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Does anyone know it the Macintosh LC has Pin 7 (the Pin that enables better
Flow Control)? I know the LC 1 & 2 doesn't have it, but what about 3? I have
had conflicting reports so far... Please help. Thank you.
(BTW, do you use RezNova's NovaLink? Yes? E-mail me!)
--- Via UCI v1.35 (C-Net Amiga)
Dennis T. Cheung
The DTC(tm) Corporation of America
America Online: DTC
Internet: DTC%MLinkNet@HotCity.Com
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For the past week or so I've been trying to install a QIC-36 tape drive
and an everex 8bit full size controller in my 486dx50 EISA system with no
luck. I end up getting an error (miscompare) during the streaming read
part of the test. I am pretty certain that the port setting, irq & dma are
set properly since the tape responds properly to all commands, rewind,
retension, write and erase, I also booted the system clean and still the
same proble so I also tend to eliminate any memory conflicts. It has been
suggested that my bus speed is too fast and that I need to slow it down.
My system has an AMI BIOS and I don't have the advanced chip setting
option that I have seen on other systems so I cant do this. Am I going to
have to accept that this set up won't work? or can anyone suggest a work
around? I will be glad to hear your advice/suggestions.
Tony
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If possible, I split lanes. Even if you don't get all the way to the
head of the line, at least you won't rear-ended. I always worry more when
I'm in the lane, at the front of the line, and no one in behind me. Then you
have to keep an eye on your mirrors. I also get ready to pull a hard right,
*just in case*.
Mike
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Unlike the CIA, the NSA has no prohibition against domestic spying. Read
Bamford's THE PUZZLE PALACE.
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Source for "does not" comment: the CD-ROM and manuals for the March beta
-- there *is* no X windows server there.
Will there be? Of course. (Even) if Microsoft supplies one with NT,
other vendors will no doubt port their's to NT.
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Of course they did, otherwise they wouldn't have staged the
raid in the first place.
Napalming seems a bit redundant.
The Stupidity was in the BATF mindset 'We're from Washington
We Know Better" Execute Plan A: Storm the compound in a No-Knock
- the locals are gullible rubes, who cares that they served
warrents by knocking on the door. Such an old fashioned, out dated
method of Law Enforcement anyway. Gotta have the latest Armament
Technology, doncha know?
Sweet baby buddah - didn't these clown ever read "Dealing
with Paranoids"?
chus
pyotr
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It's me again!
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[...]
I think your performance will depend upon the X server.
I'm running Linux and XFree86 on a 33Mhz 486DX with 4MB of RAM (8MB swap) and
it runs just fine. Its a lot better than some of the crappy old Xterminals
in the labs at school anyway.
You could probably outfit a 386SX with a minimal Linux/X setup for $900
and be better off than with an Xterminal. IMHO.
Scott
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Hi!
Is it possible through either pin configuration or through software
programming to change the IP numbers on an ethernet card?
Thanks in Advance!
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This is quite a misrepresentation. After WWI, many Bosnian Muslims were
killed and their land taken over by Serbs, and the motive was plunder,
not some fictitious "supression of rebellion." Even earlier, one can
point to the destruction of mosques in Serbia itself and expulsion of
Muslims. Here is what Dr. Vaso Cubrilovic, political adviser to the
Serbian monarchic regime, says in his memorandum "The Expulsion of the
Arnauts" which he presented to the royal government of Stojadinovic
on March 7, 1937, in Belgrade:
The Mode of Removal
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[ describes how expulsion of ethnic Albanians from Kosova is to proceed
through state terror and "private initiative", i.e. Chetnik plunder: ]
Private initiative, too, can assist greatly in this direction. We should
distribute weapons to our colonists, as need be. The old forms of Chetnik
action should be organized and secretly assisted. [...]
...the whole affair should be presented as a conflict between clans and,
if need be, ascribed to economic reasons. Finally, local riots can be
incited. These will be bloodily suppressed with the clans and the
Chetniks, rather than the army.
There remains one more means, WHICH SERBIA EMPLOYED WITH GREAT PRACTICAL
EFFECT AFTER 1878, that is, by secretly burning down Albanian villages
and city quarters.
(Emphasis above is mine.) These events in Serbia itself forced out virtually
all Muslims during late 19th century. This policy of state terrorism
against Muslims, aided by Chetnik "private initiative," has continued in WWII
and today. For example, Muhamed Hadzijahic in his book "Od tradicije do
identiteta: Geneza nacionalnog pitanja bosanskih Muslimana" (Sarajevo:
Svjetlost, 1974) writes (pg. 235) how Serbs killed a Muslim in Foca
in WWII even though he claimed to be a Serbian patriot, explaining
their action as follows:
"Inasmuch as you were a Serb, you sullied the Serb name, because you
are a Turk [i.e. Muslim]. And since you helped us, we shall not
torture you."
so the shot him instead of cutting his throat. In the past year, Serbs
have repeated the slaughter of Muslim residents of Foca. Destruction
of mosques, including priceless historical monuments, completes the
eradication of the Muslim presence from territories claimed by Serbs.
Which part do you claim is untrue? Explain yourself, or withdraw your claim.
Croatia never had many Muslim citizens for historical reasons, because it
was not a part of the Ottoman Empire. The last major battles between
Austro-Hungarian monarchy and the Ottoman Empire in Croatia were at the
end of the 17th century. Need I remind you that modern Croatian nationalism
came into being with Dr. Ante Starcevic, who saw Bosnian Muslims as the
best Croats, so much so that in 1853 he contemplated moving his operations
to Sarajevo? You are confusing clericalist Croatianism with Croatian
nationalism here. Political nationalism has always been stronger. As
for your other theories, you are clearly overjoyed that Croat-Muslim
alliance in Bosnia-Herzegovina is now in trouble. Arguments such as
yours are clearly intended to create and deepen this split.
In international relations 101 you'll learn that unless weak unite to
counterbalance the strong player, soon they are taken over and that's the
end of them. Balance of power thinking has brought together Croats
and Bosnian Muslims. This is only natural; all other alignments are
unstable. I'm working on pointing out this basic fact: Croats and
Muslims have been aware of it for as long as Serbia has existed.
You are wrong if you think only "image" is at stake here. Croatia has
a deep interest in her alliance with Bosnian Muslims, and vice versa.
I think Tudjman understands this, although he does not have much choice
at this point. Tensions should have been defused better earlier, before
any open confrontation developed. Although I still think Croatia will
survive, it will lose a lot; but Bosnian Muslims may end up even worse
off. However, their position now is so horrible that perhaps they do not
see it getting any worse. The key point is: do they still have any hope left?
If not, then all bets are off.
Mr. Stojanovic is clearly very, very happy about this. I'm deeply hurt.
This is not about some "image" but about survival of a concept of a
partnership which I believe is natural and essential for both Croats
and Muslims.
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I've tried 72105.1351@compuserve.com
Bounced twice.... Any other guesses?
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Howdy all,
Hmm... 48 bit aye?
Well, it beats a 32-bit design for thee sake of ellegance.
48 bit means 16 bits per primary colour.
The 2^48 nr of colours is a bit misleading. It makes more sense to see it
as 65536 possible shades of pure red.
This might actually make some sense, since 256 shades of red (24 bit colours)
may produce visible 'jumps' in intensity.
Then again, a byte per primary colour for each pixel is the most elegant way
of doing colour graphics, because it leaves ya such a tidy (and fast) program
code.
Take care,
Bram
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If it's any consolation, I had a similar problem. As I recall, if I exited
from a DOS session while in full-screen mode, the menu titles had changed to a
scrambled version of the icon title font (or something like that). It only
started happening after I used IconTitleFaceName in WIN.INI to change the
desktop font to Arial. So I stopped exiting from DOS sessions while in
full-screen mode.
My Mac used to do something similar. Aren't computers weird?
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Ron> Viper also sells some fancy field disturbance sensor that
Ron> supposedly detects people approcahing the car....
Ron
If your Viper system were tuned like a neighbor's is you wouldn't get
any sleep because of the damn thing waking every one in the neighborhood
up.
We all used to try to ignore the alarm, but have now made a pact to
bombard the house with night-time visits and phone calls when ever we
are awakened because some thunder storm passed over the next county
or a stray dog looked at the car.
Car alarms are a serious pain-in-the-ass!
-ks
p.s. Real men don't have car radios since the exhaust is too loud to
hear it anyway <GRIN>!
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Does Autodesk has a BBS ?
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I still think a major point is being missed... If you are worried about
software pirates, NOTHING will stop them. These are people who crack
software (mostly games, but so what) daily for fun. They can usually find
a crack around anything, especially if the manufacturer leaves a hole for such a thing.
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I commend everybody to look at the FTP site 'ftp.cicb.fr'
-> Ethernet address 129.20.128.2 <-
in the directory /pub/Images/ASTRO:
there are lots of images (all of kinds in astronomy subject)
especially in GIF format and a NEW ! directory of some JPL animations
For your comfort, README files in all subdirectories give size and
description of each image, and a 7 days' newer images' list is in READMENEW
Note: you can connect it as 'anonymous' or 'ftp' user, then the quota
for each is 8 users connected in the same time.
So, if the server responds you "connection refused", be patient !
2nd note: this site is reachable by Gopher at 'roland.cicb.fr'
-> Ethernet address 129.20.128.27 <-
in 'Divers serveurs Ftp/Le serveur ftp du CRI-CICB/Images/ASTRO'
If you have any comments, suggestions, problems,
then you can contact me at E-mail 'rousself@univ-rennes1.fr'
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Ezek 22:26 God seems to be upset with the priests who have made no
difference between the holy and the profane. This brought to my mind a
sermon I heard recently in which the speaker said "God's second name does
not begin with a D" referring, I believe, to use of God's holy name and
titles as swear words. I was also reminded of the experience of Moses at
the burning bush when God told him "Take off your sandals, for the place
where you are standing is holy ground."
These and other texts seem to imply that God's people must treat holy
things differently from other "common" things, or "make a difference"
between holy and common things.
The obvious questions are
What makes something holy? and How are Christians (primarily) supposed to
make this difference between holy and common things? (e.g. God's name,
the Holy Spirit, the Holy Bible, etc.)
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I have been struck down this past week by a stomach bug and fever
which went away quickly when treated with an antibiotic. The
pharmacist told me the antibiotic is effective against a wide
variety of "gram-negative bacteria." I was wondering where I
might have acquired such a bacteria. Could they hang out in swimming-
pool water, or would the chlorine kill them?
Feeling better, I am
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I believe that the large number of digits on his paycheck (and
it would not be binary) would help Don to be a fan of Ulf!, Jaro, and
Mario.
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Lets not forget
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Iridology is descendant from a 19th-century theory which mapped certain
diseases to sectors of the iris of the eye. There's enough natural
variation in color that a skilled examiner can find indicators of
virtually any disease.
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From article <1993Apr23.153005.8237@starbase.trincoll.edu>, by ():
So out of the numerous baptists that you hang around with you haven't
seen any of the above behavior? Which trait (stocking food for more
than a week, or owning a firearm) is the definition of a cult? What
proof ( aside from David's aquittal ) leads you to believe that any
"banging/marrying" of thirteen year olds was going on? Does your
wife know that you equate 'marriage' with 'banging'?
Since this guy doesn't like the concept of freedom of religion, he's
going to insult you AND your mom!
Sociopath - person with asocial or antisocial beahavior.
Sociopaths - 200 persons, all who can't stand other people, sharing
the same ranch-house.
^^^---It all suddenly becomes clear.
Why does everyone discover the Net in the spring?
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The LAW of RETRIBUTION
Violent crime, racism, bigotry, domestic abuse, rape,
police brutality and oppression, human rights violations,
etc., ETC., continue to get worse and worse in spite of more
and more man-made laws on all levels from local ordinances to
international law.
The man-made laws are NOT working.
"WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS FAILURE TO COMMUNICATE!"
Perpetrators remain IGNORANT of The LAW--a universal, cosmic,
and Spiritual Law--The "LAW of RETRIBUTION" or "KARMA":
"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a
man soweth, that shall he also reap." Galatians 6:7, KJV.
"He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity;
he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword.
Here is the patience and faith of the saints." Revelation
13:10, KJV.
"What goes around comes around."
This LAW of the Universe is just as real as the physical
law that for every action there is an equal and opposite
REaction.
It is the ENFORCEMENT, the TEETH, behind The "GOLDEN
RULE": "Do unto others as you would have others do unto you."
ALL perpetrators in the present will become VICTIMS in
the future, most likely in a FUTURE INCARNATION. Most
victims in the present were PERPETRATORS in the past, usually
during a PREVIOUS LIFE.
