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There is a great book out called "They Also Served" which is about the
ballplayers during WWII. There is some info on Berg in there. It also has
info on Pete Gray (one armed outfielder) and other players of the era. Because
of the draft many players during the war were those who were exempt from the
draft for medical reasons. There are some very interesting stories in the
book. It is very well written and I would suggest reading it to anyone with an
interest in baseball.
Rob Koffler
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Y'all got the first two reversed.
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Which Western states have laws that charge sales tax on the difference between
a new car's price and the trade-in's value? I know California charges you on
the full value of the new vehicle regardless of trade-in.
If you are a California resident, is it legal to buy a car in a state other than
California without also paying California sales tax? How does California
enforce any law that requires you to also pay California sales tax (on top of
the out-of-state tax)?
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I am curious about knowing which commericial cars today
have v engines.
V4 - I don't know of any.
V6 - Legend, MR3? MR6?
V8 - Don't know of any.
V12 - Jaguar XJS
Please add to the list.
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"Hate the sin but love the sinner"...I've heard that quite a bit recently,
.... My question is whether that statement is consistent with Christianity.
I would think not.
Hate begets more hate, never love. ....
In the summary of the law, Christ commands us to love God and to love our
neighbors. He doesn't say anything about hate. In fact, if anything, he
commands us to save our criticisms for ourselves. ....
- Scott
I too dislike the phrase "Hate the sin, love the sinner". Maybe the
definite article is also part of the problem, since it seems to give
us license to fixate on our brother's peculiar pecadillo which we have
managed to escape by a common grace of heredity, economic situation, or
culture. Our outrage at evil is too often just a cheap shot.
That said, I don't think Scott has adequately explored the flip side
of this coin, namely the love of righteousness. In the Beatitudes,
Jesus blessed those who hungered and thirsted for righteousness. In
the New Testament, it is never enough just to behave well, one should
always actively desire and work for the cause of good. In that sense,
it should be impossible to remain dispassionate about evil and its
victims, even when these are its accomplices as well.
Maybe "mourn sin, love sinners" catches the idea slightly better than
"hate", but only slightly, since grief usually implies a passive
powerless position. A balanced Christian response needs grief, love,
and carefully measured, constructive anger. Jesus has all three. The
European pietists during WWII whose response to Nazi atrocities was
devoid of anger do not fare well as role models, however much love or
grief they exemplified.
My sister is an actress in New York and a Christian. A few years
back, Jack, her long-time professional friend and benefactor, died of
AIDS, impoverished by medical bills, estranged from his family, and
abandoned by most of his surviving friends. Only my sister and
brother-in-law were there with him at the very end. In her grief over
Jack's death, my sister found quite a few targets for anger: callous
bureaucracies, the rigid self-protective moralism of Jack's family,
the inertia in Christians' response to AIDS, and, yes, even Jack's own
lapse in morality that eventually cost him his life. Jack himself
shared that last anger. Brought up with strong Christian values, he
was contrite over his brief dalliance with promiscuous sex long before
his AIDS appeared. (I imply no moral judgement here about Jack's
innate sexual orientation, n.b.)
Maybe the hardest job is making our anger constructive.
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I have a Jap. import of One on CD single.
It contains:
One
Breadfan
For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)
Sanitarium (live)
One (demo)
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>government maintaining a secret of some kind.
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No firearms were ever ever shot at the National Guard at Kent State.
At the time of the shooting, no rocks were being thrown at all. The squad was
slowly proceeding up a knoll, away from the body of students. Some students
were taunting them, and photographs of the incident show at most one or two
students who were following and taunting.
The series of photographs show the squad slowly proceeding up the hill, while
occasionally their NCO, .45 in hand turned back to look at where they came from.
All at once, as if on command, the entire squad turned and fired their M1
Garands, firing 30.06 rounds into the crowd (the NCO can be shown with this
45 at full recoil). At least two of the students shot had nothing to do with
the taunters... they were only passing through, and were not participants in
the confrontation.
There is some dispute whether the Guard was even legally on Campus... apparently
they had not been invited onto the state school by the president, who had
conveniently flown the coop, so as not to be around. The governor of Ohio,
James Rhodes, had just embarked on a senate campaign, and wanted it to be known
that he was tough on peaceniks, so had ordered the guard in.
The matter was quickly covered up. Some years later, wounded survivors launched
a civil lawsuit against those responsible... a settlement was made, and under the
terms, the plaintiffs could not discuss much, and guilty individuals were not
identified (in fact, those shooters in the squad have been identified).
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Hi Javier, (how are things at Corp, my old stomping ground was c-level?)
Vibration when applying the brakes can be caused, on disc brakes at least,
by warped rotors. When the brakes are applied, there results uneven pressure
on the rotor. Turning the rotors by a brake shop will remedy this problem
as long as there is enough rotor width left for turning (i.e. within spec).
There could be some possible front end suspension problem but a brake shop
should be able to confirm warped rotors by a visual inspection which is free.
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Whatever you do, don't FTP to the sites listed in my sig...
You won't like what you find...really. I beg you NOT to GO there!
PLEASE!
...e
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Would someone please leave me the full address for Canon in Canada.
thank you.
--- Via UCI v1.21 (C-Net Amiga)
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And you can bet that I wouldn't be the only one not belonging to the
moderated group if it was moderated by an anally-retentive little
dullard like yourself.
I hardly need you to presume to lecture me on how to communicate my points
of view. This "posting" that you have made is the second on the subject of
the NHL letter and you have yet to communicate your opinion on the matter.
Instead you content yourself with flaming me.
Result:
Moronic little busy bodies like yourself take advantage of a perceived
opportunity to post rules for others to live by.
Well if using it "against" me means you are going to post something of
significance then by all means go ahead. I insist. Otherwise why don't
you just go back to sleep or do whatever it is that you do when you are
all by yourself...
--
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Just wanted to let all the people who e-mailed me about
a possible Cardinals mailing list that I wasn't able to
get the OK to host the list here so someone else will
have to do it. :-(
Many thanks to Bob Netherton for his helpful info.
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You may want to put Hubble back in the payload bay for a reboost,
and you don't want to clip off the panels each time.
For the Gamma-Ray Observatory, one of the design requirements was that
there be no stored-energy mecahnisms (springs, explosive squibs, gas shocks,
etc.) used for deployment. This was partially so that everything could
be reeled back in to put it back in the payload bay, and partially for
safety considerations. (I've heard that the wings on a cruise missile
would cut you in half if you were standing in their swath when they opened.)
Back when the shuttle would be going up every other day with a cost to
orbit of $3.95 per pound :-), everybody designed things for easy servicing.
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Sounds like you are getting a pretty fair price (assuming it is in
nice condition)
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You don't need any counterfeit athiest's myth to make religion
appear absurd. You need only read any of friendly Christian
Bill Conner's posts.
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Wow, hang on a second. The libertarian party stands for personal freedom,
lassez-faire economics and minimal government. Whoever is describing the
self as a Libertarian (maybe you were refering to the posters who call
themselves civil libertarians) are not talking at all about Libertarian
philosophy.
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I'm using DRDOS 6.0 with SuperStor for nearly 2 years now, and I'm wondering, if
MSDOS 6.0 could keep up with it at last. Is there anybody who tried out both?
What about this Double-Disk ? (had lots of problems with SStor too.)
How much memory do you get? (I've got 616K with EMM and SStor)
What about the on-line help (Really great in DRDOS)
Any help appreciated.
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Sure! -------->
OH! Sorry. This is not rec.humor!
Try cica in pub/pc/win3. Get INDEX to see where it is.
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If I remember rightly, there is a pulsating set of tones piped thru the CATV
systems (somewheres near the FM broadcast band). And that the cable company
trucks listen for this as they roam around town. If you can hear it over
the air and not cable....
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I'd be interested in a copy of this code if you run across it.
(Mail to the author bounced)
> / hpldsla:comp.graphics / ricky@vnet.ibm.com (Rick Turner) / 12:53 am May 13,
1993 /
> I fooled around with this problem a few years ago, and implemented a
> simple method that ran on a PC.
> was very simple - about 40 or 50 lines of code.
. . .
> Somewhere I still have it
> and could dig it out if there was interest.
>
> Rick
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Hello:
Do you know about a mouse odometer for windows? I have seen one for the
Mac. It is quite fun. It records the distance, in miles, that the
travels during use.
Thanks in advance:
Steve
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Well, here is something I wrote some time ago in response to a
similar question. I hope it helps:
[Begin repeat of previous post]
As for the scripture mentioned I agree that it does seem to be a
problem, not only for eternal marriage but marriage in general.
Luke's version has Jesus saying that the children of this world
marry and are given in marriage but not those who will attain
the kingdom of heaven. It almost sounds like marriage disqualifies
one for salvation. (Matthew and Mark both omit this statement.) I
think the accounts are not as clear as they might be. Let's have a
look at the incident and see if we can come up with some reasonable
ideas of what it means. The scriptures involved are Mat 22:23-30,
Mark 12:18-25, and Luke 20:27-36.
What happened was that the Sadducees, who did not believe in the
resurrection, thought they could trap Jesus. They made reference to
the "Leverite" marriage which required the brother of a man who died
without children to take the widow to wife and raise up children.
The children would be considered children of the deceased, just as
though the woman's first husband had fathered them. It seems
obvious from this that the woman was still considered in a way to be
the wife of her first husband. However, the Sadducees concocted a
scene in which 6 brothers of the deceased each in his turn failed to
father children by the widow. They seem to imply that the Leverite
marriage was equal to the first for they ask, "Whose wife shall she
be in the resurrection?" At this point it seems obvious that if she
is anybody's wife, it is the first husband. After all, had she
borne children they would have been credited to him regardless of
which brother was the biological father. It is possible Jesus was
refering to this when he says, "Ye do err, not knowing the
scriptures or the power of God." (Mat 22:29, compare Mark 12:24,
phrase not in Luke's account).
Anyway, the Sadducees ask, "Whose wife will she be in the
resurrection, seeing that all 7 had her?" Jesus answer is that,
"In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in
marriage..." (Mat 22:30) "When they rise from the dead they neither
marry..." (Mark 12:25) "They which are accounted worthy to obtain
that world neither marry..." (Luke 20:35) All 3 accounts go on to
say, "but are as the angels in heaven" or the equivalent. I find
this last not very helpful since the Bible does not define angels
nor give any idea what their life is like. (Some ministers claim
that they are sexless, different that humans etc. but I can find no
Biblical support for this.)
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Doing this in anything like reasonable time would require more
propulsion capability than we can manage. You would have to boost to
Pluto and then slow back down. You could do something like a Hohman
orbit, but I think that would take ridiculous amounts of time (my
Rubber Bible is at home).
--
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden
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I don't know this specific ratio, but I do have an earlier post that says
a gun is 33 times more likely to defend someone (including the times where
the gun isn't fired, just scares the perpetrator away) than it is to kill
someone. (including self defense) The post is kind of long, but I'll be
glad to dig it up and email it to anyone who asks.
