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I am sure some bashers of Pens fans are pretty confused about the lack
of any kind of posts about the recent Pens massacre of the Devils. Actually,
I am bit puzzled too and a bit relieved. However, I am going to put an end
to non-PIttsburghers' relief with a bit of praise for the Pens. Man, they
are killing those Devils worse than I thought. Jagr just showed you why
he is much better than his regular season stats. He is also a lot
fo fun to watch in the playoffs. Bowman should let JAgr have a lot of
fun in the next couple of games since the Pens are going to beat the pulp out of Jersey anyway. I was very disappointed not to see the Islanders lose the final
regular season game. PENS RULE!!!
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My brother is in the market for a high-performance video card that supports
VESA local bus with 1-2MB RAM. Does anyone have suggestions/ideas on:
- Diamond Stealth Pro Local Bus
- Orchid Farenheit 1280
- ATI Graphics Ultra Pro
- Any other high-performance VLB card
Please post or email. Thank you!
- Matt
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Finally you said what you dream about. Mediterranean???? That was new....
The area will be "greater" after some years, like your "holocaust" numbers......
*****
Is't July in USA now????? Here in Sweden it's April and still cold.
Or have you changed your calendar???
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NOTHING OF THE MENTIONED IS TRUE, BUT LET SAY IT's TRUE.
SHALL THE AZERI WOMEN AND CHILDREN GOING TO PAY THE PRICE WITH
**************
BEING RAPED, KILLED AND TORTURED BY THE ARMENIANS??????????
HAVE YOU HEARDED SOMETHING CALLED: "GENEVA CONVENTION"???????
YOU FACIST!!!!!
Ohhh i forgot, this is how Armenians fight, nobody has forgot
you killings, rapings and torture against the Kurds and Turks once
upon a time!
Ohhhh so swedish RedCross workers do lie they too? What ever you say
"regional killer", if you don't like the person then shoot him that's your policy.....l
i
i
i
Confused????? i
i
Search Turkish planes? You don't know what you are talking about. i
Turkey's government has announced that it's giving weapons <-----------i
to Azerbadjan since Armenia started to attack Azerbadjan
it self, not the Karabag province. So why search a plane for weapons
since it's content is announced to be weapons?
If there is one that's confused then that's you! We have the right (and we do)
to give weapons to the Azeris, since Armenians started the fight in Azerbadjan!
Shoot down with what? Armenian bread and butter? Or the arms and personel
of the Russian army?
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Think!
It's the SCSI card doing the DMA transfers NOT the disks...
The SCSI card can do DMA transfers containing data from any of the SCSI devices
it is attached when it wants to.
An important feature of SCSI is the ability to detach a device. This frees the
SCSI bus for other devices. This is typically used in a multi-tasking OS to
start transfers on several devices. While each device is seeking the data the
bus is free for other commands and data transfers. When the devices are
ready to transfer the data they can aquire the bus and send the data.
On an IDE bus when you start a transfer the bus is busy until the disk has seeked
the data and transfered it. This is typically a 10-20ms second lock out for other
processes wanting the bus irrespective of transfer time.
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1) I have an old Jasmine drive which I cannot use with my new system.
My understanding is that I have to upsate the driver with a more modern
one in order to gain compatability with system 7.0.1. does anyone know
of an inexpensive program to do this? ( I have seen formatters for <$20
buit have no idea if they will work)
2) I have another ancient device, this one a tape drive for which
the back utility freezes the system if I try to use it. THe drive is a
jasmine direct tape (bought used for $150 w/ 6 tapes, techmar
mechanism). Essentially I have the same question as above, anyone know
of an inexpensive beckup utility I can use with system 7.0.1 | comp.sys.mac.hardware | [
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Back in high school I worked as a lab assistant for a bunch of experimental
psychologists at Bell Labs. When they were doing visual perception and
memory experiments, they used vector-type displays, with 1-millisecond
refresh rates common.
So your case of 1/200th sec is quite practical, and the experimenters were
probably sure that it was 5 milliseconds, not 4 or 6 either.
Steve | sci.electronics | [
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AE is in Dallas...try 214/241-6060 or 214/241-0055. Tech support may be on
their own line, but one of these should get you started. | comp.sys.mac.hardware | [
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[stuff deleted]
Ok, here's the solution to your problem. Move to Canada. Yesterday I was able
to watch FOUR games...the NJ-PITT at 1:00 on ABC, LA-CAL at 3:00 (CBC),
BUFF-BOS at 7:00 (TSN and FOX), and MON-QUE at 7:30 (CBC). I think that if
each series goes its max I could be watching hockey playoffs for 40-some odd
consecutive nights (I haven't counted so that's a pure guess).
I have two tv's in my house, and I set them up side-by-side to watch MON-QUE
and keep an eye on BOS-BUFF at the same time. I did the same for the two
afternoon games.
Btw, those ABC commentaters were great! I was quite impressed; they seemed
to know that their audience wasn't likely to be well-schooled in hockey lore
and they did an excellent job. They were quite impartial also, IMO.
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Yeah, it's the second one. And I believe that price too. I've been trying
to get a good look at it on the Bruin-Sabre telecasts, and wow! does it ever
look good. Whoever did that paint job knew what they were doing. And given
Fuhr's play since he got it, I bet the Bruins are wishing he didn't have it:)
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If a Christian means someone who believes in the divinity of Jesus, it is safe
to say that Jesus was a Christian.
--
"On the first day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Leftover Turkey!
On the second day after Christmas my truelove served to me... Turkey Casserole
that she made from Leftover Turkey.
[days 3-4 deleted] ... Flaming Turkey Wings! ...
-- Pizza Hut commercial (and M*tlu/A*gic bait) | talk.religion.misc | [
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the blood of the lamb.
This will be a hard task, because most cultures used most animals
for blood sacrifices. It has to be something related to our current
post-modernism state. Hmm, what about used computers?
Cheers,
Kent | talk.religion.misc | [
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>say they have a "history of untrustworthy behavoir[sic]"? | sci.crypt | [
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930418
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law. [Honestly.]
The word of Sin is Restriction. [Would I kid you?]
Does one man's words encompass the majestic vision of thousands
of individuals? Quoting a man is not the same as quoting the
Order. Taken out of context, words can be interpreted much
differently than had one applied them within the confines of
their original expression.
I think this is the case regarding Hymenaeus Beta, Frater Superior
of the Order to which I belong. When he included that bit
from Merlinus X' he did us all a service. He showed us the extremes
to which Order members have been known to go in their fervor.
I have little knowledge regarding Reuss' background, but surely
he was an unusual man, and he was an important force in the Order
for many years.
Yet as people change so do Orders change, and while we look back
so carefully at the dirty laundry of O.T.O. remember that this is
only the surface skim and that many perspectives are now encompassed
which extend beyond any one individual. I hope to show that there
was and is much room for a difference of opinion within the Order
itself, perhaps by testing the limits myself.
Let us examine this issue a bit more closely....
"In 1895, Karl Kellner (1850-1905), a wealthy Austrian industrialist
and paper chemist, as well as a high-grade Mason, founded the Ordo
Templi Orientis. Kellner had traveled widely in the East, where he
met three adepts who instructed him specific magical practices.
Kellner's efforts to develop the Order were later assisted by Franz
Hartmann, Heinrich Klein and Theodore Reuss, who had worked together
prior to joining the O.T.O. The Order was first proclaimed in 1902
in Reuss's Masonic publication, 'Oriflamme'. On Kellner's death,
Reuss succeeded him as Outer Head [O.H.O.]. The 'Jubilee' edition of
the 'Oriflamme', published in 1912, announced that the Order taught
secret of sexual magic.
"Theodore Reuss was an interesting character. Born June 28, 1855 in
Augsburg, he entered Masonry in 1876. He was a singer, journalist and
possibly a spy for the Prussian political police, infiltrating the Socialist
League founded by Karl Marx's daughter and her husband. Reuss was
later associated with William Wynn Westcott, a leader of the Golden
Dawn, who later introduced him to John Yarker. Yarker chartered Reuss to
found the Rites of Memphis and Mizraim in Germany. After several
attempts to concretize various Masonic Rites, Reuss settled on the
development of the O.T.O.
"The Order experienced reasonably steady growth under Reuss' leadership.
For example, he chartered Papus in France, Rudolph Steiner in Berlin
and H. Spencer Lewis in the USA. In 1912, the historic meeting between
Reuss and Crowley occurred. Crowley wrote that Reuss came to him and
accused him of revealing Order secrets. When Crowley looked at it afresh,
the initiated interpretation of sexual magick unfolded itself to him for
the first time. Reuss appointed Crowley as Supreme and Holy King of all
the English speaking world, and it was this authorization that he invoked
when publishing the material of the Equinox.
"Reuss resigned as Outer Head of the Order in 1922 after suffering a
stroke and named Crowley his successor. All was well until 1925 when
_The Book of the Law_ was translated into German. There was a break
in the continuity of the Order. Manyk members split with the new O.H.O.
over the book, which Crowley was actively promulgating through the Order.
He had earlier revise dthe Order rituals at Reuss's request, deeply
infusing the doctrines of the New Aeon revelation."
_An Introduction to the History of the O.T.O._, by Ad Veritatem IX'
Within _Equinox III:10_, Edited by
Hymenaeus Beta, Frater Superior, Rex Summus Sanctissimus,
Caliph of the United States of America,
Published by Samuel Weiser, 1990.
There are many possible reasons that our Frater Superior included this
material in _Equinox III:10_. And this is the real point, is it not?
Why did he wish to publish such things about the history of his own
organization? Does he represent a dogmatic threat to the principle
of Thelema? Or is he exercising his True Will and putting forth very
complex pictures with no easy answers? A picture which leaves room
for very many interpretations.
It is quite easy for me to see, for example, that all of O.T.O. derived
out of the dribble of faltering Masonry, purchased by clever hucksters
with an ounce of courage and some writing ability to aid them. And I
can take that all the way down to our present Caliph, whose feeble
support of the 'Law of Thelema' is laughable at best.
Would I be thrown out of the Order for speaking in this way?
Will I?
I think not.
Why? Because my Frater will see it as a perspective, an interjection
I am using as an example. My illustration shows that we may express things
in the context of a larger work and the true significance of this may be
quite difficult to apprehend at first.
So it may be with OTO and Merlinus X'. Please look O.T.O. more carefully.
I do not support Reuss's words myself, as I am not qualified to assess
them, and I am critical of their pomposity. If I who am a member of
the Order take such a stand and am allowed to continue doing so, then
what can this say about the health of the Order? Does it mean that
the Order has 'gone soft' and abandoned its moral principles? Or
does it mean that it is strong in its ability to let the will of
universal kinship arise on its own, not shackled by some dogmatic
requirement? How shall we resolve these two possibilities?
