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2,161 |
well, IMHO (and i am just a nobody net.user) henry spencer is to
sci.* as kibo is to alt.* and rec.*....
....but i could be wrong...(did anybody mention the illuminati)
kitten
-- | 1 |
7,264 |
This was all badly reported in the news. There is no evidence that
signs of life found in old rock predate putative planet-sterilizing
events. Rather, the argument was that if life arose shortly the last
sterilizing event, then it must be easily formed. The *inference*
was that life originated before and was dest... | 1 |
3,984 |
I don't know the first thing about yeast infections but I am a scientist.
No scientist would take your statement --- "no convincing empirical evidence
to support the existence of systemic yeast syndrome" --- to tell you
anything except an absence of data on the question. Noring has pointed out
the catch-22 that if th... | 1 |
131 | brings up the issue of how the escrow agent will be paid, and the fact
that the government had financial leverage if they don't cooperate.
It's an important issue, especially if one of the escrow agents
decides they'd rather stop offering the service.
I assume that if the escrow agent isn't the government,
then the co... | 1 |
5,776 |
I heard somewhere (can't name the source) that TEMPEST does not necessarily
pick-up just CRTs, but it can pick up emissions from almost any chip. If
that is true, the kind monitor would not make any difference becuase everything
on the screen can be picked-up from the video controller. Can anybody verify
or refute t... | 1 |
5,321 | Could someone give me some information on the cause, pathophysiology and
clinical manifestations and treatment of this type of cancer. | 1 |
3,050 |
I don't think a reboost exercise is analogous to a shuttle landing/launch
in terms of stresses/misalignments/etc. I would think of the reboost as
a gentile push, where a landing, then launch as two JOLTS which would
put more mechanical stress on the instruments. Additionally, there might
be a concern about landing l... | 1 |
2,876 |
I can't answer all our questions in detail, but I can take a stab at
them.
The form the operations that compute R1, R2, and R3 is, of course, the
famous ``triple encryption'' suggested for use with DES. It's much
stronger than a single encryption, and has an effective key length of
160 bits. For reasons that were d... | 1 |
7,159 | Static test firings are now scheduled for this Saturday.....after many
schedule changes..... | 1 |
6,751 |
This is true, but it's not quite the whole story. There were
actually some people who were more careful in their methodology
who also replicated the 'phantom leaf effect.'
One of the most influential critics of Kirlian Electrophotography
is a Theosophist (and threfore presumably willing to entertain the
... | 1 |
5,855 | Would someone please send me a list of the historic space flights? I
am not looking for a list of all flights, just the ones in which something
monumental happened. Or better yet, is there an ftp site with the list of all
shuttle flights? | 1 |
5,203 |
Unlike the CIA, the NSA has no prohibition against domestic spying. Read
Bamford's THE PUZZLE PALACE. | 1 |
2,770 |
Before they do some real damage?? You haven't been paying attention, it
seems. The so-called War on Drugs has already done major damage to
the US Constitution. | 1 |
448 |
I never advocated "hiding in the sand." I'm advocating a peaceful
solution while a peaceful solution is possible. Unless you want blood on
your hands.
Read the above.
I type corrected. (:-)
English revolution-> what revolution? They never had one.
India-> If they could get around their religion restrictio... | 1 |
4,358 | Much of Cook's later exploration was privately funded, by Joseph Banks
among others (eg in Resolution & the earlier Endeavour). Colnett's voyage
to the Galapagos was substantially privately funded by the owners of
British whaling vessels. Chancellor and Willoughby were privately funded
by London merchant companies in... | 1 |
3,538 | The following article by columnist Mike Royko is his humorous commentary
on some of the public's perception of doctors and their salaries.
I hope some of you will find it as amusing as I did.
____________________________________________________________________________
[Reprinted w/o permission]
"There's no cure for ... | 1 |
1,694 | ------------- cut here -----------------
Volume 6, Number 11 April 25, 1993
+------------------------------------------------+
! !
! Health Info-Com Network !