Doug Holland
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Before we get into another discussion on the relative merits of a car alarm,
let's go on the assumption that one is desired. The question then remains,
which one? I've owned a Hornet, and was satisfied, but not enough to get
another for my new car. The Alpine has been highly recommended, but what about
Clifford and VSE's Derringer 2? Any others? I want all of the standard stuff;
door lock interface, starter kill, light flash, LED, valet mode, passive/active,
shock/motion sensor, etc... Thanks for the advice!
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HST is about 25,500 lbs (11,600 kg). That doesn't include the cradle that
would have been in the cargo bay when it was deployed. Spacelab-J on STS-47
was 21,861 lbs (according to the press-kit).
As someone else pointed out if they had been unable to deploy it for some
reason that would have had to land with it still in the cargo bay and this
was a planned for contingency. This is not a problem for the shuttle,
though it would eliminate KSC as a landing site, they still have to go to
Edwards when landing with something like Spacelab in the cargo bay.
--GaryM
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Are the boards at all intelligent? (I.e., run by microcontrollers?) The
easiest thing would be to have another line that says that one of the
boards is talking to the PC. When this line was true, the other boards
could all hold off and not send their data. This isn't a perfect solution,
though, since you have to worry a little about making sure two boards don't
decide to talk at the _exact same time_.
Other than that, I think you will need to hook up each board to "something"
that speaks RS-232. This actually isn't as hard (or as expensive!) as it
used to be, though. Assuming the boards talk relatively slowly (9600 BPS
or slower), the PICs can coordinate things between themselves to multiplex
the data. (This is really just forbicly adding the suggestion in the first
paragraph to your system. And it assumes that each board doesn't talk more
than 1/8th of the time, of for very long, since a PIC isn't going to be
able to buffer more than, maybe 20-some bytes!)
You might want to check into the prices of multi-serial card for your PC,
though. I recently bought a Boca Research 2x4 card (2 parallel ports, 4
RS-232 ports) for a very reasonable $85.
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I've recently been reading a paper of Merkle's (publixhed only on the
net, I think) discussing three potential replacements for DES. Was
anyting ever done with these? Are Khufu, Khafre, and/or Snefru still
being discussed anywhere? (I know Snefru is referenced in the RSA
FAQ, and I think it may also be in the sci.crypt FAQ.)
On a related topic, can anyone point me toward good sites to find
papers/articles/discussions of cryptology? I think I've about exhausted
the Math/Sci library here, which doesn't seem to have anything more recent
than about '84.
Thanks.
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Stanley Cup Playoff stats through games played Sunday, April 25 1993
--------------------------------------------------------------------
Top 20 Point Scorers
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
1 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 4 CAN BOS C 12 Adam Oates
2 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 0 USA STL RW 16 Brett Hull
3 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 6 RUS BUF RW 89 Alexander Mogilny
3 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 CAN PIT C 66 Mario Lemieux
3 7 3 4 2 1 0 0 19 CAN CAL RW 14 Theoren Fleury
3 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 12 CAN TOR C 93 Doug Gilmour
3 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 CAN DET D 77 Paul Coffey
3 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 USA BUF C 16 Pat LaFontaine
9 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 CAN NYI C 20 Ray Ferraro
9 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 RUS VAN RW 10 Pavel Bure
9 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 RUS BUF LW 13 Yuri Khmylev
9 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 6 CAN VAN RW 16 Trevor Linden
9 6 2 4 1 0 0 0 2 CAN BUF C 10 Dale Hawerchuk
9 6 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 USA STL C 15 Craig Janney
9 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 6 CAN BOS C 49 *Joe Juneau
9 6 2 4 0 0 0 1 6 CAN CAL C 25 Joe Nieuwendyk
9 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 CAN STL D 21 Jeff Brown
9 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 4 CAN PIT C 10 Ron Francis
Top 10 Goal Scorers
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
1 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 6 RUS BUF RW 89 Alexander Mogilny
2 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 0 USA STL RW 16 Brett Hull
2 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 14 CAN WAS C 32 Dale Hunter
4 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 CAN PIT C 66 Mario Lemieux
4 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 CAN NYI C 20 Ray Ferraro
4 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 CAN TOR LW 14 Dave Andreychuk
4 5 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 CAN BOS RW 8 Cam Neely
4 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 USA LA C 12 Jimmy Carson
4 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 USA QUE RW 48 Scott Young
Top 10 Assist Scorers
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
1 9 0 9 0 0 0 0 4 CAN BOS C 12 Adam Oates
2 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 CAN DET D 77 Paul Coffey
2 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 USA BUF C 16 Pat LaFontaine
4 7 2 5 1 0 0 0 12 CAN TOR C 93 Doug Gilmour
4 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 CAN STL D 21 Jeff Brown
4 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 4 CAN PIT C 10 Ron Francis
4 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 USA WIN D 6 Phil Housley
4 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 SWE WAS D 6 Calle Johansson
4 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 CAN CAL D 2 Al MacInnis
Top 10 Power-play Goal Scorers
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
1 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 0 USA STL RW 16 Brett Hull
2 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 14 CAN WAS C 32 Dale Hunter
3 7 3 4 2 1 0 0 19 CAN CAL RW 14 Theoren Fleury
3 7 6 1 2 0 0 0 6 RUS BUF RW 89 Alexander Mogilny
3 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 6 CAN BOS C 49 *Joe Juneau
3 5 2 3 2 0 0 0 6 CAN STL LW 19 Brendan Shanahan
3 4 4 0 2 0 0 0 2 USA LA C 12 Jimmy Carson
3 4 2 2 2 0 0 0 2 TCH CAL C 26 Robert Reichel
3 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 FIN WIN RW 13 *Teemu Selanne
3 3 2 1 2 0 1 0 6 CAN MON LW 25 Vincent Damphousse
All the Short-handed Goal Scorers
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
1 7 3 4 2 1 0 0 19 CAN CAL RW 14 Theoren Fleury
1 7 4 3 1 1 0 0 4 CAN PIT C 66 Mario Lemieux
1 4 3 1 0 1 1 0 4 USA CAL C 29 Joel Otto
1 4 2 2 0 1 0 0 6 USA CAL D 20 Gary Suter
1 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 23 RUS DET C 91 Sergei Fedorov
1 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 10 CAN BOS C 19 Dave Poulin
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 CAN WIN C 38 Luciano Borsato
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 CAN DET LW 11 Shawn Burr
1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 CAN STL LW 10 Dave Lowry
1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 USA BUF RW 18 Wayne Presley
Top 10 Game-winning Goal Scorers
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
1 8 5 3 4 0 2 0 0 USA STL RW 16 Brett Hull
1 6 4 2 0 0 2 0 4 CAN NYI C 20 Ray Ferraro
1 6 2 4 1 0 2 0 0 USA STL C 15 Craig Janney
1 4 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 USA QUE RW 48 Scott Young
5 6 3 3 0 0 1 0 2 RUS VAN RW 10 Pavel Bure
5 6 1 5 0 0 1 0 4 CAN PIT C 10 Ron Francis
5 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 0 RUS BUF LW 13 Yuri Khmylev
5 6 3 3 1 0 1 0 6 CAN VAN RW 16 Trevor Linden
5 5 4 1 0 0 1 0 6 CAN TOR LW 14 Dave Andreychuk
5 5 5 0 3 0 1 0 14 CAN WAS C 32 Dale Hunter
Top 5 Point Scoring Defensemen
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
3 7 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 CAN DET D 77 Paul Coffey
9 6 1 5 0 0 0 0 4 CAN STL D 21 Jeff Brown
19 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 USA WIN D 6 Phil Housley
19 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 4 SWE WAS D 6 Calle Johansson
19 5 0 5 0 0 0 0 8 CAN CAL D 2 Al MacInnis
Top 4 Rookie Point Scorers
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
9 6 2 4 2 0 0 0 6 CAN BOS C 49 *Joe Juneau
33 4 3 1 0 0 1 0 8 USA PIT C 15 *Shawn McEachern
33 4 3 1 2 0 1 0 2 FIN WIN RW 13 *Teemu Selanne
33 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 TCH BUF D 42 *Richard Smehlik
Top 5 Penalty Minute Leaders
Rnk Pts G A PG SG GW EN PIM Cty Tm Ps # Player
--- --- -- --- -- -- -- -- --- --- --- -- -- ------
1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 26 CAN DET LW 55 Keith Primeau
2 3 2 1 1 1 0 0 23 RUS DET C 91 Sergei Fedorov
3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 CAN NYI D 47 Richard Pilon
4 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 21 CAN TOR RW 12 Rob Pearson
4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 21 CAN WIN RW 20 Tie Domi
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Michael> The kind of interpretation I see as "incredibly perverse" is
Michael> that applied to the story of Sodom as if it were a blanket
Michael> equation of homosexual behavior and rape. Since Christians
Michael> citing the Bible in such a context should be presumed to have
Michael> at least READ the story, it amounts to slander -- a charge
Michael> that homosexuality == rape -- to use that against us.
and
Michael> It is just
Michael> as wrong (though slightly less incendiary, so it's a
Michael> secondary argument from the 'phobic contingent) to equate
Michael> homosexuality with such behavior as to equate it with the
Michael> rape of God's messengers.
Let's review the Sodom and Gomorrah story briefly. It states
clearly that the visitors were angels. But "all the men from every
part of the city of Sodom--both young and old--surrounded the
house. They called to Lot, `Where are the *men* who came to
you tonight? Bring them out to us so that we can have sex
with them.' "
For the rest of the story the angels are referred to by the men
of Sodom and by Lot as *men*. Furthermore we know from Gen 18:20,21
that the Lord had already found Sodom guilty of grievous sin--before
the angels visited the city. It is clear that the grievous sin
of Sodom and Gomorrah involved homosexual sex. It appears that
the men had become so inflamed in their lust that they had
group orgies in the public square--which simply indicates
the extremity of their depravity. It does not show that lesser
degrees of homosexuality are not sinful, as Michael would have us
believe.
Ultimately our understanding of God's will for sexuality comes from
the creation story--not solely on the story of Sodom and Gomorrah. He
created us male and female, and instituted marriage as a relationship
between one male and one female, "Therefore a man will leave his
father and mother, and be united with his wife, and they will become
one flesh." This marriage relationship is the only sexual
relationship which God blesses and sanctions. He regulates and
protects the marriage of man and woman, and even uses it as a picture
of the relationship between himself and his church. But we find not
one word of blessing or regulation for a sexual relationship between
two men, or between two women.
Everything else that we find in the Bible about sexuality derives from
or expresses God's will in instituting and blessing marriage. Thus
the Levitical code, which was given only to the Jews, forbade incest,
homosexuality, bestiality; the Ten Commandments forbade adultery and
the coveting of our neighbor's wife; other commandments forbade rape.
The men of Sodom and Gomorrah were regarded as sexually immoral and
perverse (Jude 7) because they abandoned and/or polluted the marriage
relationship. Thus also Paul regarded homosexuality as `unnatural',
Romans 1:26,27--not because this was simply Paul's opinion,
but because it was contrary to God's purpose in creating us
male and female.
