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Though you can certaily assert all this, I don't see why it necessarily
has to be the case. Why can't hate just stay as it is, and not beget more?
Who says we have to get disgusted and start hating the sinner. I admit
this happens, but I donlt think you can say it is always necessaily
so.
Why can we not hate with a perfect hatred?
Certainly we should love even our enemies. Amos 5:15 says to hate the evil
and love the good. This can't contradict Christ's teaching. I think we tie
up both hate and love with an emotional attitude, when it really should be
considered more objectively. Surely I don't fly into a rage at every sin
I see, but why can I not "hate" it? | 18 |
6,901 |
Your doubts are unsubstantiated, have some faith in us..
Yes I agree.. Lets say I call my self a XXX. I go and shoot your family
in cold blood. Does that mean that XXX is responsible? No. I am.
People tend to associate others with color/creed/etc.. it is a form of racism.
| 2 |
6,902 |
1) It fixes some problems with MicroProse games. After leaving F-15 III it
would, in vain, try to find a floppy in drive A:. This has been fixed. I
don't know what other corrections were made.
2) It comes with an image of the original, in case things don't work.
3) Download glb05.exe. Format a bootable floppy disk, and don't put a
config.sys or autoexec.bat. Run the self extracting archive so all the files
explode to the disk. Run the file fsh.exe. It should be self-explanatory from
there.
Dan
P.S.: I was feeling extraordinarily generous once again, so I uploaded the
file to ftp.cica.indiana too..
| 5 |
6,903 |
I've always heard them referred to "horizontally opposed"...
Joe
| 4 |
6,904 |
No way -- gotta be Walter Johnson. All were with Washington.
Carlton spent too long in St. Louis to collect less than 700 there.
I'd also guess Hough due to his length of tenure though I suspect
Bobby Witt wasn't far behind. Maybe even Jenkins snuck in close....
Fingers had to have achieved 100 with either MIL or with SD so, yes,
I'd go with that guess. Otherwise I was thinking that Reardon has a better
chance of having 100 with MIN along with (I would think) easily reaching 100
with MON.
Gotta be Willie Mays...I am fairly sure he had over 300 steals in his
career.
Hmmm...Leary is a really good point. I'd forgotten about him. Well,
if nothing else, there are plenty of ex-Met pitchers in the category of
"could have lost to all teams" -- Koosman, Leary, Torrez, Ryan, Seaver....
I guess the best three guesses would be Leary, Ryan, and either Seaver or
Koosman.
| 11 |
6,905 | Tim Shippert recently posted summaries of last year's Defensive Average
stats in terms of the Linear Weights estimated run-value of defensive
performances, compared to league average. I've combined those with my
position-adjusted MLV numbers to come up with first-approximation total
run values for players last year. We can use these as a springboard for
reconsideration of the MVP award.
Major caveats: these numbers include no defensive park adjustment, so if
San Diego really is just a question of odd scoring or gopher holes in the
infield, that will cause some inaccuracies. The offensive numbers are
position-adjusted, but not park adjusted, so we have to deflate some and
inflate others to be fair. Finally, we still don't know what to do about
catchers, and I have no idea how to evaluate the defensive contributions
of Tony Phillips and Bip Roberts.
Having said that, there are still some surprises. Let's look National
League first. All numbers in total runs contributed over the season.
Player Offense Defense Total
Sandberg 44 32 76
Bonds 67 3 70
Walker 26 26 52
Justice 14 33 47
Daulton 44 ?? 44+?
Larkin 36 4 40
Grace 13 27 40
As I see it, these are the legitimate MVP candidates from last season.
If you deflate Sandberg's offense a wee bit for playing in Wrigley, you
get essentially a dead heat. Had Bonds been his usual defensive self, it
wouldn't have been close, but that apparently wasn't the case. Darren
Daulton needs 22 or more defensive runs to make up the offensive difference,
and I couldn't tell you whether that's easy or impossible. A good case
could be made for any of Sandberg, Bonds, or Daulton as top dude.
My personal vote: Bonds, Sandberg, Daulton, Walker, Justice.
In the American League:
Player Offense Defense Total
Ventura 22 34 56
Martinez 47 -1 46
B. Anderson 21 25 46
Thomas 47 -5 42
R. Henderson 25 16 41
Raines 17 23 40
Tettleton 33 ?? 33+?
OK, let's see a show of hands: how many of you picked Robin Ventura as top
player in the AL last year? I certainly didn't, but I'd have a hard time
arguing against him at this point. Yes, I know these numbers are only
approximate, but that's a big gap between him and the #2 guy. Also, those
of you who thought Rickey Henderson stank last year are out of your minds.
Once again, there's a catcher in the ointment. If calling a game is as
important as it might be, 23 runs is easy to make up (or give away). TAke
a guess, folks; I don't think we can do any better than that.
My personal vote (excluding pitchers):
Ventura, Tettleton, Anderson, Martinez, Henderson.
I'm a big Frank Thomas fan, but I have to admit to a bias in favor of
balanced offensive/defensive contribution, which should have a higher
leverage in W/L record than an equal shift that is lots of offense with
negative defense.
For the record:
Carlos Baerga 27 5 32
Roberto Alomar 35 -2 33
Forget it; it's a wash.
Let me also take this opportunity to admit that I was grossly wrong regarding
Don Mattingly's defense this past season. Don recovered brilliantly from his
weak '90 and '91 to end up with
Mattingly -1 17 16 runs
which is clearly an above-average first baseman. However, it's still 18 runs
behind Mark McGwire, 26 runs behind Frank Thomas, and 7 runs behind John
Olerud. On the other hand, it's ahead of Rafael Palmeiro, Cecil Fielder, and
every other AL first baseman not yet mentioned.
| 11 |
6,906 | Did anyone happen to see Peter Gammons on ESPN last night? He addressed
this exact issue, and dismissed it rather quickly. According to Gammons,
advanced scouts are reporting that Morris' fastball and slider still have
the same zip and that his problems this year are due to his sudden inability
to keep the ball hidden during his release. Guzman and Stottlemyre have
gone through similar stretches that have been cleared up succinctly by a
little work with the pitching coach. Gammons looks to see Morris back in
top form within the month.
I, on the other hand, still have my doubts. Morris' ERA last year was
rather high for a pitcher who won 20 games. His showing in the Series was
not surprising. Although I'm not convinced that he's washed up, I have my
doubts as to whether or not he can ever regain the form he had for the
Twins in '91. | 11 |
6,907 |
You are in the village. Many happy returns! Be seeing you! | 8 |
6,908 | Hi.
I'm not sure what the other guy (can't track down his post for his name)
was talking about when he made the claim that cobralinks are not adjustable.
They are. There's a space between each link where the "teeth" of the
locking head notch in. Thus, each link is a possible locking point.
Also, (and this is not applicable to hard-core thieves who cart around
liquid nitrogen and oxy-acetylene torches) the cobralinks "LOOK" a lot
more effective than kryptonite cable locks (IMHO) and I think the initial
appearance effect is more relevant to bored-joyriders-nominally-adept-at-
cracking-unsecured-bike deterrence, as long as the lock is nominally
functional.
Finally, I notice that when I ride with my leathers, harness boots, and
the cobralinks slung across like a bandolier (BTW, I've crashed in the rain
dressed like this and the lock didn't pulverize any vertebrae), cagers give
me a much wider berth, don't hassle me, and tend to avoid any potentially
inflammatory action at stoplights.
I love my cobralinks almost as much as I love my pre-80's Honda dinosaur.
(I think I have a pavlovian drool reflex-I put the lock on (i.e., on my
body) and I can feel the bike already shaking away).
My first post. What did I do wrong :)?
sang
DoD #0846
'80 CX500
p.s. any other CX500 owners out there? Please e-mail me. Got
questions about the weird handling on my bike.
| 0 |
6,909 |
Actually, this strife in Yugoslavia goes back a long way. Bosinan Muslims,
in collaboration with the Nazis, did to Serbians after the first world
war what Serbs are doing to Muslims now. This is not a fresh case of
ethnic cleansing but just another chapter in the continuing saga
of intense mutual hatred, destruction,... Not taking sides in this
perpetual war does not amount to religious bigotry. It could just
be helplessness with regards to bringing peace to a region that does
not even know the meaning of the word.
