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The word some sums it up, alot of scientist have concluded that without a
doubt Global Climate will/is occur(ring) and should be dealt with by source
reductions. This includes making sure that the "price" of fossil fuels
reflects their "true costs".
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Indeed Yaqouv, just like the ugly hatred spread by Kahane and
Kahanists, right? Or they are exempt from condemnation, and allowed
to hate?
No, fool, not at all like hatred of one's sworn enemies, enemies who
have said time and again that they mean to kill you, and have, by mur-
dering innocent men, women and children, shown that they really mean it.
The late rabbi never hated anyone merely for having been born into a par-
ticular group, but he (and I) hate and would/will kill anyone who comes
to kill Jews. I recall VERY well Rabbi Kahane's words to the Iraqis at a
demonstration: "You want peace? Here is our hand (holding out an open
hand)! You don't want peace? Here is our hand (holding out a fist)!"
I know you'll answer me indirectly, it doesn't bother me a bit.
Keep it up.
Indirectly? The wonder of it is that I bother answering the likes of you
at ALL!
Steel (who's never pissed off).
--
/ .. / .
/_______/_/__________/_/_/ _< /____/
/___ / .. /____/
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Lord, I hope you don't Hoover was a pro! He was monstrous.
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Here is the latest on relocating your help files to a server.
The WinHelp() function, as I am told by MS, does search your path so
relocating MS windows helpfiles won't be a problem as long as you include
the path to where you move them to, however, if an application has
hardcoded the path into their code so that when WinHelp is invoked it
searches the given path (i.e. WinHelp(hwnd, c:\amipro) for example) then
WinHelp does not search your path and instead looks only to that directory
where you have installed your software.
I tested this out on a variety of software packages. I moved all my
helpfiles to the drive z:\ and included this in the path statement.
Here is the results for different software packages:
Norton Desktop Found Helpfiles
Windows V3.1 for WorkGroups Found Helpfiles
Windows V3.1 Found Helpfiles
MS Powerpoint V3.0 Found Helpfiles
MS Word Found Helpfiles
MS Excel V4.0a Did Not Find Helpfiles (strange)
MS Foxpro V2.5 for Windows Found Helpfiles
Lotus Amipro V3.0 Did Not Find Helpfiles
Procomm Plus for Windows Did Not Find Helpfiles
I guess this is better than nothing but it would make sense to be able to
specify a global path for helpfiles.
If anyone has any comments or If I can help anyone or if I left something
out please let me know.
lhighley@gozer.idbsu.edu
thanks for the help from everyone especially jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
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On the contrary, the entire Clipper proposal is an example of the
government servicing the people (in the sense of the term found in the
sentence, "The farmer paid $100 to rent a bull to service his cows.")
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Steve I'm glad to see that you abandoned the preamble thing. What; did
you do a word search to find Welfare somewhere else in the constitution?
[my comments and paraphrases in brackets]
Article I Section 8: [in some ways the guts of the constitution]
The Congress shall have the Power:
1. To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises,
to pay the Debts [indebtedness as defined in the document]
and provide for the common Defence [Defence as precisely defined]
and general Welfare [as defined through the document, mostly in ways
[that limit the government.]
of the United States; [but the above taxes shall be uniform through-
[out the U.S.]
[so far the congress has been given the power to collect taxes uniformly]
[ then ... ]
2. To borrow Money [...]
3. To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, [interstate and Indian tribes]
4. To [do uniform Naturalization and Bankruptcies]
5. To coin Money, regulate the Value thereof, and [etc.]
6. To [punish counterfeiters]
7. To establish Post Offices and post Roads
8. To [provide patents and copyrights]
9. To constitute Tribunals inferior to the Supreme Court;
10. To define and punish Piracies and [etc.]
11. To declare War, [and etc.]
12. To raise and support Armies,[but for no longer than two years at a stretch]
13. To provide and maintain a Navy, [notice no time limit on this one]
14. To [make the rules for the army and navy]
15. To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws [etc.]
16. To provide for [training of the army except for some state stuff]
17. To exercise exclusive Legislation [in D.C]
18. To make all Laws [necessary to execute the foregoing "Powers"].
Your original instinct was right. Looking to other nations for precedents
that support an expansive liberal agenda is much easier than looking to the
slim pickins found in the constitution.
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I agree thouroughly!! Screw the damn contractual agreements!
Show the exciting hockey game. They will lose
fans of ESPN (of which I have been one for quite a while) quickly
with decisions like this.
Just my $.02
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You are pervert.. Ok vi is not CUA but it has a powerful set of commands.
One for all it has 26 separate clipboard (and not only one ofor all kind of
data like Windows does).
The only problem is to Know the commands (the keyboard shortcut).
I am quite fast with the pc keyboard... and I usually use all fingers to digit
so when I use a editor I do not want to leave the keyboard and use the mouse
every time I need a special Function on the menu or to use the arrow keys
that are away from the usual position of my hands on the keyboard......
In my situation vi is very powerful and I'm searching to a vi editor
for Windows....
Bye
p.s. sorry for the bad english....
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I'm wondering if anyone knows the answer to a rather trivial question which
I've been thinking about: What was the process used to divide the Bible into
verses. I believe Jerome divided the New Testament, but I've never seen any
discussion of *how* he did this. It seems rather arbitrary, as opposed to, for
example, making each sentence a verse.
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I've tried compiling it on several SPARCstations with gcc 2.22. After
fixing up a few bugs (3 missing constant definitions plus a couple of
other things) I got it to compile & link, but after starting client
& server I just get a black window; sometimes the client core dumps,
sometimes the server, sometimes I get a broken pipe, sometimes it
just sits there doing nothing although I occassionally get the
cursor to become a cross-hair in dog-fight, but that's it. I've
sent word to the author plus what I did to fix it last week, but
no reply as yet.
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The last time we discussed homosexuality, I asked whether anyone could
identify any other act besides homosexual intercourse that the Bible
prohibited, but which might in some circumstances bring no apparent
harm to anyone. Put another way, the question is whether homosexual
intercourse is the only act that Christians are supposed to believe
is immoral solely on the basis that God says it is, with no insight
being offered as to *why* it is immoral. No one could answer my
question in either form from the Bible. (I did get an interesting
response based on Roman Catholic theology).
However, I think now that I can at least answer my first question.
Link Hudson pointed me to it in his recent comments about sleeping
with one's aunt. Incest is held to be immoral in every society,
that is, there are some degrees of relationship where marriage
(and thus, intercouse) is prohibited. The Bible is no exception.
The trouble is that it may be difficult to see *why* a particular
relationship qualifies as incestuous. Societies differ as to
how they define incest. Genetic reasons are sometimes offered, but
all the Biblical cases cannot be dealt with that way. Why can't
a man sleep with his step mother--assuming that his father is
dead and that he has "married" her? How does this case differ
from the *duty* to marry one's brother's childless wife.
Are these two cases parallel? Does the Bible prohibit some incestuous
marriages and homosexual marriages for the same reason, perhaps
that God knows they are not good for us and yet we are incapable
of understanding why.
P.S. Please don't bother writing me to tell me that I am a homophobe,
as some did last time. My mind is not made up on these questions.
You don't know whether I am homophobic or not. You don't
know me. To call me or anyone else a homophobe without knowing the
person may be as much an expression of bigotry as some homophobic
remarks.
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[reply to jimh@carson.u.washington.edu (James Hogan)]
I take the view that they are here for our entertainment. When they are
no longer entertaining, into the kill file they go.
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Some people might think it takes faith to be an atheist... but faith in
what? Does it take some kind of faith to say that the Great Invisible Pink
Unicorn does not exist? Does it take some kind of faith to say that Santa
Claus does not exist? If it does (and it may for some people I suppose) it
certainly isn't as big a leap of faith to say that these things (and god)
DO exist. (I suppose it depends on your notion and definition of "faith".)
Besides... not believing in a god means one doesn't have to deal with all
of the extra baggage that comes with it! This leaves a person feeling
wonderfully free, especially after beaten over the head with it for years!
I agree that religion and belief is often an important psychological healer
for many people and for that reason I think it's important. However,
trying to force a psychological fantasy (I don't mean that in a bad way,
but that's what it really is) on someone else who isn't interested is
extremely rude. What if I still believed in Santa Claus and said that my
belief in Santa did wonderful things for my life (making me a better
person, allowing me to live without guilt, etc...) and then tried to get
you to believe in Santa too just 'cuz he did so much for me? You'd call
the men in white coats as soon as you could get to a phone.
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Hello,
I saw this question posted a week or so ago, but as far as I could tell no
answer appeared on the net. What is the good oil on connecting the Apple
Extended Keyboard to a PowerBook? The earlier questioner wonderd if this would
be too much of a load for the PB and as I want to connect just such a beast I
am curious.
I haven't got a PB yet so I can't RTFM but I assume that a standard keyboard
with a mouse would be ok as the spec sheet I read mentioned connecting an
external keyboard. But is the Extended plus mouse pushing it?
Any help gratefully recieved. I will summarise to the net if necessary.
Thanks, John Collins.
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NO SURRENDER!
Delivered by Lenda Jackson at the RKBA Rally in Denver, April 18, 1993
It is a fact of modern life that urban residents, particularly women, feel
threatened. A certain number of them actually are threatened. There are
immediate threats, the things that women will tell you they're afraid
of. The noise downstairs at night. The lonely walk to the car. The
stranger at the door. The abusive husband, finally kicked out of the
house as he threatens to hurt her and their children. The burglar... The
mugger...the rapist.
And what are we told is the solution? Move. Get a dog. Keep the door
locked. Call the police. as a next-to-last resort, learn martial arts. and
always, there's the implied question "what's a pretty little thing like
you doing without a husband around to protect you?
But what if you don't like dogs? Like living alone? Don't have 10
years to devote learning judo?
What if, after examining the facts, a woman learns that "rape victims
using armed resistance were less likely to have the rape completed -
and were less likely to be injured(Kleck,124) than those using any
other form of resistance (Kleck,126) (also true for
robbery/assault)(Kleck,123)
What if, to our horror and despair, we find that citizens cannot depend
on the police for effective protection - they usually respond after a
crime has been committed. In truth, the Supreme Court has held that
the police are not responsible for protecting any individual, only the
whole community.
As a society, are we going to ask women, once again, to sacrifice
themselves? Are we going to continue to deny women the ability to
help themselves?
Here's a thought. Neil Smith, in his book The Probability Broach, says
"no 220 pound thug can threaten the well being or dignity of a 110-
pound woman who has two pounds of iron to even things out." But if
a woman decides to protect herself, with the easiest, most efficient
means possible, people - especially other women - are horrified.
"Eughh, how could you? I'd be terrified!" they ask. How could you
hurt someone? They'll repeat the lie: it'll just get taken away from
you. In truth, 1% of "defensive gun uses" result in the offender taking
the gun away from the victim.(122,Kleck)
Well, despite the lies, and the social pressure, some of us have already
made that hard choice. We've decided that we are not going to be
victimized by the muggers, burglars or rapists. We're buying more
guns than every before. We're learning how to use them - and teaching
others, women and men, how to use them. Most importantly, we are
preparing ourselves mentally to use our firearms for our own defense.
We're taking our own security, literally, into our own hands. We're
going to stop begging and pleading and marching and WHAT WE
INTEND IS TO REALLY TAKE BACK THE NIGHT.
But there's another threat, more insatiable than any mugger, more
secretive than any burglar, more soul-destroying than any rapist.