Michael> Christians, no doubt very sincere ones, keep showing up here
Michael> and in every corner of USENET and the world, and ALL they
Michael> ever do is spout these same old verses (which they obviously
Michael> have never thought about, maybe never even read), in TOTAL
Michael> ignorance of the issues raised, slandering us with the vilest
Michael> charges of child abuse or whatever their perfervid minds can
Michael> manage to conjure up, tossing out red herrings with (they
Michael> suppose) great emotional force to cause readers to dismiss
Michael> our witness without even taking the trouble to find out what
Michael> it is.
Really, have you no better response to `slander' than more
slander?
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That's assuming it could get built by them.
Of course, it would probably sport Cruise missile Racks,
Sidewinder Missile tubes, Bomb Points, extra drop tanks,
a Full ECM suite, Terrain following radar and stealth
materials.
IT might not fly, but a technology demonstrator does
not require actual flight.
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I will remind this list that I have a booklet on Fatima I will send to any
one who wants it. It is "Our Lady of Fatima's Peace Plan from Heaven".
It is 30 pages in length and includes the Fatima story. If you want one
or more, let me know.
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Wednesday's game of Beloved Yakult Swallows
(At Jingu, 38,000)
Hanshin Tigers 000 006 000 |6
Beloved Swallows 100 000 000 |1
W - Kasai (2-0). L - Ito (0-1).
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CENTRAL LEAGUE STANDING
==========================
W L T Pct. GB
Hiroshima Carp 7 2 0 .778 --
Chunichi Dragons 7 3 0 .700 0.5
Hanshin Tigers 6 4 0 .600 1.5
Hated Giants 4 5 0 .444 3.0
Beloved Swallows 3 7 0 .300 4.5
Yokohama BayStars 2 8 0 .200 5.5
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Pink noise has constant power per geometric frequency increment
(octave, 1/3 octave, etc). Thus the 10kHz-20kHz octave has the same
amount of noise power as the 10Hz-20Hz octave.
White noise has constant power per arithmetic frequency increment
(Hz, kHz, etc). Thus the 10kHz-10.1kHz band has the same amount of
noise power as the 10Hz-110Hz band (both bands are 100Hz wide).
Pink noise can be made by passing white noise thru a -3db/octave
filter (usually approximated by a network of several RC pairs).
Note: you can't get -3db/octave by using half a -6db/octave network
:-(
Pink noise is commonly used in audio power response measurements.
It shows up on audio spectrum analyzers (with octave-related bands)
as a flat line across the bands.
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Why are people willing to trust the STU-III?
Because the government does?
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Hmm...has anyone of us computer geeks (me included) ever consider
that inovation is not limited to software/hardware. True, MS
products do not boast features that MS invented, but how many products
out there by other vendors out there are truely innovative in
their continuing development?
I think what makes MS special to the public is thier innovative pricing.
It is true the XWindows/MAC/NEXT all have some feature(s) in thier GUI
that are better than MS. But people like me can't afford them.
It is true that Apple has lower their pricing on the low end models..
but they are just that...low end. System 7 is a better operating
system, but the machines they operate on just are too expensive for
my tastes...A UNIX platform is powerful enuf, but tell the common
user to set up .Xdefault (i am still confused on what some of them things
do) and they either puke or faint.
If u think about it, low prices aint innovative if u come down to it. But
for the product it offers and on the lower cost (and powerful hardware
that it runs on as compare to macs)....MS is kinda innovative..
Oh yea, I guess the fact that the support products and applications
they have garnered for MSWindows does make them kinda innovative too..
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My 85 Caprice Classic with 120K+ miles has finally reached
the threshold of total number of mechanical problems that
I am forced to post :). Anyone out there who might be
able to give me some pointers on one or more of the below,
please e-mail or post!
1. When making turns, especially when accelerating,
there is usually a loud "thunk" from the rear of
of the car. Sounds like it could be the differential.
What could cause this? Is the differential going
bad? I recently had the differential fluid changed,
and it DID have tiny metal bits in it. (And no,
the sound is NOT something rolling around in the
trunk!)
2. On starting the car, I get blue (oil) smoke from
the exhaust for 5-10 seconds. Exhaust valves
going bad? Worn rings? Anyone know whether the
valves on the 4.3 TBI engine can be lapped?
3. Brakes. More pedal travel than I feel comfortable
with, but master cylinder is full and fluid is
relatively clear. Pedal does NOT slowly sink to
the floor when held down. Pedal does not feel
spongey, but I suppose that bleeding the brakes
might help -- could anything else cause this?
4. Tranny. Tranny problems seem to be slowly getting
worse -- takes almost 2 seconds to downshift from
3rd to 2nd on heavy throttle application, and more
recently, it is reluctant to shift from 2nd to 3rd.
Fluid (checked with car running with tranny put
through all the gears and then back to park, as per
Haynes manual) is red and clear, and is on full mark.
5. My springs all around are just about shot -- I have
4 new shocks on, but car still skips out on bumps
in turns at moderate to high speed. How hard are
they to change? Can they be reconditioned?
I'd be interested in hearing from any GM full-size RWD owners
out there with stories to tell and/or advice. Here in Philly,
these cars are apparently stolen(!) quite often and converted
into taxis. Apparently the cab conversion shops will get a
junk title for the car or switch VINs with a car about to be
junked. About 60% of Philly cabs are Caprice's, with most of
the rest being Crown Vic's with a few old New Yorkers and
Impalas (& Broughams).
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1990 Mazda 626 DX $6000 or best offer
NADA blue book: $9075 - $2175 for mileage = $6900
e-mail or call Ron at (908)805-2248 (work) or (908)454-9337 (home)
* 92,000 miles, all highway (I used to commute 160 miles/day)
* 5 speed
* Air Conditioning
* AM/FM/Cassette stereo
* split fold-down rear seat
* 2.2 liter, 12 valve, fuel injected engine
* roomy interior, comfy back seats, big trunk
* well maintained - oil and filter every 3,000 - 4,000, other maintanence
as scheduled. Except for the timing belt which still looks new.
I did slip and went 5,000 miles without changing the oil once.
* tires have 20,000 miles, lots of life left (probably 30,000 to 40,000)
* front brake job at 84,000, back brakes are still good
* engine/trans/drive train in perfect condition - everything works,
nothing needs replacing, next tune up scheduled at 120,000
* body is good - left tail light is cracked (I'm trying to find a used
one - dealer wants $172!), two long scratches and a ding on the
hood (vandalism?), a bunch of stone chips on the front of the
hood. Official Mazda touch up paint included in the deal.
This car is extremely reliable, even better than the Toyota Corolla it
replaced. Besides the tires, brakes and maintanence items, the only other
parts that have been replaced are the headlight bulbs.
Selling because my wife refuses to drive a car without an automatic trans.
And she wants a station wagon with a sun roof, etc, etc.
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If you already own all the "clone" equipment then there are lots of such
programs (see a current copy of Unix World Magazine).
*BUT* your performance WILL suck lemons running an Xserver on a clone.
(From experience). You would be much better off with an Xterminal if this
is a new install. The performance will be at least four times better.
In addition it would be MUCH easier to install and use. On top of that
they will cost about the same (price a clone with 4MB RAM, ethernet card,
very high performance graphics card, GOOD monitor, server software, TCP/IP
for clone software, mouse, keyboard, etc, etc, etc.... you spend a whole
lot of $$$$).
I can get 15" Tektronix XP11 terminals for under $900, and the performance
is over 80000 Xstones.....
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Actually, I find the stuff about JC being a carpenter more
interesting. Is there an independent source for this assertion,
or is it all from the Christian Bible? Is there any record at
all of anything he built? A table, a house, some stairs (Norm
Abrams says the real test of a carpenter's skill is building
stairs with hand tools). Did he leave any plans behind for, say
kitchen counters and cabinets? Did he build his own cross?
If so, did he use pressure-treated lumber? Gotta use that
pressure-treated anywhere that wood meets concrete, but it
holds up better anyway for mose outdoor applications. I keep
seeing these bumper-stickers that say "My boss is a Jewish
Carpenter," but they're always on the back of Ford Escorts,
and a real carpenter's apprentice would probably drive a
pickup, so I'm out for verification that he really was a
carpenter.
Dean Kaflowitz
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ST> as for more captain trivia, the next Edmonton
ST> catain was Lee Fogilin who was later traded to
ST> the Buffalo Sabres, after him was Wayne Gretzky
ST> who w traded to L A, then came Kevin Low who
ST> nly this year was traded to the N Y Rangers
Wasn't Mark Messier Captain of the oilers before Kevin Lowe?
But, of course, he was traded as well -- so your point of every
Oilers captain being traded is still true.
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There's been some discussion very recently as to whether the
government once again might exempt themselves from something they use
to screw us over... Well, from comp.dcom.telecom:
From: lesreeves@attmail.com
Subject: Odds 'n Ends in the News
* The Clipper Chip device introduced yesterday by AT&T may not be
suitable for government use, says House Telecom Subcommittee Chairman
Markey. In a letter to Commerce Secretary Brown, Markey asked whether
the use of the technology could lead to "inadvertently increased costs
to those U.S. companies hoping to serve both" the government and
private markets. Markey has ordered Brown to answer several questions
about security and cost concerns by April 28. (Communications Daily,
4/20/93)
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.........
I, some years ago, almost became a victim of this. Squirted a fair amount in
an old model 15 Teletype which was acting up, then turned it on. The eruption
when the motor starting contacts broke was mighty spectacular... I almost got
my eyebrows singed, the plastic (old ones had safety glass) cover over the
platen, etc flew across the room, and several people in the room almost had
heart attacks. Beware the explosive properties of WD40 vapor.
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There's a blurb in the STATS Scoreboard about this, and though I don't have
the book with me here, my memory is that the best at hitting sac flies were
far below this 60% number.
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I have a stack of records LP 33 that are from the early sixtys to mid seventys
with groups like the Beatles, Cream, Woodstock (triple album) etc etc. that I
would like to get rid of. I would be willing to sell one or all for whatever
resonable offer. Some albums still have the original wrapper and price tag.
I would like to get around $5 for each or you can call and make offer on the
lot. I could list them all but I'd be typing forever.
call (408) 296-4444
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I'd appreciate some support for this statement. I'm not sure
it really makes sense to me.
I've heard this frequently - what exactly is Pascal's wager?
I don't know. You point out that your mother's treatment upset you,
and see inconsistencies in various religions. I'm not sure if that
constitutes broken-ness or not. It certainly consititutes
disillusionment.
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I would change one of the many parts that define my cultural identity.
If I loose a leg, it might change my personality, but I do not
stop being a human being.
Even more, when someone gets a baboon heart, that person is still
human.
Not really. That is what differenciates agnostics from atheists.
As an atheist, I do not believe there is a god, nor do I believe that
there ever was one.
So, those commandments have no meaning to me. Also, there are a lot
of ideas that have no meaning to me: The idea of a chosen people,
the idea of a given right to the land of Israel, the idea of keeping
kosher, the idea of opposing intermarriage, the idea of having a
Torah that was inspired by god, etc.
