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As soon as I am logged into Linux, I type # xinit Setting TCP SO_LINGER : Protocol not available no SIOCGIFCONF XFree86 Version 1.2/X Window System (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 5000) configured drivers: VGA256(256 colout SVGA): et4000, et 3000, PVGA1, gvga, ati, tvga8900c, tgva9000 (using ...
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Maybe. I've had an Epson portable with backlit LCD since 1988 which is still used daily and the screen on that is fine. The only problem it has (and ever has had) is the "arm" of the screen is sorta lose and if you bend it fairly harshly the screen goes off until you wiggle it round a bit. But other than that, it...
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1991 Toyota Camry Deluxe model 5 sp power windows power door locks power steering power brakes AM/FM cassette 70K highway miles Excellent condition $9800 (914) 335-6984 day (until 5pm) (609) 397-2147 (after 7pm) ask for Bob Fusi ...
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Excellent suggestion, Ron. And as a further comment on DOS 6, if you decide to install Windows standalone configuration completely, in more than 1 directory on your hard drive, and use DOS 6 to jump to a specific copy for each user, you could be saving yourself many megs of disk space if you use the SETUP /N and /A ...
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Finns had to do their best last night when they played against Norway in world champs. After two periods the score was still 0-0. This game was quite much similar to the first game Finland played (against France). The norwegian goalie was very good and a bit lucky, too. In the third period Juha Riihij{rvi scored 1-0...
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I'm trying to turn on Xauthorization using MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE on my servers (CPU heads, HP700RX Xterminals), but I'm running into a couple of problems. First, at least one of our applications (Maple) doesn't seem to understand how to deliver the magic cookie, and won't run on a display with authorization turned on. S...
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Nonsense. Mike, in Heinlein's "Moon is a Harsh Mistress" decides that a weapon is some mechanism which allows you to deliver energy at a distance. (I don't have the book handy or I'd find the exact quote). Guns do that. Cryptosystems do not.
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Once again, Koresh closed the door on an agent with a search warrant, and the door was then perforated by a rain of bullets from the inside. They shot first.
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(stuff deleted) [First point. What they are doing is wrong, just as what Joseph's brothers did was wrong, just as what Judas did was wrong. They intend it for evil. If God somehow brings good out of it, that does not make them any less subject to just condemnation and punishment. Second point. Of course, G...
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I have a few just bought a new phone/answering machine combo so I really don't need my present setup. Both items are in great condition. Prices DO NOT include shipping. If you have any questions contact me by E-Mail or call me at (814)234-4439. Darryl ==================================================================...
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With all the recent problems the Indians have been having with their pitching staff I have heard numerous names thrown around about who could solve their problem. One name I have not heard is Mike Soper (RP). As far as I know, Soper has had pretty good minor league stats. Why not give the kid a chance? Anyone know a...
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Anyone happen to know what the max resolution for quicktime is? I'm trying to determine if a maxed out system using quicktime could produce and edit broadcast quality video (including bringing the video in via video spigot/etc.). So far I have yet to see anything that's even close to S-VHS in quicktime, but it'd be ...
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Hi. Does anyone know the possible causes of nasoparynx carcenoma and what are the chances of it being hereditary? Also, in the advacned cases, what is the general procedure to reduce the pain the area as it prevents the patient from eating due to the excessive pain of swallowing and even talking? Thanks.
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Gee, I think there are some real criminals (robbers, muderers, drug addicts) who appear to be fun loving caring people too. So what's your point? Is it OK. just because the people are nice?
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lioness@maple.circa.ufl.edu: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz): lioness@maple.circa.ufl.edu: pmartz@dsd.es.com (Paul Martz): For both these questions, it's an inclusive or. Alpha plus stencil is supported (they're separate), as is double-buffered stereo.
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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, ...
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Ok, I just got a new 486/66 16 Mb, with a ATI Ultra pro and I can't get into windows. It says that I need more memory available, but I have 15mb ogf extended mem & 512k of conventionnal. I have disabled my memory aperture because it didn't find any "FREE" memory, but it still gave me a message that the memory aperture ...
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Arthur Clarke may have quoted the comment about knowing you're to be hanged in the morning concentrating a man's mind wonderfully, but the source of the comment is Samuel Johnson. (Pardon me if you already knew that.)
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Can you say "*expensive*" ?
