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Someone in Canada asked me to send him some public domain DES file encryption code I have. Is it legal for me to send it? Thanx. -- Eschew Obfuscation Rob deFriesse Mail: rj@ri.cadre.com Cadre Technologies Inc. Phone: (401) 351-5950 222 Richmond St. Fax: (401) 351-738...
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sci.crypt
Mr. Freeman: Please find something more constructive to do with your time rather than engaging in fantasy..... Not that I have a particular affinty to Arafat or anything. John
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talk.politics.mideast
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rec.sport.baseball
NuBus is a much more robust system for system for installing multiple cards without configuration problems. I know that when I was checking into expasion options for an SI there were a number of PDS video cards that would not work with certian Dual slot cache adapters.
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comp.sys.mac.hardware
What gives the US the right to keep New York? It is the home of the United Nations as well as being home to a myriad of ethnic groups. (Actually, NYC is more comparable to the Gaza Strip; the controlling authority would probably be pleased as punch to unload it on someone else -- but no-one seems to want it! :-) ...
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talk.politics.mideast
This is a lovely area for anecdotes, but I am sure you are on to something. As a physician, I almost never get sick: usually, when something horrendous is going around, I either don't get it at all or get a very mild case. When I do get really sick, it is always something unusual. This was not the situation when I wa...
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sci.med
A question for you - can you give me the name of an organization or a philosophy or a political movement, etc., which has never had anything evil done in its name? You're missing a central teaching of Christianity - man is inherently sinful. We are saved through faith by grace. Knowing that, believing that, does no...
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soc.religion.christian
For updated playoff updates (scores, stats, summaries) e-mail me. (mmilitzo@skidmore.edu) with the subject STATS.
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rec.sport.hockey
I need some used scanners. I'm limiting my selection to HP models with document feeders. I think this means the ScanJet Plus and the ScanJet IIc. so...if you have one of these and want to sell it, please tell me. --kyler
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misc.forsale
: 8~> I require BGI drivers for Super VGA Displays and Super XVGA Displays. Does : 8~> anyone know where I could obtain the relevant drivers ? (FTP sites ??) : I would like to know too! : Regards, : Dominic garbo.uwasa.fi (or one of its many mirrors) has a file called "svgabg40" in the programming subdirectory. Th...
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comp.graphics
}Out of what hat did you pull this one? dB is a ratio not an RBOC! } [...] }Sorry. The unit for current is the AMPERE which is the name of a french-man }named AMPERE who studied electrical current. The term AMP is just an abbreviation }of it. The company AMP came after the AMPERE unit was already in use. } ...
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sci.electronics
As for SF and advertising in space. There is a romantic episode in Mead's "The Big Ball of Wax" where the lovers are watching the constellation Pepsi Cola rising over the horizon and noting the some 'stars' had slipped cause the Teamsters were on strike. This was the inspiration for my article on orbiting a formation...
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sci.space
Here's what I (think) have figured out. All I need to do is install the R5 disitribution without the Xserver like the sony.cf file defines, and all the new libraries, utils, etc., will be installed and my old server from r4 will still work. This will allow me to run Xview 3.0, and have X11r5 up and running. Does the...
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comp.windows.x
What?! White, yes. Well off, definitely not. Hockey season ticket owners have the lowest average income of any of the four major North American sports. And think of where the majority of hockey players come from. From a farm out in Boondock, Saskatchewan or Weedville, Alberta. The inner city isn't the only place th...
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rec.sport.hockey
[...] [...] I was a cryptologic tech in the US Navy (CTRSN, nothing big). All 'spooks' in the Navy are required to know the "gist" of "USSID 18", the Navy-way of naming a particular Presidential "Executive Order". It outlines what spooks can and can't do with respect to the privacy of US nationals. The following i...
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sci.crypt
I don't Well, no problem! But I get pretty annoyed when they swing at non-strikes and make outs. Especially ball four on the 3-2 counts... Dave
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rec.sport.baseball
Doesn't Motorola AMCU have something on the BBS yet? (512-891-3733)
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sci.electronics
The status of the House of Lords today is quite different to its status in 1789. Maddison and Hamilton were both studying existing forms of government for several years before they wrote the federalist papers. That the US system is based to a considerable degree on the UK model is pretty widely accepted. At the ...
