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2,511 | I also suffer from these video "artefacts". My configuration is a
Centris 610, 4/160, 1MB VRAM with a NEC 4FG. It only happens at
832x624, in 8bit colour with virtual memory off during scrolling. This
occurs when the VRAM SIMMS are installed as well as removed.
It seems that the 610 does not like 832x624.
Does anyone *not* have these problems in the above mentioned
conditions?
-Gersham Meharg
SFU Canada.
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6,979 |
This was the Pathe you are thinking of, although there were other imitators.
It didn't wear the disks any more than conventional acoustic designs, but
it did have a high noise level due to the continual hiss of escaping air.
There are a lot of them still operating, and they are pretty ingenious. | 11 | trimmed_train |
9,810 | I'm interested in simulating reverse (or negative) color video
mathematically. What is the transform? Is it a simple
reversal of the hue value in the HSV color space? Is it
a manipulation in the YUV color space? How is it related
to solarization?
If you want to see something truly wild, turn on the
reverse video effect on a camcorder so equipped,
and point it at the monitor. This creates a chaotic
dynamical system whose phase space is continuous along
rotation, zoom, focus, etc. Very very surprising and
lovely. I'd like to write a simulation of this effect
without analog grunge. Thanks for any info you may have.
Please e-mail any info to me. I'll post a summary.
Thanks,
-- | 1 | trimmed_train |
1,765 |
As far as I know, Toronto, Pittsburgh, and New York (NL) change their
uniforms every year. Every other year (e.g., New York), it will say Mets
in cursive, New York in cursive, or New York in all caps. Minor changes,
but they do change them often. Last year, I think they had New York in all
caps. Did Toronto have Blue Jays or Toronto last year? What about
Pittsburgh?
I hate the gray. They should opt for more color (like the White Sox).
I hate white team versus gray team. Spring training uniforms look much
better. | 2 | trimmed_train |
6,482 |
: medtronic.COM (Dale M. Skiba) entirely missed my point in my previous
: : firmly on the western coast of the Med. You can bet IUm gonna keep this
: baby
: >My my my, such double standards. You neglected to give any primary sources
: >for your book, _Encyclopedia of the Bible_. Are we to expect that source
: >to be as unbiased as the other sources... MR. Butler *DID* give at least
: >one source, you have given none.
: REPLY
: It was a JOKE. The Readers digest _Encyclopedia of the Bible_ was the most
: outrageously bogus *authority* I could dredge from my shelves.
: I was trying to point out that going to some encyclopedia, rather than
: original or scholarly sources is a BIG MISTAKE in procedure. I am glad
: to note that Butler and DeCesno are arguing about substance now,
: rather than about arguing.
I guess the joke was on me... I am so used to seeing bogus stuff
posted here that I assumed that yours was necessarily the same.
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2,894 |
I knew that Cutie would sell us out. Full-blooded Democrat, he is :-)
Seriously folks, if it can happen here (remember? we all got gun racks on
our 4x4s), it can happen anywhere. Now to get that letter ready. `Dear
Cutie, as one who didn't vote for you, I can sincerely say I am unhappy...'
Those who know what's best for us
Must try to save us from ourselves
-- RUSH
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7,837 | OK... I've done a little research and the price I've been asking
was a BIT high. So...
Casio CZ-101 Synthesizer $125 or best offer
Features:
uses FM modulation to create sounds --
programmable ADSR envelopes for each of 2 DCA's (amplitude), 2 DCW's
(pitch, like a VCF), and 2 DCO's (waveform, like VCO) with up to 8
steps for each
16 preset sounds, 8 more in memory, 8 more still in RAM cartridge.
49 stubby keys
Pitch Bend Wheel
MIDI in/out ports
Includes:
All the manuals you could ever want
AC adapter (can use 6 D batteries)
Line cord
1 RAM cartridge -- holds 8 additional sounds
I'll throw in a bunch of sheet music and "Play Rock Keyboards" too.
| 5 | trimmed_train |
56 | an excellent automatic can be found in the subaru legacy. it switches to
"sport" mode when the electronics figure it, not when the driver sets
the switch.. which is the proper way to do it, IMO. so what does "sport"
mode entail? several things:
1) revving to red line (or to the rev limiter in the case of the legacy)
2) delayed upshifts. (i.e. if you lift off briefly, it will remain in the
low gear. this is handy if you are charging through corners and
would like to do without the distraction of upshifts when there's
another curve approaching)
3) part throttle downshifts, based on the *speed* at which the pedal is
depressed, rather than the *position* of the pedal. modern
electronics can measure this very easily and switch to sport mode.
this is wonderful if you want to charge through a green light about
to turn red. my audi senses this very well and can downshift on as
little as half throttle if my right foot is fast enough.
also, i think that a smart automatic can deliver better gas mileage
than a dumb driver with a stick, all else being equal.. remember that
the idea of a stick being more economical than an automatic makes a
big assumption that the driver is smart enough to know what gear to
use for each situation.. how many times have you ridden with an
inattentive driver cruising on the highway at 55/65 in 4th gear (of a
5 speed)?
how many % of people who drive manuals *really* know what the best
gear to use is for every conceivable situation? i'm sure there will
be some who know, but i suspect that a chip controlled automatic with
all possible scenario/ratio combinations stored in ROM is likely to do
better. i can also say that all my previous assumptions were proved
wrong after i got a car with instantaneous mpg readout... high gear,
low revs and wide open throttle is more economical than low gear, high
revs and small throttle opening. the explanation is quite simple if
one sits down to think about it, but not that obvious at first sight.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
94 |
A note to users of Plexi-Fairings:
If the light hits some of these just right, they become a giant magnifing
glass and will melt a hole in your guage pod!
----===== DoD #8177 = Technician(Dr. Speed) .NOT. Student =====---- | 12 | trimmed_train |
4,892 |
What loyalty!
Jim, it seems you've been reading a little too much Russell Hoban
lately. As Hemingway said, my imitators always imitate the _bad_
aspects of my writing. Hoban would, no doubt, say the same here.
| 8 | trimmed_train |
9,400 |
Agreed.
--
"Satan and the Angels do not have freewill.
They do what god tells them to do. " | 8 | trimmed_train |
4,910 |
Then not murdering would have no moral significance, since there
would be nothing voluntary about it.
You are starting to get the point. Mimicry is not necessarily the
same as the action being imitated. A Parrot saying "Pretty Polly"
isn't necessarily commenting on the pulchritude of Polly.
See above.
They do. I and other posters have given you many examples of exactly
this, but you seem to have a very short memory.
I'm saying:
"There must be the possibility that the organism - it's not
just people we are talking about - can consider alternatives."
It's right there in the posting you are replying to. | 8 | trimmed_train |
10,070 |
While I agree with you on that formal training is essential for safe riding,
I disagree strongly with your original point. The point of formal training
must be to prepare riders for the road. Preparedness is in my opinion
to know as much as possible. So, to exclude some aspects of riding a bike
in a course is wrong IMHO. Now to countersteering in particular.
Countersteering is something that must be trained. A common reaction among
new bikers (or bicycle riders) in an emergency situation, is to steer the
motorcycle like a bicycle. As we know this makes the motorcycle go in the
direction opposite to what was intended. Needless to say, this is dangerous.
I have a specific example: A rider in a left turn. The rider thinks he/she
is to close to the right shoulder of the road, and tries to steer the
motorcycle to the left by pulling the left handle and pushing the right
handle. The motorcycle straightens up and goes off the road.
A worse scenario: The same rider, same turn. In the middle of the turn
the rider sees a truck coming towards him/her. The panicking rider tries
to steer the motorcycle away from the truck and crashes right into it.
The main function of a riding course is to teach how to avoid emergency
situations, AND what to do if in one. Thus, the knowledge (and training) of
countersteering is IMHO a must in any riding course. | 12 | trimmed_train |
9,148 | I too am interested in peoples' experience with accelerators for the
SE. Is an accelerator the best route to improve performace in my SE, or should
I consider upgrading to an SE/30 motherboard? Obviously, buying a new mac
would be ideal, but alas, I only have enough money for an accelerator or
motherboard.
E-mail reply preferred. Thanks.
| 14 | trimmed_train |
2,824 | Does is include raquetball? Is it good at Espree? What is the annual fee? | 5 | trimmed_train |
3,465 | # ##For a while, homosexuals paid higher insurance rates than straights,
# ##and with very good reason, until the government made it illegal to
# ##do so.
#
# Well if we go by this philosophy how many Children do you think
# we help pay for with our insurance premiums??? Children who obviously
# cannot be afforded, since the insurance companies have to pay for
# all of the prenatal and birthing..... What about the children born
# with horrible flaws who cost the system an arm and a leg to be kept alive?
# We all pay because we are all part of this society and we should take
# care of one another.....
Oddly enough, dependent coverage costs a bit more than for one self
alone. But if you really believe your claims, you could make a lot
of money starting the "Homosexuals Health Insurance Co." and refuse to
insure "breeders." But I shudder to think what your premiums will be
like.
# Bil Snodgrass III
| 13 | trimmed_train |
1,156 | Hi Everyone--
It's spend-the-money-before-it-goes-away time here at U.Florida
and we need to find some PC-based software that will do contour
plotting with irregular boundaries,i.e., a 2-D profile of a soil
system with a pond superimposed
/----------------- on it. We've given SURFER a
POND / | trial run but it interpolates
/ | contours out into the pond and/or
----------/ | creates artifacts at the borders.
a response, I'll post a summary. Thanks -- (and now back to lurking). | 1 | trimmed_train |
8,477 | =========================
=Car Audio System Items:=
=========================
Sony XR-7070 Head Unit (Radio): Pullout
==============================
20 W x 4 max. Dolby B. Controls all Sony CD Changers: disc/track
select; track/disc scan; repeat; shuffle play. Features auto reverse;
logic controls. 6AM/18FM presets; strong station memory; preset scan;
tuner monitor; seek/manual tuning; mono/stereo and local/dx switches.
Metal tape compatible. Fader.......Orig $299
Sony CDX-A15 10 Disc CD Changer:
===============================
4x oversampling, dual D/A converters with single clock design. Features
one-beam laser; spring and silicon-charged suspension system; horizontal
or vertical mounting; 13-pin DIN connector; 10-disc magazine; connecting
cable. 5-20,000 Hz; 0.05% THD.......Orig $399
**** ASKING **** $450 for Both the Radio (CD Controller) and the CD Changer.
There are no problems with either unit and they are both in reasonably good
condition. (The Radio and CD Changers will only be sold TOGETHER.).
TWO (2) Coustic Amp-360:
========================
3 Channels; bridgeable. 30w x 2 + 105w X 1 into 4 ohms from 20-20,000 Hz
with 0.09% Thd. 1 Channel - 150w x 1 into 4 ohms from 20-20,000 Hz with
0.2% Thd or 2 Channels - 65w x 2 into 4 ohms from 20-20,000 Hz with 0.09%
Thd. 2 ohm stable. Features pwm switching power supply w/ protection
circuits.......Orig $249
**** ASKING **** $150/each. The units are in good working condition and
are currently being used to supply power to my subs (Can demonstrate
power ratings!!).
If you are interested in any of the above items, or have any questions
drop me some E-Mail. | 5 | trimmed_train |
9,862 | I am looking for advice on buying a susuki GS1100E. does anyone out there
know about any inherent flaws the bike may have or problems i should look
for?
what about insurance rates (is this bike blacklisted)?
also, as a person who has never ridden a motorcycle yet is buying a 1100
to start off with.... am I crazy? I have been told by some people to start out
small.... and by others that i am lage enough to handle an 1100 right off from
the start (6'4" 210 pounds) because some others might be a tad bit small.
Oh yeah, one more question. Anybody in the chicago area know of any good
instruction schools or programs where i could get aquanted before i just go
buy one and kill myself getting it home.
thanks,
brian | 12 | trimmed_train |
7,055 | Time to clear out some miscellaneous lenses, cameras and photo stuff
that's not being used. Some are gems, some are mundane.
Minolta AF 50/1.7 lens for Maxxum cameras. New lens, but I guess it'd
be best to call it a "demo" since I did not get the literature, box or
warranty cards. $30.
Vivitar 2X converter for Nikon F or AI lenses. Pretty cute "flip back"
tang so it will work with all manual focus Nikon lenses - and bodies.
It will even couple (and double) a non-AI lens to an AI body. $15.
Pentax 50/1.4 screwmount lens. Well actually it's a Super-Takumar which
is what they all were back then. Very mint condition. $25. Nice hard
case for this lens $5 more..
