Locate
said offset in the original directory and see what's there using a hex
editor, and do the same for the modified one.
6. You're on your own as far as breaking the code goes; I don't
really do cryptography. It's probably just an xor key or something; I
think MS is more concerned with Joe Schmoe at the office personalizing
his copy than with "real pirates" who will probably just disassemble
the damned thing anyway. This technique should work with just about
any obnoxious corporate product that tries to write to the original
floppies when you install; in some extreme cases you may not be able
to back the floppies up to hard disk, and will be stuck doing a
compare on floppies (Lotus stuff is probably like that).
As I noted before, if you can afford the space on the hard disk, and
don't do much in the way of customization, reinstalling from one
directory to another may be less arduous. Doing some of the stuff
I've mentioned here may well void your license with Microsoft, as if
they'd ever find out. If you aren't careful with the disk editor, you
could also mung something important... duh. I guess that's a
disclaimer.
Have at it....
Rob
--
Rob kudla@acm.rpi.edu Keywords - Oldfield Jane's Leather Yes Win3.1 Phish
light blue right Bondage r.e.m. DTP Steely Dan DS9 FNM OWL Genesis In the
spaceship, the silver spaceship, the lion takes control.....
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10125 | From: bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw)
Subject: Re: Damn Ferigner's Be Taken Over
Article-I.D.: cos.bob1.734037895
Distribution: world
Organization: Corporation for Open Systems
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In <C4v13w.Dup@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
>In article <bob1.733696161@cos> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
>>In <C4ruo8.77r@apollo.hp.com> nelson_p@apollo.hp.com (Peter Nelson) writes:
>>> Norway (where you appear to be posting from) is just such a
>>> place, although it has always escaped my understanding just
>>> what the appeal, to allegedly rational people, of such a
>>> scheme might be. What gives King Olav V (or whoever it is
>>> now - my atlas is from 1987) the right to any special legal
>>> status or title based on a mere accident of birth?
>>
>>To begin with, it's quite inexpensive compared to here, what with our
>>having six former presidents still alive, drawing pensions, expense
>>accounts, and secret service protection.
> Maybe so, but they were, after all, President. In the corporate
> world it's SOP for retiring senior executives to be given nice
> pensions, etc. The point is that they performed a service and
> this is part of the compensation package. The only "service"
> royals have to perform for their free ride is being born.
We might be better off had some of our former presidents done nothing.
>---peter
>PS - . . . which is not to say that some of our presidents have
> not provided a service for the country too dissimilar from what
> occurs when a bull "services" a cow (for those of you familiar
> with cattle breeding).
>
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10126 | From: mmchugh@andy.bgsu.edu (michael mchugh)
Subject: 45 rpm Singles for Sale (Complete List)
Keywords: Beatles Rolling Stones Pink Floyd Starr Lennon Talking Heads Ramons
Organization: Bowling Green State University B.G., Oh.
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I have the following 45 rpm singles for sale. Most are collectable 7-inch
records with picture sleeves. Price does not include postage which is $1.21
for the first record, $1.69 for two, etc.
Beach Boys|Barbara Ann (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Califonia Girls (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$15|45
Beach Boys|Fun, Fun, Fun (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Little Girl I Once Knew (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Please Let Me Wonder (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Rock n Roll to the Rescue (Capitol Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$15|45
Beach Boys|When I Grow Up to Be a Man (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beatles|Im Happy Just to Dance with You (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Doctor & the Medics|Burn (I.R.S. Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
General Public|Too Much or Nothing (I.R.S. Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Go Gos|Our Lips are Sealed (I.R.S. Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Lennon, John|Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$15|$45
Lennon, John|Mind Games (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$10|$45
Madonna|Open Your Heart (Sire Promo)|$5|45
McCartney, Paul|Coming Up (Columbia. Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
McCartney, Paul|Mull of Kintyre (Capitol. Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
McCartney, Paul|Stranglehold (Capitol Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
McCartney, Paul|Wonderful Christmastime (Columbia. Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Mercury, Freddie|I Was Born to Love You (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Pink Floyd|Learning to Fly (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Queen|Kind of Magic (Capitol Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Ramones|Sheena is a Punk Rocker (Sire Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Rolling Stones|19th Nervous Brakdown (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Rolling Stones|Jumpin Jack Flash (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Rolling Stones|Mothers Little Helper (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Rolling Stones|Paint It, Black (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Starr, Ringo|Photograph (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$15|$45
Starr, Ringo|Youre Sixteen (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$15|$45
Talking Heads|Road to Nowhere (Sire Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Waters, Roger|Sunset Strip (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Waters, Roger|Sunset Strip (Columiba Promo)|$5
Waters, Roger|Who Needs Information (Columiba Promo)|%10|45
If you are interested, please contact:
Michael McHugh
mmchugh@andy.bgsu.edu
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10127 | Organization: Penn State University
From: <AJS147@psuvm.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: Winning Streaks
<C5IJox.ErM@undergrad.math.uwaterloo.ca> <93105.053748RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu>
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You might want to clarify the 11 game winning streak. That Pens streak
is a PLAYOFF streak (tied by the Chicago Blackhawks, who had won 11 in a row
until they met the Pens in the finals last year) The 18 game unbeaten, so far,
is a regular season unbeaten streak. But hey, don't take it personally. I'm a
Flyers fan and two in a row is a stretch. But with a healthy Lindros, Recchi,
Brind'amour and Tommy Soderstrom, they'll be there next year!
By the way, since the Flyers need defenseman, what kind of trade would
anybody suggest from the existing Flyers roster since the scuttlebutt is that
Terry Carkner won't be there next year and apart from him a piece of notebook
paper would be better defense.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Matt Weaver (properly found at AJS147@psuvm.psu.edu). Hey, at least we're not
the Whalers!
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10128 | From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI
Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
Nntp-Posting-Host: valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca
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In article <RICHK.93Apr15075248@gozer.grebyn.com> richk@grebyn.com (Richard Krehbiel) writes:
>> Can anyone explain in fairly simple terms why, if I get OS/2, I might
>> need an SCSI controler rather than an IDE. Will performance suffer that
>> much? For a 200MB or so drive? If I don't have a tape drive or CD-ROM?
>> Any help would be appreciated.
>So, when you've got multi-tasking, you want to increase performance by
>increasing the amount of overlapping you do.
>
>One way is with DMA or bus mastering. Either of these make it
>possible for I/O devices to move their data into and out of memory
>without interrupting the CPU. The alternative is for the CPU to move
>the data. There are several SCSI interface cards that allow DMA and
>bus mastering.
^^^^^^^^^^^^
How do you do bus-mastering on the ISA bus?
>IDE, however, is defined by the standard AT interface
>created for the IBM PC AT, which requires the CPU to move all the data
>bytes, with no DMA.
If we're talking ISA (AT) bus here, then you can only have 1 DMA channel
active at any one time, presumably transferring data from a single device.
So even though you can have at least 7 devices on a SCSI bus, explain how
all 7 of those devices can to DMA transfers through a single SCSI card
to the ISA-AT bus at the same time.
Also, I'm still trying to track down a copy of IBM's AT reference book,
but from their PC technical manual (page 2-93):
"The (FDD) adapter is buffered on the I.O bus and uses the System Board
direct memory access (DMA) for record data transfers."
I expect to see something similar for the PC-AT HDD adapter.
So the lowly low-density original PC FDD card used DMA and the PC-AT
HDD controller doesn't!?!? That makes real sense.
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10129 | From: prunet@zephir.inria.fr (Vincent Prunet)
Subject: Re: Monthly Question about XCopyArea() and Expose Events
Organization: INRIA, Sophia-Antipolis (Fr)
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In article <BUZZ.93Apr19125438@lion.bear.com>, buzz@bear.com (Buzz Moschetti)
writes:
|> (2nd posting of the question that just doesn't seem to get answered)
|>
|> Suppose you have an idle app with a realized and mapped Window that
|> contains
|> Xlib graphics. A button widget, when pressed, will cause a new item
|> to be drawn in the Window. This action clearly should not call XCopyArea()
|> |> (or equiv) directly; instead, it should register the existence of the
|> new
|> item in a memory structure and let the same expose event handler that
|> handles
|> "regular" expose events (e.g. window manager-driven exposures) take care
|> of rendering the new image. Using an expose event handler is a "proper"
|> way
|> to do this because at the time the handler is called, the Xlib Window is
|> guaranteed to be mapped.
|>
|> The problem, of course, is that no expose event is generated if the window
|> is already visible and mapped. What we need to do is somehow "tickle" the
|> Window so that the expose handler is hit with arguments that will enable
|> it to render *just* the part of the window that contains the new item.
|>
|> What is the best way to tickle a window to produce this behavior?
To incrementally update the contents of windows, I use the following trick:
1. Set the window background to None,
2. Call XClearArea(display, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, True),
3. Restore the window background to its correct value.
The call to XClearArea does not repaint the window background, but still
generates exposure events for visible parts of the window.
In order to let my application know that these expose events must be handled
incrementally (something is already displayed on the screen and may need to
be erased), I encapsulate the 3 operations with 2 self addressed client
messages, which preserve asynchronicity between the client and the server.
XGrabServer(display)
client message (start-incremental)
background None
XClearArea
Restore background
client message (end-incremental)
XUngrabServer(display)
The GrabServer prevents other events to be inserted by the server in the
critical section.
---
Vincent Prunet, Sema Group Sophia Antipolis
INRIA BP 93 06902 SOPHIA ANTIPOLIS Cedex FRANCE
prunet@sophia.inria.fr, (33) 93 65 78 42, Fax:(33) 93 65 77 66
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10130 | From: hacker@cco.caltech.edu (Jonathan Bruce Hacker)
Subject: Re: Was "Re: Safety": From how far can you see a car ?
Article-I.D.: gap.1psle4INNkm2
Distribution: na
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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NNTP-Posting-Host: sandman.caltech.edu
ssave@ole.cdac.com (The Devil Reincarnate) writes:
>>.... These
>>lit up cars make non-illuminated things LESS visible (like pedistrians and
>>bikes). Hopefully we're not going to mandate DRL's for people and bikes
>>too.
Well, DRL's are already mandatory for motorcycles...
--
Jon Hacker | Get the OS/2 2.1 March Beta CD-ROM
Caltech, Pasadena CA | for $15
hacker@tumbler-ridge.caltech.edu | Call 1-800-3-IBM-OS2
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10131 | From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Subject: Traditional and Historical Armenian Barbarism (Was Re: watch OUT!!).
Reply-To: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Distribution: world
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In article <21APR199314025948@elroy.uh.edu> st156@elroy.uh.edu (Fazia Begum Rizvi) writes:
>Seems to me that a lot of good muslims would care about those terms.
>Especially those affected by the ideology and actions that such terms
>decscribe. The Bosnians suffering from such bigotry comes to mind. They
>get it from people who call them 'dirty descendants of Turks', from
>people who hate their religion, and from those who don't think they are
>really muslims at all since they are white. The suffering that they are
Let us not forget about the genocide of the Azeri people in 'Karabag'
and x-Soviet Armenia by the Armenians. Between 1914 and 1920, Armenians
committed unheard-of crimes, resorted to all conceivable methods of
despotism, organized massacres, poured petrol over babies and burned
them, raped women and girls in front of their parents who were bound
hand and foot, took girls from their mothers and fathers and appropriated
personal property and real estate. And today, they put Azeris in the most
unbearable conditions any other nation had ever known in history.
AREF SADIKOV sat quietly in the shade of a cafe-bar on the
Caspian Sea esplanade of Baku and showed a line of stitches in
his trousers, torn by an Armenian bullet as he fled the town of
Hojali just over three months ago, writes Hugh Pope.
"I'm still wearing the same clothes, I don't have any others,"
the 51-year-old carpenter said, beginning his account of the
Hojali disaster. "I was wounded in five places, but I am lucky to
be alive."
Mr Sadikov and his wife were short of food, without electricity
for more than a month, and cut off from helicopter flights for 12
days. They sensed the Armenian noose was tightening around the
2,000 to 3,000 people left in the straggling Azeri town on the
edge of Karabakh.
"At about 11pm a bombardment started such as we had never heard
before, eight or nine kinds of weapons, artillery, heavy
machine-guns, the lot," Mr Sadikov said.
Soon neighbours were pouring down the street from the direction
of the attack. Some huddled in shelters but others started
fleeing the town, down a hill, through a stream and through the
snow into a forest on the other side.
