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For those with out FTP access, try NitV-BBS (see .sig). I have the following: (all from nic.funet.fi, garbo.uwasa.fi, sony.com, and ftp.uni-erlangen.de) PLATFORM EXECS SOURCE PATCH4SRC XTRAS BBS FILE AREA FIDO FREQNAME DOS x x x LOGIN PGPDOS, PGPSDOS MAC ...
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Hi All, This is the first time I've posted to the net, so I hope this is going to the right people. I'm looking for software packages that run on an IBM PC clone that allows me to display Openlook and motif windows on the PC. The idea is to use the PC as a cheap X windows terminal for use by process Enginee...
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In the course of discussing the Sabbath with some folks, I came across something that was completely new to me, and I thought I'd offer it for comment. To keep this as brief as possible, let me state my observation as a declarative statement, and then whoever wants to can comment on it. Basically, what I think I...
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Not boring is right!!! It is more likely to cause me to have a stroke!! I had to listen to game two on the Blackhawk station and I don't think I could take another call of "And JOSEPH makes a SPEcTACular saaaaaave". Now I'm a Blues fan, but I don't want them to play "like" they played in game two. Sure the result w...
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(This is a cross post to rec.gardens and sci.med. Set the follow-up (line in the header, depending on what kind of advice you give, or (e-mail directly to me: ceci@lysator.liu.se.) I have a problem with wasps -- they seem to love me. Last summer I couldn't spend more than ten to fifteen minutes at a time in my garden ...
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I have 2 OMTI 3527 SCSI adapters for sale. These make an ST-506 RLL drive look like a SCSI disk drive. Each adapter will support two RLL drives. I have used this model OMTI adapter with my Amiga A500 and a C-Ltd SCSI host adapter without problems. I'm selling these because I got them about the same time I decided to...
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I don't know who either is, but I think I see your problem. You've got Cecil King and Don Douglass. What you need is Don King and Cecil Adams. Or maybe Rodney King and Beanie & Cecil?
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FOR SALE Sony 8mm camcorder model PRO V9 - top-of-the-line a few years ago. - autofocus with macro capability - 6x zoom - 5 lux rating - 360,000-pixel CCD chip, the best made for a 8mm camcorder - AV input/output jacks (all cables included) - RF convertor/switcher for TV without AV input - AC adaptor/charger -...
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Oh my god, I made a typo AND used the word "god". Come burn my house down, I must deserve it.
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But they also might have run out of fire-wood (maybe chopping up furnature?). They also may not have been cooking, but eating MREs and other delicacies stored for just such an occation... Just a thought. Brent "Yes I am well aware that their electricity was cut, thanks to the HUNDREDS of E-mail messages and replies...
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Xircom Pocket Ethernet Adapter Connects any PC with a parallel port to the network Make offer
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Can anyone help with this? System: SPARC Classic, Solaris 2.1, gcc 2.3.3, X11R5 When I try to build the XView libraries (xview3, patched with the patch from the X11R5-Solaris kit), I get the following error: rm -f ndet_loop.o shared/ndet_loop.o gcc -fpcc-struct-return -E -O2 -I../../.././build/include -I/usr/X11...
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Hello, Subject says it all. I need a GIF to Targa converter, so that my dta15 could make a .FLI of them. Krzysztof
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-- -- 99 99 Sombody's data is wrong. Since Mac OS, Finder, Systerm or whatever you want to call it doesn't appear in the first survey, I tend to doubt their results more. Just because sombody wrote it doesn't mean its correct.
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"The security of the system should depend only on the secrecy of the keys and not on the secrecy of the algorithms" -- Dorothy Denning
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Hi there, Could someone please suggest one of the better _shareware_ replacements for Win3.1's Program Manager and File Manager? And which ftp site are they located at? Thanks in advance for e-mail response.
