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How can I capture ButtonPress/ButtonRelease events in multiple clients?
I want to know if the user is still at the display before locking the screen.
I can get KeyPress/KeyRelease and Pointer motion events, but if the user
is pressing the mouse button in the same location (the mouse doesn't move)
I can't capture the events.
The O'Reilly Xlib Programming Manual (vol. 1) says on page 252;
"Only one client can select button events on any one window at one time,
due to the grab that automatically takes place."
Any help would be appreciated.
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do not, and i repeat, do not, cross post the following subjects to
soc.culture.iranian:
Re: Jews Supports Serbs
Re: Arab Leaders and Bosnia
Re: HizbAllah in Bosnia
Re: The Stage is Being Set
that's all we need here; more bigotry and hate! believe me,
we have already reached our quota for the year. try again
next year.
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Yup, it's not all that difficult to do.
The Panasonic cartridges aren't bad, but they aren't spectacular.
Don't mount it on the side. Call up Crown, the company that has the
patent on the PZM, and ask them for information on construction and
use of the things. You may have to determine the correct spacing
emperically with a noise source and a spectrum analyzer because the
design of the Panasonic cartridges uses a tuned cavity in front of
the electret element to increase the high frequency response, and you
are going to be altering the resistance through the cavity entrance.
Crown has a nice book on the subject, though it's unfortunately rather
short on mathematics. There's a JAES article from many years back, too.
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There is a correction to the note I posted for today's update:
This is how it read:
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Of course, last Saturday was April 17th. People who requested those scores
should receive them by Friday the 23rd. Thanks.
Joe Hernandez
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Joseph Hernandez | RAMS | | /.\ ******* _|_|_ / | LAKERS
jtchern@ocf.Berkeley.EDU | KINGS | |__ | | DODGERS _|_|_ | | RAIDERS
jtcent@soda.Berkeley.EDU | ANGELS |____||_|_| ******* | | |___| CLIPPERS
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Two meg. sim that came from a PB100 for sale. I am asking $60 (postage
included). If you are interested please e-mail me via internet. If you do
not
have internet availability you may contact me at 301/468-0241.
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I bought mine at the MOW storefront.
Its not plastic, its woven material.
but I think you miss the point.
its not about the five bucks in your pocket, its about supporting the
march and helping to pay for all the printed materail and scehdulkes and
organisation and...
all leading up to the literal *birth* of Queer visibility in this country.
up to this point all our news coverage has been driven by events thatb
happen to us.
this event is happening by our direct action.
of course the last MOW was the same thing but they ignored us.
I guess that was just labor pains.
perhaps they will ignore us again, in which case we will come in
even largeer numbers next time.
Lst night in DC there were so many queers out and about you could hardly get
in any place.
I suspect thatb over the next two days that will become exponentially
larger.
To my mind this is a physical bsuting down of the collective closet of
queer invisibility.
the five bucks is insignificant.
LUX ./. owen
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Hi,
I've tried to get rid off XDM's ugly Login window by giving it a 'cool'
backgroundPixmap ressource. As Login is derived from Core, this should be
possible. Anyway, setting xlogin*backgroundPixmap:/a/b/c.xpm did not
produce any message of the form 'cannot convert String to Pixmap' and
explicitely registering such converter lead to nothing, too.
Any way to do it ?
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Hi,
I'm an avid dieter and the new miracle drug seems to involve thermo-
genics. The drug is claimed to stimulate the brown fat to burn food
creating eat as opposed to the fat being stored. There are all sorts of
warnings about fevers, elevated blood pressure and heart rate, ect..
The silver lining is that apparently some weight loss does not
require a change in diet. Is this possible? Are the pills dangerous or just
hoaxes?
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So why not condemn the Mufti for his Nazi leanings, and condemn all his
supporters, while also condemning the similarly genocidal killing of
innocents, Muslim or not, in Bosnoia-Herzegovina? Hatred and bigotry
remain just that, no matter who practices them.
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Elias Davidsson writes...
ED> dear pete,
ED>
ED> for one who is so zionist as you, you should at least know your
ED> hebrew, young man.
ED>
ED> The last sentence in your posting should read:
ED>
ED> Medina achat leshnai amim (not Echad medionnot leshtai amim).
ED>
ED> I don't want to address your comments. They speak for themselves.
ED>
ED> best regards from a Palestinian of Jewish origin who talks, reads and writes
ED> Hebrew and does not hate Jews nor anybody else.
ED>
ED> Elias
The above claim that you do not hate anybody may not be quite
true. The falsity of this statement is easily visible in the
intellectual corruption that dominates everything you post in
this group. Your complete lack of objectivity toward Israel,
and Jewish identity in general, reveal biases that indicate a
great steaming heap of hatred!
You certainly have shown a genuine hatred for honesty and for
objectivity. You repeatedly post items or quotes removed from
their original context so that they can be used to further an
agenda of rabid opposition to the very existence of Israel.
You have used this dishonest technique to paint a false image
of several Israeli leaders. I can't say if you actually HATE
these leaders, but the lies and misrepresentations of them do
suggest that you have a visceral prejudice against them.
So, while you claim that you do not hate anybody, there is an
ample body of evidence to suggest that this claim of yours is
false. It is obvious that you hate Israel, and it is evident
that you hate the Jewish people.
And, if you are Jewish, you are a self-hating Jew. There can
be no doubt of this. Although you will call upon your Jewish
background in an effort to claim the high moral ground, there
is no doubt that you would like to see the Jewish people fade
away completely, as a people. Your advocacy of intermarriage
for the purpose of dissolving the Jewish people is proof that
you hate the Jewish people.
And by your effort to superimpose the meaninglessness of your
own Jewishness on all Jews, you've clearly demonstrated to me
that you hate yourself.
* * * *
"Who is a Jew? A person whose integrity decays when unmoved
by the knowledge of wrong done to other people."
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I am planning to convert my Motif 1.2 app from pixel to font units
which would all be set in the app's resource file instead of hard coded
in the program.
However, the word here is from people who tried this already that for
some unknown reason XmForm offsets placed in the resource file are still
interpreted in pixel units forcing people to code those offset font units into the program.
Can somebody confirm this?
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Astronomy & Space magazine's UK telephone newsline carries the times to
see the Russian Space Station Mir which will be visible every EVENING (some
time between 9 o'clock and midnight) from April 27 to May 7. It's about as
bright as Jupiter at its best. There are two cosmonuats on board.
For the time to watch, tel. 0891-88-19-50 (48p/min peak 36p/min all other
times, but prediction is at start of the weekly message so it only costs a
few pence).
E-mail reports of sightings would be appreciated: give lat/long and UT (a
few seconds accuracy if possible) when it passes ABOVE or BELOW any bright
star (say brighter than mag. 3), planet or Moon.
With Moon in evening sky also, note that from somewhere in U.K. Mir will
pass in front of the Moon each night! Please alert local clubs to the
telephone newsline, and general public as Mir can cause quite a stir!
-Tony Ryan, "Astronomy & Space", new International magazine, available from:
Astronomy Ireland, P.O.Box 2888, Dublin 1, Ireland.
6 issues (one year sub.): UK 10.00 pounds, US$20 surface (add US$8 airmail).
ACCESS/VISA/MASTERCARD accepted (give number, expiration date, name&address).
(WORLD'S LARGEST ASTRO. SOC. per capita - unless you know better? 0.033%)
Tel: 0891-88-1950 (UK/N.Ireland) 1550-111-442 (Eire). Cost up to 48p per min
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I downloaded the file xv221exe.zip from the site someone posted here.
It contained the files:
CJPEG.EXE
DJPEG.EXE
XV.EXE
When I tried to run it, it just said
"Couldn't run go32.exe"
and halts.
What's the matter with this?
Are there some files missing in the .zip?
What is go32.exe?
any help appreciated.
bye,
Wolfram
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Im trying to find a site that has UPDATED(daily) stats more the
National league. I'll take both leagues but I'm really interested in the
National league.
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From article <1r1i7mINN4n4@cronkite.cisco.com>, by kmac@cisco.com (Karl Elvis MacRae):
I agree that the Toyota is the best looking I just didn't fit plus it is the
highest cost of all the ones you mentioned. I have good friends who have all
three of the trucks you talked about, the ones with kids all went to the
ford because of the room required to carry a couple of kids and all the junk
you need. The single ones went for the Toyota and the Nissan. Every one has
been happy with what they bought. Although no one is into serious four wheel
off road driving.
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I recently read in a book that the TIFF version 6.0 specification was due
to be released in the spring of 1992. I am interested in finding out about
the new features of the TIFF spec (and if it is out). Specifically, I need
to know if TIFF 6.0 supports VQ decompression and/or image
tiling.
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First of all I'm still baffled what you possibly could have
found racist in my argument for freedom of speach. I did not
mention names, nationalities, countries let alone races.
You are right in that Virginia.edu does not have a
thought police like Israel.nysernet.org seems to. I didn't know
that you guys are getting a privelege by the Israelis by
getting "the means to speak publicly". Virginia.edu lets EVERY
student regardless of their opinion to speak their mind.
Virginia.edu is true to its founding father, Thomas
Jefferson the author of the bill of rights, in allowing freedom
of speach. Sorry you guys in israel have a hard time with the
concept.
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ya know that kind of funny cause I've seen Kariya on Campus
with a Sharks hat on.......
Pat Ellis
P.S. GO BRUINS GO UMAINE BLACK BEARS 42-1-2 NUMBER 1......
HOCKEY EAST REGULARS SEASON CHAMPIONS.....
HOCKEY EAST TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS>......
PAUL KARIYA, HOBEY BAKER AWARD WINNER.......
NCAA DIV. 1 HOCKEY TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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; I am a serious motorcycle enthusiast without a motorcycle, and to
;put it bluntly, it sucks. I really would like some advice on what would
;be a good starter bike for me. I do know one thing however, I need to
;make my first bike a good one, because buying a second any time soon is
;out of the question. I am specifically interested in racing bikes, (CBR
;600 F2, GSX-R 750). I know that this may sound kind of crazy
;considering that I've never had a bike before, but I am responsible, a
;fast learner, and in love.
Responsible and in love? I believe that's a contradiction
in terms.
Unless you're really brave (read: "reckless") a 500cc sport
bike will go way faster than you dare for at least your first
year of riding. Getting more than that really is overkill,
as you'll never even want to use it. The following bikes
can be bought (and repaired!) cheaply, are easy for a novice
to manage, and are plenty high performance:
Kawasaki EX-500
Honda VF-500 "Interceptor"
Suzuki GS-550E
The 0-100mph time of the EX-500 at full throttle is "way
sooner than you're ready for it". :-) With something
as small as a 250, you'd probably be wishing for more
power pretty quickly (unless it's a TZR or RGV :).
Now, I'm not saying that you're 100% certain to kill
yourself immediately with a 600f2 or a GSXR-750. Plenty
of people have started riding on those bikes and done
just fine. What I am saying is that it's a waste of
money, and a waste of perfectly good plastic when you
drop the thing learning how to balance while stopping.
You'll never get the throttle more than half open
anyway, so why spend the extra 2000 bucks?
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Another one rescued from the bit bucket...
Over the years the furor over this book has been discussed on a.a. and
elsewhere on the net. Generally, the discussion comes down to the
contention on the one hand that TSV contains such blood libel against
Islam as to merit, if not death, than at least banning and probably
some sort of punishment; and on the other that Rushdie, particularly
as a non-muslim in a Western country, had every right to write and
publish whatever he chose, regardless of whether some muslims find it
offensive, without fear of persecution or death.
I am naturally inclined to the latter position, but find myself in an
interesting position, because I think this is a fine book, only
incidentally concerned with Islam, and moreover I'm damned if I can
find anything malevolently offensive in it.