To escape, the townspeople had to reach the Azeri town of Agdam
about 15 miles away. They thought they were going to make it,
until at about dawn they reached a bottleneck between the two
Armenian villages of Nakhchivanik and Saderak.
"None of my group was hurt up to then ... Then we were spotted by
a car on the road, and the Armenian outposts started opening
fire," Mr Sadikov said.
Azeri militiamen fighting their way out of Hojali rushed forward
to force open a corridor for the civilians, but their efforts
were mostly in vain. Mr Sadikov said only 10 people from his
group of 80 made it through, including his wife and militiaman
son. Seven of his immediate relations died, including his
67-year-old elder brother.
"I only had time to reach down and cover his face with his hat,"
he said, pulling his own big flat Turkish cap over his eyes. "We
have never got any of the bodies back."
The first groups were lucky to have the benefit of covering fire.
One hero of the evacuation, Alif Hajief, was shot dead as he
struggled to change a magazine while covering the third group's
crossing, Mr Sadikov said.
Another hero, Elman Memmedov, the mayor of Hojali, said he and
several others spent the whole day of 26 February in the bushy
hillside, surrounded by dead bodies as they tried to keep three
Armenian armoured personnel carriers at bay.
As the survivors staggered the last mile into Agdam, there was
little comfort in a town from which most of the population was
soon to flee.
"The night after we reached the town there was a big Armenian
rocket attack. Some people just kept going," Mr Sadikov said. "I
had to get to the hospital for treatment. I was in a bad way.
They even found a bullet in my sock."
Victims of war: An Azeri woman mourns her son, killed in the
Hojali massacre in February (left). Nurses struggle in primitive
conditions (centre) to save a wounded man in a makeshift
operating theatre set up in a train carriage. Grief-stricken
relatives in the town of Agdam (right) weep over the coffin of
another of the massacre victims. Calculating the final death toll
has been complicated because Muslims bury their dead within 24
hours.
Photographs: Liu Heung / AP
Frederique Lengaigne / Reuter
THE INDEPENDENT, London, 12/6/'92
Serdar Argic
'We closed the roads and mountain passes that
might serve as ways of escape for the Turks
and then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
(Ohanus Appressian - 1919)
'In Soviet Armenia today there no longer exists
a single Turkish soul.' (Sahak Melkonian - 1920)
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10132 | From: gabrielj@fraser.sfu.ca (Gabriel Noah Jones)
Subject: Re: umbdr522.zip : Any later version ?
Keywords: umbdrv mem
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
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10133 | From: randy@ve6bc.ampr.ab.ca (Randy J. Pointkoski)
Subject: Needed 24 volt 4 circuit Flasher
Organization: Amateur Radio VE6BC
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I am looking for a source for a 4 circuit Sequence flasher.
Input 24 Volts AC, 8 amps
Output: sequence to 4 channels (knob to vary frequency) (max 2 amps
per leg)
Switch to put all channels on full time
Please Email any assistance you can provide.
Randy Email: randy@ve6bc.ampr.ab.ca
--
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/ ) Randy J Pointkoski P.Eng
/ __________ _ __ _ _ _ o ________ Compression Technologies
(__/ (_) / / / <_/_)_/ (_</_/_)_/_)_<_(_) / / <_ 7141 77 ave
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10134 | From: cmsph02@nt.com (Steven Holton)
Subject: Re: Do we need the clipper for cheap security?
Organization: Northern Telecom, Inc.
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In article <1r1f62$rh5@news.intercon.com>, amanda@intercon.com (Amanda
Walker) wrote:
> One thing that Clipper offers is interoperability, at a higher degree of
> security than we currently have in non-proprietary voice encryption systems.
> This means it will be cheaper than anyone's proprietary scheme, and easier to
^^^^^^^
Probably cheaper than you think. I'll bet some of my (and yours)
tax dollars become a subsidy for these chips. If these chips don't
sell well, what's to stop the US government from 'giving' them
away (in the interest of National Security)?
> deploy. This is, of course, either a bug or a feature depending on how you
> look at it :).
>
> Amanda Walker
> InterCon Systems Corporation
--
Steven P. Holton
Network Administrator - RTP FAST
Northern Telecom, Inc.
Replies To: cmsph02@nt.com
on bounce: [ sholton@aol.com | 70521.2430@compuserve.com ]
"Opinions expressed here are my own."
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10135 | From: towwang@statler.engin.umich.edu (Tow Wang Hui)
Subject: Floppy file copying
Article-I.D.: srvr1.1pstlnINN4r5
Reply-To: towwang@engin.umich.edu
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Michigan (CAEN)
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NNTP-Posting-Host: statler.engin.umich.edu
Originator: towwang@statler.engin.umich.edu
A silly question: I frequently edit small files and need to make copies of them
on several floppy diskettes of the same size and format, but my computer is
only equipped with one 3.5" HD drive and one 5.25" HD drive; can't I do the
copying without swapping files temporarily to my hard disk (which is 99.9% full)
using standard MSDOS 5.0 commands? I know
diskcopy a: a:
works but for small selections of files,
xcopy a:*.txt a:
does not!
Maybe I'll have to write my own file copy command in C, but the idea does not
amuse me.
Thanks for your help.
Francisco
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10136 | From: ebosco@us.oracle.com (Eric Bosco)
Subject: Re: Windows Speaker Sound Driver
Nntp-Posting-Host: monica.us.oracle.com
Reply-To: ebosco@us.oracle.com
Organization: Oracle Corp., Redwood Shores CA
X-Disclaimer: This message was written by an unauthenticated user
at Oracle Corporation. The opinions expressed are those
of the user and not necessarily those of Oracle.
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In article <1993Apr19.235430.6097@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu>
alee@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu (Alec Lee) writes:
> Is there an ftp site where I can get the MS speaker sound driver?
There's
> a "sound.exe" file that claims to be the driver but I'm suspicious since
> it's not a .drv file.
>
> Thanks
>
> Alec Lee
The sound.exe is actually a self extracting script which includes the .drv
file. Works great!
-Eric
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10137 | From: jcopelan@nyx.cs.du.edu (The One and Only)
Subject: Nicknames
Summary: was Re: New Member
Organization: Salvation Army Draft Board
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In article <UfnYJ2a00VoqIT9VpA@andrew.cmu.edu> nm0w+@andrew.cmu.edu (Nanci Ann Miller) writes:
>jcopelan@nyx.cs.du.edu (The One and Only) writes:
>> Welcome. I am the official keeper of the list of nicknames that people
>> are known by on alt.atheism (didn't know we had such a list, did you).
>> Your have been awarded the nickname of "Buckminster." So the next time
>> you post an article, sign with your nickname like so:
>> Dave "Buckminster" Fuller. Thanks again.
>>
>> Jim "Humor means never having to say you're sorry" Copeland
>
>Of course, the list has to agree with the nickname laws laid down by the
>GIPU almost 2000 years ago (you know... the 9 of them that were written on
>the iron tablets that melted once and had to be reinscribed?). Since I am
>a prophet of the GIPU I decree that you should post the whole list of
>nicknames for the frequent posters here!
If the first rule of humor is never having to say you're sorry then the
second rule must be never having to explain yourself. Few things are
worse that a joke explained. In spite of this, and because of requests
for me to post my list o' nicknames, I must admit that no such list
exists. It was simply a plot device, along with me being the keeper
o' the list, to make the obvious play on the last name of Fuller and to
advance the idea that such a list should be made.
I assumed that the ol' timers would recognize it for what it is.
Nevertheless, how about a list o' nicknames for alt.atheism posters?
If you think of a good one, just post it and see if others like it.
We could start with those posters who annoy us the most, like Bobby or
Bill.
Jim "D'oh! I broke the second rule of humor" Copeland
--
If God is dead and the actor plays his part | -- Sting,
His words of fear will find their way to a place in your heart | History
Without the voice of reason every faith is its own curse | Will Teach Us
Without freedom from the past things can only get worse | Nothing
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10138 | From: umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Daryl Turner)
Subject: Re: TPS will stay on the top...
Nntp-Posting-Host: gibson.cc.umanitoba.ca
Organization: University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Lines: 25
In article <1993Apr6.171611.1@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi> hahietanen@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi writes:
>MIGHTY ONES GET MIGHTIER:
>
>TPS, the Finnish Champions 1992/3, are getting still stronger!
Oh no! Say it isn't so!
>
>BTW. Is Juha Yl|nen (centre, HPK) drafted by the Jets?? During last year
>he has reached the top level among Finnish centres. He had very good
>playoff games against TPS!
Yes, Yl|nen is a draft choice of the Jets. (Assuming, of course, this
is the same Yl|nen that played for Kiekko-Espoo in 1990-91.) He was a
5th round, 91st overall pick of the Jets in the 1991 entry draft.
I noticed in the summaries that Yl|nen had really begun to play well in
the playoffs.
Daryl Turner : r.s.h contact for the Winnipeg Jets
Internet: umturne4@ccu.umanitoba.ca
FidoNET: 1:348/701 -or- 1:348/4 (please route through 348/700)
Tkachuk over to Zhamnov, up to Sel{nne, he shoots, he scores!
The Jets win the Cup! The Jets win the Cup!
Essensa for Vezina! Housley for Norris! Sel{nne for Calder!
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10139 | From: shiva@leland.Stanford.EDU (Matt Jacobson)
Subject: NDW Norton Desktop for Windows
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Lines: 19
I have an IBM and run Windows 3.1. A friend installed Norton Desktop For
Windows on top of this. It loads automatically when I type "win", and
surely adds to the (already dismally slow) process of starting up.
I would like to know how to STOP or uninstall this program!!
I have taken it out of win.ini, but it still pops up running with windows.
I did a big search and found reference to it in ndw.ini, system.ini and
progman.ini. Removing it here causes a failure when starting up windows
(progrman.ini has a "group 7 = ...ndw.exe..." which can't be deleted.)
Is there anyone familiar with NDW who can tell me how to turn it off??
thanks! Chet
**PLEASE EMAIL RESPONSES -- I can't read news from my home account***
chetter@ucthpx.uct.ac.za
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10140 | From: dgf1@ellis.uchicago.edu (David Farley)
Subject: Re: Why does Illustrator AutoTrace so poorly?
Reply-To: dgf1@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago
Lines: 25
In article <0010580B.vmcbrt@diablo.UUCP> diablo.UUCP!cboesel (Charles Boesel) writes:
>I've been trying to figure out a way to get Adobe Illustrator
>to auto-trace >exactly< what I see on my screen. But it misses
>the edges of templates by as many as 6 pixels or more - resulting in images
>that are useless - I need exact tracing, not approximate.
>
>I've tried adjusting the freehand tolerances as well as autotrace
>tolerances but it doesn't help. Any suggestions?
>
>--
>charles boesel @ diablo creative | If Pro = for and Con = against
>cboesel@diablo.uu.holonet.net | Then what's the opposite of Progress?
>+1.510.980.1958(pager) | What else, Congress.
I've had exactly the same problems in Aldus Freehand. I think autotracing
is one of those "features" that barely works, but everybody feels compelled
to throw it in because the other guys are doing it. :)
--
David Farley The University of Chicago Library
312 702-3426 1100 East 57th Street, JRL-210
dgf1@midway.uchicago.edu Chicago, Illinois 60637
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10141 | From: chang hsu liu <cliu@silver.ucs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Upgrade from 286 to 486 help needed!!!
Organization: Indiana University
Lines: 27
Greetings,
Please forgive me if this is FAQ. If there is source on this kind of info,
please let me know. I just got a 286 station (around 21*16.5*7 in dimension),
and I am thinking about upgrade it to a 486 or 386.
The station has a power supply, two floppy disk drives, and the big
case. I have SONY 1304 monitor, SyQuest drive (Mac), and maybe a cd-rom
reader (Mac) for it. Here are the questions I have so far:
1) Is there a 486 motherboard at this dimension that I could use the case?
2) The original owener has the controller for floppy drive and hard disk
removed. Can I use them to control these devices under 486? How much do I
have to pay for a new controllers if the old ones won't work?
3) How can I make SyQuest (SCSI) and cd-rom (SCSI) work on this station?
I heard that there is a cheap sound board that has SCSI controller built-in?
What's quality of this board? How much usually does a SCSI control cost?
Is there any ftp sites that has SyQuest driver or cd-rom driver for the PC if
I can have everything hooked up OK?4) What I want is a 486 motherboard, a sound board to make it a MPC-
quality station. How much would it cost to do that? Is it worth the hussle
than just buy a new 486 station? BTW, I need to buy a keyboard for it too.