By being an atheist, I cannot support the idea of the Jewish Nation
as defined by a religious principle or based on a religious identity.
For me, religion is just another piece in what constitutes the cultural
identity of the Jewish people. I believe that as a people with a
cultural identity they constitute a Nation and have the same right as
any other people in the world to have their own State. The same right
as the Armenians have, as the Palestinians have, as the French have,
and as anybody else have.
I cannot say that by accepting a different god someone has lost all
cultural identification.
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&
& And speaking of shims, why would the clearance of the valves get smaller,
& i.e.
& need the use of a thinner shim?
Because the valves recede into the cylinder head faster than the shims/cams
wear down..
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With the Southern Baptist Convention convening this June to consider
the charges that Freemasonry is incompatible with christianity, I thought
the following quotes by Mr. James Holly, the Anti-Masonic Flag Carrier,
would amuse you all...
The following passages are exact quotes from "The Southern
Baptist Convention and Freemasonry" by James L. Holly, M.D., President
of Mission and Ministry To Men, Inc., 550 N 10th St., Beaumont, TX
77706.
The inside cover of the book states: "Mission & Ministry to Men,
Inc. hereby grants permission for the reproduction of part or all of
this booklet with two provisions: one, the material is not changed and
two, the source is identified." I have followed these provisions.
"Freemasonry is one of the allies of the Devil" Page iv.
"The issue here is not moderate or conservative, the issue is God
and the Devil" Page vi."
"It is worthwhile to remember that the formulators of public
school education in America were Freemasons" Page 29.
"Jesus Christ never commanded toleration as a motive for His
disciples, and toleration is the antithesis of the Christian message."
Page 30.
"The central dynamic of the Freemason drive for world unity
through fraternity, liberty and equality is toleration. This is seen
in the writings of the 'great' writers of Freemasonry". Page 31.
"He [Jesus Christ] established the most sectarian of all possible
faiths." Page 37.
"For narrowness and sectarianism, there is no equal to the Lord
Jesus Christ". Page 40.
"What seems so right in the interest of toleration and its
cousins-liberty, equality and fraternity-is actually one of the
subtlest lies of the 'father of lies.'" Page 40.
"The Southern Baptist Convention has many churches which were
founded in the Lodge and which have corner stones dedicated by the
Lodge. Each of these churches should hold public ceremonies of
repentance and of praying the blood and the Name of the Lord Jesus
Christ over the church and renouncing the oaths taken at the
dedication of the church and/or building." Page 53-54.
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Actually there is an S3-based card on the market that supports
multiple adapters in one system. Unfortunately, It is VL-Bus
only (They may have an ISA version by now...?) from a company
called Metheus. The address and phone number is:
Metheus Corp
OGC Science Park
1600 NW Compton Dr.
Beaverton, OR 97006-6905
(503)-690-1550
Be aware, this is a very high-end card, capable of 4MB of VRAM,
so it does not come CHEAP. But, I have personally seen TWO of
these boards running a dual screen Windows 3.1.
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I have a Bronica SQA medium format camera for sale. Includes 2 lenses, 1 film
back, and a view finder. $2.200.00 firm. Contact me via E-mail for info.
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I suppose it's too late now, but the repeated use of the word
"release" is peculiar. Let's say you and your family are besieged
in your home by some people with tanks, helicopters, and automatic
weapons. They give you a break from the amplified sounds of dying
rabbits to blare, "You in there! Release the children, and they'll
be perfectly all right." Stipulate on top of that that you may not
have your epistemology entirely in order. Is it entirely surprising
that the Branch Davidians were reluctant to "release" their children
into FBI custody?
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I'm curious. Are you referring to Koresh as "the Man"? Why the
upper case M?
I never claimed to be a spokesman for "most people". It is an assumption
on my part that people with normal values and morality would be more
concerned with human life than sermon structure.
Are burning children part of this very special event?
What about those who do not know the Master's voice? Does the Master
not care about them? Eloquent, but corrupt, preaching may be of little
difference to you. But I suspect it made a big difference to all of
those who died in the compound.
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The Fat Lady is about to hit the first note...Okay,how about 3-0 deficits?
The B's chances for a comeback are now less 1%(That's based on 7-game
playoff format)...
He got the start but the headlines on all Boston local TV sportscats
said it all : "Sutter Blue It!". And he did.
Harry Sinden's appearance outside of B's dressing room after Game 3
was a pathetic site. He said something really retarded to cover Sutter's
behind,"This game is not about winning or losing..". Harry,check the
schedule! Your team is in the playoffs and about to go on a long summer
vacation on Sunday morning!
Harry and his buttkisser Milbury will never admit that they screwed up
in a major way when they brought in one of the dumbest people in the
business,Brian Sutter. Sutter's playoff record as the head coach in St.Louis
speaks for itself. The Blues really have a chance to advance to the
second round this year...
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was
Yuppies
started
Yep, that's when I noticed it too. I stopped replacing the hood badge
after the second or third one (at $12.00 each).
2002 drivers used to flash their headlight at each other in greeting. Try
flashing your headlights at a 318i driver and see what kind of look you
get. They usually check their radar detector...they think you're alerting
them to a cop.
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Climbers regard 8000 metres and up as "The Death Zone". Even on 100% Oxygen,
you are slowly dying. At 8848m (Everest), most climbers spend only a short
period of time before descending. I've been above 8000 once. Descending as
little as 300m feels like walking into a jungle, the air is so thick. Everest
in winter without oxygen, no support party (Alpine style). That is the
"ultimate challenge" (or is it solo?)
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In the King James Version of the Bible there are three differents words
translated into the word "hell". These Greek words have totally different
meanings. The words are Hades, Tartaros, and Gehenna.
In bibical usage, the Greek word Hades is used only 11 times in the
New Testament, and is roughly the equivalent to the Old Testament word Sheol...
meaning the grave or pit (compare Acts 2:27 with Psalms 16:10). Hades may be
likened to a hole in the ground. (In the Bible it has nothing to do with fire!)
Most modern bibical translators admit that the use in the English word hell
to translate Hades and Sheol are an unfortunate and misleading practice.
Why? Because when seeing the word "hell" many readers impute to it the
traditional connotation of an ever-burning inferno, when this was never
remotely intended in the Greek language or in Old English!
In its true bibical usage Hades does indeed refer to the state or abode of
the dead, but not in the sense of spirits walking around in some sort of
"shadowy realm." Hades is simply the abode we call the grave. All dead go to
this hell.
The second "hell" of the Bible, Tartaros, is mentioned only once in
scripture, 2 Pet.2:4; "For if God spared not the angels that sinned, but cast
them down to hell (TARTAROS), and delivered them into chains of darkness to be
reserved unto judgment..."
Following their rebellion to unseat God from His throne (Isa.14:12-14;
Rev.12:4), the archangel Lucifer (now Satan) and a third of the created angels
(now demons) were ejected from heaven (Luke 10:18). They were cast down to
Tartaros, a place or condition of restraint that God has imposed on the
mutinous angels as they await ultimate judgment (Jude 6; 1 Cor.6:3).
Tartaros, then, is a "hell" that applies only to evil, rebellious angels or
demons (It is interesting that the ancient Greeks used this word to describe
the place in which Zeus confined the rebellious Titans). Nowhere in the Bible
is there any mention of men being put into this particular "hell".
The the third word that is translated as "hell" in the Bible is Gehenna. It
comes from the Hebrew GAI HINNOM, meaning "valley of Hinniom." Hinnom is a
deep, narrow ravine located to the south and southwest of Jerusalem.
In Old Testament times it was a place of abominable pagan rites, including
infant sacrifice (It was there that the apostate kings Ahaz and Manasseh made
their children "pass through the fire" to the god Molech. The rites were
specifically celebrated in Tophet, the "place of abhorrence," one of the chief
groves in the valley).
King Josiah of ancient Judah finally put an end to these abominations. He
defiled the valley, rendering it ceremonially unclean (2 Kings 23:10). Later
the valley became the cesspool and city dump of Jerusalem; a repository for
sewage, refuse and animal carcasses. The bodies of dispised criminals were
also burned there along with the rubbish. Fires burned continuously, feeding
by a constant supply of garbage and refuse.
Aceldama, the "field of blood", purchased with the money Judas received for
the betrayal of Christ (Matt.27:8) was also in part of the valley of Hinnom.
So what does this valley called Gehenna have to do with hell?
In Rev.19:20: the Satan inspired political dictator and a miracle-working
religious figure, the False Prophet, working with him will resist the
re-establishment of the government of God by Jesus Christ at His Second Coming.
Their fate is revealed by the apostle John: "And the beast was taken, and with
him the false prophet... These both were cast alive into a lake of fire
burning with brimstone."
Where will this temporary lake of fire (this "hell") be?
The prophet Isaiah wrote of this lake of fire prepared for the Beast: "For
Tophet (in the valley of Hinnom) is ordained of old, yea for the king it is
prepared, he hath made it deep and large, the pile thereof is fire and wood,
the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it" (Isa.30:33).
One thousand years later, Satan himself will be cast into this rekindled
fiery lake where the Beast and False Prophet were cast! (Rev.20:10).
But what of the wicked who have died over the millennia? Does the Bible
say that they are now suffering fiery punishment for their sins in a lake of
fire?
In the sequence of Rev.20 the incorrigibly wicked are resurrected to be
thrown into the lake of fire after Satan is cast there! (Rev.20:15). What will
become of these wicked? Will they writhe in flames for eternity?
The wicked will be burned up from the intense heat of the coming Gehenna
fire on the earth. They wil be consumed, annihilated, destroyed! This
punishment will be everlasting (permanent and final). The Bible calls it the
"second death" (Rev.20:14; 21:8), from which there is no possibility of a
further resurrection.
The Bible does teach eternal punishment, but not eternal punishing.
The prophet Malachi provides a graphic description. "For, behold, the day
cometh that shall burn as an oven, and all the proud, yea, and all that do
wickedly, shall be stubble, and the day that cometh shall burn them up..."
(4:1). To the righteous, God says that the wicked shall be "ashes under the
soles of your feet..."(Mal.4:3).
Gehenna was a place of destruction and death, not a place of living
torture! Jesus was talking to Jews who understood all about this Gehenna or
valley of Hinnom. Utter destruction by fire was complete. Nothing was left,
but ashes!
Every text in the Bible translated from this Greek word Gehenna means
complete destruction, not living torture (not eternal life in torment)! The
Bible says, in Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is death", not eternal life in
torture. The punishment revealed in the Bible is Death... the cessation of
life.
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Since I started this twist of this thread...
Actually you fell into the above because you said "I believe"
If you had used the rest of this post in your previous post
I do not think anyone would have agrued with you.
