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From: fjk6478@ritvax.isc.rit.edu (Fred)
Subject: Re: Luser!
Nntp-Posting-Host: vaxc.isc.rit.edu
Reply-To: fjk6478@ritvax.isc.rit.edu
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology
>
>Actually, now we have established that I don't believe what you believe, as
>well as why I don't believe it. And if it's boring, then I yield the last
>word to you, if you want it. You may say anything you like with
>impunity--I am dropping the subject.
>
>--John L. Scott
How very kind of you!
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From: johnh@macadam.mpce.mq.edu.au (John Haddy)
Subject: Re: HC11 blues -> no can find
Organization: Macquarie University
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Distribution: world
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In article <pat.734048757@fegmania.wustl.edu>, pat@fegmania (Patrick Niemeyer) writes:
|> ree88132@zach.fit.edu (Keith Ledig) writes:
|>
|> >was told by other people that it just takes a long time. I heard
|> >rumors that the HC11 is very hard to get these days and is being
|> >replaced by the 711 series. The sales person is trying to push
|> >the 711. Can someone please tell me what is going on with these
|> >microcontrollers. I can't seem to get a straight answer.
|>
|> I too had trouble finding hc11's when I looked for them a while back.
|> I'd be interesting in hearing if anyone knows about their availability now...
|>
|> Thanks,
|> Pat
The HC711 is an EPROM version of the HC11. Raw HC11 parts have factory set
ROM images, and as such are useless to the hobbyist. HC811 parts have
EEPROM, allowing for electrical erasure and reprogramming.
Some Motorola parts (such as the HC705K1) have EPROM, making them user
programmable, but come with options of either windowed or sealed. The
more expensive windowed packages allow multiple use, the plastic dip
varieties are one-time programmable, since there is no way of exposing
the EPROM array to light.
JohnH
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From: azw@aber.ac.uk (Andy Woodward)
Subject: Re: Drinking and Riding
Organization: University College of Wales, Aberystwyth
Lines: 11
Nntp-Posting-Host: 144.124.112.30
In article <1993Apr3.200529.2206@galaxy.gov.bc.ca> bclarke@galaxy.gov.bc.ca writes:
>In article <C4wKBp.B9w@eskimo.com>, maven@eskimo.com (Norman Hamer) writes:
>{drinking & riding}
>> What is a general rule of thumb for sobriety and cycling? Couple hours after
>> you "feel" sober? What? Or should I just work with "If I drink tonight, I
>> don't ride until tomorrow"?
Even a half a beer will increase your confidence while slugging your reactions
and judgement - not much maybe, but its hard enough to stay alive out there
for any length of time without stacking the odds. I'll not ride after ANY.
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From: razor@swix.nvg.unit.no (Runar Jordahl)
Subject: Re: Help! Need 3-D graphics code/package for DOS!!!
Organization: University of Trondheim, Norway
Lines: 8
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
N020BA@tamvm1.tamu.edu wrote:
: Help!! I need code/package/whatever to take 3-D data and turn it into
: a wireframe surface with hidden lines removed. I'm using a DOS machine, and
: the code can be in ANSI C or C++, ANSI Fortran or Basic. The data I'm using
: forms a rectangular grid.
: Please post your replies to the net so that others may benefit. IMHO, this
: is a general interest question.
: Thank you!!!!!!
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From: db7n+@andrew.cmu.edu (D. Andrew Byler)
Subject: Re: Serbian genocide Work of God?
Organization: Freshman, Civil Engineering, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
Lines: 61
Vera Shanti Noyes writes;
>this is what indicates to me that you may believe in predestination.
>am i correct? i do not believe in predestination -- i believe we all
>choose whether or not we will accept God's gift of salvation to us.
>again, fundamental difference which can't really be resolved.
Of course I believe in Predestination. It's a very biblical doctrine as
Romans 8.28-30 shows (among other passages). Furthermore, the Church
has always taught predestination, from the very beginning. But to say
that I believe in Predestination does not mean I do not believe in free
will. Men freely choose the course of their life, which is also
affected by the grace of God. However, unlike the Calvinists and
Jansenists, I hold that grace is resistable, otherwise you end up with
the idiocy of denying the universal saving will of God (1 Timothy 2.4).
For God must give enough grace to all to be saved. But only the elect,
who he foreknew, are predestined and receive the grace of final
perserverance, which guarantees heaven. This does not mean that those
without that grace can't be saved, it just means that god foreknew their
obstinacy and chose not to give it to them, knowing they would not need
it, as they had freely chosen hell.
^^^^^^^^^^^
People who are saved are saved by the grace of God, and not by their own
effort, for it was God who disposed them to Himself, and predestined
them to become saints. But those who perish in everlasting fire perish
because they hardened their heart and chose to perish. Thus, they were
deserving of God;s punishment, as they had rejected their Creator, and
sinned against the working of the Holy Spirit.
>yes, it is up to God to judge. but he will only mete out that
>punishment at the last judgement.
Well, I would hold that as God most certainly gives everybody some
blessing for what good they have done (even if it was only a little),
for those He can't bless in the next life, He blesses in this one. And
those He will not punish in the next life, will be chastised in this one
or in Purgatory for their sins. Every sin incurs some temporal
punishment, thus, God will punish it unless satisfaction is made for it
(cf. 2 Samuel 12.13-14, David's sin of Adultery and Murder were
forgiven, but he was still punished with the death of his child.) And I
need not point out the idea of punishment because of God's judgement is
quite prevelant in the Bible. Sodom and Gommorrah, Moses barred from
the Holy Land, the slaughter of the Cannanites, Annias and Saphira,
Jerusalem in 70 AD, etc.
> if jesus stopped the stoning of an adulterous woman (perhaps this is
not a >good parallel, but i'm going to go with it anyway), why should we
not >stop the murder and violation of people who may (or may not) be more
>innocent?
We should stop the slaughter of the innocent (cf Proverbs 24.11-12), but
does that mean that Christians should support a war in Bosnia with the
U.S. or even the U.N. involved? I do not think so, but I am an
isolationist, and disagree with foreign adventures in general. But in
the case of Bosnia, I frankly see no excuse for us getting militarily
involved, it would not be a "just war." "Blessed" after all, "are the
peacemakers" was what Our Lord said, not the interventionists. Our
actions in Bosnia must be for peace, and not for a war which is
unrelated to anything to justify it for us.
Andy Byler
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From: hew@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu
Subject: Monitor Shut-down on 13" Hi-Res
Organization: Georgetown University
Lines: 11
Summary: monitor shutoff on 13" er's
Reply-To: m_torricelli@unhh.unh.edu
Distribution: world
THere is a defect in the 13" hi-res monitors, bring it to a dealer and
they will replace the flyback for free, I think.
I just heard of this problem at work today and we are fixing
them for free.
________________
- / o r r
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From: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
Subject: Re: Would "clipper" make a good cover for other encryption method?
Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation - Herndon, VA USA
Lines: 17
Distribution: world
Reply-To: amanda@intercon.com (Amanda Walker)
NNTP-Posting-Host: chaos.intercon.com
X-Newsreader: InterCon TCP/Connect II 1.1
strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
> Chances are the government has thought of this, and "just anyone" won't
> be permitted access to enough of the internals to make a "fake" clipper
> chip.
Once the chips are released (in phones, or whatever), they are vulnerable to
phsyical inspection and observation. Now, I will grant that there will no
doubt be safeguards against "peeling" the chip, but the NSA has no monopoly
on cleverness. The chip, and the algorithms it uses, will not remain secret
for very long. Any university with a VLSI lab has the required equipment, as
does any offshore semiconductor manufacturer.
Amanda Walker
InterCon Systems Corporation
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From: ray@engr.LaTech.edu (Bill Ray)
Subject: Re: The Bible and Abortion
Organization: Louisiana Tech University
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Distribution: world,local
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X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
James J. Lippard (lippard@skyblu.ccit.arizona.edu) wrote:
: Exodus 21:22-25:
: 22 And if men struggle with each other and strike a woman with
: child so that she has a miscarriage, yet there is no further
: injury, he shall surely be fined as the woman's husband may
: demand of him; and he shall pay as the judges decide.
: 23 But if there is any further injury, then you shall appoint
: as a penalty life for life,
: 24 eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot,
: 25 burn for burn, wound for wound, bruise for bruise.
: The most straightforward interpretation of these verses is that if
: men in a fight strike a woman and cause her to miscarry, the penalty
: is only a fine. If, however, the woman is injured or dies, the
: *lex talionis* doctrine of "an eye for an eye" applies. This is the
: Jewish interpretation, and is supported by Jewish commentaries on
: these verses.
: This is quite an embarrassment for pro-lifer Christians, so there is
: of course an alternate explanation. The alternative interprets the
: word "miscarriage" to mean "premature birth"--i.e., the child is born
: alive--and "further injury" to mean injury to either the woman or
: the fetus. This is not a straightforward interpretation, it is not
: (so far as I know) supported by any Jewish commentaries, and it does
: not appeared to be supported by any other part of the Bible.
What if any, historical reference do we have to abortion at this time? Did
the ancient Jew have appropriate reference to understand abortion? (I am
truly asking, not making a point veiled as a question). If there is
little understanding of the medical procedure we know as abortion, it is
not surprising the Bible makes little reference to it, as it makes little
reference to nuclear power and contamination.
While your interpretation is a reasonable one, I see no reason to reject
the other out of hand. The King Jimmy translation says "if there is no
further mischief." This does not necessarily imply to the woman. I know
if my wife we expecting and someone cause her to spontaneously abort, we
would feel that a life was truly taken, not simply a process halted.
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From: betz@gozer.idbsu.edu (Andrew Betz)
Subject: Weaver trial update
Nntp-Posting-Host: gozer
Organization: SigSauer Fan Club
Lines: 13
I've been running a daily summary of the Randy Weaver/Kevin
Harris trial from here in Boise. These summaries are sent
primarily to mailing lists. However, I was wondering if
people would be interested in seeing them here. Post or
email.
Drew
--
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*** when you outlaw rights, only outlaws will have rights ***
*** spook fodder: fema, nsa, clinton, gore, insurrection, nsc,
semtex, neptunium, terrorist, cia, mi5, mi6, kgb, deuterium
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From: keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider)
Subject: Re: <Political Atheists?
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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NNTP-Posting-Host: lloyd.caltech.edu
kcochran@nyx.cs.du.edu (Keith "Justified And Ancient" Cochran) writes:
>>>How many contridictions do you want to see?
>>Good question. If I claim something is a general trend, then to disprove this,
>>I guess you'd have to show that it was not a general trend.
>No, if you're going to claim something, then it is up to you to prove it.
>Think "Cold Fusion".
Well, I've provided examples to show that the trend was general, and you
(or others) have provided some counterexamples, mostly ones surrounding
mating practices, etc. I don't think that these few cases are enough to
disprove the general trend of natural morality. And, again, the mating
practices need to be reexamined...
>>Try to find "immoral" non-mating-related activities.
>So you're excluding mating-related-activities from your "natural morality"?
No, but mating practices are a special case. I'll have to think about it
some more.
>>Yes, I think that the natural system can be objectively deduced with the
>>goal of species propogation in mind. But, I am not equating the two
>>as you so think. That is, an objective system isn't necessarily the
>>natural one.
>Are you or are you not the man who wrote:
>"A natural moral system is the objective moral system that most animals
> follow".
Indeed. But, while the natural system is objective, all objective systems
are not the natural one. So, the terms can not be equated. The natural
system is a subset of the objective ones.
>Now, since homosexuality has been observed in most animals (including
>birds and dolphins), are you going to claim that "most animals" have
>the capacity of being immoral?
I don't claim that homosexuality is immoral. It isn't harmful, although
it isn't helpful either (to the mating process). And, when you say that
homosexuality is observed in the animal kingdom, don't you mean "bisexuality?"
>>>>Because we can't determine to what end we should be "moral."
>Are you claiming to be a group? "We" usually implies more than one entity.
This is standard jargon. Read any textbook. The "we" forms are used
throughout.
>>Well, I'm saying that these goals are not inherent. That is why they must
>>be postulates, because there is not really a way to determine them
>>otherwise (although it could be argued that they arise from the natural
>>goal--but they are somewhat removed).
>Postulate: To assume; posit.
That's right. The goals themselves aren't inherent.
>I can create a theory with a postulate that the Sun revolves around the
>Earth, that the moon is actually made of green cheese, and the stars are
>the portions of Angels that intrudes into three-dimensional reality.
You could, but such would contradict observations.
>I can build a mathematical proof with a postulate that given the length
>of one side of a triangle, the length of a second side of the triangle, and
>the degree of angle connecting them, I can determine the length of the
>third side.
But a postulate is something that is generally (or always) found to be
true. I don't think your postulate would be valid.
>Guess which one people are going to be more receptive to. In order to assume
>something about your system, you have to be able to show that your postulates
>work.
Yes, and I think the goals of survival and happiness *do* work. You think
they don't? Or are they not good goals?
keith
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From: tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer)
Subject: Re: Ind. Source Picks Baerga Over Alomar: Case Closed
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Distribution: na
Lines: 24
In article <C5L6Dn.4uB@andy.bgsu.edu> klopfens@andy.bgsu.edu (Bruce Klopfenstein) writes:
>fester@island.COM (Mike Fester) writes:
>>
>> I'd say you could make a good for them being about equal right now. T&P
>> rated Baerga higher, actually.
>
>Finally, an objective source. Alomar's a great player, but so is Baerga.
>Nice to see the objective source cited rather than "my dad's bigger than
>your dad" posts.
I know. You have this fucked up idea that anybody who prefers Alomar
to Baerga must be a Jay-Lover and Indian-Hater. Sorry, you got that
one wrong! I hate the Jays and don't care one way or the other about
the Indians. But objectively, Alomar had the better offensive year
last year, so I have to pick him.
You admit T&P as a reliable(?), objective source? Then you will note
that they rated Alomar as the better offensive player, chosing Baerga
over Alomar only because of his defense.
That's a joke! (Alomar might not be a gold-glover, but he's certainly
no worse than Baerga defensively.)
-Valentine
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From: meharg@kits.sfu.ca (Gersham William Meharg)
Subject: Re: Centris 610 Video Problem - I'm having it also!
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: comp
Lines: 16
I also suffer from these video "artefacts". My configuration is a
Centris 610, 4/160, 1MB VRAM with a NEC 4FG. It only happens at
832x624, in 8bit colour with virtual memory off during scrolling. This
occurs when the VRAM SIMMS are installed as well as removed.
It seems that the 610 does not like 832x624.
Does anyone *not* have these problems in the above mentioned
conditions?
-Gersham Meharg
SFU Canada.
--
Gersham Meharg : meharg@sfu.ca : SFU-Vancouver-Canada
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From: jackd@sad.hp.com (Jack Dauler)
Subject: Re: Tires for Ford Ranger Pickup
Organization: HP Sonoma County (SRSD/MWTD/MID)
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1.4 PL6]
Lines: 3
I have had good luck with my Ranger and Yokohama 371 S+M tires.
The tires have been wearing well and even the few times i have hauled
heavy loads they have done well.
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From: gmw0622@venus.tamu.edu (Mr. Grinch)
Subject: Re: Limiting Govt (was Re: Employment (was Re: Why not concentrate...)
Organization: GrinchCo
Lines: 29
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: venus.tamu.edu
Summary: More on failed governments
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
In article <1993Apr18.200255.13012@isc-br.isc-br.com>, steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks) writes...
>In article <18APR199314034390@venus.tamu.edu> gmw0622@venus.tamu.edu (Mr. Grinch) writes:
>>In article <1993Apr18.172531.10946@isc-br.isc-br.com>, steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks) writes...
>>>
:>:It would seem that a society with a "failed" government would be an ideal
:>:setting for libertarian ideals to be implemented. Now why do you suppose
:>:that never seems to occur?...
:>
:>
:>I fail to see why you should feel this way in the first place. Constant
:>combat isn't particularly conducive to intellectual theorizing. Also,
:>they tend to get invaded before they can come to anything like a stable
:>society anyway.
:
:And the reason that the Soviet Union couldn't achieve the ideal of pure
:communism was the hostility of surrounding capitalist nations...Uh huh.
:Somehow, this all sounds familiar. Once again, utopian dreams are
:confronted by the real world...
>Steve Hendricks | DOMAIN: steveh@thor.ISC-BR.COM
Steve, you're the one who suggested that a failed government should be an
ideal proving ground, I never felt that way in the first place. Quite the
contrary, I think a better proving ground would be someplace that already
had a governemnt that would prevent outright acts of agression, yet had a
strong spirit of individualism and initiative. Someplace like... Texas :-)
Mr. Grinch
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From: atae@spva.ph.ic.ac.uk (Ata Etemadi)
Subject: Please Ignore [Ideal Operating System (Was: DEATH BLOW TO UNIX)]
Nntp-Posting-Host: prawn.sp.ph
Organization: Imperial College of Science, Technology, and Medicine, London, England
Lines: 1
Whoops!! Wrong group. Soooooooooooooooorry folks..
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From: mouse@thunder.mcrcim.mcgill.edu (der Mouse)
Subject: Re: Creating 8 bit windows on 24 bit display.. How?
Organization: McGill Research Centre for Intelligent Machines
Lines: 59
In article <1993Apr16.093209.25719@fwi.uva.nl>, stolk@fwi.uva.nl (Bram) writes:
> I am using an X server that provides 3 visuals: PseudoColor 8 bit,
> Truecolor 24 bit and DirectColor 24 bit.
Lucky dog... :-)
> A problem occurs when I try to create a window with a visual that is
> different from the visual of the parent (which uses the default
> visual which is TC24).
> In the Xlib reference guide from 'O reilly one can read in the
> section about XCteateWindow, something like:
> In the current implementation of X11: When using a visual other
> than the parent's, be sure to create or find a suitable colourmap
> which is to be used in the window attributes when creating, or
> else a BadMatch occurs.
> This warning, strangely enough, is only mentioned in the newer
> editions of the X11R5 guides.
It applies with equal force to earlier versions. Presumably only
recently did the author(s) decide it was important enough to mention.
The necessity it refers to has always been there, but it's been
implicit in the way CreateWindow requests default some attributes of
the new window.
> However, even if I pass along a suitable colourmap, I still get a
> BadMatch when I create a window with a non-default visual.
> attr.colormap = cmap;
> win = XCreateWindow(
[...]
> CopyFromParent, /* border width */
> 8, /* depth */
> InputOutput, /* class */
> vinfo.visual, /* visual */
> CWColormap,
> &attr
> );
This is because the warning you read is incomplete. You have to
provide not only a colormap but also a border. The default border is
CopyFromParent, which is not valid when the window's depth doesn't
match its parent's. Specify a border-pixmap of the correct depth, or a
border-pixel, and the problem should go away.