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talk.politics.misc
One week to the Robot Olympic games. Fire up the mechanoids for combat and come on down. Competitors please note that there has been a slight change; the registration desk will now be in the forward building of the Science Centre rather than in the main competing hall. When you arrive, please go to this desk. Those...
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sci.electronics
Well, I could become a fan ... (-; Seriously, this news coming since Thursday has effectively robbed the Islanders and the Devils of any airtime on sports talk shows almost everywhere that I've sampled ... in fact, the playoffs almost don't exist now. )-; Ranger fans calling in to WFAN or to New York One's midnight ...
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rec.sport.hockey
Walther, I'd have a look at the maximum resolution the combination of the video card and screen would have without flickering. I'd only suggest using the color screen if it does 800*600 without flickering. If this is not too small for your tastes at a 14".... Personally I'd prefer the mono-screen as I always have quite...
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comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Some tape archivists suggest what they were after had something to do with the Kennedy assasination. Let's hear all of the tapes real soon, shall we?
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talk.politics.misc
1: "90% of diseases" is not the same thing as "90% of patients". In a world with one curable disease that strikes 100 people, and nine incurable diseases which strikes one person each, medical science will cure 91% of the patients and report that 90% of diseases have no therapy. 2: A disease would be counte...
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sci.med
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rec.sport.baseball
(Well, I'll email also, but this may apply to other people, so I'll post also.) Your boss should be the person bring these problems to. If he/she does not seem to take any action, keep going up higher and higher. Sexual harrassment does not need to be tolerated, and it can be an enormous emotional support to discus...
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soc.religion.christian
Here is a letter I sent to David Skaggs, (Dem, CO). Before anybody says something, yes the letter is a bit "sharp" in tone. I have been writting reasonable and polite letters to him for years, and all I get in return in the HCI party line. Since he already is NRA F rated, I don't think that upsetting him will harm t...
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talk.politics.guns
I don't know where YOU live, but this is not the case nationawide. Perhaps your state or municipality has put together the funds to do so, but in my area and most areas where I know people, immunizations cost $$$. Sorry to shatter your stereotypes.
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talk.politics.misc
Power lines and airplanes don't mix. In areas where lines are strung very high, or where a lot of crop dusting takes place, or where there is danger of airplanes flying into the lines, they place these plastic balls on the lines so they are easier to spot.
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sci.electronics
Pardon me? *I* am trying to apply human terms to non-humans? I think there must be some confusion here. I'm the guy who is saying that if animal behaviour is instinctive then it does *not* have any moral sugnificance. How does refusing to apply human terms to animals get turned into applying human terms? I'm ...
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alt.atheism
The fourth edition is out, too. But it's probably also not very high on UCB's "gotta have that" list.
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rec.motorcycles
Cool quote. Better watch it. The theists will jump on you for that... :-) Nanci
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alt.atheism
Assuming 68HC11... In expanded muxed mode, you *could* do it. Much easier if you get a DRAM controller IC. The MMI 673102 could be used to implement this, or you could use a counter and a huge multiplexer to provide row/column/refresh address multiplexing. The thing with DRAMs is that they require wierd timing, addre...
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sci.electronics
John, While I will not take the time to rebut you point by point, I will suggest three current works which I think will be helpful in your quest to answer this question. John Dominic Crossan (Professor of Religion at De Paul Univ)- _The Cross That Spoke_ Harper and Row Pub. 1988, Also his latest work _The Historic...
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soc.religion.christian
No. As soon as you blit two of this icons once on top of the other with a little dislocation, you see the rectangular blit crashes too much of the icon first blitted, because it draws a full rectangle. The way to do it is masking: Create a bitmap with all pixels to be merged are 1 and all not to be merged are 0. Then,...
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comp.windows.x
Sounds similar to something Wally Schirra said.