What is needed is a MASSIVE WORLDWIDE PROGRAM of
EDUCATION to teach ALL present and potential perpetrators, in
a convincing manner (with sufficient supporting evidence),
that what they do to others WILL BE DONE TO THEM, in this
life or the next.
Anyone who doubts the FACT of REINCARNATION, and the
related "LAW of Retribution", should read books such as "HERE
AND HEREAFTER", by Ruth Montgomery, which describes several
kinds of evidence supporting REincarnation, including
HYPNOTIC REGRESSION to past lives [about 50% accurate; the
subconscious mind can sometimes make things up, especially
with a bad hypnotist], SPONTANEOUS RECALL (especially by
young children, some of whom can identify their most recent
previous relatives, homes, possessions, etc.), DREAM RECALL
of past life experiences, DEJA VU (familiarity with a far off
land while traveling there for the first time on vacation),
the psychic readings of the late EDGAR CAYCE, and EVEN
SUPPORTING STATEMENTS FROM THE CHRISTIAN BIBLE including
Matthew 17:11-13 (John the Baptist was the REINCARNATION of
Elias.) and John 9:1-2 (How can a person POSSIBLY sin before
he is born, unless he LIVED BEFORE?!).
Strong INTERESTS, innate TALENTS, strong PHOBIAS, etc.,
typically originate from a person's PAST LIVES. For example,
a strong fear of swimming in or traveling over water usually
results from having DROWNED at the end of a PREVIOUS LIFE.
And sometimes a person will take AN IMMEDIATE DISLIKE to
another person being met for the first time in their PRESENT
life, because of a bad encounter with him during a PREVIOUS
INCARNATION.
People would behave much better toward each other if
they knew that their actions in the present will SURELY be
reaped by them in the future, or in a FUTURE INCARNATION!
For more information, answers to your questions, etc.,
please consult my CITED SOURCES (books like "HERE AND
HEREAFTER", by Ruth Montgomery).
UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this
IMPORTANT Information is ENCOURAGED.
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I am using OWL and want to display the output from a stream in a popup
window. Is there a way to perhaps redirect cout to a window? Or
alternatively set up a separate stream that supports output and be
able to display the stream output in an TEdit control?
Anyone ever done something like this?
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Just a couple of days ago, I heard on the radio news that a Neo-Nazi
organization had set up a BBS to keep its members informed. According
to the radio man, the Nazis were using encryption to reduce their risk
if they were prosecuted. No, I do not have any more information.
Have fun.
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I'm planning on getting a StyleWriter II for my Mac SE (2.5 MB ram, HD, two
800k floppy drives). Do any of you out there have any recommendations as
to whether running System 6.0.8 is better or worse than switching to 7.1.
I don't do much real work on this machine any more, but would like to keep
it for word processing (Using Word 4 and don't see much advantage to going
to Word 5, since it is slower).
Any help or comments would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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I have already made the clear claim that
Don't mind my saying this but the best example of obfuscation is to
condemn without having even your most basic facts straight. If you
want some examples, go back and look at your previous posts, where
you manage to get your facts wrong about the fatwa and Khomeini's
supposed infallibility.
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One thing to recall. Putting a satellite as high as possible is one thing.
Coming back to not only that altitude, but matching the position of it in
its orbit on a subsequent mission is another thing. Any misalignment of the
plane of the orbit during launch or being ahead or behind the target will
require more fuel to adjust. This was considered in the original deployment.
I agree though that the demands on the crew and complexity are stupendous.
One has to admire how much they are trying to do.
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The classic comment on new encryption algorithms comes from
Friedman:
"No new cypher is worth considering unless it comes
from someone who has already broken a very hard one."
Historically, Friedman has been right. It's really hard to develop
a good cypher. IBM's Lucifer, the precursor to DES, turns out to have
been fatally flawed. Most of the DES-like systems other than DES seem
to be vulnerable to differential cryptanalysis. The first two tries at
public key encryption (remember knapsack cyphers?) were broken. Most
if not all of the machine cyphers of the electromechanical era were
broken eventually. Attempts in the computer era to home-brew encryption
have been disappointing; the classic "A survey of data insecurity packages"
in Cryptologia contains analyses and breaking techniques for a few of the
popular "security packages" of the late 1980s.
A new, proprietary algorithm? No way.
If the US is permitting general export of this thing, it has
to be weak; that's how the current regulations work. Currently there's
a willingness to allow systems with short keys (32 bits appears to be
no problem; the 56 bits of DES are too many) or weak algorithms
(I think Word Perfect qualifies under that rule) to be exported.
I can't believe these guys shepherded their technique through the
PTO and the State Department's Arms Control Division without finding that out.
John Nagle
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ubject: subscrive
please subscribe me.
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fc> Modern,
fc> ground-based, visible light astronomy (what these proposed
fc> orbiting billboards would upset) is already a dying field: The
fc> opacity and distortions caused by the atmosphere itself have
fc> driven most of the field to use radio, far infrared or space-based
fc> telescopes.
Here's one radio astronomer quite concerned about
radio-frequency interference from portable telephones, etc.
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Can the Sabres win two more games against the Bruins?
I think game three in Buffalo will be the most important of the
series. If the Sabres lose that game, the party will be over. It will
be hello next year.
The key for the remaining games in the series will be whether Fuhr can
keep up his brillliant goaltending and if Mogilny can continue skate by
the Bruins. He has shown demonstrated excellent speed.
Finally, the Sabres appear to have shown up for the post season.
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This is to followup my previous reply on this topic, which it has been
pointed out to me might have been dangerously misleading in two spots.
1. I stated that psychotherapy (meaning talking therapy and so on) was used
to treat Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, which though sometimes true is
misleading. It is not often found effective, particularly by itself.
Primary treatment today usually consists at least in part of drug
therapy. The most current theories of this condition attribute
it to more to biological causes than psychological, in places where this
distinction becomes important.
2. I mentioned that the DSM-IIIR mentions 'impulses' as a possible
diagnostic marker. However, this might look like something
people associate with psychotic conditions, uncontrollable or
unpredictable behaviors, which is NOT the case with OCD.
One of the diagnostic criteria of OCD is that the individual
can and does suppress some of their 'impulses,' although they
are an unending source of anxiety.
The obsessive thoughts and ritualistic actions usually associated with
OCD are most frequently very mundane and predictable, closer to
a superstitious nature than a dangerous nature for the most part.
Some references (one non-technical and several technical)
that someone was kind enough to supply for me
but was unable to post themself :
(technical refs) :
And thanks very much to those who supplied constructive
criticism to my first post on OCD. I hope this helps clarify
the parts that were misleading.
kind regards,
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Is this an arguement against or for? Or simply a statement of agreeance/
disagreeance. The fact that there are more homosexuals in prison does not
mean that homosexuals are immoral and more liable to commit crime. And one
must remember that prison is not necessarily a reflection of the type of
people who are criminals. What are the statistics for unsolved crime?
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...
Yes, that is what it sounds like to me, too. But before I spend
da bucks, I want to make sure I'm right. I do have e-mail from
a (self-confessed :-) Apple-hater listing a few common problems
with the C610, but nothing I can't get fixed under warranty.
So, anybody else? Great or lousy?
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Wrong, it has a 6507.
It had one custome chip (not an ASIC in the sense that word is now understood):
the TIA (sometimes known as the 6526, although most other manufacturers list
that as the CIA complex interface adapter.) TIA stands for Television
Interface Adapter, and it handles sound, paddles and the minimal video hardware
the 2600 possessed.
There was also a standard 6532 RAM, I/O, Timer (RIOT), plus a voltage
regulator and (if memory serves) a 555 timer. That's all.
Not according to the servicing documentation I have here. The 2600 did not
change intenally very much at all.
ROMS were mapped into the upper 4K of the 6507's address space. 2K and 4K
games were fine, but later 8K and 16K games needed bank switching. Atari
(and others) made much of these "huge" cartridges.
Wrong, it had 128 bytes of RAM from the RIOT. This was multiply mapped into
both page 0 (pseudo-registers) and page 1 (stack), and also throughout the
bottom 4K of memory. TIA registers also sat in this address space.
As 128 bytes of RAM was somewhat limiting, some later cartridges also carried
RAM themselves, which was interesting as Atari had provided no write line
to the cart. This was managed by mapping the reads from RAM into one address
the *very* scarce ROM address space.
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Well, it's not that simple -- you're in Earth's magnetic field, and you
don't generate electricity -- but it can be done.
The way you power things is with electricity, so the answer to the first
question is definitely yes. (If you meant to say "propel" rather than
"power", the answer is "sort of".) Yes, you can use interaction with the
Earth's magnetic field to get electrical power, and there are potential
applications for this.
However, bear in mind that there is no free lunch. The energy isn't
coming from nowhere. What such systems do is convert some of the energy
of your orbital velocity into electrical energy. There are cases where
this is a useful tradeoff. Using power obtained in this way for propulsion
is useful only in special situations, however.
What you *can* do is get your power by some other means, e.g. solar arrays,
and run the interaction with the magnetic field in reverse, pumping energy
*into* the orbit rather than taking energy out of it.
If you want more information, trying looking up "electrodynamic propulsion",
"tether applications", and "magsails".
No. A "dragless" satellite does not magically have no drag; it burns fuel
constantly to fight drag, maintaining the exact orbit it would have *if*
there was no drag. This is why there are quotes around "dragless".
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Hi,
I just sent a mail to Turgut Kalfaoglu (sp?), the maintainer of the list,
and asked him what's going on. If the list is (for whatever reason) really
dead, we might have to put up a list ourselves. But for now, I want to wait
for his answer.
Frank
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[stuff deleted]
Actually, you get a ton of weapons and ammunition, 70-80 followers, and hole
up in some kind of compound, and wait for . . . . :-)
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I know its semantics, but the "no-op" _doesn't_ do anything. The
Command Loss Timer is simply looking for a command, any command. A
"no-op" is simply a spacecraft command that drops bits into the big
bit bucket in the sky. "No-op" also get used as timekeepers to provide
millisecond delays between command sequences (used on the thruster preps
on GRO, er, Compton) and to verify command links at the beginning of
TDRS events. All in all, a rather useful command. And, an intelligent
FDC test on Galileo (the Command Loss Timer).
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No one is forced to blow up airplanes. Terrorism is a choice
made by people because they do not want to work for peace.
There are *lots* of military targets in Israel. There are
lots of legitamate targets in Israel. Old ladies, children, and
civilians in general are not acceptable targets.
If the only person you can kill is a civilian, you hold your
fire. If that means you can't kill anyone, then you can't kill
anyone. Claiming that civilain targets are acceptable because they
are easy kills is rediculous.
Did they make a policy of it?
Did you mean excuse? :) Killing a soldier and killing a
civilian are two very different acts.
No, they killed soldiers so that the British government would
leave. The objective was not to scare civilains, but show that the cost
of staying was way too high.
In contrast, a terrorist kills civilains to scare other
civilains. They use random violence against people to make a point
that no one is safe until their demands are met. An analogy would be
the Irgun blowing up Harrods or 10 Downing.
Thats because you missed the essential point of arab
terrorism, which is to scare civilains away from Israel, by killing
those who have something to do with Israel. It is to kill Jews
because they might be Zionists. It is to kill people who live in
Israel because of where they live. The targets are rarely soldiers,
or other people who understand they might be attacked in the line of
duty, but innocent civilians, to underscore the message that no one
who deals with Israel is safe.
Oh, you mean you favor the Israelis, outnumbered 2 to 1,
outgunned, surrounded by hostile states only one of which has signed a
peace treaty in 45 years? You favor the Jews, people like Leon
Klofhinger, a cripple who was thrown off a boat because he was Jewish?
You support the right of the Jewish people to live in peace?
Why, thank you for your support.
Adam
Adam Shostack adam@das.harvard.edu
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This thread si starting to get really silly. Such nonsense do not
belong in s.r.c and it really hurts me to read some of the posts on
this issue.
We chose to believe whetever we want, but we are not allowed to define
our own Christianity. we see in parts. If you see something that I do
not see, or vice versa, it does not give me the right to play jokes on
your belief!
There is no wonder that your "miracle" does not work. You designet it
yourself, and even if you were able to collect a group of people like
the one you describe, I see no reason why your "miracle" should really
happen. God is the one who does miracles, not humans!
After all we are all on the same way, or at least, we are all headed
for the same goal, following different paths. Remember that we are
going to spend eternity together. If I can not stand your view here on
earth, how can I possibly stand spending eternity together with you?
Tongues is a question of belief. Not wether you believe in Jesus, but
if you believe that He is able to give you this gift. Just as any
other of the gifts mentioned in the Bible. But there is no evidence in
the Bible that people who do not accept these gifts are in any way
better than others.