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My agent is Daniel Sui, and he's done quite a good job for me. You might check with him, as he's located in San Francisco and specializes in bike insurance: Daniel Sui Insurance 338 Balboa Street San Francisco, CA 94118 1-415-752-3157 Michael
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yeah, but most of those are Big Hulking Mainframes which have no monitors. factoid : FAbricated or Corrupted Tidbit of Ordinary Information (Diluted) ok dpm
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[ ..see previous article on this debate for the rests.. ] I can see XV-3.00 agree with my view in cases you don't -- even I say my personal opinion (as above), it doesn't mean that it is not most obvious thing. Please, if you use my previous writings as contradicting argument, please do read them -- you have not saw t...
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Brad McCrimmon was the captain of the Flames when he was traded to Detroit following the 1989-90 season. This was during the off-season though. There's countless examples of captains being traded, I'm sure.
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My recently modified Quadra 700 with a socket for clock oscillators has now completed nearly 40 hours of error free operation at 32 mhz (with a 64 mhz clock oscillator). I have also tried a 55 mhz CMOS clock and that works as well. On the more stupid side, I've discovered you can use a 40 mhz clock and make your Q700 a...
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What I usually use...and this stuff is only good on glass....is either Acetone, or a little Benzene. The latter of the two is a bit dangerous (possibly a carcinogen(sp?)) but it usualy gets the job done. I imagine you can you the two solvents on most metals as well as glass, but keep the stuff away from plastic. Bette...
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This is true. The statement didn't say anything about Christians in general. It specifically said "strict fundamentalist" Christians. It reflects a common perception that people have about fundamentalists being strict disciplinarians. Whether or not this perception is justified is another issue.
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The 800 number for Western Digital is 1-800-832-4778.
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I want to have some info about Diamond Stealth Pro / 2 MB VRAM: - what graphics modes does it support - are HI-COLOR modes included to VESA BIOS (for use with DOS programs) - any experiences yet (bugs & advantages) - how fast is it under Windows and DOS - price Thanks...
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<more tripe deleted> Phill, are you trying to convince everyone on the net that you are in fact an abject moron for some reason? Repeating the same rubbish over and over again may make something a "fact" in whatever backwater you are posting from, but it doesn't wash here, so save it.
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What you call "the Trinity and the Catholic church's definition of it" is precisely the result of the first Christians getting together and trying to find an acceptable answer to your question "what is a Christian?". I can't see what you are objecting to: someone is saying what historians of all beliefs would agree on,...
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As a side note, in that same ad (MacWorld 6/93), they are selling the 50MHz Powercache for the IIsi with FPU for $575. For those thinking of upgrading to the 040 33 MHz Turbo (an upgrade costs $600 direct from Daystar), this comes out to $1175, about $200 cheaper than what most mail-order companies charge.
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That may change next month; at least I hope it will. A couple of hundred journalists have requested press passes for the test flights. Sustaining that publicity however, will be a problem. Allen
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I don't know the answer to your direct question, but if the Mac Superdrive can read MS-DOS disks (can it??) then you can transfer files between the NeXT and a Mac by using MS-DOS formatted disks since the NeXT *can* read/write that format. And if you're interested in transferring files, you can also do it ove...
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My roommate left me his Playboy collection which he no longer wants, so I'm offering them to the general public. (THAT'S YOU!) MAKE AN OFFER FOR THE *ENTIRE COLLECTION* I will accept the best offer. (Offer does *NOT* include cheapest method of shipping from Bethlehem, PA) 1992: February (Supermode...
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Does anyone know the pin-outs for the 27C512 EPROM?? I have bought several of them, none of which has come with the pin-outs! Any info would be appreciated....
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Special creation has not been observed in action. Bill Rawlin's assertions that man was created in his present form do not count as creation. Put another way, there are an incredible amount of species of the planet. How many species have we DIRECTLY observed being created by a god or gods?
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Your starting to sound like a little child who wants ice cream. If you kick and scream enough you think people will believe you. Sorry proof by vigorous ascertion doesn't hold any water. I can insist that cats are dogs all day, it doesn't make it so.
