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3,605 |
Yogurt contains Lactobacillus acidophilus and L. bulgaricus. L.
acidophilus is the major bacteria in the vaginal tract and is primarily
responsible for keeping the vaginal tract acidic and yeast free. Most of
the commercial yogurt sold in the U.S. has a very low L. acidophilus and L.
bulgaricus count. Neither o... | 1 |
804 | I am quite near sighted.
I've recently received laser treatment for both eyes to seal
holes in the retinas to help prevent retinal detachment. In my
left eye a small detachment had begun already and apparently the
laser was used to "weld" this back in place as well.
My right eye seems fine. In my left eye I was seein... | 1 |
1,955 | OK, I heard a lot of talk about the NSA's infamous control over encryption
export through the ITAR. Here's a question. Say I develop this great new
encryption system, and I want to sell my software worldwide. The thought
police then come in and say "This algorithm is a threat to national security.
You... | 1 |
3,557 | I used to be on lopid. It did a good job of reducing cholesterol (295
down to around 214), as well as LDL and triglycerides. Then, I got
pneumonia, and for some reason, the Lopid stopped working very well;
cholesterol and triglycerides soared. The levels might have stabilized
over time, but a new doctor had me quit,... | 1 |
4,895 | =FLAME ON
=
=Reading through the posts about Kirlian (whatever spelling)
=photography I couldn't help but being slightly disgusted by the
=narrow-minded, "I know it all", "I don't believe what I can't see or
=measure" attitude of many people out there.
Where have you seen that attitude?
=I am neither a real believer,... | 1 |
6,604 | 1 | |
1,408 |
Speaking of which, a paper was out a few years ago about a
weather sat imaging a lunar eclipse -- are those images
uploaded anywhere? I could dig out the reference if there's interest.
Shag
-- | 1 |
2,251 | The burden of proof rests upon those who claim the existence
of this "syndrome". To date, these claims are unsubstantiated
by any available data. Hopefully, as a scientist, you would
take issue with anyone overstating their conclusions based
upon their data.
Gee, I have many interesting and enlightening anecdotes ab... | 1 |
3,527 |
I read a great book about eye dominance several years ago. So there is one
book out there..at least one :).
There were several types of eye dominance. Where a person looks in their
memory usually indicates a type of eye dominanc Another type is related to
coordination activities like hitting a ball. Another fo... | 1 |
4,230 | Having read in the past about the fail-safe mechanisms on spacecraft, I had
assumed that the Command Loss Timer had that sort of function. However I
always find disturbing the oxymoron of a "NO-OP" command that does something.
If the command changes the behavior or status of the spacecraft it is not
a "NO-OP" command.... | 1 |
4,079 |
That would be a V4 ticket, presumably, not a V5 ticket. The V4 ticket
format can even be complicated several more orders of magnitude... | 1 |
5,647 | Iff the phones transmit their serial nos. as part of the message then what
is to say that each phone can take that serial number and use it to generate
the required key....
| 1 |
5,386 |
The problem is that this will also cause "a certain amount of interference"
in *all* systems within the range of the device. A long time ago I built a
small jammer to dissuade my brother from using his radio alarm clock at
something like 4am, which had just enough range to cover my room and his.
However something ... | 1 |
6,691 |
My opinion(for what it's worth) is that 40 x-rays is *way* too many.
Guidleines have been set on the number of dental x-rays and chest x-rays
that one should have over a given period of time because of all the
environmental factors that can cause cancer in humans, ionizing radiation
is one of the most potent(spli... | 1 |
6,390 |
Given that certain archival methods have certain key(cleartext) in a file I
used a programatic dictionary attack. I used the DES library provided with the
system that I was using. What is to keep anyone from being lucky with a key?
My previous employment has nothing to do with my current address, other than
the f... | 1 |
3,921 | The RISC processor made by Fairchild, sold to Intergraph, much the same
story as the R4000. | 1 |
2,259 |
One possible reason is that file' is made with sassafras leaves, while root
beer was made with sassafras bark or root bark. The leaves contain either
no
or less saffrole than the bark.
There is also some sort of treatment which putatively removes saffrole from
sassafras products. I have some concentrated sassafras ... | 1 |
1,954 |
-jeremy
Are you talking about a single BATSE component, or
the whole thing?