Maybe some of the people who have received spiritual gifts are more
interested in glorifying themselves than glorifying God, I don't know.
But if this is the case, it still does not suggest that the gifts are
faked.
In the Bible you will find that Jesus did not always do miracles. He
said that "I do nothing, except what my father tells me." Perhaps it
woulkd be for the best of all if we where all able to live by that
example!
In Him,
Bjorn
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One way Omaha to Seattle
ticket in my name [Jessamyn West]
for travel 5/9. Must be picked up at Omaha airport [or thereabouts]
on 5/6. Continental Airlines. Make me an offer.
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The clutch on my '92 Honda Civic EX-V (EX in the U.S.) does this too.
It's annoying. Now that I think about, it _is_ worse when the humidity is
high. The dealer also claims there's nothing they can do since the clutch is
a "self-adjusting hydraulic design". Yeah, right.
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True enough, but...
Zilog SCC:
---------
RR0[7]: Break Detect
This is a very popular part, but it has a number of quirks, especially
in HDLC mode.
Signetics 68562 DUSCC:
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RSR[2]: Break Start Detect
RSR[3]: Break End Detect
Two of the bits in the Receiver Status Register. You can enable an interrupt
on either of these bits going high, too. Also, only one NULL will be put
in the FIFO per break detected.
This is simply the best serial chip I've ever worked with. _Many_ less
quirks than the SCC, which is IMHO second-best. (Death to 8250 devices!)
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Like many others I too was watching the Caps/Isles game when the went
to the baseball game. I too was pissed. How could they interupt such
an important game. I understand about contracts, but you would think they
would have a clause in the contract concerning important games!
Anyway, us BLUES (and Hawks) fans got shafted worse! While everyone
in the U.S. and watched the game on ABC. However those of us who live in
the central Illinois area were subjected to watching the Arthritus(?)
Telethon. The area that was most affected by the telecast did not get
to see the game except through HAWK VISION. This game, had it been
televised, would have been the first home Hawks game shown in the area
since 1980. This television BULL*&%$ has got to stop. We are not only
being deprived of seeing games, due to skyrocketing ticket prices, but
we are also being deprived of watching them on TV.
PEACE,
HAMMER
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:>Steve, you're the one who suggested that a failed government should be an
:>ideal proving ground, I never felt that way in the first place. Quite the
:>contrary, I think a better proving ground would be someplace that already
:>had a governemnt that would prevent outright acts of agression, yet had a
:>strong spirit of individualism and initiative. Someplace like... Texas :-)
:>
:>Mr. Grinch
:
:
:
:And while Texas taxpayers might willingly eliminate tax-support for UT
:and TAMU, I'm not sure they'd support gutting the football programs.
:
Football can pay for itself.
:Then there's the impact on Ross Perot's fortune of eliminating the various
Why? He's already made it. Sure nodoby else will be able to bilk
the public in the same specific ways, but why should he (or I) care?
:All in all, Texas doesn't seem to be a very likely place for
:libertarianism to take hold. :-)
More likely than most places. When I was there the most "important"
state issue was whether to have a state income tax or instead legalize
a popular vice for fund raising, and vice won a decisive victory!
Mr. Grinch
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I'm posting this for a friend, but you can e-mail questions to me at
gyeh@cc.bellcore.com However, the best way to get your questions answered
is to call the phone number listed.
FOR SALE:
1991 Volkswagon Corrado
2+2 coupe
Low mileage: approx. 28,000 miles
5-speed manual
7 speaker factory Blaupunkt stereo system
New all-weather Yokohamas 205/50VR15
Sun roof
AC
Red
Speed activated spoiler
Extra set of tires - Pirelli P600 195VR15
** Equipped with factory Winter package - heated seats,
mirrors and nozzles.
** Alpine security system with 2 remotes.
All records - documentation, service
Pampered car, mint condition
Must sacrifice at $11,000 or best offer.
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Hi all,
I got tired of waiting for a mailing list so I am going to make one....
just send me your complete e-mail address on your message and I'll send
you a confirmation and the Yankee mailing list address
-john
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Dear news readers,
Is there anyone using sheep models for cardiac research, specifically
concerned with arrhythmias, pacing or defibrillation? I would like
to hear from you.
Many thanks,
Andrew Mears
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Some years ago -- possibly as many as five -- there was a discussion on
numerology. (That's where you assign numeric values to letters and then add
up the letters in words, in an effort to prove something or another. I can
never make any sense of how it's supposed to work or what it's supposed to
prove.)
Somebody posted a long article about numerology in the Bible, saying
things like "this proves the intricate planning of the Scriptures, else
these patterns would not appear".
Then there was a brilliant followup, which was about numerology in all the
other numerology posts. Stuff like "The word `numerology' adds up to 28,
and the word appears 28 times in the posting! Such elegant planning!
Further, the word `truth' ALSO adds up to 28; the writer is using these
numerological clues to show us that we reach truth via numerology!"
(These examples are made up by me just as examples.)
I really liked that reply, because it did such an excellent job of showing
that these patterns can be found in just about anything. However, I did
not save a copy of it. I do not remember the author. I'm only 90% sure
that it was posted to this newsgroup.
BUT, on the off chance that somebody remembers it and saved it, or that the
author is reading here, I wanted to know if anyone could send me a copy. (I
think it should be made into an FAQ, if we can find it.)
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call for employers to keep information about the HIV status of health-care
workers confidential. But doctors who know of an HIV-positive colleague who
has not sought advice must inform the employing authority and the appropriate
professional regulatory body. The guidelines also emphasize the significance
of notifying all patients on whom an invasive procedure has been done by an
infected health-care worker. A model letter to patients who have come into
contact with such an individual is provided, along with suggestions for
health officials on how to deal with the media. In addition, a U.K. advisory
panel on HIV infection in health-care workers has been formed to provide
specific occupational recommendations to those treating such patients.
==================================================================
"Properties of an HIV 'Vaccine'" Nature (04/08/93) Vol. 362, No. 6420, P. 504
(Volvovitz, Franklin and Smith, Gale)
The questions raised by Moore et al. about recombinant gp160 envelope
glycoprotein precursor from HIV-1 produced by MicroGeneSys are advantages
rather than disadvantages, write Franklin Volvovitz and Gale Smith of
MicroGeneSys in Meriden, Conn. Moore et al. says that gp160 in a baculovirus
expression system does not bind strongly to the CD4 receptor, and that this
recombinant gp160 does not stimulate the same antibodies as the HIV-1 virus
does in natural infection. But vaccination with recombinant gp160 in
patients infected with HIV-1 broadens HIV-1 specific envelope-directed immune
responses, including crossreactive antibodies to gp160 epitopes and CD4 and
CD8 cytotoxic T-cell responses. Volvovitz and Smith claim that they never
intended their gp160 molecule to be identical to the native protein. Antibody
responses against native HIV-1 proteins, including the types described by
Moore et al., exist in nearly all AIDS patients but do not prevent
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progression of HIV disease. In addition, the binding of gp120 or gp120-
antibody complexes to CD4 has been shown to interfere with antigen specific
activation of CD4 cells and trigger programmed cell death in vitro, which
may contribute to the pathogenesis of HIV infection. The absence of CD4
binding by the MicroGeneSys gp160 vaccine may therefore be viewed as an added
safety feature. Phase I studies have demonstrated stable CD4 counts,
stimulation of cytotoxic T cells, and the suggestion of restoration of immune
function. Based on these and other clinical results, MicroGeneSys gp160 was
chosen by researchers at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden for the first
phase III vaccine therapy studies, conclude Volvovitz and Smith.
==================================================================
"HIV-1 Infection: Breast Milk and HIV-1 Transmission" Lancet (04/10/93) Vol.
341, No. 8850, P. 930 (Mok, Jacqueline)
There are still more questions than answers regarding HIV-1-positive
women breastfeeding their babies, writes Jacqueline Mok of the Lancet. The
anti-infective properties of milk are well documented. While the numbers of
leukocytes, concentrations of lactoferrin and IgA, and lymphocyte mitogenic
activity decline sharply during the first two to three months of lactation to
barely detectable levels, lactoferrin and IgA then increase from three to
twelve months, with 90 percent of total IgA in milk being secretory IgA.
Breastfeeding protects infants against gastrointestinal and respiratory
illnesses, in both normal and uninfected children born to HIV-positive
mothers. The Italian National Registry of AIDS discovered that breastfed HIV-
1 infected children had a longer median incubation time (19 months) than
bottlefed infants (9.7 months). Breastfed children also had a slower
progression to AIDS. There is no agreement on which antibodies offer
protection against HIV-1 infection. Studies of the biological properties of
milk from 15 HIV-1 infected women showed the presence of IgG and IgA
antibodies against envelope glycoproteins, as well as IgA antibodies against
core antigens. Binding of HIV-1 to the CD4 receptor can be inhibited by a
human milk factor. In the developing world, where infectious disease and
malnutrition contribute significantly to infant mortality, breast milk is
still the best food for infants, regardless of the mother's HIV status.
Transmission might be restricted by breastfeeding after colostrum and early
milk have been expressed and discarded. The possibility remains that breast
milk could protect the infant who is already infected with HIV at birth and
may even delay progression to AIDS, concludes Mok.
==================================================================
"Absence of HIV Transmission From an Infected Dentist to His Patients" Journal
of the American Medical Association (04/14/93) Vol. 269, No. 14, P. 1802
(Dickinson, Gordon M. et al.)
If universal precautions are practiced, the risk of HIV transmission
from dentist to patient appears to be infinitesimal, write Gordon M. Dickinson
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et al. of the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Fla. The
researchers contacted all patients treated by a dentist with AIDS and
attempts were made to contact all patients for HIV testing. Living patients
with newly detected HIV infection were interviewed, and DNA sequence analysis
was performed to compare genetic relatedness of their HIV to that of the
dentist. Death certificates were obtained for deceased patients, and the
medical records of those with diagnoses suggestive of HIV disease or drug
abuse and those dying under the age of 50 years were examined in detail.
There were 1,192 patients who had undergone 9,267 procedures, of whom 124
were deceased. An examination of the death certificates of patients
identified five who had died with HIV infection, all of whom were either
homosexuals or IV-drug users. The researchers were able to detect 962 of the
remaining 1,048 patients, and 900 agreed to be tested. HIV infection was
reported in five of the 900 patients, including four who had clear evidence
of risk factors for the disease. One patient who had only a single
evaluation by the dentist denied high-risk behavior. Comparative DNA sequence
analysis showed that the viruses from the dentists and these five patients
were not closely related. The study suggests the potential for HIV
transmission from a general dentist to his patients is minimal in a setting
in which universal precautions are strictly observed, conclude Dickinson et
al.
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April 22, 1993
================================================================
"AIDS Patients are Susceptible to Recurrences of TB, Study Says" Washington
Post (04/22/93), P. A13
Tuberculosis can strike AIDS patients more than once, which makes the
resurging health hazard harder to control, according to a study published in
today's New England Journal of Medicine. People who contract TB usually
develop an immunity that protects them if they are exposed to the bacteria
again. But a person whose immune system is depleted may not be able to fight
off a new TB infection, doctors found. Peter M. Small of the Howard Hughes
Medical Institute at Stanford University, director of the study, said that in
order to protect against reinfection, it may be necessary for some people to
use TB medicines permanently. The study examined the genetic makeup of TB
bacteria and how the germs changed over time in 17 patients at Kings County
Hospital in New York.
================================================================
"HIV-1 Infection: Breast Milk and HIV-1 Transmission" Lancet (04/10/93) Vol.
341, No. 8850, P. 930 (Mok, Jacqueline)
There are still more questions than answers regarding HIV-1-positive
women breastfeeding their babies, writes Jacqueline Mok of the Lancet. The
anti-infective properties of milk are well documented. While the numbers of
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leukocytes, concentrations of lactoferrin and IgA, and lymphocyte mitogenic
activity decline sharply during the first two to three months of lactation to
barely detectable levels, lactoferrin and IgA then increase from three to
twelve months, with 90 percent of total IgA in milk being secretory IgA.
Breastfeeding protects infants against gastrointestinal and respiratory
illnesses, in both normal and uninfected children born to HIV-positive
mothers. The Italian National Registry of AIDS discovered that breastfed HIV-
1 infected children had a longer median incubation time (19 months) than
bottlefed infants (9.7 months). Breastfed children also had a slower
progression to AIDS. There is no agreement on which antibodies offer
protection against HIV-1 infection. Studies of the biological properties of
milk from 15 HIV-1 infected women showed the presence of IgG and IgA
antibodies against envelope glycoproteins, as well as IgA antibodies against
core antigens. Binding of HIV-1 to the CD4 receptor can be inhibited by a
human milk factor. In the developing world, where infectious disease and
malnutrition contribute significantly to infant mortality, breast milk is
still the best food for infants, regardless of the mother's HIV status.
