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I first read and consulted rec.guns in the summer of 1991. I just purchased my first firearm in early March of this year.

talk.politics.guns

Several years ago GM was having trouble with the rings sticking on the 5.7 diesel. They traced a cause to the use of 10W-40 oil. They would not honor warranty work if 10W-40 was used (if my memory serves me). 5-30, 10-30 or 20 50 was OK'd though.

rec.autos

Great interview with Benjamin Netanyahu on CNN - Larry King Live (4/15/93) This guy is knows what he is talking about. He is truely charismatic, articulate, intelligent, and demonstrates real leadership qualities. I agree, but I wish I liked his politics.

talk.politics.mideast

I apologize if this article is slightly confusing, and late. The origonal draft didn't make it through the moderators quote-screens. So I did violence to it, but if you remember the article I am responding to it should still make sence. What, no hello for heathan netters? I feel all left out now. :( [deletia- table of content, intro, homosexuality] [deletia- incorrect attributions] Uh, you have your attributions wrong, you were responding to my article, so Dan Johnson should be the 1st one. [deletia- no free gifts speil nuked by moderator fiat.] Ah, in the _cosmic_ sence.. but who lives in the cosmic sence? Not me! Cosmicly, we don't even exist for all practical purposes. I can hardly use the Cosmic Sence Of Stuff as a guide to life. It would just say: "don't bother." Luckily for mortals, there are many sences of scale you can talk about. In a human sence, you can have big purposes. But the influence of Aristotle, Confucious, Alexander, Ceasar and countless others is still with us, although their works have perished. But they have changed to course of history, and while humanity exists, their deeds cannot be said to have come to nothing, even if they are utterly forgotten. One day, surely. (well, unless you believe in the Second Coming, which I do not) But in that time we can make a difference. In the end. But it must be the end; until then, there is all the point you can muster. And when that end comes, there will be nobody to ask, "Gee, I don't think James Sledd's deeds are gonna make much of a difference, ulitmately, ya know?". But they will have already have made a difference, great or small, before the end. Why must your ends be eternal to be worthwhile? Little is in the eye of the beholder, of course. I don't doubt it. But I have thought about the cosmic scale. And it does not seem to mean much to us, here, today. I would not find this comforting. But perhaps it is merely my definitions. Here's what I think the relevant terms are: "Reality" That which is real. "Illusion" That which is not real, but seems to be. "Real" Objectively Existing For "reality" to be an "illusion" would mean, then: That which is real is not real, but seems to be. Or: That which objectively exists, does not objectively exist, but does seem to objectively exist. From which we can conclude, that unless you want to get a contradiction, that no things objectively exist. But I have a problem with this because I would like to say that *I* objectively exist, if nothing else. Cogito Ergo Sum and all that. Perhaps you do not mean all that, but rather mean: "Objective Reality is Unreachable by humans." Which is not so bad, and so far as I know is true. Have on. If reality is an illusion, isn't True Reality an illusion too? And if True Reality is spirit, doens't that make Spirit an Illusion as well? If I am not distinctly confused, this is getting positively Buddhist. That is one hell of a statement, although perhaps true. Do you mean to imply that it was *intended* to be so? If so, please show that this is true. If not, please explain how this can give a purpose to anything. How does it do that? Wouldn't the world=school w/ intent idea make the world a preparation for some *greater* purpose, rather than a purpose in itself. What pressure? It is not necessary to be a success in human terms, unless your goals either include doing so or require doing so before they themselves can be achived. Indeed, many people have set goals for themselves that do not include success in human terms as _I_ understand it. Check out yer Buddhist monk type guy. Out for nirvana, which is not at all the same thing. Why is learning to love a goal? What happens if you fail in this goal? To you? To God? To the mysterious Purpose? [deletia- question about immortailty and my answer deleted because it was mostly quote.] I'll have a crack at that. (1) The nature of eternal life is neatly described by its name: It is the concept of life without death, life without end. (2) No. We can put together word to describe it, but we cannot imagine it. (2a) No metaphor is adequate next to eternity; if it were we could not understand it either. (or so I suspect) --- - Dan Johnson And God said "Jeeze, this is dull"... and it *WAS* dull. Genesis 0:0

soc.religion.christian

Oh? Hellman said ``each user will get to choose his or her own key.'' That's the key which I called K_P, the session key. According to Hellman, if Alice and Bob are communicating with the Clipper Chip, then Alice chooses ``her own key'' and Bob chooses ``his own key.'' This is incompatible with the suggestion that when Alice and Bob are talking, they use a _common_ K_P, chosen by classical or public-key approaches. The protocol/key-management description published so far is either incomplete or incorrect. It leaves me with no idea of how the system would actually _work_. I hope the CPSR FOIA request succeeds so that we get full details.

sci.crypt

sci.space

You have a lot more problems keeping up with hardware interrupts in Windows than in DOS - regardless of what communication software you are using. Try the following: 1) Turn off disk write cache for the disk you are downloading to. The cache will save up so much that when it grabs control of the machine it takes too long to write to disk and you loose characters. 2) Use a different UART for your serial line. The old UART's (8250 or 16450) can only buffer one character internally. The new UART's (16550) can buffer 16, which should be plenty for most situations. You can run \windows\msd.exe to find out what UART is on the machine.

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

I had the same problem in my '90 MX-6. Luckily I had it fixed under warranty. I think they replaced a tail light gasket. Check with a dealer, it's a known problem.

rec.autos

So in other words, if Roussel shuts out the Sharks and Soderstrom shuts out the Penguins, that's immaterial because it was the coaches decision? Come on, Joe, think about what you're saying! Who they played is VERY significant. Why they played them is what's irrelevent. A low GAA against good teams is better than a low GAA against bad teams in the context of comparing two goaltenders. A low GAA is better then a higher GAA. A low GAA against good teams is much, much better than a higher GAA against bad teams in the context of comparing two goaltenders. YES IT DOES! Absolutely. **In the context of comparing two goaltenders**. Of course, at the end of the season 2 points is 2 points no matter how you get them. And on the score sheets shutouts are shutouts. But if you're a coach deciding between two goalies, or a GM looking to make a trade, you have got to look deeper than the stat sheets. I didn't see the second Toronto game, but the first one was a defensive masterpiece. There was nothing in that game to judge Tommy Soderstrom on because he wasn't tested. The same for Roussel in the Ranger game. Two real scoring chances, one he made a great play, the other he was saved by a mistake from the other player. If you were judging Roussel on that game alone, you have very little to go by. But if you were to look at the 0-0 tie against the Habs, you saw a goalie stand on his head to get that shutout. THAT was a #1 goalie in action. Roussel doesn't have a game like that in him. Don't be so sure of that. FLYERS management never says bad thing about Roussel, but they don't say too much on the good side either. I've seen at least two interviews where every time Farwell was asked how happy he was to have two good goaltenders, it was Tommy this, Tommy that, and oh, yeah, Dom has played well too. FLYERS in the NHL Hall of Fame. Kinda dull, really. They handed out a team picture to everybody who walked in from Pizza Hut, but it was the same picture they sold in the programs in mid-season. Had names like Benning, Kasper... Mostly random seat locations, some were given out by having certain autographs on the team photos. I don't like that method since I've seen guards help out people get things like Lindros pictures, surely if they got their hands on an autographed picture they'd hold 'em for their buddies.