You *could* propose a BATSE probe; launch two or three with ion
drive on various planetary trajectories... your resolution increaces
the more they're spaced apart. You could probably ch... | 1 |
5,010 | I propose that PepsiCo, Mcdonalds and other companies could put
into orbit banners that have timely political messages, such as,
"Stop the slaughter in Bosnia!"
, etc. | 1 |
676 | Hello,
does anyone know about allergic reactions caused by the developer/toner
of laser printers? What chemical stuff is involved?
Thanks in advance!
Reinhard | 1 |
2,448 | 1 | |
5,931 |
Terrance,
There is a good article entitled: "A long-term in vivo bone strain
measurement device," Journal of Investigative Surgery 1989; 2(2): 195-206
by Szivek JA & Magee FP.
I think you can find some others by searching MedLine. | 1 |
3,865 | Brad Yearwood posts a long response to the issue of registering a
phone-clipper relationship.
It doesn't wash.
Recall that law enforcement gets a court order to tap a suspect's phone
calls. They do what they do now--figure out which lines to tap. They then
record the stuff. If it's Clipper, they read the law enforcem... | 1 |
3,744 | There's been some discussion very recently as to whether the
government once again might exempt themselves from something they use
to screw us over... Well, from comp.dcom.telecom:
From: lesreeves@attmail.com
Subject: Odds 'n Ends in the News
* The Clipper Chip device introduced yesterday by AT&T may not be
suitable... | 1 |
7,016 | Hi:
I went to the orthopedist on Tuesday. He diagnosed me as having
"intersection syndrome". He prescribed Feldene for me. I want
to know more about the disease and the drug.
Thanks
| 1 |
825 |
Only guessing, but from his address I'd say that Jerry, like
me, lives in Canada. Unlike me, he thinks that our friends in
the US enjoy the same freedom that we do, and he has not seen
the slow but steady erosion to the south of us.
We have the benefit of relatively slow politi... | 1 |
4,515 |
Right? What right? And don't you mean something more like: It so
typical that the wants of the minority can obstruct the wants of the
majority, no matter how ridiculous those minority wants might be or
what benefits those majority wants might have?
[My sole connection with the project is that I spent a lot of time... | 1 |
5,539 | How about going to a doctor to get some minor surgery done. Doctor
refuses to do it because it's ``to risky'' (still charges me $50!).
I go home and do it myself. No problem.
The ``surgery'' involved digging out a pine needle that had buried
itself under my tongue. | 1 |
2,215 | Dear Netters:
Maybe one of you can explain this. From time to time I experience
a strange kind of feeling (I have all kinds of weird feelings) which
can be best described as the feeling of "losing gravity", like that one
experiences in a descending elevator. Needless to say, it is not
enjoyable. It sometimes co... | 1 |
1,635 | psionic@wam.umd.edu, whose parenthesized name is either an unfortunate
coincidence or casts serious doubt on his bona fides, posts a message in
which he seems willing to take the word of a private firm about which he
knows little that their new encryption algorithm is secure and contains no
trapdoors, while seemingly d... | 1 |
1,797 | 1 | |
1,120 | :>Sounds to me like someone was pulling your leg. There is only one way for
:>pregnancy to occur: intercourse. These days however there is also
:>artificial insemination and implantation techniques, but we're speaking of
:>"natural" acts here. It is possible for pregnancy to occur if semen is
:>deposited just outsid... | 1 |
1,787 | <:
<: As a private citizen, I would feel much more "secure in my person and
<: papers" knowing that an organization committed to individual civil
<: liberties- the ACLU and the NRA come to mind- was safeguarding half of
<: my key. Both the ACLU and the NRA are resistent to government pressure
<: by the simple expedien... | 1 |
108 | Regarding the feasability of retrieving the HST for repair and
relaunching it:
(Caution: speculation mode engaged)
There is another consideration that hasn't been mentioned yet.
I expect that retrieving HST would involve 'damaging' it considerably in
order to return it to its cradle in the cargo bay. Most of the depl... | 1 |
3,458 | I did. You're mistaken. NSA's communications intelligence mission is
strictly against foreign governments. Here's an excerpt from the enabling
charter (24 Oct 52, Truman) that should clarify this. The charter was
declassified in about Feb 1990 when an FOIA request made it public.