That menace is government, and it threatens us all. We know that
governments, throughout time, have suppressed rights and oppressed
people. It's the way they survive.
In our names and with our money, it interferes with innocent people
both at home and abroad. It lies to us, cheats us, steals from us and
threatens us with violence. No one knows exactly what it'll do next -
what freedom we will lose because some government goon decides
"it's for your own safety" or "we know best". Any person who acted
like government does would be psychoanalyzed within an inch of his
life and locked up as a habitual offender.
But this monster called government persists, and grows. And we, who
should be its masters, have become its unwilling slaves. Do you doubt
me? Then why did you file your income tax?
Like any reasonable person, I believe that being afraid of something
that can hurt you is smart, and that paranoia isn't crazy if someone's
really after you. And make no mistake, they're after you and they're
after me. Their names are familiar: Brady and Reynolds, Groff,
Metzenbahm, Moynihan, and Clinton. If we're lucky, they'll settle for
our assault rifles, our shotguns, our handguns and our ammunition.
As citizens, we have only two choices. They are the same two choices
given to women: to surrender or to fight.
Surrender leads to the gulag, to the genocide of Pol Pot, to the
disappearances, to Dachau. I do not intend to surrender.
A battle can be philosophical or political: in the main, the people keep
the government honest by threatening to vote it out of office. But if
they have to, they will keep in mind the words of Thomas Jefferson:
"the tree of liberty must be well watered with the blood of patriots."
As a patriot, I will point out the error in the government's ways. I will
do my best to vote the villains out of office. I will protest, and write,
and speak, and teach our children justice, honor and truth. And always
remember that Rebellion can lead to Bunker Hill and Saratoga......or it
can lead to Tiananmen Square.
When the time comes to stand up, if I have to give my life to keep
them from going too far, if there is a Tiananmen Square in our future,
I intend to be there. And no matter what lies they tell and no matter
what laws they pass, I intend to meet them with something more
substantial in my hand than a brick.
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WESTER DIGITAL - Caviar 280 Internal Hard Drive
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Another article that fell between the cracks:
As evidence for the Resurrection, it is often claimed that the Disciples
were tortured to death for their beliefs and still did not renounce
their claim that Jesus had come back from the dead.
Now, I skimmed Acts and such, and I found a reference to this happening
to Stephen, but no others. Where does this apparently very widely held
belief come from? Is there any evidence outside the Bible? Is there any
evidence *in* the Bible? I sure haven't found any...
Briefly, no. There is widespread folklore, but no good documentary
evidence, or even solid rumor, concerning the deaths of the Apostles.
Further, the usual context of such arguments, as you observe, is "No
Martyrs for a Lie": i.e. the willingness of these people to die rather
than recant is evidence for the truth of their belief. This adds the
quite stronger twist that the proposed martyrs must have been offered
the chance of life by recanting. Since we don't even know how or
where they died, we certainly don't have this information. (By the
way, even in the case of Stephen it is not at all clear that he could
have saved himself by recanting). The willingness of true believers
to die for their belief, be it in Jesus or Jim Jones, is
well-documented, so martyrdom in and of itself says little. [See
1Kings18:20-40 for a Biblical account of the martyrdom of 450 priests
of Baal].
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Nor is it mine. What I tried to explain to Marty was that it is clearly
understood that antibiotic exposure is a risk factor for fungal infections
- which is not the same as saying bacteria prevent fungal infections.
Marty made this sound like a secret known only to veternarians and
biochemists. Anyone who has treated a urinary tract infection knowns
this. At some centers pre-op liver transplant patients receive bowel
decontamination directed at retaining "good" anaerobic flora in an attempt
to prevent fungal colonization in this soon-to-be high risk group. I also
use lactobacillus to treat enteral nutrition associated diarrhea (that may
be in part due to alterations in gut flora). However, it is NOT part of
my routine practice to "reinnoculate" patients with "good" bacteria after
antibiotics. I have seen no data on this practice preventing or treating
fungal infections in at risk patients. Whether or not it is a "logical
extension" from the available observations I'll leave to those of you who
base strong opinions and argue over such speculations in the absence of
clinical trials.
One place such therapy has been described is in treating particularly
recalcitrant cases of C. difficile colitis (NOT a fungal infection). There
are case reports of using stool (ie someone elses) enemas to repopulate
the patients flora. Don't try this at home.
Except that it isn't. At least symptomatically apparent disease.
Seems like this is an excellent argument for ignoring anecdotal
conventional wisdom (a euphemism for no data) and doing a good clinical
trial, like:
AU Dismukes-W-E. Wade-J-S. Lee-J-Y. Dockery-B-K. Hain-J-D.
TI A randomized, double-blind trial of nystatin therapy for the
candidiasis hypersensitivity syndrome [see comments]
SO N-Engl-J-Med. 1990 Dec 20. 323(25). P 1717-23.
psychological tests. RESULTS. The three active-treatment regimens
and the all-placebo regimen
significantly reduced both vaginal and systemic symptoms (P less than
0.001), but nystatin did not reduce the systemic symptoms
significantly more than placebo. [ . . . ]
CONCLUSIONS. In women with presumed candidiasis
hypersensitivity syndrome, nystatin does not reduce systemic or
psychological symptoms significantly more than placebo. Consequently,
the empirical recommendation of long-term nystatin therapy for such
women appears to be unwarranted.
Does this trial address every issue raised here, no. Jon Noring was not
surprised at this negative trial since they didn't use *Sporanox* (despite
Crook's recommendation for Nystatin). Maybe they didn't avoid those
carbohydrates . . .
Marty, you've also changed the terrain of the discussion from empiric
itraconazole for undocumented chronic fungal sinusitis with systemic
hypersensitivity symptoms (Noring syndrome) to the yoghurt and vitamin
therapy of undocumented candida enteritis (Elaine Palmer syndrome) with
systemic symptoms. There is significant difference between the cost and
risk of these two empiric therapeutic trials. Are we talking about "real"
candida infections, the whole "yeast connection" hypothesis, the efficacy
of routine bacterial repopulation in humans, or the ability of anecdotally
effective therapies (challenged by a negative randomized trial) to confirm
an etiologic hypothesis (post hoc ergo propter hoc). We can't seem to
focus in on a disease, a therapy, or a hypothesis under discussion.
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..
These seem hardly like the groups to discuss this in, but HUH???
All legitimate power to enforce these rights derives from the consent
of the governed, not from no steenkin' piece of paper. Civilized gov'mnt
is not an autonomous computer program, it's interactive. The Constitution
was made by the people and can be trashed by us - it ain't no sacred
scripture from which rights flow. Our 'rights' come from our souls.
And I sure didn't see any request to vote on trashing the sky.
Again - my opinion only - we keep our rights by using them, not going to
some court.
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: I have wondered why a pitcher is given 8 pitches when he enters the
: game. Let's be serious. The relief pitcher has normally been
: throwing out in the bullpen for a few minutes. Does he really need 8
: more pitches?
If the relief pitcher didn't get 8 pitches, there wouldn't be enough time
to:
1) Play "Hit The Road Jack"
2) The Iron City Relief Pitcher Commercial
3) The announcers to detail to us exactly what drove the
previous one from the game
4) A detailed biography, both personal and statistical, of the
new guy throwing his 8 pitches.
5) Get really cool super-slo-mo pictures for Diamond Vision to put up
by said pitchers name and stats!
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WANTED:
I have to produce a "Rolling Demonstration" of some X Window/Motif software.
Does anybody know if there is some Public Domain software to record/playback X
Window events or similar ?
Thanks in advance ...
Paul Bamborough bamboroughp@logica.co.uk
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From tolsty Thu Apr 23 21:32:35 1992
To: newsserv@newcom.kiae.su
Newsgroups: comp.periphs,comp.graphics.digest,comp.graphics,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.wanted,alt.graphics.pixutils,bit.listserv.omrscan
Message-Id: <KAJ3nzfm0W@nsk.uucp.free.msk.su>
Organization: NSK RAN
From: Andrey V. Shorin <tolsty@nsk.uucp.free.msk.su>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 1992 21:32:35 +0200
Subject: Analysis on text reading utils needed (IBM PC)
Distribution: msk
Hi!
Does anybody know any reliable utils to read english texts with scanner?
I want some analysis on quality of recognition, because I want to read
texts which I get by fax ( you know -- quality on faxes is rather bad ).
The scanner I have is B&W and 300dpi. But if there exist any good software
that needs other specifications, that will be OK.
Please, send messages to my E-mail or on conference server, I'll summarize
them and consider your recomendations.
THANK YOU!!!
--
Andrey V. Shorin
Scientific Council on Complex Problem "Cybernetics",
Russian Academy of Sciences
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i guess i ought not conclude from this, then, that since you didn't ask to
be created, you don't care if you go to hell. :)
i don't consider myself an unthinking sheep. the bible says god created
us to be in communion and obedience to him. the first and only rule was
to not eat of a certain tree, or else the punishment is distance from him
and physical death. god's intention in creating us is to have a relationship
with us. the bible documents god's attempts to have that relationship
culminating in the person of jesus to bear the consequences of all sin so
that all who accept him can have a relationship with god again: the purpose
of creation.
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Please let us know if you get a solid answer to the question of legality
of other strong cryptosystems. So far any references I have seen
have been weasel-words ("more plans in the future, etc"), but nothing
that could be taken as a "NO (strong crypto will NOT be outlawed)". I
have heard (not verified) that the Crime Bill before Congress has
language that either requires escrow of keys, or that will regard
all systems 'unapproved' for public use, like strong cryptosystems
not trivially broken by the Govt, or without escrowed keys
which one cannot readily change (read: use being only permitted by
folks with 'special' connections, or government agencies) as either
'terrorist tools' or 'drug dealers tools'. Not outlawed SPECIFICALLY
but by added Civil Forfeiture powers, and clever wording, EFFECTIVELY
outlawed for all intents and purposes.
Now, for some idle speculation ... for those who don't care, hit 'n' now.
Crypto being EFFECTIVELY outlawed could be done without SPECIFICALLY
outlawing ANY class of crypto systems. For example, a crowbar, hammers,
screwdrivers, and such can be regarded as 'burglar tools' pretty much
at the whim of the authorities, based primarily on the individual
possessing them in the car, etc. not being in a trade that makes routine
use of these tools. In a like manner, one who has no 'legitimate need'
(gov't definition) for strong crypto software or systems, and is caught
using them, might find themselves in possession of 'terrorist tools'.
In other words, if one is not working for a corporation with extremely
sensitive commercial data that warrants (in the Fed's opinion) strong
security, or a government agency, and securing only work-related data,
not personal data, one will most likely be nailed on this if discoverd.
A personal desire for 'privacy' most certainly will not be regarded as
a 'legitimate NEED':
"Why do you want such strong security, especially from 'legitimate law
enforcement'? An individual with 'legitimate' endeavors would not be so
concerned - government is not in the business of revealing your personal
secrets to the public... so you must be trying to conceal or planning
to conceal some unlawful or criminal activity... DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING
TO HIDE, HMMMM?"
I expect that initially there will be some people selected either at
random, or who happen to have been 'troublemakers' for the purposes of
'making an example' for those who think the Feds are not SERIOUS about
this... (mega ':-('s)
One asking about a 'right' to privacy will probably get a response that
there is no constitutional right for privacy spelled out AS SUCH (an
argument used in the abortion debate): "You do NOT have a right to have
security that 'Legitimate Law Enforcement cannot break'" (as suggested
in the Clipper Press Release).