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sci.space
One of these days you'll learn that the way to stop Israel from fighting back is to stop attacking. If there were no attacks in the security zone for a year because the Lebanese army could maintain the peace, then Lebanon would be in much better shape. Tell me something, though. Why do Syrian troops not get atta...
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talk.politics.mideast
Gotta pay my WELL bill - eating is of mere passing interest in comparison. KAWAI K-4 Synthesizer for $400 IF YOU ACT NOW - cash only pleeze, take delivery in Berkeley. CALL (510) 287-5737 and leave name and number for me to call back and arrange this MARVELOUS FEAST. OFFER EXPIRES SOON (how soon? Soon - believe it.) A...
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misc.forsale
: In my mind, to say that science has its basis in values is a bit of a : reach. Science has its basis in observable fact. I'd say that what one chooses to observe and how the observation is interpreted and what significance it's given depends a great deal on the values of the observer. Science is a human activity an...
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talk.religion.misc
Yes, it is the 23, 24 and 25, in but does anyone have directions how to get there after I get to Dayton. Thanks
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sci.electronics
The only way to view this method of generating unit keys is as a back-door. What else can you call a key deterministically generated from the serial number? To generate the unit key for a serial number N, the 30-bit value N is first padded with a fixed 34-bit block to produce a 64-bit block N1. S1 and S2 are t...
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sci.crypt
Hi, Please reply to me direct as I am not a member of this list. I am new to X, so please excuse my lax (read: "probably incorrect") terminology! Environment: Sun Sparc 10, SunOs 4.1.3. X11R5 path level 23. My X process is started by xdm. i) I want to setup the backgroud (root window?) of the tvtwm displa...
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comp.windows.x
Well, if you want to pick on Morgan, why not attack its ash (wood) frame or its hand-bent metal skin (just try and get a replacement :-)). I thought the kingpost suspension was one of the Mog's better features.
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rec.motorcycles
Apple dealerships once had kits to replace the soldered in batteries with a battery holder.
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comp.sys.mac.hardware
What is the value of an SE (HDFD) 4/20? -David
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comp.sys.mac.hardware
Other people have already shown this to be a rediculous proposal. however, I wanted to point out that there are many people who do not think that affirmative action is a either intelligent or productive. It is demeaning to those who it supposedly helps and it is discriminatory. Any proposal based on it is likely...
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talk.politics.mideast
I'm working upon a game using an isometric perspective, similar to that used in Populous. Basically, you look into a room that looks similar to the following: xxxx xxxxx xxxx xxxx x xxxx xxxx x xxxx...
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comp.graphics
I can't believe this, Howe has an ERA in the 80's He is improving!!!
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rec.sport.baseball
Could someone please send me the postal and email address of Congruent Corporation (and any competitors they may have). Thank you. -- snail@lsl.co.uk
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comp.windows.x
The difference in the litigation environment is reflected in the fees. Lack of defensive medicine and near-absence of malpractice is really why we spend less using the most expensive approach of pure insurance in Canada (along with France and Germany) without HMO's --- the NYT has admitted that malpractice insurance ...
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talk.politics.misc
Kaldis, you are a worm. Translation- It's them DAMN liberals again! Who gave you the authority to create and enforce this rather hazy thing called "the American Way"? This is a democracy, and we don't need to stick to it or stick up for it unless we so choose. Remember that, Ted, from Civics class in Greeley, C...
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talk.politics.misc
This is a good point, but I think "average" people do not take up Christianity so much out of fear or escapism, but, quite simply, as a way to improve their social life, or to get more involved with American culture, if they are kids of immigrants for example. Since it is the overwhelming major religion in the Wester...
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alt.atheism
The following is no longer for sale, it has been sold. -Textronics Type 611 Storage Display (screen dim. 6.5"x8.5) -Textronics TM503 base with three PG502 250MHz pulse generators. -Textronics 6289A Adj. DC power supply 0-40volts 0-1.5 amps -Keithley Instruments Picoammeter -(3) Analogic 3 1/2 Digit panal...
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misc.forsale
Ten years ago, the number of Europeans in the NHL was roughly a quarter of what it is now. Going into the 1992/93 season, the numbers of Euros on NHL teams have escalated to the following stats: Canadians: 400 Americans: 100 Europeans: 100 Please note that these numbers are rounded off, and taken from the top 25 p...