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Well, in my opinion the Canucks played a really strong game. I was especially pleased by a very strong game from Linden - I think he could be a key to success for them this year. Defensively, they really had a strong game. Hardly heard Selanne's name all night. Craven also played one of his best games since c...
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I used to hate it when people posted messages like this, but now that I am contemplating a purchase, I can see why they do. So, has anyone heard of any upcoming (within the next 6 months) advances in the Powerbook line? Can we expect to see a PowerPC PowerBook at some point in the future (I assume an 040 would take t...
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I'm trying to find some information on accelerator boards for the SE. Has anyone used any in the past, especially those from Extreme Systems, Novy or MacProducts? I'm looking for a board that will support extended video, especially Radius's two-page monitor. Has anyone used Connectix Virtual in conjunction with their b...
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From article <strnlghtC5tr6D.n3n@netcom.com>, by strnlght@netcom.com (David Sternlight): "Well Regulated", at the time of its writing and in the context of the Second Amendment, means "Properly trained and equipped." It modern language it would read: A properly trained and equipped militia, being necessary to the ...
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} maintenance) and probably didn't know the answer at the start of the thread. Uh, Doug, I don't know what school of thought your from, but chain drive are MUCH more efficient than shafties. End of story. Period. But I will give you that shafties are much less maintenance intensive... Ethan
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Less than 1/2 of mailorder price! I have three libraries, all on CD, which cost me over two thousand dollars mail order. They are all genuine, high quality EPS vector graphics (NOT just some scans with a silly EPS wrapper!) They are: 1. Totem Graphics color EPS library (about 1400 color EPS images). This costs a...
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Before you finalize your file in the FAQs (or after), you might want to correct the typo in the following: It seems one or the other end of the rating scale should be identified with "homosexual". As a personal note, I guess I differ with you on the question of work entering human life as a result of sin. Bef...
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Is there a way to wax out a dull finish (minor scrathes)? While "passngering" on my fiance's Bandit, my hip-pack rubbed against the tail and left a nasty dull finish and teeny scratches. Is there a way to get rid of these? Buff them out? Wax them out? help!
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I'mposting this for my emplyer who doesn't have net access, (but you can reply here, and I'll get the message to him. My boss is looking for two books on the group Mamas and Papas Papa John by John Phillips California Dreaming - (he told me who wrote it, but I don't remember) He'd prefer hardcover, but paperback wi...
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Dayley's salary was guarenteed...with Wells the Jays were only on the hook for 25%(?) of it. Give Jackson a break...he lost about 10 pounds with that flu he had when he was traded. I would rather have Molitor than Winfield...Winfield was just hogging all the credit, and he was trying to soak the Jays for a 3 year g...
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There is no doubt that Israeli authorities ordered the destruction of mosques in the vicinity of the Wailing Wall. That does not mean, however, that once can generalize from this to any other points. The entire plaza, mosques and all, was cleared to make it possible for Jews to have a place to worship in the place th...
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The easiest way is a user fee for each clipper chip manufactured. This makes the funding separate from government. It also has the neat side property that if the chip doesn't catch on, the scheme breaks down, and the government is back to the drawing boards, assuming that they haven't prohibited alternatives in the ...
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I've had cold sores in the past. But they have always been in the corner of my mouth. Recently, I've had what appears to be a cold sore, but on my lower lip in the middle (above the chin). Can cold sores appear anywhere around the mouth (or body)? Is there a medical term for cold sore?
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Ah, but when you fire at armed folks they have this nasty habit of firing back. A simple terrorist could get hurt that way.
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[...details deleted...] Oh, great. We fans can subsidize the cost of speeding up the games that we don't want to see sped up. Terrific. Oh. I forgot. Checking off that box to finance Presidential campaigns doesn't cost us taxpayers anything. Do you believe in the Tooth Fairy, too? -- The Beastmaster (so...