Alpex 135/2.8 lens. Beautifully made, all metal construction with fine
optics. Minolta mount. $25. Another hard case that fits this with
strap can be added..call it $7 more.
Vivitar 283 flash. The one that made Vivitar famous (until the 285
eclipsed it). Tilt head, removable sensor, variable auto exposure.
$30.
Universal "Roamer 63" folding old "bellows" camera with leather case.
Uses 120 or 620 film, 100mm F6.3 lens. Kinda cool articulated shutter
release. Decent shape. $20.
Weston 540 lightmeter. Nothin super fancy, but it works well, and is a
good cross check to built in meters. $7 with case and strap.
And finally..the "gems"
Pentax Auto 110 camera with 24mm F2.8 lens. This is the little
(and I do mean TINY) SLR that Pentax made. Has interchangeable lenses,
but try and find the 20-40 zoom, true through the lens viewing with
split image focus, and completely auto exposure. $70.
Olympus 35RC rangefinder camera. A really cute little camera with 42mm
lens (F2.8) with built in manual or auto exposure, self timer etc. I
think this was the predecessor to the XA - and it's nearly all metal.
I won't mind holding onto this one if it doesn't sell. $60.
Olympus OM-1 with flash shoe, leatherette case, 50/1.4 Zuiko lens, and
Tokina SD (Super Dispersion) 70-210 lens. These are all in very nice to
mint condition, except for one little ding on the OM body near the film
advance lever. Lenses are perfect, and the Tokina is a very compact,
and sharp lens. $225 for the set.
That'll do to clean out some of the stuff. Feel free to offer on this
stuff, although the cheaper stuff is priced to cover my hassle in
shipping it..
For more details call or email.
| 5 | trimmed_train |
4,296 | At 50 miles, a conventional set of TV antennas on a pole (one aimed
at each transmitter location) should work well.
"Rabbit ears" inside the house are probably not adequate.
Gadgets to plug into your house wiring are even worse.
At VHF, you don't want a _big_ antenna, you want a _resonant_
antenna.
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5,260 | 3 | trimmed_train | |
7,552 | frank@D012S658.uucp (Frank O'Dwyer) writes ...
While I'll agree that these are generally held to be "good things", I
question whether they come very close to being objective values.
Especially considering that at one time or another each has been
viewed as being undesirable. I doubt you could even come up with
anything that could be said to be universally "good" or "bad".
And when I referred to "the truth" I was using the term
hypothetically, realizing full well that there may not even be such a
thing.
True enough. But they cannot be said to be anything more than
personal morals. One thing notably lacking in most extremists is any
sense of _personal_ accountability - the justification for any
socially unacceptable behaviour is invariably some "higher authority"
(aka, absolute moral truth).
An objective truth that says one cannot know the objective truth?
Interesting notion. :-)
Certainly one can have as one's morals a belief that compromise is
good. But to compromise on the absolute truth is not something most
people do very successfully. I suppose one could hold compromise as
being an absolute moral, but then what happens when someone else
insists on no compromise? How do you compromise on compromising?
Almost invariably when considering the relative value of one thing
over another, be it morals or consequences, people only consider those
aspects which justify a desired action or belief. In justifying a
commitement to peace I might argue that it lets people live long &
healthy and peaceful lives. While that much may well be true, it is
incomplete in ignoring the benefits of war - killing off the most
agressive member of society, trimming down the population, stimulating
production. The equation is always more complex than presented.
To characterize relative morals as merely following one's own
conscience / desires is to unduly simplify it.
| 8 | trimmed_train |
3,818 | Original to: szabo@techbook.com
G'day szabo@techbook.com
29 Mar 93 07:28, szabo@techbook.com wrote to All:
sc> szabo@techbook.com (Nick Szabo), via Kralizec 3:713/602
sc> Here are some longer-term markets to consider:
Here are some more:
* Terrestrial illumination from orbiting mirrors.
* World enviroment and disaster monitering system. (the Japanese have
already developed a plan for this, called WEDOS) Although this may be more
of a "public good".
* Space tourism.
* Energy relay satellites
ta
Ralph | 10 | trimmed_train |
9,682 |
Try Parts Express in Dayton, Ohio also. They have a complete line of
professional arcade buttons, joysticks etc...
The have a 1-800 number so call 1-800-555-1212 and ask them what the 1-800
number for Part Express in Dayton, Ohio is. I love the free 1-800 directory
assistance...
- Dan
--
Daniel Joseph Rubin rubin@cis.ohio-state.edu | 11 | trimmed_train |
7,625 | that's okay, he's perfectly welcome to come to Scotland you know ;-)
| 12 | trimmed_train |
2,376 | What's the difference between loading mouse.com in autoexec.bat and
doing device=mouse.sys in config.sys??
which one is better?
Thanks a lot | 3 | trimmed_train |
1,447 | : The cops/feds do *not* need to be able to get hold of your private key to
: listen in to cellular conversations. Encryption is not end-to-end, but
: cellphone to base-station - it *has* to be this way so that cellular users
: and fixed installations can talk to each other. For cellular to cellular
: calls, the transmission is decrypted at the base-station, passed to another
: base-station and re-encrypted. The cops/feds can listen to the unscrambled
: call *provided* they get a warrant to tap into the cellular provider's
: equipment. The only reason for wanting a crackable system is so they can
: listen without having to obtain a warrant.
: But, maybe the Clipper system is secure, and they really do need a warrant
: to get the key out of escrow before they can listen in using a scanner (see
: above - they don't *have* to go down this route anyway). I have my doubts,
: but even if true once they have the key they will *never* again need a
: warrant to tap into that particular phone whenever they want. `Well, Judge,
: it appears he wasn't a drug-dealer after all, so naturally we'll stop
: listening in'...
That was true for the UK Paul, but I'm fairly sure they're talking about
building end-to-end encryption phones out of this chip. It's *not* for
cellular (though it certainly could be used there in the way you suggest) | 7 | trimmed_train |
1,040 | I installed Windows for Workgroups on my network and I'm having problems
mapping drives in the file-manager.
Situation:
If I put LASTDRIVE = Z in my config.sys, NETX will run but I can't access
drive f: to log in to Novell.
If I don't put LASTDRIVE = Z in my config.sys I can't access other W4WG
drives from the file-manager.
It seems that there should be a way to make NETX work with the LASTDRIVE =
statement in my Config.Sys.
I would appreciate any help. It's probably an easy problem that all you
Windows guru's solved many many moons ago...
Thanks,
Tom Bilan
| 18 | trimmed_train |
567 | I am looking to sell my ICOM IC-02AT and extras. I have the
following:
CM-12 Battery
HS-10 Headset
HS-10SA VOX unit
Cigarette Adapter
Leather Case
BC-25V Wall Charger
IC-BP3 Battery Also have one that needs a new cell (i think,
its been a while)
It is in good condition, has a scratch on the front that is not
visible when in the leather case.
If you are interested, make me an offer.
--rich
| 5 | trimmed_train |
4,199 |
From a recent interview in Middle East Insight magazine,
Clinton said that he supports moving the US Embassy to
Jerusalem, but would not do so at this time because it
would interrupt the peace talks.
--
msilverm@nyx.cs.du.edu GO CUBS!!! | 6 | trimmed_train |
5,349 |
I was very lucky I found a jacket I liked that actually _fits_.
HG makes the v-pilot jackets, mine is a very similar style made
by Just Leather in San Jose. I bought one of the last two they
ever made.
Finding decent womens motorcycling gear is not easy. There is a lot
of stuff out there that's fringed everywhere, made of fashion leather,
made to fit men, etc. I don't know of a shop in your area. There
are some women rider friendly places in the San Francisco/San Jose
area, but I don't recommend buying clothing mail order. Too hard
to tell if it'll fit. Bates custom makes leathers. You might want
to call them (they're in L.A.) and get a cost estimate for the type
of jacket your wife is interested in. Large manufacturers like
BMW and H.G. sell women's lines of clothing of decent quality, but
fit is iffy.
A while ago, Noemi and Lisa Sieverts were talking about starting
a business doing just this sort of thing. Don't know what they
finally decided.
Beth | 12 | trimmed_train |
10,630 | being a mere female, I have often found I can't really take the big offensive line with asshole car drivers, so I found a more subtle and nastly
ooops I mean nasty way to get back at them. If somebody cuts you up, just wait till they have pulled out past you, and then gently lean over and
bend their aerial, every time I have done that it has eventually snapped
off near the base - which tends to go undetected for a while and is a bummer to replace.
| 12 | trimmed_train |
8,464 |
Computers are a special case.. and it's a pretty good idea to
leave them on.. cuz everytime you turn on a computer, you're
putting a surge of electricity through its delicate components.
Imagine you're turning on your computer 5 or more times a day.
You're increasing the chances of damaging the chips, memory,
etc on all the components of your computer. So you may save
a few cents here and there in electricity bills, but it won't
look like much when it come time to fix your computer. | 3 | trimmed_train |
1,441 | The COSE announcement specifies that Motif will become the common
GUI. But what does this mean exactly?
- Do they mean that all "COSE-complient" apps will have the Motif
look and feel?
- Do they mean that all "COSE-complient" apps will use the Motif
toolkit API?
- Do they mean both of the above?
- Is it possible that there will be a Motif-API complient toolkit with
an OpenLook Look & Feel?
- How about an OLIT/XView/OI/Interviews API toolkit with a Motif L & F?
(I know OI already does this, but will this be considered COSE-complient?)
- Will there be more than one "standard" toolkit API or L & F supported?
- How does using ToolTalk fit in with Motif?
This is my attempt to start a discussion in order to pull as much
knowledge about these questions off the net... Feel free to e-mail
or followup.
--
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-- Gil Tene "Some days it just doesn't pay -
-- devil@imp.HellNet.org to go to sleep in the morning." -
-- devil@diablery.10A.com - | 16 | trimmed_train |
657 |
That sounds like an old _Dragnet_ episode.
"Joe and I went to the apartment of Prime Suspect. Nobody answered the
door, but his landlord gave us permission to search the apartment."
Perhaps that worked in California in the 60's, but as I understand the
law landlords do _not_ have authority to grant permission to search space
rented by a third party, provided the lease is not in default, etc.
(I'm not even sure if they can provide the master key, when shown a search
warrant, since the _subject_ of the search is supposed to be notified).
At this point the question becomes: did the user "rent" the disk space
her encrypted file occupies? If she did, it _should_ fall under the same
body of case law that applies to apartments, storage lockers, etc. (As
to whether any court would recognize this fact....) If she did not (i.e.,
no compensation exchanged), I don't know how it would be treated -- there
doesn't seem to be a non-cyberspace equivalent.
| 7 | trimmed_train |
490 |
The briefing documents for the raid had a notation on them about a
similar local property which had sold for $800,000 prior to the
raid, if recent TV coverage can be believed.
The Ventura County DA came to the same conclusion in the report he
released, which lambasted the Sheriff's Office.
Too bad the old man was nearly blind, and didn't take a few
goose-stepping Drug Warriors (TM) with him.
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3,475 | Accounts of Anti-Armenian Human Right Violations in Azerbaijan #011
Prelude to Current Events in Nagorno-Karabakh
+-------------------------------------------------------+
| |
| "Right, we should slaughter the Armenians!" and |
| "There's no need to be afraid, all of Moscow is |
| behind us." I even heard that: "All Moscow is |
| behind us." Well I watched and listened in and |
| realized that this was no joke. |
| |
+-------------------------------------------------------+
DEPOSITION OF YURI VAGARSHAKOVICH MUSAELIAN
Born 1953
Line Electrician
Sumgait Streetcar and Trolleybus Administration
Resident at Building 4/21, Apartment 29
Block 14, Narimanov Street
Sumgait [Azerbaijan]
I spent almost all of February doing overhaul. The 27th was a short day at
work, we worked until eleven or eleven-thirty and left for home. I decided
to go for a short walk. I went to Primorsky Park. I walked past the Eternal
Flame and saw a group of about 8 to 10 people standing there. When I had
walked another 15 to 20 yards I heard the screech of automobile brakes
behind me. I turned my head toward the sound. It was a light blue GAZ-24
Volga. I see that the people who were standing there have gone over to the
car. A man and a woman get out. The man is expensively dressed, in a suit,
and the woman has a raincoat on. She doesn't have anything on her head, and
her hair is let down, sightly reddish hair, a heavy-set woman. They're 40 to
45 years old. They get something out of the trunk. The people start to help
them. I become curious just what are they pulling out of there?