rec.sport.hockey

Well, pardon me for trying to continue the discussion rather than just tugging my forelock in dismay at having not considered actually trying to recover the energy from this process (which is at least trying to go the 'right' way on the energy curve). Now, where *did* I put those sackcloth and ashes? [I was not and am not 'pretending' anything; I am *so* pleased you are not surprised, though.] Note that I didn't say it was perpetual motion, or even that it sounded like perpetual motion; the phrase was "sounds almost like perpetual motion", which I, at least, consider a somewhat different propposition than the one you elect to criticize. Perhaps I should beg your pardon for being *too* precise in my use of language? I will believe that this process comes even close to approaching technological and economic feasibility (given the mixed nature of the trash that will have to be run through it as opposed to the costs of separating things first and having a different 'run' for each actinide) when I see them dump a few tons in one end and pull (relatively) clean material out the other. Once the costs, technological risks, etc., are taken into account I still class this one with the idea of throwing waste into the sun. Sure, it's possible and the physics are well understood, but is it really a reasonable approach? And I still wonder at what sort of 'burning' rate you could get with something like this, as opposed to what kind of energy you would really recover as opposed to what it would cost to build and power with and without the energy recovery. Are we talking ounces, pounds, or tons (grams, kilograms, or metric tons, for you SI fans) of material and are we talking days, weeks, months, or years (days, weeks, months or years, for you SI fans -- hmmm, still using a non-decimated time scale, I see ;-))? -- "Insisting on perfect safety is for people who don't have the balls to live in the real world." -- Mary Shafer, NASA Ames Dryden

sci.space

To what follows, our moderator has already answered the charge of arrogance more ably that I could have done so, so I will confine myself to answering the charge of illogic. This is how everyone in the western intellectual tradition is, or was, taught to think. It is the fundamental premis "A is not not-A". If a thing is true then its converse is necessarilly false. Without this basic asumption theology and science as we know them are alike impossible. We should distinguish the strong and weak meanings of the word "believe", however. The weak sense means I am not sure. "I believe Tom went to the library." (but he could have gone to the track). The strong sense means I am so certain that I use it as a basis of thought. "I believe that nature operates according to certain fundamental laws." (despite the fact that nature *appears* capricious and unpredictable). Christian belief is of the strong kind. (Though Christians may well hold beliefs of the weak kind on any number of theological and ecclesiological topics.) Note that these are two separate ideas. Most hold the first view, but the majority do not hold the second. Is is again a matter of pure logic that if Christanity is true, then Hinduism (for example) must necessarilly be false, insofar as it contradicts or is incompatible with, Christaianity. (And, as a matter of *logic*, vice versa.) It is arrogant to claim to know what *anyone* thinks or wants, unless they have told you. Christians believe God has told us what he thinks and wants. Most Christians do not base their belief on the Bible, but on the living tradition of the Church established by Christ and guided constantly by the Holy Spirit. The Bible is simply the written core of that tradition. If depends what you mean by differing. If I believe Tom is six feet tall and you believe he weighs 200 pounds, our beliefs differ, but we may both be right. If I believe Tom is six feet tall and you beleive that he is four foot nine, one of us, at least, must be wrong. Thus you believe that there is a single truth but that no human being can find it. You assert that anyone who believe that we can find absolute truth is mistaken. In short, you believe that anyone who does not share your belief on this point is wrong. QED. Here I begin to suspect that your real difficulty is not with the knowability of truth, but simply with language. Saying that the glass is half empty is not a contradiction of the statement that it is half full: it is the same fact expressed in different words. (The whole point of this phrase is to illustrate the different ways the pessimist and the optimist express the *same* fact.) It is, of course, quite true that different people may express the same belief in different words. It is also true that they may fail to understand each other's words as expressions of the same belief and may argue bitterly and believe that they are miles apart. Great scisms have occurred in just this way, and much ecumenical work has been done simply in resolving differences in language which conceal agreement in belief. This does not mean, in any sense, that all beliefs are equally valid. Since some of the beliefs people hold contradict some other beliefs that other people hold, after all obfuscations of language and culture in the expression of those beliefs have been stripped away, some of the beliefs that some people hold must, **necessarilly** be false, and it is neither arrogant nor illogical to say so. If I believe X and you believe Y we may both be correct, but if Y is equivalent to not-X then one of us is wrong and as long as we hold our respective beliefs, we must each regard the other as in error.

soc.religion.christian

I need to write an application which does annotation notes on existing documents. The annotation could be done several times by different people. The idea is something like having several acetate transparencies stacked on top of each other so that the user can see through all of them. I've seen something like this being done by the oclock client. Could someone please tell me how to do it in Xt? Thank you very much.

comp.windows.x

: Frank Crary posted: : : Sure, but the difference in per-capita crime rates predates the : : gun control laws: The homicide rate in England was a tenth that : : of America, back when anyone in England could buy a gun without : : any paperwork at all. : Steve Manes asks: : > Got a citation for this? : Colin Greenwood from Scotland Yard did a study that showed that gun : control has had no effect on crime or murder rates in the UK. His book, : _Firearms_Controls_, has been published in London by Keegan Paul (name : may be misspelled). Others dispute that, like Richard Hofstadter, <America As A Gun Culture>, and Newton and Zimring's <Firearms and Violence in American Life>. But, again, statistics between too dissimilar cultures are difficult to quantify. I don't know how anyone can state that gun control could have NO effect on homicide rates. There were over 250 >accidental< handgun homicides in America in 1990, most with licensed weapons. More American children accidentally shot other children last year (15) than all the handgun homicides in Great Britain. (Source: National Safety Council. Please... no dictionary arguments about RATES vs TOTAL NUMBERS, okay? They're offered for emphasis, not comparison). If Mr. Greenwood believes that Brits are much too sober and coordinated to make such mistakes I'd like to introduce him to my friend, Amanda from Brighton. I used to have some pretty nice crystal in my place until she moved in. I've gotten used to the snide comments from guests about the clown motif on my rubber wine glasses.

talk.politics.guns

It's all easy with a DSP. The Olivetti Quaderno, for example [*great* 1kg subnotebook/palmtop PC -- sorry for the plug, folks, but Olivetti don't seem to be doing a good job marketing it themselves :-)] includes sound digitisation hardware; they provide vocoders for their DSP which produce varous bit-rates. There's one which gives pretty acceptable voice quality at 13Kbit/sec, just right for a V.32bis modem. Their DSP can play and record at the same time, too -- so you wouldn't need to play "two-way-radio". You can also download code to the DSP subunit, though you'd need a software development kit for the DSP in question [dunno which it is...] if you wanted to produce your own vocoder for, say, V.32 speeds. Paul

sci.crypt

I'm considering buying one of these to offload the internal video in my IIci and to get 24 bit color capability on my 13" monitor. What's the deal on them? 1) Do they come with varying amounts of RAM? If so, what is the max and min? How much do I need for 640 x 480 x 24 bits? 2) What bit depths are supported? One, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 24? 3) Are all these cards accelerated or just some? Is it true that modern accelerated video cards are (at least in general) faster? What bit depths are accelerated, all or just 24 bit? I've heard that some applications actually run *slower* with this card if they write directly to the screen (or something like that). Is this a frequent problem? How much slower is it? 4) Didn't I read (when System 7 first came out) that the card was incompatible? If so, how was this corrected (Finder patch, some INIT, or other)? Has it been kept compatible with 7.1? Are there many other apps that it is incompatible with (games or important (i.e., non- Microsloth) apps, for example)? 5) If you have a strong opinion on it's value for someone in my position, let me know what you think a reasonable price is to pay for it. Thanks a lot for you input. Rick

comp.sys.mac.hardware

MSG is mono sodium glutamate, a fairly straight forward compound. If it is pure, the source should not be a problem. Your comment suggests that impurities may be the cause. My experience of MSG effects (as part of a double blind study) was that the pure stuff caused me some rather severe effects. Soya bean, fermented cheeses, mushrooms all contain MSG.