Any input is welcome.
Thank you.
Peter Liu
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10142 | From: ghelf@violet.berkeley.edu (;;;;RD48)
Subject: Re: space food sticks
Keywords: food
Article-I.D.: agate.1pr5u2$t0b
Organization: University of California, Berkeley
Lines: 19
NNTP-Posting-Host: violet.berkeley.edu
I had spacefood sticks just about every morning for breakfast in
first and second grade (69-70, 70-71). They came in Chocolate,
strawberry, and peanut butter and were cylinders about 10cm long
and 1cm in diameter wrapped in yellow space foil (well, it seemed
like space foil at the time).
The taste is hard to describe, although I remember it fondly. It was
most certainly more "candy" than say a modern "Power Bar." Sort of
a toffee injected with vitamins. The chocolate Power Bar is a rough
approximation of the taste. Strawberry sucked.
Man, these were my "60's."
--
Gavin Helf
UC Berkeley Political Science
Berkeley-Stanford Program in Soviet Studies
ghelf@violet.berkeley.edu
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10143 | From: pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto)
Subject: Re: Once tapped, your code is no good any more.
Article-I.D.: rwing.2091
Distribution: na
Organization: Totally Unorganized
Lines: 17
In article <1r21t1$4mc@access.digex.net> steve-b@access.digex.com (Steve Brinich) writes:
<
< > I wonder if she landed such a fat fee from cooperation with the NSA in
< >the design and propoganda stages that she doesn't care any more?
<
< Which is to say: is the NSA -totally- perfidious, or does it at least
<have the redeeming virtue of taking care of its own? <g>
Of course they take care of their own ... very well ... until the person
has 'outlived his/her/undefined usefulness'... then 'elimination' becomes
a consideration... :-)
--
pat@rwing.uucp [Without prejudice UCC 1-207] (Pat Myrto) Seattle, WA
If all else fails, try: ...!uunet!pilchuck!rwing!pat
WISDOM: "Only two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity,
and I am not sure about the former." - Albert Einstien
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10144 | From: "tom neumann" <tom.neumann@canrem.com>
Subject: vw passat? (again)
Reply-To: "tom neumann" <tom.neumann@canrem.com>
Organization: Canada Remote Systems
Distribution: rec
Lines: 25
kojo@valet.phx.mcd.mot.com (Kojo Yeboah) writes:
KY>To all those who have PASSATs, do you recommend using Super Unleaded or just
KY>regular Unleaded Gasoline. I have been using Regular Unleaded. A friend of mine has
KY>a Jetta and has always used Super Unleaded and thinks I should be using the same;
KY>however, I believe the advantages of Super Unleaded for CARs $30000 and under
KY>has been overplayed by guess who: the companies who sell them, because that is
KY>where they make the most PROFIT. A Ralph Nader report and other consumer advocates
KY>have in the past spoken against those oil companies.
Your Passat VR6 is designed to run on premium gasoline, however the
engine electronics will retard the timing so that no harm wil be done
to the engine with lower octane fuel.
You will likely, however, get somewhat more power and fuel mileage
(especially in hot weather) out of this particular engine if you do
run it on premium.
Tom Neumann
---
þ DeLuxeý 1.25 #350 þ I sell Volkswagens.
--
Canada Remote Systems - Toronto, Ontario
416-629-7000/629-7044
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10145 | From: tom_van_vleck@taligent.com (Tom Van Vleck)
Subject: Re: looking for one-way (trap-door, password encryption, etc.) algorithms
Organization: -
Distribution: usa
Lines: 21
Michael Levin wrote:
> I am looking for references to algorithms which can be used for
> password encryption. I.e., someone has a clear-text word, runs it
> through the algorithm, and it becomes some other sequence of symbols.
> I want this algorithm to have the property that it is a) next to
> impossible to reverse, and b) would take too long to try all possible
> words to see which one works (even by use of a high-speed computer).
> Please send references or ideas to mlevin@husc8.harvard.edu.
The original one-way encryption I put into Multics about 1968 (as suggested
by Joe Weizenbaum) was invertible. An Air Force tiger team demonstrated
this to me in May 1973. I then asked an expert (who requested anonymity)
what I should use instead; the expert's suggestion was to treat the
8-byte password as both key and data for the LUCIFER encryption algorithm,
which is similar or identical to DES. This method or something stronger
should take care of (a). Issue (b) is discussed in comp.security.misc:
longer passwords and quality control on what users can choose as passwords
are the common tactics.
tom_vanvleck@taligent.com
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10146 | From: HK.MLR@forsythe.stanford.edu (Mark Rogowsky)
Subject: Re: PDS vs. Nubus (was Re: LC III NuBus Capable?)
Organization: Stanford University
Lines: 42
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: morrow.stanford.edu
In article <1993Apr16.191259.1@fnalf.fnal.gov>,
higgins@fnalf.fnal.gov (Bill Higgins-- Beam Jockey) writes:
>In article <C5KzLs.KKB@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes) writes:
>> mmiller@garnet.msen.com (Marvin Miller) writes:
>>>My friend recently purchased a LC III and he wants to know if there is
>>>such a demon called NuBus adapter for his PDS slot?
>
>> The LC family of Macs can only
>> use PDS cards. They are not able to use NuBus.
>
>Ah, but why? Can some technically-hip Macslinger tell us what the
>difference is between PDS and Nubus?
>
>Is it impossible to make a gadget that plugs into PDS and ends in a
>Nubus card cage? At least, Marvin's friend has not been able to
>locate one and neither have I. What is the fundamental reason for
>this?
>
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> ~ SPAN/Hepnet: 43011::HIGGINS
Second Wave makes NuBus card cages that work on the PDS slots of at
least three Macs: the SE/30, IIsi and Centris 610. They have not, to
my knowledge, announced such a device for the LCII, but they could
make one, technologically.
The PDS card that goes to the cage simply needs the NuBus controller
circuitry present on NuBus Macs.
Why, though, does anyone care about this? dgr has a three-PDS
adapter for the LC/LCII. They will soon have one for the LCIII. PDS
is better than NuBus for most people in most applications. Granted,
there are more NuBus cards. But, most applications that require a
NuBus card (like full-motion video capture) shouldn't be done on an
LC/LCII/LCIII anyway.
Mark
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10147 | From: lyford@dagny.webo.dg.com (Lyford Beverage)
Subject: Re: Notes on Jays vs. Indians Series
Distribution: na
Organization: Data General Corporation, Research Triangle Park, NC
Lines: 22
In article <1993Apr13.202037.9485@cs.cornell.edu>, tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer) writes:
|> In article <rudyC5Fr3q.1CL@netcom.com> rudy@netcom.com (Rudy Wade) writes:
|> >In article <C5FMxD.2pM@cs.dal.ca> niguma@ug.cs.dal.ca (Gord Niguma) writes:
|> >>reference to history because he certainly didn't have the best season for
|> >>second basemen in history. He probably didn't even have as good a season as
|> >>Alomar last year.
|> >
|> >What? Do you have some measure (like popularity in Toronto doesn't count)
|> >that you are basing this statement on?
|>
|> Uh, yes. Baerga has a lot of flash, but Alomar was the better hitter
|> last year.
|>
|> BATTERS BA SLG OBP G AB R H TB 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E
|> BAERGA,C .312 .455 .354 161 657 92 205 299 32 1 20 105 35 76 10 2 19
|> ALOMAR,R .310 .427 .405 152 571 105 177 244 27 8 8 76 87 52 49 9 5
|>
This is fascinating. You say that Alomar was the better hitter last
year, and immediately follow that up with numbers showing that Baerga
had a better year. The only category that I see which shows an advantage
for Alomar is OBP.
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10148 | From: ederveen@athena.research.ptt.nl (Ederveen D.)
Subject: Micro World Data Bank II ?
Nntp-Posting-Host: athena.research.ptt.nl
Reply-To: D.N.M.Ederveen@research.ptt.nl
Organization: PTT Research, The Netherlands
Lines: 18
I'm looking for a database called "Micro World Data Bank II", a database
with digital map information containing 178,068 latitude, longitude points.
It is said to be in the public domain. If anyone knows a place where I can
get it (preferably FTP/gopher/mailserver etc.; otherwise snail mail) please
let me know. I you have it yourself and are willing to send me the file,
drop me a line.
I'll be using it with a program called VERSAMAP by Charles H. Culberson.
If anyone knows of another detailed database that can be used with this
program (preferably PD), I would be very interested.
Replies by e-mail please, directly to me, I don't read this group regularly.
If there's interest I'll post a summary, of course.
--
Derk Ederveen (FidoNet 2:283/323) tel. +31-70-3323202
D.N.M.Ederveen@research.ptt.nl / ederveen@hlsdnl5.bitnet fax. +31-70-3326477
x400: /c=nl/admd=400net/prmd=ptt research/o=ptt research/s=ederveen/i=dnm
** "I wish I was a warrior, in every language that I speak" - Lou Reed **
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10149 | From: hamish@cloud.apana.org.au (Hamish Moffatt)
Subject: Re: Mouse on Com3OM3 or COM4 in Windows
Organization: Cloud Nine BBS, Melbourne, Australia.
Lines: 53
jpaparel@cs.ulowell.edu (Joseph Paparella) writes:
> I am having a problem configuring the mouse in windows to use COM3
> with IRQ5.
I don't believe IRQ5 is the problem. I tried a mouse on COM3, IRQ4 (the
usual place) and it still did not like it. Simply, Windows seems to only
support mice on COM1 or COM2. The funny part is, though, that
Microsoft's own mouse driver (8.xx) was quite happy with my mouse
sitting on COM3. Why can't Windows use the mouse driver, or at least
support COM3? :-)
> COM2Irq=3
> COM3Irq=5
> COM4Irq=7
> MaxComPort=4
I've tried this too. Actually, I wanted to be able to use my second
modem (COM3/IRQ5) from Windows. It still will not talk to that modem. I
created two profiles, AMSTRAD (for my Amstrad modem on COM1/IRQ4) and
MAESTRO (for my Maestro on COM3/IRQ5). It will not talk to the Maestro
at all.
> (1,5106830617) that their driver does not support COM3 and COM4 in windows.
> Their suggestion was that the 'MicroSoft or PS/2' setting in windows
> setup would work. It does not.
Nor here. (Windows 3.0).
> I can not believe that it is not possible. At worst, you would need a special
> version of 'a' mouse driver that looked at COM3 and COM4 instead of COM1
> and COM2. I know that IRQ5 and IRQ7 are normally printer port IRQs, but I
I've seen nothing like that. I've experimented with Logitech's mouse
driver too, with no sucess.
> have no printers attached. A side note is that I would really like to assign
> COM4 to some higher IRQ, because my SoundBlaster board uses IRQ7 (right now,
> I'm not using COM4), but no modem that I know of allows settings other than
> IRQs 2,3,4,5, and 7.
If you have a SoundBlaster Pro, it should support IRQ10 as well.
Finally, a board that supports IRQs >9. The only one I have (except my
IDE controller).
hamish
Hamish Moffatt, hamish@cloud.apana.org.au APANA: The Australian Public
Cloud Nine BBS, 3:635/552@fidonet Access Network Association.
Melbourne Australia 58:4100/43@intlnet Mail info@apana.org.au
Titanic Software. Voice: +61-3-803-1326 for information.
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10150 | From: khiet@crystallizer.ecn.purdue.edu (Peter Thanh Khiet Vu)
Subject: Wanted: AIRCONDITIONER
Keywords: WANTED
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
Lines: 4
I am looking for a good used window air conditioner. A small
one is preffered. Call 495-2056 (Peter) and we'll talk about it.
Or email me. "khiet@cn.ecn"
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10151 | From: rky57514@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tall Cool One )
Subject: Can I use a CD4052 analog multiplexer for digital signals?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 14
As the subject says - Can I use a 4052 for digital signals? I don't see
why it couldn't handle digital signals, but I could be wrong. Anyone have
any advice? Thanks.
_I_______________________________________________________________________I_
(_@_) (_@_)
| | Raymond Yeung Internet: Nimbus@uiuc.edu | |
| | rky57514@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu | |
| | EE student at the | |
| | University of Illinois CompuServe: 70700,1011 | |
| | at Urbana-Champaign | |
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I I
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10152 | From: whaley@sigma.kpc.com (Ken Whaley)
Subject: Re: XCopyPlane Question
In-Reply-To: buzz@bear.com's message of 19 Apr 93 14:15:38 GMT
Organization: Kubota Pacific Computer Inc.
