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Well, you're going to have to practice, but you're getting the hang of it. Soon we're going to have to give you a new nickname. Try these on for size: Tammy "Lucky Seven" Healy Tammy "Pass the falafel" Healy Tammy "R Us" Healy Tammy "Learning by Doing" Healy Maddi "Never a Useful Post" Hausmann -- Maddi Hausm...
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BULLSHIT. How many lakes have ceased to be able to support life from purely natural pollution? Man has already done this to scores of lakes. Also, much of the "degredation" you cite was done by cows and pigs. And why do think there are so many cows around? Could it be.......cause people raise them?
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You have one. Minimize the print manager and drag a file to it and it will print it. You need to associate file extensions with such things as the notepad for it to do this though.
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Okay. I have my copies of all relevant gun-control bills. I'm mad as hell. I want to get involved. I want to join the battle to protect our Second Amendment Rights. Who do I write? Who should I concentrate on writing my comments to? The actual author of the bill? The supporters of the bill? My Congressman? My ...
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The VL-IDE Adapter can be much faster then the normal IDE, it depends on the drive you use and the board you use. I am using a NoName VL-IDE I/O Contr. it is tested under coretest with 2.000 kb/s using a cheap Seagate 3196 and nearly 4000 kb/s using a WD-Caviar 2340, you have figure out the jumper setting on the contr...
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ok. so what's an "exhaust bra"? i'm guessing it's not a fabric thing that straps to the pipes... does it go over the chin fairing/lowers in some way? i usually don't ride with the lower plastic...
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I recently took apart my color Sony TV to clean the volume pushbuttons and when I put the beast back together, the flyback whine got much louder. Is this easy to fix? Which part is resonating? I have heard rumors of a spray that will fix the noise. Is this a simple thing for a TV repairman to fix? Thanks,
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A friend of mine uses Windows 3.1 to do most of her work. Unfortunately, she has very bad eyesight, and we haven't been able to figure out how to change the default font used by the system and application menus, or the font used by the Help program (what use is hypertext if you can't read it?) to make it legible to her...
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Organization: Compact Solutions, Canberra ACT Australia I have a floppy drive which has developed "General failure" errors. (It's a Teac 1.44Mb 3.5" drive). I took it out of the machine and noticed it was very dusty. I used a high powered air can to blow all this dust out and it's quite clean now. However, it didn't...
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It is ironic that in any post that criticizes langauge ability, the critic invariably makes a mistake himself ("english" is generally written "English".) Oddly, I do not see that I have contested any of that. Perhaps you, with assuredly greater "english" ability can explain, in tiny words that I might grasp their m...
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Has anyone used DCE threads with an X Client? Is it possible to have one thread listening for incoming RPCs while another processes X Events? How do you set something like this up? _ Atul (apara@ctp.com)
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To anyone with experience about Honda Civic (EX or DX) or Saturn SL1: I would be interested in knowing how reliable these cars are, how expensive they are to own and operate (parts, maintenance, gas, insurance), if the dealers are good, and if they actually live up to their economy image. Another question: what woul...
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It sure did! I have; and all the above teach me that accurately perceiving reality is a tricky business -- _not_ that there's no reality. -- Mark Pundurs
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First off, use some decent terms if ya don't mind. This is sci.med, not alt.sex. Secondly, how absolutely bogus to assume that "American's are just too hung up on the penis....blah,blah". I think most American's don't care about anything so comlicated as that. They just think it "looks nicer". Ask a few of the...
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I don't know much about Hydrophones, so I'm looking for any information that will help avoid problems I haven't thought of! I would like an inexpensive hydrophone and amplifier with tape (line level) outputs... something like Edmund sells for $250. They also sell just the microphone (hydrophone) head for $24, but how ...
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I presume you are just going to use IDEA for the session encryption and transmit the session key with RSA? David R. Conrad "No his mind is not for rent/To any god or government"
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I have been studying the Bible now for about a year. I love it, but I am not very familiar with the different denominations, or traditions, or common beliefs of various christian groups. I have heard various people (outside this news group) describe *idols* such as power, money, material possessions etc. These thing...