The following three are not the competition for Windows 3.0 (IMHO of course)
System 7 -- Does not currently run on Intel boxes
NeXTSTep -- Rather expensive should be a competitor to Windows NT not 3.x
Unix/X -- " " " " " " " " " " "
With the exception of OS/2 all of the above will require most users
to spend a very large sum of money to upgrade applications to ones that
run under these OS's. And basically money speaks louder than anything
else. You keep saying "More stable multitasking" is what you mean
"Not Multi-finder / GEM / GeoWorks co-operative multi-tasking but
real honest to goodness prioritized pre-emptive multi-tasking"?
Basically this is moot since most users have been able to share data for
quite a long time, but are still to blind to know it.
Why pick it up? You stated the reasons behind your opinions. Stated them in
a very straight-forward, though over protective, manner. And aside from
my earlier comments about who actually is a competitor, I think we are in
agreement.
Does Tim Glauert agree? Let's wait and see.
--
Disclaimer: The opinions expressed are mine not those of BNR.
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It was Clint Malarchuk
Whatever happened to him, anyway?
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In Win 3.1, one may assign hot-keys for the program items within the
Program Manager. How about the Program Manager itself? Is there one
already, or is there some way to assign one?
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This sounds suspiciously like black magic to me. If by "quick wiggle
to the right" you mean that the handlebars turn toward the right
before turning to the left, what is the input to the steering
mechanism that makes this happen in the absence of the old
"shove-shove"?
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I hope this makes you feel better, but the overtime between the Isles and
the Caps was GREAT!!!
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You asked me to look over here, but I was on my way back anyway :-)
#[reply to cobb@alexia.lis.uiuc.edu (Mike Cobb)]
#
#>If morals come from what is societally accepted, why follow that? What
#>right do we have to expect others to follow our notion of societally
#>mandated morality? Pardon the extremism, but couldn't I murder your
#>"brother" and say that I was exercising my rights as I saw them, was
#>doing what felt good, didn't want anyone forcing their morality on me,
#>or I don't follow your "morality" ?
#
#I believe that morality is subjective. Each person is entitled to his
#own moral attitudes. Mine are not a priori more correct than someone
#elses. This does not mean however that I must judge another on the
#basis of his rather than my moral standards. While he is entitled to
#believe what his own moral sense tells him, the rest of society is
#entitled to pass laws spelling out punishments for behavior that is
#offensive to the majority.
Why? Your last statement. Why? By which authority?
#Most criminals do not see their behavior as moral. The may realize that
#it is immoral and not care. They are thus not following their own moral
#system but being immoral. For someone to lay claim to an alternative
#moral system, he must be sincere in his belief in it and it must be
#internally consistent.
Why? Your last statement. Why are these things necessary?
And believe me, a belief in terrorism can be both sincere and frighteningly
consistent.
#Some sociopaths lack an innate moral sense and
#thus may be incapable of behaving morally. While someone like Hitler
#may have believed that his actions were moral, we may judge him immoral
#by our standards. Holding that morality is subjective does not mean
#that we must excuse the murderer.
Trouble is, this would sound just fine coming from someone like Hitler, too.
(I do *not* mean any comparison or offence, David.) Try substituting
the social minority of your choice for 'sociopath', 'Hitler', and
'murderer'. No logical difference. Someone like you, vs. someone like
Hitler. Zero sum.
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I need help in creating my 4x4 perspective matrix. I'd like to use this for
transforming x, y, z, w in some texture mapping code I got from Graphics Gems
I. I have many books which talk about this, but none of them in simple plain
english. If you have Graphics Gems I, I'm talking about page 678.
I'd like to have a perspective matrix that handles different field-of-views
and aspect of course. Thank's for your help.
ca2 = cos(alpha / 2) Horizontal
sa2 = sin(alpha / 2)
cb2 = cos(beta / 2) Vertical
sb2 = sin(beta 7 2)
Zf = Far clipping value
Zn = Near clipping value
Matrix:
[[ca2/sa2 0 0 0]
[0 cb2/sb2 0 0]
[0 0 Zf/(Zf-Zn) 1]
[0 0 -Zn*Zf/(Zf-Zn) 0]]
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[referring to Mary]
I have quite a problem with the idea that Mary never committed a sin.
Was Mary fully human? If it is possible for God to miraculously make
a person free of original sin, and free of committing sin their whole
life, then what is the purpose of the Incarnation of Jesus? Why can't
God just repeat the miracle done for Mary to make all the rest of us
sinless, without the need for repentance and salvation and all that?
I don't particularly object to the idea of the assumption, or the
perpetual virginity (both of which I regard as Catholic dogma about which
I will agree to disagree with my Catholic brothers and sisters in
Christ), and I even believe in the virgin birth of Jesus, but this
concept of Mary's sinlessness seems to me to be at odds with the
rest of Christian doctrine as I understand it.
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: I just bought a new IDE hard drive for my system to go with the one
: I already had. My problem is this. My system only had a IDE cable
: for one drive, so I had to buy cable with two drive connectors
: on it, and consequently have to switch cables. The problem is,
: the new hard drive's manual refers to matching pin 1 on the cable
: with both pin 1 on the drive itself and pin 1 on the IDE card. But
: for the life of me I cannot figure out how to tell which way to plug
: in the cable to align these.
Most IDE drives that I have dealt with have had pin 2 labeled on the printed
circuit board (this is sufficient to determine which side is which). If your
IDE drive does not have a label, then you can look for a polarization notch in
the receptacle (the connector on the drive with the pins). If the receptacle
is center polarized, that is it has one rectangular notch about 4 mm wide
positioned in the center of one side, then you can identify pin 1 as follows:
look into the pins with the notch at the top, pin 1 is at the top right. On
all drives I have seen this is toward the power connector. As for which pin
is pin 1 on the controller, well you can use the same criteria but look hard
for the labelling of any pin. Once you know which end pin 1&2 are on or pins
39 & 40 (the oposite end), then you are all set. All you need to do is keep
the pin 1 end connected to the pin 1 end. You don't even have to look at the
cable itself. Just trace the pin 1 side of the cable through. Usually the
pin 1 of the cable is identified by a different color (red usually). But
beware - many cable makers are not very careful about this - I have seen cables
with pin 40 being the one marked red. Of course with non-polarized connectors
this doesn't matter - you can plug the cable in either way and YOU decide
which side is pin 1.
: Secondly, the cable has like a connector at two ends and one between them.
: I figure one end goes in the controler and then the other two go into
: the drives. Does it matter which I plug into the "master" drive
: and which into the "Slave"? any help appreciated. thanks...
It doesn't matter what gets plugged where. But it does matter how the drives
are jumpered. There will be (amongst other options) two jumpers that you
should be concerned with on BOTH drives. One jumper will select whether the
drive is the slave or the master. If it is the master, then a second jumper
selects whether or not a slave is present. You will have to consult the
docuementation that came with you drives. If you do not have docuementation,
then just call the manufacturers hotline number or fax number if they have
one. This kind of information is routinely needed by people just like
yourself. They will fax you complete info about the jumpers. If you don't
have convenient access to a fax machine, then you can usually get voice
help. Or post the specific question to this group. (I probably won't be
able to help you).
Good Luck
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Here are the final stadings for the USENET Hockey Draft. Congratulations
to this year's winner, Dave Wessels of Victoria, B.C., who parlayed his
initial 1000 points into 1575.9 points!
Thanks to all 262 teams for entering the biggest USENET Hockey Draft ever!
I hope to hear from you all again this September, for the 7th Annual draft.
It has been my pleasure running the draft, and I hope you all had fun.
- Andrew
USENET Hockey Draft Standings
Week 28
Posn Team Total Pts Cash Last Posn
1. Dave Wessels 1575.9 1574 1.9 (1)
2. Gilles Carmel 1539.0 1538 1.0 (3)
Bob Hill 1539.0 1515 24.0 (2)
4. Seppo Kemppainen 1515.2 1468 47.2 (4)
5. The Awesome Oilers 1513.0 1458 68.6 (5)
6. Hillside Raiders 1503.0 1496 7.0 (6)
7. Mak "The Knife" Paranjape 1500.0 1469 31.0 (7)
8. Jan Stein 1492.3 1457 35.3 (8)
9. this years model 1488.6 1471 17.6 (9)
10. Tapio Repo 1486.6 1467 19.6 (10)
11. Rangers Of Destiny 1486.0 1444 42.0 (10)
12. The Underachievers 1459.1 1449 10.1 (13)
13. FRANK'S BIG FISH 1457.0 1435 22.0 (12)
14. Go Flames 1448.3 1408 40.3 (15)
15. On Thin Ice 1444.3 1412 32.3 (14)
16. Mopar Muscle Men 1441.7 1438 3.7 (17)
17. littlest giants 1439.6 1404 35.6 (16)
18. Lindros Losers 1427.7 1426 1.7 (18)
19. DIE Penguin Bandwaggoners 1412.2 1392 20.2 (19)
20. Samuel Lau (Calgary, Alberta) 1401.9 1397 4.9 (20)
21. Boomer's Boys 1374.2 1374 0.2 (21)
22. Delaware Wombats 1372.3 1371 1.3 (23)
