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Just to add to this vein, consider that range of a first baseman is not
the only important thing. He is IMO the best fielder of bad throws from
the other infielders. I have seen him scoop balls out of the dirt, catch
balls off a large bounce, take down balls over his head, wide, etc. ad
infinitum. *And* he gets the out, much of the time. Some of the things
he does to save his infielders of errors are amazing. You have to give
Mattingly credit for being able to do all of that while keeping his foot
near the bag (yes, I am sure he gets a few calls because he is Mattingly :-)
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I'm using Norton Cache 5.0, which is really nice but horrible incompatible.
Some games won't work it, my streamer software won't work with it and Windows
doesn't like it at all. But when copying or deleting lots of small files, only
NCACHE is really fast. You see, to write a file the FAT must be changed. But to
write 1000 files the FAT must be changed only once. Is there any cache program
out there which is smart enough to do the same and good enough to run with all my
applications? Any help is really appreciated.
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david@c-cat.UUCP (Dave) write:
we are talking about a SCSI-1 device (e.g. HD) on a SCSI-2 Controller.
Here is a rewrite of my Mac & Info sheet SCSI section:
SCSI: only external device expansion interface common to both Mac and IBM.
Allows the use of any device: hard drive, printer, scanner, Nubus card
expansion {Mac Plus only}, some monitors, and CD-ROM. Normal {asynchronous}
SCSI is 5 Mhz; fast {synchronous} SCSI is 10 Mhz. Difference between these
modes is mainly in the software drivers.
Main problem: there are a lot of external devices which are internal
terminated which causes problems for more then two devises off the SCSI port
{A SCSI chain is supposed to be terminated ONLY at the begining and end.
Any other set up causes problems for either Mac or IBM}.
SCSI-1: 8-bit; 7 devices per SCSI controller. asynchronous {~1.5MB/s ave}
and synchronous {5MB/s max} transfers. 8-bit SCSI-2 is often mistaken for
a fast version of SCSI-1 {see SCSI-2 for details}.
SCSI-2: fully SCSI-1 compliant. SCSI-2 mode - 10 devices per SCSI controller.
8-bit SCSI-2 is implimented as a very fast SCSI-1 since it can run using
SCSI-1 hardware and software drivers which limits it to 7 devices, which
results in it sometimes being mistakenly consitered part of SCSI-1. 16-bit
and 32-bit SCSI-2 require different ports, electronics, and SCSI software
drivers from SCSI-1 {Which makes them more expensive than other SCSI
interfaces}. 32-bit SCSI seems to run only in synchronous mode, hence term
'wide and fast SCSI' Transfer speeds are 4-6MB/s with 10MB/s burst {8-bit},
8-12MB/s with 20MB/s burst {16-bit}, and 15-20MB/s with 40MB/s burst
{32-bit}.
8-bit SCSI-2 is the BIGGEST headache due to the fact that it is the ONLY SCSI-2
that I know of that can pump SCSI-2 speeds through SCSI-1 devices and software
controlers. Its MAIN implimentation is on the Mac though you do see adds
for SCSI-2 at 10MB/s maximum throughput for PCs. Since 8-bit SCSI-2 does NOT
NEED all the hardware {including electonics} and software of 16-bit and 32-bit
SCSI-2 it is the CHEEPEST of the SCSI-2 interfaces. Just pop out the SCSI-1
electornics and pop in 8-bit SCSI-2 electronics. Some people consider
16-bit where SCSI-2 REALLY starts {I USED to be one of them} but
4-6MB/s average though put with a theoretical burst of 10MB/s is NOT SCSI-1
but is 8-bit SCSI-2.
Rule of thumb: if it is SCSIn and OVER 5MB/s then it is SOME type of SCSI-2.
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If there is a "USA Today ftp site" could someone please post it to the
newsgroup so everyone will stop posting the "send it to me too" articles.
I'm sure many people woulds like to know so why not just post it to the net
rather than mailing hundreds of people.
Just a thought.
Thanks, Ryan Robin.
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I'm very grateful for scott's reflections on this oft-quoted phrase. Could
someone please remind me of the Scriptural source for it? (Rom. 12.9 doesn't
count, kids.) The manner in which this little piece of conventional wisdom is
applied has, in my experience, been uniformly hateful and destructive.
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Derek....
There is a tool available to reset the service indicator on BMWs but the lights
will come back on after 2-3 weeks. The tool is in fact illegal (in Europe
atleast). It is often the case that the unsuspecting punter trots off to buy a
used BMW and a few weeks later, all the lights come on! Other than that, I know
of no other tool.... anyone else?
About changing oil every 15,000 miles.... thats ok.... on newer Audis, they
only require it after every 12,000 miles (I am talking about an oil change)
Just a query: do you drive your car VERY VERY carefully? Like no sudden
acceleration etc? If yeah, then the 15,000 M oil change seems quite reasonable.
But if you drive kinda fast... I'd get a bit up tight abot that 15,000 thingy
(a point to note: just because the first light came on at 3k, doesn't mean
all the others will come on every 3k too)
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[ideas that are claimed not to work deleted...]
How about putting your system inside a faraday cage? Even I could build
one...
/Jim
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Well, that was an easy decision. No more Bianchi anything for me.
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A person sees the front of their home is strewn with garbage. That
person removes the trash, and sweeps the sidewalk. His next door neigh-
bors have not. The person then approaches his two neighbors and talks
to them about cleaning the front of their homes, and why it would be
good for their own living conditions, and that of the neighborhood.
There's nothing wrong with holding your neighbors accountable for
their actions. That is the basis for a viable, safe community.
Regards,
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Being wierd again, so be warned:
Is there a plan to put a satellite around each planet in the solar system to
keep watch? I help it better to ask questions before I spout an opinion.
How about a mission (unmanned) to Pluto to stay in orbit and record things
around and near and on Pluto.. I know it is a strange idea, but why not??
It could do some scanning of not only Pluto, but also of the solar system,
objects near and aaroundpluto, as well as SETI and looking at the galaxy
without having much of the solar system to worry about..
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> >Our little Goebbels, to those who forgot, is talking about an alleged
> >"infection" of "fine Egyptian men", by a "Mossad agent caught spying
> >with her father in Egypt". As noted before, the women is a Muslim
> >Israeli, she was not a spy, and she didn't infect anybody.
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> The Jewish version of the story!!
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> "A Muslim Israeli." I thought it is a Jewish State.
> Hasn't it yet been defined up to this point?
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This is a post from a hospital? The inmates from foam the cushion ward
have net access!
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To all the readers of talk.politics.mideast,alt.flame,alt.stupidity
I am posting this message on behalf of a staff member at UCDavis whose
account had been broken into and used to post offensive messages to
all these groups.
--Dave
----begin included message from szljubi@othello.ucdavis.edu
Please be advised that the person(s) sending to you the inflammatory
remarks you have been receiving have been doing so by ILLEGALLY accessing
my account.
Our campus Information Technology security group has cut off my account's
access to this hacker, and every effort is being made to track down this
person.
I apologize profusely that you have been subjected to the derogatory
comments made by this person and I detest that my name was attached to
them.
Thank you to those of you who alerted our campus security about the nature
of this problem.
Sincerely,
P. Ljubi
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I define faith as "belief, in the abscense(sp?) of evidence". I also
include in "evidence" past experiences. Because I have no past experience
in a god actually having an effect on my life and because I have never
seen evidence for any god beyond what can be explained without the
neccessity of a god or which is more convincing than the many fictional
works I have read (And other reasons), I do not believe in any god(s).
From what I have seen, some people reconcile this lack of evidence by
using faith.
It is faith in that sense (the only way I _currently_ understand the word
"faith") that I find intellectually dishonest.
Pascal's wager goes something like this:
Premise #1: Either there is or there isn't a God.
Premise #2: If God exists, He wants us to believe and will damn us for not
believing.
Premise #3: If God does not exist, then belief in God doesn't matter
because death is death, anyway.
Conclusion: Belief in God is superior to non-belief because
non-belief damns us to eternal punishment if we are wrong, while belief in
God only wastes a little time in life if we are wrong.
Sound pretty straightforward and is logically sound. The problem is,
Premise #1 presupposes 1:1 odds between belief and non-belief. This is
flat out wrong, because of the sheer number of religions out there and the
fact that, for the most part, the religions are mutually exclusive. I have
heard theists referred to as "99% atheists" because they believe in their
god (or gods) to be the _one_ god (or set of gods). The consequence of
this is "what if I pick the wrong god?" Suddenly, the odds don't look so
good because picking the wrong god or wrong doctrines of a god still
leaves you with the possibility of being wrong and being damned to another
god's version of hell.
I don't see how "disillusionment" enters into it. You see, I presented my
mother's treatment of me to show the cause of my questioning my atheism, a
questioning which continues to this day. I had already been an atheist for
five years before having any contact with my mother's version of
Christianity. If anything, I had become somewhat disillusioned with
atheism (uh, oh, I thought, What if there *is* a God?). Yes, in a way, I
have also become disillusioned by many religions, simply because I had
thought at one time that they had all the answers, if I only found the
right one.
I'm still looking, but each time I look in a different place, I become a
little stronger in my attitude (belief, if you will, no faith, though,
it's based on the evidence of past experience) that I'll never find a
religion which has all the answers.
Sorta like looking for Easter eggs. The more time it takes you to find the
next one, the more convinced you become that you may already have found
all the eggs you're going to find.
Someone else mentioned that critisism isn't going to make me think any
more highly of Christians. I have a contrary position: Constructive
critisism will likely improve my attitude towards Christians. Abusive
critisism will turn me off.
No accusations to you, Mr. Sapienza. I merely slipped that into this post
because I forgot to reply to that one.
Muppets and Garlic Toast forever.
Max (Bob) Muir
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Does anyone know of any c or c++ libraries for preparing
and displaying quickly pages of mixed text, mathematical equations,
and graphics (circles,ellipses,etc) on the vdu? The maths wouldnt
need to be up to TeX quality, but it would be useful to be scaleable.
The main thing would be to be able to generate the display quickly
from a minimum set of formatting code.
Thanks,
Ed Campbell
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Be careful that you do not have any weight of the helmet resting on the
mirror. It will depress the foam liner in the helmet. That is not the
kind of foam that bounces back, like foam rubber. Its purpose in life
is to absorb energy in an impact as it is compressed by your noggin.
If your mirror compresses it, there is that much less energy absorbing
capacity left to cushon your noggin in a crash.
I found the right handlebar to be a good spot, if on the sidestand.
Hang with the chinbar facing up, balanced across the grip and brake
lever such that the weight of the helmet doesn't compress any of the
chinbar foam. This is more challanging with an open face helmet.
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Hello. My colleague has a Samtron monitor. On the manual
cover, it says SC-431 and SC-428 for model numbers. The
manual does not specify if it is interlaced or non-interlaced,
so does anyone know what it is?
thanks
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Japan is _much_ more open than Korea.
Yes. A Pontiac Grand Am suffers a factor of _2_ increase in price
when it is exported to Japan.
However, a Dodge vehicle (the one that Congressman Gephardt mentioned)
suffers a factor of _4_ increase in price when it is exported to Korea.
A Ford Taurus suffers the same problem. A Honda Accord costs--I am
not making this up--$48,000 in Korea.
Just how many people would want to buy a Honda Accord for $48,000?
Solution: All ships carrying Korean-made vehicles should be returned
to Seoul. Pronto. Until as such time as Korea decides
that it wants to abide by the rules of free and fair trade
with the USA and Japan.
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Given that what i described for the HST seemed to be the SMT, and given
the mass amrgins on the discovery mission is tight enough that spacewalking
has to be carefully constrained..... No EDO pallets, no spare Suits,
no extra MMU's.
WHy not do this?
Quick Test Goldins philosophjy of faster cheaper, better.
Build a real fast Space TUg, to handle the re-boost of the HST using
clean Cryo fuels, and get it ready before the HST mission.
