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I got one from Microsoft tech support.

A weird thing has happened to my computer lately, it gets locked (stops doing anything) at any instance without any reason whatsover. I might be using Edit and gets locked, or i might be at the prompt at the same occurs. It happens almost once every 3 times i connect the computer, Does Anyone have the slight idea what's wrong with it? (If i try to use CTRL-ALT-DEL after that, no response. I have to turn it off and back on again) Thanks. Any help will be really appreciated. E-mail if possible as sometimes i can't access this service.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

NHL PLAYOFF RESULTS FOR 4/19/93. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE SEMI-FINALS BEST OF SEVEN PATRICK ADAMS NORRIS SMYTHE NJ BUF (leads 1-0) STL (leads 1-0) WIN PIT (leads 1-0) BOS CHI VAN (leads 1-0) NYI MON TOR LA (leads 1-0) WAS (leads 1-0) QUE (leads 1-0) DET (leads 1-0) CAL -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Toronto Maple Leafs 1 1 1 - 3 Detroit Red Wings (leads series 1-0) 1 4 1 - 6 1st period: DET, Yzerman 1 - (Gallant, Ciccarelli) 4:48 TOR, Cullen 1 - (Clark, Gill) 10:44 2nd period: DET, Sheppard 1 - (Probert, Coffey) (pp) 5:04 DET, Burr 1 - (Racine) (sh) 6;42 DET, Chiasson 1 - (Coffey) (pp) 11:00 DET, Howe 1 - (Yzerman, Drake) 14;46 TOR, Gilmour 1 - (Borschevsky, Ellett) (pp) 19:59 3rd period: DET, Racine 1 - (Primeau, Drake) 5:10 TOR, Lefebvre 1 - (Cullen, Pearson) 7:45 Powerplay Opportunities-Maple Leafs 1 of 5 Red Wings 2 of 6 Shots on Goal- Maple Leafs 5 9 9 - 23 Red Wings 13 8 12 - 33 Toronto Maple Leafs--Potvin (0-1) (33 shots - 27 saves) Detroit Red Wings--Cheveldae (1-0) (23 shots - 20 saves) ATT-19,875 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Winnipeg Jets 1 0 1 - 2 Vancouver Canucks (leads series 1-0) 2 0 2 - 4 1st period: VAN, Adams 1 - (Linden, Bure) (pp) 1:23 VAN, Craven 1 - (Bure, Murzyn) 9:56 WIN, Steen 1 - (Shannon, Housley) (pp) 17:53 2nd period: NONE 3rd period: WIN, King 1 - (Barnes) 3:43 VAN, Linden 1 - (Courtnall, McLean) 12:16 VAN, Ronning 1 - (Courtnall) 18:31 Powerplay Opportunities-Jets 1 of 3 Canucks 1 of 6 Shots on Goal- Jets 7 5 10 - 22 Canucks 9 12 12 - 33 Winnipeg Jets--Essensa (0-1) (33 shots - 29 saves) Vancouver Canucks--McLean (1-0) (22 shots - 20 saves) ATT-15,918 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Dr. Goebels thought that a lie repeated enough times could finally be believed. I have been observing that 'Poly' has been practicing Goebels' rule quite loyally. 'Poly's audience is mostly made of Greeks who are not allowed to listen to Turkish news. However, in today's informed world Greek propagandists can only fool themselves. For instance, those who lived in 1974 will remember the TV news they watched and the newspapers they read and the younger generation can read the American newspapers of July and August 1974 to find out what really happened. There are in Turkiye the Greek Hospital, The Greek Girls' Lycee Alumni Association, the Principo Islands Greek Benevolent Society, the Greek Medical Foundation, the Principo Greek Orphanage Foundation, the Yovakimion Greek Girls' Lycee Foundation, and the Fener Greek Men's Lycee Foundation. As for Greece, the longstanding use of the adjective 'Turkish' in titles and on signboards is prohibited. The Greek courts have ordered the closure of the Turkish Teachers' Association, the Komotini Turkish Youth Association and the Ksanti Turkish Association on grounds that there are no Turks in Western Thrace. Such community associations had been active until 1984. But they were first told to remove the word 'Turkish' on their buildings and on their official papers and then eventually close down. This is also the final verdict (November 4, 1987) of the Greek High Court. In the city of Komotini, a former Greek Parliamentarian of Turkish parentage, was sentenced recently to 18 months of imprisonment with no right to appeal, just for saying outloud that he was of Turkish descent. This duly-elected ethnic Turkish official was also deprived of his political rights for a period of three years. Each one of these barbaric acts seems to be none other than a vehicle, used by the Greek governments, to cover-up their inferiority complex they display, vis-a-vis, the people of Turkiye. The Agreement on the Exchange of Minorities uses the term 'Turks,' which demonstrates what is actually meant by the previous reference to 'Muslims.' The fact that the Greek governments also mention the existence of a few thousand non-Turkish Muslims does not change the essential reality that there lives in Western Thrace a much bigger Turkish minority. The 'Pomaks' are also a Muslim people, whom all the three nations (Bulgarians, Turks, and Greeks) consider as part of themselves. Do you know how the Muslim Turkish minority was organized according to the agreements? Poor 'Poly.' It also proves that the Turkish people are trapped in Greece and the Greek people are free to settle anywhere in the world. The Greek authorities deny even the existence of a Turkish minority. They pursue the same denial in connection with the Macedonians of Greece. Talk about oppression. In addition, in 1980 the 'democratic' Greek Parliament passed Law No. 1091, virtually taking over the administration of the vakiflar and other charitable trusts. They have ceased to be self-supporting religious and cultural entities. Talk about fascism. The Greek governments are attempting to appoint the muftus, irrespective of the will of the Turkish minority, as state official. Although the Orthodox Church has full authority in similar matters in Greece, the Muslim Turkish minority will have no say in electing its religious leaders. Talk about democracy. The government of Greece has recently destroyed an Islamic convention in Komotini. Such destruction, which reflects an attitude against the Muslim Turkish cultural heritage, is a violation of the Lausanne Convention as well as the 'so-called' Greek Constitution, which is supposed to guarantee the protection of historical monuments. The government of Greece, on the other hand, is building new churches in remote villages as a complementary step toward Hellenizing the region. And you pondered. Sidiropoulos, the president of the Macedonian Human Rights Committee, became the latest victim of a tactic long used by the Greeks to silence critics of policies of forced assimilation of the Macedonian minority. A forestry official by occupation, Sidiropoulos has been sent to 'internal exile' on the island of Kefalonia, hundreds of kilometers away from his native Florina. His employer, the Florina City Council, asked him to depart in 24 hours. The Greek authorities are trying to punish him for his involvement in Copenhagen. He returned to Florina by his own choice and remains without a job. Helsinki Watch, a well-known Human Rights group, had been investigating the plight of the Turkish Minority in Greece. In August 1990, their findings were published in a report titled 'Destroying Ethnic Identity: Turks of Greece.' The report confirmed gross violations of the Human Rights of the Turkish minority by the Greek authorities. It says for instance, the Greek government recently destroyed an Islamic convent in Komotini. Such destruction, which reflects an attitude against the Muslim Turkish cultural heritage, is a violation of the Lausanne Convention. The Turkish cemeteries in the village of Vafeika and in Pinarlik were attacked, and tombstones were broken. The cemetery in Karotas was razed by bulldozers. Shall I go on? Why not? The people of Turkiye are not going to take human rights lessons from the Greek Government. The discussion of human rights violations in Greece does not stop at the Greek frontier. In several following articles I shall dwell on and expose the Greek treatment of Turks in Western Thrace and the Aegean Macedonians. It has been reported that the Greek Cypriot administration has an intense desire for arms and that Greece has made plans to supply it with the tanks and armored vehicles it has to destroy in accordance with the agreement reached on conventional arms reductions in Europe. Meanwhile, Greek and Greek Cypriot officials are reported to have planned to take ostentatious measures aimed at camouflaging the transfer of these tanks and armored vehicles to southern Cyprus, a process that will conflict with the spirit of the agreement on conventional arms reduction in Europe. An acceptable method may certainly be found when there is a will. But we know of various kinds of violent behaviors ranging from physical attacks to the burning of buildings. The rugs at the Amfia village mosque were dragged out to the front of the building and burnt there. Shots were fired on the mosque in the village of Aryana. Now wait, there is more. 'Greek Atrocities in the Vilayet of Smyrna (May to July 1919), Inedited Documents and Evidence of English and French Officers,' Published by The Permanent Bureau of the Turkish Congress at Lausanne, Lausanne, Imprimerie Petter, Giesser & Held, Caroline, 5 (1919). pages 82-83: << 1. The train going from Denizli to Smyrna was stopped at Ephesus and the 90 Turkish travellers, men and women who were in it ordered to descend. And there in the open street, under the eyes of their husbands, fathers and brothers, the women without distinction of age were violated, and then all the travellers were massacred. Amongst the latter the Lieutenant Salih Effendi, a native of Tripoli, and a captain whose name is not known, and to whom the Hellenic authorities had given safe conduct, were killed with specially atrocious tortures. 2. Before the battle, the wife of the lawyer Enver Bey coming from her garden was maltreated by Greek soldiers, she was even stript of her garments and her servant Assie was violated. 3. The two tax gatherers Mustapha and Ali Effendi were killed in the following manner: Their arms were bound behind their backs with wire and their heads were battered and burst open with blows from the butt end of a gun. 4. During the firing of the town, eleven children, six little girls and five boys, fleeing from the flames, were stopped by Greek soldiers in the Ramazan Pacha quarter, and thrown into a burning Jewish house near bridge, where they were burnt alive. This fact is confirmed on oath by the retired commandant Hussein Hussni Effendi who saw it. 5. The clock-maker Ahmed Effendi and his son Sadi were arrested and dragged out of their shop. The son had his eyes put out and was then killed in the court of the Greek Church, but Ahmed Effendi has been no more heard of. 6. At the market, during the fire, two unknown people were wounded by bayonets, then bound together, thrown into the fire and burnt alive. The Greeks killed also many Jews. These are the names of some: Moussa Malki, shoemaker killed Bohor Levy, tailor killed Bohor Israel, cobbler killed Isaac Calvo, shoemaker killed David Aroguete killed Moussa Lerosse killed Gioia Katan killed Meryem Malki killed Soultan Gharib killed Isaac Sabah wounded Moche Fahmi wounded David Sabah wounded Moise Bensignor killed Sarah Bendi killed Jacob Jaffe wounded Aslan Halegna wounded....>> Serdar Argic

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Glutamate is not an essential amino acid. People can survive quite well without ever eating any. -- Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com

sci.med

The BATF is there to collect taxes, not to protect your sorry ass or mine. All flame-bait, of course. If you really want to be flame bait, send me your address and I'll tell the BATF about those automatic weapons you have stockpiled. You'll be warm in no time. --

talk.politics.guns

I am trying to convert an m-motion (IBM) video file format YUV to RGB data... THE Y portion is a byte from 0-255 THE V is a byte -127-127 THe color is U and V and the intensity is Y DOes anyone have any ideas for algorhtyms or programs ? Can someone tell me where to get info on the U and V of a television signal ? IF you need more info reply at the e-mail address... Basically what I am doing is converting a digital NTSC format to RGB (VGA) for displaying captured video pictures. Thanks.

comp.graphics

I have never seen such immaturity among semitophiles. This Andi Beyer character shows no signs of anti semitism, yet because he deviates from the norm of accepted opinion, you attack him. Why did not anyone venture to answer Andi's question in an intelligent and unoffending manner? The only ones guilty here of not backing up there viewpoints with fact are the Israelophiles. Now will we please start having some INTELLIGENT conversation? You all are an insult to you race! {assuming you are also semitic} Now I have a comment concerning Israeli terrorism during the 1930's and 1940's. The Hirgun, and other branch - off militant groups, did fight the British do get them out of Palestine. Yet I fail to see how this Israeli form of terrorism was better than the terrorism practiced now by the Arabs. These Jewish terrorist groups killed innocent British soldiers, but not only thta also killed many Jews who were in favor of a compromise with the Palestinians. In addition, they massacred an entire Palestinian village in 1948, contributing to the exodus of the frightened Palestinians who feared their very lives. I mention this not because I'm anti semitic [I'm part Jewish] but because this self righteousness on the part of the Israelites pisses me off so. I'm not as critical of the Palestinians because they were indeed screwed over by the Jews. It 's a damn shame that the Palestinians had to pay for German and European anti semitism.

talk.politics.mideast

[Dan's article deleted] I found the same add in our local Sunday newspaper. The add was placed in the ..... cartoon section! The perfect place for it ! :-)

alt.atheism

There certainly are muslims who *do not* believe that their dream of a global Islamic community should be achieved through force. There are, however, others (and, they are often far more visible/vocal than the former) who *do* accept the establishment of global Islam through force. I would *not* feel threatened by those only accepting or pursuing "Islamicization" through peaceful means, nor by Jews advocating the same approach. Those advocating force as a means of expanding their side's power are certainly a threat. To Palestinians, Israel is doing just that; maintaining its dominance of those *outside* its own "group". If I am told that "I am not one of you" but you then impose your control on me, damn right you are a threat. If I am a member of a non-muslim minority *inside* the Islamic world and *actively did not* accept my "minority" status, I *would also certainly* see Islam's domination as having been acheived, and maintained, through the powerful coercive force all majorities wield over minorities within their ranks. I am not a zionist, but do feel that *both* Jewish and Palestinian nationalist desires need, at this juncture, to be accepted in some way. For the same reason that some muslims believe it is proper and righteous for Islam to be spread by force upon those who DO NOT WANT THAT. [I refer to the "most" you also refer to] Because they are scared, and feel very threatened, as well feeling that this area *is* to some degree part of their belief/religion/heritage/ identity/etc.