... | 1 |
5,065 |
The proposal could be modified so that if they get a court order to tap you
and don't charge you with a crime within, say, 90 days, they have to buy you
a new phone.
If they do charge you, and you are found innocent, they have to buy you a
new phone.
:-)
David
| 1 |
4,795 | Last year, I was totally surprised when my annual physical disclosed an
inguinal hernia. I couldn't remember doing anything that would have
caused it. That is, I hadn't been lifting more than other people do,
and in fact probably somewhat less. Eventually the thing became more
painful and I had the repair operation.... | 1 |
4,761 |
She's published two books about her manic-depressive illness:
_Call Me Anna: the Autobiography of Patty Duke_, Patty Duke and
Kenneth Turan, Bantam Books 1987
and
_A Brilliant Madness: Living with Manic-Depressive Illness_, Patty
Duke and Gloria Hochman, Bantam Books 1992
| 1 |
7,440 | Come on, this is sci.space. An orbital billboard won't
do any permanent damage; in a few years it will reenter
and probably hit Los Angles anyway :-)
The boost to space commerce orbital advertising might
provide might speed the day it is possible for those with a
yen for dark skies to get some really dark skies beyo... | 1 |
3,817 | Given that what i described for the HST seemed to be the SMT, and given
the mass amrgins on the discovery mission is tight enough that spacewalking
has to be carefully constrained..... No EDO pallets, no spare Suits,
no extra MMU's.
WHy not do this?
Quick Test Goldins philosophjy of faster cheaper, bette... | 1 |
1,161 |
Er, people are going to make personal attacks on Prof. Denning whether she
posts here or not. That much should be obvious from looking at the traffic
over the last few weeks. Therefore I conclude that the existence of personal
attacks is irrelevant to any decision concerning whether to post.
I suspect that Prof. De... | 1 |
52 | As I recall from my bout with kidney stones, there isn't any
medication that can do anything about them except relieve the pain.
Either they pass, or they have to be broken up with sound, or they have
to be extracted surgically.
When I was in, the X-ray tech happened to mention that she'd had kidney
stones and childr... | 1 |
7,230 |
This is ridiculous, and your doctor sounds like a nut, if what is
reported here is what the doctor actually said. If your wife's
pancreas stops producing insulin and therefore becomes diabetic, she'll
need insulin replacement. That doesn't mean she's "dependent" on
insulin, anymore than she was beforehand--if her bo... | 1 |
3,732 | That's assuming it could get built by them.
Of course, it would probably sport Cruise missile Racks,
Sidewinder Missile tubes, Bomb Points, extra drop tanks,
a Full ECM suite, Terrain following radar and stealth
materials.
IT might not fly, but a technology demonstrator does
not require actual flight. | 1 |
510 |
I think you're both right. Teflon was actually discovered by accident
before WWII. From what I've heard, they had some chemical (I assume it
was tetrafluoroethylene) in a tank and but the valve got gummed up.
Cutting it open revealed that it had polymerized.
The material was useful for seals, but it had a major pro... | 1 |
2,176 | Scientific American had a nice short article on the history of the
hypodermic about 10 or 15 years ago. Prior to liquid injectables,
there were paddle-like needles used to implant a tiny pill under the
skin.
| 1 |
7,197 |
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 th... | 1 |
3,195 |
My comment was off the top of my head; I wasn't aware that it had
already been thought of. Guess it's true that there's nothing new under
the sun (or in this case, the flying billboards.)
-- | 1 |
2,797 |
Indeed, the sky doesn't look much like a black body if you look carefully
enough; in particular, its temperature at radio frequencies is quite a
bit higher than you would see from a black body. Morgan&Gordon's fat
"Communications Satellite Handbook" has a graph of sky temperature vs.
wavelength, in fact, for communic... | 1 |
4,187 | Doug Holland claims Tom Clancy has provided the recipe for nuclear bombs.
Clancy himself says he has omitted certain crucial steps. Further, how do we
know Clancy knows, rather than repeating what he's read or been told in the
unclassified domain?