Transmission might be restricted by breastfeeding after colostrum and early
milk have been expressed and discarded. The possibility remains that breast
milk could protect the infant who is already infected with HIV at birth and
may even delay progression to AIDS, concludes Mok.
================================================================
"HIV and the Aetiology of AIDS" Lancet (04/10/93) Vol. 341, No. 8850, P. 957
(Duesberg, Peter)
Because there is no proof that HIV is the cause of AIDS, the hypothesis
that drug use leads to AIDS will hopefully become a hindrance to the
physiologically (AZT) and psychologically (positive AIDS test) toxic public
health initiatives, writes Peter Duesberg of the University of California--
Berkeley. In the Lancet's March 13 issue, Schechter et al. call Duesberg's
hypothesis that injected and orally used recreational drugs and AZT lead to
AIDS, "a hindrance to public health initiatives." However, their hypothesis
that HIV is the cause of AIDS has not attained any public health benefits.
The U.S. government spends $4 billion annually, but no vaccine, no therapy,
no prevention, and no AIDS control have resulted from work on this
hypothesis. Schechter et al. conclude that HIV has a key role in CD4
depletion and AIDS based on epidemiological correlations with antibodies
against HIV and with self reported recreational drug use among homosexuals
from Vancouver. However, their survey neglects to disprove Duesberg's drug-
AIDS hypothesis, because it does not provide controls--i.e., confirmed drug-
free AIDS cases--and because it does not quantify drug use and ignores AZT
use altogether. To refute Duesberg's hypothesis Schechter would have to
produce a controlled study demonstrating that over a period of up to 10 years
HIV-positive patients who use recreational drugs or AZT or both have the same
AIDS risks as positives who do not do so. The 10 year period is claimed by
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proponents of the HIV hypothesis to be the time needed for HIV to cause AIDS.
Alternatively, they could show that HIV-free individuals who have used drugs
for 10 years never get AIDS-defining illnesses, concludes Duesberg.
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"Rapid Decline of CD4+ Cells After IFNa Treatment in HIV-1 Infection"
Lancet (04/10/93) Vol. 341, No. 8850, P. 959 (Vento, Sandro et al.)
Interferon (IFN), which induces autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases
in some settings, may hasten CD4 T-cell loss in some HIV-1 infected
individuals through the amplification of harmful "autoimmune" reactions,
write Sandro Vento et al. of the A. Pugliese Hospital in Catanzaro, Italy.
The researchers report three asymptomatic HIV-1 infected individuals with
hepatitis C Virus related chronic active hepatitis (CAH) who had a rapid,
profound decline of CD4 cells after IFN. All three patients throughout the
observation were consistently negative for serum HIV p24 antigen and had
circulating antibodies to p24. Sera from all three patients, obtained at the
end of IFN treatment and testing in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay,
contained high titres of antibodies reacting to a sequence located in the
aminoterminal of the beta chain of all human HLA class II antigens,
homologous to a sequence located in the carboxy terminus of HIV-1 gp41.
These autoantibodies, which also recognize "native" class II molecules and
may contribute to the elimination of CD4 T cells "in vivo", were at low tires
(50-100) in all three patients six months after stopping IFN. Such
autoantibodies were not detected in 28 other patients with HIV infection and
HCV related CAH treated with IFN and who did not experience CD4 T-cell loss
in some HIV-1 infected individuals through the amplification of harmful
"autoimmune" reactions. The subjects had A1; B8; DR3; and B35, DR1 HLA
antigen combinations which are linked with a more rapid fall in CD4 cell
counts and clinical progression of HIV-1 disease. IFN can induce a very
rapid decline of CD4 cells and should be used cautiously in patients with
these HLA haplotypes, the researchers conclude.
================================================================
April 23, 1993
================================================================
"TB Makes a Comeback" State Government News (04/93) Vol. 36, No. 4, P. 6
(Voit, William and Knapp, Elaine S.)
Although tuberculosis was once believed to be eliminated in the United
States, it is emerging again among the homeless, AIDS patients, immigrants,
minorities, and prisoners. Dr. Lee B. Reichman, professor of medicine at the
University of New Jersey Medical School and president of the American Lung
Association, said, "Right now, it's a big city problem, but potentially it's
everyone's problem." The ALA predicts that 10 million Americans are infected
with TB, and about 10 percent of them will develop the disease because their
immune systems are depressed, especially those with AIDS or HIV. Gene
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Tammes, a Centers for Disease Control expert, said that is why the CDC has
issued guidelines warning hospitals and institutions not to mix AIDS with TB
patients. State health officials believe the TB is also spreading because
those who are most susceptible are the least likely to follow through with
treatment. In addition, the increase is attributed to a shortage of public
health services. In New York City, TB is an epidemic "because the number of
cases is increasing faster than we can treat people," said Dr. George
Diferdinando, director of the New York State TB Control. According to
Diferdinando, curbing the spread of TB entails keeping 85 percent or more of
diagnosed TB cases in treatment. About 40 percent of infected New York City
residents don't complete therapy. When TB patients don't finish taking their
medication, multi-drug resistant TB can develop, which requires taking more
expensive drugs and can take two years instead of the normal six months to
treat.
================================================================
"Increasing Frequency of Heterosexually Transmitted AIDS in Southern
Florida: Artifact or Reality?" American Journal of Public Health (04/93) Vol.
83, No. 4, P. 571 (Nwanyanwu, Okey C. et al.)
The alarmingly high rate of heterosexually acquired AIDS cases in
southern Florida was partially related to misclassification of risk, write
Okey C. Nwanyanwu et al. of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Ga.
The researchers investigated 168 such AIDS cases from Broward and coastal
Palm Beach counties. All of these cases attributed to heterosexual
transmission reported sexual contact with bisexual men, injecting drug users,
or persons born in countries where heterosexual contact is the primary route
of HIV transmission. Medical records of patients, in addition to records
from social services, HIV counseling and testing centers, and sexually
transmitted disease (STD) clinics were reviewed. If no other HIV risk factor
was found from medical record review, patients were interviewed using a
standardized questionnaire. Once STD clinic and other medical records were
reviewed, 29 men and 7 women were reclassified into other HIV transmission
categories. After adjustments were made for the reclassification, the
percentage of AIDS cases reported from Palm Beach and Broward counties
between January 1, 1989, and March 31, 1990, that was attributed to
heterosexual transmission decreased from 10 percent to 6 percent among men
and from 33 percent to 28 percent among women. While the percentage of
heterosexually transmitted AIDS cases in southern Florida decreased after
adjustment was made for reclassified cases, it still remained above the
national average, the researchers conclude.
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AIDS Statistics
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World Health Organization, Geneva
Organisation mondiale de la Sante, Geneve
WEEKLY EPIDEMIOLOGICAL RECORD
RELEVE EPIDEMIOLOGIQUE HEBDOMADAIRE
15 January 1993 - 68th Year
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)
DATA AS AT 31 December 1992
SYNDROME D'IMMUNODEFICIENCE ACQUISE (SIDA)
DONNEES AU 31 Decembre 1992
NUMBER DATE OF
OF CASES REPORT
COUNTRY/AREA - NOMBRE DATE
PAYS/TERRITOIRE DE CAS DE
NOTIFI-
CATION
AFRICA - AFRIQUE
Algeria - Algerie 92 31.08.91
Angola 514 24.09.92
Benin - Benin 247 31.03.92
Botswana 353 30.06.92
Burkina Faso 1,263 20.03.92
Burundi 6,052 20.03.92
Cameroon - Cameroun 1,407 05.10.92
Cape Verde - Cap-Vert 52 08.02.92
Central African Republic -
Republique centrafricaine 1,864 20.03.92
Chad - Tchad 382 17.09.92
Comoros - Comores 3 11.03.92
Congo 3,482 30.01.92
Cote d'Ivoire 10,792 09.03.92
Djibouti 265 17.12.92
Egypt - Egypte 57 17.12.92
Equatorial Guinea -
Guinee equatoriale 13 16.05.92
Ethiopia - Ethiopie 3,978 11.11.92
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Gabon 215 31.05.92
Gambia - Gambie 180 25.02.92
Ghana 3,612 01.07.92
Guinea - Guinee 338 20.03.92
Guinea-Bissau - Guinee-Bissau 189 13.07.92
Kenya 31,185 01.10.92
Lesotho 64 31.03.92
Liberia - Liberia 28 31.03.92
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya -
Jamahiriya arabe libyenne 7 17.12.92
Madagascar 2 06.11.92
Malawi 22,300 02.12.92
Mali 1,111 17.07.92
Mauritania - Mauritanie 36 19.07.92
Mauritius - Maurice 11 29.02.92
Morocco - Maroc 121 17.12.92
Mozambique 538 10.10.92
Namibia - Namibie 311 20.03.92
Niger 497 07.02.92
Nigeria - Nigeria 184 12.03.92
Reunion - Reunion 65 20.03.92
Rwanda 8,483 12.11.92
Sao Tome and Principe -
Sao Tome-et-Principe 11 03.07.92
Senegal - Senegal 648 09.03.92
Seychelles --- 18.02.92
Sierra Leone 40 20.03.92
Somalia - Somalie 13 17.12.92
South Africa -
Afrique du Sud 1,316 30.06.92
Sudan - Soudan 650 17.12.92
Swaziland 197 08.07.92
Togo 1,278 03.04.92
Tunisia - Tunisie 114 17.12.92
Uganda - Ouganda 34,611 01.11.92
United Republic of Tanzania -
Republique-Unie de
Tanzanie 34,605 31.05.92
Zaire - Zaire 18,186 14.05.92
Zambia - Zambie 6,556 15.10.92
Zimbabwe 12,514 31.03.92
TOTAL 211,032
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AMERICAS - AMERIQUES
Anguilla 6 10.12.92
Antigua and Barbuda -
Antigua-et-Barbuda 6 10.12.92
Argentina - Argentine 1,820 10.12.92
Bahamas 934 10.12.92
Barbados - Barbade 315 10.12.92
Belize 53 10.12.92
Bermuda - Bermudes 199 10.12.92
Bolivia - Bolivie 49 10.12.92
Brazil - Bresil 31,364 10.12.92
British Virgin Islands -
Iles Vierges
britanniques 4 10.12.92
Canada 6,889 10.12.92
Cayman Islands - Iles Caimanes 13 10.12.92
Chile - Chili 573 10.12.92
Colombia - Colombie 2,957 10.12.92
Costa Rica 419 10.12.92
Cuba 137 10.12.92
Dominica - Dominique 12 10.12.92
Dominican Republic -
Republique dominicaine 1,809 10.12.92
Ecuador - Equateur 224 10.12.92
El Salvador 382 10.12.92
French Guiana -
Guyane francaise 232 10.12.92
Grenada - Grenade 32 10.12.92
Guadeloupe 182 10.12.92
Guatemala 273 10.12.92
Guyana 333 10.12.92
Haiti - Haiti 3,086 10.12.92
Honduras 1,976 10.12.92
Jamaica - Jamaique 361 10.12.92
Martinique 227 10.12.92
Mexico - Mexique 11,034 10.12.92
Montserrat 1 10.12.92
Netherlands Antilles and Aruba -
Antilles neerlandaises et
Aruba 110 10.12.92
Nicaragua 31 10.12.92
Panama 388 10.12.92
Paraguay 51 10.12.92
Peru - Perou 614 10.12.92
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Saint Kitts and Nevis -
Saint-Kitts-et-Nevis 37 10.12.92
Saint Lucia - Sainte-Lucie 48 10.12.92
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines - Saint-
Vincent-et-Grenadines 41 10.12.92
Suriname 122 10.12.92
Trinidad and Tobago -
Trinite-et-Tobago 1,085 10.12.92
Turks and Caicos Islands -
Iles Turques et
Caiques 25 10.12.92
United States of America -
Etats-Unis d'Amerique 242,146 10.12.92
Uruguay 310 10.12.92
Venezuela 2,173 10.12.92
TOTAL 313,083
ASIA - ASIE
Afghanistan --- 17.12.92
Bahrain - Bahrein 3 31.03.92
Bangladesh 1 30.11.92
Bhutan - Bhoutan --- 30.11.92
Brunei Darussalam -
Brunei Darussalam 2 19.12.91
Burma see Myanmar -
Birmanie voir Myanmar
Cambodia - Cambodge --- 31.10.92
China(a) - Chine(a) 11 28.04.92
Cyprus - Chypre 24 17.12.92
Democratic People's Republic
of Korea - Republique
populaire democratique
de Coree --- 30.11.92
Hong Kong 61 26.09.92
India - Inde 242 30.11.92
Indonesia - Indonesie 24 30.11.92
Iran (Islamic Republic of) -
Iran (Republique
islamique d') 56 17.12.92
Iraq 7 17.12.92
Israel - Israel 192 17.12.92
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Japan - Japon 508 04.12.92
Jordan - Jordanie 24 17.12.92
Kuwait - Koweit 7 17.12.92
Lao People's Democratic Republic -
Republique democratique
populaire lao 1 23.04.92
Lebanon - Liban 35 17.12.92
Macao 2 03.11.92
Malaysia - Malaisie 46 25.05.92
Maldives --- 30.11.92
