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Even worse, the city of Atlanta has a proposal before it to rent space on this orbiting billboard. Considering the caliber of people running this city, there's no telling what we're going to have leering down at us from orbit.
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Wasn't it Tricky Dick who issued stern warnings to Bush & Clinton not to 'Lose Russia'? (a la 'Who lost China?')
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This seems a strange argument to make considering that Canada's violent crime rate in general is far lower than that of the U.S. (Our non-gun crime rate is greater than their *entire* crime rate). It would seem strange to suggest that it, to, were the result of gun control laws. I think if we looked ...
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Actually, it's HAPP, and some of their equipment can be found in the Parts Express catalog (1-800-338-0531). They show switches for $2, joysticks for $13 and trackballs for $80. They also have pinball parts. Good luck.
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In a Philadelphia Inquirer a few days ago, it was reported that there were two (2) plans for a new Phillies stadium: the already-mentioned 30th Street Station proposal, and a location near Broad Street and Race Street, I think. I can't remember the exact details, but the stadium would be build practically downtown. ...
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Being a browser of this group for some time, and being very concerned about the clipper chip proposal, I am hoping someone with more knowledge can help out. Who would be the most influential people to write to, protesting the obvious next step hinted at by this proposal ? (Heads of what committees, etc.) What...
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You'll have fun looking for the rear-end gears on an SHO--the Taurus is a front-wheel-drive vehicle... I went back and checked the article again; The SHO Wagon is quicker than the SHO automatic, but significantly slower than the REAL SHO. Why anyone would order an SHO with an automatic transmission is beyond me; if ...
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Several recent posts have identified the English word 'Easter' with the Babylonian goddess 'Ishtar'. 'Easter' is a pagan word all right, but it has nothing to do with Ishtar. If 'Easter' and 'Ishtar' were related, their history would show it. But in Old English, Easter was 'Eostre', cognate with English 'East' and Ger...
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HELP!!! my wife has informed me that she wants a convertible for her next car. We live in South Fla., so we are definitely in the right are for one. My wife has mentioned the Miata, but I think it is too small. I would like to wait for the new Mustangs ( Dec. '93 I think). Anyone have any opinions on any/all convertibl...
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On a completely different tack, what was the eventual outcome of Babe vs. the Bad-Mouthed Biker? Later,
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Wow, the scope of the mission of the ATF continues to expand. Besides Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, they now seem to be involded in Child Protective Services, Drug Enforcement and Tax Evasion. They look to be on the road to being the nations *boys in blue*! No Knock in one hand, M-16 in the other. Zeik-Heil!!! L...
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No one else seems to know, so I'll post this. This topic came up on sci.physics.fusion shortly after the cold-fusion flap started. As I recall, its been done to some experimental mice. They showed various ill effects and eventually died. The reason is that deuterium does not have exactly the same reaction rates as ...
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I'm looking for a program that will let me use a windows common dialog box to select a file to use when running a DOS app. Basically, I have several DOS apps that I use now and then with different files. They all accept a file as a command line parameter, but the only way (at least that I know of) to do this easily...
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Henry, didn't the Little Joe and Big Joe get built in under a year? 6 months for little Joe, and 12 Months for Big Joe? i thought i saw something on that for a old mercury film.
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4/15/93 1242 Turkey sends light weapons as aid to Azerbaijan By SEVA ULMAN ANKARA, Turkey (UPI) -- Turkey is arming Azerbaijan with light weapons to help it fight Armenian forces in the struggle for the Nagorno- Karabakh enclave, the newspaper Hurriyet said Thursday. Deputy Prime Minister Erdal Inonu told repor...
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Seems to me that Johns H.D. in Ft Collins used to carry some honest to god womens garb.>
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Hi all, I just got a La Cie 240 meg external hard drive. Speed tests show that it's substantially faster that my internal 105 meg Quantum HD. Supposedly the 105 and the 240 (both LPS drives) are roughly rated the same speed. Why such a large difference? Marc.
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Hello netters:) Does anyone out there know any FTP sites for projects, plans, etc of an electrical nature? -Jason
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No, you have completely misunderstood. I was opposed to intervention in Somalia for the same reason I am opposed to intervention in Bosnia - there is no security interest of the United States there which justifies risking the lives of American servicemen, and there are too many crises in the world for us to take on...