Over the years, when I have made this point, various primarily muslim
posters have responded, saying that yes indeed they have read the book
and had called it such things as "filth and lies", "I would rank
Rushdie's book with Hitler's Mein Kempf or worse", and so on.
Unfortunately, these comments are usually generalities, and attempts
to follow up by requesting explanations for what specifically is so
offensive have met either with stony silence, more generalizations, or
inaccurate or out-of-context references to the book [which lead me to
believe that few of them have actually read it]. Corrections and
attempts to discuss the text in context have been ignored.
Anyway, since I seem to be the only one following this particular line
of discussion, I wonder how many of the rest of the readership have
read this book? What are your thoughts on it?
--
Jim Perry perry@dsinc.com Decision Support, Inc., Matthews NC
These are my opinions. For a nominal fee, they can be yours.
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A person with a Schatzki's ring (a membrane partially blocking the
espphagus) has worsening dysphagia (difficulty swallowing) and the
doctor proposes dilation by balloow or bougie (using an inflatable
balloon to rupture the ring or a rubber hose to push through it.
Question: is balloon dilation safe, common, and indicated? It sounds
pretty invasive.
Yes, this is a common and safe procedure. The majority of Schatzki's
rings described by x-ray, however, wnd up being due to inflammation
instead of the congenital Schatzki's ring. Occassionally a cancer
masquerades as a ring. You should have the endoscopy to see if it
is due to the heartburn, and if so, you will need treatment for the
heartburn ong term. The balloon dilation is an alternative to cutting
open your chest and cutting out a section of the esophagus, so dilation
is not at all invasive, considering the alternative.
3 to 4 years, and once was symptomatic from them, with some
lightheadedness.
He is young, (30-ish), thin and in good
I' not an expert on heart problems, but PVC's are common and have been
overtreated in the past. My personal experience, and I have the same
history an build you do (related to the heart, that is), is that my PVC's
come and go, with some months causing anxiety. Taking on more fluids
seems to help, and they seem worse in the summer. Remember that a slow
heart rate will allow more PVC's to be apparent, so perhaps it is an
indication of a healthy cardiac system (but ask an expert about that
last point, especially)
Good luck, hope we don't die of arrhythmias. (God, what a happy thought)
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Hello, Brycen ?!
I'm a Norwegian journalist student - and also a Christian. Thanks for your
testimony! But I want to ask you one question: What do you think of Heavy
Metal music after you became a Christian? You know there are Christian bands
like Barren Cross, Whitecross, Bloodgood and Stryper, that play that kind of
music. I like some of it, I feel like it sometimes. Of course I listen to
the lyrics too. I don't listen to any Christian band, but it's better than
listening to secular music anyway.
Hope you're still going strong - with Christ!!
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Absolutely. Early XS1100's were VERY good at this.
Don't try it on your Virago unless you already are purty good at
it or like the smell of exploded clutch.
--
Go fast. Take chances.
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I'm working at a workstation which is usually attached to a Novell
network (using shell version 3.22, I think). The workstation, a 386, was set
up to run Windows 3.0 with the network about a year ago. Needless to say,
I'd like to upgrade it to Windows 3.1, and have it work with the network.
Basically, the Windows files'd be on the local hard drive, but
several DOS applications, like Word Perfect, will be on the network. I'd
mainly want Windows to access the network drives, the network printers, and
perhaps handle some network functions as well. If I could multitask the DOS
apps whose executables are on the network, that'd be great, but I could live
without it.
Eventually, I'd like to get a few other 486s in the office working
with the network and Windows 3.1 as well. (However, most of the terminals
are 286s, which leaves the network pretty much DOS-bound, and I guess that
leaves out Windows for Workgroups.) And in the future, maybe there'd be
Norton desktop, but that's gettingahead of myself.
As you can guess, I've never done anything like this before. I've
read through the networks material that came with Windows, but still, I'd
like to know if anyone out there has any experience in such an area.
Please reply by Email. I don't scan these newsgroups often.
Thanks for any replies.
Brian "Rev. P-K" Siano revpk@cellar.org
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A friend of mine (who's probably reading this right now) just bought a new
Yamaha Virago 750. After spending 1-2 hours very late one chilly evening
watching him struggle with the bolts (had to remove the right peg, loosen
the brake pedal, &c. &c.) I've pretty much decided never to get this
particular model unless he or someone else wants to change the oil/filter
for me. Compared to the 5-minute change he was used to for his Honda, this
is just a design flaw/oversight in my eyes.
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Please remove me from this mailing list - we finally
got our news feed!
Ron L.
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Well, so are we, and we see it completely different than you. Guess it's a
matter of perspective.
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I really don't want to get into a DidSo-DidNot debate with you. But
this is somewhat at the heart of our disagreement. I did not say,
nor did I imply, that I could predict the future. You have inferred
that my comments meant this, and you have based your rebuttal of my
comments on the fact that statistical studies have demonstrated that
there is no reasonable basis for predicting future performance in
regard to clutch hitting.
Sabo 1539 452 .294 259 59 .228
Samuel 1564 383 .245 278 83 .299
That is *your* opinion that Sabo is "clearly a better hitter" than
Samuel. The above data is for a 4-year period ending last season.
Last season Samuel batted .272 while Sabo hit .244 (not park adjusted).
This season they are both hitting below .200, albeit Sabo with more
at bats. I will agree that over his career Sabo has been a better
hitter than Samuel, but I will also remind you that Samuel has been
a better hitter in certain situations than Sabo.
I did not predict that Sabo would choke, nor that Samuel would get a
hit. I expressed my opinion that had I been the Reds manager (or
even a Reds fan) that I would prefer to have Samuel hit in that
situation than Sabo.
Ah. "properly". Yes. I see.
Please help me. What, exactly, is "everything else" that pointed to Sabo?
I must say, I was not aware of the publication. Can you email me the
information regarding its availability?
And I guess I must apologize to all of those who have done extensive
study on, say, supply side economics. I didn't mean to insult you.
But I never did believe you were on the right path. I'm sorry for
my contrary opinion/position. I also regret that I don't have the
ability to prove that you are wrong. But you are.
It is what it says it is!
The "second" is *your* statement, not mine.
Well, actually, I haven't yet. But I'm not finished looking.
That is, I haven't yet found someone who hit significantly below
his overall batting average in clutch situations for the years
1989 - 91, and then reversed that relationship in 1992.
Nope. Sorry. But if you were interested in a reason why I expect
Chris Sabo's ability to hit in the clutch to correlate from one
year to the next, I think I could. If you were interested in a
reason why I expect Joe Carter's ability to hit in the clutch to
correlate from one year to the next, I think I could. But you're
not interested in that, because you think that those conclusions
could only be valid if they could be extrapolated over the entire
baseball population. And they can't be.
The problem here is that I *do* believe you. I accept your work.
I believe that trying to predict future clutch performance based
on prior clutch history is meaningless. No better than a coin toss.
I actually *do* accept your work.
As it happens, I also have an *opinion* that in certain situations,
for certain players, a history of superior or inferior ability to
hit in the clutch might suggest a reason what such history could be
valid in projecting future player performance. For that player.
And Chris Sabo is one such player.
Well, since I defer to your statistical wisdom, I think I must have
an open mind. Now we have to pose the same question to you.
-- The Beastmaster
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I have a bayonet in the factory scabbard from a Swedish Mouser mounted to
the handlebars of my Zuki'. That 10" blade and my long arms do quite well
thank you.
----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====----
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About six years ago my ears clogged up with wax, probably as a
result of to much headphone use. Anyway, the clinic that cleaned
them out used the following procedure:
1. Inject olive oil into ears.
2. Prevent leakage of oil with cotton.
3. Come back in an hour.
4. Rinse ears with warm vater, forcefully injected
into ear (very strange sensation).
5. Done.
They had special tools to do this, and were evidently quite
familiar with the problem: Very large steel syringe. Special
bowl with cutout for ear to take the grime coming out without
spillage.
Seconded,
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Well, I seem to have struck an interesting discussion off. Given that I
am not an astrophysicist or nuclear physicist, i'll have to boil it
down a bit.
1) ALl the data on bursts to date, shows a smooth random distribution.
2) that means they aren't concentrated in galactic cores, our or someone
elses.
3) If the distribution is smooth, we are either seeing some ENORMOUSLY
large phenomena scattered at the edge of the universe said phenomena
being subject to debate almost as vioent as the phenomena
OR
we are seeing some phenomena out at like the Oort cloud, but then it needs
some potent little energy source, that isn't detectable by any other
current methods.
4) we know it's not real close, like slightly extra solar, because
we have no parallax measurements on the bursts.
5) the bursts seem to bright to be something like black hole quanta or
super string impacts or something like that.
So everyone is watching the data and arguing like mad in the meanwhile.
what i am wondering, is this in people's opinion, A NEW Physics problem.
Einstein got well known for solvingthe photoelectric effect.
Copernicus, started looking at irregularities in planetary motion.
Is this a big enough problem, to create a new area of physics?
just a little speculative thinking folks.
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Diesels fall into the same emissions mythology as alcohol fuels. The main reason
they are considered "cleaner" is because they are better at the emissions we
actually measure and regulate. But they also contribute additional emissions
which have long been determined to be as harmful, but no suitable control or
limits have been defined.
Current evidence is pointing to most visible smog actually being diesel emissions
and suspended particles and less of a photo-chemical reaction. Diesel particulates
are now becoming a major concern in decreased lung capacity. And alcohols emit
signifcantly more aldehydes (a known carcinigen) than gasoline. The evidence
is mounting that while we have been beating the gasoline engine to death, we may
have been ignoring the effects of the alternatives.
And anyone who thinks diesels are so great, should go and spend a few hours in
rush hour traffic in some cities in Europe. There the stench of the diesels is
awful and it can even burn the eyes.
Diesels being clean is only relative to our current standards.
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For discussion of Nikolai Tesla (who else??)
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Sorry, I don't have the demo, but I do have the program and have been
using it for the past few weeks. Since I now have Dos 6 as well, I
don't use many of the features of PCT4Win. But I do so use:
- the PCT Desktop with drag and drop printing, folders in
folders, and multiple desktops
- the file manager which is far superior to win 3.1's fm.
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I have the following software for sale, prices are neogotiable,
MS-Window 3.1, by Gateway, with manuals, $20
MS-Work with manuals, $30
PC-TOOLS 7.1 with all manuals, $40
MS-DOS 6.0! $20
All softwares are almost new
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Could someone point me toward a source (FTP/BBS/whatever) for development
tools for the 8051 microprocessor. I specifically am looking for a Macintosh
cross-assembler/disassembler. Also, is there a mailing-list dedicated to
discussing the 8051? Thanks.
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Minor correction: Hartley came in the West trade to Phily. Deshaies signed
as a free agent ($1.7M over 2 years). He pitched for San Diego last year.
--
Regards,
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There was a discussion about how real fans were ones who respect their teams
no matter ow bad they are. That's bullshit. Anyone who would follow the
Pens or the Pirates in parts of the early eighties on a devoted basis are
losers. It's OK to follow and be concerned about your home team. But
to give them respect even when it is clear the management and the players suck
should not be required of a true fan.A true fan would follow the team in
troubled times to the extent that they could discuss how to improve the team.
When I visit PIttsburgh, I'll refuse to go to a Pirates game since I think
the management has given PIttsburgh a team which could have been much better
even if they couldn't sign Barry Bonds. Lert's say the Pens start doing to
their own team what the Oilers have done this year and what the Whalers have
done in recent years, I would be hard pressed to show much enthusiasm for the
team. I'll still follow it and bitch about it. But I won't waste my
money on mediocre teams.
