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(Deletion) Well, that is certainly different, but it looks as if there is a translation found for everything. By the way, I am most surprised to hear that night and day move in an orbit.
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Okay, here is the result of my efforts. I'm just getting started with this type of activity, so please set your flame-thowers on low. Comments, corrections, suggestions, welcomed. **************************************************************************** Editor, I would like to ask you and your readers a few questions that are related to the "right to keep and bear arms", and to a greater degree, the many other "rights" that we take for granted on a daily basis. 1. You're sleeping at night, when you hear someone in your house. You call the police. How will you defend yourself, should the need arise, while you are waiting for the police to arive? 2. You are driving your family home when your car breaks down. A "good samaritan" stops to "help", when you find you and your family at gun-point or knife-point. How will you defend yourself? And your Family? 3. You are a woman walking alone to your car or home. A man appears suddenly with the intent to rape you. How will you defend yourself? Are you strong enough to fight off your attacker? Are you willing to let this man rape you in order to survive the attack? If the House and Senate have their way, we will soon not have the right to keep and bear arms, as provided by the Second Amendment to the Constitution. A gun may not be the answer to each and every dangerous situation, but are you going to let the politicians decide what sort of force or weapon you may use to defend yourself and your family? Many times a situation may be diffused by just brandishing your handgun. If certain members of the House and Senate have their way, .25, .32, and 9mm ammunition will be banned for sale to anyone other than the military and law enforcement departments. Very soon, you may not be able to purchase ammunition for use in your handgun. There is already a 15 day waiting period in California. Do you really feel that any law abiding citizen should be required to wait this amount of time for the purchase of a handgun when his life or family members have been threatened? Our local police do an excellent job, but they can not be there all the time, or in a moments notice. You should have the right to protect yourself while waiting for help to arrive. There is currently legislation circulating in Washington that would prohibit the sale of certain types of ammuntion, handguns, rifles, and shot-guns. One elected official even wants to repeal the Second Amendment! I want to ask the readers of this paper what they would do if their elected officials decided that they should only belong to a "certain church", or go to church on a "partiular day"? What if you were told that you could only read certain books? Write about certain subjects? What if you no longer had the right to a jury of your peers? How about the right to assemble in a peaceful manner?
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I have some Desert Storm cards for sale. I have divided them up into two lots. I will take the highest bid before 4/30/93. Just drop me a line with your bid. Lot #1 Desert Storm (Coalition for Peace, Topps) cards# 38,3,16,28(S),8(S),71,30,34*2,69,48,2,79,15,16(S),66,69,17,21,26 85,25,17(S),18,6,86,23,49 2nd series(Topps) cards# 118,111,92,104,115,160,95,162,31(S),136,110,123 147,107,164,108,170 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lot #2 Desert Storm (Pro Set) cards# 44,87,120,196,229,19,74,121,153,208,47,100,150,187,13,58,178,217 22,94,142,197,227,4,108,174,228,6,89,137,190,205,23,82,128,199,211 (S) - Sticker card
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Well, I got WINZIP from cica (don't know which version, but I think it's the latest, as this is not long ago), and I was initially imressed. But here's the low-down: WINZIP is a *great* progra, *as long as you only unzip*. It lets you vew files, unzip only selected files, and even puts the files in a /checkout directory, and creates a "checkout" .grp and group if you want to check the program out. It even prompts for deletion of these on exit, if you didn;t like the program. *HOWEVER* (big however over here). I have problems zipping. I don't konw specifics on this, or ammount of consistency, but sometimes when I "zip" a few files, or add a file to a .zip, dos will violate something or other, and I'll be asked (in a kind, micro$oft kind of way) to quit all applications, quit windows, and restart my computer. I don't know (as I said) how consistent this is, as I jdont' zip much (and when I do, now I just go to dos and use it from there, or just use the "run" cmd) but I *do* know it's happened when I added files to an existing .zip file, *and* when I created a new .zip file, using selected files only. I don't know if it's happened when I zip an entire dir. Still, it has a rather nice interface, and quite useful "unzip"ing functions. If the above is fixed, I'll be the first to register the new ver. (as for now, a good old, "run-->unzip *.zip" will work. (PS> if a new ver *is* out that fixes these, please let me know). peace, Mickey
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When did *you* go out and change the laws of physics? :-) According to some numbers I used to see bandied around, shaft drive is on the order of 95-97% efficient, while chain drive is closer to 99%... Seems to me that this makes *chain* drive more efficient, hmmmmm??? And granted, shaft has a lot less maintenance, which is fine, if you don't mind less performance... :-) :-) Randy Davis Email: randy@megatek.com ZX-11 #00072 Pilot {uunet!ucsd}!megatek!randy DoD #0013
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Much deleted about assembly in USA vs. other, I wish to focus on the subject of warm-running amplifiers: There is a correclation between warm-running amps and good sound, or in your words, "it DOES have a bearing on....". Now, I don't suggest that everyone run out and create combination stove/amplifiers that will degrade lifespan, but a cold-running circuit is much more suceptible to temperature variation with varrying current than is a warm-running one. And since junction resistance is a function of temperature, this has a detrimental effect on linearity. a few facts: -bias points vary with temperature -junction resist varrie with temp -Adcom products do NOT run class-A If you still don't beleive this assertion, consider the warm-up requirements for most good test equipment, or better yet, just listen to an amplifier warm-up. On many designs its quite audible, on mine, about 20 minutes for the output stage, many hours for the drivers. Fortunately the drivers are not switched. In any experiment, or when drawing conclusions from listening, betcareful to seperate the effect of device temperature from bias (idle current) level. Both have a positive correlation with low distortion and "good" sound quality, and high bias results in warmer operation, all other factors being equal.
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If I remember correctly Prometheus books have this one in stock, so just call them and ask for the book. Cheers, Kent
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Steve> Hmmm... given the error corrections in modern audio CDs, is Steve> it sufficient to simply instruct your agent to decrypt using Steve> the bit stream from the second cut of the latest Garth Brooks Steve> CD, or are the usual number of bit errors found acceptable in Steve> commercial CDs because of that error correction enough to Steve> garble the message if such a method is used? One unreliable data point: while looking over the shoulder of a recording engineer, I decided that he was seeing a raw error rate of about 1 in 1e6 on a CD ``master.'' Both the extrapolation to mass-market CDs and my state of mind while doing the arithmetic (I was waiting for him to finish so we could go get something to eat) are questionable.
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Hello, All! I apologize, I haven't published my astro FTP list since March. Now I haven't tested all the sites included into the list. I would notified all the people, you have stored some older issues of my, there are now lots of changes. Many sites have gone away: They either do not exist any more or all the astro stuff have removed. The job keep this list is very hard, so all the notes and informat- ion of changes, new sites, new contents etc. is welcome. I would thank all the net people who give me information for the newest version. regards, Veikko Makela
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The points raised about checking what is actually -in- the chip, as opposed to what is allegedly programmed therein, raise yet another trust issue. Even if we assume that these "trusted agents" are really entering a wide range of S1 and S2 seeds (rather than using the same one all the time to reduce the key search space to 30 bits), I assume they are not doing so by picking up an iron filing and poking it into the circuitry at carefully selected points to encode data. They would presumably be punching numbers into a computer, which for all they know could program the chips in a manner completely independent of the S1 and S2 values they are feeding into the system.
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Hello, if you have any experience/knowledge/comments/advice/etc about Compaq's EISA Deskpro machines, please reply. (preferably via email) I'm thinking of getting one and am looking for any & all user comments. Thanks.
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David, Neither (1) or (2) apply with the government, though. The feds, unlike Apple, have repeatedly demonstrated that trust is an unsafe thread on which to hang your freedom. Why? Because unlike Apple in (2), the govt has no credibility to lose. I'm serious about this. One can name just about any agency -- the IRS, RTC, FCC, FAA, FBI, NSA, CIA -- and find numerous examples of the public trust run roughshod over. Worse, one can rarely find in such examples any serious consequences to the offending agency. Even supposing we could get a reign on trust somehow, there's always the matter of competence in govt agencies. Can they even trust themselves? -mel P.S. I was amused when you mentioned the USDA as an example of an agency capable of managing the an escrow. I'm a consultant to the USDA, and while those *I* work with are wonderful <grin>, the agency itself is ranked in industry publications such as Govt Computer News as one of the worst caretakers of its computer resources. Recently, Prime Time Live did a long segment on the USDA's computer troubles. They are making a concerted effort to change, but intentions don't make a track record.