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How could this possibly be "environmental vandalism" when there is no "environment" to vandalize up there? Since the advertising "is just to help defray costs", it's certainly no surprise that "the taxpayers would bear most of the expense". Sounds like a good idea to me, since the taxpayers would bear _all_ of the expense if they didn't do the advertising. Great idea, they should have done it long ago. I can't believe that a mile-long billboard would have any significant effect on the overall sky brightness. Venus is visible during the day, but nobody complains about that. Besides, it's in LEO, so it would only be visible during twilight when the sky is already bright, and even if it would have some miniscule impact, it would be only for a short time as it goes zipping across the sky. No doubt. People are always looking for something to protest about, so it would be no surprise. Well, look on the, er, bright side. Imagine the looks on the faces of people in primitive tribes out in the middle of nowhere as they look up and see a can of Budweiser flying across the sky... :-D --

sci.space

yo,yo,yo . the western digital hd will hve it marked either s,m,a put jumper on the s "its printed on the circuitry underkneth it. hope i helped i had the same problem. bye.. later daze. oharad@wanda.waiariki.ac.nz

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

What phony names? My name is clearly visible in the headers, and I sing the post with my account name. If you have a problem with that, then you will have to get over it. I've used this account name for over 10 years and the people who have been reading newsgroups for the last 7 generally recognize "Hades" as my account name. I have no intention of changing the way I post. It isn't Apple's responsibility to tell its customers how to fool around with it's hardware. That is what Apple Service Techs get paid to do. I personally like the design of the Q800, and applaud Apple for coming up with a good way to make use of the front space for all of those drive bays. I like it a lot better than the 900/950 design, except for those people who need Drive Arrays. I do, however, agree with you about the LW Pro design. Again, its's not Apple's place to make it easy for non-certified service people to fool around with Apple hardware, even if they did buy it. Of course you are free to do what you want to your Mac, just don't get upset when your Apple Service Rep tells you that your warranty is no longer valid. This sounds like the kind of problem I had when I installed 4MB SIMMs into an LC, back before low-profile 4MB SIMMs were readily available. The standard 4MB SIMMs would contact the top of the case and make it a bit difficult to close the LC, but it did close and work just fine. One of the nice things about Logic-Boards is that they are generally quite flexible and can withstand a fair amount of pressure.

comp.sys.mac.hardware

Perusing through my Windows 3.1 directory, I came across a file called REGLOAD.EXE. I assume this is part of the registration database, but neither my Windows manual, Win Resource Kit, nor PC Mag's description of files in the Windows directory had a reference to it. At least not one that I could find. Does REGEDIT.EXE use it? Or am I way off base?

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[This is a co-authored report from two of us who were there.] Gun Owners Action League, our state rifle association, started the day with a rally in the secluded courtyard behind the statehouse at 9:30. It was looking sparse (about 40 people) until the speaker began, whereupon about 120 more people followed the loudspeakers from wherever they had been lost, and filled out the area something proud. Mike Yacino of GOAL spoke. One of his best throwaway lines was to remind us that all of us holders of carry permits there had been checked and certified clear of all crimes by the state; while the people in the Statehouse behind us only had to be certified clean of "election fraud" to hold their jobs. Nancy Snow and Amos Hamburger were busy handing out ID buttons and sheets describing all the bills to be presented at the hearings, and telling people where to find their own representatives (and in too many cases, who they were). Mike warned us that the committee was going to suspend its rules and discuss a bill that hadn't made it onto the official list. It seems a delegation of students from Simon's Rock of Bard College (alma mater of Wayne Lo, who shot up the place with an SKS late last year) was being bussed in to testify for a bill to ban all sales of firearms or ammo to anyone who is not a state resident. The hearings were originally scheduled in the (large) Gardner Auditorium at 10:30, but that had been pre-empted by the Governor's hearings on the Framingham Eight (women in prison for killing abusive husbands, and seeking release). So we had until 1:30 to buttonhole our representatives, after which we would be squashed into an inadequate hearing room. One of my representatives' staffers was somewhat offensively smarmy. He said, "Oh, it must be gun hearings day again! The gun lobby is always so organized every year." I got a little pissed, and replied, "I'm not from the gun lobby -- I'm from your district." At 12:30, your second reporter arrived in time to notice a demonstration going on in front of the statehouse (where the pro-gunners weren't). Randy Price from the TV News was there, in his mirror reflective shades, talking to one of the anti-gun types, and several Simon's Rock anti-gun "close-the-loophole" protestors. (Earlier, Randy had covered the GOAL rally.) The room we had been assigned seated about 50. Remember, there were about 160 gun owners there, plus another 20-30 students and teachers from Bard. One of us had already reserved a seat; the other never got closer than the atrium outside -- and there was a crowd behind HIM. A cop took up station at the entrance and prevented the rest of the crowd from coming in. Soon after the debate started, a loudspeaker was set up outside in the hall for the benefit of everyone else. Everyone who was there (inside and outside) got to sign up on a sheet saying what their position was on which bills. Most of us signed up to "support GOAL's position" on "all bills." First, because of their time constraints, public officials got to testify. And first up was the bill that nobody had seen (the students had some curfew, I guess). Currently, Massachusetts law allows a non-resident to purchase long guns or ammo from a local dealer provided he complies with the laws of his own state. Previously, the law was similar, but applied only to non-residents from states adjoining Massachusetts. The Simon's Rock folks called the current law a "loophole" and wanted it closed. Two of their reps spoke about Wayne Lo and his "SKS assault rifle." The second one, Hodgekiss, a co-sponsor, had done his homework so well that he kept confusing Montana (Wayne Lo's home state) with Missouri, and became belligerent when about five gun owners in the gallery corrected him after his second muff. Carr, from Gloucester, claimed that the new bill would put the law back the way it was, but he was lying: the new bill allows purchases by non-residents of adjoining states ONLY if they have licensing in their own state "as strong as" that in Massachusetts. Since none of them do, that's that. Some of the things these two said were really offensive. "In some of these other states, anyone can buy a gun as long as he's breathing!" (Oooooo!) "We have some very, very good gun laws in Massachusetts; if only the other states would adopt the same type of laws, we wouldn't be having this situation -- but they won't." (Naughty, naughty!) Next up was Boston city councilman Albert "Dapper" O'Neill. He was there to testify pro-gun, but in some ways he was a liability. He's reasonably elderly and tends to wander and repeat himself, plus he's almost a caricature of a law-n-order politician. He badmouthed the ACLU, said violent criminals should be executed, and that if he were judge, he'd give arrestees their "last rights" (pun intended) on the spot (at which many of the gun owners applauded, which bothered me.) He said that all the proposed gun restrictions were a step in the right direction -- for the criminals. He said this FOUR times :-( Two of the bills under consideration would allow police to rescind a CCW or FID, and confiscate all your guns, if someone had filed a restraining order against you. (Note that the filing of a restraining order requires no warrant, no hearing, no evidence, and no conviction -- just an accusation.) Senator Barrett of Reading testified in favor of it, and patronized the pro-gunners there several times by saying, "I'm sure all the gun owners here will agree with me that we have to get these weapons out of the hands of people that our courts have convicted." I haven't seen such a disgustingly disingenuous performance since Nixon whined that he wasn't a crook. Barrett also spoke in favor of the bill making the FID card renewable every five years, instead of permanent as it is now. The stated purpose is to remove FID cards from those who have become ineligible. "Revenue has nothing to do with it." (Yeah, right.) Apparently, some congressmen think we're stupid enough to swallow the argument that it's preferable to process 1.6 million renewals every cycle in the vague hope of catching a recent felon than to simply take the goddamn card away from a criminal at conviction time. As usual, hassle the law-abiding instead of the crook. The two co-chairs of the committee were Rep. Caron and Sen. Jujuga. Jujuga didn't say much (he was a co-sponsor of both "restraining order" bills) but Caron struck me as a sharp guy that wouldn't let any bad logic or lies on the part of either side to go unchallenged. (He was a co-sponsor of one of the "restraining order" bills as well.) One of the younger reps on the committee (forgot his name) was vociferously pro-gun, somewhat embarrassingly so. His heart was in the right place, but his arguments seemed to be confined to, "every year it's the same damn thing, you come in here with this crap..." It's nice to have a friend on the committee, but he could have been more effective. At about 3:00, it was clear that the hall-jam couldn't continue. Someone came out of another meeting hall and yelled at the cop because the loudspeaker was disturbing their meeting, so the loudspeaker was disconnected. So they found a bigger hall upstairs. One of us had to leave to catch his charter bus, and so missed the "public" testimony; the other got a seat this time. Caron began by talking about how he got his FID 16 years ago, left the state, and then returned without notifying them of his address change. He complained that the state record system was not up-to-date and that his PD back in his city of birth still thought he lived there. Great quote: "If you purchase a gun today, it will not get into the state computer system until 1999." (This was also an argument he used against the renewable FID card.) Testimony was heard from several "battered women," one of whom had been attacked by some guy in his 20's who had an FID card because he got it when he was 15 or thereabouts. They used a lot of emotion and said how they were scared of these men. A staffer of Attorney General Harshbarger testified in favor of this anti-gun bill, saying how 50,000 restraining orders were granted last year, and how these women needed to be protected. Caron noted that a restraining order was granted for 10 days, and then a hearing was held to determine whether the order would be extended to a year. He asked whether she would be satisfied if the FID were revoked at the time of this hearing rather than after the initial issuance of the FID. She gave some long rambling circumlocution in response. Then testimony against the bill was heard. Mike Yacino (who looks something like Einstein) got up and made the point that restraining orders were issued on too little evidence, that judges like to issue restraining orders just to let things cool off no matter who they think is right (man or woman), and that the hearings for restraining orders are lightning sessions with little time to consider facts. Atty. Karen McNutt spoke with him a few times during his testimony. Other pro-gunners got up to testify. One said he had had to file a restraining order against a tenant to clear her out, and that she countered by filing one against him! He noted that this would have allowed the state to confiscate his guns if the new bill became law. One of the junior reps noted that "this is America" and we have to be certain that individual rights are respected. Senator Jujuga reiterated this, saying that "people who abuse smaller people can go to Hell as far as I care, but we have to be careful about equating conviction with a restraining order." (Point and match, Senator.) Another pro-gunner got up and testified that he didn't know his citizenship "expired every 5 years," and that a driver's license was a privilege, not a right like the right to keep and bear arms. A third got up and said the problem was with the criminal justice system, and argued in favor of a death penalty bill and public hangings. Senator Jujuga said he had himself tried to get a death penalty bill passed, and joking responded that he, too, favored public hangings. The speaker then responded, "I'll make you a deal. You get me the rope, and I'll tie the noose." Next came public testimony on the Simon's Rock bill. A teacher testified that she had been the teacher of Wayne Lo, and that "he wouldn't have been able to shoot people inside a building while he was outside" without his evil gun. She said that the "loophole" should be closed to prevent something like this from "ever happening again". Four or five other kids testified in favor of this bill, one of spilling tears for the good legislators. One of the students actually shot by Wayne Lo was also there. Many of them had T shirts on, saying, "As long as one person can buy a gun in anger, none of us are safe -- support gun control." The committee was reluctant to grill or correct the kids, except for Caron, who corrected one student who had claimed that anyone could apply for an FID. "Only residents can get FID's," he said. (How much do you want to bet that this kid had no idea he had been conned into testifying for a bill that would cut out-of-staters completely off?) Yacino and McNutt spoke again, this time noting that the bill as written would affect both ammo AND ALL guns possessed by out-of-staters. Karen also noted that hunters in CT, NH, and VT could be put away for a year if they wandered across the MA boundary somewhere in the woods and got challenged by game wardens. Yacino underscored the fact that Lo COULD have gotten an FID as a resident student -- and, hell, even an CCW, as he had NO criminal or mental record. One junior rep was upset that it would take MA residents longer to buy a gun than out-of-staters, and thought it was "elitist". Another (Caron?) said that we need the protection of preventing non-residents from buying without an FID because only two other states in the union had "FID-type" cards, so complying with all the laws of one's home state was "not enough." One pro-gun speaker replied that this resembled a mother watching her son in a marching band and exclaiming, "Everyone's out of step but Johnny!" All the Bard College people were filing out as the pro-gun testimony for this bill was made, and thus only pro-gunners were around when the other bills came under consideration. The main bills remaining (and GOAL's position) were: o H.4375 and four others: Notify police chiefs so they can pull licenses when a holder is convicted (strongly supported) o H.1732: Require trigger locks on all handguns sold (opposed) o H.962: Require trigger locks on all loaded firearms (strongly opposed) o H.1350: Allow every municipality to enact their own gun laws (opposed) o H.1731: Fund bullet-proof vests for municipal police (supported) o S.1097: State Constitutional Amendment for the RKBA (supported) o Several on police discretion in the issuance of FID cards (opposed) o Several altering non-resident license conditions (supported) o H.1135: Ban damn near all guns everywhere in the state (guess!) Some of these took only 30 seconds to consider, as the remaining pro-gunners raised hands in unison either for or against them. Mike Yacino noted that, besides the danger in screwing with a trigger lock on a loaded gun, that bill would make it illegal for a licensee to carry his concealed handgun unless it were locked. Caron blew right through H.1350 when he saw that we opposed it. Again, he brought up the state's archaic records capability and said, "This would create hundreds of different licensing systems." The session ran late -- since it was the last scheduled hearing, it could not be adjourned until everyone who wanted to had testified. It ended at about 6:30. --

talk.politics.guns

Hi, anyone have the latest drivers for the Actix Graphics Accelerator Card? (32 plus) The one I have (version 1.21) seem to have a lot of problems. I believe the latest version is 1.3 and would someone please upload it to some ftp site so that I can download it. Thanks -- Daniel Y.H. Wong UofT:(416)978-1659 wongda@picton.eecg.toronto.edu Electrical Engineering

