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I have a WANGTEK tape controller card (Revision E) that was used with the Sytos backup system to take backups of a friend's system. That system has crashed and I'm attempting to restore it. Unfortunately, the documentation for this ancient card has been lost in the mists of time, and I need to know the DMA, IRQ and ad...
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For whoever does the will of my Father in heaven is my brother and sister and mother."
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From what I read, the other fellow told Salameh how to put it together over the phone. The bomb was supposedly some sort of sophisticated type, so to put a (I assume complicated) sophisticated bomb together from instructions _over the phone_ (!) one must need some brains I would expect. I read this in an artic...
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What an anal retentive you are wimp.
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You can probably get this information by calling your public health department in your county (in Pittsburgh, they give the shots free, as well). There are bulletins in medical libraries that give recommendations, or you could call the infectious diseases section of the medicine department of your local medical schoo...
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Hello networld, I'm looking for an X mailreader. Is there a Xelm? Andreas
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: While driving through the middle of nowhere, I picked up KNBR, AM 1070, : a clear-channel station based in Los Angeles. They had an ad : claiming that they were able to get traffic flow information from : all of the thousands of traffic sensors that CalTrans has placed : under the pavement. Does CalTrans sell this ...
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MG>> I went buying SIMMs recently, and the sales person told me that the MG>> are 9-chip SIMMs and 3-chip SIMMs, and one cannot use them interchan MG>> If you use one, you have to use all of the same type. don't believe everything you are told. I can tell you that mixing them between 'banks' ok, and I can't see wh...
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Doesn't it also have the Statue of Liberty on it or is that Richter's Mask? The back actually has a Bee followed by a Z to represent the Beezer. It also has something that looks like the three interconnecting circles from the Led Zepplin 4 album cover. Is that what it is supposed to be? and if it is does anybody kno...
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Heavy-duty, commercial, TINY,(6x3x1/2 inch) WATERPROOF, VHF 2 watt, 2 channel, handheld two-way radio. MOTOROLA EXPO purchased NEW for Amateur frequencies 146.10/70 & 146.34/94. Absolute M I N T condition! Never scratched, dropped, opened, or otherwise "comprosmised"! Can be re-crystaled for business band. has PL...
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Hi,
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[...] You seem to be saying that a LIMITED government will provide MORE opportunities for private interests to use it to pursue their own agendas, and asking libertarians to prove that this will NOT happen. While I can't offer such a proof, it seems pretty damn plausible that if the government does not regulate a pa...
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Labour prices for car service are very expensive in Toronto compared to other parts of Ontario. For example, there are places in Ottawa that still charge "only" $40/hour. I've seen a couple of places charging $60/hour. The cheapest I've heard in Toronto is $70/hour.
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GATEWAY Telepath 9600/9600 FAx/modem for gateway computer with crosstalk, Winfax Pro 2.01 for windows Never used. $170 shipped ($195 from gateway)
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Actually, Hiten wasn't originally intended to go into lunar orbit at all, so it indeed didn't have much fuel on hand. The lunar-orbit mission was an afterthought, after Hagoromo (a tiny subsatellite deployed by Hiten during a lunar flyby) had a transmitter failure and its proper insertion into lunar orbit couldn't be...
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[reply to mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington)] The guy didn't sound too shy to me. He sounded like a jerk. I say ditch him for someone more knowledgeable and empathetic.
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For some reason the name Grayhill springs to mind -- saw something like that in a Grayhill catalog, along with options for custom printed overlays and a neat little electroluuminescent backing that would make the whole shebang glow a nice shade of green .. mighty handy if you're trying to key a door combination in th...
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In addition to startup time, I leave things running because my PC doubles as a fax machine. However, this is off the original subject. I didn't get the replies on BIOS, CMOS, and DOS clock/date logic. All I know is that I've been running this way for many months and it is only recently, the last month, that ...
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It depends on your priorities. A lot of people put higher priorities on gas mileage and cost than on safety, buying "unsafe" econoboxes instead of Volvos. I personally take a middle ground -- the only thing I really look for is a three-point seatbelt and 5+mph bumpers. I figure that 30mph collisions into brick walls...
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Hmm. I beg to differ. It will probably make a big difference at some point. Thankfully, it is true that the majority go through life without having to use a firearm. Howver, there are situations where firearms are the most effective means of self protection. What other means do you propose as equally effective? ...