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Home speakers: o NHT (Now Hear This Inc.) Model II floor tower speaker system. The Model II is a pair of 3 way design with a 3/4" tweeter, 6.5" mid-range, and two 6.5" woofer for low bass. Impedance is 8 ohms (minimum 4 ohms), the cross-over points are 100Hz and 3.2 KHz. Frequency response is rated at 40Hz t...
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ESPN must have some very poor marketing people. They are only concerned with featuring players (i.e. Mario) than featuring good competitive hockey. I've heard that this is because most of their market is East Coast and hence would prefer the Wales stuff. Also, don't expect Canadian teams on ESPN.
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Nonsense! I wasn't asked if Larry O'Brien should trust Nixon with his keys, but whether I would. David
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just a point, i suppose, if open mind means believing anything can be true or we can't for sure know what is definitely true, i'm happy to not be open minded. if, however, open mindedness means being respectful and tolerant towards other beliefs, respecting the rights and intelligence and wisdom of people of other...
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Some comments deleted for bandwidth (God knows, we need it... :)) Ok, Roger, here's a question for you. Say you are running an expansion team. You don't HAVE a team at the moment, but the draft is coming up. Who are you going to pick, guys who have won the most WS rings, or guys who COULD contribute the mos...
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Article #61214 (61317 is last): From: arnolm2@aix.rpi.edu (Matthew Richard Arnold) Subject: DX50 vs DX266 Date: Wed Apr 21 19:55:12 1993 Would someone be willing to explain to me the 486DX 50MHz is not more popular than it is? I would think it would be just as fast, if not faster than the 486DX 66MHz for certian ap...
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: I cant get through to the author of rtrace. His site is inaccessible : can he upload the new version somewhere else please?
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What is the copyright status of this data? Are there restrictions regarding the uses they can be put to? Kaveh
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Gee, since you ignored the entire substance of my substantial post, you got a lot of nerve claiming that I don't understand what's being talked about. Respond to the previous post or shut the fuck up. You're really annoying. -- Maddi Hausmann madhaus@netcom.com Centigram Communications Corp...
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<Due it seems to Sun's crapulous organisation of the X libraries and includes, <most standard (GNU and other) software won't compile out of the box (well, tar <file). < <Right now I'm trying to make ghostview. It complains it can't find X11/XaW/... <so I just linked (ln -s) the files from /usr/openwin/share/include/X1...
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I writing a program that uses the parallel port. My problem is that I need to generate an interrupt when the ack line is pulsed. I can get this to occur once, but am unable to generate succesive interrupts. Can someone suggest how I may resolve this problem.
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I have a 1974 Honda CB360T which for most of my purposes runs well. However I expereince a severe power drop at cruising speeds under load. That is, on a mild upgrade @ 50 mph in 4th or 5th I'm lucky if I can hold speed. If I try to add throttle much past 5000 rpm, power drops drastically. Put simply, under load, t...
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The Stacy Koon-Lawrence Powell defense! The decisions of Janet Reno and Bill Clinton in this affair are essentially the moral equivalents of Stacy Koon's. Reno and Clinton have the advantage in that they investigate themselves.
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I recently set Windows 3.1 up on my 486DX-33 VLB system, and I didn't notice until last night that I don't have the 386 icon in my control panel. I don't remember Windows setup asking me about 386 enhanced mode (whether I wanted it or not). Now I've got a program that I just bought (Aldus Freehand 3.1) that is telli...
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Sigh. That's music to my ears, after all the complaining Lois did about the seat on my BMW... I've found that the phrase "sack of potatoes" works pretty well in describing to a passenger how s/he should act. On a long ride with my ex-girlfriend Nancy, I would notice her drifting off every so often (we were droni...
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:Chronic persistent hepatitis is usually diagnosed when someone does a liver :biopsy on a patient that has persistently elevated serum transaminases months :after a bout of acute viral hepatitis, or when someone is found to have :persistently elevated transaminases on routine screening tests. The degree of :elevation (...