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Drop three billiard balls on a ramp, and they all roll in the same
direction. Pour some blood into the sea, and sharks will converge
from miles around. Throw a pebble at one starling, and all 200 will
depart.
Natural processes can mimic the outward results of conspiracy when no
actual conspiracy is required.
Put a government functionary in an embarrassing situation, and he
quickly covers his ass.
This, too, is completely natural.
It looks that way to me, too. But you have to understand that it's NOT
the first time they have instigated raids like these. The most recent
one ALSO ended up in a long standoff, but it wasn't quite as public
as this one, and they didn't kill quite as many people. Maybe this
screwup will make them think long and hard about raiding any more
residences in this manner. But probably not.
I assume you're talking about Philadelphia.
If you're a fan of conspiracies, the time to make that batch of
popcorn is AFTER the screwup, when it's time for the coverup.
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Hi! Everyone,
I don't clearly understand 'occlusion' in computer graphics.
Would you please give me an explanation?
BTW, what's the difference between 'occluded surface' and opaque surface?
Thanks in advance.
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Following up to my own article... I found that several people say that
LAN Server clients can talk to WFW. Is this, then, also true for LAN
Manager? (Don't LAN Server and LAN Manager share common roots?)
Somewhat less so now... :)
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Um, you gotta understand these "salesdroids" as you call them. They look at
it this way: burn lotsa tire; make lotsa money. I'm sure s/ he knew how
stupid the "HG" was. Would you seriously stop them from burning off
a seasons worth of tire?? The SQUIDS probably would buy Metzelers or some
good low profile tire anyhow...
Yep. Them droids sure a sneaky bastards! ;)
Regards, Ted.
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I too noticed that in all this screaming and shouting, not one
person brought up the question of atrocities being commited on non-muslims
by the Sudanese Government. Could it be that they are Africans and so who
cares? I suggest that everyone cut the hypocrisy and bleating about Bosnia
and go on to discuss something even more meaningless.
The report below shows that the Sudanese are acting in the finest
traditions of Islamic law as expounded by some die-hard people on the
net (who shall remain nameless).
Sudan
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Government troops 'steal women, children'
WASHINGTON - Government troops in Sudan are involved in massacres,
kidnapping and the transporting of forced labor into Libya, according
to a State Department document declassified Wednesday.
The report compiled by the U.S. embassy in Khartoum said government
forces, particularly Arab militias organized as the Popular Defense
Forces, "routinely steal women and children" in southern Sudan.
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Hi
I have heard about a linear mode for the ET4000, in which the 1Mb video
memory in linearly accesibly instead of the usual 64k pages. Does anyone
know more about this ? How can I enable it and to what address is the
video memory mapped to ?
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Does anyone know if the fabled /new/ version of PBM+ will be out soon. As
far as I know the /current/ version is 10dec91.
Jeff P. are you out there ? ?? ?
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I think somebody posted some info about a biobliography program one or
two months ago. I don't rember the detail. What I'd like to have is one
software to organize the literature I'm refereing for scientific
publications. The functions I'd like would be
a. able to do data-base managment
b. able to print with special formats for different journals
Any info would be appreciated.
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Yi-Ming Wang Radiation Laboratory, University of Notre Dame
wang.29@nd.edu
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Which would YOU choose, and why?
Like lots of people, I'd really like to increase my data transfer rate from
the hard drive. Right now I have a 15ms 210Mb IDE drive (Seagate 1239A), and
a standard IDE controller card on my ISA 486-50.
I'm currently thinking about adding another HD, in the 300Mb to 500Mb range.
And I'm thinking hard about buying a SCSI drive (SCSI for the future benefit).
I believe I'm getting something like 890Kb/sec transfer right now (according
to NU).
How would this number compare if I bought the state-of-the-art SCSI card for
my ISA PC, and the state-of-the-art SCSI hard drive (the best system I could
hope for)?
Obviously money factors into this choice as well as any other, but what would
YOU want to use on your ISA system? And how much would it cost?
Along those lines, what kind of transfer rate could I see with my IDE HD's if I
were to buy the top-of-the-line IDE caching controller for my 200Mb, 15ms HD?
And how much would it cost?
Thanks for any comments.
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Norman Green claims that he has lost money over the last three years
that he has owned the team. When he bought the team, it seemed kind of
obvious that he was going to have to deal with a few years in the red,
before the team started making a profit again. He gave the impression
that he was willing to do so. He claimed two years ago that the team
needed to average only 8000+ fans per game in order to pull a profit,
but this season the team averaged 12000+ fans, despite increasd ticket
prices. I think the team's attendence and play was clearly in an upward
trend, which leaves me dumbfounded as to how he could ignore that in
deciding to move. He was even offered the many concessions he rudely
demanded, such as guaranteed season ticket sales, cheap rent at the
other two arenas in town, etc.
Oh well, I guess the bottom line is $$$. Green wanted immediate huge
returns in Dallas, and wasn't willing to wait another year or so in MN.
Dallas gave Green a pretty stellar deal to play there (although I feel
Minnesota's was quite reasonable), and he also has some cronies down
there as well. All this means, is that Minnesota is without an NHL team
for a year or two. Too bad for the NHL.
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ra> Robert, you keep making references to "orthodox" belief, and saying
ra> things like "it is held that..." (cf. "Kermit" thread). On what
ra> exact body of theology are you drawing for what you call "orthodox?"
"Orthodox" is a compound word. It comes from 'orthos' (straight, true,
right) and from 'doxa' (opinion, doctrine, teaching). I use orthodox to
refer to 'right teaching.' Right teaching is derived from letting God
speak to us through the Bible. This can be from reading simple truths
in the Scriptures and by using the Bible to interpret the Bible.
ra> Who is that "holds that" Luke meant what you said he meant?
I think that it is apparent from reading the Scriptures that are
pertinent.
Luke 23:43 records Christ's promise to the repentant thief who hung on
an adjacent cross: "Truly I say to you, today you will be with Me in
paradise." But was it not until later that Christ rose from the dead
and ascended to heaven? If Christ Himself was not in heaven until
Sunday, how could the repentant thief have been there with Him? The
answer lies in the location of "paradise" when Jesus died.
Apparently paradise was not exalted to heaven until Easter Day.
Jesus refers to it in the middle of the story of the rich man and
Lazarus as "Abraham's Bosom," to which the godly beggar Lazarus was
carried by the angels after his decease (Luke 16:19-31). Thus
"Abraham's Bosom" referred to the place where the souls of the redeemed
waited till the day of Christ's Resurrection.
It was not yet lifted to heaven but it may well have been a section of
hades (Hebrew: Sheol), reserved for believers who had died in the faith
but would not be admitted into the glorious presence of God in heaven
until the price of redemption had actually been paid on Calvary; or
even that none would precede the presence of Jesus back to glory with
the Father.
Doubtless it was the infernal paradise that the souls of Jesus and the
repentant thief repaired after they each died on Friday afternoon. But
on Sunday, after the risen Christ had first appeared to Mary Magdalene
(John 20:17) and her two companions (Matthew 28:9), presumably He then
took up with Him to glory all the inhabitants of infernal paradise
(including Abraham, Lazarus, and the repentant thief). We read in
Ephesians 4:8 concerning Christ: "Ascending on high, He led captivity
captive; He gave gifts unto men." Verse 9 continues: "But what does `He
ascended' mean but that He also descended to the lowest parts of the
earth?" -i.e., to hades. Verse 10 adds: "He who descended is the same
as He who ascended above all the heavens." Presumably He led the whole
band of liberated captives from hades (i.e., the whole population of
preresurrection paradise) up to the glory of heaven.
ra> Whenever your personal interpretation of Biblical passages is
ra> challenged, your only response seems to be that one needs merely to
ra> "look at the Bible" in order to see the truth, but what of those who
ra> see Biblical things differently from you?
I think that this characterization is faulty. Whenever my 'personal
interpretation' is questioned, I usually give a reason.
As for those that see things differently, please, put forward where
there is a valid difference, and we can discuss it.
I seem to be seeing from you the notion that any difference in how one
views the Bible is somehow legitimate, except, or course, for the stuff
that I glean from it. Put forward a contrary view and perhaps we can
have a discussion on that topic. But to decry something that I put
forward, without putting forward something else to discuss, and to
dismiss what I put forward while giving credence to other alleged views
that have yet to be put forward is simply being contentious.
ra> Are we to simply assume that you are the only one who really
ra> understands it?
If you believe that something that I have drawn from Scripture is
wrong, then please, show me from Scripture where it is wrong. Simply
stating that there are other views is not a proof. Show it to me from
Scripture and then we can go on.
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Ah! Excellent. So why doesn't she appear to me? I'm a little weak in the
blind faith department. (Besides, she doesn't even really need to appear:
how about, oh say, a little tip - something like "put your all on #3 in the
7:30 at the Dog Races" ... perhaps in a dream or vision.)
I'm afraid I don't know arabic; I have only read translations. I wouldn't
know it if it were well-written. (Consistent, though, is one thing the Quran
is not.) And have *you* read it in arabic? Besides, some of my best
writing has been done under the influence of, shall we say, consciousness
altering substances.
Yes, so? How do we know they *weren't* very good? (Again, assuming that the
Quran is beautfully written.)
Ok, I retract this point. (Although I might still say that once he knew, he
should have done something about it.)
I haven't interviewed all muslims about this; I would really like it if this
were false. But I can't take it on your say-so - what are your sources?
What other basis do we have to judge a system? Especially when we can't get
a consistent picture of what Islam "really" is. Do I believe Khomeini? Do I
go by the Imam of the mosque in Mecca? Or perhaps the guy in New Jersey? Or
perhaps you say I should go only by the Quran. Ok, whose translation? And
what about things like "And wherever you find idolators, kill them"?
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This is a heavily edited/modified version of the Gopher FAQ intended to
give people just starting with gopher enough information to get a
client and jump into Gopher-space - a complete version can be obtained
as described below. Once you have a gopher client point it at
merlot.welch.jhu.edu and welcome to gopher-space!
Dan Jacobson
danj@welchgate.welch.jhu.edu
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Common Questions and Answers about the Internet Gopher, a
client/server protocol for making a world wide information service,
with many implementations. Posted to comp.infosystems.gopher,
comp.answers, and news.answers every two weeks.
The most recent version of this FAQ can be gotten through gopher, or
via anonymous ftp:
rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet/news.answers/gopher-faq
Those without FTP access should send e-mail to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu
with "send usenet/news.answers/finding-sources" in the body to find out
how to do FTP by e-mail.
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List of questions in the Gopher FAQ:
Q0: What is Gopher?
Q1: Where can I get Gopher software?
Q2: What do I need to access Gopher?
Q3: Where are there publicly available logins for Gopher?
Q4: Who Develops Gopher Software?
Q5: What is the relationship between Gopher and (WAIS, WWW, ftp)?
Q6: Are papers or articles describing Gopher available?
Q7: What is veronica?
Q8: What is Available for Biology?
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Q0: What is Gopher?
A0: The Internet Gopher client/server provides a distributed
information delivery system around which a world/campus-wide
information system (CWIS) can readily be constructed. While
providing a delivery vehicle for local information, Gopher
facilitates access to other Gopher and information servers
throughout the world.
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Q1: Where can I get Gopher software?
A1: via anonymous ftp to boombox.micro.umn.edu. Look in the directory
/pub/gopher
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Q2: What do I need to access Gopher?
A2: You will need a gopher "client" program that runs on your local PC
or workstation
There are clients for the following systems. The directory
following the name is the location of the client on the anonymous
ftp site boombox.micro.umn.edu (134.84.132.2) in the directory
/pub/gopher.