This, in a nutshell, is what I find so extremely frightening. Not only
for crypto systems, as in this case, but for the precident it will set,
laying the groundwork for future erosions of privacy (escrow of both
safe-deposit box keys - 'master' keys or combinations for privately
owned safes, and so on. WHY NOT?)...
I cannot think of a better way to make an 'end-run' around those
'inconvenient' parts of the US Constitution. A law cannot be easily
declared unconstitutional, if it there IS NO SPECIFIC LAW. It would
simply be a minor extension of the RICO statutes or WoD policies. A
simple policy decision, just like so many of the gun regulations are
mainly BATF policy decisions... The Conversation of the Fed agents
would go something like:
"We are gonna seize your home, your computers, your car, your bank
account, (you don't have to undress and give us yer clothes, unless you
have a floppy in yer pocket) because they are all connected with your
acquisition, transport, and use of 'terrorist tools' and/or 'drug dealers
tools' - part of the WoD or against terrorism, ya unnerstand... no
decent American Subject would be against these noble causes...".
"Note we are not accusing YOU of any wrong-doing ... we are only saying
your HOME, COMPUTERS, CAR, BANK ASSETS are connected with wrong-doing
SOMEHOW - they housed, transported, and funded these 'terrorist tools'.
Only a civil matter ... <heh-heh> ... We had this 'tip'...<grin>".
"Therefore, the Constitutional Protection on Individual rights do NOT
apply - we are 'arresting' the tainted PROPERTY... not YOU...<evil grin>".
"If you wish to deposit a BOND, hire some attorneys, and go to court to
PROVE the innocence of this property (that they are not 'terrorist tools'
and again to prove they are not also 'drug dealers tools'), go ahead,
we have no problem with that! 'Course, with your bank assets seized,
no car, computer, or home, (probably no job, too) and your
less-than-limitless resources, you might run into some minor practical
difficulties <grin>...".
THAT is what has me going so damned ballistic... It is EXACTLY how
the logic goes when someone gives a 'tip' that your home has been
used to store DRUGS... Note no trace of drugs need to be found on
the property... only some bozo who will say 'yup. I stored stuff in
that dude's house...' (probably to get out of a 10 year sentence for
dealing). Much more cost effective to let him walk, to bust another
day, and hit the jackpot with YOUR assets...
Ob Disclaimer (of course)...
Ok, note that I am not a lawyer, and can only base these speculations
on what I have read/heard/been told regarding past Civil Forfeiture
cases, and how they are used to augment the budgets of assorted agencies,
or to get 'cooperation' of folks who just want to be left alone, or who
do not wish to be put in a risky situation (especially in areas where
they are denied either meaningful police protection, AND the means to be
able to even pretend to defend themselves, as is quite common back East,
like NJ, MA, NYC, Wa DC, or out West in CA). These people have the
choice of cowering under the government boot, or cowering under threats
of pissed off drug dealing gang-bangers... helpless in either case...
All behind some dude who drops a dime on you for his gain, or behind
the Feds wanting to 'make an example'... Civil Forfeiture being the 'hook'.
Point is, are these speculations way out of line, or are they all too
typical, and if so, does the extension to crypto and just about anything
that the Feds regard as 'inconvenient' seem reasonable? And if not
why not (what are our guarantees, besides the government promises)?
NONE?
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The price you have on the 650 8/80 seems very good. I too would like to know
where it is from if it is not giving away secrets.
Thanks, Alan.
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The cases aren't really comparable. A project like a freeway requires
public hearings, court action, appeals, advance determination of
restitution, and so on. The razing of the Moghrabi district in East
Jerusalem happened within hours of the end of the hostilities of the 6
Day War. The residents were given only two or three hours' notice to
pack up and find accomodations elsewhere. They had no chance of
public hearing, debate, appeal, negotiation or anything. It was get
out or die in the rubble.
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Sorry Ian, I haven't toyed with it in several years. I haven't seen
the insides in quite a few years. I just saw the post lagging for
quite a few days, and thought I'd toss in my $0.02. I assume the 6507
was functionally similar to the 6502 (was it also made by MOS
Technologies?). I really am more versed in the (6502 based) Atari
computers. The 2600 came later on.
In the Atari computers, the "CIA" chip you refer to sounds an awful
lot like the CTIA (Color Television Interface Adapter) chip used in
the early models. Later Atari upgraded this to the GTIA (Graphics
...). Other colorful literature stated that the GTIA might have stood
for "George," the developer of the chip.
Funny, I had an old and new model. The old one was SIGNIFICANTLY heavier.
Sorry, I am way out of line here. My first microcontroller I built was
a MC68701 based chipset with 128 bytes onboard. That was not easy to
work with (in addtion to a small 2K on-board EPROM).
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Disclaimer -- This is for fun.
In my computerized baseball game, I keep track of a category called
"stolen hits", defined as a play made that "an average fielder would not
make with average effort." Using the 1992 Defensive Averages posted
by Sherri Nichols (Thanks Sherri!), I've figured out some defensive stats
for the centerfielders. Hits Stolen have been redefined as "Plays Juan
Gonzalez would not have made."
OK, I realize that's unfair. Juan's probably the victim of pitching staff,
fluke shots, and a monster park factor. But let's put it this way: If we
replaced every centerfielder in the league with someone with Kevin's 55.4% out
making ability, how many extra hits would go by?
To try and correlate it to reality a little more, I've calculated Net
Hits Stolen, based on the number of outs made compared to what a league
average fielder would make. By the same method I've calculated Net Extra
Bases (doubles and triples let by).
Finally, I throw all this into a a formula I call Defensive Contribution, or
DCON :->. Basically, it represents the defensive contribution of a player.
I add this number to OPS to get DOPS (Defense + Onbase Plus Slug), which
should represent the player's total contribution to the team. So don't
take it too seriously. The formula for DCON appears at the end of this
article.
The short version -- definition of terms
HS -- Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to Kurt Stillwell
NHS -- Net Hits Stolen -- Extra outs compared to average fielder
NDP -- Net Double Plays -- Extra double plays turned compared to avg fielder
NEB -- Net Extra Bases -- Extra bases prevented compared to avg. fielder
DCON -- Defensive Contribution -- bases and hits prevented, as a rate.
DOPS -- DCON + OPS -- quick & dirty measure of player's total contribution.
National League
Name HS NHS NEB DCON DOPS
Nixon, O. 34 12 15 .083 .777
Grissom, M. 48 18 12 .072 .812
Jackson, D. 46 13 20 .060 .735
Lewis, D. 25 8 -6 .029 .596
Dykstra, L. 25 5 -5 .013 .794
Dascenzo, D. 10 -5 10 .001 .616
Finley, S. 32 -2 2 -.003 .759
Lankford, R. 39 4 -12 -.007 .844
Martinez, D. 21 5 -16 -.017 .660
VanSlyke, A. 30 -4 -17 -.040 .846
Sanders, R. 7 -10 -4 -.059 .759
Butler, B. 1 -29 5 -.088 .716
Johnson, H. 3 -12 -19 -.118 .548
Ordered by DOPS
.846 VanSlyke
.844 Lankford
.812 Grissom
.794 Dykstra
.777 Nixon
.759 Finley
.759 Sanders
.735 Jackson
.730 *NL Average*
.716 Butler
.660 Martinez
.616 Dascenzo
.596 Lewis
.548 Johnson
American League
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Name HS NHS NEB DCON DOPS
Lofton, K. 57 32 17 .220 .947
Wilson, W. 47 26 0 .125 .787
White, D. 52 25 28 .119 .812
Felix, J. 22 0 32 .063 .713
Devereaux, M. 43 16 0 .047 .832
McRae, H. 38 11 -1 .038 .631
Yount, R. 31 8 -3 .022 .737
Kelly, R. 13 -6 -3 -.025 .681
Johnson, L. 23 -5 -13 -.040 .641
Griffey, K. 15 -9 -12 -.052 .844
Puckett, K. 13 -13 -15 -.063 .801
Cuyler, M. 6 -10 -6 -.088 .503
Gonzalez, J. 0 -21 -15 -.095 .738
Order by DOPS
.947 Lofton
.844 Griffey
.832 Devereaux
.812 White
.801 Puckett
.787 Wilson
.738 Gonzalez
.737 Yount
.713 Felix
.709 *AL Average*
.681 Kelly
.641 Johnson
.631 McRae
.503 Cuyler
More discussion --
DCON formula: ((NHS + NDP)/PA) + ((NHS + NDP + NEB)/AB)
Why such a bizzare formula? Basically, it's designed to be added into the
OPS, with the idea that "a run prevented is as important as a run scored".
The extra outs are factored into OBP, while the extra bases removed are
factored into SLG. That's why I used PA and AB as the divisors.
For more discussion see the post on Hits Stolen -- First Base 1992
--
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[To the moderator: I posted this about a week ago but it never showed
up (locally) on the net. If this has already
actually been posted, please fill free to flush
this copy. --N]
From: db7n+@andrew.cmu.edu (D. Andrew Byler)
1] A english translation of this can be found in:
"The Acts of the Apostles, translated from the Codex Bezae, with an
introduction on its Lucan Origin and Importance", J. M. Wilson
(London, 1923).
2] Another work that might be useful is:
"The Acts of the Apostles, a Critical Edition with Introduction and
Notes on Selected Passages", Albert C. Clark (Oxford, 1933;
reprinted 1970).
(This is an edition of text of Acts that makes the assumption that the
text in Codex Bezae is the more authentic. I don't know if it
actually contains an english translation or not.)
3] Another useful that discusses many of the variants in detail is:
"The Theological Tendency of the Codex Bezae Cantabrigiensis in
Acts", Eldon J Epp (Cambridge, 1966).
4] The most recent reference I found was an edition in French from the
early '80s. (I can supply the reference if anyone's interested.)
5] Now, many of the works are going to be difficult to find. So if
you're interested in examining the differences in the long recension
an excellent (and easily obtainable) discussion can be found in:
"A Textual Commentary on the Greek NT", Bruce Metzger (United Bible
Society, 1971).
Metzger's book serves as a companion volume to the UBS 3rd edition of
the Greek NT. It contains a discussion on the reasoning that went
behind the decisions on each of the 1440 variant readings included in
the UBS3. Furthermore, notes on an addition 600 readings are
included in aTCotGNT (the majority of these occur in Acts).
"[An attempt was made] to set before the reader a more or less full
report (with an English translation) of the several additions and
other modifications that are attested by Western witnesses ...
Since many of these have no corresponding apparatus in the
text-volume, care was taken to supply an adequate conspectus of the
evidence that supports the divergent readings." (p 272).
6] Most of the copies of the text of Acts that we have (including the
ones in Vaticanus and Siniaticus) adher pretty closely to the shorter
(or Alexandrian) version. The longer version to which you refer is
usually called the "Western" version and its main witness is the Codex
Bezae (althought there are a few other rather fragmentary sources).
7] As far as size, the difference is that in Clark's edition
(mentioned above) the book of Acts contains 19,983 words whereas the
text edited by Westcott and Hort (a typical Alexandrian text) contains
18,401 words; i.e. a difference of about 8-1/2%.
8] To answer the obvious questions, no, there are no major revelations
in the longer text nor major omissions in the shorter text. The main
difference seems to "expansion" of detail in the Western text (or, if
you prefer "contractions" in the Alexandrian). The Western text seems
to be given to more detail. There are some interesting specific
cases, but this probably not the place to go into it in detail.