Satya Prabhakar | 2 |
6,910 | The Waco/Whacko Bar-B-Q caused me to remember an official explanation
from the Vietnam War. The 90s, liberal version is:
"It was necessary to incinerate the children in order to save them." | 13 |
6,911 |
This is a tricky situation; if the previous owner didn't inform
the dealer of the odometer change, then the previous owner committed
fraud, and he may be liable. The dealer may also be liable; If the
previous owner notified the dealer, or if the previous owner had the
dash replaced at a dealer, or if the previous owner had the dash changed
legally, any records search on the car should turn up the fact that
the odometer had been altered. If a dealer changes the speedometer, he has
to report it (it goes into the car's service record with the manufacturer,
and on the title, if I remember correctly; the dealer told me that
the old mileage, etc. were sent to Ford when my T-Bird's speedo
was replaced). If the odometer can be set to the old mileage, it must
be; if it can't (eg, electrically-driven odometers) then the mileage
of the old odometer must be written on a permanent sticker which is
affixed to the door frame of the vehicle.
Either way, if the change had been done legally, then a records search
(which the dealer almost certainly did) should have turned it up.
Call your state's Department of Transportation/Public Safety/Motor
Vehicles--or your tag agent--to find out for certain what your
rights are. Your state's Attorney General will know for certain ;-)
James | 4 |
6,912 | If available please send to
Glen Moore
Director
Science Centre
Wollongong, Australia
fax: 61 42 213151 email: gkm@cc.uow.edu.au
| 12 |
6,913 | 12 | |
6,914 | I have been scanning and trying to read the articles in the sci.crypt area,
but what do I get? SURPRISINGLY, the blurb comes upon the screen " file xxx
has either been cancelled or expired. Now I ask you, If it expired,
wouldn't it be out of the available file cache?
I am 32 and not a paranoid, but the older I get, the greater my cynicism of
both federal and state governments becomes.
The censorship of this Internet (and it is no less than censorship [stupid me, it's the GOVT.])
is ridiculous. The Japanese have far outstripped our ciphertechnology, and
our government is now, before your very observant eyes, trying to force the
"crypto standard" onto a framefork where the "standard" is now an ancient
relic in terms of modern Japanese security techniques.
Now, I pose the question: Why censor folks on the net and send the warning
shown above ("cancelled or expired") when it would be wiser to not let people
see the post at all??
Which Article of the Constitution gives me the right of revolution if things
seem to be going cockeyed??
Hmmm... | 3 |
6,915 | I don't seem to be able to get window positions reliably through
the XView xv_get() function:
x = (int) xv_get(my_frame, XV_X);
y = (int) xv_get(my_frame, XV_Y);
For example, if I set XV_X & XV_Y to 50,50 the frame comes up
in the correct position, with the top left corner (the size
handle) at 50,50. xv_get() returns 50,50 as well. But later on
xv_get() returns 5,25 without any intervening xv_set(my_frame,
XV_?). My frame is fitted around a canvas, and it turns out
(by measuring on the screen) that 5,25 is the position of the
first pixel in my canvas relative to the frame's origin. What
gives? Any help most appreciated!
Derek
P.S. On a related subject, is there any way of querying the
window manager as to the thickness of borders it puts around
frames, etc.?
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6,916 |
<clip clip>
Running MS-DOS or a derivative OS, obviously. Please take note that the
following is not what exactly happens, but a slightly simplified
explanation.
Technically, the IRQ line is only a means for the device (printer
adapter, SoundBlaster, modem, hard disk, ...) to signal the CPU that
"Something's happening here, please take note." How the CPU is
programmed to handle this signal is usually up to the operating system.
In MS-DOS, the "interrupt vector" is used to store the address of the
function that handles each interrupt.
Now, basic DOS doesn't care whether the printer reports that it's ready
to print some more stuff or not - it simply ignores the interrupt. When
DOS prints, it looks at the LPT buffer. If there's a character there,
wait a while and check again. If there's not, copy a new character to
the LPT port. Since the IRQ 7 is ignored as a printer interrupt, it's
free for use for any other adapters - in this case, the SB.
With any multitasking or otherwise advanced OS, this kind of printing
approach just doesn't work (or more precisely, it wastes a lot of CPU
cycles.) Hence, you can't "share" the IRQ 7 with LPT1 and SB if you're
running Unix or OS/2 or whatnot.
Another issue with the SB is that only the digitized sound uses
interrupts. When the SB plays plain music, the CPU simply tells it what
to play until told otherwise. With digitized sound the interrupt is
required to notify the CPU when the output ends and new data is
needed.
You can, however, hook two (or more) COM ports to one interrupt, but use
them only one at a time. This is because the interrupt handling routine
is same for both ports, and it can see from which port the data came
from. This, of course, applies for some other devices (like LPT) as well.
Remember, this was greatly simplified in parts, but I think gives the
general picture correctly enough.
Cheers,
| 5 |
6,917 |
It really bums me out that xv went shareware.
* XV is shareware for PERSONAL USE only. You may use XV for your own
^^^^^^^^^^^^
What does this mean anyway? Can I sit in a company
and look at pictures off the net in my spare time?
* amusement, and if you find it nifty, useful, generally cool, or of
* some value to you, your non-deductable donation would be greatly
* appreciated. $25 is the suggested donation, though, of course,
* larger donations are quite welcome. Folks who donate $25 or more
* can receive a Real Nice bound copy of the XV manual for no extra
* charge.
*
* Commercial, government, and institutional users MUST register their
* copies of XV, for the exceedingly REASONABLE price of just $25 per
* workstation/X terminal. Site licenses are available for those who
* wish to run XV on a large number of machines. Contact the author
* for more details.
Now since universities are institutions (right?), doesn't this mean that
most everyone in the world is affected by this? (I don't believe there
are that many running X windows at home yet, relatively speaking).
Can the author legally sell xv? Xv uses tiff and jpeg code developed
by others. Did the author get permission to sell these works? Did
the author also get permission from all the people who contributed to
xv to sell their work as well?
My guess is that now nobody is going to want to help the author
maintain the code anymore now that xv has become a commercial product,
and support for xv will begin to slide downhill.
If this is the case, then that's a bummer. I really liked xv.
| 6 |
6,918 | It has be reported that the National Baseball League has
been spotted in the West Bank; they were recruiting pitchers.
| 2 |
6,919 | : The Branch Davidians were not violent and were not planning to start
: violence.
:
: When the BD compound was assaulted by the ATF the BD did fire back.
: But they agreed to a cease fire and they allowed the ATF to care for
: their wounded. The BD even released the ATF agents they captured. It
: is clear from the release of the agents and allowing the ATF medical
: attention that the BD were not looking for trouble.
This is the first I've heard of the BD capturing and releasing ATF agents.
Is there any more info about this? | 19 |
6,920 | :
: Hams can legally run up to 1500 watts. It is very unlikely, however,
: that a ham would be running that kind of power from a car. Ham rigs
:
: Not possible either. You'd need about a 300 amp alternator for
: just the amplifier. I can just see it. You need to slow
: down on a downgrade, so you hit the push to talk button.
Well - 100+ amps anyway. Transmissions are generally for a short interval.
The battery would supply the rest. Of course, if you transmitted too much,
you would run the battery down.
It really would not be that much of a brake. Even at 50% efficiency, 1500
watts would only consume 4 horsepower. | 15 |
6,921 | A recent post bears the subject line:
> Re: Serbian genocide work of God?
The text contains 80 lines devoted to a defence of the doctrine of
predestination as applied to the salvation of individuals. There is
then a five-line post-script on the Balkans. It is natural and easy
to keep the Subject line of the post that one is replying to, but
when the focus shifts, keeping the same Subject can cause confusion.
This is intended as a general request. The post mentioned is just
the handiest example. | 18 |
6,922 |
Its bogus. See the sci.skeptic FAQ (I edit it).
You can diagnose some things by looking at the eyes. Glaucoma is the
Classic Example, but there are probably others.
Iridology maps parts of the body onto the irises of the eyes. By
looking at the patterns, striations and occasional blobs in the irises
you are supposed to be able to diagnose illnesses all over the body.
The two questions to ask any alternative therapist are:
1: How does it work?
2: What evidence is there?
The answer to question 1 takes a little knowledge of medicine to
evaluate. I don't know about iridology, but I've read a book on
reflexology, which is a remarkably similar notion except that the
organs of the body are mapped onto the soles of the feet. There are
supposed to be channels running down the body carrying information or
energy of some sort. Anatomists have found no such structures.
(Always beware the words "channel" and "energy" in any spiel put out
by an alternative practitioner.)
The answer to question 2 is rather simpler. If all they have is
anecdotal evidence then forget it. Ask for referreed papers in
mainstream medical journals. Ignore any bull about the conspiracy of
rich doctors suppressing alternative practitioners. Studies are done
and papers are published. Some of them are even positive.
The word "licensed" in the flyer is an interesting one. Licensed by
whom? For what? It is quite possible that the herbology is real and
requires a license: you can kill someone by giving them the wrong
plants to eat, and many plants contain very powerful drugs (Foxglove
and Willow spring to mind). It is not clear whether the license
extends to the iridology, and I suspect that if you ask you will be
told that it means "(Licensed herbologist) and iridologist".