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rec.sport.hockey
The title says it all...If you have some cheap used GAMEBOY or TG-16 (2 Player or more) Games, Please email me all offers...
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misc.forsale
tes: rites: 's n Probably because more people have access to alchohol. It IS LEGAL you know. Of course, this kid would be much better off selling crack to his neighborhood and helping in its demise. And if those drugs were legal, the neighborhood could legally go to hell. And if we made murder legal, we would...
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talk.politics.misc
Standard colormaps were spec'd with the intention that window managers would make them available. This doesn't mean that every window manager author in the world immediately dropped everything they were doing and implemented this at top priority. The ESGE server we ship makes the XA_RGB_BEST_MAP available at startup....
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comp.windows.x
Bowman tended to overplay Francis at times because he is a Bowman-style player. He plays hard at all times, doesn't disregard his defensive responsibilities and is a good leader. Bowman rewarded him be increasing his ice time. Jagr can be very arrogant and juvenile and display a "me first" attitude. This rubbed Bo...
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rec.sport.hockey
There is this newsgroup sci.med.physics and there has been quite a lot discussion in this group about many chemical items e.g. prolactin cholesterol, TSH etc. Should there also be a newsgroup sci.med.chemistry?
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sci.med
Maybe I don't know enough to know what I am asking, but with millions of these things about, how could the algorythm possibly stay secret? Couldn't some clever hackers just grind the thing down layer by layer, and see how it worked? --
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sci.crypt
In many places, Christians were sucessful in their attempts to get the films banned, or at least given a very restrictive showing. I have no problem with Christians burning their own pieces of art (though I find it a tragic waste). I do however have a problem with their attempts to censor what I may or may not vie...
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soc.religion.christian
Speaking of which, has anyone else been impressed with how much the descriptions of neurasthenia published a century ago sound like CFS? -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.ed...
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sci.med
Hi, Ravi If you need a Harley, we have lots to spare here. All the yuppies bought 'the best' a couple of years ago to pose at the (s)wine bar. They 'rode a mile and walked the rest'. Called a taxi home and went back to the porsche. So there's are loads going cheap with about 1 1/2 miles on the clock (takes a while ...
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rec.motorcycles
Jagr has a higher +/-, but Francis has had more points. And take it from an informed observer, Ronnie Francis has had a *much* better season than Jaromir Jagr. This is not to take anything away from Jaro, who had a decent year (although it didn't live up to the expectations of some). Dean --
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rec.sport.hockey
: 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. Care to show some *real* numbers instead of something HCI make up? I thought so, all "foaming at the mouth" shouting but nothing ...
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talk.politics.guns
Disclaimer -- This is for fun. In my computerized baseball game, I keep track of a category called "stolen hits", defined as a play made that "an average fielder would not make with average effort." Using the 1992 Defensive Averages posted by Sherri Nichols (Thanks Sherri!), I've figured out some defensive stats for ...
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rec.sport.baseball
Even more interesting: the SMTP server at csrc.ncsl.nist.gov no longer recognizes the 'expn' and 'vrfy' commands... telnet csrc.ncsl.nist.gov smtp Trying 129.6.54.11... Connected to csrc.ncsl.nist.gov. Escape character is '^]'. 220 first.org sendmail 4.1/NIST ready at Tue, 20 Apr 93 17:01:34 EDT ...
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sci.crypt
Archive-name: graphics/resources-list/part2 Last-modified: 1993/04/17 Computer Graphics Resource Listing : WEEKLY POSTING [ PART 2/3 ] =================================================== Last Change : 17 April 1993 14. Plotting packages ===================== Gnuplot 3.2 ----------- It is one of the best 2- and 3...