9] The discussion over the years as to which of these versions is the
more authentic has been hot and heavy. If there is anything
approaching a modern consensus it is (i) that neither text represents
purely the "authentic" version, (ii) each variant reading has to be
examined on its own merits however, (iii) the variant in the
Alexandrian text is the "better" more often than not.
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Once again, someone else with a Gateway Monitor problem, anyone who can
help, please do, it would be much apprieciated. Thanks in advance.
Ok, I have a Local Bus 486/66 machine, with the Crystal Scan 15inch
monitor. I have 1 meg of loca memory on the ATI ultra pro, w/ the
mach32 driver (the newest release).
My problem is in Windows when I use the 1024 mode. I get shadows down
the sides of the screens, and very blurry type in the corners. The
types on the screen are all out of focus. I've gotten replacement video
cards, and a replacement monitor. None of that has helped though.
Could someone pleae help me with this very frustruating problem.
Thanks again,
Josh Smith
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Terrance,
There is a good article entitled: "A long-term in vivo bone strain
measurement device," Journal of Investigative Surgery 1989; 2(2): 195-206
by Szivek JA & Magee FP.
I think you can find some others by searching MedLine.
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Andrew - continuing the discussion on the Deuterocanonicals...
Arguably, it is both. Since authority is a matter of both
communicator and recepiant we can say that, for example "Jesus
is Lord" whether the world at large accepts the authority or
not. Thus the Bible can be considered for its authoritative
content whether or not it is accepted (This issue is at the
heart of Pilate's pragmatic question "What is truth?" to Jesus
when our Lord was brought before Him. Jesus' reply was to appeal
to the authority of his Father)
You also might like to consider the claimed authority
represented by the statements "thus says the Lord" in the Bible,
which claim to put across the exact words of God.
You fall into the danger of relativism with your rejection of
inherant authority and claim that it lies only in the "community
of faith" - does something become truth because it is accepted?
The main thrust of my argument is that there is a Godward
direction as well as a manward (which is where the reference to
Rev 22 came in.)
If we narrowed it down to the predictive elements - which will
cut out some of the 39 accepted OT books as well - we
nonetheless have criteria for determining the validity of the
book: Jesus' standards were that "Scripture cannot be broken".
Can you name a single prophecy that fits the bill in the Apocrapha?
(ie definitely fulfilled AFTER it has been written)
Does it have a subjective 'ring of truth' about it - and does
other evidence that has come to light contradict or confirm the
authenticity? (archaeological, other textual evidence for
example)
What this is getting at is the relationship between text and
reader. It is to do with the quality of writing, which should
have the ability to fire the mind, affect our thought life and
cause us to act in a certain way - there is something of this
in Jesus' quote: "Man does not live by bread alone, but by every
word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord". (Matt 4.4)
Does the Catholic Church give the same authority to the
Apocrapha as to the accepted 66 books? Certainly it is not as
widely used as the OT and NT.
Think about what I have said above. You may want to revise your
conclusion. In addition think about other 'sacred writings', eg
the Koran, the book of Mormon and how and why you would
categorise them using the above principles. One word of caution
- you may find some 'reflected glory' in some of these books: in
that the 'inspired quality' may be derived from the Bible.
Remember that Lucifer is quite capable of appearing as an angel
of light and quoting Scripture.
What were you thinking of?
We've lost the point and the context here. I am not arguing that
the statement in Rev. can be applied indescriminately, just that
the whole acceptance/rejection idea does not just follow on from
man-made traditions - but there is I believe an act of God
involved in the selection and criteria of what is classified as
Scripture and comes under the definition of 2Tim 3.16.
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On a recently acquired Gateway 2000 machine, when starting Windows,
three copyright statements flash on the screen right after the MS logo
disappears and before ProgramManager takes over. This does not happen
on any other of our machines, and I am wondering whether this is a
feature or whether this is related to several problems we are having
with the machine.
The system is a Gateway 2000, 4DX-33 machine.
The messages that appear are:
(c) Copyright 1989-1992 Western Digital Corporation
All Rights Reserved
(c) Copyright 1985-1992 Congruent Corporation
All Rights Reserved
(c) Copyright 1985-1992 Microsoft Corporation
All Rights Reserved
The AUTOEXEC.BAT file looks like this:
@ECHO OFF
PROMPT $P$G
SET MOUSE=C:\MSMOUSE
C:\MSMOUSE\MOUSE
PATH=C:\;C:\DOS;C:\WINDOWS;c:\123;c:\wp51;f:\apps;f:\system;f:\winapps;f:\public
SET TEMP=C:\WINDOWS\TEMP
lh wd8003e -n 0x62 5 0x280 0xd000
lh winpkt 0x60 0x62
lh ipx
lh netx
f:\login\login
win :
The CONFIG.SYS file looks like this:
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\HIMEM.SYS
DOS=HIGH,umb
DEVICE=C:\WINDOWS\EMM386.EXE NOEMS X=D000-D1FF
STACKS=9,256
FILES=50
BUFFERS=30
SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM /P /E:1024
Does anyone know what is going on? Any help would be much
appreciated.
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I have a 386DX clone, with a DTC ESDI controller and Toshiba 660
mbyte
drive. Since installing DOS 6.0, when I tried to re-install software
from
5 1/4 or 3 1/2 disks, when I mount the second..third..fourth disks, DOS
6
doesn't recognize that I have changed floppies. If I do a "DIR", I see
the
contents of the previous diskette. The only way to get DOS to recognize
that
diskettes have changed, is to do a "label", and then to not label them.
Buying DOS 6.0 has been a colossal mistake. DOS 5.0 was stable, and
worked
well with my equipment. I have Superstor Pro, and DESQVIEW/X ( with
QEMM,
Manifest, etc), so there aren't any features of DOS 6 that I am using. I
guess
I should roll back to DOS 5.0 but I am wary of what will happen when I
do it.
Besides, like a fool, I don't have a DOS 5. bootable disk anymore.
I've
made the same mistakes I caution my users not to make. Like sheep, I
joined
the crowd flocking to DOS 6. Baaa Baaad system administrator.
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I agree with this consensus that it should not have been written the way
it was. My doctor - who claims to have introduced Dr. Crook to the
possibility of candida overbloom causing diffuse symptoms way back in
1961 (I have no reason to doubt him on this) - does not like the book
because 1) it makes too many unfounded claims, and 2) is horribly written
from a scientific viewpoint. On the other hand, my doctor has always kept
an open mind on the subject and does believe in aspects of the "yeast
connection".
But, I believe there is some truth to the book. Hopefully the right
clinical studies can be done to separate the fact from the fiction. In
the meantime, I'd still encourage people who have "incurable" chronic sinus
problems (especially if they overused antibiotics), to find a doctor to
administer a systemic-type anti-fungal such as itraconazole (along with
liver panels before, during and after treatment just to play it safe). It
is an empirical approach for sure, but when all else fails, and your ENT
says "sorry, you'll just have to live with it", it is time to step out and
try an empirical approach backed up with significant anecdotal evidence
(Dr. Ivker), supported by plausible theories (outlined by Marty). At
this stage you have little to lose, particularly if you use itraconazole and
have the proper monitoring - the health risk has been shown through extensive
clinical studies both in Europe and the U.S. to be very minimal with
relatively healthy (i.e., non-AIDS) patients. I'm glad I did this, since I
saw remarkable results after only one week on Sporanox (itraconazole). Of
course, your mileage may vary a lot - everyone is different so it may not
work for you. Talk to your doctor.
Jon Noring
--
Charter Member --->>> INFJ Club.
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I got the following today from Gary Risebrough and it worked fine:
Excerpts from mail: 29-Apr-93 Re: ol{v}wm 3 virtual keybo..
ITO2@aodc.gov.au (554)
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Tickets are very hard to get, even at the box office at Camden Yards.
If you really want to see a game here (I go to school in Baltimore),
price should not be an issue. Tickets go up to $15, but you should be willing
to go as high as $20-25 if you really want to come.
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}
} >Oh, yea, and Chris Bosio pitched a NO-HITTER. One over the minimum, two
}
} Have there ever been any other no-hitters in Mariner history?
Randy Johnson, June 2, 1990 against the Tigers.
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[Jesus' comments about how Christians have to follow the OT deleted...]
Exodus 31:12-17. How many people have you put to death for working on
the Sabbath?
Leviticus 17:10. How as that medium-rare steak last night?
Leviticus 19:19. What did you wear to work friday?
Deutromony 18:1. I can you can now justify discrimination.
Right.
She is.
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Try ImageMagick. I cannot test it but one told me it does 24bit.
Anyway, are you SURE your Xserver supports 24bit TrueColor visuals ?
Check with xdpyinfo !
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I forot to mention the free widget foundation which maintains a freely
available set of widgets. Info on this group can be gotten from
free-widgets-request@kazoo.cs.uiuc.edu this list is maintained by volunteers
and you may subscribe to a mailing list which discusses various
aspects of using and abusing these widgets
Brian
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Perhaps all of us hackers have become (ICK) PROFESSIONALS? I have noticed
my and my associates progression from hackers to computer professionals.
It is rather distasteful. It occurs when a series of things happen:
1) one's ego outgrows one's talent/knowledge
2) one's financial situation takes precedence
3) A change in priorities (esp. family) possibly leading to 2)
4) the hacker's attitude makes the shift from "fun" to "work"
5) one's vocation burns away the creativity needed for "the hobby"
or the biggest killer (IMO)
6) one's dreams are (sadly) shattered on the hard rocks of society's
version of reality. Without the dream the motivation dies, without
the motivation the effort seems useless.
Another set of problems stems from our children. While most of us remember
when there were several completely different computer systems, our children
are growing up with just a few choices (MSDOS/Mac/Amiga) and do not enjoy
the diversity we did. I remember the great computer fallout of the early
eighties vividly as I was forced to stop using skills developed for systems
that were now dead. The diversity of systems before then allowed for widely
divergent paradigms. That period forced hackers to continually learn new
systems in the attempt to keep up. Not to mention that if a program was
needed we were forced (in most situations) to write it ourselves as a
commercial offering was just not available. Now our children are being
taught the "user" mentality. As the number of us "old-timers" dwindle we are
not being replaced by the next generation.
Kendall.
--
Kendall Sears krsear02@ulkyvx.louisville.edu
Programmer ///
Child Development Unit /// Amiga
Department of Pediatrics \\\/// Currently running AmigaOS 3.0
University of Louisville \XX/ And Supporting Unix Sys V Rev 4.
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If my powerplay was as bad as Montreal's, I'd be thanking Stewart for calling
as few penalties as possible. Quebec's powerplay is lethal and it is to their
advantage to have a penalty-filled game where they can clean up with their
superior powerplay.
Montreal really lost that game (and game 2) because Patrick Roy is well on
his way to having another one of his trademark awful playoffs. The man is
truly overrated. Quebec has scored six goals on Roy and four, perhaps five,
were quite stoppable.
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Ad hominem, sarcastic innuendo? Absolutely. Forgotten? Hardly.
Bored? Not really. I try not to confuse "life on a.a." with life.
I just can't overcome the urge to tease/taunt folks who bound FAQ-less
onto a.a. with such a chip on their shoulder. To listen to you,
one might think we belonged to some church!
I appreciate the patience of others who questioned your posting
on a line-by-line content basis, though it's hard to know what
impact that might have had, as compared to, say, "shovelling".
I think I only lamented that, whatever the initial satisfactions,
past a certain point circular abuse-heaping was just that.
Sincere questions: Why are you here? What are you looking for?