23. General Accounting Office 1365.9 1345 20.9 (22)
24. Migods Menschen 1365.6 1334 31.6 (24)
25. Wellsy's Buttheads DEC NH 1363.6 1311 52.6 (25)
26. Fife Flyers 1356.4 1325 31.4 (27)
27. Rocky Mountain High 1352.8 1351 1.8 (26)
28. Dave Snell 1346.0 1321 25.0 (29)
29. Fluide Glacial 1341.0 1323 18.0 (30)
30. Gerald Olchowy 1337.7 1304 33.7 (28)
31. Gaoler 1317.2 1306 11.2 (31)
32. SmegHeads 1316.3 1316 0.3 (32)
33. Neural Netters 1309.3 1298 11.3 (35)
34. The Young And The Skateless 1307.9 1265 42.9 (33)
35. Sam & His Dogs 1297.6 1286 11.6 (34)
36. Artic Storm 1293.3 1254 39.3 (37)
37. Youngbucs 1293.0 1238 101.7 (36)
38. Soft Swedes 1284.9 1238 46.9 (38)
39. Simmonac 1280.8 1260 20.8 (46)
40. Milton Keynes Kings 1271.8 1269 2.8 (40)
41. Jeff Horvath 1266.6 1261 5.6 (39)
42. Legion of Hoth 1265.8 1250 15.8 (45)
43. Le Fleur de Lys 1264.3 1239 25.3 (43)
44. Yan The Man Loke 1263.7 1263 0.7 (44)
45. Kuehn Crushers 1258.1 1213 45.1 (41)
46. Hamster from Hoboken 1254.7 1246 8.7 (41)
47. Streaks 1249.8 1195 54.8 (49)
48. Brian Bergman 1249.3 1226 23.3 (50)
49. The Finnish Force 1248.5 1226 22.5 (47)
50. Grant Marven 1239.9 1237 2.9 (53)
51. ice legion 1239.8 1211 28.8 (48)
52. Goaldingers 1237.0 1215 22.0 (51)
53. T C OverAchievers 1231.9 1229 2.9 (52)
54. Randy Coulman 1226.2 1221 5.2 (62)
55. Bozrah Bruins 1225.2 1180 45.2 (54)
56. Skriko Wolves 1223.4 1218 5.4 (57)
57. buffalo soldiers 1223.0 1168 62.1 (59)
58. Houdini's Magicians 1221.3 1203 18.3 (56)
59. Steven And Mark Dream Team 1219.1 1216 3.1 (64)
60. Real Bad Toe Jam 1216.9 1168 48.9 (55)
61. rec.sport.hockey choices 1216.3 1215 1.3 (58)
62. bemybaby 1216.2 1162 54.2 (60)
63. LAMP LIGHTERS 1213.9 1208 5.9 (63)
64. LIPPE 1212.9 1199 13.9 (61)
65. Phil and Kev's Karma Dudes 1205.8 1205 0.8 (69)
66. Doug Bowles 1203.0 1183 20.0 (72)
67. Bloom County All Stars 1202.3 1198 4.3 (67)
68. Tom 1202.1 1189 13.1 (66)
69. Indianapolis Bennies 1197.8 1177 20.8 (65)
70. Bruins 1196.1 1196 0.1 (68)
71. smithw 1195.0 1174 21.0 (70)
72. AIK Exiles 1188.5 1154 34.5 (77)
73. Iowa Hockeyes 1188.3 1172 16.3 (71)
74. Frank Worthless 1186.3 1180 6.3 (76)
75. The Great Pumpkin 1183.4 1129 54.4 (73)
76. NON! 1182.4 1166 16.4 (74)
77. shooting seamen 1180.1 1180 0.1 (75)
78. Invisible Inc 1178.1 1177 1.1 (78)
79. Brad Gibson 1174.2 1147 27.2 (79)
80. Cougarmania 1170.8 1146 24.8 (80)
81. John Zupancic 1170.1 1143 27.1 (84)
82. David Wong 1166.0 1111 66.1 (83)
83. garryola 1165.7 1156 9.7 (85)
84. Gary Bergman Fan Club 1163.1 1158 5.1 (86)
Staffan Axelsson 1163.1 1148 15.1 (87)
86. Kortelaisen Kovat 1158.0 1103 164.1 (81)
87. Chocolate Rockets 1154.5 1152 2.5 (90)
88. PLP Fools 1153.1 1153 0.1 (82)
89. The Kamucks 1152.0 1097 76.1 (97)
90. Chubby Checkers 1150.3 1134 16.3 (88)
KODIAKS 1150.3 1149 1.3 (93)
92. Derrill's Dastardly Dozen 1150.1 1128 22.1 (89)
93. Ken DeCruyenaere 1147.0 1142 5.0 (91)
94. Fisher Dirtbags 1146.7 1146 0.7 (92)
95. Neil Younger 1145.2 1131 14.2 (106)
96. BSC Oranienburg 1144.1 1137 7.1 (96)
97. No Namers 1138.0 1083 58.2 (94)
98. Arsenal Maple Leafs 1137.8 1134 3.8 (98)
99. The Campi Machine 1137.0 1082 65.3 (95)
100. Mombasa Mosquitos 1131.1 1125 6.1 (100)
101. Bjoern Leaguen 1130.0 1127 3.0 (103)
102. Ellis Islanders 1123.6 1116 7.6 (99)
103. Zachmans Wingers 1122.8 1073 49.8 (101)
104. King Suke 1120.1 1120 0.1 (108)
105. Larry 1116.8 1105 11.8 (109)
106. VoteNoOct26 1115.8 1084 31.8 (111)
107. Bloodgamers 1115.1 1073 42.1 (112)
Het Schot Is Hard 1115.1 1097 18.1 (110)
109. Hurricane Andrew 1114.6 1107 7.6 (107)
110. Dirty White Socks 1114.4 1071 43.4 (104)
111. Wormtown Woosbags 1114.0 1059 72.6 (105)
112. Bruce's Rented Mules 1111.9 1100 11.9 (112)
113. Oklahoma Stormchasers 1111.3 1083 28.3 (116)
114. Teem Kanada 1111.0 1095 16.0 (114)
115. Edelweiss 1110.9 1108 2.9 (102)
116. Frank's Follies 1110.2 1086 24.2 (115)
117. Pond Slime 1109.7 1109 0.7 (118)
118. SPUDS 1108.6 1096 12.6 (117)
119. PSV Dartmouth 1097.1 1090 7.1 (119)
120. Kokudo Keikaku Bunnies 1096.3 1056 40.3 (124)
121. Blue Talon 1095.3 1082 13.3 (121)
122. Stanford Ice Hawks 1094.2 1066 28.2 (122)
123. Timo Ojala 1088.3 1088 0.3 (125)
124. Mark Sanders 1088.1 1077 11.1 (120)
125. Aye Carumba!!! 1087.9 1084 3.9 (123)
126. Dirty Rotten Puckers 1087.2 1086 1.2 (128)
127. garys team 1087.1 1070 17.1 (133)
128. Cluster Buster 1084.6 1077 7.6 (127)
129. Haral 1083.3 1076 7.3 (126)
130. Apricot Fuzzfaces 1081.3 1058 23.3 (129)
131. Gary Bill Pens Dynasty 1078.6 1059 19.6 (132)
132. Seattle PFTB 1077.9 1055 22.9 (135)
133. Nesbitt 1077.1 1076 1.1 (131)
134. The Lost Poots 1076.7 1070 6.7 (130)
135. Le Groupe MI 1076.2 1046 30.2 (137)
136. Arctic Circles 1075.6 1038 37.6 (134)
137. Late Night with David Letterman 1074.0 1074 0.0 (136)
138. Wembley LostWeekenders 1071.3 1071 0.3 (145)
139. Wild Hearted Sons 1068.9 1064 4.9 (143)
140. Dree Hobbs 1066.4 1053 13.4 (149)
141. Closet Boy's Boys 1066.0 1018 48.0 (142)
142. Scott Glenn 1065.2 1055 10.2 (139)
143. GO BRUINS 1064.2 1058 6.2 (138)
144. Andy Y F WONG 1063.5 1042 21.5 (145)
Book 'em Danno's Bushbabies 1063.5 1053 10.5 (148)
146. McKees Rocks Rockers 1062.1 1057 5.1 (147)
147. boutch 92-93 1062.0 1042 20.0 (144)
148. team gold 1060.7 1044 16.7 (141)
149. Goddess Of Fermentation 1056.2 1026 30.2 (151)
150. convex stars 1055.6 1050 5.6 (153)
151. Flying Kiwis 1055.1 1046 9.1 (140)
152. Einstein's Rock Band 1054.0 1054 0.0 (154)
153. Dr Joel Fleishman 1053.7 1050 3.7 (165)
154. Tim Rogers 1053.1 1045 8.1 (152)
155. MY TEAM 1053.0 998 174.8 (159)
156. Tap 1052.5 1052 0.5 (156)
157. Sundogs 1052.4 1052 0.4 (166)
158. Buttered Waffles 1052.0 1006 46.0 (157)
159. GO HABS GO 1051.0 1043 8.0 (150)
160. Princeton Canucks 1050.0 995 124.2 (155)
161. Hubert's Hockey Homeboys 1049.6 1049 0.6 (157)
162. Satan's Choice 1047.5 1033 14.5 (164)
163. Bob's Blues 1046.8 1000 46.8 (160)
164. Les Nordiques 1045.0 990 60.4 (162)
165. Pierre Mailhot 1044.6 1042 2.6 (167)
166. furleys furies 1041.6 1038 3.6 (161)
167. Slap Shot Marco 1039.8 988 51.8 (168)
168. HUNTERS & COLLECTORS 1038.4 996 42.4 (162)
169. The Dreamers 1038.0 983 63.7 (173)
170. San Jose Mahi Mahi 1036.8 1005 31.8 (169)
171. Jeff Nimeroff 1034.8 986 48.8 (171)
172. East City Jokers 1034.0 979 69.1 (174)
173. The Leafs Rule!!!! 1033.8 1008 25.8 (170)
174. Darse Billings 1033.7 999 34.7 (178)
175. Flowers 1033.0 978 113.6 (177)
176. Daryl Turner 1030.4 1028 2.4 (175)
177. LANA Inc 1030.3 1003 27.3 (180)
178. riding the pine 1028.7 1008 20.7 (176)
179. Spinal Tap 1027.4 986 41.4 (181)
180. Stimpy ADG Zeta 1027.0 1006 21.0 (172)
181. Chappel's Chumps 1024.0 1000 24.0 (179)
182. Big Bad Bruins 1023.5 1005 18.5 (184)
183. Enforcers 1022.1 994 28.1 (183)
184. Mike Mac Cormack Sydney NS CAN 1022.0 967 107.2 (186)
JimParker 1022.0 967 179.0 (182)
186. Bulldogs 1020.4 997 23.4 (187)
187. Yellow Plague 1019.2 1005 14.2 (195)
188. Jeff Bachovchin 1018.7 972 46.7 (184)
189. Absolut Lehigh 1017.9 1009 8.9 (189)
190. voyageurs 1015.7 1013 2.7 (188)
191. Republican Dirty Tricksters 1010.0 955 66.0 (190)
192. Ninja Turtles 1009.3 1008 1.3 (196)
193. Dr.D And The S.O.D. 1009.1 992 17.1 (192)
194. Henry's Bar B Q 1008.7 1008 0.7 (191)
195. Bunch of Misfits 1007.8 984 23.8 (193)
196. Robyns Team 1007.0 977 30.0 (194)
197. Cobra's Killers 1006.7 975 31.7 (202)
198. Cherry Bombers 1005.2 1004 1.2 (203)
199. Kuta Papercuts 1003.5 985 18.5 (200)
200. Great Expectations 998.3 996 2.3 (201)
Acadien 998.3 980 18.3 (198)
202. DARMAN'S Dragons 994.3 966 28.3 (199)
203. Team Melville 993.9 947 46.9 (197)
204. Killer Apes 990.3 966 24.3 (205)
205. Kaufbeuren Icebreakers 988.6 951 37.6 (206)
206. Jayson's Kinky Pucks 987.9 961 26.9 (204)
207. Roger Smith 987.6 948 39.6 (208)
208. Firebirds 980.9 977 3.9 (209)
209. IKEA Wholesale 980.7 979 1.7 (211)
210. Umpire 4 life 980.1 969 11.1 (207)
211. Those 1st few weeks hurt! 980.0 925 55.9 (210)
212. Outlaws 975.0 920 164.9 (212)
213. 400 Hurricane 973.1 941 32.1 (223)
214. Frack Attack 972.3 945 27.3 (219)
215. Believe it or dont 970.1 949 21.1 (215)
216. Todd's Turkeys 967.9 966 1.9 (219)
217. Thundering Herd 966.0 911 163.6 (214)
218. Knee Injuries 965.4 955 10.4 (217)
219. The 200 Club 962.8 956 6.8 (213)
220. fred mckim 962.0 907 93.0 (222)
221. Crazy Euros 961.9 944 17.9 (218)
222. Creeping Death 959.3 938 21.3 (216)
223. Ryan's Renegades 956.9 906 50.9 (221)
224. pig vomit 953.3 952 1.3 (224)
225. Ice Strykers 952.0 897 105.4 (225)
dayton bomber 952.0 952 0.0 (228)
227. CDN Stuck in Alabama 951.3 941 10.3 (227)
228. Fighting Geordies 950.0 895 141.6 (226)
229. Cafall and Crew 947.3 909 38.3 (229)
230. Ship's Way 942.7 934 8.7 (235)
231. Zipper Heads 941.9 908 33.9 (232)
232. Chris of Death 941.0 886 83.6 (230)
233. Banko's Beer Rangers 940.2 936 4.2 (232)
234. Swillbellies 939.7 921 18.7 (231)
235. Oz 934.0 899 35.0 (237)
236. Laubsters II 931.0 876 201.6 (236)
237. Ninja Bunnies 928.9 884 44.9 (239)
238. Great Scott 928.0 873 73.3 (240)
239. Joliet Inmates 927.8 882 45.8 (238)
240. NY Flames 923.8 916 7.8 (234)
241. SANDY'S SABRES 917.7 913 4.7 (243)
242. Widefield White Wolves 910.9 874 36.9 (241)
243. Florida Tech Burgh Team 909.3 860 49.3 (246)
244. The Ice Holes 908.7 906 2.7 (242)
245. South Carolina Tiger Paws 903.0 848 78.4 (245)
Daves Team 903.0 871 32.0 (244)
247. Mudville Kings 900.6 873 27.6 (250)
248. Redliners 898.9 883 15.9 (252)
249. roadrunners 898.5 880 18.5 (249)
250. For xtc 898.2 890 8.2 (248)
251. Leos Blue Chips 894.4 884 10.4 (247)
252. New Jersey Rob 891.7 891 0.7 (251)
253. Pat Phillips 891.1 881 10.1 (253)
254. Stewart Clamen 869.6 868 1.6 (254)
255. Demon Spawn 868.0 843 25.0 (255)
256. Sunnyvale Storm 815.2 815 0.2 (256)
257. Allez les Blues 803.0 748 476.9 (257)
258. Up For Sale Hockey Club 785.0 762 23.0 (258)
259. Petes Picks 783.0 728 168.5 (259)
260. RINACO 780.0 725 114.0 (260)
261. Brenz Revenge 705.0 701 4.0 (261)
262. Dinamo Riga 658.0 603 571.6 (262)
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((fluffy bi fantasy squelched))
Dear Mr. Elf,
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The only problem is, Dave Kingman was *always* taking off.
Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur, Easter, the day Elvis died (8/16), the entire
spring training month of Ramadan, Purim, the 4th of July (both games
that day), my birthday (OK, during the World Series, he never had to
play there), Memorial day (both games that day), ...
Guys, help me out here. I've run fresh out of holidays that
coincide with the baseball season and I'm trying to catalogue all the
days in his career that Dave Kingman (or at least his bat) went AWOL.
A complete religious calendar detailing every holiday in every
extant religion in the Western Hemisphere would be appreciated. Only
then can we truly be certain that Dave Kingman observed every holiday
ever conceived...
:-), of course ...NOT!
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I don't see how this logically follows. True enough, Mary received a blessing
beyond any granted in all the history of humanity by being privileged to be
the mother of the Savior. It says nothing about Mary needing to be a "blessed
person" _first_ in order that she might thereby be worthy to bear the Son of
God. Again, I think the problem is that as humans we can't comprehend how the
sinless Incarnation could spring from sinful human flesh and God's Spirit.
Rather than simply accept the gracious miracle of God, we must needs try
to dope out a mechanism or rationale as to how this could be. Mary's own
words,
"...my spirit rejoices in God _my Savior_, for he has regarded the low
estate of his handmaiden,..."
sound like the words of a human aware of her own humanity, in need of a
Savior, similar to what David proclaimed in his psalms...not the words
of a holy being with no further need for God's grace.
I really apologize for harping on this, I don't suppose it's important.
It's just that I see Mary and Joseph and the Baby reduced to placid,
serene figurines I feel we lose the wonder in the fact that God chose
to come down to you and I, to be born of people like you and I, to share
our existence and redeem us from it's fallenness by his holy Incarnation.
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franks> This is my first post, so no DoD#.
Would you like to know what DOD is? If you do, feel free to ask.
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That's funny, I thought you were making a statement about what
people think. In fact, I see it quoted up there.
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Howdy... I think you would be interested in Infini-D 2.5 for the Mac. There
is no DOS or Windows version. It's quite an amazing program.
"Some" of the features:
* Bevel Text
* Timeline based animation sequencer
* Realtime bounding box preview
* Object linking
* Phong Shading
* Ray Tracing
* Bounding Box shading
* Wireframe shading
* Ghourad shading
* Flat shading
* Anti-aliasing (none, low, medium, high)
* Environment maps
* Quicktime support (wrap a QT movie around an object)
* Procedural surfaces
* Composed surfaces (for layering surfaces)
* Alpha channel support
* Import EPS, DXF, and Swivel 3D files
* Export DXF and Swivel 3D files
* Spline based animation
* Animation assistant (for creating smooth movements and other stuff)
* Object morphing (surfaces and bevels morph too)
... And lots more that I can't remember right now...
Anyway, it's not as expensive as some of the other animation/rendering
packages. I think you can get it for around $699 from MacWarehouse.
They also have educational discounts...
Well, hope that helps a bit.
See ya...
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Nonsense! I've taught fifth, sixth, seventh . There are a few early puberty
types in fifth and it has nothing to do with early sexual experience.
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If you can modify the design of the DTMF decoder, the ideal comunications
would be over a multi-drop system, like RS-485. RS-485 boards are available
for PC's, probably cheaper than a bunch of RS-232 channels, and RS-485 is
cheaper to build onto your satellite modules, using only a single supply
8-pin DIP driver chip. Software at the PC end would be similarly complex
for either RS-232 or RS-485, in my opinion. The higher data rates possible
with RS-485 would permit quasi-simultaneous data transmission.
Hope this helps.
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A map of Italy showing the states/provinces(?) is in the FreeHand
3.1 for Windows clip art collection. Corel Draw 3.0 clip art has
an outline map of Italy.
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Look for Spice or PSpice
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Because the Gun loonies were firing on vehicles with 50mm amunition that
has a range of 3000 meters.
Next question.
The problem is of course the laws that allow a bunch of raving nutters
to collect a huge stack of arms in the first place.
The sequence of events meant that there really was no option but to
attempt some sort of breakthrough via an intervention. If the FBI had
had the stomach for it they could have mounted a commando type
raid and attempted to save the children by shooting all the adults.
It really was a no win situation. Koresh had plenty of opportunity
to give up and stand trial for the murder of the 4 ATF officers. Instead
he ordered the murder of the children.
In order to reject the word of the FBI and BATF it is neccessary to beleive
the words of a man who has just murdered 17 children and ordered the
suicide/murder of his other 80 followers. According to the account given
the BATF attempted to serve a warrant upon Koresh at the ranch and were met
by gunfire in a deliberate attempt to murder them. The Koresh/gun supporter
claim that the BATF started shooting simply does not stand up. If the
AFT had gone there to start shooting they would have gone with heavier
grade weaponry than standard issue handguns. For all practical purposes
they were unarmed, the B-D followers had automatic weapons.
The B-D seige could not be allowed to go on indefinitely. The B-D were
quite capable of commiting mass suicide and murdering the children at any
time. A commando assault was the only other likely action that could have
achieved that objective, that would have been very risky, orders of
magintude harder than Antebbe or the Iranian Embassy Seige. Airplanes
and Embassies are not designed for defense against attack ranch
apocalypse was. 6 terrorists are far easier to disloge without casualties
than 80.
Allowing the siege to go on was not an option either, besides the serious
risk that Koresh would proclaim armageddon at any moment there was the
question of the difficulties of keeping the emmergency team on standby over
a prolonged period. The longer the siege went on the more mentally prepared
Koresh and his followers would be for a prolonged siege. Rather than go
in prematurely the mistake was probably to go in too soon.
Can you think of a better way of getting the children out?
A 100% certain way?
The people who do not want gun control must obviously discount the entire
government story. This is simply rationalisation. It is not enough for
them to simply dismiss the government as incompetent. That would require
them to come up with a solution themselves. Instead they have to come
up with a government conspiracy theory whereby the government decided to
set out to murder 80 people just to set up some sort of scare to alow them
to get gun control legislation through.
This conspiracy theory assumes that the BATF deliberately got 4 of its
agents killed and that the FBI etc actually enjoy sitting out in the
middle of Texas being shot at by religious nutters.
Still the conspiracy theory is comforting, it allows them to pretend that
WACO proves nothing except about how incompetent the government is in
resolving a hostage crisis. No govt in the world has ever faced a
comparable situation, quite probably there was no manner in which it
could be peacefully resolved. The blame does not rest on the FBI, it
rests on the fact that Koresh was allowed to get so far, in particular
the person who tipped the B-D off in advance has the murder of 4 ATF
agents and 17 children on his or her conscience.
There are a large number of people in the US who predict the end of society
preach salvation through armed security. The fact is that these are the
very people who pose the threat to society in the first place. The next WACO
may not be religious nutters but a political movement. A splinter group
of the Klu Klux Klan taking over a schoolhouse in a black area for example
and holding several hundred children hostage.
The only possible solution to such situations that can work is to prevent
them arising. No other government in the world has faced such a situation.
this is because no other government has so carelessly allowed high power
weaponry to become avaliable to any little Hitler or would be Messiah
to set themselves up as dictator in their own little empire.
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From my own notes on this subject....
Methods to automatically passwd Authorization from one machine to another.
This also includes the problem of notifing the remote host of the current
DISPLAY that is being used.
1/ Use rsh/rexec/on... (the method in the xauth manual)
Set up the your .rhosts file in the home directory on the remote
machine so that a password in not required to remotly execute commands.
xauth extract - $DISPLAY | rsh other xauth merge -
This method is also used by xrsh to pass authorization. My vampire
program also uses a variation, however I wrap it as part of the remote
command sequence (EG: xauth add $auth)
Included in this method is the use of `xrlogin' and `xrsh' to do
this job for you. These programs usally (the newer ones that is) allow
you to pass a secified list of ENVIRONMENT variables which includes
the `DISPLAY' and/or a copy of the authorization code required.
The `xon' program available (if enabled) on sun machines will also
pass environment variables, as well as the current directory. You will
however be required to store the Authority in such a variable for
passing. Unless you are also have shared home directories.
WARNING: Environment variables and command line arguments are visible
in `ps' listing with the appropiate flags. As such passing authorization
information in environment variables or as arguments is not recomended.
The recommended method as given in the manual (shown above) is safe from
the view of other users.
2/ Wrap it as part of the TERM environment variable.
This method uses the fact that most remote command executors do pass
the TERM environment variable to the remote host. It is then a matter of
an appropiate script in your remote .login file to extract the information
from the TERM environment variable and set up things appropiatly.
