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8300 | From: lanzo@tekelec.com (Mark Lanzo)
Subject: Re: How do I find my AppContext?
Reply-To: lanzo@tekelec.com (Mark Lanzo)
Organization: Tekelec Inc., Raleigh NC
Lines: 12
In a prior article masc0442@ucsnews.sdsu.edu (Todd Greene) said:
> Is there an Xt call to give me my application context?
> I am fixing up an X/Motif program, and am trying to use XtAppAddTimeOut,
> whose first argument is the app_context. What call can I use
> to give me this value?
XtAppContext XtWidgetToApplicationContext(Widget)
Of course, just using the app context returned from
XtCreateApplicationContext, XtAppInitialize, etc. is the
best option, unless that path is not available.
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8301 | From: wynblatt@sbgrad5.cs.sunysb.edu (Michael Wynblatt)
Subject: Dumb Fans (Was Re: Indians Woofing)
Keywords: woofing
Nntp-Posting-Host: sbgrad5
Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook
Lines: 22
In article <795.2bcc3ee1@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu> letizia@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu writes:
>Do you mean just like Reds' fans? Have you listened to WLW anytime they open
>up the lines for fans to call? Talk about clueless idiots! The broadcasters
>are just as bad too.
>
>JL
The New York talk shows are just awful in this regard. People are constantly
calling WFAN and WABC with (stuff like) "I was thinking, why don't the Yankees
trade Kaminicki and Silvestri to Seattle for Ken Griffey Jr and Randy Johnson,
that would really help the team" or "Do you think the Yankees can get Roger
Clemens?". The show hosts are pretty good about handling these guys, but it's
still annoying.
The best one was at the end of one show, a caller started out with "I was
thinking, why don't the Yankees trade for..." and then the host hung up on
him. I cheered!
Michael
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8302 | From: kxgst1+@pitt.edu (Kenneth Gilbert)
Subject: Re: Intravenous antibiotics
Organization: University of Pittsburgh
Lines: 25
In article <1993Apr19.144358.28376@spectrum.xerox.com> leisner@eso.mc.xerox.com writes:
:I recently had a case of shingles and my doctors wanted to give me
:intravenous Acyclovir.
:
:It was a pain finding IV sites in my arms...can I have some facts about
:how advantageous it is to give intravenous antibiotics rather than oral?
:
I think some essential information must be missing here, i.e., you must be
suffering from a condition which has caused immunosuppression. There is
no indication for IV acyclovir for shingles in an otherwise healthy
person. The oral form can help to reduce the length of symptoms, and may
even help prevent the development of post-herpetic neuralgia, but I
certainly would not subject someone to IV therapy without a good reason.
To address your more general question, IV therapy does provide higher and
more consistently high plasma and tissue levels of a drug. For treating a
serious infection this is the only way to be sure that a patient is
getting adequate drug levels.
--
=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-|-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
= Kenneth Gilbert __|__ University of Pittsburgh =
= General Internal Medicine | "...dammit, not a programmer!" =
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8303 | From: behnke@FNALF.FNAL.GOV (M.L. 'Broomen' Behnke)
Subject: Re: Peltier Effect Heat Pumps
Organization: Fermi National Accelerator Lab
Lines: 66
Reply-To: behnke@FNALF.FNAL.GOV
NNTP-Posting-Host: fnalf.fnal.gov
In article <2745@snap>, paj@uk.co.gec-mrc (Paul Johnson) writes:
>
>I was having a look through a couple of components catalogues when I
>came across a range of Peltier Effect heat pumps intended for cooling
>components. For those who have not heard of this effect, you put a
>current through one of these devices, and it pumps heat from one side
>to the other. Reverse the current and you reverse the effect. I
>think a temperature difference can give you an EMF as well.
>
>Anyway, it struck me that you could make a nice cool/hot box for
>picnics with one of these, a power regulator, a thermostat and a
>couple of heat sinks. The biggest device can shift 60W with an
>efficiency of 80-90%, which ain't bad (although it would flatten my
>car battery in about half an hour).
>
So-Called Cool-Hot boxes have been advetised for several years. I recall
Damark advertising them in a recent catalog. Problem with the units is they do
a sh***y job of keeping food cold/warm. The peliter devices used just don't
seem to have enough punch to keep up. If you want something hot, you need to
heat it up before you put it in the box, and end up hours later with food thats
only moderately warm. Same goes for cold items.
>Unfortunately the catalogue didn't list anything more than the basic
>specs as a heat pump. I imagine that you would get a back-EMF as the
>temperature gradient across the device increases. If so, presumably
>its power decreases as the back-EMF increases, until eventually we
>have a steady state with no current being consumed (assuming no
>leakage). If so, then the final temperature difference between the
>two sides could be set by the supply voltage and nothing more
>(although that would be a lousy way to control it).
>
>What I would like to know is:
>
>1: Are the above guesses correct?
>
>2: What is the open-circuit thermal resistance of a typical device?
> (I just want to be sure that my coolbox is not going to get warm
> too fast when I unplug it)
You'de probably be better off getting a good Coleman(tm) cooler and stocking
up on "blue ice" blocks.
>
>3: How does a Peltier Effect heat pump actually work? It looks like
> magic!
>
>4: Why don't they use these things in domestic fridges/freezers?
>
Same as above. Not enough "punch" in them to keep/get things cold/hot.
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Paul.
>
>Paul Johnson (paj@gec-mrc.co.uk). | Tel: +44 245 73331 ext 3245
>--------------------------------------------+----------------------------------
>These ideas and others like them can be had | GEC-Marconi Research is not
>for $0.02 each from any reputable idealist. | responsible for my opinions
Mike Behnke | Senior Tech/Advisor | Quid est illuidin aqua??
Fermi Nat Accel Lab | Equipment Suuport |
Batavia, Il. | Computing Div | PISTRIX!! PISTRIX!!
BEHNKE@FNALF.FNAL.GOV | |
My opinions are my own, not of the lab. So, if you don't like them, call
1-800-UWH-INER
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8304 | From: kene@acs.bu.edu (Kenneth Engel)
Subject: Re: Why do people become atheists?
Organization: Boston University, Boston, MA, USA
Lines: 32
Let me tell you my story.
I grew up catholic. Up until I was 14, it wasn't an issue for me. Then I met
a born-again christian, a very sweet person, not proseletyzing(sp?), not
imposing. I tried to get into being as christian as I could, as I felt I
'should'.
But the more I tried, the more depressed I got. I felt guilty for some of my
own personal, honest feelings. I tried so hard to reconcile this conflict.
until I was 23.
Then I taught myself to think rationally. I read a lot of books, pro and con
religion in general and, specifically, catholicism. I came to a crisis point,
then it finally clicked and now I am a staunch atheist.
This is a very loose explanation, but it's the gist of it.
Now, (at 26) I feel better about myself, better self-esteem, a generally
stronger person. I have well-defined goals. I have a strong and stable sense
of morals and values. I am not a neo-nazi or a corrupt politicain, etc. I
believe in human rights and 'live and let live' among other things. I am very
anti-violent and anti-hatred. (This is to debunk the myth that atheists are
depraved.)
Religion has no place in my system.
Tough.
Bertrand Russell said that we cannot *know* god doesn't exist, we can't prove
it. So, in that sense, we can only truly be agnostic. But, for all practical
purposes there is no god.
Thanqs
ken engel
kene@acs.bu.edu
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8305 | From: Marc VanHeyningen <mvanheyn@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: freely distributable public key cryptography c++ code: where?
Organization: Computer Science Dept, Indiana University
Lines: 43
Thus said ee92jks@brunel.ac.uk (Jonathan K Saville):
>D. Wigglesworth (smhanaes@gpu.utcc.utoronto.ca) wrote:
>
>: Do you know of any freely distributable c++ (or c) code for public
>: key cryptography (such as RSA)?
>
>: I've tried various archie searches to no avail.
>
>Have you heard of PGP? I assume from your post that you have not. PGP 2.2
>is a freeware RSA encryption program which includes digital signatures and
>comprehensive key management facilities. Most sites also keep the source code.
>A growing number of people are using this excellent software to encrypt (to
>a very high standard) their email and data. Get it before Clinton outlaws it.
>
>Two of the many sites are:
> rsa.com /pub/pgp
> soda.berkeley.edu /pub/cypherpunks/pgp
PGP is not available on the archive site rsa.com. If it were, it
would be highly amusing, since rsa.com (actually Public Key Partners,
but it's the same entity) is the organization holding the patents
which they claim are violated if you actually "make, use or sell" PGP.
I believe those patents also apply in Canada, but I'm not a patent
lawyer or anything.
There is no such thing as freely redistributable code for RSA which
can be used in North America without legal entanglements. You may
wish to consider RSAREF, however, which *is* available from the FTP
site rsa.com in /rsaref but probably doesn't meet your definition of
"freely redistributable" (it's readily available in source, in C, and
does RSA, MD5, etc. and comes with a license allowing noncommercial
use. Like any other strong crypto software, it's not exportable
legally. It can be modified with permission from RSADSI, which a
number of people have received in the past.) For reasons that aren't
entirely clear to me, RSA says that only U.S. people should take
RSAREF from its server, although there aren't ITAR issues regarding
Canada. The RIPEM distribution site (ripem.msu.edu) has RSAREF in its
distribution, and is OK for Canadians.
--
Marc VanHeyningen mvanheyn@cs.indiana.edu MIME & RIPEM accepted
"Barney the Dinosaur is simply Rush Limbaugh in a Dinosaur Suit." - Lost Boy
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8306 | From: pat@rwing.UUCP (Pat Myrto)
Subject: Re: "militia" (incredibly long)
Organization: Totally Unorganized
Lines: 75
In article <C5n0vy.EJ6@ulowell.ulowell.edu> jrutledg@cs.ulowell.edu (John Lawrence Rutledge) writes:
<In article <1qna9m$nq8@transfer.stratus.com>, cdt@sw.stratus.com (C. D. Tavares) writes:
<-> In article <C5L0n2.5LL@ulowell.ulowell.edu>, jrutledg@cs.ulowell.edu (John Lawrence Rutledge) writes:
<-> > But, do you knew how much organization is required to training a large
<-> > group of poeple twice a year. Just to try to get the same people
<-> > every year, provide a basic training to new people so they can
<-> > be integrated into the force, and find a suitable location, it
<-> > requires a continually standing committee of organizers.
<->
<-> Again, my response is, "so what?" Is Mr. Rutledge arguing that since
<-> the local and federal governments have abandoned their charter to support
<-> such activity, and passed laws prohibiting private organizations from
<-> doing so, that they have eliminated the basis for the RKBA? On the
<-> contrary, to anyone who understands the game, they have strengthened it.
<
<No, I originally argued that the Second Amendment was "a little bit
<and an anachronism." These prohibiting laws are examples why the are
<an anachronism. After all, laws in made by representatives of the
<people. These representatives of the people have already decided
<that the Second Amendment does not apply or is too broad in some
<cases. Since these representatives feel an unconditional
<interpretation is not wanted, then it is probable that they majority
<of the people feel the same way. If this is so, it is an example
<of the people using their power of government. If this is not
<how the people feel, the people should stand up and state their wishes.
Wrong. Neglecting that the government and media have bullshitted the
people almost nonstop on this issue, Constitutional limitations are
there to prevent a 'tyrrany of the majority'. For example, a majority
could vote that given ethnics have no rights, are not people, etc.
and it would fly using the logic above.
When government feels the Constitution is not right for the times,
there is a procedure called an AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUTION. THis
is deliberately difficult, and cumbersome, to prevent abuse of those
who decide to ignore the people, or impose unjust policies of a
majority on a minority. A lynch mob is a majority, remember, outvoting
the hangee.
What the government is doing are VIOLATIONS, end-runs around the
limitations on the government, probably because they know that the
people would be very hard to convince that a good intention is behind
tampering with the Bill of Rights. Government propeganda on guns has
been very strong and persistant, but not THAT strong. And it just
shows how gullible the people have become to "I am from the government
and am here to help you sort of line". We have been lied to, fed
half truths, rigged stats, while the government knows their control
laws have no effect on crime. They want a government monopoly on
force, pure and simple. Do you REALLY want the government to be able
to override Constitutional limitations by a simple vote of a bunch
of elitists (congresscritters)? I sure don't. The Founding Fathers
sure as hell didn't, either.
<> Mox nix, Mr. Rutledge. YOU are the only one here claiming that the
<-> RKBA is dependent on the existence of a top-flight, well-regulated
<-> militia. Why this is a false assumption has already been posted a
<-> number of times.
<
<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.
You better read the Senate Subcommitte on the Constitution regarding the
Second Amendment, and a linguist's analisys of the Second itself.
IN the meanwhile, show us some stuff to back up your assertions.
And yes, I have the above mentioned documents (and more) online.
--
pat@rwing.uucp [Without prejudice UCC 1-207] (Pat Myrto) Seattle, WA
If all else fails, try: ...!uunet!pilchuck!rwing!pat
WISDOM: "Only two things are infinite; the universe and human stupidity,
and I am not sure about the former." - Albert Einstien
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8307 | From: echen@burn.ee.washington.edu (Ed Chen)
Subject: Windows BMP to Sun raster or others?
Article-I.D.: shelley.1r49iaINNc3k
Distribution: world
Organization: University of Washington
Lines: 11
NNTP-Posting-Host: burn.ee.washington.edu
Hi,
Anyone has a converter from BMP to any format that xview or xv can
handle? This converter must run Unix.. I looked at the FAQ and downloaded
several packages but had no luck... thanks in advance.
ed
echen@burn.ee.washington.edu
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8308 | From: rdippold@qualcomm.com (Ron "Asbestos" Dippold)
Subject: Re: Clinton Boost in Spy Spending
Article-I.D.: qualcom.rdippold.735040094
Organization: Qualcomm, Inc., San Diego, CA
Lines: 23
Originator: rdippold@qualcom.qualcomm.com
Nntp-Posting-Host: qualcom.qualcomm.com
Right on the heels of the Clinton "registered encryption key" debacle comes:
sphughes@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu (Shaun P. Hughes) writes:
>[From yesterdays S.F. Chronicle]
>"President Clinton has asked Congress for authority to spend more money
>on spy agencies, satellites and other intelligence activities in fiscal
>1994 than it allotted for 1993, congressional and administration
>officials say. "
>.... Clinton had promised to slash intelligence spending by $7 billion
>over four years.
>.... Although the size of the nations' vast intelligence budget remains
>an official secret, administration and congressional officials disclosed
>yesterday that it would total about $28 billion if the increase
>requested by Clinton is approved.
Wonder how much of that extra money goes into coming up with
encryption schemes they can easily crack?
--
The Theorem Theorem: If if, then then
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8309 | From: baseball@catch-the-fever.scd.ucar.edu (Gregg Walters)
Subject: MathCad 4.0 swap file
Organization: Scientific Computing Divison/NCAR Boulder, CO
Lines: 3
I have 16MB of memory on my 386SX. I have been running Windows
without a swap file for several months. Will Mathcad 4.0 be
happy with this, or insist on a swap file?
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8310 | From: rsc@altair.csustan.edu (Steve Cunningham)
Subject: Re: SIGGRAPH
Summary: No free lunch this year!
Organization: CSU Stanislaus
Lines: 27
srnelson@speedsail.Eng.Sun.COM (Scott R. Nelson) writes:
> dave.mikelson@almac.co.uk (Dave Mikelson) writes:
> ...
> >Does anyone know if there is an 'open day' for the public at any time?
> >That is, not to attend conferences, but just browse around the
> >exhibits. Or are the exhibits etc just for fully registered attendees?
> was free as long as you got it to Siggraph on or before July 7.
> For 1991, it was similar: $20.00 or free before July 9. It is safe
> to assume that the same kind of deal will be available this year.
I just got my advance program and the "card in the back" is for the
Exhibits Plus program -- the exhibits plus admission to a number of
conference venues, including a special general session, "Behind the
Scenes: Computer Graphics in Film." Admission is not free, but is a
nominal $30 (exhibits are open August 3 -- 5).
To get a copy of the advance program, you can call 312-321-6830; the
advance program itself is a good indication of the excitement of the
conference!
>
> Register early and get in for free.
Sorry -- doesn't work this year!
-- Steve Cunningham
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8311 | From: jpaparel@cs.ulowell.edu (Joseph Paparella)
Subject: Re: mouse on COM3 under Windows 3.1 ?
Organization: UMass-Lowell Computer Science
Lines: 8
I've pursued and researched this question over the last month or so because I have the same requirements you do......and the long and short of it is that the windows mouse drivers don't accept mice at any but com1 and com2 using irq4 or irq3 unless you buy special drivers from someone who has them.....I've talked to Mouse Systems who say their driver doesn't support other than com1 and com2 as above , but who claim to be releasing one that will SOON!??.
The other alternative seems to be possible, but in one case prohibitively expensive, i.e. 4 port card for $600??????!!, and in the other, the author(s) of PowerBBS for Windows claim to have a 4 port serial card with buffered 16550 UARTS and drivers for windows to match (i.e. com3 irq5) for $120......
The second paragraph is hearsay, because I haven't checked it out yet.....but intend to as soon as I can free up $120 <g>
Hope this will save you some steps.
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8312 | From: grady@netcom.com (1016/2EF221)
Subject: powerful "similarity" too
Organization: capriccioso
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Lines: 107
A Unix tool of cryptographic significance is available
for anonymous ftp.
"agrep 2.0.4" -- a fast approximate pattern-matching tool
source code project available from:
cs.arizona.edu
in directory "agrep"
agrep is a very fast fuzzy search tool with a tremendous
number of powerful search options. The one most obviously
applicable to cryptography (key selection) is to be able to
specify the "similarity" of matches in the data.