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1. Withdraw 2. leave the people in the compund to lead their lives as they choose. 3. prosecute the BAFT agents for murder --
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The Branch Davidians were not violent and were not planning to start violence. When the BD compound was assaulted by the ATF the BD did fire back. But they agreed to a cease fire and they allowed the ATF to care for their wounded. The BD even released the ATF agents they captured. It is clear from the release of the agents and allowing the ATF medical attention that the BD were not looking for trouble. If the BD were violent they would have held the ATF agents as hostages. They would not have released them like they did. If they had kept the agents hostage they could have used them as bargening chips for medical attention etc. A big thing is being made of the BD collection of weapons but no one has shown that they had any plans to use them. It is also apparent that the BD did not have any military training. If they had, they could have dug bunkers and trenches and increased their fortifications. They could have shot out the lights and speakers. It appears that the BD were not violent, they shot back at the attacking ATF agents out of panic. There were shots fired on the last day but they were in response to the FBI attack on the compound with armor. All the violence in Waco was initiated by the federal agents, not the BD.
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E G L I N A F B From: DENNIS L. HART Date: 14-May-1993 02:41pm CST HART Tel No: 904 882 3154 Dept: 646CCSG/SCWA*SAS TO: Internet Addressee ( _SMTP[xpert@expo.lcs.mit.edu] ) Subject: VXT2000 Windowing Terminal Help Greetings! We have several VXT 2000 Windowing terminals and associated software on our network. We are able to open a LAT terminal window to any of our workstation nodes but we are unable to get a LAT X session to work. We have customized the terminal security to allow all LAT connections. Trying to invoke a LAT X session from the VXT 2000 results in the following message being displayed in the terminal manager window message area: Host Does Not Support X Sessions (The host is a VAX4000 Model 60 and does support X sessions) Opening a LAT terminal window and logging into the server node, setting the display variable as follows: $ set display/create/node=LAT_###########/transport=lat and then trying to create a decterm on the VXT as follows: $ create/term=decterm/detach Fails and gives the following error message: dectermport failed to find language, XOpenDisplay("") returned NULL %DECW-F-CANT-OPEN-DISPL Can't open display The VXT 2000 is using its system defaults (ie. default font(s), language, ...) except for the security options to allow all connections and options enabling LAT protocol. we have VT1200 windowing terminals and the above things were enough to allow LAT X sessions. VMS Version is 5.5-1 Running DECwindows/Motif of VAX4000 Model 60s Please help.
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I have the following problem on a Dell 450SE with the ATI Graphics Ultra Pro EISA: When I start Windows, the first 5 times I try to run an application, it does not start. Windows will show the following error message: Error Executing application. There is not enough memory to run the application. After the first 5 tries, the application I want to run will start, and afterwards there are no more problems. When I change the Video driver from Mach 32 to 8514/a, this problem does not occur, so I suspect the ATI drivers (I tried both the build 55 and build 59 driver). Does anyone have a clue?
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How do you know they can be shortened by half-an-hour? Has anybody done a study to determine how much time is actually "wasted" -- say, in these A's games?
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I am looking at the honda shadow 11000 and the intruder 800 or 1400? what have you heard about these bikes?
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------------------------------------------------------------------------- Netters! I have seen some postings on PC/IP from MIT. This package out of 1986(?) should be a full TCP/IP fro the DOS-machines. Is there anyone out there that's using it? I want to connect a DOS-machine to my OS/2 machine... Tell me what the DOS-machine should run (sample CONFIG and AUTOEXEC would be great) and where I can find a nfs client. I understand that a telnet and a ftp client are part of the package. I've got the Crynwr package drivers, but that's it! Please point me to a good source of information if you cannot help me yourself...
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Hopefully, he doesnt take it personal...
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Here in Iowa it is/has been OWI (operating under the influence) and OMVI (operating motor vehicle under the influence). They (gov't) changed it to OMVI so that people in motor boats could also be charged with drunk driving.
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I'm selling an assortment of goods!! They're all in excellent shape (the amp and detector were rarely used). Thule rack with locks for VW GTI or Jetta (2yrs)........ $75 Silca floor bike pump (pink) ........................... 20 Uniden Radar Detector (X and K bands, orig $134) ....... 75 Blaupunkt 60W car amp (orig $150) ...................... 75 Shipping included in all prices. Interested? Please respond by email (whsld login or sldenton@cbnewsj.cb.att.com) or phone (201) 386-2949 office.
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Tim Belcher pitched a dandy three-hit shut-out tonight as Cincinnati won their second straight 5-0. Pittsburgh Lefty Randy Tomlin was hit early and often by the heavily right-unbalanced Reds line-up, which managed some recently rare power with their bats. Belcher (1-1) was solid throughout and in fact seemed to get stronger as the game progressed. Early on he had several three-ball counts, but even those were few and far between later on as he allowed only one base-on-balls while striking out nine. In a post game interview he said his change-up was working for him--I should say so: all nine of his strikeouts were apparently on breaking balls. Tomlin (0-1), on the other hand was in trouble early, giving up a second-pitch double to lead-off batter Bip Roberts. Bobby Kelly followed with a single and Barry Larkin scored Roberts with a sharp single to right. The big guys (Mitchell, Sabo, Milligan) were unable to get anything after that--in fact they all struck out--but Kelly managed a score anyway due to a double-steal and a Tomlin wild pitch. In fact, it appeared that Tomlin was going to recover nicely from his shaky start-- he retired 9 of the next 11 batters to get to the fourth behind only 2-0. Randy Milligan, though, had different ideas as his line-shot was poorly played by Orlando Merced and turned into a triple. Milligan would later score on Reggie Sanders' sacrifice fly, giving Cinci the 3-0 lead after 4. The fifth inning spelled loss for Tomlin when Roberts led off with his second double of the game, and one batter later Larkin smacked a double down the left field line, chasing Tomlin. Barry later would score the final run on Tom Prince's two-base passed ball. The Pirates managed their only threat of the day in the bottom half of the fifth when Merced and Kevin Young hit back-to-back singles (the second being of the "bunt" variety), but Carlos Garcia struck out, Prince fit a foul fly, and pinch-hitter Lonnie Smith "K'd" to end any Pittsburgh hope. Pittsburgh pitchers backed Tomlin up well, though: relievers Blas Minor, Moeller (sp?), and Nagel gave up only two hits in their four-plus innings work. Barry Larkin left the game in the seventh when the grounder he (mis)played bruised his right thumb. He was taken to the hospital for "precautionary X-rays". Let's hope he's OK. Cincinnati is now 4-9, still the worst record in the majors, but with the two wins they may be looking at moving out of the cellar! Pittsburgh is now 7-6. *********REDS FANS*************************** If you would like to receive this report on a semi-daily basis (as often as I write it), send me your e-mail address and I'll put you on the list. If someone has a Reds mailing list, please forward it to me and I'll put everyone on the list!! ********************************************* CINCINNATI REDS AB R H K BB LO -----------------------------------------------|--------------------------- Roberts 2b 4 2 2 1 0 1 Kelly cf 4 1 1 0 0 0 Larkin ss 3 1 3 0 0 0 Branson ss 0 0 0 0 0 0 Mitchell lf 4 0 1 1 0 0 Hernandez lf 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sabo 3b 4 0 0 1 0 1 Milligan 1b 4 1 1 2 0 1 Sanders rf 3 0 0 2 0 0 Oliver c 4 0 2 2 0 0 Belcher p 4 0 0 2 0 1 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Totals 34 5 10 11 0 4 3b Milligan (off Tomlin, leading off fourth, scored) 2b Roberts (off Tomlin, leading off first, scored) Roberts (off Tomlin, leading off fifth, scored) Larkin (off Tomlin, in fifth, one out, runner on second, RBI, scored) SF Sanders RBI Larkin 2, Sanders SB Kelly, Larkin GDP Sabo PITTSBURGH PIRATES AB R H K BB LO -----------------------------------------------|--------------------------- Martin lf 4 0 0 0 0 1 Bell ss 4 0 0 1 0 0 Van Slyke cf 4 0 0 0 0 0 King 3b 3 0 0 2 1 0 Merced rf 3 0 1 1 0 0 Young 1b 2 0 1 1 0 0 Garcia 2b 3 0 0 2 0 1 Prince c 3 0 1 0 0 0 Tomlin p 1 0 0 0 0 0 Minor p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Smith ph 1 0 0 1 0 2 Moeller p 0 0 0 0 0 0 Waynor ph 1 0 0 1 0 0 Nagel p 0 0 0 0 0 0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 29 0 3 9 1 4 GDP Merced --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cincinnati 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 ----- 5 11 1 Pittsburgh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ----- 0 3 0 Pitching IP R ER H K BB Cincinnati Belcher (W 1-1) 9 0 0 3 9 1 CG (1), SO (1) $$$LINE OF THE DAY!!!$$$ E- Larkin Pittsburgh Tomlin (L 0-1) 4 1/3 5 5 9 6 0 Minor 2/3 0 0 1 0 0 Moeller 2 0 0 0 3 0 Nagel 1 0 0 1 2 0 WP- Tomlin PB- Prince Umps Rippley/Hallion/Quick/Crawford Att-9,077 T-2:14 Coming up: The Reds play two more in Pitts, then go to Chicago for a weekend series. The weather doesn't look good, though-- don't be surprised if one or more games get rained out. Tomorrow, 7:35, Jose Rijo vs. Steve Cook, then Smiley vs. Wakefield on Thursday.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system From: probulf@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE (Frank Probul) Subject: Re: A/ROSE with Centris and Quadra models Organization: Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany Date: Mon, 19 Apr 1993 14:33:26 GMT A/ROSE = Apple Real Time Operating System Environment This is a system extension for these NuBUS cards using the MCP (= Macintosh Coprocessor Platform). The MCP-cards are NuBUS cards with a Motorola 68000-Processor and 512 KB RAM (expandable to 1 Meg). MCP is a development platform for hardware-designers so they can use a card with an own processor and thus the main processor isn't needed for these cards. Currently the only cards I know are - the Apple TokenRing-Card - the new Apple Ethernet-Card - the Apple NuBUS serial card Perhaps there are some third-party-cards, but I don't know. --------------------------------------------- Frank Probul Emanuelstr. 17, D-8000 Munich 40, Germany AppleLink: Probul.F@AppleLink.Apple.COM internet: probulf@informatik.tu-muenchen.de Munich University of Technology Department of Computer Science Germany
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There is a file at the simtel archives called adda10.zip I think that is for DSP.