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And maybe they do. But without somebody to set the time that doesn't do them any good. Humph. Deleted there was my list of non-religious reasons one might want a moment of silence for a dead classmate. Maybe everyone doesn't want to be silent for teachers to give their pompous non-religious speeches in assembl...
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The Quantum BBS number is 408-894-3214. Good luck. Les
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Excerpts from netnews.comp.windows.x: 15-May-93 Re: COLORS and X windows (A.. John Cwikla@morrison.wri (4620) What I'd like to see is this scenario: Each widget, view, whatever, describes it's colors via a palette. Palettes can be shared and they only contain descriptive information. They are not directly tied t...
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I must say that I have been a customer of Midwest Micro for over 4 years now, and have been well taken care of on each purchase. I have had many friends that have bought that same modem and (THEY) do have some experience with setting up modems, so there have been no problems in 6 of them that I know of. The fact that y...
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Could someone please help me. I am trying to find the address to the TDRS receiving station at White Sands Missile Range. I am interested in possible employment and would like to write for information.
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The honest answer to your question about Arabs who were expelled from Jaffa, and/or who fled Jaffa, or anywhere else in Israel, having the right to return is: Yes, unfortunately, they have the right to return. They may apply for citizenship like any other non-Israeli and then go to >Jaffa and try to buy their house b...
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I forgot to mention that the stats are for games through 4/20.
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Often times (most recently on this list in the last few days) I've heard the passage from revelation: "...whoever adds to the sacred words of this book...whoever removes words from this book..." used as an arguement against the deutercanonical books. I feel this is ridiculous for two reasons: 1. They ...
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Hey, Clayton, it's me again! I just love your arguments. They completely clinch each and _every_ one of your points! But then again, that, I suppose, says a lot about how screwed up your are. Hehe. I haven't had so much fun since I started blasting christians in alt.atheism!
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I wholeheartedly endorse it. I have no problem with the Haven't been to many A's games, have you? Seriously, I don't mind a baseball game that lasts a long time if it lasts a long time because there is good baseball being played. However, I don't like 3-2 games that take 3+ hours, because there's a lot of dead ti...
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Falcon Microsystems of Landover MD, the sole Apple-authorized reseller to the federal government, has similar "open market" prices. The upgrade is too new to be on General Services Adminsitration schedule yet. Joe Gurman
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Someone asked me if I there existed an init that removes the dialog "you're gonna disconnect all apletalk users " or something like that, when the powerbook falls asleep. He said he was sure that such a thing existed, and he thought it was freeware. Can anyone help me out with this ?
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I guess it's kind of an aesthetics argument. I can see the solar arrays being expensive, and there could be contingencies where you would be throwing away brand new solar cells, but it seems so cheap compared toa shuttle mission, i wouldn't think they would bother.
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I posted that document (forgot part 1/6 etc) but it was more than a summary, it was a complete technical description of the protocol. It can be ftped from simtel or from wuarchive.wustl.edu in mirrors/msdos/naplps Why not write a NAPLPS decoder for your choice of platform and release the code to the net? Then other ...
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But you stated that this study was presented in a very accurate and dependable way. This is confusing to the issue. And if you read this title it implies that; gay sex (homosexual sex) activities are low compared to the general population that they surveyed. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^...
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I never advocated "hiding in the sand." I'm advocating a peaceful solution while a peaceful solution is possible. Unless you want blood on your hands. Read the above. I type corrected. (:-) English revolution-> what revolution? They never had one. India-> If they could get around their religion restrictio...
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Having driven both, and having owned an SC300 for 14 months now, all I can say is "it depends". They're both great cars. In fact, my wife and I are saving our pennies so we can get her the 300ZX convertible in a year. The 300ZX handles like a dream, while the SC300 rides like a dream. Fit and finish on both are exce...
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If you want to try a non-toxic solvent, there's one made of citrus that works very well and doesn't take your skin off in the process. One brand name I've used is Citra-Solve, but there are others too.