When I got up close I heard them turn something on. I didn't see what it was,
but it was probably a tape recorder. They put it on the ground near the
Eternal Flame honoring the 26 Baku Commissars and formed a tight circle
around it. I ask, "What's going on?" Someone tells me, "Come listen." Well
they were Azerbaijanis, I had asked in Azerbaijani. I hear appeals: "Brother
Muslims, our time has come . . . " and something else along that line. I
didn't understand what it was all about. I walked around the group trying to
get a look at the owner of the tape recorder. But the circle drew in tighter.
New people started coming from various directions, five here, seven there. And
the comments started: "Right, we should slaughter the Armenians!" and "There's
no need to be afraid, all of Moscow is behind us." I even heard that: "All
Moscow is behind us." Well I watched and listened in and realized that this
was no joke. I quietly left and went home.
Now before that at work I had heard that something was going on in Karabagh,
that there were demonstrations there. Well, people were saying all kinds of
things, but I didn't have any idea what was really going on.
My wife and son were at home, but my daughter was at my aunt's house in Baku.
I didn't say anything to my wife. We sat and drank tea. Sometime around two
o'clock right behind our house suddenly there is noise, whistling, and
shouting. I looked out the window and saw a crowd. The crowd is moving slowly,
like they show on TV when blacks in South Africa are striking or having a
demonstration and move slowly.
My wife asks what's going on out there. I say I don't know. I put on some
outdoor clothes and went out to find out what it was all about. In the crowd
people are shouting "Down with the Armenians!" and "Death to the Armenians!" I
waited for the entire crowd to pass. At first they went down Narimanov Street
on the side with the SK club and the City Party Committee; then they turned
and went against the traffic--it's one way there--down the Street of the 26
Baku Commissars toward the streetcar line. I went home and told my wife there
was a demonstration going on. In fact I thought that we were having the same
kind of demonstrations that they had had in Yerevan and in Karabagh. Aside
from the things they were shouting, I was surprised that there were only young
people in the crowd. And they were minors, under draft age.
My wife and son wanted to go upstairs to visit a friend, but I was kind of
uneasy and said, "No, let's stay at home instead." An hour went by, or maybe
an hour and a half. Well, I wasn't keeping track of the time, I can't say
exactly how long it was. I look and see another crowd on Narimanov, but now on
the side with the microdistricts, the bazaar, and the Rossiya movie theater.
I put outside clothes on and went out again. There's noise, an uproar outside,
and the crowd has grown. There are more people. And whereas the first time
there were individual shouts, this time they are more focused, more
aggressive. No, I think, something's wrong here, this isn't any demonstration.
They would run, stop, then walk quickly and make sharp dashes, and then run
again. I was walking along the sidewalk and they were in the street. I
followed them. I was thinking I'd just watch and see. Who knew where this was
leading? We came out on Lenin Square. At the square the SK club is on one
side, and the City Party Committee is on the other. I went toward the square
and heard noise and shouting, as though the whole town had turned out. There
was some sort of a rally going on. I go closer and hear exclamations, appeals.
I heard both anti-Armenian and anti-Soviet appeals. "We don't need
perestroika, we want to go on living like we have been." Now what did they
mean by "living like we have been?" The Azerbaijanis work like everyone else.
But too many people live at the expense of the government and at the expense
of others. Speculation, theft, and cheating go on all the time. And not just
in Azerbaijan, everywhere, in all the republics, but I've never seen it
anywhere else like I have in Azerbaijan.
Now at this rally someone says that they should go around to the Armenians'
apartments and drive them out, beat them and drive them out. True, I didn't
hear them say "kill them" over the microphone, I only heard "beat them and
drive them out." I stayed at the square a few minutes longer. First one, then
another are going up onto the stage, and no one tries to stop the crowd. Off
to the side of the crowd there were small groups of three or four people, and
I think they were MVD [Ministry of Internal Affairs] or State Security KGB.
There were also uniformed policemen there, but I didn't see any of them try
to pacify the crowd. New people kept coming up onto the stage.
Well I had finally decided that this could end badly: This was no
demonstration, and I had to protect my family.
I left the Square to return home and suddenly noticed a truck. It was next
to the City Party Committee, on Narimanov Street, it stood next to the tai-
lor's shop there, a low truck, and it had low, wooden panels. I see that some-
thing is being unloaded, crates of some sort. I decided to go look because
after all those appeals I was apprehensive and thought there might be weapons
in there. They pulled the crates out onto the square, not toward the City
Party Committee, but toward the SK club. And when I went right up to them I
saw that they were cases of vodka. There were two people handing down the
cases from the bed of the truck, and on the ground there were many people, 15
to 20. They were handing them down from the truck and each case was carried
off by two people. Two people, one case of vodka. And there was a man standing
right next to the truck and he was handing out roundish black lumps, maybe
about the size of a fist, maybe a little bigger or smaller. It was anasha.
When I passed next to that person, he stood with his side to me. There was
about a yard and a half between us, and two people were standing near him. He
has a package in his hand, and he's pulling out anasha and handing it out. I
have never smoked it myself. Once I tried it for fun, but I've seen a lot of
people smoke it, I've seen it many times, and I know what it is. I strolled
around and no one asked me who I was or what I was doing there.
Before I got to the Glass Bazaar I heard more howling, more warlike shouting.
I turned around and saw them running. Well I'll just keep on going like I am,
I thought. When they caught up with me I saw that they were carrying flags.
And I recognized the person who was carrying the flag on my side of the
street. He's a young guy, 21 or 22 years old. He was carrying a red flag,
which had "Ermeni oryum" written on it in Azerbaijani, that means "Death to
Armenians!" That guy used to live off the same courtyard as us. I don't really
know what his name is, but I know his father very well. His father's name is
Rafik; he used to be a cook, and then became head chef. He used to have a dark
blue Zhiguli van, then he sold it and now he has a white Zhiguli 06. His
family, as I said, lived on the same courtyard as we did. Our building was on
Narimanov Street, and theirs was on the Street of the 26 Baku Commissars;
their apartment was in the far entryway, on the fifth floor, the door on the
left. Now Rafik's little brother lives there, and he, Rafik, I heard, got a
new apartment either in the forth or eighth microdistrict. In a word, his son
was carrying a flag that said "Death to Armenians!" I was surprised because
before this I had gotten the impression that all of this nonsense was being
done not by people from Sumgait, but by Azerbaijanis from Agdam and Kafan.
Well anyway I went home. My wife was upset. I told her, "It's OK, it'll pass,
they're young kids, they've just gotten all whooped up." Naturally I didn't
want her to get overly upset. After a while a new surge of crowd went by. And
this time they were breaking glass. I could hear it breaking, but I couldn't
see where. Well I think, here we go, the machine's in motion. They weren't
handing out that vodka and anasha for nothing. I didn't see people drinking
and smoking on the spot, but they certainly hadn't unloaded the vodka and
hashish to put in a store window!
So the thought flashed through my head that the machine was running, no one
would stop them now, they weren't even trying, although, I'll say it again,
the police were there, I saw them. And it's not just that the police weren't
breaking them up, they were joking with them, they were having a good time.
True, at the time I couldn't even imagine that under our government, our much-
vaunted leadership--and I'm not afraid to say these words: so many people
died, So many women were abused, and how many abominations there were!--I
couldn't imagine that under our much-vaunted authorities, and if I were to be
specific, I would say under the much-touted authorities in our city of
Sumgait, I couldn't imagine that such things could take place.
When they started breaking glass I told my wife and son: "Let's go upstairs."
We went to our neighbors, the Grigorians, on the fourth floor. And in the
evening, when those crowds started going past again, I went outside once more.
I stopped at "The Corner," a place called that right next to the bazaar. I
look and see a crowd on the run. And there, a few yards from the entrance to
the bazaar, are three respectable-looking men of around, say, 50 years old.
The crowd was running and one of the three waved with his arm and pointed
toward the bazaar. And then the whole crowd, as though it were one person,
wheeled and raced toward the bazaar. And not a soul went past those three, as
though it were off limits! Well everything got all churned up, there was more
noise, and the glass was flying again.
We spent the night at the neighbors'. My apartment was on the first floor,
there was really no way to defend yourself there.
In the morning I went out to buy bread and to see what was happening in town.
On the way I saw someone hunched up, still. I never found out who it was or
what happened to him. There were 10 to 15 people standing near him. I got the
bread and on my way back, they had gathered around the person who was lying
there hunched up, sort of enclosing him; because of the way they were standing
you couldn't even see him.
That was on the morning of February 28. Everyone knows the rest.
May 17, 1988
Yerevan
- - - reference - - -
[1] _The Sumgait Tragedy; Pogroms against Armenians in Soviet Azerbaijan,
Volume I, Eyewitness Accounts_, edited by Samuel Shahmuradian, forward by
Yelena Bonner, 1990, published by Aristide D. Caratzas, NY, pages 161-164
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6,385 | 7 | trimmed_train | |
834 |
xdtm is working looking at, as is ftptool. There really isn't anything of
any quality that I've seen though, and I'm seriously considering writing one
on my own.
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mike@hopper.acs.virginia.edu | 16 | trimmed_train |
1,113 |
The current mining regulations and fees were set in the 1800's!
What the so-called "eco-freaks" want to do is to simply bring those
fees in line with current economic reality. Currently, mining companies
can get access to minerals on public lands for ridiculously low prices --
something like $50! The mining lobby has for decades managed to block
any reform of these outdated fees. In fact, the latest attempt to reform
them was again blocked -- President Clinton "compromised" by taking the
mining fee reforms out of his '94 budget, and plans to draft separate
legislation to fight that battle.
If you want to discuss this further, I suggest you take this to talk.environment. | 10 | trimmed_train |
1,231 | Forsale
1 Desktop Case, 200 Watt power supply 2 internal 5 1/4" bays and
2 external 5 1/4" origanaly Dell System 200 case. looks real good
all hardware included.
I would like $80 + shipping or best offer.
1 Western Digital MFM controler, 16 bit 2 floppy 2 hard, never had a
problem with it.
I would like $30 + shipping or best offer.
1 Game card, works well nothing fancy just a joystick port.
I would like $10 + shipping or best offer.
1 INNOVATION Game / Sound Card, Has one game port and an adlib port.
I never used it. ( I got a soundblaster cheep before I installed it)
I would like $5 + shipping
All offers considered, Buyer pays shipping.
please resopnd to
klwright@eos.ncsu.edu
or
(919) 834-3290 | 5 | trimmed_train |
9,207 | I'm currently having trouble connecting my PB to a true blue (IBM Model
1513) VGA monitor. The display is bearly readable but all the details are
seperated into yellow and red colors. ie. a window will have two images one
in yellow and a ghost image in red. The background is also a little
greenish. I read some time ago, before I ever thought I would hook my mac
up to a VGA screen, about an incompatability with some VGA monitors due to
the sync on green signal. Does this sound like it could be the same demon?
I also read that there are both hardware (putting a diode on the green
signal?) solution and a software solution to this problem. I don't the
details does somebody have them the can e-mail to me or post them? I
checked all the FAQ's for this and didn't find anything about it. Did I
miss it somewhere? This sure seems that it would be a good thing to have
in one. Thanks for any replys. | 14 | trimmed_train |
1,760 | Date: 19 Apr 93 19:57:21 GMT
From: jhart@agora.rain.com (Jim Hart)
"Simply?" "Everyone" should have this attitude? The only people
who can have this attitude are the most hard-core
computer hackers, who never make phone calls away from their
computer | 7 | trimmed_train |
8,297 |
Remember the armor of God? The sword that Christians wield is the
Word of God, the Bible.
God be with you,
Malcolm Lee :)
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9,087 | I thought that the Clipper Chip that was posted to t.p.g (sorry, I lost
the original post) was a joke. I really did. I didn't believe it for
a second. But on the way to work this morning, I heard about it on NPR.
This scares me almost as much as the doublespeak emanating from the
FBI and BATF in Waco.
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3,179 | Hi,
I am one those uncles that try to please my nephews whenever possible,
so.. they have asked me to find them some Nitendo games, no, it is
not for the super nitendo.. it is for whatever model came prior to
that.
Since they are overseas, I will first ask them if they already have the
games you would have to offer me. Please send me a list, or whatever and
the price you are asking so I can send to my nephews and find out what
they have and what they want.. so bare with me, I will respond, but it
will take me a while.
Thanks,
Walter
walter@psg.com
Please respond directly.