There is another problem: I can't find anything to indicate that
CopyFromParent makes any sense as the border_width parameter to
XCreateWindow. Your Xlib implementation probably defines
CopyFromParent as zero, to simplify the conversion to wire format, so
you are unwittingly asking for a border width of zero, due to the Xlib
implementation not providing stricter type-checking. (To be fair, I'm
not entirely certain it's possible for Xlib to catch this.)
der Mouse
mouse@mcrcim.mcgill.edu
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From: erikb@idt.unit.no (Erik Brenn)
Subject: graphics formats
Reply-To: erikb@idt.unit.no (Erik Brenn)
Organization: Norwegian Institue of Technology
Lines: 14
I'm currently looking for information about different graphics
formats, especially PPM, PCX BMP and perhaps GIF.
Does anyone know if there exist any files at some site
that describes these formats ???
Thanks !
--
~~~
(o o) | Erik Brenn ,email: erikb@idt.unit.no
( O ) oOOO | Faculty of Computer Science & Telematics
\\_// / / | The Norwegian Institute of Technology, Trondheim
-oOOO--------------------| Not to make sense, just cents !
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From: roney@selkirk.sfu.ca (Chris J. Roney)
Subject: Re: div. and conf. names
Organization: Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, B.C., Canada
Distribution: na
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epritcha@s.psych.uiuc.edu ( Evan Pritchard) writes:
> No, I would not want to see a Ballard division. But to say
>that these owners are assholes, hence all NHL management people are
>assholes would be fallacious. Conn Smythe, for example, was a classy
>individual (from what I have heard).
Depends on what you mean by classy. From what I've heard about
him, he was about as classy as Harold Ballard. Only difference was
that back then almost all the owners were like that, so he seemed okay
by comparison. Read the book "Net Worth" for one view of what Smythe
(and Norris and Adams and Campbell) were like.
> Also, isn't the point of "professional" hockey to make money
>for all those involved, which would include the players. What I think
>you might be saying is that the players have not made as much money as
>should have been their due, and it is the players that are what make
>the game great not the people who put them on the ice, so naming
>division after management people rather than players is adding insult
>(in the form of lesser recognition) to injury (less money than was
>deserved).
Even more specifically, I think what Roger was saying (and I said
it previously too) is that these are NOT the people who made the
league great, so why should divisions, conferences etc. be named after
them instead of Morenz, Vezina, Howe, Orr etc., the people who DID
make it great. Instead, the NHL has chosen to immortalize the men who
got rich off of the men who made the game great.
--
Chris Roney (e-mail chris_roney@sfu.ca)
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From: roger@crux.Princeton.EDU (Roger Lustig)
Subject: Re: New Home for the Bosox!!!
Originator: news@nimaster
Nntp-Posting-Host: crux.princeton.edu
Reply-To: roger@astro.princeton.edu (Roger Lustig)
Organization: Princeton University
Lines: 30
In article <1993Apr15.132741.11322@scott.skidmore.edu> jrogoff@scott.skidmore.edu (jay rogoff) writes:
>> I agree, though I'd also be happy with a stadium that looks
>> like new Comiskey. The new park was also made for baseball.
>> Unlike Three Rivers, the Vet, Riverfront, etc., it's not a
>> football park in which they also play baseball.
>While we're on the multipurpose subject, let's not forget Shea, which
>was designed to accommodate both the Mets & Jets. It was the first
>stadium (I think) to have the box seats on rollers so they could be
>oriented at right angles for baseball & in parallel for football.
Not the first. RFK, olim DC Stadium, was built 2 years earlier.
Nowadays they don't move the seats back for the few exhibition
games; but the 3rd-base/LF lower deck used to move. It was all
metal, which was pretty noisy on Bat Day.
>Of course, with the Jets gone to Jersey (and a truly good football
>stadium), the Mets are saddled with a multipurpose stadium where,
>because it's circular, the seats are almost always too far from the
>action. The Mets announcers--Kiner & Murphy in particular--have
>always hyped it as "beautiful Shea
>Stadium," a tipoff to how unbeautiful it truly is.
It's vastly better than it was before they fixed it, though. Back in
the late 70's it was a *dump*.
Roger (don't you*like* jet noise?)
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From: arnie@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Arnie Skurow)
Subject: Re: Solar battery chargers -- any good?
Nntp-Posting-Host: photon.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University
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In article <1993Apr16.061736.8785@CSD-NewsHost.Stanford.EDU> robert@Xenon.Stanf
ord.EDU (Robert Kennedy) writes:
>I've seen solar battery boosters, and they seem to come without any
>guarantee. On the other hand, I've heard that some people use them
>with success, although I have yet to communicate directly with such a
>person. Have you tried one? What was your experience? How did you use
>it (occasional charging, long-term leave-it-for-weeks, etc.)?
>
> -- Robert Kennedy
I have a cheap solar charger that I keep in my car. I purchased it via
some mail order catalog when the 4 year old battery in my Oldsmobile would
run down during Summer when I was riding my bike more than driving my car.
Knowing I'd be selling the car in a year or so, I purchased the charger.
Believe it or not, the thing worked. The battery held a charge and
energetically started the car, many times after 4 or 5 weeks of just
sitting.
Eventually I had to purchase a new battery anyway because the Winter sun
wasn't strong enough due to its low angle.
I think I paid $29 or $30 for the charger. There are more powerful, more
expensive ones, but I purchased the cheapest one I could find.
I've never used it on the bike because I have an E-Z Charger on it and
keep it plugged in all the time the bike is garaged.
Arnie Skurow
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From: jlevine@rd.hydro.on.ca (Jody Levine)
Subject: Re: Drinking and Riding (eww, gross)
Organization: Ontario Hydro - Research Division
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In article <MJMUISE.38.733926270@1302.watstar.uwaterloo.ca> MJMUISE@1302.watstar.uwaterloo.ca (Mike Muise) writes:
>
>1 hr/drink for the first 4 drinks.
>1.5 hours/drink for the next 6 drinks.
>2 hours/drink for the rest.
In my case it goes down after the first four, because the fifth one usually
makes me throw up the last two.
Needless to say, I don't drink very much anymore, as the last time that
happened was in the second year of my undergrad. I was a silly .edu breath,
and pretty bad breath at that.
I've bike like | Jody Levine DoD #275 kV
got a you can if you -PF | Jody.P.Levine@hydro.on.ca
ride it | Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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From: catone@compstat.wharton.upenn.edu (Tony Catone)
Subject: Re: 17" Monitors
<C5GEH5.n1D@utdallas.edu>
Organization: University of Pennsylvania
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In-reply-to: goyal@utdallas.edu's message of 14 Apr 93 03:17:28 GMT
In article <C5GEH5.n1D@utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (MOHIT K GOYAL) writes:
Oh yeah, I just read in another newsgroup that the T560i uses a
high quality Trinitron tube than is in most monitors.(the Sony
1604S for example) and this is where the extra cost comes from. It
is also where the high bandwidth comes from, and the fantastic
image, and the large image size, etc, etc...
It's also where the two annoying lines across the screen (one a third
down, the other two thirds down) come from.
- Tony
catone@compstat.wharton.upenn.edu
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From: ari@leland.Stanford.EDU (Ari Ollikainen)
Subject: Re: 5W30, 10W40, or 20W50
Article-I.D.: morrow.1psg9cINNn86
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In article <jgladu-060493121851@128.249.27.63> jgladu@bcm.tmc.edu (grungy/John F. Gladu) writes:
>In article <1993Apr6.130550.13550@cs.tulane.edu>,
>finnegan@invader.navo.navy.mil (Kenneth Finnegan) wrote:
>>
>> As an additional data point, I have run Castrol 20W50 exclusively
>> in the following cars: 75 Rabbit, 78 Scirocco, 76 Rabbit, 78 Bus,
>> 70 Beetle, 76 Bus, 86 Jetta GLI. I've never had an oil-related
>> problem.
>
>Add mine to that list: '71,'72 SuperBeetles; '68,'69 Bugs; '61 dddPanel;
>(cringe) '87 Toyota Tercel (It's my WIFE's car, honest:-). I'm still
>chicken about running it in the '90 Vanagon - that's got Castrol 10W40 in
>it.
I don't understand this last statement about the '90Vanagon...Our '90Vanagon
Owner's Manual RECOMMENDS 20W50 !!
Ari Ollikainen(former VW fanatic: 62Bug, 62Bug+Porschepower, 64.5Porsche356SC,
68BugAuto-Stick, 69Camper, 71Camper, 73Westfalia, 73VWPorsche914/2.0,
81Westfalia, 85Vanagon, 85Westfalia...and now only 90VanagonCarat)
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From: envbvs@epb11.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Subject: Re: I need source for splines
Article-I.D.: dog.30237
Distribution: world
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In article <1ppvhtINN814@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com>, glang@slee01.srl.ford.com (Gordon Lang) writes:
|> In the Xlib Programming Manual (O'Rielly Associates) it is pointed out
|> that routines for drawing splines is not included in Xlib, but extensions
|> are publicly available. I need spline routines which work within the X
|> environment.
|>
|> I have previously posted a similar request and got two responses, both
|> directing me to the Interviews package at interviews.stanford.edu. I
|> got it, but it is too much. It looks like too much work to try to
|> identify, extract and modify relevant components. I am looking for
|> code that is not encumbered by a complex and extensive framework which
|> is beyond our needs. We just need the spline "extensions" to the Xlib.
Look in xfig. It has two types of spline algorithms and is relatively simple.
Xfig is available from export.lcs.mit.edu in
/contrib/R5fixes/xfig-patches/xfig.2.1.6.tar.Z
--
Brian V. Smith (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
I don't speak for LBL; they don't pay me enough for that.
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Organization: University of Notre Dame - Office of Univ. Computing
From: <RVESTERM@vma.cc.nd.edu>
Subject: Re: Juggling Dodgers
Lines: 26
In article <mssC5Mx2v.C44@netcom.com>, mss@netcom.com (Mark Singer) says:
>
>Lasorda juggled his lineup against the Pirates Friday night, and from
>the results one might conclude that he will stick with the changes
>for a while.
>
>Butler reclaimed leadoff spot, probably for the whole season
>Davis wants to get his speed into play. 4-for-4 last night
>Piazza the kid is doing *everything* well. very well.
>Strawberry the primadonna insists on batting cleanup
how do you know this? did lasorda say, before the game, "here's the
lineup i'm using. i'm batting strawman fourth because the primadonna
insists on batting cleanup"?
if this is true (note that i don't think it is), lasorda should be
fired for at least two reasons:
1) publicly humiliating his players;
2) knuckling under to his players wishes.
however, i think that the more likely explanation is that lasorda
wanted strawberry to bat fourth, and that you hate strawberry.
bob vesterman.
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From: marc@yogi.austin.ibm.com (Marc J. Stephenson)
Subject: Re: ASTROS FOR REAL?
Organization: IBM, Austin
Lines: 29
In article <1993Apr15.234838.4138@ccsvax.sfasu.edu> z_millerwl@ccsvax.sfasu.edu writes:
>WHO THINKS THE ASTROS ARE GOING PLACES???
>THEY'RE CURRENTLY FIRST PLACE.
>THEY'RE 5-4, 5-1 ON THE ROAD!
I AGREE, LUMBERJACK (except that they're in 2nd)! They ARE going PLACES -
San Diego, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Denver, Atlanta, Miami,
Philadelphia, New York, Montreal, Pittsburgh, Chicago, St. Louis...and
points in between. :-)
But,
THEY'RE 0-3 AT HOME!
I'm just not used to an overly enthusiastic Houston fan. I really shouldn't
discourage it, so HANG IN THERE, LUMBERJACK! (But, get ahold of that shift
key, will ya?)
ObBase: Apparently the new owner (Drayton McLain (sp?)) doesn't particularly
like excuses. An item in our paper (the Austin American-Statesman - "If you
read it here, it was somewhere else first") said that he wouldn't take
injuries as an excuse for losing because that possibility should have been
accounted for. Uh, oh. I don't want an owner that'll keep everybody on
edge - I'd never gotten that feeling about him, but who knows? Does
anybody down there in the Houston area have a feel for how meddling of an
owner McLain is going to be?
--
Marc Stephenson IBM AWS (Advanced Workstations & Systems - Austin,TX)
DISCLAIMER: The content of this posting is independent of official IBM position.
INTERNET->marc@austin.ibm.com VNET: MARC at AUSVMQ IBM T/L: 678-3189
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From: hodgen@ozzy.uni-koblenz.de (Wayne Hodgen)
Subject: Re: Weitek P9000 Future Plans
Organization: Uni Koblenz, Germany.
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In article <1993Apr13.000531.25096@jetsun.weitek.COM> robert@weitek.COM (Robert Plamondon) writes:
>In article <1q0n5pINN60m@uniko.uni-koblenz.de> hodgen@ozzy.uni-koblenz.de (Wayne Hodgen) writes:
>
>>To sum up, when an accelerated board with 4MB VRAM (True Colour 1280x1024)
>>AND A FAST VGA SIDE is available under $500, I will buy one.
>
>Me too!
>
>What's funny is, when we really CAN buy such a product, it probably won't
>seem as mouth-watering as it does today. "What? No holograms? Get outta
>here!"
I can wait 'cos I've already got an accelerated card. It does 1280x1024 but
only 16 colour. You may mock me, but such cards will be here quickly enough.
>One of the odd things about the computer industry is that, since you can
>always wait and get something better, some people wait forever. I know
>people who have deferred updating their original IBM PC for a decade,
>because every time they look at what's available, they see something better
>coming down the road. I know people who've dumped their PCs into the
>garage, but haven't replaced them, because they're afraid it isn't "the
>right time to buy." They just gave up using computers.
I only wait when the difference between my current system and the new stuff
is big enough to warrant changing. For instance, I'll be upgrading my 486 33
to a 486DX-2 66 EISA, VLB board RSN. The performance difference (under Linux)
is great enough to be worthwhile. At the same time I'll be buying a new
graphic card and new SCSI controller. I'll be buying an S3 card 'cos they're
fast enough, I have X11 drivers for them and it'll have 2MB VRAM just like
a Weitek 9000 card. It will also be MUCH cheaper. When affordable 4MB cards
arrive, I'll buy one.
>Personally, my system at home needs a new disk subsystem, a much
>larger monitor, a super-fast graphics board by you-know-who, a new
>CPU board -- I probably won't keep much more than the case and the
>mouse. Come to think of it, I don't like that mouse very much. So
>when will I buy? When my dream products hit the market? NO WAY! I'm
>gonna buy as soon as I have the MONEY!
Over the last year I've done much the same. But now I need a 19" monitor, more
memory (20MB just ain't enough), a GB disk (1.2GB and no space left...). Oh
well, stay single, don't smoke and you may afford it this year ;-)
--
Wayne Hodgen | hodgen@infko.uni-koblenz.de | Opinions (c) Me 1991 | Intel SX
Uni Koblenz, | (..!unido!infko!hodgen) | Keeper of the Scrolls, | Just
Rheinau 3-4, | Voice: +49 261 9119-645 | Defender of the Net, | say
5400 Koblenz. | Fax: +49 261 9119-499 | His name is "root". | NO!!!
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Subject: Re: was:Go Hezbollah!!
From: mafifi@eis.calstate.edu (Marc A Afifi)
Organization: Calif State Univ/Electronic Information Services
Lines: 43
stssdxb@st.unocal.com (Dorin Baru) writes:
> Even the most extemist, one sided (jewish/israeli) postings (with which I
> certainly disagree), did not openly back plain murder. You do.
>
> The 'Lebanese resistance' you are talking about is a bunch of lebanese
> farmers who detonate bombs after work, or is an organized entity of not-
> only-lebanese well trained mercenaries ? I do not know, just curious.
>
> I guess you also back the killings of hundreds of marines in Beirut, right?
>
> What kind of 'resistance' movement killed jewish attlets in Munich 1972 ?
>
> You liked it, didn't you ?
>
>
> You posted some other garbage before, so at least you seem to be consistent.
>
> Dorin
Dorin,
Let's not forget that the soldiers were killed not murdered. The
distinction is not trivial. Murder happens to innocent people, not people
whose line of work is to kill or be killed. It just so happened that these
soldiers, in the line of duty, were killed by the opposition. And
resistance is different from terrorism. Certainly the athletes in Munich
were victims of terrorists (though some might call them freedom fighters).
Their deaths cannot be compared to those of soldiers who are killed by
resistance fighters. Don't forget that it was the French Resistance to the
Nazi occupying forces which eventually succeeded in driving out the
hostile occupiers in WWII. Diplomacy has not worked with Israel and the
Lebanese people are tired of being occupied! They are now turning to the
only option they see as viable. (Don't forget that it worked in driving
out the US)
-marc
--
______________________________________________________________________________
Some people are so narrow minded they can see through a crack in a door with
both eyes.
My opinions should be yours. My employer has no opinions.
______________________________________________________________________________
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From: cyberman@toz.buffalo.ny.us (Cyberman)
Subject: Re: what to do with old 2
Lines: 19
X-Maildoor: WaflineMail 1.00r
{Kris Gleason} said
"Re: what to do with old 2"
to <All> on 04-15-93 11:02
KG> Yeah... keychains. I have seen 64K simms with a silver
KG> keyring attached, big seller at the computer store. I'm
KG> sure you could find a bunch of geeks^H^H^H^H^H^H computer
KG> science majors around that would buy them for $10. Maybe
KG> $15, if you're lucky.
Untrue they would check JDR first and say 5. That's how much
they are worth AT MOST. My guess is they are worth 1 buck
a peice.
Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
Mangled on Sat 04-17-1993 at 20:26:37
... This tagline is a duplicate. This tagline is a duplicate.
___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.12
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From: blakey@ug.cs.dal.ca (Jason Blakey)
Subject: Site for projects
Nntp-Posting-Host: ug.cs.dal.ca
Organization: Math, Stats & CS, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
Lines: 6
Does anyone out there know of any ftp sites which deal with
electronics projects, plans, etc? Any response appreciated.:)
JB
--
............................................................................
Jason Blakey -> blakey@ug.cs.dal.ca
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From: 9051467f@levels.unisa.edu.au (The Desert Brat)
Subject: Re: Keith Schneider - Stealth Poster?
Organization: Cured, discharged
Lines: 24
In article <1pa0f4INNpit@gap.caltech.edu>, keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
> But really, are you threatened by the motto, or by the people that use it?
Every time somone writes something and says it is merely describing the norm,
it is infact re-inforcing that norm upon those programmed not to think for
themselves. The motto is dangerous in itself, it tells the world that every
*true* American is god-fearing, and puts down those who do not fear gods. It
doesn't need anyone to make it dangerous, it does a good job itself by just
existing on your currency.
> keith
The Desert Brat
--
John J McVey, Elc&Eltnc Eng, Whyalla, Uni S Australia, ________
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
+------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------+
|"It doesn't make a rainbow any less beautiful that we | "God's name is smack |
|understand the refractive mechanisms that chance to | for some." |
|produce it." - Jim Perry, perry@dsinc.com | - Alice In Chains |
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From: nataraja@rtsg.mot.com (Kumaravel Natarajan)
Subject: Dirty Diesels?
Nntp-Posting-Host: opal12
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: na
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I heard the diesels are considered cleaner-burning than
gas engines because the emit less of: Carbon Monoxide,
Hydrocarbons, and Oxides of Nitrogen. (CO, HC, NOX).