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My computer won't recognise my disk after a reboot (Windows crash - Grrr!!) Are there any options to restore everything, without losing data? The drive previously had 3 partitions, but I do not remember the exact settings. I have copies of the boot data from the disk (PC-tools rescue disk). I do not want to lose m...
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Actually not Jim. I just said that everyone else seemed to have skimmed by that part and not mentioned it. You can get whatever meaning you want from it.
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Help: I am running some sample problems from O'Reilly volume 4, Xt Intrisics Programming Manual, chapter 3. popup dialog boxes and so on. In example 3.5, page 76 : "Creating a pop-up dialog box" The application creates window with a button "Quit" and "Press me". The button "Press me" pops up a dialog box. The strange...
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: Does anyone out there have any info on the up and coming fall comdex '93? I was : asked by one of my peers to get any info that might be available. Or, could : anyone point me in the right direction? Any help would be appreciated. It's in Las Vegas (as always) between November 16th and 20th. For more informati...
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Since electrical wiring questions do turn up from time to time on sci.electronics (and the answers aren't always apparent, even to those skilled in electronics), I am hijacking the following FAQ and posting a copy here. I've asked the writers to cross-post to sci.electronics in the future. --- jeh@cmkrnl.com X-NE...
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Note that Bo Gritz was on the Populist party ticket with David Duke (for veep) in 1988 until he found out that Duke was leading he ticket, when he withdrew his candidacy. So Gritz gave up his chance to be Vice President of the US just to aviod supporting Duke.
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Hi, I'm looking for an algorithm that would generate a good cross-section of RGB colours given a limited colour map size. The problem: I'm writing an application for the PC that may have at most 256 colors. I want to use one colormap (palette) for the application but I'd like it to contain an even spread of colour...
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Contact Chris Arthur at Chris_Arthur@pennies.stratus.com He restores lots of old video and arcade games and knows where to get parts. Tony ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -- Anthony S. Pelliccio, kd1nr/ae // Yes, you read it right, the // -- system @ garlic.sbs.com ...
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Because SCSI works well with removable media, and works well with large capacity devices. The floppy interface you suggest handles the former, but it doesn't have any hooks for dealing with the latter... you'd have to kludge it. Plus, it's extremely low performance. AND, SCSI has gobs of room for expansion compared wi...
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1976 Montreal Olympics philatelic souvenirs: 1. Color-illustrated booklet in French/English containing all stamps issued for the Games (mint never hinged) in slipcase, over $6.00 face value in stamps. $13.00 + $2.00 insured first class mailing 2. Unusual "desk pad holder" with Olympic rings on the cover and the...
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Well, despite what my mother told me about accepting dares, here goes. You have to be very careful about what you mean by "question authority". Taken literally, it is nonsense. That which is authoratative is authoratative, and to say "I question to word of this authority" is ridiculous. If it is open to question, ...
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I was wondering if anyone knew any changes to the temple ceremony within the last fifty years.... Also, why do you think they were made (revelation, assimilation to mainstream Christianity, etc.)? I know that the God Makers was published quite a while ago. Could rituals have been changed since then? I am also very i...
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The latest driver release is 59 and can be found at ftp.cica.indiana.edu in the pub/pc/win3/... directory structure as pro59.zip. I checked with ATI's BBS last nite and there were no releases past 59. We have the ATI Local Bus card and I noticed that I get garbage around the edges of a window when I move it. Has any...
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and bill james is not? yeah. sure. do you own "the bill james players rating book"?
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For the Lord Himself will descend from Heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain will be caught up together to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
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Syria had been bombing Israeli settlements from the Golan and sending terrorist squads into Israel for years. Do you need me to provide specifics? I can. Why don't you give it up, Hasan? I'm really starting to get tired of your empty lies. You can defend your position and ideology with documented facts and arg...
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Just to complete that thought, the cooling towers cool water that circulates through heat exchangers that recondense the turbine exhaust back into feedwater for the heat exchangers that transfer energy from the reactor's cooling circuit. |---------------| |------turbine, etc---| |---------| | > ...
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I have just finished building X11R5 on a 386 running Interactive Unix (SysVR3) and I am having a problem with xterm. On any font larger that 5x7 it messes up characters that are types, the cursor seems to be "too" large, or splits into a 1/2 reverse video, 1/2 outline block (which changes when the pointer is moved int...
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Please unsubscribe pancamo@blkbox.com. This user has become inactive and I wish to discontinue his participation in this mailing list.