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1,090 | Does anyone know how to convert a targa or similar 24 bit picture into a list
of R G B values and then convert back to targa after doing operations on the p
ixels R G B codes.
ex. Targa ---->000100255pixel 1
001200201pixel 2etc....
If no one can help me with this could someone explain how the 24 bit data is st
ored in the targa file and also how its stored in the 8 bit targas. Thanks
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10,527 |
I've seen a film of it, my memory may be faulty, but as I
remember it the vehicle was slightly over a meter long, with a
thick baseplate 30-40 cm in diameter. I think the narrative said
it was propelled by dynamite sticks. There were four detonations
within about 2 s, the second coming after about 2 m of flight in.
Max altitude seemed to be on the order of 50 m, but that is hard
to judge. | 10 | trimmed_train |
1,585 | I have a Colorado Memory Systems Jumbo 250 tape backup unit in my Gateway
486/33V Tower system. I have found the supplied backup capability to be
fairly unreliable. In approx 3 cases out of 10, I have had the backup fail
at one point or another, often hanging in the middle of writing the tape.
Seek errors, drive communication errors seem to be most common. I use the
DOS backup software from Colorado Memory Systems. Should I return the drive,
get some better backup software, reformat the tapes (am using CMS tapes)?
Any hints would be appreciated - this stuff is to time-consuming to do over
and over again until it cooperates... | 3 | trimmed_train |
10,380 | Help!!!
I have an ADB graphicsd tablet which I want to connect to my
Quadra 950. Unfortunately, the 950 has only one ADB port and
it seems I would have to give up my mouse.
Please, can someone help me? I want to use the tablet as well as
the mouse (and the keyboard of course!!!).
Thanks in advance. | 14 | trimmed_train |
10,952 | The only info I have is my area is not having a large march. They are leaving
it up to each congragation. IMO this means organizers found it too difficult
to manage or no one feels the need to be involved.
I'm not casting stones, my involvement with the Lord does not include the March
this year. Maybe He is giving a message by the lack of one?? JLS | 0 | trimmed_train |
7,835 |
Sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid your friendship is in danger.
Perhaps you should examine in yourself why as such a good friend, you
are unwilling to accept this imortant part of your friends life? Why
do you call into question his faith? Your friend has changed, he has
found something that fills a need in his life. You need to decide if
you are still his friend, whether you can accommodate his new life.
It sounds as if you are criticizing him for a fundamental belief in
the Bible, yet you are quick to reveal that your fundamental belief
that it is superstition. Perhaps if he knew you at least took him
seriously, that you at least took an interest in the light he has found,
that you at least tried to understand what has become a special part of
his life, you could together decide to become fundamentalists, respect
each others differences and remain friends, or part ways. Maybe even if
you stuck it out with him, you could help him to un-convert. Of course,
if you go in with that attitude he will surely see through your intentions
and begin to resent you.
I happen to be a person very tolerant of fundamentalists, because I know
that the idea of a simple black and white approach to life is appealing.
I don't happen to share the beliefs of fundamentalists, but I am not
offended by their prosyletizing. I had a few good conversations with
some Witnesses who came to my door. I didn't switch my beliefs, but for
those at home who maybe need a friendly face to invite them somewhere,
the Witnesses provide a wonderful service. You may have been conditioned
to believe that religion is unimportant and witnessing is obnoxious, but
why? Are you afraid you might be converted and become one of them, that
you will be swept up in fundamentalism, that you will become a weirdo.
Friendship's a two-way street. You must respect your friend, ALL of him,
including his beliefs, if you want the friendship to continue. | 0 | trimmed_train |
11,223 |
People are seeming to be less concerned about Kariya's size as he leads
teams to championships (World Junior and US College) and collects
awards...everyone is watching with interest as to how he will perform
on left wing with Eric Lindros and Mark Recchi at the world
championships.
4 months of go...chances were not very good that he would go in the
top five...now it has become probable...a great world championship
could put him in the top 3 with Daigle and Pronger. | 17 | trimmed_train |
5,897 | Chicago from what I have read is projected to run in 4M on 386 and higher.
It is definitely aimed at the desktop.
It is rumored to offer preemptive multitasking,
multithreading but will not offer multiprocessing. Is 32 bit and no reliance
on DOS. It is rumored to have an integrated file and program manager.
DOS 7 is rumored to be similar to Chicago but without the GUI. Is also
a step towards CAIRO (the next generation OS) which is rumored to be
object oriented.
I wonder where Windows 4.0 fits here is it a stepping stone to Chicago?
Hope this helps.
Thx Dave L
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4,483 |
Well, I've been informed that the price on the whole thing I'm selling is now
less than the price I'm selling it for. That will teach me to wait that long
before getting rid of electronic equipment. Nevermind, everyone, I'm keeping
the thing.
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5,689 |
I'm not quite sure how these numbers are generated. It appears that in
a neutral park Bo's HR and slugging tend to drop (he actually loses two
home runs). Or do they? What is "equivalent average?"
One thing, when looking at Bo's stats, is that you can see that KC took
away some homers. Normally, you expect some would-be homers to go for
doubles or triples in big parks, or to be caught, and for that matter you
expect lots of doubles and triples anyway. But Bo, despite his speed,
hit very few doubles and not that many triples. So I would expect his
value to have risen quite considerably in a neutral park.
Felix Jose has been a .350/.440 player in a fairly neutral park.
I would offhand guess the `89-`90 Bo at around a .330/.530 player.
Maybe .330/.550 . Not even close.
I'd put him about there too.
Note: I hadn't realized the media had hyped him so much. I thought he
was always viewed by them as a better football player, and only so-so
at baseball. He did only have one 30-hr, 100-rbi season, and KC wasn't
winning.
Note 2: I maybe have harped on this a bit in the past, but there is a
mistake being made (by the SDCN's, as they are known, on this group)
with respect to players like Bo and Deion and Lofton (and perhaps others).
We find, that if you look at a large group of players, their past major
and minor league numbers will predict their future numbers fairly well.
Their are some caveats: the younger they are, the less good the prediction;
the lower the minor league, the less good (I imagine), the more recent
the player has left college ball, etc.
Now of course, this prediction involves quite a bit of "error." Sometimes
a player with poor MLE's (Dave Justice, the 1990 Ventura) becomes a star.
Some hitters develop (Shane Mack, Brian Downing), some don't (Oddibe
McDowell, Mickey Brantley). This error involves real things: there are
real reasons why Oddibe didn't hit and Shane did. It may (who knows)
involve parks and batting coaches and wheaties and injuries and lifting
and so on.
But still, you have this big pool of players, and things work pretty well.
One of the reasons for these predictions accuracy is the common background
of the players. One thing we know about professional baseball players is
that all of them (or almost all) have spent a good deal of time playing
ball. Their backgrounds are similar.
What hasn't been established is what happens when you encounter a player
with a different background? Is there some reason to believe that a
Bo, or a Deion, or a Lofton, or a Tony Gwynn (?), or an Ainge, or so
on, has such a different background, that the standard model and standard
assumptions fit this person slowly?
It hasn't been established that you can use MLE's with two-sport players.
(It hasn't been established that you can't, but then statistics is, after
all, an art). I personally think otherwise lucid individuals continually
make completely nonsensical statements about Bo and Deion and Lofton.
"Look at those good-but-not-great minor league numbers," they say. Well,
what happens if those numbers simply don't mean what they usually mean?
It might mean that Ken Lofton suddenly has a better year in Houston than
Tuscon. It might mean that Deion suddenly has a better half-year in
Atlanta than Greenville.
Then again, it might not. Ken and Deion might go right back in the tank
this year, live up to those poor MLE's. But you guys DON'T KNOW. What's
worse, you don't know that you don't. And you don't know that there are
other players you won't know about -- injuries and lifting and wheaties
again. You seem to think that the model is perfect and eternal. It's not.
It's got some error.
Oh well.
Bill Guilford | 2 | trimmed_train |
7,527 | Yeah - they also gave it their "Editor's Choice" in the run-down of
graphics accelerators they tested in the previous issue, which is why
I bought (and then returned) mine. The only conclusion I can come up with
is that PC Magazine has wildly different ways on determining the worthiness
of a video card than I do.
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1,737 |
How do you know? Were you there?
While obviously Koresh was a nut case, the (typical) inability of the
government/media to get its story straight is quite disturbing. On
tuesday night, NBC news reported that the FBI did not know the place
was burning down until they saw black smoke billowing from the
building. The next day, FBI agents were insisting that they saw Davidians
setting the fire. The FBI was also adamantly denying that it was possible
their battery of the compound's wallks could have accidentally set the
blaze, while also saying they hadnt been able to do much investigating
of the site because it was still too hot. So how did they KNOW they
didnt accidentally set the fire.
Sounds like the FBI just burned the place to the ground to destroy
evidence to me.
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2,585 |
Geez, where have you been, Ryan? I proposed this theory *months*
ago. Let's take it one step further, even. If, as the surveys show,
up to 33% of all men have *had* a homosexual encounter, then there must
be an even *larger* percentage of people who have had homosexual erotic
fantasies. But if less than 10% of the population is gay, what can we
say about these people who don't identify as gay but have demonstrated
gay potential. Obviously, a large chunk of these people *chose* (or,
more accurately, were forced to choose by force of religion and social
sanction) to put those feelings aside, to be heterosexual.
Obviously, Cramer and Kaldis fall into this category.
These people are the ones who are so hung up on "choice."
Obviously, since *they chose*, everyone must have, and homosexuals are
just flaunting their "perversion" by choosing not to go along with what
society has dictated.
Of course, I'm that most awful of perverts. I chose, I gleefully
admit that I was heterosexual until I met the right man and *chose* to
indulge in my homoerotic potential. Take that!
Elf !!!
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elf@halcyon.com (Elf Sternberg) | 13 | trimmed_train |
2,526 |
I can wait 'cos I've already got an accelerated card. It does 1280x1024 but
only 16 colour. You may mock me, but such cards will be here quickly enough.
I only wait when the difference between my current system and the new stuff
is big enough to warrant changing. For instance, I'll be upgrading my 486 33
to a 486DX-2 66 EISA, VLB board RSN. The performance difference (under Linux)
is great enough to be worthwhile. At the same time I'll be buying a new
graphic card and new SCSI controller. I'll be buying an S3 card 'cos they're
fast enough, I have X11 drivers for them and it'll have 2MB VRAM just like
a Weitek 9000 card. It will also be MUCH cheaper. When affordable 4MB cards
arrive, I'll buy one.
Over the last year I've done much the same. But now I need a 19" monitor, more
memory (20MB just ain't enough), a GB disk (1.2GB and no space left...). Oh
well, stay single, don't smoke and you may afford it this year ;-)
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5,438 |
I am currently in the car market and would like opinions on a VW
Passat GLX. How does it compare to a Toyota Camry? I thought the car
looked very solid, stable and European. Only disappointment so far is
that that it doesn't offer an airbao my next question is, why isn't VW
offering automobiles with airbags? Should I pay the extra three
thousand for a BMW 318 is even though it is smaller and less powerful
than than the Passat?
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8,802 |
If the Clipper chip can do cheap crypto for the masses, obviously one
could do the same thing WITHOUT building in back doors.
Indeed, even without special engineering, you can construct a good
system right now. A standard codec chip, a chip to do vocoding, a DES
chip, a V32bis integrated modem module, and a small processor to do
glue work, are all you need to have a secure phone. You can dump one
or more of the above if you have a fast processor. With integration,
you could put all of them onto a single chip -- and in the future they
can be.
Yes, cheap crypto is good -- but we don't need it from the government.
You can do everything the clipper chip can do without needing it to be
compromised. When the White House releases stuff saying "this is good
because it gives people privacy", note that we didn't need them to
give us privacy, the capability is available using commercial hardware
right now.
Indeed, were it not for the government doing everything possible to
stop them, Qualcomm would have designed strong encryption right in to
the CDMA cellular phone system they are pioneering. Were it not for
the NSA and company, cheap encryption systems would be everywhere. As
it is, they try every trick in the book to stop it. Had it not been
for them, I'm sure cheap secure phones would be out right now.
They aren't the ones making cheap crypto available. They are the ones
keeping cheap crypto out of people's hands. When they hand you a
clipper chip, what you are getting is a mess of pottage -- your prize
for having traded in your birthright.