<BUZZ.93Apr19101538@lion.bear.com>
Lines: 33
>
> In article <WHALEY.93Apr15103931@sigma.kpc.com> whaley@sigma.kpc.com (Ken Whaley) writes:
> > Actually, I must also ask the FAQ's #1 most popular reason why graphics
> > don't show up: do you wait for an expose event before drawing your
> > rectangle?
>
> Suppose you have an idle app with a realized and mapped Window that contains
> Xlib graphics. A button widget, when pressed, will cause a new item
> to be drawn in the Window. This action clearly should not call XCopyArea()
> (or equiv) directly; instead, it should register the existence of the new
> item in a memory structure and let the expose event handler take care
> of rendering the image because at that time it is guaranteed that the
> Window is mapped.
>
> The problem, of course, is that no expose event is generated if the window
> is visible and mapped. Do you know the best way to "tickle" a window so
> that the expose event handler will be invoked to draw this new item?
I specifically made the above comment assuming that perhaps the code fragment
came from a simple "open-draw-quit" client.
As per your question: why not have the button handler add the object, and
then call the "window_redraw()" (or whatever) directly? Although, depending
on how the overall application is structured, there may be no problem with
rendering the object directly in response to the button press.
Ken
--
Kenneth Whaley (408) 748-6347
Kubota Pacific Computer, Inc. Email: whaley@kpc.com
2630 Walsh Avenue
Santa Clara, CA. 95051
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10153 | From: karn@servo.qualcomm.com (Phil Karn)
Subject: Re: Keeping Your Mouth Shut (was: Hard drive security)
Nntp-Posting-Host: servo.qualcomm.com
Reply-To: karn@chicago.qualcomm.com
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc
Lines: 37
In article <C5K1CE.51A@sunfish.usd.edu>, vkub@charlie.usd.edu (Vince Kub) writes:
|> Now,
|> the original scheme as suggested here would be to have the key disappear if
|> certain threatening conditions are met. Once the key is gone there is no
|> question of Contempt of Court as there is nothing to compell, the key is no
|> longer there to be produced.
Getting rid of the keys is actually pretty easy to do automatically on
a communications link, as opposed to storage where the keys have to be
retained somehow as long as the owner wants to be able to retrieve the
data.
The right way to do communications security is to generate a random
session key with Diffie Hellman, use it for a while and then destroy
it. Once it's gone, there's no getting it back, and no way to decrypt
recordings of the conversation.
To make sure you aren't being attacked by a man in the middle, you
have to authenticate your DH exchanges. The AT&T secure phone does
this by displaying the DH key so you can compare them verbally over
the phone. This is nice and simple, but it relies on user awareness
plus the inability of the man in the middle to duplicate the users'
voices.
A better way is to authenticate the exchanges with RSA. Since you'd
never use RSA for actual encryption, compromising your RSA secret key
would only allow someone to impersonate you in a future conversation,
and even that only until you revoke your public key. They would still
not be able to decrypt recordings of prior conversations for which the
session keys have been destroyed.
I'm convinced that this is how the government's own secure phones
(the STU-III) must work. Neat, eh?
Phil
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10154 | From: ee92jks@brunel.ac.uk (Jonathan K Saville)
Subject: Re: freely distributable public key cryptography c++ code: where?
Organization: Brunel University, Uxbridge, UK
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Lines: 26
D. Wigglesworth (smhanaes@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca) wrote:
: Do you know of any freely distributable c++ (or c) code for public
: key cryptography (such as RSA)?
: I've tried various archie searches to no avail.
Have you heard of PGP? I assume from your post that you have not. PGP 2.2
is a freeware RSA encryption program which includes digital signatures and
comprehensive key management facilities. Most sites also keep the source code.
A growing number of people are using this excellent software to encrypt (to
a very high standard) their email and data. Get it before Clinton outlaws it.
Two of the many sites are:
rsa.com /pub/pgp
soda.berkeley.edu /pub/cypherpunks/pgp
Hope this helps,
Jon
--
------------------------ -------------------------------------
| Jon Saville | Who alive can say, 'Thou art no |
| ee92jks@brunel.ac.uk | Poet, may'st not tell thy dreams?' |
------------------------ ----------- Keats, 1819 -----------
PGP 2.2 public key available upon request or by finger
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10155 | From: arsenaul@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Arsenault Michel)
Subject: Looking for boxscores
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Distribution: na
Lines: 5
I am looking for all the 84 boxscores of any NHL team for
some personal research. Can someone help me ?
Michel Arsenault
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10156 | From: gtoal@gtoal.com (Graham Toal)
Subject: Re: Is key escrow enough?
Lines: 24
The points raised about checking what is actually -in- the chip, as
opposed to what is allegedly programmed therein, raise yet another trust
issue. Even if we assume that these "trusted agents" are really entering
a wide range of S1 and S2 seeds (rather than using the same one all the
time to reduce the key search space to 30 bits), I assume they are not
doing so by picking up an iron filing and poking it into the circuitry
at carefully selected points to encode data. They would presumably be
punching numbers into a computer, which for all they know could program
the chips in a manner completely independent of the S1 and S2 values they
are feeding into the system.
S1 and S2 are clearly the backdoor - we should assume they are all
compromised. If they're not compromisable, why the hell not use a
hardware true random number source. There isn't a random number
source *anywhere* in this proposal. The whole thing is deterministic
from the day the serial number is stamped on the chip.
Nope, it can't be trusted. This is all about two levels of access -
the (possibly honest) key escrow that police forces have to use, and
ostensibly the FBI; and the back door that lets the NSA decode *everything*
on the fly - and maybe some back-handers to the FBI when they want a
warrantless tab in exchange for favours.
G
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10157 | From: atterlep@vela.acs.oakland.edu (Cardinal Ximenez)
Subject: Re: The arrogance of Christians
Organization: National Association for the Disorganized
Lines: 39
phs431d@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au writes:
>In article <Apr.13.00.08.07.1993.28379@athos.rutgers.edu>, aa888@freenet.carleton.ca (Mark Baker) writes:
>This is not true. The athiest's position is that there is no PROOF of the
>existence of God. As much as some people accept their Church, their priests
>or straight from their own scriptures as the "proof", this does not
>satisfy atheists.
You haven't fully explained the atheist position. Many theists believe that
there is "no proof of the existence of God" but choose to believe in him
anyway. I haven't yet found an argument for atheism that can't quickly be
broken down to unprovable assumptions. This isn't a problem with me (everybody
needs to have a faith) but if you believe that you can provide a "purely
logical" argument for the nonexistence of God, I'd really like to see it.
>Are you asking us to believe blindly? You are trying to deny that part of
>us that makes us ask the question "Does God exist?" i.e. self-awareness and
>reason. If we do not use our ability to reason we become as ignorant
>as the other animals on this earth. Does God want us to be like that?
>You are right that science and reason cannot PROVE anything. However, if
>we do not use them we can only then believe on FAITH alone. And since
>we can only use faith, why is one picture of "God" (e.g. Hinduism) any less
>valid than another (e.g. Christianity)?
Ahh...but when you use science and reason, you have faith in certain beliefs
of the scientific method--for example:
The physical laws of the universe are stable.
Our observations of reality are a valid basis for a determination of truth.
Objective reality exists.
Logical argument is a valid way to answer all questions.
Can you prove any of these?
Alan Terlep "...and the scorpion says, 'it's
Oakland University, Rochester, MI in my nature.'"
atterlep@vela.acs.oakland.edu
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10158 | From: dcr@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk (Derek C. Richardson)
Subject: Allocated colors...
Nntp-Posting-Host: ioas09.ast.cam.ac.uk
Reply-To: dcr@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk
Organization: Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
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Can anyone out there tell me how to get the total number of color cells
allocated in the default colormap?
e.g. colormap = DefaultColormap(mydisplay, myscreen);
The MAXIMUM number of allocated cells is given by DefaultCells(mydisplay,
myscreen), but in general the number of cells actually allocated will be
much less than this, depending on the color requirements of the windows
currently in place. I'd like a way to determine this number. Thanks in
advance!
Derek
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10159 | From: mbell@techbook.techbook.com (Max Bell)
Subject: WANTED: Info on Dedicated X Server Kernel for Sun3/100 Series
Organization: TECHbooks Public Access
Lines: 9
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: techbook.techbook.com
Summary: If you know where to find it, please send email.
Keywords: sun kernel x server
If anyone has any information about the existence or location of a
dedicated X server kernel for the Sun3, please send email. I am
trying to put some neglected Sun3s to good use but they don't have
enough memory for SunOS 4.1.1. Thanks in advance for any help.
--
/\ /\/ Max Bell | I used to think I'd emmigrate to escape
/ \/ /\ mbell@techbook.com | the tyrants, but now I think I'll stay
~~~~~~~~~ mbell@cie.uoregon.edu | and make them leave instead.
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10160 | From: e8l6@jupiter.sun.csd.unb.ca (Rocket)
Subject: Dear Montana@pinetree.org Re: Hockey Pool
Distribution: rec.sport.hockey
Organization: University of New Brunswick
Lines: 15
Hi there, I can't seem to get mail to you. Can you tell me your entire
adress, or even your dotted decimal address?
(ie. 131.202.3.10)
Thanks,
rocket@calvin.cs.unb.ca
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10161 | From: jrmst8+@pitt.edu (Joseph R Mcdonald)
Subject: Re: Wirtz is a weenie
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
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In article <wfozwMi00Uh_E1kyE=@andrew.cmu.edu> rp16+@andrew.cmu.edu (Robert Angelo Pleshar) writes:
>In other TV news, the Penguins announced yesterday that they will have 3
>fewer broadcast TV games, and will have 22(!) games on some sort of
>subscription / pay-per-view system. Yuck.
This is incorrect. This year the Pens had 61 games on "free" TV and 6
games on PPV. Next year they will have 62 games on free TV and 22 on
a subscription basis.
You actually get 1 more free game than last year, and there will be no
more "radio-only" games.
Its a good deal. Last year, everybody bitched about Baldwin "breaking
up the team". Now, he goes out of his way to keep the nucleus of this
team together and that takes money. He comes up with a creative way
to generate more revenue so he can afford this team, and people bitch
some more.
Everybody wants something for nothing.
Dean
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10162 | From: kkeller@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Keith Keller)
Subject: Playoff pool rule revision
Organization: University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences
Lines: 10
Nntp-Posting-Host: mail.sas.upenn.edu
Well, I will have to change the scoring on my playoff pool. Unfortunately
I don't have time right now, but I will certainly post the new scoring
rules by tomorrow. Does it matter? No, you'll enter anyway!!! Good!
--
Keith Keller LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!!
LET'S GO QUAKERS!!!!!
kkeller@mail.sas.upenn.edu IVY LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!!
"When I want your opinion, I'll give it to you."
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10163 | From: baseball@catch-the-fever.scd.ucar.edu (Gregg Walters)
Subject: Ryan on DL
Organization: Scientific Computing Divison/NCAR Boulder, CO
Lines: 18
Heard minutes ago on KOA radio, Denver.
Nolan Ryan to have arthroscopic on a knee, and
to miss 2 - 5 weeks.
Rockies (Nied) lead Mets (Gooden) 4 - 0 in 7th.
All runs in first inning.
Gregg \\ baseball@ncar.ucar.edu //
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10164 | From: small@tornado.seas.ucla.edu (James F. Small)
Subject: Re: Here's to the assholes
Organization: School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, UCLA
Lines: 26
In article <JROBBINS.93Apr15103031@kingston.cs.ucla.edu> you rambled on about:
)In article <9953@lee.SEAS.UCLA.EDU> small@thunder.seas.ucla.edu (James F. Small) writes:
)> Here's to the 3 asshole scooter owners who TRIPLE PARKED behind my
)> bike today.
)
)Jim calling other prople assholes, what's next?
^^^^^^
If you're going to flame, learn to spell.
)Besides, assholeism is endemic to the two-wheeled motoring community.
Why I do believe that Jason, the wise, respected (hahahha), has just made a
stereotypical remark. How unsophisticated of you. I'm so sorry you had to
come out of your ivory tower and stoop (as you would say), to my , obviously,
lower level.