If NASA could build Mercury in 13 months, they should be able to make
an SMT in 9.
How much would it need?
Guidance package. Use a Voyager spare.
Thruster gear, Use H2O2, or LOX/LH.
Bus Use a Commsat.
Grapple fixture. Use a stripped down Canadarm.
Comms package. SPare X-band omni gear.
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********* Sega Genesis + Sega CD Forsale *******
Recently moved in with some friends who have genesis + Cd player so I'm selling my whole setup. I'd like to sell everything together. The package come with....
Sega Genesis
Sega CD
2 Joysticks
1 Pad
Sewer Shark (CD)
Sol-Feace (CD)
Sega Classics (CD) (5 Games on 1 CD)
Streets of Rage
Revenge of Shinobi
Columns
Golden Axe
Sherlock Holmes (CD)
CD+G Music + graphics sampler
John Madden 92' (Cart)
******************************************************************************** I'm selling all of the above for $325 plus I'll split shipping. I
don't want to sell things seperately. Please reply to jth@bach.udel.edu
********************************************************************************
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At work we have a small appletalk network with 3 macs and couple of printers.
We also have a PC that has some specialized accounting software that we would
like to operate from any of the macs. We have Soft PC, and I have found that the
software works just fine under it, but I would like to have all of the data
for the program reside at one place (the PC hard disk). So my question for you
is(actually questions)
1) is there a board for the PC that will allow you to hook into an appletalk
network?
2) if #1 is possible, is there any software/hardware combination that will
allow me to mount the PC hard disk as a networked disk on the macs so I
can use Soft PC to run the application?
3) if #1 or #2 is impossible, is there any other way to accomplish what I am
after?
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No, Brian's hurt. His hand I think. He started Saturday's game but was taken
out. It's far too early to populate the dog house, although Bedrock was seen
with a milkbone.
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I am urgently looking for the following article, can I cannot find it
anywhere in our local libraries:
John Allen Smith
"The Multi-Threaded X Server"
The X Resource
Issue 1, pp. 73-89, Winter 1992
If anyone can tell me where I can find it, I WILL much appreciate it!!
H.F. Sadie
Departement of Computer Science
University of Stellenbosch
South Africa
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Cancel private health insurance?
When government care that only covers 20% of the population consumes
42% of the spending for health care?
NOT!
National Health Expenditures: 1960 to 1990
(Includes Puerto Rico and outlying areas.)
Year Health Services and Supplies ($billions)
Private Public
====================================
1960 $19.8 $5.7 (22% of total)
1970 $44.1 $24.9 (56% of total)
1980 $140.7 $98.1 (41% of total)
1990 $374.8 $268.6 (42% of total)
[Source: American Almanac, Page 97. 1992-3 Edition]
Now you understand where most of that 12.2% of GNP is going--to waste.
By these figures, private insurance is spending 58% of the money to
cover 4 times as many people.
Go figure.
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Any state that the CIA does not control is called "state that is linked
to terrorism/militants/fundamentalists etc.."
Meanwhile Even Egyptian "experts" who hate The Islamic movement admit
that what is happening in Egypt is spontaneous and most of the time a
reaction to what the government does.
...
Can anybody see any contradiction between the above and the first
paragraph?
Does anybody know what the UPI original article's title was?
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No Cramer it does not. In this instance you are telling porkies to
*yourself* as well as everyone else. Haven't you ever been to a
cafe or restaurant and been absalutely stuffed full of goodies and yet
when one more item, just a little different, with a new texture and
a new taste, was presented you *somehow* found the space for it.
Maybe you haven't, so what? It is a widely reported phenomina and
I reckon the same applies to sex.
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All children are born pure, i.e., without sin.
However, most saints would view a pregnancy
outside of marriage as an occasion of mourning.
(Some church members would be much more
judgmental, but that is *their* problem.)
In situations where welfare assistance is
provided through our Church, bishops usually
require that the family be making some effort to
live the Gospel standards and provide for
themselves.
However, there are occasions when assistance is
provided because of the children in the home.
As a former bishop of mine said, "Children are
always worthy before God."
I am not sure what you mean by the term "bastards"
in this context.
Latter-Day Saints believe that through the
temple ordinances the family unit may be
preserved in eternity.
If you use genealogical material or software
produced by the Church, you may notice a section
for "temple ordinances." Within that section
there should be a spot for signifying "BIC"
which stands for "born in the covenant."
The children born to couple sealed (married)
within the temple are "born in the covenant"
and are eligible to be part of that eternal
family unit.
Children born to other couples (whether in a
civil marriage or not) would have to be
sealed to their parents after their marriage
is solemnized for eternity.
Supposing a child were born to a woman out of
wedlock, he or she could be sealed to his or
her parents at a later date or adopted into
any eternal family unit (which may include one
of the birth parents).
I can't say if this principle of adoption
was revealed at the same time as the sealing
ordinances, but it has been accepted for the
~15 years I have been in the Church.
I would tend to discount any admonitions from
the Church authorities against having children
out of wedlock because even though there are
provisions within the Lord's plan to recover
what we have done wrong the Church does not
want to give anyone the impression we can sin
and repent at our leisure.
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Yeah... I think that the Flames and the Flyers traded Captains once... Mel
Bridgeman for Brad Marsh.
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[anti-Israel rantings deleted]
As my father says in Russian, "pol yevreya, poltara anitsemita" or roughly
translated "half a Jew is an anti-semite and a half." Now, Mr. Davidsson,
I know what he means.
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Folks,
It's time to start building some precise questions to send to our
federal elected officials and to investigative reporters in our
local TV, radio and newprint media. Ideally, these questions could be
asked at any investigation into the BATF's and FBI's participation
at the WACO fiasco in hopes of being resolved and, hopefully, wake
up the local news media that they are not getting the entire truth
from the BATF and FBI. My list is up to 13 that are really nagging
at my gut. The list will probably grow.
1. What were the contents of the original warrant, now sealed, that
the BATF obtained?
2. It is reasonable to believe that illegal firearms and/or ammunition
could not be flushed down the toilet. Therefore, a "no-knock"
raid could be ruled out. Prior to the initial assault on the
complex, did a single BATF agent and accompanying witness (without
a contingent of assault and news media personnel) attempt to knock
on the door of the Branch Davidian's complex and serve the warrant
in a manner prescribed by law?
3. On the day of the initial assault on the complex, BATF agents
were aware that several small children were inside the buildings.
In the ensueing gun battle, BATF agents fired into a building
known to contain children, killing at least one two-year old child.
Knowing children were present, why didn't the BATF have an
alternate plan and immediately retreat from the area close to
the complex and implement the alternate plan rather than opening
fire and jeopardizing the lives of the children in the building?
4. The FBI spokesman states that paper evidence indicates that
David Koresh and members of the Branch Davidians possessed over
$200,000 in firearms and ammunition. Did David Koresh and the
members of the Branch Davidians have a valid Federal Firearms
License, were they actively participating in the legal business
of selling/buying firearms and ammunition, and were any of the
weapons they had illegally possessed? Does this paper evidence
consist only of weapons purchased or does it include legally
dispossessed weapons.
5. After the original assault on the compound tragically failed,
a BATF spokeswoman stated "We were outgunned!". Yet, TV newscasts
of video tape filmed at the time of the incident show BATF agents
armed with MP-5 and AR-15/M16 rifles. Although unclear on the
video tape because of obstruction from full view by agent's
bodies, they also may have had AK-47 and SKS rifles. What type(s)
of firearms did the BATF agents have immediate access to at the
scene of the original assault on the complex?
6. Since there is no evidence to confirm anyone was inside the
complex involuntarily, why did the FBI treat it as a "hostage"
situation?
7. Along the same lines, why did the FBI use "psychological warfare"
techniques, including sensory overload, sleep deprivation, and
other disruptive techniques that would test the sanity of any
normal person rather than using techniques aimed at placing the
complex occupants into a calmer frame of mind?
8. Reports indicate several of the children inside the complex
were accompanied by their mothers. Since it is reasonable
to expect these mothers would have their children taken away
from them if they came out, why did the FBI expect the mothers
to just walk out and surrender themselves to the authorities?
9. Agents at the scene claim to have seen members of the Branch
Davidians setting fire to the complex. Branch Davidian members
who survived the inferno claim the fire was started when an
armored vehicle punched through the wall and knocked over a
lantern which was setting on a table. Video tape of the incident
does show an armored vehicle punching a hole in the wall and the
fire erupted almost immediately from the same general location.
Was the source of the fire the same room where the armored vehicle
penetrated?
10. FBI spokesmen are voicing the opinion that the David Koresh and
the members of the Branch Davidians committed mass suicide. Yet,
bodies are being discovered throughout the house and other areas
within the building complex. This seems to be counter to any
known mass suicides through history. What evidence does the FBI
have that a mass suicide pact existed?
11. FBI Director Sessions stated that the massive fireball shown on
the video tape was caused by the Branch Davidian's ammunition
and/or powder cache exploding. Yet, the fireball seems to be
more characteristic of the type created when compressed gas
or other highly volatile fuel source explodes. Was any evidence
found which would indicate the Branch Davidians had an ammunition
and/or powder cache which exploded to create this fireball? If so,
and if David Koresh and members of the Branch Davidians were
engaged in the legal business of selling/buying firearms, was the
amount determined to be excessively greater than one would expect
for someone engaged in such a legal business?
12. It is rumored that one FBI agent was extremely upset about critical
news media coverage and intentionally used an armored vehicle to
crush a reporter's car which had been left at the compound. Is
there any factual basis to this rumor and, if so, what charges will
be brought against the FBI agent who performed the act?
13. FBI Director Sessions states that, during the final assault on the
complex, "over 80 shots were fired at the vehicles." On the video
tape of the incident, you can hear the drone of the armored vehicles
engines. Yet, there is no sound of the sharp reports that one
would expect to hear if shots were fired. Also, there are no
indications of smoke and/or muzzle flashes appearing from the windows,
buildings or other structures in the video. Surely, these should be
evident if the Branch Davidians had fired on the armored vehicles.
Finally, the video tape does not show any indication of paint splatter,
sparks or other characteristic spray of material which should be
apparent if the Branch Davidians had fired upon the vehicles. Do
any of the armored vehicles which were brought in to pump tear gas
into the compound show evidence of fresh damage due to being hit by
shots from high-power rifles?
14. CS gas is considered to be a chemical warfare agent. The United
States has signed international treaties which prevent the use
of CS gas in warfare. If the United States could not morally use
CS gas against Saddam Hussein and his troops, why is it morally
acceptable to use the same agent against citizens of our own land?
15. On April 21, FBI spokesmen state that at least 3 bodies discovered
in the complex had bullet wounds to the head indicating they had
been murdered or had committed suicide. On April 22, the county
coroner claims he knows nothing about any bodies found with bullet
wounds to the head. Were any of the victims bodies found within
the burned out complex have bullet wounds to the head?
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It was filmed the day of the first assault. The BDs clearly allowed the
BATF agents who were shot and wounded to leave the compound. The
lesson, I suppose is that you should keep shooting untill ALL the pigs
are dead and then get the fuck outa dodge. Never give a pig an even
break.
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Catch tonight's (Thursday's) CBS Street Stories. Covers, among others,
the work of AWARE (Arming Women Against Rape and Endangerment), a women's
empowerment and training group in Massachusetts. They'll be interviewing
spokesperson Nancy Bittle, as well as some of her students. (Assuming
all of the "interesting" stuff they taped makes the final cut.)
[If they show the ugly housebreaker in the toque and sunglasses, wave hi.]
--
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On TV news this morning it was reported that the local Texas authorities
who have reviewed the cases of the 21 children who were released
earlier in the siege have found no evidence of physical or sexual
abuse of any of the children. I don't recall if this was on Good
Morning America or our local Texas TV station.