Mongolia - Mongolie 1 30.11.92
Myanmar 16 30.11.92
Nepal - Nepal 12 30.11.92
Oman 27 17.12.92
Pakistan 25 17.12.92
Philippines 80 07.10.92
Qatar 31 17.12.92
Republic of Korea -
Republique de Coree 10 19.11.92
Saudi Arabia - Arabie saoudite 46 17.12.92
Singapore - Singapour 43 05.08.92
Sri Lanka 20 30.11.92
Syrian Arab Republic -
Republique arabe syrienne 19 17.12.92
Thailand - Thailande 909 30.11.92
Turkey - Turquie 89 17.12.92
United Arab Emirates - Emirats
arabes unis 8 17.12.92
Viet Nam --- 28.04.92
Yemen - Yemen --- 17.12.92
TOTAL 2,582
EUROPE
Albania - Albanie --- 30.09.92
Austria - Autriche 828 30.09.92
Belarus - Belarus 6 30.09.92
Belgium - Belgique 1,224 17.12.92
Bulgaria - Bulgarie 16 17.12.92
Czechoslovakia - Tchecoslovaquie 32 17.12.92
Denmark - Danemark 1,072 17.12.92
Finland - Finlande 112 17.12.92
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France 21,487 17.12.92
Germany - Allemagne 8,893 17.12.92
Greece - Grece 689 17.12.92
Hungary - Hongrie 105 17.12.92
Iceland - Islande 22 17.12.92
Ireland - Irlande 294 17.12.92
Italy - Italie 14,783 17.12.92
Latvia - Lettonie 2 30.09.92
Lithuania - Lituanie 2 30.09.92
Luxembourg 55 17.12.92
Malta - Malte 25 17.12.92
Monaco 9 17.12.92
Netherlands - Pays-Bas 2,330 17.12.92
Norway - Norvege 283 17.12.92
Poland - Pologne 118 17.12.92
Portugal 1,007 17.12.92
Romania - Roumanie 2,073 17.12.92
Russian Federation - Federation
de Russie 94 30.09.92
San Marino - Saint-Marin 1 17.12.92
Spain - Espagne 14,991 17.12.92
Sweden - Suede 743 17.12.92
Switzerland - Suisse 2,691 17.12.92
United Kingdom - Royaume-Uni 6,510 17.12.92
Yugoslavia(b) - Yougoslavie(b) 313 30.09.92
TOTAL 80,810
OCEANIA - OCEANIE
American Samoa - Samoa americaines --- 18.11.92
Australia - Australie 3,615 02.12.92
Cook Islands - Iles Cook --- 18.02.92
Federated States of Micronesia -
Etats federes de Micronesie 2 01.09.92
Fiji - Fidji 4 28.11.91
French Polynesia - Polynesie francaise 27 28.11.91
Guam 10 13.09.91
Kiribati --- 08.11.91
Mariana Islands - Iles Mariannes 4 14.10.92
Marshall Islands - Iles Marshall 2 18.03.91
Nauru --- 17.12.92
New Caledonia and Dependencies -
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Nouvelle-Caledonie et
dependances 22 26.08.92
New Zealand - Nouvelle-Zelande 348 03.11.92
Niue --- 18.02.92
Palau --- 15.10.92
Papua New Guinea - Papouasie-
Nouvelle-Guinee 45 10.08.92
Samoa 1 18.02.92
Solomon Islands - Iles Salomon --- 19.12.91
Tokelau --- 18.02.92
Tonga 2 24.07.92
Tuvalu --- 22.11.92
Vanuatu --- 08.06.92
Wallis and Futuna Islands - Iles
Wallis et Futuna --- 27.05.91
TOTAL 4,082
WORLD TOTAL -
TOTAL MONDIAL 611,589
(a) The above statistics relating to China do not include 48 cases of AIDS in
the Province of Taiwan. -- Les statistiques ci-dessus se rapportant a la Chine
ne comprennent pas 48 cas de SIDA dans la province de Taiwan.
(b) Refers to Republics and areas of the former Socialist Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina; Croatia; Macedonia; Montenegro;
Serbia; Slovenia. -- Se refere aux republiques et territoires de l'ancienne
Republique federative socialiste de Yougoslavie: Bosnie-Herzegovine; Croatie;
Macedoine; Montenegro; Serbie; Slovenie.
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how he
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backupable, if restored to the same machine >>(depends>> on the
programmer... don't use a disk drive characteristic!) If the user >> did
an upgrade to the machine, he/she should reinstall all programs any way.
have been quite pissed at any software that would have forced me to
Opinion is understandable. :-) I assume you have a tape drive? Not all
of us have about 200 floppies around for backup, you know.
4Mb >of RAM to their computer? I did that a couple of weeks ago. It's in
the >BIOS, and if software had told me "this isn't the machine you
installed me >on" I would never have used that software again. Really bad
idea.
RAM is something you add all the time, so no. It's more like BIOS
manufacturer and/or processor type (386/486/etc). Data cannot be used,
esp with these new Flash ROM BIOS machines with updates on a diskette.
On the other hand, to make this LESS intrusive it could be disguised as
"Please Insert Original Disk #XX as I need file YYYYYY for update". :-)
It would be perfectly reasonable... Sort of.
user's >> conscience should do that.
give >them that. Your scheme isn't going to stop anyone.
Of course it is easier. Are you saying then the originals SHOULD allow
only one install? What is your point?
the quiz? TWO! Yes, TWO! (And don't ask me which ones they are.)
instruction >to just completely skip it. Not that difficult, really! And
there is very >little that commpanies can do to stop this type of thing.
Using PKLITE or >some similar utility would help, but only if the
resulting compressed .EXE >were tagged as uncompressable.
I know x86 and 680x0 assembly quite well, thank you. I know exactly which
two bytes need to be changed, I have the code to do them too. I just said
"Don't ask me which ones." I didn't say I don't know what that means.
Such hacking can be EASILY discouraged by adding anti-patching code which
does a self-check upon execution and refuse to load if CRC does not match
value stored (encrypted, of course) in the program. It could be claimed
as a part of anti-virus code, and it would not be far from the truth.
a special patch once the user registers that loudly exclaims upon bootup
above.
Did ANYONE read what I wrote? That is NOT what I wrote! (or meant!)
What I said was the program should have certain restriction (such as the
restrict-to-one-machine) UNTIL the program is registered with the
manufacturer. The manufacturer will then supply the
then-proven-legitimate-user with a patch that will disable the restriction
and PROUDLY PROCLAIM the legal copy with the "Registered to XXX" screen.
Of course they will, but that was NOT my point. The purpose of copy
protection is to discourage casual pirates ("Oh, can I have a copy of
that?"/"Sure, here.") and the less sophisticated pirates ("Let's look for
all those calls to INT13H...") . Any one determined enough to break copy
protection can and will succeed. They can always backtrace the entire
load-sequence of the program. The point of copy protection is to make
such attempts take as long as possible while not intruding upon the uses
(or to minimize such intrusion) of legitimate use. Pirates who see copy
protection as a challenge love breaking them, and no amount of copy
protection will stop them, but the rest of us WILL be stopped. How many
of these hardcore pirates are there compared to rest of us? Not that many.
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The following was published in the May 15th Rocky Mountain News. I
guess I have some REAL ethical problems with the practices at this
church. I understand that Baptism is an overriding factor. I also
understand that this is not an honest way to proceed. Unfortunately,
this is becoming more typical of congregations as the Second Coming is
perceived to approach.
There is a real element of disparation in this 'make it happen at any
cost' style of theology. I wonder where TRUST IN THE LORD fits into
this equation?
Baptisms draw parents' ire -- Children at church carnival in Springs
told they'd be killed by bee stings if they didn't submit to religious
rite.
By Dick Foster -- Rocky Mountain News Southern Bureau
Colorado Springs -- Outraged parents say their children were lured to
a church carnival and then baptixed without their permission by a
Baptist minister.
Doxens of children, some as young as 8 years old and unaccompanied by
their parents, thought they were going to a carnival at the
Cornerstone Baptist Church, where there would be a big water fight,
free balloons, squirt guns and candy.
Before that May 1 carnival was over, however, children were whisked
into a room for religious instruction and told they should be
baptized. In many cases they consented, although they or their
families are not of the Baptist faith.
The baptisms by the church have angered many parents, including
Paulette Lamontagne, a Methodist and mother of twin 8-year-old girls
who were baptized without her knowledge or consent.
'My understnading was they were going to a carnival. I feel that's a
false pretense,' said Lamontagne. Her daughters said the minister
told them they would be killed by bee stings if they were not
baptized.
Cornerstone church officials defended their actions.
'We take our instructions from the word of God and God has commanded
us to baptize converts. No one can show me one passage in the Bible
where it says that parental permission is required before a child is
baptized,' said Dan Irwin, associate pastor of the Cornerstone Baptist
Church.
Church officials did not tell parents their children would be baptized
because 'they didn't ask,' Irwin said.
Many other parents also felt they were simply sending their children
to a carnival at the invitation of their children's friends who were
members of the Cornerstone Church.
Police said chhurch officials had broken on laws in baptizing the
children, but indicated the parents could pursue civil action.
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Aren't these the same behaviors we condemn
in the Hari Krishnas and other cults?
[I think the issues are more complex than the newspaper account
mentions. First, I'm not entirely sure that parental consent is
absolutely required. This would be extremely difficult, because of
the clear commandment to obey parents. But if an older child insisted
on being baptized without their parents' consent, I might be willing
to do it. However this would be a serious step, and would warrant
much careful discussion. The problem I find here is not so much
parental consent as that there was nobody's consent. Whether you
believe in infant baptism or not, baptism is supposed to be the sign
of entry into a Christian community. If there isn't a commitment from
*somebody*, whether parent or child, and no intent to become part of
the Church, the baptism appears to be a lie. Furthermore, it is
likely to raise serious practical problems. What if the child is from
a baptist tradition? Normally when he reaches the age of decision, he
would be expected to make a decision and be baptized. But he already
has been, by a church claiming to be a Baptist church. So does he get
rebaptized? Neither answer is really very good. If not, he's being
robbed of an experience that should be very significant to his faith.
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NPR this morning had an interview with Linda McCarthy (name possibly
garbled by me), an official historian for the CIA. She has won an Emmy
for research on Moe Berg for a TV documentary (which I know from nothing
but which sounds good). She said that among other things, Berg was the
principal spy for the OSS (CIA's WWII precursor) spying on Axis atomic
programs, because of his physics background and language skills. She said
that during the war he met with Heisenberg in Switzerland, and had
instructions to shoot Heisenberg if the Germans were close to us in bomb
research (he concluded they were two years behind, and didn't shoot him).
(I have heard elsewhere that Heisenberg deliberately misled the Nazi bomb
program, but I don't know how reliable this is.) Unfortunately, NPR didn't
mention any kind of a book she's writing -- I'd certainly buy it.
(In case you're wondering about baseball relevance, Berg was a longtime
MLB backup catcher. He was a member of an MLB All-Star team that toured
Japan in 1934, presumably not because of his baseball prowess but because
he was one of the few Americans, much less MLB players, who spoke Japanese.
Photos he took of Tokyo on that trip were later used to plan bombing raids,
according to McCarthy.)
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Has someone actually verified that mass is the predominant constraint on this
mission? You seem to be assuming it without giving supporting evidence.
Pat, this would be slower, more expensive and worse.
Slower: The shuttle mission is scheduled to go up in December. That's less
than eight months away. There is no way you could build new hardware, retrain
and reschedule the EVA's in that time.
More Expensive: Your proposal still requires the shuttle to do everything it
was going to do execpt fire the OMS. In addition, you've added significant
extra cost for a new piece of complex hardware.
According to a GAO report on the OMV I have before me, there are
only two currently planned missions that could use such a vehicle -- HST and
AXAF. Since AXAF has since been scaled back and HST can rely on the shuttle,
there doesn't seem to be any need for your vehicle.