For example say you make up a password/phrase of "qimwe7l".
Of course you rightly suspect that this key itself is not
in any dictionary or word list. But how *close* is it to
en entry that could be varied by some "crack" program to
brute-force search for it?
You use agrep to find out. Looking with argument for none,
one or two errors, no matches. Good so far. But
agrep -3 "qimwe7l" bigwordandphraselist
finds that the pattern "qimwe7l" is too close to the
pattern "imsel" (part of "himself" and a host of others),
to be of any cryptographic value as a key.
An error of level two corresponds to a simple transposition of
letters like "teh" for "the". A minimally acceptable password
would have to pass as *least* level 3 in order not immediately
ruled-out as even a remote possibility of being a good password.
(In real cryptographic use, my personal passphrases clear at
*least* level 8 on my rather large [>80 meg] word and phrase lists.)
And for searching for key words in human-typed data (lots o'
typos) the tool is unexcelled. For example, For example,
say I want to find out what people think about Gibson's
SF book "Neuromancer" in the huge SF-Lover's archives.
Even with an error distance specification as small as
of "1" I will find all those people who think the title
was "Necromancer" or other common typos. Why miss anything?
Also, the program can look for up to 30,000 patterns IN PARALLEL
at Boyer-Moore (sublinear) speeds. Great for a NSA wannabe
to look for your name, terrorists names, special Tagalog or
religious words, etc. in the news or e-mail spool directories.
You can even search for ciphertext by using, say, 30,000
random three-byte combinations and eliminate all texts that
don't score the X chi-square 'birthday' hits on message size Y.
You think some crypto-terrorist is try to foil you by changing
the pattern on you? No problem. Try agrep -p NSA to find
NSA, National Security Agency, NSecAg, No Such Agency,
National Scrabble Association, N*S*A, etc.
You can also specify "fixed" areas: looking for license
plate XYZ123 when you know that the letters are correct,
you might say:
agrep -2 <XYZ>123 licenseplatedatabase
will find all plates starting with XYZ with up to two errors
(addition, substitution, deletion) in the number area. You can
also "weight" the relative "cost" for substiutions, additions,
or deletion errors. For example, when searching DNA patterns
for a particular protein combination, you might know that
some kinds of damage cause the "A" nucelotide to drop out more
than other errors... you could adjust for this bias by setting
-Dc where you set the "deletion cost" to count as "c" errors.
A steganographic use (I even used "agrep -2 "<steg>eograp" E"
just now to find the correct spelling!) would be to intentionally
introduce errors of a certain type and magnitude into a plaintext
and then later recover the orginal it via an agrep pipe. Lots of
possibilities here when only outlaws can have ciphertext...
Also with agrep's powerful extraction options it makes it easy
to abstract the "hits" into a useful form. For example,
agrep -d "^From" 'PGP;(passphrase|Zimmerman|NSA)'
says output the entire mail record, delimited by 'From'
that contains 'PGP' and contains either 'passphrase',
'Zimmerman', or 'NSA'.
And agrep has been measured an order-of-magnitude faster
than the second-best similarity tool publicly available.
As usual, I will be glad to e-mail the source and docs
to those who reqest them by e-mail IF they cannot do
an anonymous FTP.
Get this now.
It is too powerful to stay in the hands of the NSA.
Grady Ward, vendor to the NSA (and proud of it)
--
grady@netcom.com 2EF221 / 15 E2 AD D3 D1 C6 F3 FC 58 AC F7 3D 4F 01 1E 2F
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8313 | From: jca2@cec1.wustl.edu (Joseph Charles Achkar)
Subject: Re: the hawks WILL return to the finals!!!!!
Nntp-Posting-Host: cec1
Organization: Washington University, St. Louis MO
Lines: 22
In article <1qk0k4$itg@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu> cubrj@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Brian Johnson) writes:
>Well now that the hawks have won the division the road is a little
>easier for the playoffs. Let toronto and detroit beat the hell out of
>each other while Chicago sweeps st.louis. That just makes it easier in
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>brian
>
Don't be so sure, the Blues played the Hawks pretty well this season,
and won twice at the Stadium. The Blues will give the Hawks a hard time.
This series is one of the best first round matchups, could go either way.
The Hawks will probably prevail in seven games.
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* __ ______________ ____________________________________ %
% \ \_)____________/ A L L E Z L E S B L U E S ! ! ! *
* \ __________/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ %
% \ ________/ *
* \ _______/ Joe Ashkar %
% \ \ Contact for the Blues *
* \ \ SAINT LOUIS jca2@cec1.wustl.edu %
% (___) BLUES *
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8314 | From: bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM (Robert Beauchaine)
Subject: Re: <<Pompous ass
Organization: Tektronix Inc., Beaverton, Or.
Lines: 20
In article <1ql6jiINN5df@gap.caltech.edu> keith@cco.caltech.edu (Keith Allan Schneider) writes:
>
>The "`little' things" above were in reference to Germany, clearly. People
>said that there were similar things in Germany, but no one could name any.
>They said that these were things that everyone should know, and that they
>weren't going to waste their time repeating them. Sounds to me like no one
>knew, either. I looked in some books, but to no avail.
If the Anne Frank exhibit makes it to your small little world,
take an afternoon to go see it.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Bob Beauchaine bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
They said that Queens could stay, they blew the Bronx away,
and sank Manhattan out at sea.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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8315 | From: FL2G@gandalf.fl.bs.dlr.de (Reiner Suikat)
Subject: TrueType font mix-up Times=>Cyrillic
Organization: DLR Insitute of Flight Guidance
Lines: 13
NNTP-Posting-Host: frodo.fl.bs.dlr.de
Hi
I'm having a problem with TrueType fonts in WIndows 3.1. I have installed
the Cyrillic fonts I found on CICA and now a strange thing happens:
Sometimes windows uses Cyrillic when its supposed to use Times Roman.
Examples: The PC-Tools Backup (version 7.1) has one line of Cyrillic text
in its opening banner, the next to last line. Importing a Word for Windows
text written in Times into WP5.2 also results in Cyrillic.
Does anyone have an idea where to look for the problem?
Thanks
--
Reiner Suikat | Institute for Flight Guidance
fl2g@gandalf.fl.bs.dlr.de | German Aerospace Research Establishment (DLR)
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8316 | From: kennejs@a.cs.okstate.edu (KENNEDY JAMES SCOT)
Subject: Re: Guns GONE. Good Riddance !
Organization: Oklahoma State University
Lines: 63
From article <1993Apr18.000152.2339@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu>, by jrm@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu:
> You are loosing.
>
> There is no question about it.
>
> Of those who vote, your cause is considered an abomination. No matter
> how hard you try, public opinion is set against the RKBA.
Only irrational fools such as yourself are set against RKBA. There are
*plenty* of people who support it.
> This is the end. By the finish of the Clinton administration, your
> RKBA will be null and void. Tough titty.
The government will be overthrown *long* before that happens. A *huge*
millitia composed of all available men and women who care about their
country will defeat the forces of the evil Klintonistas. The people
*will* prevail!
Oh, so you think armed citizens alone can't overthrow the government?
Consider this: do you think *all* law enforcement officials and members
of the Armed Forces will turn against the people that they are entrusted
to serve? Not hardly. You can count on a lot of people in the Army,
Marines, Air Force, Navy, National Guard, police officers, and so on
joining in the cause to defend the liberties and freedoms of American
citizens. COUNT ON IT! THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO DISARM
EVERYONE WITHOUT STARTING A CIVIL WAR!
> You had better discover ways to make do without firearms. The number of
> cases of firearms abuses has ruined your cause. There is nothing you
> can do about it. Those who live by the sword shall die by it.
>
> The press is against you, the public (the voting public) is against
> you, the flow of history is against you ... this is it !
>
> Surrender your arms. Soon enough, officers will be around to collect
Wrong again. People will just hide their guns so these "officers"
(more like jack-booted stormtroopers) will not be able to find them.
> them. Resistance is useless. They will overwhelm you - one at a time.
> Your neighbors will not help you. They will consider you more if an
> immediate threat than the abstract 'criminal'.
They will unless they are idiots. They will realize that if they don't
then they will be *next* including you. Believe me if what you describe
happens they will be coming for *more* than guns. Disarming citizens
would require that everyone's cherished freedoms and liberties be
suspended temporarily. More likely, they'd never be restored unless the
*people* do something about it.
> Too fucking bad. You have gone the way of the KKK. Violent solutions
> are passe'. Avoid situations which encourage criminals. Then you will
> be as safe as possible. Such as it is ...
Scott Kennedy, Brewer and Patriot
Before: "David Koresh is a cheap thug who interprets
the Bible through the barrel of a gun..." --ATF spokesman
After: "[The ATF] is a cheap thug who interprets
[the Constitution] through the barrel of a gun..." --Me
|
8317 | From: reznik@robios5.me.wisc.edu (Dan S Reznik)
Subject: Text field in dialog widget doesn't get focus
Organization: College of Engineering, Univ. Of Wisconsin-Madison
Originator: reznik@robios5.me.wisc.edu
Lines: 49
I am using the GLX widget + athena widgets on a mixed-model
application, under 4Dwm, but when the dialog gets popped up, its
text entry field does not have focus. Aimilar code works perfectly if
I use "pure X" (no mixed-model). HEre is the relevant portion of
the code.
{
int n;
Arg wargs[16];
Widget Button, PopUpShell, Dialog;
/* initialize TopLevel here */
.
.
.
n = 0;
XtSetArg(wargs[n], XtNlabel, "Foo"); n++;
Button = XtCreateManagedWidget("FooBtn", commandWidgetClass,
TopLevel, wargs, n);
PopUpShell = XtCreatePopupShell("PupShell", overrideShellWidgetClass,
Button, NULL, 0);
XtAddCallback(PopUpShell, XtNcallback, MyPopUp, (XtPointer)PopUpShell);
n = 0;
XtSetArg(wargs[n], XtNvalue, ""); n++;
Dialog = XtCreateManagedWidget("TheDialog", dialogWidgetClass,
PopUpShell, wargs, n);
.
.
.
}
void MyPopUp(w, popup_shell, call_data)
Widget w;
Widget popup_shell;
XtPointer call_data;
{
XtPopup(popup_shell, XtGrabExclusive);
}
---
A way I found to give focus to the text field is to move the
application window around a little bit and place it right behind the popup.
Any pointers would be greatly appreciated.
|
8318 | From: jblanken@ccat.sas.upenn.edu (James R. Blankenship)
Subject: Re: When are two people married in God's e
Organization: School of Arts and Sciences, UPENN
Lines: 13
The only reason for the death penalty is revenge?? If you are going to
try to refute a position, try to refute the whole position or acknosledge
that you are only speaking to small piece of the problem. Broad sweeping
"the only reason, " etc on as tough nut to crack as the death penalty
reallly doesn't help much.
Every year the FBI releases crime stats showing an overwhelming amount of
crime is committed by repeat offenders. People are killed by folks who
have killed (who knows how many times) before. How aobut folks who are for
the death penalty, not for revenge, but to cut down on recidivism?
Jim
|
8319 | From: jfs@cco.caltech.edu (Johanes F. Swenberg)
Subject: Re: My Gun is like my....
Organization: California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
Lines: 63
NNTP-Posting-Host: punisher.caltech.edu
In article <1993Apr16.194708.13273@vax.oxford.ac.uk> jaj@vax.oxford.ac.uk writes:
>What all you turkey pro-pistol and automatic weapons fanatics don't seem to
>realize is that the rest of us *laugh* at you. You don't make me angry, you
>just make me chuckle -
Steve,
It's nice that you find me laughable but I don't quite
understand. Is it because you think my firearms clash with
what I'm wearing, or that my NRA sticker isn't on straight?
Please state your judgement!
I find it sad that people won't accept the responsibility
to defend themselves. And I laugh with the same contempt you
have for me at the sheep who expect the government to protect
them.
>What he didn't realize was that we took a photo of the back of his truck, and
>showed it to our friends when we got back to Vancouver, Canada (where I'm from
>originally). People were guffawing at the basic stupidity of such a
>sticker, and the even greater stupidity of the person who put it there in the
>first place! :)
You and your friends sound like a bunch of smug intellectuals.
>Now that I live in Britain, I can see how the rest of the civilized world
>perceives you gun-nut morons.
Oh, I guess you are. I'm still waiting for you all-knowing
academic-likes to solve the worlds problems. Let us know when
you have the answers or punch lines as this case may be.
>The only problem is that Canada, I hear, is suffering from your national
>eccentricity, in that easy to purchase weapons are being smuggled cross the
>border.
So it's not a "Yankee" thing?
Are Canadians actually as uncivilized as we Americans?
>Hell, here in Britain, the cops don't even carry guns.
Well if it's anything like here it wouldn't matter if they
did; they wouldn't be able to use them.
>Hell, as I recall, in People's Court, even Rusty carried a gun! Never
>know, some plaintiff might go nuts. :) )
You shouldn't waste your time watching TV, Steve. It will corrupt
your mind.
>
>Anyway, all you gun nut Rush Limbaugh fans, please *keep* up your diatribes
>against Brady and other evil "Liberal media" plots - you 're so damn funny!
>You provide endless amounts of entertainment in your arguments and examples of
>why someone should be allowed to carry a piece! Keep us all chuckling!
Ditto to you, Self Righteous One.
Lay your derogatory tirade on thick, Steve. Y'all can keep laughing and
I'll keep feeling safe and secure.
>
>Steve
Johanes
|
8320 | From: formula@athena.mit.edu (Ronald R. Duff Jr.)
Subject: New 3M (and used) 8" floppy disks for sale
Organization: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lines: 39
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: vongole.mit.edu
I have some brand-new shrinkwrapped boxes of 8" floppy disks that I
would like to sell. They are all 3M disks:
40 (4 boxes of 10) SS/SD 8" floppy disks
60 (6 boxes of 10) DS/DD, W/WP 8" floppy disks
Misco is selling the SS/SD 3M disks for 25.90 for a box of ten and they are
selling the DS/DD 3M disks for 31.90 for a box of ten. I will take the
best offer I can get for the disks (as many boxes as you want).
I also have a quantity of 8" floppy disks that
some people were getting rid of, probably due to an upgrade to a newer drive
system. All the disks are used and most have labels on them, but they all
appear to be in good physical shape. However, I make no guarantees of the
quality of these disks. Here are the statistics:
Quantity Make Type
10 3M Single side/Double density,soft sector,128 bytes/record
66 Memorex Single side/Double density,soft sector,128 bytes/record
I will accept the best offer I receive for the disks and I'm willing to sell
them off in different amounts, the minimum being a box of ten (if I get no
offers on these disks I would considering throwing them in with the new
disks I'm selling above).
I also have a head-cleaning kit for 8" disk drives for which I will take
the best offer I can get.
All sales are final.
I would prefer to ship COD and add the shipping costs onto the total order
cost.
Please send E-mail to formula@athena.mit.edu if interested.
--
Address: Ronald R. Duff Jr. Phone: (508)842-2293 (Home)
29 Lamplighter Drive (617)253-1652 (Work)(MIT room 6-332)
Shrewsbury, MA 01545 Internet: formula@athena.mit.edu
|
8321 | From: jebright@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James R Ebright)
Subject: Re: Once tapped, your code is no good any more.
Nntp-Posting-Host: bottom.magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
Organization: The Ohio State University
Distribution: na
Lines: 29
In article a_rubin@dsg4.dse.beckman.com (Arthur Rubin) writes:
>In strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight) writes:
>
[...]
>>I'd be happy to use a crypto system supplied by the NSA for business, if
>>they told me it was more secure than DES, and in particular resistant to
>>attempts by Japanese, French, and other competitive companies and
>>governments to break.
>
>(It's NIST, not NSA. NSA is not supposed to have anything to do with this.)
With all the activity in sci.crypt these past few days, I am not supprised
you missed it... NIST got Skipjack from the NSA :)
[...]
>>I'd trust the NSA or the President if they stated there were no trap
>>doors--I'd be even happier if a committee of independent experts examined
>>the thing under seal of secrecy and reported back that it was secure.
>
>I wouldn't trust the NSA. I think I would trust the President on this, but
>I'm not certain he would be told.
"I am not a crook." President Richard M. Nixon
^^^^^^^^^
--
Information farming at... For addr&phone: finger A/~~\A
THE Ohio State University jebright@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu ((0 0))____
Jim Ebright e-mail: jre+@osu.edu \ / \
Support Privacy: Support Encryption (--)\
|
8322 | From: hamlet@stein.u.washington.edu (Mitch McGowan)
Subject: Minnesota recalls McGowan (HELP!!!)
Organization: University of Washington
Lines: 24
NNTP-Posting-Host: stein.u.washington.edu
Derian Hatcher's game-misconduct penalty was rescinded by the NHL,
allowing the Minnesota defenseman to play in the North Stars' last two
regular-season games. Hatcher was given the penalty during a fight at
the end of a loss at St. Louis on Sunday, April 11. But the league
didn't rescind the game-misconduct penalty Shane Churla received. The
Stars recalled center Cal McGowan from their top minor league club in
Kalamazoo, Mich., to replace Churla.
The above is courtesy of The Washington Times on-line service.
Now, here's where I need help. If anyone out there has a tape of Tuesday's
Chicago-Minnesota game, please contact me. Terms will be favorable.
Also, if anyone can tape tonight's Minnesota-Detroit game, please contact
me. This could be quite important. Once again, I will make it worth
your trouble.
Thanks to all.
