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8000 | From: gardinal@alishaw (Paolo Gardinali)
Subject: Re: New <bullshit> Study Out On Gay Percentage
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In <15378@optilink.COM> cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>From the Santa Rosa (Cal.) Press-Democrat, April 15, 1993, p. B2:
> Male sex survey: Gay activity low
> A new natonal study on male sexual behavior, the most thorough
> examination of American men's sexual practices published since
> the Kinsey report more than four decades ago, shows about 2
> percent of the men surveyed had engaged in homosexual sex and
> 1 percent considered themselves exclusively homosexual.
etc. etc.....
>The article also contains numbers on the number of sexual partners.
>The median number of sexual partners for all men 20-39 was 7.3.
^^^^^^
***Sure!!! And what's .3 of a woman??? Any hypothesis??
How can you trust a report from people that have *no idea*
of what a MEDIAN is?
The same bullshit article reported that 22,5% of all the men have
sex 10 times or more a week (Elf, how many times did you fill
one of those questionnaires?) and had other statistics that took
in no consideration different class backgrounds, marital status
etc. No information on sampling were given.
>Compared to the table I have already posted from Masters, Johnson,
>and Kolodny showing male homosexual partners, it is apparent that
>homosexual men are dramatically more promiscuous than the general
>male population. It's a shame that we don't have a breakdown for
Do you think you can compare so lightly secondary data from 2 very
different (and discutible) surveys???
>straight men vs. gay/bi men -- that would show even more dramatically
>how much more promiscuous gay/bi men are.
It just shows how dramatically ignorant are press release writers and
most pople that read them.....
PAolo
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8001 | From: sheaffer@netcom.com (Robert Sheaffer)
Subject: Re: Astronomy Program
Organization: Netcom - Online Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
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In article <28641@galaxy.ucr.edu> datadec@ucrengr.ucr.edu (kevin marcus) writes:
>Are there any public domain or shareware astronomy programs which will
>map out the sky at any given time, and allow you to locate planets, nebulae,
>and so forth? If so, is there any ftp site where I can get one?
I posted my public-domain MSDOS program "sunlight.zip" to "sci.astro" yesterday.
It easily locates the sun, moon, and planets, and can also be used to
locate other objects if you input their Right Ascesion and Declination.
Use "uudecode" to extract.
--
Robert Sheaffer - Scepticus Maximus - sheaffer@netcom.com
Past Chairman, The Bay Area Skeptics - for whom I speak only when authorized!
"Marxism and feminism are one and that one is Marxism"
- Heidi Hartmann and Amy Bridges,
quoted by Catharine MacKinnon above the first chapter
of her "Toward a Feminist Theory of the State"
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8002 | From: satam@saathi.ncst.ernet.in (Kirtikumar G. Satam)
Subject: PC Scanners
Organization: /usr/userc/rts/satam/.organization
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Hello there,
I am looking out for good scanners (gray-scale only, no color) which can
be connected to IBM PC compatibles. Also, automatic tray feeding is a must.
Can somebody point out good scanners? What are things that one should look
for while purchasing a scanner? I do not want hand-held scanners.
My preliminary requirements are
1. 75 to 300/400 dpi
2. dithering / half-toning (various patterns)
3. drivers for DOS and windows
4. Standard file formats (what are they?).
5. Automatic feed.
6. Anything more?
Is there any comparative survery in Byte or PC Mag? Which issue?
Please e-mail. I'll summerize.
- satam.
satam@saathi.ernet.in
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8003 | From: steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks)
Subject: Re: Limiting Govt (was Re: Employment (was Re: Why not concentrate...)
Summary: Response to Paul Schmidt
Organization: Free the Barbers, Inc.
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Nntp-Posting-Host: thor.isc-br.com
In article <1993Apr15.013651.11353@tijc02.uucp> pjs269@tijc02.uucp (Paul Schmidt) writes:
>steveh@thor.isc-br.com (Steve Hendricks) writes:
>:
>: As noted in another thread (Limiting govt), the problem libertarians face
>: is insuring that the "limited government" they seek does not become the
>: tool of private interests to pursue their own agenda.
>:
>: Believe it or not, we "liberals" are frequently as opposed to
>: anti-competitive measures as you "conservatives." We don't believe,
>: however, that competition will necessarily be protected by the actions
>: of business interests in a "free-market." After all, in the example
>: you cite, it was not "liberals" that pressed for such regulations, but
>: good staunch conservative businessmen.
>:
>: As Adam Smith so eloquently demonstrated, the "free-market" is not
>: something that capitalists seek to protect when they can profit from
>: its elimination. The same point was made by Marx -- a point of agreement
>: between the two theorists that should tell us something.
>
>I do not want the government to become a tool of private interests.
>Limited government cannot insure that private interests will not use
>this government for their own agenda.
Agreed.
>But this is not a failure of libertarianism. It is the fact that
>"Utopia is not an option." There is no single system where everything
>is perfect.
It is a failure of libertarianism if the ideology does not provide any
reasonable way to restrain such actions other than utopian dreams. Just
as Marxism "fails" to specify how pure communism is to be achieved and
the state is to "wither away," libertarians frequently fail to show how
weakening the power of the state will result in improvement in the human
condition.
>So it is wise to look
>for the best solution. If you compare countries to see which ones
>people would rather live in, which ones have less starvation, hunger,
>poverty, and misery, you will find that they have a more limitted
>government than countries with alot of poverty, misery and suffering.
>No, limitted government cannot "insure" anything, but it sure is better
>than the alternative (big government.)
This is a strawman argument and fails on several grounds. In this case,
"limited" and "big" government are not defined. I would point out that
Lebanon, Somalia, and the former Yugoslavia are by some definitions nations
with "limited" government, while the US, Canada, and nations in Western
Europe (where "people would rather live") are often pointed out as
nations with "big government" from a libertarian point of view.
The argument is not between those who want "limited" government and those
who want "unlimited" government. It is between those who believe
government regulation in a capitalist economy serves worthwhile ends and
those who believe such regulation is neither desirable on empirical
grounds nor justifiable on ideological grounds.
jsh
>--
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8004 | From: healta@saturn.wwc.edu (Tammy R Healy)
Subject: Re: Requests
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Organization: Walla Walla College
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In article <11857@vice.ICO.TEK.COM> bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert Beauchaine) writes:
>From: bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert Beauchaine)
>Subject: Re: Requests
>Date: 19 Apr 93 18:25:08 GMT
>In article <C5qLLG.4BC@mailer.cc.fsu.edu> mayne@cs.fsu.edu writes:
>>
(excess stuff deleted...)
> However, it seems that a local church elder has been getting
> revelations from god about a devastating quake scheduled to level
> the area on May 3rd. He has independent corroboration from
> several friends, who apparently have had similar revelations. The
> 5.7 quake was, in fact, in response to a request from the lot of
> them seeking a sign from god on the veracity of their visions.
>
> None of this would be terribly interesting, except for the amount
> of stir it has created in the area. Many, many people are taking
> these claims very seriously. There are some making plans to be
> out of the are on the target date. My local religious radio
> station devoted 4 hours of discussion on the topic.
>
> I even called up during one of the live broadcasts to tell the
> host that he would have a full account of my conversion on May
> 4th, provided my family and I survived the devastation and ruin
> that will invariably follow the quake.
>
>/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
>
>Bob Beauchaine bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
>
>They said that Queens could stay, they blew the Bronx away,
>and sank Manhattan out at sea.
>
>^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
I know of a similar incident about 3 years ago. A climatologist( Ithink
that was his profession) named Iben Browning predicted that an earthquake
would hit the New Madrid fault on Dec.3. Some schools in Missouri that were
on the fault line actually cancelled school for the day. Many people
evacuated New Madrid and other towns in teh are. I wouldn't be suprised if
there were more journalists in the area than residents. Of course, teh
earthquake never occured. HOw do I know about his? I used to live in
Southern Illinois and the lican middle school was built directly on the
fault line. No we still had school... We laughed at the poor idiots who
believed the prediction. :):):):)
Bob, if you're wanting an excuse to convert to Christianity, you gonna have
to look elsewhere.
Tammy "No Trim" Healy
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8005 | From: (Rashid)
Subject: Re: Yet more Rushdie [Re: ISLAMIC LAW]
Nntp-Posting-Host: 47.252.4.179
Organization: NH
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> What about the Twelve Imams, who he considered incapable of error
> or sin? Khomeini supports this view of the Twelve Imans. This is
> heresy for the very reasons I gave above.
I would be happy to discuss the issue of the 12 Imams with you, although
my preference would be to move the discussion to another
newsgroup. I feel a philosophy
or religion group would be more appropriate. The topic is deeply
embedded in the world view of Islam and the
esoteric teachings of the Prophet (S.A.). Heresy does not enter
into it at all except for those who see Islam only as an exoteric
religion that is only nominally (if at all) concerned with the metaphysical
substance of man's being and nature.
A good introductory book (in fact one of the best introductory
books to Islam in general) is Murtaza Mutahhari's "Fundamental's
of Islamic Thought - God, Man, and the Universe" - Mizan Press,
translated by R. Campbell. Truly a beautiful book. A follow-up book
(if you can find a decent translation) is "Wilaya - The Station
of the Master" by the same author. I think it also goes under the
title of "Master and Mastership" - It's a very small book - really
just a transcription of a lecture by the author.
The introduction to the beautiful "Psalms of Islam" - translated
by William C. Chittick (available through Muhammadi Trust of
Great Britain) is also an excellent introduction to the subject. We
have these books in our University library - I imagine any well
stocked University library will have them.
From your posts, you seem fairly well versed in Sunni thought. You
should seek to know Shi'ite thought through knowledgeable
Shi'ite authors as well - at least that much respect is due before the
charge of heresy is levelled.
As salaam a-laikum
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8006 | From: ghasting@vdoe386.vak12ed.edu (George Hastings)
Subject: Re: Space on other nets
Organization: Virginia's Public Education Network (Richmond)
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We run "SpaceNews & Views" on our STAREACH BBS, a local
operation running WWIV software with the capability to link to
over 1500 other BBS's in the U.S.A. and Canada through WWIVNet.
Having just started this a couple of months ago, our sub us
currently subscribed by only about ten other boards, but more
are being added.
We get our news articles re on Internet, via ftp from NASA
sites, and from a variety of aerospace related periodicals. We
get a fair amount of questions on space topics from students
who access the system.
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| Mathematics & Science Center STAREACH BBS: 804-343-6533 | FUN, it's
| 2304 Hartman Street OFFICE: 804-343-6525 | probably not
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8007 | From: "Robert Knowles" <p00261@psilink.com>
Subject: Re: Amusing atheists and agnostics
In-Reply-To: <timmbake.735175045@mcl>
Nntp-Posting-Host: 127.0.0.1
Organization: Kupajava, East of Krakatoa
X-Mailer: PSILink-DOS (3.3)
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>DATE: 18 Apr 93 23:17:25 GMT
>FROM: Bake Timmons <timmbake@mcl.ucsb.edu>
>
> These Bible-lovers have got to chill out. If we all could just relax
>and see atheism for what it is, the funny pages could have more material.
>
> Atheism denies the existence of God. This is logically bankrupt --
>where is the proof of this nonexistence? It's a joke.
>
> So nobody can take the above sense of atheism seriously. Perhaps
Perhaps because you just made it up?
Now put your skateboard away and read the FAQ. Learn something about atheism
before you get off on these tangents.
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8008 | From: dlb5404@tamuts.tamu.edu (Daryl Biberdorf)
Subject: Latest on Texas HB 1776 (CCW)
Organization: Texas A&M University, College Station
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NNTP-Posting-Host: tamuts.tamu.edu
I called the Texas bill tracking people (800/253-9693) again today
regarding HB 1776 -- Concealed Carry. Well, it was supposed to come
up for a vote this past Wednesday, but the bill got sent back to
the Public Safety Committee. The PSC gave it a favorable rating
AGAIN, and the bill must now be scheduled for debate by
the Calendars Committee AGAIN.
Daryl Biberdorf N5GJM d-biberdorf@tamu.edu
+ Sola Gratia + Sola Fide + Sola Scriptura
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8009 | From: ip02@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (Danny Phornprapha)
Subject: 300ZX or SC300???
Organization: Lehigh University
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Hi everyone,
I'm getting a car in the near future. I've narrow it down to 300ZX and SC300.
Which might be a better choice?
Thanks for your opnion,
Danny
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8010 | From: roeber@vxcrna.cern.ch (Frederick Roeber)
Subject: 24-bit Static color: will clients like it?
Reply-To: roeber@cern.ch
Organization: CERN -- European Organization for Nuclear Research
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I'm writing an X server for some video-generation equipment. The
hardware is "truecolor" in YUV space; in X terms it has a 24-bit
static color visual. I would really like to have the server just
present this static visual, but I'm not sure if this will be
acceptable to "most" X clients. The three problems I see are:
1) The colormap, though huge, is static.
2) All pixels would be 3 bytes wide.
3) Because the hardware actually lives in YUV space, the
translation RGB->YUV will introduce some rounding error.
Being more of a server guy than a client guy, I ask: will these
limitations thwart many X clients? Or will most of the X stuff
floating around blithely accept what they're given? I could write
the server to also present a pseudocolor visual of, e.g., 8 bits,
but I'd rather avoid this if not necessary.
I know there are no absolutes, but I'd appreciate hearing people's
opinions and suggestions. Thanks!
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8011 | From: rjwade@rainbow.ecn.purdue.edu (Robert J. Wade)
Subject: Re: Integra GSR
Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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>
>Quad 4 reliable, yeah, what's your definition of reliable- if that's reliable,
>then its safe to say that integra engines in general are near perfect
> (not to mention, a hell of alot smoother and quieter - balance shafts.The Acura has the engine
> wins the reliablity contest hands down. You can rev that car all day, everyday,
>and you'll never blow a hose, or crack the block, or anything else. (I speak
>from expierence!)
>I'm not saying the Quad 4 is a bad engine, but don't highlight reliability when you
>comparing it to a Acura Engine. AND while the Integra costs alot more, it is a
a couple of things: blowing a hose doesn't speak of engine reliability, and
while it is true that quad4's have a problem with head gasket leaks, that was
a design flaw in the gasket and has been corrected. also i know pontiac is
replacing head gaskets that leak for free for 6year/60k miles. other than
that i have found my quad4 to be completely solid and the direct ignition
system means no wires/rotor/rotor-cap to ever deal with. also hydrolic lifters
mean no valve adjustments ever. i'm not badmouthing the integra engine, i just
think you are going overboard on slamming the quad4. you are quite correct
that the integra engine is quieter, although i would not say smoother, my
quad4 loves to rev, especially at the high-end. do you have any evidence
of blocks cracking on quad4s? i have not heard of this.
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8012 | From: dsnyder@falcon.aamrl.wpafb.af.mil
Subject: Golf shoes size 9 1/2
Organization: USAF AL/CFH, WPAFB, Dayton, OH
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Used pair of golf shoes Size 9 1/2 good shape no holes etc. $10.00 o.b.o.
plus shipping. David--
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8013 | From: joes@telxon.mis.telxon.com (Joe Staudt)
Subject: Re: Trading in a car that's not paid for...Pointers Please
Organization: TELXON Corporation
Distribution: usa
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In article <49422@fibercom.COM> rrg@rtp.fibercom.com (Rhonda Gaines) writes:
>
>I'm planning on purchasing a new car and will be trading in my '90
>Mazda MX-6 DX. I've still got 2 more years to pay on it. How does
>that get taken into account when I purchase my new car? Does the
>dealership pay off my car and add on the amount they had to pay to
>the purchase price of the new car? someone please explain this to
>me.
If you don't already know it, you should call the bank/credit union/
finance company that holds the loan on your present car and get the
current payoff cost.
If you are trading in your current car on the new car, subtract the
payoff amount from the trade-in the dealer is giving you. (If this
turns out to be a negative number, you need to reconsider the deal.)
Subtract this difference from the price of the new car. This is the
size of the loan you will need for the new car.
The dealer will take care of paying off the loan on your old car out
of the money you give them when you pick up your new car.
At least that's how it worked for me 5 years ago in Ohio...
>
> -thanks
> rhonda
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8014 | From: proberts@informix.com (Paul Roberts)
Subject: Re: Too many MRIs?
Organization: Informix Software, Inc.
Lines: 11
In article <1993Apr12.165410.4206@kestrel.edu> king@reasoning.com (Dick King) writes:
>
>I recall reading somewhere, during my youth, in some science popularization
>book, that whyle isotope changes don't normally affect chemistry, a consumption
>of only heavy water would be fatal, and that seeds watered only with heavy
>water do not sprout. Does anyone know about this?
>
I also heard this. I always thought it might make a good eposide of
'Columbo' for someone to be poisoned with heavy water - it wouldn't
show up in any chemical test.
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8015 | From: garyl@moe.corollary.COM (Gary Lorman)
Subject: Re: electronic odometers (was: Used BMW Question ..... ???)
Organization: Corollary, Inc.
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In article <9833@dirac.physics.purdue.edu> lovall@bohr.physics.purdue.edu (Daniel L. Lovall) writes:
>In article <CONRADIE.40.734872761@firga.sun.ac.za> CONRADIE@firga.sun.ac.za (Gerrit Conradie) writes:
>
>.....
>
>>However, if I were to design a BMW's electronics, I will use a counter to
>>count the number of times the car passed 1 million miles (or whatever), and
>>store it in the car computer's memory. This could be read when doing a
>>diagnostics test. Ditto for the date of the odometer. As easy as this is, I
>>don't know why manafucturers don't do it (don't they?) to prevent illegal
>>odometer tampering.
>>
>>But as a previous writer said, it will in any case take aeons to reset an
>>odometer, mechanic or electronic by simulating a driving car. It will be
>>easier to reprogram it. How, I don't know.
>
>It shouldn't be THAT hard if you know much about digital electronics. If the
>counter is made with standard TTL chips, all you should need to do is find
>the chip(s) used for counting, figure out what mileage you want to put in,
>and preset it but wiring the preset pins directly to low/high (you'd also have
>to know what the conventions are for low and high). It might be a little more
>involved than this, but it shouldn't be beyond someone with a BSEE or BS EET.
>All the display does is convert what the counter chips say into digits using
>a "translation table" stored in ROM.
>
>selah,
>
>Dan
>
But, those chips are probably inside a custom chip, (to make it smaller and
use less power) and the preset/data pins are not going to be available.