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comp.graphics
Quoting pla@sktb.demon.co.uk in article <8AOHOnj024n@sktb.demon.co.uk>:
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sci.crypt
VHS movie for sale. Dance with Wovies ($12.00) The tape is new and just open, buyer pay shipping cost. If you are interested, please send your offer to koutd@hirama.hiram.edu thanks,
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misc.forsale
I have the following 45 rpm singles for sale. Most are collectable 7-inch records with picture sleeves. Price does not include postage which is $1.21 for the first record, $1.69 for two, etc. Pink Floyd|Learning to Fly (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5 Waters, Roger|Sunset Strip (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$10...
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misc.forsale
> I realize I'm entering this discussion rather late, but I do > have one question. Wasn't it a Reagan appointee, James Watt, a > pentacostal christian (I think) who was the secretary of the > interior who saw no problem with deforestation since we were > "living in the last days" and ours would be the last ge...
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soc.religion.christian
Mornin' all. I was wonderin'..... I got screenpeace (the screensaver, which I think is *very* good), and I got a problem with it... There is an option there, "realize colour table", and if it's switched on, some wallpapers' colours will get *ucked up with some screensavers (e.g. the "flashlight" one). If I turn it of...
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comp.os.ms-windows.misc
libXaw3d, the 3D Athena widget set will greatly improve the "sculptured" look. In Linux, with its shared, jump-table libs, you don't even have to recompile or relink. you merely have to: ln -sf /lib/libXaw3d.so.3.0 /lib/libXaw.so.3
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comp.windows.x
Let us explore this interesting paragraph point by point, sentence by sentence. 1) We are talking about origins, not merely science. Origins of what? Are we speaking of the origins of life, the human species, the universe, physical law, biological diversity or what? 2) Science cannot explain origins. This is a ...
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talk.religion.misc
Where did you read this? I don't think this is true. I think most medical treatments are based on science, although it is difficult to prove anything with certitude. It is true that there are some things that have just been found "to work", but we have no good explanation for why. But almost everything does have a...
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sci.med
: }Xenophobia, both *de facto* and *de jure* as implemented : }in legal systems, is widespread, while the Bible, : }although not 100% egalitarian, specifically preaches : }kindness to the stranger, and emphasizes in the Book : }of Ruth, that a foreigner can join the nation and : }give rise to one of the great heroes o...
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alt.atheism
NMM>From: nielsmm@imv.aau.dk (Niels Mikkel Michelsen) NMM>Subject: How to act in front of traffic jerks NMM>The other day, it was raining cats and dogs, therefor I was going only to NMM>the speed limit, on nothing more, on my bike. This guy in his BMW was NMM>driving 1-2 meters behind me for 7-800 meters and at the ne...
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rec.motorcycles
Fellow Info-junkies, I have an extra CCI #27 (Real Time Programming/Embedded Sensors & Storage) and an extra CCI #32 (Voice control of telescope, among other articles). No labels. No torn, cut-up, or missing pages. Would like to trade for CCI # 26, or CCI # 23, or CCI # 19 in same condition (Labels OK). I mail mine...
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sci.electronics
[stuff about Dodge Shadow deleted] What do you mean by "all models", all models of cars, all Chrysler models, all models that the fleet manager had bought? Because there is no way in hell that the Shadow is the most reliable car of all models sold, not even Chrysler's dept. of lies, damned lies and statistics would c...
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rec.autos
OK. I stand corrected. I guess, then, that the comments about payoffs (i.e., "pork") to Puerto Ricans that others have been making still stands? Now, everybody, how about some opinion on the following related topic: Should the people who are natives of U.S. territories have representation in the U.S. House of Rep...
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talk.politics.misc
What it has to do with your original question is this: many times beginning X users (heck, experienced X users too!) write small test programs. Many times they forget to draw only in response to expose events, and thus see unpreditable results whereby sometimes the application's graphics show up, and sometimes they ...
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comp.windows.x
: >Hi Netters, : > : >I'm building a CAD package and need a 3D graphics library that can handle : >some rudimentry tasks, such as hidden line removal, shading, animation, etc. : > : >Can you please offer some recommendations? : > : >I'll also need contact info (name, address, email...) if you can find it. : > : >Thank...