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[...] Mr. Kuo: I don't recall seeing your byline around much before (at least on t.p.m). Let me clue you in on this newsgroup. t.p.m is populated largely by people whose hatred for the U.S. government, especially the government of Mr. Clinton, is literally boundless. To these people, the suggestion that agents of the U.S. government would carry out a spectacular massacre of its own citizens, in full view of TV cameras, is not an 'extraordinary claim'. It's just another day in the life of these United States. They don't have to suggest any reason why the FBI would want to publicly massacre citizens. Have you seen 'The Crying Game'? "It's in their nature". Don Pajerek
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And won't they have to change their name to the "Steelers" or something. The only significant deposits of oil around Hamilton are those caused by the tire fire a few years back.
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Just a quick, simple question really... How many wheels are affected by the emergency brake on an '86 Nissan Maxima. I've heard that all four are affected, but this would seem unusual to me. I thought the emergency brake on most cars only affected the rear wheels. Also, how powerful is the emergency brake usually? Enough to lock wheels at 30mph? Hmmmm... I just have to wonder about some of the things I hear...
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Another alternative is to cover the adhesive with another piece of duct tape then remove the tape. If it still doesn't work, try WD-40. BQN
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That is not an "atheism mythology" in any sense of the word. "Religious paradoy" would be significantly more appropriate. The 2nd part is rendered null and void by the simple fact that I do know several "strong" atheists. I am sure that others do. I myself am "strong" in the sense that I find the standard concept of God without any meaning. Any attempt to bring meaning either results in the destruction of the viability of language, or in internal self contradiction. The concept of strong atheism is not just a whimsical fantasy. They, and I, exist. Your strawman is pointless and weak. --- Private note to Jennifer Fakult. "This post may contain one or more of the following: sarcasm, cycnicism, irony, or humor. Please be aware of this possibility and do not allow yourself to be confused and/or thrown for a loop. If in doubt, assume all of the above.
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Has anyone publically considered the possibility that the fires were set for defence instead of suicide and the destruction and confusion caused by the tanks and gas caused things to get out of the BDs control? -- "Spending programs are now 'investments,' taxes are 'contributions,' and these are the same people who say _I_ need a dictionary?" - Dan Quayle 2/19/93
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: >Showing a meaningless (relatively) baseball game over the overtime of : >game that was tied up with less than 3 seconds left on the clock?
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That's _Five Weeks In A Balloon_. And if anyone can tell me where to get it, I sure would like a reply! I've been looking for that book for TEN YEAR+, and never found it. (Note that I am _not_ looking for a $200 collector's item; I'm hoping that *someone* has published it in modern times, either in paperback or hardcover. I'm willing to spend $50 or so to get a copy.
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Does anyone know where I could get some source code for a GIF viewer on a PC. It doesn't have to be fancy, it would be best if it were written in C to display gif pictures on a VGA screen. I was hoping to get it for free from an FTP site, but I haven't been able to find it yet.
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How about Brooks Robinson's last homerun ever? #268 came on 4-19-77 at Memorial Stadium with one out and two on in the bottom of the 10th inning. Larry Harlow was due up, but Brooks pinch-hit a 3-2 pitch from Dave LaRoche into the left field bleachers for a 6-5 win.
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Tuesday April 27, 1993 UPDATE This is my latest updated list of strange/bizzare/odd/independent comics that I have for sale. As always, most are cover price, but some I will actually look up in the guide to see "how much it is worth." This week's special: Youngspud (spoof comics) Oldblood/Bragade (spoof comics) Spoofs of your favorite Image comics. Both of these comics for $5.00 which includes shipping. A1 6 (featuring Tank-Girl) 10 Adventurers (Aricel and Adventure series) The Adventures of Luther Arkwright 2, 7 After Apocalypse 1 Alias Blastpoint Alien Nation 2 Angryman 2 Animal Man 35-38, 41-48, Trade Paperback (issues 1-9) Anything but Monday 1 Apache Dick 1-3 Ape Nation 1 Arion The Immortal 1 Atlantis Chronicles 1 Avengers 263, 272, 300, 306, 324, 329, Annual 15, 18, 19 Avengers West Coast 67 Back to the Future (cartoon adaption) Badaxe 1 Bade Biker Orson 4 Batman: Shadow of the Bat (in polybag) Batman vs Predator 1 Batman: Year One Bats, Cats & Cadillacs 1 Beer Nutz 2 Bizarre 3-D Zone 1 Blackhawk Book 1-3 Black Scorpion 1 Blackthorne Publishing Flip-Book 1 Blood Sword Dynasty 28 Bob's Favorite Comics 1 Boof (caliber) 1 Boris the Bear 1 Boris the Bear 1 (Slaughters the Teenage Radioactive Black Belt...) Big Numbers 1 Blackhawk 1, 2, 3 Breathtaker 1 Butt Biscuit 1 Cadillacs & Dinosaurs 1 Cage 1 Cap'n Quick & a Foozle 1 Cosmic Odyssey Crossroads 1,5 Cyberpunk 1 Dark Horse Presents 1, 5, 25, 37, 40, 43 Desert Storm: Send Hussein to Hell! 1 Dragon Chiang Dungeoneers 3 Elflord Vol 2 No 4 Elftrek 1 Enchanter (eclipse) 3 Eye of Mogambo Felix The Cat 1 Fire Team 3 Fish Police 3-8, 22 Flash Gordon 1-4 Fly 1 French Ice 10, 13 Full Throttle 1 Gajit Gang 1 