It would probably not be TTL but might be CMOS
(wider operating voltage range), not that the tecnology would make
much difference.
Plus the custom chip would probably be potted (encapsulated with epoxy).
Good luck.
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8016 | From: mdw33310@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Michael D. Walker)
Subject: Re: Satan kicked out of heaven: Biblical?
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
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easteee@wkuvx1.bitnet writes:
>Hello all,
> I have a question about Satan. I was taught a long time ago
>that Satan was really an angel of God and was kicked out of heaven
>because he challenged God's authority. The problem is, I cannot
>find this in the Bible. Is it in the Bible? If not, where did it
>originate?
>Wondering,
>Eddie
The quick answer: Revelation 12:7-9
"And there was war in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against
the dragon and his angels who fought back. But he [the dragon] was
not strong enough, and they lost their place in heaven. The great
dragon was hurled down--that ancient serpent, called the devil and
Satan, who leads the whole world astray. He was hurled down to the
earth, and his angels with him."
The earlier part of chapter 12 deals (very symbolically) with why
Satan rose up in battle against Michael and the good angels in the
first place.
Hope this clears it up.
- Mike Walker
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8017 | From: jebright@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James R Ebright)
Subject: Re: 80-bit keyseach machine
Nntp-Posting-Host: top.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University
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In article <16BB71018.C445585@mizzou1.missouri.edu> C445585@mizzou1.missouri.edu (John Kelsey) writes:
>In article <1993Apr21.001230.26384@lokkur.dexter.mi.us>
>scs@lokkur.dexter.mi.us (Steve Simmons) writes:
>
>>Normally I'd be the last to argue with Steve . . . but shouldn't that
>>read "3.8 years for *all* solutions". I mean, if we can imagine the
>>machine that does 1 trial/nanosecond, we can imagine the storage medium
>>that could index and archive it.
>
> Hmmmm. I think, with really large keyspaces like this, you need to
>alter the strategy discussed for DES. Attempt decryption of several
>blocks, and check the disctribution of the contents. I don't think it's
>at all feasible to keep 2**80 encryptions of a known plaintext block on
>*any* amount of tape or CD-ROM. And certainly not 2**128 such encrypted
>blocks. (Anyone know a cheap way of converting every atom in the solar
>system into a one bit storage device?)
[...]
I don't claim to be a crypto analyist... there isn't a whole lot of good
literature on the subject, and the best people don't seem to publish
their work :) but I rather doubt the approach such folks use is brute
force (sorry to have implied that in my previous post). The history
of these things is folks find clever ways of limiting the search and
bang from there.
I guess my real problem with Skipjack is I can not believe NSA would
make publicly available a system they couldn't break if they wanted...
it just isn't in their charter. Remember DES came from IBM, not NSA
and, when first published, was given a useful life of 20 years... I think
we are well past that point now :(
Remember, based on the size of the NSA budget, they spend a lot more
on the technology of decryption than most computer companies spend on
R&D. I have to imagine their stuff is real interesting...
A friend who once worked for them (he is dead now) said he always enjoyed
monitoring SAC's (Strategic Air Command) crypto traffic :) and I rather
suspect that stuff is a bit more complex than Skipjack (Or was it the
military got the stuff from the NSA just like we get Skipjack from them ;)
[BTW, folks, NSA wasn't being given the keys. And the Walker spy case
shows for some of the systems, the KGB didn't need them either.]
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8018 | From: jim.wray@yob.sccsi.com (Jim Wray)
Subject: Re: With Friends Like The
Organization: Ye Olde Bailey BBS - Houston, TX - 713-520-1569
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Reply-To: jim.wray@yob.sccsi.com (Jim Wray)
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Paul Prescod pontificating:
PP>State.EDU (Cathy Smith) writes:
PP>> Libertarians oppose BOTH waiting periods AND background checks
PP>>-- or ANY prerequisite for exercising rights that are supposed to
PP>>be guaranteed.
PP>Let me get this straight. Unlike the other idiots in this newsgroup,
PP>you actually support anybody having unlimited access to guns,
PP>inclucing criminals. (or would you prohibit them from owning them,
PP>but not from buying them?)
PP>You are a supreme idiot. You make the other idiots look like Mensa members.
Thanks Paul, for yet another fine example of the holier than thou gun control
mindset. Why don't you add something intelligent to the debate, like maybe
nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah.
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8019 | From: himb@iniki.soest.hawaii.edu (Liz Camarra)
Subject: Some more info. about P9000 board
Originator: himb@iniki
Organization: School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology
Lines: 10
One more thing to add, the Orchid board vesa bios is only
able to handle the 1 meg dram on board, the Viper however can
utilize the 2 meg vram on board to support vesa modes such as
1280x1024x256, 800x600x16 mil. and 1024x768x65536 under Dos.
+----------------------------------------------------------------+
Stephen Lau, Elec. Engineering, Univ. of Hawaii
don't have my own account until grad. school starts (autumn 93)
+ Death to FM synthesis! Go Gus! +
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8020 | From: rls@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu (Ray Swartz (Oh, that guy again))
Subject: Re: japanese moon landing?
Reply-To: rls@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu
Organization: Vis-Orb Tragnetics Recorporation
Lines: 35
In article <C5L2xt.IqD@zoo.toronto.edu>, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
>In article <C5Kys1.C6r@panix.com> dannyb@panix.com (Daniel Burstein) writes:
>>A short story in the newspaper a few days ago made some sort of mention
>>about how the Japanese, using what sounded like a gravity assist, had just
>>managed to crash (or crash-land) a package on the moon.
>
>Their Hiten engineering-test mission spent a while in a highly eccentric
>Earth orbit doing lunar flybys, and then was inserted into lunar orbit
>using some very tricky gravity-assist-like maneuvering. This meant that
>it would crash on the Moon eventually, since there is no such thing as
>a stable lunar orbit (as far as anyone knows), and I believe I recall
>hearing recently that it was about to happen.
The gravity maneuvering that was used was to exploit 'fuzzy regions'. These
are described by the inventor as exploiting the second-order perturbations in a
three body system. The probe was launched into this region for the
earth-moon-sun system, where the perturbations affected it in such a way as to
allow it to go into lunar orbit without large expenditures of fuel to slow
down. The idea is that 'natural objects sometimes get captured without
expending fuel, we'll just find the trajectory that makes it possible". The
originator of the technique said that NASA wasn't interested, but that Japan
was because their probe was small and couldn't hold a lot of fuel for
deceleration.
This from an issue of 'Science News' or 'The Planetary Report' I
believe, about 2 months ago(?).
Raymond L. Swartz Jr. (rls@uihepa.hep.uiuc.edu)
================================================================================
I read the newspaper today and was amazed that, in 24 hours, five billion
people could accomplish so little.
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8021 | From: jimj@contractor.EBay.Sun.COM (Jim Jones)
Subject: Post-fever rashes: I get 'em every time
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Mt. View, Ca.
Lines: 18
Distribution: world
Reply-To: jimj@contractor.EBay.Sun.COM (Jim Jones)
NNTP-Posting-Host: contractor.ebay.sun.com
The subject-line says it: every time I run a fever, I get an amazing
rosy rash over my torso and arms. Fortunately, it doesn't itch.
The rash always comes on the day after the
fever breaks and no matter what the illness was: cold, flu, whatever.
It started happening about four years ago after I moved to my current
town, although I don't know if that has anything to do with anything.
Severity and persistance of the rash seems to vary with the fever:
a severe or long-lasting fever brings a long-lasting rash. A mild fever
seems to bring rashes that go away faster.
Anybody know what might be causing this? It's no more than an
embarassment, but I'd be curious to know what's going on. Am I carrying
some kind of fever-resistant bug that goes wild when fever knocks out
its competition?
Jim Jones
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8022 | From: bgardner@pebbles.es.com (Blaine Gardner)
Subject: Re: MOTORCYCLE DETAILING TIP #18
Nntp-Posting-Host: 130.187.85.70
Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
Lines: 33
In article <1993Apr15.000851.17731@bnr.ca> MBEAVING@BNR.CA writes:
>Don't you just hate when the speedo and tach on your
>bike start to cloud over from all that nasty sunshine?
>The detailing tip of the week is to use rubbing compound.
>
>Moisten a rag, apply some rubbing compound and work into the
>translucent, previously transparent, material. After a few
>minutes of working on the plastic face, the dial, or plastic
>face will be clear once more. Will not work for glass.
A couple of other tips.
1) Make a habit of parking the bike so that instruments are facing away
from the sun.
2) Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Plastic Polish & Plastic Cleaner. (Cue canned
product plug #2543):
roise@sumax.seattleu.edu (Linda Roise) writes:
>OK, for a novice question, is there anything that will clean a
>face-shield and also remove abrasions so that one can see through it
>better?
What you want are Meguiar's Mirror Glaze Plastic Polish and Plastic
Cleaner. They are very mild abrasives meant to remove scratches from
plastic. For fine scratches just use the Polish, for bigger ones start
with the Cleaner and finish with the Polish. The stuff is $5-8 bucks per
bottle at most auto or motorcycle parts stores. Don't choke over the
price too much, since both bottles will probably last you 10 years. The
stuff works great on plastic watch "crystals" and compact discs too.
--
Blaine Gardner @ Evans & Sutherland
bgardner@dsd.es.com
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8023 | From: rebop@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Ulius)
Subject: Newtek Video Toaster Link For Sale
Keywords: Newtek Video Toaster Amiga Mac
Organization: The Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
Lines: 16
Nntp-Posting-Host: well.sf.ca.us
I have a bout a dozen Newtek Video Toaster Links available. These connect
Macs and the Video Toaster. List is $595, street price likely to be $495.
I can sell them off for $425 including shipping anywhere.. Factory
shrinkwrapped. Plus tax if in California. E-mail rebop or call 916 924-9911
M-F 8-5 if you would like further info.
All Toaster and Toaster accessories and system components are available as
well.
--
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- Bob Ulius | rebop@well.sf.ca.us | (916) 338-4766 -
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8024 | From: Gene.Gross@lambada.oit.unc.edu (Gene Gross)
Subject: Re: DID HE REALLY RISE???
Organization: University of North Carolina Extended Bulletin Board Service
Lines: 60
In article <Apr.15.00.58.18.1993.28885@athos.rutgers.edu> oser@fermi.wustl.edu (Scott Oser) writes:
>
>And the two simplest refutations are these:
>
>(1) What impact? The only record of impact comes from the New Testament.
>I have no guarantee that its books are in the least accurate, and that
>the recorded "impact" actually happened. I find it interesting that no other
>contemporary source records an eclipse, an earthquake, a temple curtain
>being torn, etc. The earliest written claim we have of Jesus' resurrection
>is from the Pauline epistles, none of which were written sooner than 20 years
>after the supposed event.
First, off I'd say that the impact if right before your eyes! 8-) That we are
even discussing this is a major impact in and of itself. Further, the early
church bears testimony to the impact.
>(2) It seems probable that no one displayed the body of Jesus because no
>one knew where it was. I personally believe that the most likely
>explanation was that the body was stolen (by disciples, or by graverobbers).
>Don't bother with the point about the guards ... it only appears in one
>gospel, and seems like exactly the sort of thing early Christians might make
>up in order to counter the grave-robbing charge. The New Testament does
>record that Jews believed the body had been stolen. If there were really
>guards, they could not have effectively made this claim, as they did.
Of course they knew where it was. Don't forget that Jesus was seen by both
the Jews and the Romans as a troublemaker. Pilate was no fool and didn't
need the additional headaches of some fishermen stealing Jesus' body to
make it appear He had arisen. Since Jesus was buried in the grave of a
man well know to the Sanhedrin, to say that they didn't know where He was
buried begs the question.
Now, you say that you think that the disciples stole the body. But think on
this a moment. Would you die to maintain something you KNEW to be a
deliberate lie!? If not, then why do you think the disciples would!? Now, I'm
not talking about dying for something you firmly believe to be the truth,
but unbeknown to you, it is a lie. Many have done this. No, I'm talking about
dying, by beheading, stoning, crucifixion, etc., for something you know to
be a lie! Thus, you position with regards to the disciples stealing the
body seems rather lightweight to me.
As for graverobbers, why risk the severe penalties for grave robbing over
the body of Jesus? He wasn't buried with great riches. So, again, this is
an argument that can be discounted.
That leaves you back on square one. What happened to the body!?
IHL, Gene
--
The opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the University of
North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Campus Office for Information
Technology, or the Experimental Bulletin Board Service.
internet: laUNChpad.unc.edu or 152.2.22.80
[Again, let me comment that the most plausible non-Christian scenario,
and the one typically suggested by sceptics who are knowledgeable
about the NT, is that the resurrection was a subjective event, and the
empty tomb stories are a result of accounts growing in the telling.
--clh]
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8025 | From: scott@psy.uwa.oz.au (Scott Fisher)
Subject: Re: MGBs and the real world
Organization: The University of Western Australia
Lines: 28
NNTP-Posting-Host: wapsy.psy.uwa.oz.au
derek@nezsdc.icl.co.nz (Derek Tearne) writes:
>>People who bought MGB`s bought them because they were an open topped sportscar
>>and embodied what people thought they should for an old fashioned traditional
>>brit. sportscar - not because they were great at anything.
>Pretty much like the people who buy the Mazda MX-5 (Miata) today. Small
>fun and you can fool yourself (and a lot of other people) that you have the
>performance of many far superior (and much more expensive) performnace cars.
I have been for a fairly hard run in an MX5, what they lack in power they
surely make up for in handling. Great for back streets with heaps of corners.
They are a fairly light car with a low center of gravity and a quite free
revving DOHC engine, a fun car. Have you driven a TURBO converted
MX5? Now they are starting to perform! I've often thought a Mazda rotary
would go well in the XM5 too....anyone done it?
Regards Scott.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Scott Fisher [scott@psy.uwa.oz.au] PH: Aus [61] Perth (09) Local (380 3272).
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Department of Psychology / \ W + E
University of Western Australia. Perth [32S, 116E]--> *_.--._/ S
Nedlands, 6009. PERTH, W.A. v
Joy is a Jaguar XJ6 with a flat battery, a blown oil seal and an unsympathetic
wife, 9km outside of a small remote town, 3:15am on a cold wet winters morning.
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8026 | From: hooperw@spot.Colorado.EDU (Wayne Hooper)
Subject: Re: making copy of a Video tape
Keywords: video
Nntp-Posting-Host: spot.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Lines: 13
victor@inqmind.bison.mb.ca (Victor Laking) writes:
>You are experiencing what is called Macrovision. It is the protection
>that they use on the video tapes. There are two ways around this that I
>know of. First of all, you can try using a different VCR to copy onto.
>It is the input of the VCR that reacts to the protection so sometimes
>just switching the two VCRs around will take care of it. Some models
>just don't react to it.
Does this also affect the viewing of tapes ? I have had problems with
a couple of rented tapes; they were virtually unviewable. I fiddled
with the tuning, tracking and vertical hold but it was no good.
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8027 | Nntp-Posting-Host: surt.ifi.uio.no
From: Thomas Parsli <thomasp@ifi.uio.no>
Subject: Re: My Gun is like my American Express Card
In-Reply-To: viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson)'s message of Mon, 19 Apr 1993
08:52:42 GMT
Organization: Dept. of Informatics, University of Oslo, Norway
<1qjmnuINNlmd@clem.handheld.com>
<CMM.0.90.2.734911642.thomasp@surt.ifi.uio.no>
<viking.734945095@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>
<CMM.0.90.2.735132009.thomasp@surt.ifi.uio.no>
<viking.735209562@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu>
Lines: 51
Originator: thomasp@surt.ifi.uio.no
I don't remember the figures EXACTLY, but there were about 3500 deaths in Texas
in 1991 that was caused by guns.....
This is more than those beeing killed in car-ACCIDENTS!
(Yes, there could be that low sentences or high poverty could influence the
figures but they're still *pretty* high right??)
I also believe Texas has some of the most liberal 'gun-laws' in USA......
*I* should not suffer because of others....
We all agree on this one, BUT we also live in a sociaty and therefor
we'll have to give up *SOME* of our 'freedom' (Note the '').
Do you have an insurance??
Then you'll have to pay because of what others do...
Do you buy anything??
YOU are paying for those who return goods, steal or even those who gets a bonus...
Do you live with other people??
Then you 'can't' do ererything you'd want (burping/farting playing music LOUD)
-What the hell is he trying to say ??
When you live in a society (USA are stilll counted as one...) you
have to saccrifice.
The question is HOW MUCH.
One state (don't remember which, Texas??) tried to impose a rule that you could
only buy ONE gun each MONTH. Think you all know what happened.....
I respect the right to defend yourself, but that right should not inflict on
other people.
It seems like you all realize that you have a problem in America, the only
problem is
that you won't take the car away from the drunk driver, you hope to cure him
first.
Hope life comfirms to the standard of Winnie the Poh.
This is not a .signature.
It's merely a computergenerated text to waste bandwith
and to bring down the evil Internet.
Thomas Parsli
thomasp@ifi.uio.no
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8028 | From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Subject: Re: F<O>CUS/HEALTH: ONE PAYER SYSTEM B.S.
Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: PhDs In The Hall
Distribution: na
Lines: 54
UJSNYDER%MSUVX2%MEMSTVX1.BITNET@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu writes:
>
>There is never any mention of how much working Canadians have to
>pay in taxes for their "free" health care system.
Oh, *really*???
>I know that more than 50% of an average daily worker's salary goes
>towards taxes in Canada mainly because of this "free" health care.
>It looks like we are pretty lucky so far.
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 seperately on my pay stub.
While I'm not the only Canadian who favours lower taxes and cutbacks
in spending, health insurance isn't on the table. See our polls ...
A better one might be the July 1st polls conducted for Macleans (our
major English newsmagazine) by Decima Research ... Decima president
Allen Gregg is considered one of the world's top poll researchers,
and Mulroney's Conservatives have relied on him to keep in power in
the face of impossible election situations. I haven't had a chance
to see this year's version due to our library, but previous ones
before the Americans started their assault and disinformation had
shown satisfaction at 97% and switching to an American all-private
system had support within statistical noise. The Decima polls are
considered definitive. Even the new Reform Party, a breakoff of
traditionalists from the Conservatives with a mildly "libertarian"
faction, hold our public health insurance as an untouchable but that
just a few people have to be reminded that it's not free (the average
Canadian/European is more fiscally naive than their American
counterparts on issues like these).