But they can put out a lot of particulate matter. I heard
something about legislation being discussed to "clean up
diesel emissions". Is there anything in the works to
install "scrubbers" for diesels? How about the feasibility
of installing them on trucks and cars? Would it be any
different than a catylitic converter? I'd assume easier,
since we're removing particulate matter instead of converting
gasses. Let's hear people's opinions...
--
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-- Vel Natarajan nataraja@rtsg.mot.com Motorola Cellular, Arlington Hts IL --
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From: rwang@gmuvax2.gmu.edu (John Wang)
Subject: More Cool BMP files??
Distribution: usa
Organization: George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA
Lines: 13
Hi, everybody:
I guess my subject has said it all. It is getting boring
looking at those same old bmp files that came with Windows. So,
I am wondering if there is any body has some beautiful bmp file
I can share. Or maybe somebody can tell me some ftp site for
some bmp files, like some scenery files, some animals files,
etc.... I used to have some, unfortunately i delete them all.
Anyway could me give me some help, please???
thanks a lot!
john
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From: emarsh@hernes-sun.Eng.Sun.COM (Eric Marsh)
Subject: Re: After 2000 years, can we say that Christian Morality is
Organization: Sun
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In article <C5Hr14.Jxw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> lis450bw@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (lis450 Student) writes:
>My definition of objective would be absolute, or fixed, rather than
>
> subjective, or varying and changing.
>
Lets see what the dictionary has to say:
objective adj. 1. As having to do with a material object as distinguished
from a mental concept. 2. Having actual existance. 3.a. Uninfluenced
by emotion or personal prejudice. b. Based on observable phenomenon.
eric
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From: jkatz@access.digex.com (Jordan Katz)
Subject: U.S. Space Foundation Speech
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
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Speech by Pete Worden
Delivered Before the U.S. Space Foundation Conference
Colorado Springs, Colorado
April 15, 1993
What a delightful opportunity to cause some trouble. For
providing me this forum I would sincerely like to thank the U.S.
Space Foundation. My topic today is the Single Stage Rocket
Technology rocket or SSRT. By I intend to speak of more. How to
lower the cost and make rapid progress. SSRT is to my mind --
and I hope to convince you -- the erupting a new rallying cry for
our generation in space -- Faster, Cheaper, and Better.
Faster, Cheaper, Better and SSRT represent the passing of a
torch from one technical generation to another. It is a new
thing to be sure -- but it is also a relearning of old things
from past masters.
When we rolled out the SSRT baby two weeks ago, so called
experts told us it violates the laws of physics -- it made no
sense. For example, Dr. Eberhart Rachtin - former president of
the Aerospace Corp., said of SSRT in the L.A. Times that it,
"defies the best principles of launching payloads into space."
Well Dr. Rachtin -- you've made us mad! What are these
principles that SSRT defies?
Well I'll tell you. It violates the principle that you need
a giant program office to build space hardware. It violates the
"fact" that it takes 20 years to build something new. And it
violates the truism that you cant do anything significant for
less than many billions of dollars.
It took some of the last generation's experts to teach us
some new/old lessons. Werhner Von Braun's first rocket was not a
Saturn V. General Schriever's ICBM's didn't take ten years to
demonstrate. And the X-1 airplane didn't cost $1 billion.
It took one of the great engineers of the 1950's to remind
us of these truths -- Max Hunter. Max, to remind you, was a
senior engineer in the Thor IRBM program, and old faster, better,
cheaper success story. Max has been persistent in a vision of a
single stage reusable space launch system since the 1960's.
Because he knew it had to be done in affordable steps - Build a
little, Test a little.
Next he persuaded us to do a technology demonstration. We
didn't solicit a bunch of requirements -- they'd just change
every few years anyway. [ not included in the speech -- The
ALS/NLS has such ephemeral requirements that it would better
known as "Shape Shifter" than "Space Lifter." We didn't spend a
lot money -- this X-Rocket only cost $60 million. When's the
last time we even built a new airplane for that? And it didn't
take a lot of time to build -- McDonnell Douglas completed it in
18 months. Finally, the government program office consisted of
one very over-worked Air Force Major -- motivated in part by the
threat that he'd get to ride on it in a strapped-on lawn chair if
it ran over cost or schedule.
As I described what SSRT is -- and isn't keep in mind its
only a first step. There are several more steps -- and steps
that can easily fail -- before the U.S. can field an SSTO. But
each step should follow the same principles -- a small management
team -- a few years technology demonstration -- and a modest
budget.
Let me show a few details on SSRT and how it might evolve:
(See charts)
I'm embarrassed when my generation is compared with the last
generation -- the giants of the last great space era, the 1950's
and 1960's. They went to the moon - we built a telescope that
can't see straight. They soft-landed on Mars - the least we
could do is soft-land on Earth!
But we do have an answer. We can follow their build a
little, test a little philosophy to produce a truly affordable
and routine access to space. I know there are nay sayers among
you -- those who say SSRT is a stunt. It needs more thermal
protection, the engines are wrong, it would be better to land
horizontally, etc, etc.
I say to you -- we'll see you at White Sands in June. You
bring your view-graphs, and I'll bring my rocketship. If we do
what we say we can do, then you let us do the next step. [ not
included in the speech: If we fail -- you still have your
program offices, staff summary sheets, requirement analyses, and
decade long programs.]
I bet on my generation and Max Hunter's idea -- Any Takers?
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From: T. Kephart <kephart@snowhite.eeap.cwru.edu>
Subject: Re: LCIII problems (sideways HD's)
Organization: Case School of Engineering
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Distribution: world
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X-UserAgent: Nuntius v1.1.1d20
X-XXMessage-ID: <A7F445923701F2E6@b62182.student.cwru.edu>
X-XXDate: Fri, 16 Apr 93 11:14:26 GMT
In article <1qmgjk$ao5@menudo.uh.edu> , sunnyt@coding.bchs.uh.edu writes:
> Its not a good idea to have a horizontally formatted hard disk in a
> vertical position. If the drive is formatted in a horizontal position,
it can
> not completely compensate for the gravitational pull in a vertical
position.
> I'm not saying that your hard disk will fail tomorrow or 6 months from
now, but
> why take that chance? If you want more detailed info on the problem,
please
> mail me at:===> sunnyt@dna.bchs.uh.edu <===.
>
Sunny,
I asked this question a while ago while contemplating placing my 650 on
it's side. I received a response from someone at Seagate (Sorry I
trashed the message) stating that most newer drives (Seagates at the
least) can very well compensate for gravity. This means that a
horizontally formatted drive can be later placed vertically with no data
integrity problems. The only way that newer drives cannot work is if you
have varying forces (shaking, bouncing, etc) so don't place the drive on
it's side on a rocking chair :). What constitutes a 'newer' drive I
don't know, try calling your drive manufacturer. I have a Quantum LP240S
internal, and since I got it a month ago, I am guessing it's 'newer'.
-t
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From: brands@cwi.nl (Stefan Brands)
Subject: * REPORT ON PRIVACY-PROTECTING OFF-LINE CASH AVAILABLE *
Organization: CWI, Amsterdam
Lines: 60
I recently published a new privacy-protecting off-line electronic cash
system as a technical report at CWI. Being a PhD-student at David
Chaum's cryptography-group, our group has a long history in research
in the field of privacy-protecting cash systems.
The report is called CS-R9323.ps.Z, contains 77 pages, and can be
retrieved from
ftp.cwi.nl (192.16.184.180)
from the directory pub/CWIreports/AA.
The postscript-file is suitable for 300dpi laserprinters.
====================================================================
ABSTRACT (from coverpage): We present a new off-line electronic cash
system based on a problem, called the representation problem, of which
little use has been made in literature thus far. Our system is the
first to be based entirely on discrete logarithms. Using the
representation problem as a basic concept, some techniques are
introduced that enable us to construct protocols for withdrawal and
payment that do not use the cut and choose methodology of earlier
systems. As a consequence, our cash system is much more efficient in
both computation and communication complexity than any such system
proposed previously.
Another important aspect of our system concerns its provability.
Contrary to previously proposed systems, its correctness can be
mathematically proven to a very great extent. Specifically, if we
make one plausible assumption concerning a single hash-function, the
ability to break the system seems to imply that one can break the
Diffie-Hellman problem.
Our system offers a number of extensions that are hard to achieve in
previously known systems. In our opinion the most interesting of these
is that the entire cash system (including all the extensions) can be
incorporated in a setting based on wallets with observers, which has
the important advantage that double-spending can be prevented in the
first place, rather than detecting the identity of a double-spender
after the fact. In particular, it can be incorporated even under the
most stringent requirements conceivable about the privacy of the user,
which seems to be impossible to do with previously proposed systems.
Another benefit of our system is that framing attempts by a bank have
negligible probability of success (independent of computing power) by
a simple mechanism from within the system, which is something that
previous solutions lack entirely. Furthermore, the basic cash system
can be extended to checks, multi-show cash and divisibility, while
retaining its computational efficiency.
====================================================================
Cryptographers are challenged to try to break this system!
I made a particular effort to keep the report as self-contained as
possible. Nevertheless, if you have any questions, please e-mail to
me and I will try to reply as good as I can. Any comments are also
welcome!
Stefan Brands,
--------------------------------------------------------
CWI, Kruislaan 413, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Tel: +31 20 5924103, e-mail: brands@cwi.nl
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From: I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau)
Subject: Re: A visit from the Jehovah's Witnesses
Organization: Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
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In article <1993Apr5.091139.823@batman.bmd.trw.com>
jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com writes:
>> Didn't you say Lucifer was created with a perfect nature?
>
>Yes.
>
Define perfect then.
>> I think you
>> are playing the usual game here, make sweeping statements like omni-,
>> holy, or perfect, and don't note that they mean exactly what they say.
>> And that says that you must not use this terms when it leads to
>> contradictions.
>
>I'm not trying to play games here. But I understand how it might seem
>that way especially when one is coming from a completely different point
>of view such as atheism.
>
Take your foot out of your mouth, I wondered about that already when I
was a Catholic Christian. The fact that the contradiction is unresolvable
is one of the reasons why I am an atheist.
Believe me, I believed similar sentences for a long time. But that shows
the power of religion and not anything about its claims.
>>>Now God could have prevented Lucifer's fall by taking away his ability
>>>to choose between moral alternatives (worship God or worship himself),
>>>but that would mean that God was in error to have make Lucifer or any
>>>being with free will in the first place.
>>
>> Exactly. God allows evil, an evil if there ever was one.
>>
>
>Now that's an opinion, or at best a premise. But from my point of view,
>it is not a premise which is necessary true, specifically, that it is
>an evil to allow evil to occur.
>
It follows from a definition of evil as ordinarily used. Letting evil
happen or allowing evil to take place, in this place even causing evil,
is another evil.
>> But could you give a definition of free will? Especially in the
>> presence of an omniscient being?
>>
>"Will" is "self-determination". In other words, God created conscious
>beings who have the ability to choose between moral choices independently
>of God. All "will", therefore, is "free will".
>
The omniscient attribute of god will know what the creatures will do even
before the omnipotent has created them. There is no choice left. All is known,
the course of events is fixed.
Not even for the omniscient itself, to extend an argument by James Tims.
>>>If God is omniscient, then
>>>clearly, creating beings with free moral choice is a greater good than
>>>the emergence of ungodliness (evil/sin) since He created them knowing
>>>the outcome in advance.
>>
>> Why is it the greater good to allow evil with the knowledge that it
>> will happen? Why not make a unipolar system with the possibility of
>> doing good or not doing good, but that does not necessarily imply
>> doing evil. It is logically possible, but your god has not done it.
>
>I do not know that such is logically possible. If God restrains a
>free being's choice to choose to do evil and simply do "not good",
>then can it be said that the being truly has a free moral choice?
>And if "good" is defined as loving and obeying God, and avoiding
>those behaviors which God prohibits, then how can you say that one
>who is "not good" is not evil as well? Like I said, I am not sure
>that doing "not good" without doing evil is logically possible.
And when I am not omnipotent, how can I have free will? You have said
something about choices and the scenario gives them. Therefore we have
what you define as free will.
Imagine the following. I can do good to other beings, but I cannot harm them.
Easily implemented by making everyone appreciate being the object of good
deeds, but don't make them long for them, so they can not feel the absence
of good as evil.
But whose case am I arguing? It is conceivable, so the omnipotent can do it.
Or it would not be omnipotent. If you want logically consistent as well, you
have to give up the pet idea of an omnipotent first.
(Deletion)
>
>Perhaps it is weak, in a way. If I were just speculating about the
>ubiquitous pink unicorns, then there would be no basis for such
>speculation. But this idea of God didn't just fall on me out of the
>blue :), or while reading science fiction or fantasy. (I know that
>some will disagree) :) The Bible describes a God who is omniscient,
>and nevertheless created beings with free moral choice, from which
>the definitional logic follows. But that's not all there is to it.
>There seems to be (at least in my mind) a certain amount of evidence
>which indicates that God exists and that the Biblical description
>of Him may be a fair one. It is that evidence which bolsters the
>argument in my view.
That the bible describes an omniscient and omnipotent god destroys
the credibility of the bible, nothing less.
And a lot of people would be interested in evidence for a god,
unfortunately, there can't be any with these definitions.
Benedikt
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From: cosmo@pro-angmar.alfalfa.com (Frank Benson)
Subject: Argic
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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Hey Serdar:
Man without a brain, yare such a LOSER!!!
---
ProLine: cosmo@pro-angmar
Internet: cosmo@pro-angmar.alfalfa.com
UUCP: uunet!bu.edu!alphalpha!pro-angmar!cosmo
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From: ginkgo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu (J. Geary Morton)
Subject: Big Block Dodge Carburetor
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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NAPA remanufactured large 4 barrel carburetor for 78-80
big-block 360/440 Dodge. Part #4-244. New in box w/manifold gasket.
Retail: $345.00
NAPA price: $250.00
Your price $100.00 + shipping
contact Geary Morton <ginkgo@uncecs.edu>
phones: 919-851-6565(h) 919-549-7017(w)
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From: ns111310@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Nathaniel Sammons)
Subject: Re: 68LC040 vs. 68RC040 in Centris 650
Nntp-Posting-Host: casco.lance.colostate.edu
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College
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I also use PhotoShop to edit photos, and do DTP work.
-nate
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From: jack@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov (Jack Morrison)
Subject: Fixed-point math library
Organization: Jet Propulsion Laboratory
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Distribution: usa
Reply-To: jack@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov
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Has anyone written or seen a C library or C++ class for fixed-point math,
or good articles about same?
I pretty much know how to do this, but I have a few other wheels to invent
at the moment...
Thanks!
---
"How am I typing? Call 1-818-354-7782" jack@robotics.jpl.nasa.gov
Jack Morrison/Jet Propulsion Lab/MS107-102 4800 Oak Grove Dr, Pasadena CA 91109
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From: d91-fad@tekn.hj.se (DANIEL FALK)
Subject: RE: VESA on the Speedstar 24
Organization: H|gskolan i J|nk|ping
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>>>kjb/MGL/uvesa32.zip
>>>
>>>This is a universal VESA driver. It supports most video
>>>boards/chipsets (include the Speedstar-24 and -24X) up to
>>>24 bit color.
>>>
>>>Terry
>>>
>>>P.S. I've tried it on a Speedstar-24 and -24X and it works. :)
>>Not with all software. :( For instance it doesn't work at all with
>>Animator Pro from Autodesk. It can't detect ANY SVGA modes when
>>running UniVESA. This is really a problem as we need a VESA driver
>>for both AA Pro and some hi-color stuff. :(
>Just out of curiosity... Are you using the latest version (3.2)? Versions
>previous to this did not fill in all of the capabilities bits and other
>information correctly. I had problems with a lot of software until I got
>this version. (I don't think the author got around to posting an
>announcementof it (or at least I missed it), but 3.2 was available in the
>directory indicated as of 3/29.)
I sure did use version 3.2. It works fine with most software but NOT
with Animator Pro and that one is quite important to me. Pretty
useless program without that thing working IMHO.
So I hope the author can fix that.
/Daniel...
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!! Daniel Falk \\ " Don't quote me! No comments! " !!
!! ^^^^^^ ^^^^ \\ Ebenezum the Great Wizard !!
!! d91-fad@tekn.hj.se \\ !!
!! d91fad@hjds90.hj.se // Also known as the mega-famous musician !!
!! Jkpg, Sweeeeeden... \\ Leinad of The Yellow Ones !!
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From: pom@anke.imsd.uni-mainz.DE (Prof. Dr. Klaus Pommerening)
Subject: DES: init vector as additional key?
Keywords: DES, CBC, CFB, key search
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The recent discussion in this news group suggests that a key search attack
against DES is quite feasible now. But normally DES is applied in CBC or CFB
mode where one chooses a random init vector of 8 bytes. Questions:
- Makes it sense to handle the init vector as an additional key? Then we have
a 56 + 64 = 120 bit key.
- If yes: Is anything known about the security of this key scheme? Can we
break it faster than by exhaustive search through the 120 bit key space?
--
Klaus Pommerening
Institut fuer Medizinische Statistik und Dokumentation
der Johannes-Gutenberg-Universitaet
Obere Zahlbacher Strasse 69, W-6500 Mainz, Germany
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From: jack@multimedia.cc.gatech.edu (Tom Rodriguez)
Subject: composite video - what are HD and VD?
Article-I.D.: multimed.JACK.93Apr6032642
Organization: Multimedia Computing Group
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I've got an rgb Mistubishi monitor and on the back it has 5
BNC connectors labeled like this:
composite
HD VD
+ + + + +
sync red green blue
I've used it as a straight RGB monsitor but i can't figure out
how to use it for composite. Could someone explain what these markings
mean? Thanks for any help.
tom
--
Tom Rodriguez (jack@cc.gatech.edu)
Multimedia Computing Group - GVU Lab
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332-0280
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From: michaelp@ifi.uio.no (Michael Schalom Preminger)
Subject: Re: Zionism is Racism
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
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Originator: michaelp@sinober.ifi.uio.no
In article <20APR93.23565659.0109@VM1.MCGILL.CA>, B8HA000 <B8HA@MUSICB.MCGILL.CA> writes:
> In Re:Syria's Expansion, the author writes that the UN thought
> Zionism was Racism and that they were wrong. They were correct
> the first time, Zionism is Racism and thankfully, the McGill Daily
> (the student newspaper at McGill) was proud enough to print an article
> saying so. If you want a copy, send me mail.
>
> Steve
>
Was the article about zionism? or about something else. The majority
of people I heard emitting this ignorant statement, do not really
know what zionism is. They have just associated it with what they think
they know about the political situation in the middle east.
So Steve: Lets here, what IS zionism?
Michael
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From: jbr1@Ra.MsState.Edu (Jarryl B. Ritchie)
Subject: For Sale: Cannondale 3.0 Road Bike w/Dura Ace 56 cm
Nntp-Posting-Host: ra.msstate.edu
Organization: Mississippi State University
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Cannondale 3.0 Road Bike 56 cm
Bright Blue Color
Dura Ace 8 speed not STI, could be easily converted though.