And what did we buy with our birthright? Did we get safety from
foreigners? No. They can read conference papers as well as anyone else
and are using strong cryptography. Did we get safety from professional
terrorists? I suspect that they can get cryptosystems themselves on
the open market that work just fine -- most of them can't be idiots
like the guys that bombed the trade center. Are we getting cheaper
crypto for ourselves? No, because the market would have provided that
on its own had they not deliberately sabotaged it.
Someone please tell me what exactly we get in our social contract in
exchange for giving up our right to strong cryptography?
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Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com | 7 | trimmed_train |
8,118 |
There are a lot of people running around saying "God told me this" and
"God told me that" these days. Some people really have heard God, and others
heard their glands. Mario Murrillo mentioned this in a sermon once. He
said someone told him, "The Lord gave me a song." He said that it was
the worst song he had ever heard.
"I know why he gave you that song," Murillo said, "He didn't want it anymore."
But God does still speak to His people today, and the idea is contrary to the
idea of a closed cannon. Ireneaus wrote about all the gifts of the Spirit
in the church of His day (2nd and 3rd century) and he was one of the first
to put forth a New Testament cannon, which was almost identical to the one
we have today. He believed in a closed cannon.
Many prophets prophesied prophecies which were not recorded in the Scriptures.
For example, one prophet in Kings, whose name starts with an "M" who
prophecied that the king would lose a battle. That is the only prophecy
he gave recorded in Scripture, and we no that he had given other prophecies
because the king complained before he heard the prophecy, "He never prophesies
anything good about me." Yet only one little paragraph of all of his
lifetime of prophecies are recorded in Scripture. There are numerous examples.
Barnabas was a prophet, Acts says, before he was even sent out as an
apostle. Yet his writings are not recorded in Scripture. Only two of
Agabus prophecies are mentioned in Scripture. He was already a prophet
before he gave them.
So prophecy may be genuine and from God, but that does not make it
Scripture.
I don't know about translations of Scripture, but I am familiar with
prophecies that give applications for Scripture. There are also
similar examples in the Bible. Several times Peter interprets prophecies
in a seemingly prophetic way, for example, "And his bishoprick let another
take" concerning Judas office.
A clearer example can be found in Matthew 24. Jesus is prophesying about
what will happen before His return and He quotes a passage out of Joel
about the sun being darkened and the moon turning to blood. So Scriptural
prophecy can be used in later prophecy.
Sometimes this sort of thing can cross over into being a word of knowledge,
but gifts of the Spirit seem to overlap. Words of knowledge and wisdom
can overlap. The word of knowledge and prophecy can overlap.
Interpretation of tounges is very similar to prophecy. Healings are often
considered miracles. So sometimes the distinction between gifts is a
bit hazy. Imho, it doesn't usually matter that much if we are able to
label a phenomenon, as long as we recognize them as the work of the
Spirit, and use them according to His leading. | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,945 |
That happens to be a subjective example that the people of the
US would happen to agree on. Continue to move the price up;
at some point a few people would accept then more then more until
probably all would accept at a high enough number.
Endpoints of a subjective scale are not the given homes of
objective viewpoints. | 15 | trimmed_train |
10,433 | [Note, Ohio legislation unlike Federal legislation, shows the entire
law as it would be changed by the legislation. These parts are in
ALL CAPITALS, the rest (i.e., current law is in regular type)].
AS INTRODUCED
120TH GENERAL ASEMBLY
REGULAR SESSION H. B. NO. 278
1993-1994
REPRESENATIVE BEATTY
A BILL
To amend sections2923.11, 2923.17,and 2923.20 and
to enact section 2923.181 of the Revised Code
to expand the defintion of dangerous ordnance to
include military weapons that do not use bolt
action, to increase the penalty for a violation
of the prohibition against possession of
dangerous ordnance, to prohibit any person from
acquiring a military weapon on or after the act's
effective date, to require the licensure of
military weapons acquired for aproper purpose
prior to the act's effective dte, to prohibit a
person from importing, manufacturing, or selling
a military weapon, and to declare an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF OHIO:
Section 1. That sections 2923.11, 2923.17 and 2923.20 be
amended and section 2923.181 of the Revised Code be enacted to
read as follows:
Sec. 2923.11. As used in section 2923.11 to 2923.24 of
the Revised Code:
(A) "deadly weapon" means any instrument, device, or thing
capable of inflicting death, and designed or specially adapted
for use as a weapon, or possessed, carried, or used as a weapon.
(B)(1) "firearm" means any deadly weapon capable of
expelling or propelling one or more projectiles by the action of
an explosive or combustible propellant. "firarms" includes an
unloaded firearm, and any firearm which is inoperable but which
can readily be rendered operable.
(2) When determining whether a firearm is capable of
expelling or propelling one or more projectiles by the action of
an explosive or combustible propellant, the trier of fact may
rely upon circumstancial evidence, including, but not limited to,
the representations and actions of the individual exercising
control over the firearm.
(C) "Handgun" means any firearm designed to be fired while
held in one hand.
(D) "Semi-automatic firearm" means any firearm designed or
specially adapted to fire a single cartridge and automatically
chamber a suceeding cartridge ready to fire, with a single
function of the trigger.
(E) "Automatic firearm" means any firearm designed or
specially adapted to fire a succession of cartridges with a
single function of the trigger. "Automatic firearm" also means
any semi-automatic firearm designed or specially adapted to fire
more than thirty-one cartridges without reloading, other than a
firearm chambering only .22 caliber short, long, or long-rifle
cartridges.
(F) "Sawed-off firearm" means a shotgun with a barrel less
than eighteen inches long, or a rifle with a barrel less than
sixteen inches long, or a shotgun or rifle less than twenty-six
inches long overall.
(G) "Zip-gun" means any of the following:
(1) Any firearm of crude and extemporized manufacture;
(2) Any device, including without limitation a starter's
pistol, not designed as a firearm, but which is specially adapted
for use as a firearm;
(3) Any industrial tool, signalling device, or safety
device, not designed as a firearm, but which as designed is
capable of use as such A FIREARM, when possessed, carried, or
used as a firearm.
(H) "Explosive device" means any device designed or
specially adapted to cause physical harm to persons or property
by means of an explosion, and consisting of an explosive
substance or agency and a means to detonate it. "Explosive
device" includes without limitation any bomb, any explosive
demolition device, any blasting cap or detonator containing an
explosive charge, and any pressure vessel which has been
knowingly tampered with or arranged so as to explode.
(I) "Incendiary device" means any firebomb, and any device
designed or specially adapted to cause physical harm to persons
or property by means of fire, and consisting of an incendiary
substance or agency and a means to ignite it.
(J) "Ballistic knife" means a knife with a detachable
blade that is propelled by a spring-operated mechanism.
(K) "Dangerous ordinance" means any of the following,
except as provided in division (L) of this section:
(1) Any automatic or sawed-off firearms. zip-gun, or
ballistic knife;
(2) Any explosive device or incendiary device;
(3) Nitroglycerin, nitrocellulose, nitrostarch, PETN,
cyclonite, TNT, picric acid, and other high explosives; amatol,
tritonal, tetrytol, pentolite, pecretol, cyclotol, and other high
explosive compositions; plastic explosives; dynamite, blasting
gelatin, gelatin dynamite, sensitized ammonium nitrate, liquid-
oxygen blasting explosives, blasting powder, and other blasting
agents; and any other explosive substance having sufficient
brisance or power to be particularly suitable for use as a
military explosive, or for use in mining, quarrying, excavating,
or demolitions;
(4) Any firearm, rocket launcher, mortar, artillery piece
grenade, mine, bomb, torpedo, or similar weapon, designed and
manufactured for military purposes, and the ammunition for that
weapon;
(5) Any firearm muffler or silencer;
(6) ANY MILITARY WEAPON;
(7) ANY DETACHABLE MAGAZINE, MAGAZINE, DRUM, BELT, FEED
STRIP, OR SIMILAR DEVICE THAT HAS A CAPACITY OF, OR THAT READILY
CAN BE RESTORED OR CONVERTED TO ACCEPT, MORE THAN FIFTEEN ROUNDS
OF AMMUNITION;
(8) Any combination of parts that is intended by the owner
for use in converting any firearm or other device into a
dangerous ordinance.
(L) "Dangerous ordnance" does not include any of the
following:
(1) Any firearm, including a military weapon and the
ammunition for that weapon, and regardless of its actual
age, which employs a percussion cap or other obsolete ignition
system or which is designed and safe for use only with black
powder, and
(2) Any pistol, rifle, or shotgun, designed or suitable
for sporting purposes, UNLESS THE FIREARM IS EITHER OF THE
FOLLOWING;
(a) A military weapon as issued or as modified, and the
ammunition for that weapon;
(b) AN automatic or sawed-off firearm.
(3) Any cannon or other artilery piece which,
regardless of its actual age, is of a type in accepted use prior
to 1887, has no mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, or other system
for absorbing recoil and returning the tube into battery without
displacing the carriage, and is designed and safe for use only
with black powder;
(4) Black powder, priming quills, and percussion caps
possessed and lawfully used to fire a cannon of a type defined in
division (L) (3) of this section during displays, celebrations,
organized matches or shoots, and target practice, and smokeless
and black powder, primers, and percussion caps possed and
lawfully used as a propellant or ignition device in small-arms or
small-arms ammunition;
(5) Dangerous ordinance which is inoperable or inert and
cannot readily be rendered operable or activated, and which is
kept as a trophy, souvenir, curio, or museum piece.
(6) Any device which is expressly excepted from the
definition of a destructive device pursuant to the "Gun Control
Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 1213, 18 U.S.C. 921(a)(4), as amended, and
regulations issued under that act.
(M) "MILITARY WEAPON' MEANS ANY OF THE FOLLOWING;
(1) ANY FIREARM THAT ORIGINALLY WAS MANUFACTURED FOR
MILITARY USE, OR A COPY OF ANY SUCH FIREARM, IF THE FIREARM IS
NOT A BOLT ACTION FIREARM;
(2) ANY MODEL OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIREARMS THAT IS A
SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM AND IS A RIFLE OR ANY MODEL OF ANY COPY OF
ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIREARMS THAT IS A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM
AND IS A RIFLE;
(a) ARMALITE AR-180;
(b) AUTO-ORDNANCE THOMPSON MODELS 1927A1 AND M-1;
(c) AVTOMAT KALASHNIKOV;
(d) POLY TECH AK-47S;
(e) CHINA SPORTS AK-47 BULLPUP;
(f) MITCHELL AK-47 AND M-76
(g) BARRETT LIGHT-FIFTY MODEL 82A1;
(h) BARETTA AR-70;
(i) BUSHMASTER AUTO RIFLE;
(j) CALICO M900 AND M-100
(k) COLT AR-15
(l) COMMANDO ARMS CARBINE, MARK 111, MARK 45, AND MARK 9;
(m) UNIVERSAL 5000 CARBINE, ENFORCER;
(n) AMERICAN ARMS ARM-1 AND AKY 39;
(o) DAEWOO MAX-1 AND MAX-2;
(p) FABRIQUE NATIONALE FN/FAL, FN/LAR. AND FN/FNC;
(q) FAMAS MAS 223;
(r) FEATHER AT-9;
(s) FEDERAL KC-900 AND XC-450
(t) GALIL AR AND ARM;
(u) GONCZ HIGH-TECH CARBINE;
(v) HECKLER AND KOCH HK-91, HK-93, HK-94, AND PSG-1;
(w) MANDALL TAC-1 CARBINE
(x) RUGER MINI 14/SF FOLDING STOCK MODEL;
(y) SIG 57 AMT AND 500 SERIES;
(z) SPRINGFIELD ARMORY SAR-48, G-3, BM-59 ALPINE, AND M1A
CARBINE;
(aa) STERLING MK-6 AND MARK 7;
(bb) STEYR AUG;
(cc) UZI CARBINE AND MINI-CARBINE;
(dd) VALMET M-62S, M-76, M-78, AND M82 BULLPUP CARBINE;
(ee) WEAVER ARMS NIGHTHAWK;
(ff) MILITARY M14 AND MILITARY M1 CARBINE .30;
(gg) SPRINGFIELD ARMORY M1A ASSAULT;
(hh) THOMPSON 27A-5 WITH DRUM MAGAZINE;
(ii) PLAINFIELD COMMANDO UNIVERSE 5000 CARBINE;
(jj) COBRAY M-11 WITH OR WITHOUT SILENCER;
(kk) SPECTRE AUTO CARBINE;
(ll) SWD COBRAY;
(mm) ARMI JAGER AP-74 AND AP-74 COMMANDO;
(nn) ARMSCORP OF AMERICA ISRAELI FN-FAL;
(oo) CLAYCO SKS CARBINE;
(pp) DRAGUNOV SNIPER;
(qq) EMF AP-74;
(rr) IVER JOHNSON PM30 P PARATROOPER;
(ss) NORINCO SKS;
(tt) PARTISAN AVENGER;
(uu) SIGARMS SG 550 SP AND SG 551 SP;
(vv) SQUIRES BINGHAM M 16;
(ww) WILKINSON "TERRY" CARBINE.