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Sorry Geoff, Agree solder mask is green, but in the old days we didn't have wave soldering machines (which are another topic again). I had a crew of a dozen ladies which could stuff and hand solder a board like lightning! Board under the mask was the original query. BTW cheap inport electronic devices (mainly fro...
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I don't think a reboost exercise is analogous to a shuttle landing/launch in terms of stresses/misalignments/etc. I would think of the reboost as a gentile push, where a landing, then launch as two JOLTS which would put more mechanical stress on the instruments. Additionally, there might be a concern about landing l...
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I also heard the Romans had a large Solar festival on this day because this day, about 3 days after the Winter Solstice, was when you could notice a change in the shadows and be sure that the Sun was indeed returning. In fact, I remember the latin phrase Natalis Solis Invicti (sp!) associated here. I can't say for ce...
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Again I assume this is not just flame bait by Roger, but actually a truly held opinion. Thanks. For speaking for all those who didn't feel it was important enough to say something themselves. I wouldn't say that the letter clearly implies representation of the views of a group that you belong to. It represents...
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Boy am I glad that I didn't start out with one of thos PS/2 computers. I started the upgrade operation out by spending $235 for a AMD386DXL-40 Forex upgradable mother board from Midwest Micro. When it was time to upgrade I bought a Intel 486DX2-50 cpu for $350 and was finished. I still don't see why they ever made the ...
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I am writing a paper on religion and how it reflects and or affects modern music. This brief questionaire is summary of the questions I would like answered. A response is requested and can be mailed to me directly at: gtd259a@prism.gatech.edu *...
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I'm for the moment interested in this notion of the 'leap of faith' established by Kierkegaard. It clearly points out a possible solution to transcendental values. What I don't understand is that it also clearly shows the existentialism system where any leap to any transcendental direction is equal. In other words I...
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Reposted by request ... these images are great, but they are also LARGE (1500x1500 pixels is a typical size). Be warned. regards, tom lane ------------- From: rsquires@cyclops.eece.unm.edu (Roger Squires) Newsgroups: comp.archives Subject: [rec.arts.books] Vatican Library Exhibit at Library of Congress ONLINE Dat...
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(stuff deleted) This sounds like what happened to my HD a month ago. My HD was stacked with Stacker v.2.0 (I run Dos5) Suddenly everything hung up, and most of the HD got corrupted (directories changed into unreadable files with 'funny' names). In other words: it is probably just the doubledisk part of Dos6 that is tr...
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I have a PLP II laser printer make by GCC Technologies. I have problem with a dirty first page. The top portion of the first is always smeared with black toner across the page. If I print more than one page at the same time, the problem does not occur on other pages. I cleaned the printer but still does not help. ...
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Gerald, look at what happened to the Stars; they are off to Dallas. Gerald, the Alberta election is slated fou 7 June, unless something RE?ALLY goes wrong this time!! Pocklington could end up being THE embarassment of Klein if he goes ahead with his 'ultimatum'. Gerald, people still have an axe to grind wi...
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The lethality in small part, but mostly what I found frightening was the fact that they were wielded by people who believed that they ate breakfast every morning with Jesus Christ. Now I wasn't there in Galilee back in the Roman occupation, so I don't know for certain that David Koresh was not Jesus Christ, b...
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You might want to get a disposible flash camera, shoot the roll of film, then take it apart (they're snapped together). We used a bunch of them at my wedding, but instead of sending the whole camera in, I just took the film out (it's a standard 35mm canister), and kept the batteries (they use one AA battery). Sorry, I ...
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I have not seen articles in comp.graphics.research for a long time. Does it/he work anymore? I have seen many conference related postings in comp.graphics, and it is hard to believe that people have not tried to post them to c.g.research. If somebody has not got his article to comp.graphics.research, then write to me...
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---------------------- LightWave3D Mail-List ---------------------- -- WHAT IS LightWave? -- LightWave3D is part of a suite of programs that come bundled with a device called the "Toaster" (from NewTek, Inc.) that operates on an Amiga platform. The LightWave software (LightWave=LightWave3D and LightWave Modeler)...