--
rec.sport.hockey contact for Minnesota North Stars
and maintainer of the r.s.h FAQ file
Mitch McGowan a.k.a. | KALAMAZOO WINGS | MINNESOTA NORTH STARS |
hamlet@u.washington.edu | ST. KILDA SAINTS | TORONTO BLUE JAYS |
|
8323 | From: baldur@rsp.is (Baldur Thorgilsson)
Subject: receiver system
Summary: multi channel receiver system?
Keywords: telemetry, receiver system
Organization: National Hospitals, Iceland
Lines: 19
Dear Netters
I want to send EMG-signals from a running person to a computer.
Each signal is 4KHz wide and there is up to 30 of them on each
running person. The signal is only to be sent over a few hundred
meters. It seems to me that the frequency intended for this use is
about 150MHz and about 440MHz.
To make the transmitters as light as possible I suppose it will be best
the to send the signals in an analog form. As this application is rather
specialized I do not expect to be able to buy the exact transmitter-
units i need.
On the other hand I imagine that I can buy the receiver somewhere. I
need a multichannel (up to 30 channels) receiver or 30 complete
receivers in some rack system where one can add as many receivers
as needed in the particular case.
DO ANYBODY KNOW IF THERE IS EXISTING SUCH RECEIVER
SYSTEM ON THE MARKET?
baldur@rsp.is (TF3BP) (please respond by email rather than nn)
|
8324 | From: steve-b@access.digex.com (Steve Brinich)
Subject: Re: Overreacting (was Re: Once tapped, your code is no good any more)
Organization: Express Access Online Communications, Greenbelt, MD USA
Lines: 13
Distribution: na
NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.net
> Somebody asked me what was wrong about overreacting in cases such as this.
>
> The reason is very simple: How many people do you want to die in a riot?
>In a new Civil War?
Not me -- which is precisely why the government must be cut off at the
knees when it pulls stunts like this, lest the situation worsen to the point
where extreme measures are required.
|
8325 | From: levin@bbn.com (Joel B Levin)
Subject: Re: Selective Placebo
Lines: 19
NNTP-Posting-Host: fred.bbn.com
ron.roth@rose.com (ron roth) writes:
|JB> romdas@uclink.berkeley.edu (Ella I Baff) writes:
|JB>
|JB> Ron Roth recommends: "Once you have your hypoglycemia CONFIRMED through the
|JB> proper channels, you might consider the following:..."
|JB> [diet omitted]
|JB>
|JB> 1) Ron...what do YOU consider to be "proper channels"...this sounds suspiciously
| I'm glad it caught your eye. That's the purpose of this forum to
| educate those, eager to learn, about the facts of life. That phrase
| is used to bridle the frenzy of all the would-be respondents, who
| otherwise would feel being left out as the proper authorities to be
| consulted on that topic. In short, it means absolutely nothing.
An apt description of the content of just about all ronroth's posts to
date. At least there's entertainment value (though it is
diminishing).
|
8326 | From: ujfrye@mcs.drexel.edu (Jason W. Frye)
Subject: Re: PC Syquest on a Mac??
Organization: Drexel University
Lines: 19
In article <1qsk6u$d8l@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> rcs8@po.CWRU.Edu (Robert C. Sprecher) writes:
>
>Is it possible, ie via creative cable splicing or whatever, to
>hook a Syquest 44MB removable drive to a Mac?
>
>Is there any difference with the guts of the drive or is it
>just cable differences?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Rob
>--
>Rob Sprecher
>rcs8@po.cwru.edu
Many Companies package Syquest drives for the mac already.... So unless you
are using one for the IBM world, Id buy a Mac ready Config.
J.
|
8327 | From: cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer)
Subject: Re: Why not concentrate on child molesters?
Article-I.D.: optilink.15218
Organization: Optilink Corporation, Petaluma, CA
Lines: 25
In article <gc3g2B6w165w@honour.welly.gen.nz>, radagast@honour.welly.gen.nz (Radagast) writes:
> cramer@optilink.COM (Clayton Cramer) writes:
# # Unfortunately, homosexuals don't believe in this concept of freedom.
# # They believe that they have a right to FORCE people to hire them,
# # rent to them, and do business with them, regardless of the feelings
# # or beliefs of the other person.
#
# <ha ha ha#, oh, Clayton, you're so good, so consistent, so predictable,
# yup, that's right, they, these homosexual people want to FORCE you to
# ignore what's none of your fucking business. IE. <I will explain slowly#
# their sexual orientation should be irrelevant, as irrelevant as their
# gender, skin colour, religious affiliation, attitude to hand-gun ownership,
# etc. They want to FORCE you to hire the best person for the job, rent the
# accomodation to the person who will look after it, do business with whoever
# will make you money..
Yet, when a law was proposed for Virginia that extended this
philosophy to cigarette smokers (so that people who smoked away
from the work couldn't be discriminated against by employers),
the liberal Gov. Wilder vetoed it. Which shows that liberals don't
give a damn about "best person for the job," it's just a power
play.
--
Clayton E. Cramer {uunet,pyramid}!optilink!cramer My opinions, all mine!
Relations between people to be by mutual consent, or not at all.
|
8328 | From: rdetweil@boi.hp.com (Richard Detweiler)
Subject: Cards Mailing List?
Distribution: usa
Organization: Hewlett Packard
Lines: 9
Count me interested in a Cardinal's mailing list. If anyone
finds one or starts one, please let me know.
Thanks,
Dick Detweiler
rdetweil@hpdmd48.boi.hp.com
|
8329 | From: golchowy@alchemy.chem.utoronto.ca (Gerald Olchowy)
Subject: Re: Too Many Europeans in NHL
Article-I.D.: alchemy.1993Apr6.142037.9246
Organization: University of Toronto Chemistry Department
Lines: 14
In article <1993Apr6.044323.22829@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU> daniell@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Daniel Lyddy) writes:
>
>You know, you're absolutely right. I think we should round up all those
>players of European descent and ship 'em back to where they came from. Let's
>see, with whom should we start? I dunno, Lemieux? Hmmm...sounds like he
>has *French* blood in him!!! Hey! France is part of Europe! Send that
>Euro-blooded boy back!!!
>
Don't you Americans study history...the French settled in North America
as early or before the British...Lemieux can probably trace back his
North American heritage back a lot further than most of us.
Gerald
|
8330 | From: winfrvk@dutiws.twi.tudelft.nl (R.v.Kampen)
Subject: Re: Adding hard drive to Original IBM PC
Keywords: hard drive, IBM PC
Organization: Delft University of Technology
Lines: 22
In article <C5DxBs.5ov@panix.com> schuster@panix.com (Michael Schuster) writes:
>In article <lsj4ruINNl7o@saltillo.cs.utexas.edu> goolsbey@cs.utexas.edu (Keith Goolsbey) writes:
>>I have an ORIGINAL IBM PC (not an XT or AT) that
>>has never had a hard drive. Questions:
>>
>>[1] Do I need new BIOS to add a hard drive?
>>[2] Does anyone sell a complete package to do this?
>>
>>Please e-mail me with suggestions. I only need to
>>add about a 20Meg or 40Meg hard drive.
>
>Sent by mail too.
>You need the 10/82 BIOS which has support for ROM BIOS extensions, such
>as the ROM on a hard disk controller.
>
>A 20 MB hard card, available for not much over $100, will do the trick
>if you have the proper BIOS date. Use Norton SI or similar program to
>find out.
you also need to set the correct switch settings on your xt
controller, which can be a pain, since most pc's don't come with
proper docs for all hardware contained inside it.
|
8331 | From: lundby@rtsg.mot.com (Walter F. Lundby)
Subject: Re: Is MSG sensitivity superstition?
Nntp-Posting-Host: accord2
Organization: Motorola Inc., Cellular Infrastructure Group
Distribution: na
Lines: 29
As nobody in the food industry has even bothered to address my previous
question "WHY DO YOU NEED TO PUT MSG IN ALMOST EVERY FOOD?" I must assume
that my wife's answer is closer to the truth than I hoped it was.
She believes that MSG is added to food to cause people to eat more of it
and not quit when they shoud be sated. To put it a different way, she
believes that for some people MSG causes them to act toward food like an addict.
(Eat all the chips, chow down on several packages of noodle soup .... you get the
idea! } IF she is right, then the moral and ethical standards of the
food, chemical and regulatory groups need to be addressed!!! Can MSG
be considered a conditioning substance (not addictive but sort of habit
forming) ?
This brings up a side question of mine. I have noticed that cats (my
children's and my parent's) seem to fixate on a particular brand of pet
food. The cat will eat any product within one brand and not any other
brand. I have wondered if this is not a case of preference, but, some
sort of chemical training or addiction. My questions, for the net, are:
Does the FDA regulate the contents of pet food? Is it allowed for pet
food to contain addictive or conditioning substances? Is MSG put in
pet food?
-----------------------------------
I speak for myself and not Motorola
-----------------------------------
--
Walter Lundby
|
8332 | From: f_tawb@va.nkw.ac.uk
Subject: US SIMM prices please
Organization: Natural Environment Research Council
Lines: 15
Please could someone in the US give me the current street
prices on the following, with and without any relevant taxes:
8 Mb 72 pin SIMM
16 Mb 72 pin SIMM (both for Mac LC III)
Are any tax refunds possible if they are to be exported
to the UK? Can you recommend a reliable supplier?
As I am posting this from a friend's account, please
reply direct to me at:
s.fraser@ic.ac.uk
Thanks in advance for any help :^)
Simon
|
8333 | From: jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Josh Hopkins)
Subject: Re: Lindbergh and the moon (was:Why not give $1G)
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana
Lines: 42
mancus@sweetpea.jsc.nasa.gov (Keith Mancus) writes:
>cook@varmit.mdc.com (Layne Cook) writes:
>> All of this talk about a COMMERCIAL space race (i.e. $1G to the first 1-year
>> moon base) is intriguing. Similar prizes have influenced aerospace
>>development before. The $25k Orteig prize helped Lindbergh sell his Spirit of
>> Saint Louis venture to his financial backers.
>> But I strongly suspect that his Saint Louis backers had the foresight to
>> realize that much more was at stake than $25,000.
>> Could it work with the moon? Who are the far-sighted financial backers of
>> today?
> The commercial uses of a transportation system between already-settled-
>and-civilized areas are obvious. Spaceflight is NOT in this position.
>The correct analogy is not with aviation of the '30's, but the long
>transocean voyages of the Age of Discovery.
Lindbergh's flight took place in '27, not the thirties.
>It didn't require gov't to
>fund these as long as something was known about the potential for profit
>at the destination. In practice, some were gov't funded, some were private.
Could you give examples of privately funded ones?
>But there was no way that any wise investor would spend a large amount
>of money on a very risky investment with no idea of the possible payoff.
Your logic certainly applies to standard investment strategies. However, the
concept of a prize for a difficult goal is done for different reasons, I
suspect. I'm not aware that Mr Orteig received any significant economic
benefit from Lindbergh's flight. Modern analogies, such as the prize for a
human powered helicopter face similar arguments. There is little economic
benefit in such a thing. The advantage comes in the new approaches developed
and the fact that a prize will frequently generate far more work than the
equivalent amount of direct investment would. A person who puts up $ X billion
for a moon base is much more likely to do it because they want to see it done
than because they expect to make money off the deal.
--
Josh Hopkins jbh55289@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu
"Find a way or make one."
-attributed to Hannibal
|
8334 | From: maridai@comm.mot.com (Marida Ignacio)
Subject: Re: Every Lent He suffers to save us
Organization: trunking_fixed
Lines: 59
The story I related is one of the seven apparitions
approved by our Church as worthy of belief. It happened
in La Salle, France.
The moral lesson of the story is:
The Lamb of God has been sacrificed and His blood has
been used to cleanse us of our sins every moment as God perceives
worthy of being done in Heaven. Mary weeps for The Lamb and
for the rest of her offsprings. This will continue while we
disobey God or sin against Him. Mary, as a messenger,
has been given the task to make us be 'aware' of the evil
serpent (communism, wars, famine, unfaithful, disobedience
to God, etc.) running after the rest of her offsprings.
The children who went astray by disobedience led by the dragon is
brought back by her peace and loving messages, reparations for sins,
to obey God's commandments and be more worthy to be in the presence
of The Lamb.
As she was conceived without sin to be worthy of bearing the
Son of God in her womb, Mary has been preparing us, the Church,
the Body of Christ, for His second coming (making sure we are
protected from the dragon). Also, she has been preparing the new
Eden, by reversing the deed of the ancient Eve. The new Eden will be
the sanctuary of the righteous as judged by Christ in His
next coming.
I relate the story again:
I believe this and Mary, in one of her apparitions
in 19th or 20th century, she appeared to these
two children who tends goats and cows (I forgot
the exact place). She was weeping and telling the
children that she is afraid she's "going to lose her
Son's arm". She is mourning too for these
townfolks because it was their fault that there
would be drought in their harvest; not much good
food again this year as it was last year.
Mary tells the children:
* Most of the townfolks in this place worked whole *
* week even on Sundays when they should be in church *
* honoring God. These townfolks swears and *
* uses her Son's name in bad words. That is *
why her Son's arm is so heavy in pain.
Then she asked them if they pray. The children
said "hardly". She asked them to pray every
morning and night. When the children went back
from work they had to tell somebody about this.
When the news was spred and after thorough
* investigation of the incident, the townfolks *
* were converted and faith and obedience to God *
* were restored in their community. *
Once again, the Lamb succeeds.
-Marida
"...spreading God's words through actions..."
-Mother Teresa
|
8335 | From: mporter@cis.ohio-state.edu (matthew dale porter)
Subject: Re: Reasonable Civie Arms Limits
Organization: The Ohio State University Dept. of Computer and Info. Science
Lines: 42
NNTP-Posting-Host: python.cis.ohio-state.edu
In article <1993Apr19.223925.2342@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> jrm@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
>A poster claims he 'always asks [anti-gunners] what they think would
>be reasonable personal firepower restrictions'. OK then ...
>
>Caliber : Not greater than 32
>Muzzle : Not greater than 300 ft/lbs with any combo of bullet wt/vel
>Action : Single shot rifles and single action revolvers
> Revolvers bearing no more than six rounds and incorporating
> an 'anti-fanning' mechanism to discourage Roy Rogers wannabes.
>Bullets : Any non-explosive variety, HPs just fine.
>
>Now - these specs leave the 32 H&R magnum as about the most powerful
>allowable civie cartridge for handgun or rifle use. It would be
>reasonably effective against home intruders, muggers, rabid wolves
>and other such nasties, even with the firearm-type limitations. At the
>same time, this caliber/power limit would reduce the ultimate lethality
>of hits. The chances of the average joe encountering a gang of huge
>individuals all drunk and stoned on PCP and crystal meth and with a
>bad attitude and all armed and willing to die ... well, it's about
>zero - far less than the chances of getting killed driving your car.
When will you people realize that our right to keep and bear isn't
primarily intended to be for protecting against criminals and beasties
in the wild? Granted, it is a big part, but we also need military style
weapons so we can fight off the government when they come to our door.
When ten agents come to my door, it would be nice to be able to shoot
all of them for 'not upholding the constitution to the best of their
ability'. It will be a lot harder doing that with the puny weapons you
listed above.
Please read the Federalist papers for all clarification on RKBA. These
documents have cleared up plenty of misnomers that friends of mine have
had.
--
Matt Porter
mporter@cis.ohio-state.edu
mporter@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu
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8336 | From: dreitman@oregon.uoregon.edu (Daniel R. Reitman, Attorney to Be)
Subject: Re: Traffic Case
Article-I.D.: oregon.5APR199315572465
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In article <1993Apr5.140934.876@colorado.edu>,
ajteel@dendrite.cs.Colorado.EDU (A.J. Teel) writes...
> The [McDonald] case was dismissed in the interests of Justice
On whose authority do you have this and on what grounds was it
dismissed?
Daniel Reitman
HOW NOT TO WRITE A DEED
One case involved the construction of a conveyance to grantees "jointly, as
tenants in common, with equal rights and interest in said land, and to the
survivor thereof, in fee simple. . . . To Have and to Hold the same unto the
said parties hereto, equally, jointly, as tenants in common, with equal rights
and interest for the period or term of their lives, and to the survivor thereof
at the death of the other."
The court held that the survivorship provision indicated an intent to create a
joint tenancy. Germain v. Delaine, 294 Ala. 443, 318 So.2d 681 (1975).
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8337 | From: huot@cray.com (Tom Huot)
Subject: Re: plus minus stat
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Brad Gibson (gibson@nukta.geop.ubc.ca) wrote:
[Much text deleted]
: plus/minus ... it is the most misleading hockey stat available.
Not necessarily the most misleading, but you are right, it definitely
needs to be taken in the proper perspective. A shining example is
if you look at the Penguins individual +/-, you will find very few minuses.
That only makes common sense, since they didn't lose many games.
: Until the NHL publishes a more useful quantifiable statistic including ice
: time per game and some measure of its "quality" (i.e., is the player put out
: in key situations like protecting a lead late in the game; is he matched up
: against the other team's top one or two lines; short-handed, etc), I would
: much rather see the +/- disappear altogether instead of having its dubious
: merits trumpeted by those with little understanding of its implications.
Unfortunately, you will need to keep a ridiculous number of stats to
really come up with a statistic which really shows a player's value.
Let's just enjoy the game and not overanalyze it. (like I'm doing now,
excuse me!)