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I have had my Probe looked at twice by my local dealer (where I purchased
the car) ... the first time, they made this problem worse. The second time,
after advising them of the service bulletin mentioned on my ford-probe mailing
list (they said they didn't know of the bulletin), they adjusted the window and
made it *much* better. However it now makes a "scritch scritch" noise on rough
roads, and *still* squeals when I open/close the window in wet weather (anyone
elses's do this?)
I got two keys with my car, but only ONE remote-entry push-button thingie!
But then, I bought my 93 with 2500 miles, and I think it may have been a
repossession ... so I'm not surprised something was missing :-(
I am seriously considering following the advice in the owners manual where
it describes the procedure to follow if "you discover something on your Ford
that could ... cause ... serious injury ... threaten lives ... etc). Something
about notifying the National Traffic Safety group as well as Ford. Those little
"you've-got-to-position-the-fingers-perfectly-to-make-it-beep" buttons are
TERRIBLE.
Well, I guess that's good in a way, but in a way it's bad. When someone
hears that kind of horn, they expect to see a big American car. They may
not associate the sound with a small "jap car" style car (like the Probe is).
The mudflaps help a lot.
I have always been a 5-speed guy. Almost every car I've ever owned has been
a 5-speed. Because I got a good deal on this car with the 2500 miles, I
(knowingly) overlooked the fact that it has an automatic. But it is a pretty
high-tech automatic. It is a fully electronicaly controlled 4-speed with
torque converter lockup. Even with the automatic, I'm getting 35 mpg on the
highway, driving 65-70!. (but of course driving > 65 is illegal, so I
probably made that sentence up). :-) Around town the mileage has been
around 25-27, not bad for an automatic. Of course it doesn't have the
"control" of a 5-speed, but since I do a lot of city driving, it turns out
to be very convenient. It's nice to be able to drink a cup of coffee and
drive at the same time (although that, too, is illegal here in
"we-like-to-control-your-life Massachusetts" :-)
Shakes and rattles has been my main gripe. I've gotten them to fix the
worst of them, but I fear that with the rather harsh ride, the car will
be a virtual potpouri of rattles when it gets older.
On my 89 Probe GL, I got about 40K out of the original Goodyears,
and had driven the replacement tires (Bridgestone) 50K miles when
I tradeed the car. The 195/65(60?)VR14 Firestones on my 93 Probe
look like they're designed for performance (ie rather wide, shallow
tread, etc), so they probably won't last as long. But the car handles
very very very well. It sticks to the road like glue, even on a rough
surface.
Definitely. Ford/Mazda did a very very nice job on this one. The
car has a "much more expensive than it actually is" look and feel to it.
Having driven an 89 Probe for 4 years, I find the 93 suspension "interesting".
The car actually drives much better than the 89 ... it is a very firm
ride, and you definitely know about each and every bump in the road. Yet
the car remains very civilized on even the bumpiest roads. You Hear and
feel the bumps, yet the car retains its posture very well.
Well I wouldn't encourage passenger-carrying in the Probe unless the
person in the front seat likes to sit with his knees to the dash. As
mentioned in the Consumer Reports write-ups, "consider the back seat
as a parcel shelf". No biggie to me though (if it had been, I'd not
have bought the car! (but it's definitely not a family car)).
A/C is a MUST on any Probe from 89 - 93. The 93 in particular sends out
a REAL BLAST of cool air when the AC is on MAX. That "lots of glass" you
mentioned is what gives the car the "very good visibility" reports you
see in all the write-ups. Most "sports/sporty" cars don't have that
good visibility.
The complaints I've heard re: exhaust system (on 93's) have been on
the GT. Of course being a different engine, that is a differeent
exhaust system.
I was one of those with an 89 who qualified for the free replacement.
Since I had already replaced the muffler when I received the notice,
I was/am due a refund from Ford. I applied in February and am Still
waiting. :-(
Yes. I was pretty amazed when I had my car in for some touch-up
adjustments this past week, and they had to keep it overnight (too busy
for them to get to it) and they offered to pay for a rental). They
did make me pay for taxes and insurance though :-(
I have to agree that they seem to have some QC problesm. But I seriously
feel the car design is sound, and expect it to do very well.
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I hate it when my posts do that...
386dx 20mhz mb w/ 4meg of 60ns ram... make offer
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Hi,
What presentation package would you recommend for a Bible teacher?
I've checked out Harwards Graphics for Windows. I think its more
suitable for sales people than for preachers or Bible teachers to present
an outline of a message.
I'm looking for one that:
* is great for overhead projector slides.
* has or imports clip arts
* works with Word for Windows or imports Word for Windows files.
* works with inkjet printers
If you know of any that meets part or all of the above, please let me know.
Please email your response as I don't keep up with the newsgroup.
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[Space ad proposed]
This is undoubtedly the sickest thing to come down the marketing pipe
in years, and the best reason for resurrecting the "Star Wars" killer
satellite system.
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Automatic revocation of your license for a year. I'm not sure it's the
"toughtest" law around, but NC has absolutely no sense of humor with
respect to driving laws, anyway. I think they put you in jail and sell
your first child into slavery for passing a school bus...
A bill breezed through the NC House to lower the intoxification level
from .1 to .08. It faces stiff opposition in the Senate. Recently,
the Highway Patrol took a few of the opposition Senators out and gave
them some shots, and when they hit .07, put them on a course dodging
cones. They failed, and will probably change their votes as a result.
For some bizarre reason, NC is the only state where the governer has no
veto power over legislation coming out of the state Congress, so his
opinion on the matter is moot.
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AW>>>My 85 Caprice Classic with 120K+ miles has finally reached
>>>the threshold of total number of mechanical problems that
>>>I am forced to post :). Anyone out there who might be
>>>able to give me some pointers on one or more of the below,
>>>please e-mail or post!
AW>>>1. When making turns, especially when accelerating,
>>>there is usually a loud "thunk" from the rear of
>>>of the car. Sounds like it could be the differential.
Wheel bearing, ujoint.
AW>>>2. On starting the car, I get blue (oil) smoke from
>>>the exhaust for 5-10 seconds. Exhaust valves
Bad valve stem seals.
AW>>>3. Brakes. More pedal travel than I feel comfortable
>>>with, but master cylinder is full and fluid is
Worn pads, rear brakes not adjusted up tight or worn out drums.
90% of low pedal complaints usually are from a rear brake problem.
AW>>>4. Tranny. Tranny problems seem to be slowly getting
>>>worse -- takes almost 2 seconds to downshift from
>>>3rd to 2nd on heavy throttle application, and more
>>>recently, it is reluctant to shift from 2nd to 3rd.
>>>Fluid (checked with car running with tranny put
>>>through all the gears and then back to park, as per
>>>Haynes manual) is red and clear, and is on full mark.
Possible modulator valve if equipped with one. Also could be the
kickdoen cable.
AW>>>5. My springs all around are just about shot -- I have
>>>4 new shocks on, but car still skips out on bumps
>>>in turns at moderate to high speed. How hard are
>>>they to change? Can they be reconditioned?
Difficult on front. Easy on rear. They are not expensive. about $75-$100
for front and less than $50 for the rear.
Its also kind of dangerous to work on the front springs without the
proper equipment.
Don
* SLMR 2.1a * I put spot remover on my dog....Spots gone!
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Just thought I would add $0.02 to DeskJet thread. I got my
first one in college about 5 or so years ago.
I've been a happy HP user of the DeskWriter for Macintosh for
past 5 years. I got one just a few months after their release. And I
got software revision 1.0a (now I'm up to rev. 3.1. Our family (sister
and father) have each purchased their own DW's after seeing mine go
for one year unscathed (their stuck to their trusty ImageWriter II's).
The original DW has gone for 5 years at moderate personal use. I would
say that it has gone through at least 15,000 sheets, and around one
(small) ink cartridge every 3 months or so.
My brother might take this DW now (I'm probably gonna give it
to him), and I am looking to upgrade to a color DW. The chief
advantages/disadvantages I've found over the years are:
Advantages: Quick (2-3 ppm), Quiet (roomate can sleep while it's
printing), AppleTalk Networkable (unfortunately the original wasn't,
so look out if you buy used. I rewired our home with phonenet
AppleTalk connectors, and while home, we can all use my dad's one
DW!), and cheap (now run ~$300). BTW, you can upgrade older DW's to
color or for appletalk, I dunno if HP still does the upgrades, but I
received many offers (I just didn't ned it however). Also, crisp
laser-quality output is a wonder (used to really impress those
ImageWriter Dot-Matrix people so much so, that I had to charge $0.25
per sheet to stop my college dorm neighbors from bothering me at all
hours of the night....)
Disadvantages. Ink used to be hard to find, and wasn't cheap, and
wasn't originally water-proof. While HP has done wonders with the ink
(I dunno if it's still toxic), it is still subjet to smearing and
running (if you run around in the damp Boston rain, and get your
bookbag completely soaked). Ink now runs about $14-$15 for small carts
(I get mine from Elek-Tek in Chicago, I think they're now down to
$12). The ink carts used to say they're dated for only 6 months, but
I don't think they say so anymore. We stick to a 4 month supply (of
about 3 carts). We use cheap Hammerhill Laser Print paper (after
fooling for a long time. Laser/Xerox paper is also good). Smearing
doesn't happen, unless you have a brand new ink cart and you grab the
paper and smudge it all over as soon as it comes out of the machine.
Other disadvantages are : No Postscript (this can be an advantage in
speed, usually). Ways around this are Ghostscript or Freedom of Press
software solutions. I bet HP probably has a PS prototype inkjet, but
they won't release it for fear of hurting LJ sales.
In the end, the primary advantages of laser are true postscript
(unless you go for cheap lasers), and fused toner (no smearing, even
when soaking in water). Lasers are slightly sharper, but the only
instance where I needed precise layouts was Printed Circuit Board
Transparencies for PhotoEtching. I found a Textronix color Phaser
Postscript (Thermal Wax Transfer) to work the best to make PCB
negatives directly onto a transparency.
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{<speaking of CPU fans>
{
{> Many use clips - make sure you use heat sink
{>grease, or heat transfering tape, or you will have wasted your money.
{
{Do these CPU Fans also have heat sinks? Do you recommend using both
{on the same chip (i.e. heat sink sandwiched between CPU and Fan)?
{
{If we are just talking about a CPU Fan blowing directly on the CPU chip,
{I can't see how "heat sink grease" is necessary (or even desireable).
{--
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{ Edward McClanahan edm@wrs.com
I have a PC Power and cooling fan and it is a heat sink with a built in fan
that glues on top of the CPU. Even if the fan quits you still have the heat
sink fins to aid cooling. The glue, of course, is the type that has high
thermal conductivity.
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Nice post Chuck, but you made just one mistake. Bones is a right-handed
pitcher. However, Hrbek's grand slam came off Graehme Lloyd, a lefty.
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A typical Armenian revisionist. As in the past in x-Soviet Armenia,
and today in Azerbaijan, for utopic and idiotic causes the Armenians
brought havoc to their neighbors. A short-sighted and misplaced
nationalistic fervor with a wrong agenda and anachronistic methods
the Armenians continue to become pernicious for the region. As usual,
they will be treated accordingly by their neighbors. Nagorno-Karabag
is a mountainous enclave that lies completely within Azerbaijan with
no border or history whatsoever connected to x-Soviet Armenia. Besides
the geographical aspect, Nagorno-Karabag is the historic homeland and
the 'cradle' of the artistic and literary heritage of Azerbaijan, which
renders the Armenian claims preposterous, even lunatic. No one in his or
her mind could have imagined that one day such a devious turn of event
could have plagued the Azeris. One cannot even imagine the reverse case
to occur, for the Armenians either would have slaughtered the Azerbaijanis,
or put them to forced exile to maintain their own majority. Where was she?