BTW, the usual term is "herbalist". Why use a different word?
| 9 |
6,923 | which are them main trucking companeies and
their locations? do you have the name of ac
a contact person?
thanks.. | 4 |
6,924 | Hello Folks,
I'm very happy with my "new" R80GS. My range is 238 miles on 4.8 gallons...
that's 50 mpg!! Surprisingly, the bike is a real cruiser. I was expecting
something rough. She's a sweet backroad honey. And I can go pretty much
anyplace I'd take my mountain bike. As far as shaft effect, it's more a
torque effect from the crankshaft in my opinion. Rev it sitting still
(when the driveshaft is not moving) and the bike twists a bit. Maybe
I don't ride her fast enough to get a shaft effect, but in my opinion
a little buffeting by wind is of far greater consequence. Okay, here are
my questions:
1) Any recommendations for a home-made fairing? I'd like to keep the
wind off my chest, and perhaps my helmet, for comfort at highway speeds
(70 mph), yet don't want to (a) screw up the stability or (b) block my
vision too much for trail riding. Anybody have luck with two-piece
detachible fairings? I'd like to make it myself out of plexiglas.
2) I run two lights, the standard headlamp plus a sidelamp mounted on the
crash bar. The illumination's excellent that way, with a full beam coming
out from the level of the motor (left side); the lamp beam is linear so
that you get a bright streak of illumination from left to right, and it
really picks up the periphery (deer lurking, etc.) Combined with the
headlamp on high you can see like day. But I've heard that BMW alternators
don't crank out too much. Do I need to shut down the sidelamp when I'm
puttering around in the dirt at low RPM?
3) This is embarassing: I'm having trouble starting the bike first thing
in the morning. I invariably flood the carbs, then go in and read a section
of the paper, and then she starts right up. Is this a Zen thing?
4) The Hayne's manual says do not under any circumstances use gasoline
with alcohol additives... Yeah, right. What do you folks due to keep
the engine and carbs from being eaten by ethanol and methanol? Any
particular brands of gas that are best? Additives?
Thanks, | 0 |
6,925 |
I think this is a little extreme, i am concerned about a couple of things
i've seen lately. It seems to me that the government is *beginning* to
enforce political correctness. the first King verdict was polically incorrect
so the hell with constutitional protection from double jeopardy, try the cops
again. the BD's are far as i can tell didn't do anything wrong. nothing that
would justify the horrable end they were subjected too. they were simply
polically incorrect in the extream. i can't help but wonder "who's next" | 19 |
6,926 |
Here we go again.
======================================================================== | 9 |
6,927 |
For those who would like to know, the 6507 was a 6502 without IRQ or NMI,
and with only 13 address lines (giving 8K memory space).
Didn't know about it being called the 6526 - thats the CIA found in the
Commodore 64 (I don't believe this chip existed when the 2600 was around).
The TIA was mapped into the bottom 128 bytes of page 0, and shadowed in the
bottom 128 bytes of page 1. To get an image on the screen, you had to wait
until the raster line your picture started at, load bitmaps for this line
into the 'sprite' registers, tell them what x positions to take, how many
duplicates you wanted, etc, then do it all again for the next line. This
took all of the processor's time during the visible portion of the
display.
The RAM was mapped into the top 128 bytes of page 0, and shadowed in page
1. The 6502 has a zero-page addressing mode on most instructions that is
both shorter and faster than the normal ones, so it is important on a
machine like this to have the scratchpad RAM in page 0. Unfortunately, it
also wants its stack to be in page 1 (the stack pointer is 8 bits, and the
high byte of the address is hardwired to 1).
The IOT section was mapped into page 2 somewhere. 2 8 bit I/O registers
(can't remember if each bit could be independantly set to I or O like the
6522 and 6526), and 1(?) 8(?) bit timer with a programmable prescaler (I
think this was some power of 2). There were no interrupts in the system, so
many games would set up the timer at some known time, go away and do
something else for a while, then sit and wait for the timer to run down.
There was no logic in the box to do address decoding - the RIOT had at
least 2 chip select pins (probably one active high, one active low), and I
imagine the TIA was much the same. Various address lines were fed directly
to chip selects. The 6507 likes to have ROM right at the top of memory, so
the 2600 had to use ROMs with active high chip selects - not exactly
normal, so some cartriges had a 7404 in them to convert this to the more
usual active low chip select. | 15 |
6,928 | On 23 Apr 93 00:18:59 GMT, Clayton Cramer observed:
: # Can someone tell me why when Mr. Cramer spouts on about homosexuals,
: # he only addresses homosexual men, and never, in any post I've read,
: # addressed lesbians? Granted, I stopped reading all his posts long, long
: # ago, so perhaps I missed something.
: Because women very, very seldom molest children.
Un-hunh. Yeah. Right. Sure.
You know that list of things that are stereotypically American -- Mom,
apple pie, etc.? You don't hear too many stories about Mom being
a child molester, because such stories would simply be unAmerican.
But that doesn't say that it doesn't happen.
| 13 |
6,929 |
Not to muslims :)
That could be arguable.. (for bandwith and flames sake, I wont say more)
It is a civil war, but the serbian generals who allow rape are not fighting
fair. Yah I know .. war is hell .. those serbian generals are propretuating
both..
Lines and bordres .. money .. power .. fear ..
Let's change canadian bordres while we are at it :)
I see this as civvil war..
(sp borders)
Possibly.. I do agree that it is a civil war, which makes the donation of
humanitarian aid even more complex... I mean serbs are bleeding too and I heardthat a few croats had raped serbian women.. (unconfurmable at this point)
| 2 |
6,930 | I've recently uploaded to cica the current (v2.8) version of the working
model of MicroCal Origin, a scientific and technical 2D/3D graphics and data
analysis package for Windows 3.x. The working model is 2D only and puts a
promo message on hardcopies, but is largely identical to the full version.
Saving Origin files is disabled, but you can save ASCII data sets produced
with Origin. It also says it has an expiration date of Sept. 1, 1993.
Try it. You may like it, as I do!
It's currently in /pub/pc/win3/uploads as ORIGIN.ZIP. | 17 |
6,931 |
I am familiar with the project. It is the Onboard Shuttle Flight
Software Project. This software controls the Space Shuttle During
all dynamic phases as well as on-orbit.
It has ultra-high reliability and extremely
low error rates. There have been several papers published on the
subject and I'll collect some references. There may be an
article in the IBM Systems Journal Late '93, early '94.
There is no magic formula. We did it with dedicated and disciplined
folks who worked to put together a process that finds and removes errors
and is corrected based on errors that "escape". We present a
one day overview of our process periodically to interested folks.
The next one is May 19th in Washington, D.C. I can fax specifics
to those who are interested.
Bret Wingert
Wingert@VNET.IBM.COM | 12 |
6,932 |
I have a 5FG and think it is great. I haven't seen the Nanao's so I
can't compare, but the 5FG image is very sharp and the color contrast is
*extremely* good. I've used other Trinitron monitors (e.g. a Sun SS2 color
monitors, which is a 19" Trinitron), and think the 5FG is at least as good,
perhaps brighter, and has *none* of these silly horizontal lines running across.
BTW, I could be wrong, but I thought that the 5FGe is slower as well
as missing ACCUCOLOR. It may not be able to handle 1280x1024 the way the 5FG
can. | 5 |
6,933 |
Thanks for the etymology lesson, but I actually know what "orthodox" means.
You're avoiding my question, however, which was: From what body of theology
does your version of orthodoxy come? You seem to simply be saying that
whatever *you* understand the Bible to say is "orthodox."
You are obviously mistaken, since many, many people have read the Bible and
many do not agree with you on this point. Once again, Robert, is your
interpretation the only "correct" or "orthodox" one?
This whole string began as a response to your attacks on Mormonism; no one
is attacking your personal beliefs, only your tendency to present them as
"orthodoxy." I don't much care *what* you believe about the Bible; just don't
present you personal understanding as the only "orthodox" one.
I have never attacked your specific beliefs -- that's *your* approach,
remember?
