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How about brass or silver? I've seen real chessboards that use that material.
Right here is as good a place as any. Can't wait to see it. I use the POV
raytracer - is it compatible enough for your chessboard?
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"I don't know if you've got the whole picture or not, but it doesn't
seem like he's running on all thrusters!" -- Leonard McCoy
"A guess? You, Spock? That's extraordinary!" -- James T. Kirk | 1 | comp.graphics |
I don't know about trains, but I've saw a sign on the back of a
Greyhound bus that warns you that your radar detector may be set off.
It doesn't explain why, but it does set off my radar detector. | 7 | rec.autos |
I am interested in a 2d/3d graphics library which will allow our design
team to write graphics software for Unix workstations and be as portable as
possible. Eventually this software will have to be moved to Microsoft
Windows. It is my opinion that a good API with hooks to PEX underneath
would prove most portable.
Does anyone out there have any experience with Figaro+ form TGS or
HOOPS from Ithaca Software? I would appreciate any comments.
- Claye Hart
| 1 | comp.graphics |
I have noticed in FrameMaker 3.1X on both the SGI and SUN platforms
that certain dialogs, such as "Column Layout..." for example, respond
to keyboard traversal even though the pointer is NOT in the dialog
window and even though the window manager keyboard focus policy is
POINTER.
How is this done?
I would like to emulate this behavior in my application. It seems a
reasonable behavior since when a dialog is popped up from a keyboard
action, the dialog is not guaranteed to be under the pointer and the
user should not have to reach for the mouse just to move the focus.
Alternatively, I'm open to any suggestions as to what is the "right"
way to insure that popups get the focus when they appear, particularly
when they are invoked from the keyboard and one's keyboard focus
policy is pointer. | 5 | comp.windows.x |
I wanted to create a postcript file with Win#.1, to print it on a
laserwriter II. It created a postcript file version adobe 3.0, but our
laser accept only adobe 2.0. How resolve this problem??
| 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
And of course, Mike Ramsey was (at one time) the captain in Buffalo prior to
being traded to Pittsburgh. Currently, the Penguins have 3 former captains
and 1 real captain (Lemieux) playing for them. They rotate the A's during the
season (and even the C while Mario was out). Even Troy Loney has worn the C
for the Pens.
-Jay
| 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
[In looking through my files this weekend, I ran across some lyrics from
various rock groups that have content. Here are two from Black Sabbath's
"Master of Reality". I'll say this much for the music of the '60's and early
'70's, at least they asked questions of significance. Jethro Tull is another
to asked and wrote about things that caused one to wonder. --Rex]
AFTER FOREVER
Have you ever thought about your soul--
can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think that when you're dead
you just stay in you grave.
Is God just a thought within you read in a book
when you were at school?
When you think about death
Do you lose your breath
Or do you keep your cool?
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope?
Do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth. Yes I have seen the light
and I've changed my ways.
And I'll be prepared
When you're lonely and scared
at the end of your days.
Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believed in God above?
They should realize before they criticise
That God is the only way to love.
Is your mind so small that you have to fall
In with the pack wherever they run?
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say they may as well worship the sun?
I think it was true -it was people like you
that crucified Christ.
I think it is sad the opinion you had
was the only one voiced.
Will you be so sure when your day is near
to say you don't believe?
You had the chance but you turned it down
now you can't retrieve.
Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead & gone
Open your eyes, just realize that He is the one.
The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate.
Or will you still jeer at all you hear?
Yes! I think it's too late.
LORD OF THIS WORLD | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Maybe I'm too "religious," but when I see a bill to "establish a right,"
I wince. Keep in mind, what the law giveth, the law can taketh away.
-- | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
Of course B.M. is not incorrect. He is defending Islam. When defending
Islam against infidels you can say anything and no one will dare criticize
you. But when an atheist uses the same argument he is using "petty sarcasm". So
B.M. can have his "temporary atheists" whenever he needs them and all the
"temporary atheists" can later say that they were always good Muslims because
they never explicitly rejected Islam. | 0 | alt.atheism |
I have the following Genesis carts for sale or trade:
Alien 3
Global gladiators
Crue ball
I have the following SNES carts for sale or trade:
Jimmy connors tennis
Super play action football
Cross system trades are fine.
Cheers
Marc
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: Anyone familiar with this video card? What chipset does the winjet use - S3?
: As I am in the market for a VLG video card, what is the best chipset among
: S3, Cirrus Logic and Tseng Lab (ATI is out of the question - too expensive) ?
: Thanks.
WinJet is not a video card -- it's _printer_ accelerator manufactured
by LaserMaster (Eden Prairie, MN).
-- Willy | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I had exactly the same problem with a 1981 Horizon. Third gear would
just disengage. Engine would rev up. Kind of disconcerting.
I sold that car quite a few years back but the memory of that tranny
sticks with me. It also had a clutch chatter in first that the dealer
could not fix. If the lemon law had been in place then, that car
would have been covered.
I have had several Jap cars since then (figuring the Horizon was my
contribution to the American Auto Companies), and have never seen any
bad behavior with the exception of a Toyota Tercel with a bit of
clutch chatter that they did fix on the first try.
Anyway, from that day forward, I have sworn that I would never
purchase another American car with a standard. American manufacturers
don't have a clue on how to manufacture five speed transmissions and
have been doing the automatics much longer and on many more cars.
However, I hate automatics, so I am still buying Jap cars.
Not sure this is any help, but other cars do this too.
Cheers, Larry
--
@@ Larry Rogers *
@@@ larry_rogers@dg.com * Big Brother
@@@ &&& larry@boris.webo.dg.com * is Watching
@@ && Data General 508-870-8441 *
The opinions contained herein are my own, and do not reflect the
opinions of Data General or anyone else, but they should. | 7 | rec.autos |
I am looking for some bar code fonts especially code 3 of 9. Did anybody
know any ftp sites or BBS that I can download these types of fonts?
Please email to me if you have any info. Thanks!
| 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Help! I've got a friend shopping for her first motorcycle. This is great!
Unfortunately, she needs at most a 28" seat. This is not great. So far,
the only thing we've found was an old and unhappy-looking KZ440.
So, it's time to tap the collective memory of all the denizens out there.
Anybody know of models (old models and used bikes are not a problem)
with a 28" or lower seat? And, since she has to make this difficult ( 8-) ),
she would prefer not to end up with a cruiser. So there's bonus points
for listing tiny standards.
I seem to remember a thread with a point similar to this passing through
several months ago. Did anybody keep that list?
Thanks!
| 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Device........ LT1839 @ IC (mA)..... 50
V(BR)CEO (V).. 70 CCB (pF)...... 2.5
V(BR)CBO (V).. 120 VCE (V)....... 15
IC (mA) max... 300 Polarity...... NPN
hFE min....... 20 Package....... 79-04
hFE max....... 60 Material...... Metal
fT (GHz)...... 1 Price (100+)..
Device........ LT5839 @ IC (mA)..... 60
V(BR)CEO (V).. 65 CCB (pF)...... 1.5
V(BR)CBO (V).. 80 VCE (V)....... 10
IC (mA) max... 300 Polarity...... PNP
hFE min....... 15 Package....... 79-04
hFE max....... 60 Material...... Metal
fT (GHz)...... 1.5 Price (100+)..
@ VCE (V)..... 10
Anyone know of a source for these parts (other than straight from
Motorolla)? I need 4 Lt1839's and 2 Lt5839 I've tried standard
and they said "We are out!"
Stephen Cyberman@Toz.Buffalo.NY.US
Mangled on Fri 04-16-1993 at 13:50:28
... If there's one thing I can't stand, it's intolerance. | 12 | sci.electronics |
Hi there,
Can anyone tell me where it is possible to purchase controls found
on most arcade style games. Many projects I am working on would
be greatly augmented if I could implement them. Thanx in advance. | 12 | sci.electronics |
Archie told me the following sites holding documentation about DXF:
Host nic.funet.fi (128.214.6.100)
Last updated 15:11 7 Apr 1993
Location: /pub/csc/graphics/format
FILE rwxrwxr-- 95442 Dec 4 1991 dxf.doc
Host rainbow.cse.nau.edu (134.114.64.24)
Last updated 17:09 1 Jun 1992
Location: /graphics/formats
FILE rw-r--r-- 95442 Mar 23 23:31 dxf.doc
Host ftp.waseda.ac.jp (133.9.1.32)
Last updated 00:47 5 Apr 1993
Location: /pub/data/graphic
FILE rw-r--r-- 39753 Nov 18 1991 dxf.doc.Z
| 1 | comp.graphics |
Or, with no dictionary available, they could gain first hand
knowledge by suffering through one of your posts.