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That's right. Everyone. Even infants who cannot speak as yet. Even a little child will rebelliously stick his finger in a light socket. Even a little child will not want his diaper changed. Even a little child will fight nap-time. So far as Jesus saying "everyone": A certain ruler asked Jesus, "Good teache...
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I have a question about the autocheck-boxes in Windows. Is it a possibility to let the boxes have several different colors at the same time? Frode Kvam :-) -- _______________________________________________________________________________ _/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/ _/ ...
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I've been away for a couple of weeks and have become out of touch with the latest information on the Diamond Viper Card. Does anyone know if Diamond has come out with any Vesa Driver updates lately? Also, I was wondering what the latest Windows Driver version is up to now. Thanks in advance, Dan
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How is that possible? He was on the Albuquerque Leftturns last year. How could you possibly know what team he would be on if Manny Lee was on his team last year. After all, Manny Lee wasn't on his team last year, so it's complete, unfounded speculation to state that if he was on the same team as Manny Lee last ...
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I quote from the journal, "30 Days In the Church and In the World," 1992, No. 8/9, p. 29. Regarding the new draft of the Universal Catechism: In procuring the common good of society the need could arise that the aggressor be placed in the position where he cannot cause harm. By virtue of this, the right and ob...
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My disk that had my joystick code that some of you were kind enough to mail me puked....specifically, I am looking for C code to read the position of joystick WITHOUT using int15h, i.e. accessing port 0x200/0x201 directly. I need it in C becaues of memory model considerations. I only need to be able to read the X and...
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Wow, look at alllthe pretty puddles!!!! Jimmy crack koan, and I don't care, Jimmy crack koan and i don't care, Jimmy crack Koan and i don't care, Zen Master's gone away.....
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Are you in contact with her, is that what she said, or what you THINK her reason is? Also, could it be possible that she is not replying because she has no reply that wouldn't confirm the worst suspicions? If the suspicions are way out of pocket, one would think the person would be in there saying so, and indicating...
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^^^^^^^ So how does Aerostitch hold up with this procedure? I'm ordering mine Monday, May 3. And I'm happy about it, too. :-) :-) -Mike
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I don't think the issue of whether infants have faith is relevant or not. Certainly they *can*, as the example of John in utero proves. I find the translation of Col 2 above odd in terms of the circumcision of christ, which the KJV and RSV put in terms of Christ's cricumcision which we, in union with him *participate*...
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=Having read in the past about the fail-safe mechanisms on spacecraft, I had =assumed that the Command Loss Timer had that sort of function. However I =always find disturbing the oxymoron of a "NO-OP" command that does something. =If the command changes the behavior or status of the spacecraft it is not =a "NO-OP" com...
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This is stupid. Won't it cost more to those companies hoping to serve the gov't and private markets if they DON'T use the same technology?
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SUBSCRIBE XPERT skji@eve.kaist.ac.kr
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In <1993Apr24.214843.10940@midway.uchicago.edu> eeb1@quads.uchicago.edu I already responded to this on one dimension, but afterthoughts cause me to make another, independent reply. The problem with a "moment of silence" is that it is NOT an even-handed way of "allowing" for religion amongst students in the public sc...
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Yes, the local sheriff stated that anytime he wanted to talk to Koresh, all he had to do was call him and Koresh would come down. Full agree with you here. I think its ridiculous that he did not even talk to Janet Reno until sometime Tuesday, however, he did talk with Wendell Hubbel(?). So who really is the Attorn...
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The "R Us" is not trademarked, but the "Backwards R Us" is, I believe. --- Speaking of proofs of God, the funniest one I have ever seen was in a term paper handed in by a freshman. She wrote, "God must exist, because he wouldn't be so mean as to make me believe he exists if he really doesn't!" Is this...
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To encourage the great tradition of Red Sox negativism, I am having a contest to predict the magnitude of the Sox' fall from their current heights. You must decide first, whether the Sox will be at .500 again at any time during this year. Then you must predict either: (1) Their record the first time they're at .50...