--
_____________________________________________________________________________
Tom Huot
huot@cray.com
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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8338 | From: ahmeda@McRCIM.McGill.EDU (Ahmed Abu-Abed)
Subject: Re: Desertification of the Negev
Originator: ahmeda@ice.mcrcim.mcgill.edu
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In article <1993Apr26.021105.25642@cs.brown.edu>, dzk@cs.brown.edu (Danny Keren) writes:
|> This is nonsense. I lived in the Negev for many years and I can say
|> for sure that no Beduins were "moved" or harmed in any way. On the
|> contrary, their standard of living has climbed sharply; many of them
|> now live in rather nice, permanent houses, and own cars. There are
|> quite a few Beduin students in the Ben-Gurion university. There are
|> good, friendly relations between them and the rest of the population.
|>
|> All the Beduins I met would be rather surprised to read Mr. Davidson's
|> poster, I have to say.
|>
|> -Danny Keren.
|>
It is nonsense, Danny, if you can refute it with proof. If you are citing your
experience then you should have been there in the 1940's (the article is
comparing the condition then with that now).
Otherwise, it is you who is trying to change the facts.
-Ahmed.
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8339 | From: mhollowa@ic.sunysb.edu (Michael Holloway)
Subject: Re: Science and methodology (was: Homeopathy ... tradition?)
Keywords: science errors Turpin
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In article <C5JoDH.9IG@news.Hawaii.Edu> lady@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu (Lee Lady) writes:
>
>Furthermore, the big bucks approach to science promotes what I think is
>one of the most significant errors in science: choosing to investigate
>questions because they can be readily handled by the currently
>fashionable methodology (or because one can readily get institutional
>or corporate sponsorship for them) instead of directing attention to
>those questions which seem to have fundamental significance.
Shades of James Watson! That's exactly the way many workers have described
their misgivings about the Human Genome Project. If you take a rigid
definition of scientific research, the mere accumulation of data is not
doing science. One of the early arguments against the project were that the
resources would be better used to focus on specific genetics-related
problems rather than just going off and collecting maps and sequence.
The project can't be so narrowly defined or easily described now though.
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8340 | From: dfo@vttoulu.tko.vtt.fi (Foxvog Douglas)
Subject: Re: Rewording the Second Amendment (ideas)
Organization: VTT
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In article <viking.735378520@ponderous.cc.iastate.edu> viking@iastate.edu (Dan Sorenson) writes:
>dfo@vttoulu.tko.vtt.fi (Foxvog Douglas) writes:
>>You believe that individuals should have the right to own weapons of
>>mass destruction? I find it hard to believe that you would support a
>>neighbor's right to keep nuclear weapons, biological weapons, and nerve
>>gas on his/her property.
> That really depends upon where you draw the line while defining
>these weapons,
This means you would support a ban if it were narrow enough. Good.
>and also on if you intend the law to be reflective of
>modern practice five months or five centuries down the road.
I would hope so. Let's define a nuclear weapon as an explosive weapon
whose majority of energy comes from fission and/or fusion of atomic
nuclei. Let's define a biological weapon as live organisms or viruses
in such state, quantity, and with such a vector that they could cause
death or serious disease [further defined] to a significant number of
people if released in a city, similarly populated area, resevoir, or
cropland.
Nerve gas and mustard gas are well defined. Other poisonous
gasses should be individually banned only if it can be shown that there
is no use not related to weaponry. Licenses should be available for
research purposes on such chemicals.
I am not a lawyer, but these ideas could certainly be a basis for
definitions.
>I'll give
>you a little hint: see that manure pile in the farmer's field down the
>road? In the USA, that is a weapon of mass destruction,
Nope. It is not considered a weapon.
>biological in
>nature, because if it gets washed into an open well it will contaminate
>the aquifers that supply thousands of cities with drinking water. So,
>where do *you* draw the line? In the USA, the EPA has ruled that
>a pile of scrap iron is illegal. Care to draw a thinner line this time?
It is not defined as a weapon of mass destruction. Many things are
banned for other reasons.
>< Dan Sorenson, DoD #1066 z1dan@exnet.iastate.edu viking@iastate.edu >
>< ISU only censors what I read, not what I say. Don't blame them. >
--
doug foxvog
douglas.foxvog@vtt.fi
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8341 | From: johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu (John J Humpal)
Subject: Re: images of earth
Organization: Homewood Academic Computing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md, USA
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In article <1993Apr20.143434.5069@cs.ruu.nl> clldomps@cs.ruu.nl (Louis van Dompselaar) writes:
>So they should sue the newspaper I got it from for printing it.
>The article didn't say anything about copyrights.
The newspaper itself is almost certainly copyrighted in its
entirety. Newspapers generally employ legal staffs which make sure
they get permission to use a copyrighted image or text. Did you
do the same?
--
-John
John J. Humpal -- johnh@jhunix.hcf.jhu.edu -- short .sig, std. disclaimer
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8342 | From: jhoskins@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James M Hoskins)
Subject: Cost of Roxonal
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Does anyone know the approximate prescription cost
of a 250 ml bottle of Roxonal (morphine)?
Thanks.
|
8343 | From: boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle)
Subject: Re: Too fast
Article-I.D.: cactus.1993Apr15.222638.22817
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In article <bob1.734909414@cos> bob1@cos.com (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
>In <1993Apr14.045526.21945@cactus.org> boyle@cactus.org (Craig Boyle) writes:
>
>>In article <1qg19v$5ju@umcc.umcc.umich.edu> mhartman@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Mark Hartman) writes:
>>Driving 130 in a straight line is fine, you very soon become aclimated
>>to it. It's only a rush when there are corners that you don't
>>think you can make.
>
>>On a clear autobahn, 130 is nothing. In the U.S. 99% of people and
>>all judges would label you insane and it is difficult to persuade
>>people otherwise.
>
>Sure, but the surface condition of most good autobahns is far better
The quality of autobahns is something of a myth. The road surface
isn't much different to a typical TX freeway. They are better
in terms of lighting, safety, signs, roadmarkings etc. I'd have
no problem driving 130 on most US freeways, as it is, I save it
for the backroads, which really are more likely to be dangerous.
>than most of the roads here. A dip in the asphalt that you test your
>shocks on at 60 will kill you at 130. Don't get me wrong, I love to
It would have to be quite severe. I don't recall any US freeway,
without road damage warnings, that i would regard as unsafe
at 130 in any decent, well damped car. Note that my definition
of decent, well damped, would exclude most typical American sedans.
>drive quickly and they say my Probe will do 130, but that's 30 more
>than I've ever tried in it cause there isn't a decent enough piece
>of road hereabouts.
I don't know where you live, but I would be much more worried
about cops, other traffic etc. than the road surface at 130.
It just isn't that fast or that dangerous. If you have a Probe
GT, no problem. The 4cyl models I have driven would be
likely to be unpredictable at higher speeds.
Craig
>
>>Craig
>>>
>>>--
>>> Mark Hartman mhartman@umcc.umcc.umich.edu
>>> Kalamazoo, MI bk405@cleveland.freenet.edu
>>> "I'm naked in the school!" - Sleepyhead -
>>>
>
>Bob
>
>
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8344 | From: jartsu@hut.fi (Jartsu)
Subject: HELP WANTED! Monitor problems (NEC 3D & IIvi)
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Hello all!
For few past days I've been fighting to get My NEC Multisync 3D
(predecessor of 3FG) to work properly with the internal video of Mac
IIvi.
With a VGA-adapter (as described in Dale Adams' posting about Quadra
video) it works, only some minor interferences occur, small enough not
to prevent any action on screen to be visible & clear.
But because the scanrates & stuff of 3D are well enough for emulating
Apple 13" RGB, I first made an adapter, then got one fron the local
distributor of NEC.
With both adapters I can get a picure, which looks excellent most of
the time or every now and then.
But with radical changes on screen (opening palettes, large windows
etc.) there are major interferences in sync. The picture either tilts
sideways or scrables up totally. Even when it is clear, there are some
"spiky" interferences on horizontal line alignment when accessing
pull-downs etc.
With the self-made adapter, almost identical to the VGA one, only
sense pins differ, it is sometimes impossible to even boot up with a
picture clear enough to shut down from menu...
With the adapter from NEC, everything is well most of the time, but
sometimes the picture tilts badly sideways or the sync is completely
lost. But not nearly as often as with the self-made one.
I know, with self made adapters there can always be interference, but
with the one provided by NEC... where's the source of this interference?
I'll give you the pinouts of the whole mess, and I hope that you can,
at least someone (please try =) figure out what could be the best pin
assignment for NEC 3D.
I am going to make a completely new cable with maximum shieldings and
isolations, as soon as someone figures out how the pins should be
arranged, especially syncs and groundings.
Yes, I have checked that the monitor is not defective, it works
perfectly well with all PC graphic adapters up to 1024x768 pixels and
also Atari 71Hz monochrome, which I am using now with it.
Here are the pinouts & stuff:
15 pin mini D-sub (NEC 3D) 15 pin D-sub (Mac, at least Quadra)
1 Red Video 1 Red GND
2 Green Video 2 Red Video
3 Blue Video 3 Composite Sync
4 GND 4 Sense 0
5 GND 5 Green Video
6 Red GND 6 Green GND
7 Green GND 7 Sense 1
8 Blue GND 8 NC
9 NC 9 Blue Video
10 GND 10 Sense 2
11 GND 11 C.Sync & V.Sync GND
12 NC 12 V.Sync
13 H.Sync 13 Blue GND
14 V.Sync 14 H.Sync GND
15 NC 15 H.Sync
SHELL GND SHELL GND
Connection suggested by Apple for VGA/SVGA, sense pins changed to
emulate Apple 13" with Multisync (my self-made adapter)
Multisync (15pin mini D-sub) Mac (15pin D-sub)
1 ---------------------- 2
2 ---------------------- 5
3 ---------------------- 9
6 ---------------------- 1
7 ---------------------- 6
8 ---------------------- 13
10 ---------------------- 14
13 ---------------------- 15
14 ---------------------- 12
4 (sense0) grounded to 11 (sync GND)
Connection measured from an adapter to make NEC 3FG/4FG
emulate Apple 13" (adapter provided by NEC representative)
NEC (15 mini) Mac (15)
1 ----------------------- 2
2 ----------------------- 5
3 ----------------------- 9
4 ----------------------- SHELL GND, 1, 4, 6, 13
5 ----------------------- same as above
6 ----------------------- same...
7 ----------------------- same...
8 ----------------------- same...
10 ----------------------- same...
11 ----------------------- same...
13 ----------------------- 3
14 * Not Connected! *
Well, I am waiting for your solutions...
And thanks!
--
Jartsu
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8345 | From: shaig@Think.COM (Shai Guday)
Subject: Re: ISLAM BORDERS vs Israeli borders
Organization: Thinking Machines Corporation, Cambridge MA, USA
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In article <C50wJJ.J4r@newsflash.concordia.ca>, ilyess@ECE.Concordia.CA (Ilyess Bdira) writes:
|> In article <4805@bimacs.BITNET> ehrlich@bimacs.BITNET (Gideon Ehrlich) writes:
|> >
|> >
|> >What are the borders the Islamic world dreams about ??
|>
|> The Islamic world dreams of being the whole planet, but not by kicking
|> the current inhabitant out, we rather deam of the day everybody converts.
|> If Jews had the same dream, I would not feel threatened a bit.
Contrary to what the "Protocols of Zion crowd" might suggest,
Judaism does not have any such goals.
|> >Islamic readers, I am waiting to your honest answer.
|>
|> I want also a honest answer from Zionists for the following questions:
|>
|> 1)why do jews who don't even believe in God (as is the case with many
|> of the founders of secular zionism) have a right in Palestine more
|> than the inhabitants of Palestine, just because God gave you the land?
The question you ask is complicated and deserves an honest answer.
I am going to provide one from my own current perspective, not a historical
one. Currently, as a non-observant jew/Israeli/American, my own feeling
is that Jews from the diaspora do not have a greater right in Palestine or
Israel, than the palestinians or Israelis (both arab and jew) do.
With regard to Jewish Israelis, they should have the same rights
in Israel as do all other Israelis.
|> 2)Why do most of them speak of the west bank as theirs while most of
|> the inhabitants are not Jews and do not want to be part of Israel?
Who are them? If by them you mean the non-religious Jews, I think
you should be aware by now that the majority of the settlers and their
supporters are religious. The other part of the problem is, to my
knowledge, not that the palestinians don't want to be a part of Israel,
as much as they would accept (for the most part) being full citizens
of Israel, with all the priviliges and responsibilities accorded Israeli
citizens. What they object to is the current limbo in which they find
themselves.
--
Shai Guday | Stealth bombers,
OS Software Engineer |
Thinking Machines Corp. | the winged ninjas of the skies.
Cambridge, MA |
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8346 | From: n8846069@henson.cc.wwu.edu (BarryB)
Subject: Re: Plymouth Sundance/Dodge Shadow experiences?
Article-I.D.: henson.1993Apr18.083715.21366
Distribution: usa
Organization: Western Washington University
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daubendr@NeXTwork.Rose-Hulman.Edu (Darren R Daubenspeck) writes:
>> they are pretty much junk, stay away from them. they will be replaced next
>> year with all new models.
>Junk?They've made the C&D lists for years due to their excellent handling and
>acceleration.They have been around since about, oh, 85 or 86, so they're not
>the newest on the lot, and mileage is about five to eight MPG under the class
>leader. You can get into a 3.0 L v-6 (141 hp) Shadow for $10~11K (the I-4
>turbo a bit more), and a droptop for $14~15K.
How can car be any good that has
S N A C
U D N E
written on the back with crooked letters as if a 2-year-old had
written it? Hehhehehehahaha!
(About as silly as Crysler's attemps to make the label on the back
of some of their other cars appear like they are Mercedes.)
Sorry, I couldn't resist...
-BarryB
|
8347 | From: farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Droopy)
Subject: AHL playoff results, 4/16
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AHL CALDER CUP PLAYOFF GAME(S) PLAYED ON 4/16
Providence 3 SPRINGFIELD 2 (OT)
Baltimore 4 BINGHAMTON 3
Utica 3 ROCHESTER 2 (OT)
Cape Breton 5 FREDERICTON 2
GAME(S) SCHEDULED FOR 4/17
Capital District at Adirondack
Providence at Springfield
Baltimore at Binghamton
Utica at Rochester
Moncton vs St John's at Halifax
SERIES STATI (plural of status? :)
Adirondack leads CDI, 1-0
Springfield leads Providence, 2-1
Baltimore leads Binghamton 1-0
Utica leads Rochester, 1-0
St John's leads Moncton, 1-0
Cape Breton tied w/Fredericton, 1-1
=================================================
=================================================
FULL 1993 CALDER CUP PLAYOFF SCHEDULE AND RESULTS
home team in CAPS *=if necesary
FIRST ROUND
Springfield Indians vs Providence Bruins
Gm 1: Springfield 3 PROVIDENCE 2
Gm 2: Springfield 5 PROVIDENCE 4
Gm 3: Providence 3 SPRINGFIELD 2
Gm 4: 4/17 Providence at Springfield
Gm 5: 4/22 Springfield at Providence
Gm 6: 4/24 Providence at Springfield *
Gm 7: 4/27 Springfield at Providence *
CD Islanders vs Adirondack Red Wings
Gm 1: ADIRONDACK 6 CDI 2
Gm 2: 4/17 CDI at Adirondack
Gm 3: 4/18 Adirondack at CDI
Gm 4: 4/21 Adirondack at CDI
Gm 5: 4/23 CDI at Adirondack *
Gm 6: 4/24 Adirondack at CDI *
Gm 7: 4/26 CDI at Adirondack *
Baltimore Skipjacks at Binghamton Rangers
Gm 1: Baltimore 4 BINGHAMTON 3
Gm 2: 4/17 Baltimore at Binghamton
Gm 3: 4/23 Binghamton at Baltimore
Gm 4: 4/24 Binghamton at Baltimore
Gm 5: 4/26 Baltimore at Binghamton *
Gm 6: 4/28 Binghmaton at Baltimore *
Gm 7: 4/30 Baltimore at Binghamton *
Utica Devils vs Rochester Americans
Gm 1: Utica 3 Rochester 2 (OT)
Gm 2: 4/17 Utica at Rochester
Gm 3: 4/20 Rochester at Utica
Gm 4: 4/22 Rochester at Utica
Gm 5: 4/24 Utica at Rochester *
Gm 6: 4/26 Rochester at Utica *
Gm 7: 4/28 Utica at Rochester *
Moncton Hawks vs St John's Maple Leafs
Gm 1: St John's 4 Moncton 2
Gm 2: 4/17 Moncton vs St John's at Halifax
Gm 3: 4/21 St John's at Moncton
Gm 4: 4/23 St John's at Moncton
Gm 5: 4/26 Moncton vs St John's at Halifax *
Gm 6: 4/28 St John's at Moncton *
Gm 7: 4/30 Moncton vs St John's at Halifax *
Cape Breton Oilers vs Fredericton Canadiens
Gm 1: FREDERICTON 4 Cape Breton 3 (2OT)
Gm 2: Cape Breton 5 FREDERICTON 2
Gm 3: 4/20 Fredericton at Cape Breton
Gm 4: 4/22 Fredericton at Cape Breton
Gm 5: 4/24 Cape Breton at Fredericton
Gm 6: 4/26 Fredericton at Cape Breton *
Gm 7: 4/28 Cape Breton at Fredericton *
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
+ Bri Farenell farenebt@craft.camp.clarkson.edu +
+ AHL and ECAC contact for rec.sport.hockey Go USA Hockey! +
+ Adirondack Red Wings, Calder Cup Champs: '81 '86 '89 '92 +
+ Clarkson Hockey, ECAC Tournament Champs: '66 '91 '93 +
+ Glens Falls High Hockey, NY Division II State Champs: '90 '91 +
+ AHL fans: join the AHL mailing list: ahl-news-request@andrew.cmu.edu +
+ CONGRATS TO THE BOSTON BRUINS, 1992-93 ADAMS DIVISION CHAMPIONS +
+ PHOENIX SUNS, 1992-93 PACIFIC DIVISION CHAMPIONS +
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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8348 | From: rnichols@cbnewsg.cb.att.com (robert.k.nichols)
Subject: Re: Permanaent Swap File with DOS 6.0 dbldisk
Summary: PageOverCommit=factor
Organization: AT&T
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In article <93059@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4356c@prism.gatech.EDU (James Dean Barwick) writes:
...