On the other hand, when John Aristotle Phillips was a junio... | 1 |
2,422 | I'm wondering if "vandalize" is the proper word to use in this situation. My
dictionary defines "vandalism" as "the willful or malicious destructuion of
public or private property, especially of anything beautiful or artisitc." I
would agree the sky is beautiful, but not that it is public or private property.
I pers... | 1 |
4,559 | Does anyone have information about the struggles that Patti
Duke went through in her personal life with severe mood swings.
Did she have some form of chemical imbalance that triggered
these problems? I recall that she wrote a book about her troubles.
Does someone have the title of that book?
| 1 |
155 |
I think to some extent this is a case of stooping to their level. You assume
that the general public "can't handle the truth" and then, based on this
assumption, go for the fluff arguments. Then someone, who can understand a
good argument, comes along and asks "why don't you just develop the spinoffs?"
or "why ca... | 1 |
2,289 |
I believe it's legal to send DES code or equipment from the US to Canada
with no export license. I think this is the only place you can do this - all
other countries require a license.
As an aside, I've always thought it should be legal to send DES software
anywhere, if you follow these rules:
1. Encrypt your D... | 1 |
2,371 | =|>
=|> >I think that's the correct spelling..
=|> > I am looking for any information/supplies that will allow
=|> >do-it-yourselfers to take Krillean Pictures. I'm thinking
=|> >that education suppliers for schools might have a appartus for
=|> >sale, but I don't know any of the companies. Any info is greatly
=|> >ap... | 1 |
3,777 |
Nonsense! I've taught fifth, sixth, seventh . There are a few early puberty
types in fifth and it has nothing to do with early sexual experience. | 1 |
3,898 |
Fine then. Cut them off with pen and paper, and not the sword.
| 1 |
1,616 | I'm interested in this from the other angle: what antihistamine can I
take at bedtime for relief of allergies, with the assurance that its
sedative effect will have completely worn off by the next morning, but
preferably with the anti-allergy effect lasting longer?
I'm thinking mainly of OTC products. Which has the le... | 1 |
3,321 |
Hopefully, he doesnt take it personal... | 1 |
1,865 | Is it realistic for the government to try to keep the details
of the encrytion algorithm secret if it intends to use evidence from
wiretaps in court? Won't defense attorneys attempt to obtain the
details of the method if the prosecution attempts to present evidence
from wiretaps in court? Is it certain that ... | 1 |
6,966 | 1 | |
6,699 | KW> If you don't like additives, then for godsake,
KW> get off the net and learn to cook from scratch. Sheesh.
Mary Allison exclaims:
MA> EXCUSE ME!!!!!!!!!!!!
MA> Why can't people learn to cook from scratch *ON* the net.
MA> I've gotten LOTS of recipes off the net that don't use additives.
Because one simply _can... | 1 |
4,174 | I have that book, and the way I read it is, one side of the
conversation MUST be from outside the United States.
Of coures, that ASS U MEs that the NSA plays by the rules...
| 1 |
2,574 |
Will someone please post the David Sternlight FAQ to alt.privacy.clipper before
someone unfamiliar with him takes him seriously and starts yet another
flame fest? | 1 |
1,450 | 1 | |
6,485 |
[...]
[...]
I believe you are mistaken. I don't believe the AG publishes the
number of state wiretaps.
- Carl
| 1 |
5,271 |
I know this is kinda off the subject of sci.space, but not really, I want to
answer this for their, as well as everyone else's information. What these
people are proposing, by and large already exists and can be purchased today.
It is called labview by National Instruments. IT is a wonderful object
oriented graph... | 1 |
3,533 | Some of the MD's in this newsgroup have been riding my butt pretty good
(maybe in some cases with good reason). In this post on depression, I'm
laying it all out. I'll continue to post here because I think that I have
some knowledge that could be useful. Once you have read this post, you
should know where I'm com... | 1 |
6,058 | nnget 93122.1300541
And where do you advise people to turn for cancer information?
Most
It seems to me you've offered a circular refutation of Moss's organization. Who
has shown the information in the latest book of PAC to be questionable? Could
it be those 'regulatory' agencies and medical industries which Moss i... | 1 |
3,907 |
The Attorney General publishes the number of court-ordered taps each year.