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This leads me to believe that it's not really a rabbitball year, and that we've just had a rash of high-scoring games. I bet this one day's worth of games pulled everything back to close to average. Interesting, because the other day, all but three games had ten or more runs scored, and yesterday no game had more th...
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Well, dozens of children left the compound between the original BATF assualt and the FBI assault 7 weeks later. So if Koresh really wanted to kill children, why did he let so many go?
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I took your advice and ordered a copy of the Washinton Report. I heartily recommend it to all pro-Israel types for the following reasons: 1. It is an excellent absorber of excrement. I use it to line the bottom of my parakeet's cage. A negative side effect is that my bird now has a somewhat warped view ...
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Hi, I just disassembled my old XT and get 2 disk drives - 30M hard drive and a 360K floppy drive. My questions are: -can I use these 2 drives as drives D & E on my 386SX25 ? This 386SX25 currently has 80M hard drive, 1.2M & 1.44M floppy drives. -if I can, what s/w or h/w do I need ? Please send your advice/...
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Officially, no. From experience (yours now included!), yes. Quantums seem to be the most problem-free brand on the Mac. It should not matter for the hard drive or the Mac. Well, as long as it doesn't fall over. ;) Doug
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I'd bet the price of the helmet that it's okay...From 6 feet or higher, maybe not. I'd wear the full facer, but then, I'd be *way* more worried about wind blast in the face, and inability to hear police sirens, than the helmet being a little damaged. Well, my next helmet will be, subject to it fitting well, an AG...
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I'm looking to buy a 100% working keyboard for a 286 system (preferably a 101 layout.) I'm looking to spend about $20. --
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Ok I want to get a color Mac I don't care if it is an LC or a Mac II or what but I want to go to a color machine. I'd prefer to trade my present Mac SE system plus some cash or other equipment for the color system as right now I'm not full of the $$$ to buy a color system outright. Here's what my Mac SE system has... ...
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PSA 145:9 The LORD is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
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i'm sorry, as i have never heard of any of this. Guess they don't think it's important enough for a classroom, and i was going on what i've seen in pics.(some movies--real nice scource there, huh?) I just always recall thinking that GOOD roads of asphalt didn't come around til the Interstate Hiway Act, or whatever...
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: : Once again we are waiting. I have been thinking that it would be good : to get to as large a group as possible to see if anyone has any : experience with this kind of thing. I know that members of the medical : community are sometimes loathe to admit the importance that diet and : foods play in our general health...
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According to THE FAN here in T.O., Ottawa has won the Daigle e sweepstakes. They didn't mention why, but San Jose had more goals than the Sen-sens, so I have a hunch this is why Ottawa would pick first.....
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Does anyone have some information on the relative fraction of the final cost of each component in an average hard drive? For instance, I'm pretty sure the heads and the platters are the most expensive parts, with the assembly costs running a close third. Cost of the electronics is likely in the noise. Any hard numb...
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I find this argument very strange, though not unfamiliar. An analogy someone used a while back can perhaps illustrate it. Say, for example, there are people living on a volcanic island, and a group of geologists determine that a volcano is imminent. They warn the people on the island that they are in danger, and ...
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Dennis, I'm astounded. I didn't know you were interested to even study such filth as alt.sex.stories provide... Cheers, Kent
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Imprecise. This description 1. ignores the role of the ballast, 2. misrepresents the heating effects in the starter. The bimetalic strip cools down immediately after the contacts short circuit, because the neon discharge stops, and much less heat is generated from the I^2R loss in the metal as compared to the neon...
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There was an article in one of the Toronto papers about this a few months ago...probably the Globe and Mail... ...any ethical "journalist", even a sports journalist should not accept free meals from a team in any case, which was the one of the points the article was making. Admittdly, most sports reporting is mostly...
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Could some kind soul point me in the right direction for the FAQ list for this group. Thanks. -------------------- Saad Mufti Personal Library Software
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While shopping for a passenger helmet, I noticed that in many cases the external dimensions of the helmets were the same from S through XL. The difference was the amount of inside padding. My solution was to buy a large helmet, and construct a removable liner from a sheet of .5" closed-cell foam and some satin (glu...
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Was that post for real? I thought it was a late April Fool joke. Some of it seemed a bit over the top even by McElwaine/Abian/etc standards :-)
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I second the boots... oil spots from cars are particularly slippery when parking the bikes, and good boots help here as well.