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RADAR (Radio Association Defending Airwave Rights) says that Geico
insurance not only buy's Radar for police but also actively lobbies
states to promote making Radar Detectors illegal. I think the
buying part is a misuse of money but the Radar Detector part shows
how little they know about the issue. No study I am aware of has ever
concluded that detectors have a negative impact on safety or that
users have a higher average speed. Incompetence by Geico? I think
so.
Troy Wecker
troy@sequent.com
Sequent Computer Systems
Beaverton, OR
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I don't "notice" refs and linesmen until the playoffs come around, and
yes I have to agree that Stewart called the *two* worst games I've seen
so far (Mtl-Quebec game 1, and last nights Toronto-Detroit game).
What's the scoop on this guy? Is he the latest incarnation of
KERRY FRASER??? Just because you are boneheadedly stubborn doesn't
make you a good ref!!! Making the right call does...
My votes for:
Best Ref: Van Hellemond
Most Improved: Koharski
Worst: Paul Stewart
(Oops, I don't really want to start a best/worst ref thread so don't
follow up ;-)
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So, the Greek educational system is also in a shambles. History shows
that within the last 170 years, Greeks played that game twice: They
used Istanbul Patriarch Grigorios in 1822 to instigate the Morea
rebellion that resulted in the massacres of the Muslim people. Again,
the Orthodox Patriarch Constantine V invited the Russian Czar Nicholas
II to invade the Ottoman Empire 'in the name of Jesus,' and save his
flock from Ottoman rule.
Source: "The 'Past' in Medieval and Modern Greek Culture," in Speros
Vryonis, ed., 'Byzantina kai Metabyzantina,' Vol I (Malibu,
Calif., 1978).
p. 161.
In the words of Professor Skiotis, "With savage jubilance, [the Greeks]
sang the words 'Let no Turk remain in the Morea, nor in the whole world.'
The Greeks were determined to achieve to 'Romaiko' in the only way they
knew how: through a war of religious extermination."
Let me further improve this one for you. After the Ottoman Empire lost
World War I, the British landed in 1919 a 200,000 Greek army in Izmir
to exterminate the people of Turkiye. Are you suffering from a severe
case of amnesia? The tired and defeated Turks rose up, formed a National
Force under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal, and on August 30, 1922 they
annihilated the bulk of the Greek Army.
Now wait, there is more.
<<The Greek War of Independence brought disaster to the Jewish communities
in the Peloponnesos, where the revolution erupted in 1821. The Jews,
because of their close association with the Ottoman administration,
were massacred along with the Turks. The Jewish communities of Mistras,
Tripolis, and Kalamata were decimated; the few survivors moved north to
settle in Chalkis and Volos, still under Ottoman rule. Patras lost its
ancient Jewish community, which was refounded only in 1905.>>
Nikos Stavroulakis
'Athens-Auschwitz', page ix.
Source: Professor Stanford J. Shaw, 'The Jews of the Ottoman Empire and
the Turkish Republic,' New York University Press, New York (1991).
page 187:
<<...the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire which had been going on
for a century was disastrous for Ottoman Jewry. This was the age of
nationalism among the Christian subjects of the Sultan, starting with
the Greek Revolution early in the nineteenth century, which, based on
the Megali Idea, or Great Idea, sought to add to Greek kingdom Istanbul
and large portions of Anatolia, union of which with Greece was felt to be
the 'dream and hope of all'. The success of the Greek national movement,
provided more in fact by the intervention of the Great Powers than by the
efforts of the Greeks themselves, stimulated similar uprisings among the
other subjects in Southeastern Europe who had long been oppressed, not so
much by the Ottomans but, rather, by the Greek religious hierarchy which
dominated the Orthodox millet, leading first to pressure for religious
independence, granted to the Bulgarian Orthodox Exarchate in 1870, to the
Serbian Church in 1879, and to the Rumanian Church in 1885, with subsequent
aspirations for, and achievement of, political independence following...>>
page 188:
<<...They [new nationalist leaders] were greatly assisted in their
campaigns against the Ottomans both by the diplomatic and consular
representatives of the major Powers of Europe and also by Christian
missionaries, who emphasized feelings of Christian superiority and
hatred for Muslims and Jews which fortified the religious as well as
ethnic bases of their pursuit of independence.
Christian nationalism, based as much on religious as on ethnic identity,
soon resurrected the medieval bigotries which had devastated both Jews
and Muslims and consequently had driven them together in the past.
Vicious anti-Muslim and anti-Semitic movements developed, involving
large-scale persecutions and massacres carried out by invading armies,
by the independent states that resulted, also by Christian subjects
who remained within the Empire, particularly because of Jewish and Muslim
support for Ottoman integrity in fear of their fate in the emergent
nationalist states of Southeastern Europe. The results were explosive
and damaging.
The invading armies of Russia and Austria as well as the revolting
nationalists and, later, successfully established independent Christian
states, committed systematic genocide against Jews and Muslims throughout
the nineteenth century, despite Great Power admonitions to the contrary
in the treaties of Paris (1858) and Berlin (1878),...>>
page 188:
<<...As the peoples of Southeastern Europe achieved their independence,
their Muslim and Jewish minorities were systematically persecuted and
massacred, and those who survived were driven beyond the ever-shrinking
boundaries of the retreating Ottoman Empire in a kind of slaughter which
had not been seen since the dispersal of the Jews from Palestine centuries
earlier.
This sort of genocide had begun as long before as the late sixteenth
century, with the Rumanian Principalities taking the lead, as united
Rumania did subsequently during the later years of the nineteenth
century. In 1579 the ruler of Moldavia, Peter the Lame, banished its
Jews because of their competition with its Christian merchants. When
Prince Micheal the Brave revolted against the Ottomans in the Rumanian
principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia in 1593, he ordered the massacre
of all the Jews as well as Turks in Bucharest.>>
page 189:
<<The slaughter continued well into the nineteenth century. When the
Greeks revolted against Ottoman rule many Greek volunteers coming from
Russia and the Principalities to join in the effort slaughtered and
plundered the Jewish communities along their paths as they went through
Moldavia and Wallachia toward Greece.>>
page 190 (second paragraph):
<<When Venice occupied the island of Chios in 1694, its Jewish population
was either massacred or deported and all Jewish communal and personal
property was stolen by the native Greek population, leaving those Jews
who returned in utter poverty and reduced to begging, no longer able to
compete with the Greeks in trade or commerce.>>
page 190 (third paragraph):
<<Jews living in Greece and the Rumanian principalities suffered terribly
because of their support for Ottoman rule. When the Greek nationalist
movement Philike Etairia started its uprising in Wallachia and Moldavia
during the spring of 1821, hundreds of Jews and Muslims were killed by
the Greeks who lived there as well as by native Wallachs [14]. During
the height of the Greek revolution, five thousand Jews were massacred
in Morea along with most of the Muslim population, numbering about
twenty thousand in all [15]. In Tripolizza alone 1,200 Jews were
massacred along with uncounted Turks [16]. Reverend John Hartley,
after describing the carnage, concluded 'Thus did Jewish blood, mingled
with Turkish, flow down the streets of captured city. The sons of Isaac
and the sons of Ishmael, on this as well as on every occasion during the
Greek Revolution, met with common fate. Their corpses were cast out of the
city, and, like the ancient sovereign of Judah, they received no burial
superior to that of an ass.' [17] Jewish communities on the islands of
Sparta, Patras, Corinthos, Mistra, and Argos were wiped out by bands of
Greek rebels along with those of Thebes, Vrachori, Attica and Epirus [18].
The surviving Jews fled to the island of Corfu, where Jews who had fled
from Italy, and the Iberian Peninsula had lived in peace and prosperity
under the Venetian rule since the twelfth century, though divided into
rival Greek and Italian communities. It was not long, however, before
it too fell victim to the Greek Revolution, leading to savage repression
and massacres of Jews, forcing the surviving members of the two communities
to come together for self-defense for the first time. Throughout the years
of Greek revolution, Greek nationalists went from town to town on the
mainland and from island to island in the Agean, exterminating all the
Jews and Muslims they could find, many along the roads as they desperately
fled to safety in what was left of the Ottoman Empire. Contemporary
accounts relate that the Greeks left the murdered Jews and Muslims lying
exposed so their bodies could be torn apart by the buzzards [19]. Most of
the Jews who survived these massacres fled across the Agean in small boats
to Izmir, thus starting its rise as one of the leading centers of Ottoman
Jewish life during the nineteenth century. Only in Northern Greece,
particularly in the areas of Janina and Salonica, were the Jews and the
Turks able to successfully resist the Greek assaults, thus saving their
populations from massacre as well [20]. During the remainder of the 19th
century, particularly during the Greek-Turkish war in 1897, those Jews
who remained in Greece in the areas of Athens, Chalkis, Larissa, Corfu
and Crete suffered severe persecution and massacre, forcing thousands
more to emigrate into Ottoman territory, particularly to Salonica and
Izmir [21].>>
page 193 (last paragraph):
<<The inclusion in the Treaty of Berlin of stipulations providing
protection for the Jewish and Muslim minorities in Southeastern Europe
stimulated more popular anti-Semitic and anti-Muslim hysteria in all
the countries involved, with blood-libel accusations once again being
used as pretexts for attacking and ravaging Jewish quarters as well as
for new tactics for boycotting Jewish shopkeepers, merchants and
professionals, a movement which was quickly adapted by the Christian
millets in the major cities of the Ottoman Empire. Because the Bulgarians,
Rumanians and Greeks correctly regarded the Jews as supporters of the
Turks, both Jews and Turks were expelled from these countries in equally
atrocious and brutal manners. Their property was plundered and their
homes and shops taken over without compensation, while the survivors
fled in desperation to Edirne and Istanbul. While official statements
subsequently were issued granting equal rights to Jews, little was done
in fact and they continued to be persecuted regularly well into the
twentieth century.>>
page 194 (last paragraph):
<<Things were not much better elsewhere in Southeastern Europe or the
Greek islands of the Agean and the eastern Mediterranean. In 1891 the
Jews on Corfu were subjected to severe persecution by local Greeks due
to the revival of the old ritual murder accusations [26]. Many of
those who survived found refuge in Ottoman territory with the help of a
popular subscription drive carried out in Istanbul under leadership of
the Banque Camondo. In 1881 and 1884, and again in 1892 and 1903,
thousands of Jews came to Ottoman territory as a result of pogroms
in Russia which went on between 1881 and 1921 with only slight periods
of respite. In 1899 Jewish families arrived in Istanbul in flight from
persecution in Vidin, in independent Bulgaria.
The conquest of Ottoman Thrace and Macedonia by Greek and Bulgarian
forces during the Balkan Wars (1912-13), including Salonica, Corlu,
and Edirne, was followed by general attacks on Jews, their synagogues,
homes and shops, in both countries [27], resulting in a renewed exodus
toward Istanbul and beyond. Two reports from Salonica graphically
described the situation caused by the invading armies:
'All the self-interested justifications of the newspapers of Europe,
all the lies which they have used to cover up the truth, can never
destroy the impression of the terrible anguish which has marked the
entry of the Greeks in Salonica. A week of terror and horror one can
never easily forget. The Hellenes now cruelly feel today all the
damage that the explosion of hatred by the (Greek) population has done
to their cause. The mob has shown itself odious and the government
weak...The incompetence of the Greek administration and the horrors
inflicted by the soldiers has put them in a terrible situation. The
consuls guaranteed the absolute safety of the Muslims, but sixty of
them were massacred in a single night....'[28]
'It wasn't only irregulars (Comitacis) who massacred, pillaged and
burned. The soldiers of the Army, the Chief of Police, and the high
civil officials took an active part in the events at Serres. Out of
6,000 houses, 4,000 were burned. Almost 1,200 shops were consumed by
flames and destructive bombs. The (Jewish) population lost all, and
without even anything to wear is in despair. Everyone wants to
emigrate...'[29]
page 196:
<<As a result of these assaults, massacres, and forced deportations from
the independent countries of Southeastern Europe, the Ottoman Empire
received literally thousands of Jewish refugees who joined the Muslims
who survived the persecution, flooding into the Empire...>>
[14] Shlomo Rozanes, Korot Hayehudim Beturkiyah Vebeartzot Hakedem:
Hadorot Haachronim (Jerusalem, 1945), pp.42-44, cited Yitzchak Kerem,
'The Influence of Anti-Semitism on Jewish Immigration Patterns from
Greece to the Ottoman Empire in the 19th Century', pp.2, 14.