/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\
Bob Beauchaine bobbe@vice.ICO.TEK.COM
They said that Queens could stay, they blew the Bronx away,
and sank Manhattan out at sea. | 0 | alt.atheism |
9 | rec.sport.baseball |
|
Looking for a graphics/CAD/or-whatever package on a X-Unix box that will
take a file with records like:
n a b p
where n = a count - integer
a = entity a - string
b = entity b - string
p = type - string
and produce a networked graph with nodes represented with boxes or circles
and the vertices represented by lines and the width of the line determined by
n. There would be a different line type for each type of vertice. The boxes
need to be identified with the entity's name. The number of entities < 1000
and vertices < 100000. It would be nice if the tool minimized line
cross-overs and did a good job of layout. ;-)
I have looked in the FAQ for comp.graphics and gnuplot without success. Any
ideas would be appreciated?
Thanks, | 1 | comp.graphics |
Well, the Patrick Division got a little more interesting last night.
The Islanders lost in OT and the Devils tied the Pens. That means if the Isles
beat the Devils on Friday, the will meet the Caps in the playoffs.
However, I have some more comments on the Islanders and hockey in
general that I need to get off my chest :). First of all, with the Islanders
back-to-back lackluster performances against the Whalers, one may think that
the Islanders are out of shape. These guys always suck wind in the 2nd period,
come on a little in the 3rd and run out of gas too soon. It is unbelieveable
how many one goal games these guys have lost. Anyway, the games was pretty
wide open. The Isles still have tons of trouble scoring. The Whalers played
a golie in is 1st NHL start, I think his name was Lenarduzzi (sp?). (His NHL
debut was the Tuesday tie against the Isles). Like I mentioned before, this
guy looked like the best golie on the planet for a while (until he misplayed a
Mahlakov slap shot to go to OT). I say it's because the Isles don't shoot
correctly. Has anyone else noticed this?
Also, I think it is really a shame for hockey when I guy like Mick
Vukota gets as much ice time as he does. This guy has about as much hockey
talent as Jiggs MacDonald (who did play hockey, I think). Anytime he gets the
puck it gets stolen, and he always starts fights and gets needless penalties.
Richard Pilon is another guy who is on the ice to stir up crap. And he's a
defenseman. He's got to be approaching negative infinity for his plus/minus.
This guy gets beaten all the time. Why the need for such "enforcers"? Not
only do fights slow the game down ALOT, but it takes away from the guys who are
really trying to play the game. I'll be one of the few to admit, I do enjoy a
good fight once in a while, but only when it's "called for". You know, when a
guy checks the goalie too hard. In other words, a violation of "hockey ethics"
might cause you to get puched. But there is no need to start crap when you are
losing or becuase you can get away with it!! Does anyone agree that referees
need to be a little less lenient in the 3rd and OT? I mean COME ON already.
I'm sick of seeing teams pulling guys down, holding guys etc. just becuase the
referee doesn't call it. OT and late in the 3rd should be a time for strategy,
not physical prowess. Trying to set up a goal should be first and foremost.
If you are so afraid that the other team is going to score that you have to
pull a guy down to prevent it, you don't deserve to win in the first place.
Just My Honest Opinion, | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
One thing that everyone is forgetting in this argument
over the pricing of the SC1 vs. the Japanese cars is
the Saturns "no-dicker sticker". This makes the Saturn's
price low in comparison to the inflated base prices of
the Japanese competition on paper, but in reality, one
could dicker several hundred dollars off the price of
the Japanese cars.
Admittedly, though, here in Canada, at least, the SC2
is in the same price class as the Civic Si, not the
SC1. | 7 | rec.autos |
You could use DOS 6 to do this partly. You can set up different config.sys
and autoexec.bat commands for each user, and they just have to select their
menu option on bootup. Then you can have the autoexec.bat copy the win.ini
and system.ini files and change directories for them. When they exit windows,
it can copy back generic .ini files if you want.
This is the only way I can think of. There may be some programs somewhere
that allow you to do this better, though using DOS 6 allows each person to
have a custom config.sys and autoexec.bat. | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
Atoms are not objective. They aren't even real. What scientists call
an atom is nothing more than a mathematical model that describes
certain physical, observable properties of our surroundings. All
of which is subjective.
What is objective, though, is the approach a scientist
takes in discussing his model and his observations. There
is no objective science. But there is an objective approach
which is subjectively selected by the scientist. Objective
in this case means a specified, unchanging set of rules that
he and his colleagues use to discuss their science.
This is in contrast to your Objective Morality. There may be an
objective approach to subjectively discuss your beliefs on
morality. But there exists no objective morality.
Also, science deals with how we can discuss our observations of
the physical world around us. In that the method of discussion
is objective ( not the science; not the discussion itself ).
Science makes no claims to know the whys or even the hows sometimes
of what we can observe. It simply gives us a way to discuss our
surroundings in a meaningful, consistent way.
I think it was Neils Bohr who said (to paraphrase) Science is what
we can _say_ about the physical world. | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
But a disk compare utility (old versus new) will. And Windows 3.1 is
also flexible enough at install time that you can copy all the files
onto your hard disk, which greatly speeds things up and makes them
less annoying, if you can spare the 7 or so compressed megs.
No, we're not. But we're also not going to promote pandering to
corporate paranoia when the real issue is convenience. I don't *like*
dealing with floppies. Personally, I have no use for changing the
registration info, but I see it as a valid need, and one that ought to
be solved using a quick little utility rather than a half-hour
reinstall that's just about guaranteed to mess up your settings in one
way or another.
So, while I'm not going to put much time into it myself, here's the
procedure for getting on your way to finding the encoded information:
1. Copy all your Windows disks into the directory from which you want
to install it. I've been using c:\WINSTALL myself.
2. From there, copy that directory to something like c:\WINORIG.
3. Install from c:\winstall.
4. comp the two directories to determine changes.
i.e., comp *.* \winorig\*.* >\report.txt
5. Look in the report file for the file(s) that change. Assuming
they didn't cover themselves covering their own tracks, at least one
file should have a difference noted at a particular offset. Locate
said offset in the original directory and see what's there using a hex
editor, and do the same for the modified one.
6. You're on your own as far as breaking the code goes; I don't
really do cryptography. It's probably just an xor key or something; I
think MS is more concerned with Joe Schmoe at the office personalizing
his copy than with "real pirates" who will probably just disassemble
the damned thing anyway. This technique should work with just about
any obnoxious corporate product that tries to write to the original
floppies when you install; in some extreme cases you may not be able
to back the floppies up to hard disk, and will be stuck doing a
compare on floppies (Lotus stuff is probably like that).
As I noted before, if you can afford the space on the hard disk, and
don't do much in the way of customization, reinstalling from one
directory to another may be less arduous. Doing some of the stuff
I've mentioned here may well void your license with Microsoft, as if
they'd ever find out. If you aren't careful with the disk editor, you
could also mung something important... duh. I guess that's a
disclaimer.
Have at it....
Rob | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
We might be better off had some of our former presidents done nothing.
| 18 | talk.politics.misc |
I have the following 45 rpm singles for sale. Most are collectable 7-inch
records with picture sleeves. Price does not include postage which is $1.21
for the first record, $1.69 for two, etc.