Interesting! Where can... | 1 |
1,114 | I feel compelled to complain: the statement that recent observations
rule out merging neutron stars as sources of gamma-ray bursts is
utterly false, even though it is popular enough to make it to
BATSE press releases.
The idea behind the statement is as follows:
"if you smack two neutron
stars together, or ... | 1 |
2,292 | We don't disagree on this. All I said was that a right is whatever
you or somebody acting for you can enforce. The Bill of Rights didn't
come into effect until it was ratified by the states (and indirectly,
the people); from that point it defined legal rights. "Common law"
rights are vague and situational; that's... | 1 |
432 | :Chronic persistent hepatitis is usually diagnosed when someone does a liver
:biopsy on a patient that has persistently elevated serum transaminases months
:after a bout of acute viral hepatitis, or when someone is found to have
:persistently elevated transaminases on routine screening tests. The degree of
:elevation (... | 1 |
2,802 | Recently I've come upon a body of literature which promotes colon
cleansing as a vital aid to preventive medicine through nutrition. In
particular, Dr. Bernard Jenssen in his book "Colon Cleansing for
Health and Longevity" -- the title actually escapes me, but it is very
similar to that -- claims that regular self-adm... | 1 |
2,785 | :In article <enea1-270493135255@enea.apple.com>
:>Can anyone out there tell me the difference between a "persistent" disease
:>and a "chronic" one? For example, persistent hepatitis vs chronic
:>hepatitis.
:
:I don't think there is a general distinction. Rather, there are
:two classes of chronic hepatitis: chronic act... | 1 |
4,828 |
But the sperm would be very diluted in a "x" gallon swimming pool | 1 |
5,997 | I have seen various references to 'triple des' recently. Could anyone
tell me what it is ? From context, I would guess that it means
encrypting each block 3 times, with a different key each time, but
I'd like to be sure.
Replies by email preferred - our news is unreliable.
Thanks,
Richard
--
--------------
PGP Pu... | 1 |
2,891 |
This is a whole different situation. If aliens were able to get here prior
to us being able to get there, one might conclude that they would be more advanced
and therefore "more intelegent" that we are. However if we get somewhere where there
is life, chances are we wont be able to communicate with them. So we wil... | 1 |
6,069 | 1) I think that most of us can afford a stamp and an envelope, and the
cost of printing out a letter.
2) If some kind soul out there would write a letter, and upload it to
the net, everyone could capture it, print it out, and snail-mail it
out to their local congressional critter.
BTW>> I'm working on one.
-nate | 1 |
4,451 |
[re: voyages of discovery...]
Could you give examples of privately funded ones?
If you believe 1492 (the film), Columbus had substantial private
funds. When Columbus asked the merchant why he put the money in, the
guy said (slightly paraphrased) , "There is Faith, Hope and Charity.
But greater than these is Ba... | 1 |
4,407 | You should have been following the discussion of GRBs
going on in sci.astro. It's been discussed in some detail,
with references even.
| 1 |
5,677 |
Is it not also an abomination that somebody would spend money on "space
advertising" when those children are starving? Perhaps some redistribution
of wealth would help them ... | 1 |
5,886 | Here is a press release from Huntington Medical Research Institutes.
New Method For Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease Discovered at
Huntington Medical Research Institutes: Results to Be Reported
To: National Desk, Health Writer
Contact: John Lockhart or Belinda Gerber, 310-444-7000, or
800-522-8877, for the ... | 1 |
3,992 |
You should read the history. It was Hoover who stopped Nixon's COINTELPRO
dead in its tracks because he said it was unconstitutional. They tried to
get around him every way they could.
Despite other things he may have done, for this alone, Hoover saved the
Constitution.
David
| 1 |
6,461 | Cool!
I think you mean Moon.
(Sorry, I had to.) ; )
| 1 |
6,520 | =>Yup. The demonstration to which you refer consists of placing a leaf between
=>the plates, and taking a Kirlian photograph of it. You then cut off part of
=>the leaf, put the top plate back on, and take another Kirlian photograph. You
=>see pretty much the same image in both cases. Turns out the effect isn't
=>ne... | 1 |
7,069 |
I never advocated not saying what you believe in. I'm advocating second
thought, and calm.