(3) ANY MODEL OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIREARMS THAT IS A
SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM AND IS A PISTOL OR ANY MODEL OF ANY COPY
OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIREARMS THAT IS A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM
AND IS A PISTOL:
(a) BUSHMASTER AUTO PISTOL;
(b) CALICO 100-P AUTO PISTOL;
(c) EBCIN NJ-IV, MP-9, AND MP-45;
(d) FEATHER MINI-AT;
(e) GONCZ HIGH TECH PISTOL'
(f) HOLMES MP-83 AND MP-22;
(g) INTRATEC TEC-9 AND SCORPION .22;
(h) IVER JOHNSON ENFORCER;
(i) INGRAM MAC-10 AND MAC-11;
(j) MITCHELL ARMS SPECTRE AUTO;
(k) SCARAB SKORPION;
(l) STERLING MK-7;
(m) UZI PISTOL;
(n) UNIVERSAL ENFORCER;
(o) WILKINSON "LINDA" AUTO PISTOL.
(4) ANY MODEL OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIREARMS THAT IS A
SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM AND IS A SHOTGUN OR ANY MODEL OF ANY COPY
OF ANY OF THE FOLLOWING FIREARMS THAT IS A SEMI-AUTOMATIC FIREARM
AND IS A SHOTGUN:
(a) FRANCHI SPAS-12 AND LAW-12;
(b) STRIKER 12 AND STREET SWEEPER;
(c) BENELLI M1 SUPER 90;
(d) MOSSBERG 500 BULLPUP;
(e) USAS-12 AUTO SHOTGUN.
Sec. 2923.17. (A)(1) No person shall knowingly acquire,
have, OR carry any dangerous ordnance.
(2) NO PERSON SHALL KNOWINGLY USE ANY DANGEROUS ORDNANCE.
(B) This section does not apply to ANY OF THE FOLLOWING:
(1) Officers, agents, or employees of this or any other
state or the United States, members of the armed forces of the
United States or the organized militia of this or any other
state, and law enforcement officers, to the extent that any such
person is authorized to acquire, have, carry, or use dangerous
ordnance and is acting within the scope of his duties;
(2) Importers, manufacturers, dealers, and users of
explosives, having a license or user permit issued and in effect
pursuant to the "Organized Crime Control Act of 1970," 84 Stat.
952, 18 U.S.C. 843, and any amendments or additions TO or
reenactments OF THAT ACT, with respect to explosives and
explosive devices lawfully acquired, possessed, carried, or used
under the laws of this state and applicable federal law;
(3) Importers, manufactuers, and dealers having a license
to deal in destructive devices or their ammunition, issued and in
effect pursuant to the "Gun Control Act of 1968," 82 Stat. 1213.
18 U.S.C. 923 and any amendments or additions TO or
reenactments OF THAT ACT, with respect to dangerous
ordnance lawfully acquired, possessed, carried, or used under the
laws of this state and applicable federal law;
(4) Persons to whom surplus ordnance has been sold,
loaned, or given by the secretary of the army pursuant to 70A
Stat. 62 and 263, 10 U.S.C. 4684, 4685, 4686, and any
amendments or additions TO or reenactments OF THAT ACT, with
respect to dangerous ordnance when lawfully possessed and used
for the purpose specified in THAT section;
(5) Owners of dangerous ordnance registered in the
national firearms registration and transfer record pursuant to
the act of October 22, 1968, 82 Stat.1229, 26 U.S.C. 5841, and
any amendments or additions TO or reenactments OF, and
regulations issued UNDER THE ACT.
(6) Carriers, warehousemen, and others engaged in the
business of transporting or storing goods for hire, with respect
to dangerous ordnance lawfully transported or stored in the usual
course of their business and in compliance with the laws of this
state and applicable federal law;
(7) The holders of a license or temporary permit issued
and in effect pursuant to section 2923.18 of the Revised Code,
with respect to dangerous ordnance lawfully acquired, possessed,
carried, or used for the purposes and in the manner specified in
THE license or permit.
(C) DIVISION (A)(1) OF THIS SECTION DOES NOT APPLY TO THE
ACQUISITION, HAVING, OR CARRYING OF DANGEROUS ORDNANCE THAT IS A
MILITARY WEAPON IF BOTH OF THE FOLLOWING APPLY:
(1) THE PERSON WHO ACQUIRES, HAS, OR CARRIES THE DANGEROUS
ORDNANCE IN QUESTION ACQUIRED IT BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS AMENDMENT AS A COLLECTOR'S ITEM OR FOR A LEGITIMATE
RESEARCH, SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR OTHER PROPER
PURPOSE;
(2) NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE SEVENTH DAY
AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS AMENDMENT, THE PERSON WHO
ACQUIRED THE DANGEROUS ORDNANCE IN QUESTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH
DIVISION (C)(1) OF THIS SECTION SUBMITTED AN APPLICATION PURSUANT
TO SECTION 2923.181 OF THE REVISED CODE FOR A LICENSE TO HAVE AND
CARRY IT AND THE APPLICATION HAS NOT BEEN DENIED OR A VALID
LICENSE HAS BEEN ISSUED TO THE PERSON.
(D) DIVISIONS (A)(1) AND (2) OF THIS SECTION DO NOT APPLY
TO THE ACQUISITION, HAVING, CARRYING, OR USING OF ANY DANGEROUS
ORDNANCE DESCRIBED IN DIVISION (k)(7) OF SECTION 2923.11 OF THE
REVISED CODE THAT WAS ACQUIRED PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF
THIS AMENDMENT.
(E) Whoever violates this section is quilty of unlawful
possession of dangerous ordnance, a AN AGGRAVATED felony of the
FIRST degree.
Sec. 2923.181. (A) ANY PERSON WHO ACQUIRED A MILITARY
WEAPON BEFORE THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION SHALL FILE A
WRITTEN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE TO HAVE AND CARRY THE MILITARY
WEAPON WITH THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OR SAFETY DIRECTOR OR
POLICE CHIEF OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHERE THE APPLICANT
RESIDES OR HAS HIS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. THE APPLICATION
SHALL BE FILED NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE SEVENTH
DAY AFTER THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF THIS SECTION AND SHALL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A FILING FEE OF FIFTY DOLLARS. THE PERSON SHALL
FILE A SEPARATE APPLICATION AND PAY A SEPARATE FILING FEE FOR
EACH MILITARY WEAPON THAT HE HAS OR INTENDS TO CARRY. THE
APPLICATION SHALL CONTAIN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
(1) THE NAME, AGE, ADDRESS, OCCUPATION, AND BUSINESS
ADDRESS OF THE APPLICANT, IF THE APPLICANT IS A NATURAL PERSON,
OR THE NAME, ADDRESS, AND PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS OF THE
APPLICANT, IF THE APPLICANT IS A CORPORATION;
(2) A DESCRIPTION OF THE MILITARY WEAPON FOR WHICH A
LICENSE IS REQUESTED, INCLUDING THE SERIAL NUMBER AND ALL
IDENTIFICATION MARKS;
(3) A STATEMENT OF THE PURPOSE FOR WHICH THE MILITARY
WEAPON WAS ACQUIRED AND FOR WHICH IT IS TO BE POSSESSED, CARRIED,
OR USED;
(4) ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT THE ISSUING AUTHORITY MAY
REQUIRE IN GIVING EFFECT TO THIS SECTION;
(5) THE OATH OF THE APPLICANT THAT THE INFORMATION ON THE
APPLICATION IS TRUE.
(B)(1) NO LATER THAN THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE
FOURTEENTH DAY AFTER AN APPLICATION FOR A LICENSE TO HAVE AND
CARRY A MILITARY WEAPON HAS BEEN FILED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS
SECTION, THE ISSUING AUTHORITY SHALL EITHER APPROVE THE
APPLICATION AND ISSUE A LICENSE TO THE APPLICANT OR DENY THE
APPLICATION AND SEND A LETTER OF DENIAL BY ORDINARY MAIL TO THE
APPLICANT. AFTER CONDUCTING ANY NECESSARY INVESTIGATION, THE
ISSUING AUTHORITY SHALL ISSUE A LICENSE TO AN APPLICANT WHOM IT
DETERMINES SATISFIES THE FOLLOWING CRITERIA:
(a) THE APPLICANT IS TWENTY-ONE YEARS OF AGE OR OLDER, IF
THE APPLICANT IS A NATURAL PERSON;
(b) IT APPEARS THAT THE APPLICANT WILL POSSESS AND CARRY
THE MILITARY WEAPON AS A COLLECTOR'S ITEM OR FOR A LEGITIMATE,
SCIENTIFIC, EDUCATIONAL, INDUSTRIAL, OR OTHER PROPER PURPOSE;
(c) IT APPEARS THAT THE APPLICANT HAS SUFFICIENT
COMPETENCE TO HAVE AND CARRY THE MILITARY WEAPON AND THAT PROPER
PRECAUTIONS WILL BE TAKEN TO ENSURE THE SECURITY OF THE MILITARY
WEAPON AND THE SAFETY OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY;
(d) THE APPLICANT OTHERSWISE IS NOT PROHIBITED BY LAW FROM
HAVING OR CARRYING DANGEROUS ORDNANCE.
(2) A LICENSE ISSUED PURSUANT TO DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS
SECTION SHALL BE VALID FOR ONE YEAR AFTER THE DATE OF ITS
ISSUANCE. THE LICENSE SHALL BE RENEWED PURSUANT TO DIVISION
(C) OF THIS SECTION.
(C)(1) EXCEPT AS PROVIDED IN DIVISION (C)(3) OF THIS
SECTION, ANY PERSON WHO IS ISSUED A LICENSE UNDER DIVISION (B)(1)
OF THIS SECTION SHALL RENEW THE LICENSE BY FILING AN APPLICATION
FOR RENEWAL BY REGULAR MAIL WITH THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OR THE
SAFETY DIRECTOR OR POLICE CHIEF OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHO
WAS THE ISSUING AUTHORITY OF THE LICENSE. AN APPLICATION FOR
RENEWAL SHALL BE FILED ANNUALLY NO LATER THAN ONE YEAR AFTER THE
DATE ON WHICH THE LICENSE WAS ISSUED OR LAST RENEWED.
(2) EACH SHERIFF AND EACH SAFETY DIRECTOR AND PEACE OFFICER
OF A MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SHALL MAKE AVAILABLE APPLICATIONS FOR
THE RENEWAL OF A LICENSE ISSUED UNDER DIVISION (B)(1) OF THIS
SECTION. IN THE APPLICATION THE APPLICANT, UNDER OATH, SHALL
UPDATE THE INFORMATION SUBMITTED IN THE PREVIOUS APPLICATION FOR
A LICENSE OR THE RENEWAL OF A LICENSE.
THE APPLICATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF A LICENSE SHALL BE
ACCOMPANIED BY A FEE OF FIVE DOLLARS. THE APPLICANT SHALL FILE A
SEPERATE APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL AND PAY A SEPERATE RENEWAL FEE
FOR EACH MILITARY WEAPON THAT HE INTENDS TO CONTINUE TO HAVE AND
CARRY.
(3) A PERSON WHO HAS CHANGED HIS RESIDENCE OR PRINCIPAL
PLACE OF BUSINESS TO A LOCATION OUTSIDE OF THE JURISDICTION OF
THE ISSUING AUTHORITY SUBSEQUENT TO THE ISSUANCE OR RENEWAL OF A
LICENSE UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL RENEW HIS LICENSE BY FILING AN
APPLICATION IN THE MANNER PRESCRIBED BY DIVISION (A) OF THIS
SECTION WITH THE SHERIFF OF THE COUNTY OR THE SAFETY DIRECTOR OR
POLICE CHIEF OF THE MUNICIPAL CORPORATION WHERE HE THEN RESIDES
OR HAS HIS PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS. WHEN MAKING AN
APPLICATION TO RENEW A LICENSE AFTER A CHANGE IN RESIDENCE OR
PLACE OF BUSINESS, THE APPLICANT SHALL GIVE NOTICE OF THE CHANGE
OF ADDRESS BY REGULAR MAIL TO THE ORIGINAL ISSUING AUTHORITY FOR
THE LICENSE AND THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL ON NOTIFICATION FORMS
PRESCRIBED BY THE SHERIFF, SAFETY DIRECTOR, OR POLICE CHIEF FROM
WHOM HE SEEKS RENEWAL.