>more on permenent swap files...
>
>i'm sure everyone who has an uncompressed part of their compressed hard disk
>has seen the message "you have selected a swap file greater than the suggested
>size...windows will only use the size suggested...do you wan't to create this
>swap file anyway" or something like that.
>
>well, a friend of mine (ROBERT) called microsoft and asked them what and why.
>what they said is that windows checks the amount of free disk space and
>divides that number by 2. Then it checks for the largest contiguous block
>of free disk space. Windows then suggests the smaller of the two numbers.
>
>They also said that under absolutely no circumstances...NONE!...will windows
>uses a swap file larger than the suggested size. Well...that's what he
>said!
>
>I call bull@#$#. If this is true why does windows report the memory is
>available to me if it's not going to use it?
I think the support droid was malfunctioning and confused the disk space
limit with the virtual address space limit. As far as the disk is
concerned, you are limited only by the amount of contiguous free space.
The limit that causes the message, "Windows will only use ...," is the
amount of virtual address space that the Virtual Memory Manager will
create, and this is a function of the amount of free memory that you have
when Windows starts.
In the [386enh] section of SYSTEM.INI, you can specify a parameter:
PageOverCommit=multiplier
The following description is from the Windows Resource Kit:
This entry specifies the multiplier what determines the amount of
linear address space the VMM will create for the system, which is
computed by rounding up the amount of available physical memory to
the nearest 4 MB and then multiplying that value by the value
specified for PageOverCommit=. Increasing this value increases the
amount of available linear address space, causing the size of data
structures to increase. This also increases paging activity
proportionately and can slow down the system. You can specify a
value between 1 and 20. The default is 4. To change this entry,
you must edit SYSTEM.INI.
--
Bob Nichols
AT&T Bell Laboratories
rnichols@ihlpm.ih.att.com
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8349 | From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
Subject: Re: Insane Gun-toting Wackos Unite!!!
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>> Do you know how many deaths each year are caused by self-inflicted gun-
>> shot wounds by people wearing thigh holsters?
There are roughly 1200 fatal, firearms-related accidents each year.
The large majority involve rifles and shotgun; there are under 500
fatal handgun accidents each year. I really doubt all of those
occur while the pistol is holstered, so the number of "self-inflicted
gunshot wounds by people wearing thigh holsters" is probably
well under 250 per year.
>>If you fall, for example,
>> and land on the handgun or cause a sudden blow, the gun will discharge.
Handguns designs have included a "hammer block" since around 1960
or earlier. This is a metal part which physically seperates
the cartridge and the firing pin: Even under impact, the gun
cannot fire. The hammer block is connected to the trigger and
is pulled out of the way as the trigger is pulled. As a result,
modern pistols can fire _only_ if the trigger is pulled (or
in some cases, if they are cocked by hand and then dropped.)
>> The number of people killed in this manner far outweighs the number of
>> deaths caused by animal attacks or "wacko" attacks combined.
I don't know about animal attacks, but there are 23,500 murders
each year and under 500 die in the manner you suggest. If only
2.1% of the murders were killings by "wacko"s, you would be
wrong. Worse, there are also 102,500 rapes and 1,055,000 aggravated
assaults each year. These numbers make violent attacks, and
preventing them, thousands of times more significant than the
accidents you are worried about.
(These figures, by the way, are from the FBI's "Uniform Crime
Report" for 1990. I'll stop by a library tomorrow and look at
the "National Crime Victimization Survey", which is more
specific about where and when the crimes occured.)
Frank Crary
CU Boulder
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8350 | From: nabil@ariel.yorku.ca (Nabil Gangi)
Subject: Dear Mr Ajami
Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
Lines: 20
I have read -just today- two articles dripping of hate and offence to
a great deal of people. I could find as much matching hatred in your
articles as I have found in some of the self-righteous "Kill-in-the-name
of God" people.
I don't know why you are so attcaking to everyone, is it a reaction to
the hatred calls on this newsgroup, or is it a reaction to hardships
you have seen and experienced from before...
I have learnt not to judge people by only what they say, but rather
try to put myself in their place and aspire to understand their
feelings.
I hope you would be able to do the same with everyone, starting by your
ownself, because only through that you could be able to understand your
feelings and act in a the manner you would aspire everyone to adopt.
Thanks for your time
NABIL
|
8351 | From: ins559n@aurora.cc.monash.edu.au (Andrew Bulhak)
Subject: Re: 666 - MARK OF THE BEAST - NEED INFO
Organization: Monash University
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL6]
Lines: 14
(U28698@uicvm.uic.edu) wrote:
: Marian CATHOLIC high school, outside of chicago:
:
: 666 south ASHLAND avenue.
:
Actually, Satanism is technically inverted Catholicism.
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| Andrew Bulhak | :plonk: n. The sound of Richard Depew |
| acb@yoyo.cc.monash.edu.au | hitting the ground after being |
| Monash Uni, Clayton, | defenestrated by a posse of angry Usenet |
| Victoria, Australia | posters. |
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|
8352 | From: kja@watson.ibm.com ( Kenneth J. Arbeitman)
Subject: Missing subject header
Reply-To: kja@bones.fishkill.ibm.com ( Kenneth J. Arbeitman)
Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not necessarily those of IBM
Nntp-Posting-Host: bones.fishkill.ibm.com
Organization: IBM East Fishkill Subject: Re: Torre: The worst manager?
Lines: 39
In article <93095@hydra.gatech.EDU>, gt7469a@prism.gatech.EDU (Brian R.
Landmann) writes:
|> Joe Torre has to be the worst manager in baseball.
|>
|> For anyone who didn't see Sunday's game,
|>
|> With a right hander pitching he decides to bench Lankform, a left handed
|> hitter and play jordan and gilkey, both right handers.
That's because Lankford had a minor injury from a couple of games
before that
and was day-to-day... only available as a pinchrunner.
|>
|> Later, in the ninth inning with the bases loaded and two outs he puts
|> lankford, a 300 hitter with power in as a pinch runner and uses Luis
|> Alicea, a 250 hitter with no power as a pinch hitter. What the Hell
|> is he thinking.
See above.
|>
|> Earlier in the game in an interview about acquiring Mark Whiten he commented
|> how fortunate the Cardinals were to get Whiten and that Whiten would be a
|> regular even though this meant that Gilkey would be hurt, But torre said
|> he liked Gilkey coming off the bench. Gilkey hit over 300 last year,
|> what does he have to do to start, The guy would be starting on most every
|> team in the league.
|>
At the beginning of the interview Torre also said Lankford is the
one outfield
guy who's "in there no matter what".
My guess is Jordan will eventually end up being odd man out due to low
on base percentage. Whiten was a great acquisition... decent offense
and great defense in rightfield. But don't worry, Gilkey will be
starting
as soon as Jordan or Whiten displays an extended period of low offensive
output.
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8353 | From: tdarugar@cs.ucsd.edu (Tony Darugar)
Subject: Fahrenheit 1280+ problems, help!
Organization: CSE Dept., U.C. San Diego
Lines: 37
Nntp-Posting-Host: tartarus.ucsd.edu
Hi,
I recently bought an Orchid Fahrenheit 1280+. It's a real nice card,
but I'm having very big problems with it.
The basic problem is that vertical lines are missing from the display
in windows. Something like every other line or so.
Also, when I use a DOS gif viewer, namely vpic 6.0c, in Fahrenheit 1280
mode, vertical lines are swapped. It's very strange looking.
If it uses VESA standards, however, it works great! only it thinks there's
only 512K on the card. (There's 1MB on there).
I have contacted Orchid support, and they tried to be helpful, but didn't
have the answer. I don't think the card is the problem, since it works great
on my friend's computer.
Here is my setup:
Fahrenheit 1280+, 1MB, bios 1.1
386-25, Opti-chipset2, AMI bios 1990, 5MB ram.
Maxtor 120MB harddrive, (slave)
Maxtor 40Mb harddrive (master)
Panasonic c1381 monitor,
version 4.6 windows drivers.
windows 3.1
I tried taking all memory managers, etc off, and took all other cards
(besides disk controller) off.
My friend's setup is 386sx-16, shamrock monitor.
If anyone has seen anything like this, or can otherwise help, I will be very
greatful.
Please send e-mail to tdarugar@tartarus.ucsd.edu or
tdarugar@ebon.ucsd.edu
Tony.
|
8354 | From: jmd@cube.handheld.com (Jim De Arras)
Subject: Re: FYI - BATF reply on Waco
Organization: Hand Held Products, Inc.
Lines: 52
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: dale.handheld.com
In article <C5L480.K7u@elite.intel.com> dgw@elite.intel.com (Dennis Willson)
writes:
[..]
>
> On February 28, 1993, the special agents attempting to serve the
> Federal search warrant were all dressed in apparel clearly identified
> with the letters "ATF" and a highly visible police-type badge.
> Additionally, the special agents announced who they were and their
> purpose for being at the compound.
>
> Immediately following this announcement, gunfire erupted from the
> compound, resulting in the deaths of four ATF special agents and the
> wounding of several others. Through no fault of ATF, the element of
> surprise was lost, which caused the tragedy.
This statement simply amazes me! "Through no fault of ATF, the element of
surprise was lost"! What element of surprise? In the paragraph preceding this
one, he said "... the special agents announced who they were and their purpose
for being at the compound", which was to serve the federal warrant. No element
of surprise was even needed for that.
No, the element of surprise that they lost was that needed for a preemptive
first strike, without warning.
> Inasmuch as the warrants
> remain sealed by a U.S. magistrate, and the investigation remains in an
> active ongoung status, we are prohibited from disclosing any further
> information at this time.
>
Read: They need to wait until they see how it comes out before they fabricate
anymore, which could get disproven.
> We hope we have been responsive to your letter. Please let us know
> whenever we may be of service.
>
> Sincerely yours,
>
> Daniel M. H??l??tt [can't make out signature]
> Deputy Director
As always, no facts, just my opinions/observations.
Jim
--
jmd@handheld.com
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"I'm always rethinking that. There's never been a day when I haven't rethought
that. But I can't do that by myself." Bill Clinton 6 April 93
"If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed
in my country, I never would lay down my arms,-never--never--never!"
WILLIAM PITT, EARL OF CHATHAM 1708-1778 18 Nov. 1777
|
8355 | From: domet@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
Subject: Windows NT, HELP! PLEASE HELP!
Distribution: world
Organization: Univ of Cincinnati Academic IT Services
Lines: 26
WINDOWS NT
I need some information on the new Windows NT.
Anything you have would be appreciated. I know nothing about it.
(Well, except that it exists.)
Some questions...
Memory requirements, hard drive space, release date? is it out?
How is IBM reacting? Intel?
Can it replace other LAN OS's?
ANYTHING else like specs, speed, etc..
Thanks in advance!
Luke
Email me at internet address: domet@ucbeh.san.uc.edu
bitnet address: domet@ucbeh
|
8356 | From: cdm@pmafire.inel.gov (Dale Cook)
Subject: Re: Good Neighbor Political Hypocrisy Test
Organization: WINCO
Lines: 41
In article <C5IJ7H.L95@news.iastate.edu> jrbeach@iastate.edu (Jeffry R Beach) writes:
>In article <1993Apr15.021021.7538@gordian.com> mike@gordian.com (Michael A. Thomas) writes:
>>In article <C5HuH1.241@news.iastate.edu>, jrbeach@iastate.edu (Jeffry R Beach) writes:
>>> Think about it -- shouldn't all drugs then be legalized, it would lower
>>> the cost and definitely make them safer to use.
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>>> I don't think we want to start using these criterion to determine
>>> legality.
>>
>> Why not?
>
>Where do they get these people?! I really don't want to waste time in
>here to do battle about the legalization of drugs. If you really want to, we
>can get into it and prove just how idiotic that idea is!
You asked a question, and now you don't want people to answer? I believe
a legitimate question was asked. Why shouldn't cost and safety be used
(at least in part) to determine legality?
I'd like to see you *prove* that drug legalization is an idiotic idea.
Seems to me the evidence from Great Britain is pretty convincing that
drug legalization is a good idea. Even such a noted conservative as
William F. Buckley supports it.
>
>My point was that it is pretty stupid to justify legalizing something just
>because it will be safer and cheaper.
>
>A few more ideas to hold to these criterion - prostitution; the killing of all
>funny farm patients, AIDS "victims", elderly, unemployed, prisioners, etc. -
>this would surely make my taxes decrease.
Your examples (except for prostitution) fail miserably to meet both criteria
(safer AND cheaper). Obviously, killing people is not "safe". As for
prostitution, why shouldn't it be legal?
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...Dale Cook "Any town having more churches than bars has a serious
social problem." ---Edward Abbey
The opinions are mine only (i.e., they are NOT my employer's)
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|
8357 | From: xx155@yfn.ysu.edu (Family Magazine Sysops)
Subject: NATIONAL DAY Of PRAYER
Reply-To: xx155@yfn.ysu.edu (Family Magazine Sysops)
Organization: St. Elizabeth Hospital, Youngstown, OH
Lines: 54
The N A T I O N A L D A Y
o f
P R A Y E R
6 M A Y 1 9 9 3
IMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM;
: :
: JOIN AMERICA IN PRAYER TO: :
: :
: * Acknowledge our dependence upon God; :
: :
: * Give thanks for His many blessings; :
: :
: * Ask God to guide our leaders and to :
: bring healing, reconciliation and whole- :
: ness to our nation and all its people. :
: :
HMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM<
OUR FOUNDING FATHERS SAID...
George Washington: "I now make it my earnest prayer that God...
(A.D. 1783) would be pleased to dispose us all to do
justice, to love mercy, and to demean
ourselves with charity and humility, and a pacific temper of mind,
which were characteristics of the Divine Author of our blessed
Religion, and without an humble imitation of Whose example in
these things, we can never hope to be a happy nation."
John Adams: "It must be felt that there is no national security
(A.D. 1853) but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence
upon God and His overruling providence."
Abraham Lincoln: "It is the duty of nations, as well as of men,
(A.D. 1863) to own their dependence upon the overruling
power of God, to confess their sins and
transgressions...and to recognize the sublime truth, announced in
the Holy Scriptures and proven by all history, that those nations
only are blessed whose God is the Lord..."
NOTE: You can join with people in your area in observing the
NATIONAL DAY Of PRAYER. To learn who is affiliated with
the Concerts Of Prayer group in your area, contact:
Mr. Barry Garred, Coordinator
P.O. Box 6637
Springdale, ARkansas 72766
VOICE: (501) 756-8421
FAX: (501) 756-0131
|
8358 | From: deniz@mandolin.ctr.columbia.edu (Deniz Akkus)
Subject: Re: ARMENIA SAYS IT COULD SHOOT DOWN TURKISH PLANES
Organization: Columbia University Center for Telecommunications Research
X-Posted-From: mandolin.ctr.columbia.edu
NNTP-Posting-Host: sol.ctr.columbia.edu
Lines: 43
In article <1993Apr20.164517.20876@kpc.com> henrik@quayle.kpc.com writes:
>In article <1993Apr20.000413.25123@ee.rochester.edu>, terziogl@ee.rochester.edu (Esin Terzioglu) writes:
>My response to the "shooting down" of a Turkish airplane over the Armenian
>air space was because of the IGNORANT posting of the person from your
>Country. Turks and Azeris consistantly WANT to drag ARMENIA into the
>KARABAKH conflict with Azerbaijan. The KARABAKHI-ARMENIANS who have lived
>in their HOMELAND for 3000 years (CUT OFF FROM ARMENIA and GIVEN TO AZERIS
>BY STALIN) are the ones DIRECTLY involved in the CONFLICT. They are defending
>themselves against AZERI AGGRESSION. Agression that has NO MERCY for INOCENT
>people that are costantly SHELLED with MIG-23's and othe Russian aircraft.
>
>At last, I hope that the U.S. insists that Turkey stay out of the KARABAKH
>crisis so that the repeat of the CYPRUS invasion WILL NEVER OCCUR again.
>
Armenia is involved in fighting with Azarbaijan. It is Armenian
soldiers from mainland Armenia that are shelling towns in Azarbaijan.
You might wish to read more about whether or not it is Azeri aggression
only in that region. It seems to me that the Armenians are better
organized, have more success militarily and shell Azeri towns
repeatedly.
I don't wish to get into the Cyprus discussion. Turkey had the right to
intervene, and it did. Perhaps the intervention was not supposed to
last for so long, but the constant refusal of the Greek governments both
on the island and in Greece to deal with reality is also to be blamed
for the ongoing standoff in the region.
Lastly, why is there not a soc.culture.armenia? I vote yes for it.
After all, it is now free.
regards,
Deniz
|
8359 | From: dmittleman@misvms.bpa.arizona.edu (Daniel Mittleman)
Subject: Re: NDW Norton Desktop for Windows
Organization: University of Arizona MIS Department
Lines: 16
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: misvms.bpa.arizona.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
In article <1993Apr17.130528.2773@leland.Stanford.EDU>, shiva@leland.Stanford.EDU (Matt Jacobson) writes...