"A smart warrior defeats the enemy in ambush on the battlefield"
"A smarter warrior defeats the enemy in open warfare on the battlefield"
"The smartest warrior defeats the enemy without using the battlefield"
Think about it... | 1 |
5,740 | I'm afraid I was not able to find the GIFs... is the list
updated weekly, perhaps, or am I just missing something? | 1 |
5,859 |
Non-steroid. Proventil is a brand of albuterol, a bronchodilator.
Regards, | 1 |
5,729 | Have I mailed this to the correct newsgroup(s)? Are there other newsgroup(s)
which cover the following topic?
--------
Has anyone with myopia (short-sightedness) ever done the Bates eye-exercises?
If so, could you please e-mail me the following information:
- age and state of sight before exercises were commenced;
... | 1 |
4,650 | No. Do this.
Have the DC-X1, make an unscheduled landing at teh 50 yard
line during the halftime show of This years Superbowl.
ABC will have more reporters there for that, then at
any news event. | 1 |
681 |
> > What evidence indicates that Gamma Ray bursters are very far away?
> >Given the enormous power, i was just wondering, what if they are
> >quantum black holes or something like that fairly close by?
> >Why would they have to be at galactic ranges?
. . . David gives good explainatio... | 1 |
4,907 |
Well, I'll avoid your question for now (got some learnin' to do) with a
promise to come back with more info when I can find it. I _do_ know that
BATSE is the primary instrument in the development of the all-sky map of
long-term sources. Given that fact, and the spacecraft attitude knowledge
of approx. 2 arcmin, we m... | 1 |
5,136 | There is a description of something called a "fair crypto system" in the
May 1993 issue of BYTE, p. 134, attributed to MIT professor Silvio Micali.
The way it works is as follows:
You generate your private key S, and break it up into pieces s1, s2, s3,
s4, and s5, such that (s1 + s2 + ... + s5) mod p = S.
You g... | 1 |
7,363 |
Could someone explain where these names come from? I'm sure there's a
perfectly good reason to name a planetoid "Smiley," but I'm equally sure
that I don't know what that reason is.
Read John le Carre's "Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy", "The Honorable Schoolboy"
or "Smiley's People". | 1 |
3,092 |
_The_ problem with Oort cloud sources is that absolutely
no plausible mechanism has been proposed. It would have
to involve new physics as far as I can tell. Closest to
"conventional" Oort sources is a model of B-field pinching
by comets, it's got too many holes in it to count, but at
... | 1 |
333 |
Correct, we have no parallax measurements on the bursts.
Therefore, we can't tell whether they're slightly extra solar
or not!
(which means that parallax can't tell us whether or not it's real close.)
| 1 |
5,876 |
This is one of those "yes, but" things. It's true that a hydraulically
pressurized tube can be somewhat more rigid than an unpressurized tube,
but even at 2000 PSI levels a hydraulic hose will bend rather easily,
though it's straight-on compressive strength is high, and it's torsional
resistance increase is practical... | 1 |
3,549 | [Description of Boeing study of two-staged spaceplane using
supersonic ramjets deleted.] | 1 |
2,697 | ...