Gambit 1 Gatekeeper 1 Get Lost 1 Ghost Rider & Captain America: Fear Give me Liberty 4 Godzilla 2 The Greatest Flash Stories Ever Told Green Arrow 1-9, 12, 47-51, Ann 1, 4 Greenhaven 1 Green Hornet 5, 13, 14 Green Lantern 1 Grey 1 GrimJack 26, 71, 80 Grimjack Casefiles 5 Guardians of the Galaxy 25 Hammer of God 1 Hamster Vice 1 Harley Rider 1 Haunt of Fear 1 Hercules Unbound 1 Hollywood Superstars 5 I Saw It I am Legend Icarus 1-6 Icon 1 Idol 1 Illuminatus 1 In-Country Nam 2 Interface (epic) 1-3 Intruder (TSR comics module) 3 Invaders from Home 1 Invaders from Mars (eternity) 2 Jademan Kung-Fu Special 1 Jaguar 1 Jason Monarch 1 Jeremiah: Birds of Prey 1, 2 John Byrne's Next Men 1, 3, 4 Judge Dredd 41 Justice Machine 6, 29 Justy 1, 2, 7, 8 Kicker's Inc Kid Cannibal (eternity) 2 Kobra 1 Labor Force (blackthorne) 4 Last American (epic) 1, 3, 4 Last Generation 1, 3, 4 Last of the Viking Heroes 2 Legend of the Shield 1 Legend Killer 1 Legend of Kamui 1, 4, 6, 13, 14, 19 Lensman 7 Lethargic Comics, Weakly 1 Light and Darkness War 1, 2 Living Stone Mountain Loner 1 Lords of the Ultra-Realms 1 Lucifer 1 M.A.C.H. 1 (fleetway) Secret Weapon 1, 2 Master 1 Maxwell Mouse Follies 1 Maze 5, 18, 19 Merlin 3, 6 Meta-4 (first) 1 Metal Bikini (eternity) 6 Metropol 1, 11 Miami Mice 3 (Marke Bode) Midnite the Rebel Skunk 1 Mister E 1 Mr. Monster's True Crime 2 Ms. Tree (renagade) 26, 28, 37, 40 Ms. Tree in 3-D Ms. Tree Quarterly (DC) 3, 4 Mummy 1, 2 Mummy,s Curse (aricel) 1, 3 Myth Conceptions 1 Nathaniel Dusk 2 Nathan Impaler: Monster Hunter (night realm) 1 Nemesis the Warlock (quality) 1, 5 New Beginning 1 New Frontier 1 Newstralia 3 New Triumph featuring Northguard 4 New York Year Zero 1-4 Night Life (caliber) 8 Night Zero (fleetway) 2 Ninja Elite (adventure) 1-5, 7 Nosferatu 1 Official Buz Sawyer 1 Official Prince Valiant 1, 2 Olympians 1 One 1 Open Season 1 Open Space 2, 3 Oracle 1 Original Black Cat 1 OX Cow O' War 1 Pandora Pill 1 Panorama 1 Pathways to Fantasy 1 Patrick Rabbit 1 Penguin in Paris 4 Personality Comics Presents Musics Comics on Tour The Beatles 1 Personality Comics Presents Rolling Stones Pineapple Army 6 Planet of the Apes 8 Portia Prinz of the Glamazons 4 Psycho Killers (comic zone) 6 (Richard Ramirez Punisher and Captain America: Blood and Glory 1-3 Question (DC) 35 Red Heat 1 Retief 1 Rhudiprrt The Prince of Fur 2 Rivit (blackthorne) 1 Robocop vs. The Terminator 1 Rock and Roll Comics 56 (David Bowie) Rockin Rollin Miner Ants (fate) 4 Roger Rabbit's Toontown 1 Runners (rip off press) 1 Sable (first) 19 Same Slade Robohunter Samurai Son of Death Scarlet Kiss 1 Scavengers (quality) 9, 10 Scorched Earth 1, 3 Scout: War Shaman 4 Screen Monsters 1 Sensational She-Hulk (marvel graphic novel 18) shatterpoint (eternity) 2 Shuriken 3 Shuriken Cold Steel 1 Silverfawn 1 Sinbad (adventure) Book 1: The Four Trials #4 Sisterhood of Steel 7 Skreemer (DC) 1, 2 Slaine Slash Maraud 1-6 Song of the Cid (caliber) 2 Sonic Disrupters 6 Space Ark 1 Spellbinders (quality) 3 Spider 1-2 Spider-Man Special 1 (vs. Venom, UNICEF giveaway 1993) Spider-Man and Power Pack (giveaway) Spoof (Spawn Spoof) St George 1 Stalkers (epic) 1 Stark Future (aricel) 5 Starriors 1-4 Steed & Mrs Peel 1 Straw Men (all-american) 1, 2 Street Wolf 2 Super Shark Humanoids 1 Survivors 1 Swords of Shar-Pei 1 Syphons 1 Tales from the Aniverse 3 Tales of Ordinary Madness 1-4 Tales of the Green Hornet 1, 2 Tales of the Jackalope 1 Thundersaur 1 Tomb of Dracula 1 Torrid Affairs 4, 5 Toxic Avenger 1-3 Transmutation of Ike Garuda 1 Trekker 1-5 Trouble with Tigers (antarctic) 1 Twilight Man (first) 1, 4 2000 AD Showcase 50 UFO Alien Contact (comic zone) 1 Ultra Klutz 1 Unicorn Isle 2 Valkyrie 1-3 Anne Rice: Interview With a Vampire 1 Anne Rice: Vampire Companion 1 Anne Rice: Vampire Lestat 5 Venus Wars 1 Video Jack 1-5 Violent Cases Wacky Squirrel Summer Fun Special 1 Wanderers 1 War 1, 2 Warheads 1 Warlock 5 (aricel) 20 Wasteland 5 Web 1 Weird 1 Wizards of the Last Resort 1 World Without End 4 X-Terminators 1-4 Zell Sworddancer 1 Zorro 1 Most comics are in near mint to mint condition, are bagged in shiny polypropylene bags, and backed with white acid free boards. Shipping is $1.50 for one book, $3.00 for more than one book, or free if you order a large enough amount of stuff. I am willing to haggle. I have thousands and thousands of other comics, so please let me know what you've been looking for, and maybe I can help. I will trade for other comics as well as computer equipment, video equipment, etc... Let me know what you want to trade!!
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It is also much easier to scribble corrections on a hard-copy manual.
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I don't wish to rehash the PGP patent issue at all, but I do feel that some potential misconceptions in interpretting intellectual property laws need to be raised. You are correct that executing PGP would be a violation (unless the patent were declared invalid by the courts), but... there is a question as to when, how, or if distributing PGP would be a violation. If the person or company distributing PGP receives money for doing so, then it is clearly a sale (for example, if it were on Compuserve, they charge you for access so they would be selling PGP). When there is no charge for PGP things get less clear, but there would still be a reasonable view that it is inducing an infringement. This is a common misconception. The patent laws do not mention any valid purpose for infringing a patent. Although it is clear that in order to create a new invention either based on a prior patent or to avoid infringing a prior patent, one must perform research on an existing patent. To just say that you infringed a patent (assume we're not talking the RSA patent) only for research purposes (wink wink, nudge nudge) and then never develop any related invention (ie. only use it), would be a clear infringement.