Unix Curses & Emacs : /pub/gopher/Unix/gopher1.12.tar.Z
Xwindows (athena) : /pub/gopher/Unix/xgopher1.2.tar.Z
Xwindows (Motif) : /pub/gopher/Unix/moog
Xwindows (Xview) : /pub/gopher/Unix/xvgopher
Macintosh Hypercard : /pub/gopher/Macintosh-TurboGopher/old-versions *
Macintosh Application : /pub/gopher/Macintosh-TurboGopher *
DOS w/Clarkson Driver : /pub/gopher/PC_client/
NeXTstep : /pub/gopher/NeXT/
VM/CMS : /pub/gopher/Rice_CMS/ or /pub/gopher/VieGOPHER/
VMS : /pub/gopher/VMS/
OS/2 2.0 : /pub/gopher/os2/
MVS/XA : /pub/gopher/mvs/
Many other clients and servers have been developed by others, the
following is an attempt at a comprehensive list.
A Microsoft Windows Winsock client "The Gopher Book"
sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/micro/pc-stuff/ms-windows/winsock/goph_tbk.zip
A Macintosh Application, "MacGopher".
ftp.cc.utah.edu:/pub/gopher/Macintosh *
Another Macintosh application, "GopherApp".
ftp.bio.indiana.edu:/util/gopher/gopherapp *
A port of the UNIX curses client for DOS with PC/TCP
oac.hsc.uth.tmc.edu:/public/dos/misc/dosgopher.exe
A port of the UNIX curses client for PC-NFS
bcm.tmc.edu:/nfs/gopher.exe
A beta version of the PC Gopher client for Novell's LAN Workplace
for DOS
lennon.itn.med.umich.edu:/dos/gopher
A VMS DECwindows client for use with Wollongong or UCX
job.acs.ohio-state.edu:XGOPHER_CLIENT.SHARE
* Note: these Macintosh clients require MacTCP.
Most of the above clients can also be fetched via a gopher client
itself. Put the following on a gopher server:
Type=1
Host=boombox.micro.umn.edu
Port=70
Path=
Name=Gopher Software Distribution.
Or point your gopher client at boombox.micro.umn.edu, port 70 and
look in the gopher directory.
There are also a number of public telnet login sites available.
The University of Minnesota operates one on the machine
"consultant.micro.umn.edu" (134.84.132.4) See Q3 for more
information about this. It is recommended that you run the client
software instead of logging into the public telnet login sites. A
client uses the custom features of the local machine (mouse,
scroll bars, etc.) A local client is also faster.
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Q3: Where are there publicly available logins (ie places to telnet to
in order to get a taste of gopher) for Gopher?
A3: Here is a short list, use the site closest to you to minimize
network lag.
Telnet Public Logins:
Hostname IP# Login Area
------------------------- --------------- ------ -------------
consultant.micro.umn.edu 134.84.132.4 gopher North America
gopher.uiuc.edu 128.174.33.160 gopher North America
panda.uiowa.edu 128.255.40.201 panda North America
gopher.sunet.se 192.36.125.2 gopher Europe
info.anu.edu.au 150.203.84.20 info Australia
gopher.chalmers.se 129.16.221.40 gopher Sweden
tolten.puc.cl 146.155.1.16 gopher South America
ecnet.ec 157.100.45.2 gopher Ecuador
gan.ncc.go.jp 160.190.10.1 gopher Japan
It is recommended that you run the client software instead of
logging into the public login sites. A client uses the
custom features of the local machine (mouse, scroll bars, etc.)
and gives faster response. Furthermore many of the basic features
of clients - saving a file to your hard drive, printing a file
to a local printer, viewing images, retrieving files from ftp
sites etc.... are not available by the telnet logins.
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Q4: Who Develops Gopher Software?
A4: Gopher was originally developed in April 1991 by the University
of Minnesota Microcomputer, Workstation, Networks Center to help
our campus find answers to their computer questions.
It has since grown into a full-fledged World Wide Information
System used by a large number of sites in the world.
Many people have contributed to the project, too numerous to
count.
The people behind the much of the gopher software can be reached
via e-mail at gopher@boombox.micro.umn.edu, or via paper mail:
Internet Gopher Developers
100 Union St. SE #190
Minneapolis, MN 55455 USA
Or via FAX at:
+1 (612) 625-6817
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Q5: What is the relationship between Gopher and (WAIS, WWW, ftp)?
A5: Gopher is intimately intertwined with these two other systems.
As shipped the Unix gopher server has the capability to:
- Search local WAIS indices.
- Query remote WAIS servers and funnel the results to gopher
clients.
- Query remote ftp sites and funnel the results to gopher
clients.
- Be queried by WWW (World Wide Web) clients (either using
built in gopher querying or using native http querying.
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Q6: Are papers or articles describing Gopher available?
A6: Gopher has a whole chapter devoted to it in :
_The_Whole_Internet_, Ed Kroll, O'Reilly, 1992 (Editors note:
..Great book, go out and buy a bunch!)
_The_Internet_Passport: NorthWestNet's Guide to Our World Online"
By Jonathan Kochmer and NorthWestNet. Published by NorthWestNet,
Bellevue, WA. 1993. 516 pp. ISBN 0-9635281-0-6.
Contact info: passport@nwnet.net, or (206) 562-3000
_A_Students_Guide_to_UNIX by Harley Hahn. (publisher McGraw Hill,
Inc.; 1993 ISBN 0-07-025511-3)
Other references include:
_The_Internet_Gopher_, "ConneXions", July 1992, Interop.
_Exploring_Internet_GopherSpace_ "The Internet Society News", v1n2 1992,
(You can subscribe to the Internet Society News by sending e-mail to
isoc@nri.reston.va.us)
_The_Internet_Gopher_Protocol_, Proceedings of the Twenty-Third
IETF, CNRI, Section 5.3
_Internet_Gopher_, Proceedings of Canadian Networking '92
_The_Internet_Gopher_, INTERNET: Getting Started, SRI
International, Section 10.5.5
_Tools_help_Internet_users_discover_on-line_treasures, Computerworld,
July 20, 1992
_TCP/IP_Network_Administration_, O'Reilly.
Balakrishan, B. (Oct 1992)
"SPIGopher: Making SPIRES databases accessible through the
Gopher protocol". SPIRES Fall '92 Workshop, Chapel Hill, North
Carolina.
Tomer, C. Information Technology Standards for Libraries,
_Journal of the American Society for Information Science_,
43(8):566-570, Sept 1992.
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Q7: What is veronica?
A7: veronica: Very Easy Rodent-Oriented Net-wide Index to
Computerized Archives.
veronica offers a keyword search of most gopher-server menu titles
in the entire gopher web. As archie is to ftp archives, veronica
is to gopherspace. A veronica search produces a menu of gopher
items, each of which is a direct pointer to a gopher data source.
Because veronica is accessed through a gopher client, it is easy
to use, and gives access to all types of data supported by the
gopher protocol.
To try veronica, select it from the "Other Gophers" menu on
Minnesota's gopher server, or point your gopher at:
Name=veronica (search menu items in most of GopherSpace)
Type=1
Port=70
Path=1/veronica
Host=futique.scs.unr.edu
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Q8: What is Available for Biology?
A8: There is an incredible amount of software, data and information
availble to biologists now by gopher.
Here is a brief list of the Biological Databases that you can search
via gopher:
2. BDT Tropical Data Base Searches/
3. Biotechnet Buyers Guide - Online Catalogues for Biology <TEL>
4. Search Protein Data Bank Headers <?>
5. Chlamydomonas Genetics Center /
6. Crystallization database/
7. HGMP Databases - Probes and Primers /
8. Museum of Paleontology TYPE Specimen Index <?>
9. MycDB - Mycobacterium DataBase <?>
10. Search (Drosophila) Flybase (Indiana)/
11. Search (GenBank + SWISS-PROT + PIR + PDB) <?>
12. Search AAtDB - An Arabidopsis thaliana Database <?>
13. Search ACEDB - A Caenorhabditis elegans Database <?>
14. Search CompoundKB - A Metabolic Compound Database <?>
15. Search Databases at Welchlab (Vectors, Promoters, NRL-3D, EST, OMI../
16. Search EMBL <?>
17. Search GenBank <?>
18. Search Genbank - 2 <?>
19. Search Genbank Updates <?>
20. Search LiMB <?>
21. Search PIR <?>
22. Search PIR (keyword,species...) <?>
23. Search PROSITE <?>
24. Search Rebase - Restriction Enzyme Database <?>
25. Search SWISS-PROT <?>
26. Search TFD <?>
27. Search the C. elegans Strain List <?>
28. Search the DNA Database of Japan <?>
29. Search the EC Enzyme Database <?>
30. Search the GrainGenes database <?>
31. Search the Maize Database /
32. Cloning Vectors: plasmids, phage, etc. <?>
33. EPD - Eukaryotic Promoter Database <?>
34. EST - Expressed Sequence Tag Database - Human <?>
35. wEST - Expressed Sequence Tag Database - C. elegans <?>
36. Kabat Database of Proteins of Immunological Interest <?>
37. NRL_3D Protein Sequence-Structure Database <?>
38. OMIM - Online Mendelian Inheritance in Man <?>
39. Seqanalref - Sequence Analysis Bibliographic Reference Data Ban.. <?>
40. Search Rebase - Restriction Enzyme Database <?>
41. Search the EC Enzyme Database <?>
42. Search The Rodent Section of Genbank <?>
43. Database Taxonomy (Genbank, Swiss-Prot ...)/
44. Retrieve Full PDB Entries by Accession Number <?>
45. Search for All Researchers funded by NIH <?>
46. Search for Genome Researchers funded by DOE <?>
47. Search for Researchers funded by NSF <?>
48. Search for Researchers funded by the USDA <?>
49. E-mail Addresses of Crystallographers/
50. E-mail Addresses of Yeast Reasearchers/
51. Phonebooks Around the World/
52. Search and Retrieve Software for All Computers/
53. Search and Retrieve Macintosh Software/
54. Search and Retrieve DOS Software/
55. Search and Retrieve GNU Software/
56. Search and Retrieve Software for Biology/
57. Search for Agricultural Software/
58. Search and Retrieve Graphics Software and Data/
59. Search and Retrieve all Online Perl Scripts/
60. FTP Sites For Biology (56 archives for software and data)/
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I've written an application for SparcStation 2 GX+, under OpenWindows 3.0.
The application uses XView stuff to create my window, and the SUN XGL
graphics library for rendering into the Canvas.
The application does real-time 2-D animation, but it does not update the
the display fast enough.
I'm using notify_set_itimer (XView call) to periodically kick off my
update routine, and it's not happening fast enough. I want it to
update 25 times / second. It's only doing about 11. Also, it appears to
be compute bound, because if I run anything else while my appplication is
up, the update rate slows down even more.
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I was just wondering if exercises specific to particular regions of the
body (such as thighs) will basically only tone the thighs, or if fat
from other parts of the body (such as breasts) would be affected just as
much.
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Come on Boston, where the hell are you? Seven wins in a row and what, choke?
I'd much rather see the Bruins in the Wales Conference finals vs. Pitt than
Buffalo or Quebec, if only because it would be more interesting. Not that
Buffalo or Quebec can't put up a good fight, but I'd much more enjoy a 7-0
pasteing of the Bruins than the Devils. You have to feel for Terrerri(sp?).
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fans into the game but surely they would rather see Broten taking a pass from
Kovalev and scoring a breakaway goal to put the Rangers up 3 (magic #) goals in
the third period, rather than seeing Kocur take another stupid penalty and the
Rangers giving up another powerplay goal!
The Rangers need another top flight center who can take the pressure off
Messier and the first line. Nemchinov is a perfect third line center.
So who goes Beezer or Richter?