sci.med

As an additional data point, I have run Castrol 20W50 exclusively in the following cars: 75 Rabbit, 78 Scirocco, 76 Rabbit, 78 Bus, 70 Beetle, 76 Bus, 86 Jetta GLI. I've never had an oil-related problem. Disclaimer: It gets mighty hot down here.

rec.autos

the Not Quite the point to be considdered here! Fact: If/When Apple release system 7 (or what ever is current at the time of release) then you will see shortly afterwards Apple no longer producing Hardware...Look at Next with their NextStep486 to see what happens. Who is going to pay Apples Prices when they can get the same thing cheaper else where! (Heck we can get a Sun Workstation cheaper than a Quadra, and infact we have a number of times!!!, it ALL comes down to $$$$) them, It No the continued develeopment is because there is becomming less and less profit in Hardware, So the Next Step (no pun intended...well sort of), is to make the money in software (look at Microsoft if you think it can't happen!), after all you can sell multiple pieces of software to ONE hardware platform. As you also said Windows is a nightmare for programmers, so will the temptation to sell system 7 to a couple of MILLION dos users be too much for Apple! (50 million copies @ $100 is SERIOUS money!). --

comp.sys.mac.hardware

There is no contradiction here. It is essential in the sense that your body needs it. It is non-essential in the sense that your body can produce enough of it without supplement.

sci.med

And we all know what an unbiased source the NYT is when it comes to things concerning Israel. Neither the Times nor the trained seals who have responded thus far seem to recognize the statement that these "private funds" were all tax exmpt. In otherwords, American taxpayers put up at least 30% of the money. And finalyy, how does "Federal land" mitigate the offensiveness of this alien monument dedicated to perpetuating pitty and the continual flow of tax money to a foreign entity?

talk.politics.mideast

Maybe I should point out that we are not talking about c.s.amiga.*. Only comp.graphics.

comp.graphics

Why do we follow God so blindly? Have you ever asked a physically blind person why he or she follows a seeing eye dog? The answer is quite simple--the dog can see, and the blind person cannot. I acknowledge, as a Christian, that I am blind. I see, but I see illusions as well as reality. (Watched TV lately?) I hear, but I hear lies as well as truth. (Listen to your radio or read a newspaper.) Remember, all that tastes well is not healthy. So, I rely one the one who can see, hear, and taste everything, and knows what is real, and what is not. That is God. Of course, you may ask, if I cannot trust my own senses, how do I know whether what I see and hear about God is truth or a lie. That is why we need faith to be saved. We must force ourselves to believe that God knows the truth, and loves us enough to share it with us, even when it defies what we think we know. Why would He have created us if He did not love us enough to help us through this world? I also do trust my experiences to some extent. When I do things that defy the seeming logic of my experience, because it is what my Father commands me to do, and I see the results in the long term, I find that He has led me in the proper direction, even though it did not feel right at the time. This is where our works as Christians are important: As exercises of the body make the body strong, excercises of faith make the faith strong. As for you, no one can "convert" you. You must choose to follow God of your own will, if you are ever to follow Him. All we as Christians wish to do is share with you the love we have received from God. If you reject that, we have to accept your decision, although we always keep the offer open to you. If you really want to find out why we believe what we believe, I can only suggest you try praying for faith, reading the Bible, and asking Christians about their experiences personally. Then you may grow to understand why we believe what we do, in defiance of the logic of this world. May the Lord bring peace to you,

soc.religion.christian

What an anal retentive you are wimp.

talk.politics.mideast

You a good case for rights to abortion.

talk.politics.mideast

Being a baseball fan and a fan of the above mentioned band I was wondering if anyone could clue me in on whether the Dead (or members of) sang the national anthem at todays Giant opener? I would imagine that it is a bit too early for anyone to know, but an answer would be greatly appreciated. Curious, Robert

rec.sport.baseball

A couple of questions for you firearms law experts out there: Question #1 According to the NRA/ILA state firearms lawbook, in Wisconsin it is 'unlawful for any person except a peace officer to go armed* with a "concealed and dangerous weapon." There is no statutory provision for obtaining a lixense or permit to carry a concealed weapon.' * Jury instructions indicate that 'to go armed' one must have a firearm on one's person or within his immediate control and available for use. Does this mean that open carry is allowed? If so, just how 'open' does it have to be? Would an in the pants holster be considered concealing? What if one had their jacket on and it partially covered the weapon? Also, is there any way to be allowed to carry concealed, or is it just not allowed, period? Question #2 As I understand it, in Evanston, IL, they have a ordinance banning handguns. Is there any way to get around this provision? What would the penalty if you were found out be? What if you used said handgun in a defensive shooting in your apartment there? How would the city law apply to your impending trial for the shooting? Also, what is IL state law concerning short barreled weapons? Short barreled shotgun is what I would be interested in if a handgun were not available, either that or a shortened 9mm carbine (ie Colt, Marlin). One more thing, what is the chance of getting a CCW permit in IL without being rich or famous or related to the mayor?

talk.politics.guns

[DG] THE U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: A COSTLY AND DANGEROUS MISTAKE [DG] by Theodore J. O'Keefe [DG] HARD BY THE WASHINGTON MONUMENT, within clear view of the Jefferson [DG] Memorial, an easy stroll down the Mall to the majestic Lincoln Memorial, [DG] has arisen, on some of the most hallowed territory of the United States of [DG] America, a costly and dangerous mistake. On ground where no monument yet [DG] marks countless sacrifices and unheralded achievements of Americans of all [DG] races and creeds in the building and defense of this nation, sits today a [DG] massive and costly edifice, devoted above all to a contentious and false [DG] version of the ordeal in Europe during World War II, of non-American [DG] members of a minority, sectarian group. Now, in the deceptive guise of [DG] tolerance, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum begins a propaganda [DG] campaign, financed through the unwitting largess of the American taxpayer, [DG] in the interests of Israel and its adherents in America. [JAKE] After reading the first paragraph, a quick scan confirmed my first [JAKE] impression: this is a bunch of revisionist and anti-semitic hogwash. Jake, I'm really disappointed in you. It took you a whole paragraph to see that it was "bunch of revisionist and anti-semitic hogwash". :-) The article title "THE U.S. HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM: A COSTLY AND DANGEROUS MISTAKE" should have been enough! :-) Tsiel

talk.politics.mideast

I think the problem here is that I pretty much ignored the part about the Jews sightseeing for 2000 years, thinking instead that the important part of what the original poster said was the bit about killing Palestinians. In retrospect, I can see how the sightseeing thing would be offensive to many. I originally saw it just as poetic license, but it's understandable that others might see it differently. I still think that Ken came on a bit strong though. I also think that your advice to Masud Khan: #Before you argue with someone like Mr Arromdee, it's a good idea to #do a little homework, or at least think. was unnecessary. Throughout all your articles in this thread there is the tacit assumption that the original poster was exhibiting casual anti-semitism. If I agreed with that, then maybe your speech on why this is bad might have been relevant. But I think you're reading a lot into one flip sentence. While probably not true in this case, too often the charge of anti-semitism gets thrown around in order to stifle legitimate criticism of the state of Israel. Anyway, I'd rather be somewhere else, so I'm outta this thread.