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I currently use an HP DeskJet with Grappler LS ver 1.0, and it works on System7. Course, I only use the SWA Dutch and SWA Swiss fonts that came with it, due to the 4x size requirement to print to the HP. (ie: must have 40pnt definition to print a 10pnt font) When I upgraded, I talked to Orange Micro, and they stat...
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Hello, I have a motherboard and a case for sale as a package. Both of them came from a CompuAdd computer I bought last August and am presently upgrading. Here are the specs-- Motherboard ----------- Cyrix 486SL 25 MHz microprocessor Chips and Technology chipset (SCATsx V2.3.6 SLSLC) 8 SIMM banks for a maximum of 32...
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Joe, As usual, this issue of dysfunction, of bad values, of messed up culture is easily embraced by non african americans when it comes to explaining problems in our community. From your post, you apparently find the idea that something is wrong with African Americans, value-wise, culture wise or something, very...
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Whatta ass!!!!!
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Gregg, so would you consider that Rushdie would now be left alone, and he could have a normal life? In other words, does Islam support the notion of forgiving? Cheers, Kent
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etc. ... Dyer is beyond rude. There have been and always will be people who are blinded by their own knowledge and unopen to anything that isn't already established. Given what the medical community doesn't know, I'm surprised that he has this outlook. For the record, I have had several outbreaks of thrush duri...
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I was wondering if anyone can shed any light on just how it is that these electronic odometers remember the total elapsed mileage? What kind of memory is stable/reliable enough, non-volatile enough and independent enough (of outside battery power) to last say, 10 years or more, in the life of a vehicle? I'm amazed...
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Last night I heard something about Bill Clinton's sister being involved in a marijuana bust, and the news being suppressed. I also heard something about her being an "ex-con". This source is not reliable, though. (It was a collage/booklet advertising a local band.) Can anyone on the net verify this or provide more det...
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I dont know about the car comparison but as far as the price goes rest assured that the street prices for the MX-3 and Escort and (maybe) even the Honda will be lesser than that of the Saturn you're talking about. All price comparisons I've seen are based on MSRP and of course the saturn dealer will sell the car for...
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^^^^^^^ You can't spell. There is no question about it. We must be reading different public opinion polls. I agree that the misguided public would like to see assault weapons banned (mainly because they are being lied to by the media about the frequency of their use in violent crime ... ~1%), but if publi...
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Dr. Goebels thought that a lie repeated enough times could finally be believed. I have been observing that 'Poly' has been practicing Goebels' rule quite loyally. 'Poly's audience is mostly made of Greeks who are not allowed to listen to Turkish news. However, in today's informed world Greek propagandists can onl...
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Hmmm. The last time I got stung by a bee I experienced the same reaction the first poster's brother did. We went off to the doctor to see if I should worry about the fact that my foot was now about 3 times it's normal size. (And itched!!! Ow!) He basically said I shouldn't this time, but that bee sting allergy wa...
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The point is that the original poster was talking about connecting ground and neutral in the *outlet* box (big NO NO), and you are talking about them being connected in the breaker box (as things should be). If this is not obvious, the point is that there should be current flow in the white, i.e. neutral/return wires...
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In my case that's not for another 3+ years, so I'd appreciate any hints on what will keep the organization in business that long. (And preferably longer, of course, and worth being part of.)
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Hey, now will you stop encouraging him? Copy protection only serves one pur- pose: to keep the honest buyer from making (legal) backup copies. It will definitely not stop any pirates. If you want to protect you soft, supply a good documentation and support. This is IMHO the *only* way of effectively pro- tecting softw...
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I followed up without a thought of double-checking...if I double-checked every fact people vomited onto the table here on the net, I'd never have time to sleep. But to pass the buck to the person who originally posted that quote... ...well, Michael? Take it away! (wild applause) Drewcifer
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*** SOURCE code to Macintosh PGP 2.2 now available via anonymous FTP *** FTP netcom.com CD pub/grady MGET MacPGP2.2src.sea.hqx MGET MacPGP2.2srcSIGNATURE Convert to a Compact Pro self-extracting archive with BinHex 4.0. If appropriate, check the digital signature of the .hqx file with your copy of PGP. (Non-Macinto...
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: Are you saying that their was a physical Adam and Eve, and that all : humans are direct decendents of only these two human beings.? Then who : were Cain and Able's wives? Couldn't be their sisters, because A&E : didn't have daughters. Were they non-humans? Genesis 5:4 and the days of Adam after he begat Seth wer...