Stating that other people who depend solely on the Bible have other views
is indeed proof that the Bible can be interpreted many ways, which has been
my whole point all along. The specifics of your belief are your business;
just don't pretend that they are anything more than your personal
intepretation, and be careful about crying "heresy" based on your private
belief system.
| 8 |
6,934 |
well, i have lots of experience with scanning in images and altering
them. as for changing them back into negatives, is that really possible?
scanning and altering is no big deal. i don't know what types of
features you have in your version of photoshop. but the one i use
(which, incidentally is on a quadra) has gallery effects and all types
of other neato stuff.
i'm just wondering why you would want to put your images back into
negatives, because once you print the image out-that's your print.
do you know what exactly your aim is in all of this? like, are you
doing this just for fun, for a business, to gain more computer
knowledge, for a project you're working on....
otherwise, i guess i don't know if i'd be helping or not by posting info
on scanning and stuff.
ok? cool.
seeya | 7 |
6,935 | : Here's a hypothetical question... If Clayton said something like "all
: those niggers are really stupid." (Please don't be offended, I'm not racist
: but merely using an example of Clayton's malign logic). And then said he
: read a report that a lot of blacks in inner cities dropped out of school, I
: bet he wouldn't have your support. Yet he can claim that all homosexuals are
: dishonest, evil, lying child molesters without *PERSONALLY* having a single
: homosexual friend or acquaintance and you'll sit there and support him.
: God created a place for bigots. It's called Hell and Clayton is going
: to burn there for a long time. I pray for him to find in his heart the
: Christian values he espouses so that he can learn to love his gay brothers
: and sisters, because anyone with so much hatred in his soul coulld never
: be righteous.
There is a difference between supporting Claytons opinions and supporting
his right to speak. I want you to know that you cannot educate and/or
elevate ones understanding by calling him names. Clayton has an opinion
which in his mind is as valid as any opinion anyone else on the net has.
If you were to walk up to black person to talk about blacks in the inner
city and began the conversation with "Those niggers in th.......". You
would lose the attention of that black person by the time you spoke your
second word. All name calling and derisive remarks do is turn off the
audience you are trying to address. Clayton is guilty of that and as
such has distracted attention away from his message to bits and pieces
of his conversation. I don't understand why people want to repeat his
mistakes!
| 13 |
6,936 | 19 | |
6,937 | I would appreciate it if someone could volunteer to verify the shots on goal
and save percentage numbers for me, so I can put these stats on the archive
site. Contact me by mail if you want to volunteer.
Here are the individual goalie stats as of: Wed Apr 21 09:09:38 CST 1993
These stats include games up to and including the Sunday previous to the date
listed above. They have been verified against what is printed in my newspaper
every Tuesday. They don't print shots and save percentage numbers, so those
are not verified. These stats are available by mail every weekday and
sometimes on weekends, if I'm in town and I can get late game results. Just
send me a note if you would like to receive these stats by mail.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions, let me know.
Randy
-------
MP = Minutes Played, GA = Goals against,
SO = Shutouts, GAA = Goals against average
W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties
SOG = Shots on Goal, SV = Save Percentage
MP GA SO GAA W L T SOG SV TM Player
=======================================================
1 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 1.000 WAS Byron Dafoe
11 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 3 1.000 HAR Corrie D'Alessio
40 1 0 1.50 0 0 0 19 0.947 MTL Frederick Chabot
25 1 0 2.40 0 0 0 10 0.900 BOS Mike Bales
2781 116 2 2.50 25 15 7 1287 0.910 TOR Felix Potvin
4106 177 7 2.59 41 18 11 1879 0.906 CHI Ed Belfour
1322 64 1 2.90 9 8 4 596 0.893 BOS John Blue
996 49 2 2.95 6 7 1 414 0.882 CHI Jim Waite
3702 186 4 3.01 43 14 5 1889 0.902 PIT Tom Barrasso
3890 196 1 3.02 29 28 9 2194 0.911 STL Curtis Joseph
1817 94 1 3.10 18 8 4 858 0.890 VAN Kay Whitmore
1429 75 0 3.15 11 10 4 716 0.895 BUF Dominik Hasek
3194 168 3 3.16 37 14 3 1354 0.876 BOS Andy Moog
1311 70 1 3.20 14 4 1 629 0.889 CAL Jeff Reese
3595 192 2 3.20 31 25 5 1813 0.894 MTL Patrick Roy
168 9 0 3.21 1 1 1 87 0.897 HAR Mike Lenarduzzi
1193 64 0 3.22 13 4 2 522 0.877 DET Vincent Riendeau
1785 96 2 3.23 17 7 4 938 0.898 TOR Daren Puppa
3880 210 4 3.25 34 24 7 1898 0.889 DET Tim Cheveldae
3732 203 2 3.26 29 26 9 1805 0.888 CAL Mike Vernon
2655 146 1 3.30 22 20 2 1314 0.889 NYI Glenn Healy
3359 185 1 3.30 24 24 6 1726 0.893 BUF Grant Fuhr
2757 152 4 3.31 20 18 7 1519 0.900 NYR John Vanbiesbrouck
3282 181 1 3.31 27 23 5 1531 0.882 WAS Don Beaupre
3476 193 3 3.33 26 26 5 1683 0.885 MIN Jon Casey
3261 184 3 3.39 28 21 5 1620 0.886 VAN Kirk McLean
2672 151 2 3.39 19 21 3 1322 0.886 NJ Chris Terreri
1433 81 1 3.39 17 5 1 686 0.882 MTL Andre Racicot
1939 110 0 3.40 18 9 4 947 0.884 QUE Stephane Fiset
2512 143 5 3.42 20 17 6 1329 0.892 PHI Tommy Soderstrom
1368 78 0 3.42 13 7 2 691 0.887 PIT Ken Wregget
542 31 0 3.43 5 4 0 225 0.862 BOS Reggie Lemelin
2988 172 0 3.45 29 16 5 1525 0.887 QUE Ron Hextall
2253 130 0 3.46 17 15 5 1067 0.878 NYI Mark Fitzpatrick
3855 227 2 3.53 33 26 6 2119 0.893 WIN Bob Essensa
1601 96 0 3.60 15 10 2 777 0.876 WIN Jim Hrivnak
1596 97 1 3.65 10 12 5 803 0.879 MIN Darcy Wakaluk
1591 97 0 3.66 7 19 2 757 0.872 TB Wendell Young
1163 71 0 3.66 8 10 1 573 0.876 TB JC Bergeron
2389 146 2 3.67 21 16 4 1180 0.876 NJ Craig Billington
1210 74 1 3.67 8 8 2 628 0.882 STL Guy Hebert
1302 80 2 3.69 8 12 0 664 0.880 WAS Rick Tabaracci
664 41 0 3.70 5 6 0 344 0.881 BUF Tom Draper
224 14 0 3.75 1 2 1 116 0.879 NYR Corey Hirsch
1769 111 1 3.76 13 11 5 932 0.881 PHI Dominic Roussel
2105 134 1 3.82 13 19 3 1184 0.887 NYR Mike Richter
157 10 0 3.82 1 2 0 78 0.872 NYI Danny Lorenz
3753 240 1 3.84 17 38 6 2069 0.884 EDM Bill Ranford
1735 111 0 3.84 15 8 4 987 0.888 LA Robb Stauber
2718 175 2 3.86 18 21 6 1545 0.887 LA Kelly Hrudey
154 10 0 3.90 0 2 1 66 0.848 QUE Jacques Cloutier
867 57 0 3.94 5 9 1 499 0.886 HAR Mario Gosselin
532 35 0 3.95 6 4 0 294 0.881 LA Rick Knickle
2268 150 1 3.97 8 24 4 1197 0.875 TB Pat Jablonski
2074 142 1 4.11 7 26 0 1250 0.886 SJ Arturs Irbe
2656 184 0 4.16 16 27 3 1470 0.875 HAR Sean Burke
1338 93 0 4.17 9 12 2 763 0.878 EDM Ron Tugnutt
1326 95 0 4.30 2 17 1 743 0.872 OTT Daniel Berthiaume
802 59 0 4.41 3 9 0 405 0.854 PHI Stephane Beauregard
3388 250 0 4.43 8 46 3 1711 0.854 OTT Peter Sidorkiewicz
65 5 0 4.62 0 0 1 39 0.872 CAL Andrei Trefilov
1373 111 0 4.85 4 15 1 784 0.858 HAR Frank Pietrangelo
73 6 0 4.93 0 0 1 34 0.824 WIN Mike O'Neill
60 5 0 5.00 0 1 0 46 0.891 SJ Wade Flaherty
2000 176 0 5.28 2 30 1 1220 0.856 SJ Jeff Hackett
930 86 0 5.55 2 14 1 559 0.846 SJ Brian Hayward
160 15 0 5.63 0 3 0 91 0.835 TOR Rick Wamsley
20 2 0 6.00 0 0 0 7 0.714 WAS Olaf Kolzig
90 10 0 6.67 0 2 0 44 0.773 OTT Darrin Madeley
249 30 0 7.23 0 5 0 146 0.795 OTT Steve Weeks
98 13 0 7.96 0 2 0 51 0.745 LA David Goverde
45 7 0 9.33 0 1 0 21 0.667 TB David Littman
| 16 |
6,938 | From article <1993May1.092058.1@aurora.alaska.edu>, by pstlb@aurora.alaska.edu:
Since this was posted on comp.ai, I assume there is an AI angle to this. Hacking is
what AI students do when they're really supposed to be doing something else, e.g.
thesis research & write up, getting their supervisors' pet programs to run properly,
etc. No-one gets much glory for hacking, and no-one gets any money out of it.