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That's fine idea, but it only works if the lighting/power company even bothers to supply good light fixtures. For instance, a power company in Virginia recently asked a state commission for permission to sell more lights of various type. Yet, all of the different fixture that they sold and wanted to sell were bad d...
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What is so honorable about placing bombs in passenger airliners, promising to execute Rushdie, killing 1-2 million people in the Iran/Iraq war, murdering tourists and persecuting ethinc Christians in Egypt, massacring Christians in Sudan, harassing Christians in and barring Jews from Saudi Arabia? How are paranoid ...
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Right. The Branch Dividians were. They believed and trusted so much that it became impossible to turn back to reality. What you are advocating is total irreversible brainwashing.
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Utopia is a myth (although we can do a lot better than what we have today). But I think that you must pitch Libertarianism as a progressive agenda (ie You can do better under our style of system). I'm flattered by your invitation, but I'm afraid you have the wrong person. Although I completely agree with your civil ...
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[...] [...] [...] "Hey, what the hell do you mean by that? You suck. I have a god-given right to express opinions, carry a gun and to not wear a helmet, goddamn it. Everything you stand for is STUPID." You know, Alan, I really like this one. ----- Tommy McGuire mcguire@cs.utexas.edu mcguire@austin.ibm.com
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I am posting this for a friend. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND TO THIS ACCOUNT!!! If you are interested in any of the following, ask for Rob at (510) 521-3147. Laptop PC: $1200 - 386SX 20MHz CPU - 4 MB RAM - 120 MB Hard Drive - VGA Graphics (32 Greyscale) LCD - External VGA Port - 3.5" High Density Floppy Drive - Removable 1...
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jwindley@cheap.cs.utah.edu (Jay Windley) writes... [...] This is curious. I read in _EH_... "The Lord imparted the gift of knowledge to James the Just, to John and Peter after his resurrection, these delivered it to the rest of the apostles, and they to the seventy, of whom Barnabas was one." --- Eusebius...
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Your hearing curve sounds a lot like mine (thanks, Uncle Sam!). I've been wearing Miracle Ear canal aids for about 5 months now and I find them to be acceptable. They are molded to the shape of your ear canal, and tuned to your hearing curve. They are comfortable to wear and almost invisible, if you're worried abo...
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(Martin Vuille) writes... PCMCIA 1030G East Duane St Sunnyvale, CA 94086 USA 408-720-0107 See also: alt.periphs.pcmcia
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Any rocky mountain spotted fever experts out there ? The doctor thinks a friend might have this. The question is, doesn't the tick have to bite you ? You frequently find a tick crawling on you after a walk in the woods around here, but you tend to notice it before it bites you; pulling one out of your skin is somethi...
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My ex-husband & I used to own Borgwards. Haven't seen any for a long time. They were really good cars. Does ayone out there know anything about them now? I heard they were being made in Mexico, but of course they wouldn't be the original German - if that's even true. When I've been in Mexico I haven't seen any. ...
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Stole 300 bases. (Ok, he's still light-hitting, but baseball managers don't think so, they think he, like Omar Moreno before him, is a perfect leadoff man. Awesome defense.) He's still around because of his 1986, when he hit 20 HR. Hasn't played 10+ years in the bigs. Wasn't a full-time major-leaguer until 1988...
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Could someone explain where these names come from? I'm sure there's a perfectly good reason to name a planetoid "Smiley," but I'm equally sure that I don't know what that reason is.
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Microsoft is the largest software company on the planet, yet I cannot think of even *ONE* computing concept that they innovated and brought to market before anyone else. Xerox-PARC/Apple, Osborne, NeXT, GNU and others have been pioneers and led the way to the future of computing. What has microsoft done to be a tech...
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At Algor's insistance, the shaped charge will automatically detonate after thirty years, a la "Logan's Run," in order to maintain population control.