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

The regular season of the 1992-93 Davis Tabletop Baseball League has just come to an end. To help us with next year's league, I would appreciate it if you would take a couple of minutes and vote for our league MVP and CY winners. These awards, and players' standings in them, will inflate their salaries for next year's league. Please vote for 5 in each category, in order. For example... 1. Barry Bonds 2. Frank Thomas 3. Biff Pocoroba 4. Shooty Babitt 5. "Lips" Lundy. Please do NOT vote for pitchers in MVP voting for this league. Each team in the league gets one candidate for MVP, and one for CY. Defensive position is listed where applicable, along with an abbreviation of their performance there (E=Excellent, V=Very Good, A=Average, P=Poor, B=Very Poor) Thanks... please reply by April 10. For the record - the season was 144 games long. Thanks for your help. MVP Candidates Name G AB H 2B 3B HR R RBI BB K SB CS IBB BA/OBP/SLG DEF Griffey 124 338 99 27 0 16 44 64 39 50 0 0 16 293/362/515 8-P EMartinez 139 562 176 55 3 14 85 87 44 77 14 5 6 313/359/496 5-A Sandberg 137 559 163 35 6 20 100 102 64 67 4 1 2 292/360/483 4-V Ventura 144 562 161 32 0 9 83 59 80 61 0 1 3 286/374/391 5-E McGriff 148 533 150 25 1 33 89 98 102 132 0 3 20 281/398/518 3-P McGwire 138 487 134 31 1 34 108 104 128 100 0 3 38 275/425/552 3-E RAlomar 127 515 159 23 8 5 85 34 70 67 54 11 1 309/389/414 4-P Dykstra 144 582 157 27 1 3 94 60 65 67 89 20 3 270/339/335 8-A Butler 137 534 158 13 13 1 82 50 83 69 13 19 0 296/386/375 8-B Deer 119 425 103 26 1 33 66 75 44 141 1 3 2 242/311/541 9-V Bonds 145 465 143 39 4 33 128 101 187 62 23 5 68 308/502/622 7-E Hrbek 129 423 112 21 0 12 62 52 80 77 1 0 2 265/380/400 3-P JGonzalez 135 543 121 17 1 38 59 85 28 146 0 0 2 223/259/468 8-B Some players missed time due to injuries, others were sat down at the end to avoid the possibility of injury. There are better players than those on this list, but each team gets one and only one candidate. Some players played more than 144 games due to being traded to teams with more games left in the same time span. Now, on to the pitchers... Name ERA G W L S IP H BB K HR GS CG ShO WP DMartinez 3.01 30 15 8 0 209.1 173 76 124 12 30 2 0 2 Dibble 0.80 37 0 2 25 33.2 21 8 46 1 0 0 0 0 Rijo 3.40 26 13 7 0 177.1 175 56 133 12 26 5 1 5 Mussina 2.92 29 15 7 0 206.2 167 46 119 15 29 3 1 2 Benes 3.24 28 14 9 0 194.1 172 53 127 13 28 4 1 1 KHill 2.93 27 16 7 0 196.2 144 64 166 20 26 8 3 1 Smoltz 3.62 28 11 11 0 186.1 177 66 158 9 28 6 1 7 Cone 3.46 28 14 7 0 197.2 152 103 193 10 28 7 1 5 Drabek 2.79 29 13 10 0 206.2 166 55 131 16 29 4 0 2 Tewksbury 3.28 25 12 8 0 172.2 168 36 64 8 25 4 2 1 Clemens 2.94 31 16 11 0 223.1 198 71 178 13 31 17! 2 1 Tomlin 2.48 28 12 5 0 196.0 172 42 97 8 27 1 0 2 Farr 0.81 38 4 1 17 55.1 28 25 38 1 0 0 0 0 There you have it. Curt Schilling threw a perfect game during the year, and Ken Hill threw a no-hitter. Rob Dibble had pitched 32 scoreless innings to start the year, only to choke in the last two games to cost the Perot's Giant Sucking Sounds a playoff spot. If you want stats of more players, they are available by request. Please take the time to reply if you can. Thanks. -- * Gary Huckabay * Kevin Kerr: The Al Feldstein of the mid-90's! * * "A living argument for * If there's anything we love more than a huge * * existence of parallel * .sig, it's someone quoting 100 lines to add * * universes." * 3 or 4 new ones. And consecutive posts, too. *

rec.sport.baseball

There is a new product for the (IBM'ers) out there... it is called IMAGINE and it just started shipping yesterday... I can personally attest that it will blow the doors off of 3D-Studio. It is made by IMPUlSE, and is in its 3rd version....(1st) for the IBM.... it can do morphing, your standard key-framming animation, it is a raytracer (reflections & shadows), and can do/apply special FX to objects... (like ripple, explode, bounce) things of that nature. Also it has algorithmic texture maps....and your standard brushmapping also... you can have animated brushmaps...(ie. live video mapped on the objs)... also animated backdrops (ie. live video backgrounds) also animted reflections maps.... you get the idea.... it will run for about 500$ retail (I think)... dont let the low price fool you.... this product can do it all when it comes to 3D-animation and Renderering...! also....does anyone here know how to get in the Imagine mailing list?? please e-mail me if you do or post up here.... oh...the number for IMPULSE is --->1 800 328 0184

comp.graphics

Is it possible, ie via creative cable splicing or whatever, to hook a Syquest 44MB removable drive to a Mac? Is there any difference with the guts of the drive or is it just cable differences? Thanks. Rob

comp.sys.mac.hardware

Mexico City, Bogota, La Paz?

I used a bunch as weights, when building a model airplane. Hung them on the stringers, across the stringer, or whatever. Worked pretty well.

sci.electronics

I have been using a NEC 3FGx for several months now. Several others here also have this monitor. We have had no problems. Personally I would spend extra money for this monitor and sacrifice other features on a PC such as 33 MHz viz 50 Mhz. Based on the comments of others you might want to view the 3FGX vs the 4 series on a PC running windows at 1024x768. The refresh rate appears ok for me, but you might feel differently. Finally speaking of spending money, with the size of today's files, etc, a tape backup is certainly worth $200-$300. Recently I set up a friend's PC 50Mhz and VESA local bus. The redraw time for a graphics program was only a factor of 2 faster which I doubt warrants the extra cost.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

I've seen several references to split- or separate-beam radars, which I claimed didn't exist. Gotta eat some crow here - I wasn't aware of them. All I really knew was that it can be done with one beam. I believe the rest of what I said is accurate, though.

sci.electronics

Dean Velasco quoted a letter from James M Stowell, president of Moody Bible Institute: There has been a lot of discussion, but so far nobody seems to have hit on exactly what the criticism of "arrogance" is aimed at. The arrogance being attacked is that we "think we are the only ones who know what the absolutes are". In short, many evangelicals claim that they are infallible on the matter of religious texts. In particular, the problem is one of epistemology. As a shorthand, you can think of epistemology as "how do you know?" That question, it turns out, is a very troubling one. The problem with `absolute certainty' is that, at the bottom, at least some of the thinking goes on inside your own head. Unless you can be certain that everything which happens in your head is infallible, the reasoning you did to discover a source of truth is in question. And that means you do NOT have absolute justification for your source of authority -- which means you do NOT have absolute certainty. Let's take the specific example of Biblical Inerrancy, and a fictional Inerrantist named Zeke. (The following arguments applies to the idea of Papal Infallibility, too.) Zeke has, we presume, spent some time studying the Bible, and history, and several other topics. He has concluded, based on all these studies (and possibly some religious experiences) that the Bible is a source of Absolute Truth. He may be correct; but even if he is, he cannot be certain that he is correct. His conclusion depends on how well he studied history -- he may have made mistakes, and the references he used may have contained mistakes. His conclusion depends on how well he studied the Bible -- he may have made mistakes. His conclusion depends on his own reasoning -- and he may have made mistakes. (Noticing a common thread yet? 8-) Everything about his study of the world that he did -- everything that happened in his own head -- is limited by his own thinking. No matter what he does to try and cover his mistakes, he can never be certain of his own infallibility. As long as ANY PART of the belief is based on his own reasoning, that belief cannot be considered "absolutely certain". Zeke believes that he has found a source of absolute truth -- but that belief is only as good as the quality of the search he made for it. Unless he can say that his own reasoning is flawless, his conclusions are in doubt. Any belief that you hold about absolute sources of truth depends in part on your own thinking -- there is no way out of the loop. Only an infallible thinker can have absolute certainty in all his beliefs. This is easy to demonstrate. Let's go back to our shorthand method of doing epistemology: "how do you know?" Imagine a hypothetical discussion: A: The Bible is a source of absolute truth. B: How do you know? A: I studied history and the Bible and religious writings and church teachings and came to this conclusion. B: How do you know you studied history correctly? A: Well, I double-checked everything. B: How do you know you double-checked correctly? A: Well, I compared my answers with some smart people and we agreed. B: Just because some smart guy believes something that doesn't mean it is true. How do you know THEY studied it correctly? A: ... And, as you see, B will eventually get A to the point where he has to say "I can't prove that there are no mistakes" -- and as long as you may have made a mistake, then you cannot be ABSOLUTELY certain. There is no way out of the loop. This is where the "arrogance of Christians" arises: many people believe that their own personal research can give them absolute certainty about the doctrines of Christianity -- they are implicitly claiming that they are infallible, and that there is no possibility of mistake. Claiming that you CANNOT have made a mistake, and that your thinking has led you to a flawless conclusion, is pretty arrogant. * People who want to see this argument explained in great detail should try to find _The Infallibility of the Church_, by George Salmon. He is attacking the idea that the Pope can be knowably infallible (and he does so very well), but the general argument applies equally well to the idea that the Bible is knowably Inerrant.

soc.religion.christian

Note that I said the fall of Rome, not of the Empire. The Roman Empire lasted until 1453, with its transfered capital in Constantinople. The main reason for it's fall was not so much the sack of Constantinople by the men of the 4th Crusade (who were not Christians - they had been excommunicated down to the last man after attacking the Christian city of Zara in Croatia), but rather the disastorous defeat in the battle of Mazinkert. After the Turks breached the frontier, it was only a matter of time before the Empire fell, the inability of the Empire to hold onto the rim of Anatolia, with the Ottomans and Rum Seljuks in the middle should be quite obvious to any student of history. The sack of Constantinople only hastened the inevitable along. For if the Greeks had wanted to save their empire, why would they not cooperate with the Crusaders when they came to do battle with the Saracens in the 1st-3rd Crusades? Because of their obstinacy over cooperating with people they considered heretics, even though those "heretics" were fighting for the cause of the Empire and Christendom in doing battle with the Turkish hordes in Anatolia, Edessa, Lebanon, Palastine, and Syria, the some hordes who were to later sack Constantinople, and overrun a third of Europe (the Balkans, Hungary, the Ukraine, the Caucasus, etc.)

soc.religion.christian

IM pleased to announce a new revolutionary device that allows you to copy super nintendo and genesis games to floppy disk. Then later play from floppy disk with out the cart. This is a independent system that interfaces with your SNES or Genesis. OTHER FEATURES *Store multiple copies of cart. save game to disk (up to 32 saves to disk) *Save your position in SNES games that don't norally have a save feature *Switch your SNES into slow motion mode *Use codes to get unlimited lives and other "cheats" in many games. The Multi-Game Hunter is capable of copying both SNES and Genesis game carts to standard IBM PC formated floppy disks. The games can them be played directly from the floppy disk. NOTE:IT does not require a PC Full color on-screen icons and menus make operation for the MGH so simple that even a child could operate it. Options can be selected simply by choosing the selection with the game controller and pressin a button. Add a Game saver adapter to your system for more game playing power. The Game saver allows you to save your position to disk in almost any SNES game! Reload your saved position any time. Enable it's slow-motion feature for those really tough games. For more control over game play, We have the Game finger software. The game finger software can give you unlimited lives or warp you to new levels in your favorite SNES games. Bring back to life those really frustrating games. Also if you know how to program 6518 6502 ASM code you can create your own SNES demos or games. MGH includes Base unit,disk drive (high density 3.5 drive), 16megabit RAM, 256 SRAM, all adapters and comes ready to hook up to your gameing system. ONly thing not included is the power supply which you can pick up at radio shack. All for only $500 DISCLAMER the customer assumes all responsibility for the use and or misuse of this product. We in no way encourage nor condone the use of this product for software piracy. This device is intended soley for making legal backup copies. Neither Nintendo or Sega has giving official endorsement of the products described herein.