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I think I can explain the "missing part of a leaf" story. I have actually seen a reproduction of that particular Kirlian photograph, in a book compiled by people who were enthusiasts of Kirlian photography. "That particular photograph" ... ? That's right, the effect has been observed only once. Even the writers of ...
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Frank Benson: Another spelling flame? Aren't you the guy who threatens people on talk.politics.guns? 2nd amendment yea, 1st amendment nay.
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If you have any information on artificial intelligence in medicine, then I would appreciate it if you could mail me with whatever it is. The informations is needed for a project. Thank you, Ian.
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I guess the real question is: Who asked the original questions, and why was it so _broad_. Are we talking pure processing power (what kind of processing BTW) isolated from every other factor and influence in the system? Or are we shopping for a home computer based on the CPU specs (yuck)! I just finished a project ...
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I've been using Windows NT (tm) since the October release, and I have to say that the March release is really a big improvement. Windows NT (tm) is becomming usable. There are a few things to consider before you make the leap though. First (for me at least) is that you cannot get a full-speed DOS box. What I mean is...
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This was reported in Canadian papers Thursday, 22 April - I _think_ the source was UPI, but don't recall for certain. I understand that at least two goverment investigations have been ordered, so we may learn more during their hearings. Tough call without more investigation, but if the thermal imaging story hol...
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And I lived out there too. It was a nice sleepy farm valley until the Butler family decided to stick up all sorts of really tacky High RIse office buildings and ruin my view of the sky. I guess i should have sued somebody :-;
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It is not a matter of dis-belief but a matter of which of their constantly (and radically) changing stories we are to believe. Steve B.
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Items for sale..... This package was bought throught a award give-away company. I attempted to cancel my order before I received the package, but I was too late and the company refused to take the package back for refund. I know the truth which I would never get my $697 back, but I wish to get my money back as close a...
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Say WHAT? Surrounding the compound with armed men and throwing grenades isn't a provocation? You're smoking something not legal in the US. They never rang the doorbell. Not even the BATF has claimed that they have. This was a no-knock search. As to the good reason the BATF has-- the warrant and supporting affada...
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I too am a Jules Verne collector, and can tell you that though tough to find, it *is* out there. I keep my eyes open all the time for his books at various Bay Area used book stores, and every once in a while get *very* lucky. You just need diligence. I don't know if the book store situation near JSC is as good as ...
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A good reason (which is why many companies use it) for 48 bits / pixel is so you can use double buffering (for animating scenes) - i.e. you have 2 * 24-bit planes. You write to the one in the background, and then FLIP! -- the entire screen updates to the second image-plane. The screen updates in one refresh and you d...
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Hello Cliff Many people on the internet (like us) have to pay for every byte of data passed through subscribed news groups. Bitmaps are large. Bitmaps cost us a lot of money. There are special news-groups for bitmaps because of this. We don't subscribe to them. Put you bitmaps in the right place. Read one of the FAQ...
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Oh.. just a note, my usually poor typing is made even more dificult by the small keyboard and mutiple connections I am piped through in order to access news while here in DC. I'm really not trying to irritate the spelling mavens :-) LUX ./. owen
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Yes, I want to read such a article.
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I ran out of time on my last reply to this string and I don't know if it was sent or not but. I have never heard of anyone that had to return something in the 30 grace peried that had a problem at all with Midwest Micro. They may of thought that you didn't know what you were doing and suggested how to correct the probl...
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: : So what is Kibology? Chopped liver? : Kibo Himself summed it up by saying "Kibology is not just a religion, it is : also a candy mint ... and a floor wax." I personally think that it is more : like Spam Clear. : :
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FIRST ANNUAL PHIGS USER GROUP CONFERENCE The First Annual PHIGS User Group Conference was held March 21-24 in Orlando, Florida. The conference was organized by the Rensse- laer Design Research Center in co-operation with IEEE and SIG- GRAPH. Attendees came from five coun...
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You should realize that form letters are the *worst* way to influence your congresscritters; exact copies are routinely placed on the lowest rung of the opinion ladder. If you want to write (and I think you should!), take the time to really *write* a letter. Things to emphasize: - It's been said that Usenet is ava...
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Sorry, but I just wanted to be the first hypocrite to say it. I hope I'm not too late. Has everyone been watching their local/national politicians? Rick
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Okay, I'll bite. How can OBP be *lower* than batting average? Sac flies or something?