Besides, geekism is endemic to the albino-phoosball playing community (and
those who drive volvos)
Remember ,send your flames to jrobbins@cs.ucla.edu
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I need what a formal education can not provide.
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10165 | From: kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov
Subject: Space Station Redesign, JSC Alternative #4
Organization: NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
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I have 19 (2 MB worth!) uuencode'd GIF images contain charts outlining
one of the many alternative Space Station designs being considered in
Crystal City. Mr. Mark Holderman works down the hall from me, and can
be reached for comment at (713) 483-1317, or via e-mail at
mholderm@jscprofs.nasa.gov.
Mark proposed this design, which he calls "Geode" ("rough on the
outside, but a gem on the inside") or the "ET Strongback with
integrated hab modules and centrifuge." As you can see from file
geodeA.gif, it uses a Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) in place of much
of the truss which is currently part of Space Station Freedom. The
white track on the outside of the ET is used by the Station Remonte
Manipulator System (SRMS) and by the Reaction Control System (RCS)
pod. This allows the RCS pod to move along the track so that thrusting
can occur near the center of gravity (CG) of the Station as the mass
properties of the Station change during assembly.
The inline module design allows the Shuttle to dock more easily because
it can approach closer to the Station's CG and at a structurally strong
part of the Station. In the current SSF design, docking forces are
limited to 400 pounds, which seriously constrains the design of the
docking system.
The ET would have a hatch installed pre-flight, with little additional
launch mass. We've always had the ability to put an ET into orbit
(contrary to some rumors which have circulated here), but we've never
had a reason to do it, while we have had some good reasons not to
(performance penalties, control, debris generation, and eventual
de-orbit and impact footprint). Once on-orbit, we would vent the
residual H2. The ET insulation (SOFI) either a) erodes on-orbit from
impact with atomic Oxygen, or b) stays where it is, and we deploy a
Kevlar sheath around it to protect it and keep it from contaminating
the local space environment. Option b) has the advantage of providing
further micrometeor protection. The ET is incredibly strong (remember,
it supports the whole stack during launch), and could serve as the
nucleus for a much more ambitious design as budget permits.
The white module at the end of ET contains a set of Control Moment
Gyros to be used for attitude control, while the RCS will be used
for gyro desaturation. The module also contains a de-orbit system
which can be used at the end of the Station's life to perform a
controlled de-orbit (so we don't kill any more kangaroos, like we
did with Skylab).
The centrifuge, which has the same volume as a hab module, could be
used for long-term studies of the effects of lunar or martian gravity
on humans. The centrifuge will be used as a momentum storage device
for the whole attitude control system. The centrifuge is mounted on
one of the modules, opposite the ET and the solar panels.
This design uses most of the existing SSF designs for electrical,
data and communication systems, getting leverage from the SSF work
done to date.
Mark proposed this design at Joe Shea's committee in Crystal City,
and he reports that he was warmly received. However, the rumors
I hear say that a design based on a wingless Space Shuttle Orbiter
seems more likely.
Please note that this text is my interpretation of Mark's design;
you should see his notes in the GIF files.
Instead of posting a 2 MB file to sci.space, I tried to post these for
anon-FTP in ames.arc.nasa.gov, but it was out of storage space. I'll
let you all know when I get that done.
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368
"...Development of the space station is as inevitable as
the rising of the sun." -- Wernher von Braun
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10166 | From: 9051467f@levels.unisa.edu.au (The Desert Brat)
Subject: Keith IS a relativist!
Organization: Cured, discharged
Lines: 25
In article <1pigidINNsot@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
> Not so. If you are thrown into a cage with a tiger and get mauled, do you
> blame the tiger?
AHA! He admits it! He IS a moral relativist!
Keith, if you start wafffling on about how it is different for a human
to maul someone thrown into it's cage (so to speak), you'd better start
posting tome decent evidence or retract your 'I think there is an absolute
morality' blurb a few weeks ago.
> keith
The Desert Brat
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9051467f@levels.unisa.edu.au T.S.A.K.C. \/Darwin o\
For replies, mail to whjjm@wh.whyalla.unisa.edu.au /\________/
Disclaimer: Unisa hates my opinions. bb bb
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10167 | From: csundh30@ursa.calvin.edu (Charles Sundheim)
Subject: Re: Boom! Dog attack!
Nntp-Posting-Host: ursa
Organization: Calvin College
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ryan_cousineau@compdyn.questor.org (Ryan Cousineau) writes:
>blind driveway at 15-30 mph. For that matter, how many driveways are
>long enough for a car to hit 30 mph by the end?
>I eagerly await comment.
Well, my driveway is... Just keep an eye out for the blue GLH Turbo that
utilizes the "hit-the-ground-running" merging technique.
At least I don't have a dog that you need worry about.
Last week while entering a sand/gravel covered intersection in the country,
I caught something unkosher out of the corner of my eye (you know that
disgusting sensation when great, as-of-yet unidentified, evil is about to
intimately acquaint itself with you-- kind of like knowing that that darkening
shadow around you just cannot possibly be anything even remotely good, because
it probably has something to do with a Boeing 747 behaving, gravitationally
speaking, much like a brick). Negotiating my way into this intersection that
somehow reminded me of Daytona beach (sans H2O, sun, & babes) I manage to get a
glance at my impending destiny. Lucifer's own DOG. Hell's secret blend
of canine-- Doberman and Rottweiler (it moved with the grace of a Doberman,
yet had the hulk and jowels of the Rottweiler-- a creature with a definite
*wrong* end to be at). The picture in my mirrors was fuzzy, but there was no
mistaking the fangs and saliva trail.
To shorten a verbose tale, my burly gaurdian-angels once again performed above
and beyond the call of duty, carried the bike through the sand-trap (I honestlyhave no idea how), and left the minion of Beelzebub with a face that
suspiciously resembles a Metzler tread. No blood, though-- Rats.
Moral: I'm not really sure, but more and more I believe that bikers ought
to be allowed to carry handguns.
-Erc.
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C Eric Sundheim
GrandRapids, MI, USA
`90 Hondo VFR750f
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10168 | From: holland@CS.ColoState.EDU (douglas craig holland)
Subject: Re: Non-lethal alternatives to handguns?
Nntp-Posting-Host: beethoven.cs.colostate.edu
Organization: Colorado State University, Computer Science Department
Keywords: handgun mace pepper-spray taser tasp phaser
Lines: 18
In article <1993Apr15.150736.15793@mksol.dseg.ti.com> pyron@skndiv.dseg.ti.com writes:
>
>Ask the Brits. Enough people have been killed by rubber bullets that they now
>use them under only certain "controlled" circumstances. And they are fired
>from something that looks like a tear gas launcher.
>
>There are smaller rubber bullets and pellets (for shotguns). I understand that
>they are only intended to be discouragers, ie. for the snapping but not truly
>dangerous animal. In general, they do not seem capable of really stopping
>someone who wants you or past you. They are fired at very low muzzle velocity
>(the .38 ball round is intended for a 400fps load). Finally, as your mother
>warned you, you can put an eye out with that thing. :-)
>--
Oh, OK. Just wondering. I am not a real expert on weapons, I was just
wondering if they would do the job.
Doug Holland
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10169 | From: wrat@unisql.UUCP (wharfie)
Subject: Re: Where can I get a New York taxi?
Distribution: na
Organization: UniSQL, Inc., Austin, Texas, USA
Lines: 7
In article <C5r66A.6rB@srgenprp.sr.hp.com> almanb@sr.hp.com (Bob Alman) writes:
> "hose" h-o-s-e
Dork. d-o-r-k.
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10170 | Organization: Penn State University
From: Robbie Po <RAP115@psuvm.psu.edu>
Subject: Re: Aargh! Great Hockey Coverage!! (Devils)
<1993Apr18.203823.28597@news.columbia.edu>
Lines: 31
In article <1993Apr18.203823.28597@news.columbia.edu>,
gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) says:
>Locked away, waiting for the tape-delay to start ...
I think this guy is going to be just a little bit disappointed. Lemieux
two, Tocchet, Mullen, Tippett, and Jagr. I buzzed my friend because I forgot
who had scored Mullen's goal. I said, "Who scored? Lemieux two, Tocchet,
Tippett, Jagr." The funny part was I said the "Jagr" part non-chalantly as
he was in the process of scoring while I was asking this question!!! :-)
All in all ABC's coverage wasn't bad. On a scale of 1-10, I give it about
an 8. How were the games in the Chi/St. Louis/LA area???
>It's nice that the Devils are starting out their playoffs on network
>television ... too bad that their playoff game has been preempted on
>WABC-AM for an early-season Yankees baseball game!
That's stupid!!! I'd complain to the television network! If I were to even
see a Pirates game on instead of a Penguins game at this time of the year, I
and many other Pittsburghers would surely raise hell!!!
>It's a 12-2 win by the Texas Rangers ... and they're delaying the
>tape-delay by another half-hour for the ballgame "highlights"!!!
Texas is off to a good start, they may pull it out this year. Whoops! That
belongs in rec.sport.baseball!!!
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** Robbie Po ** PGH PENGUINS!!! "We do what comes naturally!
Patrick Division Semi's '91 STANLEY CUP You see now, wait for the
PENGUINS 6, Devils 3 '92 CHAMPIONS possibility, don't you see a
Penguins lead, 1-0 12 STRAIGHT WINS! strong resemblance..."-DG '89
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10171 | From: jfreund@taquito.engr.ucdavis.edu (Jason Freund)
Subject: Info on Medical Imaging systems
Organization: College of Engineering - University of California - Davis
Lines: 10
Hi,
Is anyone into medical imaging? I have a good ray tracing background,
and I'm interested in that field. Could you point me to some sources? Or
better yet, if you have any experience, do you want to talk about what's
going on or what you're working on?
Thanks,
Jason Freund
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10172 | Subject: Re: The nonexistance of Atheists?!
From: kmagnacca@eagle.wesleyan.edu
Organization: Wesleyan University
Nntp-Posting-Host: wesleyan.edu
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In article <bskendigC5JCwx.Jzn@netcom.com>, bskendig@netcom.com (Brian Kendig) writes:
>
> [s.c.a quotes deleted]
>
> It really looks like these people have no idea at all of what it means
> to be atheist. There are more Bobby Mozumder clones in the world than
> I thought...
Well, that explains some things; I posted on soc.religion.islam
with an attached quote by Bobby to the effect that all atheists
are lying evil scum, and asked if it was a commonly-held idea
among muslims. I got no response. Asking about the unknown,
I guess...
Karl
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10173 | From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
Subject: Re: Carrying Arms
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Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Distribution: usa
Lines: 32
In article <1993Apr5.220457.6800@spdc.ti.com> dwhite@epcot.spdc.ti.com (Dan White) writes:
> I have a question about the second amendment that has bothered
>me for awhile. The amendment guarentees our "right to keep and bear
>arms." Currently, the gun prohibitionists are trying to restrict or
>eliminate our right to keep arms with the Brady Bill and the assault
>weapon ban. However, haven't we already lost our right to bear arms?
> It seems that in most states, like Texas, a citizen may own a
>gun and carry while at his home or business. But a citizen is severely
>restricted from bearing outside these areas. Here in Texas you cannot
>carry in your car except when "traveling" which is usually defined as
>"traveling across a county line." How did this come about? Are there
>any court rulings on the legality of restricting the carrying of a
>weapon outside the home?
There are, but not any that would help Texans: In many states,
such laws have been found to violate the state constitution.
But the federal Second Amendment does not apply directly to the
states. It was written to limit the federal government only.
The Fourteenth Amendment was written to extend the restrictions
of the Bill of Rights to the state level. However, the exact
wording of the Fourteenth Amendment is very vague. The Supreme
Court has been dancing around the issue without facing it
directly for over 100 years. In practice, the Bill of Right
(indirectly applies through the Fourteenth) applies to the
state governments only if the Supreme Court has ruled that
particular provision. The Court has made no such rulings on
the Second Amendment.
Frank Crary
CU Boulder
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10174 | From: kmac@cisco.com (Karl Elvis MacRae)
Subject: Sport Utility Vehical comparisons? Any Opinions?
Organization: Tattooed Love Boys
Lines: 36
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: glare.cisco.com
I just read articals on this in Road and Track and Car and Driver
(Is that one mag or two? =B^), and I was wondering if people out
there have any opinions that differed from what these mags have to
say...
I'm looking at the following three SUV's; anyone who's driven all
three have any strong opinions?