An Appeal to Mankind
During the last three years Azerbaijan and its multinational
population are vainly fighting for justice within the limits of
the Soviet Union. All humanitarian, constitutional human rights
guaranteed by the UN Charter, Universal Declaration of Human
Rights, Helsinki Agreements, Human Problems International Forums,
documents signed by the Soviet Union - all of them are violated.
The USSR's President, government bodies do not defend Azerbaijan
though they are all empowered to take necessary measures to
guarantee life and peace.
The 140,000 strong army of Armenian terrorists with Moscow's
tacit consent wages an undeclared war of annihilation against
Azerbaijan. As a result, a part of Azerbaijan has been occupied
and annexed, hundreds of people killed, thousands wounded.
Some 200,000 Azerbaijanis have been brutally and inhumanly
deported from the Armenian SSR, their historical homeland.
Together with them 64,000 Russians and 22,000 Kurds have also
been driven out, a part of them now settled in Azerbaijan.
Some 40,000 Turkish-Meskhetians, Lezghins and representatives
of other Caucasian nationalities who escaped from the Central
Asia where the President and government bodies did not guarantee
them the life and peace also suffered from these deportations.
One of the scandalous vandalisms directed not only against
Azerbaijan science but the world civilization as well is the
Armenian extremists' destruction of the Karabakh scientific
experimental base of The Institute of Genetics and Selection
of the Academy of Sciences of the Azerbaijan SSR.
We beg you for humanitarian help and political assistance,
for the honour and dignity of 7 million Azerbaijanis are
violated, its territory, culture and history are trampled,
its people are shot. There is persistent negative image of
Azerbaijanians abroad, and this defamation is spread over
the whole world by Soviet mass media, Armenian lobby in the
USSR and the United States.
One of the myths is that all events allegedly involves and
generated by interethnic collisions and religious intolerance
while the truth is that all these shootings and recent
events stem from the territorial claims of Armenia on
Azerbaijan.
It is a well documented fact that before the conflict there
were no frictions between Armenians and Azerbaijanis on the
issue of Karabakh. Hundreds and thousands Armenians placidly
and calmly lived and worked in Azerbaijan land, had their
representatives in all government bodies of the Azerbaijan
SSR.
We are for a united, indivisible, sovereign Azerbaijan, we
are for a common Caucasian home proclaimed in 1918 by one
of the founding fathers of the Azerbaijan Democratic
Republic - Muhammed Emin Rasulzade.
But all these goals and expectations are trampled upon the
Soviet leadership in favour of the Armenian expansionists
encouraged by Moscow and intended to create a new '1,000
Year Reich' - the 'Great Armenia' - by annexing the
neighboring lands.
The world public opinion shed tears to save the whales,
suffers for penguins dying out in the Antarctic Continent.
But what about the lives of seven million human beings?
If these people are Muslims, does it mean that they are
less valuable? Can people be discriminated by their
colour of skin or religion, by their residence or other
attributes?
All people are brothers, and we appeal to our brothers
for help and understanding. This is not the first appeal
of Azerbaijan to the world public opinion. Our previous
appeals were unheard. However, we still carry the hope
that the truth beyond the Russian and Armenian propaganda
will one day reveal the extent of our suffering and
stimulate at least as much help and compassion for
Azerbaijan as tendered to whales and penguins.
THE COMMITTEE FOR PEOPLE'S HELP TO
KARABAKH (OF THE) ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
OF THE AZERBAIJAN SSR
"PAINFUL SEARCH .."
THE GRUESOME extent of February's killings of Azeris by Armenians
in the town of Hojali is at last emerging in Azerbaijan - about
600 men, women and children dead in the worst outrage of the
four-year war over Nagorny Karabakh.
The figure is drawn from Azeri investigators, Hojali officials
and casualty lists published in the Baku press. Diplomats and aid
workers say the death toll is in line with their own estimates.
The 25 February attack on Hojali by Armenian forces was one of
the last moves in their four-year campaign to take full control
of Nagorny Karabakh, the subject of a new round of negotiations
in Rome on Monday. The bloodshed was something between a fighting
retreat and a massacre, but investigators say that most of the
dead were civilians. The awful number of people killed was first
suppressed by the fearful former Communist government in Baku.
Later it was blurred by Armenian denials and grief-stricken
Azerbaijan's wild and contradictory allegations of up to 2,000
dead.
The State Prosecuter, Aydin Rasulov, the cheif investigator of a
15-man team looking into what Azerbaijan calls the "Hojali
Disaster", said his figure of 600 people dead was a minimum on
preliminary findings. A similar estimate was given by Elman
Memmedov, the mayor of Hojali. An even higher one was printed in
the Baku newspaper Ordu in May - 479 dead people named and more
than 200 bodies reported unidentified. This figure of nearly 700
dead is quoted as official by Leila Yunusova, the new spokeswoman
of the Azeri Ministry of Defence.
FranCois Zen Ruffinen, head of delegation of the International
Red Cross in Baku, said the Muslim imam of the nearby city of
Agdam had reported a figure of 580 bodies received at his mosque
from Hojali, most of them civilians. "We did not count the
bodies. But the figure seems reasonable. It is no fantasy," Mr
Zen Ruffinen said. "We have some idea since we gave the body bags
and products to wash the dead."
Mr Rasulov endeavours to give an unemotional estimate of the
number of dead in the massacre. "Don't get worked up. It will
take several months to get a final figure," the 43-year-old
lawyer said at his small office.
Mr Rasulov knows about these things. It took him two years to
reach a firm conclusion that 131 people were killed and 714
wounded when Soviet troops and tanks crushed a nationalist
uprising in Baku in January 1990.
Those nationalists, the Popular Front, finally came to power
three weeks ago and are applying pressure to find out exactly
what happened when Hojali, an Azeri town which lies about 70
miles from the border with Armenia, fell to the Armenians.
Officially, 184 people have so far been certified as dead, being
the number of people that could be medically examined by the
republic's forensic department. "This is just a small percentage
of the dead," said Rafiq Youssifov, the republic's chief forensic
scientist. "They were the only bodies brought to us. Remember the
chaos and the fact that we are Muslims and have to wash and bury
our dead within 24 hours."
Of these 184 people, 51 were women, and 13 were children under 14
years old. Gunshots killed 151 people, shrapnel killed 20 and
axes or blunt instruments killed 10. Exposure in the highland
snows killed the last three. Thirty-three people showed signs of
deliberate mutilation, including ears, noses, breasts or penises
cut off and eyes gouged out, according to Professor Youssifov's
report. Those 184 bodies examined were less than a third of those
believed to have been killed, Mr Rasulov said.
Files from Mr Rasulov's investigative commission are still
disorganised - lists of 44 Azeri militiamen are dead here, six
policemen there, and in handwriting of a mosque attendant, the
names of 111 corpses brought to be washed in just one day. The
most heartbreaking account from 850 witnesses interviewed so far
comes from Towfiq Manafov, an Azeri investigator who took a
helicopter flight over the escape route from Hojali on 27
February.
"There were too many bodies of dead and wounded on the ground to
count properly: 470-500 in Hojali, 650-700 people by the stream
and the road and 85-100 visible around Nakhchivanik village," Mr
Manafov wrote in a statement countersigned by the helicopter
pilot.
"People waved up to us for help. We saw three dead children and
one two-year-old alive by one dead woman. The live one was
pulling at her arm for the mother to get up. We tried to land but
Armenians started a barrage against our helicopter and we had to
return."
There has been no consolidation of the lists and figures in
circulation because of the political upheavals of the last few
months and the fact that nobody knows exactly who was in Hojali
at the time - many inhabitants were displaced from other villages
taken over by Armenian forces.
THE INDEPENDENT, London, 12/6/'92
HEROES WHO FOUGHT ON AMID THE BODIES
AREF SADIKOV sat quietly in the shade of a cafe-bar on the
Caspian Sea esplanade of Baku and showed a line of stitches in
his trousers, torn by an Armenian bullet as he fled the town of
Hojali just over three months ago, writes Hugh Pope.
"I'm still wearing the same clothes, I don't have any others,"
the 51-year-old carpenter said, beginning his account of the
Hojali disaster. "I was wounded in five places, but I am lucky to
be alive."
Mr Sadikov and his wife were short of food, without electricity
for more than a month, and cut off from helicopter flights for 12
days. They sensed the Armenian noose was tightening around the
2,000 to 3,000 people left in the straggling Azeri town on the
edge of Karabakh.
"At about 11pm a bombardment started such as we had never heard
before, eight or nine kinds of weapons, artillery, heavy
machine-guns, the lot," Mr Sadikov said.
Soon neighbours were pouring down the street from the direction
of the attack. Some huddled in shelters but others started
fleeing the town, down a hill, through a stream and through the
snow into a forest on the other side.
To escape, the townspeople had to reach the Azeri town of Agdam
about 15 miles away. They thought they were going to make it,
until at about dawn they reached a bottleneck between the two
Armenian villages of Nakhchivanik and Saderak.
"None of my group was hurt up to then ... Then we were spotted by
a car on the road, and the Armenian outposts started opening
fire," Mr Sadikov said.
Azeri militiamen fighting their way out of Hojali rushed forward
to force open a corridor for the civilians, but their efforts
were mostly in vain. Mr Sadikov said only 10 people from his
group of 80 made it through, including his wife and militiaman
son. Seven of his immediate relations died, including his
67-year-old elder brother.
"I only had time to reach down and cover his face with his hat,"
he said, pulling his own big flat Turkish cap over his eyes. "We
have never got any of the bodies back."
The first groups were lucky to have the benefit of covering fire.
One hero of the evacuation, Alif Hajief, was shot dead as he
struggled to change a magazine while covering the third group's
crossing, Mr Sadikov said.
Another hero, Elman Memmedov, the mayor of Hojali, said he and
several others spent the whole day of 26 February in the bushy
hillside, surrounded by dead bodies as they tried to keep three
Armenian armoured personnel carriers at bay.
As the survivors staggered the last mile into Agdam, there was
little comfort in a town from which most of the population was
soon to flee.
"The night after we reached the town there was a big Armenian
rocket attack. Some people just kept going," Mr Sadikov said. "I
had to get to the hospital for treatment. I was in a bad way.
They even found a bullet in my sock."
Victims of war: An Azeri woman mourns her son, killed in the
Hojali massacre in February (left). Nurses struggle in primitive
conditions (centre) to save a wounded man in a makeshift
operating theatre set up in a train carriage. Grief-stricken
relatives in the town of Agdam (right) weep over the coffin of
another of the massacre victims. Calculating the final death toll
has been complicated because Muslims bury their dead within 24
hours.
Photographs: Liu Heung / AP
Frederique Lengaigne / Reuter
THE INDEPENDENT, London, 12/6/'92
Serdar Argic
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Larger drives tend to have multipule platters which can allow adjacent
bits to be read in parallel resulting in higher throughput. They also
have higher spindle speeds which leads to both increased throughput and
reduced seek times (due to reduction of rotational latency.)
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In <1993Apr19.221331.26203@pony.Ingres.COM>, garrett@Ingres.COM sez:
[re Michael Friedman and Phil Ronzone]
Try asking Michael whether he still thinks the M-16 "is one of the
most beautiful machines around." Or ask Phil if he still claims that
the Due Process and Equal Protection clauses of the 14th amendment
apply to the federal government. The responses should be as
enlightening as the recent name-calling, and about as relevant.