32 spoke wheelset, clinchers.
Complete Bike $700 or best offer. All offers will be considered
this bike has to go. Desperate times call for desperate measures.
Will consider parting out, write for details.
jay ritchie
jbr1@ra.msstate.edu
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From: adam@endor.uucp (Adam Shostack)
Subject: Re: Israeli Terrorism
Organization: Aiken Computation Lab, Harvard University
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In article <1rd7eo$1a4@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cy779@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Anas Omran) writes:
>
>In a previous article, tclock@orion.oac.uci.edu (Tim Clock) says:
>>In article <1993Apr24.203620.6531@Virginia.EDU> ab4z@Virginia.EDU ("Andi Beyer") writes:
>>Since one is also unlikely to get "the truth" from either Arab or
>>Palestinian news outlets, where do we go to "understand", to learn?
>>Is one form of propoganda more reliable than another?
>There are many neutral human rights organizations which always report
>on the situation in the O.T.
A neutral organization would report on the situation in
Israel, where the elderly and children are the victims of stabbings by
Hamas "activists." A neutral organization might also report that
Israeli arabs have full civil rights.
>The Israelis used to arrest and sometimes to kill some of these
>neutral reporters.
Care to name names, or is this yet another unsubstantiated
slander?
>So, this is another kind of terrorism committed by the Jews in Palestine.
>They do not allow fair and neutral coverage of the situation in Palestine.
Terrorism, as you would know if you had a spine that allowed
you to stand up, is random attacks on civilians. Terorism includes
such things as shooting a cripple and thowing him off the side of a
boat because he happens to be Jewish. Not allowing people to go where
they are likely to be stabbed and killed, like a certain lawyer killed
last week, is not terorism.
Adam
Adam Shostack adam@das.harvard.edu
"If we had a budget big enough for drugs and sexual favors, we sure
wouldn't waste them on members of Congress..." -John Perry Barlow
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From: walkup@cs.washington.edu (Elizabeth Walkup)
Subject: Re: Menangitis question
Organization: Computer Science & Engineering, U. of Washington, Seattle
Distribution: na
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In article <19439@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
>... the neiseria meningococcus is one of the most common
>forms of meningitis. It's the one that sometimes sweeps
>schools or boot camp. It is contagious and kills by attacking
>the covering of the brain, causing the blood vessels to thrombose
>and the brain to swell up.
>
> ...
>
>It can live in the throat of carriers. Don't worry, you won't get
>it from them, especially if they took the medication.
Assuming one has been cultured as having a throat laden with
neiseria meningococcus and given (and taken) a course of ERYC
without the culture becoming negative, should one worry about
being a carrier?
-- Elizabeth
walkup@cs.washington.edu
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From: awesley@vela.acs.oakland.edu (awesley)
Subject: Re: That silly outdated Bill (was Re: Koresh and Miranda)
Organization: Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, U.S.A.
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scottj@magic.dml.georgetown.edu (John L. Scott) writes:
: The issue has never been whether tanks were used in Detroit in 1967. It
: has been whether they fired their main guns.
Never? This is incorrect. Either you don't read very well or resort
to falsehoods in an attempt to make a point.
At the risk of boring and belaboring the point, my claim was
the chain was regarding the tanks "last used in Detroit in 48".
The text follows.
: You did not merely claim that
: tanks were used--you claimed that they fired their main guns to suppress
: sniper fire and that they were "quite" effective at this.
Indeed, when Coffman claimed they were only used as APCs, I did say
I had been told they did fire their main guns.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: You continue to
: back away from this claim and defend something else that nobody is
: disputing.
Well, the poster who I responded to did dispute the use of tanks
post-48. Rude of you to call Gary Coffman a nobody.
: "Well, it's not the main gun." Gee, that's only the entire point. Are you
: now going to admit that you were wrong?
That was the entire point to *you*. What exactly did I claim?
--------------------------------------------------
"I've heard eye-witness descriptions of tanks using their main guns
to respond to sniper fire. Quite effectively."
--------------------------------------------------
I wasn't wrong . . . I've heard those descriptions. If you're
paying attention, I've mentioned that I saw the tanks with my own
eyes, but the main gun firing was an account I heard. That helps
people judge whether or not to kick in the, to use your words,
"bullshit filters". Stating that I *claimed* this is a falsehood.
What was it I claimed as fact? Here's the entire post:
--------------------------------------------------
>We haven't used tanks against the black ghettos since Detroit 1948.
Correction. I know they used tanks in Detroit 1968. I saw em, it
was well covered in the news at that time. Gordon Lightfoot mentions
it in his song "Black Day in July".
--------------------------------------------------
Since you don't dispute that and claim that nobody else does, that
means I was right.
: I will never read of tanks firing their main guns in Detroit in the '67
: riots. There is simply no way that such an event could have taken place
: without it being common knowledge even 26 years later. The American
: military firing shells from tanks in American cities on blacks would have
: been *big* news.
So one would suppose. Some folks think in happened in 48.
Awesley goes on:
You can also read of the troops using grenade launchers.
: To fire fragmentary grenades? I doubt that as well. To fire concussion
: grenades? Perhaps. To fire tear gas? Certainly. But you would be
: perfectly willing to let us believe they fired frags, wouldn't you, since
: it makes your other claim seem more plausible.
John, again, strawman techniques. Do you feel you're losing it so you
have to stretch what I said and knock that down? What I read said
nothing about what they fired. And so I put nothing in there. If you
need some help, let me know and I'l take your side of this for a
while. You're not scoring here, you're boring here.
: If tanks had fired their main guns in Detroit, people would have been
: screaming about it for the past two and half decades. I would know about
: it.
Glad to know you're such an expert. Nice to hear some an
authority. I especially appreciate your basis of knowledge -- if it
had happened, you would have know it. Since you are such an
authority, you probably know that people did scream about an alleged
massive cover-up in the number of people killed in the Detroit riot.
Some claimed 100+ dead, others said 300. The offical number is 43 but
the Concise Columbia Encyclopedia says it was "several". I've also
heard some things about that but I won't dare repeat them. You'd
assert that I claimed they were truth.
: Unless you also claim that the National Guard managed to cover it up.
Taking the tour after the riots, it was pretty easy to tell the
difference between Army and Guard troops. Or so I recall from 26
years ago. And I seem to recall it was the Army running the tanks.
So it would have been an Army cover-up.
Another part of my memories was that while most damaged building
were burnt, some were in rubble. Based on what I remember, I was and
am inclined to believe an old sarge or two.
: If your mind is open enough to believe that, well, good for you. I prefer
: to live in reality. And here in reality, I find it hard to believe that
: those tanks even had any shells, much less fired them.
Given the level in destruction in Detroit, I'm quite willing to believe
that they did fire their guns.
Now then, we've bored the shit out of anyone whose bothered to read
this far and all you've managed to say is that you don't believe the
account I cited.
: --John L. Scott
-- wes
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From: mike@starburst.umd.edu (Michael F. Santangelo)
Subject: Re: Space Station Redesign, JSC Alternative #4
Organization: University of Maryland, Chesapeake Biological Laboratory
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dbm0000@tm0006.lerc.nasa.gov (David B. Mckissock) writes:
...text of options "A" and "B" deleted...
>Option C - Single Core Launch Station.
>This is the JSC lead option. Basically, you take a 23 ft diameter
>cylinder that's 92 ft long, slap 3 Space Shuttle Main Engines on
>the backside, put a nose cone on the top, attached it to a
>regular shuttle external tank and a regular set of solid rocket
>motors, and launch the can. Some key features are:
> - Complete end-to-end ground integration and checkout
> - 4 tangentially mounted fixed solar panels
> - body mounted radiators (which adds protection against
> micrometeroid & orbital debris)
> - 2 centerline docking ports (one on each end)
> - 7 berthing ports
> - a single pressurized volume, approximately 26,000 cubic feet
> (twice the volume of skylab).
> - 7 floors, center passageway between floors
> - 10 kW of housekeeping power
Only 10KW?
> - graceful degradation with failures (8 power channels, 4 thermal
> loops, dual environmental control & life support system)
> - increased crew time for utilization
> - 1 micro-g thru out the core module
Ha! "North America Modular SPACE STATION construction" :-)
Same apprach, same reasoning: "construction occurs under assembly
line conditions, no random weather problems interupting site-work
on your home - better quality control" -- sounds like first "-"
point above :-)
Somehow I have a strange attraction for this idea (living in
a modular home maybe has altered my mind). The only thing
that scares me is the part about simply strapping 3 SSME's and
a nosecone on it and "just launching it." I have this vision
of something going terribly wrong with the launch resulting in the
complete loss of the new modular space station (not just a peice of
it as would be the case with staged in-orbit construction).
--
-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+
Michael F. Santangelo + Internet: mike@cbl.umd.edu [work]
Dept. Head-Computer & Network Systems + mike@kavishar.umd.edu [home]
UMCEES / CBL (Solomons Island) + BITNET: MIKE@UMUC [fwd to mike@cbl]
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From: hal@cco.caltech.edu (Hal Finney)
Subject: Re: text of White House announcement and Q&As on clipper chip encryption
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
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brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton) writes:
>Their strategy is a business one rather than legal one. They are
>pushing to get a standard in place, a secret standard, and if they
>get it as a standard then they will drive competitors out of the market.
>It will be legal to sell better, untapable encryption that doesn't have
>registered keys, but it will be difficult, and thus not a plan for
>most phone companies.
If Brad's analysis is correct, it may offer an explanation for why the
encryption algorithm is being kept secret. This will prevent competitors
from coming out with Clipper-compatible phones which lack the government-
installed "back door." The strategy Brad describes will only work as long
as the only way to get compatible phones is to have ones with the government
chips.
(It would be nice, from the point of view of personal privacy, if Brad
turns out to be right. As long as people still have the power to provide
their own encryption in place of or in addition to the Clipper, privacy
is still possible. But the wording of several passages in the announcement
makes me doubt whether this will turn out to be true.)
Hal Finney
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From: rgc3679@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert G. Carpenter)
Subject: Re: Please Recommend 3D Graphics Library For Mac.
Organization: Boeing
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In article <1qnm6fINN8tr@tamsun.tamu.edu> brentb@tamsun.tamu.edu (Brent) writes:
>tsa@cellar.org (The Silent Assassin) writes:
>>rgc3679@bcstec.ca.boeing.com (Robert G. Carpenter) writes:
>>
>>> Can you please offer some recommendations?
>>
>>It's really not that hard to do. There are books out there which explain
>>everything, and the basic 3D functions, translation, rotation, shading, and
>>hidden line removal are pretty easy. I wrote a program in a few weeks witht
>>he help of a book, and would be happy to give you my source.
>
>I think he wanted to avoid reinventing the wheel.
Yes, I want to concentrate on other development issues - I've created graphics
libraries before, it's too time consuming... life's too short!
>> Also, Quickdraw has a lot of 3D functions built in, and Think pascal
>>can access them, and I would expect that THINK C could as well. If you can
>>find out how to use the Quickdraw graphics library, it would be an excellent
>>choice, since it has a lot of stuff, and is built into the Mac, so should be
>>fast.
>
>Just to clarify, the 3D routines that are mentioned in various places
>on the mac are in a libray, not the ROM of the mac. A few years ago before
>I knew anything about implementing graphics, I came across a demo of the
>Apple GrafSys3D library and it actually did a lot. However, it is quite
>limited in the sense that it's a low-level 3D library; your code still has
>to plot individual points, draw each line, etc ad nauseum. It has nothing
>on GL, for example, where you can handle objects.
Thanks for the clarification... Before posting my original request I had looked
into the Mac's 3D capabilities and dismissed them as low grade.
BobC
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From: v140pxgt@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (Daniel B Case)
Subject: Re: EIGHT MYTHS about National Health Insurance (Pt II)
Organization: University at Buffalo
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In article <1993Apr18.001116.19872@news.columbia.edu>, gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare) writes...
>The difference in the litigation environment is reflected in the fees.
>
>Lack of defensive medicine and near-absence of malpractice is really
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>why we spend less using the most expensive approach of pure insurance
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Then why do we really need national health insurance then? Wouldn't it just make
more sense to find some way to cut down on the cost of malpractice insurance?
And maybe that's not such a good thing. I also read somewhere that it is next to
impossible in Canada to litigate against the health system-class action suits
are nearly impossible, and you can't sue the provincial health officials at all.
>
>Part of the deal for using the all-insurance approach like the French
>and Germans do (hey, why don't they criticize France and Germany? Is
>it because too many people take French and German in college to make
>the accusations stick? (-;) was to preserve the doctors independance.
>Since the provincial wings of the CMA are the ones that go to bat when
>the fee schedule hikes are presented, the politically-bent doctors
>were just cackling when they realized the CMA would grow in strength
>rather than diminish, especially when unopposed unlike in socialized
>medicine approaches like Britain's National Health Service.
Oh no. Don't let the AMA know about this. They have enough power as it is. Ask
most Americans whether they'd like the doctors' lobby to get more powerful.
>For non-life threatening things, market arguments adequately cover why
>certain procedures are in scarcer demand. I have MD friends who can't
>make a living as specialists back in Manitoba not due to the insurance
>rates but because they won't get enough customers -- the CMA medical
>monopoly's grip on doctors licencing (as in the US) aside -- so they
>must move to larger places. However, this does not refute debunking
>of waiting lines for urgent AND routine care, as has been done in the
>U.S. by Consumers Reports, health policy studies cited by Prof. Dennis
>E. Shea on USENET, CNN, NYT, etc.
Well, yeah, tell us about the National Defense Medical Centre outside Ottawa.
Theoretically it's limited to service personnel, but some studies I've heard
about have suggested that about half the patients there are civilians who not
only have connections but aren't "urgent" at all.
The problem is, in a system where hospitals' annual budgets are approved by the
government, how do you keep political considerations out of medical decisions?
I bet that if you're an MP or MPP, or good friends with one, you're put on any
hospital's "urgent" care list no matter how minor your problem. Which is OK
unless you're someone who gets bumped off the list for some bigshot.
>>WOULDN'T NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE MEAN THAT AMERICANS WHO ARE NOW
>>FULLY INSURED MIGHT HAVE TO SETTLE FOR LESS?
>>
>>In Canada, provincial insurance covers all health costs except dental
>>care, eyeglasses, prescription drugs, ambulance service, and private
>>hospital rooms, -- so many Canadians do end up buying some private
>>insurance. A policy to cover all of these things runs about #40 to $40
>>a month.
Hmm. How much difference would it make in the figure of percentage of GNP spent
on health care if dentistry and optometry were included in the accounting?
Maybe Canada spends proportionately just as much on health care as we do.
>
>Of course, the one thing to note is that in the Canada/France/Germany
>case, private insurance *offloaded* the basic coverage to the public
>sector. They realized they were keeping low-risk/high-profit extra
>insurance for things like private/semi-private rooms (vs. ward
>accomodation), dental, glasses, etc. for corporate or personal
>benefits, they'll have nothing to do with you if you want to be
>covered for basic care.
>
>At that point, they wouldn't even consider a "voucher" approach
>to broker the universal coverage and sell policies to make up
>the difference in the federal guidelines and market stuff.
So what happens if the health care systems financially collapse. Bob Rae, the
second least popular man in Ontario, warned Ontarians a few years ago that if
they didn't stop cross-border shopping in such huge numbers, "the services they
expect from the province just won't be there in a few years" (Fortunately for
them (and less fortunately for the retailers here in Western New York) the
Canadian dollar went back to a more realistic value). He didn't say so, but I
knew he meant the OHIP. What would happen if his warning turned out to be the
truth? Would the private insurers take up the slack? They'd be under no
obligation to. Of course, they could eventually make money again, but if what
you say is true, they'd be loathe to do so (and out of practice in handling
such basic services, too).
>
>>******************************************************************
>>
>>WOULDN'T FREE CARE ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO RUN TO THE DOCTOR FOR EVERY
>>ACHE AND PAIN?
>>
>>People who get free treatment *do* go to the doctor and hospital about
>>a third more often than those who have to pay a share of their medical
>>bills.
>>
>>Still, Canadians -- who pay nothing at the doctor's -- have a lower
>>per-person health bill than we do.
>
>It is "free" in that there are no deductibles nor copayments (two
>things which I advocate to make the Canadian insurance look more like
>real health insurance -- which actually it is). I know that when
>working in Alberta, Ontario and Quebec, I was aware that I was paying
>for health insurance - e.g., in Toronto, OHIP fees were listed on my
>pay stub; Manitoba did not collect at paycheque time, but only
>annually at income tax time (built into the tax rate). Only fiscal
>naifs will proclaim that it's free, along with the Canadian Left for
>that is part of their brainwashing agenda.
Would that it were free. Americans would start another revolution if they had
to pay taxes at Canadian rates.
>>ISN'T THE PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE INDUSTRY JUST TOO BIG
>>AND POWERFUL TO KILL?
>>
>>Dismantling the health segment of our insurance industry would be
>>"politically thorny," in the quiet words of one advocate for a
>>national plan. Some 1,200 firms now sell more than $192 billion in
>>health insurance. They'd put up a hard fight. Not only has the industry
>>grown eightfold since Canada shut down its own health insurers, but
>>our government leaves politicians more open to lobbyists than does
>>Canada's parliamentary system.
>
>Health insurance does exist in Canada and in Western Europe, its
>just that it doesn't cover basic care. You can opt out in Canada
>and Germany, but you'll have to go uninsured as a result because
>there are too few other people that do so --- i.e., no market.
>
>When private insurance realized how much money they'd make without the
>risks involved in basic insurance (e.g., neurosurgery) versus deluxe
>amenities (e.g., having to call Granada TV to replace a rental set on
>the fritz in someone's private hospital room), they started to pat
>themselves on the back for their social responsibility. In Quebec
>last spring, a consortium of private insurers publicly warned against
>any thoughts of privatizing routine, low cost parts of that province's
>public health insurance plan.
Again, I doubt Americans would like giving the insurance companies that much
power. I half wonder if the Canadian health insurers didn't go along with the
provinces and the federal government years ago because they knew that there was
a good chance of the public system going bust in the long run, and then
afterwards they could clean up (Okay, this sort of contradicts what I said
higher up. But it's another possibility). They'd have an added bonus when
arguing against government involvement in their industry-as they could then
point to its failure instead of just citing theoretical principles.
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From: gaia@carson.u.washington.edu (I/We are Gaia)
Subject: Re: Plymouth Sundance/Dodge Shadow experiences?
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: carson.u.washington.edu
In article <oprsfnx.735015349@gsusgi1.gsu.edu> oprsfnx@gsusgi2.gsu.edu (Stephen F. Nicholas) writes:
>daubendr@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Darren R Daubenspeck) writes:
>
>
>>> they are pretty much junk, stay away from them. they will be replaced next
>>> year with all new models.
>
>
>>Junk? They've made the C&D lists for years due to their excellent handling and
>>acceleration. They have been around since about, oh, 85 or 86, so they're not
>>the newest on the lot, and mileage is about five to eight MPG under the class
>>leader. You can get into a 3.0 L v-6 (141 hp) Shadow for $10~11K (the I-4
>>turbo a bit more), and a droptop for $14~15K.