It isn't enough (around a thousand) for the average non-crook, non-spy to
worry about. In fact, considering any reasonable guess about the number of
big-time crooks and spies around, it may not be enough even for most crooks
and spies to worry... | 1 |
3,309 | The points raised about checking what is actually -in- the chip, as
opposed to what is allegedly programmed therein, raise yet another trust
issue. Even if we assume that these "trusted agents" are really entering
a wide range of S1 and S2 seeds (rather than using the same one all the
time to reduce the key search s... | 1 |
1,574 | I'm replying to someone who asked for information on space camp.
I have a brochure that has all different schedules. What age, what
level and what program do you want to know the schedule of? Most of the
missions are 5 to 8 days long. The address for Huntsville is:
Alabama Space Science
Exhibit Commission
U.S. Space... | 1 |
7,490 | However valuable, this discussion does NOT belong on comp.org.acm or on
comp.org.ieee. Please edit your followups to include only the appropriate
newsgroups.
| 1 |
4,721 |
And most definitely read it in conjunction with Heinlein's _Starship
Trooper_. The two books are radically different viewpoints of the
same basic premises. I've even heard tell of English classes built
around this.
--
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live
in the real world."... | 1 |
5,529 |
Some countries have laws about importing crypto gear--I believe the U.S.
does. Without a license the above scheme won't work (at least not legally)
in such countries, including at least France and the U.S.
David
BZZT!
Wrong. The US does NOT have crypto import laws.
-derek | 1 |
2,649 |
I can't speak to sheer mass, but part of the problem is that HST
wasn't built to ever be brought back down. It's not built for those
kinds of 'jolt' forces and there is no support cradle for it (which is
additional weight that would be required.
--
"Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the ba... | 1 |
773 |
:
: Hello,
: Just one quick question:
: My father has had a back problem for a long time and doctors
: have diagnosed an operation is needed. Since he lives down in
: Mexico, he wants to know if there is a hospital anywhere in
: the United States particulary famous fo... | 1 |
6,780 | [...]
If they're planning on patenting an algorithm, then I hope they go out of
business as quickly as possible. And you can tell them I said that.
I'm sure many other readers of these newsgroups will agree, too.
| 1 |
6,799 | This is not an unusual practice if the doctor is also a
member of a nudist colony.
| 1 |
5,511 |
I don't know about you, but I have nearly forgotten how to generate paper
mail.
If I had e-mail to Congress, I would have written many letters by now.
I haven't written one yet, as it turns out. Writing on paper is such
a complicated job, for those of us hooked on our way-cool Internet.
| 1 |
6,913 | 1 | |
4,807 |
THE diarrhea problem? WHAT diarrhea problem? First, candidal overgrowth is
not a frequent problem during antibiotic therapy, and not all cases of
antibiotic-related diarrhea have anything to do with candida. But a case
of vaginal candidiasis or oral thrush after antibiotic therapy isn't going
to surprise anyone eit... | 1 |
3,296 | Ron Miller is a space artist with a long and distinguished career.
I've admired both his paintings (remember the USPS Solar System
Exploration Stamps last year?) and his writings on the history of
spaceflight. For several years he's been working on a *big* project
which is almost ready to hit the streets. A brochur... | 1 |
5,302 | From article <1993Apr22.145106.158@cathy.ijs.si>, by Borut.B.Lavrencic@ijs.si:
[...]
[...]
Are you sure that the field is in the area you found the antenna
farm? The tomb ("Ymvos") of Marathon which Herodotus specifies as near
the fighting area is in an area open to the public.
You must be referring to the U.S. army... | 1 |
1,157 | Is English (American, Canadian, etc.) common law recognized as
legally binding under international law? After all, we're talking about
something that by its very nature isn't limited to the territory of one
nation. | 1 |
6,842 | I got this recipe from a watier on the greek island of samos.
They use it as a spread for bread there butit is excellent on
gyro's as well. By the way, the actual name is tzatziki.