[15] Maxime Raybaud, Memoires sur la Grece, pour servir a l'histoire de la
Guerre de l'Independence (2 Vols, Paris, 1824), pp.5-19; Galante,
Turcs et Juifs (Istanbul, 1932), 76-77.
[16] Rev. T.S. Hughes, Travels in Greece and Albania (2nd edn, 2 vols,
London, 1830), II, 194-95.
[17] Rev. John Hartley, Researches in Greece and the Levant (London, 1831),
207, quoted in Yitzchak Kerem, 'Jewish Immigration Patterns from Greece
to the Ottoman Empire in the Nineteenth Century', published paper
delivered at the Comite International d'Etudes Pre-Ottomanes et Ottomanes,
VIII Symposium, 'Decision-Making and the Transmission of Authority
in the Turkic System', University of Minnesota, Minneapolis,
Minnesota, 14-19 August 1988, p.4.
[18] Hartley, ibid., pp.206-7, William Martin Leake, Travels in Northern
Greece (2 Vols, London, 1835) II, 231-32, 609; Errikos Sevillas,
Athens-Auschwitz (Athens, 1983), p.ix, quoted in Kerem, ibid., p.14.
[19] Documented in Kerem, ibid., pp.14-19. Pearl L. Preschel, The Jews
of Corfu (Greece), Unpublished Ph.D. dissertation, New York University,
1984. Goerge Finlay, History of the Greek Revolution (London, 1861),
172, 179-86; See also 'Greece', EJ VII, 876-77.
[20] Yoannina Vasdraveli, Ee Thessaloniki: Kata Ton Agona Tis Aneksantizias
(Salonica, 1946), pp.19-35; Yitzchak Kerem, An Outline of the History
of Jews of Selonica (in Hebrew) (Museum of Kibbutz Lahoma, Getaot, 1985),
p.21, quoted in Kerem, ibid., p.15.
[21] Kerem, ibid., pp.8-12, 'The Persecution of the Jews', Times (London),
16 May 1891; A. Ablagon to AIU, 19 October 1898, AIU, Grece VIII.B.34,
Schaki (Larissa) to AIU, 23 August/4 September 1893, BAIU, Grece,
Deuxieme Serie, no.18, 1er et 2e Semestre, 1893; Elia Fraggi (Larissa)
to AIU, 5 June 1874, AIU Grece, I.C.22; Larissa AIU represantatives
to AIU, 23 June/5 July 1897, AIU, Grece II.B.16; Jewish Community of
Canea leaders in Samos to AIU, 3 March, 1897, AIU, Grece VIII.B.35.
[26] Pearl L. Preschel, The Jews of Corfu (Greece), Unpublished Ph.D.
dissertation, New York University, 1984.
[27] Leon Sciaky, Farewell to Salonica: Portrait of an Era (New York, 1946);
Edgar Morin, Vidal et les Siens (Paris, Seuil, 1989), 55-67; Paul Dumont,
'The Social Structure of the Jewish Community of Salonica at the end of
the nineteenth century', Southeastern Europe V (1979), 33-72; Galante,
Turcs VIII, 18-21; Rodrigue, pp.178-80.
[28] A. Cohen, Ecole Secondaire Moise Allatini, Salonica, to AIU, Paris,
no.7745/7, 4 December 1912, in AIU Archives I C 49.
[29] Mizrahi, President of AIU at Salonica, to AIU (Paris), no.2704/3,
25 July 1913. In AIU Archives (Paris) I C 51.
( AIU = Alliance Israelite Universelle, Paris. )
Need I go on?
Serdar Argic
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FURY OF MOTHER NATURE
Man's contribution to environmental "pollution" are paltry compared to those
of nature. In her exceptional book TRASHING THE PLANET, former Atomic Energy
Commision Chairman Dr. Dixie Lee Ray notes based on the available data, "all
of the air polluting materials produced by man since the beginning of the
industrial revolution do not begin to equal the quantities of toxic
materials, aerosols, and particulates spewed into the air from just three
volcanoes: Krakatoa in Indonesia in 1883, Mount Katmai in Alaska in 1912, and
Hekla in Iceland in 1947." To which could be added Mount St. Helens in
Washington State in 1980 (which pumped out 910,000 metric tons of carbon
dioxide alone). El Chicon in Mexico in 1982 (which sent more than 100 million
tons of sulfur gases into the stratosphere), and Mount Pinatubo in the
Philippines (which in 1991 hurled upwards of 30 million tons of material into
the stratosphere).
LOS NINOS
Many environmentalists attributed the 1988 drought in the U.S. to global
warming, but researchers with the National Center for Atmospheric Research in
Boulder Colorado reported that the freakish weather was actually due to a
natural phenomenon, the interaction of El Nino and El Nina, two massive
currents in the tropical Pacific. El Nino is a huge strip of warm water that
periodically appears off the coast of South America and disrupts the world's
weather patterns. Now and then, it alternates with El Nina, a mass of cold
water that comes from the ocean depths along the equator and drifts for
thousands of miles.
CHICAGO TRIBUNE'S Peter Gorner summarized the phenomenon: "Cold water along
the equator clashed with warmer than normal water southeast of Hawaii. The
result was both the U.S. drought and the devastating floods that swamped
Bangladesh...... Nina's cooler water disrupted tropical weather patterns and
distorted the path of the Jet Stream across North America. Then the Jet
Stream shoved rain-producing weather systems away from the interior of the
U.S. resulting in drought."
TERMITE TERROR
Sundry animals and insects also contribute their share to environmental
"degradation. TIME for April 20,1992 noted that in "the Netherlands... manure
from pigs poses a major ecological threat, defiling water supplies with
excessive nitrites and acidifying local soils. Sheep have permanently scarred
the landscape in Spain and Portugal, while in India ... bovines [cows] are
ravenous wraiths whose constant quest for food drives them to ravage
standing forrests."
The February 1983 issue of SCIENCE DIGEST reported that "an international
team of researchers has discovered that termites generate more than twice the
Carbon Dioxide that fuel burning does." According to a study reported in
SCIENCE for November 5, 1982, the "estimated gross amount of Carbon Dioxide
produced [by termites] was more than twice the net global input from fossil
fuel combustion." In addition, "Termites are a potentially important source
of atmospheric methane: they could account for a large fraction of global
emmisions." The wood-eating pests have a bacteria that enables them too
digest carbon so efficiently that some 90 pe is converted too Carbon Dioxide,
methane, and other gases they belch into the atmosphere.
Ants are another natural source of "pollution." In 1987, an atmospheric
chemist with Bell Laboratories, and zoologists from Cornell University,
reported that ants of the subfamily FORMICINAE make and store huge quantities
of the formic acid that contributes most of the acidity of rain that falls in
remote areas and is found in atmosphere gas and precepitation around the
globe. It is abundant, for instance, in the fog and mists that hang over the
rain forests of Central Africa. According to the July 6, 1987 INSIGHT
magazine, the "ants release the acid when defending themselves and
communicating with each other and upon dying. Since 30 percent of the world
ant population belongs to this subfamily, there is significant concern about
the acid the ants release," an amount estimated at "600,000 metric tons
annually." which is equal to the combined formic acid contributions of
automobiles, refuse combustion and vegetation."
Clearly, man has a long way to go to match nature as a "despoiler" of the
environment.
By Robert W. Lee.
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#
#
# ># So Steve: Lets here, what IS zionism?
#
# > Assuming that you mean 'hear', you weren't 'listening': he just
# > told you, "Zionism is Racism." This is a tautological statement.
#
# I think you are confusing "tautological" with "false and misleading."
No, but you're right that I didn't express myself well.
The dialog went:
A: "Zionism is racism."
B: "What IS zionism?"
DC: "You weren't listening, were you?"
In other words, the first statement *defined* a Zionism of discourse.
Everything else was redundant.
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NHL PLAYOFF RESULTS FOR GAMES PLAYED 23 APRIL 1993:
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CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS BEST OF SEVEN
PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE
NJ BUF (leads 3-0) STL (leads 3-0) WIN
PIT (leads 3-0) BOS CHI VAN (leads 2-1)
NYI (leads 2-1) MON TOR LA
WAS QUE (leads 2-1) DET (leads 2-1) CAL (tied 2-1)
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Detroit Red Wings (lead series 2-1) 0 1 1 - 2
Toronto Maple Leafs 2 0 2 - 4
Dave Andreychuk scored his first two playoff goals for Toronto and Felix
Potvin stopped 34 of 36 Red Wing shots as the Maple Leafs won their first
win in the series.
First period-- 1, Toronto, Andreychuk 1 (Foligno,Gilmour), 4:21. 2, Toronto,
Andreychuk 2 (Gilmour), 7:37.
Second period-- 3, Detroit, Fedorov 2 (Coffey,Sheppard), 1:20 (pp).
Third period-- 4, Toronto, Clark 1 (Gilmour,Mironov), 4:44 (pp). 5, Toronto,
Pearson 1 (Clark,Cullen), 9:32. 6, Detroit, Chiasson 2 (Konstantinov,
Fedorov), 14:14.
Shots on goal-- Detroit 9-19-8--36. Toronto 13-8-12--33. Power-play
opportunities-- Detroit 1 of 5; Toronto 1 of 8. Goalies-- Detroit,
Cheveldae, 2-1 (33 shots-29 saves). Toronto, Potvin, 1-2 (36-34).
A--15,720.
Referee-- Mark Faucette. Linesmen-- Kevin Collins, Brian Murphy.
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Chicago Blackhawks 0 0 0 - 0
St. Louis Blues (lead series 3-0) 1 1 1 - 3
Curtis Joseph blanked the Blackhawks for the second straight game and Brett
Hull scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Blues to a 3-0 series lead.
Chicago hasn't scored in 131:09 of play since Brian Noonan's hat-trick goal in
game 1.
First period-- 1, St. Louis, Janney 1 (Hull,Brown), 16:53 (pp).
Second period-- 2, St. Louis, Hull 3 (Miller), 12:31.
Third period-- 3, St. Louis, Emerson 1 (Felsner,Shanahan), 16:44.
Shots on goal-- Chicago 9-12-13--34. St. Louis 7-13-4--24. Power-play
opportunities-- Chicago 0 of 4; St. Louis 1 of 7. Goalies-- Chicago,
Belfour, 0-3 (24 shots-21 saves). St. Louis, Joseph, 3-0 (34-34).
A--17,985.
Referee-- Dan Marouelli. Linesmen-- Randy Mitton, Shane Heyer.
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Vancouver Canucks (lead series 2-1) 1 2 1 - 4
Winnipeg Jets 3 0 2 - 5
Teemu Selanne broke out of his mini-slump with a hat trick, including the
game-winner, to lead the Jets to a 5-4 victory. Trevor Linden and Pavel Bure
each scored twice for the losing Canucks.
First period-- 1, Winnipeg, Tkachuk 1 (Housley), 3:52. 2, Winnipeg, Selanne 1
(Housley,Shannon), 7:01 (pp). 3, Vancouver, Bure 2, 18:29. 4, Winnipeg,
Selanne 2 (Shannon,Housley), 19:57 (pp).
Second period-- 5, Vancouver, Linden 2 (Ronning,Lumme), :14. 6, Vancouver,
Linden 3 (Adams,Slegr), :59 (pp).