alt.atheism

I don't think such a Canada is any more "culturally similar" to the United States than England. In terms of laws regarding individual rights, restrictions on police searches, etc... (all closely related to crime) Canadian laws parallel England's and differ greatly from those of the United States. Actually, they do not have "roughly the same... urban economy", and extremely different ethnic composition. However, if you account for economic and ethnic differences, the difference disappears completely: Seattle's minorities are predominatly poor, while Vancouver's are middle or upper class. The rates for whites in both cities were found to be identicle, while the rate for poor, Seattle minorities was almost three times as great as for the well-to-do minorities of Vancouver. The pattern seems to be one of poverty and race relations, not one of gun control. That is a gross distortion: "Self-defense" does not mean killing the attacker. There were 21 cases of civilians killing their attacker in self-defence. But such cases represent less that 0.5% of the crimes prevented by armed self-defence; for every case you cite, there were over 200 other cases of self-defence where the crime was prevented but the attacker was not killed. (0.5%, by the way, is the most conservative possible figure, based on the National Crime Survey's estimate of 80,000 crimes prevented by armed self-defence each year. Most other studies on the subject put the figure at 500,000 to 600,000. Those figures would imply less than 0.08% of sucessful self-defences involve killing the attacker.) So, more correctly, there over 4000 (possibly as many as 25,000) cases of civilians acting in self-defence, only 21 of which resulted in the death of the attacker. This is a significant factor, in comparison to the 592 homicides. If memory serves, homicides make up approximately 1% of the violent crimes the study considered, so the fair comparison would be 40 - 250 homicides prevented and 592 homicides. Clearly, the study can not be close to accurate, since it ignored these cases of self-defence.

talk.politics.guns

According to BBC Radio this morning, UK, Denmark, Portugal & a few others have vetoed a proposal to limit EC-sold bikes to 100 BHP. The reason is that such a limit is not supported by accident statistics - a rare example of governmental wisdom. The limit has a five year moratorium on it, and "specialist" manufacturers will be exempt anyway. Any suspicion that this is a crafty trick to restrict that end of the market in Europe to Triumph, Norton (who? :-)), BMW, Cagiva & Ducati is the sort of dangerous rubbish which stalls GATT talks. You heard it here first.

rec.motorcycles

FYI...I just posted this on alt.psychoactives as a response to what the group is for...... A note to the users of alt.psychoactives.... This group was originally a takeoff from sci.med. The reason for the formation of this group was to discuss prescription psychoactive drugs....such as antidepressents(tri-cyclics, Prozac, Lithium,etc), antipsychotics(Melleral(sp?), etc), OCD drugs(Anafranil, etc), and so on and so forth. It didn't take long for this group to degenerate into a psudo alt.drugs atmosphere. That's to bad, for most of the serious folks that wanted to start this group in the first place have left and gone back to sci.med, where you have to cypher through hundreds of unrelated articles to find psychoactive data. It was also to discuss real-life experiences and side effects of the above mentioned. Oh well, I had unsubscribed to this group for some time, and I decided to check it today to see if anything had changed....nope....same old nine or ten crap articles that this group was never intended for. I think it is very hard to have a meaningfull group without it being moderated...too bad. Oh well, obviously, no one really cares. Bill Claussen Would anyone be interested in starting a similar moderated group?

sci.med

First of all, without wanting to sound nagging and bossy, yes it is a trivial answer and that's perfectly fine ( otherwise how is one supposed to move up to the complicated and challenging questions, we net readers so much enjoy :) ?), and the massive crossposting of your article was not justified... Please refer to appropriate newsgroups next time (by the way c.o.msw.misc is OK :) ). Now as far as your problem is concerned: try playing around with the settings in the 'Fonts..." dialog box under the window control menu (that little square at the top left corner of the window..).

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

SPECIFIC: Basically to be able to do the things the big dadies can do.. Monitor, and control if need be the Shuttle... Such as the one in Australia and such....

sci.space

Here is my traditional experience with tickets, playoffs and otherwise, at the Civic Arena. Scalping is illegal but nonetheless present outside the Arena. Best strategy, given that you don't mind missing the Anthem (which is OK if B.E. Taylor decides to come back ever again :) ) is to wait until 7:40 or 7:45, when the game is rolling; the scalpers are at this point desperate to sell and will reduce to near or at face value to get rid of their tickets. Playoffs are a little different in that good seats will go early on; what's left at 7:45 may be nosebleed material (D, E sections). Others can add on their opinions as well.

rec.sport.hockey

I found the MS defrag looks very much like Norton Speedisk. Is it just a strip-down version of the later? I have both Norton Speedisk and Backup, so I was wondering if I need to install MS Backup?

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

Try setting up another HPIII printer but when choosing what port to connect it to choose FILE instead of like :LPT1. This will prompt you for a file name everytime you print with that "HPIII on FILE" printer. Good Luck.

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

} In article <1993Apr14.175545.3528@alleg.edu>, millits@yankee.org (Sam } } i'm telling you, sam, three l's. call up mom and ask. } } bob vesterman. } yeah, and in case even that isn't enough to prompt boy genius "Sam" to pick up a paper and see how "his" name is spelled, here's another hint: the single "L" comes between the two "I"s...

rec.sport.baseball

Has anyone looked into the possiblity of a Proton/Centaur combo? What would be the benefits and problems with such a combo (other than the obvious instability in the XSSR now)?

sci.space

Woof woof!

rec.sport.baseball

I have an Okidata 2410 printer for which I would like to have a printer driver. Has anyone seen such a thing? There is not one on the Microsoft BBS. I can print to it from Windows but I have no fonts available and with Paradox for Windows I can't print labels on it unless there is a proper printer defined. Thanks, Bryan K. Ward Survey Research Center University of Utah

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

--> Note: Reply to a message in soc.religion.christian. EVENSON THOMAS RANDALL wrote in a message to All: Hi, You might want to read Charismatic Chaos by John MacArthur. In it he discussed exactly this queation, amongst others. In my own words, VERY simplified, his position is basically that one must decide, what is the most important - experience or Scripture? People tend to say Scripture, without living according to that. Their own feeling/prophecy/etc tends to be put across without testing in the light of Scripture. There's a lot more than this, really worthwhile to read whether you're Charismatic or not. Groetnis (=cheers) Deon --- timEd/B8

soc.religion.christian

There was an article on clari.news.religion in the last few days about a Polish tribunal decision. It said that crucifixes and religious classes in public schools were okay; and that children who did not want to take religion class could not be forced to take an ethics class as a substitute.

soc.religion.christian

Some pixels on my PB 140 display disappear intermittently. They are not in a particular place but random. If anybody has suggestions I would appreciate e-mailings. Thanks.