misc.forsale

On the cars mentioned - 3 series from the late 80's the "electronic" odometer is really a mechanical drum type odometer, that is driven by pulses from a speed sensor on the rear axle. These pulses are converted into mechanical pulses that turn the odometer - and speedometer. No way changing or erasing an eprom is going to change the mileage reading. It also means the odometer is just as easy (or hard) to change as any other mechanical odometer. On the other hand it is a bit easier to disconnect the speed sensor and run the car with no speedometer or odometer reading...a simple switch will do the job. It also will disable the speed limiter, which will enable the car to reach it's full speed. ;-)

rec.autos

While others here may have had better experiences, I, too, share the sentiments posted above. Though I have the original Stealth/VRAM, it is only "relatively" recent that the Windows drivers for this card have evolved to a point of decent performance. Note that there are STILL a couple of modes I cannot use (ie. will not) due to shadowing, mis-drawn check boxes, etc. I believe the version I have is 2.01. If there's a more recent release, I'd appreciate if someone would drop me a note to let me know -- I haven't been able to get on their BBS lately to check again. Naturally, Diamond doesn't even bother notifying me of fixes/releases. Diamond was helpful when I finally reached the "right" person in curing some of my Windows' problems due to an address conflict. The conflicting addresses (2E0, 2E8) were OMITTED in at least my version of the Diamond/VRAM manual. I hope it has been corrected by now. The tech rep explained that ALL S3-based boards use these addresses. I have not confirmed the validity of that statement. When I upgrade my motherboard in the near future (hopefully with some form of local bus), I'll seek a video solution from someone other than Diamond. Lance Hartmann (lance%hartmann.austin.ibm.com@ibmpa.awdpa.ibm.com) Yes, that IS a '%' (percent sign) in my network address.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

For discussion purposes, I will ignore dynamic effects like pulses in the exhaust pipe, and try to paint a useful mental picture. 1. Unless an engine is supercharged, the pressure available to force air into the intake tract is _atmospheric_. At the time the intake valve is opened, the pressure differential available to move air is only the difference between the combustion chamber pressure (left over after the exhaust stroke) and atmospheric. As the piston decends on the intake stroke, combustion chamber pressure is decreased, allowing atmospheric pressure to move more air into the intake tract. At no time does the pressure ever become "negative", or even approach a good vacuum. 2. At the time of the exhaust valve closing, the pressure in the combustion chamber is essentially the pressure of the exhaust system up to the first major flow restriction (the muffler). Note that the volume of gas that must flow through the exhaust is much larger than the volume that must flow through the intake, because of the temperature difference and the products of combustion. 3. In the last 6-8 years, the Japanese manufacturers have started paying attention to exhaust and intake tuning, in pursuit of almighty horsepower. At this point in time, on high-performance bikes, substitution of an aftermarket free-flow air filter will have almost zero affect on performance, because the stock intake system flows very well anyway. Substitution of an aftermarket exhaust system will make very little difference, unless (in general) the new exhaust system is _much_ louder than the stocker. 4. On older bikes, exhaust back-pressure was the dominating factor. If free-flowing air filters were substituted, very little difference was noted, unless a free-flowing exhaust system was installed as well. 5. In general, an engine can be visualized as an air pump. At any given RPM, anything that will cause the engine to pump more air, be it on the intake or exhaust side, will cause it to produce more horsepower. Pumping more air will require recalibration (rejetting) of the carburetor. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------

rec.motorcycles

No matter how "absurd" it is to suggest that a common moral system created by mankind is absolute, it is not contrary to reason to suggest that a common moral system created by mankind is sensible. In fact, for the Bible to be of any use to mankind as a moral code, it must be interpreted by mankind and a workable moral system created for everyday use. The Jewish Talmud is the result of centuries of Biblical scholars analysing every word of the Torah to understand the morality behind it. The Children of Israel were given a very strict set of Moral, Civil, Judicial and Ceremonial Laws to follow and yet this was clearly not enough to cover every instance of moral dilemma in their Society. For a Christian, the situation is no better. It seems to me that the only code of morality that we have from the Judeo- Christian God is that which is contained in the Bible (which we can see from the diverse opinions in the Christian newsgroups is not clear). There may well be an absolute morality defined by the Judeo-Christian God for mankind to follow but it seems that we only have a subset simply because the concept was written down by man. This leads to the problem of defining morality for our society. If we take the divine Morality then we have a code of practice which may be interpreted in many different ways (as an example, consider the immolation of heretics in the fifteenth century and the interpretation of the Bible which allows a man to do that to another man under the precept to administer Justice). If we take an agnostic Morality then we have a code of practice that can be modified to suit society (with all the danger that this implies). Alternatively, we could take the basis of the Judeo-Christian morality and interpret/extend this to create and justify a code of morality which suits the society we live in and enables the people to live Righteously (as many Christian and Non-Christian philosophers have done). Whatever the driving force behind the definition of morality for our society, I think the important aspect is the result. David. --- On religion:

talk.religion.misc

I've recently got hold of a PC with an S3 card in it, and I'd like to do some C programming with it, are there any libraries out there that will let me access the high resolution modes available via Borland Turbo C?

comp.graphics

Experiences with Diamond Viper VLB video card Several problems: 1) The ad specified 16.7 million colors at 640x480 resolution with 1MB of VRAM, which is what I have. This color depth is NOT SUPPORTED with video BIOS version 1.00 and drivers version 1.01. A max of 65K colors are supported at 640x800 and 800x600 resolutions with 1MB VRAM. 2) With the 65K color choice I notice two minor irritations: a) Under NDW, when an entry in a list is highlighted (such as in an Open menu) and then is deselected, a faint vertical line often remains where the left edge of the highlighted rectangle used to be. b) With Word for Windows, when you use shading in a table, the display shows the INVERSE of the shading; for example, if you shade the cell as 10%, the display is 90% (the printout is OK). 3) The big killer bug is using the Borland C++ Integrated Development Environment. The problem occurs when you click on the Turbo Debugger icon (or use the Debugger option in the Run command), and the debugger application goes to VGA character mode (as it is designed to do). The screen goes haywire, and is largely unreadable. The Turbo Debugger display is all garbled. Through trial and error, I have found that when the disrupted screen is displayed you should do [Alt-Spacebar] followed by the letter "R". This instructs Turbo Debugger to refresh the screen, and it does this satisfactorily. I wish I didn't have to do this. The bug is more than with the Diamond drivers. The same disruptive behavior happens with the standard VGA driver that comes with Windows. There must be something in the video card that mishandles the VGA mode. The problem is not my monitor. The same bug shows up when I use another monitor in place of my usual one. I still like this video card, and am hoping its problems will be remedied (they do offer a 5 year warranty).

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

} The vast majority get through life without ever having to } own, use or display a firearm. } ... } } Given society } as we now experience it - it seems safer to get rid of } as many guns as possible. Considering that the uses include self defense, hunting, target shooting and collecting, I don't buy the notion that the vast majority of people don't "own, use or display a firearm". But let's say your contention is true. What's the point of "get[ting] rid of as many guns as possible", if they weren't being used anyway?

talk.politics.guns

From the article "What's New" Apr-16-93 in sci.physics.research: ........ WHAT'S NEW (in my opinion), Friday, 16 April 1993 Washington, DC 1. SPACE BILLBOARDS! IS THIS ONE THE "SPINOFFS" WE WERE PROMISED? In 1950, science fiction writer Robert Heinlein published "The Man Who Sold the Moon," which involved a dispute over the sale of rights to the Moon for use as billboard. NASA has taken the firsteps toward this hideous vision of the future. Observers were startled this spring when a NASA launch vehicle arrived at the pad with "SCHWARZENEGGER" painted in huge block letters on the side of the booster rockets. Space Marketing Inc. had arranged for the ad to promote Arnold's latest movie. Now, Space Marketing is working with University of Colorado and Livermore engineers on a plan to place a mile-long inflatable billboard in low-earth orbit. NASA would provide contractual launch services. However, since NASA bases its charge on seriously flawed cost estimates (WN 26 Mar 93) the taxpayers would bear most of the expense. This may look like environmental vandalism, but Mike Lawson, CEO of Space Marketing, told us yesterday that the real purpose of the project is to help the environment! The platform will carry ozone monitors he explained--advertising is just to help defray costs. .......... What do you think of this revolting and hideous attempt to vandalize the night sky? It is not even April 1 anymore. What about light pollution in observations? (I read somewhere else that it might even be visible during the day, leave alone at night). Is NASA really supporting this junk? Are protesting groups being organized in the States? Really, really depressed. Enzo

sci.space

OK... 5) How about a fuel gauge that *really* told you how much fuel was left. Like, "can I make it to where the gas is $1.14 or should I get gouged right here at $1.35?" Accurate to the tenth of a gallon would be great.

rec.autos

Since the digital transmission schemes include error correction and concealment, the performance remains about the same down to a very low carrier-to-noise ratio, below which it degrades very quickly. Hence, digitally compressed TV is supposed to be less susceptible to interference than amplitude modulated TV.

sci.electronics

Why retract your accusation that he's a liar? If Omran retracts his "verbal diarrohea" doesn't that only prove the liar he *really* is? A retraction would be pointless! Giving this guy the opportunity to "save face" after uttering such bullshit would just encourage him to do it again! I must say that your style is very impressive, Mark. Keep it up! - Mike

talk.politics.mideast

Eric H. Taylor writes

I need to know the following information about the upcoming Crypto Conference; The address to submit articles, and the number of copies needed. Thanks, Jonathan DeMarrais jed@pollux.usc.edu -- --- Jay jed@pollux.usc.edu (University of Southern California)

sci.crypt

I'm just guessing here, but I'd guess that X11R5 expects the CG3 to have 1152x900 resolution, and the version of the CG3 in the SPARCclassic is 1024x768. --

comp.windows.x

Huh? Clemens pitched last on Saturday, giving him his usual four days rest. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Curran Mead Data Central brian@meaddata.com

rec.sport.baseball

I've been saying this for quite some time, but being absent from the net for a while I figured I'd stick my neck out a bit... The Royals will set the record for fewest runs scored by an AL team since the inception of the DH rule. (p.s. any ideas what this is?) They will fall easily short of 600 runs, that's for damn sure. I can't believe these media fools picking them to win the division (like our Tom Gage of the Detroit News claiming Herk Robinson is some kind of genius for the trades/aquisitions he's made) c-ya Sean

rec.sport.baseball

One of the things I find intersting about pagan beliefs is their belief in a feminine deity as well as a masculine deity. Being brought up in a Christian household, I often wondered if there was God the Father, where was the mother? Everyone I know who has a father usually as a mother. It just seemed rather unbalanced to me. Fortunately, my own personal theology, which will probably not fall into line with a lot others, recognized God as a being both without gender and posessing qualities of both genders, as being both a masculine and feminine force. It provides a sense of balance I find sorely lacking in most theologies, a lack which I think is responsible for a lot of the unbalanced ways in which we see the world and treat each other.

soc.religion.christian

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sci.electronics

Archive-name: space/astronaut Last-modified: $Date: 93/04/01 14:39:02 $ HOW TO BECOME AN ASTRONAUT First the short form, authored by Henry Spencer, then an official NASA announcement. Q. How do I become an astronaut? A. We will assume you mean a NASA astronaut, since it's probably impossible for a non-Russian to get into the cosmonaut corps (paying passengers are not professional cosmonauts), and the other nations have so few astronauts (and fly even fewer) that you're better off hoping to win a lottery. Becoming a shuttle pilot requires lots of fast-jet experience, which means a military flying career; forget that unless you want to do it anyway. So you want to become a shuttle "mission specialist". If you aren't a US citizen, become one; that is a must. After that, the crucial thing to remember is that the demand for such jobs vastly exceeds the supply. NASA's problem is not finding qualified people, but thinning the lineup down to manageable length. It is not enough to be qualified; you must avoid being *dis*qualified for any reason, many of them in principle quite irrelevant to the job. Get a Ph.D. Specialize in something that involves getting your hands dirty with equipment, not just paper and pencil. Forget computer programming entirely; it will be done from the ground for the fore- seeable future. Degree(s) in one field plus work experience in another seems to be a frequent winner. Be in good physical condition, with good eyesight. (DO NOT get a radial keratomy or similar hack to improve your vision; nobody knows what sudden pressure changes would do to RKed eyes, and long-term effects are poorly understood. For that matter, avoid any other significant medical unknowns.) If you can pass a jet-pilot physical, you should be okay; if you can't, your chances are poor. Practise public speaking, and be conservative and conformist in appearance and actions; you've got a tough selling job ahead, trying to convince a cautious, conservative selection committee that you are better than hundreds of other applicants. (And, also, that you will be a credit to NASA after you are hired: public relations is a significant part of the job, and NASA's image is very prim and proper.) The image you want is squeaky-clean workaholic yuppie. Remember also that you will need a security clearance at some point, and Security considers everybody guilty until proven innocent. Keep your nose clean. Get a pilot's license and make flying your number one hobby; experienced pilots are known to be favored even for non-pilot jobs. Work for NASA; of 45 astronauts selected between 1984 and 1988, 43 were military or NASA employees, and the remaining two were a NASA consultant and Mae Jemison (the first black female astronaut). If you apply from outside NASA and miss, but they offer you a job at NASA, ***TAKE IT***; sometimes in the past this has meant "you do look interesting but we want to know you a bit better first". Think space: they want highly motivated people, so lose no chance to demonstrate motivation. Keep trying. Many astronauts didn't make it the first time. NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas Announcement for Mission Specialist and Pilot Astronaut Candidates ================================================================== Astronaut Candidate Program --------------------------- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has a need for Pilot Astronaut Candidates and Mission Specialist Astronaut Candidates to support the Space Shuttle Program. NASA is now accepting on a continuous basis and plans to select astronaut candidates as needed. Persons from both the civilian sector and the military services will be considered. All positions are located at the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, and will involved a 1-year training and evaluation program. Space Shuttle Program Description --------------------------------- The numerous successful flights of the Space Shuttle have demonstrated that operation and experimental investigations in space are becoming routine. The Space Shuttle Orbiter is launched into, and maneuvers in the Earth orbit performing missions lastling up to 30 days. It then returns to earth and is ready for another flight with payloads and flight crew. The Orbiter performs a variety of orbital missions including deployment and retrieval of satellites, service of existing satellites, operation of specialized laboratories (astronomy, earth sciences, materials processing, manufacturing), and other operations. These missions will eventually include the development and servicing of a permanent space station. The Orbiter also provides a staging capability for using higher orbits than can be achieved by the Orbiter itself. Users of the Space Shuttle's capabilities are both domestic and foreign and include government agencies and private industries. The crew normally consists of five people - the commander, the pilot, and three mission specialists. On occasion additional crew members are assigned. The commander, pilot, and mission specialists are NASA astronauts. Pilot Astronaut Pilot astronauts server as both Space Shuttle commanders and pilots. During flight the commander has onboard responsibility for the vehicle, crew, mission success and safety in flight. The pilot assists the commander in controlling and operating the vehicle. In addition, the pilot may assist in the deployment and retrieval of satellites utilizing the remote manipulator system, in extra-vehicular activities, and other payload operations. Mission Specialist Astronaut Mission specialist astronauts, working with the commander and pilot, have overall responsibility for the coordination of Shuttle operations in the areas of crew activity planning, consumables usage, and experiment and payload operations. Mission specialists are required to have a detailed knowledge of Shuttle systems, as well as detailed knowledge of the operational characteristics, mission requirements and objectives, and supporting systems and equipment for each of the experiments to be conducted on their assigned missions. Mission specialists will perform extra-vehicular activities, payload handling using the remote manipulator system, and perform or assist in specific experimental operations. Astronaut Candidate Program =========================== Basic Qualification Requirements -------------------------------- Applicants MUST meet the following minimum requirements prior to submitting an application. Mission Specialist Astronaut Candidate: 1. 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sci.space