I find a high calibre of individual associated with Ordo Templi Orientis.
They are often quite intelligent and sometimes very well versed in arcane
or usual information. They are quite often artists and geniuses.
Having met some 20 longstanding members in the SF Bay Area (many who are or
were very heavily involved with the Order), I can vouch for the integrity
of the organization as it stands.
I have sometimes questioned the policy of Hymenaeus Beta. In these moments
I followed my intuition, and I've found little to stop me from requesting
a Second initiation from a different O.T.O. body. I'm happily participating
in social groups (Feasts or Initiations) and have come to know the Gnostic
Mass well enough for my tastes.
This doesn't make me an authority on Order politics and explanations, however.
I can only hypothesize and relay to you what I understand based on my
limited contact with other members.
I urge you not to take the words of Merlinus X too far. There are many
ways to interpret words, and many people who have become involved with
the Order feel very strongly about the sanctity of personal freedom
and the preservation of individual vision.
I welcome other comment on this issue and will be writing more in response
to other posts in this thread.
Invoke me under my stars. Love is the law, love under will.
I am I! | talk.religion.misc | [
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How about Kirlian imaging ? I believe the FAQ for sci.skeptics (sp?)
has a nice write-up on this. They would certainly be most supportive
on helping you to build such a device and connect to a 120Kvolt
supply so that you can take a serious look at your "aura"... :-) | sci.med | [
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There is no notion of heliocentric, or even galacticentric either.
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In the following report: _Turkey Eyes Regional Role_ ANKARA, Turkey (AP)
April 27, 1993, we find in the last paragraph:
[Turanist] Although Premier Suleyman Demirel criticized Ozal's often
[Turanist] brash calls for more Turkish influence, he also has spoken
[Turanist] of a swath of Turkic peoples "stretching from the Adriatic
[Turanist] Sea to the Great Wall of China."
Who does Demirel think he is fooling? It seems at both ends of his envisioned
pan-Turkic Empire -- the Balkans and the Caucasus -- Turkey's fascist boasts
are being pre-empted.
I would suggest Turkey let the world feel some of their "Grey Wolf Teeth", and
attempt to stretch from the Adriatic to China! Turkey will have cried "wolf"
just once too much!
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Many thanks to those who replied to my appeal for info on a drive I have
which is 3.5" 600RPM!!
I now have some information on how to modify this for use with a BBC B
computer. Not only do you have to change the speed from 600 to 300 rpm
(tried that) but also change 8 components in the Rec/Play section to allow
for the lower data rate (250kbit, not 500kbit as it was designed for) and also
change the Recording Current to allow for the low data rate/rev speed!
Hopefully this should sort it all out .... not bad for 9 quid (normally 32
quid and upwards ....)
The drive is a JVC MDP series drive ... | sci.electronics | [
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.........
I, some years ago, almost became a victim of this. Squirted a fair amount in
an old model 15 Teletype which was acting up, then turned it on. The eruption
when the motor starting contacts broke was mighty spectacular... I almost got
my eyebrows singed, the plastic (old ones had safety glass) cover over the
platen, etc flew across the room, and several people in the room almost had
heart attacks. Beware the explosive properties of WD40 vapor.
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The Supreme Court seems to disagree with you -- they have stated that
"the people" is a term of art refering to an individual right, and
have explicitly mentioned the second amendment as an example.
I quote:
"... 'the people' seems to have been a term of art employed in
select parts of the Constitution. The Preamble declares that the
Constitution is ordained, and established by 'the people of the
the U.S.' The Second Amendment protects the right of the people
to keep and bear Arms ...."
- Supreme Court of the U.S., U.S. v. Uerdugo-Uriquidez (1990).
Furthermore, in the Miller decision, they only permitted prosecution
for possession of a sawed-off shotgun because the defense had not
presented testimony and they therefore accepted the argument of the
government that such weapons have no military value -- they held that
the amendment protected the individual right to possess military
weapons. Unfortunately, no second amendment case has successfully
gotten to the court in fifty years. However, that does not change the
interpretation.
Furthermore, it appears that others disagree with you as well, vis:
"The conclusion is thus inescapable that the history, concept,
and wording of the Second Amendment to the Constitution of the
United States, as well as its interpretation by every major
commentator and court in the first half-century after its ratifi-
cation, indicates that what is protected is an individual right
of a private citizen to own and carry firearms in a peaceful manner."
- Report of the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the
Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate,
97th Congress, Second Session ( February 1982 )
You might rightfully ask "well then, what does that first bit about
militias mean?"
Well, "militia" in historical context basically means the whole of the
adult males of the country. (Indeed, the U.S. Code still defines
"militia" as all armed men over the age of 17).
"The Militia comprised all males physically capable of acting
in concert for the common defense .... And ... these men were
expected to appear bearing arms supplied by themselves and of
the kind in common use at the time."
- Supreme Court of the United States, U.S. v. Miller (1939).
The reason for the phrase being there was to explain the rationale
behind the amendment, which was this: by depending on the people to
bear arms in defense of the country, no centralization of military
power could ever occur which would permit tyranny -- in short, the
government would remain perpetually in fear of the people, rather than
the other way around.
"No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms. The strongest reason
for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last
resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
- Thomas Jefferson, Proposal Virginia Constitution, June 1776
1 Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 (C. J. Boyd, Ed., 1950).
"And what country can preserve its liberties, if its rulers are not
warned from time to time that this people preserve the spirit of
resistance ? Let them take arms ... The tree of liberty must be
refreshed from time to time, with the blood of patriots and tyrants."
- Thomas Jefferson (letter to William S. Smith, 1787, in
Jefferson, On Democracy 20, S. Padover, ed., 1939).
"Before a standing army can rule, the people must be disarmed;
as they are in almost every kingdom of Europe. The supreme
power in America cannot enforce unjust laws by the sword;
because the whole body of the people are armed, and constitute
a force superior to any bands of regular troops that can be, on
any pretense, raised in the United States."
- Noah Webster, "An Examination into the Leading Principles
of the Federal Constitution" (1787), in Pamphlets on the
Constitution of the United States (P. Ford, 1888).
You may disagree with the second amendment, and wish that it be
repealed, but please do not pretend that it isn't there and that it
doesn't mean what it says. You might argue that conditions have
changed and that it should no longer be present, but you can't imagine
it away.
I could fill a book with detailed argumentation. Many have already.
However, none of this has anything to do with cryptography. Lets get
it out of here. If you insist on discussing this, please do it in
talk.politics.guns, where people will gladly discuss this matter with
you.
--
Perry Metzger pmetzger@shearson.com | sci.crypt | [
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ed>1. All of us that argue about gyroscopes, etc., throughly understand
ed>the technique of countersteering.
me>Including all the ones who think that they countersteer all the way
me>through a corner??
ed>Well... all the way through a decreasing-radius corner, anyway...
Maybe they are riding around an ever-decreasing circle of lies which
eventually leads to the truth....
me>The official line here (though I do have my doubts about it) is that the
me>front brake is applied first, followed by the rear brake, the idea being
me>that you avoid locking up the rear after weight transfer takes place.
Me too, though unfortunately the "Official Line" is the one that you
have to adhere to if you want to get a full licence. The examiner's
guidelines are laid down by the government, and the basic rider education
courses have no choice but to follow them. It surprises me that none of the
rider groups here, either MAG or the BMF make much noise about the fact that
the riding test requires you to ride three feet from the kerb all the time
in order to pass, that the front brake must be applied before the rear, that
you have to keep looking over your shoulder all the time (instead of just
when it is justified) - there's probably a few more too, which I can't
think of for the moment. If the riding test could be rejigged a bit
to include more of the real-world survival skills and less of the
woefully simplistic crap that it contains now, then the accident figures
would (imho) reduce still further.
Don't think we should include countersteering knowledge in our test though... | rec.motorcycles | [
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:
: I am considering buying a 1993 Chevy or GMC 4x4 full-size pickup with
: the extended cab. Any opinions about these vehicles? Have there been
: any significant problems?
:
: --
: Dick Grady Salem, NH, USA grady@world.std.com
: So many newsgroups, so little time!
I bought a brand new 1992 Chevrolet K2500 HD 4x4 extended cab last
May. It has had many, many problems. See my earler post that describes
the situation. I went to BBB arbitration, and they ruled that Chevrolet
must buy it back from me. If you do get one, stay away from the 5 speed
manual with the deep low first gear. They have put three of them in my
truck so far. After about 1,500 miles, overdrive either starts
rattling or hissing loudly. There is no way to fix them. Chevrolet
says that the noise is "a characteristic of the transmission."
Also, if you are planning to use your truck to tow, the
gear ratios in that tranny suck. On a steep hill, you get up to about
55 MPH in second gear at 4,000 RPM (yellow line). If you shift to third,
the RPM drop to only 2,500, and you begin to loose speed. I should
point out that the 350 V8 they put in the HD (8600 GVW) trucks is a
detuned motor compared to the one they put in the light duty ones. They
dropped the compression ratio, supposedly for "engine longevity"
reasons. So the light duty 350 may pull better than my truck does.
Other things that have gone wrong include the ventilation fan (3 times
so far), paint (had specs of rust embedded in the paint from being
shipped by rail with no covering), and suspension parts (link between
stabilizer and control arm fell off).
Any company can make a bad individual car, Chevrolet included. What
really bothered me was the way they reacted. They made no attempt
to deal with me except to tell me to take it back to the dealer for
them to attempt to fix it one more time. So I bought a brand new
Ford F250 HD Super Cab with a 460 and an automatic. I will never
buy another Chevrolet. | rec.autos | [
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Sorry, that's a feature. The ICCCM specifies how the app should set its title, so the wm is obliged to do it. If this bothers you, complain to the app writer.
Write your own wm that doesn't support the ICCCM. Or write an program that you give a window ID and a title. The your program can set the windows title for the app and then if the app changes it, your program switches it back again.
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I don't have nor Imagine nor Real 3d, but as old
Amiga user I think you should take a look also to
Real 3d 2.0 for the Amiga. I saw Imagine 2.0 on the
Amiga for a long time at my friend's home, and
I've seen R3D 2.0 in action at Bit.Movie 93 in Riccione,
Italy (an Italian Computer Graphics Contest).
Many professionals using 3d Studio on PC, SoftImage
for Silicon Graphics and Imagine on the Amiga were
*VERY IMPRESSED* by the power of this programs.
Sorry, I've lost the posting with full description
of features of this great program.
For more informations give a look in comp.sys.amiga.graphics.
Representative of Activa International told me that
it will be out in 2 weeks for the Amiga and that
PC MS-Windows, Silicon Indigo and Unix version are
under development.