>
>
> As an ex-Fleet Mgr. of 3000 cars, they were amoung the most trouble free of
>all models. I bought one for my wife.
>
*nnnnnnnng* Thank you for playing, I cannot agree with this. I believed
this and to put it nicely, it was a piece of junk!
I loved this car, I babied it, I pampered it, and after 2 years, it just
couldn't stay together, I would say that not everyone will have the
problems that I had, but know this, it's not just the car, it is the
ability to get the car fixed, which will NOT happen at any
chrysler/dodge/take your pick dealer. I don't care if there are going to
reform their dealers/service with the intro of the LH cars, I will believe
it when I see it. Case and point, the local dodge dealer. You drive up,
just looking, you don't even get out of your door, when about 10 (yes 10)
salesman all eye you like their next meal, and literally pounce on you,
and try to get you to make a deal, on everything your eye wanders towards.
Service is about 2 times worse than that. I had an alignment problem, but
they tried to tell me that the K frame was bent, and about 2000 dollars of
work/parts to fix it. Let me tell you the problems I had, and I took care
of this car, I put alot of miles on it in the first couple years, but took
it to every checkup it needed, and many that shouldn't have been.
1988 Dodge Shadow ES
These were replaced within the 4 years that I owned the car.
Engine
4 Alternators
Rear Suspension Torsion Bar
2 Water pumps
5 thermostats
Hall effect sensor
Main computer
4 Batteries
These were rebuilt/repaired
Radiator
Automatic Transmission
Power Steering
Those are just the things I can remember off the top of my head. For
about a year before I sold the car, I said to myself, it's a good car, I
just can't find anybody competent enough the fix it. In the end, before I
traded it in for a Saturn, the power steering started acting up again. I
just stopped putting money into it. I must have put at least $5000-$7000
worth of repairs over it's lifetime. I am sorry but Lee Iacocca can bite
me. Bullshit, whoever backs em best, is just afraid the stupid things are
going to fall apart, and no one will buy them without assurance, why the
hell do you think that LH has been nicknamed Last Hope.
You can do better, and I know people will disagree with me here, but
Japanese, like Honda, or Toyota, or the only american car company that I
feel is a quality product, Saturn. I will not touch another chrysler
product again, no way. I don't care how good the LH cars look good, and I
will admit they look promising, but not with the support that you get. GM
isn't much better, thank god, they don't control Saturn, like they do
their divisions, or it would be just another marketing ploy.
Don't get me wrong, i will be watching my car (which I do like) like a
hawk for the next 4 years. I am much more hesitant to say it (or any) car
is really good, until it has proved itself to me.
But since someone else pointed out C&D as a source. I will note, because
I used to read these magazines, that Car and Driver has never had a good
thing to say about most Chrysler products (Shadow for one), always were
they moaning about the reguritated K-car, and engine. Whereas Motor Trend
always thought they were great cars. No car magazine is really objective.
And although there are alot of people who don't like Consumers Reports, I
will use them to reinforce my argument (I already know about the big stink
with the Saturn crash tests, time will tell how good a car they are), the
shadow/sundance rate much worse than average, in fact none of the
chrysler's rate a better than average, I think the best one is just
average. Excluding the diamond star/mitsubishi stuff and the LH's. You
can find bad stuff about the Shadow. Try as I might, when I researched
the Saturn, I could not find anything bad about it. There is a great deal
of information about this company, just because it is a new american
company and it has created quite a stir in the automotive community, for
good reason. Much more than the introduction of any new model lines of
any established company. I read an article, which had a sub-column, an I
think this imprinted on me more than anything else. Some big wig in
Toyota said and I quote, "We are watching them very closely." Come on,
everybody grow up, the foreign cars, especially the japanese have been
kicking our butts, for good reason, the american car companies could not make
a good product or support the customer the way they want these days, to
set in their ways, which is one of the reasons Saturn was created. They
are still struggling because they haven't learned yet. They have the
ability, the workers are not inferior, the technology is not out of date,
but their attitude is, and they are just finding this out. It's called
competition gentleman/women if you don't satisfy the demand of the
consumer, well your out..
*asbestos suit on*
Gaia
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From: simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale)
Subject: Re: islamic authority over women
Nntp-Posting-Host: nin
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
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In article <1993Apr5.023044.19580@ultb.isc.rit.edu> snm6394@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Mozumder ) writes:
> One thing that relates is among Navy men that get tatoos that say "Mom",
> because of the love of their mom. It makes for more virile men.
> Compare that with how homos are raised. Do a study and you will get my
> point.
Oh, Bobby. You're priceless. Did I ever tell you that?
My policy with Bobby's posts, should anyone give a damn, is to flick
through the thread at high speed, searching for posts of Bobby's which
have generated a whole pile of followups, then go in and extract the
hilarious quote inevitably present for .sig purposes. Works for me.
For the guy who said he's just arrived, and asked whether Bobby's for real,
you betcha. Welcome to alt.atheism, and rest assured that it gets worse.
I have a few pearls of wisdom from Bobby which I reproduce below. Is anyone
(Keith?) keeping a big file of such stuff?
"In Allah's infinite wisdom, the universe was created from nothing,
just by saying "Be", and it became. Therefore Allah exists."
--- Bobby Mozumder proving the existence of Allah, #1
"Wait. You just said that humans are rarely reasonable. Doesn't that
contradict atheism, where everything is explained through logic and
reason? This is THE contradiction in atheism that proves it false."
--- Bobby Mozumder proving the existence of Allah, #2
"Plus, to the believer, it would be contradictory
to the Quran for Allah not to exist."
--- Bobby Mozumder proving the existence of Allah, #3
and now
"One thing that relates is among Navy men that get tatoos that say "Mom",
because of the love of their mom. It makes for more virile men. Compare
that with how homos are raised. Do a study and you will get my point."
-- Bobby Mozumder being Islamically Rigorous on alt.atheism
Mmmmm. Quality *and* quantity from the New Voice of Islam (pbuh).
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.
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From: davew@cs.umd.edu (David G. Wonnacott)
Subject: Questions about insurance companies (esp. Geico)
Distribution: usa
Organization: U of Maryland, Dept. of Computer Science, Coll. Pk., MD 20742
Lines: 13
I'm considering switching to Geico insurance, but have heard that
they do not assign a specific agent for each policy or claim. I was
worried that this might be a real pain when you make a claim. I have
also heard that they try to get rid of you if you have an accident.
I'm interestend in determining whether or not these things are true.
Has anyone out there with Geico made a claim? I'd be interested in
hearing whether or not you were satisfied with the service and whether
you then had trouble renewing your policy.
I'm also interested in any good or bad stories about Liberty Mutual or
State Farm.
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From: am37@ellis.uchicago.edu (Drewster)
Subject: Re: Utility for updating Win.ini and system.ini
Reply-To: am37@midway.uchicago.edu
Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations
Lines: 16
In article <1993Apr20.085638.29338@news.uit.no> sp@odin.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (Svein Pedersen) writes:
>I nead a utility for updating (deleting, adding, changing) *.ini files for Windows.
>
>Do I find it on any FTP host?
>
>Svein
>
Unless I am completely misunderstanding you, try using either Notepad or
sysedit.exe (found in your system subdirectory) to edit you .ini files.
The sysedit.exe program is cool because it automatically opens you win.ini,
system.ini, autoexec.bat and config.sys files to be edited.
Drewster (am37@kimbark.uchicago.edu)
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From: eshneken@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Edward A Shnekendorf)
Subject: Re: Why does US consider YIGAL ARENS to be a dangerous to humanity
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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anwar+@cs.cmu.edu (Anwar Mohammed) writes:
>In article <4815@bimacs.BITNET> ehrlich@bimacs.BITNET (Gideon Ehrlich) writes:
>>The readers of this forum seemed to be more interested in the contents
>>of those files.
>>So It will be nice if Yigal will tell us:
>>1. Why do American authorities consider Yigal Arens to be dangerous?
>ADL authorities seem to view a lot of people as dangerous, including
>the millions of Americans of Arab ancestry. Perhaps you can answer
>the question as to why the ADL maintained files and spied on ADC members
>in California (and elsewhere??)? Friendly rivalry perhaps?
Come on! Most if not all Arabs are sympathetic to the Palestinian war
against Israel. That is why the ADL monitors Arab organizations. That is
the same reason the US monitored communist organizations and Soviet nationals
only a few years ago.
>Perhaps Yigal is a Greenpeace member? Or the NAACP? Or a reporter?
>Or a member of any of the dozens of other political organizations/ethnic
>minorities/occupations that the ADL spied on.
All of these groups have, in the past, associated with or been a part of anti-
Israel activity or propoganda. The ADL is simply monitoring them so that if
anything comes up, they won't be caught by surprise.
>>2. Why does the ADL have an interest in that person ?
>Paranoia?
No, that is why World Trade Center bombings don't happen in Israel (aside from
the fact that there is no world trade center) and why people like Zein Isa (
Palestinian whose American group planned to bow up the Israeli Embassy and
"kill many Jews.") are caught. As Mordechai Levy of the JDL said, Paranoid
Jews live longer.
>>3. If one does trust either the US government or the ADL what an
>> additional information should he send them ?
>The names of half the posters on this forum, unless they already
>have them.
They probably do.
>>Gideon Ehrlich
>-anwar
Ed.
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From: wlieftin@cs.vu.nl (Liefting W)
Subject: Re: Why is my mouse so JUMPY? (MS MOUSE)
Organization: Fac. Wiskunde & Informatica, VU, Amsterdam
Lines: 20
ecktons@ucs.byu.edu (Sean Eckton) writes:
>I have a Microsoft Serial Mouse and am using mouse.com 8.00 (was using 8.20
>I think, but switched to 8.00 to see if it was any better). Vertical motion
>is nice and smooth, but horizontal motion is so bad I sometimes can't click
>on something because my mouse jumps around. I can be moving the mouse to
>the right with relatively uniform motion and the mouse will move smoothly
>for a bit, then jump to the right, then move smoothly for a bit then jump
>again (maybe this time to the left about .5 inch!). This is crazy! I have
>never had so much trouble with a mouse before. Anyone have any solutions?
>Does Microsoft think they are what everyone should be? <- just venting steam!
I think I have the same problem. I think it is caused by the rubber ball
in the mouse, which doesn't roll so smooth. The detectors in the mouse
notice this and whoops, I hit a mine (using minesweeper :-) ).
I think the solution will be buying a new mouse, and/or using a mouse pad.
Wouter.
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From: bbs.billand@tsoft.net (Bill Anderson)
Subject: Handgun Restrictions
Organization: The TSoft BBS and Public Access Unix, +1 415 969 8238
Lines: 7
I would like to know what restrictions there are on purchasing handguns
(ie waiting periods, background check etc..) in the states of Nevada and
Oregon. Thanks.
-Bill
--
Bill Anderson (bbs.billand@tsoft.net)
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From: hhaldre@stacken.kth.se (Heikki Haldre)
Subject: (Q) COMPAQ configuration. HELP!!
Organization: UTexas Mail-to-News Gateway
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NNTP-Posting-Host: cs.utexas.edu
Hi All COMPAQ owners
A friend of mine has COMPAQ (PORTABLE III), and he has lost all the manuals and
diskettes.
Please HELP him getting the machine's equipment definition (CMOS) memory
configuration right. The machine says that some bytes of it are still
incorrectly set up. It seems, that COMPAQ has some bytes defined not like
the 100% IBM compatible machines. If You have a COMPAQ, it
certainly has DIAGNOSTICs diskette with it. And this is needed. I can't
reach quickly any COMPAQ dealers here.
If it is possible PLEASE email documentation, or some of its configuration
software.
Heikki Haldre E-mail: hhaldre@sune.stacken.kth.se
or hhaldre@park.tartu.ee
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From: callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (James P. Callison)
Subject: Re: Do trains/busses have radar?
Nntp-Posting-Host: uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA
Lines: 32
In article <1993Apr15.111910.1@bronco.fnal.gov> colombo@bronco.fnal.gov (Rick 'Open VMS 4ever' Colombo) writes:
>
>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.
Because Greyhound has apparently gotten around to installing their
RADAR collision-prevention system. They use RADAR to monitor how close
other vehicles are and how fast their relative speeds are, and signals
a warning to the driver if they're coming up on something too fast
or are getting too close.
This is all I remember from the news reports a few months back; at
the time, they were only talking about the possibility of installing
the system. (They didn't mention how it worked in bumper-to-bumper
traffic, or how it discriminated between a Camaro approaching at
120mph and ye olde bridge support in the median being approached
at 60mph on a curve.)
I do recall something about progressive stages of warnings, from
flashing lights to audible warnings--ie, it goes from a red "Too
close" light to hysterically screaming "WE'RE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!" :-)
James
James P. Callison Microcomputer Coordinator, U of Oklahoma Law Center
Callison@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu /\ Callison@aardvark.ucs.uoknor.edu
DISCLAIMER: I'm not an engineer, but I play one at work...
The forecast calls for Thunder...'89 T-Bird SC
"It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he has
and all he's ever gonna have."
--Will Munny, "Unforgiven"
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From: wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith)
Subject: Re: SCSI on dos
Organization: The John P. Robarts Research Institute, London, Ontario
Keywords: SCSI, DOS, streamer
Nntp-Posting-Host: valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca
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In article <1993apr19.072253.14522@dde.dk> ibh@dde.dk (Ib Hojme) writes:
> I have a question concerning SCSI on DOS.
>
> I have a ST01 SCSI controller and two hard-disks conected
> (id's 0 and 1). I'd like to connect a SCSI streamer, but I
> don't have software to access it. Does such a beast exist
> as shareware or PD ?
> Also what if I want a third disk ? I know that DOs only can
> "see" two two physical and four logical disks. Will it be
> possible to use extra disks ?
Contrary to what others might have thought, I actually did have a SCSI drive
once. It was the Seagate 296N and the ST-02 controller. I found that the
controller couldn't keep up with a 1:1 interleave, so the best I could do
with the drive was a 2:1 interleave and a data transfer of about 450 k/sec.
I have had that drive/controller coexist with MFM, RLL, and IDE drives
because the ST-02 bios will kinda muscle itself in there with no help
needed from the computer's bios. Dos will see many logical drives, much more
than 4 (I've had up to 10). I've often wondered how many SCSI drives you
could hang off a ST-01/02.
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From: simon@dcs.warwick.ac.uk (Simon Clippingdale)
Subject: Re: note to Bobby M., again
Nntp-Posting-Host: nin
Organization: Department of Computer Science, Warwick University, England
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In article <1993Apr13.213527.3706@ultb.isc.rit.edu> snm6394@ultb.isc.rit.edu (S.N. Mozumder ) writes:
> How about people who are not religous? Take the inner city. There are
> many people that care little for religion. Lot of crime. Lot of
> murder. This is the other end- lack of religion- that allows wrong to
> happen.
I lived in Tokyo for a year and a half, and one of the many reasons why
I intend to go back indefinitely is the freedom one enjoys when one can
walk anywhere (and I mean *anywhere*) at any time of day or night and not
feel uneasy, even if one's from an ethnic minority as I was.
Clues for Bobby (why do I bother?): (i) Tokyo is a city, and inner Tokyo
is an inner city; (ii) there is a negligible level of violent crime, and
a street murder will be a lead item on *national* TV news; (iii) the
population is almost universally atheistic.
Next time I go for a stroll around Beirut at night, I'll let you know how
it compares.
> Bobby Mozumder
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.
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From: wright@duca.hi.com (David Wright)
Subject: Re: NATURAL ANTI-cancer/AIDS Remedies
Organization: Hitachi Computer Products, OSSD division
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In article <19604@pitt.UUCP> geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) writes:
|In article <1993Apr6.165840.5703@cnsvax.uwec.edu> mcelwre@cnsvax.uwec.edu writes:
|> The biggest reason why the cost of medical care is so EXTREMELY high and
|>increasing is that NATURAL methods of treatment and even diagnosis are still
|>being SYSTEMATICALLY IGNORED and SUPPRESSED by the MONEY-GRUBBING and POWER-
|>MONGERING "medical" establishment.
|That's not the half of it. Did you realize that all medical doctors have
|now been replaced by aliens?
Yup. By the way, what planet are you from, and once you got here, did
you encounter those prejudices against foreign medical graduates?
-- David Wright, Hitachi Computer Products (America), Inc. Waltham, MA
wright@hicomb.hi.com :: These are my opinions, not necessarily
Hitachi's, though they are the opinions of all right-thinking people
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From: ianmc@spartan.ac.BrockU.CA (Ian McPherson)
Subject: Re: chip / chipset for code 39 barcode?
Organization: Brock University, St. Catharines Ontario
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9]
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LLBGB@utxdp.dp.utexas.edu wrote:
: Distribution: usa
: Reply-To: lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
: While I'm on the net bugging everyone, is there such a thing as a chip
: or chipset to decode Code 39 barcode? I ask for a couple of reasons --
: mainly I want a reasonably compact encoding scheme to write information
: on magstripe cards and Code 39 appears to be about right. (If the 'right'
: way to do it is something else, and it's reasonably easy, can someone let
: me know?)
: I might not get a chance to reply too quickly to this or my earlier post,
: but I'll get to them within a couple days, I think ..
: thanx everyone! <BGB> lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu
Hewlett Packard has a series of barcode decoder ICs HBCR-1800, HBCR-2000,
and HBCR-2010 and they support 3of9 extended 3of9 interleaved 2of5
and UPC codes. The 2000 and 2010 pieces add codabar and code 128.
These chips support HP's barcode wands and slot readers.
An 1800 + a HEDS-3050 wand run about $150 CDN .
Ian.
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From: kreyling@lds.loral.com (Ed Kreyling 6966)
Subject: Sun-os and 8bit ASCII graphics
Organization: Loral Data Systems
Distribution: comp.graphics
Lines: 7
I would like to know if anyone has had any luck using the upper 128 ASCII
characters on a Sun station. I am trying to convert a fortran program to run
on a Sun. When we write character buffers to the Sun which contain char(218)
or char(196) or char(197) etc. We get characters on the screen but they are
not the characters in the standard ASCII tables.
Any ideas or help will be appreciated.
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From: kkeller@mail.sas.upenn.edu (Keith Keller)
Subject: Re: Who picks first?
Organization: University of Pennsylvania, School of Arts and Sciences
Lines: 9
Nntp-Posting-Host: mail.sas.upenn.edu
Ottawa picks first, because they had fewer wins during the season, the
first tiebreaker.
--
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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From: strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight)
Subject: Re: Secret algorithm [Re: Clipper Chip and crypto key-escrow]
Keywords: encryption, wiretap, clipper, key-escrow, Mykotronx
Organization: DSI/USCRPAC
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Though some may argue about the nose of the camel, it's worth noting that
the government proposal is limited to scrambled telephony. If it is only
used for that purpose, and does not extend to electronic mail or file
encryption, then it IS an improvement over the current mass-produced
standard civilian technology which, with a few exceptions, is limited to
easy-to-break inverters.
Note that the big issue for the feds is the continued ability to wiretap.