Personally, I feel that the universal health insurance approach used
in Canada, France and Germany -- paying to private health providers in
a nominally free market not unlike America's, minus HMO's -- depends a
lot on values in those societies different from the U.S. The basic
health needs for life are not viewed as market, but the insurance does
allow the market to address that -- basic health care is not viewed on
the level of ownership of a VCR as Americans would see it. Plenty of
room is left for expenditure of private funds as extra insurance or as
>Lastly, there were noises about how the Canadian system was not
>containing costs, but, in fact, their system is currently bankrupt.
Please explain this one, hopefully in a way that Canadian readers
besides myself can understand and concur ...
gld
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare
> gld@columbia.EDU GO Winnipeg Jets GO!!!
> gld@cunixc.BITNET Selanne + Domi ==> Stanley
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8029 | From: mppa3@syma.SUssex.ac.UK (Alan Richardson)
Subject: Now available: xvertext.4.0
Organization: University of Sussex
Lines: 25
To: xannounce@expo.lcs.mit.edu
Now available: xvertext 4.0
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Summary
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xvertext provides you with four functions to draw strings at any angle in
an X window (previous versions were limited to vertical text). Rotation
is still achieved using XImages, but the notion of rotating a whole font
first has been dropped.
What's new?
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I've added a cache which keeps a copy of previously rotated strings - thus
speeding up redraws.
Where can I get it?
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comp.sources.x (soon...)
export.lcs.mit.edu : contrib/xvertext.4.0.shar.Z (now)
--
Alan Richardson, * "You don't have to be *
School of Maths & Physical Sciences, * old to be wise" *
Univ. of Sussex, Brighton BN1 9QH, ENGLAND * ******Judas Priest*****
UK: mppa3@uk.ac.sussex.syma elsewhere: mppa3@syma.sussex.ac.uk
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8030 | From: rgooch@rp.CSIRO.AU (Richard Gooch)
Subject: Re: Motif vs. [Athena, etc.]
Organization: CSIRO Division of Radiophysics/Australia Telescope National Facility
Lines: 38
In article <C5K6ny.AzJ@kirk.bu.oz.au>, bambi@kirk.bu.oz.au (David J. Hughes) writes:
>
> >I am also concerned by this prevalence of Motif, particularly from the
> >point of view of writing and obtaining free software. As the Linux and
> >386BSD communities grow, however, I think that Motif will lose some of
> >its grip, at least in the non-commercial marketplace.
>
> Ports of Motif to both 386BSD and Linux are available for a fee of about
> $100. This is cost recovery for the person who bought the rights to
> redistribute. The activity in both the BSD and Linux news groups
> pertaining to Motif has been high.
>
> >I just wonder if this will also cause a divergence between commercial
> >and non-commercial software (ie. you will only get free software using
> >Athena or OpenLook widget sets, and only get commercial software using
> >the Motif widget sets).
>
> I can't see why. If just about every workstation will come with Motif
> by default and you can buy it for under $100 for the "free" UNIX
> platforms, I can't see this causing major problems.
>
I think you will find that the active Linux and 386BSD communities are
populated by enthusiasts who would object to paying *any* money for software.
Otherwise, they would probably have gone for a commercial Unix.
An important factor in the Linux community is that source code is always
available (this is probably similar in the 386BSD community, however, I'm not
really involved there). Many people using Linux like to stay at the cutting
(bleeding) edge: ie. when kernel patches, C library or compiler patches come
out, people like to rebuild their entire systems. The prime requirement for
all Linux software is that it is available under a GNU style public license.
Hence, Linux software uses either the Athena widgets or XView.
Individuals may write software requiring Motif, but I doubt it is widely
adopted.
Regards,
Richard Gooch....
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8031 | From: rstevew@armory.com (Richard Steven Walz)
Subject: Re: How many homosexuals are there?
Organization: The Armory
Lines: 94
In article <1993Apr5.000007.27707@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> mbond@nyx.cs.du.edu (Mimi) writes:
>In article <1993Apr3.211910.21908@news.acns.nwu.edu> dmeier@casbah.acns.n
>u.edu (Douglas Meier) writes:
>>In article <1pkmo9INNg7@senator-bedfellow.MIT.EDU> wdstarr@athena.mit.ed
>
>>(William December Starr) writes:
>>>
>>>And what difference does it make? If homosexuals should not be treated
>>>as equals with heterosexuals in the eyes of the law then it doesn't
>>>matter if they comprise an overwhelming majority of the population, and
>>>if they should then it doesn't matter if, numerically, they're only an
>>>infinitesimal minority, right?
>>>
>>And if it makes no difference, then shoving a false number down my throa
>
>>shouldn't be a high priority. After all, why should a minority group ne
>d to
>>inflate their numbers in order to justify the rights they claim they des
>rve
>>i.e. extra privileges they ask for?
>>
>>If someone beats up a homosexual, he should get charged for assault and
>>battery. Why must we add gay bashing to the list? Isn't this a sort of
>>double jeopardy? Or am I just being a fascist again?
>>
>>
>>--
>>Douglas C. Meier | This Space for Rent
>>Northwestern University, ACNS |
>>This University is too Commie- |
>>Lib Pinko to have these views. | dmeier@casbah.acns.nwu.edu
>
>
>You know, I have thought about the issue of if someone beats up a
>homosexual, or a black person, etc., should the crime be specified
>as something special. Shit, beating up anybody, regardless of race
>and sexual orientation should be a very serious crime. If you
>pick out those crimes which are committed against the opposite sex,
>different race, or a different sexual orientation, is this a form
>of favoring those groups over other groups. Hmm.. I mean, I think
>that a crime committed against all people should be treated the
>same. But, I know that there are many people out there who are
>very prejudice against people who are different than they are. And
>perhaps hate crimes laws are the only way to punish the bastards
>appropriately. But, why should a person who commits a crime against
>a wealthy protestant white by a wealthy protestant white be treated
>on a lower level. Isn't this discrimination against the wealthy
>white person.
>
>Hmm.. Any input out there? As a black person, I here about all
>sorts of stories where fellow blacks are persecuted and beat up
>because of their race. This really tears me up. But, a crime
>against a white by a white should also be treated as a heinous
>crime.
>
>Please respond. I would like to hear what other views are out ther.
>
>Ciao'
>Mimi
---------------------------
The federal government has used such laws to allow mutliple charges in
order to prevent more crimes than would nromally occur just from two people
being pissed off at each other. The federal government has an interest in
the intent of the perpetrators in the pursuit of preventing violations of
civil rights. It's the way they broke the back of the Klan, by putting a
lot of people away for a very long time for harrassing blacks specifically.
It is a principle that has been well recognized as constitutionally valid
since over 100 years ago. It has been used whenever a select group was
getting bashed or harrassed more than any other person would just for being
part of a minority. It is the only way we made the defeat of the south
stick after the Civil War. People who harrassed free blacks, when normally
they wouldn't find themselves harrassing just anyone walking around were
expeditiously tried and jailed for 5 to 8 years until nobody wanted to try
it anymore. Now with the 14th amendment guarantee of equal protection under
the law, the law can use multiple crime and severe penalty involving intent
as much as is needed to protect even one human that is a hated minority to
somebody. They can call out the national guard just for them, as they did
the school girls in Alabama during desegregation in the 1950's, and the
president can nationalize the state militia and turn the guns of the
militia that were being used to bar blacks right around to point at the
thousands in the crowd with an order to shoot that they would have to obey
or face possible death by firing squad under the Uniform Code of Military
Justice for failing to obey a direct order while under arms! And by god,
they did! Those southern boys turned right around an fixed bayonets! And
the governor was left standing and was arrested by the federal marshalls
that had brought the order to nationalize the guard. And that's why we need
such an ability in federal jurisdiction.
-RSW
--
* Richard STEVEn Walz rstevew@deeptht.armory.com (408) 429-1200 *
* 515 Maple Street #1 * Without safe and free abortion women are *
* Santa Cruz, CA 95060 organ-surrogates to unwanted parasites.* *
* Real Men would never accept organ-slavery and will protect Women. *
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8032 | From: hahietanen@tnclus.tele.nokia.fi
Subject: TPS will stay on the top...
Lines: 23
Nntp-Posting-Host: tne01.tele.nokia.fi
Organization: Nokia Telecommunications.
MIGHTY ONES GET MIGHTIER:
TPS, the Finnish Champions 1992/3, are getting still stronger!
I just heard some news, according to which TPS has acquired
the next Finnish hockey superstar(??) Jere Lehtinen from Kiekko-Espoo!
There are also some rumours about Erik Kakko (Reipas) and Marko Jantunen
(KalPa) being traded to TPS. Both of this players are currently on the
Finnish olympic team. I think that Jantunen is drafted to the NHL, too.
BTW. Is Juha Yl|nen (centre, HPK) drafted by the Jets?? During last year
he has reached the top level among Finnish centres. He had very good
playoff games against TPS!
Hannu
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> GO JETS GO ! >>>>>>>> TEEMU ! >>>>>>> TEPPO ! >>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>> TAPPARA >>>>>> CANADIENS >>>>>>> BLACKHAWKS >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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8033 | From: luriem@alleg.edu The Liberalizer (Michael Lurie)
Subject: Re: Joe Robbie Stadium "NOT FOR BASEBALL"
Article-I.D.: alleg.1993Apr6.210510.2943
Organization: Allegheny College
Lines: 10
In article <1993Apr6.025027.4846@oswego.Oswego.EDU> iacs3650@Oswego.EDU
(Kevin Mundstock) writes:
> Did anyone notice the words "NOT FOR BASEBALL" printed on the picture
> of Joe Robbie Stadium in the Opening Day season preview section in USA
> Today? Any reason given for this?
Yes, and the answer is simple. To create a better feeling in the park, the
seats will be folded back for baseball games where you saw those words.
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8034 | From: sun075!Gerry.Palo@uunet.uu.net (Gerry Palo)
Subject: Re: "Accepting Jeesus in your heart..."
Lines: 22
gsu0033@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Eric Molas) writes:
> Religion (especially Christianity) is nothing more than a DRUG.
There is a certain truth to this statement. Only I would use the word
"medicine" instead of drug. With regard to the condition of the human
soul, Christianity is first and foremost a healing medicine. It also
strengthens and enables one, as healing takes hold, to grow in new
strength and health to live and be and to do that for which God created
us.
> Some people use drugs as an escape from reality.
Christ's medicine, rightly allowed to work, brings one nearer to
reality and offers the clarity of understanding and the strength
of spirit with which to meet it in a healthy human way.
> Christians inject themselves with Jesus and live with that high.
(small spelling correction added)
Gerry Palo (73237.2006@compuserve.com)
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8035 | From: gballent@hudson.UVic.CA (Greg Ballentine)
Subject: Roger Maynard
Nntp-Posting-Host: hudson.uvic.ca
Reply-To: gballent@hudson.UVic.CA
Organization: University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada
Lines: 15
Does anyone recieve annoying email from Roger Maynard whenever they post an
article telling them to leave him alon and stop posting to the group??
These emails are filled with insults- more than are usual in Roger's posts
and have little if any hockey info.
I have recieved two in the last 2 days.
I am just wondering if I am special or Roger trys to bully everyone who
disagrees with him.
Gregmeister
Obligatory hockey comment:
It is highly unlikely that the Maple Leafs will even get out of their
division.
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8036 | From: cs3sd3ae@maccs.mcmaster.ca (Holly KS)
Subject: US Robotics info wanted
Nntp-Posting-Host: maccs.dcss.mcmaster.ca
Organization: Department of Computer Science, McMaster University
Lines: 11
Could someone please give me some info regarding the USR Sportsters that have
recently dropped below $200? I was going to buy a used Courier v32bis external
without fax for $200 but now I see the Sportster with Fax is selling below
$200 brand new! Are these good modems? What warranty do they carry?
Any info very much appreciated.
Kevin
hollyk@mcmail.cis.mcmaster.ca
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8037 | From: zbib@bnr.ca (Sam Zbib)
Subject: Legality of the Jewish Purchase (was Re: Israeli Expansion-lust)
Nntp-Posting-Host: bcarh1fa
Reply-To: zbib@bnr.ca
Organization: Bell-Northern Research
Lines: 134
Adam Shostack writes:
> Sam Zbib writes
>>I'm surprised that you don't consider the acquisition of land by
>>the Jews from arabs, for the purpose of establishing an exclusive
>>state, as a hostile action leading to war.
> It was for the purpose of establishing a state, not an
> exclusive state. If the state was to be exclusive, it would not have
> 400 000 arab citizens.
Could you please tell me what was the ethnic composition of
Israel right after it was formed.
> And no, I do not consider the purchase of land a hostile
> action. When someone wants to buy land, and someone else is willing
> to sell it, at a mutually agreeable price, then that is commerce. It
> is not a hostile action leading to war.
No one in his right mind would sell his freedom and dignity.
Palestinians are no exception. Perhaps you heard about
anti-trust in the business world.
Since we are debating the legality of a commercial
transaction, we must use the laws governing the guidelines
and ethics of such transactions. Basic ANTI-TRUST law says
that, while you can purchase IBM stocks for the purpose of
investing, you can not acquire a large number of those
shares with the intent or controlling IBM. You can do so
only if you make your intentions CLEAR apriori . Clearly,
the Jews who purchased properties from palastenians had some
designs, they were not buying a dwelling or a real estate.
They were establishing a bridgehead for the European Jews.
The palastenians sold their properties to the Jews in the
old tradition of arab hospitality. Being a multi-ethnic /
multi-religious society, accepting the jews as neighbours
was no different, just another religion. Plus they paid fair
market value, etc... They did not know they were victims of
an international conspiracy. (I'm not a conspiracy theorist
myself, but this one is hard to dismiss).
>>As to whether the Jews wanted to live in peace, maybe.
>>However they wanted and still want an exclusively Jewish
>>state, where Jews are in control and Jews are the masters of
>>the land. Living in peace is meaningless unless it means
>>living *WITH* someone else, as equal. For a native arab, this
>>does not leave many options.
> Oh, you mean like both Jews and Arabs being citizens? The
>arabs who stayed are now citizens, with as much right to choose who
>they vote for as the Jews.
Again Adam, the devil is in the details. I don't want to get
on a tangent here but its the same reasonning that says its
OK to return 100 deportes and leave the rest. Because 100 is
a nice number that you can devide by 10, 100 and besides, it
has an integer square root.
>>Those palestinians who stayed, actually stayed despite of what
>>happened, and their number was somewhat tolerated as a defenseless
>>and ineffective minority.
>>If I were wrong, you'd have Israel recall all the
>>palestinian refugees (we're talking millions). After all,
>>they are civilians.
> Huh? The people who left, did so voluntarily. There is no
>reason for Israel to let them in.
Do you actually believe this? My experience tells me that
every palestinian I knew still keeps the key to his home, in
Palestine. Besides they often refer to their exodus as an
escape from hell (so to speak). I know none that agrees with
you. Did you sample their opinions? I know you don't care,
just being rethorical.
>>Israel gave citizenship to the remaining arabs because it
>>had to maintain a democratic facade (to keep the western aid
>>flowing).
> Israel got no western aid in 1948, nor in 1949 or 50...It
>still granted citizenship to those arabs who remained. And how
>is granting citizenship a facade?
Don't get me wrong. I beleive that Israel is democratic
within the constraints of one dominant ethnic group (Jews).
Israel probably had a few options after 1948: ethnic
cleansing Serbian style, and deserve the wrath of the
international community, or make the best out of a no win
condition: show the world how good Israel is towards the
'bad' arabs. Personaly, I've never heard anything about the
arab community in Isreal. Except that they're there. So
yes, they're there. But as a community with history and
roots, its dead.
>> Tell me something, Sam. What makes land "arab?"
>How shall I explain, Its a contract between the man and the
>land. Control isn't it. The Ottomans ruled 400 years, and
>then left with barely a trace. The concept of Land identity
>is somewhat foreign to the mobile and pragmatic West. It is
>partly the concept of 'le sol natal', native soil. I know
>that jews had previous history in the region, but none in
>recent memory. I'm talking everyday life not archeology.
> Try again, you tell me what its isn't, but you fail to
> establish what it is.
> Also, Jews did have history in Israel for over a thousand
>years. There were lots of Jews slaughtered by Crusaders in Israel.
>There was a thriving community in Gaza city from roughly 1200-1500.
>Jews were a majority in Jerusalem from 1870 or so onwards. Does that
>make the land Jewish?
I stand corrected. I meant that the jewish culture was not
predominant in Palestine in recent history. I have no
problem with Jerusalem having a jewish character if it were
predominantly Jewish. So there. what to make of the rest
Palestine?
> Adam Shostack adam@das.harvard.edu
--
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8038 | From: pramodmm@deforest.ee.washington.edu (Pramod Mahadev)
Subject: Help on xlib and include files
Article-I.D.: shelley.1r6om2INN3tf
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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NNTP-Posting-Host: deforest.ee.washington.edu
Hi Xperts!
I have a Sparc-1 with very limited disk space on /usr partition.
previously, i was able to run all x-windows applications and then
i upgraded my system to sun o.s. 4.1.3 and realized that , the hard
disk did not have enough space to load openwindows. My immediate alternative
was to load only the neccessary files to boot the system. This resulted in
not loading openwindows. As a result of which none of the X-libraries got loaded.
I am trying to load just the libraries and include files and bin/X11 files
required for running X-windows and compiling my programs written for Xlib and Xaw.
In a desperate effort to regain x-windows, i retrieved /usr/lib/libX*.* files from
the tape . /usr/bin/X11/* and /usr/include/X11/* . Is this enough for running X-windows
BUt i did not get /usr/lib/X11/fonts/ sub directories . these are mainly 100dpi, 75dpi
and misc.
when i run xinit, the error message says /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi etc are not in the
default path. But the problem is i cannot load any of those directories as there is no
disk space.
Are there any temporary suggestions before I get a 1.5 GB disk and load openwindows , to
just have my x-windows running.
Thanks
Pramod
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8039 | From: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu (Doug Mohney)
Subject: Re: Shuttle oxygen (was Budget Astronaut)
Organization: Computer Aided Design Lab, U. of Maryland College Park
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Reply-To: sysmgr@king.eng.umd.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: queen.eng.umd.edu
In article <1993Apr16.151729.8610@aio.jsc.nasa.gov>, kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov writes:
>Josh Hopkins (jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu) replied:
>: Double wow. Can you land a shuttle with a 5cm hole in the wall?
>Personnally, I don't know, but I'd like to try it sometime.
Are you volunteering? :)
> But a
>hole in the pressure vessel would cause us to immediately de-orbit
>to the next available landing site.