There's a better way. Doesn't Qualcom have a secure design
that it decided not to market? Since they aren't going to
use it, wouldn't the patriotic thing be to put the design in
the public domain? How about selling a "Cryptography
Educational Kit" with the critical parts?... | 1 |
5,123 |
As far as I can see if your obstetrition has an ultrasound in his rooms
and is expirienced its use and interpretation, he should be just as
capable of reading it as any radiologist. All doctors are "qualified" to
read x-rays, u/s, ct scans etc. it is just that a radiologist does nothing
else, and thus, is only b... | 1 |
361 | Wm Hathaway comments;
I agree that the desire for beauty is valid, but I think your desire to
impose your vision of beauty is not. You mention the age-old desire to
somehow get up there, but ignore the beauty of the actual achievment
of that vision. You mention the beauty of a very dark sky, not impeded
by the eff... | 1 |
555 | >supposed to develop cryptosystems. If the government chooses to go
>ahead and sell those cryptosystems to the masses, so be it. | 1 |
5,218 | I have been struck down this past week by a stomach bug and fever
which went away quickly when treated with an antibiotic. The
pharmacist told me the antibiotic is effective against a wide
variety of "gram-negative bacteria." I was wondering where I
might have acquired such a bacteria. Could they hang out in swimming-
... | 1 |
5,732 |
The compressed image format used for the Voyager disks is not (yet)
supported by any Macintosh display software that I know of. However,
there does exist a program that can convert the images to a format that
is recognized by recent versions of both Pixel Pusher and NIH/Image. It
is called "PDS Decompress" and is avai... | 1 |
4,791 | Although the $1 billion scheme is a fantasy (it's an old canard in the space
business called "trolling for billionaires"), there is a good chance that a
much smaller program ($65 million) will pass the 103rd Congress. This is the
Back to the Moon bill, put together by the people who passed the Launch
Services Purchase ... | 1 |
1,680 | 1 | |
527 | Re; Response from CoB of Boeing on SSTO ...
Boeing has been looking at several TSTO vehicles and has carried
out extensive conceptual studies of advanced launch systems for some
time. A good reference on this might be: "Comparison of Propulsion
Options for Advanced Earth-To-Orbit (ETO) Applications (IAF-92-
0639... | 1 |
6,350 | It is interesting to note in the past few days' correspondance that some
believe that poor old New Mexico is not capable of hosting a commercial
space launch business. For many reasons, it can, and we here on the front
lines see no reason why it should not. The 'spaceport political publicity'
referred to the other da... | 1 |
3,166 |
I don't think there is a general distinction. Rather, there are
two classes of chronic hepatitis: chronic active hepatitis and chronic
persistent hepatitis. I can't think of any other disease where the
term persistent is used with or in preference to chronic.
Much as these two terms "chronic active" and "chronic pe... | 1 |
553 |
Do not presume to tell me what I have and have not read. The system may
not rely upon registering people as owning particular phone units, but
it is necessary to know which phone units are likely to be used for some
suspected criminal communication before you can obtain their unit keys
from escrow. This necessity ra... | 1 |
5,780 | I had ankle reconstruction (grafting the extensor digitorum
longus to the lateral side of the ankle, along with a video
arthroscopy of the ankle (interesting to watch, to say the
least). Since then, I have had periodic muscle spasms (not
cramping, but twitching that is very fast) in some of the
muscle groups along the ... | 1 |
2,410 | # >Coca Cola company will want to paint the moon red and white. (Well,
# >if not this moon, then a moon of Jupiter)...
This reminds me of the old Arthur C. Clarke story about the Coca Cola
ad stashed inside an experiment. | 1 |
7,522 | :
: >move a little, the pain will be excrutiating. I was told by my doctor
: >at that time that the pain was comparable to that of childbirth. (Yes,
: >by a male doctor, so I'm sure some of you women will disagree). I'd
: >really like to know the truth in this, so maybe some of you women who
: >have had a baby and a k... | 1 |
3,014 | "The security of the system should depend only on the secrecy of
the keys and not on the secrecy of the algorithms" -- Dorothy Denning | 1 |
2,517 |
Why jettison the SSMEs? Why not hold on to them and have a shuttle
bring them down to use as spares?
| 1 |
7,080 | I am a student from San Leandro High school. I am doing a research
project for physics and I would like information on Edward Jenner and the
vaccination for small pox. Any information at all would be greatly
apprectiated. Thank you.
| 1 |
3,340 | I don't wish to rehash the PGP patent issue at all, but I do feel
that some potential misconceptions in interpretting intellectual property
laws need to be raised.
You are correct that executing PGP would be a violation (unless the patent
were declared invalid by the courts), but... there is a question as
to when, h... | 1 |
1,873 |
[ ... ]
[ ... ]
One very interesting thing I notice about this is that the only use of
the chip key is to encode the session key for the law enforcement field.
It is not used at all by the encryption algorithm.
It seems like it would be possible to create a device that would be
otherwise compatible, but would s... | 1 |
3,239 | : Mike Adams suggested discussions on long-term effects of spaceflight
: to the human being. I love this topic, as some of you regulars know.