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comp.graphics
Well, it's obvious that you *don't* attempt, otherwise you would be aware that they *don't* all "loudly [claim] to be the One True Christian". I've tried to avoid using the phrase "is/is not christian" because of these ownership issues; instead, I've tried the phrase "Nicene christianity" in an attempt to identify t...
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alt.atheism
Getting an image from a computer monitor to a videotape is harder than it looks. The standard VGA and EGA outputs are very different than the NTSC format used by televisions. While there is equipment that will do the conversion, it is hard to get your hands on and costs quite a bit. If you have access to an Amiga ...
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comp.graphics
Some countries have laws about importing crypto gear--I believe the U.S. does. Without a license the above scheme won't work (at least not legally) in such countries, including at least France and the U.S. David
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sci.crypt
I've been asked to supply more specific directions for automated fetching of the source and documentation for "agrep," the powerful similarity pattern matching tool. It is at cs.arizona.edu 192.12.69.5 in directory /agrep/README /agrep/agrep-2.04.tar.Z /agrep/agrep.ps.1.Z /agrep/agrep.ps.2.Z (The .ps suffixed file...
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sci.crypt
Hi, I have normal procomm plus for dos, but I've been considering buying the windows version....it got really great reviews in computer shopper. I have a friend who connects to the mainframe and unix machines here using it, but the screen seems to have a problem keeping up with the modem....he has a 14,400 modem on a...
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comp.os.ms-windows.misc
Mel Hall signed with a Japanese team.
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rec.sport.baseball
This is a piece of psychology its essential for any long term biker to understand. People do NOT think 'if I do this will someone else suffer?'. They assess things purely on' if I do this will I suffer?.
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rec.motorcycles
> > >>Jagr has a higher +/-, but Francis has had more points. And take it from >>an informed observer, Ronnie Francis has had a *much* better season than >>Jaromir Jagr. This is not to take anything away from Jaro, who had a >>decent year (although it didn't live up to the expectations of some). ...
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rec.sport.hockey
The computer, err, government, is your friend. Have a nice day (under penalty of law).
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sci.crypt
> I need help with my '85 ZX900A, I put Supertrapp slip-on's on it and > had the carbs re-jetted to match a set of K&N filters that replaced > the stock airbox. Now I have a huge flat spot in the carburation at > about 5 thousand RPM in most any gear. This is especially frustrating > on the highway, ...
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rec.motorcycles
: What happened in Waco is not the fault of the BATF. If they would of : had the proper equipment and personal then they could of captured the : compound on the initial assault and none of this would of happened. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Initial assault on the "compound" ( more like a wooden farm house if ...
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talk.politics.guns
Farewell, Minnesota fans. Get stuffed, Dallas Stars. As the North Stars fade to black, I hope that Minneapolis/St. Paul are not long without an NHL team. It just seems "right" that the hotbed of amateur hockey in the USA should have an NHL team as well. The loss of the team is certainly not the fault of the fans (t...
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rec.sport.hockey
These programs all include complete printed manuals and registration cards. I need to get rid of some excess. They're the latest versions. I've priced these programs at less than half the list price and significantly less than the cheapest mail-order price around. * MICROSOFT ENTERTAINMENT PACK VOLUME ONE, includes e...
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misc.forsale
henrik] My response to the "shooting down" of a Turkish airplane over the henrik] Armenian air space was because of the IGNORANT posting of the henrik] person from your Country. Turks and Azeris consistantly WANT to henrik] drag ARMENIA into the KARABAKH conflict with Azerbaijan. The henrik] KARABAKHI-ARMENIA...
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talk.politics.mideast
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rec.autos
Gong! Take a moment and look at what you just wrote. First you defined an "objective" morality and then you qualified this "objective" morality with subjective justifications. Do you see the error in this? Sorry, you have just disqualified yourself, but please play again.
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talk.religion.misc
Which distance? The distance between one point (t = ti) on the first curve and a point on the other curve with same parameter (u = ti)?
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comp.graphics
From a recent interview in Middle East Insight magazine, Clinton said that he supports moving the US Embassy to Jerusalem, but would not do so at this time because it would interrupt the peace talks. -- msilverm@nyx.cs.du.edu GO CUBS!!!
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talk.politics.mideast