Beach Boys|Barbara Ann (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Califonia Girls (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$15|45
Beach Boys|Fun, Fun, Fun (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Little Girl I Once Knew (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Please Let Me Wonder (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beach Boys|Rock n Roll to the Rescue (Capitol Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$15|45
Beach Boys|When I Grow Up to Be a Man (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Beatles|Im Happy Just to Dance with You (Capitol Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Doctor & the Medics|Burn (I.R.S. Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
General Public|Too Much or Nothing (I.R.S. Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Go Gos|Our Lips are Sealed (I.R.S. Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Lennon, John|Instant Karma! (We All Shine On) (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$15|$45
Lennon, John|Mind Games (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$10|$45
Madonna|Open Your Heart (Sire Promo)|$5|45
McCartney, Paul|Coming Up (Columbia. Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
McCartney, Paul|Mull of Kintyre (Capitol. Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
McCartney, Paul|Stranglehold (Capitol Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
McCartney, Paul|Wonderful Christmastime (Columbia. Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Mercury, Freddie|I Was Born to Love You (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Pink Floyd|Learning to Fly (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Queen|Kind of Magic (Capitol Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Ramones|Sheena is a Punk Rocker (Sire Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Rolling Stones|19th Nervous Brakdown (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Rolling Stones|Jumpin Jack Flash (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Rolling Stones|Mothers Little Helper (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Rolling Stones|Paint It, Black (London Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Starr, Ringo|Photograph (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$15|$45
Starr, Ringo|Youre Sixteen (Apple Picture Sleeve)|$15|$45
Talking Heads|Road to Nowhere (Sire Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$5|45
Waters, Roger|Sunset Strip (Columbia Promo/Picture Sleeve)|$10|45
Waters, Roger|Sunset Strip (Columiba Promo)|$5
Waters, Roger|Who Needs Information (Columiba Promo)|%10|45
If you are interested, please contact: | 6 | misc.forsale |
You might want to clarify the 11 game winning streak. That Pens streak
is a PLAYOFF streak (tied by the Chicago Blackhawks, who had won 11 in a row
until they met the Pens in the finals last year) The 18 game unbeaten, so far,
is a regular season unbeaten streak. But hey, don't take it personally. I'm a
Flyers fan and two in a row is a stretch. But with a healthy Lindros, Recchi,
Brind'amour and Tommy Soderstrom, they'll be there next year!
By the way, since the Flyers need defenseman, what kind of trade would
anybody suggest from the existing Flyers roster since the scuttlebutt is that
Terry Carkner won't be there next year and apart from him a piece of notebook
paper would be better defense. | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
^^^^^^^^^^^^
How do you do bus-mastering on the ISA bus?
If we're talking ISA (AT) bus here, then you can only have 1 DMA channel
active at any one time, presumably transferring data from a single device.
So even though you can have at least 7 devices on a SCSI bus, explain how
all 7 of those devices can to DMA transfers through a single SCSI card
to the ISA-AT bus at the same time.
Also, I'm still trying to track down a copy of IBM's AT reference book,
but from their PC technical manual (page 2-93): | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
To incrementally update the contents of windows, I use the following trick:
1. Set the window background to None,
2. Call XClearArea(display, window, 0, 0, 0, 0, True),
3. Restore the window background to its correct value.
The call to XClearArea does not repaint the window background, but still
generates exposure events for visible parts of the window.
In order to let my application know that these expose events must be handled
incrementally (something is already displayed on the screen and may need to
be erased), I encapsulate the 3 operations with 2 self addressed client
messages, which preserve asynchronicity between the client and the server.
XGrabServer(display)
client message (start-incremental)
background None
XClearArea
Restore background
client message (end-incremental)
XUngrabServer(display)
The GrabServer prevents other events to be inserted by the server in the
critical section.
| 5 | comp.windows.x |
Well, DRL's are already mandatory for motorcycles...
| 7 | rec.autos |
Let us not forget about the genocide of the Azeri people in 'Karabag'
and x-Soviet Armenia by the Armenians. Between 1914 and 1920, Armenians
committed unheard-of crimes, resorted to all conceivable methods of
despotism, organized massacres, poured petrol over babies and burned
them, raped women and girls in front of their parents who were bound
hand and foot, took girls from their mothers and fathers and appropriated
personal property and real estate. And today, they put Azeris in the most
unbearable conditions any other nation had ever known in history.
AREF SADIKOV sat quietly in the shade of a cafe-bar on the
Caspian Sea esplanade of Baku and showed a line of stitches in
his trousers, torn by an Armenian bullet as he fled the town of
Hojali just over three months ago, writes Hugh Pope.
"I'm still wearing the same clothes, I don't have any others,"
the 51-year-old carpenter said, beginning his account of the
Hojali disaster. "I was wounded in five places, but I am lucky to
be alive."
Mr Sadikov and his wife were short of food, without electricity
for more than a month, and cut off from helicopter flights for 12
days. They sensed the Armenian noose was tightening around the
2,000 to 3,000 people left in the straggling Azeri town on the
edge of Karabakh.
"At about 11pm a bombardment started such as we had never heard
before, eight or nine kinds of weapons, artillery, heavy
machine-guns, the lot," Mr Sadikov said.
Soon neighbours were pouring down the street from the direction
of the attack. Some huddled in shelters but others started
fleeing the town, down a hill, through a stream and through the
snow into a forest on the other side.
To escape, the townspeople had to reach the Azeri town of Agdam
about 15 miles away. They thought they were going to make it,
until at about dawn they reached a bottleneck between the two
Armenian villages of Nakhchivanik and Saderak.
"None of my group was hurt up to then ... Then we were spotted by
a car on the road, and the Armenian outposts started opening
fire," Mr Sadikov said.
Azeri militiamen fighting their way out of Hojali rushed forward
to force open a corridor for the civilians, but their efforts
were mostly in vain. Mr Sadikov said only 10 people from his
group of 80 made it through, including his wife and militiaman
son. Seven of his immediate relations died, including his
67-year-old elder brother.
"I only had time to reach down and cover his face with his hat,"
he said, pulling his own big flat Turkish cap over his eyes. "We
have never got any of the bodies back."
The first groups were lucky to have the benefit of covering fire.
One hero of the evacuation, Alif Hajief, was shot dead as he
struggled to change a magazine while covering the third group's
crossing, Mr Sadikov said.
Another hero, Elman Memmedov, the mayor of Hojali, said he and
several others spent the whole day of 26 February in the bushy
hillside, surrounded by dead bodies as they tried to keep three
Armenian armoured personnel carriers at bay.
As the survivors staggered the last mile into Agdam, there was
little comfort in a town from which most of the population was
soon to flee.
"The night after we reached the town there was a big Armenian
rocket attack. Some people just kept going," Mr Sadikov said. "I
had to get to the hospital for treatment. I was in a bad way.
They even found a bullet in my sock."
Victims of war: An Azeri woman mourns her son, killed in the
Hojali massacre in February (left). Nurses struggle in primitive
conditions (centre) to save a wounded man in a makeshift
operating theatre set up in a train carriage. Grief-stricken
relatives in the town of Agdam (right) weep over the coffin of
another of the massacre victims. Calculating the final death toll
has been complicated because Muslims bury their dead within 24
hours.
Photographs: Liu Heung / AP
Frederique Lengaigne / Reuter
THE INDEPENDENT, London, 12/6/'92
Serdar Argic | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
|
I am looking for a source for a 4 circuit Sequence flasher.
Input 24 Volts AC, 8 amps
Output: sequence to 4 channels (knob to vary frequency) (max 2 amps
per leg)
Switch to put all channels on full time
Please Email any assistance you can provide.
Randy Email: randy@ve6bc.ampr.ab.ca | 12 | sci.electronics |
^^^^^^^
Probably cheaper than you think. I'll bet some of my (and yours)
tax dollars become a subsidy for these chips. If these chips don't
sell well, what's to stop the US government from 'giving' them
away (in the interest of National Security)?
--
Steven P. Holton
Network Administrator - RTP FAST
Northern Telecom, Inc.
Replies To: cmsph02@nt.com
on bounce: [ sholton@aol.com | 70521.2430@compuserve.com ] | 11 | sci.crypt |
A silly question: I frequently edit small files and need to make copies of them
on several floppy diskettes of the same size and format, but my computer is
only equipped with one 3.5" HD drive and one 5.25" HD drive; can't I do the
copying without swapping files temporarily to my hard disk (which is 99.9% full)
using standard MSDOS 5.0 commands? I know
diskcopy a: a:
works but for small selections of files,
xcopy a:*.txt a:
does not!