: So, having seen Henry's encouraging statement about starting to talk
: about it; I shall.
: I feel that we as a community of people have unique resources
: to deliver to the... | 1 |
6,381 | A student told me today that she has been diagnosed with kidney stones, a
cyst on one kidney, and a kidney infection. She was upset because her
condition had been misdiagnosed since last fall, and she has been ill all
this time. During her most recent doctor's appointment at her parents'
HMO clinic, she said that abo... | 1 |
4,227 |
: Well, now, Doc, I sure would not want to bet my life on those little
: critters not being able to get thru one layer of sweat-soaked cotton
: on their way to do their programmed task. Infrequent, yes, unlikely,
: yes, but impossible? I learned a long time ago never to say never in
: medicine <g> ... | 1 |
1,153 |
David,
While I disagree strongly with you on the issue of our trusting the government,
I think you have a good idea here. There is danger that, with funding coming
from asset forfeitures, the government could continue to promulgate a bad
product in spite of poor acceptance. Making the product pay its way (as
it mus... | 1 |
2,825 |
From the word 'statim' (Latin, I think), meaning immediately.
========================= | 1 |
3,670 | I know that alot of how people think and act in a long distance space project
would be much like old tiem explorers, sailors, hunters and such who spent alot
of time alone, isolated, and alone or in minimal surroundings and sopcial
contacts.. Such as the old arctic and antarctic expeditions and such..
I vote for a lat... | 1 |
1,119 | The following is based on copies I was given of some articles published in
Hearing Instruments. I would appreciate any comments about this and other
'new' technology for hearing aids.
The ReSound system was developed on the basis of some research at AT&T and
appears to take a different approach from other aids. It app... | 1 |
6,861 | >Remember that they've promised to let a committee of outside experts see
>the cryptosystem design.
I hope there are some silicon jocks on the committee who can follow
the algorithm through to hardware. While I doubt the NSA would pull
any monkey business on this point -- they have to expect that the
... | 1 |
321 |
: Hi All,
: Would anyone out there in 'net-land' happen to have an
: authentic, sure-fire way of making this great sauce that
: is used to adorn Gyro's and Souvlaki?
: Thanks,
I have a receipe at home that was posted to me by one of our fellow
netters about a month ago. I am recalling this from memory but
I think ... | 1 |
4,344 |
In 1967, when I was a grad student at UW in Seattle I had a chance to
read Hoover's book "Masters of Deceit", and I quote a sentence (from
memory):
"and beware my fellow Americans, a communist may look just as an
ordinary person..."
I went to the mirror and it was true.
--
Borut B. Lavrencic, D.Sc. | X.400 ... | 1 |
1,762 |
But no one (or at least, not many people) are trying to pass off God
as a scientific fact. Not so with Kirlian photography. I'll admit that
it is possible that some superior intelligence exists elsewhere, and if
people want to label that intelligence "God", I'm not going to stop
them. Anyway, let's _not_ turn t... | 1 |
2,287 |
Food products can get through breast milk and cause allergies in the
young. Since the son is allergic it would be best not to go to
bottle feedings, but rather eliminate foods from mother's diet. Your
pediatrician should be able to give you a list of foods to avoid. | 1 |
2,062 | Also,if they did come from the Oort cloud we would expect to
see the same from other stars Oort Clouds. | 1 |
2,665 |
So, who is Mykotronx, Inc.? It would be nice to know that they are
not a front company used by an intelligence or other agency of the
U.S. government.
While we are at it, the chip design(s) should be examined and verified
against silicon to insure no trap doors or hidden protocols exist in silicon,
regardless of... | 1 |
1,632 |
Well, I agree. I hope others chime in with suggestions on specific
technologies which could be applied towards the maintenance of an
Earth like atmosphere on a long-duration spacecraft.
Tim et al:
I think we should try looking at atmosphere first.
This seems to be the single most fundamental issue in keeping an... | 1 |
4,663 | I know it's only wishful thinking, with our current President,
but this is from last fall:
"Is there life on Mars? Maybe not now. But there will be."
-- Daniel S. Goldin, NASA Administrator, 24 August 1992
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (7... | 1 |
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