I had heard the rumors about LA, Cin, Hou, and SD all being interested in Mark Davis, so it doesn't surprise me that a team had to give up something and cash to actually get him. Lynch "MOB"

rec.sport.baseball

G'day people, Are there any MR2 owners or motor-head gurus out there, that know why my MR2's engine sounds noisy? The MR2's engine is noisy at the best of times, but not even a nice nose - it's one of those very ugly noises. I do an oil change every 2-3 months, and for about 2 months the engine noise sounds relatively quiet during driving and idling. At around the 3 month mark, after an oil change (I've been tracking this very thoroughly for months now) it starts to get that very disgusting noise, not so much during driving, but more so during idling. What's its problem? Also.. I don't know if it's just me, but if noticed a little performance drop. It just hasn't got the acceleration it used to. Any help/tips would be appreciated!!

rec.autos

I have the following equipment for sale: 1. Kenwood TH-28A 2mtr HT $250.00 2. RF Concepts 2mtr Amp (45in->170out) $275.00 3. Hamtronics Class C Continuous Duty 440mhz 10watt-in ~40watt-out amp $250.00 All prices include shipping/insurance. For additional information, contact me at the address below. Dave

misc.forsale

There was apparently a 30 minute special here on the Penguins' season on ABC (WTAE - channel 4), immediately preceding the opening game against the Devils on Sunday. I only turned it on in time to watch the credits. If anyone taped it and is willing to let me borrow it to dub it, I would appreciate it. I would be willing to come pick it up, and I'll return it the next day and buy you a beer. Please respond via e-mail. Thanks a lot. Oh yeah. Was it any good? -Billy

rec.sport.hockey

Hello, I just got some SIMMs, at least one of which does not work. I don't know if there is a software that can test SIMMs thoroughly or I could just rely on the RAM test performed by my computer during the start up. When I installed a dead SIMM into an LC or an LC II, there would be a strange music and no display on the screen. Why? I need your help! Thanks in advance

comp.sys.mac.hardware

Please forgive all the inclusions. I suppose they are neccessary to follow the argument. My point is that "if life has meaning or importance then we should try to find that meaning or importance" which is almost a tautology. (I hope I'm not being too patronizing.) One term for that meaning is "Creator", though that is not obvious from my above argument. (It's more like "I think, therefore I am, therefore God is.") Unfortunately the term "religious" is ambiguous to me in this context. I could say that searching for meaning in life is by definition being religious. I could say cult followers by definition have given up on the search. If you want "meaning" why not search for the truth? So far, my understanding of Christianity is congruent with my understanding of truth. There have been many before me who have come to conclusions that are worded in ways that make sense to me. By no means does that imply that I understand everything.

soc.religion.christian

Toronto Siggraph ================ What: ``Chance's Art'': 2D Graphics and Animation on the Indigo. By: Ken Evans, Imagicians Artware, Inc. When: Tuesday 20 April 1993 7:00pm-9:00pm Where: The McLuhan Centre for Culture and Technology University of Toronto 39A Queen's Park Crescent Toronto Who: Members and non-members alike (non-members encouraged to become members...) Abstract: Imagicians Artware, Inc. is entering into early beta site testing on Silicon Graphics workstations of a new 2D abstract artwork and animation package called Chance's Art. The package will be described and demonstrated, and some of the technical issues will be discussed. Marketing plans will be outlined. The talk will also present some of the technical and business problems increasingly confronting small startup software companies today, and some of the opportunities this situation presents. Time after the event will be allocated for hands-on demonstrations to interested parties. Silicon Graphics is graciously providing an Indigo for this event. Myck Kupka will also be demonstrating his computerized interactive reflective stereoscope, which is installed upstairs in the McLuhan Centre, so feel free to drop by for a demonstration before or after the event. BTW, be sure to sing "Happy Birthday, Myck"... The names of nominees for our Siggraph executive offices will be announced at this meeting. Nominations will still be open until the election at our May 18th event; call Myck Kupka at 465-0943 or fax to 465-0729. Directions: The McLuhan Coachhouse is on the east side of Queen's Park Crescent, just NORTH of Wellesley, SOUTH of St. Joseph St., BEHIND (EAST of) 39 Queen's Park Crescent, which is the centre for Mediaeval Studies.

comp.graphics

I think it would be a great idea to have a new group created: comp.sys.ibm.pc.flame.therapy

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Well, I don't think your query was exactly polite, but I will TRY to give you a polite responce. Something atypical of the net, but here it goes. Black is a descriptive adjective that describes Mr. King. From many of the newspaper, radio, and tv news reports I have seen, this adjective is commonly in front of his name. I have NEVER seen anyone complain about the use of this adjective when used in a benign manner. I did not say that Mr. King was a no good black! I do not know Mr. King and would not make this ascertian without some evidence to this effect. I used it PURELY as a descriptive adjective in the same manner than many ( most ) news people have used it in the past. The entire second trial was about race, Ted. I don't feel compelled to discuss Mr. King's racial background, but had Mr. King been white there would not have been a second trial. You probably are saying that the beating would not have occurred if he were white, but that is an extremely difficult call to make. It is possible the case, but not definately. I still think your actions are crap, Ted. They are far more divisive than me using the adjective 'black' in a non-derogenory manner. Would you have been happier if I had used 'African-american' ? If so, then you really are lost in the world of PC. You have already been instrumental in getting one persons net access revoked, and I wonder if you have sent a copy of my message to my sys admin with a plea that I am not worthy of posting.

talk.politics.misc

The subject does not describe the problem I am having very well. Please read on... I am trying to write a function which creates an XtAppContext and a Widget, displays the widget for a while, then destroys everything and returns. The problem is that multiple calls to this function cause a variety of problems including (depending on which calls I make to get rid of things): - Core Dump - BadPixmap X Error - Widget not unmapped Here is a simple (C++) program I wrote to show the problem: #include <X11/Xlib.h> #include <Xm/Xm.h> #include <Xm/PushB.h> void bla() { XtAppContext app; Display *dis = XOpenDisplay(""); int junk = 0; Widget top=XtAppInitialize (&app, "test", NULL, 0, &junk, NULL, NULL, NULL, 0); Widget box = XtVaCreateManagedWidget("blaaa", xmPushButtonWidgetClass, top, XmNheight, 50, XmNwidth, 50, NULL); XtRealizeWidget(top); //Same as XtAppMainLoop but with only 10 XEvents for (int i=0;i<=10;i++) { XEvent event; XtAppNextEvent(app, &event); XtDispatchEvent(&event); } // WHAT SHOULD I PUT HERE??? XtUnrealizeWidget(top); XtDestroyWidget(top); XtDestroyApplicationContext(app); XCloseDisplay(dis); // ??? } main() { for (int i=0;i<=20;i++) bla(); } Note that I rewrote XtAppMainLoop so that at a given time (in this example, after 10 XEvents) the function will exit and return to the main program. With this example, I get the following error on about (this is NOT consistent) the 5th call to bla(): X Error of failed request: BadPixmap (invalid Pixmap parameter) Major opcode of failed request: 55 (X_CreateGC) Resource id in failed request: 0xe0000d Serial number of failed request: 71 Current serial number in output stream: 86 If I take out the XtUnrealizeWidget(top); line, it just dumps core on the seconds call. Furthermore, every time I call XtAppInitialize() (other than the 1st time), I get: Warning: Initializing Resource Lists twice Warning: Initializing Translation manager twice. So finally, my question is this: What needs to be done in order to be able to call a function which creates an XtAppContext and widgets multiple times? Any help would be greatly appreciated. PLEASE respond via email as I dont usually have time to read this group. Thanks very much. -davewood -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- David Rex Wood -- davewood@cs.colorado.edu -- University of Colorado at Boulder

comp.windows.x

Yes. As long as the goverment over there can force some authority and prevent terrorists attack against Israel. Sinai had several big cities that were avcuated when isreal gave it back to Egypth, but for a peace agreement. So it is my opinin that the settlers will not be an obstacle for withdrawal as long it is combined with a real peace agreement with the Arabs and the Palastinians. Naftaly

talk.politics.mideast

: >True, man did not invent the need for food, shelter, warmth and the ilk, : >but man did invent the property laws and the laws of trespass. : But how do you think property is generated ? Does it grow automatically : on trees when we wish so, or someone has to produce it ? Some say it was generated by God or Goddess; some say it was the result of the coalescence of billions of tons of interstellar debris. In either case, the property of which Xavier speaks has been around for millions of years. : It all follows from the fact that Mother Nature does not : provide us automatically with our needs, Oh? When did She *stop*? Mother Nature has been automatically providing us with her bounty ever since we crawled out of the primordial ooze. It is not "produced": it produces itself, year after year. Last night, for example, I saw four deer crossing the road (pretty sight, too); in an earlier time, one of them would have been dinner. : There are 2 ways to go with produced things: the first is to : _trade_ it with the the person(s) who produced it. : The other one is to take it with a gun from the person who produced : it. The first way is the civilized method, the second is how savages : arrange their affairs. The American Indians had no concept of ownership of property, and often freely gave of their supplies to neighboring tribes, trading food and clothing for weapons or services. The Native Hawaiians, like their Polynesian ancestors, also could not conceive of that idea, and shared many things with the other Islanders. In fact, "hi'ipoi", the Hawaiian word for "cherish" means "sharing food". The Great Mahele, in which the Islands were divided up more-or-less evenly between the rich and the poor, was a white man's idea. In Africa, villagers will often share tools, crops, and clothing with other members of their own village and neighboring villages. Every anthropologist who has ever been to Africa has at least one tale of the difficulties arising from the so- called "theft" of the scientists possessions -- two concepts of which, until the visitors came along, the natives had no understanding. These are the people we call "savages". On the other hand, car-jackings and muggings are up from last year. Dov, before you make further comment on this thread, I think it would behoove you to study *all* of the facts.

talk.politics.misc

I believe the reason is that the lung diaphram gets too tired to pump the liquid in and out and simply stops breathing after 2-3 minutes. So if your in the vehicle ready to go they better not put you on hold, or else!! That's about it. Remember a liquid is several more times as dense as a gas by its very nature. ~10 I think, depending on the gas and liquid comparision of course!

sci.space

It's a fair stretch of anyone's imagination to expect them to attach any credibility to anything written in Time magazine in the past twenty years, I'd imagine. The Enquirer at least gets the names attached to the right body parts. =Mark --

talk.politics.guns

I hate to follow up to my own posting, but I should perhaps clarify some things so I won't get flamed. First of all, when I'm talking about ``factoring the modulus'' or a ``breakthrough in factoring'', what I really mean is a breakthrough in the cryptanalysis of RSA. I know that factoring and breaking RSA are not proven to be equivalent; it's just so damn convenient not to repeat this every time. I also have to admit that I don't really know if the ``non-group'' property of a cipher is essential only for key chaining. I have thought about it a little while, but I can't find a way that a cryptanalyst could exploit a group structure. That, of course, means nothing at all. Then I wrote, What I meant was that as long as the only advantage of the cryptanalyst is a faster computer, then we will probably have RSA for a long time to come, because even if 1024-bit moduli somehow could be broken with fast computers (not with a new algorithm), then people would simply use longer moduli. Both users and cryptanalysts benefit from better technology in the same way. Hope this keeps the flames away... Have fun.

sci.crypt

Would if only it were true ... If only MIT would fix the !@&$^*@ twm "InstallWindowColormaps()" crash bug once and for all, then I could say that I've (almost) unable to crash either "twm" or "tvtwm", which would be a remarkable feat - and most desirable to boot. I mean, this bug has only been reported, oh, a zillion times by now ... Now *servers*, on the other hand ... (want to crash an OpenWindows 3.0 "xnews" server at will? Just do an 'xbiff -xrm "XBiff*shapeWindow: on"'. Blammo.)