Maybe I'll have to write my own file copy command in C, but the idea does not
amuse me.
Thanks for your help. | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
There's
The sound.exe is actually a self extracting script which includes the .drv
file. Works great! | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
If the first rule of humor is never having to say you're sorry then the
second rule must be never having to explain yourself. Few things are
worse that a joke explained. In spite of this, and because of requests
for me to post my list o' nicknames, I must admit that no such list
exists. It was simply a plot device, along with me being the keeper
o' the list, to make the obvious play on the last name of Fuller and to
advance the idea that such a list should be made.
I assumed that the ol' timers would recognize it for what it is.
Nevertheless, how about a list o' nicknames for alt.atheism posters?
If you think of a good one, just post it and see if others like it.
We could start with those posters who annoy us the most, like Bobby or
Bill.
Jim "D'oh! I broke the second rule of humor" Copeland | 0 | alt.atheism |
Oh no! Say it isn't so!
Yes, Yl|nen is a draft choice of the Jets. (Assuming, of course, this
is the same Yl|nen that played for Kiekko-Espoo in 1990-91.) He was a
5th round, 91st overall pick of the Jets in the 1991 entry draft.
I noticed in the summaries that Yl|nen had really begun to play well in
the playoffs. | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
I have an IBM and run Windows 3.1. A friend installed Norton Desktop For
Windows on top of this. It loads automatically when I type "win", and
surely adds to the (already dismally slow) process of starting up.
I would like to know how to STOP or uninstall this program!!
I have taken it out of win.ini, but it still pops up running with windows.
I did a big search and found reference to it in ndw.ini, system.ini and
progman.ini. Removing it here causes a failure when starting up windows
(progrman.ini has a "group 7 = ...ndw.exe..." which can't be deleted.)
Is there anyone familiar with NDW who can tell me how to turn it off??
thanks! Chet | 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
I've had exactly the same problems in Aldus Freehand. I think autotracing
is one of those "features" that barely works, but everybody feels compelled
to throw it in because the other guys are doing it. :)
| 1 | comp.graphics |
Greetings,
Please forgive me if this is FAQ. If there is source on this kind of info,
please let me know. I just got a 286 station (around 21*16.5*7 in dimension),
and I am thinking about upgrade it to a 486 or 386.
The station has a power supply, two floppy disk drives, and the big
case. I have SONY 1304 monitor, SyQuest drive (Mac), and maybe a cd-rom
reader (Mac) for it. Here are the questions I have so far:
1) Is there a 486 motherboard at this dimension that I could use the case?
2) The original owener has the controller for floppy drive and hard disk
removed. Can I use them to control these devices under 486? How much do I
have to pay for a new controllers if the old ones won't work?
3) How can I make SyQuest (SCSI) and cd-rom (SCSI) work on this station?
I heard that there is a cheap sound board that has SCSI controller built-in?
What's quality of this board? How much usually does a SCSI control cost?
Is there any ftp sites that has SyQuest driver or cd-rom driver for the PC if
I can have everything hooked up OK?4) What I want is a 486 motherboard, a sound board to make it a MPC-
quality station. How much would it cost to do that? Is it worth the hussle
than just buy a new 486 station? BTW, I need to buy a keyboard for it too.
Any input is welcome.
Thank you. | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
I had spacefood sticks just about every morning for breakfast in
first and second grade (69-70, 70-71). They came in Chocolate,
strawberry, and peanut butter and were cylinders about 10cm long
and 1cm in diameter wrapped in yellow space foil (well, it seemed
like space foil at the time).
The taste is hard to describe, although I remember it fondly. It was
most certainly more "candy" than say a modern "Power Bar." Sort of
a toffee injected with vitamins. The chocolate Power Bar is a rough
approximation of the taste. Strawberry sucked.
Man, these were my "60's."
| 14 | sci.space |
<
< > I wonder if she landed such a fat fee from cooperation with the NSA in
< >the design and propoganda stages that she doesn't care any more?
<
< Which is to say: is the NSA -totally- perfidious, or does it at least
<have the redeeming virtue of taking care of its own? <g>
Of course they take care of their own ... very well ... until the person
has 'outlived his/her/undefined usefulness'... then 'elimination' becomes
a consideration... :-)
| 11 | sci.crypt |
KY>To all those who have PASSATs, do you recommend using Super Unleaded or just
KY>regular Unleaded Gasoline. I have been using Regular Unleaded. A friend of mine has
KY>a Jetta and has always used Super Unleaded and thinks I should be using the same;
KY>however, I believe the advantages of Super Unleaded for CARs $30000 and under
KY>has been overplayed by guess who: the companies who sell them, because that is
KY>where they make the most PROFIT. A Ralph Nader report and other consumer advocates
KY>have in the past spoken against those oil companies.
Your Passat VR6 is designed to run on premium gasoline, however the
engine electronics will retard the timing so that no harm wil be done
to the engine with lower octane fuel.
You will likely, however, get somewhat more power and fuel mileage
(especially in hot weather) out of this particular engine if you do
run it on premium.
Tom Neumann
---
þ DeLuxeý 1.25 #350 þ I sell Volkswagens. | 7 | rec.autos |
The original one-way encryption I put into Multics about 1968 (as suggested
by Joe Weizenbaum) was invertible. An Air Force tiger team demonstrated
this to me in May 1973. I then asked an expert (who requested anonymity)
what I should use instead; the expert's suggestion was to treat the
8-byte password as both key and data for the LUCIFER encryption algorithm,
which is similar or identical to DES. This method or something stronger
should take care of (a). Issue (b) is discussed in comp.security.misc:
longer passwords and quality control on what users can choose as passwords
are the common tactics. | 11 | sci.crypt |
Second Wave makes NuBus card cages that work on the PDS slots of at
least three Macs: the SE/30, IIsi and Centris 610. They have not, to
my knowledge, announced such a device for the LCII, but they could
make one, technologically.
The PDS card that goes to the cage simply needs the NuBus controller
circuitry present on NuBus Macs.
Why, though, does anyone care about this? dgr has a three-PDS
adapter for the LC/LCII. They will soon have one for the LCIII. PDS
is better than NuBus for most people in most applications. Granted,
there are more NuBus cards. But, most applications that require a
NuBus card (like full-motion video capture) shouldn't be done on an
LC/LCII/LCIII anyway. | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
9 | rec.sport.baseball |
|
I'm looking for a database called "Micro World Data Bank II", a database
with digital map information containing 178,068 latitude, longitude points.
It is said to be in the public domain. If anyone knows a place where I can
get it (preferably FTP/gopher/mailserver etc.; otherwise snail mail) please
let me know. I you have it yourself and are willing to send me the file,
drop me a line.
I'll be using it with a program called VERSAMAP by Charles H. Culberson.
If anyone knows of another detailed database that can be used with this
program (preferably PD), I would be very interested.
Replies by e-mail please, directly to me, I don't read this group regularly.
If there's interest I'll post a summary, of course. | 1 | comp.graphics |
I don't believe IRQ5 is the problem. I tried a mouse on COM3, IRQ4 (the
usual place) and it still did not like it. Simply, Windows seems to only
support mice on COM1 or COM2. The funny part is, though, that
Microsoft's own mouse driver (8.xx) was quite happy with my mouse
sitting on COM3. Why can't Windows use the mouse driver, or at least
support COM3? :-)
I've tried this too. Actually, I wanted to be able to use my second
modem (COM3/IRQ5) from Windows. It still will not talk to that modem. I
created two profiles, AMSTRAD (for my Amstrad modem on COM1/IRQ4) and
MAESTRO (for my Maestro on COM3/IRQ5). It will not talk to the Maestro
at all.
Nor here. (Windows 3.0).
I've seen nothing like that. I've experimented with Logitech's mouse
driver too, with no sucess.
If you have a SoundBlaster Pro, it should support IRQ10 as well.