Before we go off the deep end with long discusions about secure crypto for
e-mail and files, let's focus on this.
One question that was not asked in the release is whether this proposal is
limited to telephony, or if the government intends to expand it.
Though I share many of the concerns expressed by some, I find the proposal
less threatening than many others, since right now most Americans have no
secure telephony, and any jerk with a pair of clip leads and a "goat" can
eavesdrop. This would also plug up the security hole in cellular and
cordless phones.
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Reading between the lines, I infer that the system is highly secure
without access to the keys. This would meet the needs of U.S. businesses
confronted by rich and powerful adversaries, including French and Japanese
security services and rich Japanese companies. It allows the NSA to make
available some of its better stuff while protecting law enforcement needs.
Most legitimate U.S. corporations trust the NSA, and would be delighted to
have a high-security system certified by them, even at the price of
depositing keys in escrow. I see no difficulty in creating a reliable
escrow. Corporations entrust their secrets to attorneys every day of the
week, and that system has worked pretty well.
From my point of view this is a fair starting point. There are concerns that
need to be addressed, including the reliability of the escrows. But in
return we get access to high-security crypto. Many have suggested that DES
and other systems may be breakable by the NSA and hence others similarly
skilled and endowed. There is at least a good possibility (which should be
checked) that the proposed system is not so breakable. It doesn't have to
be, nor does it have to have trapdoors, if the government can get the keys
pursuant to a legitimate court order. Thus they can protect legitimate
communications against economic adversaries, while still being able to
eavesdrop on crooks pursuant to a court order.
------
In discussing this, let's try to avoid the nastiness, personal attacks and
noise of some previous threads. This is a substantive and technical issue,
and personal remarks have no place in such a discussion.
--
David Sternlight Great care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of
our information, errors and omissions excepted.
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From: suopanki@stekt6.oulu.fi (Heikki T. Suopanki)
Subject: Re: A visit from the Jehovah's Witnesses
In-Reply-To: jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com's message of 5 Apr 93 11:24:30 MST
Lines: 17
Reply-To: suopanki@stekt.oulu.fi
Organization: Unixverstas Olutensin, Finlandia
<1993Apr3.183519.14721@proxima.alt.za>
<1993Apr5.112430.825@batman.bmd.trw.com>
>>>>> On 5 Apr 93 11:24:30 MST, jbrown@batman.bmd.trw.com said:
:> God is eternal. [A = B]
:> Jesus is God. [C = A]
:> Therefore, Jesus is eternal. [C = B]
:> This works both logically and mathematically. God is of the set of
:> things which are eternal. Jesus is a subset of God. Therefore
:> Jesus belongs to the set of things which are eternal.
Everything isn't always so logical....
Mercedes is a car.
That girl is Mercedes.
Therefore, that girl is a car?
-Heikki
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From: rei@tsl.cl.nec.co.jp (Rei Hamakawa)
Subject: Xavier (AV Extension to InterViews)
Article-I.D.: tsl.1993Apr27.043112.25052
Organization: C&C Systems Research Labs, NEC Corporation, Kawasaki, Japan
Lines: 58
Nntp-Posting-Host: hyperion.tsl.cl.nec.co.jp
Dear Folks:
It's a pleasure to be able to announce the release of a new freeware program,
Xavier, an audio and video extension to InterViews.
Xavier(eXtension AV class for IntERviews) is a C++ class library
that adds multimedia capability to InterViews. It allows composite
multimedia objects to be built from media objects.
Specifically, it adds audio and video objects to the classes available
in InterViews 3.0.1/3.1, and it does so without changing the
source code for the original classes (though several configuration
files for InterViews need to be changed via a patch file).
Currently, the Xavier audio classes are only supported on SUN
workstations with an audio interface, such as the SPARCstation2.
Xavier has been tested in the following environments:
SUN:
Machine : SPARCserver470 SPARCstation-IPC
OS : SUN-OS4.1.1 or later
C++ : SUN C++ ver2.1
NEC(EWS):
Machine : EWS4800/210,230
OS : EWS-UX/V(Rel4.0) WSOS41 Release5.1,Release5.2
C++ : C++ Release3.1
It can be obtained via anonymous ftp from
interviews.stanford.edu in /pub/contrib/
(Xavier.large-demo.tar, and Xavier.tar)
We are preparing a mailing-list for information regarding Xavier.
If you are interested, please contact
xavier@tsl.cl.nec.co.jp.
I will add your e-mail address to our list.
[Reference]
o Rei Hamakawa, Hizekazu Sakagami, Jun Rekimoto:
Audio and Video Extension to Graphical Interface Toolkits,
The Third International Workshop on Network and Operating
System Support for Digital Audio and Video, San Diego, 1992
***********************************************************************
* _ *
* \ \ Rei Hamakawa (e-mail: rei@tsl.cl.nec.co.jp) *
* |o| *
* |o| C & C Systems Research Laboratories *
* |o| __ NEC Corporation *
* O| || / 1-1, Miyazaki 4-Chome, TEL : +81-44-856-2271 *
* O| || | Miyamae-ku, Kawasaki, FAX : +81-44-856-2232 *
* O| \/ | Kanagawa 216 JAPAN *
* \__/ *
***********************************************************************
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From: bm562@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Richard L. Trionfo)
Subject: Re: WFAN
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
Lines: 92
NNTP-Posting-Host: hela.ins.cwru.edu
I hope that this comes off as a somewhat unbiased assesment
of WFAN and WIP(I go to school in Philadelphia, and I listen to
both stations on a consistant basis.) Now that the fan has Mike
Lupica on from 10 to noon, they have a person who can get the
big name guests for interviews, and not just of local importance
He did have Dave Cheketts and Fred Wilpon on his show, but he
had Bob Costas and Magic Johnson on too.
Now here are my opinions of the two stations competing talent:
Morning show:
In my opinion, I think Imus is much better than Bruno, Cataldi,
and Morganti, even though I would feel different if Morganti
had a better crew of people to work with. To me, WIP tries
to copy Imus but make it all sports as a theme. In terms of
sports, Imus lacks the blanketing of the airwaves, but he
interjects humor and politics into his show.
10 AM to 12 Noon:
I think Chuck Cooperstein and Lupica are equal in their
abilities to host a radio show, but I think Chuck has the
advantage over Lupica in terms of dealing with the caller
who is asking about who the local team is going to draft
in the sixth round. Lupica and the other hosts on FAN get
better interview guests, but I heard the PD of WIP say that
they were not interested in interviews with celebrities unless
it was a major story.
I would consider this even because they are two different
styles of host.
12 Noon to 2 PM:
At this point, I would have to give a big advantage to
Jody McDonald over Len Berman because Lenny has only been
on for a couple of weeks. I just think JM has the ability
to transcend the "homer" mentality of the Philadelphia fan
base. This is most evident when the IGGLES(Philadelphia
spelling) play the Cowboys because JM is a huge Dallas fan.
Where else can you have people call up and predict a 93-0
score without the egging of the hosts(re:WIP morning 'guys')
I do agree that JM was great on the FAN weekend overnight
and I miss hearing him over the current crop of rotating
hosts. I feel that JM is the best sportstalk host on
either station by a good margin. If you are in NY and
you can't get WIP, JM does fill in on the weekends sometimes.
2PM to 4PM:
This is the time when JM goes up against Francesa and
Russo(fatso and froot loops) and I become the most divided
in my loyalties. Mike and the dog are very entertaining,
but they often go an hour or so without calls or even 10
to 20 minutes without talking about sports. MATD do
get great guests and that is the basis for their show, so
it is like the 10 to 12 debate. Another plus is the
appearances by Mike and Chris on Imus in the Morning, which
are often hilarious.
4 PM to 7 PM:
MATD go up against Fredericks and Missanelli. I like
Mike Missanelli but I just can't stomach Steve Fredericks.
I know that SF came from Philly originally, but when he
was at the FAN, he was a NY homer as much as he is a Philly
homer now. I don't listen to WIP much after 4 PM unless there
is a game on that night, but you will see later for the
reason. That is why I give the advantage to FAN.
7 PM to Midnight:
S&M are on WIP until 8 and then it is the man who makes
Eli that calls MATD all the time seem like a novice on
charges of racism, G Cobb. This man is so grating on my
nerves that if I listen to him for a few minutes I go
nuts.(I know that is biased, but listen to his show)
On FAN, there is usually a game on, Knicks, Rangers, Mets
Jets, or St. John's basketball. If the game is on the
west coast, then it is usually Howie Rose. Of course
I think dead air would be better than G Cobb on WIP, but
WIP does air Sixers and Flyers games during the season.
(If this is the sports station, why did they lose the
IGGLES to WYSP(home of Howard Stern in Phil.))
During the summer, it
is all talk on WIP.
Overall, I would have to give the advantage to WFAN, with
the exception of 10 to 12, and 2 to 4 where it is even, and
12 to 2 where WIP has the advantage.
Rich
--
"You've read the hat, now see the movie."
-Imus in the morning
"A blurb? You're a blurb!"
-Seinfeld
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From: shaig@Think.COM (Shai Guday)
Subject: Re: was:Go Hezbollah!
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
Lines: 80
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: composer.think.com
In article <Apr16.190846.63631@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU>, bh437292@longs.LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Basil Hamdan) writes:
|> In article <SHAIG.93Apr15220200@composer.think.com>, shaig@composer.think.com (Shai Guday) writes:
|>
|> That is what is so hard of South Lebanon, Israel is
|> not fighting an army with well drawn battle lines, but a guerilla
|> tyoe resistance which by definition and necessity blends with
|> the local populace. Not because they are evil cowards that
|> use women and children as shields, but because that is the only
|> way one can fight a more powerful better equipped occupying army.
While that is currently true from their perspective, it is also
worthwhile to note that in such cases the populace often does suffer
from attempts to control the guerillas. Furthermore, there were
cases in the past of Palestinian gun emplacements being situated
within villages. The argument that can be made for small arms
fire can not be made for field pieces.
|> Hizbollah and Amal are now the main two militias. Though
|> Hizbollah people tend to be more committed to resistrance
|> operation and better motivated by religious conviction.
As I recall, Amal was primarily nationalistically "Lebanon for
the Lebanese" motivated. I think that the difference between them
was also a matter of funding and support. One question does
come to mind however,
Given that you claim the Hizbollah to be more committed etc... and
that their stated position is:
1. No peace talks.
2. No peace talks.
.
.
.
.
N-1. No peace talks.
N. No Israel
if we assume that Lebanon and Syria are sincere in their desire for
peace, why hasn't the Hizbollah been disarmed?
|> I hope you are right on Israeli willingness to withdraw, but I still
|> contend that withdrawal would be the better course for Israel's
|> security, since it would reduce its military losses, and I claim
|> that the Lebanese and Syrian gov'ts would be able to prevent any
|> further attacks on Northern Israel.
Bearing in mind the above and that military losses are more palatable
than civilian ones, I am sure you can understand why Israel is slow
to act in that manner.
|> |> No, the Syrian gov't is more than happy to have Israel sink into another
|> |> Lebanese morass. I could elaborate if necessary.
|>
|> Hmm... Here we disagree on what serves Syria interests better.
|> I think Syria wants to have Lebanon all to itself. It would
|> be willing to guarantee Northern Israel's security in return for
|> Israeli withdrawal. I don't think Syria wants Israel to be
|> involved in its protectorate of Lebanon. Syria is sitting at the
|> negotiating table because it has come to accept that and wants
|> to get a political resolution. A renewal of hostilities
|> along the Lebanese front could put the whole ME peace negotiations
|> back in question.
I agree that Syria wants Lebanon to be part of its greater Syria.
I don't necessarily see that the Syrians would be unhappy to see
Israel up to its neck in another Lebanese morass afterwhich Syria
could continue on its merry schedule when Israeli public opinion
would lead to a second pullout.
|> I agree that the loss of any human life is deplorable and regrettable.
<*sigh*>
Why can't some gov'ts negotiate as easily as some people?
--
Shai Guday | Stealth bombers,
OS Software Engineer |
Thinking Machines Corp. | the winged ninjas of the skies.
Cambridge, MA |
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From: bdm@cs.rit.edu (Brendan D McKay)
Subject: Re: Deir Yassin
Nntp-Posting-Host: darch
Organization: Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY
Lines: 103
In article <1r94f9$ge3@morrow.stanford.edu> AS.VXF@forsythe.stanford.edu (Vic Filler) writes:
>In article <1993Apr19.204243.19392@cs.rit.edu>,
>bdm@cs.rit.edu (Brendan D McKay) writes:
>>
>>I have previously posted quotations by Irgun participants that
>>totally destroys Begin's whitewash. I have no particular desire
>>to post it yet again.
>>
>>Brendan.
>>(normally bdm@cs.anu.edu.au)
>
>You apparently think you are some sort of one-man judge and jury who
So what are you?
>can declare "total" victory and then sit back and enjoy the
>applause. But you've picked the wrong topic if you think a few
>rigged "quotations" can sustain the legend and lie of the Deir
>Yassin "massacre."
I don't think that, you are just making noise.
>You have a lot to learn when it comes to historical methodology.
That's true. I try to learn from people who know more than me,
not from useless farts.
>At the most basic level, you should know that there is a big
>difference between weighing evidence fairly and merely finding
>"quotations" that support your preset opinions.
Of course, I have said that more times in this group than
anyone else, I'd think.
>If you have studied the history of Israel at all you must know that
>many of the sources of your "quotations" have an axe to grind, and
>therefore you must be very careful about whom you "quote." For
Quite true, that's why I am so careful in selecting quotes.
>example, Meir Pa'il, whom you cite, was indeed a general, a scholar,
>and a war hero. But that doesn't mean everything that comes out of
>his mouth is gold. In fact (and here your lack of experience
>shows), Pa'il is such a fanatic, embittered leftist that much of his
Oh bullshit. Fanatic my bum. Prove your blah or cork it.
>anti-Israel blathering (forget about anti-Irgun blathering) would be
>considered something like treason in non-Israel contexts. But of
>course you don't consider this AT ALL when you find a juicy
>"quotation" that you can use to attack Israel.
How would you know what I consider? Read my mind?
>Benny Morris (of Hashomer Hatzair) represents himself as a "scholar"
>when he rehashes the old attacks on the Irgun. Don't be fooled.
>It's just the old Zionist ideological catfight, surfacing as an
>attack on the (then-) Likud government. If you will look closely at
>the section on Deir Yassin in his book on the War of Independence,
>you will see his "indictment" to be pure hot air. And this is the
>BEST HE CAN DO after decades of digging for any sort of damning
>evidence. Unfortunately for him, because his book parades itself as
>"scholarly," he is forced to put footnotes. So you can clearly see
>that his Deir Yassin account is based on nothing.
I looked very closely at a large number of sources. You have no
idea what you are talking about.
>The Deir Yassin "massacre" never took place as the propagandists
>tell it, any more than the Sabra and Shatila "massacres." Do you get
That's true about the accounts of both Irgun and Arab propagandists.
Like Begin, for example.
>the feeling people like to blame the Jews for "massacres," even if
No, I never got that feeling. I got rather opposite feelings
about people like you, though.
>they have to make them up? It must sound spicy. Even some Jews
>like to do it, for reasons of their own.
Honesty? Perhaps you would explain the testimony from members
of the Irgun, to be found in their own handwriting in the
Irgun Archives in Tel Aviv, that the wounded Arabs were killed,
that a group of 80 prisoners was massacred, that Lehi proposed
exterminating everybody at the pre-raid meeting. Exactly what
reasons can you propose that this testimony should be rejected
in favour of Begin's?
>Please, don't confuse any of you Deir Yassin "massacre" stuff
>with facts or scholarship. You should stick to Begin's version
>unless you find something serious to contradict it.
This is very funny. You carried on about unsupported evidence,
propagandists, axes to grind, and you end up telling us to stick
to the account of the leader of the alleged killers. You are
obviously a hopeless case, as everyone can plainly see.
>Vic
Brendan.
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From: michael@iastate.edu (Michael M. Huang)
Subject: Re: Is MSG sensitivity superstition?
Organization: Iowa State University, Ames IA
Lines: 21
MSG is common in many food we eat, including Chinese (though some oriental
restaurants might put a tad too much in them). I've noticed that when I
go out and eat in most of the Chinese food restaurants, I will usually get
a slight headache and an ununsual thirst afterwards. This happens to many
of my friends and relatives too. And, heh, we eat Chinese food all the
time at home :) (but we don't use MSG when we're cooking for ourselves)
So, when we put one and one together, it can be safely assumed that
MSG may cause some allergic reactions in some people.
Stick with natural things. MSG doesn't do body any good (and possibly
harms, for that matter). So, why bother with it? Taste food as it should
be tasted, and don't cloud the flavor with an imaginary cloak of MSG.
-michael
--
Michael M. Huang | Don't believe what your eyes are telling you.
ICEMT, Iowa State Univ. | All they show is limitation. Look with your
michael@iastate.edu | understanding, find out what you already know,
#include <standard.disclaimer> | and you'll see the way to fly. - J. L. Seagull
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From: L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk
Subject: An 8051 simulator - is example code available?
Reply-To: L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk (Lloyd Wood)
Organization: Loughborough University, UK.
Lines: 25
Hello world,
I'm attempting to write an 8051 simulator on an IBM PC for teaching
purposes, so that first-year elec-eng students can 'see' the workings
of the microcontroller as it performs operations - logical ands, for
example, being shown on a bit-by-bit basis (1 AND 1 = 1) so that the
students can see that it's not really a mystical process, but totally
logical, for example. Every instruction should show some 'working',
and not just alter register/memory/port contents.
Does anyone know of any freely-available example simulation code,
in Pascal or Modula-2, that would show me where I'm going wrong
in writing my simulator? [I'm using Ayala's -The 8051 Microcontroller-
as a reference - the simulator supplied with the package is overkill
for simple teaching purposes, I feel, and there's no source code to help
you roll your own.]
Please email me if you can help, or if you know of somewhere more
appropriate I should be posting this - I rarely scan these groups.
Thanks,
Lloyd Wood
L.H.Wood@lut.ac.uk
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From: v063kcbp@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (MITCH)
Subject: Thanks! (Backing Up Masters)
Keywords: Misled, Confused, Advice, Comprendo!
Organization: University at Buffalo
Lines: 8
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
Nntp-Posting-Host: ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu
Just a quick THANKS to the many who explained the backing up of my
masters. Apparently they are NOT copy-protected; I just used a program that
is unable to handle high-density (old shit). I was surprised to hear that
"NO programs on high-density disks have copy protection," which someone
back there said. Huh! Learn something new every day!
- Mitch
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From: u7711501@bicmos.ee.nctu.edu.tw (jih-shin ho)
Subject: disp135 [0/7]
Organization: National Chiao Tung University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Lines: 285
I have posted disp135.zip to alt.binaries.pictures.utilities
****** You may distribute this program freely for non-commercial use
if no fee is gained.
****** There is no warranty. The author is not responsible for any
damage caused by this program.
Important changes since version 1.30:
Fix bugs in file management system (file displaying).
Improve file management system (more user-friendly).