Producing good free software requires an enormous investment of time & resources that
not many people can, or want to, afford - particularly during a recession.
In addition, over the last 10 years, I think there has been a de-emphasis on producing
running programs in AI research, and a greater emphasis on more formal approaches to
problem-solving. Students have been proving theorems instead of writing programs.
At a conference a year or two ago, Johann de Kleer suggested that everyone should
'Get back to the keyboard' and write more programs that demonstrate their ideas -
and I have to say I'm inclined to agree.
(I don't claim to be a superhacker, but I don't think that invalidates my remarks.
And I'm sure this isn't the whole story.)
| 7 |
6,939 |
: So to most of the computer users in the world MS product symbolize
: quality. MS has made their life easier, and more productive and to them
: that is quality. They do not care about what innovative things MS has
: done, other than to make their life with a computer one heck of a lot
: easier. You may know better than most computer users in this world
: but that will not change their perception.
None of this changes the fact that MSW3.1 is objectively inferior to its
competition.
I have begun to learn in life that the masses never choose the best option
available to them-- they choose the one which they have been conditioned to
think is best. I'm glad I'm not one of them. | 17 |
6,940 |
[Text Deleted]
I have, my thesis was on Sun Tzu.
More to the point:
Those who are called the good militarists of old, could make opponents
lost contact between front and back lines, lose reliability between
large and small groups, lose mutual concern for the welfare of the
different social classes among them, lose mutual accomodation between
the rulers and the ruled, lose enlistments among the soldiers, lose
coherence within the armies. They went into action when it was
advantageous, stopped when it was not.
Today it is. Sitting on your hands will get you nowhere in this battle.
uni@acs.bu.edu | 3 |
6,941 | Last two copies of silverlining 5.42 from La Cie for sale. This
is disk management software. Lets you evalulate/test hard drive,
install and test drivers, partition disks (supports AUX, ProDos, etc).
Nice piece of software to have around the house. If you are interested
please email your offers. First good offer also gets MacTree disk
organization software free. | 1 |
6,942 |
Back your statments with proof, or shut up.
Again, back your statements or shut up.
Hmm... Tell me, did you go to the Mickey Mouse school of logic? You have
just stated that there are not many homosexuals as Kinsey reported in his
survey (and the surveys of the Kinsey Institute since). Then you say that
the reason many young people are promiscuous is because homosexuals form
a large part of that group, or there are some homosexuals whose lives
consist of having sex, with no gaps for eating &c. Using *your* logic
it would seem to suggest that on average gay men have about 2000 partners each
a week! Try to think through your arguments carefully. Or then again, not,
because I like to laugh every now and then.
Hence the argument cannot be resolved using this data. Next point, please.
This depends on the premise that there are only three types of behaviour: gay, bi
and hetero. This has yet to be proved. See an earlier post about the Kinsey
Institute of grading. This, although rough, seems more logical. Also you use
"this would show", defining a fact and not an assumption. Again, back your
statements or shut up.
| 13 |
6,943 | CNN just reported the ATF and the FBI have begun killing everyone in the
United States. A press release stated this action was required because
bugs had revealed that many people were doing something illegal in their
homes, and statistical data indicated that those who weren't might someday
do something illegal. An ATF spokesperson, just before he shot himself, stated
that "this would clean up things once and for all".
If the citizens can be gathered into groups of more than 100, the FBI has
indicated they will "burn them, just like we did those kooks in Waco".
It hasn't been decided how the new proposed "energy tax" will enter into
this, an IRS representative stated "We're looking at the tax code to determine
if taxes really end at death. With this many dead Americans, we don't want
to overlook anything". An ATF agent ran into the room, and shot her. | 19 |
6,944 |
It is completely clear. You have to assume that each byte that was encrypted
by this 'Clipper Chip' has been compromised.
Some people wondered, why Denning, Hellman and others did not respond,
when asked what would be done about such compromised phones, or if
compromise could not be restricted in time. (I did too) Let us just assume
that a) They do not know and b) Those who know don't tell and c)
They do not care. It seem's to be an 'Other Person's Problem' ...
gec | 3 |
6,945 | ITEMS FOR SALE - PRICE LISTED OR BEST OFFER!!!!!!!
KFC SVGA Monitor 1024X768 .28DP Non-interlaced 14"
Screen, still under warranty! (Brand New) $ 275.00
1200 Baud Compuadd Modem Box/docs/software $ 15.00
CGA Monitor with Cga/Parallel Card $ 30.00
SCO UNIX V3.2.2 Unlimited User OS, has the base
and extended Utilities, and UUCP $ 125.00
Turbo C/Turbo C++ The complete reference book. $ 15.00
Serial I/O Card 1 serial Port $ 10.00
Joystick, three button $ 10.00
IDE Controller with 2 Serial, 1 parallel and one
Game port. $ 10.00Each | 1 |
6,946 | I am wondering how to change the English fonts in an existed
API to some multi-bytes fonts ? (such as Chinese, Japanese...)
Someone told me X11R5 supports some internationalization
features, but I cannot find any examples for my need. Is there
anybody has done some similar jobs ?
By the way, all the English fonts should be replace by Chinese or
Japanese fonts, that means in windows, menubar, button....
That will be great if someone can share us what you have done.
Thanks in advance. | 6 |
6,947 |
A friend of mine had the same problem, it turned out that his floppy was
set up as a 5 1/4 1.2Mb drive instead of 3.5 1.44Mb.....
might help...
Matt.
-- | 5 |
6,948 | 9 | |
6,949 | please subscribe me. | 6 |
6,950 | I went out and bought the PAS16 yesterday, and installed it into my Gateway
DX2-66V. I followed the instructions and set the SB side with DMA 1 and IRQ5
(the default) and then the PAS side with DMA 5 and IRQ 10. My question is how
should I configure for MPU-401 compatibility. The manual and installation
program recommended IRQ2, but on my machine it is configured to [cascade] to
IRQ8-15. So can I still use IRQ2, or should I choose a different one? Right now
I have the MPU-401 emulation mode turned off. Actually what is this "cascade to
IRQ8-15" business?
A related questions (to other GW or VL-bus machine owners) I was told that
only DMA 5, 6, 7 are 16 bit DMAs, and 0-4 are 8 bit DMAs. Now what about
32-bit VL-bus mastering DMAs?? Which DMA channel(s) is used by the VL-bus
extension to do 32-bit DMA?
Yet another question, after installing PAS16, my Links (golf game) will hang
the machine when I select SB mode and run, but works with Adlib mode??
Civilization however works fine ( at least so far). Any body knows what I might
have done wrong? | 5 |
6,951 | The European version is called 200 SX and have a 1.8 liter engine with
turbo and have more power than the US version ( 169 HP ); it goes from
0 to 100 Km/h in 7.5 sec and have a top speed of 225 Km/h ( 140 miles/h ).
I just purchased one ( new ) and I am looking for a repair book. I could
not find one in FRANCE and GERMANY; does anybody knows where to find one ?
Is there one in the UK ?
Probabaly no use to look in the US as the 240 SX have here a different motor.
I am very pleased with the car and have no problem with it; but like to have
good technical documentation about the car I own. | 4 |
6,952 |
[ ... my stuff deleted ... ]
Bill, you seem to have erroneously assumed that this board has as its
sole purpose the validation of atheism. It doesn't. This board is
used to discuss atheism as a philosophy, to share posters' experiences
regarding atheism, to debunk various theisms and theism as a whole, to
share resources relating to atheism, and even to socialize with others
with similar views. And of course with the number of theists who come
here to preach, it is also used to argue the case for atheism.
If you want to accuse people of lying, please do so directly. The
phrase "deliberately mistaken" is rather oxymoronic.
The two forms of theism most often discussed here these days are
Christianity and Islam. Both of these claim to make their followers
into good people, and claim that much of benefit to humanity has been
accomplished through their faiths. IMHO they are right. The American
Friends Service Committee (Quaker), Catholic Relief Services, Bread
For The World, Salvation Army soup kitchens, and Mother Theresa spring
to mind. (Can someone with more knowledge of Islam supply the names
of some analagous Islamic groups?)
When Mother Theresa claims that her work is an outgrowth of her
Christianity, I believe her. Her form of theism ascribes to her deity
such a benevolence toward humanity that it would be wrong not to care
for those in need. The point is that such a philosophy does have the
power to change the behavior of individuals; if it is widespread
enough, it can change societies.