comp.windows.x

I believe that any VL/EISA/ISA motherboard that uses the HINT chipset is limited to 24-bit EISA DMA (where 'real' EISA DMA is 32-bit). The HINT EISA DMA has the 16 mb ram addressing limitation of ISA. For this reason I would pass. I own one of these (HAWK VL/EISA/ISA) and am look- ing to replace it for exactly this reason. Please double-check me on this. In other words, call the motherboard manufacturer and ask them if the motherboard supports true 32-bit EISA DMA. Other than this limitation, the motherboard works quite well (I am using mine with DOS 5, Windows 3.1, and UNIX S5R3.2). Also with Adaptec 1742a EISA SCSI host adapter.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

: : THE HAMAS WAY of DEATH : : (Following is a transcript of a recruitment and training : videotape made last summer by the Qassam Battalions, the military As opposed to Israel's many ways of death. Using bombers and artillery against Lebanese towns and villages. Using fire arms and lethal variants of tear gas and *rubber coated* bullets against stone throwers. Using tanks and anti-tank missiles against homes after a 5 minute evacuation warning. Using Shin Bit's "reasonable" physical pressure in interrogation. And more. Not counting of course past practices such as the bombardment of Beirut in 1982, the bombing of the Egyptian school of Bahr-El-Bakar and the Abu-Za'bal factory in 1978, the downing of the Libyan airliner full of Egyptian passengers near the same time. Overseeing the Maronite massacre in Sabra and Shatilla. That is of course besides numerous massacres by Irgun and other gangs during the British mandate period. Ironically the same Op-Ed page in the NYT times from which the Naftaly copied this article was running another article next to it by A.M. Rosenthall blaming Bosnian Muslims for their own genocide by effectively saying that it is stupid to seek independence if independence will bring your people slaughter. But what else would one expect from Mr. Rosenthall who never wasted a chance to bash Arabs or Muslims.

talk.politics.mideast

--AutoWeek had an article about the car within the past six weeks. It was the issue with the Diablo VT AWD on the cover. Naturally, I don't remember the date of the issue offhand, but I can check it if anyone is interested. --Aamir Qazi --

rec.autos

Here is one by Andrew "Graphics Gems" Glassner that I got from a collegue of mine. I think I fiddled with it a little bit to make it deal with whatever bizarre problem I was working on at the time but it is known to work. spl - - - - /* spheres ASG 9 Feb 85 spl Thu Mar 8 17:17:40 EST 1990 */ #include <stdio.h> #include <math.h> #define PI 3.141592654 struct Point_struct { double x, y, z; }; static double radius; static double xorg; static double yorg; static double zorg; do_sphere( r, freq, x, y, z ) double r; int freq; double x; double y; double z; { int pole; double northy, southy, poley; double rtheta, rtheta2, ntheta, ntheta2, magicangle; double theta, thetastart, thisy, den, t; struct Point_node *pnp; struct Point_struct p1, p2, p3, p4, n1, n2, n3, n4, pt; radius = r; xorg = x; yorg = y; zorg = z; /* north pole */ magicangle = 30.0*PI/180.0; northy = radius*sin(magicangle); southy = -radius*sin(magicangle); for (pole=0; pole<2; pole++) { if (pole==0) { poley=radius; thisy=northy; thetastart=0.0; } else { poley= -radius; thisy=southy; thetastart=36.0; } for ( theta = thetastart; theta < 360.0; theta += 60.0 ) { rtheta = theta*PI/180.0; rtheta2 = (theta+60.0)*PI/180.0; p1.x = 0.0; p1.y = poley; p1.z = 0.0; p2.x = radius*cos(rtheta); p2.y = thisy; p2.z = radius*sin(rtheta); p3.x = radius*cos(rtheta2); p3.y = thisy; p3.z = radius*sin(rtheta2); if (pole==0) { /* make ring go the other way so normals are right */ pt.x = p3.x; pt.y = p3.y; pt.z = p3.z; p3.x = p2.x; p3.y = p2.y; p3.z = p2.z; p2.x = pt.x; p2.y = pt.y; p2.z = pt.z; } den = (p1.x*p1.x)+(p1.y*p1.y)+(p1.z*p1.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p1.x *= t; p1.y *= t; p1.z *= t; } den = (p2.x*p2.x)+(p2.y*p2.y)+(p2.z*p2.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p2.x *= t; p2.y *= t; p2.z *= t; } den = (p3.x*p3.x)+(p3.y*p3.y)+(p3.z*p3.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p3.x *= t; p3.y *= t; p3.z *= t; } subdivide_tri(&p1,&p2,&p3,freq); } } /* now the body */ for (theta=0.0; theta<360.0; theta += 60.0) { rtheta = theta*PI/180.0; rtheta2 = (theta+60.0)*PI/180.0; ntheta = (theta+36.0)*PI/180.0; ntheta2 = (theta+96.0)*PI/180.0; p1.x = radius*cos(rtheta); p1.y = northy; p1.z = radius*sin(rtheta); p2.x = radius*cos(rtheta2); p2.y = northy; p2.z = radius*sin(rtheta2); p3.x = radius*cos(ntheta); p3.y = southy; p3.z = radius*sin(ntheta); p4.x = radius*cos(ntheta2); p4.y = southy; p4.z = radius*sin(ntheta2); den = (p1.x*p1.x)+(p1.y*p1.y)+(p1.z*p1.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p1.x *= t; p1.y *= t; p1.z *= t; } den = (p2.x*p2.x)+(p2.y*p2.y)+(p2.z*p2.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p2.x *= t; p2.y *= t; p2.z *= t; } den = (p3.x*p3.x)+(p3.y*p3.y)+(p3.z*p3.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p3.x *= t; p3.y *= t; p3.z *= t; } den = (p4.x*p4.x)+(p4.y*p4.y)+(p4.z*p4.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p4.x *= t; p4.y *= t; p4.z *= t; } subdivide_tri(&p1,&p2,&p3,freq); subdivide_tri(&p3,&p2,&p4,freq); } return; } #define norm_pt(v) { register double r = sqrt( ( ( v )->x * ( v )->x ) + \ ( ( v )->y * ( v )->y ) + \ ( ( v )->z * ( v )->z ) ); \ ( v )->x /= r; \ ( v )->y /= r; \ ( v )->z /= r; \ } subdivide_tri(p1,p2,p3,a) struct Point_struct *p1, *p2, *p3; int a; { struct Point_struct n1, n2, n3; struct Point_struct p12, p13, p23; double den, t; if (a>0) { p12.x = (p1->x+p2->x)/2.0; p12.y = (p1->y+p2->y)/2.0; p12.z = (p1->z+p2->z)/2.0; den = (p12.x*p12.x)+(p12.y*p12.y)+(p12.z*p12.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p12.x *= t; p12.y *= t; p12.z *= t; } p13.x = (p1->x+p3->x)/2.0; p13.y = (p1->y+p3->y)/2.0; p13.z = (p1->z+p3->z)/2.0; den = (p13.x*p13.x)+(p13.y*p13.y)+(p13.z*p13.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p13.x *= t; p13.y *= t; p13.z *= t; } p23.x = (p2->x+p3->x)/2.0; p23.y = (p2->y+p3->y)/2.0; p23.z = (p2->z+p3->z)/2.0; den = (p23.x*p23.x)+(p23.y*p23.y)+(p23.z*p23.z); den = sqrt(den); if (den != 0.0) { t = radius / den; p23.x *= t; p23.y *= t; p23.z *= t; } subdivide_tri(p1, &p12,&p13,a-1); subdivide_tri(&p12, p2, &p23,a-1); subdivide_tri(&p13,&p23, p3, a-1); subdivide_tri(&p12,&p23,&p13,a-1); } else { n1.x = p1->x; n1.y = p1->y; n1.z = p1->z; norm_pt(&n1); n2.x = p2->x; n2.y = p2->y; n2.z = p2->z; norm_pt(&n2); n3.x = p3->x; n3.y = p3->y; n3.z = p3->z; norm_pt(&n3); /* nothing special about this poly */ printf( "%f %f %f %f %f %f\n", p1->x + xorg, p1->y + yorg, p1->z + zorg, n1.x, n1.y, n1.z ); printf( "%f %f %f %f %f %f\n", p2->x + xorg, p2->y + yorg, p2->z + zorg, n2.x, n2.y, n2.z ); printf( "%f %f %f %f %f %f\n", p3->x + xorg, p3->y + yorg, p3->z + zorg, n3.x, n3.y, n3.z ); } return; }

comp.graphics

Yes, it's important to realize that all actions have consequences, and that "rules" were made for our own good. But to suggest that a *disease* is a *punishment* for certain types of sin I think is taking things much too far. If we got some kind of mouth disease for lying, would any of us have mouths left? What if we developed blindness every time we lusted after someone or something? I dare say all of us would be walking into walls. Yes, sin can have terrible consequences, but we need to be *real* careful when saying that the consequences are a *punishment* for sin. The Jews of Jesus's time believed that all sickness was the result of a sin. Then Jesus healed a blind man and said that man was blind to show the glory of God, not because of sin. If AIDS, or any other STD is a *punishment" for sexual sin, what do we do with diseases like cancer, or multiple sclerosis, which are just as debilitating and terrible as AIDS, yet are not usually linked to a specific behavior or lifestyle? Atonement is *extremely* important, but I think you've missed the mark about as far as you can by suggesting that AIDS is an atonement for sin. The atonement for sin is JESUS CHRIST - period. This is the central message of the Gospel. A perfect sacrifice was required for our sins, and was made in the Lamb of God. His sacrifice atoned for *all* of our sins, past present and future. God does not require pennance for our sins, nor does he require us to come up with our own atonement. He has graciously already done that for us. To suggest that AIDS or some other consequence is an atonement for sins is literally spitting on the sacrifice that Jesus made. In case you couldn't tell, I get *extremely* angry and upset when I see things like this. Instead of rationalizing our own fears and phobias, we need to be reaching out to people with AIDS and other socially unacceptable diseases. Whether they got the disease through their own actions or not is irrelevant. They still need Jesus Christ, no more and no less than we do. I've said this before, but I think it's a good analogy. People with AIDS are modern-day lepers. Jesus healed many lepers. He can also heal people with AIDS, maybe not on this earth, but in an ultimate sense. My next-door neighbor has AIDS. She has recently come to have a much deeper and more committed relationship with God. Her theology isn't what I would want it to be, but God's grace covers her. The amazing thing is that she is gaining weight (she's had the disease for over 2 years) and her health is excellent apart from occassional skin rashes and such. She attributes her improvement in her health to God's intervention in her life. Who are we to suggest that her disease is some kind of punishment? It seems to me that God is being glorified through her disease. Paul Overstreet, the country singer, has a good song title that I think applies to all of us - But for the Grace of God, There Go I (or something like that). May we all experience and accept God's grace. =============================================================================== Paul Conditt Internet: conditt@titan.tsd.arlut.utexas.edu Applied Research Phone: (512) 835-3422 FAX: (512) 835-3416/3259 Laboratories Fedex: 10000 Burnet Road, Austin, Texas 78758-4423 University of Texas Postal: P.O. Box 8029, Austin, Texas 78713-8029 Austin, Texas <----- the most wonderful place in Texas to live

soc.religion.christian

I am looking to sell my ICOM IC-02AT and extras. I have the following: CM-12 Battery HS-10 Headset HS-10SA VOX unit Cigarette Adapter Leather Case BC-25V Wall Charger IC-BP3 Battery Also have one that needs a new cell (i think, its been a while) It is in good condition, has a scratch on the front that is not visible when in the leather case. If you are interested, make me an offer. --rich

misc.forsale

I have got a dot matrix printer that came with a Lisa (I think) I wish to attach it to a PC, but have no manual. I have been told that it is some sort of C.Itoh printer in disguise. Can anyone help with manuals or info about codes to send to select fonts, italics etc. I want to write a printer driver for Protext. Thanks in advance Stuart

comp.sys.mac.hardware

'>First off, with all these huge software packages and files that '>they produce, IDE may no longer be sufficient for me (510 Mb limit). Micropolis seems to have broken this limit. They have IDE 560meg and 1050meg HD's available. Greg Greene ggg@kepler.unh.edu