>
>I have an IBM and run Windows 3.1. A friend installed Norton Desktop For
>Windows on top of this. It loads automatically when I type "win", and
>surely adds to the (already dismally slow) process of starting up.
>
>I would like to know how to STOP or uninstall this program!!
>Is there anyone familiar with NDW who can tell me how to turn it off??
1. Get the friend to uninstall it.
2. Read the manual (though from your post I infer that you are using
pirated software.)
3. Go into SYS.INI and change the SHELL= line to read SHELL=PROGMAN.EXE
===========================================================================
daniel david mittleman - danny@arizona.edu - (602) 621-2932
|
8360 | From: dewey@risc.sps.mot.com (Dewey Henize)
Subject: Re: The Inimitable Rushdie
Organization: Motorola, Inc. -- Austin,TX
Lines: 43
NNTP-Posting-Host: rtfm.sps.mot.com
Is it just me, or has this part gotten beyond useful?
Gregg is not, as I understand his posts, giving any support to the bounty
on Rushdie's life. If that's correct, end of one point...
Gregg is using the concept of legal in a way most Westerners don't accept.
His comments about Islamic Law I think make a great deal of sense to him,
and are even making a _little_ sense to me now - if a person is a member
of a group (religion or whatever) they bind themselves to follow the ways
of the group within the bounds of what the group requires as a minimum.
The big bone of contention here that I'm picking up is that in the West
we have secular governments that maintain, more or less, a level of control
and of requirements outside the requirements of optional groups. I think
the majority of us reading this thread are in tune (note - I didn't say
"in agreement") with the idea that you are finally responsible to the
secular government, and within that to the group or groups a person may
have chosen.
With that in mind, it not possible under secular law ("legally" as most
people would define the term) to hold a person to a particular group once
they decide to separate from it. Only if the secular authorities agree
that there is a requirement of some sort (contractual, etc) is there
any secular _enforcement_ allowed by a group to a group member or past
group member.
A religion can, and often does, believe in and require additional duties
of a group member. And it can enforce the fulfillment of those duties
in many ways - ostracism is common for example. But the limit comes when
the enforcement would impose unwanted and/or unaccepted onus on a person
_in conflict with secular law_.
This is the difference. In a theocracy, the requirements of the secular
authorities are, by definition, congruent with the religious authorities.
Outside a theocracy, this is not _necessarily_ true. Religious requirements
_may_ coincide or may not. Similiarly, religious consequences _may_ or
may not coincide with secular consequences (if any).
Regards,
Dew
--
Dewey Henize Sys/Net admin RISC hardware (512) 891-8637 pager 928-7447 x 9637
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8361 | From: shah@pitt.edu (Ravindra S Shah)
Subject: Re: ABC coverage
Distribution: usa
Lines: 28
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8]
Joseph B Stiehm (joe13+@pitt.edu) wrote:
: I have one complaint for the cameramen doing the Jersey-Pitt series: Show
: the shots, not the hits. On more than one occassion the camera zoomed in
: on a check along the boards while the puck was in the slot. They panned
: back to show the rebound. Maybe Mom's camera people were a little more
: experienced.
: Joseph Stiehm
Exactly. That is my biggest complaint about the coverage so far.
Follow that damn puck!
--
Ravi Shah
shah+@pitt.edu
"La mu'sica ideas portara' approx. translation: "Music will bring ideas
y siempre continuara' and will continue forever
sonido electro'nico electronic sound
decibel sinte'tico" -Musique non stop- synthetic decibel"
-Kraftwerk
|
8362 | From: sandvik@newton.apple.com (Kent Sandvik)
Subject: Re: Yet more Rushdie [Re: ISLAMIC LAW]
Organization: Cookamunga Tourist Bureau
Lines: 29
In article <C5qt5p.Mvo@blaze.cs.jhu.edu>, arromdee@jyusenkyou.cs.jhu.edu
(Ken Arromdee) wrote:
>
> In article <115694@bu.edu> jaeger@buphy.bu.edu (Gregg Jaeger) writes:
> >I think many reading this group would also benefit by knowing how
> >deviant the view _as I've articulated it above_ (which may not be
> >the true view of Khomeini) is from the basic principles of Islam.
>
> From the point ov view of an atheist, I see you claim Khomeini wasn't
> practicing true Islam. But I'm sure that he would have said the same about
> you. How am I, a member of neither group, supposed to be able to tell which
> one of you two is really a true Muslim?
Fred Rice answered this already in an early posting:
"The problem with your argument is that you do not _know_ who is a _real_
believer and who may be "faking it". This is something known only by
the person him/herself (and God). Your assumption that anyone who
_claims_ to be a "believer" _is_ a "believer" is not necessarily true."
In other words it seems that nobody could define who is a true and
false Muslim. We are back to square one, Khomeini and Hussein are
still innocent and can't be defined as evil or good Islamic
worshippers.
Cheers,
Kent
---
sandvik@newton.apple.com. ALink: KSAND -- Private activities on the net.
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8363 | From: maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca (Roger Maynard)
Subject: Re: Plus minus stat...
Organization: Dept. of Computer Science, Laurentian University, Sudbury, ON
Lines: 79
In <4LD32B2w165w@sms.business.uwo.ca> j3david@sms.business.uwo.ca (James David) writes:
>It was Bryan Trottier, not Denis Potvin. It was a vicious
>'boarding' from behind...Trottier was given a major.
Perhaps it was Trottier. It happened behind the Habs goal if I recall.
Gainey simply didn't have his head up as he was picking up the puck.
>But Roger, what the hell does this have to do with Gainey's skill
>as a hockey player? If Probert smashes Gilmour's head into the
>boards next week, will that diminish your assessment of Gilmour's
>skills?
If Gilmour was taken completely by surprise, as Gainey was, then yeah,
I would have to say that Doug wasn't playing "technically" smart
hockey. In any case, to claim as Greg did, that Gainey *never* made
a technical mistake is absolutely ludicrous.
>>Gainey was a plugger. And when the press runs out of things to
>>say about the stars on dynasties they start to hype the
>>pluggers. Grant Fuhr, Essa Tikkannen, Butch Goring, Bob
>>Nystrom, Bob Gainey, Doug Jarvis, Derek Sanderson, Wayne
>>Cashman, Bob Baun, Bob Pulford, Ralph Backstrom, Henri Richard,
>>Dick Duff...and so on...
>
>I would take Fuhr and Sanderson off of the latter.
Good for you. You'd only be displaying your ignorance of course, but to
each his own...
>I think Gainey would be honoured to know that you've included him
I think Gainey should feel honoured to know that he is remembered at
all.
>on this list. I also think you have a relatively naive view
>about what wins a hockey game...pluggers are an integral part of
Certainly pluggers are an integral part of any team. And that is
simply because there are not enough solid two-way players to go
around. Who would you rather have as your "checking" centre? Doug
Gilmour or Doug Jarvis? For that matter I would take either Gretzky
or Mario as my "checking" centres. Do you think Gretzky could cover
Bob Gainey?
>any team. The Selke is designed to acknowledge their
>contribution...I think that most people understand that it's not
>the Nobel Prize...so settle down.
You're wrong again. The Selke is awarded to the forward that does the
best job defensively and this may or may not be the best plugger. If
Gilmour does the best defensive job in the league I don't see why he
should be out of the running simply because he also contributes offen-
sively.
Settle down? If you think that I have likened the Selke to the Nobel
prize then I suggest that you had best "settle down". And if you are
going to try to put words in my mouth, let me suggest that you "settle
down" before you bother following up on my postings.
>congenially, as always,
>
>jd
>
>--
>James David
>david@student.business.uwo.ca
You might consider developing your own style. After all, imitation is
the sincerest form of flattery and I am quite sure that flattery is not
your intention.
cordially, as always,
rm
--
Roger Maynard
maynard@ramsey.cs.laurentian.ca
|
8364 | From: sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu (Scott Borders)
Subject: Clear coat woes . . .
Summary: Any way to remove fine scratches in clear coat?
Keywords: clear coat paint
Organization: University of Denver, Dept. of Math & Comp. Sci.
Lines: 27
Is clear coat really worth it? Yes, on the showroom floor, the cars
have this deep, lustrous shine that just can't be found on paint jobs
that aren't clear coated. On the other hand, it seems that every clear
coated car that I've seen on the road (in a parking lot, etc.) has
fine scratches throughout the paint job. As does, alas, my 1992 Laser.
Several weeks ago I had my car professionally polished and waxed.
When I picked it up, it had that same showroom shine that I remember
from a year ago when I bought it. Several days ago I took my car
to the dealership for some work. As an added bonus, they washed my
car. Unfortunately, whoever washed it either didn't get the roof
(which is black, the rest of the car is red) completely clean before
he dried it, or he used a dirty towel. Now my showroom shine is a
haze of fine scratches that aren't really visible until the light
hits the roof at a particular angle.
I am, to put it mildy, somewhat peeved about this. Do I have any
chance of getting the dealership to do something about this?
My guess is 'no'. Is there any product on the market that provides
a solution to this problem? Or am I faced with the prospect of
having the car professionally polished again to hide the scratches?
Information, commiseration, and sympathy all greatly appreciated . . .
Scott "the-dealership-will-never-wash-my-car-again" Borders
sborders@nyx.cs.du.edu
borders_scott@tandem.com
|
8365 | From: igor@pravda.tse.su
Subject: Who will broadcast the WC
Originator: tervo@messi.uku.fi
Organization: Central Red Army, Soviet Union
Lines: 9
Which GERMAN satellite channels will show the World Championship action
from Dusseldorf & Munich?
Someone please tell me (must be able to root for the Red Machine)!
Thank you
***Russians for the world title, Nordiques for the Cup!!!***
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8366 | From: mwilson@ncratl.AtlantaGA.NCR.COM (Mark Wilson)
Subject: Re: A Message for you Mr. President: How do you know what happened?
Organization: NCR Engineering and Manufacturing Atlanta -- Atlanta, GA
Lines: 58
In <C5sqyA.F7v@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> tbrent@bank.ecn.purdue.edu (Timothy J Brent) writes:
|Probably not. But then, I don't pack heavy weaponry with intent to use it.
Please cite your evidence that he was intending to use it.
|You don't really think he should have been allowed to keep that stuff do
|you?
Why not?
|If so, tell me where you live so I can be sure to steer well clear.
Check the sig.
|The public also has rights, and they should be placed above those of the
|individual.
Society does not have rights only individuals have rights.
|Go ahead, call me a commie,
OK, your a commie.
|but you'd be singing a different
|tune if I exercised my right to rape your daughter.
You think you have a right to rape anyone? No wonder you don't care about
the rightws of others.
|He broke the law,
Please indicate which law you feel Koresh broke, and when was he convicted of
said crime.
|he was a threat to society,
So you feel that owning guns makes him a threat to society. When are y ou
going to start going after knives and baseball bats as well.
Or do you feel that someone who spouts unpopular ideas is by definition a
threat to society.
|they did there job - simple.
It is simple if you think that there job is to assualt civilians.
|> Support your First, Second, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, and Eighth
|>Amendment rights, lest they be taken away from you just as the FBI did
|>to the Davidians. Think about it.
|I'll support them all (except no. 2)
In other words you don't support any of them.
--
Mob rule isn't any prettier merely because the mob calls itself a government
It ain't charity if you are using someone else's money.
Wilson's theory of relativity: If you go back far enough, we're all related.
Mark.Wilson@AtlantaGA.NCR.com
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8367 | Subject: Re: Ed must be a Daemon Child!!
From: REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
<1993Apr2.003029.1962@adobe.com><1993Apr2.163021.17074@linus.mitre.org>
Organization: University of Maine System
Lines: 8
Ed's heading out on the highway?
Did he finally buy a bike or is he a passanger?
Jeff Andle DoD #3005 1976 KZ900 REE700A@MAINE.MAINE.EDU
IntermittentNet access arranged through Bowdoin College. Please reply
via e-mail, since a followup might expire before I see the Net again.
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8368 | From: C445585@mizzou1.missouri.edu (John Kelsey)
Subject: 80-bit keyseach machine
Nntp-Posting-Host: mizzou1.missouri.edu
Organization: University of Missouri
Lines: 26
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?)
Actually, a keysearch of this kind shouldn't be much worse than the
simpler kind in terms of speed. It's just that you have to do it over
for *every* encrypted message.
Dumb question: Has anyone ever done any serious research on how many
legitimate ASCII-encoded 8-byte blocks there are that could be part of
an english sentence? For attacking DES in ECB mode, it seems like a
dictionary of this kind might be pretty valuable....
--John Kelsey
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8369 | From: ranck@joesbar.cc.vt.edu (Wm. L. Ranck)
Subject: Re: Should liability insurance be required?
Organization: Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia
Lines: 14
Distribution: usa
NNTP-Posting-Host: joesbar.cc.vt.edu
X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL9]
Tommy Marcus McGuire (mcguire@cs.utexas.edu) wrote:
: You know, it sounds suspiciously like no fault doesn't even do what it
: was advertised as doing---getting the lawyers out of the loop.
: Sigh. Another naive illusion down the toilet....
Since most legislators are lawyers it is very difficult to get any
law passed that would cut down on lawyers' business. That is why
"No-fault" insurance laws always backfire.
--
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* Bill Ranck (703) 231-9503 Bill.Ranck@vt.edu *
* Computing Center, Virginia Polytchnic Inst. & State Univ., Blacksburg, Va. *
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8370 | From: "Steve Hayman" <sahayman@cs.indiana.edu>
Subject: Re: Hockey and the Hispanic community
Organization: Objectario
Lines: 11
In article <C5I2s2.3Bt@odin.corp.sgi.com> rickc@wrigley.corp.sgi.com (Richard Casares) writes:
>When was the last time you saw a hockey league in the inner city.
Well, actually now that you mention it, a few weeks ago the CBC ran a
documentary on "Ice Hockey in Harlem". the Canadian Club of New York
(something like that) sponsors a league for kids in Harlem and based on
the TV report they all seemed to be having a lot of fun. All playing
with regular equipment, jerseys, etc etc, on a proper outdoor rink. It
looked just like kids playing hockey anywhere else.
Some of the kids were even fortunate to get a trip to a hockey camp in Alberta.
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8371 | From: dreitman@oregon.uoregon.edu (Daniel R. Reitman, Attorney to Be)
Subject: Re: legal car buying problems
Organization: University of Oregon
Lines: 41
Distribution: ca
NNTP-Posting-Host: oregon.uoregon.edu
News-Software: VAX/VMS VNEWS 1.41
In article <1993Apr20.143930.13144@chpc.org>,
rboudrie@chpc.org (Rob Boudrie) writes...
>In article <9285.27317@stratus.SWDC.Stratus.COM>
> bob@runway.swdc.stratus.com (Bob Hutson) writes:
>>After agreeing to terms I signed the contract and drove home in my new
>>car. Later that same night I noticed that the terms in the were
>>different from the terms I had agreed to. (I made the stupid mistake
>>of not checking everything on the contract). This all happened last
>>Saturday.
>>I have heard that there is a "cooling-off" law allowing me three days
>>to reconsider the contract. Is this true? Can anyone point me to the
>>law? The transaction happened at the dealership, if it matters.
>This cooling off period applies only in certain situations - lik ewhen
>you are solicited at home. I also think the cooling off period ends
>if you actually accept the merchandise.
>If this were not the case, any car buyer would have the right to return
>a slightly used, highly devalued, car 2 days after buying it. Yeah -
>that's the trick - if I want to buy a new car, I'd have a firend buy
>& return one, then go in and negotiate a better deal on a pre-owned
>used car.
FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES ONLY
On the other hand, if it can be proven, it's possible the changed
terms could be thrown out. The question will be whether the
agreement contains a merger clause. See UCC @ 2-202 (parol
evidence). If we're talking about warranties, then, of course,
UCC @ 2-316 should be looked at.
But we have so little information that none of us can say anything
conclusive.
Daniel Reitman
"The Uniform Commercial Code protects the innocent purchaser, but it is not a
shield for the sly conniver, the blindly naive, or the hopelessly gullible."
Atlas Auto Rental Corp. v. Weisberg, 54 Misc. 2d 168, 172, 281 N.Y.S.2d 400,
405 (N.Y. City Civ. Ct. 1967).
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8372 | From: rwf2@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (ROBERT WILLIAM FUSI)
Subject: Re: I'm getting a car, I need opinions.
Organization: Lehigh University
Lines: 19
In article <1993Apr17.175451.30896@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu>, ip02@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu (D
anny Phornprapha) writes:
>I have $30,000 as my budget. I'm looking for a sports or GT car.
>
>What do you think would be the best buy? (I'm looking for specific models)
>
>Thanks,
>Danny
>--
>
> I'd say an RX-7 would be RIGHT up there. You could easily deal down to $30.
It has some of the most impressive performance figures around, and automotive
magazines eat it up. One car to seriously consider in that price range.
Rob Fusi
rwf2@lehigh.edu
--
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8373 | From: loyd@seq.uncwil.edu (David Loyd)
Subject: Sci Fi books for sale! Best Offer!
Organization: Univ. of North Carolina @ Wilmington
Lines: 52
I would like to sell the following sci-fi books at Best Offer.
If you are interested, please email an offer and be sure to include
shipping and handling. I prefer not to ship COD but if you purchase
$25 or more, I will consider.