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Hi, I am about to write an application in X/Motif that will require the embedding of a pseudo tty. So, before I re-invent the wheel, has anyone written/gotten a motif widget that does the job ? Otherwise, I would appreciate any pointers to make such a beast. My environment is X11R4/Motif 1.1 and X11R5/Motif 1.2 (if t...
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The immunization program is just a "useful first step". Among other things, the money will go to pay for creating and maintaning a a computerized "innoculation" database on all U.S. children. (code-named Big Mother... Just kidding, the name will be Children Defense Database, or something like that....
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: : >A stupid question, but what will CView run on and where can I get it? I : >am still in need of a GIF viewer for Linux. (Without X-Windows.) : >Thanks! : > : : Ho boy. There is no way in HELL you are going to be able to view GIFs or do : any other graphics in Linux without X windows! I love Linux because it is ...
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Hi, has anyone more info about the XGA-2 chipset? HW-funcs, TrueColor, Resolutions,... Any boards with XGA-2 out yet? thanks Rainer -- Rainer Leberle rleberle@sparc2.cstp.umkc.edu University of Kansas City, MO
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His designated point-getter remarks were not only meant for Lemieux, but for Gretzky, Bure, etc. etc. .... and he made those particular remarks last December before Lemieux was diagnosed with Hodgkin's, and as the Leafs started their second half roll, and before Gilmour's great season was being recognized by many peop...
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I was recently loaned an older Dec 210 286 at work, and I have the option of adding an additional Western Digital Hard-drive to the machine. The existing drive is currently a Western Digital as well, and is working fine, but I do not have any documentation available for configuring the master/slave relationship necess...
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: 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. 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 ...
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Homosexual Christians have indeed "checked out" these verses. Some of them are used against us only through incredibly perverse interpretations. Others simply do not address the issues. You would seem to be more in need of a careful and Spirit-led course in exegesis than most of the gay Christians I know. I sugges...
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[stuff deleted] Gimme a break. CAPITAL letters, or NOT, the above is pure nonsense. It seems to me that short sighted Armenians are escalating the hostilities while hoping that Turkey will stay out. Stop and think for a moment, will you? Armenia doesn't need anyone to drag her into the conflict, it is a part of i...
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Not a typo. It was uploaded to ftp.cica.indiana.edu a couple days back. Version 3.4 uses standard Windows printer drivers. Ashok
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I find it interesting that cls never answered any of the questions posed. Then he goes on the make statements which make me shudder. He has established a two-tiered God. One set of rules for the Jews (his people) and another set for the saved Gentiles (his people). Why would God discriminate? Does the Jew who acce...
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I addressed most of the key issues in this very long (284 lines) post by Dean Kaflowitz in two posts yesterday. The first was made into the title post of a new thread, "Is Dean Kaflowitz terminally irony-impaired?" and the second, more serious one appeared along the thread "A Chaney Post, and a Challenge, reissued an...
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: In any case, I think Viola would have made a better signing. Why? : Viola is younger, and is left handed (how many left handed starters does : Toronto have? Well, I agree that Viola is a better signing. However, why does everyone say that you want lefthanded starters? I understand lefthanded spot relievers, even...
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Here is a letter I sent to David Skaggs, (Dem, CO). Before anybody says something, yes the letter is a bit "sharp" in tone. I have been writting reasonable and polite letters to him for years, and all I get in return in the HCI party line. Since he already is NRA F rated, I don't think that upsetting him will harm t...
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Deletions... So, you consider the german poster's remark anti-semitic? Perhaps you imply that anyone in Germany who doesn't agree with israely policy in a nazi? Pray tell, how does it even qualify as "casual anti-semitism"? If the term doesn't apply, why then bring it up? Your own bigotry is shining through. --
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The best program I've seen for viewing such files is VPIC. You'll want version 5.9 or later. (6.0x is current.) It allows you to view in 15 and 24 bit modes. It really is QUITE nice. Now, for a return question: Do you run Windows? If so, what are the dates on your drivers? The newest ones *I* can find are from...