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

Accounts of Anti-Armenian Human Right Violations in Azerbaijan #010 Prelude to Current Events in Nagorno-Karabakh +-------------------------------------------------------+ | | | On the way the driver says, "In fact there aren't any | | Armenians left. 'They burned them all, beat them all, | | and stabbed them." | | | +-------------------------------------------------------+ DEPOSITION OF VANYA BAGRATOVICH BAZIAN Born 1940 Foreman Baku Spetsmontazh Administration (UMSMR-1) Resident at Building 36/7, Apartment 9 Block 14 Sumgait [Azerbaijan] During the first days of the events, the 27th and the 28th [of February], I was away on a business trip. On the 10th I had got my crew, done the paper- work, and left for the Zhdanov District. That's in Azerbaijan, near the Nagorno Karabagh region. After the 14th, rumors started to the effect that in Karabagh, specifically in Stepanakert, an uprising had taken place. They said "uprising" in Azerbaijani, but I don't think it was really an uprising, just a demonstration. After that the unrest started. Several Armenians living in the Zhdanov District were injured. How were they injured? They were beaten, even women; it was said that they were at the demonstrations, but they live here, and went from here to Karabagh to demonstrate. After that I felt uneasy. There were some conversations about Armenians among the local population: the Armenians had done this, the Armenians had done that. Right there at the site. I was attacked a couple of times by kids. Well true, the guys from my crew wouldn't let them come at me with cables and knives. After that I felt really bad. I didn't know where to go. I up and called home. And my children tell me, "There's unrest everywhere, be careful." Well I had a project going on. I told the Second Secretary of the District Party Committee what had been going on and said I wanted to take my crew off the site. They wouldn't allow it, they said, "Nothing's going to happen to you, we've entrusted the matter to the police, we've warned everyone in the district, nothing will happen to you." Well, in fact they did especially detail us a policeman to look after me, he knows all the local people and would protect me if something happened. This man didn't leave me alone for five minutes: he was at work the whole time and afterward he spent the night with us, too. I sense some disquiet and call home; my wife also tells me, "The situation is very tense, be careful." We finished the job at the site, and I left for Sumgait first thing on the morning of the 29th. When we left the guys warned me, they told me that I shouldn't tell anyone on the way that I was an Armenian. I took someone else's business travel documents, in the name of Zardali, and hid my own. I hid it and my passport in my socks. We set out for Baku. Our guys were on the bus, they sat behind, and I sat up front. In Baku they had come to me and said that they had to collect all of our travel documents just in case. As it turns out they knew what was happening in Sumgait. I arrive at the bus station and there they tell me that the city of Sumgait is closed, there is no way to get there. That the city is closed off and the buses aren't running. Buses normally leave Baku for Sumgait almost every two minutes. And suddenly--no buses. Well, we tried to get there via private drivers. One man, an Azerbaijani, said, "Let's go find some other way to get there." They found a light transport vehicle and arranged for the driver to take us to Sumgait. He took us there. But the others had said, "I wouldn't go if you gave me a thousand rubles." "Why?" "Because they're burning the city and killing the Armenians. There isn't an Armenian left." Well I got hold of myself so I could still stand up. So we squared it away, the four of us got in the car, and we set off for Sumgait. On the way the driver says, "In fact there aren't any Armenians left. 'They burned them all, beat them all, and stabbed them." Well I was silent. The whole way--20-odd miles--I was silent. The driver asks me, "How old are you, old man?" He wants to know: if I'm being that quiet, not saying anything, maybe it means I'm an Armenian. "How old are you?" he asks me. I say, "I'm 47." "I'm 47 too, but I call you 'old man'." I say, "It depends on God, each person's life in this world is different." I look much older than my years, that's why he called me old man. Well after that he was silent, too. We're approaching the city, I look and see tanks all around, and a cordon. Before we get to the Kavkaz store the driver starts to wave his hand. Well, he was waving his hand, we all start waving our hands. I'm sitting there with them, I start waving my hand, too. I realized that this was a sign that meant there were no Armenians with us. I look at the city--there is a crowd of people walking down the middle of the street, you know, and there's no traffic. Well probably I was scared. They stopped our car. People were standing on the sidewalks. They have armature shafts, and stones . . . And they stopped us . . . Along the way the driver tells us how they know who's an Armenian and who's not. The Armenians usually . . . For example, I'm an Armenian, but I speak their language very well. Well Armenians usually pronounce the Azeri word for "nut," or "little nut," as "pundukh," but "fundukh" is actually correct. The pronunciations are different. Anyone who says "pundukh," even if they're not Armenian, they immediately take out and start to slash. Another one says, "There was a car there, with five people inside it," he says. "They started hitting the side of it with an axe and lit it on fire. And they didn't let the people out," he says, "they wouldn't let them get out of the car." I only saw the car, but the driver says that he saw everything. Well he often drives from Baku to Sumgait and back . . . When they stop us we all get out of the car. I look and there's a short guy, his eyes are gleaming, he has an armature shaft in one hand and a stone in the other and asks the guys what nationality they are one by one. "We're Azerbaijani,' they tell him, 'no Armenians here." He did come up to me when we were pulling our things out and says, "Maybe you're an Armenian, old man?" But in Azerbaijani I say, "You should be ashamed of yourself!" And . . . he left. Turned and left. That was all that happened. What was I to do? I had to . . . the city was on fire, but I had to steal my children out of my own home. They stopped us at the entrance to Mir Street, that's where the Kavkaz store and three large, 12-story buildings are. That's the beginning of down-town. I saw that burned automobile there, completely burned, only metal remained. I couldn't figure out if it was a Zhiguli or a Zaporozhets. Later I was told it was a Zhiguli. And the people in there were completely incinerated. Nothing remained of them, not even any traces. That driver had told me about it, and I saw the car myself. The car was there. The skeleton, a metallic carcass. About 30 to 40 yards from the Kavkaz store. I see a military transport, an armored personnel carrier. The hatches are closed. And people are throwing armature shafts and pieces of iron at it, the crowd is. And I hear shots, not automatic fire, it's true, but pistol shots. Several shots. There were Azerbaijanis crowded around that personnel carrier. Someone in the crowd was shooting. Apparently they either wanted to kill the soldiers or get a machine gun or something. At that point there was only one armored personnel carrier. And all the tanks were outside the city, cordoning off Sumgait. I walked on. I see two Azerbaijanis going home from the plant. I can tell by their gait that they're not bandits, they're just people, walking home. I joined them so in case something happened, in case someone came up to us and asked questions, either of us would be in a position to answer, you see. But I avoided the large groups because I'm a local and might be quickly recognized. I tried to keep at a distance, and walked where there were fewer people. Well so I walked into Microdistrict 2, which is across from our block. I can't get into our block, but I walked where there were fewer people, so as to get around. Well there I see a tall guy and 25 to 30 people are walking behind him. And he's shouting into a megaphone: "Comrades, the Armenian- Azerbaijani war has begun!" The police have megaphones like that. So they're talking and walking around the second microdistrict. I see that they're coming my way, and turn off behind a building. I noticed that they walked around the outside buildings, and inside the microdistricts there were about 5 or 6 people standing on every corner, and at the middles of the buildings, and at the edges. What they were doing I can't say, because I couldn't get up close to them, I was afraid. But the most important thing was to get away from there, to get home, and at least find out if my children were alive or not . . . April 20, 1988 Yerevan - - - reference - - - [1] _The Sumgait Tragedy; Pogroms against Armenians in Soviet Azerbaijan, Volume I, Eyewitness Accounts_, edited by Samuel Shahmuradian, forward by Yelena Bonner, 1990, published by Aristide D. Caratzas, NY, pages 158-160

talk.politics.mideast

As a former Catholic and now as a very active Lutheran - it is some of the "innovations" of the Mass which made me leave the Catholic Church and return to the more traditional Catholic Chuch - the Lutherans. I spent many years as a Lector reading the Passion parts as appropriate in the Catholic Church and I found it very meaningful. Our Lutheran parish just instituted the "Tenebrae" service for Good Friday and I was the lector for a paraphrased Passion which was exceptional. I heard and learned things that I have previously overlooked in the Gospels - yet those "facts" were always there. As a matter of interest, the pastor and I were talking about the differences between the RC and Lutheran Church during Holy Week over breakfast Easter Sunday. My wife is the member of the liturgy committee in the family (called music and worship at our church). Our pastor does have control of this committee but listens very carefully to the committee's suggestions. It needs a strong hand to lead and guide, to keep the intent and the message clear and strong as it should be through Lent and the rest of the liturgical year. Additional reason for my leaving the Catholic faith - lack of any selfless spiritual guidance by priests in my parishes. AKA "wishy-washy". As you may gather from my comments, I feel that it is very important, ir- regardless of denominational guidelines, to have a service/Mass which promotes the true reason that we are gathered there. I am quite comfortable in a traditional Mass, with receiving Holy Communion on the tongue, the Sacrament of PENANCE (not Reconciliation), Stations of the Cross, so on and so forth. The reason other types of Masses and parishes exist is because these feelings are not shared by everyone. I want more people to attend church and to find the Lord, but I don't want them attending a show. It's not. My church works hard to have a meaningful service during Lent on Wednesdays, but follow traditional Lutheran Book of Worship guidelines. Where things are changed or omitted during Lent (such as the Hymn of Praise) it is noted so that we are aware of the reasons that it is Not there. Quite frankly, it is very hard for a non-Catholic to go to a Mass and "fit in". My dear wife never could (former Methodist). And Holy Week Masses and Vigils would intimidate the daylights out of a non-Catholic. Those Catholics who have beared with me this far understand what I mean. Please keep in mind why we are there - to gather together in worship. Not to worry about how something is done or not done. If there is something wrong that you feel needs addressing, by all means talk to your priest or pastor. I have only ever met one who wouldn't listen. They are there to provide spiritual guidance and to help. Use them. My differences with the Catholic Church are much more fundamental - but my decision to change faiths was done with prayer, intervention, and sessions with priests and ministers. In Christ, Kershner -- Kershner Wyatt kwyatt@ccscola.ColumbiaSC.ncr.com

soc.religion.christian

It's exactly as dangerous as it looks. You're hard to see and have little protection. Keeping out of trouble means knowing your limits, keeping your machine in good shape and being able to predict and make up for every stupid move that drivers make out there. We deal with it because it's fun, but staying alive takes a conscious effort.

rec.motorcycles

Wow, does this mean 2 out of 5 homosexuals will be at the March on Washington? How *very* interesting. cpk -- It's been 80 days. Do you know where your wallet is?

talk.politics.misc

I agree, I reckon it's television and the increase in fundamentalism.. You think its the increase in pre-marital sex... others thinks its because psychologists have taken over the criminal justice system and let violent criminals con them into letting them out into the streets... others think it's the increase in designer drugs... others think it's a communist plot. Basically the social interactions of all the changing factors in our society are far too complicated for us to control. We just have to hold on to the panic handles and hope that we are heading for a soft landing. But one things for sure, depression and the destruction of the nuclear family is not due solely to sex out of marriage. Jeff.

alt.atheism

I tried the right set and it didn't work. I'm on the phone to their tech support right now and the guys doesn't know what a desktop rebuild is!!! He's got me holding for someone else............... And holding, and holding, and holding.

comp.sys.mac.hardware

I recently upgraded to a 486 and have found out I don't really have a need for my old 386. I'd prefer to sell just the motherboard and keep the case etc, so I'll offer the motherboard and case separately and let you decide. I'm asking $325 for the motherboard, which has: 25Mhz 386 DX (not SX) 8 megabytes of 32-bit, 70ns memory AMI BIOS based on C&T NEAT chipset (this means the motherboard and bus circuitry timings are programmable - the BIOS' advanced configuration menus let you select system, DMA, bus clock, wait states, command delays, etc.) "baby AT" sized - fits in mini-tower, full-sized or most any other case (Includes User's Guide and a copy of the BIOS reference manual) For $150 more you could have the rest of the system too: full-size AT case with 200(?) watt power supply 2 serial, 1 parallel, 1 game ports 20Mb hard disk 1.2Mb floppy disk keyboard video card (choice of VGA or ???) If you're interested, please give me a call. The system is set up at my house in Aloha, and you're welcome to come test drive it.

misc.forsale

From: Gene Wright <gene@theporch.raider.net> I'll say! Imagine that there were a couple groups up there, maybe landing a few weeks apart. The year-mark starts coming on for the first group. Isn't a billion pretty good incentive to take a shot at a potential winner? "Yeah, that's a shame that Team A's life support gave out so close to the deadline. Thanks for the billion." On the other hand, if Apollo cost ~25billion, for a few days or weeks in space, in 1970 dollars, then won't the reward have to be a lot more than only 1 billion to get any takers? -Tommy Mac ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tom McWilliams 517-355-2178 wk \\ As the radius of vision increases, 18084tm@ibm.cl.msu.edu 336-9591 hm \\ the circumference of mystery grows.

sci.space

What I've been saying is that moral behavior is likely the null behavior. That is, it doesn't take much work to be moral, but it certainly does to be immoral (in some cases). Also, I've said that morality is a remnant of evolution. Our moral system is based on concepts well practiced in the animal kingdom. But, this doesn't get us anywhere. Your particular beliefs are irrelevant unless you can share them or discuss them...

alt.atheism

Not too hard to remember, I bought a GS1000 new in '78. :-) It was 3rd place in the '78 speed wars (behind the CBX & XS Eleven) with a 11.8 @ 113 1/4 mile, and 75 horses. That wouldn't even make a good 600 these days. Then again, I paid $2800 for it, so technology isn't the only thing that's changed. Of course I'd still rather ride the old GS across three states than any of the 600's. I guess it's an indication of how much things have changed that a 12 second 400 didn't seem too far out of line.