A version of the xrlogin script is available on the network which does
this. Basically you change the TERM environment variable before the
actual call to rlogin is performed, to include your DISPLAY and your
authorization.
On the remote machine you then extract this information and return the
TERM environment variable to normal BEFORE you use it for reseting or
stty'ing your terminal.
---8<---
script for launching rlogin:
#!/bin/sh
# ~/bin/rl --- Rlogin with display:
if [ -n "$DISPLAY" ]; then
case "$DISPLAY" in
:*) DISPLAY=`hostname`$DISPLAY ;;
esac
TERM="$TERM&$DISPLAY&`xauth nextract - $DISPLAY`"
export TERM
fi
rlogin $*
---8<---
add to your .cshrc or .login
if ( $?TERM ) then
if ( `echo $TERM | tr -cd '&'` != '' ) then
echo "$TERM" | cut '-d&' -f3 | xauth nmerge -
setenv DISPLAY `echo "$TERM" | cut '-d&' -f2`
setenv TERM `echo "$TERM" | cut '-d&' -f1`
endif
endif
---8<---
xterm command to use
xterm -T hostname -e ~/bin/rl hostname
---8<---
3/ NFS.
Write it to a file on a shared NFS partition you have access to.
Note that if the home directories are NFS mounted, then authorization
is automatically passed, Hoever you will still have to pass your
DISPLAY environment variable via a file or other means. IE:
login host: echo $DISPLAY > ~/.X11host
remote host: setenv DISPLAY `cat ~/.X11host`
4/ Finger for the info in a .plan file
This involves encrypting the information into your `.plan' or
`.project' and having the remote machine finger for the information.
This has the disadvantage of having the information to anyone fingering
the user. Thus requiring a encryption method that is uniq to each
individual. IE: the method of decyrption must not be shared or known
by others, nor should it be easy to determine.
A improvment is to use the `who fingered me' technique to only give
the information only to your own remote accounts and not just to anyone
who is asking.
This last method was developed last year by a second year here, untill
I explained to him the need for the encryption, at which point he gave
up this method. It is however a valid method. It is easer than (2) but
less secure.
Anthony Thyssen - (SysProg @ Griffith University) anthony@cit.gu.edu.au
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Magic is Real -- unless declared an integer" --- John P.Melvin
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[reply to frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer)]
If the Good is undefined (undefinable?) but you require of everyone that
they know innately what is right, you are back to subjectivism.
Ditto here. An evaluative statement implies a value judgement on the
part of the person making it.
Pretty perceptive, that Prof. Flew.
Please explain how this helps. I don't see your argument.
This makes no sense either. Flew is arguing that this is where the
objectivist winds up, not the subjectivist. Furthermore, the nihilists
believed in nothing *except* science, materialism, revolution, and the
People.
And also not the position of the subjectivist, as has been pointed out
to you already by others. Ditch the strawman, already, and see my reply
to Mike Cobb's root message in the thread Societal Basis for Morality.
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I have two quations to ask:
1) Does it cause the body any harm if one picks one's nose? For example,
might it lead to a loss of ability to smell?
2) Is it harmful for one to eat one's nose pickings?
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RE: Irish/Gaelic TrueType Font wanted - synopsis
Many thanks to those who responded to my question. Unfortunately I have
had no luck in actually getting such a font, and a lot of people interested
in geting one, and so I have decided to create my own truetype font fitting
that description. This font is based on that used in the 1904 issue of
Dineen's dictionary and is typical of that found in Irish books from the
early part of the century. This may take me some time to do (in my
limited spare time) but I'll make it available to anyone who is interested,
when it is ready.
The responses I received are summerised below:
Kevin Donnelly (caoimhin@smo.ac.uk) mentioned that Michael Everson
(everson@irlearn.ucd.ie) had developed some Clo/ Gaelach fonts
for the Macintosh and may be able to advise me. I contacted Michael
and he told me that he has three fonts available for the Macintosh, and
that he will eventually port them to the PC, but that he will be charging
IR 100 (about $160) for each one.
pbryant@ukelele.GCR.COM mentioned that he uses two font that have a
'nice Irish/Gaelic look to them'. These are "Durrow" and "American
Uncial-Normal". I don't know where you can get these but I don't
think that they have the effects I am looking for.
Finally, rhiannon@netcom.com (Rhia) mentioned that the "Meath" font
included in the Casady & Greene Fluent Laser Fonts 2 package
is very much like what I was describing. I faxed Casady & Greene for
info but got no reply.
So that's it. I'll post these newsgroups when I make my font available.
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that
his
positive.
Clint Malarchuk
What has happened to him since?
Assigned to San Diego Gulls at the being of the season I believe
What
It was Uwe Krupp and a Blues player, though Uwe's skate I beleive cut
Clint. He has since be traded to the Isles in the LaFontaine deal.
Has this ever
This is the only time I know of.
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HI, all
I study about WM_DELETE_WINDOW atom in Open Look. I study the book -->
"Unix Desktop guide to OPEN LOOK", I run the example of chapter 8, but It
is not the result described as book's figure 8.1. Dose anyone read the book?
Or run the example (winprop.c)? What is the problem?
I am curious about WM_DELETE_WINDOW programming... Anyone help me?
Thanks in advance for any help!!!
IOP
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(rest deleted)
That's a fallacy, and it is not the first time it is pointed out.
For one, you have never given a set of morals people agree upon. Unlike
a football. Further, you conveniently ignore here that there are
many who would not agree on tghe morality of something. The analogy
does not hold.
One can expect sufficiently many people to agree on its being a football,
while YOU have to give the evidence that only vanishing number disagrees
with a set of morals YOU have to give.
Further, the above is evidence, not proof. Proof would evolve out of testing
your theory of absolute morals against competing theories.
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I'll third the recommendation as Miracle Spooge.
Don't go to the dealer to get it or what happened to me might happen
to you: you put a deposit on a new bike.
Sigh,
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Watch the videotape carefully, the CNN coverage was fairly decisive.
The first fire starts in the Tower, this is three storeys high and there
is a flag to the right of it on the picture. The second fire starts
in another tower which is similar to the first only two storeys high.
The flag is on the left in the camera picture that shows this fire
starting.
Thus the camera pictures cleraly show the fire starting at two separate
locations. The FBI report a third. I was not able to verify it from the
videotape however someone else identified a fire shown to be starting behind
the small tower in the second (flag on left) camera angle.
The flames coming out of the building are yellow/orange. This is the
normal colour for carbon compounds burning. The flames were those of a
solid or confined liquid burning, not of a gas exploding.
The explosion that occurs mid way along the building is certainly not an
explosive though. The cloud itself is on fire. This would seem to
be most likely to be some sort of fuel oil store exploding rather than
the explosion of a magazine.
Depends entirely on how they were distributed. You would not be able
to identify ammunition rounds going off from video camera coverage
from a mile away. If and when the FBI release pictures from cmeras
on the armoured vehicles (which presumably exist) it might be possible to
get a clearer picture.
If anyone expects to see explosions hollywood style aka Rambo movies then
remember that in real life cars do not burst into flames when going over cliffs.
Just about the most you could expect would be to see the grenades
going off. Since the building was designed to be blast proof to some
extent it would be difficult to distinguish the grenades going off from
the collapse of the building due to the fire.
Paranoia.
You wouldn't beleive the FBI if they showed you a picture of Koresh himself
setting light to the place. Your mindset is such that you are simply
unable to accept as true anything that might suggest that a group of
heavily armed weapons fanatics might indeed be in the wrong.
The gun lobby can't accept that the B-D set light to the place because
that would mean that Koreh had murdered 17 children, that would mean that
their taking his account of the murder of 4 BATF agents would be even
less credible than it was to start with.
Koresh had 51 days to come out with his hands up and face a fair trial.
Instead he ordered the murder of everyone in the place.
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Cool off! These people have as much right to be here as you do.
(BTW, is this the kind of friendly, helpful service we should
expect from Cray?)
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16. What is the condition of the propane tank mentioned by the BD
survivors? I.e. is it crushed and does it have tread marks on it?
--
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
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Hiyas ALL,
Upon getting Animated Desktop for Windows as a gift from my boyfriend, I
couldn't wait to install it. I had gotten an advertisement for it and put
it aside
with my list of 'I Wants.' After installing the software, it didn't load.
No part of
the software would load even though the install went seemingly well.
I called Deltapoint with the problem and after asking me twenty
million different questions about my system.. concluded that I had one of
the
systems that the software was 'incompatible with'. Of course they're
willing to
give me my $$$ back.. What a waste of time and energy. The folks on their
support line, although nice, are extremely ignorant regarding the workings
of
Windows 3.1.
After my experience with the installation of the SB 16, I learned
some of the function of windows dll files. Before sending back Desktop
Animator, decided to do some fooling around with the different versions of
.dll files I had. I had 2 versions of cpalette.dll one dated 8/92 and >
100K the
other dated 1/93 and smaller (the 1/93 smaller version was the one supplied
with Desktop Animator). I moved the bigger, older version of cpalette.dll
to a
directory outside my path. (For some reason, I had the older Cpalette.dll
in my
Windows directory and the newer cpallette in my windows\system directory.)
When I did this, the animator's editor loaded.. and so did 2 other of the
applications in the package.. the main application still didn't load. Does
anyone have any ideas as to why this would occur or any further suggestions
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A friend of mine who owns a pc said that he recently got a program that can
format a disk that can exceed the normal capacity of a HD disk. Apparently it
rewrites the driver or takes or the driver or _something_ that allows it get
more space out of a normal HD floppy disk. It supposedly gets upto 1.6 Megs
(so something like 1640K?). I don't have the program - since I can't use it
and its supposed to be called something like "FORM16" or something like that.
My question is whether its possible to do this on the Mac and if its not
possible is it due to hardware limitations. A developer friend of mine said
that it might be possible but he doesn't deal with this aspect of the field
much.
Thanks for any information contributed.
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Not anymore! Recent archaeological inspection of the site presents pretty
compelling evidence that the "mass suicide" at Masada never occured. This
evidence was so compelling tha the Tzahal no long hold their secret ceremony
at the fortress.
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Hi.
I'd like to substitute the exciting win3.1 opening logo for our own
company logo at boot up time. Is this a matter of replacing the logo
file with our own logo? And what format should the company logo be
in? Thanks.
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I have a lots of .cgm files produced by NCAR Graph Utility V3.00.
They are all color graphs, and I want to print them out.
The printers I own are Postscript, and HP 7475a. Anyone who have
experiences in this please tell me, e-mail me will be very nice.
Or if someone knows how to convert those .cgm files into .gif
pcx, .bmp .... , it will helps a lot.
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The IRS doesn't need to rely on the Federal Marshall's Services; the
IRS has its own Swat teams. I saw a picture of one in an article on
the IRS in some magazine or other.
--
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
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Mathew:
Could you let us know when this happened, so I can see if my version
is as up-to-date as possible? I try to re-save the FAQs once in a
while, but otherwise I ignore their regular postings, so I wouldn't
generally notice such a change.
And I like to stay current.
Thanks,
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