Will NASA have "available landing sites" in the Russian Republic, now that they
are Our Friends and Comrades?
Software engineering? That's like military intelligence, isn't it?
-- > SYSMGR@CADLAB.ENG.UMD.EDU < --
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8040 | From: 2a42dubinski@vms.csd.mu.edu
Subject: Re: Can I Change "Licensed To" Data in Windows 3.1?
Organization: Marquette University - Computer Services
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Reply-To: 2a42dubinski@vms.csd.mu.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: vmsd.csd.mu.edu
In article <1993Apr15.180633.3437@trintex.uucp>, charles@tinman.dev.prodigy.com () writes:
>Have you tried re-installing the software? Otherwise I would be dubious about
>simple ways to change that screen. Is it not designed to be an embarassment to
>would be pirates?
>
ahh, yes, this is a fun topic. No, once the name is incribed on the
disk, that is it, it is encoded. Not even a HEX editor will find it. You can
write over the "Licensed to:", but you can't change the name underneth it. I
think if you wish to change this you would have to be a pirate, and we're not
going to promote that here.
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8041 | Subject: Re: Reseting LW IIg to factory defaults
From: Robert Grapes <R.Grapes@massey.ac.nz>
Organization: Massey University
X-Xxdate: Mon, 19 Apr 93 08:03:45 GMT
X-Useragent: Nuntius v1.1.1d17
Lines: 21
In article <1qpir1$762@slab.mtholyoke.edu> Jurgen Botz,
jbotz@mtholyoke.edu writes:
> I have a Laserwriter IIg that has disappeared completely from the
> Network, i.e. it's name doesn't show up in any zone. (You can print
> to it from it's serial interface, tho!) I have seen some discussion
> here about changing the zone a IIg is in... including some PS code
> that lets you change the zone. Is there maybe some PS code you can
> use to have it go back to all its factory default settings? I have
> a feeling that's what needed to heal ours.
The following postscript works for LaserWriter IIg's with version 2 roms
%!
0 serverdict begin exitserver
<< /FactoryDefaults true >> setsystemparams
systemdict begin
realtime 10000 add
{ dup realtime le { pop exit } if } loop
quit
Rob.
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8042 | From: eshneken@ux4.cso.uiuc.edu (Edward A Shnekendorf)
Subject: Zionism
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 24
The following flyer was distributed at AIPAC's 34th annual Policy Conference:
Because when we're not in Israel, we're told to go back where we came from and
when we come back to Israel we're told to go back to where we came from and
when we're vocal we have too much influence and when we are quiet we can afford
to be because we we control everything anyway and when we buy something we can
afford to because Jews are so rich and when we don't buy something it's because
we're cheap and because when we are poor we're called dirty Jew and ignorant
and when we're not we're called called rich Jew and JAP and when we are visibly
organized it's because there is a secret Jewish conspiracy and when we're not it
is because there is a secret Jewish conspiracy and because we're told we're not
a people and when we say we are we're still told that we're not and when we
marry our own people we're called racist and we don't we're contaminating
someone else's "race" and because we're under fire from the Left and from the
Right and because there are whites who hate us for not being white and because
there are non-whites who hate us for being white and because anti-semitic
incidents are rising every year but we're told that anti-semitism doesn't
exist or that we're paranoid and because we're told to shut up about the
Holocaust and yet Holocaust revisionism is risng every year and when we are
"obnoxious" we're called JAPs and when we are "nice" we're told we don't act
Jewish and because anti-semitism is now world-wide and because our people is
not yet free and because we do not have to complete the work but neither are
we free to desist from it for these reasons and many many more we are part of
the Jewish National Liberation Movement: ZIONISM.
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8043 | From: zowie@daedalus.stanford.edu (Craig "Powderkeg" DeForest)
Subject: Re: Need advice for riding with someone on pillion
Distribution: na
Organization: Stanford Center for Space Science and Astrophysics
Lines: 61
NNTP-Posting-Host: daedalus.stanford.edu
In-reply-to: raible@nas.nasa.gov's message of 20 Apr 93 19:32:39
In article <C5t759.DsC@well.sf.ca.us> rwert@well.sf.ca.us (Bob Wert) writes:
I need some advice on having someone ride pillion with me on my 750 Ninja.
This will be the the first time I've taken anyone for an extended ride
(read: farther than around the block :-). We'll be riding some twisty,
fairly bumpy roads (the Mines Road-Mt.Hamilton Loop for you SF Bay Areans).
Communication: work out your own system. Or just slow down and holler
back every once in a while. At reasonable speeds, even on my under-muffled
Magna, we can hear each other. It's only above, say, 45 MPH that you
can't really communicate.
Balance: New passengers are a real pain, because you never know how
they're going to react to steering. Some people catch on immediately
and lean with me. Others are completely skittish about the leaning
thing, and keep their bodies perpendicular to the horizon. This is a
pain while turning, but manageable. The WORST are the passengers who stay
perpendicular to the horizon, then REMEMBER in the middle of a turn
and WHIP AROUND until they're in the `correct' position. This always
screws up the line I've picked out.
Here's my personal checklist of things to tell passengers:
- attire: helmet, long pants, boots/heavy shoes, jacket.
- Keep feet on pegs at all times, unless I say otherwise. Do not
get on/off unless I say you can. (I've had people try to dismount
in traffic, just as I'm pulling in to a parking space!)
- Muffler gets HOT! ('Nuff said)
- We get *GOOD* traction. We're not going to fall over. (Many
first-time riders are surprised by how tightly you can turn!)
- Turn dynamics: sit so that you feel like you're sitting upright and
we're going straight. Trust your butt, not your eyes -- if you're
confused, close your eyes for a couple of turns to get the feel
of it. Or just hug me tight.
- Please, no sudden moves -- shift your weight as desired, but be
gradual, so I can compensate.
- Your faceplate is yours to open/close as desired.
- Trust is essential. Trust the driver (me) to do the right
thing -- I've driven many miles on this thing, and know how
to operate it. Enjoy the ride. (This is important to
stress. For example, one of my first-time passwngers seemed to
watch the speedo like a hawk: I drove her to the beach down 84,
and whever we topped 35 mph, she'd holler, "SLOW DOWN! I'M SCARED"
I humored her for a while, then simply covered the speedometer with
the spare piece of duct tape I keep stuck to the top of the cluster.
Problem solved: she watched the scenery instead of the
instruments, and had a much better time. Based on her
experience driving a Lincoln Continental, she was unwilling to
trust my ability to choose a safe speed for the bike.)
Usually I'll point out the controls, engine, transmission, brakes,
tires, etc. and discuss motorcycle physics a bit too for first-timers.
Helps calm their nerves, and gives the bike a chance to warm up.
Watch out for gravel on the Mt. Hamilton road: there were lots of little
mudslides after the last big rain; by now, many of the blind corners will
be nicely covered with a carpet of little, round, nearly invisible stones.
It doesn't help build trust when you slide out on a blind corner, on the
first trip!
Good luck -- have fun!
--
DON'T DRINK SOAP! DILUTE DILUTE! OK!
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8044 | From: sheffner@encore.com (Steve Heffner)
Subject: Hernia
Organization: Encore Computer Corporation
Nntp-Posting-Host: condor.encore.com
Lines: 20
A bit more than a year ago, a hernia in my right groin was
discovered. It had produced a dull pain in that area. The hernia
was repaired using the least intrusive (orthoscopic?) method and a
"plug and patch".
The doctor considered the procedure a success.
A few months later the same pain returned. The doctor said that
he could find nothing wrong in the area of the hernia repair.
Now the pain occurs more often. My GP couldn't identify any
specific problem. The surgen who performed the original procedure
now says that yes there is a "new" hernia in the same area and he
said that he has to cut into the area for the repair this time.
My question to the net: Is there a nonintrusive method to
determine if in fact there is a hernia or if the pain is from
something else?
Steve Heffner
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8045 | From: tk@pssparc2.mitek.com (Tom Kimball)
Subject: Re: Supply Side Economic Policy (was Re: David Stockman )
Organization: OpenConnect Systems, Dallas, TX
Distribution: na
Lines: 36
In article <C5217t.J5B@newsserver.technet.sg> ipser@solomon.technet.sg (Ed Ipser) writes:
>details that you are seeking, is that the Grahm-Rudman budget controls
>were working. In fact, they were working so well that unless the feds
>did something, they were going to have to start cutting pork. So Bush
>and the Democrats got together in a Budget Summit and replaced
>Grahm-Rudman with the now historic Grand Compromise in which Bush
Yea, it turned out that Gramm-Rudman was a sham to fool the voters
into accepting the borrow-and-spend policies of the last 12 years.
>As it turned out, the taxes killed the Reagan expansion and the caps
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Anyone can expand the economy by chargeing $3 trillion on their credit
cards. Big deal. Deficit spending only expands the economy in the short
term. In the long term it shrinks the economy for numerous reasons. I would
have MUCH preferred that the taxpayers had that $3 trillion instead.
>The result is that Clinton now HOPES to reduce the deficit to a level
>ABOVE where it was when Reagan left office.
>
>Chew on that awhile.
If Reagan had kept his campaign PROMISE to balance the budget by 1983,
there would have been no need for Bush or Clinton to raise taxes. And
all Reagan had to do was balance that puny Carter deficit.
Chew on that awhile.
--
Tom Kimball OpenConnect Systems
2711 LBJ Freeway, Suite 800
tk@oc.com Dallas, TX 75006
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8046 | From: REXLEX@fnal.fnal.gov
Subject: Babylon Book Offer
Organization: FNAL/AD/Net
Lines: 20
From time to time I have made reference to a book called "The Two Babylons"
which is a book written by Alexander Hislop (mid 1800's) about the Babylonian
mystery religion and its flight through history. I was unable to put it down
the first time I read it, but others have found it dry. It has numberable
references and illustrations. If you are interested in purchasing your own
copy, you can call Moody Book Store @ (312)329-4352 and order it for $16.99 and
they will ship it to you.
It is a good book just to get the reference titles for your own digs into the
mystery religions. I have found it invaluable for that purpose alone. But for
those who only want to skim the subject, it comes highly recommended.
Just a note to my RC brothers and sisters. You may find this to be a
diatribe or you may find it to be a test to the origin and true nature of the
origin of RCism. If you are offended by anything that asks hard questions
about your denomination (as to whether or not it is "Christian") then perhaps
you should just passover this offer. To those who are a little more
adventurous, go for it and later, please contact me with you reasons pro or con
on the scholorship of this book. I really would be interested.
adelphoi ev Christos,
Rex
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8047 | From: jjb@dtc.hp.com (Jim Brewer)
Subject: Re: uh, der, whassa deltabox?
Nntp-Posting-Host: moosehead.dtc.hp.com
Organization: HP Design Technology Center, Santa Clara, CA
Lines: 6
In article <C5KxAL.IzC@ccu.umanitoba.ca> klinger@ccu.umanitoba.ca (Jorg Klinger) writes:
> I beleive it's called the "Dentabox" frame.
>
>Nothing some putty and paint won't fix.
This from someone riding a GSXR? Gutsy.
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8048 | From: defaria@cup.hp.com (Andy DeFaria)
Subject: Mysterious beeping
Nntp-Posting-Host: hpclapd.cup.hp.com
Organization: Hewlett-Packard
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8.8]
Lines: 121
[ Article crossposted from hp.windows ]
[ Author was Andy DeFaria ]
[ Posted on Mon, 19 Apr 1993 18:08:38 GMT ]
For some reason the following code causes my X application to beep whenever I
intercept a keystroke and change it's meaning. The intent of this code it to
allow "date" fields the following special keys:
[Tt]: Insert today's date
[+=]: Bump day up by one
[-_]: Bump day down by one
I hardcoded some dates for this example. Perhaps I shouldn't be using an
XmText field for this.
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//
// For some reason the following code beeps whenever any of the special keys
// of [Tt+=-_] are hit. Why? The idea of this code is to interpret these
// keys having the special meaning implied by the code. I would like to get
// rid of the beeping but, as far as I can tell, I'm not doing the beep and
// am at a lose as to understanding who and why the beeping is occuring.
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
#include <X11/Intrinsic.h>
#include <Xm/Xm.h>
#include <Xm/RowColumn.h>
#include <Xm/MainW.h>
#include <Xm/Text.h>
Widget toplevel;
Widget mainWindow;
Widget mainPane;
Widget dateField;
XtAppContext application;
void markToday (Widget date) {
char *todaysDate = "04/19/93";
XtVaSetValues (date, XmNvalue, todaysDate, NULL);
} // markToday
void markTomorrow (Widget date) {
char *tomorrowsDate = "04/20/93";
XtVaSetValues (date, XmNvalue, tomorrowsDate, NULL);
} // markTomorrow
void markYesterday (Widget date) {
char *yesterdaysDate = "04/18/93";
XtVaSetValues (date, XmNvalue, yesterdaysDate, NULL);
} // markYesterday
void datekeys (Widget /* callingWidget */,
Widget date,
XmTextVerifyPtr callbackData) {
// Capture the keys [Tt-_+=] can change their behaviour. If found
// set "doit" to false so X won't interpret the keystroke.
switch (callbackData->text->ptr [0]) {
case 't': case 'T':
markToday (date);
callbackData->doit = FALSE;
return;
case '-': case '_':
markYesterday (date);
callbackData->doit = FALSE;
return;
case '+': case '=':
markTomorrow (date);
callbackData->doit = FALSE;
return;
default:
return;
} // switch
} // datekeys
void main (Cardinal argc, char *argv []) {
// Initialize Xt
toplevel = XtVaAppInitialize (&application, "Application", NULL, 0,
&argc, argv, NULL, NULL);
// Create the toolface
mainWindow = XtVaCreateManagedWidget
("mainWindow", xmMainWindowWidgetClass, toplevel, NULL);
// Create a mainWindow
mainPane = XtVaCreateManagedWidget
("mainPane", xmRowColumnWidgetClass, mainWindow, NULL);
// Create a small text area
dateField = XtVaCreateManagedWidget
("dateField", xmTextWidgetClass, mainPane,
XmNtopAttachment, XmATTACH_FORM,
XmNrightAttachment, XmATTACH_FORM,
XmNcolumns, 8,
NULL);
// Set modifyVerifyCallback to the datekeys callback
XtAddCallback (dateField, XmNmodifyVerifyCallback,
(XtCallbackProc) datekeys, (XtPointer) dateField);
// Realize the toplevel
XtRealizeWidget (toplevel);
// Go into the XtMainLoop
XtAppMainLoop (application);
} // main
_______________________________________________________________________________
I swear by my life and the love of it that I will | Andrew DeFaria
never live for the sake of another man nor ask | Hewlett Packard
another man to live for mine. | California Language Labs
John Galt | defaria@cup.hp.com
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I swear by my life and the love of it that I will | Andrew DeFaria
never live for the sake of another man nor ask | Hewlett Packard
another man to live for mine. | California Language Labs
John Galt | defaria@cup.hp.com
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8049 | From: lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu (Bruce G. Bostwick)
Subject: Re: Membrane keypad with custom legend.
Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin TX
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Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: doc.cc.utexas.edu
In article <1993Apr21.125530.18387@texhrc.uucp> pyeatt@Texaco.com (Larry D. Pyeatt) writes:
>I had a catalog with membrane keypads, but I dunno what
>happened to it, and it was so long ago that I forget the
>name of the company. Anyway, you could make your own
>legend and slip it behind the bezel. Really nice and
>reasonably priced. Can anyone tell me where to get some
>more of these critters?
For some reason the name Grayhill springs to mind -- saw something
like that in a Grayhill catalog, along with options for custom printed
overlays and a neat little electroluuminescent backing that would make
the whole shebang glow a nice shade of green ..
mighty handy if you're trying to key a door combination in the dark
and don't want to TURN ON THE &%#$!! LIGHT ..
--
<BGB>
lihan@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu / The only reason the world hasn't
(really Bruce Bostwick) / dissolved into total chaos is that
from the great state of TEXAS / Murphy's Law also applies to Murphy.
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8050 | From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Subject: Re: The guy who bad-mouthed Ulf...
Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: PhDs In The Hall
Lines: 14
Patrick Walker <F1HH@UNB.CA> writes:
>
>If he ever tried some like that on a Yzerman, he'd
>would have to deal with Probert now wouldn't he?
Do you realize how many smiles are crossing faces after you wrote that?
(-;
gld
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare
> gld@columbia.EDU GO Winnipeg Jets GO!!!
> gld@cunixc.BITNET Selanne + Domi ==> Stanley
|
8051 | From: ssa@unity.ncsu.edu (S. Alavi)
Subject: Looking for Large MONO/COLOR VGA Monitor.
Organization: NC State University
Lines: 12
I am looking for a monitor 17" or larger that could do 1024x748
with and 8514/A card (PS2/70)
I guess I would prefere 19" and MONO (later becuase of lower price)
Please email me the brand, model, condition and asking price...
(Please include this message for reference)
====== S. Alavi [ssa@unity.ncsu.edu] (919)467-7909 (H) ========
(919)515-8063 (W)
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8052 | Distribution: world
From: Thomas_n.a._Krebs@mcontent.apana.org.au
Organization: MacContent BBS, Doncaster, Victoria, Australia
Return-Receipt-To: Thomas_n.a._Krebs@mcontent.apana.org.au
Subject: Re: LC Ram Upgrade will be SLOW!
Lines: 9
Yes! what you are saying is absolutey true, but what you fail to mention is the
fact that the LCIII uses the new 72 pin simms which allow 32 bit access to
each simm. In the case of the LC III, it only has one simm slot, but accesses will
be 32 bits wides.
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The views expressed in this posting those of the individual author only.
[BBS Number:(613) 848-1346 MacContent is VictoriaÕs first Iconic BBS!]
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8053 | From: ns111310@LANCE.ColoState.Edu (Nathaniel Sammons)
Subject: 68LC040 vs. 68RC040 in Centris 650
Nntp-Posting-Host: casco.lance.colostate.edu
Organization: Colorado State U. Engineering College
Lines: 28
I would like to know what people's opinions are about the
"real world" differences are between a C650 with and without
a coprocessor...
I don't use anything like Mathamatica, Maple, etc. I don't use
Spreadsheets (at least no sheets with complicated anything), I
don't use 3D CAD apps (although I used to),
I DO: use 3D renderers, EXTENSIVE communications, I run a BBS,
I write software, I write papers, etc...