rec.motorcycles

Nathaniel Sammons (ns111310@LANCE.ColoState.Edu) wrote on Mon, 19 Apr 1993 02:36:36 GMT: Agreed. No agency such as the NSA (or whoever) would approve the public release of a crypto-system, if they didn't already have the technical means or the know-how to decrypt everything at their whim. Surely the whole point of all this madness is to make Joe Public think that his/her communications will be kept safe, while James Bond at the NSA can, if need be, have full, decrypted access to someone's communications? That'll be quite a heist, if they can pull it off. I thought that the US Government were going to release the algorithm to a panel of "carefully chosen experts", who would then "study it deeply, and report their findings"? Exactly who will these people be? Academics? Or Government-sponsored researchers? Tiny-toons? I can only hope that the same sort of thing doesn't start filtering over into the ears of the UK Government, and if the European Parliament gets wind of it, well, we can kiss goodbye to any form of Democracy in Europe at all. Hallelujah! :-)

sci.crypt

NY Rangers 3 1 0--4 Washington 0 0 0--0 First period 1, NY Rangers, Graves 33 (Turcotte, Lowe) 9:13. 2, NY Rangers, Gartner 44 (Messier) 11:21. 3, NY Rangers, Olczyk 21 (Messier, Amonte) 14:57. Second period 4, NY Rangers, Beukeboom 2 (unassisted) 3:30. Third period No scoring. NY Rangers: 4 Power play: 4-0 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Amonte 0 1 1 Beukeboom 1 0 1 Gartner 1 0 1 Graves 1 0 1 Lowe 0 1 1 Messier 0 2 2 Olczyk 1 0 1 Turcotte 0 1 1 Washington: 0 Power play: 3-0 No scoring ----------------------------------------- Boston 0 2 1--3 Buffalo 0 0 0--0 First period No scoring. Second period 1, Boston, Leach 24 (Wesley, Oates) pp, 1:03. 2, Boston, Oates 44 (Douris, Poulin) 9:00. Third period 3, Boston, Douris 4 (Bourque) sh, 0:55. Boston: 3 Power play: 5-1 Special goals: pp: 1 sh: 1 Total: 2 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Bourque 0 1 1 Douris 1 1 2 Leach 1 0 1 Oates 1 1 2 Poulin 0 1 1 Wesley 0 1 1 Buffalo: 0 Power play: 6-0 No scoring ----------------------------------------- Pittsburgh 1 3 1--5 New Jersey 0 1 1--2 First period 1, Pittsburgh, Francis 23 (Lemieux, Tocchet) pp, 13:25. Second period 2, Pittsburgh, Murphy 21 (Francis, Mullen) sh, 0:38. 3, Pittsburgh, Francis 24 (Tocchet, Lemieux) pp, 7:14. 4, Pittsburgh, Jagr 33 (Tocchet, Francis) pp, 15:22. 5, New Jersey, Zelepukin 17 (Driver, Lemieux) pp, 19:07. Third period 6, New Jersey, MacLean 23 (Nicholls, Stevens) 6:45. 7, Pittsburgh, Lemieux 62 (Jagr) en, 19:51. Pittsburgh: 5 Power play: 9-3 Special goals: pp: 3 sh: 1 en: 1 Total: 5 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Francis 2 2 4 Jagr 1 1 2 Lemieux 1 2 3 Mullen 0 1 1 Murphy 1 0 1 Tocchet 0 3 3 New Jersey: 2 Power play: 9-1 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Driver 0 1 1 Lemieux 0 1 1 MacLean 1 0 1 Nicholls 0 1 1 Stevens 0 1 1 Zelepukin 1 0 1 ----------------------------------------- Toronto 0 0 0--0 Philadelphia 2 1 1--4 First period 1, Philadelphia, Dineen 31 (Beranek, Hawgood) 8:10. 2, Philadelphia, McGill 3 (Lindros, Recchi) 19:55. Second period 3, Philadelphia, Lindros 38 (Recchi, Galley) 7:55. Third period 4, Philadelphia, Dineen 32 (Hawgood, Galley) pp, 18:39. Philadelphia: 4 Power play: 4-1 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Beranek 0 1 1 Dineen 2 0 2 Galley 0 2 2 Hawgood 0 2 2 Lindros 1 1 2 McGill 1 0 1 Recchi 0 2 2 Toronto: 0 Power play: 6-0 No scoring ----------------------------------------- Vancouver 0 2 1--3 Ottawa 0 0 0--0 First period No scoring. Second period 1, Vancouver, Plavsic 6 (Craven) 13:05. 2, Vancouver, Momesso 17 (Nedved, Plavsic) pp, 15:52. Third period 3, Vancouver, Bure 57 (unassisted) 13:27. Vancouver: 3 Power play: 4-1 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Bure 1 0 1 Craven 0 1 1 Momesso 1 0 1 Nedved 0 1 1 Plavsic 1 1 2 Ottawa: 0 Power play: 5-0 No scoring ----------------------------------------- St. Louis 2 0 2--4 Chicago 4 0 1--5 First period 1, Chicago, Sutter 18 (Murphy, Chelios) pp, 1:08. 2, St. Louis, Janney 20 (Shanahan, J.Brown) pp, 6:49. 3, Chicago, Roenick 44 (Chelios, Smith) pp, 8:20. 4, Chicago, Roenick 45 (Sutter, Chelios) pp, 13:14. 5, Chicago, Graham 19 (Gilbert, Ruuttu) 13:42. 6, St. Louis, Janney 21 (Shanahan, Crossman) 19:38. Second period No scoring. Third period 7, Chicago, Murphy 5 (Chelios, Belfour) 0:20. 8, St. Louis, Miller 21 (Hull, Janney) pp, 7:04. 9, St. Louis, Janney 22 (Miller, Shanahan) 19:32. Chicago: 5 Power play: 8-3 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Belfour 0 1 1 Chelios 0 4 4 Gilbert 0 1 1 Graham 1 0 1 Murphy 1 1 2 Roenick 2 0 2 Ruuttu 0 1 1 Smith 0 1 1 Sutter 1 1 2 St. Louis: 4 Power play: 4-2 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Brown J 0 1 1 Crossman 0 1 1 Hull 0 1 1 Janney 3 1 4 Miller 1 1 2 Shanahan 0 3 3 ----------------------------------------- Calgary 1 2 1--4 San Jose 1 0 2--3 First period 1, Calgary, Otto 19 (Yawney, Ashton) pp, 5:29. 2, San Jose, Odgers 10 (Pederson, Wilkinson) 18:33. Second period 3, Calgary, Nieuwendyk 34 (Johansson, Reese) 2:03. 4, Calgary, Reichel 35 (Skrudland, Berube) 12:22. Third period 5, Calgary, Ashton 7 (Otto, Fleury) 1:30. 6, San Jose, Pederson 9 (Odgers, Evason) 2:24. 7, San Jose, Odgers 11 (Gaudreau, Evason) pp, 19:30. Calgary: 4 Power play: 5-1 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Ashton 1 1 2 Berube 0 1 1 Fleury 0 1 1 Johansson 0 1 1 Nieuwendyk 1 0 1 Otto 1 1 2 Reese 0 1 1 Reichel 1 0 1 Skrudland 0 1 1 Yawney 0 1 1 San Jose: 3 Power play: 5-1 Scorer G A Pts --------------- --- --- --- Evason 0 2 2 Gaudreau 0 1 1 Odgers 2 1 3 Pederson 1 1 2 Wilkinson 0 1 1

rec.sport.hockey

Sorry, Bryan, this is not quite correct. Remember the VGALIB package that comes with Linux/SLS? It will switch to VGA 320x200x256 mode *without* Xwindows. So at least it is *possible* to write a GIF viewer under Linux. However I don't think that there exists a similar SVGA package, and viewing GIFs in 320x200 is not very nice. Best Regards, Arno -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Arno Schaefer ENSIMAG, 2e Annee Email: schaefer@silene.imag.fr Tel.: (33) 76 51 79 95 :-)

comp.graphics

As to how many clients may be display on a server, I believe the limit would be how much memory is available to your server or allocated by the server.

comp.windows.x

I'd be willing to make two wagers: 1) Snow doesn't win ROY. 2) Mattingly is out of baseball within five years. I'm skeptical of the first, because I don't think Snow is that good a player, and he is on a losing team. I'm skeptical of the second because of his back. Mattingly is 32 this year, and how many players play until they are 40? Not too many, and most of them didn't have chronic back problems when they were 32. Could be wrong on either or both, but I think that's the smart way to bet...

rec.sport.baseball

I did hear this question asked during a radio news update of the case. (They were talking about the ongoing trial and had some audio clips). Immediately after the defense attorney asked the question, there was an "Objection!" heard in the background. The clip ended at that point so I don't know if the objection was upheld. I can't imagine NC is *that* bad. This I didn't hear as an audio clip but heard it reported a number of times on news stories both during and after the trial. Now the "we did it on purpose" thing is stretching, I think it was something more like--he had it coming. If somebody else remebers better than I on this second point, feel free to clarify. Frank -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Frank R. Chloupek CHLOUPEK@ohstpy.mps.ohio-state.edu Department of Physics -- *The* Ohio State University (Not just any Ohio State University)

talk.politics.misc

I am looking for one of those color LCD screens you place on an overhead projector and control the presentation with a Mac. Can you recommend me a particular brand? What price are we talking about? Thanks,

comp.sys.mac.hardware

: write over the "Licensed to:", but you can't change the name underneth it. I : think if you wish to change this you would have to be a pirate, and we're not : going to promote that here. : Not so! My computer was supplied with my name in an 'interesting' mix of upper and lower case, and my workplace mis-typed. I'm getting fed up with being 'CMyearslEY' at 'KEEL UNVERSITY'! It took me 20 (!) phone calls to the supplier to get the computer working at all. I really can't face tackling them again....

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

/(me) /(hudson) /Why does that make something immoral? Because you are not being consistent. Moral systems must be consistent. A person who thinks they can inflict pain on others, but doesn't want it inflicted upon themselves, has a double standard. And double standards are a violation of *any* moral system. (me) /(hudson) /Of course we don't like pain. I don't like brussel sprouts. Are brussel /sprouts immoral? Pain isn't immoral, stupid. Pain itself is just a physiological reaction. What >>is<< immoral is subjecting unwilling individuals to pain. Or brussel sprouts, for that matter. (hudson) (me) /(hudson) /Why would it be wrong to make humans undergo the effects of the reactions /if humans are composed only of matter? What humans are composed of isn't the qualifying criteria of whether or not something would be wrong. /(hudson) /Is it wrong to make matter undergo chemical reactions? Yes, if it is sentient matter. /(me) />Nature is not a sentient force; there is no choice involved. Therefore, />no question of morality. /(hudson) /I actually heard a geologist entertain the notion that matter had a will. /There is some sentient force out there. Fine. I have also heard that the government is encoding the DNA for a new race of superhumans in ordinary drinking water. What's your point? /(hudson) /If humans are made only of matter, then choices are also chemical reactions, /so why is choice an important issue. And if that is the case, then god is only an idea contained in the minds of people (formed of matter) and on printed pages (also formed of matter) and does not really exist.

talk.religion.misc

"A handful of anti-gun zealots are telling the public that their right to self-defense is of less importance than the interests of Handgun Control, Inc. This action comes as local, state and federal law enforcement officials continue their assault on the Branch Davidian compound--an assault which has already resulted in the death of one two year old child at the hands of federal agents. This has highlighted the need for citizens to be able to defend themselves and their children against the excesses of their own government." "Any suggestion by opponents that this bill will increase crime is a distortion of the facts, at best. The aggressive outreach by officials in central Florida to train and arm women has led to a dramatic drop in the level of assault and rape in that area. Of course, this program is a rare gem, as many law enforcement officials apparently believe that an unarmed citizenry will be easier to control, and thus favor tighter restrictions." "The vote today is a tribute to the good sense of the public at large who are putting their lives on the line every day as they go about their lawful affairs. The entire country knows how vulnerable the average citizen is, both to attacks from criminals and from armed assault by our own police. Texas lawmakers who voted for this concealed handgun bill have shown total understanding for those innocent, law-abiding citizens on the front lines, and the families of those who have fallen." "I urge the House of Representatives to pay attention to the needs of their constituents, and not be stampeded by ill-conceived arguments from ideological fanatics." Ain't propaganda fun?

talk.politics.guns

Yeah, I loved the vent windows on my 82 Escort (hell, the only thing I liked about the car). One of the things I'd like to see brought back. Does anyone know if they're an option on the new Escorts?

rec.autos

It also falls within the purview of the ACLU, but that doesn't mean the ACLU (or the EFF) would be the most effective instrument to "win the hearts and minds" in favor of access to cryptography. It's precisely slogans like "cryptography makes censorship impossible" which stand to torpedo any attempt to generate a broad consensus in favor of encryption. It is not true, and in the context of a public debate it would be a dangerous red herring. Advocates of strong crypto had better prepare themselves to answer such charges in pragmatic terms that laypeople and politicians can sympathize with. The usual mumblings about Constitutional amendments are not enough.

sci.crypt

I'm searching for a phonetic TrueType font for Windows 3.1. If anybody knows one, please mail me! Thanks. dw

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

[snip] Honest, it just ended like that, I swear! Hmmmm...I recognize the warning signs...alternating polite and rude...coming into newsgroup with huge chip on shoulder...calls people names and then makes nice...whirrr...click...whirrr "Clam" Bake Timmons = Bill "Shit Stirrer Connor" Q.E.D. Whirr click whirr...Frank O'Dwyer might also be contained in that shell...pop stack to determine...whirr...click..whirr "Killfile" Keith Allen Schneider = Frank "Closet Theist" O'Dwyer = the mind reels. Maybe they're all Bobby Mozumder. -- Maddi Hausmann madhaus@netcom.com Centigram Communications Corp San Jose California 408/428-3553

alt.atheism

I want to get a car alarm and I am thinking about getting an Ungo Box. Does anyone out there have any knowledge or experience with any of these alarms? How about price ranges for the different models? Are these good car alarms? Please email me any responces. cak3@ns3.lehigh.edu

rec.autos

WRONG: I don't think even PKP claims this one. It is not unlawful to distribute code implementing RSA. It appears to be unlawful to use it, so I agree with your last sentence. Yes, that's correct.

sci.crypt

sure sounds like they got a ringer. the 325is i drove was definitely faster than that. if you want to quote numbers, my AW AutoFile shows 0-60 in 7.4, 1/4 mile in 15.9. it quotes Car and Driver's figures of 6.9 and 15.3. oh, BTW, these numbers are for the 325i. i don't know how the addition of variable valve timing for 1993 affects it. but don't take my word for it. go drive it.

rec.autos