Fix bug in XPM version 3 reading.
Fix bugs in TARGA reading/writng.
Fix bug in GEM/IMG reading.
Add support for PCX and GEM/IMG writing.
Auto-skip macbinary header.
(1) Introduction:
This program can let you READ, WRITE and DISPLAY images with different
formats. It also let you do some special effects(ROTATION, DITHERING ....)
on image. Its main purpose is to let you convert image among different
formts.
Include simple file management system.
Support 'slide show'.
There is NO LIMIT on image size.
Currently this program supports 8, 15, 16, 24 bits display.
If you want to use HiColor or TrueColor, you must have VESA driver.
If you want to modify video driver, please read section (8).
(2) Hardware Requirement:
PC 386 or better. MSDOS 3.3 or higher.
min amount of ram is 4M bytes(Maybe less memory will also work).
(I recommend min 8M bytes for better performance).
Hard disk for swapping(virtual memory).
The following description is borrowed from DJGPP.
Supported Wares:
* Up to 128M of extended memory (expanded under VCPI)
* Up to 128M of disk space used for swapping
* SuperVGA 256-color mode up to 1024x768
* 80387
* XMS & VDISK memory allocation strategies
* VCPI programs, such as QEMM, DESQview, and 386MAX
Unsupported:
* DPMI
* Microsoft Windows
Features: 80387 emulator, 32-bit unix-ish environment, flat memory
model, SVGA graphics.
(3) Installation:
Video drivers, emu387 and go32.exe are borrowed from DJGPP.
(If you use Western Digital VGA chips, read readme.wd)
(This GO32.EXE is a modified version for vesa and is COMPLETELY compatible
with original version)
+ *** But some people report that this go32.exe is not compatible with
+ other DJGPP programs in their system. If you encounter this problem,
+ DON'T put go32.exe within search path.
*** Please read runme.bat for how to run this program.
If you choose xxxxx.grn as video driver, add 'nc 256' to environment
GO32.
For example, go32=driver x:/xxxxx/xxxxx.grn nc 256
If you don't have 80x87, add 'emu x:/xxxxx/emu387' to environment GO32.
For example, go32=driver x:/xxxxx/xxxxx.grd emu x:/xxxxx/emu387
**** Notes: 1. I only test tr8900.grn, et4000.grn and vesa.grn.
Other drivers are not tested.
2. I have modified et4000.grn to support 8, 15, 16, 24 bits
display. You don't need to use vesa driver.
If et4000.grn doesn't work, please try vesa.grn.
3. For those who want to use HiColor or TrueColor display,
please use vesa.grn(except et4000 users).
You can find vesa BIOS driver from :
wuarchive.wustl.edu: /mirrors/msdos/graphics
godzilla.cgl.rmit.oz.au: /kjb/MGL
(4) Command Line Switch:
+ Usage : display [-d|--display initial_display_type]
+ [-s|--sort sort_method]
+ [-h|-?]
Display type: 8(SVGA,default), 15, 16(HiColor), 24(TrueColor)
+ Sort method: 'name', 'ext'
(5) Function Key:
F2 : Change disk drive
+ CTRL-A -- CTRL-Z : change disk drive.
F3 : Change filename mask (See match.doc)
F4 : Change parameters
F5 : Some effects on picture, eg. flip, rotate ....
F7 : Make Directory
t : Tag file
+ : Tag group files (See match.doc)
T : Tag all files
u : Untag file
- : Untag group files (See match.doc)
U : Untag all files
Ins : Change display type (8,15,16,24) in 'read' & 'screen' menu.
F6,m,M : Move file(s)
F8,d,D : Delete file(s)
r,R : Rename file
c,C : Copy File(s)
z,Z : Display first 10 bytes in Ascii, Hex and Dec modes.
+ f,F : Display disk free space.
Page Up/Down : Move one page
TAB : Change processing target.
Arrow keys, Home, End, Page Up, Page Down: Scroll image.
Home: Left Most.
End: Right Most.
Page Up: Top Most.
Page Down: Bottom Most.
in 'screen' & 'effect' menu :
Left,Right arrow: Change display type(8, 15, 16, 24 bits)
s,S : Slide Show. ESCAPE to terminate.
ALT-X : Quit program without prompting.
+ ALT-A : Reread directory.
Escape : Abort function and return.
(6) Support Format:
Read: GIF(.gif), Japan MAG(.mag), Japan PIC(.pic), Sun Raster(.ras),
Jpeg(.jpg), XBM(.xbm), Utah RLE(.rle), PBM(.pbm), PGM(.pgm),
PPM(.ppm), PM(.pm), PCX(.pcx), Japan MKI(.mki), Tiff(.tif),
Targa(.tga), XPM(.xpm), Mac Paint(.mac), GEM/IMG(.img),
IFF/ILBM(.lbm), Window BMP(.bmp), QRT ray tracing(.qrt),
Mac PICT(.pct), VIS(.vis), PDS(.pds), VIKING(.vik), VICAR(.vic),
FITS(.fit), Usenix FACE(.fac).
the extensions in () are standard extensions.
Write: GIF, Sun Raster, Jpeg, XBM, PBM, PGM, PPM, PM, Tiff, Targa,
XPM, Mac Paint, Ascii, Laser Jet, IFF/ILBM, Window BMP,
+ Mac PICT, VIS, FITS, FACE, PCX, GEM/IMG.
All Read/Write support full color(8 bits), grey scale, b/w dither,
and 24 bits image, if allowed for that format.
(7) Detail:
Initialization:
Set default display type to highest display type.
Find allowable screen resolution(for .grn video driver only).
1. When you run this program, you will enter 'read' menu. Whthin this
menu you can press any function key except F5. If you move or copy
files, you will enter 'write' menu. the 'write' menu is much like
'read' menu, but only allow you to change directory.
+ The header line in 'read' menu includes "(d:xx,f:xx,t:xx)".
+ d : display type. f: number of files. t: number of tagged files.
pressing SPACE in 'read' menu will let you select which format to use
for reading current file.
pressing RETURN in 'read' menu will let you reading current file. This
program will automatically determine which format this file is.
The procedure is: First, check magic number. If fail, check
standard extension. Still fail, report error.
pressing s or S in 'read' menu will do 'Slide Show'.
If delay time is 0, program will wait until you hit a key
(except ESCAPE).
If any error occurs, program will make a beep.
ESCAPE to terminate.
pressing Ins in 'read' menu will change display type.
pressing ALT-X in 'read' menu will quit program without prompting.
2. Once image file is successfully read, you will enter 'screen' menu.
Within this menu F5 is turn on. You can do special effect on image.
pressing RETURN: show image.
in graphic mode, press RETURN, SPACE or ESCAPE to return to text
mode.
pressing TAB: change processing target. This program allows you to do
special effects on 8-bit or 24-bit image.
pressing Left,Right arrow: change display type. 8, 15, 16, 24 bits.
pressing SPACE: save current image to file.
B/W Dither: save as black/white image(1 bit).
Grey Scale: save as grey image(8 bits).
Full Color: save as color image(8 bits).
True Color: save as 24-bit image.
This program will ask you some questions if you want to write image
to file. Some questions are format-dependent. Finally This program
will prompt you a filename. If you want to save file under another
directory other than current directory, please press SPACE. after
pressing SPACE, you will enter 'write2' menu. You can change
directory to what you want. Then,
pressing SPACE: this program will prompt you 'original' filename.
pressing RETURN: this program will prompt you 'selected' filename
(filename under bar).
3. This program supports 8, 15, 16, 24 bits display.
4. This Program is MEMORY GREEDY. If you don't have enough memory,
the performance is poor.
5. If you want to save 8 bits image :
try GIF then TIFF(LZW) then TARGA then Sun Raster then BMP then ...
If you want to save 24 bits image (lossless):
try TIFF(LZW) or TARGA or ILBM or Sun Raster
(No one is better for true 24bits image)
6. I recommend Jpeg for storing 24 bits images, even 8 bits images.
7. Not all subroutines are fully tested
8. This document is not well written. If you have any PROBLEM, SUGGESTION,
COMMENT about this program,
Please send to u7711501@bicmos.ee.nctu.edu.tw (140.113.11.13).
I need your suggestion to improve this program.
(There is NO anonymous ftp on this site)
(8) Tech. information:
Program (user interface and some subroutines) written by Jih-Shin Ho.
Some subroutines are borrowed from XV(2.21) and PBMPLUS(dec 91).
Tiff(V3.2) and Jpeg(V4) reading/writing are through public domain
libraries.
Compiled with DJGPP.
You can get whole DJGPP package from SIMTEL20 or mirror sites.
For example, wuarchive.wustl.edu: /mirrors/msdos/djgpp
(9) For Thoese who want to modify video driver:
1. get GRX source code from SIMTEL20 or mirror sites.
2. For HiColor and TrueColor:
15 bits : # of colors is set to 32768.
16 bits : # of colors is set to 0xc010.
24 bits : # of colors is set to 0xc018.
Acknowledgment:
I would like to thank the authors of XV and PBMPLUS for their permission
to let me use their subroutines.
Also I will thank the authors who write Tiff and Jpeg libraries.
Thank DJ. Without DJGPP I can't do any thing on PC.
Jih-Shin Ho
u7711501@bicmos.ee.nctu.edu.tw
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From: winfrvk@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (R.v.Kampen)
Subject: Re: Original IBM PC specs
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Lines: 15
In article <1993Apr9.101944.3200@ucbeh.san.uc.edu> hoffmamc@ucbeh.san.uc.edu writes:
>A hard drive with XT-type controller can be added, but I recommend not trying a
>full -height 5 1/4" hard drive, as I have run into trouble with the 63.5w
>supply not having the oomph to spool up those big heavy platters.
>
one way to get the system going with one floppy drive and one hard
disk on a 63 watt power supply is to first disconnect the power from
the floppy drive than turn on the pc, you will notice the hard drive
having a real difficult time getting up to speed, but it manages.
when booting is finished, plug in your floppy drive, now it will work.
(ok I know this is not very user friendly, maybe you are better off
buying a 486-66 with 300 watt power supply or something like that)
willem
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From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian V. Hughes)
Subject: Re: LCIII->PowerPC?
Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu
Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for.
Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info
Lines: 10
mirsky@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu (David Joshua Mirsky) writes:
>Hi. I own an LCIII and I recently heard an interesting rumor.
>I heard that the LCIII has a built in slot for a PowerPC chip.
>Is this true? I heard that the slot is not the same as the PDS
>slot. Is that true?
Don't believe the hype. There is no such thing as a PowerPC slot.
-Hades
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From: ipser@solomon.technet.sg (Ed Ipser)
Subject: Government-Mandated Energy Conservation is Unnecessary and Wastful, Study Finds
Nntp-Posting-Host: solomon.technet.sg
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Government-Mandated Energy Conservation is Unnecessary and Wastful, Study Finds
Washington, DC -- The energy tax and subsidized energy-efficiency
measures supported by President Clinton and Energy Secretary Hazel
O'Leary are based on faulty assumptions, a new study from the Cato
Institute points out.
According to Jerry Taylor, Cato's director of natural resource studies,
we are not running out of sources of energy. The world now has almost 10
times the proven oil reserves it had in 1950 and twice the reserves of
1970. Proven reserves of coal and natural gas have increased just as
dramatically.
When standards of living, population densities, and industrial
structures are controlled for, the United States is no less energy
efficient than Japan and more energy efficient than many of the Group
of Seven nations.
Energy independence provides little protection against domestic oil
price shocks because the energy economy is global. Moreover, since the
cost of oil represents only about 2 percent of gross national product,
even large increases in the price of oil would have little impact on the
overall U.S. economy.
Market economies are, on average, 2.75 times more energy efficient per
$1,000 of GNP than are centrally planned economies.
Utilities' subsidized energy-efficiency measurs, known as demand-side
management programs, encourage free riders, overuse of competing resource
inputs, an competitive inequities. Furthermore, DSM programs do not
reduce demand.
Taylor concludes that government-mandated energy conservation imposes
unnecessary costs on consumers and wastes, not conserves, energy; that
subsidizing energy-conservation technologies will stymie, not advance,
gains in energy conservation; and that central control over the lifeblood
of modern society--energy--would transfer tremendous power to the state
at the expense of the individual.
"Energy Conservation and Efficiency: The Case Against Coercion" is no.
189 in the Policy Analysis series published by the Cato Institute, an
independent public policy research organization in Washington, DC.
Available from:
Cato Institute
224 Second Street SE
Washington, DC 20003
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Founded in 1977, the Cato Institute is a public policy research
foundation dedicated to broadening the parameters of policy debate
to allow consideration of more options that are consistent with the
traditional American principles of limited government, individual
liberty, and peace. To that end, the Institute strives to achieve
greater involvement of the intelligent, concerned lay public in
questions of policy and the proper role of government.
The Institute is named for Cato's Letters, libertarian pamphlets
that were widely read in the American Colonies in the early 18th
century and played a major role in laying the philosophical foundation
of the American Revolution.
Despite the achievement of the nation's Founders, today virtually
no aspect of life is free from government encroachment. A pervasive
intolerance for individual rights is shown by government's arbitrary
intrusions into private economic transactions and its disregard for
civil liberties.
To counter that trend the Cato Institute undertakes an extensive
publications program that addresses the complete spectrum of policy
issues. Books, monographs, and shorter studies are commissioned
to examine the federal budget, Social Security, regulation, military
spending, international trade, and myriad other issues. Major policy
conferences are held throughout the year, from which papers are
published thrice yearly in the Cato Journal.
In order to maintain its independence, the Cato Institute accepts
no government funding. Contributions are received from foundations,
corporations, and individuals, and other revenue is generated from
the sale of publications. The Institute is a nonprofit, tax-exempt,
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Washington, DC 20003
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From: jgealow@mtl.mit.edu (Jeffrey C. Gealow)
Subject: Standard Colormaps
Organization: MIT Microsystems Technology Laboratories
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Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: mtl.mit.edu
I'm working on an X11R5 application and have concerns regarding
standard colormaps.
The X11R5 documentation says: "Usually, a window manager creates
these colormaps." I wonder what window manager the writer had
in mind. Neither twm or mwm seem to create standard colormaps.
Of course, one can use xstdcmap to create standard colormaps.
However, xstdcmap doesn't seem to try very hard to avoid
conflicts with the default colormap. When I use standard
colormaps created by xstdcmap, the rest of my display goes black.
So it seems as if use of standard colormaps causes the very
problem standard colormaps are intended to avoid. Perhaps
if every application used standard colormaps, things would
be wonderful. But not many applications seem to use
standard colormaps.
Finally, the operation of the functions XmuGetColormapAllocation,
XmuStandardColormap, and XmuCreateColormap seem inconsistent
with the section 14.3 of the X11R5 XLIB documentation.
According to the section 14.3 of the X11R5 XLIB documentation (p. 436):
For GrayScale colormaps, only the colormap, red_max, red_mult, and
base_pixel members are defined. The other members are ignored.
To compute a GrayScale pixel value, use the following expression:
(gray * red_mult + base_pixel) &0xFFFFFFFF
XmuGetColormapAllocation, defined in mit/lib/Xmu/CmapAlloc.c, is
used by XmuLookupStandardColormap, defined in mit/lib/Xmu/LookupCmap.c
to select red_max, green_max, and blue_max values for the
call to XmuStandardColormap. When the RGB_GRAY_MAP property is
specified, XmuGetColormapAllocation sets red_max to 30% of the
total number of cells in the gray scale, sets green_max to 59%
of the total number, and sets blue_max ot 11% of the total number.
Referring to section 14.3, one would expect XmuGetColormapAllocation
to set red_max to the total number of cells in the gray scale.
When the RGB_GRAY_MAP property is specified, XmuStandardColormap,
defined in mit/lib/Xmu/StdCmap.c, sets red_mult, green_mult,
and blue_mult all equal to 1. Referring to section 14.3,
one would expect green_mult and blue_mult to be ignored.
When red_mult, green_mult, and blue_mult all equal 1,
XmuCreateColormap, defined in mit/lib/Xmu/CrCmap.c, constructs
a gray map. The sum of red_max, green_max, and blue_max gives
the maximum gray value. Referring to section 14.3, on would
expect red_max to give the maximum gray value.
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From: maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard)
Subject: Re: Wings take game one
Keywords: The Detroit Red Wings - 6 ; The Toronto Maple Leafs - 3
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
Lines: 19
In <1qvos8$r78@msuinfo.cl.msu.edu> vergolin@euler.lbs.msu.edu (David Vergolini) writes:
> The Detroit Red Wings put a lot of doubter on ice tonight with a 6 - 3
>washing of the Toronto Maple Leafs. All you Toronto fans have now seen the
>power of the mighty Red Wing offense. Toronto's defense in no match for the
>Wing offense. As for the defense, Probert, Kennedey and Primeau came out
Did they move Probert back to defense? Why did I see him parking his ass
in front of Potvin all night? Somebody is going to have to discipline
Probert if the Leafs want to win the series. Perhaps a fresh Clark should
hit the ice at the end of a long Probert shift and straigten him out for
a while...
--
cordially, as always, maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
"So many morons...
rm ...and so little time."
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From: cka52397@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (CarolinaFan@uiuc)
Subject: Re: Most bang for between $13,000 and $16,000
Article-I.D.: news.C51s16.ACz
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 17
rmt6r@faraday.clas.Virginia.EDU (Roy Matthew Thigpen) writes:
>Your best bet is the Dodge Intrepid with the SOHC 24 valve 3.4? six.
>it gets 214 hp, and has a hell of a lot of room, great styling, and
>ABS, with four wheel disk breaks. The LH cars won Automobile
>magazines
>"automobile of the year" award, and are quiet impressive.
Is the 24v LH under $16K, though?
--
Chintan Amin The University of Illinois/Urbana Champaign mail: llama@uiuc.edu
******************************************************************************
*"Because he was human Because he had goodness Because he was moral*
***************They called him insane..." Peart "Cinderella Man"*************
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From: elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg)
Subject: Re: New Study Out On Gay Percentage
Organization: Pendor, UnLtd.
Lines: 35
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: nwfocus.wa.com
Comments:
Originator: elf@halcyon.com
In article <1993Apr16.200354.8045@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
rscharfy@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (Ryan C Scharfy) writes:
>Actually, I bet you more gay/bi men are as not as promiscuous as gay men,
>because more of them could have the "option" of living a straight life, and
>with social pressures, probably would at least try.
Geez, where have you been, Ryan? I proposed this theory *months*
ago. Let's take it one step further, even. If, as the surveys show,
up to 33% of all men have *had* a homosexual encounter, then there must
be an even *larger* percentage of people who have had homosexual erotic
fantasies. But if less than 10% of the population is gay, what can we
say about these people who don't identify as gay but have demonstrated
gay potential. Obviously, a large chunk of these people *chose* (or,
more accurately, were forced to choose by force of religion and social
sanction) to put those feelings aside, to be heterosexual.
Obviously, Cramer and Kaldis fall into this category.
These people are the ones who are so hung up on "choice."
Obviously, since *they chose*, everyone must have, and homosexuals are
just flaunting their "perversion" by choosing not to go along with what
society has dictated.