(D) A LICENSE TO HAVE AND CARRY A MILITARY WEAPON SHALL
IDENTIFY THE PERSON TO WHOM IT IS ISSUED, IDENTIFY THE MILITARY
WEAPON FOR WHICH IT IS ISSUED, STATE THE PURPOSE IDENTIFIED IN
DIVISION (B)(1)(b) OF THIS SECTION FOR WHICH THE MILITARY WEAPON
WILL BE POSSESSED AND CARRIED, STATE ITS EXPIRATION DATE, AND
LIST ALL RESTRICTIONS ON THE HAVING OR CARRYING OF THE MILITARY
WEAPON AS PRESCRIBED BY THE LAWS OF THIS STATE AND APPLICABLE
FEDERAL LAW.
(E) ANY PERSON WHO IS ISSUED A LICENSE TO HAVE AND CARRY A
MILITARY WEAPON UNDER THIS SECTION AND WHO CHANGES HIS ADDRESS
SHALL NOTIFY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY OF THE CHANGE OF HIS ADDRESS
NO LATER THAN NINETY DAYS AFTER THE CHANGE HAS OCCURRED.
(F) THE ISSUING AUTHORITY SHALL FORWARD TO THE STATE FIRE
MARSHALL A COPY OF EACH LICENSE ISSUED OR RENEWED UNDER THIS
SECTION. THE STATE FIRE MARSHALL SHALL KEEP A PERMANENT FILE OF
ALL LICENSES ISSUED OR RENEWED UNDER THIS SECTION.
(G) THE ISSUING AUTHORITY SHALL CAUSE EACH APPLICATION FEE
OF FIFTY DOLLARS, FILED UNDER DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION, TO BE
DEPOSITED IN THE GENERAL FUND OF THE COUNTY OR MUNCIPAL
CORPORATION SERVED BY THE ISSUING AUTHORITY. THE ISSUING
AUTHORITY SHALL CAUSE TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS OF EACH RENEWAL
FEE, FILED UNDER DIVISION (C) OF THIS SECTION, TO BE DEPOSITED IN
THE GENERAL FUND OF THE COUNTY OR MUNICIPAL CORPORATION SERVED BY
THE ISSUING AUTHORITY AND SHALL SEND TWO DOLLARS AND FIFTY CENTS
OF EACH RENEWAL FEE TO THE TREASURER OF STATE FOR DEPOSIT IN THE
STATE TREASURY TO THE CREDIT OF THE GENERAL REVENUE FUND.
(H) WHOEVER VIOLATES DIVISION (A) OF THIS SECTION IS
GUILTY OF FAILING TO APPLY FOR THE LICENSURE OF A MILITARY
WEAPON, A FELONY OF THE FOURTH DEGREE. WHOEVER VIOLATES DIVISION
(C) OF THIS SECTION IS GUILTY OF FAILING TO APPLY FOR RENEWAL OF
A LICENSE FOR A MILITARY WEAPON, A MISDEMEANOR OF THE FIRST
DEGREE.
(I) A MILITARY WEAPON THAT IS NOT LICENSED AS REQUIRED BY
THIS SECTION IS CONTRABAND, AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2901.01 OF THE
REVISED CODE AND IS SUBJECT TO FORFEITURE UNDER SECTION 2933.43
OF THE REVISED CODE.
SEC. 2933.20. (A) No person shall DO ANY OF THE
FOLLOWING:
(1) IMPORT, MANUFACTURE, POSSESS FOR SALE, SELL, OR
FURNISH TO ANY PERSON ANY MILITARY WEAPON;
(2) Recklessly sell, lend, give, or furnish any firearm to
any person prohibited by section 2923.13 or 2923.15 of the
Revised Code from acquiring or using any firearm, or recklessly
sell, lend, give, or furnish any dangerous ordnance to any person
prohibited by section 2923.13, 2923.15, or 2923.17 of the Revised
Code from acquiring or using any dangerous ordnance;
(3) Possess any firearm or dangerous ordnance with
purpose to dispose of it in violation of division (A) of this
section;
(4) Manufacture, possess for sale, sell, or furnish to
any person other than a law enforcement agency for authorized use
in police work, any brass knuckles, cestus, billy, blackjack,
sandbag, switchblade knife, springblade knife, gravity knife, or
similar weapon;
(5) When transferring any dangerous ordnance to
another, negligently fail to require the transferes to exhibit
ANY identification, license, or permit showing him to be
authorized to acquire dangerous ordnance pursuant to section
2923.17 of the Revised Code, or negligently fail to take a
complete record of the transaction and forthwith forward a copy
of THE record to the sheriff of the county or safety
director or police chief of the municipality where the
transaction takes place;
(6) Knowingly fail to report to law enforcement
authorities forthwith the loss or theft of any firearm or
dangerous ordnance in such person's possession or under his
control.
(b) Whoever violates this section is quilty of unlawful
transactions in weapons. Violation of division (A)(1) OF THIS
SECTION IS AN AGGRAVATED FELONY OF THE FIRST DEGREE. VIOLATION
OF DIVISION (A)(2) OR (3) Oof this section is a felony of the
third degree. Violation of division (A) (4) OR (5) of this
section is a misdemeanor of the second degree. Violation of
division (6) of this section is a midemeanor of the fourth
degree.
Section 2. That existing section 2923.11, 2923.17 and
2923.20 of the Revised Code are hereby repealed.
Section 3. This act is hereby declared to be an emergency
measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public
peace, health, and safety. The reason for this necessity is that
with immediate action, this act will prohibit the continued
purchase, possession, and use of military weapons and as a result
will ameliorate a substantial threat of death and injury to the
public caused by the misuse of improper use of these weapons.
Therefore, this act shall go into immediate effect. | 9 | trimmed_train |
5,145 | Is there a workaround which will enable me to print to a HPLJ4 from my
Powerbook 100? (Actually I'm going to a 4M which will have an Ethernet card in
the LocalTalk slot!!!GRRRRR). Is there some hardware which will enable me to
this easily (kind of plug and play!). | 14 | trimmed_train |
5,061 | Looking for a VIDEO in and OUT Video card for the IBM. One that will
allow you to watch TV (coax) or video IN, and will do Video out,
digitize pictures. and if I am in Windows, and would like to be able to
look the RCA out for the card to my TV and have it display on there, as
well as DOS apps.
I heard of these SNES and Genesis copiers, that will copy any games, are
those for real?
| 5 | trimmed_train |
6,001 | Pete Young, on the Tue, 20 Apr 93 08:29:21 GMT wibbled:
: : Tsk, tsk, tsk. Another newbie bites the dust, eh? They'll learn.
: Newbie. Sorry to disappoint you, but as far as the Internet goes I was
: in Baghdad while you were still in your dads bag.
Is this bit funny?
: Most of the people who made this group interesting 3 or 4 years ago
: are no longer around and I only have time to make a random sweep
: once a week or so. Hence I missed most of this thread.
I'm terribly sorry.
: Based on your previous postings, apparently devoid of humour, sarcasm,
: wit, or the apparent capacity to walk and chew gum at the same time, I
: assumed you were serious. Mea culpa.
I know, I know. Subtlety is sort of, you know, subtle, isn't it.
: Still, it's nice to see that BNR are doing so well that they can afford
: to overpay some contractors to sit and read news all day.
That's foreign firms for you.
..and a touchy newbie, at that.
What's the matter, too much starch in the undies?
--
Nick (the Considerate Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford None Gum-Chewer
M'Lud. | 12 | trimmed_train |
5,632 |
Er, without a bike (Ed, maybe you ought to respond to this...), how
you gonna get there?
If yer going by cage, what's this got to do with r.m?
Maybe somebody oughta gang-tool-FAQ this guy, hmmm?
| 12 | trimmed_train |
10,286 | Mark McWiggins <markmc@halcyon.com> reminds us:
MM> Also, don't forget that it's better for your health
MM> to enjoy your steak than to resent your sprouts ...
YES!
I call this notion "psychological health food" and, in fact, have
determined that the Four Food Groups are Ice Cream, Pizza, Barbecue, and
Chocolate. Ideally, every meal should contain something from at least two
of these four groups. Food DOES serve functions other than nutrition, and
one of them is keeping the organism happy and thus aiding its immune
system.
And I didn't spend a million bucks commissioning a study that told me to
redraw my silly little pyramid in different colors and with a friendlier
typeface, either. (Ref: Consumer Reports' back page--one of the best
things ever to turn up there.)
Rich Young <young@serum.kodak.com> writes of one of six impossible things:
RY> to consume unrealistically large quantities of barbecued meat at a time."
Donald Mackie <Donald_Mackie@med.umich.edu> confesses:
DM> I have to confess that this is one of my few unfulfilled ambitions.
DM> No matter how much I eat, it still seems realistic.
Yeah, I want to try one of those 42oz steaks (cooked over applewood) at
Wally's Wolf Lodge Inn in Coeur d'Alene. That seems quite
unrealistic--unrealistically SMALL. And a few slabs of ribs from the East
Texas Smoker (RIP, again) in Louisville is not at all unrealistic either.
What say we have a rec.food.cooking dinner at the Moonlite Bar-B-Que Inn in
Owensboro? (It's all you can eat including lamb ribs & mutton for about
$10.) We could invite Julie Kangas as guest of honor and see if the
Moonlite's Very Hot Sauce is too hot for her. (It IS too hot for me, and I
don't say that very often.) And she could bring ice cream with crushed
dried chiltepins for dessert.
And we could see if there IS such a thing as an "unrealistically large
quantity" of barbecue--the owner of the Moonlite estimates that the
Owensboro restaurants serve a hundred thousand pounds of meat a week in the
summer, and forty thousand in the winter--in a town of 50 000 or so. Two
pounds per person per week? Again, sure sounds unrealistic to me--thats
just too meager to be healthy.
~ Kiran (Now a two-pound slab of ribs a day, THAT's realistic.)
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462 | sorry about that last post, my server neglected to send the message: | 4 | trimmed_train |
4,724 | w/o actually executing it? somehow one of my xterminal users has made it
so that a click of MB3 (right) automatically kills all clients - oh my :-(
thanx,
fish | 16 | trimmed_train |
8,204 |
Really? What makes you think the Islanders have a better shot? They
couldn't even beat the Whalers in two games!
(Well, since you're a Pens fans the whole question is moot. I think
the teams most likely to beat the Pens are the Bruins, Nordiques, and
Blackhawks but I don't think they can really do it. :-)) | 17 | trimmed_train |
8,207 | Just a pointer to the article in the current Science News article
on Federal R&D funding.
Very briefly, all R&D is being shifted to gaining current
competitive advantage from things like military and other work that
does not have as much commercial utility. | 10 | trimmed_train |
10,031 |
I agree. I also think Roy needs a good kick sometimes...that horrible
4-0 loss to the Capitals last week...yeeeech!
Here's to Cup #23...this year!
--
Richard J. Rauser "You have no idea what you're doing."
rauser@sfu.ca "Oh, don't worry about that. We're professional
WNI outlaws - we do this for a living." | 17 | trimmed_train |
8,018 | Paul Prescod pontificating:
PP>> Libertarians oppose BOTH waiting periods AND background checks
PP>>-- or ANY prerequisite for exercising rights that are supposed to
PP>>be guaranteed.
PP>Let me get this straight. Unlike the other idiots in this newsgroup,
PP>you actually support anybody having unlimited access to guns,
PP>inclucing criminals. (or would you prohibit them from owning them,
PP>but not from buying them?)
PP>You are a supreme idiot. You make the other idiots look like Mensa members.
Thanks Paul, for yet another fine example of the holier than thou gun control
mindset. Why don't you add something intelligent to the debate, like maybe
nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah.
---
. OLX 2.2 . Fight crime..... shoot back!
| 9 | trimmed_train |
8,021 | The subject-line says it: every time I run a fever, I get an amazing
rosy rash over my torso and arms. Fortunately, it doesn't itch.
The rash always comes on the day after the
fever breaks and no matter what the illness was: cold, flu, whatever.