Ciao,
Sergio
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I've only ever done it in an automatic. I was sitting in my Olds, in
the winter, at a light, when I heard screeching behind me. I managed to
dart into the left turn lane before the sliding Jetta wound up half
where I was and half in the parked car beside where I was. I've never
had occasion to do it on a bike, but I imagine that it would be even
easier, because you could slip beside the car in front. Giving a gander
at the mirrors while at a light will give you time to get the clutch
out smoothly when you notice trouble, instead of waiting for the
screeching. | rec.motorcycles | [
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I don't know the exact coverage in the states. In Canada it is covered
by TSN, so maybe ESPN will grab their coverage! I don't know!
As for the picks
Ottawa picks #1 which means it is almost 100% that Alexander Daigle will
go #1. He'll either stay or be traded in Montreal or Quebec. IMO I would
take Kariya. He should alot of leadership in the NCAA and so far in
the World Championships. Daigle didn't show this for his junior team.
San Jose will then get Kariya.
Tampa Bay will either go for a russian Kozlov (I think that's it) or a
defenseman Rob Niedemeyer (probably spelt the last name wrong)
Because of expansion I won't go further but I will name other of the
blue chip prospects
- Chris Gratton
- Chris Pridham
- a swedish player who I can't remember his name
Draft Order
-----------
1) Ottawa
2) San Jose
3) Tampa Bay
4) South Florida or Anahiem
5) South Florida or Anahiem
6) Hartford
7) Edmonton
8) Dallas
9) NY Rangers
10) Philadelphia
the 8th thru 10th picks could be wrong - I don't have the standings here
and am guessing
(In my mind there are 8 top notch prospects in the draft, with Kariya
leading the way but not going #1) | rec.sport.hockey | [
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AW&ST had a brief blurb on a Manned Lunar Exploration confernce
May 7th at Crystal City Virginia, under the auspices of AIAA.
Does anyone know more about this? How much, to attend????
Anyone want to go? | sci.space | [
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This was reported in Canadian papers Thursday, 22 April - I _think_ the
source was UPI, but don't recall for certain.
I understand that at least two goverment investigations have been ordered,
so we may learn more during their hearings.
Tough call without more investigation, but if the thermal imaging story
holds up, I think the government will be more credable... of course,
paranoia fans won't believe their results anyway, will they?
Hear, hear! I'd also like to see the autopsy reports confirm news reports
that multiple victims were found shot (in the head), and in positions
inconsistent with fire victims. It is simply too early to draw conclusions
either way about this nasty incident, but I tend to believe the government
side.
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Using the VMODE command, all you need to do is type VMODE VESA at the dos
prompt. VMODE is included with the Speedstar 24. I have used the VESA mode
for autodesk animator pro.
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CAD Setup For Sale:
G486PLB Local Bus Motherboard
Can use up to 32MB of SIMMS (256k/1M/4M)
9 expansion slots (8 16-bit slots, 1 32-bit slot)
Weitek 4167 co-processor socket
33 Mhz Intel CPU
33 Mhz Weitek 4167 Math Co-processor
G-Host4000 Local Bus ET4000 Video Card
Based on Tseng Labs' ET4000 chip design
Supports resolutions up to 1280x1024 interlaced or non-interlaced
Uses RAMDAC to allow up to 32k colors in 800x600, 65k colors in 640x480
Register level compatible with CGA, EGA, VGA, MDA
Software drivers available for 1-2-3, Symphony, Autocad, Autoshade,
Windows, Wordperfect, VESA and 8514/A Emulation
also contained on the card:
Local Bus IDE controller
Floppy Disk controller
Two fully configuarable serial ports
1 Parallel port
1 Game port
I used this setup to run AutoCad and 3D Studio. The combination of
Local Bus and the Weitek co-processor made for VERY fast CAD and modeling
work. The Weitek coprocessor can cut 3D Studio render times in half and
sometimes more. It also increases redraws and regens when modeling in
both 3D Studio and Autocad. Everything is less than a year old. I am
asking $950.00 + shipping for the whole package. Please respond via email.
Thanks. | misc.forsale | [
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[ . . .]
I am a relativist who would like to answer your question, but the way you
phrase the question makes it unanswerable. The concepts of "right"
and "wrong" (or "correct/incorrect" or "true/false") belong to the
domain of epistemological rather than moral questions. It makes no
sense to ask if a moral position is right or wrong, although it is
legitimate to ask if it is good (or better than another position).
Let me illustrate this point by looking at the psychological derivatives
of epistemology and ethics: perception and motivation, respectively.
One can certainly ask if a percept is "right" (correct, true,
veridical) or "wrong" (incorrect, false, illusory). But it makes little
sense to ask if a motive is true or false. On the other hand, it is
strange to ask whether a percept is morally good or evil, but one can
certainly ask that question about motives.
Therefore, your suggested answers (a)-(c) simply can't be considered:
they assume you can judge the correctness of a moral judgment.
Now the problem with (d) is that it is double-barrelled: I agree with
the first part (that the "rightness" of a moral position is a
meaningless question), for the reasons stated above. But that is
irrelevant to the alleged implication (not an implication at all) that
one cannot feel peace is better than war. I certainly can make
value judgments (bad, better, best) without asserting the "correctness"
of the position.
Sorry for the lengthy dismissal of (a)-(d). My short (e) answer is
that when two individuals grotesquely disagree on a moral issue,
neither is right (correct) or wrong (incorrect). They simply hold
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<<I wrote>
<Is there a resource available to the consumer comparing all of the makes
<and models of automobiles, trucks, vans, etc. for survivability in a
<crash of different severities?
<...
<Also, I've found very little objective data comparing different
<vehicles for handling, pick-up, braking, expected maintenance, etc.
<I recall years ago Consumer Reports annual buyer's guide was much more
<informative in those aspects than it is now.
Thanks to a reply from someone I looked a little further and found what
I was looking for. The April CR magazine has most of the above things.
Despite recent articles here the ratings looked pretty good for
relative comparison purposes. Unfortunately the crash test comparisons
didn't include half of the cars I'm comparing.
Anybody know how '93 Honda Civic hatchbacks and Toyota Tercels fare in
an accident?
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The explanations of Federal law enforcement officials about what
happened in Waco is just another example of the survivors writing the
history books to put themselves in the best of a bad light.
--
Dave Feustel N9MYI <feustel@netcom.com> | talk.politics.guns | [
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Has anybody generated an X server for Windows NT? If so, are you willing
to share your config file and other tricks necessary to make it work?
Thanks for any information. | comp.windows.x | [
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Be patient. He has a sore shoulder from crashing into the wall.
The Cards will give him all the time he needs to come around.
He is their full time centerfielder.
He will not however steal as often this year as he is hitting
clean-up. | rec.sport.baseball | [
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According to a previous poster, one should seek a doctor's
assistance for injections. But what about Sumatriptin [sp?]?
Doesn't one have to inject oneself immediately upon the onset
of a migraine?
| sci.med | [
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Is there a way to connect a PowerBook 145, Mac IIsi, and Personal LaserWriter
LS so that I can (not necessarily silmultaneoulsy) print from either the IIsi,
or PB, and file share between the IIsi and PB?
I know I can get the ($expensive$) LW NT upgrade for my LS, but I can't afford
that... | comp.sys.mac.hardware | [
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Would you believe that there is a letter in MacWEEK this week from
one of the hardware types at Digital Eclipse. He says that they run
tests on all of the components to see if they will perform at the
upgraded speed. If they do not then DESI replaces them with ones that
do. | comp.sys.mac.hardware | [
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Proof that the entire private sector is vastly more inefficient?
Blue Cross is the government health insurance provider.
Oops.
[Ads for Z magazine deleted to Save the Earth] | talk.politics.misc | [
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David Karr, on the Tue, 20 Apr 1993 01:01:01 GMT wibbled:
: >In article <1993Apr19.141959.4057@bnr.ca>
: >
: >> With regards to the pub brawl, he might have a history of such things.
: >> Just because he was a biker doesn't make him out to be a reasonable
: >> person. Even the DoD might object to him joining, who knows?
: If he had a history of such things, why was it not mentioned in the
: article, and why did they present the irrelevant detail of where he
: got his drinking money from?
: I can't say exactly who is at fault here, but from where I sit is
: looks like we're seeing the results either of the law going way out
: of hand or of shoddy journalism.
: If the law wants to attach strings to how you spend a settlement, they
: should put the money in trust. They don't, so I would assume it's
: perfectly legitimate to drink it away, though I wouldn't spend it that
: way myself.
: -- David Karr (karr@cs.cornell.edu)
We heard about this from a newspaper article. Journalists and editors
always pick out the most interesting and sensational "facts" for our
facts get in the way of a good story". You must have noticed how
motorcyclists get treated by the press. They thrive on hysteria,
ignorance, sensationalism and one-upmanship. Unfortunately there's
not enough salt to keep taking a pinch of.
--
Nick (the Cynical Old Biker) DoD 1069 Concise Oxford Leaky New Gearbox
M'Lud. | rec.motorcycles | [
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Reading all you folks things to do to illegally parked cars made me
wonder who's going to carry cinder blocks on a bike(?!?!?) or is
ready to do serious damage (key carvings etc.) to a cage. Then I
had an idea--chain lube isn't just for chain's anymore!!! It seems
more reasonable to me, no permanent damage but lots of work to get
off! (Don't ask me how I know :) Use it anywhere, the windshield,
the door handles, in the keyhole, etc. What a nasty mood I'm in.
It's raining again... | rec.motorcycles | [
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No. Zeno's paradox is resolved by showing that integration or an infinite
series of decreasing terms can sum to a finite result.
Well, suppose a probe emitting radiation at a constant frequency was
sent towards a black hole. As it got closer to the event horizon, the
red shift would keep increasing. The period would get longer and longer,
but it would never stop. An observer would not observe the probe actually
reaching the event horizon. The detected energy from the probe would keep
decreasing, but it wouldn't vanish. Exp(-t) never quite reaches zero.
I guess the above probably doesn't make things any more clear, but hopefully
you will get the general idea maybe. | talk.religion.misc | [
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I am looking for a package which takes as inputs a set
of geometric objects defined by unions of convex polytopes
specified in some manner, say by inequalities and equalities,
and determines in some reasonable form things like
intersections, unions, etc. etc..
Does anyone know where I can find such a thing? | comp.graphics | [
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Oh dear, time for me to try to remember my chemistry. Let's see if I
can find the formulae somewhere in the dim recesses of my mind.
<sounds of gears> <fumes of overheated oil> <unmistakable stench of
the Nasal Chromatograph> Ha! I knew there was a double bond! Now
how shall I show that in ASCII?