Third period-- 7, Winnipeg, Borsato 1 (Steen), 2:53 (sh). 8, Winnipeg,
Selanne 3 (Shannon), 9:35. 9, Vancouver, Bure 3 (Babych,Lidster), 15:52.
Shots on goal-- Vancouver 18-9-10--37. Winnipeg 13-8-8--29. Power-play
opportunities-- Vancouver 1 of 8; Winnipeg 2 of 6. Goalies-- Vancouver,
McLean, 2-1 (29 shots-24 saves). Winnipeg, Essensa, 1-2 (37-33).
A--15,569.
Referee-- Kerry Fraser. Linesmen-- Gord Broseker, Dan Schachte.
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Calgary Flames (lead series 2-1) 2 1 2 - 5
Los Angeles Kings 0 1 1 - 2
(Boxscore tomorrow)
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Saturday, 24 April 1993:
Washington at NY Islanders (NY Islanders lead series 2-1), 7:40pm EST
Boston at Buffalo (Buffalo leads series 3-0), 7:40pm EST
Quebec at Montreal (Quebec leads series 2-1), 8:10pm EST
Sunday, 25 April 1993:
Pittsburgh at New Jersey (Pittsburgh leads series 3-0), 1:10pm EST
Chicago at St. Louis (St. Louis leads series 3-0), 1:10pm EST
Calgary at Los Angeles (Calgary leads series 2-1), 3:10pm EST
Detroit at Toronto (Detroit leads series 2-1), 7:10pm EST
Vancouver at Winnipeg (Vancouver leads series 2-1), 9:10pm EST
-JPC
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I just joined this group recently and really do not know much about
cryptography, but a couple things came to mind while reading through
the posts.
1. Is the Clipper chip going to be exported? If not, how will
people communicate with other countries? Will they have to do
that in un-crypt-mode. Will other encryption techniques be
legal (assuming the government cracks down on using others) when
going overseas, but not within the states?
2. I've read about authentication systems that use an electronic
security card that looks like a calculator to create an encrypted
PIN based on the time/date. The host system has the algorithm
built into it as well so that it can authenticate a user.
Is there some form of encryption technology that would create
keys that are only valid at a certain instant in time? The
systems would then allow a "window" of time around this instant
where the key would work.
I realize that this technique would increase the amount of information
needing to be stored because you would need entire algorithms rather
than just keys. But for smaller scale things it might work.
Could some similar method be used to make the two 80-bit keys that
are issued to police/FBI/etc to tap a phone only usable for one-week
(for instance). If further surveilance was needed, they would have
to go back to the escrow service to get another key. This would
make it useless for local police to database keys they have used.
I assume this is not possible because the receiving phone would need
to be able to decypher the message. But any thoughts on the subject?
Thanks,
Tauren Mills
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Has anyone observed this? If I copy a large, say 800K+ file (a large PKZIP
file for instance) to my floppy drive (3.5") under MS Windows 3.1 via either
Program Manager or a DOS Shell, the file copied under the DOS shell
has errors whereas the file copied from within Program Manager does not.
The corruption is detected by executing "pkunzip -t b:\file.zip" after
both copies. The file copied via the DOS shell always shows corruption.
Now here's the kicker:
I have many windows open while doing this; both DOS and WINDOWs apps.
Supposedly all WINDOWs' apps share the same time slice, whereas the
DOS apps get their own equal time slice (unless overriden).
So, as an example, I have 5 WINDOWs' apps open, 2 multitasking DOS sessions running,
and one execution-execlusive DOS shell iconized (inactive). Under this
scenario, CPU time is divided into two major slices: one for all the Windows
apps and one slice for the running DOS app.
When copying under Windows PGM MGR, I'll assume the other Windows and DOS tasks
are essentially inactive. Thus PGM MGR gets, say, 80% of the Windows slice and
95% of the execution-background DOS shell's slices. Thus it gets (.8)(.95)^2 =
.72 or 72% of the total available CPU time.
When copying in a DOS shell, I activate the execute-exclusive mode DOS shell
(no other DOS background tasks allowed), full screen, under the Windows task
manager. The CPU time available to this shell would be 80% of the Windows slice
(assumming inactive Windows applications) and 100% of the DOS slice:
(1.0)(.8) = .8 or 80% of the total available CPU time.
So why do I get copy errors under DOS if it has the greater amount of CPU
time? Is program manager working in a pre-emptive mode during the floppy
copy? It must be!
Miscellaneous data: Running Windows on top of DOS 5.0, qemm 5.x, rapidbios.sys,
2.0 mbyte smartdrive (no delayed writes), two ramdrives,
logitech mouse driver 6.2, full 16mbytes motherboard RAM,
64Kbyte motherboard cache, 386 DX 33 Mhz.
Running dos-edit.com TSR in the DOS shell.
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Great SLR camera (Ricoh) for sale. Has all the Nikon FE features, and also
shutter speeds form 16 seconds and down. Excellent condition. With accessories
such as a zoom lens. Very reasonable price.
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This is an outrage! I don't even own a dog.
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wanted: apple adb mouse and keyboard
contact Paul Gribble at above email address asap. Paul G.
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Does anyone know if the source is available to create FLI
or FLC animations? I would ideally like DLL's for Windows
but would settle for C source. I've heard they might be
available on Amiga forums somewhere. The libraries
currently distributed by Autodesk, AAWIN, AAPLAY, do NOT
have FLI creation capability, only playback.
Any pointers would be appreciated, thanks!
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N(P>Just got a 66MHz 486DX2 system, and am considering getting a fan for the
N(P>CPU. The processor when running is too hot to touch so I think this is a
N(P>fairly good idea. (long ago when I did some electronics training I read
N(P>somewhere that the regions within a chip that define junctions/gates etc
N(P>slowly diffuse over time and this increases with temperature, hence a hot
N(P>chip goes off-spec sooner)
N(P>Has anyone out there got a CPU fan??
I work for a small PC OEM. We offer both a personal and professional
system line. Our 486 pro machines always have a CPU cooling fan on DX2
and DX-50 units.
N(P>Is there more than 1 type?
There are several manufacturers.
N(P>Do you have to remove the CPU from its scoket to install the fan?
Sometimes - depends on the specific fan model.
N(P>Do all CPU fans derive their power from spare drive power lines?
All the ones I've seen do; many come with a 'Y' connector, so you don't
have to have a "spare" connector.
N(P>Anyone had any trouble with CPU fans?
None.
N(P>Does anyone have any evidence that CPU fans are a complete waste of
money?
Touch a 486DX-50 chip after its been running a few minutes - you won't
feel the fan is a waste!
N(P>How are these fans attached? (glue? clips? melted cheese?)
Depends on the model. Many use clips - make sure you use heat sink
grease, or heat transfering tape, or you will have wasted your money.
N(P>Roughly how much cooler will the CPU be with a fan as opposed to
without? (an advert I've read claims 85F vs 185F)
Tough to tell - I do know the chip sheds a lot of heat.
* SLMR 2.1a * Murphy was an optimist - Is your data backed up?
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Take a look at the standings. It's REAL easy to get so focussed on
minutinae and forget that the Giants happen to be in first place. If it's
working, you don't SCREW IT UP by changing things, just because you think it
ought to be different.
Some folks like to argue about theoretical details. I prefer to watch teams
win. When the Giants slip to third, then we can talk about how to re-arrange
the batting order. Until then, I think it's stupid to focus on what's wrong,
for the simple fact that IT'S WORKING AS IT IS.
In the majors? I don't follow AL, so I won't comment on "Majors". In the NL,
if I had my choice of any 1B in the league for my team, it'd be Clark, and
I'd hit him third. (My fantasy team has both Grace and Murray on it, because
I've never been able to GET Clark. I'd take any of the three without
hesitation in real life, but I think Clark is it).
Williams: Not even close. I much prefer his defense, but when he isn't
headcasing it, Matt has a good, solid swing and some real punch. If he drops
to .230, then he wanders out of cleanup, but according to the latest
Baseball Weekly, he's hitting .275, and in the last week, hitting .296.
That's not exactly chopped liver.
Mostly, though, the Giants are winning, and frankly, as long as that
continues, it's rather silly to second-guess their strategy. But evidently,
some folks would rather be right than be first.
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than
First of all, I wouldn't advise wasting your time with Apple. They'll
treat you like an idiot and you won't get any answers (a personal
opinion).
The safest thing to do is match the SVGA monitor's scanning rates with
Apple's rates. I don't know Apple's video scanning rates, but I use the
Micron Xceed 30's rates, as they're a good approximation.
About cables: you just have to go out to someplace like Fry's and get a
few Mac-VGA cables and try them out. I have a ViewSonic 5E (14") and I
use an NEC adaptor. Other monitors may use other adaptors. I also have
a Mac->832x624 adaptor that tricks System into thinking the monitor is an
Apple 16". I need to readjust the vertical and horizontal sizes but it
works fairly well.
"Just like everything else in life, the right lane ends in half a mile."
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We are making a transition from NextStep to X-windows. I am trying to find the best GUI tool for our needs. I have looked at several tools but they all seem basically the same (each salesman will beg to differ). I realize that there are differences but I don't have an infinate amount of time to discover what they are. The tools I have looked at so far are UIM/X, X-designer, Tele-Use, tcl/tk,Interviews, and SUIT.
So far I've drawn the following conclusions:
1) The builder for Interviews is not very mature, bad docs
2) Tele-Use is very expensive and uses a proprietary toolkit
3) UIM/X & X-designer seem about the same, even though X-designer does not have a interpreter (I'll by Centerline if I need one)
4) tcl/tk is a little buggy
5) I know very little about the ICS Builder (just have the sales info)
6) Due to a corporate agreement X-designer is much cheeper than any other comercial product.
7) For the time I'm spending I could have bought all of them (well different money)
8) We will have to live with any shortcomings and make it work
9) this type of tool seems great, but noone seems to talk about them on the net. Is there another news group for this ?
10) SUIT cost too much for comercial development.
I'm hoping someone out there has a strong opinion on at least one of these products.
thanks
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Here is a list I get when I was combing through some microfilm one
day here at Drexel while completely board. Most of these circuits are
pretty easy to constuct and can be done by a novice.
This is basically some stuff that could prove useful to you without
having to sit down and either design or buy the stuff (not a good word, but I'm
tired right now).
Hope you enjoy!
If you have any additions send them to me and I'll add them to the list
. They don't have to be from this particular magazine, they just have to be
interesting!
RADIO ELECTRONICS
Year Month Page Article Name and/or discription
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92 April 31 Car Audio Amplifier (270 Watts)
May 41 Midi Light Controller (Light control from music input)
47 Solid State Relay
50 Digital Altimeter
June 53 Electronic Thermostat
91 February43 Audio Sweep/Marker Generator (frequency response)
April 43 Line Power from 12 volts (12 VDC -> 110 VAC) (40 Watts)
June 39 Electronic Compass
August 55 Speaker Protector
Sept. 33 Solid State Tesla Coil
Oct. 39 Vocal Effects/Mixer
Nov. 58 Music on Hold (Play music for someone who is on hold on
the phone)
Dec. 47 THD Analizer
53 Battery Tool
63 Electronic Fuse
90 Jan. 35 Acoustic field Generator
45 Phone activated Audio Muting circuit
Feb. 31 Frequency Probe
37 Radar Detector Tester
March 31 Universal Laboratory Power Supply
April 33 Morse/RTTY Detector
43 Capacitance Adaptor (Capacitance add on for a DMM)
46 Solid State Wiper control
May 37 Universal Descrambler (for a TV)
July 31 Digital Dashboard (for a car)
August 41 Digital Pressure gauge
Sept. 33 Vocal Stripper (take the vocals away from music)
Oct. 37 Rocket Altimeter (model rockets)
Dec. 33 Benchtop Frequency counter
89 Jan 55 Carrier-Current Audio transmitter (audio through your
house's wiring)
62 Plasma display globe
70 Advanced Control System
Feb. 55 Carrier-Current Receiver
March 51 Hi-Fi Audio Amp for House or Car (High Power)
May 41 I-R Extender (extender for Infra-Red remotes)
July 31 Light beam communication
38 Digital Capacitance meter
Nov 39 R-C Decade Box
43 Digital Compass
Dec 37 Programmable Phasor Property Guard
88 July 41 L-C Meter Part 1
August 50 L-C Meter Part 2
87 Nov. 107 Electronic Combonation Lock
86 Sept 41 Stun Gun
June 55 Click and Pop filter for your stereo (removes clicks and
pops when you play old LPs)
-- From what I could see, you can order the circuit kits, finished or unfinished
or you can order the parts that you can't get through a normal store
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That doesn't answer my question: Can you give a proof that it is an official
policy of any Israeli government to kill "neutral observers" or UN personel
or others like them?