Finally, a board that supports IRQs >9. The only one I have (except my
IDE controller).
hamish
| 2 | comp.os.ms-windows.misc |
I am looking for a good used window air conditioner. A small
one is preffered. Call 495-2056 (Peter) and we'll talk about it.
Or email me. "khiet@cn.ecn"
| 6 | misc.forsale |
As the subject says - Can I use a 4052 for digital signals? I don't see
why it couldn't handle digital signals, but I could be wrong. Anyone have
any advice? Thanks.
| 12 | sci.electronics |
I specifically made the above comment assuming that perhaps the code fragment
came from a simple "open-draw-quit" client.
As per your question: why not have the button handler add the object, and
then call the "window_redraw()" (or whatever) directly? Although, depending
on how the overall application is structured, there may be no problem with
rendering the object directly in response to the button press.
Ken
| 5 | comp.windows.x |
Getting rid of the keys is actually pretty easy to do automatically on
a communications link, as opposed to storage where the keys have to be
retained somehow as long as the owner wants to be able to retrieve the
data.
The right way to do communications security is to generate a random
session key with Diffie Hellman, use it for a while and then destroy
it. Once it's gone, there's no getting it back, and no way to decrypt
recordings of the conversation.
To make sure you aren't being attacked by a man in the middle, you
have to authenticate your DH exchanges. The AT&T secure phone does
this by displaying the DH key so you can compare them verbally over
the phone. This is nice and simple, but it relies on user awareness
plus the inability of the man in the middle to duplicate the users'
voices.
A better way is to authenticate the exchanges with RSA. Since you'd
never use RSA for actual encryption, compromising your RSA secret key
would only allow someone to impersonate you in a future conversation,
and even that only until you revoke your public key. They would still
not be able to decrypt recordings of prior conversations for which the
session keys have been destroyed.
I'm convinced that this is how the government's own secure phones
(the STU-III) must work. Neat, eh? | 11 | sci.crypt |
: Do you know of any freely distributable c++ (or c) code for public
: key cryptography (such as RSA)?
: I've tried various archie searches to no avail.
Have you heard of PGP? I assume from your post that you have not. PGP 2.2
is a freeware RSA encryption program which includes digital signatures and
comprehensive key management facilities. Most sites also keep the source code.
A growing number of people are using this excellent software to encrypt (to
a very high standard) their email and data. Get it before Clinton outlaws it.
Two of the many sites are:
rsa.com /pub/pgp
soda.berkeley.edu /pub/cypherpunks/pgp
Hope this helps,
Jon | 11 | sci.crypt |
I am looking for all the 84 boxscores of any NHL team for
some personal research. Can someone help me ? | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
The points raised about checking what is actually -in- the chip, as
opposed to what is allegedly programmed therein, raise yet another trust
issue. Even if we assume that these "trusted agents" are really entering
a wide range of S1 and S2 seeds (rather than using the same one all the
time to reduce the key search space to 30 bits), I assume they are not
doing so by picking up an iron filing and poking it into the circuitry
at carefully selected points to encode data. They would presumably be
punching numbers into a computer, which for all they know could program
the chips in a manner completely independent of the S1 and S2 values they
are feeding into the system.
S1 and S2 are clearly the backdoor - we should assume they are all
compromised. If they're not compromisable, why the hell not use a
hardware true random number source. There isn't a random number
source *anywhere* in this proposal. The whole thing is deterministic
from the day the serial number is stamped on the chip.
Nope, it can't be trusted. This is all about two levels of access -
the (possibly honest) key escrow that police forces have to use, and
ostensibly the FBI; and the back door that lets the NSA decode *everything*
on the fly - and maybe some back-handers to the FBI when they want a
warrantless tab in exchange for favours. | 11 | sci.crypt |
You haven't fully explained the atheist position. Many theists believe that
there is "no proof of the existence of God" but choose to believe in him
anyway. I haven't yet found an argument for atheism that can't quickly be
broken down to unprovable assumptions. This isn't a problem with me (everybody
needs to have a faith) but if you believe that you can provide a "purely
logical" argument for the nonexistence of God, I'd really like to see it.
Ahh...but when you use science and reason, you have faith in certain beliefs
of the scientific method--for example:
The physical laws of the universe are stable.
Our observations of reality are a valid basis for a determination of truth.
Objective reality exists.
Logical argument is a valid way to answer all questions.
Can you prove any of these? | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
Can anyone out there tell me how to get the total number of color cells
allocated in the default colormap?
e.g. colormap = DefaultColormap(mydisplay, myscreen);
The MAXIMUM number of allocated cells is given by DefaultCells(mydisplay,
myscreen), but in general the number of cells actually allocated will be
much less than this, depending on the color requirements of the windows
currently in place. I'd like a way to determine this number. Thanks in
advance!
Derek
----------------------------------------------------------- | 5 | comp.windows.x |
If anyone has any information about the existence or location of a
dedicated X server kernel for the Sun3, please send email. I am
trying to put some neglected Sun3s to good use but they don't have
enough memory for SunOS 4.1.1. Thanks in advance for any help.
-- | 5 | comp.windows.x |
Hi there, I can't seem to get mail to you. Can you tell me your entire
adress, or even your dotted decimal address?
(ie. 131.202.3.10)
Thanks,
rocket@calvin.cs.unb.ca
-- | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
This is incorrect. This year the Pens had 61 games on "free" TV and 6
games on PPV. Next year they will have 62 games on free TV and 22 on
a subscription basis.
You actually get 1 more free game than last year, and there will be no
more "radio-only" games.
Its a good deal. Last year, everybody bitched about Baldwin "breaking
up the team". Now, he goes out of his way to keep the nucleus of this
team together and that takes money. He comes up with a creative way
to generate more revenue so he can afford this team, and people bitch
some more.
Everybody wants something for nothing.
Dean
-- | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Well, I will have to change the scoring on my playoff pool. Unfortunately
I don't have time right now, but I will certainly post the new scoring
rules by tomorrow. Does it matter? No, you'll enter anyway!!! Good!
--
Keith Keller LET'S GO RANGERS!!!!!
LET'S GO QUAKERS!!!!!
kkeller@mail.sas.upenn.edu IVY LEAGUE CHAMPS!!!! | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Heard minutes ago on KOA radio, Denver.
Nolan Ryan to have arthroscopic on a knee, and
to miss 2 - 5 weeks.
Rockies (Nied) lead Mets (Gooden) 4 - 0 in 7th.
All runs in first inning. | 9 | rec.sport.baseball |
)> Here's to the 3 asshole scooter owners who TRIPLE PARKED behind my
)> bike today.
)
)Jim calling other prople assholes, what's next?
^^^^^^
If you're going to flame, learn to spell.
)Besides, assholeism is endemic to the two-wheeled motoring community.
Why I do believe that Jason, the wise, respected (hahahha), has just made a
stereotypical remark. How unsophisticated of you. I'm so sorry you had to
come out of your ivory tower and stoop (as you would say), to my , obviously,
lower level.
Besides, geekism is endemic to the albino-phoosball playing community (and
those who drive volvos)
Remember ,send your flames to jrobbins@cs.ucla.edu
--
I need what a formal education can not provide. | 8 | rec.motorcycles |
I have 19 (2 MB worth!) uuencode'd GIF images contain charts outlining
one of the many alternative Space Station designs being considered in
Crystal City. Mr. Mark Holderman works down the hall from me, and can
be reached for comment at (713) 483-1317, or via e-mail at
mholderm@jscprofs.nasa.gov.
Mark proposed this design, which he calls "Geode" ("rough on the
outside, but a gem on the inside") or the "ET Strongback with
integrated hab modules and centrifuge." As you can see from file
geodeA.gif, it uses a Space Shuttle External Tank (ET) in place of much
of the truss which is currently part of Space Station Freedom. The
white track on the outside of the ET is used by the Station Remonte
Manipulator System (SRMS) and by the Reaction Control System (RCS)
pod. This allows the RCS pod to move along the track so that thrusting
can occur near the center of gravity (CG) of the Station as the mass
properties of the Station change during assembly.