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Certainly. Reference follows. Bear in mind that there are at least two conditions which may be called red/green colour blind. One, protanopia, is caused by a lack or major dysfunction of the L cones, those that respond best to long wavelengths. This gives much reduced red/green and red/violet discrimination and also means that reds look dimmer than than they do to people with normal vision. The other, deuteranopia, is due to missing or dysfunctional M cones although it can also be caused by a lack of the L-M cone difference signals in the retina. It also gives reduced red/green discrimination but red/violet is unaffected. Unlike protanopia, reds are not dimmer than normal. On a uniform chromaticity diagram - the horseshoe shaped one you see in computer graphics books - there is a single confusion point for each type of colour deficiency. Colours which are confused lie on straight lines radiating from this point. For protanopia the point is at u'=0.61,v'=0.51, very close to the far red corner. For deuteranopia, the point is at u'=-4.75, v'=1.31 Note that different experimental investigations in the literature give slightly different values for these depending on the precise details of the experimental setup, random errors, and so on. The values quoted are typical. So if all colours on a line are seen as the same, which colour is actually seen? This problem has now been solved. Tests on people with one normal eye and one affected eye have shown that there is an axis for each type of disorder onto which all the colours collapse. For protanopes this joins up 473nm and 574nm on the spectral locus (the edge of the horseshoe); for deuteranopes the line is very similar, joining 477nm and 579nm. *So* to convert colours from normal vision to a simulated protanopia or duuteranopia: 1) Plot the colour on a uniform chromaticity diagram 2) Construct a line from this point to the appropriate confusion point 3) Find the intersection of this line with the appropriate axis line 4) This is the new chromaticity. The best reference for this is Meyer, G.W. & Greenberg, D.P. (1988) 'Colour defective vision and computer graphics displays', IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications 8(5) 28-40. You will also need a decent reference on basic colour science if you are not familiar with the CIE XYZ colour model and the uniform chromaticity scale diagram. Yes this is certainly possible. You will need the chromaticities of the red green and blue phosphors of the monitor you intend to display the images on, and the chromaticity of the white point. This information can be measured, or obtained from the manufacturer. I posted a list of some monitor chromaticities a couple of weeks ago. The procedure, for each pixel (!) is as follows. (Some lookup tables might be a help here.) A) convert RGB to CIE XYZ. This is a simple 3*3 matrix multiplication once you have the monitor data. B) retaining the Y component for later, convert XYZ to chromaticity coordinates u'v' using u' = 4X/(X+15Y+3Z), v' = 9Y/(X+15Y+3Z) C) find the equation of the line as in step 2 above D) find the intersection as in step 3 E) convert back from u'v' to XYZ, using the Y value from step A F) Ensure that this new colour can be displayed on your monitor; if not, move it along a line in XYZ space towards neutral grey (ie half way between black and white) until it is displayable. Done; also posted for the rest of us. -- Chris Lilley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Author, ITTI Computer Graphics and Visualisation Training Project Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK. M13 9PL Internet: C.C.Lilley@mcc.ac.uk Voice: +44 (0)61 275 6045 Fax: +44 (0)61 275 6040 Janet: C.C.Lilley@uk.ac.mcc
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This sounds to me like a sort of generic modalism (in the the three phases of water are but different modes of behavior of the same physical stuff). It certainly does not seem to me to describe the orthodox position. [Of course, I suppose that the medieval view of water may have been different, but now we know that the phases of water are just different *behaviors* of the same physical stuff - different modes, not different identities - but perhaps the medieval people did not know that]. This is clearly Modalistic Monarchianism, since these three aspects depend solely on point of view, and are do not really represent actual variety within the person. Do you now begin to see why
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Well 48 bit colour *could* be for improved resolution but 16 bits per channel seems like a bit excessive. I have seen a paper that quoted 10 bits per channel of 12 bits for computational precision. More than that would seem to be wasted. Perhaps the frame buffer uses another colourspace which needs more bits to represent the full range - RGB is a cube so it is a compact encoding. Most likely however is that there are two separate 24 bit (8 bits per component) frame buffers. This set up, called double buffering, allows a complex 3d picture to be built up on one buffer while the other buffer (containing the previous frame) is displayed. This makes for smoother animation. Well hey if you want to brag about numbers, the 5000 range can take a PXG Turbo+ card with 96 bits per pixel. Full double buffering (Two 24 bit buffers), a 24 bit Z buffer and an extra 24 bit buffer for off screen image storage. Mind you the card costs more than your workstation. -- Chris Lilley ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical Author, ITTI Computer Graphics and Visualisation Training Project Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Road, Manchester, UK. M13 9PL Internet: C.C.Lilley@mcc.ac.uk Voice: +44 (0)61 275 6045 Fax: +44 (0)61 275 6040 Janet: C.C.Lilley@uk.ac.mcc
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Perhaps it was the most exciting game played yet that YOU have seen. For most of us who watch teams around the league with interest and objectivity, it was *nowhere* *near* the most exciting game... Unfortunately, the instant replay is not used on hits. At first, I immediately thought "5 and a game" because the hit _looked_ much more severe from an intent-to-injure perspective than it was. After seeing the replay, I'd say it deserved 2-4 minutes for boarding (it was careless any way you slice it). If Stewart had replay, I do not think Chaisson would have gotten 5 and the game. This no-call was bullshit, I agree. I admire Stewart for letting them go, but Probert *looked* *up* saying where the hell is the penalty? I've never seen Probert whine either (he doesn't need to). Now, if Probie decides to put Wendel through the boards, he's probably gone, right? This was also bullshit. But once again, no replay. It was Rouse, btw. I'm really pissed that the linesmen didn't correct the call either....it's b.s. when the officials refuse to admit they made a mistake. Yes. The calls you describe should not have the difference in a Detroit loss. I picked the Leafs to win Game 3 on emotion and adrenalin, but the Wings have no excuses for Game 4. They should be the superior team. The call that pissed me off the most was Anderson getting 4 for putting his stick in somebody's eye. That was _the_ most dangerous stick infraction I have seen in a long time, and everybody in the damn league _knows_ he's an asshole when it comes to stickwork. Four lousy minutes. Bullshit call. Murray should send the tape in. Or a Wing should hammer the living shit out of him.
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I have done this before, but I'm not sure I used the best approach (although I tried several methods...). You have to run up the window heirarchy (using XQueryTree()) until you get to the root window. Now, this is not so simple because some window managers slap a window over the root window that is the same size as the root window, so be sure to take that into account for further calculations. Calculate the position and width/height offsets for each window using XGetGeometry(). BE SURE TO TAKE THE BORDER_WIDTH INTO CONSIDERATION. Remember a windows border_width IS ON THE OUTSIDE of a window, so the windows x,y,width,height must be adjusted accordingly. All of this should give you pretty good numbers for how much space the window-manager is using. Now, to place the new window, you have to use the same numbers to calculate where you want to place it, because the window-manager will re-parent it on the OUTSIDE of where you place your window (if I remember correctly). DISCLAIMER: All of this is from memory, and I no longer have the code. But I did get it working under several window managers correctly. Feel free to call or e-mail for further info. -McGary
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Everywhere we see and hear about christianity (due to its evangalistic nature). Witnessing, spreading the gospel, etc. But what I want to know is... "Why should I (or anyone else) become a Christian?" (In twenty five words or less). Zeros and Ones will take us there.... peace. plastic. 1993.
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OK, never heard of Cross filters, but Roberts, Prewitt and Sobel filters are standard spatial masks for edge detection. Highpass filtering does a good job of detecting edges, too. A good reference for all sorts of general digital image processing is the book _Digital Image Processing_ by Rafael C. Gonzalez and Richard E. Woods. Addison-Wesley Publishing Co. 1992. ISBN 0-201-50803-6 I've used this source to do the above filters and many other things as a grad project. Not too dificult to do. The worst part is loading in the images from TIFF/GIF/IFF-ILBM/whatever! :)
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Is there a portable and convenient way to use color picture files in the .xpm format to define an X pixmap in a Motif application? Any functions, pointers, tips etc. would be most welcome. -------------------- Saad Mufti Personal Library Software
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How about, Frank Jacksonsuck-Bolick or Frank "Cake Icing" Bolick or Frank it's not a cow but a Bolick or Frank How Do you get a ribbon to stay on a birthday present Bolick or Frank "Burns" Bolick or Frank Lee Bad Player Bolick or Frank "I Suck, not" Bolick and so on. Matt Wall * wall@cc.swarthmore.edu * Hey, I gotta job here, OK?
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There was an article in one of the U.K. dailies this week about a soccer goalkeeper who had to be carried off the field after a collision with a Ford Sierra cage.
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I am trying to find out anything I can about available documentation for IGES and e00(Arc/Info) formats. If you know anything about these formats (or just one) PLEASE send me a note. I don't read this group, so please send responses to: mike@prc.utexas.edu Thank You
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Gee, nice of them to tell us. Like, how about a Gestalt response bit for the GestaltPowerManagerAttributesFoodSpreadProduct selector? Well, at least now I know why it doesn't work (I assume; I 'm using a PB 145).
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Then we all live happily ever after. :-) Seriously, if we all agreed on the circumstances we're in, I suspect we'd all agree on the best course of action. Unfortunately, I have no confidence that such a situation will ever arise. Some of us think there's a big God in the sky, some don't. Some think they've been chosen by God, others disagree. Some think they are infallible, others think otherwise. Until those disagreements over circumstances can be ironed out, there's little hope of everyone agreeing. Yes. I think that, for example, only a vanishingly small number of people would hold that there's a frame of reference in which gassing six million Jews is good. So that's probably about as close to an objective moral value as I've encountered in my life so far. Well, I think your example's poor. If the bomb's in Iraq, for example, and was dropped by an American plane, many people would hold that it was a moral act. Hmm. So these moral values have a perceptible physical presence? Right, and the chain ends right there. The buck stops with me. It's not an infinite regress. Right. The key point, however, is that there are vanishingly few of these moral issues where we can get 99.9% of people to agree on the outcome for all frames of reference (and agree on the frames of reference...) I can't manage either. Killing Hitler using a car bomb would have been a terrorist act, but I have to admit that I couldn't exactly condemn it. Although there are tricky philosophical issues to do with hindsight... I think that circumstances have already arisen where terrorism would have been better than peace. Better in terms of numbers of innocent people killed. Assuming it was successful terrorism, of course.