The same works for the horrors of history. To claim that Christianity
had little to do with the Crusades or the Inquisition is to deny the
awesome power that comes from faith in an absolute. What it seems you
are doing twisting the reasonable statement that religion was never
the solitary cause of any evil into the unreasonable statement that
religion has had no evil impacts on history. That is absurd. | 14 |
6,953 | If we can't avoid throwing out gut-reactions to what we see as "extremist"
views here in the newsgroup, we're certainly not going to be any better at
it in the real world. Hey, it easy here. After reading the offending post,
we can step back, take some deep breathing exercises, have a gallon of
ice cream (or sex, whichever calmsus), and reply in something other
than the usual king-of-the-hill mentality.
Perhaps, starting here with an immediate "accusation" is not a particularly
good way to generate open responses? How about explaining what you see as
being Israel's *real worries* and how they *need* to be addressed? Since
the "other side" sees Israel's "gestures" in a completely different light
than you do, perhaps "they" also have *real worries*. From their point
of view, what are they? How can those worries be addressed?
It is certainly much harder to "reach compromise" (or, even sit down
and talk with...) an other side which is fractured into several
different ideologies, each with its own set of "demands". While it is
up to "them" to generate unity on their side, is there anything that
Israel can do (without sacrificing its security, its position) to
encourage that unification along lines that Israel prefers?
| 2 |
6,954 | Stephen A. Creps writes to All:
[...]
SAC> Also, we know that
SAC> the Bible says that _everyone_ must be baptized to enter Heaven.
Where exactly does it say that?
SAC> _Everyone_ includes infants, unless there is other Scripture to the
SAC> contrary, i.e. an exception. Since there is no exception listed in the
SAC> Bible, we must assume (to be on the safe side) that the Bible means what
SAC> it says, that _everyone_ must be baptized to enter Heaven.
I think we do see an exception in the case of Cornelius and his
household, mentioned in Acts. Of course, they were baptised, but only
after "God showed that He accepted them by giving them the Holy
Spirit". This means they were already acceptable to God before their
baptism, and had they suddenly died they would have gone to heaven.
In case that seems far-fetched - an ancestor of mine was a missionary
who worked among the Hereros in Namibia. Some of the tribesmen were
jealous of Christianity, and they poisoned the first convert before he
could be baptised. Surely he still went to heaven? I'm inclined to
agree with a comment recorded at the time: "It is not the neglect of
baptism, but its contempt, that condemns."
Mike | 18 |
6,955 |
Some women might say, "Death". How about "life, with no hope of parole"? | 19 |
6,956 |
Greg, no flame intended, but you have no discernible sense of
humor. What Bill wrote was intended to be funny. It's called a
"joke", Greg. Look into it.
Besides, Kirilian photography is actually photography of my
friend's two-year-old son Kiril. Perhaps you meant "Kirlian"?
| 9 |
6,957 |
Funny, Brent, but so far we have heard two versions of the "facts:"
1) What the government says. This includes what the government says that
two survivors have said.
2) What Koresh's lawyer (who was actually inside the compound) says,
including what he says that most of the survivors have said.
Strange, but they seem to disagree in most important particulars.
If anyone has actually seen news reports of any of the survivors
speaking first-hand, feel free ot pitch in. I may have missed it.
But my money is that their story will sound a hell of a lot like
case 2, and not at all like case 1.
-- | 19 |
6,958 |
Talk to Philip Greenspun. He took Ford to court recently and, despite much
manouvering and trickery on Ford's part, he won! Well, actually I think
Ford settled out of court on the provision he shut his mouth and stopped
causing them trouble. I love it when the little guy wins. I don't have
Philip's address anymore, but a "Philip, where are you" call may bring him
out of hiding.
Cheers,
Paul. | 4 |
6,959 |
: |>You might visit some congregations of Christians, who happen to be homosexuals,
: |>that are spirit-filled believers, not MCC'rs; before you go lumping us all
: |>together with Troy Perry.
: |>
: Gee, I think there are some real criminals (robbers, muderers, drug
: addicts) who appear to be fun loving caring people too. So what's
: your point? Is it OK. just because the people are nice?
The point is not about being "nice." "Nice" is not a christian virtue. The
point is that the gifts and fruits of the spirit (by their fruits you shall
know them- Mt 7:20) are manifested by and among prayerful, spirit-filled
GAY christians. It was the manifestation of the spirit among the gentiles
that convinced Peter (Acts 10) that his prejudice against them (based on
scripture, I might add) was not in accordance with God's intentions.
: I think the old saying " hate the sin and not the sinner" is
: appropriate here. Many who belive homosexuality is wrong probably
: don't hate the people. I don't. I don't hate my kids when they do
: wrong either. But I tell them what is right, and if they lie or don't
: admit they are wrong, or just don't make an effort to improve or
: repent, they get punished. I think this is quite appropriate. You
: may want to be careful about how you think satan is working here.
: Maybe he is trying to destroy our sense of right and wrong through
: feel goodism. Maybe he is trying to convince you that you know more
: than God. Kind of like the Adam and Eve story. Read it and compare
: it to today's mentality. You may be suprised.
Of course the whole issue is one of discernment. It may be that Satan
is trying to convince us that we know more than God. Or it may be that
God is trying (as God did with Peter) to teach us something we don't
know- that "God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears
him and does what is right is acceptable to him." (Acts 10:34-35). | 18 |
6,960 |
I leave the anti-semitism to anti-gun types like Holly Silva. I have in
fact been calling for the disbanding of the BATF for quite some time.
It is an outlaw agency run by incompetants who only have contempt for
the laws which they supposedly enforce.
I attribute the acts of the FBI to stupidity. I attribute the acts of
the BATF to malice. So did Senator Dennis DeConcini when he held
hearings about their misconduct.
| 19 |
6,961 |
Yes, the IIci has 32-bit clean ROMs. | 10 |
6,962 | Hi all,
I think the subject says it all - does anyone know how to take the rgb/h/vsync from a standard vga connector and record them on video tape??
Any help is appreciated!
Mark J Cargill | 15 |
6,963 |
[re. Conner's questioning of the blissful afterlife as a reason why many
joined the early Xian church]
Do you mean Hyam Maccoby's _The Mythmaker_?
| 14 |
6,964 | University of Toronto
Instructional and Research Computing
is sponsoring a technical presentation
on Visualization Software
_A_d_v_a_n_c_e_d _V_i_s_u_a_l _S_y_s_t_e_m_s (_A_V_S) _S_o_f_t_w_a_r_e
2:10 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday, May 6, 1993
Sandford Fleming Building
Room 1105
"Advanced Visual Systems will present this technical seminar on
AVS, the world's leading visualization software package. AVS is
a point and click, module driven, easy-to-use product that
produces full color, two or three dimensional rendered scenes for
interactive observation. It is supported on all current Unix
RISC platforms from Sun, SGI, IBM, H-P, DG, and DEC. It also
runs under DEC VMS.
"AVS is in its fourth year on the street and is very mature. All
fields of science, engineering, medicine, and even business
applications now use AVS. This seminar will focus on its many
features in technical detail during a half hour slide
presentation. Following a question period there will be a live
demonstration using a Sun SPARCstation. In addition, a new AVS
program called CAMPUS will be introduced at this meeting.
"Also discussed will be the International AVS Center, which
provides an on-line repository of over 1000 graphics modules at
the North Carolina Supercomputer Center in Raliegh, NC. AVS has
imbedded tools to write one's own customized modules should these
not be available with AVS or from AVS International."
_S_p_e_a_k_e_r_s
The scheduled speaker for this presentation is Mr. Paul
Ecklund of Ecklund Associates, the distributor of AVS in
Canada. | 7 |
6,965 |
pmy> ...Anyway, I've often wondered what business followers of Christ
pmy> would have with weapons.
fc> Didn't Christ tell his disciples to arm them selves, shortly
fc> before his crusifiction? (I believe the exact quote was along the
fc> lines of, "If you have [something] sell it and buy a sword.")
"If you have a purse" it was.
fc> Certainly, Christ said,
fc> "Think not that I am come to send peace on earth: I came not to
fc> send peace but the sword. For I am come to set a man at variance
fc> against his father, and the daugher against her mother..."
fc> [Matthew 10 34-35]
Yes, He said this, but the sword that Jesus brought was the sword of
the Word of God, which divides between those that believe, and those
who do not, even right down a family.
Mark
--
Mark TOWFIQ | Business/Urgent: towfiq@Microdyne.COM +1 508 392 9953 (fax 9962)
Other: towfiq@Justice.Medford.MA.US +1 617 488 2818 | 8 |
6,966 | 9 | |
6,967 | First you find a congenial member of the opposite sex ...