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I wouldn't worry too much about it, though. We are starting to find out how politically impotent homosexuals really are. The Colorado boycott has fizzled, Slick Willie was effectively prevented from implementing his military policy wrt homosexuals by members of his _OWN_ party, this new study casts a large shadow...
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It is possible that the individual saw a true prophetic vision, but that he interpreted the scale of time and space according to his material con- sciousness, translating the supersensible perceptions of a plane above that of time and space into an immediate worldly context -- and getting it wrong. Not that he did it...
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In 1967, when I was a grad student at UW in Seattle I had a chance to read Hoover's book "Masters of Deceit", and I quote a sentence (from memory): "and beware my fellow Americans, a communist may look just as an ordinary person..." I went to the mirror and it was true. -- Borut B. Lavrencic, D.Sc. | X.400 ...
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Give ME a break, chum. Are you telling me that Clinton and Reno DID NOT KNOW that the BATF actions were ILLEGAL, adn in VIOLATION of their warrant?
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As a guess, Hamilton would be put into the Midwest, with either Winnipeg or Dallas moving to the Pacific.
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Yeah, it's the second one. And I believe that price too. I've been trying to get a good look at it on the Bruin-Sabre telecasts, and wow! does it ever look good. Whoever did that paint job knew what they were doing. And given Fuhr's play since he got it, I bet the Bruins are wishing he didn't have it:)
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I am considering creating a "demo" for the IBM PC for my band. I would like to combine interesting graphics and a sample of my music in the program. I have seen things like this done for other platforms, and even a few for the PC, but since I'm completly new to this, I have no idea wher to start. I'm pretty sure that...
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Here is the short answer: because only certain marriages are recorded in Heaven. Now for the long answer: In Doctrine and Covenants section 132, the chapter discussing eternal marriage (and, yes, plural marriage), the distinction between sealings under the priesthood and other marriages is revealed. When "the ...
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I was in fact going to suggest that Roger take his way of discussion over to r.s.football.pro. There this kind of hormone-only reasoning is the standard. Being he canadian, and hockey what it is, I would have suggested that r.s.h would work too. It is important in a thread that everyone involved use the same body par...
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crud deleted... You are missing out on a lot of neat old rides. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Tuba" (Irwin) "I honk therefore I am" CompuTrac-Richardson,Tx irwin@cmptrc.lonestar.org DoD #0826 (R75/6)
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Well, no. Although I admit that's more exciting than a rat killer. -- Dale J. Stephenson |*| (steph@cs.uiuc.edu) |*| Baseball fanatic
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Hi, I posted that article. Unfortunately I haven't seen any further notice of it. They advertize cheaper Duo's at the U here for next wek. According to the articel though, the price cut had to be effective the same day. newsbyte is a group of news like clarinet.
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I've been reading the sci.crypt, alt.privacy.clipper and comp.org.eff.talk discussions about the Clipper chip and find (as usual) that most of us think alike -- so there's a lot of repitition. If each of these messages were sent to Clinton as well as to the net (or instead of to the net), we might actually have some e...
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I posted this once but didn't receive any responses. I've been looking for a good notebook for about $1700. My two favorites are the Zeos Freestyle/SL and the Micro something or other Winbook (the one with the Apple Powerbook style trackball and handrest and the 486SLC). Any suggestions on others? I'd love to hear ...
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Hello, I have two 3b1s for sale. One of them is a 1MB RAM and the other one is a 2MB RAM system. They are both running the 3.51m version and I have loaded lots of software on them from the network like gcc, emacs, tex/latex and so on. I am asking $500 for the 1MB, and $650 for the 2MB model or best offer. ___...
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Yup. I expect better from you, 'Mau'. No, I take that back, I don't. The treaty on the exchange of the Turkish and Greek minorities (1923) left no Greek minority in Turkiye, except a few thousand Greeks in istanbul. Turkiye is no longer an obstacle for 'Pan-Hellenism.' Although the material basis of Greek polic...
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Much of Cook's later exploration was privately funded, by Joseph Banks among others (eg in Resolution & the earlier Endeavour). Colnett's voyage to the Galapagos was substantially privately funded by the owners of British whaling vessels. Chancellor and Willoughby were privately funded by London merchant companies in...
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The variance from perfect sphericity in a model of the earth small enough to fit into your home would probably be imperceptible. Any globe you can buy will be close enough. --
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To all netters, In my last post that concerning about the CYRIX 486DLC CPU, I said the benchmark program COMPTEST stated there is a bug in CYRIX CPUs. This is NOT true and I must apologize to the author of COMPTEST. The actual program that gives this report is F-PROT 2.07, a virus detection and removal program. The ...
