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3,700 |
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 me... | 11 |
3,701 |
Y'all got the first two reversed. | 3 |
3,702 | 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 als... | 4 |
3,703 | 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.
| 4 |
3,704 |
"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. H... | 18 |
3,705 | I have a Jap. import of One on CD single.
It contains:
One
Breadfan
For Whom the Bell Tolls (live)
Sanitarium (live)
One (demo)
| 1 |
3,706 | >government maintaining a secret of some kind. | 3 |
3,707 |
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 we... | 19 |
3,708 | 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 ... | 4 |
3,709 |
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
| 7 |
3,710 | Would someone please leave me the full address for Canon in Canada.
thank you.
--- Via UCI v1.21 (C-Net Amiga) | 5 |
3,711 | 12 | |
3,712 |
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 NH... | 16 |
3,713 | 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. | 11 |
3,714 |
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 s... | 12 |
3,715 |
Sounds like you are getting a pretty fair price (assuming it is in
nice condition)
| 0 |
3,716 |
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.
| 14 |
3,717 |
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. | 2 |
3,718 |
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... | 5 |
3,719 |
Sure! -------->
OH! Sorry. This is not rec.humor!
Try cica in pub/pc/win3. Get INDEX to see where it is. | 17 |
3,720 | 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....
| 15 |
3,721 | 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 o... | 7 |
3,722 | 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
| 17 |
3,723 |
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 ... | 18 |
3,724 |
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 per... | 12 |
3,725 |
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 e... | 19 |
3,726 |
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... | 4 |
3,727 |
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 st... | 12 |
3,728 |
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 ... | 15 |
3,729 | 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.cr... | 3 |
3,730 | 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 ... | 16 |
3,731 |
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 amou... | 18 |
3,732 | 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. | 12 |
3,733 | 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. | 18 |
3,734 | 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).
----------------------------------------------------------------
CENTRAL LEAGUE STANDING
==========================
W L T Pct.... | 11 |
3,735 |
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 ... | 15 |
3,736 |
Yep.
| 0 |
3,737 | Why are people willing to trust the STU-III?
Because the government does?
| 3 |
3,738 |
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 spec... | 17 |
3,739 | 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 u... | 4 |
3,740 | 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... | 1 |
3,741 |
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 ... | 6 |
3,742 |
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 w... | 14 |
3,743 | 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 Captai... | 16 |
3,744 | 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... | 3 |
3,745 | .........
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
... | 15 |
3,746 |
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. | 11 |
3,747 | 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 ... | 1 |
3,748 |
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... | 18 |
3,749 |
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 d... | 2 |
3,750 | &
& 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..
| 0 |
3,751 | 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 Conventi... | 14 |
3,752 | 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 970... | 5 |
3,753 | 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.
| 1 |
3,754 |
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, ... | 19 |
3,755 |
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... | 8 |
3,756 |
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 ... | 16 |
3,757 | 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... | 4 |
3,758 |
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... | 12 |
3,759 | 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 equivale... | 8 |
3,760 | 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... | 17 |
3,761 | 18 | |
3,762 |
It was Clint Malarchuk
Whatever happened to him, anyway? | 16 |
3,763 | 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? | 17 |
3,764 |
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"? | 0 |
3,765 |
I hope this makes you feel better, but the overtime between the Isles and
the Caps was GREAT!!!
| 16 |
3,766 |
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... | 14 |
3,767 |
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... | 7 |
3,768 | [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 t... | 18 |
3,769 | : 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... | 5 |
3,770 | 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 ... | 16 |
3,771 | ((fluffy bi fantasy squelched))
Dear Mr. Elf, | 13 |
3,772 |
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)... | 11 |
3,773 |
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.... | 18 |
3,774 |
franks> This is my first post, so no DoD#.
Would you like to know what DOD is? If you do, feel free to ask.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 |
3,775 |
That's funny, I thought you were making a statement about what
people think. In fact, I see it quoted up there. | 14 |
3,776 |
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 ... | 7 |
3,777 |
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. | 9 |
3,778 | 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.... | 15 |
3,779 |
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.
| 7 |
3,780 | Look for Spice or PSpice
| 15 |
3,781 |
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... | 13 |
3,782 | 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 ho... | 6 |
3,783 | [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, tha... | 14 |
3,784 | 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? | 9 |
3,785 | 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 t... | 17 |
3,786 | 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 o... | 16 |
3,787 | 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_... | 6 |
3,788 |
(Deletion)
(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.
On... | 14 |
3,789 |
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, | 0 |
3,790 |
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 camer... | 13 |
3,791 | 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?)
| 4 |
3,792 | 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> | 19 |
3,793 | 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... | 17 |
3,794 | 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 somethin... | 10 |
3,795 |
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.
| 19 |
3,796 | 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. | 17 |
3,797 | 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 .gi... | 7 |
3,798 |
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> | 19 |
3,799 |
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, | 14 |
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