Ford Explorer
Toyota 4Runner
Nissan Pathfinder
Currently I'm leaning toward the Toyota, 'cause I've had big success
with Toyota trucks in the past, and 'cause I think it's the best
looking of the three. But I thought I'd see if anyone has any strong
opinions....
Thanks!
-Karl
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kmac@cisco.com -or- batman@cisco.com 415-688-8231 DoD# 1999 FJ1200
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"Shovels and rakes and implements of destruction"
-Arlo Guthrie
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10175 | From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras)
Subject: Re: Gun Control (was Re: We're Mad as Hell at the TV News)
Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc.
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Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: dale.handheld.com
In article <C519Mt.Apq@magpie.linknet.com> manes@magpie.linknet.com (Steve
Manes) writes:
> Jim De Arras (jmd@cube.handheld.com) wrote:
> : In article <C4u3x5.Fw7@magpie.linknet.com> manes@magpie.linknet.com (Steve
> : Manes) writes:
> : [...]
> : > I don't know how anyone can state that gun control could have NO
> : > effect on homicide rates. There were over 250 >accidental< handgun
> : > homicides in America in 1990, most with licensed weapons. More
> : > American children accidentally shot other children last year (15)
> : > than all the handgun homicides in Great Britain. (Source: National
> : > Safety Council. Please... no dictionary arguments about RATES vs
> : > TOTAL NUMBERS, okay? They're offered for emphasis, not comparison).
> : >
>
> : You're a great debater. You chose your sources of information, claim them
> : to be superior. I'm not aware of using any numbers from the ozone, unless
you consider those I got from you to be such.
>
> I've made no such claim. Please direct my attention towards any
> posting of mine where I claimed superior sources of information.
> It's probably because I bothered to post any references at all while
> others seem content to post numbers pulled from the ozone, that
> you've confused it with fact-twisting. If so, I apologize.
>
Yes, You state the reference, and then YOU claim it's a good or fair treatment.
> : then take those twisted numbers and twist them further by trying
>
> Well then, here's fair opportunity for you to prove that I've "twisted
> numbers." On what grounds do you contradict those references? Do you have
> any citations... any sources of your own that I can take similar
> gratuitous shots at?
>
You fail to see the differences between absolute numbers and rates.
> : to compare absolute numbers between two countries that have major
population
> : differences, the USA and GB, and then whine that you are afraid someone
might
> : attack your process, and so claim the numbers are for "emphasis, not
> : comparison"? Emphasis of what?
>
> Nitpicking and scolding is a whiney debating style, Jim.
>
No, you just miss the point. By your methods, I can prove gun control to be a
total failure. New York's total homocide count, with it's strict gun control,
is MUCH higher than Rhode Island's, with it's less strict gun control. FAR
more folks are killed in New York, than Rhode Island. Therefore, according to
Mane Logic(tm), gun control has made New York a much more dangerous place than
Rhode Island. Remember, it's "Nitpicking" and "a whiney debating style" to
point out the differences between New York and Rhode Island that might defeat
my argument.
> : Anything else is blowing smoke.
>
> You seddit, brudda.
Now you agree? Wow, a break-through!
>
> --
> Stephen Manes manes@magpie.linknet.com
> Manes and Associates New York, NY, USA =o&>o
--
Jim
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10176 | From: dans@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Dan S.)
Subject: Re: New Study Out On Gay Percentage
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 51
brian@gab.unt.edu (Brian "Drakula" Stone) writes:
>>The article also contains numbers on the number of sexual partners.
>>The median number of sexual partners for all men 20-39 was 7.3.
>>Compared to the table I have already posted from Masters, Johnson,
>>and Kolodny showing male homosexual partners, it is apparent that
>>homosexual men are dramatically more promiscuous than the general
>>male population. It's a shame that we don't have a breakdown for
>>straight men vs. gay/bi men -- that would show even more dramatically
>>how much more promiscuous gay/bi men are.
>>--
>Isn't is funny how someone who seems to know nothing about homosexuality
>uses a very flawed (IMHO) source of information to pass jusgement on all
>homosexual and bisexual men. It would seem more logical to say that since
>the heterosexual group of men is larger then the chances of promiscuity
>larger as well. In my opinion, orientation has nothing to do with it.
I don't understand what you are getting at here. If the chances of
promiscuity are larger, yet the rate of promiscuity is lower in the heterosexual
community, doesn't that imply that the homo/bi sexual population is then
even more promiscuous than the raw statistics imply?
(No axe to grind here I'm just a scientist and I hate to see statistics abused.)
>Men are men and they all like sex. I am a gay male. I have had sex three
>times in my life, all with the same man. Before that, I was a virgin.
I am a hetero man and have had sex with one woman in my life (my wife). It is
very pleasing to me to be able to say that. I hope you have the same feeling
as I do. I also wish that you could (if you wanted) experience the joys and
trials of being committed to someone for life (there is something about marriage
that makes the commitment much greater than one might expect).
>So... whose promiscuous?
>Just because someone is gay doesn't mean they have no morals. Just because
>someone is heterosexual doesn't mean they do. Look at the world....
>Statistics alone prove that most criminals are by default hetero...
Don't forget about the culture. Sadly, we don't (as a society) look upon
homosexuality as normal (and as we are all too well aware, there are alot
of people who condemn it). As a result, the gay population is not encouraged
to develop "non-promiscuous" relationships. In fact there are many roadblocks
put in the way of such committed relationships. It is as if the heterosexual
community puts these blocks there so as to perpetuate the claim that gays
are immoral. "My, if we allowed gays to marry, raise children ... we might
just find out they're as moral as we are, can't have that can we?"
Just some thoughts. Flame away. :)
Dan
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10177 | From: ljbartel@naomi.b23b.ingr.com (Les Bartel)
Subject: Fast idle on 88 Ford Ranger
Reply-To: ljbartel@naomi.b23b.ingr.com
Organization: Intergraph Corporation
Lines: 21
It did it again. This morning, my 88 Ford Ranger was idling at 10,000 RPM.
Ok, so I exaggerated a little, but it was idling very fast. It has a 2
liter carburated engine in it, and no blipping of the throttle would
cause the idle to drop back to normal (I don't think the linkage is stuck).
What can I do to fix this problem? This has been a problem from time to
time, but has straightened itself out - until now. I don't have a tach,
but by gauging by the sound of the engine, it is idling about twice as fast
as it should be. This is down from what it was idling at when I pulled up
at a stop light.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
- les
--
Les Bartel I'm going to live forever
Intergraph Corporation ... or die trying
Electronics Division
ljbartel@ingr.com
or ljbartel@naomi.b23b.ingr.com
(205) 730-8537
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10178 | From: Steve.Green@its.csiro.au (Steve Green)
Subject: Any Subaru Liberty owners out there?
Article-I.D.: toyland.Steve.Green-060493151309
Organization: ITS Branch, CSIRO, Australia
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Nntp-Posting-Host: toyland.its.csiro.au
I've had my Subaru Liberty 4WD station wagon for about 8 months now. Saying
I'm happy with it would be an understatement!
Just great. Well built, handles beautifully, plenty of power. I've only
had if 'off tar' once. Did a trip over the mountains on a narrow, windy
dirt road, often _very dodgey_ in parts. The Subaru did it with ease.
I havent had so much fun driving a car for years!
Any other owners out there?
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* Comms Group * "That trick never works" *
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10179 | From: qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu (Aamir Hafeez Qazi)
Subject: Re: Instead of a Saturn SC2, What???
Organization: University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee
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Distribution: na
Reply-To: qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: 129.89.7.4
Originator: qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
From article <1qkkl5INNbvo@hp-col.col.hp.com>, by theckel@col.hp.com (Tim Heckel):
> For those that are interested I got my fully optioned (Air, ABS,
> sunroof) '92 SE-R in September 1991 for $13,555 in Sacramento, CA. It
> was one of the 1st '92s sold, few of the dealers had any, no local
> dealer had an ABS equipped SE-R. I went straight to the fleet manager
> at the dealership I liked, told him what I wanted, made him aware that I
> knew what his price should be. He called me back with exactly what I
> wanted from a dealer 125mi away, I took delivery the next day.
--When I was selling Nissans last summer, I sold a '92 SE-R in early August
when its supply was getting quite scarce. The car was black with ABS,
Value Option Pkg, and power moonroof. I sold it for $12,900 plus tax.
Naturally, my manager didn't really care to sell one of the most desirable
SE-R's for virtually no profit (to the best of my knowledge).....
--Aamir Qazi
--
Aamir Qazi
qazi@csd4.csd.uwm.edu
--Why should I care? I'd rather watch drying paint.
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10180 | Subject: Re: Gamma Ray Bursters. Where are they?
From: belgarath@vax1.mankato.msus.edu
Organization: Mankato State University
Nntp-Posting-Host: vax1.mankato.msus.edu
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In article <1radsr$att@access.digex.net>, 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?
>
> my own pet theory is that it's Flying saucers entering
> hyperspace :-)
>
> but the reason i am asking is that most everyone assumes that they
> are colliding nuetron stars or spinning black holes, i just wondered
> if any mechanism could exist and place them closer in.
>
> pat
Well, lets see....I took a class on this last fall, and I have no
notes so I'll try to wing it...
Here's how I understand it. Remember from stellar evolution that
black holes and neutron stars(pulsars) are formed from high mass stars,
M(star)=1.4M(sun). High mass stars live fast and burn hard, taking
appoximately 10^5-10^7 years before going nova, or supernova. In this time,
they don't live long enough to get perturbed out of the galactic plane, so any
of these (if assumed to be the sources of GRB's) will be in the plane of the
galaxy.
Then we take the catalog of bursts that have been recieved from the
various satellites around the solar system, (Pioneer Venus has one, either
Pion. 10 or 11, GINGA, and of course BATSE) and we do distribution tests on our
catalog. These tests all show, that the bursts have an isotropic
distribution(evenly spread out in a radial direction), and they show signs of
homogeneity, i.e. they do not clump in any one direction. So, unless we are
sampling the area inside the disk of the galaxy, we are sampling the UNIVERSE.
Not cool, if you want to figure out what the hell caused these things. Now, I
suppose you are saying, "Well, we stil only may be sampling from inside the
disk." Well, not necessarily. Remember, we have what is more or less an
interplanetary network of burst detectors with a baseline that goes waaaay out
to beyond Pluto(pioneer 11), so we should be able, with all of our detectors de
tect some sort of difference in angle from satellite to satellite. Here's an
analogy: You see a plane overhead. You measure the angle of the plane from
the origin of your arbitrary coordinate system. One of your friends a mile
away sees the same plane, and measures the angle from the zero point of his
arbitrary system, which is the same as yours. The two angles are different,
and you should be able to triangulate the position of your burst, and maybe
find a source. To my knowledge, no one has been able to do this.
I should throw in why halo, and corona models don't work, also. As I
said before, looking at the possible astrophysics of the bursts, (short
timescales, high energy) black holes, and pulsars exhibit much of this type of
behavior. If this is the case, as I said before, these stars seem to be bound
to the disk of the galaxy, especially the most energetic of the these sources.
When you look at a simulated model, where the bursts are confined to the disk,
but you sample out to large distances, say 750 mpc, you should definitely see
not only an anisotropy towards you in all direction, but a clumping of sources
in the direction of the galactic center. As I said before, there is none of
these characteristics.
I think that's all of it...if someone needs clarification, or knows
something that I don't know, by all means correct me. I had the honor of
taking the Bursts class with the person who has done the modeling of these
different distributions, so we pretty much kicked around every possible
distribution there was, and some VERY outrageous sources. Colliding pulsars,
black holes, pulsars that are slowing down...stuff like that. It's a fun
field.
Complaints and corrections to: belgarath@vax1.mankato.msus.edu or
post here.
-jeremy
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10181 | From: jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
Subject: Re: Comet in Temporary Orbit Around Jupiter?
Lines: 26
Organization: Memorial University. St.John's Nfld, Canada
In article <1993Apr19.020359.26996@sq.sq.com>, msb@sq.sq.com (Mark Brader) writes:
>> > Can these questions be answered for a previous
>> > instance, such as the Gehrels 3 that was mentioned in an earlier posting?