MEK: Acetone:
C - C - C - C C - C - C
# #
O O
The hydrogens are not shown, and # represents double bond. MEK has a
methyl (CH3) on one side, and an ethyl (C2H5) on the other. Acetone
has two methyls. So acetone is not methyl ethyl ketone, but instead
is dimethyl ketone. Both solvents have similar properties. I think
that MEK may be a little less flammable but a lot worse to breathe.
It's a lot harder to buy MEK than it once was. Use acetone.
Nail polish remover consists almost entirely of acetone. If you buy
some for your workshop, get the very cheapest, because the more
expensive kind has oils and perfumes that you don't need. | sci.electronics | [
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Archive-name: rec-autos/part3
The Automotive Articles Archive Server:
the automotive archive server is in the process of being rehosted,
and is presently not available. | rec.autos | [
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Here are the NHL's alltime leaders in goals and points at the end of
the 1992-3 season. Again, much thanks to Joseph Achkar.
Carl
Notes: An active player is a player that has scored at least one
point the past season. The points leaders follow the goal leaders.
If you find any mistakes, please send me email.
-------------------------------------------------------------------
All time NHL leading goal scorers (* denotes active player):
1. Gordie Howe Det-Hfd 801
2. *Wayne Gretzky Edm-LA 765
3. Marcel Dionne Det-LA-NYR 731
4. Phil Esposito Chi-Bos-NYR 717
5. Bobby Hull Chi-Wpg-Hfd 610
6. *Mike Gartner Wsh-Min-NYR 583
7. Mike Bossy NYI 573
8. Guy Lafleur Mtl-NYR-Que 560
9. Johnny Bucyk Det-Bos 556
10. Maurice Richard Mtl 544
11. Stan Mikita Chi 541
12. Frank Mahovlich Tor-Det-Mtl 533
13. *Michel Goulet Que-Chi 532
14. *Jari Kurri Edm-LA 524
15. Bryan Trottier NYI-Pit 520
16. Gilbert Perreault Buf 512
17. Jean Beliveau Mtl 507
18. Lanny McDonald Tor-Col-Cgy 500
19. Jean Ratelle NYR-Bos 491
20. Norm Ullman Det-Tor 490
21. *Dino Ciccarelli Min-Wsh-Det 485
22. Darryl Sittler Tor-Phi-Det 484
23. *Mario Lemieux Pit 477
24. *Glenn Anderson Edm-Tor 459
25. Alex Delvecchio Det 456
26. *Mark Messier Edm-NYR 452
27. *Dale Hawerchuk Wpg-Buf 449
28. Rick Middleton NYR-Bos 448
29. *Steve Yzerman Det 445
30. *Peter Stastny Que-NJ 444
31. Rick Vaive Van-Tor-Chi-Buf 441
32. *Joe Mullen StL-Cgy-Pit 433
33. Yvan Cournoyer Mtl 428
34. *Dave Taylor LA 427
35. Steve Shutt Mtl-LA 424
36. *Denis Savard Chi-Mtl 423
37. Bill Barber Phi 420
38. *Brian Propp Phi-Bos-Min 413
39. Gary Unger Tor-Det-StL-Atl-LA-Edm 413
40. Rod Gilbert NYR 406
41. *Steve Larmer Chi 406
42. *John Ogrodnick Det-Que-NYR 402
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Other active players:
*Bernie Nicholls LA-NYR-Edm-NJ 397
*Pat LaFontaine NYI-Buf 386
*Brian Bellows Min-Mtl 382
*Dave Andreychuk Buf-Tor 373
*Tim Kerr Phi-NYR-Hfd 370
*Bobby Smith Min-Mtl 357
*Brett Hull Cgy-StL 356
*Luc Robitaille LA 353
*Mike Foligno Det-Buf-Tor 351
*Dave Christian Wpg-Wsh-Bos-StL-Chi 340
*Paul Coffey Edm-Pit-LA-Det 330
*Brent Sutter NYI-Chi 325
*Pat Verbeek NJ-Hfd 318
*Ron Francis Hfd-Pit 311
*Cam Neely Van-Bos 292
*Ray Bourque Bos 291
*Bob Carpenter Wsh-NYR-LA-Bos-Tor 285
*Brent Ashton Van-Col-NJ-Min-Que-Det-Wpg-Bos-Cgy 284
*Doug Gilmour Stl-Cgy-Tor 277
*Rick Tocchet Phi-Pit 277
*Kevin Dineen Hfd-Phi 275
*Tomas Sandstrom NYR-LA 273
*Dale Hunter Que-Wsh 269
*Ryan Walter Wsh-Mtl-Van 264
*Brian Mullen Wpg-NYR-SJ-NYI 260
*Ed Olczyk Chi-Tor-Wpg-NYR 260
*Kirk Muller NJ-Mtl 258
*Joe Nieuwendyk Cgy 257
*Jimmy Carson LA-Edm-Det 254
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All time NHL scoring leaders (* denotes active player):
1. *Wayne Gretzky Edm-LA 765 1563 2328
2. Gordie Howe Det-Hfd 801 1049 1850
3. Marcel Dionne Det-LA-NYR 731 1040 1771
4. Phil Esposito Chi-Bos-NYR 717 873 1590
5. Stan Mikita Chi 541 926 1467
6. Bryan Trottier NYI-Pit 520 890 1410
7. Johnny Bucyk Det-Bos 556 813 1369
8. Guy Lafleur Mtl-NYR-Que 560 793 1353
9. Gilbert Perreault Buf 512 814 1326
10. Alex Delvecchio Det 456 825 1281
11. Jean Ratelle NYR-Bos 491 776 1267
12. *Mark Messier Edm-NYR 452 780 1232
13. Norm Ullman Det-Tor 490 739 1229
14. *Peter Stastny Que-NJ 444 777 1221
15. Jean Beliveau Mtl 507 712 1219
16. *Dale Hawerchuk Wpg-Buf 449 763 1212
17. Bobby Clarke Phi 358 852 1210
18. *Paul Coffey Edm-Pit-LA-Det 330 871 1201
19. *Denis Savard Chi-Mtl 423 769 1192
20. *Jari Kurri Edm-LA 524 666 1190
21. *Mario Lemieux Pit 477 697 1174
22. Bobby Hull Chi-Wpg-Hfd 610 560 1170
23. Bernie Federko StL 369 761 1130
24. Mike Bossy NYI 573 553 1126
25. *Michel Goulet Que-Chi 532 590 1122
26. Darryl Sittler Tor-Phi-Det 484 637 1121
27. *Mike Gartner Wsh-Min-NYR 583 524 1107
28. Frank Mahovlich Tor-Det-Mtl 533 570 1103
29. *Ray Bourque Bos 291 806 1099
30. *Dave Taylor LA 427 635 1062
31. Denis Potvin NYI 310 742 1052
32. Henri Richard Mtl 358 688 1046
33. *Steve Yzerman Det 445 595 1040
34. *Bobby Smith Min-Mtl 357 679 1036
35. Rod Gilbert NYR 406 615 1021
36. *Glenn Anderson Edm-Tor 459 559 1018
37. Lanny McDonald Tor-Col-Cgy 500 506 1006
38. Rick Middleton NYR-Bos 448 540 988
39. Dave Keon Tor-Hfd 396 590 986
40. *Ron Francis Hfd-Pit 311 675 986
41. *Bernie Nicholls LA-NYR-Edm-NJ 397 580 977
42. *Brian Propp Phi-Bos-Min 413 561 974
43. Andy Bathgate NYR-Tor-Det-Pit 349 624 973
44. Maurice Richard Mtl 544 421 965
45. Larry Robinson Mtl-LA 208 750 958
46. *Dino Ciccarelli Min-Wsh-Det 485 472 957
47. *Steve Larmer Chi 406 517 923
48. *Joe Mullen StL-Cgy-Pit 433 486 919
49. Bobby Orr Bos-Chi 270 645 915
50. Brad Park NYR-Bos-Det 213 683 896
51. Butch Goring LA-NYI-Bos 375 513 888
52. Bill Barber Phi 420 463 883
53. Dennis Maruk Cal-Cle-Wsh-Min 356 521 877
54. Ivan Boldirev Bos-Cal-Chi-Atl-Van-Det 361 505 866
55. Yvan Cournoyer Mtl 428 435 863
56. Dean Prentice NYR-Bos-Det-Pit-Min 391 469 860
57. Ted Lindsay Det-Chi 379 472 851
58. Tom Lysiak Atl-Chi 292 551 843
59. *Dale Hunter Que-Wsh 269 570 839
60. John Tonelli NYI-Cgy-LA-Chi-Que 325 511 836
61. Jacques Lemaire Mtl 366 469 835
62. *Larry Murphy LA-Wsh-Min-Pit 203 631 834
63. *John Ogrodnick Det-Que-NYR 402 425 827
64. *Doug Wilson Chi-SJ 237 590 827
65. *Doug Gilmour Stl-Cgy-Tor 277 548 825
66. Red Kelly Det-Tor 281 542 823
67. Pierre Larouche Pit-Mtl-Hfd-NYR 395 427 822
68. Bernie Geoffrion Mtl-NYR 393 429 822
69. Steve Shutt Mtl-LA 424 393 817
70. *Phil Housley Buf-Wpg 242 575 817
71. Wilf Paiment KC-Col-Tor-Que-NYR-Buf-Pit 356 458 814
72. Peter McNab Buf-Bos-Van-NJ 363 450 813
73. *Brian Bellows Min-Mtl 382 428 810
74. *Dave Andreychuk Buf-Tor 373 436 809
75. Pit Martin Det-Bos-Chi-Van 324 485 809
76. *Pat LaFontaine NYI-Buf 386 421 807
77. Ken Linesman Phi-Edm-Bos 256 551 807
78. Gary Unger Tor-Det-StL-Atl-LA-Edm 413 391 804
79. Ken Hodge,Sr Chi-Bos-NYR 328 472 800
80. *Neal Broten Min 249 547 796
81. Wayne Cashman Bos 277 516 793
82. Rick Vaive Van-Tor-Chi-Buf 441 347 788
83. Borje Salming Tor-Det 150 637 787
84. Jean Pronovost Pit-Atl-Wsh 391 383 774
85. Peter Mahovlich Det-Mtl-Pit 288 485 773
86. *Dave Christian Wpg-Wsh-Bos-StL-Chi 340 430 770
87. Rick Kehoe Tor-Pit 371 396 767
88. Rick MacLeish Phi-Hfd-Pit-Det 349 410 759
89. *Thomas Steen Wpg 240 511 751
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
Other active players:
*Al MacInnis Cgy 185 555 740
*Luc Robitaille LA 353 371 724
*Mike Foligno Det-Buf-Tor 351 367 718
*Brent Sutter NYI-Chi 325 389 714
*Mark Howe Hfd-Phi-Det 192 520 712
*Kirk Muller NJ-Mtl 258 433 691
*Tim Kerr Phi-NYR-Hfd 370 304 674
*Adam Oates Det-StL-Bos 167 490 657
*Randy Carlyle Tor-Pit-Wpg 148 499 647
*Ryan Walter Wsh-Mtl-Van 264 382 646
*Pat Verbeek NJ-Hfd 318 313 631
*Brent Ashton Van-Col-NJ-Min-Que-Det-Wpg-Bos-Cgy 284 345 629
*Bob Carpenter Wsh-NYR-LA-Bos-Tor 285 337 622
*Brian Mullen Wpg-NYR-SJ-NYI 260 362 622
*Ed Olczyk Chi-Tor-Wpg-NYR 260 358 618
*Kelly Kisio Det-NYR-SJ 215 402 617
*Brett Hull Cgy-StL 356 247 603
*Rick Tocchet Phi-Pit 277 324 601
*Dan Quinn Cgy-Pit-Van-StL-Phi-Min 232 367 599
*Scott Stevens Wsh-StL-NJ 132 462 594
*Tomas Sandstrom NYR-LA 273 320 593
*Tom Fergus Bos-Tor-Van 235 346 581
*Dave Babych Wpg-Hfd-Van 120 460 580
*Mike Ridley NYR-Wsh 230 348 578
*Laurie Boschman Tor-Edm-Wpg-NJ-Ott 225 350 575
*Keith Acton Mtl-Min-Edm-Phi 224 350 574
*Murray Craven Det-Phi-Hfd 205 365 570
*Kevin Dineen Hfd-Phi 275 290 565
*Rob Ramage Col-StL-Cgy-Tor-Min-TB 139 423 562
*Mike Krushelnyski Bos-Edm-LA-Tor 234 319 553
*Gary Suter Cgy 124 428 552
*Pierre Turgeon Buf-NYI 218 324 542
*Troy Murray Chi-Wpg 217 324 541
*Cam Neely Van-Bos 292 241 533
*Geoff Courtnall Bos-Edm-Wsh-StL-Van 246 274 520
*Vincent Damphousse Tor-Edm-Mtl 195 320 515
*Jimmy Carson LA-Edm-Det 254 259 513
*Peter Zezel Phi-StL-Wsh-Tor 182 328 510
*Guy Carbonneau Mtl 207 302 509
*Mark Osborne Det-NYR-Tor-Wpg 202 301 503
*Chris Chelios Mtl-Chi 108 394 502
*Dave Poulin Phi-Bos 195 301 496
*Ray Ferraro Hfd-NYI 230 263 493
*Russ Courtnall Tor-Mtl-Min 208 284 492
*Joe Nieuwendyk Cgy 257 234 491
*John MacLean NJ 241 248 489 | rec.sport.hockey | [
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[This belongs in comp.windows.x.i386unix - I've redirected followups]
I know for a fact that the EISA version of the Orchid ProDesigner IIS
works. However, an EISA SVGA card is likely a waste of money.