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Mark Prado Old pioneer song from the 1850's or so goes as follows: "In a cavern, in a canyon, Excavating for a mine, Dwelt a miner, forty-niner, And his daughter, CLEMENTINE" Chorus: "Oh my darling, Oh my darling, Oh my darling Clementine. You are lost and gone forever, Oh my darling C...
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: : 42 is 101010 binary, and who would forget that its the : : answer to the Question of "Life, the Universe, and Everything else." : : Of course the Question has not yet been discovered... : ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : But it WAS discovered (sort of). The question was "What is 7 times 8...
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But good ones can collapse somewhat, then come back the next year. Burleigh Grimes went from 20+ wins and an ERA of 3 or so in '24 to 13-19 and an ERA around 4 in '25. He pitched well for several more years. Carlton won 13 and lost 20 the year after his 27-10 record. (Source: Bill James Historical Baseball Abst...
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This is true for the mass market, but not for those who need strong crypto and are willing to pay the price. After all, one can buy strong crypto today if one is willing to spend enough. Thus the concern is not economic. The issue most worth worrying about is that after the system takes hold, the government will o...
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Yeesh, you WILL be nailing those IRLEDs. May I suggest getting your mitts on the Siemens SFH484-2 IRLED? This unit is designed to take some big current pulses if you can get your duty cycle down a bit. It will output nearly a watt (975 mW) with REAL short duty cycle times. (nice thing about the SFH484-2 is th...
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Interesting is rigth.. I wonder if they will make a mention of her being an astronaut in the credits.. I think it might help people connect the future of space with the present.. And give them an idea that we must go into space..
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Lets see what the dictionary has to say: objective adj. 1. As having to do with a material object as distinguished from a mental concept. 2. Having actual existance. 3.a. Uninfluenced by emotion or personal prejudice. b. Based on observable phenomenon.
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In Texas (Well, Corpus Christi anyway) if you pick up the phone and dial 890 the phone company will read back the number to you. Try it. It might work.
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Well, looking at the videos it seems that this fire started in various places at the same time, which would indicate that this was a planned action. I'm sure FBI and BATF didn't *deliberately* start a possible fire, having a sniper kill Korresh would have been a far easier method. Looking at the careful operation, an...
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Nobody ever exposed your crimes like that before? What was your personal role in the murder of Orhan Gunduz and Kemal Arikan, again? How many more Muslims will be slaughtered by 'SDPA.ORG' as publicly declared and filed with legal authorities? Please spell it out for us. "...that more people have to die..." ...
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DeSoto's first year of manufacture was 1928, so this may indeed have been an export special, as left hand controls were standard here by then.
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imho, you did the wrong thing. You could have been shot or he could have run over your bike or just beat the shit out of you. Consider that the person is foolish enough to drive like a fool and may very well _act_ like one, too. Just get the heck away from the idiot. IF the driver does something clearly ille...
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2-gigabyte Fujitsu 5.25" disk drive internal drive, model M26525A (uses either a SCSI or EDI interface on your disk controller card) brand new, still in box, never used only $1800 (compare to $2400 in cheapest mail-order catalogs)
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/ hpcc01:rec.motorcycles / Stafford@Vax2.Winona.MSUS.Edu (John Stafford) / 11:06 am Apr 1, 1993 / It depreciates much faster, too. ==================================================== John Stafford Minnesota State University @ Winona All standard disclaimers apply. ---------- The '84 GL...
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If you can get it, you might want to try a Canadian over-the-counter product called Secaris, which is a water-soluble gel. Compared to Vaseline or other greasy ointments, Secaris seems more compatible with the moisture that's already there.
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Is erythromycin effective in treating pneumonia?
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[Most info regarding dangers of reading from Floppy disks omitted] In all fairness, how many people do you know personally who read images from Floppy drives? I haven't tried it with JPEGs, but I do realize how agonizingly slow it is with GIF files.
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Doesn't Motorola AMCU have something on the BBS yet? (512-891-3733)
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Newsgroups: sci.med Path: news.larc.nasa.gov!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!emory!athena!aisun3.ai.uga.edu!mcovingt From: mcovingt@aisun3.ai.uga.edu (Michael Covington) Sender: usenet@athena.cs.uga.edu ...
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How do you take off the driver side door panel from the inside on an '87 Honda Prelude? The speaker went scratchy, and I want to access its pins. I see only one press button and the rest is snug fit.
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Hello world, I want to write my Xt-application code like this: { do_some_work(); /* now I need some user input */ XmCreateDialog(); wait_for_user_input(input); if (input == "OK") { more_work(); } else { other_work(); } } So "more_work() and other_work()" are not in callback ...