>
>> Orbital Elements of Comet 1977VII (from Dance files)
>> p(au) 3.424346
>> e 0.151899
>> i 1.0988
>> cap_omega(0) 243.5652
>> W(0) 231.1607
>> epoch 1977.04110
>
>
>> Also, perihelions of Gehrels3 were:
>>
>> April 1973 83 jupiter radii
>> August 1970 ~3 jupiter radii
>
> Where 1 Jupiter radius = 71,000 km = 44,000 mi = 0.0005 AU. So the
> 1970 figure seems unlikely to actually be anything but a perijove.
> Is that the case for the 1973 figure as well?
> --
Sorry, _perijoves_...I'm not used to talking this language.
John Garland
jgarland@kean.ucs.mun.ca
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10182 | From: pmoloney@maths.tcd.ie (Paul Moloney)
Subject: Re: some thoughts.
Keywords: Dan Bissell
Organization: Somewhere in the Twentieth Century
Lines: 14
bissda@saturn.wwc.edu (DAN LAWRENCE BISSELL) writes:
> Niether was he a lunatic. Would more than an entire nation be drawn
>to someone who was crazy.
Find an encyclopedia. Volume H. Now look up Hitler, Adolf. He had
many more people than just Germans enamoured with him.
P.
--
moorcockpratchettdenislearydelasoulu2iainmbanksneworderheathersbatmanpjorourke
clive p a u l m o l o n e y Come, let us retract the foreskin of misconception
james trinity college dublin and apply the wire brush of enlightenment - GeoffM
brownbladerunnersugarcubeselectronicblaylockpowersspikeleekatebushhamcornpizza
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10183 | From: pat@fegmania.wustl.edu (Pat Niemeyer)
Subject: Re: Radar detector DETECTORS?
Organization: Washington University in Saint Louis, MO USA
Lines: 11
Reply-To: pat@fegmania.wustl.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: fegmania.wustl.edu
Originator: pat@fegmania
>>> Are any brands "quieter" than others?
>Yes some radar detectors are less detectable by radar detector
>detectors. ;-)
I have a Bel-966.
I just looked at the manual yesterday... and it does indeed claim to be
undetectable by RDD's.
Pat
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10184 | From: bobsarv@microsoft.com (Bob Sarver)
Subject: Re: Question for those with popular morality
Organization: Microsoft Corp.
Distribution: usa
Lines: 96
>/(hudson)
>/And from a materialistic point of view, it could be said that the nervous
>/system is just matter. What is wrong with producing chemical reactions in
>/matter?
>
>Because this matter is different. It is alive, and self-aware. And it
>feels pain.
/(hudson)
/If all morality were relative- big hairy deal.
As I said, you appear to be the only person saying that all morality
is relative. Most people I know do hold some absolutes in their
moral system.
I >>personally<< believe that the dignity of the individual and the right
of free will are absolutes. I recognize that there are some moral
systems around which don't accept this; I reject them as dangerous
and anti-social (nazism, some forms of communism, fundamentalist
xtianity--no, that's not a slam). But for the most part, almost
every moral system agrees on these two points.
(me)
>and the sky, and everything in it; everything that was created came out
>of God. Everything, including this matter, is part of God. Therefore, is
>it wrong to put parts of God in a test tube and make It go through
>reactions? Isn't that a form of blasphemy?
/(hudson)
/Generally, Christians believe in a Creator-Creation distinction. Other
/religions believe in one big whole. I don't accept yor premises.
Too bad. I know I'm right, so I get to enforce my view upon you whether
you like my premise or not. And since you can't prove otherwise, there
isn't even an intellectual basis for your resistance to accepting my
viewpoint.
>/(hudson)
>/How long will it be before the "as long as it doesn't hurt someone else"
>/becomes more and more relative until the only rule that is left is
>/"I will do what I want to do, no matter who it hurts."
>
>There's a big jump between those two positions, and you know it very
>well. Don't play stupid. I realize that you're trying to dispute
>what you call "popular morality" by using what you think is logic,
>but you're stretching this a bit too thin.
/(hudson)
/I don't think so. once morality becomes relative, it degenerates. I am
/saying that reasoning that it is generally evil to hurt other people is bad.
/(though I don't think it is sufficient.)
Well, then answer me this: you seem to be opposed to moral relativism
(as you call it) because it has the capacity to degenerate. Obviously,
then, you would advocate a nonrelative (absolute) moral system.
Whose absolutist moral system do we choose?
How do we come to this decision?
What about people who disagree with the chosen moral system?
/(hudson)
/But if morality is considered to
/be relative, and this rule isn't based on anything, but is just an arbitrary
/rule, people might abandon it.
Fine. I can agree with most of what you typed here. However, just because
morality gets based on something nonrelative does NOT mean that we have to
pick your xtianity as its base.
We can start a morality based on dignity of humans, freedom of choice,
tolerance, etc. and NEVER EVER rely on xtianity for anything. Just because
someone has a consistent moral system based on true principles does not
mean that they have to involve xtianity in it. Xtianity certainly does not
have a monopoly on principles of behavior; indeed, fewer religions are
guiltier of violating their own principles
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10185 | From: taybh@hpsgm2.sgp.hp.com (Beng Hang TAY)
Subject: VL-bus HDD/FDD controller or IDE HDD/FDD controller?
Organization: HP Singapore Notes-Server
Lines: 20
Hi,
I am buying a Quantum LPS240AT 245 MB hardisk and is deciding a
HDD/FDD controller. Is 32-bit VL-bus HDD/FDD controller faster
than 16 bit IDE HDD/FDD controller card? I hear that
the VL bus controller is SLOWER than a IDE controller?
Which one is true?
Please shed some light by email or post.
Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
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10186 | From: koolish@bbn.com (Dick Koolish)
Subject: Re: Flat globe
Lines: 17
NNTP-Posting-Host: bbn.com
sp1marse@kristin (Marco Seirio) writes:
>Does anybody have an algorithm for "flattening" out a globe, or any other
>parametric surface, that is definied parametrically.
>That is, I would like to take a sheet of paper and a knife and to be
>able to calculate how I must cut in the paper so I can fold it to a
>globe (or any other object).
There is a library of map projections in:
charon.er.usgs.gov
in
/pub/PROJ.4.1.3.tar.Z
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10187 | From: rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie)
Subject: Re: The Old Key Registration Idea...
Organization: Center For High Perf. Computing of WPI; Marlboro Ma
Lines: 35
In article <1qn1ic$hp6@access.digex.net> pcw@access.digex.com (Peter Wayner) writes:
>Okay, let's suppose that the NSA/NIST/Mykotronix Registered
>Key system becomes standard and I'm able to buy such a system
>from my local radio shack. Every phone comes with a built in
>chip and the government has the key to every phone call.
>I go and buy a phone and dutifully register the key.
>
>What's to prevent me from swapping phones with a friend or
>buying a used phone at a garage sale? Whooa. The secret registered
>keys just became unsynchronized. When the government comes
It's very possible, even likely, that the serial number of the
invididual chip is broadcast either in a standard encrypted
format, so that all the big brother types need to do is listen to
the traffic, get a court order (generally just by saying that they
think you may be a crook) and go to it.
r
>to listen in, they only receive gobbledly-gook because the
>secret key registered under my name isn't the right one.
>
>That leads me to conjecture that:
>
>1) The system isn't that secure. There are just two master keys
>that work for all the phones in the country. The part about
>registering your keys is just bogus.
>
>or
>
>2) The system is vulnerable to simple phone swapping attacks
>like this. Criminals will quickly figure this out and go to
>town.
>
>In either case, I think we need to look at this a bit deeper."'jbl)mW:wxlD2
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10188 | From: Thyagi@cup.portal.com (Thyagi Morgoth NagaSiva)
Subject: Re: O.T.O clarification
Organization: The Portal System (TM)
Distribution: world
Lines: 48
930420
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The word of Sin is Restriction.
Kent (sandvik@newton.apple.com) writes:
Sorry, the San Jose based Rosicrucian order is called A.M.O.R.C,
I don't remember for the time being what the A.M. stand for
but O.R.C is Ordo Rosae Crucis, in other words latin for
Order of the Rose Cross.
Response:
Yes, very true. The entire title is 'The Ancient and Mystical Order
Rosae Crucis'. They are located at 1342 Naglee Avenue, San Jose,
California, 95191-0001, USA.
They are considered different and largely unrelated by a number of
sources. I've seen documentation which links them through the figure
of H. Spencer Lewis. Lewis was apparently involved with Reuss, who
was the O.H.O. of Ordo Templi Orientis for many years. Apparently it
is also true that Lewis had a charter to form an O.T.O. body and then
created A.M.O.R.C. (as a subsidiary? an interesting question).
Kent:
Otherwise their headquarters in San Jose has a pretty decent
metaphysical bookstore, if any of you are interested in such books.
And my son loves to run around in their Egyptian museum.
Response:
Indeed, and diagonally across the street is another metaphysical
book store called 'Ram Metaphysical', wherein I've purchased some
wonderful works by Crowley and others. Ram Metaphysical Books,
1749 Park Ave., San Jose, CA. (408) 294-2651.
Invoke me under my stars. Love is the law, love under will.
I am I!
Frater (I) Nigris (DCLXVI) CCCXXXIII
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10189 | From: bowmanj@csn.org (Jerry Bowman)
Subject: Re: Should liability insurance be required?
Nntp-Posting-Host: fred.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado Boulder, OCS
Lines: 24
In article <1qf5g8$32l@vtserf.cc.vt.edu> ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck) writes:
>Dan J. Declerck (declrckd@rtsg.mot.com) wrote:
>: In states with No-fault auto-insurance, this applies. You basically insure your
>: own vehicle, and the max you can sue for is about $400 (In MI, anyway).
>: The point to be made with no-fault, is the fact that it removes the lawyers from the
>: system, and lets people get their money faster. The removal of lawyers, reduces the
>: clogs on court system, and thus, reduces government burdens, by not requiring so
>: many judges.
>
>: does it work?? I don't know, ask the people of Michigan....
>
>No, ask the people of New Jersey where the "no-fault" hoax has been
>going on for years. Last I heard every state that ever got no-fault
>insurance saw an increase in rates. I know that's what happened in
>NJ because I lived there when it changed. Just one more reason I will
>never go back to that state.
>--
>*******************************************************************************
>* Bill Ranck (703) 231-9503 Bill.Ranck@vt.edu *
>* Computing Center, Virginia Polytchnic Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, Va. *
>*******************************************************************************
In Colorado my agent tells me that no fault only applies to
the medical coverage.
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10190 | From: rvenkate@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Ravikuma Venkateswar)
Subject: Re: x86 ~= 680x0 ?? (How do they compare?)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 46
Michael.Ameres@f204.n2603.z1.fidonet.org (Michael Ameres) writes:
>I believe it goes or will go:
>680060
>powerPC
>Pentium
Not quite. 66MHz Pentium - 65 SPECint92, 57 SPECfp92 .
66MHz MC98601 - 50 SPECint92, 80 SPECfp92 .
Note that SPECint is more important for most real world applications.
>680040
>486
As far as the 486DX2-66 goes - 32 SPECint92, 16 SPECfp92 .
>680030
>386
>680020
>286=680000
>In a resent article in one of the macMags I think a 50mHz 030 accelerator was
> slightly slower than a 25mHz 040 accel. But, this is using a system designed
> for the 030. So, It stands to reason that a system designed for an 040 ie
> quadra) would do better. So overall I'd figure 040 = 030 * 2.5 or so.
> Along the same lines the new POwerPC stuff is supposed to run the system
> at the level of a fast quadra, but system 8 or whatever will allow 3 times the
> speed of a 040 in the powerPC based systems. and wait for the 680060. I think
> it laps the pentium.
Intel chips have traditionally been faster than their Motorola "equivalents"
although the significance of chip speed in real world application performance
is something that is highly debatable.
>pro-life pro-women
>--
>=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=*=
> Michael Ameres - Internet: Michael.Ameres@f204.n2603.z1.fidonet.org
--
Ravikumar Venkateswar
rvenkate@uiuc.edu
A pun is a no' blessed form of whit.
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10191 | From: drand@spinner.osf.org (Douglas S. Rand)
Subject: Re: Writing a Motif widget
In-Reply-To: nicholas@ibmpcug.co.uk's message of Thu, 22 Apr 1993 17:17:40 GMT
Organization: Open Software Foundation
Lines: 40
In article <C5wApJ.DD7@ibmpcug.co.uk> nicholas@ibmpcug.co.uk (Nicholas Young) writes:
I need (probably) to write one or more new Motif widgets on the HP-UX
platform. Do I need the Motif private header files and source,
or can I make do with the public headers that are provided?