The inline module design allows the Shuttle to dock more easily because
it can approach closer to the Station's CG and at a structurally strong
part of the Station. In the current SSF design, docking forces are
limited to 400 pounds, which seriously constrains the design of the
docking system.
The ET would have a hatch installed pre-flight, with little additional
launch mass. We've always had the ability to put an ET into orbit
(contrary to some rumors which have circulated here), but we've never
had a reason to do it, while we have had some good reasons not to
(performance penalties, control, debris generation, and eventual
de-orbit and impact footprint). Once on-orbit, we would vent the
residual H2. The ET insulation (SOFI) either a) erodes on-orbit from
impact with atomic Oxygen, or b) stays where it is, and we deploy a
Kevlar sheath around it to protect it and keep it from contaminating
the local space environment. Option b) has the advantage of providing
further micrometeor protection. The ET is incredibly strong (remember,
it supports the whole stack during launch), and could serve as the
nucleus for a much more ambitious design as budget permits.
The white module at the end of ET contains a set of Control Moment
Gyros to be used for attitude control, while the RCS will be used
for gyro desaturation. The module also contains a de-orbit system
which can be used at the end of the Station's life to perform a
controlled de-orbit (so we don't kill any more kangaroos, like we
did with Skylab).
The centrifuge, which has the same volume as a hab module, could be
used for long-term studies of the effects of lunar or martian gravity
on humans. The centrifuge will be used as a momentum storage device
for the whole attitude control system. The centrifuge is mounted on
one of the modules, opposite the ET and the solar panels.
This design uses most of the existing SSF designs for electrical,
data and communication systems, getting leverage from the SSF work
done to date.
Mark proposed this design at Joe Shea's committee in Crystal City,
and he reports that he was warmly received. However, the rumors
I hear say that a design based on a wingless Space Shuttle Orbiter
seems more likely.
Please note that this text is my interpretation of Mark's design;
you should see his notes in the GIF files.
Instead of posting a 2 MB file to sci.space, I tried to post these for
anon-FTP in ames.arc.nasa.gov, but it was out of storage space. I'll
let you all know when I get that done.
-- Ken Jenks, NASA/JSC/GM2, Space Shuttle Program Office
kjenks@gothamcity.jsc.nasa.gov (713) 483-4368 | 14 | sci.space |
AHA! He admits it! He IS a moral relativist!
Keith, if you start wafffling on about how it is different for a human
to maul someone thrown into it's cage (so to speak), you'd better start
posting tome decent evidence or retract your 'I think there is an absolute
morality' blurb a few weeks ago.
The Desert Brat | 0 | alt.atheism |
Well, my driveway is... Just keep an eye out for the blue GLH Turbo that
utilizes the "hit-the-ground-running" merging technique.
At least I don't have a dog that you need worry about.
Last week while entering a sand/gravel covered intersection in the country,
I caught something unkosher out of the corner of my eye (you know that
disgusting sensation when great, as-of-yet unidentified, evil is about to
intimately acquaint itself with you-- kind of like knowing that that darkening
shadow around you just cannot possibly be anything even remotely good, because
it probably has something to do with a Boeing 747 behaving, gravitationally
speaking, much like a brick). Negotiating my way into this intersection that
somehow reminded me of Daytona beach (sans H2O, sun, & babes) I manage to get a
glance at my impending destiny. Lucifer's own DOG. Hell's secret blend
of canine-- Doberman and Rottweiler (it moved with the grace of a Doberman,
yet had the hulk and jowels of the Rottweiler-- a creature with a definite
*wrong* end to be at). The picture in my mirrors was fuzzy, but there was no
mistaking the fangs and saliva trail.
To shorten a verbose tale, my burly gaurdian-angels once again performed above
and beyond the call of duty, carried the bike through the sand-trap (I honestlyhave no idea how), and left the minion of Beelzebub with a face that
suspiciously resembles a Metzler tread. No blood, though-- Rats.
Moral: I'm not really sure, but more and more I believe that bikers ought
to be allowed to carry handguns.
-Erc.
_______________________________________________________________________________
C Eric Sundheim
GrandRapids, MI, USA
`90 Hondo VFR750f
DoD# 1138 | 8 | rec.motorcycles |
Oh, OK. Just wondering. I am not a real expert on weapons, I was just
wondering if they would do the job. | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
7 | rec.autos |
|
I think this guy is going to be just a little bit disappointed. Lemieux
two, Tocchet, Mullen, Tippett, and Jagr. I buzzed my friend because I forgot
who had scored Mullen's goal. I said, "Who scored? Lemieux two, Tocchet,
Tippett, Jagr." The funny part was I said the "Jagr" part non-chalantly as
he was in the process of scoring while I was asking this question!!! :-)
All in all ABC's coverage wasn't bad. On a scale of 1-10, I give it about
an 8. How were the games in the Chi/St. Louis/LA area???
That's stupid!!! I'd complain to the television network! If I were to even
see a Pirates game on instead of a Penguins game at this time of the year, I
and many other Pittsburghers would surely raise hell!!!
Texas is off to a good start, they may pull it out this year. Whoops! That
belongs in rec.sport.baseball!!! | 10 | rec.sport.hockey |
Hi,
Is anyone into medical imaging? I have a good ray tracing background,
and I'm interested in that field. Could you point me to some sources? Or
better yet, if you have any experience, do you want to talk about what's
going on or what you're working on? | 1 | comp.graphics |
Well, that explains some things; I posted on soc.religion.islam
with an attached quote by Bobby to the effect that all atheists
are lying evil scum, and asked if it was a commonly-held idea
among muslims. I got no response. Asking about the unknown,
I guess...
Karl
----------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 0 | alt.atheism |
There are, but not any that would help Texans: In many states,
such laws have been found to violate the state constitution.
But the federal Second Amendment does not apply directly to the
states. It was written to limit the federal government only.
The Fourteenth Amendment was written to extend the restrictions
of the Bill of Rights to the state level. However, the exact
wording of the Fourteenth Amendment is very vague. The Supreme
Court has been dancing around the issue without facing it
directly for over 100 years. In practice, the Bill of Right
(indirectly applies through the Fourteenth) applies to the
state governments only if the Supreme Court has ruled that
particular provision. The Court has made no such rulings on
the Second Amendment. | 16 | talk.politics.guns |
I just read articals on this in Road and Track and Car and Driver
(Is that one mag or two? =B^), and I was wondering if people out
there have any opinions that differed from what these mags have to
say...
I'm looking at the following three SUV's; anyone who's driven all
three have any strong opinions?
Ford Explorer
Toyota 4Runner
Nissan Pathfinder
Currently I'm leaning toward the Toyota, 'cause I've had big success
with Toyota trucks in the past, and 'cause I think it's the best
looking of the three. But I thought I'd see if anyone has any strong
opinions....
Thanks!
-Karl
| 7 | rec.autos |
you consider those I got from you to be such.
Yes, You state the reference, and then YOU claim it's a good or fair treatment.
You fail to see the differences between absolute numbers and rates.
population
might
No, you just miss the point. By your methods, I can prove gun control to be a
total failure. New York's total homocide count, with it's strict gun control,
is MUCH higher than Rhode Island's, with it's less strict gun control. FAR
more folks are killed in New York, than Rhode Island. Therefore, according to
Mane Logic(tm), gun control has made New York a much more dangerous place than
Rhode Island. Remember, it's "Nitpicking" and "a whiney debating style" to
point out the differences between New York and Rhode Island that might defeat
my argument.
Now you agree? Wow, a break-through!
| 16 | talk.politics.guns |
I don't understand what you are getting at here. If the chances of
promiscuity are larger, yet the rate of promiscuity is lower in the heterosexual
community, doesn't that imply that the homo/bi sexual population is then
even more promiscuous than the raw statistics imply?
(No axe to grind here I'm just a scientist and I hate to see statistics abused.)
I am a hetero man and have had sex with one woman in my life (my wife). It is
very pleasing to me to be able to say that. I hope you have the same feeling
as I do. I also wish that you could (if you wanted) experience the joys and
trials of being committed to someone for life (there is something about marriage
that makes the commitment much greater than one might expect).