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Read the documentation for the SimpleMenu (4.2.3 Positioning the SimpleMenu).
The reference is to the R5 documentation.
I had not done this before but in less than 10 mins I knocked up the following
Wcl application that does what you want using a Command widget. Even if you are
not familiar with Wcl the example is so simple it should be pretty obvious what
is going on. The crucial thing is the use of the XawPositionSimpleMenu and
MenuPopup actions.
Ari.wcChildren: app
*app.wcCreate: Command
*app.wcPopups: menu
*app.translations: #override \n\
<Btn3Down>: XawPositionSimpleMenu(menu) MenuPopup(menu)
*menu.wcCreate: SimpleMenu
*menu.wcChildren: one, two, three
*one.wcCreate: SmeBSB
*two.wcCreate: SmeBSB
*three.wcCreate: SmeBSB
Jim
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Just one little thing. Last year, mid-december, a cop pulled me over. It
was about -10 Centigrade, and it just started snowing (O.K. you are right, I
live in Canada). The cop checked my license, insurance, ownership, looked at
my frozen nose and fingers, told me to watch the speed limit more closely,
and, entering his cruiser, told me, I was doing 68 instead of 50 km/h.
Didn't ticket me, and I REALLY slowed down after that ( I already mentioned
it started to snow. )
Safe riding, Stefan.
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: When you force people to associate with others against their will,
: yes.
:
: People are *forced* into the USA armed forces?
They were in the recent past, maybe someone knows for certain if the
usa has decided if it wants a conscript army (as they sent into south
east asia) or a volenteer one?
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Yesterday, a friend had asked me to accompany him to a local motorcycle
dealer. It has been a while since he last rode (>10 years), and I myself
have never bought a new bike from a dealer. What follows is an experience
of that visit and of an observation of "SQUILDLY" behavior by other
customers and/or sales personel:
BACKGROUND:
I ride with a group of friends, who mainly are into "cruiser" type bikes. My
friend was hell bent on getting an Intruder and had seen a few used ones. He
wanted to see what the new ones were going for, so we happened upon a dealer
that sold both Suzuki and Yamaha.
The place was fairly busy, so we browsed a bit. We happened upon a few
Intruders, most of which had SOLD signs on. My friend had been bitten.
Well the salesdroid appeared and as my friend started chewing the fat, I
moseid on outside. The next thing I know, I see 3 or 4 sport bikes pull in.
I could stereo-type the type of riders (backward ball hat, oakley, IQ <40),
but I won't. Well they went inside, I didn't think much of it. I figured
to each his own. I went back in to see if the salesdroid had his fangs
firmly implanted into my friends back, when I noticed the "hormone gang"
talking to other salesdroids/managers. Lot's of laughter, jokes etc. No big
deal.
Here is the part that concerned me. The "HG" and those shop personel that were
not busy with customers went back out, where said "HG" members fired up their
rides and did the obligatory reving up of those 600 beasts. At this point,
one decided to see how much rubber a Katana 600 could deposit in the drive.
SQUIDS, I thought to myself. BUT I was appalled that the salesdroids/manager
not only condoned this behavior, but encourged it, to the point were they
were betting how long he could keep it up and egged him on to pull a wheely
as he rode off onto a busy street around rush hour. THe girl that was riding pillion on another bike, seemed rather hormonal about this display, and urged her
"pilot" to quickly catch up. The others followed, making sure there Kerkers
could be heard as well as felt.
I felt embarassed at this point to be a motorcyclist. I felt the eyes of those
in cages, witnessing this display, then glancing over to the dealers lot and
damning all those on two wheels. Needless to say, my friend felt a little
uncomfortable and we left.
I will now turn off my frustration and go ride... peacefully, to clear my
anger. I only hope that the cop who is following me home, has an open
mind and doesn't associate me with them.
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I guess that it was not acceptable because Germany *also* chose
a path of aggression simultaneously that put the interests of
other countries in peril. I wonder whether US or other countries
would have risked themselves if only Jews were persecuted and
Hitler had no imperialist ambitions. (I am no student of history
and I am just asking questions.)
If even for a moment you think that I am condoing ethnically
motivated violence and killings, you are dead wrong. Let me
assure I am not. My only question is this: Do powerful countries
have a moral obligation to interefere in other countries if
their own interests are not threatened. I cite an essay by
Charles Krauthammer in the Time (this week) that discusses
this issue eloquently.
For example, did US and other European countries abandon their
moral compunctions when they chose not to send military troops
to Bombay when Hindus, in a rare fit of impassioned rage, killed
many Muslims recently. I think not!
Under what conditions should US interfere in foregin countries,
is an abstraction one must clarify before resorting to acrimonious
accusations of religious bigotry and such.
Satya Prabhakar
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I'm putting together a list of the civil rights violations perpetrated against
the Davidians by the FBI/BATF. Here is what I've got so far. Care to add
any or provide more backup info?
First Amendment:
1) FBI/BATF violated Davidians right to free exercise of religion from the
start. We now have a de facto precident against any minority religion.
2) FBI/BATF violated BD right to free speach by:
a> preventing them to speak to media
b> preventing them from practicing their beliefs
3) FBI/BATF violated the freedom of the press by:
a> keeping them 2 miles from the Davidians
b> preventing the media to cover the FBI/BATF actions close-up
c> censoring media reports
4) FBI/BATF violated the BD's right to peaceable assemble
a> proven by initial baseless assault
Second Amendment:
1) The BATF went after them because they had too many guns and guns that the
FBI/BATF didn't approve of. 'Nuff Said.
Fourth Amendment:
1) The right of the BD's to be "secure in their persons, houses, papers, and
effects against unreasonable searches and seizures" was violated by:
a> Initial baseless assault
Fifth Amendment:
1) The Davidians were "held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous
crime" without a "presentment or indictment by a Grand Jury."
2) The Davidians were "deprived of life, liberty, and property without due
process of law.
Sixth Amendment:
1) The accused were denied the right to "a speedy and public trial by an
impartial jury" when the FBI became judge, jury and executioner.
2) The BD's were never informed of the specific "nature anad cause of the
accusation."
Eighth Amendment:
1) The Davidians suffered cruel and unusual punishment when:
a> The FBI cut off the water to the ranch
b> The FBI used Psy-War (loudspeakers broacasting the screams of
dying rabbits and Tibetian Chants)
c> The FBI prevented family members from contacting their family
inside the ranch.
d> The FBI used tear-gas against them (especially the children)
e> The FBI burned the ranch down.
f> Thoes who escaped were imprisoned without bail without a hearing.
Anything I miss?
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If Interested, please call 455 6948 or
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Must sell by Apr. 30.
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Hi all,
Of late my computer's Power supply fan has begun to make a lot of noise. What
can I do about this? If I had to get new power supply, or get a new case,
where is a good place selling good tower cases and PS. I know there are a
couple dozen listed in the Computer Shopper, but I was looking for personal
experiences and recommendations.
--
Divya
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No. I do not find this conceivable. I also cannot conceive of the
possibility that there is any hypothetical team which Morris would
help more than Clemens.
Given your premise, yes. But you are alone in your ability to
conceive of that premise.
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o Sony Color Watchman, model FDL-310
- VHF/UHF
- 86,400 pixels; 2.7 inch (diag) screen
- dimensions 3 3/8" x 6 1/8" x 1 3/16"
- bright, vibrant colors, and very sharp (unlike the Casio pocket TVs)
- AC power adapter
- paid $300.00
Asking $150.00 obo
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I know this is kinda off the subject of sci.space, but not really, I want to
answer this for their, as well as everyone else's information. What these
people are proposing, by and large already exists and can be purchased today.
It is called labview by National Instruments. IT is a wonderful object
oriented graphical programming language. IT has been implemented on
both Mac's PC's and VME unix boxes. IT is fare superior to any programming
approach that I have ever seen and allowed us to decrease the software
development time for our shuttle payloads by 90 percent. This program is
not dependendant on specific hardware and already has exensive analysis
capability.
Why re-invent the wheel on a platform that may not exist? It is a great
idea but look out there at what is available today. The Hydrogen leak on
the Shuttle was found using this software. All SSME control and simulation
studies, along with the real testing at MSFC is handled with LabVIEW. There
are tons of applications, with the ability to create "virtual" instruments
that can accomplish any specific custom task the maker desires. With the
addition of IEEE-488 support, the computer becomes a virtual control station,
allowing the graphic representation of remote instrumentation. With serial
I/O support that instrument can be anywhere. The ground control software
for the main control of SEDSAT 1 will utilize this approach.
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(This is a continuation of an earlier post)
(I am sorry you found this offensive. It was not my intent to offend. I was
leading up to another point, which I discuss in more detail below.)
I can see you have a revulsion for bestiality that far exceeds my distaste for
homosexuality. Certainly if I spoke about homosexuality the way you speak of
bestiality, nobody would have any trouble labelling me a homophobe. Let me ask
this gently: why are you so judgemental of other people's sexual preferences?
What happened to "No doubt I am free to do anything"? I think you have a
serious double standard here. When you describe a comparison between
homosexuality and bestiality as "slimey" and "sleazy", you are making an
implicit judgement that bestiality is perverted, sinful, disgusting,
unnatural--in short, all the things that society once thought about
homosexuality. Not all people share your view. You claim not to know any
sincere zoophiles, but this does not mean that they do not exist. They even
have their own newsgroup: alt.sex.bestiality. Are you going to accuse them
all of being mere "jokers"?
I notice you deleted the main point of my comment: the fact that the only
Biblical condemnations of bestiality occur in connection with the Levitical
prohibitions against homosexuality. While there are some New Testament
passages that can arguably be taken as condemning homosexuality, there are none
that condemn bestiality. One of your main points seems to be that Christian
homosexuality is acceptable due to the lack of any "clear" New Testament
statements against it; if this is a valid argument, then should not Christian
zoophilia be made that much more acceptable by the fact that the New Testament
makes no reference, clear or unclear, to the subject at all?
I am quite serious here. If I am going to accept homosexuality as Biblically
acceptable on the basis of your arguments, then I am going to be fair and apply
the same standards to everyone else's declared sexual preferences as well. If
the arguments you make for homosexuality can be applied to other sexual
preferences as well, I'm going to apply them and see what comes up. I'm not
trying to "torpedo a serious issue" by using what you label "a ridiculous
joke". I posted a question about how we should interpret Biblical guidelines
for Christian sexuality, and I don't think such a question is "irrelevant" in a
group called "soc.religion.christian". The Bible discusses homosexuality and
bestiality together in the same context, and therefore I feel I have a good
precedent for doing the same.
I don't know whether it makes any difference, but for the record, this is not a
side issue for me. I believe loving one another includes not encouraging
people to defile themselves, therefore it is of high importance to determine
whether God regards certain sexual acts as defiling. I can read in the New
Testament that "God has joined together" heterosexual couples, and that the
marriage bed is undefiled. I can read in the Old Testament that homosexual
intercourse and bestiality defile a person whether or not that person is under
the Law. If gay Christians can validly put aside the Old Testament standards
of defilement, then I want to know so that I can fairly apply it to all the
sexual practices that defiled a person in the old days. I don't think it's
right to take just bits and pieces of the Law and try and apply them to
Christians today, e.g. bestiality still defiles you but homosexuality doesn't.
That was pretty much what you said earlier, right? You used different
examples, but I think you said essentially the same thing about it being wrong
to apply only certain parts of the Law to Christians.
It was not my intent to stir up such an emotional reaction. I personally don't
get all that upset discussing alternatives to the monogamous heterosexual
orientation; I'm afraid I naively assumed that others would have a similar
attitude. Please note that I have never intended to equate homosexuality with
child abuse. I have merely noted that, for all the lack of "clear" NT
condemnation of homosexuality, there is an even greater lack of NT condemnation
(or even mention) of bestiality, a practice which a number of people (e.g. on
alt.sex.bestiality) consider to be their true sexual orientation.
This is an excellent question, and I pray that you will not treat it as a mere
rhetorical question, but will genuinely seek to discover and understand the
answer. I recommend you begin with a little introspection into why you
yourself have much the same attitude towards zoophilia. Why do you find
bestiality so repugnant that you regard it as slanderous to even mention in
connection with other alternative sexual orientations? Why do you not apply
all the same verses about love and tolerance to zoophiles the way you apply
them to homosexuals?
Is it because you automatically experience a subjective feeling of revulsion at
the thought? A lot of people have the same experience at the thought of
homosexual intercourse. Is it because you regard the practice as socially
unacceptable? A lot of people regard homosexuality as socially unacceptable.