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I saw this a few years ago on "Tomorrow's World" (low-brow BBC
technology news program). The patient is lowered into a bath of
de-ionized water and carefully positioned. High intensity pressure
waves are generated by an electric spark in the water (you don't get
electrocuted because de-ionised water does not conduct). These waves are
focused on the kidneys by a parabolic reflector and cause the stone to
break up. This is completely painless.
Of course, you then have to get these little bits of gravel through
the urethra. Ouch!
Paul.
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Static test firings are now scheduled for this Saturday.....after many
schedule changes.....
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We use a CD-ROM based system here. There are about 45 CD-ROM disks and a
4-disk changer hooked to a dedicated MS-DOS computer. It contains scanned
images of data book pages for several thousand parts. When you ask it for
something it knows about (mostly active IC parts), it works quite well.
THey don't handle all the varieties of transistors or diodes that exist.
It is definately a start in the right direction, but they need to expand
the data base to handle more types of stuff.
These systems aren't cheap. We paid about $7,000 for the liscence and get
monthly updates of some of the CD-ROM disks. We send the old ones back to
them so that they will keep sending us the updates. I think we pay a
yearly maintainence fee of about $1,500 to get the updates.
If you find the part you want, you can look at the data sheet on a
page-sized monitor (it's a special monitor from SigmaSystems). You can
also print each page of the datasheet you want on a LaserJet printer. Page
printing takes a couple of minutes per page. It can take a while to dump
the 5 or 6 pages you usually need.
I have a feeling the maker wouldn't like it if we made the data available
to all Internet users. :-)
-dave
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The following partial summary of a Theory of the Universe includes a
little-known description of the CREATION of our Solar System:
LARSONIAN Astronomy and Physics
Orthodox physicists, astronomers, and astrophysicists
CLAIM to be looking for a "Unified Field Theory" in which all
of the forces of the universe can be explained with a single
set of laws or equations. But they have been systematically
IGNORING or SUPPRESSING an excellent one for 30 years!
The late Physicist Dewey B. Larson's comprehensive
GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, which he
calls the "Reciprocal System", is built on two fundamental
postulates about the physical and mathematical natures of
space and time:
(1) "The physical universe is composed ENTIRELY of ONE
component, MOTION, existing in THREE dimensions, in DISCRETE
UNITS, and in two RECIPROCAL forms, SPACE and TIME."
(2) "The physical universe conforms to the relations of
ORDINARY COMMUTATIVE mathematics, its magnitudes are
ABSOLUTE, and its geometry is EUCLIDEAN."
From these two postulates, Larson developed a COMPLETE
Theoretical Universe, using various combinations of
translational, vibrational, rotational, and vibrational-
rotational MOTIONS, the concepts of IN-ward and OUT-ward
SCALAR MOTIONS, and speeds in relation to the Speed of Light
(which Larson called "UNIT VELOCITY" and "THE NATURAL
DATUM").
At each step in the development, Larson was able to
MATCH objects in his Theoretical Universe with objects in the
REAL physical universe, (photons, sub-atomic particles
[INCOMPLETE ATOMS], charges, atoms, molecules, globular star
clusters, galaxies, binary star systems, solar systems, white
dwarf stars, pulsars, quasars, ETC.), even objects NOT YET
DISCOVERED THEN (such as EXPLODING GALAXIES, and GAMMA-RAY
BURSTS).
And applying his Theory to his NEW model of the atom,
Larson was able to precisely and accurately CALCULATE inter-
atomic distances in crystals and molecules, compressibility
and thermal expansion of solids, and other properties of
matter.
All of this is described in good detail, with-OUT fancy
complex mathematics, in his books.
BOOKS of Dewey B. Larson
The following is a complete list of the late Physicist
Dewey B. Larson's books about his comprehensive GENERAL
UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe. Some of the early
books are out of print now, but still available through
inter-library loan.
"The Structure of the Physical Universe" (1959)
"The Case AGAINST the Nuclear Atom" (1963)
"Beyond Newton" (1964)
"New Light on Space and Time" (1965)
"Quasars and Pulsars" (1971)
"NOTHING BUT MOTION" (1979)
[A $9.50 SUBSTITUTE for the $8.3 BILLION "Super
Collider".]
[The last four chapters EXPLAIN chemical bonding.]
"The Neglected Facts of Science" (1982)
"THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION" (1984)
[FINAL SOLUTIONS to most ALL astrophysical
mysteries.]
"BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER" (1988)
All but the last of these books were published by North
Pacific Publishers, P.O. Box 13255, Portland, OR 97213, and
should be available via inter-library loan if your local
university or public library doesn't have each of them.
Several of them, INCLUDING the last one, are available
from: The International Society of Unified Science (ISUS),
1680 E. Atkin Ave., Salt Lake City, Utah 84106. This is the
organization that was started to promote Larson's Theory.
They have other related publications, including the quarterly
journal "RECIPROCITY".
Physicist Dewey B. Larson's Background
Physicist Dewey B. Larson was a retired Engineer
(Chemical or Electrical). He was about 91 years old when he
died in May 1989. He had a Bachelor of Science Degree in
Engineering Science from Oregon State University. He
developed his comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the
physical universe while trying to develop a way to COMPUTE
chemical properties based only on the elements used.
Larson's lack of a fancy "PH.D." degree might be one
reason that orthodox physicists are ignoring him, but it is
NOT A VALID REASON. Sometimes it takes a relative outsider
to CLEARLY SEE THE FOREST THROUGH THE TREES. At the same
time, it is clear from his books that he also knew ORTHODOX
physics and astronomy as well as ANY physicist or astronomer,
well enough to point out all their CONTRADICTIONS, AD HOC
ASSUMPTIONS, PRINCIPLES OF IMPOTENCE, IN-CONSISTENCIES, ETC..
Larson did NOT have the funds, etc. to experimentally
test his Theory. And it was NOT necessary for him to do so.
He simply compared the various parts of his Theory with OTHER
researchers' experimental and observational data. And in
many cases, HIS explanation FIT BETTER.
A SELF-CONSISTENT Theory is MUCH MORE than the ORTHODOX
physicists and astronomers have! They CLAIM to be looking
for a "unified field theory" that works, but have been
IGNORING one for over 30 years now!
"Modern physics" does NOT explain the physical universe
so well. Some parts of some of Larson's books are FULL of
quotations of leading orthodox physicists and astronomers who
agree. And remember that "epicycles", "crystal spheres",
"geocentricity", "flat earth theory", etc., ALSO once SEEMED
to explain it well, but were later proved CONCEPTUALLY WRONG.
Prof. Frank H. Meyer, Professor Emeritus of UW-Superior,
was/is a STRONG PROPONENT of Larson's Theory, and was (or
still is) President of Larson's organization, "THE
INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY OF UNIFIED SCIENCE", and Editor of
their quarterly Journal "RECIPROCITY". He moved to
Minneapolis after retiring.
"Super Collider" BOONDOGGLE!
I am AGAINST contruction of the "Superconducting Super
Collider", in Texas or anywhere else. It would be a GROSS
WASTE of money, and contribute almost NOTHING of "scientific"
value.
Most physicists don't realize it, but, according to the
comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the late Physicist
Dewey B. Larson, as described in his books, the strange GOOFY
particles ("mesons", "hyperons", ALLEGED "quarks", etc.)
which they are finding in EXISTING colliders (Fermi Lab,
Cern, etc.) are really just ATOMS of ANTI-MATTER, which are
CREATED by the high-energy colliding beams, and which quickly
disintegrate like cosmic rays because they are incompatible
with their environment.
A larger and more expensive collider will ONLY create a
few more elements of anti-matter that the physicists have not
seen there before, and the physicists will be EVEN MORE
CONFUSED THAN THEY ARE NOW!
Are a few more types of anti-matter atoms worth the $8.3
BILLION cost?!! Don't we have much more important uses for
this WASTED money?!
Another thing to consider is that the primary proposed
location in Texas has a serious and growing problem with some
kind of "fire ants" eating the insulation off underground
cables. How much POISONING of the ground and ground water
with insecticides will be required to keep the ants out of
the "Supercollider"?!
Naming the "Super Collider" after Ronald Reagon, as
proposed, is TOTALLY ABSURD! If it is built, it should be
named after a leading particle PHYSICIST.
LARSONIAN Anti-Matter
In Larson's comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the
physical universe, anti-matter is NOT a simple case of
opposite charges of the same types of particles. It has more
to do with the rates of vibrations and rotations of the
photons of which they are made, in relation to the
vibrational and rotational equivalents of the speed of light,
which Larson calls "Unit Velocity" and the "Natural Datum".
In Larson's Theory, a positron is actually a particle of
MATTER, NOT anti-matter. When a positron and electron meet,
the rotational vibrations (charges) and rotations of their
respective photons (of which they are made) neutralize each
other.
In Larson's Theory, the ANTI-MATTER half of the physical
universe has THREE dimensions of TIME, and ONLY ONE dimension
of space, and exists in a RECIPROCAL RELATIONSHIP to our
MATERIAL half.
LARSONIAN Relativity
The perihelion point in the orbit of the planet Mercury
has been observed and precisely measured to ADVANCE at the
rate of 574 seconds of arc per century. 531 seconds of this
advance are attributed via calculations to gravitational
perturbations from the other planets (Venus, Earth, Jupiter,
etc.). The remaining 43 seconds of arc are being used to
help "prove" Einstein's "General Theory of Relativity".
But the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson achieved results
CLOSER to the 43 seconds than "General Relativity" can, by
INSTEAD using "SPECIAL Relativity". In one or more of his
books, he applied the LORENTZ TRANSFORMATION on the HIGH
ORBITAL SPEED of Mercury.
Larson TOTALLY REJECTED "General Relativity" as another
MATHEMATICAL FANTASY. He also REJECTED most of "Special
Relativity", including the parts about "mass increases" near
the speed of light, and the use of the Lorentz Transform on
doppler shifts, (Those quasars with red-shifts greater than
1.000 REALLY ARE MOVING FASTER THAN THE SPEED OF LIGHT,
although most of that motion is away from us IN TIME.).
In Larson's comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the
physical universe, there are THREE dimensions of time instead
of only one. But two of those dimensions can NOT be measured
from our material half of the physical universe. The one
dimension that we CAN measure is the CLOCK time. At low
relative speeds, the values of the other two dimensions are
NEGLIGIBLE; but at high speeds, they become significant, and
the Lorentz Transformation must be used as a FUDGE FACTOR.
[Larson often used the term "COORDINATE TIME" when writing
about this.]
In regard to "mass increases", it has been PROVEN in
atomic accelerators that acceleration drops toward zero near
the speed of light. But the formula for acceleration is
ACCELERATION = FORCE / MASS, (a = F/m). Orthodox physicists
are IGNORING the THIRD FACTOR: FORCE. In Larson's Theory,
mass STAYS CONSTANT and FORCE drops toward zero. FORCE is
actually a MOTION, or COMBINATIONS of MOTIONS, or RELATIONS
BETWEEN MOTIONS, including INward and OUTward SCALAR MOTIONS.
The expansion of the universe, for example, is an OUTward
SCALAR motion inherent in the universe and NOT a result of
the so-called "Big Bang" (which is yet another MATHEMATICAL
FANTASY).
THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION
I wish to recommend to EVERYONE the book "THE UNIVERSE
OF MOTION", by Dewey B. Larson, 1984, North Pacific
Publishers, (P.O. Box 13255, Portland, Oregon 97213), 456
pages, indexed, hardcover.
It contains the Astrophysical portions of a GENERAL
UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe developed by that
author, an UNrecognized GENIUS, more than thirty years ago.