BTW, just for kicks, this is what I was told by my local Apple
Rep about upgrading a 68LC040 to a 69RC040 on a C650:
"Well, Apple built in an extra socket for the coprocessor chip.
That way, you just plug in the coprocessor, and it works."
I then heartily laughed and hung up the phone.
thanks,
-nate
o---------------------------+======================================o
| "I hate quotations. | This message brought you by |
| Tell me what you know." | Nate Sammons, and the number 42. |
| --Ralph Waldo Emerson | ns111310@longs.lance.colostate.edu |
o---------------------------+======================================o
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8054 | From: johnson@spectra.com (boyd johnson)
Subject: Re: Automotive crash test, performance and maintenance stats?
Organization: Spectragraphics Corporation
Distribution: usa
Lines: 23
<<I wrote>
<Is there a resource available to the consumer comparing all of the makes
<and models of automobiles, trucks, vans, etc. for survivability in a
<crash of different severities?
<...
<Also, I've found very little objective data comparing different
<vehicles for handling, pick-up, braking, expected maintenance, etc.
<I recall years ago Consumer Reports annual buyer's guide was much more
<informative in those aspects than it is now.
Thanks to a reply from someone I looked a little further and found what
I was looking for. The April CR magazine has most of the above things.
Despite recent articles here the ratings looked pretty good for
relative comparison purposes. Unfortunately the crash test comparisons
didn't include half of the cars I'm comparing.
Anybody know how '93 Honda Civic hatchbacks and Toyota Tercels fare in
an accident?
--
====== Boyd Johnson nosc!spectra.com!johnson San Diego, California ======
Intermittent newsfeed at best and only to selected groups.
My opinions certainly don't match those of my employer.
|
8055 | From: gt7122b@prism.gatech.edu (boundary)
Subject: Re: The arrogance of Christians
Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology
Lines: 55
dleonar@andy.bgsu.edu (Pixie) writes:
> Unfaithfully yours,
> Pixie
> p.s. If you do sincerely believe that a god exists, why do you follow
>it blindly?
> Do the words "Question Authority" mean anything to you?
> I defy any theist to reply.
Dear Defiant (or Unfaithful or Pixie):
I will take up the challenge to reply, as I am a theist.
The foundation for faith in God is reason, without which the existence
of God could not be proven. That His existence can be proven by reason
is indisputable (cf. my short treatise, "Traditional Proofs for the
Existence of God," and Summa Theologica).
Now, given that God exists, and that His existence can be proven by reason,
I assert that His commands must be followed blindly, although in our fallen
condition we must always have some measure of doubt about our faith. Why?
Because God is the First Cause of all things, the First Mover of matter,
the Independent Thing that requires nothing else for its existence, the
Measure of all that is perfect, and the essential Being who gives order
to the universe (logos).
I next assert that God is all good. If this is so, then that which is
contrary to the will of God is evil; i.e., the absence of the good. And,
since God can never contradict Himself, then by His promise of a Savior
as early as the Protoevangelium of Genesis 3:5, God instructs that because
a human (Adam) was first responsible for man's alienation from the Source
of all good, a man would be required to act to restore the friendship.
Thus God became incarnate in the person of the Messiah.
Now this Messiah claimed that He is the Truth (John 14:6). If this claim
is true, then we are bound by reason to follow Him, who is truth incarnate.
You next seem to have a problem with authority. Have you tried the United
States Marine Corps yet? I can tell you first-hand that it is an excellent
instructor in authority. If you have not yet had the privilege, I will
reply that the authority which is Truth Incarnate may never be questioned,
and thus must be followed blindly. One may NOT deny the truth. For
example, when the proverbial apple fell on Isaac Newton's head, he could
have denied that it happened, but he did not. The laws of physics must
be obeyed whether a human likes them or not. They are true.
Therefore, the Authority which is Truth may not be denied.
QED
--
boundary
no teneis que pensar que yo haya venido a traer la paz a la tierra; no he
venido a traer la paz, sino la guerra (Mateo 10:34, Vulgata Latina)
|
8056 | From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Subject: Its entire Muslim population had been slaughtered by the Armenians.
Reply-To: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Distribution: world
Lines: 31
Source: "Men Are Like That" by Leonard Ramsden Hartill. The Bobbs-Merrill
Company, Indianapolis (1926). (305 pages).
(Memoirs of an Armenian officer who participated in the genocide of 2.5
million Muslim people)
p. 19 (first paragraph)
"The Tartar section of the town no longer existed, except as a pile of
ruins. It had been destroyed and its inhabitants slaughtered. The same
fate befell the Tartar section of Khankandi."
p. 22 (second paragraph)
"Many of our men had served in the Russian Army, and were trained soldiers.
We Armenians were rich and possessed arms. Tartars had never received
military training. They were poor, and possessed few arms beyond knives.
Shortly after the killing of the Tartars in our village, the revolution
in Russia was suppressed."
Serdar Argic
'We closed the roads and mountain passes that
might serve as ways of escape for the Turks
and then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
(Ohanus Appressian - 1919)
'In Soviet Armenia today there no longer exists
a single Turkish soul.' (Sahak Melkonian - 1920)
|
8057 | From: jmu@acpub.duke.edu (Joshua Mostkoff Unger)
Subject: 486SX Motherboard/Case/Mouse
Organization: Duke University; Durham, N.C.
Lines: 54
Nntp-Posting-Host: raphael.acpub.duke.edu
Hello, I have a motherboard and a case for sale as a package.
Both of them came from a CompuAdd computer I bought last August and am
presently upgrading.
Here are the specs--
Motherboard
-----------
Cyrix 486SL 25 MHz microprocessor
Chips and Technology chipset (SCATsx V2.3.6 SLSLC)
8 SIMM banks for a maximum of 32 Megs of RAM
BUILT-IN Floppy and Hard Drive Controllers
BUILT-IN ports--1 Parallel, 2 Serial (9 and 25 pin)
BUILT-IN Paradise SVGA controller with 1 meg of RAM (Windows drivers inc.)
-can do up to 1024x768 @ 256 colors
-based on the Western Digital WD90C31 chip
Math co-processor slot
3 16-bit expansion slots and 2 8-bit expansion slots
Case
----
Low-Profile Desktop
Very nice grey color
150 watt power supply
Room for 2 floppies plus HD
Mouse
-----
3-button
Microsoft-compatible
Grey color matches case
All original manuals and documentation, video drivers, etc. are included.
You are probably wondering why I must sell the case with the motherboard.
It is simply because the case is custom-made for this particular board and
you would be hard-pressed to fit another MB in it. However, the case and
this motherboard were made to go together and fit perfectly.
As you can see, since this board includes drive controllers AND a video
controller, you can save some money by buying this unit and not a MB
where you would need to get IO cards, video card, and drive controllers
Its just a lot more convenient on the whole
I would like to ask about $500 for this whole package. I think this is a fair
price given the facts that it includes a video card and drive controllers/IO
ports. All you need to do is add drives, a monitor, RAM, and a keyboard.
Also keep in mind that it isn't a generic board, but from CompuAdd.
I also will entertain all serious offers.
Please email at jmu@acpub.duke.edu
Thanks
-J
|
8058 | From: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Subject: Re: Too Many Europeans in NHL
Article-I.D.: news.1993Apr6.204743.21314
Reply-To: gld@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Gary L Dare)
Organization: PhDs In The Hall
Lines: 17
Nntp-Posting-Host: cunixb.cc.columbia.edu
You're right ... I'm sick of seeing all those white guys on skates
myself ... the Vancouver Canucks should be half women, and overall
one-third Oriental.
(-; (-; (-; (-; (-; (-;
And I'll gladly volunteer myself for the overage draft. (-;
gld
--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Je me souviens ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Gary L. Dare
> gld@columbia.EDU GO Winnipeg Jets GO!!!
> gld@cunixc.BITNET Selanne + Domi ==> Stanley
|
8059 | From: tims@megatek.com (Tim Scott)
Subject: Re: RFD: misc.taoism
Reply-To: tims@megatek.com
Organization: Megatek Corporation, San Diego, California
Lines: 72
In article <79899@cup.portal.com> Thyagi@cup.portal.com (Thyagi Morgoth NagaSiva) writes:
I would like to add my support for a misc.taoism discussion group.
I applaud the enthusiam shown by the person posting <79899@cup.portal.com>
"Thyagi@cup.portal.com" (I read in alt.magick), but I differ
with him/her in believing that at least some minimal parameters
should be agreed upon.
Thyagi wrote:
> I recommend that the depth of generality, indeed, of AMBIGUITY, in this
> newsgroup (misc.taoism) be maximized. Calling the Tradition old or new
> is rather unnecessary, and only leads to foolish squabbles. There is no
> doubt that Nature is a splendid teacher, whether she appears in the words
> spoken by a tree or by a stream, a microbe or a star. Let us not limit
> 'misc.taoism' to 'philosophy'.
But if we don't limit it to *something*, the discussion degenerates into
a big amorphous glob.
Other questions Thyagi proposes are:
> 1) What is this 'actual process of reality'?
> 2) Why is Taoism based upon an assumption?
> 3) Why does this assumption concern knowledge and what can be known?
> 4) What is the value of not knowing?
> 5) What is 'a Tao'? What does it mean to be 'Tao'd'?
It seems to me that these questions more properly fall into the
category of "general metaphysics". I would prefer any misc.taoism
to deal more closely with topics and works more closely associated
with at least "semi-orthodox" Taoism: with established classic works
definitely included and works like Mantak Chia's argued about!
I think "neo-Taoism" should be excluded or get its own group (what I
mean by this is "Humpty-Dumpty Taoism", in which Taoism means whatever
a poster says it means.) This "alt.taoism" could also be a refuge
for debates about what "Taoism *REALLY* means" or speculations on sexual
alchemy, etc..
e.g. (from Thyagi again):
> Taoism does what the hell it wants, I tell you.
> Taoism doesn't exist. 'Taoism' is no more real that 'Tao'. Decide, now.
> Real or not real? Exist or not-exist? When shall we be certain
Kent gloomily predicts (quoting from Thyagi's article):
> However most traffic in
> the group will likely concern the philosophical, secular taoism
> averred by Alan Watts and Niels Bohr, and yogic taoism as it pertains
> to medical, sexual and martial techniques.
I think that discussions of this nature are not completely out of
place. What's happening is that that the term "Taoism" is becoming
completely polluted and trivialized like the words "magic", "Alchemy",
"Zen," etc., by writers appropriating the word to mean whatever they
want. This is seen by the spate of new age books entitled "The
Tao of" this, that, and everything else. (With respect to some exceptions
like the books by Jou, Tsung-Hwa.)
Any other comments/ideas? I look forward to seeing them. On balance,
I say let misc.taoism rip and let the chips fall where they may. If
it just gets filled up with college freshmen asking about the
Tao of Sex then it will have been a failure and people will post to
these groups just as they do now.
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tim P. Scott sending from: Megatek Corporation (619)455-5590 ext.2610
9645 Scranton Rd. San Diego, CA 92121-3782 USA FAX: (619)453-7603
Internet: tims@megatek.com [or] ...uunet!megatek!tims
|
8060 | From: tracyb@bnr.ca (Tracy Blomquist)
Subject: Re: 17" Monitors
Nntp-Posting-Host: bcarh829
Organization: Bell Northern Research
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Lines: 33
Tony Catone (catone@compstat.wharton.upenn.edu) wrote:
: 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.
:
The 2 lines are not a result of the high end trinitron tube, these
2 wires will be found on all 17" trinitron tubes (e.g., Mitsubishi 17",
Sony 1604, etc). On 14" Sony tubes, you'll find one wire.
Their level of annoyance is purely subjective. I'm so happy with the
sharpness of the T560i that I don't even notice the lines.
The T560i uses a Trinitron SA tube which, when viewed as a complete tube,
has a larger diameter than the standard Trinitron tube. This results in
a flatter screen than other 17" monitors using the standard trinitron
(which has a vertically flat but not horizontally flat surface), and
apparently the ability to provide a tighter beam focus.
--
,----------------------,------------------------.---------------------,
| Karl Tracy Blomquist | E-MAIL: tracyb@bnr.ca | Fax: 1-613-765-4018 |
| Consultant | "opinions are my own" | Ph: 1-613-765-4886 |
`----------------------'------------------------'---------------------'
| Bell-Northern Research, P.O.Box 3511, Stn C, Ottawa, Ont., K1Y-4H7 |
`---------------------------------------------------------------------'
|
8061 | Orginization: Old Dominion University - Computing & Communications Services
From: Kay Alexander <KBA100S@ODUVM.BITNET>
Subject: Quadra 800 problem & question
Lines: 16
I just got a Quadra 800 8/230 and I've noticed that I can't change the
desktop color from the beautiful gray. I thought maybe I should reinstall
the OS using the "Install Me First, Macintosh Centris, Quadra..." diskette
because the system file on this diskette is more recent than the one on the
hard disk.
The easy install selects "Macintosh Cnetris System Software". Does anyone
know if I should use this or customize and use "System Software for any
Macintosh"? Or does it matter?
THANKS in advance for any suggestions...
Kay Alexander
Old Dominion University
BITNET: kba100s@oduvm
INTERNET: kba100s@oduvm.cc.odu.edu
|
8062 | From: keith@radio.nl.nuwc.navy.mil
Subject: Tektronix 453 scope for sale
Article-I.D.: radio.621
Lines: 19
X-Received: by usenet.pa.dec.com; id AA26712; Tue, 6 Apr 93 14:51:58 -0700
X-Received: by inet-gw-1.pa.dec.com; id AA16134; Tue, 6 Apr 93 14:51:53 -0700
X-To: misc.forsale.usenet
Tektronix 453 scope for sale:
- 50MHz bandwidth
- portable (NOT one of the 5xx series boatanchors! :^)
- delayed sweep
- works fine
- I don't have the manual (they are available from various places)
- no probes
- $275 + shipping
Email me for more info...
Regards,
Keith
----
Keith Kanoun, WA2Q
kdk@radio.nl.nuwc.navy.mil
|
8063 | From: sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
Subject: Re: Genocide is Caused by Atheism
Organization: Cookamunga Tourist Bureau
Lines: 27
In article <1qjfnv$ogt@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>, frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank
O'Dwyer) wrote:
> (1) Does the term "hero-worship" mean anything to you?
Yes, worshipping Jesus as the super-saver is indeed hero-worshipping
of the grand scale. Worshipping Lenin that will make life pleasant
for the working people is, eh, somehow similar, or what.
> (2) I understand that gods are defined to be supernatural, not merely
> superhuman.
The notion of Lenin was on the borderline of supernatural insights
into how to change the world, he wasn't a communist God, but he was
the man who gave presents to kids during Christmas.
> #Actually, I agree. Things are always relative, and you can't have
> #a direct mapping between a movement and a cause. However, the notion
> #that communist Russia was somewhat the typical atheist country is
> #only something that Robertson, Tilton et rest would believe in.
>
> Those atheists were not True Unbelievers, huh? :-)
Don't know what they were, but they were fanatics indeed.
Cheers,
Kent
---
sandvik@newton.apple.com. ALink: KSAND -- Private activities on the net.
|
8064 | From: amit@aryeh.uchicago.edu (Yali Amit)
Subject: Problems with OpenWindows
Organization: Dept. of Statistics
Lines: 22
After having OpenWindows
(Version 3 for SunOS 4.1) or Xwindows
running continuously on my machine for 3-4 days,
the following message appears when trying to open
a new window, or to run any program that needs to open windows.
XView error: Cannot open connection to window server: :0.0 (Server
package)
I would greatly appreciate any suggestions to solve this problem.
Yali Amit
Department of Statistics
University of Chicago
Chicago IL 60615
|
8065 | From: uli@izfm.uni-stuttgart.de (Uli Allgeier)
Subject: Re: PADS Question - How do I go from a schematic -> PCB?
Organization: Comp.Center (RUS), U of Stuttgart, FRG
Lines: 38
NNTP-Posting-Host: pc8.izfm.uni-stuttgart.de
Hi!
In article <C5svup.I4I@news.cso.uiuc.edu> rky57514@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Tall Cool One ) writes:
>After I have produced a schematic with PADS-LOGIC, how do I import it into
>PADS-PCB to create a PCB pattern? The only way I've gotten it to work is
>to output a FutureNet netlist, and then import this into PADS-PCB. Is there
>another way of doing this? I didn't see any information in the instructions
>provided, but I might have missed something. Any suggestions would be
>greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Sorry, it's german, but I hope you understand it.
Uebertragung der Schaltplan-Daten (*.SCH) in die Board-Daten
(*.JOB):
PADS-LOGIC:
In/Out
Reports
Net List
Select PADS-PCB
Net List Output file name
-> filename angeben
PADS-PCB:
In/Out
Ascii In
Ascii input file name
-> filename angeben
Errors aoutput file name
-> filename angeben, nicht CR
Jetzt sind alle Bauteile auf einem Haufen und muessen mit Move
verteilt werden.
Viele Gruesse
Uli
|
8066 | From: shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov (Mary Shafer)
Subject: Re: Inner Ear Problems from Too Much Flying?
Article-I.D.: rigel.SHAFER.93Apr6095951
Organization: NASA Dryden, Edwards, Cal.
Lines: 33
In-Reply-To: vida@mdavcr.mda.ca's message of 5 Apr 93 23:27:26 GMT
On 5 Apr 93 23:27:26 GMT, vida@mdavcr.mda.ca (Vida Morkunas) said:
Vida> Can one develop inner-ear problems from too much flying? I hear
Vida> that pilots and steward/esses have a limit as to the maximum
Vida> number of flying hours -- what are these limits? What are the
Vida> main problems associated with too many long-haul (over 4 hours)
Vida> trips?
The crew rest requirements are to prevent undue fatigue. The cockpit
crew (pilot) limits are somewhat more stringent than the cabin crew
limits for this reason. Crew rest requirements address amount of time
on duty plus rest time. A tired crew is an accident-prone crew.
The only limits I know of for inner-ear problems are in military
aircraft, which are frequently unpressurized or less reliably
pressurized. Not being able to clear the ears renders aircrew members
DNIF (duties not involving flying) or grounded until the ears clear.
Flying can accentuate problems if ears don't clear. If you don't have
big pressure changes, you may not know that you've got a problem. But
if you zip up to 5,000 or 6,000 ft (the usual cabin altitude in an
airliner) and then back down to sea level, you may discover a problem.
Ears don't clear readily because of allergies, colds, infections, and
anatomical problems. The last won't change; the first three can.