Do you feel that it violates the traditional Judeo-Christian standard of sexual
morality? Many people feel that homosexuality does. Do you feel the Bible
condemns it? Many people think the Bible says more to condemn homosexuality
than it does to condemn bestiality. Why then do you think comparing bestiality
with homosexuality is insulting to homosexuality? If you can honestly answer
this question, you will have come a long way towards understanding why many
people feel the same way about homosexuality as you feel about bestiality.
Also please note that I am not in any sense condemning *people*. I am merely
pointing out that when I read the Bible I see certain sexual *practices* that
the Bible appears to condemn, e.g. sex outside of marriage. When I say I think
adultery and pre-marital sex are sinful, do you take that as me failing to love
my neighbor? When you treat bestiality as something disgusting and
unmentionable, are you disobeying "repeated orders not to judge or condemn
others"? When you say other Christians are guilty of sinning by condemning you
and judging you, are you by that accusation making yourself guilty of the same
offense? Or are you and I both simply taking note about *practices* the Bible
brands as sinful, and leaving the judgement of the *people* up to God?
I'm not sure what you mean by the above two paragraphs. If you mean that Jesus
is the Truth, and that He accepts sinners, and does not reject them, then I
agree. If we were not sinners, then we would not *need* a Savior. Our
salvation in Christ, however, does not mean that sin is now irrelevant for us,
and we can now do whatever we want. Nor does Christ's grace mean that those
who refer to sin as "sin" are being judgemental or intolerant. I am speaking
in general terms here, not specifically about homosexuality. If the Bible
calls something "sin", then it is not unreasonable for Christians to call it
sin too.
As applied to Christian homosexuality, I think the only definitive authority on
Christian sexuality is the Bible. If you make a list of everything the Bible
says on the subject of homosexual intercourse, I think you will find that every
verse on the list is negative and condemning at worst, and "unclear" at best.
The most pro-gay statement you could make about the list is that there is some
dispute about the New Testament verses which many people interpret as
condemning homosexual intercourse. That is, from a gay perspective, the most
positive thing you can say about the Bible's treatment of homosexuality is that
some verses fail to clearly condemn it. That's it. Jesus declared all foods
clean, the council at Jerusalem declared that Gentiles were not required to
keep the ritual Law, but nobody ever reclassified homosexual intercourse from
being an abomination deserving of death to being an accepted Christian
practice. You have verses describing homosexual intercourse as an abomination
that defiles both Jews under the Law and Gentiles not under the Law, and you
have some verses which are at best "not clear" but which some people believe
*are* clear in their condemnation of homosexual behavior, and that's the sum
total of what the Bible says about same-sex intercourse.
I can appreciate (from personal experience) your desire to have everything
simple, cut-and-dried, black-and-white, what-I-want- is-ok, and
those-who-oppose-me-are-wicked. However, I do not think the Bible makes your
case as definitively as you would like it to. In fact, I don't believe it says
anything positive about your case at all. Yes, I know the verses about loving
one another, and not judging one another, but that's not really the issue, is
it? You know and admit that there are still things that are sinful for
Christians to do, since you say it is wrong for Christians to condemn you.
Therefore, the issue is whether the Bible says homosexual intercourse is a sin.
Even if you do challenge the clarity of the New Testament verses, you are still
left with the fact that the only thing the Bible does say clearly about
homosexual intercourse is that it is an abomination that defiles both those who
are under the law and those who are not.
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to work. He was wearing knee-length pants, light jacket, no gloves, though he
was going considerably slower than DoD nominal.
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Or do like the manual says and put it in 3rd first, then you can quickly
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Only if he doesn't spend more than a billion dollars doing it, since the
prize is not going to be scaled up to match the level of effort. You can
spend a billion pretty quickly buying Titan launches.
What's more, if you buy Titans, the prize money is your entire return on
investment. If you develop a new launch system, it has other uses, and
the prize is just the icing on the cake.
I doubt very much that a billion-dollar prize is going to show enough
return to justify the investment if you are constrained to use current
US launchers. (There would surely be a buy-American clause in the rules
for such a prize, since it would pretty well have to be government-funded.)
You're going to *have* to invest your front money in building a new launch
system rather than pissing it away on existing ones. Being there first is
of no importance if you go bankrupt doing it.
I'm sure Spar would offer to develop such a lunar-tuned system and deliver
a couple of them to you for only a couple of hundred million dollars.
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Hmmmmmmmmm. I can read this one of two ways:
1) Ed gotabike.
2) Motorcyclist is like alcoholic. (once you're an alcoholic, you're always
an
alcoholic - at least that's what
friends in
a position to know tell me)
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Acorn Software, Inc. has 3 tape drives (currently used on a VMS
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I am having the problem of ensuring point-to-focus when the mouse
cursor enters a window in my application. I'm using InterViews,
but that may not matter, this seems to be a generic problem in X.
For example, I use OpenWindows on a Sparc2, with point-to-focus
set, and that generally works, but not always, depending on what
was going on in some window when I move the cursor from one shell
tool window to another. Or so it seems...
My question, then, is what can I do within X to guarantee point-to-
focus within my application? Thanks for any response.
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Like Clinton and Reno, I accept full responsibility for this
senseless disaster. My wife and I picked this game to go to
and thus caused the return of the pre-season-projected Sox
offense. Like all no-no's Bosio was good, lucky (hard grounder
by Vaughn off T. Martinez' glove but straight to Boone who
threw to Bosio at first, 3-4-1), and backed by good defense
(many non-trivial groundouts). The game was amazingly fast,
as the Sox tended to go down quickly and Hesketh was also
working fast. The Sox relief pitching was ok -- the runs off
Quantrill were on two ridiculous bloops and a hard line single
which Greenwell let get past him trying for a catch.
Greenwell's mental stability is a serious concern (I guess it
has always been, but his quirks were amusing back when he was
an MVP candidate). Wednesday he got in a huff with Johnson a
after striking out on a bad inside pitch (apparently Johnson
made an "ok, I've got to stay focused" gesture which Iron Mike
interpreted as taunting), and struck out to heavy booing the
next two times. As Valentine noted, last night he came up in
the first after Riles and Quintana had walked to open the game.
Can you say "take the first pitch"? Not Mike, who dribbled it
into a 6-4-3. The PI quoted Bosio that this was a "batting
practice fastball". Next time up he also hit the first pitch,
a hard liner straight to KGJr in center. He also made the
pathetic error and failed to catch Boone's HR (which looked
comparable to the ball Lance Johnson caught on the highlight
reel that night).
Is Riles suppsoed to be good defensively? I couldn't tell from
the field angle but his range looked bad, and he coughed a DP
that cost a run or two. Why was he leadoff? I hope Fletcher
gets well soon.
Also on lineups, Pinella put Bret Boone fifth for reasons beyond
me. It seemed to work, as he was 3-4 with a HR and some good
defense (a wag behind us said "He sure don't want to go back to
Calgary!") There is a theory that you put a leadoff type fifth
because they'll likely lead off the second (as Boone did).
Well, now we face the hot Angels and another power pitcher in
Langston. A reminder that contest entries are open through next
Wednesday -- I expect a surge of pessimism. By the way, ties will
be broken by earliest entry. One entry per person or pseudonym,
please, and easy on the pseudonyms.
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Hi, any body has experience with the Ultrastor UltraSCSI driver package?
I also need the phone number for Ultrastor (it's not in the book) and
i cannot find them in the company listing in Computer Shopper.
Thanks in advance
tony kwong (908) 699-4130
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Which newsgroup discusses graphic design on PCs and macs?
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No, this is far from clear. We only have the word of the FBI spokepeople that
a survivor made this claim. We have the contradictory word of the lawyers who
spoke with the survivors individually that ALL of them agreed that they did
NOT have a suicide pact and did not intentionally start the fire. In the absense
of any more evidence, I don't see how we can decide who to believe.
Furthermore, its quite possible that there was no general suicide pact and that
some small inner circle took it upon themselves to kill everyone else.
With the state of the area now, we may never know what happened.
Again, we have only the word of the FBI on this claim. The lawyers who
have also talked to the survors deny that any of them are making that claim.
I will agree on your assessment as to the relative probabilities. Its more likely
that the BD's started the fire than did the FBI. But there is currently NO
way to decide what actually happened based on the publically available evidence
(which is nearly none).
D. The fire was an started accidentally by the BDs. I am truely amazed that
I have heard (or read) of no one suggesting this possibility.
With all the tear gas and the lack of electical power in the compound and
the adults wearing gas masks, it had to have been chaotic inside.
I can easily image someone leaving a lamp too close to something or
accidentally dropping a lamp or knocking one over. With the winds, it
would have quickly gotten out of control.
No, I think that D is also quite reasonable. I personally can't really
asses any relative probablities to either of these 3 probabilities although if
forced to bet on the issue, I would probably take an accident (either FBI or
BD) over intential setting of the fire).
I would also like to add a comment related to the reports that bodies recovered
had gunshot wounds. The coroner was on the Today Show this morning and categorically
denied that they've reach any such conclusions. He pointed out that under intense
heat, sufficient pressure builds up in the head that can cause it to explode and
that this can look very much like a massive gunshot wound to the head which is
quite consisted with te reports I've read and heard.
In short, there's been almost no evidence corroborating any of the many
scenarios as to what happened on Monday. We should remain skeptical until
more information is available.
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There was an article in USA today a few months ago showing the results
of a study that actually only about 1% were homosexual. I saw another
figure that listed 2% as the figure. Of course, even if it were 99%
that would have little bearing on whether or not it is a sinful behavior.
How many people have commited other acts of fornication? How many
people have lied or sinned in other ways?
Why isn't it a specific feature of homosexuality? Paul describes
"men with men working that which is unseemly" to describe the acts.
Sure, there spirtual nature was depraved also, and like the other
sins, the idolatry, the other sexual immoraity, and the other sins
sprang from their depraved spiritual state which was a result of
man's not glorifying God as God and being thankful. Still, their
acts were shameless.
Is everything sinful specifically elaborated on in the New Testament?
Scripture does not condemn being a drug dealer. Being ruled by the
Spirit rather than the letter not only frees from legalism, it also
protects us from sins that are against the Spirit. The word is a
two edged sword that cuts both ways.
I think we must be careful before we totally throw out Leviticus.
If the Law is reflection of God's character and true holy nature, then
those who say that God endorses homosexuality run into a problem.
If homosexuality were "natural" (whatever that means) wholesome,
endorsed by God, and those who oppose sexual behavior are narrow-minded
biggots, as some would have us believe, why is there a condemnation of
it in Leviticus. This condemnation is in the midst of all the other
sex sin condemnations, and there is nothing in the text to say that this
law was limited to temple prostitution, and no good reason to believe that
this was the case. Furthermore, male homosexual sex was a death-penalty
crime!
Is every sin elaborated on in the New Testament? Take a look at
I Corinthians 5. Paul said that one of the Corinthians had broken a
law not even heard of among the Gentiles, that one should have his father's
wife. There is a prohibition against having your father's wife in
Leviticus. No other new Testament verse clearly condemns it (besides
this one.) Notice that Paul did not say that the sin was in commiting
adultery, etc.- he spoke against having one's father's wife.
Notice also that this sexual condemnation in Leviticus is not mentioned
in the specific context of paganism either. And there was no pagan
coustom mentioned in I corinthians either. As a matter of fact
taking one's father's wife wasn't even done among the Gentiles. It was
just a plain blantant sin, whether worshipping idols was involved or
not.
One of the reasons that some of us do not accept that common argument
is because Paul probably did face this and other problems. Sin can
be tough to over come, especially without supernatural power. Is
homosexual sin any more difficult to overcome that heterosexual sin,
like lusting after a married woman, or sleeping around with people of
the opposite sex? I doubt it, and even if it is, that is no excuse.
God is greater than all of it.
Another reason we reject it is because it ignores the supernatural
power of God to intervene in this kind of situation. How many
people have been set free from sin by the power of God? Sure there
may be any groups that have tried to change homosexuals and failed.
That is a reflection on the people involved in the program, and not
God's willingness and ability to change a sinner. Any program that
uses formulas may fail. What people need is the power of God to
change them, whether they are involved in homosexual sin, or any other
sin.
I don't see how you come to that conclusion. Paul's dealings with
pastorial issues encouraged people to give up their liberties in order
to spare others- not to allow people to continue in sin because it
was just too difficult. Take the example of eating meat offered to idols.
Paul felt that there was nothing wrong, in an abstract sense, with
eating the meat. Yet he advised believers to sacrifice their liberty
to eat meat in order to spare others.
But Paul never allowed people to sin because living holy was just to
tough. Paul wrote to "make no provision for the flesh to fulfill the lusts
thereof." (Romans 13:14) Then he goes in to a discourse on how we
should sacrifice our own liberty in order to spare the consciences of others.