--
Thomas Clarke
Institute for Simulation and Training, University of Central FL
12424 Research Parkway, Suite 300, Orlando, FL 32826
(407)658-5030, FAX: (407)658-5059, clarke@acme.ucf.edu | 15 |
6,968 |
What paper is that? It's been on the price list here at Dartmouth
since they released it and it has never been called the "DuoDock Plus." | 10 |
6,969 | Don't worry about this -- they'll drop you like a hot potato after you do
make a claim. They'll just make filing the claim a pain, but it will end
when they leave you in the lurch.
More than that. GEICO funded the company that developed LIDAR. When locals
showed a reluctance to BUY the units, GEICO started giving them away. I
know they've given units to the Florida Highway Patrol, County Sheriff's a
and some local governments.
The real question is why? This is the hook. GEICO, and other Ins. Co.s can
tell which drivers represent risk. This is a determination they can make
AFTER YOU receive a speeding ticket from one of GEICO's LIDAR units. Most
drivers do not represent increased risk even after a ticket or two, but
this gives them the opportunity to RAISE RATES FOR EQUAL RISK. It's called
extra profits. They also know how silly the NSL is, and how it is almost
universally ignored. Driving in excess of the NSL gets you a ticket, an
increase in your rates, points on your license --- but it doesn't make you
a riskier driver to insure.
Like the sound of this? Like the people who thought up the scheme? Go GEICO! | 4 |
6,970 | ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Most fellow Diamond video board owners with whom I've corresponded may
or may not share your opinion about the proprietary clocking scheme, but
all of those with whom I've chatted have NOT been thrilled with the
Window's drivers, either. Some modes work fine, but others cause
strange misdrawn objects, trails, etc. Many have also voiced their
strong discontent to Diamond's ambivalent attitude toward OS/2 drivers.
Come to think of it, though, I hear and see a lot of complaints about
the ATI boards too, though recent word looks like the build 59 code looks
much better.
Does ANYONE have an accelerated video board with drivers for Windows
(OS/2?) where ALL the modes function properly? Anyone? Anyone?
Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com)
Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address. | 5 |
6,971 |
The point about its being real or not is that one does not waste time with
what reality might be when one wants predictions. The questions if the
atoms are there or if something else is there making measurements indicate
atoms is not necessary in such a system.
And one does not have to write a new theory of existence everytime new
models are used in Physics. | 8 |
6,972 |
this is a bad idea. my machine is on 24 hours a day, but it's actually
_doing_ things 24 hours a day. i use it as an all purpose alarm clock,
scheduler, i've got routines that run in the middle of the night, phone
calls it makes during the day when i'm out. if your machine is _on_ 24 hours
a day, then you can count on it to be _working_ 24 hours a day. i could call
it from work and download a file that i might need, i could call it from
work and have it turn the lights on if i'm going to be late (oops, more
wasted electricity -- but conversely, i could have it turn the lights
_off_). heck, i suppose i could even connect the microwave and have dinner
ready when i get there. | 10 |
6,973 |
JUst use xloadimage instead (or xli). | 6 |
6,974 |
Corel Draw 4 will be able to do this as it will include the Photopaint stuff that
the PC version got with version 3. Don't hold your breath though.
--
Chris Lilley
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Technical Author, ITTI Computer Graphics and Visualisation Training Project
Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Road,
Manchester, UK. M13 9PL Internet: C.C.Lilley@mcc.ac.uk
Voice: +44 (0)61 275 6045 Fax: +44 (0)61 275 6040 Janet: C.C.Lilley@uk.ac.mcc | 7 |
6,975 | I am applying for an NSF grant to buy equipment for a laboratory...
The lab will need to support C (or Pascal) with graphics tools...
We can run the lab either on PC's or DEC equipment ---
If you are familiar with appropriate products (software/hardware) and precise
prices. Please contact
shai@lcc.stonehill.edu
We are interested in any available acadmic discounts....
Also, if anyone runs a lab using similar software/hardware, I would be very
interested in hearing your opinions of its success
Thanks | 7 |
6,976 |
I just ordered my subscription today. Call MacWeek's Customer Service
Dept. at (609) 461-2100 and quote some plastic. If you forget the number,
it's included in the statement of ownership, which is on the contents
page of the copy I have. A one year subscription costs $99.00 in the U.S,
Canada, or Mexico. I was told my first issue would arrive in 4-6 weeks. | 10 |
6,977 | if you want to annoy geico, call them up...give fake name...but real car
specs..get a quote and then tell them they are more expensive than your
current state farm/allstate insurance. they will still send you quote etc.
then you can tear up their quote and stuff it in the prepaid return
envelope and mail it back to them. actually they were $12 more than my current
state farm rates.
| 4 |
6,978 | Is there a way to connect a PowerBook 145, Mac IIsi, and Personal LaserWriter
LS so that I can (not necessarily silmultaneoulsy) print from either the IIsi,
or PB, and file share between the IIsi and PB?
I know I can get the ($expensive$) LW NT upgrade for my LS, but I can't afford
that... | 10 |
6,979 |
: >Hello DoD'ers et al.,
: >I need some advice on inner tubes in tubeless tyres.
: > Barry Manor DoD# 620
: Spend the bucks and get a new tire.
: ----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
I second the commend from Dr. Speed, get a new tire. It's like your
brakes, something you don't want to take chances with. I waited too long
to take care of my front tire once and it went flat on me, doing 70 MPH
going down the grapevine towards Bakersfield. At that instance, I would
of given any amount of money for a new tire. I'm lucky to be here. | 0 |
6,980 |
When I needed heated grips I made them from pieces of an old bicycle
inner tube and a cheap electric heating pad from the drugstore, on top
of foam grips: soft *and* warm. Cheaper by about a factor of 5, too. | 0 |
6,981 | Jason Lee asks:
You must have heard wrong. His arm is still sore. He hasn't gone on the DL,
but he may. Managmenet is treating him as a day-to-day situation.
His doctors thought that he was ready, and they had him throw in
Colorado, but his arm wasn't up to the strain. He is throwing every day,
but he's just not quite ready to pitch full strength yet.
(This is based on an interview that he gave on WFAN NY radio on Thursday,
4/23) | 11 |
6,982 |
Corel Draw will do it; version 2 onwards. If you have version 1 perhaps an
upgrade is in order.
Another alternative would be to use a different bureau that can take PostScript.
--
Chris Lilley
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Technical Author, ITTI Computer Graphics and Visualisation Training Project
Computer Graphics Unit, Manchester Computing Centre, Oxford Road,
Manchester, UK. M13 9PL Internet: C.C.Lilley@mcc.ac.uk
Voice: +44 (0)61 275 6045 Fax: +44 (0)61 275 6040 Janet: C.C.Lilley@uk.ac.mcc | 7 |
6,983 |
Wow! You got me thinking now!
This is an interesting question in that recently there has been a
move in society to classify previously "socially unacceptable" yet legal
activities as OK. In the past it seems to me there were always two
coexisting methods of social control.
First (and most explicit) is legal control. That is the set of
actions we define as currently illegal and having a specifically defined set
of punishments.
Secondly (and somewhat more hidden) is social control. These are
the actions which are considered socially unacceptable and while not covered
by legal control, are scrictly controled by social censure. Ideally (if
socialization is working as it should) legal control is hardly ever needed
since most people voluntarilly control their actions due to the pressure of
social censure.
The control manifests itself in day-to-day life as "guilt" and
"morality". I've heard it said (and fully believe) that if it weren't for
the VAST majority of people policing themselves, legal control would be
absolutely impossible.
Lately (last 50, 100 years?) however there has been a move to
attempt to dissengage the individual from societal control (ie. if it ain't
illegal, then don't pick on me). I'm not saying this is wrong, merely
that it is a byproduct of a society which has:
1) A high education level,
2) A high exposure to alternative ideas via the popular media,
3) A high level of institutionalized individual rights, and
4) A "me" oriented culture.
I guess what I'm saying is that we appear to be in a state of transition,
here in the western world in that we still have many ideas about what we can\
can't allow people to do based entirely on personal squeamishness, yet we
are fully bent on maximizing individual freedoms to the max as long as
those freedoms don't impinge on another's.
IMHO society is trying to persue two mutually exclusive ends here. While we
appreciate and persue individual rights (these satisfy the old
territoriality and dominance instincts), the removal of socialized,
inherent fears based on ignorance will result in the
continued destabilization of society.
I got no quick fix. I have no idea how we can get ourselves out of this
mess. I know I would never consent to the roll-back of personal freedoms
in order to "stabilize" society. Yet I believe development of societies
follow a Darwinian process which selects for stability. Can we find a
social model which maximizes indiv. freed.'s yet is stable? Perhaps it is
possible to live with a "non-stable" society?