Medication (decongestants or antihistimines, usually) can help.
Chewing gum, sucking hard candy (or a bottle for babies),
yawning--these will help all four causes.
--
Mary Shafer DoD #0362 KotFR NASA Dryden Flight Research Facility, Edwards, CA
shafer@rigel.dfrf.nasa.gov Of course I don't speak for NASA
"A MiG at your six is better than no MiG at all." Unknown US fighter pilot
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8067 | From: sbp002@acad.drake.edu
Subject: Re: Jewish Baseball Players?
Lines: 28
Nntp-Posting-Host: acad.drake.edu
Organization: Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa, USA
In article <1qkkodINN5f5@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu>, pablo@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (Pablo A Iglesias) writes:
> In article <15APR93.14691229.0062@lafibm.lafayette.edu> VB30@lafibm.lafayette.edu (VB30) writes:
>>Just wondering. A friend and I were talking the other day, and
>>we were (for some reason) trying to come up with names of Jewish
>>baseball players, past and present. We weren't able to come up
>>with much, except for Sandy Koufax, (somebody) Stankowitz, and
>>maybe John Lowenstein. Can anyone come up with any more. I know
>>it sounds pretty lame to be racking our brains over this, but
>>humor us. Thanks for your help.
>>
>>Thanks.
>>Bobby
>
>
>
> Hank Greenberg would have to be the most famous, because his Jewish
> faith actually affected his play. (missing late season or was it world
> series games because of Yom Kippur)
>
I thought that was Sandy Koufax.
Sam
>
>
> --
> Pablo Iglesias
> pi@ruth.ece.jhu.edu
>
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8068 | From: jayne@mmalt.guild.org (Jayne Kulikauskas)
Subject: Re: Can sin "block" our prayers?
Organization: Kulikauskas home
Lines: 27
mike@boulder.snsc.unr.edu (Mike McCormick) writes:
> Not honoring our wives can cause our prayers to be hindered:
>
> You husbands likewise, live with your wives in
> an understanding way, as with a weaker vessel,
> since she is a woman; and grant her honor as
> a fellow heir of the grace of life, so that your
> prayers may not be hindered. I Peter 3:7
One interpretation I've heard of this verse is that it refers to the sin
of physically abusing one's wife. The husband is usually physically
stronger than his wife but is not permitted to use this to dominate her.
He must honor her as his sister in Christ. This would therefore be an
example of a specific sin that blocks prayer.
This verse also makes me think of the kind of husband who decides what
is God's will for his family without consulting his wife. God reveals
His will to both the husband and the wife. There needs to be some
degree of mutuality in decision making. Even those whose understanding
of the Bible leads to a belief in an authoritarian headship of the
husband need to incorporate this in order to have a functional family.
One way to look at it is that God speaks to the wife through the husband
and to the husband through the wife.
Jayne Kulikauskas/ jayne@mmalt.guild.org
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8069 | From: MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@rockwell.com ("RWTMS2::MUNIZB")
Subject: Space Activities in Tucson, AZ ?
X-Added: Forwarded by Space Digest
Organization: [via International Space University]
Original-Sender: isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU
Distribution: sci
Lines: 7
I would like to find out about space engineering employment and educational
opportunities in the Tucson, Arizona area. E-mail responses appreciated.
My mail feed is intermittent, so please try one or all of these addresses.
Ben Muniz w(818)586-3578 MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@beach.rockwell.com
or: bmuniz@a1tms1.remnet.ab.com MUNIZB%RWTMS2.decnet@consrt.rockwell.com
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8070 | From: jviv@usmi01.midland.chevron.com (John Viveiros)
Subject: Re: To be, or Not to be [ a Disaster ]
Distribution: na
Organization: Chevron
Lines: 31
In article <philC5Ht85.H48@netcom.com> phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
>Not at all. You are apparently just another member of the Religious Left.
>
>Show me all these environmental "disasters". Most of them aren't. And the
>natural disasters we have had individually far outweigh the man-made ones.
>
>Most of your so-called disasters (Love Canal, Times Beach, TMI) aren't disasters
>at all.
>
>So look, if you want to worship trees (or owls or snails or whatever), fine, do
>so. But DON'T try to push the scaredness of YOUR religious off onto me.
>
If you want to see environmental disasters, go to eastern Europe or some
parts of the FSU (former Soviet Union). This is because they had no
environmental protection laws and were trying to increase productivity
at any expense to justify their political systems. Luckily for us, some
of our politicians with vision passed some environmental laws. That
isn't to say that they shouldn't be modified, but all I ever hear from
you is that the environmental laws were dreamed up by a bunch of
left-wing tree-huggers intent on putting us back on horseback. Yes,
there are some of those, but a lot of us simply want to procede with
caution.
--
John Viveiros (jviv@chevron.com)
Chevron USA Standard disclaimer applies
Midland TX
--
NetNews userid for nntpserver.chevron.com
- Who said "No News is good news" ?
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8071 | From: I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de (Benedikt Rosenau)
Subject: Re: islamic genocide
Organization: Technical University Braunschweig, Germany
Lines: 23
In article <1qi83b$ec4@horus.ap.mchp.sni.de>
frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes:
(Deletion)
>#>Few people can imagine dying for capitalism, a few
>#>more can imagine dying for democracy, but a lot more will die for their
>#>Lord and Savior Jesus Christ who Died on the Cross for their Sins.
>#>Motivation, pure and simple.
>
>Got any cites for this nonsense? How many people will die for Mom?
>Patriotism? Freedom? Money? Their Kids? Fast cars and swimming pools?
>A night with Kim Basinger or Mel Gibson? And which of these things are evil?
>
Read a history book, Fred. And tell me why so many religions command to
commit genocide when it has got nothing to do with religion. Or why so many
religions say that not living up to the standards of the religion is worse
than dieing? Coincidence, I assume. Or ist part of the absolute morality
you describe so often?
Theism is strongly correlated with irrational belief in absolutes. Irrational
belief in absolutes is strongly correlated with fanatism.
Benedikt
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8072 | From: ab@nova.cc.purdue.edu (Allen B)
Subject: Re: comp.graphics.programmer
Organization: Purdue University
Lines: 26
In article <1qukk7INNd4l@no-names.nerdc.ufl.edu> lioness@maple.circa.ufl.edu
writes:
> However, that is almost overkill. Something more like this would probably
> make EVERYONE a lot happier:
>
> comp.graphics.programmer
> comp.graphics.hardware
> comp.graphics.apps
> comp.graphics.misc
That's closer, but I dislike "apps". "software" (vs. "hardware")
would be better. Would that engulf alt.graphics.pixutils? Or would
that be "programmer"?
I don't know if traffic is really heavy enough to warrant a newsgroup
split. Look how busy comp.graphics.research is (not).
It's true that a lot of the traffic here is rehashing FAQs and
discussing things that would probably be better diverted to
system-specific groups, but I don't know whether a split would help
or hurt that cause.
Maybe we need a comp.graphics.RTFB for all those people who can't be
bothered to read the fine books out there. Right, Dr. Rogers? :-)
ab
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8073 | From: dickeney@access.digex.com (Dick Eney)
Subject: Re: Swastika (was: Hitler - pagan or Christian?)
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Lines: 15
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.net
The observation that the Tree of Life would rotate clockwise in the
northern hemisphere and counterclockwise in the southern probably doesn't
give enough consideration to the feebleness of the Coriolis force compared
to, say, the phototropism of vegetation. A much more likely explanation
is the classic one: that the clockwise swastika is the Sun-wheel, because
the sun progresses across the sky that way. (Although that's not the
historical way it happened; clocks were first made as little imitation
images of the sun moving thru the heavens. So it's more valid to talk of
the clock going sunwise, but do the engineers listen to me? Of course
not.) Anyway, there is still much uncertainty about whether the
anti-swastika goes counter-sunwise because that represents Evil, or
because it is the Sun's twin-opposite, the Moonwheel. The use of anti-Sun
to represent Evil may be because humans are so strongly visually-oriented,
but I'm not going to try to settle THAT one just now.
-- Diccon Frankborn (dickeney@access.digex.com)
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8074 | From: gcook@horus.cem.msu.EDU (Greg Cook)
Subject: Re: WORD 2.0 HELP!
Organization: Michigan State University
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NNTP-Posting-Host: horus.cem.msu.edu
From article <0096B11B.08A283A0@vms.csd.mu.edu>, by 2a42dubinski@vms.csd.mu.edu:
> Can anyone tell me if and how they have printed Spanish characters? I know WP 5.1 has this built-in, but I do not recall ever seeing this option on WFW2. HELP!
Try using the extended character set (Alt-#### sequences) . .
look in Character Map in the Accessories group and see the alt-sequence
for the font you want!
Gregory R. Cook | INTERNET: gcook@horus.cem.msu.edu
Department of Chemistry | cookgreg@student.msu.edu
Michigan State University | cook@cemvax.cem.msu.edu
East Lansing, MI 48824 | BITNET: cook@msucem.BITNET
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8075 | From: gchin@ssf.Eng.Sun.COM (Gary Chin)
Subject: Re: When are two people married in God's e
Reply-To: gchin@ssf.Eng.Sun.COM
Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Lines: 32
In article 28727@athos.rutgers.edu, 62johnson@cua.edu (Yusef Al-Tariq) writes:
>Who's law is it that a wedding has to happen in a church? the only reqirement
>is that you and the bride agreee to marry each other. How also can you say "
>"christian wedding" when the proces of marriage is nt really discussed in the
>bible. why mus t a person get a civil marriage also? The only standards i
>look to are those imposed upon me by god... not of society.
If you want to live with someone, you can.
If you don't want to have a civil marriage, don't.
If you don't want to have a wedding in a church, don't.
If you want to call that a marriage, go right ahead.
I hope that the young people that are around you, don't follow your example.
|-------------------|
| Gary Chin |
| Staff Engineer |
| Sun Microsystems |
| Mt. View, CA |
| gchin@Eng.Sun.Com |
|-------------------|
[If the original message claims that marriage is not discussed in the
Bible, I have to disagree. Various aspects of marriage are discussed
in some of Paul's letters, Ephesians 5 sees marriage as a symbol of
God's relationship with the church. If it means specifically that the
marriage ceremony isn't described, then that seems to be true. But I
think what most people mean by Christian marriage is not so much that
it takes place in a church as that the parties undertake the various
commitments to each other that are associated with marriage in the
Bible. --clh]
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8076 | From: reeve@steam.Xylogics.COM (Scott Reeve)
Subject: Re: Yankee fears.
Nntp-Posting-Host: steam.xylogics.com
Reply-To: reeve@steam.Xylogics.COM (Scott Reeve)
Organization: Xylogics, Inc. Burlington, MA, USA 01810
Lines: 1
Rawley Eastwick
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8077 | From: wong@cs.tu-berlin.de (Wolfgang Jung)
Subject: Cirrus Logic 5426 Graph Card
Organization: Technical University of Berlin, Germany
Lines: 23
NNTP-Posting-Host: athene.cs.tu-berlin.de
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
After setting up Windows for using my Cirrus Logic 5426 VLB GraphicsCard
It moved a normal Window from one place to another.
My Parameters where just the following : 486 DX 33 VLB
The Card is equipped with 1 MB Dram (not Vram, there are 8 sockets for Vram)
And the moving of the window just looked like it looked at a friends
386DX 25 (387DX) and an normal ISA ET4000
What I was wondering why is it not using the BITBLT Engine which
is suuposed to be on the Chip.
How are the experiences here..
Have I done something wrong ?
(I installed the MSWIN 3.1 MultiResolution drivers which where supplied
with the Card ?!)
Would be nice if somebody could tell about his experience with this card
Also if there are new(hopefully faster) drrivers around I would love to
how to get hold of them :-) (ftp or whatsoever :-) )
Gruss
Wolfgang
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8078 | From: na4@vax5.cit.cornell.edu
Subject: Aerostitch: 1- or 2-piece?
Distribution: rec
Organization: Cornell University
Lines: 11
Request for opinions:
Which is better - a one-piece Aerostitch or a two-piece Aerostitch?
We're looking for more than "Well, the 2-pc is more versatile, but the
1-pc is better protection,..."
Thanks in advance,
Nadine
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8079 | From: fist@iscp.bellcore.com (Richard Pierson)
Subject: Anti Freeze
Nntp-Posting-Host: foxtrot.iscp.bellcore.com
Organization: Bellcore
Distribution: usa
Lines: 36
Anti Freeze
I was wrong, still had the issue of "Street Rodder" in
my last pile. In the February 1991 issue on page 24 there
is an advirtisement for anti freeze.
AND IT MAKES A GREAT PARTY MIXER
The Neo Synthetic Oil Company has a reputation for
developing overkill priducts the protect and extend
the life of mechinical things, and here is there latest
development. Propylene Glycol, probably the finest radiator
coolant available. After 100,000 miles of testing, they find
it has a boiling point of 365 degrees (much higher than
conventional coolants)- which helps elminate detonation and
pinging, it allows the use of smaller radiators in race cars,
it will not damage aluminum blocks or heads, and it is
environmentally safe. Yep, this is the good stuff.
Baker Precision Products
Dept SRM
2865 Gundry Ave
Long Beach Ca 90806
[213] 427-2375
I neither endorse or unendorse the above product, I only
copied the advert blurb for others info, YMMV
--
##########################################################
There are only two types of ships in the NAVY; SUBMARINES
and TARGETS !!!
#1/XS1100LH DoD #956 #2 Next raise
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Internet: fist@iscp.bellcore.com,|| UUNET:uunet!bcr!fist
#include <std.disclaimer> My opinions are my own!!!
I Don't shop in malls, I BUY my jeans, jackets and ammo
in the same store.
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8080 | From: dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca (Derek K. Miller)
Subject: Gatewaying Microsoft Mail/Workgroups via 9600 modem?
Organization: University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada
Lines: 25
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: unixg.ubc.ca
Our student association runs a small Novell network which has a subnetwork
of Windows for Workgroups and Microsoft Mail. The Director of Finance, en
electrical engineering student, would like to gateway this system, either
via SLIP or not, into the University's network and thus the Internet, at
the very least to exchange e-mail, but possibly also to do ftp's etc. For
now, this would be done via a 9600 bps modem.
He would like to set it up so that it would periodically call in to check
mail, but would otherwise connect whenever needed.
What is the best way to do this? Gatewaying software is available, but
what works best?
Please reply to me: dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca
or the D of F : dleung@ee.ubc.ca
with a cc: to the other. I don't read all of these groups regularly, so mail
is best. If this is a common question, please pot me to a FAQ or ftp site.
:=:=> Derek K. Miller dkmiller@unixg.ubc.ca
Researcher, Alma Mater Society thegrodd@tz.ucs.sfu.ca
University of British Columbia, Canada
Room 230B - 6138 SUB Blvd., Vancouver, B.C. V6T 1Z1
Campus Mail Zone 1 phone (604) 822-6868 fax (604) 822-9019
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8081 | From: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Subject: Given the massacre of the Muslim population of Karabag by Armenians...
Reply-To: sera@zuma.UUCP (Serdar Argic)
Lines: 124
In article <1993Apr19.155856.8260@kpc.com> henrik@quayle.kpc.com writes:
>Let me clearify Mr. Turkish;
>ARMENIA is NOT getting "itchy". SHE is simply LETTING the WORLD KNOW that
>SHE WILL NO LONGER sit there QUIET and LET TURKS get away with their FAMOUS
>tricks. Armenians DO REMEMBER of the TURKISH invasion of the Greek island of
>CYPRESS WHILE the world simply WATCHED.
And the 'Turkish Karabag' is next. As for 'Cyprus', In 1974, Turkiye
stepped into Cyprus to preserve the lives of the Turkish population
there. This is nothing but a simple historical fact. Unfortunately,
the intervention was too late at least for some of the victims. Mass
graves containing numerous bodies of women and children already showed
what fate had been planned for a peaceful minority.
The problems in Cyprus have their origin in decades of
oppression of the Turkish population by the Greek Cypriot
officials and their violation of the co-founder status of
the Turks set out in the constitution. The coup d'etat
engineered by Greece in 1974 to execute a final solution
to the Turkish problem was the savage blow that invoked
Turkiye's intervention. Turkiye intervened reluctantly and
only as a last resort after exhausting all other avenues
consulting with Britain and Greece as the other two signatories
to the treaty to protect the integrity of Cyprus. There simply
was not any expansionist motivation in the Turkish action at
all. This is in dramatic contrast to the Greek motivation which
was openly expansionist, stated as 'Enosis,' union with Greece.
Since the creation of independent Cyprus in 1960, the Turkish
population, although smaller, legally had status as the co-founder
of the republic with the Greek population.
The Greek Cypriots, with the support of 'Enosis'-minded
Greeks in the mainland, have consistently ignored that
status and portrayed the Island as a Greek island with
a minority population of Turks. The Turks of Cyprus are
not a minority in a Greek Republic and they found the
only way they could show that was to assert their
autonomy in a separate republic.
Turkiye is not satisfied with the status quo. She would
rather not be involved with the island. But, given the
dismal record of brutal Greek oppression of the Turkish
population in Cyprus, she simply cannot leave the fate
of the island's Turks in the hands of the Greeks until
the Turkish side is satisfied with whatever accord
the two communities finally reach to guarantee that
history will not repeat itself to rob Turkish Cypriots
of their rights, liberties and their very lives.
Source: 'Cyprus: The Tale Of An Island,' A. H. Rizvi, p. 42
21-12-1963 Throughout Cyprus
"Following the Greek Cypriot premeditated onslaught of 21 December,
1963, the Turkish Sectors all over Cyprus were completely besieged
by Greeks; all telephonic, telegraphic and postal communications
between these sectors were cut off and the Turkish Cypriot
Community's contact with each other and with the outside world
was thus prevented."
21-12-63 -- 31-12-63 Turkish Quarter of Nicosia and suburbs
"Greek Cypriot armed elements broke into hundreds of Turkish
homes and fired at the unarmed occupants with automatic
weapons killing at random many Turks, including women, children
and elderly persons (51 Turks were killed and 82 wounded). They
also carried away as hostages more than 700 Turks, including
women and children, whom they forced to walk bare-footed and
in night-dresses across rough fields and river beds."
21-12-63 -- 12-12-64 Throughout Cyprus
"The Greek Cypriot Administration deprived Turkish Cypriots
including Ministers, MPs, and Turkish members of the Public
services of the republic, of their right to freedom of movement."