It contains FINAL SOLUTIONS to most ALL Astrophysical
mysteries, including the FORMATION of galaxies, binary and
multiple star systems, and solar systems, the TRUE ORIGIN of
the "3-degree" background radiation, cosmic rays, and gamma-
ray bursts, and the TRUE NATURE of quasars, pulsars, white
dwarfs, exploding galaxies, etc..
It contains what astronomers and astrophysicists are ALL
looking for, if they are ready to seriously consider it with
OPEN MINDS!
The following is an example of his Theory's success:
In his first book in 1959, "THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHYSICAL
UNIVERSE", Larson predicted the existence of EXPLODING
GALAXIES, several years BEFORE astronomers started finding
them. They are a NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE of Larson's
comprehensive Theory. And when QUASARS were discovered, he
had an immediate related explanation for them also.
GAMMA-RAY BURSTS
Astro-physicists and astronomers are still scratching
their heads about the mysterious GAMMA-RAY BURSTS. They were
originally thought to originate from "neutron stars" in the
disc of our galaxy. But the new Gamma Ray Telescope now in
Earth orbit has been detecting them in all directions
uniformly, and their source locations in space do NOT
correspond to any known objects, (except for a few cases of
directional coincidence).
Gamma-ray bursts are a NECESSARY CONSEQUENCE of the
GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe developed by
the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson. According to page 386 of
his book "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", published in 1984, the
gamma-ray bursts are coming from SUPERNOVA EXPLOSIONS in the
ANTI-MATTER HALF of the physical universe, which Larson calls
the "Cosmic Sector". Because of the relationship between the
anti-matter and material halves of the physical universe, and
the way they are connected together, the gamma-ray bursts can
pop into our material half anywhere in space, seemingly at
random. (This is WHY the source locations of the bursts do
not correspond with known objects, and come from all
directions uniformly.)
I wonder how close to us in space a source location
would have to be for a gamma-ray burst to kill all or most
life on Earth! There would be NO WAY to predict one, NOR to
stop it!
Perhaps some of the MASS EXTINCTIONS of the past, which
are now being blamed on impacts of comets and asteroids, were
actually caused by nearby GAMMA-RAY BURSTS!
LARSONIAN Binary Star Formation
About half of all the stars in the galaxy in the
vicinity of the sun are binary or double. But orthodox
astronomers and astrophysicists still have no satisfactory
theory about how they form or why there are so many of them.
But binary star systems are actually a LIKELY
CONSEQUENCE of the comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of
the physical universe developed by the late Physicist Dewey
B. Larson.
I will try to summarize Larsons explanation, which is
detailed in Chapter 7 of his book "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION"
and in some of his other books.
First of all, according to Larson, stars do NOT generate
energy by "fusion". A small fraction comes from slow
gravitational collapse. The rest results from the COMPLETE
ANNIHILATION of HEAVY elements (heavier than IRON). Each
element has a DESTRUCTIVE TEMPERATURE LIMIT. The heavier the
element is, the lower is this limit. A star's internal
temperature increases as it grows in mass via accretion and
absorption of the decay products of cosmic rays, gradually
reaching the destructive temperature limit of lighter and
lighter elements.
When the internal temperature of the star reaches the
destructive temperature limit of IRON, there is a Type I
SUPERNOVA EXPLOSION! This is because there is SO MUCH iron
present; and that is related to the structure of iron atoms
and the atom building process, which Larson explains in some
of his books [better than I can].
When the star explodes, the lighter material on the
outer portion of the star is blown outward in space at less
than the speed of light. The heavier material in the center
portion of the star was already bouncing around at close to
the speed of light, because of the high temperature. The
explosion pushes that material OVER the speed of light, and
it expands OUTWARD IN TIME, which is equivalent to INWARD IN
SPACE, and it often actually DISAPPEARS for a while.
Over long periods of time, both masses start to fall
back gravitationally. The material that had been blown
outward in space now starts to form a RED GIANT star. The
material that had been blown OUTWARD IN TIME starts to form a
WHITE DWARF star. BOTH stars then start moving back toward
the "MAIN SEQUENCE" from opposite directions on the H-R
Diagram.
The chances of the two masses falling back into the
exact same location in space, making a single lone star
again, are near zero. They will instead form a BINARY
system, orbiting each other.
According to Larson, a white dwarf star has an INVERSE
DENSITY GRADIENT (is densest at its SURFACE), because the
material at its center is most widely dispersed (blown
outward) in time. This ELIMINATES the need to resort to
MATHEMATICAL FANTASIES about "degenerate matter", "neutron
stars", "black holes", etc..
LARSONIAN Solar System Formation
If the mass of the heavy material at the center of the
exploding star is relatively SMALL, then, instead of a single
white dwarf star, there will be SEVERAL "mini" white dwarf
stars (revolving around the red giant star, but probably
still too far away in three-dimensional TIME to be affected
by its heat, etc.). These will become PLANETS!
In Chapter 7 of THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION, Larson used all
this information, and other principles of his comprehensive
GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical universe, to derive
his own version of Bode's Law.
"Black Hole" FANTASY!
I heard that physicist Stephen W. Hawking recently
completed a theoretical mathematical analysis of TWO "black
holes" merging together into a SINGLE "black hole", and
concluded that the new "black hole" would have MORE MASS than
the sum of the two original "black holes".
Such a result should be recognized by EVERYone as a RED
FLAG, causing widespread DOUBT about the whole IDEA of "black
holes", etc.!
After reading Physicist Dewey B. Larson's books about
his comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical
universe, especially his book "THE UNIVERSE OF MOTION", it is
clear to me that "black holes" are NOTHING more than
MATHEMATICAL FANTASIES! The strange object at Cygnus X-1 is
just an unusually massive WHITE DWARF STAR, NOT the "black
hole" that orthodox astronomers and physicists so badly want
to "prove" their theory.
By the way, I do NOT understand why so much publicity is
being given to physicist Stephen Hawking. The physicists and
astronomers seem to be acting as if Hawking's severe physical
problem somehow makes him "wiser". It does NOT!
I wish the same attention had been given to Physicist
Dewey B. Larson while he was still alive. Widespread
publicity and attention should NOW be given to Larson's
Theory, books, and organization (The International Society of
Unified Science).
ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PROPULSION
I heard of that concept many years ago, in connection
with UFO's and unorthodox inventors, but I never was able to
find out how or why they work, or how they are constructed.
I found a possible clue about why they might work on
pages 112-113 of the book "BASIC PROPERTIES OF MATTER", by
the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson, which describes part of
Larson's comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical
universe. I quote one paragraph:
"As indicated in the preceding chapter, the development
of the theory of the universe of motion arrives at a totally
different concept of the nature of electrical resistance.
The electrons, we find, are derived from the environment. It
was brought out in Volume I [Larson's book "NOTHING BUT
MOTION"] that there are physical processes in operation which
produce electrons in substantial quantities, and that,
although the motions that constitute these electrons are, in
many cases, absorbed by atomic structures, the opportunities
for utilizing this type of motion in such structures are
limited. It follows that there is always a large excess of
free electrons in the material sector [material half] of the
universe, most of which are uncharged. In this uncharged
state the electrons cannot move with respect to extension
space, because they are inherently rotating units of space,
and the relation of space to space is not motion. In open
space, therefore, each uncharged electron remains permanently
in the same location with respect to the natural reference
system, in the manner of a photon. In the context of the
stationary spatial reference system the uncharged electron,
like the photon, is carried outward at the speed of light by
the progression of the natural reference system. All
material aggregates are thus exposed to a flux of electrons
similar to the continual bombardment by photons of radiation.
Meanwhile there are other processes, to be discussed later,
whereby electrons are returned to the environment. The
electron population of a material aggregate such as the earth
therefore stabilizes at an equilibrium level."
Note that in Larson's Theory, UNcharged electrons are
also massLESS, and are basically photons of light of a
particular frequency (above the "unit" frequency) spinning
around one axis at a particular rate (below the "unit" rate).
("Unit velocity" is the speed of light, and there are
vibrational and rotational equivalents to the speed of light,
according to Larson's Theory.) [I might have the "above" and
"below" labels mixed up.]
Larson is saying that outer space is filled with mass-
LESS UN-charged electrons flying around at the speed of
light!
If this is true, then the ELECTRO-MAGNETIC PROPULSION
fields of spacecraft might be able to interact with these
electrons, or other particles in space, perhaps GIVING them a
charge (and mass) and shooting them toward the rear to
achieve propulsion. (In Larson's Theory, an electrical charge
is a one-dimensional rotational vibration of a particular
frequency (above the "unit" frequency) superimposed on the
rotation of the particle.)
The paragraph quoted above might also give a clue to
confused meteorologists about how and why lightning is
generated in clouds.
SUPPRESSION of LARSONIAN Physics
The comprehensive GENERAL UNIFIED Theory of the physical
universe developed by the late Physicist Dewey B. Larson has
been available for more than 30 YEARS, published in 1959 in
his first book "THE STRUCTURE OF THE PHYSICAL UNIVERSE".
It is TOTALLY UN-SCIENTIFIC for Hawking, Wheeler, Sagan,
and the other SACRED PRIESTS of the RELIGION they call
"science" (or "physics", or "astronomy", etc.), as well as
the "scientific" literature and the "education" systems, to
TOTALLY IGNORE Larson's Theory has they have.
Larson's Theory has excellent explanations for many
things now puzzling orthodox physicists and astronomers, such
as gamma-ray bursts and the nature of quasars.
Larson's Theory deserves to be HONESTLY and OPENLY
discussed in the physics, chemistry, and astronomy journals,
in the U.S. and elsewhere. And at least the basic principles
of Larson's Theory should be included in all related courses
at UW-EC, UW-Madison, Cambridge, Cornell University, and
elsewhere, so that students are not kept in the dark about a
worthy alternative to the DOGMA they are being fed.
For more information, answers to your questions, etc.,
please consult my CITED SOURCES (especially Larson's BOOKS).
UN-altered REPRODUCTION and DISSEMINATION of this
IMPORTANT partial summary is ENCOURAGED.
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Hi All.
I am working on a project in visual basic ver. 2.0 and I need to show
PostCript files I am getting from another aplication.
So, because i can't show PostScript directly form Visual Basic (at least I
don't know how), i need a utility to convert them to BMP, WMF.
Any help will be appreshieated.
kobi elimelech
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messges can be sent to me at kobi@asimov.hacktic.nl
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[ Deletia; in case anybody hadn't noticed, Frank and I are debating
"objective morality", and seemingly hitting semantics. ]
It may be that, being a non-native English-speaker, I've
misunderstood your usage of "objective", and tried to debate something
you don't assert; my apologies. I'm at a loss to imagine what you really
do mean, though.
Wrong point. The age of the universe has no direct effect on
humanity's sticking power, in the way the moral system of a society can
have.
I'm saying the Universe has a "real age", because I see evidence
for it; cosmology, astronomy and so on. I say this age is independent of
people's opinions of it, because I know different people have a lot of
different opinions in the matter, yet empirical tests consistently seem
to give roughly the same results.
I can't see how it does that. Put a creationist to the task of
performing the tests and calculations, see to it (s)he makes no blatant
errors in measuring or calculating, and the result of the test will be
the same.
Because logically consistent empirical tests contradict their
opinion. If those tests were just my opinion, then their own tests
(which would then be their opinion) would contradict mine, even if we
conducted said tests in identical manner, no? They don't, which I take
as showing these tests have some validity beyond our opinion of them.
Map the activity of nerves and neural activity, if you mean
physical pain. You have a sharp point, I'll give you that; but you still
haven't given me a way to quantify morality.
We agree. Hypotheses, however, can change; I hold that there is no
"ultimate hypothesis of morality" towards which these changes could
gravitate, but that they could be changed in any way imaginable,
producing different results suitable for different tasks or purposes.