comp.sys.mac.hardware

I have been playing with my Centris 610 for almost a week now. I must say this machine is really fast! The hardware turn-on feature is annoying, but I got PowerKey from Sophisicated Circuits and it works like a charm. However, I still have a few complaints: - when I restart the machine every time, the screen image (the desktop pattern) jerks up and down for a few times. - the Quantum 170 drive is noisy Overall, I highly recommend it: it is fast, affordable and looks great! --

comp.sys.mac.hardware

sci.crypt

: From: pmetzger@snark.shearson.com (Perry E. Metzger) : Indeed, were it not for the government doing everything possible to : stop them, Qualcomm would have designed strong encryption right in to : the CDMA cellular phone system they are pioneering. Were it not for : the NSA and company, cheap encryption systems would be everywhere. As : it is, they try every trick in the book to stop it. Had it not been : for them, I'm sure cheap secure phones would be out right now. In the UK, it's impossible to get approval to attach any crypto device to the phone network. (Anything that plugs in to our BT phone sockets must be approved - for some reason crypto devices just never are...) I was wondering some time ago how big a market there was for good old- fashion acoustic coupler technology to build a secure phone :-) ... is it possible to mask out all the real voice well enough so that none of it strays into the mouthpiece? Perhaps a well-sealed coupler attachment that was as well blocked as possible, then a white noise generator on the outside to muffle any real speech?

sci.crypt

Instead of reading between the lines, try to think a little bit. OK, if that's way too difficult to you, here are some hints. Indeed, the new proposal imposes some additional burocratic burden on the local police, if they badly want to tape the magic cookie recipie that your mom is telling you on the phone. So, guess what they will do? Propose that the new technology is removed? Or implement some "facilitations"? Of course, you won't want to wait until they get the approval from two different agencies to decrypt the conversation between two child molesters, because meanwhile those two child molesters might be conspiring about molesting your child, right? So, there should be some way for them to get access to those keys -quickly-, right? Like, they could have a copy of the database, and worry about a warrant later... Regards, Vesselin

sci.crypt

-*----- These effects are a very real concern in conducting studies of new treatments. Researchers try to limit this kind of effect by performing studies that are "blind" in various ways. Some of these are: o The subjects of the study do not know whether they receive a placebo or the test treatment, i.e., whether they are in the control group or the test group. o Those administering the treatment do not know which subjects receive a placebo or the test treatment. o Those evaluating individual results do not know which subjects receive a placebo or the test treatment. Obviously, at the point at which the data is analyzed, one has to differentiate the test group from the control group. But the analysis is quasi-public: the researcher describes it and presents the data on which it is based so that others can verify it. It is worth noting that in biological studies where the subjects are animals, such as mice, there were many cases of skewed results because those who performed the study did not "blind" themselves. It is not considered so important to make mice more ignorant than they already are, though it is important that in all respects except the one tested, the control and test groups are treated alike.

sci.med

The argument goes as follows: Q-oid quotes appear in John, but not in the almost codified way they were in Matthew or Luke. However, they are considered to be similar enough to point to knowledge of Q as such, and not an entirely different source. We are talking date of texts here, not the age of the authors. The usual explanation for the time order of Mark, Matthew and Luke does not consider their respective ages. It says Matthew has read the text of Mark, and Luke that of Matthew (and probably that of Mark). As it is assumed that John knew the content of Luke's text. The evidence for that is not overwhelming, admittedly. When they are from about 200, why do they shed doubt on the order on putting John after the rest of the three? Sure, an original together with Id card of sender and receiver would be fine. So what's that supposed to say? Am I missing something? That John was a disciple is not generally accepted. The style and language together with the theology are usually used as counterargument. The argument that John was a disciple relies on the claim in the gospel of John itself. Is there any other evidence for it? One step and one generation removed is bad even in our times. Compare that to reports of similar events in our century in almost illiterate societies. Not even to speak off that believers are not necessarily the best sources. In other words, one does not know what the original of Mark did look like and arguments based on Mark are pretty weak.

alt.atheism

I'm looking for a Sharp 6220 or TI Travelmate 2000 for parts. Mine has a bad RAM chip on the motherboard and I want to see what I can get for parts before sending it off to Sharp for repairs. If you have one, drop me a line. Also, I'm trying to set one up for a friend who needs to read his old 5 1/4 inch diskettes. Anyone have the pinout of the diskette expansion connector on the back of the 3.5 inch floppy box? If you respond, please include a phone number. I can't always get through with email. As always, Thanks, Jim Lewczyk -- Mailer address is buggy! Reply to: jiml@strauss.FtCollinsCO.NCR.com

misc.forsale

Now, that Clinton can get e-mail, i'm wondering if Congress is also going on line.. If so, does anyone have the address to reach them?? I'm also looking for Bill's e-mail address. please e-mail me, i am not a regualar reader of this newsgrouop.

talk.politics.misc

It likely has nothing to do with "chunks of plaque" but it sounds like you may have a neurovascular compromise to your arm and you need medical attention *before* doing any more weight lifting. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gordon Banks N3JXP | "Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and geb@cadre.dsl.pitt.edu | it is shameful to surrender it too soon."

sci.med

alt.atheism

The article that follows was taken from the Wednesday, April 14, 1993 issue of USA Today ("Drug Use Up At Younger Age" by Mike Snider, p. 1A). Drug use is on the rise among kids as young as eighth graders - usually 13 - and they're using more LSD and inhalants like glue and air fresheners, says a new survey. The annual National High School Senior Survey on Drug Abuse finds "statistically significant increases" in eighth-graders' use of many drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, crack, LSD and inhalants. "We may be in danger of losing some ... hard-won ground (in reducing drug use) as a new, more naive generation of youngsters enters adolescence," says Lloyd Johnston, University of Michigan, chief researcher on the study sponsored by the Department of Health and Human Services. But drug use among high school seniors is continuing a decade-long decline. The study of 50,000 students shows the percentage who tried the following in the 30 days before they were polled: * 8th-graders - alcohol 26%; cigarettes 16%; marijuana 4%; cocaine 0.7%. * 10th-graders - alcohol 40%; cigarettes 22%; marijuana 8%; cocaine 0.7%. * 12th-graders - alcohol 51%; cigarettes 28%; marijuana 12%; cocaine 1.3%. Among 12th-graders, use of marijuana, cocaine and inhalants declined over the year before. Not so with LSD. * 2% of eighth-graders have tried LSD in the last year, up 24% over 1991. * Use of LSD among seniors is at its highest point since 1982; 6% tried it in the last year. Reducing drug use among students "requires a different kind of strategy" that Health Secretary Donna Shalala says will be part of an overall illness prevention plan. The survey shows drugs are easier to get and fewer eighth-graders disapprove of them. "It's scary," Shalala says. "Dealers are focusing on younger, more vulnerable kids." Scott Kennedy, Brewer and Patriot

talk.politics.misc

For goodness sake if they had fired a cruise missile at the compound more people would have come out alive. It was obvious to anyone with the remotest contact with reality that such an outcome was likely (not just possible) however the fire started. As, Mr Lawnmower, you seem to have already entered your own little virtual reality I guess you can't be expected to understand things in the real universe.

talk.politics.guns

No. When the program is run, it loads 4 configuration files; autoexec.bat, config.sys, win.ini, and system.ini. There is no Open entry on the File menu. You can only edit these four files. If you need to edit some other program's .ini file, use Notepad or some other ASCII editor. I wonder whether Microsoft intended for sysedit to be used, or if it was just a holdover from the testing period and they forgot to take it out. The reason I think this is because there is absolutely no mention in the manuals about this program, and there is no online help for it (just an About entry under the File menu). The program looks like something that was intended for internal use only. It's kind of a shame, though. It would have made a nice multi-file replacement for Notepad.