In his report No. S/6102 of 12 December, 1964 to the Security
Council, the UN Secretary-General stated in this respect the
following:
"Restrictions on the free movement of civilians have been one of
the major features of the situation in Cyprus since the early
stages of the disturbances, these restrictions have inflicted
considerable hardship on the population, especially the Turkish
Cypriot Community, and have kept tension high."
25-9-1964 -- 31-3-1968 Throughout Cyprus
"Supply of petrol was completely denied to the Turkish sections."
Makarios Addresses UN Security Council On 19 July 1974
After being Ousted by the Greek Junta Coup
"In the beginning I wish to express my sincere thanks to all the
members of the Security Council for the great interest they have
shown in the critical situation which has been created in Cyprus
after the coup organized by the military regime in Greece and
carried out by the Greek army officers who were serving in the
National Guard and were commanding it.
[..]
13-3-1975 On the road travelling to the South to the freedom of
the North
"A Turkish woman was seriously wounded and her four-month old
baby was riddled with bullets from an automatic weapon fired by
a Greek Cypriot mobile patrol which had ambushed the car in which
the mother and her baby were travelling to the Turkish region.
The baby died in her mother's arms.
This wanton murder of a four-month-old baby, which shocked foreign
observers as much as the Turkish Community, was not committed by
irresponsible persons, but by members of the Greek Cypriot security
forces. According to the mother's statement the Greek police patrol
had chased their car and deliberately fired upon it."
Serdar Argic
'We closed the roads and mountain passes that
might serve as ways of escape for the Turks
and then proceeded in the work of extermination.'
(Ohanus Appressian - 1919)
'In Soviet Armenia today there no longer exists
a single Turkish soul.' (Sahak Melkonian - 1920)
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8082 | From: steveg@cadkey.com (Steve Gallichio)
Subject: Re: NHL Team Captains
Organization: Cadkey, Inc.
Lines: 28
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.net
Anna Matyas (am2x+@andrew.cmu.edu) wrote:
> Wasn't Ron Francis captain of the Whalers when he was traded to
> Pittsburgh?
No.
In what still, IMHO, ranks as the all-time greatest PR blunder (not to
mention on-ice blunder) the Whalers ever committed, GM Eddie Johnston and
Coach Rick Ley 'decided' that Francis was incapable as a leader and stripped
him of the Captain's "C" in December of 1990. The whole organization (read:
EJ and Ley, and by default owner Richard Gordon because he was too much of
a dupe to know how much he was being blind-sided by EJ) dumped on Francis all
season, starting with refusing to sign him to a new contract, publicly
humiliating him, stripping him of the "C", and then trading him that Spring
to the Penguins. Classy guy, that EJ.
The loss of Francis (and too a lesser extent, Ulf), was one of a series of
decimating player moves by EJ which stripped the personality and fan-awareness
from the team that has put them in the precarious position they are in today.
[Gratuitous good EJ note...he did preside over the organization when it
acquired Verbeek, Cassels, Sanderson, Poulin, Nylander, etc. He stripped the
roster but he DID lay a foundation.]
-SG (a real live Hartford Whalers season ticket holder)
-steveg@cadkey.com
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8083 | From: MAILRP%ESA.BITNET@vm.gmd.de
Subject: message from Space Digest
X-Added: Forwarded by Space Digest
Organization: [via International Space University]
Original-Sender: isu@VACATION.VENARI.CS.CMU.EDU
Distribution: sci
Lines: 62
Press Release No.19-93
Paris, 22 April 1993
Users of ESA's Olympus satellite report on the outcome of
their experiments
"Today Europe's space telecommunications sector would not
be blossoming as it now does, had OLYMPUS not provided
a testbed for the technologies and services of the 1990s". This
summarises the general conclusions of 135 speakers and 300
participants at the Conference on Olympus Utilisation held in
Seville on 20-22-April 1993. The conference was organised by
the European Space Agency (ESA) and the Spanish Centre for
the Development of Industrial Technology (CDTI).
OLYMPUS has been particularly useful :
- in bringing satellite telecommunications to thousands of
new users, thanks to satellite terminals with very small
antennas (VSATs). OLYMPUS experiments have tested
data transmission, videoconferencing, business television,
distance teaching and rural telephony, to give but a few
examples.
- in opening the door to new telecommunications services
which could not be accommodated on the crowded lower-
frequency bands; OLYMPUS was the first satellite over
Europe to offer capacity in the 20/30 GHz band.
- in establishing two-way data relay links OLYMPUS
received for the first time in Europe, over several months,
high-volume data from a low-Earth orbiting spacecraft and
then distributed it to various centres in Europe.
When OLYMPUS was launched on 12 July 1989 it was the
world's largest telecommunications satellite; and no other
satellite has yet equalled its versatility in combining four
different payloads in a wide variety of frequency bands.
OLYMPUS users range from individual experimenters to some
of the world's largest businesses. Access to the satellite is
given in order to test new telecommunications techniques or
services; over the past four years some 200 companies and
organisations made use of this opportunity, as well as over
100 members of the EUROSTEP distance-learning
organisation.
As the new technologies and services tested by these
OLYMPUS users enter the commercial market, they then
make use of operational satellites such as those of
EUTELSAT.
OLYMPUS utilisation will continue through 1993 and 1994,
when the spacecraft will run out of fuel as it approaches the
end of its design life.
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8084 | From: jburnside@ll.mit.edu (jamie w burnside)
Subject: GOT MY BIKE! (was Wanted: Advice on CB900C Purchase)
Keywords: CB900C, purchase, advice
Reply-To: jburnside@ll.mit.edu (jamie w burnside)
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
Lines: 31
--
Thanks to all of you who gave advice on the CB900 Custom.
As recommended, I had the bike compression tested. Compression was
a little low, but very even across the four cylinders (+/- 5 psi). They
said that it was tested a little cold, so that would explain the low
numbers (around 90). Does this sound right? Otherwise, the bike looked
great. No signs of road rash, and no rust. This bike looks great!
It is now in the shop getting tuned and new tires.
I am opting for the Metzler ME55 and ME33 tires (thanks to those
who posted this other thread). This bike is _BIG_ compared to my other bikes.
( Sure is alot harder to load on a trailer than the KDX200 was. ) I should
be road legal tomorrow. I am ignoring the afforementioned concerns about
the transmission and taking my chances.
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 ;-).
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| |\/\/\/| ___________________ |
| | | / \ |
| | | / Jamie W. Burnside \ |
| | (o)(o) ( jburnside@ll.mit.edu ) |
| C _) / \_____________________/ |
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8085 | From: andreasa@dhhalden.no (ANDREAS ARFF)
Subject: comp.graphics.programmer
Organization: Ostfold College
Lines: 20
Nntp-Posting-Host: pc105
Hello netters
Sorry, I don't know if this is the right way of doing this kind of thing,
probably should be a CFV, but since I don't have tha ability to create a
news group myself, I just want to start the discussion.
I enjoy reading c.g very much, but I often find it difficult to sort out what
I'm interested in. Everything from screen-drivers, graphics cards, graphics
programming and graphics programs are discused here. What I'd like is a
comp.graphics.programmer news group.
What do you other think.
Arff
"Also for the not religous confessor, there is a mystery of higher values,
who's birth mankind - to the last - builds upon. They are indisputible. And
often disregarded. Seldom you hear them beeing prized, as seldom as you hear
a seeing man prizeing what he sees." Per Lagerkvist, The Fist
(Free translation from Swedish)
--Andreas Arff andreasa@dhhalden.no--
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8086 | From: dnewcomb@whale.st.usm.edu (Donald R. Newcomb)
Subject: Re: Some more about gun control...
Nntp-Posting-Host: whale.st.usm.edu
Organization: University of Southern Mississippi
Lines: 145
First, I would like to say how much I appreciate having so literate and
erudite an individual as Mr. Rutledge with whom to discuss this topic.
Frankly, most anti-RKBA posters refuse even to approach the topic of
the original understanding of the Bill of Rights as detailed in the
writings of the era. This is most refreshing.
Second, I must apologize for leaving the discussion for several days.
My brigade's quarterly drill was this weekend and I needed to attend
to several matters pertaining to the State Militia.
Some people seem to feel that the concept of the Militia is an anachro-
nism that is out of place in the 20th century. I'm not sure the Swiss
would agree and I think perhaps a discussion of how the Militia, both
organized and unorganized, fits into the defense plans of my State,
Mississippi. Please do not assume that this describes something peculiar
to one southern state. For instance, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
has a well organized Militia which, members report, maintains stocks
of both riot guns and machine guns. The laws of other States will vary
but are probably similar.
Title 35 of Mississippi Code defines our Militia as "all able-bodied
citizens of the state between the ages of seventeen (17) and sixty-
two (62) years...". The Militia is divided into 3 classes: The National
Guard, the Mississippi State Guard and the unorganized Militia. The
National Guard is a strange sort of fish from a Constitutional perspective.
It tries to be both State Militia and Federal Reserve. The discussion
of this "para-constitutional" arrangement is quite interesting in itself
but somewhat beyond the scope of this discussion. Suffice it that, at this
date, the National Guard has ceased to have any Constitutional standing
as anything but a Federal reserve force.
Mississippi, and most other States, maintains a purely State organized
Militia. In Mississippi this is called The State Guard. In other
States it may be called something else. The State Guard exists as
a cadre or training corps made up of mostly experienced officers and
senior NCOs who serve as volunteers without compensation. We drill
on a monthly basis at the company and battalion level, brigade once
a quarter and have an annual drill of the whole organization. Our
State-authorized cadre strength is 694. This is a skeleton of an
organization without any flesh. The muscle and sinew when needed will
come from the unorganized Militia.
In time of invasion, insurrection or calamity the Governor can order
the activation of the State Guard. When this takes place a call will
first be made for volunteers to fill the organization out to either
its contingency strength of 2194 or full strength of 4910. In the
event that a sufficient number of people fail to volunteer, the law
provides detailed instructions for the conducting of a draft of the
unorganized Militia. The size of the State Guard is not specified by
law, but rather by executive order. At one time, the organized Militia
of Mississippi consisted of 68 regiments. Needless to say, the State
does not have armories brimming with weapons with which to equip such
a force. The historical precedent for arming such a force is by use
of mostly the private arms of the Militiamen.
It is my hope that demonstrates that State Militias are far from being
the long dead anachronisms that some may wish to claim.
>No, I simple stated that the people have a right to "join a well
>organized militia." And I have also stated that a militia that
>meets once or twice a year is clearly "well organized." And this
>state of readiness that I have claimed the people have a "right"
>to, is the same state of readiness expected of the militia as stated
>by Hamilton.
Regarding Hamilton: If you take Hamilton's opinion as being the sole
representative of the opinions of the Founding Fathers, you will have
chosen a highly skewed sample set. Hamilton was on the extreme Federalist
end of the political spectrum. Others, such as Coxe and Henry, can
be chosen to represent the other end. Many contemporaries felt that
the idea of having a standing Army of any sort or even a select Militia
or "train bands" were contrary to the egalitarian nature of the govern-
ment they were striving to perfect. The compromise reached was to
provide for a small Army, which had to be refinanced every two years,
and iron-clad protection for the Militia, which was to remain ever,
"terrible and irresistible".
These protections included: State control, not Federal; limitation
of Federal utilization of the Militia (i.e. execute Laws, suppress
Insurrections and repel Invasions), and the Right to Keep and Bear
Arms to prevent what the British had tried to do at Lexington.
These limitations eventually proved so onerous to the Federal Govern-
ment that they were skirted by the creation of the National Guard.
The National Guard was created for one very simple reason: the
Constitutional Militia was had proved too unreliable for fighting
wars of imperial expansion. (e.g. Spanish-American War). The
Constitution provided that the Militia could only be employed by
the Federal government in very limited purposes. As far back as the
War of 1812, Militia units had refused to leave United States
territory to attack the enemy. Further, there was no Constitutional
authorization for any conscription of anyone into the Federal
Military and Militiamen were particularly protected. In all wars until
WW-I every American who left the country under arms was a volunteer.
When the National Guard acts of 1903-1916 required that each new
member also enlist as a reservest in the Army, existing soldiers were
"grandfathered". At least one of these "grandfathered" individuals
refused to go to France in 1918 and his refusal was upheld by the
Federal Courts.
Mr. Rutledge has stated that the Second Amendment applies only to
members of a "well organized" militia. However, the pre-Constitutional
history of the American Militia shows relatively few periods when
The Militia came close to meeting either Messrs. Rutledge or Hamilton's
definition of "well organized". In the period of peace between the
French & Indian War and The Revolution many companies simply stopped
drilling and had to be reconstituted just prior to The Revolution.
Perhaps Mr. Rutledge would care to argue that those of my ancestors
who answered the Lexington alarm had forfeited their rights because
their units didn't drill for a few years in the 1760s. I would not
be so bold.
Again, I wish to repeat. The National Guard, for all its merits, is
not the Militia described by the Constitution nor by Mr. Hamilton
nor by Mr. Henry nor by Mr. Coxe. The fact that the Federal Government
and many States are delinquent in their attentions to and organizing
of their Constitutional Militias diminishes neither their
responsibilities nor the rights of the Militia as detailed in the
Constitution.
Misunderstanding of the nature and purpose of the Militia is but one
error that has crept into modern readings of the Constitution. The
Constitution prohibits States from keeping "Troops or Ships of War
in time of Peace". I have heard some insist this prevents States from
maintaining a Militia, but this comes about because people today do not
understand the meanings of the words in their 18th century usage.
Today we call any large vessel a "ship" but in the 18th century the word
described a particular kind of vessel. A "ship" is a large vessel with
three or more masts each carrying square rigged sails. A "brig" has two
masts. In the contemporary usage the States were prohibited only from keeping
the largest warships of the day, those capable of global operations. Today's
equivalent might be a prohibition on the States' keeping nuclear missiles.
"Troops" at this time meant a full-time professional military organization.
Any study of contemporaneous writings will bear this out.
In at least one respect, I am in agreement with Mr. Rutledge; being
personally involved in the maintenance and advancement of The Militia
as a viable means of defense for a modern society, I am frequently
both bemused and saddened when friends and associates wax poetic on
their place in the unorganized Militia and become strangely silent or
scarce when invited to attend a drill of their State's Militia.
--
Donald R. Newcomb * University of Southern Mississippi
dnewcomb@whale.st.usm.edu * This is the way we tax and spend, tax
dnewcomb@falcon.st.usm.edu * and spend. We're Democrats in office.
|
8087 | From: mark@ardnt1.res.utc.COM (MARK STUCKY)
Subject: Re: Need PD X-Y Plot Package
Organization: The Internet
Lines: 139
NNTP-Posting-Host: enterpoop.mit.edu
To: spf@cbnewsl.cb.att.COM
Cc: xpert@expo.lcs.mit.EDU
"Steve" == Steve Frysinger of Blue Feather Farm <spf@cbnewsl.cb.att.COM> writes:
Steve> Folks,
Steve> I'm looking for a Public Domain X-Y plotting package for X.
Steve> I need basic capabilities (axes, labels, log and linear, &c).
Steve> It's hard to imagine that someone has not put such a thing
Steve> together, so I'm hoping to avoid reinventing the wheel.
Steve> Thanks for any leads!
Steve> Steve Frysinger
Your might take a look a PLPLOT. Version 4.99c (actually beta v5.0)
can be found anonymous ftp from hagar.ph.utexas.edu, in the pub/plplot
directory.
--Mark
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| United Technologies Research Center | mark@ardnt1.res.utc.com |
| East Hartford, CT. |or mbs@rcinet.res.utc.com |
| 06108 |or mbs@utrc.res.utc.com |
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From the README file of version 4.99c:
This is the PLPLOT distribution. PLPLOT is a scientific plotting package for
many systems, small (micro) and large (super) alike. Despite its small size
and quickness, it has enough power to satisfy most users, including: standard
x-y plots, semilog plots, log-log plots, contour plots, 3D plots, mesh plots,
bar charts and pie charts. Multiple graphs (of the same or different sizes)
may be placed on a single page with multiple lines in each graph. Different
line styles, widths and colors are supported. A virtually infinite number of
distinct area fill patterns may be used. There are almost 1000 characters in
the extended character set. This includes four different fonts, the Greek
alphabet and a host of mathematical, musical, and other symbols. The fonts
can be scaled to any size for various effects. Many different output device
drivers are available (system dependent), including a portable metafile
format and renderer.
The PLPLOT package is freely distributable, but NOT in the public domain.
The PLPLOT source code, except header files and those files explicitly
granting permission, may not be used in a commercial software package without
consent of the authors. You are allowed and encouraged to include the PLPLOT
object library and header files in a commercial package provided that: (1) it
is explicitly and prominently stated that the PLPLOT library is freely
available, and (2) the full copyrights on the PLPLOT package be displayed
somewhere in the documentation for the package.
We welcome suggestions on how to improve this code, especially in the form of
user-contributed enhancements or bug fixes. If PLPLOT is used in any
published papers, please include an acknowledgment or citation of our work,
which will help us to continue improving PLPLOT. Also, please remember that
as PLPLOT is not a commercial product, we cannot be expected to offer the
kind of support that a commercial product may. There is great interest
in extending PLPLOT and fixing bugs, but the principal authors can only
afford to work on it part time. Improvements will necessarily focus on
those which help us get our work done.
PLPLOT is written in C, enabling it to run on many platforms practically
without modification. Fortran programs may use it transparently; stub
routines are provided to handle the C<->Fortran interface without any
modification of the user program. C programs are required to include the
header file "plplot.h"; see the documentation for more details.
The main documentation for PLPLOT is in the doc/ directory in the form of
several TeX files; please consult this for additional information ('latex
plotdoc'). Unfortunately documentation tends to lag actual improvements to
the code, so don't be surprised if some known features are not explained
there. Consult 'Changes.log' to see a list of recent changes.
At present, PLPLOT is known to work on the following systems:
Unix: SunOS
A/IX
HP-UX
Unicos
DG/UX
Ultrix
SysV
Linux
Amiga/Exec
MS-DOS
OS/2
NeXT
For more information on how to get or use PLPLOT on your system, see:
- appendices to the PLPLOT manual
- system-specific documentation in the appropriate sys/<system> directory.
To become a subscriber to the PLPLOT mailing list, send a request to
plplot-request@dino.ph.utexas.edu.
CREDITS
-------
PLPLOT is the result of the effort of many people, so it is impractical to
list all the contributors. Those currently supporting and otherwise
responsible for the package in its present form include:
Maurice LeBrun
Please send all comments, flames, patches, etc, to me. I am responsible for
all the PLPLOT kernel development as well as most of the work on the
metafile, xwindow, xterm, postscript, tektronix, and Amiga drivers.