"Better" and "worse" are (almost?) always defined in the context
of a moral system. Your prediction will _always_ be correct, *within*
*that* *moral* *system*. What you need now is an objective definition of
"good" and "bad"; I wish you luck.
Isn't that what _you're_ doing, when assuming an "objectively
real" morality? Besides, what _exactly_ is provably wrong with my
statement?
Claiming there is no objective morality is suddenly a positive
claim? Besides, I think I _can_ lend some credence to my claim; ponder
different individuals, both fully functional as human beings and members
of society, but yet with wildly different moral codes. If morality was
"objective", at least one should be way off base, but yet hir
'incorrect' morality seems to function fine. How come?
As for producing these individuals, it might be easiest to pick
them from different societies; say, an islamic one and some polynesian
matrilineal system, for example (if such still exist).
[ deletia - testing for footballs on desks ]
One thing is "good" under some circumstances, because we wish to
achieve some goal, for some reason. Other times we wish to do something
else, and that thing is no longer so clearly "good" at all.
Some things are hard to make "good", because we'd seldom if ever
wish to achieve the sort of goal mass murder would lead one into. Still,
the Aztecs were doing fine until the Spaniards wiped them out.
I almost always know what "good" means; sometimes I even know why.
I never claim this "good" is thereby fixed in stone, immutable.
[...]
Yes, me too, and I've tried a thing or two down that line; it
doesn't look good for objective values to me at all.
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I suppose after Waco, it's only prudent to leave the "to the death" part out.
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[heats of formation deleted]
The major problem with this is that the reaction takes place in an ACID solution.
PbSO4 is soluble in an acid solution and will not precipitate out. Also, H2SO4
is in a water solution as 2H30+ and SO4--. Thus the heats of formation of
PbSO4 and H2SO4 are for the most part irrelevant.
As it turns out the reaction is indeed exothermic (heat producing).
(More about this later.)
What actually happens to make the battery completely useless is this:
(we're talking lead-acid batteries of course)
The battery slowly self discharges. As this discharge takes place two things
happen. -The level of Pb++ ions in the acid solution increases (i.e. the lead
and lead oxide plates are dissolved).
-The level of H30+ ions in the acid solution decreases (i.e. the solution
becomes less acidic, or more like water if you like).
Now, as the post to which I am responding correctly stated, PbSO4 will precipitate
in a WATER (non-acid) solution. When the battery dies (i.e. is fully discharged)
we end up with a high concentration of Pb++ and SO4-- in water. So PbSO4
forms in the solution and FALLS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BATTERY (of course this
happens in varying degrees, the more discharged, the more precipitate forms).
The precipitate forms a conductive layer on the bottom of the battery. If
there is enough of the lead and lead oxide plates left to touch the precipitate
(more common in a newer battery) a dead short results.
I have seen products in automotive shops to correct this condition, but they
are for the most part useless. They can dissolve the PbSO4 but cannot restore
the lead and lead oxide plates properly. You may have some success with
these products for a newer battery.
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[stuff deleted]
This stuff is just made up by the author and is completely invalid.
In fact the discharge reaction takes place at a higher rate at higher
temperatures. A logical consequence of the above argument is this:
"If you really want your car to start, lower the battery temperature to
-50 to 'pull' the reaction along." We all know from experience (at
least those of us in Canada do (it gets cold up here)) that this is
not true. If we want to start our car on a really cold day we warm
the battery.
(Besides which, there is not enough energy released through self discharge
to appreciably raise the temperature. The air would amply dissipate any
such heat, whether the bottom of the battery was insulated or not. This
is of course irrelevant, since you would WANT the battery to be cool
during storage.)
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I'm also interested in Mac based BBS, but not in Chicago.
I would greatly appreciate it if someone could post a list of BBSs
in the LA area. Preferably (818) but also (213). Thanks. Dan
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It's not the temperature, it's the karma. You see, dirt has good karma,
since it's all organic and full of living things, but cement is all squared
off and artificial looking, and has lost its karma in the process. Being
a karma sink, it sucks all of the good karma out of the battery which is no
longer able to keep a charge. Because wood is also good and organic, putting
a board between the battery and the cement will fix the problems.
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it's
with
cars;
I wonder if you could focus the RFI "gun" so the cops wouldn't have this
problem???
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Could someone please post a list of good three-D modelers that will
run on SPARC stations; preferably cheap. Thanks
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To put it bluntly, they are full of it.
Paying a tape is playing a tape. There is no difference whether the
output goes to a second VCR or to a TV. (How the VCR or TV reacts to
this signal is a different story - see messages pertaining to macrovision
copy protection.)
In order for the tape to self-destruct, it would have to have circuitry
of its own within the tape case. The circuit would have to somehow
magically determine what the output of the VCR is connected to. The
circuit would then have to have an erasing head to actually do anything.
It is a pretty lame scare tactic. (I've seen something similar on a BBS.
When the SYSOP wanted to, he could have a message sent to the user's end
saying that it is sending the code to format your HD.)
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In Space Digest V16 #487,
...about the protests over proposals to put a giant billboard into orbit,
Mr. Hathaway's post is right on the money, if a little lengthy. In short,
an orbiting billboard would be trash, in the same way that a billboard on
the Earth is trash. Billboards make a place look trashy. That is why there
are laws in many places prohibiting their use. The light pollution
complaints are mainly an attempt to find some tangible reason to be against
orbiting billboards because people don't feel morally justified to complain
on the grounds that these things would defile the beauty of the sky.
Regular orbiting spacecraft are not the same in this respect, since they are
more like abstract entities, but a billboard in space would be like a beer
can somebody had thrown on the side of the road: just trash.
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Yeah, but I hate to follow them with the exhaust at ground level. Not all
diesels are well maintained, either, it seems they run for so long that
people keep them going long after the top end is worn out.
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jfc> If gamma ray bursters are extragalactic, would absorption from the
jfc> galaxy be expected? How transparent is the galactic core to gamma
jfc> rays?
and later...
JB> So, if the 1/r^2 law is incorrect (assume
JB> some unknown material [dark matter??] inhibits Gamma Ray propagation),
JB> could it be possible that we are actually seeing much less energetic
JB> events happening much closer to us? The even distribution could
JB> be caused by the characteristic propagation distance of gamma rays
JB> being shorter then 1/2 the thickness of the disk of the galaxy.
0.
Well, maybe not zero, but very little. At the typical energies for
gamma rays, the Galaxy is effectively transparent.
Hans Bloemen had a review article in Ann. Rev. Astr. Astrophys. a few
years back in which he discusses this in more depth.
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What's the best way to archive GIF's? I zip them and they only shrink 1%. I
have most compression programs except stacker which I heard was good for GIF's.
Thanx
-Brando
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Of course,
How many government projects after Using PERT, GANT, C.P.M.s
Process flow diagrams, Level 5 software projects.... actually
come in on schedule and under Cost. I know the GAO determined
that 80% of all NASA projects miss their budgets due to failing
to adequately measure engineering developement costs.
Me, I am allin favor of Government R&D. I thought Bell Labs was one of the best
to do research. I don't think the government should pour money
into any one sector, but should engage in projects which naturally
push the state of the art.
THings like High tech construction projects, apollo was worth it for the doing. Running hte national labs. The SSC is grossly overweight, but
is a reasonable project at a lower cost.
Unfortunately support for solo investigators is direly neglected.
Maybe what they should do, is throw out much of the process and just tell
new PH'ds, you get a 1 time grant of $50,000.00 If you produce, you
can qualify for other grants. If you don't you never get in again.
THis way young people get a shot at reserach, and older stale
scientists don't dominate the process.
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Not to inject a non-automotive note to this thread, but the BMW opposed
twin used in motorcycles for a *long* time is and always has been known as
a "boxer".
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Faith and intelligence tell me that when a druggie breaks into my house at
night with a knife to kill me for the $2 in my wallet, a .357 is considerably
more persuasive than having devotions with him.
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Brian Kendig first states:
I ask:
Brian Kendig states:
Make up your mind.
And we do not end perfect either. We are never perfect. Can you name
one person, young or old, past or present, that you deem perfect?
Good luck.
Then you lie to yourself. You do not know your shortcomings. I have clearly
shown one of your shortcomings, if not two. That is, ignorance of the Bible
and the arrogance you demonstrate butchering it without even knowing its
contents.
Because you have been too prideful to examine the record of him for yourself.
And to demonstate your lack of support for your conclusion, I bet you do not
even know what the word "Christ" means. Or which prophet used "Christ" to
describe the "Son of Man".
Yes. I agree with that. So we must learn first. Read the Bible. Come
up with our own interpretation. Evaluate what is being said
and by whom. Check the history books as well. Compare someone else's
interpretation with your own. Then make a judgment. But I tell you the
truth, 99% of what is being said in the Bible needs interpretation as
much as a coffee cup needs interpretation.
And remember, the Bible isn't a Guru's Esoteric Guide to Metaphysics.
It doesn't take a theologian to understand what is being said. The
Bible is a bunch of testimonies from people like you and I addressed
to people like you and I. These guys wrote down what they saw and heard. Is it
their open diary--and they want to tell you something. And because they
want you to know something, they make it very clear what they want you to
know. They didn't encouch their ideas in esoteric rhetoric, but in simple
straight-forward language.
You have chosen the road that avoids the Bible. You have chosen the
road that avoids a confrontation with the living God because that
road doesn't look appealing to you. You rather build your own road. One
that goes far away from that confrontation. But be assured of this,
you will have to confront him one day willingly or unwillingly.
I see what you mean. I hear what your saying. I am not degrading your
life. But I have heard the same irrational excuses for years. There is nothing
new in what you are saying. And by your own words, you are "spouting off"
contradictions. If contradictions give you meaning, then your life must
be sad.
Bingo. For God so loved the world, he GAVE his only begotton to son
so that whososever belives in him will have ever lasting life. I look
what God *did*. He has given his Son, even to his death, so that I can have
hope in his resurrection and know that life isn't for nothing, but has
glorious purpose.
Because you turn your eyes away from testimony and history. You choose to
lie to yourself that he doesn't exist, for you ignore what has been said for
thousands of years. You sound exactly, almost verbatim, like the Lazarus of
Jesus's story starting in Luke 16:19. And the conclusion of that story is a
bleak one. Lazarus wound up in hell. The story ends like this:
"For if Lazarus doesn't even listen to Moses and the Prophets,
he won't even believe if a man rose from the dead."
Arrogance at its best. The fact is, you are not rational. Several specific
cases have already been cited. And again with this new statement, you show more irrationality with regards to heaven. Jesus does tell you something of what to expect
in heaven. Jesus expects you to use your brain to believe in him. Jesus does
not expect you to placate either. Jesus wants you to willingly come to him, but not
as his grovelling slave, but rather as his brother who will share in his
glorious riches. Why do you not pick up the Bible and read it for yourself.
You maintain you have an open mind. See whether you are lying to yourself for
yourself.
I do understand what you said. But that's is not what I feel went amiss here.
You missed the point. Living a "good life" has no eternal consequences.
Once they close the amusement park of life, to you that is the end. To you, it
is over. To you, therefore, your time spent in the amusement park is meaningless.
It has no eternal consequences to you nor to anyone left on earth.
But then you contradict yourself. From a previous post, you said doing evil things
is bad. To you, it shouldn't matter if you do evil things or good things. It is
all meaningless in the end anyway. So go rob a bank. Go tell someone
you dislike that he is a dirty rotten slime bag. What's restraining you?
Life after all, has no eternal consequences and accountability is irrelevant.
At which time, you are truly not the master of yourself.
So you (and your holy book) say. By the same token, therefore, Santa
Claus delivers toys every xmas. Don't you see? I have NO REASON to
believe that what you say is true. Please give me some reason that I
can't similarly apply to Santa Claus.