Of course, I'm that most awful of perverts. I chose, I gleefully
admit that I was heterosexual until I met the right man and *chose* to
indulge in my homoerotic potential. Take that!
Elf !!!
--
elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg)
"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure
reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little pratice, writing can be
an intimidating and impenetrable fog!" - Bill Watterson's Calvin.
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From: pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger)
Subject: Facinating facts: 30 bit serial number, possibly fixed S1 and S2
In-Reply-To: denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu's message of 19 Apr 93 18:23:27 -0400
Reply-To: pmetzger@lehman.com
Organization: Lehman Brothers
Lines: 102
denning@guvax.acc.georgetown.edu (Vidkun Abraham Lauritz Quisling) writes:
Each chip includes the following components:
the Skipjack encryption algorithm
F, an 80-bit family key that is common to all chips
N, a 30-bit serial number
U, an 80-bit secret key that unlocks all messages encrypted with the chip
Hmmm. A thirty bit serial number. And, we are told, the unit key U is
derived deterministically from this serial number. That means that
there are only one billion possible unit keys.
To generate the unit key for a serial number N, the 30-bit value N is
first padded with a fixed 34-bit block to produce a 64-bit block N1.
S1 and S2 are then used as keys to triple-encrypt N1, producing a
64-bit block R1:
R1 = E[D[E[N1; S1]; S2]; S1] .
Similarly, N is padded with two other 34-bit blocks to produce N2 and
N3, and two additional 64-bit blocks R2 and R3 are computed:
R2 = E[D[E[N2; S1]; S2]; S1]
R3 = E[D[E[N3; S1]; S2]; S1] .
R1, R2, and R3 are then concatenated together, giving 192 bits. The
first 80 bits are assigned to U1 and the second 80 bits to U2. The
rest are discarded. The unit key U is the XOR of U1 and U2. U1 and U2
are the key parts that are separately escrowed with the two escrow
agencies.
Hmmm. We must assume that generating the unit key U from the serial
number N rather than generating it from a randomly selected U1 and U2
is an intentional way of assuring a "fail safe" for the government --
U is completedly determined given S1, S2 and N. If S1 and S2 do not
change they constitute effective "master keys" (along with F), the
theft of which (or the possession of which by various authorities)
completely obviates the security of the system. However, more
interestingly, we know, for a fact that if S1 and S2 are fixed no
matter what the keyspace for U is no more than 2^30. Why not pick U1
and U2 at random? Why this interesting restriction of they key space
if it NOT to provide an additional back door?
I find it disturbing that at the very best my security is dependant on
approximately 30 bytes worth of information that could be written on
the back of a napkin.
Even if S1 and S2 change periodically, the rationale behind this
restriction in the size of the keyspace seems strange if one is
assuming that the goal is security -- and makes perfect sense if the
goal is an illusion of security.
If S1 and S2 do not change, even if they remain secret I wonder if
they can somehow be back-derived given enough unit key/serial number
pairs. We are assured that this cannot happen -- but no one
understands how Skipjack works outside of government officials and,
soon, foreign intelligence services that gain the information via
espionage. Presumably we will eventually have the information as well
-- reverse engineering gets more and more advanced every year -- but
by the time we know it may be too late.
As a sequence of values for U1, U2, and U are generated, they are
written onto three separate floppy disks. The first disk contains a
file for each serial number that contains the corresponding key part
U1. The second disk is similar but contains the U2 values. The third
disk contains the unit keys U. Agent 1 takes the first disk and agent
2 takes the second disk. The third disk is used to program the chips.
After the chips are programmed, all information is discarded from the
vault and the agents leave. The laptop may be destroyed for additional
assurance that no information is left behind.
None of this makes me feel the least bit secure. The silly notion of
"destroying the laptop" appears to be yet another bizarre distraction.
We all know that you can't read data from DRAM that has been turned
off for more than a few moments. On the other hand, what we don't know
is why there is a need to generate the unit keys from S1 and S2 in the
first place other than to weaken the system. We don't know if the
agents in question would resist a million in cash a piece for their
information -- its probably worth hundreds of million, so you can make
the bribe arbitrarily hard to resist. And to tell you the truth, doing
this in a "vault" rather than in Joe Random Tempest-shielded Room
with a laptop computer seems like melodrama designed to make
high-school dropouts from Peoria impressed -- but it does very little
for most of the rest of us.
The protocol may be changed slightly so that four people are in the
room instead of two. The first two would provide the seeds S1 and S2,
and the second two (the escrow agents) would take the disks back to
the escrow agencies.
What would this provide? Lets say the escrow agencies are the ACLU and
the NRA and their agents personally take back the disks and are always
honest. Who cares? The NSA must be laughing out loud, because they
have the algorithm to regenerate U given N and likely don't need to
steal they keys as they effectively already have them.
--
Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com
--
Laissez faire, laissez passer. Le monde va de lui meme.
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From: Young-Soo Che <yc25+@andrew.cmu.edu>
Subject: Re: NHLPA poll (partial stats/results)
Organization: Freshman, H&SS general, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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In-Reply-To: <1800@muller.loria.fr>
All these people who send in their polls should take a closer look at
NJD, they are a very deep team, with two very capable goalies, and
excellent forwards and defensemen. Shooter in Richer, an all around do
it all in Todd, chef Stasny-master of a thousand dishes, power play
captain-Stevens. Take a look at the numbers, or play with them and see
for yourselves.
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Subject: Re: Cable TVI interference
From: ganter@ifi.unibas.ch (Robert Ganter)
Organization: Institut fuer Informatik
Nntp-Posting-Host: schroeder.ifi.unibas.ch
Lines: 56
In article <1qevrf$4t@hpscit.sc.hp.com> writes:
>
> As is typical nowadaze, you will probably have to do somebody else's job
> for them. Although this shouldn't be needed, you might take a few minutes
> to wander around the neighborhood with an HT sniffing for cable leakage
> on your freq. after shutting down your system for a while.
>
> If you are fortunate enough to the find the hole, call the cable company and
> get the highest link in the chain of command you can. Explain the problem,
> whose job it really is to maintain THEIR equipment, and how much of a nice
> guy you are to have tracked down THEIR problem for them.
>
> You may have been lucky and made a new contact that could be helpful in the
> future.
>
> You should always try the 'honey' approach before bringing out the
> Jack Nicholson impressions..... >:-)
>
> This has worked for me in the past with the power company when tring to
> find loose/noisy high voltage lines/hardware. Only once did I have to
> tell them I was narrowing the problem down to a specific pole by bumping
> a whole line of poles with my car. Got 'em out there THAT NIGHT. And, they
> didn't have to meet Jack!
>
> As a disclaimer, THEIR method for finding loose hardware was usually
> whacking the poles with a huge sledgehammer after their high tech arc-
> finding 'scope couldn't find the problem.
>
>
>
> Bill
> wb6 rotten zucchini garden
Here in switzerland, the situation is exactly the same. The cable tv companies
even tried to stop amateur radio in switzerland in the beginning of cable
tv(they seem to be too stupid to know anything about international frequency
conferences or so). Even today, they use the cheapest possible coax running
into problems they can't solve anymore. As Bill noted, the only way is to look
for a solution with the neighbours *BEFORE* calling for the cable tv guys or
the fcc. The chance to find neighbours with some sense for reason is by far
bigger than with these people (especially the first ones). As anywhere in an
administration people don't like, if You tell them to work for the money they
get...
The problem is, that radio amateurs don't have the power to put trough their
rights in all cases. So let's hope they start soon with optical fibers and get
out of our freqencies.
Cheers Robert (HB9NBY)
--
Robert Ganter /------------\
Universitaet Basel | I am a fan |
Institut fuer Informatik | of my plan |
Basel/Switzerland \------------/
ganter@ifi.unibas.ch
amateurradio: HB9NBY packet: HB9NBY@HB9EAS.CHE.EU
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From: dr_bobo@ponton.hanse.de (Boris Pruessmann)
Subject: RE: VGA-Scrolling ?
Organization: Ponton European Media Art Lab, Hamburg
Lines: 12
Hi !
If you want to have Soft-Scrolling on your VGA, you have to change some
intern registers of the CRTC. But it is a little bit difficult to explain,
so I would suggest, you take a look at "The Programming of the
EGA/VGA-Adapter" by Addison-Wesley. You will find all useful descriptions
for every available VGA-Register.
-Boris
---
dr_bobo@ponton.hanse.de ---> Boris Pruessmann
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From: vic@mmalt.guild.org (Vic Kulikauskas)
Subject: Eternity of Hell (was Re: Hell)
Organization: Kulikauskas home
Lines: 11
Our Moderator writes:
> I'm inclined to read descriptions such as the lake of fire as
> indicating annihilation. However that's a minority view.
...
> It's my personal view, but the only denominations I know of that hold
> it officially are the JW's and SDA's.
I can't find the reference right now, but didn't C.S.Lewis speculate
somewhere that hell might be "the state of once having been a human
soul"?
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From: markus@octavia.anu.edu.au (Markus Buchhorn)
Subject: Re: HDF readers/viewers
Organization: Australian National University, Canberra
Lines: 22
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: 150.203.5.35
Originator: markus@octavia
I wrote...
>
> G'day all,
>
> Can anybody point me at a utility which will read/convert/crop/whatnot/
> display HDF image files ? I've had a look at the HDF stuff under NCSA
> and it must take an award for odd directory structure, strange storage
> approaches and minimalist documentation :-)
and it has since turned out that all the mirror sites I looked at were
fooled by a restructuring at the original site - zaphod.ncsa.uiuc.edu -
and hence were in a mess. That and a pointer to 'imconv' should get
me started. Ta muchly.
Cheers
Markus
--
Markus Buchhorn, Parallel Computing Research Facility
email = markus@octavia.anu.edu.au
Australian National University, Canberra, 0200 , Australia.
[International = +61 6, Australia = 06] [Phone = 2492930, Fax = 2490747]
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From: Clinton-HQ@Campaign92.Org (Clinton/Gore '92)
Subject: CLINTON: President's Public Schedule 4.15.93
Organization: Project GNU, Free Software Foundation,
675 Mass. Ave., Cambridge, MA 02139, USA +1 (617) 876-3296
Lines: 51
NNTP-Posting-Host: life.ai.mit.edu
THE WHITE HOUSE
Office of the Press Secretary
For Immediate Release March 14, 1993
PUBLIC EVENTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S SCHEDULE FOR
THURSDAY, APRIL 15, 1993
10:20 am EST The President meets with Leadership of Law
enforcement organizations -- The Rose
Garden
OPEN PRESS
3:00 AM EDT The President meets with the National
Ambassador for the March of Dimes Birth
Defects Foundation -- The Oval Office
TV POOL, OPEN STILL PHOTO, WRITING POOL
3:15 AM EDT The President meets with Mosaic Minstrels of
New York, NY -- The Rose Garden
OPEN PHOTO, WRITING POOL
3:30 AM EDT The President meets with the Berwick, PA,
High School Bulldogs, AAA State Football
Champions -- The South Lawn
OPEN PHOTO, WRITING POOL
UPCOMING EVENTS ON THE PRESIDENT'S
SCHEDULE
April 16, 1993 The President meets with
Japanese Prime Minister
Miyazawa, The White House
April 26, 1993 President Clinton meets with
President Amato of Italy, The
White House
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From: hambidge@bms.com
Subject: Re: Some more about gun control...
Reply-To: hambidge@bms.com
Organization: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Lines: 51
In article <C5L0n2.5LL@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, jrutledg@cs.ulowell.edu (John Lawrence Rutledge) writes:
>
>So the phrase "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall
>not be infringed" must either qualify or explain the phrase "a well
>regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free state."
[stuff deleted]
>Since "the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be
>infringed" does not describe, modify or make less harsh anything and
>it has nothing to do with grammar or some sort of position or task.
>By process of elimination it must fall into definition #3. And since
>#3 deals with legal power, the same thing the Constitution does, it
>must be the correct definition in this case. Therefore, "the right
>of the people to keep and bear Arms" gives legal power to the "well
>regualated militia" and this legal power "shall not be infringed".
Ah, clarification by obfuscation.
Actually, the words "A well regulated Milita, being necessary to the
security of a free state" is a present participle, used as an
adjective to modify 'militia', which is followed by the main clause of
the sentence, the subject being 'the right', the verb 'shall'. It
asserts that the right to keep and bear arms is essential for
maintaining a milita. The sentence doesn't restrict the right, or
state or imply possession of the right by anyone or anything other
than the people. All it does is make a positive statement regarding a
right of the people. The PEOPLE, as in you and me, as in the First,
Fourth, Ninth, Tenth, as well as the Second amendment.
The existence of this right is assumed - it is not granted by the
amendment. There is no stated or implied condition relating the right
to bear arms to the necessity of a well-regulated militia to the security of
a free state.
In other words, the entire sentence says that the right to keep and
bear arms is UNCONDITIONAL.
>So in effort not to force my views and not "to destory our Liberties and
>Rights," I state that nothing I have written, or will write, in
>the matter of "Liberties and Rights" is the final word. For I am only
>one person among many and the final word on "Liberties and Rights" cleary
>and irrevocably belongs to the many.
The final word on liberties and rights should not belong "to the
many". That is why we have a Constitution. Otherwise, a tyrrany of
the majority can ensue from "popular" opinion, a concept which you
should be familiar with from the Federalist papers.
Al
[standard disclaimer]
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Subject: .GL and .FLI specs
From: arthur@qedbbs.com (Arthur Choung)
Organization: The QED BBS, Lakewood CA
Lines: 6
Can somebody point out to me where I can find the specs for .GL and .FLI files
found on PC's?
------------------------------
arthur@qedbbs.com (Arthur Choung) or qed!arthur
The QED BBS -- (310)420-9327
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From: dsc3jfs@imc10 (John F Skoda)
Subject: How do I change the Text cursor in xterm
Organization: {not speaking for the } National Naval Medical Center
Lines: 20
Nntp-Posting-Host: imc10.med.navy.mil
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
I have just finished building X11R5 on a 386 running Interactive Unix (SysVR3)
and I am having a problem with xterm. On any font larger that 5x7 it messes up
characters that are types, the cursor seems to be "too" large, or splits into
a 1/2 reverse video, 1/2 outline block (which changes when the pointer is moved
into the window). I am trying to use monospaced fonts (not -p- fonts). Is
there any way of changing the appearence of the block cursor is an Xterm?
Thanks
--
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-- John F Skoda | Windows NT, OS/2 for the 90's.
-- electronic learning facilitators, inc. | C++, Cobol for the 21st century.
-- Bethesda, MD | Use Ada, Unix, and other socially
-- dsc3jfs@imc10.med.navy.mil | unacceptable systems.
-- dsc3jfs@imc30.med.navy.mil | (and before you flame, I'm an
-------------------------------------------| Expos fan... ...need I say more?)
with DISCLAIMER_PACKAGE;
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From: jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu (JACK ROGERS WATERS)
Subject: Re: GOT MY BIKE! (was Wanted: Advice on CB900C Purchase)
Keywords: CB900C, purchase, advice
Organization: North Carolina State University, Project Eos
Lines: 33
In article <1993Apr16.142831.13635@ll.mit.edu> jburnside@ll.mit.edu (jamie w burnside) writes:
>--
>In article <1993Apr16.005131.29830@ncsu.edu>, jrwaters@eos.ncsu.edu
>(JACK ROGERS WATERS) writes:
>|>>
>|>>>Being a reletively new reader, I am quite impressed with all the usefull
>|>>>info available on this newsgroup. I would ask how to get my own DoD number,
>|>>>but I'll probably be too busy riding ;-).
>|>>
>|>> Does this count?
>|>
>|>Yes. He thought about it.
>|>>
>|>>$ cat dod.faq | mailx -s "HAHAHHA" jburnside@ll.mit.edu (waiting to press
>|>> return...)
>
>Hey, c'mon guys (and gals), I chose my words very carefully and even
>tried to get my FAQ's straight. Don't holler BOHICA at me!
>
Around here, even mentioning the DoD without a number in your .sig
can get you soundly FAQed. Notice, however, that I myself did
not FAQ the careful monk. He was, after all, waiting to press return.
Jack Waters II
DoD#1919
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~ I don't fear the thief in the night. Its the one that comes in the ~
~ afternoon, when I'm still asleep, that I worry about. ~
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From: andrem@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com (Andre Molyneux)
Subject: Re: LCIII->PowerPC?
Reply-To: andrem@pyrtech.mis.pyramid.com (Andre Molyneux)
Organization: Pyramid Technologies, Mt. View, California.
Lines: 34
In article <1qksuq$1tt8@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu>, mirsky@hal.gnu.ai.mit.edu
(David Joshua Mirsky) writes:
|> Hi. I own an LCIII and I recently heard an interesting rumor.
|> I heard that the LCIII has a built in slot for a PowerPC chip.
|> Is this true? I heard that the slot is not the same as the PDS
|> slot. Is that true?
|>
|> Thanks
|> David Mirsky
|> mirsky@gnu.ai.mit.edu
Well, I also have an LC III. Popping the top revealed:
One "socket" for an additional VRAM SIMM
One "socket" for a 72-pin RAM SIMM
One socket for a flat-pack FPU
A processor-direct slot (PDS) identical to the LC/LC II, but with
an additional set of connetions to one side (for the full 32-bit
data path that the LC/LC II lacked
That's it. I guess a board with a PowerPC chip could be made that would fit
in the PDS, but that's the only place.
+--------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Andre Molyneux KA7WVV "Insert your favorite disclaimer here" |
+-----------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
| -=-------- PYRAMID TECHNOLOGY CORP |Internet: |
| ---===------ 3860 N. First Street | andrem@pyramid.com |
| -----=====---- San Jose, CA |Packet: |
|-------=======-- (408) 428-8229 | ka7wvv@n0ary.#nocal.ca.usa.na |
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From: agr00@ccc.amdahl.com (Anthony G Rose)
Subject: Re: Info about New Age!
Reply-To: agr00@JUTS.ccc.amdahl.com (Anthony G Rose)
Organization: Amdahl Corporation, Sunnyvale CA
Lines: 12
In article <1qvnu9$a8a@geraldo.cc.utexas.edu> hawk@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu writes:
>Greetings! Could anybody here give me any information about New Age religion?
>About the history, the teachings, ...??? Or may be suggestions what books I
>should read in order to get those info? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Contact: WATCHMAN FELLOWSHIP
P.O. Box 171194
Holladay, UT 84117-1194
Ask for their book: The New Age and Space Age Heresies
The New Age In Our Schools
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From: ski@wpi.WPI.EDU (Joseph Mich Krzeszewski)
Subject: Re: Krillean Photography
Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Lines: 12
NNTP-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu
I seem to recall that there was an article in Radio Electronics about this
subject. In fact I have a copy of the article in front of me, but I can't
find anywhere in the article a refrence as to what month it was in. The system
they describe uses an automobile ignition coil for the high voltage. The
article even includes some information on what kind of film to use and where
to get it.
Hope this helps.
Joseph M. Krzeszewski
ski@WPI.wpi.edu
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