When XFree86 2.0 comes out, with support for accelerated chipsets, ISA,
EISA, and VLB will all be supported.
The more important question is "what chipsets are supported?". The bus
is basically irrelevent as a compatibility issue.
--
David Wexelblat <dwex@mtgzfs3.att.com> (908) 957-5871 Fax: (908) 957-5627
AT&T Bell Laboratories, 200 Laurel Ave - 3F-428, Middletown, NJ 07748
XFree86 requests should be addressed to <xfree86@physics.su.oz.au> | comp.windows.x | [
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Has anyone had any experience with a replacement comm driver for windows
called TurboComm. I read about it in PCMag Apr 23 1993 and am interested
but not willing to shell out the 45 bucks the company wants just to try it
out. It supposedly eleminates the problems that occur during a high speed
file transfer and a disk access made by another program running at the same
time. If anyone has any pro/cons about this product, i would be very inter
ested to hear them. Please Email at the address give below. THANKS. | comp.os.ms-windows.misc | [
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Counterpoint SA-12
85watts per channel
very very warm tube sound, great for warming up CDs
Excellent shape | misc.forsale | [
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You're blowing smoke. Qualcomm wants to sell to nice, lucrative overseas
markets like Japan and the EC. The government told them "don't do encryption
if you ever hope to export this technology". The reason that CDMA doesn't
have encryption is NOT because the G-men came a'knocking at Qualcomm's door.
It's because Qualcomm doesn't think that the US market for digital cellular
is big enough for them. This is just the International Traffic in Arms
Regulations all over again.
If you don't believe me, call Qualcomm and ASK THEM. Don't just throw
out conspicracy theories. At least, don't do it on sci.crypt--there are
whole other newsgroups devoted to this kind of uninformed claptrap.
Hah. They're not that much more expensive. Besides, if a drug dealer
can afford a Rolex and a Mercedes, he can darn well afford Cylink phones.
No, Cylink sells their phones because they're willing to make different
stuff for domestic use vs. export. Qualcomm isn't. So Cylink makes
money--that's capitalism, comrade.
"Someone" this and "someone" that. If you think it's so easy, why are
you whining on the net instead of getting your butt in gear and writing
it? Your name would become known and loved by dozens! But no, that would
require actual EFFORT. | sci.crypt | [
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I am looking for the exact address of the Symantec Coporatoin, which
distributes Norton Desktop and other Windows software.
The information I am looking for is:
Mail address
Phone number
Fax number
E-mail address
Thanks in advance.
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WHen trying to choose a resistor with a tolerance better than 1%, you
need a trimmer or to screen devices, it can't be made from adding 2
resitors of 1% value in parallel, since the smaller device will have the
error of 1% to cope with.
You have 3 choices;
a) live with the error of 1% tolerance devices for low Q circuits or low
sensitivity designs
b) buy resistors with better than 1% tolerance (Vishay/Dale)
c) use trimmers or SOT's (Select-On-Test) | sci.electronics | [
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Any reason you are limited to the two mentioned? They aren't really at
the same point along the SUV spectrum - not to mention price range.
How about the Explorer, Trooper, Blazer, Montero, and if the budget
allows, the Land Cruiser?
Bear in mind that 90% of all SUV's purchased never venture off-road.
Carefully weigh the trade-off between comfort and off-road performance
when choosing one, and realistically decide whether you'll actually
make enough use of the off-road-ability to sacrifice (some of) the
on-road comfort.
John
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Anything but...
Bill Clinton and Janett Reno should not have started the whole
shenanigan in the first place.
--
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Disclaimer: Opinions expressed are mine, not my employer's. | talk.politics.misc | [
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Just curious, how would the Clipper Chip system handle
conference calls?
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Don't worry about this -- they'll drop you like a hot potato after you do
make a claim. They'll just make filing the claim a pain, but it will end
when they leave you in the lurch.
More than that. GEICO funded the company that developed LIDAR. When locals
showed a reluctance to BUY the units, GEICO started giving them away. I
know they've given units to the Florida Highway Patrol, County Sheriff's a
and some local governments.
The real question is why? This is the hook. GEICO, and other Ins. Co.s can
tell which drivers represent risk. This is a determination they can make
AFTER YOU receive a speeding ticket from one of GEICO's LIDAR units. Most
drivers do not represent increased risk even after a ticket or two, but
this gives them the opportunity to RAISE RATES FOR EQUAL RISK. It's called
extra profits. They also know how silly the NSL is, and how it is almost
universally ignored. Driving in excess of the NSL gets you a ticket, an
increase in your rates, points on your license --- but it doesn't make you
a riskier driver to insure.
Like the sound of this? Like the people who thought up the scheme? Go GEICO! | rec.autos | [
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My rule of thumb is "Don't give rides to people that wear
a bigger helmet than you", unless your taste runs that way,
or they are family.friends.
Gee, reminds me of a *dancer* in Hull, just over the river
from Ottowa, that I saw a few years ago, for her I would a
bought a bigger helmet (or even her own bike) or anything
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Oh, Bobby. You're priceless. Did I ever tell you that?
My policy with Bobby's posts, should anyone give a damn, is to flick
through the thread at high speed, searching for posts of Bobby's which
have generated a whole pile of followups, then go in and extract the
hilarious quote inevitably present for .sig purposes. Works for me.
For the guy who said he's just arrived, and asked whether Bobby's for real,
you betcha. Welcome to alt.atheism, and rest assured that it gets worse.
I have a few pearls of wisdom from Bobby which I reproduce below. Is anyone
(Keith?) keeping a big file of such stuff?
"In Allah's infinite wisdom, the universe was created from nothing,
just by saying "Be", and it became. Therefore Allah exists."
--- Bobby Mozumder proving the existence of Allah, #1
"Wait. You just said that humans are rarely reasonable. Doesn't that
contradict atheism, where everything is explained through logic and
reason? This is THE contradiction in atheism that proves it false."
--- Bobby Mozumder proving the existence of Allah, #2
"Plus, to the believer, it would be contradictory
to the Quran for Allah not to exist."
--- Bobby Mozumder proving the existence of Allah, #3
and now
"One thing that relates is among Navy men that get tatoos that say "Mom",
because of the love of their mom. It makes for more virile men. Compare
that with how homos are raised. Do a study and you will get my point."
-- Bobby Mozumder being Islamically Rigorous on alt.atheism
Mmmmm. Quality *and* quantity from the New Voice of Islam (pbuh).
Cheers
Simon | alt.atheism | [
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How about some numbers here? Some kind of benchmark?
If you want, let me start it - 486DX2-66 - 32 SPECint92, 16 SPECfp92 .
Numbers? Pentium @66MHz - 65 SPECint92, 57 SPECfp92 .
PowerPC @66MHz - 50 SPECint92, 80 SPECfp92 . (Note this is the 601)
(Alpha @150MHz - 74 SPECint92,126 SPECfp92 - just for comparison)
Not in a clock-doubled system. There isn't a doubling in performance, but
it _is_ quite significant. Maybe about a 70% increase in performance.
Besides, for 0 wait state performance, you'd need a cache anyway. I mean,
who uses a processor that runs at the speed of 80ns SIMMs? Note that this
memory speed corresponds to a clock speed of 12.5 MHz.
Numbers?
--
Ravikumar Venkateswar
rvenkate@uiuc.edu | comp.sys.mac.hardware | [
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Definitely, J.R. "Bob" Dobbs, numero uno, top dog, not one can touch, not
one can knock Bob out of the box. Bob kills me mon! Everyday!
But close El Segundo (el subliminal) is the infamous Paul (birthname Saul) the
Evangeline who became famous as a result of his numerous trampoline act
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A word of warning, though: Kryptonite also sells almost useless cable
locks under the Kryptonite name.
When I obtained my second motorcycle, I migrated one of my Kryptonite
U-locks from my bicycle to the new bike. I then went out shopping for
a new lock for the bicycle.