EMAIL mjl@fusion.ph.utexas.edu
USMAIL Dr. Maurice LeBrun
Institute for Fusion Studies
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
Geoff Furnish
Please send questions regarding the MS-DOS and OS/2 drivers to Geoff.
EMAIL furnish@fusion.ph.utexas.edu
USMAIL Geoff Furnish
Institute for Fusion Studies
University of Texas
Austin, TX 78712
Tony Richardson
Creator of PLPLOT 2.6b, 3.0
Please send questions regarding installation of PLPLOT on the NeXT to Tony.
EMAIL amr@egr.duke.edu
USMAIL Tony Richardson Tony Richardson
184 Electrical Engineering 2920 Chapel Hill Road Apt. 41-D
Duke University Durham, NC 27707
Durham, NC 27706
ph 919-684-5274 ph 919-493-1609
|
8088 | From: petrack@vnet.IBM.COM
Subject: disabling all power management interrupts
Reply-To: petrack@vnet.IBM.COM
Disclaimer: This posting may contain no views at all
News-Software: Usenet 3.1
Lines: 21
Could someone please do one of the following:
1. Point to an init that allows me to turn off power management on my
Duo 210.
1. Write an init that would allow me to turn off ALL power management on
Duo 210.
2. Point me to documentation on power management so that I can write such
an init.
3. Explain to me why such an init is totally or partially impossible.
Ideally, of course, I would like to be able to turn in on and off on the
fly.
Surely such an init would be very helpful to Powerbook owners who want to
do MIDI... I cannot imagine why it is not possible to do, unless it requires
Apple to divluge some secret. And if that is the case, the surely APPLE
could write the init. (Unless Apple brings out new models so fast these
days that even THEY don't know how they work).
Scott Petrack
Petrack@haifasc3.vnet.ibm.com
|
8089 | From: miyoshi@psych.toronto.edu (Hiroto Miyoshi)
Subject: Qestion about amipro demo files on cica
Organization: Department of Psychology, University of Toronto
Distribution: na
Lines: 18
Hello
I have a question about the demo files for amipro v3 uploaded in cica.
I downloaded it and tryied to install it. However, it didn't work.
In addition, it altered or eliminated my NWRES2.dll file so that I had
to reinstall my Norton Desktop again.
Is there anything I have to know to install it or do I eventually have
to ask Lotus to send a working model to me (I heard that they have it)?
I just want to see its look and feel before buying it.
Any pointer would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you
Hiroto
miyoshi@psych.toronto.edu
|
8090 | From: mmb@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Michael Burger)
Subject: TEAM POOL - Tabulations
Nntp-Posting-Host: lamar.acns.colostate.edu
Organization: Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523
Lines: 40
Thanks for the 41 people who have entered this year's TEAM POOL.
Here is a summary of what was picked:
1st Round:
Pittsburgh 41, New Jersey 0
Chicago 40, St. Louis 1
Boston 40, Buffalo 1
Vancouver 30, Winnipeg 11
Calgary 27, Los Angeles 14
Detroit 26, Toronto 15
Washington 24, New York Islanders 15 (2 people picked New Jersey)
Quebec 23, Montreal 18
2nd Round:
Pittsburgh 38, Washington 2, New York Islanders 1
Boston 31, Quebec 6, Montreal 4
Detroit 21, Chicago 15, Toronto 5
Calgary 18, Vancouver 14, Los Angeles 8, Winnipeg 1
3rd Round:
Pittsburgh 31, Boston 7, Quebec 2, Washington 1
Detroit 18, Chicago 11, Toronto 5, Vancouver 3, Calgary 2, Los Angeles 2
Finals:
Pittsburgh 26, Boston 5, Detroit 4, Toronto 2, Quebec 2, Los Angeles 1, Chicago
1
Good luck to all!
*******************************************************************************
* Mike Burger * My Canada includes, Quebec, Ontario, *
* mmb@lamar.colostate.edu * the Maritimes, the Prairies, and Florida *
* A Beginning Computing TA Stud * four months a year. *
* over 500 students served * --Royal Canadian Air Farce *
*******************************************************************************
* University of Michigan - 1990 -- Colorado State University - 199? *
*******************************************************************************
|
8091 | From: healta@saturn.wwc.edu (TAMMY R HEALY)
Subject: Re: SDA Doctrinal Distinctives
Organization: Walla Walla College
Lines: 15
In article <Mar.17.02.04.45.1993.23612@athos.rutgers.edu> jodfishe@silver.ucs.indiana.edu (joseph dale fisher) writes:
|There is a book provided by the SDA which is entitled "The Seventh Day
|Adventist Church believes", or something like that. It is a basic
|coverage of the 30 ideas that SDA's hold to. For further info about it,
|please write me later (once I get the actual title and/or copyright
|date) or Celia Chan, cmchan@amber.ucs.indiana.edu, because she first
|"introduced" me to the book (I must also add that she is NOT a member of
|the SDA anymore).
The book is called "27 basic fundamental beliefs" or something very close to
that. the number *IS* 27, not 30. I have a copy at home (i'm away at
school.)
Tammy
|
8092 | From: ykhan@gandalf.ca (Yousuf Khan)
Subject: Re: IDE vs SCSI (here we go again.....)
Organization: Gandalf Data Ltd.
Lines: 36
In <1993Apr16.205724.26258@mnemosyne.cs.du.edu> smace@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Mace) writes:
>In article <1993Apr12.171250.486@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
>>I almost got a hernia laughing at this one.
>You'll probably get one when you realize that your $100 vesa super
>dooper local bus ultra high tech controller sucks...
>>If anything, SCSI (on a PC) will be obsolete-> killed off by Vesa Local
>With any luck PC bus archeitecture will be doen any with by sbus.
>Have you ever seen what happens when you hook a busmaster controller to
>a vesa local bus. It actually slows down your system
>>Bus IDE. It must be real nice to get shafted by $20-$100 bucks for the
>>extra cost of a SCSI drive, then pay another $200-$300 for a SCSI controller.
Yeah, there is absolutely no use for VLB except for video graphics.
And no IDE could possibly take advantage the VLB, because it runs at
8 Mhz and 16 bits. Do people forget that the IDE was specifically
designed to interface directly with the AT ISA bus? We've seen
IDEs come out for EISA, XT ISA, and now even MCA, but at all times
it was a 16 bit standard, running at somewhere near 8-10 Mhz. When
you run an IDE off of the VLB, there's no way that you're running it
at 33 Mhz, it would burn up. Of course same goes for SCSI, ESDI, whatever,
none of them run at CPU speed.
The only way to gain advantage with a VLB IDE is to hook it up to
a caching controller. I suspect it would be much, much better to
get a software disk cache instead, since you get write-caching as well.
>because you have an ide and no one makes ide disks that big.
I've seen some Fuji IDE drives going as high as 1G.
Yousuf Khan
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8093 | From: roby@chopin.udel.edu (Scott W Roby)
Subject: Re: Getting Off to an Early Start!
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Organization: University of Delaware
Lines: 60
In article <04.17.93b@eecs.nwu.edu> ptownson <ptownson@eecs.nwu.edu> writes:
>So ... the Jury will be making its announcement at 7:00 AM Saturday
>morning Pacific Time .... 10:00 AM Eastern Time. Why such an ungodly
>hour?
>
>I guess its because the news is not what the government wanted to hear;
>Either the police officers have been found innocent - or - after a week,
>the jury is hung ... neither good news from the government's point of
>view, as they desparately needed some scapegoats in Los Angeles.
Wrong on both accounts.
>Maybe by making the announcement at 7:00 AM on the west coast, they
>figure all the rioters will be asleep, giving the troops time to move
>into place.
No one is a "rioter" until they participate in a "riot", which is
unlikely to happen, now.
Most of the *people* in L.A. are likely to have gotten up early to
listen to the court announcement.
>I guess we can look forward to a weekend of rioting, eh?
Sorry to disappoint you, but this seems unlikely.
>The Mayor of
>Los Angeles, in a press conference about 3:00 AM Saturday morning, in
>announcing that the jury would give its verdict later this morning
>(just an hour away as I write this) would not say what that verdict
>is, but I think he was told ... in his press conference he said
>"anyone rioting will be stopped dead in their tracks ..."
I don't think he was told.
However, his statement was still appropriate.
>Meanwhile, following the announcement of the jury's verdict, the
>judge, jury and assorted court personnel will be evacuated from the
>building via helicopters landing on the roof of the courthouse. They
>can't even walk out through the front door with their heads held
>high.
Jury duty is a solemn duty to be taken seriously. It is not meant
to be a source of pride or instant fame.
>Won't the rioters have a surprise waiting for them when they wake up
>later today!
Well, the many *people* who got up early to go to the court to hear
the verdict found that justice was served. Given your dire and
cynical predictions, I imagine that it is you who will be surprised. :-)
>
>
>Patrick Townson
--
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8094 | From: ramakris@csgrad.cs.vt.edu (S.Ramakrishnan)
Subject: Mwm title-drag crashes X server (SIGPIPE)
Organization: VPI&SU Computer Science Department, Blacksburg, VA
Lines: 55
Environment:
mach/arch : sparc/sun4 (IPX)
OS : SunOS 4.1.3
X11 : X11R5 (patchlevel 22)
Motif : 1.2.2
I bring up X server using 'startx' and /usr/bin/X11/Xsun. The following sequence
of actions crashes the X server (SIGPIPE, errno=32, 'xinit' reports that connexion
to X server lost):
1. xinit -- Xsun
2. start mwm
3. start a client with a 100dpi/75dpi font.
4. move the window by dragging the title bar.
The server dumps core due to SIGPIPE. One of the two messages is printed:
"Connection to X server lost"
or
"Connection broken (errno=32)"
(I believe the first is reported by a client and the second by the server itself).
Next, I ran xdm in debug level = 5. After the same set of actions, xdm reports:
select returns -1
Server for :0 terminated unexpectedly: status 2560
Note:
* The problem doesn't occur with other window managers (twm or olwm).
* I have not set LD_LIBRARY_PATH.
* I am not running font server.
* If I start the client with fixed width font, I do not see this problem.
* My font path:
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi
(I did mkfontdir in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi,
/usr/lib/X11/fonts/PEX, /usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo,
and in /usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc).
* This problem seems to occur only on IPX machines. I do not see this
problem on IPC workstations.
Questions:
* What the hell is goin on ? :-)
* What does "status 2560" mean (of the server).
I'd greatly appreciate any hints as to the cause of the problem.
---
S Ramakrishnan, CS Dept, McBryde Hall, VaTech
|
8095 | From: bil@okcforum.osrhe.edu (Bill Conner)
Subject: Re: islamic authority over women
Nntp-Posting-Host: okcforum.osrhe.edu
Organization: Okcforum Unix Users Group
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9]
Lines: 37
Benedikt Rosenau (I3150101@dbstu1.rz.tu-bs.de) wrote:
: When the object of their belief is said to be perfect and make the believers
: act in a certain way and we observe that they don't, we have a contradiction.
: Something defined contradictorily cannot exist. That what the believe in does
: not exist. Secondly, there are better explanations for why they believe than
: the existence of the object of their belief.
:
:
: Have you read the FAQ already?
: Benedikt
Benedikt,
I can't recall anyone claiming that God -makes- anyone act a particlar
way, I think that you're attempting to manufacture a contradiction.
God is said to require certain behavior, but the only compulsion is
the believer's sense of duty. A standard of conduct does exist, but we
are free to ignore it or misunderstand it or distort it in whatever
ways we find convenient, but our response to God's edicts can in no
way be used to question God's existence. The behavior of believers is
a completely separate question from that of God's existence; there is
nothing contradictory here.
To say that something defined contadictorily cannot exist, is really
asking too much; you would have existence depend on grammar. All you
can really say is that something is poorly defined, but that in itself
is insufficient to decide anything (other than confusion of course).
Your point that there are better reasons for the phenomenon of belief
than the object of belief may lead to a rat's nest of unnecessary
complexity. I think I know what you're implying, but I'd like to see
your version of this better alternative just the same.
Bill
|
8096 | From: dchhabra@stpl.ists.ca (Deepak Chhabra)
Subject: Re: NHL team leaders in +/-
Nntp-Posting-Host: stpl.ists.ca
Organization: Solar Terresterial Physics Laboratory, ISTS
Lines: 42
In article <1993Mar29.190650.28940@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca> maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard) writes:
>The Jets use the "breakaway pass" scheme to create a scoring sensation
>in order to generate interest. If teams score as many or more goals
>against Winnipeg when Selanne is on the ice as Winnipeg scores when
>he is on the ice then I can't see how his contribution can be described
>as impressive.
Implicitly you are assuming that goals scored against Winnipeg with Selanne
on the ice can be blamed on him...Roger, he is a FORWARD. Winnipeg has a
lousy defensive record anyway. Let's put it another way. John Cullen's +/-
is terrible. What's your excuse for him? That his powerplay points don't
count? Neither do Selanne's...
>The object of the game is not to feed Selanne - it is
>to win. And feeding Selanne does not contribute in any meaningful way
>to winning.
Knowledgeable hockey observers the world over would agree that
feeding Selanne so he can score does contribute in a meaningful way to
winning.
>Pat Burns wouldn't have a goal suck like this on his team.
You're worried about Teemu when you have Glenn Anderson on your team?
>We DON'T KNOW what Selanne does best. We do know what Jet's management
>wants. And again, the object of the exercise is not to allow Selanne to
>do what he does best, it is to win hockey games.
What he does best is score...so I refer you to my comment above.
>As it is now, Selanne
>is a grandstanding goal suck. Did you see the way he parades around
>with his arms outstretched after scoring a goal? You would think the
>Messiah had returned...
Nope, didn't see it. I was too busy watching Foligno jump up and down after
_his_ goal....
|
8097 | From: ryvg90@email.sps.mot.com (Koji Kodama)
Subject: >>>WANTED: Your opinions on the Insight Talon TA-1000 or TA-2000 Multimedia kits<<<
Nntp-Posting-Host: 223.7.248.49
Organization: Motorola Inc, Austin, Texas
Lines: 47
For those of you who might be familiar with Insight Distribution
Network, Inc. and their Multimedia Kits:
I'm seriously considering buying the Insight Talon TA-2000 MM Kit, which
is bundled with the CD-ROM drive with 265-280ms access time, 300Kb dtr,
multispin, multi-session Photo CD capability, etc., and with the PAS-16
sound card, etc.... (if you are familiar with Insight, you know the kit
I mean). I believe the drive is either a Texel (265ms) or an NEC
(280ms), but it is not clear to me which one is actually a part of the
bundle (at least two of their sales people couldn't give me a straight
answer as to which one; ah, yes, one of the drawbacks of OEM!).
Other questions:
- Excuse my ignorance, but is "Texel" a reputable maker in the CD-ROM
market? Or do you think NEC is the better drive?
- Bottom line: Is this kit worth the money? (Currently, $449 for the
TA-1000, and $699 for the TA-2000)
Alternatively, I was thinking that the TA-2000 might be overkill for my
uses (however, I *do* want full multimedia capabilities, Photo CD stuff,
educational programs for my kids, etc.), and considered the lower-end
TA-1000 kit and using the difference (around $250.00) to get something
else useful, like a tape back-up drive unit.
Basically, I would just like to hear from those who have actually USED
these kits, and whatever pros/cons you might advise, preferably
directly to the email address below.
Thanks,
Koji
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| _/ _/ | Koji Kodama |
| by _/ _/ | Nippon Motorola Ltd. |
| _/ _/ | ryvg90@email.sps.mot.com |
| _/ _/ |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~|
| _/_/ _/ | NOTE: The opinions expressed herein |
| _/ _/ | are mine, and do not reflect the opinions |
| _/ _/ |or policies of Motorola Inc. or its affiliates.|
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|
8098 | From: Whitten@Fwva.Saic.Com (David Whitten)
Subject: Re: Merlin, Mithras and Magick
Organization: Science Applications Int'l, Corp. - Computer systems operation
Lines: 20
caldwell@facman.ohsu.edu (Larry Caldwell) writes:
>There evidently was a feast of bread and wine associated with Mithras. I
>have often wondered if Yeshua intentionally introduced this ritual to
>expand the appeal of his religion, or if it was appropriated by later
>worshipers.
>
You could argue that if you wanted, but I think a more reasonable
argument would point out the fact that the remembrance feast was
very similar to the Pesach (Passover) meal during Seder, a very
Jewish ritual.
The fact that there appears to be an abuse in the early Church of
people eating too much (a very real concern with some Passover meals)
and not treating the meal with respect, shows the simplifying of the
ritual to just bread and wine to be a way of dealing with the
inherent problems of people's human nature, and trying to keep the
essentials of the remembrance aspects.
David (whitten@fwva.saic.com) US:(619)535-7764 [I don't speak as a company rep.]
|
8099 | From: jong@halcyon.com (Barking Weasel)
Subject: Re: RFI:Art of clutchless shifting
Organization: Northwest Nexus Inc. (206) 455-3505
Lines: 36
schludermann@sscvx1.ssc.gov writes:
>I'm wondering if anybody else out there is a clutchless shifter? I've been
>doing it my self over 200,000 miles, on my current toyota truck I've got
>over 150k. I've heard people talk about how doing this can damage a
>transmission. My experiences suggest otherwise. What techniques do you use?
Yeah. I don't use the clutch all the time either. I've done it
with Fords, BMW, Datsun, and Chevy and it works fine. I can't think of
any reason that it would damage the tranny. Essentially you are just
doing what the synchros do anyhow - match the engine speed with the
tranny speed and slip it into gear.
>On some old pieces of junk I drove, the transmission was so
>worn that pumping the clutch was the only way to shift, except clutchless.
>To date I've driven rabbits, datsuns, comets, fords & a chevy. Some where
>harder than others to shift but generally the higher the milage the smoother
>quicker & easier they where to shift.
>My technique is to ease back off the throttle and at the same time gently
>wrist back on the shift lever. If for some reason I miss the shift window,
>I lightly press the accelerator & try agian. I've found that clutchless
>shifting is eaiser/quicker at high rpms (4000-7000). I also skip gears some
>times using 1-3-5 ,1-2-4-5.
Sounds about right. I usually slip it out during throttle-down
and then blip the throttle and wait until it feels like things are right
(usually about a second) and then slip it into gear...
>krispy
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