Here is the recipe:
yoghurt, chopped garlic, peeled chopped cucumber, salt, white
pepper, a little olive oil and a little vinegar.
I woul... | 1 |
7,466 | How fast do the fastest modems go?
V.FAST is targeted for about 28kbps; 14.4kbps is ~$500, and 19.2 may
be here soon too. (Remember to ignore compression figures which make
your modem go faster on compressible data, because voice gets
compressed better than that, and encryption makes further compression impossible... | 1 |
730 |
Supernovae put out 10^53 or 10^54 (i forget which, but it's only an
order of magnitude...). Not in gamma rays, though. You'd hafta get
all of that into gammas if they were at 9 Mpc, but if a decent fraction
of the SN output was in gammas it could reasonably be extragalactic
(but closer than 9 Mpc). I dunno SN theo... | 1 |
7,362 | [story deleted]
Let me give you another story that actually happened to ME. We sell
communications boards that use a 68000. They used to be high tech. Our
agent in the UK sold a system to a company in CH which packaged it in a
product for CZ (London-Bern-Prague). I telexed the Brits and told them
the Swiss need to ... | 1 |
7,141 | 1 | |
1,496 |
Gee, I'd FORGOTTEN about THIS NUT.
| 1 |
4,372 | I was wondering if anyone knew of where I could find source
code for a program to solve a substitution cipher?
Thanks!
Kevin | 1 |
2,715 |
This does not propose a _mechanism_ for GRBs in the Oort (and, no,
anti-matter annihilation does not fit the spectra at least as far
as I understand annihilation spectra...). Big difference.
That's ignoring the question of how you fit a distribution
to the Oort distribution when the Oort distribution is... | 1 |
1,110 | >> conference calls?
>It's not Clipper, it's any encryption system. I've seen a number of
>designs; they generally involve a multi-line cleartext bridge.
A 'multi-line cleartext bridge?"
^^^^^^^^^
And just were would you put that bridge? If it isn't at one of
the receiptants location, forget ... | 1 |
766 |
No, the thing is designed to be retrievable, in a pinch. Indeed, this
dictated a rather odd design for the solar arrays, since they had to be
retractable as well as extendable, and may thus have indirectly contributed
to the array-flapping problems.
The retrieval problems are exactly as stated: it would be costly, ... | 1 |
4,970 |
Where are your references? I have been unable to find studies that state
that chromium "cures diabetese". It can reduce the amount of insulin you
have to take. "High blood pressure" - I have never heard of this claim
before. "... anabolic steroids" - I have also never heard of this claim
before. Sounds like you... | 1 |
2,838 | I don't think mr. Clinton can even understand the technical details of
the clipper encryption scheme. So, his "assurances" are of no value at
al, if he gives them he just says what a panel of experts(?) told him.
If I lived in the USA, I would hope those experts were not paid by the
<fill here you favorite 3-letter... | 1 |
1,112 | -| I am taking a course entitled "Exploring Science Using Internet".
-| For our final project, we are to find a compendium of Internet resources
-| dealing with a science-related topic. I chose Astronomy. Anyway, I was
-| wondering if anyone out there knew of any interesting resources on Internet
-| that provide info... | 1 |
2,933 |
If the BT phone system is anything to go by...me thinks this should be
approached with great caution.
Mark | 1 |
1,560 |
Why bother with a new newsgroup? If you want to discuss the subject,
*start discussing it*. If there is enough traffic to annoy the rest of
us, we will let you know... and *then* it will be time for a new newsgroup. | 1 |
890 |
Do you know of the world-wide-web? This is a global hypertext (well,
hypermedia) network running on the internet. One of the nice things
about it is that is understands and incorporates virtually all of the
other systems being used, like WAIS, Gopher, FTP, Archie, etc. It
is usually quite easy to add existing reso... | 1 |
1,057 |
Mr. Sternlight, your naivete and historical ignorance is appalling.
[ History lesson detailing 1968-74 deleted. ] | 1 |
3,841 | I just joined this group recently and really do not know much about
cryptography, but a couple things came to mind while reading through
the posts.