Don't forget about the culture. Sadly, we don't (as a society) look upon
homosexuality as normal (and as we are all too well aware, there are alot
of people who condemn it). As a result, the gay population is not encouraged
to develop "non-promiscuous" relationships. In fact there are many roadblocks
put in the way of such committed relationships. It is as if the heterosexual
community puts these blocks there so as to perpetuate the claim that gays
are immoral. "My, if we allowed gays to marry, raise children ... we might
just find out they're as moral as we are, can't have that can we?"
Just some thoughts. Flame away. :) | 18 | talk.politics.misc |
It did it again. This morning, my 88 Ford Ranger was idling at 10,000 RPM.
Ok, so I exaggerated a little, but it was idling very fast. It has a 2
liter carburated engine in it, and no blipping of the throttle would
cause the idle to drop back to normal (I don't think the linkage is stuck).
What can I do to fix this problem? This has been a problem from time to
time, but has straightened itself out - until now. I don't have a tach,
but by gauging by the sound of the engine, it is idling about twice as fast
as it should be. This is down from what it was idling at when I pulled up
at a stop light.
Many thanks for any suggestions.
- les
| 7 | rec.autos |
I've had my Subaru Liberty 4WD station wagon for about 8 months now. Saying
I'm happy with it would be an understatement!
Just great. Well built, handles beautifully, plenty of power. I've only
had if 'off tar' once. Did a trip over the mountains on a narrow, windy
dirt road, often _very dodgey_ in parts. The Subaru did it with ease.
I havent had so much fun driving a car for years!
Any other owners out there? | 7 | rec.autos |
From article <1qkkl5INNbvo@hp-col.col.hp.com>, by theckel@col.hp.com (Tim Heckel):
--When I was selling Nissans last summer, I sold a '92 SE-R in early August
when its supply was getting quite scarce. The car was black with ABS,
Value Option Pkg, and power moonroof. I sold it for $12,900 plus tax.
Naturally, my manager didn't really care to sell one of the most desirable
SE-R's for virtually no profit (to the best of my knowledge).....
--Aamir Qazi
-- | 7 | rec.autos |
Well, lets see....I took a class on this last fall, and I have no
notes so I'll try to wing it...
Here's how I understand it. Remember from stellar evolution that
black holes and neutron stars(pulsars) are formed from high mass stars,
M(star)=1.4M(sun). High mass stars live fast and burn hard, taking
appoximately 10^5-10^7 years before going nova, or supernova. In this time,
they don't live long enough to get perturbed out of the galactic plane, so any
of these (if assumed to be the sources of GRB's) will be in the plane of the
galaxy.
Then we take the catalog of bursts that have been recieved from the
various satellites around the solar system, (Pioneer Venus has one, either
Pion. 10 or 11, GINGA, and of course BATSE) and we do distribution tests on our
catalog. These tests all show, that the bursts have an isotropic
distribution(evenly spread out in a radial direction), and they show signs of
homogeneity, i.e. they do not clump in any one direction. So, unless we are
sampling the area inside the disk of the galaxy, we are sampling the UNIVERSE.
Not cool, if you want to figure out what the hell caused these things. Now, I
suppose you are saying, "Well, we stil only may be sampling from inside the
disk." Well, not necessarily. Remember, we have what is more or less an
interplanetary network of burst detectors with a baseline that goes waaaay out
to beyond Pluto(pioneer 11), so we should be able, with all of our detectors de
tect some sort of difference in angle from satellite to satellite. Here's an
analogy: You see a plane overhead. You measure the angle of the plane from
the origin of your arbitrary coordinate system. One of your friends a mile
away sees the same plane, and measures the angle from the zero point of his
arbitrary system, which is the same as yours. The two angles are different,
and you should be able to triangulate the position of your burst, and maybe
find a source. To my knowledge, no one has been able to do this.
I should throw in why halo, and corona models don't work, also. As I
said before, looking at the possible astrophysics of the bursts, (short
timescales, high energy) black holes, and pulsars exhibit much of this type of
behavior. If this is the case, as I said before, these stars seem to be bound
to the disk of the galaxy, especially the most energetic of the these sources.
When you look at a simulated model, where the bursts are confined to the disk,
but you sample out to large distances, say 750 mpc, you should definitely see
not only an anisotropy towards you in all direction, but a clumping of sources
in the direction of the galactic center. As I said before, there is none of
these characteristics. | 14 | sci.space |
Sorry, _perijoves_...I'm not used to talking this language. | 14 | sci.space |
Find an encyclopedia. Volume H. Now look up Hitler, Adolf. He had
many more people than just Germans enamoured with him.
P. | 0 | alt.atheism |
I have a Bel-966.
I just looked at the manual yesterday... and it does indeed claim to be
undetectable by RDD's.
| 12 | sci.electronics |
/(hudson)
/If all morality were relative- big hairy deal.
As I said, you appear to be the only person saying that all morality
is relative. Most people I know do hold some absolutes in their
moral system.
I >>personally<< believe that the dignity of the individual and the right
of free will are absolutes. I recognize that there are some moral
systems around which don't accept this; I reject them as dangerous
and anti-social (nazism, some forms of communism, fundamentalist
xtianity--no, that's not a slam). But for the most part, almost
every moral system agrees on these two points.
(me)
/(hudson)
/Generally, Christians believe in a Creator-Creation distinction. Other
/religions believe in one big whole. I don't accept yor premises.
Too bad. I know I'm right, so I get to enforce my view upon you whether
you like my premise or not. And since you can't prove otherwise, there
isn't even an intellectual basis for your resistance to accepting my
viewpoint.
/(hudson)
/I don't think so. once morality becomes relative, it degenerates. I am
/saying that reasoning that it is generally evil to hurt other people is bad.
/(though I don't think it is sufficient.)
Well, then answer me this: you seem to be opposed to moral relativism
(as you call it) because it has the capacity to degenerate. Obviously,
then, you would advocate a nonrelative (absolute) moral system.
Whose absolutist moral system do we choose?
How do we come to this decision?
What about people who disagree with the chosen moral system?
/(hudson)
/But if morality is considered to
/be relative, and this rule isn't based on anything, but is just an arbitrary
/rule, people might abandon it.
Fine. I can agree with most of what you typed here. However, just because
morality gets based on something nonrelative does NOT mean that we have to
pick your xtianity as its base. | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
Hi,
I am buying a Quantum LPS240AT 245 MB hardisk and is deciding a
HDD/FDD controller. Is 32-bit VL-bus HDD/FDD controller faster
than 16 bit IDE HDD/FDD controller card? I hear that
the VL bus controller is SLOWER than a IDE controller?
Which one is true?
Please shed some light by email or post.
Thanks a lot.
Best regards,
____________________________________________________________________________ | 3 | comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware |
There is a library of map projections in:
charon.er.usgs.gov
in | 1 | comp.graphics |
11 | sci.crypt |
|
930420
Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the Law.
The word of Sin is Restriction.
Sorry, the San Jose based Rosicrucian order is called A.M.O.R.C,
I don't remember for the time being what the A.M. stand for
but O.R.C is Ordo Rosae Crucis, in other words latin for
Order of the Rose Cross.
Response:
Yes, very true. The entire title is 'The Ancient and Mystical Order
Rosae Crucis'. They are located at 1342 Naglee Avenue, San Jose,
California, 95191-0001, USA.
They are considered different and largely unrelated by a number of
sources. I've seen documentation which links them through the figure
of H. Spencer Lewis. Lewis was apparently involved with Reuss, who
was the O.H.O. of Ordo Templi Orientis for many years. Apparently it
is also true that Lewis had a charter to form an O.T.O. body and then
created A.M.O.R.C. (as a subsidiary? an interesting question).
Kent:
Otherwise their headquarters in San Jose has a pretty decent
metaphysical bookstore, if any of you are interested in such books.
And my son loves to run around in their Egyptian museum.
Response:
Indeed, and diagonally across the street is another metaphysical
book store called 'Ram Metaphysical', wherein I've purchased some
wonderful works by Crowley and others. Ram Metaphysical Books,
1749 Park Ave., San Jose, CA. (408) 294-2651.
Invoke me under my stars. Love is the law, love under will.