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Peter, I believe this is your most succinct post to date. Since you have nothing to say, you say nothing! It's brilliant. Did you think of this all by yourself? -marc
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I'm writing an X server for some video-generation equipment. The hardware is "truecolor" in YUV space; in X terms it has a 24-bit static color visual. I would really like to have the server just present this static visual, but I'm not sure if this will be acceptable to "most" X clients. The three problems I see are...
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G'day all, Can anybody point me at a utility which will read/convert/crop/whatnot/ display HDF image files ? I've had a look at the HDF stuff under NCSA and it must take an award for odd directory structure, strange storage approaches and minimalist documentation :-) Part of the problem is that I want to look at lar...
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From: push@media.mit.edu (Pushpinder Singh) Subject: re: Centris 610 Video Problem - I'm having it also! Date: Sat, 17 Apr 1993 03:17:45 GMT I'm having exactly the same problem. Again, it's fine when I switch to 16 colors or a smaller monitor. My configuration is: Model: Centris 610 with 4 MB/80 HD, 512 VRAM, n...
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Followup-To:kedz@wpi.wpi.edu Distribution: ne Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Keywords: I am looking for an inexpensive motorcycle, nothing fancy, have to be able to do all maintinence my self. looking in the <$400 range.
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Tammy, is this all explicitly stated in the bible, or do you assume that you know that Ezekiel indirectly mentioned? It could have been another metaphor, for instance Ezekiel was mad at his landlord, so he talked about him when he wrote about the prince of Tyre. Sorry, but my interpretation is more mundane, Ezekiel w...
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Has anybody noticed that Toyota has an uncanny knack for designing horrible ugly station wagons? Tercels, Corollas, Camrys. Have their designers no aesthetic sense at all?
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<><><><> SIPPs FOR SALE <><><><> I have 16 SIPPs for sale. I upgraded a few systems memory, so I don't need these no more. They are: 11- 256x9 SIPPs @70NS 5- 256X9 SIPPs @80NS -------------------- 4 MEG TOTAL ALL FOR $110 OR 4 (1 MEG) FOR $27 NOTE: SIPPs are ge...
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Hi, I'm writing a science fiction script and I'm looking for some answers to questions regarding the Moon and Earth. My starting point is an impossible situation. [I checked with a professor at berkeley and his response was a VERY helpful "can't happen".] If you enjoy playing with unusual ideas and are willing an...
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I'm new to the hardware and with a mandate to port some X-based stereo-video software --- does anyone know of or have experience with X on Amiga machines? If I can retain the X event handling, it would ease my plight considerably, and if I can keep all the Motif bits, so much the better!
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: The issue has never been whether tanks were used in Detroit in 1967. It : has been whether they fired their main guns. Never? This is incorrect. Either you don't read very well or resort to falsehoods in an attempt to make a point. At the risk of boring and belaboring the point, my claim was the chain was re...
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I am looking for some good quality graphics files which are suitable for use in church-related presentations. I prefer vector, but anything would be helpful. If you know of bulletin boards which have collections of this nature, or commercial products, please inform me by email: HASTON@UTKVX.UTK.EDU
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it doesnt matter what window mgr you running under, you can use the X routine: XIconfiyWindow(display, w, screen_number) Display *display; Window w; int screen_number; as in XiconifyWindow( XtDisplay(w), XtWindow(w), 0); does that perform what you want?? Newsgroups: comp.windows.x Path: shearson.com...
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It means that the EFF's public stance is complicated with issues irrelevant to the encryption issue per se. There may well be people who care about the encryption issue who don't care to associate themselves with the network erotica issue (or may even disagree with the EFF's position).
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Here is an article I found today in comp.security.misc. I'll send my reply in a separate post to comp.off.eff.org so thayt you guys can get original text. Have fun! ;( Oleg Relay-Version: VMS News - V6.1B5 17/9/92 VAX/VMS V5.5-2; site nic.csu.net Path: nic.csu.net!csus.edu!netcom.com!netcomsv!decwrl!uunet!dov...
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GM, at least, is heading in that direction. One of the post-sale questions they asked me was if I'd like the choice of a cigarette liter or an accessory plug, and another whether I'd like the choice of an ashtray or a cup holder. The '93 Geo Storms have the cigarette lighter vs accessory plug option (which did not e...
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According to what others have told me, the ST-296N is difficult to run at the 1:1 interleave even though Seagate claims it. I have a non-pc system (don't ask what it is, you probably haven't heard of it) that is built around SCSI and it can't do 1:1, either. Brian ...
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