Suppose it were not a sin for people to practice homosexual acts.
Since others consider it to be a sin, then using Paul's approach
on pastorial issues, those who would otherwise be homosexuals should
sacrifice their liberty and be celbate or monogamously married to a
member of the opposite sex. Paul never offers a lesser sin (homosexual
"marriage") to prevent people from engaging in what may be considered
a more damaging sin.
Yet marriage itself is not a sin. marriage is holy in all- and something
that God ordains, and Paul recognizes this.
Actually, Adam was put in the garden to tend to it before he fell.
After he fell he would have to toil over the ground.
That is why we are dependent totally on God- what a vunerable and glorious
position to be it. We all must be transformed by the renewing of our
minds- and that is the only way homosexuals can walk in freedom, just
like anyone else.
I'm sure you can see how people with the opposing view see this
conclusion. It's like saying, "How should I kill myself, with gun or
aresenic? What about the person who just is overcome with a desire to
sleep with goats? Would it be better for him to sleep with one goat,
or all of them? What about the person who wants to sleep with his aunts?
Would it be better for him to sleep with one aunt or all of them?
In all these cases, the more people or animals one sleeps with, the higher
the chance that they will get a disease. But this only deals with
physical aspects of the question. Whichever sin is commited, it all
leads to spiritual death.
The issue that is most often addressed in Scripture seems to be the
actual act. Second, isn't it historical snobbery to say that
only homosexuals of this century are capable of having "loving
relationships?" There are ancient writings glorifying homosexual "love."
(btw, I am one who believes in refraining from making oathes. Also,
where do you get that tax collectors are sinners. That's certainly not
explicit. Jesus didn't tell Zachias to quit his job.)
Link Hudson.
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I have both!
I have IDE only on my DROS box and IDE and SCSI on my Unix box.
IDE on the DROS box 'cos it only has a hard disk, SCSI on my Unix box 'cos it
has a SCSI hard disk, CD-ROM and tape.
I bought SCSI as it makes adding many devices easier. For the price of one
irq and dma I have three different types of device connected up.
Faster drives are also available for SCSI - I have a DEC DSP3085s that realy
does have a 9ms average seek time. I.E it finds data 25% faster than my 12ms
Toshiba drive.
I don't think that SCSI will increase your data transfer much on an ISA bus :-(
890KB/s is pretty good...
Many state of the art SCSI disks use the *SAME* mechanicals as many state of the
art IDE drives. Only the interface electronis differ - look at the 520MB Fijitsu
drive for an example!
I use an Adaptec 1542B on my Unix box and no-name IDE cards on both.
Caching controller! Why? What does it give you that smartdrive ( for DOS ) does
not? About 30KB extra lower memory! That's about it.
A properly configured main memory cache will produce better results than a caching
controller! My Unix reads reads data from its main memory cache at 8.5MB/s! That's
faster than the standards ISA bus can ever sustain!
Guy
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Introducing the Back to the Moon in Congress:
The Next Step
The next key hurdle for the Lunar Resources Data Purchase
Act is introduction of the Act in Congress. At this point, many
congresspersons have been approached about the bill. However,
for a successful effort to pass the bill, we need the best
possible congressperson to introduce the bill. Due to his
position as Chair of the House Committee on Space and Science,
Congressman George Brown is the logical choice. He has a long
record of support and interest in space development, and helped
pass the Launch Services Purchase Act and the Space Settlements
Act.
There is a small group of activists in southern California
who have assisted George Brown in his recent re-election campaigns.
We are mobilizing this group to have them tell Congressman Brown
about the Back to the Moon bill. We are also asking pro-space
constituents to let him know that they care about getting
America back to the Moon.
Finally, there is a good chance that a nationwide alert
for space activists to call or write George Brown to have him
introduce the Back to the Moon bill may be staged during late
spring, 1993.
All this should produce a positive reaction from Brown's
office. As more is known, it will be passed on.
However, even if we are successful in getting him to support
the bill, this alone will not ensure passage of the bill. For
any bill to become law, one of three conditions must exist:
either the bill must reflect widespread national support for an
issue (such as extension of unemployment insurance benefits); be
propelled by high-priced lobbyists (we're out of luck there); or
have widespread support within Congress, due to small, but
widespread, constituent support. The latter is the path that we,
by necessity, must choose.
This means that the introduction of the Lunar Resources
Data Purchase Act must be immediately accompanied by a large number
of congresspersons' sponsorship of the bill. To accomplish
this, we need activists to ask their congressperson to support
the Lunar Resources Data Purchase Act - now. To wait until the
bill is introduced is simply too late - it takes time to have a
congressperson's staff review a bill.
If your congressperson mentions that the bill is not yet
introduced, please elicit their opinion of the bill as currently
written. We appreciate all comments on the bill from activists
and politicians.
If you have yet to see the Back to the Moon bill, please
request a copy by Email (please include your U.S. postal service
address), or contact your local chapter of the National Space
Society).
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Jefferson was not the author of the Bill of Rights. My history
books aren't here, but Jefferson might have been in the group
that did not think that enumerating rights was necessary.
Cheers,
Steve
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From: Center for Policy Research <cpr>
Subject: Arab H.R. Assoc.,Nazareth
The Arab Association for Human Rights
P.O. Box 215
Nazareth, 16101 Israel
Phone (972)-6-561923
Fax (972)-6-564934
The Arab Association for Human Rights (HRA) was
formed in 1988 to address discriminatory practices and
human rights abuses by Israel against its Palestinian
citizens.
It is a unique association concerned with the civil,
political, economic, social and cultural rights of the
Palestinian national minority in Israel. Among the issues
of concern are land confiscation, education, prison
conditions, unemployment, torture and the unequal
allocation of Israel's resources.
Today there are around 800,000 Palestinian Arabs living
within the Green line (the pre-1967 borders of Israel),
constituting 18% of Israel's citizens. For them it is an
empty citizenship in a system geared exclusively for the
needs of the Jewish population. Legally and practically,
Israel has proclaimed itself a Jewish state and early
promises of equality for non-Jewish citizens have not
been fulfilled. This is apparent in many areas strongly
affecting the Palestinian national minority.
Most Arab agricultural land has been confiscated since
1948. The Arab sector is vastly underfunded and does
not receive a fair share of state resources. On a day-to-
day level, Palestinians face discrimination in many
different forms and find it is a struggle to get permission
to build a house, start a business, find a job or educate
their children.
ACTIVITIES
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When they explode 'em, all the screws fly away.
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Does anyone know how to absolute memory locations in windows,
ie. hardware that is memory mapped at very high addresses 16mb++
and above?
Please reply by email
thanks
David
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Spike is owned by both Tom and I. We went 1/2's on the purchase price
and have split costs of needed parts, registration, etc. Both names are
on the pink slip.
I am covered by insurance to ride the Harley. I'd give it a go if
I could work the clutch. I can barely get the clutch lever to move
using both hands while standing next to the bike. Ol' Sport is a
very distinctive bike.
The Concours is favorite of mine. I've pillioned an easy 4000 miles
on that bike in the last year. Unfortunately, my feet are a good
10" off the ground once I'm on her. No way I could take her for a
ride as pilot rather than pillion. If I could fit on a Concours, I'd
buy one. IMHO, the best sport-tourer made. I'm not _too_ upset
I had to settle for the Ducati 750SS as my touring bike, though. :-)
So, now you know.
Beth
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: Is it possible to do a "wheelie" on a motorcycle with shaft-drive?
:
Yes.
==============================================================================
Erik Astrup AFM #422 DoD #683
1993 CBR 900RR * 1990 CBR 600 * 1990 Concours * 1990 Ninja 250
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OK, now you are starting to define your criteria.
I'm afraid that you haven't actually proved that. You have shown that some
aspects of MSW3.1 are technically inferior to other systems. As I said
earlier, if this is all you are trying to say then it is trivially true.
But some aspects of MSW3.1 are actually technically superior to each of the
other systems (resource requirements, performace, device support, printer
support, GUI etc.)
[ BTW, I'd love to see the studies which show that UNIX/X is as easy to
learn as Windows! ]
But I might even agree that, on balance, MSW3.1 is technically inferior to
some of the competition. This still does not prove your point.
Range of available applications? Base OS cost? Cost of applications? Cost
of hardware? Multi-platform support? Quality of the after-sales service?
Availability of books/training materials? Support for visual and physical
handicaps? Suitability for use in mobile computing? Quality of
Documentation?
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I think that Grant Fuhr deserves more credit than that!
While it's true that the entire Sabres team played very well, I
still believe that if it wasn't for Grant Fuhr, the series would
now be tied 2-2. He virtually stole games 1 and 3 for the Sabres.
In both of these games, Fuhr stood on his head to give the Sabres
the chance to win. Especially in game 3, Fuhr made a series of
huge stops in the third period when the score was tied 2-2.
Even in game 2 when the Sabres won 4-0, the score seemed to
indicate that the Sabres dominated. However, if it hadn't been
for Fuhr, the Sabres wouldn't have been up (2-0 I think it was)
through the 2nd period and the Bruins wouldn't have had to open
up the game (thereby allowing Mogilny to score the third goal on
a breakaway to salt away the game). There
is no doubt in my mind that Fuhr was the critical factor in the
victory.
In my opinion, Neely, Oates and Juneau played as well as
LaFontaine, Mogilny and Hawerchuk. The Sabres did get
extraordinary efforts from Hannan, Sweeney, Wood, and Khmylev
(compared to that of the Bruins checkers). However, the Bruins defense
, IMO, played better than the Sabres defense (the Sabres have Ken Sutton
playing a regular shift afterall ;-)
The difference in the series was Fuhr, who outplayed Andy Moog.
Gary
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My information shows that the last San Marco launch was 1988. There seem to
have been a total of seven before that. I seem to recall that someone, either
ASI or the University of Rome (?) includes money in their annual budget for
maintainance of the platforms (there are actually two).
The Italians have been spending money to develop an advanced Scout. However,
recent events in the Italian space program, and the Italian government overall
make me skeptical that this will get off the ground in the near future.
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Davis Nicoll sez;
I'd buy that for two reasons. The tubes for TV's and radios (if you can
still find them) are usually 3x or more expensive than comparable transistors.
Also, ask any electric-guitar enthusiast which type of amp they prefer, and
they'll tell you tube-type, since tubes have lower distortion and noise
than transistors. 'Course, most of your electric guitar types just say
"Tubes sound better, dude." :-)
Also, transistors have the advantage in both waste-heat and energy-use,
mainly because of the heaters on the cathodes of the tubes.
-Tommy Mac
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A "reasonable" umpire would have recognized that Ron Gant was
disturbed with the call. A "reasonable" umpire would have realized that
there was a 1-run game in progress, with two outs in the ninth. What
Ron Gant did was try to regain his composure. What a "normal" baseball
player would have done would have been to get into a heated argument
with the umpire, and since you can't argue balls and strikes, he would
have been ejected from the game. Ron Gant, by trying to avoid such a
conflict, was penalized for showing some restraint.
Incidentally, a "reasonable" home plate umpire would not have been
so resistant to seeking the appeal to the first base umpire, as Gant
requested. If the home plate umpire had appealed to first, the first base
umpire could have wrung up the strike, and Gant would not have been so
upset. If the call had been a ball, and the catcher had requested the
appeal, it is likely the home plate umpire would have asked for the help.
Finally, the entire game was pretty much a mockery of the so-called
efforts to "speed up the game." The game was played very quickly, it was
just at 2 hours when the stuff happened in the ninth, and the only delays
in the entire game had been *the result* of actions by the umpires (other than
Deion having to clean garbage off the field).
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Hello, this package is the right thing for you if you are
planning a short vacation in central Florida. For $169, you get:
--Four nights in first class hotels for two adults and up
to three children. Two nights each in Orlendo and Daytona Beach.
You will pay additional state tax of $3/day (required by law).
--A great coupon book for major tourist atractions,
restaurants, etc.
--Fully transferable. It expires at 9/16/93. Can be extended
for a whole year for only $20 more.
--you need to make reservation 45 days in advance otherwise
the availability of hotel is not ganranteed.
--Price negotiable.
The reason I am selling it is because I missed the deadline
of using it for last Chrismas.
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I and many others on a.a have described how we have tried to find god.
Are you saying our efforts have not been sincere? For all the effort
I have put in, there has been no outward nor inward change that I can
perceive. What's a sincerely searching Agnostic or Atheist supposed to
do when even the search turns up nothing?
How do you "accept that which you don't know"? Do you mean that I must
believe in your god in order to believe in your god?
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