For about the same money ($20) I had the choice of a Kryptonite cable lock
(advantages: lock front and back wheels on bicycle and keep them both,
Kryptonite name) or a cheesy no-name U-lock (advantages: real steel).
I chose the Kryptonite cable. After less than a week, I took it back in
disgust and exchanged it for the cheesy no-name U-lock.
First, the Krypto cable I bought is not made by Kryptonite, is not covered by
the Kryptonite guarantee, and doesn't even approach Kryptonite standards of
quality and quality assurance. It is just some generic made-in-Taiwan cable
lock with the Kryptonite name on it.
Secondly, the latch engagement mechanism is something of a joke. I
don't know if mine was a particularly poor example, but it was often
quite frustrating to get the latch to positively engage, and sometimes
it would seem to engage, only to fall open when I went to unlock it.
Thirdly, the lock has a little plastic door on the keyway which serves
the sole purpose of frustrating any attempt to insert the key in the
dark. I didn't try it (obviously), but I have my doubts that the
lock mechanism would stand up to an "insert screwdriver and TORQUE"
attack.
Fourthly, the cable was not, in my opinion, of sufficient thickness to
deter theft (for my piece of crap bicycle, that is). All cables suffer the
weakness that they can be cut a few strands at a time. If you are patient
you can cut cables with fingernail clippers. Aviation snips would go
through the cable in well under a minute.
-- | rec.motorcycles | [
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I don't buy this at all. I think things are colored to a very large
degree of preconceived notions of who the players involved are. Try
this exercise:
XXX is pitching today. His team scores 4 in the first inning, and 3
in the fourth. XXX gives up 0 in the 1st through 4th. In the fifth,
he gives up 3 runs. In the 6th, he gives up 2 more. The score is now
7-5, with XXX's team still on top.
I contend that if XXX were Jack Morris, the assessment would be "he is
a gutty veteran who pitches only as well as he has to to win."
If XXX were Mike Trmbley, the assessment would be "he is an
inexperienced rookie who doesn't know how to pitch. Needs more
seasoning. Send him to AAA. Or to the spice rack."
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completed
Why would you dispose a channel if you are going to play more
sounds soon? If you are trying to write a game, you shouldn't
be using SndPlay. Instead, make a channel and use BufferCmds
to play sounds on it. It works great. You can add CallBacks to
the channel also to let you know when the channel is getting
empty. Before it gets empty.
7.1,
Callbacks are very reliable, I found them 100% reliable, even
under System 4.1. I was doing continuous background sound with
interrupting sound effects on System 6.0 with the IM-V
documentation.
You probably were cancelling your callback commands out of
your channels, of course you didn't get called. In general, if
you have problems with sounds working when you play one per
channel and then close the channel (with the related
slowdown), but then when you play more than one you don't
work, then you are adding more than one synthesizer to a
channel, possibly the same one multiple times. This might be
because you are calling SndPlay on a preexisting channel with
a sound resource which adds the sampled sound synthesizer to
the channel first thing before it plays. Most sampled sounds
have this command at the start of them. You need to resedit
the sound and remove that command, then when you create your
channel, specify the sampled sound synthesizer to be the
channel's synth. Then you can use asynch sndplay's all you
want. You'll probably want to switch to BufferCmd's, since you
are going to have to use SndDoCommand anyway to add callbacks.
Now before you go ahead and tell me I am full of it, and the
sound manager doesn't work for games, remember, Spectre uses
it. And it works great. If Spectre can spare the CPU time, you
can too.
One little disclaimer: There are some out there who say the
Sound Manager in the IIsi can't be made to work right. I'm not
sure either way, but I know for sure that you can make your
sounds work 100% correctly on every other machine using the
Sound Manager. | comp.sys.mac.hardware | [
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Here now some initial references; best regards - Walter.
@InProceedings{Keirouz:et:al:90,
author = "Walid Keirouz and Jahir Pabon and Robert Young",
title = "{Integrating parametric geometry, features, and
variational modeling for conceptual design}",
booktitle = "International Conference on Design Theory and Methodology",
year = "1990",
editor = "{J.\ R.}\ Rinderle",
pages = "1--9",
organization = "American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)",
OPTpublisher = "",
OPTaddress = "",
OPTmonth = "",
note = "Proceedings"
}
@InProceedings{Yamaguchi:Kimura:90,
author = "Yasushi Yamaguchi and Fumihiko Kimura",
title = "{A constraint modeling system for variational geometry}",
booktitle = "{Geometric modeling for product engineering}",
year = "1990",
editor = "{Michael J.}\ Wozny and {J.\ U.}\ Turner and {K.}\ Preiss",
pages = "221--233",
organization = "IFIP",
publisher = "Elsevier Science Publishers B.V.\ (North-Holland),
Amsterdam, The Netherlands",
OPTaddress = "",
OPTmonth = "",
note = "Selected and Expanded Papers form the IFIP WG 5.2/NSF
Working Conference on Geometric Modeling, Rensselaerville, NY, U.S.A.,
18--22 September 1988"
}
@InProceedings{Chung:et:al:88,
author = "{Jack C.\ H.}\ Chung and {Joseph W.}\ Klahs
and {Robert L.}\ Cook and Thijs Sluiter",
title = "{Implementation issues in variational geometry and
constraint management}",
booktitle = "Third International Conference on
CAD/CAM, Robotics and Factories of the Future (CARS and FOF'88)",
year = "1988",
OPTeditor = "",
OPTpages = "",
OPTorganization = "",
OPTpublisher = "",
address = "Detroit, Michigan, USA",
month = " August 14--17,",
note = "Proceedings, probably: Springer-Verlag,
Berlin/Heidelberg, 1989"
}
@Article{Kimura:et:al:86,
author = "Fumihiko Kimura and Hiromasa Suzuki and Toshio Sata",
title = "{Variational Product Design by Constraint Propagation
and Satisfaction in Product Modelling}",
journal = "Annals of the CIRP",
year = "1986",
volume = "35",
number = "1",
pages = "75--78",
OPTmonth = "",
note = "(probably) International Institution for Production Engineering Research"
}
@Article{Kimura:et:al:87,
author = "{F.}\ Kimura and {H.}\ Suzuki and {H.}\ Ando and {T.}\ Sato and
{A.}\ Kinosada",
title = "{Variational Geometry Based on Logical Constraints
and its Applications to Product Modelling}",
journal = "Annals of the CIRP",
year = "1987",
volume = "36",
number = "1",
pages = "65--68",
@InProceedings{Chung:Schussel:89,
author = "{Jack C.H.}\ Chung and {Martin D.}\ Schussel",
title = "{Comparison of Variational and Parametric Design}",
booktitle = "Autofact '89",
year = "1989",
OPTeditor = "",
pages = "5-27 -- 5-44",
OPTorganization = "",
OPTpublisher = "",
address = "Detroit, Michigan, USA",
month = "October 30 -- November 2,",
note = "Conference Proceedings"
}
@Article{Pabon:et:al:92,
author = "Jahir Pabon and Robert Young and Walid Keirouz",
title = "{Integrating Parametric Geometry, Features, and
Variational Modeling for Conceptual Design}",
journal = "International Journal of Systems Automation: Research
and Applications (SARA)",
year = "1992",
volume = "2",
OPTnumber = "",
pages = "17--36",
OPTmonth = "",
OPTnote = ""
}
@Article{Kondo:90,
author = "Koichi Kondo",
title = "{PIGMOD: parametric and interactive geometric
modeller for mechanical design}",
journal = "CAD, computer-aided design",
year = "1990",
volume = "22",
number = "10",
pages = "633--644",
month = "december",
note = "Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd"
}
@InProceedings{Zalik:et:al:92a,
author = "Borut {\v{Z}}alik and Nikola Guid and Aleksander Vesel",
title = "{Parametric Design Using Constraint Description Graph}",
booktitle = "CAD '92, Neue Konzepte zur Realisierung
anwendungsorientierter CAD-Systeme",
year = "1992",
editor = "{Frank-Lothar} Krause and Detlev Ruland and Helmut Jansen",
pages = "329--344",
OPTorganization = "",
publisher = "Informatik aktuell, Springer-Verlag, Berlin/Heidelberg",
OPTaddress = "",
month = "14./15.\ Mai",
note = "GI-Fachtagung, Berlin"
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[KAAN] Who the hell is this guy David Davidian. I think he talks too much..
I am your alter-ego!
[KAAN] Yo , DAVID you would better shut the f... up.. O.K ??
No, its' not OK! What are you going to do? Come and get me?
[KAAN] I don't like your attitute. You are full of lies and shit.
In the United States we refer to it as Freedom of Speech. If you don't like
what I write either prove me wrong, shut up, or simply fade away!
[KAAN] Didn't you hear the saying "DON'T MESS WITH A TURC!!"...
No. Why do you ask? What are you going to do? Are you going to submit me to
bodily harm? Are you going to kill me? Are you going to torture me?
[KAAN] See ya in hell..
Wrong again!
[KAAN] Timucin.
All I did was to translate a few lines from Turkish into English. If it was
so embarrassing in Turkish, it shouldn't have been written in the first place!
Don't kill the messenger!
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I don't know about classified, but I do seem to remember that unless
you're authorized by the Govt, it's illegal to TEMPEST-shield your
equipment. Besides, effective TEMPEST-shielding is much more
difficult than you might think (hi Jim!).
RA
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Well, Dave, I would have to disagree with you there. Satan himself could
own the team, and I'd be happy as long as the Oilers stayed in Edmonton.
Selfish, but true. I don't want to see the Oilers move, no matter who
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In what way David? Our government is totally out of control,
whether you realize it or not. I know you find it painful to
think of your old buddy Uncle Sam as evil but it's true. Other
democracies have fallen before. Ours is on its way and knee-jerk
sheep that instinctively trust government are helping it slide.
Power corrupts David, why is that so hard to understand?
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Hi netlanders,
Does anybody know if there is something like Macintosh Hypercard for any UNIX
platform?
Thanks in advance
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I went back and looked at the review again. They claim there were
significant differences in manipulating a 27 meg test file, but with
smaller files, the two platforms were the about the same. David
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I need some help with a multi port serial board of unknown origin. I'm
hoping someone knows what this board is, or, even better, what the various
switches and jumbers are used for.
Anyway, here's description of the card: It is a 16-bit card, although
I noticed that none of the contacts in the 16-bit extension are connected
to anything. It has 4 NS16550AN chips in sockets, and 4 corresponding
connecters labeled COM1 - COM4. There is also an external female connector
with 37 pins. There are 8 banks of 8 switches, 2 banks of 4 switches, and
7 jumpers. I believe that I have determined, by following traces, that
SW5 and SW6 (12 switches in all) control the interrupt level for each of
the COM ports. SW5[1-4] are for IRQ3, SW5[5-8] are for IRQ4, and SW6[1-4]
are for IRQ5. The other switches are beyond my meager ability to follow.