I wasn't sure that your original statement was wrong and was prepared to
recieve proofs that you are right (since I don't follow the events closely).
Your last response made me pretty damn sure that at least YOU can't give such
a proof, and you made your original statement without much ground to put it
on.
Even if it's true (and in this case I'd take it without asking you to prove it)
it is still far from killing reporters. Also whenever that happened I'll bet
it happened as individual actions by certain soldiers and not as a policy of
the government (e.g. see the Hawara case where a colonel was sentenced for
giving orders to kick Arabs, as far as I remember).
Bye,
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From article <1993Apr22.165659.8890@desire.wright.edu>, by demon@desire.wright.edu (Not a Boomer):
Hmmm... that's not quite right. The Performa 600 is Real Darn Close
to the IIvx (but a better buy IMO). I also don't think they are so
much a 'low-cost business solution', but a low-cost _home_ solution.
Why else bundle at ease (among other things)? Hardly a business
application.
What do you mean by 'no "retail price"'. Quite the contrary, I think.
The price is darn near the same all across the country. That (again,
IMO) was one of the selling points of the performas -- ie: no haggling
required. Kinda like the Saturn (car) of the computer set. One
price, medium performance, ready to go.
When I shopped for my Performa (600CD), the difference between Sears
(*sigh), Montgomery Wards, Silo (*sigh), Circuit City (*sigh*) and
Bizmart (*sigh*) couldn't have been $100.00. Why I chose one over the
other was based solely on availability and a friendly salesman who
went the extra mile (when did you last hear that about someone who
sells Apples?). Admittedly, except for Montgomery Wards (and I
suspect I was just lucky) all of the salesfolk I spoke to didn't know
didly about the computers, peecee or mac. But then, neither did any
of the Apple dealers I spoke with...
If you would've told me a year ago that I would buy a Macintosh from
Montgomery Wards I woulda laughed for a long, long time. Go figure.
I'm *real* happy with my Performa. Oh, and I bought the Apple
Performa Plus monitor (vs. buying 3rd party). Happy with that
decision as well. I walked in, plopped down some cash, and walked out
with a spankin' new computer the day before Christmas.
--
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Instrument Approach Procedures Automation DOT/FAA/AMI-230
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Extract from the color README file for Anthony's Icon Library.
For Network discussion...
Color Coordination...
I tried to start a discussion in `comp.windows.x' at the start of the
year about some sort of `standard color table' that icons should follow
(say 16 to 32 colors including 5 colors for a small grey scale). but no
one responded at all.
The problem is that if the colors for icons are just used willy-nilly
you will soon find that the workstations color table, devotes itself
solely the window manager, icons and other `adminstrative tasks' instead
of applications that actually require the colors for proper working.
``Color needful applications'' such as : Picture and graphic displayers,
Animation, Real Time video, Raytracers, etc... .
The following is a suggested color table for icons, and general use.
Icons, Window Managers, and general applications, should follow this
table or something like it, UNLESS the application is ``color needful''.
* for each primary color (red,green,blue) three colors
EG: values 0, 128 and 255.
This results in 3 ^ 3 colors (27) representing most of the
standard colors for use in icons.
* two extra shades of grey
EG: vales (black) 0, 64, 128, 196 and 255 (white,red,...)
* 3 other colors -- probably of some primary color to provide shading
a and 3-D look to buttons and titlebars in the window manager.
This table represents 32 colors and represents a large range of
posibilities for the above ``administrative services'' of the
workstation.
Anthony Thyssen - (SysProg @ Griffith University) anthony@cit.gu.edu.au
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A Gods idea of amusement is a Snakes & Ladders game, with greased rungs.
- Terry Pratchett "Wyrd Sisters"
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who cares about typos of these meaningless, synthetic names? if the
cars were named after a person, e.g. honda, i'd be more respectful.
wrong! the GS300 and SC300 use straight sixes, while the ES300 uses a
V6. only a giant like toyota can afford to have both a V6 and inline
6 in its lineup, but that won't last for long.
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David Hammerslag asked:
How do you (Mormons) reconcile the idea of eternal marriage
with Christ's statement that in the resurrection people will
neither marry nor be given in marriage (Luke, chapt. 20)?
Several explanations for this seeming contradiction have been proposed,
but most LDS scholars whose opinions I have studied take more or less
one of the following three positions:
(1) Jesus was talking to a group of people (Sadducees) who were trying
to trip Him up with what they felt was a silly hypothetical situa-
tion that ridiculed the concept of a resurrection (something they
didn't believe in). These people -- and those associated with them
("Now there were with us seven brethren", Matt. 22:25) -- would not
be receptive to such higher blessings as eternal marriage. Hence,
the people in the story would likely not be married in the eterni-
ties; but that doesn't mean other, more faithful people could not
have this blessing.
(2) Jesus was making a distinction between the state or condition of
=being= married, and the process of =becoming= married. The latter
activity (marrying and giving in marriage) will not take place in
the eternities, because all eternal marriages will be taken care of
before then.
(3) The account as we have it (in all three of the synoptic Gospels) is
missing something that would make its real meaning clearer. Note
that we (LDS) do not believe in Biblical inerrancy, so we do not in
general feel obliged to reconcile each and every Bible text with
modern revelation through Joseph Smith and other latter-day proph-
ets. Nor are we particularly upset that the account in question
was not significantly revised in the "Joseph Smith Translation" or
"Inspired Version" of the Bible, since we do not believe this work
was completed or that failure to revise a passage in the JST con-
stitutes divine approval of that passage as it stands in the KJV.
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W -->
W --> SEE! The Providence Bruins lost the first two games at home and came back to
W --> tie the series on the road, there may be hope for the Bruins yet!
Toast. They're toast. (And I know how much you want me to eat these
words, but it ain't gonna happen.) Are the golf courses in the Boston
area in playable condition yet?
- Jack
* Acid consumes 47 times its weight in life!
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My respect for the power of the hockey gods is preventing me from
commenting on the above, and for commenting on whether the guy
Damphousse was traded for is on vacation or not. Perhaps Roger
(demonstrably in contempt of the hockey gods and paying for it) dares a
comment or two?
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More people have been asking for information on the Kubota graphics
workstations, so here is some more info on the Kenai/Denali vs. the
E&S Freedom.
Here is the text of a Denali vs. E&S Freedom done by D.H. Brown Associates.
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Denali bears a strong resemblance to Evans and Sutherlands Freedom graphics
subsystem in several aspects of its high-level design. Both products use
a parallel array of 29050 processors for geometric computations. Both
have a pixel router to connect this front end to a second array of
pixel processors. As a result, Denali and Freedome overlap significantly
in performance and functionality. Both design teams also appear to have
similar philosophies with respect to modularity, scalability, and market
penetration.
There remain, however, several important differences between the KPC and
E&S products. Evans and Sutherland designed Freedom as a high-end
developer's dream system with plenty of performance potential and
flexibility. In its favor, Freedom has configurations from two to
sixteen floating point units, a border range that starts and ends at
a higher price and performance levels than Denali. All Freedom
systems include a large, fixed number of pixel processors that
support a broader variety of color blending functions. The Freedom
design treats its entire image memory as general-purpose memory, allowing
developers to allocate it on a flexible basis to a number of special-purpose
applications. Finally, E&S provided Freedom with very flexible otput and
video integration features for multimedia and simulation applications. Note
that KPC is working an auxiliary board for NTSC and PAL output that will not
require an external video encoder. E&S programmable output features,
however, will remain much more flexible.
The KPC design team, in contrast, made Denali more of an end-user's system.
Entry version have better performance range and flexibility than low-end
Freedom configurations, and come in at more realistic mainstream price
points. Denali does not need as many 29050 modules as Freedome because
it uses a deeper scan-conversion pipeline to support each one, resulting
in better cost/performance characteristics. Although both products provide
strong support for 3D, imaging, and volume rendering, KPC recognized that
not all users will want an even mix of these capabilities. Denali's
configuration flexibility allows customers in effect to purchase
geometric and pixel processing capabilities separately, and to upgrade
them separately as needed.
Both companies have implemented hardware texture mapping at
workstation price levels as a way to attack SGI's more expensive
VGXT and RealityEngine systems -- the only other products to provide
this capability. KPC supports point sampling and bilinear interpolation
of textures in hardware, but provides only software support for the higher
qualtiy tri-linear interpolated mipmapping method. On balance, however, Denali
provideds bettern overall texturing capabilities than E&S for most applications.
Aside from being much more affordable, KPC solutions deliver more parallelism
for texture processing and more off-screen memory for general graphics
data storage. By implementing texture mapping on its transformation
modules, E&S foces customers to move very quickly to higher price levels
to obtain better texturing performance. Kubota avoids this problem by linking
texturing to its Frame Buffer Modules, providing a lower-cost, more scalable
solution.
Hope this helps,
Brian
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Probably the most famous V16 is the one Cadillac made from about 1925
to 1935. They had to scale down then because the Great Depression really put
the crimp on luxury cars. It had 452 cubic inches with over two hundred horse
power. "They don't make them like they used to."
There were others though. Packard had one until about 1930 whe it down
sized to their legendary Twin-Six, their mainstay for the next twenty years.
Lincoln and Pierce Arrow might have also had one but I am not two sure.
Most luxury and semi-luxury cars of this era at least experimented with
V16 if they did not actually produce them. There was actually a "cylinder war"
among the Big Three to see who could produce the biggest engine.
Big M
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I have following softwares for sale:
NEW ITEMS (never opened):
1. Lucid 3-D, three dimensional spreadsheet:
with pull-down menus, on-line help, up to 8 pages of notes behind every
cell for dynamic detail, 3-D capability, compatible with Lotus 1-2-3, etc.
$15 including shipping (manual, 5.25" disks)
2. Turbo Pascal Express
with 250 ready-to-run assembly language routines that make Turbo Pascal
faster, more powerful, and easier to use.
Book and 2 5.25" disks
$15 (including shipping)
3. Dr. Halo III
much more than an icon driven paint program - it's a complete page
composition and presentation graphics package. Automatic aspect ratio
correction for WYSIWYG printing. True color or grey scale output and partial screen prints.
3 5.25" disks and manual
$12 (including shipping)
4. Key Form Designer Plus
software for making professional business forms.
3.5" disks and manual
$25 plus shipping OBO
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1. JetFighter II
Advanced tactical fighter F-23 as well as F-14, F-16, F/A-18, and F-22.
3.25" disks and manuals
$30 plus Shipping OBO
2. Nighthwak F-117A Stealth Fighter 2.0
The definitive simulation of America's radar-elusive jet.
Sensational sound, nine world's "hot spots": Cuba, North Korea, the Kuwaiti T Theatre of operations, central Europe, the North Cape, Libya, the persian Gul f, Vietnam and the Middle East. Awesome missions to challenge you.
5.25" disks and manual
$35 plus shipping OBO
3. Grammatik IV - $20 plus shipping
4. Quattro Pro 1.0 - make an offer
5. GEM chart, graphics, word, publisher, ... V.3.0 - make an offer.
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Does anyone know of a program or utility that will
enable the Mac to read Unix (i.e. NeXT) 3.5 in. disks?