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# # A S T R O - F T P L I S T # Updated 28.04.1993 # # This is a short description of anonymous-ftp file servers containing # astronomy and space research related material. I have included only those # servers where there are spec...
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[massive dan blather mercifully deleted.] Last time I checked, "amassing an arsenal" and practicing any kind of religion were mentioned in passing in the Bill of Rights. Guess it's OK with you if we just brush 'em aside in order to justify killing a bunch of religious nutcakes, eh? Of all the idiots I run into i...
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Sorry about the garbage code, the following is used of course: XSetForeground(Disp, PixGC, BackgroundColor); XFillRectangle(Disp, Pixs, PixGC, 0, 0, Scr_width, Scr_height); XSetForeground(Disp, PixGC, ForegroundColor); XDraw[Line|String|Rectangle](Disp, Pixs, PixGC, ...); XCopyArea(Disp, Pixs, Win, PixGC, 0, 0, Win_wi...
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[HAMID] Anybody has any information about the number of the people have been [HAMID] killed by Israel during these 44 HAPPY YEAR? Does anybody know how many Jews, Arabs, Christians and others have died in terrorist attacks and wars over these 45 years due to Arab rhetoric and rejectionism? The number is probably ...
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According to the recent TSN report Peter Puck is not paying any interest on the Treasury Branch loans. That's a lot of green. Again, according to TSN, virtually everything that Peter Puck has already has liens against it. Of course we can't really be sure of this. The Oiler rationale regarding the renegotiati...
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Oh. OK then, sorry for misunderstanding. Maybee you should persuade your burea that for only $650 they can become much more competitive, taking input from Autocad, PostScript andGif as well as SCODL... Seriously, this sounds like something the bureau should have. Or find another bureau. You should not be the one ...
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... ... Interesting idea. This suggestion has inspired me to post, under the title "Theories of Creation", a collection of various "philosophies" of creation that I am aware of. Could you explain which of these theories you would want taught, and which ones you would not? Or, perhaps, I haven't in...
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Hi, I got a NE2100 compatible ethernet card, and I just received my copy of Chameleon NFS. Unfortunately, it is not compatible with the NE2100 (only NE2000 or NE1000). What is the latest version number for Chameleon NFS ? Did soemone tackle this problem ? Thanks for help, F. Popineau
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I have a 486 sx 25 and I recently added a SCSI drive to my system using an Adaptec 1522 (non busmastering) controller. Yesterday I ran coretest to find out drive performance and these are the values I got Seagate 106 Meg: 875.1kb/Sec 14.5ms avg seek 3.7ms track to track Quantum 400 Meg SCSI: 991.2 Kb/sec 12.7 ...
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I was wondering if anyone knew of where I could find source code for a program to solve a substitution cipher? Thanks! Kevin
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I have forsale a 486 25 slc notebook very small INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: CYRIX 486 25MHZ PROC. ( FAST ) MIDWEST MICRO ELITE SERIES 60 MEG HARD DRIVE (120 W/ STACKER) 1 3.5INCH DRIVE 1 SERIAL, 1 PARALLEL ...
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Earlier today I read an ad for REAL-3D animation & ray-tracing software and it looked very convincing to me. However, I don't own an Amiga and so I began to wonder, if there's a PC version of it. So, has anyone seen/used REAl-3D for DOS??
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: : How about contaminants on the corn, e.g. aflatoxin??? : Little alflatoxin on commercial cereal products and certainly wouldn't cause seizures.
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Los Angeles Times, Saturday, May 8, 1993. Page A11. FIGURE IN ADL SPY CASE ARRESTED AT S.F. AIRPORT ESPIONAGE: Former police officer is taken into custody upon arriving from Philippines, where he had fled after FBI interrogation. By Jenifer Warren, Times staff writer San Francisco -- A former San Franc...
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Maybe so, but it's quite common. There are millions of Macintosh users who have no idea what's in Apple's patented ROMs. Many have modems connected. How do you know all your business secrets aren't being stolen? Answer: 1. Because you trust Apple; 2. Because if any such attempt, however sophicsticated, came out, it w...