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Meeting of the UK Cryptoprivacy Association - ------------------------------------------- Saturday, 8 May 1993, 1500 To be held at the offices of: FOREST 4th floor 2 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0DH This is located at the corner of Hobart Place, a couple of blocks west ...
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my 14" compacq vga monitor id dead due to the transformer's failure. if you have this part and would like to get rid of it, pls let me know. thanks.
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But it's STILL HAPPENING. That's the entire point. Only last month, John Major hailed it as a great victory that he had personally secured a sale of arms to Saudi Arabia. The same month, we sold jet fighters to the same Indonesian government that's busy killing the East Timorese. It's all very well to say "Oops, w...
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No, that's the point of evolution, not the point of "natural morality". Unless, of course, as I have suggested several times already, "natural morality" is just a renaming. But your "yes?" is actually stronger than this. You are agreeing that "every time an organism evolves cooperative behaviour" you are going...
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}It is so simple.... I'm surprised that this subject gets }beat to death about once a month. A quick glance in a dictionary }would clear up 99% of the confusion and bandwidth in this }newsgroup. Reading Stephen Jay Gould's essay "Evolution as Fact and Theory" wouldn't hurt, either. It appears in _Hen's Teeth and Hors...
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I didn't know God was a secular humanist... Kent
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Not to start *another* shaft effect discussion, but the twist you feel when revving sitting still is due to the larger fly-wheels that the BMW R-bikes (maybe K's too, dunno) use. If you whack the throttle at stop lights, it'll really rock the bike over (to the right). <snip> <snip> Please post if you come to ...
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What, pray tell, are you putting together? And what about costs? And does it have to be transparent as in totally transparent? Or just transparent enough to allow light from the other side to shine through?
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This is really uncalled for. You cannot expect a European, growing up in a culture of "rulers" and "subjects," to immediately grasp the concepts of individual independence and citizen sovereignity in the US. He's less at fault than the countrymen we have here who also can't grasp it. --
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The patents don't apply in Canada. I think the free trade agreement may provide for recognition of new patents, but not old ones.
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Autodesk Animator is a good tool. The one I like is Show Partner/FX. If you want it, I could give a copy to you. I did a lot of advertising with it - it lets you create both graphics (ANY resolution) and text frames, run it all as a "film", you can make choices and include music - I guess that's just what you need. If...
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I think the Blue Book is the NADA handbook for used car prices, no? Is the Blue Book value given the retail or wholesale value??? The Blue Book value isn't set in stone, though. Low milage, extra addons and stuff like that there can increase the resale price of the car, you may want to head on over to the l...
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Hello all, I know that after market sunroofs may have left a bad taste in some of your mouths, but I am really interested in finding a "good" brand if one exists. Please let me know if you have heard of any makers with a good reputation (few failures, no leaks, that sort of thing) and whether or not you have had ...
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As a child i can remember picking up a centipede and getting a rather painful sting, but it quickly subsided. Much less painful compared to a bee sting. Centipedes have a poison claw (one of the front feet) to stun their prey, but in my single experience it did not have a lot of "bite" to it.
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Hi, I have a HP LaserJet III for sale. It's been printed for less than 1500 pages according the self test report. I am asking $1000 for it. If interested, please e-mail.
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Isn't that just a variation of the "Achilles & the turtle" paradox, which states that achilles could never possibly overtake a turtle? How should one deal with a man who is convinced that he is acting according to God's will, and who there- Jokke fore believes that he is doing you a favour by stabbi...
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: >In fact, the tradition has been passed down to their affiliate : >in Adirondack. In Gm 6 of last yr's finals, an 8 legged creature was : >hurled onto the frozen pond and landed right at the feet of ref : >Lance Roberts. : It may have been passed to Toronto, but I've even seen an octopus at : the Aud -- last year's...