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I am upgrading my hard drive so I am selling this 40 M drive, it run great, without any problem, for $90 and share the shipping.
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molecules has evolved from an esoteric academic subject into a international industry. Computer graphics has played a decisive role in this transformation by allowing chemists to build, visualize and interact with complex geometrical objects. While computer scientists are conversant in the language of their own d...
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Hi people!: I'm looking for X Servers for DOS or Windows. I've already seen Desqview/X and XVision but I'd like to be aware of other choices. Is there anything on the public domain or shareware ? And in the commercial area is there anything with aggressive pricing ? What about incompatibilities ? Wind...
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Actually, you might be surprised to find that not everyone who develops mainstream DOS and Windows apps develops them under DOS or Windows. PC Week recently printed a rumor that Microsoft's Excel development group does its development under OS/2. Another trade rag did an article recently about a group doing Windows d...
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Hi there, Does anyone know whether the PUFF RF design package is available via ftp from any site? As I understand it, it is in the public domain - please correct me if I'm wrong on this one. Any other PD RF design tools out there that can be recommended? Especially microstrip filter tools... 73's Lehane
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Yep. And the Ks don't have to denote a slow game, either. Last night, Sid Fernandez was mowing the Giants hitters down (14 Ks in 8 innings), yet the first 7 1/2 innings of the game were quite brisk. He also threw 119 pitches, leading me to believe it isn't just the number of pitches that determines the length of a...
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I've done some ASIC and digital design, but not any CPU design. It would seem to me that on a 486, the FPU is not being used, most of the cache is not being accessed, the off chip buffers/drivers are idle, the multiplier isn't multiplying, the barrel shifters aren't shifting, microcode isn't microcoding, etc. This me...
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I think the subject title says it all. Anybody that relies on a SCSI dick for stoarage is a pain in the ass!!
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o Denon DCR 5490 (high power pull out cassette deck with CD changer control) Features: - 18 W X 4 - Theft Prevention Chassis (pull out) - 24 station-presets (18 FM, 6 AM) - Denon Optimum Reception System IV (FM circuitry-Auto high blend and FM pulse noise cancellor) - Dolby B NR - Key off head relea...
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Hi, I've got an older 386/25 motherboard (old as in, uses a 1988 keyboard controller, and uses memory interleaving rather than caching). It has developed a problem where trying to copy files from floppy cause the machine to lock up (reset button required), but only when in 386 enhanced mode. This occurs in Norton De...
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Okay, here's what to do. Get a drill and a sanding disk. Use, say a 100 disk and go at it at a very low rpm. If you don't have a drill, try coarse steel wool and brake fluid. Dot 4 has an uncanny knack for removing _any_ paint imperfections. Oh, I'm not responsible for misuse or miapplication of either of these...
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Greg, No flame intended, but I think you just missed one of the rare attempts of humor in sci.skeptic. "Krillean" against "Kirilian". Get it? ;-) BTW, I think you're a bit of base yourself, since, to my knowledge, the electromagnetic field around a stone is rather abscent. But still, a stone has a nice "aura" on ...
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To those who own CMS's Trakkers...please email me with your thoughts on your machine...and specifics such as avg. file access..etc
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=>Greg:Flame definitely intended here. Bill was making fun of the misspelling. =>Go look up the word "krill." Also, the correct spelling is Kirlian. It =>involves taking photographs of corona discharges created by attaching the =>subject to a high-voltage source, not of some "aura." It works equally well =>with in...
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[stuff about Mithras deleted]
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Gerry Palo wrote that there is nothing in Christianity that excludes the theory of a succession of lives. I wrote that the Apostle Paul, in Romans 9, speaks of God as choosing Jacob over Esau, and adds that this is not as a result of anything that either child had done, since they had not been born yet. Clearly, Paul...
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& & If this is the same as adjusting the shims between cam and valve, I have & the same question. Do you buy a FULL set of shims before starting the & adjustment process, or do you calculate the shims you need and then run & off to the dealer in the cage to see if the right shims are in stock? & Obviously the latter...
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