Anybody see a way out? Comments?
PS. Therefore answer to question #3: We don't. Do we want to?
Phil Trodwell | 14 |
6,984 | I understand the when one is in orbit, the inward force of gravity at
one's center of mass is exactly balanced by the outward centrifugal
force from the orbiting motion, resulting in weightlessness.
I want to know what weightlessness actually FEELS like. For example, is
there a constant sensation of falling? And what is the motion sickness
that some astronauts occasionally experience?
Please reply only if you are either a former or current astronaut, or
someone who has had this discussion first-hand with an astronaut.
Thanks!
| 12 |
6,985 | I am, at long last, going to replace my beloved 512ke.
I am looking at a new LC III and a used IIci. Prices
have yet to be worked out, so I'm just thinking right now
about their merits and drawbacks.
Here's what I've thought of:
The IIci has much greater potential for expansion, a la NuBus and
greater memory capacity.
The LC III would be new, under warranty, newer ROMs (is the IIci
"32-bit clean"?), and would have sound input. I also like the
"pizza-box" case.
Performance-wise, I have read that they are almost identical, the
LC III being a little slower.
So, which should I get? | 10 |
6,986 | I have a Turbo Grafx 16 game system with the add on CD-ROM system forsale. I want to sell the Turbo grafx, Turbo CD, Turbo pad, and Y's Book I and II (CD) for $100. I'll split the S&H charges. Please reply by e-mail to jth@bach.udel.edu. | 1 |
6,987 | Please don't post uuencoded bitmaps here. If you want to do so, put them
in the alt.binaries.* areas. These files are very large and may crash
some users newsfeeds. It's also a waste of band width. Also, we all
know how to convert .gif to .bmp with many programs so it'd really not
worth posting all of these .bmp files.
- thanks
| 17 |
6,988 |
CCW's are issued at the discretion of the police chief, so it varies
town by town.
In my town, forget about anything more than "target and sport" (carry to
and from the gun club / hunting area only) unless you're Mr. Moneybags
with Large Daily Deposits. ("Your life isn't worth shit, but your money --
now, that's important.") In other towns, they treat law abiding citizens
like adults.
Secret game hint: you never know when the rules will be changed -- a change
in police chief can throw a town from either side of the board to the other
-- fun for the whole family!
Some chiefs will grant you a "personal protection" permit if you have been
attacked or threatened. Some other blue-suited assholes have been known to
count this as a NEGATIVE against applicants.
It's a crap shoot, and your rights are the stakes.
-- | 19 |
6,989 |
THe bowler is John Burkett, who went to 4-0 last night. He is
a bargain pickup on my roto team, I got him at a minimum of $5.
This is not really true. Excluding last season, the Giants
has been a better 2nd half team. In 1991, they had a hot August
to pull to within a few games of the Braves and Dodgers before
fading in September.
The Giants may go back to earth, but not as fast as last
season for two reasons:
(1) Barry Bonds
(2) Roger Craig is no longer the manager. Dusty can manage
his pitching staffs much better than Craig. | 11 |
6,990 |
ESPN never committed (and I never saw advertised) to a particular
Thursday game. They had originally scheduled Bos-Buf, and that was
somehow leaked on this net, but to my knowledge ESPN never publicly
released a schedule until Monday when they announced Pitt-NJ Thursday
and Boston-Buffalo Saturday. | 16 |
6,991 |
Ah, but the illusion in football is that there is always lots of action and
a sense of urgency because of the game clock (not all the time, but it happens
when there's less than 5 minutes to go quite often). This sense creates
drama, even when there may not necessarily be any and that holds a viewer's
attention. In baseball, only 3 players are involved in the action for about
(here comes a wild guess) 70% of the time? And they're just playing a
sophisticated game of catch/hold-the-ball/step-out-of-the-box/adjust-chains/
touch-self-in-interesting-locations. There's a lot of "dead time" with the
players warming up between innings or the manager visiting the pitcher at the
mound or the manager removing the pitcher and bringing in a relief pitcher
who then takes (8? 10?) pitches or Helen Dell playing the organ (Dodger fans
will appreciate that one). To the non baseball junkie this is boring.
At any rate, I'm not putting baseball down for this - I've been an avid
fan since I can remember - it's just that watching a baseball game on
T.V. at home can be tedious for the non baseball junkie. That's what Major
League Baseball and the networks are trying to address when they talk of
shortening the game. It's because of T.V. not because "football has more
action than baseball".
| 11 |
6,992 | -| In article <C65oIL.436@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
-| Okay. Name one single effect that Kirlian photography gives that
-| can't be explained by corona discharge.
Dozens of very funny postings to sci.image.processing
[of which this may not be one :-]. | 9 |
6,993 |
What is wrong with "the Spirit talking to Himself." Jesus intercedes
for us, and Romans 8:26-27 tell of how the Spirit intercedes for
us before God. That is no theological problem. Tounges as a prayer
language finds support in I Corinthians 14:14-18.
Its true that this could be (and has been) used as a rug to sweep
any difficulties under. But it is a valid point. Paul does mention
angelic tounges in the verse.
If the languages we sepak are the result of Babel, then it stands to
reason that angels would speak a different language from us. You do
have a valid point about multiple angelic languages. But angelic
beings maybe of different species so to speak. maybe different species
communicate differently.
I have heard an eyewitness account, myself. Such things are hard to prove.
They don't lend themselves to a laboratory thing very well. I don';t
know if it is a very holy thing to take gifts into a laboratory anyway.
That's an unprovable statement. How can you prove if somethings been proved?
There is no way to know that you've seen all the evidence. Once I
saw an orthodontists records complete with photographs showing how one of
his patients severe underbite was cured by constant prayer.
John G. Lakes once prayed for someone and saw them healed in a laboratory,
according to "Adventures in God." Its an interesting book. | 18 |
6,994 | I've come across a circuit from Integrated Circuit Systems Inc
called a GSP500. This chip genlocks a VGA card to a dual input
NTSC signal.
The output from this chip is basicly a pixel clock, and has various
speeds. I notice that it outputs a 28mhz clock.. can this output be
used on an Amiga system?
And must it be NTSC/VGA or can it be NTSC/NTSC ?
Any simple circuits to boost an NTSC to a VGA signal?
Need to genlock a laser disc to my 31khz video.
-John
| 15 |
6,995 |
My apologies for the typo - I meant the Wings had 5 power plays in the
first period and the Leafs none.
As well, my point isn't that the refs were biased, just that they were
calling a lot of penalties, which works to the benefit of the Wings.
Having the ref call a whole bunch of penalties against one team then
calling a bunch against the other to "make up for it" takes a lot away
from what could have been a great game.
| 16 |
6,996 | I have osteoarthritis, and my huband has just been diagnosed with diabetes
(type II, I guess--no insulin).
I've been trying to read up on these two conditions, and what really
surprises me is how few experiments have been done and how little is known.
Losing weight appears to be imperative for diabetes and advisable for
arthritis (at least, for -women- with arthritis), but, of course, the very
conditions that make weight loss advisable are part of the reason for the
weight gain.
For myself, I'm almost afraid to lose weight, because no matter how gentle
and sensible a diet I use (the last one was 1800-2000 calories, in about
eight small meals), the weight won't go off gradually and stay off.
Instead, it drops off precipitously, and then comes back on with much
interest, like bread on the waters.
With this experience, it's hard to be encouraging to my husband. All I can
suggest is to make it as gradual as possible.
Meanwhile, some experts recommend no sugar, others, no fat, others, just a
balanced diet. It's almost impossible to tell from their writings -which-
parts of their recommendations are supposed to help the condition, and
which are merely ideas the expert thinks are nifty.
Is it my imagination, or are these very old conditions very poorly
understood? Is it just that I'm used to pediatrician-talk ("It's strep;
give him this and he'll get well.") and so my expectations are too high?
| 9 |
6,997 | 15 | |
6,998 |
You wouldn't have to put my name at the bottom if you simply appended a
standard disclaimer that the opinions expressed in your petition in no
way claim to represent the views of either rec.sport.hockey or the internet
as a whole. You have surely seen these disclaimers appended to the postings
of many who work for companies and post on the net. The disclaimers, clever
though some of them may be, are there for a reason.
-- | 16 |
6,999 | From article <ardie.313.736188058@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, by ardie@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Ardie Mack):
EMM386 is NOT reqired to load the DOS kernal high (or else you couldn't
do it on a 286). In a mail message I recommended that he remove it
since he only runs ProcomPlus frequently in DOS, and I suspect
EMM386 will slow down windows. | 17 |
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