Han Solo and the Lost Legacy
Han Solo's Revenge
Han Solo at Stars End
Splinter in the Minds Eye
The Empire Strikes Back
Star Wars
Star Trek: The Motion Picture
Star Trek: Wrath of Kahn
The Official Star Trek Trivia Book
Star Trek Reader Vol I
Star Trek Reader Vol II These are the book form of the
Star Trek Reader Vol III Original TV Series
Star Trek Reader Vol IV
Dune
Dune Messiah
Children of Dune
God Emperor of Dune
Altered States
Alien
Close Encounters of the Third Kind
DragonSlayer
The Mists of Avalon
The Compleat Book of Sowrds
The Lost Swords
2001: A Space Odyssey
2010: Odyssey II
2061: Odyssey III
Barlowes Complete Guide to ExtraTresstials
Again, best offer and don't be shy.
Thanks
--
loyd@seq.uncwil.edu
Amiga 2000 Tower 144 Megs HD Space
VXL 40mhz '030 w/ 33 mhz FPU 8 megs 32 bit Ram
Supra 2400ZI+ Modem Sony KV-1311CR Monitor Wangtek 60meg TB
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8374 | From: spworley@netcom.com (Steve Worley)
Subject: Re: Sphere from 4 points?
Organization: NETCOM On-line Communication Services (408 241-9760 guest)
Lines: 38
bolson@carson.u.washington.edu (Edward Bolson) writes:
>Boy, this will be embarassing if it is trivial or an FAQ:
>Given 4 points (non coplanar), how does one find the sphere, that is,
>center and radius, exactly fitting those points? I know how to do it
>for a circle (from 3 points), but do not immediately see a
>straightforward way to do it in 3-D. I have checked some
>geometry books, Graphics Gems, and Farin, but am still at a loss?
>Please have mercy on me and provide the solution?
It's not a bad question: I don't have any refs that list this algorithm
either. But thinking about it a bit, it shouldn't be too hard.
1) Take three of the points and find the plane they define as well as
the circle that they lie on (you say you have this algorithm already)
2) Find the center of this circle. The line passing through this center
perpendicular to the plane of the three points passes through the center of
the sphere.
3) Repeat with the unused point and two of the original points. This
gives you two different lines that both pass through the sphere's
origin. Their interection is the center of the sphere.
4) the radius is easy to compute, it's just the distance from the center to
any of the original points.
I'll leave the math to you, but this is a workable algorithm. :-)
An alternate method would be to take pairs of points: the plane formed
by the perpendicular bisector of each line segment pair also contains the
center of the sphere. Three pairs will form three planes, intersecting
at a point. This might be easier to implement.
-Steve
spworley@netcom.com
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8375 | From: n4hy@harder.ccr-p.ida.org (Bob McGwier)
Subject: Re: What counntries do space surveillance?
Organization: IDA Center for Communications Research
Lines: 13
Distribution: world
NNTP-Posting-Host: harder.ccr-p.ida.org
In-reply-to: thomsonal@cpva.saic.com's message of 23 Apr 93 20:17:25 GMT
I can tell you that when AMSAT launched some birds along a Spot satellite
(French), that during installation of some instruments on Spot 2, there
heavily armed legionaires who had a `take no prisoners' look on there faces.
Spot satellites are completely capable of doing some very good on orbit
surveillance.
BMc
--
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Robert W. McGwier | n4hy@ccr-p.ida.org
Center for Communications Research | Interests: amateur radio, astronomy,golf
Princeton, N.J. 08520 | Asst Scoutmaster Troop 5700, Hightstown
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8376 | From: dcr@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk (Derek C. Richardson)
Subject: Re: Animation with XPutImage()?
Nntp-Posting-Host: ioas09.ast.cam.ac.uk
Reply-To: dcr@mail.ast.cam.ac.uk
Organization: Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge
Lines: 33
In article 17886@nrao.edu, rgooch@rp.CSIRO.AU (Richard Gooch) writes:
> The MIT tapes come with documentation written by Keith Packard on the Shared
> Memory Extension to X. Look in: mit/doc/extensions/mit-shm.ms
> I found this invaluble. Unfortunately, there is a bit of work to set up the
> shared memory segments, making an XImage from it, etc. Also, there is an
> extension query to determine if the server supports it, but you still need to
> test if the server is running on the same host and if shared memory is enabled
> in the kernel. I have written layers of convience routines which make all this
> transparent.
> As for the XView code, well, I doubt that would be considered interesting.
> The interesting stuff is done in a C object library. People interested in this
> code can Email me.
>
> Regards,
>
> Richard Gooch,
> rgooch@atnf.csiro.au
Thanks for docs info. It turns out that if I leave out colormap updates between
frames and use tvtwm, my tests with 100 400x400x8 frames on an IPX using the
server-resident pixmap method give an astonishing *50* frames per second! And
VERY smooth. I think I've found the best solution (thanks to the generous help
on this group!) However, I may have colormap questions later.....
Derek
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| Derek C. Richardson | Tel: (0223) 337548 x 37501 |
| Institute of Astronomy | Fax: (0223) 337523 |
| Cambridge, U.K. | |
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8377 | From: rja@mahogany126.cray.com (Russ Anderson)
Subject: Re: NL vs. AL?
Originator: rja@mahogany126
Lines: 12
Nntp-Posting-Host: mahogany126
Organization: The 1991 World Champion Minnesota Twins!
In article <C5Dxqp.Hoo@news.rich.bnr.ca>, bratt@crchh7a9.NoSubdomain.NoDomain (John Bratt) writes:
> How about game length? I don't know if this is a valid statement or not,
> but AL games sure seem to last a lot longer.
Make sure to take the Sutcliff, Fisk, ect. factor into account.
--
Russ Anderson | Disclaimer: Any statements are my own and do not reflect
------------------ upon my employer or anyone else. (c) 1993
EX-Twins' Jack Morris, 10 innings pitched, 0 runs (World Series MVP!)
|
8378 | From: kardank@ERE.UMontreal.CA (Kardan Kaveh)
Subject: Re: Newsgroup Split
Organization: Universite de Montreal
Lines: 8
I haven't been following this thread, so appologies if this has already been
mentioned, but how about
comp.graphics.3d
--
Kaveh Kardan
kardank@ERE.UMontreal.CA
|
8379 | From: addison@leland.Stanford.EDU (Brett Rogers)
Subject: Re: Defensive Averages 1988-1992 -- Shortstop
Organization: DSG, Stanford University, CA 94305, USA
Lines: 12
In article <steph.735027990@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu> steph@pegasus.cs.uiuc.edu (Dale Stephenson) writes:
>>Smith, Ozzie .742 .717 .697 .672 .664 0.701
> The Wizard's 1988 is the second highest year ever. Still very good,
>but I don't like the way his numbers have declined every year. In a few
>years may be a defensive liability.
That's rich... Ozzie Smith a defensive liability...
Brett Rogers
addison@leland.stanford.edu
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8380 | From: mikec@sail.LABS.TEK.COM (Micheal Cranford)
Subject: Disney Animation
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR.
Lines: 5
------------------------------------
Can anyone tell me anything about the Disney Animation software package?
Note the followup line (this is not for me but for a colleague).
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8381 | From: tedward@cs.cornell.edu (Edward [Ted] Fischer)
Subject: Re: Rickey Henderson
Organization: Cornell Univ. CS Dept, Ithaca NY 14853
Distribution: usa
Lines: 12
In article <1993Apr5.173500.26383@ra.msstate.edu> js1@Isis.MsState.Edu (Jiann-ming Su) writes:
>I say buy out Henderson's contract and let him go bag groceries. Next
>season, you'll be able to sign him for nothing. That goes for any bitching
>ball player.
I doubt Henderson would clear waivers. And if he did, he would
instantly be signed for the major league minimum, with Oakland picking
up the remaining $3 million tab.
Some GMs value on-field performance too...
-Valentine
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8382 | From: mani@raunvis.hi.is (M'ani Thorsteinsson)
Subject: Lois Chevrolet?
Distribution: rec
Lines: 7
Nntp-Posting-Host: raunvis.hi.is
I was whatching The History Of The Indy 500 the other day,
and early in the film, around the '10-'20's, a name, Lois Chevrolet,
came out of the blue. I wanted to know if he is THE Chevrolet founder
or mearly a driver who's name was called the same as the other guy's?:^)
KONI.
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8383 | From: ttesta@kali.enet.dec.com (Tom Testagrossa)
Subject: Re: Is itproper net etiquette to advertise a company's junk mail list?
Lines: 34
Reply-To: ttesta@kali.enet.dec.com (Tom Testagrossa)
Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation, Maynard, Ma.
Distribution: usa
--In article <1993Apr15.234451.15707@leland.Stanford.EDU>, thomper@leland.Stanford.EDU (Dale Buford Thompson) writes:
In article <C5JCCG.3Bn@tsoft.net> you write:
>[stuff deleted]
>
>My company maintains a 20,000+ mailing list which is regularly rented for
^^^^^^^^^^
>[MORE stuff deleted]
>TEd
>>It is my impression that net etiquette does not allow companies to
>>use the net to directly advertise their products.
>>In addition to improper etiquette, this product is a mailing list
>>used for generating junk mail.
>>Am I correct in assuming this is improper, and if so, what can be
>>done to penalize such an improper use?
>>Dale Thompson
Well, Dale, I'd say offhand "Keel-hauling" would work pretty
well...we haven't had a good "keel-hauling" in a long time... (Sorry, it came up in a conversation yesterday and, well, I just love that phrase...)
Or maybe just ask for folks to flood the guys mailbox with
the FAQ for net-etiquitte...sort of poetic justice for all the junk mail
he was trying to generate anyway...
Tom T
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* US-mail: 132 Clarendon St Apt #2 *
* Fitchburg, Ma 01420 U.S.A. *
* Phone: Work (508)493-0437 (Voicemail)*
* Home (508)342-2362 *
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8384 | From: hayesj@rintintin.Colorado.EDU (HAYES JAMES MICHAEL JR)
Subject: Window start up position for app, how?
Keywords: app window, startup position
Nntp-Posting-Host: rintintin.colorado.edu
Organization: University of Colorado, Boulder
Lines: 8
How do you set up an app to give its window a default start up
position and size?
--
Mike Hayes |"Knowledge is good." - Faber College Motto
WWW |"Knowledge and Thoroughness" -Rensselear Poly Motto
Unemployed Tech, |"No, thank YOU!" -Groucho Marx, 'A Day at the Races'
Driven to banging my head against engineering physics for 4 years.
|
8385 | From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Subject: Re: Who's next? Mormons and Jews?
Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department
Lines: 18
In article <1993Apr20.003522.22480@midway.uchicago.edu> thf2@midway.uchicago.edu writes:
>In article <1qvfik$6rf@usenet.INS.CWRU.Edu> cj195@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (John W. Redelfs) writes:
>>Now that Big Brother has rubbed out one minority religion in Waco, who is
>>next? The Mormons or Jews?
>The Koreshians rubbed themselves out. Neither Mormons nor Jews have a
>propensity for dousing themselves with kerosene, so I'm not particularly
>concerned. (Or shall we blame Jim Jones on the government also?)
I believe we still remember Masada, where Jews killed themselves rather
than being captured by the Romans. While I do not agree with the
Davidians, I must admire their willingness to die for what they
believed, which Jews have had to do often.
--
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907-1399
Phone: (317)494-6054
hrubin@snap.stat.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet)
{purdue,pur-ee}!snap.stat!hrubin(UUCP)
|
8386 | From: pgf@srl02.cacs.usl.edu (Phil G. Fraering)
Subject: Re: Vandalizing the sky.
Organization: Univ. of Southwestern Louisiana
Lines: 16
Jeff.Cook@FtCollinsCO.NCR.COM (Jeff Cook) writes:
...
>people in primitive tribes out in the middle of nowhere as they look up
>and see a can of Budweiser flying across the sky... :-D
Seen that movie already. Or one just like it.
Come to think of it, they might send someone on
a quest to get rid of the dang thing...
>Jeff Cook Jeff.Cook@FtCollinsCO.NCR.com
--
Phil Fraering |"Seems like every day we find out all sorts of stuff.
pgf@srl02.cacs.usl.edu|Like how the ancient Mayans had televison." Repo Man
|
8387 | From: frank@marvin.contex.com (Frank Perdicaro)
Subject: ST1100 ride
Keywords: heavy
Lines: 95
Sixteen days I had put off test driving the Honda ST1100. Finally,
the 17th was a Saturday without much rain. In fact it cleared up,
became warm and sunny, and the wind died. About three weeks ago, I
took a long cool ride on the Hawk down to Cycles! 128 for a test ride.
They had sold, and delivered, the demo ST1100 about fifteen hours
before I arrived. And the demo VFR was bike-locked in the showroom --
surrounded by 150 other bikes, and not likely to move soon.
Today was different. There were even more bikes. 50 used dirt bikes,
50 used street bikes, 35 cars, and a big tent full of Outlandishly Fat
Touring Bikes With Trailers were all squeezed in the parking lot.
Some sort of fat bike convention. Shelly and Dave were running one
MSF course each, at the same time. One in the classroom and one on
the back lot. Plus, there was the usuall free cookout food that
Cycles! gives away every weekend in the summer. Hmmm, it seemed like
a big moto party.
After about ten minutes of looking for Rob C, cheif of sales slime,
and another 5 minutes reading and signing a long disclosure/libility/
pray-to-god form I helped JT push the ST out into the mess in the
parking lot. We went over the the controls, I put the tank bag from
the Hawk into the right saddlebag, and my wife put everything else
into the left saddlebag. ( Thats nice.... ) Having helped push the
ST out to the lot, I thought it best to have JT move it to the edge of
the road, away from the 100+ bikes and 100+ people. He rode it like a
bicycle! 'It cant be that heavy' I thought.
Well I was wrong. As I sat on the ST, both feet down, all I could
think was "big". Then I put one foot up. "Heavy" came to mind very
quickly. With Cindy on the back -- was she on the back? Hard to
tell with seat three times as large as a Hawk seat -- the bike seemed
nearly out of control just idling on the side of the road.
By 3000 rpm in second gear, all the weight seemed to dissappear. Even
on bike with 4.1 miles on the odometer, slippery new tires, and pads that
did not yet bite the disks, things seems smooth and sure. Cycles! is
on a section of 128 that few folks ever ride. About 30 miles north
of the computer concentration, about five miles north of where I95
splits away, 128 is a lighly travelled, two lane limited access
highway. It goes through heavily forested sections of Hamilton,
Manchester-by-the-Sea and Newbury on its way to Gloucester.
On its way there, it meets 133, a road that winds from the sea about
30 miles inland to Andover. On its way it goes through many
thoroughly New England spots. Perfect, if slow, sport touring sections.
Cindy has no difficulty with speed. 3rd gear, 4th gear, purring along
in top gear. This thing has less low rpm grunt that my Hawk. Lane
changes were a new experience. A big heft is required to move this
thing. Responds well though. No wallowing or complaint. Behind the
fairing it was fairly quiet, but the helmet buffeting was
non-trivial. Top gear car passing at 85mph was nearly effortless.
Smooth, smooth, smooth. Not sure what the v4 sound reminds me of,
but it is pleasant. If only the bars were not transmitting an endless
buzz.
The jump on to 133 caused me to be less than impressed with the
brakes. Its a down hill, reversing camber, twice-reversing radius,
decreasing radius turn. A real squeeze is needed on the front binder.
The section of 133 we were on was tight, but too urban. The ST works ok
in this section, but it shows its weight. We went by the clam shack
oft featured in "Spencer for Hire" -- a place where you could really
find "Spencer", his house was about 15 miles down 133. After putting
through traffic for a while, we turned and went back to 128.
About half way through the onramp, I yanked Cindy's wrist, our singal
for "hold on tight". Head check left, time to find redline. Second
gear gives a good shove. Third too. Fourth sees DoD speed with a
short shift into top. On the way to 133 we saw no cops and very light
traffic. Did not cross into DoD zone because the bike was too new.
Well, now it had 25 miles on it, so it was ok. Tried some high effort
lane changes, some wide sweeping turns. Time to wick it up? I went
until the buffeting was threating to pull us off the seat. And stayed
there. When I was comfortable with the wind and the steering,
I looked down to find an indicated 135mph. Not bad for 2-up touring.
Beverly comes fast at more than twice the posted limit. At the "get
off in a mile" sign, I rolled off the throttle and coasted. I wanted
to re-adjust to the coming slowness. It was a good idea: there were
several manhole-sized patches of sand on the exit ramp. Back to the
slow and heavy behavior. Cycles! is about a mile from 128. I could
see even more cars stacked up outside right when I got off. I managed
to thread the ST through the cars to the edge of the concrete pad
out front. Heavy. It took way too much effort for Cindy and I to put
the thing on the center stand. I am sure that if I used the side
stand the ST would have been on its side within a minute.
My demo opinion? Heavy. Put it on a diet. Smooth, comfortable,
hardly notices the DoD speed. I'd buy on for about $3000 less than
list, just like it is. Too much $ for the bike as it is.
--
Frank Evan Perdicaro Xyvision Color Systems
Legalize guns, drugs and cash...today. 101 Edgewater Drive
inhouse: frank@marvin, x5572 Wakefield MA
outhouse: frank@contex.com, 617-245-4100x5572 018801285
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8388 | From: betel@camelot.bradley.edu (Robert Crawford)
Subject: Re: How to detect use of an illegal cipher?
Nntp-Posting-Host: camelot.bradley.edu
Organization: Bradley University
Lines: 20
Jay Fenton <Fenton@Kaleida.Com> writes:
>How can the government tell which encryption method one is using without
>being able to decode the traffic? i.e., In order to accuse me of using an
>unauthorized strong encryption technique they would have to take both
>keys out of escrow, run them against my ciphertext and "draw a blank".
I was thinking about this, also. It's quite possible the
system transmits, in clear, the serial number of the device being
used. That way they can start a tap, get the serial number, and use
the warrant for the first tap to get the key.