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

That is great to hear I just may have to take a raod trip to Milwakee this year and see that again. Last time I saw Bernie Brewer was at the age of 10 and I am now 21 thanks for this post. Good to Bill is getting better form the limited coverage we get here in Iowa I know that this will be a great season for the BREW CREW!!

rec.sport.baseball

>a real RNG ? This turns those S1,S2 in a kind of bottleneck for system- >security.

sci.crypt

Yes, Ivan Rodriguez, last year. Batted .260 and threw out 51% of the baserunners. Not too shabby for a rookie from AA. 20 years old last year.

rec.sport.baseball

Hello all, You, the Net, are my last resort, or I'll just change my job :-) This might be a FAQ (e.g. mixing controllers) but haven't seen any. Sys: 486/33, AMI BIOS, and your run-of-the mill multi-I/O card with serials/paral/floppies and - IDE controller "clone" Gw2760-EX there are no jumpers affecting the HD or ctrller :-( - Quantum ProDrive LPS (3" 105M type 47: 755cyl, 16hds, 17spt). Pb: I want to bring in this (2nd hand, neat price): - Maxtor XT-B380E (~330M, <15ms, BIOS type 1, ctrller manages the real geom: 1630cyl, 8hds, 52spt) - Western Digital WD1007V-SE1 ESDI ctrller: no floppies. (jumpers set IRQ 14/15, hw port addr 1F0/170, and BIOS addr CC00/C800, and other floppy/format stuff) Goal: have the WD ESDI as a secondary/controller and have both disks simultaneously working. Being able to boot from the ESDI too would be a nice bonus but is not expected. Ultimate goal: have room for Linux et al. Ex of scheme I have in mind: boot from IDE (HD or floppy) and mount the ESDI as root. Not booting from ESDI, or even from HD, is acceptable. I have tried numerous (all!!) combinations to no avail. They work alone, or can coexist witout hang-ups but can't access the ESDI or the IDE, depending on setup/jumpers. Useful suggestions might be: - How do I tell the BIOS setup about two ctrllers (I guess the 2nd HD is expected to hang off the same ctrller as the 1st). - Do I need some driver to make it work? - --- " --- some new BIOS/chip for any of these cards? - do I have to buy another controller to make them HDs happy? IDE is cheaper; ESDI is hard to find and rather costly. I'm not rich or I wouldnt' try to scavenge around, so soft slns are preferred. - adapters of some sort; I can hold a soldering iron, and can change a chip or put a jumper! Also useful: - BBS or Hot-line of Western Digital. - ftp archives with relevant info. - expert stores in Toronto, Ontario area (that would be a miracle! haven't seen any really knowledgeable ppl in a while) - any hints into inner workings of the system ... - anything else that helped you in similar situations (prayers :-) ) Direct or posted replies are ok. Many thanks, Cat.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

(Deletion) You have given that example. It is not lenient. End of argument. And chopping off the hands or heads of people is not lenient either. It rather appears that you are internalized the claims about the legal system without checking if they suit the description. And wasn't the argument that it takes five men to rape a woman according to Islamic law? No, I even believe what I don't like. Can you give better answers than that? Have you got any evidence for your probably opposite claims? A fact, if memory serves. And most will see the connection between the primitive machism in the Orient and in Islam. As usually you miss the point. Aids is neither spread only through sex nor necessarily spread by having sex. Futher, the point is, a very important point, the urge for sex is stronger than the fear of AIDS. It is even stronger than the religious attempts to channel or to forbid sex. The consequences of suppressing sex are worse than the consequences of Aids. Please note that the idea that everybody would end up with AIDS when sex is not controlled is completely counterfactual.

alt.atheism

As a libertarian (with a small l) who voted for Clinton, I think that he should abolish the Selective Service and the draft. If his conscience forbade him to go to war in Vietnam, it should forbid him to perpetuate this system of government-sanctioned slavery. If our government would pay attention to SERIOUS domestic issues (the ECONOMY) and choose to stay out of other people's wars (Iraq, Bosnia, Somalia), we would not be in this fix. An anyway, couldn't the jobs be replaced by improving our domestic situation? (I'm not for continued deficit spending, but if Clinton and Congress want to spend, I'd rather they improve the infrastructure than fight other people's wars.) A novel idea: Getting away from naval bases, what about refurbishing decommissioned Air Force bases as airports? This would be SO much cheaper than building them from the ground up (Denver's new airport is one of the most appalling examples of pork-barreling and cronyism I have seen in my lifetime). Even if no more airports are needed, I'm sure Bill Gates or Ross Perot would LOVE to have their own private airfields, and the money from their purchases could be applied to the public debt.

talk.politics.misc

Women's pants rarely have pockets and most, when they do, are too shallow to use! I is very important for a woman to have her keys in her hand when she goes from building to a car. It is protect herself from would be assilants by broadcasting that this is someone who as a definite place of safty (ie a locked car!). Puting keys and walet looks ugly! It breaks the lines and makes you rear look wide as a cows! Also, to have the habits that work for any clothing situation, the pruse functions no mater what you are wearing! (even nude or a bikni) A women's suit coat is lucky to have 2 pockets (2 on the outside, none on the inside). I have men's coats that have as much as 6 pockets! This is definitally not fair!!! As one that wears both men's and women's clothes, I can tell you, women's clothes have few if any funtional pockets! When dressed as a man, I put my wallet on my inside coat pocket and my keys in a coat outside pocket. It is much more covenent than the pants pockets and looks better. Having a car that unlocks quickly and locks back fast is paramout to a woman's safty. Men don't see this as a problem. A woman is aware of this every time she goes out! (i.e. Image some red necks yelling at you "We are going to FUCK YOU!" and the out weight you by 20 lbs and have 3 inches in hight on you!) If you want to find out why a women does something, LIVE AS ONE!

rec.autos

**************************************************** 12) Management: BIG BIG ZERO. Sauer has yet to make a forceful agreement in favor of revenue sharing. ****************************************************** I meant argument instead of agreement. Also, I think I should add a coouple of Ted's positive achievements - Smiley trade was good for the pirates. but I think Ted could have gotten someone better than Neagle. Cummings seems to be pretty good. - The Cole trade was excellent. BUt Simmons has botched it up now. -This year's draft seems to have gone well for the PIrates. BUt then they lost 2 high picks in the Bonds fiasco.

rec.sport.baseball

I think if there is to be a prize and such.. There should be "classes" such as the following: Large Corp. Small Corp/Company (based on reported earnings?) Large Government (GNP and such) Small Governemtn (or political clout or GNP?) Large Organization (Planetary Society? and such?) Small Organization (Alot of small orgs..) The organization things would probably have to be non-profit or liek ?? Of course this means the prize might go up. Larger get more or ?? Basically make the prize (total purse) $6 billion, divided amngst the class winners.. More fair? There would have to be a seperate organization set up to monitor the events, umpire and such and watch for safety violations (or maybe not, if peopel want to risk thier own lives let them do it?).