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Calm down. It is not as if I tweaked the fount of the flame wars
or anything (guns, anything to do with them).
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Brad Yearwood posts a long response to the issue of registering a
phone-clipper relationship.
It doesn't wash.
Recall that law enforcement gets a court order to tap a suspect's phone
calls. They do what they do now--figure out which lines to tap. They then
record the stuff. If it's Clipper, they read the law enforcement block,
extract the serial number, and get the keys using the court order.
No new difficulties (such as using someone else's phone instrument or phone
line) are introduced that wouldn't have existed absent clipper. If the
crooks were going to use a pay phone (say), they could have done so without
clipper. If the government figures out they're so doing, they listen in, and
if it's a clipper conversation they get the serial number and then the keys.
If the crooks use an innocent person's clipper phone on the tapped line
there's no problem. The Feds don't care whose phone instrument is used, just
that the conversation is by the suspect on the tapped line. They get the
serial number, get the keys, and they are in business.
No clipper chip to person association is ever needed.
David
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One of our users is having an unusual problem. If she does an Alt/Tab to
a full-screen DOS program, when she goes back to Windows her desktop fonts
have changed. If she goes back to a full-screen DOS program and then goes
back to Windows, the font has changed back to its default font. It's not
a major problem (everything works and the font is legible), but it is
annoying. Does anyone have any idea why this happens. By the way, she
has a DEC 486D2LP machine.
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I too think that Joseph has had a GREAT year and should be considered for the
Vezina. I think Barrasso and Joseph should be the two strongest candidates
this year. I don't believe ALL of the hype that Roy, Belfour and now Potvin
receive for their goaltending. I do think that they are great in the nets,
but I would rather have Curtis, Tommy or Fuhr in the nets during this years
playoffs. The big name tenders always seem to have a strong defense in front
of them and the goaltenders get the most credit. I would rather face 25 shots
a game, than have to rely on Joseph saving 35, but if the goalie is going to
face 35 shots, I would rather have Joseph or Barrasso facing them.
-Jay
ps Go Quebec!!! And I know that McLean and several others should be mentioned
as candidates for this years Vezina, but I am partial to Joseph and Barrasso
this season.
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I've already written a 5000 char commentary (from my MCI MAIL account, so I
can't be accused of being a "hacker".)
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can anybody guess this from the title?
Not me, I thought that a clash between Israelis and Arabs resulted
in four deaths on one side and two on the other.
How about being illegally settled there?
I am not sure about the signals the Israelis are sending, one day
they are willing to accept a Jordan/West Bank federation, the other
they do not recognize the west bank as occupied territory (neither
did the U.S, "the honest brocker")
(details of the killings omitted, PLO,Hamas graffiti both claim responsability)
Now don't tell me that this could not be an Israeli spy.
We will know later.
*********************************
Now the UPI shows its ugly face once and for all.
USUALLY?
It happened once this year, once last year. out of possibly thousands
or more. Man how low can you get.
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Surprise, surprise. I sure didn't lose any sleep over it, and I live there.
Suppose someone said that he was sure that he would return from death,
in glory and power, flying in the clouds with the host of heaven,soon, within
the lifetimes of those then standing with him - and 2000 years went by without
any such event. [He also asserted, so they say, himself to be God.]
2 questions:
1) Is that one of those "false prophecies" you were talking about?
2) Does that make the speaker a false prophet?
Uhh, Has it occurred to you that there is no way to know any of these
things, for certain, "without the tiniest shadow of a doubt"? That people
who thought they did have also been deluded?
Those of us who believe in actually being able to _CHECK_ our opinions
have an out - we can check against some external reality. Those who
assert that beliefs entertained without evidence, or even despite evidence
have a special virtue (ie. "faith") are out of luck -- and this is the
result.
You want to demonstrate Christian honesty? Great.
Start with the prophecy above - what can we conclude about the speaker?
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Another factor against bringing the HST back to Earth is risk of contamination.
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Oh are we Jill? Let me tell you a story then...
One evening not long in this country a man, a parolee, a convicted KNOWN
violent crimminal lead police on high speed chase after breaking another law.
He decided that police had no right to do their jobs and enforce the law
and assualted two of while attempting to resist arrest. When police use
metal sticks to force him into submission we heard all the reason why certain
people in this country have and excuse when they refuse to obey the law,
how this was a perfect example of police oppression, how all the police
had to do was behave a certain way and all would have been finei, how nothing
the victim did could have possibly warranted the response - some blows with
a few sticks - he got from the authorities.
Funny, how when it's Bloodbath Billy or his hitwench calling the shots,
a group of people who were bothering no one, were not know to have broken
any law, who asked only that they be left alone to practice their religion
as they fit, how it is now that the government is justified in assualting
those people with 100 heavily armed commandos simply because the gun
grabbers in DC thought these people had more guns thay they thought they
should have. Now when it's the Clinton administration that has the blood
of dozens on its hand AAAALL of a sudden it's the people who refused to
have their civil rights violated, it's their fault, those evil fanatics
provoked it...
How is it in the mind of the liberal Democrat-Clinton supporter that a
crimminal puke, scum bag, piece of garbage like Rodney King could not have
possibly provoked the beating he got, but this bunch of wierdos could cause
a fifty one day stand off that ended with the burning deaths of all of them
and their children, all by themselves with no help from the the police.
And to here people say they deserved what they got, to hear Clinton say
the blame rest solely with Koresch, what a cowardly piece of work that
man has shown, again, himself to be.
WE'RE blaming the right people. It is you and others that defend ANY of the
actions of the BATF, FBI or Justice Department in this matter, that with
each word prove again and again the depth of the hypocrisy, the double
standard that people like the Clintons would hold certain Americans to.
While at the same time allowing others to do as they please with only
excuses to offer their victims. It's all to clear these days, from the
comments of the "president" and the rationalizations of his supporters
in these groups, that in a liberal Democratic vision of America only
a certain select few people can expect to have civil rights enforced,
and this administration intends to enforce laws, apply the Constitution
and obey the laws only when it suits them to do so.
The Rooster
WARNING!
By order of Heir Clinton and for your own
personal safety: Remember to maintain membership
in ONLY BATF approved religious organizations.
BATF approved religious services.
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That's what MCI Mail is for! (CompuServe also has "CongressGrams" (TM).)
This is not intended as an advertisement; that really is what MCI Mail WAS
intended for (according to their ads).
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Cost is lower than OEM replacements and they weigh less. Also, in most
instances you do not have to rejet the carburetors to get a little more
performance. I replaced my OEM canister with an Ontario systems slip on.
The mid-range performance is better but I also notice a slight stumble at
2-3K rpm. After talking to Kaz Yoshima, the developer and manufacturer of
the slip on, he thinks I might need larger pilot, idle, jets. Was not suppose
to but maybe where I live makes a difference. Altitude, barometric pressure...
Anyway, besides that minor glitch, I like the slip on performance and the sound,
which is louder than stock, but not loud enough to annoy folks. The Ontario
slip on use some sort of sound baffling technique to reduce the sound at full
throttle.
Just remember, every bike is a tuned system. When you change the intake or
exhaust characteristics beyond the allowable delta of the manufacturer, you may
have to change other areas to compensate. Like a complete change of the exhaust
system, header and muffler, changes the exhaust characteristic to the point
which re-jetting is required to compensate for the new engine breathing/pumping
profile.
Talk with the folks who make the slip on you intend to use and ask them if
they have used it on your particular bike. Check with people who have the
system also to see what they think about there slip on.
Also, as a last data point, in Sport Rider's first issue, did a review on a
group of header and exhaust systems for the CBR600F2. They also included, as a
side bar, the Ontario slip on, the Dyno showed an increase from stock of 5bhp at
the rear wheel, 85 verses 91.
Buyer beware, of outrageous claimed increases in horse power! It may have been
true in the past, but not today!
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Hi, I am trying to compile a chart for Windows and DOS performance
of local bus video card . So if you have a DX2-66V and one
of the local bus video cards below, please email me your Winbench
3.11 and 3dbench(obtainable in ftp.wustl.edu, pub/MSDOS_UPLOADS)
scores. Please give me Winmark score at 800x600x256 and
800x600x64K. I will post the chart if enough response if received.
Tseng ET-4000/W32 VLB
CL 5426 VLB
S3 805/928 based local bus card.
ATI Ultra Pro VLB
Orchid Celsius 9000 VLB
AGX based VLB cards(do they exist?)
Matox MGA based video cards
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As quoted from <nate.1504.735838830@psygate.psych.indiana.edu> by nate@psygate.psych.indiana.edu (Nathan Engle):
What laws did they circumvent? Being "frightening" isn't a crime. Some people
are afraid of young Black males. That doesn't make the mere status of being a
young Black male a crime.
The BATF itself admitted leading off by throwing handgrenades. There is no
evidence that they properly identified themselves as law enforcement
personnel. Under those circumstances, other persons have been found to be
acting within their legal rights to exercise self defense against unidentified
armed intruders.
The charges are irrlevant anyway, since the BATF has absolutely no jurisdiction
in such matters anyway. Of course that hasn't stopped them from making other
such spurious charges, such as the existence of mythical "meth labs". Of
course they whole "cult" thing indicates the level of contempt that they have
for the 1st amendment.
That armed resistance, at least initially, may well have been LEGAL.
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Believe Bugatti's coming(has) out one. Something like 4 turbos
and mucho macho HP. One cool price too, as i heard. At any rate,
the point is, i'm pretty sure there is, indeed, one in production...
tho rather limited..
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I think it was a typo for "Karelian photography", which is the
practice of taking pictures of either Finns or Russians, depending
on whom one asks.
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Or perhaps you write a freely available, GPLed unix for commonly
available computer platforms (i386/i486 machines) and become a catalyst
for a major netwide project which produces a better unix-like os than
many commercial counterparts (see comp.os.linux for details). Or maybe
you found a Legue for Programming Freedom to fight restrictive litigation
and software patenting practices, thereby protecting the creative freedom
so vital to continuing progress in our field. Or maybe you start up
a gnu project, and produce by far and away the best c/c++ compiler
for unix there is, not to mention other valuable utilities.
Some hackers make significant contributions without selling out their
ideals. As for Bill Gates, after pawning of grossly inferior software
onto the PC market for ten years, if he ever was a hacker, he deserves
to have his name eradicated from the Annals of Computer Hackery.
As for me, I like running linux+X+countless other packages, without
paying a dime. On the other hand, I have no problem purchasing motif
or other good software, as long as Microsoft hasn't fouled it with their
inept input.
My 2 cents worth, flames will be patiently ignored. :-)
Jean.
--
Jean Liddle
Computer Science, Illinois State University
e-mail: jliddle@ilstu.edu
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...
...
...
"Why don't you kill him Beav"
"Well...I dunnow Eddie...I might get in trouble"
"Here's a gun Beav, shoot him, Beav"
"Well...ok Eddie"
BLAM BLAM
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Last night I tried to reinstall the utilities from the Windows 3.1 Resource
Kit disk. The setup program appeared to run perfectly normally, but when it
had finished, there was no Program Group created. Now, I know I've done
this before successfully, and creating a group myself didn't exactly tax
me, but I'm curious as to what might be going on. I can only assume that
something left over from the last time I had it installed is getting in
the way, but I can't figure out what. Any clues, anyone?
--
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: :
: : Hello,
: : Just one quick question:
: : My father has had a back problem for a long time and doctors
: : have diagnosed an operation is needed. Since he lives down in
: : Mexico, he wants to know if there is a hospital anywhere in
: : the United States particulary famous for this kind of surgery,
: : kind of like Houston has a reputation for excellent doctors
: : in eye surgery. Any additional info or pointers will be
: : appreciated a whole lot!...