If they tap someone who's apparently using encryption, but
don't find that prefix, then they'll assume it's an "un-authorized"
encryption scheme.
--
May the Kloo Gnomes be generous to you.
Robert Crawford betel@camelot.bradley.edu
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8389 | From: sundboe@bgibm1.nho.hydro.com (Terje Thoegersen)
Subject: Re: Problems with Toshiba 3401 CDROM
Organization: Norsk Hydro a.s
Lines: 26
Distribution: world
Reply-To: hktth@nho.hydro.com
NNTP-Posting-Host: bgibm1.nho.hydro.com
In article <1993Apr20.191255.10115@news.columbia.edu>, imj1@cunixa.cc.columbia.edu (Imad M Jureidini) writes:
|> Hi!
|> I recently purchased the Toshiba 3401 CDROM. I own an Adaptec 1542B
|> SCSI card, and I have so far failed to get the CDROM to work under DOS. It
|> works very well under OS/2, so I know that the drive is not faulty.
|> In my config.sys, I have aspi3dos.sys, aspidisk.sys, aspicd.sys. In my
|> autoexec.bat, I have MSCDEX, which came with DOS 6.0. MSCDEX seems to find
|> and install the drive as drive F:, but when I switch to that drive and try a
|> dir, I get an error message telling me the drive is not ready or something
|> like that. The CDROM is locked too, and the adaptec utilities don't seem to
|> recognize that I have a CDROM at that point.
|> Has anyone ever had this problem? Is there something abvious that I
|> am missing? And finally, I was wondering if anyone using this setup could
|> kindly post his/her config.sys and autoexec.bat.
|>
Hi!
One of the ASPI-drivers (I think it's the ASPICD) supports a /NORST
paramter, which means to not reset the SCSI bus when it loads. This
fixed the problem a friend of mine was having with his adaptec+tosh
3401.
Regards,
-Terje
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8390 | From: earlw@apple.com (Earl Wallace)
Subject: Re: 2ND AMENDMENT DEAD - GOOD !
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In article <1993Apr18.001319.2340@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu> jrm@gnv.ifas.ufl.edu writes:
>...
>In the near future, federal martials will come for your arms.
>No one will help you. You are more dangerous, to their thinking,
>than the 'criminal'. This is your own fault.
>
>The 2nd amendment is dead. Accept this. Find another way.
You know, in many ways this might be just the kick we need to straighten
things out in this country. Also, people would have a need to replace
guns with something else, perhaps deadly sprays that would make Mace and OC
seem like water. They would be lighter and easier to conceal.
Guns are really "old" in design and as long as we have tons of them, no one
is motivated to design something better. I'm sure we could come up with
some real nasty stuff if we tried and getting rid of these guns would get
us moving on this track asap. This is what we really want, right? Stuff
that's smaller, lighter and far more deadly.
Remember, in this country we'll really scramble to accomplish impossible
feats if we are motivated enough and I think "self-defense" is high on our
list of motivators.
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8391 | From: ron.roth@rose.com (ron roth)
Subject: Scientific Yawn
X-Gated-By: Usenet <==> RoseMail Gateway (v1.70)
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Gordon Rubenfeld responds to Ron Roth:
GR> ron.roth@rose.com (ron roth) wrote:
GR>
GR> RR> Well, Gordon, I look at the RESULTS, not at anyone's *scientific*
GR> RR> stamp of approval.
GR>
GR> If you and your patients (followers?) are convinced (as you've written)
GR> by your methods of uncontrolled, undocumented, unreported, unsubstantiated,
GR> subjective endpoint research - great. But, why should the rest of us care?
Gordon, even if you are trying to beat this issue to death, you'll
never get more than a stalemate out of this one!
I have never tried to force my type of medicine on any of you. Why
should I? My patients are happy. I'm happy. You and your peers seem
to be the only miserable ones around bemoaning the steady loss of
patients to the alternative camp.
Just look at Europe. There has been a steady exodus from 'synthetic'
medicine for over a decade now, and it'll be just a matter of time
before more people on this continent will abandon their drug and white
coat worship as well and visit different doctors for different needs.
GR> You see Ron, the point isn't whether YOU and your patients are
GR> convinced that whatever it is you do works; it's whether what you do is
GR> MORE effective in similar cases (of whatever it is you think you are
GR> treating) than cupping, bloodletting, and placebo.
This is very interesting. I have come exactly to the same conclusions
but in regards to *conventional* medicine.
You see, I don't just treat little old ladies that wouldn't know any
different of what is being done, but a bulk of my patients consist of
teachers, lawyers, judges, nurses, accountants, university graduates,
and various health practitioners.
If these people have gotten results with my method after having been
unsuccessful with yours or their own, I certainly wouldn't lose any
sleep over whether you or your peers approve of my treatments ---
let's face it, with all the blunders committed by "scientific" MDs
over the years, I know a lot of people who hold your *scientific*
method in much lower esteem than they hold mine!
GR> As far as we know ayurveda = crystals = homeopathy = Ron Roth
GR> which may all equal placebo administered with appropriate
GR> trappings...
Sorry, but I'm not familiar OR interested with what appears to be
'NEW AGE' medicine (ayurveda, crystals), with the exception of homeo-
pathy, of which I took a course. But Gordon, you already knew that -
you just wanted to make my system look a bit more far out, right?
I use homeopathy very little, since my cellular test (EMR) is hard to
beat for accuracy and minerals are more predictable, while homeopathy
does have a problem with reliability, especially in acute conditions.
An exception perhaps are homeopathic nosodes which act fairly quickly
and are more dependable in certain viral or bacterial situations.
GR> My colleagues and I spend hours debating study design
GR> and results, even of therapies currently accepted as "standard".
GR> As good (well, adequate) scientists, we are prepared, *if
GR> presented with appropriate data*, to abandon our most deeply held
GR> beliefs in favor of new ideas.
I have met the challenges of hundreds of sceptics by verifying the
accuracy of measuring their mineral status to their total satisfac-
tion --- in other words EVERYONE INVOLVED is happy!
If you were to cook a meal, would you worry over whether EVERYONE
in this world would find it to their liking, or only those that end
up eating it?
Since I have financed every research project that I have undertaken
entirely myself, I don't need to follow any of your rules or guide-
lines to satisfy any aspects of a grant application, which YOU may
have to; neither am I concerned of whether or not my study designs
meet your or anyone else's criteria or acceptance.
GR> Sorry Ron, if conviction were the ruler of truth, a flat Earth would
GR> still be the center of the Universe and epilepsy a curse of the gods.
I think there would be more justification for an uneducated person
growing up in an uncivilized environment to believe in a flat earth,
than for a civilized, well educated and scientifically trained mind
to follow the doctrine of evolution.
Genetic engineering of course is now the final frontier to show God
how it is (properly) done. Now we've become capable of creating our
own paradise and give disease (and God) the boot, right?
But just before we get rid of Him for good, perhaps He could leave us
some pointers on how to solve a couple of tiny problems, such as war,
poverty, racism, crime, riots, substance abuse... And one last thing,
could He also give us a hint on how to control natural disasters, the
weather, and last, but not least --- peace?
--Ron--
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8392 | From: dchhabra@stpl.ists.ca (Deepak Chhabra)
Subject: Re: Mogilny must be benched.
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In article <C5C68r.5sq@acsu.buffalo.edu> v057p7nk@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu
(Andrew W Korbut) writes:
>Anyway, this game continued a trend that has sadly been taking shape for
>a couple of weeks now. I had hoped it was fatigue, or an aberration, but
>I can't snow myself any longer. Alex Mogilny must be benched as a
>disciplinary action, and soon.
>His explanation for Ysebaert jumping between him and LaFontaine to score the
>winning goal yesterday? "Wasn't my guy, ask Patty about it."
Actually this stuff from Mogilny doesn't surprise me all that much. About 4
or 5 weeks ago I read in the Toronto Sun a quote from Alex; it went something
like [sarcastically]:
"Yep, Patty's the man. He's responsible for the team's success...I'm a
nobody around here."
I was going to post it at the time...I must have forgot since nobody else
was talking about him being a problem.
>If I heard that in the locker room, I'd beat the shit out of him on the spot.
>Patty took responsibility in the press, taking the heat off of Alex. That's
>because LaFontaine is the epitome of class, and a consummate team player.
Yep, I'd beat the shit out of him too. LaFontaine really must be a team
player...makes you wonder what the Islander management was thinking.
My question is what the hell is Muckler doing? Whether he wishes to admit it
or not, the team is his to coach, and if he can't do the job then maybe the
job should be given to somebody who can.
Gee, kinda like Alex's spot on the team, isn't it?
> Dr.D [The Devils Advocate]
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8393 | From: rj@rainbow.in-berlin.de (Robert Joop)
Subject: Re: tvtwm & xsetroot, X11R5 and Sparc 10 keyboard
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barr@pop.psu.edu (David Barr) writes:
>Did you install the sunkbd patch? It's in the contrib directory on export.
>All the keys on my keyboard send events properly, except the following:
>The End, PageUp, PageDown on the 6-key cluster aren't recognized.
>Even the compose key works. (Though I can't seem to get the composed
>characters in an xterm to get passed.)
>Anyone have a fix for the last two?
fix the table in .../X11R5/mit/server/ddx/sun/ or
use xmodmap(1).
put
stty pass8; setenv LC_CTYPE iso_8859_1; setenv LESSCHARSET latin1
in your .login. the first prevents the stripping of bit 7.
the second sets the locale. the third makes less(1) show the character
instead of the octal representation.
rj
--
__________________________________________________
Robert Joop
rj@{rainbow.in-berlin,fokus.gmd,cs.tu-berlin}.de
s=joop;ou=fokus;ou=berlin;p=gmd;a=dbp;c=de
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8394 | From: johnston@me.udel.edu (Bill Johnston)
Subject: Re: Apple Tape backup 40SC under System 7.x
Keywords: backup, tape,
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Organization: University of Delaware
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In article <1pskkt$3ln@fnnews.fnal.gov> b91926@fnclub.fnal.gov (David Sachs) writes:
>In article <generous.734035090@nova>, generous@nova.sti.nasa.gov (Curtis Generous) writes:
>|> I need to get an Apple 40SC tape backup unit working under
>|> Sys 7.0.x, but do not have any drivers/software to access the device.
>Retrospect (Dantz) works nicely with this combination.
I also use Retrospect, but I noticed that Central Point Software's
"MacTools Backup" also supports the Apple tape drive under 7.x.
The Apple tape drive is quite slow, so the advantages of Retrospect
relative to the simpler MacTools Backup are less significant than
might be the case for someone backing up a large server to a DAT drive.
Used Apple tape drives are going for ~$100, so it might make less
economic sense to pay an extra ~$140 for Retrospect when MacTools
is cheaper and includes other worthwhile utilities.
Retrospect is nice, though, and I'm probably going to upgrade to 2.0.
--
-- Bill Johnston (johnston@me.udel.edu)
-- 38 Chambers Street; Newark, DE 19711; (302)368-1949
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8395 | From: bc744@cleveland.Freenet.Edu (Mark Ira Kaufman)
Subject: Center for Anit-Israel Propaganda
Organization: Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio (USA)
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the 'Center for Policy Research' writes...
> FROM THE ISRAELI PRESS
>
>Hadashot, 14 March 1993:
>
>The Israeli Police Department announced on the evening of Friday,
>March 12 that it is calling upon [Jewish] Israeli citizens with
>gun permits to carry them at all times "so as to contribute to
>their security and that of their surroundings".
Considering all the murders of innocent Israelis at the hands
of Arab death merchants, I see nothing wrong with the advice.
>Ha'aretz, 15 March 1993:
>
>Yehoshua Matza (Likud), Chair of the Knesset Interior Committee,
>stated that he intends to demand that the police department make
>it clear to the public that anyone who wounds or kills
>[non-Jewish] terrorists will not be put on trial.
As usual, the bias of the 'Center for Policy Research' echoes
through this newsgroup. Here we have an enraged Likudnik who
is venting his spleen, and you portray it as if this is going
to become policy. You don't say what the response to Matza's
suggestion was. Do do not mention whether he was refering to
terrorists caught in the act, which could be a clear cut case
of self-defence. Would you care to elaborate on this, or was
this all you wanted to say on the matter. Why don't you give
up this 'Center for Policy Research' crap, and just post your
biases without trying to legitimize them with a pompous name?
>Ha'aretz, 16 March1993:
>
>Today a private security firm and units from the IDF Southern
>Command will begin installation of four magnetic gates in the Gaza
>strip, as an additional stage in the upgrading of security
>measures in the Strip.
>
>The gates will aid in the searching of [non-Jewish] Gaza residents
>as they leave for work in Israel. They can be used to reveal the
>presence of knives, axes, weapons and other sharp objects.
>
>In addition to the gates, which will be operated by a private
>civilian company, large quantities of magnetic-card reading
>devices are being brought to the inspection points, to facilitate
>the reading of the magnetic cards these [non-Jewish] workers must
>carry.
A laudable precaution.
Every single thing you post about Israel is posted to portray
Israel as negatively as you can. Deliberate omissions are an
integral part of the shtick. And it's not only the incidents
that you do not mention, but even the stories you do post are
fraught with omissions, which change the entire meaning. The
absurdity of your respectable name cannot hide your bias.
In your effort to portray Israel in an unfavorable light, you
have accomplished nothing, except to prove that a respectable
sounding label like the Center for Policy Research is nothing
but a smoke screen for someone with a heavily biased attitude
against Israel and the need to vent it. You
This 'Center for Policy Research' stuff is nonsense.
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8396 | From: jhunter@mta.ca (John Hunter)
Subject: White Sox Mailing List?
Reply-To: jhunter@mta.ca
Organization: Mount Allison U, Sackville, N.B. Canada
Lines: 9
Hi Gang,
I'd like to subscribe to the White Sox mailing list, if one exists.
Can someone please e-mail me the address?
Thanks alot,
-John
jhunter@mta.ca
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8397 | From: lance@hartmann.austin.ibm.com (Lance Hartmann)
Subject: Re: S3 video card at different address
Distribution: usa
Organization: IBM, Austin
Keywords: s3 video diamond addressing
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In article <1qmrdd$70h@umcc.umcc.umich.edu> jon@umcc.umcc.umich.edu (Jon Zeeff) writes:
>I'd like to add a second S3 based video card to my system. Does anyone
>know of a company that sells a card that can coexist with another one?
>All I really need is color text on one monitor and fast color graphics
>on the other.
>
>Probably just a configurable address would do it.
>
For what it's worth (I haven't confirmed it), a Diamond tech-rep told
me that ALL S3-based video cards use port addresses 0x2E0 and 0x2E8.
If this is true, it appears that you canNOT use more than one S3 card
in your system.
Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All statements, comments, opinions, etc. herein reflect those of the author
and shall NOT be misconstrued as those of IBM or anyone else for that matter.
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8398 | From: wa2ise@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (robert.f.casey)
Subject: 2 level brightness Xmas light set (for Easter?
Keywords: xmas
Organization: AT&T
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Yes, I know it's nowhere near Christmas time, but I'm gonna loose
Net access in a few days (maybe a week or 2 if I'm lucky), and wanted
to post this for interested people to save 'till Xmas. :-(
Note: Bell Labs is a good place IF you have a PhD and a good boss, I
have neither.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Subject: Xmas light set with 2 levels of brightness
Another version of a variable brightness Xmas light set:
This set starts with a 2 blinker 35 bulb string.
DIAGRAM: orginal 2 way set
120v---+--b-*-*-*-*-*-*-*--!
!---b-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-!
!
120rtn_____________________!
modified set for 2 level brightness:
string 1
120v---------*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*--!
\_10K_______*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-!
5w ! string 2 !
b ________________!
120v rtn__!___!
^ Note: no mods to wiring to the right of this point.
Only one blinker is used.
Note that the blinker would not have as much current thru it as the
string 1 bulbs, because of the second string of bulbs in
parallel with it. That's why the use of the 10K 5W resistor
here to add extra current thru the blinker to make up for the
current shunted thru the second string while the blinker is glowing
and the second string is not glowing. When the blinker goes open,
this resistor has only a slight effect on the brightness of the
strings, s1 slightly dimmer, s2 slightly brighter.
Or use a 3W 120v bulb in place of the 10K resistor if you can get
one. Caution, do not replace with a standard C9 bulb, as these
draw too much current and burn out the blinker. C9 = approx 7W.
What you'll see when it's working: powerup, string 1 will light
at full brightness, and b will be lit, bypassing most of the current
from the second string, making them not light. b will open, placing
both strings in series, making the string that was out to glow at a
low brightness, and the other string that was on before to glow
at reduced brightness.
Be sure to wire and insulate the splices, resistor leads, and cut wires
in a safe manner!
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8399 | From: rsteele@adam.ll.mit.edu (Rob Steele)
Subject: Re: "Accepting Jeesus in your heart..."
Reply-To: rob@ll.mit.edu
Organization: MIT Lincoln Laboratory
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In article <Apr.10.05.32.36.1993.14391@athos.rutgers.edu>
gsu0033@uxa.ecn.bgu.edu (Eric Molas) writes:
> We are _just_ animals. We need sleep, food, and we reproduce. And
> we die.
I agree we need sleep & etc, but I disagree we are _just_ animals.
That statement is a categorical negative; it's like saying there are
_no_ polkadoted elephants. It may be true but one would have to be
omniscient to know for sure.
------------------------------------------------------------
Rob Steele In coming to understand anything
MIT Lincoln Laboratory we are rejecting the facts as they
244 Wood St., M-203 are for us in favour of the facts
Lexington, MA 02173 as they are.
617/981-2575 C.S. Lewis
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