sci.space

Anyone have the AL individual stats or where i can find them?

rec.sport.baseball

........ It looks like the Edmonton Oilers just decided to take a European vacation this spring... Ranford, Tugnutt, Benning, Manson, Smith, Buchberger, and Corson are playing for Canada. Podein and Weight are playing for the US. Is Kravchuk playing for the Russians...I know he had nagging injuries late in the season. Podein is an interesting case...because he was eligible to play in Cape Breton in the AHL playoffs like Kovalev, Zubov, and Andersson...obviously Sather and Pocklington are not the total scrooges everyone makes them out to be...certainly in this case they've massively outclassed Paramount and the New York Rangers.

rec.sport.hockey

In his neverending effort to make sure that we do not forget what a moron he is, Brad Hernlem has asked why Israel rarely abides by UN Security Council resolutions. Perhaps the list below might answer the question. Incident Security Council Response ------------------------------------------------------------ 1. Hindu-Moslem clash in INdia, over 2,000 killed, 1990 NONE 2. Gassing to death of over 8,000 Kurds by NONE Iraqi Air Force, 1988-89 3. Saudi security forces slaughter NONE 400 pilgrims in Mecca, 1987 4. Killing by Algerian army of 500 demonstrators, 1988 NONE 5. Intrafada (Arabs killing Arabs) -- over 300 killed NONE 6. 30,000 civilians slaughtered by government NONE troops in Hama, Syria, 1982 7. Killing of 5,000 Palestinians by Jordanian troops, NONE thousands expelled, Sept., 1970 8. 87 Moslems killed in Egypt, 1981 NONE 9. 77 killed in Egyption bread riots, 1977 NONE 10. 30 border and rocket attacks against Israel by NONE the PLO in 1989 alone 11. Munich, 1972: 11 Israeli athletes slaughtered NONE 12. Ma'alot, 1974: children killed in PLO attack NONE 13. Israel Coastal bus attack: 34 dead, 82 wounded NONE 14. Syria kills 23,000 Palestinians, 1976 NONE 15. Lebanon: over 150,000 dead since 1975 NONE 16. Yemen: 13,000 killed in two weeks, 1986 NONE 17. Sudan: Tens of thousands of Black slaves, NONE Civil War toll, 1 million killed, 3 million refugees 18. Tienenman Square massacre 1989 NONE 19. Rumania, 3,000 killed, 1989 NONE 20. Pan Am 103 disaster carried out by the P.L.O NONE 21. Northern Ireland NONE 22. Cambodia NONE 23. Soviet Occupation of Afghanistan NONE 24. American riots at Attica, Watts, Newark, Kent State NONE 25. 1981: Israel destroys Iraqi reractor, Israel CONDEMNED 26. 1990: Israeli police protect Israeli worshipers CONDEMNED against Arab mob, 18 anti-Jewish rioters killed 27. Syrian soldiers slaughter Christian soldiers NONE after they surrender, 1990

talk.politics.mideast

Well my last two motorcycles have been shaft driven and they will wheelie. The rear gear does climb the ring gear and lift the rear which gives an odd feel, but it still wheelies.

rec.motorcycles

Yip, we had the same problem; the only fix we found was to link static some of the clients, ( btw, we used cc). :-(.

comp.windows.x

Hi...I need some info on video card. I am looking a video card that can deliver a high quality picture. I need the card to display images (well for advertising company btw), so it must be rich with colors and the speed must be fast too. I am just wondering if somebody can advise me what to buy for such application, and possible the address of the vendor.

comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware

We are trying to write a program which can read files created by quattro pro 3.0 and above. Would anyone know where to find information regarding the format in which Quattro Pro stores its files. Thanks in Advance Mahesh

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

GB> From: geb@cs.pitt.edu (Gordon Banks) GB> >(I am excepting migraine, which is arguably neurologic). GB> I hope you meant "inarguably". Given the choice, I would rather argue <g>. No arguments about migranous aura; in fact, current best evidence is that aura is intrinsicially neuronal (a la spreading depression of Leao) rather than vascular (something causing vasoconstriction and secondary neuronal ischemia). Migraine without aura, however, is a fuzzier issue. There do not seem to be objectively measurable changes in brain function. The Copenhagen mafia (Lauritzen, Olesen, et al) have done local CBF studies on migraine without aura, and (unlike migraine with aura, but like tension-type) they found no changes in LCBF. From one (absurd) perspective, *all* pain is neurologic, because in the absence of a nervous system, there would not be pain. From another (tautologic) perspective, any disease is in the domain of the specialty that treats it. Neurologists treat headache, therefore (at least in the USA) headache is neurologic. Whether neurologic or not, nobody would disagree that disabling headaches are common. Perhaps my fee-for-service neurologic colleagues, scrounging for cases, want all the headache patients they can get. Working on a salary, however, I would rather not fill my office with patients holding their heads in pain.

sci.med

I'm looking to buy a 100% working keyboard for a 286 system (preferably a 101 layout.) I'm looking to spend about $20. --

misc.forsale

I agree. Six hour long stretches behind the wheel really make me thirsty, especially for something with caffeine. I consider it a failing of my car that it has no cup holder nor anywhere to put a cup holder.

rec.autos

I downloaded an image of the earth re-constructed from elevation data taken at 1/2 degree increments. The author (not me) wrote some c-code (included) that read in the data file and generated b&w and pseudo color images. They work very well and are not incumbered by copyright. They are at an aminet site near you called earth.lha in the amiga/pix/misc area... I refer you to the included docs for the details on how the author (sorry, I forget his name) created these images. The raw data is not included. -- David David M. Ingebretsen Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. dingebre@thunder.sim.es.com

comp.graphics

sci.crypt

have you tried printing the data file (TIFF) from another application such as freehand or PageMaker? I have found that Photoshop has occasional problems printing files that I can print through other applications. -GReg

comp.sys.mac.hardware

: I have notice a lot of electronics questions by people who are obviously not : "tuned-in" to electronics. Many of them have rather simple answers, and : many of them require a circuit diagram. : Rather than muck up the network, why don't you write to me, send a self- : addressed, stamped envelop, and I'll answer your questions, if I can. : W. L. Willis, P. E. : 114 Fern Circle : Clemson, SC 29631 Because the network is quicker, easier, and free (at least to me). -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Christopher Wolf Electrical Engineer cmwolf@mtu.edu

sci.electronics

> >In the UK, it's impossible to get approval to attach any crypto device >to the phone network. (Anything that plugs in to our BT phone sockets >must be approved - for some reason crypto devices just never are...) > Whats the difference between a V.32bis modem and a V.32bis modem? I'm not being entirely silly here: what I'm pointing out is that the modems that they have already approved for data transmission will work just fine to transmit scrambled vocoded voice. Absolutely. I just meant that no secure *dedicated* crypto device has ever been given approval. Guerrilla underground devices should be well possible with today's high-speed modems (not that I can think of many v32bis modems that are approved either mind you - just the overpriced Couriers) Can someone tell me if hardware compression is or is not needed to run digital speech down 14.4K? I think it is; I've heard it's not. Lets say 8 bit samples. Would *raw* data at the corresponding sampling rate be usable? If not, how fancy does the compression need to be?