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Ideas for the relief of sciatica. Please respond to my E-mail
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I looked at that Bimmer yesterday. It's an '81, has about 90kmi, according to owner (odometer stopped working at 68Kmi). Drivess well, sounds good, body is OK, he wants $3000. i liked the car, despite it's auto tranny, but my wife will be a primary driver on this one, and she wants auto. The radio does not work untill the car warms up and you honk the horn (!) The A/C seems to have a leak. The sunroof is sticky, but operational. Odometer does not work, as mentioned before. Idle is a bit bouncy, going from 900rpm to 1200rpm. Wipers are slow. That's teh gripes. The owner says that he changed radiator, alternator, rotors and calipers, exhaust. The biggest problem, is that the owner is a shifty SOB, telling strange stories. I hate that. I would never buy from a persom like that, except, how often you see a descent 528i for that amount of money. He also said that, although I could bring a mechanicin, he wouldn't let me check the car by taking it to a garage. Suspicious. And who knows what milage is on it. So, let me know what to check for, given there's practically no rust. I know there was an article on 528i in R&D a few years back, anybody remembers what issue? Mike.S
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Look nobody asked those countries about their UN forces to be on the ground. They can take their forces which are incomponent and ineffective at the first place. And let whoever are willing to do the job what it takes. How anyone can defend this stinking UN force on the ground who let the Bosnnian PM yanked out from the UN vehicle and being shot by the Serbian military? How anyone can defend this UN force who are just watching the shelling on cities and towns everyday? How anyone can defend and say those stinking UN forces being effective when Bosnian had almost 14,000 children casualties between 5-14 age groups? I think talking about the current UN forces to Bosnian muslims is just an insult to their casualties. I think Senator Biden said it all what has to be said on this issue. Europe is a sad place to criticize human rights in anywhere in this world. Like Biden said, they are the bigots when it comes to cultural difference and minorty closer to their home. Because they get rid of their minorities long long time ago starting in 15th centuries. And they let Adolph to take care of the rest in 20th Century. But he was much more naughty than they expected because he dared to step many toes. So, why spoil the good thing now when Serbs doing today what they were thinking the same yesterday.
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Hi, Just a quick question. What standard lab solvents can be used to clean electronic equipment and components safely (ie not corrode, dissolve, short-out, etc the equipment)? water? :-) methanol? CCl4? etc? I am not an electronics type (surprise, surprise), and I want to avoid using freons.
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Copyright 1993 Agence France Presse Agence France Presse HEADLINE: Egyptian arrested after mock threat to blow up Iran's Paris mission DATELINE: PARIS BODY: PARIS, April 16 (AFP) - An Egyptian man held police at bay for several hours outside the Iranian Embassy here, threatening to blow up the building to protest against terrorism and fundamentalism. The man in his thirties, who was identified only as "an Egyptian national ," displayed a banner outside the embassy gate and said he was in possession of several sticks of dynamite he threatened to set off.
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Did you by any chance see the pictures of the agents in flak jackets climbing up on the roof and breaking windows. You call that peaceful? If you believed, as these people did, that they would be attacked by evil forces from the outside, found the scores of agents breaking into your compound what would you do? Your beliefs always determine your actions. The beliefs may be wrong from my point of view but they are yours all the same. To make it more practical. If I attempted to stick you with a needle you would try to stop me because you believe it would hurt, or that I do not have that right. If you did not you would ignore me. You certainly would it you saw me sticking the needle in a tree. Koresh may have been misguided, only God knows. But the Jews at Masada died for what they believed, the three Hebrews preferred to die in the furnace rather than bow down, Daniel preferred to die in a lion's den rather than stop praying to his God, and as a Christian I am prepared to die for my faith. Koresh was not dying for now reason. He had a cause. Why should he give up the children to forces he was convinced were evil. The events are bizarre but they match his beliefs.
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: >IS3does anyone know whether or not it is possible to have 2 monitors working : >IS3with Microsoft Windows 3.1? I have a Taxan Multi Vision 550 and a NEC : This may work when using a VGA and a Hercules card in one system, but : using two VGA-cards in one system will never work. I believe that two 8514 (8514/A?) may be used in tandem on one system. This is the one exception to the VGA+Mono dual monitor combo that I have heard about. Has anybody done this?
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With one exception, that's a pretty good description of many of the Baptists I know. The exception is that they know the difference between an M-16 and an AR-15. Heck - they even know that "it looks like Richard Petty's stock car" doesn't mean "it's a racing stock car". They may be uncouth, but they've figured out that appearance isn't function. -andy
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Actually, Keith Hernandez is the best. -Sean
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Since loading Windows, two of my DOS applications have been acting strangely. It appears that font changes and page orientation changes (so far) are not being recognized in WordPerfect/DOS and QuattroPro/DOS. Another DOS application does accept font and page orientation changes, so I don't think the problem is with the printer. I reloaded QuattroPro, and these changes are still not accepted whether launching from Windows or the DOS prompt. Does anyone have any suggestions as to where to look or how to correct this problem? I've ordered QuattroPro for Windows, but need a landscape application printed immediately. Please e-mail. Thanks in advance!
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It's the number of legs on a centipede. So, now you know.
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Let me guess: you're not a psycho-analyst in real life, but you play one on alt.atheism. Right? Is ESP something you have been given by God? --- Private note to Jennifer Fakult. "This post may contain one or more of the following: sarcasm, cycnicism, irony, or humor. Please be aware of this possibility and do not allow yourself to be confused and/or thrown for a loop. If in doubt, assume all of the above.
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Note: I'm not posting this as part of an argument with Roger Meynard, but as an independent sort of thread. I do actually quote some things that Roger Meynard wrote, but it might be better to think of this as "sampling" his post (in the hip-hop sense) because it fits in with what I want to say. There's an interesting parallel between this way of viewing a baseball team and some people's conception of a biological organism. In the biology context, we would very likely read "fitness" for "the score of the game" and "organisms" for "teams". How we interpret "players" is trickier, but either "organs", or "genes" might seem reasonable choices depending on what point we were trying to make. A "genes" interpretation actually might be really interesting in this case, but that would be a different and probably longer post. If, however, we take the "organ" view, then our knowledge of biology should make us pause before we start saying things like "species X is more fit than species Y because of a better organ Z". Given what we know about the interdependence of organs, we would often be suspicious of such claims. (But note that this type of argument is quite often made when you map "species X" onto 'humans', and "organ Z" onto 'brain'). On the other hand, some statements of this kind do seem more reasonable than others, as far as we can test them (e.g. 'brain' above might be more reasonable than 'pancreas' assuming no gross pathology, particularly if species Y is a primate). Even when you make such statements, you should be concerned with the functioning of the whole organism, and the possibility that one organ might be more crucial for one species and a second organ in another. (Not to mention the possibility that no organ is particularly crucial in some third species.) However, if we are non-vitalists with any kind of reductionsit streak, we will want to say that an organism is not some completely magical unanalyzable "whole" but an intriguing process made up of various subprocesses that interact in ways that are potentially observable. Some of these processes might be localized to particular organs, while others may be distributed across multiple organs. In a way, this is just like a baseball team, except that I think it is pretty clear that the processes and interactions involved in baseball are *much* simpler and less numerous than in most organisms. One thing that is quite difficult about baseball is that perfectly controlled experiments are sometimes very tough to do. But, of course, this has never stopped researchers from doing the best they can, and sometimes deriving very powerful conclusions even in the absence of certainty. Most of this goes far beyond sheer speculation, but even sheer speculation can motivate further interesting research. In this cases, we're seeing the word "statistics" means "summary of observed events", where the events themselves can be viewed as the output of some process, and possibly inputs for other processes. Thus, if we have any valid notion of how the processes are put together into the functioning organism, data in the form of statistics might give us a basis to test particular hypotheses. This statement brings us back to the concept of fitness again. Fitness is defined in terms of both an organism and its environment; you might be fit in one situation and not another. Moving to baseball, it is clear that each team spends the entire season in an environment including all the other teams in the league. In at least a nominal sense, the division winners are the fittest teams in the league, in that they (on average) had better fitness scores than any of their competing opponennts. But in a real sense, there is a fairly large random component in the performance of each team that is difficult if not impossible to account for in terms of factors intrinsic to (or interesting for) baseball. The same is true in biology. But here is also no direct biological equivalent of the World Series in basebal. In the world series, the random component may be greatly magnified by the small number of games that are played, and both teams suddenly experience huge changes from the environement where they were originally successful. It might be fun to watch, but it's unclear what it all really means. *** Now just one more un-related point: On the other hand, you have seen some of us who can predict the outcome of the divisional races better than a random assignment of teams to finishes, and maybe some of us (e.g. me) who can do this better than the other participants in this forum on a regular basis. But this is probably only due to the fact that a 162-game schedule gives you a little hope that bad hops aren't the only difference between the winners and the losers. Moreover, you've had the opportunity to see some analysis of the World Series situation that makes the strong claim that *nobody* can predict the WS winner with reliably greater accuracy than a coin biased only to reflect the well-known home vs. road effect on winning percentage. Since stats are summaries of events, it's true that if you know the events you can derive the stats. But if somebody is trying to understand the process behind the stats, then the stats produce new knowledge, and some of this might even be reliable, repeatable, and useful. Speaking of which, I should get back to producing knowledge in a different field. That is, of course, if I can produce knowledge even though I'm relying on stats to do it.