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... Thanks for posting the exact wording which I had not seen previously. The part I quote above seems to me to indicate disapproval of capital punishment - it is to be used only when other means are not sufficient; I would say this is a stronger restriction than saying that capital punishment is useable when justifia...
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No. The simple $25 style IDE controller does not use DMA. The CPU performs the data transfer with a string move instruction. This requires that the CPU stop what it had been doing and transfer the data. Only the smart drive controllers, be they IDE or SCSI, can transfer via DMA. These controllers tend to cost th...
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Could anyone give me information on Umbilical hernias. The patient is over weight and has a protruding hernia. Surgery may be risky due to the obesity. What other remedies could I try? Thanx in advance
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Interstellar grains are not at all close to blackbodies. The "large" grains have sizes of order 0.1 micron and absorb visible light with fair efficiency. However, at temperatures below 100 K, 90% of the thermal emission will be beyond 22 microns, where radiating efficiency is poor. (A small antenna cannot easily ra...
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I saw an ad for this and it basically is an advanced print manager... it lets you monitor your printing more closely and comes with a bunch of True type fonts... anyone have this? Good? Bad? Worth it?
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I am setting up my DOS/UNIX box on a 116M IDE and a 412M SCSI drive and was wondering about the use of the (MS-DOS 5.0) JOIN command. I like the way it sets things up since I won't have to stick with the C: D: & E: (crap) that DOS enforces. I like how it would mimic mount points of UNIX filesystems. I have heard tha...
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Intro to ACCESS.bus (RE: the ACCESS.bus Software Creator's Contest Announcement) WHAT IS ACCESS.bus? ACCESS.bus is a new open industry standard for computer peripheral connectivity. ACCESS.bus is a serial protocol that uses simple, low-cost I2C technology to link multiple devices to a single PC port. Periphera...
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A friend was recently admitted to North Carolina Memorial Hospital because of suspected meningitis. Serious business. They wanted to do a lumbar puncture, for which a CT scan is a prerequisite. I arrived in her hospital room about an hour after she had returned from the CT. She was in tears. Evidently the technic...
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_The_ problem with Oort cloud sources is that absolutely no plausible mechanism has been proposed. It would have to involve new physics as far as I can tell. Closest to "conventional" Oort sources is a model of B-field pinching by comets, it's got too many holes in it to count, but at ...
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#|> # #|> #False dichotomy. You claimed the killing were *not* religiously #|> #motivated, and I'm saying that's wrong. I'm not saying that #|> #each and every killing is religiously motivate, as I spelled out #|> #in detail. #|> #|> Which killings do you say are religously motivated? # #For example, I would claim ...
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What is MTEZ? A dealer? A repository? Any details? -- Penio Penev x7423 (212)327-7423 (w) Internet: penev@venezia.rockefeller.edu
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But of course, it is expected that umpires will show up players. Don't get me wrong, I understand the nature of the game, but I just believe that a little ego-ectomy for the umpires would make the game much better. Ted -- "Social nags and body bags, make you dead, what a drag drag drag." -- Saigon Kick, body bag...
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# #From the Santa Rosa (Cal.) Press-Democrat, April 15, 1993, p. B2: # # # # Male sex survey: Gay activity low # # Note this contradictory title- Gay Activity Low. Not really. The percentage of gays was low. Headline writers aren't noted for accuracy. # # A new natonal study on male sexual behavior, the mos...
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to widgets: application code to a action to do this, processing any events afterwards. sequence events the Use a workProc. See XtAppAddWorkProc(3Xt). You should split your drawing routnie up into small chunks (this is the hard part). Then, in the callback that starts the drawing, you call XtAppAddWorkProc() to cal...
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And just where is the evidence for this? FBI sayso. The Texas Medical Examiner refuted 2 of their lies today. Let me put you in a building, pump in CS, knock the walls down around you and see how fast you find an exit. I don't know why either, you're willing to swallow everything fed you. Good boy. Oh a Clinton a...
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