sci.crypt

I have the following program on CD ROM forsale: Toolwork MPC Encyclopedia on CD-ROM - Multimedia - Brand new - Shrink-wrapped Asking : $50 / obo Send reply to : sam@ocf.berkeley.edu

misc.forsale

Is it possible to use WinQVT/Net on a machine that uses NDIS to connect to a Token Ring ? I tried it with older versions (< 3.2) but got an invalid packet class error or something the like... Regards,

comp.os.ms-windows.misc

DFW was designed with the STS in mind (which really mean very little). Much of their early PR material had scenes with a shuttle landing and two or three others pulled up to gates. I guess they were trying to stress how advanced the airport was. For Dallas types: Imagine the fit Grapevine and Irving would be having if the shuttle WAS landing at DFW. (For the rest, they are currently having some power struggles between the airport and surrounding cities).

sci.space

Can anybody figure out why some box score abbreviations make absolutely no sense? (At least in the local Gannett rag that finds its way to my door.) I must have stared at "Cleman" in the Mets' box for a good 30 seconds this morning wondering who the hell it was. Wouldn't it make more sense to use "Colemn"?

rec.sport.baseball

I'm using "rayshade" on the u.w. computers here, and i'd like input from other users, and perhaps swap some ideas. I could post uuencoded .gifs here, or .ray code, if anyone's interested. I'm having trouble coming up with colors that are metallic (i.e. brass, steel) from the RGB values. If you're on the u.w. machines, check out "~fineman/rle.files/*.rle" on stein.u.washington.edu for some of what i've got.

comp.graphics

No problems.

comp.sys.mac.hardware

People took this article seriously? I mean, I know it's the Net and all, but the prankster didn't even have Clinton's sound-bites right.

sci.crypt

Which means he has absolutely no idea about what the Assumption is. However greatly we extoll Mary, it is quite obvious that she is in no way God or even part of God or equal to God. The Assumption of our Blessed Mother, meant that because of her close identification with the redemptive work of Christ, she was Assumed (note that she did not ASCEND) body and soul into Heaven, and is thus one of the few, along with Elijah, Enoch, Moses (maybe????) who are already perfected in Heaven. Obviously, the Virgin Mary is far superior in glorification to any of the previously mentioned personages. Jung should stick to Psychology rather than getting into Theology.

soc.religion.christian

I haven't followed whatever discussion there may have been on these people, but I feel that C. S. Lewis is an excellent apologist and I see no reason for embarrassment. If you think that errors and flawed arguments are a reason for dismissing a thinker, you must dismiss nearly every thinker from Descartes to Kant; any philosophy course will introduce you to their weaknesses. The above also expresses a rather odd sense I said nothing about "the masses." However comparing "the masses" in our day and in Aquinas' day really *is* odd. Read Ortega y Gasset on this. I'm talking about the familiar experience of arguing all night and winning on logic and evidence, only to discover your opponent to be unaware, even intuitively, of things like entailment (let alone pragmatics). (I am assuming that both parties are college graduates or better...) Myself, I don't bother any more. Ken

soc.religion.christian

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misc.forsale

I have an applicationShell which uses a colormap created with XCreateColormap() and uses all of the colors available for my 8-bit display. When I move the cursor over the window I get the "Technicolor Effect" - which is fine. Basically, my program works. My problem/question is: When I popup a dialogShell to prompt the user for some input I want the XmNdialogStyle to be set to XmDIALOG_PRIMARY_APPLICATION_MODAL. The result is that if my cursor is over the dialogShell I get my colormap, but if the cursor is over the applicationShell (or any window other than the dialogShell) I get the default colormap. But I'd like it so that if my cursor is over _any_ window of my application, I get my colormap. Any suggestions? Thanks,

comp.windows.x

Sorry to everyone for wasting space. Matt, the other day you posted that you were doing a mailing list of playoff stats. I lost your address. Please put me on that list. Thanks.

rec.sport.hockey

On my LC (RZ to any ex-colonists) I replaced the bolt at the bottom of the barrel with a tap. When I wanted a coffee I could just rev the engine until boiling and pour out a cup of hot water. I used ethylene glycol as antifreeze rather than methanol as it tastes sweeter. (-:

rec.motorcycles

Hello all, If anyone knows of a place to get the case to hold the power supply and motherboard of a Quadra 950 please let me know. I have tried some mail order places and some local stores. Both groups would prefer that I part with over $1000 to get just the case. In my eyes this seems about $600-$700 to much. Any comments? I currently own the guts of a 950. Please email me or post to this group w/ info,

comp.sys.mac.hardware

CNN just claimed he bought 104 "semi-automatic assault rifles". And they say Koresh wasn't god-like... He managed to buy or build a collection of fully-automatic semi-automatic rifles... Quite a feat, I would say. ;-) They're still making charges of "sexual abuse" and such, or course. Nobody seems to have noticed that the Treasury department has nothing to do with sex crimes. Or maybe the feds have recently instituted a TAX on sex crimes... Yeah, that's why the BATF was there, looking for unregistered *guns* ("this is my weapon, this is my gun, this is for fighting, this is for..."). I also heard that they're claiming to be cautious because of Koresh's "heated ammunition stockpile". I seem to recall that smokeless powder tends to decompose at even moderate temperatures. I would be rather surprised, after a fire of that nature, if *any* of his "stockpile" is unexploded, or unburned. I seem to recall that aluminum powder is a common component of fireworks... The folks on rec.pyro could probably tell you. I think *anything* is legal if you have the proper license. If he had a "curios and relics" permit, I believe he could legally own handgrenades to go with his launcher. -- Charles Scripter * cescript@phy.mtu.edu Dept of Physics, Michigan Tech, Houghton, MI 49931

talk.politics.guns

That's true. Israeli ID cards do not identify people as Israelies. Smart huh? Yes. There's one warhead in my parent's backyard in Beer Sheva (that's only some 20 miles from Dimona, you know). Evidence? I saw it! Yes. But unfortunately I can't give you more details. That's _secret_, you see. [...] You're welcome. Now, let me ask you a few questions, if you don't mind: 1. Is it true that the Center for Policy Research is a one-man enterprise? 2. Is it true that your questions are not being asked bona fide? 3. Is it true that your statement above, "These are indeed provocative questions but they are asked time and again by people around me" is not true?

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rec.sport.baseball

I dunno, on my old GS1000E the tank-seat junction was nice and smooth. But if you were to travel all the way forward, you'd collect the top triple-clamp in a sensitive area. I'd hate to have to make the choice, but I think I'd prefer the FJ's gas tank. :-)

rec.motorcycles

During the Detroit game Mon night there were octopus thrown on the ice what is the meaning or symbolism here? They used to throw fish on the ice here in Spokane afew years ago. I never knew where this came from.

rec.sport.hockey

Right now, I'm just going to address this point. When the Jewish National Fund bought most of its land, It didn't buy it from the Palestinians themselves, because, for the most part, they were tenant farmers (fallahin), living on land owned by wealthy Arabs in Syria and Lebanon. The JNF offered a premium deal, so the owners took advantage of it. It's called commerce. The owners, however, made no provisions for those who had worked for them, basically shafting them by selling the land right out from under them. They are to blame, not the Jews.

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