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Hi all netters, If I upgrade my XT with a 286+ motherboard, will I be able to use the old bits and pieces like HD, FD, graphics card and I/O card etc. Thanks for you info. P.S. I am sorry if my question is on some kind of FAQ. regards,
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... there was a post originating from Russia advertising large quantities of red mercury for sale - stirred up a bit of controversy at the time. Then, this morning, NPR relates the news of a corruption scandal involving the russian defense minister (among others), selling defense items, among which (strangely enough), ...
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This is indeed true. I prefer Windows NT. It is certainly much better than Microsoft Windows 3.1/DOS.
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I am revamping some computer-aided visual inspection systems which use the old AT&T Targa-16 Board Set (2 cards) to display images from a color CCD camera to a color monitor, providing the option to overlay text or a crosshair. No image capture or manipulation is performed, just display. I would like to know if there ...
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Interesting. Tell us, what happens if I were to say OK, I want to have something else. If the law enforcement wants my traffic, they can record it, then get a search warrant, and get the keys FROM ME, just like they would the keys to a stout private safe, etc. (Lets say I suspect that there is a way to trivially cra...
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Please cite specific examples where an Arab party member was rejected while a Jewish party member was accepted. If you examine these I am sure you will discover that the Arab party member did not have the power base that his Jewish counterpart had. The party structure in Israel has changed quite a bit insofar as kne...
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[Posting the text of H.R. 711 ...] [ ... ] [ ... ] Note that this is a "licensing bill," pretending to be a "training bill."
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Jesus did not say that he was the fulfillment of the Law, and, unless I'm mistaken, heaven and earth have not yet passed away. Am I mistaken? And, even assuming that one can just gloss over that portion of the word of Jesus, do you really think that "all is accomplished?" Then why didn't Jesus say "Any Jew who annul...
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I heard a story on the local sports news broadcast in Edmonton. Oiler owner Peter Pocklington will be holding a press conference next week. While the exact details are not known, it is believed to concern the Oiler's future. Rumour has it that Pocklington signed a tentative lease arrangement with Copps Collesium in Ha...
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ha! if i'm not on my bike, it's because its _broken_ and i'm _walkin_. ( really the way it should be)
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- David, given the proposition of the first first paragraph, the conclusion of the second *should* read: ^^^^^^^ Which completely overturns your argument. To not see this requires an unbelievable degree of stupidity or naivete on your part. Perhaps it's time for you to...
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this is off the subject but, Don't the numbers in the car names above refair to the engine size in liters? i.e. ls400 = 4.0litre engine, sc300 = 3.0 liter "Sport Coupe".. and Q45 = 4.5liter.. (similar, kinda, to BMW and MB nameing deal).
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Don't forget Chemical Abstracts Service (which is pretty much the international clearinghouse for all chemical information), whose former director (Ronald Wigington) and head of R&D (Nick Farmer) were openly former NSA employees.
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Flash over is a frequent occurrence with indoor fires. A fire will start small and in one location and heat the air. The temperature in the room builds up and then everything inflammable in the room catches fire at once. This may have occurred in the BD compound, I have heard reports that the windows were covered w...
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Since Image Writer LQ was discontinued, there is no Apple Talk printer with 11"*15" continous paper printer.
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I read a mesg. somewhere on GENIE about Intel coming out with a graphics standard called PCI, which would supplant VESA standards. Is this a rumor, or is there some substance to it. If any of y'all have heard of this "standard" please e-mail me on how I might obtain more info
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Hi ppl, I am running XFree386 under Linux SLS1.0 and am trying to get the german keyboard working. I have already recompiled my kernel and the german keyboard in the textmode works just fine. I have found out, that there is a preconfigured german keymap for X called Xmodmap.gr in /usr/lib/X11, so I ran xmodmap /usr/li...
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Umm, weren't you the one objecting to someone who is a "licensed physician" being called a quack? Or is it just that being a licensed physician is a good defense against charges of quackery when the physician agrees with your system of beliefs? Actually, I almost never use the term quack. When I discuss "systemic...
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Nobody ever produced the meagerest evidence for this. It does not appear in several long published accounts by Irgun participants. Even some Irgun propagandists do not make this claim. Several members of the Irgun attacking party, including the leader, deposited personal declarations in the Irgun archives (Jabotin...
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When you buy insurance where you live, it is based on the local rates. Tourists coming from, say, Utah will find that there is a difference in what their insurance will cover FOB Provo and what they get stuck with at Lenox Hill or Mount Sinai if they fall ill in the Big Apple. It would depend on where you live, down...
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