--
They told me you had gone totally insane, and that your methods were unsound.
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It is evident you did not read my post carefully. I wasn't
trying to tell you not to eat MSG products and produce, nor was I
arguing for or against MSG. I was simply questioning the logic of
your statement that simply because
(a) one is not allergic to something, and
(b) likes eating that
it follows that one could keep eating whatever it is.
In my post, I had clearly said that I don't know enough about MSG.
The statement "don't eat X because its bad" is just _your_
interpretation of nutritional info out there.
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: > "hose" h-o-s-e
: Dork. d-o-r-k.
Oh, really?
Here's what you posted earlier in another thread. Before you thrash
others for making simple mistakes or flaunt your wonderful "vi skill",
think about how you make them feel as well as how you look (you spelled
it right). ;-}
For years you have assaulted others with offensive language, etc. From
the content of many of your posts, you appear to have a lot of useful
information to share with people, but it gets overshadowed when you come
across as an abusive smart-ass.
: In article <C5LoBL.DDw@mentor.cc.purdue.edu> marshatt@feserve.cc.purdue.edu (Z
: >
: > Remember roads in America are NOT designed for speeds above 80
meaning they
: >would be safe at 55-65. Roads like the Autobahn are smoother,
straiter,
: >wider and slightly banked.
: Well, that's news. Before 1975 the speed limit on Texas
highways
: was 75. The speed limit on the New Jersey Turnpike (I-95) was 70.
There
: were no speed limits in Nevada or Montana.
: >east becoming hidden by trees after about 1,000 ft and continued to
the
: >left strait north. I wanted to turn north, checked the south lane,
rolled
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Hello netters,
I'm new to this board and I thought this might be the best place
for my post. I have a question regarding satellite technology seen
in the movie Patriot Games. In the movies, the CIA utilizes its
orbitting sats to pinpoint a specific terrorist camp in N Africa.
The photos taken by the sats are stunning! I know that sats are
capable of photographing the license plates of vehicles. My
question is this: The camp in question was taken out by the
British SAS. And while the SAS was in action, the CIA team was
watching in the warroom back in Langley, VA. The action of the SAS
was clear and appeared to be relayed via a sat. The action was at
night and the photography appeared to be an x-ray type. That is,
one could see the action within the tents/structures of the camp.
Does such techology exist and what is it's nature? i.e., UV, IR,
x-ray, etc.
PS Who wrote the book Patriot Games?
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s:
I have a 1991 Toyota Camry Deluxe for sale...
70K miles, power everything, grey, 3 years newer than above for $10K.
All highway miles. Excellent condition...
Rob Fusi
rwf2@lehigh.edu
New Jersey
609-397-2147
ask for Bob Fusi
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Me too. Our local used book store is the second largest on the
West Coast, and I couldn't find a copy there. I guess atheists
hold their bibles in as much esteem as the theists.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Bob Beauchaine bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
They said that Queens could stay, they blew the Bronx away,
and sank Manhattan out at sea.
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I think you've got an off-by-one error in your memory. :-) MM bought the
satellite-building side of GE. E, not D. MM and GD are still competitors.
Better, yes, but we're not talking order of magnitude. (Especially if you
want to use Titan IV, which belongs to the USAF, not MM.)
Sure, you can get a heavylift launcher fairly cheap if you do it privately
rather than as a gummint project. But we're still talking about something
that will cost nine digits per launch, unless you can guarantee a large
market to justify volume production.
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: You might want to re-think your attitude about the Holocaust after
: reading Deuteronomy chapter 28.
On the contrary, after the Holocaust, I would be _very_ cautious about my
interpretatoin of Deuteronomy 28. Not everything that happens is in
accordance with God's will. (You might guess which side of the
predestination issue I am on.) I will never _assume_ that evil is
punishment by God, especially when I am speaking of the evil that falls on
_someone else_. For my own life, I will work to discern the hand of God
in the evil that befalls _me_.
See the discussion earlier on Luke 13.
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Is there such a document either in the Bookstores or possible
on an ftp site somewhere? Nothing really fancy, just something
that gives a listing of the available widgets, and the resources
that are pertinant to them, and what flavors of Motif they
occur in.
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I'm writing a mail management system using Word for Windows 2.0 as
a front end. The user dials up a remote system and downloads a batch
of mail as "foo.txt ." I've set up an AutoExec macro in Winword to load
"foo.txt" OK, but subsequent invocations of the macro will of course
pose file name contention problems.
What I'd really like to do is to create an AutoExit macro in Winword
that would move "foo.txt" to a specified directory, rename it using
the current date and time, and delete the original "foo.txt ."
In other words, "foo.txt" gets renamed as "5012300", say, on May 1
at 23:00- the user gets a time-indexed backup of his mail files and
"foo.txt" is freed up for the next packet of mail, since my AutoExec
macro points to it.
My main question is this:
How may one rename a file from within a WordBasic macro to include a
time/date variable in the new filename?
Thanks-
=======================================================================
"If you ever reach total enlightenment while drinking a beer,
I bet it makes beer shoot out of your nose." -- Jack Handey
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Don't forget seamless Win apps on OS/2. MS couldn't do it (viz WLO)
but IBM managed to do it right.
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R. Goldstein (rdg@world.std.com) sez:
: As the subject says, I am moving from Mass. to Calif. and will be driving
: mostly on Interstate 80.
: Any advice from folks who have done it before?
- Plan your gas stops in major-city areas to avoid the 25 cent-per-gallon
"only gas station for 50 miles and you're an out-of-towner" surcharge.
- Prepare your car. Don't forget things like your fuel & air filters. If
you're loading your car up, consider putting your spare on TOP of your stuff
just in case of a flat. In my x-country trip, a tire disintegrated in the
California desert & it took me 20 minutes to unload all my stuff to get to
the tire.
- If you have a hatchback, cover all your stuff with a white bedsheet to help
keep the stuff and your car cool, as well as *possibly* avoiding theft.
- McDonalds have good, clean bathrooms.
- invest in a $30 CB & magnetic roof antenna. It may help if you're stranded,
and you can always ask people for places to stop for food, etc.
- Many times police like to hang out in the 1st 10 miles after you enter a
new state, to catch all the speeders who have "escaped" the previous state.
- Same as above; when you enter a 55mph city zone after hours and hours of
65mph rural interstate
-=$>Dave<$=-
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Forsale :- One Microbotics Hardframe SCSI Controller for the A2000. Make me
an offer.
----
E. Malcolm Crosby
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In <1t7529$agf@agate.berkeley.edu> miyamoto@ucsee.Berkeley.EDU (Carleton
You're right.
You cannot read or write a Mac or Apple II 800K 3.5" disk or Apple II
5.25" disk without extra hardware. However, Mac 1.44MB disks can be read
and written in a PC 3.5" HD drive with software only.
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How hard or easy would it be to have a combo mission such as a solar sail on
the way out to the outer planets, but once in near to orbit to use more normal
means..
Seems that everyone talks about using one system and one system only per
mission, why not have more than one propulsion system? Or did I miss
something.. ?? or did it die in committee?
==
Michael Adams, nsmca@acad3.alaska.edu -- I'm not high, just jacked
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thanks a bunch,
-nate
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It is also interesting to note that Powell (and maybe Koons) were found
guilty of aiding and abetting the deprival of King's civil rights...but,
two others who also beat King and all the others who watched were not.
Go figure? Can you say sacraficial lambs? Can you say appeal?
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According to "Quotations from Chairman Cherry", Don was playing in
Springfield. He and another player had to pay some fines; the other
player had his paid off, but not Don didn't want to.
Don called the other player a "teacher's Pet", and the other player
replied "Ah, that's just sour grapes".
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I know this is a long shot, but does anyone know what solvent I should
use to clean duct-tape adhesive from carpet?
Someone taped wires to the carpet, and now it is time to move out.
Is the solvent the same as what's used to clean up the goop in coax?
(whatever that is ... but it just barely ties this query into
sci.electronics)
Thanks for your help
Best regards,
ruck
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Well know I know how you can afford a Harley.
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I posted an informational request about any electronically available
articles on cryptographic algorithms a couple of days ago. As I
mentioned, I was interested, in particular, in DES and Public-Key --
but also wouldn't mind learning about others. As I said, I can read
an intro-graduate level text book, having had some mathematics, though
not much number-theory per se. I'd like to see the technical details
of the mathematics of cryptography, as oppossed to the popularizations
of things like _scientific am_ which just say, "then you find a
*really* big prime number....".
Following my request, several people were so kind as to suggest
reading-lists, which I hope to get around to. Two other people were
so *very* kind as to send large documents, which I presume were actual
articles (about 1000 lines each); but I've stupidly deleted them
accidentally before having a chance even to skim them. If they can
forgive me for my careless use of file-commands, would the original
senders be so kind as to resend? Or anyone else who has good
crypto-articles at a fairly technical mathematical level? Also,
ftp-able or gopher-able docs would be nice to know about.
Yours, Lulu...
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Ok, you don't like what I have to say. Would you care to
demonstrate how the above list, or any expanded version of it you
chose to post, demonstrates fairness in the actions of the UN wrt
Israel?
You make the odd assumption that I read Israeli papers, not
European ones. My main source of news is the Economist, a London
based magazine.
Also, I do on rare occaisons, read Arab papers, but its hard
to find English language papers from Arab countries here.
Have I ever claimed to be objective? I pointed out, with a 27
item list, that Israel is condemned for actions that other nations are
not condemned for. You go off and attack me for reading only Israeli
newspapers.
If you'd like to debate this, please do. If you'd like to
make ad hominum attacks, feel free to do that too. But try not to
mask one as another.
Adam
Adam Shostack adam@das.harvard.edu
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So what? I'm running emu on a 25 MHz 68020 box. I cannot make out ANY
difference in performance whether the cursor is set to blinking or
not (If you think about it a bit, a cycle of 400 ms is a hell a lot of
time for even the slowest PC). Since you would of course only enable
the blinking text cursor when your xterm has the input focus, this
application is active anyway. To repeat it, a blinking text cursor
costs almost nothing in performance, it just needs some thought when
designing the xterm software.
Michael
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An aquaintence has a 87 Accord. The driver's side headrest was
accidentally put in backwards and has jammed. According to the
dealer, the only way to get it out is to spend several hours
disassembling the seat. This is the second time I have heard of this
happening, and I wonder whether there's an easier way to get the
headrest back out. Has anyone else ever dealt with this problem?
Your advice would be appreciated!
Please email, and I will summarize if there is interest.
--
_ dan@dyndata.com
/ \_ Dan Everhart uunet!{camco,fluke}!dyndata!dan
\_/ \____________________________ 206-743-6982, 742-8604 (fax)
/ \_/ 7107 179th St SW
\_/ Dynamic Data & Electronics Edmonds, WA 98026, USA
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Because everyone but you expects that making alternative methods of
encryption illegal is the next step. Otherwise the Cripple chip is
utterly worthless. It should be obvious that
a) the Cripple Chip is aimed at spying on ordinary citizens
OR
b) that other forms of encryption will soon be illegal.
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Cardinals
for poor
Without opening this up for a sabermetric flame war, I would like to
question the notion that "sitting a rested player down" has any real
effect on his long-term performance. Sure, if a man is tired and needs
real rest, then taking a break might be a constructive act. Perhaps if
a man is mentally "strained", then sitting him down might help to the
extent that that helps him relax. But I would like to suggest that
in the long run, players do slump, and benching is probably irrelevant.