1. Is the Clipper chip going to be exported? If not, how will
people communicate with other countries? Will they have to do
that in un-crypt-mode. Will other encryptio... | 1 |
5,847 | n9045178@henson.cc.wwu.edu (Sean Dean) writes...
[other 2 posts deleted]
Does anyone have Rush Limbaugh's e-mail address? Is there anyone out there
on Compuserve who might be able to look it up or otherwise find it?
Maybe it would be impossible, but I thought I should at least ask... | 1 |
7,240 |
Doesn't matter if we assume they are obeying the law, since they won't have
had a court order to tap calls prior to the date of the court order, and
thus won't have them available.
If they aren't obeying the law, we are in an entirely different discussion,
in which this is the least of one's worries.
David | 1 |
2,067 | Did your ENT also tell you that this procedure may remove warts from the soles
of your feet and improve your sex life?
| 1 |
413 |
First off, use some decent terms if ya don't mind. This is sci.med, not
alt.sex.
Secondly, how absolutely bogus to assume that "American's are just too hung
up on the penis....blah,blah". I think most American's don't care about
anything so comlicated as that. They just think it "looks nicer". Ask
a few of the... | 1 |
4,486 |
David, this study looks like a good one. Gordon Rubenfeld did a Medline
search and also sent me the same reference through e-mail. Since
commercial yogurt does not always have a good Lactobacillus a. or
bulgaricus culture, a negative finding would not have been too informative.
This is often the reason why Lactob... | 1 |
4,585 |
You've asked a toughie of a question. There are many different drugs which
are used for chemotherapy.
The overall purpose of chemotherapy (don't worry about the spelling. Some of
these crazy medical words are impossible to spell! :-) is to either destroy
cancer cells or to keep them from growing. Different drugs h... | 1 |
458 |
Are you in contact with her, is that what she said, or what you THINK
her reason is?
Also, could it be possible that she is not replying because she has
no reply that wouldn't confirm the worst suspicions? If the suspicions
are way out of pocket, one would think the person would be in there
saying so, and indicating... | 1 |
1,390 | Putting aside our substantial differences, I'd like to ask the knowledgeable
ones to give feedback on this. Let me explain.
One of my family members last week was discovered to have a brain tumor after
having some difficulties with walking and writing (she is 64 years old).
Otherwise, she is in fine health. The disc... | 1 |
6,014 | >tell RSA or any other non-DOD entity anything that its eavesdropping
>reveals. | 1 |
4,021 | Am looking for network access to recent research into treatments for
precocious puberty. If you know of specifics, would appreciate email.
I have plenty of general textbook type references. Have a niece whose
daughter is afflicted. The mother is an RN and has done a rather
exhaustive search of printed material.
P... | 1 |
871 | For a very long time I've had a problem with feeling really awful
when I try to get up in the morning. My sleep latency at night is also
pretty long, ranging from 30 min to an hour. I get about 7 hours of
bedtime (maybe 6 of actual sleep) a night and more on the weekends. I
will spend two or three hours laying in b... | 1 |
5,097 |
Any opinions on Burzynski's antineoplastons or information about the current
status of his research would be appreciated.
Burzynski's work is not too promising. None of his A-1 through A-5
antineoplastons have been shown to have antineoplastic effects against
experimental cancer. The NCI conducted tests of A-2... | 1 |
160 | >but whether I would. | 1 |
2,053 | Sorry. My friend's address who wants the faq and info is
jjsulliv@colby.edu
Sorry about that folks.
Jody
--
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jody Rebecca Colby College Majors: History/Sociology
Class o' '94
E-Mail: jrgould@colby.edu
samuel@paul.rutge... | 1 |
1,043 |
Speaking from experience, one doesn't need drugs to become disoriented
during hospital stays. I was in hosp for 5 days in late Jan; what with
general noise at all hours of night, staff coming every time I turned over,
or whatever, to check me out, I didn't get much sustained sleep at night.
Spent days groggy & dozin... | 1 |
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