It started happening about four years ago after I moved to my current
town, although I don't know if that has anything to do with anything.
Severity and persistance of the rash seems to vary with the fever:
a severe or long-lasting fever brings a long-lasting rash. A mild fever
seems to bring rashes that go away faster.
Anybody know what might be causing this? It's no more than an
embarassment, but I'd be curious to know what's going on. Am I carrying
some kind of fever-resistant bug that goes wild when fever knocks out
its competition? | 19 | trimmed_train |
10,789 | brad@clarinet.com (Brad Templeton):
}And yes, this has to be a public key system or it would be almost
}impossible to handle. It might not be RSA, but that does not mean
}that PKP doesn't get paid. Until 1997, PKP has the patent on the
}general concept of public key encryption, as well as the particular
}implementation known as RSA.
Hmm, my first thought was that they're using Diffie-Hellman exponential
session key exchange, or an equivalent. However, the Diffie-Hellman
patent, like the Hellman-Merkle one on public key systems, claims
all equivalents, so the basic point stands.
Interestingly, a quote from Jim Bidzos showed up in the media real
soon after the announcement, and he sounded very pissed. Maybe he hadn't
yet realized that PKP might have just struck gold? All they have to
do is get someone to admit the general scheme that the Clipper uses.
---
Jef | 7 | trimmed_train |
5,207 |
I attended a colloquium at Goddard last fall where the head of the
operations section of NASA was talking about what future missions
were going to be funded. I don't remember his name or title off hand
and I have discarded the colloquia announcement. In any case, he was
asked about that very matter: "Why can't we spend a few million more
to keep instruments that we already have in place going?"
His responce was that there are only so many $ available to him and
the lead time on an instrument like a COBE, Magellan, Hubble, etc
is 5-10 years minumum. If he spent all that could be spent on using
current instruments in the current budget enviroment he would have
very little to nothing for future projects. If he did that, sure
in the short run the science would be wonderful and he would be popular,
however starting a few years after he had retired he would become
one of the greatest villans ever seen in the space community for not
funding the early stages of the next generation of instruments. Just
as he had benefited from his predicessor's funding choices, he owed it
to whoever his sucessor would eventually be to keep developing new
missions, even at the expense of cutting off some instruments before
the last drop of possible science has been wrung out of them.
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10,006 | hmm - i thought francesca's predictions ALWAYS hovered at or below
.500, especially in the nfl. (not counting college football
bowl day).
he's a nice analyst for explaining past tense, and for mapping out
what plays teams might do - but for predicting the future, he only
looks good whne compared to russo. | 2 | trimmed_train |
8,963 |
The Delaunay triangulation is the geometrical dual of the
Voronoi tessellation and both constructions are derived from
natural neighbor order.
Aurenhammer, F., 1991, Voronoi Diagrams - A Survey of a
Fundamental Geometric Data Structure:
ACM Computing Surveys, 23(3), p. 345-405.
Okabe, A., Boots, B., and Sugihara, K., 1992, Spatial
tessellations : concepts and applications of Voronoi diagrams:
Wiley & Sons, New York, ISBN 0 471 93430 5, 532p.
Watson, D.F., 1981, Computing the n-dimensional Delaunay
tessellation with application to Voronoi polytopes:
The Computer J., 24(2), p. 167-172.}
Watson, D.F., 1985, Natural neighbour sorting: The Australian
Computer J., 17(4), p. 189-193.
| 1 | trimmed_train |
11,117 | Here's how I talk to non-Christians who are complaining about Hell.
ME: "Do you believe you're going to Heaven?"
HIM: "I don't believe in Heaven."
ME: "So are you going there?"
HIM: "If there was a heaven, I would."
ME: "But since there isn't a Heaven, you're not going there, are you?"
HIM: "No."
The point is that Heaven is based on faith--if you don't believe in heaven,
there's no way you're going to be in it.
Of course, the next step is, "I don't believe in Hell either, so why will I
be there?" It seems to me that Hell is eternal death and seperation from God.
Most atheists do believe that when they die they will die forever, and never
see God--so they do, in fact, believe that they're going to Hell.
Hell doesn't have to be worse than earth to be Hell--because it's eternal,
and it's a lot worse than Heaven. That's the only comparison that matters. | 0 | trimmed_train |
10,620 |
Ditto here too...
| 1 | trimmed_train |
1,780 |
DEC does this only for their PX and PXG servers, known as 3D accelerators.
This boards have local offscreen memory which is limited and slow to
handle, thus they set this limit.
| 16 | trimmed_train |
5,369 |
Good I had a bad feeling about this problem because of a special case
with no solution that worried me.
Four coplanar points in the shape of a square have no unique sphere
that they are on the surface of.
Similarly 4 colinear point have no finite sized sphere that they are on the
surface of.
These algorithms being geometrical designed rather than algebraically design
meet these problems neatly.
When determining which plane the 3 points are on if they are colinear
the algorithm should afil or return infinite R.
When intersecting the two lines there are 2 possibilities
they are the same line (the 4 points were on a planar circle)
they are different lines but parallel. There is a sphere of in radius.
This last case can be achieved with 3 colinier points and any 4th point
by taking the 4th point and pairs of the first 3 parallel lines will be produced
it can also be achieved by
If all 4 points are coplanar but are not on one circle.
It seems to me that the algorithm only fails when the 4 points are coplanar.
The algorithm always fails when the points are coplanar.
(4 points being colinear => coplanar)
Testing if the 4th point is coplanar when the plane of the first 3 points
has been found is trivial.
| 1 | trimmed_train |
6,167 |
Hmmmmmm....put your butt in the seat and follow the road signs?
| 12 | trimmed_train |
2,403 | Does any one know of any shareware/freeware software which lets one display
EPS files on a PC with DOS and/or Windows???
Your reply would be much appreciated. Thanks.
Hal Adam, HADAM@bcsc02.gov.bc.ca
| 18 | trimmed_train |
10,737 |
I would suggest you take the car to the nearest Chevron dealer, with
your own oil and filter. Ask for an oil change. It will cost less
than $10. Watch him/her do it. Just from watching someone do a job,
you will be able to learn and remember the sequence, and do it right
when you do it yourself the next time. Besides, when he/she loosens
the drain nut, the next time around it will be easier for you.
If it is stuck, use an impact wrench. Not too much force though.
Use a new washer each time you put the nut back..... | 4 | trimmed_train |
5,806 | Two-part question:
1) What is Windows NT - a 'real' windows OS?
2) This past weekend, a local 'hacker' radio show metioned a new product
from Microsoft called 'Chicago' if I recall. Anyone know what this is?
That is it -
Thanks a heap.
- Alan
| 18 | trimmed_train |
10,484 | My mom has just been diagnosed with cystic breast disease -- a big
relief, as it was a lump that could have been cancer. Her doctor says
she should go off caffeine and chocolate for 6 months, as well as
stopping the estrogen she's been taking for menopause-related reasons.
She's not thrilled with this, I think especially because she just gave
up cigarettes -- soon she won't have any pleasures left! Now, I thought
I'd heard that cystic breasts were common and not really a health risk.
Is this accurate? If so, why is she being told to make various
sacrifices to treat something that's not that big of a deal?
Thanks for any information.
-- Chris
--
black@sybase.com | 19 | trimmed_train |
931 | I have lurked here a bit lately, and though some of the math is
unknown to me, found it interesting. I thought I would post an article I
found in the Saturday, April 17, 1993 Toronto Star:
'CLIPPER CHIP' to protect privacy
Washington (REUTER) - President Bill CLinton announced yesterday a
plan to plant a new "Clipper Chip" in every government telephone and
computer line to prevent eavesdropping.
Eventually the chips, developed by the government's National
Institute for Standards and Technology, would be used by commercial and
private electronics communication users.
The White House said that to assure privacy, each device containing
the encryption devices would be assigned two unique "keys" - numbers
that will be needed by government agencies to decode messages.
The attorney-general has been assigned the task of arranging that the
keys are deposited in two "key-escrow" data bases. Access to them would
be limited to government officials with legal authorization to conduct a
wiretap, the White House said in a statement.
-30-
Dan McKinnon | 7 | trimmed_train |
4,795 | Here's a question for all you electrical engineers out there:
I bought an 'Infrared detector module' at Radio Shack for $3.95 - it is a
little gizmo that senses infrared remotes and produces an output signal. Then
I hooked the output through a transistor to an infrared LED. The circuit works
like a minature remote control extender in my car - All remote commands are
relayed to the CD player hidden in the glove compartment. It works fine with
my Denon CD player, but when I tried to build the same circuit for a friend's
VCR, it didn't work.
The circuit appears to work for other remotes (you can see infrared with a
Sony CCD camcorder) but coincidentally it only seems to work for my CD
player...
Any advice would be appreciated....
Brian
| 11 | trimmed_train |
2,860 | DM> Fact or rumor....? Madalyn Murray O'Hare an atheist who eliminated the
DM> use of the bible reading and prayer in public schools 15 years ago is now
DM> going to appear before the FCC with a petition to stop the reading of the
DM> Gospel on the airways of America. And she is also campaigning to remove
DM> Christmas programs, songs, etc from the public schools. If it is true
DM> then mail to Federal Communications Commission 1919 H Street Washington DC
DM> 20054 expressing your opposition to her request. Reference Petition number
DM> 2493.
False. This story has been going around for years. There's not a drop of
truth. Note that I don't care for O'Hare (O'Hair?) myself, but this
is one thing she's not guilty of.
| 15 | trimmed_train |
10,883 |
Hear, hear! Thanks, Robbie.
You also don't read that much about violence *against* teenagers, such as
George Bush burying alive tens of thousands of unarmed Iraqi 17-year-olds,
who were trying to surrender, with bulldozers.
| 4 | trimmed_train |
7,393 | Coming from a long line of "hot tempered" people, I know temper when I see
it. One of the tell tale signs/fruits that give non-christians away - is
when their net replies are acrid, angry and sarcastic.
We in the net village do have a laugh or two when professed, born again
christians verbally attack people who might otherwise have been won to
christianity and had originally joined the discussions because they were
"spiritually hungry." Instead of answering questions with sweetness and
sincerity, these chrisitan net-warriors, "flame" the queries.
You don't need any enemies. You already do yourselves the greatest harm. | 0 | trimmed_train |
4,676 | Hi,
I have got a Quantum ProDrive 80AT IDE harddisk and would
like to format it. When trying to format it (*no* low-level
format, just FDISK and DOS FORMAT), I somehow messed up the
parameters... I had entered FDISK /MBR not exactly knowing
what this does.
The suggested drive type 38 formats the drive only to 21MB.
I tried type 25, but this gives only around 70MB and not
the nominal 80MB.
Could I use user type 47? However, I don't know the actual
parameters (cylinders, heads,...) Could someone give me them?
And how does FDISK work together with user type 47?
Please reply by email to GERTHD@MVS.SAS.COM
Thank you,
Thomas
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1,223 |
The word "released" is loaded: until convicted in CXOurt,
my children are my own. | 15 | trimmed_train |
9,751 |
In mentioning some nonsense about psychology :) and atheism, Bob Muir asks
the following question.
I answer in the affirmative. Now this answer might sound a little
intellectually dishonest to Bob, but I think I have been accused before
of that heinous crime and am man enough to take it. !-) What thinking
person has not at one time or other been accused of it? Is it
politically correct for Christians to be the only besieged group
permitted the luxury of arrogance?
Now I have a question for Bob. Why in the world would any self-respecting
atheist want to subscribe to a Christian news group? I have a
difficult enough time keeping up with it, and I think I know something
about the subject.
Bob reminds me of my roommate. In order to disbelieve atheism, he says
he will need to be proven wrong about it. Well, I don't even waste
my time trying. I tell him that he'll just have to take my word for it.
In response, he tells me he will say an "atheist's prayer" for me.
Good luck, Bob. And, best regards.
| 0 | trimmed_train |
10,139 | I have an IBM and run Windows 3.1. A friend installed Norton Desktop For
Windows on top of this. It loads automatically when I type "win", and
surely adds to the (already dismally slow) process of starting up.
I would like to know how to STOP or uninstall this program!!
I have taken it out of win.ini, but it still pops up running with windows.
I did a big search and found reference to it in ndw.ini, system.ini and
progman.ini. Removing it here causes a failure when starting up windows
(progrman.ini has a "group 7 = ...ndw.exe..." which can't be deleted.)
Is there anyone familiar with NDW who can tell me how to turn it off??
thanks! Chet | 18 | trimmed_train |
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