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That's great. Read my article. Edit out the personal formality, and save. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- George Gruschow Death do you gronk. ag625@yfn.ysu.edu ggruscho@nyx.cs.du.edu
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Olympus Stylus, 35mm pocket camera. Smallest in its class. Includes TIME & DATE STAMP, BATTERY, & CARRYING CASE. Red eye reduction, timer fully automatic. Rated #2 in Consumer Reports. $115 obo.
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I have the following LDs for sale 20 for 1st 15 each additional, postage (3rd class) paid. Project A-ko (Japanese - NO ENGLISH) Dominion Act-I (Japanese - NO ENGLISH) Dominion Act-II (Japanese - NO ENGLISH) Far From the Madding Crowd (LBX) West Side Story (LBX) Ben Hur (P&S) The Dirty Dozen (P&S) Star Trek V (P&S) The Fabuluos Fleischer Folio Vol 1 Tom and Jerry Classics Bugs Bunny Classics -- brian oplinger@ra.crd.ge.com
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I am writing an article on Clipper for Network World. I am looking for comments and opinions (that I can quote) on the scheme, its implications for security and privacy, its acceptance here and overseas, etc. I hope this to be a balenced article, with opinions from various quarters. The only catch is that your name and company affiliation will appear in print. I am on very tight deadline (I need to finish this Wednesday night). Please call or E-Mail responses.
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The answer is in the FAQ for this group. nough said.
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Jim Haynes wants to know the following is a scam.... There's a chiropractor who has a stand in the middle of a shopping mall, offering free examinations. Part of the process involves a multiple-jointed sensor arm and a computer that says in a computer- sounding voice "digitize left PSIS" "digitize right PSIS" "digitize C7" "please stand with spine in neutral position". I'm wondering whether this doesn't really measure anything and the computer voice is to impress the victims, or whether it is measuring something that chiropractors think is useful to measure. Earth to sci.med....If it looks like a duck...and quacks like a duck...... This is a TOTAL scam. Since the beginning of chiropraxis, the chiropractor has tried to sell The Subluxation as The Problem and then sell themselves and their Adjustments as The Solution. The Chiropractic Subluxation is a delusional diagnosis and the Adjustments of Subluxations by extension constitute a delusional medicine. The wide spectrum of chiropractic Techniques ALL have their own methods for detecting Spinal Demons and unique methodolgies for Excorcizing Them. The computer approach is an attempt to 'sell with science' but this device is nothing more than a 'high-tech' Subluxation Detector.....and in the end... AMAZINGLY...it will show the potential 'patient' to suffer from...VS...... Vertebral Subluxation....The Silent Killer!
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yet another twist ... I'm expiriencing the same kind of problem with my SE (2.5/40), although not as frequent. Any suggestions?
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Answers please by e-mail, since not all groups in the header are carried here. Hi! Personally, I like NeXTSTEP very much. Even more when I realise how much a burden ordinary X or Windows programming is. I also like Objective-C better than I like C++. But, sometimes the restrictions are there. For instance it sometimes has to be MS-Windows or X. Now I'm looking for pointers to tools on those environments that come close to NeXTSTEP, the appkit etc. Also, environs that support rapid prototyping (like with IB) without producing spaghetti-code as soon as you want to do real work. Maybe STEPSTONE with some Windows version of a kit of UI objects? Interviews (what it is exactly, I don't know. I kind of lost touch with that world when I started with NeXTSTEP.) Thanks,
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*********************Sony B+W Watchman TV********************* Sony B+W 2.5 inch TV. It is in excellent condition. It has not been used much at all, thus why I am selling it. It gets great $60 reception. It sells new for $100 so I am asking $60. It is small enough (3"x6"x2") that you can carry it around anywhere. Please e-mail to jbell@eecom.gatech.edu --
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There's a difference between believing in the existence of an entity, and loving that entity. God _could_ show me directly that he exists, and I'd still have a free choice about whether to love him or not. So why doesn't he? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kevin Anthoney kax@cs.nott.ac.uk Don't believe anything you read in .sig files.
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Thanks for all the responses. I've made contact with the UK distributor :-)
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In light of the last letter I posted from Jeff Brody concering the crap that is going on in the MOA, (which some folks took not as dissemination of information that I received, but as my own bad mouthing) I thought that I would post this one, which came to me yesterday. This is from board member Robert Higdon to MOA Pres Chich Morse. This is NOT my words, O.K. guys? April 4, 1993 re: Cecil King's Nominating Statement Dear Chick: We have a very serious problem with the election for president of the MOA this year. Cecil King's nominating statement (as it appeared in the Owners News) is 968 words, nearly twice as many as that is permitted by the by-laws. In pertinent part, the rules state: "Each candidate's biography and position statement shall be limited to a combined total of no more than 500 words. The nominating committe shall cut afafter the 500th word any biography and position statement exceeding this length. Obviously the nominationg committe was not up to the task. Had Cecil's statement been cut as required, it would have concluded approximately with the word "undertiding" [sic] in the second paragraph after the commencement of his Position Statement. As a result, Cecil has obtained what I view as a grossly unfair advantage over the other candidates for president. This does not just taint the election for that office; it makes a mockery of the process. I would appreciate your advising the board immediately what steps you intend to take to rectify this caricature of a fair election. Parenthetically, in your private correspondence with others, I would be most appreciative that when tou call me an "asshole" you remind the letter's recipient that the re-publication of such a comment is almost guaranteed to have woeful consequences. With kind regards, I remain, Robert Higdon
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You CAN print to a file from an HP (or any other printer). Just go into the Printers section of your Control Panel. Select the printer you want to re-direct to a file, and click on Connect. Then choose :FILE as the port to connect the printer to. When you print from any application to that printer, Windows will prompt you for a file name for the file into which you want to capture the printout. It's pretty easy. Good luck!
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The private insurance industry skims the cream off the milk...simple.
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Could you speak up? I can't hear you.... --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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That's a good way to put it. It's a quiet confidence. I don't feel like I have to defend this team anymore. The Devils are a puzzle to me. They have long been one of the few teams I always dreaded playing. Their D isn't quite what it used to be but they still usually play us pretty tough. I just can't figure it out. At least last night they mounted an attack. Bernie Nichols was interviewed after Game 2 on the late news. He was shaking his head in disbelief over Barrasso, saying that Tommy is like another defenseman out there and how difficult it is playing against him. Then he got this far-away look on his face, his voice started trailing off and he said, "It just isn't right...it just isn't fair..." and he tried to muster a smile. As far as coaching goes, a Pens/Islanders match-up should be pretty good. One guy I feel sorry for in all of this so far is Chris Terreri. I'm sure Tom Barrasso knows how he feels. For so long Tommy would look up and not have a teammate in sight. Terreri's teammates really left him out in the cold in the first two games.
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This is not correct. The event horizon is not the "center" of the black hole but merely the distance at which the escape velocity is equal to the speed of light. That is, the event horizon is a finite radius...
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Well, renaming screensavers (.scr) to .exe, and running them, as has been pposted, (I haven't tried changing win.ini , but should have same effect) shows me the "setup" dialog. box, butdoesn't enable the saver.
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I know there's been a lot of talk about Jack Morris' horrible start, but what about Dennis Martinez. Last I checked he's 0-3 with 6+ ERA. Is the ageless wonder finally showing his age? Does he usually start off the season so slowly? I know he plans to start tonight. I hope he comes around.... I would appreciate any feedback concerning outlook on rest of Dennis Martinez's season... Thanks in advance,
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I need triangulized data of some nice looking model with some texture mapping. It would be better if the parametric values of each vertex( for the surface before triangulized ) are avaliable along with the Euclidean points so that we could use them for texture mapping.
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I have a Headland Technologies Video Seven VRAMII board that only came with 512K, at the time this was ok but... I need info or help with upgrading this board to 1 Mbyte. There are 2 rows of pins over the VRAM chips, I think for a piggyback board of VRAM. I would like to hear from anyone that may be able to help me upgrade this board. Maybe someone from Headland who maybe read- ing this has one of these piggyback boards just laying around, please please please! Does anyone know of where I could maybe buy the upgrade for this? I would sure love to use this in 800X600-256 color mode but for the time being, I can only get 3/4 of the screen with the bottom part a white strip, obviously because of the missing VRAM, actually I'm surprised it even works to this degree at all!