The only identification printed on the board is "MULTI SERIAL PORT BOARD"
across the bottom. There is a box for serial number, but it is blank.
Immediately below the words "SERIAL NO", but not in the box left for
the S/N, are the numbers "1990 2 8".
Anyone have any clues? Your help is greatly appreciated.
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All right! Let's hope they get off their rear ends and do something
because the UN clearly is content to sit on its.
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I have the following CD's that I'd like to sell:
M.O.D. Gross Misconduct
Metal Giants (at early metal compilation including Aerosmith, Mountain, Blue Oyster Cult, Judus Priest, etc.)
Metal Church Blessings in Disguise (excellent)
Slayer Hell Awaits
Anthrax Among the Living
Whiplash Power and Pain
Dream Theater Images and Words (Pull me under)
Exodus Fabulous Disaster (Heavy)
Death Angel The Ultra Violence (hard to find)
All CD's are in excellent condition (no scratches or skips). After
checking several similar articles, it seems the going rate is $8. Hence
CD's are $8.00 postage paid. Please e-mail me if you are interested,
as I rarely read these groups. I'll ship asap after receiving cash, check
or money order. e-mail me for my snail-mail address. | misc.forsale | [
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This question comes up frequently enough that there should be a faq
about it... | sci.space | [
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Convenient? It seems very appropriate that this is cross-posted to
alt.conspiracy.
Assuming the most favorable interpretation of your '1000 degree'
measurement (that the temperature is in Centigrade, rather than the
more common -in the US- Fahrenheit), you are still laboring under at
least 2 misconceptions:
1. You seem to believe that steel melts somewhere around 1000 C.
Actually, the melting point of most iron alloys (and steels are
iron alloys) is in the neighborhood of 1400 C. Even if the gun
were found in area which achieved the 1000 C temperature, the steel
parts of the gun would not be deformed, and it would still be
trivial to identify the nature of the weapon.
2. A fire is not an isothermal process. There are 'hot' spots and
'cold' spots, though 'cold' is purely a relative term. So the
weapon was not necessarily situated in a hot spot, as you seem to
imply. And, even if it was, so what? It would not have melted
anyway. | talk.religion.misc | [
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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 what's now Dryden, had them. We did steal that one
dirctly from the Germans. The difference is that swept wings don't
change their angle of sweep, sweep wings do. Perhaps the similarity
of names has caused some confusion? 747s have swept wings, F-111s
have sweep wings.
Phil> A lot of this was also done by the military...
After NASA aerodynamicists proposed them and NASA test teams
demonstrated them. Richard Whitcomb and R.T. Jones, at Langley
Research Center, were giants in the field.
Dryden was involved in the flight testing of winglets and area
ruling (in the 70s and 50s, respectively). It's true that we
used military aircraft as the testbeds (KC-135 and YF-102) but
that had more to do with availability and need than with military
involvement. The YF-102 was completely ours and the KC-135 was
bailed to us. The Air Force, of course, was interested in our
results and supportive of our efforts.
Dryden flew the first digital fly by wire aircraft in the 70s. No
mechnaical or analog backup, to show you how confident we were.
General Dynamics decided to make the F-16 flyby-wire when they saw how
successful we were. (Mind you, the Avro Arrow and the X-15 were both
fly-by-wire aircraft much earlier, but analog.)
Phil> Egad! I'm disagreeing with Mary Shafer!
The NASA habit of acquiring second-hand military aircraft and using
them for testbeds can make things kind of confusing. On the other
hand, all those second-hand Navy planes give our test pilots a chance
to fold the wings--something most pilots at Edwards Air Force Base
can't do.
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Why not? I believe both the Devils and Islanders got 87 points.
Say for example, another team had this record : 20-37-47;
they had 20*2+47*1+37*0=87 which is the same as their points total.
(The Islanders' and Devils' records are both 40-37-7.
It is simple arithmetics and involve no Calculus.
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I don't think the question is:
"will OS/2 X.X run Windows Y.Y apps now?"
A more important question is:
"will subsequent OS/2 versions continue to run apps
from subsequent Windows versions in the future?"
Can it keep up? Will a future OS/2 3.0 run Windows 4 apps?
OLE2 is very complex and is the sign of things to come.
After this fall, I believe IBM no longer has any rights to
view Microsoft code. After that, the only way to maintain
some sort of compatibility is to reverse-engineer. Would
you want to reverse-engineer an OLE2 application?
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Subject pretty much says it all - I'm looking for Johnny Hart's (creator
of the B.C. comic stip) mailing address.
For those of you who haven't seen them, take a look at his strips for Good
Friday and Easter Sunday. Remarkable witness!
If anyone can help me get in touch with him, I'd really appreciate it!
I've contacted the paper that carries his strip and -- they'll get back to
me with it!
Thanks for your help,
Dave Arndt
St. Peter's Evangelical Lutheran Church
St. Peter, MN 56082 | soc.religion.christian | [
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Well I think whenever ESPN covers the game they do a wonderful job. But
what I don't understand is that they cut the OT just show some stupid
baseball news which is not important at all. Then I waited for the scores
to comeon Sportscenter, but they talk about Baseball, basketball and
football. Then they showed Penguine highlight and went back to stupid
basketball. Finally they showed a highlight of the OT goal but that
was like 30 sec. I think they should give more attention to NHl during
the playoffs then talking about boring basketball games..
I guess it is NHL's fault too for leaving ESPN. Hope things improve
by next season...
COBRA
--
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Yes some radar detectors are less detectable by radar detector
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who cares about typos of these meaningless, synthetic names? if the
cars were named after a person, e.g. honda, i'd be more respectful.
wrong! the GS300 and SC300 use straight sixes, while the ES300 uses a
V6. only a giant like toyota can afford to have both a V6 and inline
6 in its lineup, but that won't last for long.
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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 we think it might be to send input to other X applications and,
hopefully, deal with their responses appropriately? (If an application is
going to take a few seconds to process I probably have to wait for it to
complete before sending another command.)
thanks, | comp.windows.x | [
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From article <1993Apr25.201129.1239@Princeton.EDU>, by fuchs@tsar.princeton.edu (Ira H. Fuchs):
generally, the corrosion is a signal that it's time to send them
of to the recyclers, but if you're that desperate or cheap try
baking soda and a wire brush. use gloves and goggles, please!
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Well I am using The Home Office. I bought it for arounde $350.
It does 14.4. I don't know if it's for data or fax. But the
feature I use is the Voic Mail Box, which I really have liked.
---
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Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly as you teach and admonish one
another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns and spiritual songs with
gratitude in your hearts to God.
Colossians 3:16
A reminder: These verses are from the New International Version. As with any
translation, faithfulness to the original Hebrew and Greek may vary from time
to time. If a verse sounds a little off occasionally, compare it with another
translation or with the original texts, if you are able to do so. | soc.religion.christian | [
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Feel free to patronize me all you like; I need the tips. :-)
Seriously, if you were insulted, I apologize.
People are sucking up to the government when they decide that ONLY the
things the government says are plausible. Especially if they refuse to
consider reasonable alternatives.
However, from what I saw plastered all over the TV news last night, it's
no longer necessary to be an "independent thinker" to depart from the
government's party line. It looks like our "independent press" may
actually be starting to be earn its clothes allowance. This, to me, is
a good sign. I hope it continues.
Independent thinkers question authority. In a situation where only one
set of facts are being presented, "coming to a conclusion" is not the
hallmark of an independent thinker unless it's coupled with the ability
to challenge those "facts" critically. The scientific method consists
of more than choosing the popular hypothesis; it's even more than choosing
between two hypotheses that other people have proposed.
-- | talk.politics.guns | [
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SREBRENICA'S DOCTOR RECOUNTS TOWN'S LIVING HELL
By Laura Pitter
TUZLA, Bosnia, Reuter - Neret Mujanovic was a pathologist
when he trekked through the mountains to the besieged Muslim
town of Srebrenica last August.
But after treating 4,000 mangled victims of Bosnia's bloody
war, he considers himself a surgeon.
``Now I'm a surgeon with great experience although I have no
license to practice. But if I operate on a person and he lives
normally that's the greatest license a surgeon could have.''
Evacuated by the U.N. this week to his home town of Tuzla,
the Muslim physician gave an eyewitness medical assessment of
the horrors of the year-long Serb siege of Srebrenica and the
suffering of the thousands trapped there.
``I lived through hell together with the people of
Srebrenica. All those who lived through this are the greatest
heroes that humanity can produce,'' he told reporters.
Mujanovic, 31, had practiced for two months as an assistant
at a local hospital in Tuzla, but before going to Srebrenica he
had never performed a surgical operation on his own. Now he says
he has performed major surgery 1,396 times, relying on books for
guidance, amputating arms and legs 150 times, usually without
anesthetic, delivering 350 babies and performing four cesarean
sections.
He worked 18-to-19-hour days, slept in the hospital for the
first 10 weeks after his arrival last Aug. 5 and treated 4,000
patients.
He arrived after making the trek over mountains on foot from
Tuzla, 60 miles northwest of Srebrenica. About 50 other people
carried in supplies and 350 soldiers guided and protected him
through guerrilla terrain, he said.
His worst memory was of 10 days ago when seven Serb shells
landed within one minute in an area half the size of a football
field, killing 36 people immediately and wounding 102. Half of
the dead were women and children.
The people had come out for a rare day of sunshine and the
children were playing soccer. ``There was no warning ... the
blood flowed like a river in the street,'' he said.
``There were pieces of women all around and you could not
piece them together. One woman holding her two children in her
hands was lying with them on the ground dead. They had no
heads.''
Before Mujanovic arrived with his supplies conditions were
deplorable, he said. Many deaths could have been prevented had
the hospital had surgical tools, facilities and medicine.
The six general practitioners who had been operating before
he arrived had even less surgical experience than he did. ``They
didn't know the basic principles for amputating limbs.''
Once he arrived the situation improved, he said, but by
mid-September he had run out of supplies.
``Bandages were washed and boiled five times ... sometimes
they were falling apart in my hands,'' he said. Doctors had no
anesthetic and could not give patients alcohol to numb the pain
because it increased bleeding.
``People were completely conscious during amputations and
stomach operations,'' he said. Blood transfusions were
impossible because they had no facilities to test blood types.
``I felt destroyed psychologically,'' Mujanovic said.
The situation improved after Dec. 4, when a convoy arrived
from the Belgian medical group Medecins Sans Frontieres.
But Mujanovic said the military predicament worsened in
mid-December after Bosnian Serbs began a major offensive in the
region. ``Every day we had air strikes and shellings.''
Then the hunger set in.
Between mid-December and mid-March, when U.S. planes began
air dropping food, between 20 and 30 people were dying every day
from complications associated with malnutrition, he said.