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OOPS - got home and re-checked and found out that it
ISNT the Radius Video Vision which was mentioned as having
problems. None the less, I still have a chance to buy one
relatively cheap - can anyone say how well it seems to work,
and if there has been a newer model introduced (accounting
for the price reduction?)
THANKS and thousands of apologies to Radius ...
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Fine, are you willing to bet that he will bat .400 the rest of the way?
The point is that he has hurt the Rockies so far; it's that he *will* hurt
them, eventually. Just as much as he hurt the Expos and the Cardinals the
past couple seasons.
It has happened for the past 3+ seasons; where have you been?
We'll see come September. (I have an outstanding bet with someone that
Galarraga's OBP will be less than .300 on June 1.)
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
DO NOT HEAT THE CCL4 -- IT MAKES PHOSGENE GAS of WW-I poison gas fame
(remember when they used carbon tet in fire extinguishers?)
(yes, I know I was yelling)
--
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Here is a press release from the White House.
Text of President Clinton's Letter to Congress on Iranian Assets
To: National Desk
Contact: White House Press Office, 202-456-2100
WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Following is a letter
President Clinton wrote to Congress on Iranian Assets:
TO THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES:
I hereby report to the Congress on developments since the
last Presidential report on November 10, 1992, concerning the
national emergency with respect to Iran that was declared in
Executive Order No. 12170 of November 14, 1979, and matters
relating to Executive Order No. 12613 of October 29, 1987.
This report is submitted pursuant to section 204(c) of the
International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. 1703(c),
and section 505(c) of the International Security and Development
Cooperation Act of 1985, 22 U.S.C. 2349aa-9(c). This report
covers events through March 31, 1993. The last report, dated
November 10, 1992, covered events through October 15, 1992.
1. There have been no amendments to the Iranian
Transactions Regulations ("ITRs"), 31 CFR Part 560, or to the
Iranian Assets Control Regulations ("IACRs"), 31 CFR Part 535,
since the last report.
2. The Office of Foreign Assets Control ("FAC") of the
Department of the Treasury continues to process applications
for import licenses under the ITRs. However, as previously
reported, recent amendments to the ITRs have resulted in a
substantial decrease in the number of applications received
relating to the importation of nonfungible Iranian-origin goods.
During the reporting period, the Customs Service has
continued to effect numerous seizures of Iranian-origin
merchandise, primarily carpets, for violation of the import
prohibitions of the ITRs. FAC and Customs Service investi-
gations of these violations have resulted in forfeiture actions
and the imposition of civil monetary penalties. Additional
forfeiture and civil penalty actions are under review.
3. The Iran-United States Claims Tribunal (the
"Tribunal"), established at The Hague pursuant to the Algiers
Accords, continues to make progress in arbitrating the claims
before it. Since the last report, the Tribunal has rendered
12 awards, for a total of 545 awards. Of that total, 367 have
been awards in favor of American claimants: 222 of these were
awards on agreed terms, authorizing and approving payment of
settlements negotiated by the parties, and 145 were decisions
adjudicated on the merits. The Tribunal has issued 36 decisions
dismissing claims on the merits and 83 decisions dismissing
claims for jurisdictional reasons. Of the 59 remaining awards,
3 approved the withdrawal of cases, and 56 were in favor of
Iranian claimants. As of March 31, 1993, awards to successful
American claimants from the Security Account held by the
NV Settlement Bank stood at $2,340,072,357.77.
As of March 31, 1993, the Security Account has fallen
below the required balance of $500 million 36 times. Iran has
periodically replenished the account, as required by the Algiers
Accords, by transferring funds from the separate account held by
the NV Settlement Bank in which interest on the Security Account
is deposited. Iran has also replenished the account with the
proceeds from the sale of Iranian-origin oil imported into the
United States, pursuant to transactions licensed on a case-by-
case basis by FAC. Iran has not, however, replenished the
account since the last oil sale deposit on October 8, 1992.
The aggregate amount that has been transferred from the Interest
Account to the Security Account is $874,472,986.47. As of
March 31, 1993, the total amount in the Security Account was
$216,244,986.03, and the total amount in the Interest Account
was $8,638,133.15.
4. The Tribunal continues to make progress in the
arbitration of claims of U.S. nationals for $250,000.00 or more.
Since the last report, nine large claims have been decided.
More than 85 percent of the nonbank claims have now been
disposed of through adjudication, settlement, or voluntary
withdrawal, leaving 76 such claims on the docket. The larger
claims, the resolution of which has been slowed by their
complexity, are finally being resolved, sometimes with sizable
awards to the U.S. claimants. For example, two claimants were
awarded more than $130 million each by the Tribunal in October
1992.
5. As anticipated by the May 13, 1990, agreement settling
the claims of U.S. nationals for less than $250,000.00, the
Foreign Claims Settlement Commission ("FCSC") has continued its
review of 3,112 claims. The FCSC has issued decisions in
1,201 claims, for total awards of more than $22 million. The
FCSC expects to complete its adjudication of the remaining
claims in early 1994.
6. In coordination with concerned Government agencies,
the Department of State continues to present United States
Government claims against Iran, as well as responses by the
United States Government to claims brought against it by Iran.
In November 1992, the United States filed 25 volumes of
supporting information in case B/1 (Claims 2 & 3), Iran's claim
against the United States for damages relating to its Foreign
Military Sales Program. In February of this year, the United
States participated in a daylong prehearing conference in
several other cases involving military equipment. Iran also
filed a new interpretative dispute alleging that the failure
of U.S. courts to enforce an award against a U.S. corporation
violated the Algiers Accords.
7. As reported in November, Jose Maria Ruda, President of
the Tribunal, tendered his resignation on October 2, 1992. No
successor has yet been named. Judge Ruda's resignation will
take effect as soon as a successor becomes available to take up
his duties.
8. The situation reviewed above continues to involve
important diplomatic, financial, and legal interests of the
United States and its nationals. Iran's policy behavior
presents challenges to the national security and foreign
policy of the United States. The IACRs issued pursuant to
Executive Order No. 12170 continue to play an important role
in structuring our relationship with Iran and in enabling
the United States to implement properly the Algiers Accords.
Similarly, the ITRs issued pursuant to Executive Order No. 12613
continue to advance important objectives in combatting inter-
national terrorism. I shall exercise the powers at my disposal
to deal with these problems and will report periodically to the
Congress on significant developments.
WILLIAM J. CLINTON
THE WHITE HOUSE,
May 14, 1993.
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And the fox has rabies too.
--
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com>
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I can think of a couple of ways of guaranteeing authenticity in a one-time
pad encrytped scheme, though I'm not sure how to prove that what kind of
authenicity they provide.
An obvious first-attempt might be to prepend a truly random (unpredictable
for Eve) block to the message, and then calculate a CRC which included the
random starting block and all of the message. This could be encrypted after
the message. The problem is, I'm not sure it's impossible to come up with
a message that will hash to the same CRC regardless of the random starting
block. (It intuitively seems like it ought to be hard, but I'm not *that*
sure....) Clearly, a crypto-strength hash like MD5 or the SHA would be
stronger, but again, I'm not sure I'm comfortable claiming that it's
unbreakable.
A scheme to use up some of the pad bits to decide how many bits of 0's
to include in the plaintext stream before going on wouldn't be too bad,
either. At the cost of increasing the speed with which you use up your
pad, this could be used to give you arbitrarily low probability that your
opponent could spoof a valid-looking message, since any deciphered plaintext
in a spot that should be carrying 0's will show that something funny's going
on.
If, for each message bit M_i, we used up one random bit, R_i, to decide
whether to insert a 0 into the plaintext stream, we'd get a total pad use
of 2.5 times the message length. (We'd expand the message size by about
half.) Each 0 that should appear in the plaintext stream that doesn't is a
guess for our would-be spoofer. At each bit, she has to guess. I'm trying
to see how to quantify her chances of making it all the way through the
spoofed message, but it gets a little complicated, because she can get un-
synched, and still happen to have a 0 in that place in the spoofed message.
Now, I can see a simple way of doing this that's got to be as secure
as a one-time pad, at a cost of using 4 times the message length in pad bits.
For each message bit, M_i, use one random bit, R_i, and xor them together
to get X_i. Now, encrypt the three bits with the one-time pad. The enemy
has no way of guessing what R_i is, so he/she can't guess what X_i is, either.
Any change she makes in the ciphertext stream will have to involve a guess
of what R_i was. Is there any way to do this without using so many pad bits?
Spoofing the message is equivalent to correctly guessing as many random
bits as there are bits in the message. Clearly, this makes spoofing messages
just as hard if you know the whole message text as if you know none of it.
In fact, it looks to me like this makes it just as hard to generate a spoofed
message with the ciphertext as without it, but I'm not entirely sure about
that.
Is there an easier way of doing this that's provably as secure as the
one-time pad?
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Go to your public library and get the February, 1988 issue of Consumer
Reports. An article on allergy shots begins on page 96. This article
is MUST reading for anyone contemplating allergy shots.
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Supra Fax Modem v.32bis external stand alone forsale
External with digital status display
fax speed up to 14.4 send/receive
compat with class 1,2, group 3
data rate @ 14.4/12/96/72/48/24/12/3
v.42bis, v.32bis mnp2-5 hayes compatible "AT" command
with external cable to your serial port. works with
PC, Mac, Amiga.
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My ENT doctor told me that it is not uncommon for the wife to get a vaginal
yeast infection after the husband takes antibiotics. In fact this recently
happened to my wife. Explanation is that the antibiotics kill the yeast's
competition, they then thrive and increased yeast around the penis spread
the infection during intercourse. I was on ceclor for 30 days, then my wife
got the yeast.
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Did that FAQ ever got modified to re-define strong atheists as not those who
assert the nonexistence of God, but as those who assert that they BELIEVE in
the nonexistence of God? There was a thread on this earlier, but I didn't get
the outcome...
-- Adam "No Nickname" Cooper
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[stuff about hard to find atheist books deleted]
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QUESTION: what's your experience with car wash wax?
This is the liquid type of wax in bottles that you pour it in
water, sponge it on you car, hose it off, and dry it with cloth.
Many people have used it. It is very easy to work with and gives
seeminly the same visual results as that of paste type of wax.
But, does it last long? Does it have any negative effects to car
paint?
Can you forward your reply directly to my email id? Thanks.
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Ah, you taking everything as literal quotation. No wonder you're confused.
First, can I ask that we decide on a definition of "objective"?
And?
I'd guess that it might be.
It may be the case that some people are unable to evaluate complex moral
issues. Rather than leaving them to behave "immorally", it might be better
to offer them an abstract (nonexistent objective) system of ethics which they
can strive towards, coded into rules which they don't have to derive for
themselves.
I tend to feel that this is pretty much what we all have as morality
anyway...
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I have seen various references to 'triple des' recently. Could anyone
tell me what it is ? From context, I would guess that it means
encrypting each block 3 times, with a different key each time, but
I'd like to be sure.
Replies by email preferred - our news is unreliable.
Thanks,
Richard
--
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PGP Public Key available on request
--------------
--
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PGP Public Key available on request
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The x3270 at export.lcs.mit.edu supposedly does. I use another x3270
that was cleaned up by Brian Ward <ward@math.psu.edu> which adds better
color support, and cleans up _lots_ of bugs, as well as cut&paste.
I just put it on export.lcs.mit.edu, as x3270v2.65beta.tar.Z.
--Dave
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