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Is this reverisible? You can unpoke as easy as you poke?
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Well, again, I am doing as much as the poster I was replying too. I am quite busy and really don't have the time to respond in full scholarly form to every accusation that is flippantly made by someone who's being clearly antagonistic. I have considered it. But if someone spreads falsehoods out of ignorance then they are still spreading falsehoods. Those falsehoods generally do not come out of nowhere but are produced by people who know that what they are saying is (at _least_) not the whole truth. I still consider such spreading of falsehoods propaganda on some level. Bob, I never accused you of having your head up your ass! It takes me quite some time in dealing with someone before accusing them of having their head up their ass. I was accusing the original poster (Benedikt, I believe) of being so impaired. Cheers,
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Personal attacks? Deliberate misinterpretation of a persons statement? (By cutting out the part of the statement, he tries to blunt the thrust of the sentence. He never addresses the issue of extreemist peace people not holding true to their ideals.) Ignoring the challenge? (He ignores the challenge that extreemists for peace tend to be quite insistent that everyone accept their ideals for the world, and have even turned quite violent. (Witness, Chicago, summer 1968)). Paranoia? (He assumes that anyone who argues against his viewpoint must "masturbate over Guns'N'Ammo.") Fire up the Oven, it isn't hot enough!
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Computer Equipment Garage Sale: I've finally decided to clean out my closets and get rid of some of the stuff that is broken or not being used by me. I've put together a list and indicated what I think each item is worth. This is just my estimate, and I am very open to any offers, including trades. I'm currently looking for some CD-ROMs that will work with a Mac CD ROM player CD Caddies, HD floppy disks, any used Macintosh software, a 387-33Mhz Co-Processor, or basically anything you have lying around (cans of soup, the neighbor's cat, etc...) Make me an offer, no offer will be overlooked... I really want to get rid of this stuff... Ok, Here's the list: 52 Meg 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive. Conner Model #CP-3150. I bought this from a guy at a swap meet to use with my Macintosh. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get it to work with the SCSI controller in my computer. The guy tested it with his PC, and printed out a copy of the Norton Disk Doctor report which says it has no bad sectors. (I'll send you a copy) I was dumb enough not to get his phone number, so I can't return it to him. The drive has many jumpers on it, (which I don't know how to set) so maybe that's the problem. I was quite disappointed that it didn't work so I'm trying to minimize my losses. ~$45 52 Meg 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive. Conner Model #CP-3150. Same situation as above. I bought both of these drives from the same guy. Despite the different model numbers they are the same exact drive. Same report from NDD (I have one for each drive) will be included. ~$45 40 Meg SONY 3.5" SCSI Hard Drive. SONY Model #SRD2040A. The drive mechanism is completely trashed. This hard drive was in my computer (Mac SE) and had a stiction problem. Well, repeated banging on the side of the computer resulted in a head crash (yes, metal scraping metal) which was not too pleasant to listen to. Still the SCSI controller card is in good working order, and can be used for parts, or a project. ~$20 65 Meg Seagate 5.25" HH SCSI Hard Drive. Model #ST-277N. I originally bought this drive, because it had a small stiction problem, and I though that I could fix it. Well I determined that the drive mechanism was fine, and that it was a controller problem. (motor controller wasn't sending proper signals.) Well, after taking the controller off the drive, looking at it, and putting it back together, I realized that I accidentally severed one of the small flat cables that connect the drive to the controller. I tried to solder it, but I'm not that good at soldering so I couldn't do it. Worked perfectly before I messed up. I used it as a temporary drive when the SONY (above) crashed on me. Also loaded the drive with about twenty Mac applications, worth well over $1000. (Claris CAD, MS Word 5.0, Think C, Excel, and many others) I think all it needs is a resoldering of that cable. You also get all the software on the drive. (if you can accept being a pirate) I only ask that you delete my data files from the drive. I was really angry when I broke that connection, and then couldn't fix it. I just don't have time to play with it any more. ~$65 AT&T ISDN 7500 Modem. This is for use on digital phone systems. If you know what this is or would like technical information on it, let me know. I have some tech documents on it. Is supposed to be the same thing as an AT&T digital phone, but without the phone part. It seems to be in working order (passes self test perfectly OK). I have no idea how this is worth... Let me know if you're interested. Motorola 68881 CoProcessor. I haven't tested this one out yet, but if anyone is interested I will get it tested out, to make sure that it works. I had trouble using it with my accelerator board, but then I spoke to the manufacturer of the board and found out it couldn't be used without another controller chip. When I was looking around to buy one new, the prices were around $100. I will guarantee this to work. ~$65 CGA Card. Half-Length. 8-bit. Wasn't working last time I checked (although I think I was using a bad monitor) ~$5 5.25" 360K Floppy Drive. IBM Drive Type 1355. Guaranteed to work, because when I took it out of the PC, it was working! ~$25 5.25" 360K Floppy Drive. Toshiba Model Number ND-08DE-A. Guaranteed to work. Came out of same PC as above. ~$25 5.25" Floppy Drives. Can't guarantee that these will work. I don't even know if they are low or high density drives. I don't have any method of testing them. Panasonic Model number: JU-455-5 ACG. There's another number on it: 2626-361723. Panasonic Model number: JU-475-2 AGG. There's also another number on it: H3649-101457 Toshiba Model Number ND-08DE. Virtually identical to the one above. Each Drive ~$10 3.5" PS/2 Drive. These things are proprietary, so I can't test it, but I think it works. Not sure if it's high density or low density, but I suppose someone who is looking for one would know. Model Number DFL413C04A. I think these things are expensive to replace. ~$35 MFM Hard Drive Controller Cards. I've got three of these, and I have no way of testing them. Two of them are 8-bit cards, and one is a sixteen bit card with a floppy controller built in. ~$10 for the 8-bits ~$15 for the 16-bit card w/floppy. Interesting cable. Seems to convert from a VGA plug to an EGA plug. That is, standard nine-pin to VGA 15 pin. Made by Hewlett Packard. Part No. D1181-80020 ~$10 I've sold stuff like this before, and it was a huge success, with many satisfied people trading or bartering stuff they didn't need anymore. I usually ship through the U.S. Postal Service (haven't had any problems yet) and the shipping costs will be split or negotiated. Well, that's all folks. As I said before, no offer will be refused. If you can convince me to give OCit to you instead of throwing it out, TRY! I hate to throw away stuff... -Wayne
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something that no one has discussed yet (or I missed it): The FBI sets up a wiretap AFTER the court order was handed. Only at this point they can access the line and detect the serial number N. What happens next, does the FBI simply asks for the keys for N, and, since a warrant was issued for the line, the FBI simply gets it? What if multiple phones are used from the same house, the FBI just asks for N1, N2, etc.? Exactly who is to prevent the FBI from claiming some other serial number, X, was also used over the wirtapped line and get the keys for X? Either a second court order (for the specific serial/key) is required (and I have seen no indication of this), or the FBI can effectively ask for any pair of keys at any time, so the escrow key holders are a total fake. An unrelated issue: if and when all phones always use the clipper chip, how are call-transfers going to take place?!
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So what's the deal with the PDS slot in the IIsi? I recently purchased a Mac IIsi. I want to add a non-Apple monitor to the system. I was told that you could buy a 90 degree angled PDS to NuBus adaptor card so you can fit a standard NuBus card into the computer. Am I mistaken or do have to buy a PDS monitor card specifically for the IIsi? I've seen the PDS monitor cards for the si, but they seem expensive, and I'm not exactly made of money. Any ideas? Help. Clue me in! -- Randy L. Riegsecker --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Barney must die." I need somebody to shove. ---------------------------------------------------------------------
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The tech support line for GCC is 1-800-231-1570.
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79 Toyota Corolla 4D hatchback, runs OK, needs dents smoothed, serious brake work and miscellaneous TLC. Excellent auto shop project. $250 OBO. See in Algonquin or Schaumburg. (708) 658-5285, (708) 576-0675, or email.
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Hello Netter, I want to uprade the power supply of my SE/30 in which a 8 bit color card is installed. I know CRC COMPONENTS, Inc. deals the compatible power supply of SE/30 manifactured by POWER PLUS SYSTEMS. Does anyone know their phone or FAX number of them ? Please reply me by e-mail. Thanks,
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