You have EVERY reason to believe that what Jesus says and the witnesses
of Jesus say are true. But you choose to be unreasonable and "ignore" the
reasons. By definition, "ignorance".
Santa Claus is said to live at the North Pole and have a squad of elves
and flying reindeer. Ever see a flying reindeer? Has anyone in human
history seen a flying reindeer? Has anyone seen a reindeer whose nose
blinks red?
On the other hand, are people born in Bethlehem? Was Nebuchandezzar really
a king? Was Daniel really one of his court officials? Were David and Solomon
really kings of Israel and Judah? Was their really a king called Jehoachin?
Did Sennecherib really attack Jerusalem 600 years before Christ? Did
Sennacherib really lose his battle--and badly? Was there really a
Caiaphas who interrogated Jesus? Yes, yes, yes . . . history verifies
it. It is NONFICTION.
Do you have a problem discerning truth from fiction? Perhaps you
can't evaluate the context of Grimm's Fairy Tales apart from
that of the Scientific American. I suppose you treat both with equal
truthfulness or equal falsity. Is this what you are telling me? Or
is it that just do want to read the Scientific American and find out
that it's not a fairy tale?
Get real. Have you ever been to Zaire? Do you have to go there
to be assured that there really is such a place? Given your
irrationality, I take it you have never used a map in your life.
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: Why does a lead acid battery discharge and become dead (totally unuseable)
: when stored on a concrete floor?
It could be that you stored it somewhere that it could become covered
by moisture or damp air, which would short out the terminals.
The same thing happens to my car (Citroen 2CV) -- damp gets under the
bonnet (US: "hood") and shorts the spark-plugs to earth so it won't start.
The solution (for the car) is to clean the plug leads and spray with
WD-40 (moisture repellant). If damp *is* the problem, then storing the
battery off the ground may help. I'm not sure if spraying with WD-40
would be safe since it is very flammable (high percentage petroleum).
Just a thought...
Chris
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.. blah blah .. talking about hackers.. you know ..
Wow! A new proof for an NP-Complete problem, you guys in Eurpoe
really got your stuff together!
Base Step: [deleted too bad]
Inductive Step:
Inductive Hypothesis:
Fodder Step:
Like my mother always said, if you can't say something nice...
or was that can't say something right?
- kxh
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:
: Speaking of Paddock--what's he doing slagging Sandlak? If Sandlak puts
: his mind to it, he can be a physical presence and waking him up might be a
: real mistake.
Isn't Sandbag out with an injury now anyways? Perhaps Paddock
meant to say that Momesso was the cheap short artist. After all, that
would make more sense.
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I think it very unlikely there are back doors in clipper, for two reasons:
1. The government doesn't need them if it can get the key (and yes, I assume
that the "official" government obeys court orders, etc.--and that the design
of the chip and its approval were "official");
2. It would defeat the whole purpose of providing secure crypto for American
business that couldn't be read by our economic adversaries. If this were not
a legitimate and genuine purpose, and as many think, the NSA can read DES,
why bother otherwise?
Rational responses preferred to conspiracy theories, thanks.
David
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Wait a second, you're ignoring major facts here.
There was NO attempt to simply serve a warrant. The BATF had a
no-knock warrant. The initial firefight began when the BATF threw
concussion grenades at the building. (BATF admits this!)
Let's be realistic here, shall we?
You're a member of a rather paranoid religious organization. Someone
comes to your building, dressed in black suits, carrying firearms.
They throw a concussion grenade at the place, and try to break in.
What, exactly, are you going to do?
I would not allow anyone to enter my home without first identifying
themselves. If someone attacks my home by firing weapons or throwing
explosive, I think I'd be entirely justified in defending myself.
Regardless of what I think of the BDs, and regardless of whether or
not they were guilty of firearms violations, this is NOT the way you
treat people in a supposedly free society.
<MC>
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satire \'sa-tir\ n [MF or L; MF, fr. L _satura_, _satira_, fr. (lanx)
satura full plate, medley, fr. fem. of _satur_ sated; akin to L
_satis_ enough - more at SAD](1509) 1: a literary work holding up
human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn. 2: trenchent wit,
irony, or sarcasm used to expose and discredit vice or folly. syn see
WIT.
spl
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Actually in D&C 68:25-28 the parents are being held accountable for
their own sins. Specifically they are accountable for their failure
to teach their children properly. If I fail to teach my children
that stealing is wrong then I am responsible for their theft if they
later indulge in such behavior.
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He is God.
He is God.
God granted you the gift of life whether you were sinner or saint.
The scientist creates the living creature to examine it, poke and prod it and
learn about its behaviour. He will kill it if it becomes a threat. For
example, let's say the scientist creates a Tyrannosaurus Rex and it breaks
free of its confines and starts devouring the population. The scientist
would not hesitate in killing it.
God creates us to be His loving companions. He knows whether we are true in
our love for Him or not. And He lets us know the consequences of rejecting Him.
God cannot abide by sin. By rejecting God, a person becomes an enemy of God,
one that must be killed by Him. Note: I say that God and God alone is
worthy to be Judge, Jury and Executioner. We are not called to carry out
such duties because we are not worthy.
God is God. Who are we to question the Creator? If you doubt God's doing
in certain situations, do you claim to know a better solution? Would you
be playing the role of God?
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I think I found what your looking for on ftp.apple.com in the
/dts/mac/sys.soft/video directory and is called "Virtual Monitor Switch
1.0". Hope this helps.
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It's always a two-way street. God gave her the grace to avoid sin,
thus when she was visited by Gabriel, she gave her fiat, her total
acceptance of God's will. This fiat summarizes why Catholics regard
her as the highest of all humans, that God chose her and that she
accepted. Knowing this in advance, we extrapolate that she was
neither stained by nor subject to original sin.
God did create us all miraculously free to choose or not choose to sin.
"Sufficient for the day is the evil thereof and the grace of God to
command it." This amount of grace was precisely determined by God
to be the amount required to do what God asked of her. The grace
given to each of us is also enough, but we do not always choose
to accept it. We also believe Jesus was fully human and never
sinned.
God could have created a much better person than myself, one who
always chose the right thing, yet he created me instead, despite
my flaws. He proves he loves me as I am, continually drawing me
towards perfection. For whatever purpose he has for me, he has
confidence that I will accomplish it. If I ask God to repeat his
miraculous creation of the mother of his son, where will that leave me?
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<
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<>> I wonder if anybody know of a X-window-based postscript file
<>> viewer that runs under SunOS (prefered), HPUX, or IBM AIX.
<
<>If you are running Sun OpenWindows, you can use "pageview". This is an
<>X Window PostScript previewer like "ghostview", but displays much nicer
<
<Yes, but it's broken on OW 2.0. It does not handle multiple pages
<well. If you don't have the proper PostScript commands it will
<draw the entire document on the same page instead of pausing after
<each page. I haven't tried OW 3.0 yet, though.
OW 3.0 is the same. But, the definition of broken is relative. Pageview
requires DSC compliant PostScript files, in order to stop at page breaks.
I don't consider that broken. I say that any program that puts out a
PostScript file that isn't DSC compliant is broken.
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being gay and Christianity are not compatible should
I would absolutly love to have the time and energy to do so. The
problem is to be totally fair I would have to go throught this type of
search on every issue I belive in. I don't have the time, resources,
or ability to do what you ask. Maybe you should pray that God gives
me the opportunity instead of simply discrediting me because I have
not been able to talk to every gay christian.
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Hi Xperts!
Where can I get a good example in which XGCValues.plane_mask is used, or
who can explain how is it for and how to use it.
Any hints welcome.
Thanks.
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The following cassette tapes are for sale. $3.00 each... $2.50 each
for multiple orders, shipping included. Trades can be arranged.
Some of the cases are somewhat worn, with a few cracks, but the tapes
are all in good condition and sound fine.
E-mail to the posting account. Thanks.
The Who
-Who's Greatest Hits
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-Best of BTO (so far)
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-5150
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-The Best of the Doors
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-Door to Door
-The Cars Greatest Hits
Phil Collins
-Face Value
-No Jacket Required
Tears for Fears
-Songs From the Big Chair
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Well, I have a different story to recount. I attempted to low-level format a
WD 43MB disk about a year ago. When I understood my error, I contacted WD.
They told me that I hadn't hurt the drive and that I should just run FDISK and
FORMAT/S on it. It was fine. Also, I understand that Western Digital's BBS
may have some low-level formatting routines specifically available for IDE
drives. You probably need to talk to them and get the straight scoop.
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Thomas Jefferson is rolling over in his grave because the
university is making rules about sex.
Doesn't UVA also have a hate crimes rule on the books?
Adam
Adam Shostack adam@das.harvard.edu
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A circut court judge in Illinois once said "When dealing with a government
that seeks continually new and more creative ways to spy on its' citizenry,
one cannot discourage the move to empower the common citizen with the means
to parry this attack on personal privacy."
(Unfortunately the comment was with regard to the banning of radar
detectors....)
The point remains. More and more I see the government slowly washing
away privacy. Even unwittingly. Do you think I will ever live in a
soceity that issues smart cards to citizens at birth? Do you think I
will live in a soceity that insists I register my crypto keys so they
can keep track of what I'm saying? Even if there is no evidence of my
guilt? Do you think I will ever live in a soceity that seeks to meddle
in the affairs of its' citizenry without recourse of any kind? I'm tired
of it. There is (IMHO) no compromise with an administration that seeks
to implement these proposals under the guise of enhancing privacy.
More than the proposals themselves, I read the language of the press
releases, the obvious deception involved in presenting these pieces to
the public, and I am sickened. I am revolted. I am repulsed.
90%, perhaps even 95% of this country could care less about the
clipper chip, the wiretap bill, the smart card, because they are so
entrapped in the rhetoric of the Clinton Administration.
This saddens and frightens me.
I am a conserveative believe it or not. A law and order conserveative.
But the move to a centralized authoratarian regime really scares me,
mostly because I know you cant go far wrong underestimating the
intelligence of the American people. Tell them it's going to keep
them safe from drug dealers and terrorists, and they will let you
put cameras in their home.
Even in the wake of Waco, you find those who support the increasingly
totalatarian moves.
To be quite honest, the way things are going, I'd call it self defense.
And I dont want mine growning up in the eyes of a security camera
24 hours a day.
uni
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Not bad. We had a similar situation. Slowpitch softball, bases loaded,
weakest hitter at the plate. He hits a line drive over the third
baseman's head that hooked and hooked and finally landed ten feet in
foul ground, almost hitting the fence down that side of the field.
But the umpire called fair ball! I was coaching third, yelling at evrybody
to move up a base. The ump's position: "it was still fair when it
passed third base".
Why the other team didn't immediately protest I'll never know; we
certainly weren't going to argue about it, since every body did manage
to advance one base safely.
There was also the time when a batted ball ricocheted off my (runner
from second base) leg, fielded by the SS, steps on second to force the
runner from first, and throw to first in time for what the umpire
called a triple play; protest removed when we won the game anyway.
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Not to Sutter bash or anything since I idolized them as players....
you sure would think the Sutters would learn something about burning out their
teams in the regular season.....just too much intensity during the regular
season. I earlier posted a note about Brian and got to thinking after I read
this item.....gee both Sutters won their divisions and now both have lost
home ice advantage and are getting smoked in their opening series in the
playoffs. Kind of makes you wonder.......
Bottom line....man it is great to be smoking the WartHawks!!!!!
Agreed Jim.....this has been damn sweet, so far. About the only thing
that comes close to this is shutting up all the Maple Laugh fans....Detroit
has completely kicked their asses so far. But, I will stick with the
Blues for providing the best playoff tonic so far.
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