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james, i really hate to do this, but try reading the damn posts! never was a t'bird mentioned. The discussion was about SHO's and 'stangs not being up to spec. I do not know about t'birds. I only know that the specs quoted for the SHO by previous poster sounded a little anemic for me to say that it was up to snuff...
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Yes! what you are saying is absolutey true, but what you fail to mention is the fact that the LCIII uses the new 72 pin simms which allow 32 bit access to each simm. In the case of the LC III, it only has one simm slot, but accesses will be 32 bits wides. ****************************************************************...
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Is it a hidden option? I'm using PowerStrip 2.0 (by Mr. Caputo) right now and can't find any quick discharge option. It definitely is on mac.archive.umich.edu 'cause I submitted it!
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I saw in the newspaper last night that Dr. Mae Jemison, the first black woman in space (she's a physician and chemical engineer who flew on Endeavour last year) will appear as a transporter operator on the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode that airs the week of May 31. It's hardly space science, I know, but it's...
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Has anyone successfully converted Interleaf graphics to CGM, or even heard of it being done???? We'd love to hear about it. -Mike McConnell
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do not pay $40 for floppy drives.. they are about $40 new. also, you do not need documentation for floppies. installation for these things are idiot proof. just some advice..
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This makes 5! It IS SPRING! Neither were we. Read for a few days, then try again.
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We used to buy Beckman 110 and HD110 ("ruggedized") versions for use by electricians in the steel mill where I work. After a while we got round to filling all the current-input jacks with silicone - electricians have a regrettable habit of not checking where the last guy left the leads before using a 3 1/2 digit...
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: >> : >I'm not going to argue the issue of carrying weapons, but I would ask you if : >you would have thought seriously about shooting a kid for setting off your : >alarm? I can think of worse things in the world. Glad you got out of there : >before they did anything to give you a reason to fire your gun. : I thi...
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Archive-name: cryptography-faq/part04 Last-modified: 1993/4/15 FAQ for sci.crypt, part 4: Mathematical Cryptology This is the fourth of ten parts of the sci.crypt FAQ. The parts are mostly independent, but you should read the first part before the rest. We don't have the time to send out missing parts by mail, so do...
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Some one asked me recently why they when they used XQueryBestCursor to see if they could create of a given size it seemed to imply they could, but the server did not create cursors of that size. Investigation showed that some X servers will happily return any size up to the size of the root window, while others return ...
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Well it rolled out two weeks ago. As we speak it is at White Sands getting ready. I would have called my sources for the latest but they are all out of town (in NM). As for the future, there is at least $5M in next years budget for work on SSRT. They (SDIO) have been looking for more funds and do seem to have some. ...
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In my last post I referred to Michael Adams as "Nick." Completely my error; Nick Adams was a film and TV actor from the '50's and early '60's (remember Johnny Yuma, The Rebel?). He was from my part of the country, and Michael's email address of "nmsca[...]" probably helped confuse things in my mind. Purely user head...
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You're kidding, right? This is Flame bait in the extreme. V-max handling? Har har har har....
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Ahhh go back to alt.autotheism where you belong!
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Is there aything available for X similar to QuicKeys for the Macintosh -- something that will allow me to store and playback sequences of keystrokes, menu selections, and mouse actions - directing them towards another application? If so, could someone send me information on its availability -- and if not, how hard do ...
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I have 1 4Mx9 70ns 36pin SIMM for Sale. It is in perfect condition. It will not work in my system because it requires 72 pin SIMMS. I would like to get what I paid for it. $115 + 3 for insured shipping.
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On the other hand, it would be kind of scary if there were *never* a final verdict, because a party to litigation could keep saying "Oops! I forgot to bring up this evidence," and demand a new trial. You get one bite at the apple. It's up to General Motors to find those witnesses in the first litigation. You'd be ...
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day. Personality means something to me. That is exactly why I like Clement (and Emrick). On the other hand, JD is a pompous, bull-headed, arrogant know-it-all. He's a real turn-off (which is exactly what I do when he's on). One complaint I do have about Clement is that he sometimes talks too much. If I wanted th...
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You're right: Thomas, Gonzalez, Sheffield, and Griffey don't even begin to compare with Ripken, Boggs, and Gwynn, so no wonder Alomar gets so much attention. Sandberg got no attention his rookie year because his rookie year was terrible. So was his sophomore year. National League pitchers are "much better pitchers"...