I am I! | 19 | talk.religion.misc |
8 | rec.motorcycles |
|
Not quite. 66MHz Pentium - 65 SPECint92, 57 SPECfp92 .
66MHz MC98601 - 50 SPECint92, 80 SPECfp92 .
Note that SPECint is more important for most real world applications.
As far as the 486DX2-66 goes - 32 SPECint92, 16 SPECfp92 .
Intel chips have traditionally been faster than their Motorola "equivalents"
although the significance of chip speed in real world application performance
is something that is highly debatable.
--
Ravikumar Venkateswar
rvenkate@uiuc.edu | 4 | comp.sys.mac.hardware |
I need (probably) to write one or more new Motif widgets on the HP-UX
platform. Do I need the Motif private header files and source,
or can I make do with the public headers that are provided?
"Motif" includes Xt in this context.
Yes. You'll find it almost impossible without the source
at this point. It does depend on how ambitious you are and
how concerned you are about compliance with the general
interface and items like traversal.
One widget is a multi-column list (which lots of people have
already written, I am sure), and would therefore be probably be
a subclass of List rather than something simple like an Xt class.
Is this more difficult (in principle, not lines of code)?
I'm not sure what you're asking. You could create something
which is very much like a true multi-column list by placing
several lists within a geometry manager, and putting that
manager within an automatic scrolled window. This wouldn't
be good for very large lists, but you might consider this
as an alternative.
Alternatively, if anyone has a multi-column list widget they
could sell me, this might save me from having to write one!
Does it by any chance exist in Motif 1.2 already (I do not
yet have the spec)?
Motif 1.2 does not have a multi-column list in it. Have you
looked at commercial sets? There are also some PD
widget sets, one of these might have a multi-column list
you could port.
| 5 | comp.windows.x |
Oh, that must explain Matthew 18:
1) In that hour came the disciples unto Jesus, saying, "Who then is greatest in
the kingdom of heaven?"
2) And he called to him a little child, and set him in the midst of them,
3) and said, "Verily I say unto you, Except ye turn, and become as little
children, ye shall in no wise enter into the kingdom of heaven.
14) Even so it is not the will of your father who is in heaven, that one of these
little ones should perish.
Nice thing about the Bible, you don't have to invent a bunch of convoluted
rationalizations to understand it, unlike your arguments for original sin. Face
it, original sin was thought up long after the Bible had been written and has no
basis from the scriptures. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
May I suggest the book: "Ethics" by Dr. Norm Geisler, of Dallas Theological
Seminary. In it, he goes over all the arguments pro and con and in-between,
and comes up with a very reasonable answer. If I have time, and there is
enough interest, I may post his position.
Jon Noring
--
Charter Member --->>> INFJ Club. | 15 | soc.religion.christian |
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Let me first say that "to believe that no gods exist" is in fact
different than "not believing in a god or gods".
I will argue that your latter statement, "I believe that no gods exist"
does rest upon faith - that is, if you are making a POSITIVE statement
that "no gods exist" (strong atheism) rather than merely saying I don't
know and therefore don't believe in them and don't NOT believe in then
(weak atheism). Once again, to not believe in God is different than saying
I BELIEVE that God does not exist. I still maintain the position, even
after reading the FAQs, that strong atheism requires faith.
But first let me say the following.
We might have a language problem here - in regards to "faith" and
"existence". I, as a Christian, maintain that God does not exist.
To exist means to have being in space and time. God does not HAVE
being - God IS Being. Kierkegaard once said that God does not
exist, He is eternal. With this said, I feel it's rather pointless
to debate the so called "existence" of God - and that is not what
I'm doing here. I believe that God is the source and ground of
being. When you say that "god does not exist", I also accept this
statement - but we obviously mean two different things by it. However,
in what follows I will use the phrase "the existence of God" in it's
'usual sense' - and this is the sense that I think you are using it.
I would like a clarification upon what you mean by "the existence of
God".
We also might differ upon what it means to have faith. Here is what
faith
1a: allegiance to duty or a person: LOYALTY
b (1): fidelity to one's promises
(2): sincerity of intentions
2a (1): belief and trust in and loyalty to God
(2): belief in the traditional doctrines of a religion
b (1): firm belief in something for which there is no proof
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(2): complete trust
3: something that is believed esp. with strong conviction; esp: a system
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of religious beliefs
syn see BELIEF
One can never prove that God does or does not exist. When you say
that you believe God does not exist, and that this is an opinion
"based upon observation", I will have to ask "what observtions are
you refering to?" There are NO observations - pro or con - that
are valid here in establishing a POSITIVE belief. All observations
can only point you in a direction - a direction that we might even
be predisposed to (by predisposed I mean, for example, people whoes
partents "believe in God" also tend to). To actually draw a conclusion
about the "existence" or "non-existence" of God requires a leap - and
you have made this leap when you actively say "I believe that God
does/does not exist". Personally, I think that both statements are
misguided. Arguing over the "existence" of God is precisely the wrong way
to find Him (and yes, I use "Him" because a personal God is the only
viable concept (IMO) - if a person wants to use "She" go ahead. Of course
God is neither He nor She - but we have no choice but to
anthropomorphise. If you want me to explain myself further I'll be
glad to.)
And please, if someone does not agree with me - even if they violently
disagree - it's in no ones advantage to start name calling. If a person
thinks I've misunderstood something in the FAQs, or if they they think
I have not read them well enough, just point out to me the error of my
ways and I correct the situation. I'm interested in a polite and well
thought out discussion.
| 0 | alt.atheism |
--
I would like to be able to detect the angular position (low accuracy) of an
IR emitting source at a distance of about 100 meters (more is better) in
daylight. The IR source could be emitting a signature; I'm leaning toward
30 KHz square wave with 50% duty cycle.
I am considering the use of a quadrant detector from Centronic Inc. to give
information to a pan/tilt head to point the sensor and thus determine the
angles. For the source I am considering wazing the heck out of an IR LED(s),
possibly an Optek OP290 or Motorola MLED81. Wazing would mean at least 1 Amp
current pulses. At this current the duty cycle of the LED drops to 10% and I
would need to cycle five of them in turn to get the 50% required.
Has anyone done something like this? | 12 | sci.electronics |
I am one of those people who always willl have unlimited stores of unfounded
respect for people who have been on newsgroups/mailing lists longer than I
have, so you certainly have my sympathy Tom. I have only been semi-regularly
posting (it is TOUGHto keep up) since this February, but I have been reading
and following the threads since last August: my school's newsreader was down
for months and our incompetent computing services never bothered to find a new
feed site, so it wasn't accepting outgoing postings. I don't think anyone
keeps track of where other posters go: it's that old love 'em and leave 'em
Internet for you again...
best regards, | 0 | alt.atheism |
...
... | 17 | talk.politics.mideast |
A friend has the following symptoms which have occurred periodically
every few months for the last 3 years. An episode begins with extreme
tiredness followed by:
1. traveling joint pains and stiffness affecting mostly the elbows,
knees, and hips.
2. generalized muscle pains
3. tinnitus and a feeling of pressure in her ears
4. severe sweating occuring both at night and during the day
5. hemorrhaging in both eyes. Her opthamologist calls it peripheral
retinal hemorhages and says it looks similar to diabetic retinopathy. (She
isn't diabetic--they checked.
6. distorted color vision and distorted vision in general (telephone
poles do not appear to be straight)
7. loss of peripheral vision.
Many tests have been run and all are normal except for something
called unidentified bright objects found on a MRI of her brain. The only
thing that seems to alleviate one of these episodes is prednisone. At
times she had been on 60 mg per day. Whenever she gets down to 10-15 mg
the symptoms become acute again. | 13 | sci.med |
The best auto-shifters on the street (AND NOT THE TRACK) are those from
Porsche... they wont change if you floor the gas during a turn.... a few
years back a was in a 200SX auto (you guys call it a 240SX [without turbo])
and was going round a corner.... I floored it and next thing I know I was
pointing backwards! The other drivers seemed quite amused ;-) | 7 | rec.autos |
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