: There is one hospital that is here in New York City that is famous for its
: orthopedists, namely the Hospital for Special Surgery. They are located on
: the upper east side of manhattan. If you want their address and phone let
: me know, i'll get them, i dont know them off hand.
for those who are interested the hospitals i was referring to are:
The Hospital for Special Surgery
535 East 70th Street
New York, NY 10021
212-606-1555 (Physician Referral Service & info)
The Hospital for Joint Diseases
301 East 17th Street
New York, NY 10003
212-598-7600
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Yes, weightlessness does feel like falling. It may feel strange at first,
but the body does adjust. The feeling is not too different from that
of sky diving.
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What does Saturday Night Live have to do with anything? When they make fun
of someone they do it with a little bit of creativity and talent. You, on the
other hand, have a complete lack of creativity, talent, and verbal mechanics.
And if you think that SNL is culture, then it just shows where your intellectual
level is.
Granted.
Only in part. Let's not forget that Nixon personally authorized the
break-in of Ellsberg's psychiatrist.
Tell that to the House. That WAS the charge. Or are you going to challenge
me on that as well? Subverting the constitutional rights of citizens has
nothing to do with covering-up for Watergate. You have been proved wrong,
again. But I don't expect you to believe this since your arrogance has
replaced your reason.
Granted.
Wrong again. You forgot about Ellsberg.
This would be funny, if it weren't so sad that you actually believe this.
In his "loyalty" he allowed the people who worked for him to take the
rap, while he idly sat by and let it happen. If he REALLY was loyal to
the people who worked for them, he would have pardoned them before he
resigned.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
"Death to all modifiers, he declared one day, and out of Garrett Johnson
every letter that passed through his hands went every Garrett@Ingres.com
adverb and adjective. The next day he made war on articles.
The following day he blacked out everything in the letters
but "a", "an", and "the". - Joseph Heller's Catch-22
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Your list of Jewish ballplayers includes Levi Samuel Meyerle (son of
Jacob and Margaret Meyerle). Although that sounds like a Jewish name,
Meyerle's "surviving relatives" say he wasn't Jewish, according to
"Nineteenth Century Stars," published by SABR in 1989. Incidentally,
"Long Levi" (he was 6-foot-1) batted .492 in the first season of the
National Association, the first pro league. Needless to say, he hasn't
been topped yet. (Of course, the NA is not considered a "major" league
by officialdom.) Over five seasons, Meyerle hit .368 in the NA. He also
played for the first three seasons of the NL, hitting .329.
--
--------------------------
Phil Brown |
aka pb6755@csc.albany.edu |
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[stuff deleted]
I think this goes along with a comment you made in an earlier post -
namely, Quinn taking advantage of a major league bonehead for a GM
in St. Louis. This trade was an absolutely stupid trade for St. Louis,
and it was not the only stupid trade that this guy made. We can give
Quinn credit for being an opportunist here.
[stuff about other trades deleted]
How do you figure? Both Vancouver and Detroit did the same thing last year:
They both won their division, they had close to the same number of points,
they both went down 3-1 in the first round of the playoffs before finally
escaping in 7 games, and they both got knocked out in the second round by
teams they should have been able to beat, with less talent. (Specifically,
if I remember correctly, third place teams). How does this make Vancouver
more improved? Further, if I'm not mistaken, the Wings had more points than
Vancouver at the end of this season (albeit not many).
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I have a Always IN-2000 SCSI card for sale w/manuals, software,
and cables. Make your best offer on this...
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I'd get the IIci. It's more expandable, just as fast, and preserves the
option to run System 6.
David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu
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by the way ms. olmstead dna is not degraded in the stomach nor
under pH of 2. its degraded in the duodenum under approx.
neutral pH by DNAase enzymes secreted by the pancreas. my
point: check your facts before yelling at other people for not
doing so. just a friendly suggestion.
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I was skimming through a few gophers and bumped into one at NIH
with a database that included images in .GIF format. While I have
not yet worked out the kinks of getting the gopher client to call
an X viewer, I figure that the majority of the users here are not
in an X11 environment - instead using DOS and MS-Kermit.
With Kermit supporting Tek4010 emulation for graphics display,
does anyone know of a package that would allow a Tek to display a
.GIF image? It would be of more use to the local population to
plug something of this sort in as the 'picture' command instead of
XView or XLoadImage ...
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I've had neither a baby nor a kidney stone, but according to my aunt,
who has had plenty of both, a kidney stone is worse.
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When attempting to connect to an SGI Indigo from a PC clone using
a commercial X windows emulation package, the X package hangs in
a pre-login X screen mode. The login box won't display. Using
the package in 'telnet' mode, I can logon to the SGI, and run any
none graphic type things. On the PC I get an error:
"Read error 0 on socket 1" (raw socket error)
On the SGI, in xdm-errors:
I get a termination error when I kill the stalled screen on the PC
On the SGI, in SYSLOG:
<date><time><SGI> xdm[#]:Hung in XOpenDisplay(<remote>:0, aborting
" " :server open failed for <remote>:0, giving up
I have all access control disabled (I believe, SYSLOG message confirms
this when I login on the SGI). I believe I have the SGI set up properly
as described in the X ADm. book by O'Rielly....
The X emul package tech support hasn't been able to solve the problem.
So what I'm looking for is some suggestions on where to look for problems,
and possible tests to run to narrow down the questions.
Thanks
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Peter Nelson posted a very eloquent response to this point in
talk.politics.misc, so I need not consume more bandwidth here.
What I meant, if it was not clear, was the intersection set of liberal
and libertarian philosophies of "natural rights" and how the government
(and Constitutional interpretation in particular) fits into that
philosophy. This philosophy engages in the very serious practical
error of endowing the nine lawyers on the Supreme Court with an almost
totalitarian authority, completely outside of the consent or consensus
of The People. This is why Supreme Court nominations are such amazing
political fist-fights these days, because He who Controls the Court
Rules the Country. The people on the Court may well be trying to do
the best job they can, but they are at best a benevolent oligarch, even
if you approve of every Supreme Court decision ever. Eventually, an
oligarch will arise that will decimate that which you hold dear. Try
Supreme Court cases by Jury, and the problem would be mitigated a great
deal.
Those who would create broad, non-enumerated government powers at any
level (as in European Parlamentary Democracies and the current de-facto
standard in the U.S.) have essentially engaged in the same fundamental
mistake, except that it is some different body that has the totalitarian,
virtually unchecked (except by plurality election, death, or retirement),
government power.
This is like asking why the wind blows, unless you can prove that
the fact of your engaging in certain activities has absolutely no
effect whatsoever on any other human being who has not consented to
your engagement in those activities. Very few human activities indeed
fit into this category.
Even for those few that do, who would you empower to make the judgement
of what is and is not a fully autonomous activity? Who defines "picking
my pocket" and "defrauding"? Are economic assets a person's only assets,
or are peace of mind, stability, confidence in a child's emotional
environment, security, and many other things not also a part of a person's
assets? What gives you the right to create a moral environment that a
parent strongly objects to? What gives you the right to create an
environment of social unrest and instability? If you say that what you
do does not have those effects, by what authority do you say that? Who
is empowered to make these value judgements?
If the Federal Constitution explicitly prohibited you from doing so, the
federal government would prevent you from doing so. If it did not, and
you could muster enough local support to pass an amendment to the local
Constitution (by, say, a 3/4 majority) empowering the local government
to do so, then I would have to vote with my feet and move to a neighborhood
more friendly to my own system of values. This is not an ideal situation,
but it is far better than the mess we are mired in right now.
When you define "rights" very broadly, there is no practical choice about
whether people will or will not infringe upon your rights since these
"rights" overlap. Even when rights are defined very narrowly, the government
has been empowered to prevent others from infringing on your rights. The
fundamental question is, by whose authority is that power created. If you
support the current situation with a "natural rights" Supreme Court (rather
than an "original understanding" Supreme Court or, even better, Supreme
Court by Jury), you are consenting to having nine lawyers in Washington,
D.C. create those powers out of the air. In my "Fractal Federalism" scenario,
it is a broad consensus of The People (i.e. the amendment process) that
creates those powers.
No, I mean the federal government that comes trucking in with guns to
tell the locals how to run their neighborhood. Waco, TX is a nice example.
If you create a community where public masturbation is permitted in the
cause of "personal autonomy", have you done anything different? What
precisely are these autonomous activities you are referring to? If you
list them, perhaps we can get enough people to agree that they are truly
autonomous and pass a constitutional amendment protecting them.
The Koresh Incident appears to be a horrendous abuse of government power,
power possibly illegitimately obtained through a means I would abolish.
The constitutionality of "no-knock" warrants seems very dubious to me, not
to mention the mere existence of BATF and the government's propensity to
ignore the word "infringe" in the Second Amendment. This power is upheld
by the same body, with its incredible concentration of power in the hands
of nine people, that has upheld much so-called "Civil Rights" (read- affirmative
action) legislation despite the Fourteenth Amendment.
Money is certainly not the only asset I have in this world. If it were,
this would be a bleak existence indeed.
Matt Freivald
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
LiBORGalism:
THINKING IS IRRELEVANT. INTEGRITY IS IRRELEVANT.
FREE SPEECH IS IRRELEVANT. PRIVATE PROPERTY IS IRRELEVANT.
PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY IS IRRELEVANT.
CONSERVATIVISM IS FUTILE.
YOU WILL BE ASSIMILATED.
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THESE ARE MY OPINIONS ONLY AND NOT THOSE OF MY EMPLOYER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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For sale, 1988 Toyota Corolla FX, AM/FM radio, nothing else.
Low mileage - 28,000. (I ride my bike to work.)
Dark Blue. Good condition. ONLY $3800.
I am leaving the country for a year and must sell this
great city car.
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Hi, Everyone.
I am currently planning to write a program that traverses the
image of handwritten characters in ascii format and produces
circle and line representation of handwritten characters.
Did anybody out there has any experiences on this problem?
If you have would you post or e-mail to please
kevin
Does anyone has program that traverse the digital image and produces
circle and line
--
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KEVIN SHIN kshin@bcstec.ca.boeing.com
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We need following data for human aorta:
Tear and shear stress for aorta.
A plot of the aortic cross-sectional area.
Stroke-volume at the aortic root.
Approximate distribution of blood through the major arterial
branches of the aorta.
Flow velocity of blood in aorta.
We have various values for flow velocity, If you have any data remember to
give us the references too include in our report
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Thank you Andrew. Not only for the firm rebuttal, but for understanding the
difference between communism and socialism (even though this is off topic).
Why do people just not understand that just because all those pretty songs about
the land of the free and so on sound nice, that they may not be true?
Take off those rose colored glasses and get a clue (to use two of the better
cliches around)
thanks you again
jamie
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Fine then. Cut them off with pen and paper, and not the sword.
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Sure there are quacks. There are quacks who don't treat and quacks who
treat. One's that refuse to diagnose and ones that diagnose improperly.
There are lucky quacks and unlucky quacks. Smart quacks and dumb ones.
There are people ahead of their time, with unprobable or unproven theories
and rationals. There are ill-reasoned, absurd, theorists.
Sometimes it's hard to tell who's who.
Reading a book of ancient jokes it seems that doctors called other doctors
quacks in Babylon.
Arguments abound when there aren't any firm answers. Plenty of illnesses
aren't, or can't, be diagnosed or treated. But I think it's better to argue
against the theory, as was originally done with postings on candida a month
or so ago. Stating the facts usually works better than simply asserting an
opinion about someone's competency. And you can't convince everybody.
Sometimes a correct diagnosis
takes years for people: they don't run into a doctor who recognizes the
disease, they haven't developed something recognizable yet, or they have
something that no one is going to recognize, because it hasn't been
described yet. Sometimes they get a cure, sometimes the illness wears out,
sometimes they stumble on an improper diagnosis with the right treatment,
sometimes they find it's incurable.
There is no profit in a patient accepting a hopeless attitude about an
illness. Unless it's a rock solid diagnosis of terminal disease it's is
more like ly that a person will find a cure if they keep looking.
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