``I know for sure that the air drop operation saved the
people from massive death by hunger and starvation,'' he said.
According to Mujanovic, around 5,000 people died in
Srebrenica, 1,000 of them children, during a year of siege.
Mujanovic plans to return to Srebrenica in three weeks after
visiting his wife, who is ill in Tuzla.
``They say I'm a hero,'' he said. ``There were thousands of
people standing at the sides of the road, crying and waving when
I left. And I cried too.''
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Dunno, the newpaper article I read didn't say (I was wondering the same
thing). I rather doubt it...
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First of all, "ceremonial law" is an extraScriptural term. It is sometimes
used as a framework to view Scripture. But if you look at Collosions,
without going into it with the assumption that the Sabbath cannot be
a ceremonial law, you will see that it does refer to the sabbath.
against us to His cross, and therefore we should not be judged in what
what food we eat, what we drink, the keeping of new moons and holy days,
or the keeping of the sabbath.
The word for sabbath in this verse is "sabbaton" and is used throughout the
New Testament to refer to the 7th day. If there is any Scripture from
which we get the idea of the ceremonial law, this is one of them, and the
sabbath is listed among the ceremonial laws.
If one goes into this with the fundamental assumption "the sabbath cannot
be a ceremonial law" then he will have to find some way around it, like
saying that this can only refer to the other sabbath holy days besides the
7tH day, Because "the sabbath cannot be a ceremonial law." But
Paul is very careful in his letters to add some kind of parenthetcal
statement if there is anything that can be seen as a liscence to sin
in his writings.
Also, why is the sabbath absent from the epistles (except for Hebrews 4, which
talks about the rest that comes through faith?) Surely it would have
been a big problem for first century Christians living in a society
that did not rest on the 7th day. Especially slaves. Many new converst were
slaves. It would have been difficult for slaves to rest on the sabbath
if it had been mandatory. Why is there no mention of this in the epistles? | soc.religion.christian | [
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Yes, Ivan Rodriguez, last year. Batted .260 and threw out 51% of the
baserunners. Not too shabby for a rookie from AA. 20 years old last
year.
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-= PASTORTALK =-
A weekly dialogue with a local pastor on the news of the day
by Carl (Gene) Wilkes
Startext: MC344578
CompuServe: 70423,600
Internet: 70423.600@compuserve.com
-= THIS WEEK'S THOUGHTS =-
Last week the Supreme Court refused without comment to hear an
appeal by Rensselaer, IN, school officials desiring the
distribution of Bibles in their public schools (REL65, 5/21). A
lower court had banned the local Gideons, an international Bible-
distribution group, from passing out Bibles to fifth-graders. The
ACLU's Barry Lynn was quoted as saying that the court's action
protected the "religious neutrality of our public schools." He also
said that schools must serve students of "all faiths and none."
Schools were not to be a "bazaar where rival religious groups
compete for converts," according to Lynn.
Several Gideons, men who are responsible for putting Bibles in
hospitals and hotels, are members of our church. They tell of
similar stories where they are only allowed to distribute Bibles on
sidewalks around the schools, but cannot go inside the schools.
They tell of mild harassment by parents who do not want their
children receiving a Bible from a stranger. They are willing to
continue their work at a distance, but find the school's position
somewhat disheartening.
I understand rationally and logically the court's position. And, I
can see the sense of fairness for all groups. But, on the other
hand, when does "neutrality" become "nihilism?" When does plurality
turn into no position at all?
I see a couple of ironies here. One is that we can pass out condoms
but not Bibles in our schools. Think on that one for a moment.
The other is that while we are seeking "religious neutrality" in
our schools, countries like Russia--who, by the way, practiced
"religious neutrality" for the past seventy years--are making the
Bible part of their public school curriculum. When I was in St.
Petersburg in March, the church we worked with had trained over 100
public school teachers to teach the Bible, and the government had
requested hundreds more! I recently heard a medical doctor who is
president of the Gideon chapter in Moscow tell how they are eagerly
invited to the University of Moscow to distribute Bibles to the
students and are given class time to explain its contents. I
remember seeing a photograph of this doctor holding a Bible and
speaking to the university students standing under a statue of
Lenin. Now, that's ironic!
I admit two things: 1) We are a pluralistic society, and all faiths
have equal footing. This is what our country was founded on. 2) To
allow every group on school grounds could create a bazaar-like
atmosphere. Each city must work to be inclusive of all religions
and provide a hearing for them. 3)--I know I said two--The vitality
of religious faith is not dependent upon whether or not the public
arena acknowledges it as valid.
However--and you knew this was coming--I believe, disallowing the
distribution of the Bible by law-abiding, caring adults in our
schools only signals once again our culture's movement away from a
singular base from which we as individuals and as a nation can make
moral and ethical decisions.
What do you think?
-= MAIL BOX =-
(Let me know if you do not want me to print your letter or your
name.)
Good column [re: TIME coverstory about teen sexuality]; I agree
with moral education from home, but some homes don't have the kinds
of morals I want taught. One family I worked with smoked dope as
their primary family activity. Another acted like incest was OK.
Families, no matter where they are, are often a lot sicker than
we'd like to believe.
From: John Hightower, MC 407602
John,
I agree that the "home" ain't what it used to be, and some homes
are NOT the place to learn value-based sexuality. I still believe
that this is where the church can come into play. I know, those
families you speak of may not come to a church to seek information,
but the help does not need to be in a church building...I believe
that the youth from the families you mentioned will probably
disregard the value-free information at school, too. | soc.religion.christian | [
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A friend and I have ATI Graphic Ultra display adaptors, and they have
been reasonably good performers, but we both have had irritating compatibility
problems with the ATI drivers and are ready to change to something faster
and more compatible with windows. I have heard rumblings that the new Orchid
9000 card is very fast. Anyone have experience with this card? What is
currently available that is fast, compatible, does 1280x1024x256 non-
interlaced and cost under $500?
Ken Keirnan
-- | comp.os.ms-windows.misc | [
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Owieneramus. Always has to stick his 'ASALA/SDPA/ARF' made nose into
every discussion with non-points and lies. Well, still anxiously
awaiting...
Source: Cemal Kutay, "Ottoman Empire," vol. II., p. 188.
"The atrocities and massacres which have been committed for a long time
against the Muslim population within the Armenian Republic have been
confirmed with very accurate information, and the observations made by
Rawlinson, the British representative in Erzurum, have confirmed that
these atrocities are being committed by the Armenians. The United States
delegation of General Harbord has seen the thousands of refugees who came
to take refuge with Kazim Karabekir's soldiers, hungry and miserable,
their children and wives, their properties destroyed, and the delegation
was a witness to the cruelties. Many Muslim villages have been destroyed
by the soldiers of Armenian troops armed with cannons and machine guns
before the eyes of Karabekir's troops and the people. When it was hoped
that this operation would end, unfortunately since the beginning of
February the cruelties inflicted on the Muslim population of the region
of Shuraghel, Akpazar, Zarshad, and Childir have increased. According
to documented information, 28 Muslim villages have been destroyed in the
aforementioned region, more than 2,000 people have been slaughtered,
many possessions and livestock have been seized, young Muslim women
have been taken to Kars and Gumru, thousands of women and children who
were able to flee their villages were beaten, raped and massacred in the
mountains, and this aggression against the properties, lives, chastity
and honour of the Muslims continued. It was the responsibility of the
Armenian Government that the cruelties and massacres be stopped in order
to alleviate the tensions of Muslim public opinion due to the atrocities
committed by the Armenians, that the possessions taken from the Muslims
be returned and that indemnities be paid, that the properties, lives,
and honour of the Muslims be protected."
Serdar Argic | talk.politics.mideast | [
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[discussing the use of IRQ 7]
To put it a little differently:
- IRQ 7 is the de facto standard interrupt assigned to be used by the
printer adapter to announce its completion of some activity.
- DOS doesn't monitor IRQ 7; it uses other means to determine when it's
time to send out another byte to the printer.
- Most (all?) (hardware) printer adapters have the ability to disable
the use of IRQ 7, usually by merely breaking the connection between
the ISA pin and the associated driver. Other adapters control the
IRQ line by a tri-state driver, and by programming just leave it
in the high-impedence mode.
- Unfortunately, there are a lot of adapter cards which use bistate
drivers (i.e., either assert high or assert low) for the IRQ lines
rather than tristate drivers (assert high, assert low, or don't
assert anything). The presence of such a card on an IRQ line precludes
the use of that IRQ by any other adapter unless it is physically
disconnected by a jumper.
(Incidentally, note that there's no requirement that a card hold
the IRQ line low when no interrupt is desired. If that were true
you would have to somehow tie down all unconnected IRQ lines, and
that certainly isn't a requirement.)
- Non-DOS operating systems (OS/2, NT (?), various Unices or whatever the
proper plural of Unix might be) require the use of IRQ 7 for performance
reasons.
And the SB16, alas, is one of the cards which uses bistate drivers. | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware | [
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Hi. My last question for the year. I have a mail-order no-name notebook
with 4 meg ram. I never have problems with my huge ramdisk or when
running desqview, but Win3.1 and W4W2.0 constantly crash on me, most
commonly citing a "memory parity error." The only thing I can do is TURN
OFF and re-boot. My CMOS ticks off & counts all the memory every startup,
and there is never a problem with this either.
Could it be a bug in my Windows copy instead of the hardware? I remember
having some disk error problems when installing it.
Is there any change I could make to lessen the frequency or likelyhood of
this happening (I think win vs win /s produce different crashes, but both
crash frequently nonetheless) | comp.os.ms-windows.misc | [
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Hey man! -
Having spent the past season learning to skate and having played a
couple of sessions of mock hockey, I'm ready to invest in hockey
equipment (particularly since I will be taking summer 'hockey
lessons'). However, I am completely and profoundly ignorant when it
comes to hockey equipment. I've checked out local stores and looked
at catalogs, but I was hoping to solicit opinions/suggestions before
actually plunking down any money. Having played football in high
school and college I at least have that equipment as a basis for
comparison. But for example what are the advantages/disadvantages to
different kinds of shoulder pads and pants/girdles? Are there any
notoriously bad or unsafe brands or styles? etc. So any suggestions
or comments would be greatly appreciated.
| rec.sport.hockey | [
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Has anyone publically considered the possibility that the fires were set
for defence instead of suicide and the destruction and confusion caused
by the tanks and gas caused things to get out of the BDs control?
--
"Spending programs are now 'investments,' taxes are 'contributions,' and
these are the same people who say _I_ need a dictionary?" - Dan Quayle 2/19/93 | talk.politics.guns | [
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Just opened up the distribution.
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Yeah right, sorta like the Indian sub-contient, eh? | talk.politics.mideast | [
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