"Motif" includes Xt in this context.
Yes. You'll find it almost impossible without the source
at this point. It does depend on how ambitious you are and
how concerned you are about compliance with the general
interface and items like traversal.
One widget is a multi-column list (which lots of people have
already written, I am sure), and would therefore be probably be
a subclass of List rather than something simple like an Xt class.
Is this more difficult (in principle, not lines of code)?
I'm not sure what you're asking. You could create something
which is very much like a true multi-column list by placing
several lists within a geometry manager, and putting that
manager within an automatic scrolled window. This wouldn't
be good for very large lists, but you might consider this
as an alternative.
Alternatively, if anyone has a multi-column list widget they
could sell me, this might save me from having to write one!
Does it by any chance exist in Motif 1.2 already (I do not
yet have the spec)?
Motif 1.2 does not have a multi-column list in it. Have you
looked at commercial sets? There are also some PD
widget sets, one of these might have a multi-column list
you could port.
--
Douglas S. Rand <drand@osf.org> OSF/Motif Dev.
Snail: 11 Cambridge Center, Cambridge, MA 02142
Disclaimer: I don't know if OSF agrees with me... let's vote on it.
Amateur Radio: KC1KJ
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10192 | From: b8!anthony@panzer.b17b.ingr.com (new user)
Subject: Re: The doctrine of Original Sin
Organization: Intergraph
Lines: 24
In article <May.2.09.48.32.1993.11721@geneva.rutgers.edu>, db7n+@andrew.cmu.edu (D. Andrew Byler) writes:
|> Beyt (BCG@thor.cf.ac.uk) writes:
|>
|>
|> 4) "Nothing unclean shall enter [heaven]" (Rev. 21.27). Therefore,
|> babies are born in such a state that should they die, they are cuf off
|> from God and put in hell,
Oh, that must explain Matthew 18:
1) In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in
the kingdom of heaven?"
2) And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them,
3) and said, "Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little
children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
14) Even so it is not the will of your father who is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish.
Nice thing about the Bible, you don't have to invent a bunch of convoluted
rationalizations to understand it, unlike your arguments for original sin. Face
it, original sin was thought up long after the Bible had been written and has no
basis from the scriptures.
Anthony
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10193 | From: noring@netcom.com (Jon Noring)
Subject: Re: Should Christians fight? / Justifiable war
Organization: Netcom Online Communications Services (408-241-9760 login: guest)
Lines: 35
In article gideon@otago.ac.nz (Gideon King) writes:
>I posted this a couple of weeks ago, and it doesn't seem to have appeared
>on the newsgroup, and I haven't had a reply from the moderator. We were
>having intermittent problems with our mail at the time. Please excuse me
>if you have seen this before...
>
>Should Christians fight?
>
>Last week Alastair posted some questions about fighting, and whether there
>are such things as "justifiable wars". I have started looking into these
>things and have jotted down my findings as I go. I haven't answered all
>his questions yet, and I know what I have here is on a slightly different
>tack, but possibly I'll be able to get into it more deeply later, and post
>some more info soon.
May I suggest the book: "Ethics" by Dr. Norm Geisler, of Dallas Theological
Seminary. In it, he goes over all the arguments pro and con and in-between,
and comes up with a very reasonable answer. If I have time, and there is
enough interest, I may post his position.
Jon Noring
--
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If you're dying to know what INFJ means, be brave, e-mail me, I'll send info.
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10194 | From: bobs@thnext.mit.edu (Robert Singleton)
Subject: Re: Americans and Evolution
Organization: Massachvsetts Institvte of Technology
Lines: 122
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: thnext.mit.edu
In article <1993Apr5.163738.2447@dcs.warwick.ac.uk>
simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale) writes:
[deleted]
>
> ... over on alt.atheism we tend to recognise two
> categories of atheism. Function format due to mathew@mantis.co.uk, I
think:
>
> (i) weak - not(believe(gods))
>
> (ii) strong - believe(not(gods))
>
[deleted]
>
>
>
> I ... am [a strong atheist], and I must quibble with your assertion
> that the `strong' position requires faith. I believe that no god/s,
> as commonly described by theists, exist. This belief is merely an
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> opinion, formed on the basis of observation, including a certain
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> amount of introspection.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> I fully accept that I could be wrong, and will be swayed by suitably
> convincing evidence. Thus while I believe that no gods exist, this does
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> not imply *faith* on my part that it is so.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Let me first say that "to believe that no gods exist" is in fact
different than "not believing in a god or gods".
I will argue that your latter statement, "I believe that no gods exist"
does rest upon faith - that is, if you are making a POSITIVE statement
that "no gods exist" (strong atheism) rather than merely saying I don't
know and therefore don't believe in them and don't NOT believe in then
(weak atheism). Once again, to not believe in God is different than saying
I BELIEVE that God does not exist. I still maintain the position, even
after reading the FAQs, that strong atheism requires faith.
But first let me say the following.
We might have a language problem here - in regards to "faith" and
"existence". I, as a Christian, maintain that God does not exist.
To exist means to have being in space and time. God does not HAVE
being - God IS Being. Kierkegaard once said that God does not
exist, He is eternal. With this said, I feel it's rather pointless
to debate the so called "existence" of God - and that is not what
I'm doing here. I believe that God is the source and ground of
being. When you say that "god does not exist", I also accept this
statement - but we obviously mean two different things by it. However,
in what follows I will use the phrase "the existence of God" in it's
'usual sense' - and this is the sense that I think you are using it.
I would like a clarification upon what you mean by "the existence of
God".
We also might differ upon what it means to have faith. Here is what
Webster says:
faith
1a: allegiance to duty or a person: LOYALTY
b (1): fidelity to one's promises
(2): sincerity of intentions
2a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God
(2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion
b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
(2): complete trust
3: something that is believed esp. with strong conviction; esp: a system
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
of religious beliefs
syn see BELIEF
One can never prove that God does or does not exist. When you say
that you believe God does not exist, and that this is an opinion
"based upon observation", I will have to ask "what observtions are
you refering to?" There are NO observations - pro or con - that
are valid here in establishing a POSITIVE belief. All observations
can only point you in a direction - a direction that we might even
be predisposed to (by predisposed I mean, for example, people whoes
partents "believe in God" also tend to). To actually draw a conclusion
about the "existence" or "non-existence" of God requires a leap - and
you have made this leap when you actively say "I believe that God
does/does not exist". Personally, I think that both statements are
misguided. Arguing over the "existence" of God is precisely the wrong way
to find Him (and yes, I use "Him" because a personal God is the only
viable concept (IMO) - if a person wants to use "She" go ahead. Of course
God is neither He nor She - but we have no choice but to
anthropomorphise. If you want me to explain myself further I'll be
glad to.)
And please, if someone does not agree with me - even if they violently
disagree - it's in no ones advantage to start name calling. If a person
thinks I've misunderstood something in the FAQs, or if they they think
I have not read them well enough, just point out to me the error of my
ways and I correct the situation. I'm interested in a polite and well
thought out discussion.
> Cheers
>
> Simon
> --
> Simon Clippingdale simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk
> Department of Computer Science Tel (+44) 203 523296
> University of Warwick FAX (+44) 203 525714
> Coventry CV4 7AL, U.K.
--
bob singleton
bobs@thnext.mit.edu
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10195 | From: sburton@dres.dnd.ca (Stan Burton)
Subject: Long distance IR detection
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I would like to be able to detect the angular position (low accuracy) of an
IR emitting source at a distance of about 100 meters (more is better) in
daylight. The IR source could be emitting a signature; I'm leaning toward
30 KHz square wave with 50% duty cycle.
I am considering the use of a quadrant detector from Centronic Inc. to give
information to a pan/tilt head to point the sensor and thus determine the
angles. For the source I am considering wazing the heck out of an IR LED(s),
possibly an Optek OP290 or Motorola MLED81. Wazing would mean at least 1 Amp
current pulses. At this current the duty cycle of the LED drops to 10% and I
would need to cycle five of them in turn to get the 50% required.
Has anyone done something like this?
Stan Burton (DND/CRAD/DRES/DTD/MSS/AGCG) sburton@dres.dnd.ca
(403) 544-4737 DRE Suffield, Box 4000, Medicine Hat, AB, Canada, T1A 8K6
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10196 | From: acooper@mac.cc.macalstr.edu
Subject: Re: Where are they now?
Organization: Macalester College
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In article <1qi156INNf9n@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU>, tcbruno@athena.mit.edu (Tom Bruno) writes:
>
> Wow. Leave your terminal for a few months and everyone you remember goes
> away-- how depressing. Actually, there are a few familiar faces out there,
> counting Bob and Kent, but I don't seem to recognize anyone else. Has anyone
> heard from Graham Matthews recently, or has he gotten his degree and sailed
> for Greener Pastures (tm)?
>
> Which brings me to the point of my posting. How many people out there have
> been around alt.atheism since 1990? I've done my damnedest to stay on top of
> the newsgroup, but when you fall behind, you REALLY fall behind (it's still not
> as bad as rec.arts.startrek used to be, but I digress). Has anyone tried to
> keep up with the deluge? Inquiring minds want to know! Also-- does anyone
> keep track of where the more infamous posters to alt.atheism end up, once they
> leave the newsgroup? Just curious, I guess.
>
> cheers,
> tom bruno
I am one of those people who always willl have unlimited stores of unfounded
respect for people who have been on newsgroups/mailing lists longer than I
have, so you certainly have my sympathy Tom. I have only been semi-regularly
posting (it is TOUGHto keep up) since this February, but I have been reading
and following the threads since last August: my school's newsreader was down
for months and our incompetent computing services never bothered to find a new
feed site, so it wasn't accepting outgoing postings. I don't think anyone
keeps track of where other posters go: it's that old love 'em and leave 'em
Internet for you again...
best regards,
********************************************************************************
* Adam John Cooper "Verily, often have I laughed at the weaklings *
* who thought themselves good simply because *
* acooper@macalstr.edu they had no claws." *
********************************************************************************
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10197 | From: amehdi@src.honeywell.com (Hossien Amehdi)
Subject: Re: Reasons : was Re: was: Go Hezbollah!!
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In article <1993Apr15.160224.15940@unocal.com> stssdxb@st.unocal.com (Dorin Baru) writes:
...
>Now, about tough talk and arrogance, we are adults, aren't we ? Do you listen
>to tough talk of american politicians ? or switch the channel ?
...
I guess, I didn't make my point clear. In the case of Israel government, it
is not only tough talk for its intimidation policy. After all, not many
people are intimidated just by talking. Here how it goes: tough talks,
followed by aggressive actions followed by taking pride of those actions and
bragging about them.
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10198 | From: kturner@copper.denver.colorado.edu (Kathleen J Turner)
Subject: Mystery Illness with eye problems
Organization: University of Colorado at Denver
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A friend has the following symptoms which have occurred periodically
every few months for the last 3 years. An episode begins with extreme
tiredness followed by:
1. traveling joint pains and stiffness affecting mostly the elbows,
knees, and hips.
2. generalized muscle pains
3. tinnitus and a feeling of pressure in her ears
4. severe sweating occuring both at night and during the day
5. hemorrhaging in both eyes. Her opthamologist calls it peripheral
retinal hemorhages and says it looks similar to diabetic retinopathy. (She
isn't diabetic--they checked.
6. distorted color vision and distorted vision in general (telephone
poles do not appear to be straight)
7. loss of peripheral vision.
Many tests have been run and all are normal except for something
called unidentified bright objects found on a MRI of her brain. The only
thing that seems to alleviate one of these episodes is prednisone. At
times she had been on 60 mg per day. Whenever she gets down to 10-15 mg
the symptoms become acute again.
She is quite concerned because the retinal hemorrhages are becoming
worse with each episode and her vision is suffering. None of the docs she
has seen have any idea what this condition is or what can be done to stop
it. Any suggestions or advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in
advance. Kathy Turner
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10199 | From: jkjec@westminster.ac.uk (Shazad Barlas)
Subject: Re: Manual Shift Bigots wanted
Organization: University of Westminster
Lines: 7
The best auto-shifters on the street (AND NOT THE TRACK) are those from
Porsche... they wont change if you floor the gas during a turn.... a few
years back a was in a 200SX auto (you guys call it a 240SX [without turbo])
and was going round a corner.... I floored it and next thing I know I was
pointing backwards! The other drivers seemed quite amused ;-)
....Shaz....
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