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You macinators who have used these voice messaging/FAX/data-modems. I have a question. First what brand names do you recommend(I am mostly interested in the voice messaging and FAX part). Is the voice part as reliable and understandable as the sellers claim? Approximately, how much hard drive space does an average ...
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Was the ABC coverage of the Kings/Flames game supposed to be the way it was shown in BC with CBC overriding the ABC coverage? When I flipped to ABC, it was the same commentators, same commercials even. My question is: Was this the real ABC coverage or did CBC just "black out" the ABC coverage for its own? commen...
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Re: Waving... I must say, that the courtesy of a nod or a wave as I meet other bikers while riding does a lot of good things to my mood... While riding is a lot of fun by itself, there's something really special about having someone say to you "Hey, it's a great day for a ride... Isn't it wonderful that we can spend s...
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If you could not tell which one had MSG, why restaurants bother to use it at all? If you can taste the difference, psychological reaction might play a role. The fact is, MSG is part of natural substance. Everyone, I mean EVERYONE, consumes certain amount of MSG every day through regular diet without the synthesized ...
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Hi there Does anyone know how to get hold of data as well as stock of the LCD displays used in the NINTENDO GAMEBOY handheld TV game machines? Any information wouold be MOST appreciated. Please e-mail any replies to arawstorne@eleceng.uct.ac.za thanks
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What about the common joystick found in all computer shops?
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I need to buy a SCSI controler for my 486 machine to use with a quantum 425F harddrive. I know that adaptec is good, but they are kind of expensive. Essentially I want a controller in the $100-$150 range that I can use with this drive. I plan to use Windows and later on OS 2.1 when it comes out. Any reccomendatio...
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Eric, send me email with your address, I lost it! I've reconsidered!
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Definitely! Safety is an important criterium for me when buying a car. I won't buy a small car like a Civic or whatever. Great = Safety + Handling + Speed - for me Seems to me that you would be more "dead" in a small car than a large car after an accident.
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I have lived in the Boston area for 15 years now. They have been talking about a new Boston Garden (hockey/basketball) since I've lived here. One day the "last hurdle" has been overcome, and the next day there's a new hurdle. Fans have been grumbling about Foxboro Stadium (or whatever it's called this year) for nea...
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I am a good Catholic boy. A convert no less, attracted by the rational tradition [Aquinas et al] and the emotional authenticity [in comp. with the faddishness of Anglicanism] to Roman Catholicism. I never had much time for the pope - or any other heirarchs - but I did, and do, believe in the sacremental system. I alway...
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I tried to install a foreign language Windows application that required a file named WINNLS.DLL. I checked all of my WIndows 3.1 installation disks for this file, but could not find it. Does anybody have any idea what this file is for and where one could get it from?
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I've just read Richard Langley's latest "Navstar GPS Constellation Status". It states that the latest satellite was placed in Orbit Plane Position C-3. There is already one satellite in that position. I know that it's almost ten years since that satellite was launched but it's still in operation so why not use it unti...
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Phil> Didn't one of the early jet fighters have these? I also think Phil> the germans did some work on these in WWII. The NACA came up with them before World War II. NASA is directly descended from the NACA, with space added in. You'll notice that I didn't mention sweep wings even though the X-5, tested at wh...
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While I didn't try the expansion personally, I know of at least two other people who did and got the same results. Your allegation is incorrect at best.
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day Brent shows his ignorance once again. Power had been cut for weeks. And he's never lived in a rural area if he thinks electric stoves have favor there. They stop working when the power fails, and power restoration come MUCH slower in the country, than the city. LP gas stoves and ovens are very much pre...
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Hi Folks, Does anyone have a copy of Playmation they'd be willing to sell me. I'd love to try it out, but not for the retail $$$. If you have moved onto something bigger (3DS) or better (Imagine), I'd love to buy your table scraps. If noone is selling, can anyone recommend a place to buy Playmation mail-or...
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I would like to thank all those people who responded to my post. I would, however, like to clear some things up. My tape drive is *external*. Also, the connector on the back of it is of the male DB-37 pin variety. As a result, I cannot easily find a cost-effective solution to use the drive. Any advice will be ...
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Hi folks Thanks to the ones that replied, however, my problem turned out to be very simple. In my .Xresources I had a space after XTerm*font: 10x20. Removing this and xrdb fixed my problem. Also, same symptom, was that some of my users did not have the proper capitals for XTerm*font. Thanks again
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